13 results on '"Koivisto, Ari"'
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2. Structure- and Ligand-Based Virtual Screening for Identification of Novel TRPV4 Antagonists.
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Saadabadi, Atefeh, Wilkman, Linda, Rantanen, Marja, Koivisto, Ari-Pekka, and Salo-Ahen, Outi M. H.
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VIRTUAL high-throughput screening (Drug development) ,TRP channels ,TRPV cation channels ,MOLECULAR docking ,PHARMACOPHORE ,ION channels - Abstract
Transient receptor potential vanilloid (TRPV) 4 is involved in signaling pathways specifically mediating pain and inflammation, making it a promising target for the treatment of various painful and inflammatory conditions. However, only one drug candidate targeting TRPV4 has entered the clinical trials. To identify potential TRPV4 inhibitors for drug development, we screened a library of ion channel-modulating compounds using both structure- and ligand-based virtual screening approaches. Since a high-resolution experimental structure of the human TRPV4 (hTRPV4) was not available during this study, we used a comparative model of hTRPV4 for the structure-based screening by molecular docking. The ligand-based virtual screening was performed using the pharmacophoric features of two known TRPV4 antagonists. Five potential hits were selected based on either the binding stability or the pharmacophore match, and their effect on hTRPV4 was tested using a FLIPR
tetra assay. All tested compounds inhibited hTRPV4 at 30 µM, with compound Z1213735368 showing an IC50 of 8 µM at a concentration of 10 µM. Furthermore, natural stilbenoids, known to modulate other TRP channels, were evaluated for their hTRPV4 binding and inhibitory potential. The findings provide insight into the structural determinants of hTRPV4 modulation and may facilitate further efforts in developing therapeutic hTRPV4 ligands. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
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3. Chapter 12 - TRP channel antagonists
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Koivisto, Ari-Pekka, Louhivuori, Lauri, Vakal, Serhii, Lund, Riikka, and Hennah, William
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- 2025
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4. Targeting TRP Channels for Pain, Itch and Neurogenic Inflammation
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Koivisto, Ari-Pekka, primary and Szallasi, Arpad, additional
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- 2023
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5. Chapter 12 - TRPA1 antagonists for pain relief
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Koivisto, Ari, Jalava, Niina, Rantanen, Marja, Chapman, Hugh, Holm, Patrik, and Pertovaara, Antti
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- 2024
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6. Targeting TRP Channels for Pain, Itch and Neurogenic Inflammation.
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Koivisto, Ari-Pekka and Szallasi, Arpad
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TRP channels , *ITCHING , *SUMATRIPTAN , *TRPV cation channels - Abstract
This article discusses the role of transient receptor potential (TRP) channels in pain, itch, and neurogenic inflammation. It highlights the progress made in understanding TRP channels over the past 25 years, including the identification of specific channels involved in sensory perception. The article also explores the question of whether blocking a single TRP channel or multiple channels would be more effective in providing pain relief. Additionally, it discusses the potential of TRP channels as targets for the treatment of migraine, inflammation, and osteoarthritis. The article concludes by emphasizing the need for further research to distinguish between the specific actions of TRP drugs. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2024
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7. Contributors
