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- the present invention relates to a method of preventive treatment of allergy to an allergen in a subject comprising administering an allergy vaccine to a mucosal surface of the subject.
- Allergy is a complex disease. Many factors contribute to the sensitisation event. Among these is the susceptibility of the individual defined by an as yet insufficiently understood interplay between several genes. Another important factor is allergen exposure above certain thresholds. Several environmental factors may be important in the sensitisation process including pollution, childhood infections, parasite infections, intestinal microorganisms, etc. Once an individual is sensitised and the allergic immune response established, the presence of only minute amounts of allergen is efficiently translated into symptoms.
- the natural course of allergic disease is usually accompanied by aggravation at two levels. Firstly, a progression of symptoms and disease severity, as well as disease progression, for example from hay fever to asthma. Secondly, dissemination in offending allergens most often occurs resulting in allergic multi-reactivity. Chronic inflammation leads to a general weakening of the mucosal defense mechanisms resulting in unspecific irritation and eventually destruction of the mucosal tissue. Infants may become sensitised primarily to foods, i.e. milk, resulting in eczema or gastrointestinal disorders; however, most often they outgrow these symptoms spontaneously. These infants are at risk of developing inhalation allergy later in their lives.
- the most important allergen sources are found among the most prevalent particles of a certain size in the air we breathe. These sources are remarkably universal and include grass pollens and house dust mite faecal particles, which together are responsible for approximately 50% of all allergies. Of global importance are also animal dander, i.e. cat and dog dander, other pollens, such as mugwort pollens, and micro-fungi, such as Alternaria. On a regional basis yet other pollens may dominate, such as birch pollen in Northern and Central Europe, ragweed in the Eastern and Central United States, and Japanese cedar pollen in Japan. Insects, i.e. bee and wasp venoms, and foods each account for approximately 2% of all allergies.
- Allergy i.e. type I hyper-sensitivity, is caused by an inappropriate immunological reaction to foreign non-pathogenic substances.
- Important clinical manifestations of allergy include asthma, hay fever, eczema, and gastro intestinal disorders.
- the allergic reaction is prompt and peaks within 20 minutes upon contact with the offending allergen.
- the allergic reaction is specific in the sense that a particular individual is sensitised to particular allergen(s), whereas the individual does not necessarily show an allergic reaction to other substances known to cause allergic disease.
- the allergic phenotype is characterized by a pronounced inflammation of the mucosa of the target organ and by the presence of allergen specific antibody of the IgE class in the circulation and on the surfaced of mast-cells and basophils.
- An allergic attack is initiated by the reaction of the foreign allergen with allergen specific IgE antibodies, when the antibodies are bound to high affinity IgE specific receptors on the surface of mast-cells and basophils.
- the mast-cells and basophils contain preformed mediators, i.e. histamine, tryptase, and other substances, which are released upon cross-linking of two or more receptor-bound IgE antibodies.
- IgE antibodies are cross-linked by the simultaneous binding of one allergen molecule. It therefore follows that a foreign substance having only one antibody binding epitope does not initiate an allergic reaction.
- the cross-linking of receptor bound IgE on the surface of mast-cells also leads to release of signaling molecules responsible for the attraction of eosinophils, allergen specific T-cells, and other types of cells to the site of the allergic response. These cells in interplay with allergen, IgE and effector cells, lead to a renewed flash of symptoms occurring 12-24 hours after allergen encounter (late phase reaction).
- Allergy disease management comprises diagnosis and treatment including prophylactic treatments.
- Diagnosis of allergy is concerned with by the demonstration of allergen specific IgE and identification of the allergen source. In many cases a careful anamnesis may be sufficient for the diagnosis of allergy and for the identification of the offending allergen source material. Most often, however, the diagnosis is supported by objective measures, such as skin prick test, blood test, or provocation test.
- the therapeutic options fall in three major categories.
