US20190352358A1 - Compounds, compositions and uses thereof for improvement of bone disorders - Google Patents

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US20190352358A1
US20190352358A1 US16/482,362 US201816482362A US2019352358A1 US 20190352358 A1 US20190352358 A1 US 20190352358A1 US 201816482362 A US201816482362 A US 201816482362A US 2019352358 A1 US2019352358 A1 US 2019352358A1
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  • the present technology generally relates to compounds, in particular peptides that may be used to improve bone disorders.
  • the present technology also generally relates to uses of such compounds in methods for preventing and/or treating bone disorders and to compositions for such uses.
  • IGFBP-2 Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-2
  • IGFBP-2 Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-2
  • IGFBP-2 There are six (6) forms of high affinity IGF binding proteins. In addition to binding the insulin-like growth factors I and II and acting as transport proteins, these proteins have been shown to have some actions that are independent of their ability to bind to IGFs.
  • IGFBP-2 is the second most abundant binding protein in serum. It circulates in concentrations in humans that vary between 100-600 ng/ml. Protein concentrations are high during fetal life and at birth and fall progressively during childhood and adolescence. There is a slight rise, an approximately 25% increase that occurs between 60-80 years of age. Serum concentrations of IGFBP-2 are regulated by hormones and nutrients. Fasting causes a significant increase in IGFBP-2 and feeding (particularly feeding protein) restores concentrations to normal. Concentrations are also suppressed by administration of insulin or growth hormone, and are increased by insulin-like growth factor-I. This is due in part to suppression of growth hormone and insulin, both of which are suppressed by administering IGF-I.
  • IGFBP-2 In addition to its role as a carrier protein for Insulin-like growth factors, IGFBP-2 controls bone mass and fat metabolism. IGFBP-2 knockout mice (IGFBP-2 ⁇ / ⁇ ) have reduced bone mass and increased fat mass (DeMambro, Endocrinology, 2008). In contrast, overexpression of IGFBP-2 in mice led to reduced susceptibility to diet-induced obesity and improved insulin sensitivity (Wheatcroft, Diabetes, 2007; Hedbacker, Cell Metab, 2010). In vitro, IGFBP-2 directly stimulates murine and human osteoblast differentiation (Xi, JBMR, 2014) and in contrast inhibits preadipocyte differentiation (Wheatcroft, Diabetes, 2007).
  • IGFBP-2 contains an IGF-I binding site, whereas the C-terminal region facilitates IGF-I binding and accounts for the ability to bind to extracellular matrix.
  • IGFBP-2 also comprises two heparin binding domains (HBD) that confer IGF-binding independent functions.
  • HBD1 is a unique HBD that is located in the linker region whereas HBD2 is located in the C-terminal region. While both HBD1 and HBD2 account for the IGFBP-2 ability to inhibit adipogenesis (Xi, Endocrinology, 2013), only HBD1 mediates properties on bone mass acquisition and osteoblast differentiation (Kawai, J B C, 2011; Xi, JBMR, 2014).
  • WO 2005/014635 which is incorporated herein by reference, discloses Cardiovascular disorder Plasma Polypeptides (CPPs) sharing amino acid sequence similarities with HBD1.
  • CPPs Cardiovascular disorder Plasma Polypeptides
  • WO 2005/014635 suggests a potential diagnostic function for such CPPs.
  • a peptide influences its efficiency as a therapeutic agent.
  • Longer peptides are usually rapidly degraded following administration and their in vivo efficacy is often weak following intravenous, subcutaneous or intramuscular bolus administration.
  • manufacturing long peptide is an extensive and expensive process, whether it is manufactured by solid-phase peptide synthesis or by recombinant technology.
  • chronically treating patients with a long peptide might represent safety risks for the patients in the form of immunogenicity. Raising neutralizing antibodies against a natural peptide is a potential major health risk for the patients. As such, it is highly desirable to obtain shorter fragments which retain the activity of the full length peptide and avoid the drawbacks of longer peptides.
  • the present technology proposes fragments of IGFBP-2, in particular fragments of HBD1, that retain the activity of the full-length HBD1 and that may be useful in prevention or treatment of bone disorders.
  • the present technology relates to an isolated peptide comprising a fragment of heparin binding domain (HBD) as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1, said fragment being 6 to 9 amino acids in length and comprising an amino acid sequence GLEEPK as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 14 or an analog thereof.
  • HBD heparin binding domain
  • the present technology relates to an isolated peptide comprising a fragment of the heparin binding domain (HBD), wherein the HBD has the amino acid sequence KHHLGLEEPKKLR (SEQ ID NO: 1), said fragment being 6 to 9 amino acids in length and comprising an amino acid sequence GLEEPK (SEQ ID NO: 14) or an analog thereof.
  • HBD heparin binding domain
  • the present technology relates to an isolated peptide consisting of a fragment of heparin binding domain (HBD) as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1, said fragment being 6 to 9 amino acids in length and comprising an amino acid sequence GLEEPK as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 14 or an analog thereof.
  • HBD heparin binding domain
  • the present technology relates to an isolated peptide consisting of a fragment of heparin binding domain (HBD) as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1, said fragment being 6 to 10 amino acids in length and comprising an amino acid sequence GLEEPK as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 14 or an analog thereof for use in prevention or treatment of a bone disorder.
  • HBD heparin binding domain
  • the present technology relates to the use of the isolated peptides as defined herein for prevention and/or treatment of a bone disorder in a subject in need thereof.
  • the present technology relates to the use of the isolated peptides as defined herein in the manufacture of a medicament for prevention and/or treatment of a bone disorder in a subject in need thereof.
  • the present technology relates to the use of the isolated peptides as defined herein for enhancement of bone formation in a subject in need thereof.
  • the present technology relates to the use of the isolated peptides as defined herein in the manufacture of a medicament for enhancement of bone formation in a subject in need thereof.
  • the present technology relates to the use of the isolated peptides as defined herein for inhibiting bone resorption in a subject in need thereof.
  • the present technology relates to the use of the isolated peptides as defined herein in the manufacture of a medicament for inhibiting bone resorption in a subject in need thereof.
  • the present technology relates to the use of the isolated peptides as defined herein for inducing deposition of bone in a subject in need thereof.
  • the present technology relates to the use of the isolated peptides as defined herein in the manufacture of a medicament for inducing deposition of bone in a subject in need thereof.
  • the present technology relates to the use of the isolated peptides as defined herein for inducing maturation of bone in a subject in need thereof.
  • the present technology relates to the use of the isolated peptides as defined herein in the manufacture of a medicament for inducing maturation of bone in a subject in need thereof.
  • the present technology relates to the use of the isolated peptides as defined herein to stimulate osteoblastogenesis in a subject in need thereof.
  • the present technology relates to a method for prevention and/or treatment of a bone disorder in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering an isolated peptide as defined herein to a subject in an amount effective to prevent or treat the bone disorder in the subject.
  • the present technology relates to a method for enhancing bone formation in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering an isolated peptide as defined herein to the subject in an amount effective to prevent or enhance bone formation in the subject.
  • the present technology relates to a method for inhibiting bone resorption in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering an isolated peptide as defined herein to the subject in an amount effective to inhibit bone resorption in the subject.
  • the present technology relates to a method for inducing deposition of bone in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering an isolated peptide as defined herein to the subject in an amount effective to induce bone deposition in the subject.
  • the present technology relates to a method for inducing maturation of bone in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering an isolated peptide as defined herein to the subject in an amount effective to induce maturation of bone in the subject.
  • the present technology relates to a method of expanding stem cells in vitro or ex vivo, comprising contacting an isolated peptide as defined herein with stem cells from a subject, wherein said stem cells are maintained under conditions whereby they are reintroduced into the subject.
  • the present technology relates to a pharmaceutical composition
  • a pharmaceutical composition comprising one or more isolated peptide as defined herein in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
  • the present technology relates to the use of an isolated peptide as defined herein for inhibition of fat cell differentiation in the subject.
  • the present technology relates to the use of an isolated peptide as defined herein in the manufacture of a medicament for inhibition of fat cell differentiation in a subject.
  • the present technology relates to the use of an isolated peptide as defined herein for modulation of fat mass in a subject.
  • the present technology relates to the use of an isolated peptide as defined herein in the manufacture of a medicament for modulation of fat mass in a subject.
  • FIG. 1 is a graph showing the pharmacokinetic profile of peptides according to some embodiments of the present technology in male Sprague Dawley rats after intravenous injection of cyclic HBD1 (3-11), HBD1 (3-11) with C16:0 at N-terminal, HBD1 (3-11) with C18:0 at N-terminal;
  • FIG. 2 is a graph showing the pharmacokinetic profile of peptides according to some embodiments of the present technology in male Sprague Dawley rats after subcutaneous injection of cyclic HBD1 (3-11), HBD1 (3-11) with C16:0 at N-terminal, HBD1 (3-11) with C18:0 at N-terminal;
  • FIG. 3 is a graph showing the pharmacokinetic profile of peptides according to some embodiments of the present technology in male Sprague Dawley rats after subcutaneous injection of HBD1 (3-11) with C16:0 at N-terminal, HBD1 (3-11) with C14:0 at N-terminal, HBD1 (3-11) with C18:0 at N-terminal and HBD1 (3-11) with C20:0 at N-terminal;
  • FIG. 4 is a graph showing the pharmacokinetic profile of peptides according to some embodiments of the present technology after single intravenous (iv) and subcutaneous (sc) injection in Göttingen minipigs of HBD1 (3-11) with C18:0 at N-terminal. Individual values represent the mean of the values obtained for three different subjects;
  • FIGS. 5A-5C are graphs showing the effect of peptides according to some embodiments of the present technology on bone in ovariectomized rat.
