Data di Pubblicazione:
2016
Citazione:
Bicyclic γ-amino acids as inhibitors of γ-aminobutyrate aminotransferase / A. Pinto, L. Tamborini, E. Pennacchietti, A. Coluccia, R. Silvestri, G. Cullia, C. De Micheli, P. Conti, D. De Biase. - In: JOURNAL OF ENZYME INHIBITION AND MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY. - ISSN 1475-6366. - 31:2(2016 Mar), pp. 295-301. [10.3109/14756366.2015.1021251]
Abstract:
The γ-aminobutyrate (GABA)-degradative enzyme GABA aminotransferase (GABA-AT) is regarded as an attractive target to control GABA levels in the central nervous system: this has important implications in the treatment of several neurological disorders and drug dependencies. We have investigated the ability of newly synthesized compounds to act as GABA-AT inhibitors. These compounds have a unique bicyclic structure: the carbocyclic ring bears the GABA skeleton, while the fused 3-Br-isoxazoline ring contains an electrophilic warhead susceptible of nucleophilic attack by an active site residue of the target enzyme. Out of the four compounds tested, only the one named (+)-3 was found to significantly inhibit mammalian GABA-AT in vitro. Docking studies, performed on the available structures of GABA-AT, support the experimental findings: out of the four tested compounds, only (+)-3 suitably orients the electrophilic 3-Br-isoxazoline warhead towards the active site nucleophilic residue Lys329, thereby explaining the irreversible inhibition of GABA-AT observed experimentally.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
3-Br-isoxazoline; GABA; GABA cyclic analogue; PLP-dependent enzyme
Elenco autori:
A. Pinto, L. Tamborini, E. Pennacchietti, A. Coluccia, R. Silvestri, G. Cullia, C. De Micheli, P. Conti, D. De Biase
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