WO2014024914A1 - ペプチド・ライブラリー及びその利用 - Google Patents
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- the present invention includes a peptide, a derivative of the peptide, a nucleotide corresponding to the peptide or the peptide contained in the peptide, a vector containing the nucleotide, a cell into which the vector and / or nucleotide has been introduced, and a step of culturing the cell.
- a peptide library comprising the peptide and / or its derivative, a method for identifying a peptide that binds to a target molecule and / or its derivative, a peptide that binds to a target molecule, and / Or a method for producing a derivative thereof, a method for determining whether a test peptide and / or a derivative thereof binds to a target molecule, a nucleotide library comprising the nucleotide, the peptide or a derivative thereof, the nucleotide, Including the vector or the cell Composition comprising the peptide or its derivative, the nucleotide relates reagents consisting comprising the vector or the cells.
- SPINK2 Serine Protease Inhibitor Kazal-type 2
- Serine Protease Inhibitor Kazal-type 2 is a 7 kDa protein consisting of a Kazal-type domain with three disbond bonds. It is expressed in the testis and seminal vesicle in the human body, and functions as trypsin / acrosin inhibitor (Non-patent Document 1).
- Non-patent Document 2 In 1991, Winter et al. Reported the screening of antibodies using the phage display, so that the phage display had a great influence on the development of antibody drugs as a method for producing fully human antibodies (Non-patent Document 2).
- Non-patent Document 2 In recent years, due to advances in protein engineering, development of non-antibody scaffolds is being actively performed using display technologies such as phage display and ribosome display.
- Non-antibody scaffold is also called an engineering binding (affinity) protein or the like, and is an artificial protein imparted with a variable region (CDR) -like binding region of an antibody.
- CDR variable region
- Non-patent Document 3 As represented by Kunitz domain library (Dyax) (patent document 1) and anticalin (Pierris), the scientific or industrial emergence is desired, but the types are still few and new to disease-related molecules. The creation of non-antibody scaffold is expected (Non-patent Document 3).
- the inventors have created a library containing peptides that exhibit high binding activity to molecules other than the endogenous target of SPINK2, and from this library, an endogenous target
- the present invention was completed by, for example, isolating a peptide exhibiting high binding activity to a target molecule other than the above.
- the present invention is, for example, (1) A peptide selected from the following (i) or (ii): (I) Coded by a base sequence obtained by replacing the base sequence consisting of the 43rd base thymine to the 93rd thymine with a base sequence encoding the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 in the sequence listing in SEQ ID NO: 14 A peptide comprising the amino acid sequence of (Ii) 1 to 5 amino acids other than amino acid numbers 2 to 8 and 10 to 14 of the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 in the sequence listing are amino acid substitutions, deletions, additions and / or insertions The peptide of (i) having an amino acid sequence, (2) The peptide according to (1), wherein the first to fifth, seventh, ninth and tenth Xaas counted from the amino terminus of SEQ ID NO: 1 in the sequence listing are any amino acids except cysteine and proline, (3) The peptide according to (1) or (2), wherein the 6th and 8th
- the peptide according to (5) The 12th Xaa counted from the amino terminus of SEQ ID NO: 1 in the sequence listing is an amino acid selected from the group consisting of asparagine, aspartic acid, leucine, lysine, glutamine, alanine and glutamic acid, (1) to (4) A peptide according to any one of (6) Any of conservative amino acid substitutions selected from a hydrophobic amino acid group, a neutral hydrophilic amino acid group, an acidic amino acid group, a basic amino acid group, a group of amino acids that affect the direction of the main chain, and an aromatic amino acid group
- Any one of (1) to (6), wherein the first Xaa counted from the amino terminus of SEQ ID NO: 1 in the sequence listing is an amino acid selected from the group consisting of arginine, methionine, leucine, tryptophan and serine
- the fifth Xaa counted from the amino terminus of SEQ ID NO: 1 in the sequence listing is an amino acid selected from the group consisting of glycine, arginine, leucine, histidine, tryptophan, methionine and tyrosine, (1) to (10) The peptide according to any one of the following: (12) The sixth Xaa counted from the amino terminus of SEQ ID NO: 1 in the sequence listing is an amino acid selected from the group consisting of asparagine, histidine, proline, lysine, tryptophan, arginine and aspartic acid.
- (1) to (11) A peptide according to any one of (13) Any one of (1) to (12), wherein the seventh Xaa counted from the amino terminus of SEQ ID NO: 1 in the sequence listing is an amino acid selected from the group consisting of arginine, phenylalanine, tryptophan, leucine, alanine and glycine A peptide according to one; (14) The eighth Xaa counted from the amino terminus of SEQ ID NO: 1 in the sequence listing is an amino acid selected from the group consisting of threonine, proline, asparagine and serine, according to any one of (1) to (13) Peptides, (15) The ninth Xaa counted from the amino terminus of SEQ ID NO: 1 in the sequence listing is an amino acid selected from the group consisting of tryptophan, methionine, tyrosine and phenylalanine, according to any one of (1) to (14) Peptides, (16) The tenth Xaa counted from
- nucleotide is the nucleotide according to (21), (29) The library according to any one of (25) to (28), which is a phage display library, a ribosome display library, or a nucleic acid display library, (30) A method for identifying the peptide according to any one of (1) to (19) or the peptide derivative according to (20), which binds to a target molecule, comprising the following steps (i) and (ii): (I) contacting the target molecule with a peptide or peptide derivative contained in the library according to any one of (25) to (29); and (Ii) recovering a peptide or peptide derivative that binds to the target molecule;
- a method for producing the peptide according to any one of (1) to (19) or the peptide derivative according to (20), which binds to a target molecule comprising the following steps (i) to (iii): (I) contacting the target molecule with a peptide or peptide derivative contained in the library according to any one of (25) to (29); and (Ii) recovering a peptide or peptide derivative that binds to the target molecule; and (Iii) preparing a peptide that binds to the target molecule contained in the peptide or peptide derivative recovered in (ii) above by chemical synthesis, genetic recombination, or in vitro translation; (32) Whether or not the peptide according to any one of (1) to (19) or the derivative of the peptide according to (20) binds to a target molecule, comprising the following steps (i) and (ii): How to determine: (I) contacting the target peptide with the test peptide according to any one of (1)
- a composition comprising (38) It comprises the peptide according to any one of (1) to (19), the derivative of the peptide according to (20), the nucleotide according to (21), the vector according to (22) or the cell according to (23).
- a reagent (39) The peptide according to any one of (1) to (19) or a derivative of the peptide according to (20), which binds to a predetermined target molecule; (40) The peptide or derivative of peptide according to (39), characterized in that the target molecule is not an endogenous target of SPINK2;
- (1) The method for identifying the peptide according to any one of (19) or the peptide derivative according to (20): (I) contacting the peptide or peptide derivative contained in the library according to any one of (25) to (29) with the serine protease; (Ii) recovering a peptide or peptide derivative that binds to the serine protease; and (Iii) a step of determining that the peptide or peptide derivative is positive when the peptide or peptide derivative inhibits the proteolytic activity of the serine protease; (46) The method according to any one of (1) to (19), which comprises the following steps (i) to (iv) and binds to serine proteases other than trypsin and / or acrosin and inhibits its proteolytic activity: Or a peptide derivative according to (20): (I) contacting the peptide or peptide derivative contained in the library according to any one of (25) to (29) with the serine protease; (I
- the 6th and 8th Xaas counted from the amino terminus of SEQ ID NO: 1 in the Sequence Listing are each any amino acid except cysteine
- (U) The 11th Xaa counted from the amino terminus of SEQ ID NO: 1 in the sequence listing is an amino acid selected from the group consisting of tyrosine, serine, phenylalanine, leucine and threonine.
- the 12th Xaa counted from the amino terminus of SEQ ID NO: 1 in the sequence listing is an amino acid selected from the group consisting of asparagine, aspartic acid, leucine, lysine, glutamine, alanine and glutamic acid: and, (Ii) In the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 in the sequence listing, 1 to 5 amino acids other than the first to twelfth Xaa counted from the amino terminus are conservative amino acid substitutions, deletions, additions, and A peptide comprising an amino acid sequence inserted and / or (50) Any of conservative amino acid substitutions selected from a hydrophobic amino acid group, a neutral hydrophilic amino acid group, an acidic amino acid group, a basic amino acid group, a group of amino acids that affect the direction of the main chain, and an aromatic amino acid group
- (A) The first Xaa counted from the amino terminus of SEQ ID NO: 1 in the sequence listing is an amino acid selected from the group consisting of arginine, methionine, leucine, tryptophan and serine.
- (I) The second Xaa counted from the amino terminus of SEQ ID NO: 1 in the sequence listing is an amino acid selected from the group consisting of threonine, arginine, tryptophan and phenylalanine.
- the third Xaa counted from the amino terminus of SEQ ID NO: 1 in the sequence listing is an amino acid selected from the group consisting of arginine, histidine, tryptophan, serine and phenylalanine.
- the fourth Xaa counted from the amino terminus of SEQ ID NO: 1 in the sequence listing is an amino acid selected from the group consisting of tryptophan, arginine and leucine.
- the fifth Xaa from the amino terminus of SEQ ID NO: 1 in the sequence listing is an amino acid selected from the group consisting of glycine, arginine, leucine, histidine, tryptophan, methionine, and tyrosine.
- the sixth Xaa counted from the amino terminus of SEQ ID NO: 1 in the sequence listing is an amino acid selected from the group consisting of asparagine, histidine, proline, lysine, tryptophan, arginine and aspartic acid.
- the seventh Xaa from the amino terminus of SEQ ID NO: 1 in the sequence listing is an amino acid selected from the group consisting of arginine, phenylalanine, tryptophan, leucine, alanine and glycine.
- the eighth Xaa counted from the amino terminus of SEQ ID NO: 1 in the sequence listing is an amino acid selected from the group consisting of threonine, proline, asparagine and serine.
- the ninth Xaa counted from the amino terminus of SEQ ID NO: 1 in the sequence listing is an amino acid selected from the group consisting of tryptophan, methionine, tyrosine and phenylalanine.
- the tenth Xaa counted from the amino terminus of SEQ ID NO: 1 in the sequence listing is an amino acid selected from the group consisting of glutamine, valine, lysine, methionine, alanine, leucine and asparagine.
- the eleventh Xaa counted from the amino terminus of SEQ ID NO: 1 in the sequence listing is an amino acid selected from the group consisting of tyrosine, phenylalanine and leucine.
- the 12th Xaa from the amino terminus of SEQ ID NO: 1 in the sequence listing is lysine; (52) (49) to (51), wherein the peptide according to any one of the peptides is chemically and / or biologically modified, (53) The peptide according to any one of (49) to (51) or a derivative of the peptide according to (52), which binds to a predetermined target molecule; and, (54) The peptide or peptide derivative according to (53), characterized in that the target molecule is not an endogenous target of SPINK2, Etc., but not limited thereto.
- Fragment 1 base sequence (SEQ ID NO: 10) pCANTAB 5E base sequence (following Figure 15-2) pCANTAB 5E base sequence (underlined is the same as SEQ ID NO: 11 and the base sequence of “Fragment 2”: continued from FIG. 15-3) pCANTAB 5E base sequence (following Figure 15-4) pCANTAB 5E base sequence Fragment 3 base sequence (SEQ ID NO: 12) Fragment 5 base sequence (SEQ ID NO: 13) Base sequence encoding amino acid sequence of SPINK2 (SEQ ID NO: 14) Amino acid sequence encoded by the nucleotide sequence shown in FIG. 18 (SEQ ID NO: 15) Base sequence of PCR template DNA containing fragment 1 to fragment 5 (SEQ ID NO: 16 continues from FIG. 20-2) Base sequence of PCR template DNA including fragment 1 to fragment 5 (SEQ ID NO: 16: continued)
- the present invention has a peptide, a peptide derivative, a peptide library, a nucleotide, a vector, a cell, a method for producing a peptide and / or a derivative thereof, a method for identifying a peptide having a desired property and / or a derivative thereof, and a desired property
- a method for producing a peptide and / or a derivative thereof, a method for determining whether a test peptide or a derivative thereof binds to a target molecule, a nucleotide library, a composition, a reagent, and the like are provided.
- Various aspects of the present invention are described below, but the aspects of the present invention are not limited thereto.
- Peptides The present invention provides peptides.
- peptide of the present invention includes “polypeptide” and “protein” in its meaning.
- peptide also includes “a peptide contained in a derivative of a peptide” in its meaning.
- the peptide comprises the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1 in the sequence listing.
- the first to twelfth Xaa counted from the amino terminus is an arbitrary amino acid, but is preferably an arbitrary amino acid except cysteine.
- the first to fifth, seventh, ninth and The 10th Xaa (corresponding to the 2nd to 6th, 8th, 11th and 12th amino acids of SEQ ID NO: 1, respectively) is any amino acid except cysteine and proline; the 6th and the 6th counted from the amino terminus
- the eighth Xaa (corresponding to the seventh and tenth amino acids of SEQ ID NO: 1) is any amino acid except cysteine; the eleventh Xaa (the 13th amino acid of SEQ ID NO: 1) counted from the amino terminus Is an amino acid selected from the group consisting of tyrosine, serine, phenylalanine, leucine and threonine
- the 12th Xaa (corresponding to the 14th amino acid of SEQ ID NO: 1) counted from the amino terminus is an amino acid selected from the group consisting
- the first to twelfth Xaas counted from the amino terminus are amino acids selected from each group described in this paragraph, which are conservative amino acid substitutions (detailed in other parts of the present invention). May be).
- the first Xaa counted from the amino terminus (2 of SEQ ID NO: 1) Is the amino acid selected from the group consisting of arginine, methionine, leucine, tryptophan and serine;
- the second Xaa counted from the amino terminus (corresponding to the third amino acid of SEQ ID NO: 1) ) Is an amino acid selected from the group consisting of threonine, arginine, tryptophan and phenylalanine;
- the third Xaa (corresponding to the fourth amino acid of SEQ ID NO: 1) counted from the amino terminus is argin
- the peptide of the present invention contains, in addition to the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1 in the sequence listing, directly or directly on the amino terminal side of the amino acid sequence.
- An amino acid sequence encoded by a base sequence consisting of the first base guanine or the fourth base cytosine to the 42nd base thymine of SEQ ID NO: 14 in the sequence listing is directly or 1 or
- An amino acid sequence encoded by a base sequence consisting of the 94th base guanine to the 189th base cytosine of SEQ ID NO: 14 in the sequence listing may be included, with two or more arbitrary amino acids interposed therebetween.
- the aspartic acid encoded by the first base guanine to the third base thymine of SEQ ID NO: 14 in the sequence listing may not be included in the corresponding position.
- the amino acid sequence possessed by such a peptide may further include any other amino acid sequence. Examples of such peptides include peptides included in the random mutation SPINK2 library prepared in Example 1 described later, peptides selected from the library in Example 3 and the amino acid sequence of the random region determined. However, it is not limited to them.
- amino acids other than the first to twelfth amino acids Xaa counted from the amino terminus of the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1 in the sequence listing included in the amino acid sequence of the peptide are substituted or deleted. May be added and / or inserted.
- the number of amino acids formed may be 1 or more and 10 or less, and the lower limit thereof is 1. The upper limit is 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and the minimum is 1.
- Such amino acid substitutions are preferably conservative amino acid substitutions.
- the first to twelfth Xaas counted from the amino terminus of the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1 or the amino acid sequence corresponding to the amino acid sequence are each an arbitrary amino acid, preferably cysteine Any amino acid other than the above, more preferably an amino acid selected from the above groups, or a conservative amino acid substitution of the amino acid.
- Constant amino acid substitution means a functionally equivalent or similar amino acid substitution.
- a conservative amino acid substitution in a peptide results in a static change in the amino acid sequence of the peptide.
- one or more amino acids with similar polarity act functionally equivalent, resulting in a static change in the amino acid sequence of such peptides.
- substitutions within a group can be considered conservative in structure and function.
- the role played by a particular amino acid residue can be determined in the context of the three-dimensional structure of the molecule containing that amino acid.
- cysteine residues can take the oxidized (disulfide) form, which is less polar compared to the reduced (thiol) form.
- the long aliphatic part of the arginine side chain can constitute structurally and functionally important features.
- side chains containing aromatic rings can contribute to ion-aromatic interactions or cation-pi interactions.
