摘要:
A composition and use thereof for the prophylaxis or treatment of Alzheimer's disease, motor neurone disease, Lewy body disease, Pick's disease or progressive supranuclear palsy. The composition includes an agent which modulates or inhibits tau-tau association and which does not inhibit tau-tubulin binding. In the method the agent is administered to an individual in order to achieve the desired therapeutic effect. Preferably the agent which is administered is a phenothiazine compound.
摘要:
The present invention relates to methods for the detection of substances capable of modulating or inhibiting pathological tau-tau protein association. The methods of the present invention are particularly useful in screening substances for the prophylaxis and treatment of Alzheiemer's disease.
摘要:
A composition and use thereof for the prophylaxis or treatment of Alzheimer's disease, motor neurone disease, Lewy body disease, Pick's disease or progressive supranuclear palsy. The composition includes an agent which modulates or inhibits tau-tau association and which does not inhibit tau-tubulin binding. In the method the agent is administered to an individual in order to achieve the desired therapeutic effect. Preferably the agent which is administered is a phenothiazine compound.
摘要:
The present invention relates to methods for the detection of substances capable of modulating or inhibiting pathological tau-tau protein association. The methods of the present invention are particularly useful in screening substances for the prophylaxis and treatment of Alzheiemer's disease.
摘要:
The present invention relates to methods for the detection of substances capable of modulating or inhibiting pathological tau-tau protein association. The methods of the present invention are particularly useful in screening substances for the prophylaxis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
摘要:
This invention pertains generally to processes, uses, methods and materials utilising particular xanthylium compounds, including compounds of formula (I) and (II), as further defined herein. These compounds are useful as drugs, for example, in the treatment of tauopathies, such as Alzheimer's disease.
摘要:
Disclosed are methods for determining the stage of neurofibrillary degeneration associated with a tauopathy in a subject believed to suffer from the disease, by (i) introducing into the subject a ligand capable of labeling aggregated paired helical filament (PHF) tau protein, (ii) determining the presence and/or amount of ligand bound to extracellular aggregated PHF tau in the medial temporal lobe of the brain of the subject, (iii) correlating the result of the determination made in (ii) with the extent of neurofibrillary degeneration in the subject. The methods can be used for pre-mortem diagnosis and staging of tauopathies such as Alzheimer's Disease. Preferred ligands include sulphonated-benzothiazole-like compounds and diaminophenothiazines.
摘要:
Disclosed is a method of inducing or modeling a disease associated with pathological tau protein aggregation. The method can be carried out in vitro and animal models, and may be used to screen for therapeutic, prognostic or diagnostic agents.
摘要:
Disclosed are methods for determining the stage of neurofibrillary degeneration associated with a tauopathy in a subject believed to suffer from the disease, which methods comprise the steps of: (i) introducing into the subject a ligand capable of labelling aggregated paired helical filament (PHF) tau protein, (ii) determining the presence and\or amount of ligand bound to extracellular aggregated PHF tau in the medial temporal lobe of the brain of the subject, (iii) correlating the result of the determination made in (ii) with the extent of neurofibrillary degeneration in the subject. The methods can be used for pre-mortem diagnosis and staging of tauopathies such as Alzheimer's Disease. Preferred ligands include sulphonated-benzothiazole-like compounds and diaminophenothiazines. Novel ligands (e.g. sulphonated-benzothiazole-like compounds) are also provided. The method may also include the use of “blocking ligands” to block competing binding sites. In other aspects the invention provides in vitro methods for identifying ligands capable of labeling aggregated PHF tau protein, the methods comprising the steps of: (i) providing a first agent suspected of being capable of labeling aggregated PHF tau protein, (ii) contacting (a) a tau protein or a derivative thereof containing the tau core fragment bound to a solid phase so as to expose a high affinity tau capture site, with (b) a liquid phase tau protein or derivative thereof capable of binding to the solid phase tau protein or derivative, and (c) said selected first agent and (d) a second agent known to be tau-tau binding inhibitor, (iii) selecting first agent which fully or partially relieves the inhibition of binding of the liquid phase tau protein or derivative of (b) to the solid phase tau protein or derivative of (a) by the inhibitor (d). Ligands may also be tested to confirm that they are not themselves inhibitors.
摘要:
The invention relates generally to the use of diaminophenothiazine compounds to inhibit or reverse the aggregation of synuclein, and for their use in the manufacture of medicaments for this purpose (e.g. for the treatment of Parkinson's Disease). Also provided are related methods of detecting or labelling of aggregated synuclein.