WO2005113587A2 - Differentiell in tumoren exprimierte genprodukte und deren verwendung - Google Patents
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- cancer remains one of the leading causes of death.
- More recent therapeutic concepts aim to integrate the patient's own immune system into the overall therapeutic concept by using recombinant tumor vaccines and other specific measures such as antibody therapy.
- the prerequisite for the success of such a strategy is the recognition by the immune system of the patient of tumor-specific or tumor-associated antigens or epitopes whose effector functions are to be intensified interventionally.
- Tumor cells differ biologically significantly from their non-malignant cells of origin. These differences are due to genetic alterations acquired during tumor development and also lead, inter alia, to the formation of qualitatively or quantitatively altered molecular structures in the cancer cells.
- tumor-associated antigens are recognized by the specific immune system of the tumor-bearing host, one speaks of tumor-associated antigens.
- Cellular and humoral mechanisms are involved in the specific recognition of tumor-associated antigens, representing two functionally cross-linked units: CD4 + and CD8 + T lymphocytes recognize processed antigens that are located on the molecules of the MHC (Major Histocompatibility Complex) histocompatibility antigens.
- MHC Major Histocompatibility Complex
- B lymphocytes produce circulating antibody molecules that bind directly to unprocessed antigens.
- tumor-associated antigens stems from the fact that the recognition of antigens on neoplastic cells by the immune system leads to the initiation of cytotoxic effector mechanisms and in the presence of T helper cells can cause the elimination of cancer cells (Pardoll, Nat. Med. 4: 525-31, 1998). Accordingly, a central goal of tumor immunology is to define these structures molecularly. The molecular nature of these antigens has long remained enigmatic.
- CTL cytotoxic T lymphocyte
- circulating autoantibodies Sahin et al, Curr Opin Immunol 9: 709-16, 1997) as probes to screen tumor cDNA expression libraries systematically for tumor-associated antigens.
- CTL cytotoxic T lymphocyte
- cDNA expression libraries were prepared from fresh tumor tissue and recombinantly expressed in suitable systems as proteins. Immune effectors isolated from patients, namely CTL clones with tumor specific lysis patterns or circulating autoantibodies were used to clone the respective antigens.
- a strategy for identifying and providing tumor-associated expressed antigens and the nucleic acids coding therefor was pursued.
- This strategy is based on the fact that certain genes that are organ-specific, e.g. exclusively in the colon, lung or kidney tissue, in the corresponding organs also of tumor cells and moreover in other tissues
- Tumor cells ectopically and unauthorized to be reactivated By data mining, a complete list of all known organ-specific genes is first set up and then evaluated by expression analysis by means of specific RT-PCR on their aberrant activation in different tumors. Data mining is a well-known method for identifying tumor-associated genes. In the conventional strategies, however, transcriptomes from normal tissue banks are typically electronically subtracted from tumor tissue banks, assuming that the remaining genes are tumor specific (Schmitt et al., Nucleic Acids Res. 27: 4251-60, 1999, Vasmatzis et al., Proc Natl. Acad., USA, 95: 300-4, 1998; Scheurle et al, Cancer Res. 60: 4037-43, 2000). However, the inventive concept, which has proven to be much more successful, relies on utilizing data mining for the electronic extraction of all organ-specific genes and then evaluating them for expression in tumors.
- the invention relates to a strategy for identifying tissue-specific and differentially expressed genes in tumors.
- This strategy combines data mining of public sequence banks ("in silico") with subsequent evaluating laboratory-experimental (“wet bench”) investigations.
- a combined strategy based on two different bioinformatic scripts enabled the invention to identify new tumor genes. These have hitherto been classified as purely organ-specific. The recognition that these genes are aberrantly activated in tumor cells allows them to assign them a substantially new quality with functional implications. The identification and provision of these tumor-associated genes and the gene products encoded thereby took place according to the invention independently of an immunogenic effect.
- the tumor-associated antigens identified according to the invention have an amino acid sequence encoded by a nucleic acid selected from the group consisting of (a) a nucleic acid comprising a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 1 -8, 41-44, 51-59, 84, 117, 119 and 138, a part or derivative thereof, (b) a nucleic acid which hybridizes under stringent conditions with the nucleic acid under (a), (c) a Nucleic acid which is degenerate with respect to the nucleic acid in (a) or (b) and (d) a nucleic acid belonging to the
- Nucleic acid in (a), (b) or (c) is complementary.
- a tumor-associated antigen identified according to the invention has an amino acid sequence encoded by a nucleic acid selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1-8, 41-44, 51-59, 84, 117, 119 and 138 is selected.
- a tumor-associated antigen identified according to the invention comprises an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 9-19, 45-48, 60-66, 85, 90-97, 100-102, 105, 106, 111-116, 118, 120, 123, 124, 135-137, 139 and 142-150, a part or derivative thereof.
- the present invention generally relates to the use of tumor-associated antigens identified in accordance with the invention or of parts or derivatives thereof, of nucleic acids coding therefor or of nucleic acids directed against the coding nucleic acids or of antibodies which are in contrast to the tumor-associated antigens identified according to the invention or parts or derivatives thereof are for therapy and diagnosis.
- This use may involve single but also combinations of several of these antigens, functional fragments, nucleic acids, antibodies, etc., in one embodiment also in combination with other tumor-associated genes and antigens for diagnosis, therapy and follow-up.
- Preferred disorders for therapy and / or diagnosis are those in which there is selective expression or abnormal expression of one or more of the tumor-associated antigens identified according to the invention.
- the invention also relates to nucleic acids and gene products which are expressed tumor cell-associated.
- the invention relates to gene products, i. Nucleic acids and proteins or peptides that arise through altered splicing (splice variants) of known genes or through altered translation using alternative open reading frames.
- the invention relates to nucleic acids comprising a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of the sequences according to SEQ ID NO: 3-5 of the sequence listing.
- the invention in this aspect relates to proteins or peptides comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of the sequences according to SEQ ID NO: 10 and 12-14 of the Sequence Listing.
- the splice variants according to the invention are usable according to the invention as targets for the diagnosis and therapy of tumor diseases.
- the invention relates to the amino acid sequence according to SEQ ID NO: 10 of the Sequence Listing, which is encoded by an alternative open reading frame identified according to the invention and from the above-described protein sequence (SEQ ID NO: 9) by 85 additional amino acids at the N-terminus of the protein different.
- splice variant The altered splicing of a gene sympathomimetic to an altered transcript sequence (splice variant). If a splice variant is translated in the region of its altered sequence, this results in a modified protein, which may differ significantly from the original structure and function.
- tumor-associated splice variants tumor-associated transcripts and tumor-associated proteins / antigens can arise. These can Detection of tumor cells, for example, in blood, serum, bone marrow, sputum, bronchial lavage fluid, body secretions and tissue biopsies as molecular markers both for detecting "of tumor cells also be used for therapeutic targeting of tumors.
- Suitable oligonucleotides are, in particular, pairs of primers, of which at least one binds under stringent conditions to the region of the splice variant which is tumor-associated, Suitable for this purpose are those described in the examples Oligonucleotides, in particular oligonucleotides, which comprise or comprise a sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 34-36, 39, 40 and 107-110 of the Sequence Listing According to the invention, all sequence-dependent detection systems are suitable For the detection, these are eg Genchip - / Microarray Systems, Northe blot, RNAse protection assays (RDA) and others.
- RDA RNAse protection assays
- the detection of tumor cells can also be carried out according to the invention by antibodies that recognize a coded by the splice variant specific epitope.
- the invention particularly relates to peptides having a sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 17-19, 111-115, 120 and 137 of the sequence listing and / or directed specific antibodies.
- the detection of tumor cells can also be carried out by antibodies that recognize tumor-specific altered Glykosyl istslinen.
- peptide regions can be used which differ in tumor cells and healthy cells due to glycosylation.
- the invention relates to peptides comprising a sequence selected from SEQ ID NOS: 17-19, 111-115, 120, 137, and 142-145 of the Sequence Listing, and specific antibodies directed thereto.
- SEQ ID NOS: 17-19, 111-115, 120, 137, and 142-145 of the Sequence Listing By endogenous deglycosylation of N-linked sugar residues, asparagine is transformed into aspartic acid.
- the proteins described herein may be tumor-specific sequence-altered and thus have different biochemical and antibody binding properties.
- the invention relates to peptides comprising a sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 146-150 of the Sequence Listing and to specific antibodies directed against it.
- Particularly suitable for the immunization are the amino acids which have distinct epitope differences to the variant (s) of the gene product which is (are) preferably produced in healthy cells.
- the detection of tumor cells with antibodies can be carried out on a sample isolated from the patient or as imaging with intravenously applied antibodies.
- splice variants that have new or altered epitopes are attractive targets for immunotherapy.
- the epitopes of the invention can be used to target therapeutically effective monoclonal antibodies or T lymphocytes.
- antibodies or T lymphocytes that recognize splice variant-specific epitopes are adoptively transferred.
- the generation of antibodies, as with other antigens, can also be done using standard technologies (immunization of animals, panning strategies for the isolation of recombinant antibodies) using polypeptides containing these epitopes.
- nucleic acids encoding oligo- or polypeptides containing these epitopes may be used.
- glycosylations which as a rule have a size of several kDa, lead to a larger total mass of the target protein, which can be separated by SDS-PAGE.
- protein lysates are incubated with O- or N-glycosylases prior to denaturation by SDS (according to the manufacturer's instructions, for example PNgase, endoglycosidase F, endoglycosidase H, Roche Diagnostics). This is followed by a Western blot.
- a differential glycosylation in tumors could be detected for claudin-18.
- Gastrointestinal carcinomas, pancreatic carcinomas, esophageal tumors, prostate tumors as well as lung tumors have a less glycosylated form of Stephan-18.
- Glycosylation in healthy tissues mimics claudin-18 protein epitopes exposed on tumor cells due to lack of glycosylation. Accordingly, it is possible according to the invention to select ligands and antibodies which bind to these domains. Such ligands and antibodies according to the invention do not bind to the
- differential glycosylation can thus be used to distinguish between normal and tumor cells with diagnostic as well as therapeutic intent.
- the invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition
- a pharmaceutical composition comprising an agent which recognizes the tumor-associated antigen identified according to the invention and which is preferably selective for cells expressing or abnormally expressing a Having identified tumor-associated antigen according to the invention.
- the agent may cause induction of cell death, reduction of cell growth, damage to the cell membrane, or secretion of cytokines, and preferably has antitumor activity.
- the agent is an antisense nucleic acid that selectively hybridizes to the nucleic acid encoding the tumor-associated antigen.
- the agent is an antibody that selectively binds to the tumor-associated antigen, particularly a complement-activated or toxin-conjugated antibody that selectively binds to the tumor-associated antigen.
- the agent comprises a plurality of agents, each of which selectively recognizes various tumor-associated antigens, wherein at least one of the tumor-associated antigens is a tumor-associated antigen identified according to the invention. The recognition need not be directly associated with an inhibition of the activity or expression of the antigen.
- the antigen selectively restricted to tumors preferably serves as a label for recruiting effector mechanisms at that specific site.
- the agent is a cytotoxic T lymphocyte which recognizes the antigen on an HLA molecule and lyses the cells so labeled.
- the agent is an antibody that selectively binds to the tumor-associated antigen, thus recruiting natural or artificial effector mechanisms to that cell.
- the agent is a T helper lymphocyte that enhances effector functions of other cells that specifically recognize that antigen.
- the invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition
- a pharmaceutical composition comprising an agent which inhibits the expression or activity of a tumor-associated antigen identified according to the invention.
- the agent is an antisense nucleic acid that selectively hybridizes to the nucleic acid encoding the tumor-associated antigen.
- the agent is an antibody that selectively binds to the tumor-associated antigen.
- the agent comprises a plurality of agents each selectively inhibiting the expression or activity of various tumor-associated antigens, wherein at least one of the tumor-associated antigens is a tumor-associated antigen identified according to the invention.
- the invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition
- a pharmaceutical composition comprising an agent which, when administered, selectively increases the amount of complexes between one HLA molecule and a peptide epitope from the inventively identified tumor associated antigen increases.
- the agent in one embodiment comprises one or more components selected from the group consisting of (i) the tumor-associated antigen or a portion thereof, (ii) a nucleic acid encoding the tumor-associated antigen or a portion thereof (iii) a host cell expressing the tumor-associated antigen or portion thereof, and (iv) isolated complexes between peptide epitopes from the tumor-associated antigen and an MHC molecule.
- the agent comprises a plurality of agents, each of which selectively increases the amount of complexes between MHC molecules and peptide epitopes of various tumor-associated antigens, wherein at least one of the tumor-associated antigens is a tumor-associated antigen identified according to the invention.
- the invention further relates to a pharmaceutical composition which comprises one or more constituents selected from the group consisting of (i) a tumor-associated antigen identified in accordance with the invention or a part thereof, (ii) a nucleic acid which is suitable for the invention (iii) an antibody that binds to a tumor-associated antigen or part thereof identified according to the invention, (iv) an antisense nucleic acid that specifically binds with a nucleic acid that is in accordance with the invention (v) a host cell expressing a tumor-associated antigen or part thereof identified according to the invention, and (vi) isolated complexes between a tumor-associated antigen identified in accordance with the invention or a part thereof and an HLA -Molecule.
- a pharmaceutical composition which comprises one or more constituents selected from the group consisting of (i) a tumor-associated antigen identified in accordance with the invention or a part thereof, (ii) a nucleic acid which is suitable for the invention (iii) an antibody
- a nucleic acid encoding a tumor-associated antigen or part thereof identified according to the invention may be present in the pharmaceutical composition in an expression vector and operably linked to a promoter.
- a host cell contained in a pharmaceutical composition of the present invention may secrete the tumor-associated antigen or portion thereof, express it on the surface, or may additionally express an HLA molecule that binds to the tumor-associated antigen or portion thereof.
- the host cell expresses the HLA molecule endogenously.
- the host cell expresses the HLA molecule and / or the tumor-associated antigen or the part thereof recombinant.
- the host cell is non-proliferative.
- the host cell is an antigen-presenting cell, in particular a dendritic cell, a monocyte or a macrophage.
- An antibody contained in a pharmaceutical composition of the invention may be a monoclonal antibody.
- the antibody is a chimeric or humanized antibody, a fragment of a natural antibody, or a synthetic antibody, all of which can be prepared by combinatorial techniques.
- the antibody may be coupled to a therapeutically or diagnostically useful agent or agent.
- An antisense nucleic acid contained in a pharmaceutical composition according to the invention may comprise a sequence of 6-50, in particular 10-30, 15-30 or 20-30 contiguous nucleotides from the nucleic acid which codes for the tumor-associated antigen identified according to the invention.
- a tumor-associated antigen or portion thereof provided by a pharmaceutical composition of the invention binds to MHC molecules on the surface of cells, which binding preferably causes a cytolytic response and / or cytokine release induced.
- a pharmaceutical composition of the invention may comprise a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and / or adjuvant.
- the adjuvant may be selected from saponin, GM-CSF, CpG nucleotides, RNA, a cytokine or a chemokine.
- a pharmaceutical composition according to the invention is preferably used for the treatment of a disease characterized by the selective expression or abnormal expression of a tumor-associated antigen. In a preferred embodiment, the disease is cancer.
- the invention relates to methods for the treatment, diagnosis and / or monitoring of a disease which is characterized by the expression or abnormal expression of one or more tumor-associated antigens.
- the treatment comprises the administration of a pharmaceutical composition according to the invention.
- the disease is cancer
- cancer includes, but is not limited to, leukemias, seminomas, melanomas, teratomas, gliomas, kidney, adrenal, thyroid, intestinal, liver, colon, gastric, gastrointestinal , Lymph node, esophageal, colorectal, pancreatic, cervical, nasal, ear (ENT), breast, prostate, uterine, ovarian, and lung cancers and their metastases.
- the invention relates to a method of diagnosing a disease characterized by the expression or abnormal expression of a tumor-associated antigen identified according to the invention.
