Synthesis and Properties of Molecular Probes for the Rescue Site on Mutant Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator
Bibliographic record
Abstract
Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease caused by mutations in the gene for the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) protein. In vitro experiments have demonstrated that 4-methyl-2-(5-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-3-yl)phenol (VRT-532, 1) is able to partially restore the function of mutant CFTR proteins. To help elucidate the nature of the interactions between 1 and mutant CFTR, molecular probes based on the structure of 1 have been prepared. These include a photoreactive aryl azide derivative 11 and a fluorescent dansyl sulfonamide 15. Additionally, a method for hydrogen isotope exchange on 1 has been developed, which could be used for the incorporation of radioactive tritium. Using iodide efflux assays, the probe molecules have been demonstrated to modulate the activity of mutant CFTR in the same manner as 1. These probe molecules enable a number of biochemical experiments aimed at understanding how 1 rescues the function of mutant CFTR. This understanding can in turn aid in the design and development of more efficacious compounds which may serve as therapeutic agents in the treatment of cystic fibrosis.
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.002 | 0.001 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".