U.S. patent application number 16/703177 was filed with the patent office on 2020-05-21 for peptides having osteoblast growth-promoting activity and use thereof.
This patent application is currently assigned to PHARMA FOODS INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.. The applicant listed for this patent is PHARMA FOODS INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.. Invention is credited to Ji-Yeong AN, Seiyu HARADA, Mujo KIM, Kazuya WATABE, Chihiro YAMAZAKI.
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United States Patent
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20200157165 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
YAMAZAKI; Chihiro ; et
al. |
May 21, 2020 |
PEPTIDES HAVING OSTEOBLAST GROWTH-PROMOTING ACTIVITY AND USE
THEREOF
Abstract
The present invention provides a novel peptide having bone
formation-promoting effect and chondrocyte growth-promoting effect,
in particular, a peptide having osteoblast growth-promoting
activity, having 100 amino acid residues or less comprising an
amino acid sequence selected from TABLE-US-00001 (a) (SEQ ID NO: 1)
Val-Asn-Pro-Glu-Ser-Glu-Glu-Glu-Asp-Glu-Ser-Ser- Pro-Tyr-Glu, (b)
an amino acid sequence derived from the amino acid sequence (a) by
conservative substitution or deletion of 1 to 3 amino acids, and
(c) an amino acid sequence consisting of at least four contiguous
amino acids of the amino acid sequence (a) or (b), or a derivative
thereof or a salt thereof.
Inventors: |
YAMAZAKI; Chihiro; (Kyoto,
JP) ; AN; Ji-Yeong; (Kyoto, JP) ; HARADA;
Seiyu; (Kyoto, JP) ; WATABE; Kazuya; (Kyoto,
JP) ; KIM; Mujo; (Kyoto, JP) |
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Applicant: |
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PHARMA FOODS INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. |
Kyoto |
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JP |
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Assignee: |
PHARMA FOODS INTERNATIONAL CO.,
LTD.
Kyoto
JP
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Family ID: |
54009042 |
Appl. No.: |
16/703177 |
Filed: |
December 4, 2019 |
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10538564 |
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PCT/JP2015/055340 |
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Current U.S.
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1/1 |
Current CPC
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A61K 2800/10 20130101;
A61P 19/00 20180101; A23L 33/18 20160801; A61K 38/08 20130101; A61Q
19/00 20130101; C07K 7/04 20130101; A61P 19/02 20180101; C07K 14/51
20130101; A23V 2002/00 20130101; A61P 19/08 20180101; A61K 38/00
20130101; A61K 8/64 20130101; C07K 7/06 20130101; A61K 38/04
20130101; A61P 43/00 20180101; A61K 38/10 20130101; A61P 19/10
20180101; C07K 7/08 20130101 |
International
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C07K 14/51 20060101
C07K014/51; A23L 33/18 20060101 A23L033/18; A61K 8/64 20060101
A61K008/64; A61Q 19/00 20060101 A61Q019/00; A61K 38/04 20060101
A61K038/04; C07K 7/08 20060101 C07K007/08; C07K 7/06 20060101
C07K007/06; A61K 38/10 20060101 A61K038/10; C07K 7/04 20060101
C07K007/04; A61K 38/08 20060101 A61K038/08 |
Foreign Application Data
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Feb 25, 2014 |
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2014-034240 |
Claims
1-32. (canceled)
33. A method for preventing, treating or alleviating a cartilage
disorder or a joint disease, the method comprising administering,
to a mammal in need thereof, an effective amount of the peptide
having 100 amino acid residues or less comprising an amino acid
sequence selected from TABLE-US-00006 (a) (SEQ ID NO: 1)
Val-Asn-Pro-Glu-Ser-Glu-Glu-Glu-Asp-Glu-Ser-Ser- Pro-Tyr-Glu,
(b) an amino acid sequence derived from the amino acid sequence (a)
by conservative substitution or deletion of 1 to 3 amino acids, and
(c) an amino acid sequence consisting of at least four contiguous
amino acids of the amino acid sequence (a) or (b), or a derivative
thereof or a salt thereof.
34. The method according to claim 33, wherein the peptide or a
derivative thereof or a salt thereof can have at least one
phosphorylated serine.
35. The method according to claim 33, wherein the peptide or a
derivative thereof or a salt thereof is a fragment of
lipovitellin-1.
36. The method according to claim 33, wherein the peptide or a
derivative thereof or a salt thereof has one or more activity which
is selected from the group consisting of promotion of chondrocyte
growth, promotion of hyaluronic acid production, induction of
chondrogenic cell differentiation, promotion of mesenchymal stem
cell growth, induction of mesenchymal stem cell differentiation and
increase of the serum level of insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1)
in a mammal and promotion of osteoblast growth, inhibition of bone
resorption.
37. The method according to claim 33, wherein the peptide is
administered orally.
38. The method according to claim 33, wherein the peptide is
included in a medicament, a food or drink, a supplement, a food
additive or a cosmetic product.
39. The method according to claim 33, wherein the peptide or a
derivative thereof or a salt thereof, which consists of an amino
acid sequence selected from TABLE-US-00007 (i) (SEQ ID NO: 1)
Val-Asn-Pro-Glu-Ser-Glu-Glu-Glu-Asp-Glu-Ser-Ser-Pro- Tyr-Glu, (ii)
(SEQ ID NO: 2) Val-Asn-Pro-Glu-Ser-Glu-Glu-Glu, (iii) (SEQ ID NO:
3) Val-Asn-Pro-Glu-Ser-Glu-Glu, (iv) (SEQ ID NO: 4)
Pro-Glu-Ser-Glu-Glu, (v) (SEQ ID NO: 5)
Asp-Glu-Ser-Ser-Pro-Tyr-Glu, and (vi) (SEQ ID NO: 6)
Glu-Asp-Glu-Ser-Ser-Pro-Tyr-Glu.
40. The method according to claim 39, wherein the peptide or a salt
thereof has one or more activity which is selected from the group
consisting of promotion of chondrocyte growth, promotion of
hyaluronic acid production, induction of chondrogenic cell
differentiation, promotion of mesenchymal stem cell growth,
induction of mesenchymal stem cell differentiation and increase of
the serum level of insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1) in a mammal,
promotion of osteoblast growth and inhibition of bone
resorption.
41. A method for promoting bone formation, the method comprising
administering, to a mammal in need thereof, an effective amount of
the peptide having 100 amino acid residues or less comprising an
amino acid sequence selected from (a)
Val-Asn-Pro-Glu-Ser-Glu-Glu-Glu-Asp-Glu-Ser-Ser-Pro-Tyr-Glu (SEQ ID
NO:1), (b) an amino acid sequence derived from the amino acid
sequence (a) by conservative substitution or deletion of 1 to 3
amino acids, and (c) an amino acid sequence consisting of at least
four contiguous amino acids of the amino acid sequence (a) or (b),
or a derivative thereof or a salt thereof, wherein the peptide can
have at least one phosphorylated serine.
42. The method according to claim 41, wherein the peptide or a
derivative thereof or a salt thereof has one or more activity which
is selected from the group consisting of promotion of chondrocyte
growth, promotion of hyaluronic acid production, induction of
chondrogenic cell differentiation, promotion of mesenchymal stem
cell growth, induction of mesenchymal stem cell differentiation and
increase of the serum level of insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1)
in a mammal, promotion of osteoblast growth, and inhibition of bone
resorption.
43. The method according to claim 41, wherein the peptide is
administered orally.
44. The method according to claim 41, wherein the peptide is
included in a medicament, a food or drink, a supplement, a food
additive or a cosmetic product.
45. The method according to claim 41, wherein said peptide consists
of an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of
TABLE-US-00008 (i) (SEQ ID NO: 1)
Val-Asn-Pro-Glu-Ser-Glu-Glu-Glu-Asp-Glu-Ser-Ser-Pro- Tyr-Glu, (ii)
(SEQ ID NO: 2) Val-Asn-Pro-Glu-Ser-Glu-Glu-Glu, (iii) (SEQ ID NO:
3) Val-Asn-Pro-Glu-Ser-Glu-Glu, (iv) (SEQ ID NO: 4)
Pro-Glu-Ser-Glu-Glu, (v) (SEQ ID NO: 5)
Asp-Glu-Ser-Ser-Pro-Tyr-Glu, and (vi) (SEQ ID NO: 6)
Glu-Asp-Glu-Ser-Ser-Pro-Tyr-Glu,
wherein the peptide does not have phosphorylated serine.
46. The method according to claim 45, wherein the peptide or a salt
thereof has one or more activity which is selected from the group
consisting of promotion of chondrocyte growth, promotion of
hyaluronic acid production, induction of chondrogenic cell
differentiation, promotion of mesenchymal stem cell growth,
induction of mesenchymal stem cell differentiation and increase of
the serum level of insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1) in a mammal,
promotion of osteoblast growth, inhibition of bone resorption.
47. A peptide or a derivative thereof or a salt thereof, which
consists of an amino acid sequence selected from TABLE-US-00009 (i)
(SEQ ID NO: 1) Val-Asn-Pro-Glu-Ser-Glu-Glu-Glu-Asp-Glu-Ser-Ser-Pro-
Tyr-Glu, (ii) (SEQ ID NO: 2) Val-Asn-Pro-Glu-Ser-Glu-Glu-Glu, (iii)
(SEQ ID NO: 3) Val-Asn-Pro-Glu-Ser-Glu-Glu, (iv) (SEQ ID NO: 4)
Pro-Glu-Ser-Glu-Glu, (v) (SEQ ID NO: 5)
Asp-Glu-Ser-Ser-Pro-Tyr-Glu, and (vi) (SEQ ID NO: 6)
Glu-Asp-Glu-Ser-Ser-Pro-Tyr-Glu,
wherein the peptide can have at least one phosphorylated
serine.
48. The peptide or a derivative thereof or a salt thereof according
to claim 47, wherein the peptide or a derivative thereof or a salt
thereof has one or more activity which is selected from the group
consisting of promotion of chondrocyte growth, promotion of
hyaluronic acid production, induction of chondrogenic cell
differentiation, promotion of mesenchymal stem cell growth,
induction of mesenchymal stem cell differentiation and increase of
the serum level of insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1) in a mammal,
promotion of bone formation, promotion of osteoblast growth, and
inhibition of bone resorption.
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to a peptide having osteoblast
growth-promoting activity; a bone formation promoter, a bone
resorption inhibitor, a chondrocyte growth promoter, a hyaluronic
acid production promoter, a chondrogenic cell differentiation
inducer, a mesenchymal stem cell growth promoter and a mesenchymal
stem cell differentiation inducer, each comprising the peptide; and
use thereof.
BACKGROUND ART
[0002] Osteoporosis is a systemic disease that develops due to
reduction of the bone volume or the bone mineral content and causes
the breakage of the fine structure of bone, which reduces the bone
strength and increases the risk of bone fracture. The number of
patients with osteoporosis in Japan reaches about 11 million, and
80% of them are women. Osteoporosis mainly affects people in their
middle or older age, and considering that the society is aging, the
number of patients is expected to increase in the future. Another
concern is that the incidence of bone fracture is increasing in
elementary and junior high school students. In order to prevent
osteoporosis, it is very important to substantially increase the
bone mineral content during the young age, thus achieving a high
peak bone mass. Thus the maintenance of bone health is now a social
interest regardless of sex and age.
[0003] Bone diseases are conventionally prevented or treated by
dietary calcium supplementation, light exercise, sun bath,
medication, etc. Such dietary calcium supplementation is done with
calcium salts such as calcium carbonate and calcium phosphate, and
natural calcium sources such as bovine bone powder, egg shells and
fish bone powder. However, such ingredients are not very suitable
for oral ingestion in terms of solubility, absorptivity and taste.
Moderate exercise increases the bone volume and strengthens bone,
and a stroll and a walk are good for bone health. However, for
people with low physical strength, even light exercise is
troublesome, and exercise is almost impossible for the bedridden
elderly. Sun bath is considered to be good for supply of activated
vitamin D.sub.3, but sun bath is insufficient for prevention or
treatment of bone diseases.
[0004] For the prevention or treatment of various chondropathies,
the growth of chondrocytes and the expression of differentiation
function are important. That is, the growth and maturation of
chondrocytes are considered to promote normal growth of bone and
repair bone fracture. Several factors for inducing the growth of
chondrocytes have been reported, including transforming growth
factor (TGF)-.beta.1, insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-1, basic
fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), PTH-related peptide (PTHrP),
hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), and bone morphogenetic protein
(BMP). However, clinical applications of chondrocyte
growth-promoting drugs excellent in safety, stability and efficacy
have not been established yet.
[0005] Patients with osteoarthritis account for the largest
proportion of chondropathy patients. One of the causes of
osteoarthritis may be aging, and the incidence of the disease is
expected to increase in this aging society. Conventionally, bone
resorption inhibitors such as estrogen and calcitonin, aspirin, and
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) have mostly been used
for the prevention and treatment of cartilage disorders that
manifest degeneration of cartilage as major symptoms, such as joint
diseases. However, these drugs are not effective enough, and are
well-known to cause adverse reactions such as digestive tract
disorders. Under these circumstances, there has been a great demand
for prophylactic or alleviating drugs that are safe for use in the
treatment of cartilage injuries and cartilage disorders.
[0006] The inventors found that an egg yolk-derived peptide
comprising an amino acid sequence comprising at least Ala-Glu-Ser
has osteoblast growth-promoting activity (see Patent Literature 1)
and that an egg-yolk protein hydrolysate has chondrocyte
growth-promoting activity (see Patent Literature 2). The inventors
then filed a patent based on these findings.
CITATION LIST
Patent Literature
[0007] Patent Literature 1: JP 2011-211979 A
[0008] Patent Literature 2: WO 2014/007318
SUMMARY OF INVENTION
Technical Problem
[0009] An object of the present invention is to provide a novel
peptide having bone formation-promoting effect and chondrocyte
growth-promoting effect and to provide excellent applications of
the peptide.
[0010] Solution to Problem
[0011] The present invention has been made to solve the above
problems and includes the following.
[0012] [1] A peptide having osteoblast growth-promoting activity,
having 100 amino acid residues or less comprising an amino acid
sequence selected from
[0013] (a)
Val-Asn-Pro-Glu-Ser-Glu-Glu-Glu-Asp-Glu-Ser-Ser-Pro-Tyr-Glu (SEQ ID
NO: 1),
[0014] (b) an amino acid sequence derived from the amino acid
sequence (a) by conservative substitution or deletion of 1 to 3
amino acids, and
[0015] (c) an amino acid sequence consisting of at least four
contiguous amino acids of the amino acid sequence (a) or (b),
or
[0016] a derivative thereof or a salt thereof.
