WO2000031265A1 - Urotensines ii de mammiferes et leurs applications - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to mammalian polypeptides, in particular of human or murine origin, having a structure of urotensin II (UII) type (prepro-urotensin II, pro-urotensin II and urotensin II), as well as to their applications as a medicament, in particular in the form of a composition intended for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases or traumas of the spinal cord (hemiplegia, paraplegia) and as a tool for screening antihypertensive drugs.
- UAI urotensin II
- prepro-urotensin II prepro-urotensin II, pro-urotensin II and urotensin II
- a medicament in particular in the form of a composition intended for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases or traumas of the spinal cord (hemiplegia, paraplegia) and as a tool for screening antihypertensive drugs.
- the present invention also relates to nucleic acid sequences encoding said polypeptides, to oligonucleotides included in said sequences, and to the use of said sequences as primers and as probes or for the expression of mammalian urotensins II and in particular human or murine urotensin II.
- Urotensin II is a neuropeptide that was first characterized in the urophysis of teleost fish. In these fishes, urotensin II is a cyclic peptide comprising 12 amino acids.
- This peptide which comprises, in the frog, 13 amino acids, has structural similarities with the urotensins II of fish, and in particular the cyclic region containing the abovementioned heptapeptide.
- This neuropeptide also has similarities to somatostatin (2,3);
- fish urotensin II has mainly cardiovascular effects, which can also be observed when this urotensin is administered to a mammal, such as the rat or rabbit (8,9): contractile effect on the arteries (action observed in rats (8) and rabbits (10)), contraction of smooth muscles (spasmogenic effect on certain smooth muscles (bladder and ileum), in amphibians (11)), effects on heart rate (observed in amphibians (12)).
- urotensin II was expressed in mammals, in particular in humans and in murines, and that it could exhibit, in humans, an activity on survival and / or regeneration. motor neurons and on blood pressure (hypertension).
- the present invention relates to polypeptides, isolated from mammals, characterized in that they comprise at their C-terminal end a heptapeptide having the following sequence: Cys-Phe-Trp-Lys-Tyr-Cys-Xaa in which Xaa represents Val or Ile. in that they belong to the family of urotensins II and in that they have at least 45%, and preferably at least 70% similarity with the polypeptide of sequence SEQ ID NO: 1, corresponding to the prepro-urotensine II human.
- the similarity is quantified using Clustal * software, notably accessible on the Internet (site http://wwvv-2.ebi.ac.uk/clustalw/).
- the present invention includes in particular:
- rat pre-urotensin II SEQ ID NO: 30
- rat pro-urotensin II SEQ ID NO: 31
- rat urotensin II SEQ ID NO: 32
- - pre-urotensin Mouse II SEQ ID NO: 33
- mouse pro urotensin II SEQ ID NO: 34
- mouse urotensin II SEQ ID NO: 35
- mammalian polypeptide sequences generally have a low similarity with the fish or frog sequences (FIG. 1 and FIG. 4): - 16% similarity between the prepro-UII- ⁇ or the prepro-UII- ⁇ of carp and the prepro -UII human;
- the invention also encompasses polypeptides or peptides derived from mammalian urotensins II and their precursors, according to the invention, by addition, deletion or substitution of one or more amino acids; they may, for example, be polypeptides in which modifications have been made, in particular by substitution of the dextrorotatory amino acids with levorotatory amino acids (pseudopeptides) or of polypeptides obtained by molecular modeling and having urotensin II activity at level of the neuromuscular junction or other biological targets of urotensin IL
- the present invention also relates to a purified nucleic acid fragment, characterized in that it comprises all or part of a sequence coding for a mammalian urotensin II as defined above or of its complementary sequence, sense or antisense, with the exception of EST with Gen Bank accession number, AA535545.
