112 results about "Cytoprotection" patented technology

This invention comprises administering to a human or animal in need of treatment an effective amount of an antioxidant lipoic acid derivative and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof for the treatment or prevention of pathological (inflammatory, proliferative and degenerative diseases, e.g. diabetes mellitus, atherosclerosis, Alzheimer's disease and chronic viral diseases) and non-pathological (e.g. skin aging and wrinkle formation) conditions caused by oxidative damage. Methods of synthesizing novel antioxidant lipoic acid derivatives and their use in preventing or treating diseases or conditions caused by oxidative stress and other free radical mediated conditions are described. Another aspect of this invention is the use of these antioxidant compositions for the protection of skin from damage caused by ultraviolet radiation and dessication, and to provide improved skin feel by desquamating, cleansing and clarifying the skin. The compositions described in this invention increase cellular viability of epidermal cells, promote cytoprotection, and decrease the production of inflammatory mediators such as inflammatory cytokines in these cells. The antioxidant compositions are incorporated into sunscreen products, soap, moisturizing lotions, skin toners, and other skin care products.

This invention pertains generally to prostacyclin analogs and methods for their use in promoting vasodilation, inhibiting platelet aggregation and thrombus formation, stimulating thrombolysis, inhibiting cell proliferation (including vascular remodeling), providing cytoprotection, preventing atherogenesis and inducing angiogenesis. Generally, the compounds and methods of the present invention increase the oral bioavailability and circulating concentrations of treprostinil when administered orally. Compounds of the present invention have the following formula:

The invention relates to methods for conferring cytoprotection, or for inducing a cytoprotective effect, by administering a compound that inhibits HIF hydroxylase. Compounds for use in these methods are also provided.

The present invention is directed to modified, hydroxy-bearing aromatic ring structures having cytoprotective activity. More specifically, in a first embodiment the present invention is directed to phenolic compounds, and in particular steriods (e.g., estrogens), wherein a non-fused polycyclic, hydrophobic substituent is attached to the hydroxy-substituted A-ring thereof. The present invention is further directed to a process for conferring cytoprotection to a population of cells involving the administration of the compound.

The present invention is directed to a method of protecting one or more cells from programmed cytotoxic cell death by contacting the cells with a cytoprotective amount of an MDM2 and/or HDM2 inhibitor. The cytoprotective amount of inhibitor is typically used as a pulsed administration. Useful inhibitors include a class of 1,4-benzodiazepines, which act as inhibitors of MDM2-p53 interactions. The method of the invention can be employed as an adjunct to chemotherapy or radiation therapy. In addition, the methods of the invention can be employed to treat a disease or condition that involves excessive cell death.

This invention relates to the 5-cis and 5-trans isomers of geranylgeranyl acetone, preferably such synthetic isomers, and pharmaceutical compositions containing such isomers. Other aspects of this invention relate to the use of geranylgeranyl acetone and its isomers in methods for inhibiting neural death, increasing neural activity, and increasing axon growth and cell viability. Geranylgeranyl acetone is a known anti-ulcer drug used commercially and in clinical situations. GGA has also been shown to exert cytoprotective effects on a variety of organs, such as the eye, brain, and heart.

Ulcer is a serious oxidative stress induced disease with complex pathologic events including upregulation of H⁺K⁺ ATPase of parietal cell (PC) membrane, damage of mucin layer around PC, PC-DNA damage etc. The polysaccharide (GRPP) fraction and antioxidant extract (GRAOX) of ginger was examined for their ability to inhibit H⁺ K⁺ ATPase. Results indicated that the inhibition of H⁺ K⁺ ATPase activity which causes acidity in the lumen of the stomach, also exhibited better H⁺K⁺ ATPase inhibition (PPI) at the IC50 of 27.2 μg (GRPP) and 16.5 μg GAE (AOX) respectively than the known antiulcer proton pump blocker Lansoprazole (19.3 μg). Further the antioxidant activity in antioxidant extract (GRAOX) by various assay systems was examined such as Reducing power, Free radical scavenging (FRS), DNA and cytoprotection systems etc. GRAOX exhibited concentration dependent reducing power ability at 5-25 g equivalent of phenol. FRS activity with IC₅₀ of 6.8 μg equivalent of phenol etc. At 0.3 μg level GRAOX offered >80% protection to DNA and against FeSO₄-Asc'orbate induced oxidation. The major active phenolic components were identified as Gallic acid/Tannic acid (46%), and Cinnamic acid (51%).

