Neuroprotective effects of the multitarget agent AVCRI104P3 in brain of middle-aged mice
Relat Pardo, Júlia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Farmacologia, de Terapèutica i de Toxicologia)
Come, Julio (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Farmacologia, de Terapèutica i de Toxicologia)
Pérez, Belén (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Farmacologia, de Terapèutica i de Toxicologia)
Camps-Renom, Pol (Universitat de Barcelona. Institut de Biomedicina)
Muñoz-Torrero López-Ibarra, Diego (Universitat de Barcelona. Institut de Biomedicina)
Badía, A. (Albert) (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Farmacologia, de Terapèutica i de Toxicologia)
Gimenez-Llort, Lydia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psiquiatria i de Medicina Legal)
Clos, M. Victoria (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Farmacologia, de Terapèutica i de Toxicologia)

Date:	2018
Abstract:	Molecular factors involved in neuroprotection are key in the design of novel multitarget drugs in aging and neurodegeneration. AVCRI104P3 is a huprine derivative that exhibits potent inhibitory effects on human AChE, BuChE, and BACE-1 activities, as well as on AChE-induced and self-induced Aβ aggregation. More recently, cognitive protection and anxiolytic-like effects have also been reported in mice treated with this compound. Now, we have assessed the ability of AVCRI104P3 (0. 43 mg/kg, 21 days) to modulate the levels of some proteins involved in the anti-apoptotic/apoptotic processes (pAkt1, Bcl2, pGSK3β, p25/p35), inflammation (GFAP and Iba1) and neurogenesis in C57BL/6 mice. The effects of AVCRI104P3 on AChE-R/AChE-S isoforms have been also determined. We have observed that chronic treatment of C57BL/6 male mice with AVCRI104P3 results in neuroprotective effects, increasing significantly the levels of pAkt1 and pGSK3β in the hippocampus and Bcl2 in both hippocampus and cortex, but slightly decreasing synaptophysin levels. Astrogliosis and neurogenic markers GFAP and DCX remained unchanged after AVCRI104P3 treatment, whereas microgliosis was found to be significantly decreased pointing out the involvement of this compound in inflammatory processes. These results suggest that the neuroprotective mechanisms that are behind the cognitive and anxiolytic effects of AVCRI104P3 could be partly related to the potentiation of some anti-apoptotic and anti-inflammatory proteins and support the potential of AVCRI104P3 for the treatment of brain dysfunction associated with aging and/or dementia.
Grants:	Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2017-SGR-106 Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2014-SGR-52
Note:	Altres ajuts: FEDER/SAF2017-82771-R
Note:	Altres ajuts: FEDER/SAF2009-10553
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Published in:	International journal of molecular sciences, Vol. 19 Núm. 9 (april 2018) , p. 2615, ISSN 1422-0067

DOI: 10.3390/ijms19092615
PMID: 30181440

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