  • the graphs show the percent increase from OVX vehicle in selected ⁇ CT parameters from tibial metaphysis after 6-week HBD1 (3-11) with C18:0 at N-terminal treatment in OVX Sprague-Dawley rats.
  • FIG. 5A shows BV/TV;
  • FIG. 5B shows Tb.N;
  • FIG. 5C shows Conc. D (*: p-value ⁇ 0.05, **: p-value ⁇ 0.01, ***: p-value ⁇ 0.001 vs OVX vehicle); and
  • FIGS. 6A-6B are graphs showing the effect of the peptides according to some embodiments of the present technology on the indicated bone biomechanical properties.
  • the graphs show the percent increase from OVX vehicle in selected biomechanical parameters from Lumbar vertebrae ( FIG. 6A ) and femoral neck ( FIG. 6B ) after a 6-week treatment with HBD1 (3-11) with C18:0 at N-terminal in OVX Sprague-Dawley rats (*: p-value ⁇ 0.05, vs OVX vehicle).
  • the present disclosure stems from the work performed by the present discoverers on peptide fragments of IGFBP-2, in particular on peptide fragments of the heparin binding domain (HBD) of IGFBP-2, and on their study of how these peptide fragments can be used in methods of improving bones, such as in methods of preventing and/or treatment bone disorders.
  • HBD heparin binding domain
  • HBD1 refers to the heparin binding domain 1 of IGFBP-2.
  • HBD1 is intended to refer to a peptide having the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1, namely: 1 -KHHLGLEEPKKLR- 13 , wherein “ 1 ” refers to amino acid residue at the 5′-end or N-Terminal of this HBD1 peptide and “ 13 ” refers to amino acid residue at the 3′-end or C-Terminal of this HBD1 peptide. Accordingly, the amino acids of HBD1 occupy the following positions:
  • amino acids including levorotatory amino acids (L-amino acids or L or L-form) and dextrorotary amino acids (D-amino acids or D or D-form), Alanine (Ala or A), Arginine (Arg or R), Asparagine (Asn or N), Aspartic acid (Asp or D), Cysteine (Cys or C), Glutamic acid (Glu or E), Glutamine (Gln or Q), Glycine (Gly or G), Histidine (His or H), Isoleucine (Ile or I), Leucine (Leu or L), Lysine (Lys or K), Methionine (Met or M), Phenylalanine (Phe or F), Proline (Pro or P), Serine (Ser or S), Threonine (Thr or T), Tryptophan (Trp or W), Tyrosine (Tyr or Y) and Valine (Val or V).
  • L-amino acids or L or L-form and dex
  • L-amino acid residue within the native peptide sequence may be altered to any one of the 20 L-amino acids commonly found in proteins or any one of the corresponding D-amino acids, rare amino acids, such as, but not limited to, 4-hydroxyproline or hydroxylysine, or a non-protein amino acid, such as P-alanine or homoserine. Unless otherwise indicated, an amino acid named herein refers to the L-form.
  • Naturally-occurring variations of the peptides defined herein are those that may comprise substitutions, additions or deletions of one or more amino acids which result due to discrete changes in the nucleotide sequence of the encoding gene or alleles thereof or which result due to alternative splicing of the transcribed RNA. It is understood that these changes do not substantially affect the properties, pharmacological and biological characteristics of the peptide variants.
  • the peptides of the present disclosure may be in the form of salts.
  • Particularly the acidic functions of the molecule may be replaced by a salt derivative thereof such as, but not limited to, a trifluoroacetate salt.
  • peptide By “peptide”, “polypeptide” or “protein” is meant any chain of amino acids, regardless of length or post-translational modification (e.g., glycosylation or phosphorylation), or chemical modification, or those containing unnatural or unusual amino acids such as D-Tyr, ornithine, amino-adipic acid.
  • the peptide of the present disclosure comprises a fragment of HBD1.
  • the peptide is 10 amino acids in length.
  • the peptide is 9 amino acids in length.
  • the peptide is 8 amino acids in length.
  • the peptide is 7 amino acids in length.
  • the peptide is 6 amino acids in length.
  • the peptide is 5 amino acids in length.
  • fragment refers to an amino acid fragment of a peptide such as IGFBP-2 or of the HBD of IGFBP-2 or of the HBD1 of IGFBP-2. Fragments of HBD1 are shorter than 13 amino acid residues. Fragments of HBD1 may therefore be 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5 or 4 amino acid residues in length. In some embodiments, the fragment of HBD1 is 10 amino acids in length. In some embodiments, the fragment of HBD1 is 9 amino acids in length. In some other embodiments, the fragment of HBD1 is 8 amino acids in length. In some other embodiments, the fragment of HBD1 is 7 amino acids in length. In some other embodiments, the fragment of HBD1 is 6 amino acids in length. In some other embodiments, the fragment of HBD1 is 5 amino acids in length. In some other embodiments, the fragment of HBD1 is 4 amino acids in length.
  • the present disclosure provides peptides having the amino acid sequences depicted in Table 1.
  • HBD1 (1-13) represents the full-length HBD1.
  • the remaining peptides presented in Table 1 are fragments of HBD1 (1-13), wherein amino acid residues at the N-terminal or at the C-terminal or at both the N-terminal and the C-terminal are absent.
  • the peptides of the present disclosure are “purified”, “isolated” or “substantially pure”.
  • the peptides are “purified”, “isolated” or “substantially pure” when they are separated from the components that naturally accompany them.
  • a compound is substantially pure when it is at least about 60%, about 65%, about 70%, about 75%, about 80%, about 85%, about 90%, about 91%, about 92%, about 93%, about 94%, about 95%, about 96%, about 97%, about 98%, or about 99%, by weight, of the total material in a sample.
  • Techniques for purifying or isolating peptides are commonly known and used in the art and will be known to persons skilled in the art.
  • certain peptides according to the present disclosure may also be in cyclized form, such that the N- or C-termini are linked head-to-tail either directly, or through the insertion of a linker moiety, such moiety itself generally comprises one or more amino acid residues as required to join the backbone in such a manner as to avoid altering the three-dimensional structure of the peptide with respect to the non-cyclized form.
  • Such peptide derivatives may have improved stability and bioavailability relative to the non-cyclized peptides.
  • Cyclisation may be accomplished by disulfide bond formation between two side chain functional groups, amide or ester bond formation between one side chain functional group and the backbone ⁇ -amino or carboxyl function, amide or ester bond formation between two side chain functional groups, or amide bond formation between the backbone ⁇ -amino and carboxyl functions. These cyclisation reactions have been traditionally carried out at high dilution in solution. Cyclisation is commonly accomplished while the peptide is attached to the resin. One of the most common ways of synthesizing cyclic peptides on a solid support is by attaching the side chain of an amino acid to the resin.
  • the C- and N-termini can be selectively deprotected and cyclized on the resin after chain assembly.
  • This strategy is widely used, and is compatible with either tert-butyloxycarbonyl (Boc) or 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl (Fmoc) protocols.
  • Boc tert-butyloxycarbonyl
  • Fmoc 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl
  • a number of approaches may be used to achieve efficient synthesis of cyclic peptides.
  • One procedure for synthesizing cyclic peptides is based on cyclisation with simultaneous cleavage from the resin.
  • the deprotected amino group can react with its anchoring active linkage to produce protected cyclic peptides. In general, a final deprotection step is required to yield the target cyclic peptide.
  • the procedures for synthesizing cyclic peptides are well known in the art.
  • the present disclosure provides analogs of the peptides defined herein.
  • the term “analog” refers to a peptide that has the physiological activity of the parent compound thereof, and that includes one or more (e.g., two, three, four, five or six or more) amino acids different from the amino acid sequence of a naturally occurring parent peptide.
  • Such an analog preferably has at least about 40%, at least about 45%, at least about 50%, at least about 55%, at least about 60%, at least about 65%, at least about 70%, at least about 75%, at least about 80%, at least about 85%, at least about 90%, or at least about 95% of the physiological activity of the parent peptide.
  • the analogs may be as physiologically active as the parent (i.e., has 100% of physiological activity of the parent peptide) or may be more than about 100%, more than about 110%, more than about 120%, more than about 130%, more than about 140%, more than about 150%, more than about 160%, more than about 170%, more than about 180%, more than about 190% or more than about 200% physiologically active than the parent peptide.
  • Such different amino acids may be additions, substitutions, deletions, or combinations thereof, including addition of non-natural side-chain groups and backbone links
  • Modifications of peptides to produce analogs thereof are known. See, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 7,323,543; see also U.S. Pat. Nos. 7,482,171; 7,459,152; and 7,393,919, which are all incorporated herein by reference.
