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Integrated Transcriptomic and Proteomic Study of the Mechanism of Action of the Novel Small Molecule Positive Allosteric Modulator SPAM1 of PAC1-R for the Treatment of D-gal-Induced Aging Mice

Version 1 : Received: 4 March 2024 / Approved: 4 March 2024 / Online: 5 March 2024 (12:50:49 CET)

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Liang, L.; Chen, S.; Su, W.; Zhang, H.; Yu, R. Integrated Transcriptomic and Proteomic Study of the Mechanism of Action of the Novel Small-Molecule Positive Allosteric Modulator 1 in Targeting PAC1-R for the Treatment of D-Gal-Induced Aging Mice. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2024, 25, 3872. Liang, L.; Chen, S.; Su, W.; Zhang, H.; Yu, R. Integrated Transcriptomic and Proteomic Study of the Mechanism of Action of the Novel Small-Molecule Positive Allosteric Modulator 1 in Targeting PAC1-R for the Treatment of D-Gal-Induced Aging Mice. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2024, 25, 3872.

Abstract

Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide receptor 1 (PAC1-R) has a higher affinity for pituitary adenylate cyclase- activating polypeptide (PACAP) than for vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP). PACAP exerts its neuroprotective effects through PAC1-R. PAC1-R has become a target for drug development, and we targeted PAC1-R to screen small positive allosteric modulator 1 (SPAM1). SPAM1 has a neuroprotective effects, and in the D-galactose (D-gal) mouse model, SPAM1 improved the structure of the hippocampal dentate gyrus and restored the number of neurons. Compared with D-gal model mice, SPAM1 treatment upregulated the expression of Sirtuin 6 (SIRT6) and Lamin B1, and downregulated the expression of YinYang 1 (YY1) and p16. Consistent with this, the same results were obtained in senescent RGC-5 cells. Meanwhile, SPAM1 was also found to up-regulate SIRT6 and down-regulate YY1 expression in normal RGC-5 cells. Then, we further explored the mechanism of SPAM1 neuroprotection by whole transcriptome sequencing and proteomic analysis, and found that SPAM is involved in the longevity regulating pathway, and confirmed the up-regulation of neurofilament light polypeptide and neurofilament medium polypeptide by western blot, thus laying a pharmacological foundation for SPAM1 as a therapeutic agent for neurodegenerative diseases. polypeptide and neurofilament medium polypeptide. Thus, it lays a pharmacological foundation for SPAM1 as a therapeutic drug for neurodegenerative diseases.

Keywords

pituitary adenylate cyclase- activating polypeptide (PACAP); Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide receptor 1 (PAC1-R); D-galactose (D-gal); neuroprotective effects; transcriptomic; proteomic

Subject

Biology and Life Sciences, Neuroscience and Neurology

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