WO1999021987A1 - Gene sc2 allele humain de cbcbhg02 de la glycoproteine synaptique (forme courte epissee alternative) - Google Patents

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WO1999021987A1
WO1999021987A1 PCT/CN1997/000114 CN9700114W WO9921987A1 WO 1999021987 A1 WO1999021987 A1 WO 1999021987A1 CN 9700114 W CN9700114 W CN 9700114W WO 9921987 A1 WO9921987 A1 WO 9921987A1
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  • This invention relates to newly identified polynucleotides, polypeptides encoded by them and to the use of such polynucleotides and polypeptides, and to their production. More particularly, the polynucleotides and polypeptides of the present invention relate to the SC2 family, hereinafter referred to as CBCBHG02. The invention also relates to inhibiting or activating the action of such polynucleotides and polypeptides .
  • Synaptic glycoprotein SC2 was first cloned from rat brain and is strongly expressed in rat brain tissue. Its nucleotide sequence is similar to alpha-reductase, which is a microsomal protein associated with testosterone metabolism. This indicates that the family has an established, proven history as therapeutic targets. Clearly there is a need for identification and characterization of further members of the family which can play a role in preventing, .ameliorating or correcting dysfunctions or diseases, including, but not limited to, microsomal disorders, neurological disorders, and testosterone metabolism.
  • the invention relates to CBCBHG02 polypeptides and recombinant materials and methods for their production. Another aspect of the invention relates to methods for using such CBCBHG02 polypeptides and polynucleotides. Such uses include the treatment of microsomal disorders, neurological disorders, and testosterone metabolism, among others. In still another aspect, the invention relates to methods to identify agonists and antagonists using the materials provided by the invention, and treating conditions associated with CBCBHG02 imbalance with the identified compounds. Yet another aspect of the invention relates to diagnostic assays for detecting diseases associated with inappropriate CBCBHG02 activity or levels.
  • CBCBHG02 refers, among others, generally to a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:2 or an allelic variant thereof.
  • CBCBHG02 activity or CBCBHG02 polypeptide activity refers to the metabolic or physiologic function of said CBCBHG02 including similar activities or improved activities or these activities with decreased undesirable side-effects. Also included are antigenic and immunogenic activities of said CBCBHG02.
  • CBCBHG02 gene refers to a polynucleotide having the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 or allelic variants thereof and/or their complements.
  • Antibodies as used herein includes polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies, chimeric, single chain, and humanized antibodies, as well as Fab fragments, including the products of an Fab or other immunoglobulin expression library.
  • Isolated means altered “by the hand of man” from the natural state. If an "isolated” composition or substance occurs in nature, it has been changed or removed from its original environment, or both.
  • a polynucleotide or a polypeptide naturally present in a living animal is not “isolated,” but the same polynucleotide or polypeptide separated from the coexisting materials of its natural state is “isolated”, as the term is employed herein.
  • Polynucleotide generally refers to any polyribonucleotide or polydeoxribonucleotide, which may be unmodified RNA or DNA or modified RNA or DNA.
  • Polynucleotides include, without limitation single- and double-stranded DNA, DNA that is a mixture of single- and double- stranded regions, single- and double-stranded RNA, and RNA that is mixture of single- and double-stranded regions, hybrid molecules comprising DNA and RNA that may be single-stranded or, more typically, double-stranded or a mixture of single- and double-stranded regions.
  • polynucleotide refers to triple-stranded regions comprising RNA or DNA or both RNA and DNA.
  • the term polynucleotide also includes DNAs or RNAs containing one or more modified bases and DNAs or RNAs with backbones modified for stability or for other reasons.
  • Modified bases include, for example, tritylated bases and unusual bases such as inosine.
  • polynucleotide embraces chemically, enzymatically or metabolically modified forms of polynucleotides as typically found in nature, as well as the chemical forms of DNA and RNA characteristic of viruses and cells.
  • Polynucleotide also embraces relatively short polynucleotides, often referred to as oligonucleotides.
  • Polypeptide refers to any peptide or protein comprising two or more amino acids joined to each other by peptide bonds or modified peptide bonds, i.e., peptide isosteres.
  • Polypeptide refers to both short chains, commonly referred to as peptides, oligopeptides or oligomers, and to longer chains, generally referred to as proteins. Polypeptides may contain amino acids other than the 20 gene-encoded amino acids.
  • Polypeptides include amino acid sequences modified either by natural processes, such as posttranslational processing, or by chemical modification techniques which are well known in the art. Such modifications are well described in basic texts and in more detailed monographs, as well as in a voluminous research literature.
  • Modifications can occur anywhere in a polypeptide, including the peptide backbone, the amino acid side-chains and the amino or carboxyl termini. It will be appreciated that the same type of modification may be present in the same or varying degrees at several sites in a given polypeptide. Also, a given polypeptide may contain many types of modifications. Polypeptides may be branched as a result of ubiquitination, and they may be cyclic, with or without branching. Cyclic, branched and branched cyclic polypeptides may result from posttranslation natural processes or may be made by synthetic methods.
