WO1994008040A1 - Adn codant des recepteurs adrenergiques alpha 1 humains et leurs utilisations - Google Patents

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WO1994008040A1
WO1994008040A1 PCT/US1993/009187 US9309187W WO9408040A1 WO 1994008040 A1 WO1994008040 A1 WO 1994008040A1 US 9309187 W US9309187 W US 9309187W WO 9408040 A1 WO9408040 A1 WO 9408040A1
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  • adrenergic receptors bind the same endogenous catecholamines (epinephrine and norepinephrine, NE) their physiological as well as pharmacological specificity is markedly diverse. This diversity is due primarily to the existence of at least nine different proteins encoding three distinct adrenergic receptors types ( ⁇ .,, ⁇ 2, and ⁇ ) . These proteins belong to the super-family of G-protein coupled receptors, and are characterized by a single polypeptide chain which span the plasma membrane seven times, with an extracellular amino terminus, and a cytoplasmic carboxyl terminus.
  • the molecular cloning of three genes encoding ⁇ ARs supports the existence of pharmacologically and anatomically distinct c.,,- receptor subtypes.
  • the ⁇ 1b -receptor was originally cloned from a hamster smooth muscle cell line cDNA library, and encodes a 515 a.a. peptide that shows 42- 47% homology with other ARs.
  • the message for the ⁇ 1b - receptor is abundant in rat liver, heart, cerebral cortex and kidney, and its gene was localized to human chromosome 5 (4) .
  • a second cDNA clone from a bovine brain library was found which encoded a 466-residue polypeptide with 72% homology to the c_ 1b -AR gene. It was further distinguished from ⁇ 1b by the finding that its expression was restricted to human hippocampus, and by its localization to human chromosome 8 and it has been designated as the c_ 1c -AR (20) .
  • the cloning of an c_ 1a -AR has been reported recently.
  • This gene isolated from a rat brain cDNA library, encodes a 560-residue polypeptide that shows 73% homology with the hamster ⁇ 1b -receptor. The message for this subtype is abundant in rat vas deferens, aorta, cerebral cortex and hippocampus, and its gene has been localized to human chromosome 5 (12) .
  • CEC chloroethylclonidine
  • This invention provides and isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a human c_ 1 adrenergic receptor.
  • This invention further provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a human ⁇ 1a receptor.
  • the nucleic acid molecule comprises a plasmid pcEXV-c_ 1a .
  • This invention also provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a human ⁇ 1b receptor.
  • the nucleic acid molecule comprises a plasmid pcEXV- lb
  • This invention further provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a human ⁇ 1c receptor.
  • the nucleic acid molecule comprises a plasmid pcEXV- 1c
  • This invention also provides vectors such as plasmids comprising a DNA molecule encoding a human ⁇ 1a receptor, adapted for expression in a bacterial, a yeast cell, or a mammalian cell which additionally comprise regulatory elements necessary for expression of the DNA in the bacteria, yeast or mammalian cells so located relative to the DNA encoding the human ⁇ 1a receptor as to permit expression thereof.
  • vectors such as plasmids comprising a DNA molecule encoding a human ⁇ 1a receptor, adapted for expression in a bacterial, a yeast cell, or a mammalian cell which additionally comprise regulatory elements necessary for expression of the DNA in the bacteria, yeast or mammalian cells so located relative to the DNA encoding the human ⁇ 1a receptor as to permit expression thereof.
  • This invention also provides vectors such as plasmids comprising a DNA molecule encoding a human ⁇ 1b receptor, adapted for expression in a bacterial, a yeast cell, or a mammalian cell which additionally comprise regulatory elements necessary for expression of the DNA in the bacteria, yeast or mammalian cells so located relative to the DNA encoding the human 1b receptor as to permit expression thereof.
  • vectors such as plasmids comprising a DNA molecule encoding a human ⁇ 1b receptor, adapted for expression in a bacterial, a yeast cell, or a mammalian cell which additionally comprise regulatory elements necessary for expression of the DNA in the bacteria, yeast or mammalian cells so located relative to the DNA encoding the human 1b receptor as to permit expression thereof.
  • This invention also provides vectors such as plasmids comprising a DNA molecule encoding a human ⁇ 1c receptor, adapted for expression in a bacterial, a yeast cell, or a mammalian cell which additionally comprise regulatory elements necessary for expression of the DNA in the bacteria, yeast or mammalian cells so located relative to the DNA encoding the human ⁇ 1c receptor as to permit expression thereof.
  • vectors such as plasmids comprising a DNA molecule encoding a human ⁇ 1c receptor, adapted for expression in a bacterial, a yeast cell, or a mammalian cell which additionally comprise regulatory elements necessary for expression of the DNA in the bacteria, yeast or mammalian cells so located relative to the DNA encoding the human ⁇ 1c receptor as to permit expression thereof.
  • This invention provides a mammalian cell comprising a DNA molecule encoding a human ⁇ 1a receptor.
  • This invention also provides a mammalian cell comprising a DNA molecule encoding a human ⁇ 1b receptor.
  • This invention also provides a mammalian cell comprising a DNA molecule encoding a human ⁇ 1c receptor.
  • This invention provides a nucleic acid probe comprising a nucleic acid molecule of at least 15 nucleotides capable of specifically hybridizing with a sequence included within the sequence of a nucleic acid molecule encoding a human ⁇ 1a receptor.
  • This invention provides a nucleic acid probe comprising a nucleic acid molecule of at least 15 nucleotides capable of specifically hybridizing with a sequence included within the sequence of a nucleic acid molecule encoding a human ⁇ 1b receptor.
  • This invention provides a nucleic acid probe comprising a nucleic acid molecule of at least 15 nucleotides capable of specifically hybridizing with a sequence included within the sequence of a nucleic acid molecule encoding a human ⁇ 1c receptor.
  • This invention provides an antisense oligonucleotide having a sequence capable of specifically binding to any sequences of an mRNA molecule encoding a human ⁇ la receptor so as to prevent translation of the mRNA molecule.
  • This invention provides an antisense oligonucleotide having a sequence capable of specifically binding to any sequences of an mRNA molecule encoding a human ⁇ 1b receptor so as to prevent translation of the mRNA molecule.
  • This invention provides an antisense oligonucleotide having a sequence capable of specifically binding to any sequences of an mRNA molecule encoding a human ⁇ 1c receptor so as to prevent translation of the mRNA molecule.
  • This invention provides method for detecting expression of a specific human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor, which comprises obtaining RNA from cells or tissue, contacting the RNA so obtained with a nucleic acid probe comprising a nucleic acid molecule of at least 15 nucleotides capable of specifically hybridizing with a sequence included within the sequence of a nucleic acid molecule encoding a human ⁇ 1 receptor under hybridizing conditions, detecting the presence of any mRNA hybridized to the probe, the presence of mRNA hybridized to the probe indicating expression of the specific human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor, and thereby detecting the expression of the specific human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor.
  • This invention provides a method for detecting the expression of a specific human ⁇ l adrenergic receptor in a cell or tissue by in situ hybridization which comprises, contacting the cell or tissue with a nucleic acid probe comprising a nucleic acid molecule of at least 15 nucleotides capable of specifically hybridizing with a sequence included within the sequence of a nucleic acid molecule encoding a human . receptor under hybridizing conditions, detecting the presence of any mRNA hybridized to the probe, the presence of mRNA hybridized to the probe indicating expression of the specific human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor, and thereby detecting the expression of the specific human ⁇ . adrenergic receptor.
  • This invention provides a method for isolating a nucleic acid molecule encoding a receptor by nucleic acid sequence homology using a nucleic acid probe, the ' sequence of which is derived from the nucleic acid sequence encoding a human ⁇ l adrenergic receptor.
  • This invention provides a method for isolating a nucleic acid molecule encoding a human ⁇ ., adrenergic receptor which comprises the use of the polymerase chain reaction and oligonucleotide primers, the sequence of which are derived from the nucleic acid sequence encoding a human ⁇ l adrenergic receptor.
  • This invention provides a method for isolating a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor protein which comprises inducing cells to express the human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor protein, recovering the human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor from the resulting cells, and purifying the human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor so recovered.
  • This invention provides an antibody to the human c_ 1a adrenergic receptor. This invention also provides an antibody to the human ⁇ 1b adrenergic receptor. This invention also provides an antibody to the human ⁇ 1c adrenergic receptor.
  • a pharmaceutical composition comprising an amount of a substance effective to alleviate the abnormalities resulting from overexpression of a human ⁇ 1a adrenergic receptor and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier is provided by this invention.
  • a pharmaceutical composition comprising an amount of a substance effective to alleviate the abnormalities resulting from overexpression of a human ⁇ 1b adrenergic receptor and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier is provided by this invention.
  • a pharmaceutical composition comprising an amount of a substance effective to alleviate the abnormalities resulting from overexpression of a human ⁇ lc adrenergic receptor and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier is provided by this invention.
  • a pharmaceutical composition comprising an amount of a substance effective to alleviate abnormalities resulting from underexpression of a human ⁇ 1a adrenergic receptor and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier is provided by this invention.
  • a pharmaceutical composition comprising an amount of a substance effective to alleviate abnormalities resulting from underexpression of a human ⁇ 1b adrenergic receptor and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier is provided by this invention.
  • a pharmaceutical composition comprising an amount of a substance effective to alleviate abnormalities resulting from underexpression of a human ⁇ lc adrenergic receptor and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier is provided by this invention.
  • This invention provides a transgenic non-human mammal whose genome comprises a nucleic acid molecule encoding a human ⁇ l adrenergic receptor, the DNA molecule so placed as to be transcribed into antisense mRNA complementary to mRNA encoding a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor and which hybridizes to mRNA encoding a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor thereby reducing its translation.
  • This invention provides a method for determining the physiological effects of varying the levels of expression of a specific human ⁇ l adrenergic receptor which comprises producing a transgenic non-human mammal whose levels of expression of a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor can be varied by use of an inducible promoter.
  • This invention provides method for determining the physiological effects of expressing varying levels of a specific human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor which comprises producing a panel of transgenic non-human mammals each expressing a different amount of the human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor.
  • This invention provides a method for determining whether a ligand not known to be capable of specifically binding to a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor can bind to a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor, which comprises contacting a mammalian cell comprising a plasmid adapted for expression in a mammalian cell which further comprises a DNA molecule which expresses a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor on the cell surface with the ligand under conditions permitting binding of ligands known to bind to a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor, detecting the presence of any ligand bound to the human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor, the presence of bound ligand thereby determining that the ligand binds to the human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor.
  • This invention provides a method for screening drugs to identify drugs which interact with, and specifically bind to, a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor on the surface of a cell, which comprises contacting a mammalian cell which comprises a plasmid adapted for expression in a mammalian cell which further comprises a DNA molecule which expresses a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor on the cell surface with a plurality of drugs, determining those drugs which bind to the human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor expressed on the cell surface of the mammalian cell, and thereby identifying drugs which interact with, and bind to, the human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor.
  • This invention provides a method for identifying a ligand which binds to and activates or blocks the activation of, a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor expressed on the surface of a cell, which comprises contacting a mammalian cell which comprises a plasmid adapted for expression in a mammalian cell which further comprises a DNA molecule which expresses a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor on the cell surface with the ligand, determining whether the ligand binds to and activates or blocks the activation of the receptor using a bioassay such as a second messenger assays.
  • a bioassay such as a second messenger assays.
  • This invention also provides a method for identifying a ligand which is capable of binding to and activating or inhibiting a human 1 adrenergic receptor, which comprises contacting a mammalian cell, wherein the membrane lipids have been labelled by prior incubation with a labelled lipid precursor molecule, the mammalian cell comprising a plasmid adapted for expression in a mammalian cell which further comprises a DNA molecule which expresses a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor with the ligand and identifying an inositol phosphate metabolite released from the membrane lipid as a result of ligand binding to and activating an ⁇ - adrenergic receptor.
  • This invention also provides a.method for identifying a ligand that is capable of binding to and activating or inhibiting a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor, wherein the binding of ligand to the adrenergic receptor results in a physiological response, which comprises contacting a mammalian cell which comprises a plasmid adapted for expression in a mammalian cell which further comprises a DNA molecule which expresses a human .
  • adrenergic receptor with a calcium sensitive fluorescent indicator, removing the indicator that has not been taken up by the cell, contacting the cells with the ligand and identifying an increase or decrease in intracellular Ca +2 as a result of ligand binding to and activating or inhibiting ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor activity.
