QuinoxalineTacrine QT78, a Cholinesterase Inhibitor as a Potential Ligand for Alzheimer’s Disease Therapy

We report the synthesis and relevant pharmacological properties of the quinoxalinetacrine (QT) hybrid <b>QT78</b> in a project targeted to identify new non-hepatotoxic tacrine derivatives for Alzheimer’s disease therapy. We have found that <b>QT78</b> is less toxic than tacri...

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Autores: Ramos, Eva, Palomino-Antolín, Alejandra, Bartolini, Manuela, Iriepa, Isabel, Moraleda, Ignacio, Diez-Iriepa, Daniel, Samadi, Abdelouahid, Cortina, Carol V., Chioua, Mourad, Egea, Javier, Romero Jódar, Alejandro, Marco-Contelles, José
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/180729
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/180729
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Alzheimer’s disease
Cholinesterase inhibitors
Hepatotoxicity
Molecular modeling
Neuroprotection
Quinoxalines
Quinoxalinetacrines
Tacrine
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Sumario:We report the synthesis and relevant pharmacological properties of the quinoxalinetacrine (QT) hybrid <b>QT78</b> in a project targeted to identify new non-hepatotoxic tacrine derivatives for Alzheimer’s disease therapy. We have found that <b>QT78</b> is less toxic than tacrine at high concentrations (from 100 μM to 1 mM), less potent than tacrine as a ChE inhibitor, but shows selective BuChE inhibition (IC<sub>50</sub> (hAChE) = 22.0 ± 1.3 μM; IC<sub>50</sub> (hBuChE) = 6.79 ± 0.33 μM). Moreover, <b>QT78</b> showed effective and strong neuroprotection against diverse toxic stimuli, such as rotenone plus oligomycin-A or okadaic acid, of biological significance for Alzheimer’s disease.