Ceramides: Branched alkyl chains in the sphingolipid siblings of diacylglycerol improve biological potency
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The synthesis of a small number of ceramide analogues containing a combination of linear and highly branched alkyl chains on either the D-sphingosine or the N-acyl core of the molecule is reported. Regardless of location, the presence of the branched chain improves potency relative to the positive control, C2 ceramide; however, the most potent compound (4) has the branched side chain as part of the D-sphingosine core. The induction of apoptosis by 4 in terms of Annexin V binding and DiOC(6) labeling was superior to that achieved with C2 ceramide. (c) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
A diversity oriented synthesis of d - erythro -sphingosine and siblings
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An efficient building block-based synthetic protocol has been developed for the synthesis of 3-keto-sphingoids with various chain lengths using cross metathesis of a Garner's aldehyde-derived alpha,beta-unsaturated ketone as the key step. Stereoselective reduction of the biomimetic precursors thus obtained provided D-elythro-sphingosine and truncated anaogues in good overall yields. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S-1P) derivatives such as threo-(2S,3S)-analogues, which are C-3 stereoisomers of natural erythro-(2S,3R)-S-1P, have been synthesized starting from L-serine or (IS,2S)-2-amino-1-aryl-1,3-propanediols (6). threo-(IS,2R)2-Amino-1-aryl-3-bromopropanols (HBr salt) have also been prepared from 6. The threo-S-1Ps and the threo-amino-bromide derivatives have shown potent inhibitory activity against Ca2+ ion mobilization in HL60 cells induced by erythro-S-1P, suggesting that these compounds would compete with cell surface EDG/S1P receptors. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.