  • This invention provides a method for detecting the presence of a human ⁇ 1a adrenergic receptor on the surface of a cell, which comprises contacting the cell with an antibody to human ⁇ 1a adrenergic receptor under conditions which permit binding of the antibody to the receptor, detecting the presence of any of the antibody bound to the human ⁇ la adrenergic receptor and thereby the presence of a human ⁇ 1a adrenergic receptor on the surface of the cell.
  • This invention provides a method for detecting the presence of a human ⁇ 1b adrenergic receptor on the surface of a cell, which comprises contacting the cell with an antibody to human ⁇ 1b adrenergic receptor under conditions which permit binding of the antibody to the receptor, detecting the presence of any of the antibody bound to the human ⁇ 1b adrenergic receptor and thereby the presence of a human ⁇ 1b adrenergic receptor on the surface of the cell.
  • This invention provides a method for detecting the presence of a human ⁇ 1c adrenergic receptor on the surface of a cell, which comprises contacting the cell with an antibody to human ⁇ 1c adrenergic receptor under conditions which permit binding of the antibody to the receptor, detecting the presence of any of the antibody bound to the human ⁇ 1c adrenergic receptor and thereby the presence of a human ⁇ 1c adrenergic receptor on the surface of the cell.
  • This invention provides a method of treating an abnormal condition related to an excess of activity of a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor subtype, which comprises administering an amount of a pharmaceutical composition effective to reduce ⁇ , adrenergic activity as a result of naturally occurring substrate binding to and activating a specific ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor.
  • This invention provides a method for treating abnormalities which are alleviated by an increase in the activity of a specific human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor, which comprises administering a patient an amount of a pharmaceutical composition effective to increase the activity of the specific human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor thereby alleviating abnormalities resulting from abnormally low receptor activity.
  • This invention provides a method for diagnosing a disorder or a predisposition to a disorder associated with the expression of a specific human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor allele which comprises: a.) obtaining DNA from subjects suffering from a disorder; b.) performing a restriction digest of the DNA with a panel of restriction enzymes; c.) electrophoretically separating the resulting DNA fragments on a sizing gel; d.) contacting the gel with a nucleic acid probe labelled with a detectable marker and which hybridizes to the nucleic acid encoding a specific human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor; e.) detecting the labelled bands which have hybridized to the DNA encoding the specific ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor labelled with the detectable marker to create a unique band pattern specific to the DNA of subjects suffering with the disorder; f.) preparing DNA for diagnosis by steps a- e; g.)comparing the unique band pattern specific to the DNA of patients suffering from the disorder
  • This invention provides a method for identifying a substance capable of alleviating the abnormalities resulting from overexpression of a specific human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor which comprises administering a substance to the transgenic non-human mammal comprising the DNA encoding a specific ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor and determining whether the substance alleviates the physical and behavioral abnormalities displayed by the transgenic nonhuman mammal as a result of overexpression of the human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor subtype.
  • This invention provides a method for identifying a substance capable of alleviating the abnormalities resulting from underexpression of a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor subtype, which comprises administering a substance to a non-human transgenic mammal which is expressing a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor incapable of receptor activity or is underexpressing the human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor subtype, and determining whether the substance alleviates the physical and behavioral abnormalities displayed by the transgenic nonhuman mammal as a result of underexpression of a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor subtype.
  • This invention provides a method of treating abnormalities in a subject, wherein the abnormality is alleviated by the reduced expression of a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor subtype which comprises administering to a subject an effective amount of the pharmaceutical composition effective to reduce expression of a specific ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor subtype.
  • This invention provides a method of treating abnormalities resulting from underexpression of a human . adrenergic receptor which comprises administering to a subject an amount of a pharmaceutical composition effective to alleviate abnormalities resulting from underexpression of the specific human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor.
  • FIGS 1A-I Nucleotide Sequence and Deduced Amino Acid Sequence of Novel Human Alpha-la Adrenergic Receptor.
  • Nucleotides are presented in the 5' to 3'orientation and the coding region is numbered starting from the initiating methionine and ending in the termination codon. Deduced amino acid sequence by translation of a long open reading frame is shown, along with the 5' and 3' untranslated regions. Numbers in the left and right margins represent nucleotide (top line) and amino acid (bottom line) numberings, starting with the first position as the adenosine (A) and the initiating methionine (M) , respectively.
  • Figures 2A-H Nucleotide Sequence and Deduced Amino Acid Sequence of Novel Human Alpha-lb Adrenergic Receptor. Nucleotides are presented in the 5' to 3' orientation and the coding region is numbered starting from the initiating methionine and ending in the termination codon. Deduced amino acid sequence by translation of a long open reading frame is shown, along with the 5' and 3' untranslated regions. Numbers in the left and right margins represent nucleotide (top line) and amino acid (bottom line) numberings, starting with the first position as the adenosine (A) and the initiating methionine (M) , respectively.
  • Nucleotides are presented in the 5' to 3' orientation and the coding region is numbered starting from the initiating methionine and ending in the termination codon. Deduced amino acid sequence by translation of a long open reading frame is shown, along with the 5' and 3' untranslated regions. Numbers in the left and right margins represent nucleotide (top line) and amino acid (bottom line) numberings, starting with the first position as the adenosine (A) and the initiating methionine (M) , respectively.
  • FIGS. 4A-D Alignment of the Human Alpha-la, H318/3
  • the deduced amino acid sequence of the human ⁇ 1a receptor (first line) , from the starting methionine (M) to the stop codon (*) , is aligned with the previously published human "c_ 1a " adrenergic receptor clone, H318/3 (2) (second line) and with the rat alphala (12) (third line) . Also shown is a consensus amino acid sequence (fourth line) , containing a hyphen at a particular position, when all receptors have the same amino acid or an amino acid at this position, when there is disparity in the three receptors. Dots indicate spaces corresponding to no amino acid at this position.
  • human and rat ⁇ 1a receptors have greater homology in the amino (positions 1-90) and carboxyl (positions 440-598) termini than do the previously published " ⁇ t-. a " (H318/3) and rat ⁇ 1a receptors (see text) . Dots indicate spaces corresponding to no amino acid at this position. Numbers above amino acid sequences correspond to amino acid positions, starting with the initiating methionine (M) and ending with the termination codon (*) .
  • Figures 5A-D Alignment of the Human Alpha-lb, Hamster Alpha-lb, and Rat Alpha-lb Adrenergic Receptors.
  • the deduced amino acid sequence of the human ⁇ 1b receptor (third line) , from the starting methionine (M) to the stop codon (*) , is aligned with the previously published rat ⁇ 1b adrenergic receptor clone (25) (first line) and with the hamster alpha-lb (4) (second line) .
  • a consensus amino acid sequence (fourth line) , containing a hyphen at a particular position, when all receptors have the same amino acid or an amino acid at this position, when there is disparity in the three receptors. Dots indicate spaces corresponding to no amino acid at this position. Numbers above amino acid sequences correspond to amino acid position, starting with the initiating methionine (M) and ending with the termination codon (*) .
  • Figures 6A-C Alignment of the Human Alpha-lc and Bovine Alpha-lc Adrenergic Receptors.
  • the deduced amino acid sequence of the human ⁇ 1c receptor (first line) , from the starting methionine (M) to the stop codon (*) , is aligned with the previously published bovine ⁇ 1b adrenergic receptor clone (13) (first line) .
  • a consensus amino acid sequence (third line) , containing a hyphen at a particular position, when all receptors have the same amino acid or an amino acid at this position, when there is disparity in the three receptors. Dots indicate spaces corresponding to no amino acid at this position. Numbers above amino acid sequences correspond to amino acid position, starting with the initiating methionine (M) and ending with the termination codon (*) .
  • Figure 7 Illustrates the correlation of inhibition constants (pK,.) for a series of ⁇ 1 antagonists at the cloned human ⁇ 1A , ⁇ 1B , and ⁇ 1c receptors with efficiency of blocking contraction of human prostate tissue (pA 2 ) .
  • This invention provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor.
  • This invention also provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a human ⁇ 1a adrenergic receptor.
  • This invention also provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a human ⁇ 1b adrenergic receptor.
  • This invention also provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a human ⁇ lc adrenergic receptor.
  • isolated nucleic acid molecule means a non-naturally occurring nucleic acid molecule that is, a molecule in a form which does not occur in nature.
  • ⁇ 1a receptor means a molecule which is a distinct member of a class of ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor molecules which under physiologic conditions, is substantially specific for the catecholamines epinephrine and norepinephrine, is saturable, and having high affinity for the catecholamines epinephrine and norepinephrine.
  • ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor subtype refers to a distinct member of the class of human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptors, which may be any one of the human ⁇ 1a , ⁇ lb or ⁇ lc adrenergic receptors.
  • specific ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor refers to a distinct member of the group or class of human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptors, which may be any one of the human ⁇ 1a , ⁇ 1b or ⁇ lc adrenergic receptors.
  • One embodiment of this invention is an isolated human nucleic acid molecule encoding a human ⁇ 1a adrenergic receptor.
  • Such a molecule may have coding sequences substantially the same as the coding sequence in Figures 1A-1I.
  • the DNA molecule of Figures ' 1A-1I encodes the sequence of the human ⁇ 1a adrenergic receptor.
  • Another, preferred embodiment is an isolated human nucleic acid molecule encoding a human ⁇ 1b adrenergic receptor.
  • Such a molecule may have coding sequences substantially the same as the coding sequence in Figures 2A-2H.
  • the DNA molecule of Figures 2A-2H encodes the sequence of the human ⁇ 1b adrenergic receptor.
  • Another, preferred embodiment is an isolated human nucleic acid molecule encoding a human ⁇ 1c adrenergic receptor.
  • Such a molecule may have coding sequences substantially the same as the coding sequence in Figures 3A-3G.
  • the DNA molecule of Figures 3A-3G encodes the sequence of the human ⁇ 1c adrenergic receptor.
  • One means of isolating a nucleic acid molecule encoding a ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor is to screen a genomic DNA or cDNA library with a natural or artificially designed DNA probe, using methods well known in the art.
  • ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptors include the human ⁇ 1a , human ⁇ 1b and human ⁇ 1c adrenergic receptors and the nucleic acid molecules encoding them were isolated by screening a human genomic DNA library and by further screening of a human cDNA library to obtain the sequence of the entire human ⁇ 1a , human ⁇ 1b or human ⁇ lc adrenergic receptor.
  • DNA or cDNA molecules which encode a human ⁇ 1a , ⁇ 1b or ⁇ 1c adrenergic receptor are used to obtain complementary genomic DNA, cDNA or RNA from human, mammalian or other animal sources, or to isolate related cDNA or genomic DNA clones by the screening of cDNA or genomic DNA libraries, by methods described in more detail below. Transcriptional ' regulatory elements from the 5' untranslated region of the isolated clone, and other stability, processing, transcription, translation, and tissue specificity determining regions from the 3' and 5' untranslated regions of the isolated gene are thereby obtained.
  • This invention provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule which has been so mutated as to be incapable of encoding a molecule having normal human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor activity, and not expressing native human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor.
  • An example of a mutated nucleic acid molecule provided by this invention is an isolated nucleic acid molecule which has an in-frame stop codon inserted into the coding sequence such that the transcribed RNA is not translated into protein.
  • This invention provides a cDNA molecule encoding a human ⁇ 1a adrenergic receptor, wherein the cDNA molecule has a coding sequence substantially the same as the coding sequence shown in Figures 1A-1I.
  • This invention also provides a cDNA molecule encoding a human ⁇ 1b adrenergic receptor, wherein the cDNA molecule has a coding sequence substantially the same as the coding sequence shown in Figures 2A-2H.
  • This invention also provides a cDNA molecule encoding a human ⁇ lc adrenergic receptor, wherein the cDNA molecule has a coding sequence substantially the same as the coding sequence shown in Figures 3A-3G.
  • This invention provides an isolated protein which is a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor.
  • the protein is a human ⁇ la adrenergic receptor having an amino acid sequence substantially similar to the amino acid sequence shown in Figures 1A- IH.
  • the protein is a human ⁇ 1b adrenergic receptor having an 1
  • the protein is a human ⁇ 1c adrenergic receptor having an amino acid sequence substantially similar to the amino acid sequence shown in Figures 3A-3G.
