申请人:Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd.
公开号:EP0711830A2
公开(公告)日:1996-05-15
Galanin receptor proteins, production and use thereof including screening of galanin receptor agonists and antagonists are provided. Galanin receptor proteins, etc. or salts thereof, partial peptides thereof, DNAs coding for the above galanin receptor protein, processes for producing the above receptor protein, methods of screening for a galanin receptor agonist and/or antagonist or screening kits therefor, agonist and/or antagonist compounds or salts thereof obtained by the above screening method or the screening kit, pharmaceutical compositions containing the above compound or its salt, and antibodies against the above receptor protein are provided. It is allowable to efficiently screen a galanin receptor agonist or antagonist by using the galanin receptor protein, the partial peptide thereof, the galanin receptor protein-encoding DNA, the receptor protein-containing cell or its membrane fraction. The pharmaceuticals thus screened or characterized permits various applications including prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatments against a variety of diseases, e.g., stomach ulcer, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, dementia, etc. and a sedative.
本发明提供了加兰宁受体蛋白及其生产和使用方法,包括加兰宁受体激动剂和拮抗剂的筛选。本发明提供了加兰宁受体蛋白等或其盐、其部分肽、编码上述加兰宁受体蛋白的DNA、生产上述受体蛋白的工艺、筛选加兰宁受体激动剂和/或拮抗剂的方法或其筛选试剂盒、通过上述筛选方法或筛选试剂盒获得的激动剂和/或拮抗剂化合物或其盐、含有上述化合物或其盐的药物组合物以及针对上述受体蛋白的抗体。通过使用加兰宁受体蛋白、其部分肽、加兰宁受体蛋白编码 DNA、含有受体蛋白的细胞或其膜部分,可以有效地筛选出加兰宁受体激动剂或拮抗剂。这样筛选或表征出来的药物可用于各种用途,包括预防和/或治疗各种疾病,如胃溃疡、糖尿病、老年痴呆症、痴呆症等,以及镇静剂。