306 results about "Cytochrome P450" patented technology

The invention provides methods for detecting variations in polymorphic sites and/or variations in gene copy number. The methods are particularly useful for analysis of biotransformation genes, such as cytochromes P450.

A self-emulsifying drug delivery system to improve dissolution, stability, and bioavailability of drug compounds of dronabinol or other cannabinoids. The drug compound(s) are dissolved in an oily medium (e.g. triglycerides and/or mixed glycerides and/or free fatty acids containing medium and/or long chain saturated, mono-unsaturated, and/or poly-unsaturated free fatty acids) together with at least one surfactant. The surfactant promotes self-emulsification, thereby promoting targeted chylomicron delivery and optimal bioavailability to a mammalian intestinal lumen. A dosage form can optionally include co-solvents, anti-oxidants, viscosity modifying agents, cytochrome P450 metabolic inhibitors, P-GP efflux inhibitors, and amphiphilic/non-amphiphilic solutes to induce semi-solid formation for targeted release rates.

The invention provides population models, methods, and algorithms for targeting a dosing regimen or compound selection to an individual patient. The methods and algorithms of the invention utilize population models that incorporate genotype information for genes encoding drug metabolizing enzymes for one or more compounds of interest. The methods allow integration of genotype information for one or more genes encoding a drug metabolizing enzyme, particularly a cytochrome P450 gene with patient data. The methods allow integration of genotype information and the effect of one or more compounds on one or more drug metabolizing enzymes. The methods allow iterative feedback of drug metabolizing data obtained from a patient into the process of generating a dosage regimen recommendation for a compound of interest for an individual patient.

The present invention relates to methods for detecting polymorphisms in enzymes related to drug metabolizm (Drug Metabolizing Enzymes or DMEs) such as uridine diphosphate glucuronosyl transferase (UGT) gene promoter, cytochrome p450, with a non-amplified oligonucleotide detection assays. The present invention also relates to pharmacogenetic DME detection assay kits.

Self-emulsifying drug delivery systems are provided to improve dissolution, stability, and bioavailability of drug compounds of dronabinol or other cannabinoids. The drug compound(s) are dissolved in an oily medium (e.g. triglycerides and/or mixed glycerides and/or free fatty acids containing medium and/or long chain saturated, mono-unsaturated, and/or poly-unsaturated free fatty acids) together with at least one surfactant. The surfactant promotes self-emulsification, thereby promoting targeted chylomicron/lipoprotein delivery and optimal bioavailability through the mammalian intestinal tract. A dosage form can optionally include co-solvents, anti-oxidants, viscosity modifying agents, cytochrome P450 metabolic inhibitors, P-GP efflux inhibitors, and amphiphilic/non-amphiphilic solutes to induce semi-solid formation for targeted release rates.

A method for the treatment of pain and/or inflammation in a subject by the administration of N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC) or derivative thereof and a pain and/or anti-inflammatory medication. The pain or anti-inflammatory medication is metabolized by the action of the cytochrome p450 system. The pain medication includes N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist(s). NAC and the pain medicine can be administered concurrently or sequentially. The joint administration can result in the use of lower dosages than typical dosage of the pain and/or anti-inflammatory medication or in enhanced relief from the treated condition.

Compositions and methods for reducing the level of nornicotine and N′-nitrosonornicotine (NNN) in Nicotiana plants and plant parts thereof are provided. The compositions comprise isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides for cytochrome P450s that are involved in the metabolic conversion of nicotine to nornicotine in these plants. Expression cassettes, vectors, plants, and plant parts thereof comprising inhibitory sequences that target expression or function of the disclosed cytochrome P450 polypeptides are also provided. Methods for the use of these novel sequences to inhibit expression or function of cytochrome P450 polypeptides involved in this metabolic conversion are also provided. The methods find use in the production of tobacco products that have reduced levels of nornicotine and its carcinogenic metabolite, NNN, and thus reduced carcinogenic potential for individuals consuming these tobacco products or exposed to secondary smoke derived from these products.