- the first opportunity is allergen avoidance or reduction of the exposure. Whereas allergen avoidance is obvious e.g. in the case of food allergens, it may be difficult or expensive, as for house dust mite allergens, or it may be impossible, as for pollen allergens.
- the second and most widely used therapeutic option is the prescription of classical symptomatic drugs like anti-histamines and steroids. Symptomatic drugs are safe and efficient; however, they do not alter the natural cause of the disease, neither do they control the disease dissemination.
- the third therapeutic alternative is specific allergy vaccination that in most cases reduces or alleviates the allergic symptoms caused by the allergen in question.
- a specific immune response such as the production of antibodies against a particular pathogen
- an adaptive immune response is known as an adaptive immune response. This response can be distinguished from the innate immune response, which is an unspecific reaction towards pathogens.
- An allergy vaccine is bound to address the adaptive immune response, which includes cells and molecules with antigen specificity, such as T-cells and the antibody producing B-cells. B-cells cannot mature into antibody producing cells without help from T-cells of the corresponding specificity. T-cells that participate in the stimulation of allergic immune responses are primarily of the Th2 type. Establishment of a new balance between TM and Th2 cells has been proposed to be beneficial and central to the immunological mechanism of specific allergy vaccination.
- Th2 cells Whether this is brought about by a reduction in Th2 cells, a shift from Th2 to Th1 cells, or an up-regulation of Th1 cells is controversial.
- regulatory T-cells have been proposed to be important for the mechanism of allergy vaccination. According to this model regulatory T-cells, i.e. Th3 or Tr1 cells, down-regulate both Th1 and Th2 cells of the corresponding antigen specificity.
- an active vaccine must have the capacity to stimulate allergen specific T-cells, preferably TH 1 cells.
- Fanta et al. (Int. Arch. Allergy Immunol, 1999, 120: 218-224) relates to a study of the immunological changes induced by SLIT in group of grass pollen allergic patients selected according to the criteria of having clinical symptoms (rhinitis and/or seasonal bronchial asthma) during the grass pollen season, a positive skin prick test to grass pollen extracts, and specific IgE to grass pollen as determined by RAST-CAP.
- the SLIT was carried out by sublingual administration of drops of allergen extract.
- WO 95/17208 discloses a method of prevention of allergic disease comprising administering to a previously unsensitised subject a dose of allergen effective to induce establishment of a stable population of allergen- specific T-helper-1-like memory lymphocytes capable of inhibiting activity of allergen-specific T-helper-2-like lymphocytes.
- the subject to be treated is preferably between 3 months and 7 years.
- allergen e.g. house dust mites, grass pollen and tree pollen are mentioned.
- the administration of the allergen may be carried out by the oral, intranasal, oronasal, rectal, intradermal, intramuscular or subcutaneous route.
- the home page www.immunetolerance.org discloses e.g. a planned clinical study of preventive treatment of children without sensitisation to inhalants, wherein sublingual drops containing either allergen (house dust mite, timothy grass and cat) are administered to the children, and wherein the children are followed for the development of allergy for three years.
- allergen house dust mite, timothy grass and cat
- the children recruited for the study have a history of atopic dermatitis or food allergy and their biological mother or father or one sibling has a history of atopy.
- the object of the present invention is to provide an improved method of preventive treatment of individuals, in particular children.
- This object is obtained with the present invention, which relates to a method of preventive treatment of allergy to an allergen in a subject comprising administering an allergy vaccine containing the allergen as active substance to a mucosal surface of the subject,
- the subject to be treated is free of clinical symptoms of the allergy associated with the allergen
- the preventive treatment is aimed at preventing or reducing subsequent clinical symptoms of the allergy associated with the allergen.
