Porcine lactic acid bacterial strains

• US 9,539,293 B2
• Filed: 07/13/2012
• Issued: 01/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Armistice Capital Master Fund Ltd. (Armistice Capital LLC)
• Original Assignee: 4D Pharma Research Limited (4D Pharma PLC)
• Inventors: Kelly, Denise
• Primary Examiner(s): GITOMER, RALPH J
• Application Number:
  US14/232,475
• Publication Number:
  US 20150050254A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,642 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A23K 10/18 of live microorganisms
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 33/135 Bacteria or derivatives thereof, e.g. probiotics
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2002/00 Food compositions, function of food ingredients or processes for food or foodstuffs
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 35/747 Lactobacilli, e.g. L. acidophilus or L. brevis
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 1/00 Drugs for disorders of the alimentary tract or the digestive system
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 1/04 for ulcers, gastritis or reflux esophagitis, e.g. antacids, inhibitors of acid secretion, mucosal protectants
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 1/10 Laxatives
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 1/12 Antidiarrhoeals
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 1/14 Prodigestives, e.g. acids, enzymes, appetite stimulants, antidyspeptics, tonics, antiflatulents
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 29/00 Non-central analgesic, antipyretic or antiinflammatory agents, e.g. antirheumatic agents; Non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs [NSAID]
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 31/04 Antibacterial agents
• CPC Class Codes: C12N 1/20 Bacteria; Culture media therefor
• CPC Class Codes: C12N 1/205 Bacterial isolates
• CPC Class Codes: C12R 2001/225 Lactobacillus
• CPC Class Codes: C12R 2001/23 Lactobacillus acidophilus
• CPC Class Codes: C12R 2001/25 Lactobacillus plantarum
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 50/30 Against vector-borne diseases, e.g. mosquito-borne, fly-borne, tick-borne or waterborne diseases whose impact is exacerbated by climate change

Abstract

Described herein are porcine lactic acid bacterial strain compositions and processes of obtaining porcine lactic acid bacterial strains. Further aspects of the invention relate to food additives, supplements and probiotic compositions comprising said bacterial strains, and therapeutic uses of said bacterial strain compositions.

Claims

1. A composition comprising at least one porcine lactic acid bacterial strain wherein said at least one porcine lactic acid bacterial strain is selected from the group consisting of:

NCIMB 41846;

NCIMB 41847;

NCIMB 41848;

NCIMB 41849;

NCIMB 41850;

NCIMB 42008;

NCIMB 42009;

NCIMB 42010;

NCIMB 42011;

NCIMB 42012; and

any combination of two or more thereof;

and an excipient, diluent or carrier;

wherein said at least one porcine lactic acid bacterial strain is in an amount sufficient to treat or prevent an intestinal disorder in a subject.

2. The composition of claim 1, wherein the excipient, diluent or carrier is a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, diluent or carrier.

3. The composition of claim 1, wherein the composition is a probiotic composition comprising one or more porcine lactic acid bacterial strains.

4. A method of treating an intestinal disorder in a subject, said method comprising administering to the subject the composition of claim 1.

5. A method of improving intestinal microbiota in a subject, said method comprising administering to the subject the composition of claim 1.

6. A feedstuff comprising the composition of claim 1.

7. A food product comprising the composition of claim 1.

8. A dietary supplement comprising the composition of claim 1.

9. A food additive comprising the composition of claim 1.

10. A process for producing the composition of claim 1, said process comprising culturing at least one porcine lactic acid bacterial strain in a culture medium and recovering said at least one porcine lactic acid bacterial strain from the culture medium;

wherein said at least one porcine lactic acid bacterial strain is selected from the group consisting of;

NCIMB 41846;

NCIMB 41847;

NCIMB 41848;

NCIMB 41849;

NCIMB 41850;

NCIMB 42008;

NCIMB 42009;

NCIMB 42010;

NCIMB 42011;

NCIMB 42012; and

any combination of two or more thereof; and

mixing said porcine lactic acid bacterial strain with an excipient, diluent or carrier.

13. The method of claim 4, wherein the intestinal disorder is selected from the group consisting of:

salmonellosis, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), inflammatory bowel disorder (IBD), functional dyspepsia, functional constipation, functional diarrhea, functional abdominal pain, functional bloating, Epigastric Pain Syndrome, Postprandial Distress Syndrome, Crohn'"'"'s disease, ulcerative colitis, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), necrotizing enterocolitis, and combinations thereof.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the intestinal disorder is functional diarrhea, and wherein the functional diarrhea is selected from the group consisting of antibiotic associated diarrhea, traveler'"'"'s diarrhea and pediatric diarrhea.

11. A method of preparing one or more porcine lactic acid bacterial strains, said method comprising the steps of:

(i) obtaining faeces from an organically reared pig;

(ii) freezing the faeces and dispersing in a suitable diluent;

(iii) applying the dispersed faeces obtained in step (ii) to a suitable agar, optionally in the presence of supplemental pig colostrum carbohydrates, and incubating under an anaerobic conditions;

(iv) selecting off distinct colonies of bacteria formed during step (iii) and seeding into a suitable broth, optionally in the presence of supplemental pig colostrum carbohydrates;

(v) incubating the seeded colonies obtained in step (iv) and

(vi) obtaining an aliquot of the incubated broth, said aliquot comprising one or more porcine lactic acid bacterial strains selected from the group consisting of;

NCIMB 41846;

NCIMB 41847;

NCIMB 41848;

NCIMB 41849;

NCIMB 41850;

NCIMB 42008;

NCIMB 42009;

NCIMB 42010;

NCIMB 42011;

NCIMB 42012; and

any combination of two or more thereof.

12. A lactic acid bacterial strain comprising a 16S rRNA gene sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs 1-87, or a variant or homologue thereof of said sequence.