This work describes the design, synthesis, AChE inhibitory activity, and structure-activity relationship of compounds related to a recently discovered series of AChE inhibitors: phthalimide alkyloxyphenyl N-methylcarbamates. The influence of structural variations on inhibitory potency was carefully investigated by modifying different alkyloxy chain lengths and positions between phthalimide and phenyl N-methylcarbamate. The biological properties of the series were investigated in some detail by considering their activity on isolated enzymes. All of the newly synthesized derivatives, when tested on isolated AChE from the brain of the housefly (Musca domestica), were more active than phenyl N-methylcarbamate. In particular, compound I1 displayed the best AChE inhibition (352-fold higher than phenyl N-methylcarbamate, and 29-fold higher than metolcarb), which suggested that the phthalimide group of I1 bound strongly to the residues lining the gorge, and phenyl N-methylcarbamate bound at the catalytic sites.
a b s t r a c tBased on the multiple binding sites of acetylcholinesterase (AChE), a series of AChE inhibitors: phthalimide alkyloxyphenyl N,N-dimethylcarbamate were designed and synthesized. AChE inhibitory activity and structure-activity relationship of the compounds were researched also. The influence of structural variations on the inhibitory potency was carefully investigated by modifying different alkyloxy chain length and position between phthalimide and phenyl N,N-dimethylcarbamate (PDM). The biological properties of the series were investigated by considering the activity on isolated enzyme. Some of the newly synthesized derivatives, when tested on isolated AChE from head of housefly (Musca domestica), were more active than PDM. The compounds J1, J2 and K1-K8 demonstrated higher inhibitory activity (5-to 404-fold) for AChE than that of PDM. In particular, compound K1 displayed the best AChE inhibition (404-fold higher than PDM), which suggested that phthalimide group of K1 strongly bound at the residues lining the gorge while phenyl N,N-dimethylcarbamate bound at the catalytic site.
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