发明申请
- 专利标题: METHOD FOR QUANTIFICATION OF NEUROTOXIN
- 专利标题(中): 神经毒素定量方法
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申请号: US12298908申请日: 2006-04-28
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公开(公告)号: US20090297452A1公开(公告)日: 2009-12-03
- 发明人: Tetsuhiro Harakawa , Hirotoshi Nakano , Yasushi Torii , Sachio Okuda , Ryuji Kaji , Takashi Sakamoto , Matohide Takahashi , Setsuji Ishida
- 申请人: Tetsuhiro Harakawa , Hirotoshi Nakano , Yasushi Torii , Sachio Okuda , Ryuji Kaji , Takashi Sakamoto , Matohide Takahashi , Setsuji Ishida
- 国际申请: PCT/JP2006/309040 WO 20060428
- 主分类号: A61K49/00
- IPC分类号: A61K49/00 ; A61P43/00 ; G01N33/15 ; G06F19/00 ; G06F17/18
摘要:
The present invention relates to a method for quantitatively measuring the muscular relaxing activity of a neurotoxin. Specifically, based on an extent of the activity of muscular relaxation of a neurotoxin from bacteria of Clostridium, the present invention relates to a method for quantification of the efficacy (potential and/or diffusion reaction) of a neurotoxin comprising the following steps of: (a) administering a neurotoxin to the hind leg muscle of one of hind legs of a non-human mammal; (b) applying electric stimulus to said non-human mammal; (c) measuring a compound muscle action potential (CMAP) by contraction of said hind leg muscle to which the neurotoxin is administered and/or of the hind leg muscle of the other hind leg to which the neurotoxin is not administered; and (d) taking amplitude data from the compound muscle action potential (CMAP) obtained by the measurement in step (c) and analyzing an extent of a decrease in amplitude to thereby quantify the efficacy of the muscular relaxing activity by the neurotoxin. In contrast to the mouse LD50 currently used as a potential unit of a botulinum toxin which is measurable at a level of only several units, the quantification method of the efficacy of a neurotoxin of the present invention allows for measurement at a level of as low as 0.01 to 1 unit and hence is a method with a high sensitivity, reproducibility and accuracy.
公开/授权文献
- US08949033B2 Method for quantification of neurotoxin 公开/授权日:2015-02-03
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