Identification of Novel d-Amino Acid Oxidase Inhibitors by in Silico Screening and Their Functional Characterization in Vitro was written by Katane, Masumi;Osaka, Naoko;Matsuda, Satsuki;Maeda, Kazuhiro;Kawata, Tomonori;Saitoh, Yasuaki;Sekine, Masae;Furuchi, Takemitsu;Doi, Issei;Hirono, Shuichi;Homma, Hiroshi. And the article was included in Journal of Medicinal Chemistry in 2013.Reference of 70060-13-8 This article mentions the following:
D-Amino acid oxidase (DAO) is a degradative enzyme that is stereospecific for d-amino acids, including d-serine and d-alanine, which are potential coagonists of the N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor. Dysfunction of NMDA receptor-mediated neurotransmission has been implicated in the onset of various mental disorders such as schizophrenia. Hence, a DAO inhibitor that augments the brain levels of d-serine and/or d-alanine and thereby activates NMDA receptor function is expected to be an antipsychotic drug, for instance, in the treatment of schizophrenia. In the search for potent DAO inhibitor(s), a large number of compounds were screened in silico, and several compounds were estimated as candidates. These compounds were then characterized and evaluated as novel DAO inhibitors in vitro. The results reported in this study indicate that some of these compounds are possible lead compounds for the development of a clin. useful DAO inhibitor and have the potential to serve as active site probes to elucidate the structure-function relationships of DAO. In the experiment, the researchers used many compounds, for example, 5-Fluoro-1-benzothiophene-2-carboxylic acid (cas: 70060-13-8Reference of 70060-13-8).
5-Fluoro-1-benzothiophene-2-carboxylic acid (cas: 70060-13-8) belongs to benzothiophene derivatives. Benzothiophene is relatively a stable molecule. The electrophilic substitution of benzothiophene systems is much less regioselective than that of indoles. It is also used in the manufacturing of dyes such as thioindigo.Reference of 70060-13-8
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