The present disclosure relates to compounds which are activators of autophagic flux and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds. It further relates to use of said compounds in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, particularly Alzheimer's disease.
Alzheimer's disease (AD) affects approximately five million Americans and this number is predicted to triple by 2050. At present, there are no therapies to treat Alzheimer's or other related tauopathies. While clinical trials using immunotherapy targeting amyloid beta (Aβ) have had limited success, this in only subset of those afflicted with AD or other neurodegenerative diseases. Moreover, there are no therapies targeting other proteinopathies, including tau, the other major neuropathological component of AD. AD accounts for most of the dementias afflicting individuals over 65 and is estimated to cost $226 billion in healthcare, long-term care, and hospice for people with AD and other dementias annually. This extensive economic and societal burden does not account for lost income of many at-home primary caregivers including spouses and other family members.
Enhancing autophagy has been shown to have therapeutic potential in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Autophagic flux (including the fusion of autophagosomes to lysosomes) is a novel regulator of autophagy as it leads to the clearance of protein aggregates and reversal of pathophysiological decline. Therefore, there exists an ongoing need for promoters of autophagic flux and the clearance of autophagosomes bearing proteinopathies.
In some embodiments, compounds including pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which are disclosed herein, are provided.
In some embodiments a pharmaceutical composition is provided comprising a compound disclosed herein or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. In other embodiments, methods of making the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions are also provided in, e.g., the Examples provided below.
In some embodiments a method of treating a neurodegenerative disease comprising administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a compound or pharmaceutical composition disclosed herein is provided.
In some embodiments a method of enhancing autophagic flux is provided. This method comprises providing to a cell or a protein aggregate an effective amount of a compound or pharmaceutical composition disclosed herein.
These and other aspects of the invention are further disclosed in the detailed description and examples which follow.
The following drawings form part of the present specification and are included to further demonstrate certain aspects of the present invention. The invention may be better understood by reference to one or more of these drawings in combination with the detailed description of specific embodiments presented herein.
Although macroautophagy is known to be an essential degradative process whereby autophagosomes mediate the engulfment and delivery of cytoplasmic components into lysosomes, the lipid changes underlying autophagosomal membrane dynamics are undetermined. The inventors have previously shown that PLD1, which is primarily associated with the endosomal system, partially relocalizes to the outer membrane of autophagosome-like structures upon nutrient starvation (Dall'Armi, 2010). The localization of PLD1, as well as the starvation-induced increase in PLD activity, are altered by wortmannin, a phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase inhibitor, suggesting PLD1 may act downstream of Vps34. Pharmacological inhibition of PLD and genetic ablation of PLD1 in mouse cells decreased the starvation-induced expansion of LC3-positive compartments, consistent with a role of PLD1 in the regulation of autophagy. Furthermore, inhibition of PLD results in higher levels of tau and p62 aggregates in organotypic brain slices. These in vitro and in vivo findings establish a role for PLD1 in autophagy.
In some embodiments, a compound is provided having the formula (II):
wherein Y1 and Y2 are independently selected from the group consisting of CH and
wherein X is selected from the group consisting of H, halide, and aryl;
wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of optionally substituted thioheteroaryl, hydroxyl-substituted (2-aminoethyl)aryl, halide, optionally substituted thiocycloalkyl wherein 1-3 carbon atoms of the cycloalkyl is optionally replaced with a heteroatom selected from the group consisting of O, S and N, and thioaryl,
or a salt, enantiomer, racemate, mixture thereof, or combination thereof.
In some embodiments, the compound is selected from the group consisting of:
or a salt, enantiomer, racemate, mixture thereof, or combination thereof.
In one embodiment the compound is:
or a salt, enantiomer, racemate, mixture thereof, or combination thereof.
In another embodiment the compound is:
or a salt, enantiomer, racemate, mixture thereof, or combination thereof.
