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Makhaeva GF, Kovaleva NV, Rudakova EV, Boltneva NP, Lushchekina SV, Astakhova TY, Timokhina EN, Serebryakova OG, Shchepochkin AV, Averkov MA, Utepova IA, Demina NS, Radchenko EV, Palyulin VA, Fisenko VP, Bachurin SO, Chupakhin ON, Charushin VN, Richardson RJ. Derivatives of 9-phosphorylated acridine as butyrylcholinesterase inhibitors with antioxidant activity and the ability to inhibit β-amyloid self-aggregation: potential therapeutic agents for Alzheimer's disease. Front Pharmacol 2023; 14:1219980. [PMID: 37654616 PMCID: PMC10466253 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2023.1219980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2023] [Accepted: 07/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/02/2023] Open
Abstract
We investigated the inhibitory activities of novel 9-phosphoryl-9,10-dihydroacridines and 9-phosphorylacridines against acetylcholinesterase (AChE), butyrylcholinesterase (BChE), and carboxylesterase (CES). We also studied the abilities of the new compounds to interfere with the self-aggregation of β-amyloid (Aβ42) in the thioflavin test as well as their antioxidant activities in the ABTS and FRAP assays. We used molecular docking, molecular dynamics simulations, and quantum-chemical calculations to explain experimental results. All new compounds weakly inhibited AChE and off-target CES. Dihydroacridines with aryl substituents in the phosphoryl moiety inhibited BChE; the most active were the dibenzyloxy derivative 1d and its diphenethyl bioisostere 1e (IC50 = 2.90 ± 0.23 µM and 3.22 ± 0.25 µM, respectively). Only one acridine, 2d, an analog of dihydroacridine, 1d, was an effective BChE inhibitor (IC50 = 6.90 ± 0.55 μM), consistent with docking results. Dihydroacridines inhibited Aβ42 self-aggregation; 1d and 1e were the most active (58.9% ± 4.7% and 46.9% ± 4.2%, respectively). All dihydroacridines 1 demonstrated high ABTS•+-scavenging and iron-reducing activities comparable to Trolox, but acridines 2 were almost inactive. Observed features were well explained by quantum-chemical calculations. ADMET parameters calculated for all compounds predicted favorable intestinal absorption, good blood-brain barrier permeability, and low cardiac toxicity. Overall, the best results were obtained for two dihydroacridine derivatives 1d and 1e with dibenzyloxy and diphenethyl substituents in the phosphoryl moiety. These compounds displayed high inhibition of BChE activity and Aβ42 self-aggregation, high antioxidant activity, and favorable predicted ADMET profiles. Therefore, we consider 1d and 1e as lead compounds for further in-depth studies as potential anti-AD preparations.
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- Galina F. Makhaeva
- Institute of Physiologically Active Compounds at Federal Research Center of Problems of Chemical Physics and Medicinal Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Russia
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- Institute of Physiologically Active Compounds at Federal Research Center of Problems of Chemical Physics and Medicinal Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Russia
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- Institute of Physiologically Active Compounds at Federal Research Center of Problems of Chemical Physics and Medicinal Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Russia
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- Institute of Physiologically Active Compounds at Federal Research Center of Problems of Chemical Physics and Medicinal Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Russia
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- Institute of Physiologically Active Compounds at Federal Research Center of Problems of Chemical Physics and Medicinal Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Russia
- Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Physiologically Active Compounds at Federal Research Center of Problems of Chemical Physics and Medicinal Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Russia
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- Institute of Organic Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, Russia
- Department of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russia
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- Institute of Organic Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, Russia
- Department of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russia
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- Institute of Organic Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, Russia
- Department of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russia
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- Institute of Organic Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, Russia
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- Institute of Physiologically Active Compounds at Federal Research Center of Problems of Chemical Physics and Medicinal Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Russia
- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Physiologically Active Compounds at Federal Research Center of Problems of Chemical Physics and Medicinal Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Russia
- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Pharmacology of the Institute of Biodesign and Complex System Modeling of Biomedical Science & Technology Park of Sechenov I.M., First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Physiologically Active Compounds at Federal Research Center of Problems of Chemical Physics and Medicinal Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Russia
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- Institute of Organic Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, Russia
- Department of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russia
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- Institute of Organic Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, Russia
- Department of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russia
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- Department of Pharmacology of the Institute of Biodesign and Complex System Modeling of Biomedical Science & Technology Park of Sechenov I.M., First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
- Center of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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Bagri K, Kumar A, Manisha, Kumar P. Computational Studies on Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors: From Biochemistry to Chemistry. Mini Rev Med Chem 2021; 20:1403-1435. [PMID: 31884928 DOI: 10.2174/1389557520666191224144346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2019] [Revised: 10/23/2019] [Accepted: 10/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors are the most promising therapeutics for Alzheimer's disease treatment as these prevent the loss of acetylcholine and slows the progression of the disease. The drugs approved for the management of Alzheimer's disease by the FDA are acetylcholinesterase inhibitors but are associated with side effects. Consistent and stringent efforts by the researchers with the help of computational methods opened new ways of developing novel molecules with good acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activity. In this manuscript, we reviewed the studies that identified the essential structural features of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors at the molecular level as well as the techniques like molecular docking, molecular dynamics, quantitative structure-activity relationship, virtual screening, and pharmacophore modelling that were used in designing these inhibitors.
