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Description
NOVEL METHOD FOR DOwN-REGULATION OF AMYLOID ’ FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to improvements in therapy and prevention of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other diseases characterized by deposition of amyloid, e.g. characterized by amyloid deposits in the central nervous system (CNS). More specifically, the present invention provides a method for down-regulating (undesired) deposits of amyloid by enabling the production of antibodies against a relevant protein (APP or AB) or components thereof in subjects suffering from or in danger of suffering from diseases having a pathology involving amyloid deposition. The invention also provides for methods of producing polypeptides useful in this method as well as for the modified polypeptides as such. Also encompassed by the present invention are nucleic acid fragments encoding the modified polypeptides as well as vectors incorporating these nucleic acid fragments and host cells and cell lines trans- formed therewith. Finally, the present invention also provides for a new type of conjugate peptide immunogen.
- Amyloidosis is the extracellular deposition of insoluble pro- tein fibrils leading to tissue damage and disease (Pepys, 1996; Tan et al., 1995; Kelly, 1996). The fibrils form when normally soluble proteins and peptides self-associate in an abnormal manner (Kelly, 1997).
Amyloid is associated with serious diseases including systemic amyloidosis, AD, maturity onset diabetes, Parkinson's disease,
Huntington's disease, fronto-temporal dementia and the prion-related transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (kuru and Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease in humans and scrapie and BSE in sheep and cattle, respectively) and the amyloid plaque forma- tion in for instance Alzheimer's seems to be closely associ- ated with the progression of human disease. In animal models over-expression, or the expression of modified forms, of pro- teins found in deposits, like the P-amyloid protein, has been shown to induce various symptoms of disease, e.g. Alzheimer's- like symptoms. There is no specific treatment for amyloid deposition and these diseases are usually fatal.
The subunits of amyloid fibrils may be wild-type, variant or truncated proteins, and similar fibrils can be formed in vitro from oligopeptides and denatured proteins (Bradbury et al., 1960; Filshie et al., 1964; Burke & Rougvie, 1972). The nature of the polypeptide component of the fibrils defines the character of the amyloidosis. Despite large differences in the size, native structure and function of amyloid proteins, all amyloid fibrils are of indeterminate length, unbranched, 70 to 120 A in diameter, and display characteristic staining with
Congo Red (Pepys, 1996). They are characteristic of a cross— structure (Pauling & Corey, 1951) in which the polypeptide chain is organized in B-sheets. Although the amyloid proteins have very different precursor structures, they can all undergo a structural conversion, perhaps along a similar pathway, to a misfolded form that is the building block of the B-sheet helix protofilament.
This distinctive fibre pattern led to the amyloidoses being called the p-fibrilloses (Glenner, 1980a,b), and the fibril protein of AD was named the p-protein before its secondary structure was known (Glenner & Wong, 1984). The characteristic cross-f diffraction pattern, together with the fibril appear- , ance and tinctorial properties are now the accepted diagnostic hallmarks of amyloid, and suggest that the fibrils, although ’ formed from quite different protein precursors, share a degree of structural similarity and comprise a structural super- family, irrespective of the nature of their precursor proteins (Sunde M, Serpell LC, Bartlam M, Fraser PE, Pepys MB, Blake
CCFJ Mol Biol 1997 Oct 31; 273(3):729-739).
One of the most widespread and well-known diseases where amy- loid deposits in the central nervus system are suggested to have a central role in the progression of the disease, is AD.
AD
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is an irreversible, progressive brain disorder that occurs gradually and results in memory loss, be- havioural and personality changes, and a decline in mental abilities. These losses are related to the death of brain cells and the breakdown of the connections between them. The course of this disease varies from person to person, as does the rate of decline. On average, AD patients live for 8 to 10 years after they are diagnosed, though the disease can last for up to 20 years.
AD advances by stages, from early, mild forgetfulness to a se- vere loss of mental function. This loss is known as dementia.
In most people with AD, symptoms first appear after the age of 60, but earlier onsets are not infrequent. The earliest symp- toms often include loss of recent memory, faulty judgment, and changes in personality. Often, people in the initial stages of
AD think less clearly and forget the names of familiar people and common objects. Later in the disease, they may forget how to do even simple tasks. Eventually, people with AD lose all reasoning ability and become dependent on other people for their everyday care. Ultimately, the disease becomes so de- bilitating that patients are bedridden and likely to develop other illnesses and infections. Most commonly, people with AD : die from pneumonia.
Although the risk of developing AD increases with age, AD and dementia symptoms are not a part of normal aging. AD and other dementing disorders are caused by diseases that affect the brain. In normal aging, nerve cells in the brain are not lost in large numbers. In contrast, AD disrupts three key pro- cesses: Nerve cell communication, metabolism, and repair. This disruption ultimately causes many nerve cells to stop func- tioning, lose connections with other nerve cells, and die.
At first, AD destroys neurons in parts of the brain that con- trol memory, especially in the hippocampus and related struc- tures. As nerve cells in the hippocampus stop functioning properly, short-term memory fails, and often, a person's abi- lity to do easy and familiar tasks begins to decline. AD also attacks the cerebral cortex, particularly the areas responsi- ble for language and reasoning. Eventually, many other areas of the brain are involved, all these brain regions atrophy (shrink), and the AD patient becomes bedridden, incontinent, totally helpless, and unresponsive to the outside world (source: National Institute on Aging Progress Report on Alz- heimer's Disease, 1999).
The Impact of AD
AD is the most common cause of dementia among people age 65 and older. It presents a major health problem because of its enormous impact on individuals, families, the health care sys- tem, and society as a whole. Scientists estimate that up to 4 million people currently suffer from the disease, and the » prevalence doubles every 5 years beyond age 65. It is also es- timated that approximately 360,000 new cases (incidence) will * occur each year, though this number will increase as the popu- 5 lation ages (Brookmeyer et al., 1998).
AD puts a heavy economic burden on society. A recent study in the United States estimated that the annual cost of caring for one AD patient is $18,408 for a patient with mild AD, $30,096 for a patient with moderate AD, and $36,132 for a patient with severe AD. The annual national cost of caring for AD patients in the US is estimated to be slightly over $50 billion (Leon et al., 1998). . Approximately 4 million Americans are 85 or older, and in most industrialized countries, this age group is one of the fastest growing segments of the population. It is estimated that this group will number nearly 8.5 million by the year 2030 in the
US; some experts who study population trends suggest that the number could be even greater. As more and more people live longer, the number of people affected by diseases of aging, including AD, will continue to grow. For example, some studies show that nearly half of all people age 85 and older have some form of dementia. (National Institute on Aging Progress Report on Alzheimer's Disease, 1999)
The Main Characteristics of AD
Two abnormal structures in the brain are the hallmarks of AD: amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles (NFT). Plaques are g dense, largely insoluble deposits of protein and cellular ma- terial outside and around the brain's neurons. Tangles are in- soluble twisted fibres that build up inside neurons.
Two types of AD exist: familial AD (FAD), which follows a cer- tain pattern of inheritance, and sporadic AD, where no obvious pattern of inheritance is seen. Because of differences in the age at onset, AD is further described as early-onset (occur- ring in people younger than 65) or late-onset (occurring in those 65 and older). Early-onset AD is rare (about 10 percent of cases) and generally affects people aged 30 to 60. Some forms of early-onset AD are inherited and run in families.
Early-onset AD also often progresses faster than the more com- mon, late-onset form.
All FADs known so far have an early onset, and as many as 50 percent of FAD cases are now known to be caused by defects in three genes located on three different chromosomes. These are mutations in the APP gene on chromosome 21; mutations in a gene on chromosome 14, called presenilin 1; and mutations in a gene on chromosome 1, called presenilin 2. There is as yet no evidence, however, that any of these mutations play a major role in the more common, sporadic or non-familial form of late-onset AD. (National Institute on Aging Progress Report on
Alzheimer's Disease, 1999)
Amyloid Plaques
In AD, amyloid plaques develop first in areas of the brain used for memory and other cognitive functions. They consist of largely insoluble deposits of beta amyloid (hereinafter desig- nated AP) - a protein fragment of a larger protein called amy-— loid precursor protein (APP, the amino acid sequence of which is set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2) - intermingled with portions of neurons and with non-nerve cells such as microglia and astro- cytes. It is not known whether amyloid plaques themselves constitute the main cause of AD or whether they are a by-product of the AD process. Certainly, changes in the APP
B protein can cause AD, as shown in the inherited form of AD caused by mutations in the APP gene, and AP plaque formation seems to be closely associated with the progression of the hu- man disease (Lippa C. F. et al. 1898).
APP
APP is one of many proteins that are associated with cell mem- branes. After it is made, APP becomes embedded in the nerve cell's membrane, partly inside and partly outside the cell.
Recent studies using transgenic mice demonstrate that APP ap- pears to play an important role in the growth and survival of neurons. For example, certain forms and amounts of APP may protect neurons against both short- and long-term damage and may render damaged neurons better able to repair themselves and help parts of neurons grow after brain injury.
While APP is embedded in the cell membrane, proteases act on particular sites in APP, cleaving it into protein fragments.
One protease helps cleave APP to form AP, and another protease cleaves APP in the middle of the amyloid fragment so that Af cannot be formed. The AP formed is of two different lengths, a shorter 40 (or 41) amino acids AP that is relatively soluble and aggregates slowly, and a slightly longer, 42 amino acids "sticky" AP that rapidly forms insoluble clumps. While AP is being formed, it is not yet known exactly how it moves through ’ 25 or around nerve cells. In the final stages of this process, the "sticky" AP aggregates into long filaments outside the cell ’ and, along with fragments of dead and dying neurons and the microglia and astrocytes, forms the plaques that are charac- teristic of AD in brain tissue.
Some evidence exists that the mutations in APP render more likely that AP will be snipped out of the APP precursor, thus causing either more total AP or relatively more of the "sticky" form to be made. It also appears that mutations in the ; presenilin genes may contribute to the degeneration of neurons in at least two ways: By modifying AP production or by trigger- ing the death of cells more directly. Other researchers sug- gest that mutated presenilins 1 and 2 may be involved in ac- celerating the pace of apoptosis.
It is to be expected that as the disease progresses, more and more plaques will be formed, filling more and more of the prain. Studies suggest that it may be that the AB is aggrega- ting and disaggregating at the same time, in a sort of dynamic equilibrium. This raises the hope that it may be possible to break down the plaques even after they have formed. (National
Institute on Aging Progress Report on Alzheimer's Disease, 1999).
T+ is believed that AP is toxic to neurons. In tissue culture studies, researchers observed an increase in death of hippocampal neurons cells engineered to over-express mutated forms of human APP compared to neurons over-expressing the normal human APP (Luo et al., 1999).
Furthermore, overexpression or the expression of modified forms of the AP protein has in animal models been demonstrated to induce Alzheimer-like symptoms, (Hsiao K. et al., 1998) .
Given that increased AP generation, its aggregation into pla- . ques, and the resulting neurotoxicity may lead to AD, it is of therapeutic interest to investigate conditions under which AB aggregation into plaques might be slowed down or even blocked.
Presenilins
Mutations in presenilin-1 (S-180) account for almost 50% of ) all cases of early-onset familial AD (FAD). Around 30 muta- tions have been identified that give rise to AD. The onset of
AD varies with the mutations. Mutations in presenilin-2 ac- count for a much smaller part of the cases of FAD, but is still a significant factor. It is not known whether prese- nilins are involved in sporadic non-familial AD. The function of the presenilins is not known, but they appear to be in- volved in the processing of APP to give AB-42 (the longer stickier form of the peptide, SEQ ID NO: 2, residues 673-714), since AD patients with presenilin mutations have increased levels of this peptide. It is unclear whether the presenilins also have a role in causing the generation of NFT’s. Some sug- gest that presenilins could also have a more direct role in the degeneration of neurons and neuron death. Presenilin-1 is located at chromosome 14 while presenilin-2 is linked to chro- mosome 1. If a person harbours a mutated version of just one of these genes he or she is almost certain to develop early onset AD.
There is some uncertainty to whether presenilin-1 is identical to the hypothetical gamma-secretase involved in the processing of APP (Naruse et al., 1998).
Apolipoprotein E ’ 25 Apolipoprotein E is usually associated with cholesterol, but is also found in plaques and tangles of AD brains. While al- ’ leles 1-3 do not seem to be involved in AD there is a signifi- cant correlation between the presence of the APOE-tg4 allele and development of late AD (Strittmatter et al., 1993). It is, however, a risk factor and not a direct cause as is the case for the presenilin and APP mutations and it 1s not limited to familial AD.
The ways in which the ApoE &4 protein increases the likelihood of developing AD are not known with certainty, but one possi- ble theory is that it facilitates AP buildup and this contri- butes to lowering the age of onset of AD, or the presence or absence of particular APOE alleles may affect the way neurons respond to injury (Buttini et al., 1993).
Also Apo Al has been shown to be amyloigenic. Intact apo Al can itself form amyloid-like fibrils in vitro that are Congo red positive (Am J Pathol 147 (2): 238-244 (Aug 1995),
Wisniewski T, Golabek AA, Kida E, Wisniewski KE, Frangione B).
There seem to be some contradictory results indicating that there is a positive effect of the APOE-g4 allele in decreasing symptoms of mental loss, compared to other alleles (Stern,
Brandt, 1997, Annals of Neurology 41).
Neurofibrillary Tangles
This second hallmark of AD consists of abnormal collections of twisted threads found inside nerve cells. The chief component of tangles is one form of a protein called tau (1). In the central nervous system, tau proteins are best known for their ability to bind and help stabilize microtubules, which are one constituent of the cell's internal support structure, or skeleton. However, in AD tau is changed chemically, and this altered tau can no longer stabilize the microtubules, causing them to fall disintegrate. This collapse of the transport sys- tem may at first result in malfunctions in communication be- tween nerve cells and may later lead to neuronal death.
In AD, chemically altered tau twists into paired helical fila- . ments - two threads of tau that are wound around each other.
These filaments are the major substance found in neurofibri- ' llary tangles. In one recent study, researchers found neurofi- brillary changes in fewer than 6 percent of the neurons in a particular part of the hippocampus in healthy brains, in more than 43 percent of these neurons in people who died with mild
AD, and in 71 percent of these neurons in people who died with severe AD. When the loss of neurons was studied, a similar progression was found. Evidence of this type supports the idea that the formation of tangles and the loss of neurons progress together over the course of AD. (National Institute on Aging
Progress Report on Alzheimer's Disease, 1999).
Tauopathies and Tangles
Several neurodegenerative diseases, other than AD, are charac- terized by the aggregation of tau into insoluble filaments in neurons and glia, leading to dysfunction and death. Very re- cently, several groups of researchers, who were studying fami- lies with a variety of hereditary dementias other than AD, found the first mutations in the tau gene on chromosome 17 (Clark et al., 1998; Hutton et al., 1998; Poorkaj et al., 1998; Spillantini et al., 1998). In these families, mutations in the tau gene cause neuronal cell death and dementia. These disorders which share some characteristics with AD but differ in several important respects, are collectively called "fronto temporal dementia and parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17" (FTDP-17) . They are diseases such as Parkinson's disease, some , forms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), corticobasal de- generation, progressive supranuclear palsy, and Pick's dis-— ease, and are all characterized by abnormal aggregation of tau protein.
Other AD-like neurological diseases.
There are important parallels between AD and other neurologi- cal diseases, including prion diseases (such as kuru,
Creutzfeld-Jacob disease and bovine spongiform encephalitis),
Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, and fronto-temporal dementia. All involve deposits of abnormal proteins in the brain. AD and prion diseases cause dementia and death, and both are associated with the formation of insoluble amyloid fibrils, but from membrane proteins that are different from each other. ‘Scientists studying Parkinson's disease, the second most com- mon neurodegenerative disorder after AD, discovered the first gene linked to the disease. This gene codes for a protein called synuclein, which, intriguingly, is also found in the amyloid plaques of AD patients' brains (Lavedan C, 1998, Ge- nome Res. 8(9): 871-80). Investigators have also discovered that genetic defects in Huntington's disease, another progres- sive neurodegenerative disorder that causes dementia, cause the Huntington protein to form into insoluble fibrils very similar to the AP fibrils of AD and the protein fibrils of prion disease, (Scherzinger E, et al., 1999, PNAS U.S.A. 96(8): 4604-9).
Scientists have also discovered a novel gene, which when mu- tated, is responsible for familial British dementia (FBD), a rare inherited disease that causes severe movement disorders and progressive dementia similar to that seen in AD. In a bio- chemical analysis of the amyloid fibrils found in the FBD plagues, a unique peptide named ABri was found (Vidal et al., 1999). A mutation at a particular point along this gene re- sults in the production of a longer-—than-normal Bri protein.
The ABri peptide, which is snipped from the mutated end of the
Bri protein is deposited as amyloid fibrils. These plaques are thought to lead to the neuronal dysfunction and dementia that ) characterizes FBD.
Immunization with AB
The immune system will normally take part in the clearing of foreign protein and proteinaceous particles in the organism but the deposits associated with the above-mentioned diseases consist mainly of self-proteins, thereby rendering the role of the immune system in the control of these diseases less obvi- ous. Further, the deposits are located in a compartment (the
CNS) normally separated from the immune system, both facts suggesting that any vaccine or immunotherapeutical approach would be unsuccessful.
Nevertheless, scientists have recently attempted immunizing mice with a vaccine composed of heterologous human AB and a substance known to excite the immune system (Schenk et al., 1999 and WO 99/27944). The vaccine was tested in a partial transgenic mouse model of AD with a human mutated gene for APP inserted into the DNA of the mouse. The mice produced the modified APP protein and developed amyloid plagues as they grew older. This mouse model was used to test whether vaccina- tion against the modified transgenic human APP had an effect on plaque build-up. In a first experiment, one group of trans- ) 25 genic mice was given monthly injections of the vaccine start- ing at 6 weeks of age and ending at 11 months. A second group , of transgenic mice received no injections and served as a con- trol group. By 13 months of age, the mice in the control group had plagues covering 2 to 6 percent of their brains. In con- trast, the immunized mice had virtually no plaques.
In a second experiment, the researchers began the injections at 11 months, when some plaques had already developed. Over a 7-month period, the control transgenic mice had a 17-fold in- crease in the amount of plague in their brains, whereas those . who received the vaccine had a 99-percent decrease compared to the 18-month-old control transgenic mice. In some mice, some of the pre-existing plaque deposits appeared to have been re- moved by the treatment. It was also found that other plague-associated damage, such as inflammation and abnormal nerve cell processes, lessened as a result of the immuniza- tion.
The above is thus a preliminary study in mice and for example, scientists need to find out whether vaccinated mice remain healthy in other respects and whether memory of those vacci- nated remains normal. Furthermore, because the mouse model is not a complete representation of AD (the animals do not de- velop neurofibrillary tangles nor do many of their neurons die), additional studies will be necessary to determine whether humans have a similar or different reaction from mice.
Another issue to consider is that the method may perhaps "cure" amyloid deposition but fail to stop development of de- mentia.
Technical issues present major challenges as well. For example it is unlikely that it is even possible, using this techno- logy, to create a vaccine which enables humans to raise anti- bodies against their own proteins. So numerous issues of safety and effectiveness will need to be resolved before any tests in humans can be considered.
The work by Schenk et al. thus shows that if it was possible to generate a strong immune response towards self-proteins in proteinaceous deposits in the central nervus system such as - the plagues formed in AD, it is possible to both prevent the formation of the deposits and possibly also clear already i formed plaques. } i
Recently, clinical trials using the above-discussed AP vaccines have been terminated due to adverse effects: A number of the vaccinated subjects developed chronic encephalitis that may be due to an uncontrolled autoimmunity against AP in the CNS.
