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Automated assays for detecting and measuring ion channel and cell surface receptor activity and for identifying compounds that modulate or potentiate such activity are provided. Among the assays are fluorescent indicator-based assays that use cells containing effective levels of a fluorescent indicator that is responsive to changes in ion concentration. Activation of the ion channels or receptors is initiated in the automated measurement apparatus by injection into one or more predetermined cell-containing wells of a reagent which is a known or possible activator or inhibitor of the ion channels or receptors of interest. The resulting activity of the ion channels or receptors, which causes changes in ion concentration in the cytoplasm, is determined by measurement of fluorescence intensity changes of the indicator in response to an excitation wavelength.
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The isolation and characterization of genes involved in proteolytic processing in species of the genus Pichia is described. The availability of such genes has enabled the generation of strains of Pichia which are deficient in proteolytic activity, which strains are useful as hosts for the expression of proteolytically sensitive recombinant products. The isolation and characterization of additional genes from species of the genus Pichia is also described, as well as uses therefore.
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Methods of use of compounds for the treatment of disorders characterized by the cerebral deposition of amyloid are provided. Among the compounds provided for use in the methods are those of the formula: ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 is preferably 2-methylpropenyl, 2-butenyl, cyclohexyl or cyclohexylmethyl; R.sub.2, R.sub.4, and R.sub.8 are each preferably independently methyl or ethyl; R.sub.3 is preferably iso-butyl or phenyl; Q is preferably --C(O)--; R.sub.B is preferably iso-butyl; R.sub.A is --(T).sub.m --(D).sub.m --R.sub.1, in which T is preferably oxygen or NH, m is 0 or 1, and D is preferably C.sub.1-4 alkyl or C.sub.2-4 alkenyl; and X is preferably an aldehyde, .alpha.-ketoester or .alpha.-ketoamide.
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In accordance with the present invention, there provided a class of pyridine compounds which are modulators of acetylcholine receptors. The compounds of the invention displace acetylcholine receptor ligands from their binding sites. Invention compounds may act as agonists, partial agonists, antagonists or allosteric modulators of acetylcholine receptors, and are useful for a variety of therapeutic applications, such as the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and other disorders involving memory loss and/or dementia (including AIDS dementia); disorders of attention and focus (such as attention deficit disorder); disorders of extrapyramidal motor function such as Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, Gilles de la Tourette syndrome and tardive dyskinesia; mood and emotional disorders such as depression, panic, anxiety and psychosis; substance abuse including withdrawal syndromes and substitution therapy; neuroendocrine disorders and dysregulation of food intake, including bulimia and anorexia; disorders of nociception and control of pain; autonomic disorders including dysfunction of gastrointestinal motility and function such as inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, diarrhea, constipation, gastric acid secretion and ulcers; pheochromocytoma; cardiovascular dysfunction including hypertension and cardia arrhythmias, comedication in surgical procedures, and the like.
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The present invention provides a class of pyridine compounds which are modulators of acetylcholine receptors, i.e., compounds which displace acetylcholine receptor ligands from their binding sites. Invention compounds may act as agonists, partial agonists, antagonists or allosteric modulators of acetylcholine recepters, and are useful for a variety of therapeutic applications, such as the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and other disorders involving memory loss and/or dementia; disorders of attention and focus; disorders of extrapyramidal motor function; mood and emotional disorders; substance abuse including withdrawal syndromes and substitution therapy; neuroendocrine disorders and dysregulation of food intake, including bulimia and anorexia; disorders of nociception and control of pain; autonomic disorders including dysfunction of gastrointestinal motility and function; pheochromocytoma; cardiovascular dysfunction including hypertension and cardia arrhythmias, comedication in surgical procedures, and the like.
摘要:
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a class of pyridine compounds which are modulators of acetylcholine receptors. The compounds of the invention displace acetylcholine receptor ligands from their binding sites. Invention compounds may act as agonists, partial agonists, antagonists or allosteric modulators of acetylcholine receptors, and are useful for a variety of therapeutic applications, such as the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and other disorders involving memory loss and/or dementia (including AIDS dementia); disorders of attention and focus (such as attention deficit disorder); disorders of extrapyramidal motor function such as Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, Gilles de la Tourette syndrome and tardive dyskinesia; mood and emotional disorders such as depression, panic, anxiety and psychosis; substance abuse including withdrawal syndromes and substitution therapy; neuroendocrine disorders and dysregulation of food intake, including bulimia and anorexia; disorders of nociception and control of pain; autonomic disorders including dysfunction of gastrointestinal motility and function such as inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, diarrhea, constipation, gastric acid secretion and ulcers; pheochromocytoma; cardiovascular dysfunction including hypertension and cardia arrhythmias, comedication in surgical procedures, and the like.
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IN WHICH X HAS A VALUE OF FROM 1 TO 6 AND Y HAS A VALUE OF FROM 6 TO 30; AND
IN WHICH A is
WHEREIN X'' HAS A VALUE FROM 1 TO 6 AND Y'' HAS A VALUE OF 1 TO 6.
WHERE R10 is a divalent radical having 1 to 20 carbon atoms derived from aliphatic, aromatic, cycloaliphatic, aromaticaliphatic, or heterocyclic hydrocarbons. However, with incorporation of this antistatic additive in the polyamide, serious problems have been encountered in melt-spinning due to the frequent occurrence of ''''nubs'''' or enlarged places in the extruded polyamide filament. It has now been found that the occurrence of said nubs in the antistatic polyamide fiber can be greatly reduced by dispersing in the polymer an additional small proportion of a hindered phenol represented by the formulas:
WHERE R6, R7, R8 and R9 are independently selected from R1, R2, R3, R4 or another monovalent hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 20 carbon atoms as defined for R1, R2, R3 and R4, provided that at least one of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8 or R9 is R''; where n is 3 to 6, r and u are 2, 3, or 4; m, q are 0 to 100; m + q must be >5; w is 2, 3, or 4; p is 2 or 3; f, g, are 0 or 2 to 6; s and t are 0 or a whole number and s + t must be less than 100; a and b are whole numbers; D. the reaction product of A, B and/or C with at least one compound selected from I. DIEPOXIDES, AND II. COMPOUNDS WHICH YIELD THE FOLLOWING DIVALENT RADICALS
R1, R2, R3 and R4 are independently selected from R'' and monovalent hydrocarbon radicals having 1 to 20 carbon atoms derived from aliphatic, aromatic, cycloaliphatic, aromaticaliphatic, heterocyclic hydrocarbons or -(CrH2rO)m(CpH2pO)q-H; R5 is ethylene radical, R or a divalent radical selected from:
AND -(CrH2rO)s-(CuH2uO)t-CwH2w-; where R'', R'''', R'''''' and R'''''''' are
WHERE R is at least one of the alkylene difunctional radicals having 3 to 15 carbon atoms and a radical selected from
It has been suggested that an antistatic fiber of polyamide can be prepared by uniformly dispersing in the polymer a small proportion of at least one compound having a molecular weight above 1500 selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by the formulas:
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Isolated DNA encoding each of human calcium channel .alpha..sub.1 -, .alpha..sub.2 -, .beta.- and .gamma.-subunits, including subunits that arise as splice variants of primary transcripts, is provided. Cells and vectors containing the DNA and methods for identifying compounds that modulate the activity of human calcium channels are also provided.