[0017] [2] The peptide of the above [1] or a derivative thereof or
a salt thereof, which has at least one phosphorylated serine.
[0018] [3] The peptide of the above [1] or [2] or a derivative
thereof or a salt thereof, which is a fragment of
lipovitellin-1.
[0019] [4] The peptide of any one of the above [1] to [3] or a
derivative thereof or a salt thereof, which further has chondrocyte
growth-promoting activity and/or hyaluronic acid
production-promoting activity.
[0020] [5] The peptide of any one of claims 1 to 4 or a derivative
thereof or a salt thereof, which consists of an amino acid sequence
selected from
TABLE-US-00002 (i) (SEQ ID NO: 1)
Val-Asn-Pro-Glu-Ser-Glu-Glu-Glu-Asp-Glu-Ser-Ser-Pro- Tyr-Glu, (ii)
(SEQ ID NO: 2) Val-Asn-Pro-Glu-Ser-Glu-Glu-Glu, (iii) (SEQ ID NO:
3) Val-Asn-Pro-Glu-Ser-Glu-Glu, (iv) (SEQ ID NO: 4)
Pro-Glu-Ser-Glu-Glu, (v) (SEQ ID NO: 5)
Asp-Glu-Ser-Ser-Pro-Tyr-Glu, and (vi) (SEQ ID NO: 6)
Glu-Asp-Glu-Ser-Ser-Pro-Tyr-Glu.
[0021] [6] A polynucleotide encoding the peptide of any one of the
above [1] to [5].
[0022] [7] An expression vector comprising the polynucleotide of
the above [6].
[0023] [8] A transformant resulting from transformation with the
recombinant vector of the above [7].
[0024] [9] A bone formation promoter comprising the peptide of any
one of the above [1] to [5] or a derivative thereof or a salt
thereof or lipovitellin-1 or a derivative thereof or a salt
thereof.
[0025] [10] The bone formation promoter of the above [9], which has
osteoblast growth-promoting effect.
[0026] [11] A bone resorption inhibitor comprising the peptide of
any one of the above [1] to [5] or a derivative thereof or a salt
thereof or lipovitellin-1 or a derivative thereof or a salt
thereof.
[0027] [12] A chondrocyte growth promoter comprising the peptide of
any one of the above [1] to [5] or a derivative thereof or a salt
thereof or lipovitellin-1 or a derivative thereof or a salt
thereof.
[0028] [13] A hyaluronic acid production promoter comprising the
peptide of any one of the above [1] to [5] or a derivative thereof
or a salt thereof or lipovitellin-1 or a derivative thereof or a
salt thereof.
[0029] [14] A chondrogenic cell differentiation inducer comprising
the peptide of any one of the above [1] to [5] or a derivative
thereof or a salt thereof or lipovitellin-1 or a derivative thereof
or a salt thereof.
[0030] [15] A mesenchymal stem cell growth promoter comprising the
peptide of any one of the above [1] to [5] or a derivative thereof
or a salt thereof or lipovitellin-1 or a derivative thereof or a
salt thereof.
[0031] [16] A mesenchymal stem cell differentiation inducer
comprising the peptide of any one of the above [1] to [5] or a
derivative thereof or a salt thereof or lipovitellin-1 or a
derivative thereof or a salt thereof.
[0032] [17] The promoter, inhibitor or inducer of any one of the
above [9] to [16], which is for oral administration.
[0033] [18] A medicament comprising the peptide of any one of the
above [1] to [5] or a derivative thereof or a salt thereof or
lipovitellin-1 or a derivative thereof or a salt thereof.
[0034] [19] The medicament of the above [18], for promoting bone
formation or for preventing or alleviating a cartilage disorder or
a joint disease.
[0035] [20] A food or drink product comprising the peptide of any
one of the above [1] to [5] or a derivative thereof or a salt
thereof or lipovitellin-1 or a derivative thereof or a salt
thereof.
[0036] [21] The food or drink product of the above [20], for
promoting bone formation or for preventing or alleviating a
cartilage disorder or a joint disease.
[0037] [22] A supplement comprising the peptide of any one of the
above [1] to [5] or a derivative thereof or a salt thereof or
lipovitellin-1 or a derivative thereof or a salt thereof.
[0038] [23] The supplement of the above [22], for promoting bone
formation or for preventing or alleviating a cartilage disorder or
a joint disease.
[0039] [24] A food additive comprising the peptide of any one of
the above [1] to [5] or a derivative thereof or a salt thereof or
lipovitellin-1 or a derivative thereof or a salt thereof.
[0040] [25] The food additive of the above [24], for promoting bone
formation or for preventing or alleviating a cartilage disorder or
a joint disease.
[0041] [26] A cosmetic product comprising the peptide of any one of
the above [1] to [5] or a derivative thereof or a salt thereof or
lipovitellin-1 or a derivative thereof or a salt thereof.
[0042] [27] The cosmetic product of the above [26], for promoting
bone formation or for preventing or alleviating a cartilage
disorder or a joint disease.
[0043] [28] A method for promoting bone formation, the method
comprising administering, to a mammal, an effective amount of the
peptide of any one of the above [1] to [5] or a derivative thereof
or a salt thereof or lipovitellin-1 or a derivative thereof or a
salt thereof.
[0044] [29] A method for preventing or alleviating a cartilage
disorder or a joint disease, the method comprising administering,
to a mammal, an effective amount of the peptide of any one of the
above [1] to [5] or a derivative thereof or a salt thereof or
lipovitellin-1 or a derivative thereof or a salt thereof.
[0045] [30] The peptide of any one of the above [1] to [5] or a
derivative thereof or a salt thereof or lipovitellin-1 or a
derivative thereof or a salt thereof for use in the promotion of
bone formation or the prevention or alleviation of a cartilage
disorder or a joint disease.
[0046] [31] Use of the peptide of any one of the above [1] to [5]
or a derivative thereof or a salt thereof or lipovitellin-1 or a
derivative thereof or a salt thereof for the promotion of bone
formation or for the prevention or alleviation of a cartilage
disorder or a joint disease.
[0047] [32] Use of the peptide of any one of the above [1] to [5]
or a derivative thereof or a salt thereof or lipovitellin-1 or a
derivative thereof or a salt thereof for the production of a
medicament for promoting bone formation or for preventing or
alleviating a cartilage disorder or a joint disease.
Advantageous Effects of Invention
[0048] The present invention provides a novel peptide having bone
formation-promoting effect and chondrocyte growth-promoting effect.
The peptide can promote bone formation via oral ingestion, and is
thus useful as a medicament, a food or drink product, a supplement,
a food additive, a cosmetic product, etc. that are for promoting
bone formation or for preventing or alleviating a cartilage
disorder or joint pain.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0049] FIG. 1 shows a chart showing the measurement results of the
osteoblast growth-promoting activity of fractions resulting from
fractionation of an egg-yolk protein hydrolysate with a UF membrane
with a cut-off molecular weight of 1 kDa.
[0050] FIG. 2 shows a chart showing the measurement results of the
osteoblast growth-promoting activity of a non-adsorbed fraction
(flow-through) and fractions eluted with sodium chloride solutions
at concentrations of 750 mM and 1 M from an anion-exchange column
loaded with a fraction with a molecular weight of 1 kDa or more
obtained from the egg-yolk protein hydrolysate.
[0051] FIG. 3 is a chart showing fractions resulting from
reverse-phase HPLC fractionation of the 750 mM NaCl eluate
fraction, which showed high osteoblast growth-promoting
activity.
[0052] FIG. 4 is a chart showing the measurement results of the
osteoblast growth-promoting activity of G1 to G9 indicated in FIG.
3.
[0053] FIG. 5 is a chart showing the measurement results of the
osteoblast growth-promoting activity of fractions 11 to 20
contained in G3 and G4.
[0054] FIG. 6 is a chart showing peaks detected in fraction 12 by
HPLC under conditions different from those of the above HPLC.
[0055] FIG. 7 is a chart showing the measurement results of the
osteoblast growth-promoting activity of fractions with the two
peaks indicated in FIG. 6.
[0056] FIG. 8 shows the analysis results of the structure of
peptides.
[0057] FIG. 9 is a chart showing the measurement results of the
osteoblast growth-promoting activity of a synthetic peptide (No.
1).
[0058] FIG. 10 is a chart showing the measurement results of the
osteoblast growth-promoting activity of synthetic peptides (No. 2
and No. 3).
[0059] FIG. 11 is a chart showing the measurement results of the
osteoblast growth-promoting activity of synthetic peptides (No. 4
and No. 5).
[0060] FIG. 12 is a chart showing the measurement results of the
osteoblast growth-promoting activity of a synthetic peptide (No.
6).
[0061] FIG. 13 is a chart showing the measurement results of the
increased height of the tibial growth plates of rats after oral
administration of a synthetic peptide (No. 1).
[0062] FIG. 14 is a chart showing the measurement results of the
chondrocyte growth-promoting activity of synthetic peptides (No. 1
and No. 6).
[0063] FIG. 15 is a chart showing the measurement results of the
hyaluronic acid production-promoting activity of synthetic peptides
(No. 1 and No. 6).
[0064] FIG. 16 shows the experimental protocol of Example 14.
[0065] FIG. 17 is a chart showing the measurement results of the
growth rate of the growth cartilage per day (in the longitudinal
direction) in a synthetic peptide administration group.
[0066] FIG. 18 shows fluorescent microscope images of the formation
of primary cancellous bone in a synthetic peptide administration
group.
[0067] FIG. 19 is a chart showing an increase in the serum level of
insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1) in a synthetic peptide
administration group.
[0068] FIG. 20 shows the experimental protocol of Example 15.
[0069] FIG. 21 is a chart showing the calculation results of the
increased height of the rat tibiae per day in a synthetic peptide
administration group.
[0070] FIG. 22 is a chart showing the measurement results of the
secondary cancellous bone volume relative to the bone tissue volume
in rats in a synthetic peptide administration group.
[0071] FIG. 23 is a chart showing the measurement results of the
percentage of the bone surface occupied by osteoblasts relative to
the total bone surface in a synthetic peptide administration
group.
[0072] FIG. 24 is a chart showing the measurement results of the
percentage of the bone surface occupied by osteoclasts relative to
the total bone surface in a synthetic peptide administration
group.
[0073] FIG. 25 shows the experimental protocol of Example 16.
[0074] FIG. 26 is a chart showing the calculation results of the
mineral apposition rate, per day, in the secondary cancellous bone
of rats in a synthetic peptide administration group.
[0075] FIG. 27 is a chart showing the measurement results of the
percentage of the bone surface occupied by osteoblasts relative to
the total bone surface in a synthetic peptide administration
group.
[0076] FIG. 28 is a chart showing the measurement results of the
number of osteoblasts relative to the bone tissue volume in rats in
a synthetic peptide administration group.
[0077] FIG. 29 is a chart showing the calculation results of the
bone formation rate in a synthetic peptide administration
group.
Description of Embodiments
[0078] Peptides
[0079] The present invention provides a peptide having osteoblast
growth-promoting activity.
[0080] The inventors investigated the identification of peptides
with strong activity for promoting the growth of osteoblasts from a
peptide mixture obtained by hydrolysis of egg yolk proteins, and
isolated the peptides consisting of the amino acid sequences (i) to
(vi) shown below. The amino acid sequences (ii) to (vi) are partial
sequences of the amino acid sequence (i).
TABLE-US-00003 (i) (SEQ ID NO: 1)
Val-Asn-Pro-Glu-Ser-Glu-Glu-Glu-Asp-Glu-Ser-Ser-Pro- Tyr-Glu (ii)
(SEQ ID NO: 2) Val-Asn-Pro-Glu-Ser-Glu-Glu-Glu (iii) (SEQ ID NO: 3)
Val-Asn-Pro-Glu-Ser-Glu-Glu (iv) (SEQ ID NO: 4) Pro-Glu-Ser-Glu-Glu
(v) (SEQ ID NO: 5) Asp-Glu-Ser-Ser-Pro-Tyr-Glu (vi) (SEQ ID NO: 6)
Glu-Asp-Glu-Ser-Ser-Pro-Tyr-Glu
[0081] The peptide provided by the present invention is a peptide
having osteoblast growth-promoting activity, comprising an amino
acid sequence selected from
TABLE-US-00004 (a) (SEQ ID NO: 1)
Val-Asn-Pro-Glu-Ser-Glu-Glu-Glu-Asp-Glu-Ser-Ser- Pro-Tyr-Glu,
[0082] (b) an amino acid sequence derived from the amino acid
sequence (a) by conservative substitution or deletion of 1 to 3
amino acids, and
[0083] (c) an amino acid sequence consisting of at least four
contiguous amino acids of the amino acid sequence (a) or (b).
[0084] The peptide of the present invention may be a peptide
consisting of the amino acid sequence (a), (b) or (c), or a peptide
comprising the amino acid sequence (a), (b) or (c) and an amino
acid sequence other than (a), (b) or (c). In cases where the
peptide of the present invention comprises an amino acid sequence
other than (a), (b) or (c), the amino acid sequence other than (a),
(b) or (c) is not particularly limited as long as the peptide
retains osteoblast growth-promoting activity. The amino acid
sequence other than (a), (b) or (c) may be, for example, a tag
sequence (e.g., a polyhistidine tag, a Myc tag, a FLAG tag,
etc.).
[0085] The number of the amino acid residues contained in the
peptide of the present invention is not particularly limited, but
is preferably 1000 or less, more preferably 500 or less, further
more preferably 200 or less, further more preferably 100 or less,
further more preferably 80 or less, further more preferably 70 or
less, further more preferably 60 or less, further more preferably
50 or less, further more preferably 40 or less, further more
preferably or less, further more preferably 20 or less,
particularly preferably 15 or less. The minimum number of the amino
acid residues is not particularly limited as long as the peptide
retains osteoblast growth-promoting activity, but the minimum
number of the amino acid residues is preferably 3 or more, more
preferably 4 or more, further more preferably 5 or more.
[0086] A homology search revealed that the amino acid sequence of
SEQ ID NO: 1 corresponds to positions 1060 to 1074 of the amino
acid sequence of vitellogenin-2 (SEQ ID NO: 7), which is a
precursor protein contained in an egg yolk. The peptide of the
present invention is, hence, preferably a fragment of
vitellogenin-2 that contains at least four contiguous amino acids
at positions 1060 to 1074 of vitellogenin-2 and has osteoblast
growth-promoting activity.
[0087] Vitellogenin-2 is a precursor protein contained in an egg
yolk, and is known to be cleaved into four yolk proteins:
lipovitellin-1, phosvitin, lipovitellin-2 and YGP40 (yolk
glycoprotein of 40 kDa) (see the database UniProt: P02845 (VIT2
CHICK)). Positions 1060 to 1074 of vitellogenin-2 corresponds to
positions 1045 to 1059 of the amino acid sequence of lipovitellin-1
(SEQ ID NO: 8). The peptide of the present invention is, hence,
preferably a fragment of lipovitellin-2 that contains at least four
contiguous amino acids at positions 1045 to 1059 of lipovitellin-1
and has osteoblast growth-promoting activity.
