OLHA (N-oleoylhistamine) modulates activity of mouse brain histaminergic neurons.

Histaminergic (HA) neurons are located in the tuberomamillary nucleus (TMN) of the posterior hypothalamus, from where they project throughout the whole brain to control wakefulness. We examined the effects of N-oleoylhistamine (OLHA), a non-enzymatic condensation product of oleic acid (OLA) and histamine, on activity of mouse HA neurons in brain slices. OLHA bidirectionally modulated the firing of HA neurons.

Total Synthesis of (+)-Mesembrine Applying Asymmetric Gold Catalysis.

The total synthesis of enantiomerically pure (+)-mesembrine is described. The central pyrrolidine moiety incorporating a quaternary, all-carbon-substituted stereocenter was constructed employing an asymmetric gold-catalyzed cycloisomerization of a 1,4-diynamide.

Multiple Targeting Approaches on Histamine H3 Receptor Antagonists.

With the very recent market approval of pitolisant (Wakix®), the interest in clinical applications of novel multifunctional histamine H3 receptor antagonists has clearly increased. Since histamine H3 receptor antagonists in clinical development have been tested for a variety of different indications, the combination of pharmacological properties in one molecule for improved pharmacological effects and reduced unwanted side-effects is rationally based on the increasing knowledge on the complex neurotransmitter regulations. The polypharmacological approaches on histamine H3 receptor antagonists on different G-protein coupled receptors, transporters, enzymes as well as on NO-signaling mechanism are described, supported with some lead structures.