- the method comprises detecting (i) a nucleic acid encoding the tumor-associated antigen, or a portion thereof, and / or (ii) detecting the tumor-associated antigen or a portion thereof, and / or (iii) detecting an antibody against the tumor-associated antigen or a part thereof and / or (iv) the detection of cytotoxic or helper T lymphocytes specific for the tumor-associated antigen or a part thereof in a biological sample isolated from a patient ,
- detection comprises (i) contacting the biological sample with an agent that specifically binds to the nucleic acid encoding the tumor-associated antigen, or the portion thereof, to the tumor-associated antigen or portion thereof the antibody or to cytotoxic or helper T lymphocytes specific for the tumor-associated antigen or parts thereof, and (ii) the detection of complex formation between the
- the disease is characterized by the expression or abnormal expression of a plurality of different tumor-associated antigens
- the detection comprises detection of multiple nucleic acids encoding the plurality of different tumor-associated antigens or portions thereof, detection of multiple different tumor-associated antigens. associated antigens or portions thereof, the detection of multiple antibodies that bind to the several different tumor-associated antigens or portions thereof, or the detection of multiple cytotoxic or helper T lymphocytes specific for the several different tumor-associated antigens.
- the isolated biological sample from the patient is compared with a comparable normal biological sample.
- the invention relates to a method for determining the regression, the course or the onset of a disease characterized by the expression or abnormal expression of a tumor-associated antigen identified according to the invention, comprising monitoring a sample from a patient receiving the Disease or suspected of contracting the disease with respect to one or more parameters selected from the group consisting of (i) the amount of the nucleic acid encoding the tumor-associated antigen or a portion thereof , (ii) the amount of tumor-associated antigen or portion thereof, (iii) the amount of antibody that binds to the tumor-associated antigen or portion thereof, and (iv) the amount of cytolytic T cell or helper T cells specific for a complex between the tumor-associated antigen or a part thereof and an MHC molecule.
- the method preferably comprises the determination of the parameter (s) at a first time in a first sample and at a second time in another sample, wherein the course of the disease is determined by comparing the two samples.
- the disease is characterized by the expression or abnormal expression of a plurality of different tumor-associated antigens and monitoring includes monitoring (i) the amount of multiple nucleic acids encoding the several different tumor-associated antigens, or portions thereof and / or (ii) the amount of the several different tumor-associated antigens or parts thereof and / or (iii) the amount of multiple antibodies that bind to the several different tumor-associated antigens or parts thereof, and / or (iv) the amount of multiple cytolytic T cells or helper T cells specific for complexes between the several different tumor-associated antigens or portions thereof and MHC molecules.
- a detection of a nucleic acid or a part thereof or a monitoring of the amount of a nucleic acid or a part thereof may according to the invention with a polynucleotide
- the polynucleotide probe comprises a sequence of 6-50, in particular 10-30, 15-30 or 20-30 contiguous nucleotides from the nucleic acid.
- the tumor-associated antigen or portion thereof to be detected is present intracellularly or on the cell surface. Detection of a tumor-associated antigen or portion thereof or monitoring the amount of a tumor-associated antigen or portion thereof can be accomplished according to the invention with an antibody that specifically binds to the tumor-associated antigen or portion thereof.
- the tumor-associated antigen or the part thereof to be detected is present in a complex with an MHC molecule, in particular an HLA molecule.
- Detection of an antibody or monitoring of the amount of antibodies may be carried out according to the invention with a protein or peptide which specifically binds to the antibody.
- Detection of cytolytic T cells or helper T cells, or monitoring the amount of cytolytic T cells or helper T cells specific for complexes between an antigen or a portion thereof and MHC molecules can be used in accordance with the invention a cell presenting the complex between the antigen or part thereof and an MHC molecule.
- the polynucleotide probe used for detection or monitoring, the antibody, protein or peptide or cell are preferably detectably labeled.
- the detectable marker is a radioactive marker or an enzyme label.
- Detection of T lymphocytes may additionally be accomplished by detection of their proliferation, cytokine production, as well as their cytotoxic activity elicited by specific stimulation with the MHC-tumor associated antigen complex or portions thereof.
- the detection of T-lymphocytes may further comprise a recombinant MHC molecule or even a complex of several MHC molecules loaded with the respective immunogenic fragment from one or more of the tumor-associated antigens and by contacting the specific T-cell Receptor, whereby specific T lymphocytes can be identified.
- the invention relates to a method of treating, diagnosing or monitoring a disease characterized by the expression or abnormal expression of a tumor-associated antigen identified according to the invention comprising administering to the tumor-associated antigen or antibody an antibody binds a part thereof and is coupled with a therapeutic or diagnostic agent or substance.
- the antibody may be a monoclonal antibody.
- the antibody is a chimeric or humanized antibody or a fragment of a natural antibody.
- the methods of the invention are for diagnosing or monitoring a disease characterized by the expression or abnormal expression of a tumor-associated antigen identified according to the invention by means of or by detection of disseminating tumor cells or tumor metastases. Detection of disseminating tumor cells can take place, for example, in the blood, serum, bone marrow, sputum, bronchial aspirate and / or bronchial lavage.
- the invention also relates to a method for treating a patient with a disease characterized by the expression or abnormal expression of a tumor-associated antigen identified according to the invention, comprising (i) removing a sample from the patient with immunoreactive cells, (ii) Contacting the sample with a host cell expressing the tumor-associated antigen or portion thereof, under conditions favoring production of cytolytic T cells against the tumor-associated antigen or portion thereof, and (iii) introducing the cytolytic T - Cells in the patient in an amount that is suitable to lyse cells expressing the tumor-associated antigen or a part thereof.
- the invention also relates to the cloning of the T-cell receptor of cytolytic T-cells against the tumor-associated antigen. This can be transferred to other T cells, which thus obtain the desired specificity and as in (iii) can be introduced into the patient.
- the host cell endogenously expresses an HLA molecule.
- the host cell recombinantly expresses an HLA molecule and / or the tumor-associated antigen or part thereof.
- the host cell is non-proliferative.
- the host cell is an antigenic presenting cell, in particular a dendritic cell, a monocyte or a macrophage.
- the invention relates to a method of treating a patient with a disease characterized by the expression or abnormal expression of a tumor-associated antigen, comprising (i) identifying a nucleic acid encoding a tumor-associated antigen identified according to the invention which is derived from (Ii) the transfection of a host cell with the nucleic acid or a part thereof, (iii) the cultivation of the transfected host cell for an expression of the nucleic acid (this is not obligatory when a high transfection rate is reached) and (iv) introducing the host cells or an extract thereof into the patient in an amount effective to increase the immune response to the patient's cells associated with the disease.
- the method may further comprise identifying an MHC molecule presenting the tumor-associated antigen or a portion thereof, wherein the host cell expresses the identified MHC molecule and presents the tumor-associated antigen or portion thereof.
- the immune response may include a B-cell response or a T-cell response.
- a T cell response may involve the production of cytolytic T cells and / or helper T cells specific to the host cells presenting the tumor-associated antigen or portion thereof, or specific to patient cells which express the tumor-associated antigen or a part thereof.
- the invention also relates to a method of treating a disorder characterized by the expression or abnormal expression of a tumor-associated antigen identified according to the invention comprising (i) the identification of cells from the patient which express abnormal amounts of the tumor-associated antigen (ii) isolating a sample of the cells, (iii) culturing the cells, and (iv) introducing the cells into the patient in an amount effective to induce an immune response to the cells.
- the host cells used in the invention are non-proliferative or rendered non-proliferative.
- a disease characterized by the expression or abnormal expression of a tumor-associated antigen is, in particular, cancer.
- the present invention relates to a nucleic acid selected from the group consisting of (a) a nucleic acid comprising a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 3-5, a part or derivative thereof (b) a nucleic acid which hybridizes under stringent conditions with the nucleic acid under (a), (c) a nucleic acid which is degenerate with respect to the nucleic acid under (a) or (b), and (d) a nucleic acid, which is complementary to the nucleic acid of (a), (b) or (c).
- the invention further relates to a nucleic acid encoding a protein or polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 10, 12-14 and 146-150, a part
- the invention relates to promoter sequences of nucleic acids according to the invention. These may be operatively linked to another gene, preferably in an expression vector, thus ensuring selective expression of that gene in corresponding cells.
- the invention relates to a recombinant nucleic acid molecule, in particular a DNA or RNA molecule, which comprises a nucleic acid according to the invention.
- the invention also relates to host cells which contain a nucleic acid according to the invention or a recombinant nucleic acid molecule which comprises a nucleic acid according to the invention.
- the host cell may further comprise a nucleic acid encoding an HLA molecule.
- the host cell expresses the HLA molecule endogenously.
- the host cell expresses the HLA molecule and / or the nucleic acid according to the invention or a part thereof recombinantly.
- the host cell is non-proliferative.
- the host cell is an antigen-presenting cell, in particular a dendritic cell, a monocyte or a macrophage.
- the invention relates to oligonucleotides which hybridize with a nucleic acid identified according to the invention and as genetic probes or can be used as "antisense" molecules.
- Nucleic acid molecules in the form of oligonucleotide primers or competent probes which hybridize to a nucleic acid or parts thereof identified according to the invention can be used to find nucleic acids which are homologous to the nucleic acid identified according to the invention.
- PCR amplification, Southern and Northern hybridization can be used to detect homologous nucleic acids. Hybridization can occur under low, better under medium, and most preferably under high stringency conditions.
- stringent conditions according to the invention relates to conditions that allow specific hybridization between polynucleotides.
- the invention relates to a protein, polypeptide or peptide encoded by a nucleic acid selected from the group consisting of (a) a nucleic acid comprising a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO (B) a nucleic acid which hybridizes under stringent conditions with the nucleic acid under (a), (c) a nucleic acid which, with respect to the nucleic acid, is selected from (a) or ( b) is degenerate, and (d) a nucleic acid complementary to the nucleic acid of (a), (b) or (c).
- the invention relates to a protein or polypeptide or peptide comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 10, 12-14 and 146-150, a part or derivative thereof.
- the invention relates to an immunogenic fragment of a tumor-associated antigen identified according to the invention.
- the fragment preferably binds to a human HLA receptor or human antibody.
- a fragment according to the invention preferably comprises a sequence of at least 6, in particular at least 8, at least 10, at least 12, at least 15, at least 20, at least 30 or at least 50 amino acids.
- the invention relates to a peptide comprising a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 17-19, 90-97, 100-102, 105, 106, 111-
- the invention relates to an agent which binds to a tumor-associated antigen identified according to the invention or to a part thereof.
- the agent is an antibody.
- the antibody is a chimeric antibody, a humanized or combinatorial antibody, or a fragment of an antibody.
- the invention relates to an antibody which binds selectively to a complex of (i) a tumor-associated antigen identified in accordance with the invention or a part thereof and (ii) an MHC molecule to which the tumor-associated antigen identified according to the invention or the part binds, wherein the antibody does not bind alone to (i) or (ii).
- a erfmdungs proper antibody may be a monoclonal antibody.
- the antibody is a chimeric or humanized antibody or a fragment of a natural antibody.
- the invention relates to such an agent, in particular an antibody which specifically binds to a peptide having a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 17-19, 90-97, 100-102, 105, 106, 111-116, 120, 123, 124, 135-137, 139 and 142-150, part or derivative thereof.
- the invention also relates to agents, in particular antibodies, which specifically bind to a variant of claudin-18.
- the agent in particular an antibody, specifically binds to the variant Claudin-18A1 (SEQ ID NO: 118).
- the agent, in particular an antibody binds specifically to the variant Claudin-18A2 (SEQ ID NO: 16).
- Such specific antibodies can be obtained, for example, by immunizing with the peptides described in Example 4.
- the invention relates to claudin-18 agents, in particular antibodies which bind specifically to a form of claudin-18A2 which has a specific glycosylation pattern.
- the agent particularly an antibody, binds specifically to a form of claudin-18A2 which is non-glycosylated at one or more possible glycosylation sites.
- the agent particularly an antibody, specifically binds to a form of claudin-18A2 which is glycosylated at one or more possible glycosylation sites.
- such a possible glycosylation site refers to one or more of those positions of the group consisting of the amino acid positions 37, 38, 45, 116, 141, 146 and 205 of claudin-18A2.
- such a possible glycosylation preferably relates to an N-glycosylation.
- An agent specific for a variant or form of claudin-18 in particular an antibody specific for a variant or form of claudin-18, means in this context that the agent or the antibody is more strongly bound to the variant or form for the it is specific, binds as to another variant or form.
- An agent, in particular antibody binds more strongly to a first variant or form or to a first epitope in comparison with a second variant or form or a second epitope, if it binds to the first variant or form or to the first epitope with a dissociation constant (K D ) which is lower than the dissociation constant for the second variant or form or the second epitope.
- K D dissociation constant
- the dissociation constant (KD) for the variant or form or epitope to which the agent, in particular an antibody specifically binds more than 10-fold, preferably more than 20-fold, more preferably more than 50-fold even more preferably more than 100 times and in particular more than 200 times, 500 times or 1000 times lower than the dissociation constant (K D ) for the variant or form or epitope to which the agent, in particular an antibody that does not bind specifically.
- an agent, in particular an antibody does not bind or substantially does not bind to the variant or form or epitope for which the agent, in particular the antibody, is not specific.
- agents described above in particular antibodies and derivatives thereof as described herein which specifically bind to a variant or form of Claudin-18, are also intended for use in the compositions and methods of the invention.
- the invention further relates to a conjugate between an agent according to the invention which binds to a tumor-associated antigen identified according to the invention or to a part thereof, or an antibody according to the invention and a therapeutic or diagnostic agent or substance.
- the therapeutic or diagnostic agent is a toxin.
- the invention relates to a kit for detecting the expression or abnormal expression of a tumor-associated antigen according to the invention.
- a kit for detecting the expression or abnormal expression of a tumor-associated antigen comprising means for detecting (i) the nucleic acid encoding the tumor-associated antigen, or a portion thereof, (ii) the tumor-associated antigen or portion thereof, (iii) antibodies to the tumor-associated antigen or a portion thereof, and / or (iv) T cells specific for a complex between the tumor-associated antigen or a portion thereof and an MHC molecule.
- the means for detecting the nucleic acid or the part thereof are nucleic acid molecules for the selective amplification of the nucleic acid, which comprise in particular a sequence of 6-50, in particular 10-30, 15-30 or 20-30 contiguous nucleotides from the nucleic acid.
- genes are described which are selectively expressed or aberrantly expressed in tumor cells and represent tumor-associated antigens.
- these genes and / or their gene products and / or their derivatives and / or parts are preferred target structures for therapeutic approaches.
- the therapeutic approaches may target an inhibition of the activity of the selectively expressed tumor-associated gene product. This is useful if the aberrant or selective expression is functionally of tumor pathogenetic importance and their suppression is accompanied by a selective damage to the corresponding cells.
- Other therapeutic concepts regard tumor-associated antigens as labels that selectively recruit effector mechanisms with cell-damaging potential to tumor cells.
- tumor-associated antigens as labels that selectively recruit effector mechanisms with cell-damaging potential to tumor cells.
- a nucleic acid is preferably deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) or ribonucleic acid (RNA).
- Nucleic acids according to the invention comprise genomic DNA, cDNA, mRNA, recombinantly produced and chemically synthesized molecules. According to the invention, a nucleic acid can be present as a single-stranded or double-stranded and linear or covalently circular closed molecule.
- isolated nucleic acid means according to the invention that the nucleic acid (i) has been amplified in vitro, for example by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), (ii) was produced recombinantly by cloning, (iii) was purified, for example by cleavage and gel electrophoretic separation, or (iv) was synthesized, for example by chemical synthesis.
- An isolated nucleic acid is a nucleic acid available for manipulation by recombinant DNA techniques.
- nucleic acid is "complementary" to another nucleic acid if the two sequences can hybridize to each other and form a stable duplex, preferably hybridizing under conditions allowing specific hybridization between polynucleotides (stringent conditions)
- stringent conditions Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, J. Sambrook et al., Eds., 2nd Ed., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, 1989 or Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, FM Ausubel et al., Eds.
