@article{d5f846b37e0e4a3b952f555963af59d2,
title = "Kinetin Riboside and Its ProTides Activate the Parkinson{\textquoteright}s Disease Associated PTEN-Induced Putative Kinase 1 (PINK1) Independent of Mitochondrial Depolarization",
abstract = "Since loss of function mutations of PINK1 lead to early-onset Parkinson{\textquoteright}s disease, there has been growing interest in the discovery of small molecules that amplify the kinase activity of PINK1. We herein report the design, synthesis, serum stability and hydrolysis of four kinetin riboside ProTides. These ProTides, along with kinetin riboside, activated PINK1 in cells independent of mitochondrial depolarization. This highlights the potential of modified nucleosides and their phosphate prodrugs as treatments for neurodegenerative diseases.",
keywords = "Neurodegeneration, Nucleoside, Parkinson, PINK1, ProTide",
author = "Laura Osgerby and Yu-Chiang Lai and Thornton, {Peter J.} and Joseph Amalfitano and {Le Duff}, {C{\'e}cile S.} and Iqra Jabeen and Hachemi Kadri and Ageo Miccoli and Tucker, {James H. R.} and Muqit, {Miratul M. K.} and Youcef Mehellou",
note = "M.M.K.M. is funded by a Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship in Clinical Science (101022/Z/13/Z), the Medical Research Council; Parkinson{\textquoteright}s UK; the Michael J. Fox Foundation; J. Macdonald Menzies Charitable Trust Prize Studentship, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council; and the EMBO Young Investigator Programme.",
year = "2017",
month = apr,
day = "27",
doi = "10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6b01897",
language = "English",
volume = "60",
pages = "3518--3524",
journal = "Journal of Medicinal Chemistry",
issn = "0022-2623",
publisher = "American Chemical Society",
number = "8",
}