EP0986638A2 - Clonage et caracterisation d'une adenyl cyclase a des enylcyclase humaines - Google Patents

Clonage et caracterisation d'une adenyl cyclase a des enylcyclase humaines

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EP0986638A2
EP0986638A2 EP98932971A EP98932971A EP0986638A2 EP 0986638 A2 EP0986638 A2 EP 0986638A2 EP 98932971 A EP98932971 A EP 98932971A EP 98932971 A EP98932971 A EP 98932971A EP 0986638 A2 EP0986638 A2 EP 0986638A2
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James A. Tomlinson
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  • This invention relates to DNA encoding a human adenylyl cyclase.
  • This invention also relates to the adenylyl cyclase encoded by that DNA.
  • this enzyme can be used as a tool to screen for agonists and antagonists that can either stimulate or inhibit type IX adenylyl cyclase activity.
  • Such compounds have therapeutic utility in treating (1) diseases that are caused by aberrant activity of this enzyme and (2) diseases whose symptoms can be ameliorated by stimulating or inhibiting the activity of type IX adenylyl cyclase.
  • the present invention also relates to the isolated entire human gene encoding the human type IX adenylyl cyclase, methods for the recombinant production of purified human type IX adenylyl cyclase and the proteins made by these methods, antibodies against the whole human type IX adenylyl cyclase or regions thereof, vectors, nucleotide probes, and host cells transformed by genes encoding polypeptides having human type IX adenylyl cyclase activity, along with diagnostic and therapeutic uses for these various reagents.
  • Adenylyl cyclases direct the intracellular synthesis of the primary second messenger, cyclic-3',5'-adenosine monophosphate (cAMP), by converting ATP to cAMP, principally in response to a diverse family of membrane spanning, G-protein coupled receptors, each activated by its own extracellular hormone or protease.
  • cAMP cyclic-3',5'-adenosine monophosphate
  • Signal transduction for G-protein coupled receptors occurs through a coupled heterotrimeric G protein complex composed of the alpha (G ⁇ ), and beta/gamma (G P ⁇ ) subunits.
  • G ⁇ exchanges GTP for GDP, dissociates from both G ⁇ and the receptor, and proceeds to directly regulate various effectors, including adenylyl cyclase.
  • G ⁇ proteins Multiple families of G ⁇ proteins have been identified, two of which are named for their effects on regulating adenylyl cyclase activity (G ⁇ s family stimulates all adenylyl cyclases, while G ⁇ i family inhibits most but not all of the adenylyl cyclases). Each of these G ⁇ proteins has its own tissue distribution, and subset of coupled receptors, which favors receptor specific regulation of adenylyl cyclase.
  • adenylyl cyclase activity may be regulated within tissues. This concept is derived from findings that a number of adenylyl cyclase isoforms exist, each with their own gene locus, distinct set of responses to intracellular signals and unique tissue distribution. To date, nine separate isoforms (Types I-IX) have been characterized, principally from rodents, each with its own regulatory properties and tissue specific distribution.
  • adenylyl cyclases The structure of adenylyl cyclases has been greatly studied and the putative domains given standard nomenclature. Topographically, the adenylyl cyclase isoforms are similar, having two six-transmembrane spanning regions associated with an intracellular N-terminus, a large cytoplasmic loop (ICD III, more commonly referred to as "C j") and a large intracellular C-terminus (more commonly referred to as "C 2 "). The transmembrane region between the N-terminus and the Cj loop is commonly referred to as "Ml".
  • the Ml region has three extracellular domains (ECD I, II and III), two intracellular domains (ICD I and II) and six transmembrane domains (TM I, II, III, IV, V and VI).
  • the region between the loop and the C-terminus is referred to as "M2".
  • the M2 region has three extracellular domains (ECD IV, V and VI), two intracellular domains (ICD IV and V) and six transmembrane domains (TM VII, VIII, IX, X, XI and XII).
  • the N-terminus is commonly divided into two regions, designated "N," and "N 2 ".
  • the large cytoplasmic loop is also divided into two regions, a long "C ⁇ a " region and a shorter "C lb " region.
  • the C-terminus is divided into a long "C 2a " region and a shorter "C 2b " region.
  • the amino acid sequence of the C la and C 2a regions are conserved among the different isoforms.
  • the N-terminus, C lb and C 2b regions show the most diversity among the various isoforms.
  • Types IV and VI have a wide tissue distribution.
  • Type IX is in a class of its own, being the most divergent of the isoforms and having a ubiquitous tissue distribution.
  • Type II adenylyl cyclase Stengel, et al, Hum. Genet. 90:126-130 (1992)
  • Type VII adenylyl cyclase Nomura, et al., DNA Research 1:27-35 (1994)
  • Type VIII adenylyl cyclase Dever, et al., FEBS Letters 351: 109-113 (1994)
  • Type IX first cloned from mouse brain, is in a unique isoform class, being the most divergent of the isoforms and having a wide tissue distribution. Premont, et al. Jour. BioL Chem. 271(23): 13900-13907 (1996). The human isoform has not been cloned until now. Summary Of The Invention
  • One aspect of the invention is an isolated and purified human type IX adenylyl cyclase (hAC9) polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of Figure 2 (SEQ ID NO:2).
  • Another aspect of the invention is an isolated and purified nucleic acid encoding for the hAC9 polypeptide.
  • Another aspect of the present invention also relates to the human gene encoding human type IX adenylyl cyclase, which has both diagnostic and therapeutic uses as are described below. Included within this invention are proteins or peptides having substantial homology with proteins or peptides comprising the amino acid sequence of Figure 2 or encoded by a gene having substantial homology with the nucleotide sequence of Figure 2, and which exhibit the same characteristics of human type IX adenylyl cyclase.
  • Yet another aspect of the invention is a method of producing hAC9 which comprises incorporating a nucleic acid having the nucleotide sequence of Figure 2 (SEQ ID NO: l) into an expression vector, transforming a host cell with the vector and culturing the transformed host cell under conditions which result in expression of the gene.
  • Figure l(A-C) is a partial restriction map and the cDNA clone of the human type IX heart adenylyl cyclase.
  • Figure 1A shows the nucleotide scale.
  • Figure IB shows a partial restriction map of adenylyl cyclase cDNA. The coding portion is boxed and a hatched box shows the polyadenylation site. (ATG, a translation initiation codon, and TAG, a translation termination codon are shown, along with the restriction enzymes )
  • Figure IC shows three cDNA clones, numbered 52, 10 and 5, obtained either from human heart lambda gt 10 cDNA libraries or by PCR.
