title: Structure-activity relationships within a series of caspase inhibitors: effect of leaving group modifications.
abstract: Various aryloxy methyl ketones of the 1-naphthyloxyacetyl-Val-Asp backbone have been prepared. A systematic study of their structure-activity relationship (SAR) related to caspases 1, 3, 6, and 8 is reported. Highly potent irreversible broad-spectrum caspase inhibitors have been identified. Their efficacy in cellular models of cell death and inflammation are also discussed.
mesh_terms: D061945:Caspase Inhibitors; D015853:Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D061945:Caspase Inhibitors; D015853:Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors