Insulin (human)

Insulin (human) is a peptide hormone that promotes glycogen synthesis and regulates glucose levels in the blood. Insulin (human) has hypoglycemic activity and is used clinically to treat hyperglycemia in diabetic patients.

Pioglitazone (U 72107) is a PPARγ agonist with EC50 of 0.93 and 0.99 μM on human and mouse PPARγ, respectively, and has selective and oral activity. Pioglitazone can be used in diabetes research.

Semaglutide is a long-acting, selective, competitive GLP-1R agonist and a long-acting analog of human glucagon-like peptide-1, exhibiting potent hypoglycemic, weight-loss, cardioprotective, and neuroprotective effects. Upon activation of the GLP-1R, semaglutide promotes insulin secretion, inhibits gastric emptying and appetite, while also enhancing autophagy and suppressing oxidative stress and apoptosis. Semaglutide also plays a role in regulating mitochondrial function and lipid metabolism. Semaglutide is being investigated for use in type 2 diabetes, obesity, Parkinson’s disease, metabolic and fatty liver diseases (MASLD), and other neurodegenerative and liver diseases, as well as in cancer research.

GIP (3-42), human (Gastric Inhibitory Polypeptide (3-42) (human)) is a peptide that acts as a glucose-dependent proinsulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) receptor antagonist and regulates insulin secretion and the metabolic effects of GIP in vivo, which can be used to study type 2 diabetes.

Linsitinib (OSI-906) belongs to small molecule inhibitors and is a dual IGF-1/IR inhibitor (IC50 = 35 and 75 nM, respectively) with selectivity, cell permeability, and oral activity. This compound is used in antitumor research and can effectively inhibit cell proliferation and induce apoptosis.

Muraglitazar (BMS-298585) is a dual agonist of PPARα/γ that exerts metabolic regulatory effects including lipid modulation, glucose reduction, improvement of insulin resistance, and weight loss. It is indicated for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and associated dyslipidemia. Muraglitazar exhibits potent in vitro activity against human PPARα (EC50 = 320 nM) and PPARγ (EC50 = 110 nM).

HNMPA is a membrane impermeable inhibitor of insulin receptor tyrosine kinase. HNMPA inhibits tyrosine and serine autophosphorylation by the human insulin receptor. HNMPA exhibits no effect on cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase or protein kinase C activities.

KW-2450 free base is an orally bioavailable inhibitor of insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (IGF-1R) and insulin receptor (IR) tyrosine kinases with potential antineoplastic activity. IGF-1R/IR inhibitor KW-2450 free base selectively binds to and inhibits the activities of IGF-1R and IR, which may result in the inhibition of tumor cell proliferation and the induction of tumor cell apoptosis. IGF-R1 and IR tyrosine kinases, overexpressed in a variety of human cancers, play significant roles in the stimulation of cellular proliferation, oncogenic transformation, and suppression of apoptosis.

JBSNF-000028 belongs to small molecule inhibitors, serving as a nicotinamide N-methyltransferase (NNMT) inhibitor (IC50=33 nM (human), 190 nM (monkey), 210 nM (mouse)), with oral activity and cell permeability, for research on metabolic disorders, possessing insulin-sensitizing, glucose-lowering, and weight-reducing effects.

β-Aminopropionitrile (3-Aminopropionitrile) is a selective inhibitor of lysyl oxidase.

Butanoic acid is an endogenous human metabolite, an endogenous histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor. The IC50 of HDAC3, HDAC4 and HDAC1 were 2.4 mM, 4.5 mM and 5.3 mM, respectively. 3-Hydroxybutyric acid has the effects of energy metabolism, neuroprotection, anti-inflammatory, and improvement of insulin resistance.

Cyclohexane-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexaol, also known as inositol, is a natural cyclohexane derivative and alcohol compound with biological activity in signal transduction, osmotic pressure regulation, and lipid metabolism, and is widely used in biochemical experiments and drug synthesis research.

Temocapril is an inhibitor of tyrosine kinase.

SBI-477 is a chemical probe that stimulates insulin signaling by deactivating the transcription factor MondoA. It coordinately inhibits triacylglyceride (TAG) synthesis and enhances basal glucose uptake in human skeletal myocytes.

D5D-IN-326 is an orally active delta-5 desaturase (D5D) inhibitor (IC50s: 72 and 22 nM for rat and human D5D in enzymic and cell-based assays). It has no effect on D6D or D9D activity. D5D-IN-326 reduces insulin resistance and decreases body weight in die

KGA-2727 is a potent and selective SGLT1 inhibitor, with Kis of 97.4 nM and 43.5 nM for human and rat SGLT1, respectively. The selectivity ratios (Ki for SGLT2/Ki for SGLT1) of KGA-2727 are 140 (human) and 390 (rat). KGA-2727 for the treatment of diabete.