- hybridization buffer at 65 ° C in hybridization buffer (3.5 x SSC, 0.02% Ficoll, 0.02% polyvinylpyrrolidone, 0.02% bovine serum albumin, 2, 5 mM NaH 2 PO (pH 7), 0.5% SDS, 2 mM EDTA) SSC is 0.15 M sodium chloride / 0.15 M sodium citrate, pH 7.
- the membrane to which the DNA has been transferred becomes, for example e in 2 x SSC at room temperature and then in 0.1-0.5 x SSC / 0.1 x SDS at temperatures up to 68 ° C.
- Complementary nucleic acids according to the invention have at least 40%, in particular at least 50%, at least 60%, at least 70%, at least 80%, at least 90% and preferably at least 95%, at least 98% or at least 99% identity of the nucleotides.
- Nucleic acids which code for tumor-associated antigens can be present according to the invention alone or in combination with other nucleic acids, in particular heterologous nucleic acids.
- a nucleic acid is operably linked to expression control sequences or regulatory sequences which may be homologous or heterologous relative to the nucleic acid.
- a coding sequence and a regulatory sequence are then "operably linked together" if covalently linked such that the expression or transcription of the coding sequence is under the control or under the influence of the regulatory sequence. If the coding sequence is to be translated into a functional protein, upon functional association of a regulatory sequence with the coding sequence, induction of the regulatory sequence results in transcription of the coding sequence without resulting in frameshifting in the coding sequence or in failure The coding sequence comes to be translated into the desired protein or peptide.
- expression control sequence or “regulatory sequence” according to the invention comprises promoters, enhancers and other control elements which control the expression of a gene.
- the expression control sequences are regulatable.
- the precise structure of regulatory sequences may vary species-dependent or cell-type dependent, but generally includes 5'-untranscribed and 5'-untranslated sequences involved in the initiation of transcription, such as TATA box, capping sequence , CAAT sequence and the like.
- 5 'untranscribed regulatory sequences include a promoter region that includes a promoter sequence for a transcriptional control of the functionally linked gene.
- Regulatory sequences can also be enhancer
- the tumor-associated antigens shown here can be combined with any expression control sequences and promoters.
- the promoters of the tumor-associated gene products shown here can be combined with any other genes. This allows to exploit the selective activity of these promoters.
- a nucleic acid may be present in association with another nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide that directs secretion of the nucleic acid-encoded protein or polypeptide from a host cell.
- a nucleic acid may be present in association with another nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide that causes anchoring of the encoded protein or polypeptide on the cell membrane of the host cell or its compartmentalization into particular organelles of that cell.
- a compound can be made with a nucleic acid that is a repeat or any "tag”.
- a recombinant DNA molecule according to the invention is a vector, optionally with a promoter which promotes the expression of a nucleic acid, e.g. a nucleic acid encoding a tumor-associated antigen of the invention.
- the term "vector” is used herein in its most general meaning and includes any intermediate vehicle for a nucleic acid, e.g. enable the nucleic acid to be introduced into prokaryotic and / or eukaryotic cells and optionally integrated into a genome. Such vectors are preferably replicated and / or expressed in the cell.
- An intermediate vehicle may e.g. adapted for use in Elel troporation, microprojectile bombardment, liposomal delivery, Agrobacterium transfer, or insertion via DNA or RNA viruses.
- Vectors include plasmids, phagemids or viral genomes.
- nucleic acids encoding a tumor-associated antigen identified according to the invention can be used for transfection of host cells.
- nucleic acids is meant both recombinant DNA and RNA.
- Recombinant RNA can be made by in vitro transcription from a DNA template. It can also be modified prior to application by stabilizing sequences, capping and polyadenylation.
- the term “host cell” refers to any cell that is transformable or transfectable with an exogenous nucleic acid.
- the term “host cells” comprises according to the invention prokaryotic (eg E. coli) or eukaryotic (eg dendritic cells, B cells, CHO cells, COS cells, K562 cells, yeast cells and insect cells). Particularly preferred are mammalian cells such as human, mouse, hamster, pig, goat, primate cells.
- the cells can be derived from a variety of tissue types and include primary cells and cell lines. Specific examples include keratinocytes, peripheral blood leukocytes, bone marrow stem cells and embryonic stem cells.
- the host cell is an antigen-presenting cell, in particular a dendritic cell, a monocyte or a macrophage.
- a nucleic acid may be present in the host cell in single or multiple copies and in one embodiment is expressed in the host cell.
- RNA or of RNA and protein are preferred expression systems in mammalian cells.
- pcDNA3.1 and pRc / CMV include pcDNA3.1 and pRc / CMV (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA) containing a selectable marker such as a gene conferring resistance to G418 (thus allowing selection of stably transfected cell lines) and the enhancer-promoter Sequences of cytomegalovirus (CMV).
- CMV cytomegalovirus
- an expression vector may also comprise a nucleic acid sequence encoding the HLA molecule.
- the nucleic acid sequence encoding the HLA molecule can be located on the same expression vector as the nucleic acid encoding the HLA molecule
- Tumor-associated antigen or part thereof encoded, or both nucleic acids may be present on different expression vectors.
- the two expression vectors can be cotransfected into a cell. If a host cell expresses neither the tumor-associated antigen or the part thereof nor the HLA molecule, both nucleic acids coding for it are transfected into the cell either on the same expression vector or on different expression vectors. If the cell already expresses the HLA molecule, only the nucleic acid sequence encoding the tumor-associated antigen or portion thereof can be transfected into the cell.
- kits for the amplification of a nucleic acid which codes for a tumor-associated antigen include, for example, a pair of amplification primers that hybridize to the nucleic acid encoding the tumor-associated antigen.
- the primers preferably comprise a sequence of 6-50, in particular 10-30, 15-30 or 20-30 contiguous nucleotides from the nucleic acid and are not overlapping to avoid the formation of primer dimers.
- One of the primers will hybridize to one strand of the nucleic acid encoding the tumor-associated antigen, and the other primer will hybridize to the complementary strand in an arrangement that permits amplification of the nucleic acid encoding the tumor-associated antigen ,
- Antisense molecules or “antisense” nucleic acids can be used for the regulation, in particular the reduction of the expression of a nucleic acid.
- the term “antisense molecule” or “antisense nucleic acid” refers according to the invention to an oligonucleotide which is an oligoribonucleotide, oligodeoxyribonucleotide, modified Is oligoribonucleotide or modified oligodeoxyribonucleotide and which under physiological conditions hybridizes to DNA comprising a particular gene or mRNA of that gene, thereby inhibiting transcription of said gene and / or translation of said mRNA
- An antisense molecule according to the invention also comprises A construct containing a nucleic acid or a portion thereof in reverse orientation relative to its natural promoter
- An antisense transcript of a nucleic acid or portion thereof may duplex with the naturally occurring mRNA that specifies the enzyme and thus accumulate or prevent the translation of the mRNA into the active enzyme.
- Preferred antisense oligonucleotides according to the invention have a sequence of 6-50, in particular 10-30, 15-30 or 20-30 contiguous nucleotides from the target nucleic acid and are preferably completely complementary to the target nucleic acid or a part thereof.
- the antisense oligonucleotide hybridizes to an N-terminal or 5'-upstream site such as a translation initiation, transcription initiation or promoter site. In further embodiments, the antisense oligonucleotide hybridizes to a 3 'untranslated region or mRNA splicing site.
- an oligonucleotide of the invention consists of ribonucleotides, deoxyribonucleotides or a combination thereof.
- ribonucleotides deoxyribonucleotides or a combination thereof.
- deoxyribonucleotides deoxyribonucleotides or a combination thereof.
- 5 'end of a nucleotide and the 3' end of another nucleotide by a Phosphodiester bond linked together.
- These oligonucleotides can be synthesized in a conventional manner or produced recombinantly.
- an oligonucleotide of the invention is a "modified" oligonucleotide.
- the oligonucleotide for example, to increase its stability or therapeutic efficacy, be modified in a variety of ways without its ability to bind to its target is impaired.
- modified oligonucleotide means according to the invention an oligonucleotide in which (i) at least two of its nucleotides are linked together by a synthetic internucleoside bond (ie an internucleoside linkage that is not a phosphodiester bond) and / or (ii) a chemical moiety is covalently linked to the oligonucleotide which does not normally occur with nucleic acids.
- a synthetic internucleoside bond ie an internucleoside linkage that is not a phosphodiester bond
- a chemical moiety is covalently linked to the oligonucleotide which does not normally occur with nucleic acids.
- Preferred synthetic internucleoside linkages are phosphorothioates, alkylphosphonates, phosphorodithioates, phosphate esters, alkylphosphonothioates, phosphoramidates, carbamates, carbonates, phosphate triesters, acetamidates, carboxymethyl esters and peptides.
- modified oligonucleotide also includes oligonucleotides with a covalently modified base and / or sugar.
- modified oligonucleotides include oligonucleotides having sugar moieties covalently bonded to low molecular weight organic groups that are not a hydroxyl group at the 3'-position and no phosphate group at the 5'-position.
- Modified oligonucleotides may include, for example, a 2'-O-alkylated ribose residue or another sugar instead of ribose, such as arabinose.
- proteins and polypeptides described according to the invention are preferably isolated.
- isolated protein or isolated polypeptide is meant that the protein or polypeptide is isolated from its natural environment.
- An isolated protein or polypeptide may be in a substantially purified state.
- substantially purified means that the protein or polypeptide is substantially free of other substances present in nature or in vivo.
- proteins and polypeptides serve, for example, for the production of antibodies and can be used in an immunological or diagnostic assay or as therapeutics.
- Proteins and polypeptides described according to the invention can be obtained from biological samples how tissue or cell homogenates are isolated and can also be expressed recombinantly in a variety of pro- or eukaryotic expression systems.
- “Derivatives" of a protein or polypeptide or an amino acid sequence for the purposes of this invention include amino acid insertion variants, amino acid deletion variants and / or amino acid substitution variants.
- Amino acid insertion variants include amino- and / or carboxy-terminal fusions, as well as insertions of single or multiple amino acids in a particular amino acid sequence.
- amino acid sequence variants with an insertion one or more amino acid residues are introduced into a predetermined site in an amino acid sequence, although random insertion with appropriate screening of the resulting product is also possible.
- Amino acid deletion variants are characterized by the removal of one or more amino acids from the sequence.
- Amino acid substitution variants are characterized in that at least one residue in the sequence is removed and another residue is inserted in its place. Preferably, the modifications are at positions in the amino acid sequence that are not conserved between homologous proteins or polypeptides.
- amino acids are replaced by others with similar properties, such as hydrophobicity, hydrophilicity, electronegativity, side chain volume, and the like (conservative substitution).
- conservative substitutions refer to the replacement of one amino acid with another, listed below in the same group as the substituted amino acid:
- small aliphatic, non-polar or slightly polar radicals Ala, Ser, Thr (Pro, Gly) 2. negatively charged radicals and their amides: Asn, Asp, Glu, Gin
- Derivatives of proteins, polypeptides or peptides according to the invention also encompass single or multiple substitutions, deletions and / or additions of any molecules associated with the enzyme such as carbohydrates, lipids and / or proteins, polypeptides or peptides "Derivative” also applies to all functional chemical equivalents of proteins, polypeptides or peptides.
- a portion or fragment of a tumor-associated antigen has a functional property of the polypeptide from which it is derived. Such functional properties include interaction with antibodies, interaction with other polypeptides or proteins, selective binding of nucleic acids, and enzymatic activity.
- An important feature is the ability to complex with HLA and, where appropriate, to produce an immune response. This immune response may be due to stimulation of cytotoxic or helper T cells.
- a part or fragment of a tumor-associated antigen according to the invention comprises a sequence of at least 6, in particular at least 8, at least 10, at least 12, at least 15, at least 20, at least 30 or at least 50 consecutive amino acids from the tumor-associated antigen.
- a part or a fragment of a nucleic acid which codes for a tumor-associated antigen relates, according to the invention, to the part of the nucleic acid which codes at least for the tumor-associated antigen and / or for a part or a fragment of the tumor-associated antigen as defined above coded.
- the isolation and identification of genes that code for tumor-associated antigens also allows the diagnosis of a disease characterized by the expression of a or several tumor-associated antigens.
- These methods include the determination of one or more nucleic acids encoding a tumor-associated antigen and / or the determination of the encoded tumor-associated antigens and / or peptides derived therefrom.
- the present invention allows also bind the isolation of proteins, the tumor associated to described 'herein antigens, including antibodies and cellular binding partners of the tumor-associated antigens.
- certain embodiments also provide "dominant negative" polypeptides derived from tumor-associated antigens.
- a dominant negative polypeptide is an inactive variant of a protein that, by interacting with the cellular machinery, displaces an active protein from its interaction with the cellular machinery or competes with the active protein, thereby reducing the effect of the active protein.
- a dominant negative receptor that binds a ligand but does not generate a signal in response to binding of the ligand can reduce the biological activity of the ligand.
- a dominant negative catalytically-inactive kinase which normally interacts with target proteins but does not phosphorylate the target proteins, can reduce phosphorylation of the target proteins in response to a cellular signal.
- a dominant negative transcription factor that binds to a promoter site in the control region of a gene but does not increase the transcription of the gene can reduce the effect of a normal transcription factor by occupying promoter binding sites without increasing transcription.
- the result of expression of a dominant negative polypeptide in a cell is a reduction in the function of active proteins.
- the expert can be dominant negative Produce variants of a protein, for example, by conventional mutagenesis and assessing the dominant negative effect of the variant polypeptide.
- substances such as polypeptides that bind to tumor-associated antigens.
- binding agents may e.g. in screening assays for detection of tumor-associated antigens and complexes of tumor-associated antigens with their binding partners and in a purification of the tumor-associated antigens and complexes thereof with their binding partners use.
- substances may also find use for inhibiting the activity of tumor-associated antigens, for example by binding to such antigens.
- binding agents such as e.g. Antibodies or antibody fragments having the ability to bind selectively to tumor-associated antigens.
- Antibodies include polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies prepared in a conventional manner.
- Such antibodies can recognize proteins in the native and / or denatured state (Anderson et al., J. Immunol., 143: 1899-1904, 1989; GardsvoU, J. Immunol., Methods 234: 107-116, 2000; Kayyem et al. Eur. J. Biochem 208: 1-8, 1992, Spiller et al., J. Immunol. Methods 224: 51-60, 1999).
- Antisera containing specific antibodies that specifically bind to the target protein can be prepared by a variety of standard methods; see. For example, “Monoclonal Antibodies: A Practical Approach” by Philip Shepherd, Christopher Dean ISBN 0-19-963722-9, “Antibodies: A Laboratory Manual” by Ed Hariow, David Lane ISBN: 0879693142 and "Using Antibodies: A Laboratory Manual: Portable It is also possible to generate affine and specific antibodies which recognize complex membrane proteins in their native form (Azorsa et al, J. Immunol., Methods 229: 35- 48, 1999; Anderson et al, J. Immunol., 143: 1899-1904, 1989; GardsvoU, J.
- the pFc 'and Fc regions are, for example, effectors of the complement cascade but are not involved in antigen binding.
- an antibody from which the Fc region has been enzymatically cleaved or which has been produced without the Fc region referred to as the Fab fragment
- Fab fragments consist of a covalently linked light chain of an antibody and part of the heavy chain of the antibody, designated Fd.
- the Fd fragments are the major determinants of the antibody
- Antibody specificity (a single Fd fragment can be associated with up to ten different light chains without altering the specificity of the antibody) and Fd fragments retain the ability to bind to an epitope upon isolation.
- CDRs complementarity determining regions
- FRs framework regions
- Both the Fd fragment of the heavy chain and the IgG immunoglobulin light chain contain four framework regions (FR1 to FR4), each separated by three complementarity determining regions (CDR1 to CDR3).
- the CDRs and in particular the CDR3 regions, and more particularly the CDR3 heavy chain region, are largely responsible for antibody specificity. It is known that the non-CDR regions of a mammalian antibody can be replaced by similar regions of antibodies of the same or different specificity, while retaining the specificity for the epitope of the original antibody. This has allowed the development of so-called "humanized" antibodies in which non-human CDRs are covalently linked to human FR and / or Fc / pFc 'regions for the production of a functional antibody.
