WO2000005388A1 - Gene der dead box proteinfamilie, deren expressionsprodukte und verwendung - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to the provision of new nucleic acids from ciliates coding for expression products, preferably RNA helicases from the DEAD box protein family, and to the use thereof.
- the modulation of the RNA structure has an essential function in cellular processes such as in pre-mRNA splicing, in RNA transport or in protein translation, since the cellular RNA is present in the cell in different secondary and tertiary structures and, in addition, a large number of RNA-binding proteins ensure further structuring of the RNA. On this
- Modulation processes include Proteins from the family of the so-called DEAD protein family are involved.
- the members of this protein superfamily which contain as a characteristic a series of homologous protein sequences, so-called “protein boxes”, are named as motifs after the highly conserved tetrapeptide Asp-Glu-Ala-Asp, in the single-letter code DEAD.
- This protein superfamily includes, in particular, RNA helicases.
- the characteristic protein sequences of the DEAD proteins are highly conserved in evolution (see FIG. 1).
- the DEAD super family is divided into different subfamilies, which are named according to their sequence motif DEAD, DEAH or DExH subfamily. All family members have an ATP binding and RNA binding function as well as an ATP hydrolysis function and mostly an RNA helicase function (FIG. 2).
- the various members of the DEAD box protein family are characterized by a conserved region that comprises approximately 300 amino acids and is flanked by non-conserved amino acid sequences of varying lengths (Schmid SR, Lindner P., Mol Cell Biol 1991 11: 3463-3471).
- homology boxes within the conserved region are the so-called homology boxes (synonymously preserved motifs), one of which is the "DEAD box”.
- the homology boxes give the members of the DEAD box family not only structural but also functional similarity. Taking into account the homology boxes (see figure 2) DEAD box proteins are putative ATP-dependent RNA helicases, which are involved in a large number of cellular processes and are associated with the change in the secondary structure of RNA molecules (Fuller-Pace FV Trends Cell Biol.
- RNA helicases corresponding to the DEAD homology boxes in cellular processes, preferably in the context of protein biosynthesis, allow these enzymes to be used in a targeted manner with regard to pharmaceutical, agricultural or biotechnical and analytical applications.
- helicases are mostly essential enzymes, specific inhibition of these enzymes can kill the pathogen (bacteria, fungus, parasite / protozoan, virus). According to Missel et al. in certain protozoa (Trypanosoma, Leishmania, Crithidia), switching off the gene for a DEAD box protein leads to reduced growth (Missel A., Souza AE, Norskau G, Goringer HU, Mol Cell Biol 1997 17: 4895-903).
- helicases control protein translation, mitosis and DNA repair (Thelu J, Burnod J, Bracchi V, Ambroise-Thomas P, DNA Cell Biol 1994 13: 1109-1115). Helicases are essential for the initiation of translation, in the spliceosome, in the cell cycle and ribosome assembly in yeast. So z. B. the DEAD box protein ROK1 essential for yeast viability, for pre-rRNA processing, and for mitotic growth.
- RNA viruses whose genomes are sequenced code for at least one putative helicase.
- examples are NS3 of the hepatitis C virus, helicases of the human coronavirus and the adeno-associated virus, vaccinia virus helicase (Kadare G., Haenni AL, J Virol 1997: 2583-2590)
- Possible roles for viral helicases are (i) proof reading in replication (ii) initiation of transcription by unraveling the RNA and prevention of loop formation behind the RNA polymerase (iii) initiation Translation:
- the helicase of the vaccinia virus is essential for the life cycle of the virus and is nucleic acid specific.
- DEAD box proteins are also described in association with diseases.
- the ampiification of a specific gene in cancer cells is related to the fact that a DEAD box protein is co-amplified with N-myc, which indicates a role of this protein in the degeneration of
- Helicase are related to Werner syndrome - early aging - (Yu C, Oshima J., Wijsman E.M., Nakura J. et al., Arn J Hum Genet 1997 60: 330-
- a connection between defective DNA repair and a mutation in the helica domain of the XNP / ATR-X gene is also known: 149-155).
- helicases from plants are of great interest.
- Some DEAD box proteins from plants are now known (Lorkovic ZJ, Herrmann RG, Oelmüller R., Mol Cell Biol 1997 17: 2257-2265 and Aulaub et al., Gene 1997 199 (1-2): 241-253) . Structurally, these proteins are similar to the DEAD box proteins from non-plant organisms, but form a subgroup (Fig. 3).
- Figure 3 shows the phylogenetic relationship of different elFA4, one of the best characterized members of the DEAD box protein family, from different organisms. The vegetable proteins are much more closely related to each other than to elF4A from animal eukaryotes.
- An application of interest for agricultural production is the stimulation of the activity of plant-specific RNA helicases to increase the protein expression of economically relevant proteins.
- You can either stimulate plant-specific helicases (e.g. by overexpression) or plant-like helicases can be heterologously expressed in useful plants.
- nucleic acids which preferably code for RNA helicases.
- RNA helicases which are preferably obtained from ciliates, particularly preferably Tetrahymena thermophila.
- the nucleic acids according to the invention code for expression products which come from the family of DEAD box proteins and thus also for RNA helicases.
