The Blood-Brain Barrier Bottleneck in Brain Drug Development
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TheBlood-BrainBarrier:BottleneckinBrainDrugDevelopment
WilliamM.PardridgeDepartmentofMedicine,UCLA,LosAngeles,California90024
Summary:Theblood-brainbarrier(BBB)isformedbythebraincapillaryendotheliumandexcludesfromthebrainϳ100%oflarge-moleculeneurotherapeuticsandmorethan98%ofallsmall-moleculedrugs.DespitetheimportanceoftheBBBtotheneurotherapeuticsmission,theBBBreceivesin-sufficientattentionineitheracademicneuroscienceorindustryprograms.ThecombinationofsolittleeffortindevelopingsolutionstotheBBBproblem,andtheminimalBBBtransportofthemajorityofallpotentialCNSdrugs,leadspredictablytothepresentsituationinneurotherapeutics,whichisthatthere
arefeweffectivetreatmentsforthemajorityofCNSdisorders.Thissituationcanbereversedbyanacceleratedefforttode-velopaknowledgebaseinthefundamentaltransportpropertiesoftheBBB,andthemolecularandcellularbiologyofthebraincapillaryendothelium.ThisprovidestheplatformforCNSdrugdeliveryprograms,whichshouldbedevelopedinparallelwithtraditionalCNSdrugdiscoveryeffortsinthemolecularneuro-sciences.KeyWords:Blood-brainbarrier,endothelium,drugtargeting,biologicaltransport,neurotherapeutics.
INTRODUCTIONTheblood-brainbarrier(BBB)isthebottleneckinbraindrugdevelopmentandisthesinglemostimportantfactorlimitingthefuturegrowthofneurotherapeutics.1TheBBBproblemisillustratedinFigure1,whichisawholebodyautoradiogramofamousesacrificed30minafterintravenousinjectionofradiolabeledhistamine,asmallmoleculeofonlyϳ100Dainmolecularmass.Histaminereadilycrossestheporouscapillariesperfus-ingallperipheraltissuesbutisexcludedfromentryintothebrainorspinalcordbytheBBB.ThehistamineexampleinFigure1refutesacommonmisconceptionthatmostsmallmoleculesreadilycrosstheBBB.Asdiscussedbelow,thetransportofsmallmoleculesacrosstheBBBistheexceptionratherthantherule,and98%ofallsmallmoleculesdonotcrosstheBBB(FIG.1).Moreover,alllarge-moleculeproductsofbiotechnology,suchasmonoclonalantibodies(mAbs),recombinantproteins,antisense,orgenetherapeutics,donotcrosstheBBB(FIG.1).DespitethelargenumberofpatientswithdisordersoftheCNSanddespitethefactthatsofewlarge-orsmall-moleculetherapeuticscrosstheBBB,therearefewpharmaceuticalcompaniesintheworldtodaythathavebuiltaBBBdrugtargetingpro-gram(FIG.1).However,evenifapharmaceuticalcom-panydecidedtodevelopaBBBprogram,therewouldbefewBBB-trainedscientiststohirebecauselessthan1%ofU.S.academicneuroscienceprogramsemphasizeBBBtransportbiology.BecausemostdrugsdonotcrosstheBBB,andbe-causetheindustryisnotprovidingsolutionstotheBBBproblem,itisnotsurprisingthatmostdisordersoftheCNScouldbenefitfromimproveddrugtherapy(FIG.2).Forasmall-moleculedrugtocrosstheBBBinpharma-cologicallysignificantamounts,themoleculemusthavethedualmolecularcharacteristicsof:1)molecularmassundera400-to500-Dathreshold,and2)highlipidsolubility.1ThereareonlyfourcategoriesofCNSdis-ordersthatconsistentlyrespondtosuchmolecules,andtheseincludeaffectivedisorders,chronicpain,andepi-lepsy(FIG.2).MigraineheadachemaybeaCNSdisor-derandcouldalsobeincludedinthiscategory.Incon-trast,mostCNSdisorderssuchasthoselistedinFigure2havefewtreatmentoptions.Parkinson’sdiseasepa-tientsaregivenL-dihydroxyphenylalanine(L-DOPA)fordopaminereplacementtherapy.2AsdiscussedbelowinthesectiononBBBcarrier-mediatedtransport,L-DOPAisanexampleofaBBBdrugtargetingstrategy.How-ever,thereisnoneurotherapeuticthatstopstheneuro-
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NeuroRx:TheJournaloftheAmericanSocietyforExperimentalNeuroTherapeuticsVol.2,3–14,January2005©TheAmericanSocietyforExperimentalNeuroTherapeutics,Inc.3degenerationofParkinson’sdisease.Similarly,thereisnotherapyforotherneurodegenerativediseasessuchasAlzheimer’sdisease,Huntington’sdisease,andamytro-phiclateralsclerosis(ALS).Patientswithmultiplescle-rosis(MS)aretreatedwithcytokinesthatworkontheperipheralimmunesystem,butwhichdonotperma-nentlystoptheprogressionofMS.3Thehumanimmu-nodeficiencyvirus(HIV)infectsthebrainearlyinthecourseofacquiredimmunedeficiencysyndrome(AIDS).4HIVintheperipheryhasbeensignificantly
reducedwithhighlyactiveantiretroviraltherapy(HAART)comprisedofmultiplesmall-moleculethera-peutics.However,HAARTdrugssuchasazidothymi-dine,3TC,orproteaseinhibitorsaresubstratesforBBBactiveeffluxtransporters,whicharereviewedbelow,andHAARTdrugshaveminimalpenetrationintobrainpa-renchyma.Consequently,thebrainremainsasanctuaryforHIVinAIDSevenwithHAART.4,5Braincancer,