摘要:
Disclosed are isolated DNAs encoding a kynurenine aminotransferase selected from the group consisting of:(a) isolated DNA sequences which encode rat KAT;(b) an isolated DNA sequence which hybridizes to isolated DNA sequences of (a) above and which encodes a mammalian KAT enzyme; and(c) an isolated DNA sequence differing from the isolated DNA sequences of (a) and (b) above in codon sequence due to the degeneracy of the genetic code, and which encodes a KAT enzyme.Vectors and host cells containing the same, oligonucleotide probes for identifying kynurenine aminotransferase, and isolated and purified kynurenine aminotransferase are also disclosed.
摘要:
Disclosed are isolated DNAs encoding a kynurenine aminotransferase selected from the group consisting of: (a) an isolated DNA sequence which encodes rat KAT; (b) an isolated DNA sequence which hybridizes to the isolated DNA sequence of (a) above and which encodes a KAT enzyme; and (c) an isolated DNA sequence differing from the isolated DNA sequences of (a) and (b) above in codon sequence due to the degeneracy of the genetic code, and which encodes a KAT enzyme. Also disclosed are vectors and host cells containing the same; oligonucleotide probes for identifying kynurenine aminotransferase; and isolated and purified kynurenine aminotransferase.
摘要:
The present invention relates to the use in the treatment of cognitive disorders associated with the aging processes of the brain and perinatal brain disorders of compounds which act as inhibitors of the enzyme kynurenine aminotransferase (KAT). The present invention also provides, as novel compounds, a selected class of KAT inhibitors which are the compounds of formula (IA) ##STR1## wherein R is halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.5 -C.sub.7 cycloalkyl, phenyl-C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkoxy, C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 aryloxy, phenyl-C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy or trifluoromethyl, and R.sub.1 is hydroxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkoxy, amino, mono-C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkylamino, di-C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkylamino, hydroxylamino, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxyamino or benzyloxyamino, with the provisos that: (i) when R.sub.1 is hydroxy and, at the same time, R is halogen, then this halogen is not fluorine; and (ii) when R.sub.1 is hydroxy and, at the same time, R is C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, then this C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl is not methyl, either as a single isomer or as a mixture of isomers, and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
摘要:
The present invention relates to the use in the treatment of cognitive disorders associated with the aging processes of the brain and perinatal brain disorders of compounds which act as inhibitors of the enzyme kynurenine aminotransferase (KAT).
摘要:
The present invention relates to the use in the treatment of cognitive disorders associated with the aging processes of the brain and perinatal brain disorders of compounds which act as inhibitors of the enzyme kynurenine aminotransferase (KAT).The present invention also provides, as novel compounds, a selected class of KAT inhibitors which are the compounds of formula (IA) ##STR1## wherein R is halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.5 -C.sub.7 cycloalkyl, phenyl-C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkoxy, C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 aryloxy, phenyl-C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy or trifluoromethyl, andR.sub.1 is hydroxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkoxy, amino, mono-C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkylamino, di-C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkylamino, hydroxylamino, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxyamino or benzyloxyamino; with the provisos that(i) when R.sub.1 is hydroxy and, at the same time, R is halogen, then this halogen is not fluorine; and(ii) when R.sub.1 is hydroxy and, at the same time, R is C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, then this C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl is not methyl, and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
摘要:
A derivative of nicotinic acid N-oxide is described having formula (I): that acts as inhibitor of enzyme 3-hydroxyanthranilate-3,4-dioxygenase (3HAO), and is thus able to reduce QUIN biosynthesis in vivo under excitotoxic or pathological conditions, said compound being at the same time also chemically stable towards auto-oxidation.
摘要:
The present invention relates to novel derivatives of 3-hydroxyanthranilic acid, 3-HANA, of the general formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are the same or different and selected from H and alkyl; X is selected from alkylthio, arylthio, aryloxy, halogen and cyano; R.sup.3, R.sup.4 are the same or different and selected from halogen, methyl, fluoroalkyl, cyano and Z--R.sup.5 wherein Z is selected from CH.sub.n, NH.sub.m, O, S, SO.sub.2 and CO wherein n=1 or 2; m=0 or 1 and R.sup.5 is selected from alkyl, aryl and fluoroalkyl; or R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 together form a saturated or unsaturated ring system Y--V--Z wherein Y and Z, independently of each other, are as defined for Z above and V is selected from C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkylene or alkenylene, --N.dbd., --N.dbd.N-- and ##STR2## wherein R.sub.7 =H or alkyl; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, methods and intermediates for their preparation, novel pharmaceutical compositions and the use thereof for inhibiting the enzyme 3-hydroxy-anthranilate oxygenase, 3-HAO, responsible for the production of the endogenous neurotoxin quinolinic acid, QUIN.
摘要:
Provided herein are methods of decreasing a level of kynurenic acid in a cell and of treating a pathophysiological condition in a subject associated with an increase in kynurenic acid in a subject. In these methods the inhibitory action of dicarboxylic acids or derivatives or analogs thereof are effective to inhibit activity of kynurenine aminotransferase II. Also provided is a method of screening for potential inhibitory compounds for kynurenine aminotransferase II. The dicarboxylic acids or derivatives or analogs thereof may have the structural formula, where R1 is H, NH2 or NHCH3, R2 is H or CH3, n is 0 to 14, and X is —COOH, CH2OH, —PO3H2, —SO3H, or —SO3H; or a pharmacologically acceptable salt.
摘要:
The present invention relates to novel derivatives of 3-hydroxyanthranilic acid, 3-HANA of general formula (I), wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are the same or different and selected from H and alkyl; X is selected from alkylthio, arylthio, aryloxy, halogen and cyano; R.sup.3, R.sup.4 are the same or different and selected from halogen, methyl, fluoroalkyl, cyano and Z-R.sup.5 wherein Z is selected from CH.sub.n, NH.sub.m, O, S, SO.sub.2 and CO wherein n=1 or 2; m=0 or 1 and R.sup.5 is selected from alkyl, aryl and fluoroalkyl; or R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 together form a saturated or unsaturated ring system Y-V-Z wherein Y and Z, independently of each other, are as defined for Z above and V is selected from C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkylene or alkenylene, --N.dbd., --N.dbd.N-- and (a), wherein R.sub.7 .dbd.H or alkyl; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, methods and intermediates for their preparation, novel pharmaceutical compositions and the use thereof for inhibiting the enzyme 3-hydroxy-anthranilate oxygenase, 3-HAO, responsible for the production of the endogenous neurotoxin quinolinic acid, QUIN.
摘要:
The (-)-D-isomers of compounds of the general formula ##STR1## in which X stands for an acidic radical, especially a radical of phosphonic acid, sulphonic acid, boronic acid or tetrazole,R stands for an alkylene, alkenylene or alkynylene radical with 3 or more carbon atoms, preferably 3 to 6 carbon atoms, or a C.sub.3 to C.sub.7 cycloalkyl radical, andA and B independently of each other stand for a hydrogen atom or a lipophilic radical, especially an ester radical,or salts thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable bioprecursors thereof, especially (-)-D-aminophosphonopentanoic acid and (-)-D-aminophosphonoheptanoic acid, find use in the treatment of diseases of the central nervous system.The compound aminophosphonoheptanoic acid is also novel as a racemic mixture and the present invention also relates to that compound in racemic form which may be used in the same way as the said (-)-D-isomers.