Extracellular rage binding protein (EN-RAGE) and uses thereof

US7081241B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · US

Inventors

• Ann Marie Schmidt · Franklin Lakes, US
• David M. Stern · Great Neck, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 6, 1998
• Grant date: Jul 25, 2006
• Expiry date: Oct 6, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61K38/00
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention provides for an isolated human EN-RAGE peptide. The present invention also provides for a method for determining whether a compound is capable of inhibiting the interaction of an EN-RAGE peptide with a RAGE peptide, which comprises: (a) admixing: (i) a RAGE peptide or an sRAGE peptide or a fragment of either thereof, (ii) an EN-RAGE peptide or a fragment thereof, and (iii) the compound; (b) measuring the level of interaction between the peptide of step (a)(i) and the peptide of step (a)(ii), and (c) comparing the amount of interaction meausred in step (b) with the amount measured between the peptide of step (a) (i) and the peptide of step (a) (ii) in the absence of the compound, thereby determining whether the compound is capable of inhibiting the interaction of the EN-RAGE peptide with the RAGE peptide, wherein a reduction in the amount of interaction in the presence of the compound indicates that the compound is capable of inhibiting the interaction. The present invention also provides for a method for inhibiting inflammation in a subject which comprises administering to the subject a compound capable of interfering with the interaction between EN-RAGE pepti…