title: Conformationally constrained inhibitors of caspase-1 (interleukin-1 beta converting enzyme) and of the human CED-3 homologue caspase-3 (CPP32, apopain).
abstract: A systematic study of interleukin-1 beta converting enzyme (ICE, caspase-1) and caspase-3 (CPP32, apopain) inhibitors incorporating a P2-P3 conformationally constrained dipeptide mimetic is reported. Depending on the nature of the P4 substituent, highly selective inhibitors of both Csp-1 or Csp-3 were obtained.
authors.affiliation: Idun Pharmaceuticals, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Karanewsky
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Linton
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Krebs
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pham
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Tomaselli
mesh_terms: D053148:Caspase 3; D061945:Caspase Inhibitors; D015853:Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004151:Dipeptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D061945:Caspase Inhibitors; D015853:Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors; D004151:Dipeptides; D009842:Oligopeptides; C505407:CASP3 protein, human; D053148:Caspase 3