Synthetic peptide-based anti-rabies compositions and methods
US5066593A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 31, 1987 |
| Grant date | Nov 19, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 31, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12N2760/20134
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A sequence in the coat glycoprotein of rabies virus is identified as the molecular basis for an essential step in the pathogenesis of the virus, the binding of virus to acetylcholine receptor at neuromuscular junctions prior to virus uptake into peripheral nerves. Based on this discovery, synthetic peptide-based, anti-rabies vaccines are prepared. The active ingredient of such vaccines is a synthetic protein, which is a conjugate with an immunogenic carrier protein of a synthetic peptide with a sequence which includes a sequence which is substantially the same as a substantial portion of the sequence of the acetylcholine receptor-binding segment of the rabies virus coat protein. Anti-rabies antisera, and anti-rabies antibodies, are prepared by injecting a mammal with a synthetic protein of the invention in a manner that induces an immune response in the mammal against the synthetic protein. Hybridomas which secrete anti-rabies antibodies, which bind to specific epitopes on or near the acetylcholine receptor binding segment on the rabies virus coat glycoprotein, are prepared with B cells immunized in vitro with a synthetic peptide or synthetic protein of the invention or taken from …
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