Mutein of a bone morphogenetic protein and use thereof

1. A mutein of a bone morphogenetic protein, whereby the mutein consist of an amino acid substitution compared to the wild type of the bone morphogenetic protein, whereby the leucine in the wild type of the bone morphogenetic protein at the amino acid position corresponding to amino acid position 51 of human BMP-2 is proline in the mutein.

2. The mutein according to claim 1 , whereby the bone morphogenetic protein is selected from the group consisting of hBMP-2, hBMP-4, hBMP-5, hBMP-6, hBMP-7, hBMP-8, hGDF-5, mGDF-6, mGDF-7, hBMP-10 and hGDF-2.

3. The mutein according to claim 2 , whereby

the bone morphogenetic protein is hBMP-2 and the position corresponding to amino acid position 51 of human BMP-2 is amino acid position 51;

the bone morphogenetic protein is hBMP-4 and the position corresponding to amino acid position 51 of human BMP-2 is amino acid position 53;

the bone morphogenetic protein is hBMP-5 and the position corresponding to amino acid position 51 of human BMP-2 is amino acid position 68;

the bone morphogenetic protein is hBMP-6 and the position corresponding to amino acid position 51 of human BMP-2 is amino acid position 68;

the bone morphogenetic protein is hBMP-7 and the position corresponding to amino acid position 51 of human BMP-2 is amino acid position 75;

the bone morphogenetic protein is hBMP-8 and the position corresponding to amino acid position 51 of human BMP-2 is amino acid position 75;

the bone morphogenetic protein is hGDF-5 and the position corresponding to amino acid position 51 of human BMP-2 is amino acid position 56;

the bone morphogenetic protein is mGDF-6 and the position corresponding to amino acid position 51 of human BMP-2 is amino acid position 56;

the bone morphogenetic protein is mGDF-7 and the position corresponding to amino acid position 51 of human BMP-2 is amino acid position 82;

the bone morphogenetic protein is hBMP-10 and the position corresponding to amino acid position 51 of human BMP-2 is amino acid position 44; and

the bone morphogenetic protein is hGDF-2 and the position corresponding to amino acid position 51 of human BMP-2 is amino acid position 45.

4. The mutein according to claim 3 , wherein the wild type of

hBMP-2 comprises the amino acid sequence according to SEQ ID NO: 1;

hBMP-4 comprises the amino acid sequence according to SEQ ID NO: 3;

hBMP-5 comprises the amino acid sequence according to SEQ ID NO: 5;

hBMP-6 comprises the amino acid sequence according to SEQ ID NO: 7;

hBMP-7 comprises the amino acid sequence according to SEQ ID NO: 9;

hBMP-8 comprises the amino acid sequence according to SEQ ID NO: 11;

hGDF-5 comprises the amino acid sequence according to SEQ ID NO: 13;

mGDF-6 comprises the amino acid sequence according to SEQ ID NO: 15;

mGDF-7 comprises the amino acid sequence according to SEQ ID NO: 17;

hBMP-10 comprises the amino acid sequence according to SEQ ID NO: 19; and

hGDF-2 comprises the amino acid sequence according to SEQ ID NO: 21.

5. The mutein according to claim 4 , whereby the wild type of hBMP-2 is encoded by a nucleic acid according to SEQ ID NO: 2;

hBMP-4 is encoded by a nucleic acid according to SEQ ID NO: 4;

hBMP-5 is encoded by a nucleic acid according to SEQ ID NO: 6;

hBMP-6 is encoded by a nucleic acid according to SEQ ID NO: 8;

hBMP-7 is encoded by a nucleic acid according to SEQ ID NO: 10;

hBMP-8 is encoded by a nucleic acid according to SEQ ID NO: 12;

hGDF-5 is encoded by a nucleic acid according to SEQ ID NO: 14;

mGDF-6 is encoded by a nucleic acid according to SEQ ID NO: 16;

mGDF-7 is encoded by a nucleic acid according to SEQ ID NO: 18;

hBMP-10 is encoded by a nucleic acid according to SEQ ID NO: 20; and

hGDF-2 is encoded by a nucleic acid according to SEQ ID NO: 22.

6. The bone morphogenetic mutein according to claim 1 , whereby the bone morphogenetic protein is BMP-2 or pro-BMP-2.

7. A nucleic acid coding for a bone morphogenetic mutein according to claim 1 and/or the complement thereof.

8. The nucleic acid according to claim 7 , wherein the nucleic acid comprises the nucleic acid sequence according to SEQ ID NO: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 or 22, and/or the complement thereof.

9. A vector comprising a nucleic acid according to claim 7 .

10. A cell comprising a nucleic acid according to claim 7 .

11. A method for the production of a bone morphogenetic mutein, comprising the steps of

a) cultivating a cell according to claim 10 in a cultivation broth and

b) preparing the bone morphogenetic mutein from the cell and/or from the cultivation broth.

12. A composition comprising a nucleic acid according to claim 7 , and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

13. A composition comprising a mutein according to claim 1 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

14. A method for inhibiting a BMP antagonist selected from the group consisting of the noggin protein family, the DAN protein family and the chordin protein family, comprising administering to a patient a bone morphogenetic mutein according to claim 1 .

15. A bone morphogenetic protein comprising the amino acid sequence according to any of SEQ ID NOs: 23 to 33.

16. A method for the treatment of a disease selected from the group consisting of fibrotic diseases, wound healing, hypervascularization, vascular diseases, fractures, and osteoporosis comprising administering to a patient in need of such treatment a mutein of a bone morphogenetic protein, whereby the mutein consist of an amino acid substitution compared to the wild type of the bone morphogenetic protein, whereby the leucine in the wild type of the bone morphogenetic protein at the amino acid position corresponding to amino acid position 51 of human BMP-2 is substituted, whereby the mutein binds to a BMP antagonist selected from the group consisting of the noggin protein family, the DAN protein family and the chordin protein family, whereby the mutein does not bind to BMP receptor BRIA or BRIB.

17. The method according to claim 16 , whereby the fibrotic disease is selected from the group consisting of renal fibrosis, hepatic cirrhosis, pulmonary fibrosis and chronic inflammation.

18. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the wound healing is associated with keloid, cicatrization, or peritoneal obliteration.

19. The method according to claim 16 , whereby the hypervascularization is associated with retinopathies, arteriosclerosis and/or tumors.

20. The method according to claim 16 , whereby the fractures are non-healing fractures.

21. The method according to claim 16 , whereby the disease is osteoporosis.

22. The method according to 16 , whereby the leucine in the wild type of the bone morphogenetic protein at the amino acid position corresponding to amino acid position 51 of human BMP-2 is substituted to proline.