Tideglusib is under the investigation for the development of treatments for Alzheimer's disease and for progressive supranuclear palsy. It is reported to be a potent anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective that is a non-ATP competitive inhibitor of glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK-3). Tideglusib is being developed by the Spanish pharmaceutic company Zeltia group and its current status is withdrawn for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease as of 2012.
Tideglusib was initially formulated for the treatment of Alzheimer and progressive supranuclear palsy. The raising interest for the use of tideglusib comes from the significant upregulation of GSK-3 in the brain in patients with Alzheimer disease. Its function as a degradant of β-catenin, was also important, as it prevents the transcription of cell survival genes. All these factors have directed current research towards this kinase as a potential target. Alzheimer disease is the most prevalent form of dementia. The most accepted hypothesis to explain this disease is related to the presence of amyloid β, which triggers a cascade that will alter the Tau protein and provoke synaptic dysfunction and neuronal death.
GSK-3 importance in the tissue repair pathway has also pointed out a novel application for tideglusib. Thus, it is also under the research for the natural repair treatment of deep caries lesions.
Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Victoria Cardiac Arrhythmia Trials Inc., Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
University Hospital Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
University Hospital Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
New Zealand Clinical Research (NZCR), Auckland, New Zealand
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California, United States
The Bright Alliance, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
University of Utah Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
New Zealand Clinical Research (NZCR), Auckland, New Zealand
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear, United Kingdom
McMaster University, Offord Centre for Child Studies, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
University of Western Ontario, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada
Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
University of Medicine and Dentistry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
The Parkinson's and Movement Disorder Institute, Fountain Valley, California, United States
Fundació Ace, Barcelona, Spain
Pharmacologische Studiecentrum Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany
Studienzentrum PD Dr. Steinwachs, Nürnberg, Germany
Arzneimittelforschung Leipzig GmbH, Leipzig, Germany
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