理大與中大合作研制新藥ABarginase治療肥胖相關疾病
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<section style="margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.75em; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px;" data-mpa-powered-by="yiban.io"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Hiragino Sans GB', 'Microsoft YaHei', Arial, sans-serif;">最近這兩天,一則新聞在香港的各個媒體上刷屏了——</span></section>
<section style="margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.75em; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px;"><span style="color: #b75941;"><strong><span style="color: #b75941; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Hiragino Sans GB', 'Microsoft YaHei', Arial, sans-serif;">理大與香港中文大學(中大)在合作研發(fā)新藥物上取得重大突破,首創(chuàng)了一種可以治療多種與肥胖癥和胰島素抵抗相關的代謝性疾病(如糖尿病和脂肪肝)的藥物!</span></strong></span></section>
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<section style="font-size: 14px; font-family: PingFangSC-Regular, 'PingFang SC'; color: #243a6d; line-height: 1.75em;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">肥胖是全球普遍的健康問題。</span><span style="font-size: 16px;">根據(jù)世界衛(wèi)生組織的統(tǒng)計,僅2016年,在全球成年人中,就有逾19億人屬于“超重”、6.5億人屬于“肥胖”,分別占成年人人口的39% 和13%。</span><span style="font-size: 16px;">而在香港,約兩名成年人中,就有一人的體重指標被界定為“超重”或“肥胖”。</span></section>
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<section style="line-height: 1.75em; margin: 32px 8px 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Hiragino Sans GB', 'Microsoft YaHei', Arial, sans-serif;">由<strong><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Hiragino Sans GB', 'Microsoft YaHei', Arial, sans-serif; color: #667595;">理大應用生物及化學科技學系教授、盧家驄慈善基金藥物科學教授梁潤松教授</span></strong>和<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Hiragino Sans GB', 'Microsoft YaHei', Arial, sans-serif; color: #667595;"><strong>中大醫(yī)學院生物醫(yī)學學院副教授沈秀媛教授</strong></span>牽頭研發(fā)的新藥</span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Hiragino Sans GB', 'Microsoft YaHei', Arial, sans-serif; color: #b75941;"><strong>ABarginase</strong></span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Hiragino Sans GB', 'Microsoft YaHei', Arial, sans-serif;">,是全球首款通過全新藥理機制“消耗精氨酸”來治療多種肥胖相關疾病的單一藥物。ABarginase開辟了一條藥效安全且持久的新路徑——在此之前,為</span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Hiragino Sans GB', 'Microsoft YaHei', Arial, sans-serif;">治療上述這些相互關聯(lián)的疾病,患者往往需要服用不同的藥物,這會增加患者出現(xiàn)“多藥聯(lián)用”問題的風險。</span></section>
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<p style="text-align: center; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;"><span style="font-size: 14px; color: #888888;">研究團隊主要成員:理大梁潤松教授(左)、中大沈秀媛教授(右)。</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;"><span style="font-size: 14px; color: #888888;">本次研究結合了理大在蛋白工程與藥物開發(fā)方面的優(yōu)勢,以及中大在肥胖及糖尿病研究方面的領先實力。</span></p>
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<section style="font-size: 14px; font-family: PingFangSC-Regular, 'PingFang SC'; color: #243a6d; line-height: 1.75em;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">肥胖不僅會影響人們的體形,更會誘發(fā)糖尿病、非酒精性脂肪肝、心臟病、高血壓、癌癥等多種慢性病。</span></section>
<section style="font-size: 14px; font-family: PingFangSC-Regular, 'PingFang SC'; color: #243a6d; line-height: 1.75em;"><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;">理大與中大的研究團隊發(fā)現(xiàn),當血液中一種半必需氨基酸“精氨酸”處于低水平時</span><span style="font-size: 14px;">(即“精氨酸饑餓”狀態(tài))</span><span style="font-size: 16px;">,細胞會抑制脂肪合成、促進脂肪分解并增強對胰島素的敏感度。不過,一般情況下,人體內可分解精氨酸的“精氨酸酶”只有不足30分鐘的循環(huán)半衰期,時間很短。</span></section>
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<section style="font-size: 14px; font-family: PingFangSC-Regular, 'PingFang SC'; color: #243a6d; line-height: 1.75em;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">研究人員為兩組經(jīng)飲食誘導的肥胖小鼠每周分別注射一次ABarginase和生理鹽水。八周后,相比于注射生理鹽水的對照組,ABarginase組的小鼠在體重、脂肪量、脂肪肝和糖尿病癥狀</span><span style="font-size: 14px;">(如高血糖、胰島素抵抗、葡萄糖耐受不良)</span><span style="font-size: 16px;">等方面均恢復至正常水平。</span></section>
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<p style="line-height: 1.75em; margin: 0px 8px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Hiragino Sans GB', 'Microsoft YaHei', Arial, sans-serif; color: #667595;">沈秀媛教授</span></strong><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Hiragino Sans GB', 'Microsoft YaHei', Arial, sans-serif;">說:“ABarginase在臨床前研究階段已經(jīng)展現(xiàn)巨大潛力,有望為治療多種與肥胖、胰島素抵抗、糖尿病等相關的代謝性疾病提供安全有效的方案。其中,非酒精性脂肪肝至今沒有獲美國食物及藥物管理局認可的藥物,因此ABarginase的研發(fā)對于治療非酒精性脂肪肝尤其意義重大。我們相信,可以治愈這些相關疾病的單一藥物已經(jīng)研發(fā)出來了。”</span></p>
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<section style="font-size: 14px; font-family: PingFangSC-Regular, 'PingFang SC'; color: #243a6d; line-height: 1.75em;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">目前,研究團隊已在多個國家為該新藥申請了專利,并正提升制藥工藝至符合生產(chǎn)質量管理規(guī)范(GMP)的品質要求,為開展臨床試驗做好準備。</span></section>
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<section style="line-height: 1.75em; margin: 0px 8px;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Hiragino Sans GB', 'Microsoft YaHei', Arial, sans-serif;">梁教授和沈教授表示:“作為科學家,一直以來,我們都矢志為改善人類褔祉做出貢獻。成功研發(fā)ABarginse可以說是為我們實現(xiàn)理想邁出的重要一步。”</span></section>
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<p style="margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Hiragino Sans GB', 'Microsoft YaHei', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">在第48屆日內瓦國際發(fā)明展中,香港共有兩項發(fā)明獲得最高殊榮大獎,ABarginase就是其中之一,獲頒“發(fā)明者協(xié)會國際聯(lián)合會最佳發(fā)明大獎”</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Hiragino Sans GB', 'Microsoft YaHei', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">。這既是對該款新藥改善患者福祉、提升全球醫(yī)療衛(wèi)生能力的肯定,也是對香港高校之間科研合作水平的國際級認可。</span></p>
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<p style="margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Hiragino Sans GB', 'Microsoft YaHei', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">本研究得到盧家驄慈善基金有限公司、香港特區(qū)政府醫(yī)務衛(wèi)生局醫(yī)療衛(wèi)生研究基金,以及理大化學生物學及藥物研發(fā)國家重點實驗室支持。</span></p>
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