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Lobeline Compounds As A Treatment For Psychostimulant Abuse And Withdrawal, And For Eating Disorders, Peter A. Crooks, Linda P. Dwoskin Nov 1998

Lobeline Compounds As A Treatment For Psychostimulant Abuse And Withdrawal, And For Eating Disorders, Peter A. Crooks, Linda P. Dwoskin

Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Patents

Methods are disclosed that suggest the use of lobeline and analogs thereof in treating individuals for drug dependence and withdrawal and for eating disorders.


Chimeric Isoprenoid Synthases And Uses Thereof, Joseph Chappell, Kyoungwhan Back Oct 1998

Chimeric Isoprenoid Synthases And Uses Thereof, Joseph Chappell, Kyoungwhan Back

Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Patents

Disclosed is a chimeric isoprenoid synthase polypeptide including a first domain from a first isoprenoid synthase joined to a second domain from a second, heterologous isoprenoid synthase, whereby the chimeric isoprenoid synthase is capable of catalyzing the production of isoprenoid reaction products that are not produced in the absence of the second domain of the second, heterologous isoprenoid synthase. Also disclosed is a chimeric isoprenoid synthase polypeptide including an assymetrically positioned homologous domain, whereby the chimeric isoprenoid synthase is capable of catalyzing the production of isoprenoid reaction products that are not produced when the domain is positioned at its naturally-occurring …


Nornicotine Enantiomers For Use As A Treatment For Dopamine Related Conditions And Disease States, Peter A. Crooks, Linda Phyliss Dwoskin, Michael Thomas Bardo Jul 1998

Nornicotine Enantiomers For Use As A Treatment For Dopamine Related Conditions And Disease States, Peter A. Crooks, Linda Phyliss Dwoskin, Michael Thomas Bardo

Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Patents

Optically active nornicotine compounds as a treatment for dopamine-related conditions and disease states. Such disease states include the treatment of myasthenia gravis, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, eating disorders, ulcers, drug addiction and as a substitute for psycho-stimulant self-administration.


Cannabinoid Receptor Agonist Efficacy For Stimulating [35S]Gtpγs Binding To Rat Cerebellar Membranes Correlates With Agonist-Induced Decreases In Gdp Affinity, C. S. Breivogel, D. E. Selley, S. R. Childers Jul 1998

Cannabinoid Receptor Agonist Efficacy For Stimulating [35S]Gtpγs Binding To Rat Cerebellar Membranes Correlates With Agonist-Induced Decreases In Gdp Affinity, C. S. Breivogel, D. E. Selley, S. R. Childers

Pharmaceutical Sciences

No abstract provided.


Summer 1998, Southwestern Oklahoma State University Jul 1998

Summer 1998, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

The Sig

The Sig Newsletter from the Southwestern Oklahoma State University College of Pharmacy - Summer 1998


N-Chloro-N-Methyl Glucamine And N-Chloro-N-Methyl Glucamine Esters As Novel Safe Agents For Water Disinfetion, Anwar A. Hussain, Bassam Tashtoush, Lewis W. Dittert May 1998

N-Chloro-N-Methyl Glucamine And N-Chloro-N-Methyl Glucamine Esters As Novel Safe Agents For Water Disinfetion, Anwar A. Hussain, Bassam Tashtoush, Lewis W. Dittert

Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Patents

The present invention relates to N-chloro-N-methyl glucamine and N-chloro-N-methyl glucamine esters, and their use as agents for water disinfection and as mild oxidizing agents for the radiolabeling of oxidation-sensitive biomolecules.


Comparison Of Azathioprine (Aza) And 6-Mercaptopurine Plasma Concentrations After Administration Of Aza Solution Into The Stomach, Jejunum, Or Cecum, Jane Gervasio Apr 1998

Comparison Of Azathioprine (Aza) And 6-Mercaptopurine Plasma Concentrations After Administration Of Aza Solution Into The Stomach, Jejunum, Or Cecum, Jane Gervasio

Jane M. Gervasio

No abstract provided.


