Bin Ma, Lei Zhang, Lihong Sun, Zhili Xin, Gnanasambandam Kumaravel, Douglas Marcotte, Jayanth V Chodaparambil, Qin Wang, Angela Wehr, Jing Jing, Victor Sukbong Hong, Ti Wang, Carol Huang, Zhaohui Shao, Sha Mi
Autotaxin (ATX) is a lysophospholipase D that is the main enzyme responsible for generating LPA in body fluids. Although ATX was isolated from a conditioned medium of melanoma cells, later it was discovered to play a critical role in vascular and neuronal development. ATX has also been implicated in primary brain tumor, fibrosis, and rheumatoid arthritis, as well as neurological diseases such as multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, and neuropathic pain. As ATX and LPA levels are increased upon neuronal injury, a selective ATX inhibitor could provide a new approach to treat neuropathic pain...
July 8, 2021: ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters