US20130067608A1 - Colon cancer targets and uses thereof - Google Patents

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US20130067608A1
US20130067608A1 US13/587,215 US201213587215A US2013067608A1 US 20130067608 A1 US20130067608 A1 US 20130067608A1 US 201213587215 A US201213587215 A US 201213587215A US 2013067608 A1 US2013067608 A1 US 2013067608A1
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  • This invention relates to the fields of molecular biology and oncology. Specifically, the invention provides a molecular marker and a therapeutic agent for use in the diagnosis and treatment of colon diseases.
  • Cancer currently constitutes the second most common cause of death in the United States. Carcinomas of the colon are the eighth most prevalent form of cancer and fourth among the most common causes of cancer deaths in this country. The incidence of colon cancer has been increasing steadily in the past twenty years in most industrialized countries, exhibiting the characteristics of a growing epidemiological problem. In the year 2000, for example, an estimated 28,600 deaths will be ascribed to this type of cancer and approximately 28,600 new cases will be diagnosed.
  • Colon cancer is the second most frequently diagnosed malignancy in the United States as well as the second most common cause of cancer death.
  • the five-year survival rate for patients with colorectal cancer detected in an early localized stage is 92%; unfortunately, only 37% of colorectal cancer is diagnosed at this stage.
  • the survival rate drops to 64% if the cancer is allowed to spread to adjacent organs or lymph nodes, and to 7% in patients with distant metastases.
  • the prognosis of colon cancer is directly related to the degree of penetration of the tumor through the bowel wall and the presence or absence of nodal involvement, consequently, early detection and treatment are especially important.
  • diagnosis is aided by the use of screening assays for fecal occult blood, sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy and double contrast barium enemas.
  • Treatment regimens are determined by the type and stage of the cancer, and include surgery, radiation therapy and/or chemotherapy. Recurrence following surgery (the most common form of therapy) is a major problem and is often the ultimate cause of death.
  • cancer remains difficult to diagnose and treat.
  • colon cancer remains difficult to diagnose and treat effectively. Accordingly, there is a need in the art for improved methods for detecting and treating such cancers.
  • the present invention fulfills these needs and further provides other related advantages.
  • the present invention is based on the identification of certain cell surface proteins (including shed proteins and secreted proteins) or cytosolic proteins that are differentially expressed in colon cancer.
  • a malignant cell often differs from a normal cell by a differential expression of one or more proteins.
  • These differentially expressed proteins, and the fragments thereof, are important markers for the diagnosis of colon disease.
  • the differentially expressed proteins of the present invention and the nucleic acids encoding said proteins and the fragments of said proteins are referred to herein as colon cancer associated target, CCAT proteins or CCAT nucleic acids or CCAT peptides, respectively.
  • the present invention provides peptides and protein differentially expressed in colon diseases (hereinafter CCAT). Based on the site of protein localization, e.g., surface or cytosolic, and protein characterization, e.g. receptor or enzyme, specific uses of these CCATs are provided. Some of the CCATs of the present invention serve as targets for one or more classes of theraputic agents, while others may be suitable for antibody theraputics.
  • CCAT colon diseases
  • the present invention provides a method for diagnosing or detecting colon disease in a subject comprising: determining the level of one or more CCAT proteins, or any fragment(s) thereof, in a test sample from said subject, wherein said CCAT protein comprises a sequence selected from a group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 1-683; wherein a differential level of said CCAT protein(s) or fragment(s) in said sample relative to the level of said protein(s) or fragment(s) in a test sample from a healthy subject, or the level established for a healthy subject, is indicative of colon disease.
  • the present invention also provides a method for detecting colon cancer in a subject comprising: determining the level of one or more CCAT peptide(s) comprising a peptide sequence selected from a group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 1332-1501 in a test sample from said subject, wherein a differential level of said CCAT peptide(s) in said sample to the level of said CCAT peptide(s) in a test sample from a healthy subject, or the level of said CCAT peptide(s) established for a healthy subject, is indicative of colon disease.
  • the present invention further provides a method for detecting colon disease in a subject comprising: determining the level of one or more CCAT nucleic acid(s), or any fragment(s) thereof, in a test sample from said subject, wherein said CCAT nucleic acid(s) encode a CCAT protein sequence selected from a group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 1-683; wherein a differential level of said CCAT nucleic acids or fragment(s) in said sample relative to the level of said protein(s) or fragment(s) in a test sample from a healthy subject, or the level established for a healthy subject, is indicative of colon disease.
  • the invention also provides methods for detecting the CCAT peptides, gene or mRNA in a test sample for use in diagnosing the presence, absence or progression of a disease.
  • the test sample includes but is not limited to a biological sample such as tissue, blood, serum or biological fluid.
  • the present invention further provides a purified antibody that binds specifically to a protein molecule, or any fragment thereof, selected from a group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 1-683.
  • the present invention further provides a composition comprising an antibody that binds to a protein selected from a group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 1-682 and 683, and an acceptable carrier.
  • the present invention further provides a method for treating colon disease, comprising administering to a patient in need of said treatment a therapeutically effective amount of one or more antibody(ies) of this invention.
  • the present invention further provides a method for treating colon disease comprising (i) identifying a subject having colon disease and (ii) administering to a said patient a therapeutically effective amount of one or more antibody(ies) of this invention.
  • the present invention further provides a method to screen for agents that modulate CCAT protein activity, comprising the steps of (i) contacting a test agent with a CCAT protein and (ii) assaying for CCAT protein activity, wherein a change in said activity in the presence of said agent relative to CCAT protein activity in the absence of said agent indicates said agent modulates said CCAT protein activity.
  • the present invention further provides a method to screen for agents that bind to CCAT protein, comprising the steps of (i) contacting a test agent with a CCAT protein and (ii) measuring the level of binding of agent to said CCAT protein.
  • the invention also provides diagnostic methods for human disease, in particular for colon diseases, its metastatic stage, and therapeutic potential.
  • the present invention further provides diagnostic method for epithelial-cell related cancers.
  • epithelial-cell related cancers In particular, pancreas, lung, colon, prostate, ovarian, breast, bladder renal, hepatocellular, pharyngeal, and gastric cancers.
  • the invention also provides a method for monitoring the disease progression and the treatment progress.
  • the invention further provide a method of diagnosis by an array, wherein the array is immobilized with two or more CCAT proteins, peptides or nucleic acid molecules.
  • the proteins, peptides or nucleic acid molecules include but are not limited to the SEQ ID NOS: 1-1501.
  • the invention also provides monoclonal or polyclonal antibodies and composition thereof reactive with antigentic portion of CCAT protein, peptides or fragments thereof in a form for use in colon disease diagnosis.
  • the invention further provides an immunogenic antibody for treating colon diseases disease or diseases associated with colon diseases.
  • the present invention provides a method for screening agents that modulate CCAT activity, comprising the steps of (a) contacting a sample comprising CCAT with an agent; and (b) assaying for CCAT activity, wherein a change in said CCAT activity in the presence of said agent relative to CCAT activity in the absence of said compound indicates said agent modulates CCAT.
  • the agents include but are not limited to protein, peptide, antibody, nucleic acid such as antisense RNA, RNAi fragments, small molecules.
  • the present invention further provides a method for treating colon diseases, comprising: administering to a patient with one or more agents in a therapeutically effective amount to treat colon diseases.
  • the present invention provides a method for treating colon diseases, comprising: identifying a subject having colon diseases; and administering to a patient to one or more antibodies in a therapeutically effective amount to treat colon diseases.
  • the present invention further provide method for diagnosis and treatment for colon cancer.
  • the present invention further provides therapeutic potential for epithelial-cell related cancers.
  • epithelial-cell related cancers In particular pancreas, lung, colon, prostate, ovarian, breast, bladder renal, hepatocellular, pharyngeal and gastric cancers.
  • CL001515CDR contains the following two text (ASCII) files:
  • File SEQLIST — 1515 txt provides the Sequence Listing.
  • the Sequence Listing provides the protein sequences (SEQ ID NOS: 1-683); transcript sequences (SEQ ID NOS: 684-1331) and peptide sequences (SEQ ID NOS: 1332-1501) as shown in Table 1.
  • File SEQLIST — 1515.txt is 5,852 KB in size and was created on Mar. 18, 2005.
  • Table 1 discloses the peptides which correspond to the protein in the colon cancer tumor tissues (“source”), the expression information, and the ratio compare to the control sample. The expression is based on measuring the level of the peptides. The ratio represents the number of overexpression by more than two, and numerical representation of overexpression is also indicated. “Singleton” indicates that the peptide peak in diseased sample was detected and there was no peak detected in control samples.
  • Table 1 also discloses the CCAT proteins, transcripts, and peptides sequences.
  • the transcript/protein information includes:
  • FIG. 1 DPEP-1 expression in various tumor types by immunohistochemistry.
  • FIG. 2 Integrin Beta-4 expression in various tumor types by immunohistochemistry.
  • FIG. 3 Expression validation of DPEP ⁇ 1 by mRNA
  • FIG. 4 Flow cytometry validation in colon tumor tissues vs. normal tissues: Prominin-1.
  • FIG. 5 Flow cytomet validation in colon tumor tissues vs. normal tissues and hematopoietic cells: Integrin Beta-4.
  • FIG. 6 Knockdown of Leukocyte Elastase mRNA inhibits proliferation in HCT-116
  • FIG. 7 Knockdown of Leukocyte Elastase induces apoptosis in HCT 116 cells.
  • FIG. 8 Knockdown of Leukocyte Elastase induces apoptosis and inhibits proliferation in HCT 116 cells (normalized over 3 and 4 experiments) and this data was statistically significant.
  • FIG. 9 Knockdown of Defensin alpha 1 inhibits proliferation and this data was statistically significant (normalized over 3 experiments).
  • FIG. 10 Knockdown of Defensin alpha 1 mRNA inhibits proliferation in HCT 116.
  • nucleic acids, peptides or proteins are preferred.
  • a preferred method for detecting colon disease by determining the level of one or more CCAT protein(s) or any fragment(s) thereof is wherein the level of CCAT protein(s) are determined by contacting one or more antibody(ies) that specifically bind to the antigenic regions of the CCAT protein(s).
  • Further preferred is a method wherein the level of two or more proteins are determined, more preferred wherein the level of four or more proteins are determined and most preferred wherein the level of eight or more proteins are determined.
  • a preferred method for detecting colon disease by determining the level of one or more CCAT peptide(s) is wherein the level of CCAT peptides(s) are determined by contacting one or more antibody(ies) that specifically bind to the antigenic regions of the CCAT peptide(s). Further preferred is a method wherein the level of five or more peptides are determined, more preferred wherein the level of ten or more peptides are determined and most preferred wherein the level of fifteen or more peptides are determined.
  • a preferred method for detecting colon disease by determining the level of one or more CCAT nucleic acid(s) is wherein the level of said CCAT nucleic acid(s) is determined by contacting one or more probes that specifically hybridize to said nucleic acid(s). Further preferred is a method wherein the level of two or more nucleic acids are determined, more preferred wherein the level of four or more nucleic acids are determined and most preferred wherein the level of eight or more nucleic acids are determined.
  • the methods for detecting colon disease may be used for diagnosing the presence of disease in a patent, monitoring the presence of colon disease in patients undergoing treatment and testing for the reoccurrence of colon disease in patients that were successfully treated for colon disease; preferably wherein the colon disease is colon cancer.
  • the test sample may be, but is not limited to, a biological sample such as tissue, blood, serum or biological fluid.
  • the present invention is based on the discovery of protein(s) and peptide(s) that are differentially expressed in colon cancer samples versus normal colon diseases samples. These proteins and peptide, and the encoding nucleic acid molecules are associated with colon diseases, hereinafter the CCAT protein, peptide or nucleic acids.
  • the discovery of disease specific target proteins is base on discoveries made using proteomics techniques.
  • the method uses on MALDI-TOF TOF LC/MS analyses platform to generate protein expression profiles from colon diseases tissues or cell lines in an effort to discover and identify novel molecules associated with the disease.
  • the present invention provides proteins, peptides, nucleic acids that are differential in colon diseases, as well as antibodies binds to the proteins or peptides.
  • the present invention also provides methods for detection, monitoring, diagnosis, prognosis, preventive and treatment of colon diseases.
  • the present invention provides a detection reagent, markers for colon diseases at various stages, comprises CCAT sequences isolated from human colon disease tissue, sera, cell lines, blood or biological fluids.
  • the present invention provides a method for treating colon diseases targeting at CCAT.
  • the treatment includes administration of a therapeutically effective amount of composition comprise, but not limit to, an antibody, an immunogentic peptide which induces T cell response, a small molecule, a protein or a nucleic acid molecule.
  • the composition further comprises an agonist or antigonist to CCAT.
  • a “colon or colorectal disease” includes but not limited to colon cancer, colon tumor, diverticulosis, diverticulitis, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, hemorrhoids, and anal fissure.
  • the present invention may further provide a diagnostic or therapeutic potential for epithelial-cell related cancers, which include but are not limited to pancreas, lung, colon, prostate, ovarian, breast, bladder renal, hepatocellular, pharyngeal and gastric cancers.
  • the present invention further provides the target for screening an agent for CCAT, wherein the agent is compounds of small molecules, proteins, peptides, nucleic acids, antibodies or other agonists or antigonists.
  • the present invention provides isolated CCAT peptide and protein molecules that consisting of, consisting essentially of, or comprising the amino acid sequences of the CCAT peptides and proteins disclosed in Table 1, as well as all obvious variants of these peptides that are within the art to make and use. Some of these variants are described in detail below.
  • CCAT peptides include, but are not limited to, the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NOS: 1332-1501 and variants thereof.
  • a CCAT protein includes, but is not limited to, the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 1-683 and variants thereof.
  • CCAT proteins may be differentially expressed in colon cell line, blood, tissue, serum or body fluids.
  • peptide or protein or fragment thereof, to which the invention pertains are not to be construed as encompassing peptide, protein or fragment that may be disclosed publicly prior to the present invention.
  • the CCAT proteins and peptides of the present invention can be purified to homogeneity or other degrees of purity.
  • the level of purification will be based on the intended use.
  • the critical feature is that the preparation allows for the desired function of the peptide, even if in the presence of considerable amounts of other components (the features of an isolated nucleic acid molecule is discussed below).
  • a “peptide” is defined as amino acid sequences between 5-20 amino acids derived from CCAT proteins such as SEQ ID NOS: 1-683 or variants thereof.
  • the peptide differentially expressed in either colon disease cell line, blood, tissue, serum or body fluids.
  • peptides include, but are not limited to, the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NOS: 1332-1501, or variants thereof.
  • a “protein” is full-length protein differentially expressed in colon disease cell line, tissue, blood, serum or body fluids.
  • a protein includes, but is not limited to, the amino acid sequences sequence of SEQ ID NOS: 1-683.
  • a peptide is said to be “isolated” or “purified” when it is substantially free of cellular material or free of chemical precursors or other chemicals.
  • the peptides of the present invention can be purified to homogeneity or other degrees of purity. The level of purification will be based on the intended use. The critical feature is that the preparation allows for the desired function of the peptide, even if in the presence of considerable amounts of other components (the features of an isolated nucleic acid molecule are discussed below).
  • substantially free of cellular material includes preparations of the peptide having less than about 30% (by dry weight) other proteins (i.e., contaminating protein), less than about 20% other proteins, less than about 10% other proteins, or less than about 5% other proteins.
  • the peptide when it is recombinantly produced, it can also be substantially free of culture medium, i.e., culture medium represents less than about 20% of the volume of the protein preparation.
  • the language “substantially free of chemical precursors or other chemicals” includes preparations of the peptide in which it is separated from chemical precursors or other chemicals that are involved in its synthesis. In one embodiment, the language “substantially free of chemical precursors or other chemicals” includes preparations of the CCAT peptide having less than about 30% (by dry weight) chemical precursors or other chemicals, less than about 20% chemical precursors or other chemicals, less than about 10% chemical precursors or other chemicals, or less than about 5% chemical precursors or other chemicals.
  • the isolated CCAT proteins and peptide can be purified from cells that naturally express it, purified from cells that have been altered to express it (recombinant), or synthesized using known protein synthesis methods.
  • Experimental data as provided in Table 1 indicates expression in human colon tumor tissues.
  • a nucleic acid molecule encoding the CCAT protein or peptide is cloned into an expression vector, the expression vector introduced into a host cell and the protein expressed in the host cell.
  • the protein or peptide can then be isolated from the cells by an appropriate purification scheme using standard protein purification techniques. Many of these techniques are described in detail below.
  • a CCAT peptide or protein can be attached to heterologous sequences to form chimeric or fusion proteins.
  • Schimeric and fusion proteins comprise a peptide operatively linked to a heterologous protein having an amino acid sequence not substantially homologous to the peptide. “Operatively linked” indicates that the peptide and the heterologous protein are fused in-frame.
  • the heterologous protein can be fused to the N-terminus or C-terminus of the peptide.
  • the fusion protein does not affect the activity of the peptide or protein per se.
  • the fusion protein can include, but is not limited to, fusion proteins, for example beta-galactosidase fusions, yeast two-hybrid GAL fusions, poly-His fusions, MYC-tagged, HI-tagged and Ig fusions.
  • fusion proteins for example beta-galactosidase fusions, yeast two-hybrid GAL fusions, poly-His fusions, MYC-tagged, HI-tagged and Ig fusions.
  • Such fusion proteins, particularly poly-His fusions can facilitate the purification of recombinant CCAT proteins or peptides.
  • expression and/or secretion of a protein can be increased by using a heterologous signal sequence.
  • a chimeric or fusion CCAT protein or peptide can be produced by standard recombinant DNA techniques. For example, DNA fragments coding for the different protein sequences are ligated together in-frame in accordance with conventional techniques.
  • the fusion gene can be synthesized by conventional techniques including automated DNA synthesizers. Alternatively, PCR amplification of gene fragments can be carried out using anchor primers which give rise to complementary overhangs between two consecutive gene fragments which can subsequently be annealed and re-amplified to generate a chimeric gene sequence (see Ausubel et al., Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, 1992).
  • many expression vectors are commercially available that already encode a fusion moiety (e.g., a GST protein).
  • a CCAT-encoding nucleic acid can be cloned into such an expression vector such that the fusion moiety is linked in-frame to the CCAT protein or peptide.
  • the CCAT peptide or the CCAT protein has obvious variants of the amino acid sequence, such as naturally occurring mature forms of the CCAT, allelic/sequence variants of the CCAT, non-naturally occurring recombinantly derived variants of the CCATs, and orthologs and paralogs of the CCAT proteins or peptides.
  • Such variants can readily be generated using art-known techniques in the fields of recombinant nucleic acid technology and protein biochemistry.
  • variants can readily be identified/made using molecular techniques and the sequence information disclosed herein. Further, such variants can readily be distinguished from other peptides based on sequence and/or structural homology to the CCAT peptides of the present invention. The degree of homology/identity present will be based primarily on whether the peptide is a functional variant or non-functional variant, the amount of divergence present in the paralog family and the evolutionary distance between the orthologs.
  • the sequences are aligned for optimal comparison purposes (e.g., gaps can be introduced in one or both of a first and a second amino acid or nucleic acid sequence for optimal alignment and non-homologous sequences can be disregarded for comparison purposes).
  • at least 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, or 90% or more of the length of a reference sequence is aligned for comparison purposes.
  • the amino acid residues or nucleotides at corresponding amino acid positions or nucleotide positions are then compared.
  • amino acid or nucleic acid “identity” is equivalent to amino acid or nucleic acid “homology”.
  • the percent identity between the two sequences is a function of the number of identical positions shared by the sequences, taking into account the number of gaps, and the length of each gap, which need to be introduced for optimal alignment of the two sequences.
  • the percent identity between two amino acid sequences is determined using the Needleman and Wunsch (J. Mol. Biol. (48):444-453 (1970)) algorithm which has been incorporated into the GAP program in the GCG software package, using either a Blossom 62 matrix or a PAM250 matrix, and a gap weight of 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, or 4 and a length weight of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6.
  • the percent identity between two nucleotide sequences is determined using the GAP program in the GCG software package (Devereux, J., et al., Nucleic Acids Res.
  • the percent identity between two amino acid or nucleotide sequences is determined using the algorithm of E. Myers and W. Miller (CABIOS, 4:11-17 (1989)) which has been incorporated into the ALIGN program (version 2.0), using a PAM120 weight residue table, a gap length penalty of 12 and a gap penalty of 4.
  • the nucleic acid and protein sequences of the present invention can further be used as a “query sequence” to perform a search against sequence databases to, for example, identify other family members or related sequences.
  • search can be performed using the NBLAST and XBLAST programs (version 2.0) of Altschul, et al. (J. Mol. Biol. 215:403-10 (1990)).
  • Gapped BLAST can be utilized as described in Altschul et al. (Nucleic Acids Res. 25(17):3389-3402 (1997)).
  • the default parameters of the respective programs e.g., XBLAST and NBLAST
  • XBLAST and NBLAST can be used.
  • Full-length pre-processed forms, as well as mature processed forms, of proteins that comprise one of the peptides of the present invention can readily be identified as having complete sequence identity to one of the CCAT peptides of the present invention as well as being encoded by the same genetic locus as the CCAT peptide provided herein.
  • Allelic variants of a CCAT peptide can readily be identified as being a human protein having a high degree (significant) of sequence homology/identity to at least a portion of the CCAT peptide as well as being encoded by the same genetic locus as the CCAT peptide provided herein. Genetic locus can readily be determined based on the genomic information provided in Table 1, such as the genomic sequence mapped to the reference human. As used herein, two proteins (or a region of the proteins) have significant homology when the amino acid sequences are typically at least about 70-80%, 80-90%, and more typically at least about 90-95% or more homologous. A significantly homologous amino acid sequence, according to the present invention, will be encoded by a nucleic acid sequence that will hybridize to a CCAT peptide encoding nucleic acid molecule under stringent conditions as more fully described below.
  • Paralogs of a CCAT peptide can readily be identified as having some degree of significant sequence homology/identity to at least a portion of the CCAT peptide, as being encoded by a gene from humans, and as having similar activity or function.
  • Two proteins will typically be considered paralogs when the amino acid sequences are typically at least about 60% or greater, and more typically at least about 70% or greater homology through a given region or domain.
  • Such paralogs will be encoded by a nucleic acid sequence that will hybridize to a CCAT peptide encoding nucleic acid molecule under moderate to stringent conditions as more fully described below.
  • Orthologs of a CCAT peptide can readily be identified as having some degree of significant sequence homology/identity to at least a portion of the CCAT peptide as well as being encoded by a gene from another organism.
  • Preferred orthologs will be isolated from mammals, preferably primates, for the development of human therapeutic targets and agents. Such orthologs will be encoded by a nucleic acid sequence that will hybridize to a CCAT peptide encoding nucleic acid molecule under moderate to stringent conditions, as more fully described below, depending on the degree of relatedness of the two organisms yielding the proteins.
  • Non-naturally occurring variants of the CCAT peptides of the present invention can readily be generated using recombinant techniques.
  • Such variants include, but are not limited to deletions, additions and substitutions in the amino acid sequence of the CCAT peptide.
  • one class of substitutions is conserved amino acid substitution.
  • Such substitutions are those that substitute a given amino acid in a CCAT peptide by another amino acid of like characteristics.
  • conservative substitutions are the replacements, one for another, among the aliphatic amino acids Ala, Val, Leu, and Be; interchange of the hydroxyl residues Ser and Thr; exchange of the acidic residues Asp and Glu; substitution between the amide residues Asn and Gln; exchange of the basic residues Lys and Arg; and replacements among the aromatic residues Phe and Tyr.
  • Guidance concerning which amino acid changes are likely to be phenotypically silent are found in Bowie et al., Science 247:1306-1310 (1990).
  • Variant CCAT peptides can be fully functional or can lack function in one or more activities, e.g. ability to bind substrate, ability to phosphorylate substrate, ability to mediate signaling, etc. Fully functional variants typically contain only conservative variation or variation in non-critical residues or in non-critical regions.
  • Non-functional variants typically contain one or more non-conservative amino acid substitutions, deletions, insertions, inversions, or truncation or a substitution, insertion, inversion, or deletion in a critical residue or critical region.
  • Amino acids that are essential for function can be identified by methods known in the art, such as site-directed mutagenesis or alanine-scanning mutagenesis (Cunningham et al., Science 244:1081-1085 (1989)). The latter procedure introduces single alanine mutations at every residue in the molecule. The resulting mutant molecules are then tested for biological activity such as CCAT activity or in assays such as an in vitro proliferative activity. Sites that are critical for binding partner/substrate binding can also be determined by structural analysis such as crystallization, nuclear magnetic resonance or photoaffinity labeling (Smith et al., J. Mol. Biol. 224:899-904 (1992); de Vos et al. Science 255:306-312 (1992)).
  • the present invention further provides fragments of the CCATs, in addition to proteins and peptides that comprise and consist of such fragments, particularly those comprising the residues identified in Table 1.
  • a fragment comprises at least 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 or more contiguous amino acid residues from a CCAT.
  • Such fragments can be chosen based on the ability to retain one or more of the biological activities of the CCAT or could be chosen for the ability to perform a function, e.g. bind a substrate or act as an immunogen.
  • Particularly important fragments are biologically active fragments, peptides that are, for example, about 8 or more amino acids in length.
  • Such fragments will typically comprise a domain or motif of the CCAT, e.g., active site, a transmembrane domain or a substrate-binding domain.
  • possible fragments include, but are not limited to, domain or motif containing fragments, soluble peptide fragments, and fragments containing immunogenic structures. Predicted domains and functional sites are readily identifiable by computer programs well known and readily available to those of skill in the art (e.g., PROSITE analysis).
  • Polypeptides often contain amino acids other than the 20 amino acids commonly referred to as the 20 naturally occurring amino acids. Further, many amino acids, including the terminal amino acids, may be modified by natural processes, such as processing and other post-translational modifications, or by chemical modification techniques well known in the art. Common modifications that occur naturally in CCATs are described in basic texts, detailed monographs, and the research literature, and they are well known to those of skill in the art.
  • Known modifications include, but are not limited to, acetylation, acylation, ADP-ribosylation, amidation, covalent attachment of flavin, covalent attachment of a heme moiety, covalent attachment of a nucleotide or nucleotide derivative, covalent attachment of a lipid or lipid derivative, covalent attachment of phosphotidylinositol, cross-linking, cyclization, disulfide bond formation, demethylation, formation of covalent crosslinks, formation of cystine, formation of pyroglutamate, formylation, gamma carboxylation, glycosylation, GPI anchor formation, hydroxylation, iodination, methylation, myristoylation, oxidation, proteolytic processing, phosphorylation, prenylation, racemization, selenoylation, sulfation, transfer-RNA mediated addition of amino acids to proteins such as arginylation, and ubiquitination.
  • the CCATs of the present invention also encompass derivatives or analogs in which a substituted amino acid residue is not one encoded by the genetic code, in which a substituent group is included, in which the mature CCAT is fused with another compound, such as a compound to increase the half-life of the CCAT (for example, polyethylene glycol), or in which the additional amino acids are fused to the mature CCAT, such as a leader or secretory sequence or a sequence for purification of the mature CCAT or a pro-protein sequence.
  • a substituted amino acid residue is not one encoded by the genetic code, in which a substituent group is included, in which the mature CCAT is fused with another compound, such as a compound to increase the half-life of the CCAT (for example, polyethylene glycol), or in which the additional amino acids are fused to the mature CCAT, such as a leader or secretory sequence or a sequence for purification of the mature CCAT or a pro-protein sequence.
  • the proteins of the present invention can be used in substantial and specific assays related to the functional information provided in Table 1; to raise antibodies or to elicit another immune response; as a reagent (including the labeled reagent) in assays designed to quantitatively determine levels of the protein (or its binding partner or ligand) in biological fluids; and as markers for tissues in which the corresponding protein is preferentially expressed (either constitutively or at a particular stage of tissue differentiation or development or in a disease state).
  • the protein binds or potentially binds to another protein or ligand (such as, for example, in a CCAT-effector protein interaction or CCAT-ligand interaction)
  • the protein can be used to identify the binding partner/ligand so as to develop a system to identify inhibitors of the binding interaction. Any or all of these uses are capable of being developed into reagent grade or kit format for commercialization as commercial products.
  • CCATs isolated from humans and their human/mammalian orthologs serve as targets for identifying agents for use in mammalian therapeutic applications, e.g. a human drug, particularly in modulating a biological or pathological response in a cell or tissue that expresses the CCAT.
  • Experimental data as provided in Table 1 indicate that the CCAT of the present invention are overexpressed in colon tumor tissue.
  • a large percentage of pharmaceutical agents are being developed that modulate the activity of CCAT proteins, particularly members of the CCAT subfamily (see Background of the Invention).
  • the proteins of the present invention are useful for biological assays related to CCATs that are related to members of the CCAT subfamily.
  • Such assays involve any of the known CCAT functions or activities or properties useful for diagnosis and treatment of CCAT-related conditions that are specific for the subfamily of CCATs that the one of the present invention belongs to, particularly in cells and tissues that express the CCAT.
  • Experimental data as provided in Table 1 indicate that the CCAT of the present invention are overexpressed in colon tumor tissue
  • the proteins of the present invention are also useful in drug screening assays, in cell-based or cell-free systems.
  • Cell-based systems can be native, i.e., cells that normally express the CCAT, as a biopsy or expanded in cell culture.
  • Experimental data as provided in Table 1 indicates expression in human colon tumor tissues.
  • cell-based assays involve recombinant host cells expressing the CCAT protein.
  • the polypeptides can be used to identify compounds or agents that modulate CCAT activity of the protein in its natural state or an altered form that causes a specific disease or pathology associated with the CCAT.
  • Both the CCATs of the present invention and appropriate variants and fragments can be used in high-throughput screens to assay candidate compounds for the ability to bind to the CCAT. These compounds can be further screened against a functional CCAT to determine the effect of the compound on the CCAT activity. Further, these compounds can be tested in animal or invertebrate systems to determine activity/effectiveness.
  • Compounds can be identified that activate (agonist) or inactivate (antagonist) the CCAT to a desired degree.
  • the proteins of the present invention can be used to screen a compound or an agent for the ability to stimulate or inhibit interaction between the CCAT protein and a molecule that normally interacts with the CCAT protein, e.g. a substrate or or an extracellular binding ligand or a component of the signal pathway that the CCAT protein normally interacts (for example, a cytosolic signal protein or another CCAT).
  • a molecule that normally interacts with the CCAT protein e.g. a substrate or or an extracellular binding ligand or a component of the signal pathway that the CCAT protein normally interacts (for example, a cytosolic signal protein or another CCAT).
  • Such assays typically include the steps of combining the CCAT protein with a candidate compound under conditions that allow the CCAT protein, or fragment, to interact with the target molecule, and to detect the formation of a complex between the protein and the target or to detect the biochemical consequence of the interaction with the CCAT protein and the target, such as any of the associated effects of signal transduction such as protein phosphorylation, cAMP turnover, and adenylate cyclase activation, etc.
  • Candidate compounds or agents include, for example, 1) peptides such as soluble peptides, including Ig-tailed fusion peptides and members of random peptide libraries (see, e.g., Lam et al., Nature 354:82-84 (1991); Houghten et al., Nature 354:84-86 (1991)) and combinatorial chemistry-derived molecular libraries made of D- and/or L-configuration amino acids; 2) phosphopeptides (e.g., members of random and partially degenerate, directed phosphopeptide libraries, see, e.g., Songyang et al., Cell 72:767-778 (1993)); 3) antibodies (e.g., polyclonal, monoclonal, humanized, anti-idiotypic, chimeric, and single chain antibodies as well as Fab, F(ab′)2, Fab expression library fragments, and epitope-binding fragments of antibodies); and 4) small organic and inorganic molecules (e
  • One candidate compound or agent is a soluble fragment of the CCAT that competes for substrate binding.
  • Other candidate compounds include mutant CCATs or appropriate fragments containing mutations that affect CCAT function and thus compete for substrate. Accordingly, a fragment that competes for substrate, for example with a higher affinity, or a fragment that binds substrate but does not allow release, is encompassed by the invention.
  • the invention further includes other end point assays to identify compounds that modulate (stimulate or inhibit) CCAT activity.
  • the assays typically involve an assay of events in the signal transduction pathway that indicate CCAT activity.
  • the phosphorylation of a substrate, activation of a protein, a change in the expression of genes that are up- or down-regulated in response to the CCAT protein dependent signal cascade can be assayed.
  • any of the biological or biochemical functions mediated by the CCAT can be used as an endpoint assay. These include all of the biochemical or biochemical/biological events described herein, in the references cited herein, incorporated by reference for these endpoint assay targets, and other functions known to those of ordinary skill in the art or that can be readily identified using the information provided in Table 1. Specifically, a biological function of a cell or tissues that expresses the CCAT can be assayed. Experimental data as provided in Table 1 indicate that the CCAT of the present invention are overexpressed in colon tumor tissue.
  • Binding and/or activating compounds can also be screened by using chimeric CCAT proteins in which the amino terminal extracellular domain, or parts thereof, the entire transmembrane domain or subregions, such as any of the seven transmembrane segments or any of the intracellular or extracellular loops and the carboxy terminal intracellular domain, or parts thereof, can be replaced by heterologous domains or subregions.
  • a substrate-binding region can be used that interacts with a different substrate then that which is recognized by the native CCAT. Accordingly, a different set of signal transduction components is available as an end-point assay for activation. This allows for assays to be performed in other than the specific host cell from which the CCAT is derived.
  • the proteins of the present invention are also useful in competition binding assays in methods designed to discover compounds that interact with the CCAT (e.g. binding partners and/or ligands).
  • a compound is exposed to a CCAT polypeptide under conditions that allow the compound to bind or to otherwise interact with the polypeptide.
  • Soluble CCAT polypeptide is also added to the mixture. If the test compound interacts with the soluble CCAT polypeptide, it decreases the amount of complex formed or activity from the CCAT.
  • This type of assay is particularly useful in cases in which compounds are sought that interact with specific regions of the CCAT.
  • the soluble polypeptide that competes with the target CCAT region is designed to contain peptide sequences corresponding to the region of interest.
  • CCAT protein or fragment, or its target molecule to facilitate separation of complexes from uncomplexed forms of one or both of the proteins, as well as to accommodate automation of the assay.
  • a fusion protein can be provided which adds a domain that allows the protein to be bound to a matrix.
  • glutathione-S-transferase fusion proteins can be adsorbed onto glutathione sepharose beads (Sigma Chemical, St. Louis, Mo.) or glutathione derivatized microtitre plates, which are then combined with the cell lysates (e.g., 35 S-labeled) and the candidate compound, and the mixture incubated under conditions conducive to complex formation (e.g., at physiological conditions for salt and pH).
  • the beads are washed to remove any unbound label, and the matrix immobilized and radiolabel determined directly, or in the supernatant after the complexes are dissociated.
  • the complexes can be dissociated from the matrix, separated by SDS-PAGE, and the level of CCAT-binding protein found in the bead fraction quantitated from the gel using standard electrophoretic techniques.
  • the polypeptide or its target molecule can be immobilized utilizing conjugation of biotin and streptavidin using techniques well known in the art.
  • antibodies reactive with the protein but which do not interfere with binding of the protein to its target molecule can be derivatized to the wells of the plate, and the protein trapped in the wells by antibody conjugation.
  • Preparations of a CCAT-binding protein and a candidate compound are incubated in the CCAT protein-presenting wells and the amount of complex trapped in the well can be quantitated.
  • Methods for detecting such complexes include immunodetection of complexes using antibodies reactive with the CCAT protein target molecule, or which are reactive with CCAT protein and compete with the target molecule, as well as CCAT-linked assays which rely on detecting an enzymatic activity associated with the target molecule.
  • Agents that modulate one of the CCATs of the present invention can be identified using one or more of the above assays, alone or in combination. It is generally preferable to use a cell-based or cell free system first and then confirm activity in an animal or other model system. Such model systems are well known in the art and can readily be employed in this context.
  • Modulators of CCAT protein activity identified according to these drug screening assays can be used to treat a subject with a disorder mediated by the CCAT pathway, by treating cells or tissues that express the CCAT.
  • Experimental data as provided in Table 1 indicates expression in human colon tumor tissues.
  • the CCAT proteins can be used as “bait proteins” in a two-hybrid assay or three-hybrid assay (see, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 5,283,317; Zervos et al. (1993) Cell 72:223-232; Madura et al. (1993) J. Biol. Chem. 268:12046-12054; Bartel et al. (1993) Biotechniques 14:920-924; Iwabuchi et al. (1993) Oncogene 8:1693-1696; and Brent WO94/10300), to identify other proteins, which bind to or interact with the CCAT and are involved in CCAT activity.
  • a two-hybrid assay see, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 5,283,317; Zervos et al. (1993) Cell 72:223-232; Madura et al. (1993) J. Biol. Chem. 268:12046-
  • Such CCAT-binding proteins are also likely to be involved in the propagation of signals by the CCAT proteins or CCAT targets as, for example, downstream elements of a CCAT-mediated signaling pathway. Alternatively, such CCAT-binding proteins are likely to be CCAT inhibitors.
  • the two-hybrid system is based on the modular nature of most transcription factors, which consist of separable DNA-binding and activation domains.
  • the assay utilizes two different DNA constructs.
  • the gene that codes for a CCAT protein is fused to a gene encoding the DNA binding domain of a known transcription factor (e.g., GAL-4).
  • a DNA sequence, from a library of DNA sequences that encode an unidentified protein (“prey” or “sample”) is fused to a gene that codes for the activation domain of the known transcription factor.
  • the DNA-binding and activation domains of the transcription factor are brought into close proximity. This proximity allows transcription of a reporter gene (e.g., LacZ) which is operably linked to a transcriptional regulatory site responsive to the transcription factor. Expression of the reporter gene can be detected and cell colonies containing the functional transcription factor can be isolated and used to obtain the cloned gene which encodes the protein which interacts with the CCAT protein.
  • a reporter gene e.g., LacZ
  • This invention further pertains to novel agents identified by the above-described screening assays. Accordingly, it is within the scope of this invention to further use an agent identified as described herein in an appropriate animal model.
  • an agent identified as described herein e.g., a CCAT-modulating agent, an antisense CCAT nucleic acid molecule, an CCAT-RNAi fragment, a CCAT-specific antibody, or a CCAT-binding partner
  • an agent identified as described herein can be used in an animal or other model to determine the efficacy, toxicity, or side effects of treatment with such an agent.
  • an agent identified as described herein can be used in an animal or other model to determine the mechanism of action of such an agent.
  • this invention pertains to uses of novel agents identified by the above-described screening assays for treatments as described herein.
  • the CCAT proteins of the present invention are also useful to provide a target for diagnosing a disease or predisposition to disease mediated by the peptide. Accordingly, the invention provides methods for detecting the presence, or levels of, the protein (or encoding mRNA) in a cell, tissue, or organism. Experimental data as provided in Table 1 indicates expression in human colon tumor tissues. The method involves contacting a biological sample with a compound capable of interacting with the CCAT protein such that the interaction can be detected. Such an assay can be provided in a single detection format or a multi-detection format such as an antibody chip array.
  • a biological sample includes tissues, cells and biological fluids isolated from a subject, as well as tissues, cells and fluids present within a subject.
  • the peptides of the present invention also provide targets for diagnosing active protein activity, disease, or predisposition to disease, in a patient having a variant peptide, particularly activities and conditions that are known for other members of the family of proteins to which the present one belongs.
  • the peptide can be isolated from a biological sample and assayed for the presence of a genetic mutation that results in aberrant peptide. This includes amino acid substitution, deletion, insertion, rearrangement, (as the result of aberrant splicing events), and inappropriate post-translational modification.
  • Analytic methods include altered electrophoretic mobility, altered tryptic peptide digest, altered CCAT activity in cell-based or cell-free assay, alteration in substrate or antibody-binding pattern, altered isoelectric point, direct amino acid sequencing, and any other of the known assay techniques useful for detecting mutations in a protein.
  • Such an assay can be provided in a single detection format or a multi-detection format such as an antibody chip array.
  • peptide detection techniques include enzyme linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs), Western blots, immunoprecipitations and immunofluorescence using a detection reagent, such as an antibody or protein binding agent.
  • a detection reagent such as an antibody or protein binding agent.
  • the peptide can be detected in vivo in a subject by introducing into the subject a labeled anti-peptide antibody or other types of detection agent.
  • the antibody can be labeled with a radioactive marker whose presence and location in a subject can be detected by standard imaging techniques. Particularly useful are methods that detect the allelic variant of a peptide expressed in a subject and methods which detect fragments of a peptide in a sample.
  • the peptides are also useful in pharmacogenomic analysis.
  • Pharmacogenomics deal with clinically significant hereditary variations in the response to drugs due to altered drug disposition and abnormal action in affected persons. See, e.g., Eichelbaum, M. (Clin. Exp. Pharmacol. Physiol. 23(10-11):983-985 (1996)), and Linder, M. W. (Clin. Chem. 43(2):254-266 (1997)).
  • the clinical outcomes of these variations result in severe toxicity of therapeutic drugs in certain individuals or therapeutic failure of drugs in certain individuals as a result of individual variation in metabolism.
  • the genotype of the individual can determine the way a therapeutic compound acts on the body or the way the body metabolizes the compound.
  • the activity of drug metabolizing enzymes affects both the intensity and duration of drug action.
  • the pharmacogenomics of the individual permit the selection of effective compounds and effective dosages of such compounds for prophylactic or therapeutic treatment based on the individual's genotype.
  • the discovery of genetic polymorphisms in some drug metabolizing enzymes has explained why some patients do not obtain the expected drug effects, show an exaggerated drug effect, or experience serious toxicity from standard drug dosages. Polymorphisms can be expressed in the phenotype of the extensive metabolizer and the phenotype of the poor metabolizer. Accordingly, genetic polymorphism may lead to allelic protein variants of the CCAT protein in which one or more of the CCAT functions in one population are different from those in another population.
  • polymorphism may give rise to amino terminal extracellular domains and/or other substrate-binding regions that are more or less active in substrate binding, and CCAT activation. Accordingly, substrate dosage would necessarily be modified to maximize the therapeutic effect within a given population containing a polymorphism.
  • genotyping specific polymorphic peptides could be identified.
  • the peptides are also useful for treating a disorder characterized by an absence of, inappropriate, or unwanted expression of the protein.
  • Experimental data as provided in Table 1 indicates expression in human colon tumor tissues. Accordingly, methods for treatment include the use of the CCAT protein or fragments.
  • the present invention provides antibodies specifically bind to CCAT proteins or fragments thereof, peptides, or antigenic portion thereof.
  • the invention also provides antibodies that selectively bind to one of the peptides of the present invention, a protein comprising such a peptide, as well as variants and fragments thereof as describe above.
  • the antibody of present invention selectively binds a target CCAT when it binds the target domian and does not significantly bind to unrelated proteins.
  • An antibody is still considered to selectively bind a peptide even if it also binds to other proteins that are not substantially homologous with the target peptide so long as such proteins share homology with a fragment or domain of the peptide target of the antibody. In this case, it would be understood that antibody binding to the peptide is still selective despite some degree of cross-reactivity.
  • antibody is used in the broadest sense, and specifically covers monoclonal antibodies (including full length monoclonal antibodies), polyclonal antibodies, multispecific antibodies (e.g., bispecific antibodies), humanized antibody and antibody fragments (e.g., Fab, F(ab′).sub.2 and Fv) so long as they exhibit the desired biological activity.
  • Antibodies (Abs) and immunoglobulins (Igs) are glycoproteins having the same structural characteristics. While antibodies exhibit binding specificity to a specific antigen, immunoglobulins include both antibodies and other antibody-like molecules that lack antigen specificity.
  • antibodies are usually heterotetrameric glycoproteins of about 150,000 daltons, composed of two identical light (L) chains and two identical heavy (H) chains. Each light chain is linked to a heavy chain by one covalent disulfide bond, while the number of disulfide linkages varies between the heavy chains of different immunoglobulin isotypes. Each heavy and light chain also has regularly spaced intrachain disulfide bridges. Each heavy chain has at one end a variable domain (VH) followed by a number of constant domains. Each light chain has a variable domain at one end (VL) and a constant domain at its other end.
  • VH variable domain
  • VL variable domain at one end
  • the constant domain of the light chain is aligned with the first constant domain of the heavy chain, and the light chain variable domain is aligned with the variable domain of the heavy chain. Particular amino acid residues are believed to form an interface between the light and heavy chain variable domains. Chothia et al., J. Mol. Biol. 186, 651-63 (1985); Novotny and Haber, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 82 4592-4596 (1985).
  • an “isolated” antibody is one which has been identified and separated and/or recovered from a component of the environment in which is produced. Contaminant components of its production environment are materials that would interfere with diagnostic or therapeutic uses for the antibody, and may include enzymes, hormones, and other proteinaceous or nonproteinaceous solutes.
  • the antibody will be purified as measurable by at least three different methods: 1) to greater than 95% by weight of antibody as determined by the Lowry method, and most preferably more than 99% by weight; 2) to a degree sufficient to obtain at least 15 residues of N-terminal or internal amino acid sequence by use of a spinning cup sequentator; or 3) to homogeneity by SDS-PAGE under reducing or non-reducing conditions using Coomasie blue or, preferably, silver stain.
  • Isolated antibody includes the antibody in situ within recombinant cells since at least one component of the antibody's natural environment will not be present. Ordinarily, however, isolated antibody will be prepared by at least one purification step.
  • an “antigenic region” or “antigenic determinant” or an “epitope” includes any protein determinant capable of specific binding to an antibody. This is the site on an antigen to which each distinct antibody molecule binds. Epitopic determinants usually consist of active surface groupings of molecules such as amino acids or sugar side chains and usually have specific three-dimensional structural characteristics, as well as charge characteristics.
  • Antibody specificity is an antibody, which has a stronger binding affinity for an antigen from a first subject species than it has for a homologue of that antigen from a second subject species.
  • the antibody “bind specifically” to a human antigen (i.e., has a binding affinity (Kd) value of no more than about 1 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 7 M, preferably no more than about 1 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 8 M and most preferably no more than about 1 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 9 M) but has a binding affinity for a homologue of the antigen from a second subject species which is at least about 50 fold, or at least about 500 fold, or at least about 1000 fold, weaker than its binding affinity for the human antigen.
  • Kd binding affinity
  • the antibody can be of any of the various types of antibodies as defined above, but preferably is a humanized or human antibody (Queen et al., U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,530,101, 5,585,089; 5,693,762; and 6,180,370).
  • the present invention provides an “antibody variant,” which refers to an amino acid sequence variant of an antibody wherein one or more of the amino acid residues have been modified. Such variant necessarily have less than 100% sequence identity or similarity with the amino acid sequence having at least 75% amino acid sequence identity or similarity with the amino acid sequence of either the heavy or light chain variable domain of the antibody, more preferably at least 80%, more preferably at least 85%, more preferably at least 90%, and most preferably at least 95%. Since the method of the invention applies equally to both polypeptides, antibodies and fragments thereof, these terms are sometimes employed interchangeably.
  • variable in the context of variable domain of antibodies refers to the fact that certain portions of the variable domains differ extensively in sequence among antibodies and are used in the binding and specificity of each particular antibody for its particular antigen. However, the variability is not evenly distributed through the variable domains of antibodies. It is concentrated in three segments called complementarity determining regions (CDRs) also known as hypervariable regions both in the light chain and the heavy chain variable domains.
  • CDRs complementarity determining regions
  • variable domains of native heavy and light chains each comprise four FR regions, largely adopting a ⁇ -Sheet configuration, connected by three CDRs, which form loops connecting, and in some cases forming part of, the ⁇ -sheet structure.
  • the CDRs in each chain are held together in close proximity by the FR regions and, with the CDRs from the other chain, contribute to the formation of the antigen-binding site of antibodies (see Kabat et al.)
  • the constant domains are not involved directly in binding an antibody to an antigen, but exhibit various effector functions, such as participation of the antibody in antibody-dependent cellular toxicity.
  • antibody fragment refers to a portion of a full-length antibody, generally the antigen binding or variable region.
  • antibody fragments include Fab, Fab′, F(ab′) 2 and Fv fragments.
  • Papain digestion of antibodies produces two identical antigen binding fragments, called the Fab fragment, each with a single antigen binding site, and a residual “Fc” fragment, so-called for its ability to crystallize readily.
  • Pepsin treatment yields an F(ab′) 2 fragment that has two antigen binding fragments which are capable of crosslinking antigen, and a residual other fragment (which is termed pFc′).
  • Additional fragments can include diabodies, linear antibodies, single-chain antibody molecules, and multispecific antibodies formed from antibody fragments.
  • “functional fragment” with respect to antibodies refers to Fv, F(ab) and F(ab′) 2 fragments.
  • an “Fv” fragment is the minimum antibody fragment that contains a complete antigen recognition and binding site. This region consists of a dimer of one heavy and one light chain variable domain in a tight, non-covalent association (V H -V L dimer). It is in this configuration that the three CDRs of each variable domain interact to define an antigen-binding site on the surface of the V H -V L dimer. Collectively, the six CDRs confer antigen-binding specificity to the antibody. However, even a single variable domain (or half of an Fv comprising only three CDRs specific for an antigen) has the ability to recognize and bind antigen, although at a lower affinity than the entire binding site.
  • the Fab fragment also designated as F(ab) also contains the constant domain of the light chain and the first constant domain (CH1) of the heavy chain.
  • Fab′ fragments differ from Fab fragments by the addition of a few residues at the carboxyl terminus of the heavy chain CH1 domain including one or more cysteines from the antibody hinge region.
  • Fab′-SH is the designation herein for Fab′ in which the cysteine residue(s) of the constant domains have a free thiol group.
  • F(ab′) fragments are produced by cleavage of the disulfide bond at the hinge cysteines of the F(ab′) 2 pepsin digestion product. Additional chemical couplings of antibody fragments are known to those of ordinary skill in the art.
  • the present invention further provides monoclonal antibodies, polyclonal antibodies as well as humanized antibody.
  • an isolated peptide is used as an immunogen and is administered to a mammalian organism, such as a rat, rabbit or mouse.
  • the full-length protein, an antigenic peptide fragment or a fusion protein of the CCAT protein can be used. Particularly important fragments are those covering functional domains.
  • Many methods are known for generating and/or identifying antibodies to a given target peptide. Several such methods are described by Harlow, Antibodies, Cold Spring Harbor Press, (1989).
  • the term “monoclonal antibody” as used herein refers to an antibody obtained from a population of substantially homogeneous antibodies, i.e., the individual antibodies comprising the population are identical except for possible naturally occurring mutations that may be present in minor amounts. Monoclonal antibodies are highly specific, being directed against a single antigenic site. Furthermore, in contrast to conventional (polyclonal) antibody preparations which typically include different antibodies directed against different determinants (epitopes), each monoclonal antibody is directed against a single determinant on the antigen. In additional to their specificity, the monoclonal antibodies are advantageous in that they are synthesized by the hybridoma culture, uncontaminated by other immunoglobulins.
  • the modifier “monoclonal” antibody indicates the character of the antibody as being obtained from a substantially homogeneous population of antibodies, and is not to be construed as requiring production of the antibody by any particular method.
  • the monoclonal antibodies to be used in accordance with the present invention may be made by the hybridoma method first described by Kohler and Milstein, Nature 256, 495 (1975), or may be made by recombinant methods, e.g., as described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,816,567.
  • the monoclonal antibodies for use with the present invention may also be isolated from phage antibody libraries using the techniques described in Clackson et al. Nature 352: 624-628 (1991), as well as in Marks et al., J. Mol. Biol. 222: 581-597 (1991). For detailed procedures for making a monoclonal antibody, see the Example below.
  • “Humanized” forms of non-human (e.g. murine or rabbit) antibodies are chimeric immunoglobulins, immunoglobulin chains or fragments thereof (such as Fv, Fab, Fab′, F(ab′).sub.2 or other antigen-binding subsequences of antibodies) which contain minimal sequence derived from non-human immunoglobulin.
  • humanized antibodies are human immunoglobulins (recipient antibody) in which residues from a complementary determining region (CDR) of the recipient are replaced by residues from a CDR of a non-human species (donor antibody) such as mouse, rat or rabbit having the desired specificity, affinity and capacity.
  • humanized antibody may comprise residues, which are found neither in the recipient antibody nor in the imported CDR or framework sequences. These modifications are made to further refine and optimize antibody performance.
  • the humanized antibody will comprise substantially all of at least one, and typically two, variable domains, in which all or substantially all of the CDR regions correspond to those of a non-human immunoglobulin and all or substantially all of the FR regions are those of a human immunoglobulin consensus sequence.
  • the humanized antibody optimally also will comprise at least a portion of an immunoglobulin constant region (Fc), typically that of a human immunoglobulin.
  • Fc immunoglobulin constant region
  • Polyclonal antibodies may be prepared by any known method or modifications of these methods including obtaining antibodies from patients. For example, a complex of an immunogen such as CCAT protein, peptides or fragments thereof and a carrier protein is prepared and an animal is immunized by the complex according to the same manner as that described with respect to the above monoclonal antibody preparation and the description in the Example. A serum or plasma containing the antibody against the protein is recovered from the immunized animal and the antibody is separated and purified. The gamma globulin fraction or the IgG antibodies can be obtained, for example, by use of saturated ammonium sulfate or DEAE Sephadex, or other techniques known to those skilled in the art.
  • an immunogen such as CCAT protein, peptides or fragments thereof and a carrier protein
  • a serum or plasma containing the antibody against the protein is recovered from the immunized animal and the antibody is separated and purified.
  • the gamma globulin fraction or the IgG antibodies can be obtained, for example,
  • the antibody titer in the antiserum can be measured according to the same manner as that described above with respect to the supernatant of the hybridoma culture. Separation and purification of the antibody can be carried out according to the same separation and purification method of antibody as that described with respect to the above monoclonal antibody and in the Example.
  • antibodies are preferably prepared from regions or discrete fragments of the CCAT proteins.
  • Antibodies can be prepared from any region of the peptide as described herein. In particular, they are selected from a group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 1332-1501 and fragments of SEQ ID NOS: 1-683.
  • An antigenic fragment will typically comprise at least 8 contiguous amino acid residues.
  • the antigenic peptide can comprise, however, at least 10, 12, 14, 16 or more amino acid residues.
  • Such fragments can be selected on a physical property, such as fragments correspond to regions that are located on the surface of the protein, e.g., hydrophilic regions or can be selected based on sequence uniqueness.
  • Antibodies may also be produced by inducing production in the lymphocyte population or by screening antibody libraries or panels of highly specific binding reagents as disclosed in Orlandi et al. (1989; Proc Natl Acad Sci 86:3833-3837) or Winter et al. (1991; Nature 349:293-299).
  • a protein may be used in screening assays of phagemid or B-lymphocyte immunoglobulin libraries to identify antibodies having a desired specificity. Numerous protocols for competitive binding or immunoassays using either polyclonal or monoclonal antibodies with established specificities are well known in the art. Smith G. P., 1991, Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 2: 668-673.
  • the antibodies of the present invention can also be generated using various phage display methods known in the art.
  • phage display methods functional antibody domains are displayed on the surface of phage particles which carry the polynucleotide sequences encoding them.
  • phage can be utilized to display antigen-binding domains expressed from a repertoire or combinatorial antibody library (e.g., human or murine).
  • Phage expressing an antigen binding domain that binds the antigen of interest can be selected or identified with antigen, e.g., using labeled antigen or antigen bound or captured to a solid surface or bead.
  • Phage used in these methods are typically filamentous phage including fd and M13 binding domains expressed from phage with Fab, Fv or disulfide stabilized Fv antibody domains recombinantly fused to either the phage gene III or gene VIII protein.
  • Examples of phage display methods that can be used to make the antibodies of the present invention include those disclosed in Brinkman et al., J. Immunol. Methods 182:41-50 (1995); Ames et al., J. Immunol. Methods 184:177-186 (1995); Kettleborough et al., Eur. J. Immunol.
  • Antibody can be also made recombinantly.
  • the antibody variant can be produced intracellularly, in the periplasmic space, or directly secreted into the medium. If the antibody variant is produced intracellularly, as a first step, the particulate debris, either host cells or lysed fragments, is removed, for example, by centrifugation or ultrafiltration. Carter et al., Bio/Technology 10: 163-167 (1992) describe a procedure for isolating antibodies which are secreted to the periplasmic space of E. coli .
  • cell paste is thawed in the presence of sodium acetate (pH 3.5), EDTA, and phenylmethylsulfonylfluoride (PMSF) over about 30 minutes.
  • PMSF phenylmethylsulfonylfluoride
  • Cell debris can be removed by centrifugation.
  • supernatants from such expression systems are generally first concentrated using a commercially available protein concentration filter, for example, an Amicon or Millipore Pellicon ultrafiltration unit.
  • a protease inhibitor such as PMSF may be included in any of the foregoing steps to inhibit proteolysis and antibiotics may be included to prevent the growth of adventitious contaminants.
  • the antibodies or antigen binding fragments may also be produced by genetic engineering.
  • the technology for expression of both heavy and light cain genes in E. coli is the subject the following PCT patent applications; publication number WO 901443, WO901443, and WO 9014424 and in Huse et al., 1989 Science 246:1275-1281.
  • the general recombinant methods are well known in the art.
  • the antibody composition prepared from the cells can be purified using, for example, hydroxylapatite chromatography, gel elecrophoresis, dialysis, and affinity chromatography, with affinity chromatography being the preferred purification technique.
  • affinity chromatography is the preferred purification technique.
  • the suitability of protein A as an affinity ligand depends on the species and isotype of any immunoglobulin Fc domain that is present in the antibody. Protein A can be used to purify antibodies that are based on human .delta.1, .delta.2 or .delta.4 heavy chains (Lindmark et al., J. Immunol. Meth. 62: 1-13 (1983)).
  • Protein G is recommended for all mouse isotypes and for human .delta.3 (Guss et al., EMBO J. 5: 1567-1575 (1986)).
  • the matrix to which the affinity ligand is attached is most often agarose, but other matrices are available. Mechanically stable matrices such as controlled pore glass or poly(styrenedivinyl)benzene allow for faster flow rates and shorter processing times than can be achieved with agarose.
  • the antibody comprises a CH3 domain
  • the Bakerbond ABXTM resin J. T. Baker, Phillipsburg, N.J.
  • the mixture comprising the antibody of interest and contaminants may be subjected to low pH hydrophobic interaction chromatography using an elution buffer at a pH between about 2.5-4.5, preferably performed at low salt concentrations (e.g., from about 0-0.25M salt).
  • the antibodies can be used to isolate one of the proteins of the present invention by standard techniques, such as affinity chromatography or immunoprecipitation.
  • the antibodies can facilitate the purification of the natural protein from cells and recombinantly produced protein expressed in host cells.
  • such antibodies are useful to detect the presence of one of the proteins of the present invention in cells or tissues to determine the pattern of expression of the protein among various tissues in an organism and over the course of normal development.
  • Experimental data as provided in Table 1 indicate that the CCAT of the present invention are overexpressed in colon tumor tissue.
  • such antibodies can be used to detect protein in situ, in vitro, or in a cell lysate or supernatant in order to evaluate the abundance and pattern of expression.
  • such antibodies can be used to assess abnormal tissue distribution or abnormal expression during development or progression of a biological condition. Antibody detection of circulating fragments of the full length protein can be used to identify turnover.
  • the antibodies can be used to assess expression in disease states such as in active stages of the disease or in an individual with a predisposition toward disease related to the protein's function.
  • a disorder is caused by an inappropriate tissue distribution, developmental expression, level of expression of the protein, or expressed/processed form
  • the antibody can be prepared against the normal protein.
  • Experimental data as provided in Table 1 indicates expression in human colon tumor tissues. If a disorder is characterized by a specific mutation in the protein, antibodies specific for this mutant protein can be used to assay for the presence of the specific mutant protein.
  • the antibodies can also be used to assess normal and aberrant subcellular localization of cells in the various tissues in an organism. Experimental data as provided in Table 1 indicates expression in human colon tumor tissues.
  • the diagnostic uses can be applied, not only in genetic testing, but also in monitoring a treatment modality. Accordingly, where treatment is ultimately aimed at correcting expression level or the presence of aberrant sequence and aberrant tissue distribution or developmental expression, antibodies directed against the protein or relevant fragments can be used to monitor therapeutic efficacy. More detection and diagnostic methods are described in detail below.
  • antibodies are useful in pharmacogenomic analysis.
  • antibodies prepared against polymorphic proteins can be used to identify individuals that require modified treatment modalities.
  • the antibodies are also useful as diagnostic tools as an immunological marker for aberrant protein analyzed by electrophoretic mobility, isoelectric point, tryptic peptide digest, and other physical assays known to those in the art.
  • the antibodies are also useful for tissue typing. Experimental data as provided in Table 1 indicates expression in human colon tumor tissues. Thus, where a specific protein has been correlated with expression in a specific tissue, antibodies that are specific for this protein can be used to identify a tissue type.
  • the antibodies are also useful for inhibiting protein function, for example, blocking the binding of the CCAT peptide to a binding partner such as a substrate or another antibody binding to CCATs. These uses can also be applied in a therapeutic context in which treatment involves inhibiting the protein's function.
  • An antibody can be used, for example, to block binding, thus modulating (agonizing or antagonizing) the peptides activity.
  • Antibodies can be prepared against specific fragments containing sites required for function or against intact protein that is associated with a cell or cell membrane. More therapeutics methods are described in detail below.
  • kits for using antibodies to detect the presence of a protein in a biological sample can comprise antibodies such as a labeled or labelable antibody and a compound or agent for detecting protein in a biological sample; means for determining the amount of protein in the sample; means for comparing the amount of protein in the sample with a standard; and instructions for use.
  • a kit can be supplied to detect a single protein or epitope or can be configured to detect one of a multitude of epitopes, such as in an antibody detection array. Arrays are described in detail below for nucleic acid arrays and similar methods have been developed for antibody arrays.
  • the present invention further provides isolated nucleic acid molecules that encode a CCAT peptide or protein of the present invention.
  • Such nucleic acid molecules will consist of, consist essentially of, or comprise a nucleotide sequence that encodes one of the CCAT peptides of the present invention, an allelic variant thereof, or an ortholog or paralog thereof.
  • the nucleic acid molecules and the fragements thereof of the present invention pertains, however, are not to be construed as encompassing fragments that may be disclosed publicly prior to the present invention.
  • an “isolated” nucleic acid molecule is one that is separated from other nucleic acid present in the natural source of the nucleic acid.
  • an “isolated” nucleic acid is free of sequences which naturally flank the nucleic acid (i.e., sequences located at the 5′ and 3′ ends of the nucleic acid) in the genomic DNA of the organism from which the nucleic acid is derived.
  • flanking nucleotide sequences for example up to about 5 KB, 4 KB, 3 KB, 2 KB, or 1 KB or less, particularly contiguous peptide encoding sequences and peptide encoding sequences within the same gene but separated by introns in the genomic sequence.
  • nucleic acid is isolated from remote and unimportant flanking sequences such that it can be subjected to the specific manipulations described herein such as recombinant expression, preparation of probes and primers, and other uses specific to the nucleic acid sequences.
  • an “isolated” nucleic acid molecule such as a transcript/cDNA molecule, can be substantially free of other cellular material, or culture medium when produced by recombinant techniques, or chemical precursors or other chemicals when chemically synthesized.
  • the nucleic acid molecule can be fused to other coding or regulatory sequences and still be considered isolated.
  • recombinant DNA molecules contained in a vector are considered isolated.
  • isolated DNA molecules include recombinant DNA molecules maintained in heterologous host cells or purified (partially or substantially) DNA molecules in solution.
  • isolated RNA molecules include in vivo or in vitro RNA transcripts of the isolated DNA molecules of the present invention.
  • Isolated nucleic acid molecules according to the present invention further include such molecules produced synthetically.
  • the present invention further provides nucleic acid molecules that comprise the nucleotide sequences shown in Table 1, (SEQ ID NOS: 684-1331), or any nucleic acid molecule that encodes a protein provided in Table 1, (SEQ ID NOS: 1-683).
  • a nucleic acid molecule comprises a nucleotide sequence when the nucleotide sequence is at least part of the final nucleotide sequence of the nucleic acid molecule. In such a fashion, the nucleic acid molecule can be only the nucleotide sequence or have additional nucleic acid residues, such as nucleic acid residues that are naturally associated with it or heterologous nucleotide sequences. Such a nucleic acid molecule can have a few additional nucleotides or can comprise several hundred or more additional nucleotides. A brief description of how various types of these nucleic acid molecules can be readily made/isolated is provided below.
  • the isolated nucleic acid molecules can encode the mature protein plus additional amino or carboxyl-terminal amino acids, or amino acids interior to the mature peptide (when the mature form has more than one peptide chain, for instance).
  • Such sequences may play a role in processing of a protein from precursor to a mature form, facilitate protein trafficking, prolong or shorten protein half-life or facilitate manipulation of a protein for assay or production, among other things.
  • the additional amino acids may be processed away from the mature protein by cellular enzymes.
  • the isolated nucleic acid molecules include, but are not limited to, the sequence encoding the CCAT peptide alone, the sequence encoding the mature peptide and additional coding sequences, such as a leader or secretory sequence (e.g., a pre-pro or pro-protein sequence), the sequence encoding the mature peptide, with or without the additional coding sequences, plus additional non-coding sequences, for example introns and non-coding 5′ and 3′ sequences such as transcribed but non-translated sequences that play a role in transcription, mRNA processing (including splicing and polyadenylation signals), ribosome binding and stability of mRNA.
  • the nucleic acid molecule may be fused to a marker sequence encoding, for example, a peptide that facilitates purification.
  • Isolated nucleic acid molecules can be in the form of RNA, such as mRNA, or in the form DNA, including cDNA and genomic DNA obtained by cloning or produced by chemical synthetic techniques or by a combination thereof.
  • the nucleic acid, especially DNA can be double-stranded or single-stranded.
  • Single-stranded nucleic acid can be the coding strand (sense strand) or the non-coding strand (anti-sense strand).
  • the invention further provides nucleic acid molecules that encode fragments of the peptides of the present invention as well as nucleic acid molecules that encode obvious variants of the CCAT proteins of the present invention that are described above.
  • nucleic acid molecules may be naturally occurring, such as allelic variants (same locus), paralogs (different locus), and orthologs (different organism), or may be constructed by recombinant DNA methods or by chemical synthesis.
  • non-naturally occurring variants may be made by mutagenesis techniques, including those applied to nucleic acid molecules, cells, or organisms. Accordingly, as discussed above, the variants can contain nucleotide substitutions, deletions, inversions and insertions. Variation can occur in either or both the coding and non-coding regions. The variations can produce both conservative and non-conservative amino acid substitutions.
  • the present invention further provides non-coding fragments of the nucleic acid molecules provided in Table 1.
  • Preferred non-coding fragments include, but are not limited to, promoter sequences, enhancer sequences, gene modulating sequences and gene termination sequences. Such fragments are useful in controlling heterologous gene expression and in developing screens to identify gene-modulating agents.
  • a promoter can readily be identified as being 5′ to the ATG start site in the genomic sequence.
  • a fragment comprises a contiguous nucleotide sequence greater than 12 or more nucleotides. Further, a fragment could at least 30, 40, 50, 100, 250 or 500 nucleotides in length. The length of the fragment will be based on its intended use. For example, the fragment can encode epitope bearing regions of the peptide, or can be useful as DNA probes and primers. Such fragments can be isolated using the known nucleotide sequence to synthesize an oligonucleotide probe. A labeled probe can then be used to screen a cDNA library, genomic DNA library, or mRNA to isolate nucleic acid corresponding to the coding region. Further, primers can be used in PCR reactions to clone specific regions of the gene.
  • a probe/primer typically comprises substantially a purified oligonucleotide or oligonucleotide pair.
  • the oligonucleotide typically comprises a region of nucleotide sequence that hybridizes under stringent conditions to at least about 12, 20, 25, 40, 50 or more consecutive nucleotides.
  • Orthologs, homologs, and allelic variants can be identified using methods well known in the art. As described in the Peptide Section, these variants comprise a nucleotide sequence encoding a peptide that is typically 60-70%, 70-80%, 80-90%, and more typically at least about 90-95% or more homologous to a nucleotide sequence shown in the Table 1 or a fragment of this sequence. Such nucleic acid molecules can readily be identified as being able to hybridize under moderate to stringent conditions, to a nucleotide sequence shown in Table 1 or a fragment of the sequence. Allelic variants can readily be determined by genetic locus of the encoding gene.
  • hybridizes under stringent conditions is intended to describe conditions for hybridization and washing under which nucleotide sequences encoding a peptide at least 60-70% homologous to each other typically remain hybridized to each other.
  • the conditions can be such that sequences at least about 60%, at least about 70%, or at least about 80% or more homologous to each other typically remain hybridized to each other.
  • stringent conditions are known to those skilled in the art and can be found in Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, John Wiley & Sons, N.Y. (1989), 6.3.1-6.3.6.
  • stringent hybridization conditions is hybridization in 6 ⁇ sodium chloride/sodium citrate (SSC) at about 45 C, followed by one or more washes in 0.2 ⁇ SSC, 0.1% SDS at 50-65 C.
  • SSC sodium chloride/sodium citrate
  • washes in 0.2 ⁇ SSC, 0.1% SDS at 50-65 C.
  • moderate to low stringency hybridization conditions are well known in the art.
  • the nucleic acid molecules of the present invention are useful for probes, primers, chemical intermediates, and in biological assays.
  • the nucleic acid molecules are useful as a hybridization probe for messenger RNA, transcript/cDNA and genomic DNA to isolate full-length cDNA and genomic clones encoding a peptide described in Table 1 and to isolate cDNA and genomic clones that correspond to variants (alleles, orthologs, etc.) producing the same or related peptides shown in Table 1.
  • the probe can correspond to any sequence along the entire length of a nucleic acid molecule provided in Table 1. Accordingly, it could be derived from 5′ noncoding regions, the coding region, and 3′ noncoding regions. However, as discussed, fragments are not to be construed as encompassing fragments disclosed prior to the present invention.
  • the nucleic acid molecules are also useful as primers for PCR to amplify any given region of a nucleic acid molecule and are useful to synthesize antisense molecules of desired length and sequence.
  • the nucleic acid molecules are also useful for constructing recombinant vectors.
  • Such vectors include expression vectors that express a portion of, or all of, the peptide sequences.
  • Vectors also include insertion vectors, used to integrate into another nucleic acid molecule sequence, such as into the cellular genome, to alter in situ expression of a gene and/or gene product.
  • an endogenous coding sequence can be replaced via homologous recombination with all or part of the coding region containing one or more specifically introduced mutations.
