JP3727383B2 - Prolyl endopeptidase inhibitor - Google Patents
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【0001】
【発明の属する技術分野】
本発明は、米蛋白由来のペプチド及び/又はその誘導体を有効成分とするプロリルエンドペプチダーゼ阻害剤に関する。
【0002】
【従来の技術】
高齢化社会を迎えた現代にとって老人医療の重要性が大きくクローズアップされている。その中でも痴呆症の予防や治療は、本人だけでなく家族や社会を含めた大きな問題となっている。痴呆症の代表的なものには脳血管性痴呆とアルツハイマー型痴呆があり、前者に比べ後者は原因が未だ完全には解明されていない。また、アルツハイマー型痴呆は健忘症とも言われ、短期間の記憶の消失以外には他の運動能力などにあまり障害が現れないため、介護に重い負担がかかり問題となっていて治療法の開発が急務となっている。このようにバックグラウンドや発症機構は未だ不明な点も多いが、治療薬の開発は活発に行われつつあり、臨床試験にまで進んでいるものもある。
【0003】
プロリルエンドペプチダーゼ(以下、PEPということもある)(EC3.4.21.26)は、プロリンに特異性を持ち、そのカルボキシル基側でペプチドを切断するセリンプロテアーゼで、脳、睾丸、肝臓での活性が高いことが知られている(蛋白質核酸酵素、25、513−523、(1980)、蛋白質核酸酵素、29、127−133、(1984))。PEPは神経伝達物質サブスタンスPや記憶に関係していると考えられるTHR(甲状腺刺激ホルモン)およびバソプレッシンを分解することが知られている。バソプレッシンは腎臓での水分再吸収に働くペプチドホルモンであるが、脳内で学習、記憶の過程にも関与しており、このホルモンの分解不活性化がおこると健忘症が進行するという事実がある。また、痴呆症患者のバソプレッシン量は、正常人のそれより少ないことがわかっている(BIOINDUSTRY、4、788−796、(1987))。
【0004】
バソプレッシンのPEPによる分解は、下記化1に示される。健康人では脳でのPEPが正常に働いているが、何らかの理由で調節機構がはずれるとバソプレッシンが必要以上に分解され、記憶保持に傷害が現れる。したがって、この酵素の活性を阻害し痴呆症の治療をめざす研究がなされている。例えば、プロリルプロリナール誘導体(蛋白質核酸酵素、29、127、(1984))、N−アシルピロリジン誘導体(特開昭61−37764、特開昭61−183297、特開昭61−238775、特開昭61−238799、特開昭62−114957)などがスクリーニングされている。
【0005】
【化1】
【0006】
しかし、これらは合成品のため安全性に問題があり、また構造が類似であるため既に構造活性相関が明らかとなっているのが現状である(ABC、55、37−43、(1991))。このような現状を打破するために、安全でしかも合成阻害剤にないユニークな構造を持った阻害物質が求められている。
【0007】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】
本発明は、このような業界のニーズに応えるためになされたものであって、特に安全性の高いすぐれたPEP阻害剤を開発する目的でなされたものである。
【0008】
【課題を解決するための手段】
本発明は、上記目的を達成するためになされたものであって、本発明者らは、天然物質中に副作用のないプロリルエンドペプチダーゼ阻害物質を鋭意検索した結果、米蛋白中に本阻害物質の存在を認め、該物質がLeu−Leu−Ser−Pro−Phe−Trp−Asn−Ile−Asn−Alaという構造のペプチドであることを見いだし本発明を完成した。
【0009】
本発明のペプチドは、米蛋白質から得られるが、米蛋白質のほか、米蛋白質含有物質からも得ることができる。米蛋白質含有物質としては、玄米、白米、糠、また、米を原料とする醸造食品(清酒、味りん、味噌、醤油など)のほか、その副産物(糠、粕など)からも得ることができる。
【0010】
