WO2007026236A2 - Electrotransfer of nucleic acid into tissue cells - Google Patents
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- the present invention is related to the electrically mediated gene transfer of nucleic acids into tissue cells, in particular muscular or tumoral cells.
- pulses usually are of lower voltage but much longer duration (in the range of tens of milliseconds) (Aihara and Miyazaki, 1998; RoIs et al., 1998; M ⁇ r et al., 1999; Bettan et al., 2000; Matsumoto et al., 2001 ). It is assumed that this type of pulses mediate DNA transfer into the cells by inducing two distinct effects that include cell permeabilization (like the short pulses) and DNA electrophoretic migration during the delivery of the electric field (Klenchin et al., 1991 ; Sukharev et al., 1992; Neumann et al., 1996; Mir et al., 1999; Golzio et al., 2002).
- Efficient electrotransfer into muscle cells has been described in WO-A-99/01158 using one or more (up to 100,000) unipolar electric impulsions of 1-800 volts/cm and in WO-A-98/43702 using stimulation with an electric current of 5-200 volts/cm, wherein the electric current may be in the form of 2-30,000 square bipolar pulses.
- Transfection of tumors and/or other tissues e.g. the liver can also be of interest for similar purposes.
- Preferred electric field strength (in V/cm) for the HV and/or the LV will change according to the tissues.
- a first object of the invention is thus the use of a nucleic acid for the preparation of a human or veterinary medicament or drug intended to be transferred in vivo into tissue cells, wherein the medicament is brought into contact with tissue cells and the tissue is electrically stimulated as follows: - first with at least one pulse of a High Voltage (HV) field strength of between 200 and 2000 volts/cm
- HV High Voltage
- LV Low Voltage
- tissue denotes a tumoral or non tumoral tissue of an animal, for instance a human, or a non human Mammal such as a rodent (e.g. a mouse, a rabbit or a rat), a dog, a cat, or a primate.
- a non tumoral tissue may be a muscle, especially skeletal muscle, or liver.
- the tissue is a muscle.
- the tissue be electrically stimulated first with at least one pulse of a HV field strength of between 200 and 1400 volts/cm.
- the tissue is a tumoral tissue.
- the tissue be electrically stimulated first with at least one pulse of a HV field strength of between 400 and 2000 volts/cm.
- the medicament is intended to be brought into contact with the tissue cells before applying the single LV pulse and still more preferably, before the application of the HV pulse or pulses.
- the time between injection of nucleic acid and electrical pulse, especially between injection and HV pulse or pulses, is not critical.
- the medicament has been brought into contact with the tissue cells from few seconds to 10 minutes, e.g. from 30 s and 5 minutes. An interval of 5 to 10 minutes before the HV pulse or pulses is also acceptable.
- the medicament may be brought into contact through direct intramuscular injection, through systemic administration (e.g. intravenous or intra-arterial route) or by topical or subcutaneous administration.
- the single LV pulse in particular for a muscle, has a field strength of between 50 and 140 volts/cm, especially of between 80 and 120 volts/cm, preferably of between 90 and 110 volts/cm, typically about 100 volts/cm.
- the single LV pulse in particular for a tumoral tissue, has a field strength of between 100 and 200 volts/cm, preferably of between 120 and 160 volts/cm, typically about 140 volts/cm.
- the single LV pulse has a duration of between 300 and 800 ms, preferably of between 350 and 600 ms, typically about 400 ms.
- the LV pulse may be of the same polarity than the HV pulse.
- the LV pulse has a polarity opposed to that of the HV pulse.
- the single LV pulse is a squared pulse. It can also be trapezoidal, or discontinuous.
- the single LV pulse according to the invention at least improves the nucleic acid electrophoretic migration.
- HV pulses There can be several HV pulses, i.e. from 2 to 10 HV pulses having the specifications disclosed therein. It is more convenient in this case to have identical HV pulses.
- the HV pulse has a field strength of between 300 and 1300, preferably of between 400 and 1200 volts/cm, more preferably of between 500 and 900, still more preferably of between 600 and 800 volts/cm, typically about 700 volts/cm.
- the HV pulse has a field strength of between 600 and 2000, preferably of between 800 and 1600 volts/cm, more preferably of between 900 and 1200, typically about 1000 volts/cm.
