Patent Abstract:
a milk which is free of β - casein a 1 protein in the prevention or treatment of coronary heart disease is disclosed . in addition , a process for the testing of dna from cells obtained from lactating bovines for the presence of dna encoding certain β - casein proteins , selecting the bovines on the basis of the testing , and then milking those bovines to produce milk free of β - casein a 1 for use in the prevention or treatment of coronary heart disease is disclosed .

Detailed Description:
this invention is applicable to milk , and all products processed from that milk , which milk is substantially free of β - casein a 1 . as used herein , the term “ treatment ” in relation to coronary heart disease means at least a reduction in the risk of a coronary heart disease event occurring in a human . the terms “ treat ” and “ treating ” have equivalent meanings . coronary heart disease means any disease or disorder relating to the coronary heart system and includes atherosclerosis and ischaemic heart disease . the term “ bos taurus ” refers to any cow whose pedigree from its three prior generations is 50 % or more of bos taurus origin . the term “ β - casein a 1 allele ” is a term used with reference to one of the variant forms of the β - casein gene . expression of the a 1 allele results in the production of the β - casein a 1 protein . where reference is made to the presence of the β - casein a 1 allele in an individual or population , it encompasses both homozygous and heterozygous genotypes with respect to that allele . similarly , where reference is made to the presence of β - casein a 1 , it encompasses phenotypes resulting from either a homozygous or heterozygous state with respect to the β - casein a 1 allele . an example of an animal which is heterozygous for β - casein is a β - casein a 1 a 2 bovine . some animals are homozygous , for example bovines that are a 1 a 1 for β - casein and those that are a 2 a 2 for β - casein . a β - casein a 2 a 2 bovine is capable of producing only the β - casein a 2 protein . genetic variation within a species is due at least in part to differences in the dna sequence . while there are relatively few such differences in relation to the number of dna bases or the size of the genome , they can have a major impact as is evident in the genetic heterogeneity of the human and bovine populations . for example , in bovines , a mutation in the dna sequence coding for the β - casein protein at nucleotide position 200 has resulted in the replacement of a cytidine base with an adenine base . thus , the triplet codon affected by this change codes for histidine ( cat ) rather than for proline ( cct ) at amino acid position 67 of the protein . thus , the histidine at position 67 results in the cow producing β - casein a 1 while the proline results in the cow producing β - casein a 2 ( note : the preceding discussion assumes that the ancestral bovid expressed β - casein a 2 and that there are no other dna variations at other positions on the dna sequence ). the term “ substantially ” as used in the expression “ substantially free of β - casein a 1 ” reflects that it cannot be said with 100 % certainty that a sample of milk is absolutely free of β - casein a 1 . on rare occasions , and despite all efforts to ensure that a herd is β - casein a 1 free , an animal capable of producing β - casein a 1 in its milk could present itself in the herd because of a genetic mutation or because of human error . herds are formed by the genotype testing of animals and then selecting the desired individuals . all such testing is subject to human error . the phrase “ substantially free of β - casein a 1 ” is therefore intended to account for this . without the word “ substantially ”, the phrase would be unduly limiting . the products processed from milk that form part of this invention are derived from a source of bulk milk ( i . e . milk from more than one animal ) and include , but are not limited to : ( a ) bulk milk ( b ) bulk milk used to make cheese whether or not the milk has been pasteurised , sterilised or otherwise treated to reduce the the population of microbes prior to cheese making , ( c ) milk powders , ( d ) milk solids , ( e ) caseins , caseinates , and casein hydrolysates , ( f ) pasteurised , sterilised , preserved milks including microfiltered milks , uht milks , ( g ) low fat milks , ( h ) modified or enhanced milks , ( i ) ice - cream or other frozen dairy based confections , ( j ) fermented milk products such as yoghurt or quark , ( k ) cheeses including full fat , partial de - fatted and fat - free processed cheeses , ( l ) milk whey , ( m ) food products enriched through the addition of milk products such as soups , ( n ) milk from which