Patents Assigned to Microbial Chemistry Research Foundation
  • Publication number: 20230127046
    Abstract: A compound represented by the general formula (I) given below or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof has been found to have a strong G9a inhibitory effect. The compound (I) or the pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof inhibits G9a and thereby has high usefulness for the treatment, prevention or suppression of various pathological conditions (proliferative disease such as cancer, ?-globin abnormality, fibrosis, pain, neurodegenerative disease, Prader-Willi syndrome, malaria, viral infection, myopathy, autism, etc.).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicants: RIKEN, TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES, MICROBIAL CHEMISTRY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Tatsunobu SUMIYA, Yosuke NISHIGAYA, Ryosuke NAMIE, Noriaki HASHIMOTO, Akihiro ITO, Fumiyuki SHIRAI, Ko KIKUZATO, Minoru YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20210395774
    Abstract: The following are provided: a novel adenovirus vector having a shortened backbone; a nucleic acid vector expressing five or more Cas guide RNA; a nucleic acid vector containing a Cas protein-coding gene and a Cas guide RNA expression unit; a composition for genome editing containing these vectors; and a gene therapeutic method using these.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: Microbial Chemistry Research Foundation
    Inventors: Izumu Saito, Tomoko Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 11135234
    Abstract: A compound represented by the following general formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition thereof, and the use thereof to prevent or treat infectious diseases and a method to prevent or treat infectious diseases using those regimen are disclosed. The compound represented by formula (I) has an antibacterial activity against both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, and is useful in the prevention or treatment of infectious diseases caused by these bacteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignees: MICROBIAL CHEMISTRY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, MEIJI SEIKA PHARMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Takahashi, Eijiro Umemura, Takashi Ida, Masayuki Igarashi
  • Patent number: 10974232
    Abstract: A catalyst represented by General Formula (1) below: where in the General Formula (1), R1 to R14 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Microbial Chemistry Research Foundation
    Inventors: Naoya Kumagai, Christopher Roderick Opie, Hidetoshi Noda, Masakatsu Shibasaki
  • Publication number: 20200155582
    Abstract: A compound represented by the following general formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition thereof, and the use thereof to prevent or treat infectious diseases and a method to prevent or treat infectious diseases using those regimen are disclosed. The compound represented by formula (I) has an antibacterial activity against both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, and is useful in the prevention or treatment of infectious diseases caused by these bacteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicants: MICROBIAL CHEMISTRY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, MEIJI SEIKA PHARMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki TAKAHASHI, Eijiro UMEMURA, Takashi IDA, Masayuki IGARASHI
  • Patent number: 10617704
    Abstract: A compound represented by the following general formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition thereof, and the use thereof to prevent or treat infectious diseases and a method to prevent or treat infectious diseases using those regimen are disclosed. The compound represented by formula (I) has an antibacterial activity against both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, and is useful in the prevention or treatment of infectious diseases caused by these bacteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignees: MICROBIAL CHEMISTRY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, MEIJI SEIKA PHARMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Takahashi, Eijiro Umemura, Takashi Ida, Masayuki Igarashi
  • Patent number: 10576094
    Abstract: A compound represented by the following general formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition thereof, and the use thereof to prevent or treat infectious diseases and a method to prevent or treat infectious diseases using those regimen are disclosed. The compound represented by formula (I) has an antibacterial activity against both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, and is useful in the prevention or treatment of infectious diseases caused by these bacteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignees: MICROBIAL CHEMISTRY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, MEIJI SEIKA PHARMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Takahashi, Eijiro Umemura, Takashi Ida, Masayuki Igarashi
  • Patent number: 10413892
    Abstract: A catalyst including: neodymium; sodium; and a ligand, which is a compound expressed by Structural Formula (1) below, wherein the neodymium and the ligand form a complex at a molar ratio of 1:2 (neodymium:ligand):
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Microbial Chemistry Research Foundation
    Inventors: Masakatsu Shibasaki, Naoya Kumagai, Akihito Nonoyama, Kazuki Hashimoto, Akira Saito
  • Patent number: 10202347
    Abstract: The present application provides novel compounds having anti-cancer or anti-Helicobacter pylori activity, pharmaceutical compositions and method for producing and using the novel compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: MICROBIAL CHEMISTRY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Manabu Kawada, Hikaru Abe, Takumi Watanabe, Hiroyuki Inoue, Shun-ichi Ohba, Chigusa Hayashi, Masayuki Igarashi
  • Patent number: 10160725
    Abstract: The present application provides novel compounds having anti-cancer or anti-Helicobacter pylori activity, pharmaceutical compositions and method for producing and using the novel compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: MICROBIAL CHEMISTRY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Manabu Kawada, Hikaru Abe, Takumi Watanabe, Hiroyuki Inoue, Shun-ichi Ohba, Chigusa Hayashi, Masayuki Igarashi
  • Publication number: 20180214470