  • Figure 2(A-I) is the DNA (SEQ ID NO:l) and deduced amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:2) of human type IX adenylyl cyclase. The entire coding sequence, as well as portions of the 5' and 3' untranslated sequences, are shown. The whole sequence was done bidirectionally twice by dideoxy sequencing method using Taq polymerase.
  • Figure 3(A-B) is a comparison of the amino acid sequence of the hAC9 polypeptide with the amino acid sequence of the murine type IX adenylyl cyclase (Premont, et al. , supra) (SEQ ID NO: 3).
  • Figure 4 shows a hydropathy plot of the hAC9 polypeptide.
  • Gene Vector 4.5 software was used to analyze the membrane related structure of hAC9. The method of Kyte, et al., J. M ⁇ L Biol. 157: 105-132 (1982) was used with a window size of 5.
  • substantially pure and isolated are used herein to describe a protein that has been separated from the native contaminants or components that naturally accompany it.
  • a monomeric protein is substantially pure when at least about 60 to 70% of a sample exhibits a single polypeptide backbone. Minor variants or chemical modifications typically share approximately the same polypeptide sequence.
  • a substantially pure protein will typically comprise over about 85 to 90% of a protein sample, preferably will comprise at least about 95%, and more preferably will be over about 99% pure. Purity is typically measured on a poly aery lamide gel, with homogeneity determined by staining. For certain purposes, high resolution will be desired and HPLC or a similar means for purification utilized.
  • a simple chromatography column or polyacry lamide gel will be used to determine purity. Whether soluble or membrane bound, the present invention provides for substantially pure preparations. Various methods for their isolation from biological material may be devised, based in part upon the structural and functional descriptions contained herein.
  • a protein that is chemically synthesized or synthesized in a cellular system that is different from the cell from which it naturally originates will be substantially pure.
  • the term is also used to describe proteins and nucleic acids that have been synthesized in heterologous mammalian cells, bacterial cells such as E. coli and other prokaryotes.
  • hybridization hybridizing
  • specificity specific for in the context of nucleotide sequences
  • the ability of two nucleotide sequences to hybridize to each other is based upon a degree of complementarity of the two nucleotide sequences, which in turn is based on the fraction of matched complementary nucleotide pairs. The more nucleotides in a given sequence that are complementary to another sequence, the greater the degree of hybridization of one to the other.
  • the degree of hybridization also depends on the conditions of stringency which include temperature, solvent ratios, salt concentrations, and the like. In particular,
  • “selective hybridization” pertains to conditions in which the degree of hybridization of a polynucleotide of the invention to its target would require complete or nearly complete complementarity.
  • the complementarity must be sufficiently high so as to assure that the polynucleotide of the invention will bind specifically to the target relative to binding other nucleic acids present in the hybridization medium. With selective hybridization, complementarity will be 90-100%, preferably 95-100% , more preferably 100% .
  • “Stringent conditions” are those that (1) employ low ionic strength and high temperature for washing, for example, 0.015 M NaCl/0.0015 M sodium titrate/0.1 % NaDodSO 4 at 50°C, or (2) employ during hybridization a denaturing agent such as formamide, for example, 50% (vol/vol) formamide with 0.1 % bovine serum albumin ("BSA”)/0.1 % Ficoll/0.1 % polyvinylpyrrolidone/50 mM sodium phosphate buffer at pH 6.5 with 750 mM NaCl, 75 mM sodium citrate at 42 °C.
  • BSA bovine serum albumin
  • Another example is use of 50% formamide, 5 x 0.75 M NaCl and 0.075 M sodium citrate ("SSC"), 50 mM sodium phosphate (pH 6.8), 0.1 % sodium pyrophosphate, 5 x Denhardt's solution, sonicated salmon sperm DNA (50 mg/ml), 0.1 % sodium dodecyl sulfate (“SDS”), and 10% dextran sulfate at 42°C, with washes at 42°C in 0.2 x SSC and 0.1 % SDS.
  • SSC sodium phosphate
  • SDS sodium dodecyl sulfate
  • isolated nucleic acid will be nucleic acid that is identified and separated from contaminant nucleic acid encoding other polypeptides from the source of nucleic acid.
  • the nucleic acid may be labeled for diagnostic and probe purposes, using any label known and described in the art as useful in connection with diagnostic assays.
  • the present invention relates to human type IX adenylyl cyclase, which is referred to herein as "hAC9".
  • Figure 2 shows the DNA sequence of the clone encoding the hAC9 polypeptide along with the deduced amino acid sequence.
  • hAC9 polypeptide or "hAC9 enzyme” refer to any adenylyl cyclase sharing a common biological activity with the human type IX adenylyl cyclase contained in the clone described in Example 1. This "common biological activity" includes but is not limited to an effector function or cross-reactive antigenicity.
  • type IX adenylyl cyclase is in a unique isoform class, being the most divergent of the isoforms and having a wide tissue distribution.
  • Type IX as with the other known isoforms, has a similar putative structure: six extracellular domains; five intracellular domains, four small ones and a large cytoplasmic loop; and intracellular amino and carboxy termini.
  • type IX adenylyl cyclase is distinguishable over other adenylyl cyclase isoforms in that it is larger than the other isoforms, in particular in the C lb and C 2b regions.
  • type IX adenylyl cyclase is more ubiquitous than the other isoforms, being expressed in all tissues studied, both at the mRNA and protein level. Premont, et al., supra. In the other mammalian isoforms (types I- VIII), much of the membrane associated secondary structure is well conserved. Certain portions of the hAC9 polypeptide are similarly conserved. However, the hAC9 polypeptide is divergent in areas that are generally conserved in types I though VIII, making type IX the most divergent of the known isoforms. Species variations between the human and murine type IX adenylyl cyclases rest predominantly in the C2b region.
  • the scope of the present invention is not limited to the exact sequence of the hAC9 cDNA set forth in Figure 2 (SEQ ID NO: 1), or the use thereof.
  • the invention contemplates certain modifications to the sequence, including deletions, insertions, and substitutions, such as are well known to those skilled in the art.
  • the invention contemplates replacing one or more codons in the cDNA sequence of Figure 2, with codons that encode amino acids that are chemically equivalent to the amino acids in the native protein.