- Expression products preferably proteins from the DEAD protein superfamily in the sense of this invention, are those which have conserved motifs, of which a conserved motif contains the amino acid sequence DEAD.
- the proteins preferably contain an RNA helicase and ATP ase activity.
- the present invention therefore relates to nucleic acids coding for RNA helicases, with a nucleic acid sequence according to SEQ ID No. 13 or SEQ ID No. 15 or a functional variant thereof, and parts thereof with at least 8 nucleotides, preferably with at least 15 or 20 nucleotides, in particular with at least 100 nucleotides, especially with at least 300 nucleotides (hereinafter referred to as “nucleic acids according to the invention”).
- the nucleic acid according to the invention with the nucleic acid sequence according to SEQ ID No. 13 (hereinafter “Hc1”) codes for an amino acid sequence according to SEQ ID No. 14.
- the nucleic acid according to the invention with the nucleic acid sequence according to SEQ ID No. 15 (hereinafter “Hc2”) codes for an amino acid sequence according to SEQ ID No. 16.
- nucleic acids according to the invention in E. coli resulted in an expression product which shows enzymatic activities similar to those of an RNA helicase. Further experiments according to the present invention confirmed that the nucleic acid is a nucleic acid which codes for an RNA helicase, in particular due to the presence of the characteristic homology boxes as described in SEQ ID No. 14 and SEQ ID No. 16, which are shown in Figure 1.
- the nucleic acid according to the invention is a DNA or RNA, preferably a double-stranded DNA, and in particular a DNA with a nucleic acid sequence coding for RNA helicases.
- the term “functional variant” means a nucleic acid that is functionally related to RNA helicases with the described homology boxes.
- variants means nucleic acids which have a homology, in particular a sequence identity of approximately 60%, preferably approximately 75%, in particular approximately 90% and above all approximately 95 % exhibit.
- the parts of the nucleic acid according to the invention can be used, for example
- nucleic acid of at least approx. 8 nucleotides is suitable as an antisense nucleic acid
- a nucleic acid of at least approx. 15 nucleotides as a primer in the PCR method is suitable as an antisense nucleic acid
- a nucleic acid of at least approx. 20 nucleotides for the identification of further variants is suitable as a probe.
- nucleic acids according to the invention can be used to construct complementary or antisense nucleic acids which hybridize with Hc1 or Hc2 itself or with related nucleic acids.
- the introduction of the complementary or antisense nucleic acid into the target cell prevents the expression of related RNA helicases or related expression products.
- Anti-sense nucleic acids which can be obtained from the nucleic acids according to the invention can therefore be used for the specific regulation of gene expression.
- Either the target cell can be transfected with the anti-gene using known methods, which is then transcribed in the cell, or antisense RNA or DNA synthesized in vitro is introduced into the target cell via microinjection. It is known that gene expression can be inhibited by anti-sense RNA which is complementary to the coding region of the Target mRNA is.
- the duplex strand formed from mRNA and anti-sense RNA is amenable to rapid degradation by RNAsen.
- the nucleic acid according to the invention contains one or more non-coding sequences and / or a poly (A) sequence.
- the non-coding sequences are, for example
- Intron sequences or regulatory sequences such as promoter or enhancer sequences, for the controlled expression of the expression products, preferably of RNA helicases.
- the nucleic acid according to the invention is therefore contained in a vector, preferably in an expression vector or vector which is active in gene therapy.
- the expression vectors can be, for example, prokaryotic or eukaryotic expression vectors.
- prokaryotic expression vectors for expression in E. coli are, for example, the T7 expression vector pGM10 or pGEX-4T-1 GST (Pharmacia Biotech), which codes for an N-terminal Met-Ala-His6 tag, which expresses an advantageous purification of the Proteins enabled on a Ni 2+ NTA column.
- suitable eukaryotic expression vectors for expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae are the vectors p426Met25 or p426GAL1 (Mumberg et al. (1994) Nucl.
- the expression vectors also contain suitable regulatory sequences for the host cell, such as the trp promoter for expression in E. coli (see, for example, EP-B1-0154133) in E. coli, the ADH-2 promoter for expression in yeasts (Rüssel et al. (1983), J. Biol. Chem.
- the baculovirus polyhedrin promoter for expression in insect cells see, for example, EP-B1-0127839) or the early SV40 promoter or LTR promoters, for example from MMTV (Mouse Mammary Tumor Virus; Lee et al. (1981) Nature, 214, 228).
- MMTV Mammary Tumor Virus
- the recombinant proteins obtained in this way are purified using suitable methods (e.g. affinity chromatography, HPLC, FPLC) and brought into solution (guanidine, urea).
- suitable methods e.g. affinity chromatography, HPLC, FPLC
- guanidine, urea guanidine, urea
- the characterization of the proteins and the determination of the enzyme activity is carried out using established tests (RNA binding, ATPase activity, helicase activity).
- virus vectors preferably adenovirus vectors, in particular replication-deficient adenovirus vectors, or adeno-associated virus vectors, e.g. B. a
- Adeno-associated virus vector consisting exclusively of two inserted terminal repeat sequences (ITR).