本発明のペプチドは、米蛋白質(含有物質)を分解することによって製造し、酵素分解、化学的分解、物理的分解等既知の蛋白分解法が適宜使用される。酵素分解法はマイルドな条件で行われるので生成ペプチドの変性が低い等の利点があり、ペプシン、トリプシン、キモトリプシン、フイシンといった動植物起源の蛋白質分解酵素のほか、微生物起源の蛋白質分解酵素を用いて処理すればよい。
【0011】
この場合、清酒等発酵が充分に行われたものを原料とする場合には、蛋白質分解酵素で処理する必要はなく、必要あれば濃縮した後、直ちに抽出工程に入ればよい。また、未処理の米蛋白質のように蛋白質分解が行われていないものを原料としたり、粕や糠といった発酵副産物であって分解が充分に行われていないものを原料とする場合には、酵素処理することが好適である。
【0012】
本発明のペプチドは、米だけからでなく、その他の穀類、肉類、その他の天然物やその分解物から単離精製することや、加水分解酵素の逆反応を利用したペプチド合成法、遺伝子工学的手法、有機化学的手法でのペプチド合成法により製造することができる。
【0013】
天然物中からの分離精製は、有姿のままか必要ならば酸、アルカリ、または酵素により分解したものを、必要ならば抽出、濃縮したのち種々の吸着剤に対する吸着親和性の差、種々の溶剤に対する溶解性の差、分子篩効果による溶出速度の差などの通常分離精製に用いられる方法や、それらを適宜組み合わせておこなえばよい。
【0014】
例えば、米蛋白質から本ペプチドを分離精製するには、液化液による清酒醸造法(今安聰ら:農化,63,971(1989))により米から清酒を醸造したときの酒粕を蛋白源とし、それを蛋白分解酵素で分解、濃縮しプロリルエンドペプチダーゼ阻害活性を指標とし、種々のクロマトグラフィー、例えば、SP−セファデックスC−25(ファルマシア社製)、SP−トヨパール650S(東ソー社製)によるイオン交換クロマトグラフィー、セファデックスG−15(ファルマシア社製)、トヨパールHW−40(東ソー社製)によるゲル濾過、CAPCELL PAKC18(資生堂製)、CosmosilC18(ナカライテスク社製)などによる逆相クロマトグラフィーなどにより実施することができる。
【0015】
このようにして得られたペプチドは、後記する実施例からも明らかなように、卓越したPEP阻害能を有し、しかも天然物由来であって安全であり、現にウィスター系マウス10匹を用いた10日間の急性毒性試験においても、1000mg/kgの経口投与でも死亡例は認められず、高い安全性が確認された。
したがって、本ペプチドは、PEP阻害剤、ヒトの痴呆症の予防、治療剤としてきわめて有用である。
また本発明においては、上記ペプチドのほか、上記ペプチドを基本骨格とし、このペプチドのN末端及び/又はC末端から任意のアミノ酸を除いたり、及び/又は、別のアミノ酸等他の物質に置換してなるペプチド誘導体も、上記ペプチドと同様に使用することができる。
【0016】
上記目的のために、本ペプチドは非経口的又は経口的に投与すればよいが、それらの投与方法に適した形態に製剤することができる。注射剤としての形態は本ペプチドを製薬補助剤(pH調節剤、等張剤、保存剤など)と共に無菌的に溶解すればよい。経口投与剤は製薬補助剤と共に薬剤の形態(錠剤、カプセル、顆粒剤など)をとれば良い。その他、吸入剤、外用剤としての利用も可能である。また本ペプチドは天然型のアミノ酸のみを含むので安定性が極めて高く、継続的に経口摂取可能であることから、既存の食品に含有させて痴呆症の予防、または治療の機能を持たせた機能性食品、特定保健用食品、栄養剤、または健康食品として食してもよい。
【0017】
本ペプチドをヒトに対して適用するには、静脈、筋肉、又は経口投与するのが好ましい。本ペプチドの薬学的に有効な投与量は、患者の年令および個人個人の症状等によって異なるが、通常、静脈投与の場合はヒト1人当り1日に本ペプチドを0.01〜1000mg/kg投与し、筋肉投与の場合はヒト1人当り1日に本ペプチドを0.01〜1000mg/kg投与し、経口投与の場合はヒト1人当り1日に本ペプチドを0.5〜2000mg/kg、望ましくは1〜1000mg/kg投与する。
【0018】
【実施例1】
プロリルエンドペプチダーゼ阻害活性の測定と阻害ペプチドの精製を次のようにして行った。
【0019】
1)PEP阻害活性測定法
