| Structural highlights
Function
[BACE1_HUMAN] Responsible for the proteolytic processing of the amyloid precursor protein (APP). Cleaves at the N-terminus of the A-beta peptide sequence, between residues 671 and 672 of APP, leads to the generation and extracellular release of beta-cleaved soluble APP, and a corresponding cell-associated C-terminal fragment which is later released by gamma-secretase.[1] [2]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Improvement of a drug's binding activity using the conformational restriction approach with sp(3) hybridized carbon is becoming a key strategy in drug discovery. We applied this approach to BACE1 inhibitors and designed four stereoisomeric cyclopropane compounds in which the ethylene linker of a known amidine-type inhibitor 2 was replaced with chiral cyclopropane rings. The synthesis and biologic evaluation of these compounds revealed that the cis-(1S,2R) isomer 6 exhibited the most potent BACE1 inhibitory activity among them. X-ray structure analysis of the complex of 6 and BACE1 revealed that its unique binding mode is due to the apparent CH-pi interaction between the rigid cyclopropane ring and the Tyr71 side chain. A derivatization study using 6 as a lead molecule led to the development of highly potent inhibitors in which the structure-activity relationship as well as the binding mode of the compounds clearly differ from those of known amidine-type inhibitors.
Conformational Restriction Approach to beta-Secretase (BACE1) Inhibitors: Effect of a Cyclopropane Ring To Induce an Alternative Binding Mode.,Yonezawa S, Yamamoto T, Yamakawa H, Muto C, Hosono M, Hattori K, Higashino K, Yutsudo T, Iwamoto H, Kondo Y, Sakagami M, Togame H, Tanaka Y, Nakano T, Takemoto H, Arisawa M, Shuto S J Med Chem. 2012 Oct 8. PMID:22998419[3]
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References
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- ↑ Okada H, Zhang W, Peterhoff C, Hwang JC, Nixon RA, Ryu SH, Kim TW. Proteomic identification of sorting nexin 6 as a negative regulator of BACE1-mediated APP processing. FASEB J. 2010 Aug;24(8):2783-94. doi: 10.1096/fj.09-146357. Epub 2010 Mar 30. PMID:20354142 doi:10.1096/fj.09-146357
- ↑ Yonezawa S, Yamamoto T, Yamakawa H, Muto C, Hosono M, Hattori K, Higashino K, Yutsudo T, Iwamoto H, Kondo Y, Sakagami M, Togame H, Tanaka Y, Nakano T, Takemoto H, Arisawa M, Shuto S. Conformational Restriction Approach to beta-Secretase (BACE1) Inhibitors: Effect of a Cyclopropane Ring To Induce an Alternative Binding Mode. J Med Chem. 2012 Oct 8. PMID:22998419 doi:10.1021/jm3011405
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