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WO1999061612A1
WO1999061612A1 PCT/US1999/011136 US9911136W WO9961612A1 WO 1999061612 A1 WO1999061612 A1 WO 1999061612A1 US 9911136 W US9911136 W US 9911136W WO 9961612 A1 WO9961612 A1 WO 9961612A1
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Y. Tom Tang
Neil C. Corley
Chandra Patterson
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  • TECHNICAL FIELD This invention relates to nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of a tumor suppressor and to the use of these sequences in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer.
  • Tumor suppressor genes are generally defined as genetic elements whose loss or inactivation contributes to the deregulation of cell proliferation and the pathogenesis and progression of cancer. Tumor suppressor genes normally function to control or inhibit cell growth in response to stress and to limit the proliferative life span of the cell. Several tumor suppressor genes have been identified including the genes encoding the retinoblastoma (Rb) protein, p53, and the breast cancer 1 and 2 proteins (BRCA1 and BRCA2). Mutations in these genes are associated with acquired and inherited genetic predisposition to the development of certain cancers.
  • Rb retinoblastoma
  • BRCA1 and BRCA2 breast cancer 1 and 2 proteins
  • p53 is a transcription factor that contains a central core domain required for DNA binding. Most cancer-associated mutations in p53 localize to this domain. In normal proliferating cells, p53 is expressed at low levels and is rapidly degraded.
  • p53 expression and activity is induced in response to DNA damage, abortive mitosis, and other stressful stimuli. In these instances, p53 induces apoptosis or arrests cell growth until the stress is removed. Downstream effectors of p53 activity include apoptosis-specific proteins and cell cycle regulatory proteins, including Rb, oncogene products, cyclins, and cell cycle-dependent kinases.
  • a novel gene, ING1, encoding a potential tumor suppressor protein has been cloned. (Garkavtsev, I. et al. (1996) Nat. Genet. 14:415-420.) Overexpression o ⁇ lNGl in normal and transformed cell lines inhibits their growth in vitro.
  • antisense ING1 promotes neoplastic transformation of cultured cells, as demonstrated by their ability to grow in soft agar and to induce tumors when injected into immunodeficient mice.
  • p33 the protein encoded by ING1, localizes to the nucleus and has similarity to retinoblastoma binding protein 2 (RbBP2) and to zinc finger motifs. Decreased expression of p33 is observed in some breast cancer cell lines, and a truncated form of p33 is expressed at high levels in a neuroblastoma cell line. Truncated p33 results from genomic rearrangement at the ING1 locus.
  • levels o ⁇ INGl RNA and protein are increased about 10-fold in senescent cells, which are ageing, non-proliferative cells, compared to the levels expressed in young, proliferating cells. (Garkavtsev, I. and Riabowol, K. (1997) Mol. Cell Biol. 17:2014-2019.) These observations indicate that p33 normally functions to inhibit cell growth and limit cellular life span.
  • the invention is based on the discovery of a new human tumor suppressor (TUSUP), the polynucleotides encoding TUSUP, and the use of these compositions for the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of cancer.
  • TUSUP tumor suppressor
  • the invention features a substantially purified polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or a fragment of SEQ ID NO: 1.
  • the invention further provides a substantially purified variant having at least 90% amino acid sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or a fragment of SEQ ID NO: 1.
  • the invention also provides an isolated and purified polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide comprising the sequence of SEQ ID NO:l or a fragment of SEQ ID NO: 1.
  • the invention also includes an isolated and purified polynucleotide variant having at least 90% polynucleotide sequence identity to the polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:l or a fragment of SEQ ID NO:l.
  • the invention further provides an isolated and purified polynucleotide which hybridizes under stringent conditions to the polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:l or a fragment of SEQ ID NO:l, as well as an isolated and purified polynucleotide which is complementary to the polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or a fragment of SEQ ID NO: 1.
  • the invention also provides an isolated and purified polynucleotide comprising the polynucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:2 or a fragment of SEQ ID NO:2, and an isolated and purified polynucleotide variant having at least 90% polynucleotide sequence identity to the polynucleotide comprising the polynucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:2 or a fragment of SEQ ID NO:2.
  • the invention also provides an isolated and purified polynucleotide having a sequence complementary to the polynucleotide comprising the polynucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:2 or a fragment of SEQ ID NO:2.
  • the invention further provides an expression vector comprising at least a fragment of the polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide comprising the sequence of SEQ ID NO:l or a fragment of SEQ ID NO: 1.
  • the expression vector is contained within a host cell.
  • the invention also provides a method for producing a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or a fragment of SEQ ID NO: 1 , the method comprising the steps of: (a) culturing the host cell comprising an expression vector containing at least a fragment of a polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or a fragment of SEQ ID NO: 1 under conditions suitable for the expression of the polypeptide; and (b) recovering the polypeptide from the host cell culture.
  • the invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition
  • a pharmaceutical composition comprising a substantially purified polypeptide having the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or a fragment of SEQ ID NO:l in conjunction with a suitable pharmaceutical carrier.
  • the invention further includes a purified antibody which binds to a polypeptide comprising the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or a fragment of SEQ ID NO: 1 , as well as a purified agonist and a purified antagonist of the polypeptide.
  • the invention also provides a method for treating or preventing cancer, the method comprising administering to a subject in need of such treatment an effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising substantially purified polypeptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or a fragment of SEQ ID NO: 1.
  • the invention also provides a method for detecting a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or a fragment of SEQ ID NO: 1 in a biological sample containing nucleic acids, the method comprising the steps of: (a) hybridizing the complement of the polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:l or a fragment of SEQ ID NO:l to at least one of the nucleic acids of the biological sample, thereby forming a hybridization complex; and (b) detecting the hybridization complex, wherein the presence of the hybridization complex correlates with the presence of a polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or a fragment of SEQ ID NO:l in the biological sample.
  • the nucleic acids of the biological sample are amplified by the polymerase chain reaction prior to the hybridizing step.
  • FIGURES Figures 1A, IB, and 1C show the amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:l) and nucleic acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:2) of TUSUP.
  • the alignment was produced using MacDNASIS PROTM software (Hitachi Software Engineering Co. Ltd., San Bruno, CA).
  • Figures 2A and 2B show the amino acid sequence alignment between TUSUP (1988786; SEQ ID NO:l) and p33 (GI 2183221; SEQ ID NO:3), produced using the multisequence alignment program of LASERGENETM software (DNASTAR Inc, Madison WI).
  • a refers to plural reference unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.
  • a reference to “a host cell” includes a plurality of such host cells
  • a reference to “an antibody” is a reference to one or more antibodies and equivalents thereof known to those skilled in the art, and so forth.
  • TUSUP refers to the amino acid sequences of substantially purified TUSUP obtained from any species, particularly a mammalian species, including bovine, ovine, porcine, murine, equine, and preferably the human species, from any source, whether natural, synthetic, semi-synthetic, or recombinant.
  • agonist refers to a molecule which, when bound to TUSUP, increases or prolongs the duration of the effect of TUSUP.
  • Agonists may include proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, or any other molecules which bind to and modulate the effect of TUSUP.
  • allelic variant is an alternative form of the gene encoding TUSUP. Allelic variants may result from at least one mutation in the nucleic acid sequence and may result in altered mRNAs or in polypeptides whose structure or function may or may not be altered. Any given natural or recombinant gene may have none, one, or many allelic forms. Common mutational changes which give rise to allelic variants are generally ascribed to natural deletions, additions, or substitutions of nucleotides. Each of these types of changes may occur alone, or in combination with the others, one or more times in a given sequence.
  • altered nucleic acid sequences encoding TUSUP include those sequences with deletions, insertions, or substitutions of different nucleotides, resulting in a polynucleotide the same as TUSUP or a polypeptide with at least one functional characteristic of TUSUP. Included within this definition are polymorphisms which may or may not be readily detectable using a particular oligonucleotide probe of the polynucleotide encoding TUSUP, and improper or unexpected hybridization to allelic variants, with a locus other than the normal chromosomal locus for the polynucleotide sequence encoding TUSUP.
  • the encoded protein may also be "altered,” and may contain deletions, insertions, or substitutions of amino acid residues which produce a silent change and result in a functionally equivalent TUSUP.
  • Deliberate amino acid substitutions may be made on the basis of similarity in polarity, charge, solubility, hydrophobicity, hydrophilicity, and/or the amphipathic nature of the residues, as long as the biological or immunological activity of TUSUP is retained.
  • negatively charged amino acids may include aspartic acid and glutamic acid
  • positively charged amino acids may include lysine and arginine
  • amino acids with uncharged polar head groups having similar hydrophilicity values may include leucine, isoleucine, and valine; glycine and alanine; asparagine and glutamine; serine and threonine; and phenylalanine and tyrosine.
  • amino acid or amino acid sequence refer to an oligopeptide, peptide, polypeptide, or protein sequence, or a fragment of any of these, and to naturally occurring or synthetic molecules.
  • fragments refer to fragments of TUSUP which are preferably at least 5 to about 15 amino acids in length, most preferably at least 14 amino acids, and which retain some biological activity or immunological activity of TUSUP.
  • amino acid sequence is recited herein to refer to an amino acid sequence of a naturally occurring protein molecule
  • amino acid sequence and like terms are not meant to limit the amino acid sequence to the complete native amino acid sequence associated with the recited protein molecule.
  • Amplification as used herein, relates to the production of additional copies of a nucleic acid sequence. Amplification is generally carried out using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technologies well known in the art. (See, e.g., Dieffenbach. C.W. and G.S. Dveksler (1995) PCR Primer, a Laboratory Manual. Cold Spring Harbor Press. Plainview, NY. pp.1-5.)
  • Antagonist refers to a molecule which, when bound to TUSUP, decreases the amount or the duration of the effect of the biological or immunological activity of TUSUP.
  • Antagonists may include proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, antibodies, or any other molecules which decrease the effect of TUSUP.
  • the term "antibody” refers to intact molecules as well as to fragments thereof, such as Fab, F(ab') 2 , and Fv fragments, which are capable of binding the epitopic determinant.
  • Antibodies that bind TUSUP polypeptides can be prepared using intact polypeptides or using fragments containing small peptides of interest as the immunizing antigen.
  • the polypeptide or oligopeptide used to immunize an animal e.g., a mouse, a rat, or a rabbit
  • an animal e.g., a mouse, a rat, or a rabbit
  • Commonly used carriers that are chemically coupled to peptides include bovine serum albumin, thyroglobulin, and keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH). The coupled peptide is then used to immunize the animal.
  • antigenic determinant refers to that fragment of a molecule (i.e.. an epitope) that makes contact with a particular antibody.
  • an antigenic determinant may compete with the intact antigen (i.e., the immunogen used to elicit the immune response) for binding to an antibody.
  • antisense refers to any composition containing a nucleic acid sequence which is complementary to the "sense" strand of a specific nucleic acid sequence. Antisense molecules may be produced by any method including synthesis or transcription. Once introduced into a cell, the complementary nucleotides combine with natural sequences produced by the cell to form duplexes and to block either transcription or translation. The designation “negative” can refer to the antisense strand, and the designation “positive” can refer to the sense strand.
  • biologically active refers to a protein having structural, regulatory, or biochemical functions of a naturally occurring molecule.
  • immunologically active refers to the capability of the natural, recombinant, or synthetic TUSUP, or of any oligopeptide thereof, to induce a specific immune response in appropriate animals or cells and to bind with specific antibodies.
  • complementarity refers to the natural binding of polynucleotides by base pairing.
  • sequence A-G-T
  • complementary sequence T-C-A
  • Complementarity between two single- stranded molecules may be "partial,” such that only some of the nucleic acids bind, or it may be “complete,” such that total complementarity exists between the single stranded molecules.
