Potent and Selective Structure-Based Dibenzofuran Inhibitors of Transthyretin Amyloidogenesis: Kinetic Stabilization of the Native State
摘要:
Transthyretin (TTR) amyloidogenesis requires rate-limiting tetramer dissociation and partial monomer denaturation to produce a misassembly competent species. This process has been followed by turbidity to identify transthyretin amyloidogenesis inhibitors including dibenzofuran-4,6-dicarboxylic acid (1). An X-ray cocrystal structure of TTR.1(2) reveals that it only utilizes the outer portion of the two thyroxine binding pockets to bind to and inhibit TTR amyloidogenesis. Herein, structure-based design was employed to append aryl substituents at C1 of the dibenzofuran ring to complement the unused inner portion of the thyroxine binding pockets. Twenty-eight amyloidogenesis inhibitors of increased potency and dramatically increased plasma TTR binding selectivity resulted. These function by imposing kinetic stabilization on the native tetrameric structure of TTR, creating a barrier that is insurmountable under physiological conditions. Since kinetic stabilization of the TTR native state by interallelic trans suppression is known to ameliorate disease, there is reason to be optimistic that the dibenzofuran-based inhibitors will do the same. Preventing the onset of amyloidogenesis is the most conservative strategy to intervene clinically, as it remains unclear which of the TTR misassembly intermediates results in toxicity. The exceptional binding selectivity enables these inhibitors to occupy the thyroxine binding site(s) in a complex biological fluid such as blood plasma, required for inhibition of amyloidogenesis in humans. It is now established that the dibenzofuran-based amyloidogenesis inhibitors have high selectivity, affinity, and efficacy and are thus excellent candidates for further pharmacologic evaluation.
Potent and Selective Structure-Based Dibenzofuran Inhibitors of Transthyretin Amyloidogenesis: Kinetic Stabilization of the Native State
摘要:
Transthyretin (TTR) amyloidogenesis requires rate-limiting tetramer dissociation and partial monomer denaturation to produce a misassembly competent species. This process has been followed by turbidity to identify transthyretin amyloidogenesis inhibitors including dibenzofuran-4,6-dicarboxylic acid (1). An X-ray cocrystal structure of TTR.1(2) reveals that it only utilizes the outer portion of the two thyroxine binding pockets to bind to and inhibit TTR amyloidogenesis. Herein, structure-based design was employed to append aryl substituents at C1 of the dibenzofuran ring to complement the unused inner portion of the thyroxine binding pockets. Twenty-eight amyloidogenesis inhibitors of increased potency and dramatically increased plasma TTR binding selectivity resulted. These function by imposing kinetic stabilization on the native tetrameric structure of TTR, creating a barrier that is insurmountable under physiological conditions. Since kinetic stabilization of the TTR native state by interallelic trans suppression is known to ameliorate disease, there is reason to be optimistic that the dibenzofuran-based inhibitors will do the same. Preventing the onset of amyloidogenesis is the most conservative strategy to intervene clinically, as it remains unclear which of the TTR misassembly intermediates results in toxicity. The exceptional binding selectivity enables these inhibitors to occupy the thyroxine binding site(s) in a complex biological fluid such as blood plasma, required for inhibition of amyloidogenesis in humans. It is now established that the dibenzofuran-based amyloidogenesis inhibitors have high selectivity, affinity, and efficacy and are thus excellent candidates for further pharmacologic evaluation.
Rapid Access to Bi- and Tri-Functionalized Dibenzofurans and their Application in Selective Suzuki-Miyaura Cross Coupling Reactions
作者:Caroline Wern、Christian Ehrenreich、Dominik Joosten、Thorsten vom Stein、Herwig Buchholz、Burkhard König
DOI:10.1002/ejoc.201801286
日期:2018.11.8
Syntheses of 1,2-, 1,3-, 1,4-, 1,8-, 2,4-, 3,4-, 4,8-, 1,2,4-, 1,2,8- and 1,3,4-functionalized dibenzofurans in few steps with good to excellent yields starting from dibenzofuran-1-ol or -4-ol are presented. These rapidly accessible bi- or tri-functionalized building blocks are of great interest for the synthesis of bioactive substances or functional material development. Furthermore, for intermediates
[EN] MATERIALS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES<br/>[FR] MATÉRIAUX POUR DISPOSITIFS ÉLECTROLUMINESCENTS ORGANIQUES
申请人:MERCK PATENT GMBH
公开号:WO2019170578A1
公开(公告)日:2019-09-12
The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (1) which are suitable for use in electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, and to electronic devices which comprise these compounds.
Dibenzofuran-4,6-dicarboxylic acid core structures having an aromatic substituent appended onto the at the C1 position using three different types of linkages are disclosed herein and shown to afford exceptional amyloidogenesis inhibitors that display increased affinity and greatly increased binding selectivity to TTR over all the other plasma proteins, relative to lead compound 1. It is further disclosed herein that these compounds function by imposing kinetic stabilization on the TTR tetramer.