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Tyler Heitmann1, Gangling Liao2, Glen Ernst2
1Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, United States.
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Inositol hexakisphosphate kinases (IP6Ks) have been studied for their role in glucose homeostasis, metabolic disease, fatty liver disease, chronic kidney disease, neurological development, and psychiatric disease. IP6Ks phosphorylate inositol hexakisphosphate (IP6) to the pyrophosphate, 5-diphosphoinositol-1,2,3,4,6-pentakisphosphate (5-IP7). Most of the currently known potent IP6K inhibitors contain a critical carboxylic acid which limits blood-brain barrier (BBB) penetration. In this work, the synthesis and testing of a variety of carboxylic acid isosteres resulted in several new compounds with improved BBB penetration. The most promising compound has an IP6K1 IC50 of 16 nM with an improved brain/plasma ratio and a favorable pharmacokinetic profile. This series of brain penetrant compounds may be used to investigate the role of IP6Ks in CNS disorders.
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