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Li MR, Zheng MY, Wang DC, Guo HM. Pd-catalyzed 5- exo-dig cyclization/etherification cascade of N-propargyl arylamines for the synthesis of polysubstituted furans. Chem Commun (Camb) 2024. [PMID: 38967357 DOI: 10.1039/d4cc02255f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/06/2024]
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A method for the synthesis of furans bearing indoline skeletons was developed via an intramolecular palladium-catalyzed 5-exo-dig cyclization/etherification cascade of N-propargyl arylamines containing a 1,3-dicarbonyl side chain. This method realized the first capture of vinyl carbopalladiums by ketones as O-nucleophiles and showed a wide range of substrate tolerability affording trisubstituted furans in various yields. The enantioselective version for this domino process and diverse derivatizations of the reaction products were also studied.
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- Meng-Ru Li
- State Key Laboratory of Antiviral Drugs, Pingyuan Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions, Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Province for Green Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan 453007, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Antiviral Drugs, Pingyuan Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions, Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Province for Green Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan 453007, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Antiviral Drugs, Pingyuan Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions, Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Province for Green Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan 453007, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Antiviral Drugs, Pingyuan Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions, Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Province for Green Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan 453007, China.
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Gross B, Han SJ, Virgil SC, Stoltz BM. A Convergent Total Synthesis of (+)-Ineleganolide. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:7763-7767. [PMID: 36989438 PMCID: PMC10544024 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c02142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 03/31/2023]
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We report the total synthesis of the furanobutenolide-derived diterpenoid (+)-ineleganolide. The synthetic approach relies on a convergent strategy based on the coupling of two enantioenriched fragments, which are derived from (-)-linalool and (+)-norcarvone, respectively. A high-yielding, one-step Michael addition and aldol cascade furnishes a pentacyclic framework as a single diastereomer, thereby overcoming previous challenges in controlling stereochemistry. The endgame features an O2-facilitated C-H oxidation and a samarium diiodide-induced semipinacol rearrangement to furnish the highly rigid central seven-membered ring.
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- Benjamin
M. Gross
- The
Warren and Katharine Schlinger Laboratory for Chemistry and Chemical
Engineering, California Institute of Technology, MC-101-20, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- The
Warren and Katharine Schlinger Laboratory for Chemistry and Chemical
Engineering, California Institute of Technology, MC-101-20, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
- Chemical
and Biological Integrative Research Center, KIST and Division of Bio-Medical
Science & Technology, KIST-School, UST, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
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- The
Warren and Katharine Schlinger Laboratory for Chemistry and Chemical
Engineering, California Institute of Technology, MC-101-20, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- The
Warren and Katharine Schlinger Laboratory for Chemistry and Chemical
Engineering, California Institute of Technology, MC-101-20, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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Yap WY, Hwang JS. Response of Cellular Innate Immunity to Cnidarian Pore-Forming Toxins. Molecules 2018; 23:E2537. [PMID: 30287801 PMCID: PMC6222686 DOI: 10.3390/molecules23102537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2018] [Revised: 09/24/2018] [Accepted: 09/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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A group of stable, water-soluble and membrane-bound proteins constitute the pore forming toxins (PFTs) in cnidarians. They interact with membranes to physically alter the membrane structure and permeability, resulting in the formation of pores. These lesions on the plasma membrane causes an imbalance of cellular ionic gradients, resulting in swelling of the cell and eventually its rupture. Of all cnidarian PFTs, actinoporins are by far the best studied subgroup with established knowledge of their molecular structure and their mode of pore-forming action. However, the current view of necrotic action by actinoporins may not be the only mechanism that induces cell death since there is increasing evidence showing that pore-forming toxins can induce either necrosis or apoptosis in a cell-type, receptor and dose-dependent manner. In this review, we focus on the response of the cellular immune system to the cnidarian pore-forming toxins and the signaling pathways that might be involved in these cellular responses. Since PFTs represent potential candidates for targeted toxin therapy for the treatment of numerous cancers, we also address the challenge to overcoming the immunogenicity of these toxins when used as therapeutics.
