Synthesis and evaluation of immunostimulant plasmalogen lysophosphatidylethanolamine and analogues for natural killer T cells
摘要:
Plasmalogen lysophosphatidylethanolamine (pLPE) had been identified as a self antigen for natural killer T cells (NKT cells). It is very important in the development, maturation and activation of NKT cells in thymus. Besides, pLPE is a novel type of antigen for NKT cells. To evaluate the structure-activity relationship (SAR) of this new antigen, pLPE and its analogues referred to different aliphatic chains and linkages at the sn-1 position of the glycerol backbone were synthesized, and the biological activities of these analogues was characterized. It is discovered that the linkages between phosphate and lipid moiety are not important for the antigens' activities. The pLPE analogues 1, 3, 4, 7 and 9, which have additional double bonds on lipid parts, were identified as new NKT agonists. Moreover, the analogues 4, 7 and 9 were discovered as potent Th2 activators for NKT cells. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Pheromone synthesis. Part 253: Synthesis of the racemates and enantiomers of triglycerides of male Drosophila fruit flies with special emphasis on the preparation of enantiomerically pure 1-monoglycerides
作者:Kenji Mori
DOI:10.1016/j.tet.2012.07.086
日期:2012.10
3-ditigloyloxypropyl esters of palmitic, palmitoleic, stearic, oleic, and linoleic acids) of male Drosophila fruit flies were synthesized in three steps from the racemate and enantiomers of 2,3-acetoneglycerol (2) via 1-monoglycerides 4a–e derived from the above fatty acids. Appropriate conditions were established for the preparation of enantiomerically pure 1-monoglycerides 4a–e, and their enantiomeric purities
Synthesis and hydrolytic stability of cyclic phosphatidic acids: implications for synthetic- and proto-cell studies
作者:Veronica Egas Ortuno、Sunil Pulletikurti、Kollery S. Veena、Ramanarayanan Krishnamurthy
DOI:10.1039/d2cc00292b
日期:——
Cyclic phosphatidic acids (cPAs) are bioactive compounds with therapuetic potential, but are in short supply. We describe a robust synthesis of cPAs employing an efficient cyclophosphorylation procedure and report on their hydrolytic properties – which should facilitate the study of their biological properties and as plausible proto- and synthetic-cell components.
Pheromone synthesis. Part 255: Synthesis and GC–MS analysis of pheromonal triacylglycerols of male Drosophila fruit flies
作者:Kenji Mori
DOI:10.1016/j.tet.2014.06.049
日期:2014.9
Pheromonal triacylglycerols and their analogs, 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B, and 3C, of male Drosophila fruit flies were synthesized and analyzed by GC-MS. Their GC retention times were found to be a reliable measure to analyze and identify these triacylglycerols with acetyl, oleoyl and tigloyl groups, although the stereoand regioisomers of 1 (1A and 1B), 2 (2A and 213), and 3 (3A, 3B, and 3C) could not be distinguished from each other by MS alone. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.