  • Modifications include acetylation, acylation, ADP-ribosylation, amidation, covalent attachment of flavin, covalent attachment of a heme moiety, covalent attachment of a nucleotide or nucleotide derivative, covalent attachment of a lipid or lipid derivative, covalent attachment of phosphotidylmositol, cross-linking, cyclization, disulfide bond formation, demethylation, formation of covalent cross-links, formation of cystine, formation of pyroglutamate, formylation, gamma- carboxylation, glycosylation, GPI anchor formation, hydroxylation, iodination, methylation, myristoylation, oxidation, proteolytic processing, phosphorylation, prenylation, racemization, selenoylation, sulfation, transfer-RNA mediated addition of amino acids to proteins such as arginylation, and ubiquitination. See, for instance, PROTEINS - STRUCTURE
  • Variant is a polynucleotide or polypeptide that differs from a reference polynucleotide or polypeptide respectively, but retains essential properties.
  • a typical variant of a polynucleotide differs in nucleotide sequence from another, reference polynucleotide. Changes in the nucleotide sequence of the variant may or may not alter the amino acid sequence of a polypeptide encoded by the reference polynucleotide. Nucleotide changes may result in amino acid substitutions, additions, deletions, fusions and truncations in the polypeptide encoded by the reference sequence, as discussed below.
  • a typical variant of a polypeptide differs in .amino acid sequence from another, reference polypeptide. Generally, differences are limited so that the sequences of the reference polypeptide and the variant are closely similar overall and, in many regions, identical.
  • a variant and reference polypeptide may differ in amino acid sequence by one or more substitutions, additions, deletions in any combination.
  • a substituted or inserted amino acid residue may or may not be one encoded by the genetic code.
  • a variant of a polynucleotide or polypeptide may be a naturally occurring such as an allelic variant, or it may be a variant that is not known to occur naturally. Non-naturally occurring variants of polynucleotides and polypeptides may be made by mutagenesis techniques or by direct synthesis.
  • Identity is a measure of the identity of nucleotide sequences or amino acid sequences. In general, the sequences are aligned so that the highest order match is obtained. “Identity” per se has an art-recognized meaning and can be calculated using published techniques. See, e.g.:
  • identity is well known to skilled artisans (Carillo, H., and Lipton, D., SIAM J Applied Math (1988) 48:1073). Methods commonly employed to determine identity or similarity between two sequences include, but are not limited to, those disclosed in Guide to Huge Computers, Martin J. Bishop, ed., Academic Press, San Diego, 1994, and Carillo, H., and Lipton, D., SIAM J Applied Math (1988) 48: 1073.
  • Methods to determine identity and similarity are codified in computer programs.
  • Preferred computer program methods to determine identity and similarity between two sequences include, but are not limited to, GCS program package (Devereux, J., et al, Nucleic Acids Research (1984) 12(1):387), BLASTP, BLASTN, FASTA (Atschul, S.F. et al., JMolec Biol (1990) 215:403).
  • a polynucleotide having a nucleotide sequence having at least, for example, 95% "identity" to a reference nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 is intended that the nucleotide sequence of the polynucleotide is identical to the reference sequence except that the polynucleotide sequence may include up to five point mutations per each 100 nucleotides of the reference nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1.
  • a polynucleotide having a nucleotide sequence at least 95% identical to a reference nucleotide sequence up to 5% of the nucleotides in the reference sequence may be deleted or substituted with another nucleotide, or a number of nucleotides up to 5% of the total nucleotides in the reference sequence may be inserted into the reference sequence.
  • These mutations of the reference sequence may occur at the 5 or 3 terminal positions of the reference nucleotide sequence or anywhere between those terminal positions, interspersed either individually among nucleotides in the reference sequence or in one or more contiguous groups within the reference sequence.
  • amino acid sequence of the polypeptide is identical to the reference sequence except that the polypeptide sequence may include up to five amino acid alterations per each 100 amino acids of the reference amino acid of SEQ ID NO: 2.
  • up to 5% of the amino acid residues in the reference sequence may be deleted or substituted with another amino acid, or a number of amino acids up to 5% of the total amino acid residues in the reference sequence may be inserted into the reference sequence.
  • These alterations of the reference sequence may occur at the amino or carboxy terminal positions of the reference amino acid sequence or anywhere between those terminal positions, interspersed either individually among residues in the reference sequence or in one or more contiguous groups within the reference sequence.
  • the present invention relates to CBCBHG02 polypeptides (or CBCBHG02 proteins).
  • the CBCBHG02 polypeptides include the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:2; as well as polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2; and polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence which have at least 80% identity to that of SEQ ID NO:2 over its entire length, and still more preferably at least 90% identity, and even still more preferably at least 95% identity to SEQ ID NO: 2. Furthermore, those with at least 97-99% are highly preferred.
