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Abstract

Fabry disease is caused by a deficiency of lysosomal alpha galactosidase and has a very large genotypic and phenotypic spectrum. Some patients who carry hypomorphic mutations can benefit from oral therapy with a pharmacological chaperone. The drug requires a very precise regimen because it is a reversible inhibitor of alpha-galactosidase. We looked for molecules that can potentiate this pharmacological chaperone, among drugs that have already been approved for other diseases. We tested candidate molecules in fibroblasts derived from a patient carrying a large deletion in the gene GLA, which were stably transfected with a plasmid expressing hypomorphic mutants. In our cell model, three drugs were able to potentiate the action of the pharmacological chaperone. We focused our attention on one of them, acetylsalicylic acid. We expect that acetylsalicylic acid can be used in synergy with the Fabry disease pharmacological chaperone and prolong its stabilizing effect on alpha-galactosidase.

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Title
Drug Repositioning for Fabry Disease: Acetylsalicylic Acid Potentiates the Stabilization of Lysosomal Alpha-Galactosidase by Pharmacological Chaperones
Author
Monticelli, Maria 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Liguori, Ludovica 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Allocca, Mariateresa 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Bosso, Andrea 4   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Andreotti, Giuseppina 5   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Lukas, Jan 6 ; Monti, Maria Chiara 7   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Morretta, Elva 7   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Cubellis, Maria Vittoria 8   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Bruno Hay Mele 9   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Department Biology, University of Napoli « Federico II », Complesso Universitario Monte Sant’Angelo, Via Cinthia, 80126 Napoli, Italy; [email protected] (M.M.); [email protected] (A.B.); [email protected] (B.H.M.); Department Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (DiSTABiF), University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Via Vivaldi 43, 81100 Caserta, Italy; [email protected] (L.L.); [email protected] (M.A.); Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry ICB, CNR, Via Campi Flegrei 34, 80078 Pozzuoli, Italy; [email protected] 
 Department Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (DiSTABiF), University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Via Vivaldi 43, 81100 Caserta, Italy; [email protected] (L.L.); [email protected] (M.A.) 
 Department Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (DiSTABiF), University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Via Vivaldi 43, 81100 Caserta, Italy; [email protected] (L.L.); [email protected] (M.A.); Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry ICB, CNR, Via Campi Flegrei 34, 80078 Pozzuoli, Italy; [email protected] 
 Department Biology, University of Napoli « Federico II », Complesso Universitario Monte Sant’Angelo, Via Cinthia, 80126 Napoli, Italy; [email protected] (M.M.); [email protected] (A.B.); [email protected] (B.H.M.); Institute of Biochemistry and Cellular Biology, National Research Council, Via Pietro Castellino 111, 80131 Napoli, Italy 
 Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry ICB, CNR, Via Campi Flegrei 34, 80078 Pozzuoli, Italy; [email protected] 
 Translational Neurodegeneration Section “Albrecht-Kossel”, Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Rostock, 18147 Rostock, Germany; [email protected]; Center for Transdisciplinary Neurosciences Rostock (CTNR), University Medical Center Rostock, 18147 Rostock, Germany 
 Department of Pharmacy, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano, Italy; [email protected] (M.C.M.); [email protected] (E.M.) 
 Department Biology, University of Napoli « Federico II », Complesso Universitario Monte Sant’Angelo, Via Cinthia, 80126 Napoli, Italy; [email protected] (M.M.); [email protected] (A.B.); [email protected] (B.H.M.); Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry ICB, CNR, Via Campi Flegrei 34, 80078 Pozzuoli, Italy; [email protected] 
 Department Biology, University of Napoli « Federico II », Complesso Universitario Monte Sant’Angelo, Via Cinthia, 80126 Napoli, Italy; [email protected] (M.M.); [email protected] (A.B.); [email protected] (B.H.M.) 
First page
5105
Publication year
2022
Publication date
2022
Publisher
MDPI AG
ISSN
16616596
e-ISSN
14220067
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2663062111
Copyright
© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.