Uses of protein precursors as prodrugs

A protein and precursor technology, applied in the field of drug delivery and protein engineering, can solve the problems of final product composition and size heterogeneity

Inactive Publication Date: 2015-09-09
沈维强
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However, the major obstacle to chemically conjugating two domains together is that the final product can be heterogeneous in composition and size, which is unacceptable for therapeutic use

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[0040] Expression and Characterization of PI-Tf Recombinant Fusion Protein

[0041] Using molecular cloning, the preproinsulin sequence (NM_000207) fused in frame with the Tf sequence (NM_001063) was engineered into the pcDNA3.1(+) expression vector (Invitrogen, CA) ( figure 1 ). A plasmid containing the preproinsulin-Tf fusion gene was transiently transfected into HEK 293 cells by polyethyleneimine-mediated DNA transfection. Serum-free conditioned medium was collected, concentrated using a lab-scale Tangential Flow Filtration System (Millipore, MA) and then ultrafiltered using a Centricon (Millipore, MA). The PI-Tf fusion protein was characterized and quantified by Western blotting using anti-Tf antibody (Sigma, MO) and anti-insulin (pro) antibody (Abeam, MA). Anti-Tf and anti-insulin (pro) western blots showed the presence of a major band with a molecular weight of about 89 kD, which indicated that the PI-Tf fusion protein was successfully expressed and secreted into the...

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[0043] Enhanced inhibitory effect of PI-Tf fusion protein on hepatic glucose production in H4IIE hepatoma cells

[0044] Rat hepatoma H4IIE cells were cultured in high glucose DMEM containing 10% fetal bovine serum. After confluence, cells were treated with different drugs for 24 hours at 37°C. Cells were washed twice with phosphate buffered saline. Glucose production medium consisting of serum-free, glucose-free, phenol red-free DMEM supplemented with 2 mM sodium pyruvate and 40 mM LD-lactate was added to the cells and incubated for an additional 3 hours. The supernatant was harvested and the glucose concentration was measured with the Amplex Red Glucose / Glucose Oxidase Kit (Invitrogen, CA) [5]. Cells were lysed in 1M NaOH, and protein amounts were determined with BCA (Thermo Scientific, IL).

[0045] Proinsulin and insulin showed comparable inhibitory effects on glucose production, with IC 50 The values ​​were 1441.3±641.6 pM and 1093.9±105.6 pM, respectively (Fig. 3A)...

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[0047] Liver cancer cells convert PI-Tf to insulin-Tf fusion protein

[0048] Rat hepatoma H4IIE cells (ATCC, VA) were treated with PI-Tf fusion protein in DMEM medium and incubated at 37°C. Media were collected at various times and subjected to insulin-specific and proinsulin-specific radioimmunoassays (Millipore, MA). Concentrations of proinsulin and insulin were obtained based on standard curves from radioimmunoassays. After up to 24 hours of treatment in H4IIE cells, insulin-containing material was continuously produced in PI-Tf fusion protein-treated samples, but not in proinsulin-treated samples ( Figure 4 ). The resulting insulin-containing material was shown to be insulin-Tf rather than released insulin because the two moieties are linked by a stable peptide bond. The conversion efficiency of PI-Tf to insulin-Tf was estimated to be 8.8% when the dose of PI-Tf was 10 nM, and 21.6% when the dose of PI-Tf was 1 nM. These results demonstrate that the prohormone fusi...

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Abstract

The present invention provides compositions useful as prodrugs and methods for making the same. The compositions include a fusion protein having a first delivery domain and a second protein precursor domain linked together via a linker sequence. The delivery domain is a protein capable of facilitating entry to a target cells via the endocytotic pathway, such as transferrin. The protein precursor is a prohormone or a profactor, such as proinsulin. Methods of this invention include the steps of selecting a protein suitable as the delivery domain, constructing a vector to encode the fusion protein, and expressing the fusion protein in a suitable expression host. Also disclosed is a method for targeted-delivery of prodrugs to livers and a method of reducing hepatic glucose production.

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[0001] Cross References to Related Applications [0002] This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Patent Application 13 / 174,520, filed June 30, 2011, which has the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application 61 / 361,248, filed July 2, 2010, and is hereby incorporated in its entirety Both are incorporated herein by reference. [0003] Statement Regarding Federally Funded Research and Development [0004] This invention was made with Government support under Contract GM 063647 awarded by NIH and HIGMS. The government has certain rights in this invention. technical field [0005] The invention belongs to the fields of drug delivery and protein engineering. More specifically, the present invention relates to methods and compositions for the delivery of protein-based therapeutic agents, such as prohormones or profactors, that do not require in vitro chemical or proteolytic processing to produce therapeutically effective drugs. Background technique [0006] Many biologica...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): A61K47/48A61K38/28
CPCA61K38/00A61K47/483C07K14/62C07K2319/74C07K2319/33A61K47/644
Inventor 沈维强王燕J·克兰克尔
Owner 沈维强
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