- substitution of amino acids having these side chains with amino acids belonging to acidic or non-polar groups can be structurally and functionally conservative.
- Residues such as proline, glycine, and cysteine (disulfide form) can directly affect the conformation of the main chain and often cannot be substituted without structural distortion.
- Conservative amino acid substitution is performed by specific substitution based on side chain similarity as shown below (Leninja, Biochemistry, 2nd edition, 1975, pages 73 to 75: L. Lehninger, Biochemistry, 2nd edition. , Pp 73-75, Worth Publisher, New York (1975)) and typical substitutions.
- Nonpolar amino acid groups alanine (hereinafter “Ala” or simply “A”), valine (hereinafter “Val” or simply “V”), leucine (hereinafter “Leu” or simply “V”) L ”), isoleucine (hereinafter“ Ile ”or simply“ I ”), proline (hereinafter“ Pro ”or simply“ P ”), phenylalanine (“ Phe ”or simply“ F ”) ), Tryptophan (hereinafter referred to as “Trp” or simply “W”), methionine (hereinafter referred to as “Met” or simply “M”)
- Uncharged polar amino acid group glycine (hereinafter “Gly” or simply “G”), serine (hereinafter “Ser” or simply “S”), threonine (hereinafter “Thr” or simply “G”) "T”), cysteine (hereinafter “Cys” or simply “C”), tyrosine (hereinafter “Ty
- Hydrophobic amino acid group Norleucine, Met, Ala, Val, Leu, Ile
- Neutral hydrophilic amino acid group Cys, Ser, Thr, Asn, Gln
- Acidic amino acid group Asp
- Glu (4) Basic amino acid group: His, Lys, Arg
- Amino acid groups that affect the direction of the main chain Gly, Pro
- Aromatic amino acid group Trp, Tyr, Phe Examples of conservative substitution are shown below, but the conservative amino acid substitution of the present invention is not limited thereto.
- Ala can be substituted with, for example, Val, Leu, Ile, Met, norleucine, Pro, Phe, Trp.
- Arg can be replaced with, for example, Lys or His.
- Asn can be replaced with, for example, Cys, Ser, Thr, Gln, Tyr, Gly.
- Asp can be replaced with, for example, Glu.
- Cys can be replaced with, for example, Gly, Ser, Thr, Tyr, Asn, Gln.
- Gln can be replaced with, for example, Gly, Ser, Thr, Cys, Tyr, Asn.
- Glu can be replaced with, for example, Asp.
- Gly can be replaced with, for example, Ser, Cys, Thr, Tyr, Asn, Gln, Pro, Asp, Glu.
- His can be replaced with, for example, Lys or Arg.
- Ile can be replaced with, for example, Leu, Val, Met, Pro, Ala, Phe, Trp, norleucine.
- Leu can be substituted with, for example, norleucine, Ile, Val, Pro, Met, Ala, Phe, Trp, and Met.
- Lys can be substituted with, for example, Arg and His.
- Met can be substituted with, for example, Ala, Val, Leu, Phe, Ile, Pro, Trp, norleucine.
- Norleucine can be substituted with, for example, Met, Ala, Val, Leu, Ile, Pro, Phe, Trp.
- Phe can be replaced with, for example, Trp, Leu, Val, Ile, Ala, Tyr, Pro, and Met.
- Pro can be replaced with, for example, Ala, Val, Leu, Ile, Phe, Trp, Met, Gly.
- Ser can be replaced with, for example, Thr, Cys, Asn, Gln, Gly, Tyr.
- Thr can be replaced with, for example, Val, Ser, Gly, Cys, Tyr, Asn, Gln.
- Trp can be replaced with, for example, Tyr, Phe, Ala, Val, Leu, Ile, Pro, and Met.
- Tyr can be replaced with, for example, Gly, Cys, Asn, Gln, Trp, Phe, Thr, Ser.
- Val can be substituted with, for example, Ile, Leu, Met, Trp, Phe, Ala, norleucine, Pro.
- amino acid sequence of the peptide of the present invention having an amino acid sequence composed of such amino acids are as follows:
- the amino acid sequence of the peptide of the present invention is not limited to these.
- CRTRW GNRCT WQYKP VC (SEQ ID NO: 2 in the sequence listing: ⁇ -chymotrypsin-binding peptide 1 in FIG. 12) CMRHR RHFCT MVYKP VC (SEQ ID NO: 3 in the sequence listing: ⁇ -chymotrypsin-binding peptide # 2 in FIG. 12) CRRWL LPWCT YKYKP VC (SEQ ID NO: 4 in the sequence listing: ⁇ -chymotrypsin-binding peptide 6 in FIG. 12) CLWRR HKLCP FKFKP VC (SEQ ID NO: 5 in the sequence listing: ⁇ -chymotrypsin-binding peptide 7 in FIG.
- an amino acid is an L-amino acid, a D-amino acid, or a mixture thereof (DL-amino acid), but means an L-amino acid unless otherwise specified.
- the amino acid may be an amino acid other than those described above (hereinafter collectively referred to as “abnormal amino acid” for convenience).
- Abnormal amino acids include, for example, selenocysteine, N-formylmethionine, pyrrolidine, pyroglutamic acid, cystine, hydroxyproline, hydroxylysine, thyroxine, O-phosphoserine, desmosine, ⁇ -alanine, sarcosine, found in natural peptides and proteins, Ornithine, creatine, ⁇ -aminobutyric acid, opain, theanine, tricolominic acid, kainic acid, domoic acid, acromelic acid and the like can be mentioned.
- Non-natural amino acids include Ac-amino acids, Boc-amino acids, Fmoc-amino acids, Trt- N-terminal protected amino acids such as amino acids and Z-amino acids, amino acid t-butyl esters, benzyl esters, cyclohexyl esters, fluorenyl esters and other C-terminal protected amino acids, diamines, ⁇ amino acids, ⁇ amino acids , Gamma amino acids, Tic derivatives of amino acids, can be mentioned other amino acids or the like including an amino phosphonic acid, but is not limited to them.
- the peptide of the present invention can be prepared by methods well known to those skilled in the art as methods for producing peptides and proteins, such as chemical synthesis, gene recombination, and in vitro translation.
- peptides identified or selected from the library or the like of the present invention can also be prepared by these methods.
- Examples of the chemical synthesis method include a t-butoxycarbonyl (Boc) method and a 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl (Fmoc) method, but are not limited thereto. is not.
- the Fmoc method has features such as mild deprotection conditions and easy peptide excision from the resin (Fmoc solid phase peptide synthesis: a practical approach, ed. By W. C. Chan. , P. D. White Eds., Oxford University Press, New York, 2000.).
- peptide derivative and “peptide derivative” mean those obtained by subjecting the peptide of the present invention to chemical modification or biological modification.
- the chemical modification means that the substance is changed into a substance different from the original peptide by a chemical reaction, that is, formation or cleavage of an atom-atom bond in or on the peptide of the present invention.
- Biological modification means a biological reaction in the peptide of the present invention or on a peptide, that is, a protein (enzyme, cytokine, etc.) derived from an organism, a nucleic acid (ribozyme, etc.), cell, tissue, organ or non-human individual. Or by their direct or indirect action to produce a substance different from the original peptide.
- Such a “derivative” is not particularly limited as long as it is a substance different from the original peptide.
- a naturally occurring sugar chain or an artificially created sugar chain polyethylene glycol (PEG)
- PEG polyethylene glycol
- Such as those containing polymers such as those containing synthetic or natural compounds, those labeled, those containing a moiety necessary for immobilization, those having a signal peptide linked to the amino terminal side, purification or isolation
- An amino acid or amino acid sequence derived from a vector suitable for display, panning, expression, etc., including a tag to be used when performing, a base sequence encoding the peptide for avoiding a frame shift or introducing a restriction enzyme site Amino acids and amino acid sequences resulting from modification of the phenotype, peptides that are phenotypes, and residues corresponding to the phenotypes And the types are linked directly or indirectly, and, the like can be mentioned a combination of two or more of them.
- the peptide derivative of the present invention is subjected to methods well known to those skilled in the art as methods for chemically or biologically modifying peptides and proteins, such as chemical reactions, biochemical reactions, post-translational modifications, etc., using the peptide of the present invention as a raw material. Can be prepared. In addition, derivatives of peptides identified or selected from the library of the present invention can also be prepared by these methods. Moreover, the peptide derivative of the present invention subjected to such post-translational modification can also be prepared by gene recombination using cells having the desired post-translational modification ability. Furthermore, the peptide derivative of the present invention containing the modified amino acid can be prepared by adding the modified amino acid to the in vitro translation system.
- Examples of the PEGylation method include, but are not limited to, a method of reacting a peptide or protein with N-Hydroxysuccinester Ester (NHS) -PEG.
- NHS N-Hydroxysuccinester Ester
- the peptides and derivatives thereof of the present invention in a preferred embodiment bind to a target molecule (described in detail elsewhere in the present invention).
- the peptide of the present invention that binds to a predetermined target molecule is useful as a reagent for testing various diseases in which the target molecule can serve as a marker.
- the present invention includes 1 to several (several) other than the first to twelfth Xaa counted from the amino terminus of the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1 in the sequence listing included in the amino acid sequence of the peptide.
- the target molecule is preferably determined in advance.
- Possible forms of the peptides and derivatives thereof of the present invention include, for example, isolated forms (lyophilized preparations, solutions, etc.), forms bound to other molecules (solid-phase forms, fusion proteins, foreign molecules) On the surface of cells (including the peptide library of the present invention) and the cell surface (such as the cell surface of Escherichia coli and yeast).
- Forms expressed or presented (synonymous with display) (including cells of the present invention), forms expressed or presented on virus particles (synonymous with display), etc. can be mentioned, but are not limited thereto
- a form suitable for the purpose of use, storage and the like can be arbitrarily selected.
- nucleotides The present invention provides nucleotides.
- nucleotide is a mononucleotide, oligonucleotide or polynucleotide, and is also called “nucleic acid”, “nucleic acid molecule” or “gene”.
- nucleotide of the present invention include, but are not limited to, DNA, cDNA, RNA, mRNA, cRNA, probe, oligonucleotide, polynucleotide, primer, vector and the like.
- the nucleotide of the present invention may be any of a single-stranded nucleotide, a double-stranded nucleotide and an aggregate of three or more nucleotides, a hybrid single-stranded nucleotide comprising DNA and RNA, the nucleotide and its complement It also includes a double strand consisting of a strand, a hybrid double strand consisting of single-stranded DNA and single-stranded RNA, a double-stranded RNA, a single-stranded nucleotide that may have a double-stranded structure in the molecule, and the like.
- the nucleotides of the present invention may contain one or more bases or mononucleotides (artificially created) other than naturally occurring bases or mononucleotides.
- nucleotides of the present invention include nucleotides comprising a nucleotide sequence comprising the amino acid sequence of the peptide of the present invention, nucleotides comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding the amino acid sequence of the peptide of the present invention, etc. Can give. Such suitable nucleotides may contain a base sequence other than the base sequence encoding the amino acid sequence of the peptide of the present invention and / or a non-nucleotide portion, and may be chemically or biologically modified (others of the present invention). (Described in the part) may be applied. They are all encompassed by “nucleotide”.
- the nucleotide of the present invention also includes a nucleotide consisting of a base sequence encoding the amino acid sequence of the peptide of the present invention.
- nucleotide corresponding to (such) peptide when the amino acid sequence of the peptide of the present invention is encoded by a part or all of the nucleotide sequence of a certain nucleotide, such nucleotide is referred to as “a nucleotide corresponding to (such) peptide”. Are referred to as “peptides corresponding to (such) nucleotides”.
- the nucleotide corresponding to the peptide of the present invention includes, for example, a nucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding the amino acid sequence of the peptide of the present invention, and a base sequence encoding the amino acid sequence of the peptide of the present invention. And nucleotides consisting of a base sequence encoding the amino acid sequence of the peptide of the present invention, but are not limited thereto.
- the peptide corresponding to the nucleotide of the present invention includes a peptide comprising a peptide consisting of an amino acid sequence encoded by a part or all of the nucleotide sequence of the present invention, and a part or all of the nucleotide sequence of the present invention.
- the expression “genotype corresponding to phenotype” is also used in the same meaning as “nucleotide corresponding to peptide”. Similarly, the expression “phenotype corresponding to genotype” is also used in the same meaning as “peptide corresponding to nucleotide”.
- nucleotide of the present invention As a more preferred nucleotide of the present invention, among the above-mentioned preferred nucleotides, a nucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding an amino acid sequence of the peptide of the present invention that binds to a target molecule, or a target molecule is bound. Examples thereof include nucleotides comprising a base sequence encoding the amino acid sequence of the peptide of the present invention, nucleotides comprising a base sequence encoding the amino acid sequence of the peptide of the present invention that binds to the target molecule, and the like.
- a base sequence encoding a single amino acid sequence possessed by a certain peptide or protein can have a plurality of variations.
- a codon is appropriately selected according to the codon usage of the genotype corresponding to the peptide, that is, the cell (host cell) into which the nucleotide containing the base sequence is introduced, The frequency or rate of codon usage can be adjusted as appropriate.
- a base sequence can be designed using codons that are frequently used in E. coli.
- nucleotides of the present invention can be prepared by methods well known to those skilled in the art as methods for producing nucleotides such as chemical synthesis and gene recombination.
- nucleotides corresponding to peptides recovered (including selection, concentration, and isolation) from the library of the present invention by the identification method of the present invention can also be prepared by those methods.
- Examples of the form of the nucleotide of the present invention include an isolated form (lyophilized preparation, solution, etc.), a form bound to other molecules (solid phase form, etc.), and a set containing the nucleotide.
- Replacement vector the vector of the present invention
- the nucleotide or a cell into which the vector is introduced the cell of the present invention
- a form contained in a virus or virus particle including a form contained as a vector of the present invention
- other nucleotides And the like including the nucleotide library of the present invention
- a form suitable for the purpose of use, storage, etc. is arbitrarily selected. be able to.
- Vector The present invention provides a recombinant vector (hereinafter also simply referred to as “vector”).
- the vector of the present invention is not particularly limited as long as it contains the nucleotide of the present invention and is a means for introducing the nucleotide of the present invention into a cell, microorganism or individual, but preferably a nucleic acid such as a phagemid, a cosmid or a plasmid. You can give a vector.
- the vector of the present invention may be a virus or viral vector that infects prokaryotic cells or eukaryotic cells.
- phagemid means a bacterial plasmid containing a second origin of replication derived from a single-stranded bacteriophage in addition to the origin of plasmid replication.
- Cells with such phagemids can replicate the phagemid through a single-stranded replication mode in superinfection with M13 or similar helper bacteriophage. That is, single-stranded phagemid DNA is packaged in infectious particles coated with bacteriophage coating protein.
- phagemid DNA can be formed as a clone double-stranded DNA plasmid in the infected bacterium, and phagemid can be formed as bacteriophage-like particles from the culture supernatant of superinfected cells.
- the particles themselves can be reformed as plasmids by injecting the bacteriophage-like particles into the bacteria in order to infect the bacteria with F-fibrotic bacteria.
- a fusion gene comprising a nucleotide corresponding to the peptide of the present invention and a bacteriophage coat protein gene is inserted into the phagemid to infect bacteria and the cells are cultured, the peptide is converted into the peptide. It can be expressed or displayed (synonymous with display) on bacteria or phage-like particles, or can be produced in phage particles or in the culture supernatant of the bacteria as a fusion protein with the coating protein.
- a fusion gene comprising a nucleotide corresponding to the peptide of the present invention and the bacteriophage coat protein gene gpIII is inserted into a phagemid and co-infected with E. coli with M13 or a similar helper phage, the peptide and The fusion protein comprising the coating protein can be produced in the culture supernatant of the E. coli.
- a fusion protein is included in the present invention as a derivative of the peptide.
- a circular or non-circular vector preferably a viral vector
- a peptide encoded by the nucleotide sequence of the nucleotide of the present invention contained in the vector is obtained according to a method well known to those skilled in the art. It can be expressed or presented (synonymous with display) on cells or virus-like particles into which the vector has been introduced, or can be produced in the culture supernatant of the cells.
- the vector (recombinant vector) of the present invention can be prepared by methods well known to those skilled in the art, such as gene recombination.
