WO2000061605A1 - Adn codant pour le gene de type antigene membranaire specifique de la prostate et utilisations de celui-ci - Google Patents

Adn codant pour le gene de type antigene membranaire specifique de la prostate et utilisations de celui-ci Download PDF

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WO2000061605A1
WO2000061605A1 PCT/US2000/009417 US0009417W WO0061605A1 WO 2000061605 A1 WO2000061605 A1 WO 2000061605A1 US 0009417 W US0009417 W US 0009417W WO 0061605 A1 WO0061605 A1 WO 0061605A1
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  • This invention was produced in part using funds obtained through grant DK/CA47650 from NIDDK/NCI. Consequently, the federal government has certain rights in this invention.
  • the present invention relates generally to the field of cell biology. More specifically, the present invention relates to the prostate-specific membrane antigen-like gene and uses thereof.
  • Prostate cancer is the leading cause of cancer and second leading cause of cancer death among American males.
  • prostate tumors in the initial stages are slow growing and can be treated by radical prostatectomy and hormone deprivation, once the tumor is hormone refractory and/or has metastasized, there are few options for the patient.
  • the major current biomarker for this disease is prostate specific antigen (PSA), however PSA is of limited value for assessing patients with disseminated disease as it is down- regulated under conditions of low androgens, and these patients undergo androgen-ablative therapy. More markers for prostate cancer are needed that have increased effectiveness over those currently used for clinical diagnosis and patient management, as well as for future therapeutic targets of this disease.
  • Prostate specific membrane antigen is an ideal potential target for use in determining patient management, and therapeutic strategies against prostate cancer.
  • the prostate specific membrane antigen is highly expressed in virtually 100% of prostate cancers and, in contrast to PSA, the prostate specific membrane antigen is further upregulated under conditions of androgen deprivation.
  • alternative splicing of prostate specific membrane antigen mRNA produces a truncated form of the protein (which has been designated PSM') that is missing the intracellular and transmembrane domains, and as such, this form is localized to the cytosol [5] .
  • prostate specific membrane antigen transcripts comprising the transmembrane domain, thereby producing a 750 amino acid membrane-bound protein (unlike PSA, which is secreted into the circulatory system), the majority of which is located extracellularly and is readily available for therapeutic targeting, clinical imaging or other diagnostic-type assays [5] .
  • Prostate specific membrane antigen is already used clinically as the target of the imaging agent ProstaScint, and is the focus of a number of therapeutic strategies in development.
  • the known functions of the prostate specific membrane antigen carboxypeptidase are as an NAALadase and folate hydrolase.
  • prostate specific membrane antigen is largely confined to the prostate gland, although expression can also be detected in the duodenum, brain, salivary gland, kidney, and colon [2,6] .
  • prostate cancer enhanced expression of prostate specific membrane antigen correlates with increasing grade of tumor [7] .
  • prostate specific membrane antigen molecule may have additional advantages, since prostate specific membrane antigen expression has been found in the endothelial cells of tumor neovasculature of almost all types of tumors examined to date, including bladder, renal, breast and lung carcinomas [1 ,6] . No prostate specific membrane antigen expression has been found in any kind of normal established non-neovasculature. As such, a therapeutic approach targeted at prostate specific membrane antigen could have broad implications for the treatment of many types of solid tumors, and several groups are now attempting to utilize prostate specific membrane antigen as a treatment target.
  • prostate specific membrane antigen is very highly expressed in normal prostate (PSM' ; the cytosolic form) and in cancer of the prostate (PSMA; the membrane bound form), there are other tissues in the body that express low levels of prostate specific membrane antigen or a similar mRNA, including kidney, proximal small intestine and brain [4]. This mRNA could either be due to expression of the prostate specific membrane antigen gene, or another related gene such as the PSMA-like gene.
  • one of the major enzymes involved in neurotransmission in the brain is NAALADase, which has the same enzymatic characteristics as prostate specific membrane antigen [7] .
  • prostate- or cancer- derived prostate specific membrane antigen and PSMA-like mRNA it is important to be able to distinguish between prostate- or cancer- derived prostate specific membrane antigen and PSMA-like mRNA from other tissues if prostate specific membrane antigen is going to be used as a clinical marker via techniques like RT-PCR or for therapeutic strategies, which, for example, may use antibodies.
  • Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) mapping using prostate specific membrane antigen cDNA as a probe indicates that there may be two very similar genes both residing on chromosome 1 1 [8] . Both genes have been mapped against a human-hamster radiation hybrid panel and determined that one of the genes resides on chromosome l lp l l .2, while the other gene resides on chromosome l lql4.3 [9] .
  • FISH Fluorescent in situ hybridization
  • the gene on chromosome l lpl l .2 is the PSMA gene originally cloned from the prostatic cancer cell line LNCaP [9], while a highly conserved duplication of the PSMA gene, including at least some intronic sequences, is located on chromosome l lq, a region which is known to have been duplicated to chromosome l ip an estimated 22 million years ago [16, 17] . Therefore, the so-called non-prostatic expression of the prostate specific membrane antigen gene is due to expression of another highly similar, but distinct gene, herein designated the PSMA-like gene, arising from the aforementioned gene duplication.
