The invention relates in part to compounds that act as highly nitric oxide (NO)-specific turn-on fluorescent probes. The present invention also relates to the use of these fluorescein-based sensors to screen selectively for inhibitors of bacterial nitric oxide synthase (bNOS). Compounds of the present invention readily detect nitric oxide produced in vivo. Therefore they can be used in an assay that measures NO production by bNOS. Using a sensor of the invention one can screen libraries of small molecules for inhibitors of bNOS.
本发明部分涉及作为高度
一氧化氮(NO)特异性开关荧光探针的化合物。本发明还涉及使用这些以
荧光素为基础的传感器有选择地筛选细菌
一氧化氮合酶(bNOS)
抑制剂。本发明的化合物可以轻松检测体内产生的
一氧化氮。因此,它们可用于测量bNOS产生的NO的测定中。使用本发明的传感器,可以对小分子库进行筛选以寻找bNOS的
抑制剂。