AZD1080

AZD1080 is a selective, orally active, brain permeable GSK3 inhibitor, inhibits human GSK3α and GSK3β with Ki of 6.9 nM and 31 nM, respectively, shows >14-fold selectivity against CDK2, CDK5, CDK1 and Erk2. AZD1080,with IC50 of 324 nM, inhibits tau phosphorylation in cells expressing human tau. AZD1080 inhibits tau phosphorylation in rat brain after oral dministration, with brain/plasma exposure ratio of 0.5 – 0.8 at peak concentrations. AZD1080 reverses cognitive deficits and rescues dysfunctional synapses in mice. Acute oral treatment with AZD1080 inhibits peripheral GSK3 activity, produces a dose-dependent reduction of the phosphorylated to total glycogen synthase (GS) ratio, with a mean maximal inhibitory effect of 49% at the highest dose (10 μmol/kg) at 2 h after dosing.