WO2001075123A1 - Nouveau polypeptide, facteur nucleolaire hepatique 12, et polynucleotide codant pour ce polypeptide - Google Patents
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- the present invention belongs to the field of biotechnology. Specifically, the present invention describes a novel polypeptide, human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12, and a polynucleotide sequence encoding the polypeptide. The invention also relates to a preparation method and application of the polynucleotide and the polypeptide. Background technique
- the hepatocyte nuclear factor 3 / fork head (HNF / fkh) domain is an evolutionarily conserved DNA-binding motif. This structural motif is found in many transcription factors in all eukaryotes, from yeast to mammals. These transcription factors play an important role in embryonic development, maintaining the state of cell differentiation and the expression of proto-oncogenes.
- HNF / fkh hepatocyte nuclear factor 3 / fork head domain
- HNF / fkh protein family members can be divided into several different subclasses according to the original sequence of their domains. The family members of different subclasses have no significant similarity except for the highly conserved DNA binding domain (Chuan Li, Phi l io. Tucker; Proc. Nat l. Acad. Sci. USA 1993, 90: 11583-11587).
- HNF / fkh domain is a kind of DNA protein binding domain. It mainly participates in binding with specific DNA sequences in organisms to regulate the expression of various genes and make it perform normal biological functions.
- the HNF / fkh domain is composed of 10 independent structural units. Its N-terminus has a hook-shaped structure followed by two hydrophilic spiral structures. These two helical structures are separated by a corner structure, namely the ⁇ -helix-turn- ⁇ -helix structure in the fancy structure of the DNA binding domain. This domain plays an important role in the interaction of transcription factors with specific DNA sequences and regulating the expression of various genes.
- the human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 protein plays an important role in regulating important functions of the body such as cell division and embryonic development, and it is believed that a large number of proteins are involved in these regulatory processes, so there has been a need in the art to identify more involved in these processes.
- Human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 protein especially the amino acid sequence of this protein. Isolation of the new human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 protein encoding gene also provides a basis for research to determine the role of this protein in health and disease states. This protein may form the basis for the development of diagnostic and / or therapeutic drugs for diseases, so it is important to isolate its coding DNA. Disclosure of invention
- Another object of the invention is to provide a polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a recombinant vector containing a polynucleotide encoding human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a genetically engineered host cell containing a polynucleotide encoding human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide an antibody against the polypeptide " ⁇ a human hepatocyte nuclear factor" of the present invention.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide mimic compounds, antagonists, agonists, and inhibitors directed to the polypeptide of the present invention, human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for diagnosing and treating diseases associated with abnormalities of human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12.
- the present invention relates to an isolated polypeptide, which is of human origin and comprises: a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No. 2, or a conservative variant, biologically active fragment or derivative thereof.
- the polypeptide is a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2.
- the invention also relates to an isolated polynucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequence or a variant thereof selected from the group consisting of:
- the sequence of the polynucleotide is one selected from: (a) a sequence having positions 338-661 in SEQ ID NO: 1; and (b) having a sequence of 1-1636 in SEQ ID NO: 1 Sequence of bits.
- the invention further relates to a vector, in particular an expression vector, containing the polynucleotide of the invention; a host cell genetically engineered with the vector, including a transformed, transduced or transfected host cell; and a method comprising culturing said Host cell and method of preparing the polypeptide of the present invention by recovering the expression product.
- the invention also relates to an antibody capable of specifically binding to a polypeptide of the invention.
- the invention also relates to a method for screening compounds that mimic, activate, antagonize or inhibit human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 protein activity, which comprises utilizing the polypeptide of the invention.
- the present invention also relates to the use of the method.
- the present invention also relates to a method for detecting a disease or disease susceptibility related to abnormal expression of human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 protein in vitro, which comprises detecting the polypeptide or a polynucleotide sequence encoding the same Mutations, or the amount or biological activity of a polypeptide of the invention in a biological sample.
- the present invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition
- a pharmaceutical composition comprising a polypeptide of the present invention or a mimetic thereof, an activator, an antagonist or an inhibitor, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
- the present invention also relates to the use of the polypeptide and / or polynucleotide of the present invention in the manufacture of a medicament for treating ⁇ cancer, developmental disease or immune disease ⁇ or other diseases caused by abnormal expression of human hepatocyte nuclear factor 1 2.
- Nucleic acid sequence refers to an oligonucleotide, a nucleotide or a polynucleotide and a fragment or part thereof, and may also refer to a genomic or synthetic DNA or RNA, they can be single-stranded or double-stranded, representing the sense or antisense strand.
- amino acid sequence refers to oligopeptide, peptide, polypeptide or protein sequences and fragments or portions thereof.
- amino acid sequence in the present invention relates to the amino acid sequence of a naturally occurring protein molecule, such "polypeptide” or “protein” does not mean to limit the amino acid sequence to a complete natural amino acid related to the protein molecule .
- a “variant" of a protein or polynucleotide refers to an amino acid sequence having one or more amino acids or nucleotide changes or a polynucleotide sequence encoding it.
- the changes may include deletions, insertions or substitutions of amino acids or nucleotides in the amino acid sequence or the nucleotide sequence.
- Variants can have "conservative" changes, in which the substituted amino acid has a structural or chemical property similar to the original amino acid, such as replacing isoleucine with leucine.
- Variants can also have non-conservative changes, such as replacing glycine with tryptophan.
- “Deletion” refers to the deletion of one or more amino acids or nucleotides in an amino acid sequence or nucleotide sequence.
- Insert or “addition” refers to a change in the amino acid sequence or nucleotide sequence that results in an increase in one or more amino acids or nucleotides compared to a naturally occurring molecule.
- Replacement refers to the replacement of one or more amino acids or nucleotides with different amino acids or nucleotides.
- Bioactivity refers to a protein that has the structure, regulation, or biochemical function of a natural molecule.
- immunologically active refers to natural, recombinant, or synthetic proteins and fragments thereof The ability of a segment to induce a specific immune response and to bind specific antibodies in a suitable animal or cell.
- An "agonist” refers to a molecule that, when combined with human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12, causes a change in the protein to regulate the activity of the protein.
- An agonist may include a protein, a nucleic acid, a carbohydrate, or any other molecule that binds human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12.
- Antagonist refers to a molecule that can block or regulate the biological or immunological activity of human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 when combined with human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12.
- Antagonists and inhibitors can include proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, or any other molecule that binds human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12.