The invention discloses a method for building a standard CYP450 (cytochrome p450) gene type database. The method comprises the steps as follows: comparing a specific sequence corresponding to mutation information of a CYP450 gene type with a standard human whole genome sequence to obtain a corresponding relation between the specific sequence and the standard human whole genome sequence; and converting the CYP450 gene type into a gene type taking the standard human whole genome sequence as a reference sequence according to the corresponding relation. The invention further discloses a database built by the method and a CYP450 gene typing and enzymatic activity identification method based on the database. The database is convenient for research of CYP450; the gene typing method provides unified standards for CYP450 gene typing and provides more accurate judgment criterions for diseases, drugs or the like; unknown mutation sites in CYP450 genes can be effectively detected; hundreds of samples can be detected at the same time; and the coverage range is comprehensive and wide.

A membrane receptor reagent and assay is disclosed in which liposomes are bound to an evanescent wave emitting surface. Membrane receptors on the liposome's fluid lipid bilayer membrane are labeled with a fluorescent or luminescent moiety. These membrane receptors are free to diffuse randomly throughout the liposome surface, and thus tend to redistribute according to externally applied forces. The evanescent wave-emitting surface additionally contains reagents that reversibly bind to the membrane receptors, tending to bring them closer to region of high evanescent wave intensity. Test analytes that disrupt or promote the association between the membrane receptors and the surface reagents act to change the average distance between the membrane receptors and the evanescent wave emitting surface, resulting in a change in the fluorescent or luminescent signal. This reagent and assay system functions with physiologically important membrane receptors such as GPCR receptors, other 7-tm receptors, drug transport proteins, cytochrome P450 membrane proteins and other clinically important membrane components. The reagent and assay methods may be incorporated into microarrays, capillaries, flow cells and other devices, and used for drug discovery, ADMET, and other biomedically important assays.

The invention discloses dsRNA (double-stranded ribonucleic acid) and application to aphid growth inhibition. The dsRNA provided by the invention is dsRNA as expressed by 1) or 2) as follows: 1) dsRNA consisting of ribonucleic acid as shown by a sequence 4 in a sequence table and ribonucleic acid as shown by a reverse complementary sequence of the sequence 4; and 2) dsRNA consisting of ribonucleicacid as shown by a sequence 5 in the sequence table and ribonucleic acid as shown by a reverse complementary sequence of the sequence 5. According to experiments, the obtained dsRNA of a conserved sequence of cytochrome P450cDNA (complementary deoxyribonucleic acid) of English grain aphids and green peach aphids can inhibit growth and development of the English grain aphids and the green peach aphids and can cause a lethal effect by adopting a method of feeding the dsRNA in vitro and using an RNAi (ribonucleic acid interfere) technology to silence the in-vivo cytochrome p450 of the English grain aphids and the green peach aphids.

The present invention provides genetically modified animals and cells comprising edited chromosomal sequences encoding cytochrome P450 (CYP) proteins. In particular, the animals or cells are generated using a zinc finger nuclease-mediated editing process. The invention also provides zinc finger nucleases that target chromosomal sequence encoding CYP proteins, as well as methods of using the genetically modified animals or cells disclosed herein to screen agents for toxicity and other effects.

The present invention provides methods for improving the pharmacokinetics of protease inhibitors and protease inhibitor precursors and pharmaceutical composition comprising protease inhibitors or protease inhibitor precursors of formula I and a cytochrome P450 monooxigenase inhibitor;

when the compound of formula I comprises an amino group, pharmaceutically acceptable ammonium salts thereof, wherein R₁ may be, for example, (HO)₂P(O)—, (NaO)₂P(O)—, alkyl-CO— or cycloalkyl-CO—, wherein X may be, for example, F, Cl, and Br, and wherein R₂ and R₃ are as defined herein.

Three pairs of C-2 epimeric xanthones isolated from Garcinia hanburyi and method for efficiently separating the xanthone compounds into individual epimers, each of which possesses varying biological effects. The compounds are useful for their anticancer effects, particularly because they are shown to be non-substrates of the multidrug-resistance transporter. Some of the epimers have significant inhibitory effects on cytochrome P450 systems. The xanthone compounds of the present invention are gambogic acid, epigambogic acid, isogambogic acid, isoepigambogic acid, 30-hydroxygambogic acid and 30-hydroxyepigambogic acid.

