WO2014022947A1 - Short polypeptide inhibiting hiv and pharmacal use - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to the field of biomedicine, and relates to a polypeptide for inhibiting HIV, a pharmaceutical composition thereof and use thereof. Background technique
- HIV-1 human immunodeficiency virus type 1
- WHO statistics about 2 million people are infected with HIV every year, which is a serious threat to human health.
- Vaccines are the best way to prevent AIDS, but effective AIDS vaccines are unlikely to have major breakthroughs in the near future. Therefore, the development of drugs that block different stages of replication of the virus is currently the key strategy for prevention and control of AIDS.
- the envelope glycoprotein (ENV) of HIV-1 mediates the process by which the virus enters the target cell.
- the protein is formed by the surface subunit gpl20 and the transmembrane subunit gp41 linked by non-covalent bonds.
- ENV is a trimer in which gpl20 forms a globular complex and gp41 is inserted into the viral envelope (1).
- the main function of gpl20 is to bind to receptor CD4 and co-receptors (chemokine receptors CCR5 or CXCR4, etc.), while gp41 primarily mediates membrane fusion of viruses and cells.
- FP hydrophobic fusion peptides
- NHR or HR1 N-terminal helical repeats
- CHR or HR2 C-terminal helical repeats
- the core structure of gp41 is a six-helix bundle (6-HB), and three NHRs consist of N-
- the helix interacts with the amino acid residues at the a and d positions to form a centrally located helical trimer with amino acid residues at the e and g positions exposed to the periphery of the centrosome and with a C-helix composed of three CHRs.
- the a and d positions interact (2-4).
- the C-helices are combined in an anti-parallel manner in the grooves formed by the three N-helices, respectively.
- CHR contains three functional regions, namely the NHR hydrophobic pocket binding region (PBD: pocket-binding domain, aa628-635), the NHR binding region (NBD: aa628-666) and the lipid membrane binding region (LBD: Lipid-binding domain, aa666-673).
- PBD NHR hydrophobic pocket binding region
- NBD NHR binding region
- LBD lipid membrane binding region
- the interaction between the NHR and the CHR helix plays a decisive role in the stability of the gp41 core structure and the viral infection activity.
- the three amino acids of the PBD on the CHR (Trp628, Trp631 and Ile635) are inserted into the NHR hydrophobic pocket with high affinity, which is essential for stabilizing the six-helix bundle structure (6-7).
- T20 Endovirtide, Fuzeon
- T20 is a 36 amino acid residue-derived polypeptide derived from gp41 CHR, which is mainly blocked by blocking the formation of 6-HB. Function (12).
- T20 is the first and currently the only HIV membrane fusion inhibitor for clinical treatment, but it has limited its widespread use due to drug resistance. Over the past decade or so, antiviral peptides targeting gp41 have been a hot spot in HIV drug research (13). The study found that the polypeptide C34 derived from gp41 CHR has higher antiviral activity than T20.
- T20 and C34 contain an NHR binding region that interacts with the NHR sequence, but C34 contains a hydrophobic pocket binding region (PBD) and T20 lacks this motif.
- PBD hydrophobic pocket binding region
- C34 is poorly soluble in water and difficult to develop into a drug, but because it represents the core sequence of CHR, it is widely used as a design template for novel antiviral peptides (13).
- T1249 is the second generation of T20, which has high HIV-inhibiting ability and is also very effective against T20-resistant strains, but clinical trials have been discontinued due to formulation problems (14). Research and development The third generation or the next generation of highly efficient fusion inhibitory peptides has important theoretical significance and application value. Based on the C34 sequence, the anti-HIV peptide Sifuvirtide was designed in China and Phase II clinical trials have been conducted (15). However, it is worrying that inhibitors based on C34 design are susceptible to the development of viral resistance (16-17).
- the technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a polypeptide having a length of 21 to 30 amino acid residues having an anti-HIV activity, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a derivative thereof.
- polypeptide a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a derivative thereof provided by the present invention, wherein the polypeptide is the following a) or b) or c):
- a derivative polypeptide having anti-HIV activity obtained by adding one or more amino acid residues at the amino terminus and/or the carboxy terminus of the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 19, the derivatized polypeptide consisting of 21-30 amino acid residues; a derivative polypeptide consisting of 21-30 amino acid residues obtained by adding or substituting one or more amino acids at any position including the amino terminus and the carboxy terminus of the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 19 in the sequence listing, the derivatized polypeptide having an antibiotic HIV activity.
- sequence 14 in the sequence listing consists of 23 amino acid residues; the sequence 19 in the sequence listing consists of 18 amino acid residues, the amino acid sequence of which is the amino acid sequence shown in positions 3-20 of SEQ ID NO: 14 in the sequence listing. .
- the derivative polypeptide shown in b) is specifically any one of the following bl) - bl7):
- Bl amino acid sequence is the polypeptide ELT23 of sequence 18 in the sequence listing ;
- amino acid sequence is the polypeptide of sequence 9 in the sequence listing HP25 ;
- amino acid sequence is the polypeptide of sequence 6 in the sequence listing , HP28 ;
- amino acid sequence is the polypeptide of sequence 10 in the sequence listing, HP24;
- amino acid sequence is the polypeptide HP30 of sequence 5 in the sequence listing;
- amino acid sequence is the polypeptide of sequence 8 in the sequence listing , HP26 ;
- amino acid sequence is the polypeptide of sequence 7 in the sequence listing HP27 ;
- amino acid sequence is the polypeptide HP25-N3 of SEQ ID NO: 15 in the sequence listing;
- amino acid sequence is the polypeptide HP24-N2 of SEQ ID NO: 12 in the sequence listing;
- amino acid sequence is the polypeptide of sequence 17 in the sequence listing HP27-N3;
- Bl l amino acid sequence is the polypeptide of sequence 16 in the sequence listing HP26-N3;
- amino acid sequence is the polypeptide of sequence 13 in the sequence listing, HP24-N3;
- the amino acid sequence is the polypeptide of sequence 11 in the sequence listing HP24-N1 ;
- amino acid sequence is the polypeptide of sequence 1 in the sequence listing MT-SC22EK;
- amino acid sequence is the polypeptide of sequence 2 in the sequence listing MT-SC21EK;
- amino acid sequence is the polypeptide of sequence 3 in the sequence listing MT-SC20EK;
- the amino acid sequence is the polypeptide MT-SC19EK of sequence 4 in the Sequence Listing.
- ELT23 23 ELTWEEWEKKEEYTKKEEILK 18 wherein the abbreviations of amino acids have the meanings well-known in the art, for example: W is tryptophan, N is asparagine, E is glutamic acid, M is methionine, T is threonine, K Is lysine, I is isoleucine, Y is tyrosine, L is leucine, and S is serine.
- One or more amino acids of the polypeptide of the present invention may be substituted with a D-form amino acid, an artificially modified amino acid, a rare amino acid present in nature, etc., to enhance the bioavailability, stability and/or antiviral of the polypeptide. active.
- the D-type amino acid refers to an amino acid corresponding to the L-form amino acid constituting the protein
- the artificially modified amino acid refers to a common L-type amino acid which constitutes a protein modified by methylation, phosphorylation or the like
- the rare amino acid existing in nature includes a constituent protein Uncommon amino acids and amino acids that do not constitute proteins, such as 5-hydroxylysine, methylhistidine, gamma aminobutyric acid, homoserine, and the like.
- the above polypeptide derivative may be at least one of the following 1) to 5):
- linker obtained by linking an oligopeptide or a lipophilic group or cholesterol to both the amino terminus and the carboxy terminus of any of the above polypeptides;
- the amino terminal protecting group may be an acetyl group, an amino group, a maleoyl group, a succinyl group, a tert-butoxycarbonyl group or a benzyloxy group or other hydrophobic group or a macromolecular carrier group.
- the carboxy terminal protecting group can be any of NH 2 , carboxyl, amide or t-butoxycarbonyl or other hydrophobic groups or macromolecular carrier groups.
- the polypeptide derivative is specifically a linker obtained by linking an amino group of the above-mentioned polypeptide to an acetyl group and a carboxy terminal of any one of the above polypeptides to an amide group.
- the oligopeptide may be composed of 2-10 amino acid residues; the lipophilic group may have a fatty acid chain of 3 to 20 carbon atoms, such as a fatty acid having 8-16 carbon atoms. chain.
- Multimers formed from any of the above polypeptides and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and/or derivatives thereof are also within the scope of the present invention.
- a multimer refers to a polymer formed by two or more identical or different polypeptides linked together by amino acids (such as lysine and cysteine) or other molecules.
- Another technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a composition.
- the present invention provides a composition comprising C1) and C2): C1) a polypeptide of any of the above, a derivative thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and/or a multimer thereof; C2) pharmaceutically acceptable Carrier or accessory;
- composition has at least one of the following D1) - D5):
- the disease caused by HIV infection can be AIDS.
- the polypeptide of the present invention, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a derivative thereof, a multimer, and a composition can be directly administered to a patient as a medicament, or can be administered to a patient after mixing with a suitable carrier or excipient to achieve treatment.
- suitable carrier or excipient to achieve treatment.
- the carrier materials herein include, but are not limited to, water-soluble carrier materials (such as polyethylene glycol, polyvinylpyrrolidone, organic acids, etc.), poorly soluble carrier materials (such as ethyl cellulose, cholesterol stearate, etc.), enteric carriers. Materials (such as cellulose acetate phthalate and carboxymethyl cellulose, etc.). Among them, preferred are water-soluble carrier materials.
- These materials can be used in a variety of dosage forms including, but not limited to, tablets, capsules, pills, aerosols, pills, powders, solutions, suspensions, emulsions, granules, liposomes, transdermal agents, Oral tablets, suppositories, freeze-dried powder injections, etc. It may be a general preparation, a sustained release preparation, a controlled release preparation, and various microparticle delivery systems. In order to form a unit dosage form into tablets, various carriers well known in the art can be widely used.
- carriers are, for example, diluents and absorbents such as starch, dextrin, calcium sulfate, lactose, mannitol, Sucrose, sodium chloride, glucose, urea, calcium carbonate, kaolin, microcrystalline cellulose, aluminum silicate, etc.; wetting agents and binders, such as water, glycerin, polyethylene glycol, ethanol, propanol, starch slurry, Dextrin, syrup, honey, glucose solution, gum arabic, gelatin syrup, sodium carboxymethylcellulose, shellac, methylcellulose, potassium phosphate, polyvinylpyrrolidone, etc.; disintegrants such as dried starch, alginic acid Salt, agar powder, brown algae starch, sodium hydrogencarbonate and citric acid, calcium carbonate, polyoxyethylene, sorbitan fatty acid ester, sodium dodecyl sulfate, methyl cellulose, ethyl cellulose, etc.; Inhibitors such as
- Tablets may also be further formulated into coated tablets, such as sugar coated tablets, film coated tablets, enteric coated tablets, or bilayer tablets and multilayer tablets.
- various carriers well known in the art can be widely used.
- the carrier are, for example, a diluent and an absorbent such as glucose, lactose, starch, cocoa butter, hydrogenated vegetable oil, polyvinylpyrrolidone, Gel UC ire, kaolin, talc, etc.; binders such as gum arabic, gum tragacanth , gelatin, ethanol, honey, liquid sugar, rice paste or batter; etc.; disintegrating agents, such as agar powder, dried starch, alginate, sodium dodecyl sulfate, methyl cellulose, ethyl cellulose, and the like.
- a unit dosage form as a suppository
- various carriers well known in the art can be widely used.
- the carrier are, for example, polyethylene glycol, lecithin, cocoa butter, higher alcohols, esters of higher alcohols, gelatin, semi-synthetic glycerides and the like.
- an injectable preparation such as a solution, an emulsion, a lyophilized powder, and a suspension
- all diluents conventionally used in the art for example, water, ethanol, polyethylene glycol, 1, may be used.
- an appropriate amount of sodium chloride, glucose or glycerin may be added to the preparation for injection, and a conventional cosolvent, a buffer, a pH adjuster or the like may be added.
- coloring agents, preservatives, perfumes, flavoring agents, sweeteners or other materials may also be added to the pharmaceutical preparations as needed.
- the above dosage forms can be administered by injection, including subcutaneous injection, intravenous injection, intramuscular injection, and intraluminal injection; intraluminal administration, such as transrectal and vaginal; respiratory administration, such as transnasal; mucosal administration.
- the above administration route is preferably administered by injection.
- the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention contains 0.1 to 90% by weight of ⁇ ).
- Pharmaceutical compositions can be prepared according to methods known in the art.
- the dosage of the polypeptide of the present invention, its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, derivatives, multimers and compositions thereof depends on a number of factors, such as the nature and severity of the disease to be prevented or treated, the sex, age, and weight of the patient or animal. And the individual reaction, the specific active ingredient used, the route of administration and the number of administrations, and the like.
- the above dosages may be administered in a single dosage form or divided into several, for example two, three or four dosage forms.
- the polypeptide of the present invention can be directly used for the treatment and prevention of HIV-infected persons, and can also be used in combination with one or more anti-HIV drugs to improve The purpose of the overall treatment effect.
- anti-HIV drugs include, but are not limited to, reverse transcriptase inhibitors, protease inhibitors, invasion inhibitors, integration inhibitors, and maturation inhibitors.
- the above reverse transcriptase inhibitor may be AZT, 3TC, ddl, d4T, ddT, TDF, Abacavir Nevirapine Efavirenz and Delavirdine, etc., or several; the above protease inhibitors may be Saquinavir mesylate, Idinavir, Ritonavir ⁇
- Amprenavir, Kaletra and Nelfmavir mesylate may be one or more of Maraviroc, TAK-779, T20, ⁇ 2635, Sifuvirtide, VIRIP, etc.;
- the integration inhibitor can be Raltegravir or the like.
- a further aspect of the invention relates to a method of treating and/or preventing and/or adjuvant treatment of an envelope viral infection.
- the method comprises the steps of administering to the subject an effective amount of fl ) and / or /£) and / or ⁇ ):
- the envelope virus infection is a disease or AIDS caused by HIV infection.
- the specific therapeutically effective dose level for any particular patient will depend on a number of factors, including the disorder being treated and the severity of the disorder; the activity of the particular active ingredient employed; the particular composition employed. The age, weight, general health, sex and diet of the patient; the time of administration, the route of administration and the rate of excretion of the particular active ingredient employed; duration of treatment; in combination with or in combination with the particular active ingredient employed Drugs; and similar factors well known in the medical field. For example, it is the practice in the art to dose the active ingredient starting from a level lower than that required to achieve the desired therapeutic effect, gradually increasing the dosage until the desired effect is achieved.
- polypeptide of the present invention may be administered at a dose of from 0.001 to 1000 mg/kg body weight per day, for example from 0.01 to 100 mg/kg.
- Body weight/day for example between 0.01 and 10 mg/kg body weight/day.
- a further aspect of the invention also claims a nucleic acid molecule encoding any of the above polypeptides.
- the nucleic acid molecule may be DNA, such as cDNA, genomic DNA or recombinant DNA; the nucleic acid molecule may also be R A , such as mR A or hnRNA.
- the invention also claims biomaterials of gl) or g2):
- Gl an expression cassette, recombinant vector, recombinant virus or recombinant cell containing a nucleic acid molecule encoding any of the above polypeptides;
- G2 A recombinant expression vector, recombinant microorganism or recombinant cell expressing any of the above polypeptides.
- expression is understood to include any step involved in the production of the polypeptide including, but not limited to, transcription, post-transcriptional modification, translation, post-translational modification, and secretion.
- the expression cassette is a single-stranded or double-stranded nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid molecule encoding any of the above polypeptides and all regulatory sequences necessary for its expression.
- the regulatory sequence under compatible conditions, directs the coding sequence to express any of the above polypeptides in a suitable host cell.
- Such regulatory sequences include, but are not limited to, a leader sequence, a polyadenylation sequence, a propeptide sequence, a promoter, a signal sequence, and a transcription terminator.
- the regulatory sequences include promoters as well as termination signals for transcription and translation.
- a linker-containing regulatory sequence can be provided.
- the control sequence may be a suitable promoter sequence, ie, a nucleic acid sequence that is recognized by the host cell expressing the nucleic acid sequence.
- the promoter sequence contains transcriptional regulatory sequences that mediate the expression of the polypeptide.
- the promoter may be any nucleic acid sequence that is transcriptionally active in the host cell of choice, including mutated, truncated and heterozygous promoters, which may be derived from extracellular or intracellular encoding homologous or heterologous to the host cell.
- the gene of the polypeptide is a suitable promoter sequence, ie, a nucleic acid sequence that is recognized by the host cell expressing the nucleic acid sequence.
- the promoter sequence contains transcriptional regulatory sequences that mediate the expression of the polypeptide.
- the promoter may be any nucleic acid sequence that is transcriptionally active in the host cell of choice, including mutated, truncated and heterozyg
- the control sequence may also be a suitable transcription termination sequence, a sequence that is recognized by the host cell to terminate transcription.
- the termination sequence is operably linked to the 3' end of the nucleic acid sequence encoding the polypeptide. Any terminator that can function in the host cell of choice can be used in the present invention.
- Regulation The sequence may also be a suitable leader sequence, an mR A untranslated region that is important for translation of the host cell.
- the leader sequence is operably linked to the 5' end of the nucleic acid sequence encoding the polypeptide. Any leader sequence that can function in the host cell of choice can be used in the present invention.
- the control sequence may also be a signal peptide coding region that encodes an amino acid sequence linked to the amino terminus of the polypeptide to direct the encoded polypeptide into the cell's secretory pathway.
- a signal peptide coding region which can direct the expressed polypeptide into the secretory pathway of the host cell used can be used in the present invention.
- the control sequence may also be a propeptide coding region that encodes an amino acid sequence at the amino terminus of the polypeptide.
- the resulting polypeptide is referred to as a zymogen or propolypeptide.
- a propolypeptide is generally inactive and can be converted to a mature active polypeptide by cleavage of the propeptide from the propolypeptide by catalytic or autocatalytic.
- the peptide region is immediately adjacent to the amino terminus of the polypeptide, and the signal peptide region is adjacent to the amino terminus of the peptide region.
- regulatory sequences that modulate the expression of the polypeptide depending on the growth of the host cell. Examples of regulatory systems are those that are capable of opening or shutting down gene expression in chemical or physical stimuli, including M reactions in the presence of regulatory compounds. Other examples of regulatory sequences are those that enable gene amplification. Sequences. In these examples, the nucleic acid sequence encoding the polypeptide should be operably linked to a regulatory sequence.
- the invention also relates to a recombinant expression vector comprising a nucleic acid molecule, a promoter and a transcriptional and translational termination signal of the invention encoding any of the above polypeptides.
- a nucleic acid molecule encoding any of the above polypeptides can be placed in a vector to be operably linked to appropriate expression control sequences.
- the recombinant expression vector can be any vector (e.g., a plasmid or virus) that facilitates recombinant DNA manipulation and expression of the nucleic acid sequence.
- the choice of vector will generally depend on the compatibility of the vector with the host cell into which it will be introduced.
- the vector can be a linear or closed loop plasmid.
- the vector may be an autonomously replicating vector (i.e., a complete structure that exists extrachromosomally and may be replicated independently of the chromosome), such as a plasmid, an extrachromosomal element, a minichromosome, or an artificial chromosome.
- the vector may contain any mechanism to ensure self-replication.
- the vector is a vector that, when introduced into a host cell, will integrate into the genome and replicate along with the integrated chromosome.
- a single vector or plasmid may be employed, or two or more vectors or plasmids, or transposons, that will generally comprise all of the DNA that will be introduced into the genome of the host cell.
- the vector contains one or more selectable markers that facilitate selection of transformed cells.
- a selectable marker is a gene whose product confers resistance to a biocide or virus, resistance to heavy metals, or confers auxotrophs to prototrophy and the like.
- Examples of bacterial selection markers are the dal genes of Bacillus subtilis or Bacillus licheniformis, or the resistance markers of antibiotics such as ampicillin, kanamycin, chloramphenicol or tetracycline.
- the vector comprises elements that enable stable integration of the vector into the host cell genome, or that ensure that the vector autonomously replicates in the cell independently of the cell genome. In the case of autonomous replication, the vector may also contain an origin of replication enabling the vector to replicate autonomously in the host cell of interest.
- the origin of replication may be mutated such that it becomes temperature sensitive in the host cell (see, e.g., ffihrlich, 1978, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 75: 1433). More than one copy of a nucleic acid molecule of the invention encoding any of the above polypeptides can be inserted into a host cell to increase the yield of the gene product.
- An increase in the copy number of the nucleic acid molecule can be accomplished by inserting at least one additional copy of the nucleic acid molecule into the host cell genome, or by inserting an amplifiable selectable marker with the nucleic acid molecule, by culturing the cell in the presence of a suitable selection reagent A cell containing an amplified copy of the selectable marker gene, thereby containing the additional copy nucleic acid molecule, is selected.
