L-carnitine participates in a reversible transesterification reaction, in which an acyl group is transferred from coenzyme A to the hydroxyl group of L-carnitine ... Acetyl-L-carnitine ... is biosynthesized in this manner.
Acetyl-L-carnitine (ALC) is an ester of the trimethylated amino acid, L-carnitine, and is synthesized in the human brain, liver, and kidney by the enzyme ALC-transferase.
... Experimental studies have shown that in rats and humans, kidneys are able to synthesize acetyl-L-carnitine from L-carnitine and either acetoacetate or beta-hydroxybutyrate ...
... A ... study on 56 infertile males ... found the combination of L-carnitine ... and acetyl-L-carnitine ... led to significant improvement in sperm motility.
... combined administration of N-acetyl cysteine (an antioxidant and glutathione precursor that protects against A beta neurotoxicity), acetyl-L-carnitine (which raises ATP levels, protects mitochondria, and buffers A beta neurotoxicity), and S-adenosylmethionine (which facilitates glutathione usage and maintains acetylcholine levels) enhanced or maintain cognitive function, and attenuated or prevented aggression, in mouse models of aging and neurodegeneration. Enhancement of cognitive function was rapidly reversed upon withdrawal of the formulation and restored following additional rounds of supplementation. Behavioral abnormalities correlated with a decline in acetylcholine, which was also prevented by this nutriceutical combination, suggesting that neurotransmitter imbalance may contribute to their manifestation. Treatment with this nutriceutical combination was able to compensate for lack of dietary folate and vitamin E, coupled with administration of dietary iron as a pro-oxidant (which collectively increase homocysteine and oxidative damage to brain tissue), indicating that it provided antioxidant neuroprotection. ...
Both HIV infection per se and antiretroviral drugs might contribute to oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunctions. ... /This/ study ... assessed zidovudine, stavudine and didanosine on U937 and CEM cell lines. All these drugs induced apoptosis and increased intracellular hydrogen peroxide but not superoxide anions. The addition of acetyl-l-carnitine (ALC) was able to prevent the pro-oxidant effect of the drugs tested. Supplementation with ALC, deficient in certain cohorts of HIV-infected individuals, especially on high active antiretroviral therapy regimen, has been associated with favorable effects. These data suggest that one of these effects could be a direct anti-oxidant action.
Beagle dogs between 7.6 and 8.8 years of age administered a twice daily supplement of alpha-lipoic acid (LA) and acetyl-L-carnitine (ALC) over approximately 2 months made significantly fewer errors in reaching the learning criterion on two landmark discrimination tasks compared to controls administered a methylcellulose placebo. Testing started after a 5 day wash-in. The dogs were also tested on a variable delay version of a previously acquired spatial memory task; results were not significant. The improved performance on the landmark task of dogs supplemented with LA + ALC provides evidence of the effectiveness of this supplement in improving discrimination and allocentric spatial learning. /It was suggested/ that long-term maintenance on LA and ALC may be effective in attenuating age-associated cognitive decline by slowing the rate of mitochondrial decay and cellular aging.