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- Wei Yuen Yap
- Department of Biological Sciences, School of Science and Technology, Sunway University, No. 5 Jalan Universiti, Bandar Sunway, Selangor Darul Ehsan 47500, Malaysia.
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- Department of Medical Sciences, School of Healthcare and Medical Sciences, Sunway University, No. 5 Jalan Universiti, Bandar Sunway, Selangor Darul Ehsan 47500, Malaysia.
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Duplan V, Serba C, Garcia J, Valot G, Barluenga S, Hoerlé M, Cuendet M, Winssinger N. Synthesis of sesquiterpene-inspired derivatives designed for covalent binding and their inhibition of the NF-κB pathway. Org Biomol Chem 2014; 12:370-5. [DOI: 10.1039/c3ob42049c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Clark JS, Boyer A, Aimon A, Engel García P, Lindsay DM, Symington ADF, Danoy Y. Organocatalytic Synthesis of Highly Substituted Furfuryl Alcohols and Amines. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012; 51:12128-31. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201207300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2012] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Clark JS, Boyer A, Aimon A, Engel García P, Lindsay DM, Symington ADF, Danoy Y. Organocatalytic Synthesis of Highly Substituted Furfuryl Alcohols and Amines. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201207300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Structural determinants in phycotoxins and AChBP conferring high affinity binding and nicotinic AChR antagonism. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010; 107:6076-81. [PMID: 20224036 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0912372107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Spirolide and gymnodimine macrocyclic imine phycotoxins belong to an emerging class of chemical agents associated with marine algal blooms and shellfish toxicity. Analysis of 13-desmethyl spirolide C and gymnodimine A by binding and voltage-clamp recordings on muscle-type alpha1(2)betagammadelta and neuronal alpha3beta2 and alpha4beta2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors reveals subnanomolar affinities, potent antagonism, and limited subtype selectivity. Their binding to acetylcholine-binding proteins (AChBP), as soluble receptor surrogates, exhibits picomolar affinities governed by diffusion-limited association and slow dissociation, accounting for apparent irreversibility. Crystal structures of the phycotoxins bound to Aplysia-AChBP ( approximately 2.4A) show toxins neatly imbedded within the nest of ar-omatic side chains contributed by loops C and F on opposing faces of the subunit interface, and which in physiological conditions accommodates acetylcholine. The structures also point to three major features: (i) the sequence-conserved loop C envelops the bound toxins to maximize surface complementarity; (ii) hydrogen bonding of the protonated imine nitrogen in the toxins with the carbonyl oxygen of loop C Trp147 tethers the toxin core centered within the pocket; and (iii) the spirolide bis-spiroacetal or gymnodimine tetrahydrofuran and their common cyclohexene-butyrolactone further anchor the toxins in apical and membrane directions, along the subunit interface. In contrast, the se-quence-variable loop F only sparingly contributes contact points to preserve the broad receptor subtype recognition unique to phycotoxins compared with other nicotinic antagonists. These data offer unique means for detecting spiroimine toxins in shellfish and identify distinctive ligands, functional determinants and binding regions for the design of new drugs able to target several receptor subtypes with high affinity.
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Ferchmin PA, Pagán OR, Ulrich H, Szeto AC, Hann RM, Eterović VA. Actions of octocoral and tobacco cembranoids on nicotinic receptors. Toxicon 2009; 54:1174-82. [PMID: 19281835 PMCID: PMC2783377 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.02.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) are pentameric proteins that form agonist-gated cation channels through the plasma membrane. AChR agonists and antagonists are potential candidates for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. Cembranoids are naturally occurring diterpenoids that contain a 14-carbon ring. These diterpenoids interact with AChRs in complex ways: as irreversible inhibitors at the agonist sites, as noncompetitive inhibitors, or as positive modulators, but no cembranoid was ever shown to have agonistic activity on AChRs. The cembranoid eupalmerin acetate displays positive modulation of agonist-induced currents in the muscle-type AChR and in the related gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) type A receptor. Moreover, cembranoids display important biological effects, many of them mediated by nicotinic receptors. Cembranoids from tobacco are neuroprotective through a nicotinic anti-apoptotic mechanism preventing excitotoxic neuronal death which in part could result from anti-inflammatory properties of cembranoids. Moreover, tobacco cembranoids also have anti-inflammatory properties which could enhance their neuroprotective properties. Cembranoids from tobacco affect nicotine-related behavior: they increase the transient initial ataxia caused by first nicotine injection into naive rats and inhibit the expression of locomotor sensitization to repeated injections of nicotine. In addition, cembranoids are known to act as anti-tumor compounds. In conclusion, cembranoids provide a promising source of lead drugs for many clinical areas, including neuroprotection, smoking-cessation, and anti-cancer therapies.
