Myristoylation Confers Oral Bioavailability and Improves the Bioactivity of c(MyD 4-4), a Cyclic Peptide Inhibitor of MyD88.

abstract：:The caveolin scaffolding domain peptide (CSP) is being developed for the therapeutic intervention of a lethal lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. While direct respiratory delivery of CSP7 (a 7-mer fragment of CSP) is considered an effective route, proper formulation and processing of the peptide are required....

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Zhang Y,MacKenzie B,Koleng JJ,Maier E,Warnken ZN,Williams RO 3rd

更新日期：2020-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The blood-brain barrier (BBB) prevents most drugs from reaching the site of central nervous system (CNS) diseases, intensively confining the therapeutic efficiency. Angiopep-2 (here termed (L)Angiopep), which is a 19-mer peptide derived from human Kunitz domain, can trigger transcytosis and traverse the BBB by recogni...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Wei X,Zhan C,Chen X,Hou J,Xie C,Lu W

更新日期：2014-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Polysorbate 20 (PS20) is a commonly used surfactant in biopharmaceutical formulations. It is a heterogeneous surfactant containing a distribution of fatty acid esters, which are subject to hydrolytic degradation, generating free fatty acids (FFAs). The FFAs can form visible or subvisible particles in drug product on s...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Doshi N,Martin J,Tomlinson A

更新日期：2020-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Amorphous solid dispersions (ASD) of a poorly soluble water-soluble VR1 antagonist (AMG 517) were explored for improving physical stability and in vivo exposure. AMG 517 was incorporated at 15 or 50 wt % into polymeric microparticles of hydroxypropyl methylcellulose acetate succinate (HPMCAS) and hydroxypropyl methylc...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Kennedy M,Hu J,Gao P,Li L,Ali-Reynolds A,Chal B,Gupta V,Ma C,Mahajan N,Akrami A,Surapaneni S

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Improving the therapeutic index of anticancer agents is an enormous challenge. Targeting decreases the side effects of the therapeutic agents by delivering the drugs to the intended destination. Nanocarriers containing the nuclear localizing peptide sequences (NLS) translocate to the cell nuclei. However, the nuclear ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Anajafi T,Yu J,Sedigh A,Haldar MK,Muhonen WW,Oberlander S,Wasness H,Froberg J,Molla MS,Katti KS,Choi Y,Shabb JB,Srivastava DK,Mallik S

更新日期：2017-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung-delivered polymer nanoparticles provoked dysfunction of the essential lung surfactant system. A steric shielding of the nanoparticle surface with poloxamers could minimize the unwanted interference of polymer nanoparticles with the biophysical function of lung surfactant. The extent of poly(styrene) and poly(lact...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Beck-Broichsitter M,Bohr A,Ruge CA

更新日期：2017-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The adenosine triphosphate-binding cassette transporter P-glycoprotein (ABCB1/Abcb1a) restricts at the blood-brain barrier (BBB) brain distribution of many drugs. ABCB1 may be involved in drug-drug interactions (DDIs) at the BBB, which may lead to changes in brain distribution and central nervous system side effects o...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Wanek T,Römermann K,Mairinger S,Stanek J,Sauberer M,Filip T,Traxl A,Kuntner C,Pahnke J,Bauer F,Erker T,Löscher W,Müller M,Langer O

更新日期：2015-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel strategy has been developed for fabricating the biocompatible reduction and pH dual-responsive core cross-linked (CCL) micelles as drug delivery system (DDS) for the controlled anticancer drug delivery, via the atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) of tert-butyl acrylate (tBA) with N,N'-bis(acryloyl)cystam...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Tian K,Jia X,Zhao X,Liu P

更新日期：2017-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrasound-targeted microbubble destruction (UTMD) is a promising technique to facilitate the delivery of chemotherapy in cancer treatment. However, the process typically uses nonspecific microbubbles, leading to low tumor-to-normal tissue uptake ratio and adverse side effects. In this study, we synthesized the LHRH r...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Pu C,Chang S,Sun J,Zhu S,Liu H,Zhu Y,Wang Z,Xu RX

