Orally active peptides that prevent cell damage and death
First Claim
1. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient and an Activity Dependent Neurotrophic Factor (ADNF) polypeptide, wherein the ADNF polypeptide is an ADNF III polypeptide comprising an active core site having the amino acid sequence of Asn-Ala-Pro-Val-Ser-Ile-Pro-Gln (SEQ ID NO:
- 2), wherein every amino acid in the active core site is a D-amino acid, and wherein the ADNF III polypeptide inhibits neuronal cell death in cell culture.
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Abstract
This invention provides an ADNF polypeptide comprising an active core site, the active core site comprising at least one D-amino acid. The invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising an ADNF polypeptide comprising an active core site, the active core site comprising at least one D-amino acid. In particular, the pharmaceutical composition of the invention is orally active. The invention further provides methods for reducing neuronal cell death, methods for reducing oxidative stress, and methods for reducing a condition associated with fetal alcohol syndrome using the ADNF polypeptides and the pharmaceutical compositions of the invention.
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6 Claims
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1. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient and an Activity Dependent Neurotrophic Factor (ADNF) polypeptide, wherein the ADNF polypeptide is an ADNF III polypeptide comprising an active core site having the amino acid sequence of Asn-Ala-Pro-Val-Ser-Ile-Pro-Gln (SEQ ID NO:
- 2), wherein every amino acid in the active core site is a D-amino acid, and wherein the ADNF III polypeptide inhibits neuronal cell death in cell culture.
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5. An Activity Dependent Neurotrophic Factor (ADNF) III polypeptide comprising an active core site having the amino acid sequence of Asn-Ala-Pro-Val-Ser-Ile-Pro-Gln (SEQ ID NO:
- 2), wherein every amino acid in the active core site is a D-amino acid, and wherein the ADNF III polypeptide inhibits neuronal cell death in cell culture.
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