CANCER
    2.
    发明公开
    CANCER 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:EP3407977A2

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-05

    申请号:EP17703216.6

    申请日:2017-01-30

    申请人: Neuro-Bio Ltd

    IPC分类号: A61P35/00 C12Q1/68 C12N9/18

    摘要: An inhibitor of the synthesis and/or activity of the T14 peptide (SEQ ID NO: 3, AEFHRWSSYMVHWK) derived from the C-terminus of tailed acetylcholinesterase (T-AchE) is disclosed for use in treating, ameliorating or preventing cancer or metastatic disease. Methods of screening a candidate agent to test whether or not the compound has efficacy for treating, preventing or ameliorating cancer or metastatic disease are also disclosed as are methods of screening a compound to test whether or not the compound causes cancer. SEQ ID NO: 3 is disclosed in diagnostic methods as a biomarker or prognostic indicator for cancer or metastatic disease. Preferably, the inhibitor inhibits the interaction or translocation of the T14 peptide with/to an allosteric site on alpha-7 nicotinic receptors (cholinergic receptor nicotinic alpha 7, NACHRA7, CHRNA7-2). Preferably, the cancer is leukaemia, lymphocytic leukaemia, chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL), myeloid leukaemia, acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), multiple myeloma, breast cancer or plasmacytoma.