Design, synthesis and evaluation of 1,2-benzisothiazol-3-one derivatives as potent caspase-3 inhibitors
作者:Dazhi Liu、Zhen Tian、Zhihui Yan、Lixin Wu、Yan Ma、Quan Wang、Wei Liu、Honggang Zhou、Cheng Yang
DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2013.03.075
日期:2013.6
A number of 1,2-benzisothiazol-3-one derivatives were prepared through structural modification of the original compound from high-throughput screening. Some analogues (e. g., 6b, 6r, 6s and 6w) were identified as novel and potent caspase inhibitors with IC50 of nanomolar. Structure-activity relationship (SAR) studies for caspase-3 inhibition were evaluated in vitro. Molecular modeling studies provided further insight into the interaction of this class of compounds with activated caspase-3. The present small molecule caspase-3 inhibitor with novel structures different from structures of known caspase inhibitors revealed a new direction for therapeutic strategies directed against diseases involving abnormally up-regulated apoptosis. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.