  • isolated protein is intended to encompass a protein molecule free of other cellular components.
  • One means for obtaining an isolated human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor is to express DNA encoding the ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor in a suitable host, such as a bacterial, yeast, or mammalian cell, using methods well known to those skilled in the art, and recovering the human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor after it has been expressed in such a host, again using methods well known in the art.
  • the human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor may also be isolated from cells which express it, in particular from cells which have been transfected with the expression vectors described below in more detail.
  • This invention also provides a vector comprising an isolated nucleic acid molecule such as DNA, RNA, or cDNA, encoding a human ⁇ 1a receptor.
  • This invention also provides a vector comprising an isolated nucleic acid molecule such as DNA, RNA, or cDNA, encoding a human human ⁇ 1b adrenergic receptor.
  • This invention also provides a vector comprising an isolated nucleic acid molecule such as DNA, RNA, or cDNA, encoding a human ⁇ 1c adrenergic receptor.
  • vectors examples include viruses such as bacteriophages (such as phage lambda) , cosmids, plasmids (such as pUC18, available from Pharmacia, Piscataway, NJ) , and other recombination vectors.
  • Nucleic acid molecules are inserted into vector genomes by methods well known to those skilled in the art.
  • Examples of such plasmids are plasmids comprising cDNA having a coding sequence substantially the same as: the coding sequence shown in Figures 1A- II, 2A-2H, and 3A-3G.
  • insert and vector DNA can both be exposed to a restriction enzyme to create complementary ends on both molecules which base pair with each other and are then ligated together with a ligase.
  • linkers can be ligated to the insert DNA which correspond to a restriction site in the vector DNA, which is then digested with the restriction enzyme which cuts at that site.
  • Other means are also available.
  • This invention also provides vectors comprising a DNA molecule encoding a human ⁇ 1a , vectors comprising a DNA molecule encoding a human ⁇ 1b adrenergic receptor and vectors comprising a DNA molecule encoding a human ⁇ 1c adrenergic receptor adapted for expression in a bacterial cell, a yeast cell, or a mammalian cell which additionally comprise the regulatory elements necessary for expression of the DNA in the bacterial, yeast, or mammalian cells so located relative to the DNA encoding a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor as to permit expression thereof.
  • DNA having coding sequences substantially the same as the coding sequence shown in Figures 1A-1I may be inserted into the vectors to express a human ⁇ 1a adrenergic receptor.
  • DNA having coding sequences substantially the same as the coding sequence shown in Figures 2A-2H may be inserted into the vectors to express a human ⁇ 1b adrenergic receptor.
  • DNA having coding sequences substantially the same as the coding sequence shown in Figures 3A-3G may be inserted into the vectors to express a human ⁇ 1c adrenergic receptor.
  • Regulatory elements required for expression include promoter sequences to bind RNA polymerase and transcription initiation sequences for ribosome binding.
  • a bacterial expression vector includes a promoter such as the lac promoter and for transcription initiation the Shine-Dalgarno sequence and the start codon AUG (Maniatis, et al., Molecular Cloning, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1982) .
  • a eukaryotic expression vector includes a heterologous or homologous promoter for RNA polymerase II, a downstream polyadenylation signal, the start codon AUG, and a termination codon for detachment of the ribosome.
  • Such vectors may be obtained commercially or assembled from the sequences described by methods well known in the art, for example the methods described above for constructing vectors in general. Expression vectors are useful to produce cells that express a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor. Certain uses for such cells are described in more detail below.
  • a plasmid is adapted for expression in a bacterial, yeast, or, in particular, a mammalian cell wherein the plasmid comprises a DNA molecule encoding a human ⁇ 1a adrenergic receptor, a DNA molecule encoding a human ⁇ 1b adrenergic receptor or a DNA molecule encoding a human ⁇ 1c adrenergic receptor and the regulatory elements necessary for expression of the DNA in the bacterial, yeast, or mammalian cell so located relative to the DNA encoding a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor as to permit expression thereof.
  • Suitable plasmids may include, but are not limited to plasmids adapted for expression in a mammalian cell, e.g., pCEXV-3 derived expression vector.
  • plasmids adapted for expression in a mammalian cell are plasmids comprising cDNA having coding sequences substantially the same as the coding sequence shown in Figures 1A-1I, 2A-2H, and 3A-3G and the regulatory elements necessary for expression of the DNA in the mammalian cell.
  • These plasmids have been designated pcEXV- ⁇ 1a deposited under ATCC Accession No. 75319, pcEXV- ⁇ 1b deposited under ATCC Accession No.
  • plasmids adapted for expression in a mammalian cell which comprise DNA encoding human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptors and the regulatory elements necessary to express such DNA in the mammalian cell may be constructed utilizing existing plasmids and adapted as appropriate to contain the regulatory elements necessary to express the DNA in the mammalian cell.
  • the plasmids may be constructed by the methods described above for expression vectors and vectors in general, and by other methods well known in the art.
  • This invention provides a mammalian cell comprising a DNA molecule encoding a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor, such as a mammalian cell comprising a plasmid adapted for expression in a mammalian cell, which comprises a DNA molecule encoding a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor and the regulatory elements necessary for expression of the DNA in the mammalian cell so located relative to the DNA encoding a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor as to permit expression thereof.
  • Numerous mammalian cells may be used as hosts, including, but not limited to, the mouse fibroblast cell NIH3T3, CHO cells, HeLa cells, Ltk " cells, human embryonic kidney cells, Cos cells, etc.
  • Expression plasmids such as that described supra may be used to transfect mammalian cells by methods well known in the art such as calcium phosphate precipitation, or DNA encoding these human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptors may be otherwise introduced into mammalian cells, e.g., by microinjection, to obtain mammalian cells which comprise DNA, e.g., cDNA or a plasmid, encoding a human ⁇ ., adrenergic receptor.
  • This invention provides a nucleic acid probe comprising a nucleic acid molecule of at least 15 nucleotides capable of specifically hybridizing with a sequence included within the sequence of a nucleic acid molecule encoding a human ⁇ 1a adrenergic receptor, for example with a coding sequence included within the sequence shown in Figures 1A-1I.
  • This invention also provides a nucleic acid probe comprising a nucleic acid molecule of at least 15 nucleotides capable of specifically hybridizing with a sequence included within the sequence of a nucleic acid molecule encoding a human ⁇ 1b adrenergic receptor, for example with a coding sequence included within the sequence shown in Figures 2A-2H.
  • This invention also provides a nucleic acid probe comprising a nucleic acid molecule of at least 15 nucleotides capable of specifically hybridizing with a sequence included within the sequence of a nucleic acid molecule encoding a human ⁇ 1c adrenergic receptor, for example with a coding sequence included within the sequence shown in Figures 3A-3G.
  • the phrase "specifically hybridizing” means the ability of a nucleic acid molecule to recognize a nucleic acid sequence complementary to its own and to form double- helical segments through hydrogen bonding between complementary base pairs.
  • nucleic acid probe technology is well known to those skilled in the art who will readily appreciate that such probes may vary greatly in length and may be labeled with a detectable label, such as a radioisotope or fluorescent dye, to facilitate detection of the probe. Detection of nucleic acid encoding a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor is useful as a diagnostic test for any disease process in which levels of expression of the corresponding human ⁇ 1a , ⁇ 1b or ⁇ 1c adrenergic receptor are altered.
  • a detectable label such as a radioisotope or fluorescent dye
  • DNA probe molecules are produced by insertion of a DNA molecule which encodes a human ⁇ 1a , human ⁇ 1b , or human ⁇ lc adrenergic receptor or fragments thereof into suitable vectors, such as plasmids or bacteriophages, followed by insertion into suitable bacterial host cells and replication and harvesting of the DNA probes, all using methods well known in the art.
  • suitable vectors such as plasmids or bacteriophages
  • the DNA may be extracted from a cell lysate using phenol and ethanol, digested with restriction enzymes corresponding to the insertion sites of the DNA into the vector (discussed above) , electrophoresed, and cut out of the resulting gel. Examples of such DNA molecules are shown in Figures 1A-1I, 2A-2H, and 3A-3G.
  • the probes are useful for "in situ” hybridization or in order to identify tissues which express this gene family, or for other hybridization assays for the presence of these genes or their mRNA in various biological tissues.
  • synthesized oligonucleotides produced by a DNA synthesizer
  • This invention also provides a method for detecting expression of a human ⁇ 1a adrenergic receptor on the surface of a cell by detecting the presence of mRNA coding for a human ⁇ 1a adrenergic receptor.
  • This invention also provides a method for detecting ' expression of a human ⁇ 1b adrenergic receptor on the surface of a cell by detecting the presence of mRNA coding for a human ⁇ 1b adrenergic receptor.
  • This invention also provides a method for detecting expression of a human ⁇ 1c adrenergic receptor on the surface of a cell by detecting the presence of mRNA coding for a human ⁇ 1c adrenergic receptor.
  • These methods comprise obtaining total mRNA from the cell using methods well known in the art and contacting the mRNA so obtained with a nucleic acid probe as described hereinabove, under hybridizing conditions, detecting the presence of mRNA hybridized to the probe, and thereby detecting the expression of a specific human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor by the cell.
  • Hybridization of probes to target nucleic acid molecules such as mRNA molecules employs techniques well known in the art.
  • nucleic acids are extracted by precipitation from lysed cells and the mRNA is isolated from the extract using a column which binds the poly-A tails of the mRNA molecules (Maniatis, T.
  • mRNA is then exposed to radioactively labelled probe on a nitrocellulose membrane, and the probe hybridizes to and thereby labels complementary mRNA sequences. Binding may be detected by autoradiography or scintillation counting.
  • other methods for performing these steps are well known to those skilled in the art, and the discussion above is merely an example.
  • This invention provides an antisense oligonucleotide having a sequence capable of specifically binding with any sequences of an mRNA molecule which encodes a human ⁇ 1a adrenergic receptor so as to prevent translation of the human ⁇ la adrenergic receptor.
  • This invention also provides an antisense oligonucleotide having a sequence ' capable of specifically binding with any sequences of an mRNA molecule which encodes a human ⁇ lb adrenergic receptor so as to prevent translation of the human ⁇ 1b adrenergic receptor.
  • This invention also provides an antisense oligonucleotide having a sequence capable of specifically binding with any sequences of an mRNA molecule which encodes a human ⁇ 1c adrenergic receptor so as to prevent translation of the human ⁇ 1c adrenergic receptor.
  • the phrase "specifically binding” means the ability of an antisense oligonucleotide to recognize a nucleic acid sequence complementary to its own and to form double-helical segments through hydrogen bonding between complementary base pairs.
  • the antisense oligonucleotide may have a sequence capable of specifically binding with any sequences of the cDNA molecules whose sequences are shown in Figures 1A-1I, 2A-2H or 3A-3G.
  • a particular example of an antisense oligonucleotide is an antisense oligonucleotide comprising chemical analogues of nucleotides which are known to one of skill in the art.
  • This invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising an effective amount of the oligonucleotide described above effective to reduce expression of a human ⁇ 1a adrenergic receptor, by passing through a cell membrane and specifically binding with mRNA encoding the human ⁇ 1a adrenergic receptor in the cell so as to prevent its translation and a pharmaceutically acceptable hydrophobic carrier capable of passing through a cell membrane.
  • This invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising an effective amount of the oligonucleotide described above effective to reduce expression of a human ⁇ 1b adrenergic receptor in the cell so as to prevent its translation and a pharmaceutically acceptable hydrophobic carrier capable of passing through a cell membrane.
  • This invention further provides a pharmaceutical composition
  • a pharmaceutical composition comprising an effective amount of the oligonucleotide described above effective to reduce expression of a human ⁇ 1c adrenergic receptor in the cell so as to prevent its translation and a pharmaceutically acceptable hydrophobic carrier capable of passing through a cell membrane.
  • pharmaceutically acceptable carrier encompasses any of the standard pharmaceutical carriers, such as a phosphate buffered saline solution, water, and emulsions, such as an oil/water or water/oil emulsion, and various types of wetting agents.
  • the oligonucleotide may be coupled to a substance which inactivates mRNA, such as a ribozyme.
  • the pharmaceutically acceptable hydrophobic carrier capable of passing through cell membranes may also comprise a structure which binds to a transporter specific for a selected cell type and is thereby taken up by cells of the selected cell type.
