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Tacrine-xanomeline and tacrine-iperoxo hybrid ligands: Synthesis and biological evaluation at acetylcholinesterase and M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors
Cirillo, Davide,Dallanoce, Clelia,De Amici, Marco,Holzgrabe, Ulrike,Maspero, Marco,Messerer, Regina,Sotriffer, Christoph,Volpato, Daniela,Yuan Chen, Natalia
, (2020/02/11)
We synthesized a set of new hybrid derivatives (7-C8, 7-C10, 7-C12 and 8-C8, 8-C10, 8-C12), in which a polymethylene spacer chain of variable length connected the pharmacophoric moiety of xanomeline, an M1/M4-preferring orthosteric muscarinic agonist, with that of tacrine, a well-known acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitor able to allosterically modulate muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChRs). When tested in vitro in a colorimetric assay for their ability to inhibit AChE, the new compounds showed higher or similar potency compared to that of tacrine. Docking analyses were performed on the most potent inhibitors in the series (8-C8, 8-C10, 8-C12) to rationalize their experimental inhibitory power against AChE. Next, we evaluated the signaling cascade at M1 mAChRs by exploring the interaction of Gαq-PLC-β3 proteins through split luciferase assays and the myo-Inositol 1 phosphate (IP1) accumulation in cells. The results were compared with those obtained on the known derivatives 6-C7 and 6-C10, two quite potent AChE inhibitors in which tacrine is linked to iperoxo, an exceptionally potent muscarinic orthosteric activator. Interestingly, we found that 6-C7 and 6-C10 behaved as partial agonists of the M1 mAChR, at variance with hybrids 7-Cn and 8-Cn containing xanomeline as the orthosteric molecular fragment, which were all unable to activate the receptor subtype response.
Facile Access to 1,4-Disubstituted Pyrrolo[1,2- a ]pyrazines from α-Aminoacetonitriles
Basha, Mushkin,Belema, Makonen,Dhar, T. G. Murali,Gupta, Anuradha,Gupta, Arun Kumar,Indasi, Gopi Kumar,Karmakar, Ananta,Mathur, Arvind,Meanwell, Nicholas A.,Ramalingam, Sridharan,Rampulla, Richard
supporting information, p. 441 - 449 (2020/01/23)
An efficient and practical synthetic protocol for the synthesis of 1,4-disubstituted pyrrolo[1,2- a ]pyrazine derivatives is described that originates from α-substituted pyrroloacetonitriles which, in turn, are readily available from aryl and alkyl aldehydes. The α-pyrroloacetonitriles were subjected to a Friedel-Crafts acylation with methyl chlorooxoacetate followed by reduction of the nitrile group under Pd-catalyzed hydrogenation conditions and finally aromatization with DDQ leading to the desired pyrrolo[1,2- a ]pyrazine derivatives. This method was generalized and successfully applied to various aryl, heteroaryl, and alkyl substrates. The developed protocol provides direct and convenient access to 1,4-disubstituted ring systems in moderate to good overall yields (51-68percent) without the need for purification of the intermediates. Further functionalization via the stepwise halogenation (bromination, iodination) and nitration was also demonstrated. In addition, the potential of the ester functionality for elaboration was demonstrated by manipulating into heterocyclic ring systems, exemplified by conversion into benzoxazole derivatives.
Hybrid molecules from xanomeline and tacrine: Enhanced tacrine actions on cholinesterases and muscarinic M1 receptors
Fang, Lei,Jumpertz, Sabine,Zhang, Yihua,Appenroth, Dorothea,Fleck, Christian,Mohr, Klaus,Tr?nkle, Christian,Decker, Michael
scheme or table, p. 2094 - 2103 (2010/08/19)
A set of amide- and amine-linked hybrid molecules comprising moieties of the orthosteric M1 muscarinic receptor agonist xanomeline and the Cholinesterase inhibitor and allosteric receptor modulator tacrine were prepared with varying spacer length of 10-17 atoms. The hybrids inhibited acetylcholinesterase with similar or higher potency compared to tacrine. M 1 receptor binding affinity was similar or higher relative to xanomeline and far higher relative to tacrine. Affinities hardly changed when the receptors' orthosteric site was occupied by an inverse agonist ligand. When occupied by the orthosteric activator acetylcholine, affinity for the hybrids declined to unmeasureably low levels. Hybrids did not activate M1 receptors. In vivo studies assaying cognition impairment in rats induced by scopolamine revealed pronounced enhancement of scopolamine action. Taken together, instead of dualsteric (simultaneous allosteric/orthosteric) binding, the hybrids seem to prefer purely allosteric binding at the inactive M 1 receptor.