- the procedures for ligating the above elements to construct the recombinant expression vectors of the present invention are well known to those skilled in the art (see, for example, Sambrook et al., Molecular Cloning Laboratory Manual, Second Edition, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor , New York, 1989).
- the term "operably linked” is defined herein as a conformation wherein the regulatory sequences are located at appropriate positions relative to the coding sequence of the DNA sequence such that the regulatory sequences direct expression of the polypeptide.
- a further aspect of the invention relates to a recombinant cell comprising a nucleic acid molecule encoding any of the above polypeptides.
- the recombinant cell can be a prokaryotic cell or a eukaryotic cell, such as a bacterium (such as an E. coli cell) or a yeast cell.
- Still another aspect of the present invention also claims a method of preparing the following products.
- the product is fl), ⁇ ) or ⁇ ) :
- the biological expression of the polypeptide may specifically be the expression of the polypeptide in a biological cell.
- the biological cell can be a non-human animal cell, a microbial cell or a plant cell.
- the chemical synthesis may specifically be solid phase synthesis or liquid phase synthesis.
- Figure 1 shows the anti-HIV activity of the short peptide HP25-N2 and its comparison with the control polypeptide.
- Figure 2 shows the circular dichroism analysis of the interaction between the anti-HIV short peptide and the NHR polypeptide N36 based on SC22EK.
- Figure 3 is a circular dichroism analysis of the interaction between the anti-HIV short peptide and the NHR polypeptide N36 based on the P32 truncation design. The best way to implement the invention
- polypeptides used in the examples were synthesized by standard solid phase peptide synthesis (Fmoc/tBu strategy) and manually synthesized from the carboxy terminus to the amino terminus. All polypeptide sequences are amidated at the C-terminus, N-terminal acetylation, according to conventional polypeptide synthesis (as known to those skilled in the art, these modifications have no fundamental effect on polypeptide activity).
- N-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl (Fmoc) protected amino acid, Rink resin (substitution constant 0.44 mmol/g) as solid phase carrier, and 25% (by volume) piperidine in DMF solution to remove amino protecting group Fmoc, each removal step needs to be performed twice, for 8 min and 10 min respectively.
- the condensation method selected for the peptide reaction was DIPC/HOBt method and PyBOP method, and the amino acid and the activating reagent were all used in three-fold equivalents, and the reaction time was 1 hour.
- the reaction progress was monitored by ninhydrin qualitative color development (Kaiser method). If the condensation reaction of an amino acid is incomplete, the reaction time is appropriately extended or the condensation is repeated once until the desired target peptide is obtained.
- the polypeptide was cleaved from the resin and the side chain protecting groups were removed (30 C cut for 4 hours).
- the filtrate was added to a large amount of cold anhydrous diethyl ether to precipitate a polypeptide and centrifuged. After washing several times with diethyl ether, it was dried to obtain a crude polypeptide.
- the prepared polypeptide was purified using a HP1100 (Agilent, USA) reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatograph. Column type: Cosmosil 5C4-AR C10 X 250 mm). Chromatographic operating conditions: Linear gradient elution, the eluent consists of mobile phase A and mobile phase B.
- the mobile phase A was an aqueous solution of trifluoroacetic acid and acetonitrile, the volume fraction of trifluoroacetic acid was 0.05%, and the volume percent concentration of acetonitrile was 2%.
- Mobile phase B is 90% (by volume) aqueous acetonitrile.
- the linear gradient elutes from 20% B to 40% B for 20 minutes, the elution flow rate is 25 ml per minute, and the UV detection wavelength is 220 nm. After lyophilization, the pure peptide was obtained in a fluffy state.
- the chemical structure was characterized by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry and the purity was determined by analytical high performance liquid chromatography (flow rate: 1 ml per minute). Among them, Analytical High Performance Liquid Chromatograph Model: Shimadzu CBM-10A VP PULS, the type of column used: Agela4.6*250mm C18. Chromatographic operating conditions: Linear gradient elution, the eluent consists of mobile phase A and mobile phase B.
- the mobile phase A was an aqueous solution of trifluoroacetic acid and acetonitrile, the volume fraction of trifluoroacetic acid was 0.05%, and the volume percent concentration of acetonitrile was 2%.
- the mobile phase B is an aqueous solution of trifluoroacetic acid and acetonitrile, the volume fraction of trifluoroacetic acid is 0.05%, and the volume fraction of acetonitrile is 90%.
- the linear gradient elutes from 25% B to 45% B for 20 minutes.
- the obtained pure polypeptide was characterized by analytical RP-HPLC to indicate that the purity was more than 95%.
- the molecular weight and purity of the polypeptide of the present invention obtained according to the above polypeptide synthesis method are shown in Table 2.
- the target cells are TZM-bl cells, provided by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) AIDS Reagents and References Project (catalog number 8129), which express CD4 and CCR5 and CXCR4 on the surface, and fluoresceinase reporter gene in the cell. But does not contain the promoter of this gene.
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- the effector cells are HL2/3 cells, which are provided by the NIH AIDS Reagents and References Program (catalog number 1294), which express HIV Env on the surface to mediate fusion of target cells, and also contain fluorescein in the cells.
- the promoter of the enzyme reporter gene Both cells were adherent cells cultured in DMEM cell culture medium containing ammonia/streptomycin double antibody and 10% fetal bovine serum.
- TZM-bl was first added to a 96-well cell culture plate (lxlO 4 cells/well), and cultured overnight at 37 ° C under 5% CO 2 .
- test polypeptide was diluted 3-fold in DMEM cell culture medium, mixed with HL2/3 effector cells, and then added to TZM-bl target cells, and culture was continued for 6 hours to fully fuse.
- the activity of the Promega luciferase reporter gene kit (relative fluorescence unit, RLU) was then used. Calculate each concentration of sample to suppress the use of GraphPad Pri sm
- the HIV recombinant pseudovirus system was used to evaluate the inhibitory effect of the polypeptide on the target cells (Yao X, Chong H, Zhang C, Waltersperger S, Wang M, Cui S, He Y. Broad antiviral activity and crystal structure of HIV-1 fusion inhibitor Sifuvirtide. J Biol Chem. 2012, 287: 6788-6796. ).
- the basic steps include (1) preparation of HIV pseudovirus: plasmid pcDNA3.1-ENV expressing the HIV ENV protein (recombinant expression plasmid obtained by inserting the ENV encoding gene into vector pcDNA3.1 (-)) and HIV backbone plasmid pSG3 AENV ( Express all proteins except the ENV in the HIV genome, provided by the NIH AIDS Reagents and References Project, catalog number 11051), transfect 293T cells at a mass ratio of 1:2, and simultaneously transfect only the same amount. Control of pSG3 AENV .
- the 96-well plate was taken out from the cell culture incubator, the supernatant was aspirated from the well, and 30 ⁇ l of the cell lysate was added, and after 10 minutes, the ⁇ luciferase assay reagent was added.
- the ⁇ liquid was aspirated from each well by a pipette, added to a corresponding 96-well white plate, and the luminescence value was read on a microplate luminometer.
- the virus titer was calculated using the Reed-Muench method.
- the polypeptide was diluted in a ratio of 3 times (3 times) into a 96-well plate in a final volume of 50 ⁇ l, wherein 50 ⁇ l of DMEM medium was used instead of the polypeptide as a negative control.
- the pNL4-3 plasmid was prepared using QIAGEN's plasmid extraction kit, and the pNL4-3 plasmid was transfected into 293T cells using Invitrogen's LipofectamineTM 2000 transfection reagent and incubated for 6 hours at 37 ° C in a 5% C0 2 cell incubator. After changing the solution, the culture was continued for 48 hours. Gently collect the supernatant from the cell culture flask or cell culture plate with a pipette, filter the supernatant with a 0.45 ⁇ filter, add 20% FBS, and then dispense in a polypropylene tube, store at -80 ° C for use or Direct virus titration is performed in the same manner as the HIV pseudovirus described above.
- the polypeptide was plated in a 96-well plate at a ratio of (3 fold) dilution to a final volume of 50 ⁇ l, wherein 50 ⁇ l of DMEM medium was used instead of the polypeptide as a negative control.
- ⁇ TZM-bl cells (10 5 cells/ml, containing 15 g/ml DEAE-dextran) were added, and 50 ⁇ l of the obtained virus was added, and each well was equivalent to 100 TCID 5Q .
- the relative fluorescence units (RLU) of each well were determined using a luciferase assay reagent (Promega). The % inhibition rate and the IC 5Q value were calculated in the same manner as described above.
- SC29EK is a C34-based polypeptide containing 29 amino acids with anti-HIV activity comparable to that of the C34 polypeptide. However, after removal of 7 amino acid residues at its C-terminus, the antiviral activity of the truncated polypeptide SC22EK was significantly reduced (Table 3, IC 5Q in Table 3 is the mean ⁇ standard deviation of three replicate experiments). Compared to SC29EK, SC22EK has a severely reduced ability to inhibit HIV-mediated cell fusion, pseudoviral invasion, and wild virus replication.
- the amino acid residues (Met626 and Thr627) forming the MT hook upstream of the pocket binding region can increase the antiviral activity of the polypeptide, especially the short polypeptide.
- the design adds two amino acid residues, Met626 and Thr627, to SC22EK.
- the polypeptide MT-SC22EK in Table 3 was synthesized and tested for its viral inhibitory activity. The exciting finding is that the addition of two amino acids can significantly increase the antiviral activity of the peptide by more than 30-fold.
- the IC 5Q values of MT-SC22EK inhibiting HIV-mediated cell fusion, pseudovirus invasion, and wild virus replication were 2.6 nM, 1.7 nM, and 1.2 nM, respectively, comparable to the activity of SC29EK.
- the activity of the SC22EK was significantly improved in the three experimental systems, which were 39.5 times, 33.9 times, and 52.1 times, respectively. This result indicates that Met626 and Thr627 amino acids in close proximity to the pocket binding region play an extremely important role in improving the anti-HIV ability of short polypeptides. This is the first time that such a short CHR polypeptide has been found to have very low nanomolar levels of anti-HIV activity.
- the ⁇ 32 containing 32 amino acid residues is an anti-HIV polypeptide recently designed by the inventors of the present invention (Chinese Patent Application No.: CN201110112709. 7), and has high activity inhibitory activity against both HIV clinical isolates and ⁇ 20 resistant viruses.
- the polypeptide ⁇ end sequence contains a Met626 Thr627 residue.
- this experiment uses P32 as a template to truncate and synthesize a new set of peptides with a length shorter than or equal to 30 amino acid residues (Table 4).
- the anti-HIV activity of the polypeptide was examined using the above cell fusion inhibition assay and a pseudovirus invasion assay. The experimental results are shown in Table 4.
- the P32 is gradually truncated from the C-end, minus 2 (HP30), 4 (HP28), 5 (HP27), 6 (HP26), 7 (HP25), and 8 (HP24).
- Amino acid residues, these truncated polypeptides were found to have comparable anti-HIV activity to P32 polypeptides, including the ability to inhibit HIV-mediated cell fusion and invasion.
- the IC 5Q of the polypeptide HP25 (25 amino acids in length) and HP24 (24 amino acids in length) inhibiting HIV cell fusion are ⁇ . ⁇ and l.lnM, respectively, and the IC 5Q of suppressing HIV pseudovirus is 0.78 nM and ⁇ , respectively.
- polypeptide P32 of 32 amino acid residues in length inhibited HIV cell fusion and pseudovirus 1 1. 0 n and 0.92 nM, respectively.
- the anti-HIV activities of the polypeptides C34, CP32M, Sifuvirtide, T1249 and T20 as controls were significantly lower than those of P32 and its above-described truncated polypeptide.
- further truncation of the C-terminus HP23, HP22 and HP19
- this experiment uses HP24 as a template to cut the N-terminus one by one, and remove one (HP24-N1) and two (HP24-N2) respectively. , 3 (HP24-N3), 4 (HP24-N4) and 5 (HP24-N5) amino acid residues. It was found that the activity of HP24-N2 was slightly affected, and the activities of HP24-N1 and HP24-N3 decreased nearly 1-fold, but the activities of HP24-N4 and HP24-N5 were significantly decreased. Once again, the N-terminal amino acid residues Met626 and Thr627 play a key role in the antiviral activity of these short polypeptides.
- ELT23 has similar antiviral activity to HP25-N2, and its IC50 for inhibiting viral cell fusion and invasion is 0.9 nM and 0.61 nM, respectively.
- HIV-1 is susceptible to variability, it can be divided into a variety of subtypes, including AD, FH, J, and K subtypes.
- subtypes A, B and C are the main viruses causing the world AIDS epidemic. In China, the prevalence of B/C and A/E recombinant viruses is dominant.
- To further evaluate the activity of anti-HIV short peptides a group of 16 HIV pseudoviruses were prepared, including international representative strains and HIV strains currently prevalent in China, including 2 subtypes A, 5 subtype B, and C. There were 3 strains, 3 A/E recombinant strains, and 3 B/C recombinant strains.
- HIV envelope protein granules expressing various subtypes are preserved in the laboratory of Prof. He Yuxian, Institute of Pathogenic Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, see literature (Yao X, Chong H, Zhang C, Waltersperger S, Wang M, Cui S, He Y. Broad antiviral activity and crystal structure of HIV-1 fusion inhibitor Sifuvirtide. J Biol Chem. 2012, 287: 6788-6796).
- the antiviral of HP25-N2 sequence 14 in the sequence listing
- the C34 polypeptide was used as a control.
- HP25-N2 is effective in inhibiting infection of various HIV subtypes. For most viruses, the IC 5Q value is lower than C34.
- HP25-N2 inhibits the subtype B strain SF162 with an IC 5Q value of 3.6 nM, and C34 has an IC 5Q value of 9.5 nM for the strain. Table 5. Inhibition of different subtypes of Hl g by the polypeptide HP25-N2
- T20 is currently the only HIV membrane fusion inhibitor approved for clinical treatment. However, its activity is not only significantly lower than that of a new generation of peptides, but also easily induces drug-resistant mutations, leading to the failure of clinical antiviral therapy. Studies have shown that amino acid variation in the NHR region of drug target sequences is the main cause of T20 resistance. The development of new inhibitors that inhibit T20-resistant viruses is currently a hot topic internationally. This example observes the effect of HP25-N2 (sequence 14 in the Sequence Listing) against T20 and C34 resistant HIV strains.
- IC 50 (nM) Fold change
- IC 50 (nM) Fold change IC 50 (nM)
- Fold change iWT : 51.1 ⁇ 12.4 ; 1 1.2 ⁇ 0.2 1 0.7 ⁇ 0.1 1
- the circular dichrometer is Nissan Jasco-815.
- the N36 polypeptide derived from NHR was used as a target sequence, and its sequence was: Ac-SGIVQQQ NLLRAIEAQQHLLQLTVWGIKQLQARIL-NH2.
- the CHR-derived antiviral polypeptide and N36 were separately dissolved in phosphate buffered saline (PBS), and the concentration was determined by ultraviolet absorption at 280 nm, and then 20 ⁇ L of the polypeptide PBS solution (pH 7.2) was prepared.
- PBS phosphate buffered saline
- the antiviral polypeptide was mixed with N36 in a volume ratio of 1:1 to obtain a mixed sample (the final concentration of each peptide was 10 ⁇ M), and the sample was allowed to stand at 37 ° C for 30 minutes to fully react.
- the prepared sample was measured on a circular dichroic instrument with a scanning wavelength range of 195-260 nm, a wavelength interval of 1 nm, and an average of 3 scans. The measurement was carried out at room temperature. The blank is scanned with a PBS buffer solution, and then the sample signal is scanned, and the blank signal is subtracted from the sample signal to obtain a CD signal. The interaction between the polypeptides and the helix content were determined based on the CD signal.
- the stability of the six-helix structure formed by the antiviral polypeptide described herein and N36 was determined by CD temperature scanning.
- the specific method is as follows: The above polypeptide for measuring CD signal is transferred into a sample cell (can also be reconstituted), and the CD instrument program is set to a temperature scan, the detection wavelength is 220 nm, the scanning range is 20-98 ° C, and the program temperature is scanned. The curve of the CD signal as a function of temperature is obtained. Calculate the m value from the curve.
- the antiviral polypeptide derived from the CHR region of HIV gp41 mainly blocks the formation of the 6-HB structure by interacting with the target sequence of the NHR region, thereby inhibiting the invasion of HIV into target cells.
- the results of the CD test showed that all anti-HIV polypeptides formed a typical helical structure with the NHR polypeptide N36, showing a typical absorption peak at -208 and -222 (as shown in Figures 2, 3 and 7). Among them, the greater the negative value of [ ⁇ ] 222, the higher the ⁇ -helix content of the CHR and NHR polypeptide complexes.
- the m of the four anti-HIV active polypeptides (MT-SC17EK MT-SC18EK HP22 and HP19) were significantly lower than the other polypeptides, 51.1 °C, 56.1 °C, 53.1 °C and 49.1 °C, respectively.
- the inventors of the present invention found that the addition of two amino acid residues (Met626 and Thr627) forming the "M-T hook" at the N-terminus of the short peptide SC22EK can significantly improve its antiviral activity and 6-HB stability. Furthermore, by truncating the P32 polypeptide sequence, it was found that a group of short polypeptides of 21-30 amino acid residues in length have a strong inhibitory effect on HIV. These polypeptides, although significantly shorter than other polypeptides reported, can stably bind to their NHR target sequences.
- the polypeptides provided by the present invention have significant advantages:
- polypeptide of the present invention has the advantage of being easy to synthesize and low in cost.
- the polypeptide of the present invention is significantly shorter than other polypeptides but has extremely strong antiviral activity, for example, the activity of inhibiting HIV is significantly higher than that of T20, T1249 and sifuvirtide.
- polypeptide of the present invention retains extremely strong activity against the ⁇ 20 resistant strain.
- the peptide ⁇ 25- ⁇ 2 can completely overcome many clinically common ⁇ 20 resistant HIV mutant strains.
- the polypeptide of the present invention has a "salt bridge structure" ( ⁇ site) which can enhance the helicity of the polypeptide by containing an amino acid residue at the end of the sputum which can stabilize the interaction of the polypeptide with the target and forming a "hook structure". Therefore, the target sequence can be more firmly bound, thereby having superior stability.
- the polypeptide of the present invention is easily soluble in water due to the large introduction of hydrophilic polar amino acids (e.g., ruthenium and osmium) in the polypeptide sequence.
- hydrophilic polar amino acids e.g., ruthenium and osmium
- the improvement of water solubility facilitates the development of drug efficacy and the development of pharmaceutical dosage forms.
- the invention will lay a solid foundation for the development of a new generation of AIDS treatment and prevention drugs.
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抑制 HIV的短小多肽及药物用途 技术领域 Short peptides and pharmaceutical use for inhibiting HIV
本发明涉及生物医药领域,涉及用于抑制 HIV的多肽、其药物组合物及其用途。 背景技术 The present invention relates to the field of biomedicine, and relates to a polypeptide for inhibiting HIV, a pharmaceutical composition thereof and use thereof. Background technique
艾滋病 (AIDS)主要由人类免疫缺陷病毒 1型(HIV-1 ) 引起。 自 1981年发现艾滋 病以来, 全球已有超过 6000 万人感染艾滋病病毒,其中约 2500万已经死亡。据 WHO 统计, 现在每年新增 HIV感染者约 200万, 严重威胁人类健康。 疫苗是预防艾滋病的 最好的手段, 但有效的艾滋病疫苗近期恐难有重大突破。 因此, 研发阻断病毒不同 复制阶段的药物是目前防控艾滋病的重点策略。 AIDS is mainly caused by human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). Since the discovery of AIDS in 1981, more than 60 million people worldwide have been infected with HIV, of which approximately 25 million have died. According to WHO statistics, about 2 million people are infected with HIV every year, which is a serious threat to human health. Vaccines are the best way to prevent AIDS, but effective AIDS vaccines are unlikely to have major breakthroughs in the near future. Therefore, the development of drugs that block different stages of replication of the virus is currently the key strategy for prevention and control of AIDS.
