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In Silico Screening Identification of Fatty Acids and Fatty Acid Derivatives with Antiseizure Activity: In Vitro and In Vivo Validation.

ABSTRACT: High fat diets have been used as complementary treatments for seizure disorders for more than a century. Moreover, many fatty acids and derivatives, including the broad-spectrum antiseizure medication valproic acid, have been explored and used as pharmacological agents to treat epilepsy. In this work, we have explored the anticonvulsant potential of a large library of fatty acids and fatty acid derivatives, the LIPID MAPS Structure Database, using structure-based virtual screening to assess their ability to block the voltage-gated sodium channel 1.2 (NaV1.2), a validated target for antiseizure medications. Four of the resulting in silico hits were submitted for experimental confirmation using in vitro patch clamp experiments, and their protective role was evaluated in an acute mice seizure model, the Maximal Electroshock seizure model. These four compounds were found to protect mice against seizures. Two of them exhibited blocking effects on NaV1.2, CaV2.2, and CaV3.1.

SUBMITTER: Barrionuevo EM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11357650 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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In Silico Screening Identification of Fatty Acids and Fatty Acid Derivatives with Antiseizure Activity: In Vitro and In Vivo Validation.

Barrionuevo Emilia Mercedes EM Peralta Estefanía E Manzur De Nardi Agustín A Monat Juliana J Fallico Maximiliano José MJ Llanos Manuel Augusto MA Gavernet Luciana L Mustafá Emilio Román ER Martin Pedro P Talevi Alan A

Pharmaceutics 20240727 8

High fat diets have been used as complementary treatments for seizure disorders for more than a century. Moreover, many fatty acids and derivatives, including the broad-spectrum antiseizure medication valproic acid, have been explored and used as pharmacological agents to treat epilepsy. In this work, we have explored the anticonvulsant potential of a large library of fatty acids and fatty acid derivatives, the LIPID MAPS Structure Database, using structure-based virtual screening to assess thei ...[more]

PMID: 39204342

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In Silico Screening Identification of Fatty Acids and Fatty Acid Derivatives with Antiseizure Activity: In Vitro and In Vivo Validation.

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In Silico Screening Identification of Fatty Acids and Fatty Acid Derivatives with Antiseizure Activity: In Vitro and In Vivo Validation.

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