A small molecule library of piperazinylalkylisoxazole derivatives containing about 600 compounds was designed, synthesized and evaluated for blocking effects on T-type Ca(2+) channel. Several ligands were identified to possess high inhibitory activity against the T-type Ca(2+) channel. The compound 21 with trifluoromethyl substituents at C(3)-position of phenyl group (R(1)) and C(2)-position of phenyl group (R(2)) showed the highest inhibitory activity with IC(50) value of 1.02 microM, which is comparable to that of mibefradil.
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Cell Calcium
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Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine, Reno, NV, 89557, USA. Electronic address:
Interstitial cells of Cajal in the plane of the myenteric plexus (ICC-MY) serve as electrical pacemakers in the stomach and small intestine. A similar population of cells is found in the colon, but these cells do not appear to generate regular slow wave potentials, as characteristic in more proximal gut regions. Ca handling mechanisms in ICC-MY of the mouse proximal colon were studied using confocal imaging of muscles from animals expressing GCaMP6f exclusively in ICC.
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Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, JSS College of Pharmacy, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research (JSS AHER), Mysuru, Karnataka, India.
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Laboratory of Pharmacology and Pathophysiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kindai University, 3-4-1 Kowakae, Higashi-Osaka, 577-8502, Japan. Electronic address:
We tested the hypothesis that Ca3.2 T-type Ca channels, which can be rebooted by sulfides from Zn inhibition under physiological conditions, and sulfide-generating enzymes including cystathionine-β-synthase (CBS) would participate in the colitis-related visceral pain in mice treated with 2,4,6-trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS). The visceral hypersensitivity following TNBS-induced colitis was abolished by an inhibitor or genetic deletion of Ca3.
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Department of Neuroscience, University of Texas-Austin, Austin, United States.
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