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- P A Ferchmin
- Department of Biochemistry, Universidad Central del Caribe, Bayamon, PR, USA
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Grote D, Dahse HM, Seifert K. Furanocembranoids from the soft corals Sinularia asterolobata and Litophyton arboreum. Chem Biodivers 2009; 5:2449-56. [PMID: 19035574 DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.200890210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The new cembranoid diterpene danielid (1) along with 3alpha-ethoxyfuranocembranoid 2, pukalide (3), 13alpha-acetoxypukalide (4), furanocembranoid 5, and furanosesquiterpene 6 have been isolated from the soft coral Sinularia asterolobata. The furanocembranoid diterpene 11beta,12beta-epoxypukalide (7) and the sesquiterpene (-)-bicyclogermacrene (8) have been obtained from the soft coral Litophyton arboreum. The structures were elucidated primarily by NMR spectroscopy. The furanocembranoids 2, 4, and 5 show good antiproliferative activities against the cell lines L-929 and K-562, and weak cytotoxic effects on HeLa cells.
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- Daniela Grote
- Lehrstuhl für Organische Chemie, NW II, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth
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Kharrat R, Servent D, Girard E, Ouanounou G, Amar M, Marrouchi R, Benoit E, Molgó J. The marine phycotoxin gymnodimine targets muscular and neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes with high affinity. J Neurochem 2008; 107:952-63. [PMID: 18990115 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2008.05677.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
MESH Headings
- Acetylcholine/pharmacology
- Animals
- Behavior, Animal/drug effects
- Bivalvia/chemistry
- Bungarotoxins/metabolism
- Cells, Cultured
- Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid/methods
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Drug Interactions
- Electric Stimulation/methods
- Gene Expression/drug effects
- Heterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring/analysis
- Heterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring/chemistry
- Heterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring/classification
- Heterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring/pharmacology
- Humans
- Hydrocarbons, Cyclic/analysis
- Hydrocarbons, Cyclic/chemistry
- Hydrocarbons, Cyclic/classification
- Hydrocarbons, Cyclic/pharmacology
- Imines/analysis
- Imines/chemistry
- Imines/classification
- Imines/pharmacology
- Male
- Membrane Potentials/drug effects
- Membrane Potentials/physiology
- Membrane Potentials/radiation effects
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Muscle Cells/drug effects
- Muscle Cells/metabolism
- Neuromuscular Junction/drug effects
- Neuromuscular Junction/physiology
- Neuromuscular Junction/radiation effects
- Oocytes
- Patch-Clamp Techniques
- Protein Binding/drug effects
- Receptors, Nicotinic/metabolism
- Synaptic Transmission/drug effects
- Xenopus laevis
- alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor
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- Riadh Kharrat
- Laboratoire de Neurobiologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire-UPR9040, CNRS, Institut de Neurobiologie Alfred Fessard-FRC2118, Gif sur Yvette, France
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Roethle PA, Trauner D. The chemistry of marine furanocembranoids, pseudopteranes, gersolanes, and related natural products. Nat Prod Rep 2008; 25:298-317. [DOI: 10.1039/b705660p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Ivanov AS. Meldrum’s acid and related compounds in the synthesis of natural products and analogs. Chem Soc Rev 2008; 37:789-811. [DOI: 10.1039/b716020h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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[reaction: see text]. The total synthesis of (+/-)-bipinnatin J was achieved through a concise route that features the use of a silver ion promoted S(N)1-type gamma-alkylation of a siloxyfuran and a diastereoselective Cr(II)-mediated macrocyclization to provide bipinnatin J (1), wherein the remote furanone stereocenter at C10 induced the relative stereochemistry of the two additional stereocenters.