  • analogs of peptides comprising HBD1 or analogs of fragments of HBD1 refer to either: i) structural analogs; ii) functional analogs; or iii) structural and functional analogs of HBD1 which are, inter alia, capable of replacing HBD1 in improving bone disorders, such as for example in preventing and/or treating bone disorders.
  • Analogs of the peptides of the present disclosure that have at least about 50%, at least about 55%, at least about 60%, at least about 65%, at least about 70%, at least about 75%, at least about 80%, at least about 85%, at least about 90%, at least about 95%, at least about 96%, at least about 97%, at least about 98% or at least 99% sequence homology with the amino acid sequences described herein over its full length, and sharing at least one of the metabolic effects or biological activity of HBD1.
  • a person skilled in the art would readily identify an analog sequence of HBD1 or an analog sequence of a fragment of HBD1.
  • Analogs of HBD1 or analogs of fragment of HBD1 are, for example, analogs obtained by alanine scans or by amino acid substitutions.
  • analogs of HBD1 or analogs of fragments thereof may comprise a non-naturally encoded amino acid, wherein the non-naturally encoding amino acid refers to an amino acid that is not one of the common amino acids or pyrrolysine or selenocysteine, or an amino acid that occur by modification (e.g. post-translational modification) of naturally encoded amino acid (including, but not limited to, the 20 common amino acids or pyrrolysine and selenocysteine) but are not themselves incorporated into a growing polypeptide chain by the translation complex.
  • non-naturally-occurring amino acids include, but are not limited to, N-acetylglucosaminyl-L-serine, N-acetylglucosaminyl-L-threonine and O-phosphotyrosine.
  • Table 2 presents examples of analogs of HBD1 (3-11) with alanine substitutions at different amino acid positions.
  • Table 3 presents other examples of analogs of HBD1 fragments comprising amino acid substitutions at different amino acid positions of HBD1 (3-11).
  • the analogs of HBD1 or fragments thereof may differ in sequence from HBD1 by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 amino acid substitutions, deletions, or additions, or combinations thereof.
  • the amino acid substitution is a conservative amino acid substitution.
  • conservative amino acid substitution refers to substitutions that substitute a residue with another of like characteristics. Typical conservative amino acid substitutions include those among Gly (G), Ala (A), Val (V), Leu (L) and Ile (I); those among Ser (S), Cys (C), Met (M) and Thr (T); those among the acidic residues Asp (D) and Glu (E); those among Asn (N) and Gln (Q); those among the basic residues His (H), Lys (K) and Arg (R); and those among the aromatic residues Phe (F), Try (W) and Tyr (Y).
  • the present technology provides an isolated peptide having a fragment of HBD1 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1.
  • the fragment is between 6 to 10 amino acids in length and comprises residues 3 to 10 of HBD1, namely: HLGLEEPK as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 7 or an analog thereof.
  • Examples of analogs of a peptide having the amino acid sequence HLGLEEPK include, but are not limited to the peptides presented in Table 4.
  • the present technology provides an isolated peptide having a fragment of HBD1 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1.
  • the fragment is between 6 to 10 amino acids in length and comprises residues 5 to 10 of HBD1, namely: GLEEPK as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 14 or an analog thereof.
  • the fragment is between 6 to 9 amino acids in length and comprises residues 5 to 10 of HBD1, namely: GLEEPK as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 14 or an analog thereof.
  • Examples of analogs of a peptide having the amino acid sequence GLEEPK include, but are not limited to the peptides presented in Table 5.
  • the peptides of the present disclosure may be modified.
  • the term “modified” when used to qualify a peptide refers to any changes made to a peptide, such as changes to the length of the peptide, the amino acid sequence, chemical structure, co-translational modification, or post-translational modification of a peptide.
  • the peptides of the present disclosure comprise one or more amino acid residues that are modified.
  • post-translational modification refers to any modification of a natural or non-natural amino acid that occurs to such an amino acid after it has been incorporated into a peptide chain.
  • the term encompasses, by way of example only, co-translational in vivo modifications, co-translational in vitro modifications (such as in cell-free translation system), post-translational in vivo modifications, and post-translational in vitro modifications.
  • post-translational modifications are, but are not limited to, glycosylation, pegylation, acetylation, acylation, amidation, methylation, carboxylation, phosphorylation, addition of salts, amides or esters, in particular C-terminal esters, and N-acyl derivatives of the peptides of the present disclosure.
  • the types of post-translational modifications are well known in the art.
  • the peptides of the present disclosure include one or more poly(ethylene glycol) (or “PEG”) moiety of between about 10,000 and about 40,000 molecular weight coupled to either the N- or C-terminus of the peptide.
  • PEG poly(ethylene glycol)
  • “PEG” means straight or branched polyalkylene glycol polymers including, but not limited to, polyethylene glycol (PEG), polypropylene glycol (PPG), and polybutylene glycol (PBG), as well as co-polymers of PEG, PPG and PBG in any combination, and includes the monoalkylether of the polyalkylene glycol.
  • the polyalkylene glycol in the peptides of the present disclosure can be, but is not limited to, polyethylene glycol, polypropylene glycol, polybutylene glycol, and any combination thereof.
  • the polyalkylene glycol is polyethylene glycol or “PEG.”
  • PEG subunit refers to a single polyethylene glycol unit, i.e., —(CH 2 CH 2 O)—.
  • the polyalkylene glycol e.g., PEG
  • the polyalkylene glycol can be non-polydispersed, monodispersed, substantially monodispersed, purely monodispersed, or substantially purely monodispersed.
  • “Monodispersed” is used to describe a mixture of compounds wherein about 100 percent of the compounds in the mixture have the same molecular weight.
  • “Substantially monodispersed” is used to describe a mixture of compounds wherein at least about 95 percent of the compounds in the mixture have the same molecular weight.
  • “Purely monodispersed” is used to describe a mixture of compounds wherein about 100 percent of the compounds in the mixture have the same molecular weight and have the same molecular structure.
  • a purely monodispersed mixture is a monodispersed mixture, but a monodispersed mixture is not necessarily a purely monodispersed mixture.
  • “Substantially purely monodispersed” is used to describe a mixture of compounds wherein at least about 95 percent of the compounds in the mixture have the same molecular weight and have the same molecular structure.
  • a substantially purely monodispersed mixture is a substantially monodispersed mixture, but a substantially monodispersed mixture is not necessarily a substantially purely monodispersed mixture.
  • Table 6 presents examples of peptides of the present disclosure that are modified by pegylation.
  • the peptides of the present disclosure include one or more acyl group(s) coupled to any amino acid of the peptide.
  • the one or more acyl group(s) is coupled to the N-terminal or the C-terminal amino acid or to both.
  • acylation of the peptides of the present disclosure is a fatty acylation by which a fatty acid is added to one or more particular amino acid(s) of the peptide.
  • fatty acylation examples include addition of: lauric acid (C12:0), tridecyclic acid (C13:0), myristic acid (C14:0), pentadecyclic acid (C15:0), palmitic acid (C16:0), margaric acid (C17:0), stearic acid (C18:0), nonadecyclic acid (C19:0), arachidinic acid (C20:0), heneicosylic acid (C21:0), behenic acid (C22:0), tricosylic acid (C23:0), or lignoceric acid (C24:0), or a mixture thereof to one or more amino acid of the peptides of the present disclosure.
  • lauric acid C12:0
  • tridecyclic acid C13:0
  • myristic acid C14:0
  • pentadecyclic acid C15:0
  • palmitic acid C16:0
  • margaric acid C17:0
  • stearic acid C18:0
  • the fatty acid to be added may be unsaturated (e.g., monounsaturated or polyunsaturated).
  • unsaturated fatty acids include but are not limited to: i) monounsaturated fatty acid: crotonic acid, myristoleic, palmitoleic acid, sapienic acid, oleic acid, elaidic acid, vaccenic acid, gadoleic, eicosenoic acid, erucic acid, nervonic acid; ii) di-unsaturated fatty acid: linoleic acid, eicosadienoic acid, docosadienoic acid; iii) tri-unsaturated fatty acids: linolenic acid, pinolenic acid, eleostearic acid, mead acid, dihomo- ⁇ -linolenic acid, eicosatrienoic acid; iv) tetra-unsaturated fatty acid:
  • the peptides of the present disclosure may be coupled to fatty acids that comprise one or more carboxylic functional groups (—COOH).
  • Table 7 presents examples of peptides of the present disclosure that are modified by acylation.
  • the peptides of the present disclosure may be coupled to a linker or a linker group (e.g., linker moiety).
  • linker or “linking group” includes non-amino acid linking groups such as are known in the art (see, e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos. 7,468,418; 7,402,652; and 7,351,797, which are all incorporated herein by reference) or variations thereof that will be apparent to those skilled in the art.
  • the peptides of the present disclosure may include more than one modification (e.g., may include a PEG group and an acyl group).
  • the peptides of the present disclosure may be coupled to a modifying group which is itself modified.
  • the peptides of the present disclosure may be coupled to a fatty acid which is itself modified.
  • the modified fatty acid may, for example, be coupled to a linker or a linker group and the linker or the linker group may itself be coupled to another modifying group such as a PEG group or one or more carboxylic functional groups (—COOH).
  • a linker or a linker group such as a PEG group or one or more carboxylic functional groups (—COOH).
