Exploiting the lipoic acid structure in the search for novel multitarget ligands against Alzheimer’s disease
作者:Michela Rosini、Elena Simoni、Manuela Bartolini、Andrea Tarozzi、Riccardo Matera、Andrea Milelli、Patrizia Hrelia、Vincenza Andrisano、Maria Laura Bolognesi、Carlo Melchiorre
DOI:10.1016/j.ejmech.2011.09.001
日期:2011.11
Lipoic acid (LA) is a natural antioxidant. Its structure was previously combined with that of the acetylcholinesterase inhibitor tacrine to give lipocrine (1), a lead compound multitargeted against Alzheimer's disease (AD). Herein, we further explore LA as a privileged structure for developing multimodal compounds to investigate AD. First, we studied the effect of LA chirality by evaluating the cholinesterase profile of 1's enantiomers. Then, a new series of LA hybrids was designed and synthesized by combining racemic LA with motifs of other known anticholinesterase agents (rivastigmine and memoquin). This afforded 4, which represents a step forward in the search for balanced anticholinesterase and antioxidant capacities. (C) 2011 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.