retinitis

Tresperimus TFA can be used as an immune agent and can be used to study retinitis.

Phosphonoformic acid trisodium salt hexa (Sodium phosphonatoformate hexahydrate) is an antiviral drug for the treatment of CMV retinitis.

Foscarnet sodium (Phosphonoformate) is an antiviral agent used in the treatment of cytomegalovirus retinitis. Foscarnet also shows activity against human herpesviruses and HIV.

Cidofovir dihydrate (HPMPC) is an anti-CMV drug, It can suppress CMV replication by selective inhibition of viral DNA polymerase and therefore prevention of viral replication and transcription. Cidofovir dihydrate is an injectable antiviral medication primarily used as a treatment for cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis- an infection of the retina of the eye in people with AIDS

Brr2-IN-3 (Brr2 Inhibitor C9) is an allosteric inhibitor of the spliceosomal RNA helicase Brr2. Brr2 is implicated in autosomal-dominant retinitis pigmentosa (a group of progressive retinal degenerative disorders).

KIO-301, a photoswitchable HCN channel blocker, can be used as a vitreous light switch molecule to reactivate retinitis pigmentosa [1].

Cidofovir sodium is the salt form of Cidofovir, a Cytomegalovirus Nucleoside Analog DNA Polymerase Inhibitor that is an injectable antiviral medication primarily used as a treatment for cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis in people with AIDS. The mechanism of action of cidofovir is as a DNA Polymerase Inhibitor. The chemical classification of cidofovir anhydrous is Nucleoside Analog.

(Z)-KC02 is an ABHD16A inhibitor which targets the enzyme responsible for producing lysophosphatidylserine (lyso-PS), a lipid involved in regulating immune and neurological functions. This compound is linked to the mitigation of neurological disorders, including retinitis pigmentosa and cataracts (PHARC), by depleting lyso-PS in lymphoblasts from affected individuals. Moreover, (Z)-KC02 diminishes lyso-PS levels and lipopolysaccharide-induced cytokine production in macrophages and influences lyso-PS metabolism in vivo [1].

Zeaxanthin dipalmitate (Physalien) is a lutein carotenoid found in fruits with anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective, and anti-oxidative stress activity that attenuates ethanol-induced liver injury.Zeaxanthin dipalmitate restores mitochondrial autophagy, a function that has been inhibited by ethanol intoxication. Zeaxanthin dipalmitate protects degenerated photoreceptors in the retina of mice and improves visual acuity in a mouse model of photoreceptor degeneration, and may be used in studies of alcoholic fatty liver disease (AFLD) and retinitis pigmentosa (RP).

KUS121 is a valosin-containing protein (VCP) modulator that inhibits VCP ATPase activity (IC50= 330 nM).1It inhibits cell death, ATP depletion, and upregulation of C/EBP-homologous protein (CHOP) induced by tunicamycin, an inducer of ER stress, in HeLa cells when used at concentrations of 20, 50, and 50 μM, respectively. KUS121 (100 μM) inhibits ATP depletion and cell death induced by oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD) in rat primary cortical neurons in anin vitromodel of cerebral ischemia.2It reduces infarction volume and increases the latency to fall in an accelerating rotarod test in a mouse model of focal cerebral ischemia induced by transient distal middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) when administered at a dose of 100 mg/kg immediately following occlusion and again at 50 mg/kg following reperfusion. KUS121 (50 mg/kg) inhibits thinning of the retinal outer nuclear layer and preserves visual function in an rd10 mouse model of retinitis pigmentosa.1 1.Ikeda, H.O., Sasaoka, N., Koike, M., et al.Novel VCP modulators mitigate major pathologies of rd10, a mouse model of retinitis pigmentosaSci. Rep.45970(2014) 2.Kinoshita, H., Maki, T., Yasuda, K., et al.KUS121, a valosin-containing protein modulator, attenuates ischemic stroke via preventing ATP depletionSci. Rep.9(1)11519(2019)

Rhodopsin peptide is a peptide with the sequence H2N-Val-Ser-Lys-Thr-Glu-Thr-Ser-Gln-Val-Ala-Pro-Ala-OH, MW= 1217.33. Rhodopsin is a biological pigment in photoreceptor cells of the retina that is responsible for the first events in the perception of ligh

Cidofovir ((S)-HPMPC) inhibits virus replication by specific inhibition of viral DNA synthesis.