EP1144678A2 - Depistage d'une predisposition au psoriasis - Google Patents

Depistage d'une predisposition au psoriasis

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EP1144678A2
EP1144678A2 EP00912820A EP00912820A EP1144678A2 EP 1144678 A2 EP1144678 A2 EP 1144678A2 EP 00912820 A EP00912820 A EP 00912820A EP 00912820 A EP00912820 A EP 00912820A EP 1144678 A2 EP1144678 A2 EP 1144678A2
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  • the present invention concerns diagnostic tests for susceptibility to psoriasis, together with medicaments and methods for treating same.
  • Psoriasis is a common chronic skin disease with an important genetic component. Association with specific HLA alleles, particularly HLA-B57, CW6 and HLA-DR7, has frequently been reported in scientific journals, and such findings are supported by family based molecular genetic studies showing linkage to chromosome 6p21.3 (Trembath, R. C. et al, 1997, Hum. Mol. Genet, 6(5): 813-820).
  • HLA-Cw6 is itself the causative gene for psoriasis.
  • S gene a non-HLA gene known as the S gene (see for example Zhou, Y. and Chaplin, D. D., 1993, PNAS USA, 90(20): 9470- 9474; GenBank accession number L20815; Guerrin, M. et al, 1998, J. Biol. Chem., 273(35): 22640-7 and references therein) which encodes comeodesmosin is strongly associated with susceptibility to psoriasis. Experiments (below) have shown this association to be independent of HLA-C.
  • Other relevant publications include Ahnini, R.T. et al, June 1999, Human Molecular Genetics, 8(6): 1135-1140.
  • Additional S gene (i.e. comeodesmosin encoding gene) deposits include NM 001264, AJ238467, AJ238466, AJ238465, AJ238464, AJ238463, AJ238462, AJ238461, AI768204, AF030130 and AI582314.
  • the S gene for use in a method of treatment or diagnosis of the human or animal body.
  • treatment is considered in general terms to mean any treatment which is designed to cure, alleviate, remove or lessen the symptoms of, or prevent or reduce the possibility of contracting any disorder or malfunction (i.e. in the case of the present invention, psoriasis) of the human or animal body.
  • the S gene is polymorphic (and the present invention therefore relates to the gene in its various polymorphic forms) and experiments have shown that different allelic forms of the gene are associated with different levels of susceptibility to psoriasis.
  • a diagnostic test method for determining the susceptibility of a patient to psoriasis comprising the steps of:
  • Comparison step (ii) may comprise determining whether the S gene has a T nucleotide at position 619, a G nucleotide at position 1240 and a C nucleotide at position 1243.
  • the present invention relates to the use of the S gene in its various polymorphic states. However, reference to specific nucleotide positions is made relative to nucleotide positions defined in GenBank accession L20815 (above).
  • polymorphisms at the above positions additional diagnostically useful polymorphisms have been found at positions 1236 (a T ⁇ G mutation) and 1215 (an A ⁇ G mutation). Further polymorphisms (also diagnostically useful) are to be found at positions: 9 (t to c), 66 (a to g), 461-463 (3bp deletion), 614 (a to g), 619 (c to t), 722 (t to c), 767 (g to a or c), 971 (t to c), 1118 (g to a), 1215 (a to g), 1236 (t to g), 1243 (c to t), 1331 (g to a or e) and 1358 (t to e).
  • the polymorphic S gene has an allelic form (referred to herein as allele 5) which is particularly strongly associated with a susceptibility to psoriasis.
  • allelic form referred to herein as allele 5
  • allele 5 an allelic form which is particularly strongly associated with a susceptibility to psoriasis.
  • the presence or absence of particular allelic forms of the S gene may be used to determine susceptibility to psoriasis, determining whether or not certain nucleotides are present at specific positions within the gene. It is of course possible for a test not to require the sequencing or comparison of the entire gene, instead only determining the sequence at specific positions, for example at positions 619, 1240 an 1243.
  • Table 2 shows 8 different alleles detectable by the nucleotides at positions 619, 1240 and 1243. Allele 5 has not been previously identified in any studies.
