50868-10-5Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Potentiation of cADPR-induced Ca2+-release by methylxanthine analogues
Cavallaro, Rosaria A.,Filocamo, Luigi,Galuppi, Annamaria,Galione, Antony,Brufani, Mario,Genazzani, Armando A.
, p. 2527 - 2534 (2007/10/03)
Caffeine and other methylxanthines are known to induce Ca2+-release from intracellular stores via the ryanodine receptor. In the present work, a range of caffeine analogues, in which methyl groups at the 1 and 7 positions were replaced with alkyl chains containing different functional groups (oxo, hydroxyl, propargyl, ester, and acids), were synthesized. These compounds were then screened for their ability to potentiate Ca2+-release induced by cADPR (an endogenous modulator of ryanodine receptors) in sea urchin egg homogenates. Two of the synthesized methylxanthines, 1,3-dimethyl-7-(7- hydroxyoctyl)xanthine (37) and 3-methyl-7-(7-oxooctyl)-1-propargylxanthine (66), were shown to be more potent than caffeine in potentiating cADPR- induced Ca2+-release, while 1,3-dimethyl-7-(5-ethylcarboxypentyl)xanthine (14) was shown to be more efficacious. The development of new methylxanthine analogues may lead to a better understanding of ryanodine receptor function and could possibly provide novel therapeutic agents.
