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Nicotinic alpha 7 receptor agonists EVP-6124 and BMS-933043, attenuate scopolamine-induced deficits in visuo-spatial paired associates learning

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Weed, Michael R., Polino, Joseph, Signor, Laura, Bookbinder, Mark, Keavy, Deborah, Benitex, Yulia, Morgan, Daniel G., King, Dalton +4 more·2017·PLOS ONE

Abstract

Agonists at the nicotinic acetylcholine alpha 7 receptor (nAChR α7) subtype have the potential to treat cognitive deficits in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) or schizophrenia. Visuo-spatial paired associates learning (vsPAL) is a task that has been shown to reliably predict conversion from mild cognitive impairment to AD in humans and can also be performed by nonhuman primates. Reversal of scopolamine-induced impairment of vsPAL performance may represent a translational approach for the development of nAChR α7 agonists. The present study investigated the effect of treatment with the acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, donepezil, or three nAChR α7 agonists, BMS-933043, EVP-6124 and RG3487, on vsPAL performance in scopolamine-treated cynomolgus monkeys. Scopolamine administration impaired vsPAL performance accuracy in a dose- and difficulty- dependent manner. The impairment of eventual accuracy, a measure of visuo-spatial learning during the task, was significantly ameliorated by treatment with donepezil (0.3 mg/kg, i.m.), EVP-6124 (0.01 mg/kg, i.m.) or BMS-933043 (0.03, 0.1 and 0.3 mg/kg, i.m.). Both nAChR α7 agonists showed inverted-U shaped dose-effect relationships with EVP-6124 effective at a single dose only whereas BMS-933043 was effective across at least a 10 fold dose/exposure range. RG3487 was not efficacious in this paradigm at the dose range examined (0.03-1 mg/kg, i.m.). These results are the first demonstration that the nAChR α7 agonists, EVP-6124 and BMS-933043, can ameliorate scopolamine-induced cognitive deficits in nonhuman primates performing the vsPAL task.

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Weed, M. R., Polino, J., Signor, L., Bookbinder, M., Keavy, D., Benitex, Y., Morgan, D. G., King, D., Macor, J. E., Zaczek, R., Olson, R., & Bristow, L. J.
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Bristol-Myers Squibb (United States) (US)
Corresponding author
Weed, Michael R.
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PLOS ONE
Published
2017-12-19
Volume
12
Issue
12
Pages
e0187609
ISSN
1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2777005829
Cited by
13
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60
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2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 3
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0.67
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journal article
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en
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Funders
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
Keywords
scopolamine-induced cognitive deficits, donepezil, acetylcholinesterase inhibitors, Alzheimer's disease, mild cognitive impairment, Macaca fascicularis, dose-response relationship, cognitive enhancement
MeSH terms
Donepezil, Animals, Indans, Macaca fascicularis, Male, Paired-Associate Learning, Piperidines, Quinuclidines, Reaction Time, Scopolamine, Space Perception, Spiro Compounds, Task Performance and Analysis, Thiophenes, Visual Perception, Treatment Outcome, alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor

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