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Title : Synthesis and preliminary biological evaluation of gabactyzine, a benactyzine-GABA mutual prodrug, as an organophosphate antidote - Weitman_2022_Sci.Rep_12_18078
Author(s) : Weitman M , Eisenkraft A , Tashma Z , Makarovsky I , Last D , Daniels D , Guez D , Shneor R , Mardor Y , Nudelman A , Krivoy A
Ref : Sci Rep , 12 :18078 , 2022
Abstract :

Organophosphates (OPs) are inhibitors of acetylcholinesterase and have deleterious effects on the central nervous system. Clinical manifestations of OP poisoning include convulsions, which represent an underlying toxic neuro-pathological process, leading to permanent neuronal damage. This neurotoxicity is mediated through the cholinergic, GABAergic and glutamatergic (NMDA) systems. Pharmacological interventions in OP poisoning are designed to mitigate these specific neuro-pathological pathways, using anticholinergic drugs and GABAergic agents. Benactyzine is a combined anticholinergic, anti-NMDA compound. Based on previous development of novel GABA derivatives (such as prodrugs based on perphenazine for the treatment of schizophrenia and nortriptyline against neuropathic pain), we describe the synthesis and preliminary testing of a mutual prodrug ester of benactyzine and GABA. It is assumed that once the ester crosses the blood-brain-barrier it will undergo hydrolysis, releasing benactyzine and GABA, which are expected to act synergistically. The combined release of both compounds in the brain offers several advantages over the current OP poisoning treatment protocol: improved efficacy and safety profile (where the inhibitory properties of GABA are expected to counteract the anticholinergic cognitive adverse effects of benactyzine) and enhanced chemical stability compared to benactyzine alone. We present here preliminary results of animal studies, showing promising results with early gabactyzine administration.

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Weitman M, Eisenkraft A, Tashma Z, Makarovsky I, Last D, Daniels D, Guez D, Shneor R, Mardor Y, Nudelman A, Krivoy A (2022)
Synthesis and preliminary biological evaluation of gabactyzine, a benactyzine-GABA mutual prodrug, as an organophosphate antidote
Sci Rep 12 :18078

Weitman M, Eisenkraft A, Tashma Z, Makarovsky I, Last D, Daniels D, Guez D, Shneor R, Mardor Y, Nudelman A, Krivoy A (2022)
Sci Rep 12 :18078