Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2015, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (2): 279.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20140617

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Design, Synthesis and Biological Activity of Acid Sphingomyelinase Inhibitors

YANG Kan1, ZHANG Kuojun1, HU Songyuan1, GU Qinlan2, DONG Jibin3,*(), WANG Jinxin1,*   

  1. 1. Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Design and Optimization, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China
    2. Altitude Vocational School, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China
    3. Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, Shanghai 201203, China
  • Received:2014-07-03 Online:2015-02-10 Published:2015-01-22
  • Contact: DONG Jibin,WANG Jinxin E-mail:jbdong@shmu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Supported by the Leading Entrepreneurship Talents Program of Nanjing, China(No.2013B14007) and the Huahai Pharmaceutical Co, Innovation Fund of Graduate Student Training, China(NoCX13S-001HH)

Abstract:

Acid sphingomyelinase(ASM) plays an important role in sphingolipid catabolism, which catalyzes the hydrolysis of sphingomyelin to ceramide and phosphorylcholine. Ceramide serves as one of the most important second messengers, and there is growing evidence shows that ASM activation and ceramide accumulation are involved in the development of various common human diseases. Nevertheless, only few inhibitors directly and selectively interacted with ASM. According to the reported inhibitors and their suppressive activity of ASM, 3D-pharmacophore model of ASM inhibitors based on ligands was built for the first time. Due to potent inhibitory ASM activity of α-Mangostin, a phytochemical content derived from garcinia mangostana linn, it was chosen as the lead compound for structure optimization. Then 11 new ASM direct inhibitors were designed and synthesized successfully. Their structures were confirmed by 1H NMR, 13C NMR and mass spectrometry. Preliminary activity screening results in vitro showed that the compounds Ⅰb,Ⅰd,Ⅰe and Ⅰf had potent ASM inhibitory activity. The ASM inhibition rate of compoundⅠf was 88.9%. The structure-activity relationship indicated that the introduction of chain amino would influence the ASM activity obviously and removal of alkenyl had little impact on the ASM activity. This result will play a guiding role for designing better ASM inhibitors and proceeding basic research of ASM.

Key words: Acid sphingomyelinase(ASM), Direct inhibitor, Pharmacophore model, α-Mangostin

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