Inhibitors of mitochondrial fission and methods of use thereof

US9730977B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · US

Inventors

• Daria Mochly-Rosen · Menlo Park, US
• Xin QI · Lo Wu, CN
• Nir Qvit · Menlo Park, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 5, 2016
• Grant date: Aug 15, 2017
• Expiry date: Jan 5, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2500/20
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present disclosure provides peptides and constructs that inhibit mitochondrial fission, and compositions comprising the peptides or constructs. The present disclosure provides methods of reducing abnormal mitochondrial fission in a cell. Also provided are methods for designing and validating mitochondrial fission inhibitor constructs and peptides, including but not limited to, evaluating the effects of the constructs and peptides on binding of dynamin-1-related protein (Drp1) GTPase activity, Drp1 to mitochondrial fission 1 protein (Fis1), reduction of mitochondrial damage, reduction in cell death, inhibition of mitochondrial fragmentation in a cell under pathological conditions, and reduced loss of neurites in primary dopaminergic neurons in a Parkinsonism cell culture.