GABA-steroid antagonists and their use for the treatment of cns disorders
A technology for steroids, disorders, applied in the field of preparation of said therapeutic drugs
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[0055] The preparation of the above-mentioned compositions and formulations is generally well known to those skilled in the field of pharmacy and formulation, and can be applied to the formulation of the compositions of the present invention.
[0056] The present inventors have surprisingly revealed that steroids having a hydrogen donor at the 3β position and a hydroxyl group at the 20 position can inhibit the action of 3α-hydroxy-5α / β-steroids in vitro at pharmaceutically acceptable and practical doses , but has a very low antagonistic effect on the action of GABA itself. It therefore blocks the development of the negative effects of 3α-hydroxy-5α / β-steroids, but has a minimal effect on GABA's own action. Proposed mechanistic role of 3α-hydroxy-5α / β-steroids in the development of CNS disorders and 3β-hydroxy-5α / β-pregnane or 3β-sulfate-5α / δ5-pregnane / pregnene steroids with 3α-hydroxy - Mechanism of action of 5α / β-steroid interactions. Examples of such compounds are shown in...
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[0106] The present invention is based on in vitro experiments to determine the reverse blocking effect on 3α-hydroxyl-5α / β-pregnane-steroid-enhanced GABA-mediated chloride flow, and the blocking effect on GABA itself. specificity. The results of the in vitro test of the recombinant GABA-A receptor expressed on the surface of Xenopus lavies oocytes were confirmed in the test of male rat cortical tissue conducted by the present inventors.
[0107] Chloride flux in recombinant GABA-A receptors (α1, β2, γ2L) expressed in Xenopus lavies oocytes was studied using the voltage-clamp method.
[0108] The GABA-A receptor used for testing steroids in the present invention was recombinantly expressed in Xenopus lavies oocytes. Oocytes have a tremendous capacity for surface membrane expression of proteins from mRNA injected into the oocyte. The receptor contains five proteins of three different types, and the mRNAs for receptor subtypes α1, β2, γ2L are expressed under the conditions test...
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