Camilla Barbero Mazzucca, Giuseppe Cappellano, Annalisa Chiocchetti
{"title":"Nutrition, Immunity and Aging: Current Scenario and Future Perspectives in Neurodegenerative Diseases.","authors":"Camilla Barbero Mazzucca, Giuseppe Cappellano, Annalisa Chiocchetti","doi":"10.2174/1871527322666230502123255","DOIUrl":"10.2174/1871527322666230502123255","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Aging is a gradual decline of physiological function and tissue homeostasis and, in many instances, is related to increased (neuro)-degeneration, together with inflammation, becoming one of the most important risks for developing neurodegenerative diseases. Certain individual nutrients or foods in combination may counteract aging and associated neurodegenerative diseases by promoting a balance between the pro- and anti-inflammatory responses. Thus, nutrition could represent a powerful modulator of this fine balance, other than a modifiable risk factor to contrast inflammaging. This narrative review explores from a broad perspective the impact of nutrition on the hallmarks of aging and inflammation in Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD) and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Syndrome (ALS), starting from nutrients up to single foods and complex dietary patterns.</p>","PeriodicalId":10456,"journal":{"name":"CNS & neurological disorders drug targets","volume":" ","pages":"573-587"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9405256","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bo Qin, Xi-Min Hu, Yan-Xia Huang, Rong-Hua Yang, Kun Xiong
{"title":"A New Paradigm in Spinal Cord Injury Therapy: from Cell-free Treatment to Engineering Modifications.","authors":"Bo Qin, Xi-Min Hu, Yan-Xia Huang, Rong-Hua Yang, Kun Xiong","doi":"10.2174/1871527322666230418090857","DOIUrl":"10.2174/1871527322666230418090857","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Spinal cord injury (SCI) is an intractable and poorly prognostic neurological disease, and current treatments are still unable to cure it completely and avoid sequelae. Extracellular vesicles (EVs), as important carriers of intercellular communication and pharmacological effects, are considered to be the most promising candidates for SCI therapy because of their low toxicity and immunogenicity, their ability to encapsulate endogenous bioactive molecules (e.g., proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids), and their ability to cross the blood-brain/cerebrospinal barriers. However, poor targeting, low retention rate, and limited therapeutic efficacy of natural EVs have bottlenecked EVs-based SCI therapy. A new paradigm for SCI treatment will be provided by engineering modified EVs. Furthermore, our limited understanding of the role of EVs in SCI pathology hinders the rational design of novel EVbased therapeutic approaches. In this study, we review the pathophysiology after SCI, especially the multicellular EVs-mediated crosstalk; briefly describe the shift from cellular to cell-free therapies for SCI treatment; discuss and analyze the issues related to the route and dose of EVs administration; summarize and present the common strategies for EVs drug loading in the treatment of SCI and point out the shortcomings of these drug loading methods; finally, we analyze and highlight the feasibility and advantages of bio-scaffold-encapsulated EVs for SCI treatment, providing scalable insights into cell-free therapy for SCI.</p>","PeriodicalId":10456,"journal":{"name":"CNS & neurological disorders drug targets","volume":" ","pages":"656-673"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9425784","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Selective Inhibition of Soluble TNF using XPro1595 Improves Hippocampal Pathology to Promote Improved Neurological Recovery Following Traumatic Brain Injury in Mice","authors":"Katelyn Larson, Melissa Damon, Rajasa Randhi, Nancy Nixon-Lee, Kirsty J. Dixon","doi":"10.2174/1871527321666220610104908","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/1871527321666220610104908","url":null,"abstract":"To determine the efficacy of XPro1595 to improve pathophysiological and functional outcomes in a mouse model of traumatic brain injury (TBI).Symptoms associated with TBI can be debilitating, and treatment without off-target side effects remains a challenge. This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of selectively inhibiting the soluble form of TNF (solTNF) using the biologic XPro1595 in a mouse model of TBI.Use XPro1595 to determine whether injury-induced solTNF promotes hippocampal inflammation and dendritic plasticity, and associated functional impairments.Mild-to-moderate traumatic brain injury (CCI model) was induced in adult male C57Bl/6J WT and Thy1-YFPH mice, with XPro1595 (10 mg/kg, S.C.) or vehicle being administered in a clinically relevant window (60 minutes post-injury). The animals were assessed for differences in neurological function, and hippocampal tissue was analyzed for inflammation and glial reactivity, as well as neuronal degeneration and plasticity.We report that unilateral CCI over the right parietal cortex in mice promoted deficits in learning and memory, depressive-like behavior, and neuropathic pain. Using immunohistochemical and Western blotting techniques, we observed the cortical injury promoted a set of expected pathophysiology's within the hippocampus consistent with the observed neurological outcomes, including glial reactivity, enhanced neuronal dendritic degeneration (dendritic beading), and reduced synaptic plasticity (spine density and PSD-95 expression) within the DG and CA1 region of the hippocampus, that were prevented in mice treated with XPro1595.Overall, we observed that selectively inhibiting solTNF using