Progress in GABAA receptor agonists for insomnia disorder

Insomnia is the most common sleep disorder in which an individual has trouble falling or staying asleep. Chronic sleep loss interferes with daily functioning and adversely affects health. The main clinical drugs for insomnia are the positive allosteric modulator of the GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid)...

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Main Authors: Weiyi Wang, Wanting Fu, Hongyan Zhu, Jing Ma, Jian Zhang, Jia Qi
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-11-01
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphar.2024.1432726/full
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description Insomnia is the most common sleep disorder in which an individual has trouble falling or staying asleep. Chronic sleep loss interferes with daily functioning and adversely affects health. The main clinical drugs for insomnia are the positive allosteric modulator of the GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid) A receptors (GABAARs) at the benzodiazepine site with selectivity of the GABA-α1 receptor. They are divided into benzodiazepine drugs and non-benzodiazepine drugs. Most recently, the first partial positive allosteric modulator of GABAAR Dimdazenil was approved by National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) and launched in China. This review summarized the mechanism of actions of current clinical drugs for insomnia, and the clinical applications of these drugs, which may help to understand their involvement in insomnia, and to search for more selective and potent ligands to be used in the treatment of insomnia.
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spelling doaj-art-93de1b36b3db4b6489ea8afa34cda86c2025-08-20T02:18:57ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Pharmacology1663-98122024-11-011510.3389/fphar.2024.14327261432726Progress in GABAA receptor agonists for insomnia disorderWeiyi WangWanting FuHongyan ZhuJing MaJian ZhangJia QiInsomnia is the most common sleep disorder in which an individual has trouble falling or staying asleep. Chronic sleep loss interferes with daily functioning and adversely affects health. The main clinical drugs for insomnia are the positive allosteric modulator of the GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid) A receptors (GABAARs) at the benzodiazepine site with selectivity of the GABA-α1 receptor. They are divided into benzodiazepine drugs and non-benzodiazepine drugs. Most recently, the first partial positive allosteric modulator of GABAAR Dimdazenil was approved by National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) and launched in China. This review summarized the mechanism of actions of current clinical drugs for insomnia, and the clinical applications of these drugs, which may help to understand their involvement in insomnia, and to search for more selective and potent ligands to be used in the treatment of insomnia.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphar.2024.1432726/fullinsomniaGABAA receptorbenzodiazepines binding sitedimdazenilpartial positive allosteric modulator
spellingShingle Weiyi Wang
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Hongyan Zhu
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Jian Zhang
Jia Qi
Progress in GABAA receptor agonists for insomnia disorder
Frontiers in Pharmacology
insomnia
GABAA receptor
benzodiazepines binding site
dimdazenil
partial positive allosteric modulator
title Progress in GABAA receptor agonists for insomnia disorder
title_full Progress in GABAA receptor agonists for insomnia disorder
title_fullStr Progress in GABAA receptor agonists for insomnia disorder
title_full_unstemmed Progress in GABAA receptor agonists for insomnia disorder
title_short Progress in GABAA receptor agonists for insomnia disorder
title_sort progress in gabaa receptor agonists for insomnia disorder
topic insomnia
GABAA receptor
benzodiazepines binding site
dimdazenil
partial positive allosteric modulator
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphar.2024.1432726/full
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