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ArticleLife science alliance2024

c-KIT inhibitors reduce pathology and improve behavior in the Tg(SwDI) model of Alzheimer's disease.

Max Stevenson, Michaeline L Hebron, Xiaoguang Liu, Kaluvu Balaraman, Christian Wolf, Charbel Moussa

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Article in Life science alliance, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Max StevensonTranslational Neurotherapeutics Program, Laboratory for Dementia and Parkinsonism, Department of Neurology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington DC, USA.
Michaeline L HebronTranslational Neurotherapeutics Program, Laboratory for Dementia and Parkinsonism, Department of Neurology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington DC, USA.
Xiaoguang LiuTranslational Neurotherapeutics Program, Laboratory for Dementia and Parkinsonism, Department of Neurology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington DC, USA.
Kaluvu BalaramanMedicinal Chemistry Shared Resource, Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington DC, USA.
Christian WolfMedicinal Chemistry Shared Resource, Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington DC, USA.
Charbel MoussaTranslational Neurotherapeutics Program, Laboratory for Dementia and Parkinsonism, Department of Neurology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington DC, USA cem46@georgetown.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-2012-7063

Funding

Predoctoral Training in Intergrative NeuroscienceT32NS041231 · NINDS · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · PI Ludise Malkova, Ashley S VanMeter · 2001 to 2026
$6.8M
Translational Biomedical Science Training GrantTL1TR001431 · NCATS · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · PI LEE, DEXTER L, SANDBERG, KATHRYN L · 2015 to 2024
$4.8M
Training in Neural Injury &PlasticityT32NS041218 · NINDS · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · PI MARK P BURNS, Kathleen Anne Maguire-Zeiss · 2001 to 2026
$3.5M
NCATS NIH HHS TL1 TR001431NINDS NIH HHS T32 NS041218NINDS NIH HHS T32 NS041231
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Treatments for Alzheimer's disease have primarily focused on removing brain amyloid plaques to improve cognitive outcomes in patients. We developed small compounds, known as BK40143 and BK40197, and we hypothesize that these drugs alleviate microglial-mediated neuroinflammation and induce autophagic clearance of neurotoxic proteins to improve behavior in models of neurodegeneration. Specificity binding assays of BK40143 and BK40197 showed primary binding to c-KIT/Platelet Derived Growth Factor Receptors (PDGFR)α/β, whereas BK40197 also differentially binds to FYVE finger-containing phosphoinositide kinase (PIKFYVE). Both compounds penetrate the CNS, and treatment with these drugs inhibited the maturation of peripheral mast cells in transgenic mice, correlating with cognitive improvements on measures of memory and anxiety. In the brain, microglial activation was profoundly attenuated and amyloid-beta and tau were reduced via autophagy. Multi-kinase inhibition, including c-KIT, exerts multifunctional effects to reduce neurodegenerative pathology via autophagy and microglial activity and may represent a potential therapeutic option for neurodegeneration.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseDisease Models, AnimalMice, TransgenicMicrogliaProto-Oncogene Proteins c-kitAmyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsAutophagyBehavior, AnimalBrainHumansMaleMast CellsMicePlaque, AmyloidProtein Kinase InhibitorsAmyloid beta-PeptidesProtein Kinase InhibitorsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-kittau Proteins

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PMID39009412
PMCPMC11249953

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