title: Kinetics and Molecular Docking Study of an Anti-diabetic Drug Glimepiride as Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitor: Implication for Alzheimer's Disease-Diabetes Dual Therapy.
abstract: At the present time, treatment of two most common degenerative disorders of elderly population i.e., Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a major concern worldwide. As there are several evidences that proved strong linkages between these two disorders, the idea of using dual therapeutic agent for both the diseases might be considered as a good initiative. Earlier reports have revealed that oral anti-diabetic drugs such as peroxisome proliferator activated receptor γ (PPARγ) agonists (thiazolidinediones) when used in T2DM patients suffering from AD showed improved memory and cognition. However, the underlying mechanism still needs to be deciphered. Therefore, the present study was carried out to find whether glimepiride, an oral antidiabetic drug which is a PPARγ agonist could inhibit the activity of acetylcholine esterase (AChE) enzyme. Actually, AChE inhibitors seize the breakdown of acetylcholine which forms the main therapeutic strategy for AD. Here, glimepiride showed dose dependent inhibitory activity against AChE enzyme with IC50 value of 235 μM. Kinetic analysis showed competitive inhibition, which was verified by in silico docking studies. Glimepiride was found to interact with AChE enzyme at the same locus as that of substrate acetylcholine iodide (AChI). Interestingly, amino acid residues, Q71, Y72, V73, D74, W86, N87, Y124, S125, W286, F295, F297, Y337, F338 and Y341 of AChE were found to be common for 'glimepiride-AChE interaction' as well as 'AChI-AChE interaction'. Thus the present computational and kinetics study concludes that glimepiride and other thiazolidinediones derivatives could form the basis of future dual therapy against diabetes associated neurological disorders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biosciences, Integral University, Lucknow, 226026, India.
authors.forename: Syed Mohd Danish
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Rizvi
authors.affiliation: Department of Biosciences, Integral University, Lucknow, 226026, India.
authors.forename: Sibhghatulla
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shaikh
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioengineering, Integral University, Lucknow, 226026, India.
authors.forename: Deeba
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Naaz
authors.affiliation: KACST Technology Innovation Center for Personalized Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. shazibiotech@gmail.com.|Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80216, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia. shazibiotech@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Shazi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shakil
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioengineering, Integral University, Lucknow, 226026, India.
authors.forename: Adnan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioengineering, Integral University, Lucknow, 226026, India.
authors.forename: Mohd
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haneef
authors.affiliation: KACST Technology Innovation Center for Personalized Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.|Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80216, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Adel M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Abuzenadah
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism*; D002800:Cholinesterase Inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D062105:Molecular Docking Simulation / Q000379:methods*; D013453:Sulfonylurea Compounds / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D002800:Cholinesterase Inhibitors; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D013453:Sulfonylurea Compounds; C057619:glimepiride
keywords: Acetylcholine iodide; Acetylcholinesterase; Alzheimer’s disease; Competitive inhibition; Glimepiride; Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus