Use of glucosidase inhibitors for therapy of mucovisidosis

摘要

Glucosidase inhibitors are used to prepare medicaments for treating mucoviscidosis. ACTIVITY : CNS-Gen.; Respiratory-Gen. MECHANISM OF ACTION : Reactivator of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) protein delF508 mutant. N-butyl deoxynojirimycin had an EC50 of 123 mu M for restoring iodide efflux in CF15 human lung epithelial cells (which are homozygotic for the delF508 mutation) after stimulation with forskoline and genisteine.