103 results about "Toxiferine" patented technology

Disclosed is a composition of matter of the formula

(X¹)_a—(F¹)_d—(X²)_b—(F²)_e—(X³)_c  (I)

and multimers thereof, in which F¹ and F² are half-life extending moieties, and d and e are each independently 0 or 1, provided that at least one of d and e is 1; X¹, X², and X³ are each independently -(L)_f-P-(L)_g-, and f and g are each independently 0 or 1; P is a toxin peptide of no more than about 80 amino acid residues in length, comprising at least two intrapeptide disulfide bonds; L is an optional linker; and a, b, and c are each independently 0 or 1, provided that at least one of a, b and c is 1. Linkage to the half-life extending moiety or moieties increases the in vivo half-life of the toxin peptide, which otherwise would be quickly degraded. A pharmaceutical composition comprises the composition and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Also disclosed are a DNA encoding the inventive composition of matter, an expression vector comprising the DNA, and a host cell comprising the expression vector. Methods of treating an autoimmune disorder, such as, but not limited to, multiple sclerosis, type 1 diabetes, psoriasis, inflammatory bowel disease, contact-mediated dermatitis, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, asthma, allergy, restinosis, systemic sclerosis, fibrosis, scleroderma, glomerulonephritis, Sjogren syndrome, inflammatory bone resorption, transplant rejection, graft-versus-host disease, and lupus and of preventing or mitigating a relapse of a symptom of multiple sclerosis are also disclosed.

Methods and compositions are provided herein for the use of a novel mutant form of E. coli heat-labile enterotoxin which has lost its toxicity but has retained its immunologic activity. This enterotoxin is used in combination with an unrelated antigen to achieve an increased immune response to said antigen when administered as part of an oral vaccine preparation.

The present invention discloses modified neurotoxins with altered biological persistence. In one embodiment, the modified neurotoxins are derived from Clostridial botulinum toxins. Such modified neurotoxins may be employed in treating various conditions, including but not limited to muscular disorders, hyperhidrosis, and pain.

Analogs of ShK toxin and methods for using such ShK analogs. The ShK analogs generally comprise ShK toxin attached to a chemical entity (e.g. an atom, molecule, group, residue, compound, moiety, etc.) that has an anionic charge. In some embodiments the chemical entity attached to the ShK toxin may comprise an amino acid residue. The ShK analogs may be administered to human or non-human animal subjects to cause inhibition of potassium channels or to otherwise treat diseases or disorders. In some embodiments, the chemical entity to which the ShK toxin is attached may be chosen to provide selective inhibition of certain potassium channels (e.g., Kv1.3 channels) over other potassium channels (e.g., Kv1.1 channels). In come embodiments, the chemical entity to which the ShK toxin is attached may include a fluorophore, thereby providing a fluorophore tagged ShK analog. Such fluorophore tagged ShK analogs may be used in flow cytometry alone, or in conjunction with class II tetramers that can detect autoreactive cells.

Activation of 5-HT_2A receptors using agonists at surprisingly low concentrations was shown to potently inhibit TNF-α-induced inflammation in multiple cell types. Significantly, proinflammatory markers were also inhibited by the agonist, (R)-DOI, even many hours after treatment with TNF-α. With the exception of a few natural toxins, no current drugs or small molecule therapeutics demonstrate a comparable potency for any physiological effect. TNF-α and TNF-α receptor mediated inflammatory pathways have been strongly implicated in a number of diseases, including atherosclerosis, asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, type II diabetes, depression, schizophrenia, and Alzheimer's disease. Importantly, because (R)-DOI can significantly inhibit the effects of TNF-α many hours after the administration of TNF-α, potential therapies could be aimed not only at preventing inflammation, but also treating inflammatory injury that has already occurred or is ongoing.