- the present invention includes in particular cDNAs, mRNAs and genomic DNAs of urotensins II and their precursors. It includes in particular the following sequences: * human sequences:
- sequence coding for human prepro-urotensin II of sequence SEQ ID NO: 4, which comprises 551 bp and in which:
- segment 1-32 is a non-coding sequence
- segment 33-407 codes for human preprourotensin II
- segment 33-92 corresponds to the sequence coding for the signal peptide
- segment 408-551 is non-coding (see Figure 2)
- sequence SEQ ID NO: 5 a fragment of the sequence coding for human pre-urotensin II (sequence SEQ ID NO: 5), characterized in that it codes for human pro-urotensin II, the precursor of human urotensin II and corresponds to the segment 93-407 of SEQ ID NO: 4;
- sequence SEQ ID NO: 6 a fragment of the sequence coding for human preprourotensin II (sequence SEQ ID NO: 6), characterized in that it codes for human urotensin II and corresponds to segment 372-407 of the sequence SEQ ID NO: 4;
- fragments capable of serving as primers consisting of 20 to 50 nucleotides of SEQ ID NO: 4 and in particular the sequences SEQ ID NO: 7-8 and 10-17 and more particularly the following pairs of primers:
- sequences SEQ ID NO: 7 and NO: 8 corresponding respectively to segments 267-292 and 535-51 1 of the sequence SEQ ID NO: 4; . the sequences SEQ ID NO: 10 and 1 1 1 corresponding respectively to positions 198-216 and 381 -404 of the sequence ID NO: 4;
- sequences SEQ ID NO: 15 positions 14-33 of the sequence SEQ ID NO: 4 and SEQ ID NO: 13;
- sequences SEQ ID NO: 12 and SEQ ID NO: 16 positions 150-131 of the sequence SEQ ID NO: 4;
- sequences SEQ ID NO: 17 positions 8-27 of the sequence SEQ ID NO: 4
- SEQ ID NO: 13 the sequences SEQ ID NO: 13
- sequence SEQ ID NO: 4 sequence SEQ ID NO: 4 and the fragments consisting of 20 to 50 nucleotides of the sequence SEQ ID NO: 4.
- Said probes are preferably used under the following hybridization conditions:
- segment 1-36 is a non-coding sequence
- segment 37-405 codes for rat prepro-urotensin II
- segment 37-96 corresponds to the sequence coding for the signal peptide and.
- segment 406-529 is non-coding (see Figure 3)
- sequence SEQ ID NO: 19 a fragment of the sequence coding for rat pre-urotensin II (sequence SEQ ID NO: 19), characterized in that it codes for rat pro-urotensin II, the precursor of rat urotensin II and corresponds to segment 96-405 of SEQ ID NO: 18;
- sequence SEQ ID NO: 20 a fragment of the sequence coding for rat prepro-urotensin II (sequence SEQ ID NO: 20), characterized in that it codes for rat urotensin II and corresponds to segment 364-405 of the sequence SEQ ID NO: 18; fragments capable of serving as primers consisting of 20 to 50 nucleotides of SEQ ID NO: 18 and in particular the sequences SED ID NO: 36-42 and more particularly the following pairs of primers:
- sequences SEQ ID NO: 36 and SEQ ID NO: 37 corresponding respectively to positions 295-314 and 504-485 of the sequence SEQ ID NO: 18;
- sequences SEQ ID NO: 38 positions 280-299 of the sequence SEQ ID NO: 18
- SEQ ID NO: 37 the sequences SEQ ID NO: 38 (positions 280-299 of the sequence SEQ ID NO: 18) and SEQ ID NO: 37;
- sequences SEQ ID NO: 39 positions 131-150 of the sequence SEQ ID NO: 18
- SEQ ID NO: 40 positions 314-295 of SEQ ID NO: 18
- sequences SEQ ID NO: 41 positions 322-341 of the sequence
- sequence SEQ ID NO: 18 and the fragments consisting of 20 to 50 nucleotides of the sequence SEQ ID NO: 18, in particular SEQ ID NO: 43 (positions 192-221 of the sequence SEQ ID NO: 18). * mouse sequences
- segment 1-36 is a non-coding sequence
- segment 37-405 codes for mouse prepro-urotensin II
- segment 37-96 corresponds to the sequence coding for the signal peptide and.
- segment 406-539 is non-coding (see Figure 4)
- sequence SEQ ID NO: 28 a fragment of the sequence coding for mouse prepro-urotensin II (sequence SEQ ID NO: 28), characterized in that it codes for pro-urotensin
- mice the precursor of mouse urotensin and corresponds to segment 97-405 of SEQ ID NO: 27;
- sequence SEQ ID NO: 29 a fragment of the sequence coding for mouse preprourotensin II (sequence SEQ ID NO: 29), characterized in that it codes for mouse urotensin II and corresponds to segment 355-405 of the sequence SEQ ID NO: 27;
- fragments capable of serving as primers consisting of 20 to 50 nucleotides of SEQ ID NO: 27 and in particular the sequences SEQ ID NO: 21-26 and more particularly the following pairs of primers:
- sequences SEQ ID NO: 23 positions 280-299 of the sequence SEQ ID NO: 27
- SEQ ID NO: 22 positions 280-299 of the sequence SEQ ID NO: 27
- sequences SEQ ID NO: 24 positions 131-150 of the sequence SEQ ID NO: 27 and SEQ ID NO: 22;
- sequences SEQ ID NO: 25 positions 295-314 of the sequence SEQ ID NO: 27
- SEQ ID NO: 22 positions 295-314 of the sequence SEQ ID NO: 27
- sequences SEQ ID NO: 24 and SEQ ID NO: 26 positions 322-341 of the sequence SEQ ID NO: 27.
