ly2886721 is an oral and furothiazine-based inhibitor of β site-amyloid protein cleaving enzyme (bace) with ic50 of 20.3nm. this product has the potency for the treatment of alzheimer's disease.bace, also known as beta-secretase 1, is an aspartic-acid protease that plays important role in the formation of myelin sheaths in peripheral nerve cells.in pdapp mice, oral administration of ly2886721 resulted in a reduction in brain aβ, c99 and sappβ in a dose-dependent pattern 2. aβ levels in the brain were decreased by 20% -65% as compared with the vehicle-treated groups 3 hours after treatment of ly2886721 at a dosage of 3-30 mg/kg per mice. in addition, ly2886721 significantly lowers plasma and csf aβs in the mad study 1.
