All over the world, societies are facing rapidly aging populations combined with a growing number of patients suffering from Alzheimer’s disease (AD). One focus in pharmaceutical research to address this issue is on the reduction of the longer amyloid-β (Aβ) fragments in the brain by modulation of γ-secretase, a membrane-bound protease. R-Flurbiprofen (tarenflurbil) was studied in this regard but failed to show significant improvement in AD patients in a phase 3 clinical trial. This was mainly attributed to its low ability to cross the blood–brain barrier (BBB). Here, we present the synthesis and in vitro evaluation of a racemic meta-carborane analogue of flurbiprofen. By introducing the carborane moiety, the hydrophobicity could be shifted into a more favourable range for the penetration of the blood–brain barrier, evident by a logD7.4 value of 2.0. Furthermore, our analogue retained γ-secretase modulator activity in comparison to racemic flurbiprofen in a cell-based assay. These findings demonstrate the potential of carboranes as phenyl mimetics also in AD research.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:85294 |
| Date | 05 May 2023 |
| Creators | Saretz, Stefan, Basset, Gabriele, Useini, Liridona, Laube, Markus, Pietzsch, Jens, Draˇca, Dijana, Maksimovi´c-Ivani´c, Danijela, Trambauer, Johannes, Steiner, Harald, Hey-Hawkins, Evamarie |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, doc-type:article, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | 1420-3049, 2843 |
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