Clinical potential of a rationally engineered enzyme for treatment of cocaine dependence: Long-lasting blocking of the psychostimulant, discriminative stimulus, and …

T Zhang, H Wei, J Deng, F Zheng, CG Zhan - Neuropharmacology, 2020 - Elsevier
It is a grand challenge to develop a truly effective treatment of substance use disorder
(SUD), particularly for cocaine and other drugs without an FDA-approved treatment …

Structure-based design and discovery of a long-acting cocaine hydrolase mutant with improved binding affinity to neonatal Fc receptor for treatment of cocaine abuse

F Zheng, X Chen, K Kim, T Zhang, H Huang, S Zhou… - The AAPS journal, 2020 - Springer
Despite decades of efforts to develop a pharmacotherapy for cocaine abuse treatment, there
is still no FDA-approved treatment of diseases associated with this commonly abused drug …

Reengineering of albumin-fused cocaine hydrolase CocH1 (TV-1380) to prolong its biological half-life

Y Cai, S Zhou, Z Jin, H Wei, L Shang, J Deng… - The AAPS journal, 2020 - Springer
Therapeutic treatment of cocaine toxicity or addiction is a grand medical challenge. As a
promising therapeutic strategy for treatment of cocaine toxicity and addiction to develop a …

Catalytic activities of cocaine hydrolases against the most toxic cocaine metabolite norcocaethylene

X Zheng, X Chen, T Zhang, M Zhan, CG Zhan… - Organic & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
A majority of cocaine users also consume alcohol. The concurrent use of cocaine and
alcohol produces the pharmacologically active metabolites cocaethylene and …

Effects of cebranopadol on cocaine-induced hyperactivity and cocaine pharmacokinetics in rats

H Wei, L Shang, CG Zhan, F Zheng - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Cebranopadol is known as a highly potent analgesic. Recent studies also demonstrated that
administration of cebranopadol significantly decreased cocaine self-administration and …

Cebranopadol reduces cocaine self-administration in male rats: Dose, treatment and safety consideration

H Wei, T Zhang, CG Zhan, F Zheng - Neuropharmacology, 2020 - Elsevier
As a novel first-in-class potent analgesic acting as an agonist of multiple opioid receptors,
cebranopadol showed high efficacy and good tolerability in a broad range of preclinical …

A plant-derived cocaine hydrolase prevents cocaine overdose lethality and attenuates cocaine-induced drug seeking behavior

KE Larrimore, L Kannan, RP Kendle, T Jamal… - Progress in Neuro …, 2020 - Elsevier
Cocaine use disorders include short-term and acute pathologies (eg overdose) and long-
term and chronic disorders (eg intractable addiction and post-abstinence relapse). There is …