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Bone morphogenetic agents

Assignee: University of California
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Filing: 1985-08-07
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Granted: 1989-01-03
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Expires: 2005-08-07
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Abstract

Abstract The production and isolation of bone morphogenetic peptide agents displaying the osteoinductive and immunoreactive activity of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) and deriving from natural, synthetic or recombinant DNA sources, and said agents.

Inventors

  • 👤 Marshall R. Urist

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 16:19
CPC Classifications
C; C07; C07K; C07K14/00; C07K14/435; C07K14/475; C07K14/51; A; A61; A61P; A61P43/00; A61K; A61K38/00; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S530/00; Y10S530/827; Y10S530/84

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim 57 words
A bone morphogenetic peptide having an amino acid sequence, said sequence selected from the group consisting of amino acid sequences of peptide fragments (BMP-p) having a relative molecular weight (M r ) of about 4K to about 7K and derived from proteolysis of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP), said peptide fragments being osteoinductive and immunoreactive with anti-BMP antibody.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 57 words
A bone morphogenetic peptide having an amino acid sequence, said sequence selected from the group consisting of amino acid sequences of peptide fragments (BMP-p) having a relative molecular weight (M r ) of about 4K to about 7K and derived from proteolysis of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP), said peptide fragments being osteoinductive and immunoreactive with anti-BMP antibody.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 13 words
A bone morphogenetic peptide of claim 1, wherein the BMP is human BMP.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 18 words
A bone morphogenetic peptide of claim 2, wherein the relative molecular weight (M r ) is about 4.7K±0.3K.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 50 words
A bone morphogenetic peptide of claims 1, 2 or 3 wherein the amino acid sequence contains the following amino acid sequence: -ILE - PRO - GLN - GLN - ARG - ARG - TRP - ARG - ALA - LYS - VAL - GLN - ASN - ARG - ILE-.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 35 words
A bone morphogenentic peptide of claim 4, further including the following amino acid sequence: -ARG - ASP - SER - TYR - LYS - PRO - VAL - HIS - GLU - LEU - ASN-.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 31 words
A bone morphogenetic peptide of claim 5, further including the following amino acid sequence: -ARG - CYS - ALA - ASP - GLY - TYR - ARG - LEU - CYS-.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 13 words
A bone morphogenetic peptide of claim 1, wherein the BMP is bovine BMP.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 18 words
A bone morphogenetic peptide of claim 7, wherein the relative molecular weight (M r ) is about 4.1K.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 18 words
A bone morphogenetic peptide of claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the limited proteolysis is pepsin limited proteolysis.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 15 words
A bone morphogenetic peptide of claim 4, wherein the limited proteolysis is pepsin limited proteolysis.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 18 words
A bone morphogenetic peptide of claim 1, 2 or 7, wherein the limited proteolysis is trypsin limited proteolysis.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 27 words
A composition for inducing bone formation comprising a bone morphogenetic peptide selected from the group of bone morphogenetic peptides of claims 1, 2, 3, 7 or 8.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 22 words
A composition for inducing bone formation comprising a bone morphogenetic peptide selected from the group of bone morphogenetic peptides of claim 4.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 22 words
A composition for inducing bone formation comprising a bone morphogenetic peptide selected from the group of bone morphogenetic peptides of claims 9.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 22 words
A composition for inducing bone formation comprising a bone morphogenetic peptide selected from the group of bone morphogenetic peptides of claims 10.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 22 words
A composition for inducing bone formation comprising a bone morphogenetic peptide selected from the group of bone morphogenetic peptides of claims 11.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 29 words
A method for inducing bone formation in vertebrates which comprises administering to said vertebrate in a pharmaceutically acceptable manner an effective amount of a composition according to claim 12.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 29 words
A method for inducing bone formation in vertebrates which comprises adminstering to said vertebrate in a pharmaceutically acceptable manner an effective amount of a composition according to claim 13.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim 29 words
A method for inducing bone formation in vertebrates which comprises administering to said vertebrate in a pharmaceutically acceptable manner an effective amount of a composition according to claim 14.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim 29 words
A method for inducing bone formation in vertebrates which comprises administering to said vertebrate in a pharmaceutically acceptable manner an effective amount of a composition according to claim 15.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim 29 words
A method for inducing bone formation in vertebraes which comprises administering to said vertebrate in a pharamceutically acceptable manner an effective amount of a composition according to claim 16.

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