Discovering Hair Loss Treatments That Increase The Wnt/Beta-Catenin Signaling Pathway By High-Throughput Screening

April 2023 in “ Journal of Investigative Dermatology ”

G. Abudureyimu, D. Lee

Wnt/β-catenin signaling high-throughput screening natural products FDA-approved drugs HEK293 cells antiviral drugs anticancer drugs GSK-3b inhibitors Aminoacridine Abemaciclib Minoxidil hair regrowth hair loss Wnt/β-catenin pathway activation Rogaine

TLDR Aminoacridine and Abemaciclib, especially combined with Minoxidil, show promise for treating hair loss.

This study aimed to discover new drug candidates that activate Wnt/β-catenin signaling to treat hair loss by screening 2,600 natural products and 2,570 FDA-approved drugs. Using HEK293 cells for high-throughput screening, nine drugs were identified, including antiviral, anticancer, and GSK-3b inhibitors. Among these, Aminoacridine and Abemaciclib showed significant hair growth effects in animal experiments. Specifically, the combination of Aminoacridine with Minoxidil resulted in a 58% hair regrowth area at four weeks, compared to 41% for Minoxidil alone. These findings suggest that Aminoacridine, Abemaciclib, and their combination with Minoxidil are promising treatments for hair loss through Wnt/β-catenin pathway activation.

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A user suggests that deeper microneedling with Verteporfin injections might help regrow hair in areas with scar tissue, alongside a DHT blocker. Another user explains that hair loss might be due to reduced Wnt/β-Catenin signaling and suggests that treatments like Minoxidil, Finasteride, and microneedling could potentially reverse it.

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The mechanism of Androgenic Alopecia and practical applications of treatments like Minoxidil, Finasteride, RU58841, dermarolling, scalp massages, anti-fungals, progesterone, estrogen, PPAR-γ activators, reducing oxidative stress, and scalp exercises. It explains why DHT is important in AA and how other factors might be involved such as hypoxia, increased DKK-1 expression, morphological changes to the scalp, skull growth during childhood/puberty, and blood flow.

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