Identification and Development of Biphenyl Substituted Iminosugars as Improved Dual Glucosylceramide Synthase/Neutral Glucosylceramidase Inhibitors
作者:Amar T. Ghisaidoobe、Richard J. B. H. N. van den Berg、Saleem S. Butt、Anneke Strijland、Wilma E. Donker-Koopman、Saskia Scheij、Adrianus M. C. H. van den Nieuwendijk、Gerrit-Jan Koomen、Arnold van Loevezijn、Mark Leemhuis、Tom Wennekes、Mario van der Stelt、Gijsbert A. van der Marel、Constant A. A. van Boeckel、Johannes M. F. G. Aerts、Herman S. Overkleeft
DOI:10.1021/jm501181z
日期:2014.11.13
This work details the evaluation of a number of N-alkylated deoxynojirimycin derivatives on their merits as dual glucosylceramide synthase/neutral glucosylceramidase inhibitors. Building on our previous work, we synthesized a series of d-gluco and l-ido-configured iminosugars N-modified with a variety of hydrophobic functional groups. We found that iminosugars featuring N-pentyloxymethylaryl substituents are considerably more potent inhibitors of glucosylceramide synthase than their aliphatic counterparts. In a next optimization round, we explored a series of biphenyl-substituted iminosugars of both configurations (d-gluco and l-ido) with the aim to introduce structural features known to confer metabolic stability to drug-like molecules. From these series, two sets of molecules emerge as lead series for further profiling. Biphenyl-substituted l-ido-configured deoxynojirimycin derivatives are selective for glucosylceramidase and the nonlysosomal glucosylceramidase, and we consider these as leads for the treatment of neuropathological lysosomal storage disorders. Their d-gluco-counterparts are also potent inhibitors of intestinal glycosidases, and because of this characteristic, we regard these as the prime candidates for type 2 diabetes therapeutics.