Described are nucleic acid sequences encoding the human Pentraxin receptor and related proteins as well as a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of (a) Pentraxin I or the human Pentraxin receptor, (b) a nonfunctional variant of the protein of (a), (c) an antibody to the protein of (a) or (b), (d) a nucleic acid sequence encoding the protein of (a) or (b), (e) an antisense RNA sequence characterized in that it is complementary to an Pentraxin I or human Pentraxin receptor mRNA and can selectively bind to said mRNA, said sequence being capable of inhibiting the synthesis of Pentraxin I or the human Pentraxin receptor, or (f) a ribozyme characterized in that it is complementary to an Pentraxin I or human Pentraxin receptor mRNA and can selectively bind to and cleave said mRNA, thus inhibiting the synthesis of Pentraxin I or the human Pentraxin receptor. Moreover, the use of the above compounds for treating neuronal disorders or providing a neuroprotective effect is described. The above compounds are also useful for detecting a disease associated with a neuronal disorder based on a deregulated expression of the above proteins or the presence of Pentraxin I/human Pentraxin receptor having no or at least reduced biological activity.
描述了编码人类五胜肽受体和相关蛋白的核酸序列以及药物组合物,该药物组合物包含治疗有效量的(a) 五胜肽 I 或人类五胜肽受体,(b) (a)蛋白的无功能变体,(c) (a)或(b)蛋白的
抗体,(d) 编码(a)或(b)蛋白的核酸序列、(e) 反义 RNA 序列,其特征在于该序列与五胜肽 I 或人类五胜肽受体 mRNA 互补,并可选择性地与所述 mRNA 结合,所述序列能够抑制五胜肽 I 或人类五胜肽受体的合成、或 (f) 核酶,其特征在于它与五胜肽 I 或人类五胜肽受体 mRNA 互补,并能选择性地与所述 mRNA 结合并裂解所述 mRNA,从而抑制五胜肽 I 或人类五胜肽受体的合成。此外,上述化合物还可用于治疗神经元紊乱或提供神经保护作用。上述化合物还可用于检测与神经元紊乱有关的疾病,检测的依据是上述蛋白的表达失调或存在无
生物活性或至少
生物活性降低的五胜肽 I/人五胜肽受体。