  • an isolated S gene having nucleotides T619, T1240 and T1243.
  • Such a nucleic acid sequence or fragment may be for use in a method of treatment or diagnosis of the human or animal body, particularly for use in determining susceptibility of a patient to psoriasis.
  • the comparison step of a diagnostic test may comprise the step of performing PCR using discriminatory primers for nucleotide substitutions at positions 619, 1240 and 1243 and comparing the results to those obtained with an S gene causing a predetermined susceptibility to psoriasis.
  • the preparation of discriminatory primers is well within the capabilities of a person skilled in the art using the teachings of e.g. PCR (Volume 1): A practical approach. Eds. M.J. McPherson, P. Quirke and G.R. Taylor. Oxford University Press, 1991.
  • Discriminatory primers for nucleotide substitutions at one or more of positions 1236, 1215, 9, 66, 614, 619, 722, 767, 971, 1118, 1215, 1236, 1243, 1331, and 1358 may also be used, as may discriminatory primers for a deletion at positions 461-463 (3bp deletion).
  • the present invention also provides pairs of PCR primers which may be used to determine the presence or absence of a particular S gene allele and thus to determine susceptibility to psoriasis.
  • Such a pair of PCR primers may have the sequences of any one of the group of SEQ ID NOs: 1 and 5, 1 and 6, 2 and 5, 2 and 6, 1 and 7, 1 and 8, 3 and 5, 3 and 6, 4 and 5, 4 and 6, 3 and 7, 3 and 8, 4 and 7, 4 and 8, 1 and 9, 2 and 9, 1 and 10, 2 and 10, 3 and 9, 4 and 9, 3 and 10, and 4 and 10.
  • PCR complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor
  • a sample gene may simply be sequenced and the derived sequence then checked for the presence or absence of specific nucleotide substitutions (above).
  • hybridisation studies using fragments of polymorphic forms of the S gene may be performed.
  • techniques such as Western blot analysis, mRNA Northern blot analysis, and RFLP analysis may be used.
  • real-time PCR (RT-PCR) techniques such as TaqMan may be used.
  • RT-PCR real-time PCR
  • the various S gene sequences (particularly the coding sequences) for comeodesmosin provide the material for further DNA based primer design to enable both sequencing of individuals for all variants of the S gene for diagnostic purposes and the design of additional methods of genotyping individuals.
  • Methods employed include the design of specific PCR S gene products for restriction enzyme digest analysis (to detect single nucleotide DNA variants) or their detection through the use of hybridisation methodology against fixed labelled probes (oligonucleotide detection methods) and microarray hybridisation for mini-sequencing.
  • RNA detection methods include the in-situ detection of localisation of the S gene product, the quantification of S gene levels by semi-quantitative PCR and the analysis of protein by Western blotting.
  • the step of comparing the sequence of the patient's S gene to that of an S gene causing a predetermined susceptibility to psoriasis need not be performed using the actual S gene of the patient.
  • mRNA synthesised from the gene may be used in any comparison.
  • the polymorphisms may cause the epitopes displayed by comeodesmosin (which is encoded by the S gene) to differ.
  • the existence and identity of such epitopes may be readily determined using techniques such as epitope mapping and mimotope design (see for example Geysen, H.M et al, 1987, Journal of Immunological Methods, 102: 259-274; Geysen, H.M. et al, ⁇ 9 , J. Mol.
  • antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof may be used in assays to determine the presence (or absence) of the epitopes.
  • Antibodies, antigen binding fragments thereof and their use are well known in the art from e.g. Harlow, E. and Lane, D., "Using Antibodies: A Laboratory Manual", Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, New York, 1998
  • the present invention also provides a diagnostic test kit for determining the susceptibility of a patient to psoriasis, characterised in that it comprises at least one pair of PCR primers according to the present invention.
  • Also provided according to the present invention is the use of at least one pair of PCR primers according to the present invention in the manufacture of a diagnostic test kit for susceptibility to psoriasis.
  • S gene in the manufacture of a diagnostic test for psoriasis.
