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Stress is a valuable evolutionary-conserved physiological response to threatening or adverse environments. Chronic stress is a pathological state that is caused by prolonged upregulation of the normal acute stress response. Anxiety disorders, such as phobias and post-traumatic stress disorder, are due to fear conditioning to a neutral stimulus and involve many of the same brain regions as stress.

The brain is the key organ in the response to stress. The hypothalamus and brainstem regions are essential for the autonomic and neuroendocrine stress response, and stress hormones produce both adaptive and maladaptive structural changes in these areas throughout life. The hippocampus, amygdala and prefrontal cortex (PFC) are also involved in stress and anxiety. They represent highly interconnected circuits that influence one another through direct and indirect neural activity.

Susceptibility to Stress & Anxiety

There are numerous factors that predispose a person to chronic stress and anxiety. Early life experiences have a prolonged effect on human physiology and behavior. Genetic differences play an important role and different alleles of commonly occurring genes determine how individuals respond to stressful life experiences. For example, the short form of the serotonin receptor is associated with the development of chronic stress and predisposes to development of a subsequent depressive illness. The Val66Met allele of brain-derived neurotropic factor (BDNF) has an effect on hippocampal volume, memory and mood disorders. This allele produces reduced dendritic branching in the hippocampus, impaired fear conditioning and increased anxiety. Alleles in the glucocorticoid receptor alter the sensitivity to this 'stress' hormone and is linked to maladaptation to acute stress.

Pathology of Stress & Anxiety

Activation of the autonomic nervous system and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is a hallmark of the stress response. This is a normal physiological process that is essential for everyday life events, including simple things such as walking, and is termed allostasis. Chemical mediators include catecholamines, cortisol and proinflammatory cytokines. However, chronic elevation of these same mediators can cause pathological changes, referred to as allostatic load. Allosteric load induced by chronic stress or anxiety causes atrophy of neurons in the hippocampus and PFC, areas associated with memory and executive function, and hypertrophy of neurons in the amygdala, a region associated with fear. Levels of neural cytokines, oxidative stress markers and brain glycogen levels are also altered by chronic stress.

Chronic stress or anxiety cause functional and structural changes in certain brain regions. These can be reversed, but many are long lasting, especially if stress occurred during the pre or peripubertal period. Neuron replacement and neurogenesis is suppressed by chronic stress and NMDA receptors play a role in this process. Dendrite remodeling occurs in the hippocampus, PFC and amygdala, and glutamate is involved in mediating these changes. Hippocampal neuronal plasticity in response to repeated stress is mediated by adrenal steroids, which interact with many neurochemical systems including serotonin, endogenous opioids, calcium currents, GABA-BDZ receptors and excitatory amino acids. Microtubule acetylation is also altered.

Anxiety

Anxiety, although closely linked to stress and has similar etiology, is a separate phenomenon involving aberrant fear conditioning and acquisition. The amygdala, PFC, thalamus and hippocampus are the most relevant brain areas. The amygdala is responsible for acquisition and expression of fear conditioning and involves long term potentiation (LTP) in the basal, lateral and central nuclei. NMDA receptors and voltage-gated calcium channels are involved in this process. Reconsolidation is the repeated activation of a memory and can produce the symptoms seen in anxiety. It requires input from β-adrenoceptors and NMDA receptors, with induction of cAMP response element binding protein. 

Therapeutics

Pharmacological interventions for chronic stress and anxiety disorders include anxiolytics, beta-blockers and antidepressants. In addition, drugs that counteract the metabolic and neurological consequences of chronic stress, such as agents that reduce oxidative stress, inflammation or cholesterol synthesis, can be employed.

Cat. No. Product Name CAS No. Information
H5355

GSK 356278

720704-34-7

A potent, selective, brain-penetrant and orally bioavailable phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) inhibitor with pIC50 of 8.8 (PDE4B); equally inhibits PDE4A and PDE4Dwith pIC50 of 8.6 and 8.7, exhibits >100-fold selectivity for PDE4B over the other 10 PDEs; inhibits LPS-induced release of TNF-α in human whole blood with pIC50 of 7.6, demonstrates anxiolytic and cognition-enhancing effects without inducing side effects in models of anxiety.

