title: Sirtuins inhibitors: the approach to affinity and selectivity.
abstract: Accumulating evidence has indicated the importance of sirtuins (class III histone deacetylases) in various biological processes. Their potential roles in metabolic and neurodegenerative diseases have encouraged scientists to seek potent and selective sirtuin inhibitors to investigate their biological functions with a view to eventual new therapeutic treatments. This article surveys current knowledge of sirtuin inhibitors including those discovered via high-throughput screening (HST) or via mechanism-based drug design from synthetic or natural sources. Their inhibitory affinity, selectivities, and possible inhibition mechanisms are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10065, USA. yac2002@med.cornell.edu
authors.forename: Yana
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015195:Drug Design; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009243:NAD / Q000378:metabolism; D037761:Sirtuins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D009243:NAD; D037761:Sirtuins