EP1709202A1 - Mutation en a141s et g399s dans la proteine omi/htra2 dans la maladie de parkinson - Google Patents

Mutation en a141s et g399s dans la proteine omi/htra2 dans la maladie de parkinson

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EP1709202A1
EP1709202A1 EP05701053A EP05701053A EP1709202A1 EP 1709202 A1 EP1709202 A1 EP 1709202A1 EP 05701053 A EP05701053 A EP 05701053A EP 05701053 A EP05701053 A EP 05701053A EP 1709202 A1 EP1709202 A1 EP 1709202A1
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  • the present invention relates to a method for diagnosing Parkinson's disease in a human being; Nucleic acid molecules used in this method and their uses for the detection of a nucleic acid molecule coding for human Omi / HtrA2 protein or for the amplification of the human Omi / HtrA2 gene; the use of a nucleic acid molecule which codes for a Omi / HtrA2 protein or portions thereof which has been genetically modified compared to the wild type, and / or of such a protein or portions thereof for diagnosis Parkinson's disease and / or a predisposition to do so; a nucleic acid molecule which codes for a human Omi / HtrA2 protein which has a genetic modification at amino acid position 141 and / or 399 compared to the wild type, and for corresponding sections thereof; a host, preferably a transgenic non-human mammal, into which such a nucleic acid molecule has been introduced; a (poly) peptide encoded by
  • Parkinson's disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder in humans and the second most common neurological disorder in people of advanced age. 4% of those over the age of 80 are affected; there are around 250,000 Parkinson's patients in Germany alone.
  • Cardinal symptoms of Parkinson's disease are tremor, rigor and akinesia, ie tremor that is maximally pronounced at rest, slowing down and lack of movement, difficulty in initiating movements, small-step gait when the upper body is bent, postural reflexes with falling gung, mask-like facial expression, soft, monotonous and stuttering language. Dementia develops in about 50% of patients.
  • Parkinson's disease is also associated with degeneration of the dopamine-forming cells in the substantia nigra pars comppaeta, presumably via apoptotic cell death, which leads to a functional dysbalance of the nuclei downstream. Since dopamine inhibits the activity of nerve cells in various areas of the brain, the loss of dopa leads to over-stimulation of these brain regions.
  • Parkinson's disease The tiology of Parkinson's disease is largely unknown. Environmental factors such as pesticides are discussed as factors influencing the onset of this disease.
  • Parkinson's disease On the other hand, genetic factors play a significant role in Parkinson's disease. These findings are based on twin studies (see also Piccini et al. (1999), The role of inheritance in sporadic Parkinson's disease: evidence from a longitudinal study of dopa inergic funetion in twins. Ann. Neurol., 45, 577-582 ), the identification of large families affected by Parkinson's disease (see e.g. Nicholl et al. (2002), Two large British kindreds with familial Parkinson's disease: a clinico-pathological and genetic study. Brain, 125 , 44-57), and the increased risk of relatives of so-called index patients to develop Parkinson's disease (cf. Elbaz et al. (1999), Familial aggregation of Parkinson's disease: a population-based case-control study in Europe. EUROPARKINSON Study Group. Neurology, 52, 1876-1882).
  • Parkinson's disease one biochemical pathway to fit all genes ?, TRENDS in Molecular Medecine, Vol. 8 No. 5, 236-240.
  • four genes could be identified, ⁇ -synuclein, Synphilin-1, Parkin and UCH-Ll, which are present in mutated form in autosomal dominant or autosomal recessive inherited Parkinson's disease. All gene products of these genes are members of the Proteaso protein degeneration pathway.
  • Parkinson's disease or AR-EOPD has so far mainly been made on the basis of the cardinal symptoms observed, which is associated with the corresponding uncertainties and risks of misdiagnoses.
  • Such a diagnosis can only be confirmed post mortem by the neuropathological detection of the characteristic so-called Lewy bodies, which are abnormal protein deposits in the brain. So far, a predisposition to a corresponding illness cannot be diagnosed at all or only with a very large uncertainty factor.
  • the prior art therefore lacks the basis for a correspondingly targeted preventive treatment of affected persons, both medicamentally and possibly psychotherapeutically.