[0088] Preferably, the peptide of the present invention is a
peptide consisting of any of the amino acid sequences (i) to
(vi).
[0089] The term "conservative substitution of amino acids" herein
means substitution of an amino acid for another one within the same
group shown in Table 1 below. In Table 1, preferred conservative
substitutions of amino acids include a substitution between
aspartic acid and glutamic acid, a substitution among arginine,
lysine, and histidine, a substitution between tryptophan and
phenylalanine, a substitution between phenylalanine and valine, a
substitution among leucine, isoleucine and alanine, and a
substitution between glycine and alanine.
TABLE-US-00005 TABLE 1 Acidic amino acids Aspartic acid (D),
glutamic acid (E) Basic amino acids Arginine (R), lysine (K),
histidine (H) Hydrophilic amino Serine (S), threonine (T),
asparagine (N), acids glutamine (Q) Hydrophobic amino Tryptophan
(W), phenylalanine (F), valine (V), acids leucine (L), isoleucine
(I), methionine (M), proline (P), alanine (A) Aromatic amino acids
Tyrosine (Y), tryptophan (W), phenylalanine (F) Hydroxyamino acids
Serine (S), threonine (T) Sulfur-containing Cysteine (C), cystine,
methionine (M) amino acids Small amino acids Glycine (G), alanine
(A), serine (S), methionine (M), threonine (T)
[0090] The peptide derivative of the present invention is derived
from a peptide with a particular amino acid sequence and the
C-terminus of the peptide derivative may be a carboxyl group
(--COOH), a carboxylate (--COO.sup.-), an amide (--CONH.sub.2) or
an ester (--COOR). Examples of R of the ester include C.sub.1-6
alkyl groups such as methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl and
n-butyl; C.sub.3-8 cycloalkyl groups such as cyclopentyl and
cyclohexyl; C.sub.6-12 aryl groups such as phenyl and
.alpha.-naphthyl; C.sub.7-14 aralkyl groups including
phenyl-C.sub.1-2 alkyl groups, such as benzyl and phenethyl, and
.alpha.-naphthyl-C.sub.1-2 alkyl groups, such as
.alpha.-naphthylmethyl; and a pivaloyloxymethyl group, which is
commonly used as an ester for oral administration. Examples of the
amide include an amide; an amide substituted with one or two
C.sub.1-6 alkyl groups; an amide substituted with one or two
C.sub.1-6 alkyl groups substituted with a phenyl group; and an
amide that forms a 5- to 7-membered azacycloalkane containing the
nitrogen atom of the amide group. When the peptide of the present
invention has a carboxyl group or a carboxylate at a position other
than the C-terminus, those with amidated or esterified carboxyl or
carboxylate are also included in the peptide derivative of the
present invention.
[0091] The peptide derivative of the present invention also
includes the peptides of the present invention in which the
N-terminal amino group is protected with a protecting group (e.g.,
a C.sub.1-6 acyl group including a formyl group and C.sub.2-6
alkanoyl groups such as acetyl), the peptides of the present
invention in which a N-terminal glutamyl group generated by in vivo
cleavage of the N-terminus is converted to a pyroglutamate, and the
peptides of the present invention in which a substituent (e.g.,
--OH, --SH, an amino group, an imidazole group, an indole group, or
a guanidino group) on an amino acid side chain in the molecule is
protected with a suitable protecting group (e.g., a C.sub.1-6 acyl
group including a formyl group and C.sub.2-6 alkanoyl groups such
as acetyl).
[0092] The side chains of the amino acids constituting the peptide
derivative of the present invention may be modified with a
substituent. Examples of the substituent include, but are not
limited to, a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, a cyano group, a
hydroxy group, a nitro group, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group,
an alkoxy group, an amino group, and a phosphate group. The
side-chain substituent may be protected with a protecting group.
The derivative of the peptide of the present invention also
includes glycopeptides, which are peptides having sugar chains.
[0093] The peptide of the present invention or a derivative thereof
may form a salt. The salt is preferably physiologically acceptable.
Examples of the physiologically acceptable salt include salts with
acids such as hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid,
lactic acid, tartaric acid, maleic acid, fumaric acid, oxalic acid,
malic acid, citric acid, oleic acid, and palmitic acid; salts with
hydroxides or carbonates of an alkali metal, such as sodium,
potassium and calcium, salts with hydroxides or carbonates of an
alkaline earth metal, and salts with aluminum hydroxide or
carbonate; and salts with triethylamine, benzylamine,
diethanolamine, t-butylamine, dicyclohexylamine, arginine, etc.
[0094] The peptide of the present invention or a derivative thereof
may comprise a D-amino acid or a non-naturally occurring amino acid
to the extent that the peptide or derivative retains its
characteristics. The peptide of the present invention or a
derivative thereof may comprise another substance linked thereto to
the extent that the peptide or derivative retains its
characteristics. Examples of the substance linkable to the peptide
include other peptides, lipids, sugars, sugar chains, an acetyl
group, and naturally occurring or synthetic polymers. The peptide
of the present invention may be subjected to modification such as
glycosylation, side-chain oxidation, and phosphorylation to the
extent that the resulting modified peptide retains the
characteristics of the original peptide.
[0095] The peptide of the present invention or a derivative thereof
or a salt thereof preferably has at least one phosphorylated
serine. The position of the phosphorylated serine is not
particularly limited, but preferably at least one of the serine
residues at positions 5, 11 and 12 of the amino acid sequence of
SEQ ID NO: 1 is phosphorylated, more preferably at least one of the
serine residues at positions 5 and 11 is phosphorylated, and
further more preferably the serine residues at positions 5 and 11
are phosphorylated. Phosphorylation of the serine residue(s) has
been shown to result in an increase in the effect of promoting the
growth of bone-forming cells.
[0096] Preferred peptide derivatives of the present invention are
peptides with a phosphorylated serine residue represented by the
amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 9 to 14 (see FIG. 10).
[0097] The peptide of the present invention or a derivative thereof
or a salt thereof (hereinafter the peptide, the derivative and the
salt are collectively and simply called "the peptide of the present
invention") can be produced by solid-phase synthesis (the Fmoc or
Boc method) or liquid-phase synthesis in accordance with a known
standard peptide synthesis protocol. Alternatively, the peptide of
the present invention can be produced by using a transformant
carrying an expression vector containing a DNA encoding the peptide
of the present invention. Alternatively, the peptide of the present
invention can be produced by preparing a peptide using a
transformant carrying an expression vector containing a DNA
encoding a peptide comprising the peptide of the present invention,
and cleaving the resulting peptide with a suitable protease or
peptidase. Alternatively, the peptide of the present invention can
be produced by a method using an in vitro transcription-translation
system.
[0098] The peptide of the present invention can be obtained by
purifying a hydrolysate of chicken egg yolk proteins. The
preparation method of a hydrolysate of egg yolk proteins and the
purification method of the peptide are not particularly limited,
and the preparation and purification may be done by a known method
selected as appropriate. Specifically, the peptide can be obtained
by, for example, preparing a defatted egg yolk powder, then
preparing a hydrolysate from the powder using an enzyme such as a
protease, and purifying a peptide of interest from the hydrolysate
by ultrafiltration or chromatography such as HPLC.
[0099] Whether the peptide of interest has osteoblast
growth-promoting activity can be determined by comparing the growth
of osteoblasts between the culture in the presence of the peptide
and the culture in the absence of the peptide in a test system
selected as appropriate from known methods for measuring the cell
growth. A higher growth level of osteoblasts in the culture in the
presence of the peptide indicates that the peptide has the
promoting activity. Specifically, for example, MTT assay or cell
counting method may be performed in a cell culture system
[0100] Whether the peptide of interest has chondrocyte
growth-promoting activity can be determined by comparing the growth
of chondrocytes or chondrogenic cells between the culture in the
presence of the peptide and the culture in the absence of the
peptide in a test system selected as appropriate from known methods
for measuring the cell growth. A higher growth level of osteoblasts
in the culture in the presence of the peptide indicates that the
peptide has the promoting activity. Specifically, for example, MTT
assay or cell counting method may be performed in a cell culture
system using an osteoblast-derived cell line.
[0101] Whether the peptide of interest has hyaluronic acid
production-promoting activity can be determined by measuring, by a
known method, the amounts of hyaluronic acid production in the
culture supernatant in culture using cultured cells with an ability
to produce hyaluronic acid, and then comparing the amounts of
hyaluronic acid between the culture in the presence of the peptide
and the culture in the absence of the peptide. A higher amount of
hyaluronic acid in the supernatant of the culture in the presence
of the peptide indicates that the peptide has the promoting
activity. Examples of the measurement method of the amount of
hyaluronic acid include ELISA.
[0102] Polynucleotides
[0103] The polynucleotide provided by the present invention is a
polynucleotide encoding the above peptide of the present invention.
The polynucleotide can be present in the form of RNA (e.g., mRNA)
or DNA (e.g., cDNA or genomic DNA). The polynucleotide may be a
double or single strand. The double strand may be a double-stranded
DNA, a double-stranded RNA or a DNA-RNA hybrid. The single strand
may be a coding strand (sense strand) or a non-coding strand
(antisense strand). The polynucleotide of the present invention may
be fused with a polynucleotide encoding a tag label (a tag sequence
or a marker sequence) at the 5'- or 3'-terminus. The polynucleotide
of the present invention may contain an untranslated region (UTR)
sequence, a vector sequence (including an expression vector
sequence), etc.
[0104] The nucleotide sequence of the polynucleotide encoding the
peptide of the present invention can be custom designed by
appropriately selecting codons for amino acids based on the amino
acid sequence of the peptide of the present invention and combining
the selected codons. As described above, the amino acid sequence of
SEQ ID NO: 1 is part of the amino acid sequence of vitellogenin-2
(SEQ ID NO: 7), which is a precursor protein contained in an egg
yolk, and therefore the nucleotide sequence of the polynucleotide
can be designed based on the nucleotide sequence of the gene
encoding vitellogenin-2.
[0105] The polynucleotide of the present invention can be produced
by a known DNA synthesis method, PCR, etc. Specifically, for
example, the nucleotide sequence is designed by appropriately
selecting codons for amino acids based on the amino acid sequence
of the peptide of the present invention, and the designed sequence
is chemically synthesized using a commercially available DNA
synthesizer. Alternatively, primers are designed for amplification
of the coding region of the peptide of the present invention in the
nucleotide sequence of the gene encoding vitellogenin-2 (accession
No.: X13607), and then PCR etc. are performed with chicken genomic
DNA or cDNA as a template using the designed primers to produce a
DNA fragment containing the polynucleotide of the present invention
in large quantities.
[0106] Expression Vectors
[0107] The present invention provides an expression vector used for
the production of the peptide of the present invention. The
expression vector of the present invention is not particularly
limited as long as it contains a polynucleotide encoding the
peptide of the present invention, but preferred are plasmid vectors
carrying a RNA polymerase recognition sequence (pSP64, pBluescript,
etc.). The method for preparing the expression vector is not
particularly limited, and the expression vector may be prepared
with the use of a plasmid, a phage, a cosmid or the like. The type
of the vector is not particularly limited and any appropriate
vector that can be expressed in host cells can be selected. For
example, a promoter sequence is selected as appropriate for the
type of host cells to ensure the expression of the polynucleotide
of the present invention, and this promoter sequence and the
polynucleotide of the present invention are inserted into a plasmid
etc. to give a desired expression vector. After a host transformed
with the expression vector of the present invention is cultured,
cultivated or bred, the peptide of the present invention can be
collected and purified from the culture products etc. by
conventional methods (e.g., filtration, centrifugation, cell
disruption, gel filtration chromatography, ion exchange
chromatography, etc.).
[0108] The expression vector preferably contains at least one
selection marker. Examples of the marker include a dihydrofolate
reductase gene and a neomycin resistance gene for eukaryote cell
culture; and a tetracycline resistance gene and an ampicillin
resistance gene for culture of Escherichia coli and other bacteria.
Such a selection marker is useful for checking whether the
polynucleotide of the present invention has been successfully
transfected into host cells and whether the polynucleotide is
reliably expressed therein. Alternatively, the peptide of the
present invention may be expressed as a fusion protein. The peptide
of the present invention may be expressed as, for example, a GFP
fusion protein using green fluorescent protein (GFP) of Aequorea
victoria as a marker.
[0109] The host is not particularly limited and various known cells
can suitably be used. Specific examples of the cells include
bacteria such as Escherichia coli, yeasts (budding yeast
Saccharomyces cerevisiae and fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces
pombe), nematodes (Caenorhabditis elegans), Xenopus laevis oocytes
and animal cells (e.g., CHO cells, COS cells and Bowes melanoma
cells). The method for transfecting host cells with the expression
vector, i.e. the transformation method, is also not particularly
limited and known methods can suitably be used, including
electroporation, the calcium phosphate method, the liposome method
and the DEAE dextran method.
[0110] Transformants
[0111] The present invention provides a transformant carrying the
expression vector of the present invention. As used herein, the
transformant encompasses a cell, a tissue and an organ as well as
an individual organism. The type of the organism to be transformed
is not particularly limited, and examples thereof include various
microorganisms, plants and animals listed above as examples of the
host cells. The transformant of the present invention expresses the
peptide of the present invention. It is preferred that the
transformant of the present invention stably expresses the peptide
of the present invention, but the transformant may transiently
express the peptide.
[0112] Bone Formation Promoter, Bone Resorption Inhibitor,
Chondrocyte Growth Promoter, Hyaluronic Acid Production Promoter,
Chondrogenic Cell Differentiation Inducer, Mesenchymal Stem Cell
Growth Promoter, and Mesenchymal Stem Cell Differentiation
Inducer
[0113] The present invention provides a bone formation promoter
comprising the peptide of the present invention. Since the peptide
of the present invention has bone formation-promoting activity, the
peptide is suitable as an active ingredient for a bone formation
promoter. The bone formation-promoting activity of the peptide of
the present invention can be confirmed by, for example,
administering (e.g., oral administering) the peptide of the present
invention to an animal subject for a certain period of time (e.g.,
for 7, 14 or 21 days), and measuring an indicator for the activity,
including an enhanced increase in the height of the tibial growth
plate, an increase in the growth rate of the growth cartilage,
promotion of the formation of the primary cancellous bone, an
increase in the serum level of insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1),
an increase in the secondary cancellous bone volume relative to the
bone tissue volume, an increase of osteoblasts, a reduction of
osteoclasts, an increase in the mineral apposition rate in the
secondary cancellous bone, etc. The term "growth cartilage" herein
refers to, for example, the growing area of the bone at the
epiphysis. The term "primary cancellous bone" refers to, for
example, immature cancellous bone immediately below the growth
cartilage. The term "secondary cancellous bone" refers to, for
example, mature cancellous bone. The term "promotion of bone
formation" herein can be understood as "an enhanced increase in the
height of the tibial growth plate", "an increase in the growth rate
of the growth cartilage", "promotion of the formation of the
primary cancellous bone", "an increase in the serum level of
insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1)", "an increase in the secondary
cancellous bone volume relative to the bone tissue volume", "an
increase of osteoblasts", "a reduction of osteoclasts", "an
increase in the mineral apposition rate in the secondary cancellous
bone", etc. The present invention also provides an osteoblast
growth promotor comprising the peptide of the present invention.
