Structure−Activity Relationship Study of Prion Inhibition by 2-Aminopyridine-3,5-dicarbonitrile-Based Compounds: Parallel Synthesis, Bioactivity, and in Vitro Pharmacokinetics
作者:Barnaby C. H. May、Julie A. Zorn、Juanita Witkop、John Sherrill、Andrew C. Wallace、Giuseppe Legname、Stanley B. Prusiner、Fred E. Cohen
DOI:10.1021/jm061045z
日期:2007.1.1
2-Aminopyridine-3,5-dicarbonitrile compounds were previously identified as mimetics of dominant-negative prion protein mutants and inhibit prion replication in cultured cells. Here, we report findings from a comprehensive structure-activityrelationshipstudy of the 6-aminopyridine-3,5-dicarbonitrile scaffold. We identify compounds with significantly improved bioactivity (approximately 40-fold) against