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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2003
Applicants:
Hideki Matsui, Okayama-shi, Okayama, JP;
Kazuhito Tomizawa, Okayama-shi, Okayama, JP;
Inventors:
Hideki Matsui, Okayama-shi, Okayama, JP;
Kazuhito Tomizawa, Okayama-shi, Okayama, JP;
Assignees:
Agencey of Industrial Science and Technology, Saitama, JP;
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/10 (2006.01); A61K 38/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The object of the present invention is to provide a suppressant for neuronal cell death effective for various diseases which inhibits a constitutive active forming of calcineurin and has less side effect. An inhibitor of constitutive active forming of calcineurin, more specifically a drug which inhibits cleavage of calcineurin subunit A (CaNA) by calpain. Examples thereof include peptides having the amino acid sequence of FDGATAAARKEVIRNK (SEQ No. 1) and REESESVLTLKGLTPTG (SEQ No. 2).