更新日期：2014-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to select patients who will respond to therapy is especially acute for autoimmune/inflammatory diseases, where the costs of therapies can be high and the progressive damage associated with ineffective treatments can be irreversible. In this article we describe a clinical test that will rapidly predict the ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Kelderhouse LE,Robins MT,Rosenbalm KE,Hoylman EK,Mahalingam S,Low PS

更新日期：2015-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In our previous studies, ethylene glycol-linked amino acid diester prodrugs of oleanolic acid (OA), a Biopharmaceutics Classification System (BCS) class IV drug, designed to target peptide transporter 1 (PepT1) have been synthesized and evaluated. Unlike ethylene glycol, propylene glycol is of very low toxicity in viv...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Cao F,Gao Y,Wang M,Fang L,Ping Q

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platinum(IV) complexes generally require reduction to reactive Pt(II) species to exert their chemotherapeutic activity. The process of reductive activation of (15)N-labeled (OC-6-43)-bis(acetato)diamminedichloridoplatinum(IV), in the presence of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) and horse heart cytochrome c (cy...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Lasorsa A,Stuchlíková O,Brabec V,Natile G,Arnesano F

更新日期：2016-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) can inhibit cell growth and metastasis, and induce cell apoptosis in cancerous cells. They have been shown to reduce incidence and mortality of gastric cancer by an unknown mechanism. NSAIDs often exert their effects by Cox-2 inhibition, and Cox-2 is overexpressed in gastr...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Jin H,Wang Z,Liu L,Gao L,Sun L,Li X,Zhao H,Pan Y,Shi H,Liu N,Hong L,Liang J,Wu Q,Yang Z,Wu K,Fan D

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal extracellular deposition of β-amyloid (Aβ) is thought to play a key role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Preventing Aβ-induced neurotoxicity has become a potential therapeutic approach to improve the onset and progression of AD. Here we report the synthesis of 1,1'-(biphenyl-4,4'-diyl)-bis(3-...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Zhu Y,Sun X,Gong T,He Q,Zhang Z

更新日期：2014-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes a novel nonlinear variant of the well-known Yalkowsky general solubility equation (GSE). The modified equation can be trained with small molecules, mostly from the Lipinski Rule of 5 (Ro5) chemical space, to predict the intrinsic aqueous solubility, S0, of large molecules (MW > 800 Da) from beyond...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Avdeef A,Kansy M

更新日期：2020-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Development of an effective and potent RNA delivery system remains a challenge for the clinical application of RNA therapeutics. Herein, we describe the development of an RNA delivery platform derived from self-assembled bicontinuous cubic lyotropic liquid crystalline phases, functionalized with zinc coordinated lipid...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Tajik-Ahmadabad B,Chollet L,White J,Separovic F,Polyzos A

更新日期：2019-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies were conducted to develop antibody- and fluorescence-labeled superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticle (SPIO) nanotheranostics for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and fluorescence imaging of cancer cells and pH-dependent intracellular drug release. SPIO nanoparticles (10 nm) were coated with amphiphilic polym...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Zou P,Yu Y,Wang YA,Zhong Y,Welton A,Galbán C,Wang S,Sun D

更新日期：2010-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this study were as follows: (i) To develop an in silico technique, based on molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, to predict glass transition temperatures (Tg) of amorphous pharmaceuticals. (ii) To computationally study the effect of plasticizer on Tg. (iii) To investigate the intermolecular interacti...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Gupta J,Nunes C,Jonnalagadda S

更新日期：2013-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid absorptive clearance of drugs delivered to the airways of the lungs means that many inhaled medicines have a short duration of action. The aim of this study was to investigate whether forming polar ion-pairs can modify drug absorption to slow down clearance from the airways. Salbutamol was used as a model dr...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Dutton B,Woods A,Sadler R,Prime D,Barlow DJ,Forbes B,Jones SA

更新日期：2020-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Near-infrared (NIR)-to-visible upconversion nanoparticle (UCNP) has shown promising prospects in photodynamic therapy (PDT) as a drug carrier or energy donor. In this work, a photosensitizer pyropheophorbide a (Ppa) and RGD peptide c(RGDyK) comodified chitosan-wrapped NaYF(4):Yb/Er upconversion nanoparticle UCNP-Ppa-R...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Zhou A,Wei Y,Wu B,Chen Q,Xing D