Since the peptide of the present invention has osteoblast
growth-promoting activity, the peptide is suitable as an active
ingredient for an osteoblast growth promotor. The present invention
also provides a bone resorption inhibitor comprising the peptide of
the present invention. The peptide of the present invention has
bone resorption-inhibiting activity, and is thus suitable as an
active ingredient for a bone resorption inhibitor. The present
invention also provides a chondrocyte growth promotor comprising
the peptide of the present invention. Since the peptide of the
present invention has chondrocyte growth-promoting activity, the
peptide is suitable as an active ingredient for a chondrocyte
growth promoter. The present invention also provides a hyaluronic
acid production promoter comprising the peptide of the present
invention. Since the peptide of the present invention has
hyaluronic acid production-promoting activity, the peptide is
suitable as an active ingredient for a hyaluronic acid production
promoter. The present invention also provides a chondrogenic cell
differentiation inducer comprising the peptide of the present
invention. Since the peptide of the present invention has
differentiation inducing activity on chondrogenic cells, the
peptide is suitable as an active ingredient for a chondrogenic cell
differentiation inducer. The present invention also provides a
mesenchymal stem cell growth promoter comprising the peptide of the
present invention. The peptide of the present invention has
growth-promoting activity on mesenchymal stem cells, and is thus
suitable as an active ingredient for a mesenchymal stem cell growth
promoter. The present invention also provides a mesenchymal stem
cell differentiation inducer comprising the peptide of the present
invention. The peptide of the present invention has differentiation
inducing activity on mesenchymal stem cells, and is thus suitable
as an active ingredient for a mesenchymal stem cell differentiation
inducer.
[0114] In addition to the peptide of the present invention,
lipovitellin-1 or a derivative thereof or a salt thereof is also
suitable as an active ingredient for the above promoter, inhibitor
or inducer. The lipovitellin-1 herein refers to a protein that
consists of an amino acid sequence identical or substantially
identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 8 and has
substantially the same activity as that of lipovitellin-1. The
amino acid sequence substantially identical to the amino acid
sequence of SEQ ID NO: 8 is, for example, an amino acid sequence
derived from SEQ ID NO: 8 by deletion, substitution or addition of
one to several amino acids. The phrase "deletion, substitution or
addition of one to several amino acids" means deletion,
substitution or addition of amino acids whose number is
substantially equal to the number of the residues that can be
deleted, substituted or added by a known method for mutagenesis of
peptides, such as site-directed mutagenesis (preferably 10 amino
acids or less, more preferably 7 amino acids or less, and even more
preferably 5 amino acids or less). Such a mutant protein is not
limited to a protein artificially mutated by a known method for
mutagenesis of polypeptides, and may be a protein isolated and
purified from nature. In addition, the amino acid sequence
substantially identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1
is, for example, an amino acid sequence that is at least 80%
identical, more preferably at least 85%, 90%, 92%, 95%, 96%, 97%,
98% or 99% identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
1.
[0115] A derivative of lipovitellin-1 is preferably those listed
above as the examples of the derivative of the peptide of the
present invention. A salt of lipovitellin-1 or of a derivative of
lipovitellin-1 is preferably those listed above as the examples of
the salt of the peptide of the present invention or of the
derivative of the peptide of the present invention.
[0116] Lipovitellin-1, a derivative thereof and a salt thereof can
be produced as a recombinant protein by known genetic modification
techniques or by methods using in vitro transcription-translation
system. Alternatively, lipovitellin-1, a derivative thereof and a
salt thereof can be purified from chicken egg yolk proteins.
[0117] Hereinafter, the term "peptide etc. of the present
invention" encompasses lipovitellin-1, a derivative thereof and a
salt thereof in addition to "the peptide of the present
invention".
[0118] The peptide etc. of the present invention have been shown to
exhibit the desired effects through oral administration to a
mammal, and thus the above promoters, inhibitors and inducers are
suitable for oral administration. The peptide etc. of the present
invention, which are the egg yolk protein lipovitellin-1 or a
fragment thereof, are highly safe and have mild effects, and thus
can be administered or used for a long period of time.
[0119] Medicaments
[0120] The present invention provides a medicament comprising the
peptide etc. of the present invention. Since the peptide etc. of
the present invention have osteoblast growth-promoting activity,
the peptide etc. can be used as a medicament for promoting bone
formation. The medicament for promoting bone formation of the
present invention can be suitable as a medicament for preventing or
treating, for example, osteoporosis, osteogenesis imperfecta,
hypercalcemia, hyperparathyroidism, osteomalacia,
osteohalisteresis, osteolytic bone disease, osteonecrosis, Paget's
disease, rheumatoid arthritis, bone loss due to osteoarthritis,
inflammatory arthritis, osteomyelitis, glucocorticoid treatment,
metastatic bone disease, periodontal bone loss, cancerous bone
loss, age-related bone loss, fracture, and low back pain.
[0121] Since the peptide etc. of the present invention have
chondrocyte growth-promoting activity and/or hyaluronic acid
production-promoting activity, the peptide etc. can be used as a
medicament for preventing or alleviating a cartilage disorder or a
joint disease. Examples of the cartilage disorder include
osteoarthritis, cartilage defects, cartilage injury, and meniscus
injury. Examples of the joint disease include joint pain,
rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, suppurative arthritis, gouty
arthritis, traumatic arthritis, and degenerative joint disease.
[0122] The medicament of the present invention can be produced by
appropriately blending the peptide etc. of the present invention as
an active ingredient with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or
additive in accordance with a known production method for
pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., the methods described in the
Japanese pharmacopoeia, etc.). In particular, the medicament may
be, for example, an oral preparation or a parenteral preparation,
including tablets (including sugar-coated tablets, film-coated
tablets, sublingual tablets, orally disintegrating tablets, and
buccal tablets), pills, powders, granules, capsules (including soft
capsules and microcapsules), troches, syrups, liquids, emulsions,
suspensions, controlled-release preparations (e.g., fast-release
preparations, sustained release preparations, and sustained release
microcapsules), aerosols, films (e.g., orally disintegrating films,
and oral mucosal adhesive films), injections (e.g., subcutaneous
injections, intravenous injections, intramuscular injections, and
intraperitoneal injections), intravenous infusions, transdermal
preparations, ointments, lotions, patches, suppositories (e.g.,
rectal suppositories and vaginal suppositories), pellets,
transnasal preparations, transpulmonary preparations (inhalants),
and eye drops. The amount of the carrier or additive to be added
can be determined as appropriate based on the range typically used
in the pharmaceutical field. The carrier or additive that may be
added is not particularly limited and examples thereof include
various types of carriers such as water, physiological saline,
other aqueous solvents, and aqueous or oily vehicles; and various
types of additives such as excipients, binders, pH adjusters,
disintegrants, absorption promoters, lubricants, colorants, flavors
and fragrances.
[0123] Examples of the additives that may be added to tablets,
capsules, etc. include binders such as gelatin, corn starch,
tragacanth, and gum arabic; excipients such as crystalline
cellulose; swelling agents such as corn starch, gelatin, and
alginic acid; lubricants such as magnesium stearate; sweeteners
such as sucrose, lactose, and saccharin; and flavors such as
peppermint flavor, wintergreen oil, and cherry flavor. When the
unit dosage form is a capsule, a liquid carrier such as oils and
fats can be further added in addition to the above types of
materials. A sterile composition for injection can be prepared in
accordance with a usual pharmaceutical practice (for example, by
dissolving or suspending the active ingredient in a solvent such as
water for injection or a natural vegetable oil). Aqueous liquids
for injection that may be used are, for example, physiological
saline and an isotonic solution containing glucose and/or other
auxiliary substances (for example, D-sorbitol, D-mannitol, sodium
chloride, etc.). The aqueous liquids for injection may be used in
combination with an appropriate solubilizer, such as alcohols
(e.g., ethanol), polyalcohols (e.g., propylene glycol, polyethylene
glycol, etc.), and nonionic surfactants (e.g., polysorbate 80.TM.,
HCO-50, etc.). Oily liquids that may be used are, for example,
sesame oil and soybean oil. The oily liquids may be used in
combination with a solubilizer such as benzyl benzoate and benzyl
alcohol. Other additives that may be added are, for example,
buffering agents (e.g., a phosphate buffer, a sodium acetate
buffer, etc.), soothing agents (e.g., benzalkonium chloride,
procaine hydrochloride, etc.), stabilizers (e.g., human serum
albumin, polyethylene glycol, etc.), preservatives (e.g., benzyl
alcohol, phenol, etc.) and antioxidants.
[0124] The preparations produced in the above manner are safe and
have low toxicity, and thus can be administered to, for example,
humans and other mammals (e.g., rats, mice, rabbits, sheep, pigs,
cows, cats, dogs, monkeys, etc.).
[0125] The amount of the peptide etc. of the present invention in
the medicament of the present invention may vary with the dosage
form, the administration method, the carrier to be used, etc., but
is usually 0.01 to 100% (w/w), preferably 0.1 to 95% (w/w),
relative to the total amount of the preparation. The medicament of
the present invention containing the peptide etc. of the present
invention in such an amount can be produced in accordance with a
conventional method.
[0126] The dosage varies with the subject to which the medicament
is to be administered, the symptom, the route of administration,
etc., but in general, the dosage for oral administration to a human
with a body weight of about 60 kg is about 0.01 to 1000 mg per day,
preferably about 0.1 to 100 mg per day, and more preferably about
0.5 to 500 mg per day. The total daily dosage may be administered
in a single dose or in divided doses.
[0127] The medicament of the present invention is expected to
exhibit a high additive or synergistic effect in combination with
another medicament for treating a bone disease or for treating a
cartilage or joint disease. Said another medicament for promoting
bone formation may be, for example, an active vitamin D.sub.3
preparation, a vitamin K.sub.2 preparation, a parathyroid hormone
preparation (teriparatide), a female hormone preparation
(estrogen), a bisphosphonate preparation, a SERM (raloxifene
hydrochloride), a calcitonin preparation, etc. Said another
medicament for treating a cartilage or joint disease may be, for
example, glucosamine, chondroitin, type I collagen, type II
collagen, N-acetylglucosamine, etc.
[0128] Food or Drink Products
[0129] The present invention provides a food or drink product
comprising the peptide etc. of the present invention. The food or
drink product of the present invention is suitable as a food or
drink product for promoting bone formation and as a food or drink
product for preventing and/or alleviating a cartilage disorder or a
joint disease.
[0130] The food or drink product includes health foods, functional
foods, foods for specified health use, and foods for sick people.
The form of the food or drink product is not particularly limited
and examples thereof include drinks such as tea drink, refreshing
drink, carbonated drink, nutritional drink, fruit juice, and lactic
drink; noodles such as buckwheat noodle, wheat noodle, Chinese
noodle, and instant noodle; sweets and bakery products such as
drop, candy, gum, chocolate, snack, biscuit, jelly, jam, cream,
pastry, and bread; fishery and livestock products such as fish
sausage, ham, and sausage; dairy products such as processed milk
and fermented milk; fats, oils, and processed foods thereof, such
as vegetable oil, oil for deep frying, margarine, mayonnaise,
shortening, whipped cream, and dressing; seasonings such as sauce
and dipping sauce; retort pouch foods such as curry, stew,
rice-bowl cuisine, porridge, and rice soup; and frozen desserts
such as ice cream, sherbet, and shaved ice.
[0131] The present invention also provides a supplement comprising
the peptide etc. of the present invention. The supplement of the
present invention is suitable as a supplement for promoting bone
formation and as a supplement for preventing and/or alleviating a
cartilage disorder or a joint disease. The supplement can be
provided in the form of, for example, tablets, granules, powders or
drinks.
[0132] The present invention provides a food additive comprising
the peptide etc. of the present invention. The food additive of the
present invention is suitable as a food additive for promoting bone
formation and as a food additive for preventing and/or alleviating
a cartilage disorder or a joint disease. The form of the food
additive of the present invention is not particularly limited, and
may be, for example, a liquid, a paste, a powder, flakes, granules,
etc. The food additive of the present invention can be produced in
accordance with a conventional production method for food
additives.
[0133] Also provided is a feed or a feed additive comprising the
peptide etc. of the present invention.
[0134] The present invention provides a cosmetic product comprising
the peptide etc. of the present invention. The cosmetic product of
the present invention is suitable as a cosmetic product for
promoting bone formation and as a cosmetic product for preventing
and/or alleviating a cartilage disorder or a joint disease. The
cosmetic product includes the so-called medicated cosmetics (quasi
drugs). Examples of the cosmetic product include washing lotions,
shampoos, rinses, hair tonics, hair lotions, aftershave lotions,
body lotions, makeup lotions, cleansing creams, massage creams,
emollient creams, aerosol products, deodorizers, fragrances,
deodorants, and bath fragrances. Depending on the purpose, the
cosmetic product of the present invention may contain a component
generally used in cosmetic products in addition to the peptide of
the present invention, and such a component includes, for example,
surfactants, moisturizers, animal- and plant-derived fats and oils,
silicones, higher alcohols, lower alcohols, animal- and
plant-derived extracts, ultraviolet absorbers, anti-inflammatories,
sequestering agents, vitamins, antioxidants, thickeners,
preservatives, bactericides, pH adjusters, colorants, and various
fragrances.
[0135] The present invention further includes the following.
[0136] (a) Use of the peptide of the present invention or a
derivative thereof or a salt thereof or lipovitellin-1 or a
derivative thereof or a salt thereof for the production of a
medicament for promoting bone formation or for preventing or
alleviating a cartilage disorder or a joint disease.
[0137] (b) The peptide of the present invention or a derivative
thereof or a salt thereof or lipovitellin-1 or a derivative thereof
or a salt thereof for use in the promotion of bone formation or for
the prevention or alleviation of a cartilage disorder or a joint
disease.
[0138] (c) A method for promoting bone formation, the method
comprising administering, to a mammal, an effective amount of the
peptide of the present invention or a derivative thereof or a salt
thereof or lipovitellin-1 or a derivative thereof or a salt
thereof.