potentially allergenic molecules have been removed , ( o ) confections such as chocolate , ( p ) carbonated milk products , including those with added phosphate and / or citrate , ( q ) infant formulations which may contain full , partially de - fatted or nonfat milk together with a number of additional supplements , ( r ) liquid or powdered drink mixtures , and ( s ) buttermilk and buttermilk powder . it has been reported that certain human population groups exhibit a relatively low incidence of coronary heart disease and certain other diseases , notwithstanding the fact that they consume considerable quantities of milk and milk proteins . these people include the tibetans , rural gambians , and the masai and samburu people of kenya . the inventor has identified the fact that a major difference between these population groups and other similar population groups is that the milk consumed by the above people is derived from bos indicus bovines ( e . g . the zebu breed ) and from the yak ( bos grunniens ). such milk does not contain β - casein a 1 . in addition , a comparative study in denmark of the causes of morbidity in the greenland eskimo population and the predominant danes , shows very large relative differences that are suggestive of differences in life - style risk factors . one notable difference is that the danes are large consumers of dairy products whereas the eskimos are not . the differences in morbidity are illustrated in table 1 below . a further comparison has been carried out using data from the states of the former west germany . in this case , the coronary heart disease death rates have been found to correlate strongly with the relative regional average consumption of β - casein a 1 ( table 2 ). in this instance , the composition of the individual state dairy herds remained virtually constant from the 1950 &# 39 ; s through to the 1980 &# 39 ; s . the data show a remarkable relationship between the relative incidence of ischaemic heart disease and the relative average consumption of β - casein a 1 across the 8 states . this is in marked contrast to the relatively poor relationships between the incidence of ischaemic heart disease and the recognised listed dietary risk factors . a regression relationship between ischaemic heart disease and fat intake was conducted and was shown to be not significant ( p & lt ; 0 . 0684 , r 2 = 0 . 20 ). however , the regression between ischaemic heart disease and the intake of β - casein a 1 was highly significant ( p & lt ; 0 . 0001 , r 2 = 0 . 71 ). the regression relationships are : the multiple regression relationship was then generated . in this case , the inclusion of both fat intake and β - casein a 1 intake did not improve the relationship over that with β - casein a 1 alone . the regresion relationship is : the analyses of the relationships between various dietary factors and ischaemic heart disease outlined in this document indicate the potential importance of the β - casein variant as a risk factor for heart disease . the difference between the two casein variants is only one amino acid . this suggests that the products of proteolysis of these variants may be linked to the identified risk factor . some indication of the number , and the major product fragments into which they are split by proteolytic action of a variety of enzymes , is illustrated for the β - caseins in table 3 . bovine milk is an important source of proteins and other nutrients required by humans . a high proportion of the common domestic cattle breeds , such as the holstein , express the β - casein a 1 allele . for example , it is estimated that in the late 1980s more than 70 % of the californian dairy herd carried the a 1 allele . as noted previously , the β - casein a 1 variant is of particular interest and therefore , considering its contribution to milk consumed by the human population in many parts of the world , the proteolysis products of β - casein a 1 are of particular interest . in the graph shown in fig1 , the incidence of ischaemic heart disease is plotted against the estimated average consumption of β - casein a 1 ( and its derived proteolysis products ). fig1 shows a very strong correlation between the consumption of β - casein a 1 and death rate from ischaemic heart disease . in contrast , the correlation with the consumption of dairy protein ( fig2 ) is much lower . neither saturated fat consumption ( fig3 ) nor the consumption of red meat ( fig4 ) show the strong correlation which the inventor has identified in relation to the consumption of β - casein a 1 , both between countries and within countries . the single amino acid difference between the two predominant β - casein variants has highlighted the potential role of a difference in the