Chromogenic acridinone enzyme substrate compounds comprising 7-hydroxy-9H-acridin-2-one chromogens derivatized at the 7-hydroxy-position with an enzymatically-cleavable group and disubstituted at the 9-position with alkyl or aryl groups, which can be the same or different, preferably lower alkyl or phenyl, respectively, or together form a cyclohexa-2,5-diene-4-one residue or a 4-hydroxycycloxhexyl residue, and 7-hydroxy-1,3-dihalo-9,9-dimethyl-acridin-2-one intermediates useful for the preparation of the novel chromogenic acridinone enzyme substrate compounds and methods therefor. The enzymatically-cleavable group is a radical of a compound Y-OH comprising an enzyme-specific moiety which is capable of being cleaved by a specific enzyme wherein a deprotonated form of the chromogen is liberated having an absorbance maximum in basic solution which is substantially greater than the absorbance maximum of the chromogenic acridinone enzyme substrate compound to provide a distinct change in absorbance which can be accurately measured and correlated to the amount of enzyme present in a liquid test sample.
含有7-羟基-9H-
吖啶-2-酮色团的发色酶底物化合物,其在7-羟基位置衍生有可被酶
水解的基团,并在9-位置上二取代有烷基或芳基,可以是相同的,也可以是不同的,优选的是较低的烷基或苯基,或者一起形成环己-2,5-二烯-4-酮残基或
4-羟基环己基残基,以及用于制备新的发色酶底物化合物和方法的7-羟基-1,3-二卤代-9,9-二甲基-
吖啶-2-酮中间体。酶
水解基团是化合物Y-OH的自由基,包括能够被特定酶
水解的酶特异性基团,其中发色团的去质子化形式被释放,在碱性溶液中具有吸收峰值,其峰值显著大于发色酶底物化合物的吸收峰值,从而提供了明显的吸收变化,可以准确测量并与液体测试样品中存在的酶的数量相关联。