- sequence SEQ ID NO: 27 and the fragments consisting of 20 to 50 nucleotides of the sequence SEQ ID NO: 27 and in particular the sequence SEQ ID NO: 44 (positions 204-233 of the sequence SEQ ID NO: 27).
- Said polypeptides can be produced either by expressing the nucleic acid sequences as defined above in host cells, or by synthesis, and in particular by synthesis according to the Merrifield technique.
- the nucleic acid sequences defined above have as a first application to detect either the presence or the absence of the mRNA coding for a mammalian urotensin II and in particular for human urotensin II in biological samples (biopsies, for example), especially in subjects with neurodegenerative pathology or spinal cord trauma, either to detect a mutation in the gene or mRNA sequence encoding urotensin (comparison with the nucleic acid sequences according to the invention) .
- nucleic acid sequences defined above have, as a second application, the production of vectors capable of expressing the precursors of human urotensin II, in particular in the context of targeted gene therapy.
- nucleic acid sequences are advantageously selected from the group consisting of human sequences, SEQ ID NO: 4 to SEQ ID NO: 6, the rat sequences, SEQ ID NO: 18 to SEQ ID NO: 20 and the mouse sequences, SEQ ID NO: 27 to SEQ ID NO: 29.
- the present invention also relates to a cell transformed with at least one nucleic acid fragment as defined above.
- the present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions, characterized in that they comprise at least one polypeptide as defined above or at least one nucleic acid sequence coding for all or part of said polypeptides, associated with at least one pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle.
- the term “pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle” means both the usual vehicles and those used in the context of gene therapy.
- compositions are administered intrathecally.
- compositions according to the present invention make it possible in particular to treat neurodegenerative diseases of the spinal cord, in particular diseases of the neuromuscular plaque and more particularly amyotrophic diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or traumas of the spinal cord, more particularly paraplegias and hemiplegia.
- compositions are characterized in that the polypeptide is chosen from the group consisting of human pre-urotensin II (SEQ ID NO: 1), human pro-urotensin II (SEQ ID NO: 2) and human urotensin II (SEQ ID NO: 3), rat pre-urotensin II (SEQ ID NO: 30), rat pro-urotensin II (SEQ LD NO: 31) and rat urotensin II (SEQ ID NO: 32), mouse pre-urotensin II (SEQ ID NO: 33), mouse pro-urotensin II (SEQ ID NO: 34) and mouse urotensin II (SEQ ID NO: 35).
- human pre-urotensin II SEQ ID NO: 1
- human pro-urotensin II SEQ ID NO: 2
- human urotensin II SEQ ID NO: 3
- rat pre-urotensin II SEQ ID NO: 30
- compositions are characterized in that the nucleic sequences are selected from the group consisting of human sequences, SEQ ID NO: 4 to
- SEQ ID NO: 6 the rat sequences, SEQ ID NO: 18 to SEQ ID NO: 20 and the mouse sequences, SEQ ID NO: 27 to SEQ ID NO: 29.
- the present invention further relates to the use of polypeptides belonging to the family of urotensin II or of nucleic sequences coding for said polypeptides, for the preparation of a medicament intended for treating neurodegenerative diseases of the spinal cord or trauma to the spinal cord.
- polypeptides belonging to the urotensin II family capable of being used in accordance with the invention may have their origin, both invertebrates and vertebrates, in particular mammals, and preferably human mammals.
- said use is characterized in that the polypeptide is chosen from the group consisting of human pre-urotensin II (SEQ ID NO: 1), human pro-urotensin II (SEQ ID NO: 2) and human urotensin II (SEQ ID NO: 3), rat pre-urotensin II (SEQ ID NO: 30), rat pro-urotensin II (SEQ ID NO: 31) and rat urotensin II (SEQ ID NO: 32), mouse preprurotensin II (SEQ ID NO: 33), mouse pro-urotensin II (SEQ ID NO: 34) and urotensin II from mouse (SEQ ID NO: 35).
- human pre-urotensin II SEQ ID NO: 1
- said use is characterized in that the polynucleotides are selected from the group consisting of human sequences, SEQ ID NO: 4 to SEQ ID NO: 6, rat sequences, SEQ ID NO: 18 to SEQ ID NO: 20 and the mouse sequences, SEQ ID NO: 27 to SEQ ID NO: 29.
