Comparative Study of Reversible Organofluorine Ammonium Inhibitors of Cholinesterases of Different Animals

Author: Rozengart E.   Basova N.   Suvorov A.   Khovanskikh A.  

Publisher: MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica

ISSN: 0022-0930

Source: Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology, Vol.41, Iss.5, 2005-09, pp. : 511-517

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Abstract

A group of organofluorine ammonium compounds, trimethyltrifluoromethylammonium, diethylmethyltrifluoromethylammonium, hexa(difluoromethylene)-bis(trimethylammonium), their non-substituted analogs as well as bis-onium organosilicone, phenyliodonium, and triphenylphosphonium derivatives were tested as reversible inhibitors of acetylcholinesterase of human erythrocytes, butyrylcholinesterase of horse blood serum, cholinesterase of brain of the frog Rana temporaria and cholinesterases of optic ganglion of the Pacific squid Todarodes pacificus. By the method of molecular mechanics, differences were revealed in conformational mobility of interonium chain and in geometric parameters of the studied compounds. It was shown that introduction of fluorine atoms into the inhibitor molecule affected only their interaction with the Pacific squid cholinesterase. It was possible to separate effects of the onium atom nature and of the interonium chain structure in the inhibitor molecule on the anticholinesterase potency.