Flufenamic acid (Synonyms: CI-440, FFA, Fluphenamic Acid, NSC 82699, NSC 219007)

Flufenamic acid is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent, inhibits cyclooxygenase (COX), activates AMPK, and also modulates ion channels, blocking chloride channels and L-type Ca2+ channels, modulating non-selective cation channels (NSC), activating K+ channels.
Flufenamic acid is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent, inhibits cyclooxygenase (COX), and also modulates ion channels, blocking chloride channels and L-type Ca2+ channels, modulating non-selective cation channels (NSC), activating K+ channels. Flufenamic acid inhibits a wide spectrum of TRP channels, including: C3, C7, M2, M3, M4, M5, M7, M8, V1, V3, and V4 but activates at least two TRP channels (C6 and A1)[1]. Flufenamic acid induces AMPK activation in T84 cells, and such an effect is via a direct stimulation of calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinase beta (CaMKKβ) activity[2]. Moreover, Flufenamic acid (FFA; 5-50 μM) dose-dependently inhibits cAMP-dependent Cl- secretion in intact T84 cells, suppresses CFTR-mediated apical ICl-, and blocks the Ca2+-dependent Cl- secretion in a dose-dependent manner with IC50 of appr 10 μM and near complete inhibition at 100 μM in T84 cell monolayers, but shows no effect on Na+-K+ ATPase or NKCC in T84 cells[3].
Flufenamic acid (50 mg/kg, i.p.) has anti-inflammatory effect in a mouse model of Vibrio cholerae El Tor variant (EL)-induced diarrhea and significantly abrogates EL-induced intestinal fluid secretion and barrier disruption at 20 mg/kg. Furthermore, Flufenamic acid suppresses NF-κB nuclear translocation and expression of proinflammatory mediators and promotes AMPK phosphorylation in the EL-infected mouse intestine[2].
Reference:
[1]. Guinamard R, et al. Flufenamic acid as an ion channel modulator. Pharmacol Ther. 2013 May;138(2):272-84.
[2]. Pongkorpsakol P, et al. Flufenamic acid protects against intestinal fluid secretion and barrier leakage in a mouse model of Vibrio cholerae infection through NF-κB inhibition and AMPK activation. Eur J Pharmacol. 2017 Mar 5;798:94-104.
[3]. Pongkorpsakol P, et al. Cellular mechanisms underlying the inhibitory effect of flufenamic acid on chloride secretion in human intestinal epithelial cells. J Pharmacol Sci. 2017 Jun;134(2):93-100.Flufenamic acid