Design and synthesis of novel tacrine-indole hybrids as potential multitarget-directed ligands for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. / Hamulakova, Slavka; Kudlickova, Zuzana; Janovec, Ladislav; Mezencev, Roman; Deckner, Zachery J.; Chernoff, Yury O.; Janockova, Jana; Ihnatova, Veronika; Bzonek, Petr; Novakova, Nikola; Hepnarova, Vendula; Hrabinova, Martina; Jun, Daniel; Korabecny, Jan; Soukup, Ondrej; Kuca, Kamil.
In: Future Medicinal Chemistry, Vol. 13, No. 9, 01.05.2021, p. 785-804.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Design and synthesis of novel tacrine-indole hybrids as potential multitarget-directed ligands for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease
AU - Hamulakova, Slavka
AU - Kudlickova, Zuzana
AU - Janovec, Ladislav
AU - Mezencev, Roman
AU - Deckner, Zachery J.
AU - Chernoff, Yury O.
AU - Janockova, Jana
AU - Ihnatova, Veronika
AU - Bzonek, Petr
AU - Novakova, Nikola
AU - Hepnarova, Vendula
AU - Hrabinova, Martina
AU - Jun, Daniel
AU - Korabecny, Jan
AU - Soukup, Ondrej
AU - Kuca, Kamil
N1 - Funding Information: This work was supported by the Czech Health Research Council (NU20-08-00296), Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of Czech Republic (project ERDF: CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/18 069/0010054), ‘Long-term organization development plan of the Faculty of Military Health Sciences, University of Defense’, grant from the Slovak Academy of Sciences Grant Agency (1/0016/18), and by the sub-award from Emory University on the grant from National Institutes of Health (P50AG025688). YO Chernoff was also supported by Georgia Institute of Technology and St. Petersburg State University. The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed. No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript.
PY - 2021/5/1
Y1 - 2021/5/1
N2 - The authors report on the synthesis and biological evaluation of new compounds whose structure combines tacrine and indole moieties. Tacrine-indole heterodimers were designed to inhibit cholinesterases and β-amyloid formation, and to cross the blood-brain barrier. The most potent new acetylcholinesterase inhibitors were compounds 3c and 4d (IC50 = 25 and 39 nM, respectively). Compound 3c displayed considerably higher selectivity for acetylcholinesterase relative to human plasma butyrylcholinesterase in comparison to compound 4d (selectivity index: IC50 [butyrylcholinesterase]/IC50 [acetylcholinesterase] = 3 and 0.6, respectively). Furthermore, compound 3c inhibited β-amyloid-dependent amyloid nucleation in the yeast-based prion nucleation assay and displayed no dsDNA destabilizing interactions with DNA. Compounds 3c and 4d displayed a high probability of crossing the blood-brain barrier. The results support the potential of 3c for future development as a dual-acting therapeutic agent in the prevention and/or treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
AB - The authors report on the synthesis and biological evaluation of new compounds whose structure combines tacrine and indole moieties. Tacrine-indole heterodimers were designed to inhibit cholinesterases and β-amyloid formation, and to cross the blood-brain barrier. The most potent new acetylcholinesterase inhibitors were compounds 3c and 4d (IC50 = 25 and 39 nM, respectively). Compound 3c displayed considerably higher selectivity for acetylcholinesterase relative to human plasma butyrylcholinesterase in comparison to compound 4d (selectivity index: IC50 [butyrylcholinesterase]/IC50 [acetylcholinesterase] = 3 and 0.6, respectively). Furthermore, compound 3c inhibited β-amyloid-dependent amyloid nucleation in the yeast-based prion nucleation assay and displayed no dsDNA destabilizing interactions with DNA. Compounds 3c and 4d displayed a high probability of crossing the blood-brain barrier. The results support the potential of 3c for future development as a dual-acting therapeutic agent in the prevention and/or treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
KW - 7-methoxytacrine
KW - Alzheimer's disease
KW - cholinesterases
KW - in vitro
KW - indole
KW - tacrine
KW - Acetylcholinesterase/metabolism
KW - Humans
KW - Indoles/chemistry
KW - Neuroprotective Agents/chemistry
KW - Structure-Activity Relationship
KW - Molecular Targeted Therapy
KW - Cholinesterase Inhibitors/chemistry
KW - Tacrine/chemistry
KW - Inhibitory Concentration 50
KW - Drug Evaluation, Preclinical
KW - Dimerization
KW - Amyloid beta-Peptides/metabolism
KW - Molecular Dynamics Simulation
KW - DNA/chemistry
KW - Alzheimer Disease/drug therapy
KW - Protein Binding
KW - Ligands
KW - Molecular Docking Simulation
KW - Blood-Brain Barrier
KW - Alzheimer&apos
KW - s disease
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U2 - 10.4155/fmc-2020-0184
DO - 10.4155/fmc-2020-0184
M3 - Article
C2 - 33829876
AN - SCOPUS:85105221156
VL - 13
SP - 785
EP - 804
JO - Future Medicinal Chemistry
JF - Future Medicinal Chemistry
SN - 1756-8919
IS - 9
ER -
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