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Identification of benzothiazoles as potential polyglutamine aggregation inhibitors of Huntington's disease by using an automated filter retardation assay

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Heiser, Volker, Engemann, Sabine, Bröcker, Wolfgang, Dunkel, Ilona, Boeddrich, Annett, Waelter, Stephanie, Nordhoff, Eddi, Lurz, Rudi, Schugardt, Nancy, Rautenberg, Susanne, Herhaus, Christian, Barnickel, Gerhard, Böttcher, Henning, Lehrach, Hans, Wanker, Erich E.·2002·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Abstract

Preventing the formation of insoluble polyglutamine containing protein aggregates in neurons may represent an attractive therapeutic strategy to ameliorate Huntington's disease (HD). Therefore, the ability to screen for small molecules that suppress the self-assembly of huntingtin would have potential clinical and significant research applications. We have developed an automated filter retardation assay for the rapid identification of chemical compounds that prevent HD exon 1 protein aggregation in vitro . Using this method, a total of 25 benzothiazole derivatives that inhibit huntingtin fibrillogenesis in a dose-dependent manner were discovered from a library of ≈184,000 small molecules. The results obtained by the filter assay were confirmed by immunoblotting, electron microscopy, and mass spectrometry. Furthermore, cell culture studies revealed that 2-amino-4,7-dimethyl-benzothiazol-6-ol, a chemical compound similar to riluzole, significantly inhibits HD exon 1 aggregation in vivo . These findings may provide the basis for a new therapeutic approach to prevent the accumulation of insoluble protein aggregates in Huntington's disease and related glutamine repeat disorders.

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Heiser, V., Engemann, S., Bröcker, W., Dunkel, I., Boeddrich, A., Waelter, S., Nordhoff, E., Lurz, R., Schugardt, N., Rautenberg, S., Herhaus, C., Barnickel, G., Böttcher, H., Lehrach, H., & Wanker, E. E.
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published
2002-12-10
Volume
99
Issue
suppl_4
Pages
16400-16406
ISSN
  • 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
  • 1091-6490
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205
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journal article
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Heiser, V., Engemann, S., Bröcker, W., Dunkel, I., Boeddrich, A., Waelter, S., Nordhoff, E., Lurz, R., Schugardt, N., Rautenberg, S., Herhaus, C., Barnickel, G., Böttcher, H., Lehrach, H., & Wanker, E. E. (2002). Identification of benzothiazoles as potential polyglutamine aggregation inhibitors of Huntington's disease by using an automated filter retardation assay. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.182426599

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