Hexaglutamate folate is a naturally occurring form of folic acid. The bioavailability of dietary folate may be limited by the need for the glutamate moieties to be deconjugated before absorption. Folate deficiency in humans results in anemia, neural tube
Hydroxyellipticine-1a, a selective r(CGG)exp probe, improves pre-mRNA splicing defects, inhibits formation of nuclear inclusions and RANT in a FXTAS cellular mode.l
SB236057 is a potent and selective inverse agonist for the 5-HT receptor, acting especially at 5-HT autoreceptors on nerve terminals. It produces a rapid increase in 5-HT levels in the brain. SB236057 also acts as a potent teratogen, producing severe musc
Levomefolate calcium pentahydrate is the calcium salt of 5-methyltetrahydrofolic acid, a biologically active form of folic acid that functions, in conjunction with Vitamin B12. Levomefolate is included in formulations of certain oral contraceptives to ens
The Survival of Motor Neurons (SMN) protein participates in RNA splicing. Decreases in SMN, typically a consequence of defects in the smn1 gene, result in the death of motor neurons and lead to the neurodegenerative disease, spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Cuspin-1 is a small molecule upregulator of SMN that has been shown in vitro to increase levels of SMN in SMA patient fibroblasts by 50% at 18 μM. Its mechanism of action is thought to involve increased phosphorylation of ERK to initiate Ras-Raf-MEK signaling, which results in an increased rate of SMN translation.
Nemadipine A is an L-type calcium channel blocker that induces morphological and growth defects in wild-type C. elegans and those with hypoexpression of egl-19, which encodes the only L-type calcium channel α1-subunit in the C. elegans genome. It also inhibits L-type calcium channels in chick ciliary neurons. Nemadipine A increases TRAIL-induced cytotoxicity and synergistically enhances caspase-8 and caspase-3 activation in a concentration-dependent manner in H1299 lung adenocarcinoma cells. It also decreases Survivin expression when used alone or in combination with TRAIL in A549 cells.
Binucleine 2 is an isoform-specific and ATP-competitive inhibitor of Drosophila Aurora B kinase (Ki = 0.36 μM), a kinase involved in cell division. It is specific for Drosophila Aurora B kinase, inhibiting it in a dose-dependent manner, with minimal inhibition of human or X. laevis Aurora B kinases at concentrations up to 100 μM. Binucleine 2 induces mitotic and cytokinesis defects in Drosophila Kc167 cells. It prevents Drosophila S2 cells from assembling a contractile ring during cell division when used at a concentration of 40 μM but does not affect ring ingression, suggesting that Aurora B kinase activity is not required for that step.