Claims
- 1. A hybrid polypeptide comprising an enhancer peptide sequence linked to a core polypeptide.
- 2. The hybrid polypeptide of claim 1, wherein the enhancer peptide sequence comprises: WXXWXXXI, WXXWXXX, WXXWXX, WXXWX, WXXW, WXXXWXWX, XXXWXWX, XXWXWX, XWXWX, WXWX, WXXXWXW, WXXXW, IXXXWXXW, XXXWXXW, XXWXXW, XWXXW, XWXXXW, XWXWXXX, XWXWXX, XWXWX, XWXW, WXWXXXW or XWXXXW.
- 3. The hybrid polypeptide of claim 1 wherein the enhancer peptide sequence comprises WQEWEQKI or WASLWEWF.
- 4. The hybrid polypeptide of claim 1, wherein the enhancer peptide sequence is linked to the amino-terminal end of the core polypeptide.
- 5. The hybrid polypeptide of claim 4, further comprising an enhancer peptide sequence linked to the carboxy-terminal end of the core polypeptide.
- 6. The hybrid polypeptide of claim 1, wherein the enhancer peptide sequence is linked to the carboxy-terminal end of the core polypeptide.
- 7. The hybrid polypeptide of claim 1 wherein the core polypeptide is a therapeutic reagent.
- 8. The hybrid polypeptide of claim 1 wherein the core polypeptide is a bioactive peptide, a growth factor, cytokine, differentiation factor, interleukin, interferon, colony stimulating factor, hormone or angiogenic factor amino acid sequence.
- 9. The hybrid polypeptide of claim 1, wherein the core polypeptide comprises the following amino acid sequence:
YTSLIHSLIEESQNQQEKNEQELLELDK; LEENITALLEEAQIQQEKNMYELQKLNS; LEANISQSLEQAQIQQEKNMYELQKLNS; NNYTSLIHSLIEESQNQQEKNEQELLEL; DFLEENITALLEEAQIQQEKNMYELQKL; RYLEANISQSLEQAQIQQEKNMYELQKL; RYLEANITALLEQAQIQQEKNEYELQKL; NNYTSLIHSLIEESQNQQEKNEQELLELDK; TALLEQAQIQQEKNEYELQKLDK; TALLEQAQIQQEKNEYELQKLDE; TALLEQAQIQQEKNEYELQKLIE; TALLEQAQIQQEKIEYELQKLDK; TALLEQAQIQQEKIEYELQKLDE; TALLEQAQIQQEKIEYELQKLIE; TALLEQAQIQQEKIEYELQKLE; TALLEQAQIQQEKIEYELQKLAK; TALLEQAQIQQEKIEYELQKLAE; TALLEQAQIQQEKAEYELQKLE; TALLEQAQIQQEKNEYELQKLE; TALLEQAQIQQEKGEYELQKLE; TALLEQAQIQQEKAEYELQKLAK; TALLEQAQIQQEKNEYELQKLAK; TALLEQAQIQQEKGEYELQKLAK; TALLEQAQIQQEKAEYELQKLAE; TALLEQAQIQQEKNEYELQKLAE; TALLEQAQIQQEKGEYELQKLAE; DEFDASISQVNEKINQSLAFIRKSDELL; DEYDASISQVNEKINQALAYIREADEL; DEYDASISQVNEEINQALAYIRKADEL; DEFDESISQVNEKIEESLAFIRKSDELL; DEFDESISQVNEKIEESLAFIRKSDEL; or QHWSYGLRPG.
- 10. The hybrid polypeptide of claim 9, wherein the enhancer peptide sequence is linked to the amino-terminal end of the core polypeptide.
- 11. The hybrid polypeptide of claim 10, further comprising an enhancer peptide sequence linked to the carboxy-terminal end of the core polypeptide.
- 12. The hybrid polypeptide of claim 9, wherein the enhancer peptide sequence is linked to the carboxy-terminal end of the core polypeptide.
- 13. The hybrid polypeptide of claim 9, wherein the enhancer peptide sequence comprises WQEWEQKI or WASLWEWF.
- 14. The hybrid polypeptide of claim 9, wherein the hybrid polypeptide comprises the amino acid sequence:
WQEWEQKITALLEQAQIQQEKNEYELQKLDKWASLWEWF, WQEWEQKITALLEQAQIQQEKIEYELQKLIEWEWF or VYPSDEYDASISQVNEEINQALAYIRKADELLENV.
- 15. The hybrid polypeptide of claim 14, further comprising an amino terminal acetyl group and a carboxy terminal amido group.
- 16. A core polypeptide comprising:
YTSLIHSLIEESQNQQEKNEQELLELDK; LEENITALLEEAQIQQEKNMYELQKLNS; LEANISQSLEQAQIQQEKNMYELQKLNS; NNYTSLIHSLIEESQNQQEKNEQELLEL; DFLEENITALLEEAQIQQEKNMYELQKL; RYLEANISQSLEQAQIQQEKNMYELQKL; RYLEANITALLEQAQIQQEKNEYELQKL; NNYTSLIHSLIEESQNQQEKNEQELLELDK; TALLEQAQIQQEKNEYELQKLDK; TALLEQAQIQQEKNEYELQKLDE; TALLEQAQIQQEKNEYELQKLIE; TALLEQAQIQQEKIEYELQKLDK; TALLEQAQIQQEKIEYELQKLDE; TALLEQAQIQQEKIEYELQKLIE; TALLEQAQIQQEKIEYELQKLE; TALLEQAQIQQEKIEYELQKLAK; TALLEQAQIQQEKIEYELQKLAE; TALLEQAQIQQEKAEYELQKLE; TALLEQAQIQQEKNEYELQKLE; TALLEQAQIQQEKGEYELQKLE; TALLEQAQIQQEKAEYELQKLAK; TALLEQAQIQQEKNEYELQKLAK; TALLEQAQIQQEKGEYELQKLAK; TALLEQAQIQQEKAEYELQKLAE; TALLEQAQIQQEKNEYELQKLAE; TALLEQAQIQQEKGEYELQKLAE; DEFDASISQVNEKINQSLAFIRKSDELL; DEYDASISQVNEKINQALAYIREADEL; DEYDASISQVNEEINQALAYIRKADEL; DEFDESISQVNEKIEESLAFIRKSDELL; DEFDESISQVNEKIEESLAFIRKSDEL; or QHWSYGLRPG.
- 17. The core polypeptide of claim 16, further comprising an amino terminal acetyl group and a carboxy terminal amido group.
- 18. A method for enhancing the pharmacokinetic properties of a core polypeptide comprising linking a consensus enhancer peptide sequence to a core polypeptide to form a hybrid polypeptide, such that, when introduced into a living system, the hybrid polypeptide exhibits enhanced pharmacokinetic properties relative those exhibited by the core polypeptide.
- 19. The method of claim 18 wherein the core polypeptide is a therapeutic reagent.
- 20. The method of claim 18 wherein the core polypeptide is a bioactive peptide, growth factor, cytokine, differentiation factor, interleukin, interferon, colony stimulating factor, hormone or angiogenic factor.
Parent Case Info
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09/315,304, filed May 20, 1999, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09/082,279, filed May 20, 1998, the entire contents of each of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
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