申请人:University Of Pittsburgh - of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
公开号:US20150265626A1
公开(公告)日:2015-09-24
The present invention relates to methods of treatment of clinical disorders associated with protein aggregation comprising administering, to a subject, an effective amount of an anti-protein aggregate (“APA”) compound selected from the group consisting of pimozide, fluphenazine (e.g., fluphenazine hydrochloride), tamoxifen (e.g., tamoxifen citrate), taxol, cantharidin, cantharidic acid, salts thereof and their structurally related compounds. It is based, at least in part, on the discovery that each of the aforelisted compounds were able to promote degradation of aggregated ATZ protein in a
Caenorhabditis elegans
model system. According to the invention, treatment with one or more of these APA compounds may be used to ameliorate the symptoms and signs of AT deficiency as well as other disorders marked by protein aggregation, including, but not limited to, Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, and Huntington's Disease.
本发明涉及治疗与蛋白质聚集相关的临床疾病的方法,包括向受试者施用来自以下组中选择的抗蛋白质聚集(“APA”)化合物的有效量:哌唑酮,氟苯奈嗪(例如,氟苯奈嗪盐酸盐),他莫昔芬(例如,他莫昔芬柠檬酸盐),紫杉醇,鲍鱼毒素,鲍鱼毒酸,其盐及其结构相关化合物。该发明至少部分基于以下发现:上述每种化合物均能够促进在秀丽隐杆线虫模型系统中聚集的ATZ蛋白质的降解。根据本发明,使用这些APA化合物中的一个或多个进行治疗可以用于改善AT缺乏症状和体征以及其他以蛋白质聚集为特征的疾病,包括但不限于阿尔茨海默病、帕金森病和亨廷顿病。