  • Chemical equivalency is determined, for example, by one or more of theifollowing characteristics: hydrophobicity or hydrophilicity, charge, size, whether the residue is cyclic or non-cyclic, aromatic or non-aromatic.
  • a codon encoding a neutral polar amino acid can be substituted with another cqdon that encodes a neutral polar residue, with the reasonable expectation of producing a biologically equivalent product.
  • Amino acid residues can be generally classified into four groups. Acidic residues are hydrophilic and have a negative charge due to loss of H + at physiological pH. Basic residues are also hydrophilic but have a positive charge due to association with H + at physiological pH. Neutral nonpolar residues are hydrophobic and are not charged at physiological pH. Neutral polar residues are hydrophilic and are not charged at physiological pH.
  • Amino acid residues can be further classified as cyclic or noncyclic, and aromatic or nonaromatic, self-explanatory classifications with respect to the side chain substituent groups of the residues, and as small or large.
  • the residue is considered small if it contains a total of 4 carbon atoms or less, inclusive of the carboxyl carbon. Small residues are, of course, always nonaromatic.
  • aspartic acid and glutamic acid are acidic; arginine and lysine are basic and noncyclic; histidine is basic and cyclic; glycine, serine and cysteine are neutral, polar and small; alanine is neutral, nonpolar and small; threonine, asparagine and glutamine are neutral, polar, large and nonaromatic; tyrosine is neutral, polar, large and aromatic; valine, isoleucine, leucine and methionine are neutral, nonpolar, large and nonaromatic; and phenylalanine and tryptophan are neutral, nonpolar, large and aromatic.
  • Proline although technically neutral, nonpolar, large, cyclic and nonaromatic, is a special case due to its known effects on the secondary conformation of peptide chains, and is not, therefore, included in this defined group.
  • amino acids which are not encoded by the genetic code.
  • sarcosine, beta-alanine, 2,3-diamino propionic and alpha-aminisobutyric acid which are neutral, nonpolar and small
  • t-butylalanine, t-butylglycine, N-methylisoleucine, norleucine and cyclohexylalanine which are neutral, nonpolar, large and nonaromatic
  • ornithine which is basic and noncyclic
  • cysteic acid which is acidic
  • citrulline, acetyl lysine, and methionine sulfoxide which are neutral, polar, large and nonaromatic
  • phenylglycine, 2-naphthylalanine, ⁇ -2-thienylalanine and l,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline-3-carboxylic acid which are neutral, nonpolar, large and aromatic.
  • the hAC9 polypeptide claimed herein will have an overall amino acid sequence having at least 75% amino acid sequence identity with the hAC9 sequence disclosed in Figure 2, more preferably at least 80%, even more preferably at least 90%, and most preferably at least 95% . More particularly, the N-terminus, C lb and C 2b regions of the hAC9 polypeptide or polypeptide fragment claimed herein, will have an amino acid sequence having at least 90%, and most preferably at least 95% amino acid sequence identity with the hAC9 sequence disclosed in Figure 2.
  • Identity or homology with a sequence is defined herein as the percentage of amino acid residues in the candidate sequence that are identical with the sequence of the hAC9 polypeptide, after aligning the sequences and introducing gaps, if necessary, to achieve the maximum percent homology, and not considering any conservative substitutions as part of the sequence identity. N-terminal, C-terminal or internal extensions, deletions, or insertions of the hAC9 sequence shall be construed as affecting homology.
  • the claimed hAC9 polypeptide that is the subject of this invention includes molecules having the hAC9 amino acid sequence; fragments thereof having a consecutive sequence of at least 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 or 40 amino acid residues from the hAC9 sequence of Figure 2, which exhibits the hAC9 polypeptide characteristics; amino acid sequence variants of the hAC9 sequence of Figure 2 wherein an amino acid residue has been inserted N- or C-terminal to, or within, (including parallel deletions) the hAC9 sequence or its fragments as defined above; amino acid sequence variants of the hAC9 sequence of Figure 2 or its fragments as defined above which have been substituted by at least one residue, and which exhibit the hAC9 polypeptide characteristics.
  • Human type LX adenylyl cyclase polypeptides include those containing predetermined mutations by, e.g. , homologous recombination, site-directed or PCR mutagenesis; naturally occurring variants of the hAC9 polypeptide; derivatives of the hAC9 polypeptide or its fragments wherein the hAC9 or its fragments have been covalently modified by substitution, chemical, enzymatic, or other appropriate means with a moiety other than a naturally occurring amino acid (for example a detectable moiety such as an enzyme or radioisotope); glycosylation variants of the hAC9 (insertion of a glycosylation site or deletion of any glycosylation site by deletion, insertion or substitution of appropriate amino acid); and soluble forms of the hAC9 polypeptide or fragments thereof.
  • This invention also includes tagging the hAC9 polypeptide, for example, for use in a diagnostic application. Types and methods of tagging are well known in the art,
  • Free functional groups on the side chains of the amino acid residues can also be modified by amidation, acylation or other substitution, which can, for example, change the solubility of the compounds without affecting their activity.
  • All of the compounds of the invention, when an amino acid forms the C-terminus may be in the form of the pharmaceutically acceptable salts or esters. Salts may be, for example, Na + , K + , Ca +2 , Mg +2 and the like; the esters are generally those of alcohols of 1-6 carbons.
  • This replacement can be made by methods known in the art.
  • Human type IX adenylyl cyclase peptides may be purified using techniques of classical protein chemistry, such as are well known in the art. For example, a lectin affinity chromatography step may be used, followed by a highly specific ligand affinity chromatography procedure that utilizes a ligand conjugated to biotin through the cysteine residues of the ligand. Alternately, the hexa-histidine tagged hAC9 polypeptide may be purified using nickel column chromatography. One embodiment of the invention relates to recombinant materials associated with the production of the hAC9 polypeptide.
  • One method of producing hAC9 comprises incorporating a nucleic acid having the nucleotide sequence of Figure 2 (SEQ ID NO: 1) into an expression vector, transforming a host cell with the vector and culturing the transformed host cell under conditions which result in expression of the gene.
  • Suitable expression vectors include pc3hAC9.
  • host cells includes bacterial, viral, yeast, insect or mammalian cell lines.
  • a preferred host cell is the human embryonic cell line referred to as "HEK-293".
  • the invention also contemplates the use of transfected cells that can be cultured so as to display or express hAC9 on its surface, thus providing an assay system for the interaction of materials with the native hAC9 where these cells or relevant fragments of hAC9 are used as a screening tool to evaluate the effect of various candidate compounds on hAC9 activity in vivo, as is described below.