  • the object of the present invention is therefore to provide a method with which the above-mentioned disadvantages from the prior art are avoided.
  • a method is to be provided, by means of which a molecular biological differential diagnosis of a disease or predisposition to Parkinson's disease is possible in the persons concerned, which can be embedded, for example, in the additional detection of genetic changes that have already been described in the prior art as correlating with Parkinson's disease.
  • This object is achieved by providing a method for diagnosing Parkinson's disease in a human being, comprising the following steps: (a) providing a biological sample of the living being; (b) examining the biological sample for the presence of a nucleic acid molecule and / or a (poly) peptide, and (c) correlating a positive finding with a disease of Parkinson's disease and / or with a predisposition to a disease of Parkinson's disease, wherein in Step (b) the biological sample is examined for the presence of such a nucleic acid molecule which codes for an Omi / HtrA2 protein which has been genetically modified compared to the wild type or for sections thereof.
  • the biological sample is preferably examined for the presence of such a nucleic acid molecule which codes for a human Omi / HtrA2 protein which has a genetic change at amino acid position 141 and / or 399 compared to the wild type, and for corresponding sections thereof.
  • the Omi / HtrA2 protein is a serine Protease first described in 2000; see. Faccio et al. (2000), Characterization of a novel human serine protease that has extensive homology to bacterial heat shock endoprotease HtrA and is regulated by kidney ischemia, The Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. 275 No.
  • the Omi / HtrA2 protein is a member of the HtrA protease chaperone family and is localized in the intermembrane space of the mitochondria.
  • Omi / HtrA2 has been associated with stress-induced cell death (apoptosis), and it has been shown that the serine protease activity of the Omi / HtrA2 protein is responsible for the mediation of caspase-independent cell death; see. Cilenti et al. (2003), Characterization of a novel and specific inhibitor for the pro-apoptotic protease Omi / HtrA2, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. 278, pages 11489-11494.
  • the inventors were able to detect a genetic change in the O i lEt rA2 gene in 29 Parkinson's disease patients, but not in more than 600 healthy control persons. At the same time, the inventors recognized the pathophysiological relevance of the genetic changes found using established toxicity tests. The inventors were also able to show that the genetic change leads to damage to the mitochondrial function.
  • the detection of a nucleic acid molecule in a human sample which codes for a genetically modified human Omi / HtrA2 protein, therefore allows, according to the invention, the diagnosis of a predisposition to or an already occurring disease of Parkinson's disease. Even more, after the importance of the Omi / HtrA2 gene for a disease of Parkinson's disease was recognized for the first time, it is now possible to screen for other pathologically relevant genetic changes in this gene.
  • Such a biological sample to be examined according to the invention can be any biological material which contains representative nucleic acids and / or proteins of the corresponding human being, for example a blood, tissue, saliva, hair or other sample.
  • the biological sample in step (b) is examined by means of methods which are generally known in the prior art, for example by means of a mutation screening, in which e.g. PCR-based methods and heteroduplex analyzes such as denaturing high pressure liquid chromatography (dHPLC) or hybridization techniques are used.
  • dHPLC denaturing high pressure liquid chromatography
  • the examination of the biological sample for the presence of nucleic acid molecules sufficient for such Omi / HtrA2 protein segments is sufficient.
  • dieren which have the genetic modification and preferably a corresponding amino acid residue in position 141 or 399 in the total protein.
  • a genetic change at this position in the total Omi / HtrA2 protein is of crucial importance for the occurrence of Parkinson's disease.
  • the nucleic acid molecule to be detected codes for a human Omi / HtrA2 protein which has an amino acid exchange at amino acid position 141 or 399, more preferably one by which an alanine molecule is replaced by a serine molecule or a glycine molecule is replaced by a serine molecule.
  • the preferred test according to the invention of the biological sample for the presence of such a nucleic acid molecule has the advantage that it is used to record a genetic change or mutation that is extremely important and meaningful for the correlation with Parkinson's disease.
  • the inventors were able to surprisingly show that 29 patients suffering from Parkinson's disease carry at least one of these amino acid exchange mutations, whereas healthy control persons showed no genetic changes at position 399 or significantly less frequently at position 141.
  • the nucleic acid molecule to be detected is one which binds to the previously described nucleic acid molecule under stringent conditions.
  • Stringent conditions are understood to mean those conditions known to those skilled in the art under which only perfectly base-paired nucleic acid strands are formed and remain stable.
  • This measure has the advantage that, for example, the complementary non-coding strand of the human Qmi / .fftrA2 gene is also used to diagnose Parkinson's disease, which further increases the sensitivity of the method.
  • the nucleic acid molecule to be detected is one which in turn binds to the nucleic acid molecule mentioned here under stringent conditions.
  • nucleic acid molecules that are derived from the ORF of the Omi / HtrA2 gene such as mature or immature mRNA, as well as degradation products thereof, are also used for detection, but they still have the characteristic genetic (s) Wear change (s) and therefore bind to the nucleic acid molecule which is complementary to the nucleic acid molecule coding for the modified Omi / HtrA2 gene.
  • This measure further increases the sensitivity of the method according to the invention.
  • the subject of the present invention is also a nucleic acid molecule coding for a human Omi / HtrA2 protein, which at amino acid position 141 and / or 399 has a genetic change compared to the wild type, preferably an amino acid exchange, more preferably one such, by the at position 141 an alanine molecule is replaced by a serine molecule and / or a glycine molecule is replaced by a serine molecule at position 399, and also those nucleic acid molecules which code for corresponding sections thereof.
  • the present invention furthermore relates to an illustrated nucleic acid molecule which binds to the nucleic acid molecule described above under stringent conditions, and also a nucleic acid molecule which has also been explained and which in turn binds to the nucleic acid molecule under stringent conditions.
  • the subject of the present invention is also the use of the nucleic acid molecules described above for the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease and / or a predisposition therefor.
  • the present invention further relates to a host, preferably a transgenic non-human mammal, more preferably a transgenic mouse, a transgenic rat, a transgenic sheep, a transgenic goat or a transgenic cow, in which at least one nucleic acid molecule is responsible for one encoded the wild-type genetically modified Omi / HtrA2 protein, preferably one of the nucleic acid molecules described above.
  • Parkinson's disease for example, neurodegenerative processes are observed that mostly do not meet the classic criteria of caspase-mediated apoptotic or necrotic cell death.
  • a disturbance of protein degradation is also described, which is shown in the formation of so-called Lewy bodies in the brain of affected patients.
  • transgenic host also represents an excellent system for finding and testing substances which are active against Parkinson's disease.
  • the process steps required for the production of a transgenic mammal such as, for example, an Omi / HtrA2 knock-out mouse, are in the prior art Technology extensively described; see. see, for example, Thomas Jolicke (2001) transgenes, transgenesis, transgenic animals: methods of non-homologous DNA recombination, Karger-Verlag.
  • the inventors have also recognized that after modification of the new method described above, diagnosis of Parkinson's disease is also possible, namely if a (poly) peptide molecule is detected in the biological sample which is different from an Omi / Derives HtrA2 protein.
  • the biological sample is preferably examined for the presence of a (poly) peptide molecule which is encoded by one of the nucleic acid molecules described above.
  • the genetically modified Omi / HtrA2 protein as explained is the translation product of the corresponding genetically modified nucleic acid molecule and therefore also allows direct conclusions to be drawn about a predisposition to or a disease of Parkinson's disease.
  • the biological sample is therefore examined in step (b) for the presence of a (poly) peptide which is different from an Omi / HtrA2 protein which has been modified compared to the wild type genetis.ch derives, preferably to the presence of such a (poly) peptide which is encoded by one of the nucleic acid molecules described above.
  • This measure has the advantage that a detection of such a (poly) peptide enables an even more stable diagnosis of Parkinson's disease, for example, is also possible if the nucleic acid molecule coding for the peptide in the biological sample, e.g. is not or no longer detectable due to nuclease activities.
  • the detection of the (poly) peptide with the genetic change, preferably at amino acid position 141 or 399, in the biological sample is carried out here using protein purification and / or sequencing methods known in the art. An overview of such methods can be found, for example, in Lott Ard F. (editor) et al. (1998), “Bioanalytik”, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag.