HIV-1的包膜糖蛋白 (ENV)介导病毒进入靶细胞的过程。 该蛋白由表面亚基 gpl20和跨膜亚基 gp41通过非共价键连接而成。 在天然状态下, ENV为三聚体, 其 中 gpl20形成一个球状复合物, 而 gp41则插入病毒包膜内 (1)。 gpl20 的主要功能是 与受体 CD4和辅助受体(趋化因子受体 CCR5或 CXCR4 等)结合, 而 gp41主要介导 病毒和细胞的膜融合。 研究发现, gp41膜外区包含几个重要的功能区, 包括疏水性 融合肽(FP) 、 N-末端螺旋重复序列(NHR或 HR1 ) 、 C-末端螺旋重复序列(CHR 或 HR2) 。 早在 1997年, 通过解析来源于 NHR和 CHR的多肽复合物的晶体结构, 发 现 gp41的核心结构为六股 α-螺旋束(six helix bundle,6-HB), 其中三个 NHR组成的 N-螺旋通过在 a和 d位置的氨基酸残基相互作用形成位于中心的螺旋三聚体, 其 e和 g 位置的氨基酸残基则暴露于中心螺旋体的外围, 并与三个 CHR组成的 C-螺旋的 a 和 d位置相互作用 (2-4)。 C-螺旋以反向平行的方式分别结合在三个 N-螺旋形成的沟 槽中。 基于 gp41的三维结构信息提出了 HIV-1膜融合机制: 当 gpl20与靶细胞上的受 体结合后发生显著的构象变化, gp41的融合肽(FP)被暴露出来并插入靶细胞膜内, CHR与 NHR发生反向结合,形成稳定的 6-HB结构,将病毒膜与靶细胞膜拉近而发生 融合, 从而介导 HIV进入靶细胞内 (5)。 晶体结构揭示 NHR含有明显的疏水口袋状 结构 (hydrophobic pocket) , 被认为是抗 HIV药物的新靶点。 十余年来, 针对 NHR 口袋筛选或设计 HIV药物的研究一直是热点之一。 The envelope glycoprotein (ENV) of HIV-1 mediates the process by which the virus enters the target cell. The protein is formed by the surface subunit gpl20 and the transmembrane subunit gp41 linked by non-covalent bonds. In its native state, ENV is a trimer in which gpl20 forms a globular complex and gp41 is inserted into the viral envelope (1). The main function of gpl20 is to bind to receptor CD4 and co-receptors (chemokine receptors CCR5 or CXCR4, etc.), while gp41 primarily mediates membrane fusion of viruses and cells. The study revealed that the extracellular domain of gp41 contains several important functional regions, including hydrophobic fusion peptides (FP), N-terminal helical repeats (NHR or HR1), and C-terminal helical repeats (CHR or HR2). As early as 1997, by analyzing the crystal structure of peptide complexes derived from NHR and CHR, it was found that the core structure of gp41 is a six-helix bundle (6-HB), and three NHRs consist of N- The helix interacts with the amino acid residues at the a and d positions to form a centrally located helical trimer with amino acid residues at the e and g positions exposed to the periphery of the centrosome and with a C-helix composed of three CHRs. The a and d positions interact (2-4). The C-helices are combined in an anti-parallel manner in the grooves formed by the three N-helices, respectively. Based on the three-dimensional structural information of gp41, the mechanism of HIV-1 membrane fusion was proposed: When gpl20 binds to the receptor on the target cell, a significant conformational change occurs, and the fusion peptide (FP) of gp41 is exposed and inserted into the target cell membrane, CHR and The reverse binding of NHR forms a stable 6-HB structure that fuses the viral membrane to the target cell membrane to mediate HIV entry into the target cell (5). The crystal structure reveals that NHR contains a distinct hydrophobic pocket and is considered a new target for anti-HIV drugs. For more than a decade, research into screening or designing HIV drugs for NHR pockets has been one of the hot spots.
研究表明, CHR包含三个功能区, 即位于 N端的 NHR疏水袋结合区 (PBD: pocket-binding domain,aa628-635 ) 、 NHR结合区 (NBD: aa628-666)和脂膜结合区 (LBD: lipid-binding domain, aa666-673 ) 。 NHR和 CHR螺旋间的相互作用对 gp41 核心结构的稳定性以及病毒的感染活性起着决定性的作用。在 6-HB核心结构形成过 程中, CHR上 PBD的三个氨基酸 (Trp628、 Trp631和 Ile635 ) 以高亲和力插入 NHR 疏水口袋, 对稳定六螺旋束结构至关重要 (6-7)。 然而, 以前报道的 6-HB结构 CHR 都起始于 Trp628,对其上游序列的结构没有得到解析 (2,4,8),导致大多研究基于 SIV gp41的结构而推测 CHR疏水袋结合区上游序列 621QIW NMT627也可能呈现 ct-螺旋 结构 (9)。 然而, He, Y.等发现含有 621QIWNNMT627 的多肽 CP621-652可以和 NHR 多肽形成极其稳定的 6-HB (Tm =82°C ),远远高于被认为 gp41核心结构的 N36和 C34 复合体的稳定性 (Tm=64 °C ) 。 同时, CP621-652具有显著的抗病毒活性 (10)。 这 些结果提示, CHR上游的 621QIW NMT627位点在 gp41介导的膜融合过程有重要影 响。 为此, He, Y.等对 gp41功能性核心结构的概念提出了修正。 最近, Chong,H.等 对基于 CP621-652的 6-HB进行了结构解析, 发现 621QIW NMT627序列并非螺旋结构 (11)。 令人兴奋的重要发现是, 紧邻 CHR的氨基酸残基 Met626和 Thr627形成一个独 特的"钩子"样结构 (命名为 M-T钩子), 通过紧紧"钩住" NHR上的疏水口袋而稳定 6-HB核心结构。 实验结果揭示 M-T钩子对 HIV的感染性起着至关重要的作用。 该发 现为深入研发基于 M-T钩子的 HIV融合抑制剂奠定了理论基础。 Studies have shown that CHR contains three functional regions, namely the NHR hydrophobic pocket binding region (PBD: pocket-binding domain, aa628-635), the NHR binding region (NBD: aa628-666) and the lipid membrane binding region (LBD: Lipid-binding domain, aa666-673). The interaction between the NHR and the CHR helix plays a decisive role in the stability of the gp41 core structure and the viral infection activity. During the formation of the 6-HB core structure, the three amino acids of the PBD on the CHR (Trp628, Trp631 and Ile635) are inserted into the NHR hydrophobic pocket with high affinity, which is essential for stabilizing the six-helix bundle structure (6-7). However, the previously reported 6-HB structure CHR starts from Trp628, and the structure of its upstream sequence is not resolved (2, 4, 8), resulting in most studies based on the structure of SIV gp41 and presuming the upstream sequence of the CHR hydrophobic pocket binding region. The 621 QIW NMT 627 may also exhibit a ct-helical structure (9). However, He, Y. et al found that peptide CP621-652 containing 621 QIWNNMT 627 could form an extremely stable 6-HB (Tm = 82 °C) with NHR polypeptide, much higher than N36 and C34, which are considered to be gp41 core structure. Stability of the composite (Tm = 64 °C). At the same time, CP621-652 has significant antiviral activity (10). These results suggest that the 621 QIW NMT 627 locus upstream of CHR has an important influence on the gp41-mediated membrane fusion process. To this end, He, Y. et al. proposed a modification of the concept of gp41 functional core structure. Recently, Chong, H. et al. performed structural analysis on 6-HB based on CP621-652 and found that the 621 QIW NMT 627 sequence is not a helical structure (11). An exciting and important finding is that the amino acid residues Met626 and Thr627, which are adjacent to CHR, form a unique "hook"-like structure (designated MT hook) that stabilizes 6-HB by tightly "hooking" the hydrophobic pocket on the NHR. Core structure. The experimental results reveal that MT hooks play a crucial role in the infectivity of HIV. This finding lays the theoretical foundation for the in-depth development of MT-based HIV fusion inhibitors.
于 2003年获得美国 FDA"快通道 "批准的艾滋病治疗药物 T20 (Enfuvirtide, Fuzeon)即是来源于 gp41 CHR的含有 36个氨基酸残基的多肽,它主要通过阻断 6-HB 的形成过程而发挥作用 (12)。 T20是第一个也是目前唯一的用于临床治疗的 HIV膜 融合抑制剂, 但由于耐药问题而限制了它的广泛应用。 过去十余年来, 靶向 gp41的 抗病毒多肽一直是 HIV药物研究的热点 (13)。 研究发现, 衍生于 gp41 CHR的多肽 C34比 T20具有更高的抗病毒活性。 结构上 T20和 C34都包含 NHR 结合区, 可以和 NHR序列相互作用, 但 C34包含疏水袋结合区 (PBD) 而 T20缺乏这个基序。 C34水 溶性较差, 很难被发展成为药物, 但由于其代表着 CHR的核心序列, 所以被广泛作 为新型抗病毒多肽的设计模板 (13)。 T1249是 T20的第二代产品, 具有较高的抑制 HIV能力, 对 T20耐药株也非常有效, 但由于剂型问题而停止了临床试验 (14)。研发 第三代或称下一代高效的融合抑制多肽具有重要的理论意义和应用价值。 基于 C34 的序列, 国内设计了抗 HIV多肽西夫韦肽(Sifuvirtide), 已进行 II期临床试验 (15)。 然而令人担忧的是, 基于 C34设计的抑制剂容易诱导病毒耐药的产生 (16-17)。 The AIDS treatment drug T20 (Enfuvirtide, Fuzeon), which was approved by the US FDA "fast track" in 2003, is a 36 amino acid residue-derived polypeptide derived from gp41 CHR, which is mainly blocked by blocking the formation of 6-HB. Function (12). T20 is the first and currently the only HIV membrane fusion inhibitor for clinical treatment, but it has limited its widespread use due to drug resistance. Over the past decade or so, antiviral peptides targeting gp41 have been a hot spot in HIV drug research (13). The study found that the polypeptide C34 derived from gp41 CHR has higher antiviral activity than T20. Structurally both T20 and C34 contain an NHR binding region that interacts with the NHR sequence, but C34 contains a hydrophobic pocket binding region (PBD) and T20 lacks this motif. C34 is poorly soluble in water and difficult to develop into a drug, but because it represents the core sequence of CHR, it is widely used as a design template for novel antiviral peptides (13). T1249 is the second generation of T20, which has high HIV-inhibiting ability and is also very effective against T20-resistant strains, but clinical trials have been discontinued due to formulation problems (14). Research and development The third generation or the next generation of highly efficient fusion inhibitory peptides has important theoretical significance and application value. Based on the C34 sequence, the anti-HIV peptide Sifuvirtide was designed in China and Phase II clinical trials have been conducted (15). However, it is worrying that inhibitors based on C34 design are susceptible to the development of viral resistance (16-17).
同时令人关注的是, 以前报道的 HIV融合抑制多肽大都具有较长的氨基酸序 列, 如 T20和西夫韦肽含有 36个氨基酸残基, C34含有 34个氨基酸残基, 而 T1249和 T2635均具有 39个氨基酸残基。 无疑, 多肽的长度与其制备的难度和成本密切相关。 最近, 日本学者报道了一个具有 29个氨基酸的多肽 (SC29EK) , 具有类似于 C34 的抗 HIV活性, 但进一步的截短(如 22个氨基酸的 SC22EK)则极大地降低多肽的抗 病毒活性及与靶点结合的稳定性 (18-19)。 最近, 何玉先等根据对 gp41结构与功能 的深入研究, 设计了一个含有 32个氨基酸的多肽 P32 (中国发明专利申请号: At the same time, it is interesting to note that most of the previously reported HIV fusion inhibitory polypeptides have longer amino acid sequences. For example, T20 and Sifuvirtide contain 36 amino acid residues, C34 contains 34 amino acid residues, and T1249 and T2635 have 39 amino acid residues. Undoubtedly, the length of the polypeptide is closely related to the difficulty and cost of its preparation. Recently, Japanese scholars reported a 29 amino acid polypeptide (SC29EK) with anti-HIV activity similar to C34, but further truncation (such as 22 amino acid SC22EK) greatly reduced the antiviral activity of the polypeptide and Stability of target binding (18-19). Recently, He Yuxian et al. designed a polypeptide containing 32 amino acids P32 based on an in-depth study of the structure and function of gp41 (Chinese invention patent application number:
201110112709. 7) , 其抗病毒活性显著提高, 尤其对 T20耐药病毒显示极强的优势。 参考文献: 201110112709. 7) , its anti-viral activity is significantly improved, especially showing strong advantages for T20 resistant viruses. references:
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发明公开 Invention disclosure
本发明所要解决的技术问题是提供具有抗 HIV活性的长度在 21-30个氨基酸残 基的多肽、 其药用盐、 或其衍生物。 The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a polypeptide having a length of 21 to 30 amino acid residues having an anti-HIV activity, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a derivative thereof.
本发明所提供的多肽、 其药用盐、 或其衍生物, 其中, 所述多肽为下述 a) 或 b ) 或 c) : The polypeptide, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a derivative thereof provided by the present invention, wherein the polypeptide is the following a) or b) or c):
a) 序列表中序列 14所示的多肽 HP25-N2 ; a) the polypeptide HP25-N2 shown in SEQ ID NO: 14 in the Sequence Listing;
b )在序列表中序列 19所示多肽的氨基末端和 /或羧基末端添加一个以上氨基酸 残基得到的具有抗 HIV活性的衍生多肽, 所述衍生多肽由 21-30个氨基酸残基组成; c)在序列表中序列 19所示多肽除氨基末端和羧基末端在内的任何位点添加或 替代 1个以上氨基酸得到的由 21-30个氨基酸残基组成的衍生多肽, 所述衍生多肽 具有抗 HIV活性。 b) a derivative polypeptide having anti-HIV activity obtained by adding one or more amino acid residues at the amino terminus and/or the carboxy terminus of the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 19, the derivatized polypeptide consisting of 21-30 amino acid residues; a derivative polypeptide consisting of 21-30 amino acid residues obtained by adding or substituting one or more amino acids at any position including the amino terminus and the carboxy terminus of the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 19 in the sequence listing, the derivatized polypeptide having an antibiotic HIV activity.
其中, 序列表中的序列 14由 23个氨基酸残基组成; 序列表中的序列 19由 18 个氨基酸残基组成,其氨基酸序列是序列表中序列 14的第 3-20位所示的氨基酸序列。 Wherein the sequence 14 in the sequence listing consists of 23 amino acid residues; the sequence 19 in the sequence listing consists of 18 amino acid residues, the amino acid sequence of which is the amino acid sequence shown in positions 3-20 of SEQ ID NO: 14 in the sequence listing. .
在本发明的实施方式中, b ) 所示的衍生多肽具体为下述 bl ) - bl7 ) 中的任 一种多肽: In an embodiment of the present invention, the derivative polypeptide shown in b) is specifically any one of the following bl) - bl7):
bl ) 氨基酸序列是序列表中序列 18的多肽 ELT23 ; Bl ) amino acid sequence is the polypeptide ELT23 of sequence 18 in the sequence listing ;
b2 ) 氨基酸序列是序列表中序列 9的多肽 HP25 ; B2 ) the amino acid sequence is the polypeptide of sequence 9 in the sequence listing HP25 ;
b3 ) 氨基酸序列是序列表中序列 6的多肽 HP28 ; The amino acid sequence is the polypeptide of sequence 6 in the sequence listing , HP28 ;
b4 ) 氨基酸序列是序列表中序列 10的多肽 HP24; B4) the amino acid sequence is the polypeptide of sequence 10 in the sequence listing, HP24;
b5 ) 氨基酸序列是序列表中序列 5的多肽 HP30 ; B5 ) the amino acid sequence is the polypeptide HP30 of sequence 5 in the sequence listing;
b6 ) 氨基酸序列是序列表中序列 8的多肽 HP26 ; The amino acid sequence is the polypeptide of sequence 8 in the sequence listing , HP26 ;
b7 ) 氨基酸序列是序列表中序列 7的多肽 HP27 ; B7 ) the amino acid sequence is the polypeptide of sequence 7 in the sequence listing HP27 ;
b8 ) 氨基酸序列是序列表中序列 15的多肽 HP25-N3 ; b9) 氨基酸序列是序列表中序列 12的多肽 HP24-N2; The amino acid sequence is the polypeptide HP25-N3 of SEQ ID NO: 15 in the sequence listing; B9) the amino acid sequence is the polypeptide HP24-N2 of SEQ ID NO: 12 in the sequence listing;
blO) 氨基酸序列是序列表中序列 17的多肽 HP27-N3; blO) the amino acid sequence is the polypeptide of sequence 17 in the sequence listing HP27-N3;
bl l ) 氨基酸序列是序列表中序列 16的多肽 HP26-N3; Bl l ) amino acid sequence is the polypeptide of sequence 16 in the sequence listing HP26-N3;
bl2) 氨基酸序列是序列表中序列 13的多肽 HP24-N3; Bl2) the amino acid sequence is the polypeptide of sequence 13 in the sequence listing, HP24-N3;
bl3 ) 氨基酸序列是序列表中序列 11的多肽 HP24-N1 ; Bl3 ) the amino acid sequence is the polypeptide of sequence 11 in the sequence listing HP24-N1 ;
bl4) 氨基酸序列是序列表中序列 1的多肽 MT-SC22EK; Bl4) the amino acid sequence is the polypeptide of sequence 1 in the sequence listing MT-SC22EK;
bl5 ) 氨基酸序列是序列表中序列 2的多肽 MT-SC21EK; Bl5) the amino acid sequence is the polypeptide of sequence 2 in the sequence listing MT-SC21EK;
bl6) 氨基酸序列是序列表中序列 3的多肽 MT-SC20EK; Bl6) the amino acid sequence is the polypeptide of sequence 3 in the sequence listing MT-SC20EK;
bl7) 氨基酸序列是序列表中序列 4的多肽 MT-SC19EK。 Bl7) The amino acid sequence is the polypeptide MT-SC19EK of sequence 4 in the Sequence Listing.
本发明具体实施方式中所列出的 18种多肽的序列如表 1所示。 The sequences of the 18 polypeptides listed in the specific embodiments of the present invention are shown in Table 1.
表 1.多肽序列 Table 1. Polypeptide sequence
; 编号 多肽名称 氨基酸长度 多肽序列 SEQ ID NO : ; No. Peptide name Amino acid length Polypeptide sequence SEQ ID NO :
1 ; MT-SC22EK 24 MTWEEWDKKEEYTKKEELIKKS 1 1 ; MT-SC22EK 24 MTWEEWDKKEEYTKKEELIKKS 1
2 MT-SC21 EK 23 MTWEEWDKKIEEYTKKIEELIKK 2 i 3 ; MT-SC20EK 22 MTWEEWDKKEEYTKKEELIK 32 MT-SC21 EK 23 MTWEEWDKKIEEYTKKIEELIKK 2 i 3 ; MT-SC20EK 22 MTWEEWDKKEEYTKKEELIK 3
; 4 ; MT-SC19EK 21 MTWEEWDKKIEEYTKKIEELI 4; 4 ; MT-SC19EK 21 MTWEEWDKKIEEYTKKIEELI 4
5 HP30 30 WNEMTWEEWEKKIEEYTKKIEEILKKSEEQ 55 HP30 30 WNEMTWEEWEKKIEEYTKKIEEILKKSEEQ 5
; 6 HP28 28 WNEMTWEEWEKKIEEYTKKIEEILKKSE 6; 6 HP28 28 WNEMTWEEWEKKIEEYTKKIEEILKKSE 6
7 HP27 27 WNEMTWEEWEKKEEYTKKEEILKKS 77 HP27 27 WNEMTWEEWEKKEEYTKKEEILKKS 7
8 HP26 26 WNEMTWEEWEKKIEEYTKKIEEILKK 88 HP26 26 WNEMTWEEWEKKIEEYTKKIEEILKK 8
; 9 HP25 25 WNEMTWEEWEKKEEYTKKEEILK 9; 9 HP25 25 WNEMTWEEWEKKEEYTKKEEILK 9
10 HP24 24 WNEMTWEEWEKKIEEYTKKIEEIL 1010 HP24 24 WNEMTWEEWEKKIEEYTKKIEEIL 10
11 HP24-N1 23 NEMTWEEWEKKIEEYTKKIEEIL 1 111 HP24-N1 23 NEMTWEEWEKKIEEYTKKIEEIL 1 1
12 HP24-N2 22 EMTWEEWEKKEEYTKKEEIL 1212 HP24-N2 22 EMTWEEWEKKEEYTKKEEIL 12
13 HP24-N3 21 MTWEEWEKKIEEYTKKIEEIL 1313 HP24-N3 21 MTWEEWEKKIEEYTKKIEEIL 13
14 HP25-N2 23 EMTWEEWEKKIEEYTKKIEEILK 1414 HP25-N2 23 EMTWEEWEKKIEEYTKKIEEILK 14
15 HP25-N3 22 MTWEEWEKKEEYTKKEEILK 1515 HP25-N3 22 MTWEEWEKKEEYTKKEEILK 15
16 HP26-N3 23 MTWEEWEKKIEEYTKKIEEILKK 1616 HP26-N3 23 MTWEEWEKKIEEYTKKIEEILKK 16
17 HP27-N3 24 MTWEEWEKKEEYTKKEEILKKS 1717 HP27-N3 24 MTWEEWEKKEEYTKKEEILKKS 17
18 ELT23 23 ELTWEEWEKKEEYTKKEEILK 18 其中氨基酸的縮写具有本领域公知的含义, 例如: W为色氨酸、 N为天冬酰 胺、 E为谷氨酸、 M为甲硫氨酸、 T为苏氨酸、 K为赖氨酸、 I为异亮氨酸、 Y为酪 氨酸、 L为亮氨酸、 S为丝氨酸。 18 ELT23 23 ELTWEEWEKKEEYTKKEEILK 18 wherein the abbreviations of amino acids have the meanings well-known in the art, for example: W is tryptophan, N is asparagine, E is glutamic acid, M is methionine, T is threonine, K Is lysine, I is isoleucine, Y is tyrosine, L is leucine, and S is serine.
