smn protein

Risdiplam (RG7916) is a centrally and peripherally distributed and orally administrable small molecule SMN2 pre-mRNA splicing modifier that increases survival motor neuron (SMN) protein levels.

RG7800 hydrochloride is an orally active modulator of SMN2 splicing.

Branaplam is a highly potent, selective and orally active SMN2 splicing modulator. Branaplam increases the amount of functional SMN protein produced by the SMN2 gene through modifying its splicing.

Rg3039 (PF-06687859) is a potent DcpS inhibitor. DcpS is a therapeutic target for spinal muscular atrophy. Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is caused by deletion or mutation of both copies of the SMN1 gene which produces an essential protein known as SMN. RG3039 improves motor function in SMA mice. RG3039 also showed activity to improve survival, function and motor unit pathologies in two SMA mouse models.

NVS-SM2 is an effective small molecule splicing enhancer of SMN2 with oral activity. NVS-SM2 showed increased exon 7 inclusion and upregulated SMN protein expression in SMA fibroblasts and SMN cells Δ7 5025 mouse myoblasts.

SMN2-Stablizer-27 is a stablizer of survival of motor neuron 2 (SMN2), and a post-translationally stablizing SMN protein for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).

The Survival of Motor Neurons (SMN) protein participates in RNA splicing. Decreases in SMN, typically a consequence of defects in the smn1 gene, result in the death of motor neurons and lead to the neurodegenerative disease, spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Cuspin-1 is a small molecule upregulator of SMN that has been shown in vitro to increase levels of SMN in SMA patient fibroblasts by 50% at 18 μM. Its mechanism of action is thought to involve increased phosphorylation of ERK to initiate Ras-Raf-MEK signaling, which results in an increased rate of SMN translation.

Branaplam (LMI070; NVS-SM1) hydrochloride is a selective, orally active SMN2 splicing modulator that acts on SMN (EC50: 20 nM) and inhibits hERG (IC50: 6.3 μM). In a mouse model of severe spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), Branaplam hydrochloride increased full-length SMN protein and improved survival.

RG7800 hydrochloride is an orally active SMN2 splicing modulator with EC50 values of 23 nM for splicing and 87 nM for SMN protein production, holding promise as a therapeutic agent for [spinal muscular atrophy].