Central and peripheral glucocorticoid receptor function in abdominal obesity
摘要:
Abdominal obesity seems to be associated with a moderately deranged feedback regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-ad renal (HPA) axis where central glucocorticoid receptors (GR) are involved. Therefore, functions of central and peripheral GR were compared in this study. Furthermore, since trinucleotide repeats in early exons of steroid hormone receptor genes influence transcription, and therefore may influence receptor density, this was also studied. Ten middle-aged men, 5 with abdominal obesity and 5 controls, were studied. The suppression of dexamethasone (dex) on serum cortisol was used in dose-response tests to assess the function of central GR. Abdominal adipose tissue biopsies were incubated and exposed to cortisol in different concentrations, and the function of the peripheral GR assayed as induction of lipoprotein lipase (LPL) activity. Aberrant expansion of exonic trinucleotide repeats in the first coding exon of the GR gene was studied by sequencing of genomic DNA. Results showed that men with abdominal obesity showed less inhibition of serum cortisol by dex, particularly at lower concentrations, while in the controls cortisol secretion was inhibited in an apparent dose-response manner. LPL activity in adipose tissue was lower in abdominal obese men than in controls. However, the sensitivity to cortisol was not different between the groups. There was no evidence for expansion of trinucleotide repeats. These results suggest that the central GR and the peripheral GR in adipose tissue exhibit functional differences in abdominal obesity.
Revisiting Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions: Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Azides, Thiocyanates, and Sulfones in an Aqueous Medium
作者:Yuhong Ju、Dalip Kumar、Rajender S. Varma
DOI:10.1021/jo061114h
日期:2006.8.1
practical, rapid, and efficient microwave (MW) promoted synthesis of various azides, thiocyanates, and sulfones is described in an aqueous medium. This general and expeditious MW-enhanced nucleophilicsubstitution approach uses easily accessible starting materials such as halides or tosylates in reaction with alkali azides, thiocyanates, or sulfinates in the absence of any phase-transfer catalyst, and
The reactions of p-toluenesulfonylmethyl isocyanide (TosMIC) with α-bromocarbonyl compounds leading efficiently to α-sulfonated ketones, esters, and amides were reported, in which an explicit new role of TosMIC as the sulfonylating agent was uncovered for the first time. Mechanistic study by control experiments and DFT calculations suggested that the reaction is initiated by Cu(OTf)2-catalyzed hydration
的反应p -toluenesulfonylmethyl胩(TOSMIC)用α-溴代化合物有效地导致α-磺化酮,酯和酰胺的报道,其中TOSMIC作为磺酰化剂的显式的新角色被揭露首次。通过对照实验和DFT计算进行的机理研究表明,该反应是由Cu(OTf)2催化的TosMIC水合引发的,形成了甲酰胺中间体,该中间体在Cs 2 CO 3添加剂的介导下易于进行C-S键裂解。
Easy access to α-carbonyl sulfones using cross-coupling of α-aryl-α-diazoesters with sulfonyl hydrazides
Cu-catalyzed cross-coupling of α-aryl-α-diazoesters with sulfonyl hydrazides is explored to access α-carbonyl sulfones via migratory insertion of Cu-carbene species.
<i>N</i>-Sulfonylbenzotriazoles as Advantageous Reagents for <i>C</i>-Sulfonylation
作者:Alan R. Katritzky、Ashraf A. A. Abdel-Fattah、Anatoliy V. Vakulenko、Hui Tao
DOI:10.1021/jo051157i
日期:2005.11.1
Reactions of readily available N-(alkyl-, aryl-, and heteroarylsulfonyl)benzotriazoles 3a-h with diverse nitriles, reactive heteroaromatics, alkylheteroaromatics, sulfones, and esters produced alpha-cyanoalkyl sulfones 5a-i, sulfonylheteroaromatics 7a-e, alpha-(sulfonylalkyl)heterocycles 9a-f, alpha-sulfonylalkyl sulfones 11a-g, and esters of alpha-sulfonyl acids 14a-c, respectively, in synthetically useful to excellent yields. The results represent the first examples of the successful application of sulfonylazoles for C-sulfonylation.