Design of novel nicotinamides as potent and selective monoamine oxidase a inhibitors |
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Authors: | Lei Shi Ying Yang Zi-Lin Li Zhen-Wei Zhu Chang-Hong Liu Hai-Liang Zhu |
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Affiliation: | State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, PR China |
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Abstract: | A series of N-(2-morpholinoethyl)nicotinamide (1–13) and N-(3-morpholinopropyl)nicotinamide derivatives (14–26) have been designed, synthesized and evaluated in vitro for their monoamine oxidase (MAO) A and B inhibitory activity and selectivity. Most of these synthesized compounds proved to be potent, and selective inhibitors of MAO-A rather than of MAO-B. 5-Chloro-6-hydroxy-N-(2-morpholinoethyl)nicotinamide (13) displayed the highest MAO-A inhibitory potency (IC50 = 0.045 μM) and a good selectivity. 2-Bromo-N-(2-morpholinoethyl)nicotinamide (3) was the most potent MAO-B inhibitor with the IC50 value of 0.32 μM, but it was not selective. Molecular dockings of compound 13 were performed in order to give structural insights regarding the MAO-A selectivity. |
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