Patent number: 8535902
Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a compound of the following formula (I) for detecting a peptidase activity and/or a variation in pH: according to which: Y1 is a peptide, H or an alkyl; W1, W2, W3 and W4 are independently H, Br, Cl, F, I, alkyl, alkoxy, thiomethyl, perfluoroalkyl, nitro, cyano, carboxyl (including the esters or amides thereof) or any combination thereof; n=0, 1 or 2; X is NR, CZ5Z6, S or O, R being H, alkyl, aralkyl, aryl, alkanoyl or alkylsulfonyl, Z5 and Z6 being an alkyl; Y is N or N+R, R being alkyl, aralkyl, aryl, alkanoyl or alkylsulfonyl; Z1, Z2, Z3 and Z4 being independently H, Br, Cl, F, I, alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, perfluoroalkyl, nitro, cyano, carboxyl, sulfonyl, including the carboxyl or sulfonyl esters or amides, and salts thereof.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 27, 2010
Date of Patent:
September 17, 2013
Assignee:
bioMërieux, S.A.
Inventors:
Olivier Fabrega, Arthur James, Sylvain Orenga, John Perry, Vindhya Salwatura, Stephen Stanforth
Patent number: 8535901
Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a compound of the following formula (I) for detecting a peptidase activity and/or a variation in pH: according to which: Y1 is a peptide, H or an alkyl; W1, W2, W3 and W4 are independently H, Br, Cl, F, I, alkyl, alkoxy, thiomethyl, perfluoroalkyl, nitro, cyano, carboxyl (including the esters or amides thereof) or any combination thereof; n=0, 1 or 2; U and V are N, N+R or CZ4, R being H, alkyl, aralkyl, aryl, alkanoyl or alkylsulfonyl; Z1, Z2, Z3 and Z4 being independently H, Br, Cl, F, I, alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, perfluoroalkyl, nitro, cyano, carboxyl, sulfonyl, including the carboxyl or sulfonyl esters or amides, and salts thereof.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 28, 2010
Date of Patent:
September 17, 2013
Assignee:
bioMérieux, S.A.
Inventors:
Arthur James, Sylvain Orenga, John Perry, Vindhya Salwatura, Stephen Stanforth