title: Protective effect of bis-pyridinium compounds on the rat brain acetylcholinesterase inhibition by carbamate in vitro.
abstract: The inhibition of the rat brain acetylcholinesterase by quaternary bis-pyridinium compounds and the protection against acetylcholinesterase inhibition by 3-diethyl-aminophenyl-N-methylcarbamate methiodide was studied with three bis-pyridinium compounds. These compounds have two pyridinium rings connected by a dimethylether link and alkyl groups in position 4 of both pyridinium rings. Toxogonin was used as a reference compound. Bis-pyridinium compounds studied are weak reversible inhibitors of acetylcholinesterase (I50 from 10(-4) to 10(-3) M) and exert also the ability to protect acetylcholinesterase against inhibition by 3-diethyl-aminophenyl-N-methylcarbamate methiodide in vitro at a concentration of 0.1 mM. Negligible protection was obtained with Toxogonin.
authors: Purkynĕ Medical Research Institute, Hradec Králové, Czechoslovakia.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Patocka
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Bajgar
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology*; D002219:Carbamates / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000494:pharmacology; D002800:Cholinesterase Inhibitors; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D011726:Pyridinium Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: C012899:3-diethylaminophenyl-N-methylcarbamate methiodide; D002219:Carbamates; D002800:Cholinesterase Inhibitors; D011726:Pyridinium Compounds