- Possible forms of the vector of the present invention include, for example, isolated forms (lyophilized preparations, solutions, etc.), forms bound to other molecules (solid forms, etc.), and introduced into cells. Examples include, but are not limited to, forms (including recombinant cells of the present invention), physical assemblies including other vectors, etc. (including specific embodiments of the nucleotide library of the present invention), etc. However, it is possible to arbitrarily select a form suitable for the purpose of use, storage and the like.
- the present invention provides a recombinant cell (hereinafter, also simply referred to as “cell”).
- the cell of the present invention is a cell containing a nucleotide corresponding to the peptide of the present invention and expressing the peptide.
- the host cell of such a cell is not particularly limited as long as it is a eukaryotic cell (including established cells, primary cultured cells, subcultured cells) and prokaryotic cells.
- prokaryotic cells include, but are not limited to, bacterial cells such as Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis.
- Examples of eukaryotic cells include animal cells, insect cells, yeast, fungi, and the like.
- animal cells include COS cells (Glutzmann, Cell, Vol. 23, 1981), which are monkey cells. 175-182: Gluzman, Y., Cell (1981), vol.23, pp175-182: American Type Culture Collection No. ATCC CRL-1650, mouse fibroblast NIH3T3 (American Type Culture Collection) No. ATCC CRL-1658), Chinese hamster ovary cells (Chinese hamster ovary cell: CHO cells: American Type Culture Collection No.
- the cell of the present invention can be prepared by introducing the nucleotide or vector of the present invention into a host cell.
- the vector of the present invention is introduced into the host cell by transfection, transformation, transduction or the like. Can be prepared.
- a host cell suitable for post-translational modification of the peptide of the present invention can also be used as the cell of the present invention.
- the cells of the present invention to which such host cells are applied can be used, for example, in a method (an embodiment) for preparing the peptide derivatives of the present invention.
- the cell of the present invention can take include, for example, an isolated form (frozen specimen, lyophilized specimen, solution, etc.), a form bound to other molecules (solid phase form, etc.), a book A cell into which the nucleotide or vector of the invention has been introduced (contained in the cell of the present invention), a cell in which the peptide of the present invention is expressed or presented (synonymous with display) (contained in the cell of the present invention), etc. (Including specific embodiments of the nucleotide library and peptide library of the present invention) and the like including, but not limited to, use, storage, etc. A form suitable for the purpose can be arbitrarily selected.
- the manufacturing method of a peptide This invention provides the manufacturing method of the peptide of this invention as another aspect.
- the peptide of the present invention can be prepared by methods well known to those skilled in the art as methods for producing peptides and proteins, such as chemical synthesis, gene recombination, and in vitro translation.
- peptides recovered (including selection, concentration, and isolation) from the library of the present invention by the identification method of the present invention can also be prepared by those methods.
- the method for producing a peptide of the present invention comprises the following steps (1-1) and (1-2): (1-1) culturing a cell containing the nucleotide corresponding to the peptide of the present invention and expressing the peptide or the like (cell of the present invention); (1-2) A step of recovering the peptide from the culture.
- the method for producing a peptide of the present invention comprises the following steps (2-1) and (2-2): (2-1) determining the amino acid sequence of the peptide of the present invention that binds to the target molecule; and (2-2) A step of preparing a peptide comprising the amino acid sequence by chemical synthesis or genetic recombination.
- the method for producing a peptide of the present invention comprises the following steps (3-1) and (3-2): (3-1) preparing a corresponding mRNA corresponding to the peptide of the present invention; and (3-2) A step of preparing the peptide by in vitro translation using the mRNA obtained in (3-1) as a template.
- these manufacturing methods can be appropriately combined with the identification method of the present invention as a preliminary step. That is, first, the steps included in the identification method of the present invention can be performed, and then the steps included in the manufacturing method of the present invention can be performed.
- the method for producing the peptide of the present invention includes such a method further comprising the identification method (each step) of the present invention.
- Such a method for producing a peptide of the present invention comprises, for example, the following steps (4-1) to (4-3): (4-1) contacting the peptide contained in the peptide library of the present invention with a target molecule; (4-2) recovering a peptide that binds to the target molecule; and (4-3) preparing the recovered peptide by chemical synthesis, genetic recombination, or in vitro translation.
- the determination method of the present invention can be appropriately combined with these manufacturing methods as a preliminary step. That is, first, the steps included in the determination method of the present invention can be performed, and then the steps included in the manufacturing method of the present invention can be performed.
- the method for producing a peptide or the like of the present invention includes such a method further comprising the determination method (each step) of the present invention.
- Such a method for producing a peptide or the like of the present invention includes, for example, the following steps (5-1) to (5-3): (5-1) A step of bringing the test peptide of the present invention into contact with the target molecule; (5-2) determining that the test peptide is positive when the test peptide binds to the target molecule; and (5-3) A step of preparing the peptide by chemical synthesis, genetic recombination or in vitro translation when it is determined in (5-2) that the test peptide is positive.
- the method for producing a peptide of the present invention binds to and has a target molecule other than trypsin and / or acrosin, which are endogenous target molecules of SPINK2, preferably other than trypsin. Identifying a peptide that activates or promotes, or inhibits, inactivates or suppresses some or all of the biological activity.
- Such a manufacturing method includes, for example, the following steps (6-1) to (6-3) or (7-1) to (7-3): (6-1) contacting the peptide contained in the peptide library of the present invention with the target molecule; (6-2) recovering a peptide that binds to the target molecule; and (6-3) A step of determining that the peptide is positive when the peptide activates or promotes the biological activity of the target molecule or stimulates the target molecule.
- the production method of the present invention is, for example, the following (8-1) instead of (6-1) to (6-3) or (7-1) to (7-3). And comprising (8-2) or (9-1) or (9-2): (8-1) contacting the test peptide with a target molecule other than trypsin and / or acrosin, preferably other than trypsin; and (8-2) A step of determining that the peptide is positive when the peptide activates or promotes the biological activity of the target molecule or stimulates the target molecule.
- (9-1) contacting the test peptide with a target molecule other than trypsin and / or acrosin, preferably other than trypsin; (9-2) A step of determining that the peptide is positive when the peptide inhibits, inactivates or suppresses the biological activity of the target molecule, or antagonizes the target molecule.
- a peptide that activates or promotes a biological activity possessed by a target molecule, or a peptide that stimulates a target molecule (agonistic peptide) can be produced.
- the steps (7-1) to (7-3), or the steps (9-1) and (9-2), etc. are replaced with the steps according to (4-3) or (5-3) etc.
- a peptide that inhibits, inactivates or suppresses the biological activity of the target molecule, or a peptide that antagonizes the target molecule (antagonistic peptide) can be produced.
- the present invention also provides a method for producing a peptide derivative (peptide derivative).
- the peptide derivative of the present invention can be prepared, for example, by preparing a peptide contained in the derivative by the above method (peptide production method) and then subjecting it to a chemical reaction, biochemical reaction, post-translational modification or the like. Yes, but not limited to them.
- one or more amino acids from the amino acid sequence of the peptide (X) or A peptide (X ′) having an amino acid sequence obtained by deleting a partial amino acid sequence can also be prepared.
- a method for producing peptide (X ′) is also encompassed in the present invention.
- the peptide (X ′) prepared by such a method preferably binds to the target molecule.
- one or more amino acids or partial amino acid sequences that are included in the amino acid sequence of the original peptide but are not essential for binding to the target molecule may be deleted. Good.
- Examples of the method for producing the peptide derivative of the present invention include the above (1-1) and (1-2), (2-1) and (2-2), (3-1) and (3-2). , (4-1) to (4-3), (5-1) to (5-3), (6-1) to (6-3), (7-1) to (7-3), ( 8-1) and (8-2), or (9-1) and (9-2), in addition to the steps of preparing the peptide derivative of the present invention using the peptide of the present invention as a raw material (hereinafter referred to as the following steps)
- a derivative of a peptide instead of a peptide in the above-described method (2-2), (3-2), (4-3) and (5-3) A method comprising the steps of: a method in which a peptide derivative is previously contained in a peptide library, a test instead of a test peptide It may be mentioned a method of using a peptide derivative, but is not limited to them.
- the peptide derivative ( A peptide derivative (Y ′) having an amino acid sequence in which one or more amino acids or a partial amino acid sequence is deleted from the amino acid sequence of Y) can also be prepared.
- a method for producing the peptide derivative (Y ′) is also encompassed in the present invention.
- the peptide derivative (Y ′) prepared by such a method preferably binds to the target molecule.
- the peptide derivative of the present invention can be prepared as a peptide having the desired post-translational modification by using cells having the desired post-translational modification ability in the method for producing the peptide of the present invention.
- cells having the desired post-translational modification ability are used as the cells in the above steps (1-1) and (1-2), or (2-2), (4-3) and (5 As a cell (or host cell) applied to gene recombination in -3), a peptide derivative having a desired post-translational modification can be prepared by using each cell.
- the method for preparing post-translational modifications of peptides is not limited thereto.
- Library The present invention provides a library.
- library means a physical collection (collection) of molecules that are similar but not identical. Such collections can coexist in one container, for example, but may exist physically separated as groups or as individual molecules in different locations on different containers or solid supports. Multiple libraries may be included in the same set.
- the library of the present invention is not limited as long as it is a physical assembly of non-identical peptides and / or nucleotides of the present invention.
- a phage display library, a ribosome display library examples include nucleic acid display libraries.
- “Phage display” refers to a foreign protein or protein linked to a coat protein such as filamentous phage and expressed or displayed as a fusion protein on a phage-like particle (synonymous with display). Means technology (method and means for it). In addition, the recovery (including selection, concentration, isolation) of nucleotides corresponding to the peptide or protein using such a technique is also included in the meaning of “phage display”.
- a phage display library is an embodiment of the library of the invention used in such techniques.
- Ribosome display refers to expression of a peptide or protein in the form of a complex comprising the three components mRNA-ribosome-peptide or protein formed during translation reaction in in vitro translation. It means the technique (method and means for it) to be presented (synonymous with display)
- the peptide or protein is a translation product of the mRNA.
- the recovery (including selection, concentration, isolation) of nucleotides corresponding to the peptide or protein by such a technique is also included in the meaning of “ribosome display”.
- a ribosome display library is another embodiment of the library of the present invention used in such technology.
- Nucleic acid display is a technique (method) for expressing or presenting (synonymous with display) a peptide or protein in the form of a complex comprising a nucleotide (synonymous with nucleic acid) and a peptide or protein corresponding to the nucleotide.
- a nucleotide semonymous with nucleic acid
- a peptide or protein corresponding to the nucleotide.
- recovery including selection, concentration, isolation
- a nucleic acid display library is yet another aspect of the library of the present invention used in such techniques.
- nucleic acid display examples include, but are not limited to, mRNA display.
- mRNA display is a technology that presents a peptide or protein (synonymous with display) in the form of a complex formed by linking mRNA and its translation product, peptide or protein, with an intervening portion in between (Kiefe and Suzostak, Nature, 410, 715-718, published 2001: Keefe, AD and Szostak, JW, Nature, vol. 410 (2001), pp 715-718).
- a physical assembly of cells including a physical assembly of non-identical peptides and / or nucleotides of the present invention, the physics of microorganisms (including viruses, phages, phage-like molecules, particles of any of them), etc. And the physical assembly of naturally occurring or artificially created vectors (including phagemids, cosmids, plasmids, etc.), and the physical assembly of their fragments, and scientific and / or Physical collections of biological modifications are also encompassed within the meaning of “library”.
- a base sequence encoding a single amino acid sequence possessed by a certain peptide or protein can have a plurality of variations.
- a codon is appropriately selected according to the codon usage of the genotype corresponding to the peptide, that is, the cell (host cell) into which the nucleotide containing the base sequence is introduced, The frequency or rate of codon usage can be adjusted as appropriate. Therefore, in the nucleotide library of the present invention, nucleotides of a base sequence encoding a single amino acid sequence can have a plurality of variations.
- the nucleotide library of the present invention may contain a physical assembly of nucleotides including a base sequence encoding an amino acid sequence of a certain peptide.
- the physical collection of nucleotides corresponding to such a specific peptide can itself form a single nucleotide library.
- the library of the present invention includes a plurality of molecules that are similar but not identical.
- the number of similar molecules contained in a library is called “library diversity”.
- diversity of the library consisting of 100 kinds of similar molecules is 10 2.
- the diversity of the library is not particularly limited, but the higher the value, the better.
- the diversity of the peptide library used in the identification method of the present invention and the peptide production method including the steps of the identification method is 1 ⁇ 10 5 or more, 2 ⁇ 10 5 or more, 5 ⁇ 10 5 or more, 1 ⁇ 10 6 or more, 2 ⁇ 10 6 or more, 5 ⁇ 10 6 or more, 1 ⁇ 10 7 or more, 2 ⁇ 10 7 or more, 5 ⁇ 10 7 or more, 1 ⁇ 10 8 or more, 2 ⁇ 10 8 or more, 5 ⁇ 10 8 or more 1 ⁇ 10 9 or more, 2 ⁇ 10 9 or more, 5 ⁇ 10 9 or more, 1 ⁇ 10 10 or more, 2 ⁇ 10 10 or more, 5 ⁇ 10 10 or more, 1 ⁇ 10 11 or more, 2 ⁇ 10 11 or more, 5 ⁇ 10 11 or more, 1 ⁇ 10 12 or more, 2 ⁇ 10 12 or more, 5 ⁇ 10 12 or more, 1 ⁇ 10 13 or more, 2 ⁇ 10 13 or more, 5 ⁇ 10 13 or more, 1 ⁇ 10 14 or more
- the present invention provides a method for identifying peptides and / or peptide derivatives that bind to a target molecule.
- the identification method of the present invention includes, for example, the above steps (4-1) and (4-2), (6-1) and (6-2), (7-1) and (7-2), etc.
- the present invention is not limited to these.
- Target molecule means a substance existing in an individual of a human or non-human animal or an exogenous substance that can be taken into a living body to which the peptide of the present invention binds.
- the target molecule of the present invention is preferably a molecule other than trypsin and / or acrosin, which are endogenous targets of SPINK2, more preferably a molecule other than trypsin, and even more preferably a human origin other than trypsin derived from human Is a molecule.
- an endogenous or exogenous enzyme that may be directly or indirectly involved in the onset or exacerbation of a disease that can be affected by such a human individual, or that is correlated or inversely correlated with such a disease.
- Receptors, ligands of the receptors, humoral factors such as cytokines, other biopolymers, signaling substances, cells, pathogens, toxins, or substances derived from any one or more thereof, for example , Fragments, degradation products, metabolites, processed products, and the like hereinafter referred to as “disease-related target molecules”).
- the target molecule of the present invention may be a non-natural substance such as a mineral, a polymer, a plastic, or a synthetic low molecular compound.
- a target molecule suitable as an embodiment of the present invention is a protease other than trypsin and / or acrosin, more preferably a protease other than trypsin, and even more preferably a serine protease. Even more preferred is an endo-type serine protease, and an example of an endo-type serine protease is chymotrypsin.
- protease inhibitors are useful for the production of various recombinant and non-recombinant proteins. Also, these proteases are preferably disease-related target molecules.
- a peptide that binds to the target molecule When the target molecule of the present invention is selected from the peptide library of the present invention, a peptide that binds to the target molecule, a peptide that stimulates the target molecule, or a peptide that antagonizes the target molecule, the test molecule and the target molecule are selected. It is used when determining binding, stimulating activity or antagonistic activity.
- a target molecule may be a full-length molecule or a fragment thereof, or a derivative to which any amino acid, peptide, protein, sugar chain, polymer, carrier or the like is added. Further, such a target molecule may be immobilized.
- the target molecule of the present invention is isolated and purified from a diseased tissue or cell, or used in a form in which all or part of the target molecule is bound or contained in the tissue or cell. can do.
- the target molecule of the present invention can be prepared by methods well known to those skilled in the art as methods for producing peptides or proteins, such as chemical synthesis, gene recombination, and in vitro translation. From the target molecule thus obtained, a derivative as described above may be prepared as necessary.
- peptides or proteins are in vitro translation, that is, nucleotides such as DNA and cDNA corresponding to such peptides or proteins or vectors containing the nucleotides, enzymes, substrates, energy substances, etc. necessary for transcription and translation.
