Mycophenolate mofetil is an ester prodrug of the active immunosuppressant mycophenolic acid (MPA). The latter shows a noncompetitive, selective and reversible inhibition activity against inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase type I/II with IC50 of 39 nM and 27 nM, respectively. Moreover, MPA also produces the concentration-dependent inhibition of proliferation of ConA-stimulated T cells, LPS-stimulated B cells and alloantigen-specific T cells with IC50 of 100 nM, 120 nM, and 51 nM, respectively. Mycophenolate mofetil with high concentration of 10 μg/mL induces a strong apoptosis in microglial cell cultures and increases the number of activated caspase-3 immunoreactive apoptotic cells. In addition, Mycophenolate mofetil (1 μg/mL) strongly inhibits proliferation of both microglial cells and astrocytes. A recent study shows that Mycophenolate mofetil significantly attenuates the extent of neuronal cell death of organotypic hippocampal slice cultures after neuronal injury in a time-dependent manner.
Dehydrogenase Inhibitors Related Products:
AGI-5198; SW033291; Vidofludimus; AGI-6780; Devimistat (CPI-613); Mycophenolic acid; Trilostane; Tenovin-1; Teriflunomide; Gimeracil; AG-636; AG-120 (racemic); Ivosidenib; Brequinar