  • the nucleic acid molecules are also useful for expressing antigenic portions of the proteins.
  • the nucleic acid molecules are also useful as probes for determining the chromosomal positions of the nucleic acid molecules by means of in situ hybridization methods.
  • nucleic acid molecules are also useful in making vectors containing the gene regulatory regions of the nucleic acid molecules of the present invention.
  • the nucleic acid molecules are also useful for designing ribozymes corresponding to all, or a part, of the mRNA produced from the nucleic acid molecules described herein.
  • the nucleic acid molecules are also useful for making vectors that express part, or all, of the peptides.
  • the nucleic acid molecules are also useful for constructing host cells expressing a part, or all, of the nucleic acid molecules and peptides.
  • the nucleic acid molecules are also useful for constructing transgenic animals expressing all, or a part, of the nucleic acid molecules and peptides.
  • the nucleic acid molecules are also useful as hybridization probes for determining the presence, level, form and distribution of nucleic acid expression.
  • Experimental data as provided in Table 1 indicate that the CCAT of the present invention are overexpressed in colon tumor tissue. Accordingly, the probes can be used to detect the presence of, or to determine levels of, a specific nucleic acid molecule in cells, tissues, and in organisms.
  • the nucleic acid whose level is determined can be DNA or RNA. Accordingly, probes corresponding to the peptides described herein can be used to assess expression and/or gene copy number in a given cell, tissue, or organism. These uses are relevant for diagnosis of disorders involving an increase or decrease in CCAT protein expression relative to normal results.
  • In vitro techniques for detection of mRNA include Northern hybridizations and in situ hybridizations.
  • In vitro techniques for detecting DNA include Southern hybridizations and in situ hybridization.
  • Probes can be used as a part of a diagnostic test kit for identifying cells or tissues that express a CCAT protein, such as by measuring a level of a CCAT-encoding nucleic acid in a sample of cells from a subject e.g., mRNA or genomic DNA, or determining if a CCAT gene has been mutated.
  • Experimental data as provided in Table 1 indicate that the CCAT of the present invention are overexpressed in colon tumor tissue. More detection and diagnosis methods are described in detail below.
  • Nucleic acid expression assays are useful for drug screening to identify compounds that modulate CCAT nucleic acid expression.
  • the invention thus provides a method for identifying a compound that can be used to treat a disorder associated with nucleic acid expression of the CCAT gene, particularly biological and pathological processes that are mediated by the CCAT in cells and tissues that express it.
  • Experimental data as provided in Table 1 indicates expression in human colon tumor tissues.
  • the method typically includes assaying the ability of the compound to modulate the expression of the CCAT nucleic acid and thus identifying a compound that can be used to treat a disorder characterized by undesired CCAT nucleic acid expression.
  • the assays can be performed in cell-based and cell-free systems. Cell-based assays include cells naturally expressing the CCAT nucleic acid or recombinant cells genetically engineered to express specific nucleic acid sequences.
  • the assay for CCAT nucleic acid expression can involve direct assay of nucleic acid levels, such as mRNA levels, or on collateral compounds involved in the signal pathway. Further, the expression of genes that are up- or down-regulated in response to the CCAT protein signal pathway can also be assayed. In this embodiment the regulatory regions of these genes can be operably linked to a reporter gene such as luciferase.
  • modulators of CCAT gene expression can be identified in a method wherein a cell is contacted with a candidate compound or agent and the expression of mRNA determined.
  • the level of expression of CCAT mRNA in the presence of the candidate compound or agent is compared to the level of expression of CCAT mRNA in the absence of the candidate compound or agent.
  • the candidate compound can then be identified as a modulator of nucleic acid expression based on this comparison and be used, for example to treat a disorder characterized by aberrant nucleic acid expression.
  • expression of mRNA is statistically significantly greater in the presence of the candidate compound than in its absence, the candidate compound is identified as a stimulator of nucleic acid expression.
  • nucleic acid expression is statistically significantly less in the presence of the candidate compound than in its absence, the candidate compound is identified as an inhibitor of nucleic acid expression.
  • the invention further provides methods of treatment, with the nucleic acid as a target, using a compound or an agent identified through drug screening as a gene modulator to modulate CCAT nucleic acid expression in cells and tissues that express the CCAT.
  • Experimental data as provided in Table 1 indicate that the CCAT of the present invention are overexpressed in colon tumor tissue. Modulation includes both up-regulation (i.e. activation or agonization) or down-regulation (suppression or antagonization) or nucleic acid expression.
  • a modulator for nucleic acid expression can be a small molecule or drug identified using the screening assays described herein as long as the drug or small molecule inhibits the CCAT nucleic acid expression in the cells and tissues that express the protein.
  • Experimental data as provided in Table 1 indicates expression in human colon tumor tissues.
  • the nucleic acid molecules are also useful for monitoring the effectiveness of modulating compounds or agents on the expression or activity of the CCAT gene in clinical trials or in a treatment regimen.
  • the gene expression pattern can serve as a barometer for the continuing effectiveness of treatment with the compound, particularly with compounds to which a patient can develop resistance.
  • the gene expression pattern can also serve as a marker indicative of a physiological response of the affected cells to the compound. Accordingly, such monitoring would allow either increased administration of the compound or the administration of alternative compounds to which the patient has not become resistant. Similarly, if the level of nucleic acid expression falls below a desirable level, administration of the compound could be commensurately decreased.
  • the nucleic acid molecules are also useful in diagnostic assays for qualitative changes in CCAT nucleic acid expression, and particularly in qualitative changes that lead to pathology.
  • the nucleic acid molecules can be used to detect mutations in CCAT genes and gene expression products such as mRNA.
  • the nucleic acid molecules can be used as hybridization probes to detect naturally occurring genetic mutations in the CCAT gene and thereby to determine whether a subject with the mutation is at risk for a disorder caused by the mutation. Mutations include deletion, addition, or substitution of one or more nucleotides in the gene, chromosomal rearrangement, such as inversion or transposition, modification of genomic DNA, such as aberrant methylation patterns or changes in gene copy number, such as amplification. Detection of a mutated form of the CCAT gene associated with a dysfunction provides a diagnostic tool for an active disease or susceptibility to disease when the disease results from overexpression, underexpression, or altered expression of a CCAT protein.
  • Genomic DNA can be analyzed directly or can be amplified by using PCR prior to analysis.
  • RNA or cDNA can be used in the same way.
  • detection of the mutation involves the use of a probe/primer in a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) (see, e.g. U.S. Pat. Nos.
  • PCR polymerase chain reaction
  • This method can include the steps of collecting a sample of cells from a patient, isolating nucleic acid (e.g., genomic, mRNA or both) from the cells of the sample, contacting the nucleic acid sample with one or more primers which specifically hybridize to a gene under conditions such that hybridization and amplification of the gene (if present) occurs, and detecting the presence or absence of an amplification product, or detecting the size of the amplification product and comparing the length to a control sample. Deletions and insertions can be detected by a change in size of the amplified product compared to the normal genotype. Point mutations can be identified by hybridizing amplified DNA to normal RNA or antisense DNA sequences.
  • nucleic acid e.g., genomic, mRNA or both
  • mutations in a CCAT gene can be directly identified, for example, by alterations in restriction enzyme digestion patterns determined by gel electrophoresis.
  • sequence-specific ribozymes can be used to score for the presence of specific mutations by development or loss of a ribozyme cleavage site. Perfectly matched sequences can be distinguished from mismatched sequences by nuclease cleavage digestion assays or by differences in melting temperature.
  • Sequence changes at specific locations can also be assessed by nuclease protection assays such as RNase and S1 protection or the chemical cleavage method.
  • sequence differences between a mutant CCAT gene and a wild-type gene can be determined by direct DNA sequencing.
  • a variety of automated sequencing procedures can be utilized when performing the diagnostic assays (Naeve, C. W., (1995) Biotechniques 19:448), including sequencing by mass spectrometry (see, e.g., PCT International Publication No. WO 94/16101; Cohen et al., Adv. Chromatogr. 36:127-162 (1996); and Griffin et al., Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. 38:147-159 (1993)).
  • RNA/RNA or RNA/DNA duplexes Other methods for detecting mutations in the gene include methods in which protection from cleavage agents is used to detect mismatched bases in RNA/RNA or RNA/DNA duplexes (Myers et al., Science 230:1242 (1985)); Cotton et al., PNAS 85:4397 (1988); Saleeba et al., Meth. Enzymol. 217:286-295 (1992)), electrophoretic mobility of mutant and wild type nucleic acid is compared (Orita et al., PNAS 86:2766 (1989); Cotton et al., Mutat. Res. 285:125-144 (1993); and Hayashi et al., Genet. Anal. Tech. Appl.
  • the nucleic acid molecules are also useful for testing an individual for a genotype that while not necessarily causing the disease, nevertheless affects the treatment modality.
  • the nucleic acid molecules can be used to study the relationship between an individual's genotype and the individual's response to a compound used for treatment (pharmacogenomic relationship).
  • the nucleic acid molecules described herein can be used to assess the mutation content of the CCAT gene in an individual in order to select an appropriate compound or dosage regimen for treatment.
  • nucleic acid molecules displaying genetic variations that affect treatment provide a diagnostic target that can be used to tailor treatment in an individual. Accordingly, the production of recombinant cells and animals containing these polymorphisms allow effective clinical design of treatment compounds and dosage regimens.
  • the nucleic acid molecules are thus useful as antisense constructs to control CCAT gene expression in cells, tissues, and organisms.
  • a DNA antisense nucleic acid molecule is designed to be complementary to a region of the gene involved in transcription, preventing transcription and hence production of CCAT protein.
  • An antisense RNA or DNA nucleic acid molecule would hybridize to the mRNA and thus block translation of mRNA into CCAT protein.
  • RNA interference RNA interference
  • RNAi RNA interference
  • ds double-stranded
  • a class of antisense molecules can be used to inactivate mRNA in order to decrease expression of CCAT nucleic acid. Accordingly, these molecules can treat a disorder characterized by abnormal or undesired CCAT nucleic acid expression.
  • This technique involves cleavage by means of ribozymes containing nucleotide sequences complementary to one or more regions in the mRNA that attenuate the ability of the mRNA to be translated. Possible regions include coding regions and particularly coding regions corresponding to the catalytic and other functional activities of the CCAT protein, such as substrate binding.
  • the nucleic acid molecules also provide vectors for gene therapy in patients containing cells that are aberrant in CCAT gene expression.
  • recombinant cells which include the patient's cells that have been engineered ex vivo and returned to the patient, are introduced into an individual where the cells produce the desired CCAT protein to treat the individual.
  • kits for detecting the presence of a CCAT nucleic acid in a biological sample comprising kits for detecting the presence of a CCAT nucleic acid in a biological sample.
  • Experimental data as provided in Table 1 indicate that the CCAT of the present invention are overexpressed in colon tumor tissue.
  • the kit can comprise reagents such as a labeled or labelable nucleic acid or agent capable of detecting CCAT nucleic acid in a biological sample; means for determining the amount of CCAT nucleic acid in the sample; and means for comparing the amount of CCAT nucleic acid in the sample with a standard.
  • the compound or agent can be packaged in a suitable container.
  • the kit can further comprise instructions for using the kit to detect CCAT protein mRNA or DNA.
  • the invention also provides vectors containing the nucleic acid molecules described herein.
  • the term “vector” refers to a vehicle, preferably a nucleic acid molecule, which can transport the nucleic acid molecules.
  • the vector is a nucleic acid molecule, the nucleic acid molecules are covalently linked to the vector nucleic acid.
  • the vector includes a plasmid, single or double stranded phage, a single or double stranded RNA or DNA viral vector, or artificial chromosome, such as a BAC, PAC, YAC, OR MAC.
  • a vector can be maintained in the host cell as an extrachromosomal element where it replicates and produces additional copies of the nucleic acid molecules.
  • the vector may integrate into the host cell genome and produce additional copies of the nucleic acid molecules when the host cell replicates.
  • the invention provides vectors for the maintenance (cloning vectors) or vectors for expression (expression vectors) of the nucleic acid molecules.
  • the vectors can function in prokaryotic or eukaryotic cells or in both (shuttle vectors).
  • Expression vectors contain cis-acting regulatory regions that are operably linked in the vector to the nucleic acid molecules such that transcription of the nucleic acid molecules is allowed in a host cell.
  • the nucleic acid molecules can be introduced into the host cell with a separate nucleic acid molecule capable of affecting transcription.
  • the second nucleic acid molecule may provide a trans-acting factor interacting with the cis-regulatory control region to allow transcription of the nucleic acid molecules from the vector.
  • a trans-acting factor may be supplied by the host cell.
  • a trans-acting factor can be produced from the vector itself. It is understood, however, that in some embodiments, transcription and/or translation of the nucleic acid molecules can occur in a cell-free system.
  • the regulatory sequences to which the nucleic acid molecules described herein can be operably linked include promoters for directing mRNA transcription. These include, but are not limited to, the left promoter from bacteriophage, the lac, TRP, and TAC promoters from E. coli , the early and late promoters from SV40, the CMV immediate early promoter, the adenovirus early and late promoters, and retrovirus long-terminal repeats.
  • expression vectors may also include regions that modulate transcription, such as repressor binding sites and enhancers.
  • regions that modulate transcription include the SV40 enhancer, the cytomegalovirus immediate early enhancer, polyoma enhancer, adenovirus enhancers, and retrovirus LTR enhancers.
  • expression vectors can also contain sequences necessary for transcription termination and, in the transcribed region a ribosome binding site for translation.
  • Other regulatory control elements for expression include initiation and termination codons as well as polyadenylation signals.
  • the person of ordinary skill in the art would be aware of the numerous regulatory sequences that are useful in expression vectors. Such regulatory sequences are described, for example, in Sambrook et al., Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual. 3rd. ed., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., (2001).
  • a variety of expression vectors can be used to express a nucleic acid molecule.
  • Such vectors include chromosomal, episomal, and virus-derived vectors, for example vectors derived from bacterial plasmids, from bacteriophage, from yeast episomes, from yeast chromosomal elements, including yeast artificial chromosomes, from viruses such as baculoviruses, papovaviruses such as SV40, Vaccinia viruses, adenoviruses, poxviruses, pseudorabies viruses, and retroviruses.
  • Vectors may also be derived from combinations of these sources such as those derived from plasmid and bacteriophage genetic elements, e.g. cosmids and phagemids.
  • the regulatory sequence may provide constitutive expression in one or more host cells (i.e. tissue specific) or may provide for inducible expression in one or more cell types such as by temperature, nutrient additive, or exogenous factor such as a hormone or other ligand.
  • host cells i.e. tissue specific
  • inducible expression in one or more cell types such as by temperature, nutrient additive, or exogenous factor such as a hormone or other ligand.
  • a variety of vectors providing for constitutive and inducible expression in prokaryotic and eukaryotic hosts are well known to those of ordinary skill in the art.
  • the nucleic acid molecules can be inserted into the vector nucleic acid by well-known methodologies. Generally, the DNA sequence that will ultimately be expressed is joined to an expression vector by cleaving the DNA sequence and the expression vector with one or more restriction enzymes and then ligating the fragments together. Procedures for restriction enzyme digestion and ligation are well known to those of ordinary skill in the art.
  • Bacterial cells include, but are not limited to, E. coli, Streptomyces , and Salmonella typhimurium .
  • Eukaryotic cells include, but are not limited to, yeast, insect cells such as Drosophila , animal cells such as COS and CHO cells, and plant cells.
  • the invention provides fusion vectors that allow for the production of the peptides.
  • Fusion vectors can increase the expression of a recombinant protein; increase the solubility of the recombinant protein, and aid in the purification of the protein by acting for example as a ligand for affinity purification.
  • a proteolytic cleavage site may be introduced at the junction of the fusion moiety so that the desired peptide can ultimately be separated from the fusion moiety.
  • Proteolytic enzymes include, but are not limited to, factor Xa, thrombin, and enteroenzyme.
  • Typical fusion expression vectors include pGEX (Smith et al., Gene 67:31-40 (1988)), pMAL (New England Biolabs, Beverly, Mass.) and pRIT5 (Pharmacia, Piscataway, N.J.) which fuse glutathione S-transferase (GST), maltose E binding protein, or protein A, respectively, to the target recombinant protein.
  • GST glutathione S-transferase
  • suitable inducible non-fusion E. coli expression vectors include pTrc (Amann et al., Gene 69:301-315 (1988)) and pET 11d (Studier et al., Gene Expression Technology: Methods in Enzymology 185:60-89 (1990)).
  • Recombinant protein expression can be maximized in host bacteria by providing a genetic background wherein the host cell has an impaired capacity to proteolytically cleave the recombinant protein.
  • the sequence of the nucleic acid molecule of interest can be altered to provide preferential codon usage for a specific host cell, for example E. coli . (Wada et al., Nucleic Acids Res. 20:2111-2118 (1992)).
  • the nucleic acid molecules can also be expressed by expression vectors that are operative in yeast.
  • yeast e.g., S. cerevisiae
  • vectors for expression in yeast include pYepSec1 (Baldari, et al., EMBO J. 6:229-234 (1987)), pMFa (Kurjan et al., Cell 30:933-943 (1982)), pJRY 88 (Schultz et al., Gene 54:113-123 (1987)), and pYES2 (Invitrogen Corporation, San Diego, Calif.).
  • the nucleic acid molecules can also be expressed in insect cells using, for example, baculovirus expression vectors.
  • Baculovirus vectors available for expression of proteins in cultured insect cells include the pAc series (Smith et al., Mol. Cell. Biol. 3:2156-2165 (1983)) and the pVL series (Lucklow et al., Virology 170:31-39 (1989)).
  • the nucleic acid molecules described herein are expressed in mammalian cells using mammalian expression vectors.
  • mammalian expression vectors include pCDM8 (Seed, B. Nature 329:840 (1987)) and pMT2PC (Kaufman et al., EMBO J. 6:187-195 (1987)).
  • the expression vectors listed herein are provided by way of example only of the well-known vectors available to those of ordinary skill in the art that would be useful to express the nucleic acid molecules.
  • the person of ordinary skill in the art would be aware of other vectors suitable for maintenance propagation or expression of the nucleic acid molecules described herein. These are found for example in Sambrook, J., Fritsch, E. F., and Maniatis, T. Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual. 3rd, ed., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., 2001.
  • the invention also encompasses vectors in which the nucleic acid sequences described herein are cloned into the vector in reverse orientation, but operably linked to a regulatory sequence that permits transcription of antisense RNA.
  • an antisense transcript can be produced to all, or to a portion, of the nucleic acid molecule sequences described herein, including both coding and non-coding regions. Expression of this antisense RNA is subject to each of the parameters described above in relation to expression of the sense RNA (regulatory sequences, constitutive or inducible expression, tissue-specific expression).
  • the invention also relates to recombinant host cells containing the vectors described herein.
  • Host cells therefore include prokaryotic cells, lower eukaryotic cells such as yeast, other eukaryotic cells such as insect cells, and higher eukaryotic cells such as mammalian cells.
  • the recombinant host cells are prepared by introducing the vector constructs described herein into the cells by techniques readily available to the person of ordinary skill in the art. These include, but are not limited to, calcium phosphate transfection, DEAE-dextran-mediated transfection, cationic lipid-mediated transfection, electroporation, transduction, infection, lipofection, and other techniques such as those found in Sambrook, et al. (Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual. 3rd, ed., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., 2001).
  • Host cells can contain more than one vector.
  • different nucleotide sequences can be introduced on different vectors of the same cell.
  • the nucleic acid molecules can be introduced either alone or with other nucleic acid molecules that are not related to the nucleic acid molecules such as those providing trans-acting factors for expression vectors.
  • the vectors can be introduced independently, co-introduced or joined to the nucleic acid molecule vector.
  • bacteriophage and viral vectors these can be introduced into cells as packaged or encapsulated virus by standard procedures for infection and transduction.
  • Viral vectors can be replication-competent or replication-defective. In the case in which viral replication is defective, replication will occur in host cells providing functions that complement the defects.
  • Vectors generally include selectable markers that enable the selection of the subpopulation of cells that contain the recombinant vector constructs.
  • the marker can be contained in the same vector that contains the nucleic acid molecules described herein or may be on a separate vector. Markers include tetracycline or ampicillin-resistance genes for prokaryotic host cells and dihydrofolate reductase or neomycin resistance for eukaryotic host cells. However, any marker that provides selection for a phenotypic trait will be effective.
  • RNA derived from the DNA constructs described herein can be produced in bacteria, yeast, mammalian cells, and other cells under the control of the appropriate regulatory sequences, cell-free transcription and translation systems can also be used to produce these proteins using RNA derived from the DNA constructs described herein.
  • secretion of the peptide is desired, which may be difficult to achieve with multi-transmembrane domain containing proteins such as CCATs, appropriate secretion signals are incorporated into the vector.
  • the signal sequence can be endogenous to the peptides or heterologous to these peptides.
  • the protein can be isolated from the host cell by standard disruption procedures, including freeze thaw, sonication, mechanical disruption, use of lysing agents and the like.
  • the peptide can then be recovered and purified by well-known purification methods including ammonium sulfate precipitation, acid extraction, anion or cationic exchange chromatography, phosphocellulose chromatography, hydrophobic-interaction chromatography, affinity chromatography, hydroxylapatite chromatography, lectin chromatography, or high performance liquid chromatography.
  • the peptides can have various glycosylation patterns, depending upon the cell, or maybe non-glycosylated as when produced in bacteria.
  • the peptides may include an initial modified methionine in some cases as a result of a host-mediated process.
  • the recombinant host cells expressing the peptides described herein have a variety of uses.
  • the cells are useful for producing a CCAT protein or peptide that can be further purified to produce desired amounts of CCAT protein or fragments.
  • host cells containing expression vectors are useful for peptide production.
  • Host cells are also useful for conducting cell-based assays involving the CCAT protein or CCAT protein fragments, such as those described above as well as other formats known in the art.
  • a recombinant host cell expressing a native CCAT protein is useful for assaying compounds that stimulate or inhibit CCAT protein function.
  • Host cells are also useful for identifying CCAT protein mutants in which these functions are affected. If the mutants naturally occur and give rise to a pathology, host cells containing the mutations are useful to assay compounds that have a desired effect on the mutant CCAT protein (for example, stimulating or inhibiting function) which may not be indicated by their effect on the native CCAT protein.
  • a transgenic animal is preferably a mammal, for example a rodent, such as a rat or mouse, in which one or more of the cells of the animal include a transgene.
  • a transgene is exogenous DNA which is integrated into the genome of a cell from which a transgenic animal develops and which remains in the genome of the mature animal in one or more cell types or tissues of the transgenic animal. These animals are useful for studying the function of a CCAT protein and identifying and evaluating modulators of CCAT protein activity.
  • Other examples of transgenic animals include non-human primates, sheep, dogs, cows, goats, chickens, and amphibians.
  • a transgenic animal can be produced by introducing nucleic acid into the male pronuclei of a fertilized oocyte, e.g., by microinjection, retroviral infection, and allowing the oocyte to develop in a pseudopregnant female foster animal.
  • Any of the CCAT protein nucleotide sequences can be introduced as a transgene into the genome of a non-human animal, such as a mouse.
  • Any of the regulatory or other sequences useful in expression vectors can form part of the transgenic sequence. This includes intronic sequences and polyadenylation signals, if not already included.
  • a tissue-specific regulatory sequence(s) can be operably linked to the transgene to direct expression of the CCAT protein to particular cells.
  • transgenic founder animal can be identified based upon the presence of the transgene in its genome and/or expression of transgenic mRNA in tissues or cells of the animals. A transgenic founder animal can then be used to breed additional animals carrying the transgene.
  • transgenic animals carrying a transgene can further be bred to other transgenic animals carrying other transgenes.
  • a transgenic animal also includes animals in which the entire animal or tissues in the animal have been produced using the homologously recombinant host cells described herein.
  • transgenic non-human animals can be produced which contain selected systems that allow for regulated expression of the transgene.
  • a system is the cre/loxP recombinase system of bacteriophage P1.
  • cre/loxP recombinase system of bacteriophage P1.
  • FLP recombinase system of S. cerevisiae (O'Gorman et al. Science 251:1351-1355 (1991).
  • mice containing transgenes encoding both the Cre recombinase and a selected protein is required.
  • Such animals can be provided through the construction of “double” transgenic animals, e.g., by mating two transgenic animals, one containing a transgene encoding a selected protein and the other containing a transgene encoding a recombinase.
  • Clones of the non-human transgenic animals described herein can also be produced according to the methods described in Wilmut, I. et al. Nature 385:810-813 (1997) and PCT International Publication Nos. WO 97/07668 and WO 97/07669.
  • a cell e.g., a somatic cell
  • the quiescent cell can then be fused, e.g., through the use of electrical pulses, to an enucleated oocyte from an animal of the same species from which the quiescent cell is isolated.
  • the reconstructed oocyte is then cultured such that it develops to morula or blastocyst and then transferred to pseudopregnant female foster animal.
  • the offspring born of this female foster animal will be a clone of the animal from which the cell, e.g., the somatic cell, is isolated.
  • Transgenic animals containing recombinant cells that express the peptides described herein are useful to conduct the assays described herein in an in vivo context. Accordingly, the various physiological factors that are present in vivo and that could effect substrate binding, CCAT protein activation, and signal transduction, may not be evident from in vitro cell-free or cell-based assays. Accordingly, it is useful to provide non-human transgenic animals to assay in vivo CCAT protein function, including substrate interaction, the effect of specific mutant CCAT proteins on CCAT protein function and substrate interaction, and the effect of chimeric CCAT proteins. It is also possible to assess the effect of null mutations, that is, mutations that substantially or completely eliminate one or more CCAT protein functions.
  • the present invention provides a method for detecting CCAT nucleic acids, proteins, peptides and fragments thereof that are differentially expressed in colon diseases in a test sample, preferably in a biological sample.
  • the present invention further provides a method for diagnosing the colon diseases, by detecting the nucleic acids, proteins, peptides and fragements thereof.
  • the further embodiment includes but is not limited to, monintoring the disease prognosis (recurrance), diagnosing disease stage, preventing the disease and treating the disease.
  • the expression of CCAT is preferably greater than about 20%, or preferably greater than about 30%, and most preferably greater than about 50% or more of normal colon sample; or at a level that is at least two fold, and preferably at least five fold, greater than the level of expression in control samples, as determined using a representative assay provided herein.
  • CCAT is preferably less than about 20%, or preferably less than 30%, and most preferably less than about 50% or less of the normal colon sample; or at a level that is at least 0.5 fold, and preferably at least 0.2 fold less than the level of the expression in control samples, as determined using a representative assay provided herein.
  • a “biological sample” can be collected from tissues, blood, sera, cell lines or biological fluids.
  • a biological sample comprises cells or tissues suspected of having diseases (e.g., cells obtained from a biopsy).
  • biological fluids are plasma, interstitial fluid, urine, cerebrospinal fluid, and the like, containing cells or proteins including shed proteins.
  • a “differential level” is defined as the level of CCAT proteins or nucleic acids in a test sample either above or below the level of the ones in control samples, wherein the level of control samples is obtained either from a control cell line, a normal tissue or body fluids, or combination thereof, from a healthy subject.
  • a “subject” can be a mammalian subject or non mammalian subject, preferably, a mammalian subject.
  • a mammlian subject can be human or non-human, preferably human.
  • a healthy subject is defined as a subject without detectable diseases or associated diseases by using conventional diagnostic methods.
  • the “diseases” include diseases and associated diseases.
  • the colon disease is color cancer.
  • cancer includes epithelial-cell related cancers, for example pancreatic, lung, colon, prostate, ovarian, breast as well as bladder renal.
  • RNA expression is detected by hybridization to an antisense oligonucleotide (described below).
  • RNA expression is detected by hybridization assays such as Northern blots, RNase assays, reverse transcriptase PCR amplification, and the like.
  • hybridization assays such as Northern blots, RNase assays, reverse transcriptase PCR amplification, and the like.
  • One preferred detection method is using RT PCR by using TAQMAN technology (ABI, Foster City, Calif.).
  • the present invention provides a method for diagnosing or detecting colon diseases in a subject comprising: determining the level of one or more CCAT nucleic acid molecules or any fragment(s) thereof in a test sample from said subject, wherein said CCAT nucleic acid molecule(s) comprises a sequence selected from a group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 684-1331 and a combination thereof; wherein a differential level of said CCAT nucleic acid molecule(s) relative to the level of said nucleic acid molecule(s) in a test sample from a healthy subject, or the level established for a healthy subject, is indicative of colon diseases.
  • the detecting or diagnosing method comprises determining level of differential expression of 2, 4, 8, 10, 20 or more nucleic acid molecules, preferably, the nucleic acid molecules comprise or consists of a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 684-1331 and combination thereof.
  • sequences in the genome of a subject are detected.
  • Such sequences include CCAT sequences associated with abnormal expression of CCAT (e.g., overexpression or expression at a physiological inappropriate time).
  • CCAT sequences include polymorphisms, including polymorphisms in the transcribed sequence (e.g., that effect CCAT processing and/or translation) and regulatory sequences such as promoters, enhances, repressors, and the like.
  • sequences may also include polymorphisms in genes or control sequences associated with factors that affect expression such as transcription factors, and the like.
  • any suitable method for detecting and/or identifying these sequences is within the scope of the present invention including, but not limited to, nucleic acid sequencing, hybridization assays (e.g., Southern blotting), single nucleotide polymorphism assays (See e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 5,994,069, herein incorporated by reference in its entirety), and the like.
  • the present invention provides methods for diagnosing or detecting the differential presence of CCAT protein.
  • CCAT proteins are detected directly.
  • CCAT to the disease antigens are detected non-existence.
  • the diagnostic methods of the present invention find utility in the diagnosis and characterization of diseases.
  • the presence of an antibody to a specific protein may be indicative of a cancer or disease.
  • certain CCAT may be indicative of a specific stage or sub-type of the same cancer or disease.
  • the information obtained is also used to determine prognosis and appropriate course of treatment. For example, it is contemplated that individuals with a specific CCAT expression or stage of colon diseases may respond differently to a given treatment that individuals lacking the CCAT expression.
  • the information obtained from the diagnostic methods of the present invention thus provides for the personalization of diagnosis and treatment.
  • the present invention provides a method for monitoring colon disease treatment in a subject comprising: determining the level of one or more CCAT proteins or any fragment(s) or peptide(s) thereof in a test sample from said subject, wherein said CCAT protein(s) comprises a sequence selected from a group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 1-683, SEQ ID NOS: 1332-1501 and a combination thereof; wherein an level of said CCAT protein(s) similar to the level of said protein(s) in a test sample from a healthy subject, or the level established for a healthy subject, is indicative of successful treatment.
  • the present invention provides a method for diagnosing recurrence of colon diseases following successful treatment in a subject comprising: determining the level of one or more CCAT proteins or any fragment(s) or peptide(s) thereof in a test sample from said subject, wherein said CCAT protein(s) comprises a sequence selected from a group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 1-683, SEQ ID NOS: 1332-1501 or a combination thereof; wherein a changed level of said CCAT protein(s) relative to the level of said protein(s) in a test sample from a healthy subject, or the level established for a healthy subject, is indicative of recurrence of colon diseases.
  • the present invention provides a method for diagnosing or detecting colon diseases in a subject comprising: determining the level of one or more CCAT proteins or any fragment(s) or peptides thereof in a test sample from said subject, wherein said CCAT protein(s) comprises a sequence selected from a group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 1-683, SEQ ID NOS: 1332-1501 and a combination thereof; wherein a differential level of said CCAT protein(s) relative to the level of said protein(s) in a test sample from a healthy subject, or the level established for a healthy subject, is indicative of colon diseases.
  • the detecting or diagnosing method comprises determining level of differential expression of 2, 4, 8, 10, 20 or more proteins, preferably, the proteins are selected from a group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 1-683 and combination thereof.
  • the detecting or diagnosing method comprises determining level of differential expression of 5, 10, 15, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100 or more CCAT peptides, preferably the peptides are selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 1332-1501 and combination thereof.
  • the present invention provides a detection or diagonistic method of CCATs by using LC/MS.
  • the proteins from cells are prepared by methods known in the art (R. Aebersold Nature Biotechnology Volume 21 Number 6 Jun. 2003).
  • the differential expression of proteins in disease and healthy samples are quantitated using Mass Spectrometry and ICAT (Isotope Coded Affinity Tag) labeling, which is known in the art.
  • ICAT is an isotope label technique that allows for discrimination between two populations of proteins, such as a healthy and a disease sample.
  • the LC/MS spectra are collected for the labeled samples.
  • the raw scans from the LC/MS instrument are subjected to peak detection and noise reduction software. Filtered peak lists are then used to detect ‘features’ corresponding to specific peptides from the original sample(s).
  • Features are characterized by their mass/charge, charge, retention time, isotope pattern and intensity.
  • the intensity of a peptide present in both healthy and disease samples can be used to calculate the differential expression, or relative abundance, of the peptide.
  • the intensity of a peptide found exclusively in one sample can be used to calculate a theoretical expression ratio for that peptide (singleton). Expression ratios are calculated for each peptide of each replicate of the experiment (Table 1). Thus overexpression or under expression of CCAT protein or peptide are similar to the expression pattern in Table 1 in a test subject indicates the likelihood of having colon diseases or diseases associated with colon.
  • Immunological methods for detecting and measuring complex formation as a measure of protein expression using either specific polyclonal or monoclonal antibodies are known in the art. Examples of such techniques include enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs), radioimmunoassays (RIAs), fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) and antibody arrays. Such immunoassays typically involve the measurement of complex formation between the protein and its specific antibody. These assays and their quantitation against purified, labeled standards are well known in the art (Ausubel, supra, unit 10.1-10.6).
  • a two-site, monoclonal-based immunoassay utilizing antibodies reactive to two non-interfering epitopes is preferred, but a competitive binding assay may be employed (Pound (1998) Immunochemical Protocols, Humana Press, Totowa N.J.). More immunological detections are described in the sections below.
  • Antibodies are useful to detect the presence of one of the proteins or fragements thereof, peptides of the present invention in cells or tissues to determine the pattern of expression of the proteins among various tissues in an organism and over the course of normal development.
  • the antibodies can be used to assess expression in disease states such as in active stages of the disease or in an individual with a predisposition toward disease related to the protein's function.
  • the antibodies can also be used to assess normal and aberrant subcellular localization of cells in the various tissues in an organism.
  • Detection on a protein by an antibody can be facilitated by coupling (i.e., physically linking) the antibody to a detectable substance.
  • detectable substances include various enzymes, prosthetic groups, fluorescent materials, luminescent materials, bioluminescent materials, and radioactive materials (see below).
  • the antibodies may also be useful in diagnostic assays, e.g., for detecting expression of an antigen, for example CCAT protein, peptide or fragements thereof, in specific cells, tissues, blood, serum or body fluids.
  • the antibody or its variant typically will be labeled with a detectable moiety.
  • a detectable moiety Numerous labels are available which can be generally grouped into the following categories:
  • Radioisotopes such as 36 S, 14 C, 125 I, 3 H, and 131 I.
  • the antibody variant can be labeled with the radioisotope using the techniques described in Current Protocols in Immunology, vol 1-2, Coligen et al., Ed., Wiley-Interscience, New York, Pubs. (1991) for example and radioactivity can be measured using scintillation counting.
  • Fluorescent labels such as rare earth chelates (europium chelates) or fluorescein and its derivatives, rhodamine and its derivatives, dansyl, Lissamine, phycoerythrin and Texas Red are available.
  • the fluorescent labels can be conjugated to the antibody variant using the techniques disclosed in Current Protocols in Immunology, supra, for example. Fluorescence can be quantified using a fluorimeter.
  • the enzyme generally catalyzes a chemical alteration of the chromogenic substrate which can be measured using various techniques. For example, the enzyme may catalyze a color change in a substrate, which can be measured spectrophotometrically. Alternatively, the enzyme may alter the fluorescence or chemiluminescence of the substrate. Techniques for quantifying a change in fluorescence are described above.
  • the chemiluminescent substrate becomes electronically excited by a chemical reaction and may then emit light which can be measured (using a chemiluminometer, for example) or donates energy to a fluorescent acceptor.
  • enzymatic labels include luciferases (e.g., firefly luciferase and bacterial luciferase; U.S. Pat. No. 4,737,456), luciferin, 2,3-dihydrophthalazinediones, malate dehydrogenase, urease, peroxidase such as horseradish peroxidase (HRPO), alkaline phosphatase, ⁇ -galactosidase, glucoamylase, lysozyme, saccharide oxidases (e.g., glucose oxidase, galactose oxidase, and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase), heterocyclic oxidases (such as uricase and xanthine oxidase), lactoperoxidase, microperoxidase, and the like.
  • luciferases e.g., firefly luciferase and bacterial lucifera
  • the label is indirectly conjugated with the antibody.
  • the antibody can be conjugated with biotin and any of the three broad categories of labels mentioned above can be conjugated with avidin, or vice versa. Biotin binds selectively to avidin and thus, the label can be conjugated with the antibody in this indirect manner.
  • the antibody is conjugated with a small hapten (e.g. digloxin) and one of the different types of labels mentioned above is conjugated with an anti-hapten antibody (e.g. anti-digloxin antibody).
  • a small hapten e.g. digloxin
  • an anti-hapten antibody e.g. anti-digloxin antibody
  • the antibody needs not be labeled, and the presence thereof can be detected using a labeled antibody, which binds to the antibody.
  • the antibodies of the present invention may be employed in any known assay method, such as competitive binding assays, direct and indirect sandwich assays, and immunoprecipitation assays. Zola, Monoclonal Antibodies: A Manual of Techniques, pp. 147-158 (CRC Press, Inc. 1987).
  • the biological samples can then be tested directly for the presence of CCAT by assays (e.g., ELISA or radioimmunoassay) and format (e.g., microwells, dipstick (e.g., as described in International Patent Publication WO 93/03367), etc).
  • assays e.g., ELISA or radioimmunoassay
  • format e.g., microwells, dipstick (e.g., as described in International Patent Publication WO 93/03367), etc.
  • proteins in the sample can be size separated (e.g., by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE)), in the presence or absence of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), and the presence of CCAT detected by immunoblotting (e.g., Western blotting).
  • Immunoblotting techniques are generally more effective with antibodies generated against a peptide corresponding to an epitope of a protein, and hence, are particularly suited to the present invention
  • Antibody binding is detected by techniques known in the art (e.g., radioimmunoassay, ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay), “sandwich” immunoassays, immunoradiometric assays, gel diffusion precipitation reactions, immunodiffusion assays, in situ immunoassays (e.g., using colloidal gold, enzyme or radioisotope labels, for example), Western blots, precipitation reactions, agglutination assays (e.g., gel agglutination assays, hemagglutination assays, etc.), complement fixation assays, immunofluorescence assays, protein A assays, and immunoelectrophoresis assays, etc.
  • radioimmunoassay e.g., ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay), “sandwich” immunoassays, immunoradiometric assays, gel diffusion precipitation reactions, immunodiffusion assays,
  • antibody binding is detected by detecting a label on the primary antibody.
  • the primary antibody is detected by detecting binding of a secondary antibody or reagent to the primary antibody.
  • the secondary antibody is labeled.
  • the immunogenic peptide should be provided free of the carrier molecule used in any immunization protocol. For example, if the peptide was conjugated to KLH, it may be conjugated to BSA, or used directly, in a screening assay. In some embodiments, an automated detection assay is utilized.
  • Sandwich assays involve the use of two antibodies, each capable of binding to a different immunogenic portion, or epitope, or the protein to be detected.
  • the test sample to be analyzed is bound by a first antibody, which is immobilized on a solid support, and thereafter a second antibody binds to the test sample, thus forming an insoluble three-part complex.
  • the second antibody may itself be labeled with a detectable moiety (direct sandwich assays) or may be measured using an anti-immunoglobulin antibody that is labeled with a detectable moiety (indirect sandwich assay).
  • sandwich assay is an ELISA assay, in which case the detectable moiety is an enzyme.
  • the antibodies may also be used for in vivo diagnostic assays.
  • the antibody is labeled with a radionucleotide (such as 111 In, 99 Tc, 14 C, 131 I, 3 H, 32 P or 35 S) so that the tumor can be localized using immunoscintiography.
  • a radionucleotide such as 111 In, 99 Tc, 14 C, 131 I, 3 H, 32 P or 35 S
  • antibodies or fragments thereof bind to the extracellular domains of two or more CCAT targets and the affinity value(Kd) is less than 1 ⁇ 10 8 M
  • Antibodies for diagnostic use may be labeled with probes suitable for detection by various imaging methods.
  • Methods for detection of probes include, but are not limited to, fluorescence, light, confocal and electron microscopy; magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy; fluoroscopy, computed tomography and positron emission tomography.
  • Suitable probes include, but are not limited to, fluorescein, rhodamine, eosin and other fluorophores, radioisotopes, gold, gadolinium and other lanthanides, paramagnetic iron, fluorine-18 and other positron-emitting radionuclides. Additionally, probes may be bi- or multi-functional and be detectable by more than one of the methods listed.
  • Attachment of probes to the antibodies includes covalent attachment of the probe, incorporation of the probe into the antibody, and the covalent attachment of a chelating compound for binding of probe, amongst others well recognized in the art.
  • the disease tissue sample may be fresh or frozen or may be embedded in paraffin and fixed with a preservative such as formalin (see Examples).
  • the fixed or embedded section contains the sample are contacted with a labeled primary antibody and secondary antibody, wherein the antibody is used to detect the CCAT protein express in situ. The detailed procedure is shown in the Example.
  • Array refers to an ordered arrangement of at least two transcripts, proteins or peptides, or antibodies on a substrate. At least one of the transcripts, proteins, or antibodies represents a control or standard, and the other transcript, protein, or antibody is of diagnostic or therapeutic interest. The arrangement of at least two and up to about 40,000 transcripts, proteins, or antibodies on the substrate assures that the size and signal intensity of each labeled complex, formed between each transcript and at least one nucleic acid, each protein and at least one ligand or antibody, or each antibody and at least one protein to which the antibody specifically binds, is individually distinguishable.
  • An “expression profile” is a representation of gene expression in a sample.
  • a nucleic acid expression profile is produced using sequencing, hybridization, or amplification technologies using transcripts from a sample.
  • a protein expression profile although time delayed, minors the nucleic acid expression profile and is produced using gel electrophoresis, mass spectrometry, or an array and labeling moieties or antibodies which specifically bind the protein.
  • the nucleic acids, proteins, or antibodies specifically binding the protein may be used in solution or attached to a substrate, and their detection is based on methods well known in the art.
  • a substrate includes but not limits to, paper, nylon or other type of membrane, filter, chip, glass slide, or any other suitable solid support.
  • the invention also provides an array with a cDNA or transcript encoding CCAT proteins or peptides or fragments thereof, antibodies that specifically bind CCAT proteins, peptides or fragments thereof.
  • a cDNA or transcript encoding CCAT proteins or peptides or fragments thereof, antibodies that specifically bind CCAT proteins, peptides or fragments thereof.
  • two or more of the nucleic acid molecules e.g., SEQ ID NOS: 684-1331
  • proteins e.g., SEQ ID NOS: 1-683
  • peptides e.g., SEQ ID NOS: 1332-1501
  • targets are selected for targeting purpose: DPEP-1, Prominin-1, Integrin beta-4, Leukocyte Elastase, Defensin alpha 1, oligosaccharyl transferase 3, Wolframin, Ectonucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase 2, T-cell surface glycoprotein CD5.
  • the present invention also provides an antibody array.
  • Antibody arrays have allowed the development of techniques for high-throughput screening of recombinant antibodies. Such methods use robots to pick and grid bacteria containing antibody genes, and a filter-based ELISA to screen and identify clones that express antibody fragments. Because liquid handling is eliminated and the clones are arrayed from master stocks, the same antibodies can be spotted multiple times and screened against multiple antigens simultaneously. For more information, see de Wildt et al. (2000) Nat Biotechnol 18:989-94.
  • the array is prepared and used according to the methods described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,837,832, Chee et al., PCT application WO95/11995 (Chee et al.), Lockhart, D. J. et al. (1996; Nat. Biotech. 14: 1675-1680) and Schena, M. et al. (1996; Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 93: 10614-10619), U.S. Pat. No. 5,807,522, Brown et al., all of which are incorporated herein in their entirety by reference.
  • a nucleic acid array or a microarray preferably composed of a large number of unique, single-stranded nucleic acid sequences, usually either synthetic antisense oligonucleotides or fragments of cDNAs, fixed to a solid support.
  • the oligonucleotides are preferably about 6-60 nucleotides in length, more preferably 15-30 nucleotides in length, and most preferably about 20-25 nucleotides in length.
  • the gene(s) of interest (or an ORF identified from the contigs of the present invention) is typically examined using a computer algorithm which starts at the 5′ or at the 3′ end of the nucleotide sequence.
  • Typical algorithms will then identify oligomers of defined length that are unique to the gene, have a GC content within a range suitable for hybridization, and lack predicted secondary structure that may interfere with hybridization. In certain situations it may be appropriate to use pairs of oligonucleotides on an array.
  • the “pairs” will be identical, except for one nucleotide that preferably is located in the center of the sequence.
  • the second oligonucleotide in the pair serves as a control.
  • the number of oligonucleotide pairs may range from two to one million.
  • the oligomers are synthesized at designated areas on a substrate using a light-directed chemical process, wherein the substrate may be paper, nylon or other type of membrane, filter, chip, glass slide or any other suitable solid support as described above.
  • an oligonucleotide may be synthesized on the surface of the substrate by using a chemical coupling procedure and an ink jet application apparatus, as described in PCT application WO95/251116 (Baldeschweiler et al.) which is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.
  • a gene expression profile comprises the expression of a plurality of transcripts as measured by after hybridization with a sample.
  • the transcripts of the invention may be used as elements on an array to produce a gene expression profile.
  • the array is used to diagnose or monitor the progression of disease. researchers can assess and catalog the differences in gene expression between healthy and diseased tissues or cells.
  • the transcript or probe may be labeled by standard methods and added to a biological sample from a patient under conditions for the formation of hybridization complexes. After an incubation period, the sample is washed and the amount of label (or signal) associated with hybridization complexes, is quantified and compared with a standard value. If complex formation in the patient sample is significantly altered (higher or lower) in comparison to either a normal or disease standard, then differential expression indicates the presence of a disorder.
  • normal and disease expression profiles are established. This is accomplished by combining a sample taken from normal subjects, either animal or human or nonmammal, with a transcript under conditions for hybridization to occur. Standard hybridization complexes may be quantified by comparing the values obtained using normal subjects with values from an experiment in which a known amount of a purified sequence is used. Standard values obtained in this manner may be compared with values obtained from samples from patients who were diagnosed with a particular condition, disease, or disorder. Deviation from standard values toward those associated with a particular disorder is used to diagnose that disorder.
  • the invention can be used to formulate a prognosis and to design a treatment regimen.
  • the invention can also be used to monitor the efficacy of treatment.
  • the array is employed to improve the treatment regimen. A dosage is established that causes a change in genetic expression patterns indicative of successful treatment. Expression patterns associated with the onset of undesirable side effects are avoided.
  • animal models which mimic a human disease can be used to characterize expression profiles associated with a particular condition, disease, or disorder; or treatment of the condition, disease, or disorder. Novel treatment regimens may be tested in these animal models using arrays to establish and then follow expression profiles over time.
  • arrays may be used with cell cultures or tissues removed from animal models to rapidly screen large numbers of candidate drug molecules, looking for ones that produce an expression profile similar to those of known therapeutic drugs, with the expectation that molecules with the same expression profile will likely have similar therapeutic effects.
  • the invention provides the means to rapidly determine the molecular mode of action of a drug.
  • Such assays may also be used to evaluate the efficacy of a particular therapeutic treatment regimen in animal studies or in clinical trials or to monitor the treatment of an individual patient. Once the presence of a condition is established and a treatment protocol is initiated, diagnostic assays may be repeated on a regular basis to determine if the level of expression in the patient begins to approximate that which is observed in a normal subject. The results obtained from successive assays may be used to show the efficacy of treatment over a period ranging from several days to years.
  • the detected targets comprise, consist essentially of or consist of combinations of CCAT proteins or nucleic acids encoding such proteins.
  • the combinations are either 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 150, 200, 250 proteins (SEQ ID NOS: 1-683), nucleic acids (SEQ ID NOS: 684-1331) encoding such proteins, or peptides (SEQ ID NOS: 1332-1501).
  • the protein or nucleic acid targets for detection of colon cancer comprise targets selected from a group consisting of DPEP-1, Prominin-1, Integrin beta-4,Leukocyte Elastase, Defensin alpha 1, oligosaccharyl transferase 3, Wolframin, Ectonucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase 2, T-cell surface glycoprotein CD5 and combination thereof, wherein their corresponding sequences are listed in Table 1.
  • the detection targets are combination of all the targets of DPEP-1, Prominin-1, Integrin beta-4,Leukocyte Elastase, Defensin alpha 1, oligosaccharyl transferase 3, Wolframin, Ectonucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase 2, T-cell surface glycoprotein CD5.
  • the invention provides a composition comprising a plurality of CCAT nucleic acid sequences for use in detecting the differential expression of genes in a disease state, wherein said plurality of nucleic acid sequences comprise two or more sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 684-1331, or all the sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 684-1331, or the complete complements thereof. Further, the nucleic acid sequences are immobilized on a substrate, and the said nucleic acid sequences are hybridizable elements on a microarray.
  • the invention provides a composition comprising a plurality of CCAT proteins or peptides for use in detecting the differential expression of proteins in a disease state wherein said plurality of protein sequences comprise two or more sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 1-683 or all sequence of SEQ ID NOS: 1-683; and wherein said plurality of peptide sequences comprise two or more sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 1332-1501 or all sequence of SEQ ID NOS: 1332-1501.
  • compositions can be used in diagnosing or monitoring the treatment of colon cancer
  • Treat,” “treating” or “treatment” of a disease includes: (1) inhibiting the disease, i.e., arresting or reducing the development of the disease or its clinical symptoms, or (2) relieving the disease, i.e., causing regression of the disease or its clinical symptoms.
  • a “therapeutically effective amount” means the amount of an agent that, when administered to a subject for treating a disease, is sufficient to effect such treatment for the disease.
  • the “therapeutically effective amount” will vary depending on the agent, the disease and its severity and the age, weight, etc., of the subject to be treated.
  • a “Colon or colorectal disease” includes but not limited to colon cancer, colon tumor, diverticulosis, diverticulitis, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, hemorrhoids, and anal fissure.
  • a “cancer” is epithelial-cell related cancers including, but not limited to, pancreatic, lung, colon, prostate, ovarian, breast as well as, bladder and renal, hepatocellular, pharyngeal and gastric cancer.
  • the present invention provides an application of treatment by using antibody, immunogenic peptides as well as other CCAT agonists or antagonists.
  • CCATs are proteins differentially expressed in the colon diseases cell lines or tissues.
  • the proteins are either cell surface proteins or cytosolic proteins (see the list in Table 1). These proteins are associated with the diseases especially colon diseases, particularly colon cancer; thus, they serve as candidate targets for the treatment of the diseases.
  • an inhibitor, antagonist, antibody and the like or a pharmaceutical agent containing one or more of these molecules may be delivered. Such delivery may be effected by methods well known in the art and may include delivery by an antibody specifically targeted to the protein. Neutralizing antibodies, which inhibit dimer formation, are generally preferred for therapeutic use.
  • the protein, an agonist, an enhancer and the like or a pharmaceutical agent containing one or more of these molecules may be delivered.
  • Such delivery may be effected by methods well known in the art and may include delivery of a pharmaceutical agent by an antibody specifically targeted to the protein.
  • transcripts, complementary molecules, or fragments thereof, proteins or portions thereof, vectors delivering these nucleic acid molecules or expressing the proteins, and their ligands may be administered in combination with other therapeutic agents.
  • Selection of the agents for use in combination therapy may be made by one of ordinary skill in the art according to conventional pharmaceutical principles.
  • a combination of therapeutic agents may act synergistically to affect treatment of a particular disorder at a lower dosage of each agent.
  • the antibody of the present invention can be used for therapeutic reason. It is contemplated that the antibody of the present invention may be used to treat a mammal, preferably human with colon diseases.
  • the antibodies are also useful for inhibiting protein function, for example, blocking the binding of the CCAT protein or peptide to a binding partner such as a substrate. These uses can also be applied in a therapeutic context in which treatment involves inhibiting the protein's function.
  • An antibody can be used, for example, to block binding, thus modulating (agonizing or antagonizing) the peptides activity.
  • Antibodies can be prepared against specific fragments containing sites required for function or against intact protein that is associated within a cell or cell membrane. The function blocking assays are provided in detail in the Examples. Other evidence is provided in U.S. Pat. No. 6,207,152, and U.S. Pat. No. 6,387,371.
  • the antibodies of present invention can also be used as means of enhancing the immune response.
  • the antibodies can be administered in amounts similar to those used for other therapeutic administrations of antibody.
  • pooled gamma globulin is administered at a range of about 1 mg to about 100 mg per patient.
  • antibodies reactive with the protein or peptides of CCAT can be passively administered alone or in conjunction with other anti-cancer therapies to a mammal afflicted-with colon diseases or cancer.
  • anti-cancer therapies include, but are not limited to, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, adoptive immunotherapy therapy with TIL (Tumor Infiltration Lymphocytes).
  • an antibody subclass for therapy will depend upon the nature of the disease tumor antigen. For example, an IgM may be preferred in situations where the antigen is highly specific for the diseased target and rarely occurs on normal cells. However, where the disease-associated antigen is also expressed in normal tissues, although at much lower levels, the IgG subclass may be preferred for the following reason: since the binding of at least two IgG molecules in close proximity is required to activate complement, less complement mediated damage may occur in the normal tissues which express smaller amounts of the antigen and, therefore, bind fewer IgG antibody molecules. Furthermore, IgG molecules by being smaller may be more able than IgM molecules to localize to the diseased tissue.
  • the mechanism for antibody therapy is that the therapeutic antibody recognizes a cell surface protein or a cytosolic protein that is overexpressed in diseased cells.
  • NK cell or complement activation conjugation of the antibody with an immunotoxin or radiolabel, the interacton can abrogate ligand/resceptor interaction or activation of apoptosis.
  • antibody-mediated cytotoxicity of diseased cells are phagocyte (antibody dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC)) (see Example), complement (Complement-mediated cytotoxicity (CMC)) (see Example), naked antibody (receptor cross-linking apoptosis and growth factor inhibition), or targeted payload labeled with radionuclide or immunotoxins or immunochemotherapeutics.
  • ADCC antibody dependent cellular cytotoxicity
  • CMC complement-mediated cytotoxicity
  • naked antibody receptor cross-linking apoptosis and growth factor inhibition
  • targeted payload labeled with radionuclide or immunotoxins or immunochemotherapeutics are targeted payload labeled with radionuclide or immunotoxins or immunochemotherapeutics.
  • the antibody is administered to a nonhuman mammal for the purposes of obtaining preclinical data, for example.
  • exemplary nonhuman mammals to be treated include nonhuman primates, dogs, cats, rodents and other mammals in which preclinical studies are performed. Such mammals may be established animal models for a disease to be treated with the antibody or may be used to study toxicity of the antibody of interest. In each of these embodiments, dose escalation studies may be performed on the mammal.
  • the antibody is administered by any suitable means, including parenteral, subcutaneous, intraperitoneal, intrapulmonary, and intranasal, and, if desired for local immunosuppressive treatment, intralesional administration.
  • Parenteral infusions include intramuscular, intravenous, intraarterial, intraperitoneal, or subcutaneous administration.
  • the antibody variant is suitably administered by pulse infusion, particularly with declining doses of the antibody variant.
  • the dosing is given by injections, most preferably intravenous or subcutaneous injections, depending in part on whether the administration is brief or chronic.
  • the appropriate dosage of the antibody will depend on the type of disease to be treated, the severity and the course of the disease, whether the antibody is administered for preventive or therapeutic purposes, previous therapy, the patient's clinical history and response to the antibody, and the discretion of the attending physician.
  • about 1 mug/kg to 150 mg/kg (e.g., 0.1-20 mg/kg) of antibody is an initial candidate dosage for administration to the patient, whether, for example, by one or more separate administrations, or by continuous infusion.
  • a typical daily dosage might range from about 1 .mu.g/kg to 100 mg/kg or more, depending on the factors mentioned above.
  • the treatment is sustained until a desired suppression of disease symptoms occurs.
  • other dosage regimens may be useful. The progress of this therapy is easily monitored by conventional techniques and assays.
  • the antibody composition will be formulated, dosed and administered in a manner consistent with good medical practice.
  • Factors for consideration in this context include the particular disorder being treated, the particular mammal being treated, the clinical condition of the individual patient, the cause of the disorder, the site of delivery of the agent, the method of administration, the scheduling of administration, and other factors known to medical practitioners.
  • the therapeutically effective amount of the antibody to be administered will be governed by such considerations, and is the minimum amount necessary to prevent, ameliorate, or treat a disease or disorder.
  • the antibody need not be, but is optionally formulated with one or more agents currently used to prevent or treat the disorder in question.
  • Antibodies of the present invention may also be used as therapeutic reagents, to diminish or eliminate cancer or tumors.
  • the antibodies may be used on their own (for instance, to inhibit metastases) or coupled to one or more therapeutic agents.
  • Suitable agents in this regard include radionuclides, differentiation inducers, drugs, toxins, and derivatives thereof.
  • Preferred radionuclides include 90 Y, 123 I, 125 I, 131 I, 186 Re, 188 Re, 211 At, and . 212 Bi.
  • Preferred drugs include methotrexate, and pyrimidine and purine analogs.
  • Preferred differentiation inducers include phorbol esters and butyric acid.
  • Preferred toxins include ricin, abrin, diptheria toxin, cholera toxin, gelonin, Pseudomonas exotoxin, Shigella toxin, and pokeweed antiviral protein.
  • a therapeutic agent may be coupled (e.g., covalently bonded) to a suitable monoclonal antibody either directly or indirectly (e.g., via a linker group).
  • a direct reaction between an agent and an antibody is possible when each possesses a substituent capable of reacting with the other.
  • a nucleophilic group such as an amino or sulfhydryl group
  • on one may be capable of reacting with a carbonyl-containing group, such as an anhydride or an acid halide, or with an alkyl group containing a good leaving group (e.g., a halide) on the other.
  • a linker group can function as a spacer to distance an antibody from an agent in order to avoid interference with binding capabilities.
  • a linker group can also serve to increase the chemical reactivity of a substituent on an agent or an antibody, and thus increase the coupling efficiency. An increase in chemical reactivity may also facilitate the use of agents, or functional groups on agents, which otherwise would not be possible.
  • a linker group which is cleavable during or upon internalization into a cell.
  • a number of different cleavable linker groups have been described.
  • the mechanisms for the intracellular release of an agent from these linker groups include cleavage by reduction of a disulfide bond (e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 4,489,710, to Spitler), by irradiation of a photolabile bond (e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 4,625,014, to Senter et al.), by hydrolysis of derivatized amino acid side chains (e.g., U.S. Pat.
  • immunoconjugates with more than one agent may be prepared in a variety of ways as described above.
  • the immunogen While it is possible for the immunogen to be administered in a pure or substantially pure form, it is preferable to present it as a pharmaceutical composition, formulation or preparation with a carrier.
  • formulations of the present invention both for veterinary and for human use, comprise an immunogen as described above, together with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers and, optionally, other therapeutic ingredients.
  • the carrier(s) must be “acceptable” in the sense of being compatible with the other ingredients of the formulation and not deleterious to the recipient thereof.
  • the formulations may conveniently be presented in unit dosage form and may be prepared by any method well-known in the pharmaceutical art.
  • Suitable pharmaceutical carriers include proteins such as albumins (e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 4,507,234, to Kato et al.), peptides and polysaccharides such as aminodextran (e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 4,699,784, to Shih et al.), or water.
  • a carrier may also bear an agent by noncovalent bonding or by encapsulation, such as within a liposome vesicle (e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,429,008 and 4,873,088).
  • Carriers specific for radionuclide agents include radiohalogenated small molecules and chelating compounds. For example, U.S. Pat. No.
  • a radionuclide chelate may be formed from chelating compounds that include those containing nitrogen and sulfur atoms as the donor atoms for binding the metal, metal oxide, radionuclide.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 4,673,562 to Davison et al. discloses representative chelating compounds and their synthesis.
  • All methods include the step of bringing into association the active ingredient with the carrier, which constitutes one or more accessory ingredients.
  • the formulations are prepared by uniformly and intimately bringing into association the active ingredient with liquid carriers or finely divided solid carriers or both, and then, if necessary, shaping the product into the desired formulation.
  • Formulations suitable for intravenous intramuscular, subcutaneous, or intraperitoneal administration conveniently comprise sterile aqueous solutions of the active ingredient with solutions, which are preferably isotonic with the blood of the recipient.
  • Such formulations may be conveniently prepared by dissolving solid active ingredient in water containing physiologically compatible substances such as sodium chloride (e.g. 0.1-2.0M), glycine, and the like, and having a buffered pH compatible with physiological conditions to produce an aqueous solution, and rendering said solution sterile.
  • physiologically compatible substances such as sodium chloride (e.g. 0.1-2.0M), glycine, and the like
  • physiologically compatible substances such as sodium chloride (e.g. 0.1-2.0M), glycine, and the like
  • pH compatible substances such as sodium chloride (e.g. 0.1-2.0M), glycine, and the like
  • These may be present in unit or multi-dose containers, for example, sealed ampoules or vials.
  • the formulations of the present invention may incorporate a stabilizer.
  • Illustrative stabilizers are polyethylene glycol, proteins, saccharides, amino acids, inorganic acids, and organic acids, which may be used either on their own or as admixtures. These stabilizers are preferably incorporated in an amount of 0.11-10,000 parts by weight per part by weight of immunogen. If two or more stabilizers are to be used, their total amount is preferably within the range specified above. These stabilizers are used in aqueous solutions at the appropriate concentration and pH. The specific osmotic pressure of such aqueous solutions is generally in the range of 0.1-3.0 osmoles, preferably in the range of 0.8-1.2. The pH of the aqueous solution is adjusted to be within the range of 5.0-9.0, preferably within the range of 6-8. In formulating the antibody of the present invention, anti-adsorption agent may be used.
  • Controlled release preparations may be achieved through the use of polymer to complex or absorb the proteins or their derivatives.
  • the controlled delivery may be exercised by selecting appropriate macromolecules (for example polyester, polyamino acids, polyvinyl, pyrrolidone, ethylenevinylacetate, methylcellulose, carboxymethylcellulose, or protamine sulfate) and the concentration of macromolecules as well as the methods of incorporation in order to control release.
  • Another possible method to control the duration of action by controlled-release preparations is to incorporate the CCAT antibody into particles of a polymeric material such as polyesters, polyamino acids, hydrogels, poly(lactic acid) or ethylene vinylacetate copolymers.
  • microcapsules prepared, for example, by coacervation techniques or by interfacial polymerization, for example, hydroxymethylcellulose or gelatin-microcapsules and poly(methylmethacylate) microcapsules, respectively, or in colloidal drug delivery systems, for example, liposomes, albumin microspheres, microemulsions, nanoparticles, and nanocapsules or in macroemulsions.
  • compositions may be combined with typical carriers, such as lactose, sucrose, starch, talc magnesium stearate, crystalline cellulose, methyl cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose, glycerin, sodium alginate or gum arabic among others.
  • typical carriers such as lactose, sucrose, starch, talc magnesium stearate, crystalline cellulose, methyl cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose, glycerin, sodium alginate or gum arabic among others.
  • the therapeutic antibody may be supplied in the form of a kit, alone, or in the form of a pharmaceutical composition as described above.
  • the CCAT proteins or peptides or fragments thereof of this invention are also intended for use in producing antiserum designed for pre- or post-disease prophylaxis.
  • the protein, peptides or fragment thereof is formulated with a suitable adjuvant and administered by injection to human volunteers, according to known methods for producing human antisera.
  • Antibody response to the injected proteins is monitored, during a several-week period following immunization, by periodic serum sampling to detect the presence of antiserum antibodies, using an immunoassay as described herein.
  • the antiserum from immunized individuals may be administered as a prophylactic measure for individuals who are at risk of developing colon diseases or cancer.
  • the antiserum is also useful in treating an individual afflicted with colon diseases or cancer for post-disease prophylaxis.
  • peptides derived form the CCAT protein sequence may be modified to increase their immunogenicity by enhancing binding of the peptide to the MHC molecules in which the peptide is presented.
  • the peptide or modified peptide may be conjugated to a carrier molecule to enhance the antigenicity of the peptide.
  • carrier molecules include, but are not limited to, human albumin, bovine albumin, lipoprotein and keyhole limpet hemo-cyanin (“Basic and Clinical Immunology” (1991) Stites, D. P. and Ten A. I. (eds) Appleton and Lange, Norwalk Conn., San Mateo, Calif.).
  • immunogenic peptide is a peptide, which comprises an allele-specific motif such that the peptide will bind the MHC allele (HLA in human) and be capable of inducing a CTL (cytoxic T-lymphocytes) response.
  • immunogenic peptides are capable of binding to an appropriate class I or II MHC molecule and inducing a cytotoxic T cell or T helper cell response against the antigen from which the immunogenic peptide is derived.
  • amino acid sequence variants of the peptide can be prepared by mutations in the DNA, which encodes the peptide, or by peptide synthesis.
  • these variants ordinarily are prepared by site-directed mutagenesis of nucleotides in the DNA encoding the peptide molecule, thereby producing DNA encoding the variant, and thereafter expressing the DNA in recombinant cell culture.
  • the variants typically exhibit the same qualitative biological activity as the nonvariant peptide.
  • T-lymphocytes recognize antigen in association with Class I or Class II MHC molecules in the form of a peptide fragment bound to an MHC molecule.
  • the degree of peptide binding to a given MHC allele is based on amino acids at particular positions within the peptide (Parker et al. (1992) Journal of Immunology 149:3580; Kubo, et al. (1994) Journal of Immunology 52:3913-3924; Ruppert J. et al. (1993) Cell 74:929-937; Falk et al. (1991) Nature 351:290-296).
  • the peptides of the present invention are useful as an epitope for immunogenic response (see more detailed description below).
  • MHC is called HLA, wherein class I molecules are encoded by the HLA-A, B, and C loci. HLA-A and B antigens are expressed at the cell surface at approximately equal densities, whereas the expression of HLA-C is significantly lower (about 10-fold lower). Each of these loci has a number of alleles.
  • MHC class II molecules are encoded by three pairs of MHC II alpha- and beta-chain genes, called HLA DR, -DP, and -DQ in human. In many haplotypes the HLA-DR cluster contains an extra beta-chain gene whose product can pair with the DR alpha chain. Each MHC class I and II molecule binds a different rage of peptides.
  • the present of several loci means that any one individual is equipped to present a much broader ranger of different peptides than if only one MHC protein of each class were expressed at the cell surface.
  • the peptide binding motifs of the present invention are designed to be specific for each allelic subtype.
  • the peptides of the present invention are used for treatment of the colon diseases. Treatment involves administration of the protective composition after the appearance of the disease.
  • the present invention is also applied to prevent and suppress the disease. It is not always possible to distinguish between “preventing” and “suppressing” since the ultimate inductive event or events may be unknown, latent, or the patient is not ascertained until well after the occurrence of the event or events. Therefore, it is common to use the term “prophylaxis” as distinct from “treatment” to encompass both “preventing” and “suppressing” as defined herein.
  • the term “protection,” as used herein, is meant to include “prophylaxis.”
  • T cell-mediated pathology refers to any condition in which an inappropriate T cell response is a component of the pathology.
  • the term is intended to encompass both T cell mediated colon diseases and diseases resulting from unregulated clonal T cell replication.
  • the present invention relates to peptides or modified peptides derived from the protein sequences of the CCAT proteins that differentially expressed in the colon diseases.
  • modification may include substitution, deletion or addition of an amino acid in the given immunogenic peptide sequence or mutation of existing amino acids within the given immunogenic peptide sequence, or derivatization of existing amino acids within the given immunogenic peptide sequence.
  • Any amino acid comprising the immunogenic peptide sequence may be modified in accordance with this invention.
  • at least one amino acid is substituted or replaced within the given immunogenic peptide sequence. Any amino acid may be used to substitute or replace a given amino acid within the immunogenic peptide sequence.
  • Modified peptides are intended to include any immunogenic peptide obtained from differentially expressed proteins, which has been modified and exhibits enhanced binding to the MHC molecule with which it associates when presented to the T-cell. These modified peptides may be synthetically or recombinantly produced by conventional methods.
  • the peptides of the present invention comprise, or consisting sequences of about 5-8, 8-10, 10-15 or 15-30 amino acids which are immunogenic, that is, capable of inducing an immune response when injected into a subject.
  • the recombinant or natural protein, peptides, or fragment thereof of CCAT, or modified peptides may be used as a vaccine either prophylactically or therapeutically.
  • the vaccine is provided in advance of any evidence of colon diseases, particularly, cancer.
  • the prophylactic administration of the colon disease vaccine should serve to prevent or attenuate colon diseases, preferably cancer, in a mammal.
  • Preparation of vaccine is using recombinant protein or peptide expression vectors comprising all or part of nucleic acid sequence of CCAT proteins encoding peptides.
  • vectors that may be used in the aforementioned vaccines include, but are not limited to, defective retroviral vectors, adenoviral vectors vaccinia viral vectors, fowl pox viral vectors, or other viral vectors (Mulligan, R. C., (1993) Science 260:926-932).
  • the viral vectors carrying all or part of nucleic sequence of SEQ ID NOS: 684-1331 can be introduced into a mammal either prior to any evidence of colon diseases or to mediate regression of the disease in a mammal afflicted with colon diseases.
  • Examples of methods for administering the viral vector into the mammals include, but are not limited to, exposure of cells to the virus ex vivo, or injection of the retrovirus or a producer cell line of the virus into the affected tissue or intravenous administration of the virus.
  • the viral vector carrying all or part of the CCAT nucleic acid sequence that encode peptides may be administered locally by direct injection into the cancer lesion or topical application in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
  • the quantity of viral vector, carrying all or part of the CCAT nucleic acid sequence, to be administered is based on the titer of virus particles.
  • a preferred range of the immunogen to be administered may be about 106 to about 1011 virus particles per mammal, preferably a human.
  • the efficacy of the vaccine can be assessed by production of antibodies or immune cells that recognize the antigen, as assessed by specific lytic activity or specific cytokine production or by tumor regression.
  • the vaccine can be administered in conjunction with other therapeutic treatments. Examples of other therapeutic treatments includes, but are not limited to, adoptive T cell immunotherapy, coadministration of cytokines or other therapeutic drugs for cancer.
