METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING NOTCH-SPARING GAMMA SECRETASE INHIBITORS
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    发明公开
    METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING NOTCH-SPARING GAMMA SECRETASE INHIBITORS 审中-公开
    用于识别GAMMASEKRETASEHEMMERN法制作缺口凹槽

    公开(公告)号:EP2633066A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-09-04

    申请号:EP11836900.8

    申请日:2011-10-21

    IPC分类号: C12Q1/37

    CPC分类号: C12Q1/37 C12Q1/66 G01N33/5023

    摘要: The invention herein provides a method for identifying a Notch-sparing γ-secretase inhibitor (NS-GSI) by evaluating ε- and γ-cleavage in a single APP-based substrate. The inventive assay utilizes ε-cleavage as surrogate for S3-cleavage of Notch and a substrate comprising the C99 fragment of APP fused to a Gal4/VP16 transcription factor to evaluate the inhibitory activity of compounds on ε and γ-cleavage simultaneously and for the identification of ε -sparing inhibitors that decrease Aβ production without affecting AICD production. In another embodiment, the APP-based substrate incorporates a mutated α-secretase cleavage site for enhanced Aβ production which allows for greater sensitivity of the assay.