Enzyme enhancement therapy through non-competitive pharmacological chaperones

Pharmacological chaperones, Chemical chaperones , Enzyme e n- hancement therapy, GM1, Gangliosidosis, Morqui B, Lysosomal Storage Disease, Lysosomal Storage DisordersMost Pharmacological chaperones (PC’s) described until now are substrate analogues which bind to the active site of the target protein. C ons e- quently, such PC’s also inhibit the target protein at higher concentrations thus rendering a narrow therapeutic window and have poor drug-like properties. Through our proprietary technology platform SEE-Tx™, we identify a new generation of non-substrate competitive pharmacological chaperones which p o- tentially offer a much broader therapeutic window. What’s more, such co m- pounds are not substrate analogues, thus presenting much better drug-like pro p- erties, particularly for indications with CNS involvement. Here we present our methodology to identify non-competitive pharmacological chaperones applied to the enzyme beta-galactosidase, whose deficiency is related with GM1 Gangliosidosis and Morquio B.Postprint (published version

Understanding Hypoxia-Induced Gene Expression in Early Development: In Vitro and In Vivo Analysis of Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1-Regulated Zebra Fish Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 1 Gene Expression

Insulin-like growth factor binding protein 1 (IGFBP-1) is a hypoxia-inducible gene that plays an important role in regulating embryonic growth and development under hypoxic stress. The molecular mechanisms underlying hypoxia-induced IGFBP-1 gene expression in the embryonic tissues are not well understood. Here we report that the hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1) pathway is established in early embryogenesis and mediates hypoxia-induced IGFBP-1 expression. Hypoxia increased the HIF-1 activity, and HIF-1α overexpression or CoCl(2) treatment resulted in elevated IGFBP-1 expression in zebra fish embryos. Although the zebra fish IGFBP-1 promoter contains 13 consensus hypoxia response elements (HREs), deletion and mutational analysis revealed that only the HRE positioned at −1090/−1086 is required for the hypoxia and HIF-1 induction. Further experiments revealed that there is an HIF-1 ancillary sequence (HAS) adjacent only to the functional HRE. Mutation of this HAS greatly reduced the responsiveness of the IGFBP-1 promoter to hypoxia and HIF-1. The HAS does not directly bind to HIF-1 or affect the binding of the HRE to HIF-1. The HAS is bound to a nuclear protein(s), and this HAS binding activity is reduced by hypoxia. These results suggest that HIF-1 mediates hypoxia-induced IGFBP-1 gene expression in early development by selectively interacting with the −1090/−1086 HRE and its adjacent HAS

Biosynthesis of 17α,20α-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one from 17α-hydroxyprogesterone by Goldfish (Carassius auratus) Spermatozoa

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