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Definitions

• This invention relates to newly identified polynucleotides, polypeptides encoded by such polynucleotides, the use of such polynucleotides and polypeptides, as well as the production of such polynucleotides and polypeptides.
• the polypeptides of the present invention have been putatively identified as members of the Nerve Growth Factor/Tumor Necrosis Factor receptor family. More particularly, the polypeptides have been putatively identified as a Tumor Necrosis Factor and two different splice variants thereof.
• the Tumor Necrosis Factor will hereinafter be referred to as "TNF Receptor” and the splice variants will be referred to as “TNF-SV1" and “TNF- SV2,” respectively.
• the invention also relates to inhibiting the signal generated by such polypeptides.
• TNF- ⁇ and ⁇ are related members of a broad class of polypeptide mediators, which includes the interferons, interleukin ⁇ and growth factors, collectively called cyto ines (Beutler, B. and Cerami, A., Annu. Rev. Immunol., 7:625-655 (1989)).
• Tumor necrosis factor (TNF- ⁇ and TNF-3) was originally discovered as a result of its anti-tumor activity, however, now it is recognized as a pleiotropic cytokine playing important roles in a host of biological processes and pathologies.
• TNF- ⁇ Tumor necrosis factor
• TNF-/3 lymphotoxin- ⁇
• TNF is produced by a number of cell types, including monocytes, fibroblasts, T cells, natural killer (NK) cells and predominately by activated machrophages.
• TNF- ⁇ has been reported to have a role in the rapid necrosis of tumors, immunostimulation, autoimmune disease including arthritis, graft rejection, producing an anti-viral response, septic shock, cerebral malaria, cytotoxicity, protection against deleterious effects of ionizing radiation produced during a course of chemotherapy, such as denaturation of enzymes, lipid peroxidation and DNA damage (Nata et al, J. Immunol. 136(7) .2483 (1987)) , growth regulation, vascular endothelium effects and metabolic effects.
• TNF- ⁇ also triggers endothelial cells to secrete various factors, including PAI- 1, IL-1, GM-CSF and IL-6 to promote cell proliferation.
• TNF- ⁇ up-regulates various cell adhesion molecules such as E-Selectin, ICAM-1 and VCAM-l.
• TNF- ⁇ and the Fas ligand have also been shown to induce programmed cell death.
• lymphotoxin also referred to as TNF-0
• TNF-0 lymphotoxin
• TNF-0 lymphotoxin
• LT- ⁇ has many activities, including tumor necrosis, induction of an antiviral state, activation of polymorphonuclear leukocytes, induction of class I major histocompatibility complex antigens on endothelial cells, induction of adhesion molecules on endothelium and growth hormone stimulation (Ruddle, N. and Homer, R. , Prog. Allergy, 40:162-182 (1988) ) .
• TNF-Rl The first step in the induction of the various cellular responses mediated by TNF or LT is their binding to specific cell surface receptors.
• TNF-Rl Two distinct TNF receptors of approximately 55-KDa (TNF-Rl) and 75-KDa (TNF-R2) have been identified (Hohman, H.P. et al., J. Biol. Chem. , 264:14927- 14934 (1989) )
• human and mouse cDNAs corresponding to both receptor types have been isolated and characterized (Loetscher, H. et al., Cell, 61:351 (1990)).
• Both TNF-R ⁇ share the typical structure of cell surface receptors including extracellular, transmembrane and intracellular regions.
• TNF-Rl and TNF-R2 share 28% identity and are characterized by four repeated cysteine-rich motifs with significant intersubunit sequence homology.
• the majority of cell types and tissues appear to express both TNF receptors and both receptors are active in signal transduction, however, they are able to mediate distinct cellular responses.
• TNF-R2 was shown to exclusively mediate human T cell proliferation by TNF as shown in PCT Publication No. WO 94/09137.
• TNF-Rl dependent responses include accumulation of C- FOS, IL-6, and manganese superoxide dismutase mRNA, prostaglandin E2 synthesis, IL-2 receptor and MHC class I and II cell surface antigen expression, growth inhibition, and cytotoxicity.
• TNF-Rl triggers second messenger systems such as phospholipase A 2 , protein kinase C, phosphatidylcholine- specific phospholipase C and ⁇ phingomyelinase (Pfefferk et al . , Cell, 73:457-467 (1993)).
• the TNF receptor and the two splice variants belong to a family of receptors and antigens known as the Nerve Growth Factor/Tumor Necrosis Factor Family.
• This family shows highly conserved cy ⁇ teine residues and includes the low affinity NGF receptor, which plays an important role in the regulation of growth and differentiation of nerve cells, the FAS receptor also called APO, a receptor which is involved in signalling for apoptosis and which, based on a study with mice deficient in its function, seems to play an important role in the etiology of a lupus-like disease, the TNF-Rl, the B cell antigen CD40, and the T cell activation antigen CD27.
• APO a receptor which is involved in signalling for apoptosis and which, based on a study with mice deficient in its function, seems to play an important role in the etiology of a lupus-like disease, the TNF-Rl, the B cell antigen CD40, and the T cell activation antigen CD27.
• the receptor polypeptides of the present invention have been putatively identified as members of this family.
• the receptor polypeptides of the present invention show significant amino acid sequence homology to the type 2 human tumor necrosis factor receptor.
• novel mature polypeptides as well as fragments, analogs and derivatives thereof.
• the polypeptides of the present invention are of human origin.
• nucleic acid molecules encoding such polypeptides, including mRNAs, DNAs, cDNAs, genomic DNA as well as antisense analogs thereof and biologically active and diagnostically or therapeutically useful fragments thereof.
• processes for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques which comprises culturing recombinant prokaryotic and/or eukaryotic host cells, containing a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide of the present invention, under conditions promoting expression of said protein and subsequent recovery of said protein.
• processes for utilizing such polypeptides, or polynucleotides encoding such polypeptides to screen for receptor antagonists and/or agonists and/or receptor ligands.
• nucleic acid probes comprising nucleic acid molecules of sufficient length to specifically hybridize to the polynucleotide sequences of the present invention.
• processes of using such agonists for treating conditions related to insufficient activity of the polypeptides of the present invention for example, to inhibit tumor growth, to stimulate human cellular proliferation, e.g., T-cell proliferation, to regulate the immune response and antiviral responses, to protect against the effects of ionizing radiation, to protect against chlamidiae infection, to regulate growth and to treat immunodeficiencies such as is found in HIV.
• processes of using such antagonists for treating conditions associated with over- expression of the polypeptides of the present invention for example, for treating T-cell mediated autoimmune diseases such as AIDS and arthritis, septic shock, cerebral malaria, graft rejection, cytotoxicity, cachexia, apoptosis and inflammation.
• T-cell mediated autoimmune diseases such as AIDS and arthritis, septic shock, cerebral malaria, graft rejection, cytotoxicity, cachexia, apoptosis and inflammation.
• Figure l shows the cDNA sequence and corresponding deduced amino acid sequence of the TNF receptor of the present invention.
• the initial 38 amino acids represent the putative leader sequence and are underlined.
• the standard one-letter abbreviations for amino acids are used.
• Figure 2 illustrates an amino acid sequence alignment of the TNF receptor polypeptide of the present invention (upper line) and the human type 2 TNF receptor (lower line) .
• Figure 3 illustrates the cDNA sequence and corresponding deduced amino acid sequence of the TNF receptor-splice variant 1 of the present invention.
• the initial 38 amino acids represent the putative leader sequence.
• the standard one-letter abbreviations for amino acids are used.
• Figure 4 illustrates an amino acid sequence alignment of the TNF-SV1 of the present invention (upper line) and the human type 2 TNF receptor (lower line) .
• Figure 5 illustrates the cDNA sequence in corresponding deduced amino acid sequence of the TNF-SV2 receptor of the present invention.
• the standard one-letter abbreviations for amino acids are used.
• Figure 6 illustrates an amino acid sequence alignment of the TNF-SV2 of the polypeptide of the present invention (upper line) and the human type 2 TNF receptor (lower line) .
• This invention relates to TNF receptor, the amino acid sequence of which is set forth in SEQ ID NO:2.
• the invention also relates to TNF-SV1, the amino acid sequence of which is set forth in SEQ ID NO-.4 and TNF-SV2, the amino acid sequence of which is set forth in SEQ ID NO:6.
• polypeptides of this invention may be membrane bound of may be in a soluble circulating form.
• This invention also relates to soluble forms of the polypeptides of the present invention.
• Soluble peptides are defined by the amino acid sequence wherein the sequence comprises the polypeptide sequence lacking the transmembrane domain.
• Such soluble peptides may include any number leader requences at the 5' end.
• Such a sequence would allow the peptides to be expressed in a eukaryotic system (see, e.g., Ernst et al . , U.S. Patent No. 5,082,783 (1992)).
• nucleic acids which encode for the mature polypeptides having the deduced amino acid sequence of Figures 1, 3 and 5 (SEQ ID No. 2, 4 and 6) or for the mature polypeptide encoded by the cDNA of the clone( ⁇ ) deposited as ATCC Depo ⁇ it No. 97059 (TNF Receptor) , ATCC Deposit No. 97058 (TNF-SV1) and ATCC Deposit No. 97057 (TNF-SV2) on February 13, 1995.