- Regular refers to a change in the function of human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12, including an increase or decrease in protein activity, a change in binding characteristics, and any other biological, functional, or immune properties of human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12.
- substantially pure means substantially free of other proteins, lipids, sugars or other substances with which it is naturally associated.
- Those skilled in the art can purify human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 using standard protein purification techniques. Essentially pure human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 produces a single main band on a non-reducing polyacrylamide gel. The purity of human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 polypeptide can be analyzed by amino acid sequence.
- Complementary refers to the natural binding of polynucleotides by base-pairing under conditions of acceptable salt concentration and temperature.
- sequence C-T-G-A
- complementary sequence G-A-C-T.
- the complementarity between two single-stranded molecules may be partial or complete.
- the degree of complementarity between nucleic acid strands has a significant effect on the efficiency and strength of hybridization between nucleic acid strands.
- “Homology” refers to the degree of complementarity and can be partially homologous or completely homologous. "Partially homologous” refers to a partially complementary sequence that at least partially inhibits the hybridization of a fully complementary sequence to a target nucleic acid. The inhibition of such hybridization can be measured by performing hybridization (Southern blotting or Nor thern blotting, etc.) under conditions of reduced stringency. Substantially homologous sequences or hybridization probes can compete and inhibit the binding of completely homologous sequences to the target sequence under conditions of reduced stringency. This does not mean that the conditions of reduced stringency allow non-specific binding, because the conditions of reduced stringency require that two sequences bind to each other as a specific or selective interaction.
- Percent identity refers to the percentage of sequences that are identical or similar in the comparison of two or more amino acid or nucleic acid sequences. The percent identity can be determined electronically, such as by the MEGALIGN program (Lasergene sof tware package, DNASTAR, Inc., Madi son Wis.). The MEGALIGN program can compare two or more sequences according to different methods such as the Clus ter method (Higg ins, DG and PM Sharp (1988) Gene 73: 237-244). 0 The C lus ter method will check the distance between all pairs by Groups of sequences are arranged in clusters. The clusters are then assigned in pairs or groups. The percent identity between two amino acid sequences such as sequence A and sequence B is calculated by the following formula:
- nucleic acid sequences 100 Number of residues in sequence A-number of spaced residues in sequence A-number of spaced residues in sequence B
- percent identity between nucleic acid sequences can also be determined by the Clus ter method or by methods known in the art such as Jotun He in (He in J., (1990) Methods in emzumo ogy 183: 625-645).
- Similarity refers to the degree of identical or conservative substitutions of amino acid residues at corresponding positions in the alignment of amino acid sequences.
- Amino acids used for conservative substitutions for example, negatively charged amino acids may include aspartic acid and glutamic acid; positively charged amino acids may include lysine and arginine; having an uncharged head group is Similar hydrophilic amino acids may include leucine, isoleucine and valine; glycine and alanine; asparagine and glutamine; serine and threonine; phenylalanine and tyrosine.
- Antisense refers to a nucleotide sequence that is complementary to a particular DNA or RNA sequence.
- Antisense strand refers to a nucleic acid strand that is complementary to the “sense strand”.
- Derivative refers to a chemical modification of HFP or a nucleic acid encoding it. This chemical modification may be the replacement of a hydrogen atom with an alkyl, acyl or amino group. Nucleic acid derivatives can encode polypeptides that retain the primary biological properties of natural molecules.
- Antibody refers to a complete antibody molecule and its fragments, such as Fa,? ( ⁇ ) 2 and? ⁇ It can specifically bind to human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 epitopes.
- a “humanized antibody” refers to an antibody in which the amino acid sequence of a non-antigen binding region is replaced to become more similar to a human antibody, but still retains the original binding activity.
- isolated refers to the removal of a substance from its original environment (for example, its natural environment if it occurs naturally).
- a naturally occurring polynucleotide or polypeptide is not isolated when it is present in a living thing, but the same polynucleotide or polypeptide is separated from some or all of the substances that coexist with it in the natural system.
- Such a polynucleotide may be part of a vector, or such a polynucleotide or polypeptide may be part of a composition. Even if the carrier or composition is not a component of its natural environment, they are still isolated.
- isolated refers to the separation of a substance from its original environment (if it is a natural substance, the original environment is the natural environment).
- polynucleotides and polypeptides in a natural state in a living cell are not isolated and purified, but the same polynucleotides or polypeptides are separated and purified if they are separated from other substances in the natural state .
- isolated human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 means that human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 is substantially free of other proteins, lipids, carbohydrates or other substances naturally associated with it. Those skilled in the art can purify human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 using standard protein purification techniques. Substantially pure peptides produce a single main band on a non-reducing polyacrylamide gel. The purity of human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 polypeptide can be analyzed by amino acid sequence.
- the present invention provides a new polypeptide, human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12, which basically consists of the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2.
- the polypeptide of the present invention may be a recombinant polypeptide, a natural polypeptide Peptide, synthetic polypeptide, preferably recombinant polypeptide.
- the polypeptides of the present invention can be naturally purified products or chemically synthesized products, or can be produced from prokaryotic or eukaryotic hosts (eg, bacteria, yeast, higher plants, insects, and mammalian cells) using recombinant techniques. Depending on the host used in the recombinant production protocol, the polypeptide of the invention may be glycosylated, or it may be non-glycosylated. Polypeptides of the invention may also include or exclude starting methionine residues.
- the invention also includes fragments, derivatives and analogs of human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12.
- fragment refers to a polypeptide that substantially maintains the same biological function or activity of the human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 of the present invention.
- a fragment, derivative or analog of the polypeptide of the present invention may be: (I) a kind in which one or more amino acid residues are substituted with conservative or non-conservative amino acid residues (preferably conservative amino acid residues), and the substitution
- the amino acid may or may not be encoded by a genetic codon; or ( ⁇ ) such a type in which one or more amino acid residues are substituted with other groups to include a substituent; or (III) such A type in which a mature polypeptide is fused to another compound (such as a compound that extends the half-life of a polypeptide, such as polyethylene glycol); or (IV) a type of polypeptide sequence in which an additional amino acid sequence is fused into a mature polypeptide (such as the leader sequence or secreted sequence or the sequence used to purify this polypeptide or protease sequence)
- such fragments, 00 derivatives and analogs are considered to be within the knowledge of those skilled in the art.
- the present invention provides an isolated nucleic acid (polynucleotide), which basically consists of a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2.
