Synthesis, Characterization And In Silico Studies Of Piperidone Derivatives: Dengue Protease Inhibitory Studies On Selected Compounds

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2016-02
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Idris, Nor Hashima
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
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New biologically active compounds 26(a-j) and 27(a-j) comprising piperidone derivatives were synthesized by incorporating acetophenone derivatives with varies of 3,5-bis(arylidenepiperidine)-4-one derivatives in the presence of K2CO3 as catalyst under nucleophilic substitution reaction. The synthesized compounds were obtained in the range of 58.0-89.9 % yields and were fully characterized by IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, DEPT and elemental analysis. The structures of some compounds were further confirmed by 2D NMR (COSY, HSQC and HMBC) spectroscopic techniques as well as X-ray crystallography. The synthesized compounds were virtually screened using Wilchapong homology model structure through molecular docking study by AutoDock 4.2.5 to disclose the binding interaction mechanism and orientation of the compounds towards DENV2 NS2BNS3 protease. Compounds 26h and 27h were observed to have the highest binding affinity towards the protease while having interaction with the essential amino acid residues, His51 and Ser135 in the catalytic triad with -11.06 kcal/mol and -11.36 kcal/mol, respectively. The rest of the compounds exhibit good energy binding compared to the crystal structure of the model. The selected compounds, 26h and 27h then underwent inhibition activity assays toward DENV2 NS2B-NS3 protease by using fluorogenic substrate Boc-Gly-Arg-Arg-MCA. Both compounds which bearing p-NO2 at the aromatic ring showed high inhibition activity against the protease with IC50 value of 15.13 μM ±1.05 and 16.14 μM ±1.23, respectively.
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Piperidone
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