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01-12-2002 | Review Article

Non-Cholinergic Strategies for Treating and Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease

Author: Dr P. Murali Doraiswamy

Published in: CNS Drugs | Issue 12/2002

Abstract

The pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s disease is complex and involves several different biochemical pathways. These include defective β-amyloid (Aβ) protein metabolism, abnormalities of glutamatergic, adrenergic, serotonergic and dopaminergic neurotransmission, and the potential involvement of inflammatory, oxidative and hormonal pathways. Consequently, these pathways are all potential targets for Alzheimer’s disease treatment and prevention strategies. Currently, the mainstay treatments for Alzheimer’s disease are the cholinesterase inhibitors, which increase the availability of acetylcholine at cholinergic synapses. Since the cholinesterase inhibitors confer only modest benefits, additional non-cholinergic Alzheimer’s disease therapies are urgently needed.

Several non-cholinergic agents are currently under development for the treatment and/or prevention of Alzheimer’s disease. These include anti-amyloid strategies (e.g. immunisation, aggregation inhibitors, secretase inhibitors), transition metal chelators (e.g. clioquinol), growth factors, hormones (e.g. estradiol), herbs (e.g. Ginkgo biloba), nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs, e.g. indomethacin), antioxidants, lipid-lowering agents, antihypertensives, selective phosphodiesterase inhibitors, vitamins (E, B12, B6, folic acid) and agents that target neurotransmitter or neuropeptide alterations. Neurotransmitter receptor-based approaches include agents that modulate certain receptors (e.g. nicotinic, muscarinic, α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole proprionic acid [AMPA], γ-aminobutyric acid [GABA], N-methyl-D-aspartate [NMDA]) and agents that increase the availability of neurotransmitters (e.g. noradrenergic reuptake inhibitors).

Of these strategies, the NMDA receptor antagonist memantine is in the most advanced stage of development in the US and is already approved in Europe as the first treatment for moderately severe to severe Alzheimer’s disease. Memantine is proposed to counteract cellular damage due to pathological activation of NMDA receptors by glutamate. Results with Ginkgo biloba have been mixed. Data for neurotrophic therapies and vitamin E (tocopherol) appear promising but require confirmation. NSAIDs and conjugated estrogens have not proven to be of value to date for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. Statins may have a potential role in reducing the risk or delaying the onset of Alzheimer’s disease, although this has yet to be confirmed in randomised trials. There are currently no data to support the use of statins as a treatment for dementia.

This article provides an update on the current status of selected agents, focusing primarily on those agents with the most extensive clinical evidence at present.

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Title: Non-Cholinergic Strategies for Treating and Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease
Author: Dr P. Murali Doraiswamy
Publication date: 01-12-2002
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: CNS Drugs / Issue 12/2002
Print ISSN: 1172-7047
Electronic ISSN: 1179-1934
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2165/00023210-200216120-00003

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Non-Cholinergic Strategies for Treating and Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease

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