- the present invention also relates to a diagnostic kit, characterized in that it comprises at least one sequence according to the invention, capable of detecting the presence of an mRNA, optionally modified, coding for a mammalian urotensin II in a biological sample.
- the present invention further relates to the use of said polypeptides, which also exhibit hypertensive activity, for the selection of antagonists of this activity (selection of antihypertensives having activity against urotensins II according to the invention).
- FIG. 1 illustrates the alignment of amino acid sequences deduced respectively from human prepro-UII, frog and carp.
- the signal sequence is indicated in italics; retained amino acids are shown in black; prohormone cleavage sites are indicated by stars and conserved acidic residues are indicated by a black circle.
- the disulfide bridge present in the UII sequence is indicated under the urotensin II sequence.
- the amino acids are numbered on the right of the figure;
- FIG. 2 illustrates the structure of human prepro-UII, pro-UII and UII
- Figure 3 illustrates the structure of rat prepro-UII, pro-UII and UII
- Figure 4 illustrates the structure of the prepro-UII, pro-UII and UII of souns
- FIG. 5A illustrates the dot blot analysis of the expression of the mRNA of prepro-UII in different human tissues, using the Masterblot of Clontech (poly (A) RNA from 50 different human tissues (80-448 ng / point, standardized using the RNA expression level of 8 household genes).
- Positive controls consist of human genomic DNA; negative controls include yeast or E. coli DNA or RNA as well as human repeat genomic sequences (H).
- the blot is hybridized with the cDNA probe coding for human prepro-UII and exposed for 2 days to an X-Omat film.
- FIG. 5A illustrates the dot blot analysis of the expression of the mRNA of prepro-UII in different human tissues, using the Masterblot of Clontech (poly (A) RNA from 50 different human tissues (80-448 ng / point, standardized using the RNA expression level of 8 household genes).
- Positive controls consist of human genomic DNA; negative controls include yeast or E. coli DNA or RNA as well as
- FIG. 5B illustrates the Northern Blot analysis of the expression of prepro-UII mRNA in the human spinal cord; 2 ⁇ g of poly (A) spinal cord mRNA are hybridized with the probe consisting of human prepro-UII cDNA. Size is determined using RNA size markers (calibrated standard nucleotide chains).
- FIG. 5C corresponds to X-ray autoradiographs and shows the distribution of Prepro-UII mRNA in the human spinal cord. frontal ions are hybridized with an anti-sense (1) or sense (2) prepro-UII riboprobe and exposed for 10 days to films sensitive to X-rays; - Figure 6 is a comparison of the primary structures of urotensin II of different species.
- FIG. 7 illustrates the tissue distribution of the mRNA of the prepro-UII of rats and mice.
- EST sequence (expressed sequence tag) coding for a peptide having a certain identity with the frog urotensin II is recorded under the number AA535545 (Genbank). This sequence is derived from an EST analysis of cDNA clones obtained from colon tumors.
- the PCR product is labeled with [ 32 P] dCTP by random priming, then hybridized with different human tissues containing poly (A) RNA as well as with positive and negative controls (MasterBlot, Clontech, Palo Alto). Hybridization and washes are carried out under the following conditions:
- the blot is exposed to an X-OMAT film (Kodak) and the hybridization signals are quantified using Densylab software (Bioprobe Systems, France).
- the most important hybridization signal is obtained in the spinal cord.
- poly (A) human spinal cord RNA (Clontech) is used for the amplification of the 5 ′ end of the human UII cDNA with a RACE kit (Marathon cDNA amplification kit, Clontech).
- RNA from human spinal cord (Clontech) are deposited on agarose-formaldehyde gel; after migration, a nylon membrane transfer is carried out and a hybridization with the PCR product specific for the cDNA of human UII labeled by incorporation of [P] dCTP.
- Human sense and anti-sense riboprobes are prepared by in vitro transcription of the PCR products obtained with specific prepro-UII primers 5'-CTGCCAGAGATGCTGGGTG-3 '(SEQ ID NO: 10) and 5'- GACACAGTATTTCCAGAAGCAATC-3 '(SEQ ID NO: 11) extended at their 5' -terminal end with the promoters SP6 and T7 of the corresponding RNA polymerases; transcription is carried out in the presence of [ 3 S] UTP (Amersham) or digoxigenin-11-UTP (Boerhinger), and of T3 or T7 RNA polymerase, under the same PCR conditions as those set out above.
- a portion of human cervical spinal cord was obtained by autopsy from a 70-year-old male subject.