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- Qinhua Huang
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, 5735 South Ellis Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60637
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, 5735 South Ellis Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60637
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Tsubuki M, Takahashi K, Sakata K, Honda T. Studies toward the Synthesis of Furanocembrane Bipinnatin J: Synthesis of a 2,3,5-Trisubstituted Furfuryl Ether Intermediate. HETEROCYCLES 2005. [DOI: 10.3987/com-04-10317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Molles BE, Rezai P, Kline EF, McArdle JJ, Sine SM, Taylor P. Identification of residues at the alpha and epsilon subunit interfaces mediating species selectivity of Waglerin-1 for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:5433-40. [PMID: 11724791 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109232200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Waglerin-1 (Wtx-1) is a 22-amino acid peptide that is a competitive antagonist of the muscle nicotinic receptor (nAChR). We find that Wtx-1 binds 2100-fold more tightly to the alpha-epsilon than to the alpha-delta binding site interface of the mouse nAChR. Moreover, Wtx-1 binds 100-fold more tightly to the alpha-epsilon interface from mouse nAChR than that from rat or human sources. Site-directed mutagenesis of residues differing in the extracellular domains of rat and mouse epsilon subunits indicates that residues 59 and 115 mediate the species difference in Wtx-1 affinity. Mutation of residues 59 (Asp in mouse, Glu in rat epsilon) and 115 (Tyr in mouse, Ser in rat epsilon) converts Wtx-1 affinity for the alpha-epsilon interface of one species to that of the other species. Studies of different mutations at position 59 indicate both steric and electrostatic contributions to Wtx-1 affinity, whereas at position 115, both aromatic and polar groups contribute to affinity. The human nAChR also has lower affinity for Wtx-1 than mouse nAChR, but unlike rat nAChR, residues in both alpha and epsilon subunits mediate the affinity difference. In human nAChR, polar residues (Ser-187 and Thr-189) confer low affinity, whereas in mouse nAChR aromatic residues (Trp-187 and Phe-189) confer high affinity. The overall results show that non-conserved residues at the nAChR binding site, although not crucial for activation by ACh, govern the potency of neuromuscular toxins.
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- Brian E Molles
- Department of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0636, USA.
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Smit AB, Syed NI, Schaap D, van Minnen J, Klumperman J, Kits KS, Lodder H, van der Schors RC, van Elk R, Sorgedrager B, Brejc K, Sixma TK, Geraerts WP. A glia-derived acetylcholine-binding protein that modulates synaptic transmission. Nature 2001; 411:261-8. [PMID: 11357121 DOI: 10.1038/35077000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 392] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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There is accumulating evidence that glial cells actively modulate neuronal synaptic transmission. We identified a glia-derived soluble acetylcholine-binding protein (AChBP), which is a naturally occurring analogue of the ligand-binding domains of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs). Like the nAChRs, it assembles into a homopentamer with ligand-binding characteristics that are typical for a nicotinic receptor; unlike the nAChRs, however, it lacks the domains to form a transmembrane ion channel. Presynaptic release of acetylcholine induces the secretion of AChBP through the glial secretory pathway. We describe a molecular and cellular mechanism by which glial cells release AChBP in the synaptic cleft, and propose a model for how they actively regulate cholinergic transmission between neurons in the central nervous system.