  • all or parts thereof of a substantially or partially purified the CCAT protein or their peptides may be administered as a vaccine in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
  • Ranges of the protein that may be administered are about 0.001 to about 100 mg per patient, preferred doses are about 0.01 to about 100 mg per patient.
  • the peptides or modified peptides thereof is administered therapeutically or prophylactically to a mammal in need of such treatment.
  • the peptide may be synthetically or recombinantly produced. Immunization is repeated as necessary, until a sufficient titer of anti-immunogen antibody or immune cells has been obtained.
  • a viral vector such as a retroviral vector
  • mammalian cells into which the retroviral vector can be introduced include, but are not limited to, primary mammalian cultures or continuous mammalian cultures, COS cells, NIH3T3, or 293 cells (ATTC #CRL 1573), dendritic cells.
  • the means by which the vector carrying the gene may be introduced into a cell includes, but is not limited to, microinjection, electroporation, transfection or transfection using DEAE dextran, lipofection, calcium phosphate or other procedures known to one skilled in the art (Sambrook et al. (EDS) (2001) in “Molecular Cloning. A laboratory manual”, Cold Spring Harbor Press Plainview, N.Y.).
  • the vaccine formulation of the present invention comprises an immunogen that induces an immune response directed against the cancer associated antigens such as the CCATs, and in nonhuman primates and finally in humans.
  • the safety of the immunization procedures is determined by looking for the effect of immunization on the general health of the immunized animal (weight change, fever, appetite behavior etc.) and looking for pathological changes on autopsies. After initial testing in animals, cancer patients can be tested. Conventional methods would be used to evaluate the immune response of the patient to determine the efficiency of the vaccine.
  • Measurement of candidate disease tumor antigen or vaccine expression in patients is the first step of the present invention. Subsequent steps will focus on measuring immune responses to these candidate antigens or vaccine. Sera from disease patients, particularly cancer patients, and healthy donors will be screened for antibodies to the candidate antigens as well as for levels of circulating tumor derived antigens.
  • the vaccine formulations may be evaluated first in animal models, initially rodents
  • mammals preferably human, at high risk for colon diseases, particularly cancer, are prophylactically treated with the vaccines of this invention.
  • examples of such mammals include, but are not limited to, humans with a family history of colon diseases, humans with a history of colon diseases, particular cancer, or humans afflicted with colon cancer previously resected and therefore at risk for reoccurrence.
  • the vaccine is provided to enhance the patient's own immune response to the diseased antigen present on the colon diseases or advanced stage of colon diseases.
  • the vaccine which acts as an immunogen, may be a cell, cell lysate from cells transfected with a recombinant expression vector, cell lysates from cells transfected with a recombinant expression vector, or a culture supernatant containing the expressed protein.
  • the immunogen is a partially or substantially purified recombinant protein, peptide or analog thereof or modified peptides or analogs thereof.
  • the proteins or peptides may be conjugated with lipoprotein or administered in liposomal form or with adjuvant.
  • the immunogen While it is possible for the immunogen to be administered in a pure or substantially pure form, it is preferable to present it as a pharmaceutical composition, formulation or preparation.
  • the formulations of the present invention are described in the previous section.
  • Vaccination can be conducted by conventional methods.
  • the immunogen can be used in a suitable diluent such as saline or water, or complete or incomplete adjuvants.
  • the immunogen may or may not be bound to a carrier to make the protein immunogenic.
  • carrier molecules include but are not limited to bovine serum albumin (BSA), keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH), tetanus toxoid, and the like.
  • BSA bovine serum albumin
  • KLH keyhole limpet hemocyanin
  • the immunogen also may be coupled with lipoproteins or administered in liposomal form or with adjuvants.
  • the immunogen can be administered by any route-appropriate for antibody production such as intravenous, intraperitoneal, intramuscular, subcutaneous, and the like.
  • the immunogen may be administered once or at periodic intervals until a significant titer of anti-CCAT immune cells or anti-CCAT antibody is produced.
  • the presence of anti-CCAT immune cells may be assessed by measuring the frequency of precursor CTL (cytoxic T-lymphocytes) against CCAT antigen prior to and after immunization by a CTL precursor analysis assay (Coulie, P. et al., (1992) International Journal Of Cancer 50:289-297).
  • the antibody may be detected in the serum using the immunoassay described above.
  • the safety of the immunization procedures is determined by looking for the effect of immunization on the general health of the immunized animal (weight change, fever, appetite behavior etc.) and looking for pathological changes on autopsies. After initial testing in animals, colon disease patients can be tested. Conventional methods would be used to evaluate the immune response of the patient to determine the efficiency of the vaccine.
  • all, part, or parts of the CCAT proteins or peptides or fragments thereof, or modified peptides may be exposed to dendritic cells cultured in vitro.
  • the cultured dendritic cells provide a means of producing T-cell dependent antigens comprised of dendritic cell modified antigen or dendritic cells pulsed with antigen, in which the antigen is processed and expressed on the antigen activated dendritic cell.
  • the CCAT antigen activated dendritic cells or processed dendritic cell antigens may be used as immunogens for vaccines or for the treatment of colon diseases, particularly colon cancer.
  • the dendritic cells should be exposed to antigen for sufficient time to allow the antigens to be internalized and presented on the dendritic cells surface.
  • the resulting dendritic cells or the dendritic cell process antigens can than be administered to an individual in need of therapy.
  • Such methods are described in Steinman et al. (WO93/208185) and in Banchereau et al. (EPO Application 0563485A1).
  • T-cells isolated from individuals can be exposed to the CCAT proteins, peptides or fragements thereof, or modified peptides in vitro and then administered to a patient in need of such treatment in a therapeutically effective amount.
  • T-lymphocytes include but are not limited to, peripheral blood cells lymphocytes (PBL), lymph nodes, or tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL).
  • PBL peripheral blood cells lymphocytes
  • TIL tumor infiltrating lymphocytes
  • lymphocytes can be isolated from the individual to be treated or from a donor by methods known in the art and cultured in vitro (Kawakami, Y. et al. (1989) J. Immunol. 142: 2453-3461).
  • Lymphocytes are cultured in media such as RPMI or RPMI 1640 or AIM V for 1-10 weeks. Viability is assessed by trypan blue dye exclusion assay. Examples of how these sensitized T-cells can be administered to the mammal include but are not limited to, intravenously, intraperitoneally or intralesionally. Parameters that may be assessed to determine the efficacy of these sensitized T-lymphocytes include, but are not limited to, production of immune cells in the mammal being treated or tumor regression. Conventional methods are used to assess these parameters. Such treatment can be given in conjunction with cytokines or gene modified cells (Rosenberg, S. A. et al. (1992) Human Gene Therapy, 3: 75-90; Rosenberg, S. A. et al. (1992) Human Gene Therapy, 3: 57-73).
  • Cell lines were grown in a culturing medium that is supplemented as necessary with growth factors and serum (as described in Table 2). Cultures were established from frozen stocks in which the cells were suspended in a freezing medium (cell culture medium with 10% DMSO [v/v]) and flash frozen in liquid nitrogen. Frozen stocks prepared in this way were stored in the liquid nitrogen vapour. Cell cultures were established by rapidly thawing frozen stocks at 37° C. Thawed stock cultures were slowly transferred to a culture vessel containing a large volume of culture medium that was supplemented. For maintenance of culture, cells were seeded at 1 ⁇ 10 5 cells/per ml in medium and incubated at 37° C. until confluence of cells in the culture vessel exceeds 50% by area.
  • a freezing medium cell culture medium with 10% DMSO [v/v]
  • Frozen stocks prepared in this way were stored in the liquid nitrogen vapour. Cell cultures were established by rapidly thawing frozen stocks at 37° C. Thawed stock cultures were slowly transferred to a culture vessel containing a
  • cells were harvested from the culture vessel using enzymes or EDTA where necessary.
  • the density of harvested, viable cells was estimated by hemocytometry and the culture reseeded as above. A passage of this nature was repeated no more than 25 times at which point the culture was destroyed and reestablished from frozen stocks as described above.
  • Tissues were procured as fresh specimens. Tissues were collected as remnant tissues following surgical resection of colorectal tissues. Remnant tissues were supplied following processing for pathological diagnosis according to proper standards of patient care. Procurement of all tissues was performed in an anonymised manner in strict compliance with Federal mandated ethical and legal guidelines (HIPAA) and in accordance with clinical institution ethical review board as well as the internal institutional review board. Tissues were transported on ice in ice-cold transport buffer by courier for processing.
  • HIPAA Federal mandated ethical and legal guidelines
  • Normal colorectal tissue was transferred from the transport vessel to a sterile dish containing 25 ml of ice-cold transport buffer. The tissue was measured, weighed and photographed. The tissue was dissected to isolate colorectal mucosa which was transferred to a fresh dish containing 25 ml ice-cold Hanks buffered saline solution. The tissue section was washed by vigorous shaking and the HBSS replaced. This was repeated 2 further times or until all visible mucus was removed. Mucosa was measured, weighed and diced into 1 mm2 sections.
  • the tissues sections were transferred to a 50 ml polypropylene centrifuge tube containing 50 ml of A52 media (Biosource) supplemented with 2 mM L-glutamine and 1.5 mg/ml dispase (Roche Biochemicals).
  • the digest was incubated for 1 h at 37° C. with frequent agitation. Following the incubation, the suspension was poured through a 40-mesh cell sieve situated in the base of a 15 cm culture dish.
  • the filtrate was diluted to 50 ml using A52 media supplemented with 2 mM L-glutamine and passed through a 200-mesh cell sieve.
  • the filtrate was collected into a 50 ml polypropylene centrifuge tube and the suspension was triturated several times followed by vortexing for 2 min at setting 6.
  • the density and viability of nucleated cells was determined by flow cytometry using propidium iodide as a negative stain for viability (Guava system).
  • Erythrocytes were lysed using a standard ammonium chloride lysis protocol with incubation at room temperature for 10 s. Cells were harvested by centrifugation at 500 g for 5 min at 4° C. The cell pellet was resuspended in 50 ml of ice-cold HBSS and recentrifuged.
  • the final cell pellet was resuspended in 3 ml of ice-cold HBSS supplemented with 0.1% BSA and 0.25M EDTA. Cell density and viability were estimated using the Guava system and the density adjusted to 1 ⁇ 10 7 cells per ml. Epithelial cells were stained with a FITC-labeled anti-EpCAM murine monoclonal antibody and enriched by cell sorting using flow cytometry.
  • Colorectal tumor tissue was transferred from the transport vessel to a sterile dish containing 25 ml of ice-cold transport buffer. The tissue was measured, weighed and photographed. The tissue was dissected to remove necrotic and fibrotic tissue plaques and the tumour tissue transferred to a fresh dish containing 25 ml ice-cold Hanks buffered saline solution. The tissue section was washed by vigorous shaking and the HBSS replaced. This was repeated 2 further times or until all visible mucus was removed. Tumour tissue was measured, weighed and extensively diced.
  • the tissues slurry was transferred to a 50 ml polypropylene centrifuge tube containing 50 ml of A52 media (Biosource) supplemented with 2 mM L-glutamine and 1.5 mg/ml dispase (Roche Biochemicals).
  • the digest was incubated for 1 h at 37° C. with frequent agitation. Following the incubation, the suspension was poured through a 40-mesh cell sieve situated in the base of a 15 cm culture dish.
  • the filtrate was diluted to 50 ml using A52 media supplemented with 2 mM L-glutamine and passed through a 200-mesh cell sieve.
  • the filtrate was collected into a 50 ml polypropylene centrifuge tube and the suspension was triturated several times followed by vortexing for 2 min at setting 6.
  • the density and viability of nucleated cells was determined by flow cytometry using propidium iodide as a negative stain for viability (Guava system).
  • Erythrocytes were lysed using a standard ammonium chloride lysis protocol with incubation at room temperature for 10s. Cells were harvested by centrifugation at 500 g for 5 min at 4° C. The cell pellet was resuspended in 50 ml of ice-cold HBSS and recentrifuged.
  • the final cell pellet was resuspended in 3 ml of ice-cold HBSS supplemented with 0.1% BSA and 0.25M EDTA. Cell density and viability were estimated using the Guava system and the density adjusted to 1 ⁇ 10 7 cells per ml. Epithelial cells were stained with a FITC-labeled anti-EpCAM murine monoclonal antibody and enriched by cell sorting using flow cytometry.
  • Sorted cells were centrifuged at 500 g at 4° C. for 5 min and resuspended in 50 ml of ice-cold DPBS. The cell suspension was washed by 2 further cycles of centrifugation 500 g at 4° C. for 5 min and resuspension of the cell pellet in 50 ml of ice-cold DPBS. Finally, the cell pellet was resuspended in 9.5 ml of ice-cold DPBS and sodium metaperiodate added to a final concentration of 1 mM. The cell suspension was incubated on ice for 10 min with frequent agitation in the dark. Cells were centrifuged at 500 g at 4° C.
  • lysis buffer 1% SDS [w/v]; 0.1M HEPES; 10 mM MgCl 2 ; 0.1% Non ionic detergent P40; 100 ml protease inhibitor cocktail [P8340, Sigma]
  • Protein concentrations were assayed relative to a Bovine serum albumin standard by a modified Lowry assay (DC assay, BioRAD) and 1 mg of total cellular protein transferred to a fresh tube and diluted to 1 mg/ml in acetate buffer (0.1M, pH 5.0).
  • DC assay modified Lowry assay
  • PCR primers were designed to amplify the full-length ORF as well as any regions of the ORF that were interest for expression (antigenic or hydrophilic regions as determined by the CLONE MANAGER sequence analysis tool). Primers also contained 5′ and 3′ overhangs to facilitate cloning (see below). PCR reactions contained 2.5 units PLATINUM TAQ DNA POLYMERASE HIGH FIDELITY (Invitrogen), 50 ng cDNA plasmid template, 1 uM forward and reverse primers, 800 uM dNTP cocktail (Applied Biosystems) and 2 mM MgSO4. After 20-30 cycles (94° C. for 30 seconds, 55° C. for 1 minutes and 73° C. for 2 minutes), product was verified and quantitated by agarose gel electrophoresis.
  • PCR products were cloned into an entry vector for use with the Gateway recombination based cloning system (Invitrogen). These vectors included pDonr221, pDonr201, pEntr/D-TOPO or pEntr/SD/D-TOPO and were used as described in the cloning methods below.
  • the forward PCR primer contained a 5′ overhang containing the sequence “CACC”.
  • PCR products were generated as described above and cloned into the entry vector using the Invitrogen TOPO cloning kit. Reactions were typically carried out at room temperature for 10 minutes and subsequently transformed into TOP10 chemically competent cells (Invitrogen, CA). Candidate clones were picked, plasmid DNA was prepared using Qiagen spin mini-prep kit and screened using restriction digest. Inserts were subsequently sequence verified as described above.
  • PCR primers contained the following overhangs:
  • PCR products were generated as described above. ORFs were recombined into the entry vector using the Invitrogen GATEWAY BP CLONASE enzyme mix. Reactions were typically carried out at 25° C. for 1 hour, treated with Proteinase K at 37° C. for 10 minutes and transformed into Library Efficiency DH5 cc chemically competent cells (Invitrogen, CA). Candidate clones were picked, plasmid DNA was prepared using Qiagen spin mini-prep kit and screened using restriction digest. Inserts were subsequently sequence verified as described above.
  • ORFs were transferred from the entry construct into a series of expression vectors using the GATEWAY LR CLONASE enzyme mix. Reactions were typically carried out for 1 hour at 25° C., treated with Proteinase K at 37° C. for 10 minutes and subsequently transformed into Library Efficiency DH5 ⁇ chemically competent cells (Invitrogen). Candidate clones were picked, plasmid DNA was prepared using Qiagen spin mini-prep kit and screened using restriction digest. Expression vectors included but were not limited to pDest14, pDest15, pDest17, pDest8, pDest10 and pDest20. These vectors allow expression in systems such as E. coli and recombinant baculovirus. Other vectors not listed here allow expression in yeast, mammalian cells, or in vitro.
  • Constructs were transformed into one or more of the following host strains: BL21 S1, BL21 AI, (Invitrogen); Origami B (DE3), Origami B (DE3) pLysS, Rosetta (DE3), Rosetta (DE3) pLysS, Rosetta-Gami (DE3), Rosetta-Gami (DE3) pLysS, or Rosetta-Gami B (DE3) pLysS (Novagen).
  • the transformants were grown in LB with or without NaCl and with appropriate antibiotics, at temperatures in the range of 20-37° C., with aeration.
  • Recombinant proteins were expressed using baculovirus in Sf21 fall army worm ovarian cells.
  • Recombinant baculoviruses were prepared using the BAC-TO-BAC SYSTEM (Invitrogen) per the manufacturer's instructions. Proteins were expressed on the large scale in Sf90011 serum-free medium (Invitrogen) in a 10 L bioreactor tank (27° C., 130 rpm, 50% dissolved oxygen for 48 hours).
  • Recombinant proteins are purified from E. coli and/or insect cells using a variety of standard chromatography methods. Briefly, cells are lysed using sonication or detergents. The insoluble material is pelleted by centrifugation at 10,000 ⁇ g for 15 minutes. The supernatant is applied to an appropriate affinity column, e.g. His-tagged proteins are separated using a pre-packed chelating sepharose column (Pharmacia) or GST-tagged proteins are separated using a glutathione sepharose column (Pharmacia).
  • affinity column e.g. His-tagged proteins are separated using a pre-packed chelating sepharose column (Pharmacia) or GST-tagged proteins are separated using a glutathione sepharose column (Pharmacia).
  • proteins are further separated using various techniques, such as ion exchange chromatography (columns from Pharmacia) to separate on the basis of electrical charge or size exclusion chromatography (columns from Tosohaas) to separate on the basis of molecular weight, size and shape.
  • ion exchange chromatography columnumns from Pharmacia
  • size exclusion chromatography columnumns from Tosohaas
  • the pUB6/V5-His vector system (Invitrogen, CA) is used to express GSCC in CHO cells.
  • the vector contains the selectable bsd gene, multiple cloning sites, the promoter/enhancer sequence from the human ubiquitin C gene, a C-terminal V5 epitope for antibody detection with anti-V5 antibodies, and a C-terminal polyhistidine (6 ⁇ .His) sequence for rapid purification on PROBOND resin (Invitrogen, CA).
  • Transformed cells are selected on media containing blasticidin.
  • Spodoptera frugiperda (Sf9) insect cells are infected with recombinant Autographica californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus (baculovirus).
  • the polyhedrin gene is replaced with the cDNA by homologous recombination and the polyhedrin promoter drives cDNA transcription.
  • the protein is synthesized as a fusion protein with 6 ⁇ His which enables purification as described above. Purified protein is used in the following activity and to make antibodies
  • Proteins or portions thereof may be produced not only by recombinant methods, but also by using chemical methods well known in the art.
  • Solid phase peptide synthesis may be carried out in a batchwise or continuous flow process which sequentially adds ⁇ -amino- and side chain-protected amino acid residues to an insoluble polymeric support via a linker group.
  • a linker group such as methylamine-derivatized polyethylene glycol is attached to poly(styrene-co-divinylbenzene) to form the support resin.
  • the amino acid residues are N-a-protected by acid labile Boc (t-butyloxycarbonyl) or base-labile Fmoc (9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl).
  • the carboxyl group of the protected amino acid is coupled to the amine of the linker group to anchor the residue to the solid phase support resin.
  • Trifluoroacetic acid or piperidine are used to remove the protecting group in the case of Boc or Fmoc, respectively.
  • Each additional amino acid is added to the anchored residue using a coupling agent or pre-activated amino acid derivative, and the resin is washed.
  • the full length peptide is synthesized by sequential deprotection, coupling of derivitized amino acids, and washing with dichloromethane and/or N,N-dimethylformamide. The peptide is cleaved between the peptide carboxy terminus and the linker group to yield a peptide acid or amide.
  • a protein or portion thereof may be purified by preparative high performance liquid chromatography and its composition confirmed by amino acid analysis or by sequencing (Creighton (1984) Proteins, Structures and Molecular Properties, W H Freeman, New York N.Y.).
  • Polyclonal antibodies against recombinant proteins are raised in rabbits (Green Mountain Antibodies, Burlington, Vt.). Briefly, two New Zealand rabbits are immunized with 0.1 mg of antigen in complete Freund's adjuvant. Subsequent immunizations are carried out using 0.05 mg of antigen in incomplete Freund's adjuvant at days 14, 21 and 49. Bleeds are collected and screened for recognition of the antigen by solid phase ELISA and western blot analysis. The IgG fraction is separated by centrifugation at 20,000 ⁇ g for 20 minutes followed by a 50% ammonium sulfate cut. The pelleted protein is resuspended in 5 mM Tris and separated by ion exchange chromatography. Fractions are pooled based on IgG content. Antigen-specific antibody is affinity purified using PIERCE AMINOLINK resin coupled to the appropriate antigen.
  • Naturally occurring V-genes isolated from human PBLs are constructed into a library of antibody fragments which contain reactivities against CCAT to which the donor may or may not have been exposed (see e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 5,885,793 incorporated herein by reference in its entirety).
  • a library of scFvs is constructed from the RNA of human PBLs as described in PCT publication WO 92/01047.
  • To rescue phage displaying antibody fragments approximately 10 9 E. coli harboring the phagemid are used to inoculate 50 ml of 2 ⁇ TY containing 1% glucose and 100 .mu.g/ml of ampicillin (2 ⁇ TY-AMP-GLU) and grown to an O.D. of 0.8 with shaking.
  • M13 delta gene III is prepared as follows: M13 delta gene III helper phage does not encode gene III protein, hence the phage (mid) displaying antibody fragments have a greater avidity of binding to antigen. Infectious M13 delta gene III particles are made by growing the helper phage in cells harboring a pUC19 derivative supplying the wild type gene III protein during phage morphogenesis. The culture is incubated for 1 hour at 37° C. without shaking and then for a further hour at 37° C. with shaking. Cells are spun down (IEC-Centra 8, 400 r.p.m.
  • Immunotubes (Nunc) are coated overnight in PBS with 4 ml of either 100 .mu.g/ml or 10 .mu.g/ml of a polypeptide of the present invention. Tubes are blocked with 2% Marvel-PBS for 2 hours at 37° C. and then washed 3 times in PBS. Approximately 1013 TU of phage is applied to the tube and incubated for 30 minutes at room temperature tumbling on an over and under turntable and then left to stand for another 1.5 hours. Tubes are washed 10 times with PBS 0.1% Tween-20 and 10 times with PBS.
  • Phage are eluted by adding 1 ml of 100 mM triethylamine and rotating 15 minutes on an under and over turntable after which the solution is immediately neutralized with 0.5 ml of 1.0M Tris-HCl, pH 7.4. Phages are then used to infect 10 ml of mid-log E. coli TG1 by incubating eluted phage with bacteria for 30 minutes at 37° C. The E. coli are then plated on TYE plates containing 1% glucose and 100 .mu.g/ml ampicillin. The resulting bacterial library is then rescued with delta gene 3 helper phage as described above to prepare phage for a subsequent round of selection. This process is then repeated for a total of 4 rounds of affinity purification with tube-washing increased to 20 times with PBS, 0.1% Tween-20 and 20 times with PBS for rounds 3 and 4.
  • Binders Eluted phages from the 3rd and 4th rounds of selection are used to infect E. coli HB 2151 and soluble scFv is produced (Marks, et al., 1991) from single colonies for assay.
  • ELISAs are performed with microtitre plates coated with either 10 .mu.g/ml of the polypeptide of the present invention in 50 mM bicarbonate pH 9.6. Clones positive in ELISA are further characterized by PCR fingerprinting (see, e.g., PCT publication WO 92/01047) and then by sequencing.
  • CMNS Complete Media No Sera
  • CM—HAT ⁇ Cell Mab BD
  • FBS or HS
  • Origen HCF hybridoma cloning factor
  • Hybridoma medium CM-HT (NO AMINOPTERIN) (Cell Mab (BD), 10% FBS 5% Origen HCF containing 4 mM L-glutamine and antibiotics) to be used for fusion maintenance are stored in the refrigerator at 4-6° C. The fusions are fed on days 4, 8, and 12, and subsequent passages. Inactivated and pre-filtered commercial Fetal Bovine serum (FBS) or Horse Serum (HS) are thawed and stored in the refrigerator at 4° C. and must be pretested for myeloma growth from single cells.
  • FBS Fetal Bovine serum
  • HS Horse Serum
  • L-glutamine 200 mM, 100 ⁇ solution
  • the L-glutamine is dispensed into media to supplement growth.
  • L-glutamine is added to 2 mM for myelomas, and 4 mM for hybridoma media.
  • Penicillin, Streptomycin, Amphotericin is thawed and added to Cell Mab Media to 1%.
  • Myeloma growth media is CELL MAB MEDIA (CELL MAB MEDIA, QUANTUM YIELD from BD is stored in the refrigerator at 4° C. in the dark) which are added L-glutamine to 2 mM and antibiotic/antimycotic solution to 1% and is called CMNS.
  • 8-Azaguanine is stored as the dried powder supplied by SIGMA at ⁇ 700° C. until needed. Reconstitute 1 vial/500 ml of media and add entire contents to 500 ml media (eg. 2 vials/litre).
  • Myeloma Media is CM which has 10% FBS (or HS) and 8-Aza (1 ⁇ ) stored in the refrigerator at 4° C.
  • Clonal cell medium D (Stemcell, Vancouver) contains HAT and methyl cellulose for semi-solid direct cloning from the fusion.
  • Hybridoma supplements HT hyperxanthine, thymidine are to be used in medium for the section of hybridomas and maintenance of hybridomas through the cloning stages respectively.
  • Origen HCF can be obtained directly from Igen and is a cell supernatant produced from a macrophage-like cell-line. It can be thawed and aliqouted to 15 ml tubes at 5 ml per tube and stored frozen at ⁇ 20° C. Positive Hybridomas are fed HCF through the first subcloning and are gradually weaned. It is not necessary to continue to supplement unless you have a particularly difficult hybridoma clone. This and other additives have been shown to be more effective in promoting new hybridoma growth than conventional feeder layers.
  • mice are immunized with 5-50 ug of antigen either intra-peritoneally (i.p.) or by intravenous injection in the tail vein (i.v.).
  • the antigen used is a recombinant protein that is generated as described above.
  • the primary immunization takes place 2 months prior to the harvesting of splenocytes from the mouse and the immunization is typically boosted by i.v. injection of 5-50 ug of antigen every two weeks. At least one week prior to expected fusion date, a fresh vial of myeloma cells is thawed and cultured.
  • the optimum density is determined to be 3 ⁇ 6 ⁇ 10 5 cells/ml.
  • a final immunization is administered of ⁇ 5 ug of antigen in PBS i.p. or i.v.
  • Myeloma cells are washed with 30 ml serum free media by centrifugation at 500 ⁇ g at 4° C. for 5 minutes. Viable cell density is determined in resuspended cells using hemocytometry and vital stains. Cells resuspended in complete growth medium are stored at 37° C. during the preparation of splenocytes. Meanwhile, to test aminopterin sensitivity, 1 ⁇ 10 6 myeloma cells are transferred to a 15 ml conical tube and centrifuged at 500 g at 4° C. for 5 minutes. The resulting pellet is resuspended in 15 ml of HAT media and cells plated at 2 drops/well on a 96 well plate.
  • splenocytes from immunized mice, the animals are euthanised and submerged in 70% EtOH. Under sterile conditions, the spleen is surgically removed and placed in 10 ml of RPMI medium supplemented with 20% fetal calf serum in a Petri dish. Cells are extricated from the spleen by infusing the organ with medium >50 times using a 21 g syringe.
  • Cells are harvested and washed by centrifugation (at 500 ⁇ g at 4° C. for 5 minutes) with 30 ml of medium. Cells are resuspended in 10 ml of medium and the density of viable cells determined by hemocytometry using vital stains. The splenocytes are mixed with myeloma cells at a ratio of 5:1 (spleen cells: myeloma cells). Both the myeloma and spleen cells are washed 2 more times with 30 ml of RPMI-CMNS, and spun at 800 rpm for 12 minutes.
  • RPMI-CMNS is added to the PEG cells slowly to dilute out the PEG.
  • Cells are centrifuged and diluted in 5 ml of Complete media and 95 ml of Clonacell Medium D (HAT) media (with 5 ml of HCF).
  • HAT Clonacell Medium D
  • the cells are plated out at 10 ml per small petri plate.
  • Myeloma/HAT control. P is prepared as follows. Dilute about 1000 P3X63 Ag8.653 myeloma cells into 1 ml of Maxi D and transfer into a single well of a 24 well plate. Plates are placed in incubator, with two plates inside of a large petri plate, with an additional petri plate full of distilled water, for 10-18 days under 5% CO 2 overlay at 37° C. Clones are picked from semisolid agarose into 96 well plates containing 150-200 ul of CM-HT. Supernatants are screened 4 days later in ELISA, and positive clones are moved up to 24 well plates. Heavy growth will require changing of the media at day 8 (+/ ⁇ 150 ml). One should further decrease the HCF to 0.5% (gradually-2%, then 1%, then 0.5%) in the cloning plates. (For further references see Kohler G, and C. Milstein).
  • TAQMAN® TAQMAN® technology.
  • the TAQMAN system couples a 5′ fluorogenic nuclease assay with PCR for real time quantitation. A probe was used to monitor the formation of the amplification product.
  • Target transcript sequences were identified for the differentially expressed peptides by searching the BlastP database.
  • TAQMAN assays PCR primer/probe set
  • CDS CELERA DISCOVERY SYSTEMTM
  • the TAQMAN primers and probe sequences were as designed by Applied Biosystems (AB) as part of the ASSAYS ON DEMANDTM product line or by custom design through the AB ASSAYS BY DESIGN SM service.
  • RT-PCR was accomplished using AMPLITAQGOLD and MULTISCRIBE reverse transcriptase in the ONE STEP RT-PCR MASTER MIX reagent kit (AB) according to the manufacturer's instructions. Probe and primer concentrations are 250 nM and 900 nM, respectively, in a 15 ⁇ l reaction. For each experiment, a master mix of the above components was made and aliquoted into each optical reaction well. Eight nanograms of total RNA was the template. Each sample was assayed in triplicate. Quantitative RT-PCR is performed using the ABI Prism® 7900HT SEQUENCE DETECTION SYSTEM (SDS). Cycling parameters follow: 48° C. for 30 min. for one cycle; 95° C. for 10 min for one cycle; 95° C. for 15 sec, 60° C. for 1 min. for 40 cycles.
  • SDS ABI Prism® 7900HT SEQUENCE DETECTION SYSTEM
  • the SDS software calculates the threshold cycle (C T ) for each reaction, and C T values were used to quantitate the relative amount of starting template in the reaction.
  • C T values for each set of three reactions were averaged for all subsequent calculations
  • Post tissue processing cells were sorted by flow cytometry known in the art to enrich for epithelial cells.
  • cells isolated from colon tissue were stained directly with EpCAM (for epithelial cells) and the specific antibody to CCAT.
  • Cell numbers and viability were determined by PI exclusion (GUAVA) for cells isolated from both normal and tumor colon tissue.
  • a minimum of 0.5 ⁇ 10 6 cells were used for each analysis.
  • Cells were washed once with Flow Staining Buffer (0.5% BSA, 0.05% NaN3 in D-PBS). To the cells, 20 ul of each antibody for CCAT were added. An additional 5 ul of EpCAM antibody conjugated to APC were added when unsorted cells were used in the experiment. Cells were incubated with antibodies for 30 minutes at 4° C.
  • Western blot analysis of target proteins are carried out using whole cell or tissue extracts prepared.
  • the cells are resuspended in Lysis buffer (125 mM Tris, pH 7.5, 150 mM NaCl, 2% SDS, 5 mM EDTA, 0.5% NP-40) and passed through a 20-gauge needle. Lysates are centrifuged at 5,000 ⁇ g for 5 minutes at 4° C. The supernatants are collected and a protease inhibitor cocktail (Sigma) is added. The PIERCE BCA assay is used to quantitate total protein. Samples are separated by SDS-PAGE and transferred to either a nitrocellulose or PVDF membrane.
  • the WESTERN BREEZE kit from Invitrogen is used for Western blot analysis.
  • Primary antibodies are either purchased from commercially available sources or prepared using one of the methods described in Section 5. For this application, antibodies are typically diluted 1:500 to 1:10,000 in diluent buffer. Blots were developed using PIERCE NBT.
  • CCAT targets were validated by TAQMAN mRNA expression.
  • Targets such as DPEP-1 FIG. 3 is shown to be overexpressed at mRNA level in colon tumor tissues.
  • FACS analysis in colon tumor tissue showed that the targets include, but are not limited to Prominin-1 ( FIG. 4 ) and Integrin beta-4 ( FIG. 5 ) have high copy number in the colon tissue samples.
  • the proteins from cells are prepared by methods known in the art (R. Aebersold Nature Biotechnology Volume 21 Number 6 Jun. 2003).
  • ICAT Immunotope Coded Affinity Tag
  • the raw scans from the LC/MS instrument are subjected to peak detection and noise reduction software. Filtered peak lists are then used to detect “features” corresponding to specific peptides from the original sample(s). Features are characterized by their mass/charge, charge, retention time, isotope pattern and intensity.
  • Paraffin embedded, fixed tissue sections were obtained from a panel of normal tissues (Adrenal, Bladder, Lymphocytes, Bone Marrow, Breast, Cerebellum, Cerebral cortex, Colon, Endothelium, Eye, Fallopian tube, Small Intestine, Heart, Kidney(glomerulus, tubule), Liver, Lung, Testes and Thyroid) as well as 30 tumor samples with matched normal adjacent tissues from pancreas, lung, colon, prostate, ovarian and breast.
  • other tissues are selected for testing such as bladder renal, hepatocellular, pharyngeal and gastric tumor tissues.
  • Esophageal replicate sections were also obtained from numerous tumor types (Bladder Cancer, Lung Cancer, Breast Cancer, Melanoma, Colon Cancer, Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, Endometrial Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Head and Neck Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Leukemia [ALL and CML] and Rectal Cancer). Sections were stained with hemotoxylin and eosin and histologically examined to ensure adequate representation of cell types in each tissue section.
  • Sections were deparaffinized in 3 changes of xylene or xylene substitute for 2-5 minutes each. Sections were rinsed in 2 changes of absolute alcohol for 1-2 minutes each, in 95% alcohol for 1 minute, followed by 80% alcohol for 1 minute. Slides were washed well in running water and stained in Gill solution 3 hemotoxylin for 3 to 5 minutes. Following a vigorous wash in running water for 1 minute, sections were stained in Scott's solution for 2 minutes. Sections were washed for 1 min in running water then conterstained in Eosin solution for 2-3 minutes depending upon development of desired staining intensity. Following a brief wash in 95% alcohol, sections were dehydrated in three changes of absolute alcohol for 1 minute each and three changes of xylene or xylene substitute for 1-2 minutes each. Slides were coverslipped and stored for analysis.
  • a positive and negative control sample are generated using data from the ICAT analysis of the colon cancer cell lines/tissues.
  • Cells are selected that are known to express low levels of a particular target as determined from the ICAT data. This cell line is the reference normal control.
  • a colon tumor line is selected that is determined to overexpress the target is selected.
  • Sections were deparaffinized and rehydrated by washing 3 times for 5 minutes in xylene; two times for 5 minutes in 100% ethanol; two times for 5 minutes in 95% ethanol; and once for 5 minutes in 80% ethanol. Sections were then placed in endogenous blocking solution (methanol+2% hydrogen peroxide) and incubated for 20 minutes at room temperature. Sections were rinsed twice for 5 minutes each in deionized water and twice for 5 minutes in phosphate buffered saline (PBS), pH 7.4.
  • PBS phosphate buffered saline
  • sections were deparrafinized by High Energy Antigen Retrieval as follows: sections were washed three times for 5 minutes in xylene; two times for 5 minutes in 100% ethanol; two times for 5 minutes in 95% ethanol; and once for 5 minutes in 80% ethanol. Sections were placed in a Coplin jar with dilute antigen retrieval solution (10 mM citrate acid, pH 6). The Coplin jar containing slides was placed in a vessel filled with water and microwaved on high for 2-3 minutes (700 watt oven). Following cooling for 2-3 minutes, steps 3 and 4 were repeated four times (depending on tissue), followed by cooling for 20 minutes at room temperature. Sections were then rinsed in deionized water, two times for 5 minutes, placed in modified endogenous oxidation blocking solution (PBS+2% hydrogen peroxide) and rinsed for 5 minutes in PBS.
  • PBS+2% hydrogen peroxide modified endogenous oxidation blocking solution
  • Sections were blocked with PBS/1% bovine serum albumin (PBA) for 1 hour at room temperature followed by incubation in normal serum diluted in PBA (2%) for 30 minutes at room temperature to reduce non-specific binding of antibody. Incubations were performed in a sealed humidity chamber to prevent air-drying of the tissue sections. (The choice of blocking serum was the same as the species of the biotinylated secondary antibody). Excess antibody is gently removed by shaking and sections covered with primary antibody diluted in PBA and incubated either at room temperature for 1 hour or overnight at 4° C. (Care was taken that the sections do not touch during incubation). Sections were rinsed twice for 5 minutes in PBS, shaking gently. Excess PBS was removed by gently shaking.
  • PBA bovine serum albumin
  • the sections were covered with diluted biotinylated secondary antibody in PBA and incubated for 30 minutes to 1 hour at room temperature in the humidity chamber. If using a monoclonal primary antibody, addition of 2% rat serum was used to decrease the background on rat tissue sections. Following incubation, sections were rinsed twice for 5 minutes in PBS, shaking gently. Excess PBS was removed and sections incubated for 1 hour at room temperature in VECTASTAIN ABC reagent (as per kit instructions). The lid of the humidity chamber was secured during all incunations to ensure a moist environment. Sections were rinsed twice for 5 minutes in PBS, shaking gently.
  • Slides were rinsed three times for 5 minutes with deionized water and dehydrated two times for 2 minutes in 95% ethanol; two times for 2 minutes in 100% ethanol; and two times for 2 minutes in xylene. Stained slides were mounted for visualization by microscopy.
  • DPEP-1 and Integrin beta 4 are shown to have high expression in tumor tissue.
  • Fresh tissues are embedded carefully in OCT in plastic mold, without trapping air bubbles surrounding the tissue. Tissues are frozen by setting the mold on top of liquid nitrogen until 70-80% of the block turns white at which point the mold is placed on dry ice. The frozen blocks were stored at ⁇ 80° C. Blocks are sectioned with a cryostat with care taken to avoid warming to greater than ⁇ 10° C. Initially, the block is equilibrated in the cryostat for about 5 minutes and 6-10 mm sections are cut sequentially. Sections are allowed to dry for at least 30 minutes at room temperature. Following drying, tissues are stored at 4° C. for short term and ⁇ 80° C. for long term storage.)
  • Sections are fixed by immersing in acetone jar for 1-2 minutes at room temperature, followed by drying at room temperature.
  • Primary antibody is added (diluted in 0.05 M Tris-saline [0.05 M Tris, 0.15 M NaCl, pH 7.4], 2.5% serum) directly to the sections by covering the section dropwise to cover the tissue entirely. Binding is carried out by incubation a chamber for 1 hour at room temperature. Without letting the sections dry out, the secondary antibody (diluted in Tris-saline/2.5% serum) is added in a similar manner to the primary and incubated as before (at least 45 minutes).
  • Cultured tumor cells are labeled with 100 ⁇ Ci 51 Cr for 1 hour (Livingston, P. O., Zhang, S., Adluri, S., Yao, T.-J., Graeber, L., Ragupathi, G., Helling, F., & Fleischer, M. (1997). Cancer Immunol. Immunother. 43, 324-330).
  • cells are resuspended at 10 5 /ml, and 100 ⁇ l/well are plated onto 96-well round-bottom plates.
  • a range of antibody concentrations are applied to the wells, including an isotype control together with donor peripheral blood mononuclear cells that are plated at a 100:1 and 50:1 ratio.
  • Chromium release assays to assess complement-mediated cytotoxicity are performed for each patient at various time points; Dickler, M. N., Ragupathi, G., Liu, N. X., Musselli, C., Martino, D. J., Miller, V. A., Kris, M. G., Brezicka, F. T., Livingston, P. O. & Grant, S. C. (1999) Clin. Cancer Res. 5, 2773-2779. Cultured tumor cells are washed in FCS-free media two times, resuspended in 500 ⁇ l of media, and incubated with 100 ⁇ Ci 51 Cr per 10 million cells for 2 h at 37° C.
  • the cells are then shaken every 15 min for 2 h, washed 3 times in media to achieve a concentration of approximately 20,000 cells/well, and then plated in round-bottom plates.
  • the plates contain either 50 ⁇ l cells plus 50 ⁇ l monoclonal antibody, 500 cells plus serum (pre- and posttherapy), or 50 ⁇ l cells plus mouse serum as a control.
  • the plates are incubated in a cold room on a shaker for 45 min. Human complement of a 1:5 dilution (resuspended in 1 ml of ice-cold water and diluted with 3% human serum albumin) is added to each well at a volume of 100 ⁇ l.
  • Control wells include those for maximum release of isotope in 10% TRITON X-100 (Sigma) and for spontaneous release in the absence of complement with medium alone.
  • the plates are incubated for 2 h at 37° C., centrifuged for 3 min, and then 100 ⁇ l of supernatant is removed for radioactivity counting.
  • Lipofectamine was purchased from Invitrogen (Carlsbad, Calif.) and GENE SILENCER from Gene Therapy Systems (San Diego, Calif.). Synthetic siRNA oligonucleotides were from Dharmacon (Lafayette, Colo.), Qiagen (Valencia, Calif.) or Ambion (Austin, Tex.) RNEASY 96 Kit was purchased from Qiagen (Valencia, Calif.). APOP—ONE HOMOGENEOUS CASPASE-3/7 kit and CELLTITER 96 AQUEOUS ONE SOLUTION CELL PROLIFERATION ASSAY were both purchased from Promega (Madison, Wis.).
  • Function blocking antibodies were purchased from Chemicon (Temecula, Calif.), Biotrend (Cologne, Germany) or Alexis Corporation (San Diego, Calif.).
  • Cell invasion assay kits from purchased from Chemicon (Temecula, Calif.).
  • RIBOGREEN RNA Quantitation Kit was purchased from Molecular probes (Eugene, Oreg.).
  • RNAi was performed by using SMARTPOOLS (Dharmacon), 4-for Silencing siRNA duplexes (Qiagen) or scrambled negative control siRNA (Ambion). Transient transfections were carried out in triplicate by using either LIPOFECTAMINE 2000 from Invitrogen (Carlsbad, Calif.) or by using GENE SILENCER from Gene Therapy Systems (San Diego, Calif.) in methods described below. 1 to 4 days after transfections, total RNA was isolated by using the RNEASY 96 Kit (Qiagen) according to manufacturer's instructions and expression of mRNA was quantitated by using TAQMAN technology.
  • Protein expression levels were examined by flow cytometry and apoptosis and proliferation assays were performed daily using APOP—ONE HOMOGENEOUS CASPASE-3/7 kit and CELLTITER 96 AQUEOUS ONE SOLUTION CELL PROLIFERATION ASSAY (see protocols below).
  • Transient transfections were carried out on sub-confluent colon cancer cell lines as previously described. Elbashir, S. M. et al. (2001) Nature 411: 494-498; Caplen, N. J. et al. (2001) Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 98: 9742-9747; Sharp, P. A. (2001) Genes and Development 15: 485-490. Synthetic RNA to gene of interest or scrambled negative control siRNA was transfected using lipofectamine according to manufacturer's instructions. Cells were plated in 96 well plates in antibiotic free medium.
  • the transfection reagent and siRNA were prepared for transfections as follows: Each 0.1-1 ul of LIPOFECTAMINE 2000 and 10-150 mM siRNA were resuspended 25 ul serum-free media and incubated at room temperature for 5 minutes. After incubation, the diluted siRNA and the LIPOFECTAMINE 2000 were combined and incubated for 20 minutes at room temperature. The cells were then washed and the combined SIRNA-LIPOFECTAMINE 2000 reagent added. After further 4 hours incubation, 50 ul serum containing medium was added to each well. 1 and 4 days after transfection, expression of mRNA was quantitated by RT-PCR using TAQMAN technology and protein expression levels were examined by flow cytometry. Apoptosis and proliferation assays were performed daily using APOP—ONE HOMOGENEOUS CASPASE-3/7 kit and CELLTITER 96 AQUEOUS ONE SOLUTION CELL PROLIFERATION ASSAY (see protocols below).
  • Transient transfections were carried out on sub-confluent colon cancer cell lines as previously described. Elbashir, S. M. et al. (2001) Nature 411: 494-498; Caplen, N. J. et al. (2001) Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 98: 9742-9747; Sharp, P. A. (2001) Genes and Development 15: 485-490. Synthetic RNA to gene of interest or scrambled negative control siRNA was transfected using GENE SILENCER according to manufacturer's instructions. Cells were plated in 96 well plates in antibiotic free medium.
  • the transfection reagent and the synthetic siRNA were prepared for transfection as follows: predetermined amount of GENE SILENCER was diluted in serum-free media to a final volume of 20 ul per well. After resuspending 10-150 mM siRNA in 20 ul serum-free media, the reagents were combined and incubated at room temperature for 5-20 minutes. After incubation, the siRNA-GENE SILENCER reagent was added to each well and incubated in a 37° C. incubator for 4 hours before an equal volume of serum containing media was added back to the cultured cells. The cells were then incubated for 1 to 4 days before mRNA, protein expression and effects on apoptosis and proliferation were examined.
  • Sub-confluent colon cancer cell lines are serum-starved overnight. The next day, serum-containing media is added back to the cells in the presence of 5-50 ng/ml of function blocking antibodies. After 2 or 5 days incubation at 37° C. 5% CO 2 , antibody binding is examined by flow cytometry and apoptosis and proliferation are examined by using protocols described below.
  • Apoptosis assay was performed by using the APOP—ONE HOMOGENEOUS CASPASE-3/7 kit from Promega. Briefly, the caspase-3/7 substrate was thawed to room temperature and diluted 1:100 with buffer. The diluted substrate was then added 1:1 to cells, control or blank. The plates were then placed on a plate shaker for 30 minutes to 18 hours at 300-500 rpm. The fluorescence of each well was then measured at using an excitation wavelength of 485+/ ⁇ 20 nm and an emission wavelength of 530+/ ⁇ 25 nm. ( FIGS. 7 and 8 and 9 ).
  • Proliferation assay was performed by using the CELLTITER 96 AQUEOUS ONE SOLUTION CELL PROLIFERATION ASSAY kit from Promega. 20 ul of CELLTITER 96 AQUEOUS ONE SOLUTION was added to 100 ul of culture medium. The plates were then incubated for 1-4 hours at 37° C. in a humidified 5% CO 2 incubator. After incubation, the change in absorbance was read at 490 nm.
  • Proliferation assay was performed by using the Alamar Blue assay from Biosource. 10 ul of Alamar blue reagent was added to 100 ul of cells in clulture medium. The plates were then incubated for 1-4 hours at 37° C. in a humidified 5% CO 2 incubator. After incubation, the change in fluorescence was measured at using an excitation wavelength of 530 nm and an emission wavelength of 595 nm. Examples of the results are shown in FIG. 6 , FIG. 10 with Defensin alpha 1.
  • Cell invasion assay is performed by using the 96 well cell invasion assay kit available from Chemicon. After the cell invasion chamber plates are adjusted to room temperature, 100 ul serum-free media is added to the interior of the inserts. 1-2 hours later, cell suspensions of 1 ⁇ 10 6 cells/ml are prepared. Media is then carefully removed from the inserts and 100 ul of prepared cells are added into the insert +/ ⁇ 0 to 50 ng function blocking antibodies. The cells are pre-incubated for 15 minutes at 37° C. before 150 ul of media containing 10% FBS is added to the lower chamber. The cells are then incubated for 48 hours at 37° C.
  • the invasion chamber plates are then placed on a new 96-well feeder tray containing 150 ul of pre-warmed cell detachment solution in the wells.
  • the plates are incubated for 30 minutes at 37° C. and are periodically shaken.
  • Lysis buffer/dye solution (4 ul CYQUANT DYE/300 ul 4 ⁇ lysis buffer) is prepared and added to each well of dissociation buffer/cells on feeder tray.
  • the plates are incubated for 15 minutes at room temperature before 150 ul is transferred to a new 96-well plate. Fluorescence of invading cells is then read at 480 nm excitation and 520 nm emissions.
  • ELISA assays are performed essentially as described by Daunt et al. (Daunt, D. A., Hurtz, C., Hein, L., Kallio, J., Feng, F., and Kobilka, B. K. (1997) Mol. Pharmacol. 51, 711-720.)
  • the cell lines are plated at 6 ⁇ 10 5 cells per in a 24-well tissue culture dishes that have previously been coated with 0.1 mg/ml poly-L-lysine. The next day, the cells are washed once with PBS and incubated in DMEM at 37° C. for several minutes.
  • Agonist to the cell surface target of interest is then added at a pre-determined concentration in prewarmed DMEM to the wells.
  • the cells are then incubated for various times at 37° C. and reactions are stopped by removing the media and fixing the cells in 3.7% formaldehyde/TBS for 5 min at room temperature.
  • the cells are then washed three times with TBS and nonspecific binding blocked with TBS containing 1% BSA for 45 min at room temperature.
  • the first antibody is added at a pre-determined dilution in TBS/BSA for 1 hr at room temperature. Three washes with TBS followed, and cells are briefly reblocked for 15 min at room temperature.
  • the TAQMAN primers and probe sequences were as designed by Applied Biosystems (AB) as part of the ASSAYS ON DEMANDTM product line or by custom design through the AB ASSAYS BY DESIGN SM service.
  • RT-PCR was accomplished using AMPLITAQGOLD and MULTISCRIBE reverse transcriptase in the ONE STEP RT-PCR MASTER MIX reagent kit (AB) according to the manufacturers instructions.
  • Probe and primer concentrations are 900 nM and 250 nM, respectively, in a 250 reaction. For each experiment, a master mix of the above components was made and aliquoted into each optical reaction well. 5 ul of total RNA was the template. Each sample was assayed in triplicate.
  • Quantitative RT-PCR was performed using the ABI Prism® 7900HT SEQUENCE DETECTION SYSTEM (SDS). Cycling parameters follow: 48° C. for 30 min. for one cycle; 95° C. for 10 min for one cycle; 95° C. for 15 sec, 60° C. for 1 min. for 40 cycles.
  • the SDS software calculates the threshold cycle (C T ) for each reaction, and C T values are used to quantitate the relative amount of starting template in the reaction.
  • C T values for each set of three reactions are averaged for all subsequent calculations.
  • Knockdown of Leukocyte Elastase, Defensin alpha 1, oligosaccharyl transferase 3, Wolframin, Ectonucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase 2, T-cell surface glycoprotein CD5 induce apoptosis or inhibit cell proliferation in vitro.
  • Colon cancer cells are seeded at a density of 4 ⁇ 10 4 cells per well in 96-well microtiter plates and allowed to adhere for 2 hours. The cells are then treated with different concentrations of anti-CCAT monoclonal antibody (Mab) or irrelevant isotype matched (anti-rHuIFN- ⁇ Mab) at 0.05, 0.5 or 5.0 mug/ml. After a 72 hour incubation, the cell monolayers are stained with crystal violet dye for determination of relative percent viability (RPV) compared to control (untreated) cells. Each treatment group consists of replicates. Cell growth inhibition is monitored.
  • NIH 3T3 expressing CCAT protein are treated with different concentrations of anti-CCAT MAbs. Cell growth inhibition is monitored.
  • NIH 3T3 cells transfected with etiher a CCAT expression plasmidor the neo-DHFR vector are injected into nu/nu (athymic) mice subcutaneously at a dose of 10 6 cells in 0.1 ml of phosphate-buffered saline.
  • 100 mug (0.1 ml in PBS) of either an irrelevant or anti-CCAT monoclonal antibody of the IG2A subclass is injected intraperitoneally. Tumor occurrence and size are monitored for 1 month period of treatment.

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Abstract

The present invention provides a method for diagnosing and detecting diseases associated with colon. The present invention provides one or more proteins or fragments thereof, peptides or nucleic acid molecules differentially expressed in colon diseases (CCAT) and antibodies binds to CCAT. The present invention provides that CCAT is used as targets for screening agents that modulates the CCAT activities. Further the present invention provides methods for treating diseases associated with colon.

Description

    CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
  • This application is a divisional application of U.S. non-provisional application Ser. No. 13/108,674, filed May 16, 2011, which is a divisional application of U.S. non-provisional application of Ser. No. 12/077,323, filed Mar. 17, 2008 (issued as U.S. Pat. No. 7,960,100 on Jun. 14, 2011), which is a divisional application of U.S. non-provisional application Ser. No. 11/085,606, filed Mar. 22, 2005 (which is now abandoned), which claims priority to U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 60/566,425, filed Apr. 30, 2004, and U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 60/576,812, filed Jun. 4, 2004, the contents of each of which are hereby incorporated by reference into this application.
  • FIELD OF THE INVENTION
  • This invention relates to the fields of molecular biology and oncology. Specifically, the invention provides a molecular marker and a therapeutic agent for use in the diagnosis and treatment of colon diseases.
  • BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
  • Cancer currently constitutes the second most common cause of death in the United States. Carcinomas of the colon are the eighth most prevalent form of cancer and fourth among the most common causes of cancer deaths in this country. The incidence of colon cancer has been increasing steadily in the past twenty years in most industrialized countries, exhibiting the characteristics of a growing epidemiological problem. In the year 2000, for example, an estimated 28,600 deaths will be ascribed to this type of cancer and approximately 28,600 new cases will be diagnosed.
  • Colon cancer is the second most frequently diagnosed malignancy in the United States as well as the second most common cause of cancer death. The five-year survival rate for patients with colorectal cancer detected in an early localized stage is 92%; unfortunately, only 37% of colorectal cancer is diagnosed at this stage. The survival rate drops to 64% if the cancer is allowed to spread to adjacent organs or lymph nodes, and to 7% in patients with distant metastases.
  • The prognosis of colon cancer is directly related to the degree of penetration of the tumor through the bowel wall and the presence or absence of nodal involvement, consequently, early detection and treatment are especially important. Currently, diagnosis is aided by the use of screening assays for fecal occult blood, sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy and double contrast barium enemas. Treatment regimens are determined by the type and stage of the cancer, and include surgery, radiation therapy and/or chemotherapy. Recurrence following surgery (the most common form of therapy) is a major problem and is often the ultimate cause of death. In spite of considerable research into therapies for the disease, colon cancer remains difficult to diagnose and treat. In spite of considerable research into therapies for these and other cancers, colon cancer remains difficult to diagnose and treat effectively. Accordingly, there is a need in the art for improved methods for detecting and treating such cancers. The present invention fulfills these needs and further provides other related advantages.
  • In spite of considerable research into therapies for these and other cancers, colon cancer remains difficult to diagnose and treat effectively. Accordingly, there is a need in the art for improved methods for detecting and treating such cancers. The present invention fulfills these needs and further provides other related advantages such as other colon diseases.
  • SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
  • The present invention is based on the identification of certain cell surface proteins (including shed proteins and secreted proteins) or cytosolic proteins that are differentially expressed in colon cancer. A malignant cell often differs from a normal cell by a differential expression of one or more proteins. These differentially expressed proteins, and the fragments thereof, are important markers for the diagnosis of colon disease. The differentially expressed proteins of the present invention and the nucleic acids encoding said proteins and the fragments of said proteins are referred to herein as colon cancer associated target, CCAT proteins or CCAT nucleic acids or CCAT peptides, respectively.
  • The present invention provides peptides and protein differentially expressed in colon diseases (hereinafter CCAT). Based on the site of protein localization, e.g., surface or cytosolic, and protein characterization, e.g. receptor or enzyme, specific uses of these CCATs are provided. Some of the CCATs of the present invention serve as targets for one or more classes of theraputic agents, while others may be suitable for antibody theraputics.
  • Accordingly, the present invention provides a method for diagnosing or detecting colon disease in a subject comprising: determining the level of one or more CCAT proteins, or any fragment(s) thereof, in a test sample from said subject, wherein said CCAT protein comprises a sequence selected from a group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 1-683; wherein a differential level of said CCAT protein(s) or fragment(s) in said sample relative to the level of said protein(s) or fragment(s) in a test sample from a healthy subject, or the level established for a healthy subject, is indicative of colon disease.
  • The present invention also provides a method for detecting colon cancer in a subject comprising: determining the level of one or more CCAT peptide(s) comprising a peptide sequence selected from a group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 1332-1501 in a test sample from said subject, wherein a differential level of said CCAT peptide(s) in said sample to the level of said CCAT peptide(s) in a test sample from a healthy subject, or the level of said CCAT peptide(s) established for a healthy subject, is indicative of colon disease.
  • The present invention further provides a method for detecting colon disease in a subject comprising: determining the level of one or more CCAT nucleic acid(s), or any fragment(s) thereof, in a test sample from said subject, wherein said CCAT nucleic acid(s) encode a CCAT protein sequence selected from a group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 1-683; wherein a differential level of said CCAT nucleic acids or fragment(s) in said sample relative to the level of said protein(s) or fragment(s) in a test sample from a healthy subject, or the level established for a healthy subject, is indicative of colon disease.
  • The invention also provides methods for detecting the CCAT peptides, gene or mRNA in a test sample for use in diagnosing the presence, absence or progression of a disease. The test sample includes but is not limited to a biological sample such as tissue, blood, serum or biological fluid.
  • The present invention further provides a purified antibody that binds specifically to a protein molecule, or any fragment thereof, selected from a group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 1-683.
  • The present invention further provides a composition comprising an antibody that binds to a protein selected from a group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 1-682 and 683, and an acceptable carrier.
  • The present invention further provides a method for treating colon disease, comprising administering to a patient in need of said treatment a therapeutically effective amount of one or more antibody(ies) of this invention.
  • The present invention further provides a method for treating colon disease comprising (i) identifying a subject having colon disease and (ii) administering to a said patient a therapeutically effective amount of one or more antibody(ies) of this invention.
  • The present invention further provides a method to screen for agents that modulate CCAT protein activity, comprising the steps of (i) contacting a test agent with a CCAT protein and (ii) assaying for CCAT protein activity, wherein a change in said activity in the presence of said agent relative to CCAT protein activity in the absence of said agent indicates said agent modulates said CCAT protein activity.
  • The present invention further provides a method to screen for agents that bind to CCAT protein, comprising the steps of (i) contacting a test agent with a CCAT protein and (ii) measuring the level of binding of agent to said CCAT protein.
  • The invention also provides diagnostic methods for human disease, in particular for colon diseases, its metastatic stage, and therapeutic potential.
  • The present invention further provides diagnostic method for epithelial-cell related cancers. In particular, pancreas, lung, colon, prostate, ovarian, breast, bladder renal, hepatocellular, pharyngeal, and gastric cancers.
  • The invention also provides a method for monitoring the disease progression and the treatment progress.
  • The invention further provide a method of diagnosis by an array, wherein the array is immobilized with two or more CCAT proteins, peptides or nucleic acid molecules. The proteins, peptides or nucleic acid molecules include but are not limited to the SEQ ID NOS: 1-1501.
  • The invention also provides monoclonal or polyclonal antibodies and composition thereof reactive with antigentic portion of CCAT protein, peptides or fragments thereof in a form for use in colon disease diagnosis.
  • The invention further provides an immunogenic antibody for treating colon diseases disease or diseases associated with colon diseases.
  • The present invention provides a method for screening agents that modulate CCAT activity, comprising the steps of (a) contacting a sample comprising CCAT with an agent; and (b) assaying for CCAT activity, wherein a change in said CCAT activity in the presence of said agent relative to CCAT activity in the absence of said compound indicates said agent modulates CCAT. The agents include but are not limited to protein, peptide, antibody, nucleic acid such as antisense RNA, RNAi fragments, small molecules.
  • The present invention further provides a method for treating colon diseases, comprising: administering to a patient with one or more agents in a therapeutically effective amount to treat colon diseases.
  • The present invention provides a method for treating colon diseases, comprising: identifying a subject having colon diseases; and administering to a patient to one or more antibodies in a therapeutically effective amount to treat colon diseases.
  • The present invention further provide method for diagnosis and treatment for colon cancer.
  • The present invention further provides therapeutic potential for epithelial-cell related cancers. In particular pancreas, lung, colon, prostate, ovarian, breast, bladder renal, hepatocellular, pharyngeal and gastric cancers.
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  • 1) File SEQLIST1515 txt provides the Sequence Listing. The Sequence Listing provides the protein sequences (SEQ ID NOS: 1-683); transcript sequences (SEQ ID NOS: 684-1331) and peptide sequences (SEQ ID NOS: 1332-1501) as shown in Table 1. File SEQLIST1515.txt is 5,852 KB in size and was created on Mar. 18, 2005.
  • 2) File TABLE11515.txt provides Table 1. File TABLE11515.txt is 165 KB in size and was created on Feb. 15, 2007.
  • The material contained on the CD-R labeled CL001515 CDR is hereby incorporated by reference pursuant to 37 CFR 1.77(b)(4).
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  • Table 1 (provided on the CD-R) discloses the peptides which correspond to the protein in the colon cancer tumor tissues (“source”), the expression information, and the ratio compare to the control sample. The expression is based on measuring the level of the peptides. The ratio represents the number of overexpression by more than two, and numerical representation of overexpression is also indicated. “Singleton” indicates that the peptide peak in diseased sample was detected and there was no peak detected in control samples.
  • Table 1 also discloses the CCAT proteins, transcripts, and peptides sequences.
  • The transcript/protein information includes:
      • a protein number (1 through 683)
      • a Celera protein internal identification number for the protein encoded by the Celera transcript (hCP and/or UID)
      • a public protein accession number (Genbank e.g., RefSeq NP number, Swiss-prot, or Derwent) for the protein
      • an art-known gene/protein name
      • a Celera transcript internal identification number (hCT and/or UID)
      • a public transcript accession number (Genbank e.g., RefSeq NM number, or Derwent)
      • a Celera hCG and UID internal identification numbers for the gene
      • an art-known gene symbol
      • Celera genomic axis position (indicating start nucleotide position-stop nucleotide position)
      • the chromosome number of the chromosome on which the gene is located
      • an OMIM (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man; Johns Hopkins University/NCBI) public reference number for obtaining further information regarding the medical significance of each gene
      • alternative gene/protein name(s) and/or symbol(s) in the OMIM entry
    DESCRIPTION OF FIGURES
  • FIG. 1. DPEP-1 expression in various tumor types by immunohistochemistry.
  • FIG. 2. Integrin Beta-4 expression in various tumor types by immunohistochemistry.
  • FIG. 3. Expression validation of DPEP −1 by mRNA
  • FIG. 4. Flow cytometry validation in colon tumor tissues vs. normal tissues: Prominin-1.
  • FIG. 5. Flow cytomet validation in colon tumor tissues vs. normal tissues and hematopoietic cells: Integrin Beta-4.
  • FIG. 6. Knockdown of Leukocyte Elastase mRNA inhibits proliferation in HCT-116
  • FIG. 7. Knockdown of Leukocyte Elastase induces apoptosis in HCT 116 cells.
  • FIG. 8. Knockdown of Leukocyte Elastase induces apoptosis and inhibits proliferation in HCT 116 cells (normalized over 3 and 4 experiments) and this data was statistically significant.
  • FIG. 9. Knockdown of Defensin alpha 1 inhibits proliferation and this data was statistically significant (normalized over 3 experiments).
  • FIG. 10. Knockdown of Defensin alpha 1 mRNA inhibits proliferation in HCT 116.
  • DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS General Description
  • While the broadest definition of this invention is set forth in the Summary of the Invention, certain nucleic acids, peptides or proteins are preferred. For example a preferred method for detecting colon disease by determining the level of one or more CCAT protein(s) or any fragment(s) thereof is wherein the level of CCAT protein(s) are determined by contacting one or more antibody(ies) that specifically bind to the antigenic regions of the CCAT protein(s). Further preferred is a method wherein the level of two or more proteins are determined, more preferred wherein the level of four or more proteins are determined and most preferred wherein the level of eight or more proteins are determined.
  • A preferred method for detecting colon disease by determining the level of one or more CCAT peptide(s) is wherein the level of CCAT peptides(s) are determined by contacting one or more antibody(ies) that specifically bind to the antigenic regions of the CCAT peptide(s). Further preferred is a method wherein the level of five or more peptides are determined, more preferred wherein the level of ten or more peptides are determined and most preferred wherein the level of fifteen or more peptides are determined.
  • A preferred method for detecting colon disease by determining the level of one or more CCAT nucleic acid(s) is wherein the level of said CCAT nucleic acid(s) is determined by contacting one or more probes that specifically hybridize to said nucleic acid(s). Further preferred is a method wherein the level of two or more nucleic acids are determined, more preferred wherein the level of four or more nucleic acids are determined and most preferred wherein the level of eight or more nucleic acids are determined.
  • The methods for detecting colon disease provided by the present invention may be used for diagnosing the presence of disease in a patent, monitoring the presence of colon disease in patients undergoing treatment and testing for the reoccurrence of colon disease in patients that were successfully treated for colon disease; preferably wherein the colon disease is colon cancer. The test sample may be, but is not limited to, a biological sample such as tissue, blood, serum or biological fluid.
  • The present invention is based on the discovery of protein(s) and peptide(s) that are differentially expressed in colon cancer samples versus normal colon diseases samples. These proteins and peptide, and the encoding nucleic acid molecules are associated with colon diseases, hereinafter the CCAT protein, peptide or nucleic acids.
  • The discovery of disease specific target proteins is base on discoveries made using proteomics techniques. The method uses on MALDI-TOF TOF LC/MS analyses platform to generate protein expression profiles from colon diseases tissues or cell lines in an effort to discover and identify novel molecules associated with the disease.
  • Based on these discoveries, the present invention provides proteins, peptides, nucleic acids that are differential in colon diseases, as well as antibodies binds to the proteins or peptides. The present invention also provides methods for detection, monitoring, diagnosis, prognosis, preventive and treatment of colon diseases. The present invention provides a detection reagent, markers for colon diseases at various stages, comprises CCAT sequences isolated from human colon disease tissue, sera, cell lines, blood or biological fluids.
  • The present invention provides a method for treating colon diseases targeting at CCAT. The treatment includes administration of a therapeutically effective amount of composition comprise, but not limit to, an antibody, an immunogentic peptide which induces T cell response, a small molecule, a protein or a nucleic acid molecule. The composition further comprises an agonist or antigonist to CCAT. A “colon or colorectal disease” includes but not limited to colon cancer, colon tumor, diverticulosis, diverticulitis, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, hemorrhoids, and anal fissure.
  • The present invention may further provide a diagnostic or therapeutic potential for epithelial-cell related cancers, which include but are not limited to pancreas, lung, colon, prostate, ovarian, breast, bladder renal, hepatocellular, pharyngeal and gastric cancers.
  • The present invention further provides the target for screening an agent for CCAT, wherein the agent is compounds of small molecules, proteins, peptides, nucleic acids, antibodies or other agonists or antigonists.
  • CCAT Peptide/Proteins and Peptides
  • The present invention provides isolated CCAT peptide and protein molecules that consisting of, consisting essentially of, or comprising the amino acid sequences of the CCAT peptides and proteins disclosed in Table 1, as well as all obvious variants of these peptides that are within the art to make and use. Some of these variants are described in detail below.
  • In one embodiment CCAT peptides include, but are not limited to, the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NOS: 1332-1501 and variants thereof. A CCAT protein includes, but is not limited to, the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 1-683 and variants thereof. CCAT proteins may be differentially expressed in colon cell line, blood, tissue, serum or body fluids.
  • The peptide or protein or fragment thereof, to which the invention pertains, however, are not to be construed as encompassing peptide, protein or fragment that may be disclosed publicly prior to the present invention.
  • The CCAT proteins and peptides of the present invention can be purified to homogeneity or other degrees of purity. The level of purification will be based on the intended use. The critical feature is that the preparation allows for the desired function of the peptide, even if in the presence of considerable amounts of other components (the features of an isolated nucleic acid molecule is discussed below).
  • As used herein, a “peptide” is defined as amino acid sequences between 5-20 amino acids derived from CCAT proteins such as SEQ ID NOS: 1-683 or variants thereof. The peptide differentially expressed in either colon disease cell line, blood, tissue, serum or body fluids. In one embodiment peptides include, but are not limited to, the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NOS: 1332-1501, or variants thereof.
  • As used herein, a “protein” is full-length protein differentially expressed in colon disease cell line, tissue, blood, serum or body fluids. A protein includes, but is not limited to, the amino acid sequences sequence of SEQ ID NOS: 1-683.
  • A peptide is said to be “isolated” or “purified” when it is substantially free of cellular material or free of chemical precursors or other chemicals. The peptides of the present invention can be purified to homogeneity or other degrees of purity. The level of purification will be based on the intended use. The critical feature is that the preparation allows for the desired function of the peptide, even if in the presence of considerable amounts of other components (the features of an isolated nucleic acid molecule are discussed below).
  • In some uses, “substantially free of cellular material” includes preparations of the peptide having less than about 30% (by dry weight) other proteins (i.e., contaminating protein), less than about 20% other proteins, less than about 10% other proteins, or less than about 5% other proteins. When the peptide is recombinantly produced, it can also be substantially free of culture medium, i.e., culture medium represents less than about 20% of the volume of the protein preparation.
  • The language “substantially free of chemical precursors or other chemicals” includes preparations of the peptide in which it is separated from chemical precursors or other chemicals that are involved in its synthesis. In one embodiment, the language “substantially free of chemical precursors or other chemicals” includes preparations of the CCAT peptide having less than about 30% (by dry weight) chemical precursors or other chemicals, less than about 20% chemical precursors or other chemicals, less than about 10% chemical precursors or other chemicals, or less than about 5% chemical precursors or other chemicals.
  • The isolated CCAT proteins and peptide can be purified from cells that naturally express it, purified from cells that have been altered to express it (recombinant), or synthesized using known protein synthesis methods. Sambrook et al., Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual. 3rd. ed., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., (2001). Experimental data as provided in Table 1 indicates expression in human colon tumor tissues. For example, a nucleic acid molecule encoding the CCAT protein or peptide is cloned into an expression vector, the expression vector introduced into a host cell and the protein expressed in the host cell. The protein or peptide can then be isolated from the cells by an appropriate purification scheme using standard protein purification techniques. Many of these techniques are described in detail below.
