Structure-activity approach in the reactivation of tabun-phosphorylated human acetylcholinesterase with bispyridinium para-aldoximes

Arh Hig Rada Toksikol. 2007 Jun;58(2):201-9. doi: 10.2478/v10004-007-0013-7.

Abstract

We investigated interactions of bispyridinium para-aldoximes N,N'-(propano)bis(4-hydroxyiminomethyl) pyridinium bromide (TMB-4), N,N'-(ethano)bis(4-hydroxyiminomethyl)pyridinium methanosulphonate (DMB-4), and N,N'-(methano)bis(4-hydroxyiminomethyl)pyridinium chloride (MMB-4) with human erythrocyte acetylcholinesterase phosphorylated by tabun. We analysed aldoxime conformations to determine the flexibility of aldoxime as an important feature for binding to the acetylcholinesterase active site. Tabun-inhibited human erythrocyte acetylcholinesterase was completely reactivated only by the most flexible bispyridinium aldoxime - TMB-4 with a propylene chain between two rings. Shorter linkers than propylene (methylene or ethylene) as in MMB-4 and DMB-4 did not allow appropriate orientation in the active site, and MMB-4 and DMB-4 were not efficient reactivators of tabun-phosphorylated acetylcholinesterase. Since aldoximes are also reversible inhibitors of native acetylcholinesterase, we determined dissociation constants and their protective index against acetylcholinesterase inactivation by tabun.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acetylcholinesterase / metabolism*
  • Chemical Warfare Agents / pharmacology*
  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors / pharmacology*
  • Cholinesterase Reactivators / pharmacology*
  • Enzyme Activation / drug effects
  • Erythrocytes / enzymology
  • Humans
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Organophosphates / pharmacology*
  • Oximes / pharmacology*
  • Phosphorylation
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Trimedoxime / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors
  • Cholinesterase Reactivators
  • Organophosphates
  • Oximes
  • Trimedoxime
  • N,N'-monomethylenebis(pyridiniumaldoxime)
  • Acetylcholinesterase
  • tabun