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Query: EC:3.1.1.7 (acetylcholinesterase)
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Age-related changes of 27 items in serum chemistry were investigated in Sprague-Dawley rats of both sexes from 6 to 30 weeks of age. The following 12 items were shown as an increase in those values during growth and maturity, i.e., total protein, albumin (female only), glucose, total cholesterol, triglyceride, phospholipid (female only), beta-lipoprotein, cholinesterase (female only), asparate aminotransferase (female only), creatinine, direct-bilirubin and total-bilirubin. However, the following 4 items decreased with aging, i.e., asparate aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase, creatine phosphokinase and inorganic phosphorus. No age-related changes were found in the values for calcium, sodium and chloride in both sexes and for alanine aminotransferase, cholinesterase and albumin in males. The sex differences were shown in the following 12 items: higher values in males were alkaline phosphatase, creatinephosphokinase, glucose and inorganic phosphorus, and higher values in females were cholinesterase, albumin, phospholipid, non-esterified fatty acid, urea nitrogen, direct-bilirubin, total-bilirubin and serum iron. No sex-related differences were found in the values for calcium, sodium, chloride and total cholesterol.
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PMID:[Age-related changes and sex differences on the serum chemistry values in Sprague-Dawley rats--I. 6-30 weeks of age]. 749 31

A retrospective study of 53 patients with haematological disorders whose bacterial cultures were positive for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), was performed to analyse the risk factors for MRSA infection, and the prognostic factors. Sixteen patients showed colonization by MRSA but never developed infection(C), 16 showed colonization and subsequent infection(C-I), while 21 had MRSA infection at the time of first culture (I). Poor performance status, thrombocytopenia, increased serum urea nitrogen and decreased serum cholinesterase were more prominent in (I) than (C) + (C-I). The risk factors associated with the development of infection from colonization were age and serum cholinesterase. In addition, lower respiratory tract infection as a type of infection, non-remission status of the haematological malignancy and an inappropriate antibiotic therapy were associated with a poor prognosis for MRSA infection.
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PMID:Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: colonization and development of infection in patients with haematological disorders. 758 46

Recently, we reported that a ranitidine derivative 2 (fumarate: KW-5092), which had a 2-imidazolidinylidene propanedinitrile moiety (A), showed potent gastrointestinal motility enhancing activity. We have also found that introduction of substituents such as benzyl or 4-fluorobenzyl (i.e., giving 3 or 4) at the N-3 position of the moiety (A) significantly increased this activity. In this study, novel 2-imidazolidinylidene propanedinitrile derivatives possessing a thioether 5-15 were prepared and evaluated for in vitro assays; acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitory activity and potentiating action on electrically induced contractions of guinea pig ileum. Compound 5, in which a nitrogen atom of compound 2 was replaced by a sulfur atom, was more potent than 2 in these tests. Also, in a series of thioether derivatives, introduction of substituents at the N-3 position of the 2-imidazolidinylidene propanedinitrile moiety markedly influenced both activities. In particular, compounds 12 and 13, which showed an excellent potency during in vitro study (AChE IC50 = 3.6 and 2.7 nM; ES. EC30 = 2.1 and 2.5 nM, respectively), were found to be more active in the enhancement of gastrointestinal motility in anesthetized rabbits than their corresponding parent compounds 3 and 4, respectively. In addition, compounds 12 and 13 showed lower affinity for the histamine H2-receptor than ranitidine. Therefore, these compounds may be potent and selective stimulators of gastrointestinal motility.
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PMID:Synthesis of 2-imidazolidinylidene propanedinitrile derivatives as stimulators of gastrointestinal motility--III. 760 89

A series of 5-amino-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroquinolinones was designed and synthesized as acetylcholinesterase inhibitors. The compounds are related to hyperzine A, a naturally occurring cholinesterase inhibitor. They inhibit acetylcholinesterase in vitro, and many are active in vivo in reversing a scopolamine-induced impairment of 24 h memory in a passive avoidance paradigm. Although these compounds were designed as partial structures of huperzine A, it is unlikely that they bind to the enzyme in a similar fashion, since they lack the unsaturated three-carbon bridge of huperzine A and both the quinolinone nitrogen and the amino group must be substituted in order to obtain good enzyme affinity.
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PMID:Synthesis and evaluation of 5-amino-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroquinolinones as potential agents for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. 765 52

The response of Fusarium graminearum to choline, acetylcholine and a number of related analogues was investigated and their ability to induce a morphological response quantified. A number of mutants resistant to the alkylating agent nitrogen mustard (nim strains) were generated and found to have lost the ability to transport choline. These mutants were found to be insensitive to choline and acetylcholine but not to betaine, ethanolamine and other analogues. In addition, the non-competitive inhibitor hemicholinium-3 was also found to reduce the morphological effect of choline, proving that transport of choline into the hypha is essential for the morphological response. Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors blocked the morphological response to acetylcholine but had no effect on the response to choline, suggesting the presence of a membrane- or wall-bound acetylcholinesterase that hydrolyses acetylcholine to choline which subsequently induces the morphological response. Studies on the in vivo chitin synthase activity revealed that addition of choline caused a transient 75% increase in chitin synthase activity within 30 s, the rate rapidly returning to that observed before the addition of choline. No such effect was observed with the nim mutants.
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PMID:Choline- and acetylcholine-induced changes in the morphology of Fusarium graminearum: evidence for the involvement of the choline transport system and acetylcholinesterase. 767 Jun 34