  • A CCAT peptide or protein can be attached to heterologous sequences to form chimeric or fusion proteins. Such Schimeric and fusion proteins comprise a peptide operatively linked to a heterologous protein having an amino acid sequence not substantially homologous to the peptide. “Operatively linked” indicates that the peptide and the heterologous protein are fused in-frame. The heterologous protein can be fused to the N-terminus or C-terminus of the peptide.
  • In some uses, the fusion protein does not affect the activity of the peptide or protein per se. For example, the fusion protein can include, but is not limited to, fusion proteins, for example beta-galactosidase fusions, yeast two-hybrid GAL fusions, poly-His fusions, MYC-tagged, HI-tagged and Ig fusions. Such fusion proteins, particularly poly-His fusions, can facilitate the purification of recombinant CCAT proteins or peptides. In certain host cells (e.g., mammalian host cells), expression and/or secretion of a protein can be increased by using a heterologous signal sequence.
  • A chimeric or fusion CCAT protein or peptide can be produced by standard recombinant DNA techniques. For example, DNA fragments coding for the different protein sequences are ligated together in-frame in accordance with conventional techniques. In another embodiment, the fusion gene can be synthesized by conventional techniques including automated DNA synthesizers. Alternatively, PCR amplification of gene fragments can be carried out using anchor primers which give rise to complementary overhangs between two consecutive gene fragments which can subsequently be annealed and re-amplified to generate a chimeric gene sequence (see Ausubel et al., Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, 1992). Moreover, many expression vectors are commercially available that already encode a fusion moiety (e.g., a GST protein). A CCAT-encoding nucleic acid can be cloned into such an expression vector such that the fusion moiety is linked in-frame to the CCAT protein or peptide.
  • As mentioned above, the CCAT peptide or the CCAT protein has obvious variants of the amino acid sequence, such as naturally occurring mature forms of the CCAT, allelic/sequence variants of the CCAT, non-naturally occurring recombinantly derived variants of the CCATs, and orthologs and paralogs of the CCAT proteins or peptides. Such variants can readily be generated using art-known techniques in the fields of recombinant nucleic acid technology and protein biochemistry.
  • It is understood, however, that CCAT and variants exclude any amino acid sequences disclosed prior to the invention.
  • Such variants can readily be identified/made using molecular techniques and the sequence information disclosed herein. Further, such variants can readily be distinguished from other peptides based on sequence and/or structural homology to the CCAT peptides of the present invention. The degree of homology/identity present will be based primarily on whether the peptide is a functional variant or non-functional variant, the amount of divergence present in the paralog family and the evolutionary distance between the orthologs.
  • To determine the percent identity of two amino acid sequences or two nucleic acid sequences, the sequences are aligned for optimal comparison purposes (e.g., gaps can be introduced in one or both of a first and a second amino acid or nucleic acid sequence for optimal alignment and non-homologous sequences can be disregarded for comparison purposes). In a preferred embodiment, at least 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, or 90% or more of the length of a reference sequence is aligned for comparison purposes. The amino acid residues or nucleotides at corresponding amino acid positions or nucleotide positions are then compared. When a position in the first sequence is occupied by the same amino acid residue or nucleotide as the corresponding position in the second sequence, then the molecules are identical at that position (as used herein amino acid or nucleic acid “identity” is equivalent to amino acid or nucleic acid “homology”). The percent identity between the two sequences is a function of the number of identical positions shared by the sequences, taking into account the number of gaps, and the length of each gap, which need to be introduced for optimal alignment of the two sequences.
  • The comparison of sequences and determination of percent identity and similarity between two sequences can be accomplished using a mathematical algorithm. (Computational Molecular Biology, Lesk, A. M., ed., Oxford University Press, New York, 1988; Biocomputing: Informatics and Genome Projects, Smith, D. W., ed., Academic Press, New York, 1993; Computer Analysis of Sequence Data, Part 1, Griffin, A. M., and Griffin, H. G., eds., Humana Press, New Jersey, 1994; Sequence Analysis in Molecular Biology, von Heinje, G., Academic Press, 1987; and Sequence Analysis Primer, Gribskov, M. and Devereux, J., eds., M Stockton Press, New York, 1991). In a preferred embodiment, the percent identity between two amino acid sequences is determined using the Needleman and Wunsch (J. Mol. Biol. (48):444-453 (1970)) algorithm which has been incorporated into the GAP program in the GCG software package, using either a Blossom 62 matrix or a PAM250 matrix, and a gap weight of 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, or 4 and a length weight of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6. In yet another preferred embodiment, the percent identity between two nucleotide sequences is determined using the GAP program in the GCG software package (Devereux, J., et al., Nucleic Acids Res. 12(1):387 (1984)), using a NWSgapdna.CMP matrix and a gap weight of 40, 50, 60, 70, or 80 and a length weight of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6. In another embodiment, the percent identity between two amino acid or nucleotide sequences is determined using the algorithm of E. Myers and W. Miller (CABIOS, 4:11-17 (1989)) which has been incorporated into the ALIGN program (version 2.0), using a PAM120 weight residue table, a gap length penalty of 12 and a gap penalty of 4.
  • The nucleic acid and protein sequences of the present invention can further be used as a “query sequence” to perform a search against sequence databases to, for example, identify other family members or related sequences. Such searches can be performed using the NBLAST and XBLAST programs (version 2.0) of Altschul, et al. (J. Mol. Biol. 215:403-10 (1990)). BLAST nucleotide searches can be performed with the NBLAST program, score=100, wordlength=12 to obtain nucleotide sequences homologous to the nucleic acid molecules of the invention. BLAST protein searches can be performed with the XBLAST program, score=50, wordlength=3 to obtain amino acid sequences homologous to the proteins of the invention. To obtain gapped alignments for comparison purposes, Gapped BLAST can be utilized as described in Altschul et al. (Nucleic Acids Res. 25(17):3389-3402 (1997)). When utilizing BLAST and gapped BLAST programs, the default parameters of the respective programs (e.g., XBLAST and NBLAST) can be used.
  • Full-length pre-processed forms, as well as mature processed forms, of proteins that comprise one of the peptides of the present invention can readily be identified as having complete sequence identity to one of the CCAT peptides of the present invention as well as being encoded by the same genetic locus as the CCAT peptide provided herein.
  • Allelic variants of a CCAT peptide can readily be identified as being a human protein having a high degree (significant) of sequence homology/identity to at least a portion of the CCAT peptide as well as being encoded by the same genetic locus as the CCAT peptide provided herein. Genetic locus can readily be determined based on the genomic information provided in Table 1, such as the genomic sequence mapped to the reference human. As used herein, two proteins (or a region of the proteins) have significant homology when the amino acid sequences are typically at least about 70-80%, 80-90%, and more typically at least about 90-95% or more homologous. A significantly homologous amino acid sequence, according to the present invention, will be encoded by a nucleic acid sequence that will hybridize to a CCAT peptide encoding nucleic acid molecule under stringent conditions as more fully described below.
  • Paralogs of a CCAT peptide can readily be identified as having some degree of significant sequence homology/identity to at least a portion of the CCAT peptide, as being encoded by a gene from humans, and as having similar activity or function. Two proteins will typically be considered paralogs when the amino acid sequences are typically at least about 60% or greater, and more typically at least about 70% or greater homology through a given region or domain. Such paralogs will be encoded by a nucleic acid sequence that will hybridize to a CCAT peptide encoding nucleic acid molecule under moderate to stringent conditions as more fully described below.
  • Orthologs of a CCAT peptide can readily be identified as having some degree of significant sequence homology/identity to at least a portion of the CCAT peptide as well as being encoded by a gene from another organism. Preferred orthologs will be isolated from mammals, preferably primates, for the development of human therapeutic targets and agents. Such orthologs will be encoded by a nucleic acid sequence that will hybridize to a CCAT peptide encoding nucleic acid molecule under moderate to stringent conditions, as more fully described below, depending on the degree of relatedness of the two organisms yielding the proteins.
  • Non-naturally occurring variants of the CCAT peptides of the present invention can readily be generated using recombinant techniques. Such variants include, but are not limited to deletions, additions and substitutions in the amino acid sequence of the CCAT peptide. For example, one class of substitutions is conserved amino acid substitution. Such substitutions are those that substitute a given amino acid in a CCAT peptide by another amino acid of like characteristics. Typically seen as conservative substitutions are the replacements, one for another, among the aliphatic amino acids Ala, Val, Leu, and Be; interchange of the hydroxyl residues Ser and Thr; exchange of the acidic residues Asp and Glu; substitution between the amide residues Asn and Gln; exchange of the basic residues Lys and Arg; and replacements among the aromatic residues Phe and Tyr. Guidance concerning which amino acid changes are likely to be phenotypically silent are found in Bowie et al., Science 247:1306-1310 (1990).
  • Variant CCAT peptides can be fully functional or can lack function in one or more activities, e.g. ability to bind substrate, ability to phosphorylate substrate, ability to mediate signaling, etc. Fully functional variants typically contain only conservative variation or variation in non-critical residues or in non-critical regions.
  • Non-functional variants typically contain one or more non-conservative amino acid substitutions, deletions, insertions, inversions, or truncation or a substitution, insertion, inversion, or deletion in a critical residue or critical region.
  • Amino acids that are essential for function can be identified by methods known in the art, such as site-directed mutagenesis or alanine-scanning mutagenesis (Cunningham et al., Science 244:1081-1085 (1989)). The latter procedure introduces single alanine mutations at every residue in the molecule. The resulting mutant molecules are then tested for biological activity such as CCAT activity or in assays such as an in vitro proliferative activity. Sites that are critical for binding partner/substrate binding can also be determined by structural analysis such as crystallization, nuclear magnetic resonance or photoaffinity labeling (Smith et al., J. Mol. Biol. 224:899-904 (1992); de Vos et al. Science 255:306-312 (1992)).
  • The present invention further provides fragments of the CCATs, in addition to proteins and peptides that comprise and consist of such fragments, particularly those comprising the residues identified in Table 1. As used herein, a fragment comprises at least 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 or more contiguous amino acid residues from a CCAT. Such fragments can be chosen based on the ability to retain one or more of the biological activities of the CCAT or could be chosen for the ability to perform a function, e.g. bind a substrate or act as an immunogen. Particularly important fragments are biologically active fragments, peptides that are, for example, about 8 or more amino acids in length. Such fragments will typically comprise a domain or motif of the CCAT, e.g., active site, a transmembrane domain or a substrate-binding domain. Further, possible fragments include, but are not limited to, domain or motif containing fragments, soluble peptide fragments, and fragments containing immunogenic structures. Predicted domains and functional sites are readily identifiable by computer programs well known and readily available to those of skill in the art (e.g., PROSITE analysis).
  • Polypeptides often contain amino acids other than the 20 amino acids commonly referred to as the 20 naturally occurring amino acids. Further, many amino acids, including the terminal amino acids, may be modified by natural processes, such as processing and other post-translational modifications, or by chemical modification techniques well known in the art. Common modifications that occur naturally in CCATs are described in basic texts, detailed monographs, and the research literature, and they are well known to those of skill in the art.
  • Known modifications include, but are not limited to, acetylation, acylation, ADP-ribosylation, amidation, covalent attachment of flavin, covalent attachment of a heme moiety, covalent attachment of a nucleotide or nucleotide derivative, covalent attachment of a lipid or lipid derivative, covalent attachment of phosphotidylinositol, cross-linking, cyclization, disulfide bond formation, demethylation, formation of covalent crosslinks, formation of cystine, formation of pyroglutamate, formylation, gamma carboxylation, glycosylation, GPI anchor formation, hydroxylation, iodination, methylation, myristoylation, oxidation, proteolytic processing, phosphorylation, prenylation, racemization, selenoylation, sulfation, transfer-RNA mediated addition of amino acids to proteins such as arginylation, and ubiquitination.
  • Such modifications are well known to those of skill in the art and have been described in great detail in the scientific literature. Several particularly common modifications, glycosylation, lipid attachment, sulfation, gamma-carboxylation of glutamic acid residues, hydroxylation and ADP-ribosylation, for instance, are described in most basic texts, such as Proteins—Structure and Molecular Properties, 2nd Ed., T. E. Creighton, W. H. Freeman and Company, New York (1993). Many detailed reviews are available on this subject, such as by Wold, F., Posttranslational Covalent Modification of Proteins, B. C. Johnson, Ed., Academic Press, New York 1-12 (1983); Seifter et al. (Meth. Enzymol. 182: 626-646 (1990)) and Rattan et al. (Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 663:48-62 (1992)).
  • Accordingly, the CCATs of the present invention also encompass derivatives or analogs in which a substituted amino acid residue is not one encoded by the genetic code, in which a substituent group is included, in which the mature CCAT is fused with another compound, such as a compound to increase the half-life of the CCAT (for example, polyethylene glycol), or in which the additional amino acids are fused to the mature CCAT, such as a leader or secretory sequence or a sequence for purification of the mature CCAT or a pro-protein sequence.
  • Protein/Peptide Uses
  • The proteins of the present invention can be used in substantial and specific assays related to the functional information provided in Table 1; to raise antibodies or to elicit another immune response; as a reagent (including the labeled reagent) in assays designed to quantitatively determine levels of the protein (or its binding partner or ligand) in biological fluids; and as markers for tissues in which the corresponding protein is preferentially expressed (either constitutively or at a particular stage of tissue differentiation or development or in a disease state). Where the protein binds or potentially binds to another protein or ligand (such as, for example, in a CCAT-effector protein interaction or CCAT-ligand interaction), the protein can be used to identify the binding partner/ligand so as to develop a system to identify inhibitors of the binding interaction. Any or all of these uses are capable of being developed into reagent grade or kit format for commercialization as commercial products.
  • Methods for performing the uses listed above are well known to those skilled in the art. References disclosing such methods include “Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual”, 3rd. ed., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Sambrook, J., E. F. Fritsch and T. Maniatis eds., 2001, and “Methods in Enzymology: Guide to Molecular Cloning Techniques”, Academic Press, Berger, S. L. and A. R. Kimmel eds., 1987.
  • The potential uses of the peptides of the present invention are based primarily on the source of the protein as well as the class/action of the protein. For example, CCATs isolated from humans and their human/mammalian orthologs serve as targets for identifying agents for use in mammalian therapeutic applications, e.g. a human drug, particularly in modulating a biological or pathological response in a cell or tissue that expresses the CCAT. Experimental data as provided in Table 1 indicate that the CCAT of the present invention are overexpressed in colon tumor tissue. A large percentage of pharmaceutical agents are being developed that modulate the activity of CCAT proteins, particularly members of the CCAT subfamily (see Background of the Invention). The structural and functional information provided in the Background and Figures provide specific and substantial uses for the molecules of the present invention, particularly in combination with the expression information provided in Table 1. Experimental data as provided in Table 1 indicates expression in human colon tumor tissues. Such uses can readily be determined using the information provided herein, that which is known in the art, and routine experimentation.
  • The proteins of the present invention (including variants and fragments that may have been disclosed prior to the present invention) are useful for biological assays related to CCATs that are related to members of the CCAT subfamily. Such assays involve any of the known CCAT functions or activities or properties useful for diagnosis and treatment of CCAT-related conditions that are specific for the subfamily of CCATs that the one of the present invention belongs to, particularly in cells and tissues that express the CCAT. Experimental data as provided in Table 1 indicate that the CCAT of the present invention are overexpressed in colon tumor tissue
  • The proteins of the present invention are also useful in drug screening assays, in cell-based or cell-free systems. Cell-based systems can be native, i.e., cells that normally express the CCAT, as a biopsy or expanded in cell culture. Experimental data as provided in Table 1 indicates expression in human colon tumor tissues. In an alternate embodiment, cell-based assays involve recombinant host cells expressing the CCAT protein.
  • The polypeptides can be used to identify compounds or agents that modulate CCAT activity of the protein in its natural state or an altered form that causes a specific disease or pathology associated with the CCAT. Both the CCATs of the present invention and appropriate variants and fragments can be used in high-throughput screens to assay candidate compounds for the ability to bind to the CCAT. These compounds can be further screened against a functional CCAT to determine the effect of the compound on the CCAT activity. Further, these compounds can be tested in animal or invertebrate systems to determine activity/effectiveness. Compounds can be identified that activate (agonist) or inactivate (antagonist) the CCAT to a desired degree.
  • Further, the proteins of the present invention can be used to screen a compound or an agent for the ability to stimulate or inhibit interaction between the CCAT protein and a molecule that normally interacts with the CCAT protein, e.g. a substrate or or an extracellular binding ligand or a component of the signal pathway that the CCAT protein normally interacts (for example, a cytosolic signal protein or another CCAT). Such assays typically include the steps of combining the CCAT protein with a candidate compound under conditions that allow the CCAT protein, or fragment, to interact with the target molecule, and to detect the formation of a complex between the protein and the target or to detect the biochemical consequence of the interaction with the CCAT protein and the target, such as any of the associated effects of signal transduction such as protein phosphorylation, cAMP turnover, and adenylate cyclase activation, etc.
  • Candidate compounds or agents include, for example, 1) peptides such as soluble peptides, including Ig-tailed fusion peptides and members of random peptide libraries (see, e.g., Lam et al., Nature 354:82-84 (1991); Houghten et al., Nature 354:84-86 (1991)) and combinatorial chemistry-derived molecular libraries made of D- and/or L-configuration amino acids; 2) phosphopeptides (e.g., members of random and partially degenerate, directed phosphopeptide libraries, see, e.g., Songyang et al., Cell 72:767-778 (1993)); 3) antibodies (e.g., polyclonal, monoclonal, humanized, anti-idiotypic, chimeric, and single chain antibodies as well as Fab, F(ab′)2, Fab expression library fragments, and epitope-binding fragments of antibodies); and 4) small organic and inorganic molecules (e.g., molecules obtained from combinatorial and natural product libraries).
  • One candidate compound or agent is a soluble fragment of the CCAT that competes for substrate binding. Other candidate compounds include mutant CCATs or appropriate fragments containing mutations that affect CCAT function and thus compete for substrate. Accordingly, a fragment that competes for substrate, for example with a higher affinity, or a fragment that binds substrate but does not allow release, is encompassed by the invention.
  • The invention further includes other end point assays to identify compounds that modulate (stimulate or inhibit) CCAT activity. The assays typically involve an assay of events in the signal transduction pathway that indicate CCAT activity. Thus, the phosphorylation of a substrate, activation of a protein, a change in the expression of genes that are up- or down-regulated in response to the CCAT protein dependent signal cascade can be assayed.
  • Any of the biological or biochemical functions mediated by the CCAT can be used as an endpoint assay. These include all of the biochemical or biochemical/biological events described herein, in the references cited herein, incorporated by reference for these endpoint assay targets, and other functions known to those of ordinary skill in the art or that can be readily identified using the information provided in Table 1. Specifically, a biological function of a cell or tissues that expresses the CCAT can be assayed. Experimental data as provided in Table 1 indicate that the CCAT of the present invention are overexpressed in colon tumor tissue.
  • Binding and/or activating compounds can also be screened by using chimeric CCAT proteins in which the amino terminal extracellular domain, or parts thereof, the entire transmembrane domain or subregions, such as any of the seven transmembrane segments or any of the intracellular or extracellular loops and the carboxy terminal intracellular domain, or parts thereof, can be replaced by heterologous domains or subregions. For example, a substrate-binding region can be used that interacts with a different substrate then that which is recognized by the native CCAT. Accordingly, a different set of signal transduction components is available as an end-point assay for activation. This allows for assays to be performed in other than the specific host cell from which the CCAT is derived.
  • The proteins of the present invention are also useful in competition binding assays in methods designed to discover compounds that interact with the CCAT (e.g. binding partners and/or ligands). Thus, a compound is exposed to a CCAT polypeptide under conditions that allow the compound to bind or to otherwise interact with the polypeptide. Soluble CCAT polypeptide is also added to the mixture. If the test compound interacts with the soluble CCAT polypeptide, it decreases the amount of complex formed or activity from the CCAT. This type of assay is particularly useful in cases in which compounds are sought that interact with specific regions of the CCAT. Thus, the soluble polypeptide that competes with the target CCAT region is designed to contain peptide sequences corresponding to the region of interest.
  • To perform cell free drug screening assays, it is sometimes desirable to immobilize either the CCAT protein, or fragment, or its target molecule to facilitate separation of complexes from uncomplexed forms of one or both of the proteins, as well as to accommodate automation of the assay.
  • Techniques for immobilizing proteins on matrices can be used in the drug screening assays. In one embodiment, a fusion protein can be provided which adds a domain that allows the protein to be bound to a matrix. For example, glutathione-S-transferase fusion proteins can be adsorbed onto glutathione sepharose beads (Sigma Chemical, St. Louis, Mo.) or glutathione derivatized microtitre plates, which are then combined with the cell lysates (e.g., 35S-labeled) and the candidate compound, and the mixture incubated under conditions conducive to complex formation (e.g., at physiological conditions for salt and pH). Following incubation, the beads are washed to remove any unbound label, and the matrix immobilized and radiolabel determined directly, or in the supernatant after the complexes are dissociated. Alternatively, the complexes can be dissociated from the matrix, separated by SDS-PAGE, and the level of CCAT-binding protein found in the bead fraction quantitated from the gel using standard electrophoretic techniques. For example, either the polypeptide or its target molecule can be immobilized utilizing conjugation of biotin and streptavidin using techniques well known in the art. Alternatively, antibodies reactive with the protein but which do not interfere with binding of the protein to its target molecule can be derivatized to the wells of the plate, and the protein trapped in the wells by antibody conjugation. Preparations of a CCAT-binding protein and a candidate compound are incubated in the CCAT protein-presenting wells and the amount of complex trapped in the well can be quantitated. Methods for detecting such complexes, in addition to those described above for the GST-immobilized complexes, include immunodetection of complexes using antibodies reactive with the CCAT protein target molecule, or which are reactive with CCAT protein and compete with the target molecule, as well as CCAT-linked assays which rely on detecting an enzymatic activity associated with the target molecule.
  • Agents that modulate one of the CCATs of the present invention can be identified using one or more of the above assays, alone or in combination. It is generally preferable to use a cell-based or cell free system first and then confirm activity in an animal or other model system. Such model systems are well known in the art and can readily be employed in this context.
  • Modulators of CCAT protein activity identified according to these drug screening assays can be used to treat a subject with a disorder mediated by the CCAT pathway, by treating cells or tissues that express the CCAT. Experimental data as provided in Table 1 indicates expression in human colon tumor tissues. These methods of treatment include the steps of administering a modulator of CCAT activity in a pharmaceutical composition to a subject in need of such treatment, the modulator being identified as described herein.
  • In yet another aspect of the invention, the CCAT proteins can be used as “bait proteins” in a two-hybrid assay or three-hybrid assay (see, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 5,283,317; Zervos et al. (1993) Cell 72:223-232; Madura et al. (1993) J. Biol. Chem. 268:12046-12054; Bartel et al. (1993) Biotechniques 14:920-924; Iwabuchi et al. (1993) Oncogene 8:1693-1696; and Brent WO94/10300), to identify other proteins, which bind to or interact with the CCAT and are involved in CCAT activity. Such CCAT-binding proteins are also likely to be involved in the propagation of signals by the CCAT proteins or CCAT targets as, for example, downstream elements of a CCAT-mediated signaling pathway. Alternatively, such CCAT-binding proteins are likely to be CCAT inhibitors.
  • The two-hybrid system is based on the modular nature of most transcription factors, which consist of separable DNA-binding and activation domains. Briefly, the assay utilizes two different DNA constructs. In one construct, the gene that codes for a CCAT protein is fused to a gene encoding the DNA binding domain of a known transcription factor (e.g., GAL-4). In the other construct, a DNA sequence, from a library of DNA sequences that encode an unidentified protein (“prey” or “sample”) is fused to a gene that codes for the activation domain of the known transcription factor. If the “bait” and the “prey” proteins are able to interact, in vivo, forming a CCAT-dependent complex, the DNA-binding and activation domains of the transcription factor are brought into close proximity. This proximity allows transcription of a reporter gene (e.g., LacZ) which is operably linked to a transcriptional regulatory site responsive to the transcription factor. Expression of the reporter gene can be detected and cell colonies containing the functional transcription factor can be isolated and used to obtain the cloned gene which encodes the protein which interacts with the CCAT protein.
  • This invention further pertains to novel agents identified by the above-described screening assays. Accordingly, it is within the scope of this invention to further use an agent identified as described herein in an appropriate animal model. For example, an agent identified as described herein (e.g., a CCAT-modulating agent, an antisense CCAT nucleic acid molecule, an CCAT-RNAi fragment, a CCAT-specific antibody, or a CCAT-binding partner) can be used in an animal or other model to determine the efficacy, toxicity, or side effects of treatment with such an agent. Alternatively, an agent identified as described herein can be used in an animal or other model to determine the mechanism of action of such an agent. Furthermore, this invention pertains to uses of novel agents identified by the above-described screening assays for treatments as described herein.
  • The CCAT proteins of the present invention are also useful to provide a target for diagnosing a disease or predisposition to disease mediated by the peptide. Accordingly, the invention provides methods for detecting the presence, or levels of, the protein (or encoding mRNA) in a cell, tissue, or organism. Experimental data as provided in Table 1 indicates expression in human colon tumor tissues. The method involves contacting a biological sample with a compound capable of interacting with the CCAT protein such that the interaction can be detected. Such an assay can be provided in a single detection format or a multi-detection format such as an antibody chip array.
  • One agent for detecting a protein in a sample is an antibody capable of selectively binding to protein. A biological sample includes tissues, cells and biological fluids isolated from a subject, as well as tissues, cells and fluids present within a subject.
  • The peptides of the present invention also provide targets for diagnosing active protein activity, disease, or predisposition to disease, in a patient having a variant peptide, particularly activities and conditions that are known for other members of the family of proteins to which the present one belongs. Thus, the peptide can be isolated from a biological sample and assayed for the presence of a genetic mutation that results in aberrant peptide. This includes amino acid substitution, deletion, insertion, rearrangement, (as the result of aberrant splicing events), and inappropriate post-translational modification. Analytic methods include altered electrophoretic mobility, altered tryptic peptide digest, altered CCAT activity in cell-based or cell-free assay, alteration in substrate or antibody-binding pattern, altered isoelectric point, direct amino acid sequencing, and any other of the known assay techniques useful for detecting mutations in a protein. Such an assay can be provided in a single detection format or a multi-detection format such as an antibody chip array.
  • In vitro techniques for detection of peptide include enzyme linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs), Western blots, immunoprecipitations and immunofluorescence using a detection reagent, such as an antibody or protein binding agent. Alternatively, the peptide can be detected in vivo in a subject by introducing into the subject a labeled anti-peptide antibody or other types of detection agent. For example, the antibody can be labeled with a radioactive marker whose presence and location in a subject can be detected by standard imaging techniques. Particularly useful are methods that detect the allelic variant of a peptide expressed in a subject and methods which detect fragments of a peptide in a sample.
  • The peptides are also useful in pharmacogenomic analysis. Pharmacogenomics deal with clinically significant hereditary variations in the response to drugs due to altered drug disposition and abnormal action in affected persons. See, e.g., Eichelbaum, M. (Clin. Exp. Pharmacol. Physiol. 23(10-11):983-985 (1996)), and Linder, M. W. (Clin. Chem. 43(2):254-266 (1997)). The clinical outcomes of these variations result in severe toxicity of therapeutic drugs in certain individuals or therapeutic failure of drugs in certain individuals as a result of individual variation in metabolism. Thus, the genotype of the individual can determine the way a therapeutic compound acts on the body or the way the body metabolizes the compound. Further, the activity of drug metabolizing enzymes affects both the intensity and duration of drug action. Thus, the pharmacogenomics of the individual permit the selection of effective compounds and effective dosages of such compounds for prophylactic or therapeutic treatment based on the individual's genotype. The discovery of genetic polymorphisms in some drug metabolizing enzymes has explained why some patients do not obtain the expected drug effects, show an exaggerated drug effect, or experience serious toxicity from standard drug dosages. Polymorphisms can be expressed in the phenotype of the extensive metabolizer and the phenotype of the poor metabolizer. Accordingly, genetic polymorphism may lead to allelic protein variants of the CCAT protein in which one or more of the CCAT functions in one population are different from those in another population. The peptides thus allow a target to ascertain a genetic predisposition that can affect treatment modality. Thus, in a ligand-based treatment, polymorphism may give rise to amino terminal extracellular domains and/or other substrate-binding regions that are more or less active in substrate binding, and CCAT activation. Accordingly, substrate dosage would necessarily be modified to maximize the therapeutic effect within a given population containing a polymorphism. As an alternative to genotyping, specific polymorphic peptides could be identified.
  • The peptides are also useful for treating a disorder characterized by an absence of, inappropriate, or unwanted expression of the protein. Experimental data as provided in Table 1 indicates expression in human colon tumor tissues. Accordingly, methods for treatment include the use of the CCAT protein or fragments.
  • Antibodies
  • The present invention provides antibodies specifically bind to CCAT proteins or fragments thereof, peptides, or antigenic portion thereof.
  • The invention also provides antibodies that selectively bind to one of the peptides of the present invention, a protein comprising such a peptide, as well as variants and fragments thereof as describe above.
  • The antibody of present invention selectively binds a target CCAT when it binds the target domian and does not significantly bind to unrelated proteins. An antibody is still considered to selectively bind a peptide even if it also binds to other proteins that are not substantially homologous with the target peptide so long as such proteins share homology with a fragment or domain of the peptide target of the antibody. In this case, it would be understood that antibody binding to the peptide is still selective despite some degree of cross-reactivity.
  • The term “antibody” is used in the broadest sense, and specifically covers monoclonal antibodies (including full length monoclonal antibodies), polyclonal antibodies, multispecific antibodies (e.g., bispecific antibodies), humanized antibody and antibody fragments (e.g., Fab, F(ab′).sub.2 and Fv) so long as they exhibit the desired biological activity. Antibodies (Abs) and immunoglobulins (Igs) are glycoproteins having the same structural characteristics. While antibodies exhibit binding specificity to a specific antigen, immunoglobulins include both antibodies and other antibody-like molecules that lack antigen specificity.
  • As used herein, antibodies are usually heterotetrameric glycoproteins of about 150,000 daltons, composed of two identical light (L) chains and two identical heavy (H) chains. Each light chain is linked to a heavy chain by one covalent disulfide bond, while the number of disulfide linkages varies between the heavy chains of different immunoglobulin isotypes. Each heavy and light chain also has regularly spaced intrachain disulfide bridges. Each heavy chain has at one end a variable domain (VH) followed by a number of constant domains. Each light chain has a variable domain at one end (VL) and a constant domain at its other end. The constant domain of the light chain is aligned with the first constant domain of the heavy chain, and the light chain variable domain is aligned with the variable domain of the heavy chain. Particular amino acid residues are believed to form an interface between the light and heavy chain variable domains. Chothia et al., J. Mol. Biol. 186, 651-63 (1985); Novotny and Haber, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 82 4592-4596 (1985).
  • An “isolated” antibody is one which has been identified and separated and/or recovered from a component of the environment in which is produced. Contaminant components of its production environment are materials that would interfere with diagnostic or therapeutic uses for the antibody, and may include enzymes, hormones, and other proteinaceous or nonproteinaceous solutes. In preferred embodiments, the antibody will be purified as measurable by at least three different methods: 1) to greater than 95% by weight of antibody as determined by the Lowry method, and most preferably more than 99% by weight; 2) to a degree sufficient to obtain at least 15 residues of N-terminal or internal amino acid sequence by use of a spinning cup sequentator; or 3) to homogeneity by SDS-PAGE under reducing or non-reducing conditions using Coomasie blue or, preferably, silver stain. Isolated antibody includes the antibody in situ within recombinant cells since at least one component of the antibody's natural environment will not be present. Ordinarily, however, isolated antibody will be prepared by at least one purification step.
  • An “antigenic region” or “antigenic determinant” or an “epitope” includes any protein determinant capable of specific binding to an antibody. This is the site on an antigen to which each distinct antibody molecule binds. Epitopic determinants usually consist of active surface groupings of molecules such as amino acids or sugar side chains and usually have specific three-dimensional structural characteristics, as well as charge characteristics.
  • “Antibody specificity,” is an antibody, which has a stronger binding affinity for an antigen from a first subject species than it has for a homologue of that antigen from a second subject species. Normally, the antibody “bind specifically” to a human antigen (i.e., has a binding affinity (Kd) value of no more than about 1×10−7 M, preferably no more than about 1×10−8 M and most preferably no more than about 1×10−9 M) but has a binding affinity for a homologue of the antigen from a second subject species which is at least about 50 fold, or at least about 500 fold, or at least about 1000 fold, weaker than its binding affinity for the human antigen. The antibody can be of any of the various types of antibodies as defined above, but preferably is a humanized or human antibody (Queen et al., U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,530,101, 5,585,089; 5,693,762; and 6,180,370).
  • The present invention provides an “antibody variant,” which refers to an amino acid sequence variant of an antibody wherein one or more of the amino acid residues have been modified. Such variant necessarily have less than 100% sequence identity or similarity with the amino acid sequence having at least 75% amino acid sequence identity or similarity with the amino acid sequence of either the heavy or light chain variable domain of the antibody, more preferably at least 80%, more preferably at least 85%, more preferably at least 90%, and most preferably at least 95%. Since the method of the invention applies equally to both polypeptides, antibodies and fragments thereof, these terms are sometimes employed interchangeably.
  • The term “variable” in the context of variable domain of antibodies refers to the fact that certain portions of the variable domains differ extensively in sequence among antibodies and are used in the binding and specificity of each particular antibody for its particular antigen. However, the variability is not evenly distributed through the variable domains of antibodies. It is concentrated in three segments called complementarity determining regions (CDRs) also known as hypervariable regions both in the light chain and the heavy chain variable domains. There are at least two techniques for determining CDRs: (1) an approach based on cross-species sequence variability (i.e., Kabat et al., Sequences of Proteins of Immunological Interest (National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Md. 1987); and (2) an approach based on crystallographic studies of antigen-antibody complexes (Chothia, C. et al. (1989), Nature 342: 877). The more highly conserved portions of variable domains are called the framework (FR). The variable domains of native heavy and light chains each comprise four FR regions, largely adopting a β-Sheet configuration, connected by three CDRs, which form loops connecting, and in some cases forming part of, the β-sheet structure. The CDRs in each chain are held together in close proximity by the FR regions and, with the CDRs from the other chain, contribute to the formation of the antigen-binding site of antibodies (see Kabat et al.) The constant domains are not involved directly in binding an antibody to an antigen, but exhibit various effector functions, such as participation of the antibody in antibody-dependent cellular toxicity.
  • The term “antibody fragment” refers to a portion of a full-length antibody, generally the antigen binding or variable region. Examples of antibody fragments include Fab, Fab′, F(ab′)2 and Fv fragments. Papain digestion of antibodies produces two identical antigen binding fragments, called the Fab fragment, each with a single antigen binding site, and a residual “Fc” fragment, so-called for its ability to crystallize readily. Pepsin treatment yields an F(ab′)2 fragment that has two antigen binding fragments which are capable of crosslinking antigen, and a residual other fragment (which is termed pFc′). Additional fragments can include diabodies, linear antibodies, single-chain antibody molecules, and multispecific antibodies formed from antibody fragments. As used herein, “functional fragment” with respect to antibodies, refers to Fv, F(ab) and F(ab′)2 fragments.
  • An “Fv” fragment is the minimum antibody fragment that contains a complete antigen recognition and binding site. This region consists of a dimer of one heavy and one light chain variable domain in a tight, non-covalent association (VH-VL dimer). It is in this configuration that the three CDRs of each variable domain interact to define an antigen-binding site on the surface of the VH-VL dimer. Collectively, the six CDRs confer antigen-binding specificity to the antibody. However, even a single variable domain (or half of an Fv comprising only three CDRs specific for an antigen) has the ability to recognize and bind antigen, although at a lower affinity than the entire binding site.
  • The Fab fragment [also designated as F(ab)] also contains the constant domain of the light chain and the first constant domain (CH1) of the heavy chain. Fab′ fragments differ from Fab fragments by the addition of a few residues at the carboxyl terminus of the heavy chain CH1 domain including one or more cysteines from the antibody hinge region. Fab′-SH is the designation herein for Fab′ in which the cysteine residue(s) of the constant domains have a free thiol group. F(ab′) fragments are produced by cleavage of the disulfide bond at the hinge cysteines of the F(ab′)2 pepsin digestion product. Additional chemical couplings of antibody fragments are known to those of ordinary skill in the art.
  • The present invention further provides monoclonal antibodies, polyclonal antibodies as well as humanized antibody. In general, to generate antibodies, an isolated peptide is used as an immunogen and is administered to a mammalian organism, such as a rat, rabbit or mouse. The full-length protein, an antigenic peptide fragment or a fusion protein of the CCAT protein can be used. Particularly important fragments are those covering functional domains. Many methods are known for generating and/or identifying antibodies to a given target peptide. Several such methods are described by Harlow, Antibodies, Cold Spring Harbor Press, (1989).
  • The term “monoclonal antibody” as used herein refers to an antibody obtained from a population of substantially homogeneous antibodies, i.e., the individual antibodies comprising the population are identical except for possible naturally occurring mutations that may be present in minor amounts. Monoclonal antibodies are highly specific, being directed against a single antigenic site. Furthermore, in contrast to conventional (polyclonal) antibody preparations which typically include different antibodies directed against different determinants (epitopes), each monoclonal antibody is directed against a single determinant on the antigen. In additional to their specificity, the monoclonal antibodies are advantageous in that they are synthesized by the hybridoma culture, uncontaminated by other immunoglobulins. The modifier “monoclonal” antibody indicates the character of the antibody as being obtained from a substantially homogeneous population of antibodies, and is not to be construed as requiring production of the antibody by any particular method. For example, the monoclonal antibodies to be used in accordance with the present invention may be made by the hybridoma method first described by Kohler and Milstein, Nature 256, 495 (1975), or may be made by recombinant methods, e.g., as described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,816,567. The monoclonal antibodies for use with the present invention may also be isolated from phage antibody libraries using the techniques described in Clackson et al. Nature 352: 624-628 (1991), as well as in Marks et al., J. Mol. Biol. 222: 581-597 (1991). For detailed procedures for making a monoclonal antibody, see the Example below.
  • “Humanized” forms of non-human (e.g. murine or rabbit) antibodies are chimeric immunoglobulins, immunoglobulin chains or fragments thereof (such as Fv, Fab, Fab′, F(ab′).sub.2 or other antigen-binding subsequences of antibodies) which contain minimal sequence derived from non-human immunoglobulin. For the most part, humanized antibodies are human immunoglobulins (recipient antibody) in which residues from a complementary determining region (CDR) of the recipient are replaced by residues from a CDR of a non-human species (donor antibody) such as mouse, rat or rabbit having the desired specificity, affinity and capacity. In some instances, Fv framework residues of the human immunoglobulin are replaced by corresponding non-human residues. Furthermore, humanized antibody may comprise residues, which are found neither in the recipient antibody nor in the imported CDR or framework sequences. These modifications are made to further refine and optimize antibody performance. In general, the humanized antibody will comprise substantially all of at least one, and typically two, variable domains, in which all or substantially all of the CDR regions correspond to those of a non-human immunoglobulin and all or substantially all of the FR regions are those of a human immunoglobulin consensus sequence. The humanized antibody optimally also will comprise at least a portion of an immunoglobulin constant region (Fc), typically that of a human immunoglobulin. For further details, see: Jones et al., Nature 321, 522-525 (1986); Reichmann et al., Nature 332, 323-327 (1988) and Presta, Curr. Op. Struct. Biol. 2, 593-596 (1992).
  • Polyclonal antibodies may be prepared by any known method or modifications of these methods including obtaining antibodies from patients. For example, a complex of an immunogen such as CCAT protein, peptides or fragments thereof and a carrier protein is prepared and an animal is immunized by the complex according to the same manner as that described with respect to the above monoclonal antibody preparation and the description in the Example. A serum or plasma containing the antibody against the protein is recovered from the immunized animal and the antibody is separated and purified. The gamma globulin fraction or the IgG antibodies can be obtained, for example, by use of saturated ammonium sulfate or DEAE Sephadex, or other techniques known to those skilled in the art.
  • The antibody titer in the antiserum can be measured according to the same manner as that described above with respect to the supernatant of the hybridoma culture. Separation and purification of the antibody can be carried out according to the same separation and purification method of antibody as that described with respect to the above monoclonal antibody and in the Example.
  • The protein used here in as the immunogen is not limited to any particular type of immunogen. In one aspect, antibodies are preferably prepared from regions or discrete fragments of the CCAT proteins. Antibodies can be prepared from any region of the peptide as described herein. In particular, they are selected from a group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 1332-1501 and fragments of SEQ ID NOS: 1-683. An antigenic fragment will typically comprise at least 8 contiguous amino acid residues. The antigenic peptide can comprise, however, at least 10, 12, 14, 16 or more amino acid residues. Such fragments can be selected on a physical property, such as fragments correspond to regions that are located on the surface of the protein, e.g., hydrophilic regions or can be selected based on sequence uniqueness.
  • Antibodies may also be produced by inducing production in the lymphocyte population or by screening antibody libraries or panels of highly specific binding reagents as disclosed in Orlandi et al. (1989; Proc Natl Acad Sci 86:3833-3837) or Winter et al. (1991; Nature 349:293-299). A protein may be used in screening assays of phagemid or B-lymphocyte immunoglobulin libraries to identify antibodies having a desired specificity. Numerous protocols for competitive binding or immunoassays using either polyclonal or monoclonal antibodies with established specificities are well known in the art. Smith G. P., 1991, Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 2: 668-673.
  • The antibodies of the present invention can also be generated using various phage display methods known in the art. In phage display methods, functional antibody domains are displayed on the surface of phage particles which carry the polynucleotide sequences encoding them. In a particular, such phage can be utilized to display antigen-binding domains expressed from a repertoire or combinatorial antibody library (e.g., human or murine). Phage expressing an antigen binding domain that binds the antigen of interest can be selected or identified with antigen, e.g., using labeled antigen or antigen bound or captured to a solid surface or bead. Phage used in these methods are typically filamentous phage including fd and M13 binding domains expressed from phage with Fab, Fv or disulfide stabilized Fv antibody domains recombinantly fused to either the phage gene III or gene VIII protein. Examples of phage display methods that can be used to make the antibodies of the present invention include those disclosed in Brinkman et al., J. Immunol. Methods 182:41-50 (1995); Ames et al., J. Immunol. Methods 184:177-186 (1995); Kettleborough et al., Eur. J. Immunol. 24:952-958 (1994); Persic et al., Gene 187 9-18 (1997); Burton et al., Advances in Immunology 57:191-280 (1994); PCT application No. PCT/GB91/01134; PCT publications WO 90/02809; WO 91/10737; WO 92/01047; WO 92/18619; WO 93/11236; WO 95/15982; WO 95/20401; and U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,698,426; 5,223,409; 5,403,484; 5,580,717; 5,427,908; 5,750,753; 5,821,047; 5,571,698; 5,427,908; 5,516,637; 5,780,225; 5,658,727; 5,733,743 and 5,969,108; each of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
  • Antibody can be also made recombinantly. When using recombinant techniques, the antibody variant can be produced intracellularly, in the periplasmic space, or directly secreted into the medium. If the antibody variant is produced intracellularly, as a first step, the particulate debris, either host cells or lysed fragments, is removed, for example, by centrifugation or ultrafiltration. Carter et al., Bio/Technology 10: 163-167 (1992) describe a procedure for isolating antibodies which are secreted to the periplasmic space of E. coli. Briefly, cell paste is thawed in the presence of sodium acetate (pH 3.5), EDTA, and phenylmethylsulfonylfluoride (PMSF) over about 30 minutes. Cell debris can be removed by centrifugation. Where the antibody variant is secreted into the medium, supernatants from such expression systems are generally first concentrated using a commercially available protein concentration filter, for example, an Amicon or Millipore Pellicon ultrafiltration unit. A protease inhibitor such as PMSF may be included in any of the foregoing steps to inhibit proteolysis and antibiotics may be included to prevent the growth of adventitious contaminants.
  • The antibodies or antigen binding fragments may also be produced by genetic engineering. The technology for expression of both heavy and light cain genes in E. coli is the subject the following PCT patent applications; publication number WO 901443, WO901443, and WO 9014424 and in Huse et al., 1989 Science 246:1275-1281. The general recombinant methods are well known in the art.
  • The antibody composition prepared from the cells can be purified using, for example, hydroxylapatite chromatography, gel elecrophoresis, dialysis, and affinity chromatography, with affinity chromatography being the preferred purification technique. The suitability of protein A as an affinity ligand depends on the species and isotype of any immunoglobulin Fc domain that is present in the antibody. Protein A can be used to purify antibodies that are based on human .delta.1, .delta.2 or .delta.4 heavy chains (Lindmark et al., J. Immunol. Meth. 62: 1-13 (1983)). Protein G is recommended for all mouse isotypes and for human .delta.3 (Guss et al., EMBO J. 5: 1567-1575 (1986)). The matrix to which the affinity ligand is attached is most often agarose, but other matrices are available. Mechanically stable matrices such as controlled pore glass or poly(styrenedivinyl)benzene allow for faster flow rates and shorter processing times than can be achieved with agarose. Where the antibody comprises a CH3 domain, the Bakerbond ABX™ resin (J. T. Baker, Phillipsburg, N.J.) is useful for purification. Other techniques for protein purification such as fractionation on an ion-exchange column, ethanol precipitation, Reverse Phase HPLC, chromatography on silica, chromatography on heparin SEPHAROSE™ chromatography on an anion or cation exchange resin (such as a polyaspartic acid column), chromatofocusing, SDS-PAGE, and ammonium sulfate precipitation are also available depending on the antibody to be recovered.
  • Following any preliminary purification step(s), the mixture comprising the antibody of interest and contaminants may be subjected to low pH hydrophobic interaction chromatography using an elution buffer at a pH between about 2.5-4.5, preferably performed at low salt concentrations (e.g., from about 0-0.25M salt).
  • Antibody Uses
  • The antibodies can be used to isolate one of the proteins of the present invention by standard techniques, such as affinity chromatography or immunoprecipitation. The antibodies can facilitate the purification of the natural protein from cells and recombinantly produced protein expressed in host cells. In addition, such antibodies are useful to detect the presence of one of the proteins of the present invention in cells or tissues to determine the pattern of expression of the protein among various tissues in an organism and over the course of normal development. Experimental data as provided in Table 1 indicate that the CCAT of the present invention are overexpressed in colon tumor tissue. Further, such antibodies can be used to detect protein in situ, in vitro, or in a cell lysate or supernatant in order to evaluate the abundance and pattern of expression. Also, such antibodies can be used to assess abnormal tissue distribution or abnormal expression during development or progression of a biological condition. Antibody detection of circulating fragments of the full length protein can be used to identify turnover.
  • Further, the antibodies can be used to assess expression in disease states such as in active stages of the disease or in an individual with a predisposition toward disease related to the protein's function. When a disorder is caused by an inappropriate tissue distribution, developmental expression, level of expression of the protein, or expressed/processed form, the antibody can be prepared against the normal protein. Experimental data as provided in Table 1 indicates expression in human colon tumor tissues. If a disorder is characterized by a specific mutation in the protein, antibodies specific for this mutant protein can be used to assay for the presence of the specific mutant protein.
  • The antibodies can also be used to assess normal and aberrant subcellular localization of cells in the various tissues in an organism. Experimental data as provided in Table 1 indicates expression in human colon tumor tissues. The diagnostic uses can be applied, not only in genetic testing, but also in monitoring a treatment modality. Accordingly, where treatment is ultimately aimed at correcting expression level or the presence of aberrant sequence and aberrant tissue distribution or developmental expression, antibodies directed against the protein or relevant fragments can be used to monitor therapeutic efficacy. More detection and diagnostic methods are described in detail below.
  • Additionally, antibodies are useful in pharmacogenomic analysis. Thus, antibodies prepared against polymorphic proteins can be used to identify individuals that require modified treatment modalities. The antibodies are also useful as diagnostic tools as an immunological marker for aberrant protein analyzed by electrophoretic mobility, isoelectric point, tryptic peptide digest, and other physical assays known to those in the art.
  • The antibodies are also useful for tissue typing. Experimental data as provided in Table 1 indicates expression in human colon tumor tissues. Thus, where a specific protein has been correlated with expression in a specific tissue, antibodies that are specific for this protein can be used to identify a tissue type.
  • The antibodies are also useful for inhibiting protein function, for example, blocking the binding of the CCAT peptide to a binding partner such as a substrate or another antibody binding to CCATs. These uses can also be applied in a therapeutic context in which treatment involves inhibiting the protein's function. An antibody can be used, for example, to block binding, thus modulating (agonizing or antagonizing) the peptides activity. Antibodies can be prepared against specific fragments containing sites required for function or against intact protein that is associated with a cell or cell membrane. More therapeutics methods are described in detail below.
  • The invention also encompasses kits for using antibodies to detect the presence of a protein in a biological sample. The kit can comprise antibodies such as a labeled or labelable antibody and a compound or agent for detecting protein in a biological sample; means for determining the amount of protein in the sample; means for comparing the amount of protein in the sample with a standard; and instructions for use. Such a kit can be supplied to detect a single protein or epitope or can be configured to detect one of a multitude of epitopes, such as in an antibody detection array. Arrays are described in detail below for nucleic acid arrays and similar methods have been developed for antibody arrays.
  • Nucleic Acid Molecules
  • The present invention further provides isolated nucleic acid molecules that encode a CCAT peptide or protein of the present invention. Such nucleic acid molecules will consist of, consist essentially of, or comprise a nucleotide sequence that encodes one of the CCAT peptides of the present invention, an allelic variant thereof, or an ortholog or paralog thereof. The nucleic acid molecules and the fragements thereof of the present invention pertains, however, are not to be construed as encompassing fragments that may be disclosed publicly prior to the present invention.
  • As used herein, an “isolated” nucleic acid molecule is one that is separated from other nucleic acid present in the natural source of the nucleic acid. Preferably, an “isolated” nucleic acid is free of sequences which naturally flank the nucleic acid (i.e., sequences located at the 5′ and 3′ ends of the nucleic acid) in the genomic DNA of the organism from which the nucleic acid is derived. However, there can be some flanking nucleotide sequences, for example up to about 5 KB, 4 KB, 3 KB, 2 KB, or 1 KB or less, particularly contiguous peptide encoding sequences and peptide encoding sequences within the same gene but separated by introns in the genomic sequence. The important point is that the nucleic acid is isolated from remote and unimportant flanking sequences such that it can be subjected to the specific manipulations described herein such as recombinant expression, preparation of probes and primers, and other uses specific to the nucleic acid sequences.
  • Moreover, an “isolated” nucleic acid molecule, such as a transcript/cDNA molecule, can be substantially free of other cellular material, or culture medium when produced by recombinant techniques, or chemical precursors or other chemicals when chemically synthesized. However, the nucleic acid molecule can be fused to other coding or regulatory sequences and still be considered isolated.
  • For example, recombinant DNA molecules contained in a vector are considered isolated. Further examples of isolated DNA molecules include recombinant DNA molecules maintained in heterologous host cells or purified (partially or substantially) DNA molecules in solution. Isolated RNA molecules include in vivo or in vitro RNA transcripts of the isolated DNA molecules of the present invention. Isolated nucleic acid molecules according to the present invention further include such molecules produced synthetically.
  • The present invention further provides nucleic acid molecules that comprise the nucleotide sequences shown in Table 1, (SEQ ID NOS: 684-1331), or any nucleic acid molecule that encodes a protein provided in Table 1, (SEQ ID NOS: 1-683). A nucleic acid molecule comprises a nucleotide sequence when the nucleotide sequence is at least part of the final nucleotide sequence of the nucleic acid molecule. In such a fashion, the nucleic acid molecule can be only the nucleotide sequence or have additional nucleic acid residues, such as nucleic acid residues that are naturally associated with it or heterologous nucleotide sequences. Such a nucleic acid molecule can have a few additional nucleotides or can comprise several hundred or more additional nucleotides. A brief description of how various types of these nucleic acid molecules can be readily made/isolated is provided below.
  • In Table 1, human transcript sequences are provided. As discussed below, some of the non-coding regions, particularly gene regulatory elements such as promoters, are useful for a variety of purposes, e.g. control of heterologous gene expression, target for identifying gene activity modulating compounds, and are particularly claimed as fragments of the genomic sequence provided herein.
  • The isolated nucleic acid molecules can encode the mature protein plus additional amino or carboxyl-terminal amino acids, or amino acids interior to the mature peptide (when the mature form has more than one peptide chain, for instance). Such sequences may play a role in processing of a protein from precursor to a mature form, facilitate protein trafficking, prolong or shorten protein half-life or facilitate manipulation of a protein for assay or production, among other things. As generally is the case in situ, the additional amino acids may be processed away from the mature protein by cellular enzymes.
  • As mentioned above, the isolated nucleic acid molecules include, but are not limited to, the sequence encoding the CCAT peptide alone, the sequence encoding the mature peptide and additional coding sequences, such as a leader or secretory sequence (e.g., a pre-pro or pro-protein sequence), the sequence encoding the mature peptide, with or without the additional coding sequences, plus additional non-coding sequences, for example introns and non-coding 5′ and 3′ sequences such as transcribed but non-translated sequences that play a role in transcription, mRNA processing (including splicing and polyadenylation signals), ribosome binding and stability of mRNA. In addition, the nucleic acid molecule may be fused to a marker sequence encoding, for example, a peptide that facilitates purification.
  • Isolated nucleic acid molecules can be in the form of RNA, such as mRNA, or in the form DNA, including cDNA and genomic DNA obtained by cloning or produced by chemical synthetic techniques or by a combination thereof. The nucleic acid, especially DNA, can be double-stranded or single-stranded. Single-stranded nucleic acid can be the coding strand (sense strand) or the non-coding strand (anti-sense strand).
  • The invention further provides nucleic acid molecules that encode fragments of the peptides of the present invention as well as nucleic acid molecules that encode obvious variants of the CCAT proteins of the present invention that are described above. Such nucleic acid molecules may be naturally occurring, such as allelic variants (same locus), paralogs (different locus), and orthologs (different organism), or may be constructed by recombinant DNA methods or by chemical synthesis. Such non-naturally occurring variants may be made by mutagenesis techniques, including those applied to nucleic acid molecules, cells, or organisms. Accordingly, as discussed above, the variants can contain nucleotide substitutions, deletions, inversions and insertions. Variation can occur in either or both the coding and non-coding regions. The variations can produce both conservative and non-conservative amino acid substitutions.
  • The present invention further provides non-coding fragments of the nucleic acid molecules provided in Table 1. Preferred non-coding fragments include, but are not limited to, promoter sequences, enhancer sequences, gene modulating sequences and gene termination sequences. Such fragments are useful in controlling heterologous gene expression and in developing screens to identify gene-modulating agents. A promoter can readily be identified as being 5′ to the ATG start site in the genomic sequence.
  • A fragment comprises a contiguous nucleotide sequence greater than 12 or more nucleotides. Further, a fragment could at least 30, 40, 50, 100, 250 or 500 nucleotides in length. The length of the fragment will be based on its intended use. For example, the fragment can encode epitope bearing regions of the peptide, or can be useful as DNA probes and primers. Such fragments can be isolated using the known nucleotide sequence to synthesize an oligonucleotide probe. A labeled probe can then be used to screen a cDNA library, genomic DNA library, or mRNA to isolate nucleic acid corresponding to the coding region. Further, primers can be used in PCR reactions to clone specific regions of the gene.
  • A probe/primer typically comprises substantially a purified oligonucleotide or oligonucleotide pair. The oligonucleotide typically comprises a region of nucleotide sequence that hybridizes under stringent conditions to at least about 12, 20, 25, 40, 50 or more consecutive nucleotides.
  • Orthologs, homologs, and allelic variants can be identified using methods well known in the art. As described in the Peptide Section, these variants comprise a nucleotide sequence encoding a peptide that is typically 60-70%, 70-80%, 80-90%, and more typically at least about 90-95% or more homologous to a nucleotide sequence shown in the Table 1 or a fragment of this sequence. Such nucleic acid molecules can readily be identified as being able to hybridize under moderate to stringent conditions, to a nucleotide sequence shown in Table 1 or a fragment of the sequence. Allelic variants can readily be determined by genetic locus of the encoding gene.
  • As used herein, the term “hybridizes under stringent conditions” is intended to describe conditions for hybridization and washing under which nucleotide sequences encoding a peptide at least 60-70% homologous to each other typically remain hybridized to each other. The conditions can be such that sequences at least about 60%, at least about 70%, or at least about 80% or more homologous to each other typically remain hybridized to each other. Such stringent conditions are known to those skilled in the art and can be found in Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, John Wiley & Sons, N.Y. (1989), 6.3.1-6.3.6. One example of stringent hybridization conditions is hybridization in 6× sodium chloride/sodium citrate (SSC) at about 45 C, followed by one or more washes in 0.2×SSC, 0.1% SDS at 50-65 C. Examples of moderate to low stringency hybridization conditions are well known in the art.
  • Nucleic Acid Molecule Uses
  • The nucleic acid molecules of the present invention are useful for probes, primers, chemical intermediates, and in biological assays. The nucleic acid molecules are useful as a hybridization probe for messenger RNA, transcript/cDNA and genomic DNA to isolate full-length cDNA and genomic clones encoding a peptide described in Table 1 and to isolate cDNA and genomic clones that correspond to variants (alleles, orthologs, etc.) producing the same or related peptides shown in Table 1.
  • The probe can correspond to any sequence along the entire length of a nucleic acid molecule provided in Table 1. Accordingly, it could be derived from 5′ noncoding regions, the coding region, and 3′ noncoding regions. However, as discussed, fragments are not to be construed as encompassing fragments disclosed prior to the present invention.
  • The nucleic acid molecules are also useful as primers for PCR to amplify any given region of a nucleic acid molecule and are useful to synthesize antisense molecules of desired length and sequence.
  • The nucleic acid molecules are also useful for constructing recombinant vectors. Such vectors include expression vectors that express a portion of, or all of, the peptide sequences. Vectors also include insertion vectors, used to integrate into another nucleic acid molecule sequence, such as into the cellular genome, to alter in situ expression of a gene and/or gene product. For example, an endogenous coding sequence can be replaced via homologous recombination with all or part of the coding region containing one or more specifically introduced mutations.
  • The nucleic acid molecules are also useful for expressing antigenic portions of the proteins.
  • The nucleic acid molecules are also useful as probes for determining the chromosomal positions of the nucleic acid molecules by means of in situ hybridization methods.
  • The nucleic acid molecules are also useful in making vectors containing the gene regulatory regions of the nucleic acid molecules of the present invention.
  • The nucleic acid molecules are also useful for designing ribozymes corresponding to all, or a part, of the mRNA produced from the nucleic acid molecules described herein. The nucleic acid molecules are also useful for making vectors that express part, or all, of the peptides.
  • The nucleic acid molecules are also useful for constructing host cells expressing a part, or all, of the nucleic acid molecules and peptides.
  • The nucleic acid molecules are also useful for constructing transgenic animals expressing all, or a part, of the nucleic acid molecules and peptides.
  • The nucleic acid molecules are also useful as hybridization probes for determining the presence, level, form and distribution of nucleic acid expression. Experimental data as provided in Table 1 indicate that the CCAT of the present invention are overexpressed in colon tumor tissue. Accordingly, the probes can be used to detect the presence of, or to determine levels of, a specific nucleic acid molecule in cells, tissues, and in organisms. The nucleic acid whose level is determined can be DNA or RNA. Accordingly, probes corresponding to the peptides described herein can be used to assess expression and/or gene copy number in a given cell, tissue, or organism. These uses are relevant for diagnosis of disorders involving an increase or decrease in CCAT protein expression relative to normal results.
  • In vitro techniques for detection of mRNA include Northern hybridizations and in situ hybridizations. In vitro techniques for detecting DNA include Southern hybridizations and in situ hybridization.
  • Probes can be used as a part of a diagnostic test kit for identifying cells or tissues that express a CCAT protein, such as by measuring a level of a CCAT-encoding nucleic acid in a sample of cells from a subject e.g., mRNA or genomic DNA, or determining if a CCAT gene has been mutated. Experimental data as provided in Table 1 indicate that the CCAT of the present invention are overexpressed in colon tumor tissue. More detection and diagnosis methods are described in detail below.
  • Nucleic acid expression assays are useful for drug screening to identify compounds that modulate CCAT nucleic acid expression.
  • The invention thus provides a method for identifying a compound that can be used to treat a disorder associated with nucleic acid expression of the CCAT gene, particularly biological and pathological processes that are mediated by the CCAT in cells and tissues that express it. Experimental data as provided in Table 1 indicates expression in human colon tumor tissues. The method typically includes assaying the ability of the compound to modulate the expression of the CCAT nucleic acid and thus identifying a compound that can be used to treat a disorder characterized by undesired CCAT nucleic acid expression. The assays can be performed in cell-based and cell-free systems. Cell-based assays include cells naturally expressing the CCAT nucleic acid or recombinant cells genetically engineered to express specific nucleic acid sequences.
  • The assay for CCAT nucleic acid expression can involve direct assay of nucleic acid levels, such as mRNA levels, or on collateral compounds involved in the signal pathway. Further, the expression of genes that are up- or down-regulated in response to the CCAT protein signal pathway can also be assayed. In this embodiment the regulatory regions of these genes can be operably linked to a reporter gene such as luciferase.
  • Thus, modulators of CCAT gene expression can be identified in a method wherein a cell is contacted with a candidate compound or agent and the expression of mRNA determined. The level of expression of CCAT mRNA in the presence of the candidate compound or agent is compared to the level of expression of CCAT mRNA in the absence of the candidate compound or agent. The candidate compound can then be identified as a modulator of nucleic acid expression based on this comparison and be used, for example to treat a disorder characterized by aberrant nucleic acid expression. When expression of mRNA is statistically significantly greater in the presence of the candidate compound than in its absence, the candidate compound is identified as a stimulator of nucleic acid expression. When nucleic acid expression is statistically significantly less in the presence of the candidate compound than in its absence, the candidate compound is identified as an inhibitor of nucleic acid expression.
  • The invention further provides methods of treatment, with the nucleic acid as a target, using a compound or an agent identified through drug screening as a gene modulator to modulate CCAT nucleic acid expression in cells and tissues that express the CCAT. Experimental data as provided in Table 1 indicate that the CCAT of the present invention are overexpressed in colon tumor tissue. Modulation includes both up-regulation (i.e. activation or agonization) or down-regulation (suppression or antagonization) or nucleic acid expression.
  • Alternatively, a modulator for nucleic acid expression can be a small molecule or drug identified using the screening assays described herein as long as the drug or small molecule inhibits the CCAT nucleic acid expression in the cells and tissues that express the protein. Experimental data as provided in Table 1 indicates expression in human colon tumor tissues.
  • The nucleic acid molecules are also useful for monitoring the effectiveness of modulating compounds or agents on the expression or activity of the CCAT gene in clinical trials or in a treatment regimen. Thus, the gene expression pattern can serve as a barometer for the continuing effectiveness of treatment with the compound, particularly with compounds to which a patient can develop resistance. The gene expression pattern can also serve as a marker indicative of a physiological response of the affected cells to the compound. Accordingly, such monitoring would allow either increased administration of the compound or the administration of alternative compounds to which the patient has not become resistant. Similarly, if the level of nucleic acid expression falls below a desirable level, administration of the compound could be commensurately decreased.
  • The nucleic acid molecules are also useful in diagnostic assays for qualitative changes in CCAT nucleic acid expression, and particularly in qualitative changes that lead to pathology. The nucleic acid molecules can be used to detect mutations in CCAT genes and gene expression products such as mRNA. The nucleic acid molecules can be used as hybridization probes to detect naturally occurring genetic mutations in the CCAT gene and thereby to determine whether a subject with the mutation is at risk for a disorder caused by the mutation. Mutations include deletion, addition, or substitution of one or more nucleotides in the gene, chromosomal rearrangement, such as inversion or transposition, modification of genomic DNA, such as aberrant methylation patterns or changes in gene copy number, such as amplification. Detection of a mutated form of the CCAT gene associated with a dysfunction provides a diagnostic tool for an active disease or susceptibility to disease when the disease results from overexpression, underexpression, or altered expression of a CCAT protein.
  • Individuals carrying mutations in the CCAT gene can be detected at the nucleic acid level by a variety of techniques. Genomic DNA can be analyzed directly or can be amplified by using PCR prior to analysis. RNA or cDNA can be used in the same way. In some uses, detection of the mutation involves the use of a probe/primer in a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) (see, e.g. U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,683,195 and 4,683,202), such as anchor PCR or RACE PCR, or, alternatively, in a ligation chain reaction (LCR) (see, e.g., Landegran et al., Science 241:1077-1080 (1988); and Nakazawa et al., PNAS 91:360-364 (1994)), the latter of which can be particularly useful for detecting point mutations in the gene (see Abravaya et al., Nucleic Acids Res. 23:675-682 (1995)). This method can include the steps of collecting a sample of cells from a patient, isolating nucleic acid (e.g., genomic, mRNA or both) from the cells of the sample, contacting the nucleic acid sample with one or more primers which specifically hybridize to a gene under conditions such that hybridization and amplification of the gene (if present) occurs, and detecting the presence or absence of an amplification product, or detecting the size of the amplification product and comparing the length to a control sample. Deletions and insertions can be detected by a change in size of the amplified product compared to the normal genotype. Point mutations can be identified by hybridizing amplified DNA to normal RNA or antisense DNA sequences.
  • Alternatively, mutations in a CCAT gene can be directly identified, for example, by alterations in restriction enzyme digestion patterns determined by gel electrophoresis.
  • Further, sequence-specific ribozymes (U.S. Pat. No. 5,498,531) can be used to score for the presence of specific mutations by development or loss of a ribozyme cleavage site. Perfectly matched sequences can be distinguished from mismatched sequences by nuclease cleavage digestion assays or by differences in melting temperature.
  • Sequence changes at specific locations can also be assessed by nuclease protection assays such as RNase and S1 protection or the chemical cleavage method. Furthermore, sequence differences between a mutant CCAT gene and a wild-type gene can be determined by direct DNA sequencing. A variety of automated sequencing procedures can be utilized when performing the diagnostic assays (Naeve, C. W., (1995) Biotechniques 19:448), including sequencing by mass spectrometry (see, e.g., PCT International Publication No. WO 94/16101; Cohen et al., Adv. Chromatogr. 36:127-162 (1996); and Griffin et al., Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. 38:147-159 (1993)).
  • Other methods for detecting mutations in the gene include methods in which protection from cleavage agents is used to detect mismatched bases in RNA/RNA or RNA/DNA duplexes (Myers et al., Science 230:1242 (1985)); Cotton et al., PNAS 85:4397 (1988); Saleeba et al., Meth. Enzymol. 217:286-295 (1992)), electrophoretic mobility of mutant and wild type nucleic acid is compared (Orita et al., PNAS 86:2766 (1989); Cotton et al., Mutat. Res. 285:125-144 (1993); and Hayashi et al., Genet. Anal. Tech. Appl. 9:73-79 (1992)), and movement of mutant or wild-type fragments in polyacrylamide gels containing a gradient of denaturant is assayed using denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (Myers et al., Nature 313:495 (1985)). Examples of other techniques for detecting point mutations include selective oligonucleotide hybridization, selective amplification, and selective primer extension.
  • The nucleic acid molecules are also useful for testing an individual for a genotype that while not necessarily causing the disease, nevertheless affects the treatment modality. Thus, the nucleic acid molecules can be used to study the relationship between an individual's genotype and the individual's response to a compound used for treatment (pharmacogenomic relationship). Accordingly, the nucleic acid molecules described herein can be used to assess the mutation content of the CCAT gene in an individual in order to select an appropriate compound or dosage regimen for treatment.
  • Thus nucleic acid molecules displaying genetic variations that affect treatment provide a diagnostic target that can be used to tailor treatment in an individual. Accordingly, the production of recombinant cells and animals containing these polymorphisms allow effective clinical design of treatment compounds and dosage regimens.
  • The nucleic acid molecules are thus useful as antisense constructs to control CCAT gene expression in cells, tissues, and organisms. A DNA antisense nucleic acid molecule is designed to be complementary to a region of the gene involved in transcription, preventing transcription and hence production of CCAT protein. An antisense RNA or DNA nucleic acid molecule would hybridize to the mRNA and thus block translation of mRNA into CCAT protein.
  • The nucleic acid of the present invention may also be used to specifically suppress gene expression by methods such as RNA interference (RNAi), which may also include cosuppression and quelling. This and antisense RNA or DNA of gene suppression are well known in the art. A review of this technique is found in Science 288:1370-1372, 2000. RNAi also operates on a post-transcriptional level and is sequence specific, but suppresses gene expression far more efficiently than antisense RNA. RNAi fragments, particularly double-stranded (ds) RNAi, can be also used to generate loss-of-function phenotypes.
  • Alternatively, a class of antisense molecules can be used to inactivate mRNA in order to decrease expression of CCAT nucleic acid. Accordingly, these molecules can treat a disorder characterized by abnormal or undesired CCAT nucleic acid expression. This technique involves cleavage by means of ribozymes containing nucleotide sequences complementary to one or more regions in the mRNA that attenuate the ability of the mRNA to be translated. Possible regions include coding regions and particularly coding regions corresponding to the catalytic and other functional activities of the CCAT protein, such as substrate binding.
  • The nucleic acid molecules also provide vectors for gene therapy in patients containing cells that are aberrant in CCAT gene expression. Thus, recombinant cells, which include the patient's cells that have been engineered ex vivo and returned to the patient, are introduced into an individual where the cells produce the desired CCAT protein to treat the individual.
  • The invention also encompasses kits for detecting the presence of a CCAT nucleic acid in a biological sample. Experimental data as provided in Table 1 indicate that the CCAT of the present invention are overexpressed in colon tumor tissue. For example, the kit can comprise reagents such as a labeled or labelable nucleic acid or agent capable of detecting CCAT nucleic acid in a biological sample; means for determining the amount of CCAT nucleic acid in the sample; and means for comparing the amount of CCAT nucleic acid in the sample with a standard. The compound or agent can be packaged in a suitable container. The kit can further comprise instructions for using the kit to detect CCAT protein mRNA or DNA.
  • Vectors/Host Cells
  • The invention also provides vectors containing the nucleic acid molecules described herein. The term “vector” refers to a vehicle, preferably a nucleic acid molecule, which can transport the nucleic acid molecules. When the vector is a nucleic acid molecule, the nucleic acid molecules are covalently linked to the vector nucleic acid. With this aspect of the invention, the vector includes a plasmid, single or double stranded phage, a single or double stranded RNA or DNA viral vector, or artificial chromosome, such as a BAC, PAC, YAC, OR MAC.