The invention discloses a CYP450 (Cytochrome P450) gene participating in tanshinone biosynthesis and a coded product as well as application thereof, and belongs to the field of medicinal plant genetic engineering. The gene is firstly obtained through cloning from salvia miltiorrhiza bunge, is a key enzyme gene for a biosynthesis pathway of a tanshinone compound and is a key step of catalyzing miltiradiene to ferruginol. The CYP76Q1 gene provided by the invention has a nucleotide sequence shown by SEQ ID NO. 1. Protein coded by the gene has an amino acid residue sequence shown by SEQ ID No. 2 in a sequence table and protein with the same activity as that of the amino acid residue sequence shown by the SEQ ID No. 2 and derived from the SEQ ID No. 2. The CYP76Q1 gene provided by the invention is closely associated with biosynthesis of the tanshinone compound, has great theoretical and actual significance to regulating and producing a plant diterpene compound and improving the content of the diterpene active ingredient tanshinone in the salvia miltiorrhiza bunge through a biotechnology, contributes to quality improvement of the salvia miltiorrhiza bunge medicinal material and variety selection, also has the capacity of producing ferruginol monomer with pharmacological activity by constructing engineering bacteria using the gene, and has excellent application prospect.

The present invention is directed towards novel cyclic phosph(oramid)ate prodrugs of alcohol-, amine-, and thiol-containing drugs, their preparation, their synthetic intermediates, and their uses. Another aspect of the invention is the use of the prodrugs to treat diseases that benefit from enhanced drug distribution to the liver and like tissues and cells that express cytochrome P450, including hepatitis, cancer, liver fibrosis, malaria, other viral and parasitic infections, and metabolic diseases where the liver is responsible for the overproduction of the biochemical end product, e.g. glucose (diabetes); cholesterol, fatty acids and triglycerides (hyperlipidemia) (atherosclerosis) (obesity). In one aspect, the invention is directed towards the use of the prodrugs to enhance oral drug delivery. In another aspect, the prodrugs are used to prolong pharmacodynamic half-life of the drug. In addition, the prodrug methodology of the current invention is used to achieve sustained delivery of the parent drug. In another aspect, the prodrugs are used to increase the therapeutic index of the drug. In another aspect of the invention, a method of making these prodrugs is described. In another aspect, the prodrugs are also useful in the delivery of diagnostic imaging agents to the liver.

The invention provides an insect cytochrome P450 gene and the application thereof, and particularly relates to the insect cytochrome P450 gene, gene fragments, dsRNA and the application of the dsRNA to killing pests. Firstly, the cytochrome P450 gene of a migratory locust is cloned and sequenced to obtain a CYP4G102 gene, an overall nucleotide sequence of the CYP4G102 gene is SEQ ID NO:1, and an amino acid sequence of the CYP4G102 gene is SEQ ID NO:2; secondly, the gene fragments of which the sequence is SEQ ID NO:3 are obtained and used for synthesizing the dsRNA. After the synthesized dsRNA is injected into the body cavity of the migratory locust, the insect dies due to excessive in-vivo water loss caused by the fact that the water retention capacity of the body wall is reduced after ecdysis, and the death rate reaches 100 percent. The insect cytochrome P450 gene provides a molecular target or pest control based on RNA interference and can be used for the pest control.

The present invention relates to production of alkaloids from poppy plants and in particular togenes encoding enzymes in the alkaloid pathway, to proteins encoded by the gens, to plants transformed or transfected with the genes and to methods of altering alkaloid content or blend of poppy plants.

The present invention provides modified methods of producing human hepatocyte-like cells which exhibit phenotypes more similar to those of human hepatocytes. The present invention also provides the human hepatocyte-like cells and uses thereof. The methods of the present invention comprises a prolonged incubation period and addition of dexamethasone to the culture medium. The methods of the inventors produce human hepatocyte-like cells whose morphology is more similar to that of human hepatocytes, compared with the conventional system. The cells produced have both morphological and functional features of primary culture cells from normal human liver, including cytochrome P450 (CYP), multi-drug resistance-associated protein (MRP), and multi-drug protein (MDR). The use of human hepatocyte-like cells of the present invention enables, without using any animal model, assessment of metabolism and hepatotoxicity of test compounds, which are drug candidates, and screening for therapeutic agents for hepatic diseases, inhibitors to hepatitis virus infection, and therapeutic agents for viral hepatitis.