Patent ID: 6720407
Filing Date: 2004-04-13
Classification: A61K

Abstract:
A method of administering a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) molecule by inhalation to the lungs of a patient for a time and under conditions effective to lower plasma glucose, wherein the GLP-1 molecule has an amino acid sequence of a formula:R1-X-Glu-Gly-Thr-Phe-Thr-Ser-Asp-Val-Ser-Ser-Tyr-Leu-Y-Gly-Gln-Ala-Ala-Lys-Z-Phe-Ile-Ala-Trp-Leu-Val-Lys-Gly-Arg-R2â€ƒâ€ƒ(SEQ ID NO: 1) wherein:R1 is selected from the group consisting of L-histidine, D-histidine, desamino-histidine, 2-amino-histidine, beta-hydroxy-histidine, homohistidine, alpha-fluoromethyl-histidine, and alpha-methylhistidine; X is selected from the group consisting of Gly, Val, Thr, Ile, and alpha-methyl-Ala; Y is selected from the group consisting of Glu, Gln, Ala, Thr, Ser, and Gly; Z is selected from the group consisting of Glu, Gln, Ala, Thr, Ser, and Gly; and R2 is selected from the group consisting of NH2, and Gly-OH.