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Reconstituting viral glycoproteins into large phospholipid vesicles
Assignee: BERSTEIN IRVING
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Filing: 1987-04-13
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Granted: 1989-10-03
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Expires: 2007-04-13
Abstract
Abstract The present disclosure relates to novel liposome compositions and methods for their preparation. Utilization of the present invention provides an efficient reconstitution of membrane proteins into large (0.1 to 2 micron diameter) phospholipid vesicles with a large, internal aqueous space. The method has been exemplified with the use of glycoproteins of influenza (A/PR8/34) and Sendai (parainfluenza type I) viruses. The method comprises (A) extracting out the desired membrane protein from a source biological material with an extraction buffer comprising a detergent; (B) mixing the extract with a phospholipid solution and deriving a cochleate intermediate; and (C) forming large phospholipid vesicles with integrated membrane protein in a biologically active state.
Inventors
- 👤 Raphael J. Mannino
- 👤 Susan G. Fogerite
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-03 21:19
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61K; A61K9/00; A61K9/10; A61K9/127; A61K9/1271; A61K39/00; A61K2039/555; A61K2039/55511; A61K2039/55555; C; C12; C12N; C12N2760/00; C12N2760/00011; C12N2760/16011; C12N2760/16111; C12N2760/16134; C12N2760/18011; C12N2760/18811; C12N2760/18834; C12N2810/00; C12N2810/50; C12N2810/60; C12N2810/6072; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S436/00; Y10S436/829; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2982; Y10T428/2984
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
117 words
A method for the efficient reconstitution of membrane proteins into large phospholipid vesicles with large internal aqueous spaces, which method comprises in combination: (A) extracting out the desired membrane protein from a source biological material with an extraction buffer comprising a detergent; (B) mixing the extract with a negatively charged phospholipid, removing detergent and contacting with a calcium solution to form a cochleate intermediate; and (C) forming large phospholipid vesicles with integrated membrane protein in a biologically active state by contacting a solution of the cochleate intermediate of (B) with a calcium chelating agent, said large phospholipid vesicles being produced by a rotary dialysis procedure against a buffered calcium chelating agent solution as said calcium chelating agent.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
117 words
A method for the efficient reconstitution of membrane proteins into large phospholipid vesicles with large internal aqueous spaces, which method comprises in combination: (A) extracting out the desired membrane protein from a source biological material with an extraction buffer comprising a detergent; (B) mixing the extract with a negatively charged phospholipid, removing detergent and contacting with a calcium solution to form a cochleate intermediate; and (C) forming large phospholipid vesicles with integrated membrane protein in a biologically active state by contacting a solution of the cochleate intermediate of (B) with a calcium chelating agent, said large phospholipid vesicles being produced by a rotary dialysis procedure against a buffered calcium chelating agent solution as said calcium chelating agent.
Claim 3
Independent Claim
103 words
A method for the efficient reconstitution of a viral glycoprotein into large phospholipid vesicles with large internal aqueous spaces, which method comprises in combination: (A) extracting out the desired viral glycoprotein from viral particles with an extraction buffer comprising an alkyl glucoside; (B) mixing the extract with a phospholipid solution and deriving a cochleate intermediate in the form of a precipitate utilizing a direct calcium dialysis procedure; and (C) forming large phospholipid vesicles with integrated viral glycoprotein in a biologically active state by contacting the cochleate intermediate of (B) with an EDTA solution utilizing a rotary dialysis procedure against a buffered EDTA solution.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
103 words
A method for the efficient reconstitution of a viral glycoprotein into large phospholipid vesicles with large internal aqueous spaces, which method comprises in combination: (A) extracting out the desired viral glycoprotein from viral particles with an extraction buffer comprising an alkyl glucoside; (B) mixing the extract with a phospholipid solution and deriving a cochleate intermediate in the form of a precipitate utilizing a direct calcium dialysis procedure; and (C) forming large phospholipid vesicles with integrated viral glycoprotein in a biologically active state by contacting the cochleate intermediate of (B) with an EDTA solution utilizing a rotary dialysis procedure against a buffered EDTA solution.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
11 words
The method of claim 2 wherein said alkyl glucoside is β-D-octylglucopyranoside.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 2 wherein said buffered EDTA solution comprises 2 mM TES, 2 mM L-histidine, 100 mM NaCl and 10 mM EDTA (pH 7.4).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method of claim 2 wherein said viral glycoprotein containing phospholipid vesicles are separated from nonvesicle associated protein by a method selected from the group consisting of Sephacryl S-1000 column chromatography and flotation on metrizamide density gradients.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
122 words
A method for the efficient reconstitution of membrane proteins into large phospholipid vesicles with large internal aqueous spaces, which method comprises in combination: (A) extracting out the desired membrane protein from a source biological material with an extraction buffer comprising a detergent; (B) mixing the extract with a negatively charged phospholipid, removing detergent and contacting with a calcium solution to form a cochleate intermediate, said cochleate intermediate being derived in the form of a precipitate utilizing a direct calcium dialysis procedure involving removing detergent simultaneously with said contacting with said calcium solution; and (C) forming large phospholipid vesicles with integrated membrane protein in a biologically active state by contacting a solution of the cochleate intermediate of (B) with a calcium chelating solution.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
122 words
A method for the efficient reconstitution of membrane proteins into large phospholipid vesicles with large internal aqueous spaces, which method comprises in combination: (A) extracting out the desired membrane protein from a source biological material with an extraction buffer comprising a detergent; (B) mixing the extract with a negatively charged phospholipid, removing detergent and contacting with a calcium solution to form a cochleate intermediate, said cochleate intermediate being derived in the form of a precipitate utilizing a direct calcium dialysis procedure involving removing detergent simultaneously with said contacting with said calcium solution; and (C) forming large phospholipid vesicles with integrated membrane protein in a biologically active state by contacting a solution of the cochleate intermediate of (B) with a calcium chelating solution.
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