PMID- 32189500 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20201007 LR - 20201007 IS - 1520-4804 (Electronic) IS - 0022-2623 (Linking) VI - 63 IP - 7 DP - 2020 Apr 9 TI - LMP2 Inhibitors as a Potential Treatment for Alzheimer's Disease. PG - 3763-3783 LID - 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c00416 [doi] AB - The immunoproteasome (iP), an inducible proteasome variant harboring three immunosubunits, low molecular mass polypeptide-2 (LMP2), multicatalytic endopeptidase complex subunit-1, and low molecular mass polypeptide-7 (LMP7), is involved in multiple facets of inflammatory responses. We recently reported that YU102, a dual inhibitor of the iP subunit LMP2 and the constitutive proteasome catalytic subunit beta1, ameliorates cognitive impairments in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease (AD) independently of amyloid deposits. To investigate whether inhibition of LMP2 is sufficient to improve the cognitive functions of AD mice, here we prepared 37 YU102 analogues and identified a potent LMP2 inhibitor DB-310 (28) (IC(50): 80.6 nM) with improved selectivity and permeability in cells overexpressing ABCB1 transporters. We show that DB-310 induces suppression of IL-1alpha production in microglia cells and improves cognitive functions in the Tg2576 transgenic mouse model of AD. This study supports that inhibition of LMP2 is a promising therapeutic strategy for treatment of AD. FAU - Bhattarai, Deepak AU - Bhattarai D AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Kentucky, 789 South Limestone, Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0596, United States. FAU - Lee, Min Jae AU - Lee MJ AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Kentucky, 789 South Limestone, Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0596, United States. FAU - Baek, Ahruem AU - Baek A AD - Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea. FAU - Yeo, In Jun AU - Yeo IJ AD - College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Chungbuk 28160, Republic of Korea. FAU - Miller, Zachary AU - Miller Z AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Kentucky, 789 South Limestone, Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0596, United States. FAU - Baek, Yu Mi AU - Baek YM AD - Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea. FAU - Lee, Sukyeong AU - Lee S AD - Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, United States. FAU - Kim, Dong-Eun AU - Kim DE AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6545-8387 AD - Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea. FAU - Hong, Jin Tae AU - Hong JT AD - College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Chungbuk 28160, Republic of Korea. FAU - Kim, Kyung Bo AU - Kim KB AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4744-2466 AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Kentucky, 789 South Limestone, Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0596, United States. LA - eng GR - R01 CA188354/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 GM111084/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20200330 PL - United States TA - J Med Chem JT - Journal of medicinal chemistry JID - 9716531 RN - 0 (Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Il1a protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Interleukin-1alpha) RN - 0 (Nootropic Agents) RN - 0 (Oligopeptides) RN - 0 (Small Molecule Libraries) RN - 144416-78-4 (LMP-2 protein) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Cysteine Endopeptidases) SB - IM MH - Alzheimer Disease/*drug therapy MH - Animals MH - Cell Line, Transformed MH - Cysteine Endopeptidases/*metabolism MH - Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors/chemical synthesis/*therapeutic use/toxicity MH - Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition/drug effects MH - Humans MH - Interleukin-1alpha/metabolism MH - Mice, Transgenic MH - Microglia/drug effects MH - Molecular Structure MH - Nootropic Agents/chemical synthesis/*therapeutic use/toxicity MH - Oligopeptides/chemical synthesis/*therapeutic use/toxicity MH - Small Molecule Libraries/chemical synthesis/therapeutic use/toxicity MH - Structure-Activity Relationship EDAT- 2020/03/20 06:00 MHDA- 2020/10/08 06:00 CRDT- 2020/03/20 06:00 PHST- 2020/03/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/10/08 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/03/20 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c00416 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Med Chem. 2020 Apr 9;63(7):3763-3783. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c00416. Epub 2020 Mar 30.