The object of the present invention is to provide novel thera- pies against conditions characterized by deposition of amy- loid, such as AD. A further object is to develop an autovac- cine against amyloid, in order to obtain a novel treatment for
AD and for other pathological disorders involving amyloid deposition.
Described herein is the use of an autovaccination technology for generating strong immune responses against otherwise non- immunogenic APP and AB Described is also the preparation of such vaccines for the prevention, possible cure or alleviation of the symptoms of such diseases associated with amyloid de- , posits.
Thus, in its broadest and most general scope, the present in- vention relates to a method for in vivo down-regulation of amyloid precursor protein (APP) or beta amyloid (AB) in an ani- mal, including a human being, the method comprising effecting presentation to the animal’s immune system of an immunogeni- cally effective amount of at least one analogue of APP or AB that incorporates into the same molecule at least one B-cell epitope of APP and/or AP and at least one foreign T-helper epi- tope (Ty epitope) so that immunization of the animal with the analogue induces production of antibodies against the animal’s autologous APP or AB, wherein the analogue a) is a polyamino acid that consists of at least one copy of a subsequence of residues 672-714 in SEQ ID NO: 2, wherein the foreign Ty epitope is incorporated by means of amino acid addition and/or insertion and/or deletion and/or substitution, wherein the subsequence is se- lected from the group consisting of residues 1-42, residues 1-40, residues 1-39, residues 1-35, residues 1-34, residues 1-28, residues 1-12, residues 1-5, resi- dues 13-28, residues 13-35, residues 17-28, residues 25-35, residues 35-40, residues 36-42 and residues 35- ) 42 of the amino acid sequence consisting of amino acid residues 673-714 of SEQ ID NO: 2; and/or b) is a polyamino acid that contains the foreign Ty epi- topes and a disrupted APP or AP sequence so that the analogue does not include any subsequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 that binds productively to MHC class II molecules initiating a T-cell response; and/or ' c) is a polyamino acid that comprises the foreign Ta epi- : tope and APP or AP derived amino acids, and comprises 1 single methionine residue located in the C-terminus of the analogue, wherein other methionine residues in APP or AB and in the foreign Ty epitope have been substi- - tuted or deleted, and preferably have been substituted by leucin or isoleucine; and/or d) is a conjugate comprising a polyhydroxypolymer backbone to which is separately coupled a polyamino acid as de- fined in a) and/or a polyamino acid as defined in b) and/or a polyamino acid as defined in c); and/or e) is a conjugate comprising a polyhydroxypolymer backbone to which is separately coupled 1) the foreign Ty epi- tope and 2) a polyamino acid selected from the group consisting of a subsequence as defined in a), a dis- rupted sequence of APP or Af as defined in b), and an
APP or AB derived amino acid sequence that comprises 1 single methionine residue located in the C-terminus, wherein other methionine residues in APP or AP and in the foreign Ty epitope have been substituted or de- leted, and preferably have been substituted by leucin or isoleucine.
The present assignee has previously filed an international patent application directed to safe vaccination strategies against amyloidogenic polypeptides such as APP and AB, cf. WO 01/62284. This application was not published on the filing date of the present application and further does not contain details concerning the above-mentioned useful analogues of APP ' 25 and AB. : The invention also relates to analogues of the APP and AP as well as to nucleic acid fragments encoding a subset of these.
Also immunogenic compositions comprising the analogues or the nucleic acid fragments are part of the invention.
LEGEND TO THE FIGURE
Fig. 1: Schematic depiction of Autovac variants derived from the amyloid precursor protein with the purpose of generating antibody responses against the AP protein AB-43 (or C-100). The
APP is shown schematically at the top of the figure and the remaining schematic constructs show that the model epitopes P2 and P30 are substituted or inserted into various truncations of APP. In the figure, the black pattern indicates the APP ‘signal sequence, two-way cross-hatching is the extracellular part of APP, dark vertical hatching is the transmembrane do- main of APP, light vertical hatching is the intracellular do- main of APP, coarse cross-hatching indicates the P30 epitope, and fine cross-hatching indicates the P2 epitope. The full line box indicates BAP-42/43 and the full-line box and the dot- ted line box together indicate C-100. “Abeta” denotes AP.
Fig. 2: Schematic depiction of an embodiment of the synthesis of generally applicable immunogenic conjugates. Peptide A (any antigenic sequence, e.g. an AP sequence described herein) and peptide B (an amino acid sequence including a foreign T-helper epitope are synthesized and mixed. After that they are con- tacted with a suitable activated polyhydroxypolymer, peptides
A and B are attached via the activation group in a ration cor- responding to the initial ratio between these two substances in the peptide mixture. Cf. Example 4 for details.
Tn the following a number of terms used in the present specification and claims will be defined and explained in de-
tail in order to clarify the metes and bounds of the inven- - tion. . The terms “amyloid” and “amyloid protein” which are used interchangeably herein denote a class of proteinaceous un- branched fibrils of indeterminate length. Amyloid fibrils dis- play characteristic staining with Congo Red and share a cross-f structure in which the polypeptide chain is organized in
B-sheets. Amyloid is generally derived from amyloidogenic pro- teins which have very different precursor structures but which can all undergo a structural conversion to a misfolded form that is the building block of the P-sheet helix protofilament.
Normally, the diameter of amyloid fibrils varies between about 70 to about 120 A.
The term “amyloidogenic protein” is intended to denote a poly- peptide which is involved in the formation of amyloid depo- sits, either by being part of the deposits as such or by being part of the biosynthetic pathway leading to the formation of the deposits. Hence, examples of amyloidogenic proteins are
APP and AB, but also proteins involved in the metabolism of these may be amyloidogenic proteins.
An “amyloid polypeptide” is herein intended to denote polypep- tides comprising the amino acid sequence of the above-dis- cussed amyloidogenic proteins derived from humans or other mammals (or truncates thereof sharing a substantial amount of
B-cell epitopes with an intact amyloidogenic protein) - an amyloidogenic polypeptide can therefore e.g. comprise substan- : tial parts of a precursor for the amyloidogenic polypeptide (in the case of AB, one possible amyloid polypeptide could be
APP derived). Also unglycosylated forms of amyloidogenic poly- peptides which are prepared in prokaryotic system are included within the boundaries of the term as are forms having varying glycosylation patterns due to the use of e.g. yeasts or other } non-mammalian eukaryotic expression systems. It should, how- ever, be noted that when using the term “an amyloidogenic : polypeptide” it is intended that the polypeptide in question is normally non-immunogenic when presented to the animal to be treated. In other words, the amyloidogenic polypeptide is a self-protein or is an analogue of such a self-protein which will not normally give rise to an immune response against the amyloidogenic of the animal in question.
An “analogue” is an APP or AP derived molecule that incorpo- rates one or several changes in its molecular structure. Such a change can e.g. be in the form of fusion of APP or AB poly- amino acids to a suitable fusion partner (i.e. a change in primary structure exclusively involving C- and/or N-terminal additions of amino acid residues) and/or it can be in the form of insertions and/or deletions and/or substitutions in the polypeptide’s amino acid sequence. Also encompassed by the term are derivatized APP or AP derived molecules, cf. the dis- cussion below of modifications of APP or APB. In some cases the analogue may be constructed so as to be less able or even un- able to elicit antibodies against the normal precursor pro- tein(s) of the amyloid, thereby avoiding undesired interfer- ence with the (physiologically normal) non-aggregated form of the polypeptide being a precursor of the amyloid protein.
It should be noted that the use as a vaccine in a human of a xeno-analogue (e.g. a canine or porcine analogue) of a human
APP or APcan be imagined to produce the desired immunity against the APP or AB. Such use of an xeno-analogue for immuni- zation is also considered part of the invention.
The term “polypeptide” is in the present context intended to . mean both short peptides of from 2 to 10 amino acid residues, oligopeptides of from 11 to 100 amino acid residues, and poly- : peptides of more than 100 amino acid residues. Furthermore, the term is also intended to include proteins, i.e. functional biomolecules comprising at least one polypeptide; when compri- sing at least two polypeptides, these may form complexes, be covalently linked, or may be non-covalently linked. The poly- peptide(s) in a protein can be glycosylated and/or lipidated and/or comprise prosthetic groups. Also, the term “polyamino acid” is an equivalent to the term “polypeptide”
The terms “T-lymphocyte” and “T-cell” will be used inter- changeably for lymphocytes of thymic origin which are respon- sible for various cell mediated immune responses as well as for helper activity in the humoral immune response. Likewise, the terms “B-lymphocyte” and “B-cell” will be used inter- changeably for antibody-producing lymphocytes.
The term “subsequence” means any consecutive stretch of at least 3 amino acids or, when relevant, of at least 3 nucleo- tides, derived directly from a naturally occurring amyloid amino acid sequence or nucleic acid sequence, respectively.
The term “animal” is in the present context in general in- tended to denote an animal species (preferably mammalian), such as Homo sapiens, Canis domesticus, etc. and not just one single animal. However, the term also denotes a population of ’ such an animal species, since it is important that the indi- viduals immunized according to the method of the invention all harbour substantially the same APP or AP allowing for immuniza- tion of the animals with the same immunogen(s). It will be clear to the skilled person that an animal in the present con-
text is a living being which has an immune system. It is pre- ferred that the animal is a vertebrate, such as a mammal. i
By the term “in vivo down-regulation of APP or AB” 1s herein meant reduction in the living organism of the total amount of deposited amyloid protein (or amyloid as such) of the relevant type. The down-regulation can be obtained by means of several mechanisms: Of these, simple interference with amyloid by an- tibody binding so as to prevent misaggregation is the most simple. However, it is also within the scope of the present invention that the antibody binding results in removal of amy- loid by scavenger cells (such as macrophages and other phago- cytic cells) and that the antibodies interfer with other amy- loidogenic polypeptides which lead to amyloid formation. A further possibility is that antibodies bind Af outside the CNS, thereby effectively removing AB from the CNS via a simple mass action principle.
The expression “effecting presentation ... to the immune sys-— tem” is intended to denote that the animal’s immune system is subjected to an immunogenic challenge in a controlled manner.
As will appear from the disclosure below, such challenge of the immune system can be effected in a number of ways of which the most important are vaccination with polypeptide containing “pharmaccines” (i.e. a vaccine which is administered to treat or ameliorate ongoing disease) or nucleic acid “pharmaccine” vaccination. The important result to achieve is that immune competent cells in the animal are confronted with the antigen . in an immunologically effective manner, whereas the precise mode of achieving this result is of less importance to the in- : ventive idea underlying the present invention.
The term “immunogenically effective amount” has its ‘usual . meaning in the art, i.e. an amount of an immunogen, which is capable of inducing an immune response that significantly en- ) gages pathogenic agents sharing immunological features with the immunogen.
When using the expression that the APP or AP has been “modi- fied” is herein meant that a chemical modification of the polypeptide has been performed on APP or AP. Such a modifica- tion can e.g. be derivatization (e.g. alkylation) of certain amino acid residues in the sequence, but as will be appreci- ated from the disclosure below, the preferred modifications comprise changes of the primary structure of the amino acid sequence. .
When discussing “autotolerance towards APP or AB” it is under- stood that since the polypeptide is a self-protein in the population to be vaccinated, normal individuals in the popula- tion do not mount an immune response against the polypeptide; it cannot be excluded, though, that occasional individuals in an animal population might be able to produce antibocdies against the native polypeptide, e.g. as part of an autoimmune disorder. At any rate, an animal will normally only be autotolerant towards its own APP or Af, but it cannot be ex- cluded that analogues derived from other animal species or from a population having a different phenotype would also be tolerated by said animal.
A “foreign T-cell epitope” (or: “foreign T-lymphocyte epi- - tope”) is a peptide which is able to bind to an MHC molecule and which stimulates T-cells in an animal species. Preferred foreign T-cell epitopes in the invention are “promiscuous” epitopes, i.e. epitopes which bind to a substantial fraction of a particular class of MHC molecules in an animal species or population. Only a very limited number of such promiscuous T- ] cell epitopes are known, and they will be discussed in detail below. Promiscuous T-cell epitopes are also denoted “univer- sal” T-cell epitopes. It should be noted that in order for the immunogens which are used according to the present invention to be effective in as large a fraction of an animal population as possible, it may be necessary to 1) insert several foreign
T-cell epitopes in the same analogue or 2) prepare several analogues wherein each analogue has a different promiscuous epitope inserted. It should be noted also that the concept of foreign T-cell epitopes also encompasses use of cryptic T-cell epitopes, i.e. epitopes which are derived from a self-protein and which only exerts immunogenic behaviour when existing in isolated form without being part of the self-protein in ques- tion.
A “foreign T helper lymphocyte epitope” (a foreign Ty epitope) is a foreign T cell epitope, which binds an MHC Class II mole- cule and can be presented on the surface of an antigen pre- senting cell (APC) bound to the MHC Class II molecule.
A “functional part” of a (bio)molecule is in the present con- text intended to mean the part of the molecule which is re- sponsible for at least one of the biochemical or physiological effects exerted by the molecule. It is well-known in the art that many enzymes and other effector molecules have an active site which is responsible for the effects exerted by the mole- cule in question. Other parts of the molecule may serve a sta- bilizing or solubility enhancing purpose and can therefore be left out if these purposes are not of relevance in the context of a certain embodiment of the present invention. For instance it is possible to use certain cytokines as a modifying moiety in APP or AB (cf. the detailed discussion below), and in such a . case, the issue of stability may be irrelevant since the coup- ling to the APP or APmay provide the stability necessary.
The term “adjuvant” has its usual meaning in the art of vac- cine technology, i.e. a substance or a composition of matter which is 1) not in itself capable of mounting a specific im- mune response against the immunogen of the vaccine, but which is 2) nevertheless capable of enhancing the immune response against the immunogen. Or, in other words, vaccination with the adjuvant alone does not provide an immune response against the immunogen, vaccination with the immunogen may or may not give rise to an immune response against the immunogen, but the combined vaccination with immunogen and adjuvant induces an immune response against the immunogen which is stronger than that induced by the immunogen alone. “Targeting” of a molecule is in the present context intended to denote the situation where a molecule upon introduction in the animal will appear preferentially in certain tissue(s) or will be preferentially associated with certain cells or cell types. The effect can be accomplished in a number of ways in- cluding formulation of the molecule in composition facilita- ting targeting or by introduction in the molecule of groups, which facilitate targeting. These issues will be discussed in detail below. “Stimulation of the immune system” means that a substance or composition of matter exhibits a general, non-specific immu- ) nostimulatory effect. A number of adjuvants and putative adju- vants (such as certain cytokines) share the ability to stimu- late the immune system. The result of using an immunostimula- ting agent is an increased “alertness” of the immune system meaning that simultaneous or subsequent immunization with an immunogen induces a significantly more effective immune re- sponse compared to isolated use of the immunogen. “Productive binding” means binding of a peptide to the MHC molecule (Class I or II) so as to be able to stimulate T-cells that engage a cell that present the peptide bound to the MHC molecule. For instance, a peptide bound to an MHC Class II molecule on the surface of an APC is said to be productively bound if this APC will stimulate a Ty cell that binds to the presented peptide-MHC Class II complex. preferred embodiments of amyloid down-regulation
It is preferred that the analogue used as an immunogen in the method of the invention is a modified APP or AP molecule wherein at least one change is present in the amino acid se- quence of the APP or AB, since the chances of obtaining the all-important breaking of autotolerance is greatly facilitated that way — this is e.g. evident from the results presented in
Example 2 herein, where immunization with wild-type AP is com- pared to immunization with an Af variant molecule. It has been shown (in Dalum I et al., 1996, J. Immunol. 157: 4796-4804) that potentially self-reactive B-lymphocytes recognizing self- proteins are physiologically present in normal individuals.
However, in order for these B-lymphocytes to be induced to ac- tually produce antibodies reactive with the relevant sell-pro- teins, assistance is needed from cytokine producing T-helper lymphocytes (Ty-cells or Ty-lymphocytes). Normally this help is not provided because T-lymphocytes in general do not recognize .
T-cell epitopes derived from self-proteins when presented by antigen presenting cells (APCs). However, by providing an ele- ment of “foreignness” in a self-protein (i.e. by introducing an immunologically significant modification), T-cells recog- ’ nizing the foreign element are activated upon recognizing the foreign epitope on an APC (such as, initially, a mononuclear ’ cell). Polyclonal B-lymphocytes (which are also APCs) capable of recognising self-epitopes on the modified self-protein also internalise the antigen and subsequently presents the foreign
T-cell epitope(s) thereof, and the activated T-lymphocytes subsequently provide cytokine help to these self-reactive polyclonal B-lymphocytes. Since the antibodies produced by these polyclonal B-lymphocytes are reactive with different epitopes on the modified polypeptide, including those which are also present in the native polypeptide, an antibody cross-— reactive with the non-modified self-protein is induced. In conclusion, the T-lymphocytes can be led to act as if the population of polyclonal B-lymphocytes have recognised an en-— tirely foreign antigen, whereas in fact only the inserted epi- tope(s) is/are foreign to the host. In this way, antibodies capable of cross-reacting with non-modified self-antigens are induced.
Several ways of modifying a peptide self-antigen in order to obtain breaking of autotolerance are known in the art. It is nevertheless preferred that the analogue according to the pre- sent invention includes - at least one first moiety is introduced which effects targeting of the modified molecule to an antigen presen-
Rk ting cell (APC), and/or ~ at least one second moiety is introduced which stimulates the immune system, and/or ~ at least one third moiety is introduced which optimizes presentation of the analogue to the immune system.
However, all these modifications should be carried out while maintaining a substantial fraction of the original B-lympho- cyte epitopes in the APP or AP, since the B-lymphocyte recogni- tion of the native molecule is thereby enhanced. :
In one preferred embodiment, side groups (in the form of the foreign T-cell epitopes or the above-mentioned first, second and third moieties) are covalently or non-covalently intro- duced. This is to mean that stretches of amino acid residues derived from the APP or AP are derivatized without altering the primary amino acid sequence, or at least without introducing changes in the peptide bonds between the individual amino a- cids in the chain.
An alternative, and preferred, embodiment utilises amino acid substitution and/or deletion and/or insertion and/or addition (which may be effected by recombinant means or by means of peptide synthesis; modifications which involves longer stretches of amino acids can give rise to fusion polypepti- des). One especially preferred version of this embodiment is the technique described in WO 95/05849, which discloses a method for down-regulating self-proteins by immunising with analogues of the self-proteins wherein a number of amino acid sequence (s) has been substituted with a corresponding number of amino acid sequence(s) which each comprise a foreign immu- nodominant T-cell epitope, while at the same time maintaining the overall tertiary structure of the self-protein in the ana- logue. For the purposes of the present invention, it is how- . ever sufficient if the modification (be it an insertion, addi- tion, deletion or substitution) gives rise to a foreign T-cell epitope and at the same time preserves a substantial number of the B-cell epitopes in the APP or AB. However, in order to ob- tain maximum efficacy of the immune response induced, it is preferred that the overall tertiary structure of the APP or AP ’ is maintained in the modified molecule.
In some cases, it is preferred that the APP or AP or fragments thereof are mutated. Especially preferred are substitution variants where the methionine in position 35 in AP-43 has been substituted, preferably with leucine or isoleucine, or simply deleted. Especially preferred analogues contain one single me- thionine that is located in the C-terminus, either because it is naturally occurring in the amyloidogenic polypeptide or foreign Ty epitope, or because it has been inserted or added.
Hence, it also preferred that the part of the analogue that includes the foreign Ty epitope is free from methionine, except from the possible C-terminal location of a methionine.
