Principal Investigators

    HOFFER, BARRY J

    Institution

    CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY

    Contact information of lead PI

    Country

    USA

    Title of project or programme

    Repositioning Gliptins for Parkinsons Disease Treatment

    Source of funding information

    NIH (NINDS)

    Total sum awarded (Euro)

    € 956,851.38

    Start date of award

    30/09/2015

    Total duration of award in years

    2

    The project/programme is most relevant to:

    Parkinson's disease & PD-related disorders

    Keywords

    gastric inhibitory polypeptide receptor, SERPINA4 gene, glucagon-like peptide, exenatide, Parkinson Disease

    Research Abstract

    ? DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Dipeptidyl protease-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors – also known as gliptins – are widely used in the effective treatment of type 2 diabetes to safely regulate bloo glucose levels. DPP-4 is the key enzyme responsible for the metabolism of the endogenous incretins, glucagon-like peptide-like-peptide-1 (GLP-1) and glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) whose elevated levels in brain, we hypothesized, would provide neurotrophic/neuroprotective actions in cellular and in vivo rodent models of Parkinson’s disease (PD). On evaluating several DPP-4 inhibitors, brain and plasma incretin levels were, indeed, substantially elevated in rodents, and this resulted in amelioration of Parkinsonism and elevations in brain dopamine levels in a well- characterized acute rodent PD model as well as reducing toxicity in vitro cellular model. Our proposed studies will extend our evaluation of dipeptidyl protease-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors as a new treatment strategy for Parkinson’s disease by assessing the DPP-4 inhibitor sitagliptin in chronic toxin and genetics rodent PD models. In these chronic rodent PD models, we will evaluate neurorestorative activity of sitagliptin by measuring behavioral, biochemical, and immunocytochemical parameters. In addition, mechanistic studies will be carried out to correlate sitagliptin efficacy with analysis of ER stress/unfolded protein responses, mitochondrial function and neuroinflammation.

    Lay Summary

    PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Our initial dipeptidyl protease-4 (DDP-4) inhibitor studies defined this drug class as beneficial in well characterized cellular and rodent acute Parkinson’s disease (PD) models. Our aim is to evaluate whether the beneficial actions of clinically relevant and doses of DPP-4 inhibitors to elevate incretin GIP and GLP-1) levels will translate to chronic rodent PD models as a key step to de-risk clinical translation. If successful, our proposed studies will lay the essential groundwork for a clinical trial of the DPP-4 inhibitor sitagliptin i PD – by defining a drug dose for central incretin actions.

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Types: Investments > €500k
Member States: United States of America
Diseases: Parkinson's disease & PD-related disorders
Years: 2016
Database Categories: N/A
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