Methods for preventing/treating damage to sensory hair cells and cochlear neurons
申请人:——
公开号:US20020115706A1
公开(公告)日:2002-08-22
Methods for preventing or treating damage to sensory hair cells and cochlear neurons are disclosed. The methods comprise the administration of an effective amount of a compound of Formula I or Formula II. The method provides for the prevention/treatment of both hearing loss and loss of the sense of balance.
Disclosed herein are compounds referred to as "fused pyrrolocarbazoles" which possess a variety of functional pharmacological activities including effect on the function and/or survival of trophic factor responsive cells; inhibition of enzymatic activity; inhibition of inflammation-associated responses; inhibition of cell growth associated with hyperproliferative states; and inhibition of developmentally programmed motoneuron death.. The disclosed compounds are represented by the following general formula:
Methodologies for the synthetic production of fused pyrrolocarbazoles are also disclosed, as well as exemplary uses of the compounds.