(1α,1'S,4β)-Lanabecestat is a Beta site APP Cleaving Enzymel (BACE1) inhibitor, and has IC50s of 2.2 nM (TR-FRET assay) and 0.28 nM (sAPPp release assay), respectively.
Lanabecestat, also known as AZD3293 and LY3314814, is a potent, highly permeable, orally active, blood-brain barrier (BBB) penetrating, BACE1 inhibitor with unique slow off-rate kinetics. AZD3293 displayed significant dose- and time-dependent reductions in plasma, cerebrospinal fluid, and brain concentrations of Aβ40, Aβ42, and sAβPPβ.