  • the degree of complementarity between nucleic acid strands has significant effects on the efficiency and strength of the hybridization between the nucleic acid strands. This is of particular importance in amplification reactions, which depend upon binding between nucleic acids strands, and in the design and use of peptide nucleic acid (PNA) molecules.
  • PNA peptide nucleic acid
  • composition comprising a given polynucleotide sequence or a “composition comprising a given amino acid sequence,” as these terms are used herein, refer broadly to any composition containing the given polynucleotide or amino acid sequence.
  • the composition may comprise a dry formulation or an aqueous solution.
  • Compositions comprising polynucleotide sequences encoding TUSUP or fragments of TUSUP may be employed as hybridization probes.
  • the probes may be stored in freeze-dried form and may be associated with a stabilizing agent such as a carbohydrate.
  • the probe may be deployed in an aqueous solution containing salts, e.g., NaCl. detergents, e.g..sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), and other components, e.g., Denhardt's solution, dry milk, salmon sperm DNA, etc.
  • salts e.g., NaCl.
  • detergents e.g..s
  • Consensus sequence refers to a nucleic acid sequence which has been resequenced to resolve uncalled bases, extended using XL-PCRTM (Perkin Elmer, Norwalk, CT) in the 5' and/or the 3' direction, and resequenced, or which has been assembled from the overlapping sequences of more than one Incyte Clone using a computer program for fragment assembly, such as the GEL VIEWTM Fragment Assembly system (GCG, Madison, WI). Some sequences have been both extended and assembled to produce the consensus sequence.
  • the term "correlates with expression of a polynucleotide” indicates that the detection of the presence of nucleic acids, the same or related to a nucleic acid sequence encoding TUSUP, by Northern analysis is indicative of the presence of nucleic acids encoding TUSUP in a sample, and thereby correlates with expression of the transcript from the polynucleotide encoding TUSUP.
  • a “deletion,” as the term is used herein, refers to a change in the amino acid or nucleotide sequence that results in the absence of one or more amino acid residues or nucleotides.
  • derivative refers to the chemical modification of a polypeptide sequence, or a polynucleotide sequence. Chemical modifications of a polynucleotide sequence can include, for example, replacement of hydrogen by an alkyl, acyl, or amino group.
  • a derivative polynucleotide encodes a polypeptide which retains at least one biological or immunological function of the natural molecule.
  • a derivative polypeptide is one modified by glycosylation, pegylation, or any similar process that retains at least one biological or immunological function of the polypeptide from which it was derived.
  • similarity refers to a degree of complementarity. There may be partial similarity or complete similarity.
  • the word "identity” may substitute for the word “similarity.”
  • a partially complementary sequence that at least partially inhibits an identical sequence from hybridizing to a target nucleic acid is referred to as “substantially similar.”
  • the inhibition of hybridization of the completely complementary sequence to the target sequence may be examined using a hybridization assay (Southern or Northern blot, solution hybridization, and the like) under conditions of reduced stringency.
  • a substantially similar sequence or hybridization probe will compete for and inhibit the binding of a completely similar (identical) sequence to the target sequence under conditions of reduced stringency. This is not to say that conditions of reduced stringency are such that non-specific binding is permitted, as reduced stringency conditions require that the binding of two sequences to one another be a specific (i.e., a selective) interaction.
  • the absence of non-specific binding may be tested by the use of a second target sequence which lacks even a partial degree of complementarity (e.g., less than about 30% similarity or identity). In the absence of non-specific binding, the substantially similar sequence or probe will not hybridize to the second non-complementary target sequence.
  • a partial degree of complementarity e.g., less than about 30% similarity or identity
  • Percent identity refers to the percentage of sequence similarity found in a comparison of two or more amino acid or nucleic acid sequences. Percent identity can be determined electronically, e.g., by using the MegAlignTM program (DNASTAR, Inc., Madison WI). The MegAlignTM program can create alignments between two or more sequences according to different methods, e.g., the clustal method. (See, e.g., Higgins, D.G. and P.M. Sharp (1988) Gene 73:237-244.) The clustal algorithm groups sequences into clusters by examining the distances between all pairs. The clusters are aligned pairwise and then in groups.
  • the percentage similarity between two amino acid sequences is calculated by dividing the length of sequence A, minus the number of gap residues in sequence A, minus the number of gap residues in sequence B, into the sum of the residue matches between sequence A and sequence B, times one hundred. Gaps of low or of no similarity between the two amino acid sequences are not included in determining percentage similarity. Percent identity between nucleic acid sequences can also be counted or calculated by other methods known in the art, e.g., the Jotun Hein method. (See, e.g., Hein, J. (1990) Methods Enzymol. 183:626-645.) Identity between sequences can also be determined by other methods known in the art, e.g., by varying hybridization conditions.
  • Human artificial chromosomes are linear microchromosom.es which may contain DNA sequences of about 6 kb to 10 Mb in size, and which contain all of the elements required for stable mitotic chromosome segregation and maintenance. (See, e.g., Harrington, J.J. et al. (1997) Nat Genet. 15:345-355.)
  • Hybridization refers to any process by which a strand of nucleic acid binds with a complementary strand through base pairing.
  • hybridization complex refers to a complex formed between two nucleic acid sequences by virtue of the formation of hydrogen bonds between complementary bases.
  • a hybridization complex may be formed in solution (e.g., C 0 t or Rot analysis) or formed between one nucleic acid sequence present in solution and another nucleic acid sequence immobilized on a solid support (e.g., paper, membranes, filters, chips, pins or glass slides, or any other appropriate substrate to which cells or their nucleic acids have been fixed).
  • insertion or “addition, " as used herein, refer to changes in an amino acid or nucleotide sequence resulting in the addition of one or more amino acid residues or nucleotides, respectively, to the sequence found in the naturally occurring molecule.
  • Immuno response can refer to conditions associated with inflammation, trauma, immune disorders, or infectious or genetic disease, etc. These conditions can be characterized by expression of various factors, e.g., cytokines, chemokines, and other signaling molecules, which may affect cellular and systemic defense systems.
  • factors e.g., cytokines, chemokines, and other signaling molecules, which may affect cellular and systemic defense systems.
  • microarray refers to an arrangement of distinct polynucleotides arrayed on a substrate, e.g., paper, nylon or any other type of membrane, filter, chip, glass slide, or any other suitable solid support.
  • array element refers to hybridizable polynucleotides arranged on the surface of a substrate.
  • modulate refers to a change in the activity of TUSUP. For example, modulation may cause an increase or a decrease in protein activity, binding characteristics, or any other biological, functional, or immunological properties of TUSUP.
  • nucleic acid or “nucleic acid sequence,” as used herein, refer to a nucleotide, oligonucleotide, polynucleotide, or any fragment thereof. These phrases also refer to DNA or RNA of genomic or synthetic origin which may be single-stranded or double-stranded and may represent the sense or the antisense strand, to peptide nucleic acid (PNA), or to any DNA-like or RNA-like material.
  • PNA peptide nucleic acid
  • fragments refers to those nucleic acid sequences which, when translated, would produce polypeptides retaining some functional characteristic, e.g., antigenicity, or structural domain characteristic, e.g., ATP-binding site, of the full-length polypeptide.
  • operably associated or “operably linked,” as used herein, refer to functionally related nucleic acid sequences.
  • a promoter is operably associated or operably linked with a coding sequence if the promoter controls the translation of the encoded polypeptide.
  • operably associated or operably linked nucleic acid sequences can be contiguous and in the same reading frame, certain genetic elements, e.g., repressor genes, are not contiguously linked to the sequence encoding the polypeptide but still bind to operator sequences that control expression of the polypeptide.
  • oligonucleotide refers to a nucleic acid sequence of at least about 6 nucleotides to 60 nucleotides, preferably about 15 to 30 nucleotides, and most preferably about 20 to 25 nucleotides. which can be used in PCR amplification or in a hybridization assay or microarray.
  • oligonucleotide is substantially equivalent to the terms “amplimer,” “primer,” “oligomer,” and “probe,” as these terms are commonly defined in the art.
  • PNA protein nucleic acid
  • PNA refers to an antisense molecule or anti-gene agent which comprises an oligonucleotide of at least about 5 nucleotides in length linked to a peptide backbone of amino acid residues ending in lysine. The terminal lysine confers solubility to the composition.
  • PNAs preferentially bind complementary single stranded DNA or RNA and stop transcript elongation, and may be pegylated to extend their lifespan in the cell. (See, e.g., Nielsen, P.E. et al. (1993) Anticancer Drug Des. 8:53-63.)
  • sample is used in its broadest sense.
  • a biological sample suspected of containing nucleic acids encoding TUSUP, or fragments thereof, or TUSUP itself, may comprise a bodily fluid; an extract from a cell, chromosome, organelle, or membrane isolated from a cell; a cell; genomic DNA, RNA, or cDNA, in solution or bound to a solid support; a tissue; a tissue print; etc.
  • the terms “specific binding” or “specifically binding” refer to that interaction between a protein or peptide and an agonist, an antibody, or an antagonist. The interaction is dependent upon the presence of a particular structure of the protein, e.g., the antigenic determinant or epitope, recognized by the binding molecule. For example, if an antibody is specific for epitope "A,” the presence of a polypeptide containing the epitope A, or the presence of free unlabeled A, in a reaction containing free labeled A and the antibody will reduce the amount of labeled A that binds to the antibody.
  • stringent conditions refers to conditions which permit hybridization between polynucleotides and the claimed polynucleotides.
  • Stringent conditions can be defined by salt concentration, the concentration of organic solvent, e.g., formamide, temperature, and other conditions well known in the art.
  • stringency can be increased by reducing the concentration of salt, increasing the concentration of formamide, or raising the hybridization temperature.
  • substantially purified refers to nucleic acid or amino acid sequences that are removed from their natural environment and are isolated or separated, and are at least about 60% free, preferably about 15% free, and most preferably about 90% free from other components with which they are naturally associated.
  • substitution refers to the replacement of one or more amino acids or nucleotides by different amino acids or nucleotides, respectively.
  • Transformation describes a process by which exogenous
  • Transformation may occur under natural or artificial conditions according to various methods well known in the art, and may rely on any known method for the insertion of foreign nucleic acid sequences into a prokaryotic or eukaryotic host cell.
  • the method for transformation is selected based on the type of host cell being transformed and may include, but is not limited to, viral infection, electroporation, heat shock, lipofection, and particle bombardment.
  • the term "transformed" cells includes stably transformed cells in which the inserted DNA is capable of replication either as an autonomously replicating plasmid or as part of the host chromosome, as well as transiently transformed cells which express the inserted DNA or RNA for limited periods of time.
  • a “variant" of TUSUP polypeptides refers to an amino acid sequence that is altered by one or more amino acid residues.
  • the variant may have "conservative” changes, wherein a substituted amino acid has similar structural or chemical properties (e.g., replacement of leucine with isoleucine). More rarely, a variant may have "nonconservative” changes (e.g., replacement of glycine with tryptophan).
  • Analogous minor variations may also include amino acid deletions or insertions, or both. Guidance in determining which amino acid residues may be substituted, inserted, or deleted without abolishing biological or immunological activity may be found using computer programs well known in the art, for example, LASERGENETM software.
  • variants when used in the context of a polynucleotide sequence, may encompass a polynucleotide sequence related to TUSUP. This definition may also include, for example, "allelic” (as defined above), “splice,” “species,” or “polymorphic” variants.
  • a splice variant may have significant identity to a reference molecule, but will generally have a greater or lesser number of polynucleotides due to alternate splicing of exons during mRNA processing.
  • the corresponding polypeptide may possess additional functional domains or an absence of domains.