- B cells are isolated from whole blood and the cells are monoclonalized, and the supernatant of the isolated B cell is analyzed for antibody specificity, which, in contrast to hybridoma technology, is followed by the variable region of the antibody gene monoclonal antibodies are amplified in this way (de Wildt et al., J. Immunol., Methods 207: 61-67, 1997).
- WO 92/04381 describes the preparation and use of mouse humanized RSV antibodies in which at least a portion of mouse FR regions have been replaced by FR regions of a human origin. Such antibodies, including fragments of intact antibodies having antigen-binding ability, are often referred to as "chimeric" antibodies.
- F (ab ') 2 , Fab, Fv and Fd fragments of antibodies chimeric antibodies in which the Fc and / or FR and / or CDRl and / or CDR2 and / or light Chain CDR3 regions have been replaced by homologous human or non-human sequences
- polypeptides that specifically bind to tumor-associated antigens.
- polypeptide binding agents can be provided by degenerate peptide libraries that can be readily prepared in solution in immobilized form or as phage display libraries.
- Combinatorial libraries of peptides with one or more amino acids can also be prepared.
- libraries of peptoids and non-peptidic synthetic residues can be prepared.
- Phage display may be particularly effective in identifying binding peptides of the invention.
- a phage library using, for example, the ml3, fd, or lambda phage
- Phages are then selected that carry inserts that bind to the tumor-associated antigen. This process can be repeated over several cycles of reselection of phages that bind to the tumor-associated antigen. Repeated rounds lead to an escape of phages that carry certain sequences.
- An analysis of DNA sequences may be made to identify the sequences of the expressed polypeptides. The smallest linear portion of the sequence that binds to the tumor-associated antigen can be determined.
- the yeast two-hybrid system can also be used to identify polypeptides that bind to a tumor-associated antigen.
- Tumor-associated antigens or fragments thereof described in accordance with the present invention can be used for screening peptide libraries, including phage display libraries, to identify and select peptide binding partners of the tumor-associated antigens.
- Such molecules may be used, for example, for screening assays, purification protocols, for interference with the function of the tumor-associated antigen, and for other purposes known to those skilled in the art.
- the antibodies and other binding molecules described above can be used to identify tissue that expresses a tumor-associated antigen.
- Antibodies may also be coupled to specific diagnostic agents for imaging cells and tissues that express tumor-associated antigens. They can also be coupled to therapeutically useful substances.
- Diagnostic agents include, but are not limited to, barium sulfate, iocetamic acid, iopanoic acid, calcium iodate, sodium diatrizoate, megmine diatrizoate, metrizamide, sodium tyropanoate, and Radiodiagnostics, including positron emitters such as fluorine-18 and carbon-11, gamma-emitters such as iodine-123, technetium-99m, iodine-131 and indium-111, nuclides for nuclear magnetic resonance such as fluorine and gadolinium.
- positron emitters such as fluorine-18 and carbon-11
- gamma-emitters such as iodine-123, technetium-99m, iodine-131 and indium-111
- nuclides for nuclear magnetic resonance such as fluorine and gadolinium.
- therapeutically useful substance means according to the invention any therapeutic molecule desirably selectively delivered to a cell expressing one or more tumor-associated antigens, including anti-cancer agents, radioactive iodine-containing compounds, toxins, cytostatic or cytolytic drugs, etc.
- Anticancer agents include, for example, aminoglutethimide, azathioprine, bleomycin sulfate, busulfan, carmustine, chlorambucil, cisplatin, cyclophosphamide, cyclosporine, cytarabidine, dacarbazine, dactinomycin, daunorubin, doxorubicin, taxol, etoposide, fluorouracil, interferon- ⁇ , lomustine, mercaptopurine, methotrexate, mitotane, procarbazine HCl, thioguanine, vinblastine sulfate and vincristine sulfate.
- Toxins may be proteins such as pokeweed antiviral protein, cholera toxin, pertussis toxin, ricin, gelonin, abrin, diphtheria exotoxin or Pseudomonas exotoxin.
- Toxin residues can also be high energy emitting radionuclides such as cobalt-60.
- patient means according to the invention human, non-human primate or another animal, in particular mammal such as cow, horse, pig, sheep, goat, dog, cat or rodent such as mouse and rat.
- patient is a human.
- abnormal expression means that the expression is changed, preferably increased, in relation to the condition in a healthy individual
- An increase in expression relates to an increase of at least 10%, in particular at least 20%, at least 50% or at least 100%
- the tumor-associated antigen is expressed only in tissue of a diseased subject, while expression is repressed in a healthy individual.
- cancer wherein the term “cancer” in the present invention includes leukemias, seminomas, melanomas, teratomas, gliomas, kidney , Adrenal, Thyroid, Intestinal, Liver, Colon, Stomach, gastrointestinal, lymph node, esophageal, colorectal, pancreatic, cervical, nasal, ear (ENT), breast, prostate, uterine, ovarian and lung cancers and their metastases.
- a biological sample may be a tissue and / or cellular sample according to the invention and may be recovered for use in the various methods described herein in a conventional manner, such as tissue biopsy, including punch biopsy, and sampling blood, bronchial aspirate, sputum, urine, Feces or other body fluids.
- immunoreactive cell means according to the invention a cell which can mature into an immune cell (such as B cell, T helper cell or cytolytic T cell) with appropriate stimulation.
- Immunoreactive cells include CD34 + hematopoietic stem cells, immature and mature T cells, and immature and mature B cells. If the production of cytolytic or helper T cells recognizing a tumor-associated antigen is desired, the immunoreactive cell is contacted with a cell expressing a tumor-associated antigen under conditions involving production, differentiation, and / or or favoring selection of cytolytic as well as helper T cells. Differentiation of T cell progenitors into a cytolytic T cell upon exposure to an antigen is similar to clonal selection of the immune system.
- Some therapeutic methods rely on a response of a patient's immune system that results in lysis of antigen-presenting cells, such as cancer cells, that present one or more tumor-associated antigens.
- antigen-presenting cells such as cancer cells
- cytotoxic T lymphocytes specific for a complex of a tumor-associated antigen and an MHC molecule are administered to a patient having a cellular abnormality.
- the production of such cytotoxic T lymphocytes in vitro is known.
- An example of a method of differentiating T cells can be found in WO-A-9633265.
- a sample containing cells, such as blood cells is removed from the patient and the cells are contacted with a cell that presents the complex and can cause an increase of cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (eg dendritic cells).
- the target cell may be a transfected cell, such as a COS cell. These transfected cells present the desired complex on their surface and stimulate their proliferation when contacted with cytotoxic T lymphocytes. The clonally expanded autologous cytotoxic T lymphocytes are then administered to the patient.
- fluorogenic tetramers of MHC class I molecule / peptide complexes are used for detection of specific clones of cytotoxic T lymphocytes (Altman et al., Science 274: 94-96 , Dunbar, et al., Curr. Biol. 8: 413-416, 1998).
- Soluble MHC class I molecules are folded in vitro in the presence of ⁇ 2 -microglobulin and a peptide antigen that binds to the class I molecule. After purification of the MHC / peptide complexes, they are labeled with biotin.
- Tetramers are formed by mixing the biotinylated peptide-MHC complexes with labeled avidin (eg, phycoerythrin) at a 4: 1 molar ratio. Tetramers are then contacted with cytotoxic T lymphocytes such as peripheral blood or lymph nodes. The tetramers bind to cytotoxic T lymphocytes that recognize the peptide antigen / MHC class I complex. Cells that bind to the tetramers can be sorted by fluorescence-directed cell sorting to isolate reactive cytotoxic T lymphocytes. The isolated cytotoxic T lymphocytes can then be propagated in vitro.
- avidin eg, phycoerythrin
- cells that present the desired complex eg, dendritic cells
- cytotoxic T lymphocytes of the patient to be treated resulting in an increase in specificity cytotoxic T lymphocytes.
- the increased cytotoxic T lymphocytes are then administered to a patient with a cellular abnormality characterized by certain abnormal cells presenting the specific complex.
- the cytotoxic T lymphocytes then lyse the abnormal cells, thereby achieving a desired therapeutic effect.
- T cell receptor itself.
- cells are also the desired complex present (eg, dendritic cells) combined with cytotoxic T lymphocytes from healthy individuals or from another species (eg, mouse). This results in proliferation of high affinity specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes when the T lymphocytes come from a donor organism that has not previously been in contact with the specific complex.
- the high T cell receptor from these increased specific T lymphocytes is cloned.
- the high affinity T cell receptors have been cloned from another species, they can be humanized to varying degrees.
- T cell receptors By gene transfer, eg with retroviral vectors, such T cell receptors are then arbitrarily transduced into T cells of patients. Adoptive transfer then occurs with these genetically altered T lymphocytes (Stanislawski et al, Nat Immunol., 2: 962-70, 2001, Kessels et al., Nat Immunol., 2: 957-61, 2001).
- the foregoing therapeutic aspects assume that at least some of the patient's abnormal cells present a complex of a tumor-associated antigen and an HLA molecule. An identification of such cells can take place in a manner known per se. Once cells presenting the complex have been identified, they can be combined with a sample from the patient containing cytotoxic T lymphocytes. If the cells presenting the complex are lysed by the cytotoxic T lymphocytes, it can be assumed that a tumor-associated antigen is presented.
- Cytotoxic T lymphocytes can also be generated in vivo in a manner known per se.
- One method uses non-proliferative cells expressing the complex.
- the cells used will be those that normally express the complex, such as irradiated tumor cells or cells transfected with one or both genes necessary for presentation of the complex (ie, the antigenic peptide and the presenting HLA -Molecule). Different cell types can be used.
- vectors carrying one or both of the genes of interest may be used. Viral or bacterial vectors are particularly preferred.
- nucleic acids encoding a tumor-associated antigen or portion thereof may be operably linked to promoter and enhancer sequences that direct expression of the tumor-associated antigen or fragment thereof in particular tissues or cell types.
- the Nucleic acid can be incorporated into an expression vector.
- Expression vectors may be unmodified extrachromosomal nucleic acids, plasmids or viral genomes capable of inserting exogenous nucleic acids.
- Nucleic acids encoding a tumor-associated antigen can also be inserted into a retroviral genome, thereby enabling integration of the nucleic acid into the genome of the target tissue or cell.
- a microorganism such as vaccinia virus, poxvirus, herpes simplex virus, retrovirus or adenovirus carries the gene of interest and "infects" de facto host cells.
- Another preferred form is the introduction of the tumor-associated antigen in the form of recombinant RNA. This can be introduced, for example, by liposomal transfer or by electroporation into cells. The resulting cells present the complex of interest and are recognized by autologous cytotoxic T lymphocytes, which then multiply.
- a similar effect can be achieved by combining the tumor-associated antigen or a fragment thereof with an adjuvant to allow incorporation into antigen-presenting cells in vivo.
- the tumor-associated antigen or a fragment thereof may be represented as protein, as DNA (eg within a vector) or as RNA.
- the tumor-associated antigen is processed to yield a peptide partner for the HLA molecule, while a fragment thereof can be presented without the need for further processing. The latter is especially the case when they can bind to HLA molecules.
- Forms of administration in which the total antigen is processed in vivo by a dendritic cell are preferred, as it is also possible for helper T cell responses to arise here. An effective immune response requires these (Ossendorp et al., Immunol Lett.
- an effective amount of the tumor-associated antigen can be administered to a patient, for example, by intradermal injection. Injection may also be intranodal to a lymph node (Maloy et al., Proc Natl Acad. USA 98: 3299-303, 2001). It can also be used in combination with reagents that facilitate uptake into dendritic cells.
- Preferred tumor-associated antigens include those that react with allogeneic cancer antisera or with T cells from many cancer patients. Of particular interest, however, are also those against which no spontaneous immune responses exist.
- compositions described according to the invention can also be used as vaccines for immunization.
- immunization or “vaccination” mean an increase or activation of an immune reaction to an antigen
- Animal models can be used to test an immunizing effect against cancer by using a tumor-associated antigen or a nucleic acid coding for it can be administered into a mouse for the creation of a tumor and one or more nucleic acids encoding tumor-associated antigens can be administered
- the effect on the cancer cells e.g., reduction in tumor size
- one or more tumor-associated antigens or stimulating fragments thereof are administered with one or more adjuvants for induction of an immune response or enhancement of an immune response.
- An adjuvant is a substance that is incorporated into or coadministered with the antigen and enhances the immune response.
- Adjuvants may enhance the immune response by providing an antigen reservoir (extracellular or in macrophages), activating macrophages, and / or stimulating certain lymphocytes.
- Adjuvants include, but are not limited to, monophosphoryl lipid A (MPL, SmithKline Beecham), saponins such as QS21 (SmithKline Beecham), DQS21 (SmithKline Beecham, WO 96/33739), QS7, QS17, QS18 and QS-Ll ( So et al., Mol.
- the peptides are administered in a mixture with DQS21 / MPL.
- the ratio of DQS21 to MPL is typically about 1:10 to 10: 1, preferably about 1: 5 to 5: 1, and more preferably about 1: 1.
- DQS21 and MPL are typically present in a vaccine formulation ranging from about 1 ⁇ g to about 100 ⁇ g.
- Other substances that stimulate a patient's immune response may also be administered.
- cytokines are useful in vaccination because of their regulatory properties on lymphocytes.
- cytokines include, for example, interleukin-12 (IL-12), which has been shown to enhance the protective effects of vaccines (see Science 268: 1432-1434, 1995), GM-CSF and IL-18.
- co-stimulatory molecules provided in the form of proteins or nucleic acids.
- co-stimulatory molecules are, for example, B7-1 and " B7-2 (CD80 or CD86), which are expressed on dendritic cells (DC) and interact with the CD28 molecule expressed on the T cells Stimulation (signal 2) for an antigen / MHC / TCR-stimulated (signal 1) T cell, thereby enhancing T cell proliferation and effector function
- B7 also interacts with CTL A4 (CD 152) on T-cell Cells and studies involving CTLA4 and B7 ligands show that the B7 CTLA4 interaction can enhance anti-tumor immunity and CTL proliferation (Zheng, P. et al., Proc. Natl. Acad 95 (II): 6284-6289 (1998)).
- B7 is typically not expressed on tumor cells, so they are not effective antigen presenting cells (APCs) for T cells. Induction of B7 expression would allow tumor cells to more effectively stimulate proliferation of cytotoxic T lymphocytes and effector function. Co-stimulation by a combination of B7 / IL-6 / IL-12 demonstrated induction of the IFN gamma and Th1 cytokine profiles in a T cell population resulting in further enhanced T cell activity (Gajewski et al., J. Immunol., 154: 5637-5648 (1995)).
- cytotoxic T lymphocytes and complete effector function requires involvement of T helper cells through the interaction between the CD40 ligand on T helper cells and the CD40 molecule expressed by dendritic cells (Ridge et al. Nature 393: 474 (1998), Bennett et al., Nature 393: 478 (1998), Schonberger et al., Nature 393: 480 (1998)).
- the mechanism of this co-stimulatory signal is likely to be related to the enhancement of B7 and associated IL-6 / IL-12 production by the dendritic cells (antigen-presenting cells).
- the CD40-CD40L interaction thus complements the interactions of signal 1 (antigen / MHC-TCR) and signal 2 (B7-CD28).
- anti-CD40 probes for dendritic cell stimulation would be expected to directly enhance a response to tumor antigens that are normally out of the range of an inflammatory response or presented by non-professional antigen presenting cells (tumor cells). In these situations, T helper and B7 co-stimulating signals are not provided. This mechanism could be used in the context of therapies based on antigen-pulsed dendritic cells.
- nucleic acids may be administered in a manner known per se.