The main reason for removing all but one methionine is that it becomes possible to recombinantly prepare multimeric analogues that can be subsequently cleaved by cyanogenbromide to leave the single analogues. The advantage is, that recombinant production becomes facilitated this way.
In fact, it is generally preferred that all analogues of APP or AP that are used according to the present invention share the characteristic of merely including one single methionine that 1s positioned as the C-terminal amino acid in the analogue and that other methionines in either the amyloidogenic polypeptide or the foreign Ty epitope are deleted . 25 or substituted for another amino acid. . One further interesting mutation is a deletion or substitution of the phenylalanine in position 19 in AB-43, and it is espe- cially preferred that the mutation is a substitution of this phenylalanine residue with a proline.
Other interesting polyamino acids to be used in the analogues are truncated parts of the AB-43 protein. These can also be : employed in immunogenic analogues according to the present invention. Especially preferred are the truncates AP(1-42),
AB(1-40), AB(1-39), AB(1-35), AB(1-34), AB(1-34), AB(1-28),
AB(1-12), AB(1-5), AB(13-28), AB(13-35), AP(17-28), AB(25-35),
AB (35-40), AB (36-42), and AB(35-42) (where the numbers in the parentheses indicate the amino acid stretches of AB-43 that constitute the relevant fragment — AB (35-40) is e.g. identical to amino acids 706-711 in SEQ ID NO: 2). All these variants with truncated parts of AP-43 can be made with the AB fragments described herein, in particular with variants 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 mentioned in Example 1.
The following formula describes the molecular constructs gene- rally covered by the invention: (MOD1) s1 (amyloides) ni (MOD2) s2 (amyloidez) nz. - - - (MODx) sx (amyloidex) nx (I) ~where amyloide;—amyloidex are x B-cell epitope containing sub- sequences of APP or AP which independently are identical or non-identical and which may contain or not contain foreign side groups, x is an integer > 3, nl-nx are x integers 2 0 (at least one is = 1), MOD;-MODy are xX modifications introduced be- tween the preserved B-cell epitopes, and s;-sy are x integers = 0 (at least one is =z 1 if no side groups are introduced in the amyloide, sequences). Thus, given the general functional re- : straints on the immunogenicity of the constructs, the inven- tion allows for all kinds of permutations of the original se- quence of the APP or AB, and all kinds of modifications therein. Thus, included in the invention are modified APP or AP obtained by omission of parts of the sequence which e.g. ex-
hibit adverse effects in vivo or omission of parts which are . normally intracellular and thus could give rise to undesired immunological reactions.
One preferred version of the constructs outlined above are, . when applicable, those where the B-cell epitope containing subsequence of an amyloid protein is not extracellularly ex- posed in the precursor polypeptide from which the amyloid is derived. By making such a choice of the epitopes, it is en- sured that antibodies are not generated which would be reac- tive with the cells producing the precursor and thereby the immune response which is generated becomes limited to an im- mune response against the undesired amyloid deposits. In this case it will e.g. be feasible to induce immunity against epi- topes of APP or AP which are only exposed to the extracellular phase when being free from any coupling to the cells from which they are produced.
Maintenance of a substantial fraction of B-cell epitopes or even the overall tertiary structure of a protein which is sub- jected to modification as described herein can be achieved in several ways. One is simply to prepare a polyclonal antiserum directed against the polypeptide in question (e.g. an antise- rum prepared in a rabbit) and thereafter use this antiserum as a test reagent (e.g. in a competitive ELISA) against the modi- fied proteins which are produced. Modified versions (ana- logues) which react to the same extent with the antiserum as } does the APP or AB must be regarded as having the same overall tertiary structure as APP or AP whereas analogues exhibiting a : limited (but still significant and specific) reactivity with such an antiserum are regarded as having maintained a substan- tial fraction of the original B-cell epitopes.
Alternatively, a selection of monoclonal antibodies reactive with distinct epitopes on the APP or AP can be prepared and used as a test panel. This approach has the advantage of al- lowing 1) an epitope mapping of the APP or AP and 2) a mapping of the epitopes which are maintained in the analogues pre- pared.
Of course, a third approach would be to resolve the 3-dimen- sional structure of the APP or AP or of a biologically active truncate thereof (cf. above) and compare this to the resolved three-dimensional structure of the analogues prepared. Three- dimensional structure can be resolved by the aid of X-ray dif- fraction studies and NMR-spectroscopy. Further information re- lating to the tertiary structure can to some extent be ob- tained from circular dichroism studies which have the advan- tage of merely requiring the polypeptide in pure form (whereas
X-ray diffraction requires the provision of crystallized poly- peptide and NMR requires the provision of isotopic variants of the polypeptide) in order to provide useful information about the tertiary structure of a given molecule. However, ulti- mately X-ray diffraction and/or NMR are necessary to obtain conclusive data since circular dichroism can only provide in- direct evidence of correct 3-dimensional structure via infor- mation of secondary structure elements.
One preferred embodiment of the invention utilises multiple presentations of B-lymphocyte epitopes of APP or Ap (i.e. for- mula I wherein at least one B-cell epitope is present in two positions). This effect can be achieved in various ways, e.d. by simply preparing fusion polypeptides comprising the struc- ture (APP or AP derived polypeptide),, where m is an integer = 2 and then introduce the modifications discussed herein in at least one of the APP or AP sequences. It is preferred that the ’ modifications introduced includes at least one duplication of a B-lymphocyte epitope and/or the introduction of a hapten.
These embodiments including multiple presentations of selected epitopes are especially preferred in situations where merely minor parts of the APP or AB are useful as constituents in a vaccine agent.
As mentioned above, the introduction of a foreign T-cell epi- tope can be accomplished by introduction of at least one amino acid insertion, addition, deletion, or substitution. Of course, the normal situation will be the introduction of more than one change in the amino acid sequence (e.g. insertion of or substitution by a complete T-cell epitope) but the impor- tant goal to reach is that the analogue, when processed by an antigen presenting cell (APC), will give rise to such a for- eign immunodominant T-cell epitope being presented in context of an MCH Class II molecule on the surface of the APC. Thus, if the amino acid sequence of the APP or APB in appropriate po- sitions comprises a number of amino acid residues which can also be found in a foreign Ty epitope then the introduction of a foreign Ty epitope can be accomplished by providing the re- maining amino acids of the foreign epitope by means of amino acid insertion, addition, deletion and substitution. In other words, it is not necessary to introduce a complete Ty epitope by insertion or substitution in order to fulfill the purpose of the present invention.
It is preferred that the number of amino acid insertions, de- ) letions, substitutions or additions is at least 2, such as 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, i1, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 25 insertions, substitutions, additions or deletions. It is furthermore preferred that the number of amino acid inser-
tions, substitutions, additions or deletions is not in excess of 150, such as at most 100, at most 90, at most 80, and at most 70. It is especially preferred that the number of substi- tutions, insertions, deletions, or additions does not exceed : 60, and in particular the number should not exceed 30 or even 40. Most preferred is a number of not more than 30. With re- spect to amino acid additions, it should be noted that these, when the resulting construct is in the form of a fusion poly- peptide, is often considerably higher than 150.
Preferred embodiments of the invention includes modification by introducing at least one foreign immunodominant T-cell epi- tope. It will be understood that the question of immune domi- nance of a T-cell epitope depends on the animal species in question. As used herein, the term “immunodominance” simply refers to epitopes which in the vaccinated indivi- dual/population gives rise to a significant immune response, but it is a well-known fact that a T-cell epitope which is im- munodominant in one individual/population is not necessarily immunodominant in another individual of the same species, even though it may be capable of binding MHC-II molecules in the latter individual. Hence, for the purposes of the present in- vention, an immune dominant T-cell epitope is a T-cell epitope which will be effective in providing T-cell help when present in an antigen. Typically, immune dominant T-cell epitopes has as an inherent feature that they will substantially always be presented bound to an MHC Class ITI molecule, irrespective of the polypeptide wherein they appear. }
Another important point is the issue of MHC restriction of T- cell epitopes. In general, naturally occurring T-cell epitopes are MHC restricted, i.e. a certain peptides constituting a T- cell epitope will only bind effectively to a subset of MHC
Class II molecules. This in turn has the effect that in most . cases the use of one specific T-cell epitope will result in a vaccine component which is only effective in a fraction of the ’ population, and depending on the size of that fraction, it can be necessary to include more T-cell epitopes in the same mole- cule, or alternatively prepare a multi-component vaccine wherein the components are variants of APP or AP which are dis- tinguished from each other by the nature of the T-cell epitope introduced.
If the MHC restriction of the T-cells used is completely un- known (for instance in a situation where the vaccinated animal has a poorly defined MHC composition), the fraction of the population covered by a specific vaccine composition can be approximated by means of the following formula
J popuction =1- 11 (1 = P;) (IT) i=} -where p; is the frequency in the population .of responders to the i*" foreign T-cell epitope present in the vaccine composi- tion, and n is the total number of foreign T-cell epitopes in the vaccine composition. Thus, a vaccine composition contain- ing 3 foreign T-cell epitopes having response frequencies in the population of 0.8, 0.7, and 0.6, respectively, would give 1 -0.2 x 0.3 x 0.4 =20.976 -i.e. 97.6 percent of the population will statistically mount ’ an MHC-II mediated response to the vaccine. . 25 The above formula does not apply in situations where a more or less precise MHC restriction pattern of the peptides used is known. If, for instance a certain peptide only binds the human
MHC-II molecules encoded by HLA-DR alleles DR1l, DR3, DR5, and
DR7, then the use of this peptide together with another pep- tide which binds the remaining MHC-II molecules encoded by .
HLA-DR alleles will accomplish 100% coverage in the population in question. Likewise, if the second peptide only binds DR3 : and DR5, the addition of this peptide will not increase the coverage at all. If one bases the calculation of population response purely on MHC restriction of T-cell epitopes in the vaccine, the minimum fraction of the population covered by a specific vaccine composition can be determined by means of the following formula: 3
Sroputaon =1=1 10 =)" (T11) ph -wherein ¢; is the sum of frequencies in the population of al- lelic haplotypes encoding MHC molecules which bind any one of the T-cell epitopes in the vaccine and which belong to the te of the 3 known HLA loci (DP, DR and DQ); in practice, it is first determined which MHC molecules will recognize each T- cell epitope in the vaccine and thereafter these are listed by type (DP, DR and DQ) - then, the individual frequencies of the different listed allelic haplotypes are summed for each type, thereby yielding ¢i, ¢2, and @s3.
It may occur that the value p; in formula II exceeds the corre- sponding theoretical value mj: 3 m=1-1]a-v,;) (IV)
J=1 -wherein vj is the sum of frequencies in the population of al- }
Jelic haplotype encoding MHC molecules which bind the i" T- cell epitope in the vaccine and which belong to the FH of the . 3 known HLA loci (DP, DR and DQ). This means that in 1-m; of the population is a frequency of responders of fresigual i = (Pi~ m3) / (1-13) . Therefore, formula III can be adjusted so as to . yield formula V: 3 , n ’ J population = 1 - IT ( = ®;) + t - 11 ¢ = Ip) (V) j=! i=] —-where the term 1-fresiqual-i 1.5 set to zero if negative. It should be noted that formula V requires that all epitopes have been haplotype mapped against identical sets of haplotypes.
Therefore, when selecting T-cell epitopes to be introduced in the analogue, it is important to include all knowledge of the epitopes which is available: 1) The frequency of responders in the population to each epitope, 2) MHC restriction data, and 3) frequency in the population of the relevant haplotypes.
There exist a number of naturally occurring “promiscuous” T- cell epitopes which are active in a large proportion of indi- viduals of an animal species or an animal population and these are preferably introduced in the vaccine thereby reducing the need for a very large number of different analogues in the same vaccine.
The promiscuous epitope can according to the invention be a naturally occurring human T-cell epitope such as epitopes from tetanus toxoid (e.g. the P2 and P30 epitopes), diphtheria ‘toxoid, Influenza virus hemagluttinin (HA), and P. falciparum
CS antigen.
Over the years a number of other promiscuous T-cell epitopes have been identified. Especially peptides capable of binding a . ; 25 large proportion of HLA-DR molecules encoded by the different
HLA-DR alleles have been identified and these are all possible
T-cell epitopes to be introduced in the analogues used accor- ding to the present invention. Cf. also the epitopes discussed in the following references which are hereby all incorporated by reference herein: WO 98/23635 (Frazer IH et al., assigned . to The University of Queensland); Southwood S et. al, 1998, J.
Immunol. 160: 3363-3373; Sinigaglia F et al., 1988, Nature : 336: 778-780; Chicz RM et al., 1993, J. Exp. Med 178: 27-47;
Hammer J et al., 1993, Cell 74: 197-203; and Falk K et al., 1994, Immunogenetics 39: 230-242. The latter reference also deals with HLA-DQ and -DP ligands. All epitopes listed in these 5 references are relevant as candidate natural epitopes to be used in the present invention, as are epitopes which share common motifs with these.
Alternatively, the epitope can be any artificial T-cell epi- tope which is capable of binding a large proportion of MHC
Class II molecules. In this context the pan DR epitope pep- tides (“PADRE”) described in WO 95/07707 and in the corre- sponding paper Alexander J et al., 1994, Immunity 1: 751-761 (both disclosures are incorporated by reference herein) are interesting candidates for epitopes to be used according to the present invention. It should be noted that the most effec- tive PADRE peptides disclosed in these papers carry D-amino acids in the C- and N-termini in order to improve stability when administered. However, the present invention primarily aims at incoecrporating the relevant epitopes as part of the analogue which should then subsequently be broken down enzy-— matically inside the lysosomal compartment of APCs to allow subsequent presentation in the context of an MHC-II molecule and therefore it is not expedient to incorporate D-amino acids in the epitopes used in the present invention.
One especially preferred PADRE peptide is the one having the amino acid sequence AKFVAAWTLKAAA (SEQ ID NO: 17) or an immu- nologically effective subsequence thereof. This, and other epitopes having the same lack of MHC restriction are preferred : T-cell epitopes which should be present in the analogues used in the inventive method. Such super-promiscuous epitopes will ' allow for the most simple embodiments of the invention wherein only one single analogue is presented to the vaccinated ani- mal’s immune system. :
As mentioned above, the modification of the APP or AP can also include the introduction of a first moiety which targets the modified amyloidogenic polypeptide to an APC or a B-lympho- cyte. For instance, the first moiety can be a specific binding partner for a B-lymphocyte specific surface antigen or for an
APC specific surface antigen. Many such specific surface anti- gens are known in the art. For instance, the moiety can be a carbohydrate for which there is a receptor on the B-lymphocyte or the APC (e.g. mannan or mannose). Alternatively, the second moiety can be a hapten. Also an antibody fragment which spe- cifically recognizes a surface molecule on APCs or lymphocytes can be used as a first moiety (the surface molecule can e.g. be an FCy receptor of macrophages and monocytes, such as FCyRI or, alternatively any other specific surface marker such as
CD40 or CTLA-4). It should be noted that all these exemplary targeting molecules can be used as part of an adjuvant also, cf. below.
As an alternative or supplement to targeting the analogue to a certain cell type in order to achieve an enhanced immune re- ’ sponse, it is possible to increase the level of responsiveness of the immune system by including the above-mentioned second ’ moiety which stimulates the immune system. Typical examples of such second moieties are cytokines, and heat-shock proteins or molecular chaperones, as well as effective parts thereof.
Suitable cytokines to be used according to the invention are those which will normally also function as adjuvants in a vac- . cine composition, i.e. for instance interferon y (IFN-y), in- terleukin 1 (IL-1), interleukin 2 (IL-2), interleukin 4 (IL- ’ 4), interleukin 6 (IL-6), interleukin 12 (IL-12), interleukin 13 (IL-13), interleukin 15 (IL-15), and granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF); alternatively, the func- tional part of the cytokine molecule may suffice as the second moiety. With respect to the use of such cytokines as adjuvant substances, cf. the discussion below.
According to the invention, suitable heat-shock proteins or molecular chaperones used as the second moiety can be HSP70,
HSP90, HSC70, GRP94 (also known as gp96, cf. Wearsch PA et al. 1998, Biochemistry 37: 5709-19), and CRT (calreticulin).
Alternatively, the second moiety can be a toxin, such as lis- teriolycin (LLO), lipid A and heat-labile enterotoxin. Also, a number of mycobacterial derivatives such as MDP (muramyl dipeptide), CFA (complete Freund’s adjuvant) and the trehalose diesters TDM and TDE are interesting possibilities.
Also the possibility of introducing a third moiety which en- hances the presentation of the analogue to the immune system is an important embodiment of the invention. The art has shown several examples of this principle. For instance, it is known that the palmitoyl lipidation anchor in the Borrelia burgdor- feri protein OspA can be utilised so as to provide self-adju- vating polypeptides (cf. e.g. WO 96/40718) - it seems that the lipidated proteins form up micelle-like structures with a core consisting of the lipidation anchor parts of the polypeptides and the remaining parts of the molecule protruding therefrom, resulting in multiple presentations of the antigenic determi-
nants. Hence, the use of this and related approaches using : different lipidation anchors (e.g. a myristyl group, a myris- tyl group, a farnesyl group, a geranyl-geranyl group, a GPI- ) anchor, and an N-acyl diglyceride group) are preferred embodi- ments of the invention, especially since the provision of such a lipidation anchor in a recombinantly produced protein is fairly straightforward and merely requires use of e.g. a natu- rally occurring signal sequence as a fusion partner for the analogue. Another possibility is use of the C3d fragment of complement factor C3 or C3 itself (cf. Dempsey et al., 1996,
Science 271, 348-350 and Lou & Kohler, 1998, Nature Biotech- nology 16, 458-462).
An alternative embodiment of the invention which also results in the preferred presentation of multiple (e.g. at least 2) copies of the important epitopic regions of APP or AP to the immune system is the covalent coupling of the analogue to cer- tain molecules, i.e. variants d and e mentioned above. For instance, polymers can be used, e.g. carbohydrates such as dextran, cf. e.g. Lees A et al., 1994, Vaccine 12: 1160-1166;
Lees A et al., 1990, J Immunol. 145: 3594-3600, but also mannose and mannan are useful alternatives. Integral membrane proteins from e.g. E. coli and other bacteria are also useful conjugation partners. The traditional carrier molecules such as keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH), tetanus toxoid, diphtheria toxoid, and bovine serum albumin (BSA) are also preferred and useful conjugation partners.
Preferred embodiments of covalent coupling of the APP or AP de- ’ rived material to polyhydroxypolymers such as carbohydrates involve the use of at least one APP or AP derived peptide and at least one foreign T-helper epitope which are coupled sepa- rately to the polyhydroxypolymer (i.e. the foreign T-helper epitope and the APP or AP derived amino acid sequence are not fused to each other but rather bound to the polyhydroxypolymer . which then serves as a carrier backbone). Again, such an em- bodiment is most preferred when the suitable B-cell epitope carrying regions of the APP or AP derived peptides are consti- tuted by short peptide stretches - this is because this ap- proach is one very convenient way to achieve multiple presen- tations of selected epitopes in the resulting immunogenic agent. It is, however, also possible to simply coupled ana- logues already described herein to the polyhydroxypolymer backbone, i.e. that the APP or AP derived material is not at- tached to the backbone separately from the foreign Ty epitopes.
It is especially preferred that the coupling of the foreign T- helper epitope and the APD or AB derived (poly)peptide is by means of an amide bond which can be cleaved by a peptidase.
This strategy has the effect that APCs will be able to take up the conjugate and at the same time be able to process the con- jugate and subsequently present the foreign T-cell epitope in an MHC Class II context.
