A77 1726 (108605-62-5) is a pyrimidine biosynthesis inhibitor and immunomodulator.1 Inhibits the mitochondrial dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHODH).2 Leflunomide (Cat.# 10-2369) is rapidly metabolized in human hepatocytes to A77 1726.3 Cell permeable.
References/Citations
1) Manna et al. (1999), Immunosuppressive leflunomide metabolite (A77 1726) blocks TNF-dependent nuclear factor-kappa B activation and gene expression; J. Immunol., 162 2095
2) Davis et al. (1996), immunosuppressive metabolite of leflunomide is a potent inhibitor of human dihydroorotate dehydrogenase; Biochemistry, 35 1270
3) Seah et al. (2008), Oxidative bioactivation and toxicity of leflunomide in immortalized human hepatocytes and kinetics of the non-enzymatic conversion to its major metabolite, A77 1726; Drug Metab. Lett., 2 153