HEPARIN-BINDING PROTEIN FOR THE TREATMENT OF SEPSIS

摘要

Pharmaceutical composition for the prevention or treatment of diseases or conditions associated with induction of the cytokine cascade by lipopolysaccharide (LPS), the composition comprising a heparin-binding protein (HBP) which, in glycosylated form, has an apparent molecular weight of 28 kD (as determined by SDS-PAGE under reducing conditions), the protein being produced in the azurophil granules of polymorphonuclear leukocytes, together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent. The heparin-binding protein is produced in host cells containing a DNA sequence encoding N-terminally extended HBP or encoding HBP preceded by and fused to a DNA sequence encoding another protein. Also disclosed is a process wherein the culture medium contains a sulphated polysaccharide.