Therapeutic potential of CMPP, a novel maleimide derivative, in a reserpine-induced mouse model of pain–depression dyad

Lorca Alzoubi, Yousra Bsieso, Omar Gammoh, Alaa A.A. Aljabali, Bader A. Salameh, Abdelrahim Alqudah, Esam Qnais, Ahmad M. Al-malkawi, Kayed Abu-Safieh · 2026

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Lorca Alzoubi and co-authors test a 2026 candidate drug, CMPP, in a mouse model where pain and depression arrive together. Reserpine, given for three days, creates that paired state by draining monoamine transmitters. Mice received CMPP at three doses or gabapentin, and the middle dose then fed into brain chemistry analyses.

Reserpine lowered paw withdrawal thresholds, raised immobility in the swim test, and slowed escape in a water maze. CMPP reversed each of those behavioral changes. In brain tissue it restored glutathione, cut oxidative damage markers, partly rebuilt serotonin and norepinephrine, lowered glutamate, and curbed MAO-A activity. Blood inflammation markers TNF-alpha and IL-1beta also fell. The authors back CMPP as a multi-target option for pain-depression overlap.

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CREATORLorca Alzoubi, Yousra Bsieso, Omar Gammoh, Alaa A.A. Aljabali, Bader A. Salameh, Abdelrahim Alqudah, Esam Qnais, Ahmad M. Al-malkawi, Kayed Abu-Safieh
YEAR2026
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE65847
LICENSEhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/article/MED/PMC13292243

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