- the tissue fragment is fixed in 4% formaldehyde for 24 hours, included in Tissue-Tek and frozen in liquid nitrogen.
- Front sections (12 ⁇ m thick) are cut using a cryostat and stored at -80 ° C.
- the sections are pretreated as described in H. Tostivint et al.
- a prehybridization buffer (50% formamide, 0.6 M NaCl, 10 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.5, 0.02% Ficoll, 0.02% polyvinylpyrrolidine, 0.1% BSA , 1 mM EDTA, pH 8.0, 550 ⁇ g / ml denatured salmon sperm DNA, 50 ⁇ g / ml yeast tRNA).
- Hybridization is carried out at 55 ° C.
- the S-labeled probes and the digoxigenin-labeled probes are diluted in the hybridization buffer to obtain a final concentration of 5.10 6 dpm / ml and 1: 100 (v / v), respectively.
- the sections are washed in 2X SSC buffer at 60 ° C and treated with RNase A (50 ⁇ g / ml) for 60 min at 37 ° C.
- the sections hybridized with the riboprobes marked with 35 S are dehydrated in ethanol solutions comprising increasing concentrations of 0.3 M sodium acetate and exposed on a Hyperfilm- ⁇ max film (Amersham) for 2 weeks.
- the sections hybridized with the digoxigenin-labeled riboprobes are washed in buffer 1 (100 mM Tris-HCl and 150 mM NaCl, pH 7.5), incubated for 30 min in blocking buffer (2% Boehringer blocking agent in buffer 1) and incubated for 2 hours in buffer 1 containing 1: 500 of anti-digoxigenin antibodies conjugated with alkaline phosphatase (Boehringer), 1% normal sheep serum and 0.1% Triton XI 00.
- the sections are rinsed twice for 10 min in buffer 1 and 10 min in buffer 2 (100 mM Tris-HCl, 100 mM NaCl and 50 mM MgCl 2 , pH 9.5), then incubated for 3 hours a chromagen solution consisting of Fast Red TR / Naphtol AS-MX and 3 mM Levamisole (Sigma).
- the reaction is stopped by rinsing in TE buffer (10 mM Tris-HCl, 1 mM EDTA, pH 8.0). The sections are examined with a microscope (Leitz Orthoplan).
- the amplification product is subcloned into a vector pGEM-T (Promega) and sequenced with the primers SP6 and T7 using the Amersham sequencing kit (Thermo Sequenase). - Results
- the open reading frame of the cDNAs of the precursor of human UII codes for a protein of 124 amino acids (FIG. 1 and FIG. 2).
- the organization of human UII precursors is similar to that of the carp prohormone UII and that of the frog UII precursor. All these precursors include an N-terminal signal sequence then a flanking peptide, a proteolytic cleavage site (Lys / Arg-Lys-Arg) and the urotensin II sequence, located at the C-terminal end of each precursor. .
- the N-terminal flanking peptides of carp, frog and human precursors show almost no similarity.
- the human UII only contains 11 amino acids while the frog and carp UII have 13 and 12 respectively ( Figure 6).
- the C-terminal cyclic heptapeptide sequence of urotensin II is conserved in frogs and humans. On the contrary, the N-terminal region of the peptide is very variable.
- the C-terminal region of the flanking peptide contains a potential dibasic cleavage site (Arg-Lys and Arg-Arg) which could generate the conserved dipeptide Gln-Phe.
- Arg-Lys and Arg-Arg a potential dibasic cleavage site which could generate the conserved dipeptide Gln-Phe.
- the sequence of the corresponding dipeptide is completely different (Pro-Tyr) ( Figure 1 and Figure 2).
- prepro-UII mRNA In peripheral tissues, the presence of prepro-UII mRNA is detected in the kidney, spleen, small intestine, thymus, prostate, pituitary gland, adrenal gland and in smaller quantities, in the stomach, pancreas, ovaries and liver ( Figure 5A).
- Northern blot analysis reveals the presence of a single band corresponding to a prepro-UII mRNA of approximately 700 bp, in the human spinal cord.
- FIG. 7 illustrates the results of distribution in various rat and mouse tissues by RT-PCR.
- the total RNAs are extracted and subjected to an RT-PCR reaction, under conditions similar to those set out above.
- FIG. 7A the PCR products of rat (left) and of mouse (right) are detected by hybridization with an internal oligonucleotide probe specific for rats and mice (the sequences SEQ ID NO: 43 and 44 respectively).
- FIG. 7B illustrates the deposition on agarose gel of the GAPDH PCR products used as a control to reflect equivalent levels of RNA.
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