A Convenient Approach to Stereoisomeric Iminocyclitols: Generation of Potent Brain-Permeable Oga Inhibitors.
Bergeron-Brlek, M., Goodwin-Tindall, J., Cekic, N., Roth, C., Zandberg, W.F., Shan, X., Varghese, V., Chan, S., Davies, G.J., Vocadlo, D.J., Britton, R.(2015) Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 54: 15429
- PubMed: 26545827 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201507985
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
5ABE, 5ABF, 5ABG, 5ABH - PubMed Abstract: 
Pyrrolidine-based iminocyclitols are a promising class of glycosidase inhibitors. Reported herein is a convenient epimerization strategy that provides direct access to a range of stereoisomeric iminocyclitol inhibitors of O-GlcNAcase (OGA), the enzyme responsible for catalyzing removal of O-GlcNAc from nucleocytoplasmic proteins. Structural details regarding the binding of these inhibitors to a bacterial homologue of OGA reveal the basis for potency. These compounds are orally available and permeate into rodent brain to increase O-GlcNAc, and should prove useful tools for studying the role of OGA in health and disease.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia (Canada).