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Granted Patent B2
US 12,583,920 · App. 17/712,167 · Granted Mar 24, 2026

Compositions and methods for treatment and prevention of Alzheimer's disease

Inventors: Dudley K. Strickland (Brookeville, MD); Joanna Cooper (Baltimore, MD); Selen M. Catania (Brookeville, MD); Mary M. Migliorini (Derwood, MD); Brian Hampton (Gaithersburg, MD); Bradley T. Hyman (Madison, NH); Aurelien Lathuiliere (Cambridge, MA)
Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE; THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION
C07K16/28A61P25/28A61P35/00C07H21/02C07K14/705C12N15/1138A61K38/00C07K2317/76C12N2310/14C12N2320/32C12N2320/51
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Patent No.
US 12,583,920
App. No.
17/712,167
Granted
Mar 24, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides methods and compositions for reducing internalization and/or trafficking of tau in neuronal cells comprising contacting the cells with an effective amount of an LRP1 and/or SorLA antagonist. The invention further provides a method of treating or preventing Alzheimer's disease in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of an LRP1 and/or SorLA antagonist.

Claims (9)

1 . A method of reducing tau internalization and/or trafficking in neuronal cells to treat Alzheimer's disease in a subject, comprising contacting the neuronal cells of the subject with i) an effective amount of a SorLA antagonist; or ii) an effective amount of an LRP1 antagonist and a SorLA antagonist, wherein the SorLA antagonist is an siRNA and the LRP1 antagonist is receptor associated protein (RAP) or a fragment thereof comprising the D3 domain.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the LRP1 antagonist is receptor associated protein (RAP).

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the effective amount of a SorLA antagonist or the effective amount of an LRP1 antagonist and the SorLA antagonist are administered to the subject intrathecally and/or intraventricularly.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the siRNA targets a portion of SorLA mRNA corresponding to SEQ ID NO:2.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the siRNA has a target sequence comprising any of SEQ ID NOS:5-8.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the siRNA has a target sequence comprising SEQ ID NO:5.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the siRNA has a target sequence comprising SEQ ID NO:6.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the siRNA has a target sequence comprising SEQ ID NO:7.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the siRNA has a target sequence comprising SEQ ID NO:8.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 13, 2022
From: HYMAN, BRADLEY T.; LATHUILIERE, AURELIEN
To: THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062071/0056 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 13, 2022
From: MIGLIORINI, MARY M.; STRICKLAND, DUDLEY K.; COOPER, JOANNA; HAMPTON, BRIAN; CATANIA, SELEN M.
To: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE
Reel/Frame 062071/0446 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63170294 · Apr 2, 2021
Related Publication 20220332813A1 · Oct 20, 2022
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