  • polynucleotides include isolated polynucleotides which encode the HBD1 peptides, fragments and analogs defined herein.
  • polynucleotide refers to a molecule comprised of a plurality of deoxyribonucleotides or nucleoside subunits.
  • the linkage between the nucleoside subunits can be provided by phosphates, phosphonates, phosphoramidates, phosphorothioates, or the like, or by nonphosphate groups as are known in the art, such as peptoid-type linkages utilized in peptide nucleic acids (PNAs).
  • PNAs peptide nucleic acids
  • the linking groups can be chiral or achiral.
  • the oligonucleotides or polynucleotides can range in length from 2 nucleoside subunits to hundreds or thousands of nucleoside subunits.
  • oligonucleotides are preferably 5 to 100 subunits in length, and more preferably, 5 to 60 subunits in length, the length of polynucleotides can be much greater (e.g., up to 100).
  • the polynucleotide may be any of DNA and RNA.
  • the DNA may be in any form of genomic DNA, a genomic DNA library, cDNA derived from a cell or tissue, and synthetic DNA.
  • the present disclosure may, in certain aspects, use vectors which include bacteriophage, plasmid, cosmid, or phagemid.
  • polypeptides useful in the present technology may be prepared in any suitable manner as known in the art.
  • Such polypeptides include isolated naturally occurring polypeptides, recombinantly produced polypeptides, synthetically produced polypeptides, or polypeptides produced by a combination of these methods. Means and methods for preparing such polypeptides are well known in the art.
  • treat As used herein, the terms “treat,” “treating” and “treatment” as used herein all refer to any type of treatment that imparts a benefit to a subject afflicted with a disease, including improvement in the condition of the patient (e.g., in one or more symptoms), delay in the progression of the disease, or the like.
  • the terms “subjects” and “patient” generally relate to human subjects and are used interchangeably.
  • the subjects may be male or female and may be of any race or ethnicity, including, but not limited to, Caucasian, African-American, African, Asian, Hispanic, Indian, etc.
  • the subjects may be of any age, including newborn, neonate, infant, child, adolescent, adult, and geriatric.
  • the subjects are afflicted with a bone disorder.
  • Subjects may also include animal subjects, particularly mammalian subjects such as canines, felines, bovines, caprines, equines, ovines, porcines, rodents (e.g. rats and mice), lagomorphs, primates (including non-human primates), etc., for veterinary medicine or pharmaceutical drug development purposes.
  • the peptides of the present disclosure may be used for improving and/or ameliorating a bone disorder (or used in a method for improving and/or ameliorating a bone disorder). In some instances, the peptides of the present disclosure may be used to prevent a bone disorder, in some other instance the peptides of the present disclosure may be used to treat a bone disorder, in some other instances, the peptides of the present disclosure may be used to both prevent and treat a bone disorder.
  • bone disorder refers to any of several diseases that cause various abnormalities or deformities of one or more bones and/or to bone cells.
  • bone disorders include: osteoporosis, rickets, osteomalacia, osteogenesis imperfecta, marble bone disease (osteopetrosis), fibrous dysplasia, postmenopausal osteoporosis, senile osteoporosis in males and females, glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis, immobilization-induced osteoporosis, weightlessness-induced osteoporosis, post-transplantation osteoporosis, migratory osteoporosis, idiopathic osteoporosis, juvenile osteoporosis, Paget's Disease, chronic hyperparathyroidism, hyperthyroidism, rheumatoid arthritis, Gorham-Stout disease, McCune-Albright syndrome, osteolytic metastases of various cancers or multiple myeloma.
  • bone disorders also include loss of bone mass, general bone fragility, joint degeneration, non-union fractures, orthopedic and dental problems caused by diabetes, periimplantitis, poor responses to bone grafts/implants/bone substitute materials, periodontal diseases, skeletal aging, broken bones, bone defects, bone transplant, bone grafts, bone cancer, joint replacements, joint repair, fusion, facet repair, bone degeneration, dental implants and repair, bone marrow deficits and other conditions associated with bone and boney tissue.
  • Bone defects may be a gap, deformation and/or a nonunion fracture in a bone.
  • Bone disorders also include osteopathy in acromegalic patients, cystic fibrosis-related bone disease, adynamic bone disease, renal osteodystrophy associated with chronic kidney disease, bone disease associated with cystinosis and bone disease associated with hyperoxaluria.
  • Bone degeneration may be due to osteopenia or osteoporosis (e.g. the patient is afflicted with geriatric or senile osteoporosis, with post-menopausal osteoporosis, etc.), or due to dwarfism.
  • Joint replacements that may be treated include vertebral, knee, hip, tarsal, phalangeal, elbow, ankle and/or other articulating joints or replacements thereof.
  • Joint repairs include, but are not limited to, vertebral, knee, hip, tarsal, phalangeal, elbow, ankle, and sacroiliac joint repairs.
  • the peptides of the present disclosure may be used to enhance bone formation (i.e., increasing the amount of new bone that is laid down, or used in a method to enhance bone formation).
  • the peptides of the present disclosure may be used to inhibit bone resorption (i.e., to reduce the amount of bone that is dissolved) (or used in a method to inhibit bone resorption) simultaneously in a subject in need thereof.
  • subjects for whom such treatment would be indicated and/or beneficial include women (e.g., postmenopausal; premenopausal) with osteoporosis or low bone mass, men with osteoporosis or low bone mass, subjects with a healing fracture, subjects undergoing prolonged immobilization, subjects who have been or are immobilized for a prolonged period, subjects likely to undergo or experience prolonged immobilization, subjects with estrogen deficiency, etc., as would be known in the art.
  • the peptides of the present disclosure may be used for inducing deposition and maturation of bone in a subject in need thereof (e.g., a subject having a bone disorder) (or used in a method for inducing deposition and maturation of bone).
  • the peptide of the present disclosure may be used in combination with a bone resorption inhibitor.
  • the bone disorder is at a targeted site of the subject.
  • the targeted site may be an intervertebral space, a facet joint, a site of a bone fracture, bones of the mouth, chin and jaw, or an implant site.
  • HBD1 was shown to modulate bone mass acquisition and osteoblast differentiation (Kawai, J B C, 2011; Xi, JBMR, 2014). In view of this, it is reasonable to infer that fragments of HBD1 that retain the physiological activities of HBD1 could also modulate bone mass acquisition and osteoblast differentiation.
  • the peptides of the present disclosure may be used to inhibit fat cell differentiation (e.g., inhibiting fat cell precursor differentiation into mature adipocytes) in the subject. In some other embodiments, the peptides of the present disclosure may be used to modulate fat mass in a subject.
  • the peptides of the present disclosure may be employed in methods of in vitro or ex vivo expansion of stem cells, carried out according to protocols known in the art.
  • the present disclosure provides a method of expanding stem cells in vitro or ex vivo, comprising contacting the peptides of the present disclosure with stem cells from a subject, wherein said stem cells are maintained under conditions whereby they are reintroduced into the subject.
  • the stem cells are obtained from a subject, e.g., a human, e.g., from peripheral blood, umbilical cord blood, or bone marrow, and the stem cells are contacted with the compound of this present disclosure outside the body of the subject.
  • Ex vivo embodiments include obtaining stem cells from a subject and culturing the cells for a period of time prior to use (e.g., for transplantation).
  • the cells are delivered to a subject, e.g., the same subject from which the cells were isolated (autologous donation) or a different subject (non-autologous (e.g., syngeneic or allogeneic) donation).
  • a subject for whom these methods would be indicated or beneficial include a subject having or who has had chemotherapy, a subject having or who has had radiation, a subject having aplastic anemia, a subject having myelodysplasia, and any combination thereof.
  • the uses and methods defined herein comprise administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of a peptide as defined herein to achieve the effects discussed here (e.g., to prevent and/or treat a bone disorder).
  • Therapeutically effective dosage of any specific peptide of the present disclosure will vary from peptide to peptide, patient to patient, and subject to subject, and will depend, among other things, upon the effect or result to be achieved, the condition of the patient and the route of delivery. In some embodiments, a dosage is from about 1 ⁇ g/kg to about 1 mg/kg. In some other embodiments, a dosage is from about 1 mg/kg to about 50 mg/kg.
  • the dosage is from about 0.001 mg/kg, about 0.05 mg/kg, about 0.1 mg/kg, about 0.2 mg/kg, about 0.3 mg/kg, about 0.4 mg/kg, about 0.5 mg/kg, about 0.6 mg/kg, about 0.7 mg/kg, about 0.8 mg/kg, about 0.9 mg/kg or about 1.0 mg/kg, up to about 30 mg/kg, or about 40 mg/kg.
