Pregnane‐based steroids are novel positive NMDA receptor modulators that may compensate for the effect of loss‐of‐function disease‐associated
GRIN
mutations
摘要:
Background and PurposeN‐methyl‐D‐aspartate receptors (NMDARs) play a critical role in synaptic plasticity, and mutations in human genes encoding NMDAR subunits have been described in individuals with various neuropsychiatric disorders. Compounds with a positive allosteric effect are thought to compensate for reduced receptor function.Experimental ApproachWe have used whole‐cell patch‐clamp electrophysiology on recombinant rat NMDARs and human variants found in individuals with neuropsychiatric disorders, in combination with in silico modelling, to explore the site of action of novel epipregnanolone‐based NMDAR modulators.Key ResultsAnalysis of the action of 4‐(20‐oxo‐5β‐pregnan‐3β‐yl) butanoic acid (EPA‐But) at the NMDAR indicates that the effect of this steroid with a “bent” structure is different from that of cholesterol and oxysterols and shares a disuse‐dependent mechanism of NMDAR potentiation with the “planar” steroid 20‐oxo‐pregn‐5‐en‐3β‐yl sulfate (PE‐S). The potentiating effects of EPA‐But and PE‐S are additive. Alanine scan mutagenesis identified residues that reduce the potentiating effect of EPA‐But. No correlation was found between the effects of EPA‐But and PE‐S at mutated receptors that were less sensitive to either steroid. The relative degree of potentiation induced by the two steroids also differed in human NMDARs carrying rare variants of hGluN1 or hGluN2B subunits found in individuals with neuropsychiatric disorders, including intellectual disability, epilepsy, developmental delay, and autism spectrum disorder.Conclusion and ImplicationsOur results show novel sites of action for pregnanolones at the NMDAR and provide an opportunity for the development of new therapeutic neurosteroid‐based ligands to treat diseases associated with glutamatergic system hypofunction.
PROCESSES OF ENANTIOSELECTIVELY FORMING AN AMINOXY COMPOUND AND AN 1,2-OXAZINE COMPOUND
申请人:Nanyang Technological University
公开号:US20140228564A1
公开(公告)日:2014-08-14
Disclosed is a process of enantioselectively forming an aminoxy compound of Formula (3)
In formula (3) R
1
is one of an aliphatic group and an alicyclic group. R
2
is one of hydrogen, an aliphatic group, an alicyclic group, an aromatic group, an arylaliphatic group and an arylalicyclic group. R
3
is one of hydrogen, halogen, hydroxyl, and an aliphatic group with a main chain having 1 to about 10 carbon atoms. The respective aliphatic, alicyclic, aromatic, arylaliphatic or arylalicyclic groups of R
1
, R
2
, and R
3
comprise 0 to about 3 heteroatoms independently selected from the group consisting of N, O, S, Se and Si. The process includes contacting a carbonyl compound of Formula (1)
and a nitroso compound of Formula (2)
in the presence of a chiral catalyst. The chiral catalyst is a compound of Formula (IX)
Formation of a cationic alkylidene complex via formal hydride abstraction: synthesis and structural characterization of [W(PMe3)4(η2-CHPMe2)H]X (X = Br, I)
作者:Aaron Sattler、Gerard Parkin
DOI:10.1039/c1cc15457e
日期:——
W(PMe(3))(4)(eta(2)-CH(2)PMe(2))H reacts with aryl halides to give the alkylidene complex, [W(PMe(3))(4)(eta(2)-CHPMe(2))H](+), which reacts with LiAlD(4) to give selectively W(PMe(3))(4)(eta(2)-CHDPMe(2))H, in which the deuterium resides in the methylene group; subsequent migration of deuterium from the methylene group provides a means to measure the rate constant for the formation of the 16-electron
A process for producing an aliphatic isocyanate from an aliphatic primary amine comprising a carbonylation step in which an aliphatic primary amine is allowed to react with carbon monoxide at a temperature of about 100-250°C in the presence of an aromatic hydroxyl compound having a pKa value of not more than about 11, molecular oxigen and a catalyst system comprising at least one member selected from palladium and rhodium metals and components thereof and at least one member selected from iodine and bromine and compounds thereof and a combined separation and recovery step comprising a pyrolysis-distillation reaction in which the mixture of carbonylated products is heated to a temperature of from about 100 to 300°C.
Anti-microbial polymer incorporating a quaternary ammonium group
申请人:CHEMGREEN INNOVATION INC.
公开号:US10993437B2
公开(公告)日:2021-05-04
The present disclosure relates to antimicrobial polymers which impart prolonged antimicrobial activity to a surface or in a solution, the polymers comprising as repeating monomers a polymerizable cyclic moiety forming part of the polymer backbone and an anti-microbial moiety such as a quaternary ammonium moiety in the side chain. The polymer may further comprise polymerizable units of at least one unsaturated monomer having an ethylenically unsaturated double or triple bond.