  • Species variants are polynucleotide sequences that vary from one species to another. The resulting polypeptides generally will have significant amino acid identity relative to each other.
  • a polymorphic variant is a variation in the polynucleotide sequence of a particular gene between individuals of a given species.
  • Polymorphic variants also may encompass "single nucleotide polymorphisms" (SNPs) in which the polynucleotide sequence varies by one base. The presence of SNPs may be indicative of, for example, a certain population, a disease state, or a propensity for a disease state.
  • SNPs single nucleotide polymorphisms
  • the invention is based on the discovery of a new human tumor suppressor (TUSUP), the polynucleotides encoding TUSUP, and the use of these compositions for the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of cancer.
  • TUSUP tumor suppressor
  • Nucleic acids encoding the TUSUP of the present invention were first identified in Incyte Clone 1988786 from the lung cDNA library (LUNGAST01) using a computer search, e.g., BLAST, for amino acid sequence alignments.
  • a consensus sequence, SEQ ID NO:2 was derived from the following overlapping and/or extended nucleic acid sequences: Incyte Clones 1988786CT1 (LUNGAST01) and 3188119H1 (THYMNON04).
  • the invention encompasses a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:l, as shown in Figures 1A, IB, and lC.
  • TUSUP is 240 amino acids in length and has one potential cAMP- and cGMP-dependent protein kinase phosphorylation site at SI 52; five potential casein kinase II phosphorylation sites at T19, SI 03, SI 61, SI 81, and T233; nine potential protein kinase C phosphorylation sites at T19, S91, S95. S108, S109, S145, T206 T230, and T233; and one potential tyrosine kinase phosphorylation site at Y27.
  • Analysis of the amino acid sequence of TUSUP shows that it is highly charged.
  • BLOCKS analysis shows that the region of TUSUP from D87 to Ml 26 is similar to a portion of the p53 DNA binding domain. As shown in
  • TUSUP has chemical and structural similarity with p33 (GI 2183221 ; SEQ ID NO:3).
  • TUSUP and p33 share 55% identity.
  • the potential phosphorylation sites at Y27, SI 09, SI 45, SI 52, S161, SI 81, and T233 in TUSUP are conserved in p33.
  • a region of unique sequence in TUSUP from about amino acid 122 to about amino acid 131 is encoded by a fragment of SEQ ID NO:2 from about nucleotide 603 to about nucleotide 632.
  • Northern analysis shows the expression of this sequence in various libraries, at least 54% of which are associated with cancer or cell proliferation and at least 31% of which are associated with the immune response.
  • 31% of the libraries expressing TUSUP are derived from reproductive tissue and 23% are derived from gastrointestinal tissue.
  • the invention also encompasses TUSUP variants.
  • a preferred TUSUP variant is one which has at least about 80%), more preferably at least about 90%), and most preferably at least about 95% amino acid sequence identity to the TUSUP amino acid sequence, and which contains at least one functional or structural characteristic of TUSUP.
  • the invention also encompasses polynucleotides which encode TUSUP.
  • the invention encompasses a polynucleotide sequence comprising the sequence of SEQ ID NO:2, which encodes an TUSUP.
  • the invention also encompasses a variant of a polynucleotide sequence encoding TUSUP.
  • a variant polynucleotide sequence will have at least about 80%, more preferably at least about 90%, and most preferably at least about 95% polynucleotide sequence identity to the polynucleotide sequence encoding TUSUP.
  • a particular aspect of the invention encompasses a variant of SEQ ID NO:2 which has at least about 80%, more preferably at least about 90%, and most preferably at least about 95%) polynucleotide sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:2.
  • Any one of the polynucleotide variants described above can encode an amino acid sequence which contains at least one functional or structural characteristic of TUSUP.
  • nucleotide sequences which encode TUSUP and its variants are preferably capable of hybridizing to the nucleotide sequence of the naturally occurring TUSUP under appropriately selected conditions of stringency, it may be advantageous to produce nucleotide sequences encoding TUSUP or its derivatives possessing a substantially different codon usage, e.g., inclusion of non-naturally occurring codons. Codons may be selected to increase the rate at which expression of the peptide occurs in a particular prokaryotic or eukaryotic host in accordance with the frequency with which particular codons are utilized by the host.
  • RNA transcripts having more desirable properties such as a greater half-life, than transcripts produced from the naturally occurring sequence.
  • the invention also encompasses production of DNA sequences which encode TUSUP and TUSUP derivatives, or fragments thereof, entirely by synthetic chemistry.
  • the synthetic sequence may be inserted into any of the many available expression vectors and cell systems using reagents well known in the art.
  • synthetic chemistry may be used to introduce mutations into a sequence encoding TUSUP or any fragment thereof.
  • polynucleotide sequences that are capable of hybridizing to the claimed polynucleotide sequences, and, in particular, to those shown in SEQ ID NO:2, or a fragment of SEQ ID NO:2, under various conditions of stringency.
  • stringent salt concentration will ordinarily be less than about 750 mM NaCl and 75 mM trisodium citrate, preferably less than about 500 mM NaCl and 50 mM trisodium citrate, and most preferably less than about 250 mM NaCl and 25 mM trisodium citrate.
  • Low stringency hybridization can be obtained in the absence of organic solvent, e.g., formamide, while high stringency hybridization can be obtained in the presence of at least about 35% formamide, and most preferably at least about 50% formamide.
  • Stringent temperature conditions will ordinarily include temperatures of at least about 30°C, more preferably of at least about 37°C, and most preferably of at least about 42°C.
  • Varying additional parameters, such as hybridization time, the concentration of detergent, e.g., sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), and the inclusion or exclusion of carrier DNA, are well known to those skilled in the art.
  • concentration of detergent e.g., sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)
  • SDS sodium dodecyl sulfate
  • Various levels of stringency are accomplished by combining these various conditions as needed.
  • hybridization will occur at 30°C in 750 mM NaCl, 75 mM trisodium citrate, and 1% SDS.
  • hybridization will occur at 37°C in 500 mM NaCl, 50 mM trisodium citrate.
  • 1% SDS, 35% formamide and 100 ⁇ g/ml denatured salmon sperm DNA (ssDNA).
  • hybridization will occur at 42°C in 250 mM NaCl, 25 mM trisodium citrate, 1% SDS, 50 % formamide, and 200 ⁇ g/ml ssDNA. Useful variations on these conditions will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art.
  • the washing steps which follow hybridization can also vary in stringency. Wash stringency conditions can be defined by salt concentration and by temperature. As above, wash stringency can be increased by decreasing salt concentration or by increasing temperature. For example, stringent salt concentration for the wash steps will preferably be less than about 30 mM NaCl and 3 mM trisodium citrate, and most preferably less than about 15 mM NaCl and 1.5 mM trisodium citrate.
  • Stringent temperature conditions for the wash steps will ordinarily include temperature of at least about 25°C, more preferably of at least about 42°C, and most preferably of at least about 68°C.
  • wash steps will occur at 25°C in 30 mM NaCl, 3 mM trisodium citrate, and 0.1%> SDS.
  • wash steps will occur at 42°C in 15 mM NaCl, 1.5 mM trisodium citrate, and 0.1% SDS.
  • wash steps will occur at 68°C in 15 mM NaCl, 1.5 mM trisodium citrate, and 0.1% SDS. Additional variations on these conditions will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art.
  • Methods for DNA sequencing are well known in the art and may be used to practice any of the embodiments of the invention.
  • the methods may employ such enzymes as the Klenow fragment of DNA polymerase I, SEQUENASE® (US Biochemical Corp., Cleveland, OH), Taq polymerase (Perkin Elmer), thermostable T7 polymerase (Amersham, Chicago, IL), or combinations of polymerases and proofreading exonucleases such as those found in the ELONGASETM Amplification System (GIBCO BRL, Gaithersburg, MD).
  • sequence preparation is automated with machines such as the Hamilton Micro Lab 2200 (Hamilton, Reno, NV), Peltier Thermal Cycler (PTC200; MJ Research, Watertown, MA) and the ABI Catalyst 800 (Perkin Elmer). Sequencing is then carried out using either ABI 373 or 377 DNA Sequencing Systems (Perkin Elmer) or capillary electrophoresis (Molecular Dynamics). The resulting sequences are analyzed using a variety of alogorithms which are well known in the art. (See, e.g., Ausubel, supra, ch. 7.7; and Meyers, R.A. (1995) Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. Wiley VCH, Inc.. New York. NY, pp.
  • the nucleic acid sequences encoding TUSUP may be extended utilizing a partial nucleotide sequence and employing various PCR-based methods known in the art to detect upstream sequences, such as promoters and regulatory elements.
  • PCR-based methods known in the art to detect upstream sequences, such as promoters and regulatory elements.
  • restriction-site PCR uses universal and nested primers to amplify unknown sequence from genomic DNA within a cloning vector.
  • Another method, inverse PCR uses primers that extend in divergent directions to amplify unknown sequence from a circularized template.
  • the template is derived from restriction fragments comprising a known genomic locus and surrounding sequences.
  • a third method, capture PCR involves PCR amplification of DNA fragments adjacent to known sequences in human and yeast artificial chromosome DNA.
  • capture PCR involves PCR amplification of DNA fragments adjacent to known sequences in human and yeast artificial chromosome DNA.
  • multiple restriction enzyme digestions and ligations may be used to insert an engineered double-stranded sequence into a region of unknown sequence before performing PCR.
  • Other methods which may be used to retrieve unknown sequences are known in the art. (See, e.g., Parker, J.D. et al.
  • primers may be designed using commercially available software, such as OLIGOTM 4.06 Primer Analysis software (National Biosciences Inc.. Madison, MN) or another appropriate program, to be about 22 to 30 nucleotides in length, to have a GC content of about 50% or more, and to anneal to the template at temperatures of about 68°C to 72°C.
  • Genomic libraries may be useful for extension of sequence into 5' non-transcribed regulatory regions.
  • Capillary electrophoresis systems which are commercially available may be used to analyze the size or confirm the nucleotide sequence of sequencing or PCR products.
  • capillary sequencing may employ flowable polymers for electrophoretic separation, four different nucleotide-specific, laser-stimulated fluorescent dyes, and a charge coupled device camera for detection of the emitted wavelengths.
  • Output/light intensity may be converted to electrical signal using appropriate software (e.g., GenotyperTM and Sequence NavigatorTM, Perkin Elmer), and the entire process from loading of samples to computer analysis and electronic data display may be computer controlled.
  • Capillary electrophoresis is especially preferable for sequencing small DNA fragments which may be present in limited amounts in a particular sample.
  • polynucleotide sequences or fragments thereof which encode TUSUP may be cloned in recombinant DNA molecules that direct expression of TUSUP, or fragments or functional equivalents thereof, in appropriate host cells. Due to the inherent degeneracy of the genetic code, other DNA sequences which encode substantially the same or a functionally equivalent amino acid sequence may be produced and used to express TUSUP.
  • nucleotide sequences of the present invention can be engineered using methods generally known in the art in order to alter TUSUP-encoding sequences for a variety of purposes including, but not limited to, modification of the cloning, processing, and/or expression of the gene product.
  • DNA shuffling by random fragmentation and PCR reassembly of gene fragments and synthetic oligonucleotides may be used to engineer the nucleotide sequences.
  • oligonucleotide-mediated site-directed mutagenesis may be used to introduce mutations that create new restriction sites, alter glycosylation patterns, change codon preference, produce splice variants, and so forth.
  • sequences encoding TUSUP may be synthesized, in whole or in part, using chemical methods well known in the art.
  • chemical methods See, e.g., Caruthers, M.H. et al. (1980) Nucl. Acids Res. Symp. Ser. 215-223, and Horn, T. et al. (1980) Nucl. Acids Res. Symp. Ser. 225-232.