- Suitable adenovirus vectors are described, for example, in McGrory, W.ü. et al. (1988) Virol. 163, 614; Gluzman, Y. et al. (1982) in "Eukaryotic Viral Vectors” (Gluzman, Y. ed.) 187, Cold Spring Harbor Press, Cold Spring Habor, New York; Chroboczek, J. et al. (1992) Virol. 186, 280; Karlsson, S et al. (1986) EMBO J .. 5, 2377 or WO95 / 00655.
- Suitable adeno-associated virus vectors are described, for example, in Muzyczka, N. (1992) Curr. Top. Microbiol. Immunol. 158, 97; W095 / 23867; Samulski, R.J. (1989) J. Virol, 63, 3822; WO95 / 23867; Chiorini, J.A. et al. (1995) Human Gene Therapy 6, 1531 or Kotin, R.M. (1994) Human Gene Therapy 5, 793.
- Vectors with gene therapy effects can also be obtained by complexing the nucleic acid according to the invention with liposomes.
- Lipid mixtures such as those of Feigner, PL et al. (1987) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sei, United States 84, 7413; Behr, JP et al. (1989) Proc. Natl. Acad. Be. USA 86, 6982; Feigner, JH et al. (1994) J. Biol. Chem. 269, 2550 or Gao, X. & Huang, L (1991) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1189, 195.
- the DNA is ionically bound to the surface of the liposomes in such a ratio that a positive net charge remains and the DNA is completely complexed by the liposomes.
- nucleic acids according to the invention can be chemically described, for example, in SEQ ID no. 13 and SEQ ID No. 15 disclosed sequence or using the SEQ ID No. 14 and SEQ ID No. 16 disclosed peptide sequence using the genetic code z. B. can be synthesized by the phosphotriester method (see e.g. Uhlman, E. & Peyman, A. (1990) Chemical Reviews, 90, 543, No. 4).
- nucleic acids according to the invention itself and variants is isolation from a suitable gene bank using a suitable probe (see, for example, Sambrook, J. et al. (1989) Moiecular Cloning. A laboratory manual. 2nd Edition, Cold Spring Harbor , New York).
- Suitable as a probe are, for example, single-stranded DNA fragments with a length of approximately 100 to 1000 nucleotides, preferably with a length of approximately 200 to 500 nucleotides, in particular with a length of approximately 300 to 400 nucleotides, the sequence of which is based on the nucleic acid sequence Figures 4 and 6 can be derived.
- Another object of the invention is the use of the nucleic acids according to the invention for specifically influencing protein biosynthesis.
- Protein biosynthesis b) a faster degradation by the degradasome and thus a reduced protein biosynthesis.
- Inhibition of helicase activity can Inhibit degradation by the degradasome and lead to reduced protein biosynthesis.
- the basis for this is the finding that important biosynthetic processes can be regulated in a targeted manner by the selective inhibition or activation of helicases.
- nucleic acids are expressed recombinantly in suitable target organisms as described.
- the nucleic acids according to the invention are an excellent model for various eukaryotic RNA helicases, preferably from humans and parasites (FIG. 3A).
- the genetic relationship of Hc1 to relevant eukaryotic helicases is close enough to draw conclusions about the structure and function of other eukaryotic helicases (e.g. human) from experiments with Hc1.
- Figure 3A shows the genetic relationship of some helicases from different organisms compared to Hc1.
- the great structural similarity between Hc1 and mammalian helicases from humans and mice and the great structural difference between Hc1 and known viral helicases is particularly surprising.
- the nucleic acids according to the invention preferably Hc2 have proven to be an excellent model for various eukaryotic RNA helicases, preferably from plants.
- FIG. 3B shows the genetic relationship of some RNA helicases from different organisms in comparison to Hc2.
- the great structural similarity between Hc2 and RNA helicases from plants is particularly surprising.
- the recombinant expression of Hc2 enables the use of this new enzyme as a model for research into plant helicases in particular, their structure and function, and for the development of suitable inhibitors or activators of these important enzymes.
- Another object of the invention is therefore the targeted heterologous expression - by means of overexpression according to known methods - of the nucleic acids according to the invention, preferably Hc2, in suitable crop plants for the potential increase in the biosynthesis of relevant proteins.
- the nucleic acids according to the invention can be introduced into plants using recombinant DNA technologies.
- the introduction of the foreign gene with the aid of Agrobacterium tumefaciens can be used as a method.
- the foreign gene is introduced into the bacterial genome in a known manner.
- the genes of the bacterium, including the foreign gene are stably integrated into the genome of the plant (Chiiton M.D. et al., Cell 1977 11: 263, Barton K.A. et al., Cell 1983 32: 1033).
- This method is preferably used for the transformation of dicotelydones.
- the known methods such as calcium phosphate precipitation, PEG treatment, electroporation, or a can be used to transform monocotelydones
- Another object of the invention is the use of nucleic acids as selection markers in molecular biology.
- Conventionally used selection markers are antibiotics.
- Molecular biologically modified organisms carry a gene that confers resistance to an antibiotic. The organisms are grown in a medium containing antibiotics, so that only the carriers of the resistance gene can develop.
- helica genes can be used as “resistance genes”. It has been shown (Müilner et al, patent application DPA 19545126.0) that the overexpression of a helica gene in mouse cells gives these cells tolerance to an otherwise toxic substance, leflunomide.
