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Department of Medicinal Chemistry in the College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
E-mail: sylviegt@umich.edu
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Chemical Biology Doctoral Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
c
Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Med. Chem. Commun., 2011,2, 406-412
DOI:
10.1039/C0MD00256A
Received
10 Dec 2010,
Accepted
15 Feb 2011
First published online
09 Mar 2011
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a complex syndrome characterized by the degeneration of the brain and central nervous system that may be caused by an assortment of genetic and environmental factors. Consequently, a conjunctive approach targeting multiple affecters of AD could lead to improved drug candidates for the treatment of AD. A convergent chemical synthetic approach yielded a series of tacrine-mefenamic acid hybrids that were evaluated for their ability to inhibit acetylcholinesterase (AChE). A majority of the compounds tested showed low nanomolar IC50 values, an improvement over the parent compound, tacrine, suggesting that they could be effective in increasing cholinergic function. Additionally, an assay to evaluate the compounds upon exposure to reactive oxygen species was performed, the results of which may suggest a role for the mefenamic acid moiety in the inhibition of AChE. Molecular modeling studies were performed to rationalize the experimental results.
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