Spheron components useful in determining compounds capable of treating symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, and treatments and animal models produced therefrom
First Claim
1. A composition comprising:
- at least one comopund that binds to, antagonizes, or competes with a spheron component peptide other than a spheron component responsible for forming amyloid plaque, the spheron component peptide being selected from one or more of the group consisting of;
a) GEAAGAVQELAR (SEQ ID NO.
1);
b) GLSAASPPLAETGAPR (SEQ ID NO.
2);
c) ARAEAQEAEDQQAR (SEQ ID NO.
3);
d) VLAQLLR (SEQ ID NO.
4);
e) ALAHLLEAERQER (SEQ ID NO.
5);
f) AADHDVGSELPPEGVLGALLR (SEQ ID NO.
6);
g) LETPAPQVPAR (SEQ ID NO.
7);
h) ILAGSADSEGVAAPR (SEQ ID NO.
8);
i) ARPVKEPRGLSAASPPLAETGAPRRF (SEQ ID NO.
9);
j) ARPVKEP (SEQ ID NO.
10);
k) GLSAASPPLAETGAPRRF (SEQ ID NO.
11);
l) AADHDVGSELPPEGVLGALLRVKRLETPAPQVPA (SEQ ID NO.
12);
m) AADHDVGSELPPEGVLGALLRV (SEQ ID NO.
13);
n) LETPAPQVPA (SEQ ID NO.
14);
o) RRSVPRGEAAG (SEQ ID NO.
15);
p) VLAQLLRVWGAPRNSD (SEQ ID NO.
16);
q) PALGLDDDPDAPAAQLAR (SEQ ID NO.
17);
r) LARALLRARLDPAALAA (SEQ ID NO.
18);
s) QLVPAPVPAAALRPRPPVYDD (SEQ ID NO.
19);
t) GPAGPDAEEAGDE (SEQ ID NO.
20);
u) TPDVDPELLRYLLGR (SEQ ID NO.
21);
v) LLRVKR (SEQ ID NO.
22); and
w) VLGALLRVKRLE (SEQ ID NO.
23).
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Abstract
The present invention relates to protein components of spherons that are useful for identifying compounds capable of preventing and/or ameliorating symptoms of Alzheimer'"'"'s Disease and/or dementia associated with cerebral amyloidosis. The invention also relates to the compounds identified by the methods, and methods of treating and/or ameliorating symptoms of Alzheimer'"'"'s Disease and/or dementia associated with cerebral amyloidosis. The invention also relates to methods of making an Alzheimer'"'"'s Disease or dementia associated with cerebral amyloidosis animal model or test animal, the animal model produced therefrom, and to a method of using the animal model to screen for effective therapies.
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50 Claims
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1. A composition comprising:
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at least one comopund that binds to, antagonizes, or competes with a spheron component peptide other than a spheron component responsible for forming amyloid plaque, the spheron component peptide being selected from one or more of the group consisting of;
a) GEAAGAVQELAR (SEQ ID NO.
1);
b) GLSAASPPLAETGAPR (SEQ ID NO.
2);
c) ARAEAQEAEDQQAR (SEQ ID NO.
3);
d) VLAQLLR (SEQ ID NO.
4);
e) ALAHLLEAERQER (SEQ ID NO.
5);
f) AADHDVGSELPPEGVLGALLR (SEQ ID NO.
6);
g) LETPAPQVPAR (SEQ ID NO.
7);
h) ILAGSADSEGVAAPR (SEQ ID NO.
8);
i) ARPVKEPRGLSAASPPLAETGAPRRF (SEQ ID NO.
9);
j) ARPVKEP (SEQ ID NO.
10);
k) GLSAASPPLAETGAPRRF (SEQ ID NO.
11);
l) AADHDVGSELPPEGVLGALLRVKRLETPAPQVPA (SEQ ID NO.
12);
m) AADHDVGSELPPEGVLGALLRV (SEQ ID NO.
13);
n) LETPAPQVPA (SEQ ID NO.
14);
o) RRSVPRGEAAG (SEQ ID NO.
15);
p) VLAQLLRVWGAPRNSD (SEQ ID NO.
16);
q) PALGLDDDPDAPAAQLAR (SEQ ID NO.
17);
r) LARALLRARLDPAALAA (SEQ ID NO.
18);
s) QLVPAPVPAAALRPRPPVYDD (SEQ ID NO.
19);
t) GPAGPDAEEAGDE (SEQ ID NO.
20);
u) TPDVDPELLRYLLGR (SEQ ID NO.
21);
v) LLRVKR (SEQ ID NO.
22); and
w) VLGALLRVKRLE (SEQ ID NO.
23). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 42, 43, 44, 49)
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12. A composition for treating dementia or cognitive impairment, comprising a pharmaceutically effective amount of a compound that functions in a manner selected from the group consisting of:
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a) impedes or prevents the release from a spheron of proSAAS or a peptide fragment, variant, derivative, homologue, or mimetic thereof;
b) binds to, inhibits, antagonizes or competes with proSAAS or a peptide fragment, variant, derivative, homologue, or mimetic thereof that is released from a spheron;
c) reduces or prevents the cytotoxic effects of proSAAS or a peptide fragment, variant, derivative, homologue, or mimetic thereof that is released from a spheron; and
d) counteracts the effects of the release from a spheron component of proSAAS or peptide fragment, variant, derivative, homologue, or mimetic thereof. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50)
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19. A method of identifying compounds useful in treating or ameliorating a neurological condition comprising:
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transforming, transfecting or infecting cells, the transformed, transfected or infected cells comprising;
(a) a spheron component peptide other than a spheron component responsible for forming amyloid plaque;
(b) a polynucleotide encoding for a spheron component peptide other than a spheron component responsible for forming amyloid plaque;
or(c) a polynucleotide that hybridizes under stringent conditions to (b);
administering a test compound to the transformed, transfected or infected cells; and
identifying the compounds that ameliorate the effects of the spheron component other than a spheron component responsible for forming amyloid plaque. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method of treating or ameliorating a neurological condition comprising:
administering to an animal in need thereof, a compound that functions in a manner selected from the group consisting of;
a) impedes or prevents the release from a spheron of proSAAS or a peptide fragment, variant, derivative, homologue, or mimetic thereof;
b) binds to, inhibits, antagonizes or competes with proSAAS or a peptide fragment, variant, derivative, homologue, or mimetic thereof that is released from a spheron;
c) reduces or prevents the cytotoxic effects of proSAAS or a peptide fragment, variant, derivative, homologue, or mimetic thereof that is released from a spheron; and
d) counteracts the effects of the release from a spheron component of proSAAS or peptide fragment, variant, derivative, homologue, or mimetic thereof. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
- 36. An animal model comprising an animal having a gene inserted into the brain thereof, whereby the gene expresses proSAAS or one or more spheron component peptides other than a spheron component directly responsible for forming amyloid plaque.
- 39. A transformed, transfected or infected cell line comprising recombinant cells that expresses a nucleic acid sequence that encodes proSAAS or a spheron component peptide other than a spheron component responsible for forming amyloid plaque.
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