The invention relates to an amantadine nitrate compound with a neuroprotective effect, and preparation therefor and medical application thereof. The compound has a structure of a general formula (I) as shown in the specification, has multimechanisms, comprises NMDA receptor inhibition, NO releasing and inhibition of inward flow of calcium ions, and has a good protection effect on cells, particularly on neurons. The compound can be used for preparing drugs with a cytoprotection effect, and the drugs are used for preventing or treating diseases related to increasing of NMDA receptors, calcium ions in cells and the like, such as diseases related to neurodegeneration including senile dementia, parkinson's disease, brain stroke, glaucoma and the like, diseases related to a cardio-cerebrovascular system including parkinsonism combined with cerebral arteriosclerosis, and respiratory tract infectivity caused by influenza viruses.

The present invention provides compositions and methods for cytoprotection. In particular, it provides zinc chelate compositions comprising at least one zinc ion and at least one aminothiol ligand.

The present invention provides methods for conferring cytoprotection and treating, suppressing or reducing the incidence of ischemia. The methods make use of an ester or amide of an alpha-ketoalkanoic acid, such as ethyl pyruvate, or compositions comprising the same.

The present invention relates to antifibrillogenic agents for inhibiting amyloidosis and/or for cytoprotection for the treatment amyloidosis disorders. These agents include peptides, isomers thereof and peptidomimetic compounds thereof. These agents comprise peptide having a sequence identified from the glycosaminoglycan (GAG) binding region and the prot—prot interaction region of the amylo protein. The peptide has at least one [D] amino acid isomer substitution. The invention also relates to the peptide bound to a label for vivo imaging of amyloid deposits.

Pre-treatment with α,β unsaturated aryl sulfones protects normal cells from the cytotoxic side effects of two classes of anticancer chemotherapeutics. Administration of a cytoprotective sulfone compound to a patient prior to anticancer chemotherapy with a mitotic phase cell cycle inhibitor or topoisomerase inhibitor reduces or eliminates the cytotoxic side effects of the anticancer agent on normal cells. The cytoprotective effect of the α,β unsaturated aryl sulfone allows the clinician to safely increasing the dosage of the anticancer chemotherapeutic.

Methods, systems and compositions are disclosed wherein normal, non-transformed, healthy biological cells are protected from oxidative stress, radiation therapy and chemotherapy while diseased, transformed cells, such as, cancer cells, are provided no protection by the biocompatible, polymer coated nanoceria composition of the present invention. The polymer-coated nanoceria preparation herein exhibits no toxicity to normal cells and exhibits pH-dependent antioxidant properties at neutral or physiological pH values, between approximately 6.5 to approximately 11.0 and is inactive as an antioxidant at acidic pH values between approximately 2.0 to approximately 6.4. Improved therapeutic agents and cytoprotecting devices are based on the newly discovered, pH dependent properties of polymer-coated nanoceria that provide selective cytoprotection.

The invention belongs to the field of molecular biology, relating to the applications of Grp75 in the preparation of drugs for the treatment of oxidative damages of liver cells and liver fibrosis by using gene transfection techniques. According to the invention, based on that Grp75 is an important chaperone in cytoplasm and mitochondria, wherein the 1-23 loci of the N-terminal thereof is a mitochondrial transmembrane signal, can help a protein to be correctly folded, assist the transport of the protein, and has the characteristics such as removal of ROS and antiapoptosis, experiments of cytoprotective effects of Grp75 on H2O2-induced oxidative stress in cells, and protective effects on CCL4-induced hepatic fibrosis as a pathological basis in animal models are carried out. When an injury occurred in the liver cells, the GRP75 gene is transfected in the cells, and the expressions of Grp75 protein are upregulated respectively at a cells level and a whole level; and results show that the effect of the treatment of liver fibrosis can be achieved through the effects of anti-oxidative damage and inhibition of hepatocyte apoptosis of the Grp75 protein. The Grp75 gene of the present invention can be used for preparing drugs for the treatment of liver fibrosis.