LY2922470 reduces glucose levels along with significant enhancements in insulin and GLP-1, which is the potential for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). LY2922470 is an effective, selective, and orally available agonist of the G protein-cou

ZIGIR enables insulin content-based separation of heterogeneous beta cells and islet sorting into pure alpha and beta cells, revealing unexpected zinc(II) activity in somatostatin granules of delta cells in human islets.

ZP3022 is a dual agonist targeting the glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor (GLP-1R) and cholecystokinin 2 (CCK2) receptor. It selectively enhances cAMP accumulation or ERK phosphorylation in HEK293 cells with GLP-1R or CCK2 receptor expression, compared to ERK phosphorylation in cells with the CCK1 receptor (EC50s: 0.02, 10.3, and >1,000 nM for human receptors, respectively). At 40 nM, ZP3022 promotes proliferation of rat neonatal β-cells in vitro. It also boosts glucose-induced insulin secretion (GSIS) in rat pancreatic islets at 10 and 100 nM concentrations and decreases body weight in rats at 40 nmol/kg doses twice daily. Administered at 100 nmol/kg daily, ZP3022 enhances β-cell and total pancreatic mass and improves glucose tolerance in db/db mice, while reducing food intake but not body weight in these mice.

NVP-DPP728 is a potent, reversible, nitrile-dependent inhibitor of dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV) with an inhibition constant (K i) of 11 nM for human DPP-IV amidolytic activity. By inhibiting the degradation of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), NVP-DPP728 enhances insulin release following glucose intake, making it useful for diabetes research [1].

SPT-IN-1 (compound 1) is an orally active and highly potent inhibitor of serine palmitoyl transferase (SPT) with an IC50 value of 5.19 nM against human SPT1, SPT-IN-1 is utilized in metabolic disease research to explore sphingolipid biosynthesis regulation, insulin resistance mechanisms, and therapeutic strategies for type 2 diabetes and dyslipidemia.

AZD6482 (S-isomer) is a potent, selective, ATP-competitive PI3Kβ inhibitor (IC(50) 0.01 μm), which can inhibit insulin-induced in vitro glucose uptake by human adipocytes (IC(50) is 4.4 μm).

Ganglioside GM3 is a monosialoganglioside that demonstrates antiproliferative and proapoptotic effects in tumor cells by modulating cell adhesion, proliferation, and differentiation. It suppresses angiogenesis and reduces proliferation and migration of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) when used at a concentration of 20 μM via inhibition of VEGFR2 and Akt phosphorylation. Ganglioside GM3 induces dissociation of the insulin receptor-caveolin-1 complex from lipid microdomains, functioning as an inhibitor of insulin signaling and contributing to insulin resistance in adipocytes. Ganglioside GM3 mixture contains ganglioside GM3 molecular species with C18:1 and C20:1 fatty acyl chains.

Neuromedin U (NMU) is a neuropeptide first demonstrated to drive smooth muscle contraction.1Translated as a 174 amino acid propeptide, NMU is cleaved to different lengths in different animals. It has diverse receptor-mediated rolesin vivo, as it regulates feeding, vasoconstriction, nociception, and bone remodeling and contributes to obesity, cancer and septic shock.2,2NMU-25 is the active form of NMU in humans. It binds with high affinity to receptors on human left ventricle and coronary artery (KDs = 0.26 and 0.11 nM, respectively), eliciting endothelium-independent vasoconstriction.3NMU-25 also suppresses glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in human islets, and this effect is lost in NMU R165W mutants, resulting in early-onset obesity.4 1.Mitchell, J.D., Maguire, J.J., and Davenport, A.P.Emerging pharmacology and physiology of neuromedin U and the structurally related peptide neuromedin SBritish Journal of Pharmacology15887-103(2009) 2.Greenwood, H.C., Bloom, S.R., and Murphy, K.G.Peptides and their potential role in the treatment of diabetes and obesityRev.Diabet.Stud.8(3)355-368(2011) 3.Mitchell, J.D., Maguire, J.J., Kuc, R.E., et al.Expression and vasoconstrictor function of anorexigenic peptides neuromedin U-25 and S in the human cardiovascular systemCardiovascular Research81353-361(2009) 4.Alfa, R.W., Park, S., Skelly, K.R., et al.Suppression of insulin production and secretion by a decretin hormoneCell Metabolism21(2)323-333(2015)