1. Indoloquinoxaline derivatives as promising multi-functional anti-Alzheimer agents.
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Kanhed AM, Patel DV, Patel NR, Sinha A, Thakor PS, Patel KB, Prajapati NK, Patel KV, and Yadav MR
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- Acetylcholinesterase metabolism, Amyloid beta-Peptides, Cholinesterases metabolism, Drug Design, Humans, Ligands, Molecular Docking Simulation, Structure-Activity Relationship, Alzheimer Disease drug therapy, Alzheimer Disease metabolism, Cholinesterase Inhibitors chemistry
- Abstract
To confront a disease like Alzheimer's disease having complex pathogenesis, development of multitarget-directed ligands has emerged as a promising drug discovery approach. In our endeavor towards the development of multitarget-directed ligands for Alzheimer's disease, a series of indoloquinoxaline derivatives were designed and synthesized. In vitro cholinesterase inhibition studies revealed that all the synthesized compounds exhibited moderate to good cholinesterase inhibitory activity. 6-(6-(Piperidin-1-yl)hexyl)-6 H -indolo[2,3- b ]quinoxaline 9f was identified as the most potent and selective BuChE inhibitor (IC
50 = 0.96 µM, selectivity index = 0.17) that possessed 2 fold higher BuChE inhibitory activity compared to the commercially approved reference drug donepezil (IC50 = 1.87 µM). Moreover, compound 9f is also endowed with self-induced Aβ1-42 aggregation inhibitory activity (51.24% inhibition at 50 μM concentration). Some of the compounds of the series also displayed moderate anti-oxidant activity. To perceive a putative binding mode of the compound 9f , molecular docking studies were carried out, and the results pointed out significant interactions of compound 9f with the enzymes in the binding sites of cholinesterases as well as Aβ1-42 . Additionally, compound 9f exhibited favorable in silico ADMET properties. Put together these findings project compound 9f as a potential multitarget-directed ligand in the direction of developing novel anti-AD drugs.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.- Published
- 2022
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