IP Library Granted Patent US 12678511
Granted Patent B2
US 12678511 · App. 17/593,570 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Peptide and use thereof

Inventors: Eisaku Kondo (Niigata, JP); Ken Saito (Niigata, JP)
Assignee: Kansai Medical University Educational Corporation
A61K47/64A61K47/36A61K47/42A61P35/00C07K7/06
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12678511
App. No.
17/593,570
Filed
Sep 21, 2021
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
1658
USPC
530/300
Abstract

A peptide is composed of an amino acid sequence represented by general formula (I), and accumulates in cancer-associated fibroblasts. (In general formula (I), X 11 is a peptide residue composed of an amino acid sequence of (a) or (b) below: (a) an amino acid sequence represented by any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 4, (b) an amino acid sequence in which one or two amino acids have been deleted, substituted or added in an amino acid sequence represented by any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 4; Y 11 is a peptide linker composed of an amino acid residue of at least 1 but not more than 10 amino acids, wherein each amino acid residue is independently a glycine residue, a proline residue, a serine residue, a cysteine residue or a lysine residue; X 12 is either a peptide residue composed of an amino acid sequence of (a) or (b) above, or a retro-inverso peptide residue thereof; and n11 represents an integer of at least 0 but not more than 9.) [ Formula ⁢ 1 ]  X 11 - ( Y 11 - X 12 ) n ⁢ 11 ( I )

Claims (37)

1 . A peptide composed of an amino acid sequence represented by general formula (I) shown below:

X

11

-

(

Y

11

-

X

12

)

n

11

(

I

)

wherein in general formula (I), X 11 is a peptide residue composed of an amino acid sequence of (a), (b), or (c) below:

(a) an amino acid sequence represented by any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 4,

(b) an amino acid sequence in which the first lysine from the N-terminus of SEQ ID NO: 1 is substituted with glycine, alanine, arginine, histidine, serine, or threonine;

(c) an amino acid sequence in which one or two amino acids are deleted, substituted, or added in an amino acid sequence represented by any one of SEQ ID NOs: 2 to 4;

Y 11 is a peptide linker composed of an amino acid residue of at least 1 but not more than 10 amino acids, wherein each amino acid residue is independently a glycine residue, a proline residue, a serine residue, a cysteine residue, or a lysine residue;

X 12 is either a peptide residue composed of an amino acid sequence of (a) or (b) above, or a retro-inverso peptide residue thereof; and

n11 is an integer of at least 1 but not more than 4.

2 . The peptide according to claim 1 , wherein Y 11 is a peptide linker composed of a glycine residue of at least 1 but not more than 10 amino acids.

3 . The peptide according to claim 1 , wherein X 11 and X 12 are peptide residues composed of the same amino acid sequence.

4 . The peptide according to claim 1 , composed of an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 5.

5 . A peptide-drug-conjugate comprising a peptide of claim 1 and a biologically active substance.

6 . A pharmaceutical composition comprising a peptide-drug-conjugate of claim 5 .

7 . The pharmaceutical composition according to claim 6 , wherein the biologically active substance is an anticancer drug.

8 . A labeled peptide comprising a peptide of claim 1 and a labeling substance.

9 . The labeled peptide according to claim 8 , wherein the labeling substance is biotin, avidin, streptavidin, a stable isotope, a radioisotope, or a fluorescent substance.

10 . An imaging composition comprising a labeled peptide of claim 8 .

11 . The peptide according to claim 2 , wherein Y11 is a peptide linker composed of an amino acid residue of at least 1 but not more than 5 amino acids.

12 . A nucleic acid that encodes a peptide of claim 1 .

13 . A peptide-drug-conjugate expression vector comprising a nucleic acid of claim 12 and a nucleic acid that encodes a biologically active substance.

14 . A labeled peptide expression vector comprising a nucleic acid of claim 12 and a nucleic acid that encodes a labeling substance.