  • the present invention also relates to such a (poly) peptide which is encoded by one of the nucleic acid molecules described above.
  • such a (poly) peptide also includes those peptides which represent fragments, variants and isoforms of the genetically modified Omi / HtrA2 protein and which represent the genetic change described above in positions 141 and 399 in the total protein exhibit.
  • Such a (poly) eptid creates the basis for the development of pharmacologically active substances, such as, for example, bitters or activators of the corresponding genetically modified Omi / HtrA2 protein.
  • pharmacologically active substances such as, for example, bitters or activators of the corresponding genetically modified Omi / HtrA2 protein.
  • nucleic acids coding for such a poly (peptide) by means of which, for example, pharmacologically interesting inhibiting RNAi (RNA interference) or siRNA (silencing RNA) molecules or other antisense molecules can be constructed.
  • the genetically modified Omi / HtrA2 protein can also be produced in large quantities, the three-dimensional structure of which has been elucidated and, via sili ⁇ o-screenings, pharmacologically active substances can be developed.
  • step (b) it is preferred if, in step (b), the presence of the nucleic acid molecule of interest is examined by means of PCR technology.
  • This measure has the advantage that an extremely sensitive, established and largely automatable method is used, through which the genetically modified nucleic acid material can be enriched in a highly specific manner, which can then subsequently be detected by means of further standard methods such as electrophoresis / heteroduplex methods or direct sequencing.
  • a nucleic acid molecule which has one of the sequences which is selected from the group consisting of: SEQ ID No. 1 to SEQ ID No. 17 is preferably used as the PCR primer.
  • any genetic change that may be present can then be easily detected using conventional mutation screening or hybridization methods.
  • PCR primers which, in addition to one of the sequences SEQ ID No. 1 to SEQ ID No. 17, have 5'- and / or 3'-further nucleotides which may hybridize with the opposite strand, or which have smaller sequence variations which, however, do not significantly change the specificity of the primers.
  • nucleus Acid molecules are also included in the use according to the invention as a PCR primer pair.
  • the subject of the present invention is also the corresponding use according to the invention of a nucleic acid molecule as a PCR primer which binds under stringent conditions to a nucleic acid molecule which has one of the sequences which is selected from the group consisting of: SEQ ID No. 1 to SEQ ID No. 17.
  • a nucleic acid molecule that binds to a nucleic acid molecule with one of the sequences SEQ ID No. 1 to SEQ ID No. 17 under stringent conditions also enables the highly specific and selective amplification of a section of the Omi / HtrA2- if necessary.
  • the present invention also relates to their use for the amplification of the human Omi / HtrA2 gene.
  • PCR amplificates are analyzed by means of denaturing high-pressure liquid chromatography (dHPLC) or other heteroduplex methods.
  • dHPLC denaturing high-pressure liquid chromatography
  • a heteroduplex from a strand of wild-type Oini / Ht rA2 is formed with high reliability -Alisis and one strand of the genetically modified 0.7ii / HtrA2 allele, which show a modified retention behavior on the dHPLC column compared to a homoduplex, which can be detected with a probability of over 95%.
  • the analysis time for a fragment is about four to five minutes, so that dHPLC is a very inexpensive and time-effective screening method, for example before additional amplification sequencing. Information on this method can be found, for example, in McCallum, C.M. et al., (2000), Targeted screening for induced mutations. Nature Biotechnology, 18, 455-457.
  • the genetic change can be screened using the rapid direct sequencing method referred to as pyrosequencing (see: www.pyrosequencing.com; the content of the homepage is the subject of the present description by reference).
  • the established restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis can also be used according to the invention.
  • Single-strand conformation (SSCP) analysis is also suitable, but is less sensitive and time-consuming with regard to the degree of detection. Conceivable is also performing direct sequencing. This method is highly sensitive, but is relatively expensive and time-consuming.
  • step (b) it is preferred if the analysis for the presence of the nucleic acid molecule in step (b) is carried out by means of hybridization technology, a nucleic acid molecule which has one of the sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID being preferably used as the hybridization probe No. 18 to SEQ ID No. 21 according to the enclosed sequence listing.
