Progress in the Development of Nonpeptidomimetic BACE 1 Inhibitors for Alzheimers Disease

Title: Progress in the Development of Nonpeptidomimetic BACE 1 Inhibitors for Alzheimers Disease

Volume: 16 Issue: 14

Author(s): Wen-Hai Huang, Rong Sheng and Yong-Zhou Hu

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Keywords: Alzheimer's disease (AD), nonpeptidomimetic inhibitors, BACE 1 inhibitor

Abstract: It is believed that the production and accumulation of beta-amyloid (Aβ) peptide is a critical step to the pathogenesis of Alzheimers disease (AD). BACE 1 (beta-site APP-cleaving enzyme 1 or β-secretase), the key enzyme required for generating Aα from the β-amyloid precursor protein (APP), is regarded as an ideal target for AD therapeutic drug design. Due to low oral bioavailability, metabolic instability and poor ability to penetrate the central nervous system (CNS) of the existing peptidomimetic inhibitors, researchers have paid more attention to the development of nonpeptidomimetic inhibitors in recent years. A number of drug screening approaches and technologies have been used to identify novel nonpeptidomimetic BACE 1 inhibitors. This review mainly focuses on the recent developments in structure-based design and synthesis of the nonpeptidomimetic BACE 1 inhibitors.

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Huang Wen-Hai, Sheng Rong and Hu Yong-Zhou, Progress in the Development of Nonpeptidomimetic BACE 1 Inhibitors for Alzheimers Disease, Current Medicinal Chemistry 2009; 16 (14) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/092986709788186174