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Glucagon analogues

a technology of glucagon and analogues, applied in the field of glucagon analogues, can solve the problems of obesity, reduced life expectancy, and inability of glp-1 to activate the glucagon receptor, so as to prevent weight gain, inhibit or reduce weight gain, and promote weight loss

Inactive Publication Date: 2014-05-08
ZEALAND PHARM AS
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Benefits of technology

The invention provides a compound with the formula R1X, where X is a peptide that has a specific formula. The compound has various residues at different positions in the formula, which can be selected from a variety of options. The compound can also have a pharmaceutically acceptable salt. The technical effect of the invention is that it provides a new compound with a specific formula that can be used for various applications, such as drug development.

Problems solved by technology

GLP-1 on the other hand is not capable of activating the glucagon receptor.
As a result, obesity has been found to reduce life expectancy.

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Peptide Stability

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TABLE 2Results for recovery measured by RP-HPLC after stress.ZPRecovery (%)Recovery (%)CompoundSolid peptide0.1M HClGlucagon91152495 (SEQ ID9152NO: 5)2637 (SEQ ID9453NO: 8)2648 (SEQ ID10060NO: 12)2650 (SEQ ID9669NO: 10)2654 (SEQ ID10727NO: 11)

[0127]The results of incubation in HCl stress solutions are shown in Table 2. All compounds as solids were stable over 5 weeks at 40° C. with a recovery of over 90% purity. The results further shows that the tested glucagon analogous have an increased stability towards acidic degradation when compared to native glucagon.

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Efficacy on Glucagon and GLP-1 Receptors

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TABLE 3 EC50 values of glucagons analogues at Glucagon and GLP-1 receptorsGLP-1RGLUREC50EC50(nM)(nM)Glucagon2.00.10OXM1.00.50Exendin-40.02>1,000ZP2495H-HSQGTFTSDYSKYLDRARADDFVAWLKST-NH20.230.50(SEQ ID NO: 5)ZP2634H-HSQGTFTSDYSKYLDRARADDFVAWLKSA-NH20.200.50(SEQ ID NO: 6)ZP2635H-HSQGTFTSDYSKYLDRARADDFVAWLKEA-NH20.200.20(SEQ ID NO: 7)ZP2637H-HSQGTFTSDYSKYLDRARAEDFVAWLKST-NH20.100.20(SEQ ID NO: 8)ZP2649H-HSQGTFTSDYSKYLDRARADDFVEWLKST-NH20.100.30(SEQ ID NO: 9)ZP2650H-HSQGTFTSDYSKYLDRARADDFVAWLERA-NH20.800.07(SEQ ID NO: 10)ZP2654H-H-DSer-QGTFTSDYSKYLDRARADDFVAWLKST-NH20.800.50(SEQ ID NO: 11)ZP2648H-HSQGTFTSDYSKYLDRARAHDFVAWLKST-NH20.100.20(SEQ ID NO: 12)

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Lipolysis Assay

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TABLE 4Stimulation of lipolysis in primary rat adipocyte cultures(for details see Methods).CompoundEC50 (nM)Exendin-4No effectGlucagon6OXM180ZP2495 (SEQ ID NO: 5)137ZP2648 (SEQ ID NO: 12)26ZP2650 (SEQ ID NO: 10)15ZP2654 (SEQ ID NO: 11)326ZP2649 (SEQ ID NO: 9)57ZP2634 (SEQ ID NO: 6)127ZP2635 (SEQ ID NO: 7)93ZP2637 (SEQ ID NO: 8)42

[0130]The GLP-1 agonist, exendin-4 had no effect on lipolysis in primary adipocyte cultures in contrast to glucagon and OXM (Table 4). ZP2495 (SEQ ID NO: 5) and ZP2634 (SEQ ID NO: 6) were equipotent with OXM, while ZP2648 (SEQ ID NO: 12) and ZP2650 (SEQ ID NO: 10) were 7—12 times as potent as OXM.

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Abstract

The invention provides materials and methods for promoting weight loss or preventing weight gain, and in the treatment of diabetes, metabolic syndrome and associated disorders. In particular, the invention provides novel glucagon analogue peptides effective in such methods. The peptides may mediate their effect by having increased selectivity for the GLP-1 receptor as compared to human glucagon.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 13 / 139,482, filed on Aug. 9, 2011, which is the U.S. National Stage filing under 35 U.S.C. §371 of International Application No. PCT / GB2008 / 004130, filed Dec. 15, 2008, both of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to glucagon analogues and their medical use, for example in the treatment of excess food intake, obesity and excess weight.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Preproglucagon is a 158 amino acid precursor polypeptide that is differentially processed in the tissues to form a number of structurally related proglucagon-derived peptides, including glucagon (Glu), glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), glucagon-like peptide-2 (GLP-2), and oxyntomodulin (OXM). These molecules are involved in a wide variety of physiological functions, including glucose homeostasis, insulin secretion, gastric emptying and...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): C07K14/605
CPCA61K38/00C07K14/605A61P1/16A61P29/00A61P3/00A61P3/04A61P3/06A61P9/00A61P9/10A61P9/12A61P3/10
Inventor MEIER, EDDIRIBER, DITTESKOVGAARD, MARIELARSEN, BJARNE DUEDAUGAARD, JENS ROSENGREN
Owner ZEALAND PHARM AS
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