更新日期：2012-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Liposomes are representative lipid nanoparticles widely used for delivering anticancer drugs, DNA fragments, or siRNA to cancer cells. Upon targeting, various internal and external triggers have been used to increase the rate for contents release from the liposomes. Among the internal triggers, decreased pH within the...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Nahire R,Hossain R,Patel R,Paul S,Meghnani V,Ambre AH,Gange KN,Katti KS,Leclerc E,Srivastava DK,Sarkar K,Mallik S

更新日期：2014-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of tertiary butyl alcohol (TBA) as a cosolvent on the phase behavior of mannitol in frozen and freeze-dried systems was characterized using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and X-ray diffractometry (XRD; laboratory and synchrotron sources). Solutions of mannitol (2 and 5% w/w) in TBA-water systems of...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Sonje J,Thakral S,Suryanarayanan R

更新日期：2020-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent progress in peptide synthesis simplified the synthesis of multiple N-methylation of peptides. To evaluate how multiple N-methylation affects the bioavailability of peptides, a poly alanine cyclic hexapeptide library (n = 54), varying in the number of N-methyl (N-Me) groups (1-5 groups) and their position, was s...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Ovadia O,Greenberg S,Chatterjee J,Laufer B,Opperer F,Kessler H,Gilon C,Hoffman A

更新日期：2011-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Some of the most significant therapeutic leads and agents used for the treatment of cancer target microtubule dynamics. Paclitaxel is an exceptional example that is currently used for treating a wide range of tumors. New, non-taxane microtubule stabilizers, including several epothilones, are advancing through clinical...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Clark EA,Hills PM,Davidson BS,Wender PA,Mooberry SL

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The maytansinoid antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) in clinical development for cancer therapy each contain a derivative of the microtubule-targeting agent, maytansine, covalently attached to the antibody via an engineered linker. A sample of any of these conjugates contains molecules with different numbers of maytansino...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Goldmacher VS,Amphlett G,Wang L,Lazar AC

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochrome c (Cyt c) is a small mitochondrial heme protein involved in the intrinsic apoptotic pathway. Once Cyt c is released into the cytosol, the caspase mediated apoptosis cascade is activated resulting in programmed cell death. Herein, we explore the covalent immobilization of Cyt c into mesoporous silica nanopar...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Méndez J,Morales Cruz M,Delgado Y,Figueroa CM,Orellano EA,Morales M,Monteagudo A,Griebenow K

更新日期：2014-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The amorphization of the readily crystallizable therapeutic ingredient and food additive, menthol, was successfully achieved by inclusion of neat menthol in mesoporous silica matrixes of 3.2 and 5.9 nm size pores. Menthol amorphization was confirmed by the calorimetric detection of a glass transition. The respective g...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Cordeiro T,Castiñeira C,Mendes D,Danède F,Sotomayor J,Fonseca IM,Gomes da Silva M,Paiva A,Barreiros S,Cardoso MM,Viciosa MT,Correia NT,Dionisio M

更新日期：2017-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In developing targeted probes for positron emission tomography (PET) based on (64)Cu, stable complexation of the radiometal is key, and a flexible handle for bioconjugation is highly advantageous. Here, we present the synthesis and characterization of the chelator pycup and four derivatives. Pycup is a cross-bridged c...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Boros E,Rybak-Akimova E,Holland JP,Rietz T,Rotile N,Blasi F,Day H,Latifi R,Caravan P

更新日期：2014-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress and inflammation are intertwined contributors to numerous acute vascular pathologies. A novel dual bioactive nanoparticle with antioxidant/anti-inflammatory properties was developed based on the interactions of tocopherol phosphate and the manganese porphyrin SOD mimetic, MnTMPyP. The size and drug in...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Howard MD,Hood ED,Greineder CF,Alferiev IS,Chorny M,Muzykantov V

更新日期：2014-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:In previous studies, we developed a new technique (ionic gelation vibrational jet flow; IGVJF) in order to encapsulate pancreatic β-cells, for insulin in vivo delivery, and diabetes treatment. The fabricated microcapsules showed good morphology but limited cell functions. Thus, this study aimed to optimize the IGVJF t...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Mooranian A,Negrulj R,Takechi R,Jamieson E,Morahan G,Al-Salami H

更新日期：2017-08-07 00:00:00