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Publication Abstract from PubMed

beta-Secretase (BACE-1) is an attractive therapeutic target for the treatment and prevention of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Herein, we describe the discovery of a novel class of BACE-1 inhibitors represented by sulfamide 14g, using a medicinal chemistry strategy to optimize CNS penetration by minimizing hydrogen bond donors (HBD) and reducing P-glycoprotein (P-gp) mediated efflux. We have also taken advantage of the combination of structure based drug design (SBDD) to guide the optimization of the sulfamide analogs and the in-silico tool WaterMap to explain the observed SAR. Compound 14g is a potent inhibitor of BACE-1 with excellent permeability and a moderate P-gp liability. Administration of 14g to mice produced a significant, dose-dependent reduction in central AbetaX-40 levels at a free drug exposure equivalent to the whole cell IC(50) (100 nM). Furthermore, studies in the P-gp knock-out mouse provided evidence that efflux transporters impacted the amount of Abeta lowering versus that observed in wild-type (WT) mouse at equivalent dose.

Spirocyclic Sulfamides as BACE-1 Inhibitors for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease: Utilization of Structure Based Drug Design, WaterMap, and CNS Penetration Studies to Identify Centrally Efficacious Inhibitors.,Brodney MA, Barreiro G, Ogilvie K, Hajos-Korcsok E, Murray JC, Vajdos FF, Ambroise C, Christoffersen C, Fisher KE, Lanyon L, Liu J, Nolan CE, Withka JM, Borzilleri KA, Efremov IV, Oborski CE, Varghese AH, O'Neill BT J Med Chem. 2012 Sep 17. PMID:22984865^[1]

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