    Abstract: A compound represented by the following general formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition thereof, and the use thereof to prevent or treat infectious diseases and a method to prevent or treat infectious diseases using those regimen are disclosed. The compound represented by formula (I) has an antibacterial activity against both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, and is useful in the prevention or treatment of infectious diseases caused by these bacteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicants: MICROBIAL CHEMISTRY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, MEIJI SEIKA PHARMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki TAKAHASHI, Eijiro UMEMURA, Takashi IDA, Masayuki IGARASHI
  • Patent number: 9969699
    Abstract: A cancer cell proliferation inhibitor including at least one selected from compounds represented by Structural Formulae (1) to (8), wherein the cancer cell is at least one of a cancer cell overexpressing a wild-type epidermal growth factor receptor and a cancer cell expressing an epidermal growth factor receptor mutant vIII.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignees: Microbial Chemistry Research Foundation, GAKUBUNKAN
    Inventors: Sonoko Atsumi, Masabumi Shibuya, Shun-ichi Ohba, Tomoyuki Kimura, Yoshihiko Kobayashi, Hayamitsu Adachi, Chisato Nosaka, Akio Nomoto
  • Patent number: 9951067
    Abstract: A method for producing an optically active ?-trifluoromethyl-?-amino acid derivative, the method including: allowing a compound represented by the following General Formula (1) and a compound represented by the following General Formula (2) to react in the presence of a copper-optically active phosphine complex obtained from a copper compound and an optically active phosphine compound, to thereby obtain an optically active ?-trifluoromethyl-?-amino acid derivative represented by the following General Formula (3):
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Microbial Chemistry Research Foundation
    Inventors: Masakatsu Shibasaki, Naoya Kumagai, Liang Yin
  • Patent number: 9901913
    Abstract: A catalyst, which is obtained by mixing a compound expressed by the following Structural Formula (1), a nitroalkane compound, a neodymium-containing compound, a sodium-containing compound, and a carbon structure:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: MICROBIAL CHEMISTRY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Masakatsu Shibasaki, Naoya Kumagai, Takanori Ogawa
  • Patent number: 9850211
    Abstract: A compound expressed by any one of Structural Formulas (1) to (13), a method for producing the same, and a compound-containing composition, an anti-cancer agent, and an anti-Helicobacter pylori agent each containing the above compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: MICROBIAL CHEMISTRY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Manabu Kawada, Hikaru Abe, Takumi Watanabe, Hiroyuki Inoue, Shun-ichi Ohba, Chigusa Hayashi, Masayuki Igarashi
  • Patent number: 9839648
    Abstract: A drug combination against acid-fast bacillus, including: an inhibitor for WecA or an ortholog thereof; and at least one of an inhibitor for MurX or an ortholog thereof and an RNA synthesis inhibitor, wherein the inhibitor for WecA or an ortholog thereof is used in combination with the at least one of an inhibitor for MurX or an ortholog thereof and an RNA synthesis inhibitor; a screening method for a drug against acid-fast bacillus; and an inhibitor for WecA or an ortholog thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignees: MICROBIAL CHEMISTRY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Ishizaki, Masayuki Igarashi, Patrick Joseph Brennan, Dean Calvin Crick
  • Publication number: 20170283411
    Abstract: A method for producing an optically active ?-trifluoromethyl-?-amino acid derivative, the method including: allowing a compound represented by the following General Formula (1) and a compound represented by the following General Formula (2) to react in the presence of a copper-optically active phosphine complex obtained from a copper compound and an optically active phosphine compound, to thereby obtain an optically active ?-trifluoromethyl-?-amino acid derivative represented by the following General Formula (3):
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: MICROBIAL CHEMISTRY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Masakatsu SHIBASAKI, Naoya KUMAGAI, Liang YIN
  • Patent number: 9617217
    Abstract: The present application provides novel compounds having anti-cancer or anti-Helicobacter pylori activity, pharmaceutical compositions and method for producing and using the novel compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: MICROBIAL CHEMISTRY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Manabu Kawada, Hikaru Abe, Takumi Watanabe, Hiroyuki Inoue, Shun-ichi Ohba, Chigusa Hayashi, Masayuki Igarashi
  • Patent number: 9512075
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds belonging to 3-acyloxyindole compounds or 3-acyl-4-hydroxycoumarin compounds, a tautomer or geometric isomer thereof, or a salt thereof and methods for producing the same, which compounds are useful as antibacterial agent and as therapeutic drugs against infectious diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignees: OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY, MICROBIAL CHEMISTRY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, KINKI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Teruhiko Ishikawa, Tatsuya Kitaoka, Shyota Katayama, Yoshikuni Itoh, Ryutaro Utsumi, Masayuki Igarashi
  • Patent number: 9493492
    Abstract: A method for producing a compound represented by General Formula (1), the method including: reacting a compound represented by General Formula (3) and a compound represented by General Formula (4): where R1 and R2 each represent aliphatic group which may have substituent, or aromatic group which may have substituent (with the proviso that R1 and R2 are different groups), R3 represents aromatic group which may have substituent, and R4 represents aliphatic group which may have substituent, or aromatic group which may have substituent, where R1 and R2 each represent aliphatic group which may have substituent, or aromatic group which may have substituent (with the proviso that R1 and R2 are different groups), and R3 represents aromatic group which may have substituent, where R4 represents aliphatic group which may have substituent, or aromatic group which may have substituent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Microbial Chemistry Research Foundation
    Inventors: Masakatsu Shibasaki, Naoya Kumagai, Liang Yin, Youmei Bao