  • the prior art is deficient in means of distinguishing between the prostate specific membrane antigen gene and the PSMA-like gene, and their respective protein products.
  • the present invention fulfills this long-standing need and desire in the art.
  • Prostate specific membrane antigen is a 100 kD type II transmembrane protein with folate hydrolase and NAALADase activity. Prostate specific membrane antigen is highly expressed in prostate cancer and the vasculature of most solid tumors, and is currently the target of a number of diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. PSMA is also expressed in the brain, and is involved in conversion of the major neurotransmitter, NAAG (n-acetyl-aspartyl glutamate) to NAA and free glutamate, the levels of which are disrupted in several neurological disorders including multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer' s disease and schizophrenia.
  • NAAG n-acetyl-aspartyl glutamate
  • the prostate specific membrane antigen gene (having the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID No. 3) encoding prostate specific membrane antigen was recently mapped to l lpl l .2, and a gene homologous (PSMA-like), but not identical, to prostate specific membrane antigen was mapped to chromosome l lql4.3, which was subsequently mapped to the schizophrenia disorder type II locus.
  • PSMA-like gene homologous
  • the mRNA tissue distribution pattern of the prostate specific membrane antigen gene and PSMA-like gene was examined using assays that specifically distinguish between the two genes by exploiting single base coding differences. Results indicate that the PSMA-like gene is expressed, as determined by RT-PCR, RNase protection assay, or using specific primers, and has a tissue distribution differing from that of the PSMA gene.
  • the present invention characterizes the differences between the prostatic and non-prostatic forms of prostate specific membrane antigen at the nucleic acid level, the protein level and functional level.
  • the ability to distinguish between the PSMA and PSMA-like genes is essential for the utility of prostate specific membrane antigen, both as a prostate cancer marker and as a therapeutic target.
  • an isolated DNA fragment encoding a mammalian PSMA- like protein selected from the group consisting of (a) an isolated DNA fragment which encodes a PSMA-like protein; (b) an isolated DNA fragment which hybridizes to the isolated DNA fragment of (a) and which encodes a PSMA-like protein; and (c) an isolated DNA fragment differing from the isolated DNA fragments of (a) and (b) in codon sequence due to the degeneracy of the genetic code, and which encodes a PSMA-like protein.
  • the DNA fragment has the sequence shown in SEQ ID No. 1 or fragments thereof
  • the PSMA-like protein has the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID No. 2 or fragment thereof.
  • an isolated and purified PSMA-like protein coded for by DNA selected from the group consisting of (a) isolated DNA which encodes a PSMA-like protein; (b) isolated DNA which hybridizes to the isolated DNA of (a) and which encodes a PSMA-like protein; and (c) isolated DNA differing from the isolated DNAs from (a) and (b) in codon sequence due to the degeneracy of the genetic code, and which encodes a PSMA-like protein.
  • the PSMA-like protein has an amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID No. 2 or fragments thereof.
  • a method of distinguishing PSMA gene expression from PSMA-like gene expression comprising the steps of: (a) contacting a sample with one or more oligonucleotide primer(s) under hybridizing conditions, wherein the sample comprises RNA; (b) performing RT-PCR on the sample, thereby producing RT-PCR products; (c) contacting the RT-PCR products with an appropriate restriction enzyme, thereby producing digested RT-PCR products; and (d) analyzing the digested RT-PCR products, wherein prostate specific membrane antigen gene expression is distinguished from PSMA-like gene expression by detection of fragment size(s) in the digested RT-PCR products, wherein digested PSMA-specific RT-PCR products comprise different predicted fragment size(s) compared with digested PSMA-like-specific RT-PCR products.
  • the oligonucleotide primer is selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID Nos. 5-38.
  • a method of distinguishing prostate specific membrane antigen protein from PSMA-like protein in a sample comprising the steps of: (a) contacting the sample with at least one antibody specific for a PSMA protein and/or at least one antibody specific for a PSMA-like protein under appropriate conditions; and (b) detecting binding of the antibody or antibodies.
  • the specificity of binding is indicative of the presence of PSMA and/or PSMA-like proteins in the sample.
  • a vector for targeted gene therapy comprising: a pro mo ter/enhancer region from a PSMA gene or a PSMA-like gene; and a therapeutic gene.
  • PSMA gene promoter/enhancer targets the therapeutic gene to prostate tissues and tumor neovasculature of solid tumors; whereas PSMA-like gene promoter/enhancer targets to non-prostate tissues.
  • a method of screening for prostate specific membrane antigen or PSMA-like ligands comprising the steps of contacting a prostate specific membrane antigen or PSMA-like protein, or fragment thereof, with potential ligands under conditions that permit protein-protein binding; removing nonspecific protein-protein binding; and eluting protein bound to the PSMA or PSMA-like protein.
