3-(Fur-2-yl)-10-(2-phenylethyl)-[1,2,4]triazino[4,3-<i>a</i>]benzimidazol-4(10<i>H</i>)-one, a Novel Adenosine Receptor Antagonist with A<sub>2A</sub>-Mediated Neuroprotective Effects
作者:Alessia Scatena、Francesco Fornai、Maria Letizia Trincavelli、Sabrina Taliani、Simona Daniele、Isabella Pugliesi、Sandro Cosconati、Claudia Martini、Federico Da Settimo
DOI:10.1021/cn200036s
日期:2011.9.21
In this study, compound FTBI (3-(2-furyl)-10-(2-phenylethyl)[1,2,4]triazino[4,3-a]benzimidazol-4(10H)-one) was selected from a small library of triazinobenzimidazole derivatives as a potent A(2A) adenosine receptor (AR) antagonist and tested for its neuroprotective effects against two different kinds of dopaminergic neurotoxins, 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP+) and methamphetamine (METH), in rat PC12 and in human neuroblastoma SH-SYSY cell lines. FTBI, in a concentration range corresponding to its affinity for A(2A) AR subtype, significantly increased the number of viable PC12 cells after their exposure to METH and, to a similar extent, to MPP+, as demonstrated in both trypan blue exclusion assay and in cytological staining. These neuroprotective effects were also observed with a classical A(2A) AR antagonist, ZM241385, and appeared to be completely counteracted by the AR agonist, NECA, supporting A(2A) ARs are directly involved in FTBI-mediated effects. Similarly, in human SH-SYSY cells, FTBI was able to prevent cell toxicity induced by MPP+ and METH, showing that this A(2A) AR antagonist has a neuroprotective effect independently by the specific cell model. Altogether these results demonstrate that the A(2A) AR blockade mediates cell protection against neurotoxicity induced by dopaminergic neurotoxins in dopamine containing cells, supporting the potential we of A(2A) AR antagonists in dopaminergic degenerative diseases including Parkinson's disease.