• a polynucleotide encoding the TNF receptor polypeptide of the present invention may be obtained from human lymphocytes, tonsils and fetal lung.
• the polynucleotide of this invention was discovered in a cDNA library derived from a human lymphocyte. It is structurally related to the human NGF/TNF receptor family. It contains an open reading frame encoding a protein of 283 amino acid residue ⁇ of which approximately the fir ⁇ t 38 amino acids residues are the putative leader sequence such that the mature protein comprise ⁇ 265 amino acids.
• the protein exhibits the highest degree of homology to a human type 2 TNF receptor with 32% identity and 44% similarity over a 117 amino acid stretch.
• a polynucleotide encoding the TNF-SV1 polypeptide of the present invention may be obtained from human lymphocytes, tonsils and fetal lung.
• the polynucleotide of this invention was di ⁇ covered in a cDNA library derived from a human fetal hear . It is structurally related to the human NGF/TNF receptor family. It contain ⁇ an open reading frame encoding a protein of 240 amino acid residues of which approximately the fir ⁇ t 38 amino acid ⁇ residues are the putative leader sequence such that the mature protein comprise ⁇ 202 amino acids.
• the protein exhibits the highest degree, of homology to a human type 2 TNF receptor with 21% identity and 42% similarity over the entire amino acid sequence.
• a polynucleotide encoding the TNF-SV2 polypeptide of the present invention may be obtained from human lymphocytes, tonsils and fetal lung.
• the polynucleotide of this invention was discovered in a cDNA library derived from a human stimulated monocyte. It is structurally related to the human NGF/TNF receptor family. It contains an open reading frame encoding a protein of 134 amino acid residues. The protein exhibits the highest degree of homology to a human type 2 TNF receptor with 27% identity and 48% similarity over the entire amino acid sequence.
• polypeptides of the present invention may exist as a membrane bound receptor having a transmembrane region and an intra- and extracellular region or it may exist in soluble form wherein the transmembrane domain is lacking.
• the polypeptides of the present invention may bind TNF and lymphotoxin molecules.
• a polynucleotides which may be in the form of RNA or in the form of DNA, which DNA includes cDNA, genomic DNA, and synthetic DNA.
• the DNA may be double- stranded or single-stranded, and if single stranded may be the coding strand or non-coding (anti-sense) strand.
• the coding sequences which encode the mature polypeptides may be identical to the coding sequences shown in Figure 1, 3 and 5 (SEQ ID No.
• the polynucleotide ⁇ which encode for the mature polypeptide ⁇ of Figure 1, 3 and 5 (SEQ ID No. 2, 4 and 6) or for the mature polypeptides encoded by the depo ⁇ ited cDNA( ⁇ ) may include: only the coding ⁇ equence for the mature polypeptide; the coding sequence for the mature polypeptide and additional coding sequence such as a leader or secretory sequence or a proprotein sequence,- the coding sequence for the mature polypeptide (and optionally additional coding sequence) and non-coding sequence, such as introns or non- coding ⁇ equence 5' and/or 3' of the coding ⁇ equence for the mature polypeptide.
• polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide encompa ⁇ e ⁇ a polynucleotide which includes only coding sequence for the polypeptide as well as a polynucleotide which includes additional coding and/or non-coding sequence.
• the present invention further relates to variants of the hereinabove described polynucleotides which encode for fragments, analogs and derivatives of the polypeptide having the deduced amino acid sequence of Figure 1, 3 and 5 (SEQ ID No. 2, 4 and 6) or the polypeptides encoded by the cDNA(s) of the deposited clone(s) .
• the variants of the polynucleotides may be naturally occurring allelic variants of the polynucleotides or non-naturally occurring variants of the polynucleotides.
• the present invention includes polynucleotides encoding the same mature polypeptides as shown in Figure 1, 3 and 5 (SEQ ID No. 2, 4 and 6) or the same mature polypeptides encoded by the cDNA(s) of the depo ⁇ ited clone(s) as well as variants of such polynucleotides which variant ⁇ encode for a fragment, derivative or analog of the polypeptide of Figure 1, 3 and 5 (SEQ ID No. 2, 4 and 6) or the polypeptides encoded by the cDNA(s) of the deposited clone( ⁇ ).
• nucleotide variant ⁇ include deletion variant ⁇ , substitution variants and addition or insertion variant ⁇ .
• the polynucleotides may have a coding sequence which is a naturally occurring allelic variant of the coding sequences shown in Figure l, 3 and 5 (SEQ ID No. 1, 3 and 5) or of the coding sequences of the deposited clone(s) .
• an allelic variant is an alternate form of a polynucleotide sequence which may have a substitution, deletion or addition of one or more nucleotides, which does not substantially alter the function of the encoded polypeptide.
• the polynucleotides of the present invention may also have the coding sequence fused in frame to a marker sequence which allows for purification of the polypeptide of the present invention.
• the marker sequence may be a hexa- hi ⁇ tidine tag supplied by a pQE-9 vector to provide for purification of the mature polypeptide fused to the marker in the case of a bacterial host, or, for example, the marker sequence may be a hemagglutinin (HA) tag when a mammalian host, e.g. COS-7 cells, is used.
• the HA tag correspond ⁇ to an epitope derived from the influenza hemagglutinin protein (Wil ⁇ on, I., et al., Cell, 37:767 (1984)).
• the present invention further relates to polynucleotides which hybridize to the hereinabove-described sequences if there is at least 50% and preferably 70% identity between the ⁇ equence ⁇ .
• the present invention particularly relates to polynucleotides which hybridize under stringent conditions to the hereinabove-described polynucleotides.
• stringent conditions means hybridization will occur only if there is at least 95% and preferably at least 97% identity between the sequences.
• polynucleotides which hybridize to the hereinabove described polynucleotides in a preferred embodiment encode polypeptides which retain substantially the same biological function or activity as the mature polypeptides encoded by the cDNA( ⁇ ) of Figure 1, 3 and 5 (SEQ ID No. 1, 3 and 5) or the deposited cDNA(s) .
• the present invention further relates to polypeptides which have the deduced amino acid sequences of Figure l, 3 and 5 (SEQ ID No. 2, 4 and 6) or which have the amino acid sequences encoded by the deposited cDNA(s) , as well as fragments, analogs and derivatives of such polypeptides.
• fragment when referring to the polypeptides of Figures 1, 3 and 5 (SEQ ID No:2, 4 and 6) or that encoded by the deposited cDNA(s) , means a polypeptide which retain ⁇ e ⁇ entially the ⁇ ame biological function or activity a ⁇ ⁇ uch polypeptide.
• an analog includes a proprotein which can be activated by cleavage of the proprotein portion to produce an active mature polypeptide.
• polypeptides of the present invention may be recombinant polypeptides, natural polypeptides or ⁇ ynthetic polypeptide ⁇ , preferably recombinant polypeptides.
• the fragment, derivative or analog of the polypeptide of Figure 1, 3 and 5 (SEQ ID NO:2, 4 and 6) or that encoded by the deposited cDNA may be (i) one in which one or more of the amino acid residues are substituted with a conserved or non-conserved amino acid residue (preferably a conserved amino acid residue) and such sub ⁇ tituted amino acid residue may or may not be one encoded by the genetic code, or (ii) one in which one or more of the amino acid residue ⁇ includes a substituent group, or (iii) one in which the mature polypeptide is fused with another compound, such as a compound to increase the half-life of the polypeptide (for example, polyethylene glycol) , or (iv) one in which the additional amino acids are fused to the mature polypeptide, such as an Fc fusion region peptide or leader or secretory sequence or a sequence which is employed for purification of the mature polypeptide or a proprotein sequence.
• Such fragments, derivatives and analogs
• polypeptides and polynucleotides of the present invention are preferably provided in an isolated form, and preferably are purified to homogeneity.
• gene means the segment of DNA involved in producing a polypeptide chain,- it includes regions preceding and following the coding region (leader and trailer) as well a ⁇ intervening ⁇ equences (introns) between individual coding segments (exons) .
• isolated means that the material is removed from its original environment (e.g., the natural environment if it i ⁇ naturally occurring) .
• a naturally- occurring polynucleotide or polypeptide pre ⁇ ent in a living animal i ⁇ not isolated, but the same polynucleotide or polypeptide, separated from some or all of the coexisting materials in the natural system, is isolated.
• Such polynucleotides could be part of a vector and/or such polynucleotides or polypeptides could be part of a composition, and still be isolated in that such vector or composition is not part of its natural environment.
• the pre ⁇ ent invention al ⁇ o relates to vectors which include polynucleotides of the present invention, host cells which are genetically engineered with vectors of the invention and the production of polypeptides of the invention by recombinant techniques.
• Host cells are genetically engineered (transduced or transformed or transfected) with the vectors of this invention which may be, for example, a cloning vector or an expres ⁇ ion vector.