  • the eluted protein is a ligand for the PSMA or PSMA-like protein.
  • Also provided in another embodiment of the present invention is a method of imaging cells expressing a prostate specific membrane antigen or PSMA-like protein, comprising the steps of: administering to the cells at least one compound, wherein the compound is specifically directed towards a prostate specific membrane antigen or PSMA-like protein and labeled with an imaging agent; and detecting the imaging agent in the cells.
  • a cytotoxic composition comprising: a compound specific for either a prostate specific membrane antigen protein or fragment thereof, or a PSMA-like protein or fragment thereof; and a cytotoxic agent.
  • composition comprising an antibody directed against a prostate specific membrane antigen protein and does not recognize a PSMA-like protein.
  • a composition can be used for diagnosing a cancer or a neurological disorder such as schizophrenia in an individual.
  • Figure 1 shows mapping of the prostate specific membrane antigen gene to chromosome l ip.
  • Figure IA shows PCR amplification of the PSMA promoter region reported by [9].
  • Figure IB shows amplification using primers to exon 16 of the PSMA gene.
  • Figure I C shows amplification using primers to intron 6 of the PSMA gene.
  • Genomic is normal human DNA, the subsequent 3 lanes used human-hamster hybrid DNA containing the indicated chromosomes.
  • Hamster refers to the parental DNA.
  • Panels A-C clearly show exonic and intronic duplication of the PSMA gene on l ip and l lq, but only l ip contains the prostate specific membrane antigen promoter region.
  • Figure 2 shows specific amplification of the l lq PSMA- like gene using primers designed by sequence analysis of the l l q gene.
  • Figure 3 shows amplification of the 3' end of prostate specific membrane antigen or PSMA-like mRNA using cDNA-specific primers with the cDNA derived from the indicated tissues. Note the lower band (splice variant) that is only present in LNCaP and prostate cells.
  • Figure 4 shows the alignment between prostate specific membrane antigen protein (SEQ ID No. 4) and PSMA-like protein (SEQ ID No. 2).
  • Figure 5 shows the NAALADase enzymatic activity of PSMA-like protein.
  • Prostate specific membrane antigen is expressed on the cell surface making it a useful target for both clinical and therapeutic strategies. While prostate specific membrane antigen appears to be an ideal prostate cancer marker and potential therapeutic target, there have been reports of prostate specific membrane antigen expression in non-prostatic tissues, including brain, kidney and proximal small intestine. Such expression of prostate specific membrane antigen could weaken the potential of this gene as a prostate cancer marker, or at least, produce confusing and conflicting data. However, there is reason to believe that the so- called non-prostatic expression of the prostate specific membrane antigen gene is, in fact, due to expression of a highly similar, but distinct, gene, which is designated as "PSMA-like" gene.
  • the prostate specific membrane antigen gene has recently been mapped to human chromosome l lpl l .2, and the "PSMA-like" gene to chromosome l l ql4.3. Characterization of the differences between the prostatic and non-prostatic forms of prostate specific membrane antigen at the nucleic acid level, the protein level and functional level is essential for the future utility of prostate specific membrane antigen, both as a prostate cancer marker and as a therapeutic target.
  • prostate specific membrane antigen can be used to generate specific antibodies for clinical imaging or immunotherapeutic approaches, RT-PCR analysis of bodily fluids specifically for prostate- or prostate cancer-derived cells. It is also possible that the two proteins differ in their enzymatic activity in such a way that prodrugs could specifically target PSMA-expressing tissues.
  • the present invention also provides for analysis of the sequences in the prostate specific membrane antigen gene responsible for expression in the prostate and in prostate cancer. Comparison of the promoter and enhancer sequences from the prostate specific membrane antigen gene with the corresponding regions in the PSMA-like gene (which is not expressed in the prostate) allows elucidation of those sequences responsible for prostate-specific expression. These sequences can be used to generate tissue-specific constructs for use in gene therapy against prostate cancer.
  • an isolated DNA fragment encoding a mammalian PSMA- like protein selected from the group consisting of (a) an isolated DNA fragment which encodes a PSMA-like protein; (b) an isolated DNA fragment which hybridizes to the isolated DNA fragment of (a) and which encodes a PSMA-like protein; and (c) an isolated DNA fragment differing from the isolated DNA fragments of (a) and (b) in codon sequence due to the degeneracy of the genetic code, and which encodes a PSMA-like protein.
  • the DNA fragment has the sequence shown in SEQ ID No. 1 or fragments thereof
  • the PSMA-like protein has the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID No. 2 or fragment thereof.
  • a vector and/or a host cell comprising the above-disclosed DNA fragment.
  • the host cell can be a bacterial cell, a mammalian cell, a plant cell or an insect cell.
