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Treatment options for managing atherogenic dyslipidemia and fatty liver disease
2014
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common cause of chronic liver disease in Western countries with up to 30% of the population affected. Since NAFLD is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular (CV) disease, these patients should be stratified for CV risk factors, including atherogenic dyslipidemia, and managed accordingly. Lifestyle modifications represent an effective treatment for NAFLD, since most patients are overweight or obese. Also, promising, but not conclusive, results are available for current pharmacologic treatment. Drugs potentially effective against NAFLD include insulin sensitisers as well as fibrates and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, whil…
Food carotenoids and cancer prevention: an overview of current research
1997
Carotenoids are plant pigments that are present in the human diet as microcomponents of fruit and vegetables. Since 1980, a consistent bulk of the results from both epidemiologic and experimental studies has strongly suggested that β-carotene, a widespread food carotenoid with provitamin A activity, could prevent the onset of cancers, especially lung cancer. Unfortunately, subsequent large-scale intervention studies failed, with one exception, to demonstrate any chemopreventive potency for β-carotene supplementation in humans, revealing a lack of knowledge of the mechanisms involved. In addition to their antioxidant properties, which have long been thought to be the clue to their biological…
Use of Specific Chemical Reagents for Detection of Modified Nucleotides in RNA
2011
International audience; Naturally occurring cellular RNAs contain an impressive number of chemically distinct modified residues which appear posttranscriptionally, as a result of specific action of the corresponding RNA modification enzymes. Over 100 different chemical modifications have been identified and characterized up to now. Identification of the chemical nature and exact position of these modifications is typically based on 2D-TLC analysis of nucleotide digests, on HPLC coupled with mass spectrometry, or on the use of primer extension by reverse transcriptase. However, many modified nucleotides are silent in reverse transcription, since the presence of additional chemical groups fre…
Therapeutic use of omega-3 fatty acids in bipolar disorder
2011
Bipolar disorder (BD) is a severe, chronic affective disorder, associated with significant disability, morbidity and premature mortality. Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) play several important roles in brain development and functioning. Evidence from animal models of dietary omega-3 (n-3) PUFA deficiency suggest that these fatty acids are relevant to promote brain development and to regulate behavioral and neurochemical aspects related to mood disorders, such as stress responses, depression and aggression, as well as dopaminergic content and function. Preclinical and clinical evidence suggests roles for PUFAs in BD. n-3 PUFAs seem to be an effective adjunctive treatment for unip…
Chlorido(dimethyl sulfoxide)(pyridine-2-thiolato N-oxide-κ2S,O)platinum(II)
2008
The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Pt(C5H4NOS)Cl(C2H6OS)], contains two independent complex molecules having similar geometries. Each PtII atom is four-coordinated in a distorted square-planar geometry by S and O atoms of one pyridine N-oxide ligand, the S atom of one dimethyl sulfoxide molecule and one terminal Cl− ion. The molecules are linked into a three-dimensional framework by C—H...O and C—H...Cl hydrogen bonds.
N-[3-(5-Oxo-10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo[a,d]cyclohepten-2-ylamino)phenyl]furan-3-carboxamide
2010
In the title compound, C26H20N2O3, the two aromatic rings of the tricyclic unit are oriented at a dihedral angle of 54.53 (9)°. The crystal structure displays intermolecular N—H...O hydrogen bonding.
N-(2-Benzoyl-4-chlorophenyl)-4-chlorobenzenesulfonamide
2008
The title compound, C19H13Cl2NO3S, is an N-arylsulfonyl derivative of 2-amino-5-chlorobenzophenone. The compound is biologically active and shows potential to be utilized as an inhibitor of CCR2 and CCR9 receptor functions. In the crystal structure, there is an intramolecular N—H...O hydrogen bond between the amide and carbonyl groups. The benzoyl and 4-chlorophenyl groups form intramolecular and intermolecular face-to-face contacts, with a dihedral angle of 10.6 (1)° between their mean planes in both cases, and centroid–centroid separations of 4.00 (1) and 4.25 (1) Å for the intra- and intermolecular interactions, respectively.
1-{2-[4-(4-Nitrophenyl)piperazin-1-yl]ethyl}-4-aza-1-azoniabicyclo[2.2.2]octane iodide
2012
The title compound, C18H28N5O2+·I−, was observed as a main product in an intended 1:1 reaction between 4-iodonitrobenzene and 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane (DABCO). In the reaction, DABCO undergoes a ring opening to yield a quaternary salt of DABCO and 1-ethyl-4-(4-nitrophenyl)piperazine with an iodide anion. The crystal structure determination was carried out as no crystal structure had been previously reported in the investigations describing the corresponding reaction with 4-chloronitrobenze. Indeed, the crystal structure of the title compound confirms the molecular composition proposed earlier for the analogous chloride salt. The cation conformation is similar to the …
Detoxication Strategy of Epoxide Hydrolase—The Basis for a Novel Threshold for Definable Genotoxic Carcinogens
2004
From our recent work on the three-dimensional structure of epoxide hydrolases we theoretically deduced the likelihood of a two-step catalytic mechanism that we and others have subsequently experimentally confirmed. Analysis of the rate of the two steps by us and by others show that the first step—responsible for removal of the reactive epoxide from the system—works extraordinarily fast (typically three orders of magnitude faster than the second step), sucking up the epoxide like a sponge. Regeneration of the free enzyme (the second step of the catalytic mechanism) is slow. This becomes a toxicological problem only at doses of the epoxide that titrate the enzyme out. Our genotoxicity work s…
(Z)-Ethyl 2-oxo-3-(1,2-dihydroquinolin-2-ylidene)propanoate
2010
Both independent molecules in the asymmetric unit of the tautomeric title compound, C14H13NO3, a synthetic product obtained from 2-lithiomethylquinoline and diethyl oxalate, crystallize in the enaminone form with a Z configuration around the double bond. Intramolecular N—H...O hydrogen bonds occur, generating an S(6) graph-set motif. In the crystal, weak intermolecular C—H...O and π–π stacking interactions [centroid–centroid distances = 3.7020 (14)–3.7429 (13)Å] define a three-dimensional supramolecular network.