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Summary for Patent: 8,728,467
Title:Methods comprising serratia peptidase for inhibition of osteomyelitis
Abstract: Physiologically acceptable anti-biofilm compositions comprising Serratia peptidase and optionally one or more of bromelain, papain and a fibrinolytic enzyme. Additional components can include antimicrobials, antibiotics, antifungals, herbals, chelating agents, lactoferrin and related compounds, minerals, surfactants, binders, and fillers useful for the inhibition and treatment of gastrointestinal biofilms in humans. Physiologically acceptable anti-biofilm compositions containing these enzymes are useful in the inhibition, reduction and/or treatment of biofilms such as in the ear, vagina, joints, bones, gut, surgical sites and other locations, and are useful for the inhibition, reduction and/or treatment of associated systemic symptoms caused by biofilm associated microorganisms.
Inventor(s): Olmstead; Stephen Francis (Reno, NV)
Assignee: Prothera Inc. (Reno, NV)
Application Number:13/072,583
Patent Claims:1. A method of inhibiting osteomyelitis in a mammal, the method comprising: identifying the presence of the osteomyelitis, and orally administering to the mammal a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising at least one pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and enterically coated Serratia peptidase, for a time sufficient to cause significant osteomyelitis reduction within the mammal.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the method further comprises administering at least one of bromelain, papain and a fibrinolytic enzyme for a time sufficient to cause significant osteomyelitis reduction in the mammal.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the fibrinolytic enzyme comprises at least one of nattokinase or lumbrokinase.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the method further comprises administering all of bromelain, papain and a fibrinolytic enzyme.

5. The method of claim 1 or 2 wherein the method further comprises administering at least one of lactoferrin and a chelating agent in an amount and for a time sufficient to cause significant reduction of the osteomyelitis within of the mammal.

6. The method of claim 1 or 2 wherein the method further comprises administering at least one of an anti-osteomyelitis acid-stable cellulase or an anti-osteomyelitis anti-polymeric .beta.-1,6-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine(poly-.beta.-1,6-GlcNAc) agent in an amount and for a time sufficient to cause significant reduction of the osteomyelitis within of the mammal.

7. The method of claim 1 or 2 wherein the method further comprises administering at least one of an acid-stable hemicellulase/pectinase complex, B-gluconase, acid protease, or alkaline protease in an amount and for a time sufficient to cause significant reduction of the osteomyelitis within of the mammal.

8. The method of claim 1 or 2 wherein the method further comprises administering at least one an acid-stable agent in an amount and for a time sufficient to cause significant reduction of the osteomyelitis within of the mammal, the at least one agent selected from the following: a disaccharidase; amylase; .alpha.-amylase; .beta.-amylase; glucoamylase; endoglucanase; xylanase; lipase; lysozyme; an enzyme with dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV) activity; chitosanase; ficin; kiwi protease; any plant-derived protease or proteinase, or phytase.

9. The method of claim 1 or 2 wherein the method further comprises administering at least one an acid-stable enzyme in an amount and for a time sufficient to cause significant reduction of the osteomyelitis within of the mammal, the at least one enzyme selected from the following: 1,2-1,3-.alpha.-D-mannan mannohydrolase, 1,3-.beta.-D-xylanxylanohydrolase, 1,3-.beta.-D-glucan glucanohydrolase, 1,3(1,3;1,4)-.alpha.-D-glucan 3-glucanohydrolase, 1,3(1,3;1,4)-.beta.-D-glucan 3 (4)-glucanohydrolase, 1,3-1,4-.alpha.-D-glucan 4-glucanohydrolase, 1,4-.alpha.-D-glucan glucanehydrolase, 1,4-.alpha.-D-glucan glucohydrolase, 1,4-(1,3:1,4)-.beta.-D-glucan 4-glucanohydrolase, 1,4-.beta.-D-glucan glucohydrolase, 1,4-.beta.-D-xylan xylanohydrolase, 1,4-.beta.-D-mannan mannanohydrolase, 1,5-.alpha.-L-arabinanohydrolase, 1,4-.alpha.-D-glucan maltohydrolase, 1,6-.alpha.-D-glucan 6-glucanohydrolase, 2,6-.beta.-fructan fructanohydrolase, .alpha.-dextrin 6-glucanohydrolase, .alpha.-D-galactoside galactohydrolase, .alpha.-D-glucoside glucohydrolase, .alpha.-D-mannoside mannohydrolase, acylneuraminyl hydrolase, Aerobacter-capsular-polysaccharide galactohydrolase, .beta.-D-fructofuranoside fructohydrolase, .beta.-D-fucoside fucohydrolase, .alpha.-D-fructan fructohydrolase, .beta.-D-galactoside galactohydrolase, .beta.-D-glucoside glucohydrolase, .beta.-D-glucuronoside, glucuronosohydrolase, .beta.-D-mannoside mannohydrolase, .beta.-N-acetyl-D-hexosaminide N-acetylhexosamino hydrolase, cellulose-sulfate sulfohydrolase, collagenase, dextrin 6-.alpha.-D-glucanohydrolase, glycoprotein-phosphatidylinositol phosphatidohydrolase, hyaluronate 4-glycanohydrolase, hyaluronoglucuronidase, pectin pectylhydrolase, peptidoglycan N-acetylmuramoylhydrolase, phosphatidylcholine 2-acylhydrolase, phosphatidylcholine 1-acyl-hydrolase, poly(1,4-.alpha.-D-galacturonide), poly(1,4-(N-acetyl-.beta.-D-glucosaminide))-glycano-hydrolase, proteases, sucrose .alpha.-glucosidase, triacylglycerol acylhydrolase, triacylglycerol protein-acylhydrolase.