  • an isolated and purified PSMA-like protein coded for by DNA selected from the group consisting of (a) isolated DNA which encodes a PSMA-like protein; (b) isolated DNA which hybridizes to the isolated DNA of (a) and which encodes a PSMA-like protein; and (c) isolated DNA differing from the isolated DNAs from (a) and (b) in codon sequence due to the degeneracy of the genetic code, and which encodes a PSMA-like protein.
  • the PSMA-like protein has an amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID No. 2 or fragments thereof.
  • an antibody directed against the PSMA-like protein disclosed herein comprising the steps of: (a) contacting a sample with one or more oligonucleotide primer(s) under hybridizing conditions, wherein the sample comprises RNA; (b) performing RT-PCR on the sample, thereby producing RT-PCR products; (c) contacting the RT-PCR products with an appropriate restriction enzyme, thereby producing digested RT-PCR products; and (d) analyzing the digested RT-PCR products, wherein PSMA gene expression is distinguished from PSMA-like gene expression by detection of fragment size(s) in the digested RT-PCR products, wherein digested PSMA-specific RT-PCR products comprise different predicted fragment size(s) compared with digested PSMA-like- specific RT-PCR products.
  • the oligonucleotide primer is selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID Nos. 5-38.
  • Representative restriction enzymes are EcoRl and Accl. Additionally, restriction enzymes such as B s pl 2S6I, Ss e9 ⁇ , Ts p509I, TspEI, TspRI, Bstl lOlI, Acil, Msp Al, Nsp W, Rsal, Hael ⁇ l or Sspl may be utilized.
  • Representative samples are blood cells, cells growing in culture, biopsied cells, epithelial cells, endothelial cells, urine and seminal fluid.
  • oligonucleotide primers are SEQ ID No. 37 and SEQ ID No. 38, and the restriction enzyme is EcoRI , presence of fragment sizes of 348 nucleotides and 207 nucleotides indicates PSMA gene expression in the sample, while presence of fragment size of 555 nucleotides indicates PSMA-like gene expression in the sample.
  • restriction enzyme is A ccl
  • presence of fragment sizes of 506 nucleotides and 49 nucleotides indicates prostate specific membrane antigen gene expression in the sample and presence of fragment sizes of 319 nucleotides, 187 nucleotides and 49 nucleotides indicates PSMA-like gene expression in the sample.
  • a method of distinguishing prostate specific membrane antigen protein from prostate specific membrane antigen-like protein in a sample comprising the steps of: (a) contacting the sample with at least one antibody specific for a PSMA protein and/or at least one antibody specific for a PSMA-like protein under appropriate conditions; and (b) detecting binding of the antibody or antibodies.
  • the specificity of binding is indicative of the presence of prostate specific membrane antigen and/or PSMA- like proteins in the sample.
  • the antibody specific for a prostate specific membrane antigen protein is specific for a region of the PSMA protein and does not cross-react with a PSMA-like protein, or alternatively, the antibody specific for a PSMA-like protein is specific for a region of the PSMA-like protein and does not cross-react with a prostate specific membrane antigen protein.
  • Representative means of detection are colorimetric assay, fluorescence, radioautography, nuclear medicine detection, electron microscopy, enzymatic assays, enzyme-linked immunoassays and MRI.
  • a vector for targeted gene therapy comprising: a promoter/enhancer region from a PSMA gene or a PSMA-like gene; and a therapeutic gene.
  • PSMA gene promoter/enhancer targets the therapeutic gene to prostate tissues and tumor neovasculature of solid tumors, whereas PSMA-like gene promoter/enhancer targets to non-prostate tissues.
  • a method of screening for prostate specific membrane antigen or prostate specific membrane antigen-like ligands comprising the steps of contacting a PSMA or PSMA-like protein, or fragment thereof, with potential ligands under conditions that permit protein-protein binding; removing nonspecific protein-protein binding; and eluting protein bound to the PSMA or PSMA-like protein.
  • the eluted protein is a ligand for the PSMA or PSMA-like protein.
  • Also provided in another embodiment of the present invention is a method of imaging cells expressing a prostate specific membrane antigen or prostate specific membrane antigen-like protein, comprising the steps of: administering to the cells at least one compound, wherein the compound is specifically directed towards a PSMA or PSMA-like protein and labeled with an imaging agent; and detecting the imaging agent in the cells.
  • the compound directed towards a PSMA or PSMA-like protein is an antibody or a ligand.
  • a cytotoxic composition comprising: a compound specific for either a prostate specific membrane antigen protein or fragment thereof, or a prostate specific membrane antigen-like protein or fragment thereof; and a cytotoxic agent.
  • the compound directed towards a PSMA or PSMA-like protein is an antibody or a ligand.
  • the cytotoxic agent is a radioisotope or a toxin.
  • the antibody may be linked to the cytotoxic agent either chemically or genetically.
  • the gene encoding the antibody may be fused to the gene encoding the cytotoxic agent.
  • compositions comprising an antibody directed against a PSMA protein and does not recognize a PSMA-like protein.