  • TUSUP itself or a fragment thereof may be synthesized using chemical methods.
  • peptide synthesis can be performed using various solid-phase techniques. (See, e.g., Roberge, J.Y. et al.
  • the peptide may be substantially purified by preparative high performance liquid chromatography. (See, e.g, Chiez, R.M. and F.Z. Regnier (1990) Methods Enzymol. 182:392-421.)
  • the composition of the synthetic peptides may be confirmed by amino acid analysis or by sequencing. (See, e.g., Creighton, T. (1984) Proteins. Structures and Molecular Properties, WH Freeman and Co., New York, NY.)
  • the nucleotide sequences encoding TUSUP or derivatives thereof may be inserted into an appropriate expression vector, i.e., a vector which contains the necessary elements for transcriptional and translational control of the inserted coding sequence in a suitable host.
  • these elements include regulatory sequences, such as enhancers, constitutive and inducible promoters, and 5' and 3' untranslated regions in the vector and in polynucleotide sequences encoding TUSUP. Such elements may vary in their strength and specificity.
  • Specific initiation signals may also be used to achieve more efficient translation of sequences encoding TUSUP. Such signals include the ATG initiation codon and adjacent sequences, e.g. the Kozak sequence.
  • a variety of expression vector/host systems may be utilized to contain and express sequences encoding TUSUP. These include, but are not limited to, microorganisms such as bacteria transformed with recombinant bacteriophage, plasmid, or cosmid DNA expression vectors; yeast transformed with yeast expression vectors; insect cell systems infected with viral expression vectors (e.g., baculovirus); plant cell systems transformed with viral expression vectors (e.g., cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV) or tobacco mosaic virus (TMV)) or with bacterial expression vectors (e.g., Ti or pBR322 plasmids); or animal cell systems.
  • the invention is not limited by the host cell employed.
  • cloning and expression vectors may be selected depending upon the use intended for polynucleotide sequences encoding TUSUP. For example, routine cloning, subcloning, and propagation of polynucleotide sequences encoding TUSUP can be achieved using a multifunctional E. coli vector such as Bluescript® (Stratagene) or pSportlTM plasmid (GlBCO BRL). Ligation of sequences encoding TUSUP into the vector's multiple cloning site disrupts the lacL gene, allowing a colorimetric screening procedure for identification of transformed bacteria containing recombinant molecules.
  • a multifunctional E. coli vector such as Bluescript® (Stratagene) or pSportlTM plasmid (GlBCO BRL).
  • these vectors may be useful for in vitro transcription, dideoxy sequencing, single strand rescue with helper phage, and creation of nested deletions in the cloned sequence.
  • vectors which direct high level expression of TUSUP may be used.
  • vectors containing the strong, inducible T5 or T7 bacteriophage promoter may be used.
  • Yeast expression systems may be used for production of TUSUP.
  • a number of vectors containing constitutive or inducible promoters may be used in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae or Pichia pastoris.
  • constitutive or inducible promoters such as alpha factor, alcohol oxidase, and PGH
  • yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae or Pichia pastoris may be used in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae or Pichia pastoris.
  • such vectors direct either the secretion or intracellular retention of expressed proteins and enable integration of foreign sequences into the host genome for stable propagation.
  • Plant systems may also be used for expression of TUSUP. Transcription of sequences encoding TUSUP may be driven viral promoters, e.g., the 35S and 19S promoters of CaMV used alone or in combination with the omega leader sequence from TMV. (Takamatsu, N. (1987) EMBO J. 3:17-311.) Alternatively, plant promoters such as the small subunit of RUBISCO or heat shock promoters may be used. (See, e.g., Coruzzi. G. et al. (1984) EMBO J. 3:1671-1680; Broglie. R. et al. (1984) Science 224:838-843; and Winter, J. et al. (1991) Results Probl.
  • viral promoters e.g., the 35S and 19S promoters of CaMV used alone or in combination with the omega leader sequence from TMV.
  • plant promoters such as the small subunit of RUBISCO or heat shock promoters may be used.
  • sequences encoding TUSUP may be ligated into an adenovirus transcription/translation complex consisting of the late promoter and tripartite leader sequence. Insertion in a non-essential El or E3 region of the viral genome may be used to obtain infective virus which expresses TUSUP in host cells.
  • transcription enhancers such as the Rous sarcoma virus (RSV) enhancer, may be used to increase expression in mammalian host cells.
  • SV40 or EBV-based vectors may also be used for high-level protein expression.
  • HACs Human artificial chromosomes
  • HACs may also be employed to deliver larger fragments of DNA than can be contained in and expressed from a plasmid.
  • HACs of about 6 kb to 10 Mb are constructed and delivered via conventional delivery methods (liposomes, polycationic amino polymers, or vesicles) for therapeutic purposes.
  • sequences encoding TUSUP can be transformed into cell lines using expression vectors which may contain viral origins of replication and/or endogenous expression elements and a selectable marker gene on the same or on a separate vector. Following the introduction of the vector, cells may be allowed to grow for about 1 to 2 days in enriched media before being switched to selective media.
  • the purpose of the selectable marker is to confer resistance to a selective agent, and its presence allows growth and recovery of cells which successfully express the introduced sequences.
  • Resistant clones of stably transformed cells may be propagated using tissue culture techniques appropriate to the cell type.
  • selection systems may be used to recover transformed cell lines. These include, but are not limited to, the herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase and adenine phosphoribosyltransferase genes, for use in tk or apr' cells, respectively. (See, e.g., Wigler, M. et al. (1977) Cell 11 :223-232; and Lowy, I. et al. (1980) Cell 22:817-823.) Also, antimetabolite, antibiotic, or herbicide resistance can be used as the basis for selection.
  • dhfr confers resistance to methotrexate
  • neo confers resistance to the aminoglycosides neomycin and G-418
  • als or pat confer resistance to chlorsulfuron and phosphinotricin acetyltransferase. respectively.
  • Additional selectable genes have been described, e.g., trpB and hisD, which alter cellular requirements for metabolites.
  • Visible markers e.g., anthocyanins, green fluorescent proteins (GFP) (Clontech, Palo Alto, CA), ⁇ glucuronidase and its substrate ⁇ -D-glucuronoside, or luciferase and its substrate luciferin may be used. These markers can be used not only to identify transformants, but also to quantify the amount of transient or stable protein expression attributable to a specific vector system. (See, e.g., Rhodes, CA. et al. (1995) Methods Mol. Biol. 55:121-131.)
  • marker gene expression suggests that the gene of interest is also present, the presence and expression of the gene may need to be confirmed.
  • sequence encoding TUSUP is inserted within a marker gene sequence
  • transformed cells containing sequences encoding TUSUP can be identified by the absence of marker gene function.
  • a marker gene can be placed in tandem with a sequence encoding TUSUP under the control of a single promoter. Expression of the marker gene in response to induction or selection usually indicates expression of the tandem gene as well.
  • host cells that contain the nucleic acid sequence encoding TUSUP and that express TUSUP may be identified by a variety of procedures known to those of skill in the art. These procedures include, but are not limited to, DNA-DNA or DNA-RNA hybridizations, PCR amplification, and protein bioassay or immunoassay techniques which include membrane, solution, or chip based technologies for the detection and/or quantification of nucleic acid or protein sequences.
  • Immunological methods for detecting and measuring the expression of TUSUP using either specific polyclonal or monoclonal antibodies are known in the art. Examples of such techniques include enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs), radioimmunoassays (RIAs), and fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS).
  • ELISAs enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays
  • RIAs radioimmunoassays
  • FACS fluorescence activated cell sorting
  • a two-site, monoclonal-based immunoassay utilizing monoclonal antibodies reactive to two non-interfering epitopes on TUSUP is preferred, but a competitive binding assay may be employed.
  • These and other assays are well known in the art. (See, e.g., Hampton, R. et al. (1990) Serological Methods, a Laboratory Manual, APS Press, St Paul, MN, Section IV; Coligan, J.
  • Means for producing labeled hybridization or PCR probes for detecting sequences related to polynucleotides encoding TUSUP include oligolabeling, nick translation, end-labeling, or PCR amplification using a labeled nucleotide.
  • the sequences encoding TUSUP, or any fragments thereof may be cloned into a vector for the production of an mRNA probe.
  • RNA polymerase such as T7, T3, or SP6 and labeled nucleotides.
  • T7, T3, or SP6 RNA polymerase
  • Suitable reporter molecules or labels which may be used for ease of detection include radionuclides. enzymes, fluorescent, chemiluminescent, or chromogenic agents, as well as substrates, cofactors, inhibitors, magnetic particles, and the like.
  • Host cells transformed with nucleotide sequences encoding TUSUP may be cultured under conditions suitable for the expression and recovery of the protein from cell culture.
  • the protein produced by a transformed cell may be secreted or retained intracellularly depending on the sequence and/or the vector used.
  • expression vectors containing polynucleotides which encode TUSUP may be designed to contain signal sequences which direct secretion of TUSUP through a prokaryotic or eukaryotic cell membrane.
  • a host cell strain may be chosen for its ability to modulate expression of the inserted sequences or to process the expressed protein in the desired fashion.
  • modifications of the polypeptide include, but are not limited to, acetylation, carboxylation, glycosylation. phosphorylation, lipidation, and acylation.
  • Post-translational processing which cleaves a "prepro" form of the protein may also be used to specify protein targeting, folding, and/or activity.
  • TUSUP Different host cells which have specific cellular machinery and characteristic mechanisms for post-translational activities (e.g., CHO, HeLa, MDCK, HEK293, and WI38), are available from the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC, Bethesda, MD) and may be chosen to ensure the correct modification and processing of the foreign protein.
  • ATCC American Type Culture Collection
  • natural, modified, or recombinant nucleic acid sequences encoding TUSUP may be ligated to a heterologous sequence resulting in translation of a fusion protein in any of the aforementioned host systems.
  • a chimeric TUSUP protein containing a heterologous moiety that can be recognized by a commercially available antibody may facilitate the screening of peptide libraries for inhibitors of TUSUP activity.
  • Heterologous protein and peptide moieties may also facilitate purification of fusion proteins using commercially available affinity matrices.
  • Such moieties include, but are not limited to, glutathione S-transferase (GST), maltose binding protein (MBP), thioredoxin (Trx), calmodulin binding peptide (CBP), 6-His, FLAG, c-myc, and hemagglutinin (HA).
  • GST, MBP, Trx, CBP, and 6-His enable purification of their cognate fusion proteins on immobilized glutathione, maltose, phenylarsine oxide, calmodulin, and metal-chelate resins, respectively.
  • FLAG, c-myc, and hemagglutinin (HA) enable immunoaffinity purification of fusion proteins using commercially available monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies that specifically recognize these epitope tags.
  • a fusion protein may also be engineered to contain a proteolytic cleavage site located between the TUSUP encoding sequence and the heterologous protein sequence, so that TUSUP may be cleaved away from the heterologous moiety following purification. Methods for fusion protein expression and purification are discussed in Ausubel, F. M. et al. (1995 and periodic supplements) Current Protocols in Molecular Biology. John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, ch 10. A variety of commercially available kits may also be used to facilitate expression and purification of fusion proteins.
  • synthesis of radiolabeled TUSUP may be achieved in vitro using the TNTTM rabbit reticulocyte lysate or wheat germ extract systems (Promega, Madison, WI). These systems couple transcription and translation of protein- coding sequences operably associated with the T7, T3, or SP6 promoters. Translation takes place in the presence of a radiolabeled amino acid precursor, preferably 35 S- methionine.
