Assay Method Information

Assay Name:  Inhibition Assay
Description:  The NOSs isoform assays involved subjecting 3-8 to an oxyhemoglobin NO capture assay using a Biotek Gen5 microplate reader. IC50 values for each compound were determined in duplicate or triplicate using dose-response curves with nine concentration points (1 pM-3 mM). The standard deviation of the assays were less than 15% with nNOS or iNOS, and less than 25% with eNOS. The inhibition constants (Ki) of these compounds were determined from the IC50 and Km values (rat nNOS=1.3 μM; murine iNOS=8.2 μM; bovine eNOS=1.7 μM) for all three NOS isoforms using the following relationship: Ki=IC50/(1+[S]/KM).The selectivity of antagonism of nNOS relative to iNOS or eNOS was determined by calculating the ratios of the Ki values with iNOS or eNOS to those with nNOS. Compounds 3-8, having various amino functional groups, were found to have moderate to excellent selectivity (50-2822 of e/n, 36-273 of i/n) and moderate to good binding affinity (24-4370 nM) to nNOS.
Affinity data for this assay
 

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