  • the S gene is not the sole determining factor - a person having allele 5 of the S gene but no family history of psoriasis may be less likely to suffer from psoriasis than a person having allele 5 of the S gene and having a family history of psoriasis.
  • a diagnostic test based upon the S gene may be supplemented by other information, e.g. about any family history of psoriasis, in order to reach a more conclusive opinion about an individual's susceptibility to psoriasis.
  • the uses of the S gene are not limited solely to diagnosis - it may be used as the basis for therapies, for example gene therapy (Wolf, J. A. and Crow, J. F. (1994) Gene Therapeutics: Methods and Application of Direct Gene Transfer, Springer Verlag, London).
  • gene therapy for example gene therapy (Wolf, J. A. and Crow, J. F. (1994) Gene Therapeutics: Methods and Application of Direct Gene Transfer, Springer Verlag, London).
  • the S gene in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of psoriasis.
  • a method of manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of psoriasis characterised in the use of the S gene.
  • Comeodesmosin is metabolised by proteolytic enzymes.
  • therapies may be targeted at modulation of these enzyme, thereby altering the extent of comeodesmosin in skin.
  • Such enzymatic activity could be regulated by for example, medicaments which compete with comeodesmosin as substrate.
  • medicaments may be provided topically or systemically.
  • An in vitro screening method based on such medicaments may be useful as enabling technology for drug discovery.
  • Any medicament according to the present invention may additionally comprise other ingredients, for example a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, diluent or excipient (see for example Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences and US Pharmacopeia, 1984, Mack Publishing Company, Easton, PA, USA).
  • a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier for example Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences and US Pharmacopeia, 1984, Mack Publishing Company, Easton, PA, USA.
  • the exact dosage and treatment regime of any medicament may be readily determined using e.g. dose- response assays.
  • the invention is not limited solely to the S gene itself - the expression product of the gene (comeodesmosin) can be used therapeutically and diagnostically.
  • comeodesmosin protein or an immunogenic fragment thereof for use in a method of treatment or diagnosis of the human or animal body.
  • Antibody also extends to include antigen binding fragments (Harlow, E. and Lane, D., 1988, Antibodies - A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, New York; Harlow, E and Lane, D., 1998, Using Antibodies: A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, New York).
  • Antibodies according to the invention may be of polyclonal of monoclonal origin specific for one or more epitopes.
  • a diagnostic test method for psoriasis comprising the steps of:
  • Such a test may also be used to determine the susceptibility of a patient to psoriasis, i.e. it may be performed for a patient not actually suffering from psoriasis.
  • diagnosis test method for diagnosing the susceptibility of a patient to psoriasis, comprising the steps of:
  • a control sample could for example be a sample from a patient either suffering or not suffering from psoriasis.
  • a control sample could be a sample from a patient having a predetermined susceptibility to psoriasis.
  • Also provided according to the present invention is the use of antibody specific to comeodesmosin in the manufacture of a diagnostic test kit for the presence of, or susceptibility to, psoriasis.
  • the present invention also provides a method of manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of psoriasis, characterised in the use of comeodesmosin or antibody specific against same.
  • FIG 1 shows comeodesmosin cell surface staining in normal patients
  • Figure la shows (10) a thin discrete layer of dense staining where comeodesmosin is to be found in normal patients.
  • Figure lb shows (20) shows thick bands of staining for comeodesmosin.
  • the polymorphic S gene lies 160 kb telomeric of HLA-C and its expression is restricted to differentiating epidermal keratinocytes.
  • Studies of parent-offspring trios show significant evidence for linkage and disease association with allele 5 (see Table 2) of the S gene.
  • Linkage studies show S gene involvement in psoriasis being independent of HLA-C.
  • Comeodesmosin expression studies in patients with psoriasis show an altered expression pattern when compared to those of non-psoriasis patients.
  • a synonymous polymorphism is present at position 614 (an A ⁇ G substitution) which could interfere with primer binding and so two versions of each primer were produced and used in equimolar amounts.
  • the first two primers (SEQ ID NOs: 1 and 2) were for a "normal” (GenBank accession no. L20815) sequence corresponding to nucleotides 600- 619, and are referred to as the 619 C primers.
