Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3β Promotes the Endocytosis of Transferrin in the African Trypanosome was written by Guyett, Paul J.;Xia, Shuangluo;Swinney, David C.;Pollastri, Michael P.;Mensa-Wilmot, Kojo. And the article was included in ACS Infectious Diseases in 2016.Category: pyrimidines The following contents are mentioned in the article:
Human parasite Trypanosoma brucei proliferates in the blood of its host, where it takes up iron via receptor-mediated endocytosis of transferrin (Tf). Mechanisms of Tf endocytosis in the trypanosome are not fully understood. Small mol. lapatinib inhibits Tf endocytosis in T. brucei and associates with protein kinase GSK3β (TbGSK3β). Therefore, we hypothesized that Tf endocytosis may be regulated by TbGSK3β, and we used three approaches (both genetic and small mol.) to test this possibility. First, the RNAi knock-down of TbGSK3β reduced Tf endocytosis selectively, without affecting the uptake of haptaglobin-Hb (Hp-Hb) or bovine serum albumin (BSA). Second, the overexpression of TbGSK3β increased the Tf uptake. Third, small-mol. inhibitors of TbGSK3β, TWS119 (IC50 = 600 nM), and GW8510 (IC50 = 8 nM) reduced Tf endocytosis. Furthermore, TWS119, but not GW8510, selectively blocked Tf uptake. Thus, TWS119 phenocopies the selective endocytosis effects of a TbGSK3β knockdown. Two new inhibitors of TbGSK3β, LY2784544 (IC50 = 0.6 μM) and sorafenib (IC50 = 1.7 μM), were discovered in a focused screen: at low micromolar concentrations, they prevented Tf endocytosis as well as trypanosome proliferation (GI50‘s were 1.0 and 3.1 μM, resp.). These studies show that (a) TbGSK3β regulates Tf endocytosis, (b) TWS119 is a small-mol. tool for investigating the endocytosis of Tf, (c) endocytosis of GPI-anchored TfR and HpHbR are differentially regulated, and (d) the imidazopyridazine aminopyrazole scaffold of LY2784544 is attractive for a hit-to-lead optimization program in antitrypanosome drug discovery. This study involved multiple reactions and reactants, such as 1-(tert-Butyl)-3-(2-((4-(diethylamino)butyl)amino)-6-(3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-7-yl)urea (cas: 219580-11-7Category: pyrimidines).
1-(tert-Butyl)-3-(2-((4-(diethylamino)butyl)amino)-6-(3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-7-yl)urea (cas: 219580-11-7) belongs to pyrimidine derivatives. Pyrimidines are isomeric with two other forms of diazines: pyridazine, with the nitrogen atoms in the 1 and 2 positions; and pyrazine, with the nitrogen atoms in the 1 and 4 positions. Therapy for fungal infections is based mainly on four classes of antifungals: azoles, echinocandins, polyenes, and pyrimidine analogs.Category: pyrimidines
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