  • CBCBHG02 polypeptides having the amino acid sequence which have at least 80% identity to the polypeptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2 over its entire length, and still more preferably at least 90% identity, and still more preferably at least 95% identity to SEQ ID NO:2. Furthermore, those with at least 97-99% are highly preferred.
  • CBCBHG02 polypeptide exhibit at least one biological activity of CBCBHG02.
  • the CBCBHG02 polypeptides may be in the form of the "mature" protein or may be a part of a larger protein such as a fusion protein.
  • fragments of the CBCBHG02 polypeptides are also included in the invention.
  • a fragment is a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence that entirely is the same as part, but not all, of the amino acid sequence of the aforementioned CBCBHG02 polypeptides.
  • fragments may be "free-stan ⁇ dingJ or -comprised within a larger polypeptide of which they form a part or region, most preferably as a single continuous region.
  • polypeptide fragments of the invention include, for example, fragments from about amino acid number 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61- 80, 81-100, and 101 to the end of CBCBHG02 polypeptide.
  • “about” includes the particularly recited ranges larger or smaller by several, 5, 4, 3, 2 or 1 amino acid at either extreme or at both extremes.
  • Preferred f agments include, for example, truncation polypeptides having the amino acid sequence of CBCBHG02 polypeptides, except for deletion of a continuous series of residues that includes the amino terminus, or a continuous series of residues that includes the carboxyl terminus or deletion of two continuous series of residues, one including the amino terminus and one including the carboxyl terminus.
  • fragments characterized by structural or functional attributes such as fragments that comprise alpha-helix and alpha-helix forming regions, beta-sheet and beta-sheet- forming regions, rum and tum-forming regions, coil and coil-forming regions, hydrophilic regions, hydrophobic regions, alpha amphipathic regions, beta amphipathic regions, flexible regions, surface- forming regions, substrate binding region, and high antigenic index regions.
  • Other preferred fragments are biologically active fragments.
  • Biologically active fragments are those that mediate CBCBHG02 activity, including those with a similar activity or an improved activity, or with a decreased undesirable activity. Also included are those that are antigenic or immunogenic in an animal, especially in a human.
  • variants are those that vary from the referents by conservative amino acid substitutions - i.e., those that substitute a residue with another of like characteristics. Typical such substitutions are among Ala, Val, Leu and He; among Ser and Thr; among the acidic residues Asp and Glu; among Asn and Gin; and among the basic residues Lys and Arg; or aromatic residues Phe and Tyr. Particularly preferred are variants in which several, 5-10, 1-5, or 1-2 amino acids are substituted, deleted, or add>3d in any combination.
  • the CBCBHG02 polypeptides of the invention can be prepared in any suitable manner.
  • Such polypeptides include isolated naturally occurring polypeptides, recombinantly produced polypeptides, synthetically produced polypeptides, or polypeptides produced by a combination of these methods. Means for preparing such polypeptides are well understood in the art.
  • Polynucleotides of the Invention are well understood in the art.
  • CBCBHG02 polynucleotides include isolated polynucleotides which encode the CBCBHG02 polypeptides and fragments, and polynucleotides closely related thereto. More specifically, CBCBHG02 polynucleotide of the invention include a polynucleotide comprising the nucleotide sequence contained in SEQ ID NO: 1 encoding a CBCBHG02 polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 2, and polynucleotide having the particular sequence of SEQ ID NO:l.
  • CBCBHG02 polynucleotides further include a polynucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequence that has at least 84% identity over its entire length to a nucleotide sequence encoding the CBCBHG02 polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:2, and a polynucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequence that is at least 84% identical to of SEQ ID NO: 1 over its entire length.
  • polynucleotides at least 90% identical are particularly preferred, and those with at least 95% are especially preferred.
  • those with at least 97% are highly preferred and those with at least 98-99% are most highly preferred, with at least 99% being the most preferred.
  • CBCBHG02 polynucleotides are a nucleotide sequence which has sufficient identity to a nucleotide sequence contained in SEQ ID NO:l to hybridize under conditions useable for amplification or for use as a probe or marker.
  • the invention also provides polynucleotides which are complementary to such CBCBHG02 polynucleotides.
  • CBCBHG02 of the invention is structurally related to other proteins of the family, as shown by the results of sequencing the cDNA of Table 1 (SEQ ID NO: 1) encoding human CBCBHG02.
  • the cDNA sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 contains an open reading frame (nucleotide number 13 to 483) encoding a polypeptide of 157 amino acids of SEQ ID NO:2.
  • the amino acid sequence of Table 2 (SEQ ID NO:2) has about 96% identity (using FASTA) in 157 amino acid residues with rat synaptic glycoprotein SC2 (IG, Johnston et al., J. Neurosci. Res. 32:159-166,1992).
  • CBCBHG02 polypeptides and polynucleotides of the present invention are expected to have, inter alia, similar biological functions/properties to their homologous polypeptides and polynucleotides, and their utility is obvious to anyone skilled in the art.
