Résumé
Previous studies have shown that harmine is a reversible inhibitor of human monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A). Moreover, the crystal structure of human MAO-A in complex with harmine has been recently solved. This crystal structure shows that close to the methoxy group of the harmine moiety, a lipophilic pocket is left vacant within the binding site of human MAO-A. Our objective was to optimize the β-carboline series against human MAO-A in order to explore this pocket. Therefore, a series of β-carboline derivatives has been synthesized. The compounds were evaluated for their human monoamine oxidase A and B inhibitory potency and their K i values were estimated. The results show that O-alkylated compounds with lipophilic groups like cyclohexyl, phenyl and aliphatic chains increase the inhibition of MAO-A compared to harmine. Compound 3e, with the trifluorobutyloxy group, was the most active of this series, with a K i against MAO-A of 3.6 nM. Molecular docking studies show that the trifluorobutyloxy chain occupies the hydrophobic pocket vacant with harmine. The O-alkylated compounds are less active on MAO-B than on MAO-A. However, several compounds show a better inhibition on MAO-B compared to harmine. Compound 3f, with the cyclohexylmethoxy chain, displayed the best inhibitory activity against MAO-B with a K i value of 221.6 nM. This cyclohexyl bearing analogue is also a potent MAO-A inhibitor with a K i value of 4.3 nM. Molecular docking studies show that the cyclohexyl chain also occupies a hydrophobic pocket but in different ways in MAO-A or MAO-B.
langue originale | Anglais |
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Pages (de - à) | 134-144 |
Nombre de pages | 11 |
journal | Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry |
Volume | 19 |
Numéro de publication | 1 |
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Etat de la publication | Publié - 1 janv. 2011 |
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CCDC 757790: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
Frederick, R. (Contributeur), Masereel, B. (Contributeur), Reniers, J. (Contributeur), Robert, S. (Contributeur), Vincent, S. (Contributeur) & Wouters, J. (Contributeur), Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, 1 janv. 2011
DOI: 10.5517/cctfjvl, http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/services/structure_request?id=doi:10.5517/cctfjvl&sid=DataCite
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