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Synthesis of Naphthalimide Derivatives as Cholinesterase Inhibitors with Aggregation Induced Emission Properties

  • Yongmei Zhao ,
  • Yeshu Mu ,
  • Wen Luo ,
  • Zhiyong Tian
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  • a Pharmaceutical Engineering Department, Henan Vocational College of Applied Technology, Kaifeng, Henan 475004
    b Key Laboratory of Natural Medicine and Immuno-Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan 475004
    c School of Pharmacy, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan 475004
* Corresponding authors. E-mail: ;

Received date: 2021-07-30

  Revised date: 2021-10-12

  Online published: 2021-11-17

Supported by

National Natural Science Foundation of China(U1704176); Science and Technology Planning Project of Henan Province(212102311030); Program of Henan Vocational College of Applied Technology(2020-HJ-22)

Abstract

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by impaired cognitive and memory function, which seriously affects the quality of life of the elderly. At present, the main drugs for the treatment of AD are cholinesterase inhibitors, such as donepezil and rivastigmine. In this paper, a series of novel naphthimide derivatives were designed, synthesized and evaluated based on the structure of donepezil. The results showed that all of the tested compounds were acetylcholinesterase (AChE) selective inhibitors, 2-((1-(3-methoxybenzyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)-1H-benzo[de]isoquinoline- 1,3(2H)-dione (4k) exhibited the strongest inhibition to AChE with an IC50 value of 4.43 μmol/L, which was better than the control rivastigmine. Kinetic and molecular modeling studies indicated that 4k targeted both the catalytic active site (CAS) and the peripheral anionic site (PAS) of AChE. In addition, 4k didn’t show obvious cytotoxicity against SH-SY5Y and PC12 cell lines. Besides, these compounds exhibited typical aggregation induced emissions (AIE) properties, which might be controlled by mechanism of restriction of intramolecular rotations.

Cite this article

Yongmei Zhao , Yeshu Mu , Wen Luo , Zhiyong Tian . Synthesis of Naphthalimide Derivatives as Cholinesterase Inhibitors with Aggregation Induced Emission Properties[J]. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2022 , 42(3) : 819 -829 . DOI: 10.6023/cjoc202107064

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