AL 8810 is an 11β-fluoro analog of prostaglandin F2α (PGF2α) which acts as a potent and selective antagonist at the FP receptor. AL 8810 ethyl amide is an analog of AL 8810 in which the C-1 carboxyl group has been modified to an N-ethyl amide. This modification is analogous to the PG N-ethyl amides, as typified by Bimatoprost, that have been introduced as alternative PG ocular hypotensive prodrugs. In contrast to AL 8810 which contracted the cat iris, AL 8810 ethyl amide showed no contraction activity at concentrations up to 10-4 M and did not antagonize the activity of PGF2α-ethanolamide in this system.
IRBP651-670(Interphotoreceptor retinoid-binding protein (651-670))是IRBP(亦称为retinoid-binding protein 3)的肽段,参与色素再生,通过将视黄醇和视黄醛从光感受细胞传输到视网膜色素上皮。在C57BL 6小鼠中,利用IRBP651-670诱导自身免疫性葡萄膜炎,这些小鼠携带H-2b单体型。用IRBP651-670(300 µg 动物)免疫增加了小鼠眼部IL-1β、IL-6、IL-17、TNF-α和IFN-γ水平,免疫细胞浸润及光感受器损伤。
Thromboxane B3 (TXB3), the stable hydrolysis product of TXA3, is synthesized from eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) through the action of COX and thromboxane synthase enzymes. This compound is biosynthesized in several tissues, including seminal vesicles, lungs, polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNL), and ocular tissues.
Naphazoline nitrate is an α1-Adrenergic receptor agonist. It also induces autophagy and necrotic cell death in erythroleukemia cells and inhibits erythroid differentiation. It used to treat congestion and ocular pathologies.
GAT229 is a positive allosteric modulator of cannabinoid receptor 1 (CB1) and the S-(-) enantiomer of the CB1 modulator GAT211. It does not activate the receptor on its own but enhances the binding and activity of CB agonists. GAT229 (1 μM) enhances the binding of the CB1 full agonist CP 55,940 to CHO cells expressing human recombinant CB1 (hCB1), as well as the activity of 2-arachidonoyl glycerol , arachidonoyl ethanolamide , and CP 55,940 in arrestin2 recruitment assays and increases ERK1 2 and PLCβ3 phosphorylation in HEK293 cells expressing hCB1. GAT229 (1 μM) enhances depolarization-induced suppression of excitation but does not inhibit excitatory postsynaptic currents (EPSCs) in murine autaptic hippocampal neurons. GAT229 (0.2%, topical) reduces intraocular pressure by 5.8 and 7.7 mm Hg after 6 and 12 hours, respectively, in a transgenic mouse model of ocular hypertension using nose, ear, eye mutation (nee) mice.
Bimatoprost is the Allergan trade name for 17-phenyl trinor prostaglandin F2α ethyl amide (17-phenyl trinor PGF2α ethyl amide), an F-series PG analog which has been approved for use as an ocular hypotensive drug. Oxidation of the C-15 hydroxyl group produces 15-keto-17-phenyl trinor PGF2α ethyl amide. 15-keto-17-phenyl trinor PGF2α ethyl amide is a potential metabolite of 17-phenyl trinor PGF2α ethyl amide when 17-phenyl trinor PGF2α ethyl amide is administered to intact animals. No pharmacological studies on 15-keto-17-phenyl trinor PGF2α ethyl amide have been reported.
A number of 17-phenyl trinor prostaglandin F2α (17-phenyl trinor PGF2α) derivatives have been approved for the treatment of glaucoma. Of these, the unsubstituted or meta-substituted aromatic derivatives are the most potent FP receptor agonists. 17-trifluoromethylphenyl trinor PGF2α bears an aromatic ring which is reminiscent of the trifluoromethyl-phenoxy ring of travoprost ((+)-fluprostenol isopropyl ester). As an ocular hypotensive agent, it would be expected that 17-trifluoromethylphenyl trinor PGF2α would act very much like the free acid of travoprost. 17-phenyl trinor PGF2α is a potent luteolytic and abortifacient, with a potency equal to or greater than fluprostenol and cloprostenol.