• the vector may be, for example, in the form of a plasmid, a viral particle, a phage, etc.
• the engineered host cells can be cultured in conventional nutrient media modified a ⁇ appropriate for activating promoters, selecting transformants or amplifying the NGF/TNF receptor genes.
• the culture conditions such as temperature, pH and the like, are those previou ⁇ ly u ⁇ ed with the ho ⁇ t cell selected for expres ⁇ ion, and will be apparent to the ordinarily ⁇ killed artisan.
• the polynucleotide ⁇ of the pre ⁇ ent invention may be employed for producing polypeptide ⁇ by recombinant techniques.
• the polynucleotide may be included in any one of a variety of expre ⁇ ion vectors for expressing a polypeptide.
• Such vectors include chromosomal, nonchromosomal and ⁇ ynthetic DNA sequences, e.g., derivatives of SV40; bacterial plasmids,- phage DNA; baculovirus,- yeast plasmid ⁇ ,- vectors derived from combinations of plasmids and phage DNA, viral DNA such as vaccinia, adenovirus, fowl pox viru ⁇ , and p ⁇ eudorabie ⁇ .
• chromosomal, nonchromosomal and ⁇ ynthetic DNA sequences e.g., derivatives of SV40; bacterial plasmids,- phage DNA; baculovirus,- yeast plasmid ⁇ ,- vectors derived from combinations of plasmids and phage DNA, viral DNA such as vaccinia, adenovirus, fowl pox viru ⁇ , and p ⁇ eudorabie ⁇ .
• the appropriate DNA sequence may be inserted into the vector by a variety of procedures.
• the DNA sequence is inserted into an appropriate restriction endonuclease ⁇ ite( ⁇ ) by procedure ⁇ known in the art.
• procedure ⁇ known in the art.
• the DNA sequence in the expression vector is operatively linked to an appropriate expres ⁇ ion control ⁇ equence( ⁇ ) (promoter) to direct mRNA ⁇ ynthesis.
• promoters there may be mentioned: LTR or SV40 promoter, the E. coli. lac or trp, the phage lambda P L promoter and other promoters known to control expression of genes in prokaryotic or eukaryotic cells or their viruse ⁇ .
• the expre ⁇ sion vector also contains a ribosome binding ⁇ ite for tran ⁇ lation initiation and a transcription, terminator.
• the vector may also include appropriate sequences for amplifying expression.
• the expression vectors preferably contain one or more ⁇ electable marker gene ⁇ to provide a phenotypic trait for selection of transformed host cells such as dihydrofolate reducta ⁇ e or neomycin re ⁇ i ⁇ tance for eukaryotic cell culture, or ⁇ uch as tetracycline or ampicillin resistance in E. coli.
• the vector containing the appropriate DNA sequence as hereinabove described, as well as an appropriate promoter or control sequence, may be employed to transform an appropriate host to permit the host to expres ⁇ the protein.
• bacterial cells such as E. coli. Streptomyces. Salmonella typhimurium.- fungal cells, such as yeast; insect cells such as Drosophila S2 and Spodoptera Sf9; animal cells such a ⁇ CHO, COS or Bowe ⁇ melanoma; adenoviru ⁇ e ⁇ ; plant cell ⁇ , etc.
• yeast bacterial cells
• insect cells such as Drosophila S2 and Spodoptera Sf9
• animal cells such a ⁇ CHO, COS or Bowe ⁇ melanoma
• adenoviru ⁇ e ⁇ plant cell ⁇ , etc.
• the present invention also includes recombinant construct ⁇ comprising one or more of the sequences as broadly described above.
• the constructs comprise a vector, such as a plasmid or viral vector, into which a ⁇ equence of the invention has been inserted, in a forward or rever ⁇ e orientation.
• the construct further comprise ⁇ regulatory ⁇ equence ⁇ , including, for example, a promoter, operably linked to the sequence.
• suitable vectors and promoters are known to those of skill in the art, and are commercially available. The following vectors are provided by way of example.
• Bacterial pQE70, pQE60, pQE-9 (Qiagen) , pBS, pDIO, phage ⁇ cript, psiX174, pbluescript SK, pbsks, pNH8A, pNH16a, pNH18A, pNH46A (Stratagene) ; pTRC99a, pKK223- 3, pKK233-3, pDR540, pRIT5 (Pharmacia) .
• Eukaryotic pWLNEO, pSV2CAT, pOG44, pXTl, pSG (Stratagene) pSVK3, pBPV, pMSG, pSVL (Pharmacia) .
• any other plasmid or vector may be u ⁇ ed as long a ⁇ they are replicable and viable in the ho ⁇ t.
• Promoter region ⁇ can be selected from any desired gene using CAT (chloramphenicol transfera ⁇ e) vector ⁇ or other vectors with selectable markers.
• Two appropriate vectors are PKK232-8 and PCM7.
• Particular named bacterial promoters include lad, lacZ, T3, T7, gpt, lambda P R , P, and trp.
• Eukaryotic promoters include CMV immediate early, HSV thymidine kinase, early and late SV40, LTR ⁇ from retroviru ⁇ , and mouse metallothionein-I. Selection of the appropriate vector and promoter is well within the level of ordinary skill in the art.
• the present invention relates to host cells containing the above-described construct ⁇ .
• the ho ⁇ t cell can be a higher eukaryotic cell, ⁇ uch a ⁇ a mammalian cell, or a lower eukaryotic cell, such as a yeast cell, or the host cell can be a prokaryotic cell, such as a bacterial cell.
• Introduction of the construct into the host cell can be effected by calcium phosphate transfection, DEAE- Dextran mediated tran ⁇ fection, or electroporation (Davis, L. , Dibner, M. , Battey, I., Basic Methods in Molecular Biology, (1986) ) .
• the construct ⁇ in ho ⁇ t cell ⁇ can be u ⁇ ed in a conventional manner to produce the gene product encoded by the recombinant sequence.
• the polypeptide ⁇ of the invention can be ⁇ ynthetically produced by conventional peptide synthesizers.
• Mature proteins can be expressed in mammalian cells, yeast, bacteria, or other cells under the control of appropriate promoters.
• Cell-free translation system ⁇ can al ⁇ o be employed to produce ⁇ uch protein ⁇ u ⁇ ing RNAs derived from the DNA construct ⁇ of the present invention.
• Appropriate cloning and expres ⁇ ion vector ⁇ for u ⁇ e with prokaryotic and eukaryotic hosts are described by Sambrook, et al., Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, Second Edition, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., (1989), the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
• Enhancers are cis-acting elements of DNA, usually about from 10 to 300 bp that act on a promoter to increase its transcription. Examples include the SV40 enhancer on the late side of the replication origin bp 100 to 270, a cytomegalovirus early promoter enhancer, the polyoma enhancer on the late side of the replication origin, and adenovirus enhancers.
• recombinant expression vectors will include origins of replication and selectable markers permitting transformation of the host cell, e.g., the ampicillin resistance gene of E. coli and S. cerevisiae TRPl gene, and a promoter derived from a highly-expressed gene to direct transcription of a downstream structural sequence.
• promoter ⁇ can be derived from operon ⁇ encoding glycolytic enzyme ⁇ ⁇ uch as 3-phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK) , ⁇ -factor, acid phosphatase, or heat shock proteins, among others.
• the heterologous structural sequence is assembled in appropriate phase with translation initiation and termination sequences, and preferably, a leader sequence capable of directing secretion of the translated protein or part of the translated protein into the periplasmic space or extracellular medium.
• the heterologous sequence can encode a fusion protein including an N-terminal identification peptide imparting desired characteristics, e.g., stabilization or simplified purification of expressed recombinant product.
• Useful expression vectors for bacterial u ⁇ e are con ⁇ tructed by in ⁇ erting a ⁇ tructural DNA sequence encoding a desired protein together with suitable translation initiation and termination signals in operable reading phase with a functional promoter.
• the vector will comprise one or more phenotypic selectable markers and an origin of replication to ensure maintenance of the vector and to, if desirable, provide amplification within the host.
• Suitable prokaryotic ho ⁇ t ⁇ for tran ⁇ formation include E. coli. Bacillu ⁇ ⁇ ubtili ⁇ . Salmonella typhimurium and variou ⁇ ⁇ pecie ⁇ within the genera Pseudomonas, Streptomyces, and Staphylococcus, although others may also be employed as a matter of choice.
• useful expression vectors for bacterial use can comprise a selectable marker and bacterial origin of replication derived from commercially available plasmids comprising genetic elements of the well known cloning vector pBR322 (ATCC 37017) .
• cloning vector pBR322 ATCC 37017
• Such commercial vectors include, for example, pKK223-3 (Pharmacia Fine Chemicals, Uppsala, Sweden) and GEM1 (Promega Biotec, Madison, WI, USA) .
• pBR322 "backbone" ⁇ ection ⁇ are combined with an appropriate promoter and the structural sequence to be expressed.
• the selected promoter i ⁇ induced by appropriate mean ⁇ e.g., temperature shift or chemical induction
• cells are cultured for an additional period.
