Pyrazole Ureas as Low Dose, CNS Penetrant Glucosylceramide Synthase Inhibitors for the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease.


Journal

ACS medicinal chemistry letters
ISSN: 1948-5875
Titre abrégé: ACS Med Chem Lett
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101521073

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
09 Feb 2023
Historique:
received: 11 10 2022
accepted: 04 01 2023
pmc-release: 09 02 2024
entrez: 16 2 2023
pubmed: 17 2 2023
medline: 17 2 2023
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Parkinson's disease is the second most prevalent progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. Loss-of-function mutations in GBA, the gene that encodes for the lysosomal enzyme glucosylcerebrosidase, are a major genetic risk factor for the development of Parkinson's disease potentially through the accumulation of glucosylceramide and glucosylsphingosine in the CNS. A therapeutic strategy to reduce glycosphingolipid accumulation in the CNS would entail inhibition of the enzyme responsible for their synthesis, glucosylceramide synthase (GCS). Herein, we report the optimization of a bicyclic pyrazole amide GCS inhibitor discovered through HTS to low dose, oral, CNS penetrant, bicyclic pyrazole urea GCSi's with

Identifiants

pubmed: 36793422
doi: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.2c00441
pmc: PMC9923837
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

146-155

Informations de copyright

© 2023 American Chemical Society.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors declare no competing financial interest.

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Auteurs

Anthony J Roecker (AJ)

Discovery Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.

Kathy M Schirripa (KM)

Discovery Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.

H Marie Loughran (HM)

Discovery Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.

Ling Tong (L)

Discovery Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.

Tao Liang (T)

Discovery Process Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey 07033, United States.

Kerry L Fillgrove (KL)

ADME & Discovery Toxicology, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.

Yuhsin Kuo (Y)

ADME & Discovery Toxicology, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.

Kelly Bleasby (K)

ADME Transporters, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey 07065, United States.

Hannah Collier (H)

ADME Transporters, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey 07065, United States.

Michael D Altman (MD)

Computational and Structural Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.

Melissa C Ford (MC)

Computational and Structural Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.

Robert E Drolet (RE)

Discovery Biology, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.

Mali Cosden (M)

Discovery Biology, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.

Sarah Jinn (S)

Discovery Biology, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.

Nathan G Hatcher (NG)

Discovery Biology, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.

Lihang Yao (L)

Discovery Biology, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.

Monika Kandebo (M)

Discovery Biology, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.

Joshua D Vardigan (JD)

Discovery Biology, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.

Rosemarie B Flick (RB)

Discovery Biology, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.

Xiaomei Liu (X)

Discovery Biology, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.

Christina Minnick (C)

Discovery Biology, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.

Laura A Price (LA)

Discovery Biology, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.

Marla L Watt (ML)

Discovery Biology, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.

Wei Lemaire (W)

Discovery Biology, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.

Christine Burlein (C)

Discovery Biology, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.

Gregory C Adam (GC)

Discovery Biology, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.

Lauren A Austin (LA)

Discovery Pharmaceutical Sciences, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.

Jacob N Marcus (JN)

Discovery Biology, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.

Sean M Smith (SM)

Discovery Biology, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.

Mark E Fraley (ME)

Discovery Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.

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