Comparison Of Arterial Plasma Amino Acid Concentrations In Rats Fed Ad Lib Oral Chow Or Parenteral Nutrition Via Intravenous Or Gastric Infusion, Jane M. Gervasio, Emily B. Hak, Michael C. Storm, M. E. Croft, Lawrence J. Hak Jan 1998

Comparison Of Arterial Plasma Amino Acid Concentrations In Rats Fed Ad Lib Oral Chow Or Parenteral Nutrition Via Intravenous Or Gastric Infusion, Jane M. Gervasio, Emily B. Hak, Michael C. Storm, M. E. Croft, Lawrence J. Hak

Scholarship and Professional Work – COPHS

Abstract from the 22nd Clinical Congress of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Orlando, FL, January 18-21, 1998.


Renal Phosphorus Regulation In Thermally-Injured And Multiple Trauma Patients Receiving Enteral Nutrition, Jane M. Gervasio, Rex O. Brown, Justin J. Sherman, William L. Hickerson, Kenneth A. Kudsk, Roland N. Dickerson Jan 1998

Renal Phosphorus Regulation In Thermally-Injured And Multiple Trauma Patients Receiving Enteral Nutrition, Jane M. Gervasio, Rex O. Brown, Justin J. Sherman, William L. Hickerson, Kenneth A. Kudsk, Roland N. Dickerson

Scholarship and Professional Work – COPHS

Abstract from the 22nd Clinical Congress of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Orlando, FL, January 18-21, 1998.


An Overview Of The Methylxanthines And Their Regulation In The Horse, J Daniel Harkins, W. Allen Rees, G. D. Mundy, Scott D. Stanley, Thomas Tobin Jan 1998

An Overview Of The Methylxanthines And Their Regulation In The Horse, J Daniel Harkins, W. Allen Rees, G. D. Mundy, Scott D. Stanley, Thomas Tobin

Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center Faculty Publications

Caffiene, theophylline and theobromine are naturally occurring members of the methylxanthine family;pentoxfylline, dyphylline and enprofylline are structurally related synthetic pharmaceuticals. Caffiene has predominantly central nervous system effects, theophylline, dyphylline and enprofylline have predominantly bronchodilator effects, while theobromine is associated with diuretic responses. Pentoxfylline is thought to increase red cell deformability and facillitate blood flow through capillary beds. The methylxanthines are not highly potent agents; they are typically administered in gram doses and they tend to have relatively long half-lives. They remain detectable in plasma and urine for relatively long periods. Similarly, traces of the naturally occurring members of this family …


1998 Apothecary, Southwestern Oklahoma State University Jan 1998

1998 Apothecary, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Apothecary

The 1998 Apothecary staff would like to congratulate the graduating seniors for their completion of the professional curriculum at Southwestern Oklahoma State University School of Pharmacy. We know the knowledge and ideals you have learned at Southwestern will make you a successful health professional. Good luck in your future goals, and always strive to make new and more challenging ones.


Adenosine 3', 5'-Cyclic Monophosphate Activation Of Islet Chloride Channels, Anjali Varandani Jan 1998

Adenosine 3', 5'-Cyclic Monophosphate Activation Of Islet Chloride Channels, Anjali Varandani

Theses and Dissertations

The objective of this thesis was to understand the regulation of islet Cl⁻ current by cAMP. This current, known as Icl,islet flew is the first Cl⁻ channel current characterized in pancreatic �� cells. Icl,islet has been hypothesized to modulate insulin secretion through changes in islet electrical activity. Both 5 ��M forskolin and 100 ��M IBMX (3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine), agents that increase intracellular cAMP, were shown to activate an outwardly-rectifying ionic current in HIT cells that closely resembled Icl,islet. The current was blocked when iodide was substituted for external Cl⁻ or when the Cl⁻ channel blocker niflumic acid was …


