Abstract:
:N-Acyl amino acids directly bind mitochondria and function as endogenous uncouplers of UCP1-independent respiration. We found that administration of N-acyl amino acids to mice improves glucose homeostasis and increases energy expenditure, indicating that this pathway might be useful for treating obesity and associated disorders. We report the full account of the synthesis and mitochondrial uncoupling bioactivity of lipidated N-acyl amino acids and their unnatural analogues. Unsaturated fatty acid chains of medium length and neutral amino acid head groups are required for optimal uncoupling activity on mammalian cells. A class of unnatural N-acyl amino acid analogues, characterized by isoindoline-1-carboxylate head groups (37), were resistant to enzymatic degradation by PM20D1 and maintained uncoupling bioactivity in cells and in mice.
journal_name
J Med Chemjournal_title
Journal of medicinal chemistryauthors
Lin H,Long JZ,Roche AM,Svensson KJ,Dou FY,Chang MR,Strutzenberg T,Ruiz C,Cameron MD,Novick SJ,Berdan CA,Louie SM,Nomura DK,Spiegelman BM,Griffin PR,Kamenecka TMdoi
10.1021/acs.jmedchem.8b00029subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2018-04-12 00:00:00pages
3224-3230issue
7eissn
0022-2623issn
1520-4804journal_volume
61pub_type
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