Abstract: The present invention provides a means for treatment and/or prevention of a disease caused by aberrant splicing, a neurodegenerative disease represented by Alzheimer's disease, or the like. The present invention relates to a nucleic acid which can be associated with generation of a splice variant that lacks exon 5 of presenilin-2 gene, an inhibitor for inhibiting a binding between protein-nucleic acid caused by aberrant splicing, and a method for screening the inhibitor.

Abstract: To provide a means useful for treating or preventing a disease such as a brain disorder or a neurodegenerative disease even more efficiently and even more sustainedly. The present invention relates to an inhibitor capable of inhibiting a binding between HMG-I protein and exon 5 of presenilin-2 mRNA, an agent for suppressing neuronal death, capable of suppressing neuronal death, a pharmaceutical composition which is useful for treatment or prevention of a disease caused by the generation of a splice variant that lacks exon 5 of presenilin-2 mRNA, a method for treating or preventing the disease and a use of the inhibitor.

Abstract: The present invention provides a means for treatment and/or prevention of a disease caused by aberrant splicing, a neurodegenerative disease represented by Alzheimer's disease, or the like. The present invention relates to a nucleic acid which can be associated with generation of a splice variant that lacks exon 5 of presenilin-2 gene, an inhibitor for inhibiting a binding between protein-nucleic acid caused by aberrant splicing, and a method for screening the inhibitor.