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A potent and orally efficacious, hydroxyethylamine-based inhibitor of β-Secretase

  • Matthew R. Kaller
  • , Scott S. Harried
  • , Brian Albrecht
  • , Patricia Amarante
  • , Safura Babu-Khan
  • , Michael D. Bartberger
  • , James Brown
  • , Ryan Brown
  • , Kui Chen
  • , Yuan Cheng
  • , Martin Citron
  • , Michael D. Croghan
  • , Russell Graceffa
  • , Dean Hickman
  • , Ted Judd
  • , Chuck Kriemen
  • , Daniel La
  • , Vivian Li
  • , Patricia Lopez
  • , Yi Luo
  • Craig Masse, Holger Monenschein, Thomas Nguyen, Lewis D. Pennington, Tisha San Miguel, E. Allen Sickmier, Robert C. Wahl, Matthew M. Weiss, Paul H. Wen, Toni Williamson, Stephen Wood, May Xue, Bryant Yang, Jianhua Zhang, Vinod Patel, Wenge Zhong, Stephen Hitchcock

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Abstract

β-Secretase inhibitors are potentially disease-modifying treatments for Alzheimer's disease. Previous efforts in our laboratory have resulted in hydroxyethylamine-derived inhibitors such as 1 with low nanomolar potency against β-site amyloid precursor protein cleaving enzyme (BACE). When dosed intravenously, compound 1 was also shown to significantly reduce Aβ40 levels in plasma, brain, and cerebral spinal fluid. Herein, we report further optimizations that led to the discovery of inhibitor 16 as a novel, potent, and orally efficacious BACE inhibitor.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)886-891
Number of pages6
JournalACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters
Volume3
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 8 Nov 2012
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Alzheimer's disease (AD)
  • hydroxyethylamine (HEA) isostere
  • β amyloid precursor protein cleaving enzyme (BACE)

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