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J Med Chem ; 51(11): 3154-70, 2008 Jun 12.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18479118

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Protein conformational fluctuations are critical for biological functions, although the relationship between protein motion and function has yet to be fully explored. By a thorough bioinformatics analysis of cholinesterases (ChEs), we identified specific hot spots, responsible for protein fluctuations and functions, and those active-site residues that play a role in modulating the cooperative network among the key substructures. This drew the optimization of our design strategy to discover potent and reversible inhibitors of human acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase (hAChE and hBuChE) that selectively interact with specific protein substructures. Accordingly, two tricyclic moieties differently spaced by functionalized linkers were investigated as molecular yardsticks to probe the finest interactions with specific hot spots in the hChE gorge. A number of SAR trends were identified, and the multisite inhibitors 3a and 3d were found to be the most potent inhibitors of hBuChE and hAChE known to date.


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Acetilcolinesterasa/química , Butirilcolinesterasa/química , Inhibidores de la Colinesterasa/química , Modelos Moleculares , Tacrina/análogos & derivados , Tacrina/síntesis química , Sitios de Unión , Biología Computacional , Cristalografía por Rayos X , Diseño de Fármacos , Humanos , Conformación Proteica , Relación Estructura-Actividad , Tacrina/química
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ACS Med Chem Lett ; 4(12): 1178-82, 2013 Dec 12.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24900626

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In order to identify novel Alzheimer's modifying pharmacological tools, we developed bis-tacrines bearing a peptide moiety for specific interference with surface sites of human acetylcholinesterase (hAChE) binding amyloid-beta (Aß). Accordingly, compounds 2a-c proved to be inhibitors of hAChE catalytic and noncatalytic functions, binding the catalytic and peripheral sites, interfering with Aß aggregation and with the Aß self-oligomerization process (2a). Compounds 2a-c in complex with TcAChE span the gorge with the bis-tacrine system, and the peptide moieties bulge outside the gorge in proximity of the peripheral site. These moieties are likely responsible for the observed reduction of hAChE-induced Aß aggregation since they physically hamper Aß binding to the enzyme surface. Moreover, 2a was able to significantly interfere with Aß self-oligomerization, while 2b,c showed improved inhibition of hAChE-induced Aß aggregation.

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