本发明所述多肽的一个或多个氨基酸可以用构象为 D-型的氨基酸、 人工修饰 的氨基酸、 自然界存在的稀有氨基酸等进行替换, 以提高多肽的生物利用度、 稳定 性和 /或抗病毒活性。 其中 D-型氨基酸是指与组成蛋白质的 L型氨基酸相对应的氨 基酸; 人工修饰的氨基酸指经过甲基化、 磷酸化等修饰的组成蛋白质的常见 L型氨 基酸; 自然界存在的稀有氨基酸包括组成蛋白质的不常见氨基酸和不组成蛋白质的 氨基酸, 例如 5-羟基赖氨酸、 甲基组氨酸、 γ氨基丁酸、 高丝氨酸等。 One or more amino acids of the polypeptide of the present invention may be substituted with a D-form amino acid, an artificially modified amino acid, a rare amino acid present in nature, etc., to enhance the bioavailability, stability and/or antiviral of the polypeptide. active. Wherein the D-type amino acid refers to an amino acid corresponding to the L-form amino acid constituting the protein; the artificially modified amino acid refers to a common L-type amino acid which constitutes a protein modified by methylation, phosphorylation or the like; the rare amino acid existing in nature includes a constituent protein Uncommon amino acids and amino acids that do not constitute proteins, such as 5-hydroxylysine, methylhistidine, gamma aminobutyric acid, homoserine, and the like.
上述多肽衍生物可为下述 1 ) -5 ) 中的至少一种: The above polypeptide derivative may be at least one of the following 1) to 5):
1 )上述任一种多肽的氨基端连接氨基端保护基和 /或上述任一种多肽的羧基端 连接羧基端保护基得到的连接物; 1) The amino terminus of any of the above polypeptides is linked to an amino terminal protecting group and/or a carboxy terminus of any of the above polypeptides a linker obtained by linking a carboxy terminal protecting group;
2) 上述任一种多肽的羧基端连接寡肽或亲脂性基团或胆固醇得到的连接物; 2) a carboxy terminal of any of the above polypeptides linked to an oligopeptide or a lipophilic group or a linker obtained from cholesterol;
3 ) 上述任一种多肽的氨基端连接寡肽或亲脂性基团或胆固醇得到的连接物;3) a linker obtained by linking an oligopeptide or a lipophilic group or cholesterol at an amino terminus of any of the above polypeptides;
4)上述任一种多肽的氨基端和羧基端均连接寡肽或亲脂性基团或胆固醇得到 的连接物; 4) a linker obtained by linking an oligopeptide or a lipophilic group or cholesterol to both the amino terminus and the carboxy terminus of any of the above polypeptides;
5 ) 上述任一种多肽被蛋白质、 聚乙二醇、 马来酰亚胺修饰得到的修饰物。 其中, 1 )所述的多肽衍生物中, 上述氨基端保护基可为乙酰基、 氨基、 马来酰 基、琥珀酰基、叔丁氧羰基或苄氧或其他疏水基团或大分子载体基团中的任一基团; 所述羧基端保护基可为 NH2、 羧基、 酰胺基或叔丁氧羰基或其他疏水基团或大分子 载体基团中的任一基团。 在本发明的实施方式中, 1 ) 所述的多肽衍生物具体为上 述任一种多肽的氨基端连接乙酰基和上述任一种多肽的羧基端连接酰胺基得到的 连接物。 5) A modification obtained by modifying any of the above polypeptides with a protein, polyethylene glycol, or maleimide. Wherein, in the polypeptide derivative, the amino terminal protecting group may be an acetyl group, an amino group, a maleoyl group, a succinyl group, a tert-butoxycarbonyl group or a benzyloxy group or other hydrophobic group or a macromolecular carrier group. Any of the groups; the carboxy terminal protecting group can be any of NH 2 , carboxyl, amide or t-butoxycarbonyl or other hydrophobic groups or macromolecular carrier groups. In an embodiment of the present invention, the polypeptide derivative is specifically a linker obtained by linking an amino group of the above-mentioned polypeptide to an acetyl group and a carboxy terminal of any one of the above polypeptides to an amide group.
2)所述的多肽衍生物中, 寡肽可由 2-10个氨基酸残基组成; 所述亲脂性基团可 含有 3到 20个碳原子的脂肪酸链, 如含 8-16个碳原子的脂肪酸链。 2) In the polypeptide derivative, the oligopeptide may be composed of 2-10 amino acid residues; the lipophilic group may have a fatty acid chain of 3 to 20 carbon atoms, such as a fatty acid having 8-16 carbon atoms. chain.
由上述任种一多肽和 /或其药用盐和 /或其衍生物形成的多聚体也属于本发明的 保护范围。 其中, 多聚体是指两个以上相同或不同多肽通过氨基酸 (如赖氨酸和半 胱氨酸) 或其他分子连接在一起形成的多聚体。 Multimers formed from any of the above polypeptides and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and/or derivatives thereof are also within the scope of the present invention. Wherein, a multimer refers to a polymer formed by two or more identical or different polypeptides linked together by amino acids (such as lysine and cysteine) or other molecules.
本发明所要解决的另一个技术问题是提供一种组合物。 Another technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a composition.
本发明所提供的组合物, 其包含 C1 ) 和 C2) : C1 ) 上述任种一多肽、 其衍 生物、 或其可药用盐, 和 /或上述多聚体; C2) 药学上可接受的载体或辅料; The present invention provides a composition comprising C1) and C2): C1) a polypeptide of any of the above, a derivative thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and/or a multimer thereof; C2) pharmaceutically acceptable Carrier or accessory;
所述组合物具有下述 Dl ) - D5 ) 中的至少一种功能: The composition has at least one of the following D1) - D5):
D1 ) 抗 HIV; D1) anti-HIV;
D2) 治疗和 /或预防和 /或辅助治疗 HIV感染所致疾病; D2) treatment and / or prevention and / or adjuvant treatment of diseases caused by HIV infection;
D3 ) 抑制 HIV进行细胞融合; D3) inhibiting HIV for cell fusion;
D4) 抑制 HIV侵入细胞; D4) inhibit HIV from invading cells;
D5 ) 抑制 HIV复制。 D5) inhibit HIV replication.
其中, HIV感染所致疾病可为艾滋病。 Among them, the disease caused by HIV infection can be AIDS.
在实际应用中, 可以将本发明的多肽、 其药用盐、 其衍生物、 多聚体以及组合 物作为药物直接给予病人、 或者与适宜的载体或赋形剂混合后给予病人, 以达到治 疗 HIV感染的目的。 这里的载体材料包括但不限于水溶性载体材料 (如聚乙二醇、 聚乙烯吡咯烷酮、 有机酸等) 、 难溶性载体材料 (如乙基纤维素、 胆固醇硬脂酸酯 等) 、 肠溶性载体材料 (如醋酸纤维素酞酸酯和羧甲乙纤维素等) 。 其中优选的是 水溶性载体材料。 使用这些材料可以制成多种剂型, 包括但不限于片剂、 胶囊、 滴 丸、 气雾剂、 丸剂、 粉剂、 溶液剂、 混悬剂、 乳剂、 颗粒剂、 脂质体、 透皮剂、 口 含片、 栓剂、 冻干粉针剂等。 可以是普通制剂、 缓释制剂、 控释制剂及各种微粒给 药系统。 为了将单位给药剂型制成片剂, 可以广泛使用本领域公知的各种载体。 关 于载体的例子是, 例如稀释剂与吸收剂, 如淀粉、 糊精、 硫酸钙、 乳糖、 甘露醇、 蔗糖、 氯化钠、 葡萄糖、 尿素、 碳酸钙、 白陶土、 微晶纤维素、 硅酸铝等; 湿润剂 与粘合剂, 如水、 甘油、 聚乙二醇、 乙醇、 丙醇、 淀粉浆、 糊精、 糖浆、 蜂蜜、 葡 萄糖溶液、 阿拉伯胶浆、 明胶浆、 羧甲基纤维素钠、 紫胶、 甲基纤维素、 磷酸钾、 聚乙烯吡咯烷酮等; 崩解剂, 例如干燥淀粉、 海藻酸盐、 琼脂粉、 褐藻淀粉、 碳酸 氢钠与枸橼酸、 碳酸钙、 聚氧乙烯、 山梨糖醇脂肪酸酯、 十二烷基磺酸钠、 甲基纤 维素、 乙基纤维素等; 崩解抑制剂, 例如蔗糖、 三硬脂酸甘油酯、 可可脂、 氢化油 等; 吸收促进剂, 例如季铵盐、 十二烷基硫酸钠等; 润滑剂, 例如滑石粉、 二氧化 硅、 玉米淀粉、 硬脂酸盐、 硼酸、 液体石蜡、 聚乙二醇等。 还可以将片剂进一步制 成包衣片, 例如糖包衣片、 薄膜包衣片、 肠溶包衣片, 或双层片和多层片。 为了将 单位给药剂型制成丸剂,可以广泛使用本领域公知的各种载体。关于载体的例子是, 例如稀释剂与吸收剂, 如葡萄糖、 乳糖、 淀粉、 可可脂、 氢化植物油、 聚乙烯吡咯 烷酮、 GelUCire、 高岭土、 滑石粉等; 粘合剂如阿拉伯胶、 黄蓍胶、 明胶、 乙醇、 蜂蜜、 液糖、 米糊或面糊等; 崩解剂, 如琼脂粉、 干燥淀粉、 海藻酸盐、 十二烷基 磺酸钠、 甲基纤维素、 乙基纤维素等。 为了将单位给药剂型制成栓剂, 可以广泛使 用本领域公知的各种载体。 关于载体的例子是, 例如聚乙二醇、 卵磷脂、 可可脂、 高级醇、 高级醇的酯、 明胶、 半合成甘油酯等。 为了将单位给药剂型制成注射用制 剂, 如溶液剂、 乳剂、 冻干粉针剂和混悬剂, 可以使用本领域常用的所有稀释剂, 例如, 水、 乙醇、 聚乙二醇、 1,3-丙二醇、 乙氧基化的异硬脂醇、 多氧化的异硬脂 醇、 聚氧乙烯山梨醇脂肪酸酯等。 另外, 为了制备等渗注射液, 可以向注射用制剂 中添加适量的氯化钠、 葡萄糖或甘油, 此外, 还可以添加常规的助溶剂、 缓冲剂、 pH调节剂等。 此外, 如需要, 也可以向药物制剂中添加着色剂、 防腐剂、 香料、 矫 味剂、 甜味剂或其它材料。 使用上述剂型可以经注射给药, 包括皮下注射、 静脉注 射、肌肉注射和腔内注射等; 腔道给药, 如经直肠和阴道; 呼吸道给药, 如经鼻腔; 粘膜给药。 上述给药途径优选的是注射给药。 In practical applications, the polypeptide of the present invention, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a derivative thereof, a multimer, and a composition can be directly administered to a patient as a medicament, or can be administered to a patient after mixing with a suitable carrier or excipient to achieve treatment. The purpose of HIV infection. The carrier materials herein include, but are not limited to, water-soluble carrier materials (such as polyethylene glycol, polyvinylpyrrolidone, organic acids, etc.), poorly soluble carrier materials (such as ethyl cellulose, cholesterol stearate, etc.), enteric carriers. Materials (such as cellulose acetate phthalate and carboxymethyl cellulose, etc.). Among them, preferred are water-soluble carrier materials. These materials can be used in a variety of dosage forms including, but not limited to, tablets, capsules, pills, aerosols, pills, powders, solutions, suspensions, emulsions, granules, liposomes, transdermal agents, Oral tablets, suppositories, freeze-dried powder injections, etc. It may be a general preparation, a sustained release preparation, a controlled release preparation, and various microparticle delivery systems. In order to form a unit dosage form into tablets, various carriers well known in the art can be widely used. Examples of carriers are, for example, diluents and absorbents such as starch, dextrin, calcium sulfate, lactose, mannitol, Sucrose, sodium chloride, glucose, urea, calcium carbonate, kaolin, microcrystalline cellulose, aluminum silicate, etc.; wetting agents and binders, such as water, glycerin, polyethylene glycol, ethanol, propanol, starch slurry, Dextrin, syrup, honey, glucose solution, gum arabic, gelatin syrup, sodium carboxymethylcellulose, shellac, methylcellulose, potassium phosphate, polyvinylpyrrolidone, etc.; disintegrants such as dried starch, alginic acid Salt, agar powder, brown algae starch, sodium hydrogencarbonate and citric acid, calcium carbonate, polyoxyethylene, sorbitan fatty acid ester, sodium dodecyl sulfate, methyl cellulose, ethyl cellulose, etc.; Inhibitors such as sucrose, glyceryl tristearate, cocoa butter, hydrogenated oils, etc.; absorption enhancers such as quaternary ammonium salts, sodium lauryl sulfate, etc.; lubricants such as talc, silica, corn Starch, stearate, boric acid, liquid paraffin, polyethylene glycol, and the like. Tablets may also be further formulated into coated tablets, such as sugar coated tablets, film coated tablets, enteric coated tablets, or bilayer tablets and multilayer tablets. In order to prepare a unit dosage form into a pill, various carriers well known in the art can be widely used. Examples of the carrier are, for example, a diluent and an absorbent such as glucose, lactose, starch, cocoa butter, hydrogenated vegetable oil, polyvinylpyrrolidone, Gel UC ire, kaolin, talc, etc.; binders such as gum arabic, gum tragacanth , gelatin, ethanol, honey, liquid sugar, rice paste or batter; etc.; disintegrating agents, such as agar powder, dried starch, alginate, sodium dodecyl sulfate, methyl cellulose, ethyl cellulose, and the like. In order to prepare a unit dosage form as a suppository, various carriers well known in the art can be widely used. Examples of the carrier are, for example, polyethylene glycol, lecithin, cocoa butter, higher alcohols, esters of higher alcohols, gelatin, semi-synthetic glycerides and the like. In order to prepare a unit dosage form into an injectable preparation such as a solution, an emulsion, a lyophilized powder, and a suspension, all diluents conventionally used in the art, for example, water, ethanol, polyethylene glycol, 1, may be used. 3-propanediol, ethoxylated isostearyl alcohol, polyoxylated isostearyl alcohol, polyoxyethylene sorbitan fatty acid ester, and the like. Further, in order to prepare an isotonic injection, an appropriate amount of sodium chloride, glucose or glycerin may be added to the preparation for injection, and a conventional cosolvent, a buffer, a pH adjuster or the like may be added. In addition, coloring agents, preservatives, perfumes, flavoring agents, sweeteners or other materials may also be added to the pharmaceutical preparations as needed. The above dosage forms can be administered by injection, including subcutaneous injection, intravenous injection, intramuscular injection, and intraluminal injection; intraluminal administration, such as transrectal and vaginal; respiratory administration, such as transnasal; mucosal administration. The above administration route is preferably administered by injection.
通常本发明药物组合物含有 0.1— 90重量%的^ ) 。 药物组合物可根据本领域 已知的方法制备。 本发明的多肽、 其药用盐、 其衍生物、 多聚体以及组合物的给药 剂量取决于许多因素, 例如所要预防或治疗疾病的性质和严重程度, 患者或动物的 性别、 年龄、 体重及个体反应, 所用的具体活性成分, 给药途径及给药次数等。 上 述剂量可以单一剂量形式或分成几个, 例如二、 三或四个剂量形式给药。 Usually, the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention contains 0.1 to 90% by weight of ^). Pharmaceutical compositions can be prepared according to methods known in the art. The dosage of the polypeptide of the present invention, its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, derivatives, multimers and compositions thereof depends on a number of factors, such as the nature and severity of the disease to be prevented or treated, the sex, age, and weight of the patient or animal. And the individual reaction, the specific active ingredient used, the route of administration and the number of administrations, and the like. The above dosages may be administered in a single dosage form or divided into several, for example two, three or four dosage forms.
本发明的多肽、其药用盐、其衍生物、多聚体以及组合物可以直接单独用于 HIV 感染者的治疗和预防, 也可以与一种或多种抗 HIV药物联合使用, 以达到提高整体 治疗效果的目的。 这些抗 HIV药物包括但不限于逆转录酶抑制剂、 蛋白酶抑制剂、 侵入抑制剂、整合抑制剂和成熟抑制剂等。上述的逆转录酶抑制剂可以是 AZT、3TC、 ddl、 d4T、 ddT、 TDF、 Abacavir Nevirapine Efavirenz禾口 Delavirdine等的——禾中或几 种; 上述的蛋白酶抑制剂可以是 Saquinavir mesylate、 Idinavir、 Ritonavir^ The polypeptide of the present invention, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a derivative thereof, a multimer and a composition thereof can be directly used for the treatment and prevention of HIV-infected persons, and can also be used in combination with one or more anti-HIV drugs to improve The purpose of the overall treatment effect. These anti-HIV drugs include, but are not limited to, reverse transcriptase inhibitors, protease inhibitors, invasion inhibitors, integration inhibitors, and maturation inhibitors. The above reverse transcriptase inhibitor may be AZT, 3TC, ddl, d4T, ddT, TDF, Abacavir Nevirapine Efavirenz and Delavirdine, etc., or several; the above protease inhibitors may be Saquinavir mesylate, Idinavir, Ritonavir ^
Amprenavir、 Kaletra和 Nelfmavir mesylate等的一种或几种; 上述的侵入抑制剂可以 是 Maraviroc、 TAK-779、 T20、 Τ2635、 西夫韦肽、 VIRIP等的一种或几种; 上述的 整合抑制剂可以是 Raltegravir等。 One or more of Amprenavir, Kaletra and Nelfmavir mesylate; the above-mentioned invasion inhibitor may be one or more of Maraviroc, TAK-779, T20, Τ2635, Sifuvirtide, VIRIP, etc.; The integration inhibitor can be Raltegravir or the like.
本发明的再一方面涉及治疗和 /或预防和 /或辅助治疗包膜类病毒感染的方法。 该方法包括给与受试者有效量的 fl ) 和 /或 / £2) 和 /或 β ) 的步骤: A further aspect of the invention relates to a method of treating and/or preventing and/or adjuvant treatment of an envelope viral infection. The method comprises the steps of administering to the subject an effective amount of fl ) and / or / £2) and / or β):
Π ) 上述任一种多肽、 其药用盐、 或其衍生物; Π) any of the above polypeptides, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, or derivatives thereof;
f2) 上述多聚体; F2) the above multimer;
O ) 上述组合物。 O) The above composition.
具体地, 所述包膜类病毒感染为 HIV感染所致疾病或艾滋病。 Specifically, the envelope virus infection is a disease or AIDS caused by HIV infection.
对于任何具体的患者, 具体的治疗有效剂量水平须根据多种因素而定, 所述因 素包括所治疗的障碍和该障碍的严重程度; 所采用的具体活性成分的活性; 所采用 的具体组合物; 患者的年龄、 体重、 一般健康状况、 性别和饮食; 所采用的具体活 性成分的给药时间、 给药途径和排泄率; 治疗持续时间; 与所采用的具体活性成分 组合使用或同时使用的药物; 及医疗领域公知的类似因素。例如,本领域的做法是, 活性成分的剂量从低于为得到所需治疗效果而要求的水平开始, 逐渐增加剂量, 直 到得到所需的效果。 一般说来, 本发明的多肽、 其衍生物、 或其可药用盐用于哺乳 动物特别是人的剂量可以介于 0.001— 1000 mg/kg体重 /天,例如介于 0.01— 100 mg/kg 体重 /天, 例如介于 0.01— 10 mg/kg体重 /天。 The specific therapeutically effective dose level for any particular patient will depend on a number of factors, including the disorder being treated and the severity of the disorder; the activity of the particular active ingredient employed; the particular composition employed. The age, weight, general health, sex and diet of the patient; the time of administration, the route of administration and the rate of excretion of the particular active ingredient employed; duration of treatment; in combination with or in combination with the particular active ingredient employed Drugs; and similar factors well known in the medical field. For example, it is the practice in the art to dose the active ingredient starting from a level lower than that required to achieve the desired therapeutic effect, gradually increasing the dosage until the desired effect is achieved. In general, the polypeptide of the present invention, a derivative thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for use in mammals, particularly humans, may be administered at a dose of from 0.001 to 1000 mg/kg body weight per day, for example from 0.01 to 100 mg/kg. Body weight/day, for example between 0.01 and 10 mg/kg body weight/day.