  • Another embodiment of the invention relates to recombinant materials associated with the production of soluble hAC9 fragments. These include transfected cells, such as E. coli, that can be cultured so as to express active portions of the hAC9 polypeptide, in particular the Cl and C2 (C-terminus) intracellular loops.
  • soluble fragments can be purified and reconstituted to obtain enzymatic activity. This has been demonstrated with like domains from other isoforms. See Whisnant, et al , Proc. Natl- Acad. Sci.: 93: 6621-6625 (1996). Such soluble fragments can also be used as a screening tool to evaluate the effect of various candidate compounds on hAC9 activity.
  • Suitable cells for transfection include bacterial cells, insect cells such as Sf-9 cells, yeast cells and most mammalian cell lines.
  • Recombinant production of the hAC9 polypeptide involves using a nucleic acid sequence that encodes hAC9, as is set forth in Figure 2, or its degenerate analogs.
  • the nucleic acid can be prepared either by retrieving the native sequence, as described below, or by using substantial portions of the known native sequence as a probe, or it can be synthesized de novo using procedures that are well known in the art.
  • the nucleic acid may be ligated into expression vectors suitable for the desired host and then transformed into compatible cells.
  • Suitable vectors suitable for use in transforming bacterial cells are well known in the art. Plasmids and bacteriophages, such as lambda phage, are commonly used as vectors for bacterial hosts such as E. coli.
  • Virus vectors are suitable for use in mammalian and insect cells for expression of exogenous DNA. Mammalian cells are readily transformed with SV40 or polyoma virus; and insect cells in culture may be transformed with baculovirus expression vectors.
  • Suitable yeast vector systems include yeast centromere plasmids, yeast episomal plasmids and yeast integrating plasmids.
  • nucleic acids may be introduced directly into a host cell by techniques such as are well known in the art.
  • Suitable eukaryotic host cells include mammalian cells, plant cells, yeast cells and insect cells.
  • Suitable prokaryotic host cells include bacterial cells such as E. coli and Bacillus subtilis, Chinese Hamster Ovary cells, COS cells, the rat-2 fibroblast cell line, the human embryonic kidney 293 cell line, and insect cell lines such as Sf-9.
  • This invention also relates to nucleic acids that encode or are complementary to a hAC9 polypeptide. These nucleic acids can then be used to produce the polypeptide in recombinant cell culture for diagnostic use or for potential therapeutic use.
  • the invention provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding hAC9, either labeled or unlabeled, or a nucleic acid sequence that is complementary to, or hybridizes under stringent conditions to, a nucleic acid sequence encoding hAC9.
  • the isolated nucleic acid molecule of the invention excludes nucleic acid sequences which encode, or are complementary to nucleic acid sequences encoding, other known adenylyl cyclase isoforms.
  • This invention also provides a replicable vector comprising a nucleic acid molecule encoding hAC9 operably linked to control sequences recognized by a host transformed by the vector; host cells transformed with the vector; and a method of using a nucleic acid molecule encoding hAC9 to effect the production of hAC9 on the cell surface or as soluble fragments, comprising expressing the nucleic acid molecule in a culture of the transformed host cells and recovered from the cells.
  • the nucleic acid sequence is also useful in hybridization assays for hAC9-encoding nucleic acid molecules.
  • a method for producing hAC9 comprising inserting into the DNA of a cell containing the nucleic acid sequence encoding hAC9, a transcription modulatory element (such as an enhancer or a silencer) in sufficient proximity and orientation to the hAC9-coding sequence to influence transcription thereof, with an optional further step comprising culturing the cell containing the transcription modulatory element and the hAC9-encoding nucleic acid sequence.
  • a transcription modulatory element such as an enhancer or a silencer
  • This invention also covers a cell comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding the hAC9 polypeptide and an exogenous transcription modulatory element in sufficient proximity and orientation to the above coding sequence to influence transcription thereof and a host cell containing the nucleic acid sequence encoding hAC9 operably linked to exogenous control sequences recognized by the host cell.
  • This invention provides a method for obtaining cells having increased or decreased transcription of the nucleic acid molecule encoding the hAC9 polypeptide, comprising: providing cells containing the nucleic acid molecule; introducing into the cells a transcription modulating element; and screening the cells for a cell in which the transcription of the nucleic acid molecule is increased or decreased.
  • Human adenylyl cyclase type IX nucleic acids for use in the invention can be produced as follows.
  • a hAC9 "nucleic acid” is defined as RNA or DNA that encodes the hAC9 polypeptide, or is complementary to nucleic acid sequence encoding hAC9, or hybridizes to such nucleic acid and remains stably bound to it under stringent conditions, or encodes a polypeptide sharing at least 75% sequence identity, preferably at least 80% , and more preferably at least 85%, with the deduced amino acid sequence shown in Figure 2. It is typically at least about 10 nucleotides in length and preferably has hAC9 related biological or immunological activity. Specifically contemplated are genomic DNA, cDNA, mRNA and antisense molecules, as well as nucleic acids based on alternative backbone or including alternative bases whether derived from natural sources or synthesized.
  • Nucleic acid encoding full-length protein is obtained by screening selected cDNA or genomic libraries using the deduced amino acid sequence disclosed herein for the first time, and, if necessary, using conventional primer extension procedures to secure DNA that is complete at its 5' coding end. Such a clone is readily identified by the presence of a start codon in reading frame with the original sequence.
  • DNA encoding an amino acid sequence variant of the hAC9 polypeptide is prepared as described below or by a variety of methods known in the art. These methods include, but are not limited to, isolation from a natural source (in the case of naturally occurring amino acid sequence variants) or preparation by oligonucleotide-mediated (or site-directed) mutagenesis, PCR mutagenesis, and cassette mutagenesis of an earlier prepared variant or a non- variant version of hAC9.
  • the isolation, recombinant production and characterization of the hAC9 polypeptide allows for the design of assay systems using hAC9.
  • the invention is related to assay systems which utilize isolated or recombinantly produced hAC9 to screen for agonist and antagonist activity of candidate drugs. This assay is especially useful in assuring that these candidate therapeutic agents have the desired effect on hAC9.
  • the host cells are typically animal cells, most typically mammalian cells. In order to be useful in the assays, the cells must have intracellular mechanisms which permit hAC9 to be displayed on the cell surface or to be expressed as soluble fragments.