/SRP:/ Immediate first aid: Ensure that adequate decontamination has been carried out. If patient is not breathing, start artificial respiration, preferably with a demand valve resuscitator, bag-valve-mask device, or pocket mask, as trained. Perform CPR if necessary. Immediately flush contaminated eyes with gently flowing water. Do not induce vomiting. If vomiting occurs, lean patient forward or place on the left side (head-down position, if possible) to maintain an open airway and prevent aspiration. Keep patient quiet and maintain normal body temperature. Obtain medical attention. /Poisons A and B/
In mammals, the carnitine pool consists of nonesterified L-carnitine and many acylcarnitine esters. Of these esters, acetyl-L-carnitine is quantitatively and functionally the most significant. Carnitine homeostasis is maintained by absorption from diet, a modest rate of synthesis, and efficient renal reabsorption. Dietary L-carnitine is absorbed by active and passive transfer across enterocyte membranes. Bioavailability of dietary L-carnitine is 54-87% and is dependent on the amount of L-carnitine in the meal. Absorption of L-carnitine dietary supplements (0.5-6 g) is primarily passive; bioavailability is 14-18% of dose. Unabsorbed L-carnitine is mostly degraded by microorganisms in the large intestine. Circulating L-carnitine is distributed to two kinetically defined compartments: one large and slow-turnover (presumably muscle), and another relatively small and rapid-turnover (presumably liver, kidney, and other tissues). At normal dietary L-carnitine intake, whole-body turnover time in humans is 38-119 h. In vitro experiments suggest that acetyl-L-carnitine is partially hydrolyzed in enterocytes during absorption. In vivo, circulating acetyl-L-carnitine concentration was increased 43% after oral acetyl-L-carnitine supplements of 2 g/day, indicating that acetyl-L-carnitine is absorbed at least partially without hydrolysis. After single-dose intravenous administration (0.5 g), acetyl-L-carnitine is rapidly, but not completely hydrolyzed, and acetyl-L-carnitine and L-carnitine concentrations return to baseline within 12 h. At normal circulating l-carnitine concentrations, renal l-carnitine reabsorption is highly efficient (90-99% of filtered load; clearance, 1-3 mL/min), but displays saturation kinetics. Thus, as circulating L-carnitine concentration increases (as after high-dose intravenous or oral administration of L-carnitine), efficiency of reabsorption decreases and clearance increases, resulting in rapid decline of circulating L-carnitine concentration to baseline. Elimination kinetics for acetyl-L-carnitine are similar to those for L-carnitine. There is evidence for renal tubular secretion of both L-carnitine and acetyl-L-carnitine. Future research should address the correlation of supplement dosage, changes and maintenance of tissue L-carnitine and acetyl-L-carnitine concentrations, and metabolic and functional changes and outcomes.
Acetyl-L-carnitine (ALC), a physiological component of the L-carnitine family, has been proposed for treating Alzheimer's disease in pharmacological doses. As this condition requires prolonged therapy, its kinetics has been examined after a multiple dose regimen, involving different routes of administration, in 11 patients suffering from Senile Dementia of Alzheimer Type. The study design comprised a 3-day basal observation period, sham treatment with repeated blood sampling; treatment with 30 mg/kg iv [corrected] for 10 days (plasma kinetics was studied on the 7th day), and 50 days of 1.5 g/day [corrected] po given in three daily doses. Total acid soluble L-carnitine, L-carnitine and acetyl-L-carnitine in plasma and CSF were evaluated using an enantioselective radioenzyme assay. Short chain L-carnitine esters were calculated as the difference between total and free-L-carnitine. The plasma concentrations of individual components of the L-carnitine family did not change during the three days of the basal period, nor were they affected during the sham therapy period. Following the iv.bolus injections, the plasma concentrations showed a biphasic curve, with average t1/2 of 0.073 hr and 1.73 hr, respectively. At the end of oral treatment, plasma acetyl-L-carnitine and L-carnitine short chain esters were significantly higher than during the run-in phase. The CSF concentrations paralleled those in plasma, suggesting that ALC easily crosses the blood-brain barrier. ...
The pharmacokinetics of acetyl-L-carnitine hydrochloride were investigated in 6 healthy volunteers of both sexes after iv injection of 500 mg of the drug, expressed as inner salt. Plasma concentrations and urinary excretion of acetyl-L-carnitine (A), L-carnitine (B) and total acid soluble L-carnitine fraction were evaluated over a period lasting from 24 h before to 48 h after the administration. Plasma concentrations of A increased quickly after administration and then declined reaching base values within 12 h. Conversely, plasma concentrations of B rose more slowly, reaching a peak in 30-60 min, and then declined to base values within 24 h. Most of the injected dose of acetyl-L-carnitine was recovered in the urine during the first 24 h after administration as B and A. Mean renal clearance of both A and B during the first 12 h after injection was higher than the base values, suggesting the presence of a saturable tubular reabsorption process which may counterbalance major changes occurring in plasma concentrations of L-carnitine pattern. /Acetyl-L-carnitine hydrochloride/
Acetyl-L-carnitine is a stimulator of α-secretase activity and amyloid precursor protein (APP) metabolism. It has been shown to induce the NF-κB-mediated upregulation of mGluR2 receptors, which confers antidepressant, neuroprotective, analgesic, and antinociceptive activities.