  • Such composition can be used for diagnosing a cancer or a neurological disorder in an individual by detecting the localization of the antibody, wherein the detection of the antibody indicates a possibility of having a cancer or a neurological disorder.
  • cancer include a prostate cancer, a bladder cancer, a pancreatic cancer, a sarcoma, a melanoma, a lung cancer and a kidney cancer.
  • a representative example of a neurological disorder is schizophrenia.
  • a "DNA molecule” refers to the polymeric form of deoxyribonucleotides (adenine, guanine, thymine, or cytosine) in its either single stranded form, or a double-stranded helix. This term refers only to the primary and secondary structure of the molecule, and does not limit it to any particular tertiary forms. Thus, this term includes double-stranded DNA found, inter alia, in linear DNA molecules (e.g., restriction fragments), viruses, plasmids, and chromosomes.
  • linear DNA molecules e.g., restriction fragments
  • viruses e.g., plasmids, and chromosomes.
  • a "vector” is a replicon, such as plasmid, phage or cosmid, to which another DNA segment may be attached so as to bring about the replication of the attached segment.
  • a "replicon” is any genetic element (e.g., plasmid, chromosome, virus) that functions as an autonomous unit of DNA replication in vivo ; i.e., capable of replication under its own control.
  • An "origin of replication” refers to those DNA sequences that participate in DNA synthesis.
  • An “expression control sequence” is a DNA sequence that controls and regulates the transcription and translation of another DNA sequence.
  • a coding sequence is "operably linked” and “under the control” of transcriptional and translational control sequences in a cell when RNA polymerase transcribes the coding sequence into mRNA, which is then translated into the protein encoded by the coding sequence.
  • Expression vectors containing promoter sequences which facilitate the efficient transcription and translation of the inserted DNA fragment are used in connection with the host.
  • the expression vector typically contains an origin of replication, promoter(s), terminator(s), as well as specific genes which are capable of providing phenotypic selection in transformed cells .
  • the transformed hosts can be fermented and cultured according to means known in the art to achieve optimal cell growth.
  • a DNA "coding sequence” is a double-stranded DNA sequence which is transcribed and translated into a polypeptide in v ivo when placed under the control of appropriate regulatory sequences. The boundaries of the coding sequence are determined by a start codon at the 5' (amino) terminus and a translation stop codon at the 3' (carboxyl) terminus.
  • a coding sequence can include prokaryotic sequences, cDNA from eukaryotic mRNA, genomic DNA sequences from eukaryotic DNA, and even synthetic DNA sequences.
  • a polyadenylation signal and transcription termination sequence will usually be located 3' to the coding sequence.
  • a “cDNA” is defined as copy-DNA or complementary-DNA, and is a product of a reverse transcription reaction from an mRNA transcript.
  • An “exon” is an expressed sequence transcribed from the gene locus, whereas an “intron” is a non-expressed sequence that is from the gene locus.
  • “exons” of PSMA-like gene are referred to regions of genomic DNA in the PSMA-like gene that are homologous to known exons in the PSMA gene; and “introns” of PSMA-like gene are referred to the regions of genomic DNA in the PSMA-like gene that are homologous to known introns in the PSMA gene.
  • DNA regulatory sequences such as promoters, enhancers , polyadenylation signals, terminators, and the like, that provide for the expression of a coding sequence in a host cell.
  • an “enhancer”, “enhancer element” or “enhancer region” is a region separate from, or included with, a promoter element that typically enhances transcription or provides specific elements necessary from proper transcription. Enhancers typically can act at a distance, and often at either the 3 ' or 5' end of a gene.
  • a “cis-element” is a nucleotide sequence, also termed a “consensus sequence” or "motif, that interacts with other proteins which can upregulate or downregulate expression of a specific gene locus.
  • a "signal sequence” can also be included with the coding sequence. This sequence encodes a signal peptide, N-terminal to the polypeptide, that communicates to the host cell and directs the polypeptide to the appropriate cellular location. Signal sequences can be found associated with a variety of proteins native to prokaryotes and eukaryotes .
  • a “promoter sequence” is a DNA regulatory region capable of binding RNA polymerase in a cell and initiating transcription of a downstream (3' direction) coding sequence.
  • the promoter sequence is bounded at its 3' terminus by the transcription initiation site and extends upstream (5' direction) to include the minimum number of bases or elements necessary to initiate transcription at levels detectable above background.
  • a transcription initiation site within the promoter sequence will be found a transcription initiation site, as well as protein binding domains (consensus sequences) responsible for the binding of RNA polymerase.
  • Eukaryotic promoters often contain "TATA" boxes and "CAAT” boxes.
  • Prokaryotic promoters contain Shine-Dalgarno sequences in addition to the - 10 and -35 consensus sequences.
  • an enhancer element or region may be included with the minimal promoter elements required for transcription, to thereby create an expression pattern very similar to the native gene(s) .
