A cell-permeable 2-hydroxy-1-naphthaldehyde derivative that acts as a specific and direct inhibitor of the sirtuin class of deacetylase activity with no affect on human HDAC1 (IC
50 = 48 μM, 131 μM and 58 μM for ySir2, hSIRT1 and hSIRT2, respectively). Reported to inhibit Sir2p transcriptional silencing activity
in vivo (IC
50 = 25 μM), and NAD-dependent histone deacetylase activity of purified recombinant yeast Sir2p and human SIRT2
in vitro (IC
50 = 70 μM and 40 μM, respectively). A 10 mM (1 mg/254 μl) solution of Sirtinol (Cat. No.
566321) in DMSO is also available.