Chemical modifications of cinchona alkaloids lead to enhanced inhibition of human butyrylcholinesterase

D Karlsson, Adyary Fallarero, P Shinde, CP Anju, I Busygin, Reko Leino, CG Mohan, Pia Vuorela

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    Abstract

    Butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) inhibitors were identified from a collection containing cinchonine, cinchonidine and synthetic derivatives, and further characterized using cytotoxicity and molecular docking studies. The most active ones were: (10 triple bond)-10,11-dibromo-10,11-dihydrocinchonidine (11), a competitive inhibitor with Ki = 3.45 +/- 0.39 microM, and IC50 BChE = 9.83 +/- 0.30 microM/human (h)BChE = 34.47 +/- 4.63 and O-(trimethylsilyl)cinchonine (15), a mixed inhibitor with Kiuc = 1.73 +/- 0.46 microM and Kic = 0.85 +/- 0.26 microM, and IC50 BChE = 0.56 +/- 0.14 microM/hBChE = 0.24 +/- 0.04. In cytotoxicity experiments, > or = 80% of the cells remained viable when exposed to concentrations of up to 80 microM of both inhibitors in four different cell lines, including neurons. Due to the bulkier trimethylsilyl side group of 15, it covered the active site of hBChE better than 11 with an OH-group while not being able to fit into the active site gorge of hAChE, thus explaining the selectivity of 15 towards hBChE.
    Original languageUndefined/Unknown
    Pages (from-to)455–458
    JournalNatural Product Communications
    Volume9
    Issue number4
    Publication statusPublished - 2014
    MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

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