- administration of nucleic acids is by ex vfvo methods, i. by removing cells from a patient, genetically altering the cells to incorporate a tumor-associated antigen, and reintroducing the altered cells into the patient. This generally involves introducing a functional copy of a gene into the cells of a patient in vitro and returning the genetically altered cells to the patient. The functional copy of the gene is under the functional control of regulatory elements that allow expression of the gene in the genetically engineered cells. Transfection and transduction methods are known in the art.
- a viral vector for the administration of a nucleic acid encoding a tumor-associated antigen is selected from the group consisting of adenoviruses, adeno-associated viruses, poxviruses, including vaccinia virus and attenuated poxviruses, Semliki forest virus, Retroviruses, Sindbis virus and Ty virus-like particles. Particularly preferred are adenoviruses and retroviruses.
- the retroviruses are usually replication-deficient (ie, they are unable to produce infectious particles).
- Various methods can be used to introduce according to the invention nucleic acids in cells in vitro or in vivo.
- Such methods include transfection of nucleic acid CaPO precipitates, transfection of nucleic acids associated with DEAE, transfection or infection with the above viruses carrying the nucleic acids of interest, liposome-mediated transfection, and the like.
- control of the nucleic acid to particular cells is preferred.
- a carrier used to deliver a nucleic acid to a cell eg, a retrovirus or a liposome
- a molecule such as an antibody specific for a surface membrane protein on the target cell or a ligand for a receptor on the target cell can be incorporated into or bound to the nucleic acid carrier.
- Preferred antibodies include antibodies that selectively bind a tumor-associated antigen.
- proteins that bind to a surface membrane protein associated with endocytosis may be incorporated into the liposome formulation to facilitate targeting and / or uptake.
- proteins include capsid proteins or fragments thereof that are specific for a particular cell type, antibodies to proteins that are internalized, proteins that target an intracellular site, and the like.
- compositions of the invention may be administered in pharmaceutically acceptable preparations.
- Such formulations may ordinarily contain pharmaceutically acceptable concentrations of salts, buffers, preservatives, carriers, supplemental immunity enhancing agents such as adjuvants, CpG and cytokines, and optionally other therapeutic agents.
- the therapeutic agents according to the invention can be administered by any conventional route, including injection or infusion.
- the administration may be, for example, oral, intravenous, intraperitoneal, intramuscular, subcutaneous or transdermal.
- Therapeutic administration of antibodies is preferably by a lung aerosol.
- the administration of antisense nucleic acids is preferably by slow intravenous administration.
- the compositions of the invention are administered in effective amounts.
- An "effective amount" refers to the amount that achieves a desired response or effect alone or with other doses.
- the desired response relates to the inhibition of the history of the disease. This includes slowing the progression of the disease and, in particular, interrupting the progression of the disease.
- the desired response in treating a disease or condition may also be the delay in the onset or prevention of the onset of the disease or condition.
- compositions according to the invention will depend on the condition being treated, the severity of the disease, the individual parameters of the patient, including age, physiological condition, height and weight, duration of treatment, type of concomitant therapy (if any), depend on the specific route of administration and similar factors.
- compositions of the invention are preferably sterile and contain an effective amount of the therapeutically active substance for the production of the desired reaction or effect.
- compositions of the present invention administered may depend on various parameters such as mode of administration, condition of the patient, desired administration period, etc. In the event that a patient's response is insufficient at an initial dose, higher doses (or effectively higher doses achieved by a different, more localized route of administration) may be employed.
- doses of the tumor-associated antigen will be from 1 ng to 1 mg, preferably from
- compositions of the invention are generally administered in pharmaceutically acceptable amounts and in pharmaceutically acceptable compositions.
- pharmaceutically acceptable refers to a non-toxic material that does not interfere with the action of the active ingredient of the pharmaceutical composition. Such preparations may usually contain salts, buffers, preservatives, carriers and optionally other therapeutic agents. When used in medicine, the salts should be pharmaceutically acceptable. However, non-pharmaceutically acceptable salts can be used for the preparation of pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and are included in the invention.
- Such pharmacologically and pharmaceutically acceptable salts include, but are not limited to, those made from the following acids: hydrochloric, hydrobromic, sulfuric, nitric, phosphoric, maleic, acetic, salicylic, citric, formic , Malonic, succinic and the like.
- Pharmaceutically acceptable salts may also be prepared as alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salts such as sodium, potassium or calcium salts.
- a pharmaceutical composition of the invention may comprise a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
- pharmaceutically acceptable carrier refers to one or more compatible solid or liquid fillers, diluents or capsule substances suitable for administration to a human.
- carrier refers to an organic or inorganic ingredient, natural or synthetic, in which the active ingredient is combined to facilitate application.
- the components of the pharmaceutical composition according to the invention are usually such that no interaction occurs which substantially impairs the desired pharmaceutical activity.
- compositions according to the invention may contain suitable buffering agents such as acetic acid in a salt, citric acid in a salt, boric acid in a salt and phosphoric acid in a salt.
- suitable buffering agents such as acetic acid in a salt, citric acid in a salt, boric acid in a salt and phosphoric acid in a salt.
- compositions may also optionally contain suitable preservatives such as benzalkonium chloride, chlorobutanol, parabens and thimerosal.
- suitable preservatives such as benzalkonium chloride, chlorobutanol, parabens and thimerosal.
- the pharmaceutical compositions are usually presented in a unit dosage form and can be prepared in a manner known per se.
- pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention may be in the form of capsules, tablets, lozenges, suspensions, syrups, elixirs or as an emulsion.
- compositions suitable for parenteral administration usually comprise a sterile aqueous or non-aqueous preparation of the active ingredient, which is preferably isotonic with the blood of the recipient.
- Compatible carriers and solvents include Ringer's solution and isotonic sodium chloride solution.
- sterile, fixed oils are usually used as the solution or suspension medium.
- Fig. 1 GPR35 mRNA expression in colon tumor biopsies
- RT-PCR studies with DNA-free RNA show GPR35 expression in the majority of colon tumor biopsies. In contrast, expression in normal tissues is undetectable. (1: breast, 2: lung, 3: lymph nodes, 4: thymus, 5: colon, .6-15: colon tumors, 16: negative control).
- PCR products from normal colon tissues and colon tumors were cloned and clones from both groups checked by restriction analysis (EcoR I) and sequenced.
- RT-PCR analysis with gene-specific SCGB3A2 primers shows a cDNA amplification exclusively in normal lung (lanes 8, 14-15) and in lung tumor biopsies (lanes 16-24).
- Fig. 5 Claudin-18A2.1 expression in stomach and esophagus as well as gastric and pancreatic tumors
- RT-PCR analysis with Claudin-18A2.1 -specific primers showed according to the invention in 8/10 gastric tumor biopsies as well as in 3/6 pancreatic tumor biopsies a pronounced claudin-18A2.1 expression.
- Claudin-18A2.1 -specific primers SEQ ID NO: 39, 40
- RT-PCR analysis with SLC 13 AI-specific primers showed expression in 7/8 kidney tumor samples. Otherwise, transcripts within the normal tissues were detected exclusively in the kidney. (1-2: renal normal tissue, 3-10: kidney tumors, 11: breast, 12: lung, 13: liver, 14: colon, 15: lymph node, 16: spleen, 17: esophagus, 18: thymus, 19: thyroid, 20: PBMC, 21: ovarian, 22: testis normal).
- Fig. 7 CLCA1 expression in colon normal tissue and in colon and stomach tumors RT-PCR studies with CLCA1-specific primers (SEQ ID NO: 67, 68) confirmed selective expression in the colon and showed high expression in 3 / 7 examined colon and 1/3 investigated gastric tumor samples. The remaining normal tissues showed no or only a very weak expression.
- RT-PCR studies with FLJ21477-specific primers showed a selective expression in the colon and, in addition, different degrees of expression in 7/12 colon tumor samples examined. The remaining normal tissues did not show any expression.
- RT-PCR studies with FLJ20694-specific primers showed a selective expression in the colon and, in addition, different degrees of expression in 5/9 colon tumor samples examined. The remaining normal tissues showed no expression.
- FIG. 10 Ebner expression in gastric and lung normal tissues and lung tumors RT-PCR studies with Ebner-specific primers (SEQ ID NO: 73, 74) showed selective expression in the stomach, in the lung and in FIG / 10 examined lung tumor samples. The remaining normal tissues showed no expression.
- RT-PCR studies with SLC26A9-specific primers showed selective expression in the lung and in all (13/13) lung tumor samples examined. The other normal tissues showed no expression except for the thyroid gland.
- RT-PCR studies with THC943866-specific primers showed a selective expression in the kidney and in 4/8 kidney tumor biopsies examined.
- Immunofluorescence to detect the cellular localization of GPR35 after transfection of a plasmid expressing a GPR35-GFP fusion protein The arrows indicate the membrane-bound fluorescence of the fluorescent GFP.
- GPR35 Prevalence of GPR35 in colon tumors and their metastases. In more than 90% of cases, GPR35 is expressed in both tumors and metastases.
- COS7 cells were transfected with a plasmid encoding a SCGB3A2-GFP fusion protein.
- FIG. 22 Schematic representation of claudin-18 conformations
- the claudin-18A2 polypeptide can be present in two conformations on the cell.
- the protein In conformation 1, the protein is present as a membrane molecule with 4 transmembrane domains (TM) and has two separate, extracellularly located domains.
- the two middle hyrophobic regions (h-phob) exert no transmembrane domain function.
- h-phob the two middle hyrophobic regions
- h-phob exert no transmembrane domain function.
- 1 additional peptide regions are located extracellularly in this conformation compared to the conformation.
- this conformation results in an additional N-glycosylation site at position 116 (thicker arrow). All predicted glycosylation domains are listed in the lower part of the figure.
- Exl extracellular domain 1
- Ex2 extracellular domain 2
- TM transmembrane domain
- H-phob extracellular hydrophobic region.
- Claudin-18A1 is not detectable in any normal tissue except lung and stomach tissue. Claudin-18A1 is highly expressed in a variety of tumor tissues. Particularly strong expression is found in gastric tumors, lung tumors, pancreatic tumors and esophageal tumors.
- Fig. 24 Quantitative expression of claudin-18, variant A2
- Claudin-18A2 is not detectable in any normal tissue except stomach tissue. Claudin-18A2 is expressed in a variety of tumor tissues, in particular gastric tumors, lung tumors, pancreatic tumors and esophageal tumors.
- Fig. 25 Use of CIaudin ⁇ 18A2-specific antibody (extracellular domain)
- A Staining of claudin-18A2-positive gastric tumor cells (SNU-16, methanol-fixed) with an antibody prepared by immunization with a peptide (SEQ ID NO: 17).
- Membrane staining is particularly pronounced in the cell / cell interaction areas. The protein aggregates in focal membrane areas.
- B, C, D Detection of the specificity of the antibody by colocalization analysis in claudin-18A2-GFP-transfected 293T cells.
- Fig. 26 Use of claudin-18A2-specific antibody (extracellular domain) Membrane staining of claudin-18A2-positive gastric tumor cells (SNU-16) with an antibody obtained by immunization with a peptide (SEQ ID NO: 113, N-terminal extracellular Domain). For counterstaining, a monoclonal antibody directed against E-cadherin was used.
- Fig. 27 Use of antibodies against the C-terminal extracellular domain of claudin-18 Left pictures: Membrane staining of claudin-18 A2-positive gastric tumor cells (SNU-16) with an antibody obtained by immunization with a peptide (SEQ ID NO: 1). 116, C-terminal extracellular domain). For counterstaining, a monoclonal antibody directed against E-cadherin was used (right panels).
- Fig. 28 Use of Claudin-18Al-specific antibody
- Fig. 29 Detection of claudin-18A2 in Western blot.
- Fig. 30 Western blot of Claudin-18A2 with gastric and gastric tumors and various tumor cell lines.
- Lysates from stomach and stomach tumors (A, B) and tumor cell lines (C, D) were blotted and tested with a claudin-18A2-specific antibody against the epitope with SEQ ID NO: 17.
- Gastric tumors have a lower glycosylated form of claudin-18A2.
- PNGase F treatment of gastric lysates leads to the formation of the low-glycosylated form.
- A 1: gastric normal tissue #A; 2: gastric tumor #A; 3: gastric normal tissue #B; 4:
- Gastric tumor #B B 1: gastric normal tissue #A; 2: gastric normal tissue #B; 3: Gastric normal tissue #B
- Fig. 32 Immunohistochemical analysis of claudin-18 with claudin-18A2-specific antibodies in normal tissues
- AdenoCa adenocarcinoma
- SCC adenocarcinoma
- squamous cell carcinoma squamous cell carcinoma
- RCC renal cell carcinoma
- SLC 13 AI-specific primers SEQ ID NO: 121, 122 show high and selective expression in normal kidney tissue (A) as well as SLC 13 AI-specific expression in kidney tumors (B). SLC 13 AI transcription is detectable in 5/8 kidney tumors.
- Fig. 36 Quantitative expression of CLCA1 Quantitative RT-PCR studies with CLCA1-specific primers (SEQ ID NO: ' 125, 126) show high and selective expression in normal colon and gastric tissue (A) as well as CLCA1-specific expression in colon and stomach tumor samples (B). CLCAl is detectable in 6/12 colon tumors and 7/10 gastric tumors.
- FLJ21477-specific primers SEQ ID NO: 127, 1228 show high and selective expression in normal colon and stomach tissue as well as weak expression in the thymus, esophagus and brain (A) and the FLJ21477-specific Expression in colon tumor samples (B). FLJ21477 is detectable in 11/12 colon tumors.
- Quantitative RT-PCR studies with -FLJ20694-specific primers show high and selective expression in normal colon and stomach tissue (A) and FLJ20694-specific overexpression in colonic and gastric tumor samples ( B).
- FLJ20694 is detectable in 11/12 colon tumors and 7/10 gastric tumors.
- FLJ21458-specific primers SEQ ID NO: 133, 134.
- FLJ21458-specific transcripts were detected in 20/20 colon tumors and in 7/11 colon metastases.
- the following normal tissues were analyzed: liver, lung, lymph node, spleen, adrenal gland, kidney, esophagus, ovary, testis, thymus, skin, breast, pancreas, lymphocytes, activated lymphocytes, prostate, thyroid, ovary, endometrium, cerebellum, brain.
- A Protein detection with a FLJ21458-specific rabbit antiserum (immunization with SEQ ID NO: 136).
- B Detection of the membrane protein E-cadherin.
- C Overlay of the two fluorescence sequences from A and B. The yellow coloration occurs at the sites where both fluorescences are superimposed, and detects the membrane localization of FLJ21458.
- Fig. 42 Detection of extracellular regions of claudin-18A2
- a marker sequence myc or HA tag
- claudin-18A2 may exist in conformation 2, with the inner two hydrophobic domains not integrally passing through the cell membrane.
- glycosylation domains which according to our data are glycosylated in gastric normal tissue, but not in tumors. This results in pure tumor tissue specific epitopes.
- Fig. 44 FACS analysis to determine the extracellular localization of claudin
- the figure shows flow cytometric analysis on non-permeabilized cells transfected with full-length claudin-18 AI, claudin-18A2, and mock, as well as sections from claudin-18A2.
- the antibody mAB1 in contrast to mAB2, also specifically binds the extracellular domain 1 (Ex., 4th column).
- GenBank Keyword Search was constructed using NCBI's ENTREZ Search and Retrieval System . (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Entrez) conducted a search for candidate genes in the GenBank that are annotated as being specifically expressed in certain tissues (Wheeler et al, Nucleic Acids Research 28: 10-14 , 2000).
- Search queries with keywords such as "colon-specific genes”, “stomach-specific genes” or “kidney-specific genes” were used to extract candidate genes (GOI, genes of interest) from the databases.
- the search was restricted to a part of the total information of these databases by using “homo sapiens” as limit for the organism and "mRNA” for the molecular species.
- the list of found GOIs was curated by identifying different names for the same sequence and correcting such redundancies.
- eNorthern is based on matching the sequence of a GOI against an EST (expressed sequence tag) database (Adams et al., Science 252: 1651, 1991) (http://www.ncbi.nim.nih.gov/ BLAST). For each EST that is homologous to the inputted GOI, the origin of the tissue can be determined and the sum of all ESTs can be used to obtain a preliminary assessment of the tissue distribution of the GOI. Only those GOIs were submitted to further studies that had no homologies to EST from non-organ-specific normal tissues.
