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Delivering all in one: Antigen-nanocapsule loaded with dual adjuvant yields superadditive effects by DC-directed T cell stimulation
2018
Therapeutic vaccination is and remains a major challenge, particularly in cancer treatment. In this process, the effective activation of dendritic cells by a combination of distinctly acting adjuvants and an antigen is crucial for success. While most common vaccine formulations lack the efficiency to trigger sufficient T cell responses in a therapeutic tumor treatment, nanovaccines offer unique properties to tackle that challenge. Here, we report the stepwise development of a nanocapsule for vaccination approaches, comprising a shell consisting of antigen and loaded with a superadditive adjuvant combination. In a first initial step, we identified the combination of resiquimod (R848) and mur…
Induction of regulatory T cells by leflunomide in a murine model of contact allergen sensitivity.
2006
Allergic contact dermatitis and contact hypersensitivity (CHS) are characterized by allergen-specific activation of CD8 + and CD4 + T cells and the production of cytokines resulting in an inflammatory response and tissue damage. We show here that the immunosuppressive compound leflunomide ( N -[4-trifluoro-methylphenyl]-5-methylisoxazol-4 carboxamide, HWA 486) (LF) inhibited the contact allergic response induced in mice by epicutaneous application of the haptens dinitrofluorobenzene (DNFB) and oxazolone. The extent of ear swelling remained significantly reduced following repeated challenge with DNFB for up to 18 weeks. LF and DNFB had to be applied simultaneously for inhibition to occur. Th…
SYNTHESIS AND BIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF NOVEL SMALL MOLECULES AS PROMISING ALTERNATIVE AGENTS TO COUNTERACT DRUG RESISTANCE IN CANCER AND MICROBIAL IN…
2022
Il cancro rimane un grave problema di salute pubblica, rappresentando la seconda principale causa di morte in tutto il mondo. Tra le diverse tipologie di tumori, l'adenocarcinoma duttale pancreatico (PDAC) è una delle forme più letali nell'uomo, a causa della diagnosi tardiva e delle limitate possibilità di trattamento. Pertanto, lo studio di nuove strategie terapeutiche per i pazienti affetti da PDAC è altamente necessario. Allo stesso modo, il mesotelioma rappresenta una malattia rara ma aggressiva, difficile da diagnosticare per il lungo periodo di latenza prima dei segni clinici. Gli approcci terapeutici standard includono la chirurgia, la chemioterapia e la radioterapia. Tuttavia, la s…
Tetrazola hemiamināls kā hirāla palīggrupa
2017
Tetrazola hemiamināls kā hirāla palīggrupa. Sējējs M., zinātniskais vadītājs Prof., Dr. chem. Sūna E., konsultēja MSc. chem., Kinēns A. Maģistra darbs uzrakstīts latviešu valodā, tā apjoms 58 lapaspuses. Darbs satur 56 attēlus, 5 tabulas. Maģistra darbs veltīts terazolu hemiaminālu hirālās palīggrupas iegūšanai un pielietojumam diastereoselektīvajā sintēzē. Izstrādātās hirālās palīggrupas efektivitāte demonstrēta, ar augstu diastereoselektivitāti veicot karbonskābju α-pozīcijas fluorēšanas un nitrozo-aldola reakcijas. Darba rezultātā izstrādāts tetrazola hemiamināla hirālās palīggrupas stereoindukcijas modelis. Demonstrēta hirālās palīggrupas šķelšana maigos reakcijas apstākļos. Tetrazola h…
4,5,6,9-TETRAHYDROPYRROLO[2',3'-3,4]CYCLOEPTA[1,2-d]ISOSSAZOLE, PROCESS FOR THEIR PRODUCTION AND THEIR USES AS ANTITUMOR AGENTS
2016
The present invention concerns the synthesis of compounds bearing the PYRROLO[2',3'-3,4]CYCLOEPTA[1,2-d]ISOSSAZOLE structure, and their use for the treatment of pathologies having hyperproliferative features included those having neoplastic nature.