  • oligonucleotide is defined as a molecule comprised of two or more deoxyribonucleotides, preferably more than three. Its exact size will depend upon many factors which, in turn, depend upon the ultimate function and use of the oligonucleotide.
  • primer refers to an oligonucleotide, whether occurring naturally, as in a purified restriction digest, or produced synthetically, which is capable of acting as a point of initiation of synthesis when placed under conditions in which synthesis of a primer extension product, which is complementary to a nucleic acid strand, is induced, i.e., in the presence of nucleotides and an inducing agent such as a DNA polymerase and at a suitable temperature and pH.
  • the primer may be either single-stranded or double-stranded and must be sufficiently long to prime the synthesis of the desired extension product in the presence of the inducing agent. The exact length of the primer will depend upon many factors, including temperature, source of primer and the method used.
  • the oligonucleotide primer typically contains 15-25 or more nucleotides, although it may contain fewer nucleotides.
  • Primers are selected to be "substantially" complementary to different strands of a particular target DNA sequence. This means that the primers must be sufficiently complementary to hybridize with their respective strands. Therefore, the primer sequence need not reflect the exact sequence of the template. For example, a non- complementary nucleotide fragment may be attached to the 5' end of the primer, with the remainder of the primer sequence being complementary to the strand.
  • non-complementary bases or longer sequences can be interspersed into the primer, provided that the primer sequence has sufficient complementarity with the sequence or hybridize therewith and thereby form the template for the synthesis of the extension product.
  • a single base difference in a primer, particularly at the 3 ' end from which extension occurs is sufficient to allow differential hybridization of the two primers, thereby allowing selected amplification based upon a single site difference.
  • the terms "restriction endonucleases” and “restriction enzymes” refer to enzymes which cut double-stranded DNA at or near a specific nucleotide sequence.
  • Recombinant DNA technology refers to techniques for uniting two heterologous DNA molecules, usually as a result of i n vitro ligation of DNAs from different organisms. Recombinant DNA molecules are commonly produced by experiments in genetic engineering. Synonymous terms include “gene splicing", “molecular cloning” and “genetic engineering” . The product of these manipulations results in a “recombinant” or “recombinant molecule” .
  • a cell has been "transformed” or “transfected” with exogenous or heterologous DNA when such DNA has been introduced inside the cell.
  • the transforming DNA may or may not be integrated (covalently linked) into the genome of the cell.
  • the transforming DNA may be maintained on an episomal element such as a vector or plasmid.
  • a stably transformed cell is one in which the transforming DNA has become integrated into a chromosome so that it is inherited by daughter cells through chromosome replication. This stability is demonstrated by the ability of the eukaryotic cell to establish cell lines or clones comprised of a population of daughter cells containing the transforming DNA.
  • a “clone” is a population of cells derived from a single cell or ancestor by mitosis.
  • a “cell line” is a clone of a primary cell that is capable of stable growth in vitro for many generations.
  • the term "host” is meant to include not only prokaryotes but also eukaryotes such as yeast, plant and animal cells.
  • a recombinant DNA molecule or gene can be used to transform a host using any of the techniques commonly known to those of ordinary skill in the art.
  • Prokaryotic hosts may include E . coli, S. tymphimurium, Serratia marcescens and Bacillus subtilis.
  • Eukaryotic hosts include yeasts such as Pichia pastoris, mammalian cells and insect cells, and more preferentially, plant cells, such as Arabidopsis thaliana and Tobaccum nicotiana.
  • Two DNA sequences are "substantially homologous" when at least about 75% (preferably at least about 80%, and most preferably at least about 90% or 95%) of the nucleotides match over the defined length of the DNA sequences. Sequences that are substantially homologous can be identified by comparing the sequences using standard software available in sequence data banks, or in a Southern hybridization experiment under, for example, stringent conditions as defined for that particular system. Defining appropriate hybridization conditions is within the skill of the art. See, e.g., Maniatis et al., supra ; DNA Cloning, Vols. I & II, supra; Nucleic Acid Hybridization, supra.
  • a "heterologous" region of the DNA construct is an identifiable segment of DNA within a larger DNA molecule that is not found in association with the larger molecule in nature.
  • the gene will usually be flanked by DNA that does not flank the mammalian genomic DNA in the genome of the source organism.
  • the coding sequence is a construct where the coding sequence itself is not found in nature (e.g., a cDNA where the genomic coding sequence contains introns, or synthetic sequences having codons different than the native gene). Allelic variations or naturally-occurring mutational events do not give rise to a heterologous region of DNA as defined herein.
