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:Despite several years of research, only a handful of β-secretase (BACE) 1 inhibitors have entered clinical trials as potential therapeutics against Alzheimer's disease. The intrinsic basic nature of low molecular weight, amidine-containing BACE 1 inhibitors makes them far from optimal as central nervous system drugs. Herein we present a set of novel heteroaryl-fused piperazine amidine inhibitors designed to lower the basicity of the key, enzyme binding, amidine functionality. This study resulted in the identification of highly potent (IC50 ≤ 10 nM), permeable lead compounds with a reduced propensity to suffer from P-glycoprotein-mediated efflux.
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ACS Med Chem Lettjournal_title
ACS medicinal chemistry lettersauthors
Oehlrich D,Peschiulli A,Tresadern G,Van Gool M,Vega JA,De Lucas AI,Alonso de Diego SA,Prokopcova H,Austin N,Van Brandt S,Surkyn M,De Cleyn M,Vos A,Rombouts FJR,Macdonald G,Moechars D,Gijsen HJM,Trabanco AAdoi
10.1021/acsmedchemlett.9b00181subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2019-07-02 00:00:00pages
1159-1165issue
8issn
1948-5875journal_volume
10pub_type
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