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Neuropeptide receptor ligands as drugs for psychiatric diseases: the end of the beginning?

Griebel, Guy, Holsboer, Florian·2012·Nature Reviews Drug Discovery

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The search for novel drugs for treating psychiatric disorders is driven by the growing medical need to improve on the effectiveness and side-effect profile of currently available therapies. Given the wealth of preclinical data supporting the role of neuropeptides in modulating behaviour, pharmaceutical companies have been attempting to target neuropeptide receptors for over two decades. However, clinical studies with synthetic neuropeptide ligands have been unable to confirm the promise predicted by studies in animal models. Here, we analyse preclinical and clinical results for neuropeptide receptor ligands that have been studied in clinical trials for psychiatric diseases, including agents that target the receptors for tachykinins, corticotropin-releasing factor, vasopressin and neurotensin, and suggest new ways to exploit the full potential of these candidate drugs.

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  • No clinical studies to date have found efficacy of CRF1 antagonists for other stress-related psychiatric disorders.

    “Additionally, no clinical studies to date have found efficacy of CRF 1 receptor antagonists for the treatment of other stress-related psychiatric disorders, such as major depression, generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety, or posttraumatic stress disorder (Griebel and Holsboer, 2012;Dunlop et al., 2017).”

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Authors
Griebel, G., & Holsboer, F.
Affiliations
  • Sanofi (France) (FR)
  • Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry (DE)
Corresponding author
Griebel, Guy
Venue
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
Published
2012-05-18
Volume
11
Issue
6
Pages
462-478
ISSN
  • 1474-1776 (ISSN-L)
  • 1474-1784
OpenAlex
W2089617519
Cited by
194
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176
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2.50
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Nature Reviews Drug Discovery (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
Keywords
psychiatric drug development, tachykinins, corticotropin-releasing factor, vasopressin, neurotensin, clinical translation, adverse effects
MeSH terms
Animals, Mental Disorders, Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone, Humans, Ligands, Neurotensin, Psychotropic Drugs, Vasopressins, Tachykinins, Drug Delivery Systems, Receptors, Vasopressin, Receptors, Neuropeptide, Receptors, Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone, Receptors, Neurotensin, Receptors, Tachykinin

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