In the search for P2-receptors modulating the stimulation-evoked entry of calcium at processes of PC12 cells differentiated in the presence of nerve growth factor and neurotrophin-3, electrically evoked increases in free calcium were assessed by fura-2 microfluorimetry. Omission of calcium and addition of cadmium (100 microM) or the N-type calcium channel blocker omega-conotoxin GVIA (0.5 micro...

A series of 2-methylthio-1,4-dihydropyrimidine derivatives (II) were synthesized in good yields by alkylation of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidines (I) with methyl iodide in the presence of pyridine. Their structures were confirmed by elemental analysis, IR and 1H NMR spectra. The compounds were tested for analgesic activity by acetic acid induced writhing method. Compounds IIh, IIe, IIk and IIl sho...

4,6-Dichloro-2-(methylthio)pyrimidine (3) reacts with EtONa in EtOH, at ca. 20 ◦C, for 2 h, to give exclusively 4-chloro-6-ethoxy-2-(methylthio)pyrimidine (5) in 89% yield. The latter is presented as a useful multifunctionalised pyrimidine scaffold.

a series of 2-methylthio-1,4-dihydropyrimidine derivatives (ii) were synthesized in good yields by alkylation of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidines (i) with methyl iodide in the presence of pyridine. their structures were confirmed by elemental analysis, ir and 1h nmr spectra. the compounds were tested for analgesic activity by acetic acid induced writhing method. compounds iih, iie, iik and iil sho...

2-(methylthio)-1,4-diaryl-2-butene-1,4-dione (3) are prepared from readily available aryl methyl ketones in the presence of copper(II) oxide, iodine, and dimethyl sulfoxide. The success of the cross-coupling reaction of 4-chloroacetophenone with 2-acetylthiophene confirms a proposed self-sorting tandem reaction mechanism. Both Z- and E-isomers of compound 3 are readily converted into the corres...

Accuracy in translation of the genetic code into proteins depends upon correct tRNA-mRNA recognition in the context of the ribosome. In human tRNA(Lys,3)UUU three modified bases are present in the anticodon stem-loop--2-methylthio-N6-threonylcarbamoyladenosine at position 37 (ms2t6A37), 5-methoxycarbonylmethyl-2-thiouridine at position 34 (mcm5s2U34) and pseudouridine (psi) at position 39--two ...