Method for the treatment of neurological disorders by enhancing the activity of β-glucocerebrosidase
申请人:Amicus Therapeutics, Inc.
公开号:US07829579B2
公开(公告)日:2010-11-09
Provided is a method of increasing the stability of wild-type β-glucocerebrosidase. Also provided are methods of treating and/or preventing an individual having a neurological disease in which increased expression or activity of β-glucocerebrosidase in the central nervous system would be beneficial. This method includes administering an effective amount of a pharmacologic chaperone for β-glucocerebrosidase, with the proviso that the individual does not have a mutation in the gene encoding β-glucocerebrosidase. Further provided are β-glucocerebrosidase inhibitors which have been identified as specific pharmacologic chaperones and which have been shown to increase activity of β-glucocerebrosidase in vivo in the central nervous system.
提供了一种增加野生型β-葡萄糖苷酶稳定性的方法。还提供了一种治疗和/或预防神经系统疾病的方法,其中在中枢神经系统中增加β-葡萄糖苷酶的表达或活性将是有益的。该方法包括在有效剂量下给予β-葡萄糖苷酶的药理伴侣,但前提是个体没有β-葡萄糖苷酶编码基因的突变。此外,还提供了已被确定为特定药理伴侣的β-葡萄糖苷酶抑制剂,已经证明它们可以在中枢神经系统中增加β-葡萄糖苷酶的活性。