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cAMP/PKA-CREB-BDNF Signaling Cascade and Phosphodiesterase 4 Inhibition: A ‎Possible Neuroprotective Approach in Alzheimer’s Disease

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Last updated: 23 Dec 2024

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Biochemistry and molecular biology

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of age-related dementia ‎worldwide. It is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by cerebral plaques ‎containing amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide aggregates, intracellular neurofibrillary tangles ‎‎(NFTs) of hyperphosphorylated tau proteins, and neuroinflammation with subsequent ‎death of neurons and brain tissue damage. There is currently no treatment available for ‎the disease or even to halt its progress. Therefore, targeting the etiologic pathologies ‎finding new agents is a crucial requirement. It is speculated that Aβ-induced ‎downregulation of cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) response element binding ‎protein (CREB) protein, a biological component essential for learning and memory, ‎causes cognitive impairments in AD. Phosphodiesterase (PDE4) inhibitors have been ‎shown to improve AD manifestations by restoring synaptic function through the ‎activation of the cAMP/PKA-CREB-BDNF signaling cascade. Cilomilast (CILO) is a ‎potent selective inhibitor of PDE4 with anti-inflammatory effect that is currently tested ‎in phase III clinical trials as a possible treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary ‎disease (COPD). Chlorogenic acid (CGA), is a major polyphenol in Coffea that ‎possesses neuroprotective, anti-inflammatory, and anti-oxidative properties. Augmented ‎PDE4 inhibition may be demonstrated through the co-administration of CGA and CILO, ‎which implies that PDE4 inhibitors may serve as potential neuroprotective molecules.‎

DOI

10.21608/rpbs.2024.301889.1309

Keywords

Alzheimer’s, phosphodiesterase 4, CREB.‎

Authors

First Name

Soha

Last Name

Atya

MiddleName

Mohamed

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Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt

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pgs.14220574@pharm.suez.edu.eg

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0009-0004-1083-1315

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8

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1

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47567

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2024-05-01

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2024-07-05

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2024-05-01

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158

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168

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2536-9857

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2535-2091

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Records of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences

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cAMP/PKA-CREB-BDNF Signaling Cascade and Phosphodiesterase 4 Inhibition: A ‎Possible Neuroprotective Approach in Alzheimer’s Disease

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23 Dec 2024