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JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 53, Issue 3, Pages 942-950Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jm901472u
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- U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences [W-31-109-Eng-38]
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Fragment-based NMR screening, X-ray crystallography, structure-based design, and focused chemical library design were used to identify novel inhibitors for BACE-1. A rapid optimization of an initial NMR hit was achieved by a combination of NMR and a functional assay, resulting in the identification of an isothiourea hit with a K-d of 15 mu M for BACE-1. NMR data and the crystal structure revealed that this hit makes H-bond interactions with the two catalytic aspartates, occupies the nonprime side region of the active site of BACE-1, and extends toward the S3 subpocket (S3sp). A focused NMR-based search for heterocyclic isothiourea isosteres resulted in several distinct classes of BACE-1 active site directed compounds with improved chemical stability and physicochemical properties. The strategy for optimization of the 2-aminopyridine lead series to potent inhibitors of BACE-1 was demonstrated. The structure-based design of a cyclic acylguanidine lead series and its optimization into nanomolar BACE-1 inhibitors are the subject of the companion paper (J. Med. Chem. 2010, 53, DOI:10.1021/jm901408p).
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