申请人:Government of the United States of America,
Represented by the Secretary, Department
of Health and Human Services
公开号:EP2431388A1
公开(公告)日:2012-03-21
Disclosed is an isolated or purified polypeptide or peptidomimetic comprising an amino acid sequence of a portion of a Smoothened (SMO) protein, wherein the portion comprises an amino acid sequence of any of the intracellular loops of the SMO protein, a functional fragment thereof, or a functional variant of either the portion or the functional fragment, wherein the functional fragment comprises at least 7 contiguous amino acids of the intracellular loops, and wherein the functional fragment or functional variant inhibits proliferation of a diseased cell, or a fatty acid derivative thereof. Related conjugates, nucleic acids, recombinant expression vectors, host cells, and pharmaceutical compositions are further provided. Methods of inhibiting proliferation of a diseased cell, treating or preventing cancer, treating a neoplasm or psoriasis, and inhibiting the expression of genes involved in the Hedgehog signaling pathway, thereby inhibiting the Hedgehog signaling pathway, are furthermore provided by the invention.
本发明公开了一种分离或纯化的多肽或仿肽物,其包含 Smoothened(SMO)蛋白部分的氨基酸序列,其中该部分包含 SMO 蛋白细胞内环的任何一个氨基酸序列、其功能片段、或该部分或功能片段的功能变体,其中功能片段包括细胞内环的至少 7 个连续氨基酸,且功能片段或功能变体可抑制病变细胞的增殖,或其脂肪酸衍生物。还提供了相关的共轭物、核酸、重组表达载体、宿主细胞和药物组合物。本发明还进一步提供了抑制病变细胞增殖、治疗或预防癌症、治疗肿瘤或牛皮癣以及抑制参与刺猬信号通路的基因表达从而抑制刺猬信号通路的方法。