Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of screening for therapeutic compounds for vascular disorders and hypertension based on URAT1 activity modulation
- Patent Title (中): 基于URAT1活性调节筛选血管疾病和高血压治疗化合物的方法
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Application No.: US10579173Application Date: 2004-11-11
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Publication No.: US08236488B2Publication Date: 2012-08-07
- Inventor: Hitoshi Endou , Yoshikatsu Kanai , Richard J. Johnson , Karen L. Price
- Applicant: Hitoshi Endou , Yoshikatsu Kanai , Richard J. Johnson , Karen L. Price
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Human Cell Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Human Cell Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
- Agent Peter F. Corless
- Priority: JP2003-384863 20031114
- International Application: PCT/JP2004/016761 WO 20041111
- International Announcement: WO2005/046724 WO 20050526
- Main IPC: C12Q1/62
- IPC: C12Q1/62 ; C07K14/47

Abstract:
It is intended to clarify a transportation system participating in the uric acid uptake in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) and provide a novel remedy, a preventive or a treating agent for vascular disorders, hypertension and renal disorders with the use of a drug participating in this transportation system. It is also intended to provide a novel screening system for a remedy, a preventive or a treating agent for vascular disorders, hypertension and renal disorders with the use of such a transportation system. Namely, a medicinal composition for healing, preventing or treating vascular disorders, hypertension and renal disorders which comprises a drug having an effect of inhibiting the uric acid uptake by a uric acid transporter URAT1 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier; and a method of screening a substance efficacious for healing, preventing or treating vascular disorders, hypertension and renal disorders which comprises using a cell line expressing URAT1 in the presence or absence of a test compound and assaying the uric acid uptake level, cell proliferation ability or the amount of a monocyte chemotactic factor produced by the cells.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090312415A1 Remedy/preventive for vascular disorders and hypertension and method of screening the same Public/Granted day:2009-12-17
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