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Discovery of Novel and Highly Selective Inhibitors of Calpain for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease: 2-(3-Phenyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)-nicotinamides

  • J Med Chem. 2017 Aug 24;60(16):7123-7138. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.7b00731.
Andreas Kling 1 Katja Jantos 1 Helmut Mack 1 Wilfried Hornberger 1 Karla Drescher 1 Volker Nimmrich 1 Ana Relo 1 Karsten Wicke 1 Charles W Hutchins 2 Yanbin Lao 2 Kennan Marsh 2 Achim Moeller 1
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Affiliations

  • 1 Neuroscience Research, AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG , Knollstrasse, 67061 Ludwigshafen, Germany.
  • 2 AbbVie Inc. , 1 North Waukegan Road, North Chicago, Illinois 60064-6125, United States.
Abstract

Calpain overactivation has been implicated in a variety of pathological disorders including ischemia/reperfusion injury, cataract formation, and neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). Herein we describe our efforts leading to the identification of ketoamide-based 2-(3-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)nicotinamides as potent and reversible inhibitors of calpain with high selectivity versus related cysteine Protease cathepsins, other proteases, and receptors. Broad efficacy in a set of preclinical models relevant to AD suggests that inhibition of calpain represents an attractive approach with potential benefit for the treatment of AD.

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