下記表1の手法にしたがい、PEPの阻害活性を測定した。
【0020】
【表1】
【0021】
すなわち、PEP(フラボバクテリウム属菌由来)溶液、緩衝液、サンプルを混合した(30℃、5分間)。次いでジオキサンにとかした合成基質(Z−Gly−Pro−pNA、Z−Gly−Pro−Z−NNap、及び/又はZ−Gly−Pro−MCA)を加えて、30℃で10分間反応させた。そして塩酸を加えた後、OD410nmで吸光度を測定した。
【0022】
2)PEP阻害ペプチドの精製
液化液による清酒醸造法により米から清酒を醸造したときの酒粕(水分36%)100gを2Lの水に懸濁し、ペプシン(1:60,000、ジグマ社製)を40mg加え、37℃、pH1.5で1時間反応させ、中和したのち、沸騰水浴中で10分間加熱し、反応を停止した。5000回転10分間の遠心分離により溶解物を得て凍結乾燥により分解物5.8gを得た。次に、0.1%TFA含有20%アセトニトリルで平衡化したフジシリシア製クロマトレックスODS(DM1020T)に、同様のバッファーに溶解した液化粕ペプシン分解物(凍結乾燥品)を吸着させた。その後、アセトニトリル60%で溶出させた。
【0023】
吸着画分をPrep Nova−Pak HRC18(6μm60A25×100mm×2)によりTFA、アセトニトリル系(A:10%CH3CN in0.1%TFA、B:60%CH3CN in 0.1%TFA 5ml/min B.conc 20−50%/20min)で分画した。
次に、活性画分を更にShodex Asahipak GS 320 2F21.5×300mmにより分画した。(A:water、B:CH3CN 5ml/min B.conc.10%)
【0024】
続いてμBondasphere 5μmC4,100A 19×150mm(Waters)により精製を進めた。(A:10%CH3CN in 0.1%TFA、B:60%CH3CN in 0.1%TFA 5ml/min,B.conc.40−70%/20min)
ついで、Capsellpak C18 5μm,AG 120A 15×250mm(Shiseido)によって、アルカリ性(A:5%CH3CN in 10mM(NH4)2CO3,B:35%CH3CN in 10mM(NH4)2CO3 3ml/min,B.conc.20−80%/20min)における逆相HPLCにより精製をおこなった。
最後に先の活性画分をμBondasphere 5μmC4,100A 19×150mm(Waters)により再度分画し(A:10%CH3CN in 0.02%TFA、B:60%CH3CN in 0.02%TFA 5ml/min,B.conc.60−70%/20min)、阻害物質のピークを単離した。
【0025】
次に、阻害ペプチドのアミノ酸シーケンスをおこなった。その結果阻害ペプチドの配列は以下のようであった。
Leu−Leu−Ser−Pro−Phe−Trp−Asn−Ile−Asn−Ala
【0026】
【実施例2】
プロリルエンドペプチダーゼ阻害ペプチドの合成を次のようにして行った。
【0027】
上記のペプチドとそのペプチドのN末から、Leuを1又は2残基除いたペプチドをペプチド合成機(ベガ社製、ペプチカプラー2200)により合成し、HPLCにより精製した。プロリルエンドペプチダーゼ阻害活性を測定した。阻害率は次の式により算出し、得られた結果は、下記表2に示した。
阻害率=(A−B)×100/A
A=阻害剤を含まない場合の410nm吸収値
B=阻害剤を含む場合の410nm吸収値
【0028】
【表2】
【0029】
【発明の効果】
本発明によって、すぐれたPEP阻害剤が得られる。本阻害剤は、PEP阻害能にすぐれているだけでなく、天然物由来であってきわめて安全性が高いため、長期間に亘って投与することが可能であり、特に痴呆症の予防、治療に有用である。[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a prolyl endopeptidase inhibitor containing a peptide derived from rice protein and / or a derivative thereof as an active ingredient.
