Method for decomposing amyloid protein precursor and amyloid .beta.-protein
AssigneeOriental Yeast Co., Ltd.
InventorKaoru Miyazaki
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a .beta.AP decomposing agent or a medicine for preventing and curing Alzheimer's disease, which contains, as the active ingredient, gelatinase A, a limited decomposate of gelatinase A, progelatinase A, a complex to which any of them has bonded or a material containing any of them. .beta.AP is a substance which is considered to cause Alzheimer's disease.
Claims12
An in vitro method for decomposing amyloid protein precursor, which comprises contacting and decomposing an amyloid protein precursor with a component selected from the group consisting of (1) progelatinase A, (2) gelatinase A having a molecular weight of 57 kilodaltons, (3) a decomposate of progelatinase A having a molecular weight of 41 kilodaltons, (4) a complex of progelatinase A with tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-2 (TIMP-2), and (5) a mixture of a gelatinase A having a molecular weight of 57 kilodaltons and a decomposate of progelatinase A having a molecular weight of 41 kilodaltons, in an amount which is sufficient, at a temperature and for a period of time, to decompose said amyloid protein precursor in a buffer solution.
An in vitro method for decomposing amyloid .beta.-protein, which comprises contacting and decomposing an amyloid .beta.-protein with a component selected from the group consisting of (1) progelatinase A, (2) gelatinase A having a molecular weight of 57 kilodaltons, (3) a decomposate of progelatinase A having a molecular weight of 41 kilodaltons, (4) a complex of progelatinase A with tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-2 (TIMP-2), and (5) a mixture of a gelatinase A having a molecular weight of 57 kilodaltons and a decomposate of progelatinase A having a molecular weight of 41 kilodaltons, in an amount which is sufficient, at a temperature and for a period of time, to decompose said amyloid .beta.-protein in a buffer solution.
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