- the invention is based on the novel finding that it is possible to prevent symptoms of allergy to an allergen from developing in an individual, whose immune system has been exposed to the allergen, but wherein the immune response has not yet progressed into a state involving clinical symptoms, such as rhinitis, conjunctivitis, rhinorrhea, nasal obstruction, sinusitis, sneezing, atopic dermatitis, itching, watery eyes, watery nose, wheezing and skin irritation. It has hitherto been believed that in order to achieve an effective preventive treatment of an allergy the individual to be treated should be unsensitised.
- the mechanism involved in prevention of an allergy is induction of oral tolerance corresponding to that induced in the gastrointestinal tract by dietary antigens.
- the preventive treatment is most effective when carried out as soon after sensitisation as possible before the immune system response begins to shift further toward an allergic Th2 cell response.
- it is in general advantageous to treat children as young as possible once they have been exposed to an allergen.
- treatment may be effected with smaller doses, fewer administrations and/or a shorter period of treatment compared to specific allergy vaccination of adults with developed clinical symptoms. Due to the mildness of the protocol of the preventive treatment, it is suitable for use in general vaccination programs of all children or large groups of selected children.
- sensitised persons are the persons most likely to develop allergy, and hence sensitised persons constitute the most relevant group of persons for subjecting to preventive treatment.
- the invention further relates to the use of an allergen for the manufacture of a mucosal vaccine for the preventive treatment of allergy in a subject,
- preventive treatment is aimed at preventing or reducing subsequent clinical symptoms of the allergy associated with the allergen.
- Fig. 1A shows clinical data (number of sneezes) in sensitized mice challenged intranasally with either 5000 SQ PhI p or Buffer.
- Fig. 1 B shows the serum IgE level in sensitized mice challenged intranasally with either 5000 SQ PhI p or Buffer.
- Fig. 1C shows the BAL IgE level in sensitized mice challenged intranasally with either 5000 SQ PhI p or Buffer.
- Fig. 1 D shows the NAL IgE level in sensitized mice challenged intranasally with either 5000 SQ PhI p or Buffer.
- Fig. 1E shows the NAL eosinophil level in sensitized mice challenged intranasally with either 5000 SQ PhI p or Buffer.
- Fig. 2A shows clinical data (number of sneezes) in sensitized mice subjected to either SLIT or buffer treatment and challenged intranasally with PhI p.
- Fig. 2B shows airway hyperresponsiveness in response to metacholine challenge (as measured by Penh values) in sensitized mice subjected to either SLIT or buffer treatment and challenged intranasally with PhI p.
- Fig. 3A shows the serum IgE level in sensitized mice subjected to either SLIT or buffer treatment and challenged intranasally with PhI p.
- Fig. 3B shows the serum IgG 1 level in sensitized mice subjected to either SLIT or buffer treatment and challenged intranasally with PhI p.
- Fig. 4A shows the BAL IgE level in sensitized mice subjected to either SLIT or buffer treatment and challenged intranasally with PhI p.
- Fig. 4B shows the NAL IgE level in sensitized mice subjected to either SLIT or buffer treatment and challenged intranasally with PhI p.
- Fig. 4C shows the BAL IgA level in sensitized mice subjected to either SLIT or buffer treatment and challenged intranasally with PhI p.
- Fig. 4D shows the NAL IgA level in sensitized mice subjected to either SLIT or buffer treatment and challenged intranasally with PhI p.
- Fig. 5A shows the eosinophil peroxidase level in BAL in sensitized mice subjected to either SLIT or buffer treatment and challenged intranasally with PhI p.
- Fig. 5B shows the eosinophil peroxidase level in NAL in sensitized mice subjected to either SLIT or buffer treatment and challenged intranasally with PhI p.
- Fig. 6A shows the T cell proliferation in splen in sensitized mice subjected to either SLIT or buffer treatment and challenged intranasally with PhI p.
- Fig. 6B shows the T cell proliferation in lymph nodes (LN) cells in sensitized mice subjected to either SLIT or buffer treatment and challenged intranasally with PhI p.
- the allergen of the formulation according to the present invention may be any naturally occurring protein that has been reported to induce allergic, i.e.
