60374-41-6Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Development of an N-Acyl Amino Acid That Selectively Inhibits the Glycine Transporter 2 to Produce Analgesia in a Rat Model of Chronic Pain
Mostyn, Shannon N.,Rawling, Tristan,Mohammadi, Sarasa,Shimmon, Susan,Frangos, Zachary J.,Sarker, Subhodeep,Yousuf, Arsalan,Vetter, Irina,Ryan, Renae M.,Christie, Macdonald J.,Vandenberg, Robert J.
, p. 2466 - 2484 (2019/03/07)
Inhibitors that target the glycine transporter 2, GlyT2, show promise as analgesics, but may be limited by their toxicity through complete or irreversible binding. Acyl-glycine inhibitors, however, are selective for GlyT2 and have been shown to provide analgesia in animal models of pain with minimal side effects, but are comparatively weak GlyT2 inhibitors. Here, we modify the simple acyl-glycine by synthesizing lipid analogues with a range of amino acid head groups in both l- and d-configurations, to produce nanomolar affinity, selective GlyT2 inhibitors. The potent inhibitor oleoyl-d-lysine (33) is also resistant to degradation in both human and rat plasma and liver microsomes, and is rapidly absorbed following an intraperitoneal injection to rats and readily crosses the blood-brain barrier. We demonstrate that 33 provides greater analgesia at lower doses, and does not possess the severe side effects of the very slowly reversible GlyT2 inhibitor, ORG25543 (2).
NOVEL GLYCINE TRANSPORT INHIBITORS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PAIN
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The present invention relates to novel glycine transport inhibitor compounds and their use for treating pain.
N-Carboxyanhydride-Mediated Fatty Acylation of Amino Acids and Peptides for Functionalization of Protocell Membranes
Izgu, Enver Cagri,Bj?rkbom, Anders,Kamat, Neha P.,Lelyveld, Victor S.,Zhang, Weicheng,Jia, Tony Z.,Szostak, Jack W.
supporting information, p. 16669 - 16676 (2017/01/10)
Early protocells are likely to have arisen from the self-assembly of RNA, peptide, and lipid molecules that were generated and concentrated within geologically favorable environments on the early Earth. The reactivity of these components in a prebiotic environment that supplied sources of chemical energy could have produced additional species with properties favorable to the emergence of protocells. The geochemically plausible activation of amino acids by carbonyl sulfide has been shown to generate short peptides via the formation of cyclic amino acid N-carboxyanhydrides (NCAs). Here, we show that the polymerization of valine-NCA in the presence of fatty acids yields acylated amino acids and peptides via a mixed anhydride intermediate. Notably, Nα-oleoylarginine, a product of the reaction between arginine and oleic acid in the presence of valine-NCA, partitions spontaneously into vesicle membranes and mediates the association of RNA with the vesicles. Our results suggest a potential mechanism by which activated amino acids could diversify the chemical functionality of fatty acid membranes and colocalize RNA with vesicles during the formation of early protocells.
Design and synthesis of lipids for the fabrication of functional lipidic cubic-phase biomaterials
Osornio, Yazmin M.,Uebelhart, Peter,Bosshard, Silvan,Konrad, Fabian,Siegel, Jay S.,Landau, Ehud M.
, p. 10583 - 10595 (2013/02/22)
A series of novel lipids with designed functionalities were synthesized. These lipids are based on conjugation of α-amino acids and their esters, cationic, anionic, neutral, and photochromic moieties to the lipophilic 9-cis octadecenyl chains by amide, ester, thioester, or amine bonds. Because of the plasticity of lipidic cubic phases, it is envisaged that when mixed with monooleoyl-rac-glycerol (monoolein, MO) and water at appropriate proportions, they would assemble to form bicontinuous lipidic cubic phases (LCPs) that exhibit the well-known material properties of LCPs such as phase stability, optical transparency, and chemical permeability. Moreover, due to the nature and position of the functionality at the headgroup region, we envision them to perform as functional materials by design.
New N-acylamino acids and derivatives from renewable fatty acids: Gelation of hydrocarbons and thermal properties
Duarte, Rodrigo Da Costa,Ongaratto, Renata,Piovesan, Luciana Almeida,De Lima, Vania Rodrigues,Soldi, Valdir,Merlo, Aloir Ant?nio,D'Oca, Marcelo G. Montes
, p. 2454 - 2460 (2012/06/01)
This work reports the synthesis of new fatty N-acylamino acids and N-acylamino esters from the C16:0, C18:0, C18:1, and C18:1(OH) fatty acid families and demonstrates the activity of these compounds as organogel agents. Compounds were heated and dissolved in various solvents (n-hexane, toluene, and gasoline). Only saturated C16:0 and C18:0 derived from alanine were able to form gels in toluene, and saturated C16:0 derived from phenylalanine showed gelation in n-hexane. This is the first evidence that fatty N-acylamino esters and N-acylamino acid derivatives of l-serine and fatty acids C16:0, C18:0, and C18:1 are able to form gels with hexane. This observation confirms the importance of the hydroxyl group in the segment derivative of l-serine in forming good gels.
