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The microglial ATP‐gated ion channel P2X7 as a CNS drug target

Bhattacharya, Anindya, Biber, Knut·2016·Glia

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Based on promising preclinical evidence, microglial P2X7 has increasingly being recognized as a target for therapeutic intervention in neurological and psychiatric diseases. However, despite this knowledge no P2X7‐related drug has yet entered clinical trials with respect to CNS diseases. We here discuss the current literature on P2X7 being a drug target and identify unsolved issues and still open questions that have hampered the development of P2X7 dependent therapeutic approaches for CNS diseases. It is concluded here that the lack of brain penetrating P2X7 antagonists is a major obstacle in the field and that central P2X7 is a yet untested clinical drug target. In the CNS, microglial P2X7 activation causes neuroinflammation, which in turn plays a role in various CNS disorders. This has resulted in a surge of brain penetrant P2X7 antagonists. P2X7 is a viable, clinically untested CNS drug target. GLIA 2016;64:1772–1787

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  • P2X7 receptor activation increases neuroinflammatory responses, which have been associated with neurodegenerative diseases, psychiatric disorders and stroke.

    “Remarkably, P2X7 receptor activation increases neuroinflammatory responses, which have been associated with neurodegenerative diseases, psychiatric disorders and stroke [21, 92–95], as further discussed.”
  • P2X7R-mediated effects, mainly through activation of the neuroinflammatory response, have been involved in MDD, neurodegenerative diseases, schizophrenia, epilepsy, neuropathic pain, and brain injury.

    “P2X7R-mediated effects, which mainly occurs through activation of the neuroinflammatory response, have been involved in MDD, neurodegenerative diseases, schizophrenia, epilepsy, neuropathic pain and brain injury [28,66,67,68].”

    From P2X7 Receptor Signaling in Stress and Depression (2019) · cites this paper as [67]

  • P2X7R has been proposed to be a potential target for therapeutic intervention in mental disorders, due to its activity in neuroinflammatory processes, which are significantly involved in MDD, schizophrenia, epilepsy and neurodegenerative diseases.

    “P2X7R has been proposed to be a potential target for therapeutic intervention in mental disorders, due to its activity in neuroinflammatory processes, which are significantly involved in MDD, schizophrenia, epilepsy and neurodegenerative diseases (e.g., multiple sclerosis, Huntington, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease) [66,67,68].”

    From P2X7 Receptor Signaling in Stress and Depression (2019) · cites this paper as [67]

  • Brain penetrant P2X7R antagonists have been developed.

    “Hence, brain penetrant P2X7R antagonists have been developed, and testing the clinical effects of these drugs in neuropsychiatric disorders is the next step [67,68].”

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Authors
Bhattacharya, A., & Biber, K.
Affiliations
  • Janssen Research & Development (United States) (US)
  • University Medical Center Groningen (NL)
Corresponding author
Bhattacharya, Anindya
Venue
Glia
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2016-05-24
Volume
64
Issue
10
Pages
1772-1787
ISSN
  • 0894-1491 (ISSN-L)
  • 1098-1136
OpenAlex
W2402724338
Cited by
221
References
145
Citations by year
2026: 11 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 32 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 20 · 2021: 21 · 2020: 27 · 2019: 18 · 2018: 30 · 2017: 25 · 2016: 5
FWCI
2.57
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Glia (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (publishedVersion)
  • University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Physiology › Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
Keywords
P2X7 receptor, microglia, ATP-gated ion channels, CNS drug targets, P2X7 antagonists, brain penetration, neuroinflammation, neurological disorders, mental illness, drug development
MeSH terms
Animals, Central Nervous System Diseases, Humans, Microglia, Receptors, Purinergic P2X7, Purinergic Agents

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