Journal
MOLECULES
Volume 26, Issue 17, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/molecules26175208
Keywords
acetylcholinesterase; butyrylcholinesterase; Alzheimer's disease; antithrombotic agents; isonipecotamides
Funding
- Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (PRIN) [201744BN5T_004, 2017RPHBCW_002]
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The study found that the direct thrombin inhibitor dabigatran is beneficial in animal models of Alzheimer's disease. Through the Multi-fingerprint Similarity Searching Algorithm, a new multimodal agent was identified, with the N-phenyl-1-(pyridin-4-yl)piperidine-4-carboxamide derivative 1 showing inhibitory activity against multiple enzymes and receptors.
Recently, the direct thrombin (thr) inhibitor dabigatran has proven to be beneficial in animal models of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Aiming at discovering novel multimodal agents addressing thr and AD-related targets, a selection of previously and newly synthesized potent thr and factor Xa (fXa) inhibitors were virtually screened by the Multi-fingerprint Similarity Searching aLgorithm (MuSSeL) web server. The N-phenyl-1-(pyridin-4-yl)piperidine-4-carboxamide derivative 1, which has already been experimentally shown to inhibit thr with a K-i value of 6 nM, has been flagged by a new, upcoming release of MuSSeL as a binder of cholinesterase (ChE) isoforms (acetyl- and butyrylcholinesterase, AChE and BChE), as well as thr, fXa, and other enzymes and receptors. Interestingly, the inhibition potency of 1 was predicted by the MuSSeL platform to fall within the low-to-submicromolar range and this was confirmed by experimental K-i values, which were found equal to 0.058 and 6.95 mu M for eeAChE and eqBChE, respectively. Thirty analogs of 1 were then assayed as inhibitors of thr, fXa, AChE, and BChE to increase our knowledge of their structure-activity relationships, while the molecular determinants responsible for the multiple activities towards the target enzymes were rationally investigated by molecular cross-docking screening.
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