One way of achieving coupling of peptides (both the APP or AB derived peptide of interest as well as the foreign epitope) is to activate a suitable polyhydroxypolymer with tresyl (trifluoroethylsulphonyl) groups or other suitable activation groups such as maleimido, p-Nitrophenyl cloroformate (for ac- tivation of OH groups and formation of a peptide bond between peptide and polyhydroxypolymer), and tosyl (p-toluenesul- fonyl). It is e.g. possible to prepare activated polysaccha- rides as described in WO 00/05316 and US 5,874,469 (both in- corporated by reference herein) and couple these to APP or AB derived peptides or polyamino acids as well as to T-cell epi-
topes prepared by means of conventional solid or liquid phase g peptide synthesis techniques. The resulting product consists of a polyhydroxypolymer backbone (e.g. a dextran backbone) that has, attached thereto by their N-termini or by other available nitrogen moieties, polyamino acids derived from APP or AP and from foreign T-cell epitopes. If desired, it is pos- sible to synthesise the APP or AP peptides so as to protect all available amino groups but the one at the N-terminus, subse- ’ quently couple the resulting protected peptides to the tresy- lated dextran moiety, and finally de-protecting the resulting conjugate. A specific example of this approach is described in the examples below.
Instead of using the water-soluble polysaccharide molecules as taught in WO 00/05316 and US 5,874,469, it is equally possible to utilise cross-linked polysaccharide molecules, thereby ob- taining a particulate conjugate between polypeptides and poly- saccharide — this is believed to lead to an improved presenta- tion to the immune system of the polypeptides, since two goals are reached, namely to obtain a local deposit effect when in- jecting the conjugate and to obtain particles which are at- tractive targets for APCs. The approach of using such particu- late systems is also detailed in the examples.
Considerations underlying chosen areas of introducing modifications in APP or AP are a) preservation of known and predicted B-cell epitopes, b) preservation of tertiary struc- ’ ture, c) avoidance of B-cell epitopes present on “producer cells” etc. At any rate, as discussed above, it is fairly easy to screen a set of analogues which have all been subjected to introduction of a T-cell epitope in different locations.
Since the most preferred embodiments of the present invention involve down-regulation of human AB, it is consequently pre- . ferred that the APP or APpolypeptide discussed above is a human
AB polypeptide. In this embodiment, it 1s especially preferred that the APP or AP polypeptide has been modified by substitu- ting at least one amino acid sequence in SEQ ID NO: 2 with at least one amino acid sequence of equal or different length and containing a foreign Ty epitope. Preferred examples of modified amyloidogenic APP and AP are shown schematically in Fig. 1 us- ing the P2 and P30 epitopes as examples. The rationale behind such constructs is discussed in detail in the examples.
More specifically, a Ty containing (or completing) amino acid sequence which is introduced into SEQ ID NO: 2 may be intro- duced at any amino acid in SEQ ID NO: Z. That is, the intro- duction is possible after any of amino acids 1-770, but pre- ferably after any of amino acids 671, 672, 673, 674, 675, 676, 677, 678, 679, 680, 681, 682, 683, 684, 685, 686, 687, 688, 689, 690, 691, 692, 693, 694, 695, 696, 697, 698, 699, 700, 701, 702, 703, 704, 705, 706, 707, 708, 709, 710, 711, 712, 713, and 714 in SEQ ID NO: 2. This may be combined with dele- tion of any or all of amino acids 1-671, or any of all of amino acids 715-770. Furthermore, when utilising the technique of substitution, any one of amino acids 671, 672, 673, 674, 675, 676, 677, 678, 679, 680, 681, 682, 683, 684, 685, 636, 687, 688, 689, 690, 691, 692, 693, 694, 695, 696, 697, 698, 699, 700, 701, 702, 703, 704, 705, 706, 707, 708, 709, 710, 711, 712, 713, and 714 in SEQ ID NO: 2 may be deleted in com- bination with the introduction.
Another embodiment of the present invention is the presenta- tion of the analogues which do not include any subsequence of of SEQ ID NO: 2 that binds productively to MHC class II mole- : cules initiating a T-cell response. : The rationale behind such a strategy for design of the immuno- gen that engages the immune system to induce e.g. an anti-AB immune response is the following: It has been noted that when immunizing with abundant autologous proteins such as AP formu- lated in an adjuvant which is sufficiently strong to break the body's tolerance towards the autologous protein, there is a danger that in some vaccinated individuals the immune response induced cannot be discontinued simply by discontinueing the immunisation. This is because the induced immune response in such individuals is most likely driven by a native Ty epitope of the autologous protein, and this has the adverse effect that the vaccinated individual’s own protein will be able to function as an immunizing agent in its own right: An autoim- mune condition has thus been established.
The preferred methods including use of foreign Ty epitopes have to the best of the inventors’ knowledge never been observed to produce this effect, because the anti-self immune response is driven by a foreign Ty epitope, and it has been repeatedly dem- onstrated by the inventors that the induced immune response invoked by the preferred technology indeed declines after dis- continuation of immunizations. However, in theory it could happen in a few individuals that the immune response would also be driven by an autologous Ty epitope of the relevant self-protein one immunises against) - this is especially rele- vant when considering self-proteins that are relatively abun- ’ dant, such as AB, whereas other therapeutically relevant self- proteins are only present locally or in so low amounts in the body, that a “self-immunization effect” is not a possibility.
One very simple way of avoiding this is hence to altogether )
avoid inclusion in the immunogen of peptide sequences that could serve as Ty epitopes (and since peptides shorter than . about 9 amino acids cannot serve as Ty epitopes, the use of shorter fragments is one simple and feasible approach). There- fore, this embodiment of the invention also serves to ensure that the immunogen does not indlude peptide sequences of the target APP or AP that could serve as “self-stimulating Ty epi- topes” including sequences that merely contain conservative substitutions in a sequence of the target protein that might otherwise function as a Ty epitope.
Preferred embodiments of the immune system presentation of the analogues of the APP or AP involve the use of a chimeric pep- tide comprising at least one APP or AB derived peptide, which does not bind productively to MHC class II molecules, and at least one foreign T-helper epitope. Moreover, it is preferred that the APP or AP derived peptide harbours a B-cell epitope.
It is especially advantageous if the immunogenic analogue is one, wherein the amino acid sequences comprising one or more
B-cell epitopes are represented either as a continuous se- quence or as a sequence including inserts, wherein the inserts comprise foreign T-helper epitopes.
Again, such an embodiment is most preferred when the suitable
B-cell epitope carrying regions of the APP or AP are consti- tuted by short peptide stretches that in no way would be able to bind productively to an MHC Class II molecule. The selected
B-cell epitope or -epitopes of the amyloidogenic polypeptide should therefore comprise at most 9 consecutive amino acids of
SEQ ID NO: 2. Shorter peptides are preferred, such as those having at most 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, or 3 consecutive amino acids from the amyloidogenic polypeptide’s amino acid sequence.
It is preferred that the analogue comprises at least one sub- . sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 so that each such at least one subse- quence independently consists of amino acid stretches from the
APP or AP selected from the group consisting of 9 consecutive amino acids, 8 consecutive amino acids, 7 consecutive amino acids, 6 consecutive amino acids, 5 consecutive amino acids, 4 consecutive amino acids, and 3 consecutive amino acids.
It is especially preferred that the consecutive amino acids begins at an amino acid residue selected from the group con- sisting of residue 672, 673, 674, 675, 676, 677, 678, 679, 680, 681, 682, 683, 684, 685, 686, 687, 688, 689, 690, 691, 692, 693, 694, 695, 696, 697, 698, 699, 700, 701, 702, 703, 704, 705, 706, 707, 708, 709, 710, 711, 712, 713, and 714 of
SEQ ID NO: 2.
Protein/peptide vaccination; formulation and administration of the analogues
When effecting presentation of the analogue to an animal’s im- mune system by means of administration thereof to the animal, the formulation of the polypeptide follows the principles gen- erally acknowledged in the art.
Preparation of vaccines which contain peptide sequences as ac- tive ingredients 1s generally well understood in the art, as exemplified by U.S. Patents 4,608,251; 4,601,903; 4,599,231; 4,599,230; 4,596,792; and 4,578,770, all incorporated herein ' 25 by reference. Typically, such vaccines are prepared as in- jectables either as liquid solutions or suspensions; solid forms suitable for solution in, or suspension in, liquid prior to injection may also be prepared. The preparation may also be emulsified. The active immunogenic ingredient is often mixed with excipients which are pharmaceutically acceptable and com-
patible with the active ingredient. Suitable excipients are, for example, water, saline, dextrose, glycerol, ethanol, or } the like, and combinations thereof. In addition, if desired, the vaccine may contain minor amounts of auxiliary substances : such as wetting or emulsifying agents, pH buffering agents, or adjuvants which enhance the effectiveness of the vaccines; cf. the detailed discussion of adjuvants below.
The vaccines are conventionally administered parenterally, by injection, for example, either subcutaneously, intracutaneous- ly, or intramuscularly. Additional formulations which are suitable for other modes of administration include supposito- ries and, in some cases, oral, buccal, sublinqual, intraperi- toneal, intravaginal, anal, epidural, spinal, and intracranial formulations. For suppositories, traditional binders and car- riers may include, for example, polyalkalene glycols or triglycerides; such suppositories may be formed from mixtures containing the active ingredient in the range of 0.5% to 10%, preferably 1-2%. Oral formulations include such normally em-— ployed excipients as, for example, pharmaceutical grades of mannitol, lactose, starch, magnesium stearate, sodium saccha- rine, cellulose, magnesium carbonate, and the like. These com- positions take the form of solutions, suspensions, tablets, pills, capsules, sustained release formulations or powders and contain 10-95% of active ingredient, preferably 25-70%. For oral formulations, cholera toxin is an interesting formulation partner (and also a possible conjugation partner).
The polypeptides may be formulated into the vaccine as neutral or salt forms. Pharmaceutically acceptable salts include acid addition salts (formed with the free amino groups of the pep- tide) and which are formed with inorganic acids such as, for example, hydrochloric or phosphoric acids, or such organic a-
cids as acetic, oxalic, tartaric, mandelic, and the like. . Salts formed with the free carboxyl groups may also be derived from inorganic bases such as, for example, sodium, potassium, : ammonium, calcium, or ferric hydroxides, and such organic bases as isopropylamine, trimethylamine, 2-ethylamino ethanol, histidine, procaine, and the like.
The vaccines are administered in a manner compatible with the dosage formulation, and in such amount as will be therapeuti- cally effective and immunogenic. The quantity to be adminis- tered depends on the subject to be treated, including, e.g., the capacity of the individual's immune system to mount an im- mune response, and the degree of protection desired. Suitable dosage ranges are of the order of several hundred micrograms active ingredient per vaccination with a preferred range from about 0.1 pg to 2,000 ug (even though higher amounts in the 1- 10 mg range are contemplated), such as in the range from about 0.5 pg to 1,000 pg, preferably in the range from 1 pg to 500 ng and especially in the range from about 10 ng to 100 ug.
Suitable regimens for initial administration and booster shots are also variable but are typified by an initial administra- tion followed by subsequent inoculations or other administra- tions.
The manner of application may be varied widely. Any of the conventional methods for administration of a vaccine are applicable. These include oral application on a solid physio- logically acceptable base or in a physiologically acceptable dispersion, parenterally, by injection or the like. The dosage \ of the vaccine will depend on the route of administration and will vary according to the age of the person to be vaccinated and the formulation of the antigen.
Some of the polypeptides of the vaccine are sufficiently immu- nogenic in a vaccine, but for some of the others the immune . response will be enhanced if the vaccine further comprises an adjuvant substance.
Various methods of achieving adjuvant effect for the vaccine are known. General principles and methods are detailed in “The
Theory and Practical Application of Adjuvants”, 1995, Duncan
E.S. Stewart-Tull (ed.), John Wiley & Sons Ltd, ISBN 0-471- 95170-6, and also in “Waccines: New Generationn Immunological
Adjuvants”, 1995, Gregoriadis G et al. (eds.), Plenum Press,
New York, ISBN 0-306-45283-9, both of which are hereby incor- porated by reference herein.
It is especially preferred to use an adjuvant which can be demonstrated to facilitate breaking of the autotolerance to autoantigens; in fact, this is essential in cases where unmo- dified amyloidogenic polypeptide is used as the active ingredient in the autovaccine. Non-limiting examples of suit- able adjuvants are selected from the group consisting of an immune targeting adjuvant; an immune modulating adjuvant such as a toxin, a cytokine, and a mycobacterial derivative; an oil formulation; a polymer; a micelle forming adjuvant; a saponin; an immunostimulating complex matrix (ISCOM matrix); a parti- cle; DDA; aluminium adjuvants; DNA adjuvants; y-inulin; and an encapsulating adjuvant. In general it should be noted that the disclosures above which relate to compounds and agents useful as first, second and third moieties in the analogues also re- fer mutatis mutandis to their use in the adjuvant of a vaccine of the invention. :
The application of adjuvants include use of agents such as aluminum hydroxide or phosphate (alum), commonly used as 0.05 to 0.1 percent solution in buffered saline, admixture with ‘ synthetic polymers of sugars (e.g. Carbopol®) used as 0.25 percent solution, aggregation of the protein in the vaccine by ] heat treatment with temperatures ranging between 70° to 101°C for 30 second to 2 minute periods respectively and also aggre- gation by means of cross-linking agents are possible. Aggrega- tion by reactivation with pepsin treated antibodies (Fab frag- ments) to albumin, mixture with bacterial cells such as C. parvum or endotoxins or lipopolysaccharide components of gram- negative bacteria, emulsion in physiologically acceptable oil vehicles such as mannide mono-oleate (Aracel A) or emulsion with 20 percent solution of a perfluorocarbon (Fluosol-DA) used as a block substitute may also be employed. Admixture with oils such as squalene and IFA is also preferred.
According to the invention DDA (dimethyldioctadecylammonium bromide) is an interesting candidate for an adjuvant as is DNA and y-inulin, but also Freund's complete and incomplete adju- vants as well as quillaja saponins such as QuilA and QS21 are interesting as is RIBI. Further possibilities are monophos- phoryl lipid A (MPL), the above mentioned C3 and C3d, and mu- ramyl dipeptide (MDP).
Liposome formulations are also known to confer adjuvant ef- fects, and therefore liposome adjuvants are preferred accor- ding to the invention. ) 25 Also immunostimulating complex matrix type (ISCOM® matrix) ad- juvants are preferred choices according to the invention, es- . pecially since it has been shown that this type of adjuvants are capable of up-regulating MHC Class II expression by APCs.
An ISCOM® matrix consists of (optionally fractionated) sapo- nins (triterpenoids) from Quillaja saponaria, cholesterol, and phospholipid. When admixed with the immunogenic protein, the resulting particulate formulation is what is known as an ISCOM , particle where the saponin constitutes 60-70% w/w, the choles- terol and phospholipid 10-15% w/w, and the protein 10-15% w/w.
Details relating to composition and use of immunostimulating complexes can e.g. be found in the above-mentioned text-books dealing with adjuvants, but also Morein B et al., 1995, Clin.
Immunother. 3: 461-475 as well as Barr IG and Mitchell GF, 1996, Immunol. and Cell Biol. 74: 8-25 (both incorporated by reference herein) provide useful instructions for the prepara- tion of complete immunostimulating complexes.
Another highly interesting (and thus, preferred) possibility of achieving adjuvant effect is to employ the technique de- scribed in Gosselin et al., 1992 (which is hereby incorporated by reference herein). In brief, the presentation of a relevant antigen such as an antigen of the present invention can be en- hanced by conjugating the antigen to antibodies (or antigen binding antibody fragments) against the Fcy receptors on mono- cytes/macrophages. Especially conjugates between antigen and anti-FcyRI have been demonstrated to enhance immunogenicity for the purposes of vaccination.
Other possibilities involve the use of the targeting and im- mune modulating substances (i.a. cytokines) mentioned above as candidates for the first and second moieties in the modified versions of amylolidogenic polypeptides. In this connection, also synthetic inducers of cytokines like poly I:C are possi- : bilities.
Suitable mycobacterial derivatives are selected from the group consisting of muramyl dipeptide, complete Freund’s adjuvant,
RIBI, and a diester of trehalose such as TDM and TDE.
Suitable immune targeting adjuvants are selected from the ‘ group consisting of CD40 ligand and CD40 antibodies or specif- ically binding fragments thereof (cf. the discussion above), mannose, a Fab fragment, and CTLA-4.
Suitable polymer adjuvants are selected from the group con- sisting of a carbohydrate such as dextran, PEG, starch, man- nan, and mannose; a plastic polymer such as; and latex such as latex beads.
Yet another interesting way of modulating an immune response is to include the immunogen (optionally together with adju- vants and pharmaceutically acceptable carriers and vehicles) in a “virtual lymph node” (VLN) (a proprietary medical device developed by ImmunoTherapy, Inc., 360 Lexington Avenue, New
York, NY 10017-6501). The VLN (a thin tubular device) mimics the structrue and function of a lymph node. Insertion of a VLN under the skin creates a site of sterile inflammation with an upsurge of cytokines and chemokines. T- and B-cells as well as
APCs rapidly respond to the danger signals, home to the in- flamed site and accumulate inside the porous matrix of the
VLN. It has been shown that the necessary antigen dose re-— quired to mount an immune response to an antigen is reduced when using the VLN and that immune protection conferred by vaccination using a VLN surpassed conventional immunization using Ribi as an adjuvant. The technology is i.a. described briefly in Gelber C et al., 1998, “Elicitation of Robust Cel- : lular and Humoral Immune Responses to Small Amounts of Immuno-— gens Using a Novel Medical Device Designated the Virtual Lymph ’ Node”, in: “From the Laboratory to the Clinic, Book of Ab- stracts, October 12% - 15 1998, Seascape Resort, Aptos, Cali- fornia”.
Microparticle formulation of vaccines has been shown in many cases to increase the immunogenicity of protein antigens and : is therefore another preferred embodiment of the invention.
Microparticles are made either as co-formulations of antigen with a polymer, a lipid, a carbohydrate or other molecules suitable for making the particles, or the microparticles can be homogeneous particles consisting of only the antigen it- self.
Examples of polymer based microparticles are PLGA and PVP based particles (Gupta, R.K. et. al. 1998) where the polymer and the antigen are condensed into a solid particle. Lipid based particles can be made as micelles of the lipid (so- called liposomes) entrapping the antigen within the micelle (Pietrobon, P.J. 1995). Carbohydrate based particles are typi- cally made of a suitable degradable carbohydrate such as starch or chitosan. The carbohydrate and the antigen are mixed and condensed into particles in a process similar to the one used for polymer particles (Kas, H.S. et. al. 1997).
Particles consisting only of the antigen can be made by vari- ous spraying and freeze-drying techniques. Especially suited for the purporses of the present invention is the super criti- cal fluid technology that is used to make very uniform parti- cles of controlled size (York, P. 1999 & Shekunov, B. et. al. 1999).
Tt is expected that the vaccine should be administered 1-6 times per year, such as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 times a year to an individual in need thereof. It has previously been shown that the memory immunity induced by the use of the preferred au- tovaccines according to the invention is not permanent, and therefore the immune system needs to be periodically chal-
lenged with the amyloidogenic polypeptide or modified amyloi- ‘ dogenic polypeptides. : Due to genetic variation, different individuals may react with immune responses of varying strength to the same polypeptide.
Therefore, the vaccine according to the invention may comprise several different polypeptides in order to increase the immune response, cf. also the discussion above concerning the choice of foreign T-cell epitope introductions. The vaccine may com- prise two or more polypeptides, where all of the polypeptides are as defined above.