- the polynucleotide sequence of the present invention includes the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1.
- the polynucleotide of the present invention is found from a cDNA library of human fetal brain tissue. It contains a polynucleotide sequence of 1636 bases in length and its open reading frame 338-661 encodes 107 amino acids. According to the comparison of gene chip expression profiles, it was found that this polypeptide has a similar expression profile with human FD23, and it can be deduced that the human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 has similar functions to human FD23.
- the polynucleotide of the present invention may be in the form of DNA or RNA.
- DNA forms include cDNA, genomic DNA or synthetic DNA.
- DNA can be single-stranded or double-stranded.
- DNA can be encoded or non-encoded.
- the coding region sequence encoding a mature polypeptide may be the same as the coding region sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or a degenerate variant.
- the "degenerate variant” refers to a nucleic acid sequence encoding a protein or polypeptide having SEQ ID NO: 2 but different from the coding region sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 in the present invention.
- the polynucleotide encoding the mature polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 2 includes: only the coding sequence of the mature polypeptide J '; the coding sequence of the mature polypeptide and various additional coding sequences; the coding sequence of the mature polypeptide (and optional additional coding sequences) ) And non-coding sequences.
- polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide is meant to include polynucleotides that encode such polypeptides and polynucleotides that include additional coding and / or noncoding sequences.
- the invention also relates to variants of the polynucleotides described above, which encode polypeptides or fragments, analogs and derivatives of polypeptides having the same amino acid sequence as the invention. Variants of this polynucleotide may be naturally occurring allelic variants or non-naturally occurring variants. These nucleotide variants include substitution variants, deletion variants, and insertion variants.
- an allelic variant is an alternative form of a polynucleotide that may be a substitution, deletion, or insertion of one or more nucleotides, but does not substantially change the function of the polypeptide it encodes .
- the invention also relates to a polynucleotide that hybridizes to the sequence described above (having at least 50%, preferably 70% identity between the two sequences).
- the present invention particularly relates to polynucleotides that can hybridize to the polynucleotides of the present invention under stringent conditions.
- “strict conditions” means: (1) hybridization and elution at lower ionic strength and higher temperature, such as 0.2xSSC, 0.1% SDS, 60 ° C; or (2) Add denaturants during hybridization, such as 50% (v / v) formamide, 0.1% calf serum / 0.1% Fico ll, 42 ° C, etc .; or (3) only between the two sequences Hybridization occurs only when the identity is at least 95%, and more preferably 97%.
- the polypeptide encoded by the hybridizable polynucleotide has the same biological function and activity as the mature polypeptide shown in SEQ ID NO: 2.
- nucleic acid fragments that hybridize to the sequences described above.
- a "nucleic acid fragment” contains at least 10 nucleotides in length, preferably at least 20-30 nucleotides, more preferably at least 50-60 nucleotides, and most preferably at least 100 nuclei. Glycylic acid or more. Nucleic acid fragments can also be used in nucleic acid amplification techniques, such as PCR, to identify and / or isolate polynucleotides encoding human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12.
- polypeptide and polynucleotide in the present invention are preferably provided in an isolated form, and more preferably purified to a specific polynucleotide sequence encoding the human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 of the present invention, which can be obtained by various methods.
- polynucleotides are isolated using hybridization techniques well known in the art. These techniques include, but are not limited to: 1) hybridization of probes to genomic or cDNA libraries to detect homologous polynucleotide sequences, and 2) antibody screening of expression libraries to detect cloned polynucleosides with common structural characteristics Acid fragments.
- the DNA fragment sequence of the present invention can also be obtained by the following methods: 1) isolating the double-stranded DNA sequence from the genomic DNA; 2) chemically synthesizing the DNA sequence to obtain the double-stranded DNA of the polypeptide.
- genomic DM is the least commonly used. Direct chemical synthesis of DNA sequences is often the method of choice. The more commonly used method is the isolation of cDNA sequences.
- the standard method for isolating the cDNA of interest is to isolate mRNA from donor cells that overexpress the gene and perform reverse transcription to form a plasmid or phage cDNA library.
- the construction of cDNA libraries is also a common method (Sambrook, Etal., Molecu lar Cloning, A Laboraty Manua, Cold Spring Harbor Labora tory. New York, 1989).
- cDNA libraries are also available, such as different cDNA libraries from Clontech. When polymerase reaction technology is used in combination, even very small expression products can be cloned. These genes can be screened from these cDNA libraries by conventional methods. These methods include (but are not limited to): (DDNA-DNA or DNA-RNA hybridization; (2) the presence or absence of a marker gene function; (3) determination of the level of human liver cell nuclear factor 12 transcripts; (4) immunity Technology or measuring biological activity to detect protein products expressed by genes. The above methods can be used alone or in combination.
- the probe used for hybridization is homologous to any part of the polynucleotide of the present invention, and its length is at least 10 nucleotides, preferably at least 30 nucleotides, more preferably At least 50 nucleotides, preferably at least 100 nucleotides.
- the length of the probe is usually within 2,000 nucleotides, preferably within 1000 nucleotides.
- the probe used here is usually a DNA sequence chemically synthesized based on the gene sequence information of the present invention.
- the gene of the invention itself or a fragment thereof can of course be used as a probe.
- DNA probes can be labeled with radioisotopes, luciferin, or enzymes (such as alkaline phosphatase).
- immunological techniques such as Western blotting, radioimmunoprecipitation, and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) can be used to detect protein products expressed by human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 gene.
- ELISA enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
- a method of amplifying DNA / RNA by PCR is preferably used to obtain the gene of the present invention.
- the RACE method RACE-rapid amplification of cDNA ends
- the primers used for PCR can be appropriately based on the polynucleotide sequence information of the present invention disclosed herein. Select and synthesize using conventional methods.
- the amplified DNA / RNA fragments can be separated and purified by conventional methods such as by gel electrophoresis.
- polynucleotide sequence of the gene of the present invention or various DNA fragments and the like obtained as described above can be determined by a conventional method such as dideoxy chain termination method (Sanger et al. PNAS, 1977, 74: 5463-5467). Such polynucleotide sequences can also be determined using commercial sequencing kits and the like. In order to obtain a full-length cDNA sequence, sequencing must be repeated. Sometimes it is necessary to determine the cDNA sequence of multiple clones in order to splice into a full-length cDNA sequence.