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Abagnale, Chiara, Ahmed, Sana-Ara, Ailani, Jessica, Akerman, Simon, Altamura, Claudia, B. Shrewsbury, Stephen, Bodie, Susan, Boucher, Gabriel, Calligaro, Hugo, Cao, Feng, Casillo, Francesco, Chan, Elaine K., Cheung, Chloe L., Coppola, Gianluca, Dahlem, Markus A., Day, Andrew, Donoghue, Stephen, Edvinsson, Lars, El Daibani, Amal, Fei, Yutong, Fofi, Luisa, George, Naveen, Goadsby, Peter J., Gong, Ziyang, Gosalia, Helin, Gratton, Sean M., Hennah, William, Houle, Timothy, Huang, Zhuoan, Iannone, Luigi Francesco, Ibrahim, Mohab, Ionel, Dana, Joyner, Kayla Rena, Kellerman, Donald J., Khan, Salman, Koivisto, Ari-Pekka, Lampl, Christian, Lauritsen, Clinton G., Li, Diana Z., Lisicki, Marco, Lissin, Dmitri, Liu, Meijun, Louhivuori, Lauri, Lund, Riikka, MaassenVanDenBrink, Antoinette, Martin, Laurent, McAllister, Peter, Medrea, Ioana, Mian, Alec, Morgan, Kelsey, Nye, Barbara L., Pandiri, Srujay, Park, Joon, Pradhan, Amynah A., Prieto, Pablo, Rees, Tayla, Riggins, Nina, Romero-Reyes, Marcela, Salinas-Abarca, Ana Belen, Schim, Jack, Schindler, Emmanuelle, Schoenen, Jean, Sebastianelli, Gabriele, Sellick, Kathleen, Seminowicz, David A., Seo, Eun Kyoung, Shah, Jaymin, Shen, Jessalyn W., Shrewsbury, Stephen B., Silberstein, Stephen D., Starling, Amaal J., Tariq, Tooba, Torphy, Bradley D., Vakal, Serhii, Vernieri, Fabrizio, Vives-Mestres, Marina, Wang, Minyan, Wang, Jing-Jing, Wang, Victor S., Wasilewski, Margaret M., Watson, Dean H., Weber, Kevin, Wu, Yonqqin, Xia, Ruyu, Yarnell, Eric L., Yordi, Sari F., Zafar, Sana, and Zhao, Bingcong
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- 2025
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8. Inhibition of Canonical Transient Receptor Potential Channels 4/5 with Highly Selective and Potent Small-Molecule HC-070 Alleviates Mechanical Hypersensitivity in Rat Models of Visceral and Neuropathic Pain
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Jalava, Niina, primary, Kaskinoro, Janne, additional, Chapman, Hugh, additional, Morales, Miguel, additional, Metsänkylä, Hanna, additional, Heinonen, Satu-Maarit, additional, and Koivisto, Ari-Pekka, additional
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- 2023
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9. Spinal TRPA1 Contributes to the Mechanical Hypersensitivity Effect Induced by Netrin-1
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Wei, Hong, primary, Ailanen, Liisa, additional, Morales, Miguel, additional, Koivisto, Ari, additional, and Pertovaara, Antti, additional
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- 2022
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Acharya, Tusar Kanta, Ahern, Gerard P., Al-Omari, Ammar, Ann, Jihyae, Aswin, Tanishaa, Banerjee, Anushka, Behrendt, Marc, Belvisi, Maria G., Bencze, Noémi, Bevan, Stuart, Bishnoi, Mahendra, Blumberg, Peter M., Bonvini, Sara J., Brain, Susan D., Campbell, James N., Cantero, María del Rocío, Cantiello, Horacio F., Chapman, Hugh, Charrua, A., Chung, Man-Kyo, Connolly, James, Cruz, F., Das, Nilesh Kumar, De Logu, Francesco, Dubey, Nishant Kumar, Erin, Nuray, Fallah, Hamideh P., Geppetti, Pierangelo, Goswami, Luna, Goswami, Chandan, Halder, Ramizur Rahaman, He, Qian, Helyes, Zsuzsanna, Holm, Patrik, Huang, Huizhen, Hudhud, Lina, Iannone, Luigi Francesco, Islas, Leon D., Jaffal, Sahar Majdi, Jalava, Niina, Kashio, Makiko, Kiselyov, Kirill, Koivisto, Ari, Konkoly, János, Kormos, Viktória, Kovács-Rozmer, Katalin, Kriszta, Gábor, Kuhad, Anurag, Kumar, Shamit, Kumar, Vikash, Kumar, Satish, Kumar, Abhishek, Lal, Roshan, Leavell, Yaowaree, Lee, Jeewoo, Liang, Dong, Liu, Yusheng, Lopez, Kyle E., Lyu, Yihan, Mahapatra, Parnasree, McKemy, David D., Mishra, Subham, Mohanta, Sushama, Nadezhdin, Kirill D., Nassini, Romina, Oláh, Attila, Patel, Mihir, Pepelyayeva, Yuliya, Pertovaara, Antti, Phan, Thieu X., Pintér, Erika, Pires, Paulo W., Pohóczky, Krisztina, Porszász, Robert, Pozsgai, Gábor, Puri, Priyanka, Rangel-Yescas, Gisela E., Rantanen, Marja, Rardin, Benjamin, Rokade, Tejas Pravin, Rosenberg, Paul, Ross, Sarah E., Royal, Mike A., Sahu, Ram Prasad, Savu, Andrea, Shikha, Deep, Silva, Josiane F., Simpson, David, Sing, Raima, Snyder, Lindsey M., Sobolevsky, Alexander I., Sodhi, Rupinder Kaur, Stevens, Randall, Szallasi, Arpad, Szőke, Éva, Szöllősi, Attila Gábor, Tóth, Attila, Tóth, Balázs István, Van Horn, Wade D., Wang, Hongmei, Wortley, Michael A., Zhang, Jinwei, and Zhou, Zirui
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- 2024
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11. Indirect involvement of α2-adrenoceptors in the mechanical antihypersensitivity effect induced by the spinally administered imidazoline I1 receptor ligand LNP599 in a rat model of experimental neuropathy.
