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SUBMITTER: Crocetti L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6777343 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Crocetti Letizia L Giovannoni Maria Paola MP Schepetkin Igor A IA Quinn Mark T MT Khlebnikov Andrei I AI Cilibrizzi Agostino A Piaz Vittorio Dal VD Graziano Alessia A Vergelli Claudia C
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry 20110707 15
Human neutrophil elastase (HNE) plays an important role in tumour invasion and inflammation. A series of N-benzoylindazoles was synthesized and evaluated for their ability to inhibit HNE. We found that this scaffold is appropriate for HNE inhibitors and that the benzoyl fragment at position 1 is essential for activity. The most active compounds inhibited HNE activity with IC₅₀ values in the submicromolar range. Furthermore, docking studies indicated that the geometry of an inhibitor within the b ...[more]