[0002]
[Prior art]
The importance of geriatric medicine is greatly highlighted for today's aging society. Among them, prevention and treatment of dementia is a big problem not only for the person but also for the family and society. Representative examples of dementia include cerebrovascular dementia and Alzheimer's dementia, and the cause of the latter has not been fully elucidated compared to the former. Alzheimer-type dementia is also referred to as amnesia, and other than the loss of memory for a short period of time, there are not many obstacles in other motor skills, which creates a heavy burden on nursing care and is a problem. It is an urgent need. As described above, there are still many unclear points about the background and the onset mechanism, but the development of therapeutic drugs is being actively carried out, and there are some that have progressed to clinical trials.
[0003]
Prolyl endopeptidase (hereinafter also referred to as PEP) (EC 3.4.21.26) is a serine protease that has specificity for proline and cleaves peptides on its carboxyl side, and it is found in the brain, testis, and liver. Is known to have high activity (protein nucleic acid enzyme, 25, 513-523, (1980), protein nucleic acid enzyme, 29, 127-133, (1984)). PEP is known to degrade THR (thyroid stimulating hormone) and vasopressin, which are thought to be related to neurotransmitter substance P and memory. Vasopressin is a peptide hormone that plays a role in reabsorption of water in the kidney, but it is also involved in the learning and memory processes in the brain, and there is a fact that amnesia progresses when degradation and inactivation of this hormone occurs. . Moreover, it is known that the amount of vasopressin in patients with dementia is less than that of normal persons (BIOINDUSTRI, 4, 788-796, (1987)).
[0004]
Degradation of vasopressin by PEP is shown in Chemical Formula 1 below. In healthy people, PEP in the brain works normally, but if the regulation mechanism is lost for some reason, vasopressin is degraded more than necessary, and memory retention appears injured. Therefore, research aimed at inhibiting the activity of this enzyme and treating dementia has been made. For example, prolylprolinal derivatives (protein nucleic acid enzyme, 29, 127, (1984)), N-acylpyrrolidine derivatives (Japanese Patent Laid-Open Nos. 61-37764, 61-183297, 61-238775, and JP-A-61-238775). Sho 61-238799, JP-A 62-114957) and the like have been screened.
[0005]
[Chemical 1]
[0006]
However, since these are synthetic products, there are problems in safety, and since the structures are similar, the structure-activity relationship is already clear (ABC, 55, 37-43, (1991)). . In order to overcome this situation, there is a need for an inhibitor having a unique structure that is safe and not found in synthetic inhibitors.
[0007]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The present invention has been made to meet the needs of the industry, and has been made for the purpose of developing an excellent PEP inhibitor with particularly high safety.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention has been made to achieve the above object, and as a result of intensive search for a prolyl endopeptidase inhibitor having no side effects in natural substances, the present inventors have found that the inhibitor is present in rice protein. The present invention was completed by finding that the substance was a peptide having a structure of Leu-Leu-Ser-Pro-Phe-Trp-Asn-Ile-Asn-Ala.
[0009]
The peptide of the present invention can be obtained from rice protein, but can also be obtained from rice protein-containing substances in addition to rice protein. Rice protein-containing substances can be obtained from brown rice, white rice, koji, and brewed foods made from rice (sake, miso, miso, soy sauce, etc.) and by-products (koji, koji, etc.). .
[0010]
The peptide of the present invention is produced by degrading rice protein (containing substance), and known proteolytic methods such as enzymatic degradation, chemical degradation, and physical degradation are appropriately used. Enzymatic degradation is performed under mild conditions and has advantages such as low denaturation of the peptide produced. It is treated with proteolytic enzymes of animal and plant origin such as pepsin, trypsin, chymotrypsin and huisin, and proteolytic enzymes of microbial origin. do it.
