Lysosomal storage diseases

FM Platt, A d'Azzo, BL Davidson, EF Neufeld… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2018 - nature.com
Lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs) are a group of over 70 diseases that are characterized
by lysosomal dysfunction, most of which are inherited as autosomal recessive traits. These …

Emptying the stores: lysosomal diseases and therapeutic strategies

FM Platt - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2018 - nature.com
Lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs)—designated as' orphan'diseases—are inborn errors of
metabolism caused by defects in genes that encode proteins involved in various aspects of …

Fabry disease: molecular basis, pathophysiology, diagnostics and potential therapeutic directions

K Kok, KC Zwiers, RG Boot, HS Overkleeft, JMFG Aerts… - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Fabry disease (FD) is a lysosomal storage disorder (LSD) characterized by the deficiency of
α-galactosidase A (α-GalA) and the consequent accumulation of toxic metabolites such as …

Pharmacological chaperones: a therapeutic approach for diseases caused by destabilizing missense mutations

L Liguori, M Monticelli, M Allocca, B Hay Mele… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The term “pharmacological chaperone” was introduced 20 years ago. Since then the
approach with this type of drug has been proposed for several diseases, lysosomal storage …

Potential inhibitors of the enzyme acetylcholinesterase and juvenile hormone with insecticidal activity: Study of the binding mode via docking and molecular dynamics …

RS Ramos, WJC Macêdo, JS Costa… - Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Models validation in QSAR, pharmacophore, docking and others can ensure the
accuracy and reliability of future predictions in design and selection of molecules with …

Drug repositioning for Fabry disease: acetylsalicylic acid potentiates the stabilization of lysosomal alpha-galactosidase by pharmacological chaperones

M Monticelli, L Liguori, M Allocca, A Bosso… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
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 …

Second-generation pharmacological chaperones: beyond inhibitors

ML Tran, Y Génisson, S Ballereau, C Dehoux - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Protein misfolding induced by missense mutations is the source of hundreds of
conformational diseases. The cell quality control may eliminate nascent misfolded proteins …

Pharmacological chaperones and protein conformational diseases: approaches of computational structural biology

D Grasso, S Galderisi, A Santucci, A Bernini - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Whenever a protein fails to fold into its native structure, a profound detrimental effect is likely
to occur, and a disease is often developed. Protein conformational disorders arise when …

Curcumin Has Beneficial Effects on Lysosomal Alpha-Galactosidase: Potential Implications for the Cure of Fabry Disease

M Monticelli, B Hay Mele, M Allocca, L Liguori… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Fabry disease is a lysosomal storage disease caused by mutations in the GLA gene that
encodes alpha-galactosidase (AGAL). The disease causes abnormal globotriaosylceramide …

Design and Pharmacological Chaperone Effects of N-(4′-Phenylbutyl)-DAB Derivatives Targeting the Lipophilic Pocket of Lysosomal Acid α-Glucosidase

A Kato, I Nakagome, M Kise, K Yoshimura… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
This study provides the first example of a strategy to design a practical ligand toward
lysosomal acid α-glucosidase (GAA) focusing on N-alkyl derivatives of 1, 4-dideoxy-1, 4 …