Novel thiosemicarbazide-based β-carboline derivatives as α-glucosidase inhibitors: Synthesis and biological evaluation.

Autor: Liang B; School of Pharmacy and Food Engineering & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Large Animal Models for Biomedicine, Wuyi University, Jiangmen, 529020, China., Xiao D; School of Pharmacy and Food Engineering & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Large Animal Models for Biomedicine, Wuyi University, Jiangmen, 529020, China., Wang SH; School of Pharmacy & State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry & Collaborative Innovation Center for Northwestern Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China. Electronic address: wangshh@lzu.edu.cn., Xu X; School of Pharmacy and Food Engineering & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Large Animal Models for Biomedicine, Wuyi University, Jiangmen, 529020, China. Electronic address: wyuchemxxt@126.com.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: European journal of medicinal chemistry [Eur J Med Chem] 2024 Sep 05; Vol. 275, pp. 116595. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jun 12.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2024.116595
Abstrakt: In the quest for potent α-glucosidase inhibitors to combat diabetes, a series of novel thiosemicarbazide-based β-carboline derivatives (CTL1∼36) were synthesized and evaluated. CTL1∼36 exhibited remarkable inhibitory effects against α-glucosidase, with IC 50 values ranging from 2.81 to 12.40 μM, significantly surpassing the positive control acarbose (IC 50  = 564.28 μM). Notably, CTL26 demonstrated the most potent inhibition (IC 50  = 2.81 μM) and was characterized as a non-competitive inhibitor. Through a combination assay with fluorescence quenching, 3D fluorescence spectra, CD spectra, and molecular docking, we elucidated that CTL26 formed a complex with α-glucosidase via hydrogen bondings and hydrophobic interactions, leading to α-glucosidase conformation changes that impaired enzymatic activity. In vivo studies revealed that oral administration of CTL26 (25 and 50 mg/kg/d) reduced fasting blood glucose levels, enhanced glucose tolerance, and ameliorated lipid abnormalities in diabetic mice. These findings positioned CTL26 as a promising candidate for the development of α-glucosidase inhibitors with anti-diabetic potential.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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