Pharmacochemical Study of Multitarget Amino Acids’ Hybrids : Design, Synthesis, In vitro, and In silico Studies

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Introduction: Neuro-inflammation is a complex phenomenon resulting in several disorders.ALOX-5, COX-2, pro-inflammatory enzymes, and amino acid neurotransmitters are tightlycorrelated to neuro-inflammatory pathologies. Developing drugs that interfere with these targetswill offer treatment for various diseases.

Objective: Herein, we extend our previous research by synthesizing a series of multitarget hybridsof cinnamic acids with amino acids recognized as neurotransmitters.

Methods: The synthesis was based on an in silico study of a library of cinnamic amide hybrids withglycine, γ- aminobutyric, and L - glutamic acids. Drug-likeness and ADMET properties were subjectedto in silico analysis. Cinnamic acids were derived from the corresponding aldehydes byKnoevenagel condensation. The synthesis of the amides followed a two-step reaction with 1-hydroxybenzotriazole monohydrate and 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide hydrochloridein dry dichloromethane and the corresponding amino acid ester hydrochloride salt in thepresence of N,N,-diisopropyl-Nethylamine.

Results: The structure of the synthesized compounds was confirmed spectrophotometrically. Thenew compounds, such as lipoxygenase, cyclooxygenase-2, lipid peroxidation inhibitors, and antiinflammatories,were tested in vitro. The compounds exhibited LOX inhibition with IC50 values inthe low μM region).

Conclusion: Compounds 18a, 23b, and 11c are strong lipid peroxidation inhibitors (99%, 78%, and92%). Compound 28c inhibits SLOX-1 with IC50 =8.5 μM whereas 11a and 22a highly inhibitCOX-2 (IC50 6 and 5 μM Hybrids 14c and 17c inhibit both enzymes. Compound 29c showed thehighest anti-inflammatory activity (75%). The in silico ADMET properties of 14c and 11a supporttheir drug-likeness.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Medicinal chemistry (Shariqah (United Arab Emirates)) - (2024) vom: 09. Feb.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fotopoulos, Ioannis [VerfasserIn]
Pontiki, Eleni [VerfasserIn]
Hadjipavlou-Litina, Dimitra [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Alzheimer’s disease
Amino acids
Cyclooxygenase inhibitors
Hybrids
Inflammation
Journal Article
Lipoxygenase inhibitors
Multitarget
Neuro-inflammation.

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Date Revised 21.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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doi:

10.2174/0115734064279653240125081042

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368378993