Crystal structure of Torpedo Californica acetylcholinesterase in complex with 2-{1-[2-(6-Chloro-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroacridin-9-ylamino)ethyl]-1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl}-N-[4-(hydroxy)-3-methoxybenzyl]acetamide
Revelation date
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04-Apr-2018
Family
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ACHE: there are 543 genes in this family, 316 structure(s)
Symptomatic treatment of myasthenia gravis is based on the use of peripherally-acting acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitors that, in some cases, must be discontinued due to the occurrence of a number of side-effects. Thus, new AChE inhibitors are being developed and investigated for their potential use against this disease. Here, we have explored two alternative approaches to get access to peripherally-acting AChE inhibitors as new agents against myasthenia gravis, by structural modification of the brain permeable anti-Alzheimer AChE inhibitors tacrine, 6-chlorotacrine, and huprine Y. Both quaternization upon methylation of the quinoline nitrogen atom, and tethering of a triazole ring, with, in some cases, the additional incorporation of a polyphenol-like moiety, result in more polar compounds with higher inhibitory activity against human AChE (up to 190-fold) and butyrylcholinesterase (up to 40-fold) than pyridostigmine, the standard drug for symptomatic treatment of myasthenia gravis. The novel compounds are furthermore devoid of brain permeability, thereby emerging as interesting leads against myasthenia gravis.
Representative scheme of ACHE structure and an image from PDBsum server
Databases
PDB-Sum
6G1W Previously Class, Architecture, Topology and Homologous superfamily - PDB-Sum server
FSSP
6G1WFold classification based on Structure-Structure alignment of Proteins - FSSP server
