WO1996016986A1 - Mel-cam ligand and its use - Google Patents

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WO1996016986A1
WO1996016986A1 PCT/US1995/015812 US9515812W WO9616986A1 WO 1996016986 A1 WO1996016986 A1 WO 1996016986A1 US 9515812 W US9515812 W US 9515812W WO 9616986 A1 WO9616986 A1 WO 9616986A1
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  • Mel-CAM also known as MUC18 and A32 antigen
  • immunoglobulin supergene family Lehmann et al., APTOC. Nail. Acad. Sciences USA 86:9891-9895 (1989); Shih et al., Cancer Research 54:2514-2520 (1994). It is an integral membrane glycoprotein expressed by most human malignant melanomas and nevi, but not on normal epidermal melanocytes. Of the normal tissues tested, only endothelial cells, smooth muscle, cerebellum, and hair follicles express Mel-CAM. It is a cell-cell adhesion molecule which may be involved in invasion and metastasis of cancer cells.
  • a Mel-CAM-ligand specifically binds to Mel-CAM, a 113 kDa glycoprotein expressed on melanoma and endothelial cells.
  • the ligand has an apparent molecular weight of 60 kDa and is expressed on SBcl-2 melanoma
  • a polypeptide comprising a sequence of between five and fifty contiguous amino acids of a Mel-CAM-ligand is provided.
  • the ligand specifically binds to Mel-CAM, a 113 kDa glycoprotein
  • the ligand has an apparent
  • a method for inhibiting melanoma cell binding to endothelial cells comprises: contacting endothelial cells with a protein selected from the group consisting of: (1) a Mel-CAM-ligand, wherein said ligand specifically binds to Mel-CAM, a 113 kDa glycoprotein expressed on melanoma and endothelial cells, wherein said ligand has an apparent molecular weight of 60 kDa and wherein said ligand is expressed on SBcl-2 melanoma cells, and (2) a polypeptide comprising a sequence of between five and fifty contiguous amino acids of said Mel-CAM- ligand, in an amount sufficient to inhibit the binding of melanoma cells to said endothelial cells-
  • a protein selected from the group consisting of: (1) a Mel-CAM-ligand, wherein said ligand specifically binds to Mel-CAM, a 113 kDa glycoprotein expressed on melanoma and endothelial cells, wherein said
  • a method of inhibiting the adhesion of activated mononuclear cells to endothelial cells comprises: contacting endothelial cells with a protein selected from the group consisting of: (1) a Mel-CAM-ligand, wherein said ligand specifically binds to Mel-CAM, a 113 kDa glycoprotein expressed on melanoma and endothelial cells, wherein said ligand has an apparent molecular weight of 60 kDa and wherein said ligand is expressed on SBcl-2 melanoma cells, and (2) a polypeptide comprising a sequence of between five and fifty contiguous amino acids of said Mel-CAM- ligand, in an amount sufficient to inhibit the binding of activated mononuclear cells
  • telomeres melanoma cells to endothelial cells.
  • the ligand is also involved in the adhesion of peripheral blood mononuclear cells to endothelial cells of the vasculature during inflammation and infection.
  • the ligand, or portions thereof involved in the Mel-CAM binding can be used to inhibit vascular dissemination of melanoma cells. In addition, it can be used to inhibit inflammation.
  • Mel-CAM-negative SBcl-2 melanoma cells adhere to nitro-cellulose immobilized Mel-CAM produced by baculovirus recombinants. Adhesion can be blocked with full-length Mel-CAM or with polyclonal anti-serum against recombinant Mel-CAM. However, adhesion is not affected by the presence of EDTA or truncated (extracellular domain) Mel-CAM.
  • SBcl-2 cells cluster with U937 cells (human histiocytic lymphoma; ATCC CRL 1593) which have been transfected with Mel- CAM cDNA but not with control non-transfectants. This indicates that SBcl-2 cells express a specific ligand for Mel-CAM.
  • SBcl-2 cells form heterotypic aggregates with human endothelial cells. However, formation of such aggregates is inhibited in the presence of full-length Mel-CAM or polyclonal anti-serum against recombinant Mel-CAM.
  • Mel-CAM-ligand can be co-purified with Mel-CAM, for example using an
  • the ligand can be co-immunoprecipitated using antibodies specific for Mel-CAM, in the presence of Mel-CAM.
  • the ligand has an apparent molecular weight on SDS-polyacrylamide gels of about 60 kDa.
  • Mel-CAM-ligand is expressed on most, if not all, melanoma cells but not on endothelial cells. Mel-CAM is expressed on endothelial cells. Thus Mel- CAM-ligand is involved in the heterotypic binding of melanoma cells to endothelial cells, and participates in the vascular dissemination of melanoma cells during metastasis.
  • Mel-CAM-ligand is also expressed on activated peripheral blood mononuclear cells.
  • Mel-CAM-ligand or portions thereof can be used to inhibit inflammation reactions which involve the binding of activated peripheral blood mononuclear cells to cells which express Mel-CAM, for example,
  • the amount of Mel-CAM-ligand which is expressed by tumor cells could be determined to provide a prognostic indicator. Any method known in the art for quantitating proteins could be used, including immunological or protein binding assays. Similarly, the amount of Mel-CAM-ligand which is shed into the blood stream could be determined to provide yet another prognostic indicator. Previously the expression of Mel-CAM has been found to correlate with the progression of tumors and a poor prognosis. Lehmann et al., Proc. Nat/. Acad. Sciences USA

