Novel Tacrine-Scutellarin Hybrids as Multipotent Anti-Alzheimer’s Agents: Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation

Autor: Petr Jost, Daniel Jun, Jan Korabecny, Tomas Kucera, Ondrej Soukup, Martina Hrabinova, Eva Mezeiova, Rafael Dolezal, Daniel Kaping, Lubica Muckova, Vendula Sepsova, Katarina Spilovska, Kamil Kuca, Jana Janockova
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Molecules; Volume 22; Issue 6; Pages: 1006
Molecules : A Journal of Synthetic Chemistry and Natural Product Chemistry
ISSN: 1420-3049
DOI: 10.3390/molecules22061006
Popis: A novel series of 6-chlorotacrine-scutellarin hybrids was designed, synthesized and the biological activity as potential anti-Alzheimer’s agents was assessed. Their inhibitory activity towards human acetylcholinesterase (hAChE) and human butyrylcholinesterase (hBChE), antioxidant activity, ability to cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and hepatotoxic profile were evaluated in vitro. Among these compounds, hybrid K1383, bearing two methylene tether between two basic scaffolds, was found to be very potent hAChE inhibitor (IC50 = 1.63 nM). Unfortunately, none of the hybrids displayed any antioxidant activity (EC50 ≥ 500 μM). Preliminary data also suggests a comparable hepatotoxic profile with 6-Cl-THA (established on a HepG2 cell line). Kinetic studies performed on hAChE with the most active compound in the study, K1383, pointed out to a mixed, non-competitive enzyme inhibition. These findings were further corroborated by docking studies.
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