Processes for detecting the presence of alzheimer's disease and mitochondrial origin in an individual and the genetic mutations that cause alzheimer's disease to inhibit the transcription or translation of genes and one or more nucleic acids encoding a mutant cytochrome c oxidase to selectively introduce a conjugated molecule in mitochondria to build a cell line to evaluate a compound for potential utility in the diagnosis of disorders in the treatment of a disorder and in the diagnosis or treatment of diabetes mellitus to prepare a cibrid animal and to determine the presence of a human disease of origin mitochondrial isolated nucleotide sequences probe kit therapeutic composition ribozyme cell line and animal hybrid

摘要

Cybrid cell lines which have utility as model systems for the study of disorders that are associated with mitochondrial defects are described. The cybrids are constructed by treating immortal cell lines with an agent that irreversibly disables mitochondrial electron transport, and then transfecting the cells with mitochondria isolated from diseased tissue samples. Preferably, the immortal cell lines used are of an undifferentiated type that can be induced to differentiate, which results in the cybrids also being able to be induced to differentiate. One such cybrid was constructed using neuroblastoma cells and mitochondria from a patient suffering from Alzheimer's Disease. Methods for using such cybrids for screening drugs and therapies for utility in treating such disorders are also provided. In addition, cybrid animals, methods of producing them, and methods of using them in drug and therapy screening are also provided.