Complex containing oligonucleotide having immunopotentiating activity and use thereof
The present invention provides an oligodeoxynucleotide containing humanized K type CpG oligodeoxynucleotide and poly deoxyadenylate, wherein the poly deoxyadenylate is placed on the 3′-side of the humanized K type CpG oligodeoxynucleotide. In addition, the present invention provides a complex containing the aforementioned oligodeoxynucleotide and β-1,3-glucan.
1. A complex comprising:
(i) an oligodeoxynucleotide comprising humanized K type CpG oligodeoxynucleotide consisting of the nucleotide sequence shown by SEQ ID NO: 1 and poly deoxyadenylate of 20-60 nucleotide length,
wherein the poly deoxyadenylate is bound at the 3′-end of the humanized K type CpG oligodeoxynucleotide, and
wherein all of the phosphodiester bonds are substituted by phosphorothioate bonds; and
(ii) lentinan.
2. The complex according to claim 1 , having a triple helix structure.
3. The complex according to claim 1 , having an activity to activate B cells to produce IL-6, and an activity to activate dendritic cells to produce IFN-α.
4. A pharmaceutical composition comprising the complex according to claim 1 .
5. A method for the treatment or prophylaxis of an infectious disease in a warm-blooded animal, comprising administering a pharmacologically effective amount of the complex according to claim 1 and an antigen to the warm-blooded animal, wherein the antigen is therapeutic or prophylactic for the infectious disease.
6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the infectious disease is a virus infection or intracellular parasitic protozoan or bacterial infection.
7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the virus infection is RS virus or influenza virus infection.
8. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the warm-blooded animal is human.
9. A method of inducing a protective immune reaction in a warm-blooded animal, comprising administering a pharmacologically effective amount of the complex according to claim 1 and an antigen to the warm-blooded animal, wherein the antigen is therapeutic or prophylactic for an infectious disease.
10. A pharmaceutical composition comprising
(a) the complex according to claim 1 , and
(b) an antigen.
11. The composition according to claim 10 , wherein the antigen is derived from a pathogen.
12. The composition according to claim 11 , wherein the pathogen is a virus.
13. The composition according to claim 12 , wherein the virus is an RS virus or influenza virus.
14. A method for inducing an immune reaction to an antigen in a warm-blooded animal, comprising administering an effective amount of the complex according to claim 1 and the antigen.
15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the antigen is derived from a pathogen.
16. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the pathogen is a virus.
17. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the virus is an RS virus or influenza virus.
18. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the warm-blooded animal is human.
19. A method for the treatment or prophylaxis of an infection with a pathogen in a warm-blooded animal, comprising administering a pharmacologically effective amount of the complex according to claim 1 and an antigen derived from the pathogen to the warm-blooded animal.
20. The method according to claim 19 , wherein the pathogen is a virus.
21. The method according to claim 20 , wherein the virus is an RS virus or influenza virus.
22. The method according to claim 19 , wherein the warm-blooded animal is human.
23. A method for inducing production of type I and/or type H interferon in a warm-blooded animal, comprising administering an effective amount of the complex according to claim 1 to the warm-blooded animal.
24. A method for enhancing immune response to an antigen in a warm-blooded animal, comprising administering an effective amount of the complex according to claim 1 together with the antigen to the warm-blooded animal.
25. The method according to claim 24 , wherein the antigen is derived from a pathogen.
26. The method according to claim 25 , wherein the pathogen is a virus.
27. The method according to claim 26 , wherein the virus is an RS virus or influenza virus.
28. The method according to claim 24 , wherein the warm-blooded animal is human.