Compositions and methods for the treatment and prevention of neurological disorders
申请人:Yumanity Therapeutics, Inc.
公开号:US11241417B2
公开(公告)日:2022-02-08
The invention provides compositions and methods for treating neurological disorders, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, frontotemporal degeneration, and Alzheimer's disease, among others. Using the compositions and methods described herein, a patient having a neurological disorder, such as a neurological disorder associated with TAR-DNA binding protein (TDP)-43 aggregation, may be administered an inhibitor of cytochrome P450 (CYP450) isoform 51A1 (CYP51A1), also referred to herein as lanosterol 14-alpha demethylase, so as to treat an underlying etiology of the disorder and/or to alleviate one or more symptoms of the disease. The inhibitor of CYP51A1 may be a small molecule, anti-CYP51A1 antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof, or a compound, such as an interfering RNA molecule, that attenuates CYP51A1 expression. Patients that may be treated using the compositions and methods described herein include those that express a mutant TDP-43 isoform containing a mutation associated with TDP-43-promoted aggregation and toxicity.
本发明提供了治疗神经系统疾病的组合物和方法,如肌萎缩侧索硬化症、额颞变性和阿尔茨海默病等。使用本文所述的组合物和方法,可以给患有神经系统疾病(如与TAR-DNA结合蛋白(TDP)-43聚集相关的神经系统疾病)的患者施用细胞色素P450(CYP450)同工酶51A1(CYP51A1)的抑制剂,CYP51A1在本文中也称为羊毛甾醇14-α去甲基化酶,从而治疗该疾病的潜在病因和/或减轻该疾病的一种或多种症状。CYP51A1的抑制剂可以是小分子、抗CYP51A1抗体或其抗原结合片段,或者是减弱CYP51A1表达的化合物,如干扰RNA分子。可使用本文所述组合物和方法治疗的患者包括那些表达突变型 TDP-43 同工酶的患者,这种突变与 TDP-43 促进的聚集和毒性有关。