PMID- 37599992 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20230823 IS - 1662-4548 (Print) IS - 1662-453X (Electronic) IS - 1662-453X (Linking) VI - 17 DP - 2023 TI - Neurodevelopment and early pharmacological interventions in Fragile X Syndrome. PG - 1213410 LID - 10.3389/fnins.2023.1213410 [doi] LID - 1213410 AB - Fragile X Syndrome (FXS) is a neurodevelopmental disorder and the leading monogenic cause of autism and intellectual disability. For years, several efforts have been made to develop an effective therapeutic approach to phenotypically rescue patients from the disorder, with some even advancing to late phases of clinical trials. Unfortunately, none of these attempts have completely succeeded, bringing urgency to further expand and refocus research on FXS therapeutics. FXS arises at early stages of postnatal development due to the mutation and transcriptional silencing of the Fragile X Messenger Ribonucleoprotein 1 gene (FMR1) and consequent loss of the Fragile X Messenger Ribonucleoprotein (FMRP) expression. Importantly, FMRP expression is critical for the normal adult nervous system function, particularly during specific windows of embryogenic and early postnatal development. Cellular proliferation, migration, morphology, axonal guidance, synapse formation, and in general, neuronal network establishment and maturation are abnormally regulated in FXS, underlying the cognitive and behavioral phenotypes of the disorder. In this review, we highlight the relevance of therapeutically intervening during critical time points of development, such as early postnatal periods in infants and young children and discuss past and current clinical trials in FXS and their potential to specifically target those periods. We also discuss potential benefits, limitations, and disadvantages of these pharmacological tools based on preclinical and clinical research. CI - Copyright (c) 2023 Milla, Corral, Rivera, Zuniga, Pino, Nunez-Parra and Cea-Del Rio. FAU - Milla, Luis A AU - Milla LA AD - Centro de Investigacion Biomedica y Aplicada (CIBAP), Escuela de Medicina, Facultad de Ciencias Medicas, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile. FAU - Corral, Lucia AU - Corral L AD - Laboratorio de Neurofisiopatologia, Centro de Investigacion Biomedica y Aplicada (CIBAP), Escuela de Medicina, Facultad de Ciencias Medicas, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile. FAU - Rivera, Jhanpool AU - Rivera J AD - Laboratorio de Neurofisiopatologia, Centro de Investigacion Biomedica y Aplicada (CIBAP), Escuela de Medicina, Facultad de Ciencias Medicas, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile. FAU - Zuniga, Nolberto AU - Zuniga N AD - Laboratorio de Neurofisiopatologia, Centro de Investigacion Biomedica y Aplicada (CIBAP), Escuela de Medicina, Facultad de Ciencias Medicas, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile. FAU - Pino, Gabriela AU - Pino G AD - Laboratorio de Neurofisiopatologia, Centro de Investigacion Biomedica y Aplicada (CIBAP), Escuela de Medicina, Facultad de Ciencias Medicas, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile. FAU - Nunez-Parra, Alexia AU - Nunez-Parra A AD - Physiology Laboratory, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile. AD - Cell Physiology Center, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile. FAU - Cea-Del Rio, Christian A AU - Cea-Del Rio CA AD - Laboratorio de Neurofisiopatologia, Centro de Investigacion Biomedica y Aplicada (CIBAP), Escuela de Medicina, Facultad de Ciencias Medicas, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile. LA - eng SI - figshare/10.6084/m9.figshare.23643210.v1 PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20230802 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Neurosci JT - Frontiers in neuroscience JID - 101478481 PMC - PMC10433175 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Fragile X syndrome OT - GABA OT - PI3K OT - clinical trials OT - mGluR OT - neurodevelopment OT - pharmacological interventions COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. EDAT- 2023/08/21 06:42 MHDA- 2023/08/21 06:43 PMCR- 2023/01/01 CRDT- 2023/08/21 04:39 PHST- 2023/04/28 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/07/17 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/08/21 06:43 [medline] PHST- 2023/08/21 06:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/08/21 04:39 [entrez] PHST- 2023/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fnins.2023.1213410 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Neurosci. 2023 Aug 2;17:1213410. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1213410. eCollection 2023.