Development of hydroxylated naphthylchalcones as polyphenol oxidase inhibitors: Synthesis, biochemistry and molecular docking studies
作者:Sini Radhakrishnan、Ronald Shimmon、Costa Conn、Anthony Baker
DOI:10.1016/j.bioorg.2015.10.003
日期:2015.12
Polyphenol oxidase (Tyrosinase) has received great attention, since it is the key enzyme in melanin biosynthesis. In this study, novel hydroxy naphthylchalcone compounds were synthesized, and their inhibitory effects on mushroom tyrosinase activity were evaluated. The structures of the compounds synthesized were confirmed by H-1 NMR, C-13 NMR, FTIR and HRMS. Two of the compounds synthesized inhibited the diphenolase activity of tyrosinase in a dose dependent manner and exhibited much higher tyrosinase inhibitory activities (IC50 values of 10.4 mu M and 14.4 mu M, respectively) than the positive control, kojic acid (IC50: 27.5 mu M). Kinetic analysis showed that their inhibition was reversible. Both the novel compounds displayed competitive inhibition with their K-i values of 3.8 mu M and 4.5 mu M, respectively. Docking results confirmed that the active inhibitors strongly interacted with the mushroom tyrosinase residues. This study suggests hydroxy naphthylchalcone compounds to serve as promising candidates for use as depigmentation agents. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.