摘要:
A method of identifying an agent which modulates hydroxylation of hypoxia inducible factor (HIF), comprises contacting a HIF asparagine hydroxylase and a test substance in the presence of a substrate of the hydroxylase under conditions in which asparagine in the substrate is hydroxylated in the absence of the test substance; and determining hydroxylation of the substrate. Preferably the substrate is a HIF polypeptide comprising HIF-1α, a fragment thereof comprising Asn 803 of HIF-1α or a peptide analogue of HIF-1α or fragment thereof comprising an asparagine equivalent to Asn 803 of HIF-1α and wherein hydroxylation of Asn 803 or of a said equivalent asparagine is determined.
摘要:
The invention provides a compound of one of the formulae (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F) as herein defined, or a salt thereof, for use in the treatment of a condition associated with increased or decreased HIF levels or activity, or a condition in which an increase or decrease in HIF levels or activity may be beneficial.
摘要:
A method of identifying, screening, characterising or designing a chemical entity, which mimics or binds to FIH, is described. The method comprises comparing a structural model of FIH with a structural model for said chemical entity, wherein said structural model of FIH is derived from structural factors or structural coordinates determined by subjecting to X-ray diffraction measurements a crystal comprising FIH. Such chemical entities may be used in the treatment of a condition associated with increased or decreased HIF levels or activity.
摘要:
A method for detecting 2-oxoglutarate oxygenase activity, which method comprises: (i) contacting a 2-oxoglutarate oxygenase and a substrate of the 2-oxoglutarate oxygenase in the presence of 2-oxoglutarate; (ii) adding a derivatisation reagent capable of forming a fluorescent product with 2-oxoglutarate; (iii) detecting the fluorescent product produced by the reaction between the derivatisation reagent and 2-oxoglutarate, if any, thereby detecting 2-oxoglutarate oxgenase activity.
摘要:
A pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of formula (I) wherein X is an electron withdrawing group, Y1 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heterocyclyl, —SO2R4, —CO2R4, —CONHR4 or —COR4, and each of R1, R2 and R4, which may be the same or different, is hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, alkynyl, aryl or heterocyclyl, or a compound of formula (II) wherein each of Y2 and Y3, which may be the same or different, is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heterocyclyl, —SO2R9, —CO2R9, —CONHR9 or —COR9, Z is hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heterocyclyl, —CH═C(NHR10)CH((CH2)mCO2R11)(C═O)CH3 or —CH2(C═O)CH((CH2)mCO2R11)(C═O)CH3, R8 is —(CH2)nCO2R12, each of R5 to R7 and R9 to R12, which may be the same or different, is hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, alkynyl, aryl or heterocyclyl, and each of m and n, which may be the same or different, is 1 to 6 or a compound of formula (III) wherein each of Y4 to Y6, which may be the same or different, is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heterocyclyl, —SO2R19, —CO2R19, —CONHR19 or —COR19, each of R16 and R17, which may be the same or different, is —(CH2)pCO2R20, each of R13 to R15 and R18 to R20, which may be the same or different, is hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, alkynyl, aryl or heterocyclyl, and p is 1 to 6, or other photolabile degradation product of bilirubin or biliverdin or derivative of a photolabile degradation fragment of bilirubin or biliverdin, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a pyrrolidone compound of the formula (I): where R1 is substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl, or an aromatic or non-aromatic cyclic or heterocyclic structure, R2 is substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or cycloalkyl, and each P is independently a protecting group.
摘要:
A process for the preparation of a substituted C-2 β-lactam comprises incubating a 2-substituted 3-aminocarboxylic acid with a β-lactam synthetase under conditions such that the 2-substituted 3-aminocarboxylic acid is cyclised to produce a substituted C-2 β-lactam. The process can be used to produce an antibiotic or β-lactamase inhibitor.