Discovery of Brain-Penetrant, Irreversible Kynurenine Aminotransferase II Inhibitors for Schizophrenia
摘要:
Kynurenine aminotransferase (KAT) 11 has been identified as a potential new target for the treatment of cognitive impairment associated with schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders. Following a high-throughput screen, cyclic hydroxamic acid PF-04859989 was identified as a potent and selective inhibitor of human and rat KAT H. An X-ray crystal structure and C-13 NMR studies of PF-04859989 bound to KAT H have demonstrated that this compound forms a covalent adduct with the enzyme cofactor, pyridoxal phosphate (PLP), in the active site. In vivo pharmacokinetic and efficacy studies in rat show that PF-04859989 is a brain-penetrant, irreversible inhibitor and is capable of reducing brain kynurenic acid by 50% at a dose of 10 mg/kg (sc). Preliminary structure-activity relationship investigations have been completed and have identified the positions on this scaffold best suited to modification for further optimization of this novel series of KAT II inhibitors.
Discovery of Brain-Penetrant, Irreversible Kynurenine Aminotransferase II Inhibitors for Schizophrenia
摘要:
Kynurenine aminotransferase (KAT) 11 has been identified as a potential new target for the treatment of cognitive impairment associated with schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders. Following a high-throughput screen, cyclic hydroxamic acid PF-04859989 was identified as a potent and selective inhibitor of human and rat KAT H. An X-ray crystal structure and C-13 NMR studies of PF-04859989 bound to KAT H have demonstrated that this compound forms a covalent adduct with the enzyme cofactor, pyridoxal phosphate (PLP), in the active site. In vivo pharmacokinetic and efficacy studies in rat show that PF-04859989 is a brain-penetrant, irreversible inhibitor and is capable of reducing brain kynurenic acid by 50% at a dose of 10 mg/kg (sc). Preliminary structure-activity relationship investigations have been completed and have identified the positions on this scaffold best suited to modification for further optimization of this novel series of KAT II inhibitors.
A General Strategy for the Synthesis of Cyclic <i>N</i>-Aryl Hydroxamic Acids via Partial Nitro Group Reduction
作者:Laura A. McAllister、Bruce M. Bechle、Amy B. Dounay、Edelweiss Evrard、Xinmin Gan、Somraj Ghosh、Ji-Young Kim、Vinod D. Parikh、Jamison B. Tuttle、Patrick R. Verhoest
DOI:10.1021/jo200530j
日期:2011.5.6
We describe a generalized approach to stereocontrolled synthesis of substituted cyclichydroxamicacids (3-amino-1-hydroxy-3,4-dihydroquinolinones) by selective reduction of substituted 2-nitrophenylalanine substrates. Compounds in this series have antibacterial properties and have also recently been reported as KAT II inhibitors. The key nitrophenyl alanine intermediates are prepared enantioselectively