The present invention relates to
bifunctional compounds, which find utility to degrade and (inhibit) one or more of the following kinases: DYRK1A, DYRK1B, DYRK2, DYRK3, CLKI, CLK2, CLK3, CLK4, and HASPIN. In particular, the present invention is directed to compounds, which contain on one end an E3
ubiquitin ligase binding
moiety which binds to an E3
ubiquitin ligase and on the other end a
moiety which binds one or more of the following kinases: DYRK1A, DYRK1B, DYRK2, DYRK3, CLK1, CLK2, CLK3, CLK4, and HASPIN, such that the one or more kinases is placed in proximity to the
ubiquitin ligase to effect degradation (and inhibition) of the one or more kinases. The
bifunctional compounds serve as therapeutics for the treatment of Alzheimer's
disease,
down syndrome, diabetes, an
autoimmune disease, an
inflammatory disorder (e.g.,
airway inflammation,
osteoarthritis (e.g., knee related
osteoarthritis)),
cancer (e.g.,
glioblastoma,
prostate cancer,
metastatic breast cancer, metastatic
lung cancer,
multiple myeloma, secondary metastatic tumors of the brain,
colorectal cancer), a
viral infection (e.g., SARS-COV-2 infection (e.g., COVID-19)), and other diseases.