ArticleBiometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine2021
Conjugates of desferrioxamine and aromatic amines improve markers of iron-dependent neurotoxicity.
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- Conjugates of desferrioxamine with 5-aminolevulinic or γ-aminobutyric acid: synthesis, theoretical studies, iron-chelating ability, and penetration in human Caco-2 cells.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2026Article
- Can iron chelators ameliorate viral infections?Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2024Review
- Alternative Pharmacological Strategies for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease: Focus on Neuromodulator Function.Biomedicines · 2022Review
- Iron overload and neurodegenerative diseases: What can we learn fromToxicology research and applicationArticle
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Abstract
Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a complex neurodegenerative disorder associated in some instances with dyshomeostasis of redox-active metal ions, such as copper and iron. In this work, we investigated whether the conjugation of various aromatic amines would improve the pharmacological efficacy of the iron chelator desferrioxamine (DFO). Conjugates of DFO with aniline (DFOANI), benzosulfanylamide (DFOBAN), 2-naphthalenamine (DFONAF) and 6-quinolinamine (DFOQUN) were obtained and their properties examined. DFOQUN had good chelating activity, promoted a significant increase in the inhibition of β-amyloid peptide aggregation when compared to DFO, and also inhibited acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity both in vitro and in vivo (Caenorhabditis elegans). These data indicate that the covalent conjugation of a strong iron chelator to an AChE inhibitor offers a powerful approach for the amelioration of iron-induced neurotoxicity symptoms.
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