Articulo
Interpretation of the mechanism of acetylcholinesterase inhibition ability by organophosphorus compounds through a new conformational descriptor. an experimental and theoretical study
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issn:0948-5023
issn:1610-2940
Autor
Mastrantonio Garrido, Guido Enrique
Mack, Hans-Georg
Della Védova, Carlos Omar
Institución
Resumen
Organophosphorus pesticides are the most common classes involved in poisonings related to pesticides. We used inhibitory ability on enzymatic activity of acetylcholinesterase activity and molecular mechanics or <i>ab initio</i> methods of molecular modelling to perform a theoretical approach of the enzyme interaction mechanism of these compounds. Kinetic values for strong and weak inhibitors were measured in a high amplitude range for affinity (Kₐ) and phosphorylation constants (Kₚ). To quantitatively describe the conformational behaviour of these molecules, conformational descriptors of free molecules were developed. Quantitative structure activity relationships (QSARs) were constructed with inhibition kinetic values and their molecular descriptors. The conformational descriptors show a high degree of correlation with the kinetic behaviour of these molecules. A positive correlation between the conformational freedom of the studied molecules with Kₐ is observed. This study allows us to reinterpret the organophosphorus cholinesterase inhibition mechanism and consequently the ‘thiono’ and ‘thiolo effect’ based on a global ‘chalcogen effect’. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Planta Piloto Multipropósito - Laboratorio de Servicios a la Industria y al Sistema Científico Centro de Química Inorgánica