This invention provides a method for the treatment of a subject in need of treatment for osteoarthritis comprising administering to said subject an amount of an inhibitor of spermidine biosynthesis sufficient to effect a substantial inhibition of spermidine biosynthesis. This invention also provides the use of an inhibitor of spermidine biosynthesis in the treatment of a subject in need of treatment of osteoarthritis in an amount sufficient to effect a substantial inhibition of spermidine biosynthesis. This invention further provides a method of preparing a therapeutic composition for the treatment of a subject in need of a treatment for osteoarthritis and the invention further provides a method of identifying an inhibitor of spermidine biosynthesis, whereby the inhibitor is a spermidine synthase inhibitor.
                            本发明提供了一种用于治疗需要治疗骨关节炎的受试者的方法,该方法包括向所述受试者施用一定量的
亚精胺生物合成
抑制剂,其用量足以对
亚精胺生物合成产生实质性抑制作用。本发明还提供了一种
精胺生物合成
抑制剂在治疗需要治疗骨关节炎的受试者中的用途,其用量足以对
精胺的
生物合成产生实质性的抑制作用。本发明进一步提供了一种用于治疗需要治疗骨关节炎的受试者的治疗组合物的制备方法,本发明进一步提供了一种鉴定
亚精胺生物合成
抑制剂的方法,其中所述
抑制剂为
亚精胺合成酶
抑制剂。