  • A vector can be maintained in the host cell as an extrachromosomal element where it replicates and produces additional copies of the nucleic acid molecules. Alternatively, the vector may integrate into the host cell genome and produce additional copies of the nucleic acid molecules when the host cell replicates.
  • The invention provides vectors for the maintenance (cloning vectors) or vectors for expression (expression vectors) of the nucleic acid molecules. The vectors can function in prokaryotic or eukaryotic cells or in both (shuttle vectors).
  • Expression vectors contain cis-acting regulatory regions that are operably linked in the vector to the nucleic acid molecules such that transcription of the nucleic acid molecules is allowed in a host cell. The nucleic acid molecules can be introduced into the host cell with a separate nucleic acid molecule capable of affecting transcription. Thus, the second nucleic acid molecule may provide a trans-acting factor interacting with the cis-regulatory control region to allow transcription of the nucleic acid molecules from the vector. Alternatively, a trans-acting factor may be supplied by the host cell. Finally, a trans-acting factor can be produced from the vector itself. It is understood, however, that in some embodiments, transcription and/or translation of the nucleic acid molecules can occur in a cell-free system.
  • The regulatory sequences to which the nucleic acid molecules described herein can be operably linked include promoters for directing mRNA transcription. These include, but are not limited to, the left promoter from bacteriophage, the lac, TRP, and TAC promoters from E. coli, the early and late promoters from SV40, the CMV immediate early promoter, the adenovirus early and late promoters, and retrovirus long-terminal repeats.
  • In addition to control regions that promote transcription, expression vectors may also include regions that modulate transcription, such as repressor binding sites and enhancers. Examples include the SV40 enhancer, the cytomegalovirus immediate early enhancer, polyoma enhancer, adenovirus enhancers, and retrovirus LTR enhancers.
  • In addition to containing sites for transcription initiation and control, expression vectors can also contain sequences necessary for transcription termination and, in the transcribed region a ribosome binding site for translation. Other regulatory control elements for expression include initiation and termination codons as well as polyadenylation signals. The person of ordinary skill in the art would be aware of the numerous regulatory sequences that are useful in expression vectors. Such regulatory sequences are described, for example, in Sambrook et al., Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual. 3rd. ed., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., (2001).
  • A variety of expression vectors can be used to express a nucleic acid molecule. Such vectors include chromosomal, episomal, and virus-derived vectors, for example vectors derived from bacterial plasmids, from bacteriophage, from yeast episomes, from yeast chromosomal elements, including yeast artificial chromosomes, from viruses such as baculoviruses, papovaviruses such as SV40, Vaccinia viruses, adenoviruses, poxviruses, pseudorabies viruses, and retroviruses. Vectors may also be derived from combinations of these sources such as those derived from plasmid and bacteriophage genetic elements, e.g. cosmids and phagemids. Appropriate cloning and expression vectors for prokaryotic and eukaryotic hosts are described in Sambrook et al., Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual. 3rd. ed., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., (2001).
  • The regulatory sequence may provide constitutive expression in one or more host cells (i.e. tissue specific) or may provide for inducible expression in one or more cell types such as by temperature, nutrient additive, or exogenous factor such as a hormone or other ligand. A variety of vectors providing for constitutive and inducible expression in prokaryotic and eukaryotic hosts are well known to those of ordinary skill in the art.
  • The nucleic acid molecules can be inserted into the vector nucleic acid by well-known methodologies. Generally, the DNA sequence that will ultimately be expressed is joined to an expression vector by cleaving the DNA sequence and the expression vector with one or more restriction enzymes and then ligating the fragments together. Procedures for restriction enzyme digestion and ligation are well known to those of ordinary skill in the art.
  • The vector containing the appropriate nucleic acid molecule can be introduced into an appropriate host cell for propagation or expression using well-known techniques. Bacterial cells include, but are not limited to, E. coli, Streptomyces, and Salmonella typhimurium. Eukaryotic cells include, but are not limited to, yeast, insect cells such as Drosophila, animal cells such as COS and CHO cells, and plant cells.
  • As described herein, it may be desirable to express the peptide as a fusion protein. Accordingly, the invention provides fusion vectors that allow for the production of the peptides. Fusion vectors can increase the expression of a recombinant protein; increase the solubility of the recombinant protein, and aid in the purification of the protein by acting for example as a ligand for affinity purification. A proteolytic cleavage site may be introduced at the junction of the fusion moiety so that the desired peptide can ultimately be separated from the fusion moiety. Proteolytic enzymes include, but are not limited to, factor Xa, thrombin, and enteroenzyme. Typical fusion expression vectors include pGEX (Smith et al., Gene 67:31-40 (1988)), pMAL (New England Biolabs, Beverly, Mass.) and pRIT5 (Pharmacia, Piscataway, N.J.) which fuse glutathione S-transferase (GST), maltose E binding protein, or protein A, respectively, to the target recombinant protein. Examples of suitable inducible non-fusion E. coli expression vectors include pTrc (Amann et al., Gene 69:301-315 (1988)) and pET 11d (Studier et al., Gene Expression Technology: Methods in Enzymology 185:60-89 (1990)). Recombinant protein expression can be maximized in host bacteria by providing a genetic background wherein the host cell has an impaired capacity to proteolytically cleave the recombinant protein. (Gottesman, S., Gene Expression Technology: Methods in Enzymology 185, Academic Press, San Diego, Calif. (1990) 119-128). Alternatively, the sequence of the nucleic acid molecule of interest can be altered to provide preferential codon usage for a specific host cell, for example E. coli. (Wada et al., Nucleic Acids Res. 20:2111-2118 (1992)).
  • The nucleic acid molecules can also be expressed by expression vectors that are operative in yeast. Examples of vectors for expression in yeast e.g., S. cerevisiae include pYepSec1 (Baldari, et al., EMBO J. 6:229-234 (1987)), pMFa (Kurjan et al., Cell 30:933-943 (1982)), pJRY 88 (Schultz et al., Gene 54:113-123 (1987)), and pYES2 (Invitrogen Corporation, San Diego, Calif.).
  • The nucleic acid molecules can also be expressed in insect cells using, for example, baculovirus expression vectors. Baculovirus vectors available for expression of proteins in cultured insect cells (e.g., Sf 9 cells) include the pAc series (Smith et al., Mol. Cell. Biol. 3:2156-2165 (1983)) and the pVL series (Lucklow et al., Virology 170:31-39 (1989)).
  • In certain embodiments of the invention, the nucleic acid molecules described herein are expressed in mammalian cells using mammalian expression vectors. Examples of mammalian expression vectors include pCDM8 (Seed, B. Nature 329:840 (1987)) and pMT2PC (Kaufman et al., EMBO J. 6:187-195 (1987)).
  • The expression vectors listed herein are provided by way of example only of the well-known vectors available to those of ordinary skill in the art that would be useful to express the nucleic acid molecules. The person of ordinary skill in the art would be aware of other vectors suitable for maintenance propagation or expression of the nucleic acid molecules described herein. These are found for example in Sambrook, J., Fritsch, E. F., and Maniatis, T. Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual. 3rd, ed., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., 2001.
  • The invention also encompasses vectors in which the nucleic acid sequences described herein are cloned into the vector in reverse orientation, but operably linked to a regulatory sequence that permits transcription of antisense RNA. Thus, an antisense transcript can be produced to all, or to a portion, of the nucleic acid molecule sequences described herein, including both coding and non-coding regions. Expression of this antisense RNA is subject to each of the parameters described above in relation to expression of the sense RNA (regulatory sequences, constitutive or inducible expression, tissue-specific expression).
  • The invention also relates to recombinant host cells containing the vectors described herein. Host cells therefore include prokaryotic cells, lower eukaryotic cells such as yeast, other eukaryotic cells such as insect cells, and higher eukaryotic cells such as mammalian cells.
  • The recombinant host cells are prepared by introducing the vector constructs described herein into the cells by techniques readily available to the person of ordinary skill in the art. These include, but are not limited to, calcium phosphate transfection, DEAE-dextran-mediated transfection, cationic lipid-mediated transfection, electroporation, transduction, infection, lipofection, and other techniques such as those found in Sambrook, et al. (Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual. 3rd, ed., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., 2001).
  • Host cells can contain more than one vector. Thus, different nucleotide sequences can be introduced on different vectors of the same cell. Similarly, the nucleic acid molecules can be introduced either alone or with other nucleic acid molecules that are not related to the nucleic acid molecules such as those providing trans-acting factors for expression vectors. When more than one vector is introduced into a cell, the vectors can be introduced independently, co-introduced or joined to the nucleic acid molecule vector.
  • In the case of bacteriophage and viral vectors, these can be introduced into cells as packaged or encapsulated virus by standard procedures for infection and transduction. Viral vectors can be replication-competent or replication-defective. In the case in which viral replication is defective, replication will occur in host cells providing functions that complement the defects.
  • Vectors generally include selectable markers that enable the selection of the subpopulation of cells that contain the recombinant vector constructs. The marker can be contained in the same vector that contains the nucleic acid molecules described herein or may be on a separate vector. Markers include tetracycline or ampicillin-resistance genes for prokaryotic host cells and dihydrofolate reductase or neomycin resistance for eukaryotic host cells. However, any marker that provides selection for a phenotypic trait will be effective.
  • While the mature proteins can be produced in bacteria, yeast, mammalian cells, and other cells under the control of the appropriate regulatory sequences, cell-free transcription and translation systems can also be used to produce these proteins using RNA derived from the DNA constructs described herein.
  • Where secretion of the peptide is desired, which may be difficult to achieve with multi-transmembrane domain containing proteins such as CCATs, appropriate secretion signals are incorporated into the vector. The signal sequence can be endogenous to the peptides or heterologous to these peptides.
  • Where the peptide is not secreted into the medium, which is typically the case with CCATs, the protein can be isolated from the host cell by standard disruption procedures, including freeze thaw, sonication, mechanical disruption, use of lysing agents and the like. The peptide can then be recovered and purified by well-known purification methods including ammonium sulfate precipitation, acid extraction, anion or cationic exchange chromatography, phosphocellulose chromatography, hydrophobic-interaction chromatography, affinity chromatography, hydroxylapatite chromatography, lectin chromatography, or high performance liquid chromatography.
  • It is also understood that depending upon the host cell in recombinant production of the peptides described herein, the peptides can have various glycosylation patterns, depending upon the cell, or maybe non-glycosylated as when produced in bacteria. In addition, the peptides may include an initial modified methionine in some cases as a result of a host-mediated process.
  • Uses of Vectors and Host Cells
  • The recombinant host cells expressing the peptides described herein have a variety of uses. First, the cells are useful for producing a CCAT protein or peptide that can be further purified to produce desired amounts of CCAT protein or fragments. Thus, host cells containing expression vectors are useful for peptide production.
  • Host cells are also useful for conducting cell-based assays involving the CCAT protein or CCAT protein fragments, such as those described above as well as other formats known in the art. Thus, a recombinant host cell expressing a native CCAT protein is useful for assaying compounds that stimulate or inhibit CCAT protein function.
  • Host cells are also useful for identifying CCAT protein mutants in which these functions are affected. If the mutants naturally occur and give rise to a pathology, host cells containing the mutations are useful to assay compounds that have a desired effect on the mutant CCAT protein (for example, stimulating or inhibiting function) which may not be indicated by their effect on the native CCAT protein.
  • Genetically engineered host cells can be further used to produce non-human transgenic animals. A transgenic animal is preferably a mammal, for example a rodent, such as a rat or mouse, in which one or more of the cells of the animal include a transgene. A transgene is exogenous DNA which is integrated into the genome of a cell from which a transgenic animal develops and which remains in the genome of the mature animal in one or more cell types or tissues of the transgenic animal. These animals are useful for studying the function of a CCAT protein and identifying and evaluating modulators of CCAT protein activity. Other examples of transgenic animals include non-human primates, sheep, dogs, cows, goats, chickens, and amphibians.
  • A transgenic animal can be produced by introducing nucleic acid into the male pronuclei of a fertilized oocyte, e.g., by microinjection, retroviral infection, and allowing the oocyte to develop in a pseudopregnant female foster animal. Any of the CCAT protein nucleotide sequences can be introduced as a transgene into the genome of a non-human animal, such as a mouse.
  • Any of the regulatory or other sequences useful in expression vectors can form part of the transgenic sequence. This includes intronic sequences and polyadenylation signals, if not already included. A tissue-specific regulatory sequence(s) can be operably linked to the transgene to direct expression of the CCAT protein to particular cells.
  • Methods for generating transgenic animals via embryo manipulation and microinjection, particularly animals such as mice, have become conventional in the art and are described, for example, in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,736,866 and 4,870,009, both by Leder et al., U.S. Pat. No. 4,873,191 by Wagner et al. and in Hogan, B., Manipulating the Mouse Embryo, (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., 1986). Similar methods are used for production of other transgenic animals. A transgenic founder animal can be identified based upon the presence of the transgene in its genome and/or expression of transgenic mRNA in tissues or cells of the animals. A transgenic founder animal can then be used to breed additional animals carrying the transgene. Moreover, transgenic animals carrying a transgene can further be bred to other transgenic animals carrying other transgenes. A transgenic animal also includes animals in which the entire animal or tissues in the animal have been produced using the homologously recombinant host cells described herein.
  • In another embodiment, transgenic non-human animals can be produced which contain selected systems that allow for regulated expression of the transgene. One example of such a system is the cre/loxP recombinase system of bacteriophage P1. For a description of the cre/loxP recombinase system, see, e.g., Lakso et al. PNAS 89:6232-6236 (1992). Another example of a recombinase system is the FLP recombinase system of S. cerevisiae (O'Gorman et al. Science 251:1351-1355 (1991). If a cre/loxP recombinase system is used to regulate expression of the transgene, animals containing transgenes encoding both the Cre recombinase and a selected protein is required. Such animals can be provided through the construction of “double” transgenic animals, e.g., by mating two transgenic animals, one containing a transgene encoding a selected protein and the other containing a transgene encoding a recombinase.
  • Clones of the non-human transgenic animals described herein can also be produced according to the methods described in Wilmut, I. et al. Nature 385:810-813 (1997) and PCT International Publication Nos. WO 97/07668 and WO 97/07669. In brief, a cell, e.g., a somatic cell, from the transgenic animal can be isolated and induced to exit the growth cycle and enter Go phase. The quiescent cell can then be fused, e.g., through the use of electrical pulses, to an enucleated oocyte from an animal of the same species from which the quiescent cell is isolated. The reconstructed oocyte is then cultured such that it develops to morula or blastocyst and then transferred to pseudopregnant female foster animal. The offspring born of this female foster animal will be a clone of the animal from which the cell, e.g., the somatic cell, is isolated.
  • Transgenic animals containing recombinant cells that express the peptides described herein are useful to conduct the assays described herein in an in vivo context. Accordingly, the various physiological factors that are present in vivo and that could effect substrate binding, CCAT protein activation, and signal transduction, may not be evident from in vitro cell-free or cell-based assays. Accordingly, it is useful to provide non-human transgenic animals to assay in vivo CCAT protein function, including substrate interaction, the effect of specific mutant CCAT proteins on CCAT protein function and substrate interaction, and the effect of chimeric CCAT proteins. It is also possible to assess the effect of null mutations, that is, mutations that substantially or completely eliminate one or more CCAT protein functions.
  • Detection and Diagnosis
  • The present invention provides a method for detecting CCAT nucleic acids, proteins, peptides and fragments thereof that are differentially expressed in colon diseases in a test sample, preferably in a biological sample.
  • The present invention further provides a method for diagnosing the colon diseases, by detecting the nucleic acids, proteins, peptides and fragements thereof. The further embodiment includes but is not limited to, monintoring the disease prognosis (recurrance), diagnosing disease stage, preventing the disease and treating the disease. While the protein is overexpressed, the expression of CCAT is preferably greater than about 20%, or preferably greater than about 30%, and most preferably greater than about 50% or more of normal colon sample; or at a level that is at least two fold, and preferably at least five fold, greater than the level of expression in control samples, as determined using a representative assay provided herein. While the protein is underexpressed, the expression of CCAT is preferably less than about 20%, or preferably less than 30%, and most preferably less than about 50% or less of the normal colon sample; or at a level that is at least 0.5 fold, and preferably at least 0.2 fold less than the level of the expression in control samples, as determined using a representative assay provided herein.
  • As used herein, a “biological sample” can be collected from tissues, blood, sera, cell lines or biological fluids. In one embodiment, a biological sample comprises cells or tissues suspected of having diseases (e.g., cells obtained from a biopsy).
  • As used herein, “biological fluids” are plasma, interstitial fluid, urine, cerebrospinal fluid, and the like, containing cells or proteins including shed proteins.
  • As used herein, a “differential level” is defined as the level of CCAT proteins or nucleic acids in a test sample either above or below the level of the ones in control samples, wherein the level of control samples is obtained either from a control cell line, a normal tissue or body fluids, or combination thereof, from a healthy subject.
  • As used herein, a “subject” can be a mammalian subject or non mammalian subject, preferably, a mammalian subject. A mammlian subject can be human or non-human, preferably human. A healthy subject is defined as a subject without detectable diseases or associated diseases by using conventional diagnostic methods.
  • As used herein the “diseases” include diseases and associated diseases. Preferably, the colon disease is color cancer.
  • As used herein, “cancer” includes epithelial-cell related cancers, for example pancreatic, lung, colon, prostate, ovarian, breast as well as bladder renal.
  • Nucleic Acid Detections
  • The present invention is not limited to the detection methods described above. Any suitable detection method that allows for the specific detection of colon disease cells, tissues or organs may be utilized. For example, in some embodiments, the expression of RNA corresponding to a CCAT gene is detected by hybridization to an antisense oligonucleotide (described below). In other embodiments, RNA expression is detected by hybridization assays such as Northern blots, RNase assays, reverse transcriptase PCR amplification, and the like. One preferred detection method is using RT PCR by using TAQMAN technology (ABI, Foster City, Calif.).
  • In another embodiment, the present invention provides a method for diagnosing or detecting colon diseases in a subject comprising: determining the level of one or more CCAT nucleic acid molecules or any fragment(s) thereof in a test sample from said subject, wherein said CCAT nucleic acid molecule(s) comprises a sequence selected from a group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 684-1331 and a combination thereof; wherein a differential level of said CCAT nucleic acid molecule(s) relative to the level of said nucleic acid molecule(s) in a test sample from a healthy subject, or the level established for a healthy subject, is indicative of colon diseases.
  • In another embodiment, the detecting or diagnosing method comprises determining level of differential expression of 2, 4, 8, 10, 20 or more nucleic acid molecules, preferably, the nucleic acid molecules comprise or consists of a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 684-1331 and combination thereof.
  • In further embodiments of the present invention, the presence of particular sequences in the genome of a subject is detected. Such sequences include CCAT sequences associated with abnormal expression of CCAT (e.g., overexpression or expression at a physiological inappropriate time). These sequences include polymorphisms, including polymorphisms in the transcribed sequence (e.g., that effect CCAT processing and/or translation) and regulatory sequences such as promoters, enhances, repressors, and the like. These sequences may also include polymorphisms in genes or control sequences associated with factors that affect expression such as transcription factors, and the like. Any suitable method for detecting and/or identifying these sequences is within the scope of the present invention including, but not limited to, nucleic acid sequencing, hybridization assays (e.g., Southern blotting), single nucleotide polymorphism assays (See e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 5,994,069, herein incorporated by reference in its entirety), and the like.
  • Protein Detections
  • The present invention provides methods for diagnosing or detecting the differential presence of CCAT protein. In some embodiments (e.g., where CCATs are overexpressed in diseased cells), CCAT proteins are detected directly. In other embodiments (e.g., where the presence of a CCATs are underexpressed), CCAT to the disease antigens are detected non-existence.
  • The diagnostic methods of the present invention find utility in the diagnosis and characterization of diseases. For example, the presence of an antibody to a specific protein may be indicative of a cancer or disease. In addition, certain CCAT may be indicative of a specific stage or sub-type of the same cancer or disease.
  • The information obtained is also used to determine prognosis and appropriate course of treatment. For example, it is contemplated that individuals with a specific CCAT expression or stage of colon diseases may respond differently to a given treatment that individuals lacking the CCAT expression. The information obtained from the diagnostic methods of the present invention thus provides for the personalization of diagnosis and treatment.
  • In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method for monitoring colon disease treatment in a subject comprising: determining the level of one or more CCAT proteins or any fragment(s) or peptide(s) thereof in a test sample from said subject, wherein said CCAT protein(s) comprises a sequence selected from a group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 1-683, SEQ ID NOS: 1332-1501 and a combination thereof; wherein an level of said CCAT protein(s) similar to the level of said protein(s) in a test sample from a healthy subject, or the level established for a healthy subject, is indicative of successful treatment.
  • In another embodiment, the present invention provides a method for diagnosing recurrence of colon diseases following successful treatment in a subject comprising: determining the level of one or more CCAT proteins or any fragment(s) or peptide(s) thereof in a test sample from said subject, wherein said CCAT protein(s) comprises a sequence selected from a group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 1-683, SEQ ID NOS: 1332-1501 or a combination thereof; wherein a changed level of said CCAT protein(s) relative to the level of said protein(s) in a test sample from a healthy subject, or the level established for a healthy subject, is indicative of recurrence of colon diseases.
  • In yet another embodiment, the present invention provides a method for diagnosing or detecting colon diseases in a subject comprising: determining the level of one or more CCAT proteins or any fragment(s) or peptides thereof in a test sample from said subject, wherein said CCAT protein(s) comprises a sequence selected from a group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 1-683, SEQ ID NOS: 1332-1501 and a combination thereof; wherein a differential level of said CCAT protein(s) relative to the level of said protein(s) in a test sample from a healthy subject, or the level established for a healthy subject, is indicative of colon diseases.
  • The detecting or diagnosing method comprises determining level of differential expression of 2, 4, 8, 10, 20 or more proteins, preferably, the proteins are selected from a group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 1-683 and combination thereof.
  • Further, the detecting or diagnosing method comprises determining level of differential expression of 5, 10, 15, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100 or more CCAT peptides, preferably the peptides are selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 1332-1501 and combination thereof.
  • These methods are also useful for diagnosing diseases that show differential protein expression. As describe earlier, normal, control or standard values or level established from a healthy subject for protein expression are established by combining body fluids or tissue, cell extracts taken from a normal healthy mammalian or human subject with specific antibodies to a protein under conditions for complex formation. Standard values for complex formation in normal and diseased tissues are established by various methods, often photometric means. Then complex formation as it is expressed in a subject sample is compared with the standard values. Deviation from the normal standard and toward the diseased standard provides parameters for disease diagnosis or prognosis while deviation away from the diseased and toward the normal standard may be used to evaluate treatment efficacy.
  • In yet another embodiment, the present invention provides a detection or diagonistic method of CCATs by using LC/MS. The proteins from cells are prepared by methods known in the art (R. Aebersold Nature Biotechnology Volume 21 Number 6 Jun. 2003). The differential expression of proteins in disease and healthy samples are quantitated using Mass Spectrometry and ICAT (Isotope Coded Affinity Tag) labeling, which is known in the art. ICAT is an isotope label technique that allows for discrimination between two populations of proteins, such as a healthy and a disease sample. The LC/MS spectra are collected for the labeled samples. The raw scans from the LC/MS instrument are subjected to peak detection and noise reduction software. Filtered peak lists are then used to detect ‘features’ corresponding to specific peptides from the original sample(s). Features are characterized by their mass/charge, charge, retention time, isotope pattern and intensity.
  • The intensity of a peptide present in both healthy and disease samples can be used to calculate the differential expression, or relative abundance, of the peptide. The intensity of a peptide found exclusively in one sample can be used to calculate a theoretical expression ratio for that peptide (singleton). Expression ratios are calculated for each peptide of each replicate of the experiment (Table 1). Thus overexpression or under expression of CCAT protein or peptide are similar to the expression pattern in Table 1 in a test subject indicates the likelihood of having colon diseases or diseases associated with colon.
  • Immunological methods for detecting and measuring complex formation as a measure of protein expression using either specific polyclonal or monoclonal antibodies are known in the art. Examples of such techniques include enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs), radioimmunoassays (RIAs), fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) and antibody arrays. Such immunoassays typically involve the measurement of complex formation between the protein and its specific antibody. These assays and their quantitation against purified, labeled standards are well known in the art (Ausubel, supra, unit 10.1-10.6). A two-site, monoclonal-based immunoassay utilizing antibodies reactive to two non-interfering epitopes is preferred, but a competitive binding assay may be employed (Pound (1998) Immunochemical Protocols, Humana Press, Totowa N.J.). More immunological detections are described in the sections below.
  • Antibody Detections
  • Antibodies are useful to detect the presence of one of the proteins or fragements thereof, peptides of the present invention in cells or tissues to determine the pattern of expression of the proteins among various tissues in an organism and over the course of normal development.
  • Further, as described above, the antibodies can be used to assess expression in disease states such as in active stages of the disease or in an individual with a predisposition toward disease related to the protein's function. The antibodies can also be used to assess normal and aberrant subcellular localization of cells in the various tissues in an organism.
  • Detection on a protein by an antibody can be facilitated by coupling (i.e., physically linking) the antibody to a detectable substance. Examples of detectable substances include various enzymes, prosthetic groups, fluorescent materials, luminescent materials, bioluminescent materials, and radioactive materials (see below). The antibodies may also be useful in diagnostic assays, e.g., for detecting expression of an antigen, for example CCAT protein, peptide or fragements thereof, in specific cells, tissues, blood, serum or body fluids.
  • For diagnostic applications, the antibody or its variant typically will be labeled with a detectable moiety. Numerous labels are available which can be generally grouped into the following categories:
  • (a) Radioisotopes, such as 36S, 14C, 125I, 3H, and 131I. The antibody variant can be labeled with the radioisotope using the techniques described in Current Protocols in Immunology, vol 1-2, Coligen et al., Ed., Wiley-Interscience, New York, Pubs. (1991) for example and radioactivity can be measured using scintillation counting.
  • (b) Fluorescent labels such as rare earth chelates (europium chelates) or fluorescein and its derivatives, rhodamine and its derivatives, dansyl, Lissamine, phycoerythrin and Texas Red are available. The fluorescent labels can be conjugated to the antibody variant using the techniques disclosed in Current Protocols in Immunology, supra, for example. Fluorescence can be quantified using a fluorimeter.
  • (c) Various enzyme-substrate labels are available and U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,275,149, and 4,318,980 provides a review of some of these. The enzyme generally catalyzes a chemical alteration of the chromogenic substrate which can be measured using various techniques. For example, the enzyme may catalyze a color change in a substrate, which can be measured spectrophotometrically. Alternatively, the enzyme may alter the fluorescence or chemiluminescence of the substrate. Techniques for quantifying a change in fluorescence are described above. The chemiluminescent substrate becomes electronically excited by a chemical reaction and may then emit light which can be measured (using a chemiluminometer, for example) or donates energy to a fluorescent acceptor. Examples of enzymatic labels include luciferases (e.g., firefly luciferase and bacterial luciferase; U.S. Pat. No. 4,737,456), luciferin, 2,3-dihydrophthalazinediones, malate dehydrogenase, urease, peroxidase such as horseradish peroxidase (HRPO), alkaline phosphatase, β-galactosidase, glucoamylase, lysozyme, saccharide oxidases (e.g., glucose oxidase, galactose oxidase, and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase), heterocyclic oxidases (such as uricase and xanthine oxidase), lactoperoxidase, microperoxidase, and the like. Techniques for conjugating enzymes to antibodies are described in O'Sullivan et al., Methods for the Preparation of Enzyme-Antibody Conjugates for Use in Enzyme Immunoassay, in Methods in Enzyme. (Ed. J. Langone & H. Van Vunakis), Academic press, New York, 73: 147-166 (1981).
  • Sometimes, the label is indirectly conjugated with the antibody. The skilled artisan will be aware of various techniques for achieving this. For example, the antibody can be conjugated with biotin and any of the three broad categories of labels mentioned above can be conjugated with avidin, or vice versa. Biotin binds selectively to avidin and thus, the label can be conjugated with the antibody in this indirect manner. Alternatively, to achieve indirect conjugation of the label with the antibody, the antibody is conjugated with a small hapten (e.g. digloxin) and one of the different types of labels mentioned above is conjugated with an anti-hapten antibody (e.g. anti-digloxin antibody). Thus, indirect conjugation of the label with the antibody can be achieved.
  • In another embodiment of the invention, the antibody needs not be labeled, and the presence thereof can be detected using a labeled antibody, which binds to the antibody.
  • The antibodies of the present invention may be employed in any known assay method, such as competitive binding assays, direct and indirect sandwich assays, and immunoprecipitation assays. Zola, Monoclonal Antibodies: A Manual of Techniques, pp. 147-158 (CRC Press, Inc. 1987).
  • The biological samples can then be tested directly for the presence of CCAT by assays (e.g., ELISA or radioimmunoassay) and format (e.g., microwells, dipstick (e.g., as described in International Patent Publication WO 93/03367), etc). Alternatively, proteins in the sample can be size separated (e.g., by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE)), in the presence or absence of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), and the presence of CCAT detected by immunoblotting (e.g., Western blotting). Immunoblotting techniques are generally more effective with antibodies generated against a peptide corresponding to an epitope of a protein, and hence, are particularly suited to the present invention.
  • Antibody binding is detected by techniques known in the art (e.g., radioimmunoassay, ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay), “sandwich” immunoassays, immunoradiometric assays, gel diffusion precipitation reactions, immunodiffusion assays, in situ immunoassays (e.g., using colloidal gold, enzyme or radioisotope labels, for example), Western blots, precipitation reactions, agglutination assays (e.g., gel agglutination assays, hemagglutination assays, etc.), complement fixation assays, immunofluorescence assays, protein A assays, and immunoelectrophoresis assays, etc.
  • In one embodiment, antibody binding is detected by detecting a label on the primary antibody. In another embodiment, the primary antibody is detected by detecting binding of a secondary antibody or reagent to the primary antibody. In a further embodiment, the secondary antibody is labeled. Many means are known in the art for detecting binding in an immunoassay and are within the scope of the present invention. As is well known in the art, the immunogenic peptide should be provided free of the carrier molecule used in any immunization protocol. For example, if the peptide was conjugated to KLH, it may be conjugated to BSA, or used directly, in a screening assay. In some embodiments, an automated detection assay is utilized. Methods for the automation of immunoassays are well known in the art (See e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,885,530, 4,981,785, 6,159,750, and 5,358,691, each of which is herein incorporated by reference). In some embodiments, the analysis and presentation of results is also automated. For example, in some embodiments, software that generates a prognosis based on the presence or absence of a series of antigens is utilized.
  • Competitive binding assays rely on the ability of a labeled standard to compete with the test sample for binding with a limited amount of antibody. The amount of antigen in the test sample is inversely proportional to the amount of standard that becomes bound to the antibodies. To facilitate determining the amount of standard that becomes bound, the antibodies generally are insolubilized before or after the competition. As a result, the standard and test sample that are bound to the antibodies may conveniently be separated from the standard and test sample, which remain unbound.
  • Sandwich assays involve the use of two antibodies, each capable of binding to a different immunogenic portion, or epitope, or the protein to be detected. In a sandwich assay, the test sample to be analyzed is bound by a first antibody, which is immobilized on a solid support, and thereafter a second antibody binds to the test sample, thus forming an insoluble three-part complex. See e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 4,376,110. The second antibody may itself be labeled with a detectable moiety (direct sandwich assays) or may be measured using an anti-immunoglobulin antibody that is labeled with a detectable moiety (indirect sandwich assay). For example, one type of sandwich assay is an ELISA assay, in which case the detectable moiety is an enzyme.
  • The antibodies may also be used for in vivo diagnostic assays. Generally, the antibody is labeled with a radionucleotide (such as 111In, 99Tc, 14C, 131I, 3H, 32P or 35S) so that the tumor can be localized using immunoscintiography. In one embodiment, antibodies or fragments thereof bind to the extracellular domains of two or more CCAT targets and the affinity value(Kd) is less than 1×108 M
  • Antibodies for diagnostic use may be labeled with probes suitable for detection by various imaging methods. Methods for detection of probes include, but are not limited to, fluorescence, light, confocal and electron microscopy; magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy; fluoroscopy, computed tomography and positron emission tomography. Suitable probes include, but are not limited to, fluorescein, rhodamine, eosin and other fluorophores, radioisotopes, gold, gadolinium and other lanthanides, paramagnetic iron, fluorine-18 and other positron-emitting radionuclides. Additionally, probes may be bi- or multi-functional and be detectable by more than one of the methods listed. These antibodies may be directly or indirectly labeled with said probes. Attachment of probes to the antibodies includes covalent attachment of the probe, incorporation of the probe into the antibody, and the covalent attachment of a chelating compound for binding of probe, amongst others well recognized in the art.
  • For immunohistochemistry, the disease tissue sample may be fresh or frozen or may be embedded in paraffin and fixed with a preservative such as formalin (see Examples). The fixed or embedded section contains the sample are contacted with a labeled primary antibody and secondary antibody, wherein the antibody is used to detect the CCAT protein express in situ. The detailed procedure is shown in the Example.
  • Array:
  • “Array” refers to an ordered arrangement of at least two transcripts, proteins or peptides, or antibodies on a substrate. At least one of the transcripts, proteins, or antibodies represents a control or standard, and the other transcript, protein, or antibody is of diagnostic or therapeutic interest. The arrangement of at least two and up to about 40,000 transcripts, proteins, or antibodies on the substrate assures that the size and signal intensity of each labeled complex, formed between each transcript and at least one nucleic acid, each protein and at least one ligand or antibody, or each antibody and at least one protein to which the antibody specifically binds, is individually distinguishable.
  • An “expression profile” is a representation of gene expression in a sample. A nucleic acid expression profile is produced using sequencing, hybridization, or amplification technologies using transcripts from a sample. A protein expression profile, although time delayed, minors the nucleic acid expression profile and is produced using gel electrophoresis, mass spectrometry, or an array and labeling moieties or antibodies which specifically bind the protein. The nucleic acids, proteins, or antibodies specifically binding the protein may be used in solution or attached to a substrate, and their detection is based on methods well known in the art.
  • A substrate includes but not limits to, paper, nylon or other type of membrane, filter, chip, glass slide, or any other suitable solid support.
  • The invention also provides an array with a cDNA or transcript encoding CCAT proteins or peptides or fragments thereof, antibodies that specifically bind CCAT proteins, peptides or fragments thereof. Preferably, two or more of the nucleic acid molecules (e.g., SEQ ID NOS: 684-1331), proteins (e.g., SEQ ID NOS: 1-683) or peptides (e.g., SEQ ID NOS: 1332-1501) are immobilized on a substrate. Specifically, the following targets are selected for targeting purpose: DPEP-1, Prominin-1, Integrin beta-4, Leukocyte Elastase, Defensin alpha 1, oligosaccharyl transferase 3, Wolframin, Ectonucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase 2, T-cell surface glycoprotein CD5.
  • The present invention also provides an antibody array. Antibody arrays have allowed the development of techniques for high-throughput screening of recombinant antibodies. Such methods use robots to pick and grid bacteria containing antibody genes, and a filter-based ELISA to screen and identify clones that express antibody fragments. Because liquid handling is eliminated and the clones are arrayed from master stocks, the same antibodies can be spotted multiple times and screened against multiple antigens simultaneously. For more information, see de Wildt et al. (2000) Nat Biotechnol 18:989-94.
  • The array is prepared and used according to the methods described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,837,832, Chee et al., PCT application WO95/11995 (Chee et al.), Lockhart, D. J. et al. (1996; Nat. Biotech. 14: 1675-1680) and Schena, M. et al. (1996; Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 93: 10614-10619), U.S. Pat. No. 5,807,522, Brown et al., all of which are incorporated herein in their entirety by reference.
  • In one embodiment, a nucleic acid array or a microarray, preferably composed of a large number of unique, single-stranded nucleic acid sequences, usually either synthetic antisense oligonucleotides or fragments of cDNAs, fixed to a solid support. The oligonucleotides are preferably about 6-60 nucleotides in length, more preferably 15-30 nucleotides in length, and most preferably about 20-25 nucleotides in length.
  • In order to produce oligonucleotides to a known sequence for an array, the gene(s) of interest (or an ORF identified from the contigs of the present invention) is typically examined using a computer algorithm which starts at the 5′ or at the 3′ end of the nucleotide sequence. Typical algorithms will then identify oligomers of defined length that are unique to the gene, have a GC content within a range suitable for hybridization, and lack predicted secondary structure that may interfere with hybridization. In certain situations it may be appropriate to use pairs of oligonucleotides on an array. The “pairs” will be identical, except for one nucleotide that preferably is located in the center of the sequence. The second oligonucleotide in the pair (mismatched by one) serves as a control. The number of oligonucleotide pairs may range from two to one million. The oligomers are synthesized at designated areas on a substrate using a light-directed chemical process, wherein the substrate may be paper, nylon or other type of membrane, filter, chip, glass slide or any other suitable solid support as described above.
  • In another aspect, an oligonucleotide may be synthesized on the surface of the substrate by using a chemical coupling procedure and an ink jet application apparatus, as described in PCT application WO95/251116 (Baldeschweiler et al.) which is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.
  • A gene expression profile comprises the expression of a plurality of transcripts as measured by after hybridization with a sample. The transcripts of the invention may be used as elements on an array to produce a gene expression profile. In one embodiment, the array is used to diagnose or monitor the progression of disease. Researchers can assess and catalog the differences in gene expression between healthy and diseased tissues or cells.
  • For example, the transcript or probe may be labeled by standard methods and added to a biological sample from a patient under conditions for the formation of hybridization complexes. After an incubation period, the sample is washed and the amount of label (or signal) associated with hybridization complexes, is quantified and compared with a standard value. If complex formation in the patient sample is significantly altered (higher or lower) in comparison to either a normal or disease standard, then differential expression indicates the presence of a disorder.
  • In order to provide standards for establishing differential expression, normal and disease expression profiles are established. This is accomplished by combining a sample taken from normal subjects, either animal or human or nonmammal, with a transcript under conditions for hybridization to occur. Standard hybridization complexes may be quantified by comparing the values obtained using normal subjects with values from an experiment in which a known amount of a purified sequence is used. Standard values obtained in this manner may be compared with values obtained from samples from patients who were diagnosed with a particular condition, disease, or disorder. Deviation from standard values toward those associated with a particular disorder is used to diagnose that disorder.
  • By analyzing changes in patterns of gene/protein expression, disease can be diagnosed at earlier stages before the patient is symptomatic. The invention can be used to formulate a prognosis and to design a treatment regimen. The invention can also be used to monitor the efficacy of treatment. For treatments with known side effects, the array is employed to improve the treatment regimen. A dosage is established that causes a change in genetic expression patterns indicative of successful treatment. Expression patterns associated with the onset of undesirable side effects are avoided.
  • In another embodiment, animal models which mimic a human disease can be used to characterize expression profiles associated with a particular condition, disease, or disorder; or treatment of the condition, disease, or disorder. Novel treatment regimens may be tested in these animal models using arrays to establish and then follow expression profiles over time. In addition, arrays may be used with cell cultures or tissues removed from animal models to rapidly screen large numbers of candidate drug molecules, looking for ones that produce an expression profile similar to those of known therapeutic drugs, with the expectation that molecules with the same expression profile will likely have similar therapeutic effects. Thus, the invention provides the means to rapidly determine the molecular mode of action of a drug.
  • Such assays may also be used to evaluate the efficacy of a particular therapeutic treatment regimen in animal studies or in clinical trials or to monitor the treatment of an individual patient. Once the presence of a condition is established and a treatment protocol is initiated, diagnostic assays may be repeated on a regular basis to determine if the level of expression in the patient begins to approximate that which is observed in a normal subject. The results obtained from successive assays may be used to show the efficacy of treatment over a period ranging from several days to years.
  • In one embodiment, the detected targets comprise, consist essentially of or consist of combinations of CCAT proteins or nucleic acids encoding such proteins. The combinations are either 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 150, 200, 250 proteins (SEQ ID NOS: 1-683), nucleic acids (SEQ ID NOS: 684-1331) encoding such proteins, or peptides (SEQ ID NOS: 1332-1501).
  • In one embodiment, the protein or nucleic acid targets for detection of colon cancer comprise targets selected from a group consisting of DPEP-1, Prominin-1, Integrin beta-4,Leukocyte Elastase, Defensin alpha 1, oligosaccharyl transferase 3, Wolframin, Ectonucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase 2, T-cell surface glycoprotein CD5 and combination thereof, wherein their corresponding sequences are listed in Table 1.
  • In another embodiment, the detection targets are combination of all the targets of DPEP-1, Prominin-1, Integrin beta-4,Leukocyte Elastase, Defensin alpha 1, oligosaccharyl transferase 3, Wolframin, Ectonucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase 2, T-cell surface glycoprotein CD5.
  • In yet another embodiment, the invention provides a composition comprising a plurality of CCAT nucleic acid sequences for use in detecting the differential expression of genes in a disease state, wherein said plurality of nucleic acid sequences comprise two or more sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 684-1331, or all the sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 684-1331, or the complete complements thereof. Further, the nucleic acid sequences are immobilized on a substrate, and the said nucleic acid sequences are hybridizable elements on a microarray.
  • In yet another embodiment, the invention provides a composition comprising a plurality of CCAT proteins or peptides for use in detecting the differential expression of proteins in a disease state wherein said plurality of protein sequences comprise two or more sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 1-683 or all sequence of SEQ ID NOS: 1-683; and wherein said plurality of peptide sequences comprise two or more sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 1332-1501 or all sequence of SEQ ID NOS: 1332-1501.
  • In yet another embodiment, the compositions can be used in diagnosing or monitoring the treatment of colon cancer
  • Treatment
  • The following terms, as used in the present specification and claims, are intended to have the meaning as defined below, unless indicated otherwise.
  • “Treat,” “treating” or “treatment” of a disease includes: (1) inhibiting the disease, i.e., arresting or reducing the development of the disease or its clinical symptoms, or (2) relieving the disease, i.e., causing regression of the disease or its clinical symptoms.
  • A “therapeutically effective amount” means the amount of an agent that, when administered to a subject for treating a disease, is sufficient to effect such treatment for the disease. The “therapeutically effective amount” will vary depending on the agent, the disease and its severity and the age, weight, etc., of the subject to be treated.
  • A “Colon or colorectal disease” includes but not limited to colon cancer, colon tumor, diverticulosis, diverticulitis, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, hemorrhoids, and anal fissure.
  • A “cancer” is epithelial-cell related cancers including, but not limited to, pancreatic, lung, colon, prostate, ovarian, breast as well as, bladder and renal, hepatocellular, pharyngeal and gastric cancer.
  • The present invention provides an application of treatment by using antibody, immunogenic peptides as well as other CCAT agonists or antagonists.
  • CCATs are proteins differentially expressed in the colon diseases cell lines or tissues. The proteins are either cell surface proteins or cytosolic proteins (see the list in Table 1). These proteins are associated with the diseases especially colon diseases, particularly colon cancer; thus, they serve as candidate targets for the treatment of the diseases.
  • In one embodiment, when decreased expression or activity of the protein is desired, an inhibitor, antagonist, antibody and the like or a pharmaceutical agent containing one or more of these molecules may be delivered. Such delivery may be effected by methods well known in the art and may include delivery by an antibody specifically targeted to the protein. Neutralizing antibodies, which inhibit dimer formation, are generally preferred for therapeutic use.
  • In another embodiment, when increased expression or activity of the protein is desired, the protein, an agonist, an enhancer and the like or a pharmaceutical agent containing one or more of these molecules may be delivered. Such delivery may be effected by methods well known in the art and may include delivery of a pharmaceutical agent by an antibody specifically targeted to the protein.
  • Any of the transcripts, complementary molecules, or fragments thereof, proteins or portions thereof, vectors delivering these nucleic acid molecules or expressing the proteins, and their ligands may be administered in combination with other therapeutic agents. Selection of the agents for use in combination therapy may be made by one of ordinary skill in the art according to conventional pharmaceutical principles. A combination of therapeutic agents may act synergistically to affect treatment of a particular disorder at a lower dosage of each agent.
  • Antibody Therapy
  • The antibody of the present invention can be used for therapeutic reason. It is contemplated that the antibody of the present invention may be used to treat a mammal, preferably human with colon diseases.
  • In general, the antibodies are also useful for inhibiting protein function, for example, blocking the binding of the CCAT protein or peptide to a binding partner such as a substrate. These uses can also be applied in a therapeutic context in which treatment involves inhibiting the protein's function. An antibody can be used, for example, to block binding, thus modulating (agonizing or antagonizing) the peptides activity. Antibodies can be prepared against specific fragments containing sites required for function or against intact protein that is associated within a cell or cell membrane. The function blocking assays are provided in detail in the Examples. Other evidence is provided in U.S. Pat. No. 6,207,152, and U.S. Pat. No. 6,387,371.
  • The antibodies of present invention can also be used as means of enhancing the immune response. The antibodies can be administered in amounts similar to those used for other therapeutic administrations of antibody. For example, pooled gamma globulin is administered at a range of about 1 mg to about 100 mg per patient. Thus, antibodies reactive with the protein or peptides of CCAT can be passively administered alone or in conjunction with other anti-cancer therapies to a mammal afflicted-with colon diseases or cancer. Examples of anti-cancer therapies include, but are not limited to, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, adoptive immunotherapy therapy with TIL (Tumor Infiltration Lymphocytes).
  • The selection of an antibody subclass for therapy will depend upon the nature of the disease tumor antigen. For example, an IgM may be preferred in situations where the antigen is highly specific for the diseased target and rarely occurs on normal cells. However, where the disease-associated antigen is also expressed in normal tissues, although at much lower levels, the IgG subclass may be preferred for the following reason: since the binding of at least two IgG molecules in close proximity is required to activate complement, less complement mediated damage may occur in the normal tissues which express smaller amounts of the antigen and, therefore, bind fewer IgG antibody molecules. Furthermore, IgG molecules by being smaller may be more able than IgM molecules to localize to the diseased tissue.
  • The mechanism for antibody therapy is that the therapeutic antibody recognizes a cell surface protein or a cytosolic protein that is overexpressed in diseased cells. By NK cell or complement activation, conjugation of the antibody with an immunotoxin or radiolabel, the interacton can abrogate ligand/resceptor interaction or activation of apoptosis.
  • The potential mechanisms of antibody-mediated cytotoxicity of diseased cells are phagocyte (antibody dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC)) (see Example), complement (Complement-mediated cytotoxicity (CMC)) (see Example), naked antibody (receptor cross-linking apoptosis and growth factor inhibition), or targeted payload labeled with radionuclide or immunotoxins or immunochemotherapeutics.
  • In one embodiment, the antibody is administered to a nonhuman mammal for the purposes of obtaining preclinical data, for example. Exemplary nonhuman mammals to be treated include nonhuman primates, dogs, cats, rodents and other mammals in which preclinical studies are performed. Such mammals may be established animal models for a disease to be treated with the antibody or may be used to study toxicity of the antibody of interest. In each of these embodiments, dose escalation studies may be performed on the mammal.
  • The antibody is administered by any suitable means, including parenteral, subcutaneous, intraperitoneal, intrapulmonary, and intranasal, and, if desired for local immunosuppressive treatment, intralesional administration. Parenteral infusions include intramuscular, intravenous, intraarterial, intraperitoneal, or subcutaneous administration. In addition, the antibody variant is suitably administered by pulse infusion, particularly with declining doses of the antibody variant. Preferably the dosing is given by injections, most preferably intravenous or subcutaneous injections, depending in part on whether the administration is brief or chronic.
  • For the prevention or treatment of a disease, the appropriate dosage of the antibody will depend on the type of disease to be treated, the severity and the course of the disease, whether the antibody is administered for preventive or therapeutic purposes, previous therapy, the patient's clinical history and response to the antibody, and the discretion of the attending physician.
  • Depending on the type and severity of the disease, about 1 mug/kg to 150 mg/kg (e.g., 0.1-20 mg/kg) of antibody is an initial candidate dosage for administration to the patient, whether, for example, by one or more separate administrations, or by continuous infusion. A typical daily dosage might range from about 1 .mu.g/kg to 100 mg/kg or more, depending on the factors mentioned above. For repeated administrations over several days or longer, depending on the condition, the treatment is sustained until a desired suppression of disease symptoms occurs. However, other dosage regimens may be useful. The progress of this therapy is easily monitored by conventional techniques and assays.
  • The antibody composition will be formulated, dosed and administered in a manner consistent with good medical practice. Factors for consideration in this context include the particular disorder being treated, the particular mammal being treated, the clinical condition of the individual patient, the cause of the disorder, the site of delivery of the agent, the method of administration, the scheduling of administration, and other factors known to medical practitioners.
  • The therapeutically effective amount of the antibody to be administered will be governed by such considerations, and is the minimum amount necessary to prevent, ameliorate, or treat a disease or disorder. The antibody need not be, but is optionally formulated with one or more agents currently used to prevent or treat the disorder in question.
  • Antibodies of the present invention may also be used as therapeutic reagents, to diminish or eliminate cancer or tumors. For example, the antibodies may be used on their own (for instance, to inhibit metastases) or coupled to one or more therapeutic agents. Suitable agents in this regard include radionuclides, differentiation inducers, drugs, toxins, and derivatives thereof. Preferred radionuclides include 90Y, 123I, 125I, 131I, 186Re, 188Re, 211At, and .212Bi. Preferred drugs include methotrexate, and pyrimidine and purine analogs. Preferred differentiation inducers include phorbol esters and butyric acid. Preferred toxins include ricin, abrin, diptheria toxin, cholera toxin, gelonin, Pseudomonas exotoxin, Shigella toxin, and pokeweed antiviral protein.
  • A therapeutic agent may be coupled (e.g., covalently bonded) to a suitable monoclonal antibody either directly or indirectly (e.g., via a linker group). A direct reaction between an agent and an antibody is possible when each possesses a substituent capable of reacting with the other. For example, a nucleophilic group, such as an amino or sulfhydryl group, on one may be capable of reacting with a carbonyl-containing group, such as an anhydride or an acid halide, or with an alkyl group containing a good leaving group (e.g., a halide) on the other.
  • Alternatively, it may be desirable to couple a therapeutic agent and an antibody via a linker group. A linker group can function as a spacer to distance an antibody from an agent in order to avoid interference with binding capabilities. A linker group can also serve to increase the chemical reactivity of a substituent on an agent or an antibody, and thus increase the coupling efficiency. An increase in chemical reactivity may also facilitate the use of agents, or functional groups on agents, which otherwise would not be possible.
  • It will be evident to those skilled in the art that a variety of bifunctional or polyfunctional reagents, both homo- and hetero-functional (such as those described in the catalog of the Pierce Chemical Co., Rockford, Ill.), may be employed as the linker group. Coupling may be affected, for example, through amino groups, carboxyl groups, sulfhydryl groups or oxidized carbohydrate residues. There are numerous references describing such methodology, e.g. U.S. Pat. No. 4,671,958, to Rodwell et al.
  • Where a therapeutic agent is more potent when free from the antibody portion of the immunoconjugates of the present invention, it may be desirable to use a linker group which is cleavable during or upon internalization into a cell. A number of different cleavable linker groups have been described. The mechanisms for the intracellular release of an agent from these linker groups include cleavage by reduction of a disulfide bond (e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 4,489,710, to Spitler), by irradiation of a photolabile bond (e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 4,625,014, to Senter et al.), by hydrolysis of derivatized amino acid side chains (e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 4,638,045, to Kohn et al.), by serum complement-mediated hydrolysis (e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 4,671,958, to Rodwell et al.), and acid-catalyzed hydrolysis (e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 4,569,789, to Blattler et al.).
  • It may be desirable to couple more than one agent to an antibody. In one embodiment, multiple molecules of an agent are coupled to one antibody molecule. In another embodiment, more than one type of agent may be coupled to one antibody. Regardless of the particular embodiment, immunoconjugates with more than one agent may be prepared in a variety of ways as described above.
  • While it is possible for the immunogen to be administered in a pure or substantially pure form, it is preferable to present it as a pharmaceutical composition, formulation or preparation with a carrier.
  • The formulations of the present invention, both for veterinary and for human use, comprise an immunogen as described above, together with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers and, optionally, other therapeutic ingredients. The carrier(s) must be “acceptable” in the sense of being compatible with the other ingredients of the formulation and not deleterious to the recipient thereof. The formulations may conveniently be presented in unit dosage form and may be prepared by any method well-known in the pharmaceutical art.
  • Suitable pharmaceutical carriers include proteins such as albumins (e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 4,507,234, to Kato et al.), peptides and polysaccharides such as aminodextran (e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 4,699,784, to Shih et al.), or water. A carrier may also bear an agent by noncovalent bonding or by encapsulation, such as within a liposome vesicle (e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,429,008 and 4,873,088). Carriers specific for radionuclide agents include radiohalogenated small molecules and chelating compounds. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 4,735,792 discloses representative radiohalogenated small molecules and their synthesis. A radionuclide chelate may be formed from chelating compounds that include those containing nitrogen and sulfur atoms as the donor atoms for binding the metal, metal oxide, radionuclide. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 4,673,562, to Davison et al. discloses representative chelating compounds and their synthesis.
  • All methods include the step of bringing into association the active ingredient with the carrier, which constitutes one or more accessory ingredients. In general, the formulations are prepared by uniformly and intimately bringing into association the active ingredient with liquid carriers or finely divided solid carriers or both, and then, if necessary, shaping the product into the desired formulation.
  • Formulations suitable for intravenous intramuscular, subcutaneous, or intraperitoneal administration conveniently comprise sterile aqueous solutions of the active ingredient with solutions, which are preferably isotonic with the blood of the recipient. Such formulations may be conveniently prepared by dissolving solid active ingredient in water containing physiologically compatible substances such as sodium chloride (e.g. 0.1-2.0M), glycine, and the like, and having a buffered pH compatible with physiological conditions to produce an aqueous solution, and rendering said solution sterile. These may be present in unit or multi-dose containers, for example, sealed ampoules or vials.
  • The formulations of the present invention may incorporate a stabilizer. Illustrative stabilizers are polyethylene glycol, proteins, saccharides, amino acids, inorganic acids, and organic acids, which may be used either on their own or as admixtures. These stabilizers are preferably incorporated in an amount of 0.11-10,000 parts by weight per part by weight of immunogen. If two or more stabilizers are to be used, their total amount is preferably within the range specified above. These stabilizers are used in aqueous solutions at the appropriate concentration and pH. The specific osmotic pressure of such aqueous solutions is generally in the range of 0.1-3.0 osmoles, preferably in the range of 0.8-1.2. The pH of the aqueous solution is adjusted to be within the range of 5.0-9.0, preferably within the range of 6-8. In formulating the antibody of the present invention, anti-adsorption agent may be used.
  • Additional pharmaceutical methods may be employed to control the duration of action. Controlled release preparations may be achieved through the use of polymer to complex or absorb the proteins or their derivatives. The controlled delivery may be exercised by selecting appropriate macromolecules (for example polyester, polyamino acids, polyvinyl, pyrrolidone, ethylenevinylacetate, methylcellulose, carboxymethylcellulose, or protamine sulfate) and the concentration of macromolecules as well as the methods of incorporation in order to control release. Another possible method to control the duration of action by controlled-release preparations is to incorporate the CCAT antibody into particles of a polymeric material such as polyesters, polyamino acids, hydrogels, poly(lactic acid) or ethylene vinylacetate copolymers. Alternatively, instead of incorporating these agents into polymeric particles, it is possible to entrap these materials in microcapsules prepared, for example, by coacervation techniques or by interfacial polymerization, for example, hydroxymethylcellulose or gelatin-microcapsules and poly(methylmethacylate) microcapsules, respectively, or in colloidal drug delivery systems, for example, liposomes, albumin microspheres, microemulsions, nanoparticles, and nanocapsules or in macroemulsions.
  • When oral preparations are desired, the compositions may be combined with typical carriers, such as lactose, sucrose, starch, talc magnesium stearate, crystalline cellulose, methyl cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose, glycerin, sodium alginate or gum arabic among others.
  • The therapeutic antibody may be supplied in the form of a kit, alone, or in the form of a pharmaceutical composition as described above.
  • Other Immunotherapy
  • The CCAT proteins or peptides or fragments thereof of this invention are also intended for use in producing antiserum designed for pre- or post-disease prophylaxis. Here the protein, peptides or fragment thereof, is formulated with a suitable adjuvant and administered by injection to human volunteers, according to known methods for producing human antisera. Antibody response to the injected proteins is monitored, during a several-week period following immunization, by periodic serum sampling to detect the presence of antiserum antibodies, using an immunoassay as described herein.
  • The antiserum from immunized individuals may be administered as a prophylactic measure for individuals who are at risk of developing colon diseases or cancer. The antiserum is also useful in treating an individual afflicted with colon diseases or cancer for post-disease prophylaxis.
  • Alternatively, peptides derived form the CCAT protein sequence may be modified to increase their immunogenicity by enhancing binding of the peptide to the MHC molecules in which the peptide is presented. The peptide or modified peptide may be conjugated to a carrier molecule to enhance the antigenicity of the peptide. Examples of carrier molecules, include, but are not limited to, human albumin, bovine albumin, lipoprotein and keyhole limpet hemo-cyanin (“Basic and Clinical Immunology” (1991) Stites, D. P. and Ten A. I. (eds) Appleton and Lange, Norwalk Conn., San Mateo, Calif.).
  • An “immunogenic peptide” is a peptide, which comprises an allele-specific motif such that the peptide will bind the MHC allele (HLA in human) and be capable of inducing a CTL (cytoxic T-lymphocytes) response. Thus, immunogenic peptides are capable of binding to an appropriate class I or II MHC molecule and inducing a cytotoxic T cell or T helper cell response against the antigen from which the immunogenic peptide is derived.
  • Alternatively, amino acid sequence variants of the peptide can be prepared by mutations in the DNA, which encodes the peptide, or by peptide synthesis.
  • At the genetic level, these variants ordinarily are prepared by site-directed mutagenesis of nucleotides in the DNA encoding the peptide molecule, thereby producing DNA encoding the variant, and thereafter expressing the DNA in recombinant cell culture. The variants typically exhibit the same qualitative biological activity as the nonvariant peptide.
  • T-lymphocytes recognize antigen in association with Class I or Class II MHC molecules in the form of a peptide fragment bound to an MHC molecule. The degree of peptide binding to a given MHC allele is based on amino acids at particular positions within the peptide (Parker et al. (1992) Journal of Immunology 149:3580; Kubo, et al. (1994) Journal of Immunology 52:3913-3924; Ruppert J. et al. (1993) Cell 74:929-937; Falk et al. (1991) Nature 351:290-296). The peptides of the present invention are useful as an epitope for immunogenic response (see more detailed description below).
  • In human, MHC is called HLA, wherein class I molecules are encoded by the HLA-A, B, and C loci. HLA-A and B antigens are expressed at the cell surface at approximately equal densities, whereas the expression of HLA-C is significantly lower (about 10-fold lower). Each of these loci has a number of alleles. MHC class II molecules are encoded by three pairs of MHC II alpha- and beta-chain genes, called HLA DR, -DP, and -DQ in human. In many haplotypes the HLA-DR cluster contains an extra beta-chain gene whose product can pair with the DR alpha chain. Each MHC class I and II molecule binds a different rage of peptides. The present of several loci means that any one individual is equipped to present a much broader ranger of different peptides than if only one MHC protein of each class were expressed at the cell surface. The peptide binding motifs of the present invention are designed to be specific for each allelic subtype.
  • The peptides of the present invention are used for treatment of the colon diseases. Treatment involves administration of the protective composition after the appearance of the disease.
  • The present invention is also applied to prevent and suppress the disease. It is not always possible to distinguish between “preventing” and “suppressing” since the ultimate inductive event or events may be unknown, latent, or the patient is not ascertained until well after the occurrence of the event or events. Therefore, it is common to use the term “prophylaxis” as distinct from “treatment” to encompass both “preventing” and “suppressing” as defined herein. The term “protection,” as used herein, is meant to include “prophylaxis.”
  • The peptides are used for treating T cell-mediated pathology. The term “T cell-mediated pathology” refers to any condition in which an inappropriate T cell response is a component of the pathology. The term is intended to encompass both T cell mediated colon diseases and diseases resulting from unregulated clonal T cell replication.
  • Therefore, the present invention relates to peptides or modified peptides derived from the protein sequences of the CCAT proteins that differentially expressed in the colon diseases. By way of example, modification may include substitution, deletion or addition of an amino acid in the given immunogenic peptide sequence or mutation of existing amino acids within the given immunogenic peptide sequence, or derivatization of existing amino acids within the given immunogenic peptide sequence. Any amino acid comprising the immunogenic peptide sequence may be modified in accordance with this invention. In one aspect, at least one amino acid is substituted or replaced within the given immunogenic peptide sequence. Any amino acid may be used to substitute or replace a given amino acid within the immunogenic peptide sequence. Modified peptides are intended to include any immunogenic peptide obtained from differentially expressed proteins, which has been modified and exhibits enhanced binding to the MHC molecule with which it associates when presented to the T-cell. These modified peptides may be synthetically or recombinantly produced by conventional methods.
  • In another embodiment, the peptides of the present invention comprise, or consisting sequences of about 5-8, 8-10, 10-15 or 15-30 amino acids which are immunogenic, that is, capable of inducing an immune response when injected into a subject.
  • The recombinant or natural protein, peptides, or fragment thereof of CCAT, or modified peptides, may be used as a vaccine either prophylactically or therapeutically. When provided prophylactically the vaccine is provided in advance of any evidence of colon diseases, particularly, cancer. The prophylactic administration of the colon disease vaccine should serve to prevent or attenuate colon diseases, preferably cancer, in a mammal.
  • Preparation of vaccine is using recombinant protein or peptide expression vectors comprising all or part of nucleic acid sequence of CCAT proteins encoding peptides. Examples of vectors that may be used in the aforementioned vaccines include, but are not limited to, defective retroviral vectors, adenoviral vectors vaccinia viral vectors, fowl pox viral vectors, or other viral vectors (Mulligan, R. C., (1993) Science 260:926-932). The viral vectors carrying all or part of nucleic sequence of SEQ ID NOS: 684-1331 can be introduced into a mammal either prior to any evidence of colon diseases or to mediate regression of the disease in a mammal afflicted with colon diseases. Examples of methods for administering the viral vector into the mammals include, but are not limited to, exposure of cells to the virus ex vivo, or injection of the retrovirus or a producer cell line of the virus into the affected tissue or intravenous administration of the virus. Alternatively the viral vector carrying all or part of the CCAT nucleic acid sequence that encode peptides may be administered locally by direct injection into the cancer lesion or topical application in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The quantity of viral vector, carrying all or part of the CCAT nucleic acid sequence, to be administered is based on the titer of virus particles. A preferred range of the immunogen to be administered may be about 106 to about 1011 virus particles per mammal, preferably a human. After immunization the efficacy of the vaccine can be assessed by production of antibodies or immune cells that recognize the antigen, as assessed by specific lytic activity or specific cytokine production or by tumor regression. One skilled in the art would know the conventional methods to assess the aforementioned parameters. If the mammal to be immunized is already afflicted with cancer, the vaccine can be administered in conjunction with other therapeutic treatments. Examples of other therapeutic treatments includes, but are not limited to, adoptive T cell immunotherapy, coadministration of cytokines or other therapeutic drugs for cancer.
  • Alternatively all or parts thereof of a substantially or partially purified the CCAT protein or their peptides may be administered as a vaccine in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Ranges of the protein that may be administered are about 0.001 to about 100 mg per patient, preferred doses are about 0.01 to about 100 mg per patient. In a preferred embodiment, the peptides or modified peptides thereof is administered therapeutically or prophylactically to a mammal in need of such treatment. The peptide may be synthetically or recombinantly produced. Immunization is repeated as necessary, until a sufficient titer of anti-immunogen antibody or immune cells has been obtained.
  • In yet another alternative embodiment a viral vector, such as a retroviral vector, can be introduced into mammalian cells. Examples of mammalian cells into which the retroviral vector can be introduced include, but are not limited to, primary mammalian cultures or continuous mammalian cultures, COS cells, NIH3T3, or 293 cells (ATTC #CRL 1573), dendritic cells. The means by which the vector carrying the gene may be introduced into a cell includes, but is not limited to, microinjection, electroporation, transfection or transfection using DEAE dextran, lipofection, calcium phosphate or other procedures known to one skilled in the art (Sambrook et al. (EDS) (2001) in “Molecular Cloning. A laboratory manual”, Cold Spring Harbor Press Plainview, N.Y.).
  • The vaccine formulation of the present invention comprises an immunogen that induces an immune response directed against the cancer associated antigens such as the CCATs, and in nonhuman primates and finally in humans. The safety of the immunization procedures is determined by looking for the effect of immunization on the general health of the immunized animal (weight change, fever, appetite behavior etc.) and looking for pathological changes on autopsies. After initial testing in animals, cancer patients can be tested. Conventional methods would be used to evaluate the immune response of the patient to determine the efficiency of the vaccine.
  • Measurement of candidate disease tumor antigen or vaccine expression in patients is the first step of the present invention. Subsequent steps will focus on measuring immune responses to these candidate antigens or vaccine. Sera from disease patients, particularly cancer patients, and healthy donors will be screened for antibodies to the candidate antigens as well as for levels of circulating tumor derived antigens. The vaccine formulations may be evaluated first in animal models, initially rodents
  • In one embodiment mammals, preferably human, at high risk for colon diseases, particularly cancer, are prophylactically treated with the vaccines of this invention. Examples of such mammals include, but are not limited to, humans with a family history of colon diseases, humans with a history of colon diseases, particular cancer, or humans afflicted with colon cancer previously resected and therefore at risk for reoccurrence. When provided therapeutically, the vaccine is provided to enhance the patient's own immune response to the diseased antigen present on the colon diseases or advanced stage of colon diseases. The vaccine, which acts as an immunogen, may be a cell, cell lysate from cells transfected with a recombinant expression vector, cell lysates from cells transfected with a recombinant expression vector, or a culture supernatant containing the expressed protein. Alternatively, the immunogen is a partially or substantially purified recombinant protein, peptide or analog thereof or modified peptides or analogs thereof. The proteins or peptides may be conjugated with lipoprotein or administered in liposomal form or with adjuvant.
  • While it is possible for the immunogen to be administered in a pure or substantially pure form, it is preferable to present it as a pharmaceutical composition, formulation or preparation. The formulations of the present invention are described in the previous section.
  • Vaccination can be conducted by conventional methods. For example, the immunogen can be used in a suitable diluent such as saline or water, or complete or incomplete adjuvants. Further, the immunogen may or may not be bound to a carrier to make the protein immunogenic. Examples of such carrier molecules include but are not limited to bovine serum albumin (BSA), keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH), tetanus toxoid, and the like. The immunogen also may be coupled with lipoproteins or administered in liposomal form or with adjuvants. The immunogen can be administered by any route-appropriate for antibody production such as intravenous, intraperitoneal, intramuscular, subcutaneous, and the like. The immunogen may be administered once or at periodic intervals until a significant titer of anti-CCAT immune cells or anti-CCAT antibody is produced. The presence of anti-CCAT immune cells may be assessed by measuring the frequency of precursor CTL (cytoxic T-lymphocytes) against CCAT antigen prior to and after immunization by a CTL precursor analysis assay (Coulie, P. et al., (1992) International Journal Of Cancer 50:289-297). The antibody may be detected in the serum using the immunoassay described above.
  • The safety of the immunization procedures is determined by looking for the effect of immunization on the general health of the immunized animal (weight change, fever, appetite behavior etc.) and looking for pathological changes on autopsies. After initial testing in animals, colon disease patients can be tested. Conventional methods would be used to evaluate the immune response of the patient to determine the efficiency of the vaccine.
  • In yet another embodiment of this invention all, part, or parts of the CCAT proteins or peptides or fragments thereof, or modified peptides, may be exposed to dendritic cells cultured in vitro. The cultured dendritic cells provide a means of producing T-cell dependent antigens comprised of dendritic cell modified antigen or dendritic cells pulsed with antigen, in which the antigen is processed and expressed on the antigen activated dendritic cell. The CCAT antigen activated dendritic cells or processed dendritic cell antigens may be used as immunogens for vaccines or for the treatment of colon diseases, particularly colon cancer. The dendritic cells should be exposed to antigen for sufficient time to allow the antigens to be internalized and presented on the dendritic cells surface. The resulting dendritic cells or the dendritic cell process antigens can than be administered to an individual in need of therapy. Such methods are described in Steinman et al. (WO93/208185) and in Banchereau et al. (EPO Application 0563485A1).
  • In yet another aspect of this invention T-cells isolated from individuals can be exposed to the CCAT proteins, peptides or fragements thereof, or modified peptides in vitro and then administered to a patient in need of such treatment in a therapeutically effective amount. Examples of where T-lymphocytes can be isolated include but are not limited to, peripheral blood cells lymphocytes (PBL), lymph nodes, or tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL). Such lymphocytes can be isolated from the individual to be treated or from a donor by methods known in the art and cultured in vitro (Kawakami, Y. et al. (1989) J. Immunol. 142: 2453-3461). Lymphocytes are cultured in media such as RPMI or RPMI 1640 or AIM V for 1-10 weeks. Viability is assessed by trypan blue dye exclusion assay. Examples of how these sensitized T-cells can be administered to the mammal include but are not limited to, intravenously, intraperitoneally or intralesionally. Parameters that may be assessed to determine the efficacy of these sensitized T-lymphocytes include, but are not limited to, production of immune cells in the mammal being treated or tumor regression. Conventional methods are used to assess these parameters. Such treatment can be given in conjunction with cytokines or gene modified cells (Rosenberg, S. A. et al. (1992) Human Gene Therapy, 3: 75-90; Rosenberg, S. A. et al. (1992) Human Gene Therapy, 3: 57-73).
  • The present invention is further described by the following example. The example is provided solely to illustrate the invention by reference to specific embodiments. This exemplification, while illustrating certain aspects of the invention, does not offer the limitations or circumscribe the scope of the disclosed invention.
  • All examples outlined here were carried out using standard techniques, which are well known and routine to those of skill in the art. Routine molecular biology techniques of the following example can be carried out as described in standard laboratory manuals, such as Sambrook et al., Molecular Cloning: A laboratory Manual, 3rd Ed.; Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. (2001).
