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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2000
A. Grey Craig, Solana Beach, CA (US);
David Griffen, Greenville, NC (US);
Baldomero M. Olivera, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Maren Watkins, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
David R. Hillyard, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Julita Imperial, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Lourdes J. Cruz, Manila, PH;
John D. Wagstaff, Satl Lake City, UT (US);
Richard T. Layer, Sandy, UT (US);
Robert M. Jones, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
R. Tyler McCabe, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Other;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to contulakin-G (which is the native glycosylated peptide), a des-glycosylated contulakin-G (termed Thr -contulakin-G), and derivatives thereof, to a cDNA clone encoding a precursor of this mature peptide and to a precursor peptide. The invention is further directed to the use of this peptide as a therapeutic for anti-seizure, anti-inflammatory, anti-shock, anti-thrombus, hypotensive, analgesia, anti-psychotic, Parkinson's disease, gastrointestinal disorders, depressive states, cognitive dysfunction, anxiety, tardive dyskinesia, drug dependency, panic attack, mania, irritable bowel syndrome, diarrhea, ulcer, GI tumors, Tourette's syndrome, Huntington's chorea, vascular leakage, anti-arteriosclerosis, vascular and vasodilation disorders, as well as neurological, neuropharmalogical and neuropsychopharmacological disorders.