Patent Application: US-93516108-A

Abstract:
in the field of biological medicines , a use of prourokinase and variants thereof in facilitated percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with acute myocardial infarction is provided . the use includes : within 6 hrs after a patient is afflicted with accurate myocardial infarction , firstly , performing thrombolytic therapy with prouk or variants thereof , and then , performing a pci operation , to dredge the infarction related artery as soon as possible , and re - establish an effective forward blood flow , such that an ischemic myocardium is reperfused . according to the present invention , the facilitated pci for treatment of ami with the prouk or variants thereof has an effect superior to that of direct pci .

Description:
hereinafter , the present invention is further described with reference to embodiments . prouk was an extracted natural prouk or a recombinant human prouk , and had an amino acid sequence as shown in seq id no . 1 . the variants of prouk were proteins or polypeptides with one or more amino acids replaced , deleted , or added in the amino acid sequence of prouk and having prouk activity ; proteins with higher than 40 % homology with the whole sequence of the natural prouk protein ; or proteins or polypeptides with higher than 90 % homology with the b chain sequence of the natural prouk protein . a specific example of the variants of prouk was prouk having a lysine ( lys ) at position 300 in the amino acid sequence of prouk as shown in seq id no . 1 site - mutated into histidine ( his ). prouk and variants thereof can be prepared by a gene engineering method well - known in the art . in - vivo and in - vitro experiments indicate that a specific example of the variants of prouk ( having a lysine ( lys ) at position 300 in the amino acid sequence of prouk as shown in seq id no . 1 site - mutated into histidine ( his ), lys300 → his , m5 ) has a thrombolytic activity at least equivalent to or superior to that of prouk , and thus is applicable in facilitated pci therapy as for the hydrolysis of a chromophoric substrate s2444 ( l - pglu - l - gly - arg p - nitroanilide hydrochloride ), 1 . 0 mol / l prouk or 100 mol / l m5 and a series of concentrations ( 0 - 2 . 4 mmol / l ) of s2444 were co - incubated in a buffer solution ( 0 . 05 mol / l tris - hcl , 0 . 10 mol / l nacl , and 0 . 01 % tween 80 , ph 7 . 4 ) at room temperature , the reaction rate was determined by an increment in light absorption at 410 nm , and the reaction constant was calculated through a lineweaver - burk plot . the results show that , the lag phase of ms is twice that of the prouk , but the rate is rapidly increased subsequently , which respectively indicate that m5 has a relatively low intrinsic activity and a relatively high dual - strand catalytic activity . 1 . 2 promotion of co - factor on plasminogen activation caused by prouk or m5 the effect of fibrin fragment e on the plasminogen activation caused by prouk or ms was studied by plasmin tolerant prouk and m5 variant ( lys158 ). at room temperature , the increment in light absorption with time at 410 nm of the reaction mixture ( containing 15 mmol / l s2251 ( d - val - l - leu - l - lys p - nitroanilide dihydrochloride ), 20 mol / l glu - fibrinogen , and 1 . 0 nmol / l a1a158 - prouk or a1a158 - m5 , and containing 5 . 0 mol / l fragment e2 or not ) was determined . the effect of the fibrin analogs , such as fibrinogen , soluble fibrin monomer , and d - dimer , on the plasminogen activation was also studied , because they could not promote the urokinase - mediated plasminogen activation . the experimental results show that , the fibrin fragment e is capable of selectively promoting the plasminogen - activating function of prouk , and has the similar effect on m5 , while d - dimer and the soluble fibrin or fibrinogen almost have no promotion effect on the plasminogen activation caused by prouk or ms . the dual - strand tc - m5 was inhibited by pai - 1 , in which the value of k was about 1 . 3 ± 0 . 3 × 10 7 mol / l · s , and was equivalent to that ( 1 . 7 ± 0 . 4 × 10 7 mol / l · s ) of urokinase . 0 - 20 μg / ml m5 or 0 - 8 μg / ml prouk was incubated in 1 ml mixed plasma containing an anticoagulant citrate at 37 ° c . for 6 hrs , 0 . 2 ml aprotinin ( 10000 kallikrein inhibition units per ml ). the amount of the fibrinogen remained in the plasma was determined by a thrombin coagulable protein method , and compared with a baseline . in the mixed plasma , m5 maintained inactive , and did not cause the degradation of the fibrinogen at a dose lower than 8 μg / ml , and at a dose of 10 μg / ml , there was still 30 . 