  • a nucleotide sequence of a human CBCBHG02 (SEQ ID NO: 1).
  • One polynucleotide of the present invention encoding CBCBHG02 may be obtained using standard cloning and screening, from a cDNA library derived from mRNA in cells of human cord blood using the expressed sequence tag (EST) analysis (Adams, M.D., et al. Science (1991) 252:1651- 1656; Adams, M.D. et al, Nature, (1992) 355:632-634; Adams, M.D., et al, Nature (1995) 377 Supp:3-174).
  • Polynucleotides of the invention can also be obtained from natural sources such as genomic DNA libraries or can be synthesized using well known and commercially available techniques.
  • nucleotide sequence encoding CBCBHG02 polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:2 may be identical to the polypeptide encoding sequence contained in Table 1 (nucleotide number 13 to 483 of SEQ ID NO:l), or it may be a sequence, which as a result of the redundancy (degeneracy) of the genetic code, also encodes the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:2.
  • the polynucleotide may include the coding sequence for the mature polypeptide or a fragment thereof, by itself; the coding sequen-ce for the mature polypeptide or fragment in reading frame with other coding sequences, such as those encoding a leader or secretory sequence, a pre-, or pro- or prepro- protein sequence, or other fusion peptide portions.
  • a marker sequence which facilitates purification of the fused polypeptide can be encoded.
  • the marker s>equence is a hexa-histidine peptide, as provided in the pQE vector (Qiagen, Inc.) and described in Ge ⁇ z etal., Proc Na AcadSci USA (1989) 86:821- 824, or is an HA tag.
  • the polynucleotide may also contain non-coding 5' and 3' sequences, such as transcribed, non-translated sequences, splicing and polyadenylation signals, ribosome binding sites and sequences that stabilize mRNA.
  • polynucleotides encoding CBCBHG02 variants comprise the amino acid sequence CBCBHG02 polypeptide of Table 2 (SEQ ID NO:2) in which several, 5-10, 1-5, 1-3, 1-2 or 1 amino acid residues are substituted, deleted or added, in any combination.
  • the present invention further relates to polynucleotides that hybridize to the herein above- described sequences.
  • the present invention especially relates to polynucleotides which hybridize under stringent conditions to the herein above-described polynucleotides.
  • stringent conditions means hybri ⁇ zation will occur only if there is at least 80%, and preferably at least 90%, and more preferably at least 95%, yet even more preferably 97-99% identity between the sequences.
  • Polynucleotides of the invention which are identical or sufficiently identical to a nucleotide sequence contained in SEQ ID NO: 1 or a fragment thereof, may be used as hybridization probes for cDNA and genomic DNA, to isolate full-length cDNAs and genomic clones encoding CBCBHG02 polypeptide and to isolate cDNA and genomic clones of other genes (including genes encoding homologs and orthologs from species other than human) that have a high sequence similarity to the CBCBHG02 gene.
  • hybridization techniques are known to those of skill in the art.
  • these nucleotide sequences are 80% identical, preferably 90% identical, more preferably 95% identical to that of the referent.
  • the probes generally will comprise at least 15 nucleotides.
  • such probes will have at least 30 nucleotides and may have at least 50 nucleotides. Particularly preferred probes will range between 30 and 50 nucleotides.
  • CBCBHG02 polynucleotides of the present invention further include a nucleotide sequence comprising a nucleotide sequence that hybridize under stringent condition to a nucleotide sequence having SEQ ID NO: 1 or a fragment thereof.
  • CBCBHG02 polypeptides comprising amino acid sequence encoded by nucleotide sequence obtained by the above hybridization condition.
  • hybridization techniques are well known to those of skill in the art.
  • Stringent hybridization conditions are as defined above or, alternatively, conditions under overnight incubation at 42°C in a solution comprising: 50% formarnide, 5xSSC (150mM NaCl, 15mM trisodium citrate), 50 mM sodium phosphate (pH7.6), 5x Denhardt's solution, 10 % dextran sulfate, and 20 microgram/ml denatured, sheared salmon sperm DNA, followed by washing the filters in 0. lx SSC at about 65°C.
  • polynucleotides and polypeptides of the present invention may be employed as research reagents and materials for discovery of treatments and diagnostics to animal and human disease.
  • the present invention also relates to vectors which comprise a polynucleotide or polynucleotides of the present invention, and host cells which are genetically engineered with vectors of the invention and to the production of polypeptides of the invention by recombinant techniques.
  • Cell-free translation systems can also be employed to produce such proteins using RNAs derived from the DNA constructs of the present invention.
  • host cells can be genetically engineered to incorporate expression systems or portions thereof for polynucleotides of the present invention.
  • Introduction of polynucleotides into host cells can be effected by methods described in many standard laboratory manuals, such as Davis et al. , BASIC METHODS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (1986) and Sambrook et al., MOLECULAR CLONING: A LABORATORY MANUAL, 2nd Ed., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.
