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Activation of mGlu2/3 receptors as a new approach to treat schizophrenia: a randomized Phase 2 clinical trial

Patil, Sandeep T, Zhang, Lu, Martenyi, Ferenc, Lowe, Stephen L, Jackson, Kimberley A, Andreev, Boris V, Avedisova, Alla S, Bardenstein, Leonid M +10 more·2007·Nature Medicine

Abstract

Schizophrenia is a chronic, complex and heterogeneous mental disorder, with pathological features of disrupted neuronal excitability and plasticity within limbic structures of the brain. These pathological features manifest behaviorally as positive symptoms (including hallucinations, delusions and thought disorder), negative symptoms (such as social withdrawal, apathy and emotional blunting) and other psychopathological symptoms (such as psychomotor retardation, lack of insight, poor attention and impulse control). Altered glutamate neurotransmission has for decades been linked to schizophrenia, but all commonly prescribed antipsychotics act on dopamine receptors. LY404039 is a selective agonist for metabotropic glutamate 2/3 (mGlu2/3) receptors and has shown antipsychotic potential in animal studies. With data from rodents, we provide new evidence that mGlu2/3 receptor agonists work by a distinct mechanism different from that of olanzapine. To clinically test this mechanism, an oral prodrug of LY404039 (LY2140023) was evaluated in schizophrenic patients with olanzapine as an active control in a randomized, three-armed, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Treatment with LY2140023, like treatment with olanzapine, was safe and well-tolerated; treated patients showed statistically significant improvements in both positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia compared to placebo (P < 0.001 at week 4). Notably, patients treated with LY2140023 did not differ from placebo-treated patients with respect to prolactin elevation, extrapyramidal symptoms or weight gain. These data suggest that mGlu2/3 receptor agonists have antipsychotic properties and may provide a new alternative for the treatment of schizophrenia.

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Patil, S. T., Zhang, L., Martenyi, F., Lowe, S. L., Jackson, K. A., Andreev, B. V., Avedisova, A. S., Bardenstein, L. M., Gurovich, I. Y., Morozova, M. A., Mosolov, S. N., Neznanov, N. G., Reznik, A. M., Smulevich, A. B., Tochilov, V. A., Johnson, B. G., Monn, J. A., & Schoepp, D. D.
Affiliations
  • Eli Lilly (United States) (US)
  • National University of Singapore (SG)
  • St Petersburg University (RU)
  • Moscow Regional Psychiatry Hospital No.5 (RU)
  • North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov (RU)
Corresponding author
Monn, James A
Venue
Nature Medicine
Published
2007-09
Volume
13
Issue
9
Pages
1102-1107
ISSN
  • 1078-8956 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-170X
OpenAlex
W2116386279
Cited by
1,040
References
30
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FWCI
72.14
Type
journal article
Language
en
Update notices
erratum (2007-10-01)
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Nature Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • National University of Singapore (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Biochemistry › Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism
Keywords
schizophrenia, mGlu2/3 receptor agonists, metabotropic glutamate receptors, antipsychotic drugs, olanzapine, positive symptoms, negative symptoms, prolactin elevation, extrapyramidal symptoms, weight gain, glutamatergic neurotransmission
MeSH terms
Olanzapine, Animals, Benzodiazepines, Cyclic S-Oxides, Disease Models, Animal, Double-Blind Method, Humans, Placebos, Schizophrenia, Antipsychotic Agents, Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate, Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic

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