About
ReguGene Co., Ltd. is a pharmaceutical venture company founded on 3rd Sep 2018 by Professor Hiroshi Sugiyama at Graduate School of Science of Kyoto University and Professor Yasuhiko Kamikubo at Graduate School of Medicine of Kyoto University. Our aim is to supply medicines for intractable and rare diseases by developing DNA-targeting drugs utilizing cell permeable pyrrole-imidazole polyamides.
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Pyrrole-Imidazole Polyamides
Pyrrole-Imidazole Polyamides (PI-Polyamides) are synthetic molecules developed by mimicking the structures of natural antibiotics, netropsin and distamycin. They have simple structures consisting of N-methylpyrrole, N-methylimidazole, and -alanine connected by amide bonds. Hairpin-shaped PI-Polyamides are often used to design to bind to a specific target DNA sequence. Professor Hiroshi Sugiyama has researched PI-Polyamides for more than 20 years and possesses methods and know-hows for the synthesis and evaluation of the activities.
PI-Polyamides as ON/OFF Switch of genes
PI-Polyamides which bind to a recognition sequence of a transcription factor can inhibit the binding of the transcription factor to DNA in live cells and suppress the transcription of the gene activated by the transcription factor (OFF switch). Conjugation of a DNA alkylating reagent with PI-Polyamides enables to suppress transcription even if their target sequences are not a binding site of a transcription factor.
Professor Hiroshi Sugiyama has also succeeded to enhance expression levels of gene clusters by using PI-Polyamides conjugates with HDAC inhibitor, HAT activator, and bromodomain inhibitor of HAT (ON switch).
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2022-01-24Dr. Vaijayanthi THANGAVEL takes in charge as Chief Executing Officer
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2019-09-05Concluded license agreement for the patent of RUNX inhibitor with Kyoto University.
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2019-02-18Our web site has been created.
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2018-09-03ReguGene Co., Ltd. was established.
2017–2021 Basis for Supporting Innovative Drug Discovery and Life Science Research (Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development ) “Support for developing medicines by using libraries based on gene expression regulation and DNA sequence recognition
2017–2018 Incubation Program (Kyoto University) “Drug Development Project Based on Pyrrole-Imidazole Polyamide Conjugates with Specific DNA Binding Capability”
2017–2018 Acceleration Transformative Research for Medical Innovation (ACT-MS) (Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development) “Creation of innovative anticancer drugs for Refractory Lung Cancer”
2014–2018 Basic Science and Platform Technology Program for Innovative Biological Medicine (Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development ) “Development of Innovative Polyamide Drugs Enabling to Control Gene Expression”