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DESMOSINE AS A MARKER FOR IN VIVO ELASTASE ACTIVITY

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Health and Human Services 		Branch:
N/A 		Award ID:
11342 		Program Year/Program:
1989 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
11342 		Solicitation Year:
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N/A
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Oread Laboratories Inc
1501 Wakarusa Dr Lawrence, KS 66046
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 1989
Title: DESMOSINE AS A MARKER FOR IN VIVO ELASTASE ACTIVITY
Agency: HHS
Contract: N/A
Award Amount: $30,843.00
 

Abstract:

THE AIM OF THIS PROJECT IS TO EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING ANALYTICAL TECHNOLOGY APPLICABLE TO THE DETERMINATION OF DESMOSINE (DMS) IN THE SYSTEMATIC CIRCULATORY SYSTEM AND IN OTHER PHYSIOLOGICAL SAMPLES. IN VIVO HYDROLYTIC DEGRADATION OF THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE ELASTINBY THE ENZYME ELASTASE PRODUCES DMS-PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS. CURRENT RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT AN ACCURATE DETERMINATION OF DMS-PEPTIDE LEVELS IN VIVO MAY SERVE AS A USEFUL INDICATOR OF ELASTASE ACTIVITY. UNREGULATED ELASTASE ACTIVITY HAS BEEN IMPLICATED IN PULMONARY COMPLICATIONS IN DISEASES SUCH AS EMPHYSEMA AND CYSTIC FIBROSIS. THE TECHNOLOGY TO BE DEVELOPED HERE IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF NEWLY DESIGNED ELASTASE INHIBITORS. MOREOVER, THE INFORMATION GENERATED WILL BE USEFUL IN THE DESIGN OF A DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM FOR THE DETECTION OF THE ONSET OF SOME PULMONARY DISEASES. THE STRATEGY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ASSAY TECHNOLOGY WILL BE DERIVED FROM A FUNDAMENTAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE PHYSIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF DMS AND DMS-PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS. BECAUSE CURRENT FINDINGS SUGGEST THAT DMS EXISTS IN THE BIOLOGICAL MEDIA AS MULTIPLE PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS, TECHNOLOGIESNEED TO BE DEVELOPED TO POOL THESE FRAGMENTS FOLLOWED BY HYDROLYSIS, IDENTIFICATION, AND QUANTIFICATION. SPECIAL CHROMATOGRAPHIC AND DETECTION TECHNIQUES, SUCH AS HIGH-PERFORMANCE ION-EXCHANGE AND ION-PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY, AND CHEMICAL DERIVATIZATION, WILL BE EXPLORED.

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Oread Laboratories Inc
1501 Wakarusa Dr Lawrence, KS 66046

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Number of Employees: N/A
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No