6 % fibrinogen maintained to be undegraded . on the contrary , prouk caused the degradation of the fibrinogen at a dose of 2 μg / ml , and at a dose of 4 μg / ml , only 32 . 7 % fibrinogen was maintained to be undegraded . 1 . 5 in - vitro dissolving effect of prouk and m5 in human plasma on blood clots i 125 labelled fibrinogen clot was made from 0 . 2 ml plasma , and was incubated in 4 ml plasma . a series of concentrations of fibrin specific prouk ( 0 . 5 - 1 . 5 μg / ml ) or m5 ( 0 . 5 - 5 . 0 μg / ml ) were tested , in which the dissolution of the blood clot was expressed by a ratio percentage of a complete dissolution value to time , and the fibrinogen was determined after the blood clot was completely dissolved ; and if the blood clot was not completely dissolved after 6 hrs , the fibrinogen was determined at 6 hrs . in the plasma environment , the m5 still maintained the fibrin specificity at a concentration as high as 5 μg / ml ( in which 25 % fibrinogen was degraded ), and as for prouk , the upper limit was 1 . 5 μg / ml . the maximal blood clot dissolving rate of prouk was 41 % per hour , while the maximal blood clot dissolving rate of m5 was 64 % per hour . when m5 ( 2 μg / ml ) was used in combination with a small amount of tpa ( 30 ng / ml ), the lag phase was halved , which was similar to the result of the combination of tpa and prouk . 10 - 15 kg male mongrels were anaesthetized with pentobarbital sodium . the blood clot was made from 1 ml dog whole blood added with i 125 labeled fibrinogen ( 1 . 9 ci , 0 . 75 mci / mg protein ) and thrombin ( 10 units ). after 20 min , the blood clot was washed three times with saline , cut into small pieces of 1 mm , and then injected into the femoral vein with a 16 gauge needle . after 15 min , a blood sample was taken through a catheter out of the femoral vein on the other side and determined for baseline radioactivity . next , saline , prouk , or tpa was intravenously administered respectively , and the infusion rates of prouk and tpa were 20 μg / kg / min and 10 μg / kg / min respectively , which were effective for thrombolysis in the dog body and had fibrin specificity according to the report in previous documents . the infusion of tpa was maintained for 60 min , and the infusion of prouk and m5 were maintained for 90 min . the infusion rates of m5 were 20 g / kg / min , 40 g / kg / min , and 60 g / kg / min respectively , and after a certain interval , blood samples were taken and determined for radioactivity and fibrinogen . the experimental results show that , the blood clot dissolution caused by m5 is dose - dependent . as the stability of m5 in the plasma is four times higher than that of the prouk , and when being infused at a rate of 60 μg / kg / min , m5 causes rapid blood clot dissolution , and the blood clot dissolution is up to 100 % within 45 min . the blood clot dissolution caused by m5 is more effective , because only 600 μg / kg m5 is needed for achieving 50 % dissolution , and the dose is 1200 μg / kg for prouk . at a lower dose ( 40 μg / kg / min or 20 μg / kg / min ), the blood clot dissolution caused by m5 is equivalent to or less than that of prouk . the relatively low effectiveness at a low dose reflects a longer lag phase of m5 . the concentrations of the plasma fibrinogen of the test dogs in the group with the maximal infusion dose of m5 are 72 %, 65 %, and 52 % of the baseline level at 30 min , 45 min , and 60 min . a 1 cm standard incision was made at the shaved abdomen , and the epidermis was stripped . an exposed superficial vein was sliced with a surgical scapel , and a bleeding point was patted once with a filter paper every thirty seconds , till the bleeding stopped . this time was recorded as initial bleeding time ( bt ), which was determined at the adjacent 1 cm incision sites at 0 min , 20 min , and 60 min . the total amount of bleeding was recorded as the number of the standard gauze swabs ( 5 × 5 cm ) needed for absorbing blood oozed from the wound , and each gauze swab was replaced after absorbing enough blood . this represented secondary bleeding , because the blood was mainly from the two previous bleeding points staunched after determining the initial bt . the experiment was performed at 60 min before each infusion . the experimental results ( as shown in fig1 ) show that , in a tpa infusion group , the initial bt is increased from 1 . 