Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) are two enzymes sensitive to various chemical compounds having ability to bind to crucial parts of these enzymes. Boldine is a natural alkaloid and it was mentioned in some older works that it can inhibit some kinds of AChE. We reinvestigated this effect on AChE and also on BChE using acetyl (butyryl) thiocholine and Ellman's reagents as standard substances for spectrophotometric assay. We found out IC50 of AChE equal to 372 μmol/l and a similar level to BChE, 321 μmol/l. We conclude our experiment by a finding that boldine is cholinesterase inhibitor; however we report significantly weaker inhibition than that suggested in literature. Likewise, we tried to investigate the mechanism of inhibition and completed it with in silico study. Potential toxic effect on cholinesterases in real conditions is also discussed.

• MeSH
• acetylcholinesterasa metabolismus   MeSH
• aporfiny chemie   farmakologie   MeSH
• butyrylcholinesterasa chemie   metabolismus   MeSH
• cholinesterasové inhibitory chemie   farmakologie   MeSH
• HEK293 buňky MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• molekulární modely MeSH
• sekundární metabolismus * MeSH
• substrátová specifita účinky léků   MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• Názvy látek
• acetylcholinesterasa MeSH
• aporfiny MeSH
• boldine MeSH Prohlížeč
• butyrylcholinesterasa MeSH
• cholinesterasové inhibitory MeSH