proteolysis products from different β - casein variants as potential risk factors for coronary heart disease . therefore , the potential impact of pasteurisation is of interest , as prolonged heating is a factor that is known to influence proteolysis . in particular , this relates to the more severe forms of heat treatment that were used in the early years of pasteurisation ( e . g . holder pasteurisation which heats milk to 63 ° c . and holds it for 20 - 30 minutes ). hence the impact of the introduction of holder pasteurisation on the death rate from coronary heart disease is of interest . the inventor has examined the available data and the results of the analyses are presented in table 4 . the analyses reveal a very marked and sudden increase in the death rate from coronary heart disease in the four years after the introduction of holder pasteurisation . such data would suggest the presence of a novel risk factor associated with pasteurisation . it is the inventor &# 39 ; s contention that this risk factor may be associated with a derivative of beta - casein a 1 ( for example , a proteolysis product ). it is possible , however , that a specific fragment or fragments of β - casein a 1 affect the body &# 39 ; s immune system as a result of their immunosuppressant properties . by reducing or substantially eliminating the presence of β - casein a 1 in the diet of an individual , it is believed that its immune response may be enhanced , or immunosuppression reduced , thereby improving the general well - being of the individual . it is believed that some individuals may be particularly susceptible to the presence of β - casein a 1 , and it may be possible to develop a test for such susceptible individuals , and to recommend that they reduce or eliminate the consumption of milk or other dairy products containing β - casein a 1 . in humans , low density lipoprotein ( ldl ) oxidation is considered to be a primary step in the evolution of artherosclerotic damage ( steinberg et . al ., 1989 ). analysis of protein oxidation products isolated from atherosclerotic lesions implicates the tyrosyl radical ( a reactive nitrogen species ) and hypochlorous acid in ldl oxidation ( heinecke et . al ., 1999 ). in addition , it has been found ( torreilles and guerin , 1995 ) that peptides from bovine casein hydrolysates could promote peroxidase - dependent oxidation of human ldls . the reaction is independent of free metal ions but requires casein - derived peptides with tyrosyl end residues . this implies that the tyrosyl ending peptide is a diffusable catalyst that conveys oxidising potential from the active site of the heme enzyme to ldl lipids . casomorphin - 7 is a potential source of a tyrosyl radical . it is produced from β - casein a 1 but not β - casein a 2 ( jinsmaa et . al ., 1999 ). recognising that dairy products free from β - casein a 1 are desirable , it is preferable to ensure that the animal from which the product is derived has been tested for the presence of the β - casein a 1 allele . subsequent separation of the bovines into separate herds and / or selective breeding programmes ( selecting for β - casein a 1 negative animals ) can be carried out to eliminate the presence of the β - casein a 1 from the herd . it will be recognised that such testing may be carried out in a number of ways without departing from the scope of the present invention . any known method for the genotyping of bovines may be used . such methods can be specific for dna or rna encoding either β - casein a 1 or β - casein a 2 . however , general methods which do not specifically test for dna or rna encoding β - casein a 1 , but additionally test for dna or rna encoding other β - caseins , may also be used to form a herd of bovines which do not produce β - casein a 1 or produce only β - casein a 2 in their milk . for the avoidance of any doubt , any reference to dna in the methodology of this invention is intended to include cdna ( which is dna derived from rna ). for example , it is known that β - casein a 1 has histidine at position 67 of the protein whereas β - casein a 2 has proline at the same position . this is due to the presence of an adenine nucleotide at position 200 of the β - casein dna . this produces the triplet codon that specifies histidine ( cat ) rather than proline ( cct ). a test which identifies the codon that will specify histidine at position 67 of the β - casein protein can therefore be used to exclude bovines which produce β - casein a 1 in their milk . similarly , a test which identifies the codon that will specify proline at position 67 of the β - casein protein can therefore be used to select bovines which produce β - casein a 2 ( or β - caseins a 3 , d or e ) in their milk . while a test for