Raduner, Stefan; Bisson, William; Abagyan, Ruben; Altmann, Karl-Heinz; Gertsch, Jürg (2007). Self-assembling cannabinomimetics: supramolecular structures of N-alkyl amides. Journal of natural products, 70(6), pp. 1010-5. Washington, D.C.: American Chemical Society 10.1021/np060598+
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)Certain fatty acid N-alkyl amides from the medicinal plant Echinacea activate cannabinoid type-2 (CB2) receptors. In this study we show that the CB2-binding Echinacea constituents dodeca-2E,4E-dienoic acid isobutylamide (1) and dodeca-2E,4E,8Z,10Z-tetraenoic acid isobutylamide (2) form micelles in aqueous medium. In contrast, micelle formation is not observed for undeca-2E-ene-8,10-diynoic acid isobutylamide (3), which does not bind to CB2, or structurally related endogenous cannabinoids, such as arachidonoyl ethanolamine (anandamide). The critical micelle concentration (CMC) range of 1 and 2 was determined by fluorescence spectroscopy as 200-300 and 7400-10000 nM, respectively. The size of premicelle aggregates, micelles, and supermicelles was studied by dynamic light scattering. Microscopy images show that compound 1, but not 2, forms globular and rod-like supermicelles with radii of approximately 75 nm. The self-assembling N-alkyl amides partition between themselves and the CB2 receptor, and aggregation of N-alkyl amides thus determines their in vitro pharmacological effects. Molecular mechanics by Monte Carlo simulations of the aggregation process support the experimental data, suggesting that both 1 and 2 can readily aggregate into premicelles, but only 1 spontaneously assembles into larger aggregates. These findings have important implications for biological studies with this class of compounds.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine |
UniBE Contributor: |
Gertsch, Jürg |
ISSN: |
0163-3864 |
ISBN: |
17497806 |
Publisher: |
American Chemical Society |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Factscience Import |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 15:05 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:20 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1021/np060598+ |
PubMed ID: |
17497806 |
Web of Science ID: |
000247436000021 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/28323 (FactScience: 120051) |
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