Screening of NOS activity and selectivity of newly synthesized acetamidines using RP-HPLC
作者:Marialuigia Fantacuzzi、Cristina Maccallini、Mauro Di Matteo、Alessandra Ammazzalorso、Isabella Bruno、Barbara De Filippis、Letizia Giampietro、Adriano Mollica、Rosa Amoroso
DOI:10.1016/j.jpba.2015.11.045
日期:2016.2
Nitric Oxide Synthase (NOS) inhibitors could play a powerful role in inflammatory and neurodegenerative diseases. In this work, novel acetamidine derivatives of NOS were synthesized and the inhibitor activity was evalued. To screen the activity and selectivity, the L-citrulline residue, after the enzymatic NOS assay, was derivatized with o-phthaldialdehyde/N-acetyl cysteine (OPA/NAC) and then evaluated by RP-HPLC method with fluorescence detection.All compounds did not affect the activity of endothelial and neuronal isoforms, while nine of them possessed a percentage of iNOS activity at 10 mu M lower than 50%, and were selected for IC50 evaluation. Among them, a compound emerged as a very potent (IC50 of 53 nM) and selective iNOS inhibitor. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.