- the HV pulse has a duration of between 10 and 1000 ⁇ s, preferably of between 50 and 200 ⁇ s, typically about 100 ⁇ s.
- HV pulse it is preferably a squared pulse.
- the HV and LV pulses may be separated by lag and this lag can advantageously be between 300 ms and 3000 s, preferably between 500 ms and 1000 s, typically about 1000 ms.
- the HV pulse has a field strength of between 300 and 1000 volts/cm, preferably of between 400 and 800 volts/cm.
- the nucleic acid is useful in gene therapy, either through expression of a molecule of interest or through modulation or blocking of a gene within the host that have a therapeutic effect.
- the aims of transfection according to the invention are:
- the nucleic acid comprises nucleic acid sequences able to express in vivo in the transfected tissue cells one or more therapeutically active molecule(s), preferably a protein or proteins of interest.
- This active molecule may be therapeutically active by itself or indirectly e.g. through a metabolite of said molecule. It may acts in the tissue itself and/or outside the tissue in another location within the body, for example on a tumour located anywhere in the body if the expressed molecule is active against a tumour.
- therapeutic molecules of interest one may refer to those listed in WO-A-99/01 158.
- nucleic acid can be used, for example, plasmid DNA, linear DNA, antisense DNA and RNA.
- the nucleic acid is a DNA expression vector of the type well known in the art.
- an expression vector contains a promoter operably linked to a DNA sequence that codes for the protein of interest, followed by a termination signal such as a polyadenylation signal.
- nucleic acids able to express in vivo different active molecules are used to prepare the medicament.
- the nucleic acids are preferably chosen so as to be complementary and/or act in a synergistic way in treating a condition.
- nucleic acid that is able to express in vivo at least two active molecules, that preferably are complementary and/or act in a synergistic way in treating a condition.
- nucleotide sequences encoding the different molecules may be under the control of the same promoter or different promoters.
- the nucleic acid expresses one or several (at least 2) active molecule(s) selected so that:
- the medicament is efficient in reducing, suppressing or regressing tumor angiogenesis
- the medicament reduces or suppress tumor growth
- the medicament inhibits metastasis, - the medicament is against cancer.
- One embodiment is to transfect tissue, in particular muscle, cells with a construct comprising the Recombinant human Desintegrin Domain of ADAM-15 gene (RDD gene).
- RDD gene Recombinant human Desintegrin Domain of ADAM-15 gene
- This gene, its sequence and useful constructs e.g. expression vector pBi- RDD
- the RDD gene and protein sequences are shown in SEQ ID No.1 and SEQ ID NO.2, respectively.
- RDD may act as an anticancer agent, may reduce or suppress tumor growth, and/or acts as an antiangiogenic and/or antimetastatic agent.
- a specific aspect of the invention is thus the use of a nucleic acid encoding the RDD protein or an efficient fragment thereof (efficient means the protein encoded by the fragment elicits the same or a similar therapeutic activity than the whole RDD polypeptide) for the preparation of a medicament intended to be transferred in vivo into tissue cells and to produce therein a RDD polypeptide or a fragment thereof that is therapeutically active, wherein the medicament is injected into a tissue and the tissue is electrically stimulated as follows:
- HV High Voltage
- LV Low Voltage
- the tissue is a muscle.
- the tissue be electrically stimulated first with at least one pulse of a HV field strength of between 200 and 1400 volts/cm.
- the tissue is a tumoral tissue.
- the tissue be electrically stimulated first with at least one pulse of a HV field strength of between 400 and 2000 volts/cm.
- the nucleic acid encodes one or several immunogens (or immunogenic peptides, polypeptides or proteins, including glycoproteins) that are able to induce an immune response in the host.
- the immune response is a protective immune response for the host.
- the invention relates to producing an immunogenic composition or a vaccine or a therapeutic vaccine, that is directed against a microorganism, e.g. virus or bacteria, or against cancers.
- a microorganism e.g. virus or bacteria
- the nucleic acid encodes one or several (at least 2) immunogens of HIV, HBV, Epstein-Barr virus, pseudorabies virus, syncitia forming virus.
- the person skilled in the art has access to the nucleic acids encoding the most interesting molecules for the chosen application, for example to the most efficient immunogens or combinations of immunogens for a particular disease.
