30 results about "Huntingtin Protein" patented technology

Disclosed herein are sequences, molecules and methods used to suppress the expression of HD genes encoding for huntingtin protein in primates including Macaca mulatta and Homo sapiens. These sequences, molecules and methods aid in the study of the pathogenesis of HD and can also provide a treatment for this disease by reducing HD mRNA without causing death, locomotor impairment or cellular alterations of the Macaca mulatta and Homo sapiens.

Disclosed herein are sequences, molecules and methods used to suppress the expression of HD genes encoding for huntingtin protein in primates including Macaca mulatto and Homo sapiens. These sequences, molecules and methods aid in the study of the pathogenesis of HD and can also provide a treatment for this disease.

Provided herein are methods, compounds, and compositions for reducing expression of huntingtin mRNA and protein in an animal. Such methods, compounds, and compositions are useful to treat, prevent, delay, or ameliorate Huntington's disease, or a symptom thereof.

The invention provides assays that identify Huntington's disease and monitor the progression and severity of conditions associated with variant Huntingtin protein (Httn). In particular, the invention provides assays that monitor the severity and progression of Huntington's Disease as well as predict the onset of symptoms. The invention also provides assays for identifying drugs for treating Huntington's disease.

Provided are imaging agents comprising a compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of their use.

The invention discloses a glycosylation modification method of hungtintin. The glycosylation modification method comprises the following steps: (1) obtaining a recombinant protein Htt(1-90), to be specific, a. obtaining a hungtintin gene, b. constructing a recombinant expression plasmid pTWIN1-htt, c. constructing a recombinant escherichia coli strain DH5 alpha-htt for expressing the hungtintin, and d. expressing the recombinant protein; (2) purifying the recombinant protein Htt(1-90); (3) obtaining a glycosylation modified Htt(Cys-K92-K158) polypeptide by using an SPPS (stable protein plasma solution) method; (4) purifying the Htt(Cys-K92-K158) polypeptide; (5) coupling the Htt(Cys-K92-K158) polypeptide with the recombinant protein Htt(1-90) so as to obtain a glycosylation modified target protein Htt(1-158); (6) purifying the glycosylation modified target protein Htt(1-158). The glycosylation modification on the hungtintin shows that the glycosylated hungtintin has relatively strong stability; the influence of the temperature and the time on absorption peaks of the hungtintin shows that the hungtintin subjected to glycosylation modification is relatively stable.

The invention discloses the application of carbon-based nanomaterials in the preparation of drugs for relieving or treating HD, and solves the problem of high synthesis cost of existing carbon nanomaterials such as fullerenes. The carbon-based nanomaterials have good water solubility, degradability and It can effectively inhibit the aggregation of mutant huntingtin protein mHtt and other significant advantages; through cell experiments and animal experiments, it was found that carbon-based nanomaterials can alleviate the toxicity of mHtt aggregation to neurons and improve the learning and memory ability of HD model mice.

The pharmacokinetics and key technologies of the present invention are summarized in FIG. 1. Particularly, malignant misfolded proteins such as mutant huntingtin and alpha-synuclein are coagulated and grow into oligomeric coagulum (①, ②, fibrillar coagulum (③) and eventually inclusion body (④). Young neurons produce a large amount of Nt-Arg through N-terminal arginylation (⑤) of vesicle chaperones such as BiP secreted into the cytoplasm, and then arginylated BiP (R-BiP) is secreted binds to the misfolded proteins (⑥). As a ligand, the Nt-Arg of R-BiP binds to the p62 ZZ domain (⑦), and the normally inactivated closed form of p62 is changed to an open form, leading to structural activation (⑧). As a result, PB1 and LC3-binding domains are exposed. The PB1 domain induces oligomerization (⑨), leading to the concentration as a p62 body (⑩) that is a coagulum capable of being degraded by autophagy. Then, p62 binds to LC3, which is protruding from the autopagosomal membranes, leading to the completion of autophagy targeting (⑪) and lysosomal proteolysis. Since autophagy proteolysis including steps (⑤)-(⑪) is strong in young neurons, cytotoxic protein coagulums (①-⑤) do not accumulate. However in aged neurons, autophagy proteolysis including steps ⑤-⑪ is weakened, and protein coagulums (①-⑤) accumulate and become cytotoxic. In this invention, p62 is intentionally activated (⑫, ⑬) by using low mass ligands of the p62 ZZ domain to effectively remove huntingtin and alpha-synuclein protein coagulums. Particularly, in step {circle around (12)}, p62 ligated with a ligand accelerates the oligomerization of p62-R-BiP-misfolded protein (⑨) and the formation of autophagy coagulum (⑩). In step (⑬), the ligand-p62 conjugate acts as an autophagy activator (⑭) to induce the synthesis of LC3 and the conversion of LC3-I into LC3-II in order to accelerate the formation of autophagosomes (⑮).

The invention discloses a palmitoylation modification method of hungtintin. The palmitoylation modification method comprises the following steps: (1) obtaining a recombinant protein Htt(1-90), to be specific, a. obtaining a hungtintin gene, b. constructing a recombinant expression plasmid pTWIN1-htt, c. constructing a recombinant escherichia coli strain DH5 alpha-htt for expressing the hungtintin, and d. expressing the recombinant protein; (2) purifying the recombinant protein Htt(1-90); (3) obtaining a palmitoylation modified Htt(Cys-K92-K158) polypeptide by using an SPPS (stable protein plasma solution) method; (4) purifying the Htt(Cys-K92-K158) polypeptide; (5) coupling the Htt(Cys-K92-K158) polypeptide with the recombinant protein Htt(1-90) so as to obtain a palmitoylation modified target protein Htt(1-158); (6) purifying the palmitoylation modified target protein Htt(1-158). The palmitoylation modification on the hungtintin shows that the stability of the hungtintin is improved, the palmitoylation modified hungtintin has the capacity of resisting hydrolytic enzymes and relatively strong stability, and the research on the palmitoylation of the hungtintin has important significance for the treatment of Huntington diseases.