• Cells are typically harvested by centrifugation, disrupted by phy ⁇ ical or chemical mean ⁇ , and the resulting crude extract retained for further purification.
• Microbial cells employed in expres ⁇ ion of protein ⁇ can be di ⁇ rupted by any convenient method, including freeze-thaw cycling, sonication, mechanical disruption, or use of cell lysing agents, such methods are well know to those skilled in the art.
• Variou ⁇ mammalian cell culture ⁇ y ⁇ tem ⁇ can al ⁇ o be employed to expre ⁇ recombinant protein.
• Examples of mammalian expression systems include the COS-7 lines of monkey kidney fibroblast ⁇ , described by Gluzman, Cell, 23:175
• Mammalian expression vectors will comprise an origin of replication, a suitable promoter and enhancer, and also any neces ⁇ ary ribosome binding sites, polyadenylation site, splice donor and acceptor sites, transcriptional termination sequences, and 5' flanking nontranscribed sequences.
• DNA sequences derived from the SV40 splice, and polyadenylation site ⁇ may be u ⁇ ed to provide the required nontranscribed genetic elements.
• polypeptides of the present invention can be recovered and purified from recombinant cell cultures by methods including ammonium sulfate or ethanol precipitation, acid extraction, anion or cation exchange chromatography, phosphocellulose chromatography, hydrophobic interaction chromatography, affinity chromatography, hydroxylapatite chromatography and lectin chromatography. Protein refolding steps can be used, as necessary, in completing configuration of the mature protein. Finally, high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) can be employed for final purification steps.
• HPLC high performance liquid chromatography
• the polypeptides of the present invention may be a naturally purified product, or a product of chemical ⁇ ynthetic procedure ⁇ , or produced by recombinant technique ⁇ from a prokaryotic or eukaryotic ho ⁇ t (for example, by bacterial, yea ⁇ t, higher plant, in ⁇ ect and mammalian cells in culture) .
• a prokaryotic or eukaryotic ho ⁇ t for example, by bacterial, yea ⁇ t, higher plant, in ⁇ ect and mammalian cells in culture
• the polypeptides of the present invention may be glycosylated or may be non-glycosylated.
• Polypeptides of the invention may also include an initial methionine amino acid residue.
• Fragments of the full length genes of the present invention may be used as hybridization probes for cDNA libraries to isolate genes which have a high sequence similarity to the gene ⁇ of the present invention or which have similar biological activity. Probes of this this type, preferably have at lea ⁇ t 30 ba ⁇ e ⁇ and generally do not exceed 50 bases, although they may have a greater number of bases. The probes may also be u ⁇ ed to identify cDNA clone( ⁇ ) corresponding to a full length transcript and a genomic clone or clones that contain the complete gene including regulatory and promotor regions, exons, and intron ⁇ .
• An example of a ⁇ creen comprises isolating the coding region of the genes of the pre ⁇ ent invention by u ⁇ ing the known DNA ⁇ equence to synthesize an oligonucleotide probe.
• Labeled oligonucleotides having a sequence complementary to that of the genes of the pre ⁇ ent invention are u ⁇ ed to screen a library of human cDNA, genomic DNA or rnRNA to determine which members of the library the probe hybridizes to.
• the polypeptide ⁇ of the present invention may be employed for identifying ligand ⁇ which can bind to the receptor polypeptide ⁇ which comprises transfecting a cell population with the appropriate vector expressing the receptors, such that the cell will now expres ⁇ the receptor.
• a suitable response system is obtained by transfection of the DNA into a suitable host containing the desired second messenger pathways including cAMP, ion channels, phosphoinositide kinase, or calcium response.
• Such a transfection system provides a response system to analyze the activity of various ligands exposed to the cell.
• Ligands chosen could be identified through a rational approach by taking known ligands that interact with similar types of receptors or u ⁇ ing small molecules, cell supernatant ⁇ or extracts or natural products.
• a determination may be made whether a ligand not known to be capable of binding to a receptor polypeptide of the present invention can bind thereto comprising contacting a mammalian cell comprising an isolated molecule encoding a receptor polypeptide of ⁇ the present invention with a ligand under conditions permitting binding of ligands known to bind to a TNF receptor, detecting the pre ⁇ ence of any of the ligand bound to a receptor polypeptide of the present invention, and thereby determining whether such ligands bind thereto.
• soluble forms of the polypeptides of the present invention may be utilized in the above assay where they are secreted in to the extra-cellular medium and contacted with ligands to determine which will bind to the soluble form of the particular receptor polypeptide.
• This invention also provides a method of screening compounds to identify compounds which interact with, and activate or block the activation of the receptor polypeptide ⁇ of the present invention on the surface of a cell which comprises contacting a mammalian cell comprising an isolated DNA molecule encoding and expressing a polypeptide of the present invention with a plurality of compounds, determining those which activate or block the activation of the polypeptides of the present invention in the mammalian cell using a bioassay such as a second messenger assay, and thereby identifying compounds which ⁇ pecifically interact with, and activate or block the activation of the polypeptide ⁇ of the pre ⁇ ent invention.
• the ⁇ oluble form of the receptor polypeptide ⁇ of the pre ⁇ ent invention may also be employed to identify agonists and antagonists in a thymocyte proliferation assay.
• a thymocyte proliferation as ⁇ ay may be employed to identify both ligand ⁇ and potential drug candidate ⁇ .
• thy u ⁇ cells are disaggregated from tis ⁇ ue and grown in culture medium.
• Incorporation of DNA prescursors ⁇ uch as H-thymidine or 5-bromo-2' -deoxyuridine (BrdU) i ⁇ monitored a ⁇ a parameter for DNA synthesis and cellular proliferation.
• Cells which have incorporated BrdU into DNA can be detected using a monoclonal antibody against BrdU and measured by an enzyme or fluorochrome-conjugated second antibody. The reaction is quantitated by fluorimetry or by spectrophotometry.
• TNF-? is added to all wells while soluble receptor polypeptides of the present invention are added individually to the second control wells, with the experimental well containing a compound to be screened.
• the ability of the compound to be screened to inhibit the above interaction may then be quantified.
• the pre ⁇ ent invention further relate ⁇ to a diagno ⁇ tic assay which detects altered levels of soluble forms of the polypeptides of the present invention where an elevated level of the soluble form of the polypeptides in a sample derived from a host is indicative of certain diseases.
• a diagno ⁇ tic assay which detects altered levels of soluble forms of the polypeptides of the present invention where an elevated level of the soluble form of the polypeptides in a sample derived from a host is indicative of certain diseases.
• As ⁇ ay ⁇ available to detect level ⁇ of ⁇ oluble polypeptide ⁇ are well known to those of skill in the art, for example, radioimmunoassays, competitive-binding a ⁇ ay ⁇ , Western blot analysi ⁇ , and preferably an ELISA a ⁇ ay may be employed.
• An ELISA as ⁇ ay initially compri ⁇ es preparing an antibody specific to an antigen specific to a receptor polypeptide of the present invention, preferably a monoclonal antibody.
• a reporter antibody is prepared against the monoclonal antibody.
• a detectable reagent ⁇ uch a ⁇ radioactivity, fluore ⁇ cence or in thi ⁇ example, a hor ⁇ eradish peroxidase enzyme.
• any free protein binding sites on the dish are then covered by incubating with a non-specific protein like BSA.
• the monoclonal antibody i ⁇ incubated in the di ⁇ h during which time the monoclonal antibodie ⁇ attach to any polypeptide ⁇ of the present invention which are attached to the polystyrene dish. All unbound monoclonal antibody is washed out with buffer.
• the reporter antibody linked to horseradish peroxidase is now placed in the dish resulting in binding of the reporter antibody to any monoclonal antibody bound to a polypeptide of the present invention. Unattached reporter antibody is then washed out.
• Peroxida ⁇ e ⁇ ub ⁇ trate ⁇ are then added to the dish and the amount of color developed in a given time period is a measurement of the amount of protein of interest which is pre ⁇ ent in a given volume of patient ⁇ ample when compared again ⁇ t a standard curve.
• a competition assay may be employed wherein antibodies specific to any one of the polypeptides of the present invention are attached to a solid support.
• a labeled polypeptide of the present invention and a sample derived from a host are then passed over the solid support and the amount of label detected attached to the solid support can be correlated to a quantity of a polypeptide of the present invention in the sample.
• the invention also contemplates the use of a gene of the present invention as a diagnostic. For example, if a mutation is present in one of the genes of the present invention, conditions would result from a lack of production of the receptor polypeptides of the present invention. Further, mutations which enhance receptor polypeptide activity would lead to diseases as ⁇ ociated with an over- expre ⁇ ion of the receptor polypeptide, e.g., endotoxic shock. Mutations in the genes can be detected by comparing the sequence of the defective gene with that of a normal one. Subsequently one can verify that a mutant gene is associated with a disease condition or the susceptibility to a disease condition. That i ⁇ , a mutant gene which leads to the underexpre ⁇ ion of the receptor polypeptides of the present invention would be associated with an inability of TNF to inhibit tumor growth.