[EN] PYRAZOLO [4, 3-D] PYRIMIDINES USEFUL AS KINASE INHIBITORS<br/>[FR] PYRAZOLO[4,3-D]PYRIMIDINES UTILES EN TANT QU'INHIBITEURS DE KINASES
申请人:ORIGENIS GMBH
公开号:WO2012143144A1
公开(公告)日:2012-10-26
The present invention relates to novel compounds of formula (I) that are capable of inhibiting one or more kinases, especially SYK (Spleen Tyrosine Kinase), LRRK2 (Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2) and/or MYLK (Myosin light chain kinase) or mutants thereof. The compounds find applications in the treatment of a variety of diseases. These diseases include autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases, bone diseases, metabolic diseases, neurological and neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, allergies, asthma, alzheimer's disease, parkinson's disease, skin disorders, eye diseases, infectious diseases and hormone-related diseases.
[EN] HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS AS KINASE INHIBITORS<br/>[FR] COMPOSÉS HÉTÉROCYCLIQUES EN TANT QU'INHIBITEURS DE KINASES
申请人:ORIGENIS GMBH
公开号:WO2012143143A1
公开(公告)日:2012-10-26
The present invention relates to novel compounds of formula (I) that are capable of inhibiting one or more kinases, especially SYK (Spleen Tyrosine Kinase), LRRK2 (Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2) and/or MYLK (Myosin light chain kinase) or mutants thereof. The compounds find applications in the treatment of a variety of diseases. These diseases include autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases, bone diseases, metabolic diseases, neurological and neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, allergies, asthma, alzheimer's disease, parkinson's disease, skin disorders, eye diseases, infectious diseases and hormone-related diseases.
[EN] NITRIC OXIDE RELEASING PRODRUGS OF THERAPEUTIC AGENTS<br/>[FR] PROMÉDICAMENTS D'AGENTS THÉRAPEUTIQUES LIBÉRANT DE L'OXYDE NITRIQUE
申请人:SATYAM APPARAO
公开号:WO2014111957A1
公开(公告)日:2014-07-24
The present invention relates to nitric oxide releasing prodrugs of known drugs or therapeutic agents wherein the drug or therapeutic agents contain at least one carboxylic acid group. The invention also relates to processes for the preparation of these nitric oxide releasing prodrugs, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them and to methods of using these prodrugs.
SUBSTITUTED 6-ARYL-IMIDAZOPYRIDINE AND 6-ARYL-TRIAZOLOPYRIDINE CARBOXAMIDE ANALOGS AS NEGATIVE ALLOSTERIC MODULATORS OF MGLUR5
申请人:Vanderbilt University
公开号:US20160096833A1
公开(公告)日:2016-04-07
Disclosed are negative allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention
Oxazolidinone derivatives, process for their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions containing them
申请人:Syngenta Limited
公开号:US20030144263A1
公开(公告)日:2003-07-31
Compounds of the formula (I), or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt, or an in-vivo-hydrolysable ester thereof,
1
wherein, for example, X is —O— or —S—;
HET is an optionally substituted C-linked 5-membered heteroaryl ring containing 2 to 4 heteroatoms independently selected from N, O and S;
Q is selected from, for example, Q1 and Q2
2
R
2
and R
3
are independently hydrogen or fluoro;
T is selected from a range of groups, for example, an N-linked (fully unsaturated) 5-membered heteroaryl ring system or a group of formula (TC5):
3
wherein Rc is, for example, R
13
CO—, R
13
SO
2
— or R
13
CS—;
wherein R
13
is, for example, optionally substituted (1-10C)alkyl or R
14
C(O)O(1-6C)alkyl
wherein R
14
is optionally substituted (1-10C)alkyl; are useful as antibacterial agents; and processes for their manufacture and pharmaceutical compositions containing them are described.