Method for preparing a bone protein preparation and a bone protein preparation
The present invention provides a method for preparing a bone protein preparation which contains for example growth factors. The present invention also provides a bone protein preparation obtained by the method and paste, putty, pellet, disc, block, granule, osteogenic device or pharmaceutical composition containing said bone protein preparation.
1. A bone preparation comprising a reindeer bone protein extract, polyethylene glycol, glycerol, and calcium salt granules, wherein the reindeer bone protein extract comprises Matrix Gla protein, a species of SPP-24 (secreted phosphoprotein), which migrates on SDS-PAGE at approximately 15 kDa, BMP-2, BMP-7, and TGF-beta 1.
2. The bone preparation of claim 1 , wherein the reindeer bone protein extract further comprises at least one of the following: a species of biglycan, which migrates at approximately 15 kDa on SDS-PAGE or a species of chondroadherin, which migrates at approximately 15 kDa on SDS-PAGE.
3. The bone protein preparation of claim 1 , wherein the bone protein preparation is in a form of a lyophilizate.
4. The bone protein preparation of claim 1 , wherein the calcium salt granules comprise β-tricalcium phosphate (TCP).
5. The bone protein preparation of claim 1 , wherein the calcium salt granules comprise calcium sulfate (CS).
6. The bone protein preparation of claim 1 , wherein the calcium salt granules comprise hydroxyapatite (HAP).
7. The bone protein preparation of claim 1 , wherein the calcium salt granules are a composite comprising HAP, TCP, and CS.
8. The bone protein preparation of claim 1 , wherein said bone preparation is formulated into a paste or a putty.
9. An osteogenic device comprising the bone preparation of claim 1 .
10. The bone protein preparation of claim 1 , wherein the calcium salt granules are between 300-1000 μm in diameter.
11. The bone protein preparation of claim 1 , wherein the calcium salt granules are between 300-500 μm in diameter.
12. The bone protein preparation of claim 1 , wherein the calcium salt granules are between 500-1000 μm in diameter.
13. A reindeer bone protein guanidine hydrochloride extract having a pH measured between 3.9-4.5, wherein said reindeer bone protein guanidine hydrochloride extract comprises Matrix Gla protein, a species of SPP-24 (secreted phosphoprotein), which migrates on SDS-PAGE at approximately 15 kDa, BMP-2, BMP-7 and TGF-beta 1.
14. The reindeer bone protein guanidine hydrochloride extract of claim 13 , wherein the total protein concentration of the reindeer bone protein guanidine hydrochloride extract, as determined by the Bradford Method, is 0.56 mg/ml±10%.
15. The reindeer bone protein guanidine hydrochloride extract of claim 13 , wherein the reindeer bone protein guanidine hydrochloride extract is subsequently concentrated, dialyzed, and combined with polyethylene glycol, glycerol, and calcium salt granules to form a bone protein preparation.
16. The reindeer bone protein guanidine hydrochloride extract of claim 15 , wherein the reindeer bone protein guanidine hydrochloride extract is concentrated, dialyzed in water forming a first precipitate, re-dissolved in guanidine hydrochloride, and dialyzed in citrate buffer to form a second precipitate.
17. The reindeer bone protein guanidine hydrochloride extract of claim 16 , wherein the second precipitate is subsequently lyophilized.
18. The reindeer bone protein guanidine hydrochloride extract of claim 13 further comprising at least one of the following: biglycan, thrombin, lamin A/C, vimentin, chondroadherin, 22K extracellular matrix protein, lysyl oxidase, osteonectin, collagen, dermatopontin, vitronectin, thrombospondin, vitrin, or pigment epithelium-derived factor.
19. A reindeer bone protein guanidine hydrochloride extract comprising a species of SPP-24 (secreted phosphoprotein), which migrates on SDS-PAGE at approximately 15 kDa.
20. The reindeer bone protein guanidine hydrochloride extract of claim 19 , wherein said reindeer bone protein guanidine hydrochloride extract is combined with polyethylene glycol, glycerol, and calcium salt granules.
21. The reindeer bone protein guanidine hydrochloride extract of claim 19 , further comprising a species of biglycan, which migrates at approximately 15 kDa on SDS-PAGE.
22. The reindeer bone protein guanidine hydrochloride extract of claim 19 , further comprising a species of chondroadherin, which migrates at approximately 15 kDa on SDS-PAGE.
23. The reindeer bone protein guanidine hydrochloride extract of claim 21 , further comprising a species of chondroadherin, which migrates at approximately 15 kDa on SDS-PAGE.