[0011]
In this case, in the case of using a material that has been sufficiently fermented with sake or the like as a raw material, it is not necessary to treat with a proteolytic enzyme. In addition, when using unprocessed rice protein such as untreated rice protein as a raw material, or using fermentation by-products such as koji and koji that have not been sufficiently decomposed as raw materials, It is preferable to process.
[0012]
The peptide of the present invention can be isolated and purified from not only rice, but also other cereals, meats, other natural products and their degradation products, peptide synthesis methods utilizing the reverse reaction of hydrolases, genetic engineering It can be produced by a peptide synthesis method using a technique or an organic chemical technique.
[0013]
Separation and purification from natural products can be carried out as it is or after degradation with acid, alkali, or enzyme, if necessary, and if necessary, after extraction and concentration, the difference in adsorption affinity for various adsorbents, What is necessary is just to carry out combining the method normally used for isolation | separation refinement | purification, such as the difference of the solubility with respect to a solvent, the difference of the elution rate by a molecular sieve effect, and those.
[0014]
For example, in order to separate and purify this peptide from rice protein, the sake source is sake lees produced when sake is brewed from rice by a sake brewing method using a liquefied liquid (Imayasu et al .: Noka, 63, 971 (1989)). Then, it is decomposed and concentrated with a proteolytic enzyme, and prolyl endopeptidase inhibitory activity is used as an index, and various chromatographies such as SP-Sephadex C-25 (Pharmacia), SP-Toyopearl 650S (Tosoh) Ion exchange chromatography by Sephadex G-15 (Pharmacia), gel filtration by Toyopearl HW-40 (Tosoh), CAPCELL PAKC18 (Shiseido), Cosmosil C18 (Nacalai Tesque), etc. Etc. can be implemented.
[0015]
The peptide thus obtained has an excellent PEP inhibitory ability, is derived from a natural product, and is safe, as will be apparent from Examples described later, and actually 10 Wistar mice were used. Even in a 10-day acute toxicity test, no death was observed even after oral administration of 1000 mg / kg, and high safety was confirmed.
Therefore, this peptide is extremely useful as a PEP inhibitor and a preventive or therapeutic agent for human dementia.
In the present invention, in addition to the peptide, the peptide is used as a basic skeleton, and an arbitrary amino acid is removed from the N-terminal and / or C-terminal of the peptide and / or replaced with another substance such as another amino acid. The peptide derivative can be used in the same manner as the above peptide.
[0016]
For this purpose, the peptide may be administered parenterally or orally, but can be formulated in a form suitable for the method of administration. The form of the injection may be aseptically dissolved together with the pharmaceutical adjuvant (pH adjuster, isotonic agent, preservative, etc.). Orally administered drugs may be in the form of drugs (tablets, capsules, granules, etc.) together with pharmaceutical adjuvants. In addition, it can be used as an inhalant and an external preparation. In addition, since this peptide contains only natural amino acids, it is extremely stable and can be taken orally continuously, so it can be used in existing foods to prevent or treat dementia. It may be eaten as a sex food, a food for specified health use, a nutrient, or a health food.
[0017]
In order to apply this peptide to humans, it is preferably administered intravenously, intramuscularly or orally. The pharmaceutically effective dosage of this peptide varies depending on the age of the patient and individual symptoms, etc., but in the case of intravenous administration, the peptide is usually administered in an amount of 0.01 to 1000 mg / kg per person per day. In the case of intramuscular administration, the peptide is administered in an amount of 0.01 to 1000 mg / kg per person per day. In the case of oral administration, the peptide is administered in an amount of 0.5 to 2000 mg / kg per person per day. Desirably, 1 to 1000 mg / kg is administered.
[0018]
[Example 1]
Measurement of prolyl endopeptidase inhibitory activity and purification of the inhibitory peptide were performed as follows.
[0019]
1) Method for measuring PEP inhibitory activity PEP inhibitory activity was measured according to the method shown in Table 1 below.