The effects of strenuous physical exercise on the serial changes in the haematological, biochemical and hormonal markers were investigated. A group of 14 soldiers, aged 24-36 years, took part in a military training course for about 13 weeks. After severe exercise stress, an increase (90%) in the number of peripheral blood leucocytes was observed. The degree of leucocytosis showed a close correlation with the values of some serum parameters, such as concentrations of aspartate aminotransferase (AST; r = 0.747), lactate dehydrogenase (LD; r = 0.748), blood urea nitrogen (r = 0.756), creatine kinase (CK; r = 0.637), manganese-superoxide dismutase (Mn-SOD; r = 0.508), alanine aminotransferase (ALT; r = 0.542) and uric acid (r = 0.538), and concentrations of urinary parameters, such as vanilmandelic acid (r = 0.429) and free cortisol (r = 0.437). The subjects showing prominent leucocytosis over 9500 cells.microliters-1 exhibited a lower concentration of serum cholinesterase than those who showed milder leucocytosis. The serum Mn-SOD concentration was closely correlated with the serial changes in serum concentrations of AST, ALT, LD and CK, indicating exercise-induced muscle and liver damage. The change in peripheral leucocyte number was assumed to be diagnostically informative and may be a prognostic marker, reflecting organ damage and restoration after strenuous physical exercise.
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PMID:Leucocytosis as a marker of organ damage induced by chronic strenuous physical exercise. 878 93

The present study demonstrates that under conditions of iso or hyperosmolarity, P. aeruginosa utilized carnitine as the carbon, nitrogen or carbon and nitrogen sources. As occurred in the case of choline, the bacteria synthesized cholinesterase (ChE), acid phosphatase (Ac.Pase) and phospholipase C (PLC) under any of these conditions and in the presence of high or low Pi concentrations. Carnitine acted as an osmoprotectant when the cells were grown in the presence of preferred carbon and nitrogen sources and high NaCl concentrations. Under these conditions the three enzyme activities were not produced. The osmotically stressed bacteria grown under any of the above conditions accumulated betaine. Its presence indicated that carnitine may be metabolized by P. aeruginosa to produce betaine which could account for the induction of the three enzyme activities or its action as an osmoprotectant. The phosphatidylcholine encountered in the host cell membranes allows the bacteria to obtain free choline by the coordinated action of PLC and Ac.Pase. Since the consequence of this action may be cell disruption, the increase of free carnitine in the natural environment of the bacteria is also possible. These two compounds, choline and carnitine, acting in conjunction or separately, may increase the production of PLC and Ac.Pase activities by P. aeruginosa and thus enhance the degradative effect upon the host cells.
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PMID:Carnitine resembles choline in the induction of cholinesterase, acid phosphatase, and phospholipase C and in its action as an osmoprotectant in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. 776 84

In a previous paper, we reported that a novel ranitidine derivative 2 (fumarate: KW-5092), which had a 2-imidazolidinylidene propanedinitrile moiety (A), showed potent gastrointestinal motility enhancing activity. In order to obtain more potent gastrointestinal motility enhancing agents than compound 2 and to examine the effects of various substituents both at a nitrogen atom (B) in the 2-imidazolidinylidene propanedinitrile moiety and a basic nitrogen atom (C), compounds 5-29 were synthesized and evaluated for acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitory activity and potentiating action on electrically stimulated contractions of guinea pig ileum. Introduction of alkyl, benzyl, aryl or acyl groups to the nitrogen (B) or (C), remarkably influenced both activities. Among these, compounds 14 and 15 showed more potent AChE inhibitory activity (IC50 = 6.7, 6.8 nM, respectively) than compound 2 and were active in potentiating action on the ileal contraction (EC30 = 9.5, 11 nM, respectively) together with a negligible histamine H2-receptor blocking property. Furthermore, these compounds were found to be more effective in the enhancement of gastrointestinal motility in anesthetized rabbits than compound 2.
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PMID:Synthesis of 2-imidazolidinylidene propanedinitrile derivatives as stimulators of gastrointestinal motility--II. 777 28

A 10-yr-old boy with an injured lower extremity received sevoflurane anesthesia 5 times within 40 days. Laboratory tests for hepatic and renal function i.e., serum transaminase (glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase, glutamic pyruvic transaminase, gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase), serum cholinesterase, plasma protein, serum cholinesterase, serum bilirubine, serum lactic dehydrogenase, serum prothrombin time, blood urea nitrogen, serum creatinine, beta 2-microglobulin, N-acetyl-D-glucosamidase and 24 hr-creatinine clearance remained within normal ranges throughout his perioperative period. Repeated sevoflurane anesthesia did not exert any adverse effect on hepatic and renal function in this patient.
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PMID:[Effects of repeated sevoflurane anesthesia on hepatic and renal function in a pediatric patient]. 781 13

The synthesis of 2'-heptylcarbamoyloxy-2-methyl-6,7-benzomorphan is described. The compound is structurally related to the cholinesterase inhibitor heptylphysostigmine (MF 201) because the angular methyl group of the esoroline nucleus has been changed into a bridging carbon and the anilinic nitrogen has been replaced by a methylene group. This compound proved to be a potent cholinesterase in vitro inhibitor.
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PMID:Synthesis of 2'-heptylcarbamoyloxy-2-methyl-6,7-benzomorphan: a new analogue of heptylphysostigmine (MF 201). 783 76


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