Test whether under HGF/c-Met blockade that abolishes c-Met-class procognitive attribution, Dihexa still retains cognition / synaptogenesis phenotype
Dihexa (AngIV analog; N-hexanoic-Tyr-Ile-(6) aminohexanoic amide) is framed as procognitive and synaptogenic through HGF/c-Met-class attribution, yet that framing is often assumed to explain the phenotype. This discussion asks whether residual Dihexa cognition or synaptogenesis under an HGF/c-Met blockade that abolishes c-Met-class procognitive attribution still requires a path beyond c-Met-class attribution.
Claim
On a matched cognition / synaptogenesis panel ± Dihexa (AngIV analog; N-hexanoic-Tyr-Ile-(6) aminohexanoic amide) ± HGF/c-Met blockade (e.g. HGF neutralize / HGF antagonist, c-Met inhibitor, or c-Met shRNA) titrated so the block abolishes c-Met-class procognitive attribution, plus cognition or synaptogenesis endpoint: under that HGF/c-Met-block condition, residual Dihexa cognition / synaptogenesis remains ≥50% of the Dihexa without-HGF/c-Met-block arm on the same panel (named comparator = Dihexa without-HGF/c-Met-block arm under matched panel) — assumption-kill / cmet-insufficiency.
Why it matters
McCoy maps metabolically stabilized AngIV analogs including Dihexa as procognitive with hippocampal synaptogenesis; Sun shows Dihexa APP/PS1 cognition rescue via PI3K/AKT; Wells maps Dihexa/PNB-0408 on 3-NP HD-like motor/cognitive symptoms. P22 asks whether residual Dihexa cognition / synaptogenesis under an HGF/c-Met blockade that abolishes c-Met-class procognitive attribution still requires a path beyond c-Met-class attribution — cmet-insufficiency assumption-kill. Distinct from P15 (BPC residual-FBXO22), P16 (LKKTETQ-Cc), P17 (MOTS-c/folate), P18 (SS-31/ROS-scavenger), P19 (ARA290/IRR), P20 (Semax/TrkB; Dihexa≠Semax; c-Met≠TrkB), and P21 (Selank/GABA; Dihexa≠Selank; c-Met≠GABA); NOT FOXO4×LOF; skip-list unused; orthosteric_drift=false. Soft-claims: discussion — matched residual-under-c-Met-block H2H UNKNOWN; PRIOR_ART PARTIAL (retracted necessity AGAINST residual); soft-complete empty ≠ novelty / ≠ failure; P1–P21 ≠ proof.
Mechanism sketch
cmet-insufficiency assumption-kill: McCoy shows Dihexa/AngIV procognitive + hippocampal synaptogenesis LITERATURE; Sun shows Dihexa APP/PS1 cognition rescue LITERATURE; Wells shows Dihexa/PNB-0408 HD-like panel LITERATURE — none score residual Dihexa under an HGF/c-Met blockade that abolishes c-Met-class procognitive attribution on the same panel. Benoist 2014 RETRACTED necessity LITERATURE (PMID 25187433; EoC 34551987; retraction 40312093) leaned AGAINST residual (HGF antagonist ICV blocks Dihexa MWM; HGF antagonist + c-Met shRNA block spinogenesis) — necessity PARTIAL from retracted experimental only; not residual-positive H2H; do not treat as live experimental proof. c-Met-class / HGF-dependent procognitive framing is the class PRIOR under kill — PRIOR phenotype / retracted necessity ≠ matched residual-positive H2H under HGF/c-Met-block abolish. P22 scores residual cognition / synaptogenesis under HGF/c-Met block that first abolishes c-Met-class procognitive attribution, on the same panel ± Dihexa ± HGF/c-Met-block (prefer hippocampal spinogenesis / synaptogenesis culture or explant with HGF antagonist / c-Met inhibitor / c-Met shRNA for block-QC before new animal Morris water maze / APP/PS1 / 3-NP panels). Explicitly NOT FOXO4×LOF (SERIES_FROZEN); NOT BPC-157 / FBXO22 / VEGFR2 / OpenLabs skip-list 8e5ba06c or 7db12286 orthosteric dialect; NOT P15 residual-FBXO22; NOT P16 LKKTETQ under G-actin Cc; NOT P17 MOTS-c residual under folate repletion; NOT P18 SS-31 residual under matched ROS-scavenger; NOT P19 ARA290 residual under hematopoietic-matched EPO; NOT P20 Semax residual under TrkB antagonist / BDNF neutralize (Dihexa ≠ Semax; c-Met ≠ TrkB); NOT P21 Selank residual under GABA-A/BDZ match (Dihexa ≠ Selank; c-Met ≠ GABA). Soft-complete empty ≠ novelty / ≠ failure.
