O-GlcNAcylation is a dynamic post-translational modification mediated by O-linked β-N-acetylglucosamine transferase (OGT) and O-GlcNAc hydrolase (OGA), that adds or removes single (GlcNAc) moiety to from serine/threonine residues of nucleocytosolic mitochondrial proteins, respectively. The perturbed homeostasis cycling results in several pathological conditions. Human OGA promising therapeutic ...

Baseline toxicity levels to a novel semicarbazone insecticide, metaflumizone were established for 25 field populations of Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae),from North America. Excluding the susceptible laboratory strain, 50% lethal concentrations of metaflumizone ranged from 0.57 to 1.31 ppm, while response slopes ranged from 1.92 to 4.24 (average...

The stereochemistry of the actinide elements has recently undergone considerable development and a wide variety of coordination numbers and geometries have been observed. This structural versatility arises from the lack of strong crystal field effects for the 5f-electronic configurations as well as from the large ionic radii of these metal ions, which change markedly with oxidation number, ...

In the title compound, [Ni(C(12)H(11)N(4)S(2))(C(12)H(12)N(4)S(2))]Cl·H(2)O, the Ni(II) ion is chelated by two 2-acetyl-thia-zole-3-phenyl-thio-semicarbazone ligands, forming a distorted octa-hedral complex. The metal ion is coordinated via the thia-zole nitro-gen, imine nitro-gen and thione sulfur atoms from each thio-semicarbazone ligand, and two coordinating units lie almost perpendicular to...

Three 5-nitrofuran derivatives showed carcinogenic activity when fed to female Holtzman rats at levels of 0.1 to 0.3% in a commercial diet for up to 44.5 weeks, while 2 other 5-nitrofuran derivatives and 5,5-diphenylhydantoin were inactive. Formic acid 2-[4-(5-nitro-2-furyl)-2-thiazolyl]hydrazide induced benign and malignant tumors of the mammary glands, adenomas or adenocarcinomas of the kidne...

1. After administration of 600mg of 3H-labelled aldosterone to human volunteers, 57 mg of homogeneous acid-labile conjugate was isolated from the urine and identified as aldosterone 18 beta-D-glucosiduronic acid. 2. Esterification and acetylation of the conjugate gave a tetra-acetate methyl ester, which, by measurement of the optical rotation and nuclear-magnetic-resonance spectrum, was shown t...

One of the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD) in the brain are amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques, and metal ions such as copper(II) and zinc(II) have been shown to play a role in the aggregation and toxicity of the Aβ peptide, the major constituent of these extracellular aggregates. Metal binding agents can promote the disaggregation of Aβ plaques, and have shown promise as AD therapeutics. Herein, we ...

Nitromidazole and nitrofuran derivatives comprise a large family of compounds, some of which have been shown to be hypoxic cell specific radiosensitizers in vivo and in vitro. The effects of metronidazole (2-methyl-5-nitroimidazole-1-ethanol) and nitrofurazone (5-nitro-2-furaldehyde semicarbazone) were studied on cell viability in vitro in the presence of air or nitrogen in the absence of radia...