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Activity-based protein profiling reveals off-target proteins of the FAAH inhibitor BIA 10-2474

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van Esbroeck, Annelot C. M., Janssen, Antonius P. A., Cognetta, Armand B., Ogasawara, Daisuke, Shpak, Guy, van der Kroeg, Mark, Kantae, Vasudev, Baggelaar, Marc P. +21 more·2017·Science

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A clue to a drug's neurotoxicity?: The drug BIA 10-2474 inhibits fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH), a lipase that degrades a specific endocannabinoid. On the basis of this activity, BIA 10-2474 was being developed as a potential treatment for anxiety and pain. In a phase 1 trial of the drug, one subject died, and four others suffered brain damage. As an initial step in investigating whether inhibition of off-target proteins by BIA 10-2474 might contribute to its clinical neurotoxicity, van Esbroeck et al. used activity-based proteomic assays to identify proteins targeted by the drug. Studying human cells and brain samples from subjects not associated with the trial, they found that BIA 10-2474 targeted several different lipases in addition to FAAH. It also substantially altered lipid metabolism in cultured neurons. Science , this issue p. 1084

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  • Problems with the FAAH inhibitor BIA 10-2474 were due to off-target effects that led to alterations in lipid networks in the cortex, effects not observed in more specific FAAH inhibitors.

    “During the period of its suspension, it was revealed that these problems were due to off-target effects of this agent that led to alterations in lipid networks in the cortexeffects which were not observed in more specific FAAH inhibitors (van Esbroeck et al., 2017).”
  • The FAAH inhibitor BIA-102474-101 has a multitude of off-targets, including inhibition of essential blood-clotting factors thrombin and Factor VII.

    “In light of the death and adverse events in other subjects given repeated high doses of the FAAH inhibitor BIA-102474-101 in a clinical trial (Kerbrat et al, 2016), it is crucial to note that this drug has multitude of off-targets, including inhibition of essential blood-clotting factors thrombin and Factor VII (van Esbroeck et al, 2017;Molinski et al, 2017), which may contributed to its toxicity.”

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van Esbroeck, A. C. M., Janssen, A. P. A., Cognetta, A. B., Ogasawara, D., Shpak, G., van der Kroeg, M., Kantae, V., Baggelaar, M. P., de Vrij, F. M. S., Deng, H., Allarà, M., Fezza, F., Lin, Z., van der Wel, T., Soethoudt, M., Mock, E. D., den Dulk, H., Baak, I. L., Florea, B. I., Hendriks, G., De Petrocellis, L., Overkleeft, H. S., Hankemeier, T., De Zeeuw, C. I., Di Marzo, V., Maccarrone, M., Cravatt, B. F., Kushner, S. A., & van der Stelt, M.
Affiliations
  • Department of Molecular Physiology, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC, Leiden, Netherlands.
  • Leiden University (NL)
  • Scripps Research Institute (US)
  • Erasmus MC (NL)
  • Department of Psychiatry, Erasmus University Medical Centre, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
  • Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare (IT)
  • University of Rome Tor Vergata (IT)
  • Toxys B.V., Robert Boyleweg 4, 2333 CG, Leiden, Netherlands.
  • Endocannabinoid Research Group, Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Via Campi Flegrei 34, Comprensorio Olivetti, 80078 Pozzuoli, Italy.
  • Department of Neuroscience, Erasmus Medical Centre, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
  • Università Campus Bio-Medico (IT)
Corresponding author
  • Janssen, Antonius P. A.
  • Cognetta, Armand B.
  • Ogasawara, Daisuke
  • Kushner, Steven A.
Venue
Science
Published
2017-06-09
Volume
356
Issue
6342
Pages
1084-1087
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W2621737540
Cited by
332
References
40
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Funders
National Institutes of Health (award304469, DA033760)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computational Theory and Mathematics › Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
Keywords
FAAH inhibitors, off-target effects, lipase inhibition, neurotoxicity, activity-based protein profiling, fatty acid amide hydrolase, lipid metabolism, cortical neurons, drug safety
MeSH terms
Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolases, Amidohydrolases, Analgesics, Cross Reactions, Cyclic N-Oxides, Humans, Neurons, Pyridazines, Pyridines, Anti-Anxiety Agents, Urea, Clinical Trials, Phase I as Topic, Cell Line, Tumor, Protein Interaction Maps

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