background: gp41 of hiv (human immunodeficiency virus) is a protein that mediates fusion between viral and cellular membranes. the agent, t-20, which has been approved for hiv inhibition, can restrain gp41 function in the fusion process; nevertheless, it has disadvantages like instability, high cost of production and injection form to be delivered twice a day. methods: several molecules like nb...

fire blight is an important worldwide disease of pome fruits that control of which through antibiotics is particularly critical. in this case and in absence of another chemical methods, the biocontrol methods can be considered as the best alternative for control of fire blight. in this study efficacy of 5 isolates of antagonistic bacteria belongs to pseudomonas fluorescens and pantoea agglomera...

The PI3-kinase (PI3K) pathway regulates many cellular processes, especially cell metabolism, cell survival, and apoptosis. Phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate (PIP3), the product of PI3K activity and a key signaling molecule, acts by recruiting pleckstrin-homology (PH) domain-containing proteins to cell membranes. Here, we describe a new structural class of nonphosphoinositide small molecu...

E VER since Woods’ described a competition between sulfanilamide and paraaminobenzoic acid for an enzyme system related to the use of this vitamin in metabolic processes, widespread interest has centered on the synthesis of analogues which are chemically related to a metabolite but which seriously interfere with its normal function. There are now available a large number of these metabolite ant...

Dysregulation of the endocannabinoid system (ECS) is a universal and, perhaps, causative feature of obesity. Central nervous system (CNS) circuits that regulate food intake were initially believed to be the targets for dysregulation. However, it is increasingly evident that endocannabinoids affect food intake, energy expenditure and substrate metabolism by acting on peripheral sites. Cannabinoi...

E VER since Woods’ described a competition between sulfanilamide and paraaminobenzoic acid for an enzyme system related to the use of this vitamin in metabolic processes, widespread interest has centered on the synthesis of analogues which are chemically related to a metabolite but which seriously interfere with its normal function. There are now available a large number of these metabolite ant...

Ghrelin influences a variety of metabolic functions through a direct action at its receptor, the GhrR (GhrR-1a). Ghrelin knockout (KO) and GhrR KO mice are resistant to the negative effects of high-fat diet (HFD) feeding. We have generated several classes of small-molecule GhrR antagonists and evaluated whether pharmacologic blockade of ghrelin signaling can recapitulate the phenotype of ghreli...

The exercise pressor reflex is due to activation of thin fiber afferents within contracting muscle. These afferents are in part stimulated by ATP activation of purinergic 2X (P2X) receptors during contraction. Which of the P2X receptors contribute to the reflex is unknown; however, P2X2/3 and P2X3 receptor subtypes are good candidates because they are located on thin fiber afferents and are inv...

Glutamate, a nonessential amino acid, is the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system. As such, glutamate has been shown to play a role in not only neural processes, such as learning and memory, but also in bioenergetics, biosynthetic and metabolic oncogenic pathways. Glutamate has been the target of intense investigation for its involvement not only in the pathogenesis o...