Collagen Peptide Mixture for Diabetes via Enzymatic Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current therapeutic agents for diabetes, particularly DPPIV inhibitors and GLP-1 secretion accelerators, often cause side effects and have poor intestinal absorptivity due to their large peptide size and complexity.
Innovation Solution
A collagen peptide mixture obtained through a two-step enzymatic treatment, containing peptides like Glu-Hyp-Gly, Leu-Hyp-Gly, and Pro-Ala, which exhibit DPPIV inhibitory and GLP-1 secretion accelerating activities, are developed to enhance safety and absorptivity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If synthetic DPPIV inhibitors are used to achieve high drug efficacy, then diabetes therapy effectiveness is improved, but side effects such as hypoglycemia occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces synthetic pharmaceutical products with peptides obtained from food or drink materials through enzymatic degradation. These natural peptides are designed to be temporary, biodegradable molecules that perform the therapeutic function without accumulating in the body, thereby reducing long-term side effects while maintaining acute therapeutic efficacy.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the chemical parameters of the active compounds by using enzymatically degraded peptides from natural food sources instead of synthetic molecules. This parameter change transforms the drug from a synthetic chemical compound to a biologically derived peptide, altering its metabolic pathway and reducing harmful side effects like hypoglycemia while preserving DPPIV inhibitory activity.
2Reliability
If long peptides are used to achieve DPPIV inhibitory activity, then therapeutic effect is improved, but intestinal absorptivity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by breaking down collagen from food materials into smaller peptide fragments through controlled enzymatic degradation. Instead of using intact long peptides that cannot be absorbed, the collagen is segmented into smaller units that retain DPPIV inhibitory activity while being small enough to cross the intestinal barrier and be absorbed into the bloodstream.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the molecular size parameter of the peptides by controlling the degree of enzymatic degradation. The degradation is optimized to produce peptides of a specific size range - small enough for intestinal absorption but large enough to maintain the structural features necessary for DPPIV inhibitory activity and GLP-1 secretion acceleration.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The collagen peptide mixture effectively inhibits DPPIV and accelerates GLP-1 secretion with high safety and intestinal absorptivity, reducing side effects and improving therapeutic efficacy for diabetes management.
Implementation Method 1
Mixtures containing degradation products obtained by treating collagen or gelatin with collagenase or the like, followed by treatment with protease
Data Source
AI summary
A collagen peptide mixture containing three or more kinds selected from Glu-Hyp-Gly, Glu-Hyp, Leu-Hyp-Gly, Pro-Ala, Ser-Hyp, Ala-Hyp-Gly, chemically-modified substances thereof and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and at least one peptide selected from the group consisting of Glu-Hyp-Gly, Glu-Hyp, Leu-Hyp-Gly, Pro-Ala, Ser-Hyp, Ala-Hyp-Gly, Pro-Hyp-Gly, Leu-Hyp, Ile-Hyp, Ser-Hyp-Gly, Gly-Pro-Hyp, (Pro-Hyp-Gly)5, Pro-Hyp, Hyp-Gly, Pro-Gly, Pro-Pro and Ala-Hyp or a chemically-modified substance thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof have DPPTV inhibitory activity and/or GLP-1 secretion accelerating activity, and hence are effective as a therapeutic or preventive agent or the like for diabetes.