- a method of synthesizing a desired peptide or protein in vitro by incubating in a solution containing, obtained by genetic recombination, ie, introducing the nucleotide or vector into a prokaryotic or eukaryotic cell (host cell) After culturing the recombinant cells, it can be prepared by a method of recovering a desired peptide or protein from the culture, chemical synthesis, or the like.
- the target molecule is a protein present in the cell membrane or a domain thereof
- a fusion protein formed by linking the extracellular region of the protein or domain and an immunoglobulin (Ig) constant region is expressed in an appropriate host-vector system.
- Ig immunoglobulin
- the nucleotide corresponding to the target molecule can be obtained by, for example, an expression cloning method, but is not limited thereto.
- a cDNA expression library containing a nucleotide sequence encoding the amino acid sequence of a peptide or protein is constructed, and primers that specifically amplify the full length or a part of the cDNA are prepared using such a cDNA library as a template.
- the polymerase chain reaction hereinafter referred to as “PCR”: Saiki et al., Science, 239, 487 to 489, published in 1988: Saiki, RK, et al., Science (1988), vol. 239, This is a method of cloning a cDNA corresponding to a peptide or protein by performing pp 487-489).
- kits and reagents applicable to in vitro translation include a rapid translation system (RTS) manufactured by Roche Diagnostics.
- RTS rapid translation system
- a prokaryotic or eukaryotic cell applicable as a host cell for preparing the cell of the present invention can be appropriately selected.
- Recombinant cells obtained by gene recombination can be cultured according to methods well known to those skilled in the art, and a desired peptide or protein can be introduced into the culture or in such cells. Can be produced.
- the medium used for such culture can be appropriately selected from those conventionally used depending on the host cell.
- an antibiotic such as ampicillin or IPTG can be added to the LB medium and used for culture as necessary.
- the desired peptide or protein produced inside or outside the recombinant cell by such culture is purified and appropriately combined with known fractionation methods utilizing its physical, chemical and / or biological properties. It can be isolated.
- Such fractionation techniques include, for example, salting out, treatment with protein precipitants, dialysis, ultrafiltration, molecular sieve (gel filtration) chromatography, adsorption chromatography, ion exchange chromatography, affinity chromatography, partition chromatography. And hydrophobic chromatography and the like, but are not limited thereto.
- a desired peptide or protein can be efficiently purified by previously linking or adding a portion useful for purification to the peptide or protein.
- a desired peptide or protein can be efficiently purified by nickel affinity chromatography by previously linking a histidine tag consisting of 6 residues.
- the desired peptide or protein can be purified efficiently by protein A affinity chromatography.
- the identification method of the present invention includes a step of contacting a peptide and / or a derivative thereof with a target molecule.
- the peptide and / or its derivative may be contained in a peptide library. That is, the identification method of the present invention may include a step of bringing the peptide and / or derivative thereof contained in the peptide library into contact with the target molecule.
- contact means that two or more substances are brought close to a distance allowing interaction between two or more of the substances.
- Examples of such interaction include covalent bond, coordination bond, metal-metal bond, ionic bond, metal bond, hydrogen bond, van der Waals bond (hereinafter referred to as “chemical bond”), and bond by Coulomb force.
- chemical bond van der Waals bond
- Coulomb force Interactions between ions, hydrogen bonds, dipole interactions, interactions based on electrostatic interactions such as van der Waals forces (hereinafter referred to as “intermolecular forces”), other interactions, charge transfer interactions Examples include, but are not limited to, transannular interactions, hydrophobic interactions, associations of peptides and biomolecules, and the like.
- two or more substances are not particularly limited as long as they contain a target molecule and a test substance.
- the test substance is not particularly limited as long as it is a substance that binds to the target molecule.
- the peptide of the present invention, a derivative of the peptide, a carrier on which any of them is immobilized their Examples thereof include cells, virus particles or virus-like particles (including phages and phagemids) in which any one of them is expressed or displayed (synonymous with display).
- the identification method of the present invention comprises a step of selecting peptides and / or peptide derivatives having desired properties, preferably peptides and / or peptide derivatives that bind to a target molecule.
- binding means that two or more substances can interact with each other (described in other parts of the present invention) under certain conditions. It means close or meeting.
- the target molecule is brought into contact with the test substance under a certain condition, and then the test substance non-specifically adsorbed to the target molecule and the test substance not bound or adsorbed to the target molecule If the test substance is present in the fraction even after the sample is removed from the fraction containing the test substance, it can be understood that the test substance “binds” to the target molecule.
- the “binding” between the peptide or the derivative thereof and the target molecule can be determined in the same manner as the measurement of the “binding” between the antibody and the antigen.
- the presence or absence can be measured.
- the presence or absence of “binding” can be determined by measuring an indicator of binding activity or affinity. Examples of the binding affinity index include a dissociation constant and a binding constant.
- Kd [A] [B] / [AB]
- [A], [B], and [AB] mean the concentrations of A, B, and AB (aggregate), respectively.
- Kd means the ratio of dissociated A and B to non-dissociated AB, and the reciprocal of Kd is the coupling constant (Ka).
- “Dissociation constant” used in the present invention mainly means an equilibration dissociation constant of a peptide and / or a peptide derivative for binding to a certain target molecule.
- the dissociation constant is calculated by measuring the concentrations of dissociated substances (peptides, peptide derivatives, target molecules, etc.) and non-dissociated substances (peptides and / or peptide derivatives-target molecule aggregates, etc.). can do.
- the method for measuring and calculating the dissociation constant is not particularly limited as long as it is a method well known to those skilled in the art, and examples thereof include a method using surface plasmon resonance and an isothermal titration calorimetry method.
- the interaction between the target molecule and the peptide and / or derivative thereof bound to the target molecule can be measured and calculated as follows: a series of surface plasmon resonances at a plurality of peptide concentrations.
- the binding / dissociation reaction is detected; the obtained series of binding / dissociation reactions are analyzed; the dissociation constant is calculated from the various rate constants obtained.
- Examples of the surface plasmon resonance measurement-calculation system include, but are not limited to, a Biacore system (GE Healthcare).
- the procedure when using the Biacore system is as follows: Immobilize the target molecule on the sensor chip of the Biacore system by amine coupling; contacting the target molecule with the peptide at multiple peptide concentrations The interaction between the two is detected by surface plasmon resonance; a series of binding and dissociation reactions are plotted as a sensorgram with the horizontal axis representing time and the vertical axis representing the amount of binding (RU); drawn at multiple peptide concentrations From the sensorgram, using BIAevaluation software (GE Healthcare), a 1: 1 Langmuir model is fitted and various speed parameters are calculated; the dissociation constant is calculated from the various speed parameters.
- BIAevaluation software GE Healthcare
- the interaction between the target molecule and the peptide and / or its derivative bound to the target molecule can be measured and calculated as follows: the peptide solution is dropped into the solution containing the target molecule (or vice versa). ); Measure the amount of heat generated by the interaction and draw a bond isotherm; from the bond isotherm, the dissociation constant (KD), reaction binding ratio (N), enthalpy change ( ⁇ H), entropy change ( ⁇ S) can be obtained .
- KD dissociation constant
- N reaction binding ratio
- ⁇ H enthalpy change
- ⁇ S entropy change
- a MicroCal system As a system for directly measuring a minute heat change (exothermic change or endothermic change) associated with an intermolecular interaction, for example, a MicroCal system (GE Healthcare) can be exemplified, but is not limited thereto. is not.
- the procedure for using the MicroCal system is as follows: Titrate the ligand solution into a sample cell kept at a constant temperature and stir; heat generation or absorption directly proportional to the amount of binding occurs due to intermolecular interactions.
- CFB cell feedback network
- the identification method and / or determination method (described later) of the present invention for example, 100 ⁇ M or less, 50 ⁇ M or less, 20 ⁇ M or less, 10 ⁇ M or less, 5 ⁇ M or less, 2 ⁇ M or less, 1 ⁇ M or less, 500 nM (0.5 ⁇ M) with respect to the target molecule.
- a test substance showing a dissociation constant of 2 pM or less or 1 pM or less can be determined to bind to the target molecule, that is, positive, but the reference value of the dissociation constant and the presence or absence of “binding” are determined. However, the criteria for doing so are not limited to these.
- the “selection” step is also a step of collecting the test substance that binds to the target molecule, and the test substance that binds to the target molecule is contained or concentrated in the product.
- a product may be either a product composed only of a substance that binds to the target molecule or a substance that contains a substance that does not bind to the target molecule.
- the test substance that binds to the target molecule contained or concentrated in the product may be a single substance or a mixture of two or more kinds.
- the selection step in the identification method of the present invention means a step of recovering a fraction containing or concentrated a substance that binds to the target molecule.
- a step is not particularly limited as long as it is a fractionation-purification method well known to those skilled in the art in the technical field of the present invention, but the substance bound to the target molecule and the substance not bound to the target molecule and A step of separating the substance adsorbed nonspecifically on the target molecule from the target molecule (including fraction), a step of eluting the substance bound to the target molecule (separating from the target molecule), and the like may be included.
- it is not necessary to provide a criterion for determination such as dissociation constant for the presence or absence of binding.
- “selection” included in the identification method of the present invention may be called “panning”.
- “panning” includes bringing the peptide and / or peptide derivative of the present invention into contact with a target molecule and recovering (selecting, concentrating, and isolating) the peptide and / or peptide derivative that binds to the target molecule. ) Means.
- a method well known to those skilled in the art can be applied, and examples thereof include a solid phase panning method and a liquid phase panning method, but are not limited thereto.
- the solid-phase panning method for example, the target molecule is solid-phased, then the peptide contained in the liquid phase is brought into contact with the target molecule, and then the peptide not bound to the target molecule and the non-specifically bound peptide are removed. Then, by selectively separating the peptide bound to the target molecule from the solid phase (the target molecule bound to the target molecule), a peptide having a desired binding activity can be selected. The operation is not limited to this.
- liquid phase panning method for example, a peptide is brought into contact with the target molecule in a solution, and then a peptide that has not bound to the target molecule and a non-specifically bound peptide are removed, and then the peptide that has bound to the target molecule. Can be selectively separated from the target to select a peptide having a desired binding activity, but the operation of the liquid phase panning method is not limited thereto.
- a peptide that binds to a target molecule by using a library linked with a genotype (synonymous with a genetic trait) corresponding to a phenotype (synonymous with a phenotype). It is possible to efficiently select nucleotides corresponding to “including peptides included in the derivatives”, and to efficiently prepare the peptides.
- the link between a phenotype and the corresponding genotype may be either direct or indirect.
- a phenotype and a genotype are“ directly linked ” means that the behavior of the phenotype and the genotype are the same. Even if there is a certain distance between the phenotype and the genotype, even if there is a certain distance, if the behavior of the two matches, it is included in the meaning of “directly linked”. That is, it is not essential that the two are physically adjacent.
- “behavior is consistent” between the phenotype and the genotype means that the peptide, nucleotide, vector, cell, production method, identification method, determination method, peptide library, nucleotide library of the present invention
- “behavior” may be wholly or partially due to internal factors, external factors, combinations thereof, or other factors. Even if lost, it is included in the meaning of “behavior is consistent”.
- Examples of the direct link between phenotype and genotype include, for example, a ribosome display library, a nucleic acid display library, and nucleotides corresponding to the peptides of the present invention linked directly or indirectly. And / or derivatives thereof, peptide libraries comprising such peptides and / or derivatives thereof, and the like.
- a phenotype and a genotype are “indirectly linked” means that the behavior of the two does not necessarily match, or the two are not necessarily “directly linked”, but the expression from a specific phenotype. It means that the genotype corresponding to the type can be accessed.
- indirectly linked phenotypes and genotypes include, but are not limited to, phage display libraries, cDNA libraries used for expression cloning, and the like.
- the behavior of the peptide as a phenotype or a derivative thereof and the behavior of the nucleotide as the corresponding genotype do not necessarily match.
- Phage-like particles bound to the target molecule after contacting the contained peptide and / or derivative thereof with the target molecule, removing phage-like particles that did not bind to the target molecule or that were non-specifically adsorbed to the target molecule The peptide and / or its derivative (expressed or displayed on the phage-like particle) that binds to the target molecule can be selected through a process such as selective elution, and the corresponding genotype I.e.
- Nucleotides that respond purification can be isolated and determined its nucleotide sequence.
- the benefits of accessing such phenotypes to their corresponding genotypes are not limited to “directly linked” phenotypes and genotypes, such as phage display. Can also be enjoyed when linked to.
- peptides and / or derivatives thereof that bind to a target molecule can be obtained by newly constructing a peptide library from the peptides and / or peptide derivatives recovered in the selection step, and performing the contact and selection steps. Higher concentration is possible.
- peptides and / or derivatives thereof that bind to the target molecule can be enriched to a higher degree and ultimately increase the efficiency of isolating them.
- the peptide and / or derivative thereof that binds to the target molecule is further highly concentrated, so that a binder with higher affinity can be isolated.
- a high concentration of peptides and / or derivatives thereof that bind to a target molecule is obtained by comparing non-specifically binding with peptides and / or derivatives thereof that bind to a target in the steps included in the identification method of the present invention. It can also be achieved by more powerful separation. Such separation methods include, for example, increasing the number of steps to remove non-specifically bound peptides, etc., and more powerful reagents (surfactants, etc.) used to remove non-specifically bound peptides. Change to something.
- the peptide of the present invention or a derivative thereof is a monomer, homo- or hetero-dimer, trimer, tetramer, pentamer, hexamer, heptamer, octamer, or nine or more. It can take any form of a multimer composed of these monomers.
- the number of molecules of the peptide of the present invention or a derivative thereof bound to one target molecule or one target site may be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 or more.
- a peptide or derivative thereof may be a monomer, homo- or hetero-dimer, trimer, tetramer, pentamer, hexamer, heptamer, octamer, or more than nine monomers
- the target molecule may be bound in any form of a multimer composed of a body.
- the number of target molecules or the number of target sites to which one molecule of the peptide of the present invention or a derivative thereof binds may be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 or more.
- the present invention also provides a method for identifying a peptide or peptide derivative that activates or promotes, or inhibits, inactivates or suppresses part or all of the biological activity of a target molecule, and stimulates the target molecule.
- Methods of identifying peptides or peptide derivatives that antagonize or antagonize are provided. That is, the present invention provides a method for identifying an activator, promoter or stimulator, or an inhibitor, inactivator, inhibitor or antagonist of a target molecule.
- These identification methods may include, for example, the steps (6-1) to (6-3) and (7-1) to (7-3) described above, but are limited to those including these steps. Not.
- composition The present invention provides a composition.
- composition of the present invention comprises the peptide of the present invention, a peptide derivative, a nucleotide, a vector, or a cell.
- a composition comprising a peptide of the present invention or a derivative thereof can be used to detect a target molecule to which the peptide or derivative thereof binds. it can.
- a composition comprising the nucleotide, vector or cell of the present invention is used for preparing a peptide having an amino acid sequence encoded by the nucleotide sequence of the nucleotide of the present invention contained in the nucleotide, the vector or the cell. Can be used. Such a composition can also be used to detect nucleotides, vectors, cells and the like containing the nucleotides.
- composition is subjected to the peptide of the present invention, a derivative of the peptide, a nucleotide, a vector or a cell by a preparation method such as a buffer, salt, metal, preservative, surfactant, freezing or lyophilization, as necessary.
- a preparation method such as a buffer, salt, metal, preservative, surfactant, freezing or lyophilization, as necessary.
- a substance or the like for reducing or preventing damage can be contained.
- Reagent The present invention provides a reagent.
- the reagent of the present invention comprises the peptide of the present invention, a peptide derivative, a nucleotide, a vector, or a cell.
- the reagent comprising the peptide of the present invention or a derivative thereof can be used for detecting a target molecule to which the peptide or the derivative thereof binds.
- pancreatic enzymes such as elastase and trypsin are synthesized in pancreatic acinar cells and secreted as pancreatic juice into the pancreatic duct system.
- pancreatic tissue damage occurs due to various inflammatory stimuli, etc., these enzymes deviate into the blood in large quantities, so it is possible to diagnose the presence or absence of pancreatic damage by measuring the amount of pancreatic enzyme that has increased in the blood. It becomes.
- the reagent comprising the nucleotide, vector or cell of the present invention can be used for detecting a nucleotide, vector, cell or the like containing the nucleotide.
- the reagent of the present invention may be a composition.