  • the dosage is about 1 mg/kg, about 2 mg/kg, about 3 mg/kg, about 4 mg/kg, about 5 mg/kg, about 6 mg/kg, about 7 mg/kg, about 8 mg/kg, about 9 mg/kg, about 10 mg/kg, about 11 mg/kg, about 12 mg/kg, about 13 mg/kg, about 14 mg/kg, about 15 mg/kg, about 16 mg/kg, about 17 mg/kg, about 18 mg/kg, about 19 mg/kg, about 20 mg/kg, about 21 mg/kg, about 22 mg/kg, about 23 mg/kg, about 24 mg/kg, about 25 mg/kg, about 26 mg/kg, about 27 mg/kg, about 28 mg/kg, about 29 mg/kg, about 30 mg/kg, about 31 mg/kg, about 32 mg/kg, about 33 mg/kg, about 34 mg/kg, about 35 mg/kg, about 36 mg/kg, about 37 mg/kg, about 38 mg/kg, about 39 mg/kg, about 40 mg/kg, about 41 mg/kg, about
  • therapeutically effective dosages include: between about 1 and about 50 mg/kg/96 hr; between about 1 and about 50 mg/kg/48 hr; between about 1 and about 50 mg/kg/36 hr; between about 1 and about 50 mg/kg/24 hr; between about 1 and about 50 mg/kg/12 hr; between about 1 and about 25 mg/kg/96 hr; between about 1 and about 25 mg/kg/48 hr; between about 1 and about 25 mg/kg/36 hr; between about 1 and about 25 mg/kg/24 hr; between about 1 and about 25 mg/kg/12 hr; between about 1 and about 10 mg/kg/96 hr; between about 1 and about 10 mg/kg/48 hr; between about 1 and about 10 mg/kg/36 hr; between about 1 and about 10 mg/kg/24 hr; between about 1 and about 10 mg/kg/12 hr; between about 1 and about 5 mg/kg/96 hr; between about 1 and about 5 mg/kg/
  • Concurrently administering or “concurrently administer” as used herein means that the two or more peptides, compounds or compositions are administered closely enough in time to produce a combined effect (that is, concurrently may be simultaneously, or it may be two or more events occurring within a short time period before or after each other, e.g., sequentially).
  • Simultaneous concurrent administration may be carried out by, for example, mixing the compounds prior to administration, or by administering the compounds at the same point in time but at different anatomic sites and/or by using different routes of administration.
  • active agent refers to a peptide as defined herein.
  • terapéuticaally acceptable refers to a peptide, a compound, or a composition that is suitable for administration to a subject to achieve the effects described herein, such as the treatment defined herein, without unduly deleterious side effects in light of the severity of the disease and necessity of the treatment.
  • the peptides described above may be formulated for administration in a pharmaceutical carrier in accordance with known techniques. See, e.g., Remington, The Science And Practice of Pharmacy (9th Ed. 1995).
  • the peptide (including the physiologically acceptable salts thereof) is typically admixed with, inter alia, an acceptable carrier.
  • the carrier must, of course, be acceptable in the sense of being compatible with any other ingredients in the composition and must not be deleterious to the patient.
  • the carrier may be a solid or a liquid, or both, and is preferably formulated with the peptide as a unit-dose formulation, for example, a tablet, which may contain from about 0.01 or about 0.5% to about 95% or about 99% by weight of the peptide.
  • One or more active compounds may be incorporated in the compositions of the present disclosure, which may be prepared by any of the well-known techniques of pharmacy comprising admixing the components, optionally including one or more accessory ingredients.
  • composition of the present disclosure include those suitable for oral, rectal, topical, buccal (e.g., sub-lingual), vaginal, parenteral (e.g., subcutaneous, intramuscular, intradermal, or intravenous), topical (i.e., both skin and mucosal surfaces, including airway surfaces) and transdermal administration, although the most suitable route in any given case will depend on the nature and severity of the condition being treated and on the nature of the particular peptide which is being used.
  • buccal e.g., sub-lingual
  • vaginal e.g., parenteral (e.g., subcutaneous, intramuscular, intradermal, or intravenous)
  • topical i.e., both skin and mucosal surfaces, including airway surfaces
  • transdermal administration i.e., both skin and mucosal surfaces, including airway surfaces
  • compositions suitable for oral administration may be presented in discrete units, such as capsules, cachets, lozenges, or tablets, each containing a predetermined amount of the peptide; as a powder or granules; as a solution or a suspension in an aqueous or non-aqueous liquid; or as an oil-in-water or water-in-oil emulsion.
  • Such compositions may be prepared by any suitable method of pharmacy which includes the step of bringing into association the peptide and a suitable carrier (which may contain one or more accessory ingredients as noted above).
  • compositions of the present disclosure are prepared by uniformly and intimately admixing the peptide with a liquid or finely divided solid carrier, or both, and then, if necessary, shaping the resulting mixture.
  • a tablet may be prepared by compressing or molding a powder or granules containing the peptide, optionally with one or more accessory ingredients.
  • Compressed tablets may be prepared by compressing, in a suitable machine, the compound in a free-flowing form, such as a powder or granules optionally mixed with a binder, lubricant, inert diluent, and/or surface active/dispersing agent(s).
  • Molded tablets may be made by molding, in a suitable machine, the powdered compound moistened with an inert liquid binder.
  • compositions suitable for buccal (sub-lingual) administration include lozenges comprising the peptide in a flavoured base, usually sucrose and acacia or tragacanth; and pastilles comprising the peptide in an inert base such as gelatin and glycerin or sucrose and acacia.
  • compositions of the present disclosure suitable for parenteral administration comprise sterile aqueous and non-aqueous injection solutions of the peptide, which preparations are preferably isotonic with the blood of the intended recipient. These preparations may contain anti-oxidants, buffers, bacteriostats and solutes which render the composition isotonic with the blood of the intended recipient.
  • Aqueous and non-aqueous sterile suspensions may include suspending agents and thickening agents.
  • the composition may be presented in unit ⁇ dose or multi-dose containers, for example sealed ampoules and vials, and may be stored in a freeze-dried (lyophilized) condition requiring only the addition of the sterile liquid carrier, for example, saline or water-for-injection immediately prior to use.
  • Extemporaneous injection solutions and suspensions may be prepared from sterile powders, granules and tablets of the kind previously described.
  • an injectable, stable, sterile composition comprising a peptide as defined herein, or a salt thereof, in a unit dosage form in a sealed container.
  • the peptide or salt is provided in the form of a lyophilizate which is capable of being reconstituted with a suitable pharmaceutically acceptable carrier to form a liquid composition suitable for injection thereof into a subject.
  • the unit dosage form typically comprises from about 10 mg to about 10 grams of the peptide or salt.
  • emulsifying agent which is physiologically acceptable may be employed in sufficient quantity to emulsify the compound or salt in an aqueous carrier.
  • emulsifying agent is phosphatidyl choline.
  • compositions suitable for rectal administration are preferably presented as unit dose suppositories. These may be prepared by admixing the peptide as defined herein with one or more conventional solid carriers, for example, cocoa butter, and then shaping the resulting mixture.
  • compositions suitable for topical application to the skin preferably take the form of an ointment, cream, lotion, paste, gel, spray, aerosol, or oil.
  • Carriers which may be used include petroleum jelly, lanoline, polyethylene glycols, alcohols, transdermal enhancers, and combinations of two or more thereof.
  • compositions suitable for transdermal administration may be presented as discrete patches adapted to remain in intimate contact with the epidermis of the recipient for a prolonged period of time.
  • Compositions suitable for transdermal administration may also be delivered by iontophoresis (see, for example, Pharmaceutical Research 3 (6):318 (1986)) and typically take the form of an optionally buffered aqueous solution of the peptide as defined herein.
  • Suitable compositions comprise citrate or bis ⁇ tris buffer (pH 6) or ethanol/water and contain from 0.1M to 0.2M active ingredient.
  • the present disclosure provides liposomal formulations of the peptide disclosed herein and salts thereof.
  • the technology for forming liposomal suspensions is well known in the art.
  • the peptide as defined herein or salt thereof is an aqueous-soluble salt
  • the peptide or salt will be substantially entrained within the hydrophilic center or core of the liposomes.
  • the lipid layer employed may be of any conventional composition and may either contain cholesterol or may be cholesterol-free.
  • the salt may be substantially entrained within the hydrophobic lipid bilayer which forms the structure of the liposome.
  • the liposomes which are produced may be reduced in size, as through the use of standard sonication and homogenization techniques.
  • the liposomal formulations containing the active agents disclosed herein or salts thereof may be lyophilized to produce a lyophilizate which may be reconstituted with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, such as water, to regenerate a liposomal suspension.
  • compositions may be prepared from the water-insoluble active agent disclosed herein, or salts thereof, such as aqueous base emulsions.
  • the composition will contain a sufficient amount of pharmaceutically acceptable emulsifying agent to emulsify the desired amount of the active agent or salt thereof.
  • Particularly useful emulsifying agents include phosphatidyl cholines, and lecithin.
  • the peptides of the present disclosure may be delivered to a subject in need thereof using a medical device, in particular using orthopedic medical devices.
  • medical devices that may be useful for delivering the peptides of the present disclosure include, but are not limited to, sponges (e.g., collagen sponges, gelatin sponges, or the like), dressing, gauges, stents, cages (e.g., intervertebral cages, fusion cages, or the like), bone cement, bone mixers, bone substitutes, pins, anchors, buttons, prostheses, screws (e.g., facet screws, pedicle screw systems, bone screws, or the like), spacers, intramedullary nails, stems (e.g., hip stems or the like), custom implants, plates (e.g., humerous plates, wrist plates, radius plates, cervical plates, lumbar plates or the like), and trauma products.
