Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors: guaiacol and catechol derivatives effectively inhibit certain human carbonic anhydrase isoenzymes (hCA I, II, IX and XII).
Carbonic anhydrases (CAs) are widespread metalloenzymes in higher vertebrates including humans. A series of phenolic compounds, including guaiacol, 4-methylguaiacol, 4-propylguaiacol, eugenol, isoeugenol, vanillin, syringaldehyde, catechol, 3-methyl catechol, 4-methyl catechol and 3-methoxy catechol were investigated for their inhibition of all the catalytically active mammalian isozymes of the Zn(2+)-containing CA (EC 4.2.1.1). All the phenolic compounds effectively inhibited human carbonic anhydrase isoenzymes (hCA I, II, IX and XII), with Kis in the range of 2.20-515.98 μM. The various isozymes showed diverse inhibition profiles. Among the tested phenolic derivatives, compounds 4-methyl catechol and 3-methoxy catechol showed potent activity as inhibitors of the tumour-associated transmembrane isoforms (hCA IX and XII) in the submicromolar range, with high selectivity. The results obtained from this research may lead to the design of more effective carbonic anhydrase isoenzyme inhibitors (CAIs) based on such phenolic compound scaffolds.
Dipartimento di Chimica Ugo Schiff, Università degli Studi di Firenze , Florence , Italy .
Andrea
A
Scozzafava
Maurizio
M
Passaponti
Claudiu T
CT
Supuran
İlhami
İ
Gülçin
D002257:Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002396:Catechols / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006139:Guaiacol / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*
D002257:Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors; D002396:Catechols; D007527:Isoenzymes; D006139:Guaiacol; C034221:catechol
Carbonic anhydrases; catechol derivatives; enzyme inhibition; guaiacol derivatives; isoenzymes