Arachidonic Acid Activates A Proton Current In The Rat Glutamate Transporter Eaat4, Anastassios V. Tzingounis, Chien-Liang Lin, Jeffrey D. Rothstein, Michael Kavanaugh Jan 1998

Arachidonic Acid Activates A Proton Current In The Rat Glutamate Transporter Eaat4, Anastassios V. Tzingounis, Chien-Liang Lin, Jeffrey D. Rothstein, Michael Kavanaugh

Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications

The excitatory amino acid transporter EAAT4 is expressed predominantly in Purkinje neurons in the rat cerebellum (1-3), and it participates in postsynaptic reuptake of glutamate released at the climbing fiber synapse (4). Transporter-mediated currents in Purkinje neurons are increased more than 3-fold by arachidonic acid, a second messenger that is liberated following depolarization-induced Ca2+ activation of phospholipase A2 (5). In this study we demonstrate that application of arachidonic acid to oocytes expressing rat EAAT4 increased glutamate-induced currents to a similar extent. However, arachidonic acid did not cause an increase in the rate …


Macroscopic And Microscopic Properties Of A Cloned Glutamate Transporter/Chloride Channel, Jacques I. Wadiche, Michael Kavanaugh Jan 1998

Macroscopic And Microscopic Properties Of A Cloned Glutamate Transporter/Chloride Channel, Jacques I. Wadiche, Michael Kavanaugh

Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications

The behavior of a Cl channel associated with a glutamate transporter was studied using intracellular and patch recording techniques in Xenopus oocytes injected with human EAAT1 cRNA. Channels could be activated by application of glutamate to either face of excised membrane patches. The channel exhibited strong selectivity for amphipathic anions and had a minimum pore diameter of ∼5Å. Glutamate flux exhibited a much greater temperature dependence than Cl flux. Stationary and nonstationary noise analysis was consistent with a sub-femtosiemen Cl conductance and a maximum channelPo ≪ 1. The glutamate binding rate was similar to estimates …


Neurotransmitter Transport: Models In Flux, Michael Kavanaugh Jan 1998

Neurotransmitter Transport: Models In Flux, Michael Kavanaugh

Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications

Physiologists say that ions and neutral solutes can cross biological membranes via “transporters” and “channels.” We tend to think about the difference between transporters and channels in terms of gating mechanisms. Ion channels exhibit a wide range of selectivity properties and permeation rates, but their gating at the most basic level can be thought of in terms of a single barrier or gate acting as a switch. When the gate is closed, ions can’t permeate; when the gate is opened, a permeation pathway for ions allows flux, often at very high rates (up to 108/sec). Transporters and ion …


Gp120 Envelope Glycoproteins Of Human Immunodeficiency Viruses Competitively Antagonize Signaling By Coreceptors Cxcr4 And Ccr5, Navid Madani, Susan L. Kozak, Michael Kavanaugh, David Kabat Jan 1998

Gp120 Envelope Glycoproteins Of Human Immunodeficiency Viruses Competitively Antagonize Signaling By Coreceptors Cxcr4 And Ccr5, Navid Madani, Susan L. Kozak, Michael Kavanaugh, David Kabat

Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications

Signal transductions by the dual-function CXCR4 and CCR5 chemokine receptors/HIV type 1 (HIV-1) coreceptors were electrophysiologically monitored in Xenopus laevis oocytes that also coexpressed the viral receptor CD4 and a G protein-coupled inward-rectifying K+ channel (Kir 3.1). Large Kir 3.1-dependent currents generated in response to the corresponding chemokines (SDF-1α for CXCR4 and MIP-1α; MIP-1β and RANTES for CCR5) were blocked by pertussis toxin, suggesting involvement of inhibitory guanine nucleotide-binding proteins. Prolonged exposures to chemokines caused substantial but incomplete desensitization of responses with time constants of 5–7 min and recovery time constants of 12–19 min. CXCR4 and CCR5 exhibited heterologous …


