α-Linolenic Acid–Valproic Acid Conjugates: Toward Single-Molecule Polypharmacology for Multiple Sclerosis

ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters
2020.0

Abstract

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a complex inflammatory, degenerative, and demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. Although treatments exist, MS cannot be cured by available drugs, which primarily target neuroinflammation. Thus, it is feasible that a well concerted polypharmacological approach able to act at multiple points within the intricate network of inflammation, neurodegeneration, and demyelination/remyelination pathways would succeed where other drugs have failed. Starting from reported beneficial effects of α-linolenic acid (ALA) and valproic acid (VPA) in MS, and by applying a rational strategy, we developed a small set of codrugs obtained by conjugating VPA and ALA through proper linkers. A cellular profiling identified 1 as a polypharmacological tool able not only to modulate microglia polarization, but also to counteract neurodegeneration and demyelination and induce oligodendrocyte precursor cell differentiation, by acting on multiple biochemical and epigenetic pathways.

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