An M toxin of type A botulinum toxin (HA-negative substance) and a mixture of L toxin and LL toxin (HA-positive substance) are compared and examined in inhibitory action for neuromuscular transmission and therapeutic index. As a result, it is found that M toxin of type A botulinum toxin has characteristics of: 1) having an excellent inhibitory action for neuromuscular transmission; 2)showing a high therapeutic index; 3) showing a low antigenicity and 4) suffering from little reduction in efficacy even after repeatedly administered, compared with the mixture of L toxin and LL toxin. Owing to these characterics, the M toxin of type A botulinum toxin is particularly useful as a therapeutic agent for diseases caused by hypermyotonia such as strabismus, blepharospasm, facial spasms, spasmodic torticollis, paralysis after cerebral apoplexy, infantile cerebral paralysis, spasmodic phonopathy, headache such as migraine, chronic pain such as lumbago, stiff shoulder, muscular relaxation disorder accompanied with onset of Parkinson's disease or multiple sclerosis, myofascial pain syndrome, masticatory spasm, chronic anal fissure, urinary inconsistency, grinding of teeth, facial myokymia, tic, topical dystonia and wrinkles.

The present invention provides a combination used for absorbing toxins in feed, comprising 1-10% by weight of clay and 90-99% by weight of yeast manna oligosaccharide, wherein the yeast manna oligosaccharide is extract of yeast cell wall which is separated from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The biotoxin sorbent product can be used to feed any animals, including livestock, fowls, marine lives and ruminants. When mixing with feed, owing to its strong toxin adsorption capability, this absorbent may reduce the amount of toxins entering bodies of animals, thereby improving productivity and health of animals, reducing diseases caused by toxins.

The present invention is directed to an isolated nucleic acid encoding a fusion protein comprising (1) the A subunit of Shiga-like bacterial toxin, or a truncated or mutated version thereof; and (2) human vascular endothelial growth factor, or a truncated or mutated version thereof; wherein the fusion protein possesses ribosome inactivating activity and ability to bind to cellular VEGF receptors. The present invention is also directed to polypeptides the above combination of toxin and growth factor, as well as expression vectors and transformed cells incorporating the above nucleic acid. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating patients suffering from diseases relating to angiogenesis.

The invention relates to the field of medicaments, in particular to a polypeptide which has the effects of inhibiting substrate metal prolease-9 and tumor necrosis factor liberase and relieving the damage of an acute inflammatory reaction on an organism. The sequence of the polypeptide is Pro-(D-Pyr)-(D-Cys)-Bip-Arg-Gly-Glu which is a brand new sequence (D-Pyr is D-type pyridine alanine, D-Cys isD-type cysteine, and Bip is diphenyl alanine). The polypeptide can be used for inhibiting the activities of the substrate metal prolease-9 and the tumor necrosis factor liberase on 1 micromole level in vitro and increasing the survival rate of an endotoxic shock mouse in an in-vivo test, and has a potential new medicament development value.

The invention discloses a purification method, an extract and a preparation of cobra venom neurotoxin. The extract of the cobra venom neurotoxin is prepared from cobra crude venom through extraction and purification. A filter membrane filtering method is firstly adopted for removing germs, particles and macromolecular sensitizers in solution, the time and the cost are saved for the subsequent processes, and the safety of products is enhanced; an ion exchange method is adopted for eluting and separating the neurotoxin, and the separation of neurotoxin protein is improved; and finally, acetone is adopted for directly precipitating the cobra venom neurotoxin, and impurities in final products are removed. Compared with the prior art, the extract and the preparation obtained in the invention have the advantages that the product yield, the content and the purity are improved, the adverse reaction of the medicine is effectively reduced, the curative effect is improved, and the quality of products is ensured.

The invention discloses polypeptide separated from centipede toxin, and determination on anti-tumour activity thereof is carried out. Ultrafilteration and reversed-phase chromatography separation methods are adopted to separate and purify one polypeptide composed of twelve amino acids from centipede toxin, the sequence thereof detected by applying edman degradation method is Phe-Thr-Gly-Gly-Asp-Glu-Ser-Arg-Ile-Gln-Glu-Gly, and the molecular weight thereof measured by applying mass-spectrometric method is 1296.05Da. The anticancer cell viability of the polypeptide is determined by applying MTT method. The polypeptide in the invention has anti-tumour activity, has inhibition action on propagation and growth of human umbilical vein endothelial cell, is in dose-response relationship and can be applied to treatment and auxiliary treatment of various cancers.

