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Abstract
Gaucher disease is caused by inherited deficiency in glucocerebrosidase (GBA, a retaining β-glucosidase), and deficiency in GBA constitutes the largest known genetic risk factor for Parkinson's disease. In the past, animal models of Gaucher disease have been generated by treatment with the mechanism-based GBA inhibitors, conduritol B epoxide (CBE), and cyclophellitol. Both compounds, however, also target other retaining glycosidases, rendering generation and interpretation of such chemical knockout models complicated. Here we demonstrate that cyclophellitol derivatives carrying a bulky hydrophobic substituent at C8 are potent and selective GBA inhibitors and that an unambiguous Gaucher animal model can be readily generated by treatment of zebrafish with these.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 4214–4218 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of the American Chemical Society |
Volume | 141 |
Issue number | 10 |
Early online date | 27 Feb 2019 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 13 Mar 2019 |
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White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership in Mechanistic Biology and its Strategic Application
1/10/15 → 30/09/23
Project: Research project (funded) › Studentship (central)