N-Demethylansamitocin P-3, a derivative of Ansamitocin, an antitumor ansamycin antibiotic, can be synthesized through the action of Streptomyces minutiscleroticus IFO 13361.
Ebopiprant, also known as OBE-022, is an Oral and Selective Prostaglandin F 2α Receptor Antagonist as an Effective and Safe Modality for the Treatment of Preterm Labor. OBE022 exhibits potent tocolytic effects on human tissues ex vivo and animal models in vivo without causing the adverse fetal side effects seen with indomethacin.
The phosphatidylinositol phosphates represent a small percentage of total membrane phospholipids. However, they play a critical role in the generation and transmission of cellular signals. PtdIns-(3,4,5)-P3 can serve as an anchor for the binding of signal transduction proteins bearing pleckstrin homology (PH) domains. Centuarin α and the Akt-family of GTPase activating proteins are examples of PtdIns-(3,4,5)-P3-binding proteins. Protein-binding to PtdIns-(3,4,5)-P3 is important for cytoskeletal rearrangements and membrane trafficking. PtdIns-(3,4,5)-P3 is resistant to cleavage by PI-specific phospholipase C (PLC). Thus, it is likely to function in signal transduction as a modulator in its own right, rather than as a source of inositol tetraphosphates. For further reading on inositol phospholipids, see also references and .
OP-3633 is an effective and selective steroidal glucocorticoid receptor (GR) antagonist (IC50: 29 nM). OP-3633 shows low progesterone receptor (PR) agonism and androgen receptor (AR) antagonism. It also has an inhibition of GR transcriptional activity.