摘要:
The invention provides biologically active erythropoietin (EPO) conjugate compositions wherein a transglutaminase reaction is employed to covalently and site specifically conjugate the EPO molecule to a non-antigenic hydrophilic polymer that can also be covalently linked to an organic molecule either of which modification increases the circulating serum half-life of the composition.
摘要:
The present invention relates to novel modified proteins having N-terminal free thiols that can be produced by recombinant methods and are ready for further chemical derivatization. In particular, the invention relates to erythropoietin conjugate compounds having altered biochemical, physiochemical and pharmacokinetic properties. More particularly, one embodiment of the invention relates to erythropoietin conjugate compounds of the formula: (M)n-X-A-cys-EPO (I) where EPO is an erythropoeitin moiety selected from erythropoietin or an erythropoietin variant having at least one amino acid different from the wild-type human EPO, or any pharmaceutical acceptable derivatives thereof having biological properties of causing bone marrow cells to increase production of red blood cells; cys represents the amino acid cysteine and occurs at position -1 relative to the amino acid sequence of the erythropoietin moiety; A indicates the structure of the residual moiety used to chemically attach X to the thiol group of -1Cys; X is a water soluble polymer such as a polyalkylene glycol or other polymer; M is an organic molecule (including peptides and proteins) that increases the circulating half-life of the construct; and N is an integer from 0 to 15.
摘要:
The present invention relates to novel modified proteins having N-terminal free thiols that can be produced by recombinant methods and are ready for further chemical derivatization. In particular, the invention relates to erythropoietin conjugate compounds having altered biochemical, physiochemical and pharmacokinetic properties. More particularly, one embodiment of the invention relates to erythropoietin conjugate compounds of the formula: (M)n-X-A-cys-EPO (I) where EPO is an erythropoeitin moiety selected from erythropoietin or an erythropoietin variant having at least one amino acid different from the wild-type human EPO, or any pharmaceutical acceptable derivatives thereof having biological properties of causing bone marrow cells to increase production of red blood cells; cys represents the amino acid cysteine and occurs at position −1 relative to the amino acid sequence of the erythropoietin moiety; A indicates the structure of the residual moiety used to chemically attach X to the thiol group of −1Cys; X is a water soluble polymer such as a polyalkylene glycol or other polymer; M is an organic molecule (including peptides and proteins) that increases the circulating half-life of the construct; and N is an integer from 0 to 15.
摘要:
This invention describes a method for removing unreacted activated lipid moieties using a bifunctional ligand containing a first functional group reactive with the activating group of the lipid and a second functional group capable of binding to an affinity reagent or support. These reagents can be used to quench reactions between peptides/proteins and other moieties such as activated PEGs or lipids. Once the reaction has been quenched, the reaction mixture can be passed over an affinity column that will bind the peptide, biotin or other ligand attached to the “quenched” reagent and thereby remove it from the reaction mixture.
摘要:
The present invention provides methods of preparing and identifying antibodies against a loop domain of a protein, such as an extracellular loop (ECL) domain of a transmembrane protein. Cyclic and end-to-end cyclized peptides corresponding to loop domains are employed in the present invention. Transmembrane proteins contemplated by the invention include the G-coupled protein receptor or a viral envelope protein.
摘要:
The invention provides biologically active erythropoietin (EPO) conjugate compositions wherein a transglutaminase reaction is employed to covalently and site specifically conjugate the EPO molecule to a non-antigenic hydrophilic polymer that can also be covalently linked to an organic molecule either of which modification increases the circulating serum half-life of the composition.