Patents by Inventor Catherine Brenner-Jean

Catherine Brenner-Jean has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Screening methods for the identification of inhibitors of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) viral protein R (Vpr) binding to the adenine nucleotide translocator (ANT)
    Patent number: 7642051
    Abstract: The invention is directed to the induction of mitochondrial membrane permeabilization via the physical and functional interaction of the HIV-1 Vpr protein with the mitochondrial inner membrane protein ANT (adenine nucleotide translocator, also called adenine nucleotide translocase or ADP/ATP carrier). Reagents and methods for inducing and/or inhibiting the binding of Vpr to ANT, mitochondrial membrane permeabilization, and apoptosis are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignees: Institut Pasteur, Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Universite de Technologie de Compiegne
    Inventors: Etienne Daniel Francois Jacotot, Guido Kroemer, Bernard Pierre Roques, Lena Edelman, Johan Hoebeke, Catherine Brenner-Jean, Anne-Sophie Belzacq
  • Mimetics and inhibitors of the interaction between Vpr (HIV viral protein of regulation) and ANT (Mitochondrial adenine nucleotide translocator)
    Patent number: 7056735
    Abstract: The invention is directed to the induction of mitochondrial membrane permeabilization via the physical and functional interaction of the HIV-1 Vpr protein with the mitochondrial inner membrane protein ANT (adenine nucleotide translocator, also called adenine nucleotide translocase or ADP/ATP carrier). Reagents and methods for inducing and/or inhibiting the binding of Vpr to ANT, mitochondrial membrane permeabilization, and apoptosis are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignees: Institut Pasteur, Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Universite de Technologie de Compiegne
    Inventors: Etienne Daniel Francois Jacotot, Guido Kroemer, Bernard Pierre Roques, Lena Edelman, Johan Hoebeke, Catherine Brenner-Jean, Anne-Sophie Belzacq
  • Mechanism of mitochondrial membrane permeabilization by HIV-1 VPR, mimetics of Vpr and methods of screening active molecules having the ability to alter and/or prevent and/or mimic the interaction of Vpr with ANT
    Publication number: 20060052285
    Abstract: The invention is directed to the induction of mitochondrial membrane permeabilization via the physical and functional interaction of the HIV-1 Vpr protein with the mitochondrial inner membrane protein ANT (adenine nucleotide translocator, also called adenine nucleotide translocase or ADP/ATP carrier). Reagents and methods for inducing and/or inhibiting the binding of Vpr to ANT, mitochondrial membrane permeabilization, and apoptosis are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Applicants: Institut Pasteur, Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Universite de Technologie de Compiegne
    Inventors: Etienne Jacotot, Guido Kroemer, Bernard Roques, Lena Edelman, Johan Hoebeke, Catherine Brenner-Jean, Anne-Sophie Belzacq