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Wei, Hong, Vuorenpää, Anne, Laurila, Jonne, Domanskyi, Andrii, Koivisto, Ari, and Pertovaara, Antti
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SIGMA-1 receptor , *SEROTONIN receptors , *LABORATORY rats , *NOCICEPTORS , *RADIOLIGAND assay - Abstract
Here we assess whether neuropathic pain hypersensitivity is attenuated by spinal administration of the imidazoline I 1 -receptor agonist LNP599 and whether the attenuation involves co-activation of α 2 -adrenoceptors. Spared nerve injury (SNI) model of neuropathy was used to induce mechanical hypersensitivity in male and female rats with a chronic catheter for intrathecal drug administrations. Mechanical sensitivity and heat nociception were assessed behaviorally in the injured limb. Additionally, GTPγS radioligand binding assay, β-arrestin recruitment and intracellular cAMP levels were used for receptor profiling in vitro. LNP599 (imidazoline I 1 receptor agonist) and clonidine (α 2 -adrenoceptor agonist) produced equal dose-related mechanical antihypersensitivity effects in both sexes. LNP599 attenuated heat nociception preferentially in males, while clonidine reduced heat nociception equally in males and females. Carbophenyline (another imidazoline I 1 receptor agonist) had no significant effect on mechanical hypersensitivity or heat nociception in males or females. Mechanical antihypersensitivity and heat antinociception induced by LNP599 in SNI males was prevented by pretreatments with yohimbine or atipamezole (two α 2 -adrenoceptor antagonists) but not by efaroxan (a mixed imidazoline I 1 receptor/α 2 -adrenoceptor antagonist). In vitro assays indicated that LNP599 does not activate α 2A - or other subtypes of α 2 -adrenoceptors. However, LNP599 was a weak partial agonist for 5-HT 2B receptors and bound to sigma-1 and sigma-2 receptors that all are involved in modulation of spinal nociception. The results indicate that the suppression of neuropathic pain hypersensitivity by LNP599 is not due to action on spinal imidazoline I 1 receptors, but rather due to indirect activation of spinal α 2 -adrenoceptors. • Spinally administered imidazoline I 1 receptor ligand LNP599 reduced neuropathic pain. • LNP599-induced pain reduction was reversed by α 2 -adrenoceptor (AR) antagonists. • LNP599-effect was not reversed by I 1 block or recapitulated by another I 1 agonist. • LNP599 did not directly activate α 2 -AR but bound to sigma-1/2 and 5-HT 2B receptors. • Spinal LNP599 reduces neuropathic pain due to indirect activation of α 2 -AR. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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12. Development and optimisation of tools for preclinical studies on Parkinson's disease
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Ilmari Parkkinen, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Pharmacy, Division of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Doctoral Programme in Drug Research, University of Helsinki, Helsinki Institute of Life Science, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki Institute of Life Science, Neuroscience Center., Helsingin yliopisto, farmasian tiedekunta, Lääketutkimuksen tohtoriohjelma, Helsingfors universitet, farmaceutiska fakulteten, Doktorandprogrammet i läkemedelsforskning, Koivisto, Ari-Pekka, Airavaara, Mikko, and Domanskyi, Andrii
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pharmacy - Abstract
Successful drug development requires numerous tests to deem a drug safe and efficacious. Before clinical trials, preclinical testing is needed to ensure that the drug can be safely tried out in humans. In preclinical testing, efficacy is also assessed to minimise the risk of a drug failing in clinical trials. Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a common age-associated neurodegenerative disease characterised by distinct debilitating motor symptoms caused by the dysfunction of the dopaminergic nigrostriatal pathway. For PD, a plethora of cellular and animal models have been developed to study the pathophysiology of the disease and to test potential new therapeutic interventions for treating the disease. New models are constantly created. However, methods to study outcomes also need to be developed and refined for reliable and reproducible results, which is pivotal to demonstrating the efficacy of drugs. This dissertation work developed new tools and refined current methods to study PD in preclinical models and studied the characteristics of the cytomegalovirus (CMV) promoter and a primary culture of postnatal dopamine neurons used to model PD. First, we used infrared analysis of optical densities to assess the striatal innervation of tyrosine hydroxylase-positive (TH+) fibres in rat brain sections, a useful alternative to colourimetric optical density analyses. We also developed a novel method based on convolutional neural network algorithms to count dopaminergic neurons from rodent brain sections. The number of neurons counted had a high degree of correlation with results obtained using other counting methods, and counting was substantially faster with the algorithm. Additionally, we developed reporter assays, both reporter plasmids, and cell lines, to measure the activity of a PD-associated drug target, Dicer. These assays, using either exogenous or endogenous fluorescent and bioluminescent indicators, were validated and produced comparable results to previously published similar assays in more physiologically relevant conditions. We also found out that a commonly used promoter in gene therapy, the CMV promoter, could be activated by neurotransmission. We showed in vivo that methamphetamine – a potent dopamine-releasing drug – activated the CMV promoter in the rat brain. Moreover, we observed differences in the distribution of the endoplasmic reticulum between different compartments of cultured mouse TH+ neurons. In summary, the methods and refined tools obtained in these studies expand the toolbox of researchers engaged in studying PD preclinically and may be applicable to other disease areas and human clinical studies as well. Furthermore, our findings on the activation of the CMV promoter are important to consider when designing gene expression systems, reporter assays, or gene therapies for preclinical PD studies utilising amphetamines. And finally, we gained novel insight into the ultrastructural characteristics of cultured postnatal dopamine neurons and provided a valuable resource for the research community. Onnistunut lääkekehitys vaatii useita tutkimuksia, jolla lääkeaine voidaan osoittaa turvalliseksi ja tehokkaaksi. Ennen kliiniisiä kokeita, prekliinissisä kokeissa lääkeaineen turvallisuudesta tulee varmistua voidakseen sitä tutkia potilailla. Prekliinisissä kokeissa myös lääkeaineen tehoa tarkastellaan minimoidakseen riski epäonnistua kliinisissä tutkimuksissa. Parkinsonin tauti on yleinen hermostoa rappeuttava sairaus, joka aiheuttaa haitallisia ja tunnusomaisia liikehäiriöitä, jotka johtuvat keskiaivojen dopamiinijärjestelmän toimintahäiriöstä. Parkinsonin tautiin on kehitetty valtava määrä solu- ja eläinmalleja taudin patofysiologian tutkimiseksi ja uusien lääkkeiden tehon osoittamiseksi. Uusia malleja kehitetään jatkuvasti lisää, mutta myös lopputuloksia määrittäviä menetelmiä tulisi kehittää ja parantaa luotettavien ja toistettavien tulosten aikaansaamiseksi. Tämä on erityisen tärkeää, kun aikeena on osoittaa lääkeaine tehokkaaksi. Tässä väitöskirjatyössä kehitettiin uusia työkaluja ja paranneltiin aiempia menetelmiä Parkinsonin taudin tutkimiseksi prekliinisissä malleissa, ja tutkittiin cytomegalovirus (CMV) promoottorin sekä Parkinsonin taudin mallintamiseen soveltuvan dopaamiinihermosoluviljelmän ominaisuuksia. Ensiksi hyödynsimme rotan striatumin tyrosiinihydroksylaasi positiivisten (TH+) hermosoluyhteyksien optisten tiheyksien mittaamisessa infrapuna-analyysiä, tavallisen väriaineanalyysin sijaan, tarjoten vaihtoehtoisen menetelmän optisten tiheyksien mittaamiseksi. Lisäksi kehitimme uuden hermoverkkoalgoritmeihin perustuvan menetelmän solujen laskemiseksi jyrsijöiden aivoleikkeistä. Solulaskelmat korreloivat voimakkaasti