RESEARCH ARTICLE


Design and Synthesis of Novel Arylketo-containing P1-P3 Linked Macro-cyclic BACE-1 Inhibitors



Veronica Sandgren 1, Oscar Belda 2, Ingemar Kvarnström 1, Jimmy Lindberg 2, Bertil Samuelsson 2, Anders Dahlgren 1, *
1 Department of Chemistry, Linköping University, S-581 83 Linköping, Sweden
2 Medivir AB, Lunastigen 7, S-141 44 Huddinge, Sweden


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Abstract

A series of arylketo-containing P1-P3 linked macrocyclic BACE-1 inhibitors were designed, synthesized, and compared with compounds with a previously known and extensively studied corresponding P2 isophthalamide moiety with the aim to improve on permeability whilst retaining the enzyme- and cell-based activities. Several inhibitors displayed substantial increases in Caco-2 cell-based permeability compared to earlier synthesized inhibitors and notably also with retained activities, showing that this approach might yield BACE-1 inhibitors with improved properties.

Keywords: Alzheimer’s disease, BACE-1 inhibition, cellular permeability, macrocycles, ring-closing metathesis, X-ray structure.