  • WORKING EXAMPLES 1. Colon Tissues and Cells Colon Cell Line
  • TABLE 2
    Cell line ATCC Catalog #
    SW1116 CCL-233
    HT29 HTB-38
    LS174T CL-188
    LS 180 CL-187
    SW480 CCL-228
    CaCo-2 HTB-37
    LS411N CRL-2159
    RKO CRL-2577
    Colo320DM CCL-220
    HCT 15 CCL-225
    HCT-116 CCL-247
    LS1034 CRL-2158
    LS513 CRL-2134
    SNU-C2B CCL-250
    SW1463 CCL-234
    SW403 CCL-230
    SW48 CCL-231
    SW948 CCL-237
    SW837 CCL-235
    DLD-1 CCL-221
    NCI-H548 CCL-249
  • Colon Cancer Cell Line Culture
  • Cell lines were grown in a culturing medium that is supplemented as necessary with growth factors and serum (as described in Table 2). Cultures were established from frozen stocks in which the cells were suspended in a freezing medium (cell culture medium with 10% DMSO [v/v]) and flash frozen in liquid nitrogen. Frozen stocks prepared in this way were stored in the liquid nitrogen vapour. Cell cultures were established by rapidly thawing frozen stocks at 37° C. Thawed stock cultures were slowly transferred to a culture vessel containing a large volume of culture medium that was supplemented. For maintenance of culture, cells were seeded at 1×105 cells/per ml in medium and incubated at 37° C. until confluence of cells in the culture vessel exceeds 50% by area. At this time, cells were harvested from the culture vessel using enzymes or EDTA where necessary. The density of harvested, viable cells was estimated by hemocytometry and the culture reseeded as above. A passage of this nature was repeated no more than 25 times at which point the culture was destroyed and reestablished from frozen stocks as described above.
  • For the analyses of cell surface protein expression in cultured cell lines cells were grown as described above. At a period 24 h prior to the experiment, the cell line was passaged as described above. This yielded cell densities that were <50% confluent and growing exponentially. Typically, triplicate analyses of differential expression were performed for each line relative to control for the purpose of identifying statistically significant reproducible differentially expressed proteins.
  • Tissue Processing
  • All tissues were procured as fresh specimens. Tissues were collected as remnant tissues following surgical resection of colorectal tissues. Remnant tissues were supplied following processing for pathological diagnosis according to proper standards of patient care. Procurement of all tissues was performed in an anonymised manner in strict compliance with Federal mandated ethical and legal guidelines (HIPAA) and in accordance with clinical institution ethical review board as well as the internal institutional review board. Tissues were transported on ice in ice-cold transport buffer by courier for processing.
  • i) Enrichment of Epithelial Cells from Normal Colorectal Mucosa
  • Normal colorectal tissue was transferred from the transport vessel to a sterile dish containing 25 ml of ice-cold transport buffer. The tissue was measured, weighed and photographed. The tissue was dissected to isolate colorectal mucosa which was transferred to a fresh dish containing 25 ml ice-cold Hanks buffered saline solution. The tissue section was washed by vigorous shaking and the HBSS replaced. This was repeated 2 further times or until all visible mucus was removed. Mucosa was measured, weighed and diced into 1 mm2 sections. The tissues sections were transferred to a 50 ml polypropylene centrifuge tube containing 50 ml of A52 media (Biosource) supplemented with 2 mM L-glutamine and 1.5 mg/ml dispase (Roche Biochemicals). The digest was incubated for 1 h at 37° C. with frequent agitation. Following the incubation, the suspension was poured through a 40-mesh cell sieve situated in the base of a 15 cm culture dish. The filtrate was diluted to 50 ml using A52 media supplemented with 2 mM L-glutamine and passed through a 200-mesh cell sieve. The filtrate was collected into a 50 ml polypropylene centrifuge tube and the suspension was triturated several times followed by vortexing for 2 min at setting 6. The density and viability of nucleated cells was determined by flow cytometry using propidium iodide as a negative stain for viability (Guava system). Erythrocytes were lysed using a standard ammonium chloride lysis protocol with incubation at room temperature for 10 s. Cells were harvested by centrifugation at 500 g for 5 min at 4° C. The cell pellet was resuspended in 50 ml of ice-cold HBSS and recentrifuged. The final cell pellet was resuspended in 3 ml of ice-cold HBSS supplemented with 0.1% BSA and 0.25M EDTA. Cell density and viability were estimated using the Guava system and the density adjusted to 1×107 cells per ml. Epithelial cells were stained with a FITC-labeled anti-EpCAM murine monoclonal antibody and enriched by cell sorting using flow cytometry.
  • ii) Enrichment of Tumor Cells from Colorectal Tumor Tissue
  • Colorectal tumor tissue was transferred from the transport vessel to a sterile dish containing 25 ml of ice-cold transport buffer. The tissue was measured, weighed and photographed. The tissue was dissected to remove necrotic and fibrotic tissue plaques and the tumour tissue transferred to a fresh dish containing 25 ml ice-cold Hanks buffered saline solution. The tissue section was washed by vigorous shaking and the HBSS replaced. This was repeated 2 further times or until all visible mucus was removed. Tumour tissue was measured, weighed and extensively diced. The tissues slurry was transferred to a 50 ml polypropylene centrifuge tube containing 50 ml of A52 media (Biosource) supplemented with 2 mM L-glutamine and 1.5 mg/ml dispase (Roche Biochemicals). The digest was incubated for 1 h at 37° C. with frequent agitation. Following the incubation, the suspension was poured through a 40-mesh cell sieve situated in the base of a 15 cm culture dish. The filtrate was diluted to 50 ml using A52 media supplemented with 2 mM L-glutamine and passed through a 200-mesh cell sieve. The filtrate was collected into a 50 ml polypropylene centrifuge tube and the suspension was triturated several times followed by vortexing for 2 min at setting 6. The density and viability of nucleated cells was determined by flow cytometry using propidium iodide as a negative stain for viability (Guava system). Erythrocytes were lysed using a standard ammonium chloride lysis protocol with incubation at room temperature for 10s. Cells were harvested by centrifugation at 500 g for 5 min at 4° C. The cell pellet was resuspended in 50 ml of ice-cold HBSS and recentrifuged. The final cell pellet was resuspended in 3 ml of ice-cold HBSS supplemented with 0.1% BSA and 0.25M EDTA. Cell density and viability were estimated using the Guava system and the density adjusted to 1×107 cells per ml. Epithelial cells were stained with a FITC-labeled anti-EpCAM murine monoclonal antibody and enriched by cell sorting using flow cytometry.
  • iii) Enrichment of Cell Surface Proteins from Sorted Epithelial and Tumor Cells
  • Sorted cells were centrifuged at 500 g at 4° C. for 5 min and resuspended in 50 ml of ice-cold DPBS. The cell suspension was washed by 2 further cycles of centrifugation 500 g at 4° C. for 5 min and resuspension of the cell pellet in 50 ml of ice-cold DPBS. Finally, the cell pellet was resuspended in 9.5 ml of ice-cold DPBS and sodium metaperiodate added to a final concentration of 1 mM. The cell suspension was incubated on ice for 10 min with frequent agitation in the dark. Cells were centrifuged at 500 g at 4° C. for 5 min and resuspended in 50 ml of ice-cold DPBS. The cell suspension was washed by 2 further cycles of centrifugation 500 g at 4° C. for 5 min and resuspension of the cell pellet in 50 ml of ice-cold DPBS. Finally, the cell pellet was resuspended in lysis buffer (1% SDS [w/v]; 0.1M HEPES; 10 mM MgCl2; 0.1% Non ionic detergent P40; 100 ml protease inhibitor cocktail [P8340, Sigma]) and homogenisation performed by passage of lysate through a 18G syringe needle 10 times. Protein concentrations were assayed relative to a Bovine serum albumin standard by a modified Lowry assay (DC assay, BioRAD) and 1 mg of total cellular protein transferred to a fresh tube and diluted to 1 mg/ml in acetate buffer (0.1M, pH 5.0).
  • 2. Cloning and Expression of Target Proteins
  • cDNA Retrieval
  • Peptide sequences were searched by BlastP against the CELERA DISCOVERY SYSTEM (CDS) to identify the corresponding full-length open reading frames (ORFs). Each ORF sequence was then searched by BlastN against the Celera in-house human cDNA clone collection. For each sequence of interest, up to three clones were pulled and streaked onto LB/Ampicillin (100 ug/ml) plates. Plasmid DNA was isolated using Qiagen spin mini-prep kit and verified by restriction digest. Subsequently, the isolated plasmid DNA was sequence verified against the ORF reference sequence. Sequencing reactions were carried out using Applied Biosystems BIGDYE TERMINATOR kit followed by ethanol precipitation. Sequence data was collected using the Applied Biosystems 3100 GENETIC ANALYZER and analyzed by alignment to the reference sequence using the CLONE MANAGER alignment tool.
  • PCR
  • PCR primers were designed to amplify the full-length ORF as well as any regions of the ORF that were interest for expression (antigenic or hydrophilic regions as determined by the CLONE MANAGER sequence analysis tool). Primers also contained 5′ and 3′ overhangs to facilitate cloning (see below). PCR reactions contained 2.5 units PLATINUM TAQ DNA POLYMERASE HIGH FIDELITY (Invitrogen), 50 ng cDNA plasmid template, 1 uM forward and reverse primers, 800 uM dNTP cocktail (Applied Biosystems) and 2 mM MgSO4. After 20-30 cycles (94° C. for 30 seconds, 55° C. for 1 minutes and 73° C. for 2 minutes), product was verified and quantitated by agarose gel electrophoresis.
  • Construction of Entry Clones
  • PCR products were cloned into an entry vector for use with the Gateway recombination based cloning system (Invitrogen). These vectors included pDonr221, pDonr201, pEntr/D-TOPO or pEntr/SD/D-TOPO and were used as described in the cloning methods below.
  • TOPO Cloning into pEntr/D-TOPO or pEntr/SD/D-TOPO
  • For cloning using this method, the forward PCR primer contained a 5′ overhang containing the sequence “CACC”. PCR products were generated as described above and cloned into the entry vector using the Invitrogen TOPO cloning kit. Reactions were typically carried out at room temperature for 10 minutes and subsequently transformed into TOP10 chemically competent cells (Invitrogen, CA). Candidate clones were picked, plasmid DNA was prepared using Qiagen spin mini-prep kit and screened using restriction digest. Inserts were subsequently sequence verified as described above.
  • Gateway Cloning into pDonr201 or pDonr221
  • For cloning using this method, PCR primers contained the following overhangs:
  • Forward 5′ overhang:
    5′-GGGGACAAGTTTGTACAAAAAAGCAGGCTTC-3
    Reverse
     5′ overhang:
    5′-GGGGACCACTTTGTACAAGAAAGCTGGGT-3′
  • PCR products were generated as described above. ORFs were recombined into the entry vector using the Invitrogen GATEWAY BP CLONASE enzyme mix. Reactions were typically carried out at 25° C. for 1 hour, treated with Proteinase K at 37° C. for 10 minutes and transformed into Library Efficiency DH5 cc chemically competent cells (Invitrogen, CA). Candidate clones were picked, plasmid DNA was prepared using Qiagen spin mini-prep kit and screened using restriction digest. Inserts were subsequently sequence verified as described above.
  • Construction of Expression Clones
  • ORFs were transferred from the entry construct into a series of expression vectors using the GATEWAY LR CLONASE enzyme mix. Reactions were typically carried out for 1 hour at 25° C., treated with Proteinase K at 37° C. for 10 minutes and subsequently transformed into Library Efficiency DH5α chemically competent cells (Invitrogen). Candidate clones were picked, plasmid DNA was prepared using Qiagen spin mini-prep kit and screened using restriction digest. Expression vectors included but were not limited to pDest14, pDest15, pDest17, pDest8, pDest10 and pDest20. These vectors allow expression in systems such as E. coli and recombinant baculovirus. Other vectors not listed here allow expression in yeast, mammalian cells, or in vitro.
  • Expression of Recombinant Proteins in E. Coli
  • Constructs were transformed into one or more of the following host strains: BL21 S1, BL21 AI, (Invitrogen); Origami B (DE3), Origami B (DE3) pLysS, Rosetta (DE3), Rosetta (DE3) pLysS, Rosetta-Gami (DE3), Rosetta-Gami (DE3) pLysS, or Rosetta-Gami B (DE3) pLysS (Novagen). The transformants were grown in LB with or without NaCl and with appropriate antibiotics, at temperatures in the range of 20-37° C., with aeration. Expression was induced with the addition of IPTG (0.03-0.3 mM) or NaCl (75-300 mM) when the cells were in mid-log growth. Growth was continued for one to 24 hours post-induction. Cells were harvested by centrifugation in a Sorvall RC-3 C centrifuge in a H6000A rotor for 10 minutes at 3000 rpm, at 4° C. Cell pellets were stored at −80° C.
  • Expression of Recombinant Proteins Using Baculovirus
  • Recombinant proteins were expressed using baculovirus in Sf21 fall army worm ovarian cells. Recombinant baculoviruses were prepared using the BAC-TO-BAC SYSTEM (Invitrogen) per the manufacturer's instructions. Proteins were expressed on the large scale in Sf90011 serum-free medium (Invitrogen) in a 10 L bioreactor tank (27° C., 130 rpm, 50% dissolved oxygen for 48 hours).
  • 3. Recombinant Protein Purification
  • Recombinant proteins are purified from E. coli and/or insect cells using a variety of standard chromatography methods. Briefly, cells are lysed using sonication or detergents. The insoluble material is pelleted by centrifugation at 10,000×g for 15 minutes. The supernatant is applied to an appropriate affinity column, e.g. His-tagged proteins are separated using a pre-packed chelating sepharose column (Pharmacia) or GST-tagged proteins are separated using a glutathione sepharose column (Pharmacia). After using the affinity column, proteins are further separated using various techniques, such as ion exchange chromatography (columns from Pharmacia) to separate on the basis of electrical charge or size exclusion chromatography (columns from Tosohaas) to separate on the basis of molecular weight, size and shape.
  • Expression and purification of the protein are also achieved using either a mammalian cell expression system or an insect cell expression system. The pUB6/V5-His vector system (Invitrogen, CA) is used to express GSCC in CHO cells. The vector contains the selectable bsd gene, multiple cloning sites, the promoter/enhancer sequence from the human ubiquitin C gene, a C-terminal V5 epitope for antibody detection with anti-V5 antibodies, and a C-terminal polyhistidine (6×.His) sequence for rapid purification on PROBOND resin (Invitrogen, CA). Transformed cells are selected on media containing blasticidin.
  • Spodoptera frugiperda (Sf9) insect cells are infected with recombinant Autographica californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus (baculovirus). The polyhedrin gene is replaced with the cDNA by homologous recombination and the polyhedrin promoter drives cDNA transcription. The protein is synthesized as a fusion protein with 6×His which enables purification as described above. Purified protein is used in the following activity and to make antibodies
  • 4. Chemical Synthesis of Peptides
  • Proteins or portions thereof may be produced not only by recombinant methods, but also by using chemical methods well known in the art. Solid phase peptide synthesis may be carried out in a batchwise or continuous flow process which sequentially adds α-amino- and side chain-protected amino acid residues to an insoluble polymeric support via a linker group. A linker group such as methylamine-derivatized polyethylene glycol is attached to poly(styrene-co-divinylbenzene) to form the support resin. The amino acid residues are N-a-protected by acid labile Boc (t-butyloxycarbonyl) or base-labile Fmoc (9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl). The carboxyl group of the protected amino acid is coupled to the amine of the linker group to anchor the residue to the solid phase support resin. Trifluoroacetic acid or piperidine are used to remove the protecting group in the case of Boc or Fmoc, respectively. Each additional amino acid is added to the anchored residue using a coupling agent or pre-activated amino acid derivative, and the resin is washed. The full length peptide is synthesized by sequential deprotection, coupling of derivitized amino acids, and washing with dichloromethane and/or N,N-dimethylformamide. The peptide is cleaved between the peptide carboxy terminus and the linker group to yield a peptide acid or amide. (Novabiochem 1997/98 Catalog and Peptide Synthesis Handbook, San Diego Calif. pp. S1-S20). Automated synthesis may also be carried out on machines such as the 431A peptide synthesizer (ABI). A protein or portion thereof may be purified by preparative high performance liquid chromatography and its composition confirmed by amino acid analysis or by sequencing (Creighton (1984) Proteins, Structures and Molecular Properties, W H Freeman, New York N.Y.).
  • 5. Antibody Development Polyclonal Antibody Preparations:
  • Polyclonal antibodies against recombinant proteins are raised in rabbits (Green Mountain Antibodies, Burlington, Vt.). Briefly, two New Zealand rabbits are immunized with 0.1 mg of antigen in complete Freund's adjuvant. Subsequent immunizations are carried out using 0.05 mg of antigen in incomplete Freund's adjuvant at days 14, 21 and 49. Bleeds are collected and screened for recognition of the antigen by solid phase ELISA and western blot analysis. The IgG fraction is separated by centrifugation at 20,000×g for 20 minutes followed by a 50% ammonium sulfate cut. The pelleted protein is resuspended in 5 mM Tris and separated by ion exchange chromatography. Fractions are pooled based on IgG content. Antigen-specific antibody is affinity purified using PIERCE AMINOLINK resin coupled to the appropriate antigen.
  • Isolation of Antibody Fragments Directed Against CCATs from a Library of scFvs
  • Naturally occurring V-genes isolated from human PBLs are constructed into a library of antibody fragments which contain reactivities against CCAT to which the donor may or may not have been exposed (see e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 5,885,793 incorporated herein by reference in its entirety).
  • Rescue of the Library: A library of scFvs is constructed from the RNA of human PBLs as described in PCT publication WO 92/01047. To rescue phage displaying antibody fragments, approximately 109 E. coli harboring the phagemid are used to inoculate 50 ml of 2×TY containing 1% glucose and 100 .mu.g/ml of ampicillin (2×TY-AMP-GLU) and grown to an O.D. of 0.8 with shaking. Five ml of this culture is used to innoculate 50 ml of 2×TY-AMP-GLU., 2×108 TU of delta gene 3 helper (M13 delta gene III, see PCT publication WO 92/01047) are added and the culture incubated at 37° C. for 45 minutes without shaking and then at 37° C. for 45 minutes with shaking. The culture is centrifuged at 4000 r.p.m. for 10 min. and the pellet resuspended in 2 liters of 2×TY containing 100 .mu.g/ml ampicillin and 50 ug/ml kanamycin and grown overnight. Phage are prepared as described in PCT publication WO 92/01047.
  • M13 delta gene III is prepared as follows: M13 delta gene III helper phage does not encode gene III protein, hence the phage (mid) displaying antibody fragments have a greater avidity of binding to antigen. Infectious M13 delta gene III particles are made by growing the helper phage in cells harboring a pUC19 derivative supplying the wild type gene III protein during phage morphogenesis. The culture is incubated for 1 hour at 37° C. without shaking and then for a further hour at 37° C. with shaking. Cells are spun down (IEC- Centra 8, 400 r.p.m. for 10 min), resuspended in 300 ml 2×TY broth containing 100 mug ampicillin/ml and 25 mug kanamycin/ml (2×TY-AMP-KAN) and grown overnight, shaking at 37° C. Phagre particles are purified and concentrated from the culture medium by two PEG-precipitations (Sambrook et al., 2001), resuspended in 2 ml PBS and passed through a 0.45 .mu.m filter (MINISART NML; Sartorius) to give a final concentration of approximately 1013 transducing units/ml (ampicillin-resistant clones).
  • Panning of the Library: Immunotubes (Nunc) are coated overnight in PBS with 4 ml of either 100 .mu.g/ml or 10 .mu.g/ml of a polypeptide of the present invention. Tubes are blocked with 2% Marvel-PBS for 2 hours at 37° C. and then washed 3 times in PBS. Approximately 1013 TU of phage is applied to the tube and incubated for 30 minutes at room temperature tumbling on an over and under turntable and then left to stand for another 1.5 hours. Tubes are washed 10 times with PBS 0.1% Tween-20 and 10 times with PBS. Phage are eluted by adding 1 ml of 100 mM triethylamine and rotating 15 minutes on an under and over turntable after which the solution is immediately neutralized with 0.5 ml of 1.0M Tris-HCl, pH 7.4. Phages are then used to infect 10 ml of mid-log E. coli TG1 by incubating eluted phage with bacteria for 30 minutes at 37° C. The E. coli are then plated on TYE plates containing 1% glucose and 100 .mu.g/ml ampicillin. The resulting bacterial library is then rescued with delta gene 3 helper phage as described above to prepare phage for a subsequent round of selection. This process is then repeated for a total of 4 rounds of affinity purification with tube-washing increased to 20 times with PBS, 0.1% Tween-20 and 20 times with PBS for rounds 3 and 4.
  • Characterization of Binders: Eluted phages from the 3rd and 4th rounds of selection are used to infect E. coli HB 2151 and soluble scFv is produced (Marks, et al., 1991) from single colonies for assay. ELISAs are performed with microtitre plates coated with either 10 .mu.g/ml of the polypeptide of the present invention in 50 mM bicarbonate pH 9.6. Clones positive in ELISA are further characterized by PCR fingerprinting (see, e.g., PCT publication WO 92/01047) and then by sequencing.
  • Monoclonal Antibody Generation
  • i) Materials:
  • 1) Complete Media No Sera (CMNS) for washing of the myeloma and spleen cells; Hybridoma medium CM—HAT {Cell Mab (BD), 10% FBS (or HS); 5% Origen HCF (hybridoma cloning factor) containing 4 mM L-glutamine and antibiotics} to be used for plating hybridomas after the fusion.
  • 2) Hybridoma medium CM-HT (NO AMINOPTERIN) (Cell Mab (BD), 10% FBS 5% Origen HCF containing 4 mM L-glutamine and antibiotics) to be used for fusion maintenance are stored in the refrigerator at 4-6° C. The fusions are fed on days 4, 8, and 12, and subsequent passages. Inactivated and pre-filtered commercial Fetal Bovine serum (FBS) or Horse Serum (HS) are thawed and stored in the refrigerator at 4° C. and must be pretested for myeloma growth from single cells.
  • 3) The L-glutamine (200 mM, 100× solution), which is stored at −20° C. freezer, is thawed and warmed until completely in solution. The L-glutamine is dispensed into media to supplement growth. L-glutamine is added to 2 mM for myelomas, and 4 mM for hybridoma media. Further the Penicillin, Streptomycin, Amphotericin (antibacterial-antifungal stored at −20° C.) is thawed and added to Cell Mab Media to 1%.
  • 4) Myeloma growth media is CELL MAB MEDIA (CELL MAB MEDIA, QUANTUM YIELD from BD is stored in the refrigerator at 4° C. in the dark) which are added L-glutamine to 2 mM and antibiotic/antimycotic solution to 1% and is called CMNS.
  • 5) 1 bottle of PEG 1500 in Hepes (Roche, N.J.)
  • 6) 8-Azaguanine is stored as the dried powder supplied by SIGMA at −700° C. until needed. Reconstitute 1 vial/500 ml of media and add entire contents to 500 ml media (eg. 2 vials/litre).
  • 7) Myeloma Media is CM which has 10% FBS (or HS) and 8-Aza (1×) stored in the refrigerator at 4° C.
  • 8) Clonal cell medium D (Stemcell, Vancouver) contains HAT and methyl cellulose for semi-solid direct cloning from the fusion.
  • 9) Hybridoma supplements HT [hypoxanthine, thymidine] are to be used in medium for the section of hybridomas and maintenance of hybridomas through the cloning stages respectively.
  • 10) Origen HCF can be obtained directly from Igen and is a cell supernatant produced from a macrophage-like cell-line. It can be thawed and aliqouted to 15 ml tubes at 5 ml per tube and stored frozen at −20° C. Positive Hybridomas are fed HCF through the first subcloning and are gradually weaned. It is not necessary to continue to supplement unless you have a particularly difficult hybridoma clone. This and other additives have been shown to be more effective in promoting new hybridoma growth than conventional feeder layers.
  • ii) Procedure
  • To generate monoclonal antibodies, mice are immunized with 5-50 ug of antigen either intra-peritoneally (i.p.) or by intravenous injection in the tail vein (i.v.). Typically, the antigen used is a recombinant protein that is generated as described above. The primary immunization takes place 2 months prior to the harvesting of splenocytes from the mouse and the immunization is typically boosted by i.v. injection of 5-50 ug of antigen every two weeks. At least one week prior to expected fusion date, a fresh vial of myeloma cells is thawed and cultured. Several flasks at different densities are maintained in order that a culture at the optimum density is ensured at the time of fusion. The optimum density is determined to be 3−6×105 cells/ml. Two to five days before the scheduled fusion, a final immunization is administered of ˜5 ug of antigen in PBS i.p. or i.v.
  • Myeloma cells are washed with 30 ml serum free media by centrifugation at 500×g at 4° C. for 5 minutes. Viable cell density is determined in resuspended cells using hemocytometry and vital stains. Cells resuspended in complete growth medium are stored at 37° C. during the preparation of splenocytes. Meanwhile, to test aminopterin sensitivity, 1×106 myeloma cells are transferred to a 15 ml conical tube and centrifuged at 500 g at 4° C. for 5 minutes. The resulting pellet is resuspended in 15 ml of HAT media and cells plated at 2 drops/well on a 96 well plate.
  • To prepare splenocytes from immunized mice, the animals are euthanised and submerged in 70% EtOH. Under sterile conditions, the spleen is surgically removed and placed in 10 ml of RPMI medium supplemented with 20% fetal calf serum in a Petri dish. Cells are extricated from the spleen by infusing the organ with medium >50 times using a 21 g syringe.
  • Cells are harvested and washed by centrifugation (at 500×g at 4° C. for 5 minutes) with 30 ml of medium. Cells are resuspended in 10 ml of medium and the density of viable cells determined by hemocytometry using vital stains. The splenocytes are mixed with myeloma cells at a ratio of 5:1 (spleen cells: myeloma cells). Both the myeloma and spleen cells are washed 2 more times with 30 ml of RPMI-CMNS, and spun at 800 rpm for 12 minutes.
  • Supernatant is removed and cells are resuspended in 5 ml of RPMI-CMNS and are pooled to bring the volume to 30 ml and spundown as before. The cell pellet is broken up by gentle tapping and resuspended in 1 ml of BMB PEG1500 (prewarmed to 37° C.) added dropwise with a 1 cc needle over 1 minute.
  • RPMI-CMNS is added to the PEG cells slowly to dilute out the PEG. Cells are centrifuged and diluted in 5 ml of Complete media and 95 ml of Clonacell Medium D (HAT) media (with 5 ml of HCF). The cells are plated out at 10 ml per small petri plate.
  • Myeloma/HAT control. P is prepared as follows. Dilute about 1000 P3X63 Ag8.653 myeloma cells into 1 ml of mediu D and transfer into a single well of a 24 well plate. Plates are placed in incubator, with two plates inside of a large petri plate, with an additional petri plate full of distilled water, for 10-18 days under 5% CO2 overlay at 37° C. Clones are picked from semisolid agarose into 96 well plates containing 150-200 ul of CM-HT. Supernatants are screened 4 days later in ELISA, and positive clones are moved up to 24 well plates. Heavy growth will require changing of the media at day 8 (+/−150 ml). One should further decrease the HCF to 0.5% (gradually-2%, then 1%, then 0.5%) in the cloning plates. (For further references see Kohler G, and C. Milstein).
  • Continuous cultures of fused cells secreting antibody of predefined specificity. 1975. Nature 256: 495-497; Lane, R. D. A short duration polyethylene glycol fusion technique for increasing production of monoclonal antibody-secreting hybridomas. 1985. J. Immunol. Meth. 81:223-228;
  • Harlow, E. and D. Lane. Antibodies: A laboratory manual. Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory Press. 1988; Kubitz, D. The Scripps Research Institute. La Jolla. Personal Communication; Zhong, G., Berry, J. D., and Choukri, S. (1996) Mapping epitopes of Chlamydia trachomatis neutralizing monoclonal antibodies using phage random peptide libraries. J. Indust. Microbiol. Biotech. 19, 71-76; Berry, J. D., Licea, A., Popkov, M., Cortez, X., Fuller, R., Elia, M., Kerwin, L., and C.F. Barbas III. (2003) Rapid monoclonal antibody generation via dendritic cell targeting in vivo. Hybridoma and Hybridomics 22 (1), 23-31.
  • 6. mRNA Expression
  • Validation in Tissues by TAQMAN
  • Expression of mRNA was quantitated by RT-PCR using TAQMAN® technology. The TAQMAN system couples a 5′ fluorogenic nuclease assay with PCR for real time quantitation. A probe was used to monitor the formation of the amplification product.
  • Total RNA was isolated from cancer model cell lines using the RNEASY Kit® (Qiagen) per manufacturer's instructions and included DNase treatment. Normal human tissue RNAs were acquired from commercial vendors (Ambion, Austin, Tex.; Stratagene, La Jolla, Calif., BioChain Institute, Newington, N.H.) as were RNAs from matched disease/normal tissues.
  • Target transcript sequences were identified for the differentially expressed peptides by searching the BlastP database. TAQMAN assays (PCR primer/probe set) specific for those transcripts were identified by searching the CELERA DISCOVERY SYSTEM™ (CDS) database. The assays were designed to span exon-exon borders and do not amplify genomic DNA.
  • The TAQMAN primers and probe sequences were as designed by Applied Biosystems (AB) as part of the ASSAYS ON DEMAND™ product line or by custom design through the AB ASSAYS BY DESIGNSM service.
  • RT-PCR was accomplished using AMPLITAQGOLD and MULTISCRIBE reverse transcriptase in the ONE STEP RT-PCR MASTER MIX reagent kit (AB) according to the manufacturer's instructions. Probe and primer concentrations are 250 nM and 900 nM, respectively, in a 15 μl reaction. For each experiment, a master mix of the above components was made and aliquoted into each optical reaction well. Eight nanograms of total RNA was the template. Each sample was assayed in triplicate. Quantitative RT-PCR is performed using the ABI Prism® 7900HT SEQUENCE DETECTION SYSTEM (SDS). Cycling parameters follow: 48° C. for 30 min. for one cycle; 95° C. for 10 min for one cycle; 95° C. for 15 sec, 60° C. for 1 min. for 40 cycles.
  • The SDS software calculates the threshold cycle (CT) for each reaction, and CT values were used to quantitate the relative amount of starting template in the reaction. The CT values for each set of three reactions were averaged for all subsequent calculations
  • Data were analyzed for fold differences in expression using an endogenous control for normalization, and measuring expression relative to a normal tissue or normal cell line reference. The choice of endogenous control was determined empirically by testing various candidates against the cell line and tissue RNA panels and selecting the one with the least variation in expression. Relative changes in expression were quantitated using the 2−ΔΔCT Method. Livak, K. J. and Schmittgen, T. D. (2001) Methods 25: 402-408; User bulletin #2: ABI Prism 7700 Sequence Detection System.
  • Validation by Tissue Flow Cytometry Analysis
  • Post tissue processing, cells were sorted by flow cytometry known in the art to enrich for epithelial cells. Alternatively, cells isolated from colon tissue were stained directly with EpCAM (for epithelial cells) and the specific antibody to CCAT. Cell numbers and viability were determined by PI exclusion (GUAVA) for cells isolated from both normal and tumor colon tissue. A minimum of 0.5×106 cells were used for each analysis. Cells were washed once with Flow Staining Buffer (0.5% BSA, 0.05% NaN3 in D-PBS). To the cells, 20 ul of each antibody for CCAT were added. An additional 5 ul of EpCAM antibody conjugated to APC were added when unsorted cells were used in the experiment. Cells were incubated with antibodies for 30 minutes at 4° C. Cells were washed once with Flow Staining Buffer and either analyzed immediately on the LSR flow cytometry apparatus or fixed in 1% formaldehyde and store at 4° C. until LSR analysis. The antibodies used to detect CCAT targets were all purchased by BD Biosciences and PE-conjugated. The isotype control antibody used for these experiments was PE-conjugated mouse IgGlk.
  • Western Analysis
  • Western blot analysis of target proteins are carried out using whole cell or tissue extracts prepared. To make cell extracts, the cells are resuspended in Lysis buffer (125 mM Tris, pH 7.5, 150 mM NaCl, 2% SDS, 5 mM EDTA, 0.5% NP-40) and passed through a 20-gauge needle. Lysates are centrifuged at 5,000×g for 5 minutes at 4° C. The supernatants are collected and a protease inhibitor cocktail (Sigma) is added. The PIERCE BCA assay is used to quantitate total protein. Samples are separated by SDS-PAGE and transferred to either a nitrocellulose or PVDF membrane. The WESTERN BREEZE kit from Invitrogen is used for Western blot analysis. Primary antibodies are either purchased from commercially available sources or prepared using one of the methods described in Section 5. For this application, antibodies are typically diluted 1:500 to 1:10,000 in diluent buffer. Blots were developed using PIERCE NBT.
  • Results
  • A range of CCAT targets were validated by TAQMAN mRNA expression. Targets such as DPEP-1 (FIG. 3) is shown to be overexpressed at mRNA level in colon tumor tissues.
  • FACS analysis in colon tumor tissue showed that the targets include, but are not limited to Prominin-1 (FIG. 4) and Integrin beta-4 (FIG. 5) have high copy number in the colon tissue samples.
  • 7. Detection and Diagnosis of CCAT by Liquid Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS)
  • The proteins from cells are prepared by methods known in the art (R. Aebersold Nature Biotechnology Volume 21 Number 6 Jun. 2003).
  • The differential expression of proteins in disease and healthy samples are quantitated using Mass Spectrometry and ICAT (Isotope Coded Affinity Tag) labeling, which is known in the art. ICAT is an isotope label technique that allows for discrimination between two populations of proteins, such as a healthy and a disease sample that are pooled together for experimental purposes or two acquisitions of the same sample for classification of true sample peptides from LC/MS noise artifacts. The LC/MS spectra are collected for the labeled samples and processed using the following steps:
  • The raw scans from the LC/MS instrument are subjected to peak detection and noise reduction software. Filtered peak lists are then used to detect “features” corresponding to specific peptides from the original sample(s). Features are characterized by their mass/charge, charge, retention time, isotope pattern and intensity.
  • Similar experiments are repeated in order to increase the confidence in detection of a peptide. These multiple acquisitions are computationally aggregated into one experiment. Experiments involving healthy and disease samples used the known effects of the ICAT label to classify the peptides as originating from a particular sample or from both samples. The intensity of a peptide present in both healthy and disease samples is used to calculate the differential expression, or relative abundance, of the peptide. The intensity of a peptide found exclusively in one sample is used to calculate a theoretical expression ratio for that peptide (singleton). Expression ratios are calculated for each peptide of each replicate of the experiment (for example, Table 1).
  • Statistical tests are performed to assess the robustness of the data and select statistically significant differentials. To assess general quality of the data, one: a) ensure that similar features are detected in all replicates of the experiment; b) assess the distribution of the log ratios of all peptides (a Gaussian was expected); c) calculate the overall pair wise correlations between ICAT LC/MS maps to ensure that the expression ratios for peptides are reproducible across the multiple replicates; d) aggregate multiple experiments in order to compare the expression ratio of a peptide in multiple diseases or disease samples.
  • 8. Expression Validation by IHC in Tissue Sections Tissue Sections
  • Paraffin embedded, fixed tissue sections were obtained from a panel of normal tissues (Adrenal, Bladder, Lymphocytes, Bone Marrow, Breast, Cerebellum, Cerebral cortex, Colon, Endothelium, Eye, Fallopian tube, Small Intestine, Heart, Kidney(glomerulus, tubule), Liver, Lung, Testes and Thyroid) as well as 30 tumor samples with matched normal adjacent tissues from pancreas, lung, colon, prostate, ovarian and breast. In addition, other tissues are selected for testing such as bladder renal, hepatocellular, pharyngeal and gastric tumor tissues.
  • Esophageal replicate sections were also obtained from numerous tumor types (Bladder Cancer, Lung Cancer, Breast Cancer, Melanoma, Colon Cancer, Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, Endometrial Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Head and Neck Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Leukemia [ALL and CML] and Rectal Cancer). Sections were stained with hemotoxylin and eosin and histologically examined to ensure adequate representation of cell types in each tissue section.
  • An identical set of tissues will be obtained from frozen sections and are used in those instances where it is not possible to generate antibodies that are suitable for fixed sections. Frozen tissues do not require an antigen retrieval step.
  • Paraffin Fixed Tissue Sections
  • Hemotoxylin and Eosin staining of paraffin embedded, fixed tissue sections.
  • Sections were deparaffinized in 3 changes of xylene or xylene substitute for 2-5 minutes each. Sections were rinsed in 2 changes of absolute alcohol for 1-2 minutes each, in 95% alcohol for 1 minute, followed by 80% alcohol for 1 minute. Slides were washed well in running water and stained in Gill solution 3 hemotoxylin for 3 to 5 minutes. Following a vigorous wash in running water for 1 minute, sections were stained in Scott's solution for 2 minutes. Sections were washed for 1 min in running water then conterstained in Eosin solution for 2-3 minutes depending upon development of desired staining intensity. Following a brief wash in 95% alcohol, sections were dehydrated in three changes of absolute alcohol for 1 minute each and three changes of xylene or xylene substitute for 1-2 minutes each. Slides were coverslipped and stored for analysis.
  • Optimisation of Antibody Staining
  • For each antibody, a positive and negative control sample are generated using data from the ICAT analysis of the colon cancer cell lines/tissues. Cells are selected that are known to express low levels of a particular target as determined from the ICAT data. This cell line is the reference normal control. Similarly, a colon tumor line is selected that is determined to overexpress the target is selected.
  • Antigen Retrieval
  • Sections were deparaffinized and rehydrated by washing 3 times for 5 minutes in xylene; two times for 5 minutes in 100% ethanol; two times for 5 minutes in 95% ethanol; and once for 5 minutes in 80% ethanol. Sections were then placed in endogenous blocking solution (methanol+2% hydrogen peroxide) and incubated for 20 minutes at room temperature. Sections were rinsed twice for 5 minutes each in deionized water and twice for 5 minutes in phosphate buffered saline (PBS), pH 7.4. Alternatively, where necessary sections were deparrafinized by High Energy Antigen Retrieval as follows: sections were washed three times for 5 minutes in xylene; two times for 5 minutes in 100% ethanol; two times for 5 minutes in 95% ethanol; and once for 5 minutes in 80% ethanol. Sections were placed in a Coplin jar with dilute antigen retrieval solution (10 mM citrate acid, pH 6). The Coplin jar containing slides was placed in a vessel filled with water and microwaved on high for 2-3 minutes (700 watt oven). Following cooling for 2-3 minutes, steps 3 and 4 were repeated four times (depending on tissue), followed by cooling for 20 minutes at room temperature. Sections were then rinsed in deionized water, two times for 5 minutes, placed in modified endogenous oxidation blocking solution (PBS+2% hydrogen peroxide) and rinsed for 5 minutes in PBS.
  • Blocking and Staining
  • Sections were blocked with PBS/1% bovine serum albumin (PBA) for 1 hour at room temperature followed by incubation in normal serum diluted in PBA (2%) for 30 minutes at room temperature to reduce non-specific binding of antibody. Incubations were performed in a sealed humidity chamber to prevent air-drying of the tissue sections. (The choice of blocking serum was the same as the species of the biotinylated secondary antibody). Excess antibody is gently removed by shaking and sections covered with primary antibody diluted in PBA and incubated either at room temperature for 1 hour or overnight at 4° C. (Care was taken that the sections do not touch during incubation). Sections were rinsed twice for 5 minutes in PBS, shaking gently. Excess PBS was removed by gently shaking. The sections were covered with diluted biotinylated secondary antibody in PBA and incubated for 30 minutes to 1 hour at room temperature in the humidity chamber. If using a monoclonal primary antibody, addition of 2% rat serum was used to decrease the background on rat tissue sections. Following incubation, sections were rinsed twice for 5 minutes in PBS, shaking gently. Excess PBS was removed and sections incubated for 1 hour at room temperature in VECTASTAIN ABC reagent (as per kit instructions). The lid of the humidity chamber was secured during all incunations to ensure a moist environment. Sections were rinsed twice for 5 minutes in PBS, shaking gently.
  • Develop and Counterstain
  • Sections were incubated for 2 minutes in peroxidase substrate solution that was made up immediately prior to use as follows:
      • 10 mg diaminobenzidine (DAB) dissolved in 10 ml 50 mM sodium phosphate buffer, pH 7.4;
      • 12.5 microliters 3% CoCl2/NiCl2 in deionized water; and
      • 1.25 microliters hydrogen peroxide
  • Slides were rinsed well three times for 10 min in deionized water and counterstained with 0.01% Light Green acidified with 0.01% acetic acid for 1-2 minutes depending on intensity of counterstain desired.
  • Slides were rinsed three times for 5 minutes with deionized water and dehydrated two times for 2 minutes in 95% ethanol; two times for 2 minutes in 100% ethanol; and two times for 2 minutes in xylene. Stained slides were mounted for visualization by microscopy.
  • Results:
  • DPEP-1 and Integrin beta 4 are shown to have high expression in tumor tissue.
  • 9. IHC Staining of Frozen Tissue Sections
  • Fresh tissues are embedded carefully in OCT in plastic mold, without trapping air bubbles surrounding the tissue. Tissues are frozen by setting the mold on top of liquid nitrogen until 70-80% of the block turns white at which point the mold is placed on dry ice. The frozen blocks were stored at −80° C. Blocks are sectioned with a cryostat with care taken to avoid warming to greater than −10° C. Initially, the block is equilibrated in the cryostat for about 5 minutes and 6-10 mm sections are cut sequentially. Sections are allowed to dry for at least 30 minutes at room temperature. Following drying, tissues are stored at 4° C. for short term and −80° C. for long term storage.)
  • Sections are fixed by immersing in acetone jar for 1-2 minutes at room temperature, followed by drying at room temperature. Primary antibody is added (diluted in 0.05 M Tris-saline [0.05 M Tris, 0.15 M NaCl, pH 7.4], 2.5% serum) directly to the sections by covering the section dropwise to cover the tissue entirely. Binding is carried out by incubation a chamber for 1 hour at room temperature. Without letting the sections dry out, the secondary antibody (diluted in Tris-saline/2.5% serum) is added in a similar manner to the primary and incubated as before (at least 45 minutes).
  • Following incubation, the sections are washed gently in Tris-saline for 3-5 minutes and then in Tris-saline/2.5% serum for another 3-5 minutes. If a biotinylated primary antibody is used, in place of the secondary antibody incubation, slides are covered with 100 ul of diluted alkaline phosphatase conjugated streptavidin, incubated for 30 minutes at room temperature and washed as above. Sections are incubated with alkaline phosphatse substrate (1 mg/ml Fast Violet; 0.2 mg/ml Napthol AS-MX phosphate in Tris-Saline pH 8.5) for 10-20 minutes until the desired positive staining is achieved at which point the reaction is stopped by washing twice with Tris-saline. Slides are counter-stained with Mayer's hematoxylin for 30 seconds and washed with tap water for 2-5 minutes. Sections are mounted with Mount coverslips and mounting media.
  • 10. Assay for Antibody Dependent Cellular Cytotoxicity
  • Cultured tumor cells are labeled with 100 μCi 51Cr for 1 hour (Livingston, P. O., Zhang, S., Adluri, S., Yao, T.-J., Graeber, L., Ragupathi, G., Helling, F., & Fleischer, M. (1997). Cancer Immunol. Immunother. 43, 324-330). After washing three times with culture medium, cells are resuspended at 105/ml, and 100 μl/well are plated onto 96-well round-bottom plates. A range of antibody concentrations are applied to the wells, including an isotype control together with donor peripheral blood mononuclear cells that are plated at a 100:1 and 50:1 ratio. After an 18-h incubation at 37° C., supernatant (30 μl/well) is harvested and transferred onto LUMAPLATE 96 (Packard), dried, and read in a Packard TOP-COUNT NXT γ counter. Each measurement is carried out in triplicate. Spontaneous release is determined by cpm of tumor cells incubated with medium and maximum release by cpm of tumor cells plus 1% TRITON X-100 (Sigma). Specific lysis is defined as: % specific lysis=[(experimental release−spontaneous release)/(maximum release−spontaneous release)]×100. The percent ADCC is expressed as peak specific lysis postimmune subtracted by preimmune percent specific lysis. A doubling of the ADCC to >20% is considered significant.
  • 11. Assay for Complement Dependent Cytotoxicity
  • Chromium release assays to assess complement-mediated cytotoxicity are performed for each patient at various time points; Dickler, M. N., Ragupathi, G., Liu, N. X., Musselli, C., Martino, D. J., Miller, V. A., Kris, M. G., Brezicka, F. T., Livingston, P. O. & Grant, S. C. (1999) Clin. Cancer Res. 5, 2773-2779. Cultured tumor cells are washed in FCS-free media two times, resuspended in 500 μl of media, and incubated with 100 μCi51Cr per 10 million cells for 2 h at 37° C. The cells are then shaken every 15 min for 2 h, washed 3 times in media to achieve a concentration of approximately 20,000 cells/well, and then plated in round-bottom plates. The plates contain either 50 μl cells plus 50 μl monoclonal antibody, 500 cells plus serum (pre- and posttherapy), or 50 μl cells plus mouse serum as a control. The plates are incubated in a cold room on a shaker for 45 min. Human complement of a 1:5 dilution (resuspended in 1 ml of ice-cold water and diluted with 3% human serum albumin) is added to each well at a volume of 100 μl. Control wells include those for maximum release of isotope in 10% TRITON X-100 (Sigma) and for spontaneous release in the absence of complement with medium alone. The plates are incubated for 2 h at 37° C., centrifuged for 3 min, and then 100 μl of supernatant is removed for radioactivity counting. The percentage of specific lysis is calculated as follows: % cytotoxicity=[(experimental release-spontaneous release)/(maximum release-spontaneous release)]×100. A doubling of the CDC to >20% is considered significant.
  • 12. In vitro Assays In Cell Lines
  • Lipofectamine was purchased from Invitrogen (Carlsbad, Calif.) and GENE SILENCER from Gene Therapy Systems (San Diego, Calif.). Synthetic siRNA oligonucleotides were from Dharmacon (Lafayette, Colo.), Qiagen (Valencia, Calif.) or Ambion (Austin, Tex.) RNEASY 96 Kit was purchased from Qiagen (Valencia, Calif.). APOP—ONE HOMOGENEOUS CASPASE-3/7 kit and CELLTITER 96 AQUEOUS ONE SOLUTION CELL PROLIFERATION ASSAY were both purchased from Promega (Madison, Wis.). Function blocking antibodies were purchased from Chemicon (Temecula, Calif.), Biotrend (Cologne, Germany) or Alexis Corporation (San Diego, Calif.). Cell invasion assay kits from purchased from Chemicon (Temecula, Calif.). RIBOGREEN RNA Quantitation Kit was purchased from Molecular probes (Eugene, Oreg.).
  • RNAi
  • RNAi was performed by using SMARTPOOLS (Dharmacon), 4-for Silencing siRNA duplexes (Qiagen) or scrambled negative control siRNA (Ambion). Transient transfections were carried out in triplicate by using either LIPOFECTAMINE 2000 from Invitrogen (Carlsbad, Calif.) or by using GENE SILENCER from Gene Therapy Systems (San Diego, Calif.) in methods described below. 1 to 4 days after transfections, total RNA was isolated by using the RNEASY 96 Kit (Qiagen) according to manufacturer's instructions and expression of mRNA was quantitated by using TAQMAN technology. Protein expression levels were examined by flow cytometry and apoptosis and proliferation assays were performed daily using APOP—ONE HOMOGENEOUS CASPASE-3/7 kit and CELLTITER 96 AQUEOUS ONE SOLUTION CELL PROLIFERATION ASSAY (see protocols below).
  • i) RNAi Transfections—Lipofectamine 2000
  • Transient transfections were carried out on sub-confluent colon cancer cell lines as previously described. Elbashir, S. M. et al. (2001) Nature 411: 494-498; Caplen, N. J. et al. (2001) Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 98: 9742-9747; Sharp, P. A. (2001) Genes and Development 15: 485-490. Synthetic RNA to gene of interest or scrambled negative control siRNA was transfected using lipofectamine according to manufacturer's instructions. Cells were plated in 96 well plates in antibiotic free medium. The next day, the transfection reagent and siRNA were prepared for transfections as follows: Each 0.1-1 ul of LIPOFECTAMINE 2000 and 10-150 mM siRNA were resuspended 25 ul serum-free media and incubated at room temperature for 5 minutes. After incubation, the diluted siRNA and the LIPOFECTAMINE 2000 were combined and incubated for 20 minutes at room temperature. The cells were then washed and the combined SIRNA-LIPOFECTAMINE 2000 reagent added. After further 4 hours incubation, 50 ul serum containing medium was added to each well. 1 and 4 days after transfection, expression of mRNA was quantitated by RT-PCR using TAQMAN technology and protein expression levels were examined by flow cytometry. Apoptosis and proliferation assays were performed daily using APOP—ONE HOMOGENEOUS CASPASE-3/7 kit and CELLTITER 96 AQUEOUS ONE SOLUTION CELL PROLIFERATION ASSAY (see protocols below).
  • ii) RNAi Transfections—GeneSilencer
  • Transient transfections were carried out on sub-confluent colon cancer cell lines as previously described. Elbashir, S. M. et al. (2001) Nature 411: 494-498; Caplen, N. J. et al. (2001) Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 98: 9742-9747; Sharp, P. A. (2001) Genes and Development 15: 485-490. Synthetic RNA to gene of interest or scrambled negative control siRNA was transfected using GENE SILENCER according to manufacturer's instructions. Cells were plated in 96 well plates in antibiotic free medium. The next day, the transfection reagent and the synthetic siRNA were prepared for transfection as follows: predetermined amount of GENE SILENCER was diluted in serum-free media to a final volume of 20 ul per well. After resuspending 10-150 mM siRNA in 20 ul serum-free media, the reagents were combined and incubated at room temperature for 5-20 minutes. After incubation, the siRNA-GENE SILENCER reagent was added to each well and incubated in a 37° C. incubator for 4 hours before an equal volume of serum containing media was added back to the cultured cells. The cells were then incubated for 1 to 4 days before mRNA, protein expression and effects on apoptosis and proliferation were examined.
  • Testing of Functional Blocking Antibodies
  • Sub-confluent colon cancer cell lines are serum-starved overnight. The next day, serum-containing media is added back to the cells in the presence of 5-50 ng/ml of function blocking antibodies. After 2 or 5 days incubation at 37° C. 5% CO2, antibody binding is examined by flow cytometry and apoptosis and proliferation are examined by using protocols described below.
  • Apoptosis
  • Apoptosis assay was performed by using the APOP—ONE HOMOGENEOUS CASPASE-3/7 kit from Promega. Briefly, the caspase-3/7 substrate was thawed to room temperature and diluted 1:100 with buffer. The diluted substrate was then added 1:1 to cells, control or blank. The plates were then placed on a plate shaker for 30 minutes to 18 hours at 300-500 rpm. The fluorescence of each well was then measured at using an excitation wavelength of 485+/−20 nm and an emission wavelength of 530+/−25 nm. (FIGS. 7 and 8 and 9).
  • Proliferation-MTS
  • Proliferation assay was performed by using the CELLTITER 96 AQUEOUS ONE SOLUTION CELL PROLIFERATION ASSAY kit from Promega. 20 ul of CELLTITER 96 AQUEOUS ONE SOLUTION was added to 100 ul of culture medium. The plates were then incubated for 1-4 hours at 37° C. in a humidified 5% CO2 incubator. After incubation, the change in absorbance was read at 490 nm.
  • Proliferation-Alamar Blue
  • Proliferation assay was performed by using the Alamar Blue assay from Biosource. 10 ul of Alamar blue reagent was added to 100 ul of cells in clulture medium. The plates were then incubated for 1-4 hours at 37° C. in a humidified 5% CO2 incubator. After incubation, the change in fluorescence was measured at using an excitation wavelength of 530 nm and an emission wavelength of 595 nm. Examples of the results are shown in FIG. 6, FIG. 10 with Defensin alpha 1.
  • Cell Invasion
  • Cell invasion assay is performed by using the 96 well cell invasion assay kit available from Chemicon. After the cell invasion chamber plates are adjusted to room temperature, 100 ul serum-free media is added to the interior of the inserts. 1-2 hours later, cell suspensions of 1×106 cells/ml are prepared. Media is then carefully removed from the inserts and 100 ul of prepared cells are added into the insert +/−0 to 50 ng function blocking antibodies. The cells are pre-incubated for 15 minutes at 37° C. before 150 ul of media containing 10% FBS is added to the lower chamber. The cells are then incubated for 48 hours at 37° C. After incubation, the cells from the top side of the insert are discarded and the invasion chamber plates are then placed on a new 96-well feeder tray containing 150 ul of pre-warmed cell detachment solution in the wells. The plates are incubated for 30 minutes at 37° C. and are periodically shaken. Lysis buffer/dye solution (4 ul CYQUANT DYE/300 ul 4× lysis buffer) is prepared and added to each well of dissociation buffer/cells on feeder tray. The plates are incubated for 15 minutes at room temperature before 150 ul is transferred to a new 96-well plate. Fluorescence of invading cells is then read at 480 nm excitation and 520 nm emissions.
  • Receptor Internalization
  • For quantification of receptor internalization, ELISA assays are performed essentially as described by Daunt et al. (Daunt, D. A., Hurtz, C., Hein, L., Kallio, J., Feng, F., and Kobilka, B. K. (1997) Mol. Pharmacol. 51, 711-720.) The cell lines are plated at 6×105 cells per in a 24-well tissue culture dishes that have previously been coated with 0.1 mg/ml poly-L-lysine. The next day, the cells are washed once with PBS and incubated in DMEM at 37° C. for several minutes. Agonist to the cell surface target of interest is then added at a pre-determined concentration in prewarmed DMEM to the wells. The cells are then incubated for various times at 37° C. and reactions are stopped by removing the media and fixing the cells in 3.7% formaldehyde/TBS for 5 min at room temperature. The cells are then washed three times with TBS and nonspecific binding blocked with TBS containing 1% BSA for 45 min at room temperature. The first antibody is added at a pre-determined dilution in TBS/BSA for 1 hr at room temperature. Three washes with TBS followed, and cells are briefly reblocked for 15 min at room temperature. Incubation with goat anti-mouse conjugated alkaline phosphatase (Bio-Rad) diluted 1:1000 in TBS/BSA is carried out for 1 h at room temperature. The cells are washed three times with TBS and a colorimetric alkaline phosphatase substrate is added. When the adequate color change is reached, 100-0 samples are taken for colorimetric readings.
  • mRNA Expression
  • RNA was obtained as the method set forth above. Expression of mRNA was quantitated by RT-PCR using TAQMAN® technology. Total RNA was isolated from cancer model cell lines using the RNEASY 96 kit (Qiagen) per manufacturer's instructions and included DNase treatment. Target transcript sequences were identified for the differentially expressed peptides by searching the BlastP database. TAQMAN assays (PCR primer/probe set) specific for those transcripts were identified by searching the CELERA DISCOVERY SYSTEM™ (CDS) database. The assays were designed to span exon-exon borders and do not amplify genomic DNA. The TAQMAN primers and probe sequences were as designed by Applied Biosystems (AB) as part of the ASSAYS ON DEMAND™ product line or by custom design through the AB ASSAYS BY DESIGNSM service. RT-PCR was accomplished using AMPLITAQGOLD and MULTISCRIBE reverse transcriptase in the ONE STEP RT-PCR MASTER MIX reagent kit (AB) according to the manufacturers instructions. Probe and primer concentrations are 900 nM and 250 nM, respectively, in a 250 reaction. For each experiment, a master mix of the above components was made and aliquoted into each optical reaction well. 5 ul of total RNA was the template. Each sample was assayed in triplicate. Quantitative RT-PCR was performed using the ABI Prism® 7900HT SEQUENCE DETECTION SYSTEM (SDS). Cycling parameters follow: 48° C. for 30 min. for one cycle; 95° C. for 10 min for one cycle; 95° C. for 15 sec, 60° C. for 1 min. for 40 cycles.
  • The SDS software calculates the threshold cycle (CT) for each reaction, and CT values are used to quantitate the relative amount of starting template in the reaction. The CT values for each set of three reactions are averaged for all subsequent calculations.
  • Total RNA was quantitated by using RIBOGREEN RNA Quantitation Kit according to manufacturer's instructions and the % mRNA expression was calculated using total RNA for normalization. Percentage knockdown was then calculated relative to the no addition control.
  • Results:
  • Knockdown of Leukocyte Elastase, Defensin alpha 1, oligosaccharyl transferase 3, Wolframin, Ectonucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase 2, T-cell surface glycoprotein CD5 induce apoptosis or inhibit cell proliferation in vitro.
  • 13. In vivo Studies By Using Antibodies
    Treatment of Colon Cancer Cells with Monoclonal Antibodies.
  • Colon cancer cells are seeded at a density of 4×104 cells per well in 96-well microtiter plates and allowed to adhere for 2 hours. The cells are then treated with different concentrations of anti-CCAT monoclonal antibody (Mab) or irrelevant isotype matched (anti-rHuIFN-γ Mab) at 0.05, 0.5 or 5.0 mug/ml. After a 72 hour incubation, the cell monolayers are stained with crystal violet dye for determination of relative percent viability (RPV) compared to control (untreated) cells. Each treatment group consists of replicates. Cell growth inhibition is monitored.
  • Treatment of NIH 3T3 Cells Overexpression CCAT Protein with Monoclonal Antibodies.
  • NIH 3T3 expressing CCAT protein are treated with different concentrations of anti-CCAT MAbs. Cell growth inhibition is monitored.
  • In Vivo Treatment of NIH 3T3 Cells Overexpressing CCAT with Anti-CCAT Monoclonal Antibodies.
  • NIH 3T3 cells transfected with etiher a CCAT expression plasmidor the neo-DHFR vector are injected into nu/nu (athymic) mice subcutaneously at a dose of 106 cells in 0.1 ml of phosphate-buffered saline. On days 0, 1, 5 and every 4 days thereafter, 100 mug (0.1 ml in PBS) of either an irrelevant or anti-CCAT monoclonal antibody of the IG2A subclass is injected intraperitoneally. Tumor occurrence and size are monitored for 1 month period of treatment.
  • All publications and patents mentioned in the above specification are herein incorporated by reference. Various modifications and variations of the described method and system of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention. Although the invention has been described in connection with specific preferred embodiments, it should be understood that the invention as claimed should not be unduly limited to such specific embodiments. Indeed, various modifications of the above-described modes for carrying out the invention, which are obvious to those skilled in the field of molecular biology or related fields, are intended to be within the scope of the following claims.
