A novel anti-ischemic stroke candidate drug AAPB with dual effects of neuroprotection and cerebral blood flow improvement

IF 14.7 1区医学 Q1 PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY

Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica. B Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI:10.1016/j.apsb.2024.12.042

Jianbing Wu , Duorui Ji , Weijie Jiao , Jian Jia , Jiayi Zhu , Taijun Hang , Xijing Chen , Yang Ding , Yuwen Xu , Xinglong Chang , Liang Li , Qiu Liu , Yumei Cao , Yan Zhong , Xia Sun , Qingming Guo , Tuanjie Wang , Zhenzhong Wang , Ya Ling , Wei Xiao , Yihua Zhang

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Abstract

Ischemic stroke (IS) is a globally life-threatening disease. Presently, few therapeutic medicines are available for treating IS, and rt-PA is the only drug approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the US. In fact, many agents showing excellent neuroprotection but no blood flow-improving activity in animals have not achieved ideal clinical efficacy, while thrombolytic drugs only improving blood flow without neuroprotection have limited their wider application. To address these challenges and meet the huge unmet clinical need, we have designed and identified a novel compound AAPB with dual effects of neuroprotection and cerebral blood flow improvement. AAPB significantly reduced cerebral infarction and neural function deficit in tMCAO rats, pMCAO rats, and IS rhesus monkeys, as well as displayed exceptional safety profiles and excellent pharmacokinetic properties in rats and dogs. AAPB has now entered phase I of clinical trials fighting IS in China.

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Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica. B Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics-General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics

CiteScore

22.40

自引率

5.50%

发文量

1051

审稿时长

19 weeks

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