Structural highlights
Disease
[CHLE_HUMAN] Defects in BCHE are the cause of butyrylcholinesterase deficiency (BChE deficiency) [MIM:177400]. BChE deficiency is a metabolic disorder characterized by prolonged apnoea after the use of certain anesthetic drugs, including the muscle relaxants succinylcholine or mivacurium and other ester local anesthetics. The duration of the prolonged apnoea varies significantly depending on the extent of the enzyme deficiency. BChE deficiency is a multifactorial disorder. The hereditary condition is transmitted as an autosomal recessive trait.
Function
[CHLE_HUMAN] Esterase with broad substrate specificity. Contributes to the inactivation of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. Can degrade neurotoxic organophosphate esters.[1] [2]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Tremendous efforts have been dedicated to the development of effective therapeutics against Alzheimer's disease, which represents the most common debilitating neurodegenerative disease. Multifunctional agents are molecules designed to have simultaneous effects on different pathological processes. Such compounds represent an emerging strategy for the development of effective treatments against Alzheimer's disease. Here, we report on the synthesis and biological evaluation of a series of nitroxoline-based analogs that were designed by merging the scaffold of 8-hydroxyquinoline with that of a known selective butyrylcholinesterase inhibitor that has promising anti-Alzheimer properties. Most strikingly, compound 8g inhibits self-induced aggregation of the amyloid beta peptide (Abeta1-42), inhibits with sub-micromolar potency butyrylcholinesterase (IC50=215nM), and also selectively complexes Cu2+. Our study thus designates this compound as a promising multifunctional agent for therapeutic treatment of Alzheimer's disease. The crystal structure of human butyrylcholinesterase in complex with compound 8g is also solved, which suggests ways to further optimize compounds featuring the 8-hydroxyquinoline scaffold.
Structure-based development of nitroxoline derivatives as potential multifunctional anti-Alzheimer agents.,Knez D, Brus B, Coquelle N, Sosic I, Sink R, Brazzolotto X, Mravljak J, Colletier JP, Gobec S Bioorg Med Chem. 2015 Jun 14. pii: S0968-0896(15)00504-0. doi:, 10.1016/j.bmc.2015.06.010. PMID:26116179[3]
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References
- ↑ Chilukuri N, Duysen EG, Parikh K, diTargiani R, Doctor BP, Lockridge O, Saxena A. Adenovirus-transduced human butyrylcholinesterase in mouse blood functions as a bioscavenger of chemical warfare nerve agents. Mol Pharmacol. 2009 Sep;76(3):612-7. doi: 10.1124/mol.109.055665. Epub 2009 Jun, 19. PMID:19542320 doi:10.1124/mol.109.055665
- ↑ Amitay M, Shurki A. The structure of G117H mutant of butyrylcholinesterase: nerve agents scavenger. Proteins. 2009 Nov 1;77(2):370-7. doi: 10.1002/prot.22442. PMID:19452557 doi:10.1002/prot.22442
- ↑ Knez D, Brus B, Coquelle N, Sosic I, Sink R, Brazzolotto X, Mravljak J, Colletier JP, Gobec S. Structure-based development of nitroxoline derivatives as potential multifunctional anti-Alzheimer agents. Bioorg Med Chem. 2015 Jun 14. pii: S0968-0896(15)00504-0. doi:, 10.1016/j.bmc.2015.06.010. PMID:26116179 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bmc.2015.06.010
