Phosphatidylinosital-4,5-bisphosphate (PIP 2 ) acts as an essential factor regulating the activity of all Kir channels. In most Kir members, the dependence on PIP 2 is modulated by other factors, such as protein kinases (in Kir1), G (in Kir3), and the sulfonylurea receptor (in Kir6). So far, however, no regulator has been identified in Kir2 channels. Here we show that polyamines, which cause in...

1. Ornithine decarboxylase activity is stimulated in high-density HeLa-cell cultures by dilution of or replacement of spent culture medium with fresh medium containing 10% (v/v) horse serum. 2. After stimulation, ornithine decarboxylase activity reaches a peak at 4-6h, then rapidly declines to the low enzyme activity characteristic of quiescent cultures, where it remains during the remainder of...

Enantiomerically-enriched trichloromethyl-containing alcohols, obtained by asymmetric reduction, can be transformed regioselectively into 1-substituted piperazinones by modified Jocic reactions with little or no loss of stereochemical integrity. This methodology can be easily used to synthesise important pharmaceutical compounds such as the fluorobenzyl intermediate of a known PGGTase-I inhibitor.

The two enantiomers of a member of the highly active C(2)-symmetrical bis(isopropoxo) Ti(iv) family of complexes of diamine bis(phenolato) ligands demonstrate markedly different cytotoxicity, supporting a chiral biological target of activity and participation of a ligand-bound active species.

Isosorbide is a biobased compound which could become in the near future an advantageous competitor of petroleum-derived components synthesis polymers different nature. When reactivity isosorbide not enough, it can be successfully transformed into secondary building blocks, such as bis(methyl carbonate), provides extra functionalities for polymerization reactions with diols or diamines. The pres...

A friendly benign, green, rapid and facile strategy for synthesis a series of arylquinoxalines was achieved by condensation of aromatic 1,2-diamines with arylglyoxals under clay-catalyzed as an inexpensive and eco-friendly catalyst using grindstone chemistry. Significant decreases in reaction times and high yields have been observed by this green chemistry approach in comparison with previously...