Abstract: The present invention relates to novel inhibitors of adipose triglyceride lipase (ATGL) having an improved inhibitory activity against human ATGL (hATGL) as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising these inhibitors, and their therapeutic use, particularly in the treatment or prevention of a lipid metabolism disorder, including, e.g., obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, glucose intolerance, hypertriglyceridemia, metabolic syndrome, cardiac and skeletal muscle steatosis, congenital generalized lipodystrophy, familial partial lipodystrophy, acquired lipodystrophy syndrome, atherosclerosis, or heart failure.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a methionine analogue, comprising contacting a host cell with L-homoserine and one or more nucleophiles and cultivating said host cell and said one or more nucleophiles of (a) in a fermentation broth to produce said methionine analogue, wherein said host cell encodes and stably expresses a L-homoserine-O-acetyl-transferase (HSAT) and an O-acetyl-L-homoserine sulfhydrylase (OAHS). The present invention also relates to host cells encoding and expressing such HSAT and OAHS, as well as uses thereof for producing a methionine analogue.

Abstract: A compound of formula (I) as defined herein is useful in the treatment and prevention of a disorder such as cachexia, stroke, atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease, and diabetes and pharmaceutical compositions of the same. Also, a method of screening for lipase inhibitors using a compound of formula (I) and determining its lipase inhibitory activity. The method includes in vitro assays of compounds using ATGL and/or HSL, and cellular assays wherein inhibition is followed by observing indicators of efficacy. Also, methods for treatment or prevention of a condition involving cachexia, stroke, artherosclerosis, coronary artery disease, diabetes, preferably diabetes type II by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising an agent which is able to inhibit ATGL. Also contemplated herein, are compositions comprising one or more ATGL-inhibiting agents optionally in combination with one or more lipase inhibitors or inhibitors of inflammatory cytokines.

Abstract: A compound of formula (I) as defined herein is useful in the treatment and prevention of a disorder such as cachexia, stroke, atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease, and diabetes and pharmaceutical compositions of the same. Also, a method of screening for lipase inhibitors using a compound of formula (I) and determining its lipase inhibitory activity. The method includes in vitro assays of compounds using ATGL and/or HSL, and cellular assays wherein inhibition is followed by observing indicators of efficacy. Also, methods for treatment or prevention of a condition involving cachexia, stroke, artherosclerosis, coronary artery disease, diabetes, preferably diabetes type II by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising an agent which is able to inhibit ATGL. Also contemplated herein, are compositions comprising one or more ATGL-inhibiting agents optionally in combination with one or more lipase inhibitors or inhibitors of inflammatory cytokines.

Abstract: The invention provides a compound of formula (I) as defined herein that is useful in the treatment and prevention of a disorder such as cachexia, stroke, atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease, or diabetes and disorders and conditions associated therewith. The invention also provides a method of screening for lipase inhibitors using a compound of formula (I) and determining its lipase inhibitory activity. activity.