Re: Pharmacological Modulation of BET Family in Sepsis
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Mar 11, 2021 09:18AM
Thanks imtesty !
Adding yet another condition to the list of potential treatments - Sepsis.
Here's an excerpt from that study:
Apabetalone and RVX-297 Apabetalone (also known as RVX-208 or RVX-000222), an oral BETi selective for BD2 within BETs, is currently used in phase 3 clinical trials for the treatment of coronary artery disease, diabetes, and chronic kidney failure. In a mouse model of lethal endotoxemia, apabetalone prevents liver damage by inhibiting the expression of alpha-2-macroglobulin and serum amyloid P. In patients with cardiovascular disease, apabetalone provides benefit for limiting chronic cytokine signaling (Wasiak et al., 2020).
Thus, this action of apabetalone might also serve as an effective therapy in treating patient with sepsis and MODS, especially sepsis-induced cardiomyopathy. BRD2 is a direct target of apabetalone (Gordon et al., 2020). Since apabetalone can inhibit the expression of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), the receptor utilized by the SARS-CoV-2 particles to gain entry into human cells, it is becoming a promising drug for the treatment of COVID-19
RVX-297, a 4-quinazolinone derivative related to RVX-208, is two times more selective for BD2 than RVX-208. RVX-297 also decreases the production of multiple cytokines in endotoxemic mice (Jahagirdar et al., 2017), highlighting its potential anti-inflammatory activities in lethal infection.