animals that are homozygous for the presence of cct ( that codes for proline ) at codon 67 of an animal &# 39 ; s β - casein gene does not unequivically show whether or not the animal is homozygous for the β - casein a 2 allele , the test can show that an animal does not possess any of the alleles for β - casein a 1 , b and c . such a test does not need to be any more specific because culling animals negative for the test will mean the elimination of β - casein a 1 producing animals from the herd . it is also known that β - caseins b and c , in addition to β - casein a 1 , have histidine at position 67 . also , β - caseins a 3 , d and e , in addition to β - casein a 2 , have proline at position 67 . therefore , a test which distinguishes between the codons that specify proline and histidine at position 67 will also distinguish between β - caseins a 1 , b and c on the one hand and β - caseins a 2 , a 3 , d and e on the other hand . for example , while a test for the presence of cat ( histidine ) or absence of cct ( proline ) in one or other or both of an animal &# 39 ; s alleles at codon 67 of its β - casein gene does not unequivocally show whether or not the animal contains the β - casein a 1 allele , the test can show that an animal may contain one or more of the alleles for β - casein a 1 , b and c . such a test does not need to be any more specific because culling animals positive for the test ( i . e . absence of the proline codon in at least one allele ) will mean the elimination of β - casein a 1 producing animals from the herd . a dna or rna test which gives positive identification for animals homozygous for cct ( proline ) at codon 67 can therefore be used to ascertain whether a particular bovine does not possess a β - casein a 1 allele , whether homozygous or heterozygous . thus , bovines which do possess the cct ( proline ) at codon 67 at one or both alleles can therefore be culled from a herd to give a herd which is free of the β - casein a 1 allele . milk obtained from that herd therefore cannot contain β - casein a 1 . where it is known that the genetic makeup of the herd is such that the only possible alleles possessed by the individuals are for β - caseins a 1 and a 2 , the culling from the herd of those bovines positive for histidine at position 67 gives a herd where each individual is homozygous for the β - casein a 2 allele . such a herd will produce milk possessing only β - casein a 2 . the determination of whether the genotype at codon 67 of the β - casein gene is cct ( proline ) or cat ( histidine ) can be made by many different methods that are available and which could be used to assay for this single nucleotide polymorphism ( snp ). the methods include dna sequencing , sscp ( single stranded conformation polymorphism ), allele specific amplification , and assays designed using proprietary chemistries such as taqman ™ ( pe biosystems ), invader ™ ( third wave technologies ), snapshot ™ ( pe biosystems ), pyrosequencing ™ ( pyrosequencing ab ), sniper ™ ( pharmacia ), and dna chips ( hybridisation or primer extension chips ). the preferred method should have the ability to function well with rapidly extracted impure dna . high test throughput (& gt ; 1000 of samples per day ) at low cost is desirable . since the preferred objective is to identify bovines that are homozygous for the β - casein a 2 allele , the unequivocal positive identification of animals homozygous for cct at codon 67 is preferred , rather than simply the absence of a result in a test for the alternative cat codon . two examples of practical methods for the large scale genotyping of bovines are : a manual acrs ( amplification created restriction site ) method which can be conducted easily in any molecular genetics laboratory and requires no specialist equipment or devices . the method can be easily scaled up to analyse hundreds of samples per day . a highly automated method such as the sequenom ™ primer extension and mass spectrometry system which is capable of analysing thousands of samples per day . the aim of the acrs method is to create an amplicon in which only one allele of an snp will form a restriction site . the restriction site is created by site directed mutagenesis in the amplification step . a dde1 restriction site can be created when the nucleotides ct are present at nucleotide 200 and 201 ( positions 2 and 3 of codon 67 ) of the β - casein gene . this would positively identify the presence of the cct ( proline ) codon . in example 1 below , the 3 ′ section of the casein dde2 primer has a mismatch at its penultimate nucleotide ( fig5 ). this is important as it creates a dde1 restriction site in the a 2 amplicon only ( shown in italics in fig5 ). in fig5 , codon 67 in each template