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PEGylation of bacterial cocaine esterase for protection against protease digestion and immunogenicity. 2010

Jun-Beom Park, and Young Min Kwon, and Tien-Yi Lee, and Remy Brim, and Mei-Chuan Ko, and Roger K Sunahara, and James H Woods, and Victor C Yang
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1065, United States.

Enhancing cocaine metabolism by administration of cocaine esterase (CocE) has been considered as a promising treatment strategy for cocaine overdose and addiction, as CocE is the most efficient native enzyme yet identified for metabolizing the naturally occurring cocaine. A major obstacle to the clinical application of CocE, however, lies in its thermo-instability, rapid degradation by circulating proteases, and potential immunogenicity. PEGylation, namely by modifying a protein or peptide compound via attachment of polyethylene glycol (PEG) chains, has been proven to overcome such problems and was therefore exploited in this CocE investigation. The PEG-CocE conjugates prepared in this study showed a purity of greater than 93.5%. Attachment of PEG to CocE apparently inhibited the binding of anti-CocE antibodies to the conjugate, as demonstrated by the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) assay. In addition, PEGylation yielded protection to CocE against thermal degradation and protease digestion. Furthermore, preliminary in vivo results suggested that, similarly to native CocE, the PEG-CocE conjugates were able to protect animals from cocaine-induced toxic effects. Overall, this study provides evidence that the PEGylation may serve as a tool to prolong CocE functionality in the circulation and reduce its potential immunogenicity.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D011092 Polyethylene Glycols Polymers of ETHYLENE OXIDE and water, and their ethers. They vary in consistency from liquid to solid depending on the molecular weight indicated by a number following the name. They are used as SURFACTANTS, dispersing agents, solvents, ointment and suppository bases, vehicles, and tablet excipients. Some specific groups are NONOXYNOLS, OCTOXYNOLS, and POLOXAMERS. Macrogols,Polyoxyethylenes,Carbowax,Macrogol,Polyethylene Glycol,Polyethylene Oxide,Polyethyleneoxide,Polyglycol,Glycol, Polyethylene,Glycols, Polyethylene,Oxide, Polyethylene,Oxides, Polyethylene,Polyethylene Oxides,Polyethyleneoxides,Polyglycols,Polyoxyethylene
D002265 Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases Enzymes which catalyze the hydrolysis of carboxylic acid esters with the formation of an alcohol and a carboxylic acid anion. Carboxylesterases,Ester Hydrolases, Carboxylic,Hydrolases, Carboxylic Ester
D003042 Cocaine An alkaloid ester extracted from the leaves of plants including coca. It is a local anesthetic and vasoconstrictor and is clinically used for that purpose, particularly in the eye, ear, nose, and throat. It also has powerful central nervous system effects similar to the amphetamines and is a drug of abuse. Cocaine, like amphetamines, acts by multiple mechanisms on brain catecholaminergic neurons; the mechanism of its reinforcing effects is thought to involve inhibition of dopamine uptake. Cocaine HCl,Cocaine Hydrochloride,HCl, Cocaine,Hydrochloride, Cocaine
D004795 Enzyme Stability The extent to which an enzyme retains its structural conformation or its activity when subjected to storage, isolation, and purification or various other physical or chemical manipulations, including proteolytic enzymes and heat. Enzyme Stabilities,Stabilities, Enzyme,Stability, Enzyme
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D012240 Rhodococcus A bacterial genus of the order ACTINOMYCETALES.
D013696 Temperature The property of objects that determines the direction of heat flow when they are placed in direct thermal contact. The temperature is the energy of microscopic motions (vibrational and translational) of the particles of atoms. Temperatures
D014357 Trypsin A serine endopeptidase that is formed from TRYPSINOGEN in the pancreas. It is converted into its active form by ENTEROPEPTIDASE in the small intestine. It catalyzes hydrolysis of the carboxyl group of either arginine or lysine. EC 3.4.21.4. Tripcellim,Trypure,beta-Trypsin,beta Trypsin
D051379 Mice The common name for the genus Mus. Mice, House,Mus,Mus musculus,Mice, Laboratory,Mouse,Mouse, House,Mouse, Laboratory,Mouse, Swiss,Mus domesticus,Mus musculus domesticus,Swiss Mice,House Mice,House Mouse,Laboratory Mice,Laboratory Mouse,Mice, Swiss,Swiss Mouse,domesticus, Mus musculus

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