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Claims for Patent: 5,656,722


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Summary for Patent: 5,656,722
Title: A.sup.21 -, B.sup.30 - modified insulin derivatives having an altered action profile
Abstract:New insulin derivatives, the use thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition containing them Insulin derivatives having an isoelectric point between 5 and 8.5, or physiologically tolerated salts thereof, of the Formula II ##STR1## in which: R.sup.1 at position B1 denotes H or H-Phe; R.sup.2 at position A21 denotes a genetically encodable L-amino acid selected from the group consisting of Gly, Ala, Val, Leu, Ile, Pro, Phe, Trp, Met, Ser, Thr, Cys, Tyr, Asp, and Glu; R.sup.30 represents the residue of a neutral genetically encodable L-amino acid selected from the group consisting of Ala, Thr, and Ser; R.sup.31 represents 1, 2, or 3 neutral or basic alpha amino acids, wherein at least one of the alpha amino acids is selected from the group consisting of Arg, Lys, Hyl, Orn, Cit, and His; X represents His at position B10; and the sequences A1 to A20 and B1 to B29 in Formula II correspond to a mammalian insulin; excluding those insulin derivatives in which simultaneously: R.sup.1 at position B1 denotes Phe; and R.sup.3 is one alpha amino acid having a terminal carboxyl group.
Inventor(s): Dorschug; Michael (Bochum, DE)
Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft (Frankfurt am Main, DE)
Application Number:08/304,593
Patent Claims: 1. An insulin derivative having an isoelectric point between 5 and 8.5, or a physiologically tolerated salt thereof, of the Formula II

in which: ##STR10## R.sup.1 at position B1 denotes H or H-Phe; R.sup.2 at position A21 denotes a genetically encodable L-amino acid selected from the group consisting of Gly, Ala, Val,

Leu, Ile, Pro, Phe, Trp, Met, Ser, Thr, Cys, Tyr, Asp, and Glu;

R.sup.30 represents the residue of a neutral genetically encodable L-amino acid selected from the group consisting of Ala, Thr, and Ser;

R.sup.31 represents 1, 2, or 3 neutral or basic .alpha.-amino acids, wherein at least one of the .alpha.-amino acids is selected from the group consisting of Arg, Lys, Hyl, Orn, Cit, and His;

X represents His at position B10; and the sequences A1 to A20 and B1 to B29 in Formula II correspond to a mammalian insulin;

excluding those insulin derivatives in which simultaneously:

R.sup.1 at position B1 denotes Phe; and

R.sup.31 is one alpha amino acid having a terminal carboxyl group.

2. An insulin derivative or the physiologically tolerated salts thereof as claimed in claim 1, wherein R.sup.1 in formula II represents H-Phe.

3. An insulin derivative or the physiologically tolerated salts thereof as claimed in claim 1, wherein R.sup.2 in formula II represents Gly, Ala, Ser, Thr, Asp, or Glu.

4. An insulin derivative or the physiologically tolerated salts thereof as claimed in claim 1, wherein R.sup.31 in formula II represents Arg-Arg-OH.

5. An insulin derivative or the physiologically tolerated salts thereof as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sequences (A1 to A20) and (B1 to B29) in formula II are the sequences of human, porcine, or bovine insulin.

6. A pharmaceutical composition that contains an effective amount of at least one insulin derivative of the formula II, or at least one of the physiologically tolerated salts thereof, as claimed in claim 1, in dissolved, amorphous or crystalline form for the treatment of diabetes.

7. A pharmaceutical composition as claimed in claim 6, which additionally contains 1 .mu.g to 2 mg of zinc/ml.

8. A pharmaceutical composition as claimed in claim 6, which additionally contains unmodified insulin.

9. A method for treating a patient suffering from diabetes mellitus, which comprises administering to said patient a pharmaceutical composition as claimed in claim 6.

10. An insulin derivative or the physiologically tolerated salts thereof as claimed in claim 3, wherein R.sup.2 in formula II represents Asp.

11. An insulin derivative or the physiologically tolerated salts thereof as claimed in claim 5, wherein the sequences (A1 to A20) and (B1 to B29) in formula II are the sequences of human insulin.

12. A pharmaceutical composition that contains an effective amount of at least one insulin derivative of the formula II, or at least one of the physiologically tolerated salts thereof, as claimed in claim 8, in dissolved form for the treatment of diabetes.

13. A pharmaceutical composition as claimed in claim 7, which additionally contains 5 .mu.g to 200 .mu.g of zinc/ml.

14. A pharmaceutical composition as claimed in claim 8, wherein said unmodified insulin is unmodified human insulin.

15. An insulin derivative or the physiologically tolerated salts thereof as claimed in claim 5, wherein R.sup.1 represents H-Phe, R.sup.2 represents Gly, R.sup.30 represents Thr, and R.sup.31 represents Arg-Arg-OH.

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