- nucleic acids as selection markers in molecular biology
- a suitable vector such as described
- the nucleic acids according to the invention are to be introduced into cells and selected with a suitable substance, such as leflunomide), against which the cells are tolerant by overexpression of the helicase.
- Another object of the present invention are also
- polypeptides and polypeptide fragments which encode Hc1 and Hc2 themselves, with amino acid sequences according to SEQ ID No. 14 and SEQ ID No. 16 or a functional variant thereof, and parts thereof with at least six amino acids, preferably with at least 12 amino acids, in particular with at least 65 amino acids and especially with 257 amino acids Hc1 and 255 amino acids Hc2 (hereinafter referred to as “inventive polypeptides”) 6-12, preferably about 8 amino acid long polypeptide contain an epitope which, after coupling to a support, is used to produce specific poly- or monoclonal antibodies (see, for example, US Pat. No. 5,656,435). Polypeptides with a length of at least about 65 amino acids can also be used directly without carriers for the production of poly- or monoclonal antibodies.
- RNA helicase activity RNA helicase activity
- this also includes polypeptides, the one
- Sequence homology in particular a sequence identity of approx. 70%, preferably of approx. 80%, in particular of approx. 90%, especially of approx. 95% to the polypeptides with the amino acid sequences according to FIGS. 5 and 7. Furthermore, this also includes deletion of the polypeptide in the range from about 1-60, preferably from about 1-30, in particular from about 1-15, especially from about 1-5 amino acids.
- This also includes fusion proteins which contain the inventive polypeptides described above, the Fusion proteins themselves already have the function of an RNA helicase or can only get the specific function after the fusion portion has been split off. Above all, this includes fusion proteins with a proportion of in particular non-human sequences of about 1 to 200, preferably about 1 to 150, in particular about 1 to 100, especially about 1 to 50 amino acids. Examples of non-human
- Peptide sequences are prokaryotic peptide sequences, e.g. from the E. coli galactosidase or a so-called histidine tag, e.g. a Met-Ala-His6 tag.
- a fusion protein with a so-called histidine tag is particularly advantageous for purifying the expressed protein via columns containing metal ions, for example via a Ni2 + -NTA column.
- NTA stands for the chelator "nitrilotriacetic acid” (Qiagen GmbH, Hilden).
- the parts of the polypeptide according to the invention represent, for example, epitopes that can be specifically recognized by antibodies.
- polypeptides according to the invention are a member of the so-called DEAD super protein family.
- Figure 1 shows the conserved motifs which are characteristic of this class of RNA helicases. All of these motifs are highly conserved within the family and are also found in the polypeptides according to the invention.
- polypeptide according to the invention is obtained, for example, by expression of the nucleic acid according to the invention in a suitable expression system, as already described above, according to the method generally known to the person skilled in the art
- Another object of the present invention therefore relates to a method for producing a polypeptide according to the invention, wherein a nucleic acid according to the invention is expressed in a suitable host cell and optionally isolated.
- the parts of the polypeptide mentioned can also be synthesized with the aid of classic peptide synthesis (Merrifield technique). You are suitable in particular for the production of antisera, with the aid of which suitable gene expression banks can be searched in order to arrive at further functional variants of the polypeptide according to the invention.
- Another object of the present invention also relates to antibodies which react specifically with the polypeptide according to the invention, the above-mentioned parts of the polypeptide either being themselves immunogenic or by coupling to suitable carriers, such as e.g. bovine serum albumin, immunogenic or can be increased in their immunogenicity.
- suitable carriers such as e.g. bovine serum albumin
- the antibodies are either polyclonal or monoclonal.
- the preparation which is also an object of the present invention, is carried out, for example, by generally known methods by immunizing a mammal, for example a rabbit, with the polypeptide according to the invention or the parts thereof, optionally in the presence of e.g. Freund's adjuvant and / or aluminum hydroxide gels (see e.g. Diamond, B.A. et al. (1981) The New England Journal of Medicine, 1344).
- the polyclonal antibodies produced in the animal due to an immunological reaction can then be easily isolated from the blood by generally known methods and z. B. clean over column chromatography.
- Monoclonal antibodies can be produced, for example, by the known method from Winter & Milstein (Winter, G. & Milstein, C. (1991) Nature, 349, 293).
- Another object of the present invention is also a medicament which contains a nucleic acid or a polypeptide according to the invention and optionally suitable additives or auxiliaries and a method for producing a medicament for the treatment of cancer, autoimmune diseases, in particular multiple sclerosis or rheumatoid arthritis, Alzheimer's Disease, allergies, especially neurodermatitis, type I allergies or type IV allergies, arthrosis, atherosclerosis, osteoporosis, acute and chronic infectious diseases and / or diabetes and / or to influence cell metabolism, in particular in immunosuppression, especially in transplants and / or hereditary diseases, in particular Werner syndrome, Bloom syndrome, Xeroderma pigmentosa, connective tissue diseases, in which a nucleic acid according to the invention, for example a so-called antisense nucleic acid , or a polypeptide according to the invention is formulated with pharmaceutically acceptable additives and / or auxiliaries.
