CA2413546A1 - Modification of hepatitis b core antigen - Google Patents

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CA2413546A1
CA2413546A1 CA002413546A CA2413546A CA2413546A1 CA 2413546 A1 CA2413546 A1 CA 2413546A1 CA 002413546 A CA002413546 A CA 002413546A CA 2413546 A CA2413546 A CA 2413546A CA 2413546 A1 CA2413546 A1 CA 2413546A1
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Abstract

A protein is provided comprising hepatitis B core antigen (HBcAg) wherein one or more of the four arginine repeats has been deleted, said protein comprising the C-terminal cysteine of HBcAg. The deleted region may be replaced by an epitope from a protein other than HBcAg, in which case the HBcAg acts as a carrier to present the epitope to the immune system. The chimeric protein is useful in prophylactic and therapeutic vaccination of a host, for example against hepatitis B virus.

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1. A protein comprising hepatitis B core antigen (HBcAg) wherein one or more of th_ four arginine repeats is absent and a C-terminal cysteine residue is present.
2. A protein according to claim 1 wherein a first epitope from a protein other than HBcAg is present in place of the absent arginine repeat(s).
3. A protein according to claim 1 or 2 wherein the first arginine repeat is present and the second to fourth arginine repeats are absent.
4. A protein according to any one of the preceding claims wherein a sequence lying between residues 145 and 182 of HBcAg is absent.
5. A protein according to any one of the preceding claims wherein a sequence lying between residues 150 and 177 of HBcAg is absent.
6. A protein according to any one of the preceding claims which comprises a second epitope from a protein other than HBcAg, the second epitope being in the e1 loop.
7. A protein according to claim 6 wherein the second epitope is a B-cell epitope.
8. A protein according to any one of claims 2 to 7 wherein the first epitope is a T-cell epitope.
9. A protein according to claim 8 wherein the first epitope is a T-helper cell epitope and the second epitope is a B-cell epitope.
10. A protein according to claim 6 which comprises said first and second epitopes wherein the epitopes are the same.
11. A protein according to any one of claims 2 to 10 wherein the first and/or the second epitope is from hepatitis B virus (HBV).
12. A protein according to claim 11 wherein the first and/or the second epitope is from the pre-S1, pre-S2 or S region of HBV.
13. A protein according to claim 1 comprising the following elements linked in an N-terminal to C-terminal direction:

(i) an N-terminal part of HBcAg which mediates the formation of particles, and (ii) a C-terminal part of HBcAg comprising the C-terminal cysteine;
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wherein at least a part of the sequence of HBcAg from between said N-terminal part and said C-terminal part comprising one or more of the arginine repeats is absent.
14. A protein according to claim 1 comprising the following elements linked in an N-to C-terminal direction:

(i) an N-terminal part of HBcAg which mediates the formation of particles, (ii) an epitope from a protein other than HBcAg, and (iii) a C-terminal part of HBcAg comprising the C-terminal cysteine;

wherein at least a part of the sequence of HBcAg between said N-terminal part and said C-terminal part comprising one or more of the arginine repeats is absent and is replaced by said epitope.
15. A protein according to claim 1 comprising the following elements linked in an N-to C-terminal direction:

(i) an N-terminal part of the HBcAg sequence comprising residues 1 to 67, (ii) an epitope from a protein other than HBcAg, (iii) a second part of the HBcAg sequence comprising residues 91 to 144, and (iv) a third part of the HBcAg sequence comprising the C-terminal cysteine;

wherein at least a part of the sequence of HBcAg from between residue 145 and the C-terminal cysteine comprising one or more of the arginine repeats is absent.
16. A protein according to claim 1 comprising the following elements linked in an N-to C-terminal direction:

(i) an N-terminal part of the HBcAg sequence comprising residues 1 to 67;

(ii) an epitope from a protein other than HBcAg, (iii) a second part of the HBcAg sequence comprising residues 91 to 144;

(iv) a further epitope from a protein other than HBcAg;

(v) a third part of the HBcAg sequence comprising the C-terminal cysteine;

wherein at least a part of the sequence of HBcAg from between residue 145 and the C-terminal cysteine comprising one or more of the arginine repeats is absent.
17. A particle comprising multiple copies of a protein as claimed in any one of the preceding claims.
18. A nucleic acid molecule encoding a protein as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 16.
19. A nucleic acid molecule according to claim 18 which is an expression vector.
20. A host cell transformed or transfected with a nucleic acid molecule as claimed in claim 18 or 19.
21. A process for producing a protein as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 16, which process comprises culturing a host cell containing a nucleic acid molecule which encodes the protein under conditions in which the protein is expressed, and recovering the protein.
22. A nucleic acid molecule encoding a protein as claimed in claim 1 wherein the sequence encoding one or more of the four arginine repeats of HBcAg is deleted and replaced with a restriction enzyme site unique to the nucleic acid molecule.
23. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a protein as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 16, a particle as claimed in claim 17 or a nucleic acid molecule as claimed in claim 18 or 19 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent.
24. A protein according to any one of claims 1 to 16, a particle according to claim 17 __ a nucleic acid molecule according to claim 18 or 19 for use in a method of prophylactic or therapeutic vaccination of the human or animal body.
25. A protein, particle or nucleic acid molecule according to claim 24 for use in a method of prophylactic or therapeutic vaccination of the human or animal body against HBV.
26. Use of a protein according to any one of claims 1 to 16, a particle according to claim 17 or a nucleic acid molecule according to claim 18 or 19 for the manufacture of a medicament for prophylactic or therapeutic vaccination of the human or animal body against HBV.
27. A method of vaccination or therapy of a subject, which method comprises administering to the subject a protein as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 16, a particle as claimed in claim 17 or a nucleic acid molecule as claimed in claimed 18 or 19.
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