In some embodiments, a compound is provided having the formula (III):
wherein Y1 is CH;
wherein Y2 is N;
wherein X is halide;
wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of optionally substituted thioheteroaryl, optionally substituted (2-aminoethyl)aryl, halide, optionally substituted thiocycloalkyl wherein 1-3 carbon atoms of the cycloalkyl is optionally replaced with a heteroatom selected from the group consisting of O, S and N, and thioaryl,
or a salt, enantiomer, racemate, mixture thereof, or combination thereof.
In some embodiments, the compound is selected from the group consisting of:
or a salt, enantiomer, racemate, mixture thereof, or combination thereof.
In some embodiments, a compound is provided having the formula (IV):
wherein X is halide;
wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of optionally substituted thioheteroaryl, optionally substituted (2-aminoethyl)aryl, halide, optionally substituted thiocycloalkyl wherein 1-3 carbon atoms of the cycloalkyl is optionally replaced with a heteroatom selected from the group consisting of O, S and N, and thioaryl, or a salt, enantiomer, racemate, mixture thereof, or combination thereof.
In some embodiments, the compound is selected from the group consisting of:
or a salt, enantiomer, racemate, mixture thereof, or combination thereof.
In some embodiments, a compound is provided having the formula (V):
wherein X is H;
wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of optionally substituted thioheteroaryl, optionally substituted (2-aminoethyl)aryl, halide, optionally substituted thiocycloalkyl wherein 1-3 carbon atoms of the cycloalkyl is optionally replaced with a heteroatom selected from the group consisting of O, S and N, and thioaryl,
or a salt, enantiomer, racemate, mixture thereof, or combination thereof.
In some embodiments, the compound is selected from the group consisting of:
or a salt, enantiomer, racemate, mixture thereof, or combination thereof.
In some embodiments, a compound is provided having the formula (VI):
wherein X is H;
wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of optionally substituted thioheteroaryl, optionally substituted (2-aminoethyl)aryl, halide, optionally substituted thiocycloalkyl wherein 1-3 carbon atoms of the cycloalkyl is optionally replaced with a heteroatom selected from the group consisting of O, S and N, and thioaryl,
or a salt, enantiomer, racemate, mixture thereof, or combination thereof.
In some embodiments, the compound is selected from the group consisting of:
or a salt, enantiomer, racemate, mixture thereof, or combination thereof.
In some embodiments, a compound is provided having the formula (VII):
wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of optionally substituted thioheteroaryl, optionally substituted (2-aminoethyl)aryl, halide, optionally substituted thiocycloalkyl wherein 1-3 carbon atoms of the cycloalkyl is optionally replaced with a heteroatom selected from the group consisting of O, S and N, and thioaryl,
or a salt, enantiomer, racemate, mixture thereof, or combination thereof.
In some embodiments, the compound is selected from the group consisting of:
or a salt, enantiomer, racemate, mixture thereof, or combination thereof.
In some embodiments, a compound is provided having the formula (VIII):
wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of optionally substituted thioheteroaryl, optionally substituted (2-aminoethyl)aryl, halide, optionally substituted thiocycloalkyl wherein 1-3 carbon atoms of the cycloalkyl is optionally replaced with a heteroatom selected from the group consisting of O, S and N, and thioaryl,
or a salt, enantiomer, racemate, mixture thereof, or combination thereof.
In some embodiments, the compound is selected from the group consisting of:
or a salt, enantiomer, racemate, mixture thereof, or combination thereof.
In some embodiments, a compound is provided having the formula (IX):
wherein Y3 is CH or N;
wherein R2 is optionally substituted (2-aminoethyl)aryl,
or a salt, enantiomer, racemate, mixture thereof, or combination thereof.
In some embodiments, the compound is selected from the group consisting of:
or a salt, enantiomer, racemate, mixture thereof, or combination thereof.