2 min to 2 . 4 min at 20 min after infusion , and is increased to 5 min at 60 min after infusion , and in a prouk group , the initial bt is increased to 4 min . as for an m5 dose group , the bt is not prolonged significantly at 20 min , and at 60 min , the bt is increased to be 1 . 5 min . this indicates that the total bleeding quantity represented by the number of the gauze swabs needed for absorbing blood during the secondary bleeding is increased by 8 times in the tpa group , and is increased by 5 times in the prouk group , and is not increased in the group with the maximal dose of ms . 2 . 3 dissolution of rhesus monkey blood clot and bleeding staunching test the sensitivity of rhesus monkey to human prouk / urokinase is similar to that of human being . six rhesus monkeys ( three females , and three males ) of 5 . 8 kg to 8 . 6 kg were anaesthetized by intravenously administering pentobarbital sodium ( 30 mg / kg ), and polyethylene catheters were inserted into the veins of the upper limbs at each side for sampling blood and infusion respectively . 2 ml whole blood sample was mixed with radioactive iodine labeled fibrinogen and thrombin , and then incubated at 37 ° c . for 20 min . the whole blood clot was cut into 1 mm small pieces , and was washed six times with saline . the blood clot ( 3 . 3 - 10 cpm ) was suspended in 5 ml saline , and infused through the vein of the right upper limb . after 30 min , a blood sample was taken from the vein of the upper limb at the opposite side , and determined for the baseline radioactivity . meanwhile , saline ( 2 monkeys ) or m5 ( 4 monkeys ) was infused . m5 was infused at 60 μg / kg / min for 60 min , and the blood was sampled at a certain interval during the infusion for determining the radioactivity and fibrinogen . at 0 min , 30 min , 45 min , and 60 min , the initial bt was determined at an incision of 5 mm long and 1 mm deep at the lower abdomen . the bt was determined by a standard method by patting once with a filter paper every thirty seconds . the re - bt of the initial bleeding point after staunching was also evaluated . the experimental results show that , 60 min infusion of m5 at 60 μg / kg / min causes 100 % blood clot dissolution in all the four monkeys ( only 8 % in the control group ). the concentrations of fibrinogen at 30 min , 45 min , and 60 min after infusion are respectively 78 %, 66 %, and 57 % of the baseline level . the initial bt ( expressed in percentage of the baseline level ) is reduced to 85 % at 30 min , returns to the baseline level at 45 min , and is significantly increased to 108 % at 60 min . bt has similar results in the saline control group . furthermore , consistent to the results in the dogs , no rebreeding occurs in the test monkeys administered with m5 . 1 . 1 ischemic chest pain lasting for 30 min or more , and sublingual administration of nitroglycerin being ineffective ; 1 . 2 sustained ischemic chest pain lasting for 12 hrs or less ; 1 . 3 electrocardiogram ( ecg ) having at least two or more st segment elevations of 0 . 1 mv or more in limb lead , or two or more adjacent st segment elevations of 0 . 2 mv or more in chest lead ; and 2 . 3 hemorrhagic stroke occurred at anytime in the past , and ischemic stroke or cerebrovascular event occurred in 1 year ; 2 . 4 severe progressive diseases ( such as malignant tumor ) or diseases with poor prognosis and making the patient to be extremely exhausted ; 2 . 5 active visceral hemorrhage ( such as hemorrhage of gastrointestinal tract , and hemorrhage of genito - urinary system , except for menstruation ) occurred in four weeks , or uncured peptic ulcer existing ; 2 . 7 after an active antihypertensive therapy , patients with hypertension still having a blood pressure equal to or higher than 170 / 110 mmhg , ( systolic pressure or diastolic pressure meeting this blood pressure criterion ); 2 . 8 current use of therapeutic dose of anticoagulant drug , such as warfarin ; 2 . 10 history of new ( in 6 months ) brain or spinal surgery ; 2 . 11 hhistory of injury in two months , including traumatic cardiopulmonary resuscitation or long - time ( longer than 10 min ) cardiopulmonary resuscitation , or major surgery ; or history of head injury in 6 months ; 2 . 12 macrovascular puncture at site that cannot be compressed in two weeks ; 2 . 13 highly suspicious thrombosis in left ventricle ( such as mitral stenosis with atrial fibrillation ); 2 . 14 history of fundus hemorrhage caused by diabetes or other diseases ; 2 . 