The vaccine may consequently comprise 3-20 different modified or unmodified polypeptides, such as 3-10 different polypep- tides.
Nucleic acid vaccination
As an alternative to classic administration of a peptide-based vaccine, the technology of nucleic acid vaccination (also known as “nucleic acid immunisation”, “genetic immunisation”, and “gene immunisation”) offers a number of attractive fea- tures. :
First, in contrast to the traditional vaccine approach, nu- cleic acid vaccination does not require resource consuming large-scale production of the immunogenic agent (e.g. in the form of industrial scale fermentation of microorganisms pro- : ducing modified amyloidogenic polypeptides). Furthermore, there is no need to device purification and refolding schemes : for the immunogen. And finally, since nucleic acid vaccination relies on the biochemical apparatus of the vaccinated indivi- dual in order to produce the expression product of the nucleic acid introduced, the optimum post-translational processing of the expression product is expected to occur; this is espe- cially important in the case of autovaccination, since, as , mentioned above, a significant fraction of the original B-cell epitopes should be preserved in the modified molecule, and since B-cell epitopes in principle can be constituted by parts of any (bio)molecule (e.g. carbohydrate, lipid, protein etc.).
Therefore, native glycosylation and lipidation patterns of the immunogen may very well be of importance for the overall immu- nogenicity and this is best ensured by having the host produ- cing the immunogen.
Hence, a preferred embodiment of the invention’s variants a-c comprises effecting presentation of the analogue to the immune system by introducing nucleic acid(s) encoding the analogue into the animal’s cells and thereby obtaining in vivo expres- sion by the cells of the nucleic acid(s) introduced.
Tn this embodiment, the introduced nucleic acid is preferably
DNZA which can be in the form of naked DNA, DNA formulated with charged or uncharged lipids, DNA formulated in liposomes, DNA included in a viral vector, DNA formulated with a transfec- tion-facilitating protein or polypeptide, DNA formulated with a targeting protein or polypeptide, DNA formulated with Cal- cium precipitating agents, DNA coupled to an inert carrier molecule, DNA encapsulated in a polymer, e.g. in PLGA (cf. the microencapsulation technology described in WO 98/31398) or in chitin or chitosan, and DNA formulated with an adjuvant. In this context it is noted that practically all considerations pertaining to the use of adjuvants in traditional vaccine for- mulation apply for the formulation of DNA vaccines. Hence, all disclosures herein which relate to use of adjuvants in the context of polypeptide based vaccines apply mutatis mutandis to their use in nucleic acid vaccination technology.
As for routes of administration and administration schemes of ‘ polypeptide based vaccines which have been detailed above, these are also applicable for the nucleic acid vaccines of the invention and all discussions above pertaining to routes of administration and administration schemes for polypeptides ap- ply mutatis mutandis to nucleic acids. To this should be added that nucleic acid vaccines can suitably be administered intra- veneously and intraarterially. Furthermore, it is well-known in the art that nucleic acid vaccines can be administered by use of a so-called gene gun, and hence also this and equiva- lent modes of administration are regarded as part of the pre- sent invention. Finally, also the use of a VLN in the admini- stration of nucleic acids has been reported to yield good re- sults, and therefore this particular mode of administration is particularly preferred.
Furthermore, the nucleic acid(s) used as an immunization agent can contain regions encoding the 1°%, 2" and/or 3 moieties, e.g. in the form of the immunomodulating substances described above such as the cytokines discussed as useful adjuvants. A preferred version of this embodiment encompasses having the coding region for the analogue and the coding region for the immunomodulator in different reading frames or at least under the control of different promoters. Thereby it is avoided that the analogue or epitope is produced as a fusion partner to the immunomodulator. Alternatively, two distinct nucleotide frag- ments can be used, but this is less preferred because of the : advantage of ensured co-expression when having both coding re- gions included in the same molecule.
Accordingly, the invention also relates to a composition for inducing production of antibodies against APP or Af, the compo- sition comprising
- a nucleic acid fragment or a vector of the invention (cf. the discussion of vectors below), and , = a pharmaceutically and immunologically acceptable vehicle and/or carrier and/or adjuvant as discussed above.
Under normal circumstances, the variant-encoding nucleic acid is introduced in the form of a vector wherein expression is under control of a viral promoter. For more detailed discus- sions of vectors according to the invention, cf. the discus- sion below. Also, detailed disclosures relating to the formu- lation and use of nucleic acid vaccines are available, cf.
Donnelly JJ et al, 1997, Annu. Rev. Immunol. 15: 617-648 and
Donnelly JJ et al., 1997, Life Sciences 60: 163-172. Both of these references are incorporated by reference herein.
Live vaccines
A third alternative for effecting presentation of the ana- logues as these are defined in variants a-c to the immune sys- tem is the use of live vaccine technology. In live vaccina- tion, presentation to the immune system is effected by admini- stering, to the animal, a non-pathogenic microorganism which has been transformed with a nucleic acid fragment encoding an analogue or with a vector incorporating such a nucleic acid fragment. The non-pathogenic microorganism can be any suitable attenuated bacterial strain (attenuated by means of passaging or by means of removal of pathogenic expression products by recombinant DNA technology), e.g. Mycobacterium bovis BCG., non-pathogenic Streptococcus spp., E. coli, Salmonella spp-,
Vibrio cholerae, Shigella, etc. Reviews dealing with prepara- tion of state-of-the-art live vaccines can e.g. be found in
Saliou P, 1995, Rev. Prat. 45: 1492-1496 and Walker PD, 1992, vaccine 10: 977-990, both incorporated by reference herein.
For details about the nucleic acid fragments and vectors used ‘ in such live vaccines, cf. the discussion below. ’ As an alternative to bacterial live vaccines, the nucleic acid fragment of the invention discussed below can be incorporated in a non-virulent viral vaccine vector such as a vaccinia strain or any other suitable poxvirus.
Normally, the non-pathogenic microorganism or virus is admini- stered only once to the animal, but in certain cases it may be necessary to administer the microorganism more than once in a lifetime in order to maintain protective immunity. It is even contemplated that immunization schemes as those detailed above for polypeptide vaccination will be useful when using live or virus vaccines.
Alternatively, live or virus vaccination is combined with pre- vious or subsequent polypeptide and/or nucleic acid vaccina- tion. For instance, it is possible to effect primary immuniza- tion with a live or virus vaccine followed by subsequent booster immunizations using the polypeptide or nucleic acid approach. :
The microorganism or virus can be transformed with nucleic acid(s) containing regions encoding the 1°%%, 2" and/or 3*¢ moieties, e.g. in the form of the immunomodulating substances described above such as the cytokines discussed as useful ad- juvants. A preferred version of this embodiment encompasses having the coding region for the analogue and the coding re- gion for the immunomodulator in different reading frames or at least under the control of different promoters. Thereby it is avoided that the analogue or epitopes are produced as fusion partners to the immunomodulator. Alternatively, two distinct nucleotide fragments can be used as transforming agents. Of course, having the 1° and/or 2° and/or 3% moieties in the same reading frame can provide as an expression product, an . analogue of the invention, and such an embodiment is espe- cially preferred according to the present invention.
Use of the method of the invention in disease treatment
As will be appreciated from the discussions above, the provi- sion of the method of the invention allows for control of dis- eases characterized by amyloid deposits. In this context, AD is the key target for the inventive method but also other dis- eases characterized by A containing amyloid deposits are fea- sible targets. Hence, an important embodiment of the method of the invention for down-regulating amyloid activity comprises treating and/or preventing and/or ameliorating AD or other diseases characterized by amyloid deposition, the method com- prising down-regulating APP or AP according to the method of the invention to such an extent that the amount of amyloid is significantly decreased.
It is especially preferred that the reduction in amyloid re- sults in an inversion of the balance between amyloid formation and amyloid degradation/removal, i.e. that the rate of amyloid degradation/removal is brought to exceed the rate of amyloid formation. By carefully controlling the number and immunologi- cal impact of immunizations of the individual in need thereof it will be possible to obtain a balance over time which re- sults in a net reduction of amyloid deposits without having excessive adverse effects.
Alternatively, if in an individual the method of the invention cannot remove or reduce existing amyloid deposits, the method of the invention can be used to obtain a clinically signifi-
cant reduction in the formation of new amyloid, thereby sig- ’ nificantly prolonging the time where the disease condition is non-debilitating. It should be possible to monitor the rate of amyloid depositing by either measuring the serum concentration of amyloid (which is believed to be in equilibrium with the deposited material), or by using positron-emission tomography (PET) scanning, cf. Small GW, et al., 1996, Ann N Y Acad Sci 802: 70-78.
Other diseases and conditions where the present means and methods may be used in treatment or amelioration in an analo- gous way have been mentioned above in the “Background of the invention” or are listed below in the section headed “other amyloidic diseases and proteins associated therewith”.
Peptides, polypeptides, and compositions of the invention
As will be apparent from the above, the present invention is based on the concept of immunising individuals against the APP or AP antigen in order to obtain a reduced amount of pathology- related amyloid deposits. The preferred way of obtaining such an immunization is to use the analogues described herein, thereby providing molecules which have not previously been disclosed in the art.
It is believed that the analogues discussed herein are inven- tive in their own right, and therefore an important part of the invention pertains to an analogue as described above.
Hence, any disclosure presented herein pertaining to modified . APP or AP are relevant for the purpose of describing the amy- loidogenic analogues of the invention, and any such disclo- sures apply mutatis mutandis to the description of these ana- logues.
It should be noted that preferred modified APP or AP molecules comprise modifications which results in a polypeptide having a : sequence identity of at least 70% with APP or AB or with a sub- sequence thereof of at least 10 amino acids in length. Higher sequence identities are preferred, e.g. at least 75% or even at least 80, 85, 90, or 95%. The sequence identity for pro- teins and nucleic acids can be calculated as (Nger -—
Ngif) *100/Nyer, wherein Ng;r is the total number of non-identical residues in the two sequences when aligned and wherein Ng. is the number of residues in one of the sequences. Hence, the DNA sequence AGTCAGTC will have a sequence identity of 75% with the sequence AATCAATC (Ngir=2 and Nies=8).
The invention also pertains to compositions useful in exerci- sing the method of the invention. Hence, the invention also relates to an immunogenic composition comprising an immuno- genically effective amount of an analouge as described above, sald composition further comprising a pharmaceutically and im- munologically acceptable diluent and/or vehicle and/or carrier and/or excipient and optionally an adjuvant. In other words, this part of the invention concerns formulations of analogues, essentially as described above. The choice of adjuvants, car- riers, and vehicles is accordingly in line with what has been discussed above when referring to formulation of modified and unmodified amyloidogenic polypeptide for use in the inventive method for the down-regulation of APP or AB.
The polypeptides are prepared according to methods well-known } in the art. Longer polypeptides are normally prepared by means of recombinant gene technology including introduction of a nu- cleic acid sequence encoding the analogue into a suitable vec- tor, transformation of a suitable host cell with the vector, expression by the host cell of the nucleic acid sequence, re-
covery of the expression product from the host cells or their : culture supernatant, and subsegeunt purification and optional further modification, e.g. refolding or derivatization.
Shorter peptides are preferably prepared by means of the well- known techniques of solid- or liquid-phase peptide synthesis.
However, recent advances in this technology has rendered possible the production of full-length polypeptides and pro- teins by these means, and therefore it is also within the scope of the present invention to prepare the long constructs by synthetic means.
Nucleic acid fragments and vectors of the invention
It will be appreciated from the above disclosure that poly- amino acid analogues can be prepared by means of recombinant gene technology but also by means of chemical synthesis or semisynthesis; the latter two options are especially relevant when the modification consists in coupling to protein carriers (such as KLH, diphtheria toxoid, tetanus toxoid, and BSA) and non-proteinaceous molecules such as carbohydrate polymers and of course also when the modification comprises addition of side chains or side groups to an APP or AB derived peptide chain.
For the purpose of recombinant gene technology, and of course also for the purpose of nucleic acid immunization, nucleic acid fragments encoding analogues are important chemical pro- ducts. Hence, an important part of the invention pertains to a nucleic acid fragment which encodes an analogue of the inven- tion, i.e. an APP or AB derived polypeptide which either com- prises the natural sequence to which has been added or in- serted a fusion partner or, preferably an APP or AB derived polypeptide wherein has been introduced a foreign T-cell epi- tope by means of insertion and/or addition, preferably by ; means of substitution and/or deletion. The nucleic acid frag- ments of the invention are either DNA or RNA fragments.
The nucleic acid fragments of the invention will normally be inserted in suitable vectors to form cloning or expression vectors carrying the nucleic acid fragments of the invention; such novel vectors are also part of the invention. Details concerning the construction of these vectors of the invention will be discussed in context of transformed cells and microor- ganisms below. The vectors can, depending on purpose and type of application, be in the form of plasmids, phages, cosmids, mini-chromosomes, or virus, but also naked DNA which is only expressed transiently in certain cells is an important vector.
Preferred cloning and expression vectors of the invention are capable of autonomous replication, thereby enabling high copy- numbers for the purposes of high-level expression or high- level replication for subsequent cloning.
The general outline of a vector of the invention comprises the following features in the 5'—>3' direction and in operable linkage: a promoter for driving expression of the nucleic acid fragment of the invention, optionally a nucleic acid sequence encoding a leader peptide enabling secretion (to the extracel- lular phase or, where applicable, into the periplasma) of or 28 integration into the membrane of the polypeptide fragment, the nucleic acid fragment of the invention, and optionally a nu- . cleic acid sequence encoding a terminator. When operating with expression vectors in producer strains or cell-lines it is for : the purposes of genetic stability of the transformed cell pre- ferred that the vector when introduced into a host cell is in- tegrated in the host cell genome. In contrast, when working with vectors to be used for effecting in vivo expression in an ‘ animal (i.e. when using the vector in DNA vaccination) it is for security reasons preferred that the vector is incapable of being integrated in the host cell genome; typically, naked DNA or non-integrating viral vectors are used, the choices of which are well-known to the person skilled in the art
The vectors of the invention are used to transform host cells to produce the analogue of the invention. Such transformed cells, which are also part of the invention, can be cultured cells or cell lines used for propagation of the nucleic acid fragments and vectors of the invention, or used for recombi- nant production of the analogues of the invention. Alterna- tively, the transformed cells can be suitable live vaccine strains wherein the nucleic acid fragment (one single or mul- tiple copies) have been inserted so as to effect secretion or integration into the bacterial membrane or cell-wall of the analogue.
Preferred transformed cells of the invention are microorga- nisms such as bacteria (such as the species Escherichia [e.qg.
E.coli}, Bacillus [e.g. Bacillus subtilis}, Salmonella, or My- cobacterium [preferably non-pathogenic, e.g. M. bovis BCG]), yeasts (such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae), and protozoans. Al- ternatively, the transformed cells are derived from a multi- cellular organism such as a fungus, an insect cell, a plant cell, or a mammalian cell. Most preferred are cells derived , from a human being, cf. the discussion of cell lines and vec- tors below. Recent results have shown great promise in the use . of a commercially available Drosophila melanogaster cell line (the Schneider 2 (S;) cell line and vector system available from Invitrogen) for the recombinant production of polypep-
tides in applicants’ lab, and therefore this expression system is particularly preferred. :
For the purposes of cloning and/or optimized expression it is : preferred that the transformed cell is capable of replicating the nucleic acid fragment of the invention. Cells expressing the nucleic fragment are preferred useful embodiments of the invention; they can be used for small-scale or large-scale preparation of the analogue of the invention or, in the case of non-pathogenic bacteria, as vaccine constituents in a live vaccine.
When producing the analogues of the invention by means of transformed cells, it is convenient, although far from essen-— tial, that the expression product is either exported out into the culture medium or carried on the surface of the trans- formed cell.
When an effective producer cell has been identified it is pre- ferred, on the basis thereof, to establish a stable cell line which carries the vector of the invention and which expresses the nucleic acid fragment encoding the modified amyloidogenic polypeptide. Preferably, this stable cell line secretes or carries the analogue of the invention, thereby facilitating purification thereof.
In general, plasmid vectors containing replicon and control sequences which are derived from species compatible with the host cell are used in connection with the hosts. The vector ordinarily carries a replication site, as well as marking se- quences which are capable of providing phenotypic selection in transformed cells. For example, E. coli is typically trans- formed using pBR322, a plasmid derived from an E. coli species (see, e.g., Bolivar et al., 1977). The pBR322 plasmid contains genes for ampicillin and tetracycline resistance and thus pro- ’ vides easy means for identifying transformed cells. The pBR plasmid, or other microbial plasmid or phage must also con- tain, or be modified to contain, promoters which can be used by the prokaryotic microorganism for expression.
Those promoters most commonly used in recombinant DNA con- struction include the B-lactamase (penicillinase) and lactose promoter systems (Chang et al., 1978; Itakura et al., 1977;
Goeddel et al., 1979) and a tryptophan (trp) promoter system (Goeddel et al., 1979; EP-A-0 036 776). While these are the most commonly used, other microbial promoters have been dis- covered and utilized, and details concerning their nucleotide sequences have been published, enabling a skilled worker to ligate them functionally with plasmid vectors (Siebwenlist et al., 1980). Certain genes from prokaryotes may be expressed efficiently in E. coli from their own promoter sequences, pre- cluding the need for addition of another promoter by artifi- cial means.
In addition to prokaryotes, eukaryotic microbes, such as yeast cultures may also be used, and here the promoter should be ca- pable of driving expression. Saccharomyces cerevisiase, or common baker's yeast is the most commonly used among eukaryo- tic microorganisms, although a number of other strains are commonly available. For expression in Saccharomyces, the plas- mid YRp7, for example, is commonly used (Stinchcomb et al.,
A 1979; Kingsman et al., 1979; Tschemper et al., 1980). This plasmid already contains the trpl gene which provides a selec- . tion marker for a mutant strain of yeast lacking the ability to grow in tryptophan for example ATCC No. 44076 or PEP4-1 (Jones, 1977). The presence of the trpl lesion as a characte- ristic of the yeast host cell genome then provides an effec-
tive environment for detecting transformation by growth in the absence of tryptophan. .
Suitable promoting sequences in yeast vectors include the pro- moters for 3-phosphoglycerate kinase (Hitzman et al., 1980) or other glycolytic enzymes (Hess et al., 1968; Holland et al., 1978), such as enolase, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydro- genase, hexokinase, pyruvate decarboxylase, phosphofructo- kinase, glucose-6-phosphate isomerase, 3-phosphoglycerate mu- tase, pyruvate kinase, triosephosphate isomerase, phosphoglu- cose isomerase, and glucokinase. In constructing suitable ex- pression plasmids, the termination sequences associated with these genes are also ligated into the expression vector 3' of the sequence desired to be expressed to provide polyadenyla- tion of the mRNA and termination.
Other promoters, which have the additional advantage of tran- scription controlled by growth conditions are the promoter re- gion for alcohol dehydrogenase 2, isocytochrome C, acid phos- phatase, degradative enzymes associated with nitrogen metabo- lism, and the aforementioned glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehy- drogenase, and enzymes responsible for maltose and galactose utilization. Any plasmid vector containing a yeast-compatible promoter, origin of replication and termination sequences is suitable.
In addition to microorganisms, cultures of cells derived from multicellular organisms may also be used as hosts. In princip- le, any such cell culture is workable, whether from vertebrate or invertebrate culture. However, interest has been greatest in vertebrate cells, and propagation of vertebrate in culture (tissue culture) has become a routine procedure in recent years (Tissue Culture, 1973). Examples of such useful host cell lines are VERO and HeLa cells, Chinese hamster ovary ’ (CHO) cell lines, and W138, BHK, C0S-7 293, Spodoptera frugiperda (SF) cells (commercially available as complete ex- pression systems from i.a. Protein Sciences, 1000 Research
Parkway, Meriden, CT 06450, U.S.A. and from Invitrogen), and
MDCK cell lines. In the present invention, an especially pre- ferred cell line is S, available from Invitrogen, PO Box 2312, 9704 CH Groningen, The Netherlands.