- the present invention also relates to a vector comprising the polynucleotide of the present invention, and a host cell that is genetically engineered using the vector of the present invention or directly using a human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 coding sequence, and a method for producing a polypeptide of the present invention by recombinant technology.
- a polynucleotide sequence encoding human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 can be inserted into a vector to constitute a recombinant vector containing the polynucleotide of the present invention.
- vector refers to bacterial plasmids, phages, yeast plasmids, plant cell viruses, mammalian cell viruses such as adenoviruses, retroviruses, or other vectors well known in the art.
- Vectors suitable for use in the present invention include, but are not limited to: T7 promoter-based expression vectors (Rosenberg, et al.
- any plasmid and vector can be used to construct a recombinant expression vector.
- An important feature of expression vectors is that they usually contain an origin of replication, a promoter, a marker gene, and translational regulatory elements.
- Methods known to those skilled in the art can be used to construct expression vectors containing a DNA sequence encoding human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 and appropriate transcriptional / translational regulatory elements. These methods include in vitro recombinant DNA technology, DNA synthesis technology, in vivo recombination technology, etc. (Sambroook, e t a l. Mo l e c c a r C l oning, a Labora tory Manua l, co ld Spr ing Harbor Labora t ory. New York, 1989).
- the DNA sequence can be operably linked to an appropriate promoter in an expression vector to guide mRNA synthesis.
- promoters are: the l ac or trp promoter of E. coli; the PL promoter of lambda phage; eukaryotic promoters include the CMV immediate early promoter, the HSV thymidine kinase promoter, and the early and late SV40 promoters Promoters, retroviral LTRs, and other known promoters that control the expression of genes in prokaryotic or eukaryotic cells or their viruses.
- the expression vector also includes a ribosome binding site for translation initiation, a transcription terminator, and the like. Insertion of enhancer sequences into the vector will enhance its transcription in higher eukaryotic cells.
- Enhancers are cis-acting factors for DNA expression, usually about 10 to 300 base pairs, which act on promoters to enhance gene transcription.
- Illustrative examples include SV40 enhancers with 100 to 270 base pairs on the late side of the origin of replication, polyoma enhancers on the late side of the origin of replication, and adenoviral enhancers.
- the expression vector preferably contains one or more selectable marker groups, so as to provide phenotypic traits for selection of transformed host cells, such as dihydrofolate reductase, neomycin resistance for eukaryotic cell culture. And green fluorescent protein (GFP), or tetracycline or ampicillin resistance for E. coli.
- selectable marker groups such as dihydrofolate reductase, neomycin resistance for eukaryotic cell culture.
- GFP green fluorescent protein
- tetracycline or ampicillin resistance for E. coli.
- a polynucleotide encoding human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 or a recombinant vector containing the polynucleotide can be transformed or transduced into a host cell to constitute a genetically engineered host cell containing the polynucleotide or a recombinant vector.
- the term "host cell” refers to a prokaryotic cell, such as a bacterial cell; or a lower eukaryotic cell, such as a yeast cell; or a higher eukaryotic cell, such as a mammalian cell. Representative examples are: E.
- coli Streptomyces
- bacterial cells such as Salmonella typhimurium
- fungal cells such as yeast
- plant cells such as fly S2 or Sf 9
- animal cells such as CH0, COS, or Bowes melanoma cells.
- Transformation of a host cell with a DNA sequence described in the present invention or a recombinant vector containing the DNA sequence can be performed using conventional techniques well known to those skilled in the art.
- the host is a prokaryote such as E. coli
- competent cells capable of absorbing DNA can be harvested after the exponential growth phase and treated with CaCl.
- the steps used are well known in the art.
- M g C l 2 is used.
- transformation can also be performed by electroporation.
- the host is a eukaryote, the following DNA transfection methods can be used.
- Method Calcium phosphate co-precipitation method, or conventional mechanical methods such as microinjection, electroporation, and liposome encapsulation through conventional recombinant DNA technology.
- the polynucleotide sequence of the present invention can be used to express or produce recombinant human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 (Sc ience, 1 984; 224: 1 431). Generally there are the following steps:
- the medium used in the culture may be selected from various conventional mediums. Culture is performed under conditions suitable for host cell growth. After the host cells have grown to an appropriate cell density, the selected promoter is induced by a suitable method (such as temperature conversion or chemical induction), and the cells are cultured for a period of time.
- a suitable method such as temperature conversion or chemical induction
- the recombinant polypeptide may be coated in a cell, expressed on a cell membrane, or secreted outside the cell. If necessary, recombinant proteins can be isolated and purified by various separation methods using their physical, chemical and other properties. These methods are well known to those skilled in the art. These methods include, but are not limited to: conventional renaturation treatment, protein precipitant treatment (salting out method), centrifugation, osmotic disruption, ultrasonic treatment, ultracentrifugation, molecular sieve chromatography (gel filtration), adsorption chromatography, ion Exchange chromatography, high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and various other liquid chromatography techniques and combinations of these methods.
- conventional renaturation treatment protein precipitant treatment (salting out method), centrifugation, osmotic disruption, ultrasonic treatment, ultracentrifugation, molecular sieve chromatography (gel filtration), adsorption chromatography, ion Exchange chromatography, high performance liquid chromat
- FIG. 1 is a comparison diagram of gene chip expression profiles of human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 and human FD23 according to the present invention.
- the upper graph is a graph of the expression profile of human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12, and the lower sequence is the graph of the expression profile of human FD23.
- Figure 2 shows the polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) of isolated human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12. 12kDa is the molecular weight of the protein. The arrow indicates the isolated protein band. The best way to implement the invention
- Total human fetal brain RNA was extracted by one-step method with guanidine isothiocyanate / phenol / chloroform.
- the Quik mRNA Isolation Kit product of Qiegene was used to isolate poly (A) mRNA s 2ug poly (A) mRNA from reverse total RNA to form cDNA.
- a Smart cDNA cloning kit purchased from Clontech was used to insert the cDNA fragment into the pCSK (+) vector (CI on tech) multi-cloning site to transform DH5 o, and the bacteria formed a cDNA library.
- Dye terminate cycle reaction sequencing kit Perkin-Elmer
- ABI 377 automatic sequencer Perkin-Elmer
- the determined cDNA sequence was compared with an existing public DNA sequence database (Genebank), and it was found that the cDNA sequence of one of the clones, 0067a06, was a new DNA.