  • a nucleic acid molecule is used as the hybridization probe, which binds to a nucleic acid molecule described above under stringent conditions.
  • nucleic acid molecules that, when used as a hybridization probe, can be used to exchange deoxyguanosine monophosphate (dGMP) or guanine (G) for deoxythymidine phosphate (dTMP) or thymine (T) at position 421 of the open reading frame of the Omi / HtrA2 Gene can be detected, namely nucleic acid molecules which have the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID No. 18 or SEQ ID No. 19. Of course, this detection is also possible with complementary nucleic acid molecules that hybridize to the corresponding antisense strand of the Omi / Ht rA2 gene.
  • dGMP deoxyguanosine monophosphate
  • G guanine
  • T thymine
  • a nucleic acid molecule with the sequence SEQ ID No. 18 is able to specifically bind to the sense strand of exon 1 of the Hybridize Omi / HtrA2 gene, while a nucleic acid molecule with a nucleotide sequence SEQ ID No. 19 can hybridize highly specifically to the antisense strand of exon 1 of the Omi / HtrA2 gene.
  • nucleic acid molecule which has the sequence SEQ ID No. 20 or SEQ ID No. 21 is suitable as a hybridization probe with which an exchange of deoxyguanosine monophosphate (dGMP) or guanine (G) for deoxyadenosine monophosphate (dAMP ) or adenine (A) at position 1195 of the open reading frame of the Omi / HtrA2 ⁇ gene can be detected.
  • dGMP deoxyguanosine monophosphate
  • G guanine
  • dAMP deoxyadenosine monophosphate
  • A adenine
  • the nucleic acid molecule with the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID No. 20 binds highly specifically to the sense strand of exon 7
  • the nucleic acid molecule with the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID No. 21 binds highly specifically to the opposite strand of exon 7 of the Omi / HtrA2 gene.
  • the present invention also relates to a nucleic acid molecule which has a nucleotide sequence which is selected from the group consisting of: SEQ ID No. 1 to SEQ ID No. 21 in accordance with the enclosed sequence listing , as well as a nucleic acid molecule that binds to the above nucleic acid molecule under stringent conditions.
  • the present invention furthermore relates to a kit which has at least one of the nucleic acid molecules listed above.
  • a kit which has at least one of the nucleic acid molecules listed above.
  • such a kit can contain all the reagents, chemicals and buffer substances required for carrying out the method according to the invention and a detailed description of the method according to the invention or of another method to be carried out. This has the particular advantage that it ensures error-free work, in particular of large laboratories with trained personnel, ie largely avoids handling errors, for example when preparing the buffers, when carrying out the method, etc.
  • the present invention furthermore relates to a method for finding substances which bind to the omi / HtrA2 protein which has been genetically modified in relation to the wild type, which comprises the following steps (a) contacting a peptide which is derived from the genetically modified Omi / HtrA2 protein, with a test substance under conditions that allow the test substance to bind to the peptide, and (b) determining whether the test substance has bound to the peptide, the genetic modification involving an amino acid exchange at amino acid position 141 and / or at amino acid position 399 of the omi / HtrA2 protein by which an alanine molecule is replaced by a serine molecule or a glycine molecule by a serine molecule.
  • the inventors have recognized that it is sufficient to find such substances by providing such a peptide which is derived from the genetically modified Omi / HtrA2 protein but still has the genetically modified amino acid position 141 or 399. This additionally simplifies the method according to the invention described above.
  • the substance to be tested can be in any conceivable chemical, biochemical or biological form, i.e. as a molecule, such as a chemically defined compound, a peptide, protein, antibody, aptamer or as an ion or atom.
  • This new method is used to determine whether the test substance binds to the peptide, i.e. whether there is a state in which the substance to be tested is at least in the immediate vicinity of the peptide and therefore may possibly influence the activity of this peptide.
  • Step (b) takes place by means of molecular biological and biochemical methods established in the prior art, for example affinity-chromatographic or electrophoretic techniques.
  • Conditions that enable the test substance to bind to the peptide are in the field of protein or enzyme biochemistry well known; these conditions are created, for example, by the use of conventional physiological or biological buffer systems, such as, for example, Tris, Hepes or PBS-based buffers, for example with the addition of various salts in suitable concentrations, and other conventional agents.
