New pyrrole inhibitors of monoamine oxidase: synthesis, biological evaluation, and structural determinants of MAO-A and MAO-B selectivity

J Med Chem. 2007 Mar 8;50(5):922-31. doi: 10.1021/jm060882y. Epub 2007 Jan 26.

Abstract

A series of new pyrrole derivatives have been synthesized and evaluated for their monoamine oxidase (MAO) A and B inhibitory activity and selectivity. N-Methyl,N-(benzyl),N-(pyrrol-2-ylmethyl)amine (7) and N-(2-benzyl),N-(1-methylpyrrol-2-ylmethyl)amine (18) were the most selective MAO-B (7, SI = 0.0057) and MAO-A (18, SI = 12500) inhibitors, respectively. Docking and molecular dynamics simulations gave structural insights into the MAO-A and MAO-B selectivity. Compound 18 forms an H-bond with Gln215 through its protonated amino group into the MAO-A binding site. This H-bond is absent in the 7/MAO-A complex. In contrast, compound 7 places its phenyl ring into an aromatic cage of the MAO-B binding pocket, where it forms charge-transfer interactions. The slightly different binding pose of 18 into the MAO-B active site seems to be forced by a bulkier Tyr residue, which replaces a smaller Ile residue present in MAO-A.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Benzylamines / chemical synthesis*
  • Benzylamines / chemistry
  • Benzylamines / pharmacology
  • Binding Sites
  • Brain / enzymology
  • Brain / ultrastructure
  • Cattle
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Isoenzymes / chemistry
  • Isoenzymes / metabolism
  • Mitochondria / enzymology
  • Models, Molecular
  • Monoamine Oxidase / chemistry*
  • Monoamine Oxidase / metabolism
  • Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors / chemical synthesis*
  • Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors / chemistry
  • Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • Pyrroles / chemical synthesis*
  • Pyrroles / chemistry
  • Pyrroles / pharmacology
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Structure-Activity Relationship

Substances

  • Benzylamines
  • Isoenzymes
  • Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors
  • N-(2-benzyl),N-(1-methylpyrrol-2-ylmethyl)amine
  • N-methyl,N-(benzyl),N-(pyrrol-2-ylmethyl)amine
  • Pyrroles
  • Monoamine Oxidase