  • TUSUP Fragments of TUSUP may be produced not only by recombinant production, but also by direct peptide synthesis using solid-phase techniques. (See, e.g., Creighton, supra pp. 55-60.) Protein synthesis may be performed by manual techniques or by automation. Automated synthesis may be achieved, for example, using the Applied Biosystems 431 A Peptide Synthesizer (Perkin Elmer). Various fragments of TUSUP may be synthesized separately and then combined to produce the full length molecule.
  • TUSUP Chemical and structural similarity exists between TUSUP and human p33 (GI 2183221).
  • TUSUP is expressed in tumors associated with the reproductive system, the immune system, and the gastrointestinal tract. Therefore, TUSUP appears to play a role in cancer associated with defects in biochemical pathways involved in cell cycle control, apoptosis, and the ageing process. In particular, TUSUP appears to play a role in such cancer associated with the reproductive system, the immune system, and the gastrointestinal tract. Therefore, in one embodiment, TUSUP or a fragment or derivative thereof may be administered to a subject to treat or prevent cancer.
  • Such cancer can include, but is not limited to, cancer associated with the reproductive system including cancer of the uterus, cervix, ovary, prostate, testis, penis, and breast; cancer associated with the immune system including leukemia and lymphoma; and cancer associated with the gastrointestinal tract including cancer of the esophagus, stomach, colon, liver, and pancreas.
  • a vector capable of expressing TUSUP or a fragment or derivative thereof may be administered to a subject to treat or prevent cancer including, but not limited to, those described above.
  • a pharmaceutical composition comprising a substantially purified TUSUP in conjunction with a suitable pharmaceutical carrier may be administered to a subject to treat or prevent cancer including, but not limited to, those provided above.
  • an agonist which modulates the activity of TUSUP may be administered to a subject to treat or prevent cancer including, but not limited to, those listed above.
  • any of the proteins, antagonists, antibodies, agonists, complementary sequences, or vectors of the invention may be administered in combination with other appropriate therapeutic agents. Selection of the appropriate agents for use in combination therapy may be made by one of ordinary skill in the art, according to conventional pharmaceutical principles.
  • the combination of therapeutic agents may act synergistically to effect the treatment or prevention of the various disorders described above. Using this approach, one may be able to achieve therapeutic efficacy with lower dosages of each agent, thus reducing the potential for adverse side effects.
  • An antagonist of TUSUP may be produced using methods which are generally known in the art.
  • purified TUSUP may be used to produce antibodies or to screen libraries of pharmaceutical agents to identify those which specifically bind TUSUP.
  • Antibodies to TUSUP may also be generated using methods that are well known in the art.
  • Such antibodies may include, but are not limited to, polyclonal, monoclonal, chimeric, and single chain antibodies, Fab fragments, and fragments produced by a Fab expression library.
  • Neutralizing antibodies i.e., those which inhibit dimer formation are especially preferred for therapeutic use.
  • various hosts including goats, rabbits, rats, mice, humans, and others may be immunized by injection with TUSUP or with any fragment or oligopeptide thereof which has immunogenic properties.
  • various adjuvants may be used to increase immunological response.
  • adjuvants include, but are not limited to, Freund's, mineral gels such as aluminum hydroxide, and surface active substances such as lysolecithin, pluronic polyols, polyanions, peptides, oil emulsions, KLH, and dinitrophenol.
  • BCG Bacilli Calmette-Guerin
  • Corynebacterium parvum are especially preferable.
  • the oligopeptides, peptides, or fragments used to induce antibodies to TUSUP have an amino acid sequence consisting of at least about 5 amino acids, and, more preferably, of at least about 10 amino acids. It is also preferable that these oligopeptides, peptides, or fragments are identical to a portion of the amino acid sequence of the natural protein and contain the entire amino acid sequence of a small, naturally occurring molecule. Short stretches of TUSUP amino acids may be fused with those of another protein, such as KLH, and antibodies to the chimeric molecule may be produced.
  • Monoclonal antibodies to TUSUP may be prepared using any technique which provides for the production of antibody molecules by continuous cell lines in culture. These include, but are not limited to, the hybridoma technique, the human B-cell hybridoma technique, and the EBV-hybridoma technique. (See, e.g., Kohler, G. et al. (1975) Nature 256:495-497; Kozbor, D. et al. (1985) J. Immunol. Methods 81:31-42; Cote, R.J. et al. (1983) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 80:2026-2030; and Cole, S.P. et al. (1984) Mol. Cell Biol. 62:109-120.)
  • chimeric antibodies such as the splicing of mouse antibody genes to human antibody genes to obtain a molecule with appropriate antigen specificity and biological activity.
  • Antibodies may also be produced by inducing in vivo production in the lymphocyte population or by screening immunoglobulin libraries or panels of highly specific binding reagents as disclosed in the literature. (See, e.g., Orlandi, R. et al. (1989) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 86: 3833-3837; and Winter, G. et al. (1991) Nature 349:293-299.)
  • Antibody fragments which contain specific binding sites for TUSUP may also be generated.
  • such fragments include, but are not limited to, F(ab')2 fragments produced by pepsin digestion of the antibody molecule and Fab fragments generated by reducing the disulfide bridges of the F(ab')2 fragments.
  • Fab expression libraries may be constructed to allow rapid and easy identification of monoclonal Fab fragments with the desired specificity. (See, e.g., Huse, W.D. et al. (1989) Science 246:1275-1281.)
  • immunoassays may be used for screening to identify antibodies having the desired specificity.
  • Numerous protocols for competitive binding or immunoradiometric assays using either polyclonal or monoclonal antibodies with established specificities are well known in the art.
  • Such immunoassays typically involve the measurement of complex formation between TUSUP and its specific antibody.
  • a two-site, monoclonal-based immunoassay utilizing monoclonal antibodies reactive to two non-interfering TUSUP epitopes is preferred, but a competitive binding assay may also be employed. (Maddox, supra.)
  • the polynucleotides encoding TUSUP may be used for therapeutic purposes.
  • the complement of the polynucleotide encoding TUSUP may be used in situations in which it would be desirable to block the transcription of the mRNA.
  • cells may be transformed with sequences complementary to polynucleotides encoding TUSUP.
  • complementary molecules or fragments may be used to modulate TUSUP activity, or to achieve regulation of gene function.
  • sense or antisense oligonucleotides or larger fragments can be designed from various locations along the coding or control regions of sequences encoding TUSUP.
  • Expression vectors derived from retroviruses, adenoviruses, or herpes or vaccinia viruses, or from various bacterial plasmids may be used for delivery of nucleotide sequences to the targeted organ, tissue, or cell population. Methods which are well known to those skilled in the art can be used to construct vectors to express nucleic acid sequences complementary to the polynucleotides encoding TUSUP. (See, e.g., Sambrook, supra; and Ausubel, supra.)
  • Genes encoding TUSUP can be turned off by transforming a cell or tissue with expression vectors which express high levels of a polynucleotide, or fragment thereof, encoding TUSUP. Such constructs may be used to introduce untranslatable sense or antisense sequences into a cell. Even in the absence of integration into the DNA, such vectors may continue to transcribe RNA molecules until they are disabled by endogenous nucleases. Transient expression may last for a month or more with a non-replicating vector, and may last even longer if appropriate replication elements are part of the vector system.
  • modifications of gene expression can be obtained by designing complementary sequences or antisense molecules (DNA, RNA, or PNA) to the control, 5', or regulatory regions of the gene encoding TUSUP.
  • Oligonucleotides derived from the transcription initiation site e.g., between about positions -10 and +10 from the start site, are preferred.
  • inhibition can be achieved using triple helix base-pairing methodology. Triple helix pairing is useful because it causes inhibition of the ability of the double helix to open sufficiently for the binding of polymerases, transcription factors, or regulatory molecules. Recent therapeutic advances using triplex DNA have been described in the literature. (See, e.g., Gee, J.E. et al. (1994) in Huber, B.E.
  • a complementary sequence or antisense molecule may also be designed to block translation of mRNA by preventing the transcript from binding to ribosomes.
  • Ribozymes enzymatic RNA molecules, may also be used to catalyze the specific cleavage of RNA.
  • the mechanism of ribozyme action involves sequence-specific hybridization of the ribozyme molecule to complementary target RNA, followed by endonucleolytic cleavage.
  • engineered hammerhead motif ribozyme molecules may specifically and efficiently catalyze endonucleolytic cleavage of sequences encoding TUSUP.
  • ribozyme cleavage sites within any potential RNA target are initially identified by scanning the target molecule for ribozyme cleavage sites, including the following sequences: GUA, GUU, and GUC. Once identified, short RNA sequences of between 15 and 20 ribonucleotides, corresponding to the region of the target gene containing the cleavage site, may be evaluated for secondary structural features which may render the oligonucleotide inoperable. The suitability of candidate targets may also be evaluated by testing accessibility to hybridization with complementary oligonucleotides using ribonuclease protection assays.
  • RNA molecules and ribozymes of the invention may be prepared by any method known in the art for the synthesis of nucleic acid molecules. These include techniques for chemically synthesizing oligonucleotides such as solid phase phosphoramidite chemical synthesis.
  • RNA molecules may be generated by in vitro and in vivo transcription of DNA sequences encoding TUSUP. Such DNA sequences may be incorporated into a wide variety of vectors with suitable RNA polymerase promoters such as T7 or SP6.
  • these cDNA constructs that synthesize complementary RNA, constitutively or inducibly, can be introduced into cell lines, cells, or tissues. RNA molecules may be modified to increase intracellular stability and half-life.
  • flanking sequences at the 5' and/or 3' ends of the molecule Possible modifications include, but are not limited to, the addition of flanking sequences at the 5' and/or 3' ends of the molecule, or the use of phosphorothioate or 2' O-methyl rather than phosphodiesterase linkages within the backbone of the molecule.
  • This concept is inherent in the production of PNAs and can be extended in all of these molecules by the inclusion of nontraditional bases such as inosine, queosine, and wybutosine, as well as acetyl-, methyl-, thio-, and similarly modified forms of adenine, cytidine, guanine, thymine, and uridine which are not as easily recognized by endogenous endonucleases.
  • vectors may be introduced into stem cells taken from the patient and clonally propagated for autologous transplant back into that same patient. Delivery by transfection, by liposome injections, or by polycationic amino polymers may be achieved using methods which are well known in the art. (See, e.g., Goldman, C.K. et al. (1997) Nature Biotechnology 15:462-466.)
  • any of the therapeutic methods described above may be applied to any subject in need of such therapy, including, for example, mammals such as dogs, cats, cows, horses, rabbits, monkeys, and most preferably, humans.
  • An additional embodiment of the invention relates to the administration of a pharmaceutical or sterile composition, in conjunction with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, for any of the therapeutic effects discussed above.
  • Such pharmaceutical compositions may consist of TUSUP, antibodies to TUSUP, and mimetics, agonists, antagonists, or inhibitors of TUSUP.
  • compositions may be administered alone or in combination with at least one other agent, such as a stabilizing compound, which may be administered in any sterile, biocompatible pharmaceutical carrier including, but not limited to, saline, buffered saline, dextrose, and water.
  • a stabilizing compound such as a stabilizing compound, which may be administered in any sterile, biocompatible pharmaceutical carrier including, but not limited to, saline, buffered saline, dextrose, and water.
  • the compositions may be administered to a patient alone, or in combination with other agents, drugs, or hormones.
  • compositions utilized in this invention may be administered by any number of routes including, but not limited to, oral, intravenous, intramuscular, intra-arterial, intramedullary, intrathecal, intraventricular, transdermal, subcutaneous, intraperitoneal, intranasal, enteral, topical, sublingual, or rectal means.
  • these pharmaceutical compositions may contain suitable pharmaceutically-acceptable carriers comprising excipients and auxiliaries which facilitate processing of the active compounds into preparations which can be used pharmaceutically. Further details on techniques for formulation and administration may be found in the latest edition of Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences (Maack Publishing Co., Easton. PA).