- the immune response leads to the production of antibodies, especially polyclonal antibodies, and these antibodies are intended to be recovered from the produced serum and used in an usual manner.
- An object of the present invention is thus also a method of treatment of a Human or an animal, comprising injecting a nucleic acid into a tissue, and electrically stimulating the tissue as follows:
- HV High Voltage
- LV Low Voltage
- the tissue is a muscle.
- the tissue be electrically stimulated first with at least one pulse of a HV field strength of between 200 and 1400 volts/cm.
- the tissue is a tumoral tissue.
- the tissue be electrically stimulated first with at least one pulse of a HV field strength of between 400 and 2000 volts/cm.
- the nucleic acid is able once transferred in vivo into tissue cells to produce therein a therapeutically active molecule, that is intended to exert directly or indirectly a therapeutic action in the muscle cells and/or at another body location, or still in the tumor tissue cells.
- the nucleic acid is injected before applying the single LV pulse and still more preferably, before the application of the HV pulse or pulses.
- One aspect is thus such a method wherein the nucleic acid encodes the RDD gene or an efficient fragment thereof, as disclosed therein, and the method is intended to reduce or suppress tumor growth, and/or acts as an antiangiogenic and/or antimetastatic agent.
- nucleic acid encodes an immunogen, as disclosed therein, and the method is intended to immunize a Human or an animal, or to produce antibodies to be recovered.
- Still another object of the invention is the electroporation method itself, comprising placing electrodes near a tissue containing a nucleic acid interstitially, then electrically stimulating the tissue as follows: - first with at least one pulse of a High Voltage (HV) field strength of between 200 and 2000 volts/cm
- HV High Voltage
- LV Low Voltage
- the tissue is a muscle.
- the tissue be electrically stimulated first with at least one pulse of a HV field strength of between 200 and 1400 volts/cm.
- the tissue is a tumoral tissue.
- the tissue be electrically stimulated first with at least one pulse of a HV field strength of between 400 and 2000 volts/cm.
- the nucleic acid is heterogeneous to the body and is of the type described supra. It is preferably a nucleic acid comprising nucleic acid sequences able to express in vivo in the transfected muscle cells or tumoral tissue one or more therapeutically active molecule(s), preferably a protein or proteins of interest.
- the electrodes are placed at the contact of the skin, i.e. outside the body and this does not need any surgery act.
- the electrodes are placed at the contact of the tissue, in particular the muscle or tumoral tissue, itself.
- the electrodes may be carried by a device making both the injection of the nucleic acid and the electric stimulation.
- the electrodes may also be separate from the injection device.
- the electrodes are to be positioned near the injection site such that electrical current traveling through the electrodes passes through the injection site or region wherein the injected liquid has diffused upon injection.
- the various characteristics and aspects described supra, especially in relation with the electrotransfer characteristics and the composition of the nucleic acid do apply in the same way to the electroporation method and reference is thus made to the above in order to further characterize this method.
- the invention may also be defined as the use of a nucleic acid which is capable of expressing a molecule in the manufacture of a medicament or drug for use in a method of delivering said nucleic acid to tissue cells, especially tumoral or non tumoral tissue cells, e.g. muscle cells, wherein a) said nucleic acid is to be injected into the tissue b) the tissue is electrically stimulated as follows:
- HV High Voltage
- nucleic acid for immunizing the host by transfecting the nucleic acid in muscle cells, especially skeletal muscle cells of the host, wherein the nucleic acid encodes an immunogen that will induce an immune response in the host
- a therapeutically active molecule in the host by transfecting the nucleic acid in muscle cells, especially skeletal muscle cells or in tumoral tissue cells.
- Still another object of the invention is a method for the production of antibodies, especially polyclonal antibodies, comprising injecting an immunogen encoding nucleic acid into a tissue, especially a muscle, of a living animal and electrically stimulating the tissue as follows: - first with at least one pulse of a High Voltage (HV) field strength of between 200 and 2000 volts/cm
- HV High Voltage
- LV Low Voltage
- the animal may be a mice, a rat or a rabbit or any other animal especially rodent usually used for the production of antibodies.
- Recovery of serum and antibodies, purifying and/or concentration of the antibodies may be done using the conventional methods known from the person killed in the art.
