Abstract: A process for preparing S type 2-substituted hydroxy-2-indolidinylbutyric ester compound [II]: 1

Abstract: The present invention relates to small molecules according to the formula [I]: 1

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for screening and identifying therapeutic agents or preventive agents for central nervous system diseases which comprises assaying a suppressing effect of a test substance on an expression of a splicing variant transcribed from presenilin-2 gene and to a method for examining central nervous system diseases which comprises detecting an expression of a splicing variant transcribed from presenilin-2 gene in a test sample originated from an animal individual.

Abstract: This invention provides a novel G protein-coupled receptor, i.e. a purinoceptor (P2Y receptor), and a gene thereof. It further provides a novel method for screening, identifying or characterizing a ligand and agonist or antagonist.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising as an active ingredient a compound of formula (I), wherein Ring A is an aromatic or a heterocyclic ring; Q is a bond, carbonyl, lower alkylene, lower alkenylene, —O-(lower alkylene)-, etc.; n is 0, 1 or 2; Z is oxygen or sulfur, W is oxygen, sulfur, —CH═CH—, —NH— or —N═CH—; R1, R2 and R3 are the same or different and are hydrogen, halogen, hydroxyl, a substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted lower alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted amino group, etc.; R4 is tetrazolyl, carboxyl group, amide or ester; R5 is hydrogen, nitro, amino, hydroxyl, lower alkanoyl, lower alkyl etc.; R6 is selected from (a) a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, (b) a substituted or unsubstituted pyridyl group, (c) a substituted or unsubstituted thienyl group, (d) a substituted or unsubstituted benzofuranyl group, etc.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a protein that possesses an ability to inhibit bacterial DNA gyrase activity (DNA Gyrase-inhibiting protein; DGI); a host cell transformed by a replicable expression vector comprising a DNA that encodes DGI; a process for preparing DGI comprising culturing the same; a method for identifying a medical compound comprising assaying the action of modulating the DNA gyrase-inhibiting activity of DGI; and a method for identifying a medical compound comprising assaying the action of modulating the expression of a DGI-encoding gene.

Abstract: A camptothecin derivative comprising a compound of the formula [I] is disclosed: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are (A) adjacent two groups combine to form alkylene, or both are H, and one of the remaining three groups is —Xn-Alkm-R6, and the other two are H, alkyl or halogen, or (B) adjacent two groups combine to form alkylene, and one of the carbon atoms of said alkylene group is substituted by —Xn-Alkm-R6, and the remaining three groups are H, alkyl or a halogen, and one or two —CH2— of the alkylene in (A) or (B) may optionally be replaced by —O—, —S— or —NH—, X is —O— or —NH—, Alk is alkylene, R6 is —NH2, or —OH, m and n are both 0 or 1, or m is 1 and n is 0, which camptothecin compound is bound to a polysaccharide having carboxyl groups via an amino acid or a peptide, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to small molecules according to the formula [I]: which are potent inhibitors of &agr;4&bgr;1 mediated adhesion to either VCAM or CS-1 and which can be used for treating or preventing &agr;4&bgr;1 adhesion mediated conditions in a mammal such as a human.

Abstract: A process for preparing S type 2-substituted hydroxy-2-indolidinylbutyric ester compound [II]: 1

Abstract: A method for identifying or screening an agonist for or antagonist to a peroxisome proliferator activated receptor (PPAR) which comprises allowing a test cell and a substance to be tested to coexist, and detecting a change in a ligand-dependent interaction between the PPAR and a coactivator in the test cells due to the substance to be tested by measuring the expression of a reporter gene as an index.

Abstract: A novel agent for prophylaxis or treatment of dysuria, which comprises as an active ingredient a compound of the formula [I]: wherein Ring A is a hydroxy-lower alkyl-substituted phenyl group, Ring B is a lower alkyl-substituted phenyl group, Alk is a lower alkylene group, and R is a substituted or unsubstituted nitrogen-containing 6-membered aromatic heteromonocyclic group, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, said agent exhibiting an excellent inhibitory activity against the increase in urethral resistance induced by endothelin, and by which being useful in the prophylaxis or treatment of dysuria caused by endothelin.

