Abstract
The excessive calpain activation causes serious cellular damage or even cell death in neurological disorders such as stroke and Alzheimer's disease. Oxidative stress has also been implicated in the initiation or progression of neurodegenerative diseases. In the present studies, a series of cinnamoyl ketoamides 4a-4j were synthesized as hybrid structures of antioxidants and calpain inhibitors. Cinnamoyl ketoamides, possessing an alkyl chain at the α-position, showed potent μ-calpain inhibitory activities indicating that the cinnamoyl skeleton can be regarded as an acyclic variant of calpain inhibitory chromone carboxamide 2. Among synthesized, compound 4e was the most potent inhibitor of μ-calpain (IC50 = 0.13 μM) and also exhibited strong antioxidant activities in DPPH and superoxide anion radical scavenging and lipid peroxidation inhibition assay systems.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2850-2854 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters |
Volume | 21 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 15 May 2011 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by MEST ( 2010-0016080 ).
Keywords
- Antioxidant
- Calpain inhibitor
- Cell death
- Cinnamoyl ketoamides
- Docking