- This method may be further defined with the various features defined above concerning especially the conditions of electrostimulation, of administration of the nucleic acid, the composition of the nucleic acid, the nature of the hosts...
- Fig. 1 Luciferase expression after DNA electrotransfer using combinations of one or eight HV pulses (800 V/cm; 0.1 , 0.2 or 0.5 ms) and four LV pulses (80 V/cm; 100 ms) (xHV+4LV pulse combination). Data are presented as mean ⁇ SD. Statistical difference between each of the xHV+4LV groups was calculated using t-tests; NS - not significant.
- Fig. 2 Luciferase expression after DNA electrotransfer using combination of one HV pulse (800 V/cm; 100 ⁇ s) and various number of LV pulses (100 ms; 80 V/cm) (HV+xLV pulse combinations). Data are presented as mean + SD. Statistical difference between neighbor groups shown in the figure was calculated using t-tests and is indicated by asterisks (** P ⁇ 0.01; *** PO.001 ; NS - not significant).
- Fig. 3 Luciferase expression after DNA electrotransfer using combination of one HV pulse (800 V/cm; 100 ⁇ s) and various number of LV pulses (50 ms; 80 V/cm) (HV+xLV pulse combinations). Data are presented as mean ⁇ SD. Statistical difference between neighbor groups shown in the figure was calculated using t-tests and is indicated by asterisks (* P ⁇ 0.05; ** PO.01; NS - not significant).
- Fig. 4 Luciferase expression after DNA electrotransfer using combination of one HV pulse (800 V/cm; 100 ⁇ s) and LV pulse(s) as a function of pulse number and pulse duration of LV pulse(s) keeping constant the total duration of the LV. Data are presented as mean ⁇ SD. Statistical difference between the 1HV+1LV (400 ms) group and each of the other groups was calculated using t-tests and is indicated by asterisks (* P ⁇ 0.05; ** P ⁇ 0.01 ; *** P ⁇ 0.001).
- Fig. 5 Metastases number in the mice after electotransfer of pBi (control) or pBi- RDD.
- Fig. 6 Luciferase expression after DNA electrotransfer into muscle tibialis using combinations of different HV pulses (200 to 1800 V/cm, 100 ⁇ s) followed by one LV pulse (80 V/cm; 400 ms) 1 s after the HV. Data are presented as mean + SD.
- Fig. 7 Luciferase expression after DNA electrotransfer into muscle tibialis using combinations of different HV pulses (200 to 1800 V/cm, 100 ⁇ s) followed by one LV pulse (80 V/cm; 400 ms) immediately after the HV. Data are presented as mean + SD.
- Fig. 8 Luciferase expression after DNA electrotransfer into tumour using combinations of different HV pulses (400 to 2000 V/cm, 100 ⁇ s) followed by one LV pulse (80 V/cm; 400 ms). Data are presented as mean + SD.
- Fig. 9 Luciferase expression after DNA electrotransfer into tumour using combinations of one HV pulse (800 V/cm, 100 ⁇ s) followed or not by one LV pulse (at 60, 80, 100, 120 or 140 V/cm; 400 ms). Data are presented as mean ⁇ SD.
- Fig. 10 Measurement of anti-RDD IgG antibodies produced in rabbit and rat.
- EXEMPLE 1 Materials and Methods Plasmid DNA
- the plasmid pXL 3031 (pCMV-Luc+) containing the cytomegalovirus promoter (nucleotides 229-890 of pcDNA3, Invitrogen) inserted upstream of the coding sequence of the modified cytosolic luc+ gene coding for the firefly luciferase (Soubrier ef al., 1999) was used.
- the plasmid DNA was prepared using usual procedures (Ausubel ef al., 1994).
- the pEGFP-N1 plasmid (BD Biosciences Clontech, Saint Quentin Yvelines, France) featuring the gene of the Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) under the control of the CMV promoter and prepared in PBS (phosphate buffered saline, Gibco, Cergy-Pontoise, France) using the EndoFree Plasmid Giga Kit (QIAGEN, Courtabeuf, France) was also used. Animals
- mice were anesthetized by the intraperitoneal administration of the anesthetics Ketamine (100 mg/kg; Ketalar, Panpharma, France) and Xylazine (40 mg/kg; Rompun, Bayer, France). Prior to the experiments the legs were shaved using an electric shaver. At least 10 muscles (5 mice) were included in each experimental group for luciferase determinations. In the case of the GFP qualitative data, four muscles were used for each experimental condition. DNA injection
- plasmid DNA prepared in 30 ⁇ l of 0.9 % NaCI were injected.