H5119

URB-597

546141-08-6

A potent and selective FAAH inhibitor with IC50 of 4.6 nM; increases anandamide levels in the brain of rats and wild-type mice (0.3 mg/kg i.p.); improves cognitive impairment by inhibiting mTOR-dependent autophagy in a CCH model.

H5118

SSR 411298

666860-59-9

SSR411298 is a highly selective, brain penetrant and orally-active inhibitor of FAAH with IC50 of 62.5 nM (mouse brain FAAH); potently increases hippocampal levels of AEA, OEA and PEA in mice, produces robust antidepressant-like activity in the rat forced-swimming test and in the mouse chronic mild stress models.

H5113

JNJ-42165279

1346528-50-4

JNJ-42165279 is a highly selective inhibitor of fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) with IC50 of 70 nM for hFAAH; no inhibition on CYPs and hERG at 10 uM; blocks FAAH in the brain and periphery of rats , causes an elevation of the concentrations of AEA, OEA, and PEA; demonstrates activity in the spinal nerve ligation (SNL) model of neuropathic pain; exhibited excellent ADME and pharmacodynamic properties.

H4486

L-701324

142326-59-8

A potent, orally active antagonist at the glycine modulatory site on NMDA receptor with IC50 of 2 nM; is a potent, p.o. active anticonvulsant with a reduced propensity to activate mesolimbic dopaminergic systems in rodents.

H4426

Trigriluzole

1926203-09-9

Trigriluzole (BHV-4157) is a novel glutamate modulator for the treatment of mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease (AD); Trigriluzole is a third-generation prodrug and new chemical entity that modulates glutamate, the most abundant excitatory neurotransmitter in the human body. Trigriluzole has a wide range of pharmacological actions, including interactions with several types of ion channels, cellular signaling mechanisms and facilitation of glutamate reuptake. Some potential targets related to trigriluzole’s mechanism of action include (1) reducing presynaptic glutamate release through actions at the voltage-gated ion channels, (2) facilitating glutamate uptake via EAATs located on glial cells, (3) enhancing transmission through synaptic AMPA receptors, (4) altering GABAergic neurotransmission, and (5) effecting neurotrophic agents such as BDNF.

H4409

TPA023

252977-51-8

TPA023 is a potent, α2/α3 subtype-selective, and oral GABAA receptor agonist with Kd of 0.92, 1.05 and 0.58 nM for α1-, α2-, α3-, and α5-containing human receptors; shows much lower (50- to 2000-fold) affinities for α4 and α6 subtypes (Ki= 60 and 418 nM, respectively); demonstrates anxiolytic-like efficacy and anticonvulsant activity in mouse pentylenetetrazole seizure model.

H4401

Pagoclone

133737-32-3

A potent, orally active GABAA receptor agonist with high affinity (0.7-9.1nM) to the benzodiazepine binding site of GABAA receptors containing either an α1, α2, α3 or α5 subunit; exhibits significant anxiolytic-like activity in vivo.

H4379

AZD6280

942436-93-3

AZD6280 is a potent, α2/3 functionally selective, partial GABAA receptor modulator with pKi of 7.7; exerts neutral antagonism at the α1-subunit and partial efficacy at the α2,3-subunits over the α5-subunit, shows potential for the treatment of anxiety disorders.

H4378

AZD-7325

942437-37-8

AZD-7325 is a potent, α2/3 functionally selective, partial GABAA receptor modulator with pKi of 9.51; exerts neutral antagonism at the α1-subunit and partial efficacy at the α2,3-subunits over the α5-subunit; AZD7325 is expected to reduce the risk for the benzodiazepine like side effects, such as sedation and cognitive effects, and shows potential for the treatment of anxiety.

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