- IgE IgE mediated, reactions upon their repeated exposure to an individual.
- allergens examples include pollen allergens (tree-, herb, weed-, and grass pollen allergens), insect allergens (inhalant, saliva and venom allergens, e.g. mite allergens, cockroach and midges allergens, hymenopthera venom allergens), animal hair and dandruff allergens (from e.g. dog, cat, horse, rat, mouse etc.), and food allergens.
- Important pollen allergens from trees, grasses and herbs are such originating from the taxonomic orders of Fagales, Oleales, Pinales and platanaceae including i.a.
- birch (Betula), alder (Alnus), hazel (Corylus), hornbeam (Carpinus) and olive (Olea), cedar (Cryptomeria and Juniperus), Plane tree (Platanus), the order of Poales including i.a. grasses of the genera Lolium, Phleum, Poa,
- Other important inhalation allergens are those from house dust mites of the genus Dermatophagoides and Euroglyphus, storage mite e.g Lepidoglyphys, Glycyphagus and Tyrophagus, those from cockroaches, midges and fleas e.g.
- venom allergens from fungi are i.a. such originating from the genera Alternaria and Cladosporium.
- the allergen is Bet v 1 , AIn g 1 , Cor a 1 and Car b 1 , Que a 1 , Cry j 1 , Cry j 2 , Cup a 1 , Cup s 1 , Jun a 1 , Jun a 2, jun a 3, Ole e 1 , Lig v 1 , PIa 1 1 , PIa a 2, Amb a 1 , Amb a 2, Amb t 5, Art v 1 , Art v 2 Par j 1 , Par j 2, Par j 3, Sal k 1 , Ave e 1 , Cyn d 1 , Cyn d 7, Dae g 1 , Fes p 1 , HoI I 1 , LoI p 1 and 5, Pha a 1 , Pas n 1 , PhI p 1 , PhI p 5, PhI p 6, Poa p 1 , Poa p 5, Sec c 1 , Sec c 5, So
- the allergen is selected from the group consisting of a tree pollen allergen, a grass pollen allergen, a dust mite allergen, a herb allergen and an animal allergen.
- the allergen is selected from the group consisting of a grass pollen allergen, a dust mite allergen, a ragweed allergen, a cedar pollen, a cat allergen and a birch allergen.
- the formulation comprises at least two different types of allergens either originating from the same allergic source or originating from different allergenic sources e.g.
- the allergen incorporated into the formulation may be in the form of an extract, a purified allergen, a modified allergen, a recombinant allergen or a mutant of a recombinant allergen.
- An allergenic extract may naturally contain one or more isoforms of the same allergen, whereas a recombinant allergen typically only represents one isoform of an allergen.
- the allergen is in the form of an extract.
- the allergen is a recombinant allergen.
- the allergen is a naturally occurring low IgE-binding mutant or a recombinant low IgE-binding mutant.
- Allergens may be present in equi-molar amounts or the ratio of the allergens present may vary preferably up to 1 :20.
- the low IgE binding allergen is an allergen according to WO 99/47680, WO 02/40676 or WO 03/096869 A2.
- SAV Specific allergy vaccination
- the general benefits obtained through SAV are: a) reduction of allergic symptoms and medicine consumption, b) improved tolerance towards the allergens in the eyes, nose and lungs and c) reduced skin reactivity (early and late phase reactions).
- IgX may be A1 , A2, G1 , G2, G3, G4, M or D
- IgX may compete efficiently with IgE for the allergen(s), inhibiting the "normal" Th2 based allergic response characterised by the cross-linking of receptor bound IgE on the surface of mast-cells and basophils.
- preventive treatment carried out in the present invention at least partly functions by way of the same mechanisms as disclosed above for SAV.
