Alligator Bioscience Ab

Cornelis P M Van Kessel

Johannes A G Van Strijp

Christina Furebring

Karin Haraldsson

Erika Gustafsson

Andreas Paul Peschel

Petrus J A Haas

Lena Schultz

The present invention provides a polypeptide having a biological activity of the Chemotaxis Inhibitory Protein of('CHIPS'), the polypeptide comprising a variant of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1. Preferably, the polypeptide is a CHIPS variant wherein one or more of the following amino acids is modified: N31, S32, G33, L34, P35, K40, D42, R46, Y48, K50, G52, T53, K54, N55, S56, A57, Q58, K61, E67, K69, L76, N77, P79, D83, L90, K92, K100, K101, S104, K105, S107, Y108, N111 and G112. In a preferred embodiment, the polypeptide is less immunogenic hi humans than the wildtype CHIPS protein. The invention further provides methods of making and using such variant CHIPS polypeptides.

Polypeptides and use thereof

The invention relates to nucleic acid molecules encoding (poly)peptides having chemotaxis inhibiting (poly)peptides CHIPS activity, to recombinant vectors harboring such molecules, and the host cells carrying the vectors. The invention further relates to methods for preparing recombinant (poly)peptides having CHIPS activity and to the use of such recombinant (poly)peptides having CHIPS activity for diagnosis, prophylaxis and treatment, such as the treatment of inflammation reactions and HIV. In addition, the invention provides therapeutic and diagnostic compositions comprising as the active ingredient the (poly)peptide having CHIPS activity.

Nucleic acids encoding polypeptides having chips activity

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Cornelis P M Van Kessel