• Nucleic acids used for diagnosi ⁇ may be obtained from a patient's cell ⁇ , ⁇ uch a ⁇ from blood, urine, ⁇ aliva and tissue biopsy among other tis ⁇ ue ⁇ .
• the genomic DNA may be used directly for detection or may be amplified enzymatically by using PCR (Saiki et al . , Nature, 324:163-166 (1986)) prior to analy ⁇ i ⁇ .
• RNA or cDNA may al ⁇ o be u ⁇ ed for the ⁇ ame purpo ⁇ e.
• PCR primer ⁇ complementary to the nucleic acid of the in ⁇ tant invention can be used to identify and analyze mutations in the human gene ⁇ of the present invention. For example, deletions and insertion ⁇ can be detected by a change in the size of the amplified product in comparison to the normal genotype. Point mutations can be identified by hybridizing amplified DNA to radiolabeled RNA or alternatively, radiolabeled antisense DNA ⁇ equence ⁇ of the pre ⁇ ent invention. Perfectly matched sequences can be distinguished from mismatched duplexes by RNase A dige ⁇ tion or by difference ⁇ in melting temperature ⁇ . Such a diagnostic would be particularly useful for prenatal or even neonatal testing.
• Sequence differences between the reference gene and "mutants" may be revealed by the direct DNA sequencing method.
• cloned DNA segments may be used a ⁇ probe ⁇ to detect ⁇ pecific DNA segment ⁇ .
• the sensitivity of this method is greatly enhanced when combined with PCR.
• a sequencing primary used with double ⁇ tranded PCR product or a single stranded template molecule generated by a modified PCR product.
• the sequence determination is performed by conventional procedures with radiolabeled nucleotide ⁇ or by automatic ⁇ equencing procedure ⁇ with fluorescent tags.
• Sequence changes at the specific locations may be revealed by nuclea ⁇ e protection assays, such as RNase and Si protection or the chemical cleavage method (for example, Cotton et al . , PNAS, 85:4397-4401 (1985)).
• the receptor polypeptide ⁇ of the pre ⁇ ent invention may al ⁇ o be employed in the process for screening for antagonist ⁇ and/or agonists for the receptor.
• screening procedures involve providing appropriate cell ⁇ which express the receptor on the surface thereof.
• a polynucleotide encoding the NGF/TNF receptor of the present invention is employed to transfect cells to thereby express the NGF/TNF receptor. Such transfection may be accomplished by procedures as hereinabove described.
• a polynucleotide encoding a receptor polypeptide of the present invention is employed to transfect cells to thereby express the receptor polypeptide.
• such assay may be employed for screening for a receptor antagonist by contacting the cells which encode a polypeptide of the present invention. Inhibition of the signal generated by the ligand indicates that a compound is a potential antagoni ⁇ t for the receptor, i.e., inhibit ⁇ activation of the receptor.
• the ⁇ creening may be employed for determining an agoni ⁇ t by contacting such cells with compounds to be screened and determining whether such compounds generate a signal, i.e., activates the receptor.
• screening techniques include the use of cells which express the receptor polypeptides of the pre ⁇ ent invention (for example, transfected CHO cells) in a system which measures extracellular pH changes caused by receptor activation, for example, as de ⁇ cribed in Science, Volume 246, pages 181-296 (1989) .
• potential agonist ⁇ or antagonists may be contacted with a cell which expres ⁇ e ⁇ the receptor polypeptides of the present invention and a second messenger response, e.g., signal tran ⁇ duction may be mea ⁇ ured to determine whether the potential antagonist or agonist is effective.
• Another screening technique involves expressing the polypeptide of the present invention in which the polypeptide is linked to phospholipase C or D.
• phospholipase C or D As representative examples of such cells, there may be mentioned endothelial cells, smooth mu ⁇ cle cell ⁇ , embryonic kidney cell ⁇ and the like.
• the ⁇ creening for an antagonist or agonist may be accomplished as hereinabove described by detecting activation of the receptor or inhibition of activation of the receptor from the phospholipase second ⁇ ignal.
• Antibodie ⁇ may be utilized a ⁇ both an agoni ⁇ t and an antagoni ⁇ t depending on the domain of the polypeptide of the pre ⁇ ent invention which the antibody binds to.
• the antibody in one instance can bind to the active site of the receptor and block ligand acces ⁇ .
• monoclonal antibodie ⁇ directed again ⁇ t certain receptor polypeptides can act as specific agonist ⁇ when binding to the extra-cellular domain of the receptor.
• oligonucleo ides which bind to the receptor polypeptides of the present invention may also act as antagonists.
• a potential antagonist may be a soluble form of the polypeptides of the present invention which contains the complete extra-cellular region of the polypeptide and which binds to ligands to inhibit their biological activity.
• Anti ⁇ ense technology can be used to control gene expression through triple-helix formation or antisense DNA or RNA, both of which methods are based on binding of a polynucleotide to DNA or RNA.
• a DNA oligonucleotide is designed to be complementary to a region of the gene involved in transcription (triple helix -see Lee et al., Nucl. Acids Res., 6:3073 (1979); Cooney et al, Science, 241:456 (1988); and Dervan et al., Science, 251: 1360 (1991)), thereby preventing transcription and the production of the polypeptides of the present invention.
• the antisen ⁇ e RNA oligonucleotide hybridizes to the mRNA in vivo and blocks translation of the mRNA molecule into the polypeptides of the present invention (antisense - Okano, J. Neurochem.
• oligonucleotide ⁇ de ⁇ cribed above can also be delivered to cells such that the antisense RNA or DNA may be expres ⁇ ed in vivo to inhibit production of the polypeptide ⁇ of the present invention.
• Potential antagonists to the polypeptides of the present invention also include a small molecule which binds to and occupies the receptor polypeptides thereby making them inaccessible to ligands which bind thereto such that normal biological activity is prevented.
• small molecules include but are not limited to small peptides or peptide-like molecules.
• the agonists to the polypeptides of the present invention may be employed to stimulate ligand activities, such as inhibition of tumor growth and necrosis of certain transplantable tumors.
• the agonists may also be employed to stimulate cellular differentiation, for example, T-cell, fibroblasts and haemopoietic cell differentiation.
• Agonist ⁇ to the receptor polypeptide ⁇ may also augment TNF's role in the host's defense against microorganisms and prevent related disea ⁇ e ⁇ (infection ⁇ such as that from L. monocytogenes) and chlamidiae.
• the agoni ⁇ t ⁇ may al ⁇ o be employed to protect again ⁇ t the deleterious effect ⁇ of ionizing radiation produced during a cour ⁇ e of radiotherapy, such as denaturation of enzymes, lipid peroxidation, and DNA damage.
• the agonists may also be employed to mediate an anti ⁇ viral respon ⁇ e, to regulate growth, to mediate the immune re ⁇ pon ⁇ e and to treat immunodeficiencies related to disea ⁇ es such as HIV.
• Antagonists to the receptor polypeptides of the present invention may be employed to treat autoimmune disease ⁇ , for example, graft versus ho ⁇ t rejection and allograft rejection, and T-cell mediated autoimmune diseases such as AIDS. It has been shown that T-cell proliferation is stimulated via a type 2 TNF receptor. Accordingly, antagonizing the receptor may prevent the proliferation of T-cells and treat T-cell mediated autoimmune disea ⁇ e .
• the antagoni ⁇ t ⁇ may al ⁇ o be employed to prevent apoptosis, which i ⁇ the basis for disease ⁇ ⁇ uch a ⁇ viral infection, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosu ⁇ , in ⁇ ulin-dependent diabetes mellitu ⁇ , and graft rejection.
• the antagonists may be employed to prevent cytotoxicity.
• the antagonist ⁇ to the receptor polypeptide ⁇ of the pre ⁇ ent invention may al ⁇ o be employed to treat B cell cancers which are stimulated by TNF.
• the ⁇ oluble form ⁇ of the receptor polypeptide ⁇ of the pre ⁇ ent invention may be employed to protect again ⁇ t arthriti ⁇ , ⁇ pecifically arthriti ⁇ induced by Type II collagen.
• Antagonist ⁇ to the receptor polypeptide ⁇ of the pre ⁇ ent invention may also be employed to treat and/or prevent septic shock, which remains a critical clinical condition.
• Septic shock results from an exaggerated host response, mediated by protein factors such as TNF and IL-1, rather than from a pathogen directly.
• protein factors such as TNF and IL-1
• lipopoly ⁇ accharide ⁇ have been ⁇ hown to elicit the relea ⁇ e of TNF leading to a strong and transient increase of its serum concentration.
• TNF causes shock and tissue injury when administered in excessive amounts.
• antagonists to the receptor polypeptides of the present invention will block the actions of TNF and treat/prevent septic shock. These antagonists may also be used to treat meningococcemia in children which correlates with high serum levels of TNF.
• inflammation which i ⁇ mediated by ligands to the receptor polypeptides of the present invention
• bacterial infections cachexia and cerebral malaria.
• compositions comprise a therapeutically effective amount of the soluble receptor or agonist or antagonist, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient.
