Hydroxyethylamine-based inhibitors of BACE1: P1-P3 macrocyclization can improve potency, selectivity, and cell activity.
Pennington, L.D., Whittington, D.A., Bartberger, M.D., Jordan, S.R., Monenschein, H., Nguyen, T.T., Yang, B.H., Xue, Q.M., Vounatsos, F., Wahl, R.C., Chen, K., Wood, S., Citron, M., Patel, V.F., Hitchcock, S.A., Zhong, W.(2013) Bioorg Med Chem Lett 23: 4459-4464
- PubMed: 23769639 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2013.05.028
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4K8S, 4K9H, 4KE0, 4KE1 - PubMed Abstract: 
We describe a systematic study of how macrocyclization in the P₁-P₃ region of hydroxyethylamine-based inhibitors of β-site amyloid precursor protein (APP)-cleaving enzyme (BACE1) modulates in vitro activity. This study reveals that in a number of instances macrocyclization of bis-terminal dienes leads to improved potency toward BACE1 and selectivity against cathepsin D (CatD), as well as greater amyloid β-peptide (Aβ)-lowering activity in HEK293T cells stably expressing APPSW ...