Discovery of novel scaffolds for γ-secretase modulators without an arylimidazole moiety
作者:Ryuichi Sekioka、Eriko Honjo、Shugo Honda、Hideyoshi Fuji、Hiroki Akashiba、Yasuyuki Mitani、Shingo Yamasaki
DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2017.11.049
日期:2018.1
represent a new class of scaffold for GSMs, which do not have a strongly basic end group such as arylimidazole. High-throughput screening identified 2-methyl-8-[(2-methylbenzyl)oxy]-3-(pyridin-4-yl)imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine (3a), which inhibited the cellular production of Aβ42 (IC50 = 7.1 µM) without changing total production of Aβ. Structural optimization of this series of compounds identified 5-[8-(benzylox
γ-分泌酶调节剂(GSM)选择性抑制淀粉样β-42(Aβ42)的产生,因此可用于治疗阿尔茨海默氏病。并非衍生自非甾体抗炎药的大多数杂环GSM均含有潜在抑制细胞色素P450(CYP)活性的芳基咪唑部分。在这里,我们发现了咪唑并吡啶衍生物,它们代表了一类新型的GSM支架,它们没有强碱性端基(如芳基咪唑)。高通量筛选鉴定出2-甲基-8-[(2-甲基苄基)氧基] -3-(吡啶-4-基)咪唑并[1,2- a ]吡啶(3a),其抑制细胞产生Aβ42( IC 50 = 7.1 µM),而不会改变Aβ的总产量。该系列化合物的结构优化确定了5- [8-(苄氧基)-2-甲基咪唑并[1,2- a ]吡啶-3-基] -2-乙基异吲哚-1-酮(3m)是Aβ42的有效抑制剂(IC 50 = 0.39 µM),但不是CYP3A4。此外,3m在小鼠中表现出持续的药代动力学特征,并充分渗透到大脑中。