- the mucosa to which the allergy vaccine is administered may be any suitable mucosa, and the administration includes oral (via the mucosa of the digestive system), nasal, vaginal, sublingual, ocular, rectal, urinal, intramammal, pulmonal, otolar (i.e. via the ear) and buccal administration, preferably buccal or sublingual administration (oromucosal administration).
- the allergy vaccine may be in the form of a spray, an aerosol, a mixture, a suspension, a dispersion, an emulsion, a gel, a paste, a syrup, a cream, an ointment, implants (ear, eye, skin, nose, rectal, and vaginal), intramammary preparations, vagitories, suppositories, or uteritories.
- a mucosal administration of a vaccine via the mucosa, which is subject to the natural exposure to the antigenic agent. Accordingly, for allergies to airborne mucosal antigenic agents, it is preferred to use administration via the respiratory system, preferably an oromucosal administration.
- the subject is subjected to a vaccination protocol comprising daily administration of the vaccine.
- the vaccination protocol comprises administration of the vaccine every second day, every third day or every fourth day.
- the vaccination protocol comprises administration of the vaccine for a period of more than 4 weeks, preferably more than 8 weeks, more preferably more than 12 weeks, more preferably more than 16 weeks, more preferably more than 20 weeks, more preferably more than 24 weeks, more preferably more than 30 and most preferably more than 36 weeks.
- the period of administration may a continuous period.
- the period of administration is a discontinuous period interrupted by one or more periods of non-administration.
- the (total) period of non- administration is shorter than the (total) period of administration.
- the vaccine is administered to the test individual once a day.
- the vaccine is administered to the test individual twice a day.
- the vaccine may be a uni-dose vaccine.
- the oromucosal administration may be carried out using any available oromucosal administration formulation, including a solution, a suspension, fast dispersing dosage forms, drops and lozenges.
- sublingual immunotherapy SLIT
- fast dispersing dosage forms, drops and lozenges are preferred formulations.
- fast dispersing dosage forms are those disclosed in US-A- 5,648,093, WO 00/51568, WO 02/13858, WO99/21579, WO 00/44351 , US- A-4,371 ,516 and EP-278 877, as well as co-pending DK PA 2003 00279 and DK PA 2003 00318 filed in the assignee name of ALK-Abell ⁇ A/S.
- Preferred fast dispersing dosage forms are those produced by freeze-drying.
- Preferred matrix forming agents are fish gelatine and modified starch.
- Classical incremental dosage desensitisation where the dose of allergen in the form of a fast dispersing solid dosage form is increased to a certain maximum, may be used in the present invention.
- the preferred potency of a unit dose of the dosage form is from 150 - 1000000 SQ-u/dosage form, more preferred the potency is from 500 - 500000 SQ-u/dosage form and more preferably the potency is from 1000 - 250000 SQ-u/dosage form, even more preferred 1500-125000 SQ-u/dosage form most preferable 1500-75000 SQ- u/dosage form.
- the dosage form is a repeated mono- dose, preferably within the range of 1500-75000 SQ-u/dosage form.
- the subject to be treated is sensitised so as to exhibit an IgE response specific to the allergen administered.
- the expression "exhibit an IgE response specific to the allergen” means a level of allergen-specific IgE antibody detectable in at least one immunoassay.
- the detection of the allergen-specific IgE antibody may be carried out using any conventional immunoassay, e.g. those described in WO 94/11734 and WO 99/67642.
- the subject is further sensitised to exhibit a Th2 cell response specific to the allergen.
- the subject is further sensitised to exhibit a positive allergen-specific response in a Skin Prick Test (SPT).
- SPT Skin Prick Test
- the subject is less than 40 years, preferably less than 30 years, more preferably less than 20 years and most preferably between 2 and 10 years of age.
- the subject to be treated is free of clinical symptoms of the allergy associated with the allergen.
- the clinical symptoms of the allergy associated with the allergen may be any conventional symptom, including rhinitis, conjunctivitis, rhinorrhea, nasal obstruction, sinusitis, sneezing, atopic dermatitis, itching, watery eyes, watery nose, wheezing and skin irritation.