muilla laskentamenetelmillä saatujen tulosten kanssa ja algoritmilla saadut laskelmat olivat huomattavasti nopeampia. Kehitimme myös, sekä plasmidi- että solupohjaisia, reportterikokeita Parkinsonin tautiin liitetyn entsyymin, Dicerin, aktivaation mittaamiseksi. Nämä reportterikokeet, jotka hyödynsivät ekso- ja endogeenisiä fluoresenssi- sekä luminesenssi-indikaattoreita, validoitiin ja tulokset olivat verrattavissa aiempiin julkaistuihin reporttereihin, paranneltujen fysiologisesti suotuisien olosuhteiden myötä. Näiden lisäksi huomasimme, että CMV promoottori, jota käytetään geeniterapioissa, voi aktivoitua neurotransmission myötä. Osoitimme in vivo, että metamfetamiinin – voimakas dopamiinia vapautta aine – annostelun myötä CMV promoottori aktivoitui rottien aivoissa. Viimeiseksi huomasimme eroja solulimakalvoston rakenteissa viljeltyjen hiiren TH+ hermosolujen eri osissa. Yhteenvetona, tässä työssä kehitetyt ja parannellut työkalut laajentavat Parkinsonin taudin prekliinisten tutkijoiden työkalurepertuaaria, mutta ne ovat myös mahdollisesti sovellettavissa muiden tautien, sekä kliinisten tutkimusten, tutkimiseen. Lisäksi löydöksemme CMV-promoottorin aktivaatiosta, on tärkeä tieto ottaa huomioon suunnitellessa ekspressiovektoreita, reportterikokeita, ja geeniterapioita käytettäväksi prekliiniisissä Parkinsonin taudin kokeissa, joissa käytetään amfetamiineja. Ja lopuksi, saimme uusia havaintoja viljeltyjen dopamiinihermosolujen ultrarakenteellisista ominaisuuksista ja tuotimme hyödyllisen resurssin tutkijoiden käytettäväksi.
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13. Insights into Molecular Interactions and Biological Effect of Natural Stilbenoids at the TRPA1 Ion Channel.
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Saadabadi A, Rantanen M, Marimuthu P, Koivisto AP, Eklund PC, and Salo-Ahen OMH
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- Humans, Binding Sites drug effects, Molecular Docking Simulation, Calcium Channels metabolism, Calcium Channels chemistry, Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Transient Receptor Potential Channels metabolism, Transient Receptor Potential Channels antagonists & inhibitors, Transient Receptor Potential Channels chemistry, Biological Products chemistry, Biological Products pharmacology, Structure-Activity Relationship, Molecular Structure, TRPA1 Cation Channel metabolism, TRPA1 Cation Channel antagonists & inhibitors, TRPA1 Cation Channel chemistry, Stilbenes chemistry, Stilbenes pharmacology
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Natural stilbenoids, polyphenolic compounds notably found in Scots pine and Norway spruce, have been shown to exhibit analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects through the TRPA1 channel, making them promising hits for the development of novel agents to treat inflammatory diseases and pain. In this study, we computationally investigated the putative binding sites of natural stilbenoids at the TRPA1 channel. Specifically, we employed molecular docking and MD simulation approaches to explore three known ligand binding sites at TRPA1. Furthermore, the biological effect of the studied compounds on TRPA1 was assessed in vitro using a fluorescent imaging plate reader (FLIPR™) calcium assay. Our modeling results suggest the stilbenoids exhibit higher affinity to the two agonist binding sites than the antagonistic site. Consistent with this, the in vitro results showed that the stilbenoids act as moderate TRPA1 channel agonists and likely inhibit the channel through a desensitization mechanism rather than act as pure TRPA1 antagonists. Additionally, our bias-force pulling simulations proposed an additional binding pocket for the natural stilbenoids that is distinct from the known ligand binding sites at TRPA1. The results of the study give useful insights into structure-based design and development of novel therapeutic TRPA1 modulators., (© 2024 The Authors. ChemMedChem published by Wiley-VCH GmbH.)
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- 2025
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