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. 2011 Jun;9(3):213–235. doi: 10.1089/adt.2011.0370

Table 1.

Approved Therapies and Pharmacological Chaperones for Lysosomal Storage Disorders

 
 
 
Pharmacological Chaperones
Disease Deficient Enzyme Approved Drug(s)a Name Status References
Fabry α-Galactosidase A Fabrazyme® (agalsidase beta)Replagal™ (agalsidase alpha) Galactose Preclinical 164
        Case Study 165
      DGJ (AT1001; Amigal™) Phase 3 40, 75, 131, 166
Gaucher Acid β-Glucosidase Cerezyme® (imiglucerase)VPRIV™ (velaglucerase alfa) Zavesca® (miglustat; NB-DNJ) α-allo-HNJ; α-galacto-HNJ; β-1-C-butyl-DGJ Preclinical 167
      DIA Preclinical 168
      NN-DNJ Preclinical 64, 126, 127, 169, 170
      N-(7-oxadecyl)DNJ Preclinical 127
      N-(n-octyl)DNJ Preclinical 127, 170
      NOV Preclinical 161
      Castanospermine; N-(n-octyl)IFG; PDMP; morpholine- and piperazine-substituted alkylated nitrogen heterocycles; N-octyl-2,5-dideoxy-2,5-imino-D-glucitol Preclinical 126
      CO-DNJ and CN-DNJ Preclinical 170
      N-hexanoic acid adamantyl amide DNJ Preclinical 64
      Calystegine derivatives; DIX Preclinical 171
      IFG (AT2101) Phase 2 65, 70, 76
      5-((4-methylphenyl)thio)-quinazoline 2,4-diamine Preclinical 108
      5-(3,5-dichlorophenoxy)-N-(4-pyridinyl)-2-furamide Preclinical 108
      NOI-NJ, 6S-NOI-NJ, 6N-NOI-NJ, 6S-NOI-GNJ Preclinical 172
      Diltiazem Preclinical 107
      Ambroxol Investigator-initiated pilot study 61, 173, www.Gaucher.org
      NB-DNJ, Aminocyclitol 1, Aminocyclitol 4 Preclinical 169
      Dansyl-capped N-substituted DNJ derivatives 10 and 11 Preclinical 173
      6S-NDI-NJ Preclinical 174
      2-O-alkly iminoxylitol derivatives Preclinical 175
GM1 Gangliosidosis (Morquio B) Acid β-Galactosidase None NOEV Preclinical 138, 176
      DGJ, NB-DGJ Preclinical 138, 177
      Galactose Preclinical 178
      DLHex-DGJ Preclinical 179
      DGJ derivatives (compounds 17, 18, 22) Preclinical 180
      Fluorous iminoalditols 6–8 Preclinical 181
GM2 Gangliosidosis (Tay-Sachs / Sandhoff) Acid β-Hexosaminidase None NGT Preclinical 59, 182
      AdDNJ; ADNJ; ACAS Preclinical 182
      M-22971 (nitro-indan-1-one); M-45373 (pyrrolo[3,4-d]pyridazin-1-one); M-31850 (bisnaphthalimide) Preclinical 59
      Pyrimethamine Phase 2 58, 183
      N-benzyl LABNAc Preclinical 184
Pompe Acid α-Glucosidase Myozyme® (alglucosidase alfa) Lumizyme® (alglucosidase alfa) DNJ (AT2220) Phase 2 62, 72, 73
      NB-DNJ (miglustat) Preclinical 72, 73
      NO-DNJ Preclinical 72
Krabbe Galactocerebrosidase None α-Lobeline Preclinical 185
Batten Palmitoyl:protein thioesterase None CS38 Preclinical 186
MPS I (Hurler / Hurler-Scheie) α-L-iduronidase Aldurazyme® (laronidase) None    
MPS II (Hunter) Iduronate sulphate sulphatase Elaprase® (idursulfase) None    
MPS IIIC (Sanfilippo Syndrome type C) Heparan sulfate acetyl-CoA: α-glucosaminidine N-acetyltransferase None Glucosamine Preclinical 187
MPS VI (Maroteaux-Lamy) N-acetylgalactosamine-4-sulfatase Naglazyme® (galsulfase) None    
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All approved drugs are enzyme replacement therapies, with the exception of Zavesca, which is an substrate reduction therapy.

ACAS, 6-acetamido-6-deoxycastanospermine; AdDNJ, 2-acetamido-1,2-dideoxynojirimycin; ADNJ, 2-aceto-2-deoxynojirimycin; CN-DNJ, α-1-C-nonyl-1-deoxynojirimycin; CO-DNJ, α-1-C-octyl-1-deoxynojirimycin; DGJ, 1-deoxygalactonojirimycin; DIA, 2,5-dideoxy-2,5-imino-D-altritol; DIX, 1,5-dideoxy-1,5-iminoxylitol; DNJ, 1-deoxynojirimycin; HNJ, homonojirimycin; α-allo-HNJ, homoallonojirimycin; DLHex-DGJ, methyl 6-{[N2-(dansyl)-N6-(1,5-dideoxy-D-galactitol-1,5-diyl)-L-lysyl]amino} hexonate; IFG, isofagomine; LABNAc, 2-acetamido-1,4-imino-1,2,4-trideoxy-L-arabinitol; NB-DGJ, N-butyl-1-deoxygalactonojirimycin; NB-DNJ, N-butyl-1-deoxynojirimycin; NGT, N-acetyl-glucosamine-thiazoline; NN-DNJ, N-(n-nonly)-deoxynojirimicin; NO-DNJ, N-(7-oxadecyl) deoxynojirimycin; NOEV, N-octyl-4-epi-β-valienamine; 6S-NDI-NJ, 6-thio-(5N,6S)-[4-(N′-dansylamino)butylmethylidene]nojirimycin; 6S-NOI-GNJ, 5-N,6-thio-(N′-octyliminomethylidene)galactonojirimycin; NOI-NJ, 5-N,6-O-(N′-octyliminomethylidene)nojirimycin; 6N-NOI-NJ, 6-amino-6-deoxy-5,6-di-N-(N′-octyliminomethylidene)nojirimycin; 6S-NOI-NJ, 5-N,6-thio-(N′-octyliminomethylidene)nojirimycin; NOV, N-octyl-β-valienamine; PDMP, 1-phenyl-2-decanoylamino-3-morpholino-1-propanol; MPS, mucopolysaccharidoses.