Chemical and pharmacological characterization of galanthamine, an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, and its derivatives. A potential application in Alzheimer's disease?
摘要:
We conducted structural and pharmacological studies of galanthamine, a cortical acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitor, and 19 structural analogs. Systematic derivatization of galanthamine at the cyclohexene ring, tertiary amino, hydroxyl and methoxyl functions indicated that these structural features are essential for biological activity. Molecular modeling studies suggested that the low energy conformations of the analogs are similar to that of the parent. One derivative, galanthamine n-butyl carbamate, had an LD50 of over 100 mg/kg (ip) in mice. In a passive avoidance paradigm, this analog improved performance in a dose-dependent fashion with a peak effect at 0.1 mg/kg in control and 0.5 mg/kg in basal forebrain lesioned mice. In the same paradigm, the peak effect of the parent compound is a 6-fold higher dose. With this surprinsingly high therapeutic ratio, this compound may be of interest in treating cholinergic deficits of the central nervous system such as Alzheimer's disease.
CHOLINERGIC ENHANCERS WITH IMPROVED BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER PERMEABILITY FOR THE TREATMENT OF DISEASES ACCOMPANIED BY COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT
申请人:Maelicke Alfred
公开号:US20070213318A1
公开(公告)日:2007-09-13
The present invention refers to compounds that, in addition to enhancing the sensitivity to acetylcholine and choline of neuronal cholinergic receptors and/or acting as cholinesterase inhibitors and/or neuroprotective agents, have enhanced blood-brain barrier permeability in comparison to their parent compounds. The compounds are derived (either formally by their chemical structure or directly by chemical synthesis) from natural compounds belonging to the class of amaryllidaceae alkaloids e.g. galanthamine, narwedine and lycoramine, or from metabolites of said compounds. The compounds of the present invention can either interact as such with their target molecules, or they can act as “pro-drugs”, in the sense that after reaching their target regions in the body they are converted by hydrolysis or enzymatic attack to the original parent compound and react as such with their target molecules, or both. The compounds of this invention may be used as medicaments for the treatment of human brain diseases associated with a cholinergic deficit, including the neurodegenerative diseases Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease and the psychiatric diseases vascular dementia, schizophrenia and epilepsy.
Cholinergic Enhancers with Improved Blood-Brain Barrier permeability for the Treatment of Diseases Accompanied by Cognitive Impairment
申请人:Maelicke Alfred
公开号:US20080261954A1
公开(公告)日:2008-10-23
The present invention refers to compounds that, in addition to enhancing the sensitivity to acetylcholine and choline, and their exogenous agonists, of neuronal cholinergic receptors and/or acting as cholinesterase inhibitors and/or neuroprotective agents, have enhanced blood-brain barrier permeability in comparison to their parent compounds. The compounds are derived (either formally by their chemical structure or directly by chemical synthesis) from natural compounds belonging to the class of amaryllidaceae alkaloids e.g. Galanthamine, narwedine and lycoramine, or from metabolites of said compounds.
Analogs of (4aS,6R,8aS)-5,6,9,10,11,12-hexahydro-3-methoxy-11-methyl-4aH-[1]benzofuro[3a,3,2-ef][2]benzazepin-6-ol of the formula:
wherein
R
1
carbamate, carbonate or carboxlate group;
R
2
is alkoxy group of from one to six carbon atoms, a hydroxy group, hydrogen, an alkanoyloxy group or 2 to 10 carbon atoms, a benzoyloxy or substituted benzoyloxy group, a carbonate group of 1 to 10 carbon atoms or a carbamate group such as a mono alkyl or dialkyl or an aryl carbamate wherein the alkyl groups or aryl groups contain from 1 to 10 carbons; and
R
3
is hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 10 carbon atoms, benzyl, cyclopropylmethyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted benzoyloxy group are of use in treating persons meeting criteria for having a risk of developing Alzheimer's type dementia, before symptoms of dementia are observed by reducing the decline of Aβ amyloid CSF.
TREATMENT OF RETT SYNDROME
申请人:EMICIPI LLC
公开号:US20170182058A1
公开(公告)日:2017-06-29
Rett syndrome (RTT), a childhood neurological disorder that affects primarily females, may be treated by use of a galanthamine analog wherein the hydroxy group of galantamine is replaced of a carbarnate, carbonate or ester group and the methoxy group may be replaced by another alkoxy group of from two to six carbon atoms, a hydroxy group, hydrogen, an alkanoyloxy group or 2 to 10 carbon atoms, a benzoyloxy or substituted benzoyloxy group, a carbonate group of 1 to 10 carbon atoms or a carbamate group such as a mono alkyl or dialkyl or an aryl carbamate wherein the alkyl grottos or aryl groups contain from 1 to 10 carbons; and the N-methyl group may be replaced by hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 10 carbon atoms benzyl, cyclopropylmethyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted benzoyloxy group. Galantamine mon-alkylcarbarnates are particularly useful.
Chemical and pharmacological characterization of galanthamine, an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, and its derivatives. A potential application in Alzheimer's disease?
We conducted structural and pharmacological studies of galanthamine, a cortical acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitor, and 19 structural analogs. Systematic derivatization of galanthamine at the cyclohexene ring, tertiary amino, hydroxyl and methoxyl functions indicated that these structural features are essential for biological activity. Molecular modeling studies suggested that the low energy conformations of the analogs are similar to that of the parent. One derivative, galanthamine n-butyl carbamate, had an LD50 of over 100 mg/kg (ip) in mice. In a passive avoidance paradigm, this analog improved performance in a dose-dependent fashion with a peak effect at 0.1 mg/kg in control and 0.5 mg/kg in basal forebrain lesioned mice. In the same paradigm, the peak effect of the parent compound is a 6-fold higher dose. With this surprinsingly high therapeutic ratio, this compound may be of interest in treating cholinergic deficits of the central nervous system such as Alzheimer's disease.