Protein Information

ID 874
Name Aldehyde dehydrogenases (protein family or complex)
Synonyms aldehyde dehydrogenase; aldehyde dehydrogenases

Compound Information

ID 1242
Name cyanamide
CAS cyanamide

Reference

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10514271 Conway TT, DeMaster EG, Goon DJ, Shirota FN, Nagasawa HT: Diethylcarbamoylating/nitroxylating agents as dual action inhibitors of aldehyde dehydrogenase: a disulfiram-cyanamide merger. J Med Chem. 1999 Oct 7;42(20):4016-20.
Benzenesulfohydroxamic acid (Piloty's acid) was functionalized on the hydroxyl group with the N,N-diethylcarbamoyl group, and the hydroxylamine nitrogen was substituted with acetyl (1a), pivaloyl (1b), benzoyl (1c), and ethoxycarbonyl (1d) groups. Only compound 1d inhibited yeast aldehyde dehydrogenase (AlDH) in vitro (IC (50) 169 microM). When administered to rats, 1d significantly raised blood acetaldehyde levels following ethanol challenge, thus serving as a diethylcarbamoylating/nitroxylating, dual action inhibitor of AlDH in vivo. A more potent dual action agent was N-(N, N-diethylcarbamoyl)-O-methylbenzenesulfohydroxamic acid (5c), which was postulated to release diethylcarbamoylnitroxyl (9), a highly potent diethylcarbamoylating/nitroxylating agent, following metabolic O-demethylation in vivo. The dual action inhibition of AlDH exhibited by 1d, and especially 9, constitutes a merger of the mechanism of action of the alcohol deterrent agents, disulfiram and cyanamide.
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