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4‑Hydroxypyridazin-3(2<i>H</i>)‑one Derivatives as Novel d‑Amino Acid Oxidase Inhibitors
d-Amino acid oxidase (DAAO) catalyzes the oxidation of d-amino acids including d-serine, a coagonist of the <i>N</i>-methyl-d-aspartate receptor. We identified a
series of 4-hydroxypyridazin-3(2<i>H</i>)-one derivatives
as novel DAAO inhibitors with high potency and substantial cell permeability
using fragment-based drug design. Comparisons of complex structures
deposited in the Protein Data Bank as well as those determined with
in-house fragment hits revealed that a hydrophobic subpocket was formed
perpendicular to the flavin ring by flipping Tyr224 in a ligand-dependent
manner. We investigated the ability of the initial fragment hit, 3-hydroxy-pyridine-2(1<i>H</i>)-one, to fill this subpocket with the aid of complex structure
information. 3-Hydroxy-5-(2-phenylethyl)pyridine-2(1<i>H</i>)-one exhibited the predicted binding mode and demonstrated high
inhibitory activity for human DAAO in enzyme- and cell-based assays.
We further designed and synthesized 4-hydroxypyridazin-3(2<i>H</i>)-one derivatives, which are equivalent to the 3-hydroxy-pyridine-2(1<i>H</i>)-one series but lack cell toxicity. 6-[2-(3,5-Difluorophenyl)ethyl]-4-hydroxypyridazin-3(2<i>H</i>)-one was found to be effective against MK-801-induced
cognitive deficit in the Y-maze