[0020]
[Table 1]
[0021]
That is, a PEP (flavobacterium genus) solution, a buffer solution, and a sample were mixed (30 ° C., 5 minutes). Subsequently, a synthetic substrate (Z-Gly-Pro-pNA, Z-Gly-Pro-Z-NNap, and / or Z-Gly-Pro-MCA) dissolved in dioxane was added and reacted at 30 ° C. for 10 minutes. And after adding hydrochloric acid, the light absorbency was measured by OD410nm.
[0022]
2) 100 g of sake lees (water 36%) when brewing sake from rice by the sake brewing method using a purified liquefied liquid of PEP inhibitory peptide was suspended in 2 L of water and pepsin (1: 60,000, manufactured by Sigma) was suspended. 40 mg was added, reacted at 37 ° C. and pH 1.5 for 1 hour, neutralized, and then heated in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes to stop the reaction. A lysate was obtained by centrifugation at 5000 rpm for 10 minutes, and 5.8 g of a degradation product was obtained by lyophilization. Next, a liquefied coconut pepsin degradation product (lyophilized product) dissolved in the same buffer was adsorbed onto Chromalex ODS (DM1020T) manufactured by Fujisilicia equilibrated with 20% acetonitrile containing 0.1% TFA. Thereafter, elution was performed with 60% acetonitrile.
[0023]
TFA by the adsorbed fraction Prep Nova-Pak HRC18 (6μm60A25 × 100mm × 2), acetonitrile system (A: 10% CH 3 CN in0.1% TFA, B: 60% CH 3 CN in 0.1% TFA 5ml / min B. conc 20-50% / 20 min).
Next, the active fraction was further fractionated by Shodex Asahipak GS 320 2F 21.5 × 300 mm. (A: water, B: CH 3 CN 5 ml / min B. conc. 10%)
[0024]
Subsequently, purification proceeded with μBondasphere 5 μm C4, 100A 19 × 150 mm (Waters). (A: 10% CH 3 CN in 0.1% TFA, B: 60% CH 3 CN in 0.1% TFA 5 ml / min, B. conc. 40-70% / 20 min)
Then, Capsellpak C18 5 μm, AG 120A 15 × 250 mm (Shiseido), alkaline (A: 5% CH 3 CN in 10 mM (NH 4 ) 2 CO 3 , B: 35% CH 3 CN in 10 mM (NH 4 ) 2 CO Three 3 ml / min, B.I. conc. Purification was performed by reverse phase HPLC at 20-80% / 20 min).
Finally, the previous active fraction was fractionated again with μBondasphere 5 μm C4, 100A 19 × 150 mm (Waters) (A: 10% CH 3 CN in 0.02% TFA, B: 60% CH 3 CN in 0.02% TFA 5 ml / min, B. conc. 60-70% / 20 min), peak of inhibitor was isolated.
[0025]
Next, the amino acid sequence of the inhibitory peptide was performed. As a result, the sequence of the inhibitory peptide was as follows.
Leu-Leu-Ser-Pro-Phe-Trp-Asn-Ile-Asn-Ala
[0026]
[Example 2]
Prolyl endopeptidase-inhibiting peptide was synthesized as follows.
[0027]
A peptide obtained by removing one or two residues of Leu from the above peptide and the N terminus of the peptide was synthesized with a peptide synthesizer (Pegacoupler 2200, manufactured by Vega) and purified by HPLC. Prolyl endopeptidase inhibitory activity was measured. The inhibition rate was calculated by the following formula, and the obtained results are shown in Table 2 below.
Inhibition rate = (A−B) × 100 / A
A = 410 nm absorption value without inhibitor B = 410 nm absorption value with inhibitor
[Table 2]
[0029]
【The invention's effect】
The present invention provides excellent PEP inhibitors. This inhibitor is not only excellent in PEP inhibitory activity, but also derived from natural products and extremely safe. Therefore, it can be administered over a long period of time, especially for the prevention and treatment of dementia. Useful.
Claims (3)
Leu−Leu−Ser−Pro−Phe−Trp−Asn−Ile−Asn−AlaA novel peptide having the following sequence:
Leu-Leu-Ser-Pro-Phe-Trp-Asn-Ile-Asn-Ala
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