Reacción a "New nasal treatment for Alzheimer's disease tested in mice"

There is an urgent need to find molecules that target the initial and early events of the Alzheimer's disease cascade. Oral and subcutaneous GLP1 agonists are currently in phase III evaluation for the treatment of the disease and have been shown to improve insulin sensitivity and reduce inflammation. 

In this work, we observed increased total protein palmitoylation pattern levels and expression of several enzymes called zDHHC in the hippocampus of transgenic mice at an early stage of the disease and in the human brain with Alzheimer's disease. 

Altered brain insulin signaling led to epigenetic regulation of zDHHC7 in a mouse model of cognitive impairment. This work uses an intranasal inhibitor of zDHHC7, providing a noninvasive route of administration to reach the central nervous system.