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Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014

Filed:

Oct. 14, 2010
Applicants:

Jeffery W. Kelly, LaJolla, CA (US);

Sungwook Choi, Daejeon, KR;

Inventors:

Jeffery W. Kelly, LaJolla, CA (US);

Sungwook Choi, Daejeon, KR;

Assignee:

The Scripps Research Institute, LaJolla, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/21 (2006.01); A61K 31/235 (2006.01); A61K 31/19 (2006.01); A61K 31/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A family of covalent kinetic stabilizer compounds that selectively and covalently react with the prominent plasma protein transthyretin in preference to more than 4000 other human plasma proteins is disclosed. A contemplated compound corresponds in structure to Formula I, below, where the various substituents are defined within, and reacts chemoselectively with one or two of four Lys-15 ε-amino groups within the transthyretin tetramer. The crystal structure confirms the binding orientation of the compound substructure and the conjugating amide bond. A covalent transthyretin kinetic stabilizer exhibits superior amyloid inhibition potency, compared to a non-covalent counterpart, and inhibits cytotoxicity associated with amyloidogenesis.


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