2566-19-0Relevant articles and documents
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Berdieva,M. et al.
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Rational Design of Small Peptides for Optimal Inhibition of Cyclooxygenase-2: Development of a Highly Effective Anti-Inflammatory Agent
Singh, Palwinder,Kaur, Sukhmeet,Kaur, Jagroop,Singh, Gurjit,Bhatti, Rajbir
, p. 3920 - 3934 (2016/05/24)
Among the small peptides 2-31, (H)Gly-Gly-Phe-Leu(OMe) (30) reduced prostaglandin production of COX-2 with an IC50 of 60 nM relative to 6000 nM for COX-1. The 5 mg kg-1 dose of compound 30 rescued albino mice by 80% from capsaicin-induced paw licking and recovered it by 60% from carrageenan-induced inflammation. The mode of action of compound 30 for targeting COX-2, iNOS, and VGSC was investigated by using substance P, l-arginine, and veratrine, respectively, as biomarkers. The interactions of 30 with COX-2 were supported by isothermal calorimetry experiments showing a Ka of 6.10 ± 1.10 × 104 M-1 and ΔG of -100.3 kJ mol-1 in comparison to a Ka 0.41 × 103 ± 0.09 M-1 and ΔG of -19.2 ± 0.06 kJ mol-1 for COX-1. Moreover, compound 30 did not show toxicity up to a 2000 mg kg-1 dose. Hence, we suggest peptide 30 as a highly potent and promising candidate for further development into an anti-inflammatory drug.
Amide-based cationic lipids
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Example 1, (2010/01/30)
The present invention provides novel amide-based cationic lipids of the general structure: or a salt, or solvate, or enantiomers thereof wherein; (a) Y is a direct link or an alkylene of 1 to about 20 carbon atoms; (b) R1 is H or a lipophilic moiety; (c) R2, R3, and R4 are positively charged moieties, or at least one but not all of R2, R3, or R4 is a positive moiety and the remaining are independently selected from H, an alkyl moiety of 1 to about 6 carbon atoms, or a heterocyclic moiety of about 5 to about 10 carbon atoms; (d) n and p are independently selected integers from 0 to 8, such that the sum of n and p is from 1 to 16; (e) X? is an anion or polyanion and (f) m is an integer from 0 to a number equivalent to the positive charge(s) present on the lipid; provided that if Y is a direct link and the sum of n and p is 1 then one of either R3 or R4 must have an alkyl moiety of at least 10 carbon atoms.The present invention further provides compositions of these lipids with polyanionic macromolecules, methods for interfering with protein expression in a cell utilizing these compositions and a kit for preparing the same.