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Body Composition and Metabolic Caging Analysis in High Fat Fed Mice
Published on: May 24, 2018
グレリンO-アシルトランスフェラーゼ阻害剤を設計したマウスのグルコースと体重制御
Brad P Barnett1, Yousang Hwang, Martin S Taylor
1Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
まとめ
新しい阻害剤であるGO-CoA-Tatは,グリリンO-アシルトランスフェラーゼ (GOAT) の活性を効果的に阻害する. この抑制は,グルコース耐性を改善し,マウスの体重増加を減少させ,代謝疾患の標的としてGOATを強調します.
科学分野:
- バイオケミストリー バイオケミストリー
- エンドクリノロジー エンドクリノロジー
- メタボリック研究
背景:
- 胃ペプチドホルモンであるグリリンは,体重増加を刺激します.
- グレリンの活性性は,グレリンO-アシルトランスフェラーゼ (GOAT) によって触媒化されたオクタノイル化に依存する.
- GOATは,異例の酵素で,翻訳後の重要な変化に責任があります.
研究 の 目的:
- GOATの新型アンタゴニストをデザイン,合成し,特徴づけること.
- アンタゴニストの有効性を in vitro,細胞培養,およびin vivoで評価する.
- 代謝疾患の治療のためのGOAT阻害の可能性を調査する.
主な方法:
- ペプチドベースのバイスブストラートアナログであるGO-CoA-Tatの設計と合成.
- インビトロ酵素抑制アッセイ.
- 細胞ベースアッセイと野生型のマウスとグリリン欠乏マウスのインビボ研究.
主要な成果:
- GO-CoA-Tatは,すべてのテストされたシステムでGOATの強力な阻害を示しました.
- GO-CoA-Tatの投与は,野生型のマウスのグルコース耐性を改善しました.
- GO-CoA-Tatで治療された野生型のマウスの体重増加は減少したが,グリリン欠乏マウスの体重増加には影響はなかった.
結論:
- GO-CoA-Tatは有効なGOAT阻害剤である.
- 観察された代謝効果は,GOAT抑制によるものです.
- GO-CoA-Tatは,貴重な研究ツールであり,代謝障害に対する潜在的な治療のリードとして機能します.
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