Issue 11, 2023

Recent progress of small-molecule-based theranostic agents in Alzheimer's disease

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of neurodegenerative dementia. As a multifactorial disease, AD involves several etiopathogenic mechanisms, in which multiple pathological factors are interconnected with each other. This complicated and unclear pathogenesis makes AD lack effective diagnosis and treatment. Theranostics, exerting the synergistic effect of diagnostic and therapeutic functions, would provide a promising strategy for exploring AD pathogenesis and developing drugs for combating AD. With the efforts in small drug-like molecules for both diagnosis and treatment of AD, small-molecule-based theranostic agents have attracted significant attention owing to their facile synthesis, high biocompatibility and reproducibility, and easy clearance from the body through the excretion systems. In this review, the small-molecule-based theranostic agents reported in the literature for anti-AD are classified into four groups according to their diagnostic modalities. Their design rationales, chemical structures, and working mechanisms for theranostics are summarized. Finally, the opportunities for small-molecule-based theranostic agents in AD are also proposed.

Graphical abstract: Recent progress of small-molecule-based theranostic agents in Alzheimer's disease

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
13 7月 2023
Accepted
11 9月 2023
First published
14 9月 2023

RSC Med. Chem., 2023,14, 2231-2245

Recent progress of small-molecule-based theranostic agents in Alzheimer's disease

F. Gao, J. Chen, Y. Zhou, L. Cheng, M. Hu and X. Wang, RSC Med. Chem., 2023, 14, 2231 DOI: 10.1039/D3MD00330B

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