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PROTEIN REPLACEMENT THERAPIES
József TőzsérMolecular Therapies- Lectures 5-6
Manifestation of Novel Social Challenges of the European Unionin the Teaching Material ofMedical Biotechnology Master’s Programmesat the University of Pécs and at the University of DebrecenIdentification number: TÁMOP-4.1.2-08/1/A-2009-0011
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• Replacement of missing or abnormal proteins (e.g. Insulin)
• Influencing signal transduction pathways (e.g. interferons)
• Supplementation of growth hormones (e.g. PDGF)• Influencing the haemostatic system (e.g. tPA)• Degradation of molecules with enzymes (e.g.
Asparaginase• Use of protein vaccines (e.g. recombinant HPV
vaccine)
Protein-based therapies
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• Insulin (diabetes)• Albumin (hypoalbuminaemia)• Lactate (lactose intolerance)• Factor VIII. (haemophilia)• Factor IX. (haemophilia)• Protein C (protein C deficiency)• Beta-glucocerebrosidase (Gaucher’s disease)
Examples of proteins replaced in therapy
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• Humulin (insulin)• Novolin (insulin)• Flexbumin 25% (albumin)• Lactaid (lactose)• ReFacto (F VIII)• BeneFix (F IX)• Ceprotin (aktivált protein C)
Examples of protein therapeutic products
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Therapeutic proteins
• The first therapeutic protein use was the utilization of cow pox „protein vaccine" against smallpox by Jenner (1796)
• The first therapeutic protein used was insulin by Banting and Best (1922)
• More than 200 peptide or protein has been approved in USA for use in therapy
• Therapeutic proteins may come from different sources
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Therapeutic proteins – sources
Protein Original source
• Albumin Human blood• Insulin Pig, bovine pancreas• Factor VIII Human blood• Factor IX Human blood• Kalcitonin Salmon• Anti-venom Horse, dunkey blood• β-glucorerebrosidase Human placenta
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Therapeutic proteins – sources
• Natural sourse is usually sparse and expensive• It is difficult to satisfy demands• Hard to isolate the product• May lead to immune intolerance (e.g. in case of
animan proteins)• Potential viral and pathogen contaminations
• Nowadays most of the protein drugs are made by recombinant techniques• Cheaper, safer, unlimited source
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Insulin, the first protein replacement drug
• In January 1922, Banting and Best used first insulin to treat a 14-years-old patient named Leonard Thomson
• He became more ill as the consequence of the injection, but his blood glucose level decreased, therefore the improvement of the preparation technique was decided
• 6 weeks later a better extract was able to decrease the blood glucose level from 520 mg/dL to 120 mg/dL within 24 hours.
• Leonard lived for additional 13 years, he died of pneumonisa at the age 27
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Structure of insulin
Two polypeptid chains, A.chain:
21 aminoacid residues B-chain: 30 aminoacid residues
Chains are held together by a disulfide bridge
Insulin gene is located at chromosome 11
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Protein therapeutics – from blood
• The human body contains approx. 6 liters of blood• 60-70% of blood is plasma, 8-9%- proteins. Therefore it is an important protein source• Human plasma contains about 10,000 different proteins • About 20 proteins make up the 99% of the total
protein content of plasma• Annually several million liters of outdated transfusion plasma is genereated, therefore it is an excellent and relatively abundant protein source
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Examples of blood protein products
• Factor VIII (correction of haemophilia) • Factor IX (correction of haemophilia) • Albumin (correction of hypoalbuminaemia) • Intravenous IgG (in infections)• Antithrombin III (correction of coagulation disorder)• Alpha I-PI (correction of emphysema)
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Cohn fractionation
• Cohn fractionation was originally developed in 1946. • In Cohn fractionation plasma proteins are selectively
precipitated by using ethanol, salt, temperature change.
• Separation of the fractions is achieved by
centrifugation.
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Recombinant technologies
• They were developed in the 1970s and 1980s• Paul Berg (1973): discovery of restriction enzymes• Herbert Boyer (1978): cloning of the human insulin
gene into E. coli - Genentech• Fundamentally two major approaches
– Expressin in isolated cells– Expression in transgenic plants or animals
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Hemostatic cascade
All components of the intrinsic pathway are in the bloodstream. Extrinsic pathway is initiated by the TF that is normally excloded from the Bloodstream. Cascade (avalange) model.
VII+TF, Ca2+
VIIaTF,Ca2
+
IXa, VIIIPLCa2+
X Xa V PLCa2+
prothrombin thrombin
fibrinogen fibrin
crosslinkedfibrin
XIII
XIIIa +Ca2+
Extrinsic pathwayIntrinsic pathway
XIIXIIa
XIXIaCa2+
IX
Common pathway
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Haemophilias A and B
• Hemophilias A and B are caused by deficiencies in factors VIII or IX, respectively
• Affect ~1 in 5,000 males in Hemophilia A, ~1 in 30,000 males in Hemophilia B • Inherited as a recessive X-linked trait in both cases
(Mother would be an unaffected carrier)• Treated by administration of factor VIII or factor IX
concentrates• Recombinant factor VIII or IX• Gene therapy trials
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Haemophilia A – gene therapy
• Only FVIII level is 1 % of normal causes severe symptoms (spontaneous bleeding into joints, vital
organs), therefore even low levels of proteins are
beneficial• Tight control of FVIII production is not required• Broad therapeutic index minimizes the risk of overdose• Delivery to bloodstream does not require expression in the liver• Domain B is not required for function, in its absence
the expression levels are higher
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