Department of Chemistry, Department of Molecular Biosciences, Chemistry of Life Processes Institute, Center for Molecular Innovation and Drug Discovery, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208-3113, USA.
Bioorg Med Chem. 2012 Apr 1;20(7):2435-43. doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2012.01.037. Epub 2012 Feb 7.
Selective neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) inhibitors have therapeutic applications in the treatment of numerous neurodegenerative diseases. Here we report the synthesis and evaluation of a series of inhibitors designed to have increased cell membrane permeability via intramolecular hydrogen bonding. Their potencies were examined in both purified enzyme and cell-based assays; a comparison of these results demonstrates that two of the new inhibitors display significantly increased membrane permeability over previous analogs. NMR spectroscopy provides evidence of intramolecular hydrogen bonding under physiological conditions in two of the inhibitors. Crystal structures of the inhibitors in the nNOS active site confirm the predicted non-intramolecular hydrogen bonded binding mode. Intramolecular hydrogen bonding may be an effective approach for increasing cell membrane permeability without affecting target protein binding.
选择性神经元型一氧化氮合酶(nNOS)抑制剂在治疗多种神经退行性疾病方面具有治疗应用。在这里,我们报告了一系列抑制剂的合成和评估,这些抑制剂旨在通过分子内氢键增加细胞膜通透性。它们的效力在纯化酶和基于细胞的测定中进行了检查;对这些结果的比较表明,两种新的抑制剂与以前的类似物相比,膜通透性显著增加。NMR 光谱提供了两种抑制剂在生理条件下分子内氢键的证据。抑制剂在 nNOS 活性部位的晶体结构证实了预测的非分子内氢键结合模式。分子内氢键可能是一种有效的方法,可在不影响靶蛋白结合的情况下增加细胞膜通透性。