- a kit containing such a reagent is also included in the reagent of the present invention.
- the peptides, peptide derivatives of the present invention, cells on which they are presented, etc. can be used as biosensors for such substances as elements for recognizing substances such as target molecules.
- the present invention also provides a method for determining whether or not a test substance binds to a target molecule.
- the determination method of the present invention may include, for example, the steps (5-1) and (5-2) described above, but is not limited thereto.
- the same or appropriately modified steps as those included in the identification method of the present invention can be used.
- the test substance to be subjected to such a determination method may not be included in a collection such as a library.
- the test peptide or test peptide derivative to be subjected to the determination method is not limited to the peptide or peptide derivative contained in the peptide library, but a single peptide or peptide derivative separated from other peptides, It may be a mixture containing them.
- the identification method of the present invention is mainly suitable as a method for selecting a substance having a desired property from a physical collection of test substances, whereas the determination method of the present invention is a specific test substance. It is also suitable as an assay method for examining whether or not has a desired property.
- the determination method of the present invention for example, in the step of determining whether or not a test substance binds to a target molecule, whether or not a condition relating to an affinity index such as a dissociation constant is satisfied is used as a criterion for determination. Can do. Moreover, if the test substance is recovered as a substance that binds to the target molecule in the same selection process as the identification method of the present invention, the test substance can be determined as positive.
- the present invention also provides a method for determining whether a test substance activates or promotes, or inhibits, inactivates or suppresses part or all of the biological activity of a target molecule, and the test substance There is also provided a method for determining whether or not a target molecule is agonized or antagonized with a target molecule.
- a determination method of the present invention may include, for example, the above steps (8-1) and (8-2), (9-1) and (9-2), but is not limited thereto. Not.
- the sequence including the SD sequence and the phoA signal peptide is “fragment 3”
- the phage coat protein is the sequence derived from pCANTAB 5E as “fragment 4”
- the region including Ipp terminator is “ Fragment 5 (SEQ ID NO: 13) "was synthesized.
- an overlap extension PCR method using the following primers 1 and 2 and KOD-plus- (consisting of TOYOBO: DNA polymerase, buffer, substrate, etc.) (( 94 ° C. for 15 seconds, 60 ° C. for 30 seconds, 68 ° C. for 160 seconds) ⁇ 30 cycle).
- Primer 1 5′-AAAAAACGCGTCTGCGGCCCCATAGGGTAGGCAAAAACCT-3 ′
- Primer 2 5′-AAAAAAGGCGCCATTCGCCATTCAGGCTGCGCAACTGTTTGG-3 ′
- the purified fragment was reacted overnight at 16 ° C. using T4 DNA Ligase (NEB) to carry out a ligation reaction.
- the Ligation solution was added to Escherichia coli JM109 (TOYOBO), allowed to stand on ice for 30 minutes, then heat-treated at 42 ° C. for 45 seconds, and then allowed to stand on ice for 5 minutes, containing 0.1 mg / ml ampicillin. After seeding on the YT plate, E. coli was transformed by stationary culture at 37 ° C. overnight. The next day, the transformed E. coli was inoculated into Terrific Broth medium (Invitrogen) containing 0.1 mg / ml ampicillin, cultured at 37 ° C.
- phagemid vector pPR3 The phagemid vector pPR3 can be used in the examples after (1-3), instead of the phagemid vector pPR3_SPINK2 (WT) constructed in (1-2).
- phagemid vector pPR3_SPINK2 (WT) A phagemid vector was constructed in order to display a random mutant SPINK2 library on phages.
- the region containing tTH terminator is defined as “fragment 1 (SEQ ID NO: 10)”, and the region from 2099 to 2232 (from nucleotide numbers 3 to 136 of SEQ ID NO: 11) of pCANTAB 5E (GE healthcare) containing lac operator is expressed as “ Fragment 2 ”.
- sequence (SEQ ID NO: 12) including the SD sequence and the phoA signal peptide and the wild-type SPINK2, that is, the base sequence encoding the amino acid sequence of SPINK2 (WT) is represented by “fragment 3”, and the phage coat protein (gene III) based on pCANTAB 5E
- the containing sequence (nucleotide numbers 600 to 1848 of SEQ ID NO: 16) was designated as “fragment 4”, and the region containing Ipp terminator was designated as “fragment 5 (SEQ ID NO: 13)”.
- Primer 1 ' 5'-AAAAGAAGAGCGCCCAATACGGCAAACCGCTCCTCC-3'
- Primer 2 5'-AAAAAGAATTCATTAAAACGGCAGACAAAAAAAAATGTCGC-3'
- the purified fragment was reacted overnight at 16 ° C. using T4 DNA Ligase (NEB) to carry out a ligation reaction.
- the Ligation solution was added to Escherichia coli JM109 (TOYOBO), allowed to stand on ice for 30 minutes, then heat-treated at 42 ° C. for 45 seconds, and then allowed to stand on ice for 5 minutes, containing 0.1 mg / ml ampicillin. After seeding on the YT plate, E. coli was transformed by stationary culture at 37 ° C. overnight. The next day, the transformed E. coli was inoculated into Terrific Broth medium (Invitrogen) containing 0.1 mg / ml ampicillin, cultured at 37 ° C.
- miniprep treatment QIAprep 96 Turbo Miniprep Kit (Qiagen).
- miniprep treatment T4 DNA Ligase (NEB) was used for ligation reaction at 16 ° C. for 1 hour to transform into E. coli JM109.
- NEB T4 DNA Ligase
- Primer 3 5'-GCGGCCGCATAGGGGTAGCGAAAACCGTTATTTTCAGAG-3 '
- Primer 4 5′-GCTAAACAACTTTCAACGGGTgcaccGCTCTGAAAATACAGG-3 ′
- PCR method (94 ° C. for 15 seconds, 60 ° C. for 30 seconds, 68 ° C.
- PCR method ((94 ° C. 15 seconds, 60 ° C. 30 seconds, 68 ° C. 45 seconds) ⁇ 30 cycle) using the following primers ⁇ and ⁇ and KOD-plus- was performed using the amplified DNA fragment as a template.
- Primer ⁇ 5′-AACACGCGTCTGCGGCCGCATAGGGTAGC-3 ′
- Primer ⁇ 5′-AACGGATCCTCATTAAAGCCCAAATGGAAAG-3 ′
- the purified fragment was reacted overnight at 16 ° C. using T4 DNA Ligase to perform a ligation reaction, and E. coli JM109 was transformed. After culturing the transformed E. coli, it was treated with miniprep and the resulting DNA was sequenced.
- the constructed vector was named “phagemid vector pPR3_TEV”. The operation was performed according to the method described in (1-1).
- the constructed phagemid vectors pPR3_TEV and pcDNA3.1 (+) were treated with restriction enzymes EcoRI (NEB) and MluI (NEB) at 37 ° C. for 1 hour or longer. After agarose gel electrophoresis, the desired DNA fragment was excised. Purified by Wizard SV Gel and PCR Clean-Up System. The purified fragment was reacted overnight at 16 ° C. using T4 DNA Ligase to perform a ligation reaction, and E. coli JM109 was transformed. After culturing the transformed E. coli, it was treated with miniprep, and the resulting DNA was subjected to sequence analysis and named “phagemid vector pPR3_stuffer_TEV”. The operation was performed according to the method described in (1-2).
- Primer 7 5′-GGTAGCGATATGAGCACCCTGC-3 ′
- Primer 8 5′-GCACGGACCATTGCGAATA-3 ′
- UUU includes 18 amino acids except Cys and Pro (Ala, Glu, Gln, Asp, Asn, His, Trp, Arg, Lys, Val, Leu, Ile, Phe, Tyr, Ser, Met, Gly, Thr)
- a codon encoding is included.
- VVV includes 19 amino acids except Cys (Ala, Glu, Gln, Asp, Asn, His, Trp, Arg, Lys, Val, Leu, Ile, Phe, Tyr, Ser, Met, Gly, Thr, Pro) A codon encoding is included.
- WWW includes codons encoding Tyr, Ser, Phe, Leu, Thr.
- XXX includes codons encoding Asn, Asp, Leu, Lys, Gln, Ala, and Glu.
- PCR method ((95 ° C. 20 seconds, 55 ° C. 20 seconds, 72 ° C. 30 seconds) ⁇ 10 cycle) using the following primers 11 and 12 and PfuUltra II Fusion HS DNA Polymerase was performed using Insert B as a template.
- Primer 11 5'-AAAGAATTCTGATCCCCAGTTTGGTCTGTTTAGCAAATAATCGT-3 '
- Primer 12 5′-AAAGGCCGCGCCCACGGACCATTGCGAATAATTTTTAAT-3 ′
- the desired DNA fragment was excised and DNA was prepared by Wizard SV Gel and PCR Clean-Up System. The prepared DNA fragment was named Insert C.
- Insert C is treated with restriction enzymes EcoRI (NEB) and AscI (NEB), and phagemid vectors pPR3_stuffer_TEV are treated with EcoRI (TAKARA) and MluI (TAKARA) at 37 ° C. for 5 hours or more, respectively, and Insert C is subjected to Wizard SV Gel and After purification using PCR Clean-Up System and subjecting the phagemid vector to agarose gel electrophoresis, the desired DNA fragment was excised and purified by Wizard SV Gel and PCR Clean-Up System (Promega). The purified fragment was reacted overnight at 16 ° C. using T4 DNA Ligase (NEB) to carry out a ligation reaction. The next day, heat treatment was performed at 65 ° C. for 10 minutes, and DNA desalting was performed by Amicon-Ultra (30k: Millipore).
- transformation was performed by electroporation (1.97 kV, 186 ⁇ F). Then, using SOC medium, shaking culture is performed at 37 ° C. for 1 hour, and plated on 2-YT plate containing 0.1 mg / ml ampicillin (Wako Pure Chemical Industries) and 2% glucose (nacalai tesque). And static culture at 30 ° C. The next day, colonies were collected using a 2-YT solution containing 1% glucose and 15% glycerol (Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd.) and stored at ⁇ 80 ° C. A part of the culture solution after electroporation was collected, plated after serial dilution, and statically cultured. On the next day, the library size was estimated by measuring the number of colonies, and it was confirmed that the size of the constructed library was about 1.2 ⁇ 10 10 .
- the mixture was allowed to stand on ice for 30 minutes, and the pellet was collected by centrifugation (3,000 g, 20 minutes, 4 ° C.), 0.1 mg / ml ampicillin, 30 ⁇ g / ml kanamycin (nacalai tesque), 0.25 mM IPTG.
- the suspension was suspended in 2-YT medium containing (Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd.), and shaking culture was performed overnight at 22 ° C.
- the culture supernatant was collected by centrifugation (9,000 g, 20 minutes, 4 ° C.), and 1/4 volume of 20% Polyethylene Glycol 6000 (nacalai tesque) and 2.5 M NaCl (Wako Pure Chemical Industries) was added.
- Random mutant SPINK2 phage library was prepared by repeating PEG precipitation and centrifugation (9,000 g, 30 minutes, 4 ° C.) twice and suspending the precipitated phage in PBS.
- the prepared phage solution was infected with E. coli XL1-Blue, seeded on a 2-YT plate containing 0.1 mg / ml ampicillin and 1% glucose, and the number of colonies formed was measured.
- the titer of the phage library was 1.8 ⁇ 10 13 phage / ml.
- Example 2 Selection of SPINK2 mutants that bind to target molecules (2-1) Liquid phase panning method Using EZ-Link NHS-Chromogenetic Biotin Reagent (Thermo), the target protein described in (2-4) according to the attached instructions was biotinylated.
- the biotinylated target protein was mixed with SPINK2 mutant-displayed phage and allowed to react for 1 to 12 hours. After the reaction, Dynabeads M-280 Streptavidin (Invitrogen) (hereinafter simply referred to as “beads”) is added to bind the biotinylated target protein to the beads, and PBS containing 0.05% Tween (hereinafter “PBS-T”). ”) And a reaction with AcTEV TM Protease (Invitrogen) for 30 minutes to recover the SPINK2 mutant-displayed phage bound to the biotinylated target protein on the bead surface. The collected phages were infected with E.
- Beads Dynabeads M-280 Streptavidin
- PBS-T PBS containing 0.05% Tween
- the plate or agarose immobilized with the target protein was mixed with the SPINK2 mutant-displayed phage and reacted for 1 to 12 hours.
- the biotinylated target protein is bound to the bead by adding beads, washed with PBS-T a predetermined number of times, and then reacted with AcTEV TM Protease (Invitrogen) for 30 minutes, thereby reacting with the biotinylated target protein on the bead surface.
- Bound SPINK2 mutant-displayed phage was recovered. The collected phages were infected with E.
- the mixture was allowed to stand on ice for 30 minutes, and the pellet was collected by centrifugation (3,000 g, 20 minutes, 4 ° C.), 0.1 mg / ml ampicillin, 30 ⁇ g / ml kanamycin (nacalai tesque), 0.25 mM IPTG.
- the suspension was suspended in 2-YT medium containing (Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd.), and shaking culture was performed overnight at 22 ° C. On the next day, the culture supernatant was collected by centrifugation, and PEG precipitation and centrifugation were repeated twice to prepare a phage solution for use in the next round.
- Example 3 Evaluation of ⁇ -chymotrypsin-binding peptide (single clone) (3-1) Construction of pET 32a (modified) PCR using pIRES Puro3 (Clontech) as a template and the following primers 13 and 14 and KOD-plus- (TOYOBO) (94 ° C. for 15 seconds, 60 ° C. for 30 seconds, 68 ° C. for 30 seconds) ⁇ 30 cycle).
- E. coli JM109 E. coli JM109.
- NEB T4 DNA Ligase
- E. coli JM109 E. coli JM109.
- the operation was performed according to the method described in (1-2).
- Escherichia coli Origami B (DE3) (Novagen) was transformed with the plasmid recovered by Miniprep and seeded on 2-YT plates containing 0.1 mg / ml ampicillin.
- TALON Metal Affinity Resin (TAKARA) is added to the supernatant recovered by centrifugation (10,000 g, 20 minutes, 4 ° C.), and the His tag fusion target protein is added to the Resin by stirring at 4 ° C. for 1 hour or longer. Adsorbed. After washing Resin several times with sodium phosphate buffer (50 mM Sodium Phosphate, 300 mM NaCl, pH 7.4), His tag is added by adding eluate (50 mM Sodium Phosphate, 300 mM NaCl, 150 mM imidazolol, pH 7.4). The fusion protein was recovered.
- sodium phosphate buffer 50 mM Sodium Phosphate, 300 mM NaCl, pH 7.4
- His tag is added by adding eluate (50 mM Sodium Phosphate, 300 mM NaCl, 150 mM imidazolol, pH 7.4).
- the fusion protein was recovered.
- the Thioredoxin tag was removed by cleaving the Thioroxin tag using a Thrombin cleavage capture kit (Novagen) and adding it to TALON. Finally, the target protein was concentrated and replaced with PBS using Amicon-Ultra (3k). The prepared target protein (SPINK2 mutant) was subjected to SDS-PAGE in a reduced and non-reduced state to try to analyze the molecular state.
- the peptide library of the present invention can be used for searching for peptides that bind to various target molecules, and is useful for research on diagnostic agents, diagnostic agents, and the like.
- peptides that bind to a predetermined target molecule are useful as test agents, diagnostic agents, and the like.
- SEQ ID NO: 1 random region of the peptide with diversity (FIG. 13)
- SEQ ID NO: 2 random region of chymotrypsin binding peptide (FIG. 12: peptide number 1)
- SEQ ID NO: 3 random region of chymotrypsin binding peptide (FIG. 12: peptide number 2)
- SEQ ID NO: 4 random region of chymotrypsin-binding peptide (FIG. 12: peptide number 6)
- SEQ ID NO: 5 Random region of chymotrypsin binding peptide (FIG. 12: Peptide No. 7)
- SEQ ID NO: 6 Random region of chymotrypsin-binding peptide (FIG. 13).
- SEQ ID NO: 7 random region of chymotrypsin binding peptide (FIG. 12: peptide number 13)
- SEQ ID NO: 8 random region of chymotrypsin binding peptide (FIG. 12: peptide number 14)
- SEQ ID NO: 9 random region of chymotrypsin binding peptide (FIG. 12: peptide number 17)
- SEQ ID NO: 10 fragment 1 of the sequence listing (FIG. 14)
- SEQ ID NO: 11 fragment 2 (underlined in FIG. 15)
- SEQ ID NO: 12 fragment 3 (FIG.
