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    Structure elucidation of prenyl- and geranyl substituted coumarins in <i>Gerbera piloselloides</i> by NMR spectroscopy, electronic circular dichroism calculations, and single crystal X-ray crystallography

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    Crude ethyl acetate extract of Gerbera piloselloides (L.) Cass. was investigated by dual high-resolution PTP1B/&alpha;-glucosidase inhibition profiling and LC-PDA-HRMS. This indicated the presence of a series of unprecedented prenyl- and geranyl-substituted coumarin derivatives correlated with both &alpha;-glucosidase and PTP1B inhibitory activity. Repeated chromatographic separation targeting these compounds led to the isolation of 13 new compounds, of which ten could be isolated as both enantiomers after chiral separation. The structures of all isolated compounds were characterized by HRMS and extensive 1D and 2D NMR analysis. The absolute configurations of the isolated compounds were determined by comparison of experimental and calculated electronic circular dichroism spectra. Compound 6 features a rare furan-oxepane 5/7 ring system, possibly formed through addition of a geranyl unit to C-3 of 5-methylcoumarin, representing a new type of geranyl-substituted coumarin skeleton. Compounds 19 and 24 are the first examples of dimeric natural products consisting of both coumarin and chromone moieties

    Nanoscale Mobility of the Apo State and TARP Stoichiometry Dictate the Gating Behavior of Alternatively Spliced AMPA Receptors.

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    Neurotransmitter-gated ion channels are allosteric proteins that switch on and off in response to agonist binding. Most studies have focused on the agonist-bound, activated channel while assigning a lesser role to the apo or resting state. Here, we show that nanoscale mobility of resting α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA)-type ionotropic glutamate receptors (AMPA receptors) predetermines responsiveness to neurotransmitter, allosteric anions and TARP auxiliary subunits. Mobility at rest is regulated by alternative splicing of the flip/flop cassette of the ligand-binding domain, which controls motions in the distant AMPA receptor N-terminal domain (NTD). Flip variants promote moderate NTD movement, which establishes slower channel desensitization and robust regulation by anions and auxiliary subunits. In contrast, greater NTD mobility imparted by the flop cassette acts as a master switch to override allosteric regulation. In AMPA receptor heteromers, TARP stoichiometry further modifies these actions of the flip/flop cassette generating two functionally distinct classes of partially and fully TARPed receptors typical of cerebellar stellate and Purkinje cells

    Autonomous space exploration using the Turtlebot mobile platform

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    Cilj diplomske naloge je implementacija avtonomnega raziskovanja prostora na mobilni platformi Turtlebot, ki uporablja razvojno okolje ROS. Implementirali smo raziskovalni algoritem, ki temelji na zaznavi obrobij in njihovi uporabi kot potencialnih raziskovalnih ciljev. Ker pa lahko algoritem pri izbiri raziskovalnih ciljev upošteva različne kombinacije ocen raziskovanja, smo nato preizkušali in primerjali, katera kombinacija ocen omogoča najbolj učinkovito raziskovanje prostora. Različne strategije izbire raziskovalnih ciljev smo ocenjevali in primerjali na podlagi štirih kriterijev ter referenčne strategije, ki naključno izbira raziskovalne cilje. Podatke za primerjavo smo dobili tako, da smo za vsako strategijo opravili deset uspešnih raziskovanj. Te smo nato kot skupine povprečnih vrednosti in odstopanj primerjali med seboj na podlagi referenčne strategije in kriterijev. Implementirali smo modul, ki poleg raziskanosti prostora in časa raziskovanja omogoča tudi beleženje zgodovine premikov in s tem pot raziskovanja, ki jo opravi Turtlebot.The purpose of this undergraduate thesis is to implement the autonomous exploration of space on the Turtlebot mobile platform that uses the ROS development environment. We implemented an exploration algorithm based on the detection and use of frontier regions as potential exploration goals. Since the algorithm is able to choose an exploration goal based on the combination of different assessments, we tested and compared which combination of goal assessments enables the most efficient exploration of a given space. We assessed and compared different strategies of goal setting on the basis of four criteria and a referential strategy which selects its exploration goals randomly. In order to get the data necessary for comparison, we conducted ten successful explorations per strategy and compared them on the basis of the referential strategy and criteria. We implemented our own module, which tracks the amount of space explored and the time spent for exploration, while also documenting the path traveled by the Turtlebot during exploration

    Exploring thienothiadiazine dioxides as isosteric analogues of benzo-and pyridothiadiazine dioxides in the search of new AMPA and kainate receptor positive allosteric modulators

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    peer reviewedThe synthesis and biological evaluation on AMPA and kainate receptors of new examples of 3,4-dihydro-2H-1,2,4-thieno[3,2-e]-1,2,4-thiadiazine 1,1-dioxides is described. The introduction of a cyclopropyl chain instead of an ethyl chain at the 4-position of the thiadiazine ring was found to dramatically improve the potentiator activity on AMPA receptors, with compound 32 (BPAM395) expressing in vitro activity on AMPARs (EC2x = 0.24 μM) close to that of the reference 4-cyclopropyl-substituted benzothiadiazine dioxide 10 (BPAM344). Interestingly, the 4-allyl-substituted thienothiadiazine dioxide 27 (BPAM307) emerged as the most promising compound on kainate receptors being a more effective potentiator than the 4-cyclopropyl-substituted thienothiadiazine dioxide 32 and supporting the view that the 4-allyl substitution of the thiadiazine ring could be more favorable than the 4-cyclopropyl substitution to induce marked activity on kainate receptors versus AMPA receptors. The thieno-analogue 36 (BPAM279) of the clinically tested S18986 (11) was selected for in vivo evaluation in mice as a cognitive enhancer due to a safer profile than 32 after massive per os drug administration. Compound 36 was found to increase the cognition performance in mice at low doses (1 mg/kg) per os suggesting that the compound was well absorbed after oral administration and able to reach the central nervous system. Finally, compound 32 was selected for co-crystallization with the GluA2-LBD (L504Y,N775S) and glutamate to examine the binding mode of thienothiadiazine dioxides within the allosteric binding site of the AMPA receptor. At the allosteric site, this compound established similar interactions as the previously reported BTD-type AMPA receptor modulators

    Structure of Muscarine Chloride

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