N-Propargylamine-hydroxypyridinone hybrids as multitarget agents for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/j.bioorg.2021.105013

AD is a progressive brain disorder. Because of the lack of remarkable single-target drugs against neurodegenerative disorders, the multitarget-directed ligand strategy has received attention as a promising therapeutic approach. Herein, we rationally designed twenty-nine hybrids of N-propargylamine-hydroxypyridinone. The designed hybrids possessed excellent iron-chelating activity (pFe³⁺ = 17.09–22.02) and potent monoamine oxidase B inhibitory effects. Various biological evaluations of the optimal compound 6b were performed step by step, including inhibition screening of monoamine oxidase (hMAO-B IC₅₀ = 0.083 ± 0.001 μM, hMAO-A IC₅₀ = 6.11 ± 0.08 μM; SI = 73.5), prediction of blood–brain barrier permeability and mouse behavioral research. All of these favorable results proved that the N-propargylamine-hydroxypyridinone scaffold is a promising structure for the discovery of multitargeted ligands for AD therapy.