- autoimmune diseases in particular multiple sclerosis or rheumatoid arthritis,
- a drug which contains the nucleic acid according to the invention in naked form or in the form of one of the above-described gene therapy-effective vectors or in a form complexed with liposomes is particularly suitable for gene therapy use in humans.
- Suitable additives and / or auxiliary substances are, for. B. a physiological saline, stabilizers, proteinase inhibitors, nuclease inhibitors etc.
- Another object of the present invention is also a diagnostic agent containing the nucleic acids according to the invention, the polypeptides according to the invention or antibodies according to the invention and optionally suitable additives and / or auxiliaries and a method for producing a
- Diagnostic agent for the diagnosis of cancer autoimmune diseases, in particular multiple sclerosis or rheumatoid arthritis, Alzheimer's disease, allergies, in particular neurodermatitis, type I allergies or type IV allergies, arthrosis, atherosclerosis, osteoporosis, acute and chronic infectious diseases and / or diabetes and / or for Analysis of the cell metabolism, in particular the immune status, especially in the case of transplants and / or for analysis of hereditary diseases, in particular Werner syndrome, Bloom syndrome, Xeroderma pigmentosa, connective tissue diseases, in which a nucleic acid according to the invention, a polypeptide according to the invention or antibodies according to the invention with suitable additives or auxiliary materials are added.
- a diagnostic agent based on the Polymerase chain reaction PCR diagnostics, for example according to EP-0200362
- a Northern blot can be produced. These tests are based on the specific hybridization of the nucleic acid according to the invention with the complementary counter strand, usually the corresponding mRNA.
- the nucleic acid according to the invention can also be modified here, as described, for example, in EP0063879.
- a DNA fragment according to the invention is preferably labeled using suitable reagents, for example radioactive with ⁇ -P32-dATP or non-radioactive with biotin, according to generally known methods and incubated with isolated RNA, which was preferably bound to suitable membranes made of cellulose or nylon, for example .
- RNA it is also advantageous to separate the isolated RNA prior to hybridization and binding to a membrane, for example by means of agarose gel electrophoresis. With the same amount of RNA examined from each tissue sample, the amount of mRNA that was specifically labeled by the probe can thus be determined.
- Another diagnostic agent contains the polypeptide according to the invention or the immunogenic parts thereof described in more detail above.
- the polypeptide or parts thereof which are preferably attached to a solid phase, e.g. B. from nitrocellulose or nylon, for example, with the body fluid to be examined z. As blood, are brought into contact in vitro, for example with
- the antibody-peptide complex can then be detected, for example, using labeled anti-human IgG or anti-human IgM antibodies.
- the label is, for example, an enzyme, such as peroxidase, that catalyzes a color reaction. The presence and the amount of autoimmune antibodies present can thus be easily and quickly detected via the color reaction.
- Another diagnostic agent contains the antibodies according to the invention themselves. With the aid of these antibodies, for example, a tissue sample from humans can be easily and quickly examined to determine whether the polypeptide in question is present.
- the antibodies according to the invention are labeled, for example, with an enzyme, as already described above.
- the specific one Antibody-peptide complex can be detected easily and just as quickly via an enzymatic color reaction.
- Another object of the present invention also relates to a test for the identification of functional interactors, such as e.g. Inhibitors or stimulators containing a nucleic acid according to the invention, a polypeptide according to the invention or the antibodies according to the invention and, if appropriate, suitable additives and / or auxiliaries.
- functional interactors such as e.g. Inhibitors or stimulators containing a nucleic acid according to the invention, a polypeptide according to the invention or the antibodies according to the invention and, if appropriate, suitable additives and / or auxiliaries.
- a suitable test for identifying functional interactors is e.g. B. the so-called "two-hybrid system" (Fields, S. & Sternglanz, R. (1994) Trends in Genetics, 10, 286).
- a cell for example a yeast cell
- one or more expression vectors or transfected which express a fusion protein which contains the polypeptide according to the invention and a DNA binding domain of a known protein, for example from Gal4 or LexA from E. coli, and / or express a fusion protein which contains an unknown polypeptide and a transcription activation domain, for example of Gal4, herpesvirus VP16 or B42, and the cell also contains a reporter gene, for example the LacZ gene from E.
- the unknown polypeptide is encoded, for example, by a DNA fragment that comes from a gene bank, for example from a human gene bank immediately produced a cDNA library using the expression vectors described in yeast so that the test can be carried out immediately thereafter.
- the nucleic acid according to the invention is cloned in a functional unit to the nucleic acid coding for the lexA-DNA binding domain, so that a fusion protein from the polypeptide according to the invention and the LexA-DNA binding domain is expressed in the transformed yeast.
- cDNA fragments from one Cloned cDNA library in functional unit to the nucleic acid coding for the Gal4 transcription activation domain, so that a fusion protein from an unknown polypeptide and the Gal4 transcription activation domain is expressed in the transformed yeast.
- the yeast transformed with both expression vectors, which is for example Leu2- additionally contains a nucleic acid which codes for Leu2 and is controlled by the LexA promoter / operator.
- the Gal4 transcription activation domain binds to the LexA promoter / operator via the LexA-DNA binding domain, whereby the latter is activated and the Leu2 gene is expressed.