  • fragment as applied to a polypeptide, will ordinarily be at least 10 residues, more typically at least 20 residues, and preferably at least 30 (e.g., 50) residues in length, but less than the entire, intact sequence. Fragments can be generated by methods known to those skilled in the art, e.g., by enzymatic digestion of naturally occurring or recombinant protein, by recombinant DNA techniques using an expression vector that encodes a defined fragment, or by chemical synthesis. The ability of a candidate fragment to exhibit characteristics of a particular enzyme (e.g., binding to a specific antibody, or exhibiting partial enzymatic or catalytic activity) can be assessed by methods described herein. Purified fragments or antigenic fragments can be used to generate new regulatory enzymes using multiple functional fragments from different enzymes, as well as to generate antibodies, by employing standard protocols known to those skilled in the art.
  • a standard Northern blot assay can be used to ascertain the relative amounts of mRNA in a cell or tissue obtained from transgenic tissue, in accordance with conventional Northern hybridization techniques known to those persons of ordinary skill in the art.
  • a dot blot procedure or an RNAse protection assay can be used to evaluate the levels of mRNA expression.
  • a standard Southern blot assay may be used to confirm the presence and the copy number of the gene in transgenic systems, in accordance with conventional Southern hybridization techniques known to those of ordinary skill in the art.
  • the Northern blot, dot blot and Southern blot use a hybridization probe, e.g.
  • radiolabelled cDNA either containing the full-length, single stranded DNA or a fragment of the DNA sequence at least 20 (preferably at least 30, more preferably at least 50, and most preferably at least 100 consecutive nucleotides in length).
  • the DNA hybridization probe can be labelled by any of the many different methods known to those skilled in this art.
  • the labels most commonly employed for these studies are radioactive elements, enzymes, chemicals which fluoresce when exposed to ultraviolet light, and others.
  • a number of fluorescent materials are known and can be utilized as labels. These include, for example, fluorescein, rhodamine, auramine, Texas Red, AMCA blue and Lucifer Yellow.
  • a particular detecting material is anti-rabbit antibody prepared in goats and conjugated with fluorescein through an isothiocyanate. Proteins can also be labeled with a radioactive element or with an enzyme.
  • the radioactive label can be detected by any of the currently available counting procedures.
  • the preferred isotope may be selected from 3 H, 14 C, 32
  • Enzyme labels are likewise useful, and can be detected by any of the presently utilized immunoenzymatic, colorimetric, spectrophotometric, fluorospectrophotometric, amperometric or gasometric techniques.
  • the PSMA or PSMA-like enzymes can be labeled and the endogenous activities assayed.
  • the enzyme is conjugated to the selected particle by reaction with bridging molecules such as carbodiimides, diisocyanates, glutaraldehyde and the like. Many enzymes which can be used in these procedures are known and can be utilized.
  • a number of primer pairs were designed with homology to various regions of the PSMA gene, including introns. These primers were then used to amplify DNA from the NIGMS somatic cell hybrid mapping panel which consists of a hybrid containing chromosome 1 1 , one containing chromosome l ip, one containing l lq and a hamster parental line.
  • intron n-o primers used correspond to nt 54278-54536 in the PSMA genomic sequence and encompass exon 15 of the PSMA gene
  • intron 6 intron 6
  • the promoter region of the PSMA gene is only amplified from the hybrid containing chromosome l ip (see Figure 1).
  • the fact that intron sequences are present also confirms that the gene on chromosome l lq is not a pseudogene, but in fact, a gene duplication.
  • Intron-based primers were then used to amplify and subsequently clone regions from the l ip and l lq genes.
  • the existence of sequence differences between the two genes was confirmed by analysis of the corresponding regions in four normal DNA samples. Based on the number of single base differences between non-coding regions of the two genes, it is estimated that the gene duplication occurred 22 million years ago, after the divergence of man and mouse. Taken together with data from the mouse model (i.e. only one gene corresponding to the PSMA gene family is present and maps to a region that corresponds to human chromosome l lq), it is expected that the l lq gene (the PSMA-like gene) is the ancestral gene, and therefore, is likely to be functional.
  • primer sequences sense, 5 ' - GCCTTCATTTTCAGAACATCTCATGCAT-3' , SEQ ID No. 5; antisense, 5 ' -GTCCATATAAACTTTCAAGAATGTG-3 ' , SEQ ID No. 6) were designed that only amplify the first intron of the PSMA-like gene on chromosome l lq (see Figure 2). These primers are used to screen a human PAC library for the PSMA-like genomic clone.
  • mitochrondrial aspartate-aminotransferase binds to PSMA, since it co- elutes with PSMA from affinity columns made with the 7E11 C5.3 antibody [27] .
  • mAAST mitochrondrial aspartate-aminotransferase
  • the yeast-two-hybrid system is also being used to screen for PSMA ligands.
  • six million clones have been screened from a prostate library and six different, consistently interacting clones have been identified.
  • one of the positive clones corresponds to Survivin, a recently cloned apoptosis inhibitor which is highly expressed in prostate tumors, but is not typically expressed in terminally differentiated adult tissues.
  • a second clone identified in the screen corresponds to a gene whose sequence has been put in Genbank as part of the chromosome 22 sequencing project. All six clones will be subcloned into appropriate vectors for re-confirming the protein-protein interaction with PSMA in the mammalian-two- hybrid system.