In some embodiments, a compound is provided having the formula (X):
wherein Y3 is CH;
wherein R2 is selected from the group consisting of optionally substituted thioheteroaryl, optionally substituted (2-aminoethyl)aryl, halide, optionally substituted thiocycloalkyl wherein 1-3 carbon atoms of the cycloalkyl is optionally replaced with a heteroatom selected from the group consisting of O, S and N, and thioaryl,
or a salt, enantiomer, racemate, mixture thereof, or combination thereof.
In some embodiments, the compound is selected from the group consisting of:
or a salt, enantiomer, racemate, mixture thereof, or combination thereof.
In some embodiments, a compound is provided having the formula (XI):
wherein R2 is selected from the group consisting of optionally substituted thioheteroaryl, optionally substituted (2-aminoethyl)aryl, halide, optionally substituted thiocycloalkyl wherein 1-3 carbon atoms of the cycloalkyl is optionally replaced with a heteroatom selected from the group consisting of O, S and N, and thioaryl,
or a salt, enantiomer, racemate, mixture thereof, or combination thereof.
In some embodiments, the compound is selected from the group consisting of:
or a salt, enantiomer, racemate, mixture thereof, or combination thereof.
In some embodiments, a compound is provided having the formula (XII):
wherein Y4 is CH or N;
wherein R3 is selected from the group consisting of optionally substituted thioheteroaryl, optionally substituted (2-aminoethyl)aryl, halide, optionally substituted thiocycloalkyl wherein 1-3 carbon atoms of the cycloalkyl is optionally replaced with a heteroatom selected from the group consisting of O, S and N, and thioaryl,
or a salt, enantiomer, racemate, mixture thereof, or combination thereof.
In some embodiments, the compound is selected from the group consisting of:
or a salt, enantiomer, racemate, mixture thereof, or combination thereof.
In some embodiments, a compound is provided having the formula (XIII):
wherein R2 is selected from the group consisting of optionally substituted thioheteroaryl, optionally substituted (2-aminoethyl)aryl, halide, optionally substituted thiocycloalkyl wherein 1-3 carbon atoms of the cycloalkyl is optionally replaced with a heteroatom selected from the group consisting of O, S and N, and thioaryl,
or a salt, enantiomer, racemate, mixture thereof, or combination thereof.
In some embodiments, the compound is selected from the group consisting of:
or a salt, enantiomer, racemate, mixture thereof, or combination thereof.
In some embodiments, a compound is provided having the formula (XIV):
wherein R2 is selected from the group consisting of optionally substituted thioheteroaryl, optionally substituted (2-aminoethyl)aryl, halide, optionally substituted thiocycloalkyl wherein 1-3 carbon atoms of the cycloalkyl is optionally replaced with a heteroatom selected from the group consisting of O, S and N, and thioaryl,
or a salt, enantiomer, racemate, mixture thereof, or combination thereof.
In some embodiments, the compound is selected from the group consisting of:
or a salt, enantiomer, racemate, mixture thereof, or combination thereof.
In some embodiments, a compound is provided having the formula (XV):
wherein X is H or halide;
wherein Z1 is O;
wherein R4 is selected from the group consisting of H, optionally substituted alkyl, Et, CF3, optionally substituted cycloalkyl, optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted heteroaryl, and
In some embodiments, the compound is selected from the group consisting of:
or a salt, enantiomer, racemate, mixture thereof, or combination thereof.
In one embodiment the compound is
or a salt, enantiomer, racemate, mixture thereof, or combination thereof.
In some embodiments a pharmaceutical composition is provided comprising a compound disclosed herein or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
In some embodiments a method of treating a neurodegenerative disease comprising administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a compound or pharmaceutical composition disclosed herein is provided. In some embodiments the neurodegenerative disease is a proteinopathy. Proteinopathies include, but are not limited to, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Huntington's disease, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), frontotemporal dementia (FTD), inclusion body myopathy (IBM), Paget's disease of bone (PDB), cerebral β-amyloid angiopathy, prion diseases, familial dementia, CADASIL, amyloidosis, Alexander disease, seipinopathies, type II diabetes, pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, cataracts, cystic fibrosis and sickle cell disease. In some aspects of this embodiment, the proteinopathy is a tauopathy. Tauopothies include but are not limited to, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, progressive supranuclear palsy, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), frontotemporal dementia (FTD), Lytico-Bodig disease, subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, ganglioglioma, gangliocytoma, and argyrophilic grain disease. In a preferred embodiment, the neurodegenerative disease is Alzheimer's disease.