  • compositions for oral administration can be formulated using pharmaceutically acceptable carriers well known in the art in dosages suitable for oral administration.
  • Such carriers enable the pharmaceutical compositions to be formulated as tablets, pills, dragees, capsules, liquids, gels, syrups, slurries, suspensions, and the like, for ingestion by the patient.
  • compositions for oral use can be obtained through combining active compounds with solid excipient and processing the resultant mixture of granules
  • auxiliaries can be added, if desired.
  • Suitable excipients include carbohydrate or protein fillers, such as sugars, including lactose, sucrose, mannitol, and sorbitol; starch from corn, wheat, rice, potato, or other plants; cellulose, such as methyl cellulose, hydroxypropylmethyl-cellulose, or sodium carboxymethylcellulose; gums, including arabic and tragacanth; and proteins, such as gelatin and collagen.
  • disintegrating or solubilizing agents may be added, such as the cross-linked poly vinyl pyrrolidone, agar, and alginic acid or a salt thereof, such as sodium alginate.
  • Dragee cores may be used in conjunction with suitable coatings, such as concentrated sugar solutions, which may also contain gum arabic, talc, polyvinylpyrrolidone, carbopol gel, polyethylene glycol, and/or titanium dioxide, lacquer solutions, and suitable organic solvents or solvent mixtures.
  • suitable coatings such as concentrated sugar solutions, which may also contain gum arabic, talc, polyvinylpyrrolidone, carbopol gel, polyethylene glycol, and/or titanium dioxide, lacquer solutions, and suitable organic solvents or solvent mixtures.
  • Dyestuffs or pigments may be added to the tablets or dragee coatings for product identification or to characterize the quantity of active compound, i.e., dosage.
  • compositions which can be used orally include push-fit capsules made of gelatin, as well as soft, sealed capsules made of gelatin and a coating, such as glycerol or sorbitol.
  • Push-fit capsules can contain active ingredients mixed with fillers or binders, such as lactose or starches, lubricants, such as talc or magnesium stearate, and, optionally, stabilizers.
  • the active compounds may be dissolved or suspended in suitable liquids, such as fatty oils, liquid, or liquid polyethylene glycol with or without stabilizers.
  • Pharmaceutical formulations suitable for parenteral administration may be formulated in aqueous solutions, preferably in physiologically compatible buffers such as
  • Aqueous injection suspensions may contain substances which increase the viscosity of the suspension, such as sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, sorbitol, or dextran. Additionally, suspensions of the active compounds may be prepared as appropriate oily injection suspensions. Suitable lipophilic solvents or vehicles include fatty oils, such as sesame oil, or synthetic fatty acid esters, such as ethyl oleate, triglycerides, or liposomes. Non-lipid polycationic amino polymers may also be used for delivery. Optionally, the suspension may also contain suitable stabilizers or agents to increase the solubility of the compounds and allow for the preparation of highly concentrated solutions.
  • penetrants appropriate to the particular barrier to be permeated are used in the formulation.
  • penetrants are generally known in the art.
  • compositions of the present invention may be manufactured in a manner that is known in the art, e.g., by means of conventional mixing, dissolving, granulating, dragee-making, levigating, emulsifying, encapsulating, entrapping, or lyophilizing processes.
  • the pharmaceutical composition may be provided as a salt and can be formed with many acids, including but not limited to, hydrochloric, sulfuric, acetic, lactic, tartaric, malic, and succinic acid. Salts tend to be more soluble in aqueous or other protonic solvents than are the corresponding free base forms.
  • the preferred preparation may be a lyophilized powder which may contain any or all of the following: 1 mM to 50 mM histidine. 0.1% to 2% sucrose, and 2% to 7% mannitol. at a pH range of 4.5 to 5.5, that is combined with buffer prior to use.
  • compositions After pharmaceutical compositions have been prepared, they can be placed in an appropriate container and labeled for treatment of an indicated condition.
  • labeling would include amount, frequency, and method of administration.
  • compositions suitable for use in the invention include compositions wherein the active ingredients are contained in an effective amount to achieve the intended purpose.
  • the determination of an effective dose is well within the capability of those skilled in the art.
  • the therapeutically effective dose can be estimated initially either in cell culture assays, e.g., of neoplastic cells or in animal models such as mice, rats, rabbits, dogs, or pigs.
  • An animal model may also be used to determine the appropriate concentration range and route of administration. Such information can then be used to determine useful doses and routes for administration in humans.
  • a therapeutically effective dose refers to that amount of active ingredient, for example TUSUP or fragments thereof, antibodies of TUSUP, and agonists, antagonists or inhibitors of TUSUP, which ameliorates the symptoms or condition.
  • Therapeutic efficacy and toxicity may be determined by standard pharmaceutical procedures in cell cultures or with experimental animals, such as by calculating the ED 50 (the dose therapeutically effective in 50% of the population) or LD 50 (the dose lethal to 50% of the population) statistics.
  • the dose ratio of therapeutic to toxic effects is the therapeutic index, and it can be expressed as the ED 50 /LD 50 ratio.
  • Pharmaceutical compositions which exhibit large therapeutic indices are preferred.
  • the data obtained from cell culture assays and animal studies are used to formulate a range of dosage for human use.
  • the dosage contained in such compositions is preferably within a range of circulating concentrations that includes the ED 50 with little or no toxicity. The dosage varies within this range depending upon the dosage form employed, the sensitivity of the patient, and the route of administration.
  • Dosage and administration are adjusted to provide sufficient levels of the active moiety or to maintain the desired effect. Factors which may be taken into account include the severity of the disease state, the general health of the subject, the age, weight, and gender of the subject, time and frequency of administration, drug combination(s), reaction sensitivities, and response to therapy.
  • Long-acting pharmaceutical compositions may be administered every 3 to 4 days, every week, or biweekly depending on the half-life and clearance rate of the particular formulation. Normal dosage amounts may vary from about 0.1 ⁇ g to 100,000 ⁇ g, up to a total dose of about 1 gram, depending upon the route of administration.
  • antibodies which specifically bind TUSUP may be used for the diagnosis of disorders characterized by expression of TUSUP, or in assays to monitor patients being treated with TUSUP or agonists, antagonists, or inhibitors of TUSUP.
  • Antibodies useful for diagnostic purposes may be prepared in the same manner as described above for therapeutics. Diagnostic assays for TUSUP include methods which utilize the antibody and a label to detect TUSUP in human body fluids or in extracts of cells or tissues.
  • the antibodies may be used with or without modification, and may be labeled by covalent or non-covalent attachment of a reporter molecule.
  • a wide variety of reporter molecules, several of which are described above, are known in the art and may be used.
  • TUSUP A variety of protocols for measuring TUSUP, including ELISAs, RIAs. and FACS, are known in the art and provide a basis for diagnosing altered or abnormal levels of TUSUP expression.
  • Normal or standard values for TUSUP expression are established by combining body fluids or cell extracts taken from normal mammalian subjects, preferably human, with antibody to TUSUP under conditions suitable for complex formation The amount of standard complex formation may be quantitated by various methods, preferably by photometric means. Quantities of TUSUP expressed in subject, control, and disease samples from biopsied tissues are compared with the standard values. Deviation between standard and subject values establishes the parameters for diagnosing disease.
  • the polynucleotides encoding TUSUP may be used for diagnostic purposes.
  • the polynucleotides which may be used include oligonucleotide sequences, complementary RNA and DNA molecules, and PNAs.
  • the polynucleotides may be used to detect and quantitate gene expression in biopsied tissues in which expression of TUSUP may be correlated with disease.
  • the diagnostic assay may be used to determine absence, presence, and excess expression of TUSUP, and to monitor regulation of TUSUP levels during therapeutic intervention.
  • hybridization with PCR probes which are capable of detecting polynucleotide sequences, including genomic sequences, encoding TUSUP or closely related molecules may be used to identify nucleic acid sequences which encode TUSUP.
  • the specificity of the probe whether it is made from a highly specific region, e.g., the 5' regulatory region, or from a less specific region, e.g., a conserved motif, and the stringency of the hybridization or amplification (maximal, high, intermediate, or low), will determine whether the probe identifies only naturally occurring sequences encoding TUSUP, allelic variants, or related sequences.
  • Probes may also be used for the detection of related sequences, and should preferably have at least 50% sequence identity to any of the TUSUP encoding sequences.
  • the hybridization probes of the subject invention may be DNA or RNA and may be derived from the sequence of SEQ ID NO:2 or from genomic sequences including promoters, enhancers, and introns of the TUSUP gene.
  • Means for producing specific hybridization probes for DNAs encoding TUSUP include the cloning of polynucleotide sequences encoding TUSUP or TUSUP derivatives into vectors for the production of mRNA probes. Such vectors are known in the art, are commercially available, and may be used to synthesize RNA probes in vitro by means of the addition of the appropriate RNA polymerases and the appropriate labeled nucleotides.
  • Hybridization probes may be labeled by a variety of reporter groups, for example, by radionuclides such as 32 P or 35 S, or by enzymatic labels, such as alkaline phosphatase coupled to the probe via avidin/biotin coupling systems, and the like.
  • Polynucleotide sequences encoding TUSUP may be used for the diagnosis of a disorder associated with expression of TUSUP.
  • a disorder associated with expression of TUSUP include, but are not limited to, cancer associated with the reproductive system including cancer of the uterus, cervix, ovary, prostate, testis, penis, and breast; cancer associated with the immune system including leukemia and lymphoma; and cancer associated with the gastrointestinal tract including cancer of the esophagus, stomach, colon, liver, and pancreas.
  • the polynucleotide sequences encoding TUSUP may be used in Southern or Northern analysis, dot blot, or other membrane-based technologies; in PCR technologies; in dipstick, pin, and ELISA assays; and in microarrays utilizing fluids or tissues from patients to detect altered TUSUP expression. Such qualitative or quantitative methods are well known in the art.
  • the nucleotide sequences encoding TUSUP may be useful in assays that detect the presence of associated disorders, particularly those mentioned above.
  • the nucleotide sequences encoding TUSUP may be labeled by standard methods and added to a fluid or tissue sample from a patient under conditions suitable for the formation of hybridization complexes. After a suitable incubation period, the sample is washed and the signal is quantitated and compared with a standard value. If the amount of signal in the patient sample is significantly altered in comparison to a control sample then the presence of altered levels of nucleotide sequences encoding TUSUP in the sample indicates the presence of the associated disorder.
  • Such assays may also be used to evaluate the efficacy of a particular therapeutic treatment regimen in animal studies, in clinical trials, or to monitor the treatment of an individual patient.
  • a normal or standard profile for expression is established. This may be accomplished by combining body fluids or cell extracts taken from normal subjects, either animal or human, with a sequence, or a fragment thereof, encoding TUSUP, under conditions suitable for hybridization or amplification. Standard hybridization may be quantified by comparing the values obtained from normal subjects with values from an experiment in which a known amount of a substantially purified polynucleotide is used. Standard values obtained in this manner may be compared with values obtained from samples from patients who are symptomatic for a disorder. Deviation from standard values is used to establish the presence of a disorder.
  • hybridization assays may be repeated on a regular basis to determine if the level of expression in the patient begins to approximate that which is observed in the normal subject.
  • the results obtained from successive assays may be used to show the efficacy of treatment over a period ranging from several days to months.
  • the presence of an abnormal amount of transcript in biopsied tissue from an individual may indicate a predisposition for the development of the disease, or may provide a means for detecting the disease prior to the appearance of actual clinical symptoms.
  • a more definitive diagnosis of this type may allow health professionals to employ preventative measures or aggressive treatment earlier thereby preventing the development or further progression of the cancer.