  • PSMA gene PSMA ⁇ PSMA-like PSMA ⁇ PSMA-like
  • PSMA-like gene was isolated from a liver library and sequenced. The complete sequence is shown in SEQ ID No. 1 , whereas the predicted amino acid sequence of PSMA-like protein is shown in SQ ID No. 2. The alignment between PSMA and PSMA-like proteins are shown in Figure 4. It seems that the PSMA-like starts transcribing in the middle of intron 6 (compared to PSMA). It therefore results in a smaller protein, which is significantly different from PSMA. The similarity of the homologous regions of the two genes is around 98% at the amino acid level. PSMA-like protein will be tested for enzyme activity.
  • Primer 1 5' ACAGATATGTCATTCTGGGAGGTC 3' (SEQ ID No. 37) (sense; exonlO)
  • Primer 2 5' ACTGTGATACAGTGGATAGCCGCT 3' (SEQ ID No. 38) (anti-sense; exon 16)
  • PCR was run at 94°C for 3.5 min, 94°C for 20 sec, 61°C for 20 sec, and 72°C for 50 sec for 35 cycles.
  • the expected size after PCR amplification from both PSMA and PSMA-like RNA is 555 base pairs .
  • One fifth of the reaction was then digested with EcoRI or Accl. After 1 -3 hours of digestion, the product was electrophoresed and photographed. If the product was digested with Ec o RI and fragments of 348 and 207 nucleotides are produced, then PSMA mRNA was present in the original sample. If an undigested, single band of 555 nucleotides is present following EcoRI digestion, PSMA- like RNA was present in the sample. If the product was digested with A c c l, bands of 506 and 49 nucleotides are expected if the original sample expressed the PSMA gene, and 319, 187 and 49 nucleotides if the PSMA-like gene was expressed.
  • RT-PCR analysis has shown that the PSMA gene is expressed in the vasculature of almost all solid tumors examined so far (>10), including bladder cancer, pancreatic cancer, sarcomas, melanomas, lung cancer, kidney cancer, as well as the prostate.
  • the PSMA-like gene is expressed in kidney and liver. Some tissues exhibit all bands expected, meaning that both the PSMA and PSMA- like genes are expressed.
  • This method can be used to amplify other regions of the PSMA and PMSA-like gene that differ in nucleotide sequence. Numerous combinations of primers are acceptable, providing the primers hybridize to both the PSMA and PSMA-like genes and amplify a region that differs between the two genes such that restriction analysis of the product will differentiate between the genes.
  • B s pl2S6I restricts PSMA but not PSMA-like DNA; in exon 10, the PSMA gene, but not the PSMA-like gene, is digested by Sse9l, Tsp509I or TspEI; in exon 12, PSMA is digested by EcoRI, while PSMA-like is not; in exon 13, PSMA-like DNA, but not PSMA DNA, is digested by TspRI, Accl or Bstl lOJI, and PSMA DNA, but not PSMA-like DNA is digested by Acil, MspAI, NspBJl or Rsal; in exon 18, PSMA is restricted by H ⁇ elll, while PSMA-like DNA is digested by Sspl.
  • This list is not meant to be all inclusive, but provides numerous restriction sites specific to either the PSMA or PSMA-like gene for differential identification and analysis.
  • the PSMA-like clone obtained from screening the liver cDNA library was excised and cloned into the pIRES-neo vector (Clontech).
  • PC-3 cells, which do not express PSMA, PSMA-like or have NAALADase activity were then transfected with the PSMA-like - neo vector using Lipofectamine Plus (Gibco-BRL) [9] .
  • Transfected cells stably expressing the PSMA-like gene were then selected for by growing them in l OOOug/ml Geneticin. Protein was isolated from the cell lines by lysing them in 50 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.4, 0.5% Triton X-100.
  • PSMA-like does have NAALADase activity, and should be taken into account when designing prodrug strategies targeting PSMA.
  • NAALADase enzymatic activity suggests that PSMA-like may be able to be secreted to the serum/urine/seminal fluid, and that differentiating PSMA-like and PSMA proteins may make all the difference in diagnosis.
  • PSMA-like protein may be used for diagnosing neurological disorders such as schizophrenia.
  • the following references were cited herein: [1] D.A. Silver, et al, Clin. Cancer Res. 3 ( 1997) 81-85.

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La présente invention concerne un nouveau gène, appelé « de type PSMA », lequel gène est très semblable au gène de l'antigène membranaire spécifique de la prostate (PSMA) et réagit de manière croisée avec les méthodes de détection de l'antigène membranaire spécifique de la prostate qui sont actuellement en cours. La présente invention concerne également une méthode permettant de distinguer les ARN messagers du PSMA ou du type PSMA et/ou les protéines, laquelle méthode est utile aux stratégies thérapeutiques et diagnostiques nécessitant un ciblage spécifique du gène du PSMA ou du gène de type PSMA.
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