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    Celera Protein: hCP1802868
    Celera Gene: hCG20136.3
    OMIM number: 165390
    OMIM Information: RAS HOMOLOG GENE FAMILY, MEMBER A; ARHA
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    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1403(104-118) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 3
    Celera Protein: hCP1882290
    Celera Gene: hCG1997303
    OMIM number: 165380
    OMIM Information: RAS HOMOLOG GENE FAMILY, MEMBER C; ARHC
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 686
    Celera Transcript: hCT2278786
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1403(190-204) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 4
    Public Protein Accession: P06749
    Protein Name: Transforming protein RhoA (H12)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 687
    Public Transcript Accession: AF498970
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 5
    Celera Protein: hCP1802870
    Celera Gene: hCG20136.3
    OMIM number: 165390
    OMIM Information: RAS HOMOLOG GENE FAMILY, MEMBER A; ARHA
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 688
    Celera Transcript: hCT2286520
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 6
    Public Protein Accession: P08134
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    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 689
    Public Transcript Accession: AF498972
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1403(104-118) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 7
    Celera Protein: hCP1882287
    Celera Gene: hCG1997303
    OMIM number: 165380
    OMIM Information: RAS HOMOLOG GENE FAMILY, MEMBER C; ARHC
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 690
    Celera Transcript: hCT2278785
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1403(141-155) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 8
    Celera Protein: hCP1799463
    Celera Gene: hCG1987002.2
    OMIM number: 120920
    OMIM Information: MEMBRANE COFACTOR PROTEIN; MCP
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 691
    Celera Transcript: hCT2262680.1
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 9
    Public Protein Accession: NP_002380.3 P15529
    Protein Name: Membrane cofactor protein precursor (CD46 antigen)
    (Trophoblast leucocyte common antigen) (TLX)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 692
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_002389
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 10
    Public Protein Accession: NP_758869.1
    Protein Name: membrane cofactor protein isoform 2 precursor; CD46 antigen; complement
    membrane cofactor protein; measles virus receptor; trophoblast leucocyte common
    antigen sapiens+
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 693
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_172359
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 11
    Public Protein Accession: NP_758862.1
    Protein Name: membrane cofactor protein isoform 5 precursor; CD46 antigen;
    complement membrane cofactor protein; measles virus receptor; trophoblast leucocyte
    common antigen sapiens+
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 694
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_172352
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 12
    Celera Protein: hCP1799459
    Celera Gene: hCG1987002
    OMIM number: 120920
    OMIM Information: MEMBRANE COFACTOR PROTEIN; MCP
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 695
    Celera Transcript: hCT2262693
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 13
    Public Protein Accession: P15529
    Protein Name: Human MCP
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 696
    Public Transcript Accession: M58050
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 14
    Public Protein Accession: NP_758866.1
    Protein Name: membrane cofactor protein isoform 10 precursor; CD46 antigen; complement
    membrane cofactor protein; measles virus receptor; trophoblast leucocyte common antigen sapiens+
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 697
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_172356
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 15
    Public Protein Accession: NP_758868.1
    Protein Name: membrane cofactor protein isoform 13 precursor; CD46 antigen; complement
    membrane cofactor protein; measles virus receptor; trophoblast leucocyte common antigen sapiens+
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 698
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_172358
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 16
    Celera Protein: hCP1799468
    Celera Gene: hCG1987002.2
    OMIM number: 120920
    OMIM Information: MEMBRANE COFACTOR PROTEIN; MCP
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 699
    Celera Transcript: hCT2262698.1
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 17
    Celera Protein: hCP1799472
    Celera Gene: hCG1987002.2
    OMIM number: 120920
    OMIM Information: MEMBRANE COFACTOR PROTEIN; MCP
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 700
    Celera Transcript: hCT2262686.1
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 18
    Public Protein Accession: NP_758864.1
    Protein Name: membrane cofactor protein isoform 7 precursor; CD46 antigen; complement
    membrane cofactor protein; measles virus receptor; trophoblast leucocyte common antigen sapiens+
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 701
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_172354
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 19
    Public Protein Accession: NP_758870.1
    Protein Name: membrane cofactor protein isoform 8 precursor; CD46 antigen; complement
    membrane cofactor protein; measles virus receptor; trophoblast leucocyte common antigen sapiens+
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 702
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_172360
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 20
    Public Protein Accession: NP_758865.1
    Protein Name: membrane cofactor protein isoform 9 precursor; CD46 antigen; complement
    membrane cofactor protein; measles virus receptor; trophoblast leucocyte common antigen sapiens+
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 703
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_172355
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 21
    Public Protein Accession: NP_758871.1
    Protein Name: membrane cofactor protein isoform 12 precursor; CD46 antigen; complement
    membrane cofactor protein; measles virus receptor; trophoblast leucocyte common antigen sapiens+
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 704
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_172361
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 22
    Public Protein Accession: NP_758867.1
    Protein Name: membrane cofactor protein isoform 11 precursor; CD46 antigen; complement
    membrane cofactor protein; measles virus receptor; trophoblast leucocyte common antigen sapiens+
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 705
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_172357
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1362(227-236) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1362(227-236) Tissue NS216, ratio = 4.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1332(218-223) Tissue AS210, ratio = 3.7
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1489(159-166) Tissue NS216, ratio = 4.8
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 23
    Public Protein Accession: P04004
    Protein Name: Vitronectin precursor (Serum spreading factor) (S-protein) (V75) [Contains:
    Vitronectin V65 subunit; Vitronectin V10 subunit Somatomedin B]
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 706
    Public Transcript Accession: AF382388
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 24
    Celera Protein: hCP45342.2
    Celera Gene: hCG31810.2
    OMIM number: 193190
    OMIM Information: VITRONECTIN; VTN
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 707
    Celera Transcript: hCT22991.3
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1417(212-217) Tissue AS210, ratio = >5.7
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1464(463-477) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 25
    Celera Protein: hCP1779722.1
    Celera Gene: hCG201512.3
    OMIM number: 600505
    OMIM Information: CASEIN KINASE I, ALPHA-1; CSNK1A1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 708
    Celera Transcript: hCT1964753.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1428(17-22) Tissue NS216, ratio = 3.3
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 26
    Public Protein Accession: P17301
    Protein Name: Angiogenesis-associated human protein sequence #93
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 27
    Celera Protein: hCP50425.2
    Celera Gene: hCG40683.3
    OMIM number: 192974
    OMIM Information: INTEGRIN, ALPHA-2; ITGA2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 709
    Celera Transcript: hCT31944.3
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1428(678-683) Tissue NS216, ratio = 3.3
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 28
    Celera Protein: hCP201811.3
    Celera Gene: hCG201512.3
    OMIM number: 600505
    OMIM Information: CASEIN KINASE I, ALPHA-1; CSNK1A1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 710
    Celera Transcript: hCT201515.3
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 29
    Celera Protein: hCP1894306
    Celera Gene: hCG201512.3
    OMIM number: 600505
    OMIM Information: CASEIN KINASE I, ALPHA-1; CSNK1A1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 711
    Celera Transcript: hCT2260944
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 30
    Celera Protein: hCP1779724.1
    Celera Gene: hCG201512.3
    OMIM number: 600505
    OMIM Information: CASEIN KINASE I, ALPHA-1; CSNK1A1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 712
    Celera Transcript: hCT1964754.1
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 31
    Celera Protein: hCP1779726.1
    Celera Gene: hCG201512.3
    OMIM number: 600505
    OMIM Information: CASEIN KINASE I, ALPHA-1; CSNK1A1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 713
    Celera Transcript: hCT1964755.1
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 32
    Celera Protein: hCP1777673.1
    Celera Gene: hCG201512.3
    OMIM number: 600505
    OMIM Information: CASEIN KINASE I, ALPHA-1; CSNK1A1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 714
    Celera Transcript: hCT1962993.1
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 33
    Celera Protein: hCP1777674.1
    Celera Gene: hCG201512.3
    OMIM number: 600505
    OMIM Information: CASEIN KINASE I, ALPHA-1; CSNK1A1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 715
    Celera Transcript: hCT1962994.1
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 34
    Celera Protein: hCP1894307
    Celera Gene: hCG201512.3
    OMIM number: 600505
    OMIM Information: CASEIN KINASE I, ALPHA-1; CSNK1A1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 716
    Celera Transcript: hCT2260947
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1428(17-22) Tissue NS216, ratio = 3.3
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 35
    Celera Protein: hCP1778493.1
    Celera Gene: hCG40683.3
    OMIM number: 192974
    OMIM Information: INTEGRIN, ALPHA-2; ITGA2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 717
    Celera Transcript: hCT1963523.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1428(678-683) Tissue NS216, ratio = 3.3
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 36
    Celera Protein: hCP1894304
    Celera Gene: hCG201512.3
    OMIM number: 600505
    OMIM Information: CASEIN KINASE I, ALPHA-1; CSNK1A1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 718
    Celera Transcript: hCT2260949
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 37
    Celera Protein: hCP1894305
    Celera Gene: hCG201512.3
    OMIM number: 600505
    OMIM Information: CASEIN KINASE I, ALPHA-1; CSNK1A1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 719
    Celera Transcript: hCT2260950
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1428(17-22) Tissue NS216, ratio = 3.3
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 38
    Celera Protein: hCP1884188
    Celera Gene: hCG1980142
    OMIM number: 600753
    OMIM Information: GOLGI APPARATUS PROTEIN 1; GLG1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 720
    Celera Transcript: hCT2252267
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 39
    Public Protein Accession: Q92896
    Protein Name: Golgi apparatus protein 1 precursor (Golgi sialoglycoprotein MG-160)
    (E-selectin ligand 1) (ESL-1) (Cysteine-rich fibroblast growth factor receptor) (CFR-1)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 721
    Public Transcript Accession: U64791
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1341(501-515) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 40
    Public Protein Accession: NP_036333.1
    Protein Name: golgi apparatus protein 1; cysteine-rich fibroblast growth factor receptor sapiens+
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 722
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_012201
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1341(500-514) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 41
    Celera Protein: hCP1884187
    Celera Gene: hCG1980142
    OMIM number: 600753
    OMIM Information: GOLGI APPARATUS PROTEIN 1; GLG1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 723
    Celera Transcript: hCT2252266
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1341(501-515) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 42
    Celera Protein: hCP1787372
    Celera Gene: hCG1983494
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 724
    Celera Transcript: hCT2257280
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 43
    Public Protein Accession: P16444
    Protein Name: Microsomal dipeptidase precursor (EC 3.4.13.19) (MDP)
    (Dehydropeptidase-I) (Renal dipeptidase) (RDP)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 725
    Public Transcript Accession: S70330
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 44
    Celera Protein: hCP1787371
    Celera Gene: hCG1983494
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 726
    Celera Transcript: hCT2257281
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1336(72-91) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1342(228-244) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 45
    Celera Protein: hCP1880536
    Celera Gene: hCG38950.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 727
    Celera Transcript: hCT2307285
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 46
    Celera Protein: hCP1880535
    Celera Gene: hCG38950.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 728
    Celera Transcript: hCT2307287
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 47
    Celera Protein: hCP49451.1
    Celera Gene: hCG38950.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 729
    Celera Transcript: hCT30196.2
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 48
    Public Protein Accession: NP_003339.1 Q16781
    Protein Name: Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2 N (EC 6.3.2.19) (Ubiquitin-protein
    ligase N) (Ubiquitin carrier protein N) (Ubc13) (Bendless-like ubiquitin conjugating enzyme)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 730
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_003348
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1410(85-91) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 49
    Celera Protein: hCP1903046
    Celera Gene: hCG2016877
    OMIM number: 601998
    OMIM Information: ESTROGEN-RELATED RECEPTOR, ALPHA; ESRRA
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 731
    Celera Transcript: hCT2310026
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1401(292-307) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 50
    Celera Protein: hCP1903048
    Celera Gene: hCG2016877
    OMIM number: 601998
    OMIM Information: ESTROGEN-RELATED RECEPTOR, ALPHA; ESRRA
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 732
    Celera Transcript: hCT2310025
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 51
    Public Protein Accession: NP_036226.1 P30044
    Protein Name: Human vesicle membrane protein-like protein 1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 733
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_012094
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 52
    Public Protein Accession: NP_857634.1
    Protein Name: peroxiredoxin 5 precursor isoform b; antioxidant enzyme B166; thioredoxin
    peroxidase PMP20; peroxisomal antioxidant enzyme; TPx type VI; liver tissue 2D-page
    spot 71B; Alu co-repressor 1 sapiens+
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 734
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_181651
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 53
    Celera Protein: hCP1903036
    Celera Gene: hCG2016877
    OMIM number: 601998
    OMIM Information: ESTROGEN-RELATED RECEPTOR, ALPHA; ESRRA
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 735
    Celera Transcript: hCT2310023
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1401(86-101) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 54
    Celera Protein: hCP1764175
    Celera Gene: hCG41341.2
    OMIM number: 300017
    OMIM Information: FILAMIN A; FLNA
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 736
    Celera Transcript: hCT1958082.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1338(1151-1161) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1487(569-577) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1348(809-827) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1363(1452-1463) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1501(1711-1716) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1447(1399-1405) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1474(2590-2598) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1411(620-633) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1421(1007-1018) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 55
    Celera Protein: hCP51268.2
    Celera Gene: hCG41341.2
    OMIM number: 300017
    OMIM Information: FILAMIN A; FLNA
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 737
    Celera Transcript: hCT32611.2
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 56
    Public Protein Accession: P21333
    Protein Name: Carboxyl terminal of filamin, amino acid sequence
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1338(1151-1161) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1487(569-577) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1348(809-827) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1363(1452-1463) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1501(1719-1724) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1447(1399-1405) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1474(2598-2606) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1411(620-633) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1421(1007-1018) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 57
    Celera Protein: hCP1888858
    Celera Gene: hCG41341.2
    OMIM number: 300017
    OMIM Information: FILAMIN A; FLNA
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 738
    Celera Transcript: hCT2291392
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1338(1151-1161) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1487(569-577) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1348(809-827) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1363(1452-1463) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1501(1719-1724) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1447(1399-1405) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1411(620-633) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1421(1007-1018) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 58
    Celera Protein: hCP1888856
    Celera Gene: hCG41341.2
    OMIM number: 300017
    OMIM Information: FILAMIN A; FLNA
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 739
    Celera Transcript: hCT2291391
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1338(1151-1161) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1487(569-577) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1348(809-827) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1363(1452-1463) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1447(1399-1405) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1411(620-633) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1421(1007-1018) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 59
    Celera Protein: hCP1888857
    Celera Gene: hCG41341.2
    OMIM number: 300017
    OMIM Information: FILAMIN A; FLNA
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 740
    Celera Transcript: hCT2291393
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1338(1151-1161) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1487(569-577) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1348(809-827) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1363(1452-1463) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1501(1719-1724) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1447(1399-1405) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1411(620-633) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1421(1007-1018) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 60
    Public Protein Accession: P30484
    Protein Name: HLA class I histocompatibility antigen, BW-46 B*4601 alpha
    chain precursor
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 741
    Public Transcript Accession: M24033
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 61
    Public Protein Accession: P04222
    Protein Name: HLA class I histocompatibility antigen, CW-3 CW*0301
    alpha chain precursor (CW3.1)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 742
    Public Transcript Accession: X00495
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 62
    Celera Protein: hCP1915265
    Celera Gene: hCG2043274
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 743
    Celera Transcript: hCT2350013
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 63
    Public Protein Accession: P18465
    Protein Name: HLA class I histocompatibility antigen, B-57(B-17) B*5701
    alpha chain precursor (BW57.1)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 744
    Public Transcript Accession: M32318
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 64
    Public Protein Accession: P18464
    Protein Name: Sequence of HLA-B51 antigen
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 745
    Public Transcript Accession: M32319
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 65
    Celera Protein: hCP1915251
    Celera Gene: hCG2043274
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 746
    Celera Transcript: hCT2350017
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 66
    Public Protein Accession: P30489
    Protein Name: HLA class I histocompatibility antigen, B-51(B-5) B*5104 alpha chain precursor
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 747
    Public Transcript Accession: Z15143
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1347(181-192) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 67
    Public Protein Accession: P10321
    Protein Name: HLA class I histocompatibility antigen, C-4 alpha chain
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 748
    Public Transcript Accession: M11886
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1347(157-168) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 68
    Public Protein Accession: P30474
    Protein Name: HLA class I histocompatibility antigen, B-35 B*3508 alpha chain precursor
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 749
    Public Transcript Accession: L04696
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 69
    Public Protein Accession: P30495
    Protein Name: HLA class I histocompatibility antigen, BW-56(BW-22) B*5601
    alpha chain precursor
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 750
    Public Transcript Accession: M77776
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 70
    Public Protein Accession: P30468
    Protein Name: HLA class I histocompatibility antigen, B-35 B*3502 alpha chain precursor
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 751
    Public Transcript Accession: M63454
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 71
    Public Protein Accession: P30496
    Protein Name: HLA class I histocompatibility antigen, BW-56(BW-22) B*5602
    alpha chain precursor
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 752
    Public Transcript Accession: M77775
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 72
    Public Protein Accession: P30469
    Protein Name: HLA class I histocompatibility antigen, B-35 B*3503 alpha chain precursor
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 753
    Public Transcript Accession: M81798
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 73
    Public Protein Accession: P30503
    Protein Name: MHC class I antigen
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 754
    Public Transcript Accession: M84172
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 74
    Public Protein Accession: P10319
    Protein Name: HLA class I histocompatibility antigen, BW-58(B-17) B*5801
    alpha chain precursor
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 755
    Public Transcript Accession: AB008102
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 75
    Public Protein Accession: P30498
    Protein Name: HLA class I histocompatibility antigen, BW-78 B*7801
    alpha chain precursor
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 756
    Public Transcript Accession: M33573
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 76
    Public Protein Accession: P30464
    Protein Name: HLA class I histocompatibility antigen, BW-75(B-15) B*1502
    alpha chain precursor
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 757
    Public Transcript Accession: M75138
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 77
    Public Protein Accession: P30472
    Protein Name: HLA class I histocompatibility antigen, B-35 B*3506
    alpha chain precursor (B35-K)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 758
    Public Transcript Accession: M84381
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 78
    Public Protein Accession: P04222
    Protein Name: HLA class I heavy chain precursor
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 759
    Public Transcript Accession: M99389
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 79
    Public Protein Accession: P30491
    Protein Name: HLA class I histocompatibility antigen, BW-53 B*5301
    alpha chain precursor
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 760
    Public Transcript Accession: M58636
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 80
    Public Protein Accession: P30464
    Protein Name: HLA class I histocompatibility antigen, B-62 B*15011 alpha
    chain precursor (MHC class I antigen)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 761
    Public Transcript Accession: U03859
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 81
    Public Protein Accession: P30513
    Protein Name: Human leucocyte antigen B (Fragment)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 762
    Public Transcript Accession: U70528
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 82
    Public Protein Accession: P30685
    Protein Name: HLA class I histocompatibility antigen, B-35 B*3501
    alpha chain precursor
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 83
    Public Protein Accession: P30488
    Protein Name: HLA class I histocompatibility antigen, BW-50(B-21) B*5001
    alpha chain precursor
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 84
    Public Protein Accession: P30473
    Protein Name: HLA class I histocompatibility antigen, B-35 B*3507 alpha chain precursor
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 763
    Public Transcript Accession: L04695
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 85
    Public Protein Accession: P30471
    Protein Name: HLA class I histocompatibility antigen, B-35 B*3505
    alpha chain precursor (B35-G)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 764
    Public Transcript Accession: M84385
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 86
    Public Protein Accession: P30497
    Protein Name: HLA class I histocompatibility antigen, B-57(B-17) B*5702
    alpha chain precursor (BW57.2)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 765
    Public Transcript Accession: X61707
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 87
    Public Protein Accession: P30490
    Protein Name: Sequence of HLA-Bw52 antigen
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 88
    Public Protein Accession: P30487
    Protein Name: HLA class I histocompatibility antigen, B-49(B-21) B*4901
    alpha chain precursor
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 766
    Public Transcript Accession: M24037
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 89
    Public Protein Accession: P30465
    Protein Name: HLA class I histocompatibility antigen, BW-72(BW-70)
    B*1503 alpha chain precursor
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1347(181-192) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 90
    Celera Protein: hCP1788525
    Celera Gene: hCG2028338
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 767
    Celera Transcript: hCT2328319
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 91
    Celera Protein: hCP1788524
    Celera Gene: hCG2028338
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 768
    Celera Transcript: hCT2328320
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1476(296-310) Tissue AS210, ratio = 4.5
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 92
    Celera Protein: hCP1810728
    Celera Gene: hCG1787714.2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 769
    Celera Transcript: hCT2333920
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1408(343-358) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 93
    Celera Protein: hCP1810731
    Celera Gene: hCG1787714.2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 770
    Celera Transcript: hCT2333921
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1408(325-340) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 94
    Public Protein Accession: Q9H9G7
    Protein Name: Hypothetical protein FLJ12765
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 771
    Public Transcript Accession: AK022827
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1408(336-351) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 95
    Celera Protein: hCP1740205.1
    Celera Gene: hCG1787714.2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 772
    Celera Transcript: hCT1826779.2
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1408(325-340) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 96
    Public Protein Accession: NP_036331.1 Q9UL18
    Protein Name: Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2C 1 (eIF2C 1) (eIF-2C 1)
    (Putative RNA-binding protein Q99)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 773
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_012199
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1408(333-348) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 97
    Celera Protein: hCP1633262.1
    Celera Gene: hCG1640521.2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 774
    Celera Transcript: hCT1640648.3
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1408(336-351) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 98
    Celera Protein: hCP48185.2
    Celera Gene: hCG38282.2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 775
    Celera Transcript: hCT29522.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1408(333-348) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 99
    Celera Protein: hCP1810709
    Celera Gene: hCG1640521.2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 776
    Celera Transcript: hCT2333926
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1408(336-351) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 100
    Celera Protein: hCP1771040.1
    Celera Gene: hCG1818102.1
    OMIM number: 154100
    OMIM Information: MALATE DEHYDROGENASE, MITOCHONDRIAL; MDH2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 777
    Celera Transcript: hCT1960979.1
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 101
    Public Protein Accession: P40926
    Protein Name: Malate dehydrogenase, mitochondrial precursor (EC 1.1.1.37)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 778
    Public Transcript Accession: BC001917
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 102
    Public Protein Accession: NP_005909.2
    Protein Name: Human mitochondrial malate dehydrogenase
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 779
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_005918
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 103
    Celera Protein: hCP1771043
    Celera Gene: hCG1818102.1
    OMIM number: 154100
    OMIM Information: MALATE DEHYDROGENASE, MITOCHONDRIAL; MDH2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 780
    Celera Transcript: hCT1960978.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1376(269-278) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 104
    Public Protein Accession: NP_149038.1
    Protein Name: RECC (Transmembrane mucin MUC13)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 781
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_033049
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 105
    Celera Protein: hCP1738851.1
    Celera Gene: hCG1780798.2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 782
    Celera Transcript: hCT1819641.2
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1360(366-375) Tissue AS210, ratio = 6.9
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1461(347-365) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 106
    Celera Protein: hCP43256.2
    Celera Gene: hCG27693.3
    OMIM number: 604138
    OMIM Information: RETINO:IC ACID-INDUCED 3; RAI3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 783
    Celera Transcript: hCT18835.3
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 107
    Public Protein Accession: NP_003970.1
    Protein Name: Putative G protein-coupled receptor (Hypothetical
    protein FLJ10899) (Retinoic acid induced 3)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 784
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_003979
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1451(272-289) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1451(272-289) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 108
    Celera Protein: hCP1802844
    Celera Gene: hCG2002013
    OMIM number: 146691
    OMIM Information: IMP DEHYDROGENASE 2; IMPDH2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 785
    Celera Transcript: hCT2286550
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 109
    Celera Protein: hCP1802847
    Celera Gene: hCG2002013
    OMIM number: 146691
    OMIM Information: IMP DEHYDROGENASE 2; IMPDH2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 786
    Celera Transcript: hCT2286554
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1405(206-218) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 110
    Public Protein Accession: P12268
    Protein Name: Reference sequence for human IMPDH2 polypeptide
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 787
    Public Transcript Accession: BC015567
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1405(136-148) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 111
    Celera Protein: hCP1802851
    Celera Gene: hCG2002013
    OMIM number: 146691
    OMIM Information: IMP DEHYDROGENASE 2; IMPDH2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 788
    Celera Transcript: hCT2286556
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1405(206-218) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 112
    Celera Protein: hCP1802848
    Celera Gene: hCG2002013
    OMIM number: 146691
    OMIM Information: IMP DEHYDROGENASE 2; IMPDH2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 789
    Celera Transcript: hCT2286552
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1405(176-188) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 113
    Celera Protein: hCP1802850
    Celera Gene: hCG2002013
    OMIM number: 146691
    OMIM Information: IMP DEHYDROGENASE 2; IMPDH2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 790
    Celera Transcript: hCT2286548
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 114
    Celera Protein: hCP1802849
    Celera Gene: hCG2002013
    OMIM number: 146691
    OMIM Information: IMP DEHYDROGENASE 2; IMPDH2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 791
    Celera Transcript: hCT2286559
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1405(206-218) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 115
    Celera Protein: hCP1765824.1
    Celera Gene: hCG20034.3
    OMIM number: 311800
    OMIM Information: PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE 1; PGK1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 792
    Celera Transcript: hCT1950113.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1393(365-381) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1334(106-122) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 116
    Public Protein Accession: XP_373387.1
    Protein Name: similar to Phosphoglycerate kinase 1 (Primer recognition
    protein 2) (PRP 2) sapiens+
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1393(116-132) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 117
    Celera Protein: hCP37792.2
    Celera Gene: hCG20034.3
    OMIM number: 311800
    OMIM Information: PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE 1; PGK1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 793
    Celera Transcript: hCT11106.2
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 118
    Celera Protein: hCP1788077
    Celera Gene: hCG20034.3
    OMIM number: 311800
    OMIM Information: PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE 1; PGK1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 794
    Celera Transcript: hCT2274808
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1393(365-381) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1334(106-122) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 119
    Celera Protein: hCP1765821.1
    Celera Gene: hCG20034.3
    OMIM number: 311800
    OMIM Information: PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE 1; PGK1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 795
    Celera Transcript: hCT1950114.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1393(304-320) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1334(45-61) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 120
    Public Protein Accession: P00558
    Protein Name: Phosphoglycerate kinase 1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1393(364-380) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1334(105-121) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 121
    Public Protein Accession: NP_005718.2 O60635
    Protein Name: Human prostate-specific amino acid sequence N1-1862/P503S
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 796
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_005727
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 122
    Celera Protein: hCP39606.1
    Celera Gene: hCG22089.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 797
    Celera Transcript: hCT13182.3
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 123
    Celera Protein: hCP1810162
    Celera Gene: hCG22089.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 798
    Celera Transcript: hCT2334429
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 124
    Celera Protein: hCP1810167
    Celera Gene: hCG22089.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 799
    Celera Transcript: hCT2334430
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 125
    Celera Protein: hCP1810163
    Celera Gene: hCG22089.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 800
    Celera Transcript: hCT2334426
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 126
    Celera Protein: hCP1777900
    Celera Gene: hCG22089.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 801
    Celera Transcript: hCT1963360.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1483(196-208) Tissue AS210, ratio = 3.1
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 127
    Celera Protein: hCP1637215.1
    Celera Gene: hCG1641188.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 802
    Celera Transcript: hCT1641315.2
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 128
    Public Protein Accession: Q9UBT2
    Protein Name: ANTHRACYCLINE-associated resistance ARX (SUMO-1
    activating enzyme subunit 2)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 803
    Public Transcript Accession: AF110957
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 129
    Celera Protein: hCP1791398
    Celera Gene: hCG1641188.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 804
    Celera Transcript: hCT2257958
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1490(19-33) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 130
    Public Protein Accession: P15170
    Protein Name: G1 to S phase transition protein 1 homolog
    (GTP-binding protein GST1-HS)
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 131
    Celera Protein: hCP1893475
    Celera Gene: hCG14908.2
    OMIM number: 139259
    OMIM Information: G1-TO-S PHASE TRANSITION 1; GSPT1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 805
    Celera Transcript: hCT2257905
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1470(458-475) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 132
    Celera Protein: hCP33922.3
    Celera Gene: hCG14908.2
    OMIM number: 139259
    OMIM Information: G1-TO-S PHASE TRANSITION 1; GSPT1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 806
    Celera Transcript: hCT5929.2
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1470(596-613) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 133
    Public Protein Accession: NP_060564.1
    Protein Name: Hypothetical protein FLJ10441
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 807
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_018094
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 134
    Celera Protein: hCP1740556
    Celera Gene: hCG1748373.2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 808
    Celera Transcript: hCT1786750.2
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1470(587-604) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 135
    Celera Protein: hCP1774432.1
    Celera Gene: hCG25408.4
    OMIM number: 600769
    OMIM Information: TRANSMEMBRANE 4 SUPERFAMILY, MEMBER 3; TM4SF3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 809
    Celera Transcript: hCT1961391.1
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 136
    Celera Protein: hCP1774431.1
    Celera Gene: hCG25408.4
    OMIM number: 600769
    OMIM Information: TRANSMEMBRANE 4 SUPERFAMILY, MEMBER 3; TM4SF3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 810
    Celera Transcript: hCT1961390.1
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 137
    Public Protein Accession: NP_004607.1 P19075
    Protein Name: C884P predicted amino acid sequence
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 811
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_004616
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 138
    Celera Protein: hCP42244.2
    Celera Gene: hCG25408.4
    OMIM number: 600769
    OMIM Information: TRANSMEMBRANE 4 SUPERFAMILY, MEMBER 3; TM4SF3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 812
    Celera Transcript: hCT16533.3
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1381(191-203) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 139
    Public Protein Accession: XP_376671.1
    Protein Name: coatomer protein complex, subunit gamma 2 sapiens+
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 813
    Public Transcript Accession: XM_376671
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 140
    Public Protein Accession: NP_057212.1 Q9Y678
    Protein Name: Coatomer gamma subunit (Gamma-coat protein) (Gamma-COP)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 814
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_016128
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 141
    Celera Protein: hCP1905162
    Celera Gene: hCG2039402
    OMIM number: 601029
    OMIM Information: MESODERM-SPECIFIC TRANSCRIPT, MOUSE,
    HOMOLOG OF; MEST
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 815
    Celera Transcript: hCT2306387.1
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 142
    Public Protein Accession: Q9UBF2
    Protein Name: Coatomer gamma-2 subunit (Gamma-2 coat protein) (Gamma-2 COP)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 816
    Public Transcript Accession: AF207598
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 143
    Public Protein Accession: XP_371951.1
    Protein Name: coatomer protein complex, subunit gamma 2 sapiens+
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 144
    Celera Protein: hCP1717535.2
    Celera Gene: hCG1791262.2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 817
    Celera Transcript: hCT1830522.2
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1444(86-92) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 145
    Celera Protein: hCP1788230
    Celera Gene: hCG18178.2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 818
    Celera Transcript: hCT2270514
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 146
    Celera Protein: hCP1788228
    Celera Gene: hCG18178.2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 819
    Celera Transcript: hCT2270511
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 147
    Celera Protein: hCP1788229
    Celera Gene: hCG18178.2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 820
    Celera Transcript: hCT2270513
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1454(267-280) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1427(266-280) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 148
    Celera Protein: hCP1910296
    Celera Gene: hCG2023558.1
    OMIM number: 190000
    OMIM Information: TRANSFERRIN; TF
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 821
    Celera Transcript: hCT2345011
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1366(146-160) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 149
    Celera Protein: hCP1785814
    Celera Gene: hCG2023558
    OMIM number: 190000
    OMIM Information: TRANSFERRIN; TF
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 822
    Celera Transcript: hCT2320697
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 150
    Public Protein Accession: P02787
    Protein Name: Human serum transferrin protein
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 823
    Public Transcript Accession: M12530
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1366(258-272) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 151
    Celera Protein: hCP1785815
    Celera Gene: hCG2023558
    OMIM number: 190000
    OMIM Information: TRANSFERRIN; TF
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 824
    Celera Transcript: hCT2320696
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1366(131-145) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 152
    Celera Protein: hCP1887436.1
    Celera Gene: hCG2014648
    OMIM number: 123840
    OMIM Information: PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE A; PPIA
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 825
    Celera Transcript: hCT2306470.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1407(31-57) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 153
    Celera Protein: hCP1619945.3
    Celera Gene: hCG1640109.4
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 826
    Celera Transcript: hCT1640236.4
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1407(51-77) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 154
    Celera Protein: hCP1708003.1
    Celera Gene: hCG1783178.2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 827
    Celera Transcript: hCT1822112.2
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1407(31-57) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 155
    Celera Protein: hCP1609834.2
    Celera Gene: hCG1640670.2
    OMIM number: 602948
    OMIM Information: RAD51, S. CEREVISIAE, HOMOLOG OF, B; RAD51L1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 828
    Celera Transcript: hCT1640797.2
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1407(24-50) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 156
    Public Protein Accession: P05092
    Protein Name: Haematopoietic stem cell proliferation agent related human protein #2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 829
    Public Transcript Accession: AF023861
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1407(90-116) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 157
    Celera Protein: hCP1630385.2
    Celera Gene: hCG1641407.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 830
    Celera Transcript: hCT1641534.3
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1407(91-117) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 158
    Celera Protein: hCP1864646
    Celera Gene: hCG2027134
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 831
    Celera Transcript: hCT2326427
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 159
    Celera Protein: hCP1887438.1
    Celera Gene: hCG2014648
    OMIM number: 123840
    OMIM Information: PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE A; PPIA
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 832
    Celera Transcript: hCT2306469.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1407(31-57) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 160
    Public Protein Accession: XP_372328.1
    Protein Name: similar to peptidylprolyl isomerase A (cyclophilin A) sapiens+
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 833
    Public Transcript Accession: XM_372328
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1407(105-131) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 161
    Public Protein Accession: XP_374813.1
    Protein Name: similar to peptidylprolyl isomerase A (cyclophilin A) sapiens+
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 834
    Public Transcript Accession: XM_374813
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1407(80-106) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 162
    Celera Protein: hCP1617268.2
    Celera Gene: hCG1641629.4
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 835
    Celera Transcript: hCT1641756.4
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1407(25-51) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 163
    Celera Protein: hCP1643681.2
    Public Protein Accession: XP_292963.3
    Celera Gene: hCG1640137.2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 836
    Celera Transcript: hCT1640264.2
    Public Transcript Accession: XM_292963
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1407(91-117) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 164
    Public Protein Accession: XP_377110.1
    Protein Name: similar to peptidylprolyl isomerase A (cyclophilin A) sapiens+
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 837
    Public Transcript Accession: XM_377110
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1407(84-110) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 165
    Celera Protein: hCP1630004.2
    Celera Gene: hCG1640614.2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 838
    Celera Transcript: hCT1640741.2
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1407(91-117) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 166
    Celera Protein: hCP1887437.1
    Celera Gene: hCG2014648
    OMIM number: 123840
    OMIM Information: PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE A; PPIA
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 839
    Celera Transcript: hCT2306468.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1407(31-57) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 167
    Celera Protein: hCP1887434
    Celera Gene: hCG2014648
    OMIM number: 123840
    OMIM Information: PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE A; PPIA
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 840
    Celera Transcript: hCT2306471.1
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 168
    Celera Protein: hCP1887439.1
    Celera Gene: hCG2014648
    OMIM number: 123840
    OMIM Information: PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE A; PPIA
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 841
    Celera Transcript: hCT2306472.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1407(158-184) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 169
    Celera Protein: hCP40579.2
    Celera Gene: hCG23131.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 842
    Celera Transcript: hCT14236.3
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 170
    Celera Protein: hCP1816336
    Celera Gene: hCG23131.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 843
    Celera Transcript: hCT2287373
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 171
    Public Protein Accession: O88386
    Protein Name: Ras-related protein Rab-10
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 844
    Public Transcript Accession: AF297660
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1351(123-128) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 172
    Celera Protein: hCP39417.2
    Celera Gene: hCG20986.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 845
    Celera Transcript: hCT12070.3
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 173
    Public Protein Accession: Q9Y394
    Protein Name: CGI-86 protein
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 846
    Public Transcript Accession: BC007337
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 174
    Celera Protein: hCP1868497
    Celera Gene: hCG20986.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 847
    Celera Transcript: hCT2328795
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1365(171-179) Tissue AS210, ratio = 8.6
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 175
    Celera Protein: hCP34281.2
    Celera Gene: hCG17225.4
    OMIM number: 602970
    OMIM Information: KARYOPHERIN ALPHA-4; KPNA4
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 848
    Celera Transcript: hCT8274.4
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 176
    Celera Protein: hCP1785136
    Celera Gene: hCG17225.4
    OMIM number: 602970
    OMIM Information: KARYOPHERIN ALPHA-4; KPNA4
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 849
    Celera Transcript: hCT2318441
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 177
    Public Protein Accession: O00629
    Protein Name: Importin alpha-4 subunit (Karyopherin alpha-4 subunit) (Qip1 protein)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 850
    Public Transcript Accession: AB002533
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1463(112-124) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 178
    Public Protein Accession: P00505
    Protein Name: Aspartate aminotransferase, mitochondrial precursor (EC 2.6.1.1)
    (Transaminase A) (Glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase-2)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 851
    Public Transcript Accession: M22632
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 179
    Celera Protein: hCP1877688
    Celera Gene: hCG15092.2
    OMIM number: 138150
    OMIM Information: GLUTAMATE OXALOACETATE TRANSAMINASE,
    MITOCHONDRIAL; GOT2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 852
    Celera Transcript: hCT2324016
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 180
    Celera Protein: hCP34784.2
    Celera Gene: hCG15092.2
    OMIM number: 138150
    OMIM Information: GLUTAMATE OXALOACETATE TRANSAMINASE,
    MITOCHONDRIAL; GOT2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 853
    Celera Transcript: hCT6113.2
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1485(287-295) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1383(94-106) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 181
    Celera Protein: hCP1815424
    Celera Gene: hCG1986857
    OMIM number: 602559
    OMIM Information: EXPORTIN 1; XPO1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 854
    Celera Transcript: hCT2262470
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 182
    Celera Protein: hCP1815425
    Celera Gene: hCG1986857
    OMIM number: 602559
    OMIM Information: EXPORTIN 1; XPO1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 855
    Celera Transcript: hCT2262469
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 183
    Celera Protein: hCP1815427
    Celera Gene: hCG1986857
    OMIM number: 602559
    OMIM Information: EXPORTIN 1; XPO1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 856
    Celera Transcript: hCT2262471
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1449(492-514) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 184
    Celera Protein: hCP1884614
    Celera Gene: hCG1981144
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 857
    Celera Transcript: hCT2253865
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1415(107-123) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 185
    Celera Protein: hCP1854784
    Celera Gene: hCG1993805
    OMIM number: 138130
    OMIM Information: GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE 1; GLUD1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 858
    Celera Transcript: hCT2273052
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1415(27-43) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 186
    Celera Protein: hCP1854785
    Celera Gene: hCG1993805
    OMIM number: 138130
    OMIM Information: GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE 1; GLUD1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 859
    Celera Transcript: hCT2273053
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1415(24-40) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 187
    Public Protein Accession: XP_208418.1 P49448
    Protein Name: Glutamate dehydrogenase 2, mitochondrial precursor (EC 1.4.1.3) (GDH)
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 188
    Celera Protein: hCP1854783
    Celera Gene: hCG1993805
    OMIM number: 138130
    OMIM Information: GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE 1; GLUD1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 860
    Celera Transcript: hCT2273057
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 189
    Public Protein Accession: P00367
    Protein Name: Glutamate dehydrogenase 1, mitochondrial precursor (EC 1.4.1.3) (GDH)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 861
    Public Transcript Accession: BC040132
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1415(107-123) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 190
    Celera Protein: hCP1884615
    Celera Gene: hCG1981144
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 862
    Celera Transcript: hCT2253864
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1415(41-57) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 191
    Celera Protein: hCP1854786
    Celera Gene: hCG1993805
    OMIM number: 138130
    OMIM Information: GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE 1; GLUD1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 863
    Celera Transcript: hCT2273055
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1415(107-123) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 192
    Celera Protein: hCP45303.3
    Celera Gene: hCG31775.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 864
    Celera Transcript: hCT22956.3
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1386(134-142) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 193
    Public Protein Accession: O94973
    Protein Name: Human polypeptide SEQ ID NO: 2276
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 865
    Public Transcript Accession: BC006155
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1386(528-536) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 194
    Celera Protein: hCP1860966
    Celera Gene: hCG2033390
    OMIM number: 107271
    OMIM Information: CD59 ANTIGEN P18-20; CD59
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 866
    Celera Transcript: hCT2336232
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1385(66-77) Tissue AS210, ratio = 4.3
    SEQ ID NO: 195
    Celera Protein: hCP1860967
    Celera Gene: hCG2033390
    OMIM number: 107271
    OMIM Information: CD59 ANTIGEN P18-20; CD59
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 867
    Celera Transcript: hCT2336234
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1385(93-104) Tissue AS210, ratio = 4.3
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 196
    Public Protein Accession: P13987
    Protein Name: Human CD59 protein
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 868
    Public Transcript Accession: M84348
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 197
    Celera Protein: hCP1860969
    Celera Gene: hCG2033390
    OMIM number: 107271
    OMIM Information: CD59 ANTIGEN P18-20; CD59
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 869
    Celera Transcript: hCT2336233
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1385(66-77) Tissue AS210, ratio = 4.3
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 198
    Celera Protein: hCP1777420
    Celera Gene: hCG1783634.2
    OMIM number: 600718
    OMIM Information: TUMOR-ASSOCIATED CALCIUM SIGNAL TRANSDUCER 1; TACSTD1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 870
    Celera Transcript: hCT1962959.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1372(205-213) Tissue AS210, ratio = 5.5
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 199
    Celera Protein: hCP1702182.1
    Celera Gene: hCG1783634.2
    OMIM number: 600718
    OMIM Information: TUMOR-ASSOCIATED CALCIUM SIGNAL TRANSDUCER 1; TACSTD1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 871
    Celera Transcript: hCT1822578.2
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 200
    Public Protein Accession: P16422
    Protein Name: Tumor-associated calcium signal transducer 1 precursor (Major gastrointestinal
    tumor-associated protein GA733-2) (Epithelial cell surface antigen) (Epithelial glycoprotein)
    (EGP) (Adenocarcinoma- associated antigen) (KSA) (KS 1/4 antigen) (Cell surface
    glycoprotein Trop-1)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 872
    Public Transcript Accession: M32325
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1372(129-137) Tissue AS210, ratio = 5.5
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 201
    Public Protein Accession: NP_000933.1
    Protein Name: Peptidylprolyl isomerase B (EC 5.2.1.8) (Cyclophilin B) (Peptidyl-
    prolyl cis-trans isomerase) (PPIase) (Rotamase)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 873
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_000942
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 202
    Celera Protein: hCP1783346.1
    Celera Gene: hCG33347.4
    OMIM number: 123841
    OMIM Information: PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE B; PPIB
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 874
    Celera Transcript: hCT1971179.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1371(190-203) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 203
    Public Protein Accession: P23284
    Protein Name: Peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase B precursor (EC 5.2.1.8) (PPIase)
    (Rotamase) (Cyclophilin B) (S-cyclophilin) (SCYLP) (CYP-S1)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 875
    Public Transcript Accession: M60457
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1371(182-195) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 204
    Celera Protein: hCP46698.2
    Celera Gene: hCG33347.4
    OMIM number: 123841
    OMIM Information: PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE B; PPIB
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 876
    Celera Transcript: hCT24543.4
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1371(190-203) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 205
    Public Protein Accession: P02675
    Protein Name: Fibrinogen beta chain precursor [Contains: Fibrinopeptide B]
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 877
    Public Transcript Accession: M64983
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1475(224-238) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 206
    Celera Protein: hCP1913231
    Celera Gene: hCG2026446
    OMIM number: 134830
    OMIM Information: FIBRINO:GEN, B BETA POLYPEPTIDE; FGB
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 878
    Celera Transcript: hCT2347980
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1475(124-138) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 207
    Celera Protein: hCP1887949
    Celera Gene: hCG2026446
    OMIM number: 134830
    OMIM Information: FIBRINO:GEN, B BETA POLYPEPTIDE; FGB
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 879
    Celera Transcript: hCT2325438.1
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 208
    Celera Protein: hCP1887947
    Celera Gene: hCG2026446
    OMIM number: 134830
    OMIM Information: FIBRINO:GEN, B BETA POLYPEPTIDE; FGB
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 880
    Celera Transcript: hCT2325436
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1475(224-238) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 209
    Celera Protein: hCP1913227
    Celera Gene: hCG2026446
    OMIM number: 134830
    OMIM Information: FIBRINO:GEN, B BETA POLYPEPTIDE; FGB
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 881
    Celera Transcript: hCT2347979
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1475(77-91) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 210
    Celera Protein: hCP1887950.1
    Celera Gene: hCG2026446
    OMIM number: 134830
    OMIM Information: FIBRINO:GEN, B BETA POLYPEPTIDE; FGB
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 882
    Celera Transcript: hCT2325437.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1475(193-207) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 211
    Celera Protein: hCP1913228
    Celera Gene: hCG2026446
    OMIM number: 134830
    OMIM Information: FIBRINO:GEN, B BETA POLYPEPTIDE; FGB
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 883
    Celera Transcript: hCT2347978
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1475(77-91) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 212
    Celera Protein: hCP1887948.1
    Celera Gene: hCG2026446
    OMIM number: 134830
    OMIM Information: FIBRINO:GEN, B BETA POLYPEPTIDE; FGB
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 884
    Celera Transcript: hCT2325435.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1475(165-179) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 213
    Public Protein Accession: NP_005132.1
    Protein Name: fibrinogen, beta chain preproprotein sapiens+
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 885
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_005141
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 214
    Celera Protein: hCP1913232
    Celera Gene: hCG2026446
    OMIM number: 134830
    OMIM Information: FIBRINO:GEN, B BETA POLYPEPTIDE; FGB
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 886
    Celera Transcript: hCT2347981
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1475(224-238) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 215
    Celera Protein: hCP1913229
    Celera Gene: hCG2026446
    OMIM number: 134830
    OMIM Information: FIBRINO:GEN, B BETA POLYPEPTIDE; FGB
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 887
    Celera Transcript: hCT2347977
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1475(190-204) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 216
    Celera Protein: hCP1783141
    Celera Gene: hCG28148.4
    OMIM number: 185630
    OMIM Information: SURFEIT 2; SURF2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 888
    Celera Transcript: hCT1971125.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1429(114-126) Tissue AS210, ratio = 6.5
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 217
    Public Protein Accession: O15260
    Protein Name: Surfeit locus protein 4
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 889
    Public Transcript Accession: BC018741
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1429(30-42) Tissue AS210, ratio = 6.5
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 218
    Public Protein Accession: XP_372178.1
    Protein Name: similar to Surfeit locus protein 4 sapiens+
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1429(94-106) Tissue AS210, ratio = 6.5
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 219
    Celera Protein: hCP43628
    Celera Gene: hCG28148.4
    OMIM number: 185630
    OMIM Information: SURFEIT 2; SURF2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 890
    Celera Transcript: hCT19294.3
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1429(30-42) Tissue AS210, ratio = 6.5
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 220
    Celera Protein: hCP1783145
    Celera Gene: hCG28148.4
    OMIM number: 185630
    OMIM Information: SURFEIT 2; SURF2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 891
    Celera Transcript: hCT1971129.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1429(51-63) Tissue AS210, ratio = 6.5
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 221
    Celera Protein: hCP1799481
    Celera Gene: hCG22206.2
    OMIM number: 125240
    OMIM Information: DECAY-ACCELERATING FACTOR FOR COMPLEMENT; DAF
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 892
    Celera Transcript: hCT2262673
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1457(78-84) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 222
    Celera Protein: hCP1799482
    Celera Gene: hCG22206.2
    OMIM number: 125240
    OMIM Information: DECAY-ACCELERATING FACTOR FOR COMPLEMENT; DAF
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 893
    Celera Transcript: hCT2262675
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 223
    Celera Protein: hCP39714.2
    Celera Gene: hCG22206.2
    OMIM number: 125240
    OMIM Information: DECAY-ACCELERATING FACTOR FOR COMPLEMENT; DAF
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 894
    Celera Transcript: hCT13299.2
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1457(96-102) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 224
    Celera Protein: hCP1799476
    Celera Gene: hCG22206.2
    OMIM number: 125240
    OMIM Information: DECAY-ACCELERATING FACTOR FOR COMPLEMENT; DAF
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 895
    Celera Transcript: hCT2262667
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1457(78-84) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 225
    Celera Protein: hCP1799477
    Celera Gene: hCG22206.2
    OMIM number: 125240
    OMIM Information: DECAY-ACCELERATING FACTOR FOR COMPLEMENT; DAF
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 896
    Celera Transcript: hCT2262672
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1457(96-102) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 226
    Celera Protein: hCP1799478
    Celera Gene: hCG22206.2
    OMIM number: 125240
    OMIM Information: DECAY-ACCELERATING FACTOR FOR COMPLEMENT; DAF
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 897
    Celera Transcript: hCT2262668
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1457(78-84) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 227
    Public Protein Accession: P08174
    Protein Name: Complement decay-accCelerating factor precursor (CD55 antigen)
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 228
    Celera Protein: hCP1799473
    Celera Gene: hCG22206.2
    OMIM number: 125240
    OMIM Information: DECAY-ACCELERATING FACTOR FOR COMPLEMENT; DAF
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 898
    Celera Transcript: hCT2262674
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1457(96-102) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 229
    Celera Protein: hCP1799480
    Celera Gene: hCG22206.2
    OMIM number: 125240
    OMIM Information: DECAY-ACCELERATING FACTOR FOR COMPLEMENT; DAF
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 899
    Celera Transcript: hCT2262670
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 230
    Celera Protein: hCP1799479
    Celera Gene: hCG22206.2
    OMIM number: 125240
    OMIM Information: DECAY-ACCELERATING FACTOR FOR COMPLEMENT; DAF
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 900
    Celera Transcript: hCT2262669
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 231
    Celera Protein: hCP1799475
    Celera Gene: hCG22206.2
    OMIM number: 125240
    OMIM Information: DECAY-ACCELERATING FACTOR FOR COMPLEMENT; DAF
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 901
    Celera Transcript: hCT2262666
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1457(78-84) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 232
    Celera Protein: hCP49036.2
    Celera Gene: hCG39152.2
    OMIM number: 114070
    OMIM Information: ANNEXIN A6; ANXA6
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 902
    Celera Transcript: hCT30398.3
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 233
    Celera Protein: hCP1894239
    Celera Gene: hCG39152.2
    OMIM number: 114070
    OMIM Information: ANNEXIN A6; ANXA6
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 903
    Celera Transcript: hCT2253169
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 234
    Public Protein Accession: NP_004024.1
    Protein Name: annexin VI isoform 2; annexin VI (p68); calcium-binding
    protein p68; calphobindin II; calelectrin sapiens+
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 904
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_004033
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 235
    Celera Protein: hCP1894241
    Celera Gene: hCG39152.2
    OMIM number: 114070
    OMIM Information: ANNEXIN A6; ANXA6
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 905
    Celera Transcript: hCT2253168
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1358(113-121) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 236
    Public Protein Accession: P08133
    Protein Name: Annexin VI (Lipocortin VI) (P68) (P70) (Protein III)
    (Chromobindin 20) (67 kDa calelectrin) (Calphobindin-II) (CPB-II)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 906
    Public Transcript Accession: D00510
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1358(112-120) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 237
    Celera Protein: hCP1873931
    Celera Gene: hCG1985937
    OMIM number: 114217
    OMIM Information: CALNEXIN; CANX
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 907
    Celera Transcript: hCT2261071
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 238
    Public Protein Accession: P27824
    Protein Name: Calnexin precursor (Major histocompatibility complex
    class I antigen-binding protein p88) (p90) (IP90)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 908
    Public Transcript Accession: AJ271880
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 239
    Celera Protein: hCP1873932
    Celera Gene: hCG1985937
    OMIM number: 114217
    OMIM Information: CALNEXIN; CANX
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 909
    Celera Transcript: hCT2261070
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1438(134-165) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 240
    Celera Protein: hCP1880643
    Celera Gene: hCG2016483
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 910
    Celera Transcript: hCT2309390
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 241
    Public Protein Accession: Q15185
    Protein Name: Amino acid sequence of a human prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) synthase
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 911
    Public Transcript Accession: L24804
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1406(48-64) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 242
    Celera Protein: hCP1880644
    Celera Gene: hCG2016483
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 912
    Celera Transcript: hCT2309391
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1406(52-68) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 243
    Celera Protein: hCP1880641
    Celera Gene: hCG2016483
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 913
    Celera Transcript: hCT2309388
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 244
    Celera Protein: hCP1880645
    Celera Gene: hCG2016483
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 914
    Celera Transcript: hCT2309389
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1406(48-64) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 245
    Celera Protein: hCP1795110
    Celera Gene: hCG18559.3
    OMIM number: 600181
    OMIM Information: LIPOCALIN 2; LCN2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 915
    Celera Transcript: hCT2317808
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1472(150-166) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1466(226-246) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 246
    Celera Protein: hCP36745.1
    Celera Gene: hCG18559.3
    OMIM number: 600181
    OMIM Information: LIPOCALIN 2; LCN2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 916
    Celera Transcript: hCT9618.3
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1472(101-117) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1466(177-197) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 247
    Celera Protein: hCP1795108
    Celera Gene: hCG18559.3
    OMIM number: 600181
    OMIM Information: LIPOCALIN 2; LCN2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 917
    Celera Transcript: hCT2317810
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 248
    Public Protein Accession: NP_005555.1
    Protein Name: Human ovarian cancer marker OV37
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 918
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_005564
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1472(101-117) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 249
    Celera Protein: hCP1795107
    Celera Gene: hCG18559.3
    OMIM number: 600181
    OMIM Information: LIPOCALIN 2; LCN2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 919
    Celera Transcript: hCT2317805
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1472(150-166) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 250
    Public Protein Accession: P80188
    Protein Name: Human neutrophil gelatinase associated protein (NGAL)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 920
    Public Transcript Accession: BC033089
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1472(101-117) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1466(177-197) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 251
    Public Protein Accession: NP_872271.1
    Protein Name: pyruvate kinase 3 isoform 2; thyroid hormone-binding
    protein, cytosolic; PK, muscle type; OPA-interacting protein 3 sapiens+
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 921
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_182471
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1396(467-474) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 252
    Celera Protein: hCP1879418
    Celera Gene: hCG2005199
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 922
    Celera Transcript: hCT2291827
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1396(502-509) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 253
    Celera Protein: hCP1879415
    Celera Gene: hCG2005199
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 923
    Celera Transcript: hCT2291828
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1396(467-474) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 254
    Celera Protein: hCP1879417
    Celera Gene: hCG2005199
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 924
    Celera Transcript: hCT2291830
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1396(488-495) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 255
    Public Protein Accession: NP_002645.1
    Protein Name: Pyruvate kinase
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 925
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_002654
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 256
    Celera Protein: hCP1879419
    Celera Gene: hCG2005199
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 926
    Celera Transcript: hCT2291824
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1396(467-474) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 257
    Public Protein Accession: P14786
    Protein Name: Pyruvate kinase, M2 isozyme (EC 2.7.1.40)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 927
    Public Transcript Accession: M23725
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1396(466-473) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 258
    Celera Protein: hCP1879421
    Celera Gene: hCG2005199
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 928
    Celera Transcript: hCT2291825
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1396(138-145) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 259
    Public Protein Accession: P14618
    Protein Name: Pyruvate kinase, M1 isozyme (EC 2.7.1.40) (Pyruvate
    kinase muscle isozyme) (Cytosolic thyroid hormone-binding protein) (CTHBP) (THBP1)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 929
    Public Transcript Accession: BC007640
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1396(466-473) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 260
    Celera Protein: hCP1761383
    Celera Gene: hCG1810977.1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 930
    Celera Transcript: hCT1950961.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1396(85-92) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 261
    Celera Protein: hCP1879420
    Celera Gene: hCG2005199
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 931
    Celera Transcript: hCT2291829
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1396(138-145) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 262
    Celera Protein: hCP1911332
    Celera Gene: hCG2041113
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 932
    Celera Transcript: hCT2346344
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1396(5-12) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 263
    Celera Protein: hCP39579.2
    Celera Gene: hCG22111.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 933
    Celera Transcript: hCT13204.3
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1396(18-25) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 264
    Public Protein Accession: Q9NZ08
    Protein Name: Adipocyte-derived leucine aminopeptidase precursor (EC 3.4.11.-)
    (A- LAP) (ARTS-1) (Aminopeptidase PILS) (Puromycin-insensitive leucyl-
    specific aminopeptidase) (PILS-AP) (Type 1 tumor necrosis factor receptor
    shedding aminopeptidase regulator)
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1392(428-436) Tissue AS210, ratio = 2.9
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 265
    Celera Protein: hCP1807285
    Celera Gene: hCG1735555.1
    OMIM number: 114090
    OMIM Information: CALPASTATIN; CAST
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 934
    Celera Transcript: hCT2309745
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 266
    Celera Protein: hCP1731110.1
    Celera Gene: hCG1735555.1
    OMIM number: 114090
    OMIM Information: CALPASTATIN; CAST
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 935
    Celera Transcript: hCT1773556.1
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 267
    Celera Protein: hCP1731124.1
    Celera Gene: hCG1735555.1
    OMIM number: 114090
    OMIM Information: CALPASTATIN; CAST
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 936
    Celera Transcript: hCT1773554.1
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 268
    Public Protein Accession: NP_057526.2
    Protein Name: type 1 tumor necrosis factor receptor shedding aminopeptidase
    regulator; adipocyte-derived leucine aminopeptidase; aminopeptidase PILS sapiens+
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 937
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_016442
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1392(440-448) Tissue AS210, ratio = 2.9
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 269
    Celera Protein: hCP38708.2
    Celera Gene: hCG21109.3
    OMIM number: 602950
    OMIM Information: HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN
    METHYLTRANSFERASE 1-LIKE 2; HRMT1L2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 938
    Celera Transcript: hCT12195.3
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1456(243-252) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1482(261-275) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1488(113-127) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 270
    Celera Protein: hCP1771483
    Celera Gene: hCG21109.3
    OMIM number: 602950
    OMIM Information: HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN
    METHYLTRANSFERASE 1-LIKE 2; HRMT1L2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 939
    Celera Transcript: hCT1960270.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1456(225-234) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1482(243-257) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1488(95-109) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 271
    Public Protein Accession: NP_001527.1
    Protein Name: Human expressed protein tag (EPT) #1256
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 940
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_001536
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1456(232-241) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1482(250-264) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 272
    Celera Protein: hCP1771486
    Celera Gene: hCG21109.3
    OMIM number: 602950
    OMIM Information: HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN
    METHYLTRANSFERASE 1-LIKE 2; HRMT1L2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 941
    Celera Transcript: hCT1960269.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1456(220-229) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1482(238-252) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1488(90-104) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 273
    Celera Protein: hCP1858945
    Celera Gene: hCG21109.3
    OMIM number: 602950
    OMIM Information: HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR
    RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN METHYLTRANSFERASE 1-LIKE 2; HRMT1L2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 942
    Celera Transcript: hCT2280009
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1456(222-231) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1482(240-254) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1488(92-106) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 274
    Celera Protein: hCP51463.2
    Celera Gene: hCG41587.2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 943
    Celera Transcript: hCT32859.2
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1456(77-86) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1482(95-109) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 275
    Public Protein Accession: Q99873
    Protein Name: Human expressed protein tag (EPT) #1257
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 944
    Public Transcript Accession: Y10806
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1456(233-242) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1482(251-265) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 276
    Celera Protein: hCP1734921.1
    Celera Gene: hCG1778022.2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 945
    Celera Transcript: hCT1816776.1
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 277
    Public Protein Accession: NP_055545.1 Q14165
    Protein Name: Hypothetical protein KIAA0152
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 946
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_014730
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 278
    Celera Protein: hCP1765089.1
    Celera Gene: hCG1778022.2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 947
    Celera Transcript: hCT1955412.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1481(204-219) Tissue AS210, ratio = 4.2
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 279
    Celera Protein: hCP37167.2
    Celera Gene: hCG19001.3
    OMIM number: 140572
    OMIM Information: HEAT-SHOCK 90-KD PROTEIN 1, BETA; HSPCB
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 948
    Celera Transcript: hCT10066.3
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1339(557-564) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 280
    Celera Protein: hCP1604769.3
    Celera Gene: hCG1641272.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 949
    Celera Transcript: hCT1641399.2
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1339(5-12) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 281
    Celera Protein: hCP1853519
    Celera Gene: hCG19001.3
    OMIM number: 140572
    OMIM Information: HEAT-SHOCK 90-KD PROTEIN 1, BETA; HSPCB
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 950
    Celera Transcript: hCT2285894.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1339(557-564) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 282
    Public Protein Accession: P08238
    Protein Name: Heat shock protein HSP 90-beta (HSP 84) (HSP 90)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 951
    Public Transcript Accession: BC014485
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1339(556-563) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 283
    Celera Protein: hCP1907792
    Celera Gene: hCG2036899
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 952
    Celera Transcript: hCT2341208
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1339(5-12) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 284
    Public Protein Accession: P11479
    Protein Name: Human defensin 1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 953
    Public Transcript Accession: M21130
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 285
    Public Protein Accession: NP_005208.1 P59666
    Protein Name: Neutrophil defensin 3 precursor (HNP-3) (HP-3) (HP3) (Defensin,
    alpha 3) [Contains: HP 3-56; Neutrophil defensin 2 (HNP-2) (HP-2) (HP2)]
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 954
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_005217
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1496(79-87) Tissue AS210, ratio = 21.2
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1418(69-77) Tissue AS210, ratio = 6.7
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 286
    Celera Protein: hCP1781379
    Celera Gene: hCG19171.3
    OMIM number: 147556
    OMIM Information: INTEGRIN, ALPHA-6; ITGA6
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 955
    Celera Transcript: hCT1965781.1
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 287
    Celera Protein: hCP37078.2
    Celera Gene: hCG19171.3
    OMIM number: 147556
    OMIM Information: INTEGRIN, ALPHA-6; ITGA6
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 956
    Celera Transcript: hCT10236.3
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 288
    Celera Protein: hCP1691397.2
    Celera Gene: hCG19171.3
    OMIM number: 147556
    OMIM Information: INTEGRIN, ALPHA-6; ITGA6
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 957
    Celera Transcript: hCT1687205.4
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 289
    Public Protein Accession: P23229
    Protein Name: Human expressed protein tag (EPT) #939
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 290
    Public Protein Accession: NP_000201.1
    Protein Name: Human alpha6 integrin protein
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 958
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_000210
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1473(79-90) Tissue AS210, ratio = 2.4
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 291
    Celera Protein: hCP1789007
    Celera Gene: hCG27538.2
    OMIM number: 147557
    OMIM Information: INTEGRIN, BETA-4; ITGB4
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 959
    Celera Transcript: hCT2262896
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 292
    Celera Protein: hCP1789003
    Celera Gene: hCG27538.2
    OMIM number: 147557
    OMIM Information: INTEGRIN, BETA-4; ITGB4
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 960
    Celera Transcript: hCT2262903
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 293
    Celera Protein: hCP1789006
    Celera Gene: hCG27538.2
    OMIM number: 147557
    OMIM Information: INTEGRIN, BETA-4; ITGB4
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 961
    Celera Transcript: hCT2262898
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 294
    Celera Protein: hCP1769925
    Celera Gene: hCG27538.2
    OMIM number: 147557
    OMIM Information: INTEGRIN, BETA-4; ITGB4
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 962
    Celera Transcript: hCT1813723.1
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 295
    Public Protein Accession: NP_000204.2
    Protein Name: Beta subunit of integrin cell surface receptor
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 963
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_000213
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 296
    Celera Protein: hCP1789009
    Celera Gene: hCG27538.2
    OMIM number: 147557
    OMIM Information: INTEGRIN, BETA-4; ITGB4
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 964
    Celera Transcript: hCT2262904
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 297
    Celera Protein: hCP1789008
    Celera Gene: hCG27538.2
    OMIM number: 147557
    OMIM Information: INTEGRIN, BETA-4; ITGB4
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 965
    Celera Transcript: hCT2262901
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 298
    Celera Protein: hCP1769924
    Celera Gene: hCG27538.2
    OMIM number: 147557
    OMIM Information: INTEGRIN, BETA-4; ITGB4
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 966
    Celera Transcript: hCT1813724.1
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 299
    Celera Protein: hCP43087.2
    Celera Gene: hCG27538.2
    OMIM number: 147557
    OMIM Information: INTEGRIN, BETA-4; ITGB4
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 967
    Celera Transcript: hCT18677.2
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 300
    Public Protein Accession: P16144
    Protein Name: Integrin beta-4 precursor (GP150) (CD104 antigen)
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 301
    Celera Protein: hCP1789004
    Celera Gene: hCG27538.2
    OMIM number: 147557
    OMIM Information: INTEGRIN, BETA-4; ITGB4
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 968
    Celera Transcript: hCT2262900
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1340(413-430) Tissue AS210, ratio = 3.2
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 302
    Public Protein Accession: P21912
    Protein Name: Succinate dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] iron-sulfur
    protein mitochondrial precursor (EC 1.3.5.1) (Ip) (Iron-sulfur subunit of complex II)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 969
    Public Transcript Accession: BC007840
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1353(67-77) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 303
    Celera Protein: hCP1765659.1
    Celera Gene: hCG25123.2
    OMIM number: 185470
    OMIM Information: SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX,
    SUBUNIT B, IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; SDHB
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 970
    Celera Transcript: hCT1955045.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1353(10-20) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 304
    Celera Protein: hCP42056.2
    Celera Gene: hCG25123.2
    OMIM number: 185470
    OMIM Information: SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX,
    SUBUNIT B, IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; SDHB
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 971
    Celera Transcript: hCT16247.2
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1353(67-77) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 305
    Celera Protein: hCP39515.2
    Celera Gene: hCG22033.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 972
    Celera Transcript: hCT13126.3
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1471(289-312) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 306
    Celera Protein: hCP1779051.1
    Celera Gene: hCG22033.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 973
    Celera Transcript: hCT1964369.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1471(108-131) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 307
    Public Protein Accession: NP_005733.1 Q15084
    Protein Name: Protein disulfide isomerase A6 precursor (EC 5.3.4.1)
    (Protein disulfide isomerase P5)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 974
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_005742
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1471(289-312) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 308
    Public Protein Accession: NP_067050.1
    Protein Name: DC2 (Hydrophobic protein HSF-28) (Hypothetical protein)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 975
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_021227
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 309
    Celera Protein: hCP1762298.1
    Celera Gene: hCG21075.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 976
    Celera Transcript: hCT1952232.1
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 310
    Celera Protein: hCP38649.2
    Celera Gene: hCG21075.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 977
    Celera Transcript: hCT12161.3
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1491(6-17) Tissue AS210, ratio = 5.6
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 311
    Celera Protein: hCP1783149.1
    Celera Gene: hCG93874.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 978
    Celera Transcript: hCT1971258.1
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 312
    Public Protein Accession: Q9Y5L3
    Protein Name: Ectonucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase 2
    (EC 3.6.1.3) (NTPDase2) (Ecto-ATPase) (CD39 antigen-like 1)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 979
    Public Transcript Accession: AF144748
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 313
    Celera Protein: hCP201394.2
    Celera Gene: hCG93874.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 980
    Celera Transcript: hCT85173.3
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1434(251-267) Tissue AS210, ratio = 3.7
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 314
    Celera Protein: hCP1778449.1
    Celera Gene: hCG14620.4
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 981
    Celera Transcript: hCT1963109.1
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 315
    Celera Protein: hCP33245.2
    Celera Gene: hCG14620.4
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 982
    Celera Transcript: hCT5641.3
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1500(161-173) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 316
    Celera Protein: hCP1778443.1
    Celera Gene: hCG14620.4
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 983
    Celera Transcript: hCT1963108.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1500(195-207) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 317
    Public Protein Accession: NP_006401.2
    Protein Name: Tat-interacting protein (30kD) (HIV-1 Tat interactive protein 2, 30 kDa)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 984
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_006410
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1500(161-173) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 318
    Celera Protein: hCP1888125
    Celera Gene: hCG16144.2
    OMIM number: 103220
    OMIM Information: SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 25, MEMBER 4; SLC25A4
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 985
    Celera Transcript: hCT2324385
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 319
    Celera Protein: hCP33603.2
    Celera Gene: hCG16144.2
    OMIM number: 103220
    OMIM Information: SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 25, MEMBER 4; SLC25A4
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 986
    Celera Transcript: hCT7175.2
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1374(152-162) Tissue NS216, ratio = 3.0
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 320
    Public Protein Accession: NP_001142.1
    Protein Name: solute carrier family 25 (mitochondrial carrier; adenine nucleotide
    translocator), member 4; adenine nucleotide translocator 1 (skeletal muscle) sapiens+
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 987
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_001151
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1374(151-161) Tissue NS216, ratio = 3.0
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 321
    Public Protein Accession: P12235
    Protein Name: ADP,ATP carrier protein, heart/skeletal muscle isoform T1 (ADP/ATP
    translocase 1) (Adenine nucleotide translocator 1) (ANT 1)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 988
    Public Transcript Accession: BC008664
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1374(152-162) Tissue NS216, ratio = 3.0
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 322
    Public Protein Accession: P01861
    Protein Name: Human Ig-G4 heavy chain constant region amino acid sequence
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1453(240-249) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 323
    Public Protein Accession: NP_940924.1
    Protein Name: FLJ27099 protein sapiens+
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 989
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_198522
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1453(385-394) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 324
    Public Protein Accession: P01859
    Protein Name: Human Ig-G2 heavy chain constant region amino acid sequence
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1453(239-248) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 325
    Public Protein Accession: P01860
    Protein Name: Ig gamma-3 chain C region (Heavy chain disease protein) (HDC)
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1453(203-212) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 326
    Celera Protein: hCP1868274
    Celera Gene: hCG2038936
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 990
    Celera Transcript: hCT2330789.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1453(289-298) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 327
    Celera Protein: hCP1850002
    Celera Gene: hCG2003479
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 991
    Celera Transcript: hCT2288987
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1453(109-118) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 328
    Public Protein Accession: XP_370784.1
    Protein Name: FLJ27099 protein sapiens+
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1453(273-282) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 329
    Public Protein Accession: P01857
    Protein Name: Human Ig-gamma1 heavy chain constant region amino acid sequence
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1453(243-252) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 330
    Celera Protein: hCP1868284
    Celera Gene: hCG2029987.1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 992
    Celera Transcript: hCT2330790.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1453(242-251) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 331
    Celera Protein: hCP1802459
    Celera Gene: hCG1996846
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 993
    Celera Transcript: hCT2278076
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 332
    Public Protein Accession: XP_056681.4
    Protein Name: similar to ribosomal protein L14; 60S ribosomal protein L14 sapiens+
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 994
    Public Transcript Accession: XM_056681
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1359(53-62) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 333
    Public Protein Accession: P50914
    Protein Name: 60S ribosomal protein L14 (CAG-ISL 7)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 995
    Public Transcript Accession: U16738
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1359(52-61) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 334
    Celera Protein: hCP1881997
    Celera Gene: hCG2014475
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 996
    Celera Transcript: hCT2306170
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1359(53-62) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 335
    Celera Protein: hCP1802460
    Celera Gene: hCG1996846
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 997
    Celera Transcript: hCT2278075
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1359(4-13) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 336
    Celera Protein: hCP1723902.2
    Public Protein Accession: XP_210424.1
    Celera Gene: hCG1782438.2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 998
    Celera Transcript: hCT1821349.2
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1359(53-62) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 337
    Celera Protein: hCP1791180
    Celera Gene: hCG1990887
    OMIM number: 116810
    OMIM Information: CATHEPSIN B; CTSB
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 999
    Celera Transcript: hCT2268496
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 338
    Celera Protein: hCP1791179
    Celera Gene: hCG1990887
    OMIM number: 116810
    OMIM Information: CATHEPSIN B; CTSB
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1000
    Celera Transcript: hCT2268500
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 339
    Public Protein Accession: NP_001899.1
    Protein Name: cathepsin B preproprotein; APP secretase; preprocathepsin B;
    cathepsin B1; amyloid precursor protein secretase sapiens+
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1001
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_001908
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 340
    Public Protein Accession: P07858
    Protein Name: Cathepsin B precursor (EC 3.4.22.1) (Cathepsin B1) (APP secretase) (APPS)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1002
    Public Transcript Accession: M14221
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 341
    Celera Protein: hCP1791183
    Celera Gene: hCG1990887
    OMIM number: 116810
    OMIM Information: CATHEPSIN B; CTSB
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1003
    Celera Transcript: hCT2268491
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 342
    Celera Protein: hCP1791181
    Celera Gene: hCG1990887
    OMIM number: 116810
    OMIM Information: CATHEPSIN B; CTSB
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1004
    Celera Transcript: hCT2268494
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 343
    Celera Protein: hCP1791175
    Celera Gene: hCG1990887
    OMIM number: 116810
    OMIM Information: CATHEPSIN B; CTSB
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1005
    Celera Transcript: hCT2268497
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 344
    Celera Protein: hCP1791176
    Celera Gene: hCG1990887
    OMIM number: 116810
    OMIM Information: CATHEPSIN B; CTSB
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1006
    Celera Transcript: hCT2268502
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 345
    Celera Protein: hCP1791177
    Celera Gene: hCG1990887
    OMIM number: 116810
    OMIM Information: CATHEPSIN B; CTSB
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1007
    Celera Transcript: hCT2268493
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1398(314-330) Tissue NS216, ratio = 6.3
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 346
    Celera Protein: hCP1864893
    Celera Gene: hCG40242.3
    OMIM number: 116940
    OMIM Information: CELL DIVISION CYCLE 2, G1 TO S AND G2 TO M; CDC2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1008
    Celera Transcript: hCT2321999
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 347
    Celera Protein: hCP1864892
    Celera Gene: hCG40242.3
    OMIM number: 116940
    OMIM Information: CELL DIVISION CYCLE 2, G1 TO S AND G2 TO M; CDC2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1009
    Celera Transcript: hCT2322001
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 348
    Celera Protein: hCP1762572
    Celera Gene: hCG40242.3
    OMIM number: 116940
    OMIM Information: CELL DIVISION CYCLE 2, G1 TO S AND G2 TO M; CDC2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1010
    Celera Transcript: hCT1957622.1
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 349
    Celera Protein: hCP1864888
    Celera Gene: hCG40242.3
    OMIM number: 116940
    OMIM Information: CELL DIVISION CYCLE 2, G1 TO S AND G2 TO M; CDC2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1011
    Celera Transcript: hCT2321996
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 350
    Celera Protein: hCP1864887
    Celera Gene: hCG40242.3
    OMIM number: 116940
    OMIM Information: CELL DIVISION CYCLE 2, G1 TO S AND G2 TO M; CDC2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1012