- a series of primers were synthesized to determine the inserted cDNA fragments of the clone in both directions.
- CDNA was synthesized using fetal brain cell total RNA as a template and oligo-dT as a primer for reverse transcription reaction. After purification with Qiagene's kit, the following primers were used for PCR amplification:
- Primer 1 5, one CTGCCTCAGGCTGTTAAAATGCTG-3, (SEQ ID NO: 3)
- Primer2 5'- TGTCTATTTTTCTTTATATCTGTT-3 '(SEQ ID NO: 4)
- Primerl is a forward sequence starting at lbp of the 5th end of SEQ ID NO: 1;
- Primer2 is the 3 'end reverse sequence in SEQ ID NO: 1.
- Amplification reaction conditions 50 leg ol / L KC1, 10 mmol / L Tris-Cl, (pH 8.5), 1.5 mol / L MgCl 2 , 200 ⁇ mol / L dNTP in 50 ⁇ 1 reaction volume, lOpmol primer, 1U Taq DNA polymerase (Clontech).
- the reaction was performed on a PE9600 DNA thermal cycler (Perkin-Elmer) for 25 cycles under the following conditions: 94. C 30sec; 55 ° C 30sec; 72 ° C 2rain.
- ⁇ -actin was set as a positive control and template blank was set as a negative control.
- the amplified product was purified using a QIAGEN kit, and ligated to a pCR vector using a TA cloning kit (manufactured by Nvitrogen).
- the DNA sequence analysis results showed that the DNA sequence of the PCR product was exactly the same as that of 1-1636bp shown in SEQ ID NO: 1.
- Example 3 Northern blot analysis of human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 gene expression:
- RNA extraction in one step [Anal. Biochem 1987, 162, 156-159] 0
- This method involves acid guanidinium thiocyanate-chloroform extraction. That is, 4M guanidine isothiocyanate-25mM sodium citrate, 0.2M sodium acetate (PH4.0) were used to uniformly paddle the tissue, and 1 volume of phenol and 1/5 volume of chloroform-isopentanol (49: 1 ), Mix and centrifuge. Aspirate the aqueous layer, add isopropanol (0.8 vol) and mix Centrifuge to obtain RNA pellet. The obtained MA precipitate was washed with 70% ethanol, dried and dissolved in water.
- RNA was electrophoresis was performed on a 1.2% agarose gel containing 20 mM 3- (N-morpholino) propanesulfonic acid (pH 7.0)-5 mM sodium acetate-1 mM EDTA-2.2M formaldehyde. It was then transferred to a nitrocellulose membrane.
- ex - 32 P dATP DNA probes prepared by random primer SYSTEM 32 P- labeled.
- the DNA probe used was the PCR amplified human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 coding region sequence (338bp to 661bp) shown in FIG.
- the 32P- labeled probes (about 2 x l0 6 cpm / ml) and RNA was transferred to nitrocellulose membrane 42 in a solution. C hybridization overnight, the solution contains 50% formamide-25mM KH 2 P0 4 (pH7.4) -5 x SSC-5 x Denhardt's solution and 200 M g / ml salmon sperm DNA. After hybridization, the filters were placed in 1 x SSC-0.1% SDS at 55. C for 30 min. Then, Phosphor Imager was used for analysis and quantification.
- Example 4 In vitro expression, isolation and purification of recombinant human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12
- Primer 3 5,-CCCCATATGATGCATCGGCCTGATTTCCCTCAC- 3, (Seq ID No: 5)
- Primer 4 5,-CCCAAGCTTTCATCCAGGCCAGTCTTGAATTCC- 3 '(Seq ID No: 6)
- the 5' ends of these two primers contain Ndel and BamHI restriction sites, respectively , followeded by the coding sequences of the 5 'and 3' ends of the gene of interest, respectively, and the Ndel and BamHI restriction sites correspond to the selectivity on the expression vector plasmid pET-28b (+) (Novagen, Cat. No. 69865.3) Endonuclease site.
- a PCR reaction was performed using the pBS-0067a06 plasmid containing the full-length target gene as a template.
- the PCR reaction conditions were as follows: a total volume of 50 ⁇ 1 containing 10 pg of pBS-0067a06 plasmid, primers Primer-3 and Primer-4 were 10 pmol, and Advantage polymerase Mix (Clontech) 1 ⁇ 1. Cycle parameters: 94. C 20s, 60 ° C 30s, 68 ° C 2 min, a total of 25 cycles. Ndel and BamHI were used to double-digest the amplified product and plasmid pET-28 (+), respectively, and large fragments were recovered and ligated with T4 ligase.
- the ligation product was transformed into E. coli DH50 by the calcium chloride method. After being cultured overnight on LB plates containing kanamycin (final concentration 30 ⁇ g / ml), positive clones were selected by colony PCR method and sequenced. A positive clone (pET-0067a06) with a correct sequence was selected, and the recombinant plasmid was transformed into E. coli BL21 (DE3) plySs (product of Novagen) using the calcium chloride method.
- a peptide synthesizer (product of PE company) was used to synthesize the following human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12-specific peptides:
- the polypeptide is coupled to hemocyanin and bovine serum albumin to form a complex, respectively.
- hemocyanin and bovine serum albumin For the method, see: Avramea s, et al. Immunochemi s try, 1969; 6: 43. Rabbits were immunized with 1 ⁇ 2 g of the hemocyanin-polypeptide complex plus complete Freund's adjuvant, and 15 days later, the hemocyanin-polypeptide complex plus incomplete Freund's adjuvant was used to boost immunity once.
- a titer plate coated with a 15 g / ml bovine serum albumin peptide complex was used as an ELISA to determine the antibody titer in rabbit serum.
- Protein A-Sepharose was used to isolate total I gG from antibody-positive rabbit serum.
- the peptide was bound to a cyanogen bromide-activated Sephai-ose4B column, and anti-peptide antibodies were separated from the total IgG by affinity chromatography. Immunoprecipitation demonstrated that the purified antibody specifically binds to human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12.
- Example 6 Application of the polynucleotide fragment of the present invention as a hybridization probe
- Suitable oligonucleotide fragments selected from the polynucleotides of the present invention are used as hybridization probes in various aspects.
- the probes can be used to hybridize to genomic or cDNA libraries of normal tissue or pathological tissue from different sources to It is determined whether it contains the polynucleotide sequence of the present invention and a homologous polynucleotide sequence is detected. Further, the probe can be used to detect the polynucleotide sequence of the present invention or its homologous polynucleotide sequence in normal tissue or pathology. Whether the expression in tissue cells is abnormal.