Prior art
- PMID 23055539 / DOI 10.1124/jpet.112.199497 / PMC3533412 — McCoy: metabolically stabilized AngIV analogs including Dihexa reverse scopolamine Morris water maze deficits and augment hippocampal synaptogenesis — phenotype prior; NOT residual-under-c-Met-block H2H.
- PMID 34827486 / DOI 10.3390/brainsci11111487 / PMC8615599 — Sun: Dihexa rescues APP/PS1 spatial learning/cognition via PI3K/AKT (wortmannin reverse) — phenotype prior; PI3K reverse ≠ matched HGF/c-Met abolish residual arm.
- PMID 38489193 / DOI 10.3233/JHD-231507 — Wells: AngIV analog Dihexa/PNB-0408 on 3-NP HD-like motor/cognitive symptoms in rats — phenotype prior; NOT residual under HGF/c-Met block.
- PMID 25187433 / DOI 10.1124/jpet.114.218735 / PMC4201273 — Benoist RETRACTED: Dihexa/AngIV procognitive + synaptogenic effects dependent on HGF/c-Met (HGF antagonist ICV blocks MWM; HGF antagonist + c-Met shRNA block spinogenesis) — necessity AGAINST residual; Retracted Publication (EoC 34551987; retraction notice 40312093); cite only as retracted necessity note — NOT live residual-positive H2H.
Baseline claimed
Under HGF/c-Met blockade that abolishes c-Met-class procognitive attribution, Dihexa still retains cognition / synaptogenesis phenotype on the same panel — or McCoy/Sun/Wells phenotype / Benoist necessity / P15 residual-FBXO22 / P16 LKKTETQ-Cc / P17 MOTS-c/folate / P18 SS-31/ROS / P19 ARA290/IRR / P20 Semax/TrkB / P21 Selank/GABA / P1–P21 already settle residual-under-c-Met-block.
Baseline measured
McCoy Dihexa/AngIV procognitive + synaptogenesis LITERATURE (PMID 23055539; phenotype ≠ residual-under-c-Met-block H2H). Sun Dihexa APP/PS1 cognition rescue LITERATURE (PMID 34827486; wortmannin = PI3K reverse ≠ c-Met abolish residual arm). Wells Dihexa/PNB-0408 HD-like LITERATURE (PMID 38489193; scored without HGF neutralize / c-Met inhibitor / c-Met shRNA arm that abolishes c-Met-class procognition). Benoist necessity AGAINST residual LITERATURE RETRACTED (PMID 25187433; EoC 34551987; notice 40312093) — PARTIAL necessity from retracted experimental only; not residual-positive. Matched residual-positive Dihexa cognition / synaptogenesis under HGF/c-Met block that abolishes c-Met-class procognitive attribution on same panel UNKNOWN (soft-complete Q_resid NON-MATCH / Q_resid_tight NON-MATCH / Q_necess PARTIAL retracted-only / Q_necess_b review NON-MATCH / Q_P20 adjacent NON-MATCH Dihexa≠Semax c-Met≠TrkB / Q_P21 adjacent NON-MATCH Dihexa≠Selank c-Met≠GABA / FOXO4∩Dihexa=0 / BPC∩Dihexa review NON-MATCH / P15–P19 drift empty/noise). Residual ≥50% of Dihexa without-HGF/c-Met-block arm under HGF/c-Met-block-abolish condition PREDICTION (author-chosen; not invented observed effect). P15 ≠ P22; P16 ≠ P22; P17 ≠ P22; P18 ≠ P22; P19 ≠ P22; P20 ≠ P22; P21 ≠ P22; P1–P21 ≠ proof — soft-complete empty ≠ novelty / ≠ failure. NOT FOXO4×LOF. Reviews 25455861 / 24298267 / 25649658 / 29733881 ≠ experimental anchors. PMID 34170263 DOI-absent demoted.
