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Polymer conjugates of protegrin peptides

a technology of protegrin peptides and conjugates, which is applied in the field of conjugates, can solve the problems of short in vivo half life of peptides, cell death, and general impracticality

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-07-14
NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS INC
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[0008]Accordingly, the present invention provides conjugates comprising a protegrin peptide moiety covalently attached to one or more water-soluble polymers. The water-soluble polymer may be stably bound to the protegrin peptide moiety, or it may be releasably attached to the protegrin peptide moiety.
[0009]The invention further provides methods of synthesizing such protegrin peptide polymer conjugates and compositions comprising such conjugates. The invention further provides methods of treating, preventing, or ameliorating a disease, disorder or condition in a mammal comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a protegrin peptide polymer conjugate of the invention.

Problems solved by technology

Several hundreds of proteins / peptides are known to cause membrane damage and to lead to cell death.
Normally, peptides suffer from a short in vivo half life, sometimes mere minutes, making them generally impractical, in their native form, for protegrin administration.

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Protegrin-mPEG Conjugates

[0300]a) mPEG-Nter-Protegrin Via mPEG-SPC

[0301]Protegrin is prepared and purified according to standard automated peptide synthesis or recombinant techniques known to those skilled in the art. An illustrative polymeric reagent, mPEG-SPC reagent,

is covalently attached to the N-terminus of protegrin, to provide a Nter-conjugate form of the peptide. mPEG-SPC 20 kDa, stored at −20° C. under argon, is warmed to ambient temperature. The reaction is performed at room temperature. An X-fold molar excess of mPEG-SPC 20 kDa reagent is used based upon absolute peptide content. The mPEG-SPC reagent is weighed into a glass vial containing a magnetic stirrer bar. A solution of Protegrin prepared in phosphate buffered saline, PBS, pH 7.4 is added and the mixture is stirred using a magnetic stirrer until the mPEG-SPC is fully dissolved. The stirring speed is reduced and the reaction is allowed to proceed to formation of conjugate product. The reaction is optiona...

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PEGylation of Protegrin-1 (PG-1) with [mPEG2-CAC-FMOC-NHS-40K]

[0317]

[0318]Stock solutions of 5.0 mg / mL PG-1 and 200 mG / mL mPEG2-CAC-FMOC-NHS-40K were prepared in 2 mM HCl. To initiate a reaction, the two stock solutions and a 0.5 M MES, pH 6.0, stock solution were brought to 25° C. and the three stock solutions were mixed (PEG reagent added last) to give final concentrations of 1.0 mg / mLPG-1, 50 mM MES and a 5-fold molar excess of mPEG2-CAC-FMOC-NHS-40K over PG-1. After 3.5 hours at 25° C. the reaction was quenched with 100 mM glycine in 100 mM HCl (10 mM final glycine concentration) for 1 hour. The reaction mixture was then diluted with deionized sterile water until the conductivity was below 1.0 mS / cm and the pH was adjusted to 6.0 with 1 M Na2CO3 / NaHCO3, pH 10.0.

[0319]The mono-PEGylated conjugate was purified from the reaction mixture by cation exchange chromatography using a column packed with SPHP media (GE Healthcare) on an AKTA Explorer 100 system (GE Healthcare)....

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PEGylation of Protegrin-1 (PG-1) with N-m-PEG-Benzamide-p-Succinimidyl Carbonate (SBC)-30K

[0324]

[0325]A stock solution of 1.2 mg / mL PG-1 was prepared in 2 mM HCl. To initiate a reaction, the PG-1 stock solution was brought to 25° C., a 15-fold molar excess of SBC-30K lyophilized powder was with stirring followed immediately with the addition of 1 M MES, pH 6, to give final concentrations of 1.0 mG / mL PG-1 (0.46 mM) and 50 mM MES. The reaction was allowed to proceed for 20 minutes at 25° C. After 20 min, the reaction was quenched with 100 mM glycine in 100 mM HCl (10 mM final glycine concentration) for 10 minutes. The reaction mixture was then diluted with deionized sterile water until the conductivity was below 1.0 mS / cm and the pH was adjusted to 4.0 with 1 M sodium acetate, pH 4.5. diluted.

[0326]The mono-PEGylated conjugate was purified from the reaction mixture by cation exchange chromatography using a column packed with SPHP media (GE Healthcare) on an AKTA Explorer ...

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Abstract

The invention provides protegrin that are chemically modified by covalent attachment of a water soluble oligomer. A conjugate of the invention has enhanced half-life and / or reduced clearance.

Description

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application claims the benefit of priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61 / 192,586, filed 19 Sep. 2008, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]Among other things, the present invention relates to conjugates comprising a protegrin peptide moiety covalently attached to one or more water-soluble polymers.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Several hundreds of proteins / peptides are known to cause membrane damage and to lead to cell death. They are found in many organisms such as plants, insects, frogs, snakes, and humans. Many such peptides are used by nature as either host defense (antimicrobial peptides) or offense (toxins from spider and snake venom). Since the body produces peptides that act against its own cells, the cytotoxic peptides are involved in “autocytotoxic” conditions. In addition to the wild-type cytolytic peptides, syn...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A61K38/10C08G65/333A61P31/00
CPCC07K7/08A61K47/48215A61K38/10A61K47/60A61P31/00A61P31/04
Inventor WANG, YUJUNMOSKOWITZ, HAIMLIU, XIAOFENGROCZNIAK, STEVEN O.BOSSARD, MARY J.
Owner NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS INC
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