Abstract CC chemokine receptor 4 (CCR4) is a kind of G-protein-coupled receptor, which plays a pivotal role in allergic inflammation. The interaction between 2-(2-(4-chloro-phenyl)-5-{[(naphthalen-1- ylmethyl)-carbamlyl]-methyl-4-oxo-thiazolidin-3-yl)-N-(3-morpholin-4-yl-propyi)-acetamide (S009) and the N-terminal extracellular tail (ML40) of CCR4 has been validated to be high affinity by capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE).The S009 is a known CCR4 antagonist. Now, a series of new thiourea derivatives have been synthesized. Compared with positive control S009, they were screened using ML40 as target by CZE to find some new drugs for allergic inflammation diseases. The synthesized compounds XJH-5, XJH-4, XJH-17 and XJH-1 displayed the interaction with ML40, but XJH-9, XJH-10, XJH-I 1, XJH-12, XJH-13, XJH-14, XJH-3, XJH-8, XJH-6, XJH-7, XJH-15, XJH-16 and XJH-2 did not bind to ML40. Both qualification and quantification characterizations of the binding were determined. The affinity of the four compounds was valued by the binding constant, which was similar with the results of chemotactic experiments. The established CEZ method is capable of sensitive and fast screening for a series of lactam analogs in the drug discovery for allergic inflammation diseases.
Zhe SunLin-Jie TianQian LinXiao-Mei LingJun-Hai XiaoYing Wang
A rapid and simple liquid chromatography method with on-line solid phase extraction was developed and validated for the quantitative determination of cyclophosphamide in rat plasma.The plasma sample was first extracted on an Acclaim? Polar Advantage II C18 guard column(PA II C18,10 mm×4.6 mm,5 μm),which was also the on-line Extraction Cartridge SPE column,by washing with 100% H2O for 1 min.The extracted sample was then eluted onto a PA II C18 column(150 mm×4.6 mm,5 μm) and separated by isocratic elution with acetonitrile-water(40:60,v/v).The mobile phase was run at a flow rate of 1.0 mL/min,and the UV detector was set at 195 nm.Retention time of cyclophosphamide was 4.3 min and the total run-time was 6 min.The linear range of the standard curve was from 1.0 to 200 μg/mL(r2 = 0.9999),and the limits of quantification and detection were 1.0 μg/mL(RSD10%,n = 5) and 0.3 μg/mL(RSD13%,n = 5),respectively.Both intra-and inter-day variations were less than 5.6%.The developed method can be used for the therapeutic drug monitoring of cyclophosphamide in the clinic.