Title:Evaluation of Novel Substituted Furopyridines as Inhibitors of Protein Kinases Related to Tau Pathology in Alzheimer´s Disease
Volume: 17
Issue: 8
Author(s): N. Schade, P. Koch, F. Ansideri, V. Krystof, M. Holzer and A. Hilgeroth*
Affiliation:
- Institute of Pharmacy, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Wolfgang-Langenbeck-Str. 4, 06120 Halle,Germany
Keywords:
Drug research, furopyridine, structure-activity relationships, synthesis, Alzheimer´s disease, protein kinase.
Abstract:
Background: Alzheimer´s disease (AD) is characterized by a progressive neuronal degeneration
caused by two pathological hallmarks, hyperphosphorylated tau protein aggregated into tau
filaments and amyloid precursor protein derived beta amyloid peptides aggregated into extracellular
amyloid plaques. All attempts so far to find effective drugs failed in clinical trials. AD is a multifactorial
disease, so that selective drugs to target one AD-relevant structure alone may not be sufficient.
Objective: We built novel furopyridines with various substitution patterns to evaluate them as protein
kinases inhibitors of enzymes related to tau pathology.
Methods: Furopyridine derivatives were synthesized and purified using column chromatography.
The protein kinase inhibitory properties were determined in ATP-competition assays with determined
affinity constants for the most active compounds.
Results: The compounds were prepared in simple two-component reactions of substituted 1,4-
dihydropyridines and respective quinones to obtain various substitutions of the molecular furopyridine
scaffold. The substituent effects on the determined kinase inhibitory properties of cdk1,
cdk2, Fyn, JNK3 and gsk-3β are discussed.
Conclusion: Various 3-substitutions were found most sensitive for the protein kinase inhibition depending
on the length, nature and a substituent positioning within. We identified compounds as inhibitors
of several kinases as a tool to potentially combat the disease progress in a multitargeting
approach.