AER-270 and TGN-020 are not aquaporin-4 water channel blockers
Unger, L.; Wagner, K.; Steffen, J. H.; Wind, M. L.; Al-Jubair, T.; Zou, H.; Clarke-Bland, C.; Murray, R.; Lundstrom, S.; Gaetani, M.; Ayub, H.; Poyner, D.; Wheatley, M.; Gourdon, P.; Yool, A. J.; Tornroth-Horsefield, S.; Bill, R. M.; Salman, M. M.; Kitchen, P.
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Aquaporin-4 (AQP4) is the most abundant water channel protein in the brain. It controls water homeostasis, facilitates glymphatic function and is a drug target for brain edema following injury or stroke. Dysregulation of brain water homeostasis affects millions of people every year leading to death, disability and cognitive decline, for which no medicines are available. Two compounds, AER-270 and TGN-020, are sold as AQP4 inhibitors and a prodrug of AER-270 is currently in a phase I human trial. However, the direct effect of these compounds on AQP4 function has not been unequivocally demonstrated. Our data across multiple cellular and molecular assay systems demonstrate, unexpectedly, that AER-270 and TGN-020 do not inhibit AQP4. Although we observed an apparent inhibitory effect of AER-270 and TGN-020 in the Xenopus laevis oocyte assay, there was no effect in assays using reconstituted recombinant AQP4 or mammalian cells expressing exogenous or endogenous AQP4. We identify alternative mechanisms of action for both molecules that may explain previously reported in vivo results that were interpreted in the context of AQP4 inhibition. Overall, we conclude that AER-270 and TGN-020 should not be used to investigate the AQP4-dependence of biological processes in the brain.
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