1-Docosahexaenoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine, an ester product, is a phospholipid containing DHA (docosahexaenoic acid), often used in biomedical research as an important source of omega-3 fatty acids.
1-Palmitoyl-2-hydroxy-sn-glycero-3-PE is a naturally-occurring lysophospholipid. [1] It inhibits the growth of L. donovani promastigotes (GIC50 = 8 uM). [2]1-Palmitoyl-2-hydroxy-sn-glycero-3-PE serum levels are decreased in a mouse model of alcohol-induced liver injury and in a hepatocellular carcinoma mouse xenograft model. [3] Human serum levels are also decreased immediately and 14 hours following an exercise regimen of 2.5 hours of running for three days. [1]1-Palmitoyl-2-hydroxy-sn-glycero-3-PE has been used as an internal standard for the quantification of saturated lysophosphoethanolamines. [4]
1-O-Octadecyl-2-O-methyl-sn-glycerol is a metabolite of a phosphotidylinositol ether lipid analog (PIA). PIAs are known to target the pleckstrin homology domain of the serine threonine kinase Akt and to induce apoptosis in cancer cell lines with high levels of endogenous Akt activity.
1-O-Hexadecyl-sn-glycerol is a bioactive alkyl glyceryl ether. It reduces UVB-induced cell death and production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and prostaglandin E2 in normal human epidermal keratinocytes (NHEKs). 1-O-Hexadecyl-sn-glycerol (50 μM) increases coronary flow and left ventricular developed pressure and reduces malondialdehyde (MDA) formation ex vivo in a rat heart model of ischemia reperfusion injury. [2].Maulik, N., Tosaki, A., Engelman, R.M., et al. Myocardial salvage by chimyl alcohol: Possible role of peroxisomal dysfunction in reperfusion injury Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 723(1), 380-384 (1994).
1,2-Dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-PE-N-(cap biotin) is a biotinylated phospholipid. It has been used in PEGylated polyamidoamine-dendrimer-conjugated supported lipid bilayers (SLB) to isolate circulating tumor cells and tumor cell microembolis from patient-derived blood by antibody-coated microfluidics. [1] It has also been used as a component of SLBs to detect protein-ligand binding with ortho-conjugated Texas Red DHPE. [2] In addition, 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-PE-N-(cap biotin) has been used in SLBs partitioned into nanowells to create DNA curtains, which can be used as a high-throughput tool for detection of protein-DNA interactions at the single molecule level.[3]