Application of an in Vitro Blood–Brain Barrier Model in the Selection of Experimental Drug Candidates for the Treatment of Huntington’s Disease

Autor: Mark Rose, Odalys Gonzalez Paz, Giulio Auciello, Annalise Di Marco, Todd Herbst, Ignacio Muñoz-Sanjuán, Domenico Vignone, Edith Monteagudo, Vinod Khetarpal, Matteo Zini, Maria Rosaria Battista, Laura Orsatti, Vincenzo Summa, Celia Dominguez, Leticia M Toledo-Sherman, Ivan Fini, Antonella Cellucci
Přispěvatelé: Di Marco, A., Gonzalez Paz, O., Fini, I., Vignone, D., Cellucci, A., Battista, M. R., Auciello, G., Orsatti, L., Zini, M., Monteagudo, E., Khetarpal, V., Rose, M., Dominguez, C., Herbst, T., Toledo-Sherman, L., Summa, V., Munoz-Sanjuan, I.
Rok vydání: 2019
Předmět:
Swine
Pharmaceutical Science
02 engineering and technology
Pharmacology
efflux transporter
030226 pharmacology & pharmacy
brain penetration
Rats
Sprague-Dawley

0302 clinical medicine
Drug Discovery
Electric Impedance
Coculture Technique
Cells
Cultured

Cerebral Cortex
Endothelial Cell
Tight junction
Tight Junction
Drug discovery
Chemistry
Huntington's disease
Biological activity
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
Huntington Disease
medicine.anatomical_structure
Blood-Brain Barrier
Molecular Medicine
Central Nervous System Agent
CNS
Astrocyte
0210 nano-technology
ATP-Binding Cassette Transporter
Central nervous system
Blood–brain barrier
Models
Biological

Permeability
Tight Junctions
Capillary Permeability
03 medical and health sciences
In vivo
Huntingtin Protein
medicine
Animals
Solute Carrier Protein
Solute Carrier Proteins
Animal
Endothelial Cells
medicine.disease
Coculture Techniques
Rats
Astrocytes
transport
Rat
ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters
Central Nervous System Agents
Zdroj: Molecular Pharmaceutics. 16:2069-2082
ISSN: 1543-8392
1543-8384
Popis: Huntington's disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disease caused by polyglutamine expansion in the huntingtin protein. For drug candidates targeting HD, the ability to cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and reach the site of action in the central nervous system (CNS) is crucial for achieving pharmacological activity. To assess the permeability of selected compounds across the BBB, we utilized a two-dimensional model composed of primary porcine brain endothelial cells and rat astrocytes. Our objective was to use this in vitro model to rank and prioritize compounds for in vivo pharmacokinetic and brain penetration studies. The model was first characterized using a set of validation markers chosen based on their functional importance at the BBB. It was shown to fulfill the major BBB characteristics, including functional tight junctions, high transendothelial electrical resistance, expression, and activity of influx and efflux transporters. The in vitro permeability of 54 structurally diverse known compounds was determined and shown to have a good correlation with the in situ brain perfusion data in rodents. We used this model to investigate the BBB permeability of a series of new HD compounds from different chemical classes, and we found a good correlation with in vivo brain permeation, demonstrating the usefulness of the in vitro model for optimizing CNS drug properties and for guiding the selection of lead compounds in a drug discovery setting. ©
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