  • the animal host cells expressing the DNA encoding the hAC9 polypeptide or a fragment thereof are then cultured to effect the expression of the encoding nucleic acids so as to either 1) produce hAC9 display on the cell surface such that the cells can then be used directly in assays for assessment of a candidate drug to bind to or otherwise affect the activity of the enzyme, or 2) produce hAC9 as soluble fragments which can then be purified and reconstituted to obtain an enzymatically active compound useful in screening assays.
  • Over expression of the hAC9 cDNA can provide a means for isolation of large quantities of crude membrane preparations from a stable cell line.
  • HEK-293 cells have been found to be particularly useful for this purpose.
  • the measurable enzyme activity would be predominantly from expression of recombinant hAC9.
  • a highly sensitive, reproducible, high throughput screening system is desirable, with enzyme activity detected in a 96 well, scintillation proximity-type assay to measure product formation (cAMP).
  • cAMP product formation
  • screening assays can be utilized. For example, the basal (unstimulated) activity of hAC9 can be measured as a method of detecting both agonists and antagonists of the hAC9 enzyme.
  • the heterotrimeric G protein subunit, G as can be assayed using activated (GTPgS bound) recombinant bovine G as (expressed and purified from bacteria), with the expectation that additional compounds may be identified which inhibit G as stimulation of the hAC9 polypeptide.
  • Other stimulatory agents can also be used, such as forskolin or forskolin analogs.
  • "Hits" i.e., compounds which affect hAC9, in any of these screens will be further evaluated in other assays to help focus on compounds which are relevant to the targeted isoform.
  • Another method of evaluating candidates as potential therapeutic agents typically involves a screening based approach such as a binding assay in which the candidate (such as a peptide or a small organic molecule) would be tested to measure if, or to what extent, it binds the catalytic subunit of the hAC9 enzyme.
  • the candidate such as a peptide or a small organic molecule
  • a mammalian cell line that expresses recombinant hAC9 or plasma membrane preparations thereof will be used in the assay.
  • a candidate antagonist competes for binding to hAC9 with either a labeled agonist or antagonist, for example labeled forskolin or a labeled forskolin analog. Varying concentrations of the candidate are supplied, along with a constant concentration of the labeled agonist or antagonist.
  • the inhibition of binding of the labeled material can then be measured using established techniques. This measurement is then correlated to determine the amount and potency of the candidate that is bound to hAC9.
  • Another method of identifying compounds which affect hAC9 activity is the rational design of synthetic compounds based on nucleotide scaffolds, targeted to either of two distinct sites on the hAC9 enzyme. One of these is the active site (ATP being the substrate, cAMP being the product) and the other is the separate P site (adenine nucleoside 3'-polyphosphates reportedly demonstrating the greatest inhibitory activity, with either pure or crude enzyme preparations).
  • ATP being the substrate
  • cAMP being the product
  • P site adenine nucleoside 3'-polyphosphates reportedly demonstrating the greatest inhibitory activity, with either pure or crude enzyme preparations.
  • the ability of a candidate drug to stimulate or inhibit the activity of hAC9 can be tested directly.
  • lead candidates are identified, and for purposes of demonstrating that isoform specificity may be achieved with small molecule modulators, it is desirable to develop assay systems which monitor most, and preferably all, human adenylyl cyclase isoforms.
  • These assays may be used to evaluate either existing (e.g. forskolin analogs or P site inhibitors) or newly discovered small molecule modulators and determine structure activity relationships for different adenylyl cyclase isoforms.
  • Such assays could also be used to evaluate either specific or selective modulators of other adenylyl targets and with use of a whole cell assay, may provide useful insights for designing bioavailability and addressing biological activity of lead candidates.
  • the hAC9 also has utility in assays for the diagnosis of diseases and disorders by detection, in tissue samples, of aberrant expression of the hAC9 enzyme.
  • hAC9 agonists that imitate the naturally occurring form of hAC9. These agonists are useful as control reagents in the above-mentioned assays to verify the workability of the assay system. In addition, agonists for hAC9 may exhibit useful effects in vivo in treating disease.
  • hAC9 antagonists that are modified forms of hAC9 peptides. Such antagonists bind to hAC9, and prevent enzyme-substrate interaction by blocking their binding to hAC9.
  • Another group of compounds within the scope of the invention are antagonists of hAC9 substrate, i.e., these are substrate inhibitors. Both these types of antagonists find utility in diminishing or mediating events based upon enzyme-substrate interaction such as cAMP production.
  • Yet another second group of antagonists includes antibodies designed to bind specific portions of hAC9. In general, these are monoclonal antibody preparations which are highly specific for any desired region of hAC9, although polyclonal antibodies are also contemplated by this invention. The antibodies, which are explained in greater detail below, are also useful in immunoassays for the hAC9 enzyme, for example, in assessing successful expression of the gene in recombinant systems.
  • a preferred embodiment is that class of compounds having amino acid sequences that are encoded by the hAC9 gene.
  • the invention also includes those compounds where one, two, three or more of said amino acid residues are replaced by one(s) which is not encoded genetically.
  • isolated DNA molecules that encode these specific peptides.
  • the extracellular domains of enzymes may play a key role in extracellular activities, for example, in enzyme regulation.
  • the invention includes agonists and antagonists having amino acid sequences, in whole or in part, corresponding to the extracellular domains of hAC9, the sequences of which can be approximated from the amino acid sequence of Figure 2 and the hydropathy analysis of Figure 4.
  • ECD VI the largest of the extracellular domains
  • ECD II and III which are also relatively large domains.
  • the invention also includes agonists and antagonists that affect the enzyme's function by binding to the N- or C-terminus or to one of the intracellular (ICD) domains of hAC9, the sequences of which can be approximated from the amino acid sequence of Figure 2 and the hydropathy analysis of Figure 4.
  • ICD intracellular
  • the ICD IV and carboxy terminus regions have been shown to play a role in enzyme activity or G ⁇ or forskolin interaction. See for example: Whisnant, et al. , supra. Accordingly, it is expected that the amino acid sequences of the ICD IV and carboxy terminus regions of hAC9, in whole or in part, will be particularly useful in designing antibodies or peptides that can bind the enzyme and block enzyme activity or G as interaction.
  • peptides comprised of sequences from conserved regions of the intracellular domains, act as inhibitors of detergent solubilized enzyme preparations.
  • This invention contemplates the use of peptide walking strategies, to delimit regions of the modulator which may be responsible for its activity, leading to the design of small molecule inhibitors.
