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Baltzly
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Combined molecular modeling and cholinesterase inhibition studies on some natural and semisynthetic O-alkylcoumarin derivatives
Orhan, Ilkay Erdogan,Senol Deniz, F. Sezer,Salmas, Ramin Ekhteiari,Durdagi, Serdar,Epifano, Francesco,Genovese, Salvatore,Fiorito, Serena
, p. 355 - 362 (2018/12/13)
Coumarins of synthetic or natural origins are an important chemical class exerting diverse pharmacological activities. In the present study, 26 novel O-alkylcoumarin derivatives were synthesized and have been tested at 100 μM for their in vitro inhibitory potential against acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrlcholinesterase (BChE) targets which are the key enzymes playing role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. Among the tested coumarins, none of them could inhibit AChE, whereas 12 of them exerted a marked and selective inhibition against BChE as compared to the reference (galanthamine, IC50 = 46.58 ± 0.91 μM). In fact, 10 of the active coumarins showed higher inhibition (IC50 = 7.01 ± 0.28 μM – 43.31 ± 3.63 μM) than that of galanthamine. The most active ones were revealed to be 7-styryloxycoumarin (IC50 = 7.01 ± 0.28 μM) and 7-isopentenyloxy-4-methylcoumarin (IC50 = 8.18 ± 0.74 μM). In addition to the in vitro tests, MetaCore/MetaDrug binary QSAR models and docking simulations were applied to evaluate the active compounds by ligand-based and target-driven approaches. The predicted pharmacokinetic profiles of the compounds suggested that the compounds reveal lipophilic character and permeate blood brain barrier (BBB) and the ADME models predict higher human serum protein binding percentages (>50%) for the compounds. The calculated docking scores indicated that the coumarins showing remarkable BChE inhibition possessed favorable free binding energies in interacting with the ligand-binding domain of the target. Therefore, our results disclose that O-alkylcoumarins are promising selective inhibitors of cholinesterase enzymes, particularly BChE in our case, which definitely deserve further studies.
Interaction of 7-Alkoxycoumarins with the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor
Gargaro, Marco,Epifano, Francesco,Fiorito, Serena,Taddeo, Vito Alessandro,Genovese, Salvatore,Pirro, Matteo,Turco, Antonella,Puccetti, Paolo,Schmidt-Weber, Carsten B.,Fallarino, Francesca
, p. 1939 - 1943 (2017/06/28)
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) is a transcription factor activated by a vast array of natural and synthetic ligands. It plays a pivotal role in numerous physiological and pathological responses, such as cell proliferation and differentiation, induction of xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes, response to environmental toxins, and several others. In this study, we investigated the ability of some natural compounds (oxyprenylated ferulic acid and umbelliferone derivatives) and their semisynthetic analogues (e.g., differently substituted 7-Alkoxycoumarins) to activate AhR, using a reporter luciferase assay. Among them, we found that 7-isopentenyloxycoumarin was the best AhR activator. Boropinic acid, 7-but-2′-enyloxycoumarin, 7-(2′,2′-dimethyl-n-propyloxy)coumarin, 7-benzyloxycoumarin, and 7-(3′-hydroxymethyl-3′-methylallyloxy)coumarin were also active, although to a lesser extent. All the compounds were also analyzed for their ability to inhibit AhR activation, using a reference ligand, 6-formylindolo[3,2-b]carbazole. Data recorded in the present investigation pointed out the importance of a 3,3-dimethylallyloxy side chain attached to the coumarin ring core as a key moiety for AhR activation.
