Abstract
We have investigated the in vitro inhibition of papain, trypsin, and cathepsins B and G by five benzophenone-type compounds, three natural ones isolated from Garcinia brasiliensis and two synthetic derivatives. The activities of pentaprenylated trihydroxy-substituted benzophenone guttiferone A ( 1) on all assayed enzymes were approximately 2–69 folds higher than that manifested by mono-hydroxylated tetraprenylated and triprenylated compounds epiclusianone ( 2) and garciniaphenone ( 3), respectively, the other natural benzophenones that also inhibited significantly the four enzymes. Differently, the synthetic derivatives 2,2′,4-trihydroxybenzophenone ( 4) and diphenylmethanone ( 5) have inhibited weakly the studied proteases. Furthermore, compound 1 has bonded preferentially to cathepsin G, once its IC 50 value (2.7 ± 0.1 μM) on such peptidase is quite similar to that of the classical inhibitor of serine proteases, chymostatin (2.1 ± 0.1 μM). Interesting structure–activity relationships (SARs) were confirmed by flexible docking simulations, likewise the potential usefulness of natural compound 1 as antitumoral drug is strengthened by our results concerning the antiproteolytic activity.
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