本发明的再一方面还要求保护编码上述任一种多肽的核酸分子。 A further aspect of the invention also claims a nucleic acid molecule encoding any of the above polypeptides.
其中, 所述核酸分子可以是 DNA, 如 cDNA、 基因组 DNA或重组 DNA; 所述核 酸分子也可以是 R A, 如 mR A或 hnRNA等。 Wherein, the nucleic acid molecule may be DNA, such as cDNA, genomic DNA or recombinant DNA; the nucleic acid molecule may also be R A , such as mR A or hnRNA.
本发明还要求保护 gl ) 或 g2) 的生物材料: The invention also claims biomaterials of gl) or g2):
gl )含有编码上述任一种多肽的核酸分子的表达盒、 重组载体、 重组病毒或重 组细胞; Gl) an expression cassette, recombinant vector, recombinant virus or recombinant cell containing a nucleic acid molecule encoding any of the above polypeptides;
g2) 表达上述任一种多肽的重组表达载体、 重组微生物或重组细胞。 G2) A recombinant expression vector, recombinant microorganism or recombinant cell expressing any of the above polypeptides.
其中,表达应理解为包括多肽生产中所涉及的任何步骤,包括,但不限于转录、 转录后修饰、 翻译、 翻译后修饰和分泌。 Wherein, expression is understood to include any step involved in the production of the polypeptide including, but not limited to, transcription, post-transcriptional modification, translation, post-translational modification, and secretion.
其中,表达盒是包含编码上述任一种多肽的核酸分子及其表达所必需的所有调控 序列的单链或双链核酸分子。所述调控序列在其相容条件下能指导编码序列在合适的 宿主细胞中表达上述任一种多肽。所述调控序列包括, 但不限于, 前导序列、 多聚腺 苷酸化序列、 前肽序列、 启动子、 信号序列和转录终止子。最低限度, 调控序列要包 括启动子以及转录和翻译的终止信号。为了导入载体的特定限制性酶位点以便将调控 序列与编码多肽的核酸序列的编码区进行连接,可以提供带接头的调控序列。调控序 列可以是合适的启动子序列, 即可被表达核酸序列的宿主细胞识别的核酸序列。启动 子序列含有介导多肽表达的转录调控序列。启动子可以是在所选宿主细胞中有转录活 性的任何核酸序列, 包括突变的、截短的和杂合的启动子, 可以得自编码与宿主细胞 同源或异源的胞外或胞内多肽的基因。调控序列还可以是合适的转录终止序列, 即能 被宿主细胞识别从而终止转录的一段序列。终止序列可操作连接在编码多肽的核酸序 列的 3 ' 末端。 在所选宿主细胞中可发挥功能的任何终止子都可以用于本发明。 调控 序列还可以是合适的前导序列, 即对宿主细胞的翻译十分重要的 mR A非翻译区。前 导序列可操作连接于编码多肽的核酸序列的 5 ' 末端。 在所选宿主细胞中可发挥功能 的任何前导序列均可用于本发明。调控序列还可以是信号肽编码区,该区编码一段连 在多肽氨基端的氨基酸序列,能引导编码多肽进入细胞分泌途径。何能引导表达后的 多肽进入所用宿主细胞的分泌途径的信号肽编码区都可以用于本发明。调控序列还可 以是肽原编码区,该区编码位于多肽氨基末端的一段氨基酸序列。所得多肽被称为酶 原或多肽原。多肽原通常没有活性,可以通过催化或自我催化而从多肽原切割肽原而 转化为成熟的活性多肽。在多肽的氨基末端即有信号肽又有肽原区时,肽原区紧邻多 肽的氨基末端,而信号肽区则紧邻肽原区的氨基末端。添加能根据宿主细胞的生长情 况来调节多肽表达的调控序列可能也是需要的。调控系统的例子是那些能对化学或物 理刺激物 (包括在有调控化合物的情况下 M乍出反应, 从而开放或关闭基因表达的系 统。调控序列的其他例子是那些能使基因扩增的调控序列。在这些例子中, 应将编码 多肽的核酸序列与调控序列可操作连接在一起。 Wherein the expression cassette is a single-stranded or double-stranded nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid molecule encoding any of the above polypeptides and all regulatory sequences necessary for its expression. The regulatory sequence, under compatible conditions, directs the coding sequence to express any of the above polypeptides in a suitable host cell. Such regulatory sequences include, but are not limited to, a leader sequence, a polyadenylation sequence, a propeptide sequence, a promoter, a signal sequence, and a transcription terminator. At a minimum, the regulatory sequences include promoters as well as termination signals for transcription and translation. In order to introduce a specific restriction enzyme site of the vector to ligate the regulatory sequence to the coding region of the nucleic acid sequence encoding the polypeptide, a linker-containing regulatory sequence can be provided. The control sequence may be a suitable promoter sequence, ie, a nucleic acid sequence that is recognized by the host cell expressing the nucleic acid sequence. The promoter sequence contains transcriptional regulatory sequences that mediate the expression of the polypeptide. The promoter may be any nucleic acid sequence that is transcriptionally active in the host cell of choice, including mutated, truncated and heterozygous promoters, which may be derived from extracellular or intracellular encoding homologous or heterologous to the host cell. The gene of the polypeptide. The control sequence may also be a suitable transcription termination sequence, a sequence that is recognized by the host cell to terminate transcription. The termination sequence is operably linked to the 3' end of the nucleic acid sequence encoding the polypeptide. Any terminator that can function in the host cell of choice can be used in the present invention. Regulation The sequence may also be a suitable leader sequence, an mR A untranslated region that is important for translation of the host cell. The leader sequence is operably linked to the 5' end of the nucleic acid sequence encoding the polypeptide. Any leader sequence that can function in the host cell of choice can be used in the present invention. The control sequence may also be a signal peptide coding region that encodes an amino acid sequence linked to the amino terminus of the polypeptide to direct the encoded polypeptide into the cell's secretory pathway. A signal peptide coding region which can direct the expressed polypeptide into the secretory pathway of the host cell used can be used in the present invention. The control sequence may also be a propeptide coding region that encodes an amino acid sequence at the amino terminus of the polypeptide. The resulting polypeptide is referred to as a zymogen or propolypeptide. A propolypeptide is generally inactive and can be converted to a mature active polypeptide by cleavage of the propeptide from the propolypeptide by catalytic or autocatalytic. When there is a signal peptide and a peptide domain at the amino terminus of the polypeptide, the peptide region is immediately adjacent to the amino terminus of the polypeptide, and the signal peptide region is adjacent to the amino terminus of the peptide region. It may also be desirable to add regulatory sequences that modulate the expression of the polypeptide depending on the growth of the host cell. Examples of regulatory systems are those that are capable of opening or shutting down gene expression in chemical or physical stimuli, including M reactions in the presence of regulatory compounds. Other examples of regulatory sequences are those that enable gene amplification. Sequences. In these examples, the nucleic acid sequence encoding the polypeptide should be operably linked to a regulatory sequence.
本发明还涉及包含本发明编码上述任一种多肽的核酸分子、启动子和转录及翻译 终止信号的重组表达载体。制备表达载体时,可使编码上述任一种多肽的核酸分子位 于载体中以便与适当的表达调控序列可操作连接。重组表达载体可以是任何便于进行 重组 DNA操作并表达核酸序列的载体 (例如质粒或病毒)。载体的选择通常取决于载体 与它将要导入的宿主细胞的相容性。载体可以是线性或闭环质粒。载体可以是自主复 制型载体 (即存在于染色体外的完整结构, 可独立于染色体进行复制), 例如质粒、 染 色体外元件、微小染色体或人工染色体。载体可包含保证自我复制的任何机制。或者, 载体是一个当导入宿主细胞时,将整合到基因组中并与所整合到的染色体一起复制的 载体。此外,可应用单个载体或质粒,或总体包含将导入宿主细胞基因组的全部 DNA 的两个或多个载体或质粒, 或转座子。 所述载体含有 1或多个便于选择转化细胞的选 择标记。选择标记是这样一个基因, 其产物赋予对杀生物剂或病毒的抗性、对重金属 的抗性,或赋予营养缺陷体原养型等。细菌选择标记的例子如枯草芽孢杆菌或地衣芽 孢杆菌的 dal基因, 或者抗生素如氨苄青霉素、 卡那霉素、 氯霉素或四环素的抗性标 记。载体包含能使载体稳定整合到宿主细胞基因组中,或保证载体在细胞中独立于细 胞基因组而进行自主复制的元件。就进行自主复制的情况而言,载体还可以包含复制 起点,使载体能在目标宿主细胞中自主地复制。复制起点可以带有使其在宿主细胞中 成为温度敏感型的突变 (参见例如, ffihrlich, 1978, 美国国家科学院学报 75: 1433)。 可以向宿主细胞插入 1个以上拷贝的本发明编码上述任一种多肽的核酸分子以提高该 基因产物的产量。 该核酸分子的拷贝数增加可以通过将该核酸分子的至少 1个附加拷 贝插入宿主细胞基因组中,或者与该核酸分子一起插入一个可扩增的选择标记,通过 在有合适选择试剂存在下培养细胞,挑选出含有扩增拷贝的选择性标记基因、从而含 有附加拷贝核酸分子的细胞。用于连接上述各元件来构建本发明所述重组表达载体的 操作是本领域技术人员所熟知的 (参见例如 Sambrook等, 分子克隆实验室手册, 第二 版, 冷泉港实验室出版社, 冷泉港, 纽约, 1989)。 术语 "可操作连接"在文中定义为这样一种构象, 其中调控序列位于相对 DNA 序列之编码序列的适当位置, 以使调控序列指导多肽的表达。 The invention also relates to a recombinant expression vector comprising a nucleic acid molecule, a promoter and a transcriptional and translational termination signal of the invention encoding any of the above polypeptides. When an expression vector is prepared, a nucleic acid molecule encoding any of the above polypeptides can be placed in a vector to be operably linked to appropriate expression control sequences. The recombinant expression vector can be any vector (e.g., a plasmid or virus) that facilitates recombinant DNA manipulation and expression of the nucleic acid sequence. The choice of vector will generally depend on the compatibility of the vector with the host cell into which it will be introduced. The vector can be a linear or closed loop plasmid. The vector may be an autonomously replicating vector (i.e., a complete structure that exists extrachromosomally and may be replicated independently of the chromosome), such as a plasmid, an extrachromosomal element, a minichromosome, or an artificial chromosome. The vector may contain any mechanism to ensure self-replication. Alternatively, the vector is a vector that, when introduced into a host cell, will integrate into the genome and replicate along with the integrated chromosome. In addition, a single vector or plasmid may be employed, or two or more vectors or plasmids, or transposons, that will generally comprise all of the DNA that will be introduced into the genome of the host cell. The vector contains one or more selectable markers that facilitate selection of transformed cells. A selectable marker is a gene whose product confers resistance to a biocide or virus, resistance to heavy metals, or confers auxotrophs to prototrophy and the like. Examples of bacterial selection markers are the dal genes of Bacillus subtilis or Bacillus licheniformis, or the resistance markers of antibiotics such as ampicillin, kanamycin, chloramphenicol or tetracycline. The vector comprises elements that enable stable integration of the vector into the host cell genome, or that ensure that the vector autonomously replicates in the cell independently of the cell genome. In the case of autonomous replication, the vector may also contain an origin of replication enabling the vector to replicate autonomously in the host cell of interest. The origin of replication may be mutated such that it becomes temperature sensitive in the host cell (see, e.g., ffihrlich, 1978, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 75: 1433). More than one copy of a nucleic acid molecule of the invention encoding any of the above polypeptides can be inserted into a host cell to increase the yield of the gene product. An increase in the copy number of the nucleic acid molecule can be accomplished by inserting at least one additional copy of the nucleic acid molecule into the host cell genome, or by inserting an amplifiable selectable marker with the nucleic acid molecule, by culturing the cell in the presence of a suitable selection reagent A cell containing an amplified copy of the selectable marker gene, thereby containing the additional copy nucleic acid molecule, is selected. The procedures for ligating the above elements to construct the recombinant expression vectors of the present invention are well known to those skilled in the art (see, for example, Sambrook et al., Molecular Cloning Laboratory Manual, Second Edition, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor , New York, 1989). The term "operably linked" is defined herein as a conformation wherein the regulatory sequences are located at appropriate positions relative to the coding sequence of the DNA sequence such that the regulatory sequences direct expression of the polypeptide.
本发明的再一方面涉及一种含有编码上述任一种多肽的核酸分子的重组细胞。 重组细胞可以是原核细胞或者真核细胞,例如细菌(如大肠杆菌细胞)或酵母细胞。 A further aspect of the invention relates to a recombinant cell comprising a nucleic acid molecule encoding any of the above polypeptides. The recombinant cell can be a prokaryotic cell or a eukaryotic cell, such as a bacterium (such as an E. coli cell) or a yeast cell.
本发明再一方面还要求保护如下产品的制备方法。 Still another aspect of the present invention also claims a method of preparing the following products.
该产品的制备方法, 包括 el ) 或 e2) 的步骤: The preparation method of the product, including the steps of el) or e2):
el ) 化学合成上述任一种多肽的步骤; El) a step of chemically synthesizing any of the above polypeptides;
e2) 生物表达上述任一种多肽的步骤; E2) a step of biologically expressing any of the above polypeptides;
所述产品为 fl ) 、 Ώ) 或 β ) : The product is fl), Ώ) or β) :
fl ) 上述任一种多肽、 其药用盐、 或其衍生物; Fl) any of the above polypeptides, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, or derivatives thereof;
f2) 上述多聚体; F2) the above multimer;
O ) 上述组合物。 O) The above composition.
所述生物表达所述多肽具体可为在生物细胞中表达所述多肽。 所述生物细胞 可为非人的动物细胞、 微生物细胞或植物细胞。 The biological expression of the polypeptide may specifically be the expression of the polypeptide in a biological cell. The biological cell can be a non-human animal cell, a microbial cell or a plant cell.
所述化学合成具体可为固相合成、 液相合成。 The chemical synthesis may specifically be solid phase synthesis or liquid phase synthesis.
附图说明 DRAWINGS
图 1为短肽 HP25-N2的抗 HIV活性及其与对照多肽的比较。 Figure 1 shows the anti-HIV activity of the short peptide HP25-N2 and its comparison with the control polypeptide.
图 2为基于 SC22EK设计的抗 HIV短肽与 NHR多肽 N36相互作用的圆二色谱分析。 图 3为基于 P32截短设计的抗 HIV短肽与 NHR多肽 N36相互作用的圆二色谱分析。 实施发明的最佳方式 Figure 2 shows the circular dichroism analysis of the interaction between the anti-HIV short peptide and the NHR polypeptide N36 based on SC22EK. Figure 3 is a circular dichroism analysis of the interaction between the anti-HIV short peptide and the NHR polypeptide N36 based on the P32 truncation design. The best way to implement the invention
下面将结合实施例对本发明的实施方案进行详细描述, 但是本领域技术人员将 会理解, 下列实施例仅用于说明本发明, 而不应视为限定本发明的范围。 实施例中 未注明具体条件者, 按照常规条件或制造商建议的条件进行。 所用试剂或仪器未注 明生产厂商者, 均为可以通过市购获得的常规产品。 下述实施例中的所有多肽的氨 基酸均为 L-型氨基酸。 The embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the examples, the specific conditions are not specified, and are carried out according to the general conditions or the conditions recommended by the manufacturer. The reagents or instruments used are not specified by the manufacturer, and are all conventional products that are commercially available. The amino acids of all of the polypeptides in the following examples are L-form amino acids.
实施例 1、 多肽的制备 Example 1. Preparation of polypeptide
实施例中使用的所有多肽的合成均采用标准的固相多肽合成法 (Fmoc/tBu策 略) , 由羧基端向氨基端方向手动合成。 所有多肽序列均按照多肽合成的常规将 C-端酰胺化, N-端乙酰化(本领域人员知晓,这些修饰对多肽活性没有根本性影响)。 采用 N-芴甲氧羰(Fmoc)保护的氨基酸、采用 Rink树脂(取代常数为 0.44 mmol/g) 作为固相载体, 用 25% (体积百分含量)哌啶的 DMF溶液脱除氨基保护基 Fmoc, 每 次脱除步骤需进行两次, 时长分别为 8min和 10min。 接肽反应选用的縮合方法为 DIPC/HOBt法和 PyBOP法, 氨基酸和活化试剂均采用 3倍当量, 反应时长为 1小 时, 采用茚三酮定性显色 (Kaiser法) 监测反应进程。 若某个氨基酸縮合反应不完 全, 适当延长反应时间或重复縮合一次, 直至得到所需的目标肽段。 使用切割试剂 (三氟乙酸: 1,2-乙二硫醇:苯甲硫醚:苯酚: ¾0:三异丙基硅烷 = 68.5 :10 : 10 : 5: 3.5 : 1 , v/v)将目标多肽从树脂上裂解下来并除去侧链保护基(30下。 C切割 4小时)。 滤液加入到大量冷的无水乙醚中使多肽沉淀析出, 离心。 用乙醚洗涤数次后干燥, 即得到多肽粗品。 All of the polypeptides used in the examples were synthesized by standard solid phase peptide synthesis (Fmoc/tBu strategy) and manually synthesized from the carboxy terminus to the amino terminus. All polypeptide sequences are amidated at the C-terminus, N-terminal acetylation, according to conventional polypeptide synthesis (as known to those skilled in the art, these modifications have no fundamental effect on polypeptide activity). N-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl (Fmoc) protected amino acid, Rink resin (substitution constant 0.44 mmol/g) as solid phase carrier, and 25% (by volume) piperidine in DMF solution to remove amino protecting group Fmoc, each removal step needs to be performed twice, for 8 min and 10 min respectively. The condensation method selected for the peptide reaction was DIPC/HOBt method and PyBOP method, and the amino acid and the activating reagent were all used in three-fold equivalents, and the reaction time was 1 hour. The reaction progress was monitored by ninhydrin qualitative color development (Kaiser method). If the condensation reaction of an amino acid is incomplete, the reaction time is appropriately extended or the condensation is repeated once until the desired target peptide is obtained. Using a cleavage reagent (trifluoroacetic acid: 1,2-ethanedithiol: thioanisole: phenol: 3⁄40: triisopropylsilane = 68.5:10:10:5:3.5:1, v/v) The polypeptide was cleaved from the resin and the side chain protecting groups were removed (30 C cut for 4 hours). The filtrate was added to a large amount of cold anhydrous diethyl ether to precipitate a polypeptide and centrifuged. After washing several times with diethyl ether, it was dried to obtain a crude polypeptide.
采用 HP1100型 (美国安捷伦公司) 反相高效液相色谱仪对制备得到的多肽进 行纯化。 色谱柱型号: Cosmosil 5C4-AR C10 X 250 mm)。 色谱操作条件: 线性梯度 洗脱, 洗脱液由流动相 A和流动相 B组成。 流动相 A为三氟乙酸和乙腈的水溶液, 三氟乙酸的体积百分浓度为 0.05%, 乙腈的体积百分浓度为 2 %。 流动相 B为 90% (体积百分浓度) 乙腈水溶液。 线性梯度洗脱由 20%B到 40%B, 时间 20分钟, 洗 脱流速为每分钟 25毫升, 紫外检测波长 220纳米。 冻干溶剂后得到蓬松状态的多 肽纯品, 其化学结构由 MALDI-TOF 质谱进行表征, 而其纯度则由分析型高效液相 色谱仪 (流速: 每分钟 1毫升) 给出。 其中, 分析型高效液相色谱仪的型号: 岛津 CBM-10A VP PULS,所采用的色谱柱的型号: Agela4.6*250mm C18。色谱操作条件: 线性梯度洗脱, 洗脱液由流动相 A和流动相 B组成。 流动相 A为三氟乙酸和乙腈 的水溶液, 三氟乙酸的体积百分浓度为 0.05%, 乙腈的体积百分浓度为 2%。 流动 相 B为三氟乙酸和乙腈的水溶液, 三氟乙酸的体积百分浓度 0.05%, 乙腈的体积百 分浓度为 90%。线性梯度洗脱由 25%B到 45%B, 时间 20分钟。得到的多肽纯品由 分析型反相高效液相色谱仪表征表明纯度均大于 95%。根据上述多肽合成方法得到 本发明多肽的分子量和纯度如表 2所示。 The prepared polypeptide was purified using a HP1100 (Agilent, USA) reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatograph. Column type: Cosmosil 5C4-AR C10 X 250 mm). Chromatographic operating conditions: Linear gradient elution, the eluent consists of mobile phase A and mobile phase B. The mobile phase A was an aqueous solution of trifluoroacetic acid and acetonitrile, the volume fraction of trifluoroacetic acid was 0.05%, and the volume percent concentration of acetonitrile was 2%. Mobile phase B is 90% (by volume) aqueous acetonitrile. The linear gradient elutes from 20% B to 40% B for 20 minutes, the elution flow rate is 25 ml per minute, and the UV detection wavelength is 220 nm. After lyophilization, the pure peptide was obtained in a fluffy state. The chemical structure was characterized by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry and the purity was determined by analytical high performance liquid chromatography (flow rate: 1 ml per minute). Among them, Analytical High Performance Liquid Chromatograph Model: Shimadzu CBM-10A VP PULS, the type of column used: Agela4.6*250mm C18. Chromatographic operating conditions: Linear gradient elution, the eluent consists of mobile phase A and mobile phase B. The mobile phase A was an aqueous solution of trifluoroacetic acid and acetonitrile, the volume fraction of trifluoroacetic acid was 0.05%, and the volume percent concentration of acetonitrile was 2%. The mobile phase B is an aqueous solution of trifluoroacetic acid and acetonitrile, the volume fraction of trifluoroacetic acid is 0.05%, and the volume fraction of acetonitrile is 90%. The linear gradient elutes from 25% B to 45% B for 20 minutes. The obtained pure polypeptide was characterized by analytical RP-HPLC to indicate that the purity was more than 95%. The molecular weight and purity of the polypeptide of the present invention obtained according to the above polypeptide synthesis method are shown in Table 2.
