Drug – bio-affecting and body treating compositions – Antigen – epitope – or other immunospecific immunoeffector – Conjugate or complex
Patent
1997-06-09
1999-09-21
Minnifield, Nita
Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
Antigen, epitope, or other immunospecific immunoeffector
Conjugate or complex
4241841, 4241851, 4241951, 4241971, 4242421, 4242781, A61K 39385, A61K 4500, A61K 3902, A61K 3900
Patent
active
059550805
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to self-adjuvanting vaccines for use in raising antibodies to peptides without the use of oil or alum adjuvants. The present invention further relates to the use of this vaccine and to methods of therapy. The present invention has particular application in chemical castration.
The use of leutinising hormone releasing hormone (LHRH) in chemical sterilisation of both male and female immunized with preparations including LHRH and this immunisation leads to dysfunction of the gonads and consequent induced sterility. In male animals reduction in testicular size relative to untreated controls may be clearly seen. Unfortunately, the mere immunisation with LHRH is not a totally effective method of chemical castration. Typically, whilst in the majority of one group of animals the immunisation with LHRH will have the desired effect, the immunisation will have little effect on a number of animals in that sample. As will be readily appreciated this is a significant drawback because, for example, if one unaffected male remains in the immunised herd this male may fertilise a number of females within the herd. For this reason chemical sterilisation utilising LHRH has to date achieved only limited application, with physical and other methods of sterilisation still predominating.
In the present applicant's copending Austrailian patent application No 17049/88 there is disclosed an effective method of peptide production by protein engineering. This method involves the culturing of genetically engineered bacteria which produce, as extracellular structures, Type 4 fimbriae, the peptide being produced in association with these fimbriae. This method comprises culturing bacteria containing the gene encoding the fimbrial subunit of Type 4 fimbriae to which has been added at the C-terminal end the nucleic acid sequence encoding the desired peptide. In further work on this system the present inventors have found that not only does this method provide a simple and efficient means of producing a peptide but that the fimbrial protein acts as a powerful immunoadjuvant.
The present inventors have also produced a peptide having a sequence derived from LHRH in association with Type 4 fimbriae. It has been found that this peptide conjugated to bacterial Type 4 fimbriae provides a very effective chemical sterilisation agent.
In the present applicant's copending International Patent Application No PCT/AU90/00599 (the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference) there is disclosure of means of linking fatty acids and the like to peptides.
The present inventors have also found that co-administration of a peptide/fatty acid conjugate with a peptide/carrier protein (such as fimbrial protein) conjugate yields a heightened antibody response to the peptide.
In addition the present inventors have found that the antibody response in an animal can be enhanced by the use of the fimbrial protein of a Type 4 fimbriate bacteria.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, in a first aspect the present invention consists in a vaccine for use in raising an immune response to a peptide, the vaccine comprising in admixture the peptide conjugated to 1 to 3 fatty acids and the peptide conjugated to a carrier protein.
In a preferred embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention the peptide has or includes one of the following amino acid sequences:
SGGWSYGLRPGG; (SEQ ID NO:1)
WSYGLRP; (SEQ ID NO:2)
WSYGWLP; or (SEQ ID NO:3)
WSYGLQP. (SEQ ID NO:4)
In a second aspect the present invention consists in a vaccine for use in chemical sterilisation the vaccine comprising a peptide which has or includes an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of:
SGGWSYGLRPGG (SEQ ID NO:1), WSYGLRP (SEQ ID NO:2), WSYGWLP (SEQ ID NO:3) and WSYLLQP (SEQ ID NO:4), the peptide being conjugated either to 1 to 3 fatty acids or to a fimbrial subunit.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention the carrier protein is a fimbrial sub unit protein, ovalbumin, bovine serum albumin, tetanus toxin,
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Finney Kenneth Geoffrey
Jennings Phillp Anthony
Reilly Wayne Gerard
Whittaker Robert George
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Minnifield Nita
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