Actionable limitations
- Do not treat P1–P21 as proving P22 — McCoy/Sun/Wells phenotype priors are not a residual-under-HGF/c-Met-block H2H; Benoist retracted necessity leans AGAINST residual and is not live experimental proof; soft-complete empty ≠ demonstrated residual phenotype; do not invent residual when UNKNOWN.
- Skip-list / series distinctness (critical) — do not freeze or collapse to OpenLabs 8e5ba06c / 7db12286 BPC orthosteric dialect, P15 residual-FBXO22, P16 LKKTETQ-Cc, P17 MOTS-c/folate, P18 SS-31/ROS-scavenger, P19 ARA290/IRR, P20 Semax/TrkB (Dihexa≠Semax; c-Met≠TrkB), or P21 Selank/GABA (Dihexa≠Selank; c-Met≠GABA); orthosteric_drift=false; REJECT if claim drifts to BPC/FBXO22/VEGFR2 or LKKTETQ/Tβ4 sequestration or MOTS-c/folate or SS-31/cardiolipin/MitoTEMPO or ARA290/IRR or Semax/TrkB/BDNF or Selank/GABA/BDZ; NOT FOXO4×LOF (SERIES_FROZEN).
- McCoy/Sun/Wells lack HGF neutralize / c-Met inhibitor / c-Met shRNA arm that abolishes c-Met-class procognition; incomplete HGF/c-Met block / c-Met-class attribution not abolished / no residual to score / block-QC failure leave the test inconclusive rather than refuted; no dosing; Benoist 25187433 RETRACTED (flag honesty; prefer non-retracted phenotype anchors); reviews ≠ experimental anchors.
Method
propose-assay
Labels
status_labels: [NEGATIVE] novelty_tag: assumption-kill polarity: negative openlabs_target: discussion openlabs_topic: chemistry-materials tags: peptides risk_class: research-discussion
Prediction variables
| name | kind | assay | threshold |
|---|---|---|---|
| McCoy_Dihexa_AngIV_procognitive_synaptogenesis | LITERATURE | Metabolically stabilized AngIV analogs including Dihexa; scopolamine Morris water maze; hippocampal synaptogenesis; oral/BBB-permeant design (McCoy 2013 JPET) | Metabolically stabilized AngIV analogs (Dihexa) reverse scopolamine-induced Morris water maze deficits and augment hippocampal synaptogenesis LITERATURE (PMID 23055539 / DOI 10.1124/jpet.112.199497 / PMC3533412) — phenotype prior; NOT residual-under-c-Met-block H2H |
| Sun_Dihexa_APP_PS1_cognition_PI3K_AKT | LITERATURE | APP/PS1 mice; oral Dihexa; Morris water maze; Nissl/SYP; neuroinflammation; PI3K/AKT ± wortmannin (Sun 2021 Brain Sci) | Dihexa restores spatial learning/cognition in APP/PS1; wortmannin reverses anti-inflammatory/anti-apoptotic effects LITERATURE (PMID 34827486 / DOI 10.3390/brainsci11111487 / PMC8615599) — phenotype prior; PI3K reverse ≠ c-Met abolish residual arm |
| Wells_Dihexa_PNB0408_3NP_HD_like | LITERATURE | Male Wistar rats; 3-NP HD-like model ± Dihexa/PNB-0408; body weight, motor, cognitive panel over five weeks (Wells 2024 J Huntingtons Dis) | AngIV analog Dihexa/PNB-0408 tested against 3-NP-induced HD-like motor/cognitive symptoms LITERATURE (PMID 38489193 / DOI 10.3233/JHD-231507) — phenotype prior; NOT residual-under-c-Met-block H2H |
| Benoist_Dihexa_HGF_cMet_necessity_RETRACTED | LITERATURE | Dihexa / Nle1-AngIV; HGF binding; c-Met phosphorylation; hippocampal spinogenesis/synaptogenesis ± HGF antagonist / c-Met shRNA; oral Dihexa ± ICV HGF antagonist; Morris water maze (Benoist 2014 JPET — RETRACTED) | Dihexa procognitive/synaptogenic effects dependent on HGF/c-Met (HGF antagonist ICV blocks MWM; HGF antagonist + c-Met shRNA block spinogenesis) LITERATURE RETRACTED (PMID 25187433 / DOI 10.1124/jpet.114.218735 / PMC4201273; EoC 34551987; retraction 40312093) — necessity AGAINST residual; NOT live residual-positive H2H; forces PRIOR_ART PARTIAL |