  • mice such as calcium phosphate transfection, DEAE-dextran mediated transfection, transvection, microinjection, cationic Iipid-mediated transfection, electroporation, transduction, scrape loading, ballistic introduction or infection.
  • appropriate hosts include bacterial cells, such as streptococci, staphylococci, E. coli, Streptomyces and Bacillus subtilis cells; fungal cells, such as yeast cells and Aspergillus cells; insect cells such as Drosophila S2 and Spodoptera Sf9 cells; animal cells such as CHO, COS, HeLa, C127, 3T3, BHK, HEK 293 and Bowes melanoma cells; and plant cells.
  • bacterial cells such as streptococci, staphylococci, E. coli, Streptomyces and Bacillus subtilis cells
  • fungal cells such as yeast cells and Aspergillus cells
  • insect cells such as Drosophila S2 and Spodoptera Sf9 cells
  • animal cells
  • Such systems include, among others, chromosomal, episomal and virus-derived systems, e.g., vectors derived from bacterial plasmids, from bacteriophage, from transposons, from yeast episomes, from insertion elements, from yeast chromosomal elements, from viruses such as baculoviruses, papova viruses, such as SV40, vaccinia viruses, adenoviruses, fowl pox viruses, pseudorabies viruses and retroviruses, and vectors derived from combinations thereof, such as those derived from plasmid and bacteriophage genetic elements, such as cosmids and phagemids.
  • viruses such as baculoviruses, papova viruses, such as SV40, vaccinia viruses, adenoviruses, fowl pox viruses, pseudorabies viruses and retroviruses
  • vectors derived from combinations thereof such as those derived from plasmid and bacteriophage genetic elements, such as cosmid
  • the expression systems may -contain control regions that regulate as well as engender expression.
  • any system or vector suitable to maintain, propagate or express polynucleotides to produce a polypeptide in a host may be used.
  • the appropriate nucleotide sequence may be inserted into an expression system by any of a variety of well-known and routine techniques, such as, for example, those set forth in Sambrook et al. MOLECULAR CLONING, A LABORATORY
  • secretion signals may be incorporated into the desired polypeptide. These signals may be endogenous to the polypeptide or they may be heterologous signals.
  • the polypeptide be produced at the surface of the cell.
  • the cells may be harvested prior to use in the screening assay. If CBCBHG02 polypeptide is secreted into the medium, the medium can be recovered in order to recover and purify the polypeptide; if produced intracellularly, the cells must first be lysed before the polypeptide is recovered.
  • CBCBHG02 polypeptides can be recovered and purified from recombinant cell cultures by well-known methods including ammonium sulfate or ethanol precipitation, acid extraction, anion or cation exchange chromatography, phosphocellulose chromatography, hydrophobic interaction chromatography, affinity chromatography, hydroxylapatite chromatography and lectin chromatography. Most preferably, high performance liquid chromatography is employed for purification. Well known techniques for refolding proteins may be employed to regenerate active conformation when the polypeptide is denatured during isolation and or purification.
  • This invention also relates to the use of CBCBHG02 polynucleotides for use as diagnostic reagents. Detection of a mutated form of CBCBHG02 gene associated with a dysfunction will provide a diagnostic tool that can add to or define a diagnosis of a disease or susceptibility to a dise ⁇ e which results from under-expression, over-expression or alter ⁇ expression of CBCBHG02. Individuals carrying mutations in the CBCBHG02 gene may be detected at the DNA level by a variety of techniques. Nucleic aci-ds for diagnosis may be obtained from a subject's cells, such as from blood, urine, saliva, tissue biopsy or autopsy material.
  • the genomic DNA may be used directly for detection or may be amplified enzymatically by using PCR or other amplification techniques prior to analysis.
  • RNA or cDNA may also be used in similar fashion. Deletions and insertions can be detected by a change in size of the amplified product in comparison to the normal genotype. Point mutations can be identified by hybridizing amplified DNA to labeled CBCBHG02 nucleotide sequences. Perfectly matched sequences can be distinguished from mismatched duplexes by RNase digestion or by differences in melting temperatures. DNA sequence differences may also be detected by alterations in electrophoretic mobility of DNA fragments in gels, with or without denaturing agents, or by direct DNA sequencing.
  • an array of oligonucleotides probes comprising CBCBHG02 nucleotide sequence or fragments thereof can be constructed to conduct efficient screening of e.g., genetic mutations.
  • Array technology methods are well known and have general applicability and can be used to address a variety of questions in molecular genetics including gene expression, genetic linkage, and genetic variability. (See for example: M.Chee et al., Science, Vol 274, pp 610-613 (1996)).
  • the diagnostic assays offer a process for diagnosing or determining a susceptibility to microsomal "disorders, neurological disorders, and testosterone metabolism through detection of mutation in the CBCBHG02 gene by the methods described.