• a carrier includes but is not limited to saline, buffered saline, dextrose, water, glycerol, ethanol, and combinations thereof. The formulation should suit the mode of administration.
• the invention also provides a pharmaceutical pack or kit comprising one or more containers filled with one or more of the ingredients of the pharmaceutical compositions of the invention.
• a pharmaceutical pack or kit comprising one or more containers filled with one or more of the ingredients of the pharmaceutical compositions of the invention.
• Associated with such container(s) can be a notice in the form prescribed by a governmental agency regulating the manufacture, use or sale of pharmaceuticals or biological products, which notice reflects approval by the agency of manufacture, use or sale for human administration.
• the soluble form of the receptor polypeptides of the present invention and agonists and antagonist ⁇ of the present invention may also be employed in conjunction with other therapeutic compounds.
• the pharmaceutical composition ⁇ may be administered in a convenient manner such a ⁇ by the oral, topical, intravenous, intraperitoneal, intramuscular, subcutaneous, intranasal or intradermal routes.
• the pharmaceutical compositions are administered in an amount which i ⁇ effective for treating and/or prophylaxis of the specific indication. In general, they are administered in an amount of at least about 10 ⁇ g/kg body weight and in most cases they will be administered in an amount not in excess of about 8 mg/Kg body weight per day. In most case ⁇ , the do ⁇ age is from about 10 ⁇ g/kg to about 1 mg/kg body weight daily, taking into account the route ⁇ of administration, symptoms, etc.
• receptor polypeptides of the present invention and agonist ⁇ and antagoni ⁇ t ⁇ which are polypeptide ⁇ may al ⁇ o be employed in accordance with the pre ⁇ ent invention by expression of such polypeptides in vivo, which i ⁇ often referred to a ⁇ "gene therapy.”
• cell ⁇ from a patient may be engineered with a polynucleotide (DNA or RNA) encoding a polypeptide ex vivo, with the engineered cell ⁇ then being provided to a patient to be treated with the polypeptide.
• a polynucleotide DNA or RNA
• cells may be engineered by procedures known in the art by u ⁇ e of a retroviral particle containing RNA encoding a polypeptide of the pre ⁇ ent invention.
• cells may be engineered in vivo for expres ⁇ ion of a polypeptide in vivo by, for example, procedure ⁇ known in the art.
• a producer cell for producing a retroviral particle containing RNA encoding the polypeptide of the pre ⁇ ent invention may be admini ⁇ tered to a patient for engineering cell ⁇ in vivo and expre ⁇ ion of the polypeptide in vivo.
• the ⁇ e and other methods for administering a polypeptide of the present invention by such method should be apparent to those skilled in the art from the teachings of the present invention.
• the expression vehicle for engineering cells may be other than a retrovirus, for example, an adenoviru ⁇ which may be used to engineer cells in vivo after combination with a suitable delivery vehicle.
• the retroviral plasmid vectors may be derived from retroviruses which include, but are not limited to, Moloney Murine Sarcoma Virus, Moloney Murine Leukemia Virus, ⁇ pleen necro ⁇ is virus, Rous Sarcoma Viru ⁇ and Harvey Sarcoma Viru ⁇ .
• the retroviral expre ⁇ sion vector, pMV-7 is flanked by the long terminal repeats (LTRs) of the Moloney murine sarcoma virus and contains the selectable drug resi ⁇ tance gene neo under the regulation of the herpes simplex viru ⁇ (HSV) thymidine kinase (tk) promoter.
• LTRs long terminal repeats
• HSV herpes simplex viru ⁇
• tk thymidine kinase
• the vectors include one or more suitable promoters which include, but are not limited to, the retroviral LTR; the SV40 promoter; and the human cytomegalovirus (CMV) promoter described in Miller, et al., Biotechniques. Vol. 7, No. 9, 980-990 (1989), or any other promoter (e.g., cellular promoters such a ⁇ eukaryotic cellular promoters including, but not limited to, the histone, pol III, and ⁇ -actin promoters) .
• CMV human cytomegalovirus
• the nucleic acid sequence encoding the polypeptide of the present invention is under the control of a suitable promoter which includes, but is not limited to, viral thymidine kinase promoters, such as the Herpes Simplex thymidine kinase promoter,- retroviral LTR ⁇ , the 0-actin promoter, and the native promoter which control ⁇ the gene encoding the polypeptide.
• a suitable promoter which includes, but is not limited to, viral thymidine kinase promoters, such as the Herpes Simplex thymidine kinase promoter,- retroviral LTR ⁇ , the 0-actin promoter, and the native promoter which control ⁇ the gene encoding the polypeptide.
• the retroviral plasmid vector is employed to transduce packaging cell lines to form producer cell lines.
• packaging cells which may be transfected include, but are not limited to, the PE501, PA317 and GP+aml2.
• the vector may transduce the packaging cells through any means known in the art. Such means include, but are not limited to, electroporation, the use of liposome ⁇ , and CaP0 4 precipitation.
• the producer cell line generate ⁇ infectiou ⁇ retroviral vector particle ⁇ which include the nucleic acid sequence(s) encoding the polypeptide ⁇ .
• retroviral vector particles then may be employed, to transduce eukaryotic cells, either in vi tro or in vivo .
• the transduced eukaryotic cells will expres ⁇ the nucleic acid ⁇ equence( ⁇ ) encoding the polypeptide.
• Eukaryotic cell ⁇ which may be transduced include but are not limited to, fibroblast ⁇ and endothelial cell ⁇ .
• the sequences of the present invention are also valuable for chromosome identification.
• the sequence is specifically targeted to and can hybridize with a particular location on an individual human chromosome.
• Few chromosome marking reagents ba ⁇ ed on actual ⁇ equence data (repeat polymorphi ⁇ m ⁇ ) are pre ⁇ ently available for marking chromosomal location.
• the mapping of DNAs to chromo ⁇ ome ⁇ according to the pre ⁇ ent invention is an important first ⁇ tep in correlating tho ⁇ e sequences with genes as ⁇ ociated with disease.
• sequence ⁇ can be mapped to chromosomes by preparing PCR primers (preferably 15-25 bp) from the cDNA. Computer analysi ⁇ of the 3' untran ⁇ lated region i ⁇ u ⁇ ed to rapidly select primers that do not span more than one exon in the genomic DNA, thus complicating the amplification process. These primers are then used for PCR ⁇ creening of somatic cell hybrid ⁇ containing individual human chromo ⁇ ome ⁇ . Only tho ⁇ e hybrids containing the human gene corresponding to the primer will yield an amplified fragment.
• mapping of somatic cell hybrids is a rapid procedure for assigning a particular DNA to a particular chromo ⁇ ome.
• Other mapping strategies that can similarly be used to map to its chromosome include in si tu hybridization, prescreening with labeled ⁇ flow-sorted chromosome ⁇ and pre ⁇ election by hybridization to con ⁇ truct chromo ⁇ ome specific-cDNA librarie ⁇ .
• Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) of a cDNA clone to a metaphase chromosomal spread can be used to provide a preci ⁇ e chromo ⁇ omal location in one step.
• FISH Fluorescence in situ hybridization
• This technique can be used with cDNA having at least 500 or 600 bases.
• Verma et al. Human Chromo ⁇ omes: a Manual of Ba ⁇ ic Techniques, Pergamon Press, New York (1988) .
• a cDNA precisely localized to a chromosomal region associated with the disea ⁇ e could be one of between 50 and 500 potential causative genes. (This as ⁇ ume ⁇ 1 megaba ⁇ e mapping re ⁇ olution and one gene per 20 kb) .
• the polypeptide ⁇ , their fragments or other derivatives, or analogs thereof, or cells expressing them can be used a ⁇ an immunogen to produce antibodies thereto.
• These antibodies can be, for example, polyclonal or monoclonal antibodie ⁇ .
• the pre ⁇ ent invention al ⁇ o include ⁇ chimeric, single chain, and humanized antibodies, as well as Fab fragments, or the product of an Fab expression library. Various procedures known in the art may be used for the production of such antibodies and fragments.
• Antibodie ⁇ generated again ⁇ t the polypeptide ⁇ corre ⁇ ponding to a ⁇ equence of the pre ⁇ ent invention can be obtained by direct injection of the polypeptides into an animal or by administering the polypeptides to an animal, preferably a nonhuman. The antibody so obtained will then bind the polypeptides itself. In this manner, even a sequence encoding only a fragment of the polypeptides can be used to generate antibodies binding the whole native polypeptides. Such antibodie ⁇ can then be used to isolate the polypeptide from tissue expres ⁇ ing that polypeptide.
• any technique which provide ⁇ antibodies produced by continuous cell line cultures can be used. Examples include the hybridoma technique (Kohler and Mil ⁇ tein, 1975, Nature, 256:495-497), the trioma technique, the human B-cell hybridoma technique (Kozbor et al., 1983, Immunology Today 4:72), and the EBV- hybridoma technique to produce human monoclonal antibodie ⁇ (Cole, et al., 1985, in Monoclonal Antibodie ⁇ and Cancer Therapy, Alan R. Lis ⁇ , Inc., pp. 77-96).