- SEQ ID NO: 13-Fragment 5 Figure 17
- SEQ ID NO: 14 in the Sequence Listing-Base sequence encoding the amino acid sequence of SPINK2 (FIG. 18)
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(1)
下記(i)または(ii)から選択されるペプチド:
(i)配列表の配列番号14において第43番塩基チミン乃至第93番チミンからなる塩基配列が配列表の配列番号1で示されるアミノ酸配列をコードする塩基配列で置き換えられてなる塩基配列によりコードされるアミノ酸配列を含むペプチド;および、
(ii)配列表の配列番号1で示されるアミノ酸配列のアミノ酸番号2乃至8及び10乃至14以外の、1個以上5個以下のアミノ酸がアミノ酸置換、欠失、付加および/または挿入してなるアミノ酸配列を有する(i)記載のペプチド、
(2)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて1番目乃至5番目、7番目、9番目および10番目のXaaが、それぞれ、システインおよびプロリンを除く任意のアミノ酸である、(1)記載のペプチド、
(3)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて6番目および8番目のXaaが、それぞれ、システインを除く任意のアミノ酸である、(1)または(2)記載のペプチド、
(4)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて11番目のXaaが、チロシン、セリン、フェニルアラニン、ロイシンおよびスレオニンからなる群より選択されるアミノ酸である、(1)乃至(3)のいずれか一つに記載のペプチド、
(5)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて12番目のXaaが、アスパラギン、アスパラギン酸、ロイシン、リジン、グルタミン、アラニンおよびグルタミン酸からなる群より選択されるアミノ酸である、(1)乃至(4)のいずれか一つに記載のペプチド、
(6)
保存的アミノ酸置換が、疎水性アミノ酸グループ、中性親水性アミノ酸グループ、酸性アミノ酸グループ、塩基性アミノ酸グループ、主鎖の方角に影響を与えるアミノ酸のグループ、および、芳香族アミノ酸グループから選択されるいずれかのグループ内において行われることを特徴とする、(1)乃至(5)のいずれか一つに記載のペプチド、
(7)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて1番目のXaaが、アルギニン、メチオニン、ロイシン、トリプトファンおよびセリンからなる群より選択されるアミノ酸である、(1)乃至(6)のいずれか一つに記載のペプチド、
(8)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて2番目のXaaが、スレオニン、アルギニン、トリプトファンおよびフェニルアラニンからなる群から選択されるアミノ酸である、(1)乃至(7)のいずれか一つに記載のペプチド、
(9)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて3番目のXaaが、アルギニン、ヒスチジン、トリプトファン、セリンおよびフェニルアラニンからなる群より選択されるアミノ酸である、(1)乃至(8)のいずれか一つに記載のペプチド、
(10)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて4番目のXaaが、トリプトファン、アルギニンおよびロイシンからなる群より選択されるアミノ酸である、(1)乃至(9)のいずれか一つに記載のペプチド、
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて5番目のXaaが、グリシン、アルギニン、ロイシン、ヒスチジン、トリプトファン、メチオニンおよびチロシンからなる群から選択されるアミノ酸である、(1)乃至(10)のいずれか一つに記載のペプチド、
(12)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて6番目のXaaが、アスパラギン、ヒスチジン、プロリン、リジン、トリプトファン、アルギニンおよびアスパラギン酸からなる群から選択されるアミノ酸である、(1)乃至(11)のいずれか一つに記載のペプチド、
(13)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて7番目のXaaが、アルギニン、フェニルアラニン、トリプトファン、ロイシン、アラニンおよびグリシンからなる群から選択されるアミノ酸である、(1)乃至(12)のいずれか一つに記載のペプチド、
(14)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて8番目のXaaが、スレオニン、プロリン、アスパラギンおよびセリンからなる群から選択されるアミノ酸である、(1)乃至(13)のいずれか一つに記載のペプチド、
(15)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて9番目のXaaが、トリプトファン、メチオニン、チロシンおよびフェニルアラニンからなる群から選択されるアミノ酸である、(1)乃至(14)のいずれか一つに記載のペプチド、
(16)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて10番目のXaaが、グルタミン、バリン、リジン、メチオニン、アラニン、ロイシンおよびアスパラギンからなる群から選択されるアミノ酸である、(1)乃至(15)のいずれか一つに記載のペプチド、
(17)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて11番目のXaaが、チロシン、フェニルアラニンおよびロイシンからなる群から選択されるアミノ酸である、(1)乃至(16)のいずれか一つに記載のペプチド、
(18)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて12番目のXaaがリジンである、(1)乃至(17)のいずれか一つに記載のペプチド、
(19)
配列表の配列番号2乃至9(図12のペプチド番号1、2、6、7、12乃至14および17)のいずれか一つで示されるアミノ酸配列を含む、(1)乃至(18)のいずれか一つに記載のペプチド、
(20)
(1)乃至(19)のいずれか一つに記載のペプチドに化学的修飾および/または生物学的修飾が施されてなる該ペプチドの誘導体、
下記(i)乃至(iii)のいずれか一つに記載のヌクレオチド:
(i)(1)乃至(19)のいずれか一つに記載のペプチドの有するアミノ酸配列をコードする塩基配列からなるヌクレオチドを含んでなるヌクレオチド;
(ii)(1)乃至(19)のいずれか一つに記載のペプチドの有するアミノ酸配列をコードする塩基配列を含んでなるヌクレオチド;および、
(iii)(1)乃至(19)のいずれか一つに記載のペプチドの有するアミノ酸配列をコードする塩基配列からなるヌクレオチド、
(22)
(21)記載のヌクレオチドを含んでなるベクター、
(23)
(21)記載のヌクレオチドまたは(22)記載のベクターが導入された細胞、
(24)
下記工程(i)および(ii)を含んでなる(1)乃至(19)のいずれか一つに記載のペプチドの製造方法:
(i)(23)記載の細胞を培養する工程;および、
(ii)工程(i)で得られた培養物から該ペプチドを回収する工程、
(25)
(1)乃至(19)のいずれか一つに記載のペプチドおよび/または(20)記載のペプチドの誘導体を含んでなるペプチド・ライブラリー、
(26)
ペプチドおよび/またはペプチドの誘導体が、(24)記載の工程(i)および(ii)を含んでなる方法により調製されたものであることを特徴とする、(25)記載のライブラリー、
(27)
ライブラリーにおいて、表現型(phenotype)である該ペプチド又はペプチド誘導体および該表現型に対応する遺伝型(genotype)であるヌクレオチドが直接的または間接的にリンクしていることを特徴とする、(25)または(26)記載のライブラリー、
(28)
ヌクレオチドが(21)に記載のヌクレオチドである、(27)に記載のライブラリー、
(29)
ファージ・ディスプレイ・ライブラリー、リボゾーム・ディスプレイ・ライブラリー若しくは核酸ディスプレイ・ライブラリーである、(25)乃至(28)のいずれか一つに記載のライブラリー、
(30)
下記(i)および(ii)の工程を含んでなる、標的分子に結合する、(1)乃至(19)のいずれか一つに記載のペプチドまたは(20)記載のペプチド誘導体の同定方法:
(i)(25)乃至(29)のいずれか一つに記載のライブラリーに含まれるペプチドまたはペプチド誘導体と該標的分子とを接触させる工程;および、
(ii)該標的分子に結合するペプチドまたはペプチド誘導体を回収する工程、
下記(i)乃至(iii)の工程を含んでなる、標的分子に結合する、(1)乃至(19)のいずれか一つに記載のペプチドまたは(20)記載のペプチド誘導体の製造方法:
(i)(25)乃至(29)のいずれか一つに記載のライブラリーに含まれるペプチドまたはペプチド誘導体と該標的分子とを接触させる工程;および、
(ii)該標的分子に結合するペプチドまたはペプチド誘導体を回収する工程;および、
(iii)前記(ii)において回収された該ペプチドまたはペプチド誘導体に含まれる、該標的分子に結合するペプチドを化学合成、遺伝子組換えまたはイン・ビトロ翻訳により調製する工程、
(32)
下記(i)および(ii)の工程を含んでなる、(1)乃至(19)のいずれか一つに記載のペプチドまたは(20)記載のペプチドの誘導体が標的分子に結合するか否かを判定する方法:
(i)(1)乃至(19)のいずれか一つに記載の被検ペプチドまたは(20)記載の被検ペプチド誘導体と該標的分子とを接触させる工程;および、
(ii)被検ペプチドまたは被検ペプチド誘導体が該標的分子に結合する場合、該ペプチドまたは被検ペプチド誘導体は陽性であると決定する工程、
(33)
下記(i)乃至(iii)の工程を含んでなる、標的分子に結合する、(1)乃至(19)のいずれか一つに記載のペプチドまたは(20)記載のペプチドの誘導体の製造方法:
(i)(1)乃至(19)のいずれか一つに記載の被検ペプチドまたは(20)記載の被検ペプチド誘導体と該標的分子とを接触させる工程;
(ii)被検ペプチドまたは被検ペプチド誘導体が該標的分子に結合する場合、該ペプチドまたは被検ペプチド誘導体は陽性であると決定する工程;および、
(iii)工程(ii)において被検ペプチドまたはペプチド誘導体が陽性と判定された場合、該ペプチドまたはペプチド誘導体に含まれる、該標的分子に結合するペプチドを、遺伝子組換えまたはイン・ビトロ翻訳により調製する工程、
(34)
(21)に記載のヌクレオチドを含んでなるヌクレオチド・ライブラリー、
(35)
ヌクレオチドがファージミド、コスミドもしくはプラスミドまたはその断片である、(34)記載のライブラリー、
(36)
ヌクレオチドが原核もしくは真核細胞内、または、ウイルスDNAまたはRNA上もしくはウイルス粒子中に存在する、(34)または(35)記載のヌクレオチド・ライブラリー、
(37)
(1)乃至(19)のいずれか一つに記載のペプチド、(20)記載のペプチドの誘導体、(21)記載のヌクレオチド、(22)記載のベクターまたは(23)記載の細胞を含むことからなる組成物、
(38)
(1)乃至(19)のいずれか一つに記載のペプチド、(20)記載のペプチドの誘導体、(21)記載のヌクレオチド、(22)記載のベクターまたは(23)記載の細胞を含むことからなる試薬、
(39)
予め決定された標的分子に結合する、(1)乃至(19)のいずれか一つに記載のペプチド、または、(20)記載のペプチドの誘導体、
(40)
標的分子がSPINK2の内在性の標的ではないことを特徴とする、(39)記載のペプチドまたはペプチドの誘導体、
標的分子がヒト由来であることを特徴とする、(39)または(40)記載のペプチドまたはペプチドの誘導体、
(42)
内在性の標的がトリプシンおよび/またはアクロシンである、(39)乃至(41)のいずれか一つに記載のペプチドまたはペプチドの誘導体、
(43)
内在性の標的がトリプシンである、(39)乃至(42)のいずれか一つに記載のペプチドまたはペプチドの誘導体、
(44)
(39)乃至(43)のいずれか一つに記載のペプチドまたはペプチドの誘導体を含むことからなる組成物または試薬、
(45)
下記(i)乃至(iii)の工程を含んでなる、トリプシンおよび/またはアクロシン以外のセリンプロテアーゼに結合し且つ該セリンプロテアーゼの有する蛋白質分解活性(ペプチド結合加水分解活性:以下同じ)を阻害する、(1)乃至(19)のいずれか一つに記載のペプチドまたは(20)記載のペプチド誘導体の同定方法:
(i)(25)乃至(29)のいずれか一つに記載のライブラリーに含まれるペプチドまたはペプチド誘導体と該セリンプロテアーゼとを接触させる工程;
(ii)該セリンプロテアーゼに結合するペプチドまたはペプチド誘導体を回収する工程;、および、
(iii)該ペプチドまたはペプチド誘導体が該セリンプロテアーゼの有する蛋白質分解活性を阻害する場合、該ペプチドまたはペプチド誘導体を陽性と判定する工程、
(46)
下記(i)乃至(iv)の工程を含んでなる、トリプシンおよび/またはアクロシン以外のセリンプロテアーゼに結合し且つその蛋白質分解活性を阻害する、(1)乃至(19)のいずれか一つに記載のペプチドまたは(20)記載のペプチド誘導体の製造方法:
(i)(25)乃至(29)のいずれか一つに記載のライブラリーに含まれるペプチドまたはペプチド誘導体と該セリンプロテアーゼとを接触させる工程;
(ii)該セリンプロテアーゼに結合するペプチドまたはペプチド誘導体を回収する工程;および、
(iii)工程(ii)において回収されたペプチドまたはペプチド誘導体が該セリンプロテアーゼの有する蛋白質分解活性を阻害する場合、該ペプチドまたはペプチド誘導体を陽性と判定する工程;、および、
(iv)工程(iii)において陽性と判定されたペプチドまたはペプチド誘導体に含まれる、該セリンプロテアーゼの有する蛋白質分解活性を阻害するペプチドを化学合成、遺伝子組換えまたはイン・ビトロ翻訳により調製する工程、
(47)
下記(i)および(ii)の工程を含んでなる、(1)乃至(19)のいずれか一つに記載のペプチドまたは(20)記載のペプチドの誘導体がトリプシンおよび/またはアクロシン以外のセリンプロテアーゼの有する蛋白質分解活性(ペプチド結合加水分解活性:以下同じ)を阻害するか否かを判定する方法:
(i)(1)乃至(19)のいずれか一つに記載の被検ペプチドまたは(20)記載の被検ペプチド誘導体と該セリンプロテアーゼとを接触させる工程;および、
(ii)該ペプチドまたはペプチド誘導体が該セリンプロテアーゼの有する蛋白質分解活性を阻害する場合、該ペプチドまたはペプチド誘導体を陽性と判定する工程、
(48)
下記(i)乃至(iii)の工程を含んでなる、トリプシンおよび/またはアクロシン以外のセリンプロテアーゼの有する蛋白質分解活性を阻害する、(1)乃至(19)のいずれか一つに記載のペプチドまたは(20)記載のペプチドの誘導体の製造方法:
(i)(1)乃至(19)のいずれか一つに記載の被検ペプチドまたは(20)記載の被検ペプチド誘導体と該セリンプロテアーゼとを接触させる工程;
(ii)該ペプチドまたはペプチド誘導体が該セリンプロテアーゼの有する蛋白質分解活性を阻害する場合、該ペプチドまたはペプチド誘導体を陽性と判定する工程;および、
(iii)工程(ii)において陽性と判定されたペプチドまたはペプチド誘導体に含まれる、該セリンプロテアーゼの有する蛋白質分解活性を阻害するペプチドを、遺伝子組換えまたはイン・ビトロ翻訳により調製する工程、および、
(49)
下記(i)または(ii)から選択されるペプチド:
(i)配列表の配列番号1で示されるアミノ酸配列を含み、且つ下記(ア)乃至(エ)であるペプチド;
(ア)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて1番目乃至5番目、7番目、9番目および10番目のXaaが、それぞれ、システインおよびプロリンを除く任意のアミノ酸である、
(イ)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて6番目および8番目のXaaが、それぞれ、システインを除く任意のアミノ酸である、
(ウ)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて11番目のXaaが、チロシン、セリン、フェニルアラニン、ロイシンおよびスレオニンからなる群より選択されるアミノ酸である、
(エ)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて12番目のXaaが、アスパラギン、アスパラギン酸、ロイシン、リジン、グルタミン、アラニンおよびグルタミン酸からなる群より選択されるアミノ酸である:
および、
(ii)配列表の配列番号1で示されるアミノ酸配列において、アミノ末端から数えて1番目乃至12番目のXaa以外の、1個以上5個以下のアミノ酸が保存的アミノ酸置換、欠失、付加および/または挿入してなるアミノ酸配列を含むペプチド、
(50)