XPro1595 improved the pathophysiological and neurological sequelae of brain-injured mice, which provides support for its use in patients with TBI.","PeriodicalId":10456,"journal":{"name":"CNS & neurological disorders drug targets","volume":"99 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136018599","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Meet the Associate Editorial Board Member","authors":"Thakur G. Singh","doi":"10.2174/187152732207230315121425","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/187152732207230315121425","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10456,"journal":{"name":"CNS & neurological disorders drug targets","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134984318","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Seyed Hossein Shahcheraghi, Jamshid Ayatollahi, Marzieh Lotfi, Alaa A A Aljabali, Mazhar S Al-Zoubi, Pritam Kumar Panda, Vijay Mishra, Saurabh Satija, Nitin B Charbe, Ángel Serrano-Aroca, Bojlul Bahar, Kazuo Takayama, Rohit Goyal, Amit Bhatia, Abdulmajeed G Almutary, Abdullah M Alnuqaydan, Yachana Mishra, Poonam Negi, Aaron Courtney, Paul A McCarron, Hamid A Bakshi, Murtaza M Tambuwala
{"title":"Gene Therapy for Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Potential Targets and Tools.","authors":"Seyed Hossein Shahcheraghi, Jamshid Ayatollahi, Marzieh Lotfi, Alaa A A Aljabali, Mazhar S Al-Zoubi, Pritam Kumar Panda, Vijay Mishra, Saurabh Satija, Nitin B Charbe, Ángel Serrano-Aroca, Bojlul Bahar, Kazuo Takayama, Rohit Goyal, Amit Bhatia, Abdulmajeed G Almutary, Abdullah M Alnuqaydan, Yachana Mishra, Poonam Negi, Aaron Courtney, Paul A McCarron, Hamid A Bakshi, Murtaza M Tambuwala","doi":"10.2174/1871527321666220304153719","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/1871527321666220304153719","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Neuropsychiatric disorders that affect the central nervous system cause considerable pressures on the health care system and have a substantial economic burden on modern societies. The present treatments based on available drugs are mostly ineffective and often costly. The molecular process of neuropsychiatric disorders is closely connected to modifying the genetic structures inherited or caused by damage, toxic chemicals, and some current diseases. Gene therapy is presently an experimental concept for neurological disorders. Clinical applications endeavor to alleviate the symptoms, reduce disease progression, and repair defective genes. Implementing gene therapy in inherited and acquired neurological illnesses entails the integration of several scientific disciplines, including virology, neurology, neurosurgery, molecular genetics, and immunology. Genetic manipulation has the power to minimize or cure illness by inducing genetic alterations at endogenous loci. Gene therapy that involves treating the disease by deleting, silencing, or editing defective genes and delivering genetic material to produce therapeutic molecules has excellent potential as a novel approach for treating neuropsychiatric disorders. With the recent advances in gene selection and vector design quality in targeted treatments, gene therapy could be an effective approach. This review article will investigate and report the newest and the most critical molecules and factors in neuropsychiatric disorder gene therapy. Different genome editing techniques available will be evaluated, and the review will highlight preclinical research of genome editing for neuropsychiatric disorders while also evaluating current limitations and potential strategies to overcome genome editing advancements.</p>","PeriodicalId":10456,"journal":{"name":"CNS & neurological disorders drug targets","volume":"22 1","pages":"51-65"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9157121","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Qasem A AlMulihi, Fatimah A AlMuhanna, Mohammed A AlMuhanna, Eman A AlSultan
{"title":"Comparison of Safety and Effectiveness between Levetiracetam and Phenytoin in the Treatment of Pediatric Status Epilepticus: A Meta- Analysis.","authors":"Qasem A AlMulihi, Fatimah A AlMuhanna, Mohammed A AlMuhanna, Eman A AlSultan","doi":"10.2174/1568007X04666220509215121","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/1568007X04666220509215121","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of levetiracetam and phenytoin by evaluating the events of seizure termination and recurrence in children.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We used the internet databases PubMed, Embase, and Google Scholar to conduct a literature search for the appropriate studies. A meta-analysis was performed to calculate the odds ratio using fixed and random-effects models.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We identified 15 studies that were eligible for the meta-analysis. The incidence of seizure termination within 24 h was 76.9% for levetiracetam and 70.5% for phenytoin. Levetiracetam had a higher number of seizure termination events than phenytoin (P = 0.005, I<sup>2</sup> = 66%). The incidence of seizure recurrence within 24 h was 10% for levetiracetam and 15.6% for phenytoin. Phenytoin had a significantly higher number of seizure recurrence events than levetiracetam (P = 0.00007, I<sup>2</sup> = 21%).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The efficacy and safety of levetiracetam are superior to that of phenytoin in children with status epilepticus. Large Randomized Controlled Trial studies are needed to confirm the result in children.</p>","PeriodicalId":10456,"journal":{"name":"CNS & neurological disorders drug targets","volume":"22 5","pages":"745-751"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9204761","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}