Small molecules play a critical role in many biological processes and are used as drugs and other research tools.

At the IUPAC initiative the Global Women's Breakfast was held simultaneously on the 12th of February 2020, in different countries all over the world, uniting female scientists from the field of chemistry and related fields in a discussions on current trends in the organization of modern science (https://iupac.org/global-womens-breakfast/). Researchers Zinaida Osipova and Aleksandra Tsarkova of the Laboratory of Chemistry of Metabolic Pathways organized and hosted this event in Moscow in the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry RAS.

Scientists from the Laboratory of neuroreceptors and neuroregulators helped colleagues from Chengdu University (China) to conduct a series of in vivo experiments on wild-type and knockout by pain sensing receptors TRPV1 and P2X7 animals. It was shown that a stimulation of ST36 acupuncture point leads to an analgesic effect in the model of inflammation from the introduction of a slightly acidic solution into the paw, similar to the effects of selective TRPV1 and ASIC3 ion channel inhibitors. In the model of inflammation from the administration of α, β-meATP (a P2X1,3 purinergic receptor agonist) the ST36 point stimulation also reduced pain sensitivity, but not so effective as the P2X3 antagonist A-317491 or different ASIC3 channel blockers. The results are published in the British Journal of Pharmacology.

Lipids 2020 Conference, October 19-21, 2020, IBCH RAS, Moscow