  • knowledge of uncharacterized, physiological modulators of adenylyl cyclase may provide new assay systems for identifying novel AC modulators. It is expected that many of these modulators would be proteins and some may be identified while using adenylyl cyclase sequences as "bait" in a yeast two hybrid system. Alternatively one may identify proteins which coprecipitate with adenylyl cyclase upon capture with adenylyl cyclase antibodies.
  • the peptide agonists and antagonists of the invention are preferably about 10-100 amino acids in length, more preferably 25-75 amino acids in length. These peptides can be readily prepared using standard solid phase or solution phase peptide synthesis, as is well known in the art. In addition, the DNA encoding these peptides can be synthesized using commercially available oligonucleotide synthesis instrumentation and recombinantly produced using standard recombinant production systems. Production using solid phase peptide synthesis is required when non-gene encoded amino acids are to be included in the peptide.
  • Antibodies are able to act as antagonists or agonists by binding specific regions of the hAC9 polypeptide. These antibodies also find utility in immunoassays that measure the presence of hAC9, for example in immunoassays that measure gene expression.
  • antibodies to adenylyl cyclases, and more importantly, those which may recognize specific isoforms of adenylyl cyclase are a useful tool to evaluate tissue distribution and prevalence of the adenylyl cyclase protein.
  • the antibodies of the present invention can be prepared by techniques that are well known in the art.
  • the antibodies can be monoclonal or polyclonal, but are preferably monoclonal antibodies that are highly specific for hAC9 and can be raised against the whole hAC9 polypeptide or regions thereof.
  • Antibodies are prepared by immunizing suitable mammalian hosts (typically rabbit, rat, mouse, goat, human, etc.) in appropriate immunization protocols using the peptide haptens (immunogen) alone, if they are of sufficient length, or, if desired, or if required to enhance immunogenicity, conjugated to suitable carriers.
  • the immunogen will typically contain a portion of the hAC9 polypeptide that is intended to be targeted by the antibodies.
  • Critical regions include those regions corresponding to the extracellular domains of the hAC9 enzyme, any region(s) of proteolytic cleavage, and any segment(s) of the extracellular segment critical for activation.
  • Methods for preparing immunogenic conjugates with carriers such as bovine serum albumin, keyhole limpet hemocyanin, or other carrier proteins are well known in the art.
  • direct conjugation using, for example, carbodiimide reagents may be effective; in other instances linking reagents such as those supplied by Pierce Chemical Co., Rockford, IL, may be desirable to provide accessibility to the hapten.
  • the hapten can be extended at the amino or carboxy terminus with a cysteine residue or interspersed with cysteine residues, for example, to facilitate linking to carrier.
  • the desired immunogen is administered to a host by injection over a suitable period of time using suitable adjuvants followed by collection of sera. Over the course of the immunization schedule, titers of antibodies are taken to determine the adequacy of antibody formation.
  • Polyclonal antibodies are suitable for many diagnostic and research purposes and are easily prepared. Monoclonal antibodies are often preferred for therapeutic applications and are prepared by continuous hybrid cell lines and collection of the secreted protein.
  • Immortalized cell lines that secrete the desired monoclonal antibodies can be prepared by the method described in Kohler and Milstein, Nature 256:495-497 (1975) or modifications which effect immortalization of lymphocytes or spleen cells, as is generally known.
  • the immortalized cell lines are then screened by immunoassay techniques in which the antigen is the immunogen or a cell expressing hAC9 on its surface.
  • Cells that are found to secrete the desired antibody can then be cultured in vitro or by production in the ascites fluid.
  • the antibodies are then recovered from the culture supernatant or from the ascites supernatant.
  • antibodies can be prepared by recombinant means, i.e., the cloning and expression of nucleotide sequences or mutagenized versions thereof that at a minimum code for the amino acid sequences required for specific binding of natural antibodies.
  • Antibody regions that bind specifically to the desired regions of hAC9 can also be produced as chimeras with regions of multiple species origin.
  • Antibodies may include a complete immunoglobulin or a fragment thereof, and includes the various classes and isotypes such as IgA, IgD, IgE, IgGl, IgG2a, IgG2b, IgG3 and IgM. Fragments include Fab, Fv, F(ab') 2 , Fab', and so forth. Fragments of the monoclonals or the polyclonal antisera which contain the immunologically significant portion can be used as antagonists, as well as the intact antibodies.
  • immunologically reactive fragments such as the Fab, Fab', or F(ab') 2 fragments is often preferable, especially in a therapeutic context, as these fragments have different immunogenicity than the whole immunoglobulin, and do not carry the biological activity of an immunoglobulin constant domain.
  • the antibodies thus produced are useful not only as potential agonist or antagonists for the hAC9 polypeptide, filling the role of agonist or antagonist in the assays of the invention, but are also useful in immunoassays for detecting the hAC9 enzyme.
  • these antibodies can be coupled to imaging agents for administration to a subject to allow detection of localized antibody to ascertain the under-or over-expression of hAC9 in tissues of interest.
  • these reagents are useful in vitro to detect, for example, the successful production of hAC9 on the surface of the recombinant host cells.
  • compositions containing the compounds and antibodies of the invention relate to pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and antibodies of the invention.
  • the agonists and antagonists of the invention have therapeutic utility in (1) treating diseases caused by aberrant activity of the hAC9 enzyme in tissues where it is customarily found, for example in the adrenal gland, heart or brain and (2) treating diseases whose symptoms can be ameliorated by stimulating or inhibiting the activity of hAC9.
  • the peptide agonists and antagonists of the invention can be administered in conventional formulations for systemic administration such as is well known in the art. Typical formulations may be found, for example, in Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences. Mack Publishing Co., Easton PA, latest edition.
  • systemic administration include injection, typically by intravenous injection.
  • Other injection routes such as subcutaneous, intramuscular, or intraperitoneal, can also be used.
  • alternative means for systemic administration of peptides have been devised which include transmucosal and transdermal administration using penetrants such as bile salts or fusidic acids or other detergents.
  • penetrants such as bile salts or fusidic acids or other detergents.
  • oral administration may also be possible. Administration of these compounds may also be topical and/or localized, in the form of salves, pastes, gels and the like.
