Chromone 3-phenylcarboxamides as potent and selective MAO-B inhibitors
2011
Gaspar, Alexandra | Reis, Joana | Fonseca, André | Milhazes, Nuno | Viña, Dolores | Uriarte, Eugenio | Borges, Fernanda
Monoamine oxidase (MAO) is an enzyme, present in mammals in two isoforms MAO-A and MAO-B. These isoforms have a crucial role in neurotransmitters metabolism, representing an attractive drug target in the therapy of neurodegenerative diseases (MAO-B) and depression (MAO-A). In this context, our work has been focused on the discovery of new chemical entities (NCEs) for MAO inhibition, based on the development of chromone carboxamides. Chromone derivatives with a carboxamide function located in position 2- and 3- of the benzo-γ-pyrone core, (compounds 2–6 and 8–12) were synthesized, with moderate/good yields, by a one-pot condensation reaction using phosphonium salts as coupling reagents. The synthetic compounds were screened towards human MAO isoforms (hMAO) to evaluate their potency and selectivity. The chromone-3-carboxamides show high selectivity to hMAO-B, with compounds 9 and 12 displaying IC₅₀ values at nanomolar range.
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