42 results about "S-Nitrosothiol" patented technology

A skin dressing is adapted, on activation, to release one or more S-nitrosothiols, preferably S-nitroso-L-glutathione. S-nitrosothiols decompose spontaneously to produce nitric oxide, which has beneficial effects on tissues, particularly in wound healing.

Magnetic nanoparticles are provided that have a superparamagnetic core and a nanoporous silica shell surrounding the core. The shell is functionalized with amine or S-nitrosothiol groups both inside and outside the nanopores. A process to provide such nanoparticles involves hydrolyzing tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) in a microemulsion of a superparamagnetic nanoparticle to form a superparamagnetic nanoparticle encapsulated by an incompletely hydrolyzed nanoporous silica shell, and hydrolyzing an amine-containing compound or a thiol-containing compound in situ in the presence of the incompletely hydrolyzed nanoporous silica shell before hydrolysis and densification of the silica shell is complete to functionalize the nanoporous silica shell with amine or thiol groups both inside and outside the nanopores and to maintain nanoporosity of the shell. Such magnetic nanoparticles are useful as carriers for chemical or biological species, particularly for magnetic resonance imaging, optical imaging, targeted drug delivery, cell delivery and magnetic separation applications.

Provided according to some embodiments of the invention are methods of forming co-condensed silica particles. In some embodiments, the methods include reacting a thiol-containing silane and a backbone alkoxysilane in a reaction solution that comprises water to form thiol-functionalized co-condensed silica particles, wherein the thiol-functionalized co-condensed silica particles include a polysiloxane matrix and at least some of thiol groups are present within the polysiloxane matrix; and reacting the thiol-functionalized co-condensed silica particles with a nitrosating agent to provide the S-nitrosothiol-functionalized co-condensed silica particles. In some embodiments, provided are S-nitrosothiol-functionalized co-condensed silica particles.

This invention relates to stents coated with hydrophilic polymers containing S-nitrosothiols, which are able to provide local delivery of both nitric oxide and S-nitrosothiols by diffusion. This device is intended for coronary angioplasty applications with the purpose of inhibiting acute and chronic restenosis and refers to processes of stent coating with hydrophilic polymers containing incorporated S-nitrosothiols. This invention refers to an intracoronary implant device used in medical procedures, and introduces new S nitrosothiol-eluting stents coated with hydrophilic polymer multilayers. The hydrophilic polymers used for coating are polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinylpirrolidone and polyvinyl alcohol/polyvinylpirrolidone, polyvinyl alcohol/polyethylene glycol, polyvinylpirrolidone/polyethylene glycol and polyvinyl alcohol/polyvinylpirrolidone/polyethylene glycol blends. The S-nitrosothiols incorporated to the polymer coatings are mainly primary S-nitrosothiols, characterized by the fact of the nitric oxide (NO) molecule being covalently bound to a sulfur (S) atom which, in turn, is linked to a primary carbon in the molecule's structure, thus constituting the S—NO chemical group. The coating processes include immersion of the stents in polymer solutions containing S-nitrosothiols and nebulization processes of the polymer solutions containing S-nitrosothiols onto the stent surface.

The invention provides a method of detecting an S-nitrosothiol in a sample which includes treating the sample with a transition metal such as copper (I) and cysteine in the presence of a substance capable of blocking interactions between iron-containing compounds and NO and detecting the generated NO.

The invention provides stable S-nitrosothiol, such as S-nitrosoglutathione, formulations for long term storage and in vivo delivery of S-nitrosothiols. The invention provides stable aerosol formulations comprising S-nitrosothiol, such as S-nitrosoglutathione, and methods of treating patients in need of S-nitrosothiol, such as S-nitrosoglutathione, and/or nitric oxide treatment.

The present invention refers to pharmaceutical compositions containing S-nitrosothiols as active principle. The referred compositions are intended for the treatment of the fatty liver disease and other diseases associated with the metabolic syndrome. The composition is administered either orally or rectally.

