The invention relates to the technical field of
neuroscience and drugs, and discloses application of
parecoxib as an MEF2A
transcription inhibitor in preparation of antiepileptic drugs, which is characterized in that the
parecoxib is in targeted combination with N-terminal alpha1
helix and MADS box structural domain of MEF2A
protein to inhibit
DNA binding capacity of MEF2A, so that downstream NEK7 / CD74
gene transcription is blocked, and
microglial cell mediated
neuroinflammation is reduced; according to the present invention, the
transcriptional activity action mechanism of
parecoxib is inhibited through the MEF2A targeting
DNA binding interface, specifically, the parecoxib is specifically bound with the N-terminal alpha 1
helix (residues ARG17, THR20, PHE21, LYS23 and ARG24) and MADS box structure domain of MEF2A so as to inhibit the
conformational change and the
DNA binding ability (the molecular docking
simulation shows the
high affinity binding), and the transcription of the downstream
target gene (such as NEK7 and CD74) is inhibited by blocking the binding of the MEF2A and the DNA so as to inhibit the
transcriptional activity of the MEF2A; therefore, the activation of NLRP3 inflammasomes is reduced; excessive activation of microglial cells is inhibited, and the
steady state of the neural network is maintained.