Patent Abstract:
the invention relates to the field of medicaments for combating an infection of a host cell by hi viruses and / or for inhibiting binding of an env protein to a cd4 protein . for these purposes , the invention provides medicaments which comprise oxidized proteins , oxidized peptides and / or peptidomimetics of such oxidized proteins and / or oxidized peptides , as well as preparation processes for such medicaments and therapeutic and non - therapeutic possible uses of these medicaments .

Detailed Description:
hela cells which express human cd4 , cxcr4 and ccr5 were cultured in the presence of [ 3 h ]- tymidine and various concentrations of ida - hsa (□) or hsa (▴). the cells were sown at 10 4 cells per “ well ” in a 96 “ well ” plate in triplicate . on day 2 , [ 3 h ]- tymidine ( 10 μci / ml ) was added to each “ well ”. after 8 hours , the dna was harvested and bound to a glass fibre membrane and the [ 3 h ]- tymidine incorporated was quantified with a β - counter . the specific binding of ida - hsa to gp120 was illustrated in a standard elisa method ( a ) and by surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy ( spr ) ( b ). for the elisa , a 96 - well plate was coated with 100 μl / well of recombinant gp120 ( 1 μg / ml ) and then blocked with 0 . 25 % gelatine ( in pbs ) ( 1 h rt ). ida - hsa (◯) and hsa (●) were applied in various concentrations ( 0 , 0 . 25 , 0 . 5 , 1 , 2 , 5 , 10 , 20 μg / ml in pbs ). bound protein was detected with hrp - conjugated , polyclonal , specific anti - hsa antibodies ( sigma ). for the spr , gp120 ( 10 μg / ml ) was bonded covalently with edc / nhc on a dextran - coated , ch - activated sensor chip ( cm5 , biacore , sweden ). the flow rate was 5 μl / min for 10 min . after blocking with ethanolamine , the binding of ida - hsa and hsa ( in each case 1 μg / ml ) was analysed at a flow rate of 5 μl / min for 6 minutes . the specific binding of a mixture of oxidized plasma proteins to gp120 was demonstrated by surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy ( spr ). gp120 ( 10 μg / ml ) was bonded covalently on a sensor chip ( c1 , biacore , sweden ). injection of 20 μl 100 mm glycine , purification of the sensor 0 . 3 % triton x - 100 ph 12 ( twice ) surface 5 μl / min flow rate injection of 20 μl 400 mm edta removal of calcium ions from the sensor surface injection of 50 μl nhs / edc activation of the sensor surface injection of 20 μl 100 nm p120 covalent coupling of p120 in 10 mm naac ph 4 ( dilution 1 : 10 ) injection of 55 μl ethanolamine blocking of the remaining activated esters a solution of 93 . 5 nm pluo was then injected via immobilized p120 . an unambiguous binding curve ( see above ) was obtained . in subsequent experiments , it was shown that the resulting signal height correlates with the amount of immobilized p120 . ghost - cxcr4 or ghost - ccr5 cells were infected with x4 - tropic nl4 - 3 ( triangles ) or r5 - tropic nl - 991 viruses ( squares ) ( 500tcid 50 ). on day 5 , the cell culture supernatant was tested for p24 antigen with a p24 standard elisa . the mean of 3 measurements is shown . the standard error for the mean was & lt ; 10 %, nl4 - 3 + ida - hsa ( a ); nl4 - 3 + hsa ( δ ); nl - 991 + ida - hsa (▪); nl - 991 + hsa (□). fig5 : inhibition of the hiv - induced syncytia formation ghost - cxcr4 or ghost - ccr5 cells were infected with 500 tcid 50 of the hiv laboratory isolates ( a - e ) nl4 - 3 ( x4 - monotropic ) or ( f - l ) nl - 991 ( r5 - monotropic ). the infection was inhibited by addition of ida - hsa protein to the culture medium with a final concentration of 0 , 2 , 5 , 10 or 20 μg / ml . 5 days after the start of infection , the infection was rendered visible by demonstration of the syncytia induced and of the destruction of the cell lawn . for this , the cells / nuclei were stained by a standard eosin / methylene blue / azure staining procedure ( hemacolor , merck ). 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