Cysteine Scanning Of The Surroundings Of An Alkali-Ion Binding Site Of The Glutamate Transporter Glt-1 Reveals A Conformationally Sensitive Residue, Ruth Zarbiv, Myriam Grunewald, Michael Kavanaugh, Baruch I. Kanner Jan 1998

Cysteine Scanning Of The Surroundings Of An Alkali-Ion Binding Site Of The Glutamate Transporter Glt-1 Reveals A Conformationally Sensitive Residue, Ruth Zarbiv, Myriam Grunewald, Michael Kavanaugh, Baruch I. Kanner

Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications

Glutamate transporters remove this transmitter from the extracellular space by cotransport with three sodium ions and a proton. The cycle is completed by translocation of a potassium ion in the opposite direction. Recently we have identified two adjacent amino acid residues of the glutamate transporter GLT-1 that influence potassium coupling. Using the scanning cysteine accessibility method we have now explored the highly conserved region surrounding them. Replacement of each of the five consecutive residues 396–400 by cysteine abolished transport activity but at several other positions the substitution is tolerated. One residue, tyrosine 403, was identified where cysteine substitution renders the …


Molecular Determinant Of Ion Selectivity Of A (Na+ + K+)-Coupled Rat Brain Glutamate Transporter, Yumin Zhang, Annie Bendahan, Ruth Zarbiv, Michael Kavanaugh, Baruch I. Kanner Jan 1998

Molecular Determinant Of Ion Selectivity Of A (Na+ + K+)-Coupled Rat Brain Glutamate Transporter, Yumin Zhang, Annie Bendahan, Ruth Zarbiv, Michael Kavanaugh, Baruch I. Kanner

Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications

Glutamate transporters remove this neurotransmitter from the synaptic cleft by a two-stage electrogenic process, in which glutamate is first cotransported with three sodium ions and a proton. Subsequently, the cycle is completed by translocation of a potassium ion in the opposite direction. Recently, we have identified an amino acid residue of the glutamate transporter GLT-1 (Glu-404) that influences potassium coupling. We have now analyzed the effect of seven other amino acid residues in the highly conserved region surrounding this site. One of these residues, Tyr-403, also proved important for potassium coupling, because mutation to Phe (Y403F) resulted in an electroneutral …


Excitatory Amino Acid Transporters Of The Salamander Retina: Identification, Localization, And Function, Scott Eliasof, Jeffrey L. Arriza, Barbara H. Leighton, Michael Kavanaugh, Susan G. Amara Jan 1998

Excitatory Amino Acid Transporters Of The Salamander Retina: Identification, Localization, And Function, Scott Eliasof, Jeffrey L. Arriza, Barbara H. Leighton, Michael Kavanaugh, Susan G. Amara

Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications

The rapid re-uptake of extracellular glutamate mediated by a family of high-affinity glutamate transporter proteins is essential to continued glutamatergic signaling and neuronal viability, but the contributions of individual transporter subtypes toward cellular physiology are poorly understood. Because the physiology of glutamate transport in the salamander retina has been well described, we have examined the expression and function of glutamate transporter subtypes in this preparation. cDNAs encoding five distinct salamander excitatory amino acid transporter (sEAAT) subtypes were isolated, and their molecular properties and distributions of expression were compared. We report evidence that at least four distinct sEAAT subtypes are expressed …


Health Professions Division Catalog Academic Year 1998-1999, Nova Southeastern University Jan 1998

Health Professions Division Catalog Academic Year 1998-1999, Nova Southeastern University

Health Professions Divisions Course Catalogs and Course Descriptions

No abstract provided.


Hypophosphatemia In Critically Ill Patients, Jane Gervasio Dec 1997

Hypophosphatemia In Critically Ill Patients, Jane Gervasio

Jane M. Gervasio

No abstract provided.