表 2.多肽的分子量和纯度 Table 2. Molecular weight and purity of the polypeptide
编号 多肽名称 理论分子量 实际分子量 纯度 (%) No. Peptide name Theoretical molecular weight Actual molecular weight Purity (%)
1 ; MT-SC22EK ; 31 26.65 31 27.93 981 ; MT-SC22EK ; 31 26.65 31 27.93 98
2 ; MT-SC21 EK ; 3039.57 3040.1 992 ; MT-SC21 EK ; 3039.57 3040.1 99
3 ; MT-SC20EK ; 291 1 .39 291 2.2 953 ; MT-SC20EK ; 291 1 .39 291 2.2 95
4 ; MT-SC1 9EK ; 2783.22 2784.2 974 ; MT-SC1 9EK ; 2783.22 2784.2 97
5 HP30 3956.47 3956.65 985 HP30 3956.47 3956.65 98
6 HP28 3700.23 3701 .63 986 HP28 3700.23 3701 .63 98
7 HP27 3570.1 1 3571 .1 7 967 HP27 3570.1 1 3571 .1 7 96
8 HP26 3484.04 3484.45 958 HP26 3484.04 3484.45 95
9 HP25 3355.86 3356.08 999 HP25 3355.86 3356.08 99
10 HP24 3227.69 3228.37 9710 HP24 3227.69 3228.37 97
11 HP24-N1 3040.47 3041 .55 9511 HP24-N1 3040.47 3041 .55 95
12 HP24-N2 2926.36 2927.23 9812 HP24-N2 2926.36 2927.23 98
13 HP24-N3 2797.24 2797.39 9913 HP24-N3 2797.24 2797.39 99
14 HP25-N2 3054.54 3055.78 9714 HP25-N2 3054.54 3055.78 97
15 HP25-N3 2925.42 2925.99 9815 HP25-N3 2925.42 2925.99 98
16 HP26-N3 3053.6 3054.03 9716 HP26-N3 3053.6 3054.03 97
17 HP27-N3 3140.67 3141 .91 9917 HP27-N3 3140.67 3141 .91 99
18 ELT23 3036.5 3037.79 97 实施例 2、 高活性抗 HIV短肽的发现与鉴定 18 ELT23 3036.5 3037.79 97 Example 2. Discovery and identification of highly active anti-HIV short peptides
2.1 实验材料与方法 2.1 Experimental materials and methods
2.1.1 多肽对 HIV介导的细胞融合的抑制作用 2.1.1 Inhibition of HIV-mediated cell fusion by peptides
HIV介导的细胞融合抑制实验参照文献 (Chong H, Yao X, Qiu Z, Qin B, Han R, Waltersperger S, Wang M, Cui S, He Y. Discovery of Critical Residues for Viral Entry and Inhibition through Structural Insight of HIV- 1 Fusion Inhibitor CP621-652. J Biol Chem. 2012, 287(24): 20281-20289) 。 靶细胞为 TZM-bl细胞, 由美国国立卫生研究 院 (NIH) 艾滋病试剂和参照物项目提供 (目录号为 8129) , 其表面表达 CD4和 CCR5和 CXCR4, 同时细胞内转录荧光素酶报告基因, 但不含该基因的启动子。 效 应细胞为 HL2/3细胞,由美国 NIH艾滋病试剂和参照物项目提供(目录号为 1294), 其表面表达 HIV的 Env, 用以介导对靶细胞的融合, 同时细胞内还含有转录荧光素 酶报告基因的启动子。两种细胞均为贴壁细胞,用含有氨节 /链霉素双抗和 10%胎牛 血清的 DMEM细胞培养液进行培养。 首先将 TZM-bl加入到 96孔细胞培养板中 ( lxlO4个 /孔) , 于 37°C、 5% C02的条件下培养过夜。 将测试多肽用 DMEM细胞 培养液进行 3倍倍比稀释, 并与 HL2/3效应细胞混合,然后加入到 TZM-bl靶细胞, 继续培养 6小时使之充分融合。然后采用 Promega公司的荧光素酶报告基因的试剂 盒 的活性(相对荧光单位, RLU)。计算每一浓度样品抑制 利用 GraphPad Pri sm HIV-mediated inhibition of cell fusion assays (Chong H, Yao X, Qiu Z, Qin B, Han R, Waltersperger S, Wang M, Cui S, He Y. Discovery of Critical Residues for Viral Entry and Inhibition through Structural Insight Of HIV-1 Fusion Inhibitor CP621-652. J Biol Chem. 2012, 287(24): 20281-20289). The target cells are TZM-bl cells, provided by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) AIDS Reagents and References Project (catalog number 8129), which express CD4 and CCR5 and CXCR4 on the surface, and fluoresceinase reporter gene in the cell. But does not contain the promoter of this gene. The effector cells are HL2/3 cells, which are provided by the NIH AIDS Reagents and References Program (catalog number 1294), which express HIV Env on the surface to mediate fusion of target cells, and also contain fluorescein in the cells. The promoter of the enzyme reporter gene. Both cells were adherent cells cultured in DMEM cell culture medium containing ammonia/streptomycin double antibody and 10% fetal bovine serum. TZM-bl was first added to a 96-well cell culture plate (lxlO 4 cells/well), and cultured overnight at 37 ° C under 5% CO 2 . The test polypeptide was diluted 3-fold in DMEM cell culture medium, mixed with HL2/3 effector cells, and then added to TZM-bl target cells, and culture was continued for 6 hours to fully fuse. The activity of the Promega luciferase reporter gene kit (relative fluorescence unit, RLU) was then used. Calculate each concentration of sample to suppress the use of GraphPad Pri sm
Software 2. 01软件计算半数有效抑制剂量(IC5。值)。 Software 2. 01 software calculates the half effective inhibitor amount (IC 5 . value).
2.1.2多肽抑制 HIV侵入细胞 2.1.2 polypeptide inhibition HIV invasion cells
采用 HIV重组假病毒系统评价多肽对病毒进入靶细胞的抑制作用,具体方法参 照文献 (Yao X, Chong H, Zhang C, Waltersperger S, Wang M, Cui S, He Y. Broad antiviral activity and crystal structure of HIV- 1 fusion inhibitor Sifuvirtide. J Biol Chem. 2012, 287: 6788-6796. ) 。 基本步骤包括 (1 ) HIV假病毒的制备: 将表达 HIV ENV 蛋白的质粒 pcDNA3.1-ENV (将 ENV编码基因插入载体 pcDNA3.1 (-) 得到的重 组表达质粒) 和 HIV骨架质粒 pSG3AENV (表达 HIV基因组中除 ENV之外的所有 蛋白, 由美国 NIH 艾滋病试剂和参照物项目提供, 目录号为 11051 ) , 按质量比 1 :2的比例转染 293T细胞,同时设只转染相同量的 pSG3AENV的对照。于 37°C、 5%C02 细胞培养箱中孵育 6小时后换液, 然后继续孵育 48小时使假病毒分泌至上清中。 用移液器尽量多地吸出细胞培养瓶或细胞培养板中的上清, 经 0.45μηι滤器过滤或 1000g离心 10分钟收取上清, 向其中加入胎牛血清 (FBS )使其终浓度为 20%, 转 移至聚丙烯管中于一 80°C保存备用或直接进行病毒滴定。 (2) HIV假病毒的滴定: 将病毒在 96孔板中做 5倍稀释,设置 4个复孔 8个梯度,终体积为 ΙΟΟμΙ。将 TZM-bl 细胞用胰酶消化并计数, 用 DMEM完全培养基将细胞稀释至 lxlO5个 /ml, 每孔加 ΙΟΟμΙ细胞 (含 15 g/ml DEAE-dextran), 于 37 °C、 5% C02培养 48小时。 然后从细 胞培养箱中取出 96孔板, 从上样孔中吸弃上清, 加入 30μ1细胞裂解液, 放置 10 分钟后加入 ΙΟΟμΙ荧光素酶检测试剂。 用移液器从每孔中吸出 ΙΟΟμΙ液体, 加于对 应的 96孔白板中, 于微孔板光度计读取发光值。用 Reed-Muench法计算病毒滴度。 The HIV recombinant pseudovirus system was used to evaluate the inhibitory effect of the polypeptide on the target cells (Yao X, Chong H, Zhang C, Waltersperger S, Wang M, Cui S, He Y. Broad antiviral activity and crystal structure of HIV-1 fusion inhibitor Sifuvirtide. J Biol Chem. 2012, 287: 6788-6796. ). The basic steps include (1) preparation of HIV pseudovirus: plasmid pcDNA3.1-ENV expressing the HIV ENV protein (recombinant expression plasmid obtained by inserting the ENV encoding gene into vector pcDNA3.1 (-)) and HIV backbone plasmid pSG3 AENV ( Express all proteins except the ENV in the HIV genome, provided by the NIH AIDS Reagents and References Project, catalog number 11051), transfect 293T cells at a mass ratio of 1:2, and simultaneously transfect only the same amount. Control of pSG3 AENV . After incubating for 6 hours at 37 ° C in a 5% CO 2 incubator, the solution was changed, and then incubation was continued for 48 hours to secrete the pseudovirus into the supernatant. Use a pipette to aspirate as much as possible of the supernatant from the cell culture flask or cell culture plate, filter through a 0.45 μηι filter or centrifuge at 1000 g for 10 minutes, and add the supernatant to the fetal bovine serum (FBS) to a final concentration of 20%. Transfer to a polypropylene tube for storage at 80 ° C or directly for virus titration. (2) Titration of HIV pseudovirus: The virus was diluted 5-fold in a 96-well plate, and 8 gradients of 4 replicate wells were set, and the final volume was ΙΟΟμΙ. TZM-bl cells were trypsinized and counted. The cells were diluted to 1× 10 5 cells/ml in DMEM complete medium, and ΙΟΟμΙ cells (containing 15 g/ml DEAE-dextran) were added to each well at 37 ° C, 5%. C0 2 was cultured for 48 hours. Then, the 96-well plate was taken out from the cell culture incubator, the supernatant was aspirated from the well, and 30 μl of the cell lysate was added, and after 10 minutes, the ΙΟΟμΙ luciferase assay reagent was added. The ΙΟΟμΙ liquid was aspirated from each well by a pipette, added to a corresponding 96-well white plate, and the luminescence value was read on a microplate luminometer. The virus titer was calculated using the Reed-Muench method.
(3) 多肽的抗病毒活性检测: 将多肽按倍比 (3倍) 稀释铺入 96孔板中, 终体积为 50μ1, 其中用 50μ1 DMEM培养基替代多肽作为阴性对照。 加入 ΙΟΟμΙ浓度为 lxlO5 个 /ml的 TZM-bl靶细胞 (含 15 g/ml DEAE-dextran) , 加入上述获得的 HIV假病 毒 50μ1 (每孔相当于 100 TCID5Q) , 于 37 °C、 5% C02条件下培养 48小时后, 利 用荧光素酶检测试剂(Promega)测定每孔的相对荧光单位(RLU) 。 计算%抑制率 和 IC5Q值,方法同前述。 (3) Detection of antiviral activity of the polypeptide: The polypeptide was diluted in a ratio of 3 times (3 times) into a 96-well plate in a final volume of 50 μl, wherein 50 μl of DMEM medium was used instead of the polypeptide as a negative control. Add TZM-bl target cells (containing 15 g/ml DEAE-dextran) with a concentration of lxlO 5 /ml, and add 50 μl of HIV pseudovirus obtained above (100 TCID 5Q per well) at 37 °C, 5 After 48 hours of incubation under % C0 2 conditions, the relative fluorescence units (RLU) of each well were determined using a luciferase assay reagent (Promega). The % inhibition rate and the IC 5Q value were calculated in the same manner as described above.
2.1.3 多肽 HP25-N2对多肽对 HIV毒株 NL4-3的抑制作用 2.1.3 Peptide HP25-N2 inhibits the HIV strain NL4-3
多肽对 HIV-1NL4-3复制的抑制实验参考文献(Chong H, Yao X, Zhang C, Cai L, Cui S, Wang Y, He Y. Biophysical Property and Broad Anti-HIV Activity of Albuvirtide. a 3- Maleimimidopropionic Acid-Modified Peptide Fusion Inhibitor. PLoS One. 2012, 7(3): e32599) 。 编码 HIV-1病毒株 NL4-3的分子克隆质粒 pNL4-3由美国 NIH 艾 滋病试剂和参照物项目提供, 目录号为 114) 。 采用 QIAGEN公司的质粒提取试剂 盒制备 pNL4-3质粒,采用 Invitrogen公司的 Lipofectamine™2000转染试剂将 pNL4-3 质粒转染 293T细胞, 于 37°C、 5% C02细胞培养箱中孵育 6小时后换液, 然后继续 培养 48小时。 用移液器轻轻收集细胞培养瓶或细胞培养板中的上清, 经 0.45μηι滤 器过滤取上清, 加入 20% FBS, 然后分装于聚丙烯管中, 放置 -80°C保存备用或直 接进行病毒滴定, 方法同上述 HIV假病毒。 为测定抗 HIV多肽的抗病毒活性, 将 多肽按倍比 (3倍) 稀释铺入 96孔板中, 终体积为 50μ1, 其中用 50μ1 DMEM培养 基替代多肽作为阴性对照。 加入 ΙΟΟμΙ TZM-bl 细胞 (;105个细胞 /ml, 含 15 g/ml DEAE-dextran), 加入已获得的病毒 50μ1, 每孔相当于 100 TCID5Q。培养 48小时后, 利用荧光素酶检测试剂(Promega)测定每孔的相对荧光单位(RLU) 。 计算%抑制 率和 IC5Q值,方法同前述。 Inhibition of HIV-1 NL4-3 replication by peptides (Chong H, Yao X, Zhang C, Cai L, Cui S, Wang Y, He Y. Biophysical Property and Broad Anti-HIV Activity of Albuvirtide. a 3- Maleimimidopropionic Acid-Modified Peptide Fusion Inhibitor. PLoS One. 2012, 7(3): e32599). The molecular cloning plasmid pNL4-3 encoding the HIV-1 strain NL4-3 was provided by the NIH AIDS Reagents and References project, catalog number 114). The pNL4-3 plasmid was prepared using QIAGEN's plasmid extraction kit, and the pNL4-3 plasmid was transfected into 293T cells using Invitrogen's LipofectamineTM 2000 transfection reagent and incubated for 6 hours at 37 ° C in a 5% C0 2 cell incubator. After changing the solution, the culture was continued for 48 hours. Gently collect the supernatant from the cell culture flask or cell culture plate with a pipette, filter the supernatant with a 0.45 μηι filter, add 20% FBS, and then dispense in a polypropylene tube, store at -80 ° C for use or Direct virus titration is performed in the same manner as the HIV pseudovirus described above. To determine the antiviral activity of the anti-HIV polypeptide, the polypeptide was plated in a 96-well plate at a ratio of (3 fold) dilution to a final volume of 50 μl, wherein 50 μl of DMEM medium was used instead of the polypeptide as a negative control. ΙΟΟμΙ TZM-bl cells (10 5 cells/ml, containing 15 g/ml DEAE-dextran) were added, and 50 μl of the obtained virus was added, and each well was equivalent to 100 TCID 5Q . After 48 hours of culture, the relative fluorescence units (RLU) of each well were determined using a luciferase assay reagent (Promega). The % inhibition rate and the IC 5Q value were calculated in the same manner as described above.
2.2 实验结果及分析 2.2 Experimental results and analysis
2.2.1 基于 SC22EK鉴定高活性抗 HIV短肽 2.2.1 Identification of highly active anti-HIV short peptides based on SC22EK
SC29EK是一个基于 C34设计的含有 29个氨基酸的多肽,其抗 HIV活性与 C34 多肽相当。但在其 C末端去除 7个氨基酸残基后, 截短的多肽 SC22EK的抗病毒活 性则显著降低(表 3,表 3中的 IC5Q为三次重复实验的平均值士标准差)。与 SC29EK 相比, SC22EK抑制 HIV介导的细胞融合、 假病毒侵入和野生病毒复制的能力都严 重下降。 基于对 "M-T钩子"结构的重要发现, 促使提出假设: 位于口袋结合区上游 的形成 M-T钩子的氨基酸残基 (Met626和 Thr627) 是否可以增加多肽尤其是短小 多肽的抗病毒活性? 为此, 设计将 Met626和 Thr627两个氨基酸残基加入 SC22EK 的 N末端, 合成了表 3中的多肽 MT-SC22EK, 并检测了其病毒抑制活性。 令人兴 奋的发现是, 两个氨基酸的加入能够显著提高多肽的抗病毒活性 30倍以上。如表 3 所示, MT-SC22EK抑制 HIV介导细胞融合、 假病毒侵入和野生病毒复制的 IC5Q值 分别是 2.6 nM、 1.7 nM和 1.2 nM, 与 SC29EK的活性相当。 在三个实验系统都比 SC22EK的活性显著提高, 分别是 39.5倍、 33.9倍和 52.1倍。 这个结果说明紧邻口 袋结合区的 Met626和 Thr627氨基酸对改善短多肽的抗 HIV能力起到极其重要的作 用。这是首次发现如此短小的 CHR多肽具有极低纳摩尔水平的抗 HIV活性。 为寻 找具有更短序列的抗 HIV多肽, 以 MT-SC22EK为模板进行 C末端逐一截短,合成 了多肽 MT-SC21EK、 MT-SC20EK、 MT-SC19EK、 MT-SC18EK和 MT-SC17EK, 序列见表 3。 采用三个实验方法分别对它们的抗 HIV能力进行了定量评价。 结果发 现在 C末端进一步去除 1个、 2个和 3个氨基酸残基对多肽的活性有一定程度的影 响, 但相应的三个多肽 (MT-SC21EK、 MT-SC20EK和 MT-SC19EK) 仍保持较高 的抗病毒活性。 即使具有 21个氨基酸的 MT-SC19EK也比 SC22EK (含 22个氨基 酸)的活性明显增高。因此,通过本研究,发现了含有" M-T钩子"结构的长度在 21-24 个氨基酸残基的四个高活性抗 HIV短肽,即 MT-SC22EK、MT-SC21EK、MT-SC20EK 禾口 MT-SC19EK。SC29EK is a C34-based polypeptide containing 29 amino acids with anti-HIV activity comparable to that of the C34 polypeptide. However, after removal of 7 amino acid residues at its C-terminus, the antiviral activity of the truncated polypeptide SC22EK was significantly reduced (Table 3, IC 5Q in Table 3 is the mean ± standard deviation of three replicate experiments). Compared to SC29EK, SC22EK has a severely reduced ability to inhibit HIV-mediated cell fusion, pseudoviral invasion, and wild virus replication. Based on important findings on the structure of the "MT hook", it is hypothesized that the amino acid residues (Met626 and Thr627) forming the MT hook upstream of the pocket binding region can increase the antiviral activity of the polypeptide, especially the short polypeptide. To this end, the design adds two amino acid residues, Met626 and Thr627, to SC22EK. At the N-terminus, the polypeptide MT-SC22EK in Table 3 was synthesized and tested for its viral inhibitory activity. The exciting finding is that the addition of two amino acids can significantly increase the antiviral activity of the peptide by more than 30-fold. As shown in Table 3, the IC 5Q values of MT-SC22EK inhibiting HIV-mediated cell fusion, pseudovirus invasion, and wild virus replication were 2.6 nM, 1.7 nM, and 1.2 nM, respectively, comparable to the activity of SC29EK. The activity of the SC22EK was significantly improved in the three experimental systems, which were 39.5 times, 33.9 times, and 52.1 times, respectively. This result indicates that Met626 and Thr627 amino acids in close proximity to the pocket binding region play an extremely important role in improving the anti-HIV ability of short polypeptides. This is the first time that such a short CHR polypeptide has been found to have very low nanomolar levels of anti-HIV activity. In order to find anti-HIV polypeptides with shorter sequences, the C-terminal ends were truncated with MT-SC22EK as a template, and the peptides MT-SC21EK, MT-SC20EK, MT-SC19EK, MT-SC18EK and MT-SC17EK were synthesized. 3. Their anti-HIV capabilities were quantitatively evaluated using three experimental methods. It was found that further removal of 1, 2 and 3 amino acid residues at the C-terminus had a certain effect on the activity of the polypeptide, but the corresponding three polypeptides (MT-SC21EK, MT-SC20EK and MT-SC19EK) remained unchanged. High antiviral activity. Even MT-SC19EK with 21 amino acids was significantly more active than SC22EK (containing 22 amino acids). Therefore, through this study, four highly active anti-HIV short peptides with a length of 21-24 amino acid residues containing the "MT hook" structure were found, namely MT-SC22EK, MT-SC21EK, MT-SC20EK and MT- SC19EK.