is in bold lowercase . the template is reversed to present the primer in the usual 5 ′- 3 ′ orientation . the mismatch base is underlined . variations of the test could include modification of the sequence of the 5 ′ end of the casein dde2 primer or 5 ′ extension of the casein dde2 primer with a nucleotide sequence homologous to the β - casein template or 5 ′ extension of the casein dde2 primer with nucleotides which are not homologous to the β - casein sequence . the second primer for the acrs is less critical and many compatible primers could be used . the primer known as casein4 5 ′- ccttctttccaggatgaactccagg - 3 ′ ( seq id no : 2 ) has been found to be the most effective . pcr amplification with this pair of primers produces a 121 base pair fragment in all β - casein alleles . however , the definitive diagnostic step is that only alleles with ct at positions 200 and 201 ( i . e . specifying amino acid 67 of the β - casein ) can be cut with the restriction enzyme dde1 . this produces distinctive 86 - and 35 - base pair fragments . the first step of the primer extension method is pcr amplification of the region of the β - casein gene containing codon 67 . in example 2 below , a 319 bp fragment ( shown in fig7 ), was amplified . in fig7 , the primer regions are shown underlined . alternate bases of the snp are shown bracketed . the post pcr product is cleaned with a sap reaction to remove unincorporated dntps . an extension primer complementary to the bold itallicised sequence is added to the cleaned product along with an extension mixture containing dda , ddc , ddt and dg . the following size extension products are obtained : seq id mass name sequence ( 5 ′- 3 ′) no : ( da ) primer agr - rma6 gttttgtgggaggctgtta 3 5920 . 90 contam - ( pause ) gttttgtgggaggctgttag 4 6250 . 10 inant analyte a gttttgtgggaggctgttat 5 6209 . 10 analyte c gttttgtgggaggctgttagg 6 7205 . 70 ga if codon 67 of β - casein is cat , a 20 bp , 6209 . 10 dalton product is obtained , whereas if the sequence is cct , a 23 bp , 7205 . 70 dalton product is obtained . these products can be clearly distinguished and separated from possible contaminants by maldi - tof mass spectrometry . the results of the genotype testing obtained from either method are then used to select bovines positively identified as having cct ( proline ) at position 67 at both alleles . such bovines cannot produce β - casein a 1 in their milk . the selected bovines are kept in a separate herd and are milked separately . ideally the milk from that separate herd is kept separate from other milk which may contain β - casein a 1 . the selected bovines may be uniquely identified ( e . g . alternatives include ear - tagging with a unique tag , or use of an electronic tag or use of a specific tag that identifies the bovine as being free of the β - casein a 1 allele or branding for future identification ). the selected bovines are milked to give milk free of β - casein a 1 . preferably , the milk is phenotype tested to confirm that the milk is substantially free of β - casein a 1 . a bulk quantity of milk from the selected bovines may then be processed into one or more milk products , such as fresh milk , cheeses , yoghurts , milk powders etc . finally , it will be appreciated that various other alterations and modifications may be made to the foregoing without departing from the spirit or scope of this invention . at least 10 hairs were pulled from the end of the tail switch of a cow so that the hook - shaped follicles were retained on the end of the removed hairs . this was achieved easily by pulling the tail hairs upward while holding the rest of the switch down . if the tail has been docked , longer hairs from the end of the docked tail or other locations on the body may be substituted . tail hairs are preferred . five hair follicles from one cow were cut into a sterile 1 . 5 ml microfuge tube . solution a ( 200 μl ) was added to the tube and the tube placed in a boiling water bath for 1 5 minutes . the tube was removed and solution b ( 200 μl ) added followed by mixing . solution a ( 200 mm naoh ) solution b ( 100 mm tris - hcl , ph 8 . 5 with an extra 200 mm hcl )— prepared by combining 1 m tris - hcl , ph 8 . 5 ( 10 ml ) with conc . hcl ( 1 . 67 ml ) and making up to 100 ml with distilled water . crude dna extract ( 1 . 5 . μl ) from hair follicles ( prepared as above ) or dna ( 20 - 50 ng ) ( prepared by another method ) was transferred to a well of a 96 - well pcr plate . pcr cocktail ( 20 μl ) was added to the well . the well was overlayed with mineral oil and centrifuged briefly to remove air bubbles . components final concentration 10 × pcr buffer minus mg ( gibcobrl ®): 20 mm tris - hcl ( ph 8 . 4 ), 50 mm kcl 2 mm dntps mixture ( gibcobrl ®): 0 . 