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Abstract

Mel-CAM-ligand is expressed by melanoma cells but not endothelial cells. It is a 60 kDa protein. Mel-CAM-ligand specifically binds to Mel-CAM (MUC18) a 113 kDa glycoprotein which is expressed on melanoma cells, endothelial cells, as well as on a few other types of cells. Soluble preparations of Mel-CAM-ligand can be used to inhibit interactions between Mel-CAM-ligand-expressing cells and cells expressing Mel-CAM. To the extent that such interactions are pathological, use of Mel-CAM-ligand is therapeutic.

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ME- CAM LIGAND AND ITS USE
This invention was made using funds from U.S. government grant
CA25874 from the National Cancer Institute.. The government therefore retains certain rights in the invention.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Mel-CAM (also known as MUC18 and A32 antigen) is a member of the
immunoglobulin supergene family. Lehmann et al., APTOC. Nail. Acad. Sciences USA 86:9891-9895 (1989); Shih et al., Cancer Research 54:2514-2520 (1994). It is an integral membrane glycoprotein expressed by most human malignant melanomas and nevi, but not on normal epidermal melanocytes. Of the normal tissues tested, only endothelial cells, smooth muscle, cerebellum, and hair follicles express Mel-CAM. It is a cell-cell adhesion molecule which may be involved in invasion and metastasis of cancer cells.
It has been suggested by Lehmann et al. , supra, that dissemination of tumor cells to distant sites may involve the adhesion of cell types which each express Mel-CAM, i.e., by means of a homotypic interaction. There is a need in the art for clarification of the role and mechanism of action of Mel-CAM in human disease.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the invention to provide a preparation of a ligand involved in cell-cell adhesion.
It is another object of the invention to provide a polypeptide which can
inhibit cell-cell adhesion.
It is yet another object of the invention to provide a method of inhibiting the interaction of melanoma cells with endothelial cells.
It is still another object of the invention to provide a method of inhibiting the interaction of activated peripheral blood mononuclear cells with endothelial
cells.
These and other objects of the invention are provided by one or more of the embodiments described below. In one embodiment a cell-free preparation of
a Mel-CAM-ligand is provided. The ligand specifically binds to Mel-CAM, a 113 kDa glycoprotein expressed on melanoma and endothelial cells. The ligand has an apparent molecular weight of 60 kDa and is expressed on SBcl-2 melanoma
cells.
According to another embodiment of the invention a polypeptide comprising a sequence of between five and fifty contiguous amino acids of a Mel-CAM-ligand is provided. The ligand specifically binds to Mel-CAM, a 113 kDa glycoprotein
expressed on melanoma and endothelial cells. The ligand has an apparent
molecular weight of 60 kDa and is expressed on SBcl-2 melanoma cells. In another embodiment a method is provided for inhibiting melanoma cell binding to endothelial cells. The method comprises: contacting endothelial cells with a protein selected from the group consisting of: (1) a Mel-CAM-ligand, wherein said ligand specifically binds to Mel-CAM, a 113 kDa glycoprotein expressed on melanoma and endothelial cells, wherein said ligand has an apparent molecular weight of 60 kDa and wherein said ligand is expressed on SBcl-2 melanoma cells, and (2) a polypeptide comprising a sequence of between five and fifty contiguous amino acids of said Mel-CAM- ligand, in an amount sufficient to inhibit the binding of melanoma cells to said endothelial cells-
According to yet another embodiment a method of inhibiting the adhesion of activated mononuclear cells to endothelial cells is provided. The method comprises: contacting endothelial cells with a protein selected from the group consisting of: (1) a Mel-CAM-ligand, wherein said ligand specifically binds to Mel-CAM, a 113 kDa glycoprotein expressed on melanoma and endothelial cells, wherein said ligand has an apparent molecular weight of 60 kDa and wherein said ligand is expressed on SBcl-2 melanoma cells, and (2) a polypeptide comprising a sequence of between five and fifty contiguous amino acids of said Mel-CAM- ligand, in an amount sufficient to inhibit the binding of activated mononuclear cells
to said endothelial cells.
Thus the present invention provides the art with the methods and tools for inhibition of pathological cell-cell interactions. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
It is a discovery of the present invention that most melanoma cells express a ligand, called here Mel-CAM-ligand, which specifically binds to the cell surface adhesion molecule Mel-CAM. This ligand is involved in the adhesion of
melanoma cells to endothelial cells. In addition, the ligand is also involved in the adhesion of peripheral blood mononuclear cells to endothelial cells of the vasculature during inflammation and infection. The ligand, or portions thereof involved in the Mel-CAM binding, can be used to inhibit vascular dissemination of melanoma cells. In addition, it can be used to inhibit inflammation.
Mel-CAM-negative SBcl-2 melanoma cells adhere to nitro-cellulose immobilized Mel-CAM produced by baculovirus recombinants. Adhesion can be blocked with full-length Mel-CAM or with polyclonal anti-serum against recombinant Mel-CAM. However, adhesion is not affected by the presence of EDTA or truncated (extracellular domain) Mel-CAM.
In cell aggregation assays, SBcl-2 cells cluster with U937 cells (human histiocytic lymphoma; ATCC CRL 1593) which have been transfected with Mel- CAM cDNA but not with control non-transfectants. This indicates that SBcl-2 cells express a specific ligand for Mel-CAM.
SBcl-2 cells form heterotypic aggregates with human endothelial cells. However, formation of such aggregates is inhibited in the presence of full-length Mel-CAM or polyclonal anti-serum against recombinant Mel-CAM.
Mel-CAM-ligand can be co-purified with Mel-CAM, for example using an
immunoaffinity column which employs polyclonal anti-serum against recombinant Mel-CAM. See Shih et al., Cancer Research 54:2514-2520 (1994). In addition, the ligand can be co-immunoprecipitated using antibodies specific for Mel-CAM, in the presence of Mel-CAM. The ligand has an apparent molecular weight on SDS-polyacrylamide gels of about 60 kDa.
Mel-CAM-ligand is expressed on most, if not all, melanoma cells but not on endothelial cells. Mel-CAM is expressed on endothelial cells. Thus Mel- CAM-ligand is involved in the heterotypic binding of melanoma cells to endothelial cells, and participates in the vascular dissemination of melanoma cells during metastasis.
Mel-CAM-ligand is also expressed on activated peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Thus Mel-CAM-ligand or portions thereof can be used to inhibit inflammation reactions which involve the binding of activated peripheral blood mononuclear cells to cells which express Mel-CAM, for example,
endothelial cells.
It is also contemplated as part of the present invention that the amount of Mel-CAM-ligand which is expressed by tumor cells could be determined to provide a prognostic indicator. Any method known in the art for quantitating proteins could be used, including immunological or protein binding assays. Similarly, the amount of Mel-CAM-ligand which is shed into the blood stream could be determined to provide yet another prognostic indicator. Previously the expression of Mel-CAM has been found to correlate with the progression of tumors and a poor prognosis. Lehmann et al., Proc. Nat/. Acad. Sciences USA
S6.-9891-9895 (1989).

