Abstract:
Membrane permeable prodrugs of creatine phosphate, pharmaceutical compositions comprising membrane permeable prodrugs of creatine phosphate, and methods of treating diseases such as ischemia, heart failure, and neurodegenerative disorders comprising administering prodrugs of creatine phosphate or pharmaceutical compositions thereof are disclosed. In the Formula (I) wherein: Y and Z are each independently selected from Formula (1), Formula (2), and Formula (3).
Abstract:
OCT3 is consistently expressed at high levels in brain microvessel endothelial cells. Disclosed herein are assays for determining whether a test material/molecule is a substrate for, and/or is actively transported by, the OCT3 transporter, and therefore a candidate substrate for crossing the blood brain barrier. The assays are useful in screening for therapeutic, cytotoxic or imaging compounds used in the treatment or diagnosis of neurological diseases.
Abstract:
GAT2 is consistently expressed at high levels in brain microvessel endothelial cells. Disclosed herein are assays for determining whether a test material/molecule is a substrate for, and/or is actively transported by, the GAT2 transporter, and therefore a candidate substrate for crossing the blood brain barrier. The assays are useful in screening for therapeutic, cytotoxic or imaging compounds used in the treatment or diagnosis of neurological diseases.
Abstract:
SMVT is consistently expressed at high levels in cancer cells. Disclosed herein are assays for determining whether a test material/molecule is a substrate for, and/or is transported by, the SMVT transporter, and therefore a candidate substrate for transport into cancer cells. The assays are useful in screening for cytotoxic agents or imaging components used in the treatment or diagnosis of cancer.
Abstract:
The invention provides several new transporter proteins, nucleic acids encoding them and methods of using the transporters to screen agents, conjugates or conjugate moieties, linked or linkable to agents, for capacity to be transported as substrates through the transporters. The invention also provides methods of treatment involving oral delivery of agents that either alone, or as a result of linkage to a conjugate moiety, are substrates of one of the transporter.
Abstract:
Prodrugs of methyl hydrogen fumarate, pharmaceutical compositions comprising prodrugs of methyl hydrogen fumarate, and methods of using prodrugs of methyl hydrogen fumarate and pharmaceutical compositions thereof for treating diseases such as psoriasis, asthma, multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel disease, and arthritis are disclosed.
Abstract:
SVCT2 is consistently expressed at high levels in brain microvessel endothelial cells. Disclosed herein are assays for determining whether a test material/molecule is a substrate for, and/or is actively transported by, the SVCT2 transporter, and therefore a candidate substrate for crossing the blood brain barrier. The assays are useful in screening for therapeutic, cytotoxic or imaging compounds used in the treatment or diagnosis of neurological diseases.
Abstract:
BGTl is consistently expressed at high levels in brain microvessel endothelial cells. Disclosed herein are assays for determining whether a test material/molecule is a substrate for, and/or is actively transported by, the BGTl transporter, and therefore a candidate substrate for crossing the blood brain barrier. The assays are useful in screening for therapeutic, cytotoxic or imaging compounds used in the treatment or diagnosis of neurological diseases.
Abstract:
Methods of treating a disease in a patient, methods of determining the presence of a disease in a patient, methods of determining whether a disease in a patient is suitable to be treated with a therapeutic agent, and methods of monitoring treatment of a disease in a patient comprising determining a level of expression of a transporter in cells of a tissue associated with the disease are disclosed. The methods include administering to a patient a diagnostic conjugate and/or therapeutic conjugate that are substrates for a transporter expressed by cells of a tissue associated with the disease. Kits comprising a diagnostic composition comprising a diagnostic conjugate that is a transporter substrate are also disclosed. In particular, methods and kits useful for diagnosing and treating cancer are disclosed.
Abstract:
GLUT5 is consistently expressed at high levels in cancer cells. Disclosed herein are assays for determining whether a test material/molecule is a substrate for, and/or is transported by, the GLUT5 transporter, and therefore a candidate substrate for transport into cancer cells. The assays are useful in screening for cytotoxic agents or imaging components used in the treatment or diagnosis of cancer.