Coumarin versus Chromone Monoamine Oxidase B Inhibitors: Quo Vadis?

J Med Chem. 2017 Aug 24;60(16):7206-7212. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.7b00918. Epub 2017 Aug 10.

Abstract

Because of the lack of significant disease-modifying drugs for neurodegenerative disorders, a pressing need for new chemical entities endowed with IMAO-B still exists. Within this framework, and for the first time, a study was performed to compare coumarin- and chomone-3-phenylcarboxamide scaffolds. Compounds 10a and 10b were the most potent, selective, and reversible noncompetitive IMAO-B. The benzopyrone sp2 oxygen atom was found to be position independent and a productive contributor for the ligand-enzyme complex stability.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alanine / analogs & derivatives
  • Alanine / pharmacology
  • Benzylamines / pharmacology
  • Chromones / chemical synthesis
  • Chromones / chemistry
  • Chromones / pharmacology*
  • Clorgyline / pharmacology
  • Coumarins / chemical synthesis
  • Coumarins / chemistry
  • Coumarins / pharmacology*
  • Humans
  • Indans / pharmacology
  • Kinetics
  • Ligands
  • Molecular Docking Simulation
  • Monoamine Oxidase / chemistry
  • Monoamine Oxidase / metabolism*
  • Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors / chemical synthesis
  • Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors / chemistry
  • Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors / pharmacology*
  • Selegiline / pharmacology
  • Structure-Activity Relationship

Substances

  • Benzylamines
  • Chromones
  • Coumarins
  • Indans
  • Ligands
  • Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors
  • N-(3-chlorophenyl)-6-methylchromone-3-carboxamide
  • N-(3-chlorophenyl)-6-methylcoumarin-3-carboxamide
  • rasagiline
  • Selegiline
  • safinamide
  • Monoamine Oxidase
  • monoamine oxidase A, human
  • Clorgyline
  • Alanine