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ArticleScience advances2024

Delocalized quinolinium-macrocyclic peptides, an atypical chemotype for CNS penetration.

Valeria Pingitore, Jessica Pancholi, Thomas W Hornsby, Justin Warne, Gareth Pryce, Laura J McCormick, Julia Hill, Gauri Bhosale, Jing Peng, Lydia S Newton and 7 more

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Article in Science advances, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Mitochondria-Targeting Moieties Based on N-Tethered Pyridinium Cations.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Valeria PingitoreDrug Discovery, UCL Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.ORCID 0009-0001-0997-9628
Jessica PancholiDrug Discovery, UCL Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.ORCID 0009-0007-4604-6601
Thomas W HornsbyDrug Discovery, UCL Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Justin WarneDrug Discovery, UCL Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Gareth PryceCentre for Neuroscience and Trauma, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 2AT, UK.
Laura J McCormickEPSRC National Crystallography Service, School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6634-4717
Julia HillDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, UCL Consortium for Mitochondrial Research, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Gauri BhosaleDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, UCL Consortium for Mitochondrial Research, London WC1E 6BT, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1669-0141
Jing PengDrug Discovery, UCL Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Lydia S NewtonDivision of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.ORCID 0009-0002-1706-8346
Greg J TowersDivision of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7707-0264
Simon J ColesEPSRC National Crystallography Service, School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8414-9272
Ah Wing Edith ChanDrug Discovery, UCL Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2321-6296
Michael R DuchenDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, UCL Consortium for Mitochondrial Research, London WC1E 6BT, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2548-4294
Gyorgy SzabadkaiDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, UCL Consortium for Mitochondrial Research, London WC1E 6BT, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3006-3577
David BakerCentre for Neuroscience and Trauma, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 2AT, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8872-8711
David L SelwoodDrug Discovery, UCL Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6817-5064

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Macrocyclic drugs can address an increasing range of molecular targets but enabling central nervous system (CNS) access to these drugs has been viewed as an intractable problem. We designed and synthesized a series of quinolinium-modified cyclosporine derivatives targeted to the mitochondrial cyclophilin D protein. Modification of the cation to enable greater delocalization was confirmed by x-ray crystallography of the cations. Critically, greater delocalization improved brain concentrations. Assessment of the compounds in preclinical assays and for pharmacokinetics identified a molecule JP1-138 with at least 20 times the brain levels of a non-delocalized compound or those reported for cyclosporine. Levels were maintained over 24 hours together with low hERG potential. The paradigm outlined here could have widespread utility in the treatment of CNS diseases.

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Quinolinium CompoundsAnimalsBrainCentral Nervous SystemCrystallography, X-RayCyclosporineHumansMicePeptidesCyclosporinePeptidesQuinolinium Compounds

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PMID38985859
PMCPMC11235165

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