A series of nine polypyridyl-ruthenium (II) complexes (N-ligands ¼ 2,2 0 -bipyridines; 2,2 0 -6 0 ,2 0 -terpyridines, di-alkyloxy-2, 2 0 -6,2-bipyridine-3,3 0 -di-carboxylates), were tested against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MBT). The complex (11) showed remarkable activity against MBT as compared to other complexes, (1-10). The aquo ligand of complex (11), as opposed to other chloro and acetonitrile derivatives, appears to play a key role in the antitubercular potency of this new class of metal-based compounds.
Background:
One of the best methods to treat Alzheimer disease (AD) is through the effective use of cholinesterase
inhibitors as vital drugs due to the identification of acetylcholine deficit in the AD patients.
Objective:
The present study aims the investigation of spiro heterocyclic compounds as potential AD agents supported by their metal
chelation capacity, POM analyses and DFT studies respectively.
Method:
The cholinesterase inhibition and metal chelation ability was performed on ELISA microtiter assay. Whereas B3LYP
method with 6-31+G(d,p) basis set was implemented to study HOMO-LUMO energy calculations. The pharmacokinetic properties of
the synthesized molecules were studied through Petra, Osiris and Molinspiration (POM).
Results:
The six spiro (1-6) skeletons were tested for their inhibitory potential and metal-chelation capacity. Our findings revealed
that the tested spiro skeletons exerted none or lower than 50% inhibition against both cholinesterases, while compound 4 proved to be
the most active molecule with 57.21±0.89% of inhibition toward BChE. The spiro molecule 3 exhibited the highest metal-chelation
capacity (9.12±5.26%). Molecular docking model for the most active molecule exhibited promising bindings with AChE and BChE’s
active site pertained to hydrophobic hydrogen bonds and positive ionizable interactions. The POM analyses gave the information
about the flexibility at the site of coordination of spiro compounds (1-6).
Conclusion:
The screening of spirocompounds (1-6) against cholinesterases revealed that some of them show considerable potential
to inhibit AChE and BChE. Herein we propose that the spiro molecules after further derivatization could serve interesting AD
inhibitor drugs.
We report herein the design and synthesis of 17 new spiroheterocycles 10-26, on the basis of two hypothetical pharmacophore structures designed to interact with both of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria and HIV-1 virus. The in vitro biological evaluation of these compounds allowed us to point out seven new potential non-nucleoside hits, with MIC values in the range of 6.25 µg/mL and two new potential anti-HIV-1 inhibitors .
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