[EN] PROTEIN-OLIGOMER BINDING AGENTS AND THERAPEUTIC USES THEREOF<br/>[FR] AGENTS SE LIANT À L'OLIGOMÈRE PROTÉIQUE ET LEURS UTILISATIONS THÉRAPEUTIQUES
申请人:[en]GALYAN BIO, INC.
公开号:WO2023025915A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-02
The present invention is based on the finding that the compounds disclosed herein bind to, preferably harmful, protein-oligomers and thereby induce a conformational change of the latter. This conformational change enhances the recognition of the protein oligomers by cellular degradation mechanisms, such as autophagy and the ubiquitin proteasome system which in turn causes an increased degradation of such, usually undesireous, protein-oligomers. Hence, in a first aspect, the invention pertains to a protein-oligomer aggregation-agent, wherein the protein-oligomer aggregation-agent comprises, or is selected from, a small molecule, an antibody, a nanoparticle, a nucleic acid, a peptide and/or a therapeutic protein. The invention provides therapeutic applications of the disclosed compounds in the treatment and/or prevention of disorders associated with the presence of one or more of such oligomeric structures, preferably of protein-oligomers. The invention intends to induce aggregation of harmful oligomers and thereby induce cellular systemic mechansims that recognize and degrade structurally larger aggregates.