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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2019

Novel Approach for the Search for Chemical Scaffolds with Dual Activity with Acetylcholinesterase and the α7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor-A Perspective for the Treatment of Neurodegenerative Disorders.

Natalia M Kowal, Dinesh C Indurthi, Philip K Ahring, Mary Chebib, Elin S Olafsdottir, Thomas Balle

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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6 authors.

Natalia M KowalFaculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, 107 Reykjavik, Iceland. nmp@hi.is.
Dinesh C IndurthiSydney School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. dind5627@uni.sydney.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0003-3699-9154
Philip K AhringSydney School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. philip.ahring@sydney.edu.au.
Mary ChebibSydney School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. mary.collins@sydney.edu.au.
Elin S OlafsdottirFaculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, 107 Reykjavik, Iceland. elinsol@hi.is.
Thomas BalleSydney School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. thomas.balle@sydney.edu.au.

Funding

Australian Research Council LP140100781Bergthoru and Thorsteins Scheving Thorsteinsson Fund N.A.Háskóli Íslands N.A.Icelandic Research Fund 152604053National Health and Medical Research Council APP1069417
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer's disease, belong to the group of the most difficult and challenging conditions with very limited treatment options. Attempts to find new drugs in most cases fail at the clinical stage. New tactics to develop better drug candidates to manage these diseases are urgently needed. It is evident that better understanding of the neurodegeneration process is required and targeting multiple receptors may be essential. Herein, we present a novel approach, searching for dual active compounds interacting with acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and the α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) using computational chemistry methods including homology modelling and high throughput virtual screening. Activities of identified hits were evaluated at the two targets using the colorimetric method of Ellman and two-electrode voltage-clamp electrophysiology, respectively. Out of 87,250 compounds from a ZINC database of natural products and their derivatives, we identified two compounds,

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Drug DesignLigandsQuantitative Structure-Activity RelationshipAcetylcholinesterasealpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine ReceptorAnimalsDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalEnzyme ActivationHumansKinesicsMolecular Docking SimulationMolecular Dynamics SimulationMolecular StructureNeurodegenerative DiseasesAcetylcholinesterasealpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine ReceptorLigandsacetylcholinesteraseAChEdockingdual mode of actionlead identificationmulti modalnAChRneurodegenerative disordersnicotinic acetylcholine receptorvirtual screening

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PMID30691196
PMCPMC6384821

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