- pool A We have defined a pool A to which, for example, all expression libraries made from colon have been assigned, excluding mixed libraries.
- Pool B was assigned all cDNA libraries made from normal tissues except colon. In general, all cDNA libraries were used regardless of the underlying manufacturing process, but only those with a thickness> 1000 admitted. Pool B was digitally subtracted from Pool A using the BUT NOT operator. Also, the set of GOI found in this way was subjected to eNorthern studies and verified by a literature search.
- This combined data mining involves all of the approximately 13,000 full-length genes in the public domain and predicts from these genes with potential organ-specific expression.
- RNA from native tissue material was extracted using guanidium isothiocyanate as a chaotrophic agent (Chomczynski & Sacchi, Anal. Biochem., 162: 156-9, 1987). After extraction with acidic phenol and precipitation with isopropanol, the RNA was dissolved in DEPC-treated water.
- RNA From 2-4 ⁇ g of total RNA, a first-strand cDNA synthesis was carried out in a 20 ⁇ l reaction mixture using Superscript II (Invitrogen) according to the manufacturer's instructions.
- the primer used was a dT (18) oligonucleotide. Integrity and quality of the cDNA were checked by amplification of p53 in a 30-cycle PCR (sense CGTGAGCGCTTCGAGATGTTCCG, antisense CCTAACCAGCTGCCCAACTGTAG, hybridization temperature 67 ° C).
- the primers were chosen to be in 2 different exons, and elimination of interference from contaminating genomic DNA as the cause of false positives was confirmed by testing non-reverse transcribed DNA as a template. After 15 minutes at 95 ° C to activate the HotStarTaq DNA polymerase 35 cycles of PCR were performed (1 min 94 ° C, 1 min each hybridization temperature, 2 min 72 ° C and final elongation at 72 ° C for 6 min). 20 ⁇ l of this reaction was separated on an ethidium bromide stained agarose gel and analyzed.
- the following primers were used for the expression analysis of the corresponding antigens at the indicated hybridization temperature.
- Antisense 1 5 '-CGGCTTTGTAGTTGGTTTCTTCTGGTG-3'
- Antisense2 5'-TGTTGGCTTTGGCAGAGTCC-3 'Claudinl ⁇ Al (64 ° C)
- Antisense 5'-CAATGAGAACACATGGACATG-3 '
- Antisense 5'-AGAGATGGCACATATTCTGTC Ebner (70 ° C)
- the expression of several genes was quantified by means of real-time PCR.
- the PCR products were detected with SYBR-Green as intercalating reporter dye.
- the reporter fluorescence of SYBR-Green is suppressed in solution and only after binding to double-stranded DNA fragments is the dye active.
- the increase in SYBR Green fluorescence as a result of specific amplification by GOI specific primers after each PCR cycle is used for quantification.
- the expression quantification of the target gene is absolute or relative to the expression of a control gene with constant expression in the tissues to be examined.
- the expression was determined after normalization of the samples against 18s RNA as a so-called housekeeping gene by means of the ⁇ method (PE Biosystems, USA). The reactions were performed in duplex approaches and determined in triplicates.
- the QuantiTect SYBR-Green PCR Kit (Qiagen, Hilden) was used according to the manufacturer's instructions.
- the synthesis of the cDNA was carried out using the High Capacity cDNA Archive Kit (PE Biosystems, USA) using hexamer primers according to the manufacturer.
- 5 ⁇ l of the diluted cDNA were used in 25 ⁇ l total volume for the PCR: sense primer 300 nM, antisense primer 300 nM; initial denaturation 95 ° C 15 min; 95 ° C for 30 sec; Annealing 30 sec; 72 ° C for 30 sec; 40 cycles.
- the sequences of the primers used are listed in the respective examples.
- Cloning of full-length or gene fragments was carried out according to common methods. To determine the sequence, corresponding antigens were amplified by means of the proofreading polymerase pfu (Stratagene). After completion of the PCR adenosine was analyzed using HotStarTaq DNA polymerase ligated to the ends of the amplicon to clone the fragments according to the manufacturer's instructions in the TOPO TA vector. The sequencing was performed by a commercial service. The sequences were analyzed using common prediction programs and algorithms.
- Cells from cell culture (endogenous expression of the target gene or synthesis of the target protein after transfection of an expression vector encoding the target protein) or tissue samples that might contain the target protein are lysed in a 1% SDS solution.
- the SDS denatures the proteins contained in the lysate.
- the lysates of an experimental approach are size fractionated by electrophoresis (SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, SDS-PAGE) on 8-15% denaturing polyacrylamide gels (containing 1% SDS) depending on the expected protein size. Subsequently, the proteins are transferred by the semi-dry electroblotting method (Biorad) to nitrocellulose membrane (Schleicher & Schull), on which the desired protein can be detected.
- the membrane is first blocked (for example with milk powder) and then incubated with the specific antibody in a dilution of 1: 20-1: 200 (depending on the specificity of the antibody) for 60 minutes.
- the membrane is incubated with a second antibody coupled to a label (e.g., enzymes such as peroxidase or alkaline phosphatase) that recognizes the first antibody.
- a label e.g., enzymes such as peroxidase or alkaline phosphatase
- the target protein is then visualized in a staining or chemiluminescent reaction on the membrane by means of an enzyme reaction (e.g., ECL, Amersham Bioscience). The result is documented by recording with a suitable camera.
- Immunofluorescence Cells of established cell lines are used which either endogenously synthesize the target protein (detection of the RNA in the RT-PCR or of the protein in the Westem blot) or else have been transfected with plasmid DNA before the IF.
- a variety of methods e.g., electroporation, liposome-based transfection, calcium phosphate precipitation
- the transfected plasmid can encode the unmodified protein in immunofluorescence or else couple different amino acid markers to the target protein. The most important markers are e.g.
- the fluorescent green fluorescent protein in its various differentially fluorescent forms and short peptide sequences of 6-12 amino acids, for which high affinity and specific antibodies are available, and cells that synthesize the target protein are treated with paraformaldehyde, saponin or methanol
- the cells may then be permeabilized as needed by incubation with detergents (eg, 0.2% Triton X-100) After fixation / permeabilization, the cells are incubated with a primary antibody directed against the target protein or against one of the coupled markers After a washing step, the mixture is incubated with a second antibody coupled with a fluorescent marker (eg, fluorescein, Texas Red, Dako) that binds to the first antibody, then the glycoproteins are overlaid with glycerol and spiked with a Fluorescence microscope according to the manufacturer Depending on the substances used, specific fluorescence emissions can be achieved by specific excitation
- a fluorescent marker eg, fluorescein, Texas Red, Dako
- Target protein wherein the coupled amino acid markers or other marker proteins are stained in addition to the target protein to confirm the antibody quality and the target protein in double colors; their localization is already described in the literature.
- a special case is the GFP and its derivatives, which can be excited directly and fluoresce itself, so that no antibodies are needed for detection.
- the IHC serves to (1) estimate the amount of target protein in tumor and normal tissues, (2) analyze how many cells in tumor and normal tissues healthy tissue to synthesize the target gene, and / or (3) to define the cell type in a tissue (tumor, healthy cells) in which the target protein is detectable.
- Different protocols must be used depending on the individual antibody (eg "Diagnostic Immunohistochemistry by David J., MD Dabbs ISBN: 0443065667” or "Microscopy, Immunohistochemistry, and Antigen Retrieval Methods: For Light and Electron Microscopy ISBN: 0306467704").
- Immunohistochemistry (IHC) on specific tissue samples serves to detect proteins in the corresponding tissue.
- the aim of this method is to identify the localization of a protein in a functionally intact tissue association.
- the IHC serves to (1) estimate the amount of target protein in tumor and normal tissues, (2) to analyze how many cells in tumor and healthy tissue synthesize the target gene, and (3) the cell type in to define a tissue (tumor, healthy cells) in which the target protein is detectable.
- protein levels of a target gene can be quantified by tissue immunofluorescence using a digital camera and appropriate software (e.g., Tillvision, Till-photonics, Germany). The technology has been widely published, details for staining and microscopy are therefore e.g.
- histologically defined tumor tissue and healthy tissue comparable to reference are used in the MC.
- positive and negative controls can also serve cell lines in which the presence of the target gene by RT-PCR analysis is known. A background check is always to be carried.
- an incubation is carried out for about 30-60 minutes with a second antibody coupled with an alkaline phosphatase (alternatively: eg peroxidase) and directed against the first antibody.
- a color reaction is carried out using color substrates reacted by the bound enzyme (see, for example, Shi et al., J. Histochem Cytochem., 39: 741-748, 1991; Shin et al., Lab. Invest : 693-702, 1991).
- the reaction can be competed by the prior addition of the immunogen.
- Immunization of the animals is usually via one of four well-established methods, although other methods are available. It can be immunized with peptides that are specific for the target protein, the entire protein or extracellular partial sequences of a protein that can be identified experimentally or via prediction programs.
- KLH keyhole limpet hemocyanin conjugated peptides (8-12 amino acids in length) are synthesized by a standard in vitro method and these peptides are used for immunization.
- 3 immunizations are carried out at a concentration of 5-1000 ⁇ g / immunization.
- the implementation of the immunization can also be done as a service by service providers.
- immunization may be by recombinant proteins.
- the cloned DNA of the target gene is cloned into an expression vector and the target protein analogously to the conditions of the respective manufacturer (eg Roche Diagnostics, Invitrogen, Clontech, Qiagen) eg cell-free in vitro, in bacteria (eg E. coli), in yeast (eg S. pombe), in insect cells or in mammalian cells.
- the target protein is purified, the purification usually being carried out by means of standardized chromatographic methods.
- proteins for immunization which have a molecular anchor as a cleaning aid
- a molecular anchor eg His-Tag, Qiagen, FLAG-Tag, Roche Diagnostics, Gst-fusion proteins.
- a variety of protocols are found, for example, in the "Cunent Protocols in Molecular Biology", John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Wiley InterScience.
- a cell line is available that endogenously synthesizes the desired protein, then this cell line can also be used
- the immunization is carried out in 1-3 injections with approximately 1-5 x 10 7 cells each.
- the immunization can also be carried out by injection of DNA (DNA immunization) an expression vector is cloned so that the target sequence is under the control of a strong eukaryotic promoter (eg CMV promoter) . Then 5-100 ⁇ g of DNA are transferred as a gene gene immunogen into strongly perfused, capillary regions of an organism (eg mouse , Rabbit). The transferred DNA is taken up by cells of the animal, the target gene is expressed and the animal finally develops an immune response against the target gene (Jung et al., Mol Cells 12: 41-49, 2001; Kasinrerk et al., Hybrid Hybridomics 21: 287 -293, 2002).
- a strong eukaryotic promoter eg CMV promoter
- the membrane is first incubated with the antibody which recognizes the target protein (dilution about 1: 20-1: 200, depending on the specificity of the antibody) for 60 minutes.
- the membrane is incubated with a second antibody coupled with a marker (eg enzymes such as peroxidase or alkaline phosphatase) which recognizes the first antibody.
- a marker eg enzymes such as peroxidase or alkaline phosphatase
- the target protein can subsequently be visualized on the membrane (eg ECL, Amersham Bioscience).
- An antibody with a high specificity for the target protein should ideally recognize only the desired protein itself.
- Various methods are used to confirm the membrane localization of the target protein identified in the in silico approach.
- IF immunofluorescence
- cells of established cell lines which either synthesize the target protein (detection of the RNA in the RT-PCR or the protein in the Western Blot) or have been transfected with - plasmid DNA.
- the most diverse processes eg electroporation, liposome-based transfection, calcium phosphate precipitation
- the transfected into the cells plasmid can encode the unmodified protein in immunofluorescence or even couple different amino acid marker to the target protein.
- the most important markers are, for example, the fluorescent green fluorescent protein (GFP) in its various differentially fluorescent forms, short peptide sequences of 6-12 amino acids for which high affinity and specific antibodies are available, or the short amino acid sequence Cys-Cys-XX -Cys-Cys, which can bind specific fluorescent substances via its cysteines (Invitrogen) Synthesize target protein, for example, be fixed with paraformaldehyde or methanol. Subsequently, if required, the cells can be permeabilized by incubation with detergents (eg 0.2% Triton X-100). Subsequently, the cells are incubated with a primary antibody directed against the target protein or against one of the coupled markers.
- GFP fluorescent green fluorescent protein
- a primary antibody directed against the target protein or against one of the coupled markers.
- the batch is incubated with a second antibody coupled with a fluorescent marker (eg, fluorescein, Texas Red, Dako) which binds to the first antibody.
- a fluorescent marker eg, fluorescein, Texas Red, Dako
- the cells marked in this way are covered with glycerol and analyzed with the aid of a fluorescence microscope according to the manufacturer's instructions. Specific fluorescence emissions are achieved by specific excitation, depending on the substances used.
- the analysis usually allows the safe localization of the target protein, which is stained in addition to the target protein and the coupled amino acid marker or other marker proteins for confirmation of antibody quality and the target protein in double staining, the localization is already described in the literature.
- a special case is the GFP and its derivatives, which can be excited directly and fluoresce themselves.
- Membrane permeability which can be controlled by the use of detergents, allows detection in immunofluorescence of whether an immunogenic epitope is located inside or outside the cell. The prediction of the selected proteins can thus be confirmed experimentally.
- the detection of extracellular domains can be done by flow cytometry. For this purpose, cells are fixed under non-permeabilizing conditions (eg with PBS / Na-azide / 2% FCS / 5 mM EDTA) and analyzed in the flow cytometer according to the manufacturer's instructions. Only extracellular epitopes can be recognized in this method by the antibody to be analyzed. In contrast to immunofluorescence, it is possible to distinguish between dead and living cells by using, for example, propidium iodide or trypan blue, thus avoiding false-positive results.
- the purification of the polyclonal sera was carried out in the case of peptide antibodies wholly or in the case of antibodies against recombinant proteins partly as a service by the contracted companies.
- the corresponding peptide or recombinant protein was covalently bound to a matrix in both cases, this equilibrated after coupling with a native buffer (PBS: phosphate buffered saline) and subsequently incubated with the crude serum.
- PBS phosphate buffered saline
- the antibody was eluted with 100 mM glycine, pH 2.7, and the eluate was immediately neutralized in 2 M TRIS, pH 8.
- the thus purified antibodies could then be used for specific detection of the target proteins by both Western blotting and immunofluorescence.
- GFP transfectants For immunofluorescence microscopy of heterologously expressed tumor-associated antigens, the complete ORF of the antigens was cloned into pGFP-Cl and pGFP-N3 vectors (Clontech). CHO and NIH3T3 cells cultured on object frames were transfected with the appropriate plasmid constructs using Fugene transfection reagent (Roche) according to the manufacturer's instructions and analyzed after 12-24 h by means of immunofluorescence microscopy.
- Fugene transfection reagent Fugene transfection reagent
- Flow cytometric measurements were performed according to known methods (e.g., Robinson (Editor) Handbook of flow cytometry methods, Wiley-Liss, New York, 1993).
- GPR35 (SEQ ID NO: 1) and its translation product (SEQ ID NO: 9) have been described as putative G protein-coupled receptor.
- the sequence is in the Genbank under the accession no. AF089087 published. This transcript codes for a protein of 309 amino acids with a molecular weight of 34 kDa. It has been predicted that GPR35 belongs to the superfamily of 7-transmembrane domain G protein-coupled receptors (O'Dowd et al., Genomics 47: 310-13, 1998). To confirm the predicted localization of GPR35 in the cell, the protein was fused to GFP as a reporter molecule and heterologously expressed in 293 cells after transfection of the corresponding plasmid.
- GPR35 is an integral transmembrane molecule (FIG. 17).