[0139] (d) A method for preventing or alleviating a cartilage
disorder or a joint disease, the method comprising administering,
to a mammal, an effective amount of the peptide of the present
invention or a derivative thereof or a salt thereof or
lipovitellin-1 or a derivative thereof or a salt thereof.
[0140] (e) A non-therapeutic method for promoting bone formation,
the method comprising orally administering, to a mammal, the
peptide of the present invention or a derivative thereof or a salt
thereof or lipovitellin-1 or a derivative thereof or a salt
thereof.
[0141] (f) A non-therapeutic method for preventing or alleviating a
cartilage disorder or a joint disease, the method comprising orally
administering, to a mammal, the peptide of the present invention or
a derivative thereof or a salt thereof or lipovitellin-1 or a
derivative thereof or a salt thereof.
[0142] (g) The peptide of the present invention or a derivative
thereof or a salt thereof or lipovitellin-1 or a derivative thereof
or a salt thereof for use in the promotion of bone formation or for
the prevention or alleviation of a cartilage disorder or a joint
disease.
[0143] (h) Use of the peptide of the present invention or a
derivative thereof or a salt thereof or lipovitellin-1 or a
derivative thereof or a salt thereof for the promotion of bone
formation or for the prevention or alleviation of a cartilage
disorder or a joint disease.
[0144] (i) Use of the peptide of the present invention or a
derivative thereof or a salt thereof or lipovitellin-1 or a
derivative thereof or a salt thereof for the production of a
medicament for promoting bone formation or for preventing or
alleviating a cartilage disorder or a joint disease.
EXAMPLES
[0145] The present invention will be described in more detail below
with reference to Examples, but the present invention is not
limited thereto.
Example 1
Identification of Active Substances for Promoting Growth of
Osteoblasts in Egg-Yolk Protein Hydrolysate
[0146] (1) Preparation of Egg-Yolk Protein Hydrolysate
[0147] To 100 parts by mass of defatted egg yolk powder (Kewpie
Corporation), 500 parts by mass of water was added, and the mixture
was stirred until uniform. To the mixture, 5 parts by mass of
"Alcalase" (trade name) (protease from Bacillus licheniformis
(Novozymes Japan Ltd.)) was added, and the mixture was allowed to
react at pH 7 at 55 to 60.degree. C. for 3 hours. At the end of the
reaction, the enzyme was inactivated by heating at 90.degree. C.
for 10 minutes. Filtration was performed and the filtrate was
collected. The filtrate was spray-dried to give an egg-yolk protein
hydrolysate.
[0148] Instead of the defatted egg yolk powder as used above, a
defatted egg yolk powder prepared from a commercially available egg
yolk powder (e.g., a product produced by Kewpie Corporation) may be
used. Specifically, 5 to 10 parts by mass of ethanol (or n-hexane)
is added to 1 part by mass of a commercially available egg yolk
powder, then the mixture is stirred with a blender for about 30
minutes and filtered, and the solid is collected. This procedure is
repeated about 3 times for removal of the fat from the egg yolk.
The defatted egg yolk is then air-dried to give a defatted dry
powder.
[0149] (2) Measurement Method of Osteoblast Growth-Promoting
Activity
[0150] A mouse osteoblast-like cell line MC3T3-E1 Subclone-4 (ATCC
No. CRL-2593) was cultured in .alpha.-MEM medium supplemented with
10% FBS at 5% CO.sub.2 and 95% air at 37.degree. C. until
confluent. The cells were collected by trypsinization. The
collected cells were suspended at 1.times.10.sup.4 cells/mL in
fresh .alpha.-MEM medium. One mL of the cell suspension was seeded
in each well of a 24-well plate, and precultured at 5% CO.sub.2 and
95% air at 37.degree. C. On the next day, the medium was replaced
with medium prepared by well mixing 50 .mu.L of a sample or PBS (-)
with 950 .mu.L of fresh .alpha.-MEM medium supplemented with
CaCl.sub.2 to a Ca concentration of 500 .mu.g/mL. The cells were
further cultured for 72 hours. The growth activity of osteoblasts
was measured by the cell counting method. The activity of the
sample for promoting the growth of osteoblasts was expressed in
terms of the relative value, with the growth rate in the PBS (-)
group taken as 100.
[0151] (3) Fractionation with UF Membrane
[0152] In 600 mL of water, 60 g of the egg-yolk protein hydrolysate
was dissolved. The solution was fractionated with a UF membrane
(cut off molecular weight: 1 kDa, Nihon Millipore, Ltd.).
Osteoblast growth-promoting activity was determined for a fraction
with a molecular weight of 1 kDa or less and a fraction with a
molecular weight of 1 kDa or more. As a positive control, the
unfractionated egg-yolk protein hydrolysate (1 mg/mL) was used. The
fraction with a molecular weight of 1 kDa or less and the fraction
with a molecular weight of 1 kDa or more were used in amounts equal
to the corresponding amounts in the unfractionated egg-yolk protein
hydrolysate (i.e., the corresponding amounts in 0.2 mg of the
egg-yolk protein hydrolysate).
[0153] The results are shown in FIG. 1. As is apparent from FIG. 1,
the fraction with a molecular weight of 1 kDa or more showed
osteoblast growth-promoting activity.
[0154] (4) Fractionation with Anion-Exchange Column
[0155] The fraction with a molecular weight of 1 kDa or more, which
showed osteoblast growth-promoting activity in the above (3), was
further fractionated on an anion-exchange column (resin: Dowex,
column size: 10 mm in diameter.times.63 mm) to give a flow-through
fraction and fractions eluted with aqueous solutions with NaCl
concentrations of 750 mM and 1 M. Osteoblast growth-promoting
activity was determined for the fractions. As a positive control,
the unfractionated egg-yolk protein hydrolysate (1 mg/mL) was used.
The fractions were used in amounts equal to the corresponding
amounts in the unfractionated egg-yolk protein hydrolysate (i.e.,
the corresponding amounts in 10 mg of the egg-yolk protein
hydrolysate).
[0156] The results are shown in FIG. 2. As is apparent from FIG. 2,
the 750 mM NaCl eluate fraction showed the highest osteoblast
growth-promoting activity.
[0157] (5) Fractionation by HPLC (First Round)
[0158] The 750 mM NaCl eluate fraction, which showed the highest
osteoblast growth-promoting activity in the above (4), was further
fractionated on a C18 reverse-phase column (column size: 50 mm in
diameter.times.250 mm). The fractions were collected at 1 minute
intervals from elution time zero to 45 minute. The HPLC conditions
were as follows. [0159] Column: C18 reverse-phase column, [0160]
size: 50 mm in diameter.times.250 mm (HiPep Laboratories) [0161]
Mobile phase: (A) 10% acetonitrile/0.1% TFA [0162] (B) 60%
acetonitrile/0.1% TFA [0163] B 5%.fwdarw.95% (40 min) gradient
[0164] Detection: UV 215 nm [0165] Amount of samples: 601 mg
[0166] In total, 45 fractions were collected, and every five
fractions were combined to give G1 to G9 fractions (see FIG. 3).
Osteoblast growth-promoting activity was determined for G1 to G9
fractions. The fractions were used in amounts equal to the
corresponding amounts in the unfractionated egg-yolk protein
hydrolysate (i.e., the corresponding amounts in 66 mg of the
egg-yolk protein hydrolysate). As a positive control, the
unfractionated egg-yolk protein hydrolysate (1 mg/mL) was used.
[0167] The results are shown in FIG. 4. As is apparent from FIG. 4,
G3 showed the highest osteoblast growth-promoting activity.
[0168] Osteoblast growth-promoting activity was further determined
for the five fractions (fractions 11 to 15) of G3 and the five
fractions (fractions 16 to 20) of G4. The fractions were used in
amounts equal to the corresponding amounts in the unfractionated
egg-yolk protein hydrolysate (i.e., the corresponding amounts in 66
mg of the egg-yolk protein hydrolysate). As a positive control, the
unfractionated egg-yolk protein hydrolysate (1 mg/mL) was used.
[0169] The results are shown in FIG. 5. As is apparent from FIG. 5,
all fractions 11 to 20 showed higher osteoblast growth-promoting
activity than the control.
[0170] (6) Fractionation by HPLC (Second Round)
[0171] HPLC was performed on fractions 11 to 20 under the following
conditions. [0172] Column: ODS-A (trade name) (10.times.4.6 mm
I.D.) (YMC Co., Ltd.) [0173] Mobile phase: 4% acetonitrile/0.1% TFA
(isocratic) [0174] Temperature: 40.degree. C. [0175] Detection: UV
215 nm [0176] Amount of samples: 50 .mu.g
[0177] Of fractions 11 to 20, two distinct peaks were detected in
fraction 12 (see FIG. 6), and accordingly fraction 12 was further
investigated. Briefly, fraction 12 was subjected to HPLC under the
above conditions, and fractions with peak 1 and peak 2 were
separated (see FIG. 6). Osteoblast growth-promoting activity was
determined for the fraction with peak 1 (peak 1), the fraction with
peak 2 (peak 2), and a fraction other than peak 1 and peak 2
fractions (Others). The fractions were used in amounts equal to the
corresponding amounts in the unfractionated egg-yolk protein
hydrolysate (i.e., the corresponding amounts in 133 mg of the
egg-yolk protein hydrolysate). As a positive control, the
unfractionated egg-yolk protein hydrolysate (1 mg/mL) was used.
[0178] The results are shown in FIG. 7. As is apparent from FIG. 7,
the fraction with peak 2 showed the highest osteoblast
growth-promoting activity.
[0179] (7) Identification of Peptides
[0180] The amino acid sequences of the peptides contained in the
fraction with peak 2 were analyzed using MALDI-TOF-MS (mass
spectrometer). The analysis results revealed that at least six
types of peptides were contained in the fraction with peak 2 as
shown in FIG. 8. These peptides are fragments of lipovitellin-1
contained in egg yolk, and each correspond to the following
positions in the amino acid sequence of lipovitellin-1 (SEQ ID NO:
8): No. 1, positions 1045-1052; No. 2, positions 1045-1051; No. 3,
positions 1047-1051; No. 4, positions 1053-1059; No. 5, positions
1052-1059; and No. 6, positions 1045-1059.
Example 2
Study of Osteoblast Growth-Promoting Activity of Synthetic
Peptides
[0181] The six types of peptides shown in Example 1 to have
osteoblast growth-promoting activity were chemically synthesized
and their osteoblast growth-promoting activities were determined.
The peptide synthesis was performed with a SyroII automatic peptide
synthesizer (Biotage Japan Ltd.).
[0182] Osteoblast growth-promoting activity was determined for the
synthetic peptides in the same manner as in Example 1. The
synthetic peptides were added at 2.5, 5 or 10 .mu.g/mL per well. As
a control, PBS (-) was added. The osteoblast growth-promoting
activity was expressed in terms of the relative value, with the
growth rate in the PBS (-) group taken as 100.
[0183] FIG. 9 shows the results of No. 1, FIG. 10 shows the results
of No. 2 and No. 3, FIG. 11 shows the results of No. 4 and No. 5,
and FIG. 12 shows the results of No. 6. As is apparent from FIGS. 9
to 12, all the synthetic peptides promoted the growth of
osteoblasts in a concentration-dependent manner.
Example 3
Study of Bone Growth Promoting Effect of Synthetic Peptides in
Adolescent Rats
[0184] One of the synthetic peptides (No. 1) or physiological
saline (control) was administered to Sprague-Dawley male rats at
three weeks old by oral gavage using a gastric tube once a day for
four days. The dose of the synthetic peptide was 1, 10 or 100
mg/kgday. As a positive control, human growth hormone (hGH)
(Norditropin, Standard Commodity Classification No. of Japan:
872412) was subcutaneously administered at 20 .mu.g/kday once a day
for four days. After the administration on day 4, calcein was
subcutaneously administered, and the rats were kept for one day.
The rats were euthanized by bloodletting under anesthesia, and the
tibiae were harvested. The tissue specimens of the tibial growth
plates were prepared, and calcein deposition areas (fluorescent
regions) on the tibial growth plates were measured under a
fluorescent microscope to determine the longitudinal bone
growth.
[0185] The results are shown in FIG. 13. As is apparent from FIG.
13, the increase in the height of the tibial growth plates was
enhanced in a manner consistent with the increase in the dose of
the synthetic peptide. The effect of enhancing the increase in the
height by the synthetic peptide at the highest dose was comparable
to the effect of the subcutaneous administration of the human
growth hormone. The results revealed that oral administration of
the peptides of the present invention promotes bone formation.
Example 4
Study of Chondrocyte Growth-Promoting Activity of Synthetic
Peptides
[0186] This study was performed using mouse-derived chondrogenic
cell line ATDC5 (RIKEN BANK, RBC0565). ATDC5 cells in the
logarithmic growth phase were suspended at 3.times.10.sup.4
cells/mL in Eagle MEM medium supplemented with 5% FCS (fetal calf
serum), and 100 .mu.L of the cell suspension was seeded in each
well of a 96-well plate and precultured at 5% CO.sub.2 and 95% air
at 37.degree. C. On the next day, the medium in each well was
removed, and medium containing the synthetic peptide (No. 1 or No.
6) at 10 nmol/mL was added. The cells were cultured for 72 hours.
As a control, medium without a synthetic peptide was added. The
reaction solution (10 .mu.g/well) of Cell Counting Kit-8 (Dojindo
Laboratories) was added to each well. The plate was incubated for 3
hours, and the absorbance at 450 nm was measured with a microplate
reader. The activity of the synthetic peptides for promoting the
growth of chondrocytes was expressed in terms of the relative
value, with the absorbance (growth rate) in the control group taken
as 100%.
[0187] The results are shown in FIG. 14. As is apparent from FIG.
14, synthetic peptide No. 6 and synthetic peptide No. 1 (a fragment
of No. 6) showed chondrocyte growth-promoting effect.
Example 5
Study of Hyaluronic Acid Production-Promoting Activity of Synthetic
Peptides
[0188] This study was performed using the mouse-derived cell line
ATDC5 as used in Example 4. ATDC5 cells in the logarithmic growth
phase were seeded at 2.times.10.sup.4 cells/mL per well in a
24-well plate containing DMEM/F-12 (1:1) medium supplemented with
5% FCS (fetal calf serum), 10 .mu.g/mL transferrin and
3.times.10.sup.-8 M sodium selenite. The cells were precultured at
5% CO.sub.2 and 95% air at 37.degree. C. On the next day, the
medium in each well was removed, and medium containing the
synthetic peptide (No. 1 or No. 6) at 10 nmol/mL was added. The
cells were cultured for 72 hours. As a control, medium without a
synthetic peptide was added. After 48 hours of culture, the culture
supernatants were collected, and their hyaluronic acid
concentrations were measured using QnE Hyaluronic Acid ELISA Assay
(Biotech Trading Partners). The concentrations of hyaluronic acid
in the culture supernatants of the synthetic peptide addition group
were calculated by subtracting the absorbance of the background
from the absorbance of the supernatants, and fitting the resulting
values to the reference curve prepared using the standard.
