Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for treating a medical condition, disease, or disorder mediated by a misfolded form of superoxide dismutase (SOD) in a subject in need of treatment.SOLUTION: The method for treating the medical condition, disease, or disorder mediated by the misfolded form of superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) in the subject in need of treatment includes a step of administering to the subject a composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle and an agent selected from (1) an exogenous antibody or fragment thereof that binds selectively to the misfolded form of SOD1, and/or (2) an immunogen that triggers production of an endogenous antibody that binds selectively to the misfolded form of SOD1, and/or (3) a nucleic acid sequence encoding (1) or (2).
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a polypeptide and an antibody relating to an epitope protection assay for use in diagnosis, prognosis and therapeutic intervention in diseases, for example, involving polypeptide aggregation, such as prion infections. SOLUTION: An accessible polypeptide target epitope is first blocked with a blocking agent. After denaturation of the polypeptide, a detecting agent is used to detect protein having target epitope that is inaccessible during contact with the blocking agent. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
The invention provides a method for treating a medical condition, disease, or disorder mediated by a misfolded form of superoxide dismutase (SOD) in a subject in need of treatment. The method optionally comprises administering to the subject a composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle and an agent selected from (1) an exogenous antibody or fragment thereof that binds selectively to the misfolded form of SOD, and/or (2) an immunogen that elicits production of an endogenous antibody that binds selectively to the misfolded form of SOD, and/or (3) a nucleic acid sequence encoding (1) or (2). In certain embodiments, the invention provides methods of treating diseases such as Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis using amyotrophic disease-specific epitopes, and compositions including these epitopes. The invention also provides antibodies that bind to monomeric or misfolded SOD1, and not on the molecular surface of native homodimeric SOD1. In addition, the invention includes methods of diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in a subject. Also, the invention provides methods of identifying substances for the treatment or prevention of Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and kits using the binding proteins of the invention.
Abstract:
Human prion protein, PrP, selectively presents the epitope MDEYSNQNN (SEQ ID No. 14) when PrP misfolds. The misfolded form of human PrP is associated with various disease states. The present invention provides an antibody useful to detect and treat such diseases, including cancer such as ovarian cancer and lymphomas, and transmissible spongiform encephalopathies such as CJD. Also provided is an immunoconjugate in which the antibody is conjugated with urease as cytotoxin.
Abstract translation:当PrP错误折叠时,人朊蛋白PrP选择性地呈现表位MDEYSNQNN(SEQ ID No.14)。 人类PrP的错误形式与各种疾病状态有关。 本发明提供了可用于检测和治疗包括癌症如卵巢癌和淋巴瘤以及传染性海绵状脑病如CJD的疾病的抗体。 还提供了免疫偶联物,其中抗体与脲酶作为细胞毒素缀合。
Abstract:
The invention relates to an epitope protection assay for use in diagnosis, prognosis and therapeutic intervention in diseases, for example, involving polypeptide aggregation, such as prion infections. The methods of the invention first block accessible polypeptide target epitope with a blocking agent. After denaturation of the polypeptide, a detecting agent is used to detect protein with target epitope that was inaccessible during contact with the blocking agent. The invention also relates to novel amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-specific epitopes and their uses to make antibodies, and to the novel antibodies and uses thereof.
Abstract:
Human prion protein, PrP, selectively presents the epitope MDEYSNQNN (SEQ ID No. 14) when PrP misfolds. The misfolded form of human PrP is associated with various disease states. The present invention provides an antibody useful to detect and treat such diseases, including cancer such as ovarian cancer and lymphomas, and transmissible spongiform encephalopathies such as CJD. Also provided is an immunoconjugate in which the antibody is conjugated with urease as cytotoxin.
Abstract translation:当PrP错误折叠时,人朊蛋白PrP选择性地呈现表位MDEYSNQNN(SEQ ID No.14)。 人类PrP的错误形式与各种疾病状态有关。 本发明提供了可用于检测和治疗包括癌症如卵巢癌和淋巴瘤以及传染性海绵状脑病如CJD的疾病的抗体。 还提供了免疫偶联物,其中抗体与脲酶作为细胞毒素缀合。
Abstract:
The invention provides a method for treating a medical condition, disease, or disorder mediated by a misfolded form of superoxide dismutase (SOD) in a subject in need of treatment. The method optionally comprises administering to the subject a composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle and an agent selected from (1) an exogenous antibody or fragment thereof that binds selectively to the misfolded form of SOD, and/or (2) an immunogen that elicits production of an endogenous antibody that binds selectively to the misfolded form of SOD, and/or (3) a nucleic acid sequence encoding (1) or (2). In certain embodiments, the invention provides methods of treating diseases such as Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis using amyotrophic disease-specific epitopes, and compositions including these epitopes. The invention also provides antibodies that bind to monomeric or misfolded SOD1, and not on the molecular surface of native homodimeric SOD1. In addition, the invention includes methods of diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in a subject. Also, the invention provides methods of identifying substances for the treatment or prevention of Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and kits using the binding proteins of the invention.
Abstract:
The invention provides a method for treating a medical condition, disease, or disorder mediated by a misfolded form of superoxide dismutase (SOD) in a subject in need of treatment. The method optionally comprises administering to the subject a composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle and an agent selected from (1) an exogenous antibody or fragment thereof that binds selectively to the misfolded form of SOD, and/or (2) an immunogen that elicits production of an endogenous antibody that binds selectively to the misfolded form of SOD, and/or (3) a nucleic acid sequence encoding (1) or (2). In certain embodiments, the invention provides methods of treating diseases such as Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis using amyotrophic disease-specific epitopes, and compositions including these epitopes. The invention also provides antibodies that bind to monomeric or misfolded SOD1, and not on the molecular surface of native homodimeric SOD1. In addition, the invention includes methods of diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in a subject. Also, the invention provides methods of identifying substances for the treatment or prevention of Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and kits using the binding proteins of the invention.
Abstract:
Provided are methods and kits useful to detect the presence of an aggregated form of a target protein in a sample that may also contain the target protein in non-aggregated form. The assay entails treating the sample to elevate the pH thereof to a value of at least about 12, thereby to alter epitopes accessible on the target protein without causing hydrolysis of the target protein. The treated sample is then neutralized and the neutralized sample is treated by dissociation to release target protein within the aggregate. Released target protein is then incubated with an agent that binds selectively to an epitope protected from pH elevation. The formation of a binding agent:target protein complex reveals the presence of aggregated protein in the original sample. The assay is useful to detect prion aggregates, to diagnose sheep scrapie and human CJD, and aggregated forms of other proteins of clinical interest.