A stable delivery system for the therapeutic release and application of nitric oxide to a patient suffering from a cutaneous injury or wound includes a S-nitrosothiol and transition element nanoparticles. The transition metal nanoparticles are selected to react with the S-nitrosothiol to release and diffuse nitric oxide into the injury or wound.

The present invention describes methods and kits for determining the level of S-nitrosothiols in biological fluid samples. The method includes separating tissue or cellular matter from the biological fluid sample and then contacting the biological fluid sample with paraformaldehyde in an amount sufficient to fix free thiols thereby essentially eliminating diaphorase activity of the free thiols. The biological fluid sample is then contacted with NADPH and nitro blue tetrazolium (NBT) wherein S-nitrosothiols in the biological fluid sample facilitate the reduction of NBT to NBT formazan or diformazan in the presence of paraformaldehyde. The amount of reduced NBT is measured and the determined levels correlate to the amount of S-nitrosothiols in the biological fluid sample.

The present invention describes a process for the synthesis of S-nitrosothiols and the subsequent incorporation of these compounds in hydrophilic macromolecular compositions. By the process described herein, the S-nitrosothiols are synthesized in a device (FIG. 2) in a first step from the S-nitrosation reaction of their respective precursor thiols (A), promoted by a mechanical action that puts the thiols in contact with the nitrous acid formed from nitrite anions in acidic medium (B), and in a second mechanical operation, the freshly formed S-nitrosothiols are incorporated in an application vehicle (C) based on hydrophilic macromolecular compositions that increases their thermal stability. Therefore, the process under consideration combine the pre-application synthesis of S-nitrosothiols with their subsequent incorporation in delivery vehicles, with provide a relative stabilization of the S-nitrosothiols for sufficient periods so that the formulations prepared by this process may be stored in a domestic refrigerator during its time of use in its several possible applications.

Red blood cells can be loaded with low molecular weight nitrosylating agents, such as S-nitrosothiols, to act as a delivery system for NO⁺ groups to tissues. Loaded red blood cells can be used in methods of therapy for conditions which are characterized by abnormal O₂ metabolism of tissues, oxygen-related toxicity, abnormal vascular tone, abnormal red blood cell adhesion, or abnormal O₂ delivery by red blood cells. Such treatment of red blood cells can be extended to in vivo therapies, with the object to achieve an increase in the ratio of red blood cell S-nitrosothiol to hemoglobin.

A composition for releasing nitric oxide which provides a rapid release of nitrogen monoxide, and also allows formation of S-nitrosothiol compounds which provide a slower extended release of nitrogen monoxide. A composition kit includes two components that are mixed together to initiate nitric oxide release. The kit includes: a liquid phase comprising a solvent and at least one reducing agent; and a solid phase comprising a nitrate and/or nitrite salt, copper ions and at least one thiol. A method of treating sexual dysfunction involves topically applying the composition to an area of the subject to be treated.

The invention relates to a fluorescent quantitative detection reagent kit for s-nitrosothiol, which comprises four reagent bottles which are filled with four reagents and are a reagent bottle 1, a reagent bottle 2, a reagent bottle 3 and a reagent bottle 4 respectively, a kit body (6), a kit cover (7), retaining plates provided with holes (5), and a reagent kit specification (8), wherein the reagent bottles are separated and fixed through the retaining plates provided with holes (5); a descriptive label is arranged on each reagent bottle; and the accurately weighed reagents with fixed weight proportions are hermetically enclosed into the reagent bottles, wherein 1 millimeter of 2, 3-diaminonaphthalene solution which is dissolved into 0.62 mass of HCl is filled into the reagent bottle 1; 1 millimeter of 2, 3-diaminonaphthalene solution which is dissolved into 0.62 mass of HCl and contains mercuric chloride is filled into the reagent bottle 2; a NaNO2 standard solution is filled into the reagent bottle 3; and 2.8 masses of NaOH solution is filled into the reagent bottle 4; and the reagent bottle 1 and the reagent bottle 2 are 1.5 millimeters of EP tubes which are packaged by black plastic bags. The reagent kit is simple, convenient and flexible to detect the s-nitrosothiol level of various cell samples.