RESUMO
Verubecestat 3 (MK-8931), a diaryl amide-substituted 3-imino-1,2,4-thiadiazinane 1,1-dioxide derivative, is a high-affinity ß-site amyloid precursor protein cleaving enzyme 1 (BACE1) inhibitor currently undergoing Phase 3 clinical evaluation for the treatment of mild to moderate and prodromal Alzheimer's disease. Although not selective over the closely related aspartyl protease BACE2, verubecestat has high selectivity for BACE1 over other key aspartyl proteases, notably cathepsin D, and profoundly lowers CSF and brain Aß levels in rats and nonhuman primates and CSF Aß levels in humans. In this annotation, we describe the discovery of 3, including design, validation, and selected SAR around the novel iminothiadiazinane dioxide core as well as aspects of its preclinical and Phase 1 clinical characterization.
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Doença de Alzheimer/tratamento farmacológico , Precursor de Proteína beta-Amiloide/antagonistas & inibidores , Óxidos S-Cíclicos/farmacologia , Descoberta de Drogas , Tiadiazinas/farmacologia , Doença de Alzheimer/metabolismo , Precursor de Proteína beta-Amiloide/metabolismo , Animais , Óxidos S-Cíclicos/síntese química , Óxidos S-Cíclicos/química , Cães , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Humanos , Macaca fascicularis , Modelos Moleculares , Estrutura Molecular , Ratos , Ratos Sprague-Dawley , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , Tiadiazinas/síntese química , Tiadiazinas/químicaRESUMO
TNF-α converting enzyme (TACE) inhibitors are promising agents to treat inflammatory disorders and cancer. We have investigated novel tartrate diamide TACE inhibitors where the tartrate core binds to zinc in a unique tridentate fashion. Incorporating (R)-2-(2-N-alkylaminothiazol-4-yl)pyrrolidines into the left hand side amide of the tartrate scaffold led to the discovery of potent and selective TACE inhibitors, some of which exhibited good rat oral bioavailability.
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Proteínas ADAM/antagonistas & inibidores , Amidas/farmacologia , Inibidores Enzimáticos/farmacologia , Pirrolidinas/química , Tartaratos/química , Proteína ADAM17 , Amidas/síntese química , Amidas/química , Animais , Disponibilidade Biológica , Ativação Enzimática/efeitos dos fármacos , Inibidores Enzimáticos/síntese química , Inibidores Enzimáticos/química , Estrutura Molecular , RatosRESUMO
The syntheses and structure-activity relationships of the tartrate-based TACE inhibitors are discussed. The optimization of both the prime and non-prime sites led to compounds with picomolar activity. Several analogs demonstrated good rat pharmacokinetics.
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Proteínas ADAM/antagonistas & inibidores , Inibidores de Proteases/química , Tartaratos/química , Proteínas ADAM/metabolismo , Proteína ADAM17 , Animais , Sítios de Ligação , Simulação por Computador , Inibidores de Proteases/síntese química , Inibidores de Proteases/farmacocinética , Ratos , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , Tartaratos/síntese química , Tartaratos/farmacocinéticaRESUMO
A novel series of TNF-alpha convertase (TACE) inhibitors which are non-hydroxamate have been discovered. These compounds are bis-amides of L-tartaric acid (tartrate) and coordinate to the active site zinc in a tridentate manner. They are selective for TACE over other MMP's. We report the first X-ray crystal structure for a tartrate-based TACE inhibitor.
