Structure- and Property-Based Design of Aminooxazoline Xanthenes as Selective, Orally Efficacious, and CNS Penetrable BACE Inhibitors for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease
作者:Hongbing Huang、Daniel S. La、Alan C. Cheng、Douglas A. Whittington、Vinod F. Patel、Kui Chen、Thomas A. Dineen、Oleg Epstein、Russell Graceffa、Dean Hickman、Y.-H. Kiang、Steven Louie、Yi Luo、Robert C. Wahl、Paul H. Wen、Stephen Wood、Robert T. Fremeau
DOI:10.1021/jm300598e
日期:2012.11.8
A structure- and property-based drug design approach was employed to identify aminooxazoline xanthenes as potent and selective human beta-secretase inhibitors. These compounds exhibited good isolated enzyme, cell potency, and selectivity against the structurally related aspartyl protease cathepsin D. Our efforts resulted in the identification of a potent, orally bioavailable CNS penetrant compound that exhibited in vivo efficacy. A single oral dose of compound ha resulted in a significant reduction of CNS A beta 40 in naive rats.