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1. A cell-free preparation of a Mel-CAM-ligand, wherein said ligand specifically binds to Mel-CAM, a 113 kDa glycoprotein expressed on melanoma
and endothelial cells, wherein said ligand has an apparent molecular weight of 60 kDa and wherein said ligand is expressed on SBcl-2 melanoma cells.
2. A polypeptide comprising a sequence of between five and fifty
contiguous amino acids of a Mel-CAM-ligand, wherein said ligand specifically binds to Mel-CAM, a 113 kDa glycoprotein expressed on melanoma and
endothelial cells, wherein said ligand has an apparent molecular weight of 60 kDa and wherein said ligand is expressed on SBcl-2 melanoma cells.
3. A method of inhibiting melanoma cell binding to endothelial cells,
comprising: contacting endothelial cells with a protein selected from the group consisting of: (1) a Mel-CAM-ligand, wherein said ligand specifically binds to
Mel-CAM, a 113 kDa glycoprotein expressed on melanoma and endothelial cells,
wherein said ligand has an apparent molecular weight of 60 kDa and wherein said
ligand is expressed on SBcl-2 melanoma cells, and (2) a polypeptide comprising a sequence of between five and fifty contiguous amino acids of said Mel-CAM-
ligand, in an amount sufficient to inhibit the binding of melanoma cells to said endothelial cells.
4. The method of claim 3 wherein the endothelial cells are in a human body which has a melanoma.
5. A method of inhibiting the adhesion of activated mononuclear cells to endothelial cells, comprising:
contacting endothelial cells with a protein selected from the group consisting of: (1) a Mel-CAM-ligand, wherein said ligand specifically binds to
Mel-CAM, a 113 kDa glycoprotein expressed on melanoma and endothelial cells, wherein said ligand has an apparent molecular weight of 60 kDa and wherein said
ligand is expressed on SBcl-2 melanoma cells, and (2) a polypeptide comprising a sequence of between five and fifty contiguous amino acids of said Mel-CAM- ligand, in an amount sufficient to inhibit the binding of activated mononuclear cells to said endothelial cells.
6. The method of claim 5 wherein the endothelial cells are in a human body and the body is undergoing an inflammation reaction.
7. The method of claim 5 wherein the endothelial cells are in a human body and the body has a bacterial or viral infection.
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