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ArticleChemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)2022

Broad-Spectrum Antidote Discovery by Untangling the Reactivation Mechanism of Nerve-Agent-Inhibited Acetylcholinesterase.

Cecilia Lindgren, Nina Forsgren, Norman Hoster, Christine Akfur, Elisabet Artursson, Lotta Edvinsson, Richard Svensson, Franz Worek, Fredrik Ekström, Anna Linusson

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Article in Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Structure-Reactivity Relationships inInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  2. Acetylcholinesterase: Structure, dynamics, and interactions with organophosphorus compounds.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Cecilia LindgrenDepartment of Chemistry, Umeå University, 901 87, Umeå, Sweden.
Nina ForsgrenCBRN Defense and Security, Swedish Defense Research Agency, 906 21, Umeå, Sweden.
Norman HosterDepartment of Chemistry, Umeå University, 901 87, Umeå, Sweden.
Christine AkfurCBRN Defense and Security, Swedish Defense Research Agency, 906 21, Umeå, Sweden.
Elisabet ArturssonCBRN Defense and Security, Swedish Defense Research Agency, 906 21, Umeå, Sweden.
Lotta EdvinssonDepartment of Chemistry, Umeå University, 901 87, Umeå, Sweden.
Richard SvenssonBiomedicinskt Centrum BMC, Uppsala University, 752 37, Uppsala, Sweden.
Franz WorekBundeswehr Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 80937, Munich, Germany.
Fredrik EkströmCBRN Defense and Security, Swedish Defense Research Agency, 906 21, Umeå, Sweden.
Anna LinussonDepartment of Chemistry, Umeå University, 901 87, Umeå, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0063-8912

Funding

Vetenskapsrådet 2018-05176
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Reactivators are vital for the treatment of organophosphorus nerve agent (OPNA) intoxication but new alternatives are needed due to their limited clinical applicability. The toxicity of OPNAs stems from covalent inhibition of the essential enzyme acetylcholinesterase (AChE), which reactivators relieve via a chemical reaction with the inactivated enzyme. Here, we present new strategies and tools for developing reactivators. We discover suitable inhibitor scaffolds by using an activity-independent competition assay to study non-covalent interactions with OPNA-AChEs and transform these inhibitors into broad-spectrum reactivators. Moreover, we identify determinants of reactivation efficiency by analysing reactivation and pre-reactivation kinetics together with structural data. Our results show that new OPNA reactivators can be discovered rationally by exploiting detailed knowledge of the reactivation mechanism of OPNA-inhibited AChE.

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Cholinesterase ReactivatorsNerve AgentsAcetylcholinesteraseAntidotesCholinesterase InhibitorsOrganophosphorus CompoundsOximesAcetylcholinesteraseAntidotesCholinesterase InhibitorsCholinesterase ReactivatorsNerve AgentsOrganophosphorus CompoundsOximesdrug designkineticsnerve agent antidotesreaction mechanismsstructural biology

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PMCPMC9400889

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