  • microsomal disorders, neurological disorders, and testosterone metabolism can be diagnosed by methods comprising determining from a sample derived from a subject an abnormally decreased or increased level of CBCBHG02 polypeptide or CBCBHG02 mRNA. Decreased or increased expression can be measured at the RNA level using any of the methods well known in the art for the quantitation of polynucleotides, such as, for example, PCR, RT-PCR, RNase protection, Northern blotting and other hybridization methods. Assay techniques that can be used to determine levels of a protein, such as an CBCBHG02 polypeptide, in a sample derived from a host are well-known to those of skill in the art. Such assay methods include radioimmunoassays, competitive-bin-ding assays, Western Blot analysis and ELISA assays.
  • the present invention relates to a diagonostic kit for a disease or suspectability to a disease, particularly microsomal disorders, neurological disorders, and testosterone metabolism, which comprises:
  • a CBCBHG02 polynucleotide preferably the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, or a fragment thereof ;
  • a CBCBHG02 polypeptide preferably the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 2, or a fragment thereof;
  • the nucleotide sequences of the present invention are also valuable for chromosome identification.
  • the sequence is specifically targeted to and can hybridize with a particular location on an individual human chromosome.
  • the mapping of relevant sequences to chromosomes according to the present invention is an important first step in correlating those sequences with gene associated disease. Once a sequence has been mapped to a precise chromosomal location, the physical position of the sequence on the chromosome can be correlated with genetic map data. Such data are found, for example, in V. McKusick, Mendelian Inheritance in Man (available on line through Johns Hopkins University Welch Medical Library). The relationship between genes and diseases that have been mapped to the same chromosomal region are then identified through linkage analysis (coinheritance of physically adjacent genes).
  • the differences in the cDNA or genomic sequence between affected and unaffected individuals can also be determined. If a mutation is observed in some or all of the affected individuals but not in any normal individuals, then the mutation is likely to be the causative agent of the disease.
  • Antibodies The polypeptides of the invention or their fragments or analogs thereof, or cells expressing them
  • Cian also be used as immunogens to produce antibodies immunospecific for the CBCBHG02 polypeptides.
  • immunospecific means that the antibodies have substantiall greater affinity for the polypeptides of the invention than their affinity for other related polypeptides in the prior art.
  • Antibodies generated against the CBCBHG02 polypeptides can be obtained by administering the polypeptides or epitope-bearing fragments, analogs or cells to an animal, preferably a nonhuman, using routine protocols.
  • any technique which provides antibodies produced by continuous cell line cultures can be used. Examples include the hybridoma technique (Kohler, G. and Milstein, C, Nature (1975) 256:495-497), the trioma technique, the human B-cell hybridoma technique (Kozbor et al. , Immunology Today (1983) 4:72) and the EBV-hybridoma technique (Cole et al. , MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES AND CANCER THERAPY, pp. 77-96, Alan R. Liss, Inc., 1985).
  • Antibodies against CBCBHG02 polypeptides may also be employed to treat microsomal disorders, neurological disorders, and testosterone metabolism, among others.
  • Another aspect of the invention relates to a method for inducing an immunological response in a mammal which comprises inoculating the mammal with CBCBHG02 polypeptide, or a fragment thereof, adequate to produce antibody and/or T cell immune response to protect said animal from microsomal disorders, neurological disorders, and testosterone metabolism, among others.
  • Yet another aspect of the invention relates to a method of inducing immunological response in a mammal which comprises, delivering CBCBHG02 polypeptide via a vector directing expression of CBCBHG02 polynucleotide in vivo in order to induce such an immunological response to produce antibody to protect said animal from diseases.
  • Further aspect of the invention relates to an immunological/vaccine formulation
  • composition which, when introduced into a mammalian host, induces an immunological response in that mammal to a CBCBHG02 polypeptide wherein the composition comprises a CBCBHG02 polypeptide or CBCBHG02 gene.
  • the vaccine formulation may further comprise a suitable carrier. Since CBCBHG02 polypeptide may be broken down in the stomach, it is preferably administered parenterally (including subcutaneous, intramuscular, intravenous, intradermal etc. injection).
  • Formulations suitable for parenteral administration include aqueous and non-aqueous sterile injection solutions which may contain anti-oxidants, buffers, bacteriostats and solutes which render the formulation instonic with the blood of the recipient; and aqueous and non-aqueous sterile suspensions which may include suspending agents or thickening agents.
  • the formulations may be presented in unit-dose or multi-dose containers, for example, sealed ampoules and vials and may be stored in a freeze-dried condition requiring only the addition of the sterile liquid carrier immediately prior to use.
  • the vaccine formulation may also include adjuvant systems for enhancing the immunogenicity of the formulation, such as oil-in water systems and other systems known in the art. The dosage will depend on the specific activity of the vaccine and can be readily determined by routine experimentation.
  • the CBCBHG02 polypeptide of the present invention may be employed in a screening process for compounids which activate (agonists) or inhibit activation of (antagonists, or otherwise called inhibitors) the CBCBHG02 polypeptide of the present invention.