保存的アミノ酸置換が、疎水性アミノ酸グループ、中性親水性アミノ酸グループ、酸性アミノ酸グループ、塩基性アミノ酸グループ、主鎖の方角に影響を与えるアミノ酸のグループ、および、芳香族アミノ酸グループから選択されるいずれかのグループ内において行われることを特徴とする、(49)記載のペプチド、
下記(ア)乃至(シ)である、(49)又は(50)に記載のペプチド:
(ア)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて1番目のXaaが、アルギニン、メチオニン、ロイシン、トリプトファンおよびセリンからなる群より選択されるアミノ酸である、
(イ)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて2番目のXaaが、スレオニン、アルギニン、トリプトファンおよびフェニルアラニンからなる群から選択されるアミノ酸である、
(ウ)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて3番目のXaaが、アルギニン、ヒスチジン、トリプトファン、セリンおよびフェニルアラニンからなる群より選択されるアミノ酸である、
(エ)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて4番目のXaaが、トリプトファン、アルギニンおよびロイシンからなる群より選択されるアミノ酸である、
(オ)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて5番目のXaaが、グリシン、アルギニン、ロイシン、ヒスチジン、トリプトファン、メチオニンおよびチロシンからなる群から選択されるアミノ酸である、
(カ)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて6番目のXaaが、アスパラギン、ヒスチジン、プロリン、リジン、トリプトファン、アルギニンおよびアスパラギン酸からなる群から選択されるアミノ酸である、
(キ)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて7番目のXaaが、アルギニン、フェニルアラニン、トリプトファン、ロイシン、アラニンおよびグリシンからなる群から選択されるアミノ酸である、
(ク)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて8番目のXaaが、スレオニン、プロリン、アスパラギンおよびセリンからなる群から選択されるアミノ酸である、
(ケ)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて9番目のXaaが、トリプトファン、メチオニン、チロシンおよびフェニルアラニンからなる群から選択されるアミノ酸である、
(コ)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて10番目のXaaが、グルタミン、バリン、リジン、メチオニン、アラニン、ロイシンおよびアスパラギンからなる群から選択されるアミノ酸である、
(サ)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて11番目のXaaが、チロシン、フェニルアラニンおよびロイシンからなる群から選択されるアミノ酸である、
(シ)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて12番目のXaaがリジンである、
(52)
(49)乃至(51)のいずれか一つに記載のペプチドに化学的修飾および/または生物学的修飾が施されてなる該ペプチドの誘導体、
(53)
予め決定された標的分子に結合する、(49)乃至(51)のいずれか一つに記載のペプチド、または、(52)記載のペプチドの誘導体、
および、
(54)
標的分子がSPINK2の内在性の標的ではないことを特徴とする、(53)記載のペプチドまたはペプチドの誘導体、
等に関するがそれらに限定されるものではない。
本発明はペプチドを提供する。
本発明のより一層好適な態様において、本発明のペプチドの有するアミノ酸配列に含まれる、配列表の配列番号1で示されるアミノ酸配列中、アミノ末端から数えて1番目のXaa(配列番号1の2番目のアミノ酸に相当する)は、アルギニン、メチオニン、ロイシン、トリプトファンおよびセリンからなる群より選択されるアミノ酸である; アミノ末端から数えて2番目のXaa(配列番号1の3番目のアミノ酸に相当する)は、スレオニン、アルギニン、トリプトファンおよびフェニルアラニンからなる群より選択されるアミノ酸である; アミノ末端から数えて3番目のXaa(配列番号1の4番目のアミノ酸に相当する)は、アルギニン、ヒスチジン、トリプトファン、セリンおよびファニルアラニンからなる群より選択されるアミノ酸である; アミノ末端から数えて4番目のXaa(配列番号1の5番目のアミノ酸に相当する)は、トリプトファン、アルギニンおよびロイシンからなる群より選択されるアミノ酸である; アミノ末端から数えて5番目のXaa(配列番号1の6番目のアミノ酸に相当する)は、グルシン、アルギニン、ロイシン、ヒスチジン、トリプトファン、メチオニンおよびチロシンからなる群より選択されるアミノ酸である; アミノ末端から数えて6番目のXaa(配列番号1の7番目のアミノ酸に相当する)は、アスパラギン、ヒスチジン、プロリン、リジン、トリプトファン、アルギニンおよびアスパラギン酸からなる群から選択されるアミノ酸である; アミノ末端から数えて7番目のXaa(配列番号1の8番目のアミノ酸に相当する)は、アルギニン、フェニルアラニン、トリプトファン、ロイシン、アラニンおよびグリシンからなる群より選択されるアミノ酸である; アミノ末端から数えて8番目のXaa(配列番号1の10番目のアミノ酸に相当する)は、スレオニン、プロリン、アスパラギンおよびセリンからなる群より選択されるアミノ酸である; アミノ末端から数えて9番目のXaa(配列番号1の11番目のアミノ酸に相当する)は、トリプトファン、メチオニン、チロシンおよびフェニルアラニンからなる群より選択されるアミノ酸である; アミノ末端から数えて10番目のXaa(配列番号1の12番目のアミノ酸に相当する)は、グルタミン、バリン、リジン、メチオニン、アラニン、ロイシンおよびアスパラギンからなる群より選択されるアミノ酸である; アミノ末端から数えて11番目のXaa(配列番号1の13番目のアミノ酸に相当する)は、チロシン、フェニルアラニンおよびロイシンからなる群より選択されるアミノ酸である; アミノ末端から数えて12番目のXaa(配列番号1の14番目のアミノ酸に相当する)はリジンである; また、アミノ末端から数えて1番目乃至12番目のXaaは、本段落に記載された各群から選択されるアミノ酸が、保存的アミノ酸置換されたもの(本発明の他の部分に詳述されている)であってもよい。
さらに、本発明のある好適な態様において、本発明のペプチドは、配列表の配列番号1で示されるアミノ酸配列に加え、当該アミノ酸配列のアミノ末端側に、直接あるいは1又は2個以上の任意のアミノ酸を挟んで、配列表の配列番号14の第1番塩基グアニン又は第4番目塩基シトシン乃至第42番塩基チミンからなる塩基配列によりコードされるアミノ酸配列を、カルボキシル末端側に、直接あるいは1又は2個以上の任意のアミノ酸を挟んで、配列表の配列番号14の第94番塩基グアニン乃至189番塩基シトシンからなる塩基配列によりコードされるアミノ酸配列を、それぞれ含んでいてもよい。かかるペプチドの有するアミノ酸配列においては、配列表の配列番号14の第1番塩基グアニン乃至第3番塩基チミンによりコードされるアスパラギン酸は、その対応する位置に含まれていなくてもよい。また、かかるペプチドの有するアミノ酸配列には、さらに他の任意のアミノ酸配列が含まれていてもよい。そのようなペプチドとしては、例えば、後述する実施例1において調製されたランダム変異SPINK2ライブラリーに含まれるペプチド、該ライブラリーから実施例3において選別され、ランダム領域のアミノ酸配列が決定されたペプチド等を挙げることができるが、それらに限定されるものではない。
(1)非極性アミノ酸グループ:アラニン(以下、「Ala」または単に「A」と記す)、バリン(以下、「Val」または単に「V」と記す)、ロイシン(以下、「Leu」または単に「L」と記す)、イソロイシン(以下、「Ile」または単に「I」と記す)、プロリン(以下、「Pro」または単に「P」と記す)、フェニルアラニン(「Phe」または単に「F」と記す)、トリプトファン(以下、「Trp」または単に「W」と記す)、メチオニン(以下、「Met」または単に「M」と記す)
(2)非荷電極性アミノ酸グループ:グリシン(以下、「Gly」または単に「G」と記す)、セリン(以下、「Ser」または単に「S」と記す)、スレオニン(以下、「Thr」または単に「T」と記す)、システイン(以下、「Cys」または単に「C」と記す)、チロシン(以下、「Tyr」または単に「Y」と記す)、アスパラギン(以下、「Asn」または単に「N」と記す)、グルタミン(以下、「Gln」または単に「Q」と記す)
(3)酸性アミノ酸グループ:アスパラギン酸(以下、「Asp」または単に「D」と記す)、グルタミン酸(以下、「Glu」または単に「E」と記す)
(4)塩基性アミノ酸グループ:リジン(以下、「Lys」または単に「K」と記す)、アルギニン(以下、「Arg」または単に「R」と記す)、ヒスチジン(以下、「His」または単に「H」と記す)
また、天然界に存在するアミノ酸は、その共通する側鎖の性質に基づいて次のようなグループに分けることができる。
(1)疎水性アミノ酸グループ:ノルロイシン(Norleucine)、Met、Ala、Val,Leu,Ile
(2)中性親水性アミノ酸グループ:Cys、Ser、Thr、Asn、Gln
(3)酸性アミノ酸グループ:Asp、Glu
(4)塩基性アミノ酸グループ:His、Lys、Arg
(5)主鎖の方角に影響を与えるアミノ酸のグループ:Gly、Pro
(6)芳香族アミノ酸グループ:Trp、Tyr、Phe
以下に、保存的置換の例を示すが、本発明の保存的アミノ酸置換はこれらに限定されるものではない。
Lysは、例えば、Arg、Hisと置換し得る。
CMRHR RHFCT MVYKP VC (配列表の配列番号3: 図12のα-キモトリプシン結合ペプチド2番)
CRRWL LPWCT YKYKP VC (配列表の配列番号4: 図12のα-キモトリプシン結合ペプチド6番)
CLWRR HKLCP FKFKP VC (配列表の配列番号5: 図12のα-キモトリプシン結合ペプチド7番)
CWRSW RWACP YMYKP VC (配列表の配列番号6: 図12のα-キモトリプシン結合ペプチド12番)
CWFFR WRWCN WALKP VC (配列表の配列番号7: 図12のα-キモトリプシン結合ペプチド13番)
CSTWR MWGCP WLYKP VC (配列表の配列番号8: 図12のα-キモトリプシン結合ペプチド14番)
CWRRW YDRCS FNLKP VC (配列表の配列番号9: 図12のα-キモトリプシン結合ペプチド17番)
本発明はヌクレオチドを提供する。
本発明は組換えベクター(以下、単に「ベクター」ともよぶ)を提供する。
本発明は、その一つの態様において、組換え細胞(以下、単に「細胞」ともよぶ)を提供する。
本発明は、また他の態様として、本発明のペプチドの製造方法を提供する。
(1-1)本発明のペプチドに対応するヌクレオチドを含み且つ該ペプチド等を発現する細胞(本発明の細胞)を培養する工程;および、
(1-2)該培養物から該ペプチドを回収する工程。
(2-1)標的分子に結合する本発明のペプチドのアミノ酸配列を決定する工程;および、
(2-2)該アミノ酸配列からなるペプチドを化学合成または遺伝子組換えにより調製する工程。
(3-1)本発明のペプチドに対応する対応するmRNAを調製する工程;および、
(3-2)前記(3-1)で得られたmRNAを鋳型として、イン・ビトロ翻訳により、該ペプチドを調製する工程。
(4-1)本発明のペプチド・ライブラリーに含まれるペプチドと標的分子とを接触させる工程;
(4-2)該標的分子に結合するペプチドを回収する工程;および
(4-3)回収されたペプチドを、化学合成、遺伝子組換えまたはイン・ビトロ翻訳により調製する工程。
(5-1)本発明の被検ペプチドと標的分子とを接触させる工程;
(5-2)被検ペプチドが該標的分子に結合する場合、該ペプチドは陽性であると決定する工程;および、
(5-3)前記(5-2)において被検ペプチドは陽性であると決定された場合、該ペプチドを化学合成、遺伝子組換えまたはイン・ビトロ翻訳により調製する工程。
(6-1)本発明のペプチド・ライブラリーに含まれるペプチドと該標的分子とを接触させる工程;
(6-2)該標的分子に結合するペプチドを回収する工程;、および、
(6-3)該ペプチドが該標的分子の有する生物活性を活性化もしくは促進するか、または、該標的分子を刺激する(agonize)場合、該ペプチドを陽性と判定する工程。
(7-1)本発明のペプチド・ライブラリーに含まれるペプチドと該標的分子とを接触させる工程;
(7-2)該標的分子に結合するペプチドを回収する工程;、および、
(7-3)該ペプチドが該標的分子の有する生物活性を阻害、不活性化もしくは抑制するか、または、該標的分子に拮抗する(antagonize)場合、該ペプチドを陽性と判定する工程。
(8-1)被検ペプチドとトリプシンおよび/またはアクロシン以外の、好適にはトリプシン以外の標的分子とを接触させる工程;および、
(8-2)該ペプチドが該標的分子の有する生物活性を活性化もしくは促進するか、または、該標的分子を刺激する(agonize)場合、該ペプチドを陽性と判定する工程。
(9-1)被検ペプチドとトリプシンおよび/またはアクロシン以外の、好適にはトリプシン以外の標的分子とを接触させる工程;および、
(9-2)該ペプチドが該標的分子の有する生物活性を阻害、不活性化もしくは抑制するか、または、該標的分子に拮抗する(antagonize)場合、該ペプチドを陽性と判定する工程。
本発明はライブラリーを提供する。
mRNAディスプレイは、mRNAとその翻訳産物であるペプチドまたは蛋白質が介在部分を挟んで連結してなる複合体としての形態で、ペプチドまたは蛋白質を提示(ディスプレイと同義)させる技術である(キーフェとスゾスタク、ネイチャー、410巻、715乃至718頁、2001年刊行:Keefe, A.D and Szostak, J.W., Nature, vol.410 (2001), pp715-718)。
本発明は、標的分子に結合するペプチドおよび/またはペプチド誘導体の同定方法を提供する。本発明の同定方法は、例えば、前記の工程(4-1)および(4-2)、(6-1)および(6-2)、(7-1)および(7-2)等を含んでいてもよいが、それらに限定されない。
本発明において「標的分子」とは、本発明のペプチドが結合する、ヒトもしくは非ヒト動物の個体に内在する物質または生体内に取り込まれ得る外因性の物質を意味する。本発明の標的分子は、好適にはSPINK2の内在性の標的であるトリプシンおよび/またはアクロシン以外の、より好適にはトリプシン以外の分子であり、より一層好適にはヒト由来のトリプシン以外のヒト由来の分子である。さらにより一層好適には、かかるヒト個体が罹患し得る疾患の発症もしくは増悪に直接または間接的に関与し得るか、または、かかる疾患と相関もしくは逆相関を示す、内在するかあるいは外因性の酵素、受容体、該受容体のリガンド、サイトカイン等の液性因子、その他の生体高分子、シグナル伝達物質、細胞、病原体、毒素、または、それらのいずれか一つもしくはそれ以上に由来する物質、例えば、その断片、分解物、代謝産物、加工物等である(以下、「疾患関連標的分子」という)。また、本発明の標的分子は、鉱物、ポリマー、プラスチック、合成低分子化合物等の非天然物質であってもよい。
また、それらのプロテアーゼは好適には疾患関連標的分子である。
(2)標的分子の調製
本発明の標的分子は、疾患に罹患した組織、細胞から単離、精製して、あるいは組織、細胞等にその全部又は一部が結合又は含まれた形態で、使用することができる。また、本発明の標的分子は、化学合成、遺伝子組換え、イン・ビトロ翻訳等、ペプチドまたは蛋白質の製造方法として当業者に周知の方法により調製することができる。このようにして得られた標的分子から、必要に応じて、前述のような誘導体を調製してもよい。
(3)標的分子とペプチドおよび/またはペプチド誘導体との接触
本発明の同定方法は、ペプチドおよび/またはその誘導体と標的分子とを接触させる工程を含む。ここで、該ペプチドおよび/またはその誘導体は、ペプチド・ライブラリーに含まれていてもよい。すなわち、本発明の同定方法は、ペプチド・ライブラリーに含まれるペプチドおよび/またはその誘導体と標的分子とを接触させる工程を含んでもよい。
(4)選抜
本発明の同定方法は所望の性質を有するペプチドおよび/またはペプチド誘導体、好適には標的分子に結合するペプチドおよび/またはペプチド誘導体を選抜する工程を含む。
抗体と抗原の「結合」を測定する方法としては、フローサイトメトリー等により測定を行う蛍光抗体法(直接法、間接法)、ラジオイムノアッセイ、エンザイムイムノアッセイ(均一法、不均一法)、ELISA、ELISPOT等が広く使用されている。これらの方法において、被検抗体および抗原を本発明のペプチドまたはその誘導体および標的分子に置き換えれば、抗体と抗原の「結合」の測定と同様に、ペプチドまたはその誘導体と標的分子の「結合」の有無を測定することができる。
また、「結合」の有無は、結合活性または親和性の指標を測定することにより、決定することができる。結合親和性の指標としては、解離定数、結合定数等をあげることができる。