- the Leu2 yeast can grow on minimal medium that does not contain leucine.
- the activation of the transcription can be demonstrated by the formation of blue or green fluorescent colonies.
- the blue or fluorescent staining can also be done easily quantify in the spectrophotometer eg at 585 nM in the event of a blue color.
- expression gene banks can be easily and quickly searched for polypeptides that interact with the polypeptides according to the invention.
- the new polypeptides found can then be isolated and further characterized.
- the present invention is therefore not only intended for a method for finding polypeptide-like interactors, but also extends to a method for finding substances which are identical to those described above Protein-protein complex can interact.
- Such peptide-like as well as chemical interactors are therefore referred to in the context of the present invention as functional interactors which can have an inhibiting or a stimulating effect.
- Figure 1 shows schematically the conserved areas (homology boxes) of the proteins from the DEAD protein superfamily. The numbers between the areas indicate the distances in amino acids between the homoboxes.
- Figure 2 schematically describes the conserved areas and their known functions of the expressed proteins according to Guer Pace, F.V. (1994) supra.
- FIGS. 3A and 3B describe the phylogenetic trees of Hc1 and Hc2 and establish the evolutionary relationships. These figures were created with the program: Lasergene (module MegAlign 3.1.7) from the company: DNASTAR Inc .; using the Clustal algorithm (Higgins D.G, Sharp P.M., CABIOS (1989), Vol. 5, no.2, 151-153).
- SEQ ID No. 13 shows the nucleic acid sequence of Hc1.
- SEQ ID No. 14 shows the amino acid sequence corresponding to SEQ No. 13th
- SEQ ID No. 15 shows the nucleic acid sequence of Hc2.
- SEQ ID No. 16 shows the amino acid sequence corresponding to SEQ No. 15.
- the practical work that has led to the present invention is mainly based on established, known methods of microbiology, molecular biology and recombinant DNA technology.
- Tetrahymena thermophila, strain B1868IV was inoculated in PPYS medium (10 g / l proteose peptone no.3 DIFCO, 1 g / l yeast extract DIFCO, 10 mg sodium citrate, 24.3 mg FeCI 3 ) in a 500 ml flask (100,000 cells / ml PPYS) and incubated for 2-3 days at 25 ° C and 100-150 rpm, up to a cell density of approx. 1 million / ml.
- PPYS medium 10 g / l proteose peptone no.3 DIFCO, 1 g / l yeast extract DIFCO, 10 mg sodium citrate, 24.3 mg FeCI 3
- RNA pellet is obtained by centrifugation (10 min, 10,000xg, 4 ° C). The pellet is washed two more times, dried and taken up in DEPC water. After a 10-15 minute incubation at 55-60 ° C the RNA can be stored at -80 ° C. From the total RNA, mRNA is purified using oligo (dT) -sepharose (Clontech mRNA Separator Kit # K1040-2) Example 3: Preparation of cDNA
- PCR polymerase chain reaction
- PCR program was 5 min 95 ° C, 95 ° C / 37s - 50 ° C / 37s - 72 ° C / 37s - 30 cycles.
- Example 5 Cloning and sequencing of the fragments After PCR, the PCR product is separated on a 1% agarose gel. The specific fragments are cut out and purified using the QIAGEN Gel Extraction Kit. The purified fragments are used directly for cloning (Invitrogen Original TA Cloning Kit # K2000-01). Positive clones are grown in shake culture and the plasmid DNA is purified using the QIAGEN Maxi Prep Kit. Sequencing is performed using the AbiPrism Model 377 automated sequencer.
- Hc1 and Hc2 are cloned into a suitable vector, preferably pGEX-4T-1 GST fusion vector (Pharmacia Biotech).
- a suitable vector preferably pGEX-4T-1 GST fusion vector (Pharmacia Biotech).
- Hc1 and Hc2 are prepared from Tetrahymena thermophila cDNA using suitable primers using PCR.
- a standard PCR approach contains 10 mM Tris-HCl, pH 8.3, 50mM KCI, 1.5mM MgCl2, 0.001% gelatin, 75 ⁇ M dNTP, 0.3ng of each primer, 0.5 ⁇ l cDNA, 0.5U Taq polymerase.
- the primers (2A) 5 ' ATAAGAATGCGGCCGCTGTTCTACCGATTCTGTGAATATA 3 ' (3A) 5 ' CGCGGATCCTC ACT GGT TCG GGT AAG ACT GCT ACT TTC TCT 3 were used to amplify the fragment Hc1, and the primers TACTACATAATAATAATCATAATAATAAGAATAATCATAAGAATAATCATAAGAATAATCATAAGAATAATCAGAATAAGAATAAGAATAATCAGAATAAGAATAAGAATAATCAGAATAAGAATCAGAATAAGAAT (3) (TAGGATAAGAATCATAAGAAT) were used to amplify the fragment Hc2 '(8A) 5' ATAAGAATGCGGCCGCGTTCTACCGATTCTGTGGACATAG 3 'used.
- Primer (2A) contains a NotI interface, (3A) a BamHI interface, (7A) an EcoRI and (8A) a NotI interface.
- the PCR program was 5 min 95 ° C, 95 ° C / 37s - 50 ° C / 37s - 72 ° C / 37s - 30 cycles.
