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                                                                Synonyms: Eact
                                 
                                                         
                            Compound class: 
                                                            Synthetic organic
                                 
                                
                                    
                                        Comment: Eact is a calcium-activated chloride channel TMEM16A (ANO1) activator [3]. It stimulates the TMEM16A Cl− current in in vitro cell systems. However, recent data have challenged this direct activation of TMEM16A, and indicate that Eact induces an increase in intracellular Ca2+ levels through an agonist effect on TRPV1 and TRPV4 [1-2].
                                    
                                 
                            
                            
                          
                                
                                    
                                
                          
                                   
                                   
                                  
                                      
                                     
                                   
                                   
                                    
                                    
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                                                                         1. Genovese M, Borrelli A, Venturini A, Guidone D, Caci E, Viscido G, Gambardella G, di Bernardo D, Scudieri P, Galietta LJV. (2019)
                                         TRPV4 and purinergic receptor signalling pathways are separately linked in airway epithelia to CFTR and TMEM16A chloride channels. J Physiol, 597 (24): 5859-5878. [PMID:31622498]  | 
                                                                
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                                                                         2. Liu S, Feng J, Luo J, Yang P, Brett TJ, Hu H. (2016)
                                         Eact, a small molecule activator of TMEM16A, activates TRPV1 and elicits pain- and itch-related behaviours. Br J Pharmacol, 173 (7): 1208-18. [PMID:26756551]  | 
                                                                
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                                                                         3. Verkman AS, Namkung W. (2017)
                                         Small molecule activators of calcium-activated chloride channels and methods of use. Patent number: US9790218B2. Assignee: University of California. Priority date: 03/08/2012. Publication date: 17/10/2017.  |