Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series – Organic compounds – Sulfonic acids or salts thereof
Reexamination Certificate
2005-09-13
2005-09-13
Saeed, Kamal (Department: 1626)
Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series
Organic compounds
Sulfonic acids or salts thereof
Reexamination Certificate
active
06943268
ABSTRACT:
The invention provides anti-thiol reagents which inhibit enzyme activity of cell-associated protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) by oxidizing or blocking PDI active site vicinal thiol groups which normally participate in disulfide bond rearrangement of PDI substrates. Inhibition of this PDI function is particularly useful in blocking PDI-mediated entry of HIV or other virions into a host cell, as well as inhibiting lymphocyte traffic through the lymph nodes. The invention further provides an assay for the identification of such PDI inhibitors based on the discovery that inhibitors of the invention also induce shedding of the leucocyte L-selectin adhesion molecule. The invention additionally provides for suppression of inflammation and of lymph node entry by calmodulin antagonists that, like PDI inhibition, cause leukocyte L-selectin shedding.
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Bennett Teresa A.
Rogelj Snezna
Sklar Larry A.
Coleman Henry D.
Saeed Kamal
Sapone William J.
Science & Technology Corporation @ UNM
Sudol R. Neil
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