New potent acetylcholinesterase inhibitors in the tetracyclic triterpene series

J Med Chem. 2007 Nov 1;50(22):5311-23. doi: 10.1021/jm070536w. Epub 2007 Sep 29.

Abstract

A new highly selective inhibitor of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) was discovered by high-throughput screening. Compound 1 was synthesized from a natural product, the N-3-isobutyrylcycloxobuxidine-F 2. A new extraction protocol of this compound is described. The hemisynthesis and optimization of 1 are reported. The analogs of 1 were tested in vitro for the inhibition of both cholinesterases (AChE and BuChE). These compounds selectively inhibited AChE. Extensive molecular docking studies were performed with 2 and AChE employing Discover Biosym software to rationalize the binding interaction. The results suggested that ligand 2 binds simultaneously to both catalytic and peripheral sites of AChE.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acetylcholinesterase / chemistry*
  • Animals
  • Benzoxazines / chemical synthesis*
  • Benzoxazines / chemistry
  • Binding Sites
  • Butyrylcholinesterase / chemistry
  • Catalytic Domain
  • Cattle
  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors / chemical synthesis*
  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors / chemistry
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Electrophorus
  • Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings / chemical synthesis*
  • Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings / chemistry
  • Humans
  • Models, Molecular*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Species Specificity
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Torpedo
  • Triterpenes / chemical synthesis*
  • Triterpenes / chemistry
  • Triterpenes / isolation & purification

Substances

  • 10-(1-(dimethylamino)ethyl)-1,4a,5,7,7a,9,9a,10,11,12,12a,12b,13,14,14a,14b-hexadecahydro-11-hydroxy-9a,12,a,14b-trimethyl-3-(1-methylethyl)-8H-indeno(5',4'-4,5)cyclohepta(1,2-f)(3,1)benzoxazin-8-one
  • Benzoxazines
  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors
  • Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings
  • N-(20-(dimethylamino)-16-hydroxy-4-(hydroxymethyl)-4,14-dimethyl-11-oxo-9,19-cyclopregnan-3-yl)-2-methylpropanamide
  • Triterpenes
  • Acetylcholinesterase
  • Butyrylcholinesterase