- Previous research on human GPR35 see Horikawa Y, Oda N, Cox NJ, Li X, Orho-Melander M, Hara M, Hinokio Y, Lindner TH, Mashima H, Black PE, Bosque-Plata L, Horikawa Y, Oda Y) , Yoshiuchi I, Colilla S, Polonsky KS, Wei S, Concannon P, Iwasaki N, Schulze J, Baier LJ, Bogardus C, Groop L, Boerwinkle E, Hanis CL, Bell GI Nat Genet 2000 Oct; 26 (2): 163-75) suggested that GPR35 is activated in many healthy tissues.
- the reading frame of the gene contains a single exon.
- cDNA was amplified in normal colon tissue and in colon tumors (13/26) using a gene-specific primer pair (SEQ ID NO: 20, 21) for GPR35 in RT-PCR analyzes.
- significant expression in other normal tissues is not detectable.
- genomic DNA contaminants can not be detected with intron-spanning primers. Therefore, to exclude genomic contamination of the RNA samples, all RNAs were treated with DNAse.
- GPR35 transcripts were detected with DNA-free RNA only in the colon, in the rectum, in testis and in colon tumors. Tab. 1.
- GPR35 transcripts in the normal colon tissue, as well as in colon tumor biopsies was hitherto unknown and can according to the invention for molecular diagnostic procedures such as RT-PCR for the detection of disseminating tumor cells in serum and bone marrow and for the detection of metastases in others. Tissues are used.
- Quantitative RT-PCR with specific primers SEQ ID NOS: 88 and 89
- GPR35 is a highly selective colon-specific differentiation antigen also present in colon tumors and in colon tumor metastases. In some colon tumors, it is overexpressed by about a factor of 10 compared to the normal colon ( Figure 18).
- Antibodies were prepared by immunizing rabbits to detect GPR35 protein. The following peptides were used to propagate these antibodies: SEQ ID NO: 90: GSSDLTWPPAIKLGC (AS 9-23)
- SEQ ID NO: 92 VAPRAKAHKSQDSLC (C-terminus)
- sequences coding for proteins can be used as vaccines (RNA, DNA, peptide, protein) for the induction of tumor-specific immune responses (T-cell and B-cell-mediated immune reactions).
- RNA, DNA, peptide, protein for the induction of tumor-specific immune responses (T-cell and B-cell-mediated immune reactions).
- T-cell and B-cell-mediated immune reactions tumor-specific immune responses
- GPR35 a protein previously described as ubiquitously expressed, GPR35, is selectively overexpressed tumor-associated in gastrointestinal tumors, especially in tumors of the colon. GPR35 is therefore particularly suitable as a molecular target for the diagnosis and treatment of these tumors.
- GPR35 is not significantly detectable in most normal tissues, and in contrast is strongly activated in primary and metastatic colon tumors. Furthermore, according to the invention, in addition to the described GPR35 sequence, a new translation variant has been found which makes use of an alternative start codon (SEQ ID NO: 10).
- GPR35 is a member of the group of G-coupled receptors (GPCR), a very large family of proteins that has been very well studied structurally and functionally. GPCR are outstandingly suitable as target structures for the development of pharmaceutically active substances, since the necessary procedures (eg receptor expression, purification, ligand screening, mutagenization, functional inhibition, selection of agonistic and antagonistic ligands, radioactive labeling of ligands) are very well developed and extensively described, see. e.g. "G Protein-Coupled Receptors" by Tatsuya Haga, Gabriel Berstein and Gabriel Bernstein ISBN: 0849333849 or in "Identification and Expression of G-Protein Coupled Receptors Receptor Biochemistry and Methodology" by Kevin R.
- GPCR G-coupled receptors
- GPR35 is undetectable in most healthy tissues, but is expressed tumor-associated on the cell surface, allows its use as a tumor-associated target, eg for pharmaceutically active ligands, in particular in conjugation z, B. with radioactive molecules as pharmaceutical substances.
- radiolabeled ligands that bind to GPR35 can be used to detect tumor cells or to treat colon tumors in vivo.
- Example 2 Identification of GUCY2C in liver and ovarian tumors and novel GUCY2C splice variants as diagnostic and therapeutic cancer targets
- Guanylate cyclase 2C (GUCY2C, SEQ ID NO: 2, translation product: SEQ ID NO: 11) - a type I transmembrane protein - belongs to the family of natriuretic peptide receptors. The sequence is published in Genbank under accession number NM_004963.
- STa heat-stable enterotoxins
- GUCY2C also extends to extraintestinal areas, such as gastric and esophageal primary and metastatic adenotumors (Park et al, Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 11: 739-44, 2002).
- a splice variant of GUCY2C found in both normal and transformed tissue of the intestine contains a 142 bp deletion in exon 1, thereby preventing translation of a GUCY2C-like product (Pearlman et al., Dig. Dis : 298-05, 2000). The only splice variant described so far does not lead to any translation product.
- An object of the present invention was to identify tumor-associated splice variants for GUCY2C that are useful both diagnostically and therapeutically.
- RT-PCR studies with a GUCY2C-specific primer pair show a pronounced expression of GUCY2C transcripts in the normal colon and stomach, as well as a weak expression in liver, testis, ovary, thymus , Spleen, brain and lungs (Table 2, Fig. 19). Expression in the colon and stomach was at least 50-fold higher than in all other normal tissues. Pronounced GUCY2C transcript levels were detected in colon and gastric tumors (Table 2).
- GUCY2C-118s / GUCY2C-498as SEQ ID NO: 24, 29
- GUCY2C-621s / GUCY2C-1140as SEQ ID NO: 25, 30
- GUCY2C-1450s / GUCY2C-1790as SEQ ID NO: 26, 31
- GUCY2C-1993s / GUCY2C-2366as SEQ ID NO: 27, 32
- GUCY2C-2717s / GUCY2C-3200as SEQ ID NOs: 28, 33
- GUCY2C-118s / GUCY2C-1140as SEQ ID NO: 24, 30
- GUCY2C-621s / GUCY2C-1790as SEQ ID NO: 25, 31
- GUCY2C-1450s / GUCY2C-2366as SEQ ID NO: 26, 32
- GUCY2C-621s / GUCY2C-1790as SEQ ID NO: 25, 31
- the splicing variants according to the invention with deletions in exon 3 or exon 6 are distinguished, above all, by the fact that the translation products (SEQ ID NO: 12, 13) have no transmembrane domain.
- a neoepitope of C-terminal 13 amino acids which has no homology to previously known proteins.
- the splice variant according to the invention with base deletions at positions 1606-1614 (SEQ ID NO: 5) and its translation product (SEQ ID NO: 14) also contains a neopitope.
- antibodies were made by immunizing rabbits. The following peptides were used to propagate these antibodies:
- SEQ ID NO: 100 HNGSYEISVLMMGNS (AS 31-45)
- SEQ ID NO: 101 NLPTPPTVENQQRLA (AS 1009-1023)
- Such antibodies can be used in principle for diagnostic as well as therapeutic purposes.
- the extracellular domain of GUCY2C (position of the predicted extracellular domain from the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 11: AS 454-1073 (SEQ ID NO: 102) can be used according to the invention as the target structure of monoclonal antibodies, but the structural prediction is not entirely unambiguous In this case, amino acids 1-431 would be extracellular and suitable as starting points for monoclonal antibodies . These antibodies bind specifically to the cell surface of tumor cells and can be used for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes also be used for therapeutic procedures, overexpression of GUCY2C, especially in colon tumors, supports such use even more. Furthermore, according to the invention, the sequences coding for proteins can be used as vaccines (RNA, DNA, peptides, protein) for the induction of tumor-specific immune responses (T-cell and B-cell-mediated immune reactions).
- vaccines RNA, DNA, peptides, protein
- cGMP is a known cellular signaling molecule with a wide variety of functions (Tremblay et al., Mol Cell Biochem 230, 31, 2002).
- SCGB3A2 (SEQ ID NO: 6) (translation product: SEQ ID NO: 15) belongs to the gene family of secretoglobins. The sequence is published in GenBank under accession number NM_054023. SCGB3A2 (UGRP1) is a 17 kDa homodimeric secretory protein expressed exclusively in the lung and in the tracheae (Kiimi et al, Am J Hum Genet 70: 718-25, 2002). RT-PCR studies with a primer pair (SEQ ID NOs: 37, 38) confirmed selective expression in normal lung tissue. Lung and airway specific genes, e.g. for surfactant proteins, are strongly down-regulated in malignant tumors in the context of dedifferentiation and can not usually be detected in lung tumors.
- SCGB3A2 is active in primary and metastatic lung tumors.
- the investigations according to the invention showed that SCGB3A2 is strongly and frequently expressed in lung tumors (FIG. 4). All other 23 normal tissues tested have no expression except for the lungs and trachea (see Fig. 20).
- FIG. 20 This was additionally confirmed with a specific quantitative RT-PCR (SEQ ID NO: 103, 104) (FIG. 20), which additionally has an over-expression of at least a factor of 10 in more than 50% of the lung tumors.
- the selective and high expression of SCGB3A2 in normal lung tissue as well as in lung tumor biopsies can according to the invention for molecular diagnostic methods such as RT-PCR to detect disseminating tumor cells in the blood and bone marrow, sputum, bronchial aspirate or lavage and for the detection of metastases in others Tissues, eg used in local lymph nodes.
- SCGB3A2 is secreted by specialized cells exclusively into the bronchi. Accordingly, SCGB3A2 protein can not be detected in body fluids outside the respiratory tract in healthy individuals. In contrast, especially metastatic tumor cells secrete their protein products directly into the bloodstream.
- One aspect of the invention therefore relates to the detection of SCGB3A2 products in the serum or plasma of patients via a specific antibody test as a diagnostic finding for lung tumors.
- Antibodies were produced by immunizing rabbits to detect SCGB3A2 protein. The following peptides were used to propagate these antibodies: SEQ ID NO: 105: LLNKVPLPVDKLAPL SEQ ID NO: 106: SEAVKKLLEALSHLV
- Such antibodies may be used according to the invention e.g. in the form of immunoassays for diagnostic as well as therapeutic purposes.
- Example 4 Identification of claudin-18A1 and claudin-18A2 splice variants as diagnostic and therapeutic cancer targets
- the "claudin-18 gene codes for a surface membrane molecule with four hydrophobic regions. According to the prediction programs (TMHMM, TMpred) and described for many other members of this family, according topology claudin-18 has four transmembrane domains and thus two exträzelluläre EX1 and EX2 whose extracellular localization (conformation 1) is shown in Fig. 22. Domain D3, which is located between the two extracellular epitopes, is reported in the literature for claudin-18 and others Members of this family are described as intracellular and thus predicted with conventional prediction programs. The N- as well as C-terminus are intracellular. Niimi and colleagues (Mol. Cell. Biol.
- splice variants Claudin-18A2 (SEQ ID NO: 7) and Claudin-18A1 (SEQ ID NO: 117) and their respective translation products (SEQ ID NO: 16 and 118) serve as markers or therapeutic target structures for tumors can be used.
- a quantitative PCR was established which can distinguish between the two variants by selecting AI-specific (SEQ ID NO: 109, 110) or A2-specific (SEQ ID NO: 107, 108) primer pairs.
- the splice variant A2 was additionally tested with a second primer pair in a conventional PCR (SEQ ID NO: 39, 40). For the variant AI is described that it is active only in healthy lung tissue.
- the variant AI is also active in the gastric mucosa (FIG. 23).
- the stomach and lungs are the only normal tissues that show significant activation. All other normal tissues are negative for Claudin-Al.
- claudin-Al is strongly activated in a large number of tumor tissues. Particularly strong expression is found in gastric tumors, lung tumors, pancreatic tumors,
- Esophageal tumors (Fig. 23), ENT tumors and prostate tumors.
- the expression levels of claudin-Al in ENT, prostate, pancreatic and esophageal tumors are 100-10000 higher than the levels in the normal tissues.
- oligonucleotides were used which specifically allow the amplification of this transcript (SEQ ID NO: 39, 40 or 107, 108).
- the study revealed that the splice variant A2 is not expressed in any of the more than 20 normal tissues except gastric mucosa and, to a lesser extent, testis tissue (Figure 24).
- variant A2 is also activated in many tumors ( Figure 24). These include gastric tumors, pancreatic tumors, esophageal tumors and liver tumors.
- Claudin 18 A2 can be detected, it was surprisingly found that a part of the lung tumors express the splice variant A2.
- Table 3A Expression of claudin-18A2 in normal and tumor tissues
- the splice variants according to the invention represent highly specific molecular markers for tumors of the upper gastrointestinal tract as well as lung tumors, ENT tumors, prostate tumors and their metastases. According to the invention, these molecular markers can be used to detect tumor cells.
- the detection of the tumors can be carried out according to the invention with the stated oligonucleotides (SEQ ID NO: 39, 40, 107-110).
- Particularly suitable oligonucleotides are primer pairs, of which at least one binds under stringent conditions to a 180 base pair section of the transcript which is specific for one (SEQ ID NO: 8) or another splice variant (SEQ ID NO: 119).
- the N-terminal extracellular domain EX1 differs in sequence in the two splice variants AI and A2 (SEQ ID NO: 111 for AI and SEQ ID NO: 112 for A2).
- the C-terminal extracellular domain EX2 is identical for both variants (SEQ ID NO: 137). So far, no antibodies have been described which bind to the extracellular domains of claudin-18. Also, no antibodies have been described that can specifically distinguish between AI and A2 variants.
- extracellularly located peptide epitopes and protein fragments were selected for the immunization for the generation of antibodies which are specific for the variant AI or A2 or occur in both variants. Among others, the following peptides were selected for the production of antibodies for immunization:
- SEQ ID NO: 17 DQWSTQDLYN (N-terminal extracellular domain, A2-specific, binding independent of glycosylation)
- SEQ ID NO: 18 NNPVTAVFNYQ (N-terminal extracellular domain, A2-specific, binding mainly to unglycosylated form, N37)
- SEQ ID NO: 113 STQDLYNNPVTAVF (N-terminal extracellular domain, A2-specific,
- SEQ ID NO: 114 DMWSTQDLYDNP (N-terminal extracellular domain, AI-specific)
- SEQ ID NO: 115 CRP.YFTILGLPA (N-terminal extracellular domain, mainly specific for AI)
- SEQ ID NO: 116 TKFWMSTANMYTG (C-terminal extracellular domain, recognizes both AI and A2).
- the data for an A2-specific antibody produced by immunization with SEQ ID NO: 17 are shown.
- the specific antibody can be used under different fixation conditions for immunofluorescence studies.
- the corresponding protein is specifically detectable in a quantity, i.a. detectable in the positively typed gastric tumor, esophageal tumor and pancreatic cancer cell lines ( Figure 25).
- the endogenous protein is membrane-localized and forms larger focal aggregates on the membrane ( Figure 25). Immunohistochemical staining was performed on human tissues with this antibody. We confirmed the selective tissue distribution of this protein.
- Variant of claudin-18 is indeed detectable in the differentiated cells of the gastric mucosa, but not in the stem cells.
- Differentiated gastric mucosal cells are subject to constant renewal.
- the entire gastric epithelium is continuously replaced from the stem cells of the stomach.
- stem cells of the stomach as the indispensible cell population of the gastric mucosa as well as all other healthy organs do not carry the A2 variant and thus of a specifically directed against the A2 variant Substance can not be attacked.
- stem cells of the stomach as the indispensible cell population of the gastric mucosa as well as all other healthy organs do not carry the A2 variant and thus of a specifically directed against the A2 variant Substance can not be attacked.
- Fig. 33 In a series of human tumors we detected the A2 variant of claudin-18 by means of this antibody (Fig. 33), especially in tumors of
- Claudin-18 itself is a highly selective differentiation antigen of the stomach (variant A2) or of the lung and stomach (variant AI).
- variant A2 the glycosylation machinery
- variant AI the lung and stomach
- the results of PNGaseF treatment show that claudin-18A2 differs in tumor and normal tissues in terms of its N-glycosylation.
- the glycosylation of an epitope may be the binding of one specific for this epitope
- Antibodies prevent and contribute in the present case that such an antibody can not bind to Claudin-18 A2 in normal tissues, but exclusively to the non-glycosylated form in cancer cells. 'To produce the invention antibodies that exclusively bind to non-glycosylated epitopes, this was considered in the selection of the immunogens.
