Combined administration of muscarinic receptor antagonists and group II/III metabotropic glutamate (mGlu) receptor ligands as a novel efficacious method to treat depression - the preclinical studies

2020/37/B/NZ7/03499

Keywords

Descriptors

  • NZ7_014: Farmacja, farmakoterapia, farmakologia
  • NZ5_007: Leczenie chorób człowieka

Panel

NZ7 – Diagnostic tools, therapies and public health: public health, epidemiology, environmental health risks and occupational medicine, medical ethics, drug discovery and therapies, pharmacology

Host institution

Instytut Farmakologii PAN

Voivodeship: małopolskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution)

prof. Andrzej Mikołaj Pilc

Number of co-investigators in the project: 6

Call

OPUS 19 – announced on 2020-03-16

Amount awarded
2 980 248 PLN
Project start date
2021-01-14
Project end date
2026-01-13
Project duration
60 months (the same as in the proposal)
Project status
Project completed

Project description

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Publication in academic press/journals (4)

  1. Where do we go next in antidepressant drug discovery? A new generation of antidepressants: a pivotal role of AMPA receptor potentiation and mGlu2/3 receptor antagonism

    Authors:
    Pilc, A., Machaczka, A., Kawalec, P., Smith, J.L., Witkin, J.M.
    Academic press:
    Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery (year: 2022, volume: 17-10, pages: 1131-1146), Publisher: Taylor&Francis
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1080/17460441.2022.2111415 – link to the publication
  2. The Potential of Scopolamine as an Antidepressant in Major Depressive Disorder: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials

    Authors:
    Paweł Mocko, Katarzyna ´ Sladowska, Paweł Kawalec, Yana Babii and Andrzej Pilc
    Academic press:
    Biomedicines (year: 2023, volume: 11, pages: 46034), Publisher: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/biomedicines11102636 – link to the publication
  3. Interaction of hallucinogenic rapid‑acting antidepressants with mGlu2/3 receptor ligands as a window for more effective therapies

    Authors:
    Barbara Chruścicka‑Smaga, · Agata Machaczka, · Bernadeta Szewczyk, · Andrzej Pilc
    Academic press:
    Pharmacological Reports (year: 2023, volume: 75/6, pages: 1341-1349), Publisher: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s43440-023-00547-4 – link to the publication
  4. Subchronic administration of scopolamine reverses UCMS-induced behavior in mice via eEF2 protein dephosphorylation

    Authors:
    Yana Babii, · Agnieszka Pałucha-Poniewiera, · Anna Rafało-Ulińska · Piotr Brański, · Andrzej Pilc
    Academic press:
    Pharmacological Reports (year: 2024, volume: 76/5, pages: 1001-1011), Publisher: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s43440-024-00630-4 – link to the publication

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