Post-natal treatment by a blood-brain-barrier permeable calpain inhibitor, SNJ1945 rescued defective function in lissencephaly

Sci Rep. 2013:3:1224. doi: 10.1038/srep01224. Epub 2013 Feb 6.

Abstract

Toward a therapeutic intervention of lissencephaly, we applied a novel calpain inhibitor, SNJ1945. Peri-natal or post-natal treatment with SNJ1945 rescued defective neuronal migration in Lis1⁺/⁻ mice, impaired behavioral performance and improvement of ¹⁸F-FDG uptake. Furthermore, SNJ1945 improved the neural circuit formation and retrograde transport of NFG in Lis1⁺/⁻ mice. Thus, SNJ1945 is a potential drug for the treatment of human lissencephaly patients.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • 1-Alkyl-2-acetylglycerophosphocholine Esterase / genetics
  • 1-Alkyl-2-acetylglycerophosphocholine Esterase / metabolism
  • Administration, Oral
  • Animals
  • Blood-Brain Barrier / metabolism*
  • Calpain / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Calpain / metabolism
  • Carbamates / chemistry
  • Carbamates / pharmacology
  • Carbamates / therapeutic use*
  • Cell Line
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / chemistry
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / metabolism
  • Glycoproteins / chemistry
  • Glycoproteins / pharmacology
  • Glycoproteins / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Lissencephaly / drug therapy*
  • Lissencephaly / physiopathology
  • Lissencephaly / prevention & control
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Microtubule-Associated Proteins / genetics
  • Microtubule-Associated Proteins / metabolism
  • Motor Activity / drug effects
  • Nerve Growth Factor / metabolism
  • Neurons / metabolism
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Receptors, GABA / metabolism

Substances

  • ((1S)-1-((((1S)-1-benzyl-3-cyclopropylamino-2,3-di-oxopropyl)amino)carbonyl)-3-methylbutyl)carbamic acid 5-methoxy-3-oxapentyl ester
  • Carbamates
  • Glycoproteins
  • Microtubule-Associated Proteins
  • Receptors, GABA
  • calpain inhibitors
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Nerve Growth Factor
  • 1-Alkyl-2-acetylglycerophosphocholine Esterase
  • Pafah1b1 protein, mouse
  • Calpain