An efficient Pd-catalyzed carbonylation protocol is described for the coupling of a large panel of aryl, heteroaryl, benzyl, vinyl and allyl halides 2 with the unusual N-hydroxysuccinimidyl (NHS) formate 1 as a CO surrogate to afford the corresponding valuable NHS esters 3. High conversion to the coupling products was achieved with up to 98% yield by means of Pd(OAc)(2)/Xantphos catalyst system.
Dihydroquinoline Carbamate Derivatives as “Bio-oxidizable” Prodrugs for Brain Delivery of Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors: [<sup>11</sup>C] Radiosynthesis and Biological Evaluation
With the aim of improving the efficiency of marketed acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitors in the symptomatic treatment of Alzheimer's disease, plagued by adverse effects arising from peripheral cholinergic activation, this work reports a biological evaluation of new central AChE inhibitors based on an original "bio-oxidizable" prodrug strategy. After peripheral injection of the prodrug la [IC50 > 1 mM (hAChE)] in mice, monitoring markers of central and peripheral cholinergic activation provided in vivo proof-of-concept for brain delivery of the drug 2a [IC50 = 20 nM (hAChE)] through central redox activation of la. Interestingly, peripheral cholinergic activation has been shown to be limited in time, likely due to the presence of a permanent positive charge in 2a promoting rapid elimination of the AChE inhibitor from the circulation of mice. To support these assumptions, the radiosynthesis with carbon-11 of prodrug la was developed for additional ex vivo studies in rats. Whole-body biodistribution of radioactivity revealed high accumulation in excretory organs along with moderate but rapid brain uptake. Radio-HPLC analyses of brain samples confirm rapid CNS penetration of [C-11] la, while identification of [C-11]2a and [C-11]3a both accounts for central redox activation of la and pseudoirreversible inhibition of AChE, respectively. Finally, Caco-2 permeability assays predicted metabolite 3a as a substrate for efflux transporters (P-gp inter alia), suggesting that metabolite 3a might possibly be actively transported out of the brain. Overall, a large body of evidence from in vivo and ex vivo studies on small animals has been collected to validate this "bio-oxidizable" prodrug approach, emerging as a very promising strategy in the rational design of selective central AChE inhibitors.
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Rational design of central selective acetylcholinesterase inhibitors by means of a “bio-oxidisable prodrug” strategy
作者:Pierre Bohn、Nicolas Le Fur、Guillaume Hagues、Jean Costentin、Nicolas Torquet、Cyril Papamicaël、Francis Marsais、Vincent Levacher
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oxidation of an N-alkyl-1,4-dihydroquinoline 1 to the corresponding quinolinium salt 2 unmasking the positive charge required for binding to the catalytic anionic site of the enzyme. The synthesis of a set of 1,4-dihydroquinolines 1 and their corresponding quinolinium salts 2 is presented. An in vitro biologicalevaluation revealed that while all reduced forms 1 were unable to exhibit any anticholinesterase