- the purpose of this embodiment is to select a suitable oligonucleotide fragment from the polynucleotide SEQ ID NO: 1 of the present invention as a hybridization probe, and to identify whether some tissues contain the polynucleoside of the present invention by a filter hybridization method.
- Filter hybridization methods include dot blotting, Southern blotting, Nor thern blotting, and copying methods, etc. They are all used to fix the polynucleotide sample to be tested on the filter and then hybridize using basically the same steps.
- the sample-immobilized filter is first pre-hybridized with a probe-free hybridization buffer to saturate the non-specific binding sites of the sample on the filter with the carrier and synthetic polymer.
- the pre-hybridization solution is then replaced with a hybridization buffer containing labeled probes and incubated to hybridize the probes to the target nucleic acid.
- the unhybridized probes are removed by a series of membrane washing steps.
- This embodiment uses higher-intensity membrane washing conditions (such as lower salt concentration and higher temperature), so that the hybridization background is reduced and only strong specific signals are retained.
- the probes used in this embodiment include two types: the first type of probes are oligonucleotide fragments that are completely the same as or complementary to the polynucleotide SEQ ID NO: 1 of the present invention; the second type of probes are partially related to the present invention
- the polynucleotide SEQ ID NO: 1 is the same or complementary oligonucleotide fragment.
- the dot blot method is used to fix the sample on the filter membrane. Under the high-intensity washing conditions, the first type of probe and the sample have the strongest hybridization specificity and are retained.
- oligonucleotide fragments from the polynucleotide SEQ ID NO: 1 of the present invention for use as hybridization probes should follow the following principles and several aspects to be considered: 1.
- the preferred range of probe size is 18-50 nucleotides;
- Those that meet the above conditions can be used as primary selection probes, and then further computer sequence analysis, including the primary selection probe and its source sequence region (ie, SEQ ID NO: 1) and other known genomic sequences and their complements The regions are compared for homology. If the homology with the non-target molecular region is greater than 85% or there are more than 15 consecutive bases, then the primary probe should not be used;
- Probe 1 which belongs to the first type of probe, is completely homologous or complementary to the gene fragment of SEQ ID NO: 1 (41Nt):
- Probe 2 (probe2), which belongs to the second type of probe, is equivalent to the replacement mutant sequence (41Nt) of the gene fragment of SEQ ID NO: 1 or its complementary fragment:
- PBS phosphate buffered saline
- step 8-13 are only used when contamination must be removed, otherwise step 14 can be performed directly.
- NC membranes nitrocellulose membranes
- the 32P-Probe (the second peak is free ⁇ -2P-dATP) is prepared.
- Gene chip or DNA microarray is a new technology that many national laboratories and large pharmaceutical companies are currently developing and developing. It refers to the orderly and high-density arrangement of a large number of target gene fragments on glass, The data is compared and analyzed on a carrier such as silicon using fluorescence detection and computer software to achieve the purpose of rapid, efficient, and high-throughput analysis of biological information.
- the polynucleotide of the present invention can be used as target DNA for gene chip technology for high-throughput research of new gene functions; search for and screen new tissue-specific genes, especially new genes related to diseases such as tumors; diagnosis of diseases such as hereditary diseases .
- the specific method steps have been reported in the literature. For example, see DeRisi, JL, Lyer, V. & Brown, P.0. (1997) Science 278, 680-686. And Helle, RA, Schema, M. , Chai, A., Shalom, D., (1997) PNAS 94: 2150-2155.
- a total of 4,000 polynucleotide sequences of various full-length cDNAs are used as target DNA, including the polynucleotides of the present invention. They were amplified by PCR respectively. After purification, the amplified product was adjusted to a concentration of about 500 ng / ul, and spotted on a glass medium with a Cartesian 7500 spotter (purchased from Cartesian, USA). The distance is 280 ⁇ m. The spotted slides were hydrated, dried, and cross-linked in a UV cross-linking instrument. After elution, the DNA was fixed on the glass slides to prepare chips. The specific method steps have been variously reported in the literature. The post-spotting processing steps of this embodiment are:
- Total mRNA was extracted from human mixed tissues and specific tissues (or stimulated cell lines) using a one-step method, and the mRNA was purified using Oligotex mRNA Midi Kit (purchased from QiaGen).
- the fluorescent reagent Cy3dUTP 5-Amino-propargyl-2-deoxyur idine 5'-triphate coupled to Cy3 fluorescent dye (purchased from Amersham Pharaacia Biotech) was used to label the mRNA of human mixed tissue, and the fluorescent reagent Cy5dUTP (5-Amino-propargyl-2'-deoxyur idine) was used.
- the probes from the two types of tissues and the chips were hybridized in a UniHyb TM Hybridization Solution (purchased from TeleChem) hybridization solution for 16 hours, washed with a washing solution (1 X SSC, 0.2 SDS) at room temperature and scanned with ScanArray 3000.
- the instrument purchased from General Scanning Company, USA
- the scanned image was analyzed and processed with Imagene software (Biodiscovery Company, USA) to calculate the Cy3 / Cy5 ratio of each point.
- the above specific tissues are thymus, testis, muscle, spleen, lung, skin, thyroid, liver, PMA + Ecv304 cell line, PMA-Ecv304 cell line, non-starved L02 cell line, Arsenic stimulated the L02 cell line and prostate tissue for 1 hour.
- polypeptides of the present invention as well as antagonists, agonists and inhibitors of the polypeptides, can be directly used in the treatment of diseases, for example, they can treat malignant tumors, adrenal deficiency, skin diseases, various types of inflammation, HIV infection, and immune diseases.
- polypeptides of the present invention can be directly used in the treatment of diseases.
- they can treat the abnormalities of aortic morphology of embryonic and tissue-developing neurospinal cells; Diseases; coronary heart disease; various liver diseases; various tumors and cancers.
- the polypeptide of the present invention or a fragment or a derivative thereof can be used to treat embryonic dysplasia and various acquired and inherited diseases related thereto; dysplasia of various organs and tissues; neural spine Abnormal morphology of synovial aorta; osteogenic dysfunction; immune-deficient diseases such as AIDS; various tumors and cancers.
- human FD9 is highly expressed in early embryonic tissues, its abnormal expression may cause diseases such as dysplasia of various organs and abnormal cell differentiation.
