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    J Neurosci. 2010 Aug 18;30(33):11157-66.

    A noncompetitive BACE1 inhibitor TAK-070 ameliorates Abeta pathology and behavioral deficits in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.

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    Pharmaceutical Research Division, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka 532-8686, Japan. Fukumoto_Hiroaki@takeda.co.jp

    Abstract

    We discovered a nonpeptidic compound, TAK-070, that inhibited BACE1, a rate-limiting protease for the generation of Abeta peptides that are considered causative for Alzheimer's disease (AD), in a noncompetitive manner. TAK-070 bound to full-length BACE1, but not to truncated BACE1 lacking the transmembrane domain. Short-term oral administration of TAK-070 decreased the brain levels of soluble Abeta, increased that of neurotrophic sAPPalpha by approximately 20%, and normalized the behavioral impairments in cognitive tests in Tg2576 mice, an APP transgenic mouse model of AD. Six-month chronic treatment decreased cerebral Abeta deposition by approximately 60%, preserving the pharmacological efficacy on soluble Abeta and sAPPalpha levels. These results support the feasibility of BACE1 inhibition with a noncompetitive inhibitor as disease-modifying as well as symptomatic therapy for AD.

    PMID:
    20720123
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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