Regulation of protein phosphorylation in isolated pancreatic acini by the intracellular messengers Ca2+ and diacylglycerol was studied by using the Ca2+ ionophore A23187 and the tumour-promoting phorbol ester 12-0-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate. As assessed by two-dimensional polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis, the phorbol ester (1 ,m) and Ca2+ ionophore (2 ,AM) altered the phosphorylation of ...

Small-molecule fluorescent probes play a myriad of important roles in chemical sensing. Many such systems incorporating a receptor component designed to recognise and bind a specific analyte, and a reporter or transducer component which signals the binding event with a change in fluorescence output have been developed. Fluorescent probes use a variety of mechanisms to transmit the binding event...

Understanding of structure–affinity relationships is crucial for rational receptor design, however, such studies for anion receptors are still limited. Therefore, we investigated this issue in the case of amide-based macrocyclic receptors derived from aromatic diacids (i.e., isophthalic and dipicolinic). Using these model compounds, we examined the macrocyclic effect, the influence of intramole...

Together, helminth parasites are the most important animal health constraint to global ruminant livestock production. Better control of gastrointestinal and lungworm nematodes (and liver flukes) in Irish and UK cattle is a priority to meet the need for food security through efficient livestock production. Persistent acting macrocyclic lactone anthelmintics are convenient to use and highly effec...

In the title compound, C(24)H(44)N(6) (6+).6C(7)H(7)O(3)S(-).2H(2)O, the macrocycle crystallizes in its hexaprotonated form, accompanied by six p-toluenesulfonate ions and two water molecules, and lies on an inversion center. The three independent p-toluenesulfonate anions and their inversion equivalents at (1 - x, 1 - y, 1 - z) are linked to the macrocyclic cation through N-Hcdots, three dots,...

Two sets of supramolecular rhenium carbonyl-phenanthroline complexes were prepared: fac-[Re(Cl)(CO)(3)(N,N)] and fac-[Re(Etpy)(CO)(3)(N,N)](+), where N,N is 2,9-di-anisyl-1,10-phenanthroline (dap) or two related macrocyclic ligands, where the two anisyl groups are connected by a polyether chain of different length and rigidity (m27, m30), which wraps around and above the equatorial Re(CO)(2) gr...

Veratridine, an activator of action potential Na(+) ionophores, stimulated passive Na(+) uptake by electrically excitable neuroblastoma and muscle cells but had no effect on clonal cell lines defective in Na(+)-ionophore activity. Veratridine-dependent Na(+) uptake was completely inhibited by tetrodotoxin, a specific inhibitor of the action potential Na(+) ionophore. Half-maximal inhibition was...

Background: Activated normal platelets undergo many biochemical and morphological changes, some of which are apoptotic. Platelet derived microparticles and shrinked platelets as hallmark of platelet activation and apoptosis disperse surfaces containing procoagulant activity around injured vessels and tissues. This study was conducted to determine microparticles formation and platelet shrinkage ...

A new dimension in pincer chemistry: organometallic chemistry of iridium complexes the phosphine-based macrocyclic ligand PNP-14.