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NOVEL ANTIPRION COMPOUNDS
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Paragraph 0648; 0649; 0666, (2013/03/28)
Described herein are novel compositions and methods of treatment addressing diseases such as neurodegenerative diseases, including prion diseases and Alzheimer's disease.
2-aminothiazoles as therapeutic leads for prion diseases
Gallardo-Godoy, Alejandra,Gever, Joel,Fife, Kimberly L.,Silber, B. Michael,Prusiner, Stanley B.,Renslo, Adam R.
experimental part, p. 1010 - 1021 (2011/04/25)
2-Aminothiazoles are a new class of small molecules with antiprion activity in prion-infected neuroblastoma cell lines (J. Virol. 2010, 84, 3408). We report here structure-activity studies undertaken to improve the potency and physiochemical properties of 2-aminothiazoles, with a particular emphasis on achieving and sustaining high drug concentrations in the brain. The results of this effort include the generation of informative structure-activity relationships (SAR) and the identification of lead compounds that are orally absorbed and achieve high brain concentrations in animals. The new aminothiazole analogue (5-methylpyridin-2-yl)-[4-(3-phenylisoxazol-5-yl)-thiazol-2-yl]-amine (27), for example, exhibited an EC50 of 0.94 μM in prion-infected neuroblastoma cells (ScN2a-cl3) and reached a concentration of ～25 μM in the brains of mice following three days of oral administration in a rodent liquid diet. The studies described herein suggest 2-aminothiazoles as promising new leads in the search for effective therapeutics for prion diseases.
