dopaminergic neuroblastoma

Idebenone (CV-2619) is a synthetic analogue of ubiquinone (Coenzyme Q10), a vital cell antioxidant and essential component of the Electron Transport Chain (ETC).

Vutiglabridin (HSG4112) is a novel and safe modulator of PON2, a racemic compound. vutiglabridin is an optimized structural analogue of Glabridin and is superior to Glabridin in terms of weight loss and chemical stability. vutiglabridin ameliorates mptp-induced neurodegeneration in Parkinson's disease mice by targeting mitochondrial paraoxonase-2. Vutiglabridin is a clinical phase 2 drug for the treatment of obesity and has therapeutic effects on p-mitochondrial PON2 in a PD model. vutiglabridin penetrates the brain, binds PON2, and restores 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridine (MPP*)-induced neuroblastoma in SH-SY5Y Vutiglabridin significantly attenuated 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP)-induced dyskinesia and dopaminergic neuronal damage in mice modeled with PD in mouse experiments.

The compound 4A7C-301-Nurr1 agonist is a specific agonist for the nuclear receptor-related 1 (Nurr1). By binding to the Nurr1 ligand-binding domain with an IC50 value of 48.22 nM, it enhances the transcriptional activity of both Nurr1-LBD and the full-length Nurr1, as demonstrated in reporter assays using SK-N-BE(2)C human neuroblastoma cells, with EC50 values of 6.53 and 50-70 µM, respectively. Additionally, administration of 4A7C-301-Nurr1 agonist at a dosage of 5 mg/kg per day has been shown to mitigate dopaminergic cell death in the striatum and substantia nigra pars compacta and ameliorate motor and olfactory deficits in mouse models of Parkinson's disease, circumventing the induction of dyskinesia-like behaviors. These models were induced either by the neurotoxin MPTP or by overexpression of α-synuclein.