Use of slpi for treating chronic inflammatory intestinal diseases
First Claim
1. Use of a effective material selected from the group consisting of secretory leucocyte protease inhibitor (SLPI), a fragment thereof, a complex thereof, a derivative thereof, an analog thereof, an expressible nucleic acid coding for the effective material SLPI or a fragment or derivative thereof, and a non-pathogenic microorganism containing the nucleic acid and capable of SLPI formation, for the treatment of a disease of a human or animal body, selected from the group of chronic inflammatory intestinal diseases consisting of enteritis necroticans, enteritis regionalis Crohn (Crohn'"'"'s disease), colitis cystica, colitis granulomatosa, colitis gravis, colitis haemorrhagia, colitis ischaemica, colitis mucosa and colitis ulcerosa (ulcerative colitis).
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Abstract
The present invention relates to the use of secretory leucocyte protease inhibitor (SLPI), or a non-pathogenic microorganism capable of forming SLPI and containing a nucleic acid coding for SLPI, for the treatment of chronic inflammatory intestinal diseases of humans and animals, pharmaceutical compositions for oral or rectal administration which contain the effective material SLPI or SLPI-expressing microorganisms, and methods for the production of these pharmaceutical compositions.
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- 1. Use of a effective material selected from the group consisting of secretory leucocyte protease inhibitor (SLPI), a fragment thereof, a complex thereof, a derivative thereof, an analog thereof, an expressible nucleic acid coding for the effective material SLPI or a fragment or derivative thereof, and a non-pathogenic microorganism containing the nucleic acid and capable of SLPI formation, for the treatment of a disease of a human or animal body, selected from the group of chronic inflammatory intestinal diseases consisting of enteritis necroticans, enteritis regionalis Crohn (Crohn'"'"'s disease), colitis cystica, colitis granulomatosa, colitis gravis, colitis haemorrhagia, colitis ischaemica, colitis mucosa and colitis ulcerosa (ulcerative colitis).
- 45. Pharmaceutical composition, comprising at least one cell of a non-pathogenic microorganism capable of forming SLPI and containing an expressible nucleic acid coding for SLPI or a fragment or derivative thereof.
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51. Method of production of a pharmaceutical composition, comprising:
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(a) isolation or synthesis of a nucleic acid coding for the effective material SLPI;
(b) cloning of the nucleic acid coding for SLPI in a bacterial expression vector or a fungal expression vector;
(c) transformation of the recombinant expression vector obtained in (b) in a microbial host cell, where the host cell is a commensal of the human or animal intestinal flora and/or can be used for the fermentative production of foodstuffs;
(d) propagation of the transformed host cells;
(e) production of an immobilized, lyophilized, or liquid preparation of transformed host cells;
(f) mixing the immobilized, lyophilized, preparation or suspension of transformed host cells obtained in (e) with physiologically acceptable excipients, stabilizers, thickeners, parting agents, lubricants, emulsifiers or the like materials to obtain a pharmaceutical composition.
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