Synthesis and evaluation of arylquinones as BACE1 inhibitors, β-amyloid peptide aggregation inhibitors, and destabilizers of preformed β-amyloid fibrils
作者:Andrea Ortega、Ángela Rincón、Karim L. Jiménez-Aliaga、Paloma Bermejo-Bescós、Sagrario Martín-Aragón、María Teresa Molina、Aurelio G. Csákÿ
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2011.03.023
日期:2011.4
BACE1 activity, inhibition of A beta aggregation, and disaggregation of preformed A beta fibrils constitute the three major targets in the development of small-molecule lipophilic new drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Quinones are widely distributed among natural products and possess relevant and varied biological activities including antitumor and antibiotic, inhibition of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase, antidiabetic, or COX-inhibition, among others. We report herein the interaction of several arylquinones and their derivatives with the amyloidogenic pathway of the amyloid precursor protein processing. Our studies put forward that these compounds are promising candidates in the development of new drugs which are effective simultaneously towards the three major targets of AD. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.