- a number of factors are indicative for development of allergy with manifested clinical symptoms later in life.
- subjects exhibiting one or more such indicating factors are referred to as high risk subjects.
- Indicating factors of high risk subjects are clinical symptoms of allergies associated with one or more allergens other than the allergen of the vaccine.
- Further indicating factors of high risk subjects are the presence of one or more allergies in one or both parents or grandparents or in one or more sibling.
- the preventive treatment according to the invention is particularly suitable for high risk subjects.
- the subject to be treated may also be a subject exhibiting no indicating factors of high risk subjects, e.g. free of clinical symptoms of allergy to other allergens.
- the allergy vaccine used in the method of the invention may be in the form of any formulation suitable for administration to a mucosal surface, including a spray, an aerosol, a mixture, tablets (entero- and not-enterocoated), capsule (hard and soft, entero- and not-enterocoated), a suspension, a dispersion, granules, a powder, a solution, an emulsion, chewable tablets, drops, a gel, a paste, a syrup, a cream, a rickge (powder, granulate, tablets), a fast- dispersing tablet, an instillation fluid, a gas, a vapour, an ointment, a stick, implants (ear, eye, skin, nose, rectal, and vaginal), intramammary preparations, vagitories, suppositories, or uteritories.
- a spray an aerosol, a mixture, tablets (entero- and not-enterocoated), capsule (hard and
- the vaccine of the invention may further comprise additional adjuvants and other excipients suitable for such type of formulation.
- additional adjuvants and excipients are well-known to the person skilled in the art and include i.a. solvents, emulsifiers, wetting agents, plasticizers, colouring substances, fillers, preservatives, viscosity adjusting agents, buffering agents, mucoadhesive substances, and the like. Examples of formulation strategies are well-known to the person skilled in the art.
- the mucosal allergy vaccine may include an adjuvant, which may be any conventional adjuvant, including oxygen-containing metal salts, heat-labile enterotoxin (LT), cholera toxin (CT), cholera toxin B subunit (CTB), polymerised liposomes, mutant toxins, e.g. LTK63 and LTR72, microcapsules, interleukins (e.g.
- the oxygen-containing metal salt may be any oxygen-containing metal salt providing the desired effect.
- the cation of the oxygen-containing metal salt is selected from Al, K, Ca, Mg, Zn, Ba, Na, Li, B, Be, Fe, Si, Co, Cu, Ni, Ag, Au, and Cr.
- the anion of the oxygen-containing metal salt is selected from sulphates, hydroxides, phosphates, nitrates, iodates, bromates, carbonates, hydrates, acetates, citrates, oxalates, and tartrates, and mixed forms thereof.
- Examples are aluminium hydroxide, aluminium phosphate, aluminium sulphate, potassium aluminium sulphate, calcium phosphate, Maalox (mixture of aluminium hydroxide and magnesium hydroxide), beryllium hydroxide, zinc hydroxide, zinc carbonate, zinc chloride, and barium sulphate.
- Allergy vaccines in the form of an aqueous solution or a fast-dispersing tablet, cf. WO 04/047794, are particularly suitable for buccal and sublingual administration.
- the present invention further relates to a method of evaluating the effect of an immunomodulating treatment method for an allergy to an allergen in a test animal, the method comprising the steps of
- mice is subjected to sensitisation by i.p. injection of rBet v 1 and aerosol challenge with Bet v 1 extract. Then, immunomodulation is achieved either by injection of the immunodominant peptide or by mucosal application of rBet v 1 prior to or after sensitisation.
- the present invention is based on the recognition that it is possible to test the use of oromucosal administration in a method of evaluating the effect of an immunomodulating treatment method for an allergy to an allergen in a test animal.
