Anti-ACY1 monoclonal antibody, clone 5G2-C8

Caloric restriction and intermittent fasting are known to improve glucose homeostasis and insulin resistance in several species including humans. The aim of this study was to unravel potential mechanisms by which these interventions improve insulin sensitivity and protect from type 2 diabetes. Diabetes-susceptible New Zealand Obese mice were either 10% calorie restricted (CR) or fasted every other day (IF), and compared to ad libitum (AL) fed control mice. AL mice showed a diabetes prevalence of 43%, whereas mice under CR and IF were completely protected against hyperglycemia. Proteomic analysis of hepatic lipid droplets revealed significantly higher levels of PSMD9 (co-activator Bridge-1), MIF (macrophage migration inhibitor factor), TCEB2 (transcription elongation factor B (SIII), polypeptide 2), ACY1 (aminoacylase 1) and FABP5 (fatty acid binding protein 5), and a marked reduction of GSTA3 (glutathione S-transferase alpha 3) in samples of CR and IF mice. In addition, accumulation of diacylglycerols (DAGs) was significantly reduced in livers of IF mice (P = 0.045) while CR mice showed a similar tendency (P = 0.062). In particular, 9 DAG species were significantly reduced in response to IF, of which DAG-40:4 and DAG-40:7 also showed significant effects after CR. This was associated with a decreased PKC epsilon activation and might explain the improved insulin sensitivity. In conclusion, our data indicate that protection against diabetes upon caloric restriction and intermittent fasting associates with a modulation of lipid droplet protein composition and reduction of intracellular DAG species. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.

The Rh-2(OAc)(4)-catalyzed reaction of 2H-azirine-2-carbaldehydes with dimethyl diazomalonate proceeds via azirinium ylide formation, isomerization to 2-azabuta-1,3-dienes followed by 1,6-pi-electrocyclization to give 2H-1,3-oxazines. According to DFT-calculations ring opening of azirinium ylides should occur stereoselectively to give 2-azadienes with the C=C bond exclusively in the Z configuration. Changing a formyl group for an acetyl group in the azirine leads to a lowering of stereoselectivity and the formation of azadienes with an E configuration of the C=C bond was observed. The reaction of 2-acy1-2-diazoacetates with 2H-azirine-2-carbaldehydes proceeds similarly, but the 2-acetyl-substituted 2H-1,3-oxazines formed are unstable under chromatographic purification and rearrange easily into pyrrole derivatives. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.