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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Multifunctional Tacrine-Quinoline Hybrids as Cholinesterase Inhibitors, Aβ Aggregation Blockers, and Metal Chelators for Alzheimer's Therapy.

Xiaohua Wang, Minglan Ma, Yalan Feng, Jian Liu, Gang Wang

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Xiaohua WangSynergy Innovation Center of Biological Peptide Antidiabetics of Hubei Province, College of Life Science, Wuchang University of Technology, Wuhan 430223, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6867-1893
Minglan MaSynergy Innovation Center of Biological Peptide Antidiabetics of Hubei Province, College of Life Science, Wuchang University of Technology, Wuhan 430223, China.
Yalan FengSynergy Innovation Center of Biological Peptide Antidiabetics of Hubei Province, College of Life Science, Wuchang University of Technology, Wuhan 430223, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8565-6380
Jian LiuSchool of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430025, China.
Gang WangSynergy Innovation Center of Biological Peptide Antidiabetics of Hubei Province, College of Life Science, Wuchang University of Technology, Wuhan 430223, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0358-2347

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A novel series of multifunctional tacrine-quinoline hybrids were designed, synthesized, and evaluated as potential anti-Alzheimer's agents. These compounds incorporate tacrine for cholinesterase's inhibition and 8-hydroxyquinoline for metal chelation. Piperazine was selected as a linker to provide conformational flexibility and to create favorable cation-π interactions with residues in the mid-gorge region of AChE, enhancing dual-site binding with AChE to inhibit Aβ aggregation. In vitro studies demonstrated submicromolar inhibitory activity toward both AChE and BuChE, particularly for compounds

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesChelating AgentsCholinesterase InhibitorsQuinolinesTacrineAcetylcholinesteraseButyrylcholinesteraseHumansMolecular StructurePeptide FragmentsProtein AggregatesStructure-Activity RelationshipAcetylcholinesteraseAmyloid beta-Peptidesamyloid beta-protein (1-42)ButyrylcholinesteraseChelating AgentsCholinesterase InhibitorsPeptide FragmentsProtein AggregatesquinolineQuinolinesTacrineacetylcholinesteraseAlzheimer’s diseasebutyrylcholinesterasemetal chelationmultitarget-directed ligands

Identifiers

PMID40942017
PMCPMC12430544

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