Hyperbolic mixed-type inhibition of acetylcholinesterase by tetracyclic thienopyrimidines

J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem. 2011 Jun;26(3):350-8. doi: 10.3109/14756366.2010.504674. Epub 2010 Aug 31.

Abstract

A series of tetracyclic thienopyrimidines (7-14) was prepared and investigated as inhibitors of acetylcholinesterase from Electrophorus electricus acetylcholinesterase (EeAChE), as well as human acetylcholinesterase (hAChE) and human butyrylcholinesterase (hBChE). A new synthetic procedure was employed for the synthesis of the angularly fused heterocycles 7-10. Among them, the presence of a tetrahydropyrido ring with a benzyl rest at the basic nitrogen was required for EeAChE inhibition. A detailed kinetic analysis of the hyperbolic mixed-type inhibition of EeAChE by 9-14 was performed. These heterocyclic compounds inhibited EeAChE with K(i) values of less than 3 µM. Most α values were relatively close to 1, indicating a similar affinity of the inhibitor to the free enzyme and the enzyme-substrate complex. Inhibitor 10 displayed a rather uncompetitive pattern of inhibition (α = 0.47) and a relatively high residual activity of a postulated ternary enzyme-substrate-inhibitor complex (β = 0.24).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acetylcholinesterase / chemistry
  • Acetylcholinesterase / metabolism*
  • Animals
  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors / chemical synthesis
  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors / chemistry
  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors / pharmacology*
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Electrophorus
  • Molecular Structure
  • Pyrimidines / chemical synthesis
  • Pyrimidines / chemistry
  • Pyrimidines / pharmacology*
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Thiophenes / chemical synthesis
  • Thiophenes / chemistry
  • Thiophenes / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors
  • Pyrimidines
  • Thiophenes
  • Acetylcholinesterase