  • the structure may be part of a protein known to bind a cell-type specific transporter, for example an insulin molecule, which would target pancreatic cells.
  • DNA molecules having coding sequences substantially the same as the coding sequence shown in Figures 1A-1I, 2A-2H, or 3A-3G may be used as the oligonucleotides of the pharmaceutical composition.
  • This invention also provides a method of treating abnormalities which are alleviated by reduction of expression of a human ⁇ ., adrenergic receptor.
  • This method comprises administering to a subject an effective amount of the pharmaceutical composition described above effective to reduce expression of the human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor by the subject.
  • This invention further provides a method of treating an abnormal condition related to ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor activity which comprises administering to a subject an amount of the pharmaceutical composition described above effective to reduce expression of the human ⁇ l adrenergic receptor by the subject.
  • Such an abnormal condition include but are not limited to benign prostatic hypertrophy, coronary heart disease, hypertension, urinary retention, insulin resistance, atherosclerosis, sympathetic dystrophy syndrome, glaucoma, cardiac arrythymias erectile dysfunction, and Renaud's syndrome.
  • Antisense oligonucleotide drugs inhibit translation of mRNA encoding the human ⁇ la, human ⁇ lb or human ⁇ lc adrenergic receptors.
  • Synthetic antisense oligonucleotides, or other antisense chemical structures are designed to bind to mRNA encoding the human ⁇ la adrenergic receptor, to mRNA encoding the human ⁇ lb adrenergic receptor or to mRNA encoding the human ⁇ lc adrenergic receptor and inhibit translation of mRNA and are useful as drugs to inhibit expression of the human ⁇ 1a adrenergic receptor, the human ⁇ 1b adrenergic receptor or the human ⁇ 1c adrenergic receptor in patients.
  • This invention provides a means to therapeutically alter levels of expression of the human ⁇ 1a adrenergic receptor, the human ⁇ 1b adrenergic receptor or the human ⁇ 1c adrenergic receptor by the use of a synthetic antisense oligonucleotide drug (SAOD) which inhibits translation of mRNA encoding these ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptors.
  • SAOD synthetic antisense oligonucleotide drug
  • the SAOD is designed to be stable in the blood stream for administration to patients by injection, or in laboratory cell culture conditions, for administration to cells removed from the patient.
  • the SAOD is designed to be capable of passing through cell membranes in order to enter the cytoplasm of the cell by virtue of physical nd chemical properties of the SAOD which render it capable of passing through cell membranes (e.g., by designing small, hydrophobic SAOD chemical structures) or by virtue of specific transport systems in the cell which recognize and transport the SAOD into the cell.
  • the SAOD can be designed for administration only to certain selected cell populations by targeting the SAOD to be recognized by specific cellular uptake mechanisms which bind and take up the SAOD only within certain selected cell populations.
  • the SAOD may be designed to bind to a transporter found only in a certain cell type, as discussed above.
  • the SAOD is also designed to recognize and selectively bind to the target mRNA sequence, which may correspond to a sequence contained within the sequences shown in Figures 1A01I, 2A-2H, or 3A-3G by virtue of complementary base pairing to the mRNA.
  • the SAOD is designed to inactivate the target mRNA sequence by any of three mechanisms: 2) by binding to the target mRNA and thus inducing degradation of the mRNA by intrinsic cellular mechanisms such as mRNA target by interfering with the binding of translation-regulating factors or of other chemical structures, such as ribozyme sequences or reactive chemical groups, which either degrade or chemically modify the target mRNA.
  • Synthetic antisense oligonucleotide drugs have been shown to be capable of the properties described above when directed against mRNA targets (J.S. Cohen, Trends in Pharm. Sci 10, 435 (1989); H.M. Weintraub, Sci. AM. January (1990) p. 40).
  • An SAOD serves as an effective therapeutic agent if it is designed to be administered to a patient by injection, or if the patient's target cells are removed, treated with the SAOD in the laboratory, and replaced in the patient. In this manner, an SAOD serves as a therapy to reduce human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor expression in particular target cells of a patient, in any clinical condition which may benefit from reduced expression of a specific human ⁇ . adrenergic receptor.
  • This invention provides an antibody directed to a human ⁇ 1a adrenergic receptor.
  • This antibody may comprise, for example, a monoclonal antibody directed to an epitope of a human ⁇ 1a adrenergic receptor present on the surface of a cell, the epitope having an amino acid sequence substantially the same as an amino acid sequence for a cell surface epitope of the human ⁇ 1a adrenergic receptor included in the amino acid sequence shown in Figures 1A-1I.
  • This invention also provides an antibody directed to a human ⁇ 1b adrenergic receptor.
  • This antibody may comprise, for example, a monoclonal antibody directed to an epitope of a human ⁇ 1b adrenergic receptor present on the surface of a cell, the epitope having an amino acid sequence substantially the same as an amino acid sequence for a cell surface epitope of the human ⁇ 1b adrenergic receptor included in the amino acid sequence shown in Figures 2A-2H.
  • This invention also provides an antibody directed to a human ⁇ 1c adrenergic receptor.
  • This antibody may comprise, for example, a monoclonal antibody directed to an epitope of a human ⁇ lc adrenergic receptor present on the surface of a cell, the epitope having an amino acid sequence substantially the same as an amino acid sequence for a cell surface epitope of the human ⁇ lc adrenergic receptor included in the amino acid sequence shown in Figures 3A-3G.
  • Amino acid sequences may be analyzed by methods well known to those skilled in the art to determine whether they produce hydrophobic or hydrophilic regions in the proteins which they build. In the case of cell membrane proteins, hydrophobic regions are well known to form the part of the protein that is inserted into the lipid bilayer which forms the cell membrane, while hydrophilic regions are located on the cell surface, in an aqueous environment.
  • antibodies to the hydrophilic amino acid sequences shown in Figures 1A-1I will bind to a surface epitope of the human ⁇ la adrenergic receptor
  • antibodies to the hydrophilic amino acid sequences shown in Figures 2A-2H will bind to a surface epitope of a human ⁇ lb adrenergic receptor
  • antibodies to the hydrophilic amino acid sequences shown in Figures 3A-3G will bind to a surface epitope of a human ⁇ lc adrenergic receptor as described.
  • Antibodies directed to human ⁇ l adrenergic receptors may be serum-derived or monoclonal and are prepared using methods well known in the art.
  • monoclonal antibodies are prepared using hybridoma technology by fusing antibody producing B cells from immunized animals with myeloma cells and selecting the resulting hybridoma cell line producing the desired antibody, Cells such as NIH3T3 cells or Ltk " cells may be used as immunogens to raise such an antibody.
  • synthetic peptides may be prepared using commercially available machines and the amino acid sequence shown in Figures 1A-1I, 2A- 2H, and 3A-3G.
  • DNA such as a cDNA or a fragment thereof, may be cloned and expressed and the resulting polypeptide recovered and used as an immunogen.
  • These antibodies are useful to detect the presence of human ⁇ l adrenergic receptors encoded by the isolated DNA, or to inhibit the function of ⁇ l adrenergic receptors in living animals, in humans, or in biological tissues or fluids isolated from animals or humans.
  • This invention provides a pharmaceutical composition which comprises an effective amount of an antibody directed to an epitope of a human ⁇ 1a adrenergic receptor and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
  • This invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition which comprises an effective amount of an antibody directed to an epitope of a human ⁇ 1b adrenergic receptor, effective to block binding of naturally occurring substrates to the human ⁇ 1b adrenergic receptor and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
  • a monoclonal antibody directed to an epitope of a human ⁇ 1b adrenergic receptor present on the surface of a cell which has an amino acid sequence substantially the same as an amino acid sequence for a cell surface epitope of the human ⁇ 1b adrenergic receptor included in the amino acid sequence shown in Figures 2A-2H is useful for this purpose.
  • This invention provides a pharmaceutical composition which comprises an effective amount of an antibody directed to an epitope of a human ⁇ 1c adrenergic receptor effective to block binding of naturally occurring substrates to the human ⁇ lc adrenergic receptor and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
  • a monoclonal antibody directed to an epitope of a human ⁇ 1c adrenergic receptor present on the surface of the cell which has an amino acid sequence substantially the same as an amino acid sequence for a cell surface epitope of the human ⁇ lc adrenergic receptor included in the amino acid sequence shown in Figures 3A-3G is useful for this purpose.
  • This invention also provides a method of treating abnormalities in a subject which are alleviated by reduction of expression of a specific human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor.
  • the method comprises administering to the subject an effective amount of the pharmaceutical composition described above effective to block binding of naturally occurring substrates to the human ⁇ , adrenergic receptor and thereby alleviate abnormalities resulting from overexpression of the human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor. Binding of the antibody to the human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor from functioning, thereby neutralizing the effects of overexpression.
  • the monoclonal antibodies described above are useful for this purpose.
  • This invention additionally provides a method of treating an abnormal condition related to an excess of a specific human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor activity which comprises administering to a subject an amount of the pharmaceutical composition described above effective to block binding of naturally occurring substrates to the human ⁇ l adrenergic receptor and thereby alleviate the abnormal condition.
  • an abnormal condition include but are not limited to benign prostatic hypertrophy, coronary heart disease, insulin resistance, atherosclerosis, sympathetic dystrophy syndrome, glaucoma, cardiac arrythymias, hypertension, urinary retention, erectile dysfunction, and Renaud's syndrome.
  • This invention provides methods of detecting the presence of a specific human ⁇ l adrenergic receptor on the surface of a cell which comprises contacting the cell with an antibody directed to a specific human ⁇ l adrenergic receptor, under conditions permitting binding of the antibody to the human ⁇ l adrenergic receptor, under conditions permitting binding of the antibody to the human ⁇ l adrenergic receptor, detecting the presence of any antibody bound to the ⁇ l adrenergic receptor, and thereby the presence of the specific human ⁇ l adrenergic receptor on the surface of the cell.
  • Bound antibodies are detected by methods well known in the art, for example by binding fluorescent markers to the antibodies and examining the cell sample under a fluorescence microscope to detect fluorescence on a cell indicative of antibody binding. The monoclonal antibodies described above are useful for this purpose.
  • This invention provides a transgenic nonhuman mammal comprising DNA encoding DNA encoding a human ⁇ 1a adrenergic receptor.
  • This invention also provides a transgenic nonhuman mammal comprising DNA encoding a human ⁇ 1b adrenergic receptor.
  • This invention also provides a transgenic nonhuman mammal comprising DNA encoding a human ⁇ 1c adrenergic receptor.
  • This invention also provides a transgenic nonhuman mammal comprising DNA encoding a human ⁇ 1a adrenergic receptor so mutated as to be incapable of normal human ⁇ 1a adrenergic receptor activity, and not expressing native human ⁇ la adrenergic receptor activity, and not expressing native human ⁇ la adrenergic receptor.
  • This invention also provides a transgenic nonhuman mammal comprising DNA encoding a human ⁇ 1b adrenergic receptor so mutated as to be incapable of normal human ⁇ lb adrenergic receptor activity, and not expressing native human ⁇ lb adrenergic receptor.
  • This invention also provides a transgenic nonhuman mammal comprising DNA encoding a human ⁇ 1c adrenergic receptor so mutated as to be incapable of normal human ⁇ lc adrenergic receptor activity, and not expressing native human ⁇ lc adrenergic receptor.
  • This invention provides a transgenic non-human animal whose genome comprises DNA encoding a human ⁇ 1a adrenergic receptor so placed as to be transcribed into antisense mRNA which is complementary to mRNA encoding a human ⁇ 1a adrenergic receptor thereby reducing its translation.
  • This invention also provides a transgenic nonhuman mammal whose genome comprises DNA encoding a human ⁇ 1b adrenergic receptor so placed as to be transcribed into antisense mRNA which is complementary to mRNA encoding the human ⁇ lb adrenergic receptor and which hybridizes to mRNA encoding a human ⁇ 1b adrenergic receptor thereby reducing its translation.
  • This invention provides a transgenic non-human animal whose genome comprises DNA encoding a human ⁇ 1c adrenergic receptor so placed as to be transcribed into antisense mRNA which is complementary to mRNA encoding a human ⁇ 1c adrenergic receptor and which hybridizes to mRNA encoding the human ⁇ 1c adrenergic receptor thereby reducing its translation.