Expression vectors for such cells ordinarily include (if necessary) an origin of replication, a promoter located in front of the gene to be expressed, along with any necessary ribosome binding sites, RNA splice sites, polyadenylation site, and transcriptional terminator sequences.
For use in mammalian cells, the control functions on the ex- pression vectors are often provided by viral material. For ex- ample, commonly used promoters are derived from polyoma, Ade- novirus 2, and most frequently Simian Virus 40 (sSv40). The early and late promoters of SV40 virus are particularly useful because both are obtained easily from the virus as a fragment which also contains the SV40 viral origin of replication (Fiers et al., 1978). Smaller or larger SV40 fragments may also be used, provided there is included the approximately 250 bp sequence extending from the HindIII site toward the Bgll site located in the viral origin of replication. Further, it is also possible, and often desirable, to utilize promoter or : control sequences normally associated with the desired gene sequence, provided such control sequences are compatible with ’ the host cell systems.
An origin of replication may be provided either by construc- tion of the vector to include an exogenous origin, such as may be derived from SV40 or other viral (e.g., Polyoma, Adeno,
VSV, BPV) or may be provided by the host cell chromosomal re- plication mechanism. If the vector is integrated into the host cell chromosome, the latter is often sufficient.
Identification of useful analogues
It will be clear to the skilled person that not all possible variants or modifications of naturally occurring APP or AB will have the ability to elicit antibodies in an animal which are cross-reactive with the natural form. It is, however, not dif- ficult to set up an effective standard screen for modified amyloidogenic molecules which fulfill the minimum requirements for immunological reactivity discussed herein. Hence, it is possible to utilise a method for the identification of a modi- fied amyloidogenic polypeptide which is capable of inducing antibodies against unmodified amyloidogenic polypeptide in an animal species where the unmodified amyloidogenic polypeptide is a (non-immunogenic) self-protein, the method comprising = preparing, by means of peptide synthesis or genetic engi- neering techniques, a set of mutually distinct analogue of the invention wherein amino acids have been added to, inserted in, deleted from, or substituted into the amino acid sequence of an APP or AB of the animal species thereby giving rise to amino acid sequences in the set which comprise T-cell epitopes which are foreign to the animal species, or preparing a set of nucleic acid frag- i ments encoding the set of mutually distinct analogues, - testing members of the set of analogues or nucleic acid fragments for their ability to induce production of anti-
bodies by the animal species against the unmodified APP or AB, and - identifying and optionally isolating the member(s) of the set of analogues which significantly induces antibody production against unmodified APP or AP in the species or identifying and optionally isolating the polypeptide ex- pression products encoded by members of the set of nu- cleic acid fragments which significantly induces antibody production against unmodified APP or Af in the animal spe- cies.
In this context, the “set of mutually distinct modified amy- loidogenic polypeptides” is a collection of non-identical analouges which have e.g. been selected on the basis of the criteria discussed above (e.g. in combination with studies of circular dichroism, NMR spectra, and/or X-ray diffraction pat- terns). The set may consist of only a few members but it is contemplated that the set may contain several hundred members.
The test of members of the set can ultimately be performed in vivo, but a number of in vitro tests can be applied which nar- row down the number of modified molecules which will serve the purpose of the invention. since the goal of introducing the foreign T-cell epitopes is to support the B-cell response by T-cell help, a prerequisite , is that T-cell proliferation is induced by the analogue. T- cell proliferation can be tested by standardized proliferation . assays in vitro. In short, a sample enriched for T-cells is obtained from a subject and subsequently kept in culture. The cultured T-cells are contacted with APCs of the subject which have previously taken up the modified molecule and processed it to present its T-cell epitopes. The proliferation of T- cells is monitored and compared to a suitable control (e.g. T- cells in culture contacted with APCs which have processed in- tact, native amyloidogenic polypeptide). Alternatively, pro- liferation can be measured by determining the concentration of relevant cytokines released by the T-cells in response to their recognition of foreign T-cells.
Having rendered highly probable that at least one analogue of either type of set is capable of inducing antibody production against APP or AP, it is possible to prepare an immunogenic composition comprising at least one analouge which is capable of inducing antibodies against unmodified APP or AB in an ani- mal species where the unmodified APP or AB is a self-protein, the method comprising admixing the member(s) of the set which significantly induces production of antibodies in the animal species which are reactive with the APP or AP with a pharmaceu- tically and immunologically acceptable carrier and/or vehicle and/or diluent and/or excipient, optionally in combination with at least one pharmaceutically and immunologically accept- able adjuvant.
The above-described tests of polypeptide sets are conveniently carried out by initially preparing a number of mutually dis- tinct nucleic acid sequences or vectors of the invention, in- serting these into appropriate expression vectors, transform- ing suitable host cells (or host animals) with the vectors, and effecting expression of the nucleic acid sequences of the invention. These steps can be followed by isolation of the ex- pression products. It is preferred that the nucleic acid se- quences and/or vectors are prepared by methods comprising ex- : 30 ercise of a molecular amplification technique such as PCR or by means of nucleic acid synthesis.
Specific amyloidogenic targets
In addition to the proteins most often associated with Alzhei- ’ mer’s, APP, ApoE4 and Tau, there is long list of other pro- teins that have somehow been linked to AD, either by their di- rect presence in plaques or tangles of AD brains or by their apparent genetic association with increased risk of developing
AD. Most, if not all, of these antigens are together with the above-discussed AP, APP, presenilin and ApoE4, putative target proteins in certain embodiment of the present invention. These putative targets are already discussed thoroughly in WO 01/62284. Hence, these putative targets will only be mentioned briefly here, whereas a more thorough background discussion can be be found in WO 01/62282 which is hereby incorporated by reference herein:
Alphal-antichymotrypsin (ACT); Alpha2-macroglobulin; ABAD (AB- peptide binding alcohol dehydrogenase); APLPl and -2 (amyloid precursor like protein 1 and -2); AMY11l7; Bax; Bcl-2; Bleomy- cin hydrolase; BRI/ABRI; Chromogranin A; Clusterin/apoJ; CRF (corticotropin releasing factor) binding protein; EDTF (endo- thelial-derived toxic factor); Heparan sulfate proteoglycans;
Human collapsin response mediator protein-2; Huntingtin (Hun- tington’s disease protein); ICAM-I; IL-6; Lysosome-assoclated antigen CD68; P21 ras; PLC-delta 1 (phospholipase C isoenzyme delta 1); Serum amyloid P component (SAP); Synaptophysin;
Synuclein (alpha-synuclein or NACP); and TGF-bl (transforming ) growth factor bl). : The presently described means and methods for down-regulation of APP or AP can be combined with therapies, e.g. active spe- cific immunotherapy, against any of these other amyloidogenic : polypeptides.
Apart from Alzheimer’s disease, also cerebral amyloid angiopa- thy is a disease that would be a suitable target for the pre- : sently disclosed technology.
It is contemplated that most methods for immunizing against
APP or AP should be restricted to immunization giving rise to antibodies cross-reactive with the native APP or AP. Neverthe- less, in some cases it will be of interest to induce cellular immunity in the form of CTL responses against cells which pre- sent MHC Class I epitopes from the amyloidogenic polypeptides - this can be expedient in those cases wherein reduction in the number of cells producing APP or AB does not constitute a serious adverse effect. In such cases where CTL responses are desired it is preferred to utilise the teachings of Appli- cant’s WO 00/20027. The disclosures of these. two documents are hereby incorporated by reference herein.
IMMUNOGEN CARRIERS
Molecules comprising a T helper epitope and APP or AP peptides representing or including B-cell epitopes linked covalently to a non-immunogenic polymer molecule acting as a vehicle, e.g. a multivalent activated poly-hydroxypolymer, will, as mentioned above, function as a vaccine molecule that only contains the immunologically relevant parts, can be obtained, and are in- tercsting embodiments in variants d and e disclosed above.
Promiscuous or so-called universal T-helper epitopes can be used if e.g. the target for the vaccine is a self-antigen such as APP or AP. Furthermore, elements that enhance the immu- nological response could be also co-coupled to the vehicle and thereby act as an adjuvant. Such elements could be mannose, tuftsin, muramyl dipeptide, CpG motifs etc. In that case, sub-
sequent adjuvant formulation of the vaccine -product might be ’ unnecessary and the product could be administered in pure wa- ter or saline.
By coupling cytotoxic T cell (CTL) epitopes together with the
T-helper epitopes it will also be possible to generate CTL’s specific for the antigen from which the CTL epitope was de- rived. Elements that promote uptake of the product to the cy- tosol, such as mannose, of the APC, e.g. a macrophage, could also be co-coupled to the vehicle together with the CTL- and the T helper epitope and enhance the CTL response.
The ratio of B-cell epitopes and T-helper epitopes (PZ and
P30) in the final product can be varied by varying the concen- tration of these peptides in the synthesis step. As mentioned above, the immunogenic molecule can be tagged with e.g. man- nose, tuftsin, CpG-motifs or other immune stimulating sub- stances (described herein) by adding these, if necessary by using e.g. aminated derivatives of the substances, to the car- bonate buffer in the synthesis step.
If an insoluble activated polyhydroxy polymer is used to com- bine the peptides containing the APP or AB B-cell epitope and the T-helper epitopes it can, as mentioned above be performed as a solid phase synthesis and the final product can be har- vested and purified by wash and filtration. The elements to be coupled to a tresyl activated polyhydroxypolymer (peptides, , 25 tags etc) can be added to the polyhydroxypolymer at low pH, e.g. pH 4-5, and allowed to be equally distributed in the . “gel” by passive diffusion. Subsequently, the pH can be raised to pH 9-10 to start the reaction of the primary amino groups on the peptides and tags to the tresyl groups on the polyhy- droxy polymer. After coupling of peptides and e.g. immune stimulating elements the gel is grinded to form particles of suitable size for immunization. .
Such an immunogen therefore comprises : a) at least one first amino acid sequence derived from
APP or AB, wherein the at least one first amino acid sequence contains at least one B-cell and/or at least one CTL epitope, and b) at least one second amino acid sequence that in- cludes a foreign T helper cell epitope, wherein each of the at least first and at least second amino acid sequences are coupled to a pharmaceutically acceptable activated polyhydroxypolymer carrier.
In order for the amino acid sequences to couple to the polyhy- droxypolymer it is normally necessary to “activate” the poly- hydroxypolymer with a suitable reactive group that can form the necessary link to the amino acid sequences.
The term “polyhydroxypolymer” is intended to have the same meaning as in WO 00/05316, i.e. the polyhydroxypolymer can have exactly the same characteristics as is specifically taught in that application. Hence, the polyhydroxypolymer can be water soluble or insoluble (thus requiring different syn-— thesis steps during preparation of the immunogen). The polyhy- droxypolymer can be selected from naturally occurring polyhy- : droxy compounds and synthetic polyhydroxy compounds.
Specific and preferred polyhydroxypolymers are polysaccharides selected from acetan, amylopectin, gum agar-agar, agarose, alginates, gum Arabic, carregeenan, cellulose, cyclodextrins,
dextran, furcellaran, galactomannan, gelatin, ghatti, glucan, ‘ glycogen, guar, karaya, konjac/A, locust bean gum, mannan, pectin, psyllium, pullulan, starch, tamarine, tragacanth, xan- than, xylan, and xyloglucan. Dextran is especially preferred.
However, the polyhydroxypolymer can also be selected from highly branched poly (ethyleneimine) (PEI), tetrathienylene vi- nylene, Kevlar (long chains of poly-paraphenyl terephtala- mide), Poly (urethanes), Poly(siloxanes), polydimethylsiloxane, silicone, Poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), Poly (vinyl alco- hol), Poly(vinyl pyrrolidone), Poly(2-hydroxy ethyl methacry- late), Poly (N-vinyl pyrrolidone), Poly(vinyl alcohol),
Poly (acrylic acid), Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), Poly- acrylamide, Poly (ethylene-co-vinyl acetate), Poly (ethylene glycol) and derivatives, Poly (methacrylic acid), Polylactides (PLA), Polyglycolides (PGA), Poly(lactide-co-glycolides) (PLGA), Polyanhydrides, and Polyorthoesters.
The (weight) average molecular weight of the polyhydroxypoly- mer in question (i.e. before activation) is typically at least 1,000, such as at least 2,000, preferably in the range of 2,500-2,000,000, more preferably in the range of 3,000- 1,000,000, in particular in the range of 5,000-500,000. It has been shown in the examples that polyhydroxypolymers having an average molecular weight in the range of 10,000-200,000 are particularly advantageous. } 25 The polyhydroxypolymer is preferably water soluble to an ot tent of at least 10 mg/ml, preferably at least 25 mg/ml, such . as at least 50 mg/ml, in particular at least 100 mg/ml, such as at least 150 mg/ml at room temperature. It is known that dextran, even when activated as described herein, fulfils the requirements with respect to water solubility.
For some of the most interesting polyhydroxypolymers, the ra- tio between C (carbon atoms) and OH groups (hydroxy groups) of the unactivated polyhydroxypolymers (i.e. the native polyhy- droxypolymer before activation) is in the range of 1.3 to 2.5, such as 1.5-2.3, preferably 1.6-2.1, in particular 1.85-2.05.
Without being bound to any specific theory, it is believed that such as a C/OH ratio of the unactivated polyhydroxypoly- mer represents a highly advantageous level of hydrophilicity.
Polyvinylalcohol and polysaccharides are examples of polyhy- droxypolymers which fulfil this requirement. It is believed that the above-mentioned ratio should be roughly the same for the activated polyhydroxypolymer as the activation ratio should be rather low.
The term “polyhydroxypolymer carrier” is intended to denote the part of the immunogen that carries the amino acid se- quences. As a general rule, the polyhydroxypolymer carrier has its outer limits where the amino acid sequences can be cleaved of by a peptidase, e.g. in an antigen presenting cell that is processing the immunogen. Hence, the polyhydroxypolymer car-— rier can be the polyhydroxypolymer with an activation group, where the bond between the activation group and the amino acid sequence is cleavable by a peptidase in an APC, ox the polyhy- droxypolymer carrier can be a polyhydroxypolymer with activa- tion group and e.g. a linker such as a single L-amino acid or a number of D-amino acids, where the last part of the linker can bond tc the amino acid sequences and be cleaved by 2 pep- tidase in an APC.
As mentioned above, the polyhydroxypolymers carry functional groups (activation groups), which facilitate the anchoring of peptides to the carrier. A wide range of applicable functional groups are known in the art, e.g. tresyl (trifluoroethylsul-
phonyl), maleimido, p-nitrophenyl cloroformate, cyanogenbro- ’ mide, tosyl (p-toluenesulfonyl), triflyl (trifluoromethanesul- fonyl), pentafluorobenzenesulfonyl, and vinyl sulphone groups.
Preferred examples of functional groups within the present in- vention are tresyl, maleimido, tosyl, triflyl, pentafluoroben- zenesulfonyl, p-nitrophenyl cloroformate, and vinylsulphone groups, among which tresyl, maleimido, and tosyl groups are particularly relevant.
Tresyl activated polyhydroxypolymers can be prepared using tresyl chloride as described for activation of dextran in Ex- ample 1 in WO 00/05316 or as described in Gregorius et al., J.
Tmmunol. Meth. 181 (1995) 65-73.
Maleimido activated polyhydroxypolymers can be prepared using p-maleimidophenyl isocyanate as described for activation of dextran in Example 3 of WO 00/05316. Alternatively, maleimido groups could be introduced to a polyhydroxypolymer, such as dextran, by derivatisation of a tresyl activated polyhydroxy- polymer (such as tresyl ‘activated dextran (TAD)) with a dia- mine compound (generally H;N-C,Hp;~NH,, where n is 1-20, pre- ferably 1-8), e.g. 1,3-diaminopropane, in excess and subse- quently react the amino groups introduced in TAD with reagents such as succinimidyl 4- (N-maleimidomethyl) cyclohexane-1-car- boxylate (SMCC), sulfo-succinimidyl 4-(N-maleimidomethyl)- cyclohexane-l-carboxylate (sulfo-SMCC), succinimidyl 4-(p- maleimidophenyl)butyrate (SMPB), sulfo-succinimidyl 4-(p- . maleimidophenyl)butyrate (sulfo-SMPB), N-y-maleimidobutyryloxy- succinimide ester (GMBS) or N-y-maleimidobutyryloxy-sulfosuc- ’ cinimide ester. Although the different reagents and routes for activation formally results in slightly different male- imide activated products with respect to the linkage between the maleimide functionality and the remainder of the parent hydroxy group on which activation is performed, all and every are considered as "maleimide activated polyhydroxypolymers”. .
Tosyl activated polyhydroxypolymers can be prepared using to- : syl chloride as described for activation of dextran in Example 2 in WO 00/05316. Triflyl and pentafluorobenzenesulfonyl acti- vated polyhydroxypolymers are prepared as the tosyl or tresyl activated analogues, e.g. by using the corresponding acid chlorides.
Cyanogenbromide activated polyhydroxypolymer can be prepared by reacting the polyhydroxypolymer with cyanogenbromide using conventional methods. The resulting functional groups are nor- mally cyanate esters with two hydroxy groups of the polyhy- droxypolymer.
The degree of activation can be expressed as the ratio between the free hydroxy groups and the activation groups (i.e. func- tionalised hydroxy groups). It is believed that a ratio be- tween the free hydroxy groups of the polyhydroxypolymer and the activation groups should be between 250:1 and 4:1 in order to obtain an advantageous balance between the hydrophilicity and the reactivity of the polyhydroxypolymer. Preferably the ratio is between 100:1 and 6:1, more preferably between 60:1 and 8:1, in particular between 40:1 and 10:1.
Especially interesting activated polyhydroxypolymers for use in the method for producing the generally applicable immunogen according to the invention are tresyl, tosyl and maleimido ac- tivated polysaccharides, especially tresyl activated dextran (TAD), tosyl activated dextran (TosAD), and maleimido acti- vated dextran (MAD).
It is preferred that the bond between the polyhydroxypolymer ’ carrier and the amino acid sequences attached thereto are cleavable by a peptidase, e.g. as a peptidase active in the processing of antigens in an APC. It is therefore preferred that the at least first and at least second amino acid se- guences are coupled to the activated polyhydroxypolymer car- rier via an amide bond or a peptide bond. It is especially preferred that the at least first and at least second amino acid sequences each provide for the nitrogen moiety of their respective amide bond.
The polyhydroxypolymer carrier may be substantially free of amino acid residues, necessitating that the activation group provides for part of a peptidase cleavable bond, but as men- tioned above, the carrier may also simply include a spacer in- cluding at least one L-amino acid. Nevertheless, the at least first and at least second amino acid sequences are normally "bound to the activated version of the polyhydroxypolymer via the nitrogen at the N-terminus of the amino acid sequence.
The above-described generally applicable immunogen of the pre- i sent invention can be used in immunization methods essentially as described herein for polypeptide vaccines. That is, all disclosures relating to dosages, mode of administration and formulation of polypeptide vaccines for down-regulating the amyloidogenic polypeptides discussed herein apply mutatis mu- tandis to the generally applicable immunogens.
R GENERALLY APPLICABLE SAFE VACCINATION TECHNOLOGY
As discussed above, one preferred embodiment of the present invention entails the use of variants of amyloidogenic poly- peptides that are incapable of providing self-derived Ty epi-
topes that may drive an immune response against the amyloido- genic polypeptide.
