Determining and Reducing Immunoresistance to a Botulinum Toxin Therapy Using Botulinum Toxin B Peptides

Abstract

The present invention provides BoNT/B peptides, BoNT/B peptide compositions, tolerogizing compositions, immune response inducing compositions, as well as methods of determining immunoresistance to botulinum toxin therapy in an individual, methods of treating immunoresistance to botulinum toxin therapy in an individual, methods of reducing anti-botulinum toxin antibodies in an individual and methods of inducing a BoNT/B immune response an individual.

1 . An anti-BoNT immunoapheresis method of treating immunoresistance to a botulinum toxin therapy in an individual, the method comprising the steps of:
 a) contacting an anti-BoNT antibody containing component from the individual extracorporeally with a BoNT/B peptide immunosorbent under conditions suitable for the selective binding of the BoNT/B peptide to a neutralizing anti-BoNT antibody, the BoNT/B peptide having a length of at most 60 amino acids and comprising amino acids 1240-1258 of SEQ ID NO: 1; and   b) returning the neutralizing anti-BoNT antibody depleted component back into the individual.   
     
     
         2 . The immunoapheresis method according to  claim 1 , wherein the BoNT/B peptide consists of amino acids 1240-1258 of SEQ ID NO: 1. 
     
     
         3 . The immunoapheresis method according to  claim 1 , wherein the BoNT/B peptide consists of at least six consecutive amino acids 974-792 of SEQ ID NO: 1. 
     
     
         4 . The immunoapheresis method according to  claim 1 , wherein the anti-BoNT antibody containing component comprises blood. 
     
     
         5 . The immunoapheresis method according to  claim 1 , wherein the anti-BoNT antibody containing component comprises serum. 
     
     
         6 . The immunoapheresis method according to  claim 5 , wherein an IgG antibody component from the serum is contacted a BoNT/B peptide immunosorbent. 
     
     
         7 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the immunoresistance to botulinum toxin therapy is a BoNT/B immunoresistance. 
     
     
         8 . The immunoapheresis method according to  claim 1 , wherein the individual is a human. 
     
     
         9 . The immunoapheresis method according to  claim 1 , wherein the amount of anti-BoNT antibodies removed from the anti-BoNT antibody containing component is at least 10% of the neutralizing anti-BoNT antibodies from the anti-BoNT antibody containing component. 
     
     
         10 . The immunoapheresis method according to  claim 1 , wherein the amount of anti-BoNT antibodies removed from the anti-BoNT antibody containing component is at most 10% of the neutralizing anti-BoNT antibodies from the anti-BoNT antibody containing component.