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- A B Smit
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Research Institute Neurosciences Vrije Universiteit, Faculty of Biology, De Boelelaan 1087, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Hargittai B, Solé NA, Groebe DR, Abramson SN, Barany G. Chemical syntheses and biological activities of lactam analogues of alpha-conotoxin SI. J Med Chem 2000; 43:4787-92. [PMID: 11123987 DOI: 10.1021/jm990635c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Bicyclization represents an effective method for the introduction of conformational constraints into small, biologically important peptides. Several strategies have been developed for the preparation of bicyclic lactam analogues of alpha-conotoxin SI, a 13-residue peptide neurotoxin found in cone snail venom. Four analogues of the natural regioisomer of alpha-conotoxin SI were designed and synthesized, each with one of the two paired cysteines of the parent peptide being replaced by a side-chain lactam bridged glutamic acid/lysine pair. Solid-phase lactamization was studied to determine rates of formation of the two possible loops and to document the extent of dimerization and higher oligomerization. Radioligand binding assays were carried out on all synthesized peptides, including the naturally occurring two-disulfide form, in order to determine their affinities for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs). Replacement of the Cys(2)-Cys(7) loop of alpha-conotoxin SI with a lactam bridge resulted in complete loss of activity, whereas replacement of the Cys(3)-Cys(13) disulfide loop resulted in a approximately 60-fold reduction in affinity for one orientation and a approximately 70-fold increase in affinity for the other. The two active lactam analogues retain the selectivity exhibited by the naturally occurring peptide for the alpha/delta subunit of nAChRs, as judged by competition experiments with the curariform antagonist metocurine.
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- B Hargittai
- Departments of Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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Hirano W, Kimura A, Takahashi T. Presence of Two Distinct Transcripts for Matrilysin in Porcine Ovary. Zoolog Sci 2000. [DOI: 10.2108/0289-0003(2000)17[445:potdtf]2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Arias HR. Topology of ligand binding sites on the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. BRAIN RESEARCH. BRAIN RESEARCH REVIEWS 1997; 25:133-91. [PMID: 9403137 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-0173(97)00020-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AChR) presents two very well differentiated domains for ligand binding that account for different cholinergic properties. In the hydrophilic extracellular region of both alpha subunits there exist the binding sites for agonists such as the neurotransmitter acetylcholine (ACh) and for competitive antagonists such as d-tubocurarine. Agonists trigger the channel opening upon binding while competitive antagonists compete for the former ones and inhibit its pharmacological action. Identification of all residues involved in recognition and binding of agonist and competitive antagonists is a primary objective in order to understand which structural components are related to the physiological function of the AChR. The picture for the localisation of the agonist/competitive antagonist binding sites is now clearer in the light of newer and better experimental evidence. These sites are mainly located on both alpha subunits in a pocket approximately 30-35 A above the surface membrane. Since both alpha subunits are sequentially identical, the observed high and low affinity for agonists on the receptor is conditioned by the interaction of the alpha subunit with the delta or the gamma chain, respectively. This relationship is opposite for curare-related drugs. This molecular interaction takes place probably at the interface formed by the different subunits. The principal component for the agonist/competitive antagonist binding sites involves several aromatic residues, in addition to the cysteine pair at 192-193, in three loops-forming binding domains (loops A-C). Other residues such as the negatively changed aspartates and glutamates (loop D), Thr or Tyr (loop E), and Trp (loop F) from non-alpha subunits were also found to form the complementary component of the agonist/competitive antagonist binding sites. Neurotoxins such as alpha-, kappa-bungarotoxin and several alpha-conotoxins seem to partially overlap with the agonist/competitive antagonist binding sites at multiple point of contacts. The alpha subunits also carry the binding site for certain acetylcholinesterase inhibitors such as eserine and for the neurotransmitter 5-hydroxytryptamine which activate the receptor without interacting with the classical agonist binding sites. The link between specific subunits by means of the binding of ACh molecules might play a pivotal role in the relative shift among receptor subunits. This conformational change would allow for the opening of the intrinsic receptor cation channel transducting the external chemical signal elicited by the agonist into membrane depolarisation. The ion flux activity can be inhibited by non-competitive inhibitors (NCIs). For this kind of drugs, a population of low-affinity binding sites has been found at the lipid-protein interface of the AChR. In addition, several high-affinity binding sites have been found to be located at different rings on the M2 transmembrane domain, namely luminal binding sites. In this regard, the serine ring is the locus for exogenous NCIs such as chlorpromazine, triphenylmethylphosphonium, the local anaesthetic QX-222, phencyclidine, and trifluoromethyliodophenyldiazirine. Trifluoromethyliodophenyldiazirine also binds to the valine ring, which is the postulated site for cembranoids. Additionally, the local anaesthetic meproadifen binding site seems to be located at the outer or extracellular ring. Interestingly, the M2 domain is also the locus for endogenous NCIs such as the neuropeptide substance P and the neurotransmitter 5-hydroxytryptamine. In contrast with this fact, experimental evidence supports the hypothesis for the existence of other NCI high-affinity binding sites located not at the channel lumen but at non-luminal binding domains. (ABSTRACT TRUNCATED)
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- H R Arias
- Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de Bahía Blanca, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Bahía Blanca, Argentina.
