申请人:ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
公开号:EP0652009A1
公开(公告)日:1995-05-10
β-amyloid peptide (βAF) production in cell culture and in vivo is inhibited by administering aspartyl protease inhibitors, particularly inhibitors of proteases of cathepsin D. Useful aspartyl protease inhibitors can be selected in a two-step assay, where test compounds are first screened for aspartyl protease inhibition activity in vitro in noncellular assays. Those test compounds which are found to display protease inhibition activity are then tested in cellular assays for βAP production inhibition. Those test compounds which are capable of inhibiting intracellular β-amyloid production may be incorporated in pharmaceutical compositions.
β-淀粉样蛋白(βAF)在细胞培养和体内的产生受到阻断,通过给予天冬氨酸蛋白酶抑制剂,特别是半胱氨酸蛋白酶D的抑制剂。有用的天冬氨酸蛋白酶抑制剂可以在两步法测定中选择,其中首先在非细胞试验中筛选测试化合物是否具有体外天冬氨酸蛋白酶抑制活性。那些被发现具有蛋白酶抑制活性的测试化合物随后在细胞试验中进行βAP产生抑制的测试。那些能够抑制细胞内β-淀粉样蛋白产生的测试化合物可以被纳入药物组合物中。