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- Kiran Bagri
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar 125001, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar 125001, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar 125001, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, India
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Song D, Zhang N, Zhang P, Zhang N, Chen W, Zhang L, Guo T, Gu X, Ma S. Design, synthesis and evaluation of novel 9-arylalkyl-10-methylacridinium derivatives as highly potent FtsZ-targeting antibacterial agents. Eur J Med Chem 2021; 221:113480. [PMID: 33964649 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2021.113480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2021] [Revised: 04/13/2021] [Accepted: 04/15/2021] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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With the increasing incidence of antibiotic resistance, new antibacterial agents having novel mechanisms of action hence are in an urgent need to combat infectious diseases caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogens. Four novel series of substituted 9-arylalkyl-10-methylacridinium derivatives as FtsZ inhibitors were designed, synthesized and evaluated for their antibacterial activities against various Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. The results demonstrated that they exhibited broad-spectrum activities with substantial efficacy against MRSA and VRE, which were superior or comparable to the berberine, sanguinarine, linezolid, ciprofloxacin and vancomycin. In particular, the most promising compound 15f showed rapid bactericidal properties, which avoid the emergence of drug resistance. However, 15f showed no inhibitory effect on Gram-negative bacteria but biofilm formation study gave possible answers. Further target identification and mechanistic studies revealed that 15f functioned as an effective FtsZ inhibitor to alter the dynamics of FtsZ self-polymerization, which resulted in termination of the cell division and caused cell death. Further cytotoxicity and animal studies demonstrated that 15f not only displayed efficacy in a murine model of bacteremia in vivo, but also no significant hemolysis to mammalian cells. Overall, this compound with novel skeleton could serve as an antibacterial lead of FtsZ inhibitor for further evaluation of drug-likeness.
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- Di Song
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, 44 West Wenhua Road, Jinan, 250012, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, 44 West Wenhua Road, Jinan, 250012, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, 44 West Wenhua Road, Jinan, 250012, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, 44 West Wenhua Road, Jinan, 250012, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, 44 West Wenhua Road, Jinan, 250012, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, 44 West Wenhua Road, Jinan, 250012, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, 44 West Wenhua Road, Jinan, 250012, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, 44 West Wenhua Road, Jinan, 250012, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, 44 West Wenhua Road, Jinan, 250012, China.
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Veligeti R, Madhu RB, Anireddy J, Pasupuleti VR, Avula VKR, Ethiraj KS, Uppalanchi S, Kasturi S, Perumal Y, Anantaraju HS, Polkam N, Guda MR, Vallela S, Zyryanov GV. Synthesis of novel cytotoxic tetracyclic acridone derivatives and study of their molecular docking, ADMET, QSAR, bioactivity and protein binding properties. Sci Rep 2020; 10:20720. [PMID: 33244007 PMCID: PMC7691360 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-77590-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2020] [Accepted: 11/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Acridone based synthetic and natural products with inherent anticancer activity advancing the research and generating a large number of structurally diversified compounds. In this sequence we have designed, synthesized a series of tetracyclic acridones with amide framework viz., 3-(alkyloyl/ aryloyl/ heteroaryloyl/ heteroaryl)-2,3-dihydropyrazino[3,2,1-de]acridin-7(1H)-ones and screened for their in vitro anti-cancer activity. The in vitro study revealed that compounds with cyclopropyl-acetyl, benzoyl, p-hydroxybenzoyl, p-(trifluoromethyl)benzoyl, p-fluorobenzoyl, m-fluorobenzoyl, picolinoyl, 6-methylpicolinoyl and 3-nicotinoyl groups are active against HT29, MDAMB231 and HEK293T cancer cell lines. The molecular docking studies performed for them against 4N5Y, HT29 and 2VWD revealed the potential ligand-protein binding interactions among the neutral aminoacid of the enzymes and carbonyl groups of the title compounds with a binding energy ranging from - 8.1394 to - 6.9915 kcal/mol. In addition, the BSA protein binding assay performed for them has confirmed their interaction with target proteins through strong binding to BSA macromolecule. The additional studies like ADMET, QSAR, bioactivity scores, drug properties and toxicity risks ascertained them as newer drug candidates. This study had added a new collection of piperazino fused acridone derivatives to the existing array of other nitrogen heterocyclic fused acridone derivatives as anticancer agents.