- the fragments to be cloned are purified using a 1% agarose gel (QIAgen gel extraction kit) and the ends to be cloned are prepared by digestion with NotI and BamHI (Hc1) or EcoRI and Notl (Hc2).
- the vector pGEX-4T-1 is also prepared by digestion with Notl and BamHI (Hc1) or EcoRI and Notl (Hc2).
- the vector and insert are ligated overnight at 16 ° C., the ligation batches are used to transform competent TOP10F '(Invitrogen) E.coli cells. Positive clones are picked and used for protein expression.
- the construct pGEX-Hd or pGEX-Hc2 allows the translation of a fusion protein consisting of 257 amino acids (28.3 kDa) from Hc1 or 255 amino acids (28.1 kDa) from Hc2 and glutathione-S-transferase (24 kDa).
- the fusion protein contains all homology boxes (DEAD, SAT, ...) which distinguish the members of the protein family.
- an overnight culture is induced with IPTG and the fusion protein from the supernatant is purified in a batch process with glutathione Sepharose 4B or via a glutathione Sepharose 4B column.
- the glutathione-S-transferase is cleaved with thrombin.
- z. B 100 ug GST fusion protein with a unit of thrombin proteinase in 1x PBS at 22 ° C for 16 hours.
- the gene product from Hc1 or Hc2 is separated off by gel filtration, e.g. B. with a Superdex 200 HR 10/30 column (Pharmacia Biotech). Biorad's Gel Filtration Chromatography Standard (Ref. 151-1901) can be used as a standard.
- Example 6 ATPase activity
- the reaction mixture for measuring the ATPase activity contains 150 mM NaCI, 5 mM KCI, 1.5 mM MgCI2, 20 mM Hepes / KOH, pH 7, 1 mM dithiothreitol, 1 mM PMSF, 10 ⁇ M ATP and 0.2 ⁇ l 32P-ATP in one Total volume of 50 ⁇ l.
- the reaction mixture is heated to 37 ° C. and Hc1 or Hc2 is added. After 30 min at 37 ° C., the reaction is stopped by adding 400 ⁇ l of 7% activated carbon in 50 mM HCl and 5 mM H3P04.
- the samples are mixed and centrifuged at 13,000 rpm for 15 min. The radioactivity released is measured with a scintillation counter in the supernatant.
- the helicase activity of Hc1 or Hc2 can be followed by dissociation of double-stranded RNA.
- the substrate can be any RNA oligomer that is labeled on a strand, e.g. with 32P.
- the reaction mixture contains 32P-labeled helicase substrate, Hc1 or Hc2 in various concentrations, 2 mM ATP, 5 mM dithiothreitol and 50 ⁇ g bovine serum albumin in 20 mM Tris-HCl.
- the reaction is carried out at 37 ° C for 30 min and stopped by heating.
- reaction mixture is applied to a 16 cm X 18 cm 12% non-denaturing polyacryamide gel and separated at a constant current of 25 mA.
- the gel is dried under vacuum and exposed (e.g. Kodak RPXRP-5 film, -70 ° C).
- Homologs can be used as antisense strands.
- a plasmid is constructed which carries the desired antisense sequence, as well as Selection markers, eg neomycin, a promoter which controls the expression of the antisense RNA and RNA-stabilizing sequences.
- Selection markers eg neomycin
- the transcribed sequences are transcribed in the cell and the transcript hybridizes with the target DNA.
- sequences synthesized in vitro can also be brought into the cell by microinjection.
- oligonucleotides are also conceivable. These can either be produced synthetically or generated by restriction digestion of Hc1, Hc2 or homologues.
- the oligonucleotides must be highly pure. This is achieved by lyophilizing 2-5 times. Pure oligonucleotides are e.g. B. added in HEPES buffered saline, pH 7.4.
- Example 9 Gene probe for finding new members of the DEAD box protein family.
- the fragments Hc1 and Hc2 are used to isolate new DEAD box proteins from suitable organisms.
- the specific gene fragments are amplified using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and simultaneously labeled with digoxigenin, according to Boehringer Mannheim PCR DIG Probe Synthesis Kit # 1636 090. Plasmid DNA of the cloned fragments Hc1 or Hc2 is used as a template .
- a PCR approach contains Expand TM High Fidelity Buffer (Boehringer Mannheim # 1636 090), 200 uM dATP, 200 uM dGTP, 200 uM dCTP, 130 uM dTTP, 70 uM DIG-11-dUTP, 0.3 ng of each primer, 100 pg Plasmid DNA, 2.6 U Taq polymerase.
- the primers were used to amplify the Hc1 fragment
- the PCR program was 5 min 95 ° C, 95 ° C / 37s - 50 ° C / 37s - 72 ° C / 37s - 30 cycles.
- the PCR reaction mixture containing the labeled fragments is used directly for hybridization experiments.
- the PCR product is denatured for 10 min at 95 ° C and mixed with the hybridization solution DIG Easy Hyb (Boehringer Mannheim Ref. 1603558) (conc. 2 ⁇ l / ml). With this hybridization solution, cDNA banks of suitable organisms are screened at low stringency (hybridization temperature 30-50 ° C.).
