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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Discovery of a Novel Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitor by Fragment-Based Design and Virtual Screening.

Georgi Stavrakov, Irena Philipova, Atanas Lukarski, Mariyana Atanasova, Borislav Georgiev, Teodora Atanasova, Spiro Konstantinov, Irini Doytchinova

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Georgi StavrakovDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia 1000, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0002-8893-0346
Irena PhilipovaInstitute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia 1113, Bulgaria.
Atanas LukarskiDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia 1000, Bulgaria.
Mariyana AtanasovaDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia 1000, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0001-9761-0355
Borislav GeorgievInstitute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia 1113, Bulgaria.
Teodora AtanasovaDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia 1000, Bulgaria.
Spiro KonstantinovDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia 1000, Bulgaria.
Irini DoytchinovaDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia 1000, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0002-1469-1768
Medical University of Sofia · BGBulgarian Academy of Sciences · BG

Funding

Bulgarian National Roadmap for Research Infrastructure D01-271/2019Bulgarian National Science Fund DN03/9/2016Science and Education for Smart Growth Operational Program BG05M2OP001-1.001-0003
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite extensive and intensive research efforts in recent decades, there is still no effective treatment for neurodegenerative diseases. On this background, the use of drugs inhibiting the enzyme acetylcholinesterase (AChE) remains an eternal evergreen in the symptomatic treatment of mild to moderate cognitive impairments. Even more, the cholinergic hypothesis, somewhat forgotten in recent years due to the shift in focus on amyloid cascade, is back to life, and the search for new, more effective AChE inhibitors continues. We generated a fragment-based library containing aromatic moieties and linkers originating from a set of novel AChE inhibitors. We used this library to design 1220 galantamine (GAL) derivatives following the model GAL (binding core) - linker (L) - aromatic fragment (Ar). The newly designed compounds were screened virtually for blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability and binding to AChE. Among the top 10 best-scored compounds, a representative lead molecule was selected and tested for anti-AChE activity and neurotoxicity. It was found that the selected compound was a powerful non-toxic AChE inhibitor, 68 times more active than GAL, and could serve as a lead molecule for further optimization and development.

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Drug DesignDrug DiscoveryDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalUser-Computer InterfaceAcetylcholinesteraseAnimalsBlood-Brain BarrierCell LineCholinesterase InhibitorsGalantamineMiceMolecular Docking SimulationMolecular Dynamics SimulationNeurotoxinsSmall Molecule LibrariesAcetylcholinesteraseCholinesterase InhibitorsGalantamineNeurotoxinsSmall Molecule Librariesacetylcholinesterase inhibitorBBB permeabilityEllman’s methodfragment-based librarygalantaminemolecular dockingneuro-2A cell lineneurotoxicity

Identifiers

PMID33916760
PMCPMC8038331
OpenAlexW3144975432

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