摘要 |
Disclosed is a method of decreasing an amount of protein aggregate in a cell comprising contacting the cell with a compound of the formula (I): wherein R1, R2, and R3 are as defined herein, in an amount sufficient to induce autophagy in the cell and cause the degradation of the protein aggregate within the cell. Also disclosed is a method of treating or preventing a condition, syndrome, or disease in a mammal in need thereof, wherein the condition, syndrome, or disease is selected from Huntington's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, Niemann-Pick type C disease, spinobulbar muscular atrophy (Kennedy disease), dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy (Haw-River syndrome), spinocerebellar ataxia type 1, spinocerebellar ataxia type 2, spinocerebellar ataxia type 3, spinocerebellar ataxia type 6, and spinocerebellar ataxia type 7, comprising administering to the mammal the compound. |