- These proteins include, but are not limited to, the following: sarcoidosis, rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid Arthritis, osteoarthritis, cholecystitis, glomerulonephritis, immune complex glomerulonephritis, acute anterior uveitis, osteoporosis, dermatomyositis, urticaria, specific dermatitis, hemochromatosis Disease, polymyositis, Addison's disease, Graves' disease, chronic active hepatitis, bowel emergency syndrome, Atrophic gastritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, myasthenia gravis, cerebrospinal multiple sclerosis, Guillain-Barre syndrome, intracranial granuloma, Wegener granulomatosis
- HNF / fkh domain directly affects formation of functional dimers of the transcription factor domain.
- Members of the HNF / fkh transcription factor family can bind to specific DNA sequences only when their DNA-binding domains form a functional dimer, and perform normal biological functions, regulating the normal differentiation and differentiation of various tissue cells in the body. expression. Normally, the active dimer and unactivated monomer in the biological body's domain are in a dynamic equilibrium state. When this equilibrium state is destroyed, the organism will automatically repair the system.
- abnormal cell differentiation in the early stage of embryonic development causes dysplasia of various organs such as liver, kidney and pancreas; in mature cells Diseases such as tumors and cancers caused by abnormal cell differentiation and proliferation.
- These diseases include, but are not limited to, the following: adenocarcinoma, sarcoma, lymphoma, leukemia, melanoma, myeloma, etc .; especially cancers of various organs in the body These organs include the bladder, bone, brain, breast, heart, kidney, liver, lung, ovary, uterus, cervix, prostate, penis, testis, skin, thyroid, parathyroid, thymus, etc .; due to abnormal secretion of lipoproteins Caused by fatty liver, coronary heart disease and other diseases. It may also cause various other diseases associated with abnormal transcription expression.
- the invention also provides methods for screening compounds to identify agents that increase (agonist) or suppress (antagonist human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12).
- Agonists increase biological functions such as human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 stimulates cell proliferation, while antagonists prevent and treat Disturbances related to excessive cell proliferation, such as various cancers.
- mammalian cells or membrane preparations expressing human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 can be cultured with labeled human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 in the presence of drugs. Then measured The ability of drugs to increase or block this interaction.
- Antagonists of human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 include antibodies, compounds, receptor deletions, and the like that have been screened. Antagonists of human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 can bind to human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 and eliminate its function, or inhibit the production of the polypeptide, or bind to the active site of the polypeptide so that the polypeptide cannot perform biological functions.
- human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 When screening compounds as antagonists, human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 can be added to bioanalytical assays to determine whether the compound is an antagonist by measuring the effect of the compound on the interaction between human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 and its receptor. Receptor deletions and analogs that act as antagonists can be screened in the same way as for screening compounds described above.
- Polypeptide molecules capable of binding to human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 can be obtained by screening a random peptide library composed of various possible combinations of amino acids bound to a solid phase. In screening, human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 molecules should generally be labeled.
- the present invention provides a method for producing an antibody using a polypeptide, a fragment, a derivative, an analog thereof, or a cell thereof as an antigen.
- These antibodies can be polyclonal or monoclonal antibodies.
- the invention also provides antibodies against human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 epitopes. These antibodies include (but not (Limited to): Polyclonal antibodies, monoclonal antibodies, chimeric antibodies, single chain antibodies, Fab fragments and fragments generated from Fab expression libraries.
- Polyclonal antibodies can be produced by injecting human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 directly into immunized animals (such as rabbits, mice, rats, etc.).
- immunized animals such as rabbits, mice, rats, etc.
- adjuvants can be used to enhance the immune response, including but not limited to Freund's adjuvant.
- Techniques for preparing monoclonal antibodies against human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 include, but are not limited to, hybridoma technology (Kohler and Miste in. Nature, 1975, 256: 495-497), triple tumor technology, human beta-cell hybridization Tumor technology, EBV-hybridoma technology, etc.
- Chimeric antibodies that bind human constant regions to non-human variable regions can be produced using existing techniques (Morris on e t a l, PNAS, 1985, 81: 6851).
- the existing technology for producing single chain antibodies (U.S. Pat No. 4946778) can also be used to produce single chain antibodies against human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12.
- Antibodies against human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 can be used in immunohistochemical techniques to detect human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 in biopsy specimens.
- Monoclonal antibodies that bind to human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 can also be labeled with radioisotopes and injected into the body to track their location and distribution. This radiolabeled antibody can be used as a non-invasive diagnostic method to locate tumor cells and determine whether there is metastasis.
- Antibodies can also be used to design immunotoxins that target a particular part of the body.
- human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 high affinity monoclonal antibodies can covalently bind to bacterial or phytotoxins (such as diphtheria toxin, ricin, ormosine, etc.).
- a common method is to attack the amino group of the antibody with a thiol cross-linking agent such as SPDP and bind the toxin to the antibody through the exchange of disulfide bonds.
- This hybrid antibody can be used to kill human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 positive cells.
- the antibodies of the present invention can be used to treat or prevent diseases associated with human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12. Administration of appropriate doses of antibodies can stimulate or block the production or activity of human hepatocyte nuclear factor-12.
- the invention also relates to a diagnostic test method for quantitative and localized detection of human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 levels.
- tests are well known in the art and include FI SH assays and radioimmunoassays.
- the levels of human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 detected in the test can be used to explain the importance of human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 in various diseases and to diagnose diseases in which human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 plays a role.
- polypeptide of the present invention can also be used for peptide mapping analysis.
- the polypeptide can be specifically cleaved by physical, chemical or enzyme, and one-dimensional or two-dimensional or three-dimensional gel electrophoresis analysis, and more preferably mass spectrometry analysis.
- Polynucleotides encoding human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 can also be used for a variety of therapeutic purposes. Gene therapy technology can be used to treat abnormal cell proliferation, development or metabolism caused by the non-expression or abnormal / inactive expression of human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12.
- Recombinant gene therapy vectors (such as viral vectors) can be designed to express mutant human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 to inhibit endogenous human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 activity.
- a mutated human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 may be a shortened human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 lacking a signaling domain, and although it can bind to downstream substrates, it lacks signaling activity.
- recombinant gene therapy vectors can be used to treat nuclear factor 12 expression or activity in human hepatocytes. Often caused by diseases.
