Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1-2018
Abstract
Current therapies to treat asthma and other airway diseases primarily include anti-inflammatory agents and bronchodilators. Anti-inflammatory agents target trafficking and resident immunocytes and structural cells, while bronchodilators act to prevent or reverse shortening of airway smooth muscle (ASM), the pivotal tissue regulating bronchomotor tone. Advances in our understanding of the biology of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and biased agonism offers unique opportunities to modulate GPCR function that include the use of pepducins and allosteric modulators. Recent evidence suggests that small molecule inhibitors of Gα q as well as pepducins targeting G q -coupled receptors can broadly inhibit contractile agonist-induced ASM function. Given these advances, new therapeutic approaches can be leveraged to diminish the global rise in morbidity and mortality associated with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Recommended Citation
Panettieri, Reynold A.; Pera, Tonio; Liggett, Stephen B B.; Benovic, Jeffrey L.; and Penn, Raymond B., "Pepducins as a potential treatment strategy for asthma and COPD." (2018). Center for Translational Medicine Faculty Papers. Paper 57.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/transmedfp/57
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PubMed ID
29729548
Language
English
Comments
This article has been peer reviewed. It is the authors' final version prior to publication in Current Opinion in Pharmacology, Volume 40, June 2018, Pages 120-125.
The published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coph.2018.04.008. Copyright © Panettieri et al.