Title:The Potential Effect of Fluorinated Compounds in the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease
Volume: 21
Issue: 39
Author(s): Barbara Gomes, Joana A. Loureiro, Manuel A.N. Coelho and Maria do Carmo Pereira
Affiliation:
Keywords:
Fluorine, Alzheimer’s disease, therapeutic drugs, beta amyloid, aggregation mechanism.
Abstract: Drug development for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a challenge, not
only due to the cellular molecular mechanisms involved, but also because of the inherent difficulty of most molecules
to cross the blood-brain-barrier (BBB). A promising approach to overcome these drawbacks is developing
fluorinated molecules and supramolecular assemblies.
This review focuses on the therapeutic potential of new fluorinated molecules, developed as active and selective
agents for AD, to meet the desired pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic properties and BBB targeting. The methods
to fluorinate organic molecules and a brief characterization of the mechanisms of AD progression and therapeutic
approaches are described.
The paradigm of cell biology knowledge and fluorine biochemistry such as, organofluorine inhibitors of amyloid
fibrilogenesis, is highlighted.