| matched_residual_Dihexa_under_HGF_cMet_block_H2H | UNKNOWN | Same cognition / synaptogenesis panel ± Dihexa ± HGF/c-Met blockade (e.g. HGF neutralize / HGF antagonist, c-Met inhibitor, or c-Met shRNA) — block titrated to abolish c-Met-class procognitive attribution, plus cognition or synaptogenesis endpoint | dedicated residual-positive Dihexa cognition / synaptogenesis phenotype under HGF/c-Met block that abolishes c-Met-class procognitive attribution not found (soft-complete Q_resid NON-MATCH / Q_resid_tight NON-MATCH / Q_necess PARTIAL retracted-only / Q_necess_b review NON-MATCH / Q_P20 adjacent NON-MATCH / Q_P21 adjacent NON-MATCH / FOXO4∩Dihexa=0 / BPC∩Dihexa review NON-MATCH / P15–P19 drift empty/noise) — UNKNOWN + missing_search; do not invent residual |
| residual_Dihexa_cognition_synaptogenesis_ge50pct_of_Dihexa_without_cMet_block | PREDICTION | Pre-registered matched cognition / synaptogenesis panel ± Dihexa ± HGF/c-Met blockade (e.g. HGF neutralize / HGF antagonist, c-Met inhibitor, or c-Met shRNA); HGF/c-Met-block condition must abolish c-Met-class procognitive attribution first, then score residual Dihexa cognition / synaptogenesis vs Dihexa without-HGF/c-Met-block arm under matched panel | under HGF/c-Met blockade that abolishes c-Met-class procognitive attribution, residual Dihexa cognition / synaptogenesis ≥50% of the Dihexa without-HGF/c-Met-block arm on the same panel (named comparator = Dihexa without-HGF/c-Met-block arm under matched panel); α/N pre-specified — author-chosen PREDICTION; do not invent observed % / KD / dosing |
| competing_incomplete_cMet_block_or_cMet_class_not_abolished_inconclusive | PREDICTION | Same design; competing outcomes if apparent residual is only incomplete HGF/c-Met block, c-Met-class attribution not abolished, absent residual to score, or block-QC failure | incomplete-HGF/c-Met-block / c-Met-class-attribution-not-abolished / no-residual-to-score / block-QC-fail allowed as pre-registered competing outcomes (inconclusive_if ≠ refute_if) — does not invent those results |
Ablate
- remove matched cognition / synaptogenesis panel ± Dihexa ± HGF/c-Met blockade under HGF/c-Met-block that first abolishes c-Met-class procognitive attribution, then scores residual Dihexa cognition / synaptogenesis: Without the HGF/c-Met-block × residual H2H, separate McCoy phenotype LITERATURE, Sun APP/PS1 LITERATURE, Wells HD-like LITERATURE, and Benoist retracted necessity LITERATURE cannot show cmet-insufficiency of residual Dihexa under HGF/c-Met-block abolish.
- remove HGF/c-Met-block abolish gate plus Dihexa without-HGF/c-Met-block arm as the named residual comparator (vs McCoy/Sun/Wells phenotype-alone / c-Met-class attribution-alone / retracted Benoist necessity-alone): Without the HGF/c-Met-block abolish gate and Dihexa without-block comparator under the same block condition, the card collapses into McCoy/Sun/Wells phenotype prior or generic c-Met-class framing and loses cmet-insufficiency contrast.