15 history of severe liver and renal dysfunction ( alt & gt ; three times of the normal upper limit ; and creatinine & gt ; 225 μmol / l ); 2 . 17 infective endocarditis , acute myocarditis , acute pericarditis , septic thrombophlebitis , and arteriovenous fistula in severely infected sites ; 2 . 19 patients being in clinical trial of other drugs of the same class ; and 2 . 20 considered by a physician to have other disease and conditions not suitable for intravenous thrombolysis . facilitated pci of prouk : first , thrombolytic therapy was performed by using a recombinant human prouk through , for example , intravenous bolus , at a dose of 500 , 000 units - 3 , 000 , 000 units per patient ; intravenous drip infusion , at 50 , 000 units - 200 , 000 units / min / patient for 30 - 120 min ; or intravenous bolus and intravenous drip infusion in combination ( first administrating in the manner of intravenous bolus of 20 % of the total dose of prouk to each patient , and then in the manner of intravenous drip infusion for 90 min at 50 , 000 units - 200 , 000 units / min for the rest ), in which the total dose of prouk or variants thereof was not greater than 6 , 000 , 000 units . in the hrombolytic therapy with prouk , an administration time was 5 - 90 min , and then a pci operation for treatment was performed at half an hour to 24 hrs after the thrombolytic therapy with prouk . under specific conditions , the pci operation for treatment might be performed at 1 day to 7 days after the thrombolytic therapy with prouk . part of the patients received angiocardiography examination , to observe the recanalization of the ira shown by the coronary angiographies at 90 min after the intravenous injection of the thrombolytic drug and after performing the pci operation . preceding infarction - related coronary angiography ( determined according to the infarction part in ecg ) was performed . the initial angiography should adopt large visual field ( small image ), to observe all the blood vessels , and the exposure should be lasted till the contrast agent was exhausted . the left coronary artery should be projected through at least three body positions , and the right coronary artery should be projected through at least two body positions , and large image was adopted . before ira angiography , no nitroglycerin was administrated through the coronary artery . the angiographic results were determined according to the timi perfusion grading standards , and the recanalization of the blood vessel was considered to be achieved when grades 2 and 3 were reached . timi grade 0 : the infarcted coronary artery has no forward blood flow perfused ; timi grade 1 : the distal vessel of the coronary artery stenosis lesion has forward blood flow perfused , but the distal vascular bed cannot be filled ; timi grade 2 : the distal vessel of the coronary artery stenosis lesion has forward blood flow perfused , but the distal vascular bed can be substantially fully filled slowly only after three or more cardiac cycles , and the removal of the contrast agent is slow ; timi grade 3 : the distal vessel of the coronary artery stenosis lesion has forward blood flow perfused , and the distal vascular bed can be fully and rapidly filled with the contrast agent ( after less than three cardiac cycles ), and meanwhile , the removal of the contrast agent is rapidly . after coronary angiography , if no further therapy such as ptca and stent implantation was needed , the arterial sheath could be removed only when aptt was lower than 80 , and hemostasis was performed by locally compressing for at least half an hour or more . heparin infusion was stopped at 48 hrs after thrombolysis , and then hypodermic injection of the low - molecular - weight heparin was performed once per 12 hrs for 5 days . evaluation was performed according to the following four grades : no change , mildly relief ( 50 %), significant relief ( 75 %), and complete relief ; 5 . 1 . 2 hemorrhage manifestation : whether there were hemorrhage signs and symptoms in skin , mucous membranes , sputum , vomit , and stool and urine ; three grades , mild , moderate , and severe , were divided according to the following standards . mild : mildly hemorrhage , no need for transfusion of blood , without causing changes in hemodynamics , and including subcutaneous hemorrhage , small hematoma , oozing of blood at pinprick site . moderate : moderate hemorrhage , and needing for transfusion of blood , without causing the abnormal changes in hemodynamics that need for treatment , and including large hematoma , operation ( such as cardiac catheterization ) caused hemorrhage , or retroperitoneal hemorrhage verified by clinical examination or ultrasonic inspection and measurement , without causing the abnormal changes in hemodynamics , but needing for transfusion of blood . severe : severe hemorrhage , causing changes in hemodynamics and needing for treatment and transfusion of blood , and including acute hemorrhage in gastrointestinal tract or retroperitoneal hemorrhage . intracranial hemorrhages are all severe hemorrhage . 