John Boulos

ORCID: 0000-0001-8561-6418
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Research Areas
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Synthesis and Reactions of Organic Compounds
  • Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
  • Synthesis and Biological Evaluation
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions
  • Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography
  • Phenothiazines and Benzothiazines Synthesis and Activities
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling
  • Various Chemistry Research Topics
  • Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism
  • Phosphodiesterase function and regulation
  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
  • Multicomponent Synthesis of Heterocycles
  • Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions
  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
  • Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms

Barry University
1998-2024

Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Physiology
2024

Scripps Research Institute
2024

Bridge University
2024

University of Miami
2017

Muscarinic receptors are known to play important biological roles and drug targets for several human diseases. In a pilot study, novel muscarinic antagonists were synthesized used as chemical probes obtain additional information of the pharmacophore. The design these ligands made use current orthosteric allosteric models drug–receptor interactions together with motifs achieve receptor selectivity. This approach has led discovery non‐competitive that strongly bind at secondary site. These...

10.1111/cbdd.13059 article EN Chemical Biology & Drug Design 2017-06-24

Background and Purpose More than 30% of currently marketed medications act via GPCRs. Thus, GPCRs represent one the most important pharmacotherapeutic targets. In contrast to traditional agonists activating multiple signalling pathways, a single pathway new generation drugs with increased specificity fewer adverse effects. Experimental Approach We have synthesized novel muscarinic ACh receptors tested their binding function (on levels cAMP inositol phosphates) in CHO cells expressing...

10.1111/bph.14970 article EN British Journal of Pharmacology 2020-01-07

Binding of muscarinic ligands, both antagonists and agonists, their effects on the conformation M2 acetylcholine receptor were modeled in silico compared to experimental data. After docking an inactive (3UON, 5ZK3, 5ZKB, or 5ZKB) agonists active (4MQS), 100 ns conventional molecular dynamics (MD) followed by 500 accelerated MD was run. Conventional revealed ligand-specific interactions with receptor. Antagonists stabilized during MD. The complex various attained different conformations...

10.1021/acs.jcim.0c00041 article EN Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling 2020-03-04

The aim of this study was to develop potent and long-acting antagonists muscarinic ACh receptors. 4-hexyloxy 4-butyloxy derivatives 1-[2-(4-oxidobenzoyloxy)ethyl]-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridin-1-ium were synthesized tested for biological activity. Antagonists with long-residence time at receptors are therapeutic targets the treatment several neurological psychiatric human diseases. Their effects allow reduced daily doses adverse effects.

10.1111/bph.14187 article EN cc-by-nc British Journal of Pharmacology 2018-03-02

Abstract Oxazolyl‐5‐ and furanyl‐2‐substituted imidazoles have been synthesized by coupling the two ring systems via dipolar cycloaddition of tosyl methyl isocyanide to corresponding oxazolyl furanyl aldimines in basic media. These substituted furanylimidazole bases obtained this manner were then subjected hydrogen chloride gas iodide form hydrochlorides methyliodides, respectively. All compounds purified, characterized tested for muscarinic binding affinity. Biological test results revealed...

10.1002/jhet.5570350413 article EN Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry 1998-07-01

Abstract Selective activation of individual subtypes muscarinic receptors is a promising way to safely alleviate wide range pathological conditions in the central nervous system and periphery as well. The flexible G-protein interface allows them interact with several G-proteins various efficacy, potency, kinetics. Agonists biased particular mediated pathway may result selectivity among and, due non-uniform expression alpha subunits, possibly achieve tissue specificity. Here, we demonstrate...

10.21203/rs.3.rs-3033944/v1 preprint EN cc-by Research Square (Research Square) 2024-01-17

Abstract Selective activation of individual subtypes muscarinic receptors is a promising way to safely alleviate wide range pathological conditions in the central nervous system and periphery as well. The flexible G-protein interface allows them interact with several G-proteins various efficacy, potency, kinetics. Agonists biased particular mediated pathway may result selectivity among and, due non-uniform expression alpha subunits, possibly achieve tissue specificity. Here, we demonstrate...

10.1038/s41598-024-60259-4 article EN cc-by Scientific Reports 2024-04-26

Abstract magnified image Furanyl and oxazolyl N‐substituted imidazoline salts were prepared by reacting furanyl esters with ethylenediamine trimethyl aluminum, followed the addition of methyl iodide or hydrogen chloride. The piperidinium treating chlorides piperidine base,

10.1002/jhet.5570440644 article EN Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry 2007-11-01

Several heterocyclic N-piperidine substituted salts were synthesized that found to inhibit the specific binding of antagonist [3H] quinuclidinyl benzilate in radioligand muscarinic assays (3H-QNB) bioassays. One salts, compound 7, met significance criteria these (>50% inhibition) at 10 μM nonselective cells Wistar rat cerebral cortex. Furthermore, this displayed 61% inhibition for M5 receptor (IC50 6.34 μM, Ki 3.93 nH = 0.996) human recombinant CHO cell lines. These data obtained from...

10.1002/jhet.1742 article EN Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry 2013-09-12

A complex evaluation of agonist bias at G-protein coupled receptors the level classes and isoforms including non-preferential ones is essential for advanced screening drug development. Molecular crosstalk in downstream signaling a lack sufficiently sensitive selective methods to study direct coupling with interest complicates this analysis. We performed binding functional analysis 11 structurally different agonists on prepared fusion proteins individual subtypes muscarinic non-canonical...

10.3390/ijms221810089 article EN International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2021-09-18

Morpholinium salts coupled to oxazolyl moieties have been synthesized via nucleophilic substitution of a series chlorides with morpholine. The oxazole were first and then corresponding hydrochloride methyl iodide obtained, purified, characterized tested for muscarinic receptor binding affinity. Biological test results from MDS Pharma Services revealed no significant

10.1002/jhet.5570430227 article EN Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry 2006-03-01

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10.1002/chin.200812144 article EN ChemInform 2008-02-27

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10.1002/chin.200630179 article EN ChemInform 2006-07-05

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