申请人:Pain Therapeutics, Inc.
公开号:US10222368B2
公开(公告)日:2019-03-05
An assay for Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology in a living patient is disclosed wherein an amount of α7nAChR or TLR4 in a FLNA-captured protein complex or α7nAChR in an Aβ-captured protein complex or α7nAChR-FLNA, TLR4-FLNA and/or α7nAChR-Aβ42 complex present as a protein-protein complex in a sample is compared to the amount in a standard sample from a person free of AD pathology. An amount greater than in the standard sample indicates AD pathology. Also disclosed is an assay predictive of prognosis for treatment with a medicament in which the amount of an above protein or protein complex is compared to an amount in the presence of a medicament that binds to a FLNA pentapeptide and contains at least four pharmacophores of FIGS. 7-12. An amount of protein or protein complex determined in the presence of the medicament that is less than the first amount indicates a favorable treatment prognosis.
本发明公开了一种活体患者阿尔茨海默病(AD)病理检测方法,其中将样品中FLNA捕获蛋白复合物中的α7nAChR或TLR4或Aβ捕获蛋白复合物中的α7nAChR或α7nAChR-FLNA、TLR4-FLNA和/或作为蛋白-蛋白复合物存在的α7nAChR-Aβ42复合物的量与无AD病理的人的标准样品中的量进行比较。如果含量大于标准样本中的含量,则表明存在 AD 病变。还公开了一种预测药物治疗预后的检测方法,其中将上述蛋白或蛋白复合物的量与存在与FLNA五肽结合并含有图7-12中至少四种药效团的药物时的量进行比较。如果在有药物存在的情况下测定的蛋白质或蛋白质复合物的量小于第一量,则表明治疗预后良好。