Toshikazu Hakogi

Synthesis of fluorescence-labeled sphingosine and sphingosine 1-phosphate; effective tools for sphingosine and sphingosine 1-phosphate behavior.

A fluorescence-labeled sphingosine and sphingosine 1-phosphate have been successfully synthesized from the oxazolidinone methyl ester derived from glycidol via monoalkylation and the stereoselective reduction of the resulting ketone. The labeled sphingosine was converted into its phosphate by treatment with sphingosine kinase 1 (SPHK1) from mouse, and in platelets, and it was incorporated into the Chinese Hamster Ovarian (CHO) cells. In addition, MAPK was activated by NBD-Sph-1-P through Edg-1, Sph-1-P receptor.

New entry for asymmetric deoxyazasugar synthesis: syntheses of deoxymannojirimycin, deoxyaltrojirimycin and deoxygalactostatin

Deoxyazasugars such as deoxymannojirimycin, deoxyaltrojirimycin and deoxygalactostatin were stereoselectively synthesized starting from (R)-(+)-4-methoxycarbonyloxazolidinone via a bicyclic oxazolidinylpiperidine as a common synthetic intermediate.