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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Li Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4601060 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
ACS medicinal chemistry letters 20150831 10
Myeloperoxidase (MPO) is a key antimicrobial enzyme, playing a normal role in host defense, but also contributing to inflammatory conditions including neuroinflammatory diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. We synthesized and characterized more than 50 quinazolin-4(1H)-one derivatives and showed that this class of compounds inhibits MPO with IC50 values as low as 100 nM. Representative compounds showed partially reversible inhibition that was competitive with respect to Amplex Red substr ...[more]