Treatments for female sexual dysfunction and methods for identifying compounds useful for treating female sexual dysfunction
申请人:——
公开号:US20030083228A1
公开(公告)日:2003-05-01
The present invention provides a method of treating female sexual dysfunction, the method comprising the step of administering to a patent, having or at risk of having one or more of the disorders or conditions associated with female sexual dysfunction, a therapeutically effective amount of a compound that attenuates the binding of agouti-related protein to melanocortin receptors, but does not attenuate the binding of &agr;-melanocyte stimulating hormone to melanocortin receptors. The present invention also provides a method of identifying a compound that is useful for the treatment or prevention of female sexual dysfunction, the method comprising the steps of: 1) determining if a compound affects the binding of agouti-related protein to melanocortin receptors; 2) determining if a compound affects the binding of &agr;-melanocyte stimulating hormone to melanocortin receptors; and 3) selecting a compound that attenuates the binding of agouti-related protein to melanocortin receptors, but does not affect the binding of &agr;-melanocyte stimulating hormone to melanocortin receptors.
本发明提供了一种治疗女性性功能障碍的方法,该方法包括向患有或有可能患有与女性性功能障碍相关的一种或多种疾病或病况的患者施用一种治疗有效量的化合物,该化合物减弱了agouti相关蛋白与黑素皮质素受体的结合,但不影响α-黑素细胞刺激激素与黑素皮质素受体的结合。本发明还提供了一种识别对治疗或预防女性性功能障碍有用的化合物的方法,该方法包括以下步骤:1)确定化合物是否影响agouti相关蛋白与黑素皮质素受体的结合;2)确定化合物是否影响α-黑素细胞刺激激素与黑素皮质素受体的结合;以及3)选择一种减弱agouti相关蛋白与黑素皮质素受体结合的化合物,但不影响α-黑素细胞刺激激素与黑素皮质素受体的结合。