Proteins related to schizophrenia and uses thereof

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C07K 14/705 (2006.01) A61P 25/08 (2006.01) C12Q 1/68 (2006.01)

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CA 2417136

Presenilin Associated Membrane Protein (PAMP), and nucleic acids encoding this protein, are provided. PAMP and PAMP nucleic acids provide diagnostic and therapeutic tools for evaluating and treating or preventing neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders. In a specific embodiment, mutations in PAMP are diagnostic for schizophrenia. The invention further relates to screening, particularly using high-throughput screens and transgenic animal models, for compounds that modulate the activity of PAMP and presenilins. Such compounds, or gene therapy with PAMP, can be used in treating neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders, particularly schizophrenia. In addition, the invention provides PAMP mutants, nucleic acids encoding for PAMP mutants, and transgenic animals expressing PAMP mutants, which in a preferred aspect result in biochemical, morphological, or neuropsychological changes similar to those associated with schizophrenia.

L'invention concerne la protéine membranaire associée à la préséniline (PAMP), et des acides nucléiques codant pour cette protéine. La PAMP et les acides nucléiques PAMP constituent des outils diagnostiques et thérapeutiques permettant d'évaluer et de traiter ou d'empêcher les troubles neurodéveloppementaux et neuropsychiatriques. Dans un mode de réalisation particulier, les mutations intervenant dans la PAMP permettent de diagnostiquer la schizophrénie. La présente invention concerne également le criblage, en particulier, le criblage à l'aide de cribles haut rendement et de modèles d'animaux transgéniques, pour rechercher des composés modulant l'activité de la PAMP et des présénilines. Ces composés, ou la thérapie génique à l'aide de la PAMP, peuvent être utilisés pour traiter les troubles neurodéveloppementaux et neuropsychiatriques, en particulier, la schizophrénie. En outre, la présente invention concerne des mutants PAMP, des acides nucléiques codant pour les mutants PAMP, ainsi que des animaux transgéniques exprimant les mutants PAMP. Ceci permet d'obtenir, de préférence, des modifications biochimiques, morphologiques ou neuropsychologiques semblables à celles qui sont associées à la schizophrénie.

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