2.2.2 基于 Ρ32序列截短鉴定高活性抗 HIV短肽 2.2.2 Identification of highly active anti-HIV short peptides based on Ρ32 sequence truncation
含有 32个氨基酸残基的 Ρ32是本发明的发明人最近设计的抗 HIV多肽 (中国 专利申请号: CN201110112709. 7) , 对 HIV临床分离毒株和 Τ20耐药病毒皆具有 高活性的抑制作用。 该多肽 Ν末端序列包含有 Met626 Thr627残基。 为寻求长度较 短而活性很强的抗 HIV多肽, 本实验以 P32为模板进行截短而合成一组新的多肽, 长度短于或等于 30个氨基酸残基 (表 4所示) 。 采用上述细胞融合抑制实验和假 病毒侵入实验对多肽的抗 HIV活性进行了检测。 实验结果见表 4。 首先, 对 P32从 C末端进行逐步截短, 分别减去 2个 (HP30) 、 4个 (HP28) 、 5个 (HP27) 、 6 个 (HP26) 、 7个 (HP25 ) 和 8个 (HP24) 氨基酸残基, 发现这些截短的多肽有 着与 P32多肽相当的抗 HIV活性, 包括对 HIV介导细胞融合和侵入的抑制能力。 比如, 多肽 HP25 (长度为 25个氨基酸)和 HP24 (长度为 24个氨基酸)抑制 HIV 细胞融合的 IC5Q分别为 Ι.ΟηΜ和 l.lnM, 抑制 HIV假病毒的 IC5Q分别为 0.78nM和 Ι.ΟηΜ,而长度在 32个氨基酸残基的多肽 P32抑制 HIV细胞融合和假病毒的 1^0分 别为 1.21nM和 0.92nM。 同时, 作为对照的多肽 C34、 CP32M、 西夫韦肽、 T1249 和 T20的抗 HIV活性显著低于 P32及其上述截短多肽。然而, C末端的进一步截短 (HP23、HP22和 HP19)将导致多肽对病毒的抑制活性明显降低或完全失去(表 4)。 The Ρ32 containing 32 amino acid residues is an anti-HIV polypeptide recently designed by the inventors of the present invention (Chinese Patent Application No.: CN201110112709. 7), and has high activity inhibitory activity against both HIV clinical isolates and Τ20 resistant viruses. The polypeptide Ν end sequence contains a Met626 Thr627 residue. In order to find a short-lived and highly active anti-HIV polypeptide, this experiment uses P32 as a template to truncate and synthesize a new set of peptides with a length shorter than or equal to 30 amino acid residues (Table 4). The anti-HIV activity of the polypeptide was examined using the above cell fusion inhibition assay and a pseudovirus invasion assay. The experimental results are shown in Table 4. First, the P32 is gradually truncated from the C-end, minus 2 (HP30), 4 (HP28), 5 (HP27), 6 (HP26), 7 (HP25), and 8 (HP24). Amino acid residues, these truncated polypeptides were found to have comparable anti-HIV activity to P32 polypeptides, including the ability to inhibit HIV-mediated cell fusion and invasion. For example, the IC 5Q of the polypeptide HP25 (25 amino acids in length) and HP24 (24 amino acids in length) inhibiting HIV cell fusion are Ι.ΟηΜ and l.lnM, respectively, and the IC 5Q of suppressing HIV pseudovirus is 0.78 nM and Ι, respectively. .ΟηΜ, and polypeptide P32 of 32 amino acid residues in length inhibited HIV cell fusion and pseudovirus 1 1. 0 n and 0.92 nM, respectively. At the same time, the anti-HIV activities of the polypeptides C34, CP32M, Sifuvirtide, T1249 and T20 as controls were significantly lower than those of P32 and its above-described truncated polypeptide. However, further truncation of the C-terminus (HP23, HP22 and HP19) would result in a significant reduction or complete loss of the polypeptide's inhibitory activity against the virus (Table 4).
表 4.多肽对 HIV-1介导的细胞融合和假病毒侵入的抑制活性 (IC5Q, nM)Table 4. Inhibitory activity of polypeptides against HIV-1 mediated cell fusion and pseudoviral invasion (IC 5Q , nM)
;多肽 氨基酸序列 多肽长度 细胞融合 假病毒 : 截短多肽 Peptide amino acid sequence polypeptide length cell fusion pseudovirus : truncated peptide
ΪΗΡ30 NEMTWEEWEKKIEEYTKKIEEILKKSEEQ 30 1.13 0.91 ΪΗΡ30 NEMTWEEWEKKIEEYTKKIEEILKKSEEQ 30 1.13 0.91
ΪΗΡ28 NEMTWEEWEKKIEEYTKKIEEILKKSE 28 1.05 0.9ΪΗΡ28 NEMTWEEWEKKIEEYTKKIEEILKKSE 28 1.05 0.9
ΪΗΡ27 NEMTWEEWEKKIEEYTKKIEEILKKS 27 1.2 0.96ΪΗΡ27 NEMTWEEWEKKIEEYTKKIEEILKKS 27 1.2 0.96
ΪΗΡ26 NEMTWEEWEKKIEEYTKKIEEILKK 26 1.19 0.93ΪΗΡ26 NEMTWEEWEKKIEEYTKKIEEILKK 26 1.19 0.93
ΪΗΡ25 NEMTWEEWEKKIEEYTKKIEEILK 25 1 0.78ΪΗΡ25 NEMTWEEWEKKIEEYTKKIEEILK 25 1 0.78
ΪΗΡ24 NEMTWEEWEKKIEEYTKKIEEIL 24 1.1 1ΪΗΡ24 NEMTWEEWEKKIEEYTKKIEEIL 24 1.1 1
ΪΗΡ23 NEMTWEEWEKKIEEYTKKIEEI 23 552.42ΪΗΡ23 NEMTWEEWEKKIEEYTKKIEEI 23 552.42
ΪΗΡ22 NEMTWEEWEKKIEEYTKKIEE 22 >1000 >1000 HP19 NEMTWEEWEKKIEEYTKK 19 >1000 >1000ΪΗΡ22 NEMTWEEWEKKIEEYTKKIEE 22 >1000 >1000 HP19 NEMTWEEWEKKIEEYTKK 19 >1000 >1000
ΪΗΡ24-Ν1 NEMTWEEWEKKIEEYTKKIEEIL 23 1.97 1.69 HP24-N2 EMTWEEWEKKI ΕΕΥΤΚΚΙ EEIL 22 1.42 1.46 HP24-N3 MTWEEWEKKIEEYTKKIEEIL 21 1.93 2.06 HP24-N4 TWEEWEKKIEEYTKKIEEIL 20 40.77 52.81 HP24-N5 WEEWEKKIEEYTKKIEEIL 19 68.3 106.62 iΪΗΡ24-Ν1 NEMTWEEWEKKIEEYTKKIEEIL 23 1.97 1.69 HP24-N2 EMTWEEWEKKI ΕΕΥΤΚΚΙ EEIL 22 1.42 1.46 HP24-N3 MTWEEWEKKIEEYTKKIEEIL 21 1.93 2.06 HP24-N4 TWEEWEKKIEEYTKKIEEIL 20 40.77 52.81 HP24-N5 WEEWEKKIEEYTKKIEEIL 19 68.3 106.62 i
ΪΗΡ27-Ν3 MTWEEWEKKIEEYTKKIEEILKKS 24 1.54 1.18 HP26-N3 MTWEEWEKKIEEYTKKIEEILKK 23 1.8 1.36ΪΗΡ27-Ν3 MTWEEWEKKIEEYTKKIEEILKKS 24 1.54 1.18 HP26-N3 MTWEEWEKKIEEYTKKIEEILKK 23 1.8 1.36
ΪΗΡ25-Ν3 MTWEEWEKKIEEYTKKIEEILK 22 1.23 0.86ΪΗΡ25-Ν3 MTWEEWEKKIEEYTKKIEEILK 22 1.23 0.86
ΪΗΡ25-Ν2 EMTWEEWEKKI EEYTKKI EE ILK 23 0.74 0.58ΪΗΡ25-Ν2 EMTWEEWEKKI EEYTKKI EE ILK 23 0.74 0.58
:ELT23 \ ELTWEEWEKKI EEYTKKI EE ILK 23 0.9 0.61:ELT23 \ ELTWEEWEKKI EEYTKKI EE ILK 23 0.9 0.61
;对照多肽 Control peptide
ΪΡ32 EMTWEEWEKKI EEYTKKI EE I LKKSEEQQK 32 1.21 0.92 ΪΡ32 EMTWEEWEKKI EEYTKKI EE I LKKSEEQQK 32 1.21 0.92
:C34 \ ME DREINNYTSLIHSLIEESQNQQEKNEQELL 34 1.47 2.62:C34 \ ME DREINNYTSLIHSLIEESQNQQEKNEQELL 34 1.47 2.62
:CP32M \ VE NEMT MEWEREIENYTKLIYKILEESQEQ 32 4.35 2.83 Sifuvirtide \ SWETWEREIENYTKQIYKILEESQEQQDRNEKDLLE 36 2.88 2.78:CP32M \ VE NEMT MEWEREIENYTKLIYKILEESQEQ 32 4.35 2.83 Sifuvirtide \ SWETWEREIENYTKQIYKILEESQEQQDRNEKDLLE 36 2.88 2.78
:T1249 \ WQEWEQKITALLEQAQIQQEKNEYELQKLDK ASLWEWF \ 39 3.73 1.98:T1249 \ WQEWEQKITALLEQAQIQQEKNEYELQKLDK ASLWEWF \ 39 3.73 1.98
ΪΤ2635 \ TTWEAWDRAIAEYAARI EALIRAAQEQQEKNEAALREL \ 39 1.02 1.03ΪΤ2635 \ TTWEAWDRAIAEYAARI EALIRAAQEQQEKNEAALREL \ 39 1.02 1.03
:Τ20 \ YTSLIHSLIEESQNQQEKNEQELLELDK ASL WF 36 10.66 70.45 为寻找更短的抗 HIV多肽, 本实验以 HP24为模板对其 N末端进行逐一截短, 分别去除 1个(HP24-N1)、 2个(HP24-N2)、 3个(HP24-N3)、 4个(HP24-N4) 和 5个 (HP24-N5)氨基酸残基。结果发现 HP24-N2的活性受到甚微的影响, HP24-N1 和 HP24-N3的活性有接近 1倍的下降, 但 HP24-N4和 HP24-N5的活性显著降低, 再一次证明 N端的氨基酸残基 Met626和 Thr627对这些短小多肽的抗病毒活性起到 关键的作用。 :Τ20 \ YTSLIHSLIEESQNQQEKNEQELLELDK ASL WF 36 10.66 70.45 In order to find a shorter anti-HIV polypeptide, this experiment uses HP24 as a template to cut the N-terminus one by one, and remove one (HP24-N1) and two (HP24-N2) respectively. , 3 (HP24-N3), 4 (HP24-N4) and 5 (HP24-N5) amino acid residues. It was found that the activity of HP24-N2 was slightly affected, and the activities of HP24-N1 and HP24-N3 decreased nearly 1-fold, but the activities of HP24-N4 and HP24-N5 were significantly decreased. Once again, the N-terminal amino acid residues Met626 and Thr627 play a key role in the antiviral activity of these short polypeptides.
进而, 本实验以 HP27、 HP26和 HP25为模板进行截短, 发现其 N末端的 3个 氨基酸残基 (WNE) 确实对多肽的抗病毒活性影响有限, 但令人意外的发现是, HP25-N2的活性明显高于其他多肽。与模板 HP25相比, HP25-N2的抗 HIV细胞融 合和假病毒侵入的活性反而得到进一步的改善, 其 IC5Q分别为 0.74nM和 0.58nM, 明显低于其他截短多肽和所有对照多肽。 为避免甲硫氨酸的侧链易被氧化的问题, 以性质类似的亮氨酸 (L)替代甲硫氨酸 (M),合成了长度同样为 23 个氨基酸的多肽 ELT23 (序列见表 4) , 实验结果显示 ELT23有着与 HP25-N2相似的抗病毒活性, 其抑制病毒细胞融合和侵入的 IC50分别是 0.9nM和 0.61nM。 Furthermore, this experiment truncated HP27, HP26 and HP25 as templates, and found that the three amino acid residues (WNE) at the N-terminus did have a limited effect on the antiviral activity of the polypeptide, but the surprising discovery was that HP25-N2 The activity is significantly higher than other polypeptides. Compared with the template HP25, HP25-N2 was further improved in anti-HIV cell fusion and pseudovirus invasion activity, with IC 5Q of 0.74 nM and 0.58 nM, respectively, which was significantly lower than other truncated polypeptides and all control polypeptides. In order to avoid the problem that the side chain of methionine is easily oxidized, a similarly long leucine (L) was substituted for methionine (M), and a polypeptide of the same length of 23 amino acids ELT23 was synthesized (see Table 4 for the sequence). The results showed that ELT23 has similar antiviral activity to HP25-N2, and its IC50 for inhibiting viral cell fusion and invasion is 0.9 nM and 0.61 nM, respectively.
为进一步确认 HP25-N2的抗病毒活性, 又测试了其对 HIV毒株 NL4-3复制的 抑制作用, 并以多肽 MT-SC22EK、 MT-SC29EK、西夫韦肽、 C34和 T20作为对照。 实验结果见图 1所示, T20对 HIV-1NM_3毒株的抑制活性相对较低,其 IC5Q为 54. InM; MT-SC22EK、 MT-SC29EK、 西夫韦肽和 C34的活性比较接近, IC5Q分别为 1.2nM、 1.0nM、 1.8nM和 1.3nM; 相比之下, HP25-N2的抗 HIV活性显著为高, 其 IC50为 0.3nM o To further confirm the antiviral activity of HP25-N2, its inhibition of HIV strain NL4-3 replication was also tested, and the polypeptides MT-SC22EK, MT-SC29EK, Sifuvirtide, C34 and T20 were used as controls. The results of the experiment are shown in Figure 1. The inhibitory activity of T20 against HIV-1 NM _ 3 strain is relatively low, and its IC 5Q is 54. InM; MT-SC22EK, MT-SC29EK, Sifuvirtide and C34 activity comparison Closely, IC 5 Q was 1.2 nM, 1.0 nM, 1.8 nM, and 1.3 nM, respectively; in contrast, HP25-N2 had significantly higher anti-HIV activity with an IC 50 of 0.3 nM o
因此, 通过深入的研究, 本发明人首次鉴定了一组长度在 21-30个氨基酸残基 的高活性抗 HIV多肽, 包括 HP30、 HP28、 HP27、 HP26、 HP25, HP24, HP24-N1 , HP24-N2, HP24-N3 , HP25-N2、 HP25-N3、 HP27-N3 HP26-N3、 ELT23 (序列和 活性如表 4和图 1所示, 表 4中的 IC5Q为三次重复实验的平均值, 图 1中的数据为 三次重复实验的平均值) 。 相比之下, 其中长度为 23个氨基酸的 HP25-N2和其衍 生物 ELT23具有较好的抗病毒活性。 Therefore, through intensive research, the inventors identified for the first time a group of highly active anti-HIV polypeptides ranging in length from 21 to 30 amino acid residues, including HP30, HP28, HP27, HP26, HP25, HP24, HP24-N1, HP24- N2, HP24-N3, HP25-N2, HP25-N3, HP27-N3 HP26-N3, ELT23 (sequence and activity are shown in Table 4 and Figure 1, IC 5Q in Table 4 is the average of three replicate experiments, The data in 1 is the average of three replicate experiments). In contrast, HP25-N2, which has a length of 23 amino acids, and its derivative ELT23 have better antiviral activity.