- the principle of the present animal model test method is that the test animal is sensitised to an allergen, i.e. treated to exhibit an allergic immune response to the allergen, and then challenged with the allergen to elicit an allergic response, which may then be measured and evaluated, wherein the animal is further subjected to a treatment method, the effect of which on the allergic response may then be studied.
- test animal may be any animal conventionally used as test animals, including rodents, e.g. mice, rats, guinea pigs and rabbits, pigs, dogs, cats and monkeys.
- rodents e.g. mice, rats, guinea pigs and rabbits, pigs, dogs, cats and monkeys.
- the oromucosal administration is sublingual administration (sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT)).
- the allergen and formulation used in the treatment method may be any of the allergens and formulations mentioned above in connection with the method of preventive treatment of an allergy.
- the test animal may be prevented in swallowing.
- Prevention of swallowing may e.g. be obtained by holding the animal by hand.
- swallowing may be prevented by holding a fold of the neck skin between two fingers to tighten the skin around the head.
- an anesthetic such as an inhalation anesthetic, e.g. ether, halothane and sevoflurane, or an injection anesthetic, e.g.
- the treatment method is carried out after the sensitisation and prior to the first allergen challenge.
- the treatment method is carried out after the first allergen challenge.
- an optional second allergen challenge by means of nasal or intratracheal exposure may be carried out after the treatment method.
- the biomarker is selected from the group consisting of allergen-specific antibodies, clinical symptoms and effector cells.
- the antibodies may be any class, sub-class or combination thereof, including IgA, IgAI , lgA2, IgD, IgE, IgG, IgGI , lgG2, lgG3, lgG4, IgM.
- the detection of antibodies specific for the allergen may be carried out using any conventional immunoassay. Preferred immunoassays are those mentioned in WO 94/11734 and WO 99/67642.
- Clinical symptoms may be any symptoms conventionally used in animal models, including number of sneezes, nose rubbing, etc.
- the effector cell may e.g.
- the level of effector cell is measured by measuring the level of an effector cell marker.
- the marker is preferably selected from the group consisting of secretory molecules, surface molecules and intracellular molecules.
- the secretory molecule is selected from the group consisting of mediators, cytokines, cytotoxic proteins and soluble receptors.
- oromucosal administration refers to a route of administration where the dosage form is placed under the tongue or anywhere else in the oral cavity (buccal administration) to allow the active ingredient to come in contact with the mucosa of the oral cavity or the pharynx of the patient in order to obtain a local or systemic effect of the active ingredient.
- An example of an oromucosal administration route is sublingual administration.
- sublingual administration refers to a route of administration, where a dosage form is placed underneath the tongue in order to obtain a local or systemic effect of the active ingredient.
- SQ-u means SQ-Unit: The SQ-Unit is determined in accordance with ALK-Abell ⁇ A/S ' s "SQ biopotency"-standardisation method, where 100,000 SQ units equal the standard subcutaneous maintenance dose. Normally 1 mg of extract contains between 100,000 and 1 ,000,000 SQ-Units, depending on the allergen source from which they originate and the manufacturing process used. The precise allergen amount can be determined by means of immunoassay i.e. total major allergen content and total allergen activity.
- immunomodulating treatment means that the treatment modulates the immune response of the subject treated.
- EXAMPLE 1 The effect of SLIT in a mouse model of Rhinitis
- the rhinitis model was set up in order to test the effect of sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) in a mouse model with clinical manifestations.
- SLIT sublingual immunotherapy
- mice Female, 6-10 week-old BALB/c mice were bred in-house and maintained on a defined diet not containing components cross reacting with antisera to Phleum pratense (PhI p). Each experimental group consisted of 8 - 10 animals.
- mice were sensitized by three intraperitoneal (ip) injections of PhI p extract adsorbed to alum, followed by sublingual treatment with PhI p-extract or buffer for 6-9 weeks. The mice were subsequently challenged intranasally for two weeks with PhI p-extract and analyzed for clinical symptoms as described below. Following sacrifice blood, bronchoalveolar fluid (BAL), nasopharyngeal fluid (NAL), spleen and cervical lymph nodes were collected for analysis.