Abstract: A method for identifying or screening an agonist for or antagonist to a peroxisome proliferator activated receptor (PPAR) which comprises allowing a test cell and a substance to be tested to coexist, and detecting a change in a ligand-dependent interaction between the PPAR and a coactivator in the test cells due to the substance to be tested by measuring the expression of a reporter gene as an index.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical preparation in the form of a coated capsule which can release contents of a capsule at a lower part of the digestive tract comprising (a) a hard capsule containing at least an acidic substance, (b) a polymer film soluble at low pH which is formed on a surface of said hard capsule, and (c) an enteric coating film which is formed on a surface of said polymer film soluble at low pH. According to the pharmaceutical preparation of the present invention, any kind of a medicament can be delivered to any desired site between the upper part of the small intestine and the lower part of the large intestine in the digestive tract by controlling the amount of polymer(s) used for the polymer film soluble at low pH and/or by selecting the kind of the polymer film soluble at low pH and/or the acidic substance without any complicated requirements for each medicament.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a benzenesulfonic acid salt and a benzoic acid salt of (S)-4-[4-[(4-chlorophenyl) (2-pyridyl)methoxy]piperidino]butanoic acid represented by the formula (I): wherein * represents an asymmetric carbon, which are excellent in antihistaminic activity and anti-allergic activity, and a process for producing the same.

Abstract: A process for preparing S type 2-substituted hydroxy-2-indolidinyl-butyric ester compound [II]: wherein R0 is residue of nitrogen-containing fused heterocyclic carboxylic acid having absolute configuration of “R”(in which the nitrogen atom is protected), R1 and R2 are lower alkyl group, and E is ester residue, which is useful as an intermediate for preparing camptothecin derivatives having antitumor activities, which comprises 2-ethylating 2-substituted hydroxy-2-indolidinylacetic ester compound [I]: wherein the symbols are as defined above.

Abstract: A novel butadiene derivative of the formula: wherein Ring A is heterocycle, or benzene being optionally substituted by lower alkyl, alkoxy, nitro, hydroxy, substituted or unsubstituted amino or halogen, Ring B is heterocycle, or benzene being optionally substituted by lower alkoxy, lower alkylenedioxy or di-lower alkylamino, R1 and R2 are each H or lower alkyl, one of —COR32 and —COR42 is carboxyl, and the other is carboxyl being optionally esterified, or the corresponding amide or pyrrolidine derivatives, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: Naphthalene derivatives of the formula [I]: wherein R1 and R2 are the same or different and are each H, protected or unprotected OH, one of R3 and R4 is protected or unprotected hydroxymethyl, and the other is H, lower alkyl, or protected or unprotected hydroxymethyl, R5 and R6 are, the same or different and are each H, substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted phenyl or protected or unprotected NH2, or both combine together with the adjacent N to form substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, these compounds showing excellent bronchoconstriction inhibitory activity, and hence, being useful in the prophylaxis or treatment of asthma.

Abstract: Methods for the preparation of (2S,3S)-1,5-benzothiazepine derivatives of the formula (II) and isomers thereof, and for the preparation of (2R,3R)-1,5-benzothiazepine derivatives of the formula (III) and isomers thereof, wherein ring A and ring B are independently a substituted or unsubstituted benzene ring, and R2 is a 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl group or a group of the formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: A process for preparing S type 2-substituted hydroxy-2-indolidinyl-butyric ester compound [II]: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.0 is residue of nitrogen-containing fused heterocyclic carboxylic acid having absolute configuration of "R"(in which the nitrogen atom is protected), R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are lower alkyl group, and E is ester residue, which is useful as an intermediate for preparing camptothecin derivatives having antitumor activities, which comprises 2-ethylating 2-substituted hydroxy-2-indolidinylacetic ester compound [I]: ##STR2## wherein the symbols are as defined above.

Abstract: A propiophenone derivative of the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein OX is a hydroxy group which may optionally be protected, Y is a lower alkyl group, and Z is a .beta.-D-glucopyranosyl group wherein one or more hydroxy groups may optionally be protected, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Said compounds have excellent hypoglycemic activity so that they are useful in the prophylaxis or treatment of diabetes.