  • the dosage range required depends on the choice of peptide, the route of administration, the nature of the formulation, the nature of the patient's condition, and the judgment of the attending physician. Suitable dosage ranges, however, are in the range of 0.1-100 ⁇ g/kg of subject. Wide variations in the needed dosage, however, are to be expected in view of the variety of peptides available and the differing efficiencies of various routes of administration. For example, oral administration would be expected to require higher dosages than administration by intravenous injection. Variations in these dosage levels can be adjusted using standard empirical routines for optimization as is well understood in the art.
  • the invention also relates to the therapeutic, prophylactic and research uses of various techniques to block or modulate the expression of the hAC9 by interfering with the transcription of translation of a DNA or RNA molecule encoding the hAC9.
  • This includes a method to inhibit or regulate expression of hAC9 in a cell comprising providing to the cell an oligonucleotide molecule which is antisense to, or forms a triple helix with, hAC9-encoding DNA or with DNA regulating expression of hAC9-encoding DNA, in an amount sufficient to inhibit or regulate expression of the hAC9, thereby inhibiting or regulating its expression.
  • a method to inhibit or regulate expression of hAC9 in a subject comprising administering to the subject an oligonucleotide molecule which is antisense to, or forms a triple helix with, hAC9-encoding DNA or with DNA regulating expression of hAC9-encoding DNA, in an amount sufficient to inhibit or regulate expression of hAC9 in the subject, thereby inhibiting or regulating its expression.
  • the antisense molecule or triple helix-forming molecule in the above methods is preferably a DNA or RNA oligonucleotide.
  • antisense RNA in cells has been shown to inhibit the expression of about 20 different genes in mammals and plants, and the list continually grows (Hambor, et al , J. Exp, Med. 168: 1237-1245 (1988); Holt, et al , Proc. Nat], Acad. Sri. 83:4794-4798 (1986); Izant, et al , CeU 36: 1007-1015 (1984); Izant, et al , Science 229:345-352 (1985) and De Benedetti, et al , Proc. Nat], Acad. Sri. 84:658-662 (1987)).
  • Therapeutic gene regulation is accomplished using the "antisense” approach, in which the function of a target gene in a cell or organism is blocked, by transfection of DNA, preferably an oligonucleotide, encoding antisense RNA which acts specifically to inhibit expression of the particular target gene.
  • the sequence of the antisense DNA is designed to result in a full or preferably partial antisense RNA transcript which is substantially complementary to a segment of the gene or mRNA which it is intended to inhibit.
  • the complementarity must be sufficient so that the antisense RNA can hybridize to the target gene (or mRNA) and inhibit the target gene's function, regardless of whether the action is at the level of splicing, transcription or translation.
  • the degree of inhibition readily discernible by one of ordinary skill in the art without undue experimentation, must be sufficient to inhibit, or render the cell incapable of expressing, the target gene.
  • One of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that the antisense RNA approach is but one of a number of known mechanisms which can be employed to block specific gene expression.
  • RNA sequence an RNA sequence, as well as a DNA sequence coding therefor, which is sufficiently complementary to a particular mRNA molecule for which the antisense RNA is specific to cause molecular hybridization between the antisense RNA and the mRNA such that translation of the mRNA is inhibited. Such hybridization must occur under in vivo conditions, that is, inside the cell.
  • the action of the antisense RNA results in specific inhibition of gene expression in the cell. See Albers, et al , "Molecular Biology Of The Cell", 2nd Ed., Garland Publishing, Inc. , New York, NY (1989), in particular, pages 195-196.
  • the antisense RNA of the present invention may be hybridizable to any of several portions of a target mRNA, including the coding sequence, a 3' or 5' untranslated region, or other intronic sequences.
  • a preferred antisense RNA is that complementary to hAC9 mRNA.
  • the minimal amount of homology required by the present invention is that sufficient to result in hybridization to the specific target mRNA and inhibition of its translation or function while not affecting function of other mRNA molecules and the expression of other genes.
  • Antisense RNA is delivered to a cell by transformation or transfection with a vector into which has been placed DNA encoding the antisense RNA with the appropriate regulatory sequences, including a promoter, to result in expression of the antisense RNA in a host cell.
  • Triple helix or “triplex” approaches involve production of synthetic oligonucleotides which bind to the major groove of a duplex DNA to form a colinear triplex. Such triplex formation can regulate and inhibit cellular growth. See, for example, Hogan, et al , U.S. Patent 5, 176,996; Cohen, et al , Sri. Amer.. Dec. 1994, p. 76-82; Helene, Anticancer Drug Design 6:569-584 (1991); Maher III, et al , Antisense Res. Devel. 1:227-281 (Fall 1991); and Crook, et al.
  • a DNA oligonucleotide can bind by triplex formation to a duplex DNA target in a gene regulatory region, thereby repressing transcription initiation (Cooney, et. al. Science 241:456 (1988)).
  • the present invention utilizes methods such as those of Hogan et al. , supra, to designing oligonucleotides which will bind tightly and specifically to a duplex DNA target comprising part of the hAC9-encoding DNA or a regulatory sequence thereof.
  • triplex oligonucleotides can therefore be used as a class of drug molecules to selectively manipulate the expression of this gene.
  • the present invention is directed to providing to a cell or administering to a subject a synthetic oligonucleotide in sufficient quantity for cellular uptake and binding to a DNA duplex of the target hAC9-coding DNA sequence or a regulatory sequence thereof, such that the oligonucleotide binds to the DNA duplex to form a colinear triplex.
  • This method is used to inhibit expression of the hAC9 enzyme on cells in vitro or in vivo.
  • the target sequence is positioned within the DNA domain adjacent to the RNA transcription origin.
  • This method can also be used to inhibit growth of cells which is dependent on expression of this enzyme.
  • the method may also be used to alter the relative amounts or proportions of the hAC9 expressed on cells or tissues by administering such a triplex-forming synthetic oligonucleotide.
  • EXAMPLE 1 Construction and Screening of a human heart cDNA library Whole human heart was used as a source of mRNA.
  • the libraries were purchased from a commercial source, Clontech (Catalog No. HL3026a).
  • the libraries were prepared in a lambda gtlO phage with both oligo-dT and random primers.
  • the primary screening of the lambda gtlO library was carried out with gentle washing (less stringent conditions). Approximately 500,000 plaques were initially screened from the library.
  • Prehybridization is carried out for at least 2 hours in a solution containing 500 mM NaHPO 4 (pH 7.2), 7% SDS, 1 mM EDTA (pH 8) and 1 mg/ml BSA at 65 °C. Hybridization was then performed in the same solution at 65 °C.
