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Chronic Pharmacological mGlu5 Inhibition Corrects Fragile X in Adult Mice

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Michalon, Aubin, Sidorov, Michael, Ballard, Theresa M., Ozmen, Laurence, Spooren, Will, Wettstein, Joseph G., Jaeschke, Georg, Bear, Mark F. +1 more·2012·Neuron

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Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the most common form of inherited intellectual disability. Previous studies have implicated mGlu5 in the pathogenesis of the disease, but a crucial unanswered question is whether pharmacological mGlu5 inhibition is able to reverse an already established FXS phenotype in mammals. Here we have used the novel, potent, and selective mGlu5 inhibitor CTEP to address this issue in the Fmr1 knockout mouse. Acute CTEP treatment corrects elevated hippocampal long-term depression, protein synthesis, and audiogenic seizures. Chronic treatment that inhibits mGlu5 within a receptor occupancy range of 81% ± 4% rescues cognitive deficits, auditory hypersensitivity, aberrant dendritic spine density, overactive ERK and mTOR signaling, and partially corrects macroorchidism. This study shows that a comprehensive phenotype correction in FXS is possible with pharmacological intervention starting in young adulthood, after development of the phenotype. It is of great interest how these findings may translate into ongoing clinical research testing mGlu5 inhibitors in FXS patients.

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  • In a Fragile X mouse model, chronic administration of the mGluR5 negative allosteric modulator CTEP after adolescence reverses inhibitory avoidance deficits.

    “In a mouse model of Fragile X Syndrome, IA deficits are reversed via chronic post-adolescent administration of the mGluR5 negative allosteric modulator (NAM) CTEP [97].”
  • Chronic treatments with CTEP restored cognitive functions, ameliorated auditory hypersensitivity, aberrant dendritic spine density and overactive ERK and mTOR signaling, and partially corrected macroorchidism in male mouse models of fragile X syndrome.

    “Chronic treatments with CTEP, a high affinity, longacting and orally bioavailable mGluR inhibitor, restored cognitive functions, ameliorated auditory hypersensitivity, aberrant dendritic spine density and overactive extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and mTOR signaling, and partially corrected the macroorchidism observed in male mouse models of fragile X syndrome 68 .”

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  • Preclinical studies have primarily focused on mGluR5 signaling as potential targets for treatment in adult mice.

    “Preclinical studies have primarily focused on mGluR5 signaling as potential targets for treatment in adult mice 99,110-113 .”
  • Pharmacological mGluR5 antagonists rescue protein synthesis and many classic outcome measures in mouse and fly FXS models.

    “have demonstrated that dampening mGluR5 signalling rescues protein synthesis and many of the classic outcome measures (TABLE 1) used in the mouse and fly models30–35.”
  • Core FXS mouse deficits, including protein synthesis, dendritic spine density and morphology, long-term depression, and audiogenic seizures, are consistently rescued by more than ten genetic approaches and multiple drug classes.

    “One striking conclusion of the broad array of preclinical studies is that these core deficits can be consistently rescued by more than ten genetic approaches and multiple classes of pharmacological compounds including mGluR antagonists (MPEP, fenobam, mavoglurant and CTEP), GABA agonists, inhibitors of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA), mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhib”

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Authors
Michalon, A., Sidorov, M., Ballard, T. M., Ozmen, L., Spooren, W., Wettstein, J. G., Jaeschke, G., Bear, M. F., & Lindemann, L.
Affiliations
  • F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG (CH)
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
Corresponding author
  • Bear, Mark F.
  • Lindemann, Lothar
Venue
Neuron
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2012-04
Volume
74
Issue
1
Pages
49-56
ISSN
0896-6273 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2045611288
Cited by
489
References
39
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FWCI
35.74
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Neuron (publishedVersion)
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  • DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
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Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (R21MH090452)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
Keywords
fragile X syndrome, mGlu5 receptor, CTEP, Fmr1 knockout mice, pharmacological rescue, intellectual disability, long-term depression, protein synthesis, audiogenic seizures, dendritic spine density, ERK signaling, mTOR signaling, macroorchidism, cognitive impairment, auditory hypersensitivity, long-term treatment
MeSH terms
Age Factors, Animals, Disease Models, Animal, Drug Administration Schedule, Fragile X Syndrome, Hippocampus, Imidazoles, Male, Phenotype, Pyridines, Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate, Mice, Knockout, Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists, Mice, Fragile X Messenger Ribonucleoprotein 1, Receptor, Metabotropic Glutamate 5

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