- glycosylation-specific antibodies we have considered these different conformational options in addition to the glycosylation domains.
- protein fragments from the D3 region of claudin-18A2 are suitable for the immunization of animals. This is exemplified by two antibodies mAB1 and mAB2 ( Figure 44).
- mAB1 and mAB2 Figure 44.
- mAB1 shows that the binding properties of the antibody are not affected thereby and the actual epitope is located in the D3 domain.
- the generated antibodies can be used diagnostically as well as therapeutically. Immune sera such as the one described here (against peptide SEQ ID NO: 17) can be used diagnostically, for example, in Westem blot. According to the invention, by immunization with peptides containing at least one of these regions (eg, peptide SEQ ID NO: 113 ( Figure 26), peptides SEQ ID NO: 142-145), antibodies can be made that can not bind to the glycosylated epitope at all.
- peptides containing at least one of these regions eg, peptide SEQ ID NO: 113 ( Figure 26), peptides SEQ ID NO: 142-145
- such antibodies bind specifically to the deglycosylated epitopes on tumor cells.
- the lack of glycosylation at one of these positions compared to normal tissues could also be due to secondary endogenous deglycosylation in tumor cells.
- Such deglycosylation is associated with an Asn (N) ⁇ Asp (D) transformation of the amino acid in question.
- Claudin-18 A2-derived peptides can be used in which the amino acid Asn (N) at least one of the positions 37, 38, 45, 116, 141, 146, 205 of Claudin-18 A2 peptide is replaced by an Asp (D) (eg, SEQ ID NO: 146-150).
- D Asp
- Such antibodies can be used therapeutically since they are highly selective for tumor cells.
- the antibodies produced can also be used directly for the production of chimeric or humanized recombinant antibodies. This can also be done directly with antibodies derived from rabbits (see J Biol Chem.
- lymphocytes were also conserved for immunotherapeutic procedures such as vaccines or For the adoptive transfer of antigen-specific T lymphocytes, amino acids 1-47 (SEQ ID NOS: 19 and 120) are particularly good epitopes.
- SLC 13 AI belongs to the family of sodium sulfate cotransporters.
- the human gene unlike the mouse homolog of this gene, is selectively expressed in the kidney (Lee et al., Genomics 70: 354-63, 2000).
- SLC13A1 encodes a protein of 595 amino acids and contains 13 putative transmembrane domains. Alternative splicing results in 4 various transcripts (SEQ ID NO: 41-44) and its corresponding translation products (SEQ ID NO: 45-48). It was investigated whether SLC13A1 can be used as a marker for kidney tumors. For this purpose, oligonucleotides (SEQ ID NO: 49, 50) were used, which allow a specific amplification of SLC 13 AI.
- RT-PCR studies with an SLC13 AI-specific primer pair confirmed a nearly selective expression in the kidney, and according to the invention showed a high expression in almost all (7/8) investigated kidney tumor biopsies (Table 4, Fig. 6).
- Quantitative RT-PCR studies with specific primers also confirm this data (FIG. 34). Weak signals were detectable in the following normal tissues: colon, stomach, testis, breast, liver and brain. The expression in kidney tumors was at least 100 times higher than in all other normal tissues,
- Antibodies were prepared by immunizing rabbits to detect the SLC 13 Al protein. To propagate these antibodies, the peptides of SEQ ID NO: 123 and 124 were used. Such antibodies can be used in principle for diagnostic as well as therapeutic purposes.
- the SLC 13 AI protein has 13 transmembrane domains and 7 extracellular regions. In particular, these extracellular domains of SLC 13 Al can be used according to the invention as target structures of monoclonal antibodies.
- SLC 13 AI is involved as a channel protein in the transport of ions.
- the extracellular domains of SLC 13 AI in the healthy kidney are polar in the direction of the hamstrings (luminal).
- Therapeutically used high molecular weight monoclonal antibodies are not excreted into the hamstrings, so that no binding to SLC 13 AI takes place in the healthy kidney.
- the polarity of SLC 13 AI is abolished in tumor cells and the protein is directly accessible to the antibody via the bloodstream.
- SLC 13 Al The pronounced expression and high incidence of SLC 13 Al in kidney tumors make this protein according to the Invention a highly interesting diagnostic and therapeutic marker. According to the invention, this includes the detection of disseminated tumor cells in serum, bone marrow, urine and the detection of metastases in other organs by means of RT-PCR. Furthermore, the extracellular domains of SLC 13 Al can be used according to the invention as a target structure for immunoassay and therapy by means of monoclonal antibodies. Furthermore, SLC 13 AI according to the invention as a vaccine (RNA, DNA, protein, peptides) for the induction of tumor-specific immune responses (T- and B-cell mediated immune reactions) can be used. This includes according to the invention also the development of so-called "small Compounds ", which modulate the biological activity of SLC 13 AI and can be used for the therapy of renal tumors.
- CLCA1 (SEQ ID NO: 51, translation product: SEQ ID NO: 60) belongs to the family of Ca " ⁇ -activated Cl " channels. The sequence is in the Genbank under the accession no. NM_001285 published. CLCA1 is expressed exclusively in the intestinal crypt epithelium and in the goblet cells (Gruber et al., Genomics 54: 200-14, 1998). It was investigated whether CLCAl can be used as a marker for colon and stomach tumors. For this purpose, oligonucleotides (SEQ ID NO: 67, 68) were used, which allow a specific amplification of CLCAl.
- RT-PCR studies with this primer set confirmed a selective expression in the colon, and according to the invention showed a high expression in 3/7 colon and 1/3 investigated gastric tumor samples (FIG. 7).
- the remaining normal tissues showed no or only a very weak expression. This was additionally confirmed by a specific quantitative RT-PCR (SEQ JO NO: 125, 126), whereby no expression could be detected in the analyzed normal tissues (FIG. 36).
- SEQ JO NO: 125, 126 specific quantitative RT-PCR
- these extracellular domains of CLCAl can 'be used according to the invention as target structures of monoclonal antibodies.
- the pronounced expression and the high incidence of CLCA1 for gastric and colon tumors make this protein according to the invention an interesting diagnostic and therapeutic marker.
- this includes the detection of disseminated tumor cells in serum, bone marrow, urine and the detection of metastases in other organs by means of RT-PCR.
- the extracellular domains of CLCA1 can be used according to the invention as a target structure for immunoassay and therapy by means of monoclonal antibodies.
- CLCA1 can be used as a vaccine (RNA, DNA, protein, peptides) for the induction of tumor-specific immune responses (T and B). Zeil mediated immune reactions) can be used.
- this also includes the development of so-called "small compounds” which modulate the biological activity as a transport protein of CLCA1 and can be used for the therapy of gastrointestinal tumors.
- FLJ21477 (SEQ ID NO: 52) and its predicted translation product (SEQ ID NO: 61) was used as a hypothetical protein in Genbank under accession no. NM_025153 published. It is an integral membrane protein with ATPase activity and 4 transmembrane domains, which is accordingly suitable for therapy with specific antibodies.
- RT-PCR studies with FLJ21477-specific primers (SEQ ID NO: 69, 70) showed a selective expression in the colon, and, in addition, different degrees of expression in 7/12 colon tumor samples examined (FIG. 8). The remaining normal tissues showed no expression. This was additionally confirmed with a specific quantitative RT-PCR (SEQ ID NO: 127, 128).
- these extracellular domains of FLJ21477 can be used according to the invention as target structures of monoclonal antibodies.
- the expression and high incidence of FLJ21477 for gastric and colon tumors make this protein according to the invention a valuable diagnostic and therapeutic marker. In accordance with the invention, this includes the detection of disseminated tumor cells in serum, bone marrow, urine and the detection of metastases in other organs by means of RT-PCR.
- the extracellular domains of FLJ21477 can be used according to the invention as a target structure for immunoassay and therapy by means of monoclonal antibodies become.
- FLJ21477 can be used as a vaccine (RNA, DNA, protein, peptides) for the induction of tumor-specific immune responses (T- and B-cell-mediated immune reactions).
- Example 8 Identification of FLJ20694 as a Diagnostic and Therapeutic Cancer Target
- FLJ20694 (SEQ ID NO: 53) and its translation product (SEQ ID NO: 62) were used as a hypothetical protein in Genbank under accession no. NM_017928 published. This protein is an integral transmembrane molecule (transmembrane domain AS 33-54), most likely with TMoredoxin function.
- RT-PCR studies with FLJ20694-specific primers (SEQ ID NO: 71, 72) showed a selective expression in the colon, and, in addition, different degrees of expression in 5/9 colon tumor samples examined (FIG. 9). The remaining normal tissues showed no expression. This was additionally confirmed with a specific quantitative RT-PCR (SEQ ID NO: 129, 130) (FIG. 38).
- FLJ20694 can be used as a vaccine (RNA, DNA, protein, peptides) for the induction of tumor-specific immune responses (T- and B-cell-mediated immune reactions). According to the invention, this also includes the development of so-called "small compounds" which modulate the biological activity of FLJ20694 and can be used for the therapy of gastrointestinal tumors.
- Example 9 Identification of the Ebner protein (c20orfll4) as a diagnostic and therapeutic cancer target
- Ebner protein-encoding mRNA (SEQ ID NO: 54) and its translation product (SEQ ID NO: 63) were reported as Plunc-related upper respiratory tract and nasal protein proteins. Pharyngeal epithelium in the Genbank under the accession no. AF364078 published. According to the invention, it was investigated whether Ebner protein can be used as a marker of lung tumors. For this purpose, oligonucleotides (SEQ ID NO: 73, 74) were used, which allow a specific amplification of Ebner protein-encoding cDNA. RT-PCR studies with this primer set showed selective expression in the lung and in 5/10 lung tumor samples examined ( Figure 10). Within the group of normal tissues also expressed in the stomach. The remaining normal tissues showed no expression.
- Plunc (SEQ ID NO: 55) and its translation product (SEQ ID NO: 64) were listed in Genbank under accession no. NM_016583 published.
- the human Plunc mRNA encodes a protein of 256 amino acids and has 72% homology with the murine Plunc protein (Bingle and Bingle, Biochim Biophys Acta 1493: 363-7, 2000).
- the expression of Plunc is limited to the trachea, the upper airways, nasopharyngeal epithelium and salivary gland. According to the invention, it was investigated whether Plunc can be used as a marker of lung tumors.
- oligonucleotides SEQ ID NO: 75, 76 were used, which allow a specific amplification of Plunc.
- SLC26A9 (SEQ ID NO: 56) and its translation product (SEQ ID NO: 65) were identified in Genbank under accession no. NM_134325 published.
- SLC26A9 belongs to the family of anion exchangers. The expression of SLC26A9 is limited to the bronchiolar and alveolar epithelium of the lung (Lohi et al., J Biol Chem 277: 14246-54, 2002). It was investigated whether SLC26A9 can be used as a marker of lung tumors. For this purpose, oligonucleotides (SEQ ID NO: 77, 78) were used which allow a specific amplification of SLC26A9.
- RT-PCR studies with SLC26A9-specific primers showed selective expression in the lung and in all (13/13) lung tumor samples examined (FIG. 12). The other normal tissues showed no expression except for the thyroid gland.
- SEQ ID NO: 131 and 132 these results were confirmed and additional findings obtained.
- high expression levels for SLC26A9-specific RNA were detected in lung, colon, pancreatic, and gastric tumors.
- SLC26A9 is a member of a family of transmembrane anion transporters. In the healthy lung, the protein is directed luminally in the direction of the airways and thus not directly accessible to IgG antibodies from the blood.
- SLC26A9 in the defined tumors including lung, gastric and pancreatic tumors, can be addressed as a therapeutic target by monoclonal antibodies.
- the pronounced, high expression and high incidence of SLC26A9 for lung, stomach, pancreatic and esophageal tumors make this protein an excellent diagnostic and therapeutic marker according to the invention.
- this includes the detection of disseminated tumor cells in serum, bone marrow and urine, as well as the detection of metastases in other organs by means of RT-PCR.
- SLC26A9 can be used according to the invention as a target structure for immunoassay and therapy by means of monoclonal antibodies.
- SLC26A9 can be used according to the invention as a vaccine (RNA, DNA, protein, peptides) for the induction of tumor-specific immune responses (T- and B-cell-mediated immune reactions).
- T- and B-cell-mediated immune reactions T- and B-cell-mediated immune reactions.
- this also includes the development of so-called "small compounds” which modulate the biological activity of SLC26A9 and can be used for the therapy of lung tumors and gastrointestinal tumors.
- Example 12 Identification of THC1005163 as a diagnostic and therapeutic cancer target
- THC1005163 (SEQ ID NO: 57) is a gene fragment from the TIGR gene index. The gene is defined only in the 3 'region while an ORF is missing.
- RT-PCR investigations were carried out a THC1005163 specific primer (SEQ ID NO: 79) and an oligo dT 18 primer having a specific tag of 21 specific bases at the 5 'end. This tag was checked for homology with known sequences using database search engines. This particular primer was initially used in cDNA synthesis to exclude genomic DNA contamination. RT-PCR studies with this primer set revealed expression in the stomach, ovary, lung and in 5/9 lung tumor biopsies ( Figure 13). The remaining normal tissues showed no expression.
- LOC134288 (SEQ ID NO: 58) and its predicted translation product (SEQ ID NO: 66) were listed in Genbank under accession no. XM_059703 released. According to the invention, it was investigated whether LOC134288 can be used as a marker of kidney tumors. For this purpose, oligonucleotides (SEQ ID NO: 80, 81) were used, which allow a specific amplification of LOC134288. RT-PCR studies showed selective expression in the kidney and in 5/8 kidney tumor biopsies ( Figure 14).
- THC943866 (SEQ ID NO: 59) is a gene fragment from the TIGR gene index. It was investigated whether THC943866 can be used as a marker of kidney tumors. For this purpose, oligonucleotides (SEQ ID NO: 82, 83) were used, which allow a specific amplification of THC943866. RT-PCR studies with THC943866-specific primers (SEQ ID NO: 82, 83) showed selective expression in the kidney and in 4/8 kidney tumor biopsies examined (FIG. 15).
- Example 15 Identification of FLJ21458 and B7h.4 as Diagnostic and Therapeutic Cancer Targets
- FLJ21458 (SEQ ID NO: 84) and B7h.4 (SEQ ID NO: 138) and their predicted translation products (SEQ ID NOS: 85, 139) represent splice variants of a gene and were identified in Genbank under accession no. NM_034850 or AY358523 published. Sequence analyzes revealed that the proteins are members of the butyrophillin family. Fragmentation analyzes revealed that they are Type 1 transmembrane proteins with an extracellular immunoglobulin domain. For the expression study oligonucleotides (SEQ ID NO: 86, 87 or SEQ ID NO: 140, 141) were used, which allow a specific amplification of FLJ21458 or B7h.4.
- RT-PCR studies with FLJ21458-specific primers showed selective expression in the colon and in 7/10 colon tumor biopsies examined (FIG. 16, Tab. 5).
- Quantitative RT-PCR with specific primers confirmed this selective expression profile (FIG. 39).
- FLJ21458 was detected in the gastrointestinal-specific colon, gastric, endovascular, appendicidal, and testis. Also 7/11 colon metastasis samples were positive in the quantitative PCR. FLJ21458-specific expression was extended to other tumors and protein-specific expression was detected in gastric, pancreatic and hepatic tumors (Table 5).
- SEQ ID NO: 136 AKWKGPQGQDLSTDS
- FLJ21458 The pronounced expression and high incidence of FLJ21458 for gastric and colon tumors make this protein according to the invention a highly interesting diagnostic and therapeutic marker.
- the extracellular domains of FLJ21458 can be used as the target structure for immunodiagnosis and therapy by means of monoclonal antibodies.
- FLJ21458 can be used as a vaccine (RNA, DNA, protein, peptides) for the induction of tumor-specific immune responses (T- and B-cell-mediated immune reactions).
- T- and B-cell-mediated immune reactions T- and B-cell-mediated immune reactions.
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