Treatment with diazoxide causes prolonged improvement of β-cell function in rat islets transplanted to a diabetic environment
摘要:
Prolonged hyperglycemia desensitizes beta cells. A role for hyperglycemia-induced excessive stimulation can be tested by diazoxide, which inhibits glucose-induced insulin secretion. Using diazoxide, we have investigated in a rat transplantation model whether excessive stimulation can induce lasting effects on beta cells. One batch with 150 islets and another with 20 islets isolated from Wistar-Furth rats were transplanted under the left-kidney capsule of syngeneic streptozotocin-diabetic recipients. In a first series, recipients were treated for 8 weeks with or without 0.2% diazoxide in the food. Graft-bearing kidneys were then perfused and excised. Diazoxide treatment increased by 5.5;fold the insulin response to 10 mmol/L arginine, by 4.1-fold the graft insulin content, and by 2.3-fold the preproinsulin mRNA versus nontreated diabetic controls. The persistence of these effects was assessed in a second series in which 8 weeks of diazoxide treatment was followed by 1 week of no treatment. Again, perfusion experiments showed a higher insulin response to arginine in diazoxide-treated rats (136.0 +/- 25.7 v 62.3 +/- 11.8 fmol/min, P < .05). Also, the response to 27.8 mmol/L glucose was increased (54.0 +/- 17.1 v 13.6 +/- 7.8 fmol/min, P < .05). The insulin content was increased (2.2 +/- 0.6 v 1.0 +/- 0.4 pmol/islet, P < .05), as well as the preproinsulin mRNA (0.60 +/- 0.08 v 0.22 +/- 0.02 pg/islet, P < .05). In a third series, we tested the impact of diazoxide treatment when given only during the first 2 weeks following transplantation. When tested 6 weeks later, insulin secretion was unaffected, whereas there was a strong tendency for a higher preproinsulin mRNA and insulin content in grafts of diazoxide;treated rats. In conclusion, this study demonstrates that beta-cell function in transplanted islets is improved by diazoxide long after the end of treatment, an effect that is likely due to removal of hyperglycemia induced excessive stimulation. Copyright (C) 2000 by W.B. Saunders Company.
for the thioacylation of amines using α-ketoacids and elemental sulfur has been developed. The key to success for this transformation is the nucleophilic activation of elemental sulfur by thiols such as 1-dodecanethiol. A variety of functional groups, including unprotected hydroxyl, carboxyl, amide, sulfide, and tertiary amine moieties are tolerated under the applied reaction conditions. To demonstrate
已经开发了一种使用 α-酮酸和元素硫对胺进行硫代酰化的温和且化学选择性的方法。这种转化成功的关键是硫醇(如 1-十二烷硫醇)对元素硫的亲核活化。在所应用的反应条件下,可以耐受各种官能团,包括未保护的羟基、羧基、酰胺、硫化物和叔胺部分。为了证明与使用 Lawesson 试剂或 P2S5 的传统 OS 交换反应相比,该方法的优势,将硫代酰胺部分特定地引入到生物活性化合物中。
A Hydroperoxide‐Mediated Decarboxylation of α‐Ketoacids Enables the Chemoselective Acylation of Amines
decarboxylative amidation of α-ketoacids by using inexpensive tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP), which is characterized by high yields, a broad substrate scope, mild reaction conditions, and a unique chemoselectivity. These features enable the synthesis of peptides from amino acid derived α-ketoacids under preservation of the stereochemical information.
Photocatalytic Activation of Elemental Sulfur Enables a Chemoselective Three-Component Thioesterification
作者:Sho Murakami、Takeshi Nanjo、Yoshiji Takemoto
DOI:10.1021/acs.orglett.1c02904
日期:2021.10.1
thioesterification using olefins, α-ketoacids, and elemental sulfur has been developed. The photocatalytic activation of elemental sulfur, a cheap and abundant sulfursource, enables the rapid installation of a sulfur atom into molecules, reactions that ordinarily would require the use of reactive and malodorous sulfur-containingcompounds such as thiols and thioacids. This novel reaction is characterized
已经开发出使用烯烃、α-酮酸和元素硫的温和且化学选择性的三组分硫酯化反应。元素硫的光催化活化是一种廉价且丰富的硫源,能够将硫原子快速安装到分子中,而这些反应通常需要使用反应性和恶臭的含硫化合物,如硫醇和硫代酸。这种新反应的特点是产量高,底物范围广,可以将硫酯部分引入复杂的分子中,包括类固醇、肽和未受保护的糖苷。机理研究表明,这种转变的成功取决于元素硫所发挥的多种作用,包括硫化剂、末端氧化剂和 HAT 介质。
Rapid Formation of Non‐canonical Phospholipid Membranes by Chemoselective Amide‐Forming Ligations with Hydroxylamines**
作者:Jiyue Chen、Roberto J. Brea、Alessandro Fracassi、Christy J. Cho、Adrian M. Wong、Marta Salvador‐Castell、Sunil K. Sinha、Itay Budin、Neal K. Devaraj
DOI:10.1002/anie.202311635
日期:2024.1.2
Bioorthogonal de novo phospholipid synthesis utilizing the reactions between hydroxylamine and α-ketoacids (KAs) or potassium acyltrifluoroborates (KATs) enables the rapid formation of biomimetic membranes under physiological pH conditions, using reactant concentrations in the micromolar range. Additionally, these reactions are biocompatible and can be performed in living mammalian cells.