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Jacobsen R, Yoshikami D, Ellison M, Martinez J, Gray WR, Cartier GE, Shon KJ, Groebe DR, Abramson SN, Olivera BM, McIntosh JM. Differential targeting of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors by novel alphaA-conotoxins. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:22531-7. [PMID: 9278406 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.36.22531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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We describe the isolation and characterization of two peptide toxins from Conus ermineus venom targeted to nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs). The peptide structures have been confirmed by mass spectrometry and chemical synthesis. In contrast to the 12-18 residue, 4 Cys-containing alpha-conotoxins, the new toxins have 30 residues and 6 Cys residues. The toxins, named alphaA-conotoxins EIVA and EIVB, block both Torpedo and mouse alpha1-containing muscle subtype nAChRs expressed in Xenopus oocytes at low nanomolar concentrations. In contrast to alpha-bungarotoxin, alphaA-EIVA is inactive at alpha7-containing nAChRs even at micromolar concentrations. In this regard, alphaA-EIVA is similar to the previously described alpha-conotoxins (e.g. alpha-MI and alpha-GI) which also selectively target alpha1- versus alpha7-containing nAChRs. However, alpha-MI and alpha-GI discriminate between the alpha/delta versus alpha/gamma subunit interfaces of the mouse muscle nAChR with 10,000-fold selectivity. In contrast, alphaA-conotoxin EIVA blocks both the alpha/gamma site and alpha/delta site with equally high affinity but with distinct kinetics. The alphaA-conotoxins thus represent novel probes for the alpha/gamma as well as the alpha/delta binding sites of the nAChR.
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- R Jacobsen
- Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA
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Feng W, Shoshan-Barmatz V. Involvement of lysine residues in the gating of the ryanodine receptor/Ca2+-release channel of skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1997; 247:955-62. [PMID: 9288920 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00955.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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In this study, the modification of skeletal muscle ryanodine receptor (RyR)/Ca2+-release channel with 7-chloro-4-nitrobenzo-2-oxa-1,3,-diazole (Nbd-Cl) demonstrates that lysyl residues are involved in the channel gating. Nbd-Cl was found to have a dual effect: stimulation and inhibition of ryanodine binding and single channel activities. Nbd-Cl, in a time-dependent manner, first stimulated and subsequently inhibited ryanodine binding to both membrane-bound and purified RyR. Incubation of sacroplasmic reticulum membranes with Nbd-Cl for 5-20 s resulted in enhanced ryanodine-binding activity by 2-4-fold due, to an increased binding affinity by about tenfold, with no effect on the total binding sites (Bmax). However, under prolonged incubation (5-20 min), Nbd-Cl strongly inhibited ryanodine binding by decreasing the Bmax with no effect on the binding affinity. Similar effects of stimulation and inhibition by Nbd-Cl were obtained with single channel activity of RyR reconstituted into planar lipid bilayer. Nbd-Cl initially (within a few seconds) activated the channel to a highly open state, then (within a few minutes) inactivated it to the completely closed state. Nbd-Cl-modified protein, as assayed by ryanodine binding or single channel activities, was stable against thiolysis by dithiothreitol, suggesting Nbd-Cl modification of lysyl residues. Evidence from absorption and fluorescence excitation and emission spectra also demonstrated that lysyl residues in RyR were modified by Nbd-Cl. Spectrophotometric data were used to estimate a ratio of up to 1 mol Nbd bound/mol RyR (tetramer) and up to 4 mol Nbd bound per mol RyR (tetramer) for Nbd-Cl stimulated and inhibited RyR activities, respectively. The results clearly indicate the involvement of two classes of lysyl residues in RyR activity. Modification by Nbd-Cl of the fast-reacting group led to stimulation of ryanodine binding and single channel activities, while modification of the slow-reacting group resulted in inhibition of these activities. Thus, the involvement of lysine residues in the gating of the RyR channel is proposed.
