Development of the First Potential Covalent Inhibitors of Anandamide Cellular Uptake
摘要:
On the basis of the chemical structures of two previously developed metabolically stable and relatively potent inhibitors of anandamide uptake, OMDM-1,2, two series of potential covalent inhibitors of anandamide cellular reuptake, which might be used for the molecular characterization of the protein(s) involved in the membrane transport of endocannabinoids, have been designed and synthesized. Most of the compounds inhibited uptake to a varied extent and in a generally enantio-sensitive manner when co-incubated with [C-14]anandamide, but only three of them, the photoactivatable 1a (OMDM-37), 1b (OMDM-39), and 8 (Lo395), also produced a significant inhibition of uptake following the preincubation only of the cells, and this effect was significantly enhanced following UV exposure only in the case of 8. None of the new compounds inhibited [C-14]anandamide hydrolysis with IC50 < 50 mu M, except for 1b.
Method for preparing specific inhibitors of virus-specified proteases
申请人:E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
公开号:US04644055A1
公开(公告)日:1987-02-17
A general method for preparing specific inhibitors of virus-specified proteases is disclosed. The inhibitors comprise a halomethyl ketone or methyl ketone moiety covalently linked to a peptide sequence of three, four or five amino acids or amino acid residues, which peptide sequence corresponds to an amino acid sequence found adjacent to and upstream of a cleavage site recognized by a virus-specified protease.
Inhibition of cyclic nucleotide independent protein kinases
申请人:E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
公开号:US04582821A1
公开(公告)日:1986-04-15
Peptide and amino acid halomethyl ketones are employed in processes for inhibiting cyclic nucleotide independent protein kinase activity and tumor cell growth.
Inhibition of viral protease activity by peptide halomethyl ketones
申请人:E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
公开号:US04636492A1
公开(公告)日:1987-01-13
Selected tripeptide and tetrapeptide halomethyl ketones are employed in processes for treating viral infection in mammals. These compounds inhibit picornavirus protease activity.
Endomorphin-1 Analogues Containing β-Proline Are μ-Opioid Receptor Agonists and Display Enhanced Enzymatic Hydrolysis Resistance
作者:Giuliana Cardillo、Luca Gentilucci、Ahmed R. Qasem、Fabio Sgarzi、Santi Spampinato
DOI:10.1021/jm011059z
日期:2002.6.1
In this paper we describe the synthesis and affinity toward the mu-opioid receptor of some tetrapeptides obtained from endomorphin-1, H-Tyr-Pro-Trp-Phe-NH2 (1), by substituting each amino acid in turn with its homologue. The ability to bind p-opioid receptors depends on the beta-amino acid, and in particular 4, which contains beta-L-Pro, has a K-1 in the nanomolar range. The peptides 4 and 5 are significantly more resistant to enzymatic hydrolysis than 1. The same compounds, as well as they-opioid receptor agonist DAMGO, produced a concentration-dependent inhibition of forskolin-stimulated cyclic AMP formation, thus behaving as mu-opioid agonists. These features suggest that this novel class of endomorphin-1 analogues may represent suitable candidates for the in vivo investigation as potential mu-opioid receptor agonists.