  • the peptides of the present disclosure may be incorporated into the materials used to make
  • the peptides of the present disclosure may be delivered to a subject in need thereof using a delivery device such as a particle (e.g., nanoparticles or microparticles) or an encapsulation system (e.g., microcapsules, microspheres).
  • a delivery device such as a particle (e.g., nanoparticles or microparticles) or an encapsulation system (e.g., microcapsules, microspheres).
  • the peptides of the present disclosure may be dispersed throughout the materials forming the delivery systems, such as for example, polymeric chains, or may be located into pores or cavities formed into the delivery system.
  • the release of the peptides from such delivery systems may be controlled (i.e., slow release, sustained release or controlled release). Examples of particles and particles and encapsulation systems that may be used to deliver the peptides of the present disclosure are well known in the art.
  • the pharmaceutical compositions may contain other additives, such as pH-adjusting additives.
  • useful pH-adjusting agents include acids, such as hydrochloric acid, bases or buffers, such as sodium lactate, sodium acetate, sodium phosphate, sodium citrate, sodium borate, or sodium gluconate.
  • the compositions may contain microbial preservatives.
  • Useful microbial preservatives include methylparaben, propylparaben, and benzyl alcohol. The microbial preservative is typically employed when the formulation is placed in a vial designed for multidose use.
  • kits comprising one or more peptides as defined herein together with instructions for use of kit according to the applications defined herein.
  • Peptides were manufactured according to a standard manufacturing process in peptide chemistry by solid phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) using the Fmoc (9-fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl) strategy (Merrifield, R. B. Solid phase peptide synthesis. I. The synthesis of a tetrapeptide. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1963, 85, 2149-2154). Identity of the peptides was verified by LC-MS. The purity (at least 95%) and the net peptide content of peptides were determined by RP-HPLC and elemental analysis, respectively.
  • MC-3T3 E1 clone 4 (CL4) osteoblast cells were obtained from ATCC (Manassas, Va., USA). Cells were cultured in ⁇ -MEM containing 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Pittsburgh, Pa., USA).
  • culture medium was changed to differentiation medium (DM), which contained 10% FBS plus 50 ⁇ g/mL ascorbic acid and 4 mM ⁇ -glycerol phosphate, with or without a test peptide (1 ⁇ g/mL in Table 8 or 1 ⁇ mon in Table 9).
  • DM differentiation medium
  • the cell monolayers were lysed in a modified radioimmunoprecipitation assay (RIPA) buffer. Total cellular protein in the lysates was determined using BCA (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Rockford, Ill., USA). Cell proteins are separated on SDS-PAGE gel and transferred on PVDF membrane for analysis.
  • Osteocalcin detection was performed using anti-osteocalcin antibody at 1:200 dilution (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc, Santa Cruz, Calif., USA) or at 1:3000 dilution (NPT Inc., Chapel Hill, N.C., USA) and visualized using enhanced chemiluminescence (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Rockford, Ill., USA).
  • the HBD1 (3-11) peptide as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 10 was manufactured according to a standard manufacturing process in peptide chemistry by solid phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) using the Fmoc (9-fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl) strategy (Merrifield, R. B. Solid phase peptide synthesis. I. The synthesis of a tetrapeptide. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1963, 85, 2149-2154). The identity of the peptide was verified by LC-MS. The purity (at least 95%) and the net peptide were determined by RP-HPLC and elemental analysis, respectively.
  • MC-3T3 E1 clone 4 (CL4) osteoblast cells were obtained from ATCC (Manassas, Va., USA). Cells were cultured in ⁇ -MEM containing 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Pittsburgh, Pa., USA).
  • culture medium was changed to differentiation medium (DM), which contained 10% FBS plus 50 ⁇ g/mL ascorbic acid and 4 mM f3-glycerol phosphate, with or without an ascending dose of the peptide from 0.1 ⁇ g/mL to 4 ⁇ g/mL.
  • DM differentiation medium
  • the cell monolayers were lysed in a modified radioimmunoprecipitation assay (RIPA) buffer. Total cellular protein in the lysates was determined using BCA (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Rockford, Ill., USA). Cell proteins are separated on SDS-PAGE gel and transferred on PVDF membrane for analysis.
  • Osteocalcin detection was performed using anti-osteocalcin antibody at 1:200 dilution (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc, Santa Cruz, Calif., USA) and visualized using enhanced chemiluminescence (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Rockford, Ill., USA).
  • HBD1 (3-11) was tested at several doses in the osteoblast differentiation assay.
  • the results of this experiment are summarized in Table 10 below.
  • the results show that this peptide improved osteoblast differentiation in a dose-dependent fashion, exhibiting high potency at the highest doses tested.
  • the peptides were manufactured according to a standard manufacturing process in peptide chemistry by solid phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) using the Fmoc (9-fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl) strategy (Merrifield, R. B. Solid phase peptide synthesis. I. The synthesis of a tetrapeptide. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1963, 85, 2149-2154). Identity of peptides was verified by LC-MS. The purity (at least 95%) and the net peptide content of peptides were determined by RP-HPLC and elemental analysis, respectively.
  • MC-3T3 E1 clone 4 (CL4) osteoblast cells were obtained from ATCC (Manassas, Va., USA). Cells were cultured in ⁇ -MEM containing 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Pittsburgh, Pa., USA). After confluency, culture medium was changed to differentiation medium (DM), which contained 10% FBS plus 50 ⁇ g/mL ascorbic acid and 4 mM ⁇ -glycerol phosphate, with or without a test peptide (1 ⁇ g/mL).
  • FBS fetal bovine serum
  • the cell monolayers were lysed in a modified radioimmunoprecipitation assay (RIPA) buffer.
  • Total cellular protein in the lysates was determined using BCA (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Rockford, Ill., USA). Cell proteins are separated on SDS-PAGE gel and transferred on PVDF membrane for analysis. Osteocalcin detection was performed using anti-osteocalcin antibody at 1:200 dilution (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc, Santa Cruz, Calif., USA) and visualized using enhanced chemiluminescence (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Rockford, Ill., USA).
  • the peptides were manufactured according to a standard manufacturing process in peptide chemistry by solid phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) using the Fmoc (9-fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl) strategy (Merrifield, R. B. Solid phase peptide synthesis. I. The synthesis of a tetrapeptide. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1963, 85, 2149-2154). Identity of peptides was verified by LC-MS. The purity (at least 95%) and the net peptide content of peptides were determined by RP-HPLC and elemental analysis, respectively.
  • MC-3T3 E1 clone 4 (CL4) osteoblast cells were obtained from ATCC (Manassas, Va., USA). Cells were cultured in ⁇ -MEM containing 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Pittsburgh, Pa., USA).
  • culture medium was changed to differentiation medium (DM), which contained 10% FBS plus 50 ⁇ g/mL ascorbic acid and 4 mM ⁇ -glycerol phosphate, with or without a test peptide (1 ⁇ mon).
  • DM differentiation medium
  • the cell monolayers were lysed in a modified radioimmunoprecipitation assay (RIPA) buffer. Total cellular protein in the lysates was determined using BCA (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Rockford, Ill., USA). Cell proteins are separated on SDS-PAGE gel and transferred on PVDF membrane for analysis.
  • Osteocalcin detection was performed using anti-osteocalcin antibody at 1:3000 dilution (NPT Inc., Chapel Hill, N.C., USA) and visualized using enhanced chemiluminescence (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Rockford, Ill., USA).
  • E acidic amino acid
  • E at position 8 could be substituted by R, (basic amino acid), F, I or P (non-polar, hydrophobic amino acids), or S (polar, uncharged amino acid), with all peptides mono-substituted at position 8 being biologically active on the osteoblast differentiation assay (see Table 12) Similar results were obtained by performing substitutions of amino acids 9 (P), 10, (K) and 11 (K) of the parent HBD1 (3-11) peptide (Tables 12 and 13).
  • substitutions generated peptides with increased potency when compared to the parent HBD1 (3-11) peptide.
  • substitution of K at position 11 by I, P or S resulted in peptides with 2 to 3 fold the potency of the parent HBD1 (3-11) peptide
  • substitution of K at position 10 by Q or Y resulted in peptides with 2 to 3 fold the potency of the parent HBD1 (3-11) peptide.
  • the peptide backbones were manufactured according to a standard manufacturing process in peptide chemistry by solid phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) using the Fmoc (9-fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl) strategy (Merrifield, R. B. Solid phase peptide synthesis. I. The synthesis of a tetrapeptide. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1963, 85, 2149-2154). Identity of peptides was verified by LC-MS. The purity (at least 95%) and the net peptide content of peptides were determined by RP-UPLC and elemental analysis, respectively.
  • Peptides were modified with 20 kDa mPEG-maleimide (NOF, Japan) coupled to a cysteine residue at either N- or C-terminus.
  • the resulting crude mono-PEGylated peptide was purified on cation exchange column. Fractions containing the PEGylated peptides were pooled and diafiltered (using a polyethersulfane (PES) filter with a NMWL of 5,000 Da) with 0.9% Sodium chloride until conductivity was stable.
  • PES polyethersulfane
  • the purified PEGylated peptides were analysed by MALDI-MS and RP-UPLC in order to determine the identity and the purity (at least 97%) of these modified peptides.
  • the lack of unmodified peptides (unPEGylated peptides) was checked by SDS-PAGE.