  • polypeptides of the invention may also be used to assess identify agonist or antagonists from, for example, cells, cell-free preparations, chemical libraries, and natural product mixtures.
  • agonists or antagonists may be natural or modified substrates, ligands, raptors, enzymes, etc., as the case may be, of the polypeptide of the present invention; or may be structural or functional mimetics of the polypeptide of the present invention.
  • CBCBHG02 polypeptides are responsible for many biological funt ⁇ ions, including many pathologies. Accordingly, it is desirous to find compounds and drugs which stimulate CBCBHG02 polypeptide on the one hand and which can inhibit the function of CBCBHG02 polypeptide on the other hand.
  • agonists are employed for therapeutic and prophylactic purposes for such ⁇ nclitions as microsomal disorders, neurological disorders, and testosterone metabolism.
  • Antagonists may be employed for a variety of therapeutic and prophylactic purposes for such conditions as microsomal disorders, neurological disorders, and testosterone metabolism.
  • such screening procedures may involve using appropriate cells which express the CBCBHG02 polypeptide or respond to CBCBHG02 polypeptide of the present invention.
  • Such cells include cells from mammals, yeast, Drosophila or E. coli.
  • Cells which express the CBCBHG02 polypieptide (or cell membrane containing the expressed polypeptide) or respond to CBCBHG02 polypeptide are then contacted with a test compound to observe binding, or stimulation or inhibition of a functional response.
  • the ability of the cells which were contacted with the candidate compounds is compared with the same cells which were not contacted for CBCBHG02 activity.
  • the assays may simply test binding of a candidate compound wherein adherence to the cells bearing the CBCBHG02 polypeptide is detected by means of a label directly or indirectly associated with the candidate compound or in an assay involving competition with a labeled competitor. Further, these assays may test whether the candidate compound results in a signal generated by activation of the CBCBHG02 polypeptide, using detection systems appropriate to the cells bearing the CBCBHG02 polypeptide. Inhibitors of activation are generally assayed in the presence of a known agonist and the effect on activation by the agonist by the presence of the candidate compound is observed.
  • the assays may simply comprise the steps of mixing a candidate compound with a solution containing a CBCBHG02 polypeptide to form a mixture, measuring CBCBHG02 activity in the mixture, and comparing the CBCBHG02 activity of the mixture to a standard.
  • the CBCBHG02 cDNA, protein and antibodies to the protein may also be used to configure assays for detecting the effect of added compounds on the production of CBCBHG02 mRNA and protein in cells.
  • an ELISA may be constructed for measuring secreted or cell associated levels of CBCBHG02 protein using monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies by standard methods known in the art, and this can be used to discover agents which may inhibit or enhance the production of CBCBHG02 (also called antagonist or agonist, respectively) from suitably manipulated cells or tissues.
  • the CBCBHG02 protein may be used to identify membrane bound or soluble receptors, if any, through standard receptor binding techniques known in the art.
  • ligand binding and crosslinking assays include, but are not limited to, ligand binding and crosslinking assays in which the CBCBHG02 is labeled with a radioactive isotope (eg 1251), chemically modified (eg biotinylated), or fused to a peptide sequence suitable for detection or purification, and incubated with a source of the putative receptor (cells, cell membranes, cell supernatants, tissue extracts, bodily fluids). Other methods include biophysical techniques such as surface plasmon resonance and spectroscopy. In addition to being used for purification and cloning of the receptor, these binding assays can be used to identify agonists and antagonists of CBCBHG02 which compete with the binding of CBCBHG02 to its receptors, if any.
  • a radioactive isotope eg 1251
  • chemically modified eg biotinylated
  • a peptide sequence suitable for detection or purification and incubated with a source of the
  • CBCBHG02 polypeptide antagonists include antibodies or, in some cases, oligonucleotides or proteins which are closely related to the ligands, substrates, receptors, enzymes, etc., as the case may be, of the CBCBHG02 polypeptide, e.g., a fragment of the ligands, substrates, receptors, enzymes, etc.; or small molecules which bind to the polypetide of the present invention but do not elicit a response, so that the activity of the polypeptide is prevented.
  • the present invention relates to a screening kit for identifying agonists, antagonists, ligands, receptors, substrates, enzymes, etc. for CBCBHG02 polypeptides; or compounds which decrease or enhance the production of CBCBHG02 polypeptides, which comprises:
  • kits may comprise a substantial component.
  • This invention provides methods of treating abnormal conditions such as, microsomal disorders, neurological disorders, and testosterone metabolism, related to both an excess of and insufficient amounts of CBCBHG02 polypeptide activity. If the activity of CBCBHG02 polypeptide is in excess, several approaches are available.
  • One approach comprises administering to a subject an inhibitor compound (antagonist) as hereinabove described along with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier in an amount effective to inhibit the function of the CBCBHG02 polypeptide, such as, for example, by blocking the binding of ligands, substrates, receptors, enzymes, etc., or by inhibiting a second signal, and thereby alleviating the abnormal condition.
