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Pharmaceutical compositions and methods to vaccinate against disseminated candidiasis and other infectious agents

a technology of disseminated candidiasis and compositions, applied in immunological disorders, metabolism disorders, antibody medical ingredients, etc., can solve the problems of undesirable toxicity of existing agents such as amphotericin b, and the attributable mortality of candidemia is approximately 38%, so as to inhibit the binding or invasion of candida, treat or prevent disseminated candidiasis, and inhibit the effect of candida binding

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-12-03
LOS ANGELES BIOMEDICAL RES INST AT HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENT
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"The invention provides a vaccine that includes a protein called Als, which is involved in the adhesion of yeast cells to host cells. The vaccine is made with a combination of Als and an immune-stimulating substance. The vaccine can be used to treat or prevent infections caused by yeast or bacteria. The method of treatment involves administering the vaccine to a patient to help their body fight the infection. The invention is useful for preventing the spread of yeast infections in humans."

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While potent antifungal agents exist that are microbicidal for Candida, the attributable mortality of candidemia is approximately 38%, even with treatment with potent anti-fungal agents such as amphotericin B. Also, existing agents such as amphotericin B tend to exhibit undesirable toxicity.

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Als1 Mediates Adherence of C. albicans to Endothelial Cells

[0072]The URA blaster technique was used to construct a null mutant of C albicans that lacks express of the Als1p. The als1 / als1 mutant was constructed in C. albicans strain CAM using a modification of the Ura-blaster methodology (Fonzi and Irwin, Genetics 134, 717 (1993)) as follows: Two separate als1-hisG-IRA3-hisG-als1 constructs were utilized to disrupt the two different alleles of the gene. A 4.9 kb AsLS1 coding sequence was generated with high fidelity PGR (Boehringer Mannheim, Indianapolis, Ind.) using the primers: 5′-CCCTCGAGATGCTTCAACAATTTACATTGTTA-3′ (SEQ ID NO:8) and 5′-CCGCTCGAGTCACTAAATGAACAAGGACAATA-3′ (SEQ ID NO:9). Next, the PCR fragment was cloned into pGEM-T vector (Promega, Madison, Wis.), thus obtaining pGEM-T-ALS1. The hisG-URA3-hisG construct was released from pJvlG-7 by digestion with Kpn1 and Hind3 and used to replace the portion of ALS1 released by Kpn1 and Hind3 digestion of pGEM-T-ALS1. The final a...

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Localization of Als1p

[0077]For Als1p to function as an adhesin, it must be located on the cell surface. The cell surface localization of Als1p was verified using indirect immunofluorescence with the anti-Als1p monoclonal antibody. Diffuse staining was detected on the surface of blastospores during exponential growth. This staining was undetectable on blastospores in the stationary phase. Referring to FIG. 2A, when blastospores were induced to produce filaments, intense staining was observed that localized exclusively to the base of the emerging filament. No immunofluorescence was observed with the als1 / als1 mutant, confirming the specificity of this antibody for Als1p. See FIG. 2B. These results establish that Als1p is a cell surface protein.

[0078]The specific localization of Als1p to the blastospore-filament junction implicates Als1p in the filamentation process. To determine the mechanism, the filamentation phenotype of the C. albicans ALS1 mutants was analyzed. Referring to FIG. ...

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Purification of ALS1 Adhesin Protein

[0084]The ALS1 protein synthesized by E. coli is adequate as an immunogen. However eukaryotic proteins synthesized by E. coli may not be functional due to improper folding or lack of glycosylation. Therefore, to determine if the ALS1 protein can block the adherence of C. albicans to endothelial cells, the protein is, preferably, purified from genetically engineered C. albicans.

[0085]PCR was used to amplify a fragment of ALS1, from nucleotides 52 to 1296. This 1246 bp fragment encompassed the N-terminus of the predicted ALS1 protein from the end of the signal peptide to the beginning of the tandem repeats. This region of ALS1 was amplified because it likely encodes the binding site of the adhesin, based on its homology to the binding region of the S. cerevisiae Agal gene product. In addition, this portion of the predicted ALS1 protein has few glycosylation sites and its size is appropriate for efficient expression in E. coli.

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Abstract

The invention provides a vaccine including an isolated Als protein family member having cell adhesion activity, or an immunogenic fragment thereof, with an adjuvant in a pharmaceutically acceptable medium. The invention also provides a method of treating or preventing hematogenously disseminated or mucocutaneous candidiasis. The method includes administering an immunogenic amount of a vaccine an isolated Als protein family member having cell adhesion activity, or an immunogenic fragment thereof, in a pharmaceutically acceptable medium.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]This invention relates to Candida albicans surface adhesin proteins, to antibodies resulting from an immune response to vaccination with C. albicans surface adhesion proteins and to methods for the prevention and / or treatment of candidiasis and other bacterial infections with C. albicans surface adhesion proteins.[0002]There has been a dramatic increase in the incidence of nosocomial infections caused by Candida species in recent years. The incidence of hematogenously disseminated candidal infections increased 11-fold from 1980 to 1989. This increasing incidence has continued into the 1990s. Infections by Candida species are now the fourth most common cause of nosocomial septicemia, are equal to that of Escherichia coli, and surpass the incidence caused by Klebsiella species. Furthermore Candida species are the most common cause of deep-seated fungal infections in patients who have extensive burns. Up to 11% of individuals undergoing bone marrow tran...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A61K39/00C12N5/02
CPCA61K39/0002C07K2316/96C07K16/14C07K2317/76A61P31/00A61P31/04A61P31/10A61P37/04A61P37/06A61P3/10Y02A50/30A61K2039/5156A61K39/085A61K2039/58
Inventor EDWARDS, JOHNFILLER, SCOTTIBRAHIM, ASHRAFFU, YUESPELLBERG, BRADYEAMAN, MICHAEL
Owner LOS ANGELES BIOMEDICAL RES INST AT HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENT
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