  • the PEGylated peptide concentrations were determined by UV.
  • MC-3T3 E1 clone 4 (CL4) osteoblast cells were obtained from ATCC (Manassas, Va., USA). Cells were cultured in ⁇ -MEM containing 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Pittsburgh, Pa., USA). After confluency, culture medium was changed to differentiation medium (DM), which contained 10% FBS plus 50 ⁇ g/mL ascorbic acid and 4 mM ⁇ -glycerol phosphate, with or without a test peptide (2 ⁇ g/mL).
  • FBS fetal bovine serum
  • DM differentiation medium
  • the cell monolayers were lysed in a modified radioimmunoprecipitation assay (RIPA) buffer.
  • Total cellular protein in the lysates was determined using BCA (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Rockford, Ill., USA). Cell proteins are separated on SD S-PAGE gel and transferred on PVDF membrane for analysis. Osteocalcin detection was performed using anti-osteocalcin antibody at 1:200 dilution (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc, Santa Cruz, Calif., USA) and visualized using enhanced chemiluminescence (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Rockford, Ill., USA).
  • PEGylation of the peptides of the present disclosure may be a suitable conjugation method to improve pharmacokinetic profile while preserving or enhancing in vitro biological activity.
  • the peptides were manufactured according to a standard manufacturing process in peptide chemistry by solid phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) using the Fmoc (9-fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl) strategy (Merrifield, R. B. Solid phase peptide synthesis. I. The synthesis of a tetrapeptide. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1963, 85, 2149-2154). Identity of peptides was verified by LC-MS. The purity (at least 95%) and the net peptide content of peptides were determined by RP-UPLC and elemental analysis, respectively.
  • MC-3T3 E1 clone 4 (CL4) osteoblast cells were obtained from ATCC (Manassas, Va., USA). Cells were cultured in ⁇ -MEM containing 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Pittsburgh, Pa., USA). After confluency, culture medium was changed to differentiation medium (DM), which contained 10% FBS plus 50 ⁇ g/mL ascorbic acid and 4 mM ⁇ -glycerol phosphate, with or without a test peptide (1 ⁇ g/L).
  • FBS fetal bovine serum
  • the cell monolayers were lysed in a modified radioimmunoprecipitation assay (RIPA) buffer.
  • Total cellular protein in the lysates was determined using BCA (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Rockford, Ill., USA). Cell proteins are separated on SDS-PAGE gel and transferred on PVDF membrane for analysis. Osteocalcin detection was performed using anti-osteocalcin antibody at 1:200 dilution (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc, Santa Cruz, Calif., USA) and visualized using enhanced chemiluminescence (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Rockford, Ill., USA).
  • acylation or cyclization of the peptides of the present disclosure may be a suitable method to improve pharmacokinetic profile while preserving the in vitro biological activity.
  • Peptides were manufactured according to a standard manufacturing process in peptide chemistry by solid phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) using the Fmoc (9-fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl) strategy (Merrifield, R. B. Solid phase peptide synthesis. I. The synthesis of a tetrapeptide. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1963, 85, 2149-2154). Identity of the peptides was verified by LC-MS. The purity (at least 95%) and the net peptide content of peptides were determined by RP-HPLC and elemental analysis, respectively.
  • MC-3T3 E1 clone 4 (CL4) osteoblast cells were obtained from ATCC (Manassas, Va., USA). Cells were cultured in ⁇ -MEM containing 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Pittsburgh, Pa., USA). After confluency, culture medium was changed to differentiation medium (DM), which contained 10% FBS plus 50 ⁇ g/mL ascorbic acid and 4 mM ⁇ -glycerol phosphate, with or without an ascending dose of the peptide.
  • FBS fetal bovine serum
  • the cell monolayers were lysed in a modified radioimmunoprecipitation assay (RIPA) buffer.
  • Total cellular protein in the lysates was determined using BCA (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Rockford, Ill., USA). Cell proteins are separated on SDS-PAGE gel and transferred on PVDF membrane for analysis. Osteocalcin detection was performed using anti-osteocalcin antibody at 1:200 dilution (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc, Santa Cruz, Calif., USA) and visualized using enhanced chemiluminescence (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Rockford, Ill., USA). The results of this experiment are summarized in Tables 19 and 20 below.
  • an acylated HBD1 (3-11) fragment, a HBD1 (3-11) fragment with amino acid substitutions at the C-terminus, as well as truncated HBD1 (3-11) fragment with an amino acid substitution at the C-terminus (i.e., HBD1 (3-10) with an amino acid substitution at the C-terminus), as identified in Tables 19, 20 and 21, were tested at several doses in the osteoblast differentiation assay.
  • the results show that these peptides improved osteoblast differentiation in a dose-dependent fashion, exhibiting high potency at the highest doses tested. This suggests a therapeutic potential for acylated HBD1 (3-11), for C-terminal analogs of HBD1 (3-11) and for C-terminal analogs of HBD1 (3-10) in bone disorders.
  • the peptides HBD1 (1-13), HBD1 (3-11), cyclic HBD1 (3-11), HBD1 (1-13) with palmitic acid at the N-terminus (C16:0), HBD1 (3-11) with palmitic acid at the N-terminus (C16:0)) and HBD1 (3-11) with stearic acid at the N-terminus (C18:0) were manufactured according to a standard manufacturing process in peptide chemistry by solid phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) using the Fmoc (9-fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl) strategy (Merrifield, R. B. Solid phase peptide synthesis. I. The synthesis of a tetrapeptide. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1963, 85, 2149-2154). Identity of peptides was verified by LC-MS. The purity (at least 95%) and the net peptide content of peptides were determined by RP-HPLC and elemental analysis, respectively.
  • peptides were spiked at 1 ⁇ g/mL (peptide backbone) into pre-warmed human K 2 EDTA plasma (at 37° C.) and incubated for up to 48 hours. Aliquots of plasma were extracted at specific time points (0, 24 and 48 hours post spike).
  • HBD1 (1-13) was markedly degraded in human plasma (29% and 18% remaining parent peptide after 24 and 48 hours incubation at 37° C., respectively).
  • the N-terminal acylation of HBD1 (1-13) with palmitic acid (SEQ ID NO: 78) markedly improved the stability of the parent peptide (52% versus 18% remaining parent peptide after 48 hours incubation at 37° C.). This result indicates that acylation at the N-terminus protects this peptide against peptidase degradation in human plasma.
  • a shorter 9 amino acids peptide HBD1 (3-11) was very stable in human plasma with minor degradation detected after 24 and 48 hours incubation at 37° C.
  • Cyclic and N-terminal acylated HBD1 (3-11) (with palmitic or stearic acid) (SEQ ID NOs: 77, 72 and 73 respectively) had a plasma stability profile similar to that of the corresponding unconjugated linear peptide HBD1 (3-11).
  • Example 10 Pharmacokinetic of HBD1 Fragments in Male Sprague Dawley Rats after Intravenous and Subcutaneous Injection
  • HBD1 (1-13), HBD1 (3-11), cyclic HBD1 (3-11), HBD1 (3-11) with palmitic acid at the N-terminus (C16:0) and HBD1 (3-11) with stearic acid at the N-terminus (C18:0) were manufactured according to a standard manufacturing process in peptide chemistry by solid phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) using the Fmoc (9-fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl) strategy (Merrifield, R. B. Solid phase peptide synthesis. I. The synthesis of a tetrapeptide. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1963, 85, 2149-2154). Identity of peptides was verified by LC-MS. The purity (at least 95%) and the net peptide content of peptides were determined by RP-HPLC and elemental analysis, respectively.
  • the peptides were reconstituted in saline (0.9% NaCl). Three male Sprague Dawley rats were used per group. Intravenous doses were administered into a lateral tail vein at the dose of 1 ⁇ mol net peptide/kg. Subcutaneous doses were administered into the right flank of each animal, also at the dose of 1 ⁇ mol net peptide/kg. Following dosing, serial whole blood samples (ca. 0.25 mL) were collected from a lateral tail vein into K 2 EDTA treated containers. Following each blood sample collection, samples were placed into a cooling block at 4° C. Samples were collected prior to dosing then at 2, 5, 15 and 30 minutes then 1, 2, 4, 6 and 8 and 24 hours post dose for intravenous injection and at 15 and 30 minutes then 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 24 hours post dose for subcutaneous injection.
  • Plasma samples were centrifuged at 10000 ⁇ g for 2 minutes at 4° C. and resultant plasma aspirated off into clean fully, labelled tubes. Plasma samples were snap frozen following aspiration then stored at ⁇ 80° C. Peptides were extracted and analyzed as described in Example 9. The limits of quantification of these methods were 0.001 nmol/mL for cyclic HBD1 (3-11) and HBD1 (3-11) and 0.003 nmol/mL for HBD1 (1-13). All values below these limits of quantification were considered as zero.
  • HBD1 (3-11) Animals dosed with HBD1 (1-13) and HBD1 (3-11) showed no quantifiable exposure after administration by either dose route, therefore no pharmacokinetic parameters could be calculated for these two peptides.