  • the second two primers (SEQ ID NOs: 3 and 4) were for the C ⁇ T substitution at position 619, and are referred to as the 619 T primers.
  • Two sets of primers were made - one for the substitution at position 1240 and one for the substitution at position 1243.
  • the set of primers for the 1240 substitution had to be unaffected by any substitutions at position 1243, and this necessitated the synthesis of two pairs of primers.
  • the first pair (referred to as the 1240 G primers) had SEQ ID NOs: 5 and 6 corresponding to the normal G nucleotide at position 1240.
  • the second pair (referred to as the 1240 T primers) had SEQ ID NOs: 7 and 8 corresponding to the G ⁇ T substitution at position 1240.
  • the set of primers for the 1243 substitution comprised two primers SEQ ID NO: 9 (referred to as the 1243 C primer), corresponding to the normal nucleotide C at position 1243, and SEQ ID NO: 10 (referred to as the 1243 T primer), corresponding to the C ⁇ T substitution at position 1243.
  • PCR was performed using either one of the pairs of sense primers (i.e. the 619 C primers or 619 T primers) and either one of the 1240 primer pairs (i.e. the 1240 G primers or 1240 T primers) or either one of the 1243 primers (i.e. the 1243 C primer or the 1243 T primer).
  • each set of PCR primers was used and the results of PCR amplification (i.e. successful or unsuccessful) analysed in order to determine the nucleotides at each of positions 619, 1240 and 1243. This allowed the identification of 8 alleles of the S gene (Table 2).
  • Chromosome 6p21.3 haplotypes were constructed for a 500kb region for 8 genetic markers spanning the interval from "D6S276" to "D6S291 " which includes HLA-C and S gene.
  • informative parents heterozygotes
  • 38% of S gene allele 5 transmissions were independent of the disease-associated HLA-Cw6 bearing haplotype.
  • these novel data provide genetic support for the S gene in psoriasis susceptibility which may be independent of HLA-C. Additionally, these studies define a specific disease related S gene allele.
  • cryostat sections of psoriasis and normal skin were immunostained with two monoclonal antibodies, G36-19 and F28-27, using a peroxidase anti-peroxidase technique as follows. Sections were air dried, fixed in acetone and non-specific antibody binding blocked by pre-treating the tissue with normal swine serum. Comeodesmosin specific antibodies were applied at a dilution of 1/100 for 60 minutes at room temperature. Peroxidase conjugated rabbit anti-mouse immunoglobulin and mouse peroxidase anti-peroxidase complex were sequentially applied to the tissue each for 30 minutes at room temperature.
  • Bound antibody was then visualised by incubating the tissue with a substrate solution containing hydrogen peroxide and 3,3' diaminobenzidine and lightly counterstaining the sections with Mayers haemalum.
  • a substrate solution containing hydrogen peroxide and 3,3' diaminobenzidine In normal skin comeodesmosin cell surface staining was present in the compressed cells of the stratum granulosum, throughout the full thickness of the stratum comeum and in the basal layer ( Figure la).
  • Basal cell expression was attenuated and in the upper layers of the epidermis expression was perinuclear and absent from the cell surface ( Figure lb). Expression within the parakeratotic stratum comeum was also attenuated.
  • both the intensity and distribution of staining for comeodesmosin is altered in psoriasis compared with normal skin.
  • comeodesmosin is a late differentiation component of desmosomes in the granular layer and comeodesmosomes in the stratum comeum. Comeodesmosin is thought to function in cell cohesion in the stratum comeum with degradation of the protein leading to epidermal desquamation. Desquamation is a fundamental process in the pathogenesis of psoriasis. The altered expression in psoriasis is consistent with a primary role in disease pathogenesis.
  • An A ⁇ G mutation at position 1215 and a T ⁇ G mutation at position 1236 have also been found to be diagnostically useful for determining a patient's susceptibility to psoriasis.