  • the DNA may additionally comprise an inducible promoter or additionally comprise tissue specific regulatory elements, so that expression can be induced, or restricted to specific cell types. Examples of DNA are DNA or cDNA molecules having a coding sequence substantially the same as the coding sequences shown in Figures 1A-1I, 2A-2H, or 3A-3G.
  • transgenic animal is a transgenic mouse.
  • tissue specificity-determining regions are the metallothionein promoter (Low, M.J., Lechan, R.M. , Hammer, R.E. et al. Science 231:1002-1004 (1986) and the L7 promoter (Oberdick, J., Smeyne, R.J., Mann, J.R., Jackson, S. and Morgan, J.I. Science 248:223-226 (1990)).
  • Animal model systems which elucidate the physiological and behavioral roles of human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptors are produced by creating transgenic animals in which the increased or decreased, or the amino acid sequence of the expressed ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor is altered, by a variety of techniques.
  • Examples of these techniques include, but are not limited to: 1) Insertion of normal or mutant versions of DNA encoding a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor or homologous animal versions of these genes, by microinjection, retroviral infection or other means well known to those skilled in the art, into appropriate fertilized embryos in order to produce a transgenic animal (Hogan B et al., Manipulating the Mouse Embryo, A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (1986)) or, 2) Homologous recombination (Capecchi M.R. Science 244:1288-1292 (1989); Zimmer, A. and Gruss, P.
  • One means available for producing a transgenic animal is as follows: Female mice are mated, and the resulting fertilized eggs are dissected out of their oviducts. The eggs are stored ' in an appropriate medium such as M2 medium (Hogan B et al., Manipulating the Mouse Embryo, A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (1986)). DNA or cDNA encoding a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor is purified from a vector (such as plasmids pCEXV- ⁇ 1b , or pCEXV- ⁇ lc described above) by methods well known in the art.
  • a vector such as plasmids pCEXV- ⁇ 1b , or pCEXV- ⁇ lc described above
  • Inducible promoters may be fused with the coding region of the DNA to provide an experimental means to regulate expression of the trans-gene.
  • tissue specific regulatory elements may be fused with the coding region to permit tissue- specific expression of the trans-gene.
  • the injected egg is then transferred into the oviduct of a pseudopregnant mouse (a mouse stimulated by the appropriate hormones to maintain pregnancy but which is not actually pregnant) , where it proceeds to the uterus, implants, and develops to term.
  • pseudopregnant mouse a mouse stimulated by the appropriate hormones to maintain pregnancy but which is not actually pregnant
  • microinjection is not the only method for inserting DNA into the egg cell, and is used here only for exemplary purposes.
  • the transgenic animal model systems described above are useful for testing the biological activity of drugs directed against specific human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptors even before such drugs become available. These animal model systems are useful for predicting or evaluating possible therapeutic applications of drugs which activate or inhibit these human . adrenergic receptors by inducing or inhibiting expression of the native or transgene and thus increasing or decreasing expression of normal or mutant human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor in the living animal. Thus, a model system is produced in which the biological activity of drugs directed against these human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptors are evaluated before such drugs become available.
  • transgenic animals which over or under produce a specific human ⁇ 1 adrenergic over or under produce a specific human ⁇ ., adrenergic over or under produce a specific human ⁇ , adrenergic receptor indicate by their physiological state whether over or under production of the human ⁇ , adrenergic receptor is therapeutically useful. It is therefore useful to evaluate drug action based on the transgenic model system.
  • a drug such as an antidepressant acts by blocking neurotransmitter uptake, and thereby increases the amount of neurotransmitter in the synaptic cleft.
  • the physiological result of this action is to stimulate the production of less human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor by the affected cells, leading eventually to underexpression. Therefore, an animal which underexpresses human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor is useful as a test system to investigate whether the actions of such drugs which result in under expression are in fact therapeutic.
  • a drug which down-regulates or acts as an antagonist to the human , adrenergic receptor is indicated as worth developing, and if a promising therapeutic application is uncovered by these animal model systems, activation or inhibition of the specific human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor or antagonist drugs directed against these human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptors or by any method which increases or decreases the expression of these ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptors in man.
  • this invention is a method of determining the physiological effects of expressing varying levels of a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor which comprises producing a transgenic nonhuman animal whose levels of ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor expression are varied by use of an inducible promoter which regulates human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor expression.
  • This invention also provides a method for determining the physiological effects of expressing varying levels of human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptors which comprise producing a panel of transgenic nonhuman animals each expressing a different amount of a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor. Such animals may be produced by introducing different amounts of DNA encoding a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor into the oocytes from which the transgenic animals are developed.
  • This invention also provides a method for identifying a substance capable of alleviating abnormalities resulting from overexpression of a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor comprising administering the substance to a transgenic nonhuman mammal expressing at least one artificially introduced DNA molecule encoding a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor and determining whether the substance alleviates the physical and behavioral abnormalities displayed by the transgenic nonhuman mammal as a result of overexpression of a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor.
  • the term "substance” means a compound or composition which may be natural, synthetic, or a product derived from screening. Examples of DNA molecules are DNA or cDNA molecules having a coding sequence substantially the same as the coding sequences shown in Figures 1A-1I, 2A-2H, or 3A-3G.
  • This invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising an amount of the substance described supra effective to alleviate the abnormalities resulting from overexpression of a human ⁇ 1a adrenergic receptor and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
  • This invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising an amount of the substance described supra effective to alleviate the abnormalities resulting from overexpression of a human ⁇ 1b adrenergic receptor and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
  • This invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising an amount of the substance described supra effective to alleviate the abnormalities resulting from overexpression of a human ⁇ 1c adrenergic receptor and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
  • This invention further provides a method for treating the abnormalities resulting from overexpression of a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor which comprises administering to a subject an amount of the pharmaceutical composition described above effective to alleviate the abnormalities resulting from overexpression of the human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor.
  • This invention provides a method for identifying a substance capable of alleviating the abnormalities resulting from underexpression of a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor comprising administering the substance to the transgenic nonhuman mammal described above which expresses only a nonfunctional human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor and determining whether the substance alleviates the physical and behavioral abnormalities displayed by the transgenic nonhuman mammal as a result of underexpression of the human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor.
  • This invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition
  • a pharmaceutical composition comprising an amount of a substance effective to alleviate abnormalities resulting from underexpression of a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
  • This invention also provides a method for treating the abnormalities resulting from underexpression of a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor which comprises administering to a subject an amount of the pharmaceutical composition described above effective to alleviate the abnormalities resulting from underexpression of a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor.
  • This invention provides a method for diagnosing a predisposition to a disorder associated with the expression of a specific human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor allele which comprises: a) obtaining DNA of subjects suffering from the disorder; b) performing a restriction digest of the DNA with a panel .of restriction enzymes; c) electrophoretically separating the resulting DNA fragments on a sizing gel; d) contacting the resulting gel with a nucleic acid probe capable of specifically hybridizing to DNA encoding a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor and labelled bands which have hybridized to the DNA encoding a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor labelled with a detectable marker to create a unique band pattern specific to the DNA of subjects suffering from the disorder; f) preparing DNA obtained for diagnosis by steps a-e; and g) comparing the unique band pattern specific to the DNA of subjects suffering from the disorder from step e and the DNA obtained for diagnosis from step f to determine whether the patterns are the same or
  • This invention provides a method of preparing an isolated human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor which comprises inducing cells to express the human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor, recovering the ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor from the resulting cells, and purifying the ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor so recovered.
  • An example of an isolated human ⁇ 1a adrenergic receptor is an isolated protein having substantially the same amino acid sequence as the amino acid sequence shown in Figures 1A-1I.
  • An example of an isolated human ⁇ 1b adrenergic receptor is an isolated protein having substantially the same amino acid sequence as the amino acid sequence shown in Figures 1A-1I.
  • an isolated human ⁇ 1b adrenergic receptor is an isolated protein having substantially the same amino acid sequence shown in Figure 2A-2H.
  • An example of an isolated human ⁇ 1c adrenergic receptor is an isolated protein having substantially the same amino acid sequence shown in Figure 3A-3G.
  • cells can be induced to express human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor by exposure to substances such as hormones. The cells can then be homogenized and the human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor isolated from the homogenate using an affinity column comprising, for example, epinephrine, norepinephrine, or another substance which is known to bind to the human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor.
  • the resulting .fractions can then be purified by contacting them with an ion exchange column, and determining which fraction contains human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor activity or binds anti-human ⁇ . adrenergic receptor activity or binds anti-human ⁇ l adrenergic receptor antibodies.
  • This invention provides a method of preparing the isolated human ⁇ 1a adrenergic receptor which comprises inserting nucleic acid encoding the human ⁇ 1a adrenergic receptor in a suitable vector, inserting the resulting vector in a suitable host cell, recovering the ⁇ 1a adrenergic receptor produced by the resulting cell, and purifying the ⁇ 1a adrenergic receptor so recovered.
  • An example of an isolated human ⁇ 1a adrenergic receptor is an isolated protein having substantially the same amino acid sequence as the amino acid sequence shown in Figures 1A-1I.
  • This invention also provides a method of preparing the isolated human ⁇ 1b adrenergic receptor which comprises inserting nucleic acid encoding the human ⁇ 1b adrenergic receptor in a suitable vector, inserting the resulting vector in a suitable host, recovering the ⁇ 1b adrenergic receptor produced by the resulting cell, and purifying the ⁇ 1c adrenergic receptor so recovered.
  • a suitable vector such as an expression vector.
  • a suitable host cell such as a bacterial cell, or a eukaryotic cell such as a yeast cell is transfected with the vector.
  • the human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor is isolated from the culture medium by affinity purification or by chromatography or by other methods well known in the art.
  • This invention provides a method of determining whether a ligand not known to be capable of binding to a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor can bind to a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor, which comprises contacting a mammalian cell comprising a plasmid adapted for expression in a mammalian cell which further comprises a DNA molecule which expresses a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor on the cell surface with the ligand under conditions permitting binding of ligands known to bind to the human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor, detecting the presence of any ligand bound to the human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor.
  • the DNA in the cell may have a coding sequence substantially the same as the coding sequences shown in Figures 1A-1I, 2A-2h, or 3A-3G, preferably, the mammalian cell is nonneuronal in origin.
  • An example of a nonneuronal mammalian cell is a Cos7 cell.
  • the preferred method for determining whether a ligand is capable of binding to the human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor comprises contacting a transfected nonneuronal mammalian cell (i.e.
  • a cell that does not naturally express any type of human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor thus will only express such human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor if it is transfected into the cell) expressing a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor on it surface, or contacting a membrane preparation derived from such a transfected cell, with the ligand under conditions which are known to prevail, and thus be associated with in vivo binding of the substrates to a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor, detecting the presence of any of the ligand being tested bound to the human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor on the surface of the cell, and thereby determining whether the ligand binds to the human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor.
  • This response system is obtained by transfection of isolated DNA into a suitable host cell.
  • a suitable host cell might be isolated from pre-existing cell lines, or can be generated by inserting appropriate components into existing cell lines.
  • Such a transfection system provides a complete response system for investigation or assay of the functional activity of human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptors with ligands as described above.
  • Transfection systems are useful as living cell cultures for competitive binding assays between known or candidate drugs and substrates which bind to the human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor and which are labeled by radioactive, spectroscopic or other reagents.
  • Membrane preparations containing the transporter isolated from transfected cells are also useful for these competitive binding assays.
  • a transfection system constitutes a "drug discovery system" useful for the identification of natural or synthetic compounds with potential for drug development that can be further modified or used directly as therapeutic compounds to activate or inhibit the natural functions of a specific human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor.
  • the transfection system is also useful for determining the affinity and efficacy of known drugs at human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor binding sites.
  • This invention provides a method for identifying a ligand which interacts with, and activates or blocks the activation of, a human ⁇ - adrenergic receptor on the surface of the cell, which comprises contacting a mammalian cell which comprises a plasmid adapted for expression in a mammalian cell which further comprises a DNA molecule which expresses a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor on the cell surface with the ligand, determining whether the ligand activates or blocks the activation of the receptor using a bioassay such as a second messenger assays, and thereby identifying a ligand which interacts with, and activates or blocks the activation of, a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor.
  • a bioassay such as a second messenger assays
  • This invention provides functional assays for identifying ligands and drugs which bind to and activate or inhibit a specific human ⁇ l adrenergic receptor activity.