[0189] The results are shown in FIG. 15. As is apparent from FIG.
15, synthetic peptide No. 6 and synthetic peptide No. 1 (a fragment
of No. 6) showed hyaluronic acid production-promoting effect.
Example 6
Bone Density Recovery Test Using Synthetic Peptides
[0190] Sprague-Dawley male rats at three weeks old were initially
fed with a low-calcium diet (containing 0.05% calcium carbonate)
for one week, and then fed with a normal diet (containing 1.2%
calcium carbonate). The synthetic peptide (No. 1) or physiological
saline (control) was administered to the rats by oral gavage using
a gastric tube once a day for seven days. The dose of the synthetic
peptide was 1, 10 or 100 mg/kgday. After the oral administration on
day 7, the rats were euthanized by bloodletting under anesthesia,
and the femurs and tibiae were harvested. The bone volume and bone
morphology of the tibiae and femurs were measured by dual energy
x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and peripheral quantitative computed
tomography (pQCT). The results revealed that the length, weight,
and bone density of the tibiae tended to be higher in the synthetic
peptide administration group than in the control group, indicating
that the synthetic peptide promoted the recovery of the bone
density loss due to calcium deficiency.
Example 7
Study Using Postmenopausal Osteoporosis Model of Ovariectomized
Rats
[0191] Female rats (eight months old, ten rats in each group)
underwent ovariectomy (OVX), and synthetic peptide No. 1 was
administered to the rats by oral gavage using a gastric tube once a
day from the first postoperative day for six months. The dose of
the synthetic peptide was 1, 10 or 100 mg/kgday. The results
revealed that the OVX-synthetic peptide administration group showed
an increase in the bone density of the distal femoral metaphysis in
a manner consistent with the increase in the dose of the synthetic
peptide, and the increase was significant as compared with the
OVX-control group (non-synthetic peptide administration group). The
medium-dose administration group (10 mg/kgday) and the high-dose
administration group (100 mg/kgday) showed an equal or higher bone
density as compared with the sham operation group without removal
of the ovary. Regarding the measured bone morphology parameters,
the cancellous bone volume in the proximal tibial metaphysis
increased in the OVX-synthetic peptide administration group in a
manner consistent with the increase in the dose, and the increase
was significant as compared with the OVX-control group. The
medium-dose administration group and the high-dose administration
group showed an equal or higher volume of the cancellous bone as
compared with the sham operation group without removal of the
ovary. OVX-induced reduction in the trabecular numbers and the
trabecular width and OVX-induced increase in the trabecular
separation tended to be inhibited in the OVX-synthetic peptide
administration group.
Example 8
Bone Formation-Promoting Effect in Mature and Aged Rats
[0192] Synthetic peptide No. 1 was administered to mature female
rats (eight months old, ten rats in each group) by oral gavage
using a gastric tube once a day for 20 weeks. The dose of the
synthetic peptide was 1, 10 or 100 mg/kgday. As a positive control,
alendronate sodium hydrate (hereinafter called "alendronate") (300
.mu.g/kg) was subcutaneously administered once a day for 20 weeks.
The results revealed that the bone density in the femurs and the
cancellous bone volume in the proximal tibial metaphysis at the end
of the administration were significantly increased in the synthetic
peptide administration group and the alendronate administration
group as compared with the control group. The levels of the
increases in the synthetic peptide administration group were
comparable to those in the alendronate administration group.
[0193] Synthetic peptide No. 1 was administered to aged female rats
(13 to 14 months old, ten rats in each group) by oral gavage using
a gastric tube once a day for 20 weeks. The dose of the synthetic
peptide was 1, 10 or 100 mg/kgday. As a positive control, the
alendronate (300 .mu.g/kg) was subcutaneously administered once a
day for 20 weeks. The results revealed that the bone density in the
femurs and the cancellous bone volume in the proximal tibial
metaphysis increased in a dose-dependent manner in the synthetic
peptide administration group.
Example 9
Inhibitory Effect on Bone Resorption in Osteoclast Culture
System
[0194] A crude fraction of osteoclasts was prepared from the long
bones and scapulae of rabbits. The crude fraction was cultured on
dentine slices in the presence of the synthetic peptides (0.0001 to
1000 .mu.mol/L) for 48 hours, resulting in a reduction in the total
area of pits in a concentration-dependent manner. Isolated
osteoclasts were also prepared by collagen treatment of the crude
fraction of osteoclasts. The isolated osteoclasts were pretreated
with the synthetic peptides (0.0001 to 1000 .mu.mol/L) for 15
minutes and then cultured on dentine slices for 24 hours, resulting
in a reduction in the total area of pits in a
concentration-dependent manner.
Example 10
Study of Activity of Synthetic Peptides for Promoting the Growth of
Mesenchymal Stem Cells
[0195] Mouse mesenchymal stem cells 10T1/2 (JCRB accession No.
JCRB9080) or ST2 (Riken BRC ID: RCB0224) were seeded at 5000
cells/well in a 96-well plate containing DMEM medium supplemented
with 10% fetal bovine serum. The synthetic peptides were added to
the wells at 0.1 to 100 nmol/mL, and the cells were cultured for 72
hours. Cell Counting Kit-8 (Dojindo Laboratories) was added at 10
.mu.L/100 .mu.L medium, and the plate was incubated at 37.degree.
C. for 1 to 4 hours. The absorbance at 450 nm was measured with a
microplate reader. The results revealed that the addition of the
synthetic peptides significantly increased the growth of 10T1/2 and
ST2 cells.
Example 11
Study of Activity of Synthetic Peptides for Inducing
Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells
[0196] Mouse mesenchymal stem cells 10T1/2 or ST2 were seeded at
5000 cells/well in a 96-well plate containing DMEM medium
supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum. The synthetic peptides
were added to the wells at 0.1 to 100 nmol/mL, and the cells were
cultured for four days. The medium was replaced with DMEM medium
supplemented with .beta.-glycerophosphoric acid I (10 mM) and
ascorbic acid (50 .mu.g/mL). At this medium replacement, medium
with or without the synthetic peptides was used for the examination
of the effect of their presence. The cells were further cultured in
the medium for three days (in total, seven days of culture). The
cells were fixed, and stained for alkaline phosphatase activity
using Alkaline Phosphatase Substrate Kit I (VECTOR Red) (Vector
Laboratories). The results indicated strong alkaline phosphatase
activity in the cells cultured in the presence of the synthetic
peptides. The cells cultured in the absence of the synthetic
peptides did not show such activity. That is, it was revealed that
the addition of the synthetic peptides efficiently induced
differentiation of undifferentiated mesenchymal stem cells into
osteoblast-like cells (osteogenic cells) over a relatively short
period of time of four days.
Example 12
Study of Activity of Synthetic Peptides for Inducing
Differentiation of Chondrogenic Cells
[0197] Mouse EC (embryonic carcinoma)-derived cloned cell line
ATDC5 (Riken BRC ID: RCB0565) with a potential to differentiate
into chondrocytes was cultured in DMEM/F-12 medium supplemented
with 5% FBS. The ATDC cells were seeded at 2.times.10.sup.4
cells/well in a 48-well plate. After 24 hours of culture, the
culture supernatant was removed, then DMEM/F-12 medium supplemented
with 10 ng/mL insulin was added, and the synthetic peptides were
added at 0.1 to 100 nmol/mL. As a positive control, 1 and 5 ng/mL
BMP-2 or BMP-4 (R&D) was used. The medium was changed every 3
to 4 days.
[0198] In order to investigate whether the synthetic peptides have
a synergistic effect with BMP-2 or BMP-4, co-addition of the
synthetic peptides at 0.1 to 100 nmol/mL with BMP-2 or BMP-4 at 1
ng/mL was performed. The cells were cultured for 14 days with
periodical medium replacement. The cells were fixed in 10% formalin
neutral buffer, and stained with Alcian-blue solution for 4 hours.
After washing off the dye, the plate was dried and
photographed.
[0199] The results revealed that the mouse chondrogenic cells ATDC5
formed Alcian-blue-positive nodules by addition of the synthetic
peptides, and the number of the nodules increased in a
concentration-dependent manner. This fact indicated that the
synthetic peptides induced the differentiation of the ATDC5 cells
into chondrocytes. The synergistic effect with BMP-2 or BMP-4 was
also indicated.
Example 13
Analysis of Bone Formation Factors in Osteoblast-Like Cells
[0200] Mouse osteoblast-like cell line MC3T3-E1 Subclone-4 (ATCC
No. CRL-2593) was cultured at 5% CO.sub.2 and 95% air at 37.degree.
C. for 72 hours in 10% FBS-containing .alpha.-MEM medium with the
addition of the synthetic peptides at 2.5, 5, or 10 .mu.g/mL. After
the end of culture, the alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity of the
osteoblast-like cells was measured by the p-nitrophenyl phosphate
substrate method. The levels of osteocalcin (OCN) in the culture
supernatants were determined by ELISA using an osteocalcin
measurement kit (Takara Bio). The results indicated that the ALP
activity and the OCN level had a tendency to increase depending on
the concentration of the synthetic peptides added. ALP and OCN are
considered to be the factors reflecting bone formation function,
and thus the results suggested that the synthetic peptides promote
the bone formation function of osteoblast-like cells via such
related factors.
Example 14
Study of Effect of Synthetic Peptides for Promoting Bone Formation
in Growth Cartilage and Primary Cancellous Bone
[0201] One of the synthetic peptides (No. 1) or water for injection
(control) was administered to Crlj:W1 male rats at four weeks old
by oral gavage using a gastric tube once a day for seven days (n=3
in each group). The dose of the synthetic peptide (No. 1) was 100
mg/kgday. As a positive control, human growth hormone (hGH)
(Norditropin, Standard Commodity Classification No. of Japan:
872412) was subcutaneously administered at 500 .mu.g/kgday once a
day for seven days. As fluorescent labels for the site of bone
formation, tetracycline (20 mg/kg) was subcutaneously administered
on day 4 after the administration of the peptide or control, and
then calcein (10 mg/kg) was subcutaneously administered on day 6
after the administration of the peptide or control. After the
administration of the test sample on day 7, the rats were kept
under fasting conditions. Twenty-four hours later, the blood was
collected. The rats were then euthanized by bloodletting under
anesthesia, and the tibiae were harvested (see FIG. 16).
Non-decalcified specimens of the proximal tibiae were prepared and
photographed under a fluorescent microscope (BX-53, OLYMPUS). The
bone morphology was measured using a morphometry system (Histometry
RT digitizer, System Supply Co., Ltd.) and an analysis software
(CSS-840 cancellous bone morphometry version, System Supply Co.,
Ltd.). The longitudinal growth rate (Lo.G.R.) in the growth
cartilage, which is the increase in the height per day, was
determined by measuring the distance between the tetracycline label
and the calcein label, and dividing the distance by the
administration interval between the fluorescent labels (two
days).
[0202] The results revealed that the hGH administration group and
the No. 1 administration group showed significant promotion of bone
growth as compared with the control group, and that the bone
growth-promoting effect observed in the No. 1 administration group
was significant as compared with the hGH administration group (FIG.
17). The No. 1 administration group also showed a high frequency of
incorporation of the fluorescent labels into the primary cancellous
bone as compared with the control group and the hGH administration
group, suggesting that the synthetic peptide induced fast formation
of the cancellous bone in the growth phase (FIG. 18, white
region).
[0203] The measurement of the serum level of insulin-like growth
factor (IGF-1) by ELISA (Mouse/Rat IGF-I Quantikine ELISA Kit
(MG100), R&D Systems, Inc.) revealed that the IGF-1 levels in
the hGH administration group and the No. 1 administration group
were higher than that in the control group (FIG. 19). The increase
in the level of IGF-1, which is related to growth of the bones and
muscles in a growth phase, may contribute to the bone
growth-promoting effect.
[0204] It is apparent from the above results that oral
administration of the peptides of the present invention promotes
longitudinal bone growth and the formation of the cancellous bone,
which is the internal structure of the bone.
Example 15
Study of Effect of Synthetic Peptides for Promoting Bone Formation
in Growth Cartilage and Secondary Cancellous Bone
[0205] One of the synthetic peptides (No. 1) or water for injection
(control) was administered to Crlj:W1 male rats at four weeks old
by oral gavage using a gastric tube once a day for 21 days (n=3 in
each group). The dose of the synthetic peptide was 100 mg/kgday. As
a positive control, human growth hormone (hGH) (Norditropin,
Standard Commodity Classification No. of Japan: 872412) was
subcutaneously administered at 500 .mu.g/kgday once a day for 21
days. As fluorescent labels for the site of bone formation,
tetracycline (20 mg/kg) was subcutaneously administered on day 18
after the administration of the peptide or control, and then
calcein (10 mg/kg) was subcutaneously administered on day 20 after
the administration of the peptide or control. After the
administration of the test sample on day 21, the rats were kept
under fasting conditions.
[0206] Twenty-four hours later, the rats were euthanized by
bloodletting under anesthesia, and the tibiae were harvested (see
FIG. 20). Non-decalcified specimens of the proximal tibiae were
prepared and photographed under a fluorescent microscope (BX-53,
OLYMPUS). The bone morphology was measured using a morphometry
system (Histometry RT digitizer, System Supply Co., Ltd.) and an
analysis software (CSS-840 cancellous bone morphometry version,
System Supply Co., Ltd.). The longitudinal growth rate (Lo.G.R.) in
the epiphyseal cartilage, which is the increase in the height per
day, was determined by measuring the distance between the
tetracycline label and the calcein label, and dividing the distance
by the administration interval between the fluorescent labels (two
days).
[0207] The results revealed that the hGH administration group and
the No. 1 administration group showed significant promotion of bone
growth as compared with the control group, and that the bone
growth-promoting effect observed in the No. 1 administration group
was significant as compared with the hGH administration group (FIG.
21). It was thus indicated that long-term oral administration of
the peptides of the present invention also promotes longitudinal
bone growth.
[0208] The analysis of the secondary cancellous bone volume (bone
volume/tissue volume (BV/TV)) by the above analysis system revealed
that the No. 1 administration group had a higher secondary
cancellous bone volume than the control group and the hGH
administration group (FIG. 22). The No. 1 administration group also
showed a high percentage of the bone surface occupied by
osteoblasts relative to the total bone surface (osteoblast
surface/bone surface (Ob.S/BS)) (FIG. 23) and a low percentage of
the bone surface occupied by osteoclasts relative to the total bone
surface (osteoclast surface/Bone surface (Oc.S/BS)) (FIG. 24).
