申请人:THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
公开号:US20170020895A1
公开(公告)日:2017-01-26
The invention provides inhibitors of α-crystallin aggregation and methods of using α-crystallin aggregation inhibitors to, e.g., treat or prevent cataracts in a subject having or at risk of developing cataracts. The invention further provides high throughput methods of screening compounds for modulation of protein thermal stability, the method comprising contacting a protein with each of a plurality of test compounds; and (b) measuring the melting transition (T
m
) of the protein in the presence of each of the plurality of test compounds, wherein a compound that decreases or increases the apparent T
m
by at least 2 standard deviations is identified as a pharmacological protein chaperone.