CA2302392A1 - Compositions and methods for contraception in or sterilization of mammals - Google Patents

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CA2302392A1
CA2302392A1 CA002302392A CA2302392A CA2302392A1 CA 2302392 A1 CA2302392 A1 CA 2302392A1 CA 002302392 A CA002302392 A CA 002302392A CA 2302392 A CA2302392 A CA 2302392A CA 2302392 A1 CA2302392 A1 CA 2302392A1
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Abstract

Amphipathic lytic peptides are ideally suited to use in a ligand/cytotoxin combination to induce sterility or long-term contraception in mammals. The peptides act directly on cell membranes, and need not be internalized.
Administering a combination of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) (or a GnRH agonist) and a membrane-active lytic peptide produces long-term contraception or sterilization in mammals in vivo. The compounds are relatively small, and are not antigenic. Lysis of gonadotropes has been observed to be very rapid (on the order of ten minutes). The two components --the ligand and the lytic peptide -- may optionally be administered as a fusion peptide, or they may be administered separately, with the ligand administered slightly before the lytic peptide, to activate cells with receptors for the ligand, and thereby make those cells susceptible to lysis by the lytic peptide.

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1. A compound comprising: (a) a hormone domain selected from the group consisting of gonadotropin-releasing hormone, and analogues of gonadotropin-releasing hormone; and (b) a lytic peptide domain.
2. A compound as recited in Claim 1, wherein said hormone domain is bonded directly to said lytic peptide domain, without an intermediate linking domain joining said hormone domain to said lytic peptide domain.
3. A compound as recited in Claim 1, wherein said lytic peptide domain is selected from the group consisting of a cecropin peptide, a melittin peptide, a defensin peptide, a magainin peptide, a sarcotoxin peptide, and analogs of said peptides.
4. A compound as recited in Claim 1, wherein said lytic peptide domain comprises hecate.
5. A compound as recited in Claim 1, wherein said hormone domain comprises gonadotropin-releasing hormone.
6. A compound as recited in Claim 1, wherein said compound has the sequence SEQ. ID NO. 3.
7. A compound as recited in Claim 1, wherein said compound has the sequence SEQ. ID NO. 4.
8. A compound as recited in Claim 1, wherein said hormone domain, or said lytic peptide domain, or both comprise D-conformation amino acid residues.
9. A compound as recited in Claim 8, additionally comprising a carrier domain to facilitate uptake by the intestine when the compound is administered orally.
10. A compound as recited in Claim 9, wherein said carrier domain comprises a vitamin B12 domain.
11. A method for producing long-term contraception or sterility in a mammal, comprising administering to the mammal an effective amount of gonadotropin-releasing hormone and an effective amount of a lytic peptide.
12. A method as recited in Claim 11, wherein the lytic peptide is administered after the gonadotropin-releasing hormone is administered.
13. A method as recited in Claim 11, wherein the gonadotropin-releasing hormone, or the lytic peptide, or both comprise D-conformation amino acid residues.
14. A method as recited in Claim 13, wherein the compound containing D-conformation amino acid residues additionally comprises a carrier domain to facilitate uptake by the intestine when the compound is administered orally.
15. A method as recited in Claim 14, wherein the carrier domain comprises a vitamin B12 domain.
16. A method for producing long-term contraception or sterility in a mammal, comprising administering to the mammal a compound comprising a gonadotropin-releasing hormone domain, and a lytic peptide domain.
17. A method as recited in Claim 16, wherein the hormone domain is bonded directly to the lytic peptide domain, without an intermediate linking domain joining the hormone domain to the lytic peptide domain.
18. A method as recited in Claim 16, wherein the lytic peptide domain is selected from the group consisting of a cecropin peptide, a melittin peptide, a defensin peptide, a magainin peptide, a sarcotoxin peptide, and analogs of said peptides.
19. A method as recited in Claim 16, wherein the lytic peptide domain comprises hecate.
20. A method as recited in Claim 16, wherein the compound has the sequence SEQ. ID NO. 3.
21. A method as recited in Claim 16, wherein the compound has the sequence SEQ. ID NO. 4.
22. A method of temporarily restoring fertility in a mammal that had been made sterile by the selective destruction of gonadotropes in the pituitary, comprising administering to the mammal an effective amount of luteinizing hormone and follicle stimulating hormone.
23. A method as recited in Claim 22, wherein fertility is restored in a mammal that had previously been made sterile by administering to the mammal an effective amount of gonadotropin-releasing hormone and an effective amount of a lyric peptide.
24. A method as recited in Claim 22, wherein fertility is restored in a mammal that had previously ban made sterile by administering to the mammal an effective amount of a compound comprising a gonadotropin-releasing hormone domain, and a lytic peptide domain.
25. A method as recited in Claim 11, wherein the mammal is a dog.
26. A method as recited is Claim 11, wherein the mammal is a cat.
27. A method as recited in Claim 11, wherein the mammal is a cow or bull.
28. A method as recited in Claim 11, wherein the mammal is a pig.
29. A method as recited in Claim 11, wherein the mammal is a horse.
30. A method as recited in Claim 11. wherein the mammal is a sheep.
31. A method as recited in Claim 11, wherein the mammal is a human.
32. A method as recited in Claim 16, wherein the mammal is a dog.
33. A method as recited is Claim 16, wherein the mammal is s cat.
34. A method an recited in Claim 16. wherein the mammal a cow or bull.
35. A method as recited in Claim 16, wherein the mammal is a pig.
36. A method as recited in Claim 16, wherein the mammal is a horse.
37. A method as recited in Claim 16, wherein the mammal is a sheep.
38. A method as recited in Claim 16, wherein the mammal is a human.
39. A method for selectively killing gonadotrophic cells in the pituitary of a mammal, comprising administering to the mammal: (a) an effective amount of gonadotropin-releasing hormone, and (b) an effective amount of a lytic peptide.
40. A method for selectively killing gonadotrophic cells in the pituitary of a mammal, comprising administering to the mammal an effective amount of a compound comprising a gonadotropin-releasing hormone domain and a lytic peptide domain.
41. A method for selectively killing neurons having gonadotrophic receptors in a mammal, comprising administering to the mammal: (a) an effective amount of gonadotropin-releasing hormone, and (b) an effective amount of a lytic peptide.
42. A method for selectively killing neurons having gonadotrophic receptors in a mammal, comprising administering to the mammal an effective amount of a compound comprising a gonadotropin-releasing hormone domain and a lytic peptide domain.
43. A method as recited in Claim 11, wherein the mammal is sexually immature.
44. A method as recited in Claim 16, wherein the mammal is sexually immature.
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