5 . 1 . 3 changes in blood pressure , cardiac rate , rhythm of the heart , cardiac sounds , and cardiac murmur . 5 . 2 electrocardiographic recording : 18 - lead ecg was recorded before thrombolysis , 12 - lead ecg ( for positive posterior wall infarction and right ventricular infarction , 18 - lead ecg were recorded ) was re - examined every half an hour for 2 hrs after the beginning of the thrombolysis , and full set of standard ecgs were re - examined at 3 hr . since then , ecg was re - examined every day for 7 days , and ecg was re - examined before discharging from the hospital . the position of the lead electrode should be fixed strictly . 5 . 3 routine blood test , routine urine test , and fecal occult blood test : the tests could be performed before selection , and at 2 hrs , 6 hrs , 12 hrs , 24 hrs , 48 hrs ( the requirement for the reducing of the examination times was not met in the stage ii test ), and the 7 th day ( determined before discharging from the hospital , if the hospitalization days is less than 7 days ) after the beginning of thrombolysis , and the examination time of the fecal occult blood test could be adjusted according to the urinary and fecal discharge . 5 . 4 myocardial enzyme : ck and ck - mb were examined once before selection and at 8 hrs , 10 hrs , 12 hrs , 14 hrs , 16 hrs , and 18 hrs after the onset , and subsequently examined as desired according to actual conditions . 5 . 5 liver function , renal function , blood glucose , and electrolyte : determinations were performed before selection and at the 7 th day after the beginning of thrombolysis . the dredging rate of the ira is taken as an evaluation criterion for therapeutic efficacy and the diagnostic standards of the dredging of the ira includes the following . if coronary angiography shows that the blood flow of the infarction related vessels reaches timi grade 2 or 3 in 90 min after the beginning of thrombolysis , the vessels are determined as being re - dredged . 6 . 2 . 1 the elevated st segments are rapidly depressed by 50 % or more within 2 hrs after infusion of thrombolytic drug ; 6 . 2 . 2 the chest pain is significantly relieved within 2 hrs after infusion of thrombolytic drug , and the relief degree is equal to or higher than 75 %; 6 . 2 . 3 within 2 hrs after infusion of thrombolytic drug , accelerated idioventricular rhythm , and atria or bundle branch block are improved or disappear suddenly , or a patient with inferior wall infarction has a transitional sinus bradycardia and sinoatrial block accompanied with or without low blood pressure . 6 . 2 . 4 serum ck - mb enzyme peak is advanced and appears within 14 hrs after the onset , or the ck enzyme peak appears within 16 hrs . if two or more indexes in the above four , except for the combination of the second and the third indexes , are met , the vessels are considered as being re - dredged . 6 . 3 . 1 within 48 hrs after the successful thrombolysis , chest pain attacks again , the st segment in ecg lead corresponding to the original infarction site is elevated again , and the chest pain lasts for a time period of 30 min or more , and cannot be relieved by sublingual administration of nitroglycerin . if the above two items are met , ira can be clinically diagnosed as acute reinfarction . follow - up visit of each patient in the trial was carried out for obtaining the 30 - day case - fatality rate and the incidence rate of the adverse events . in the study of phase ii clinical trial of recombinant human prouk ( drug clinical trial approval no . 2003l03626 , issued by the state food and drug administration ), it is found that among 38 patients in the angiography group , 28 patients receive pci immediately after thrombolysis with recombinant human prouk , in which one patient receives ptca , and the other 27 patients have a stent implanted after ptca ( that is , receives the pci ), as a result , the 30 - 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