Optical mercury sensing using a benzothiazolium hemicyanine dye.
2006
[structure: see text] The selectivity and sensitivity of a benzothiazolium hemicyanine dye toward mercury(II) in aqueous solutions are described. Mercury ions coordinate to the dye forming a 1:1 complex. This interaction induces a color change in the dye at micromolar concentrations of mercury. Furthermore, the color change and quenching of the dye emission are selective for mercury when compared with other ions such as lead(II), cadmium(II), zinc(II), or iron(II).
Biological Evaluation of the Antiproliferative and Anti-migratory Activity of a Series of 3-(6-Phenylimidazo[2,1-b][1,3,4]thiadiazol-2-yl)-1H-indole …
2019
Heterocyclic rings are recognized as key components of many natural, semi-synthetic and synthetic molecules with a broad spectrum of biological activities. Among these molecules, the indole and imidazo[2,1-b][1,3,4]thiadiazole systems have recently been described as useful scaffolds for the design of anticancer agents. Herein the antitumor activity of a series of 3-(6-phenylimidazo[2,1-b][1,3,4]thiadiazol-2-yl)-1H-indoles, designed as hybrid structures, was assessed. Seven out of 10 compounds (1a-g) were submitted to National Cancer Institute (NCI). Remarkably, compound 1g showed antiproliferative activity against the full panel of sixty human cancer lines, with half-maximal inhibitory conc…
Selective induction of apoptosis in multidrug resistant HL60R cells by the thiazolobenzoimidazole derivative 1-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-1H,3H-thiazolo [3…
1999
We investigated the antitumour effects of 1-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-1H,3H-thiazolo [3,4-a]benzimidazole (TBZ) a new anti-HIV-1 agent, on human promyelocytic HL60 leukaemia, both a parental and a multidrug resistant form (HL60R). HL60R overexpresses P-glycoprotein and, like HL60, lacks p53 protein expression. HL60 and HL60R show similar levels of Bcl-2 protein. In contrast to the conventional chemotherapeutic agents daunorubicin, etoposide and mitoxantrone, TBZ caused equal or even greater cytotoxicity in HL60R than in HL60, and this result was associated with a more marked induction of apoptosis in the drug resistant cells. The antitumour activity of TBZ occurred in the range of concentrations…
The novel NF-κB inhibitor DHMEQ synergizes with celecoxib to exert antitumor effects on human liver cancer cells by a ROS-dependent mechanism
2012
In a previous work of ours dehydroxymethyl-epoxyquinomicin (DHMEQ), an inhibitor of NF-κB, was shown to induce apoptosis through Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) production in hepatoma cells. The present study demonstrated that DHMEQ cooperates with Celecoxib (CLX) to decrease NF-κB DNA binding and to inhibit cell growth and proliferation more effectively than treatment with these single agents alone in the hepatoma cell lines HA22T/VGH and Huh-6. ROS production induced by the DHMEQ-CLX combination in turn generated the expression of genes involved in endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and silencing TRB3 mRNA significantly decreased DHMEQ-CLX-induced cell growth inhibition. Moreover, the DHMEQ-…
Apoptotic effects of thiazolobenzimidazole derivatives on sensitive and multidrug resistant leukaemic cells
2001
We investigated the cytotoxic activity of eight thiazolobenzimidazole derivatives on sensitive HL60 and multidrug-resistant (MDR) (HL60R) leukaemia cell lines. The antitumour effects of these compounds were compared with those of RS-TBZ, a thiazolobenzimidazole derivative, previously described in our reports, that was able to induce apoptosis more markedly in MDR cells than in the parental sensitive cell lines. Only two compounds in this study proved to have interesting effects: (a) the S-enantiomer of TBZ, that was able to induce apoptosis in MDR cells in a slightly more selective manner than TBZ (racemic form); and (b) TBZ-4-OCH3 (TBZ-4-OCH3), that showed cytotoxic and apoptotic effects o…