- Virus-derived expression vectors such as retrovirus, adenovirus, adenovirus-associated virus, herpes simplex virus, parvovirus, etc. can be used to transfer a polynucleotide encoding human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 into a cell.
- Methods for constructing recombinant viral vectors carrying a polynucleotide encoding human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 can be found in existing literature (Sambrook, eta l.).
- a recombinant polynucleotide encoding human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 can be packaged into liposomes and transferred into cells.
- Methods for introducing a polynucleotide into a tissue or cell include: directly injecting the polynucleotide into a tissue in vivo; or introducing the polynucleotide into a cell in vitro through a vector (such as a virus, phage, or plasmid), and then transplanting the cell Into the body and so on.
- a vector such as a virus, phage, or plasmid
- Oligonucleotides including antisense RNA and DNA
- ribozymes that inhibit nuclear factor 12 mRNA of human hepatocytes are also within the scope of the present invention.
- a ribozyme is an enzyme-like RNA molecule that specifically decomposes specific RNA. Its mechanism of action is that the ribozyme molecule specifically hybridizes with a complementary target RNA for endonucleation.
- Antisense RNA, DNA, and ribozymes can be obtained using any existing RNA or DNA synthesis technology. For example, solid-phase phosphate amide chemical synthesis of oligonucleotides has been widely used.
- Antisense RNA molecules can be obtained by in vitro or in vivo transcription of a DNA sequence encoding the RNA. This MA sequence has been integrated downstream of the RNA polymerase promoter of the vector. In order to increase the stability of the nucleic acid molecule, it can be modified in a variety of ways, such as increasing the sequence length on both sides, and the linkage between ribonucleosides using phosphate thioester or peptide bonds instead of phosphodiester bonds.
- the polynucleotide encoding human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 can be used for the diagnosis of diseases related to human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12.
- the polynucleotide encoding human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 can be used to detect the expression of human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 or the abnormal expression of human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 in a disease state.
- the DNA sequence encoding human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 can be used to hybridize biopsy specimens to determine the expression status of human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12.
- Hybridization techniques include Sou thern blotting, Nor thern blotting, and in situ hybridization. These techniques and methods are all mature and open technologies, and related kits are commercially available.
- polynucleotides of the present invention can be used as probes to be fixed on a micro array (Mi croar ray) or a DNA chip (also known as a "gene chip") for analyzing differential expression analysis of genes and genetic diagnosis in tissues .
- a micro array Micro croar ray
- a DNA chip also known as a "gene chip”
- Human liver cell nuclear factor 1 2 specific primers for RNA-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) amplification in vitro can also detect the transcription of human liver cell nuclear factor 12 detection of human liver cell nuclear factor 1 2 mutations can also be used to diagnose human Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 12 Related Diseases
- Human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 mutations include point mutations, translocations, deletions, recombinations, and any other abnormalities compared to normal wild-type human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 DM sequences. Mutations can be detected using existing techniques such as Southern blotting, DNA sequence analysis, PCR, and in situ hybridization. In addition, mutations may affect protein expression. Therefore, Nor thern blotting and Western blotting can be used to indirectly determine whether a gene is mutated.
- the sequences of the invention are also valuable for chromosome identification.
- the sequence specifically targets a specific position on a human chromosome and can hybridize to it. At present, it is necessary to identify the bases on the chromosome Because of the specific site.
- an important first step is to locate these DNA sequences on a chromosome.
- a PCR primer (preferably 15-35bp) is prepared from the cDNA, and the sequence can be located on the chromosome. These primers were then used for PCR screening of somatic hybrid cells containing individual human chromosomes. Only those hybrid cells that contain the human gene corresponding to the primer will produce amplified fragments.
- PCR localization of somatic hybrid cells is a quick way to locate DNA to specific chromosomes.
- oligonucleotide primers of the present invention by a similar method, a set of fragments from a specific chromosome or a large number of genomic clones can be used to achieve sublocalization.
- Other similar strategies that can be used for chromosomal localization include in situ hybridization, chromosome pre-screening with labeled flow sorting, and pre-selection of hybridization to construct chromosome-specific cDNA libraries.
- Fluorescent in situ hybridization of cDNA clones with metaphase chromosomes allows precise chromosomal localization in one step.
- FISH Fluorescent in situ hybridization
- the physical location of the sequence on the chromosome can be correlated with the gene map data. These data can be found in, for example,
- Linkage analysis can then be used to determine the relationship between genes and diseases that have been mapped to chromosomal regions.
- the difference in cDNA or genomic sequence between the affected and unaffected individuals needs to be determined. If a mutation is observed in some or all diseased individuals and the mutation is not observed in any normal individual, the mutation may be the cause of the disease. Comparing affected and unaffected individuals usually involves first looking for structural changes in the chromosome, such as deletions or translocations that are visible at the chromosomal level or detectable with cDNA sequence-based PCR. According to the resolution capabilities of current physical mapping and gene mapping technology, the cDNA accurately mapped to the chromosomal region associated with the disease can be one of 50 to 500 potentially pathogenic genes (assuming 1 megabase mapping resolution) Capacity and each 20kb corresponds to a gene).
- the polypeptides, polynucleotides and mimetics, agonists, antagonists and inhibitors of the present invention can be used in combination with a suitable pharmaceutical carrier.
- suitable pharmaceutical carrier can be water, glucose, ethanol, salts, buffers, glycerol, and combinations thereof.
- the composition comprises a safe and effective amount of the polypeptide or antagonist, and carriers and excipients that do not affect the effect of the drug. These compositions can be used as drugs for the treatment of diseases.
- the present invention also provides a kit or kit containing one or more containers containing one or more ingredients of the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention.
- a kit or kit containing one or more containers containing one or more ingredients of the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention.
- these containers there may be instructional prompts given by government regulatory agencies that manufacture, use or sell pharmaceuticals or biological products, which prompts reflect Government agencies that produce, use, or sell permit their use on humans.
- the polypeptides of the invention can be used in combination with other therapeutic compounds.
- the pharmaceutical composition can be administered in a convenient manner, such as by a topical, intravenous, intraperitoneal, intramuscular, subcutaneous, intranasal or intradermal route of administration.
- Human hepatocyte nuclear factor 12 is administered in an amount effective to treat and / or prevent a specific indication.
- the amount and dose range of human hepatocyte nuclear factor 1 2 to be administered to a patient will depend on many factors, such as the mode of administration, the health conditions of the person to be treated, and the judgment of the diagnostician.
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