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Role of GSK-3β Inhibitors: New Promises and Opportunities for Alzheimer’s Disease

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Shri, Suggala Ramya, Manandhar, Suman, Nayak, Yogendra, Pai, K Sreedhara Ranganath·2023·Advanced Pharmaceutical Bulletin

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Glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3) was discovered to be a multifunctional enzyme involved in a wide variety of biological processes, including early embryo formation, oncogenesis, as well cell death in neurodegenerative diseases. Several critical cellular processes in the brain are regulated by the GSK-3β, serving as a central switch in the signaling pathways. Dysregulation of GSK-3β kinase has been reported in diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, inflammation, and Huntington's disease. Thus, GSK-3β is widely regarded as a promising target for therapeutic use. The current review article focuses mainly on Alzheimer's disease, an age-related neurodegenerative brain disorder. GSK-3β activation increases amyloid-beta (Aβ) and the development of neurofibrillary tangles that are involved in the disruption of material transport between axons and dendrites. The drug-binding cavities of GSK-3β are explored, and different existing classes of GSK-3β inhibitors are explained in this review. Non-ATP competitive inhibitors, such as allosteric inhibitors, can reduce the side effects compared to ATP-competitive inhibitors. Whereas ATP-competitive inhibitors produce disarrangement of the cytoskeleton, neurofibrillary tangles formation, and lead to the death of neurons, etc. This could be because they are binding to a site separate from ATP. Owing to their interaction in particular and special binding sites, allosteric ligands interact with substrates more selectively, which will be beneficial in resolving drug-induced resistance and also helpful in reducing side effects. Hence, in this review, we focussed on the allosteric GSK-3β inhibitors and discussed their futuristic opportunities as anti-Alzheimer's compounds.

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Authors
Shri, S. R., Manandhar, S., Nayak, Y., & Pai, K. S. R.
Affiliations
Manipal Academy of Higher Education (IN)
Corresponding author
Pai, K Sreedhara Ranganath
Venue
Advanced Pharmaceutical Bulletin
Published
2023-01-23
Volume
13
Issue
4
Pages
688-700
ISSN
  • 2228-5881 (ISSN-L)
  • 2251-7308
OpenAlex
W4317808953
Cited by
71
References
82
Citations by year
2026: 27 · 2025: 30 · 2024: 14
FWCI
2.52
Type
journal article
Language
en
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cc-by
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  • Advanced Pharmaceutical Bulletin (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases
Keywords
GSK3β, Alzheimer's disease, GSK-3β inhibitors, allosteric inhibitors, ATP-competitive inhibitors, amyloid-beta, neurofibrillary tangles, drug resistance, neurodegeneration, kinase signaling pathways, anti-Alzheimer agents

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