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On the mechano-chiral effect of vortical flows on the dichroic spectra of 5-phenyl-10,15,20-tris(4-sulfonatophenyl)porphyrin J-aggregates
Phase-modulated ellipsometry of the J-aggregates of the title porphyrin shows that the material gives a true CD signal. This confirms that there is a real chiral transfer by mechanical forces, mediated by shear gradient flows, from the macroscopic to the electronic transition level. Dislocations in the structure of the aggregate could justify the formation of chirality at the level of the electronic transitions once the mesophases can be sculptured by hydrodynamic gradient flows
Disseny racional de lligands del receptor opioide i d鈥檃n脿legs d鈥檕piorfina
[cat] L'estructura cristal鈥ogr脿fica del receptor opioide ha estat una gran inc貌gnita fins al seu recent descobriment. En aquesta tesi s'han realitzat aportacions al disseny racional de f脿rmacs opioides, mitjan莽ant la posada a punt de t猫cniques d'an脿lisi prote貌mica del receptor opioide i amb estudis de la seva interacci贸 amb lligands pept铆dics end貌gens (encefalines i endorfines) i els seus an脿legs, per interpretar millor les conformacions dels lligands i el seu mode d'uni贸 al centre actiu. D'altra banda, s'han realitzat estudis de nous inhibidors dels enzims que degraden les encefalines (Endopeptidasa neutra i Aminopeptidasa-N). L鈥檕piorfina (H-Gln-Arg-Phe-Ser-Arg-OH) mostra una potent activitat analg猫sica en models animals de dolor despr茅s estimulaci贸 qu铆mica i mec脿nica equipotent a la morfina per activaci贸 dels mecanismes end貌gens de regulaci贸 del sistema opioide. Aquesta se segrega en la saliva humana i actua com a inhibidor dual de NEP i AP-N, prolongant l鈥檈fecte de les encefalines. En aquesta part, s'han realitzat estudis de relaci贸 estructura-activitat (SAR) i conformacionals per millorar el disseny d'inhibidors d'aquests enzims.[eng] The crystallographic structure of opioid receptors has been a great unknown until its recent discovery. This thesis has made contributions to the rational design of opioid drugs, by tuning proteomic analysis techniques on opioid receptors and studying their interactions with endogenous peptide ligands (enkephalins and endorphins) and its analogues to a better understanding of conformations of the ligands and their binding mode to the active center. Furthermore, studies have been made about new inhibitors of enzymes which degrade enkephalins (NEP and aminopeptidase-N). Opiorphin (H-Gln-Arg-Phe-Ser-Arg-OH) exhibits potent analgesic activity in animal models of pain after chemical and mechanical stimulation equipotent to morphine, by activation of the endogenous opioid system. It is secreted in human saliva and acts as a dual inhibitor of NEP and AP-N. In this part, structure-activity relationship (SAR) and conformational studies have been made to improve the design of inhibitors of these enzymes