142005-11-6Relevant articles and documents
N-Cinnamoylanthranilates as human TRPA1 modulators: Structure-activity relationships and channel binding sites
Chandrabalan, Arundhasa,McPhillie, Martin J.,Morice, Alyn H.,Boa, Andrew N.,Sadofsky, Laura R.
, p. 141 - 156 (2019/03/17)
The transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) channel is a non-selective cation channel, which detects noxious stimuli leading to pain, itch and cough. However, the mechanism(s) of channel modulation by many of the known, non-reactive modulators has not been fully elucidated. N-Cinnamoylanthranilic acid derivatives (CADs) contain structural elements from the TRPA1 modulators cinnamaldehyde and flufenamic acid, so it was hypothesized that specific modulators could be found amongst them and more could be learnt about modulation of TRPA1 with these compounds. A series of CADs was therefore screened for agonism and antagonism in HEK293 cells stably transfected with WT-human (h)TRPA1, or C621A, F909A or F944A mutant hTRPA1. Derivatives with electron-withdrawing and/or electron-donating substituents were found to possess different activities. CADs with inductive electron-withdrawing groups were agonists with desensitising effects, and CADs with electron-donating groups were either partial agonists or antagonists. Site-directed mutagenesis revealed that the CADs do not undergo conjugate addition reaction with TRPA1, and that F944 is a key residue involved in the non-covalent modulation of TRPA1 by CADs, as well as many other structurally distinct non-reactive TRPA1 ligands already reported.
Anthranilamides: New antimicroalgal active substances from a marine Streptomyces sp
Farooq Biabani,Baake, Matthias,Lovisetto, Barbara,Laatsch, Hartmut,Helmke, Elisabeth,Weyland, Horst
, p. 333 - 340 (2007/10/03)
2-[Methyl-(3-phenylpropionyl)amino]-benzoic acid (1e) was isolated from a culture of marine Stretomyces sp. strain B7747. Analogous compounds have potential importance as phytotoxic substances, hence compound 1e and the analogues 1a-1d and 1f-3a were synthesised. Antimicroalgal activity of the anthranilamide analogues showed that esters 1b, 1f and 2b were more active than the free acids. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) against Chlorella vulgaris, Chlorella solokiniana, Chlorella salina and Scenedesmus subspicatus ranged from 20 to 107 μg/ml. All anthranilamides were inactive against Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, and Mucor miehei.