  • conventional physiological or biological buffer systems such as, for example, Tris, Hepes or PBS-based buffers, for example with the addition of various salts in suitable concentrations, and other conventional agents.
  • the subject of the present invention is also a substance found by means of the above-described method, and a preferably pharmaceutical composition containing this substance, which contains a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and possibly contains other auxiliary substances.
  • Suitable pharmaceutical carriers and auxiliaries are known in the prior art; see. Kibbe, A.H., (2000), “Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients", 3rd edition, American Pharmaceutical Association and Pharmaceutical Press.
  • Figure 2 shows confirmation of the exon 1 mutation by direct sequencing
  • Figure 3 shows confirmation of the exon 1 mutation using direct pyrosequencing
  • Figure 5 shows confirmation of the exon 7 mutation by direct sequencing
  • Figure 6 shows confirmation of the exon 7 mutation by RFLP analysis
  • Figure 9 shows the result of a mitochondrial function test using staurosporine.
  • Example 1 Mutation analysis of the Omi / fftrA2 gene
  • Biological samples were taken from 411 and 514 patients with Parkinson's disease and more than 300 healthy controls, and the DNA was isolated from them using standard methods. The DNA was amplified by PCR.
  • the PCR primers used here are listed in Table I below:
  • a mutation screening was carried out with the amplificates.
  • the mutation screening was carried out using the dHPLC mutation detection systems from Transgenomic (WAVE).
  • DHPLC uses the different melting behavior of homo- and heteroduplex DNA.
  • double-stranded DNA is bound to an HPLC column using TEAA (triethylammonium acetate) and detached from the column by an increasing acetonitrile gradient.
  • the DNA concentration of the acetonitrile buffer is detected by a laser after the column. If heterozygous base exchanges occur on one strand at opposite bases in a double-stranded DNA strand, it comes through the instability at this point leads to premature detachment from the HPLC column, which results in a shift in the detection peak on the WAVE system.
  • the mutations can be detected by differences in the time of detachment of the DNA.
  • the DNA used is available as a PCR amplicon from patients or healthy control persons, with each exon being amplified individually.
  • the PCR product is denatured on the WAVE device before use and renatured with slow cooling. Wild-type and mutated DNA strands can accumulate and form heteroduplicates. Since homozygous mutations cannot be detected, DNAs from two patients were pooled together, taking into account the relative rarity of Parkinson's mutations, and then measured using dHPLC.
  • Buffer B 0.1 M triethylammonium acetate (TEAA), 25% acetonitrile
  • the first mutation is a nucleotide exchange mutation in exon 1 of the gene, in which a dGMP was replaced by a dTMP at position 421 of the open reading frame (see FIG. 1), which at the protein level at position 141 leads to an exchange of an alanine against a serine.
  • This mutation was found in 25 out of a total of 414 Parkinson's disease patients and only in a heterozygous state.
  • a second mutation in the Omi / HtrA2 gene could be found, in which a dGMP was replaced by a dAMP at position 1195 of the open reading frame in exon 7 (cf. FIG. 4 in this regard), which was replaced by glycine at the protein level Serine at position 399 results.
  • This mutation was found in 4 of a total of 514 Parkinson's disease patients and also exclusively in a heterozygous state.
  • the nucleotide exchange mutation 'in exon 7 was also confirmed by direct sequencing (see FIG. 5) and also by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis after Mval digestion. In the wild-type sequence, three fragments are formed after restriction of the amplicon of exon 7 (163 base pairs) with Mval: 113 bp, 44 bp and 6 bp. Due to the base exchange from G to A in position 1195 of the coding sequence, a previously existing restriction site for the enzyme is lost (cf. FIG. 6).
  • Example 2 Cytotoxicity tests with cells that express genetically modified Omi / HtrA2 protein
  • a cytotoxicity test was used to determine whether cells which express the genetically modified Omi / HtrA2 protein are more sensitive to cytotoxins, i.e. with appropriate exposure to apoptosis.