  • oligonucleotides designed from the sequences encoding TUSUP may involve the use of PCR. These oligomers may be chemically synthesized, generated enzymatically, or produced in vitro. Oligomers will preferably contain a fragment of a polynucleotide encoding TUSUP, or a fragment of a polynucleotide complementary to the polynucleotide encoding TUSUP, and will be employed under optimized conditions for identification of a specific gene or condition. Oligomers may also be employed under less stringent conditions for detection or quantitation of closely related DNA or RNA sequences.
  • TUSUP Methods which may also be used to quantitate the expression of TUSUP include radiolabeling or biotinylating nucleotides, coamplification of a control nucleic acid, and interpolating results from standard curves.
  • oligonucleotides or longer fragments derived from any of the polynucleotide sequences described herein may be used as targets in a microarray.
  • the microarray can be used to monitor the expression level of large numbers of genes simultaneously and to identify genetic variants, mutations, and polymorphisms. This information may be used to determine gene function, to understand the genetic basis of a disorder, to diagnose a disorder, and to develop and monitor the activities of therapeutic agents.
  • Microarrays may be prepared, used, and analyzed using methods known in the art.
  • methods known in the art See, e.g., Brennan, T.M. et al. (1995) U.S. Patent No. 5,474,796; Schena, M. et al. (1996) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 93:10614-10619; Baldeschweiler et al. (1995) PCT application WO95/2511 16; Shalon, D. et al. (1995) PCT application WO95/35505; Heller, R.A. et al. (1997) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 94:2150-2155; and Heller. M.J. et al. (1997) U.S. Patent No. 5,605,662.
  • nucleic acid sequences encoding TUSUP may be used to generate hybridization probes useful in mapping the naturally occurring genomic sequence.
  • the sequences may be mapped to a particular chromosome, to a specific region of a chromosome, or to artificial chromosome constructions, e.g., human artificial chromosomes (HACs), yeast artificial chromosomes (YACs), bacterial artificial chromosomes (BACs), bacterial chromosome cDNA libraries.
  • HACs human artificial chromosomes
  • YACs yeast artificial chromosomes
  • BACs bacterial artificial chromosomes
  • PI constructions or single chromosome cDNA libraries.
  • Fluorescent in situ hybridization may be correlated with other physical chromosome mapping techniques and genetic map data.
  • FISH Fluorescent in situ hybridization
  • Examples of genetic map data can be found in various scientific journals or at the Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) site. Correlation between the location of the gene encoding TUSUP on a physical chromosomal map and a specific disorder, or a predisposition to a specific disorder, may help define the region of DNA associated with that disorder.
  • the nucleotide sequences of the invention may be used to detect differences in gene sequences among normal, carrier, and affected individuals.
  • In situ hybridization of chromosomal preparations and physical mapping techniques may be used for extending genetic maps. Often the placement of a gene on the chromosome of another mammalian species, such as mouse, may reveal associated markers even if the number or arm of a particular human chromosome is not known. New sequences can be assigned to chromosomal arms by physical mapping. This provides valuable information to investigators searching for disease genes using positional cloning or other gene discovery techniques.
  • any sequences mapping to that area may represent associated or regulatory genes for further investigation.
  • the nucleotide sequence of the subject invention may also be used to detect differences in the chromosomal location due to translocation, inversion, etc., among normal, carrier, or affected individuals.
  • TUSUP its catalytic or immunogenic fragments, or oligopeptides thereof can be used for screening libraries of compounds in any of a variety of drug screening techniques.
  • the fragment employed in such screening may be free in solution, affixed to a solid support, borne on a cell surface, or located intracellularly. The formation of binding complexes between TUSUP and the agent being tested may be measured.
  • Another technique for drug screening provides for high throughput screening of compounds having suitable binding affinity to the protein of interest.
  • a solid substrate such as plastic pins or some other surface.
  • the test compounds are reacted with TUSUP, or fragments thereof, and washed. Bound TUSUP is then detected by methods well known in the art.
  • Purified TUSUP can also be coated directly onto plates for use in the aforementioned drug screening techniques. Alternatively, non-neutralizing antibodies can be used to capture the peptide and immobilize it on a solid support.
  • the nucleotide sequences which encode TUSUP may be used in any molecular biology techniques that have yet to be developed, provided the new techniques rely on properties of nucleotide sequences that are currently known, including, but not limited to, such properties as the triplet genetic code and specific base pair interactions.
  • the LUNGAST01 cDNA library was constructed using RNA isolated from the lung tissue of a 17-year-old Caucasian male who died from head trauma. Patient history included asthma.
  • the frozen tissue was homogenized and lysed in guanidinium isothiocyanate solution using a Brinkmann Homogenizer Polytron-PT 3000 (Brinkmann Instruments, Westbury, NY). The lysate was centrifuged over a CsCl cushion to isolate RNA. The RNA was extracted with acid phenol, precipitated with sodium acetate and ethanol, resuspended in RNase-free water, and treated with DNase. The RNA was re-extracted with acid phenol and reprecipitated. Poly (A+) RNA was isolated using the Qiagen Oligotex kit (QIAGEN Inc, Chatsworth, CA).
  • RNA was used for cDNA synthesis and construction of the LUNGAST01 cDNA library according to the recommended protocols in the SuperscriptTM plasmid system (Catalog #18248-013, GlBCO BRL, Gaithersburg, MD). cDNAs were fractionated on a Sepharose CL4B column (Catalog #275105, Pharmacia Amersham Biotech, Piscataway, NJ). and those cDNAs exceeding 400 bp were ligated into pSport I (Catalog #15382-013, GlBCO BRL). Recombinant plasmids were subsequently transformed into DH12S competent cells (Catalog #18312-017, GlBCO BRL).
  • Plasmid DNA was released from the cells and purified using the REAL Prep 96 plasmid kit (Catalog #26173, QIAGEN Inc). The recommended protocol was employed except for the following changes: 1) the bacteria were cultured in 1 ml of sterile Terrific Broth (Catalog #22711, GlBCO BRL) with carbenicillin at 25 mg/1 and glycerol at 0.4%; 2) after the cultures were incubated for 19 hours, the cells were lysed with 0.3 ml of lysis buffer; and 3) following isopropanol precipitation, the plasmid DNA pellets were each resuspended in 0.1 ml of distilled water. The DNA samples were stored at 4°C
  • the cDNAs were prepared for sequencing using either an ABI Catalyst 800 (Perkin Elmer) or a Hamilton Micro Lab 2200 (Hamilton, Reno, NV) in combination with Peltier Thermal Cyclers (PTC200; MJ Research, Watertown, MA).
  • the cDNAs were sequenced on the ABI 373 or 377 DNA Sequencing systems (Perkin Elmer) by the method of F. Sanger and A.R. Coulson (1975; J. Mol. Biol. 94:441-448) using standard ABI protocols, base-calling software, and kits.
  • cDNAs were sequenced using solutions and dyes from Amersham Pharmacia Biotech. The reading frame was determined using standard methods (Ausubel, supra).
  • GenBank primate pri
  • rodent rodent
  • mammalian mammalian
  • vrtp vertebrate
  • eukaryote eukp
  • SwissProt BLOCKS
  • Algorithms such as Smith Waterman which deal with primary sequence patterns and secondary structure gap penalties (Smith, T. et al. (1992) Protein Engineering 5:35-51) and programs and algorithms such as BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool; Altschul, S.F. (1993) J. Mol. Evol.
  • the first website links PFAM as a database (http://genome.wustl.edu/Pfam/) and as an HMM search tool (http://genome.wustl.edu/eddy/cgi-bin/hmm_page.cgi).
  • Table 1 summarizes the databases and tools used herein.
  • the first column of Table 1 shows the tool, program, or algorithm; the second column, the database; the third column, a brief description; and the fourth column (where applicable), scores for determining the strength of a match between two sequences (the higher the value, the more homologous).
  • Northern analysis is a laboratory technique used to detect the presence of a transcript of a gene and involves the hybridization of a labeled nucleotide sequence to a membrane on which RNAs from a particular cell type or tissue have been bound. (See, e.g., Sambrook, supra, ch. 7; and Ausubel, supra, ch. 4 and 16.)
  • Analogous computer techniques applying BLAST are used to search for identical or related molecules in nucleotide databases such as GenBank or LIFESEQTM database (Incyte Pharmaceuticals). This analysis is much faster than multiple membrane-based hybridizations.
  • the sensitivity of the computer search can be modified to determine whether any particular match is categorized as exact or similar.
  • the basis of the search is the product score, which is defined as: % sequence identity x % maximum BLAST score
  • the product score takes into account both the degree of similarity between two sequences and the length of the sequence match. For example, with a product score of 40, the match will be exact within a 1 % to 2% error, and, with a product score of 70, the match will be exact. Similar molecules are usually identified by selecting those which show product scores between 15 and 40, although lower scores may identify related molecules.
  • the nucleic acid sequence of Incyte Clone 1988786 was used to design oligonucleotide primers for extending a partial nucleotide sequence to full length.
  • One primer was synthesized to initiate extension of an antisense polynucleotide, and the other was synthesized to initiate extension of a sense polynucleotide.
  • Primers were used to facilitate the extension of the known sequence "outward" generating amplicons containing new unknown nucleotide sequence for the region of interest.
  • the initial primers were designed from the cDNA using OLIGOTM 4.06 (National Biosciences, Madison, MN), or another appropriate program, to be about 22 to 30 nucleotides in length, to have a GC content of about 50% or more, and to anneal to the target sequence at temperatures of about 68°C to about 72°C Any stretch of nucleotides which would result in hairpin structures and primer-primer dimerizations was avoided.
  • Selected human cDNA libraries (GlBCO BRL) were used to extend the sequence.
  • PCRTM kit Perkin Elmer
  • PTC200 Peltier Thermal Cycler
  • Step 1 94° C for 1 min (initial denaturation)
  • Step 2 65° C for 1 min
  • Step 3 68° C for 6 min
  • Step 4 94° C for 15 sec
  • Step 7 Repeat steps 4 through 6 for an additional 15 cycles Step 8 94° C for 15 sec
  • Step 9 65 ° C for 1 min
  • Step 1 Repeat steps 8 through 10 for an additional 12 cycles
  • coli mixture was plated on Luria Bertani (LB) agar (See, e.g., Sambrook, supra. Appendix A, p. 1) containing carbenicillin (2x carb). The following day, several colonies were randomly picked from each plate and cultured in 150 ⁇ l of liquid LB/2x carb medium placed in an individual well of an appropriate commercially-available sterile 96-well microtiter plate. The following day, 5 ⁇ l of each overnight culture was transferred into a non-sterile 96-well plate and, after dilution 1 :10 with water, 5 ⁇ l from each sample was transferred into a PCR array.
  • LB Luria Bertani
  • PCR amplification For PCR amplification. 18 ⁇ l of concentrated PCR reaction mix (3.3x) containing 4 units of rTth DNA polymerase, a vector primer, and one or both of the gene specific primers used for the extension reaction were added to each well. Amplification was performed using the following conditions:
  • Step 2 94° C for 20 sec
  • Step 3 55° C for 30 sec
  • Step 5 Repeat steps 2 through 4 for an additional 29 cycles
  • Hybridization probes derived from SEQ ID NO:2 are employed to screen cDNAs, genomic DNAs, or mRNAs. Although the labeling of oligonucleotides, consisting of about 20 base pairs, is specifically described, essentially the same procedure is used with larger nucleotide fragments. Oligonucleotides are designed using state-of-the-art software such as OLIGOTM 4.06 software (National Biosciences) and labeled by combining 50 pmol of each oligomer, 250 ⁇ Ci of [ ⁇ - 3 P] adenosine triphosphate (Amersham, Chicago, IL), and T4 polynucleotide kinase (DuPont NEN ® , Boston, MA).
