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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2016

Discovery of a Highly Selective Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3 Inhibitor (PF-04802367) That Modulates Tau Phosphorylation in the Brain: Translation for PET Neuroimaging.

Steven H Liang, Jinshan Michael Chen, Marc D Normandin, Jeanne S Chang, George C Chang, Christine K Taylor, Patrick Trapa, Mark S Plummer, Kimberly S Para, Edward L Conn and 22 more

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Article in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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45citing papers in PubMed
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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45 citing papers in PubMed, 90 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

32 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Steven H LiangGordon Center for Medical Imaging & Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital & Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
Jinshan Michael ChenPfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton Laboratories, Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT, 06340, USA.
Marc D NormandinGordon Center for Medical Imaging & Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital & Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
Jeanne S ChangPfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton Laboratories, Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT, 06340, USA.
George C ChangPfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton Laboratories, Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT, 06340, USA.
Christine K TaylorPfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton Laboratories, Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT, 06340, USA.
Patrick TrapaPfizer Worldwide Research and Development, 610 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Mark S PlummerPfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton Laboratories, Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT, 06340, USA.
Kimberly S ParaPfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton Laboratories, Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT, 06340, USA.
Edward L ConnPfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton Laboratories, Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT, 06340, USA.
Lori Lopresti-MorrowPfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton Laboratories, Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT, 06340, USA.
Lorraine F LanyonPfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton Laboratories, Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT, 06340, USA.
James M CookPfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton Laboratories, Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT, 06340, USA.
Karl E G RichterPfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton Laboratories, Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT, 06340, USA.
Charlie E NolanPfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton Laboratories, Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT, 06340, USA.
Joel B SchachterPfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton Laboratories, Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT, 06340, USA.
Fouad JanatPfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton Laboratories, Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT, 06340, USA.
Ye ChePfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton Laboratories, Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT, 06340, USA.
Veerabahu ShanmugasundaramPfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton Laboratories, Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT, 06340, USA.
Bruce A LefkerPfizer Worldwide Research and Development, 610 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Bradley E EnersonPfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton Laboratories, Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT, 06340, USA.
Elijahu LivniGordon Center for Medical Imaging & Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital & Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
Lu WangGordon Center for Medical Imaging & Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital & Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
Nicolas J GuehlGordon Center for Medical Imaging & Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital & Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
Debasis PatnaikDepartments of Neurology & Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 185 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
Florence F WagnerStanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute, 415 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, o2142, USA.
Roy PerlisStanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute, 415 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, o2142, USA.
Edward B HolsonStanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute, 415 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, o2142, USA.
Stephen J HaggartyDepartments of Neurology & Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 185 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
Georges El FakhriGordon Center for Medical Imaging & Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital & Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
Ravi G KurumbailPfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton Laboratories, Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT, 06340, USA. ravi.g.kurumbail@pfizer.com.
Neil VasdevGordon Center for Medical Imaging & Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital & Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02114, USA. vasdev.neil@mgh.harvard.edu.
Pfizer (United States) · USMassachusetts General Hospital · USHarvard University · USBroad Institute · USCambridge Hospital · USGordon Center for Medical Imaging · US

Funding

New PET tracers for neuroimaging of FAAH in endocannabinoid signalingK01DA038000 · NIDA · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI LIANG, STEVEN H · 2014 to 2018
$927k
NIDA NIH HHS K01 DA038000
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3) regulates multiple cellular processes in diabetes, oncology, and neurology. N-(3-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)propyl)-5-(3-chloro-4-methoxyphenyl)oxazole-4-carboxamide (PF-04802367 or PF-367) has been identified as a highly potent inhibitor, which is among the most selective antagonists of GSK-3 to date. Its efficacy was demonstrated in modulation of tau phosphorylation in vitro and in vivo. Whereas the kinetics of PF-367 binding in brain tissues are too fast for an effective therapeutic agent, the pharmacokinetic profile of PF-367 is ideal for discovery of radiopharmaceuticals for GSK-3 in the central nervous system. A (11) C-isotopologue of PF-367 was synthesized and preliminary PET imaging studies in non-human primates confirmed that we have overcome the two major obstacles for imaging GSK-3, namely, reasonable brain permeability and displaceable binding.

Indexed as

NeuroimagingPositron-Emission TomographyBrainCrystallography, X-RayDose-Response Relationship, DrugGlycogen Synthase Kinase 3HumansModels, MolecularMolecular StructureOxazolesPhosphorylationProtein Kinase Inhibitorstau ProteinsTriazolesGlycogen Synthase Kinase 3MAPT protein, humanOxazolesPF-04802367Protein Kinase Inhibitorstau ProteinsTriazolesAlzheimer's diseaseglycogen synthase kinase-3phosphorylationpositron emission tomographytau proteins

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PMID27355874
PMCPMC4983481
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