95 research outputs found

    Lo scioglimento della comunione legale dei coniugi

    Get PDF
    La riforma del diritto di famiglia del 1975 ha modificato profondamente i rapporti patrimoniali tra coniugi, introducendo la comunione come regime legale, in assenza di una convenzione contraria in merito. L’art. 191 c.c., modificato recentemente dalla nuova legge 6 maggio 2015, n. 15 ("Disposizioni in materia di scioglimento o di cessazione degli effetti civili del matrimonio nonché di comunione tra i coniugi", ovvero la c.d. legge sul divorzio breve), indica quei casi in cui la comunione legale si scioglie. Questo lavoro ha la finalità di studiare le singole cause di scioglimento, analizzando gli effetti che ciascuna di esse comporta. Vengono esaminati anche gli aspetti pubblicitari, che garantiscono la tutela del terzo, e le ipotesi nelle quali si ha ripristino del regime legale, soffermandosi in maniera particolare sulla riconciliazione dei coniugi, fattispecie che da sempre ha creato non pochi dibattiti dottrinali e giurisprudenziali e che continua ad essere argomento di attualità, a seguito anche della nuova legge sul divorzio breve

    Reduction by the Positive Allosteric Modulator of the GABAB Receptor, GS39783, of Alcohol Self-Administration in Sardinian Alcohol-Preferring Rats Exposed to the “Sipper” Procedure

    Get PDF
    The present study was designed to evaluate (a) alcohol self-administration behavior of selectively bred, Sardinian alcohol-preferring (sP) rats exposed to the so-called “sipper” procedure (characterized by the temporal separation between alcohol-seeking and -taking phases), and (b) the effect of the positive allosteric modulator of the GABAB receptor, GS39783, on alcohol self-administration in sP rats exposed to this procedure. To this end, sP rats were initially trained to lever-respond under a reinforcement requirement (RR) 55 (RR55) for alcohol. Achievement of RR55 resulted in the 20-min presentation of the alcohol (15%, v/v)-containing sipper bottle. Once stable levels of lever-responding and alcohol consumption were reached, rats were treated with 0, 25, 50, and 100 mg/kg GS39783 (i.g.) 60 min before the self-administration session. Rats displayed robust alcohol-seeking (as suggested by relatively short latencies to the first lever-response and high frequencies of lever-responding) and -taking (as suggested by alcohol intakes averaging approximately 1.5 g/kg) behaviors. Pretreatment with GS39783 inhibited both alcohol-seeking (the number of rats achieving RR55 and the mean RR value were virtually halved) and -taking (the amount of self-administered alcohol was reduced by approximately 60%). The results of the present study suggest the power of the “sipper” procedure in triggering high levels of alcohol-seeking and -taking behavior in sP rats. Further, these results extend to this additional procedure of alcohol self-administration the capacity of GS39783 to reduce the motivational properties of alcohol and alcohol consumption in sP rats

    Activation of the GABAB Receptor Prevents Nicotine-Induced Locomotor Stimulation in Mice

    Get PDF
    Recent studies demonstrated that activation of the GABAB receptor, either by means of orthosteric agonists or positive allosteric modulators (PAMs), inhibited different nicotine-related behaviors, including intravenous self-administration and conditioned place preference, in rodents. The present study investigated whether the anti-nicotine effects of the GABAB receptor agonist, baclofen, and GABAB PAMs, CGP7930, and GS39783, extend to nicotine stimulant effects. To this end, CD1 mice were initially treated with baclofen (0, 1.25, and 2.5 mg/kg, i.p.), CGP7930 (0, 25, and 50 mg/kg, i.g.), or GS39783 (0, 25, and 50 mg/kg, i.g.), then treated with nicotine (0 and 0.05 mg/kg, s.c.), and finally exposed to an automated apparatus for recording of locomotor activity. Pretreatment with doses of baclofen, CGP7930, or GS39783 that did not alter locomotor activity when given with nicotine vehicle fully prevented hyperlocomotion induced by 0.05 mg/kg nicotine. These data extend to nicotine stimulant effects the capacity of baclofen and GABAB PAMs to block the reinforcing, motivational, and rewarding properties of nicotine. These data strengthen the hypothesis that activation of the GABAB receptor may represent a potentially useful, anti-smoking therapeutic strategy