• Plasmids are designated by a lower case p preceded and/or followed by capital letters and/or numbers.
• the starting plasmids herein are either commercially available, publicly available on an unrestricted basi ⁇ , or can be constructed from available plasmids in accord with published procedures.
• equivalent plasmids to those described are known in the art and will be apparent to the ordinarily skilled artisan.
• “Digestion” of DNA refers to catalytic cleavage of the DNA with a restriction enzyme that act ⁇ only at certain sequences in the DNA.
• the various re ⁇ triction enzymes used herein are commercially available and their reaction conditions, cofactor ⁇ and other requirement ⁇ were u ⁇ ed a ⁇ would be known to the ordinarily skilled artisan.
• typically 1 ⁇ g of plasmid or DNA fragment is used with about 2 units of enzyme in about 20 ⁇ l of buffer solution.
• For the purpose of isolating DNA fragments for plasmid construction typically 5 to 50 ⁇ g of DNA are digested with 20 to 250 units of enzyme in a larger volume. Appropriate buffers and sub ⁇ trate amounts for particular restriction enzymes are specified by the manufacturer. Incubation times of about 1 hour at 37'C are ordinarily used, but may vary in accordance with the supplier's instructions. After digestion the reaction is electrophoresed directly on a polyacrylamide gel to isolate the de ⁇ ired fragment.
• Oligonucleotides refers to either a single stranded polydeoxynucleotide or two complementary polydeoxynucleotide strands which may be chemically synthe ⁇ ized. Such synthetic oligonucleotides have no 5' phosphate and thus will not ligate to another oligonucleotide without adding a phosphate with an ATP in the presence of a kinase. A synthetic oligonucleotide will ligate to a fragment that ha ⁇ not been dephosphorylated.
• Ligase refers to the proces ⁇ of forming pho ⁇ phodie ⁇ ter bond ⁇ between two double ⁇ tranded nucleic acid fragment ⁇ (Maniatis, T. , et al., Id., p. 146) . Unles ⁇ otherwi ⁇ e provided, ligation may be accompli ⁇ hed u ⁇ ing known buffer ⁇ and condition ⁇ with 10 unit ⁇ of T4 DNA liga ⁇ e ("ligase") per 0.5 ⁇ g of approximately equimolar amounts of the DNA fragments to be ligated.
• ligase T4 DNA liga ⁇ e
• the DNA sequence encoding TNF receptor is initially amplified u ⁇ ing PCR oligonucleotide primer ⁇ corre ⁇ ponding to the 5' and 3' end ⁇ equence ⁇ of the proce ⁇ ed TNF receptor nucleic acid ⁇ equence (minu ⁇ the ⁇ ignal peptide ⁇ equence) . Additional nucleotide ⁇ corre ⁇ ponding to TNF receptor gene are added to the 5' and 3' end sequences respectively.
• the 5' oligonucleotide primer has the sequence 5' GCGC66ATCCGAGCCTCCTGGAGACTGG 3' (SEQ ID No.
• the restriction enzyme sites correspond to the restriction enzyme site ⁇ on the bacterial expre ⁇ sion vector pQE-9 (Qiagen, Inc. Chat ⁇ worth, CA) .
• pQE-9 encode ⁇ antibiotic resistance (Amp r ) , a bacterial origin of replication (ori) , an IPTG-regulatable promoter operator (P/O) , a ribosome binding site (RBS) , a 6- Hi ⁇ tag and restriction enzyme site ⁇ .
• pQE-9 is then digested with BamHI and Hind III.
• the amplified sequences are ligated into pQE-9 and are inserted in frame with the sequence encoding for the histidine tag and the RBS.
• the ligation mixture is then used to transform E. coli ⁇ train M15/rep 4 (Qiagen, Inc.) by the procedure described in Sambrook, J.
• M15/rep4 contains multiple copies of the plasmid pREP4, which expres ⁇ e ⁇ the lad repressor and also confers kanamycin resi ⁇ tance (Kan r ) . Tran ⁇ formants are identified by their ability to grow on LB plates and ampicillin/kanamycin resistant colonies are selected. Plasmid DNA is isolated and confirmed by restriction analysis . Clones containing the desired constructs are grown overnight (O/N) in liquid culture in LB media supplemented with both Amp (100 ug/ml) and Kan (25 ug/ml) .
• the O/N culture is used to inoculate a large culture at a ratio of 1:100 to 1-.250.
• the cells are grown to an optical density 600 (O.D.*" ** ) of between 0.4 and 0.6.
• IPTG Isopropyl-B-D- thiogalacto pyranoside
• IPTG induces by inactivating the lad repressor, clearing the P/O leading to increased gene expression.
• Cells are grown an extra 3 to 4 hours. Cells are then harvested by centrifugation. The cell pellet is solubilized in the chaotropic agent 6 Molar Guanidine HC1.
• TNF receptor is purified from this solution by chromatography on a Nickel-Chelate column under conditions that allow for tight binding by proteins containing the 6-His tag (Hochuli, E. et al., J. Chromatography 411:177-184 (1984)) .
• TNF receptor is eluted from the column in 6 molar guanidine HC1 pH 5.0 and for the purpose of renaturation adjusted to 3 molar guanidine HC1, lOOmM sodium phosphate, 10 mmolar glutathione (reduced) and 2 mmolar glutathione (oxidized) .
• TNF receptor The DNA ⁇ equence encoding the full length TNF receptor protein, ATCC # 97059, and the soluble receptor nucleic acid are amplified using PCR oligonucleotide primers corresponding to the 5' and 3' sequences of the gene (throughout this example TNF receptor is meant to include both the full-length receptor and the soluble form of the receptor) :
• the 5' primer has the sequence 5' GCGCGGATCCACCATGGAGCCTCCTGGAGACTGG 3' (SEQ ID No. 9) and contain ⁇ a BamHI re ⁇ triction enzyme ⁇ ite (in bold) followed by 3 nucleotide ⁇ resembling an efficient signal for the initiation of translation in eukaryotic cells (Kozak, M. , J. Mol. Biol., 196:947-950 (1987) and which i ⁇ just behind the first 21 nucleotides of the TNF receptor gene (the initiation codon for translation "ATG" is underlined) .
• the 3' primer has the sequence 5' GCGCGGTACCTCAGTGG GAGCTGCTGGTCCC 3' (SEQ ID No. 10) (for extracellular domain) and 5' GCGCGGTACCTCAGTGGTTTGGGCTCCTCCC 3' (SEQ ID No. 11) (for full-length receptor) and contains the cleavage ⁇ ite for the restriction endonuclease A ⁇ p 718 and 21 nucleotide ⁇ complementary to the 3' non-tran ⁇ lated sequence of the TNF receptor gene.
• the amplified sequences are isolated from a 1% agarose gel using a commercially available kit ("Geneclean", BIO 101 Inc., La Jolla, Ca.). The fragments are then digested with the endonucleases BamHI and Asp 718 and then purified again on a 1% agarose gel. This fragment is designated F2.
• the vector pRGl (modification of pVL941 vector, discu ⁇ sed below) is used for the expres ⁇ ion of the TNF receptor protein ⁇ u ⁇ ing the baculoviru ⁇ expression ⁇ y ⁇ tem (for review ⁇ ee: Summers, M.D. and Smith, G.E. 1987, A manual of methods for baculovirus vectors and insect cell culture procedures, Texas Agricultural Experimental Station Bulletin No. 1555) .
• This expres ⁇ ion vector contains the strong polyhedrin promoter of the Autographa califomica nuclear polyhedrosis viru ⁇ (AcMNPV) followed by the recognition sites for the restriction endonucleases BamHI and Asp 718.
• the polyadenylation ⁇ ite of the simian virus (SV)40 i ⁇ used for efficient polyadenylation.
• SV simian virus
• the polyhedrin sequences are flanked at both side ⁇ by viral ⁇ equence ⁇ for the cell-mediated homologous recombination of cotran ⁇ fected wild-type viral DNA.
• baculoviru ⁇ vector ⁇ could be used in place of pRGl ⁇ uch a ⁇ pAc373, pVL941 and pAcIMl (Luckow, V.A. and Summers, M.D. , Virology, 170:31-39) .
• the plasmid is digested with the restriction enzymes BamHI and Asp 718 and then dephosphorylated using calf intestinal phosphatase by procedures known in the art.
• the DNA is then isolated from a 1% agarose gel using the commercially available kit ("Geneclean" BIO 101 Inc., La Jolla, Ca.) . This vector DNA is designated V2.
• Fragment F2 and the dephosphorylated plasmid V2 are ligated with T4 DNA ligase.
• Sf9 cell ⁇ are then transformed and cells identified that contained the plasmid (pBac TNF receptor) with the TNF receptor genes using the enzymes BamHI and Asp 718. The sequence of the cloned fragment is confirmed by DNA sequencing.
