Optical control of pain in vivo with a photoactive mGlu5 receptor negative allosteric modulator
2017
Joan Font | Marc López-Cano | Serena Notartomaso | Pamela Scarselli | Paola Di Pietro | Roger Bresolí-Obach | Giuseppe Battaglia | Fanny Malhaire | Xavier Rovira | Juanlo Catena | Jesús Giraldo | Jean-Philippe Pin | Víctor Fernández-Dueñas | Cyril Goudet | Santi Nonell | Ferdinando Nicoletti | Amadeu Llebaria | Francisco Ciruela
Light-operated drugs constitute a major target in drug discovery, since they may provide spatiotemporal resolution for the treatment of complex diseases (i.e. chronic pain). JF-NP-26 is an inactive photocaged derivative of the metabotropic glutamate type 5 (mGlu5) receptor negative allosteric modulator raseglurant. Violet light illumination of JF-NP-26 induces a photochemical reaction prompting the active-drug’s release, which effectively controls mGlu5 receptor activity both in ectopic expressing systems and in striatal primary neurons. Systemic administration in mice followed by local light-emitting diode (LED)-based illumination, either of the thalamus or the peripheral tissues, induced JF-NP-26-mediated light-dependent analgesia both in neuropathic and in acute/tonic inflammatory pain models. These data offer the first example of optical control of analgesia in vivo using a photocaged mGlu5 receptor negative allosteric modulator. This approach shows potential for precisely targeting, in time and space, endogenous receptors, which may allow a better management of difficult-to-treat disorders.
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