Positional Isomeric Effects on the Optical Properties, Multivalent Glycosidase Inhibition Effect, and Hypoglycemic Effect of Perylene Bisimide-deoxynojirimycin Conjugates

J Med Chem. 2021 May 13;64(9):5863-5873. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c00036. Epub 2021 Apr 22.

Abstract

Although multivalent glycosidase inhibitors have shown enhanced glycosidase inhibition activities, further applications and research directions need to be developed in the future. In this paper, two positional isomeric perylene bisimide derivatives (PBI-4DNJ-1 and PBI-4DNJ-2) with 1-deoxynojirimycin conjugated were synthesized. Furthermore, PBI-4DNJ-1 and PBI-4DNJ-2 showed positional isomeric effects on the optical properties, self-assembly behaviors, glycosidase inhibition activities, and hypoglycemic effects. Importantly, PBI-4DNJ-1 exhibited potent hypoglycemic effects in mice with 41.33 ± 2.84 and 37.45 ± 3.94% decreases in blood glucose at 15 and 30 min, respectively. The molecular docking results showed that the active fragment of PBI-4DNJ-1 has the highest binding energy (9.649 kcal/mol) and the highest total hydrogen bond energy (62.83 kJ/mol), which were related to the positional isomeric effect on the hypoglycemic effect in mice. This work introduced a new means to develop antihyperglycemic agents in the field of multivalent glycomimetics.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Oral
  • Animals
  • Binding Sites
  • Blood Glucose / analysis
  • Glucosamine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Glucosamine / chemistry
  • Glycoside Hydrolases / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Glycoside Hydrolases / metabolism*
  • Hydrogen Bonding
  • Hypoglycemic Agents / administration & dosage
  • Hypoglycemic Agents / chemistry*
  • Hypoglycemic Agents / metabolism
  • Imides / chemistry*
  • Isomerism
  • Kinetics
  • Mice
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Molecular Docking Simulation
  • Perylene / analogs & derivatives*
  • Perylene / chemistry
  • Protein Binding
  • Thermodynamics

Substances

  • 1-deoxy-nojirimycin
  • Blood Glucose
  • Hypoglycemic Agents
  • Imides
  • perylene bisimide
  • Perylene
  • Glycoside Hydrolases
  • Glucosamine