- Recombinantly expressed protein is purified by a suitable method and used to work in a suitable organism, e.g. B. rat upper rabbit to generate polyclonal antibodies.
- a suitable organism e.g. B. rat upper rabbit to generate polyclonal antibodies.
- the fusion protein z. B. first purified via glutathione Sepharose and then via SDS-PAGE. The band containing the fusion protein is cut out of the gel, ground and z. B. injected a rabbit or a rat.
- the antiserum obtained is passed through an IgG column, which elutes antibodies at low pH in 1 M Tris-HCl pH 8.
- the antibodies are dialyzed against 25 mM HEPES pH 7.9, 12 mM MgCl 2, 0.5 mM EDTA, 2 mM dithiothreitol, 17% glycerol, 100 mM KCI.
- Example 11 Use of the Antibodies to Isolate New DEAD Box Proteins
- the antibodies obtained as described in the previous section are used to isolate new DEAD box proteins from suitable organisms.
- the antibodies are covalently coupled to a suitable matrix, for example Sephadex G50 (Pharmacia).
- Biorad columns 1.5 x 10 cm or 2.5 x 10 cm are packed with the Sephadex and equilibrated with 20 ml buffer A (0.05 M Tris-HCl, 0.15 M NaCI, 0.005 M EDTA, 0.1% NP40, pH 8.0).
- 3.0 g of Protein A-Sepharose Beads (Pharmacia CL-4B) are added to the column. Let stand at 4 ° C overnight.
- the antibody solution is placed on the column and allowed to drip through at 4 ° C. at a flow rate of -100 ml / h. Then the column is washed several times: with 250 ml buffer A (plus 0.5% NP40), then with 125 ml 0.1 M borate buffer, pH 9.0, then with 125 ml borate buffer pH ⁇ .O, then with 125 ml 0.2 M triethanolamine, pH 8.2.
- the Fc region of the antibody is coupled to the protein A-Sepharose via cross-linking.
- the column is washed again, once with buffer B (0.15 M Tris-HCl, 0.15 M NaCI, 1 mM EDTA pH 8.0, 10% glycerol, 10% NP-40), once with buffer C (0.05 M Tris-HCl, 0.5 M LiC-1 , 1 mM EDTA, pH 8.0, 10% glycerol), and once with buffer D (0.01 M pipes, 5 mM NaCl, 1 mM EDTA, pH 8.0, 10% glycerol).
- the uncrosslinked antibody is eluted with citrate buffer.
- the column is stored with borate buffer, pH 8.0 with 0.02% Na N3.
- cell lysate of suitable organisms is placed on the antibody column.
- the column is washed several times and the bound proteins with a suitable buffer, e.g. Glycine, pH 3, eluted in Tris-HCl, pH 8.
- the gene fragments Hc1 and Hc2 can be heterologously expressed in useful plants.
- the gene transfer can be mediated, for example, via Agrobacterium tumefacians.
- a typical A. tumefaciens vector (Ti plasmid) contains an origin of replication (Ori-Agro) which allows replication in Agrobacterium, an origin of replication Ori-E. coli, which ensures the functional replication in E. coli, several resistance genes, e.g. B. against kanamycin and spectinomycin, insertion sites for the introduction of the foreign gene and directed T-DNA
- A. tumefaciens is transformed with the Ti plasmid.
- leaf disks are punched out and placed in a flat dish (petri dish).
- a solution of recombinant agrobacteria is then added and, after a few minutes, the leaf disks are transferred to a medium with nutrient cells (eg filter paper). Wounded cells on the edges of the leaf disks release factors that lead to infection of the plant cells by the agrobacterium.
- the leaf disks are transferred to a shoot-stimulating medium which contains an antibiotic which kills the agrobacteria (for example cefotaxime) and for 2-3 weeks cultured. The shoots are transferred to a root-inducing medium and planted in soil after another 2-3 weeks.
- Example 13 Diagnostic probes The Hc1 or Hc2 gene fragments or homologous gene fragments or parts thereof
- Containing homology boxes can be used as diagnostic probes.
- the DNA fragments are immobilized on a suitable matrix (e.g.
- a patient's mRNA is purified and reverse transcribed, e.g. with MMLV reverse transcriptase, 2 h at 37 ° C, transcribed into cDNA.
- the cDNA is labeled, e.g. with 32P or digoxigenin.
- the cDNA is in a suitable hybridization buffer, e.g. DIG EasyHyb
- the gene fragments Hc1 and Hc2 can be used as selection markers in molecular biology. It has been shown that overexpression of an RNA helicase in mouse cells makes it tolerant of the substance leflunomide (Müllner patent).
- an expression vector is constructed which contains Hc1 or Hc2 and a gene to be expressed.
- the gene to be expressed can lie next to or between the helicase gene. Suitable host cells are transformed with the vector (e.g. cloning into a pGEX vector and introduction into E. coli). If the gene to be expressed lies next to the Hc gene, the transformants become tolerant to leflunomide if the vector is successfully introduced.
- the success of the ligation must be e.g. B. Check via blue-white screening. If the gene to be expressed is in the Hc gene, the Hc gene is destroyed if the ligation is successful and the transformants lose their tolerance to leflunomide if the vector is successfully introduced.
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