[0209] It is apparent from the above results that oral
administration of the peptides of the present invention potentially
induces skeletal metabolism in which bone formation is dominant via
an increase of osteoblasts and inhibition of differentiation into
osteoclasts.
Example 16
Study of Effect of Synthetic Peptides for Increasing Mineral
Apposition Rate in Secondary Cancellous Bone
[0210] One of the synthetic peptides (No. 1) or water for injection
(control) was administered to Crlj:W1 male rats at four weeks old
by oral gavage using a gastric tube once a day for seven days (n=10
in each group). The dose of the synthetic peptide was 1, 10 or 100
mg/kgday. As a positive control, human growth hormone (hGH)
(Norditropin, Standard Commodity Classification No. of Japan:
872412) was subcutaneously administered at 500 .mu.g/kgday once a
day for seven days. As fluorescent labels for the site of bone
formation, tetracycline (20 mg/kg) was subcutaneously administered
on day 4 after the administration of the peptide or control, and
then calcein (10 mg/kg) was subcutaneously administered on day 6
after the administration of the peptide or control. After the
administration of the test sample on day 7, the rats were kept
under fasting conditions. Twenty-four hours later, the rats were
euthanized by bloodletting under anesthesia, and the tibiae were
harvested. Non-decalcified specimens of the proximal tibiae were
prepared and photographed under a fluorescent microscope (BX-53,
OLYMPUS). The bone morphology was measured using a morphometry
system (Histometry RT digitizer, System Supply Co., Ltd.) and an
analysis software (CSS-840 cancellous bone morphometry version,
System Supply Co., Ltd.). The mineral apposition rate (MAR), per
day, in the secondary cancellous bone was determined by measuring
the distance between the tetracycline label and the calcein label
in the secondary cancellous bone, and dividing the distance by the
administration interval between the fluorescent labels (two days).
The results revealed a significant increase in the mineral
apposition rate in the hGH administration group and the No. 1
administration group as compared with the control group. The No. 1
administration group also showed a significant increase in the
mineral apposition rate at a dose of 10 mg/kgday or more as
compared with the hGH administration group (FIG. 26). The No. 1
administration group also showed a high percentage of the bone
surface occupied by osteoblasts relative to the total bone surface
(osteoblast surface/bone surface (Ob.S/BS)) (FIG. 27) and a high
number of osteoblasts relative to the bone tissue volume (number of
osteoblasts/tissue volume (N.Ob/TV)) (FIG. 28). The increase in the
mineral apposition rate in the secondary cancellous bone in the No.
1 administration group would have resulted from the increase in the
number of osteoblasts. The bone formation rate calculated as the
annual fractional volume of bone formed relative to the bone
surface (bone formation rate/bone surface (BFR/BS)) resulted in
high rates in the No. 1 administration group (FIG. 29). The No. 1
administration group also showed a significant increase in the bone
formation rate at a dose of 10 mg/kgday or more as compared with
the control group.
[0211] It is apparent from the above results that oral
administration of the peptides of the present invention promotes
mineral apposition of the secondary cancellous bone and increases
the bone formation rate.
[0212] The present invention is not limited to each of the
embodiments and Examples described above, and various modifications
are possible within the scope of the claims. Embodiments obtainable
by appropriately combining the technical means disclosed in
different embodiments of the present invention are also included in
the technical scope of the present invention. The contents of the
scientific literature and the patent literature cited herein are
hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.
Sequence CWU 1
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14115PRTArtificial SequencePeptide 1Val Asn Pro Glu Ser Glu Glu Glu
Asp Glu Ser Ser Pro Tyr Glu1 5 10 1528PRTArtificial SequencePeptide
2Val Asn Pro Glu Ser Glu Glu Glu1 537PRTArtificial SequencePeptide
3Val Asn Pro Glu Ser Glu Glu1 545PRTArtificial SequencePeptide 4Pro
Glu Ser Glu Glu1 557PRTArtificial SequencePeptide 5Asp Glu Ser Ser
Pro Tyr Glu1 568PRTArtificial SequencePeptide 6Glu Asp Glu Ser Ser
Pro Tyr Glu1 571850PRTGallus gallus 7Met Arg Gly Ile Ile Leu Ala
Leu Val Leu Thr Leu Val Gly Ser Gln1 5 10 15Lys Phe Asp Ile Asp Pro
Gly Phe Asn Ser Arg Arg Ser Tyr Leu Tyr 20 25 30Asn Tyr Glu Gly Ser
Met Leu Asn Gly Leu Gln Asp Arg Ser Leu Gly 35 40 45Lys Ala Gly Val
Arg Leu Ser Ser Lys Leu Glu Ile Ser Gly Leu Pro 50 55 60Glu Asn Ala
Tyr Leu Leu Lys Val Arg Ser Pro Gln Val Glu Glu Tyr65 70 75 80Asn
Gly Val Trp Pro Arg Asp Pro Phe Thr Arg Ser Ser Lys Ile Thr 85 90
95Gln Val Ile Ser Ser Cys Phe Thr Arg Leu Phe Lys Phe Glu Tyr Ser
100 105 110Ser Gly Arg Ile Gly Asn Ile Tyr Ala Pro Glu Asp Cys Pro
Asp Leu 115 120 125Cys Val Asn Ile Val Arg Gly Ile Leu Asn Met Phe
Gln Met Thr Ile 130 135 140Lys Lys Ser Gln Asn Val Tyr Glu Leu Gln
Glu Ala Gly Ile Gly Gly145 150 155 160Ile Cys His Ala Arg Tyr Val
Ile Gln Glu Asp Arg Lys Asn Ser Arg 165 170 175Ile Tyr Val Thr Arg
Thr Val Asp Leu Asn Asn Cys Gln Glu Lys Val 180 185 190Gln Lys Ser
Ile Gly Met Ala Tyr Ile Tyr Pro Cys Pro Val Asp Val 195 200 205Met
Lys Glu Arg Leu Thr Lys Gly Thr Thr Ala Phe Ser Tyr Lys Leu 210 215
220Lys Gln Ser Asp Ser Gly Thr Leu Ile Thr Asp Val Ser Ser Arg
Gln225 230 235 240Val Tyr Gln Ile Ser Pro Phe Asn Glu Pro Thr Gly
Val Ala Val Met 245 250 255Glu Ala Arg Gln Gln Leu Thr Leu Val Glu
Val Arg Ser Glu Arg Gly 260 265 270Ser Ala Pro Asp Val Pro Met Gln
Asn Tyr Gly Ser Leu Arg Tyr Arg 275 280 285Phe Pro Ala Val Leu Pro
Gln Met Pro Leu Gln Leu Ile Lys Thr Lys 290 295 300Asn Pro Glu Gln
Arg Ile Val Glu Thr Leu Gln His Ile Val Leu Asn305 310 315 320Asn
Gln Gln Asp Phe His Asp Asp Val Ser Tyr Arg Phe Leu Glu Val 325 330
335Val Gln Leu Cys Arg Ile Ala Asn Ala Asp Asn Leu Glu Ser Ile Trp
340 345 350Arg Gln Val Ser Asp Lys Pro Arg Tyr Arg Arg Trp Leu Leu
Ser Ala 355 360 365Val Ser Ala Ser Gly Thr Thr Glu Thr Leu Lys Phe
Leu Lys Asn Arg 370 375 380Ile Arg Asn Asp Asp Leu Asn Tyr Ile Gln
Thr Leu Leu Thr Val Ser385 390 395 400Leu Thr Leu His Leu Leu Gln
Ala Asp Glu His Thr Leu Pro Ile Ala 405 410 415Ala Asp Leu Met Thr
Ser Ser Arg Ile Gln Lys Asn Pro Val Leu Gln 420 425 430Gln Val Ala
Cys Leu Gly Tyr Ser Ser Val Val Asn Arg Tyr Cys Ser 435 440 445Gln
Thr Ser Ala Cys Pro Lys Glu Ala Leu Gln Pro Ile His Asp Leu 450 455
460Ala Asp Glu Ala Ile Ser Arg Gly Arg Glu Asp Lys Met Lys Leu
Ala465 470 475 480Leu Lys Cys Ile Gly Asn Met Gly Glu Pro Ala Ser
Leu Lys Arg Ile 485 490 495Leu Lys Phe Leu Pro Ile Ser Ser Ser Ser
Ala Ala Asp Ile Pro Val 500 505 510His Ile Gln Ile Asp Ala Ile Thr
Ala Leu Lys Lys Ile Ala Trp Lys 515 520 525Asp Pro Lys Thr Val Gln
Gly Tyr Leu Ile Gln Ile Leu Ala Asp Gln 530 535 540Ser Leu Pro Pro
Glu Val Arg Met Met Ala Cys Ala Val Ile Phe Glu545 550 555 560Thr
Arg Pro Ala Leu Ala Leu Ile Thr Thr Ile Ala Asn Val Ala Met 565 570
575Lys Glu Ser Asn Met Gln Val Ala Ser Phe Val Tyr Ser His Met Lys
580 585 590Ser Leu Ser Lys Ser Arg Leu Pro Phe Met Tyr Asn Ile Ser
Ser Ala 595 600 605Cys Asn Ile Ala Leu Lys Leu Leu Ser Pro Lys Leu
Asp Ser Met Ser 610 615 620Tyr Arg Tyr Ser Lys Val Ile Arg Ala Asp
Thr Tyr Phe Asp Asn Tyr625 630 635 640Arg Val Gly Ala Thr Gly Glu
Ile Phe Val Val Asn Ser Pro Arg Thr 645 650 655Met Phe Pro Ser Ala
Ile Ile Ser Lys Leu Met Ala Asn Ser Ala Gly 660 665 670Ser Val Ala
Asp Leu Val Glu Val Gly Ile Arg Val Glu Gly Leu Ala 675 680 685Asp
Val Ile Met Lys Arg Asn Ile Pro Phe Ala Glu Tyr Pro Thr Tyr 690 695
700Lys Gln Ile Lys Glu Leu Gly Lys Ala Leu Gln Gly Trp Lys Glu
Leu705 710 715 720Pro Thr Glu Thr Pro Leu Val Ser Ala Tyr Leu Lys
Ile Leu Gly Gln 725 730 735Glu Val Ala Phe Ile Asn Ile Asn Lys Glu
Leu Leu Gln Gln Val Met 740 745 750Lys Thr Val Val Glu Pro Ala Asp
Arg Asn Ala Ala Ile Lys Arg Ile 755 760 765Ala Asn Gln Ile Arg Asn
Ser Ile Ala Gly Gln Trp Thr Gln Pro Val 770 775 780Trp Met Gly Glu
Leu Arg Tyr Val Val Pro Ser Cys Leu Gly Leu Pro785 790 795 800Leu
Glu Tyr Gly Ser Tyr Thr Thr Ala Leu Ala Arg Ala Ala Val Ser 805 810
815Val Glu Gly Lys Met Thr Pro Pro Leu Thr Gly Asp Phe Arg Leu Ser
820 825 830Gln Leu Leu Glu Ser Thr Met Gln Ile Arg Ser Asp Leu Lys
Pro Ser 835 840 845Leu Tyr Val His Thr Val Ala Thr Met Gly Val Asn
Thr Glu Tyr Phe 850 855 860Gln His Ala Val Glu Ile Gln Gly Glu Val
Gln Thr Arg Met Pro Met865 870 875 880Lys Phe Asp Ala Lys Ile Asp
Val Lys Leu Lys Asn Leu Lys Ile Glu 885 890 895Thr Asn Pro Cys Arg
Glu Glu Thr Glu Ile Val Val Gly Arg His Lys 900 905 910Ala Phe Ala
Val Ser Arg Asn Ile Gly Glu Leu Gly Val Glu Lys Arg 915 920 925Thr
Ser Ile Leu Pro Glu Asp Ala Pro Leu Asp Val Thr Glu Glu Pro 930 935
940Phe Gln Thr Ser Glu Arg Ala Ser Arg Glu His Phe Ala Met Gln
Gly945 950 955 960Pro Asp Ser Met Pro Arg Lys Gln Ser His Ser Ser
Arg Glu Asp Leu 965 970 975Arg Arg Ser Thr Gly Lys Arg Ala His Lys
Arg Asp Ile Cys Leu Lys 980 985 990Met His His Ile Gly Cys Gln Leu
Cys Phe Ser Arg Arg Ser Arg Asp 995 1000 1005Ala Ser Phe Ile Gln
Asn Thr Tyr Leu His Lys Leu Ile Gly Glu 1010 1015 1020His Glu Ala
Lys Ile Val Leu Met Pro Val His Thr Asp Ala Asp 1025 1030 1035Ile
Asp Lys Ile Gln Leu Glu Ile Gln Ala Gly Ser Arg Ala Ala 1040 1045
1050Ala Arg Ile Ile Thr Glu Val Asn Pro Glu Ser Glu Glu Glu Asp
1055 1060 1065Glu Ser Ser Pro Tyr Glu Asp Ile Gln Ala Lys Leu Lys
Arg Ile 1070 1075 1080Leu Gly Ile Asp Ser Met Phe Lys Val Ala Asn
Lys Thr Arg His 1085 1090 1095Pro Lys Asn Arg Pro Ser Lys Lys Gly
Asn Thr Val Leu Ala Glu 1100 1105 1110Phe Gly Thr Glu Pro Asp Ala