  • the labeled oligonucleotides are substantially purified using a SephadexTM G-25 superfine size exclusion dextran bead column (Pharmacia & Upjohn, Kalamazoo, MI). An aliquot containing 10 7 counts per minute of the labeled probe is used in a typical membrane-based hybridization analysis of human genomic DNA digested with one of the following endonucleases: Ase I, Bgl II, Eco RI, Pst I, Xbal , or Pvu II (DuPont NEN, Boston, MA). The DNA from each digest is fractionated on a 0.7% agarose gel and transferred to nylon membranes (Nytran Plus, Schleicher & Schuell, Durham, NH).
  • Hybridization is carried out for 16 hours at 40 °C
  • blots are sequentially washed at room temperature under increasingly stringent conditions up to 0.1 x saline sodium citrate and 0.5% sodium dodecyl sulfate.
  • XOMAT ARTM film Kerat, Rochester, NY
  • hybridization patterns are compared visually.
  • a chemical coupling procedure and an ink jet device can be used to synthesize array elements on the surface of a substrate.
  • An array analogous to a dot or slot blot may also be used to arrange and link elements to the surface of a substrate using thermal, UV, chemical, or mechanical bonding procedures.
  • a typical array may be produced by hand or using available methods and machines and contain any appropriate number of elements.
  • nonhybridized probes are removed and a scanner used to determine the levels and patterns of fluorescence. The degree of complementarity and the relative abundance of each probe which hybridizes to an element on the microarray may be assessed through analysis of the scanned images.
  • Full-length cDNAs, Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs), or fragments thereof may comprise the elements of the microarray. Fragments suitable for hybridization can be selected using software well known in the art such as LASERGENETM.
  • Full-length cDNAs, ESTs, or fragments thereof corresponding to one of the nucleotide sequences of the present invention, or selected at random from a cDNA library relevant to the present invention are arranged on an appropriate substrate, e.g., a glass slide.
  • the cDNA is fixed to the slide using, e.g., UV cross-linking followed by thermal and chemical treatments and subsequent drying. (See, e.g., Schena. M. et al.
  • Fluorescent probes are prepared and used for hybridization to the elements on the substrate.
  • the substrate is analyzed by procedures described above.
  • Sequences complementary to the TUSUP-encoding sequences, or any parts thereof, are used to detect, decrease, or inhibit expression of naturally occurring TUSUP. Although use of oligonucleotides comprising from about 15 to 30 base pairs is described, essentially the same procedure is used with smaller or with larger sequence fragments. Appropriate oligonucleotides are designed using OLIGOTM 4.06 software and the coding sequence of TUSUP. To inhibit transcription, a complementary oligonucleotide is designed from the most unique 5' sequence and used to prevent promoter binding to the coding sequence. To inhibit translation, a complementary oligonucleotide is designed to prevent ribosomal binding to the TUSUP-encoding transcript.
  • TUSUP expression and purification of TUSUP is achieved using bacterial or virus-based expression systems.
  • cDNA is subcloned into an appropriate vector containing an antibiotic resistance gene and an inducible promoter that directs high levels of cDNA transcription.
  • promoters include, but are not limited to. the trp-lac (tac) hybrid promoter and the T5 or T7 bacteriophage promoter in conjunction with the lac operator regulatory element.
  • Recombinant vectors are transformed into suitable bacterial hosts, e.g., BL21(DE3).
  • Antibiotic resistant bacteria express TUSUP upon induction with isopropyl beta-D-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG).
  • TUSUP in eukaryotic cells is achieved by infecting insect or mammalian cell lines with recombinant Autographica californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus (AcMNPV), commonly known as baculovirus.
  • AcMNPV Autographica californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus
  • the nonessential polyhedrin gene of baculovirus is replaced with cDNA encoding TUSUP by either homologous recombination or bacterial-mediated transposition involving transfer plasmid intermediates. Viral infectivity is maintained and the strong polyhedrin promoter drives high levels of cDNA transcription.
  • Recombinant baculovirus is used to infect Spodoptera frugiperda (Sf9) insect cells in most cases, or human hepatocytes, in some cases.
  • TUSUP is synthesized as a fusion protein with, e.g., glutathione S-transferase (GST) or a peptide epitope tag, such as FLAG or 6-His, permitting rapid, single-step, affinity-based purification of recombinant fusion protein from crude cell lysates.
  • GST glutathione S-transferase
  • a peptide epitope tag such as FLAG or 6-His
  • GST a 26-kilodalton enzyme from Schistosoma iaponicum. enables the purification of fusion proteins on immobilized glutathione under conditions that maintain protein activity and antigenicity (Pharmacia, Piscataway, NJ).
  • the GST moiety can be proteolytically cleaved from TUSUP at specifically engineered sites.
  • FLAG an 8-amino acid peptide
  • 6-His a stretch of six consecutive histidine residues, enables purification on metal-chelate resins (QIAGEN Inc, Chatsworth, CA). Methods for protein expression and purification are discussed in Ausubel, F. M. et al. (1995 and periodic supplements) Current Protocols in Molecular Biology. John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, ch 10, 16. Purified TUSUP obtained by these methods can be used directly in the following activity assay.
  • An in vitro assay for TUSUP activity measures the transformation of normal human fibroblast cells overexpressing antisense TUSUP RNA.
  • cDNA encoding TUSUP is subcloned into the pLNCX retroviral vector to enable expression of antisense TUSUP RNA.
  • the resulting construct is transfected into the ecotropic BOSC23 virus-packaging cell line.
  • Virus contained in the BOSC23 culture supernatant is used to infect the amphotropic CAK8 virus-packaging cell line.
  • Virus contained in the CAK8 culture supernatant is used to infect normal human fibroblast (Hs68) cells.
  • Infected cells are assessed for the following quantifiable properties characteristic of transformed cells: growth in culture to high density associated with loss of contact inhibition, growth in suspension or in soft agar, formation of colonies or foci, lowered serum requirements, and ability to induce tumors when injected into immunodeficient mice.
  • the activity of TUSUP is proportional to the extent of transformation of Hs68 cells.
  • TUSUP function is also assessed by expressing the sequences encoding TUSUP at physiologically elevated levels in mammalian cell culture systems.
  • cDNA is subcloned into a mammalian expression vector containing a strong promoter that drives high levels of cDNA expression.
  • Vectors of choice include pCMV SPORTTM (Life Technologies, Gaithersburg, MD) and pCRTM 3.1 (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA, both of which contain the cytomegalovirus promoter. 5-10 ⁇ g of recombinant vector are transiently transfected into a human cell line, preferably of endothelial or hematopoietic origin, using either liposome formulations or electroporation.
  • 1-2 ⁇ g of an additional plasmid containing sequences encoding a marker protein are co-transfected.
  • Expression of a marker protein provides a means to distinguish transfected cells from nontransfected cells and is a reliable predictor of cDNA expression from the recombinant vector.
  • Marker proteins of choice include, e.g., Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) (Clontech, Palo Alto, CA), CD64, or a CD64-GFP fusion protein.
  • Flow cytometry an automated, laser optics-based technique, is used to identify transfected cells expressing GFP or CD64-GFP, and to evaluate properties, for example, their apoptotic state.
  • FCM detects and quantifies the uptake of fluorescent molecules that diagnose events preceding or coincident with cell death. These events include changes in nuclear DNA content as measured by staining of DNA with propidium iodide; changes in cell size and granularity as measured by forward light scatter and 90 degree side light scatter; down-regulation of DNA synthesis as measured by decrease in bromodeoxyuridine uptake; alterations in expression of cell surface and intracellular proteins as measured by reactivity with specific antibodies; and alterations in plasma membrane composition as measured by the binding of fluorescein-conjugated Annexin V protein to the cell surface. Methods in flow cytometry are discussed in Ormerod, M. G. (1994) Flow Cvtometrv. Oxford, New York, NY.
  • TUSUP The influence of TUSUP on gene expression can be assessed using highly purified populations of cells transfected with sequences encoding TUSUP and either CD64 or CD64-GFP.
  • CD64 and CD64-GFP are expressed on the surface of transfected cells and bind to conserved regions of human immunoglobulin G (IgG).
  • Transfected cells are efficiently separated from nontransfected cells using magnetic beads coated with either human IgG or antibody against CD64 (DYNAL, Lake Success, NY).
  • mRNA can be purified from the cells using methods well known by those of skill in the art. Expression of mRNA encoding TUSUP and other genes of interest can be analyzed by Northern analysis or microarray techniques.
  • TUSUP substantially purified using polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE)(see, e.g., Harrington, M.G. (1990) Methods Enzymol. 182:488-495), or other purification techniques, is used to immunize rabbits and to produce antibodies using standard protocols.
  • PAGE polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
  • the TUSUP amino acid sequence is analyzed using LASERGENETM software (DNASTAR Inc.) to determine regions of high immunogenicity, and a corresponding oligopeptide is synthesized and used to raise antibodies by means known to those of skill in the art. Methods for selection of appropriate epitopes, such as those near the C-terminus or in hydrophilic regions are well described in the art. (See, e.g., Ausubel supra, ch. 11.)
  • oligopeptides 15 residues in length are synthesized using an Applied Biosystems Peptide Synthesizer Model 431 A using fmoc-chemistry and coupled to KLH (Sigma, St. Louis, MO) by reaction with N-maleimidobenzoyl-N-hydroxysuccinimide ester (MBS) to increase immunogenicity.
  • MBS N-maleimidobenzoyl-N-hydroxysuccinimide ester
  • Rabbits are immunized with the oligopeptide-KLH complex in complete Freund's adjuvant. Resulting antisera are tested for antipeptide activity by, for example, binding the peptide to plastic, blocking with 1% BSA, reacting with rabbit antisera, washing, and reacting with radio- iodinated goat anti-rabbit IgG.
  • Naturally occurring or recombinant TUSUP is substantially purified by immunoaffinity chromatography using antibodies specific for TUSUP.
  • An immunoaffinity column is constructed by covalently coupling anti-TUSUP antibody to an activated chromatographic resin, such as CNBr-activated Sepharose (Pharmacia & Upjohn). After the coupling, the resin is blocked and washed according to the manufacturer's instructions. Media containing TUSUP are passed over the immunoaffinity column, and the column is washed under conditions that allow the preferential absorbance of TUSUP (e.g., high ionic strength buffers in the presence of detergent).
  • the column is eluted under conditions that disrupt antibody/TUSUP binding (e.g., a buffer of pH 2 to pH 3, or a high concentration of a chaotrope, such as urea or thiocyanate ion), and TUSUP is collected.
  • a buffer of pH 2 to pH 3 or a high concentration of a chaotrope, such as urea or thiocyanate ion
  • TUSUP or biologically active fragments thereof, are labeled with 125 I Bolton-Hunter reagent.
  • Bolton-Hunter reagent See, e.g., Bolton et al. (1973) Biochem. J. 133:529.
  • Candidate molecules previously arrayed in the wells of a multi-well plate are incubated with the labeled TUSUP, washed, and any wells with labeled TUSUP complex are assayed. Data obtained using different concentrations of TUSUP are used to calculate values for the number, affinity, and association of TUSUP with the candidate molecules.

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La présente invention concerne un suppresseur de tumeurs humain (TUSUP) et des polynucléotides qui identifient ce suppresseur (TUSUP) et codent pour ce dernier. L'invention concerne également des vecteurs d'expression, des cellules hôtes, des anticorps, des agonistes et des antagonistes ainsi que des méthodes de diagnostic, de traitement et de prévention des troubles associés avec l'expression dudit suppresseur de tumeurs.
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