  • This invention provides a method for identifying a ligand which is capable of binding to and activating or inhibiting a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor, which comprises contacting a mammalian cell, wherein the membrane lipids have been labelled by prior incubation with a labelled myo-inositol phosphate molecule, the mammalian cell comprising a plasmid adapted for expression in a mammalian cell which further comprises a DNA molecule which expresses a human a. adrenergic receptor with the ligand and identifying an inositol phosphate metabolite released from the membrane lipid as a result of ligand binding to and activating an ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor.
  • This invention provides method for identifying a ligand that is capable of binding to and activating or inhibiting a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor, where in the binding of ligand to the adrenergic receptor results in a physiological response, which comprises contacting a mammalian cell which further comprises a DNA molecule which expresses a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor with a calcium sensitive fluorescent indicator, removing the indicator that has not been taken up by the cell, contacting the cells with the ligand and identifying an increase or decrease in intracellular Ca +2 as a result of ligand binding to and activating receptors.
  • Transformed mammalian cells for identifying the ligands and drugs that affect the functional properties of the human ⁇ adrenergic receptor include 292- ⁇ l ⁇ -10, C- ⁇ lb-6 and C- ⁇ lc-7.
  • This invention also provides a method of screening drugs to identify drugs which interact with, and bind to, a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor on the surface of a cell, which comprises contacting a mammalian cell which comprises a plasmid adapted for expression in a mammalian cell which further comprises a DNA molecule which expresses a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor on the cell surface with a plurality of drugs, determining those drugs which bind to the human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor expressed on the cell surface of the mammalian cell, and thereby identifying drugs which interact with, and bind to, the human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor.
  • Various methods of detection may be employed.
  • the drugs may be "labeled" by association with a detectable marker substance (e.g., radiolabel or a non-isotopic label such as biotin) .
  • a detectable marker substance e.g., radiolabel or a non-isotopic label such as biotin
  • the DNA in the cell may have a coding sequence substantially the same as the coding sequences shown in Figures 1A-1I, 2A-2H or 3A-3G.
  • the mammalian cell is nonneuronal in ' origin.
  • An example of a nonneuronal mammalian cell is a Cos7 cell.
  • Drug candidates are identified by choosing chemical compounds which bind with high affinity to the human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor expressed on the cell surface in transfected cells, using radioligand binding methods well known in the art, examples of which are shown in the binding assays described herein. Drug candidates are also screened for selectivity by identifying compounds which bind with high affinity to one particular human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor subtype but do not bind with high affinity to any other human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor subtype or to any other known receptor site.
  • This invention provides a pharmaceutical composition
  • a pharmaceutical composition comprising a drug identified by the method described above and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
  • pharmaceutically acceptable carrier encompasses any of the standard pharmaceutical carriers, such as a phosphate buffered saline solution, water, and emulsions, such as an oil/water or water/oil emulsion, and various types of wetting agents.
  • the candidate drug may be administered to patients by that route of administration determined to make the drug bio-available, in an appropriate solid or solution formulation, to gain the desired therapeutic benefit.
  • This invention also provides a method for treating an abnormal condition related to an excess of activity of a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor subtype, which comprises administering a patient an amount of a pharmaceutical composition described above, effective to reduce ⁇ 1 adrenergic activity as a result of naturally occurring substrate binding to and activating a specific ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor.
  • abnormalities related to an excess of activity of a human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor subtype include but are limited to benign prostatic hypertrophy, coronary heart disease, hypertension, urinary retention, insulin resistance, atherosclerosis, sympathetic dystrophy syndrome, glaucoma, cardiac arrythymias erectile dysfunction, and Renaud's syndrome.
  • This invention also provides a method of treating abnormalities which are alleviated by an increase in the activity of a specific human ⁇ ., adrenergic receptor, which comprises administering a patient an amount of a pharmaceutical composition described above, effective to increase the activity of the specific human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor thereby alleviating abnormalities resulting from abnormally low receptor activity.
  • abnormalities related to a decrease in the activity of a specific human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor include but are not limited to congestive heart failure, urinary incontinence, nasal congestion and hypotension.
  • Applicants have identified individual human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor subtypes and have described methods for the identification of pharmacological compounds for therapeutic treatments.
  • Pharmacological compounds which are directed against a specific human adrenergic receptor subtype provide effective new therapies with minimal side effects.
  • Elucidation of the molecular structures of the neuronal human ⁇ ,, adrenergic receptors transporters is an important step in the understanding of ⁇ -adrenergic neurotransmission.
  • This disclosure reports the isolation, the nucleic acid sequence, and functional expression of DNA clones isolated from human brain which encode human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor. The identification of these human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor will play a pivotal role in elucidating the molecular mechanisms underlying ⁇ -adrenergic transmission, and should also aid in the development of novel therapeutic agents.
  • DNA clones encoding human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor have been isolated from human brain, and their functional properties have been examined in mammalian cells.
  • This invention identifies for the first time three new human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor, their amino acid sequences, and their human genes.
  • the information and experimental tools provided by this discovery are useful to generate new therapeutic agents, and new therapeutic or diagnostic assays for these new human receptors, their associated mRNA molecules or their associated genomic DNAs.
  • the information and experimental tools provided by this discovery will be useful to generate new therapeutic agents, and new therapeutic or diagnostic assays for these new human receptors, their associates mRNA molecules, or their associated genomic DNAs.
  • this invention relates to the first isolation of human DNA clones encoding three ⁇ .,- adrenergic receptor.
  • the human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor have been expressed in mammalian cells by transfecting the cells with the plasmids pCEXV- ⁇ 1a , pcEXV- ⁇ 1c .
  • the pharmacological binding properties of these receptor proteins have been determined, and these binding properties classify these receptor proteins as ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor.
  • Mammalian cell lines expressing the human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor on the cell surface have been constructed, thus establishing the first well-defined, cultured cell lines with which to study human ⁇ l adrenergic receptor.
  • transformed mammalian cells expressing human ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor are L- ⁇ -la, expressing a human ⁇ la adrenergic receptor, L- ⁇ lb expressing a human ⁇ lb adrenergic receptor, and L- ⁇ lc expressing a human ⁇ lc adrenergic receptor. These cells are suitable for studying the pharmacological properties of the human ⁇ l adrenergic receptor and for the screening of ligands and drugs that specifically bind to human ⁇ l adrenergic receptor subtypes.
  • RBNC2 cloned rat PCR fragment
  • the probe was labeled with [ 32 P] by the method of random priming (5) (Prime-It Random Primer kit, Strategene, LaJolla, CA. ) .
  • Hybridization was performed at 40°C. in a solution containing 50% formamide, 10% dextran sulfate, 5x SSC (IX SSC is 0.15M sodium choloride, 0.015M sodium citrate), lx Denhardt's solution (0.02% polyvinylpyrrolidone, 0.02% Ficoll, 0.02% bovine serum albumin), and 200 ⁇ g/ ⁇ l sonicated salmon sperm DNA.
  • the filters were washed at 50°C.
  • Nucleotide sequence analysis was accomplished by the Sanger dideoxy nucleotide chain termination method (18) on denatured double-stranded plasmid templates, using Sequenase (US Biochemcial Corp., Cleveland, OH), Bst DNA sequencing kit (Bio-Rad Laboratories, Richmond, CA.), or TaqTrack sequencing kit (Pro ega Corporation, Madison, WI. ) .
  • the primers were from non-conserved portions of the receptor gene, specifically in the Tm3-Tm3 loop and in the Tm5-Tm6 loop regions for the upstream and downstream primers, respectively.
  • One to 2 ⁇ l of phage DNA from cDNA libraries ⁇ ZapII; Stratagene, LaJolla, CA.
  • the amplification profile was run for 30 cycles: a 5 min. initial (i.e. 1 cycle denaturation at 95'C, followed by 2 min. at 94°C, 2 min at 68°C, .and 3 min at 72°C. , with a 3 sec. extension, followed by a final 10 min. extension at 72°C.
  • PCR products were analyzed by ethidiu bromide (EtBr) stained agarose gels and any sample exhibiting a band on the EtBr stained gel was considered positive.
  • a positive library was then plated and screened with overlapping 45-mer oligonucleotide probes, filled-in using [ ⁇ - 32 P]dCTP and [ ⁇ - 32 P]dATP and Klenow fragment of DNA polymerase.
  • This probe was internal to the amplification primers discussed above from the sense strand (nucleotide 890 - 934) , 5' GCAAGGCCTCCGAGGTGGTGCTGCGCATCCACTGTCGCGGCGCGG 3' , and from the anti-sense strand (nucleotide 915-961) , 5' TGCCGTGCGCCCCGTCGGCGCCCGTGGCCGCGCCGCGACAGTGGATG 3' (see Figures 1A-1I) .
  • Positive cDNA phage clones were plaque ' certified and pBluescript recombinant DNAs were excision-rescued from ⁇ Zap II using helper phage R408, as described by manufacturer's protocol (Stratagene, LaJolla, CA.) . Insert size was confirmed by restriction enzyme digest analysis and recombinants were sequences as described above.
  • ⁇ lb A human placenta genomic library in ⁇ dash II (wl.5 x IO 6 total recombinants; Stratagene, LaJolla, CA.) was screened using overlapping 45-mer oligonucleotides radiolabeled as described above and directed to the third, fifth and sixth transmembrane regions of serotonin 5HT1D/3 receptor gene. Hybridization and washing conditions were identical to that described for ⁇ la above except lower stringency hybridization nd washes were conducted; specifically, hybridization in 25% formamide and washes at 40°C.
  • ⁇ phage clones Positive-hybridizing ⁇ phage clones were plaque- purified, analyzed by Southern blot analysis, subcloned and sequenced, as described above for ⁇ la.
  • human cDNA libraries in ⁇ Zap II (Strategene, LaJolla, CA.) were screened by polymerase chain reaction as described above.
  • the upstream and downstream PCR primers used were from the Tm40Tm5 loop and the Tm5-Tm6 loop, respectively: from the sense strand (nucleotide 567-593), 5' CAACGATGACAAGGA GTGCGGGGTCAC 3' , and from the antisense strand (nucleotide 822 -847 ) , 5 ' TTTGACAGCTATGGAACTCCTGGGG 3' (see Fig. 2).
  • PCR, library screen, plaque purification excision-rescue from ⁇ Zap II, restriction digestions and sequencing were accomplished as described above for ⁇ la.
  • the internal probe was: from the sense strand (nucleotide 745-789) , 5'AAGGAGCTGACCCTGAGGATCCATTCCAAGAACTTTC ACGAGGAC 3', and from the anti-sense strand (nucleotide 770-814), 5' CCTTGGCCTTGGTACTGCTAAGGGTGTCCTCGTGAAA GTTCTTGG 3' (see Figures 2A-2H) .
  • ⁇ lc A human lymphocyte genomic library in ⁇ dash II ( ⁇ l.5xl0 6 total recombinants; Stratagene, LaJolla, CA.
  • the upstream and downstream PCR primers used were from the Tm3-Tm4 loop and the Tm5-Tm6 loop, respectively: from the sense strand (nucleotide 403-425), 5' CCAACCATCGTCACCCAGAGGAG 3', and from the antisense strand (nucleotide 775-802), 5' TCTCCCGGG AGAACTTGAGGAGCCTCAC 3' (see Figures 3A-3G) .
  • the internal probe was: from the sense strand (nucleotide 711-745), 5' TCCGCATCCATCGGAAAAACGCCCCGGCAGGAGGC
  • Expression ⁇ la The entire coding region of ⁇ la (1719 bp) , including 150 basepairs of 5' untranslated sequence (5' UT) and 300 bp of 3' untranslated sequence (3' UT) , was cloned into the BamHI and Clal sites of the polylinker- modified eukaryotic expression vector pCEXV-3 (13) , called EXJ.HR (unpublished data) .
  • the construct involved the ligation of partial overlapping human lymphocyte genomic and hippocamppal cDNA clones: 5' sequences were contained on a 1.2 kb Smal-Xhol genomic fragment (the vector-derived BamHI site was used for subcloning instead of the internal insert-derived Smal site) and 3' sequences were contained on an 1.3 kb Xhol-Clal cDNA fragment (the Clal site was from the vector polylinker) .
  • Stable cell lines were obtained by cotransfection with the plasmid ⁇ la/EXJ (expression vector containing the ⁇ la receptor gene) and the plasmid pGCcos3neo (plasmid containing the aminoglycoside transferase gene) into LM(tk " ) , CHO, NIH3T3 cells, and 293 cells using calcium phosphate technique.