Lys Thr Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser 1115 1120 1125Ala Ser Ser Thr Ala
Thr Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Ala Ser Ser 1130 1135 1140Pro Asn Arg
Lys Lys Pro Met Asp Glu Glu Glu Asn Asp Gln Val 1145 1150 1155Lys
Gln Ala Arg Asn Lys Asp Ala Ser Ser Ser Ser Arg Ser Ser 1160 1165
1170Lys Ser Ser Asn Ser Ser Lys Arg Ser Ser Ser Lys Ser Ser Asn
1175 1180 1185Ser Ser Lys Arg Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser
Ser Ser 1190 1195 1200Ser Arg Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser
Ser Asn Ser Lys 1205 1210 1215Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Lys Ser Ser
Ser Ser Ser Ser Arg Ser 1220 1225 1230Arg Ser Ser Ser Lys Ser Ser
Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser 1235 1240 1245Ser Ser Ser Ser Lys
Ser Ser Ser Ser Arg Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser 1250 1255 1260Ser Lys Ser
Ser Ser His His Ser His Ser His His Ser Gly His 1265 1270 1275Leu
Asn Gly Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Arg Ser Val Ser 1280 1285
1290His His Ser His Glu His His Ser Gly His Leu Glu Asp Asp Ser
1295 1300 1305Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Val Leu Ser Lys Ile Trp
Gly Arg 1310 1315 1320His Glu Ile Tyr Gln Tyr Arg Phe Arg Ser Ala
His Arg Gln Glu 1325 1330 1335Phe Pro Lys Arg Lys Leu Pro Gly Asp
Arg Ala Thr Ser Arg Tyr 1340 1345 1350Ser Ser Thr Arg Ser Ser His
Asp Thr Ser Arg Ala Ala Ser Trp 1355 1360 1365Pro Lys Phe Leu Gly
Asp Ile Lys Thr Pro Val Leu Ala Ala Phe 1370 1375 1380Leu His Gly
Ile Ser Asn Asn Lys Lys Thr Gly Gly Leu Gln Leu 1385 1390 1395Val
Val Tyr Ala Asp Thr Asp Ser Val Arg Pro Arg Val Gln Val 1400 1405
1410Phe Val Thr Asn Leu Thr Asp Ser Ser Lys Trp Lys Leu Cys Ala
1415 1420 1425Asp Ala Ser Val Arg Asn Ala His Lys Ala Val Ala Tyr
Val Lys 1430 1435 1440Trp Gly Trp Asp Cys Arg Asp Tyr Lys Val Ser
Thr Glu Leu Val 1445 1450 1455Thr Gly Arg Phe Ala Gly His Pro Ala
Ala Gln Val Lys Leu Glu 1460 1465 1470Trp Pro Lys Val Pro Ser Asn
Val Arg Ser Val Val Glu Trp Phe 1475 1480 1485Tyr Glu Phe Val Pro
Gly Ala Ala Phe Met Leu Gly Phe Ser Glu 1490 1495 1500Arg Met Asp
Lys Asn Pro Ser Arg Gln Ala Arg Met Val Val Ala 1505 1510 1515Leu
Thr Ser Pro Arg Thr Cys Asp Val Val Val Lys Leu Pro Asp 1520 1525
1530Ile Ile Leu Tyr Gln Lys Ala Val Arg Leu Pro Leu Ser Leu Pro
1535 1540 1545Val Gly Pro Arg Ile Pro Ala Ser Glu Leu Gln Pro Pro
Ile Trp 1550 1555 1560Asn Val Phe Ala Glu Ala Pro Ser Ala Val Leu
Glu Asn Leu Lys 1565 1570 1575Ala Arg Cys Ser Val Ser Tyr Asn Lys
Ile Lys Thr Phe Asn Glu 1580 1585 1590Val Lys Phe Asn Tyr Ser Met
Pro Ala Asn Cys Tyr His Ile Leu 1595 1600 1605Val Gln Asp Cys Ser
Ser Glu Leu Lys Phe Leu Val Met Met Lys 1610 1615 1620Ser Ala Gly
Glu Ala Thr Asn Leu Lys Ala Ile Asn Ile Lys Ile 1625 1630 1635Gly
Ser His Glu Ile Asp Met His Pro Val Asn Gly Gln Val Lys 1640 1645
1650Leu Leu Val Asp Gly Ala Glu Ser Pro Thr Ala Asn Ile Ser Leu
1655 1660 1665Ile Ser Ala Gly Ala Ser Leu Trp Ile His Asn Glu Asn
Gln Gly 1670 1675 1680Phe Ala Leu Ala Ala Pro Gly His Gly Ile Asp
Lys Leu Tyr Phe 1685 1690 1695Asp Gly Lys Thr Ile Thr Ile Gln Val
Pro Leu Trp Met Ala Gly 1700 1705 1710Lys Thr Cys Gly Ile Cys Gly
Lys Tyr Asp Ala Glu Cys Glu Gln 1715 1720 1725Glu Tyr Arg Met Pro
Asn Gly Tyr Leu Ala Lys Asn Ala Val Ser 1730 1735 1740Phe Gly His
Ser Trp Ile Leu Glu Glu Ala Pro Cys Arg Gly Ala 1745 1750 1755Cys
Lys Leu His Arg Ser Phe Val Lys Leu Glu Lys Thr Val Gln 1760 1765
1770Leu Ala Gly Val Asp Ser Lys Cys Tyr Ser Thr Glu Pro Val Leu
1775 1780 1785Arg Cys Ala Lys Gly Cys Ser Ala Thr Lys Thr Thr Pro
Val Thr 1790 1795 1800Val Gly Phe His Cys Leu Pro Ala Asp Ser Ala
Asn Ser Leu Thr 1805 1810 1815Asp Lys Gln Met Lys Tyr Asp Gln Lys
Ser Glu Asp Met Gln Asp 1820 1825 1830Thr Val Asp Ala His Thr Thr
Cys Ser Cys Glu Asn Glu Glu Cys 1835 1840 1845Ser Thr
185081096PRTGallus gallus 8Gln Lys Phe Asp Ile Asp Pro Gly Phe Asn
Ser Arg Arg Ser Tyr Leu1 5 10 15Tyr Asn Tyr Glu Gly Ser Met Leu Asn
Gly Leu Gln Asp Arg Ser Leu 20 25 30Gly Lys Ala Gly Val Arg Leu Ser
Ser Lys Leu Glu Ile Ser Gly Leu 35 40 45Pro Glu Asn Ala Tyr Leu Leu
Lys Val Arg Ser Pro Gln Val Glu Glu 50 55 60Tyr Asn Gly Val Trp Pro
Arg Asp Pro Phe Thr Arg Ser Ser Lys Ile65 70 75 80Thr Gln Val Ile
Ser Ser Cys Phe Thr Arg Leu Phe Lys Phe Glu Tyr 85 90 95Ser Ser Gly
Arg Ile Gly Asn Ile Tyr Ala Pro Glu Asp Cys Pro Asp 100 105 110Leu
Cys Val Asn Ile Val Arg Gly Ile Leu Asn Met Phe Gln Met Thr 115 120
125Ile Lys Lys Ser Gln Asn Val Tyr Glu Leu Gln Glu Ala Gly Ile Gly
130 135 140Gly Ile Cys His Ala Arg Tyr Val Ile Gln Glu Asp Arg Lys
Asn Ser145 150 155 160Arg Ile Tyr Val Thr Arg Thr Val Asp Leu Asn
Asn Cys Gln Glu Lys 165 170 175Val Gln Lys Ser Ile Gly Met Ala Tyr
Ile Tyr Pro Cys Pro Val Asp 180 185 190Val Met Lys Glu Arg Leu Thr
Lys Gly Thr Thr Ala Phe Ser Tyr Lys 195 200 205Leu Lys Gln Ser Asp
Ser Gly Thr Leu Ile Thr Asp Val Ser Ser Arg 210 215 220Gln Val Tyr
Gln Ile Ser Pro Phe Asn Glu Pro Thr Gly Val Ala Val225 230 235
240Met Glu Ala Arg Gln Gln Leu Thr Leu Val Glu Val Arg Ser Glu Arg
245 250 255Gly Ser Ala Pro Asp Val Pro Met Gln Asn Tyr Gly Ser Leu
Arg Tyr 260 265 270Arg Phe Pro Ala Val Leu Pro Gln Met Pro Leu Gln
Leu Ile Lys Thr 275 280 285Lys Asn Pro Glu Gln Arg Ile Val Glu Thr
Leu Gln His Ile Val Leu 290 295 300Asn Asn Gln Gln Asp Phe His Asp
Asp Val Ser Tyr Arg Phe Leu Glu305 310 315 320Val Val Gln Leu Cys
Arg Ile Ala Asn Ala Asp Asn Leu Glu Ser Ile 325 330 335Trp Arg Gln
Val Ser Asp Lys Pro Arg Tyr Arg Arg Trp Leu Leu Ser 340 345 350Ala
Val Ser Ala Ser Gly Thr Thr Glu Thr Leu Lys Phe Leu Lys Asn 355 360
365Arg Ile Arg Asn Asp Asp Leu Asn Tyr Ile Gln Thr Leu Leu Thr Val
370 375 380Ser Leu Thr Leu His Leu Leu Gln Ala Asp Glu His Thr Leu
Pro Ile385 390 395 400Ala Ala Asp Leu Met Thr Ser Ser Arg Ile Gln
Lys Asn Pro Val Leu 405 410 415Gln Gln Val Ala Cys Leu Gly Tyr Ser
Ser Val Val Asn Arg Tyr Cys 420 425 430Ser Gln Thr Ser Ala Cys Pro
Lys Glu Ala Leu Gln Pro Ile His Asp 435 440 445Leu Ala Asp Glu Ala
Ile Ser Arg Gly Arg Glu Asp Lys Met Lys Leu 450 455 460Ala Leu Lys
Cys Ile Gly Asn Met Gly Glu Pro Ala Ser Leu Lys Arg465 470 475
480Ile Leu Lys Phe Leu Pro Ile Ser Ser Ser Ser Ala Ala Asp Ile Pro
485 490 495Val His Ile Gln Ile Asp Ala Ile Thr Ala Leu Lys Lys Ile
Ala Trp 500 505 510Lys Asp Pro Lys Thr Val Gln Gly Tyr Leu Ile Gln
Ile Leu Ala Asp 515 520 525Gln Ser
Leu Pro Pro Glu Val Arg Met Met Ala Cys Ala Val Ile Phe 530 535
540Glu Thr Arg Pro Ala Leu Ala Leu Ile Thr Thr Ile Ala Asn Val
Ala545 550 555 560Met Lys Glu Ser Asn Met Gln Val Ala Ser Phe Val
Tyr Ser His Met 565 570 575Lys Ser Leu Ser Lys Ser Arg Leu Pro Phe
Met Tyr Asn Ile Ser Ser 580 585 590Ala Cys Asn Ile Ala Leu Lys Leu
Leu Ser Pro Lys Leu Asp Ser Met 595 600 605Ser Tyr Arg Tyr Ser Lys
Val Ile Arg Ala Asp Thr Tyr Phe Asp Asn 610 615 620Tyr Arg Val Gly
Ala Thr Gly Glu Ile Phe Val Val Asn Ser Pro Arg625 630 635 640Thr
Met Phe Pro Ser Ala Ile Ile Ser Lys Leu Met Ala Asn Ser Ala 645 650
655Gly Ser Val Ala Asp Leu Val Glu Val Gly Ile Arg Val Glu Gly Leu
660 665 670Ala Asp Val Ile Met Lys Arg Asn Ile Pro Phe Ala Glu Tyr
Pro Thr 675 680 685Tyr Lys Gln Ile Lys Glu Leu Gly Lys Ala Leu Gln
Gly Trp Lys Glu 690 695 700Leu Pro Thr Glu Thr Pro Leu Val Ser Ala
Tyr Leu Lys Ile Leu Gly705 710 715 720Gln Glu Val Ala Phe Ile Asn
Ile Asn Lys Glu Leu Leu Gln Gln Val 725 730 735Met Lys Thr Val Val
Glu Pro Ala Asp Arg Asn Ala Ala Ile Lys Arg 740 745 750Ile Ala Asn
Gln Ile Arg Asn Ser Ile Ala Gly Gln Trp Thr Gln Pro 755 760 765Val
Trp Met Gly Glu Leu Arg Tyr Val Val Pro Ser Cys Leu Gly Leu 770 775
780Pro Leu Glu Tyr Gly Ser Tyr Thr Thr Ala Leu Ala Arg Ala Ala
Val785 790 795 800Ser Val Glu Gly Lys Met Thr Pro Pro Leu Thr Gly
Asp Phe Arg Leu 805 810 815Ser Gln Leu Leu Glu Ser Thr Met Gln Ile
Arg Ser Asp Leu Lys Pro 820 825 830Ser Leu Tyr Val His Thr Val Ala
Thr Met Gly Val Asn Thr Glu Tyr 835 840 845Phe Gln His Ala Val Glu
Ile Gln Gly Glu Val Gln Thr Arg Met Pro 850 855 860Met Lys Phe Asp
Ala Lys Ile Asp Val Lys Leu Lys Asn Leu Lys Ile865 870 875 880Glu
Thr Asn Pro Cys Arg Glu Glu Thr Glu Ile Val Val Gly Arg His 885 890
895Lys Ala Phe Ala Val Ser Arg Asn Ile Gly Glu Leu Gly Val Glu Lys
900 905 910Arg Thr Ser Ile Leu Pro Glu Asp Ala Pro Leu Asp Val Thr
Glu Glu 915 920 925Pro Phe Gln Thr Ser Glu Arg Ala Ser Arg Glu His
Phe Ala Met Gln 930 935 940Gly Pro Asp Ser Met Pro Arg Lys Gln Ser
His Ser Ser Arg Glu Asp945 950 955 960Leu Arg Arg Ser Thr Gly Lys
Arg Ala His Lys Arg Asp Ile Cys Leu 965 970 975Lys Met His His Ile
Gly Cys Gln Leu Cys Phe Ser Arg Arg Ser Arg 980 985 990Asp Ala Ser
Phe Ile Gln Asn Thr Tyr Leu His Lys Leu Ile Gly Glu 995 1000
1005His Glu Ala Lys Ile Val Leu Met Pro Val His Thr Asp Ala Asp
1010 1015 1020Ile Asp Lys Ile Gln Leu Glu Ile Gln Ala Gly Ser Arg
Ala Ala 1025 1030 1035Ala Arg Ile Ile Thr Glu Val Asn Pro Glu Ser
Glu Glu Glu Asp 1040 1045 1050Glu Ser Ser Pro Tyr Glu Asp Ile Gln
Ala Lys Leu Lys Arg Ile 1055 1060 1065Leu Gly Ile Asp Ser Met Phe
Lys Val Ala Asn Lys Thr Arg His 1070 1075 1080Pro Lys Asn Arg Pro
Ser Lys Lys Gly Asn Thr Val Leu 1085 1090 109598PRTArtificial
SequencePhosphopeptidePHOSPHORYLATION(5)..(5) 9Val Asn Pro Glu Ser
Glu Glu Glu1 5107PRTArtificial
SequencePhosphopeptidePHOSPHORYLATION(5)..(5) 10Val Asn Pro Glu Ser
Glu Glu1 5115PRTArtificial
SequencePhosphopeptidePHOSPHORYLATION(3)..(3) 11Pro Glu Ser Glu
Glu1 5127PRTArtificial
SequencePhosphopeptidePHOSPHORYLATION(3)..(3) 12Asp Glu Ser Ser Pro
Tyr Glu1 5138PRTArtificial
SequencePhosphopeptidePHOSPHORYLATION(4)..(4) 13Glu Asp Glu Ser Ser
Pro Tyr Glu1 51415PRTArtificial
SequencePhosphopeptidePHOSPHORYLATION(5)..(5)PHOSPHORYLATION(11)..(11)
14Val Asn Pro Glu Ser Glu Glu Glu Asp Glu Ser Ser Pro Tyr Glu1 5 10
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