摘要:
This invention is directed to aromatic sulfone hydroxamates (also known as aromatic sulfone hydroxamic acids) and salts thereof that, inter alia, tend to inhibit matrix metalloproteinase (also known as matrix metalloprotease or MMP) activity and/or aggrecanase activity. This invention also is directed to a treatment method that comprises administering such a compound or salt in an MMP-inhibiting and/or aggrecanase-inhibiting effective amount to an animal, particularly a mammal having (or disposed to having) a pathological condition associated with MMP activity and/or aggrecanase activity.
摘要:
A method for identifying and quantifying peptides resulting from enzyme cleavage of collagen type II by mass spectrometric analysis to detect characteristic peptide fragments of a carboxy-terminus having known mass to charge ratios to identify the peptide having that carboxy-terminus. Identification and quantification of the peptides in a biological sample is used to assess activity of proteolytic enzymes in diseases or physiological conditions such as osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis and to assess the efficacy of enzyme blocking agents.