  • the cells were grown, in a controlled environment (37°C, 5% C0 2 ) , as monolayers in Dulbecco's modified Eagle's Medium (GIBCO, Grand Island, NY) containing 25mM glucose and supplemented with 10% bovine calf serum, 100 units/ml penicillin G, and 100 ⁇ g/ml streptomycin sulfate. Stable clones were then selected for resistance to the antibiotic G-418 (1 mg/ml) as described previously (26) and membranes were harvested and assayed for their ability to bind [ 3 H]prazosin as described below (see "Radioligand Binding Assays”) .
  • ⁇ lb The entire coding region of ⁇ lb (1563 bp) , including 200 basepairs of 5' untranslated sequence (5' UT) and 600 bp of 3' untranslated sequence (3' UT) , was cloned into the EcoRI site of pCEXV-3 eukaryotic expression vector (13) .
  • the construct involved ligating the full-length containing EcoRI brainstem cDNA fragment from ⁇ Zap II into the expression vector. Stable cell lines were selected as described above.
  • ⁇ lc The entire coding region of ⁇ lc (1401 bp) , including 400 basepairs of 5' untranslated sequence (5' UT) and 200 bp of 3' untranslated sequence (3' UT) , was cloned into the Kpnl site of the polylinker- odified pCEXV-3-derived (13) eukaryotic expression vector, EXJ.RH (unpublished data) .
  • the construct involved ligating three partial overlapping fragments: a 5' 0.6kb Hindi genomic clone, a central 1.8 EcoRI hippocamppal cDNA clone, and a 3' 0.6kb Pstl genomic clone.
  • the hippocamppal cDNA fragment overlaps with the 5' and 3' genomic clones so that the Hindi and Pstl sites at the 5' and 3' ends of the cDNA clones, respectively, were utilized for ligation.
  • This full- length clone was cloned into the Kpnl sites of the fragment, derived from vector (ie pBluescript) and 3' untranslated sequences, respectively. Stable cell lines were selected as described above.
  • Transfected cells from culture flasks were scraped into 5ml of 5mM tris-HCl, 5mM EDTA, pH 7.5, and lysed by sonication.
  • the cell lysates were centrifuged at 1000 rpm for 5 min at 4°C.
  • the pellet was suspended in 50mM Tris-HCl, ImM MgCl 2 , and 0.1% ascorbic acid at pH 7.5.
  • Binding of the ⁇ l antagonist [ 3 H]prazosin (0.5 nM, specific activity 76.2 Ci/mmol) to membrane preparations of LM(tk-) cells was done in a final volume of 0.25 ml and incubated at 37°C for 20 min. Nonspecific binding was determined in the presence of 10 ⁇ M phentolamine.
  • the reaction was stopped by filtration through GF/B filters using a cell harvester. Data were analyzed by a computerized non-linear regression program.
  • Intracellular calcium levels [Ca 2+ ]i) were determined with the calcium-sensitive dye fura-2, and microspectrofluorometry, essentially as previously described (1,3). Briefly, cells were plated into polylysine-coated coverslip bottom dishes (MatTek Corporation, Ashland MA).
  • HBS HEPES-buffered saline
  • HBS HEPES-buffered saline
  • 20 NaCl, 150
  • KC1 NaCl
  • CaCl 2 1
  • MgCl 2 1
  • glucose 10; pH 7.4
  • fura-2 loading solution 5uM fura-2/AM, 0.03% pluronic F-127, and 2% heat- inactivated fetal calf serum, in HBS
  • [Ca 2* ] was measured with a Leitz Fluovert microscope equipped for UV-transmission epifluorescence. Fura-2 fluorescence was alternately excited at 340 and 380nm (0.25 sec) , and a pair of readings (500nm long pass) was taken every two seconds, and recorded by a personal computer interfaced to a data acquisition and control unit from Kinetek (Yonkers, NY). To determine [Ca 2+ ] i from the experimental data the background fluorescence was subtracted, and the corrected ratios were converted to [Ca 2+ ] i by comparison with buffers containing saturating and low free calcium, assuming a K p of 400 nM (3) .
  • RESULTS ⁇ la We screened a human genomic lymphocyte library with a rat PCR fragment that exhibited homology with the ⁇ l-AR family. A total of six clones were isolated and characterized by Southern blot analysis. One clone, hl3, contained a 4.0kb Xbal fragment which hybridized with the radiolabeled rat PCR fragment and was subsequently subcloned into pUC vector. DNA sequence analysis indicated greatest homology to human ⁇ la and rat ⁇ la ARs. This clone contained the initiating methionine through Tm6 with »1.0-1.5kb 5' UT region.
  • a positive- containing human hippocamppal cDNA library (Stratagene, LaJolla, CA.) in ⁇ Zap II ( «1.5xl0 6 recombinants) was screened using traditional plaque hybridization with an internal probe (see Materials and Methods) and resulted in the isolation of two positive cDNA clones, one containing the upstream sequences (from 5' UT through the 5-6 loop; hH22) and the other containing downstream sequences (from within Tm5 through «200 nts. with a common Xhol site being present within this common region.
  • the complete full-length gene was constructed by splicing together two restriction fragments, one being the 3' cDNA (hH14) and the other being the 5' genomic clone (hl3) , using a unique restriction site (Xhol) present in the overlapping region.
  • Xhol unique restriction site
  • another construct was accomplished by ligating the two cDNA clones (hH14 and hH22) , using the overlapping Xhol site; however, since this construct produced the same pharmacology as the genomic/cDNA construct, we will not discuss this recombinant (unpublished observation) .
  • the genomic/cDNA construct contains an open reading frame of 1719 bp and encoding a protein of 572 aa in length, having a relative molecular mass of «63,000 daltons. Hydropathy analysis of the protein is consistent with a putative topography of seven transmembrane domains, indicative of the G protein- coupled receptor family.
  • ⁇ 1b We screened a human genomic placenta library with probes derived from Tm3, 5 and 6 regions of serotonin 5HT1D- under low stringency. Out of several hundred positive clones pursued by Southern blot analysis, subcloning and sequencing, one resembled the ⁇ 1 adrenergic family of receptors. This genomic fragment contained Tm3 through Tm6 of a receptor which was most closely related to rat and hamster ⁇ 1b receptors. In order to obtain a full-length clone, several human cDNA libraries were screened by PCR using primers derived from the 5-6 loop region of the genomic clone (see Materials and Methods) .
  • a positive-containing human brainstem cDNA library (Stratagene, LaJolla, CA) in ⁇ ZAPII ( ⁇ 2 x 10 6 recombinants) was screened using traditional plaque hybridization with an internal probe, resulting in the isolation of two identical cDNA clones, containing an insert size of 2.4 kb. Upon sequencing, this clone was found to contain the initiating MET aa, T l through Tm7, and 5' and 3' UT sequences, suggesting a full-length clone on a single EcoRI fragment.
  • This cDNA clone contains an open reading frame of 1563 bp and encodes a protein of 520 aa in length, having a relative molecular mass of «57,000 daltons. Hydropathy analysis of the protein is consistent with a putative topography of seven transmembrane domains, indicative of the G protein- coupled receptor family.
  • ⁇ 1c We screened a human genomic lymphocyte library with probes derived from the third, fifth and sixth transmembrane regions of serotonin 5HT1A under low stringency. Out of several hundred positive clones analyzed by Southern blot analysis, subcloning and sequencing (see Materials and Methods) , one phage clone resembled a novel ⁇ 1 AR. This genomic fragment contained Tml through Tm6 of a receptor with high homology to the bovine ⁇ 1c receptor and thus suggesting the presence of an intron downstream of Tm6, as shown for the ⁇ 1 receptor family (4,12,20).
  • this cDNA clone lacked both the amino end of the receptor (the 5' end of the clone terminated at the 5' end of Tm2) and part of the carboxyl tail (the 3' end of the clone corresponded to 40 aa upstream from the "putative" stop codon) . Since an alternative genomic subclone which contained the initiating MET codon in addition to Tml through Tm6 was available, we needed to obtain the complete 3' carboxyl tail in order to complete the construct of the full- length clone. This was accomplished by using overlapping 45-mer oligonucleotide primers (corresponding to nts. 1142-1212 in Fig.
  • the complete full-length gene was constructed by splicing together three restriction fragments: A 0.6 kb Hindi fragment from the genomic clone, containing »0.4 kb of 5' UT sequence and the initiating MET codon through Tm2; the 0.8 kb HincII-Pstl fragment from the hH cDNA clone, which contains Tm2 through part of the carboxyl tail, overlapping with the 5' genomic clone by 20 nts.
  • the resulting genomic/cDNA/genomic construct contains an open reading frame of 1401 bp and encoding a protein of 466 aa in length, having a molecular weight of «51,000 daltons. Hydropathy analysis of the protein is consistent with a putative topography of seven transmembrane domains, as indicated for the previously described human ⁇ 1a and ⁇ 1b receptors and indicative of the G protein-coupled receptor family. Sequence analysis revealed that clone ⁇ 1c /EXJ was most related to adrenergic receptor because it contained the structural features commonly found among the adrenergic receptor family of receptors, as described for the ⁇ 1a receptor above.
  • this human ⁇ 1c receptor gene is the presence of three potential sites for N-linked glycosylation in the amino terminus, at the same position described for the bovine ⁇ 1c receptor (asparagine residues 7, 13 and 22 in Figure 3A-3G) (20) .
  • Several threonines and serines exist in the second and third cytoplasmic loops of this ⁇ 1c receptor, which may serve as potential sites for protein kinases and phosphorylation.
  • rauwolscine showed extremely low affinity at the three cloned receptors (Table 1) , consistent with their identity as ⁇ .,-AR.
  • ⁇ -adrenergic agonists NE and epinephrine were found to be 6 and 5-fold respectively, more potent at the human ⁇ 1a -AR, conversely the imidazoline derivatives such as oxymetazoline and xylometazoline showed 52-fold higher potency at the ⁇ 1c -AR.
  • several antagonists showed marked differences in their potency to inhibit [ 3 H]prazosin binding from the cloned human ⁇ 1 receptors subtypes.
  • the selective antagonists WB-4101 and 5- methyl-urapidil showed high affinity for the human ⁇ lc subtype (0.8 and 7 nM respectively), followed by less than 2-fold lower potency at the human ⁇ 1a and at least an order of magnitude (15 and 36-fold respectively) lower potency at the human ⁇ 1b -AR.
  • indoramin was 50 and 10-fold more potent at the ⁇ 1c than at the ⁇ 1a and ⁇ 1b respectively.
  • the calcium channel blocker (+)-niguldipine showed the highest selectivity for the three ⁇ .,-AR subtypes, displacing [ 3 H]prazosin 112 and 57-fold more potently from the ⁇ 1c than from ⁇ la and ⁇ 1b transfected cells respectively.
  • Table 2 Receptor-mediated formation of [ 3 H]IP in cell lines transfected with the human ⁇ .,-adrenergic receptors cDNA.
  • [ 3 H]IP was measured in 293, CHO, and NIH3T3 cell stably expressing the cloned human ⁇ 1a , ⁇ 1b , ⁇ 1c -ARs respectively, to assess the functional coupling of these receptors with the activation of phosphatidyl- inositol specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC) .
  • PI-PLC phosphatidyl- inositol specific phospholipase C
  • the adrenergic agonist NE activated the formation of IP by 13-fold in cells expressing the ⁇ la receptor, and by 5 and 15-fold in cells expressing the c_ 1a , ⁇ 1b and ⁇ lc receptors respectively.
  • the percentage of identity for the human ⁇ 1a AR is 98% compared to rat ⁇ 1a AR (12) (this is approximately the same for rat ⁇ 1d since rat ⁇ 1d AR is the same as rat ⁇ 1a AR, except for two amino acid differences) , 100% with the previously reported H318/3, 78% with the human ⁇ 1b receptor (see below) , and 69% with the human ⁇ 1c receptor (see below), which is typical among subtypes.
  • the percent identity drops and is only 50% for the human ⁇ 1b and 49% for the human ⁇ 1c receptor. Both the alignment (see Fig. 4) and percent identity of this human ⁇ 1a sequence, relative to other members of the AR family strongly suggest that this is a new receptor and is the human species homolog of the rat ⁇ la receptor.