- the DNA solution was supplemented with 120 IU/ml heparin (Laboratoires Leo, Saint Quentin en Yvelines, France; one mg of the heparin (MW 10-12 kDa) corresponded to approximately 137 IU).
- the DNA was injected into tibial cranial muscles using a Hamilton syringe with a 26-gauge needle.
- 4 ⁇ g in 20 ⁇ l of PBS were injected in each treated tibialis, always in the absence of heparin.
- HV and LV pulse combinations were generated by a device consisting of square wave electropulsator PS-15 (Jouan, St Herblain, France) for the HV and a microprocessor-driven switch/function generator built at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Slovenia, for the LV.
- the device allowed for precise control of every electrical parameter in HV+LV combinations of pulses (Satkauskas et al., 2002).
- HV and LV pulse combinations were delivered soon (40+15 s) after intramuscular DNA injection. In all the experiments the lag between HV and LV was fixed to 1 s.
- stainless plate electrodes 4.4 mm apart were used.
- the 1-cm plates encompassed the whole leg of the mice.
- Electric field values (in V/cm) are always expressed in terms of the ratio of the voltage applied (V) to the distance between the electrodes (cm).
- mice were sacrificed 2 days after DNA electrotransfer.
- the muscles (net weight approximately 60 mg) were took off and homogenized in 1 ml Cell Culture Lysis reagent solution (10 ml Cell Culture Lysis reagent (Promega Charbonnieres, France), diluted with 40 ml distilled water and supplemented with 1 tablet of the Protease inhibitor cocktail from Boehringer Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany).
- the luciferase activity was assessed on 10 ⁇ l of the supernatant, using a Walac Victor 2 luminometer, by integration of the light produced during 1 s, starting after the addition of 50 ⁇ l of Luciferase Assay Substrate (Promega) to the muscle lysate. The results were collected from the luminometer in relative light units (RLU). Calibration with purified firefly luciferase protein showed that 10 6 of RLU correspond to approximately 70 ng of expressed luciferase. The final results were expressed as pg of luciferase per muscle. GFP fluorescence observations
- mice were sacrificed 3 days after the injection of the pEGFP-N1 plasmid and the transfected tissue was observed using a Leica MZ12 fluorescence stereomicroscope with a Leica GFP Plus filter set (Art. No. 10446143: excitation filter 480/40 nm, dichroic mirror 505 nm LP, barrier filter 510 nm LP) (Leica, Rueil- Malmaison, France). Pictures were taken using a digital cooled color camera (AxioCam HRc, Zeiss, Le Pecq, France), and the quantification of the GFP expression was made by software (AxioVision Light Edition Release 4.1.1.0) integration of the light detected by the camera. Statistical analysis For statistical comparison of several groups use was made of two-tailed Student's t- test for unpaired values. In the figures luciferase expression data was reported as mean ⁇ SD.
- HV pulse duration and number To analyze the role of the electropermeabilizing (HV) pulses the LV pulses giving the best level of gene expression according to previous data (Satkauskas et al., 2002) were used. In accordance with this teaching, the LV component parameters were fixed for this experiment to four LVs of 80 V/cm and 100 ms duration, with a delay between the pulses of 1 second. Improvement of muscle permeabilization was tried through the increase of either the number of HV pulses (from 1 to 8) or the duration of the HV (from 100 ⁇ s to 500 ⁇ s). As shown in Fig. 1 , neither the increase of HV duration, nor the increase of HV number significantly enhanced muscle transfection.
- LV pulse number As a consequence of the results shown in Fig. 1 , one single HV of 800 V/cm and 100 ⁇ s was always used to analyze the role of the LV component. First, the influence of the number of LVs was examined. The LV pulse strength was fixed to 80 V/cm, duration to 100 ms and the delay between LVs to 1 s. Luciferase expression markedly increased when LV number was increased from 1 to 4 (Fig. 2). Consistently with previous data (Satkauskas et al., 2002), with four LVs the luciferase expression was 10 times higher than with one LV. No further significant increase was observed with a larger number (6 or 8) of LV pulses (Fig. 2).