10. The method of claim 1 or 2 wherein the method further comprises administering at least one of an acid-stable subtilisin and an acid-stable DNAse I in an amount and for a time sufficient to cause significant reduction of the osteomyelitis within of the mammal.

11. The method of claim 1 or 2 wherein the method further comprises: further identifying the presence of at least one of Clostridium ssp, Klebsiella ssp, Pseudomonas ssp, Bacteroides ssp, Enterococcus ssp, Campylobacter ssp, Bacillus ssp, Yersinia ssp, Brucella ssp, Salmonella ssp, Shigella ssp, Fusobacterium ssp, Spirochaetes ssp, Entamoeba ssp, Candida ssp, Escherichia coli, Vibrio cholerae, Staphylococcus ssp, Streptococcus ssp, Hemophilus ssp, Aspergillus ssp and Gardnerella ssp in the mammal, and administering to the mammal a therapeutically effective amount of the anti-biofilm Serratia peptidase agent for a time sufficient to treat the identified Clostridium ssp, Klebsiella ssp, Pseudomonas ssp, Bacteroides ssp, Enterococcus ssp, Campylobacter ssp, Bacillus ssp, Yersinia ssp, Brucella ssp, Salmonella ssp, Shigella ssp, Fusobacterium ssp, Spirochaetes ssp, Entamoeba ssp, Candida ssp, Escherichia coli, Vibrio cholerae, Staphylococcus ssp, Streptococcus ssp, Hemophilus ssp, Aspergillus ssp and Gardnerella ssp.

12. The method of claim 1 or 2 wherein the method further comprises administering a lactoferrin peptide in an amount and for a time sufficient to cause significant reduction of the osteomyelitis within of the mammal.

13. The method of claim 1 or 2 wherein the method further comprises administering a green tea extract in an amount and for a time sufficient to cause significant reduction of the osteomyelitis within of the mammal.

14. The method of claim 1 or 2 wherein the method further comprises administering in an amount and for a time sufficient to cause significant reduction of the osteomyelitis within of the mammal, a chelating agent selected from the group comprising ethylenediamine-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid (EDTA); the disodium, trisodium, tetrasodium, dipotassium, tripotassium, dilithium and diammonium salts of EDTA; the barium, calcium, cobalt, copper, dysprosium, europium, iron, indium, lanthanum, magnesium, manganese, nickel, samarium, strontium, and zinc chelates of EDTA; trans-1,2-diaminocyclohexane-N,N,N',N'-tetraaceticacid monohydrate; N,N-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)glycine; 1,3-diamino-2-hydroxypropane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid; 1,3-diaminopropane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid; ethylenediamine-N,N'-diacetic acid; ethylenediamine-N,N'-dipropionic acid dihydrochloride; ethylenediamine-N,N'-bis(methylenephosphonic acid)hemihydrate; N-(2-hydroxyethyl)ethylenediamine-N,N',N'-triacetic acid; ethylenediamine-N,N,N',N'-tetrakis(methylenephosphonic acid); O,O'-bis(2-aminoethyl)-ethyleneglycol-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid; N,N-bis(2-hydroxybenzyl)ethylene diamine-N,N-diacetic acid; 1,6-hexamethylenediamine-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid; N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-iminodiacetic acid; iminodiacetic acid; 1,2-diaminopropane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid; nitrilotriacetic acid; nitrilotripropionic acid; the trisodium salt of nitrilotris(methylenephosphoric acid); 7,19,30-trioxa-1,4,10,13,16,22,27,33-octaazabicyclo[11,11,11]pentatriacon- tane hexahydrobromide; triethylenetetraminie-N,N,N',N'',N''',N'''-hexaacetic acid; deferoxamine; deferiprone; and deferasirox.

15. The method of claim 1 or 2 wherein the method further comprises administering an antibiotic in conjunction with the Serratia peptidase, bromelain, papain and a fibrinolytic enzyme, in an amount sufficient to cause significant reduction of the osteomylelitis within of the mammal.

16. The method of claim 1 or 2 wherein the method further comprises administering an quercetin in conjunction with the Serratia peptidase, bromelain, papain and a fibrinolytic enzyme, in an amount and sufficient to cause significant reduction of the osteomyelitis within of the mammal.

17. The method of claim 1 or 2 wherein the method further comprises administering seaprose in conjunction with the Serratia peptidase, bromelain, papain and a fibrinolytic enzyme, in an amount sufficient to cause significant reduction of the osteomyelitis within of the mammal.

18. The method of claim 1 or 2 wherein the method further comprises administering Fusarium protease in conjunction with the Serratia peptidase, bromelain, papain and a fibrinolytic enzyme, in an amount sufficient to cause significant reduction of the osteomyelitis within of the mammal.

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