| CPC A61K 38/20 (2013.01) | 31 Claims |
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1. A method of promoting interleukin-18 (IL-18) signaling activity in a human subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering an effective amount of a human decoy-resistant (DR) modified IL-18 polypeptide to the human subject in need thereof, the human DR modified IL-18 polypeptide comprising:
(i) one or more substitution mutations selected from the group consisting of: (1) Tyrosine-1 to histidine, or Tyrosine-1 to arginine, (2) Leucine-5 to histidine, Leucine-5 to isoleucine, or Leucine-5 to tyrosine, (3) Lysine-8 to glutamine, or Lysine-8 to arginine, (4) Methionine-51 to threonine, Methionine-51 to lysine, Methionine-51 to aspartic acid, Methionine-51 to asparagine, Methionine-51 to glutamic acid, or Methionine-51 to arginine, (5) Lysine-53 to arginine, Lysine 53-glycine, Lysine-53 to serine, or Lysine-53 to threonine, (6) Serine-55 to lysine, or Serine-55 to arginine, (7) Glutamine-56 to glutamic acid, Glutamine-56 to alanine, Glutamine-56 to arginine, Glutamine-56 to valine, Glutamine-56 to glycine, Glutamine-56 to lysine, or Glutamine-56 to leucine, (8) Proline-57 to leucine, Proline-57 to glycine, Proline-57 to alanine, or Proline-57 to lysine, (9) Glycine-59 to threonine, or Glycine-59 to alanine, (10) Methionine-60 to lysine, Methionine-60 to glutamine, Methionine-60 to arginine, or Methionine-60 to leucine, (11) Glutamic acid-77 to aspartic acid, (12) Glutamine-103 to glutamic acid, Glutamine-103 to lysine, Glutamine-103 to proline, Glutamine-103 to alanine, or Glutamine-103 to arginine, (13) Serine-105 to arginine, Serine-105 to aspartic acid, Serine-105 to lysine, Serine-105 to asparagine, or Serine-105 to alanine, (14) Aspartic acid-110 to histidine, Aspartic acid-110 to lysine, Aspartic acid-110 to asparagine, Aspartic acid-110 to glutamine, Aspartic acid-110 to glutamic acid, Aspartic acid-110 to serine, or Aspartic acid-110 to glycine, (15) Asparagine-111 to histidine, Asparagine-111 to tyrosine, Asparagine-111 to aspartic acid, Asparagine-111 to arginine, Asparagine-111 to serine, or Asparagine-111 to glycine, (16) Methionine-113 to valine, Methionine-113 to arginine, Methionine-113 to threonine, or Methionine-113 to lysine, (17) Valine-153 to isoleucine, Valine-153 to threonine, or Valine-153 to alanine, and (18) Asparagine-155 to lysine, or Asparagine-155 to histidine, relative to wild-type (WT) IL-18 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 30; and
(ii) mutations at amino acid positions Cysteine-38 and Cysteine-68, relative to WT IL-18 as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 30, wherein the mutation at position Cysteine-38 is a substitution of Cysteine-38 to serine and the mutation at Cysteine-68 is a substitution selected from the group consisting of: Cysteine-68 to serine, Cysteine-68 to glycine, Cysteine-68 to alanine, Cysteine-68 to valine, Cysteine-68 to aspartic acid, Cysteine-68 to glutamic acid, and Cysteine-68 to asparagine, thereby promoting IL-18 signaling activity.
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