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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 12, 1997
Hermona Soreq, Jerusalem, IL;
Shlomo Seidman, Neve Daniel, IL;
Fritz Eckstein, Gottingen, DE;
Alon Friedman, M. Post HaNeguev, IL;
Daniela Kaufer, Mevasseret Zion, IL;
Abstract
A synthetic nuclease resistant antisense oligodeoxynucleotide (AS-ODN) capable of selectively modulating human acetylcholinesterase (AChE) production and a composition comprising at least one AS-ODN as an active ingredient. A nuclease resistant antisense targeted against the splice junction in the AChE mRNA post-splice message is disclosed. The synthetic nuclease resistant AS-ODNs are capable of selectively modulating human AChE production in the central nervous system or capable of selectively reducing human AChE deposition of the neuromuscular junction. The present invention also provides a method to restore balanced cholinergic signalling in the brain and spinal cord or reduce AChE in the neuromuscular junction in patients in need of such treatment by administering to a patient in need of such treatment a therapeutically effective amount of at least one of the synthetic nuclease resistant AS-ODN capable of selectively modulating human AChE production.