Rullo Mariagrazia, Benzi Alice, Bianchi Lara, Maccagno Massimo, Marcantoni Taddei Guglielmo, Miniero Daniela Valeria, Mangiatordi Giuseppe Felice, Lentini Giovanni, Pisani Leonardo, Petrillo Giovanni, Tavani Cinzia
Department of Pharmacy-Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Via E. Orabona, 4, 70125 Bari, Italy.
Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry (DCCI), University of Genova, Via Dodecaneso 31, 16146 Genova, Italy.
Molecules. 2025 Apr 18;30(8):1830. doi: 10.3390/molecules30081830.
Coumarin represents a privileged structural motif that is quite common in nature-derived and synthetic bioactive molecules. Some of us have recently described the straightforward preparation of complex furo[3,2-]coumarins through a sequential double coupling protocol. Aiming at finding novel chemical probes for the modulation of key anti-Alzheimer's targets, a small subset of furo[3,2-]coumarin prototypes and their non-aromatic synthetic precursors were tested in vitro as inhibitors of ChEs (acetyl- and butyrylcholinesterase, AChE and BChE) and MAOs (monoamine oxidases A and B, MAO A and MAO B). All compounds were low-micromolar AChE inhibitors devoid of toxic effects against SH-SY5Y cells. Lineweaver-Burk plots and docking simulations suggested mixed-type kinetics for inhibitor (IC = 4.1 μM toward AChE). Its promising inhibitory profile encompasses additional, highly selective, activity against monoamine oxidase B, with a submicromolar IC value (561 nM).
香豆素是一种特殊的结构基序,在天然来源和合成的生物活性分子中相当常见。我们中的一些人最近描述了通过连续双偶联协议直接制备复杂的呋喃并[3,2 - ]香豆素。为了寻找用于调节关键抗阿尔茨海默病靶点的新型化学探针,一小部分呋喃并[3,2 - ]香豆素原型及其非芳香族合成前体在体外作为胆碱酯酶(乙酰胆碱酯酶和丁酰胆碱酯酶,AChE和BChE)和单胺氧化酶(单胺氧化酶A和B,MAO A和MAO B)的抑制剂进行了测试。所有化合物都是低微摩尔浓度的AChE抑制剂,对SH - SY5Y细胞无毒性作用。Lineweaver - Burk图和对接模拟表明抑制剂(对AChE的IC = 4.1 μM)具有混合型动力学。其有前景的抑制谱包括对单胺氧化酶B的额外的、高度选择性的活性,IC值为亚微摩尔(561 nM)。