Tsai, Henry J. published the artcileA novel hydroxyfuroic acid compound as an insulin receptor activator – structure and activity relationship of a prenylindole moiety to insulin receptor activation, Safety of (1-tosyl-1H-Indol-3-yl)boronic acid, the publication is Journal of Biomedical Science (London, United Kingdom) (2009), No pp. given, database is CAplus and MEDLINE.
Background: Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic disease and many patients of which require frequent s.c. insulin injection to maintain proper blood glucose levels. Due to the inconvenience of insulin administration, an orally active insulin replacement has long been a prime target for many pharmaceutical companies. Demethylasterriquinone (DMAQ) B1, extracted from tropical fungus, Pseudomassaria sp., has been reported to be an orally effective agent at lowering circulating glucose levels in diabetic (db/db) mice; however, the cytotoxicity associated with the quinone moiety has not been addressed thus far. Methods: A series of hydroxyfuroic acid compounds were synthesized and tested for their efficacies at activating human insulin receptor. Cytotoxicity to Chinese hamster ovary cells, selectivities over insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), epidermal growth factor (EGF), and fibroblast growth factor (FGF) receptors were examined in this study. Results and conclusions: This study reports a new non-quinone DMAQ B1 derivative, a hydroxyfuroic acid compound (D-410639), which is 128 fold less cytotoxic as DMAQ B1 and as potent as compound 2, a DMAQ B1 synthetic derivative from Merck, at activating human insulin receptor. D-410639 has little activation potential on IGF-1 receptor but is a moderate inhibitor to EGF receptor. Structure and activity relationship of the prenylindole moiety to insulin receptor activation is discussed.
Journal of Biomedical Science (London, United Kingdom) published new progress about 149108-61-2. 149108-61-2 belongs to indole-building-block, auxiliary class Indole,Boronic acid and ester,Sulfamide,Benzene,Boronic Acids,Boronic Acids,Boronic acid and ester,, name is (1-tosyl-1H-Indol-3-yl)boronic acid, and the molecular formula is C6H12F3NO5S, Safety of (1-tosyl-1H-Indol-3-yl)boronic acid.
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