  • Figure 4 shows a comparison between the deduced aa sequence of ⁇ 1a /EXJ and the sequences of rat ⁇ 1a and HAR.
  • An overall homology of 83.5% aa identity with rat ⁇ 1a and 86.5% aa identity with the previously published H318/3 clone was observed, suggesting that our human ⁇ 1a receptor is not any more related to the previously published putative human " ⁇ 1a " than it is to the rat ⁇ 1a receptor.
  • the overall aa homology of rat ⁇ 1a receptor with our human ⁇ 1a receptor is 83.5% but is only 72% compared to the H318/3 receptor.
  • H318/3 clone ' has an amino terminal extracellular region that does not contain potential, sites for N-linked glycosylation (2) , in contrast to the rat ⁇ 1a or our human ⁇ 1a receptor, which contains two potential sites (12, see also Fig. 1 and above) .
  • the cloning of different ⁇ 1 receptor subtypes permits analysis of both the pharmacological and functional properties of adrenergic receptors.
  • the human ⁇ 1b /pcEXV clone exhibited the greatest homology with the rat and hamster ⁇ 1b receptors, out of all known G protein- coupled receptor clones (EMBL/Genbank Data Bank) .
  • the percent identity for the human ⁇ 1b AR is 99% compared to either rat (25) or hamster (4) ⁇ b receptor, 78% with human ⁇ la receptor and 75% with human ⁇ lc receptor, which is typical among subtypes.
  • the percent identity slightly drops and is 94.5% compared to rat ⁇ 1b , 95.5% compared to hamster ⁇ 1b receptor, 50% compared to human ⁇ la and
  • Figure 5 shows a comparison between the deduced amino acid sequence of ⁇ 1b /pcEXV and the aa sequence of rat ⁇ 1b and hamster ⁇ 1b receptors.
  • the stable expression of the three cloned human ⁇ 1 receptors enabled the characterization of their pharmacological as well as their functional properties and allowed identification of certain unique features of the human receptors, not predicted from previous data.
  • the calcium channel blocker (+)-niguldipine was found to bind with high affinity to a subset of ⁇ receptors also labeled by [ 3 H]5-methyl-urapidil in rat brain, thus defining this antagonist as ⁇ 1a selective (8) .
  • the three human ⁇ 1 receptor subtypes were able to induce the formation of IP, consistent with the known functional coupling of ⁇ ,,-ARs, through a GTP-dependent protein to the activation of PI-PLC.
  • the human ⁇ 1 subtypes induced transient changes three in [Ca 2+ ] i . Consistent with the mobilization of calcium from intracellular stores by inositol-1,3,5 triphosphate, released by the receptor- mediated activation of PI-PLC.
  • subtype selective alpha-1 antagonists for the treatment of Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy, coronary heart disease, insulin resistance, atherosclerosis, sympathetic dystrophy syndrome, glaucoma, cardiac arrythy ias, erectile dysfunction, Reynaud's syndrome, hypertension and urinary retention (44,27,31,32,33,34,35,48) .
  • subtype selective alpha-1 agonists for the treatment of congestive heart failure, nasal congestion, urinary incontinence and hypotension(45,46,47,48) . In each case, a more selective drug is expected to reduce the side effects which presently limit this avenue of therapy.
  • Prazosin and 5-methylurapidil were obtained from Research Biochemicals, Inc.
  • A30360 (4-fluoro-4-(8- fluoro-1, 3,4, 5-tetrahydro-2H-pyrido[4 , 3-b] indol-2- yl)butyrophenone hydrochloride) was obtained from Aldrich Chemical Co.
  • Other compounds were prepared according to the examples which follow.
  • the furoylpiperazine of Example 1 was converted to the hydrobromide salt (m.p. 173° - 175° C) .
  • This salt (39.0 g) in 250 ml methyl alcohol and 9.0 g Raney nickel was hydrogenated at 3 atm. After uptake of H 2 ceased, the catalyst was filtered, the solvent concentrated, and the residue crystallized from isopropyl alcohol to give 35.2 g. tetrahydrofuroylpiperazine HBr, m.p. 152° - 156 °C. This was suspended in 20 ml H 2 0. Then 10.5 g 50%, NaOH solution was added slowly followed by 2.0 g solid Na 2 C0 3 .
  • Chloroacetone (32.3 g, 0.347 mol) was added to a mixture of 4-chlorothiophenol (50 g, 0.347 mmol) and sodium hydroxide (14 g, 0.347 mol) in water (400 ml) and the mixture was stirred at 25°C for 1 hour. The mixture was extracted with ethyl ether and the organic phase was washed with water, dried with magnesium sulfate and concentrated to give 69 g (99%) of l-[(4- chlorophenyl)thio]-2-propanone.
  • Ethyl 5-Chloro-3-[N-(2,2-dime hoxyethyl)-N-methyl(am ⁇ inomethyl)]benzol(b)thiophene-2-carboxylate A mixture of ethyl 3-bromomethy1-5- chlorobenzo(b)thiophene-2-carboxylate (11 g, 0.033 mol), methylaminoacetaldehyde dimethyl acetal (4.76 g, 0.04 mol) and potassium carbonate (11.4 g, 0.8 mol) in dry acetone (200 ml) was stirred for 48 hours, filtered and the filtrate concentrated to give 11.8 g, (96%) of ethyl 5-chloro-3-(N-2,2-dimethoxyethyl)-N- ethyl(aminomethyl)benzol(b)thiophene-2-carboxylate.
  • the activity of compounds at the different human receptors was determined in vitro using cultured cell lines that selectively express the receptor of interest. These cell lines were prepared by transfecting the cloned cDNA or cloned genomic DNA or constructs containing both genomic DNA and cDNA encoding the human ⁇ -adrenergic, serotonin, histamine, and dopamine receptors as follows:
  • ⁇ 1A Human Adrenergic Receptor The entire coding region of ⁇ lA (1719 bp) , including 150 basepairs of 5' untranslated sequence (5' UT) and 300 bp of 3' untranslated sequence (3' UT) , was cloned into the BamHI and Clal sites of the polylinker-modified eukaryotic expression vector pCEXV-3, called EXJ.HR.
  • the construct involved the ligation of partial overlapping human lymphocyte genomic and hippocampal cDNA clones: 5' sequence were contained on a 1.2 kb Smal-Xhol genomic fragment (the vector-derived BamHI site was used for subcloning instead of the internal insert-derived Smal site) and 3' sequences were contained on an 1.3 kb Xhol-Clal cDNA fragment (the Clal site was from the vector polylinker) .
  • Stable cell lines were obtained by cotransfection with the plasmid ⁇ lA/EXJ (expression vector containing the ⁇ lA receptor gene) and the plasmid pGCcos3neo (plasmid containing the aminoglycoside transferase gene) into LM(tk " ) , CHO, and NIH3T3 cells, using calcium phosphate technique.
  • the cells were grown, in a controlled environment (37°C, 5% C0 2 ) , as monolayers in Dulbecco's modified Eagle's Medium (GIBCO, Grand Island, NY) containing 25mM glucose and supplemented with 10% bovine calf serum, 100 units/ml penicillin g, and 100 ⁇ g/ml streptomycin sulfate. Stable clones were then selected for resistance to the antibiotic G-418 (1 mg/ml) , and membranes were harvested and assayed for their ability to bind f 3 H]prazosin as described below (see ' "Radioligand Binding assays”) .
  • ⁇ 1B Human Adrenergic Receptor The entire coding region of ⁇ lB (1563 bp) , including 200 basepairs and 5' untranslated sequence (5 7 UT) and 600 bp of 3' untranslated sequence (3' UT) , was cloned into the EcoRI site of pCEXV-3 eukaryotic expression vector. The construct involved ligating the full-length containing EcoRI brainstem cDNA fragment from ⁇ ZapII into the expression vector. Stable cell lines were selected as described above.
  • ⁇ lc Human Adrenergic Receptor The entire coding region of ⁇ lC (1401 bp) , including 400 basepairs of 5' untranslated sequence (5' UT) and 200 bp of 3' untranslated sequence (3' UT) , was cloned into the Kpnl site of the polylinker-modified pCEXV-3-derived eukaryotic expression vector, EXJ.RH. The construct involved ligating three partial overlapping fragments: a 5' 0.6kb Hindi genomic clone, a central 1.8 EcoRI hippocampal cDNA clone, and a 3' 0.6Kb Pstl genomic clone.
  • the hippocampal cDNA fragment overlaps with the 5' and 3' genomic clones so that the Hindi and Pstl sites at the 5' and 3' ends of the cDNA clone, respectively, were utilized for ligation.
  • This full- length clone was cloned into the Kpnl site of the expression vector, using the 5' and 3' Kpnl sites of the fragment, derived from vector (i.e., pBluescript) and 3'-untranslated sequences, respectively.
  • Stable cell lines were selected as described above.
  • Radioligand Binding Assays Transfected cells from culture flasks were scraped into 5ml of 5mM Tris-HCl, 5mM EDTA, pH 7.5, and lysed by sonication. The cell lysates were centrifuged at 1000 rpm for 5 min at 4°C, and the supernatant was centrifuged at 30,000 x g for 20 min at 4°C. The pellet was suspended in 50mM Tris- HCl, ImM MgCl 2 , and 0.1% ascorbic acid at pH 7.5.
  • Binding of the ⁇ l antagonist [ 3 H]prazosin (0.5 nM, specific activity 76.2 Ci/mmol) to membrane preparations of LM(tk-) cells was done in a final volume of 0.25 ml and incubated at 37°C for 20 min. Nonspecific binding was determined in the presence of 10 ⁇ M phentolamine. The reaction was stopped by filtration through GF/B filters using a cell harvester. Inhibition experiments, routinely consisting of 7 concentrations of the tested compounds, were analyzed using a non-linear regression curve-fitting computer program to obtain Ki values.
  • Example 7 Functional Properties of ⁇ 1 Antagonists in the Human Prostate
  • the efficacy of ⁇ 1 adrenergic antagonists for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is related to their ability to elicit relaxation of prostate smooth muscle.
  • An index of this efficacy can be obtained by determining the potency of ⁇ 1 antagonists to antagonize the contraction of human prostatic tissue induced by an ⁇ 1 agonist "in vitro".
  • By comparing the potency of subtype selective ⁇ 1 antagonists in binding assays using human ⁇ 1 receptors with their potency to inhibit agonist- induced smooth muscle contraction it is possible to determine which of the ⁇ 1 adrenergic receptor subtypes is involved in the contraction of prostate smooth muscle.
  • Prostatic adenomas were obtained at the time of surgery from patients with symptomatic BPH. These were cut into longitudinal strips of 15mm long and 2-4 mm wide, and suspended in 5ml organ baths containing Krebs buffer (pH 7.4). The baths were maintained at 37°C and continuously oxygenated with 5% C0 2 and 95% 0 2 . Isometric tension was measured with a Grass Instrument FT03 force transducer interfaced with a computer. Tissue strips were contracted with varying concentrations of phenylephrine after incubating for 20 minutes in the absence and presence of at least three different concentrations of antagonist.
  • Dose-response curves for phenylephrine were constructed, and the antagonist potency (pA 2 ) was estimated by the dose- ratio method.
  • the concentration of some antagonists in the tissue bath was assessed by measuring the displacement of [3H]prazosin by aliquots of the bath medium, using membrane preparations of the cloned human ⁇ 1c receptor. This control was necessary to account for losses of antagonist due to adsorption to the tissue bath and/or metabolism during the time the antagonists were equilibrated with the prostate tissue.

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Cette invention se rapporte à un acide nucléique isolé, des vecteurs, à des cellules de mammifères transformées et des animaux transgéniques codant et exprimant des gènes récepteurs adrénergiques normaux ou mutants alpha 1a, alpha 1b et alpha 1c. Cette invention se rapporte également à une protéine, un anticorps dirigé contre la protéine et des composés pharmaceutiques relatifs aux récepteurs adrénergiques alpha 1a, alpha 1b et alpha 1c. Cette invention se rapporte en outre à une sonde d'acide nucléique, un oligonucléotide non codant complémentaire aux gènes récepteurs adrénergiques alpha 1a, alpha 1b et alpha 1c ainsi qu'à des procédés de détermination de la liaison du ligand, de détection de l'expression, de décriblage de médicaments, et à des traitements permettant d'atténuer des anomalies associées aux récepteurs adrénergiques humains alpha 1a, alpha 1b et alpha 1c.
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