    Optimization of Pyrazole Compounds as Antibiotic Adjuvants Active against Colistin- and Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

    Get PDF
    The diffusion of antibiotic-resistant, Gram-negative, opportunistic pathogens, an increasingly important global public health issue, causes a significant socioeconomic burden. Acinetobacter baumannii isolates, despite causing a lower number of infections than Enterobacterales, often show multidrug-resistant phenotypes. Carbapenem resistance is also rather common, prompting the WHO to include carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii as a "critical priority" for the discovery and development of new antibacterial agents. In a previous work, we identified several series of compounds showing either direct-acting or synergistic activity against relevant Gram-negative species, including A. baumannii. Among these, two pyrazole compounds, despite being devoid of any direct-acting activity, showed remarkable synergistic activity in the presence of a subinhibitory concentration of colistin on K. pneumoniae and A. baumannii and served as a starting point for the synthesis of new analogues. In this work, a new series of 47 pyrazole compounds was synthesized. Some compounds showed significant direct-acting antibacterial activity on Gram-positive organisms. Furthermore, an evaluation of their activity as potential antibiotic adjuvants allowed for the identification of two highly active compounds on MDR Acinetobacter baumannii, including colistin-resistant isolates. This work confirms the interest in pyrazole amides as a starting point for the optimization of synergistic antibacterial compounds active on antibiotic-resistant, Gram-negative pathogens

    Total Synthesis of δ-Sanshool and Analogues Thereof

    No full text
    2nononeTwo simple synthetic approaches were developed for the total synthesis of δ-sanshool, an isobutylamide characterized by a C14 pentaunsaturated chain with all trans double bonds and proposed as a promising lead for the treatment of type-1 diabetes due to its dual activity on cannabinoid (CB) receptors. The syntheses are based on a suitably protected core fragment derived from 1,4-butanediol. These strategies also enable the preparation of small libraries of chemical analogues modified at either the polyunsaturated alkyl chain or the amidic head for use in SAR studies.mixedMugnaini, Claudia; Corelli, FedericoMugnaini, Claudia; Corelli, Federic

    The bioisosteric concept applied to cannabinoid ligands

    No full text
    Bioisosterism is widely used in medicinal chemistry as an approach aimed at either rationally modifying a hit compound into a more potent and/or selective molecule or a lead compound into a more drug-like one. Two different cannabinoid receptors have been cloned from mammalian tissues, the CB1 receptor, mostly expressed in brain, and the CB2 receptor, mostly expressed in the immune system, both regulating a variety of physiological functions. Synthetic cannabinoids have been developed that act as highly selective agonists or antagonists/inverse agonists at one or other of these receptor types with the ultimate goal of modulating the endocannabinoid system. This review takes into account the use of the bioisosteric substitution in the field of cannabinoid ligands as a tool for improving both their pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic propertie

    Potent immunomodulatory activity of a highly selective cannabinoid CB2 agonist on immune cells from healthy subjects and patients with multiple sclerosis.

    No full text
    COR167, a novel CB2-selective high affinity agonist, was found to significantly inhibit, in a dose-dependentmanner, the proliferation of both peripheral blood mononuclear cells and myelin basic protein-reactive T cell lines fromnormal healthy subjects and patients with relapsing-remittingmultiple sclerosis (MS). InMS, a significantly higher inhibition was observed in patients on treatment with disease modifying drugs compared to those naive to treatment. The inhibitory activity of COR167 was exerted through a mixed mechanisminvolving atypical and incomplete shift of Th1 phenotype towards Th2 phenotype associated with slight reduction of IL-4 and IL-5 as well as strongly reduced levels of Th17-related cytokines. COR167 was also able to reduce in vitro migration of stimulated immunocompetent cells through human brain endothelium associated with a significant reduction of levels of several chemokines. These findings demonstrate that COR167 exerts potent immunomodulatory effects and confirm the cannabinoid CB2 receptor as a novel pharmacological target to counteract neuroinflammation
    corecore