实施例 3. HP25-N2广谱的抗 HIV作用 Example 3. HP25-N2 broad spectrum anti-HIV effect
由于 HIV-1易于变异,可以分为多种亚型,包括 A-D,F-H, J,和 K亚型等。其中 A, B和 C亚型是引起世界艾滋病流行的主要病毒。 而在中国, B/C和 A/E重组病毒的 流行占据主导地位。 为进一步评价抗 HIV短肽的活性, 制备了一组 16株 HIV假病 毒, 包括国际代表毒株和中国目前流行的 HIV毒株, 其中有 A亚型 2株、 B亚型 5 株、 C亚型 3株、 A/E重组型 3株、 B/C重组型 3株。 假病毒的制备方法如上所述, 表达各种亚型的 HIV包膜蛋白质粒由中国医学科学院病原生物学研究所何玉先教 授实验室保存,参见文献(Yao X, Chong H, Zhang C, Waltersperger S, Wang M, Cui S, He Y. Broad antiviral activity and crystal structure of HIV-1 fusion inhibitor Sifuvirtide. J Biol Chem. 2012, 287: 6788-6796) 。 采用这些 HIV假病毒, 对 HP25-N2 (序列表 中序列 14) 的抗病毒进行了检测, 并以 C34多肽作为对照。 实验结果如表 5 (表 5 中的 IC5Q为三次重复实验的平均值士标准差) 所示, HP25-N2 能够有效抑制各种 HIV亚型的感染。 对多数病毒而言, 其 IC5Q值低于 C34。 比如, HP25-N2抑制 B亚 型毒株 SF162的 IC5Q值为 3.6nM, 而 C34对该株病毒的 IC5Q值为 9.5nM。 表 5.多肽 HP25-N2对不同亚型 Hl g抑制作用 Because HIV-1 is susceptible to variability, it can be divided into a variety of subtypes, including AD, FH, J, and K subtypes. Among them, subtypes A, B and C are the main viruses causing the world AIDS epidemic. In China, the prevalence of B/C and A/E recombinant viruses is dominant. To further evaluate the activity of anti-HIV short peptides, a group of 16 HIV pseudoviruses were prepared, including international representative strains and HIV strains currently prevalent in China, including 2 subtypes A, 5 subtype B, and C. There were 3 strains, 3 A/E recombinant strains, and 3 B/C recombinant strains. Preparation of pseudoviruses As described above, HIV envelope protein granules expressing various subtypes are preserved in the laboratory of Prof. He Yuxian, Institute of Pathogenic Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, see literature (Yao X, Chong H, Zhang C, Waltersperger S, Wang M, Cui S, He Y. Broad antiviral activity and crystal structure of HIV-1 fusion inhibitor Sifuvirtide. J Biol Chem. 2012, 287: 6788-6796). Using these HIV pseudoviruses, the antiviral of HP25-N2 (sequence 14 in the sequence listing) was tested and the C34 polypeptide was used as a control. The experimental results are shown in Table 5 (IC 5Q in Table 5 is the mean standard deviation of three replicate experiments), and HP25-N2 is effective in inhibiting infection of various HIV subtypes. For most viruses, the IC 5Q value is lower than C34. For example, HP25-N2 inhibits the subtype B strain SF162 with an IC 5Q value of 3.6 nM, and C34 has an IC 5Q value of 9.5 nM for the strain. Table 5. Inhibition of different subtypes of Hl g by the polypeptide HP25-N2
IC50 (nM) IC 50 (nM)
HIV假病毒 亚型 HP25-N2 C34 HIV pseudovirus subtype HP25-N2 C34
92UG037.8 A 1.3 ±0.2 3.0 ±0.592UG037.8 A 1.3 ±0.2 3.0 ±0.5
92RW020 A 1.5 ±0.2 3.1 ±0.892RW020 A 1.5 ±0.2 3.1 ±0.8
SF162 B 3.6 ±0.7 9.5 ±1.4SF162 B 3.6 ±0.7 9.5 ±1.4
AC10.0.29 B 1.0 ±0.1 1.5 ±0.4AC10.0.29 B 1.0 ±0.1 1.5 ±0.4
TRO.11 B 3.1 ±0.5 4.4 ±1.2 pREJ04541 B 0.9 ±0.2 0.7 ±0.1TRO.11 B 3.1 ±0.5 4.4 ±1.2 pREJ04541 B 0.9 ±0.2 0.7 ±0.1
SC422661.8 B 0.8 ±0.1 0.5 ±0.0SC422661.8 B 0.8 ±0.1 0.5 ±0.0
CAP45.2.00 C 2.8 ±0.3 13.2 ±1.1CAP45.2.00 C 2.8 ±0.3 13.2 ±1.1
ZM214M.PL15 C 1.7 ±0.5 3.4 ±0.6ZM214M.PL15 C 1.7 ±0.5 3.4 ±0.6
ZM109F.PB C 0.8 ±0.1 1.8 ±0.3ZM109F.PB C 0.8 ±0.1 1.8 ±0.3
AE01 A/E 1.0 ±0.1 2.7 ±0.1AE01 A/E 1.0 ±0.1 2.7 ±0.1
AE03 A/E 1.6 ±0.3 3.0 ±0.7AE03 A/E 1.6 ±0.3 3.0 ±0.7
GX11.13 A/E 3.9 ±0.8 8.2 ±1.1GX11.13 A/E 3.9 ±0.8 8.2 ±1.1
CH64.20 B/C 0.6 ±0.1 1.1 ±0.1CH64.20 B/C 0.6 ±0.1 1.1 ±0.1
CH070.1 B/C 3.0 ±0.3 5.1 ±0.4CH070.1 B/C 3.0 ±0.3 5.1 ±0.4
Ch120.6 B/C 3.5 ±0.6 3.5 ±0.8 实施例 4. HP25-N2对 T20耐药 HIV-1毒株的抑制作用 Ch120.6 B/C 3.5 ±0.6 3.5 ±0.8 Example 4. Inhibition of HP25-N2 against T20-resistant HIV-1 strain
T20是目前唯一批准用于临床治疗的 HIV膜融合抑制剂,然而其活性不但明显 低于新一代的多肽, 而且很容易诱导耐药突变, 导致临床抗病毒治疗的失败。 研究 表明, 药物靶序列 NHR区域的氨基酸变异是导致 T20耐药的主要原因。 开发能够 抑制 T20 耐药病毒的新型抑制剂是当前国际上的热点课题。 本实施例观察了 HP25-N2 (序列表中序列 14)对 T20和 C34耐药 HIV毒株的效果。 携带 NHR突变 的假病毒 (表 6, 表 6中的 IC5Q为三次重复实验的平均值士标准差) 采用文献报道 的 HIV突变毒株(Chong H, Yao X, Zhang C, Cai L, Cui S, Wang Y, He Y. Biophysical Property and Broad Anti-HIV Activity of Albuvirtide, a 3- Maleimimidopropionic Acid-Modified Peptide Fusion Inhibitor. PLoS One.2012, 7(3): e32599.) 。 以上述 HIV 假病毒技术系统进行评价多肽的抑制效果。 假病毒的制备和应用方法与实施例 2雷 同。 从表 6中的实验结果可知, 抗 HIV多肽 HP25-N2对这些携带 gp41突变的 HIV 毒株具有极高的活性, 说明这些突变对 HP25-N2的抗病毒活性影响甚微。然而, 作 为对照的 T20的活性则显著下降, 表现为极高的耐药性, 如 V38A突变的耐药倍数 为 34.2, I37T/N43K和 V38A/N42T双突变的耐药倍数在 44以上。 而且, 这些耐药 突变也导致 C34呈现明显的交叉耐药性。这个实验结果说明, HP25-N2多肽可以用 于 T20临床耐药 HIV毒株的治疗。 T20 is currently the only HIV membrane fusion inhibitor approved for clinical treatment. However, its activity is not only significantly lower than that of a new generation of peptides, but also easily induces drug-resistant mutations, leading to the failure of clinical antiviral therapy. Studies have shown that amino acid variation in the NHR region of drug target sequences is the main cause of T20 resistance. The development of new inhibitors that inhibit T20-resistant viruses is currently a hot topic internationally. This example observes the effect of HP25-N2 (sequence 14 in the Sequence Listing) against T20 and C34 resistant HIV strains. Pseudoviruses carrying NHR mutations (Table 6, IC 5Q in Table 6 is the mean ± standard deviation of three replicate experiments) using HIV mutant strains reported in the literature (Chong H, Yao X, Zhang C, Cai L, Cui S , Wang Y, He Y. Biophysical Property and Broad Anti-HIV Activity of Albuvirtide, a 3-Maleimimidopropionic Acid-Modified Peptide Fusion Inhibitor. PLoS One.2012, 7(3): e32599.). The inhibitory effect of the polypeptide was evaluated by the above-described HIV pseudovirus technology system. The preparation and application method of the pseudovirus is the same as that of the second embodiment. From the experimental results in Table 6, it is known that the anti-HIV polypeptide HP25-N2 has extremely high activity against these HIV strains carrying the gp41 mutation, indicating that these mutations have little effect on the antiviral activity of HP25-N2. However, the activity of T20 as a control was significantly decreased, showing extremely high drug resistance. For example, the resistance multiplicity of the V38A mutation was 34.2, and the resistance ratio of the I37T/N43K and V38A/N42T double mutation was above 44. Moreover, these resistance mutations also led to significant cross-resistance of C34. The results of this experiment indicate that HP25-N2 peptide can be used for the treatment of T20 clinically resistant HIV strains.
表 6. HP25-N2对 T20和 C34耐药 HIV毒株的抑制作用 T20 C34 HP25-N2Table 6. Inhibition of HP25-N2 against T20 and C34 resistant HIV strains T20 C34 HP25-N2
:HIV-1NL4.3 ; IC50 (nM) : Fold change; IC50 (nM) Fold change: IC50 (nM) ; Fold change; iWT : 51.1 ±12.4 ; 1 1.2 ±0.2 1 0.7 ±0.1 1:HIV-1 NL4 . 3 ; IC 50 (nM) : Fold change; IC 50 (nM) Fold change: IC 50 (nM) ; Fold change; iWT : 51.1 ±12.4 ; 1 1.2 ±0.2 1 0.7 ±0.1 1
M37T : 540.2 ±135.3; 10.6 ; 25.0 ±2.8 20.8 0.7 ±0.0 1M37T : 540.2 ±135.3; 10.6 ; 25.0 ±2.8 20.8 0.7 ±0.0 1
;V38A : 1746.3 ±80.4; 34.2 ; 28.7 ±3.4 23.9 0.7 ±0.0 1;V38A : 1746.3 ±80.4; 34.2 ; 28.7 ±3.4 23.9 0.7 ±0.0 1
;V38M : 370.2 ±61.2 ; 7.2 ; 18.5 ±2.8 15.4 0.9 ±0.1 1.2;V38M : 370.2 ±61.2 ; 7.2 ; 18.5 ±2.8 15.4 0.9 ±0.1 1.2
;Q40H Μ242·0± 120.4; 24.3 : 67.8 ±7.2 56.5 0.7 ±0.1 1;Q40H Μ242·0± 120.4; 24.3 : 67.8 ±7.2 56.5 0.7 ±0.1 1
; N43K ; 316.9 ±51.3 : 6.2 : 17.3 ±1.4 14.4 0.7 ±0.1 1N43K ; 316.9 ±51.3 : 6.2 : 17.3 ±1.4 14.4 0.7 ±0.1 1
; D36S/V38M ; 187.2 ±13.9 : 3.7 : 7.1 ±1.4 6 1.2 ±0.1 1.7; D36S/V38M ; 187.2 ±13.9 : 3.7 : 7.1 ±1.4 6 1.2 ±0.1 1.7
M37T7N43K >2250 >44 : 426.4 ±18.2 355.3 0.9 ±0.0 1.3M37T7N43K >2250 >44 : 426.4 ±18.2 355.3 0.9 ±0.0 1.3
; V38A/N42T >2250 >44 : 257.7 ±19.7 214.8 0.3 ±0.0 0.4 实施例 5. 圆二色谱 (CD) 技术研究多肽与 NHR靶点的相互作用 V38A/N42T >2250 >44 : 257.7 ±19.7 214.8 0.3 ±0.0 0.4 Example 5. Circular dichroism (CD) technique studies the interaction of peptides with NHR targets
5.1 实验材料与方法 5.1 Experimental materials and methods
实验方法参考文献 (Chong H, Yao X, Zhang C, Cai L, Cui S, Wang Y, He Y. Biophysical Property and Broad Anti-HIV Activity of Albuvirtide, a 3- Maleimimidopropionic Acid-Modified Peptide Fusion Inhibitor. PLoS One.2012, 7(3): e32599; Chong H, Yao X, Qiu Z, Qin B, Han R, Waltersperger S, Wang M, Cui S, He Y. Discovery of Critical Residues for Viral Entry and Inhibition through Structural Insight of HIV- 1 Fusion Inhibitor CP621-652. J Biol Chem.2012, 287(24): 20281-20289) 。 圆 二色谱仪为日产 Jasco-815。 采用源于 NHR的 N36多肽作为靶点序列, 其序列为: Ac-SGIVQQQ NLLRAIEAQQHLLQLTVWGIKQLQARIL-NH2。 将来源于 CHR的 抗病毒多肽和 N36分别溶于磷酸盐缓冲液(PBS)中, 根据 280nm下紫外吸收确定 浓度, 然后配制 20 μΜ的多肽 PBS溶液 (pH 7.2) 。 将抗病毒多肽与 N36以 1: 1 体积比混合获得二者混合样品 (各肽的终浓度 10μΜ) , 样品在 37°C下放置 30分 钟使之充分反应。 将配制好的样品在圆二色谱仪上测定, 仪器扫描波长范围为 195-260nm, 波长间隔为 lnm, 扫描 3次进行平均。 测定在室温进行。 先用 PBS缓 冲溶液扫描得到空白, 然后扫描样品信号, 将空白信号从样品信号中扣除得到 CD 信号。 根据 CD信号判断多肽间的相互作用情况及螺旋含量。 通过 CD温度扫描测 定本发明所描述的抗病毒多肽与 N36形成的六螺旋结构的稳定性。 具体方法如下: 将上述用于测定 CD信号的多肽转入样品池 (也可以重新配制) , 将 CD仪器程序 设为温度扫描, 检测波长 220nm, 扫描范围 20-98°C, 进行程序温度扫描后得到 CD 信号随温度变化曲线。 根据曲线计算 m值。 Experimental Methods References (Chong H, Yao X, Zhang C, Cai L, Cui S, Wang Y, He Y. Biophysical Property and Broad Anti-HIV Activity of Albuvirtide, a 3-Maleimimidopropionic Acid-Modified Peptide Fusion Inhibitor. PLoS One .2012, 7(3): e32599; Chong H, Yao X, Qiu Z, Qin B, Han R, Waltersperger S, Wang M, Cui S, He Y. Discovery of Critical Residues for Viral Entry and Inhibition through Structural Insight of HIV-1 Fusion Inhibitor CP621-652. J Biol Chem. 2012, 287(24): 20281-20289). The circular dichrometer is Nissan Jasco-815. The N36 polypeptide derived from NHR was used as a target sequence, and its sequence was: Ac-SGIVQQQ NLLRAIEAQQHLLQLTVWGIKQLQARIL-NH2. The CHR-derived antiviral polypeptide and N36 were separately dissolved in phosphate buffered saline (PBS), and the concentration was determined by ultraviolet absorption at 280 nm, and then 20 μL of the polypeptide PBS solution (pH 7.2) was prepared. The antiviral polypeptide was mixed with N36 in a volume ratio of 1:1 to obtain a mixed sample (the final concentration of each peptide was 10 μM), and the sample was allowed to stand at 37 ° C for 30 minutes to fully react. The prepared sample was measured on a circular dichroic instrument with a scanning wavelength range of 195-260 nm, a wavelength interval of 1 nm, and an average of 3 scans. The measurement was carried out at room temperature. The blank is scanned with a PBS buffer solution, and then the sample signal is scanned, and the blank signal is subtracted from the sample signal to obtain a CD signal. The interaction between the polypeptides and the helix content were determined based on the CD signal. The stability of the six-helix structure formed by the antiviral polypeptide described herein and N36 was determined by CD temperature scanning. The specific method is as follows: The above polypeptide for measuring CD signal is transferred into a sample cell (can also be reconstituted), and the CD instrument program is set to a temperature scan, the detection wavelength is 220 nm, the scanning range is 20-98 ° C, and the program temperature is scanned. The curve of the CD signal as a function of temperature is obtained. Calculate the m value from the curve.
5.2 实验结果及分析 5.2 Experimental results and analysis
来源于 HIV gp41的 CHR区的抗病毒多肽主要是通过与 NHR区的靶序列相互 作用而阻断 6-HB结构的形成, 继而达到抑制 HIV侵入靶细胞。 CD测试实验结果 表明, 所有抗 HIV多肽都能与 NHR多肽 N36形成典型的螺旋结构,表现为在 -208 和 -222呈现典型的吸收峰 (如图 2、 图 3和表 7所示) 。 其中, [θ]222负值越大表 示 CHR和 NHR多肽复合物的 α-螺旋含量越高。 比较而言,基于 MT-SC17EK和 MT-SC18EK的 6-HB的螺旋含量较少, 其 [θ]222值分别为 -21.3和 -17.5; 基于 Ρ32设 计的短肽 ΗΡ22和 HP19的 6-ΗΒ的螺旋含量相对较少, 其 [θ]222值分别为 -17.1和 -15.4。 这四个多肽在上述的抗病毒实验中没有观察到抑制 HIV 的活性 (大于 lOOOnM) CD实验的结果发现, MT-SC22EK与 N36的 Tm值(78.2°C )比 SC22EK 与 N36的 m值 (64.1 °C )显著增加,也远远高于 SC29EK与 N36的 m值(67.1 ) 说明" M-T构子"氨基酸残基即 Met626和 Thr627确实显著增加抗病毒多肽与靶序列 相互作用的稳定性。实验发现, 抗病毒活性较好的多肽 HP25-N2的螺旋含量([θ]222 = -28.8 )和 6-HB稳定性( m = 89.2 °C )都相对较高。 另外, 四个无抗 HIV活性的 多肽 (MT-SC17EK MT-SC18EK HP22和 HP19) 的 m 比其他多肽明显降低, 分别是 51.1 °C 56.1 °C 53.1 °C和 49.1 °C。 这些结果说明抗 HIV多肽的病毒抑制活 性与其形成异源 6-HB 的螺旋性和热稳定性有关。 The antiviral polypeptide derived from the CHR region of HIV gp41 mainly blocks the formation of the 6-HB structure by interacting with the target sequence of the NHR region, thereby inhibiting the invasion of HIV into target cells. The results of the CD test showed that all anti-HIV polypeptides formed a typical helical structure with the NHR polypeptide N36, showing a typical absorption peak at -208 and -222 (as shown in Figures 2, 3 and 7). Among them, the greater the negative value of [θ] 222, the higher the α-helix content of the CHR and NHR polypeptide complexes. In comparison, based on MT-SC17EK and The 6-HB of MT-SC18EK has a low helix content, and its [θ]222 values are -21.3 and -17.5, respectively; the short peptides 22 and HP19 based on the Ρ32 design have a relatively low helix content, [θ The value of 222 is -17.1 and -15.4, respectively. The four peptides were not observed to inhibit HIV activity in the above antiviral experiments (greater than 100 OnM). The results of the CD experiment found that the Tm value of MT-SC22EK and N36 (78.2 °C) was higher than the m value of SC22EK and N36 (64.1). A significant increase, also well above the m value of SC29EK and N36 (67.1), indicates that the "MT construct" amino acid residues, Met626 and Thr627, do significantly increase the stability of the interaction of the antiviral polypeptide with the target sequence. It was found that the anti-viral activity of the polypeptide HP25-N2 has a relatively high helix content ([θ] 222 = -28.8 ) and 6-HB stability (m = 89.2 °C). In addition, the m of the four anti-HIV active polypeptides (MT-SC17EK MT-SC18EK HP22 and HP19) were significantly lower than the other polypeptides, 51.1 °C, 56.1 °C, 53.1 °C and 49.1 °C, respectively. These results indicate that the viral inhibitory activity of the anti-HIV polypeptide is related to the helicity and thermostability of the heterologous 6-HB.
表 7.抗病毒多肽与 N36相互作用的圆二色谱分析 Table 7. Circular dichroism analysis of the interaction of antiviral polypeptides with N36
注: 表中多肽的氨基酸序列如表 3和表 4。 Note: The amino acid sequences of the peptides in the table are shown in Tables 3 and 4.
工业应用 Industrial application
本发明的发明人发现在短肽 SC22EK的 N末端加上形成 "M-T钩子"的两个氨基 酸残基 (Met626 和 Thr627) 能够显著提高其抗病毒活性和 6-HB稳定性。 进而, 通 过对 P32多肽序列的截短, 发现一组长度在 21-30个氨基酸残基的短小多肽具有极强 的抑制 HIV作用。 这些多肽尽管显著短于已报道的其他多肽, 但可以稳定结合其作 用的 NHR靶点序列。 本发明所提供的多肽具有明显的优点: The inventors of the present invention found that the addition of two amino acid residues (Met626 and Thr627) forming the "M-T hook" at the N-terminus of the short peptide SC22EK can significantly improve its antiviral activity and 6-HB stability. Furthermore, by truncating the P32 polypeptide sequence, it was found that a group of short polypeptides of 21-30 amino acid residues in length have a strong inhibitory effect on HIV. These polypeptides, although significantly shorter than other polypeptides reported, can stably bind to their NHR target sequences. The polypeptides provided by the present invention have significant advantages:
( 1 ) 仅含有 21-30个氨基酸残基, 显著短于其他已报道的多肽, 如 T20和西夫 韦肽(均为 36个氨基酸) 、 T1249和 T2635 (均为 39个氨基酸) 、 C34和 SC34EK (均 为 34个氨基酸) 等。 因此, 本发明的多肽具有易于合成、 成本低廉的优点。 (1) Containing only 21-30 amino acid residues, significantly shorter than other reported polypeptides, such as T20 and Sifuvirtide (both 36 amino acids), T1249 and T2635 (all 39 amino acids), C34 and SC34EK (both 34 amino acids) and so on. Therefore, the polypeptide of the present invention has the advantage of being easy to synthesize and low in cost.
(2)本发明的多肽与其他多肽相比虽然明显短小但却具有极强的抗病毒活性, 比如抑制 HIV的活性显著高于 T20、 T1249和西夫韦肽等。 (2) The polypeptide of the present invention is significantly shorter than other polypeptides but has extremely strong antiviral activity, for example, the activity of inhibiting HIV is significantly higher than that of T20, T1249 and sifuvirtide.
(3 ) 本发明的多肽对 Τ20耐药毒株仍保留极强活性。 比如多肽 ΗΡ25-Ν2可以完 全克服多个临床常见的 Τ20耐药 HIV突变毒株。 (3) The polypeptide of the present invention retains extremely strong activity against the Τ20 resistant strain. For example, the peptide ΗΡ25-Ν2 can completely overcome many clinically common Τ20 resistant HIV mutant strains.
(4) 本发明的多肽由于在 Ν末端含有可以稳定多肽与靶点相互作用的形成"钩 子结构 "的氨基酸残基以及引入多个可以增强多肽螺旋性的"盐桥结构"(ΕΚ位点), 因此能够更加牢固地结合靶序列, 从而具有超强的稳定性。 (4) The polypeptide of the present invention has a "salt bridge structure" (ΕΚ site) which can enhance the helicity of the polypeptide by containing an amino acid residue at the end of the sputum which can stabilize the interaction of the polypeptide with the target and forming a "hook structure". Therefore, the target sequence can be more firmly bound, thereby having superior stability.
(5 ) 由于在多肽序列中大量引入亲水性的极性氨基酸 (如 Ε和 Κ) , 本发明所 述多肽易溶于水。 水溶性的提高便于提高药物疗效和药物剂型的开发。 (5) The polypeptide of the present invention is easily soluble in water due to the large introduction of hydrophilic polar amino acids (e.g., ruthenium and osmium) in the polypeptide sequence. The improvement of water solubility facilitates the development of drug efficacy and the development of pharmaceutical dosage forms.
本发明将为研发新一代艾滋病治疗和预防药物奠定坚实的基础。 The invention will lay a solid foundation for the development of a new generation of AIDS treatment and prevention drugs.
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