In some embodiments a method of enhancing autophagic flux is provided. This method comprises providing to a cell or a protein aggregate an effective amount of a compound or pharmaceutical composition disclosed herein.
The embodiments described in this disclosure can be combined in various ways. Any aspect or feature that is described for one embodiment can be incorporated into any other embodiment mentioned in this disclosure. While various novel features of the inventive principles have been shown, described and pointed out as applied to particular embodiments thereof, it should be understood that various omissions and substitutions and changes may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of this disclosure. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the inventive principles can be practiced in other than the described embodiments, which are presented for purposes of illustration and not limitation.
The following examples are provided to further illustrate certain aspects of the present invention. These examples are illustrative only and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
Scheme 1 shows the synthesis of compounds of the formula:
e.g., compounds of formula (II) and formula (III).
Scheme 2 shows preparation of 1-chloro-7-fluoroisoquinoline.
Scheme 3 shows the synthesis of compounds of the formula:
e.g., compounds of formula (IV), formula (V), formula (VI), formula (VII), and formula (VIII).
Scheme 4 shows the synthesis of compounds of the formula:
e.g., compounds of formula (XII), and formula (XIII).
Scheme 5 shows the synthesis of compounds of the formula:
e.g., compounds of formula (IX), formula (X), and formula (XI).
Scheme 6 shows the synthesis of compounds of the formula:
e.g., compounds of formula (XIV).
The WHYKD series of compounds were synthesized for optimal brain penetrance based on the molecular weight (MW) and partition coefficient (log P), according to Lipinski's Rule for CNS penetrance: MW≤400, log P≤5.
Activators according to the formula:
were synthesized according to the schemes above. Molecular weights and log P were calculated. Results are shown in Table 1 below.
Activators according to the formula:
were synthesized according to the schemes above. Molecular weights and log P were calculated. Results are shown in Table 2 below.
Activators according to the formula:
were synthesized according to the schemes above. Molecular weights and log P were calculated. Results are shown in Table 3 below.
Activators according to the formula:
were synthesized according to the schemes above. Molecular weights and log P were calculated. Results are shown in Table 4 below.
Several series of derivatives were synthesized based on the following lead compounds:
In addition to log P, the topological polar surface area (tPSA), C Log P (log P calculated by group contribution method), and Log S (solubility) were calculated. Results are shown in the Tables below.
A photodiode array (PDA) was used to detect WHYKD8 in mouse brain (
LC3-II levels were measured in primary cortical neurons following 6 hours of treatment with WHYKD1, WHYKD5, or WHYKD1+BafA1 (
LC3-II levels were then measured in organotypic slice cultures following 6 hours of treatment with WHYKD1 (
These experiments show that the WHYKD series of compounds can induce autophagy and reduce the aggregated forms of tau as well as its aggresome surrogate p62.
PLD activation converts phospholipids to phosphatidylethanols in the presence of ethanol. This conversion was measured to show that the WHYKD series of compounds activate PLD at 10 μM concentration (
All patents, patent applications, and publications cited above are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety as if recited in full herein.
The invention being thus described, it will be obvious that the same may be varied in many ways. Such variations are not to be regarded as a departure from the spirit and scope of the invention and all such modifications are intended to be included within the scope of the following claims.
The present application claims benefit to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 62/237,342, filed Oct. 5, 2015. The entire contents of the above application are incorporated by reference as if recited in full herein.
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PCT/US16/55561 | 10/5/2016 | WO | 00 |
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