    Celera Transcript: hCT2321995
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1440(25-49) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 351
    Celera Protein: hCP1880347
    Celera Gene: hCG25004.3
    OMIM number: 601734
    OMIM Information: SWI/SNF-RELATED, MATRIX-ASSOCIATED, ACTIN-
    DEPENDENT REGULATOR OF CHROMATIN, SUBFAMILY C, MEMBER 2; SMARCC2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1013
    Celera Transcript: hCT2308914
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1477(630-640) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 352
    Public Protein Accession: NP_003065.2
    Protein Name: SWI/SNF-related matrix-associated actin-dependent regulator of chromatin c1;
    mammalian chromatin remodeling complex BRG1-associated factor 155; chromatin remodeling
    complex BAF155 subunit; SWI/SNF complex 155 kDa subunit sapiens+
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1014
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_003074
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1477(652-662) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 353
    Celera Protein: hCP33226.5
    Celera Gene: hCG14847.3
    OMIM number: 601732
    OMIM Information: SWI/SNF-RELATED, MATRIX-ASSOCIATED, ACTIN-DEPENDENT
    REGULATOR OF CHROMATIN, SUBFAMILY C, MEMBER 1; SMARCC1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1015
    Celera Transcript: hCT5868.5
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1477(430-440) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 354
    Celera Protein: hCP1908054
    Celera Gene: hCG14847.3
    OMIM number: 601732
    OMIM Information: SWI/SNF-RELATED, MATRIX-ASSOCIATED, ACTIN-DEPENDENT
    REGULATOR OF CHROMATIN, SUBFAMILY C, MEMBER 1; SMARCC1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1016
    Celera Transcript: hCT2343348
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1477(314-324) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 355
    Celera Protein: hCP42006.3
    Celera Gene: hCG25004.3
    OMIM number: 601734
    OMIM Information: SWI/SNF-RELATED, MATRIX-ASSOCIATED, ACTIN-DEPENDENT
    REGULATOR OF CHROMATIN, SUBFAMILY C, MEMBER 2; SMARCC2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1017
    Celera Transcript: hCT16125.3
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1477(630-640) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 356
    Public Protein Accession: NP_620706.1
    Protein Name: SWI/SNF-related matrix-associated actin-dependent regulator of chromatin c2
    isoform b; mammalian chromatin remodeling complex BRG1-associated factor 170; chromatin
    remodeling complex BAF170 subunit; SWI3-like protein; SWI/SNF complex 170 kDa
    subunit sapiens+
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1018
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_139067
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 357
    Celera Protein: hCP1880348
    Celera Gene: hCG25004.3
    OMIM number: 601734
    OMIM Information: SWI/SNF-RELATED, MATRIX-ASSOCIATED, ACTIN-DEPENDENT
    REGULATOR OF CHROMATIN, SUBFAMILY C, MEMBER 2; SMARCC2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1019
    Celera Transcript: hCT2308912
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1477(661-671) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 358
    Celera Protein: hCP1796151
    Celera Gene: hCG30330.2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1020
    Celera Transcript: hCT2317294
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1397(77-92) Tissue AS210, ratio = 10.9
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 359
    Public Protein Accession: P27105
    Protein Name: Erythrocyte band 7 integral membrane protein (Stomatin) (Protein 7.2B)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1021
    Public Transcript Accession: X60067
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1397(76-91) Tissue AS210, ratio = 10.9
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 360
    Celera Protein: hCP44840
    Celera Gene: hCG30330.2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1022
    Celera Transcript: hCT21501.2
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1397(77-92) Tissue AS210, ratio = 10.9
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 361
    Celera Protein: hCP1796147
    Celera Gene: hCG30330.2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1023
    Celera Transcript: hCT2317293
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1397(75-90) Tissue AS210, ratio = 10.9
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 362
    Celera Protein: hCP1796148
    Celera Gene: hCG30330.2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1024
    Celera Transcript: hCT2317292
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1397(26-41) Tissue AS210, ratio = 10.9
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 363
    Public Protein Accession: P30101
    Protein Name: Protein disulfide isomerase A3 precursor (EC 5.3.4.1) (Disulfide isomerase
    ER-60) (ERp60) (58 kDa microsomal protein) (p58) (ERp57) (58 kDa glucose regulated protein)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1025
    Public Transcript Accession: U42068
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 364
    Celera Protein: hCP37880.3
    Celera Gene: hCG19430.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1026
    Celera Transcript: hCT10500.3
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 365
    Celera Protein: hCP47906.2
    Celera Gene: hCG38001.3
    OMIM number: 602046
    OMIM Information: GLUCOSE-REGULATED PROTEIN, 58-KD; GRP58
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1027
    Celera Transcript: hCT29238.3
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1424(233-251) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 366
    Celera Protein: hCP1805982
    Celera Gene: hCG1999081
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1028
    Celera Transcript: hCT2281675
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1395(22-41) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 367
    Celera Protein: hCP1792760
    Celera Gene: hCG30697.2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1029
    Celera Transcript: hCT2287862
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1367(757-773) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1419(427-436) Tissue AS210, ratio = 5.7
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1414(733-745) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1384(636-653) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1486(688-701) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1452(336-345) Tissue AS210, ratio = >10.0
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 368
    Celera Protein: hCP1766211.1
    Celera Gene: hCG30697.2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1030
    Celera Transcript: hCT1952714.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1367(55-71) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1414(31-43) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 369
    Celera Protein: hCP1792761
    Celera Gene: hCG30697.2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1031
    Celera Transcript: hCT2287858
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1367(772-788) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1419(442-451) Tissue AS210, ratio = 5.7
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1414(748-760) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1384(651-668) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1486(703-716) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1452(351-360) Tissue AS210, ratio = >10.0
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 370
    Celera Protein: hCP44926.2
    Celera Gene: hCG30697.2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1032
    Celera Transcript: hCT21872.2
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 371
    Public Protein Accession: P05164
    Protein Name: Myeloperoxidase
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1033
    Public Transcript Accession: S56200
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1367(725-741) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1419(395-404) Tissue AS210, ratio = 5.7
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1414(701-713) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1384(604-621) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1486(656-669) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1452(304-313) Tissue AS210, ratio = >10.0
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 372
    Celera Protein: hCP1767303.1
    Celera Gene: hCG37798.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1034
    Celera Transcript: hCT1951559.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1499(2-15) Tissue AS210, ratio = 5
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 373
    Celera Protein: hCP47741.2
    Celera Gene: hCG37798.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1035
    Celera Transcript: hCT29032.3
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 374
    Public Protein Accession: P05026
    Protein Name: Sodium/potassium-transporting ATPase beta-1 chain (Sodium/
    potassium- dependent ATPase beta-1 subunit)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1036
    Public Transcript Accession: BC000006
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1499(203-216) Tissue AS210, ratio = 5
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 375
    Celera Protein: hCP44839.3
    Celera Gene: hCG27454.4
    OMIM number: 137350
    OMIM Information: GELSOLIN; GSN
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1037
    Celera Transcript: hCT18594.4
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 376
    Public Protein Accession: NP_937895.1
    Protein Name: gelsolin isoform b; Gelsolin sapiens+
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1038
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_198252
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1462(276-286) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 377
    Celera Protein: hCP1752434.2
    Celera Gene: hCG27454.4
    OMIM number: 137350
    OMIM Information: GELSOLIN; GSN
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1039
    Celera Transcript: hCT1951162.2
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1462(287-297) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 378
    Celera Protein: hCP1766686.1
    Celera Gene: hCG27454.4
    OMIM number: 137350
    OMIM Information: GELSOLIN; GSN
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1040
    Celera Transcript: hCT1951161.2
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 379
    Public Protein Accession: P06396
    Protein Name: Human full-length polypeptide sequence #168
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1041
    Public Transcript Accession: BC026033
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1462(327-337) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 380
    Celera Protein: hCP1798074
    Celera Gene: hCG41537.3
    OMIM number: 602362
    OMIM Information: GTPase-ACTIVATING PROTEIN, RAN, 1; RANGAP1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1042
    Celera Transcript: hCT2300933
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1378(296-306) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 381
    Celera Protein: hCP1751630
    Celera Gene: hCG41537.3
    OMIM number: 602362
    OMIM Information: GTPase-ACTIVATING PROTEIN, RAN, 1; RANGAP1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1043
    Celera Transcript: hCT1951580.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1378(351-361) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 382
    Celera Protein: hCP1798073
    Celera Gene: hCG41537.3
    OMIM number: 602362
    OMIM Information: GTPase-ACTIVATING PROTEIN, RAN, 1; RANGAP1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1044
    Celera Transcript: hCT2300931
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 383
    Celera Protein: hCP51425.2
    Celera Gene: hCG41537.3
    OMIM number: 602362
    OMIM Information: GTPase-ACTIVATING PROTEIN, RAN, 1; RANGAP1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1045
    Celera Transcript: hCT32809.3
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 384
    Public Protein Accession: P46060
    Protein Name: Ran GTPase-activating protein 1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1046
    Public Transcript Accession: X82260
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 385
    Celera Protein: hCP1798070
    Celera Gene: hCG41537.3
    OMIM number: 602362
    OMIM Information: GTPase-ACTIVATING PROTEIN, RAN, 1; RANGAP1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1047
    Celera Transcript: hCT2300929
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1378(296-306) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 386
    Celera Protein: hCP1798076
    Celera Gene: hCG41537.3
    OMIM number: 602362
    OMIM Information: GTPase-ACTIVATING PROTEIN, RAN, 1; RANGAP1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1048
    Celera Transcript: hCT2300930
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1378(351-361) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 387
    Public Protein Accession: Q9H1Z3
    Protein Name: Lactotransferrin precursor (Lactoferrin) [Contains:
    Lactoferroxin A Lactoferroxin B; Lactoferroxin C]
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1049
    Public Transcript Accession: U07643
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 388
    Celera Protein: hCP35766.2
    Celera Gene: hCG15323.2
    OMIM number: 150210
    OMIM Information: LACTOTRANSFERRIN; LTF
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1050
    Celera Transcript: hCT6345.2
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 389
    Public Protein Accession: NP_002334.1
    Protein Name: Chronic hepatitis treatment related protein SEQ ID NO: 9
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1051
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_002343
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1364(696-709) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1458(477-484) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 390
    Celera Protein: hCP1880626
    Celera Gene: hCG2016481
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1052
    Celera Transcript: hCT2309382
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1389(47-71) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 391
    Celera Protein: hCP1794544
    Celera Gene: hCG2006386
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1053
    Celera Transcript: hCT2293692
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 392
    Celera Protein: hCP1794545
    Celera Gene: hCG2006386
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1054
    Celera Transcript: hCT2293691
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1492(32-47) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 393
    Celera Protein: hCP1796735
    Celera Gene: hCG1811085.1
    OMIM number: 600899
    OMIM Information: PROTEIN KINASE, DNA-ACTIVATED, CATALYTIC
    SUBUNIT; PRKDC
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1055
    Celera Transcript: hCT2257127
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 394
    Public Protein Accession: NP_008835.5 P78527
    Protein Name: Human expressed protein tag (EPT) #573
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1056
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_006904
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 395
    Celera Protein: hCP1796736
    Celera Gene: hCG1811085.1
    OMIM number: 600899
    OMIM Information: PROTEIN KINASE, DNA-ACTIVATED, CATALYTIC SUBUNIT; PRKDC
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1057
    Celera Transcript: hCT2257125
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 396
    Celera Protein: hCP1858706
    Celera Gene: hCG1983728
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1058
    Celera Transcript: hCT2257641
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 397
    Celera Protein: hCP1765981.1
    Celera Gene: hCG1811085.1
    OMIM number: 600899
    OMIM Information: PROTEIN KINASE, DNA-ACTIVATED, CATALYTIC SUBUNIT; PRKDC
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1059
    Celera Transcript: hCT1951438.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1388(1735-1743) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1356(122-132) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1370(790-800) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1439(216-224) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1467(1119-1135) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 398
    Celera Protein: hCP1861972
    Celera Gene: hCG19377.3
    OMIM number: 604734
    OMIM Information: WD REPEAT-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1; WDR1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1060
    Celera Transcript: hCT2326080
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 399
    Celera Protein: hCP38517.2
    Celera Gene: hCG19377.3
    OMIM number: 604734
    OMIM Information: WD REPEAT-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1; WDR1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1061
    Celera Transcript: hCT10446.3
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 400
    Celera Protein: hCP1861974
    Celera Gene: hCG19377.3
    OMIM number: 604734
    OMIM Information: WD REPEAT-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1; WDR1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1062
    Celera Transcript: hCT2326081
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 401
    Celera Protein: hCP1861973
    Celera Gene: hCG19377.3
    OMIM number: 604734
    OMIM Information: WD REPEAT-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1; WDR1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1063
    Celera Transcript: hCT2326083
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 402
    Public Protein Accession: O75083
    Protein Name: WD-repeat protein 1 (Actin interacting protein 1) (AIP1) (NO:RI-1)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1064
    Public Transcript Accession: AB010427
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1391(190-195) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 403
    Celera Protein: hCP1768777
    Celera Gene: hCG40760.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1065
    Celera Transcript: hCT1816107.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1390(103-121) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 404
    Celera Protein: hCP1884631
    Celera Gene: hCG40760.3
    OMIM number: 603138
    OMIM Information: CULLIN 4B; CUL4B
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1066
    Celera Transcript: hCT2253759
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1390(60-78) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 405
    Celera Protein: hCP1765470.1
    Celera Gene: hCG40760.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1067
    Celera Transcript: hCT1958768.1
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 406
    Public Protein Accession: NP_054779.1
    Protein Name: Multiple COPIES in A T-cell MALIGNANCIES (MCT-1 protein)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1068
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_014060
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1390(103-121) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 407
    Celera Protein: hCP1891797
    Celera Gene: hCG1642477.2
    OMIM number: 114890
    OMIM Information: CARCINO:EMBRYONIC ANTIGEN-RELATED CELL
    ADHESION MOLECULE
    5; CEACAM5
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1069
    Celera Transcript: hCT2275995
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 408
    Public Protein Accession: P06731
    Protein Name: Human CEA protein SEQ ID NO:592
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1070
    Public Transcript Accession: M29540
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 409
    Celera Protein: hCP1605863.2
    Celera Gene: hCG1642477.2
    OMIM number: 114890
    OMIM Information: CARCINO:EMBRYONIC ANTIGEN-RELATED
    CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 5; CEACAM5
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1071
    Celera Transcript: hCT1642604.2
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1352(214-223) Tissue AS210, ratio = 14.5
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1352(214-223) Tissue GW215, ratio = 2.2
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 410
    Celera Protein: hCP1887428
    Celera Gene: hCG18289.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1072
    Celera Transcript: hCT2306462
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 411
    Celera Protein: hCP1887432
    Celera Gene: hCG18289.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1073
    Celera Transcript: hCT2306463
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 412
    Public Protein Accession: Q02218
    Protein Name: 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase E1 component, mitochondrial
    precursor (EC 1.2.4.2) (Alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1074
    Public Transcript Accession: D10523
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 413
    Celera Protein: hCP1887429
    Celera Gene: hCG18289.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1075
    Celera Transcript: hCT2306459
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 414
    Celera Protein: hCP36447.3
    Celera Gene: hCG18289.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1076
    Celera Transcript: hCT9347.3
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1387(797-812) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 415
    Celera Protein: hCP1724291.1
    Celera Gene: hCG1747191.2
    OMIM number: 602389
    OMIM Information: Tu TRANSLATION ELONGATION FACTOR, MITOCHONDRIAL; TUFM
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1077
    Celera Transcript: hCT1785516.1
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 416
    Celera Protein: hCP1761522
    Celera Gene: hCG1747191.2
    OMIM number: 602389
    OMIM Information: Tu TRANSLATION ELONGATION FACTOR, MITOCHONDRIAL; TUFM
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1078
    Celera Transcript: hCT1957071.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1425(288-299) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 417
    Public Protein Accession: P49411
    Protein Name: Elongation factor Tu, mitochondrial precursor (EF-Tu) (P43)
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1425(285-296) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 418
    Public Protein Accession: NP_003312.3
    Protein Name: Tu translation elongation factor, mitochondrial sapiens+
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1079
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_003321
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1425(288-299) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 419
    Celera Protein: hCP1897762
    Celera Gene: hCG2023646
    OMIM number: 601969
    OMIM Information: DELETED IN MALIGNANT BRAIN TUMORS 1; DMBT1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1080
    Celera Transcript: hCT2344988
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1399(120-140) Tissue GW215, ratio = 8.3
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1455(522-536) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 420
    Celera Protein: hCP1910273
    Celera Gene: hCG2040006
    OMIM number: 601969
    OMIM Information: DELETED IN MALIGNANT BRAIN TUMORS 1; DMBT1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1081
    Celera Transcript: hCT2344987
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1399(120-140) Tissue GW215, ratio = 8.3
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1455(533-547) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 421
    Public Protein Accession: NP_060049.1
    Protein Name: DMBT1/8kb.1 protein
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1082
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_017579
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1399(120-140) Tissue GW215, ratio = 8.3
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1455(1022-1036) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 422
    Celera Protein: hCP1897761
    Celera Gene: hCG2023646
    OMIM number: 601969
    OMIM Information: DELETED IN MALIGNANT BRAIN TUMORS 1; DMBT1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1083
    Celera Transcript: hCT2344989
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1399(120-140) Tissue GW215, ratio = 8.3
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1455(533-547) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 423
    Public Protein Accession: NP_015568.1
    Protein Name: Gp-340 variant protein
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1084
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_007329
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1399(120-140) Tissue GW215, ratio = 8.3
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1455(641-655) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 424
    Celera Protein: hCP1897763
    Celera Gene: hCG2023646
    OMIM number: 601969
    OMIM Information: DELETED IN MALIGNANT BRAIN TUMORS 1; DMBT1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1085
    Celera Transcript: hCT2344986
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1399(120-140) Tissue GW215, ratio = 8.3
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1455(533-547) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 425
    Public Protein Accession: XP_232342.2
    Protein Name: similar to macrophage hemoglobin scavenger receptor CD163
    precursor [Rattus norvegicus]
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1086
    Public Transcript Accession: XM_232342
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1402(399-410) Tissue NS216, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 426
    Public Protein Accession: P13758
    Protein Name: HLA class II histocompatibility antigen, DR-1 beta chain precursor
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1087
    Public Transcript Accession: X03069
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1333(101-108) Tissue GW215, ratio = 6.8
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 427
    Public Protein Accession: P01911
    Protein Name: HLA class II histocompatibility antigen, DW2.2/DR2.2 beta chain (Fragment)
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1333(72-79) Tissue GW215, ratio = 6.8
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 428
    Public Protein Accession: P13760
    Protein Name: HLA class II histocompatibility antigen, DR-4 beta chain precursor (DRB1*0401)
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 429
    Celera Protein: hCP1741174
    Celera Gene: hCG1791131.2
    OMIM number: 142857
    OMIM Information: MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX, CLASS II,
    DR BETA-1; HLA-DRB1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1088
    Celera Transcript: hCT1830391.2
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 430
    Public Protein Accession: P13759
    Protein Name: HLA class II histocompatibility antigen, DR-1(DW14) beta chain precursor
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 431
    Public Protein Accession: P01914
    Protein Name: HLA class II histocompatibility antigen, DR-1 beta chain precursor (Clone P2-beta-4)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1089
    Public Transcript Accession: X00700
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 432
    Public Protein Accession: P20039
    Protein Name: HLA class II histocompatibility antigen, DR-5 beta chain precursor
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1090
    Public Transcript Accession: M11867
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1333(101-108) Tissue GW215, ratio = 6.8
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 433
    Celera Protein: hCP1855362
    Celera Gene: hCG1992647
    OMIM number: 604776
    OMIM Information: MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX,
    CLASS II, DR BETA-5; HLA-DRB5
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1091
    Celera Transcript: hCT2271363
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1333(69-76) Tissue GW215, ratio = 6.8
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 434
    Public Protein Accession: Q30167
    Protein Name: HLA-DRB2 protein precursor
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1092
    Public Transcript Accession: M20138
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 435
    Public Protein Accession: NP_002116.2
    Protein Name: HLA-DRB1 protein precursor (Similar to major histocompatibility
    complex, class II, DR beta 1)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1093
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_002125
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1333(101-108) Tissue GW215, ratio = 6.8
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 436
    Celera Protein: hCP1855363
    Celera Gene: hCG1992647
    OMIM number: 604776
    OMIM Information: MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX, CLASS II,
    DR BETA-5; HLA-DRB5
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1094
    Celera Transcript: hCT2271364
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1333(69-76) Tissue GW215, ratio = 6.8
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 437
    Public Protein Accession: P35221
    Protein Name: Alpha-1 catenin (Cadherin-associated protein) (Alpha E-catenin)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1095
    Public Transcript Accession: D13866
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1446(451-477) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 438
    Celera Protein: hCP1894804.1
    Celera Gene: hCG1782385.3
    OMIM number: 116805
    OMIM Information: CATENIN, ALPHA-1; CTNNA1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1096
    Celera Transcript: hCT2253785.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1446(81-107) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 439
    Celera Protein: hCP1704204.2
    Celera Gene: hCG1782385.3
    OMIM number: 116805
    OMIM Information: CATENIN, ALPHA-1; CTNNA1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1097
    Celera Transcript: hCT1821291.3
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 440
    Celera Protein: hCP1894801.1
    Celera Gene: hCG1782385.3
    OMIM number: 116805
    OMIM Information: CATENIN, ALPHA-1; CTNNA1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1098
    Celera Transcript: hCT2253782.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1446(451-477) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 441
    Public Protein Accession: P35659
    Protein Name: Human translocation (6; 9)(p23; q34) protein
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1099
    Public Transcript Accession: X64229
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 442
    Celera Protein: hCP1790503
    Celera Gene: hCG36749.3
    OMIM number: 125264
    OMIM Information: DEK ONCOGENE; DEK
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1100
    Celera Transcript: hCT2251472
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 443
    Celera Protein: hCP47305.1
    Celera Gene: hCG36749.3
    OMIM number: 125264
    OMIM Information: DEK ONCOGENE; DEK
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1101
    Celera Transcript: hCT27978.2
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 444
    Celera Protein: hCP1790234
    Celera Gene: hCG36749.3
    OMIM number: 125264
    OMIM Information: DEK ONCOGENE; DEK
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1102
    Celera Transcript: hCT2251473
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1465(158-167) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 445
    Celera Protein: hCP1766211.1
    Celera Gene: hCG30697.2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1103
    Celera Transcript: hCT1952714.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1419(395-404) Tissue AS210, ratio = 5.7
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1384(604-621) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1486(656-669) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1452(304-313) Tissue AS210, ratio = >10.0
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 446
    Celera Protein: hCP44928.1
    Celera Gene: hCG30699.2
    OMIM number: 131399
    OMIM Information: EOSINO:PHIL PEROXIDASE; EPX
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1104
    Celera Transcript: hCT21873.3
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 447
    Public Protein Accession: P11678
    Protein Name: Human polypeptide SEQ ID NO: 1568
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 448
    Celera Protein: hCP1792741
    Celera Gene: hCG30699.2
    OMIM number: 131399
    OMIM Information: EOSINO:PHIL PEROXIDASE; EPX
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1105
    Celera Transcript: hCT2288280
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 449
    Celera Protein: hCP1781334.1
    Celera Gene: hCG30699.2
    OMIM number: 131399
    OMIM Information: EOSINO:PHIL PEROXIDASE; EPX
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1106
    Celera Transcript: hCT1965693.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1419(367-376) Tissue AS210, ratio = 5.7
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 450
    Celera Protein: hCP1858953
    Celera Gene: hCG21109.3
    OMIM number: 602950
    OMIM Information: HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN
    METHYLTRANSFERASE 1-LIKE 2; HRMT1L2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1107
    Celera Transcript: hCT2280007
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1482(145-159) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1488(95-109) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 451
    Celera Protein: hCP1862445
    Celera Gene: hCG40703.2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1108
    Celera Transcript: hCT2325913
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1469(290-310) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1432(504-512) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1443(544-555) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 452
    Celera Protein: hCP1862443
    Celera Gene: hCG40703.2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1109
    Celera Transcript: hCT2325915
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 453
    Celera Protein: hCP50447.2
    Celera Gene: hCG40703.2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1110
    Celera Transcript: hCT31964.3
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 454
    Public Protein Accession: NP_006008.1 O43490
    Protein Name: Human haematopoietic stem and progenitor cell antigen AC133
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1111
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_006017
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1469(299-319) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1432(513-521) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1443(553-564) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 455
    Celera Protein: hCP1761482.1
    Celera Gene: hCG17889.3
    OMIM number: 116790
    OMIM Information: CATECHOL-O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; COMT
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1112
    Celera Transcript: hCT1955643.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1416(96-123) Tissue NS216, ratio = 4.1
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 456
    Celera Protein: hCP33846.2
    Celera Gene: hCG17889.3
    OMIM number: 116790
    OMIM Information: CATECHOL-O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; COMT
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1113
    Celera Transcript: hCT8943.3
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 457
    Public Protein Accession: NP_000745.1 P21964
    Protein Name: Catechol O-methyltransferase, membrane-bound form
    (EC 2.1.1.6) (MB-COMT) [Contains: Catechol O-methyltransferase,
    soluble form (S-COMT)]
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1114
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_000754
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 458
    Celera Protein: hCP1761510
    Celera Gene: hCG17889.3
    OMIM number: 116790
    OMIM Information: CATECHOL-O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; COMT
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1115
    Celera Transcript: hCT1955645.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1416(58-85) Tissue NS216, ratio = 4.1
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 459
    Public Protein Accession: NP_009294.1
    Protein Name: catechol-O-methyltransferase isoform S-COMT sapiens+
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1116
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_007310
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1416(8-35) Tissue NS216, ratio = 4.1
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 460
    Celera Protein: hCP48834.2
    Celera Gene: hCG38703.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1117
    Celera Transcript: hCT29947.3
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1335(1528-1534) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 461
    Celera Protein: hCP48303.3
    Celera Gene: hCG38402.3
    OMIM number: 107820
    OMIM Information: ARGINYL-tRNA SYNTHETASE; RARS
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1118
    Celera Transcript: hCT29644.3
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 462
    Public Protein Accession: NP_002878.2 P54136
    Protein Name: Arginyl-tRNA synthetase (EC 6.1.1.19) (Arginine--tRNA ligase) (ArgRS)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1119
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_002887
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1445(634-646) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 463
    Celera Protein: hCP49397.2
    Celera Gene: hCG38082.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1120
    Celera Transcript: hCT29319.3
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 464
    Celera Protein: hCP1865336
    Celera Gene: hCG38082.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1121
    Celera Transcript: hCT2254558
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 465
    Celera Protein: hCP1865334
    Celera Gene: hCG38082.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1122
    Celera Transcript: hCT2254559
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 466
    Public Protein Accession: O76024
    Protein Name: Human wm1 protein
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1123
    Public Transcript Accession: Y18064
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1478(685-696) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 467
    Celera Protein: hCP1853982
    Celera Gene: hCG2006678
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1124
    Celera Transcript: hCT2294062
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 468
    Celera Protein: hCP1853984
    Celera Gene: hCG2006678
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1125
    Celera Transcript: hCT2294063
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 469
    Public Protein Accession: NP_005794.1 O75955
    Protein Name: Flotillin-1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1126
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_005803
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 470
    Celera Protein: hCP1853983
    Celera Gene: hCG2006678
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1127
    Celera Transcript: hCT2294061
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1484(28-39) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 471
    Public Protein Accession: NP_057731.1
    Protein Name: Mesenchymal stem cell protein DSCD75
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1128
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_016647
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1354(84-91) Tissue AS210, ratio = 2.5
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1368(141-149) Tissue AS210, ratio = 4.1
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 472
    Celera Protein: hCP49121.3
    Celera Gene: hCG39308.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1129
    Celera Transcript: hCT30559.3
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1354(106-113) Tissue AS210, ratio = 2.5
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1368(163-171) Tissue AS210, ratio = 4.1
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 473
    Celera Protein: hCP42160.2
    Celera Gene: hCG25213.3
    OMIM number: 154540
    OMIM Information: MANNO:SE 6-PHOSPHATE RECEPTOR, CATION-DEPENDENT; M6PR
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1130
    Celera Transcript: hCT16338.3
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1346(138-146) Tissue AS210, ratio = 5.6
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 474
    Celera Protein: hCP1774868.1
    Celera Gene: hCG25213.3
    OMIM number: 154540
    OMIM Information: MANNO:SE 6-PHOSPHATE RECEPTOR, CATION-DEPENDENT; M6PR
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1131
    Celera Transcript: hCT1961746.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1346(20-28) Tissue AS210, ratio = 5.6
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 475
    Celera Protein: hCP1774863.1
    Celera Gene: hCG25213.3
    OMIM number: 154540
    OMIM Information: MANNO:SE 6-PHOSPHATE RECEPTOR, CATION-DEPENDENT; M6PR
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1132
    Celera Transcript: hCT1961749.1
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 476
    Celera Protein: hCP1774860.1
    Celera Gene: hCG25213.3
    OMIM number: 154540
    OMIM Information: MANNO:SE 6-PHOSPHATE RECEPTOR, CATION-DEPENDENT; M6PR
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1133
    Celera Transcript: hCT1961747.1
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 477
    Public Protein Accession: P20645
    Protein Name: Human cation-dependent mannose-6-phosphate receptor (CD-MPR) protein
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1134
    Public Transcript Accession: M16985
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1346(138-146) Tissue AS210, ratio = 5.6
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 478
    Celera Protein: hCP1762176
    Celera Gene: hCG201355.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1135
    Celera Transcript: hCT1953193.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1480(71-78) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 479
    Celera Protein: hCP1762254
    Celera Gene: hCG201355.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1136
    Celera Transcript: hCT1953194.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1480(123-130) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 480
    Public Protein Accession: NP_005753.1 Q13263
    Protein Name: Transcription intermediary factor 1-beta (TIF1-beta) (Tripartite
    motif protein 28) (Nuclear corepressor KAP-1) (KRAB-associated protein 1)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1137
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_005762
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 481
    Celera Protein: hCP201747.1
    Celera Gene: hCG201355.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1138
    Celera Transcript: hCT201356.3
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1480(205-212) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 482
    Celera Protein: hCP1739429.1
    Celera Gene: hCG1780053.2
    OMIM number: 176763
    OMIM Information: PEROXIREDOXIN 1; PRDX1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1139
    Celera Transcript: hCT1818876.2
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 483
    Celera Protein: hCP1810219
    Celera Gene: hCG1780053.2
    OMIM number: 176763
    OMIM Information: PEROXIREDOXIN 1; PRDX1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1140
    Celera Transcript: hCT2333971
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 484
    Celera Protein: hCP1777892
    Celera Gene: hCG1780053.2
    OMIM number: 176763
    OMIM Information: PEROXIREDOXIN 1; PRDX1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1141
    Celera Transcript: hCT1962880.1
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 485
    Public Protein Accession: Q06830
    Protein Name: Peroxiredoxin 1 (EC 1.11.1.-) (Thioredoxin peroxidase 2)
    (Thioredoxin- dependent peroxide reductase 2) (Proliferation-associated
    protein PAG) (Natural killer cell enhancing factor A) (NKEF-A)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1142
    Public Transcript Accession: X67951
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 486
    Celera Protein: hCP1781494
    Celera Gene: hCG1780053.2
    OMIM number: 176763
    OMIM Information: PEROXIREDOXIN 1; PRDX1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1143
    Celera Transcript: hCT1966792.1
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 487
    Celera Protein: hCP1777916
    Celera Gene: hCG1780053.2
    OMIM number: 176763
    OMIM Information: PEROXIREDOXIN 1; PRDX1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1144
    Celera Transcript: hCT1962879.1
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 488
    Celera Protein: hCP1810218
    Celera Gene: hCG1780053.2
    OMIM number: 176763
    OMIM Information: PEROXIREDOXIN 1; PRDX1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1145
    Celera Transcript: hCT2333968
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1404(168-189) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 489
    Public Protein Accession: P01903
    Protein Name: HLA-DR alpha chain ovarian tumour marker protein, SEQ ID NO:41
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1146
    Public Transcript Accession: K01171
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 490
    Celera Protein: hCP52121
    Celera Gene: hCG43709.3
    OMIM number: 142860
    OMIM Information: MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX, CLASS II,
    DR ALPHA; HLA-DRA
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1147
    Celera Transcript: hCT34994.3
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 491
    Celera Protein: hCP1854412
    Celera Gene: hCG43709.3
    OMIM number: 142860
    OMIM Information: MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX, CLASS II,
    DR ALPHA; HLA-DRA
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1148
    Celera Transcript: hCT2283093
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1423(171-188) Tissue AS210, ratio = >2.6
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1423(171-188) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 492
    Celera Protein: hCP1763812
    Celera Gene: hCG43709.3
    OMIM number: 142860
    OMIM Information: MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX, CLASS II,
    DR ALPHA; HLA-DRA
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1149
    Celera Transcript: hCT1954324
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1423(124-141) Tissue AS210, ratio = >2.6
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1423(124-141) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 493
    Public Protein Accession: NP_004563.1 Q99959
    Protein Name: Plakophilin 2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1150
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_004572
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1350(578-590) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 494
    Celera Protein: hCP1764721.1
    Celera Gene: hCG1685949.3
    OMIM number: 602861
    OMIM Information: PLAKOPHILIN 2; PKP2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1151
    Celera Transcript: hCT1950850.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1350(534-546) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 495
    Celera Protein: hCP1900225
    Celera Gene: hCG1685949.3
    OMIM number: 602861
    OMIM Information: PLAKOPHILIN 2; PKP2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1152
    Celera Transcript: hCT2284346
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1350(578-590) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 496
    Celera Protein: hCP1900226
    Celera Gene: hCG1685949.3
    OMIM number: 602861
    OMIM Information: PLAKOPHILIN 2; PKP2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1153
    Celera Transcript: hCT2284344
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1350(534-546) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 497
    Celera Protein: hCP1692035.2
    Celera Gene: hCG1685949.3
    OMIM number: 602861
    OMIM Information: PLAKOPHILIN 2; PKP2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1154
    Celera Transcript: hCT1686878.2
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1350(578-590) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 498
    Public Protein Accession: XP_114346.2
    Protein Name: Source of immunodominant MHC-associated peptides
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 499
    Celera Protein: hCP43541.4
    Celera Gene: hCG28015.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1155
    Celera Transcript: hCT19161.3
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1337(706-718) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 500
    Celera Protein: hCP1793056.1
    Celera Gene: hCG2006859.1
    OMIM number: 188840
    OMIM Information: TITIN; TTN
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1156
    Celera Transcript: hCT2294316.1
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 501
    Celera Protein: hCP1793061.1
    Celera Gene: hCG2006859.1
    OMIM number: 188840
    OMIM Information: TITIN; TTN
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1157
    Celera Transcript: hCT2294313.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1422(14-19) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 502
    Celera Protein: hCP1904408
    Celera Gene: hCG2017385
    OMIM number: 135630
    OMIM Information: INTEGRIN, BETA-1; ITGB1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1158
    Celera Transcript: hCT2310893
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 503
    Public Protein Accession: Q14647
    Protein Name: Protein differentially regulated in prostate cancer #65
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1159
    Public Transcript Accession: X07979
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 504
    Celera Protein: hCP1904412
    Celera Gene: hCG2017385
    OMIM number: 135630
    OMIM Information: INTEGRIN, BETA-1; ITGB1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1160
    Celera Transcript: hCT2310897
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 505
    Public Protein Accession: NP_596867.1
    Protein Name: Hypothetical protein
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1161
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_133376
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 506
    Celera Protein: hCP1904415
    Celera Gene: hCG2017385
    OMIM number: 135630
    OMIM Information: INTEGRIN, BETA-1; ITGB1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1162
    Celera Transcript: hCT2310899
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 507
    Celera Protein: hCP1904418
    Celera Gene: hCG2017385
    OMIM number: 135630
    OMIM Information: INTEGRIN, BETA-1; ITGB1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1163
    Celera Transcript: hCT2310895
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 508
    Celera Protein: hCP1904410
    Celera Gene: hCG2017385
    OMIM number: 135630
    OMIM Information: INTEGRIN, BETA-1; ITGB1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1164
    Celera Transcript: hCT2310889
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 509
    Celera Protein: hCP1904419
    Celera Gene: hCG2017385
    OMIM number: 135630
    OMIM Information: INTEGRIN, BETA-1; ITGB1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1165
    Celera Transcript: hCT2310898
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 510
    Celera Protein: hCP1904405
    Celera Gene: hCG2017385
    OMIM number: 135630
    OMIM Information: INTEGRIN, BETA-1; ITGB1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1166
    Celera Transcript: hCT2310886
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 511
    Celera Protein: hCP1904409
    Celera Gene: hCG2017385
    OMIM number: 135630
    OMIM Information: INTEGRIN, BETA-1; ITGB1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1167
    Celera Transcript: hCT2310894
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 512
    Celera Protein: hCP1904413
    Celera Gene: hCG2017385
    OMIM number: 135630
    OMIM Information: INTEGRIN, BETA-1; ITGB1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1168
    Celera Transcript: hCT2310891
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 513
    Public Protein Accession: NP_391988.1
    Protein Name: integrin beta 1 isoform 1D precursor; integrin VLA-4
    beta subunit; fibronectin receptor beta subunit sapiens+
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1169
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_033668
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 514
    Public Protein Accession: NP_391989.1
    Protein Name: integrin beta 1 isoform 1C-2 precursor; integrin VLA-4
    beta subunit; fibronectin receptor beta subunit sapiens+
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1170
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_033669
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 515
    Celera Protein: hCP1904411
    Celera Gene: hCG2017385
    OMIM number: 135630
    OMIM Information: INTEGRIN, BETA-1; ITGB1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1171
    Celera Transcript: hCT2310884
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 516
    Celera Protein: hCP1904414
    Celera Gene: hCG2017385
    OMIM number: 135630
    OMIM Information: INTEGRIN, BETA-1; ITGB1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1172
    Celera Transcript: hCT2310885
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 517
    Celera Protein: hCP1904416
    Celera Gene: hCG2017385
    OMIM number: 135630
    OMIM Information: INTEGRIN, BETA-1; ITGB1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1173
    Celera Transcript: hCT2310883
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 518
    Celera Protein: hCP1904417
    Celera Gene: hCG2017385
    OMIM number: 135630
    OMIM Information: INTEGRIN, BETA-1; ITGB1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1174
    Celera Transcript: hCT2310896
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 519
    Celera Protein: hCP1904407
    Celera Gene: hCG2017385
    OMIM number: 135630
    OMIM Information: INTEGRIN, BETA-1; ITGB1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1175
    Celera Transcript: hCT2310887
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 520
    Celera Protein: hCP1904420
    Celera Gene: hCG2017385
    OMIM number: 135630
    OMIM Information: INTEGRIN, BETA-1; ITGB1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1176
    Celera Transcript: hCT2310890
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 521
    Public Protein Accession: NP_389647.1
    Protein Name: integrin beta 1 isoform 1B precursor; integrin VLA-4 beta
    subunit; fibronectin receptor beta subunit sapiens+
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1177
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_033666
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1349(63-71) Tissue AS210, ratio = 3.5
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 522
    Celera Protein: hCP1904421
    Celera Gene: hCG2017385
    OMIM number: 135630
    OMIM Information: INTEGRIN, BETA-1; ITGB1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1178
    Celera Transcript: hCT2310888
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1349(6-14) Tissue AS210, ratio = 3.5
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 523
    Celera Protein: hCP1904406
    Celera Gene: hCG2017385
    OMIM number: 135630
    OMIM Information: INTEGRIN, BETA-1; ITGB1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1179
    Celera Transcript: hCT2310892
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 524
    Public Protein Accession: NP_391987.1
    Protein Name: integrin beta 1 isoform 1C-1 precursor; integrin VLA-4
    beta subunit; fibronectin receptor beta subunit sapiens+
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1180
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_033667
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1349(63-71) Tissue AS210, ratio = 3.5
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 525
    Celera Protein: hCP1785822
    Celera Gene: hCG2023561
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1181
    Celera Transcript: hCT2320704
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 526
    Celera Protein: hCP1785820
    Celera Gene: hCG2023561
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1182
    Celera Transcript: hCT2320701
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 527
    Celera Protein: hCP1785819
    Celera Gene: hCG2023561
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1183
    Celera Transcript: hCT2320703
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 528
    Public Protein Accession: Q9Y5M8
    Protein Name: Signal recognition particle receptor beta subunit (SR-beta)
    (Protein APMCF1)
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 529
    Public Protein Accession: Q9Y5M8
    Protein Name: Hypothetical protein HEMBA1006391
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1184
    Public Transcript Accession: AF141882
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1345(65-76) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 530
    Public Protein Accession: XP_136108.3
    Protein Name: RIKEN cDNA C430014N20 gene [Mus musculus]
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1185
    Public Transcript Accession: XM_136108
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1382(524-541) Tissue AS210, ratio = 2.3
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 531
    Celera Protein: hCP1779654
    Celera Gene: hCG15998.2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1186
    Celera Transcript: hCT1964912.1
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 532
    Celera Protein: hCP34901.3
    Celera Gene: hCG15998.2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1187
    Celera Transcript: hCT7028.2
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 533
    Celera Protein: hCP1885327
    Celera Gene: hCG15998.2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1188
    Celera Transcript: hCT2275710
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1413(108-127) Tissue AS210, ratio = >1.9
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 534
    Public Protein Accession: XP_046677.5
    Protein Name: solute carrier family 39 (zinc transporter), member 14 sapiens+
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1189
    Public Transcript Accession: XM_046677
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1413(173-192) Tissue AS210, ratio = >1.9
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 535
    Celera Protein: hCP1885326
    Celera Gene: hCG15998.2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1190
    Celera Transcript: hCT2275712
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1413(108-127) Tissue AS210, ratio = >1.9
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 536
    Celera Protein: hCP33409.2
    Celera Gene: hCG15697.2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1191
    Celera Transcript: hCT6722.3
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1441(721-741) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 537
    Celera Protein: hCP1888856
    Celera Gene: hCG41341.2
    OMIM number: 300017
    OMIM Information: FILAMIN A; FLNA
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1192
    Celera Transcript: hCT2291391
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1501(245-250) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1474(1124-1132) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 538
    Celera Protein: hCP1736509.2
    Celera Gene: hCG1726843.2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1193
    Celera Transcript: hCT1764595.2
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 539
    Public Protein Accession: P31949
    Protein Name: Calgizzarin (S100C protein) (MLN 70)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1194
    Public Transcript Accession: D50374
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 540
    Celera Protein: hCP33584.2
    Celera Gene: hCG16921.3
    OMIM number: 603114
    OMIM Information: S100 CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN A11; S100A11
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1195
    Celera Transcript: hCT7962.2
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 541
    Public Protein Accession: O60417
    Protein Name: S100 calcium-binding protein A14
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 542
    Celera Protein: hCP1904699
    Celera Gene: hCG2013819
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1196
    Celera Transcript: hCT2305048
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1355(12-22) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 543
    Celera Protein: hCP1895194
    Celera Gene: hCG27034.3
    OMIM number: 600840
    OMIM Information: SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 12, MEMBER 2; SLC12A2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1197
    Celera Transcript: hCT2254454
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 544
    Celera Protein: hCP44322.2
    Celera Gene: hCG27034.3
    OMIM number: 600840
    OMIM Information: SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 12, MEMBER 2; SLC12A2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1198
    Celera Transcript: hCT18167.3
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 545
    Public Protein Accession: NP_001037.1 P55011
    Protein Name: Human colorectal cancer modulator protein, CAA9
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1199
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_001046
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1412(624-630) Tissue AS210, ratio = 5.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1412(624-630) Tissue GW215, ratio = 4.0
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 546
    Celera Protein: hCP1904955
    Celera Gene: hCG16932.2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1200
    Celera Transcript: hCT2305085
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 547
    Celera Protein: hCP36018.2
    Celera Gene: hCG16932.2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1201
    Celera Transcript: hCT7975.3
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1409(179-193) Tissue AS210, ratio = 2.2
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 548
    Celera Protein: hCP1774631
    Celera Gene: hCG16932.2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1202
    Celera Transcript: hCT1961883.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1409(161-175) Tissue AS210, ratio = 2.2
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 549
    Public Protein Accession: NP_006745.1 Q16563
    Protein Name: PANTOPHYSIN
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1203
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_006754
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1409(179-193) Tissue AS210, ratio = 2.2
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 550
    Celera Protein: hCP1761626
    Celera Gene: hCG1811721.1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1204
    Celera Transcript: hCT1954032
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 551
    Public Protein Accession: Q96RQ3
    Protein Name: Human protein sequence SEQ ID NO:14972
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1205
    Public Transcript Accession: AK023051
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1380(505-517) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 552
    Celera Protein: hCP1897380
    Celera Gene: hCG25781.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1206
    Celera Transcript: hCT2321399
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1450(374-384) Tissue AS210, ratio = 2.7
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1495(15-26) Tissue AS210, ratio = 7.6
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 553
    Celera Protein: hCP42477.3
    Celera Gene: hCG25781.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1207
    Celera Transcript: hCT16908.3
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 554
    Celera Protein: hCP1897384
    Celera Gene: hCG25781.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1208
    Celera Transcript: hCT2321398
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 555
    Public Protein Accession: Q9HD45
    Protein Name: Transmembrane 9 superfamily protein member 3 precursor
    (SM-11044 binding protein) (EP70-P-iso)
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1450(418-428) Tissue AS210, ratio = 2.7
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1495(59-70) Tissue AS210, ratio = 7.6
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 556
    Celera Protein: hCP1863383
    Celera Gene: hCG2019292
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1209
    Celera Transcript: hCT2313872
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 557
    Public Protein Accession: P18282
    Protein Name: Destrin (Actin-depolymerizing factor) (ADF)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1210
    Public Transcript Accession: BC009477
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1344(34-44) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1344(34-44) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 558
    Celera Protein: hCP1863384
    Celera Gene: hCG2019292
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1211
    Celera Transcript: hCT2313873
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1344(17-27) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1344(17-27) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 559
    Public Protein Accession: NP_958833.1
    Protein Name: Truncated RTN3-A-D8
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1212
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_201430
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 560
    Celera Protein: hCP1902910
    Celera Gene: hCG1775344.2
    OMIM number: 604249
    OMIM Information: RETICULON 3; RTN3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1213
    Celera Transcript: hCT2310252
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 561
    Celera Protein: hCP48648.3
    Celera Gene: hCG38771.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1214
    Celera Transcript: hCT30016.3
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 562
    Public Protein Accession: NP_006045.1 O95197
    Protein Name: RTN3-A1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1215
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_006054
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 563
    Celera Protein: hCP1739764.1
    Celera Gene: hCG1775344.2
    OMIM number: 604249
    OMIM Information: RETICULON 3; RTN3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1216
    Celera Transcript: hCT1814006.2
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 564
    Public Protein Accession: XP_017966.4
    Protein Name: similar to Reticulon protein 3 (Neuroendocrine-specific
    protein-like 2) (NSP-like protein II) (NSPLII) sapiens+
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1217
    Public Transcript Accession: XM_017966
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1460(40-54) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 565
    Public Protein Accession: XP_088476.1 Q9BS26
    Protein Name: ERp44 protein precursor
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1400(291-304) Tissue AS210, ratio = 5.6
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 566
    Public Protein Accession: XP_376898.1
    Protein Name: thioredoxin domain containing 4 (endoplasmic reticulum) sapiens+
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1218
    Public Transcript Accession: XM_376898
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1400(408-421) Tissue AS210, ratio = 5.6
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 567
    Celera Protein: hCP1859321
    Celera Gene: hCG1995098.1
    OMIM number: 147586
    OMIM Information: INTERFERON-GAMMA-INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 16; IFI16
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1219
    Celera Transcript: hCT2275171.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1442(336-344) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 568
    Celera Protein: hCP1859322.1
    Celera Gene: hCG1995098.1
    OMIM number: 147586
    OMIM Information: INTERFERON-GAMMA-INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 16; IFI16
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1220
    Celera Transcript: hCT2275176.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1442(367-375) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 569
    Celera Protein: hCP1859323.1
    Celera Gene: hCG1995098.1
    OMIM number: 147586
    OMIM Information: INTERFERON-GAMMA-INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 16; IFI16
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1221
    Celera Transcript: hCT2275174.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1442(21-29) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 570
    Celera Protein: hCP1859318.1
    Celera Gene: hCG1995098.1
    OMIM number: 147586
    OMIM Information: INTERFERON-GAMMA-INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 16; IFI16
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1222
    Celera Transcript: hCT2275177.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1442(738-746) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 571
    Celera Protein: hCP1859319
    Celera Gene: hCG1995098
    OMIM number: 147586
    OMIM Information: INTERFERON-GAMMA-INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 16; IFI16
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1223
    Celera Transcript: hCT2275172
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 572
    Celera Protein: hCP1859320
    Celera Gene: hCG1995098
    OMIM number: 147586
    OMIM Information: INTERFERON-GAMMA-INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 16; IFI16
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1224
    Celera Transcript: hCT2275173
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1442(682-690) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 573
    Public Protein Accession: NP_064508.1
    Protein Name: endomembrane protein emp70 precursor isolog sapiens+
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1225
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_020123
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1495(58-69) Tissue AS210, ratio = 7.6
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 574
    Celera Protein: hCP1888858
    Celera Gene: hCG41341.2
    OMIM number: 300017
    OMIM Information: FILAMIN A; FLNA
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1226
    Celera Transcript: hCT2291392
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1474(301-309) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 575
    Celera Protein: hCP1888857
    Celera Gene: hCG41341.2
    OMIM number: 300017
    OMIM Information: FILAMIN A; FLNA
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1227
    Celera Transcript: hCT2291393
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1474(281-289) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 576
    Celera Protein: hCP33810.2
    Celera Gene: hCG17636.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1228
    Celera Transcript: hCT8688.3
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 577
    Public Protein Accession: Q13162
    Protein Name: Peroxiredoxin 4 (EC 1.11.1.-) (Prx-IV) (Thioredoxin peroxidase AO372)
    (Thioredoxin-dependent peroxide reductase A0372) (Antioxidant enzyme AOE372) (AOE37-2)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1229
    Public Transcript Accession: BC003609
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1479(45-65) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 578
    Celera Protein: hCP1901956
    Celera Gene: hCG2017131
    OMIM number: 164009
    OMIM Information: NUCLEAR MITOTIC APPARATUS PROTEIN 1; NUMA1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1230
    Celera Transcript: hCT2310498
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 579
    Celera Protein: hCP1901957
    Celera Gene: hCG2017131
    OMIM number: 164009
    OMIM Information: NUCLEAR MITOTIC APPARATUS PROTEIN 1; NUMA1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1231
    Celera Transcript: hCT2310495
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 580
    Celera Protein: hCP1901952
    Celera Gene: hCG2017131
    OMIM number: 164009
    OMIM Information: NUCLEAR MITOTIC APPARATUS PROTEIN 1; NUMA1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1232
    Celera Transcript: hCT2310496
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 581
    Celera Protein: hCP1901951
    Celera Gene: hCG2017131
    OMIM number: 164009
    OMIM Information: NUCLEAR MITOTIC APPARATUS PROTEIN 1; NUMA1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1233
    Celera Transcript: hCT2310492
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 582
    Celera Protein: hCP1901950
    Celera Gene: hCG2017131
    OMIM number: 164009
    OMIM Information: NUCLEAR MITOTIC APPARATUS PROTEIN 1; NUMA1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1234
    Celera Transcript: hCT2310500
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 583
    Celera Protein: hCP1901958
    Celera Gene: hCG2017131
    OMIM number: 164009
    OMIM Information: NUCLEAR MITOTIC APPARATUS PROTEIN 1; NUMA1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1235
    Celera Transcript: hCT2310497
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 584
    Celera Protein: hCP1901946
    Celera Gene: hCG2017131
    OMIM number: 164009
    OMIM Information: NUCLEAR MITOTIC APPARATUS PROTEIN 1; NUMA1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1236
    Celera Transcript: hCT2310494
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 585
    Celera Protein: hCP1901949
    Celera Gene: hCG2017131
    OMIM number: 164009
    OMIM Information: NUCLEAR MITOTIC APPARATUS PROTEIN 1; NUMA1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1237
    Celera Transcript: hCT2310499
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 586
    Celera Protein: hCP1901959
    Celera Gene: hCG2017131
    OMIM number: 164009
    OMIM Information: NUCLEAR MITOTIC APPARATUS PROTEIN 1; NUMA1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1238
    Celera Transcript: hCT2310493
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1430(60-69) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 587
    Celera Protein: hCP801007.1
    Celera Gene: hCG401084.3
    OMIM number: 114830
    OMIM Information: CARBONYL REDUCTASE 1; CBR1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1239
    Celera Transcript: hCT401084.3
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1373(119-133) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 588
    Public Protein Accession: P16152
    Protein Name: Carbonyl reductase [NADPH] 1 (EC 1.1.1.184) (NADPH-dependent
    carbonyl reductase 1) (Prostaglandin-E2 9-reductase) (EC 1.1.1.189) (Prostaglandin
    9-ketoreductase) (15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase [NADP]) (EC 1.1.1.197)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1240
    Public Transcript Accession: BC002511
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1373(118-132) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 589
    Celera Protein: hCP1906045
    Celera Gene: hCG24350.3
    OMIM number: 106490
    OMIM Information: ANNEXIN A3; ANXA3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1241
    Celera Transcript: hCT2327967
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 590
    Celera Protein: hCP1765152
    Celera Gene: hCG24350.3
    OMIM number: 106490
    OMIM Information: ANNEXIN A3; ANXA3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1242
    Celera Transcript: hCT1955557.1
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 591
    Public Protein Accession: P12429
    Protein Name: Annexin A3 (Annexin III) (Lipocortin III) (Placental anticoagulant
    protein III) (PAP-III) (35-alpha calcimedin) (Inositol 1,2-cyclic phosphate 2-phosphohydrolase)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1243
    Public Transcript Accession: M63310
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1493(189-203) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 592
    Celera Protein: hCP1906046
    Celera Gene: hCG24350.3
    OMIM number: 106490
    OMIM Information: ANNEXIN A3; ANXA3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1244
    Celera Transcript: hCT2327966
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1493(150-164) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 593
    Celera Protein: hCP41585.2
    Celera Gene: hCG24350.3
    OMIM number: 106490
    OMIM Information: ANNEXIN A3; ANXA3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1245
    Celera Transcript: hCT15468.2
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1493(189-203) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 594
    Celera Protein: hCP1857997
    Celera Gene: hCG37145.3
    OMIM number: 190196
    OMIM Information: TRANSGLUTAMINASE 2; TGM2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1246
    Celera Transcript: hCT2313021
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 595
    Public Protein Accession: NP_004604.1
    Protein Name: Amino acid sequence of human transglutaminase 2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1247
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_004613
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 596
    Celera Protein: hCP47973.2
    Celera Gene: hCG37145.3
    OMIM number: 190196
    OMIM Information: TRANSGLUTAMINASE 2; TGM2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1248
    Celera Transcript: hCT28375.3
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 597
    Public Protein Accession: P21980
    Protein Name: Protein-glutamine gamma-glutamyltransferase (EC 2.3.2.13) (Tissue
    transglutaminase) (TGase C) (TGC) (TG(C)) (Tranglutaminase 2) (TGase-H)
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 598
    Celera Protein: hCP1857998
    Celera Gene: hCG37145.3
    OMIM number: 190196
    OMIM Information: TRANSGLUTAMINASE 2; TGM2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1249
    Celera Transcript: hCT2313025
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 599
    Celera Protein: hCP1857996
    Celera Gene: hCG37145.3
    OMIM number: 190196
    OMIM Information: TRANSGLUTAMINASE 2; TGM2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1250
    Celera Transcript: hCT2313026
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 600
    Celera Protein: hCP1858002
    Celera Gene: hCG37145.3
    OMIM number: 190196
    OMIM Information: TRANSGLUTAMINASE 2; TGM2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1251
    Celera Transcript: hCT2313024
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1437(506-511) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 601
    Celera Protein: hCP1895436
    Celera Gene: hCG2033721
    OMIM number: 603182
    OMIM Information: INTERLEUKIN ENHANCER-BINDING FACTOR 3; ILF3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1252
    Celera Transcript: hCT2336765
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 602
    Public Protein Accession: NP_036350.2
    Protein Name: interleukin enhancer binding factor 3 isoform a; double-stranded
    RNA-binding protein, 76 kD; M-phase phosphoprotein 4; nuclear factor associated
    with dsRNA; nuclear factor of activated T-cells, 90 kD; translational control protein 80 sapiens+
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1253
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_012218
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 603
    Public Protein Accession: Q9NRN4
    Protein Name: Human NFAR-2 SEQ ID NO: 4
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1254
    Public Transcript Accession: AF167570
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 604
    Public Protein Accession: NP_703194.1
    Protein Name: interleukin enhancer binding factor 3 isoform c; double-stranded
    RNA-binding protein, 76 kD; M-phase phosphoprotein 4; nuclear factor associated
    with dsRNA; nuclear factor of activated T-cells, 90 kD; translational control protein 80 sapiens+
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1255
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_153464
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 605
    Celera Protein: hCP1895438
    Celera Gene: hCG2033721
    OMIM number: 603182
    OMIM Information: INTERLEUKIN ENHANCER-BINDING FACTOR 3; ILF3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1256
    Celera Transcript: hCT2336766
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1357(202-210) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 606
    Celera Protein: hCP1895431
    Celera Gene: hCG2033721
    OMIM number: 603182
    OMIM Information: INTERLEUKIN ENHANCER-BINDING FACTOR 3; ILF3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1257
    Celera Transcript: hCT2336767
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1357(199-207) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 607
    Celera Protein: hCP1895435
    Celera Gene: hCG2033721
    OMIM number: 603182
    OMIM Information: INTERLEUKIN ENHANCER-BINDING FACTOR 3; ILF3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1258
    Celera Transcript: hCT2336772
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 608
    Celera Protein: hCP1895437
    Celera Gene: hCG2033721
    OMIM number: 603182
    OMIM Information: INTERLEUKIN ENHANCER-BINDING FACTOR 3; ILF3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1259
    Celera Transcript: hCT2336768
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 609
    Celera Protein: hCP1895432
    Celera Gene: hCG2033721
    OMIM number: 603182
    OMIM Information: INTERLEUKIN ENHANCER-BINDING FACTOR 3; ILF3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1260
    Celera Transcript: hCT2336769
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 610
    Celera Protein: hCP1895434
    Celera Gene: hCG2033721
    OMIM number: 603182
    OMIM Information: INTERLEUKIN ENHANCER-BINDING FACTOR 3; ILF3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1261
    Celera Transcript: hCT2336771
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1357(202-210) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 611
    Celera Protein: hCP1788047
    Celera Gene: hCG1992389
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1262
    Celera Transcript: hCT2270943
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 612
    Celera Protein: hCP1788048
    Celera Gene: hCG1992389
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1263
    Celera Transcript: hCT2270942
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1497(68-81) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 613
    Celera Protein: hCP1803876
    Celera Gene: hCG1741566.1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1264
    Celera Transcript: hCT2285938
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 614
    Celera Protein: hCP1701845.1
    Celera Gene: hCG1741566.1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1265
    Celera Transcript: hCT1779708.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1497(14-27) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 615
    Public Protein Accession: Q16658
    Protein Name: Fascin (Singed-like protein) (55 kDa actin bundling protein) (p55)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1266
    Public Transcript Accession: BC007948
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1497(67-80) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 616
    Celera Protein: hCP1788045
    Celera Gene: hCG1992389
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1267
    Celera Transcript: hCT2270940
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1497(68-81) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 617
    Public Protein Accession: Q12907
    Protein Name: Vesicular integral-membrane protein VIP36 precursor (GP36b glycoprotein)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1268
    Public Transcript Accession: BC017263
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1494(195-206) Tissue AS210, ratio = 2.3
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 618
    Celera Protein: hCP1888976.1
    Celera Gene: hCG1981210.1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1269
    Celera Transcript: hCT2253980.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1494(75-86) Tissue AS210, ratio = 2.3
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 619
    Celera Protein: hCP1888972
    Celera Gene: hCG1981210
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1270
    Celera Transcript: hCT2253978
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1494(195-206) Tissue AS210, ratio = 2.3
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 620
    Public Protein Accession: NP_004175.1
    Protein Name: tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase; interferon-induced protein 53 sapiens+
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1271
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_004184
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 621
    Celera Protein: hCP1735492.1
    Celera Gene: hCG25017.2
    OMIM number: 191050
    OMIM Information: TRYPTOPHANYL-tRNA SYNTHETASE; WARS
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1272
    Celera Transcript: hCT1824584.1
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 622
    Celera Protein: hCP1867985
    Celera Gene: hCG25017.2
    OMIM number: 191050
    OMIM Information: TRYPTOPHANYL-tRNA SYNTHETASE; WARS
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1273
    Celera Transcript: hCT2329821
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 623
    Public Protein Accession: P23381
    Protein Name: Tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase (EC 6.1.1.2) (Tryptophan--
    tRNA ligase) (TrpRS) (IFP53) (hWRS)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1274
    Public Transcript Accession: M77804
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 624
    Celera Protein: hCP41940.2
    Celera Gene: hCG25017.2
    OMIM number: 191050
    OMIM Information: TRYPTOPHANYL-tRNA SYNTHETASE; WARS
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1275
    Celera Transcript: hCT16139.2
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 625
    Celera Protein: hCP1867980
    Celera Gene: hCG25017.2
    OMIM number: 191050
    OMIM Information: TRYPTOPHANYL-tRNA SYNTHETASE; WARS
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1276
    Celera Transcript: hCT2329822
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 626
    Celera Protein: hCP1735510.1
    Celera Gene: hCG25017.2
    OMIM number: 191050
    OMIM Information: TRYPTOPHANYL-tRNA SYNTHETASE; WARS
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1277
    Celera Transcript: hCT1824585.1
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 627
    Celera Protein: hCP1867986
    Celera Gene: hCG25017.2
    OMIM number: 191050
    OMIM Information: TRYPTOPHANYL-tRNA SYNTHETASE; WARS
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1278
    Celera Transcript: hCT2329820
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1369(220-230) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 628
    Celera Protein: hCP50405.2
    Celera Gene: hCG40675.2
    OMIM number: 147558
    OMIM Information: INTEGRIN, BETA-6; ITGB6
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1279
    Celera Transcript: hCT31936.2
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1379(9-31) Tissue AS210, ratio = 3.4
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 629
    Celera Protein: hCP34289.3
    Celera Gene: hCG16855.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1280
    Celera Transcript: hCT7897.3
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1361(601-611) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 630
    Public Protein Accession: Q06210
    Protein Name: Glucosamine--fructose-6-phosphate aminotransferase [isomerizing]
    1 (EC 2.6.1.16) (Hexosephosphate aminotransferase 1) (D-fructose-6- phosphate
    amidotransferase 1) (GFAT 1) (GFAT1)
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1361(618-628) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 631
    Celera Protein: hCP50924.1
    Celera Gene: hCG41100.2
    OMIM number: 153620
    OMIM Information: MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITORY FACTOR; MIF
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1281
    Celera Transcript: hCT32370.2
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1436(78-86) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 632
    Public Protein Accession: P14174
    Protein Name: Human macrophage migration inhibitory factor, MIF
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1282
    Public Transcript Accession: AF469046
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1436(77-85) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 633
    Public Protein Accession: NP_002406.1
    Protein Name: macrophage migration inhibitory factor (glycosylation-inhibiting factor);
    glycosylation-inhibiting factor; phenylpyruvate tautomerase sapiens+
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1283
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_002415
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1436(78-86) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 634
    Public Protein Accession: Q14315
    Protein Name: Filamin C (Gamma-filamin) (Filamin 2) (Protein FLNc)
    (Actin-binding like protein) (ABP-L) (ABP-280-like protein)
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1411(615-628) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 635
    Public Protein Accession: NP_001449.1
    Protein Name: Gamma-filamin (Filamin 2)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1284
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_001458
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1411(595-608) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 636
    Celera Protein: hCP51518.2
    Celera Gene: hCG41655.4
    OMIM number: 102565
    OMIM Information: FILAMIN C; FLNC
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1285
    Celera Transcript: hCT32927.3
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1411(615-628) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 637
    Celera Protein: hCP1909611
    Celera Gene: hCG2039620
    OMIM number: 100650
    OMIM Information: ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE 2; ALDH2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1286
    Celera Transcript: hCT2344314
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1435(67-77) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 638
    Public Protein Accession: P05091
    Protein Name: Aldehyde dehydrogenase, mitochondrial precursor
    (EC 1.2.1.3) (ALDH class 2) (ALDHI) (ALDH-E2)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1287
    Public Transcript Accession: BC002967
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1435(383-393) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 639
    Celera Protein: hCP1881217.1
    Celera Gene: hCG2039620
    OMIM number: 100650
    OMIM Information: ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE 2; ALDH2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1288
    Celera Transcript: hCT2309105.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1435(288-298) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 640
    Celera Protein: hCP1881216
    Celera Gene: hCG2016298
    OMIM number: 100650
    OMIM Information: ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE 2; ALDH2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1289
    Celera Transcript: hCT2309107
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1435(383-393) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 641
    Celera Protein: hCP49877.3
    Celera Gene: hCG40106.3
    OMIM number: 180470
    OMIM Information: RIBOPHORIN I; RPN1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1290
    Celera Transcript: hCT31360.3
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 642
    Public Protein Accession: P04843
    Protein Name: Dolichyl-diphosphooligosaccharide--protein glycosyltransferase
    67 kDa subunit precursor (EC 2.4.1.119) (Ribophorin I) (RPN-I)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1291
    Public Transcript Accession: BC010839
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 643
    Celera Protein: hCP1786031
    Celera Gene: hCG40106.3
    OMIM number: 180470
    OMIM Information: RIBOPHORIN I; RPN1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1292
    Celera Transcript: hCT2319191
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1433(536-546) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 644
    Celera Protein: hCP1777633.1
    Celera Gene: hCG40714.4
    OMIM number: 179509
    OMIM Information: RAS-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN RAB2; RAB2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1293
    Celera Transcript: hCT1962773.1
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 645
    Public Protein Accession: P08886
    Protein Name: Protein with cell signal transmission activity analogous to human YPT-1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1294
    Public Transcript Accession: AF498930
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 646
    Celera Protein: hCP1764551.1
    Celera Gene: hCG41224.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1295
    Celera Transcript: hCT1957515.1
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 647
    Celera Protein: hCP50462.2
    Celera Gene: hCG40714.4
    OMIM number: 179509
    OMIM Information: RAS-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN RAB2; RAB2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1296
    Celera Transcript: hCT31975.4
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1459(19-29) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 648
    Celera Protein: hCP1764590.1
    Celera Gene: hCG41224.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1297
    Celera Transcript: hCT1957516.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1459(78-88) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 649
    Celera Protein: hCP51148.2
    Celera Gene: hCG41224.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1298
    Celera Transcript: hCT32494.2
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 650
    Public Protein Accession: NP_116235.2 Q8WUD1
    Protein Name: Amino acid sequence of human RAB2B, an isoform of RAB2A
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1299
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_032846
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1459(19-29) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 651
    Celera Protein: hCP51395.2
    Celera Gene: hCG41512.3
    OMIM number: 182380
    OMIM Information: SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 5, MEMBER 1; SLC5A1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1300
    Celera Transcript: hCT32782.2
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 652
    Public Protein Accession: P13866
    Protein Name: Sodium/glucose cotransporter 1 (Na(+)/glucose cotransporter
    1) (High affinity sodium-glucose cotransporter)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1301
    Public Transcript Accession: M24847
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1394(311-320) Tissue AS210, ratio = 5.0
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 653
    Celera Protein: hCP1784169.1
    Celera Gene: hCG1820593.2
    OMIM number: 140550
    OMIM Information: HEAT-SHOCK 70-KD PROTEIN 1A; HSPA1A
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1302
    Celera Transcript: hCT1970824.2
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1343(299-310) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 654
    Public Protein Accession: NP_002146.1 P17066
    Protein Name: Human schizophrenia/SCZ associated protein HSP70B SEQ ID NO: 2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1303
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_002155
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1343(301-312) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 655
    Celera Protein: hCP52114.2
    Celera Gene: hCG43726.3
    OMIM number: 603012
    OMIM Information: HEAT-SHOCK 70-KD PROTEIN 1B; HSPA1B
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1304
    Celera Transcript: hCT35011.3
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1343(299-310) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 656
    Public Protein Accession: P17066
    Protein Name: Heat shock 70 kDa protein 6 (Heat shock 70 kDa protein B')
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1305
    Public Transcript Accession: BC035665
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1343(301-312) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 657
    Public Protein Accession: NP_005337.1
    Protein Name: heat shock 70kDa protein 1B; heat shock 70kD protein 1B sapiens+
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1306
    Public Transcript Accession: NM_005346
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 658
    Public Protein Accession: P08107
    Protein Name: Human Hsp70 family homologue, Hsp71
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1307
    Public Transcript Accession: BC002453
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1343(299-310) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 659
    Celera Protein: hCP1907403
    Celera Gene: hCG2036699
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1308
    Celera Transcript: hCT2340819
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1343(301-312) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 660
    Celera Protein: hCP1852372
    Celera Gene: hCG2032701
    OMIM number: 601134
    OMIM Information: INTEGRAL MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; ITM1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1309
    Celera Transcript: hCT2335133
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 661
    Public Protein Accession: P46977
    Protein Name: Oligosaccharyl transferase STT3 subunit homolog
    (B5) (Integral membrane protein 1) (TMC)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1310
    Public Transcript Accession: L38961
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 662
    Celera Protein: hCP1852370
    Celera Gene: hCG2032701
    OMIM number: 601134
    OMIM Information: INTEGRAL MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; ITM1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1311
    Celera Transcript: hCT2335135
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 663
    Celera Protein: hCP1852366
    Celera Gene: hCG2032701
    OMIM number: 601134
    OMIM Information: INTEGRAL MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; ITM1
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1312
    Celera Transcript: hCT2335134
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1375(628-640) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 664
    Celera Protein: hCP1765599
    Celera Gene: hCG38871.3
    OMIM number: 602202
    OMIM Information: DOLICHYL-DIPHOSPHOOLIGOSACCHARIDE-
    PROTEIN GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; DDOST
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1313
    Celera Transcript: hCT1955780.1
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 665
    Public Protein Accession: P39656
    Protein Name: Dolichyl-diphosphooligosaccharide--protein glycosyltransferase
    48 kDa subunit precursor (EC 2.4.1.119) (Oligosaccharyl transferase
    48 kDa subunit) (DDOST 48 kDa subunit)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1314
    Public Transcript Accession: D29643
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 666
    Celera Protein: hCP1855094
    Celera Gene: hCG38871.3
    OMIM number: 602202
    OMIM Information: DOLICHYL-DIPHOSPHOOLIGOSACCHARIDE-
    PROTEIN GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; DDOST
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1315
    Celera Transcript: hCT2258547
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 667
    Celera Protein: hCP48742
    Celera Gene: hCG38871.3
    OMIM number: 602202
    OMIM Information: DOLICHYL-DIPHOSPHOOLIGOSACCHARIDE-
    PROTEIN GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; DDOST
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1316
    Celera Transcript: hCT30117.3
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1377(139-152) Tissue NS216, ratio = 3.1
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 668
    Celera Protein: hCP43332.2
    Celera Gene: hCG27781.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1317
    Celera Transcript: hCT18923.3
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 669
    Celera Protein: hCP1881417
    Celera Gene: hCG27781.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1318
    Celera Transcript: hCT2308866
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 670
    Celera Protein: hCP1881416
    Celera Gene: hCG27781.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1319
    Celera Transcript: hCT2308865
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1498(37-47) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 671
    Public Protein Accession: XP_045792.7
    Protein Name: GCN1 general control of amino-acid synthesis 1-like 1 sapiens+
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1320
    Public Transcript Accession: XM_045792
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1498(240-250) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 672
    Celera Protein: hCP1881415
    Celera Gene: hCG27781.3
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1321
    Celera Transcript: hCT2308867
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1498(37-47) Tissue GW215, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 673
    Celera Protein: hCP50637.2
    Celera Gene: hCG40851.2
    OMIM number: 153340
    OMIM Information: LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN CD5; CD5
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1322
    Celera Transcript: hCT32118.2
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 674
    Public Protein Accession: P06127
    Protein Name: T-cell surface glycoprotein CD5 precursor (Lymphocyte
    glycoprotein T1/Leu-1) (Lymphocyte antigen CD5)
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1323
    Public Transcript Accession: X04391
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1420(238-251) Tissue AS210, ratio = >3.8
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 675
    Celera Protein: hCP51336.2
    Celera Gene: hCG41454.3
    OMIM number: 160775
    OMIM Information: MYOSIN, HEAVY CHAIN 9, NO:NMUSCLE; MYH9
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1324
    Celera Transcript: hCT32725.3
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 676
    Celera Protein: hCP1797739
    Celera Gene: hCG41454.3
    OMIM number: 160775
    OMIM Information: MYOSIN, HEAVY CHAIN 9, NO:NMUSCLE; MYH9
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1325
    Celera Transcript: hCT2301111
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 677
    Public Protein Accession: P35579
    Protein Name: Human protein SEQ ID NO: 1516
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 678
    Celera Protein: hCP1797738
    Celera Gene: hCG41454.3
    OMIM number: 160775
    OMIM Information: MYOSIN, HEAVY CHAIN 9, NO:NMUSCLE; MYH9
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1326
    Celera Transcript: hCT2301109
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1426(1371-1387) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 679
    Public Protein Accession: P08246
    Protein Name: Sequence of serine protease (SP) of human myeloid
    cell origin and leader peptide
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1327
    Public Transcript Accession: X05875
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 680
    Celera Protein: hCP39107.2
    Celera Gene: hCG21580.2
    OMIM number: 130130
    OMIM Information: ELASTASE 2; ELA2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1328
    Celera Transcript: hCT12671.2
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1431(144-160) Tissue AS210, ratio = 9.2
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 681
    Celera Protein: hCP41672.2
    Celera Gene: hCG24460.3
    OMIM number: 605139
    OMIM Information: CHAPERONIN CONTAINING T-COMPLEX
    POLYPEPTIDE
    1, SUBUNIT 2; CCT2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1329
    Celera Transcript: hCT15577.3
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 682
    Public Protein Accession: P78371
    Protein Name: Human secreted protein sequence encoded by gene 35
    SEQ ID NO:146
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1330
    Public Transcript Accession: AF026293
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1468(388-401) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton
    Protein SEQ ID NO: 683
    Celera Protein: hCP1763503.1
    Celera Gene: hCG24460.3
    OMIM number: 605139
    OMIM Information: CHAPERONIN CONTAINING T-COMPLEX
    POLYPEPTIDE
    1, SUBUNIT 2; CCT2
    Transcript SEQ ID NO: 1331
    Celera Transcript: hCT1951648.1
    Peptide SEQ ID NO: 1468(341-354) Tissue AS210, ratio = Singleton

Claims (20)

1. An isolated protein comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 1-683 and 1332-1501.
2. A composition comprising the protein of claim 1 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
3. An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of:
a) SEQ ID NOS:684-1331;
b) nucleotide sequences that encode a protein comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOS:1-683 and 1332-1501; and
c) nucleotide sequences that are completely complementary to the nucleotide sequences of a) or b).
4. An isolated RNAi or antisense nucleic acid molecule that selectively binds to the nucleic acid molecule of claim 3.
5. An isolated antibody that selectively binds to the protein of claim 1.
6. The antibody of claim 5, wherein the antibody is at least one of a monoclonal, polyclonal, fully human, humanized, chimeric, single-chain, or anti-idiotypic antibody.
7. A cell line, hybridoma, phage, or transgenic organism that produces the antibody of claim 5.
8. The antibody of claim 5, wherein the antibody is coupled to a composition selected from the group consisting of detectable substances and therapeutic agents.
9. A composition comprising the antibody of claim 5 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
10. An isolated antibody fragment of the antibody of claim 5, wherein the antibody fragment comprises a fragment selected from the group consisting of:
a) an Fab fragment;
b) an F(ab′)2 fragment; and
c) an Fv fragment.
11. A method of modulating cell proliferation or apoptosis, the method comprising contacting a cell with the antibody of claim 5.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the method comprises either inhibiting proliferation of colon cancer cells or stimulating apoptosis of colon cancer cells.
13. A method of modulating cell proliferation or apoptosis, the method comprising contacting a cell with the RNAi or antisense nucleic acid molecule of claim 4.
14. A method of detecting the protein of claim 1 in a sample, the method comprising contacting the sample with an isolated antibody that selectively binds to the protein and determining whether the antibody binds to the protein.
15. A method of detecting the nucleic acid molecule of claim 3 in a sample, the method comprising contacting the sample with an oligonucleotide that specifically hybridizes to the nucleic acid molecule and determining whether the oligonucleotide binds to the nucleic acid molecule.
16. A method of diagnosing, prognosing, or determining risk of colon cancer in a subject, the method comprising detecting at least one molecule in a sample, wherein the presence or abundance of the molecule is indicative of colon cancer, and wherein the molecule is selected from the group consisting of:
a) proteins comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOS:1-683 and 1332-1501;
b) antibodies that selectively bind to the protein of a);
c) nucleic acid molecules comprising a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOS:684-1331 and nucleotide sequences that encode the protein of a); and
d) nucleic acid molecules comprising a nucleotide sequence that is completely complementary to the nucleic acid molecule of c).
17. A method of treating colon cancer, the method comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of the antibody of claim 5 to a subject.
18. A method of screening agents, the method comprising contacting the protein of claim 1 or a cell that expresses the protein with an agent, and assaying for whether the agent binds to the protein or modulates the function, activity, or expression of the protein.
19. A composition comprising the agent identified by the method of claim 18 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
20. A method of determining or predicting the effectiveness of a treatment or selecting a treatment for administration to a subject having colon cancer, the method comprising detecting the presence, abundance, or activity of the protein of claim 1 in a sample and determining or predicting the effectiveness of the treatment or selecting the treatment for administration based on the presence, abundance, or activity of the protein.
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