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- Rajkumar Veligeti
- Centre for Chemical Sciences and Technology, Institute of Science and Technology, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500085, India.,Medicinal Chemistry Division, GVK Biosciences Private Limited, Plot No. 28A, IDA Nacharam, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500076, India
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- Medicinal Chemistry Division, GVK Biosciences Private Limited, Plot No. 28A, IDA Nacharam, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500076, India. .,Discovery and Development Solutions, GVK Biosciences Private Limited, Plot No. 284A, Jigini Village, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 562106, India.
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- Centre for Chemical Sciences and Technology, Institute of Science and Technology, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500085, India.
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, 88400, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
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- Chemical Engineering Institute, Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation, 620002.
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- Medicinal Chemistry Division, GVK Biosciences Private Limited, Plot No. 28A, IDA Nacharam, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500076, India
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- Medicinal Chemistry Division, GVK Biosciences Private Limited, Plot No. 28A, IDA Nacharam, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500076, India
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- Centre for Chemical Sciences and Technology, Institute of Science and Technology, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500085, India.,Medicinal Chemistry Division, GVK Biosciences Private Limited, Plot No. 28A, IDA Nacharam, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500076, India
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- Drug Discovery Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmacy, Birla Institute of Technology and Science - Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500078, India
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- Drug Discovery Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmacy, Birla Institute of Technology and Science - Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500078, India
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- Centre for Chemical Sciences and Technology, Institute of Science and Technology, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500085, India
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- Chemical Engineering Institute, Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation, 620002
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- Chemical Engineering Institute, Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation, 620002
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- Chemical Engineering Institute, Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation, 620002.,Ural Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, I. Ya. Postovskiy Institute of Organic Synthesis, 22 S. Kovalevskoy Street, Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation, 620219
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Bagri K, Kumar A, Nimbhal M, Kumar P. Index of ideality of correlation and correlation contradiction index: a confluent perusal on acetylcholinesterase inhibitors. MOLECULAR SIMULATION 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2020.1770753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Kiran Bagri
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, India
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Nonstoichiometric Mesoporous Cu1.90S Nanoparticles Hydrothermally Prepared from a Copper Anthranilato Complex Inhibit Cellulases of Phytopathogenic Fungi. J Inorg Organomet Polym Mater 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s10904-019-01091-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Özbek N, Mamaş S, Erdoğdu T, Alyar S, Kaya K, Karacan N. Synthesis, characterization, DFT studies of piperazine derivatives and its Ni(II), Cu(II) complexes as antimicrobial agents and glutathione reductase inhibitors. J Mol Struct 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2018.06.076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Prasher P, Sharma M. Medicinal chemistry of acridine and its analogues. MEDCHEMCOMM 2018; 9:1589-1618. [PMID: 30429967 DOI: 10.1039/c8md00384j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2018] [Accepted: 08/14/2018] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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'Acridine' along with its functional analogue 'Acridone' is the most privileged pharmacophore in medicinal chemistry with diverse applications ranging from DNA intercalators, endonuclease mimics, ratiometric selective ion sensors, and P-glycoprotein inhibitors in countering the multi-drug resistance, enzyme inhibitors, and reversals of neurodegenerative disorders. Their interaction with DNA and ability of selectively identifying numerous biologically useful ions has cemented exploitability of the acridone nucleus in modern day therapeutics. Additionally, most derivatives and salts of acridine are planar, crystalline, and stable displaying a strong fluorescence which, when coupled with their marked bio selectivity and low cytotoxicity, enables the studying and monitoring of several biochemical, metabolic, and pharmacological processes. In this review, a detailed picture covering the important therapeutic aspects of the acridone nucleus and its functional analogues is discussed.
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- Parteek Prasher
- UGC Sponsored Centre for Advanced Studies , Department of Chemistry , Guru Nanak Dev University , Amritsar 143005 , India.,Department of Chemistry , University of Petroleum & Energy Studies , Dehradun 248007 , India . ;
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- UGC Sponsored Centre for Advanced Studies , Department of Chemistry , Guru Nanak Dev University , Amritsar 143005 , India
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