- BAL bronchoalveolar fluid
- NAL nasopharyngeal fluid
- spleen and cervical lymph nodes were collected for analysis.
- mice were observed in a 10 min-period after intranasal administration of PhI and the number of sneezes and nose- rubbings were counted.
- Airway hyperreactivity Using a whole body pletysmograph airflow obstruction was induced by increasing concentrations of aerosolized metacholine. Pulmonary airflow obstruction was measured by enhanced pause (penh) in a period of 6 minutes after administration of metacholine.
- Estapore magnetic beads (Estapore IB-MR/0,86) coupled to goat anti-mouse IgA are incubated with BAL or NAL. Then washing and incubation with biotinylated allergen is carried out. Then washing and incubation with streptavidin labeled LITE reagent is carried out, and after washing light luminescence is measured in a luminometer (Magic Lite Analyser EQ).
- Estapore magnetic beads (Estapore IB-MR/0,86; A0201 ) coupled to anti- mouse IgE are incubated with mouse serum. Then washing and incubation with biotinylated allergen is carried out. Then washing and incubation with streptavidin labeled LITE reagent is carried out, and after washing light luminescence is measured in a luminometer (Magic Lite Analyser EQ).
- PhI p (10 ⁇ g/ml) extract is added to the wells of an ELISA plate and the plates are allowed to stand until the next day at 4-8 "C. Then the coated plates are washed with a buffer and blocked with 2 % Casein buffer for one hour at room temperature on a shaking table. After removing the casein buffer, the diluted serum sample is added to the plate and incubated at room temperature for two hours on a shaking table. The plates are washed and biotinylated rabbit anti-mouse lgG/lgG1/lgG2a diluted in 0.5 % BSA buffer is added to each well and allowed to stand at room temperature for one hour on a shaking table.
- streptavidin-HRP diluted in 0.5 % BSA buffer is added to each well and allowed to stand at room temperature for one hour on a shaking table.
- the plates are developed with TMP substrate (3,3', 5, 5'- Tetramethylbenzidine) for 20 min and stopped with 0.5 M H2SO4.
- the resulting reaction mixtures are subjected to a spectrophotometric measurement at 450 nm endpoint.
- Spleens were teased into single cell suspension and washed three times in medium. Cells were counted and adjusted to 1.67 x 106 cells/mL 3 x 105 cells were added to each well of a 96 well flat-bottomed culture plate and the cells were stimulated by 0, 10 and 40 ⁇ g/mL PhI p extract. The cells were cultured for 6 days at 37 0 C and 5% CO2. Proliferation was measured by adding 0.5 ⁇ Ci of 3H-thymidine to each well for the last 18 hours of the culture period, followed by harvesting the cells and counting the incorporated radiolabel.
- mice that were challenged intranasally (IN) for two weeks with PhI p extract (5000 SQ/mouse per day) after i.p. sensitization displayed clear signs of rhinitis. Firstly, they sneezed significantly more than sensitized mice challenged with buffer (Fig. 1A). Secondly, they had elevated levels of IgE in both serum, BAL and NAL (Fig. 1 B-D). Thirdly, these mice had an increased influx of eosinophil granulocytes in NAL (Fig. 1E).
- sensitized mice were treated sublingually for 9 weeks with either 125.000 SQ PhI p extract or buffer prior to intranasal challenge with PhI p.
- a group of sensitised mice were not subjected to sublingual treatment, and they were challenged intranasally with buffer thus serving as a negative control.
- SLIT-treatment was able to reduce clinical symptoms, as the number of sneezes was decreased significantly compared to buffer- treated mice (Fig. 2A).
- airway hyperresponsiveness in response to metacholine challenge was reduced, especially when the mice were challenged with doses between 5 and 15 mg/mL (Fig. 2B).
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