A structural series of 7-MEOTA-adamantylamine thioureas was designed, synthesized and evaluated as inhibitors of human acetylcholinesterase (hAChE) and human butyrylcholinesterase (hBChE). The compounds were prepared based on the multi-target-directed ligand strategy with different linker lengths (n = 2-8) joining the well-known NMDA antagonist adamantine and the hAChE inhibitor 7-methoxytacrine (7-MEOTA). Based on in silico studies, these inhibitors proved dual binding site character capable of simultaneous interaction with the peripheral anionic site (PAS) of hAChE and the catalytic active site (CAS). Clearly, these structural derivatives exhibited very good inhibitory activity towards hBChE resulting in more selective inhibitors of this enzyme. The most potent cholinesterase inhibitor was found to be thiourea analogue 14 (with an IC₅₀ value of 0.47 µM for hAChE and an IC₅₀ value of 0.11 µM for hBChE, respectively). Molecule 14 is a suitable novel lead compound for further evaluation proving that the strategy of dual binding site inhibitors might be a promising direction for development of novel AD drugs.
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- acetylcholinesterasa metabolismus MeSH
- Alzheimerova nemoc farmakoterapie MeSH
- amantadin chemická syntéza chemie farmakologie terapeutické užití MeSH
- cholinesterasové inhibitory chemická syntéza chemie farmakologie terapeutické užití MeSH
- dimerizace * MeSH
- enzymatické testy MeSH
- inhibiční koncentrace 50 MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- molekulární modely * MeSH
- referenční standardy MeSH
- simulace molekulového dockingu MeSH
- takrin analogy a deriváty chemická syntéza chemie farmakologie terapeutické užití MeSH
- thiomočovina chemie MeSH
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- lidé MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
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- amantadin analogy a deriváty chemická syntéza chemie MeSH
- antitumorózní látky farmakologie chemická syntéza chemie MeSH
- buněčné linie MeSH
- chemorezistence MeSH
- cisplatina farmakologie MeSH
- finanční podpora výzkumu jako téma MeSH
- myši MeSH
- organoplatinové sloučeniny farmakologie chemická syntéza MeSH
- vztahy mezi strukturou a aktivitou MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
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- myši MeSH
- zvířata MeSH