However, it is believed by the present inventors that this strategy for designing anti-self vaccines and for effecting anti-self immunity, is a generally applicable technology that : is inventive in its own right. It should prove especially suited in cases where the self-antigen it is sought to down- regulate is sufficiently abundant in the body so that it is possible that self-stimulation of an immune response could happen. Hence, all disclosures above of this embodiment inso- far as it relates to the provision of an anti-self immune re- sponse against APP or AP applies mutatis mutandis to immuniza- tion against other self-polypeptides, especially those that are present in sufficient amounts for them to maintain the im- mune response in the form of an uncontrolled autoimmune condi- tion because autologous Ty epitopes of the relevant self-poly- peptide are driving the immune response. . EXAMPLE 1
The Auto Vaccination approach for Immunizing against AD
The fact that AP protein knock out mice does not show any ab- normalities or adverse side effects, suggest that removal or lowering the amounts of Af will be safe, Zheng H. (1996). published experiments where transgenic animals are immunized against the transgenic human AB protein suggest that if it was possible to break the self tolerance, down-regulation of AB could be obtained by auto-reactive antibodies. These experi- ments further suggest that such down regulation of AB poten-
tially would both prevent the formation of plagues, and even ] clear already formed AB plagues from the brain, cf. Schenk et al. (1999). But, traditionally it is not possible to raise an- tibodies against self-proteins.
The published data does thus not provide the means for break- ing true self-tolerance towards true self-proteins. Nor does the data provide information on how to ensure that the immune reaction is directed solely or predominantly towards the AB de- posits, and not towards the cell membrane bound AB precursor protein (APP), if this is deemed necessary. An immune response generated using the existing technology would presumably gene- rate an immune response towards self-proteins in an unregu- lated way so unwanted and excessive auto-reactivity towards parts the AP protein may be generated. Hence, using existing immunization strategies will most likely be unable to generate strong immune responses towards self-proteins and will fur- thermore be unsafe due to potential strong cross-reactivity towards membrane bound APP which is present on a large number of cells in the CNS.
The present invention provides the means of effectively generating a strong regulated immune response towards true self-proteins which potentially could form plaques and cause serious disease in the CNS or in other compartments of the body. A safe and efficacious human AB protein therapeutic vac- cine will be developed by using this technology for the treat- ment of AD.
In light of this, it is possible to anticipate that AD, a dis- ease predicted to cripple the health care system in the next century, could be cured, or such vaccines described could at least constitute an effective therapeutical approach for treatment of the symptoms and progression of this disease.
This technique represents a entirely new immunological ap- : proach to blocking amyloid deposition in AD and other neu- rologic diseases as well.
In the following table, 35 contemplated constructs are indi- cated. All positions given in the table are relative to the starting Methionine of APP (first amino acid in SEQ ID NO: 2) and include both the starting and ending amino acid, e.g. the 672 - 714 fragment includes both amino acid 672 and 714. The starting and ending positions for P2 and P30 indicate that the epitope substitutes a part of the APP fragment at the posi- tions indicated (both positions included in the substitution) - in most constructs, the introduced epitopes substitutes a fragment of the length of the epitope. The asterisks in the table have the following meaning: *) Only one position for P2 and P30 indicates that the epitope has been inserted into the APP derivative at the position indicated (the epitope begins at the amino acid C-terminally adjacent to the given posi- 290 tion) . xx) Construction 34 contains three identical APP frag- ments separated by P30 and P2, respectively. * kk) Construction 35 contains nine identical APP fragments separated by alternating P30 and P2 epitopes.
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The part of APP, against which it most interesting to generate a response, is the 43 amino acid AP core peptide (AB-43, corre- : sponding to SEQ ID NO: 2, residues 672-714) that is the main constituent of amyloid plaques in AD brains. This APP fragment is part of all constructions listed above.
Variants 1 and 2 comprise a portion of APP upstream of AB-43 where the model epitopes P2 and P30 have been placed. Variants 1 and 3-8 all comprise the C-100 fragment which has been shown to be neurotoxic - the C-100 fragment corresponds to amino acid residues 714-770 of SEQ ID NO: 2. In variants 3-5 the epitopes substitutes a part of the C-100 fragment while the in variants 6-8 have been inserted into C-100.
Variants 9-35 contain only the core AP-43 protein. In variants 9-13, P2 and P30 are fused to either end of AP-43; in 14-21 P2 and P30 substitutes part of AB-43; in 22-33 P2 and P30 are in- serted into AP-43; 34 contains three identical AP-43 fragments spaced by P30 and P2, respectively; 35 contains 9 AB-43 repeats spaced by alternating P2 and P30 epitopes.
Truncated parts of the above-discussed AB-43 protein can also be employed in immunogenic analogues according to the present invention. Especially preferred are the truncates AB (1-42),
AB (1-40), AB(1-39), AB(1-35), AP(1-34), AB(1-34), AP(1l-28),
AaB (1-12), AB{1-5), AP{13-28), AP(13 35), aP(17-28), AB(25-3%),
AB (35-40), BP(36-42), and AB(35-42) (where the numbers in the parentheses indicate the amino acid stretches of AP-43 that constitute the relevant fragment — AB (35-40) is e.g. identical to amino acids 706-711 in SEQ ID NO: 2). All these variants with truncated parts of AB-43 can be made with the AP fragments described herein, in particular with variants 9, 10, 11, 12, ’ and 13. ) In some cases, it is preferred that the AP-43 or fragments thereof are mutated. Especially preferred are substitution variants where the methionine in position 35 in AP-43 has been substituted, preferably with leucine or isoleucine, or simply deleted. Especially preferred analogues contain one single me- thionine that is located in the C-terminus, either because it is naturally occurring in the amyloidogenic polypeptide or foreign Ty epitope, or because it has been inserted or added.
Hence, it also preferred that the part of the analogue that includes the foreign Ty epitope is free from methionine, except from the possible C-terminal location of a methionine.
In fact, it is generally preferred that all analogues of APP or AP that are used according to the present invention share the characteristic of merely including one single methionine that is positioned as the C-terminal amino acid in the analogue and that other methionines in either the amyloidogenic polypeptide or the foreign Ty epitope are deleted or substituted for another amino acid.
One further interesting mutation is a deletion or substitution of the phenylalanine in position 19 in AP-43, and it is espe- cially preferred that the mutation is a substitution of this phenylalanine residue with a proline.
The following table sets forth a group of especially preferred : constructs that operate with truncates or mutations of AP-43:
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Tn this table, the AB segment used in the molecule is indicated by amino acid numbers relative to aa 1 of the AB (1-42/43) mole- cule, i.e. 1-28 means that fragment 1-28 of AP (1-42/43) is used in the molecule. If two or more different segments are used, both are indicated in the table, i.e. 1-12 (a) + 13-28 (Db) means that both fragment 1-12 and fragment 13-28 of AP(1-42/43) are used in the molecule.
Also, if the same segment is present in more than one copy in the construction it is indicated in the table, i.e. 1-12 (x3) shows that fragment 1-12 of AP(1-42/43) is present in three copies in the construction.
Further, the position of the AP segment in the molecule is shown by amino acid positions relative to the first amino acid of the molecule, i.e. 22-49 shows that the AP fragment in ques- tion is positioned from amino acid 22 to amino acid 49 in the molecule, both positions included. Positions of the P2 and P30 epitopes are indicated equivalently. If two or more different
Ap fragments are used in the molecule, their positions are all shown, i.e. 1-12 (a) + 49-64 (b) means that fragment (a) is :
positioned from aa 1-12 in the molecule and fragment (b) from ’ aa 49-64. ) Moreover, if more than one copy of the same fragment is pre- sent in the molecule, positions for all copies are shown, i.e. 1-12, 34-45, 61-72 shows that the three copies of the AB frag- ment are placed from position 1-12, 34-45 and 61-72, respec- tively, in the molecule.
Finally, the total length indication of each molecule includes both the AB fragment (s) and the P2 and P30 epitopes.
Variant 42 contains two amino acid substitutions at positions 19 (phe to pro) and 35 (met to lys) as it is indicated in the column showing the AP fragments.
See Fig. 1 and the tables above for details on particular points for introduction of the foreign T-cell epitopes.
One further type of construct is especially preferred. Since one goal of the present invention is to avoid destruction of the cells producing APP whereas removal of AB is desired, it seems feasible to prepare autovaccine constructs comprising only parts of AP which are not exposed to the extracellular phase when present in APP. Thus, such constructs would need to contain at least one B-cell epitope derived from the amino acid fragment defined by amino acids 700-714 in SEQ ID NO: 2. . Since such a short polypeptide fragment is predicted to be only weakly immunogenic it is preferred that such an autovac- . 25 cine construct consists of several copies of the B-cell epi- tope, e.g. in the form of a construct having the structure shown in Formula I in the detailed disclosure of the present invention, cf. above. In that version of Formula I, the terms amyloide;—amyloide, are x B-cell epitope containing amino acid sequences derived from amino acids 700-714 of SEQ ID NO: 2. A : preferred alternative is the above-detailed possibility of coupling the amyloidogenic (poly)peptide and the selected fo- reign T-helper epitope to via an amide bond to a polysaccha- ride carrier molecule — in this way multiple presentaions of the “weak” epitope constituted by amino acids 700-714 of SEQ
ID NO: 2 become possible, and it also becomes possible to se- lect an optimum ratio between B-cell and T-cell epitopes.
EXAMPLE 2
Immunisation of transgenic mice with Af and modified proteins according to the invention
Construction of the hAB43+-34 encoding DNA. The hAB43+-34 gene was constructed in several steps. First a PCR fragment was generated with primers ME#801 (SEQ ID NO: 10) and ME#802 (SEQ
ID NO: 11) using primer ME#800 (SEQ ID NO: 9) as template.
ME#800 encodes the human abeta-43 fragment with E. coli opti- mised codons. ME#801 and 802 adds appropriate restriction sites to the fragment.
The PCR fragment was purified, digested with NcoI and HindIII, purified again and cloned into Ncol-HindIII digested and puri- fied pET28b+ E. coli expression vector. The resulting plasmid encoding wildtype human AB-43 is named pABl.
In the next step the T-helper epitope, P2, is added to the C- terminus of the molecule. Primer ME#806 (SEQ ID NO: 12) con- tains the sequence encoding the P2 epitope, thus generating a fusion of P2 and Abeta-43 by the PCR reaction.
The cloning was performed by making a PCR fragment with pri- ) mers ME#178 (SEQ ID NO: 8) and ME#806 using pABl as template.
The fragment was purified, digested with Ncol and HindIII, pu- rified again and cloned into an NcoI-HindIII digested and pu- rified pET28b+ vector. The resulting plasmid is called PAB2.
In an analogous manner, another plasmid was made harbouring the AP-43 encoding sequence with another T helper epitope, P30, added to the N-terminus. This was done by making a PCR frag- ment with primers ME#105 (SEQ ID NO: 7) and ME#807 (SEQ ID NO: 13) using pABl as template.
The fragment was purified, digested with Ncol and HindIII, pu- rified again and cloned into an NcoI-HindIII digested and pu- rified pET28b+ vector. The resulting plasmid is called pAB3.
In the third step, a second AB-43 repeat is added C-terminally to the P2 epitope of plasmid pAB2 by primer ME#809 (SEQ ID NO: 14). ME#809 at the same time creates a BamHI site immediately after the AB-43 repeat. A PCR fragment was made with primers
ME#178 and ME#809 using pAB2 as template. The fragment was di-~ gested with NcoI and HindIII, purified and cloned into Ncol-
HindIII digested and purified pET28b+ vector. This plasmid is named pAB4.
Finally, the P30 epitope — AB-43 repeat sequence from pPAB3 was cloned into pAB4 plasmid. This was done by making a PCR frag- : ment with primers ME#811 (SEQ ID NO: 16) and ME#105 using pAB3 as template. The fragment was purified and used as primer in a ’ subsequent PCR with ME#810 (SEQ ID NO: 15) using pAB3 as tem- plate. The resulting fragment was purified, digested with
BamHI and HindIII and cloned into BamHI-HindIII digested and purified pAB4 plasmid. The resulting plasmid, pABS, encodes the hAB43+-34 molecule. :
All PCR and cloning procedures were done essentially as de- scribed by Sambrook, J., Fritsch, E.F. & Maniatis, T. 1989 “Molecular cloning: a laboratory manual”. 2nd. Ed. Cold Spring
Harbor Laboratory, N.Y.
For all cloning procedures E. coli K-12 cells, strain Top-10
F’ (Stratagene, USA), were used. The pETZ28b+ vector was pur- chased from Novagen, USA. All primers were synthesised at DNA
Technology, Denmark.
Expression and purification of hAB43+-34. The hAB43+-34 pro- tein encoded by pABS was expressed in BL21-Gold (Novagen) E. coli cells as described by the suppliers ol the pETZ8b+ system (Novagen) .
The expressed hAR43+-34 protein was purified to more than 85% purity by washing of inclusion bodies followed by cation-ex- change chromatography using a BioCad purification workstation (PerSeptive Biosystems, USA) in the presence of 6 M urea. The urea was hereafter removed by stepwise dialysis against a so- lution containing decreasing amounts of urea. The final buffer was 10 mM Tris, pH 8.5.
Immunisation study. Mice transgenic for human APP (Alzheimer’s precursor protein) were used for the study. These mice, called
TgRND8+, express a mutated form of APP that results in high concentration of AP-40 and AP-42 in the mouse brains (Janus, C. et. al.)
The mice (8-10 mice per group) were immunised with either
Abeta-42 (SEQ ID NO: 2, residues 673-714, synthesised by means of a standard Fmoc strategy) or the hAB43+-34 variant (con- ’ struct 34 in the table in Example 1, recombinantly produced) four times at two-week intervals. Doses were either 100 mg for
AB or 50 mg for hAB43+-34. Mice were bled at day 43 (after three injections) and after day 52 (after four injections) and the sera were used to determine the level of anti-Af-42 spe- cific titres using a direct AB-42 ELISA.
The following tabel shows the mean relative anti-Abeta-42 ti- tres.
Immunogen | Day 43 (after 3 immunizations) Day 52 (after 4 immunizations)
Ap-42 4000 3000 hAB4 3+-34 16000 23000
As will be clear, the antibody titers obtained when immunizing with the hAB43+-34 AP variant are approximately 4 times and 7.5 times higher after 3 and 4 immunizations, respectively, than the titers obtained when using the unaltered wild-type BP-42 as an immunogen. This fact is put further in perspective, when considering the fact that the amount of variant used for immu- nization was only 50% of the amount of wild-type sequence used for immunization.
EXAMPLE 3
Synthesis of an AB Peptide Copolymer Vaccine using activated poly-hydroxypolymer as the cross-linking agent.
Introduction. A traditional conjugate vaccine consists of a (poly)peptide coupled covalently to a carrier protein. The peptide contains the B-cell epitope(s) and the carrier protein provides T-helper epitopes. However, most of the carrier pro-
tein will normally be irrelevant as a source for T-helper epi- topes, since only a minor part of the total sequence contains the relevant T-helper epitopes. Such epitopes can be defined and synthesized as peptides of e.g. 12-15 amino acids. If these peptides are linked covalently to peptides containing the B-cell epitopes, e.g. via a multivalent activated poly-hy- droxypolymer, a vaccine molecule that only contains the rele- vant parts can be obtained. It is further possible to provide a vaccine conjugate that contains an optimized ratio between
B-cell and T-cell epitopes.
Synthesis of the acticated poly-hydroxypolymer. Poly-hydroxy- polymers such as dextran, starch, agarose etc. can be acti- vated with 2,2,2-trifluoroethanesulfonyl chloride (tresyl chloride), either by means of a homogenous synthesis (dextran) dissolved in N-methylpyrrolidinone (NMP) or by means of a he- terogeneous synthesis (starch, agarose, cross-linked dextran) in e.g. acetone. 225 ml dry N-methyl pyrrolidinone (NMP) is added under dry con- ditions to freeze dried, water-soluble dextran (4.5 g, 83 mmol, clinical grade, Mw (avg) 78000) in a 500 ml round bottom flask supplied with a magnet for stirring. The flask is placed in a 60°C oil bath with magnetic stirring. The temperature is raised to 92°C over a period of 20 min. When the dextran is dissolved the flask is immediately removed from the oil bath and the temperature in the bath is lowered to 40°C. The flask is placed into the oil bath agaom, still with magnetic stir- ring, and tresyl chloride (2.764 ml, 25 mmol) is added drop- wise. After 15 min, dry pyridine (anhydrous, 2.020 ml, 25 mmol) : is added drop-wise. The flask is removed from the oil bath and stirred for 1 hour at room temperature. The product (Tresyl Ac- tivated Dextran, TAD) is precipitated in 1200 ml cold ethanol
(99.9%). The supernatant is decanted and the precipitate is ‘ harvested in 50 ml polypropylene tubes in a centrifuge at 2000 rpm. The precipitate is dissolved in 50 ml 0.5% acetic acid, dialyzed 2 times against 5000 ml 0.5% acetic acid and freeze dried. TAD can be stored as a freeze dried powder at -20°C.
An insoluble poly-hydroxypolymer, such as agarose or croos—linked dextran can be tresyl activated by making a sus- pension of the poly-hydroxypolymer in e.g. acetone and perform the synthesis as a solid phase synthesis. The activated poly-hydroxypolymer can be harvested by filtration. Suitable methods are reported in e.g. Nilsson K and Mosbach K (1987),
Methods in Enzymology 135, p. 67, and in Hermansson GT et al. (1992), in “Immobilized Affinity Ligand Techniques”, Academic
Press, Inc., p. 87.
Synthesis of the A Beta Peptide Copolymers Vaccines. TAD (10 mg) is dissolved in 100 pl H,0 and 1000 pl carbonate buffer, pH 9.6, containing 5 mg AP-42 (SEQ ID NO: 2, residues 673-714), 2.5 mg P2 (SEQ ID NO: 4) and 2.5 mg P30 (SEQ ID NO: 6) is added. The AB-42 and the P2 and P30 peptides all contain pro- tected lysine groups: these are in the form of 1-(4,4-Di- methyl-2, 6-dioxocyclohex—1-ylidene)ethyl (Dde) protected ly- sine groups. The peptides are prepared by means of a standard
Fmoc strategy, where the conventional Fmoc-Lys (Boc)-0OH has been substituted with Fmoc-Lys (Dde) —OH (obtained from Novabio- chem , cat. no. 04-12-1121), i.e. the g-amino group in lysine is protected with Dde instead of Boc. ’ The pH value is measured and adjusted to 9.6 using 1 M HCI.
After 2.5 hours at room temperature, hydrazine from an 80% so- lution is added to a final hydrazine koncentration of 8% and the solution is incubated for another 30 min. at room tempera-
ture and freeze-dried immediately hereafter. The freeze-dried product is dissolved in H;0 and dialysed extensively against
HO before the final freeze-drying.
The ratio between B-cell epitopes (AR) and T-helper epitopes (P2 and P30) in the final product can be varied by using dif- ferent concentrations of these peptides in the synthesis step.
Furhermore, the final product can be tagged with e.g. mannose (so as to target the conjugate to APCs) by adding aminated mannose to the carbonate buffer in the synthesis step.
If an insoluble activated poly-hydroxypolymer is used to com- bine the peptides containing the B-cell epitope and the
T-helper epitopes, the coupling to the polymer can be per- formed as a solid phase synthesis and the final product is harvested and purified by wash and filtration.
