A GENE-BASED APPROACH TO CONFER LONG-LASTING PROTECTION FROM OPIOID USE DISORDER

• Main Authors: CLEMENZA, Kelly, SJULSON, Lucas
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 28.12.2023
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PEPTIDES; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; SPIRITS; VINEGAR; WINE

A composition and method for treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD) is provided by expressing a novel mu receptor mutant, LAMuOR (Low Affinity Mu Opioid Receptor), with reduced binding affinity for opioids such that it is activated only by the high concentration of exogenous opioids encountered in O...