  • the measure of apoptosis is the lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) released by the apoptotic cells from the cytosol into the surrounding medium after contact with the toxins. This in turn is determined by converting a tetrazolium salt to formazan, which can be measured by changing the color from yellow (tetrazolium salt) to red (formazan) using an ELISA reader at a wavelength of 490 n. The absorption at 650 nm is measured as a reference adjustment.
  • LDH lactate dehydrogenase
  • HEK293 cells (cells which stably express wild-type Omi / HtrA2 protein or correspondingly imitated Omi / HtrA2 protein) were produced according to standard methods, as described, for example, in Sambrook and Russell (2001), Molecular cloning - a laboratory manual, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, New York, the content of which is incorporated by reference into the description) in a 24-well Seeded plate.
  • the cells were incubated for 24 hours under normal culture conditions in DMEM (Invitrogen), 10% inactivated fetal calf serum (Invitrogen), 1% penicillin / streptoycin (Invitrogen).
  • the culture medium is then removed and replaced by LDH assay medium (DMEM), 1% inactivated fetal calf serum, penicillin / streptomycin, which as the cytotoxin contained either 0.5 ⁇ M staurosporin or 3.0 ⁇ M MG132 or as a negative control solvent.
  • DMEM LDH assay medium
  • penicillin / streptomycin which as the cytotoxin contained either 0.5 ⁇ M staurosporin or 3.0 ⁇ M MG132 or as a negative control solvent.
  • the test was carried out as a triple test (each for poisoned cell lines and controls).
  • As a background value for the ELISA reader the corresponding medium was transferred to an empty well and incubated with the cells.
  • a 24-hour incubation was carried out using MG132 and a 6-hour incubation using staurosporin. After these incubation times, 150 ⁇ l per well were removed and centrifuged. The centrifugation step was used for sedimentation of detached cells, which could have changed the real LDH concentration through later apoptosis. After centrifugation, 100 ⁇ l of the supernatant was transferred to a 96-well plate. The remaining 50 ⁇ l were resuspended and returned to the corresponding wells on the 24-well plate.
  • the reaction was stopped by adding 50 ⁇ l of 1N HC1 (Sigma) and measured using the ELISA reader.
  • the LDH value then results from the quotient of the absorption of the first and second supernatant of a well and can thus be used as a value for the proportion of cells which have perished.
  • the mean of three wells treated in the same way gives the proportion of dead cells for a measurement with standard deviation.
  • FIGS. 7 and 8 The result of such an experiment is shown in FIGS. 7 and 8. It turns out that the HEK293 cells, which exon 7, i.e.. the G1195A mutation (G399S), more than five times more sensitive to staurosporine than the wild-type HEK293 cells; Fig. 7, cf. first pillar with fifth pillar from the left.
  • the HEK293 cells which exon 1, i.e.. G42IT mutation (A141S) expressed, approximately 1.4 times more sensitive to MGI32 than wild type HEK293 cells; Fig. 8, cf. first pillar with third pillar from the left.
  • Example 3 Function test on mitochondria from cells that express genetically modified Omi / HtrA2 protein
  • the mitochondria function in these cells was examined.
  • the mitochondrial membrane potential was measured by means of JC-1 by FACS analysis (flow cytometer) in SH-SY5Y cells which stably expressed wild-type or mutant (S141 or S399) Omi / HtrA2.
  • JC-1 is a green fluorescent dye that can be used to measure the mitochondrial membrane potential. It has the property of diffusing through cellular membranes and is present as a monomer which fluoresces green when excited by a 488 nm laser. In intact mitochondria, the mitochondrial membrane potential leads to an accumulation of the dye, which leads to the formation of JC-1 aggregates. The aggregates now emit the excitation light back in a red fluorescent wavelength and can thus be clearly distinguished from the green fluorescent monomers both in the microscope and in the flow cytometer. This means that the mitochondrial membrane potential of mitochondria can be measured very well with JC-1 and statements can also be made about the early onset of apoptosis of cells, since the membrane potential collapses at a very early point in apoptosis.
  • Staurosporine was used as a model for cellular stress to provoke a loss of the mitochondrial membrane potential.