  • the following probes and primers supplied by Perkin Elmer and EuroGenTec were used in a TaqMan assays:
  • FAM(probe label) SgeneSNP1215 forward primer ACC CTG CTC TCC CTC CAG TT (SEQ ID NO:
  • SgeneSNP1215 reverse primer ACT GCC GCA GGG ATG GT A (SEQ ID NO: 24)
  • SgeneSNP1236T probe TCT AGC ATT TCC AGC AGC TCC GGT T (SEQ ID NO:
  • SgeneSNP1236 forward primer ACC CTG CTC TCC CTC CAG TT (SEQ ID NO: 27)
  • the TaqMan assay is a real-time PCR (RT-PCR) assay and work by mixing a pair of probes (for example the SgeneSNP1236T probe and the SgeneSNP1236G probe) with a sample from a patient.
  • the probes use fluorophore-quencher combinations and are disabled from extension at the 3' end.
  • PCR using for example the SgeneSNP1236 forward and reverse primers
  • the probes are allowed to hybridize to their complementary single stranded DNA sequences within the PCR target. If a specific target is not present then hybridisation will not occur.
  • the hybridised probes are degraded by the 5' ⁇ 3' exonuclease activity of the Taq DNA polymerase.
  • This degradation of the hybridised probe causes the separation of its fluorophore and quencher moieties and results in detectable fluorescence from the fluorophore.
  • fluorescence is indicative of the presence of a sequence to which a probe was specific.
  • a plurality of probes having different fluorophores having different excitation and emission spectra may therefore be used, allowing the detection of the presence of one or more specific sequences from a range covered by the set of probes.
  • aliquots of 1 microlitre of genomic DNA are plated into 96 well optical plates, 24 microlitres of a TaqMan (RTM) Universal mastermix containing standard PCR reagents, one of the two pairs of forward and reverse primers at 300-900 nM and both probes for the sequence amplified by the primers at 100-200 nM is added to each well.
  • the wells are sealed with optical caps and the plate loaded into a 7700 Sequence Detector System (Perkin Elmer ABI) - the TaqMan machine.
  • Thermal cycling is performed at 40 cycles of 50 °C for 2 minutes, 95 °C for 10 seconds, 95 °C for 15 seconds and 62 °C for 1 minute, after 1 hour 56 minutes amplification is complete and the fluorescent signal from each well is read automatically.
  • DNAs are grouped according to genotype into allele 1 or allele 2 homozygotes or allele 1/2 heterozygotes. Genotypes called automatically can be checked against internal control DNAs, previously genotyped by DNA sequencing, which are included in each plate. Further confirmation of genotyping can be obtained if required, by reading real time plots of fluorescence intensity collected separately for each well during the PCR amplification period.
  • Example 1 Immunofluorescent detection (i.e. direct detection) of comeodesmosin in its various polymorphic forms is performed according to the following steps: i) monoclonal antibodies are prepared based on wild type and mutated comeodesmosin, predicted from S gene sequence and are fluoresceinated (Harlow, E.
  • tissue sections of skin biopsies are cut with microtome and placed on glass slides; iii) fluoresceinated primary antibody is added to tissue section; iv) after incubation, antibody is washed off; v) glass coverslip is applied to section/slide; vi) slide is viewed through optical microscope using ultraviolet light.
  • Antibodies to wild type comeodesmosin show altered expression, and antibodies to mutated form show expression only in psoriasis.
  • Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay for comeodesmosin in its various polymorphic forms is performed according to the following steps: i) a sample of either peripheral blood (serum/plasma) or aqueous extracts of stratum comeum (scale) of lesional skin is taken from a patient; ii) antibodies as in Example 1 (above) are immobilised in wells in 36 well plates; iii) substrate as in Example 1 (above) is added to the wells; iv) after incubation and washing, comeodesmosin adheres to immobilised antibody; v) colorimetric substrate linked-anticomeodesmosin antibody is added to the wells; vi) enzyme substrate is added to produce a coloured product in the presence of comeodesmosin, and the results are read by automated colorimetry .

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L'invention concerne des tests diagnostiques destinés à dépister une prédisposition au psoriasis, ainsi que des médicaments et des procédés de traitement correspondants.
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