  • soluble forms of CBCBHG02 polypeptides still capable of binding the ligand, substrate, enzymes, receptors, etc. in competition with endogenous CBCBHG02 polypeptide may be administered. Typical embodiments of such competitors comDiise fragments of the CBCBHG02 polypeptide.
  • expression of the gene encoding endogenous CBCBHG02 polypeptide can be inhibited using expression blocking techniques. Known such techniques involve the use of antisense sequences, either internally generated or separately administered. See, for example, O'Connor, J Neurochem (1991) 56:560 in Oligodeoxynucleotides as Antisense Inhibitors of Gene Expression. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL (1988).
  • oligonucleotides which form triple helices with the gene can be supplied. See, for example, Lee et al, Nucleic Acids Res (1979) 3:173; Cooney et al, Science (1988) 241:456; Dervan et al, Science (1991) 251:1360. These oligomers can be administered per se or the relevant oligomers can be expressed in vivo.
  • CBCBHG02 For treating abnormal conditions related to an under-expression of CBCBHG02 and its activity, several approaches are also available.
  • One approach comprises a4dministering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound which activates CBCBHG02 polypeptide, i.e., an agonist as described above, in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, to thereby alleviate the abnormal condition.
  • gene therapy may be employed to effect the endogenous production of CBCBHG02 by the relevant cells in the subject.
  • a polynucleotide of the invention may be engineered for expression in a replication defective retroviral vector, as discussed above.
  • the retroviral expression construct may then be isolated and introduced into a packaging cell transduced with a retroviral plasmid vector containing RNA encoding a polypeptide of the present invention such that the packaging cell now produces infectious viral particles containing the gene of interest.
  • These producer cells may be administered to a subject for engineering cells in vivo and expression of the polypeptide in vivo.
  • Another approach is to administer a therapeutic amount of CBCBHG02 polypeptides in combination with a suitable pharmaceutical carrier.
  • Peptides such as the soluble form of CBCBHG02 polypeptides, and agonists and antagonist peptides or small molecules, may be formulated in combination with a suitable pharmaceutical carrier.
  • a suitable pharmaceutical carrier comprise a therapeutically effective amount of the polypeptide or compound, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient.
  • Such carriers include but are not limited to, saline, buffered saline, dextrose, water, glycerol, ethanol, and combinations thereof. Formulation should suit the mode of administration, and is well within the skill of the art.
  • the invention further relates to pharmaceutical packs and kits comprising one or more containers filled with one or more of the ingredients of the aforementioned compositions of the invention.
  • Polypeptides and other compounds of the present invention may be employed alone or in conjunction with other compounds, such as therapeutic compounds.
  • systemic administration of the pharmaceutical compositions include injection, typically by intravenous injection.
  • Other injection routes such as subcutaneous, intramuscular, or intraperitoneal, can be used.
  • Alternative means for systemic administration include transmucosal and transdermal administration using penetrants such as bile salts or fusidic acids or other detergents.
  • penetrants such as bile salts or fusidic acids or other detergents.
  • oral administration may also be possible.
  • Administration of these compounds may also be topical and/or localized, in the form of salves, pastes, gels and the like.
  • the dosage range required depends on the choice of peptide, the route of administration, the nature of the formulation, the nature of the subject's condition, and the judgment of the attending practitioner. Suitable dosages, however, are in the range of 0.1-100 ⁇ g/kg of subject. Wide variations in the needed dosage, however, are to be expected in view of the variety of compounds available and the differing efficiencies of various routes of administration. For example, oral administration would be expected to require higher dosages than administration by intravenous injection. Variations in these dosage levels can be adjusted using standard empirical routines for optimization, as is well understood in the art.
  • Polypeptides used in treatment can also be generated endogenously in the subject, in treatment modalities often referred to as "gene therapy" as described above.
  • cells from a subject may be engineered with a polynucleotide, such as a DNA or RNA, to encode a polypeptide ex vivo, and for example, by the use of a retroviral plasmid vector. The cells are then introduced into the subject.
  • a polynucleotide such as a DNA or RNA
  • AACTTCTCCA TCCACATGGC CCTGCGGGAC CTGCGGCCCG CTGGGTCCAA GACGCGGAAG 240
  • CTCTGAGCAG CTCACCCCTG CTGAGGCTCA GCCCCTCAAC CCGGTGGCAT TCTGGGGGAG 540

Abstract

L'invention concerne des polypeptides et des polynucléotides et des procédés de production de ces polypeptides par des techniques recombinantes. Font aussi l'objet de cette invention des procédés d'utilisation des polypeptides et des polynucléotides CBCBHG02 dans la conception de protocoles pour le traitement de troubles microsomaux, de troubles neurologiques et du métabolisme de la testostérone, entre autres, et des doses diagnostiques pour ces pathologies.
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