The phenylalkan(en)oic acids of the formula:
wherein the substituants are defined as in the disclosure, possess an antagonism on leukotriene B4, and therefore, are useful for the prevention and treatment of several diseases induced by leukotriene B4.
Spatiotemporally controllable nitric oxide (NO)-releasers allow us to analyze the physiological effects of NO, a gaseous mediator that modulates many biological signaling networks, and are also candidate chemotherapeutic agents. We designed and synthesized a blue-light-controllable NO releaser, named NOBL-1, which bears an N-nitrosoaminophenol moiety for NO release tethered to a BODIPY dye moiety for harvesting blue light. Photoinduced electron transfer from N-nitrosoaniline to the antenna moiety upon irradiation with relatively noncytotoxic blue light (470-500 nm) should result in NO release with formation of a stable quinone moiety. NO release from NOBL-1 was confirmed by ESR spin trapping and fluorescence detection. Spatially controlled NO release in cells was observed with DAR-4M AM, a fluorogenic NO probe. We also demonstrated temporally controlled vasodilation of rat aorta ex vivo by blue-light-induced NO release from NOBL-1. This compound should be useful for precise examination of the functions of NO with excellent spatiotemporal control.
Phenylalkan(en)oic acids with leukotriene B4 antagonistic activity