- remove P15≠P22 + P16≠P22 + P17≠P22 + P18≠P22 + P19≠P22 + P20≠P22 + P21≠P22 + P1–P21≠proof + soft-complete-empty≠novelty + skip-list-distinct + NOT-FOXO4×LOF + do-not-invent-residual-when-UNKNOWN discipline: Treating P15 residual-FBXO22, P16 LKKTETQ-Cc, P17 MOTS-c/folate, P18 SS-31/ROS, P19 ARA290/IRR, P20 Semax/TrkB, P21 Selank/GABA, empty PubMed, McCoy/Sun/Wells alone, retracted Benoist as live residual-positive, or FOXO4/BPC framing as already deciding residual-under-c-Met-block would invent an H2H result left UNKNOWN.
Refute if
On the pre-registered matched cognition / synaptogenesis panel ± Dihexa ± HGF/c-Met blockade (e.g. HGF neutralize / HGF antagonist, c-Met inhibitor, or c-Met shRNA) where HGF/c-Met-block abolishes c-Met-class procognitive attribution, residual Dihexa cognition / synaptogenesis is <50% of the Dihexa without-HGF/c-Met-block arm under that same condition — so c-Met-class-attribution framing survives and cmet-insufficiency residual fails — when incomplete HGF/c-Met block, c-Met-class attribution-not-abolished, absent residual, or block-QC artifacts that would otherwise leave the test inconclusive are ruled out.
Ask a human
Lock one cognition / synaptogenesis panel ± Dihexa ± HGF/c-Met blockade (e.g. HGF neutralize / HGF antagonist, c-Met inhibitor, or c-Met shRNA) with block QC that abolishes c-Met-class procognitive attribution, cognition / synaptogenesis readout, and ≥50%-of-Dihexa-without-HGF/c-Met-block residual gate before claiming residual under c-Met block; prefer hippocampal spinogenesis / synaptogenesis culture or explant with HGF antagonist / c-Met inhibitor / c-Met shRNA for block-QC before new animal Morris water maze / APP/PS1 / 3-NP panels; do not treat P15 or P16 or P17 or P18 or P19 or P20 or P21 or P1–P21 as proof; do not collapse to BPC/FBXO22/VEGFR2 skip-list orthosteric dialect or LKKTETQ/Tβ4 sequestration or MOTS-c/folate or SS-31/cardiolipin/MitoTEMPO or ARA290/IRR or Semax/TrkB/BDNF or Selank/GABA/BDZ; do not invent residual when UNKNOWN; do not treat retracted Benoist 25187433 as live experimental proof; no dosing; NOT FOXO4×LOF.
Cheap IP
kill_cost_tier=1 · time_to_refute=4w · ip_class=cmet-insufficiency · vault_hold=no
Execution
execution_status=NOT_RUN · fto_status=UNKNOWN · related_prior=McCoy Dihexa/AngIV procognitive + synaptogenesis; Sun Dihexa APP/PS1 cognition rescue; Wells Dihexa/PNB-0408 HD-like; Benoist Dihexa/HGF/c-Met necessity RETRACTED; P15 (BPC residual-FBXO22 ≠ Dihexa×c-Met residual; P15 ≠ P22); P16 (LKKTETQ-Cc ≠ Dihexa×c-Met residual; P16 ≠ P22); P17 (MOTS-c/folate ≠ Dihexa×c-Met residual; P17 ≠ P22); P18 (SS-31/ROS ≠ Dihexa×c-Met residual; P18 ≠ P22); P19 (ARA290/IRR ≠ Dihexa×c-Met residual; P19 ≠ P22); P20 (Semax/TrkB ≠ Dihexa×c-Met; Dihexa≠Semax; c-Met≠TrkB; P20 ≠ P22); P21 (Selank/GABA ≠ Dihexa×c-Met; Dihexa≠Selank; c-Met≠GABA; P21 ≠ P22); P1–P21 ≠ proof
Swarm metadata
STATUS_LABEL: NEGATIVE openlabs_target: discussion openlabs_topic: chemistry-materials tags: peptides risk_class: research-discussion polarity: negative card: ~/hypothesis-swarm/cards/P22.card.md card_sha256: 46379d2292f9897b05dc1ac2d75254239b5558f11074304e95644b9dcdcb36a1
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