  • a 295 base pair (bp) PCR fragment from type I adenylyl cyclase cDNA was used as a probe. This fragment encodes the C lb domain of the adenylyl cyclase, which has significant homology to other previously-known types of adenylyl cyclase.
  • the probe was radiolabeled with 32 P-dCTP by the random primer labeling method. After hybridization for 16 hours, the blot was washed under increasingly stringent conditions and then radioautographed. One positive clone was obtained. The size of the insert in the clone was 4.55 kb (kilobases).
  • the next step was to ascertain the full length cDNA sequence from the inserts in the clones. All the positive clones from the human heart library were subcloned into plasmid pBluescript. After restriction maps were made, they were further subcloned and sequenced with universal primers or synthesized oligomers. The sequence was performed bidirectionally at least twice with Sequenase (Tabor, et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 84:4767-4771 (1987).
  • a clone designated #52 was found to be of particular interest. After the entire coding portion of clone #52 was sequenced, it is found that it contained an insert of 4.55 kb with a polyadenylation signal at its 3' end ( Figure 1).
  • clone #52 The sequence from the 5' end of clone #52 was used to generate PCR primers which were used to acquire a clone designated #10, by the PCR-based RACE ("rapid amplification of cDNA ends") technique (Frohman, M.A., Methods Enzymol. 218:340-362 (1991)) and human heart mRNA.
  • Clone #10 did not contain an initiation ATG (See Figure IC) with a conserved Kozak consensus sequence, which provides a favorable context for initiating translation (Kozak, Cell. Bio .
  • the entire clone #10 was used as a probe to screen a separate human heart library. Several clones were obtained.
  • the human type DC adenylyl cyclase was produced by cloning and expressing heart type IX adenylyl cyclase cDNA in a suitable expression system using recombinant DNA methods, such as are well known in the art. 4 ⁇ g of the purified plasmid pc3hAC9 were transfected into HEK-293 cells using electroporation.
  • the cells were grown to approximately 80% confluency in DMEM:FR (50% Dulbecco's modified Eagle's Medium/50% F12, 10% fetal calf serum, 2 mM glutamine, 4.5 mg/ml glucose, 10 ⁇ g/ml streptomycin sulfate and 60 ⁇ g/ml penicillin K) ("Growth Media”). After washing with phosphate buffered saline (“PBS”) twice, 0.5 ml of trypsin solution was added. The cells are incubated for 5 minutes, harvested and resuspended in Growth Media in 4 ⁇ l of water. 4 ⁇ g of purified plasmid was added to an electroporation cuvette.
  • DMEM Dulbecco's modified Eagle's Medium/50% F12, 10% fetal calf serum, 2 mM glutamine, 4.5 mg/ml glucose, 10 ⁇ g/ml streptomycin sulfate and 60 ⁇ g/ml penicillin K
  • the biochemical characteristics of hAC9 were determined in a stable expression system using HEK-293 cells. A fragment of the adenylyl cyclase cDNA containing the whole coding sequence was inserted into the pc3hAC9 plasmid described above.
  • the following assay was performed to measure the adenylyl cyclase activity of a membrane which had been transfected with the expression vector pc3hAC9 carrying hAC9 cDNA.
  • the transfected HEK-293 cells were washed twice with 150 mM NaCl and scraped in 2 ml of cold buffer containing 50 mM Tris (pH 7.4), 2 mM MgCl 2 , 1 mM EDTA, 0.5 mM dithiothreitol ("DTT”), 0.5 mM phenylmethyl-sulfonylfluoride (“PMSF”), 0.5 (g/ml leupeptin, and 0.044 U/ml aprotinin on ice.
  • Tris pH 7.4
  • 2 mM MgCl 2 1 mM EDTA
  • DTT dithiothreitol
  • PMSF phenylmethyl-sulfonylfluoride
  • the membrane was homogenated by 20 strokes in a Dounce homogenizer and was centrifuged at 600 x g for 2 minutes at 4°C. The supernatant was further centrifuged at 30,000 x g for 20 minutes at 4°C. " The resultant pellet was resuspended in 50 mM Tris (pH 7.4), 2 mM MgCl 2 , 1 mM EDTA, 0.5 mM DTT, 0.5 mM PMSF, 0.5 (g/ml leupeptin, and 0.044 U/ml aprotinin. This crude membrane solution was used for the adenylyl cyclase assay.
  • the adenylyl cyclase assay was performed by the method described by Salomon, Adv. Cyclic Nucleotide Res. 10:35-55 (1979). Crude membranes from the HEK-293 cells were resuspended in a solution containing 100 mM Tris (pH 7.4), 5mM ATP, 5 mM (-mercaptoethanol, 5 mM EDTA, 25 (M theophylline, 0.5% BSA, 25 mM MgCl 2 , 20 mM cAMP, 400 cpm/(l [ 3 H] cAMP, 33 mM phosphocreatine, 1.67 (M GTP, 5 (Ci 32 P- ATP/assay tube.
  • reaction mixture was incubated at 30 °C for 20 minutes and the reaction was stopped by the addition of 750 (1 of 1.5% SDS.
  • 750 (1 of 1.5% SDS.
  • 3 H-labelled c-AMP was used. Cyclic-AMP was separated from ATP by passing through Dowex and alumina columns. Radioactivity was counted by scintillation counter.
  • the protein concentrations of the membranes used were measured by Bradford, Anal. Biochem. 73:248 (1976), with BSA as a standard.
  • Tissue distribution of the human type IX adenylyl cyclase In order to determine the tissue distribution of hAC9, Northern blotting was performed using mRNA from various tissues. Messenger RNA was purified using guanidium sodium and oligo-dT columns from various human tissues (pancreas, kidney, skeletal muscle, liver, lung, placenta, brain and heart). 2 ⁇ g of mRNA were used for each assay (per lane of blot).
  • the blot was pre-hybridized in a solution containing 500 mM NaHPO 4 (pH 7.2), 7% SDS, 1 mM EDTA (pH 8) and 1 mg/ml BSA at 65 °C for 12 hours before the addition of a probe.
  • the entire 6.5 kb cDNA fragment from the adenylyl cyclase cDNA clone #47 was used as a probe, which was made by random primer method with 32 P-dCT. Hybridization was performed at 65 °C for 16 hours followed by washing under increasingly stringent conditions. The blot was then autoradiographed.

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On décrit une sequence d'ADN codant une adényl cyclase humaine ainsi que la séquence d'acide aminé de l'adényl cyclase.
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