  • cyclic HBD1 (3-11) administration resulted in detectable plasma levels for up to 8 hours and 4 hours after intravenous and subcutaneous administration respectively and all HBD1 (3-11) with palmitic acid at the N-terminus (C16:0) and HBD1 (3-11) with stearic acid at the N-terminus (C18:0) dosed animals showed exposure up to 8 hours by either dose routes.
  • FIG. 1 and 2 illustrate graphs showing the pharmacokinetic profiles of cyclic HBD1 (3-11), HBD1 (3-11) with palmitic acid at the N-terminus (C16:0) and HBD1 with stearic acid at the N-terminus (C18:0) after single intravenous and subcutaneous injection in Sprague Dawley rats respectively. Individual values represent the mean of the values obtained for three different rats.
  • the pharmacokinetic parameters for cyclic HBD1 (3-11), HBD1 (3-11) with palmitic acid at the N-terminus (C16:0) and HBD1 (3-11) with stearic acid at the N-terminus (C18:0) after intravenous (iv) and subcutaneous (sc) injection are summarized in Table 23.
  • HBD1 (3-11) rapidly diffuse from the subcutaneous site of injection to the blood.
  • HBD1 (3-11) with stearic acid at the N-terminus (C18:0) showed better intravenous and subcutaneous exposure and bioavailability in rats than HBD1 (3-11) with palmitic acid at the N-terminus (C16:0) and cyclic HBD1 (3-11) (9.28 vs 4.46 and 2.09 h*nmol/mL for iv injection, 4.81 vs 1.57 or 0.99 h*nmol/mL for sc injection, and 52 vs 35 and 48% respectively).
  • Example 11 Pharmacokinetic of Acylated HBD-1 Fragment Analogs in Male Sprague Dawley Rats after Subcutaneous Injection
  • SPPS solid phase peptide synthesis
  • the peptides were reconstituted in saline (0.9% NaCl). Three male Sprague Dawley rats (approximately 6 weeks of age) were used per group. Subcutaneous doses were administered into the right flank of each animal at the target dose level of ⁇ mol net peptide/kg. Following dosing, serial whole blood samples (ca. 0.3 mL) were collected from retro-orbital sinus into K 2 EDTA treated containers. Following each blood sample collection, samples were placed into a cooling block at 4° C. Samples were collected prior to dosing then at 15 and 30 minutes then 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 24 hours post dose for subcutaneous injection. Blood samples were centrifuged at 3500 ⁇ rpm for 10 minutes at 4° C.
  • Plasma samples were snap frozen following aspiration then stored at ⁇ 80° C.
  • the peptides were extracted with acetonitrile:water (75:25, v/v) and analyzed using developed LC-MS/MS methods as described in Example 9.
  • the limits of detection of these methods are 0.003 nmol/mL for HBD1 (1-13) with palmitic acid at the N-terminus (C16:0), 0.0008 nmol/mL for HBD1 (3-11) with palmitic acid at the N-terminus (C16:0), 0.0070 nmol/mL for HBD1 (3-11) with stearic acid at the N-terminus (C18:0), and 0.0015 nmol/mL for HBD1 (3-11) with myristic acid at the N-terminus (C14:0), HBD1 (3-11) with arachidic acid at the N-terminus (C20:0), HBD1 (3-11) with palmitic diacid at the N-terminus (C16:0-diacid), HBD1 (3-11) with palmitic acid at the C-terminus (C16:0). All values below these limits of quantification were considered as zero.
  • the pharmacokinetic parameters for each peptide after subcutaneous injection are summarized in Table 24.
  • peptide administration resulted in significant plasma levels for up to 8 hours after subcutaneous administration whatever the acylated peptide tested.
  • HBD1 (3-11) with stearic acid at the N-terminus (C18:0) The data from Table 24 and FIG. 3 show that higher peptide exposure was obtained with HBD1 (3-11) with stearic acid at the N-terminus (C18:0).
  • the use of longer acyl chain conjugated to the peptide increases the exposure of the corresponding acylated peptide due most likely to a stronger interaction with serum proteins (e.g., albumin)
  • serum proteins e.g., albumin
  • HBD1 (3-11) with arachidic acid at the N-terminus (C20:0) has a lower exposure than HBD1 (3-11) with stearic acid at the N-terminus (C18:0) possibly due to a lower bioavailability of this peptide after subcutaneous injection.
  • HBD1 (3-11) with stearic acid at the N-terminus (C18:0) is biologically active, stable in human plasma and has a bioavailability and exposure in rat that are enhanced vs the unacylated HBD1 peptide and other acylated peptides.
  • HBD1 (3-11) with stearic acid at the N-terminus (C18:0) could be a potential drug candidate in human as a bone anabolic drug with a suitable regimen of administration, such as for example a once-a-day subcutaneous administration.
  • Example 12 Pharmacokinetic of HBD1 Fragments in GOttingen Minipigs after Intravenous and Subcutaneous Injection
  • HBD1 (3-11) with stearic acid at the N-terminus (C18:0) was manufactured according to a standard manufacturing process in peptide chemistry by solid phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) using the Fmoc (9-fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl) strategy (Merrifield, R. B. Solid phase peptide synthesis. I. The synthesis of a tetrapeptide. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1963, 85, 2149-2154). Identity of the peptide was verified by LC-MS. The purity (at least 95%) and the net peptide content was determined by RP-HPLC and elemental analysis, respectively.
  • the peptide was reconstituted in saline (0.9% NaCl). Three Göttingen minipigs (approximately 8-10 months of age) were used per group. Intravenous doses were administered into an ear vein at the dose of 0.5 ⁇ mol net peptide/kg. Subcutaneous doses were administered into the right flank of each animal, also at the dose of 0.5 ⁇ mol net peptide/kg. Following dosing, serial whole blood samples (ca. 0.25 mL) were collected from a jugular vein into K 2 EDTA treated containers. Following each blood sample collection, samples were placed into a cooling block at 4° C. Samples were collected prior to dosing then at 5 and 30 minutes then 1, 2, 4, 8, 25, 48, 72 and 96 hours post dose for intravenous injection and at 15 and 30 minutes then 1, 2, 4, 8, 25, 48, 72 and 96 hours post dose for subcutaneous injection.
  • Plasma samples were centrifuged at 10000 ⁇ g for 2 minutes at 4° C. and resultant plasma aspirated off into clean fully, labelled tubes. Plasma samples were snap frozen following aspiration then stored at ⁇ 80° C. Peptide extraction and analysis were performed as described in Example 9. The limit of quantification of this method is 0.0015 nmol/mL. All values below this limit of quantification are considered as zero. The results are presented in FIG. 4 .
  • HBD1 (3-11) with stearic acid at the N-terminus (C18:0) was manufactured according to a standard manufacturing process in peptide chemistry by solid phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) using the Fmoc (9-fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl) strategy (Merrifield, R. B. Solid phase peptide synthesis. I. The synthesis of a tetrapeptide. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1963, 85, 2149-2154). Identity of the peptide was verified by LC-MS. The purity (at least 95%) and the net peptide content was determined by RP-HPLC and elemental analysis, respectively.
  • BMD Bone Mineral Density
  • the peptide was reconstituted in saline solution (0.9% NaCl) and administered subcutaneously twice a day at the doses of 0.8 mg/kg (low), 1.6 mg/kg (med) or 3.2 mg/kg (high) in a volume of 1 mL/kg.
  • the control group was administered twice a day with saline by s.c. administration. Rats were weighed once a week and the volume of dosing solution administered was adjusted accordingly.
  • FIGS. 5A, 5B and 5C show the percent increase from OVX animals HBD1 (3-11) with stearic acid at the N-terminus (C18:0) groups for following selected parameters: Bone Volume Fraction (BV/TV; %), Trabecular number (Tb.N; mm ⁇ 1 ) and Connectivity Density (Conn.D; mm ⁇ 3 ).
  • FIG. 6A shows the percent increase from OVX animals in group treated with high dose of HBD1 (3-11) with stearic acid at the N-terminus (C18:0) in compression test in lumbar vertebral body for following selected parameters: Maximal load (N), Energy absorption at maximal load (mJ) and Stress at maximal load (MPa).
  • N Maximal load
  • mJ Energy absorption at maximal load
  • MPa Stress at maximal load
  • 6B illustrates the percent increase from OVX animals in group treated with high dose of HBD1 (3-11) with stearic acid at the N-terminus (C18:0) in cantilever bending test in femoral neck for following selected parameters: Load (N) and Energy (mJ) at maximal load point; Load (N) and Energy (mJ) at break point.
  • HBD1 (3-11) with stearic acid at the N-terminus (C18:0) has anabolic effect on bone in ovariectomized rat.
  • BV/TV percent bone volume fraction
  • Tb.N trabecular number
  • Conn.D connectivity density
  • 3.2 mg/kg BID dose of HBD1 (3-11) with stearic acid at the N-terminus (C18:0) increased bone strength as indicated by improved biomechanical properties (in particular maximal load, energy absorption at maximal load and stress at maximal load) of lumar vertebrae and of femoral neck (in particular load at break point) as presented in FIGS. 6A and 6B .
  • HBD1 (3-11) with stearic acid at the N-terminus (C18:0) and the peptides of the present disclosure may induce bone formation. This may imply a therapeutic potential in a number of bone-related disorders, including osteoporosis, osteogenesis imperfecta, and other disorders associated with impaired bone metabolism.

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