  • the JC-1 assay was adapted according to the description of the dye by Molecular Probes. For this purpose, cells were sown in 6-well plates 24 hours before poisoning (HEK293: 700,000 cells / well, SH-SY 5Y: 1,000,000 cells / well) and allowed to adhere to them for 24 hours. After this time the cells with the corresponding poisons were in their normal cell culture medium. to be further cultivated and used for analysis after various incubation times.
  • the cells were then detached from the cell culture dish with trypsin, centrifuged (1,200 rpm, 4 minutes) and washed once in PBS. After washing, centrifuged again and then resuspended in 500 ⁇ l of a 5 ⁇ g / ml concentrated JC-1 / PBS solution. The cells were then incubated at 37 ° C for 30 minutes. The incubation with the JC-1 was followed by three washing steps with PBS, which was immediately followed by analysis in the flow cytometer.
  • CCCP is a protonophore that reversibly abolishes the mitochondrial membrane potential. Treatment with CCCP only allowed the green fluorescence of the JC-1 monomers to be excited after staining. After setting up the assay in the flow cytometer, the samples were then measured and evaluated.
  • the decrease in membrane potential is given in percent on the y-axis ( ⁇ m [loss in percent]).
  • the result of the measurements on wild-type cells (Omi / HtrA2 wt) is in the left approach, in the middle approach on cells with exon 1- Mutation (Omi / HtrA2 S141), and shown in the right approach on cells with the exon 7 mutation (Omi / HtrA2 S399).
  • the left light bar shows the result of the measurements on untreated cells or cells treated with dimethylsufoxide (Control (DMSO)), the right dark bar shows the result of the measurements on cells treated with 0.5 ⁇ M staurosporine (Staurosporine 0.5 ⁇ M).
  • JC-1 fluorescence showed that there is a significant decrease in the mitochondrial membrane potential in cells which have the S141 and S399 mutations in the Omi / HtrA2 protein after treatment with staurosporine compared to wild-type cells.
  • the two newly found mutations in the human Omi / HtrA2 gene are consequently genetic changes which have a significant effect on the integrity of the cells.
  • the incubation of such genetically modified cells with cytotoxins leads to an increased entry into apoptosis.
  • the inventors discovered for the first time those genetic changes associated with Parkinson's disease that affect both the disturbed protein degradation - the Omi / HtrA2 protein is part of pathognomonic protein aggregates, so-called Lewy bodies, which the inventors were able to confirm through their own experiments - and, as the data discussed above show, are involved in the regulation of apoptosis.
  • the provision of the inventive teaching not only provides a diagnostic tool for finding a disease or predisposition to Parkinson's disease, but also creates the basis for the development of a model system by means of which, for example, new therapeutically effective antiparkinsonian substances can be found or the oleku Larpathological foundations of Parkinson's disease can be better understood.

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L'invention concerne : un procédé pour diagnostiquer la maladie de Parkinson chez un être humain ; les molécules d'acide nucléique utilisées lors de ce procédé, et l'utilisation de ces molécules d'acide nucléique pour détecter une molécule d'acide nucléique codant pour la protéine Omi/HtrA2 humaine ou pour amplifier le gène Omi/HtrA2 humain ; l'utilisation d'une molécule d'acide nucléique qui code pour une protéine Omi/HtrA2 génétiquement modifiée par rapport au type sauvage ou pour des tronçons de cette protéine, ainsi que l'utilisation de ladite protéine ou de tronçons de celle-ci pour diagnostiquer la maladie de Parkinson et/ou une prédisposition à cette maladie ; une molécule d'acide nucléique qui code pour une protéine Omi/HtrA2 humaine qui est génétiquement modifiée par rapport au type sauvage au niveau de la position d'acide aminé 141 et/ou 399, ainsi que pour des tronçons correspondants de cette protéine ; un hôte, de préférence un mammifère transgénique non humain, dans lequel ladite molécule d'acide nucléique a été introduite ; un (poly)peptide qui est codé par ladite molécule d'acide nucléique ; un procédé pour détecter des substances qui se lient à la protéine Omi/HtrA2 génétiquement modifiée par rapport au type sauvage ; une substance détectée au moyen de ce procédé, ainsi qu'une composition, de préférence une composition pharmaceutique, qui contient ladite substance ; une trousse contenant au moins une desdites molécules d'acide nucléique.
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