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ArticleJournal of chromatography. A2009

Immobilized butyrylcholinesterase in the characterization of new inhibitors that could ease Alzheimer's disease.

Manuela Bartolini, Nigel H Greig, Qian-Sheng Yu, Vincenza Andrisano

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Article in Journal of chromatography. A, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Manuela BartoliniDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Via Belmeloro 6, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
Nigel H Greig
Qian-Sheng Yu
Vincenza Andrisano
University of Bologna · ITNational Institute on Aging · USNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Design And Development Of Experimental Therapeutics ((Systemic & Neurodegenerative Disorders and Alzheimer's Disease)ZIAAG000311 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI GREIG, NIGEL H. · 2009 to 2025
$16.0M
Design And Development Of Experimental TherapeuticsZ01AG000311 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI GREIG, NIGEL H. · 2001 to 2008
$1.7M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 AG000311
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Focus of this work was the development and characterization of a new immobilized enzyme reactor (IMER) containing human recombinant butyrylcholinesterase (rBChE) for the on-line kinetic characterization of specific, pseudo-irreversible and brain-targeted BChE inhibitors as potential drug candidates for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Specifically, a rBChE-IMER containing 0.99 U of covalently bound target enzyme was purposely developed and inserted into a HPLC system connected to a UV-vis detector. Selected reversible cholinesterase inhibitors, (-)-phenserine and (-)-cymserine analogues, were then kinetically characterized by rBChE-IMER, and by classical in solution assays and their carbamoylation and decarbamoylation constants were determined. The results support the elucidation of the potency, inhibition duration, mode of action and specific structure/activity relations of these agents and allow cross-validation of the two assay techniques.

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Alzheimer DiseaseButyrylcholinesteraseCholinesterase InhibitorsChromatography, High Pressure LiquidDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalEnzymes, ImmobilizedHumansRecombinant ProteinsButyrylcholinesteraseCholinesterase InhibitorsEnzymes, ImmobilizedRecombinant Proteins

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PMID18950780
PMCPMC2653597
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