• 5 ⁇ g of the plasmid pBac TNF receptor is cotransfected with 1.0 ⁇ g of a commercially available linearized baculoviru ⁇ ("BaculoGoldTM baculoviru ⁇ DNA", Pharmingen, San Diego, CA.) using the lipofection method (Feigner et al. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci . USA, 84:7413-7417 (1987)) .
• l ⁇ g of BaculoGoldTM virus DNA and 5 ⁇ g of the plasmid pBac TNF receptors are mixed in a sterile well of a microtiter plate containing 50 ⁇ l of serum free Grace's medium (Life Technologies Inc., Gaithersburg, MD) .
• the viru ⁇ e ⁇ are added to the cell ⁇ and blue ⁇ tained plaques are picked with the tip of an Eppendorf pipette.
• the agar containing the recombinant viru ⁇ es are then resu ⁇ pended in an Eppendorf tube containing 200 ⁇ l of Grace' ⁇ medium.
• the agar is removed by a brief centrifugation and the supernatant containing the recombinant baculoviruse ⁇ i ⁇ u ⁇ ed to infect Sf9 cells seeded in 35 mm dishes.
• the supernatants of these culture dishes are harvested and then stored at 4°C.
• Sf9 cells are grown in Grace's medium supplemented with 10% heat-inactivated FBS.
• the cells are infected with the recombinant baculoviru ⁇ V-TNF receptor ⁇ at a multiplicity of infection (MOD of 2.
• MOD multiplicity of infection
• the medium i ⁇ removed and replaced with SF900 II medium minus methionine and cysteine (Life Technologies Inc., Gaithersburg) .
• the cell ⁇ are further incubated for 16 hours before they are harvested by centrifugation and the labelled proteins visualized by SDS-PAGE and autoradiography.
• TNF receptor HA The expression of plasmid, TNF receptor HA is derived from a vector pcDNAI/Amp (Invitrogen) containing: 1) SV40 origin of replication, 2) ampicillin resistance gene, 3) E.coli replication origin, 4) CMV promoter followed by a polylinker region, a SV40 intron and polyadenylation site.
• a DNA fragment encoding the entire TNF receptor precursor and a HA tag fused in frame to its 3' end is cloned into the polylinker region of the vector, therefore, the recombinant protein expression i ⁇ directed under the CMV promoter.
• the HA tag corre ⁇ pond to an epitope derived from the influenza hemagglutinin protein a ⁇ previou ⁇ ly de ⁇ cribed (I. Wil ⁇ on, H. Niman, R. Heighten, A Cheren ⁇ on, M. Connolly, and R. Lerner, 1984, Cell 37, 767) .
• the infu ⁇ ion of HA tag to the target protein allow ⁇ ea ⁇ y detection of the recombinant protein with an antibody that recognizes the HA epitope.
• the plasmid construction strategy is described as follows:
• the DNA sequence encoding TNF receptor ATCC # 97059, i ⁇ con ⁇ tructed by PCR u ⁇ ing two primers: the 5' primer 5' GCGCGGATCCACCATGGAGCCTCCTGGAGACTGG 3' (SEQ ID No. 12) contains a BamHI site (bold) followed by 21 nucleotides of TNF receptor coding sequence starting from the initiation codon,- the 3' sequence 5' GCGCTCTAGATCAAGCGTAGTCTGG GACGTCGTATGGGTAGTGGTTTGGGCTCCTCCC 3' (SEQ ID No.
• the PCR product contains complementary sequence ⁇ to an Xbal ⁇ ite (bold) , tran ⁇ lation ⁇ top codon, HA tag and the la ⁇ t 18 nucleotide ⁇ of the TNF receptor coding ⁇ equence (not including the ⁇ top codon) . Therefore, the PCR product contain ⁇ a BamHI ⁇ ite, TNF receptor coding sequence followed by HA tag fused in frame, a translation termination stop codon next to the HA tag, and an Xbal site.
• the PCR amplified DNA fragment and the vector, pcDNAI/Amp are digested with BamHI and Xbal restriction enzyme and ligated. The ligation mixture is transformed into E.
• coli ⁇ train SURE (Stratagene Cloning Sy ⁇ tems, La Jolla, CA) the transformed culture i ⁇ plated on ampicillin media plates and re ⁇ istant colonies are selected. Plasmid DNA is isolated from transformants and examined by restriction analysi ⁇ for the pre ⁇ ence of the correct fragment.
• COS cells are transfected with the expres ⁇ ion vector by DEAE-DEXTRAN method (J. Sambrook, E. Frit ⁇ ch, T. Maniati ⁇ , Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Laboratory Press, (1989)). The expres ⁇ ion of the TNF receptor HA protein is detected by radiolabelling and immunoprecipitation method (E.
• Northern blot analysis is carried out to examine the levels of expression of TNF receptor in human tis ⁇ ues.
• Total cellular RNA sample ⁇ are isolated with RNAzolTM B system (Biotecx Laboratories, Inc. Houston, TX) .
• About lO ⁇ g of total RNA isolated from each human tis ⁇ ue ⁇ pecified is separated on 1% agarose gel and blotted onto a nylon filter. (Sambrook, Fritsch, and Maniatis, Molecular Cloning, Cold Spring Harbor Pres ⁇ , (1989)) .
• the labeling reaction i ⁇ done according to the Stratagene Prime-It kit with 50ng DNA fragment.
• the labeled DNA is purified with a Select-G-50 column. (5 Prime - 3 Prime, Inc.
• the filter is then hybridized with radioactive labeled full length TNF receptor gene at 1,000,000 cpm/ml in 0.5 M NaP0 4 , pH 7.4 and 7% SDS overnight at 65"C. After wash twice at room temperature and twice at 60 ° C with 0.5 x SSC, 0.1% SDS, the filter is then exposed at -70"C overnight with an intensifying screen.
• Fibroblast ⁇ are obtained from a subject by skin biopsy.
• the resulting tissue is placed in tissue-culture medium and separated into ⁇ mall piece ⁇ .
• Small chunk ⁇ of the ti ⁇ ue are placed on a wet surface of a tis ⁇ ue culture flask, approximately ten piece ⁇ are placed in each fla ⁇ k.
• the fla ⁇ k i ⁇ turned upside down, closed tight and left at room temperature over night. After 24 hour ⁇ at room temperature, the fla ⁇ k i ⁇ inverted and the chunk ⁇ of ti ⁇ ue remain fixed to the bottom of the fla ⁇ k and fre ⁇ h media (e.g., Ham's F12 media, with 10% FBS, penicillin and streptomycin, i ⁇ added.
• Ham's F12 media e.g., Ham's F12 media, with 10% FBS, penicillin and streptomycin, i ⁇ added.
• the TNF Recpetor cDNA is amplified using PCR primers which correspond to the 5' and 3' end ⁇ equence ⁇ respectively.
• the 5' primer containing an EcoRI site and the 3' primer having contain ⁇ a Hindlll ⁇ ite.
• Equal quantities of the Moloney murine sarcoma virus linear backbone and the EcoRI and HimdIII fragment are added together, in the presence of T4 DNA ligase.
• the resulting mixture i ⁇ maintained under conditions appropriate for ligation of the two fragments.
• the ligation mixture is used to transform bacteria HB101, which are then plated onto agar-containing kanamycin for the purpose of confirming that the vector had the TNF Receptor gene properly inserted.
• the amphotropic pA317 or GP+aml2 packaging cells are grown in tis ⁇ ue culture to confluent den ⁇ ity in Dulbecco' ⁇ Modified Eagles Medium (DMEM) with 10% calf serum (CS) , penicillin and streptomycin.
• DMEM Dulbecco' ⁇ Modified Eagles Medium
• CS calf serum
• the MSV vector containing the TNF Receptor gene i ⁇ then added to the media and the packaging cell ⁇ are tran ⁇ duced with the vector.
• the packaging cell ⁇ now produce infectiou ⁇ viral particles containing the TNF Receptor gene (the packaging cells are now referred to as producer cells) .
• Fresh media is added to the tran ⁇ duced producer cells, and subsequently, the media is harvested from a 10 cm plate of confluent producer cells.
• the spent media containing the infectious viral particles, is filtered through a millipore filter to remove detached producer cells and this media is then used to infect fibroblast cells.
• Media is removed from a sub-confluent plate of fibrobla ⁇ t ⁇ and quickly replaced with the media from the producer cell ⁇ . This media is removed and replaced with fresh media. If the titer of virus is high, then virtually all fibroblast ⁇ will be infected and no selection is required. If the titer is very low, then it is neces ⁇ ary to u ⁇ e a retroviral vector that ha ⁇ a ⁇ electable marker, ⁇ uch a ⁇ neo or his.
• the engineered fibroblasts are then injected into the host, either alone or after having been grown to confluence on cytodex 3 microcarrier beads.
• the fibroblasts now produce the TNF Receptor protein product.
• the DNA sequence encoding for TNF-SV1 and TNF-SV2, ATCC Nos. 97058 and 97057, may al ⁇ o be expressed in the above- described assays by adjusting the primer sequence ⁇ which i ⁇ within the knowledge of a person of ordinary ⁇ kill in the art.
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