Potent and selective inhibitor of the glial glycine transporter GlyT1b (IC50 = 6.9 nM). Displays negligible activity at GlyT-2, adrenoreceptors, dopamine, 5HT receptors and noradrenaline, dopamine, 5HT and GABA transporters (pIC50 in vivo. Chue et al (2013) Glycine reuptake inhibition as a new therapeutic approach in schizophrenia: focus on the glycine transporter 1 (GlyT1). Curr.Pharm.Des. 19 1311 PMID:23194655 |Brown et al (2001) Discovery and SAR of org 24598-a selective glycine uptake inhibitor. Bioorg.Med.Chem.Lett. 11 2007 PMID:11454468 |Williams et al (2003) Development of a scintillation proximity assay for analysis of Na+ Cl- -dependent neurotransmitter transporter activity. Anal. Biochem. 321 31 PMID:12963052
BHBM is an acylhydrazone with antifungal activity.1,2 It is active against C. neoformans in vitro (MIC80 = 1 μg/ml).2 BHBM (0.25, 1, and 4 μg/ml) inhibits the synthesis of glucosylceramide, which is essential to fungal cell division, in C. neoformans but not J774 murine macrophages.1 In vivo, BHBM (1.2 mg/kg per day) increases survival in a mouse model of C. neoformans infection. |1. Haranahalli, K., Lazzarini, C., Sun, Y., et al. SAR studies on aromatic acylhydrazone-based inhibitors of fungal sphingolipid synthesis as next-generation antifungal agents. J. Med. Chem. 62(17), 8249-8273 (2019).|2. Lazzarini, C., Haranahalli, K., Rieger, R., et al. Acylhydrazones as antifungal agents targeting the synthesis of fungal sphingolipids. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 62(5), e00156-00118 (2018).