The invention discloses application of parthenolide as a platelet-activating factor (PAF) inhibitor. The parthenolide can be used as a safe PAF antagonist to be applied to treatment, auxiliary treatment and prevention of diseases such as thrombus, atherosclerosis, ischemic cardio-vascular disease, cerebral ischemia, acute pancreatitis, endotoxic shock, asthma, hepatic fibrosis and hepatocirrhosis, injury of nerve, gastrointestinal ulcer and necrosis, psoriasis, systemic lupus erythematosus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome related to platelet-activating factor.

The present invention is a novel nutritional product composition formulated to be used as medical foods for managing COPD. The formula comprises clary sage root extract, L-Leucine, L-Isoleucine, L-Valine and L-Glutamine. The most active chemicals that import antioxidants proprieties are Tanshinones. The composition enhances the activity of Phase 2 enzymes that deactivate and react to oxygen species and many toxins present in tobacco smoke. Preparation of highly enriched Tanshinones improved the lung function in patients with chronic asthmatic bronchitis.

The invention relates to the field of medicaments, in particular to a polypeptide which has the effects of inhibiting substrate metal prolease-9 and tumor necrosis factor liberase and relieving the damage of an acute inflammatory reaction to an organism. The sequence of the polypeptide is Pro-Arg-Cys-(D-Bip)-(D-Arg)-Gly-Glu which is a brand new sequence (D-Bip is D-type diphenyl alanine, and D-Arg is D-type arginine). The polypeptide can be used for inhibiting the activities of the substrate metal prolease-9 and the tumor necrosis factor liberase on 1 micromole level in vitro and increasing the survival rate of an endotoxic shock mouse in an in-vivo test, and has a potential new medicament development value.

The derivatives of tetrodotoxin, including the tartarate, maleate, sulfonate, hydrochloride, sulfate, hydroborate, methanseulfonate, acetate and citrate of tetrodotoxin, their forms and preparing processes, and their application in dropping drugs and relaxing pain are disclosed.

A method of treating inflammatory pain conditions is provided that involves administering an effective amount of a TRPV1 agonist, such as resiniferatoxin, tinyatoxin and related potent agonists and their analogs, to a patient to selectively induce nerve terminal depolarization block and/or nerve terminal death in select TRPV1-containing neurons, to provide the desired pain relief without significant permanent damage to cell bodies of the select TRPV-1 containing neurons.

Disclosed is a composition of matter of the formula (X<1>)a-(F<1>)d-(X<2>)b-(F<2>)e-(X<3>)c and multimers thereof, in which F<1> and F<2> are half-life extending moieties, and d and e are each independently 0 or 1, provided that at least one of d and e is 1; X<1>, X<2>, and X<3> are each independently -(L)f-P-(L)g-, and f and g are each independently 0 or 1; P is a toxin peptide of no more than about 80 amino acid residues in length, comprising at least two intrapeptide disulfide bonds; L is an optional linker; and a, b, and c are each independently 0 or 1, provided that at least one of a, b and c is 1. Linkage to the half-life extending moiety or moieties increases the in vivo half-life of the toxin peptide, which otherwise would be quickly degraded. A pharmaceutical composition comprises the composition and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Also disclosed are a DNA encoding the inventive composition of matter, an expression vector comprising the DNA, and a host cell comprising the expression vector. Methods of treating an autoimmune disorder, such as, but not limited to, multiple sclerosis, type 1 diabetes, psoriasis, inflammatory bowel disease, contact-mediated dermatitis, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, asthma, allergy, restinosis, systemic sclerosis, fibrosis, scleroderma, glomerulonephritis, Sjogren syndrome, inflammatory bone resorption, transplant rejection, graft-versus-host disease, and lupus and of preventing or mitigating a relapse of a symptom of multiple sclerosis are also disclosed.

The present invention provides antigenic compositions and methods for treatment and prevention of infection and disease caused by group A and group C streptococci. In particular, the invention provides low molecular weight hyaluronic acid, low molecular weight hyaluronic acid linked to a carrier and compositions comprising them. The compositions elicit antibodies to low molecular weight hyaluronic acid which are cross-reactive with group A and C streptococci and which are minimally cross-reactive with native hyaluronic acid. The invention is particularly useful for providing both active and passive immunogenic protection for those infected wiht or at risk infection with group A and group C streptococci. Additionally, the present invention provides methods and compositions useful for diagnosing infections and diseases caused by group A and group C streptococci.