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  • 1
    ISSN: 1420-908X
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract AA-2379 (methyl 7-butyl-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-3-methylamino-4,6-dioxo-5-propyl-2H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine-2-carboxylate) has antiinflammatory, analgesic, and antipyretic activities, and inhibits the type III allergic (Arthus) reaction. In the studies reported here, we investigated the effect of AA-2379 on rat polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN) functions to clarify the mechanism of the antiinflammatory and antiallergic actions of AA-2379. AA-2379 at 10−4 M inhibited lysozomal enzyme release. AA-2379 inhibits formyl methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP)- and C5a-induced arachidonic acid release; their 50% inhibitory concentrations were 2.8×10−5 and 3.8×10−5 M, respectively. Because dibutyryl cAMP, a cAMP analogue, and 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine, a cAMP phosphodiesterase inhibitor, inhibited fMLP-induced arachidonic acid release, and AA-2379 inhibited cAMP phosphodiesterase and increased cAMP content in PMNs, it is likely that AA-2379 inhibited arachidonic acid release by increasing cAMP content in rat PMNs. Furthermore, from the studies of fMLP-induced arachidonic acid release in Ca free medium it is suggested that AA-2379 inhibits the process which depends on Ca concentration in the medium. These results suggest that the inhibitory effect of AA-2379 on inflammation and allergic reactions such as the Arthus reaction is partly exerted by inhibiting PMN functions such as arachidonic acid and lysozomal enzyme release.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1420-908X
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The antiinflammatory, analgesic, and antipyretic activities of methyl 7-butyl-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-3-methylamino-4,6-dioxo-5-propyl-2H-pyrazolo[3,4-d] pyrimidine-2-carboxylate (AA-2379), a novel nonacidic agent, were examined. 1. AA-2379 had a potent antiinflammatory activity; 3–25 mg/kg, p.o. of the compound inhibited rat carrageenin-, bradykinin-, trypsin-, formalin-, dextran-, and nystatin-induced paw edema; mouse traumatic edema; and rat croton oil pouch inflammation by about 30%. The compound at 25–50 mg/kg, p.o. also inhibited the vascular permeability induced by histamine, serotonin, and bradykinin. 2. AA-2379 had an analgesic activity; the ID50 values in mouse phenylquinone-induced writhing were 10.1 mg/kg, p.o. and the compound at 12.5 mg/kg, p.o. inhibited dog urate arthritis. 3. AA-2379 at 3–10 mg/kg, p.o. showed antipyretic activity in febrile rats and rabbits. 4. AA-2379, at 500 mg/kg, p.o. was not ulcerogenic in rats. 5. These data show that AA-2379 is more active than non-acidic antiinflammatory agents, such as tiaramide and aminopyrine.
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  • 3
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    European journal of pediatrics 157 (1998), S. 648-652 
    ISSN: 1432-1076
    Keywords: Key words Lactic acidaemia ; Thiamine ; Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex ; Thiamine pyrophosphate ; Sodium dichloroacetate
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Lactic acidaemia is sometimes associated with a defect of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDHC), catalysing the thiamine-dependent decarboxylation of pyruvate. The activity of PDHC for different thiamine pyrophosphate (TPP) concentrations was determined in 13 patients with lactic acidaemia, clinically responsive to thiamine treatment in order to assess the role of PDHC in the aetiology of thiamine-responsive lactic acidaemia. Culture of lymphoblastoid cells and skin fibroblasts and muscle biopsies were performed in these 13 patients. The activity of PDHC to sodium dichloroacetate (DCA), known as the activator of PDHC, was also examined. Three groups were identified according to PDHC activity. Group 1 (two patients) displayed very low PDHC activity, which was not increased by DCA. This PDHC activity increased at high TPP concentrations. Group 2 (five patients) displayed below normal PDHC activity at low TPP concentrations, increased by DCA. This PDHC activity became normal at high TPP concentrations. PDHC deficiency in these patients of groups 1 and 2 was due to a decreased affinity of PDHC for TPP. Group 3 included six patients with normal PDHC activity at low as well as high TPP concentrations. This PDHC activity was increased by DCA. Conclusion High concentrations of TPP may be required for maximal activity of PDHC in some patients with lactic acidaemia. The assay of PDHC activity, performed at a low concentration of TPP (1 × 10−4 mM) allows selection of patients with thiamine-responsive lactic acidaemia.
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  • 4
    ISSN: 1573-2665
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract We report molecular analysis of thiamin-responsive pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDHC) deficiency in a patient with an X-linked form of Leigh syndrome. PDHC activity in cultured lymphoblastoid cells of this patient and his asymptomatic mother were normal in the presence of a high thiamin pyrophosphate (TPP) concentration (0.4 mmol/L). However, in the presence of a low concentration (1 X 10-4 mmol/L) of TPP, the activity was significantly decreased, indicating that PDHC deficiency in this patient was due to decreased affinity of PDHC for TPP. The patient's older brother also was diagnosed as PDHC deficiency with Leigh syndrome, suggesting that PDHC deficiency in these two brothers was not a de novo mutation. Sequencing of the X-linked PDHC E1 α subunit revealed a C → G point mutation at nucleotide 787, resulting in a substitution of glycine for arginine 263. Restriction enzyme analysis of the E1α gene revealed that the mother was a heterozygote, indicating that thiamin-responsive PDHC deficiency associated with Leigh syndrome due to this mutation is transmitted by X-linked inheritance.
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