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  2. Discovery of begacestat, a Notch-1-sparing gamma-secretase inhibitor for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease

Discovery of begacestat, a Notch-1-sparing gamma-secretase inhibitor for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease

  • J Med Chem. 2008 Dec 11;51(23):7348-51. doi: 10.1021/jm801252w.
Scott C Mayer 1 Anthony F Kreft Boyd Harrison Magid Abou-Gharbia Madelene Antane Suzan Aschmies Kevin Atchison Michael Chlenov Derek C Cole Thomas Comery George Diamantidis John Ellingboe Kristi Fan Rocco Galante Cathleen Gonzales Douglas M Ho Molly E Hoke Yun Hu Donna Huryn Uday Jain Mei Jin Kenneth Kremer Dennis Kubrak Melissa Lin Peimin Lu Ron Magolda Robert Martone William Moore Aram Oganesian Menelas N Pangalos Alex Porte Peter Reinhart Lynn Resnick David R Riddell June Sonnenberg-Reines Joseph R Stock Shaiu-Ching Sun Erik Wagner Ting Wang Kevin Woller Zheng Xu Margaret M Zaleska Joseph Zeldis Minsheng Zhang Hua Zhou J Steven Jacobsen
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Affiliation

  • 1 Chemical and Screening Sciences, and Discovery Neuroscience, Wyeth Research, CN 8000, Princeton, New Jersey 08543, USA. mayers@wyeth.com
Abstract

SAR on HTS hits 1 and 2 led to the potent, Notch-1-sparing GSI 9, which lowered brain Abeta in Tg2576 mice at 100 mg/kg po. Converting the metabolically labile methyl groups in 9 to trifluoromethyl groups afforded the more stable analogue 10, which had improved in vivo potency. Further side chain modification afforded the potent Notch-1-sparing GSI begacestat (5), which was selected for development for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

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