Publications by authors named "Irina Gillerman"

NTPDase2 catabolizes nucleoside triphosphates and consequently, through the interaction of nucleotides with P2 receptors, controls multiple biological responses. NTPDase2 inhibitors could modulate responses induced by nucleotides in thrombosis, inflammation, cancer, etc. Here we developed a set of ATP analogues as potential NTPDase inhibitors and identified a subtype-selective and potent NTPDase2 inhibitor, 2-hexylthio-β,γ-methylene-ATP, 2.

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Background And Purpose: Ectonucleotidases control extracellular nucleotide levels and consequently, their (patho)physiological responses. Among these enzymes, nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase-1 (NTPDase1), -2, -3 and -8 are the major ectonucleotidases responsible for nucleotide hydrolysis at the cell surface under physiological conditions, and NTPDase1 is predominantly located at the surface of vascular endothelial cells and leukocytes. Efficacious inhibitors of NTPDase1 are required to modulate responses induced by nucleotides in a number of pathological situations such as thrombosis, inflammation and cancer.

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Nucleoside 5'-triphosphate (NTP) analogues are valuable tools for biochemical and medicinal research. Therefore, a facile and efficient synthesis of NTP analogues is required. Here, we report on an improved nucleoside 5'-triphosphorylation procedure to obtain pure products after liquid chromotagrpahy (LC) separation with no need for high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) purification.

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