Hadda TB, Rauf A, Zgou H, Senol FS, Orhan IE, Mabkhot YN, Althagafi II, Farghaly TA, Alterary S. Drug Design of Inhibitors of Alzheimer's Disease (AD): POM and DFT Analyses of Cholinesterase Inhibitory Activity of β-amino di-Carbonyl Derivatives.
Mini Rev Med Chem 2019;
19:688-705. [PMID:
30387392 DOI:
10.2174/1389557518666181102102816]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2017] [Revised: 01/20/2018] [Accepted: 03/17/2018] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND
Since deficit of acetylcholine has been evidenced in the Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients, cholinesterase inhibitors are currently the most specified drug category for the remediation of AD.
METHOD
In the present study, 16 compounds (1-16) with dicarbonyl skeletons have been synthesized and tested for their inhibitory potential in vitro against AChE and BChE using ELISA microtiter plate assays at 100 μg/mL. Since metal accumulation is related to AD, the compounds were also tested for their metal-chelation capacity.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION
All the investigated dicarbonyl compounds exerted none or lower than 30% inhibition against both cholinesterases, whereas compounds 2, 8 and 11 showed 37, 42, 41% of inhibition towards BChE, being the most active. The highest metal-chelation capacity was observed with compound 8 (53.58 ± 2.06%). POM and DFT analyses are in good harmonization with experimental data.
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