Identification and pharmacological characterization of succinate receptor agonists
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Background and PurposeThe succinate receptor (formerly GPR91 or SUCNR1) is described as a metabolic sensor that may be involved in homeostasis. Notwithstanding its implication in important (patho)physiological processes, the function of succinate receptors has remained ill‐defined because no pharmacological tools were available. We report on the discovery of the first family of potent synthetic agonists.Experimental ApproachWe screened a library of succinate analogues and analysed their activity on succinate receptors. Also, we modelled a pharmacophore and a binding site for this receptor. New agonists were identified based on the information provided by these two approaches. Their activity was studied in various bioassays, including measurement of cAMP levels, [Ca2+]i mobilization, TGF‐α shedding and recruitment of arrestin 3. The in vivo effects of activating succinate receptors with these new agonists was evaluated on rat BP.Key ResultsWe identified cis‐epoxysuccinic acid and cis‐1,2‐cyclopropanedicarboxylic acid as agonists with an efficacy similar to that of succinic acid. Interestingly, cis‐epoxysuccinic acid was 10‐ to 20‐fold more potent than succinic acid on succinate receptors. For example, cis‐epoxysuccinic acid reduced cAMP levels with a pEC50 = 5.57 ± 0.02 (EC50 = 2.7 μM), compared with succinate pEC50 = 4.54 ± 0.08 (EC50 = 29 μM). The rank order of potency of the three agonists was the same in all in vitro assays. Both cis‐epoxysuccinic and cis‐1,2‐cyclopropanedicarboxylic acid were as potent as succinate in increasing rat BP.Conclusions and ImplicationsWe describe new agonists at succinate receptors that should facilitate further research on this understudied receptor.
Total Synthesis of the Bacterial RNA Polymerase Inhibitor Ripostatin B
作者:Florian Glaus、Karl-Heinz Altmann
DOI:10.1002/anie.201200871
日期:2012.4.2
A modular and highly stereoselective synthesis of the title compound was developed. Key steps in the assembly of the carbon framework of ripostatinB (1; see scheme) were a stereoselective Paterson aldol reaction and a high‐yielding ring‐closing metathesis mediated by Grubbs first generation catalyst. The C15 hydroxy group was established through Tishchenko–Evans reduction in excellent yield and selectivity
Design, synthesis, biophysical and primer extension studies of novel acyclic butyl nucleic acid (BuNA)
作者:Vipin Kumar、Kiran R. Gore、P. I. Pradeepkumar、Venkitasamy Kesavan
DOI:10.1039/c3ob41244j
日期:——
that (S)-BuNA is capable of making duplexes with its complementary strands and integration of (S)-BuNA nucleotides into DNAduplex does not alter the B-type-helical structure of the duplex. Furthermore, (S)-BuNA oligonucleotides and (S)-BuNA substituted DNA strands were studied as primer extensions by DNA polymerases. This study revealed that the acyclicscaffold is tolerated by enzymes and is therefore
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Synthesis and Evaluation of Novel TLR2 Agonists as Potential Adjuvants for Cancer Vaccines
作者:Benjamin L. Lu、Geoffrey M. Williams、Daniel J. Verdon、P. Rod Dunbar、Margaret A. Brimble
DOI:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b01044
日期:2020.3.12
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