- EXEMPLE 2 The expression vectors used in this experiment were prepared in accordance with Trochon-Joseph V. et al. 2004.
- Electrotransfer was conducted as described below.
- mice Legs of C57BL/6 mice were shaved using an electric shaver on the day before electrotransfer. Before the electrotransfer procedure, animals were anesthetized via the intraperitoneal injection of a mixture of ketamine (100mg/kg body weight) and xylazine (40mg/kg).
- Plasmid mixture was injected using a Hamilton syringe. A conductive gel was applied to ensure good contact between the leg skin and the two stainless steel plate electrodes (space between the electrodes: 5 mm). Subsequently, one transcutaneous square-wave electric HV pulse of 700V/cm and 100 ⁇ s (1 Hz) was first applied to permeabilize membrane. After a 1000 ms pause and without moving electrodes, one transcutaneous square-wave electric LV pulse of 100V/cm and 400 ms was applied to allow DNA entry into cells by electrophoretic migration.
- Electrotransfer was performed with the electropulsator Cliniporator (IGEA, Italy). The same procedure was followed for each animal group and each leg. 10 mice were used in each group.
- Figures 6 and 7 present the Luciferase expression after DNA electrotransfer into mice muscle tibialis using combinations of different HV pulses (200 to 1800 V/cm, 100 ⁇ s) followed by one LV pulse (80 V/cm; 400 ms) 1 s after the HV ( Figure 6) or immediately after the HV ( Figure 7). These experiments have been conducted as in example 1 for the luciferase protocol, on 6 mice for each group, using the CLINIPORATORTM to deliver the impulsions and the luciferase activity has been expressed in pg/mg of muscle.
- EXEMPLE 5 Production of polyclonal antibodies - Materials and Methods Plasmid DNA
- the human RDD gene under the control of the murine urokinase secretion signal was inserted into the pVAX1 plasmid (Invitrogen, V260-20) containing the cytomegalovirus (CMV) promoter and the bovine growth hormone polyadenylation signal, to generate the pVAX-RDD plasmid.
- the empty vector pVAX1 was used as a negative control. Plasmids were prepared in sterile 0.9% NaCI using the EndoFree NucleoSpin Plasmid Kit (Macherey Nagel)
- Female Wistar rats were anesthetized by the intraperitoneal administration of the anesthetics Ketamine (40 mg/kg) and Xylazine (5.5 mg/kg).
- Female New Zealand rabbits were first treated with subcutaneous injection of Calmivet (1 ml/kg) and then anesthetized by intravenous injection of pentobarbital. Prior to the experiments, the legs were shaved using an electric shaver.
- bound rat antibodies were detected with a goat F(ab')2 fragment rat lgG(H+L) peroxidase (ref. IM0825, Beckman Immunotech). After washing, as described above, wells were incubated with 200 ⁇ l of the substrate o-phenylenediamine dihydrochloride (Sigma Fast OPD peroxidase substrate tablet set) for 30 min. The reaction was stopped by adding 50 ⁇ l of 3N HCL, and a spectrophotometric reading was obtained at 490 nm.
- substrate o-phenylenediamine dihydrochloride Sigma Fast OPD peroxidase substrate tablet set
- the anti-RDD rabbit polyclonal serum used as a positive control was produces according to standard peptide immunization (production performed by Neosystem SA, France).
- the selected peptide comprised amino acid residues 57 to 68 from the RDD sequence (SEQ ID NO.2) conjugated to Gluta-KLH (keyhole limpet hemocyanin, a carrier protein to enhance the immunogenicity of small peptides). 2 mg of this peptide were subcutaneously injected to rabbits at week 0, 2, 4 and 8. Blood were collected before the first injection, and then at week 6, 10, and 12, (sacrifice time). Serum collected at week 12 was used as the positive control.
- anti-RDD IgG antibodies were produced at week 9 after immunization of rabbits and rats by muscle electrotransfers. This immunization by electrotransfer induced an anti-RDD antibody production as efficient than a classical immunization by peptide injection to rabbits (see control rabbit curve). Same results were obtained for rats at week 16.
- MIKLAVCIC D. et al. (2000). Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1523, 73-83.
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