Palmatine Derivatives as Potential Antiplatelet Aggregation Agents via Protein Kinase G/Vasodilator-Stimulated Phosphoprotein and Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase/Akt Phosphorylation

J Med Chem. 2022 May 26;65(10):7399-7413. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c00592. Epub 2022 May 13.

Abstract

Sixty palmatine (PMT) derivatives were synthesized and evaluated for antiplatelet aggregation taking berberine as the lead, and the structure-activity relationship was first systematically described. Among them, compound 2v showed the best potency in reducing adenosine diphosphate (ADP)-induced platelet aggregation in a dose-dependent manner. It greatly suppressed ADP-induced platelet aggregation, activation, and Akt phosphorylation in vitro and ex vivo after oral administration to mice. It also effectively inhibited carrageenan-induced thrombus formation in the mouse tail and lung, as well as reduced the serum P-selectin level. Compound 2v might simultaneously bind to protein kinase G to improve vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein phosphorylation and bind to phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase to inhibit Akt phosphorylation, which synergically reduced platelet aggregation, thereby achieving antithrombotic efficacy. Therefore, PMT derivatives constituted a novel family of antiplatelet aggregation agents with the advantage of a good safety profile, worthy of further investigation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adenosine Diphosphate / pharmacology
  • Animals
  • Berberine Alkaloids
  • Blood Platelets
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules
  • Cyclic GMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / metabolism
  • Mice
  • Microfilament Proteins
  • Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase / metabolism
  • Phosphoproteins
  • Phosphorylation
  • Platelet Aggregation
  • Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors* / metabolism
  • Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors* / pharmacology
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt* / metabolism

Substances

  • Berberine Alkaloids
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules
  • Microfilament Proteins
  • Phosphoproteins
  • Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
  • vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein
  • Adenosine Diphosphate
  • Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt
  • Cyclic GMP-Dependent Protein Kinases
  • palmatine