Antihelminthic benzimidazoles are novel HIF activators that prevent oxidative neuronal death via binding to tubulin

Aims: Pharmacological activation of the adaptive response to hypoxia is a therapeutic strategy of growing interest for neurological conditions, including stroke, Huntington's disease, and Parkinson's disease. We screened a drug library with known safety in humans using a hippocampal neurob...

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Main Author: Sleiman, Sama (author)
Other Authors: Aleyasin, Hossein (author), Karuppagounder, Saravanan S. (author), Kumar, Amit (author), Basso, Manuela (author), Ma, Thong (author), Siddiq, Ambreena (author)
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Published: 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10725/6133
http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1089/ars.2013.5595
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author Sleiman, Sama
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Karuppagounder, Saravanan S.
Kumar, Amit
Basso, Manuela
Ma, Thong
Siddiq, Ambreena
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Karuppagounder, Saravanan S.
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Basso, Manuela
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2017-09-05T12:48:46Z
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Aleyasin, H., Karuppagounder, S. S., Kumar, A., Sleiman, S., Basso, M., Ma, T., ... & Haskew-Layton, R. (2015). Antihelminthic benzimidazoles are novel HIF activators that prevent oxidative neuronal death via binding to tubulin. Antioxidants & redox signaling, 22(2), 121-134.
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description Aims: Pharmacological activation of the adaptive response to hypoxia is a therapeutic strategy of growing interest for neurological conditions, including stroke, Huntington's disease, and Parkinson's disease. We screened a drug library with known safety in humans using a hippocampal neuroblast line expressing a reporter of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-dependent transcription. Results: Our screen identified more than 40 compounds with the ability to induce hypoxia response element-driven luciferase activity as well or better than deferoxamine, a canonical activator of hypoxic adaptation. Among the chemical entities identified, the antihelminthic benzimidazoles represented one pharmacophore that appeared multiple times in our screen. Secondary assays confirmed that antihelminthics stabilized the transcriptional activator HIF-1α and induced expression of a known HIF target gene, p21cip1/waf1, in post-mitotic cortical neurons. The on-target effect of these agents in stimulating hypoxic signaling was binding to free tubulin. Moreover, antihelminthic benzimidazoles also abrogated oxidative stress-induced death in vitro, and this on-target effect also involves binding to free tubulin. Innovation and Conclusions: These studies demonstrate that tubulin-binding drugs can activate a component of the hypoxic adaptive response, specifically the stabilization of HIF-1α and its downstream targets. Tubulin-binding drugs, including antihelminthic benzimidazoles, also abrogate oxidative neuronal death in primary neurons. Given their safety in humans and known ability to penetrate into the central nervous system, antihelminthic benzimidazoles may be considered viable candidates for treating diseases associated with oxidative neuronal death, including stroke.
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Aleyasin, H., Karuppagounder, S. S., Kumar, A., Sleiman, S., Basso, M., Ma, T., ... & Haskew-Layton, R. (2015). Antihelminthic benzimidazoles are novel HIF activators that prevent oxidative neuronal death via binding to tubulin. Antioxidants & redox signaling, 22(2), 121-134.
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spelling Antihelminthic benzimidazoles are novel HIF activators that prevent oxidative neuronal death via binding to tubulinSleiman, SamaAleyasin, HosseinKaruppagounder, Saravanan S.Kumar, AmitBasso, ManuelaMa, ThongSiddiq, AmbreenaAims: Pharmacological activation of the adaptive response to hypoxia is a therapeutic strategy of growing interest for neurological conditions, including stroke, Huntington's disease, and Parkinson's disease. We screened a drug library with known safety in humans using a hippocampal neuroblast line expressing a reporter of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-dependent transcription. Results: Our screen identified more than 40 compounds with the ability to induce hypoxia response element-driven luciferase activity as well or better than deferoxamine, a canonical activator of hypoxic adaptation. Among the chemical entities identified, the antihelminthic benzimidazoles represented one pharmacophore that appeared multiple times in our screen. Secondary assays confirmed that antihelminthics stabilized the transcriptional activator HIF-1α and induced expression of a known HIF target gene, p21cip1/waf1, in post-mitotic cortical neurons. The on-target effect of these agents in stimulating hypoxic signaling was binding to free tubulin. Moreover, antihelminthic benzimidazoles also abrogated oxidative stress-induced death in vitro, and this on-target effect also involves binding to free tubulin. Innovation and Conclusions: These studies demonstrate that tubulin-binding drugs can activate a component of the hypoxic adaptive response, specifically the stabilization of HIF-1α and its downstream targets. Tubulin-binding drugs, including antihelminthic benzimidazoles, also abrogate oxidative neuronal death in primary neurons. Given their safety in humans and known ability to penetrate into the central nervous system, antihelminthic benzimidazoles may be considered viable candidates for treating diseases associated with oxidative neuronal death, including stroke.PublishedN/A2017-09-05T12:48:46Z2017-09-05T12:48:46Z20142017-09-05Articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article1557-7716http://hdl.handle.net/10725/6133http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1089/ars.2013.5595Aleyasin, H., Karuppagounder, S. S., Kumar, A., Sleiman, S., Basso, M., Ma, T., ... & Haskew-Layton, R. (2015). Antihelminthic benzimidazoles are novel HIF activators that prevent oxidative neuronal death via binding to tubulin. Antioxidants & redox signaling, 22(2), 121-134.http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.phphttp://online.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/ars.2013.5595enAntioxidants & Redox Signalinginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/61332021-03-19T10:00:52Z
spellingShingle Antihelminthic benzimidazoles are novel HIF activators that prevent oxidative neuronal death via binding to tubulin
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title Antihelminthic benzimidazoles are novel HIF activators that prevent oxidative neuronal death via binding to tubulin
title_full Antihelminthic benzimidazoles are novel HIF activators that prevent oxidative neuronal death via binding to tubulin
title_fullStr Antihelminthic benzimidazoles are novel HIF activators that prevent oxidative neuronal death via binding to tubulin
title_full_unstemmed Antihelminthic benzimidazoles are novel HIF activators that prevent oxidative neuronal death via binding to tubulin
title_short Antihelminthic benzimidazoles are novel HIF activators that prevent oxidative neuronal death via binding to tubulin
title_sort Antihelminthic benzimidazoles are novel HIF activators that prevent oxidative neuronal death via binding to tubulin
url http://hdl.handle.net/10725/6133
http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1089/ars.2013.5595
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/ars.2013.5595