The invention discloses a novel application of
gossypol acetate in the field of
pharmacy, and in particular relates to an application of
gossypol acetate in preparing medicines for preventing, relieving and / or treating reye'
s syndrome, and belongs to the field of
pharmacy. Reye'
s syndrome is a cryptogenic acute
encephalopathy syndrome in the childhood phase, and studies discover that loss or
mutation of MeCP2
gene has a direct causal relationship with the reye'
s syndrome, and loss of the MeCP2
gene can cause reye's syndrome developing on a mouse. Experiments indicate that the content of the MeCP2
gene in the brain of a rat can be remarkably increased by administrating the rat with
gossypol acetate, so that the content of the MeCP2 gene in the brain of a patient can be remarkably increased by using the
gossypol acetate for preventing, relieving and treating the reye's syndrome caused by MeCP2
mutation, the development of the nerve
cell of the patient can be promoted, functions of the
nervous system can be restored, and the possibility of healing the patient can be increased. Therefore, according to the application of the
gossypol acetate in preparing the
medicine for resisting reye's syndrome, the
medicine can be used for preventing, relieving and / or treating the reye's syndrome.