Table 2.

Potency of LY2886721 in BACE1 and other aspartyl proteases and potency of LY2886721 in cellular assays

Aspartyl protease assays, absolute IC50, nm (SD)
    hBACE1 mca FRET assay (n = 10): 20.3 (10.1)hBACE2 mca FRET assay (n = 12/14): 10.2 (4.8)Cathepsin D FRET assay (n = 1/6): >300,000Pepsin FRET assay (n = 5): >100,000Renin FRET assay (n = 6): >100,000
Cellular assays, relative IC50, nm (SD)
    HEK293Swe Aβ1–40 (n = 9): 18.5 (12.7)HEK293Swe Aβ1–42 (n = 10): 19.7 (10.3)HEK293Swe cytotox (n = 1/9): >100,000PDAPP 1o neuron Aβ1–40 (n = 6): 10.7 (3.5)PDAPP 1o neuron Aβ1–42 (n = 6): 9.2 (3.9)PDAPP 1o neuron cytotox (n = 1/6): >50,000
  • hBACE1, human recombinant beta-APP cleaving enzyme1; hBACE2, human recombinant beta-APP cleaving enzyme 2; IC50, concentration at which enzyme activity is inhibited by 50%; mca, methylcoumarin.