公开(公告)号：EP0193330A3

公开(公告)日：1988-07-20

申请号：EP86301092

申请日：1986-02-17

申请人： Biopharm (UK) Ltd.

发明人： Sawyer, Roy Thomas ,  Edwards, Jeffrey

IPC分类号： C12N09/26 ,  A61K37/54 ,  C12Q01/34

CPC分类号： C12N9/2408 ,  A61K38/00 ,  Y10S514/912 ,  Y10S514/913

摘要： The hyaluronidase, which is a hyaluronic acid-specific endo-B-glucuronidase, having a molecular weight of about 28,500 in non-reduced form, is derived from buffalo leeches (that is, leeches of the sub-family Hirudinariinae, such as the species Hirudinaria manillensis or Poecilobdella granulosa) The hyaluronidase, which cleaves hyaluronic acid, but not chondroitin, chondroitin -4- sulphate, chondroitin -6- sulphate or heparin, is considerably more stable at high temperatures and extremes of pH than known leech hyaluronidase. It has a wide range of uses where breakdown of hyaluronic acid is required; of particular interest is in pharmaceutical or veterinary formulations, either as an active agent or a spreading or percutaneous factor. The hyaluronidase is useful for stimulating flow of physiological fluids in the eye (for example, in the treatment of glaucoma).