A Phase 2 Multicenter, Double-masked, Randomized, Vehicle-controlled, Parallel Study to Evaluate the Safety, Efficacy and Pharmacokinetics of CBT-008 in Patients With Meibomian Gland Dysfunction

Study Design
Structure: Multicenter, randomized, double-masked, vehicle-controlled, parallel group study Duration: 1 month of TID treatment Treatment Groups, Dosing, and Treatment Regimen Study Treatment: CBT-008 topical ophthalmic solution Control Treatment: CBT-008 vehicle

开始日期2022-03-04

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Cloudbreak Therapeutics LLC初创企业

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2024-12-01·Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility

Effects of membrane cholesterol-targeting chemicals on skeletal muscle contractions evoked by direct and indirect stimulation

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作者: Petrov, Alexey M ; Fedorov, Nikita S ; Malomouzh, Artem I

Cholesterol is one of the major components of plasma membrane, where its distribution is nonhomogeneous and it participates in lipid raft formation. In skeletal muscle cholesterol and lipid rafts seem to be important for excitation-contraction coupling and for neuromuscular transmission, involving cholesterol-rich synaptic vesicles. In the present study, nerve and muscle stimulation-evoked contractions were recorded to assess the role of cholesterol in contractile function of mouse diaphragm. Exposure to cholesterol oxidase (0.2 U/ml) and cholesterol-depleting agent methyl-β-cyclodextrin (1 mM) did not affect markedly contractile responses to both direct and indirect stimulation at low and high frequency. However, methyl-β-cyclodextrin at high concentration (10 mM) strongly decreased the force of both single and tetanus contractions induced by phrenic nerve stimulation. This decline in contractile function was more profoundly expressed when methyl-β-cyclodextrin application was combined with phrenic nerve activation. At the same time, 10 mM methyl-β-cyclodextrin had no effect on contractions upon direct muscle stimulation at low and high frequency. Thus, strong cholesterol depletion suppresses contractile function mainly due to disturbance of the neuromuscular communication, whereas muscle fiber contractility remains resistant to decline.

2024-12-01·Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Alpha-hemolysin promotes internalization of Staphylococcus aureus into human lung epithelial cells via caveolin-1- and cholesterol-rich lipid rafts

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作者: Rohde, Manfred ; Lang, Julia C ; May, Tobias ; Lang, Julia C. ; Molinari, Gabriella ; Goldmann, Oliver ; Medina, Eva

AbstractStaphylococcus aureus is a pathogen associated with severe respiratory infections. The ability of S. aureus to internalize into lung epithelial cells complicates the treatment of respiratory infections caused by this bacterium. In the intracellular environment, S. aureus can avoid elimination by the immune system and the action of circulating antibiotics. Consequently, interfering with S. aureus internalization may represent a promising adjunctive therapeutic strategy to enhance the efficacy of conventional treatments. Here, we investigated the host-pathogen molecular interactions involved in S. aureus internalization into human lung epithelial cells. Lipid raft-mediated endocytosis was identified as the main entry mechanism. Thus, bacterial internalization was significantly reduced after the disruption of lipid rafts with methyl-β-cyclodextrin. Confocal microscopy confirmed the colocalization of S. aureus with lipid raft markers such as ganglioside GM1 and caveolin-1. Adhesion of S. aureus to α5β1 integrin on lung epithelial cells via fibronectin-binding proteins (FnBPs) was a prerequisite for bacterial internalization. A mutant S. aureus strain deficient in the expression of alpha-hemolysin (Hla) was significantly impaired in its capacity to enter lung epithelial cells despite retaining its capacity to adhere. This suggests a direct involvement of Hla in the bacterial internalization process. Among the receptors for Hla located in lipid rafts, caveolin-1 was essential for S. aureus internalization, whereas ADAM10 was dispensable for this process. In conclusion, this study supports a significant role of lipid rafts in S. aureus internalization into human lung epithelial cells and highlights the interaction between bacterial Hla and host caveolin-1 as crucial for the internalization process.

2024-11-01·Aquatic Toxicology

How relevant are sterols in the mode of action of prymnesins?

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作者: Prause, Hélène-Christine ; Hansen, Per J. ; Marko, Doris ; Berk, Deniz ; Larsen, Thomas O ; Varga, Elisabeth ; Hansen, Per J ; Alves-de-Souza, Catharina ; Place, Allen ; Larsen, Thomas O. ; Favero, Giorgia Del

Prymnesins, produced by the haptophyte Prymnesium parvum, are considered responsible for fish kills when this species blooms. Although their toxic mechanism is not fully understood, membrane disruptive properties have been ascribed to A-type prymnesins. Currently it is suggested that pore-formation is the underlying cause of cell disruption. Here the hypothesis that A-, B-, and C-type prymnesins interact with sterols in order to create pores was tested. Prymnesin mixtures containing various analogs of the same type were applied in hemolysis and cytotoxicity assays using Atlantic salmon Salmo salar erythrocytes or rainbow trout RTgill-W1 cells. The hemolytic potency of the prymnesin types reflected their cytotoxic potential, with approximate concentrations reaching 50 % hemolysis (HC₅₀) of 4 nM (A-type), 54 nM (C-type), and 600 nM (B-type). Variabilities in prymnesin profiles were shown to influence potency. Prymnesin-A (3 Cl) + 2 pentose + hexose was likely responsible for the strong toxicity of A-type samples. Co-incubation with cholesterol and epi-cholesterol pre-hemolysis reduced the potential by about 50 % irrespective of sterol concentration, suggesting interactions with sterols. However, this effect was not observed in RTgill-W1 toxicity. Treatment of RTgill-W1 cells with 10 µM lovastatin or 10 µM methyl-β-cyclodextrin-cholesterol modified cholesterol levels by 20-30 %. Regardless, prymnesin cytotoxicity remained unaltered in the modified cells. SPR data showed that B-type prymnesins likely bound with a single exponential decay while A-types seemed to have a more complex binding. Overall, interaction with cholesterol appeared to play only a partial role in the cytotoxic mechanism of pore-formation. It is suggested that prymnesins initially interact with cholesterol and stabilize pores through a subsequent, still unknown mechanism possibly including other membrane lipids or proteins.

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