2 mm each 50 mm mgcl 2 ( gibcobrl ®): 1 . 3 mm primers : 20 μm casein4 0 . 5 μm 20 μm caseindde2 0 . 5 μm taq dna polymerase 5 u / μl ( gibcobrl ®): 0 . 75 units per reaction pcr was carried out on an mj research ptc200 ( hot bonnet ) using the following protocol : 1 cycle 94 . 0 ° c . 4 min 35 cycles 94 . 0 ° c . 30 sec denature 60 . 0 ° c . 30 sec anneal 72 . 0 ° c . 30 sec extend 1 cycle 72 . 0 ° c . 4 min end 4 . 0 ° c . following pcr , restriction enzyme cocktail ( 10 μl ) was added and the mixture incubated at 37 ° c . overnight . the restriction enzyme cocktail was prepared according to the following : components final concentration dde i 10 u / μl ( gibcobrl ®) 4 . 5 units per reaction react ® 3 ( gibcobrl ®) 25 mm tris - hcl ( ph 8 . 0 ), 5 . 0 mm mgcl 2 , 50 mm nacl the amplification product ( 10 μl ) was analysed by electrophoresis ( 80v , 1 hour ) in ethidium bromide stained agarose gel ( 3 %, 1 × tbe ). fig6 shows the results of 20 samples analysed by the procedure outlined above . a size standard ladder was loaded in position 0 . the 100 bp band is identified in fig6 . the negative control ( no dna ) was loaded in position 20 . samples homozygous for ct at positions 2 and 3 of codon 67 of the β - casein gene result in a single 86 bp band when cut by dde1 . this is shown in load positions 1 , 2 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , and 17 . samples not containing ct at positions 2 and 3 of codon 67 of the β - casein gene are not cut by dde1 , leaving a single 121 bp band . this is shown in load positions 4 , 5 , 7 and 9 . heterozygous samples result in both cut ( 86 bp ) and uncut ( 121 bp ) bands . this is shown in load positions 3 , 6 , 8 , 15 , 16 , 18 and 19 . because of heteroduplex formation , the uncut band ( 121 bp ) is expected to be more intense than the cut band ( 86 bp ). dna extracts from hair follicles were prepared using the method described in example 1 . alternatively , genomic dna isolated by other methods can be used at a concentration at about 2 . 5 ng / μl . a dna sample ( 1 μl ) from each of 96 animals was placed into a 96 well pcr microtitre plate ( or alternatively , from each of 384 animals into a 384 well pcr plate ). for the 96 well plate , a cocktail of the following reagents was prepared in a 1 . 5 ml microtube . the cocktail ( 4 μl ) was added to each well in the plate with a repeating pipette . reagent volume μl water ( hplc grade ) 222 10 × hotstar taq pcr buffer 50 containing 15 mm mgcl 2 hotstar taq polymerase ( 5 u / μl ) 4 25 mm mgcl 2 20 dntp 25 mm 4 forward and reverse primer mix 100 forward : actggattatggactcaaagatttg ( seq id no : 7 ) reverse : aaggtgcagattttcaacat ( seq id no : 8 ) ( 1 μm each primer ) 1 cycle : 95 ° c . 15 minutes 45 cycles : 95 ° c . 20 seconds 56 ° c . 30 seconds 72 ° c . 1 minute 1 cycle : 72 ° c . 3 minutes end 4 ° c . the following sap solution was prepared in a 1 . 5 ml microtube : reagent volume μl nanopure water 792 . 54 hme buffer ( sequenom , san deigo ) 88 . 06 shrimp alkaline phosphatase 155 . 4 the solution was mixed well and centrifuged for ten seconds at 5000 rpm . sap solution ( 2 μl ) was transferred to each well of the plate containing the samples . the plate was incubated using a thermocycler at 37 ° c . for 20 minutes , 85 ° c . for 5 minutes , and then holding at 4 ° c . the following extension cocktail was prepared in a 1 . 5 μl microtube : reagent volume μl nanopure water 895 . 11 μl sequenom 10 × hme extend buffer with 2 . 25 103 . 6 μl mm dda , ddc , ddt , dg primer ( 100 um ) 27 . 97 μl rma6 r : gttttgtgggaggctgtta ( seq id no : 9 ) 9 . 32 μl thermosequenase ( 32 u / μl ) the extension cocktail ( 2 μl ) was added to each well of the sample plate . the plate was sealed and thermocycled as follows : 1 cycle : 94 ° c . for 2 minutes 40 cycles : 94 ° c . for 5 seconds 52 ° c . for 5 seconds 72 ° c . for 5 seconds end 4 ° c . prior to mass spectrometry the samples were cleaned using spectroclean and then analysed using maldi - tof ms . the profiles obtained for homozygous and heterozygous animals for the cct and cat snps are shown in fig8 . the location of the primer , analyte a and analyte c extension products are shown . the invention provides a useful food product capable of increasing the health of an individual , or the health of a population . the invention relates to a method of preventing or treating coronary heart disease in a human population which derives some of its food intake from milk or other dairy products by reducing or substantially eliminating the presence of β - casein a 1 within the diet of that population . 1 . aleandri , r ., buttazzoni , l . g ., schneider , j . c ., caroli , a ., and davoli , r . 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