Synthesis and evaluation of the antioxidative potential of minoxidil–polyamine conjugates
作者:Dimitra Hadjipavlou-Litina、George E. Magoulas、Stavros E. Bariamis、Zinovia Tsimali、Konstantinos Avgoustakis、Christos A. Kontogiorgis、Constantinos M. Athanassopoulos、Dionissios Papaioannou
DOI:10.1016/j.biochi.2013.03.009
日期:2013.7
A series of conjugates (MNX-CO-PA) of minoxidil (MNX) with the polyamines (PAs) putrescine (PUT), spermidine (SPD) and spermine (SPM) as well as dopamine were produced through activation of MNX with N,N'-carbonyldiimidazole, followed by reaction with dopamine or selectively protected PAs and acid-mediated deprotection. These conjugates together with conjugates of the general type MNX-PA or PA-MNX-PA, readily produced using literature protocols, were tested as antioxidants. The most potent inhibitors of lipid peroxidation were the conjugates MNX SPM (2, 94%), SPM-MNX-SPM (4, 94%) and MNX-N-4-SPD (7, 91%) and MNX (91%). The most powerful lipoxygenase (LOX) inhibitors were MNX (IC50 = 20 mu M) and the conjugates MNX N-8-SPD (9, IC50 = 22.1 mu M), MNX-CO dopamine (11, IC50 = 28 mu M) and MNX-N-1-SPD (8, IC50 = 30 mu M). The most interesting conjugates 2, MNX-CO-PUT (5), 8 and 11 as well as MNX were generally found to exhibit weaker (22-36.5%) or no (conjugate 8) anti-inflammatory activity than indomethacin (47%) with the exception of MNX which showed almost equal potency (49%) to indomethacin. The cytocompatibility of conjugates and MNX at the highest concentration of 100 mu M showed a survival percentage of 87-107%, with the exception of conjugates with SPM (compound 2) and MNX-CO-SPM (6), which showed considerable cytotoxicity (survival percentage 8-14%). Molecular docking studies were carried on conjugate 9 and the parent compound MNX and were found to be in accordance with our experimental biological results. (C) 2013 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.