摘要:
Peptides capable of inhibiting complement activation are provided. Methods of inhibiting complement activation and complement-mediated tissue injury using these peptides are also provided. In addition, a method of producing compositions capable of inhibiting complement activation using these peptides is provided, along with the peptide analogs and peptidomimetics produced by the method.
摘要:
The present invention is directed to novel disulfides and thiols that are of up to about eighteen amino acids. One example, is a compound of the formula (1): A-B-C-S-S-D-E-F, wherein: A and F are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, an amino acid, a dipeptide, a tripeptide, a modified polypeptide up to three amino acids long, and a carbobenzoxy groups, B and E are selected from the group consisting of an amino acid, a dipeptide, a tripeptide, and a modified polypeptide comprising up to and including three amino acids, C and D are selected from the group consisting of a modified polypeptide and a polypeptide comprising up to and including three amino acids, and S is the sulfur atom in the modified polypeptide and the polypeptide in C and D.
摘要:
The present invention is directed to novel disulfides and thiols that are of up to about eighteen amino acids. One example, is a compound of the formula (1): A-B-C-S-S-D-E-F, wherein: A and F are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, an amino acid, a dipeptide, a tripeptide, a modified polypeptide up to three amino acids long, and a carbobenzoxy groups, B and E are selected from the group consisting of an amino acid, a dipeptide, a tripeptide, and a modified polypeptide comprising up to and including three amino acids, C and D are selected from the group consisting of a modified polypeptide and a polypeptide comprising up to and including three amino acids, and S is the sulfur atom in the modified polypeptide and the polypeptide in C and D.
摘要:
The invention concerns nitrates containing a disulphide group and having for instance formula (I) in which R, R', R , R , R , R , R , R , R , R , R , R , m, m', n, n', o, o', p, p', q and q' are as defined in claim 1, plus methods of preparing such compounds. The compounds are suitable for use in the therapy of disorders of the cardiovasculary system.
摘要:
A compound of the formula: wherein each A1 and A2, independently, is H, C1-12 alkyl, C7-10 phenylalkyl, R1CO (where R1 is C1-20 alkyl, C3-20 alkenyl, C3-20 alkinyl, phenyl, naphthyl, or C7-10 phenylalkyl), or R2OCO (where R2 is C1-10 alkyl or C7-10 phenylalkyl), provided that when one of A1 or A2 is R1CO or R2OCO, the other must be H; each X1 and X2, independently, is H, F, Cl, Br, OH, CH3, or CF3, provided that at least one of X1 and X2 must be H; A3 is Phe or Tyr; and A4 is OH, NH2, or NH-R3 (wherein R3 is a saturated aliphatic C1-8 alkyl); or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. A therapeutic composition containing the compound of the present invention and a method of using the same are also described.
摘要:
The invention concerns nitrates containing a disulphide group and having for instance formula (I) in which R, R', R?1, R1', R2, R2', R3, R3', R4, R4', R5, R5'¿, m, m', n, n', o, o', p, p', q and q' are as defined in claim 1, plus methods of preparing such compounds. The compounds are suitable for use in the therapy of disorders of the cardiovasculary system.
摘要:
Two 32,000-dalton proteins with inhibin activity were isolated from porcine follicular fluid using heparin-Sepharose affinity chromatography, followed by gel filtration on Sephacryl S-200 and then four steps of reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. Each isolated molecule is composed of two chains having molecular weights of about 18,000 and about 14,000 daltons, respectively, which are bound together by disulfide bonding. Microsequencing revealed the NH2-terminal portion of the 18K chain of both to be Ser-Thr-Ala-Pro-Leu-Pro-Trp-Pro-Trp-Ser-Pro-Ala-Ala-Leu-Arg-Leu-Leu-Gln-Arg-Pro-Pro-Glu-Glu-Pro-Ala-Val, of one of the 14K chains to be Gly-Leu-Glu-Cys-Asp-Gly-Arg-Thr-Asn-Leu-Cys-Cys-Arg-Gln-Gln-Phe-Phe-Ile-Asp-Phe-Arg-Leu-Ile-Gly-Trp, and of the other 14K chain to be Gly-Leu-Glu-Cys-Asp-Gly-Lys-Val-Asn-Ile-Cys-Cys-Lys-Lys-Gln-Phe-Phe-Val-Ser-Phe-Lys-Asp-Ile-Gly-Trp-Asn-Asp-Trp-Ile-Ile-Ala-Pro. Both proteins have now been completely characterized, each having a first chain 134 residues long linked by disulfide bonding to a second chain 116 or 115 residues long. The first chain is believed to be glycosylated, which accounts for the disparity between the number of residues and the apparent molecular weight of 18K. These 32K proteins specifically inhibit basal secretion of FSH, but not of LH, in a rat anterior pituitary monolayer culture system. The half-maximal effective dose of one is 450 pg/ml and of the other is 900 pg/ml.
摘要:
A substantially pure protein having angiogenic activity. A method for preparing proteins having angiogenic activity from cell culture media is also disclosed. Proteins produced according to the invention are useful in the diagnosis of malignancies, for promoting wound healing, and for other diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.
摘要:
Process for producing insulin precursors having the formula (I), wherein R is hydrogen or the presequence Pm-Qn-, P is a sequence of natural amino acids wherein m is comprised between 0 and 50, K represents natural basic amino acids and n is an integer comprised between 1 and 4, Y represents -LysB29-ZB30-, wherein Z represents Ala, Thr or Ser, the bridge from A-1 to A-21 is an insulin-A-chain and the bridge from B-1 to B-30 is an insulin-B-chain. X is a bridge linked by the amino group from A-1 to the insulin-A-chain and to the epsilon-amino group of B-29 - case wherein OH is bound to the free bound of ZB30 - or bound by the carboxyl group of B-30 to the insulin-B-chain. Said insulin precursors are prepared from reaction mixtures which result from the preparation of insulin precursors by plaiting S-sulphonates having the formula (II), wherein R, X and Y have the signification given hereabove. Said process is characterized in that the false recombinant products contained in the reaction mixture are precipitated when the mixture is brought to a pH comprised between 4 and 6. The precipitate is then separated by a conventional process and transformed by sulfitolysis into the S-sulphonate having the formula (II), and the latter is again subjected to plaiting.