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- W Feng
- Department of Life Sciences Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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Groebe DR, Gray WR, Abramson SN. Determinants involved in the affinity of alpha-conotoxins GI and SI for the muscle subtype of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Biochemistry 1997; 36:6469-74. [PMID: 9174364 DOI: 10.1021/bi970195w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors from muscle contain two functionally active and pharmacologically distinct acetylcholine-binding sites located at the alpha/gamma and alpha/delta subunit interfaces. The alpha-conotoxins are competitive antagonists of nicotinic receptors and can be highly site-selective, displaying greater than 10,000-fold differences in affinities for the two acetylcholine-binding sites on a single nicotinic receptor. The higher affinity site for alpha-conotoxins GI, MI, and SI is the alpha/delta site on mouse muscle-derived BC3H-1 receptors. However, alpha-conotoxins GI and MI exhibit higher affinity for the other site (alpha/gamma site) on nicotinic receptors from Torpedo californica electric organ. alpha-Conotoxin SI does not distinguish between the two acetylcholine-binding sites on Torpedo receptors. In this study, alpha-conotoxins [K10H]SI and [K10N]SI displayed wild-type affinity for the two acetylcholine-binding sites on BC3H-1 receptors but a 10-20-fold decrease in apparent affinity at one of the two acetylcholine-binding sites on Torpedo receptors. alpha-Conotoxin [P9K]SI displayed a selective and dramatic increase in the apparent affinity for the alpha/delta site of BC3H-1 receptors and for the alpha/gamma site of Torpedo receptors. alpha-Conotoxin [R9A]GI displayed a reduction in affinity for both acetylcholine-binding sites on BC3H-1 receptors, although the extent of its selectivity for the alpha/delta site was retained. alpha-Conotoxin [R9A]GI also displayed a loss of affinity for the two acetylcholine-binding sites on Torpedo receptors, but its site-selectivity was apparently abolished. These results indicate that positions 9 and 10 in alpha-conotoxins GI and SI are involved in complex species- and subunit-dependent interactions with nicotinic receptors.
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- D R Groebe
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
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Diep DB, Håvarstein LS, Nes IF. Characterization of the locus responsible for the bacteriocin production in Lactobacillus plantarum C11. J Bacteriol 1996; 178:4472-83. [PMID: 8755874 PMCID: PMC178213 DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.15.4472-4483.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 223] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Lactobacillus plantarum C11 secretes a small cationic peptide, plantaricin A, that serves as induction signal for bacteriocin production as well as transcription of plnABCD. The plnABCD operon encodes the plantaricin A precursor (PlnA) itself and determinants (PlnBCD) for a signal transducing pathway. By Northern (RNA) and sequencing analyses, four new plantaricin A-induced operons were identified. All were highly activated in concert with plnABCD upon bacteriocin induction. Two of these operons (termed plnEFI and plnJKLR) each encompass a gene pair (plnEF and plnJK, respectively) encoding two small cationic bacteriocin-like peptides with double-glycine-type leaders. The open reading frames (ORFs) encoding the bacteriocin-like peptides are followed by ORFs (plnI and -L, respectively) encoding cationic hydrophobic proteins resembling bacteriocin immunity proteins. On the third operon (termed plnMNOP), a similar bacteriocin-like ORF (plnN) and a putative immunity ORF (either plnM or -P) were identified as well. These findings suggest that two bacteriocins of two-peptide type (mature PlnEF and PlnJK) and a bacteriocin of one-peptide type (mature PlnN) could be responsible for the observed bacteriocin activity. The last operon (termed plnGHSTUV) contains two ORFs (plnGH) apparently encoding an ABC transporter and its accessory protein, respectively, known to be involved in processing and export of peptides with precursor double-glycine-type leaders. Promoter structure was established. A conserved regulatory-like box encompassing two direct repeats was identified in the promoter regions of all five plantaricin A-induced operons. These repeats may serve as regulatory elements for gene expression.
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- D B Diep
- Laboratory of Microbial Gene Technology, Department of Biotechnological Sciences, Agricultural University of Norway
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