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Methods and compositions for derepression of IAP-inhibited caspase

a technology of iapin-inhibited caspase and composition, applied in the field ofmolecular medicine, can solve the problems of complex death process, defective regulation of programmed cell death, and defects in programmed cell death, and achieve the effects of promoting apoptosis in a cell, reducing the severity of a pathology, and reducing the level of apoptosis

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-01-04
THE BURNHAM INST
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"The invention provides isolated agents that can derepress IAP-inhibited caspases, which are proteins involved in the regulation of cell death. These agents can be used to promote apoptosis (the natural process of cell death) and reduce the severity of diseases characterized by reduced levels of apoptosis. The invention also provides methods for identifying these agents using various assays. Overall, the invention provides new tools for research and development in the field of apoptotic regulation and has potential applications in drug development and disease treatment."

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The regulation of programmed cell death is a complex process involving numerous pathways and, on occasion, defects occur in the regulation of programmed cell death.
Given the critical role of this process in maintaining a steady-state number of cells in a tissue or in maintaining the appropriate cells during development of an organism, defects in programmed cell death often are associated with pathologic conditions.
It is estimated that either too little or too much cell death is involved in over half of the diseases for which adequate therapies do not currently exist.
For example, defects that result in a decreased level of apoptosis in a tissue as compared to the normal level required to maintain the steady-state of the tissue can result in an increased number of cells in the tissue.

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example i

Identification of Derepressors of an IAP-Inhibited Caspase from Hexapeptide Libraries

[0276] This example demonstrates an IAP derepression assay. This Example further demonstrates a positional-scanning approach to identifying agents that are capable of derepressing an IAP-inhibited caspase.

[0277] The DCR390 library consisting of 120 mixtures of hexapeptides was synthesized using methods known in the art as described in R. Houghten et al. PCT / US91 / 08694 and U.S. Pat. No. 5,556,762. Each mixture was made up of a population of hexapeptides all of which had the same amino acid at a defined position and any combination of the 20 essential amino acids at the remaining 5 positions. Each mixture is identified by the position number where the defined amino acid occurs (numbered from 1 to 6 going from the amino-terminus to carboxy-terminus of the hexapeptide) and the identity of the defined amino acid. Thus, as shown in the first column of Table I, the mixture having a tryptophan at position...

example ii

Identification of Derepressors of an IAP-Inhibited Caspase from the TPI 1332 and TPI 1352 Individual Tetrapeptide Libraries

[0287] This Example demonstrates identification of agents from the TPI 1332 and TPI 1352 tetrapeptide libraries that are capable of derepressing an XIAP-inhibited caspase-3.

[0288] The TPI 1332 and TPI 1352 tetrapeptide libraries were synthesized identically with the exception that the formyl protecting groups on tryptophan were removed by different procedures. The deprotection step used for the TPI 1332 library was less complete leaving the possibility that some of the tryptophan residues present on candidate compounds used in the screen retained formyl protecting groups. The deprotecting chemistry used for the TPI 1352 library was substantially complete, however resulted in the formation of polymeric structures for a subset of the species in the library.

[0289] Candidates from the TPI 1332 and TPI 1352 libraries were screened using the derepression assay desc...

example iii

Identification of Individual Peptide Derepressors of an IAP-Inhibited Caspase from the TPI 792 Library

[0292] This Example demonstrates identification of agents from the TPI 792 library that are capable of derepressing an XIAP-inhibited caspase-3.

[0293] The TPI 792 library is based on a tetrapeptide backbone. The species of the TPI 792 library were screened in the derepression assay described in Example I. A list of derepressors of XIAP-inhibited caspase-3 identified from the TPI 792 library is provided in Table V. Structures for the TPI 792 core peptides that were tested are shown in FIG. 20.

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[0294] The dos...

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Abstract

The invention provides isolated agents having novel chemical structures and possessing superior activity as derepressors of IAP inhibited caspase. The invention further provides a method of derepressing an IAP-inhibited caspase. The invention further provides assay methods employing labeled compounds of the invention, especially fluorescent labeled compounds.

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[0001] This invention was made with government support under grant number CA78040 awarded by The National Institute of Health / National Cancer Institute. The United States Government has certain rights in this invention.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention relates generally to molecular medicine and more specifically to compositions and methods for altering molecular interactions involved in regulating programmed cell death. [0003] Normal tissues in the body are formed either by cells that have reached a terminally differentiated state and no longer divide or by cells that die after a period of time and are replaced from a pool of dividing cells. For example, nervous tissue is formed early in development and the cells of the nervous system reach a terminally differentiated state soon after birth. In contrast, the body has a number of self renewing tissues such as skin, gut, bone marrow and sex organs which undergo a balanced flux of cell birth and death. This flux...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A61K38/54G01N33/574C07H21/04C12N9/99C07K16/40C12N5/07C12N5/09
CPCC07D207/09A61K38/00A61P17/06A61P35/00A61P37/02A61P43/00A61P9/10
Inventor REED, JOHN C.HOUGHTEN, RICHARD A.NEFZI, ADELOSTRESH, JOHN M.PINILLA, CLEMENCIAWELSH, KATE
Owner THE BURNHAM INST
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