As mentioned in the general description, the presently de- scribed approach for preparing a peptide based vaccine may be applied to any other polypeptide antigen where it would be convenient to prepare a purely synthetic peptide vaccine and where the polypeptide antigen in question provides a suffi- cient immunogenicity in one single peptide:
EXAMPLE 4
Synthesis Peptide Copolymer Vaccines :
TAD (10 mg) is dissolved in 100 pl Hz0 and 1000 pl carbonate puffer, pH 9.6, containing 1-5 mg peptide A (any immunogenic peptide of interest!), 1-5 mg P2 (diphtheria toxoid P2 epi- tope) and 1-5 mg P30 (diphtheria toxoid P30 epitope) is added.
The pH value is measured and adjusted to 9.6 using 0.1 M HCl.
After 2.5 hours at room temperature the solution is freeze dried immediately hereafter. The freeze-dried product is dis- solved in HO and dialysed extensively against H;O or desalted on a gelfiltration column before the final freeze-drying. In case the peptides have lysine in the sequence the g-amine in the lysine side chain should be protected by Dde using the
Fmoc~Lys (Dde) -OH derivative in the synthesis (Gregorius and
Theisen 2001, submitted). After coupling, hydrazine from an 80% solution is added to a final hydrazine concentration be- tween 1-20% and the solution is incubated for another 30 min at room temperature, freeze dried immediately hereafter and dialysed extensively against H,O or desalted on a gelfiltration column before the final freeze-drying. The principle is set forth in schematic form in Fig. 2.
Such immunogens have been utilised by the inventors with a short C-terminal fragment of the Borrelia burgdorferi protein
OspC as “peptide A” and a diptheria toxoid epitope (P2 or P30) as a peptide B. The results of immunization studies with this antigen revealed that only the immunogen of the invention in- cluding the OspC fragment and a foreign diptheria epitope matching the MHC haplotype of the vaccinated mice were capable of inducing antibodies reactive with OspC in these mice. In contrast, a molecule containing only the OspC peptide was un- able to induce antibody production and the same was true for a mixture of 2 immunogens where one contained the OspC and the other the epitope. It is therefore concluded that the inclu- sion in the same polyhydroxypolymer carrier is superior, if not essential, in order to induce antibody production against a short peptide hapten as OspC.
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Claims (70)
1. Use of an immunogen, which a) is a polyamino acid which incorporates into the same molecule a substantial fraction of B-cell epitopes of APP and/or AB so that the polyamino acid reacts to the same extent as does APP or Ap with a polyclonal serum raised against APP or AB, and at least one foreign T-helper epitope (Ty epitope), and which contains the at least one foreign Ty epitope and a disrupted APP or AB sequence so that the polyamino acid does not include any subsequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 that binds productively to MHC class II molecules initiating a T-cell response; and/or b) is a conjugate comprising a polyhydroxypolymer backbone to which is separately coupled a polyamino acid as defined in a); and/or ¢) is a conjugate comprising a polyhydroxypolymer backbone to which is separately coupled 1) the at least one foreign Ty epitope and 2) a disrupted sequence of APP or AB as defined in a); and/or d) is a nucleic acid that encodes the polyamine acid as defined in a); and/or e) is a non-pathogenic microorganism or virus which is carrying a nucleic acid fragment which encodes and expresses the polyamino acid as defined in a), in the preparation of a pharmaceutical preparation containing the immunogen for the treatment, prevention or amelioration in an animal of Alzheimer’s disease or other diseases characterized by amyloid deposition.
2. The use according to claim 1, wherein the polyamino acid or conjugate includes - at least one first moiety which effects targeting of the polyamino acid to an antigen presenting cell (APC) or a B-lymphocyte, and/or - at least one second moiety which stimulates the immune system, and/or - at least one third moiety which optimizes presentation of the polyamino acid to the immune system. AMENDED SHEET
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3. The use according to claim 2, wherein the first and/or the second and/or the third moiety is/are attached as side groups by covalent or non-covalent binding to suitable chemical groups in the APP or AB sequence.
4. The use according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the polyamino acid or conjugate comprises a fusion polypeptide.
. 5. The use according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the polyamino acid or conjugate includes duplication of at least one B-cell epitope of APP or AB and/or introduction of a hapten.
6. The use according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the foreign T-cell epitope is immunodominant in the animal.
7. The use according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the foreign T-cell epitope is promiscuous, such as a foreign T-cell epitope which is selected from a natural promiscuous T- cell epitope and an artificial MHC-II binding peptide sequence.
8. The use according to claim 7, wherein the natural T-cell epitope is selected from a Tetanus toxoid epitope such as P2 or P30, a diphtheria toxoid epitope, an influenza virus hemaglut- tinin epitope, and a P. falciparum CS epitope.
9. The use according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the polyamino acid or conjugate comprises B-cell epitopes which are not exposed to the extracellular phase when : present in a cell-bound form of the precursor polypeptide AB.
10. The use according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the polyamino acid or conjugate lacks at least one B-cell epitope which is exposed to the extracellular phase when present in a cell-bound form of the precursor polypeptide.
. 11, The use according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the polyamino acid or conjugate comprises at most 9 consecutive amino acids of SEQ ID NO: 2., such as at most 8, at most 7, at most 6, at most 5, at most 4, and at most 3 consecutive amino acids.
12. The use according to claim 11, wherein the polyamino acid or conjugate comprises at least one subsequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 so that each such at least one subsequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 independently consists of amino acid stretches selected from the group consisting of 9 consecutive amino acids of SEQ ID NO: 2, 8 consecutive amino acids of SEQ ID NO: 2, 7 AMENDED SHEET
PCT/DK02/00547 ® 102 consecutive amino acids of SEQ ID NO: 2, 6 consecutive amino acids-of SEQ ID NO: 2, 5 consecutive amino acids of SEQ ID NO: 2, 4 consecutive amino acids of SEQ ID NO: 2, and 3 consecutive amino acids of SEQ ID NO: 2.
13. The use according to claim 11 or 12, wherein the consecutive amino acids begin at an S amino acid residue selected from the group consisting of residue 672, 673, 674, 675, 676, 677, 678, 679, 680, 681, 682, 683, 684, 685, 686, 687, 688, 689, 690, 691, 692, 693, 694, 695, 696, 697, 698, 699, 700, 701, 702, 703, 704, 705, 706, 707, 708, 709, 710, 711, 712, 713, and 714,
14. The use according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein at least two copies of the polyamino acid or conjugate are covalently or non-covalently linked to a carrier molecule capable of effecting presentation of multiple copies of antigenic determinants.
15. The use according to any one of the preceding claims, variants b) or c), wherein the polyamino acid and Ty epitope are attached to the polyhydroxypolymer by means of an amide bond.
16. The use according to any one of the preceding claims , variants b) or c), wherein the polyhydroxypolymer is a polysaccharide.
17. The use according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the polyamino acid or conjugate has been formulated with an adjuvant which facilitates breaking of autotolerance to autoantigens.
18. The use according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the treatment, prevention or amelioration entails administration of an effective amount of the polyamino acid or conjugate to the animal via a route selected from the parenteral route such as the intracutaneous, the subcutaneous, and the intramuscular routes; the peritoneal route; the oral route; the buccal route; the sublinqual route; the epidural route; the spinal route; the anal route; and the intracranial route.
19. The use according to claim 18, wherein the effective amount is between 0.5 pg and 2,000 Hg of the polyamino acid or conjugate.
20. The use according to any one of claims 1-13, variant d), wherein the treatment, prevention or amelioration entails introduction of nucleic acid(s) encoding the polyamino acid or conjugate into the animals cells and thereby obtaining in vivo expression by the cells of the nucleic acid(s) introduced. AMENDED SHEET
: : PCT/DK02/00547 PY 103
21. The use according to claim 20, wherein the nucleic acid(s) introduced is/are selected from naked DNA, DNA formulated with charged or uncharged lipids, DNA formulated in liposomes, DNA included in a viral vector, DNA formulated with a transfection-facilitating protein or polypeptide, DNA formulated with a targeting protein or polypeptide, DNA formulated with Calcium precipitating agents, DNA coupled to an inert carrier molecule, DNA encapsulated in chitin or chitosan, and DNA formulated with an adjuvant. :
22. The use according to any one of claims 18-21, wherein the treatment, prevention or amelioration entails at least one administration/introduction per year, such as at least 2, at least 3, at least 4, at least 6, and at least 12 administrations/introductions.
23. The use according to any one of the preceding claims, where the treatment, prevention or amelioration entails that APP or AB is down-regulated to such an extent that the total amount of amyloid is decreased or that the rate of amyloid formation is reduced with clinical * significance.
24. A polyamino acid or conjugate which is derived from an animal APP or AB wherein is introduced a modification which has as a result that immunization of the animal with the polyamino acid or conjugate induces production of antibodies against the animal's autologous APP or AB, and wherein the polyamino acid or conjugate is as defined in any one of claims 1-
16.
25. An immunogenic composition comprising an immunogenically effective amount of an polyamino acid or conjugate according to claim 24, the composition further comprising a pharmaceutically and immunologically acceptable carrier and/or vehicle and optionally an adjuvant.
26. A nucleic acid fragment which encodes a polyamino acid or conjugate according to claim 24,
27. A vector carrying the nucleic acid fragment according to claim 26, such as a vector that is capable of autonomous replication.
28. The vector according to claim 27 which is selected from the group consisting of a plasmid, a phage, a cosmid, a mini-chromosome, and a virus.
29. The vector according to claim 27 or 28, comprising, in the 5'—»3' direction and in operable linkage, a promoter for driving expression of the nucleic acid fragment according to claim 26, AMENDED SHEET
PCT/DK02/00547 ® 104 optionally a nucleic acid sequence encoding a leader peptide enabling secretion of or integration into the membrane of the polypeptide fragment, the nucleic acid fragment accor- ding to claim 26, and optionally a terminator.
30. The vector according to any one of claims 27-29 which, when introduced into a host cell, is capable or incapable of being integrated in the host cell genome.
31. The vector according to claim 29 or 30, wherein the promoter drives expression in a : eukaryotic cell and/or in a prokaryotic cell. :
32. A transformed cell carrying the vector of any one of claims 27-31, such as a transformed cell which is capable of replicating the nucleic acid fragment according to claim 26. :
33. The transformed cell according to claim 32, which is a microorganism selected from a bacterium, a yeast, a protozoan, or a cell derived from a multicellular organism selected from a fungus, an insect cell such as an S, or an SF cell, a plant cell, and a mammalian cell.
34. The transformed cell according to claim 32 or 33, which expresses the nucleic acid fragment according to claim 27, such as a transformed cell, which secretes or carries on its i5 surface, the polyamino acid or conjugate according to claim 24.
35. The method according to any one of claims 1-13, variant e), wherein the treatment, prevention or amelioration entails administration of a non-pathogenic microorganism or virus which is carrying a nucleic acid fragment which encodes and expresses the polyamino acid or conjugate.
36. A composition for inducing production of antibodies against amyloid, the composition comprising - a nucleic acid fragment according to claim 26 or a vector according to any one of claims 27- 31, and - a pharmaceutically and immunologically acceptable carrier and/or vehicle and/or adjuvant,
37. A stable cell line which carries the vector according to any one of claims 7-31 and which expresses the nucleic acid fragment according to claim 26, and which optionally secretes or carries the polyamino acid or conjugate according to claim 24 on its surface. AMENDED SHEET
® PCT/DK02/00547
38. A substance or composition for use in a method for the treatment, prevention or amelioration in an animal of Alzheimer’s disease or other diseases characterized by amyloid deposition, said substance or composition comprising an immunogen, which a) is a polyamino acid which incorporates into the same molecule a substantial fraction of B-cell epitopes of APP and/or AB so that the polyamino acid reacts to the same extent as does APP or Ag with a polyclonal serum raised against APP or AB, and at least one foreign T-helper epitope (T}, epitope), and which contains the at least one foreign Ty, epitope and a disrupted APP or AB sequence so that the polyamino acid does not include any subsequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 that binds productively to MHC class ll molecules initiating a T-cell response; and/or b) is a conjugate comprising a polyhydroxypolymer backbone to which is separately coupled a polyamino acid as defined in a); and/or c) is a conjugate comprising a polyhydroxypolymer backbone to which is separately coupled 1) the at least one foreign Ty epitope and 2) a disrupted sequence of APP or AB as defined in a); and/or : d) is a nucleic acid that encodes the polyamino acid as defined in a); and/or : e) is a non-pathogenic microorganism or virus which is carrying a nucleic acid fragment which encodes and expresses the polyamino acid as defined in a), and said method comprising administering said substance or composition.
39. A substance or composition for use in a method of treatment or prevention according to claim 38, wherein the polyamino acid or conjugate includes - at least one first moiety which effects targeting of the polyamino acid to an antigen presenting cell (APC) or a B-lymphocyte, and/or - at least one second moiety which stimulates the immune system, and/or AMENDED SHEET
® PCT/DK02/00547 - at least one third moiety which optimizes presentation of the polyamino acid to the immune system.
40. A substance or composition for use in a method of treatment or prevention according to claim 39, wherein the first and/or the second and/or the third moiety is/are attached as side groups by covalent or non-covalent binding to suitable chemical groups in the APP or AB sequence.
41. A substance or composition for use in a method of treatment or prevention according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the polyamino acid or conjugate comprises a fusion polypeptide.
42. A substance or composition for use in a method of treatment or prevention according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the polyamino acid or conjugate includes duplication of at least one B-cell epitope of APP or AB and/or introduction of a hapten.
43. A substance or composition for use in a method of treatment or prevention according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the foreign T-cell epitope is immunodominant in the animal.
44. A substance or composition for use in a method of treatment or prevention according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the foreign T-cell epitope is promiscuous, such as a foreign T-cell epitope which is selected from a natural promiscuous T-cell epitope and an artificial MHC-II binding peptide sequence.
45. A substance or composition for use in a method of treatment or prevention according to claim 44, wherein the natural T-cell epitope is selected from a Tetanus toxoid - epitope such as P2 or P30, a diphtheria toxoid epitope, an influenza virus hemagluttinin epitope, and a P. falciparum CS epitope.
46. A substance or composition for use in a method of treatment or prevention according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the polyamino acid or conjugate AMENDED SHEET
® PCT/DK02/00547 comprises B-cell epitopes which are not exposed to the extracellular phase when present in a cell-bound form of the precursor polypeptide AS.
47. A substance or composition for use in a method of treatment or prevention according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the polyamino acid or conjugate lacks at least one B-cell epitope which is exposed to the extracellular phase when present in a cell-bound form of the precursor polypeptide.
48. A substance or composition for use in a method of treatment or prevention according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the polyamino acid or conjugate comprises at most 9 consecutive amino acids of SEQ ID NO: 2, such as at most 8, at most 7, at most 6, at most 5, at most 4, and at most 3 consecutive amino acids.
49. A substance or composition for use in a method of treatment or prevention according to claim 48, wherein the polyamino acid or conjugate comprises at least one subsequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 so that each such at least one subsequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 independently consists of amino acid stretches selected from the group consisting of 9 consecutive amino acids of SEQ ID NO: 2, 8 consecutive amino acids of SEQ ID NO: 2, 7 consecutive amino acids of SEQ ID NO: 2, 6 consecutive amino acids of SEQ ID NO: 2, 5 consecutive amino acids of SEQ ID NO:2, 4 consecutive amino acids of SEQ ID NO: 2, and 3 consecutive amino acids of SEQ ID NO: 2.
50. A substance or composition for use in a method of treatment or prevention : according to claim 48 or 49, wherein the consecutive amino acids begin at an amino acid residue selected from the group consisting of residue 672,673, 674,675, 676,677,678, 679, 680, 681, 682, 683, 684, 685, 686, 687, 688, 689, 690, 691, 692, 693, 694, 695, 696, 697, 698, 699, 700, 701, 702, 703, 704, 705, 706, 707, 708, 709, 710, 711,712, 713, and 714.
51. A substance or composition for use in a method of treatment or prevention according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein at least two copies of the polyamino acid or conjugate are covalently or non-covalently linked to a carrier molecule capable of effecting presentation of multiple copies of antigenic determinants. AMENDED SHEET
® | PCT/DK02/00547
52. A substance or composition for use in a method of treatment or prevention according to any one of the preceding claims, variants b) or c), wherein the polyamino acid and Ty epitope are attached to the polyhydroxypolymer by means of an amide bond.
53. A substance or composition for use in a method of treatment or prevention according to any one of the preceding claims, variants b) or cj, wherein the ~ polyhydroxypolymer is a polysaccharide. )
54. A substance or composition for use in a method of treatment or prevention according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the polyamino acid or conjugate has been formulated with an adjuvant which facilitates breaking of autotolerance to autoantigens. .
55. A substance or composition for use in a method of treatment or prevention according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the treatment, prevention or amelioration entails administration of an effective amount of the polyamino acid or conjugate to the animal via a route selected from the parenteral route such as the intracutaneous, the subcutaneous, and the intramuscular routes; the peritoneal route; the oral route: the buccal route; the sublingual route; the epidural route; the spinal route; the anal route; and the intracranial route.
586. A substance or composition for use in a method of treatment or prevention according to claim 55 wherein the effective amount is between 0.5 yg and 2,000 ug of the polyamino acid or conjugate.
57. A substance or composition for use in a method of treatment or prevention according to any one of claims 38 to 50, variant d}, wherein the treatment, prevention or amellioration entails introduction of nucleic acid(s) encoding the polyamino acid or conjugate into the animal's cells and thereby obtaining in vivo expression by the cells of the nucleic acid(s) introduced.
58. A substance or composition for use in a method of treatment or prevention according to claim 57, wherein the nucleic acid(s) introduced is/are selected from naked AMENDED SHEET
® PCT/DK02/00547 DNA, DNA formulated with charges or uncharged lipids, DNA formulated in liposomes, DNA included in a viral vector, DNA formulated with a transfection-facilitating protein or polypeptide, DNA formulated with a targeting protein or polypeptide, DNA formulated with Calcium precipitating agents, DNA coupled to an inert carrier molecule, DNA encapsulated © 5 in chitin or chitosan, and DNA formulated with an adjuvant.
59. A substance or composition for use in a method of treatment or prevention according to any one of claims 55 to 568, wherein the treatment, prevention or amelioration entails at least one administration/introduction per year, such as at least 2, at least 3, at least 4, at least 6, and at least 12 administrations/introductions.
60. A substance or composition for use in a method of treatment or prevention according to any one of the preceding claims, where the treatment, prevention or amelioration entails that APP or AB is down-regulated to such as extent that the total amount of amyloid is decreased or that the rate of amyloid formation is reduced with clinical significance.
61. A substance or composition for use in a method of treatment or prevention according to any one of claims 38 to 50, variant e), wherein the treatment, prevention or amelioration entails administration of a non-pathogenic microorganism or virus which is carrying a nucleic acid fragment which encodes and expresses the polyamino acid or conjugate.
62. Use according to claim 1, substantially as herein described and illustrated.
63. A polyamino acid or conjugate according to claim 24, substantially as herein described and illustrated.
64. A composition according to claim 25, or claim 36, substantially as herein described and illustrated.
65. A fragment according to claim 26, substantially as herein described and illustrated. AMENDED SHEET
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66. A vector according to claim 27, substantially as herein described and illustrated.
67. A cell according to claim 32, substantially as herein described and illustrated.
68. A cell line according to claim 37, substantially as herein described and illustrated.
69. A substance or composition for use in a method of treatment or prevention according to claim 38, substantially as herein described and illustrated.
70. A new use of an immunogen which is defined in claim 1; a new polyamino acid or conjugate; a new composition; a new fragment; a new vector; a new cell; a new cell line; or a substance or composition for a new use in a method of treatment or prevention, substantially as herein described. AMENDED SHEET
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