Kd=[A][B]/[AB]
本発明は組成物を提供する。
本発明は試薬を提供する。
本発明は、被検物質が、標的分子に結合するか否かを判定する方法をも提供する。本発明の判定方法は、例えば、前記の工程(5-1)および(5-2)等を含んでいてもよいが、それらに限定されない。
[実施例1]
ランダム変異SPINK2ライブラリーをファージに提示するため、ファージミドベクターを構築した。まず、tTH terminatorを含む領域を合成して「断片1(配列番号10)」とし、lac operatorを含むpCANTAB 5E(GE healthcare)の2097から2232までの領域(配列番号11)を合成して「断片2」とした。SD配列およびphoAシグナルペプチドを含む配列(配列番号12)を「断片3」として、ファージコート蛋白質(gene III)はpCANTAB 5E由来の配列を「断片4」として、さらに、Ipp terminatorを含む領域は「断片5(配列番号13)」として合成した。「断片1」~「断片5」を鋳型として、下記プライマー1および2、ならびにKOD-plus-(TOYOBO:DNAポリメラーゼ、緩衝液、基質等から構成される)を用いたオーバーラップエクステンションPCR法((94℃ 15秒、60℃ 30秒、68℃ 160秒)×30cycle)を行った。
プライマー1:5’-AAAAAACGCGTCTGCGGCCGCATAGGGTAGCGAAAACCT-3’
プライマー2:5’-AAAAAGGCGCCATTCGCCATTCAGGCTGCGCAACTGTTGG-3’
増幅した断片をアガロースゲル電気泳動に供した後に、所望のDNA断片を切り出し、Wizard SV Gel and PCR Clean-Up System(Promega)によりDNAを調製した。調製したDNA断片およびpCANTAB 5Eを制限酵素AflIII(NEB)およびNarI(NEB)で37℃で1時間以上処理し、アガロースゲル電気泳動後に、所望のDNA断片を切り出し、Wizard SV Gel and PCR Clean-Up Systemにより精製した。精製した断片を、T4 DNA Ligase(NEB)を用いて、16℃で一晩反応させることで、ligation反応を実施した。Ligation溶液は、大腸菌JM109(TOYOBO)に添加し、氷上で30分間静置した後、42℃で45秒の熱処理後、さらに氷上で5分間静置し、0.1mg/mlアンピシリンを含む2-YTプレートに播種後、37℃で一晩静置培養することで、大腸菌の形質転換を実施した。翌日、形質転換した大腸菌を、0.1mg/mlアンピシリンを含むTerrific Broth培地(Invitrogen)に植菌し、37℃で一晩培養後、QIAprep 96 Turbo Miniprep Kit(Qiagen)を用いてプラスミドDNAを回収し(以下、「miniprep処理」という)、配列解析を実施することで目的のベクターが構築されたことを確認し、「ファージミドベクターpPR3」と命名した。
ファージミドベクターpPR3は(1-2)で構築したファージミドベクターpPR3_SPINK2(WT)の代わりに、(1-3)以降の実施例において使用することができる。
ランダム変異SPINK2ライブラリーをファージに提示するため、ファージミドベクターを構築した。まず、tTH terminatorを含む領域を「断片1(配列番号10)」とし、lac operatorを含むpCANTAB 5E(GE healthcare)の2099から2232までの領域(配列番号11のヌクレオチド番号3から136まで)を「断片2」とした。SD配列ならびにphoAシグナルペプチドおよび野生型SPINK2、すなわちSPINK2(WT)のアミノ酸配列をコードする塩基配列を含む配列(配列番号12)を「断片3」、pCANTAB 5Eに基くファージコート蛋白質(gene III)を含む配列(配列番号16のヌクレオチド番号600から1848まで)を「断片4」として、さらに、Ipp terminatorを含む領域は「断片5(配列番号13)」とした。「断片1」~「断片5」を含む塩基配列(配列番号16)を有するDNAを鋳型として、下記プライマー1および2、ならびにKOD-plus-(TOYOBO:DNAポリメラーゼ、緩衝液、基質等から構成される)を用いたオーバーラップエクステンションPCR法((94℃ 15秒、60℃ 30秒、68℃ 160秒)×30cycle)を行った。
プライマー1’:5’-AAAAGAAGAGCGCCCAATACGCAAACCGCCTCTCC-3’
プライマー2’:5’-AAAAAGAATTCATTAAACGGCAGACAAAAAAAATGTCGC-3’
増幅した断片をアガロースゲル電気泳動に供した後に、所望のDNA断片を切り出し、Wizard SV Gel and PCR Clean-Up System(Promega)によりDNAを調製した。調製したDNA断片およびpCANTAB 5Eを制限酵素SapI(NEB)およびEcoRI(NEB)で37℃で1時間以上処理し、アガロースゲル電気泳動後に、所望のDNA断片を切り出し、Wizard SV Gel and PCR Clean-Up Systemにより精製した。精製した断片を、T4 DNA Ligase(NEB)を用いて、16℃で一晩反応させることで、ligation反応を実施した。Ligation溶液は、大腸菌JM109(TOYOBO)に添加し、氷上で30分間静置した後、42℃で45秒の熱処理後、さらに氷上で5分間静置し、0.1mg/mlアンピシリンを含む2-YTプレートに播種後、37℃で一晩静置培養することで、大腸菌の形質転換を実施した。翌日、形質転換した大腸菌を、0.1mg/mlアンピシリンを含むTerrific Broth培地(Invitrogen)に植菌し、37℃で一晩培養後、QIAprep 96 Turbo Miniprep Kit(Qiagen)を用いてプラスミドDNAを回収し(以下、「miniprep処理」という)、配列解析を実施することで目的のベクターが構築されたことを確認した。さらに、構築したベクターは制限酵素EcoRIを用いて37℃で1時間以上処理し、Klenow処理後にT4 DNA Ligase(NEB)を用いて、16℃で1時間ligation反応させ、大腸菌JM109へ形質転換した。形質転換された大腸菌を培養した後に、miniprep処理し、得られたDNAの配列解析を実施することで構築したベクターを、「ファージミドベクターpPR3_SPINK2(WT)」と命名し、以下の実施例に供した。
次に、ファージミドベクターpPR3_SPINK2(WT)に、TEV protease切断配列およびstufferを挿入した。TEV protease切断配列を作製するため、下記プライマー3および4、ならびにKOD-plus-を用いたオーバーラップエクステンションPCR法((94℃ 15秒、60℃ 30秒、68℃ 10秒)×30cycle)を行った。
プライマー3:5’-GCGGCCGCATAGGGTAGCGAAAACCTGTATTTTCAGAG-3’
プライマー4:5’-GCTAAACAACTTTCAACGGTgctaccGCTCTGAAAATACAGG-3’
増幅した断片をアガロースゲル電気泳動に供した後に、所望のDNA断片を切り出し、Wizard SV Gel and PCR Clean-Up SystemによりDNAを調製し、「断片6」とした。(1-2)で構築したpPR3_SPINK2(WT)を鋳型として、下記プライマー5および6、ならびにKOD-plus-を用いたPCR法((94℃ 15秒、60℃ 30秒、68℃ 30秒)×30cycle)を実施することで、ファージコート蛋白質(gene III)を増幅した。
プライマー5:5’-ACCGTTGAAAGTTGTTTAGCAAAACCC-3’
プライマー6:5’-CATTAAAGCCAGAATGGAAAGCGCAGTC-3’
さらに、増幅したDNA断片を鋳型として、下記プライマーαおよびβならびにKOD-plus-を用いたPCR法((94℃ 15秒、60℃ 30秒、68℃ 45秒)×30cycle)を行った。
プライマーα :5’-AACACGCGTCTGCGGCCGCATAGGGTAGC-3’
プライマーβ :5’-AACGGATCCTCATTAAAGCCAGAATGGAAAG-3’
増幅した断片をアガロースゲル電気泳動に供した後に、所望のDNA断片を切り出し、Wizard SV Gel and PCR Clean-Up SystemによりDNAを調製した。調製したDNA断片および(1-2)で構築したpPR3_SPINK2(WT)を制限酵素MluI(NEB)およびBamHI(NEB)で37℃で1時間以上処理し、アガロースゲル電気泳動後に、所望のDNA断片を切り出し、Wizard SV Gel and PCR Clean-Up Systemにより精製した。精製した断片を、T4 DNA Ligaseを用いて、16℃で一晩反応させることで、ligation反応を実施し、大腸菌JM109を形質転換した。形質転換された大腸菌を培養した後に、miniprep処理し、得られたDNAの配列解析を実施した。構築したベクターを、「ファージミドベクターpPR3_TEV」と命名した。尚、操作は(1-1)に記載の方法に準じて行った。
変異を導入しないSPINK2領域を増幅するため、ヒトSPINK2のアミノ酸配列をコードする塩基配列(配列番号14)を鋳型として、下記プライマー7および8、ならびにKOD-plus-を用いたPCR法((94℃ 15秒、60℃ 30秒、68℃ 10秒)×30cycle)を行った。
プライマー7:5’-GGTAGCGATATGAGCACCTATGC-3’
プライマー8:5’-GCACGGACCATTGCGAATA-3’
増幅した断片をアガロースゲル電気泳動に供した後に、所望のDNA断片を切り出し、Wizard SV Gel and PCR Clean-Up SystemによりDNAを調製した。調製したDNA断片をInsert Aとした。
5’-GC AAA TAT CGT ACC CCG AAT TGT UUU UUU UUU UUU UUU VVV UUU TGT VVV UUU UUU WWW XXX CCG GTT GGT AGC GAT ATG-3’
UUU、VVV、WWWおよびXXXはA、T、G、Cの中から選択される任意の塩基を表す。
プライマー9:5’-GTTTGGTCTGTTTAGCAAATATCGTACCCCGAATTGT-3’
プライマー10:5’-GCACGGACCATTGCGAATA-3’
増幅した断片をアガロースゲル電気泳動に供した後に、所望のDNA断片を切り出し、Wizard SV Gel and PCR Clean-Up SystemによりDNAを調製した。調製したDNA断片をInsery Bとした。さらに、Insert Bを鋳型として、下記プライマー11および12、ならびにPfuUltra II Fusion HS DNA Polymeraseを用いたPCR法((95℃ 20秒、55℃ 20秒、72℃ 30秒)×10cycle)を行った。
プライマー11:5’-AAAGAATTCTGATCCGCAGTTTGGTCTGTTTAGCAAATAATCGT-3’
プライマー12:5’-AAAGGCGCGCCGCACGGACCATTGCGAATAATTTTAAT-3’
増幅した断片をアガロースゲル電気泳動に供した後に、所望のDNA断片を切り出し、Wizard SV Gel and PCR Clean-Up SystemによりDNAを調製した。調製したDNA断片をInsert Cとした。Insert Cを制限酵素EcoRI(NEB)およびAscI(NEB)で、ファージミドベクターpPR3_stuffer_TEVをEcoRI(TAKARA)およびMluI(TAKARA)を用いて、それぞれ37℃で5時間以上処理し、Insert CをWizard SV Gel and PCR Clean-Up Systemを用いることで精製し、phagemid vectorをアガロースゲル電気泳動に供した後に、所望のDNA断片を切り出し、Wizard SV Gel and PCR Clean-Up System(Promega)により精製した。精製した断片を、T4 DNA Ligase(NEB)を用いて、16℃で一晩反応させることで、ligation反応を実施した。翌日、65℃で10分熱処理を行い、Amicon-Ultra(30k:Millipore)により、DNAの脱塩を実施した。
次に、形質転換に用いるコンピテントセルを調製した。前日に37℃で一晩、2-YT培地(Invitrogen)を用いて培養したXL1-Blue(Stratagene)を2-YT培地に植菌し、37℃で数時間培養した。氷冷後、遠心分離(3,000g、10分、4℃)によりペレットを回収し、滅菌水で懸濁した後、遠心を行った。さらに、10%グリセロールでペレットを懸濁した後遠心分離し、再度、10%グリセロールによる懸濁した後遠心分離を行った。最後に、ペレットを10%グリセロールで懸濁して、コンピテントセルとした。
(1-5)で構築した大腸菌コロニー群を、0.1mg/mlアンピシリンおよび1%グルコースを含む2-YT培地に植菌し、OD600nm=0.3の大腸菌懸濁液を調製した。37℃で振とう培養を行うことで、OD600nm=0.5になるまで培養し、充分量のhelperphage VCSM13(Stratagene)を加えて、37℃で30分間静置し、さらに、37℃で30分間振とう培養を実施した。その後、氷上で30分間静置し、遠心分離(3,000g、20分、4℃)により、ペレットを回収し、0.1mg/mlアンピシリン、30μg/mlカナマイシン(nacalai tesque)、0.25mM IPTG(和光純薬工業)を含む2-YT培地で懸濁し、22℃で一晩、振とう培養を実施した。
翌日、遠心分離(9,000g、20分、4℃)により培養上清を回収し、20% Polyethylene Glycol 6000(nacalai tesque)および2.5M NaCl(和光純薬工業)溶液を1/4量添加し、4℃で30分間静置することで、ファージ粒子を沈殿させた(以下、「PEG沈殿」と呼ぶ)。PEG沈殿および遠心分離(9,000g、30分、4℃)を2回繰り返し、沈殿したファージをPBSに懸濁することで、ランダム変異SPINK2ファージライブラリーを調製した。
標的分子に結合するSPINK2変異体の選別
(2-1)液相パニング法
EZ-Link NHS-Chromogenic Biotin Reagent(Thermo)を用いて、付属の説明書に従い、(2-4)に記載の標的蛋白質をビオチン化した。
Nunc Maxisorp flat-bottom 96 well plate(Nunc)に一定量の標的蛋白質を添加し、4℃で一晩静置することで、プレートへの固定化を実施した。また、Pierce NHS-Activated Agarose Dry Resin(Thermo)に一定量の標的蛋白質を添加し、付属の説明書に従い、アガロースへの固定化を実施した。
パニング後に得られた大腸菌コロニー群を、0.1mg/mlアンピシリンおよび1%グルコースを含む2-YT培地に植菌し、OD600nm=0.3の大腸菌懸濁液を調製した。37℃で振とう培養を行うことで、OD600nm=0.5になるまで培養し、充分量のhelperphage VCSM13(Stratagene)を加えて、37℃で30分間静置し、さらに、37℃で30分間振とう培養を実施した。その後、氷上で30分間静置し、遠心分離(3,000g、20分、4℃)により、ペレットを回収し、0.1mg/mlアンピシリン、30μg/mlカナマイシン(nacalai tesque)、0.25mM IPTG(和光純薬工業)を含む2-YT培地で懸濁し、22℃で一晩、振とう培養を実施した。翌日、遠心分離により培養上清を回収し、PEG沈殿および遠心分離を2回繰り返すことで、次ラウンドで使用するファージ溶液を調製した。
下記4種類のいずれか一つを標的蛋白質として、液相または固相パニングを3~5ラウンド実施した。
・Chymotrypsin(Worthington)
・Recombinant Human Plasma Kallikrein(R&D systems)
・Recombinant Human EGFR/Fc(R&D systems:以下、「EGFR/Fc」と呼ぶ)
・Recombinant Human ErbB2/Fc(R&D systems:以下、「HER2/Fc」と呼ぶ)
(2-3)に記載の方法に従い、パニング後の大腸菌群からSPINK2変異体提示ファージを調製した。
α-chymotrypsin結合ペプチド(シングルクローン)の評価
(3-1)pET 32a(改変)の構築
pIRES Puro3(Clontech)を鋳型として、下記プライマー13および14、ならびにKOD-plus-(TOYOBO)を用いたPCR法((94℃ 15秒、60℃ 30秒、68℃ 30秒)×30cycle)を行った。
5’-AAAGGATCCGCGAATTCATGACCGAGTACAAGCCCAC-3’
5’-AAACTCGAGTTATGCGGCCGCTCAGGCACCGGGCTTGCGG-3’
増幅した断片をアガロースゲル電気泳動に供した後に、所望のDNA断片を切り出し、Wizard SV Gel and PCR Clean-Up System(Promega)によりDNAを調製した。調製したDNA断片およびpET 32a(+)(Novagen)をそれぞれ制限酵素BamHI(TAKARA)およびXhoI(TAKARA)を用いて、37℃で1時間以上処理し、アガロースゲル電気泳動後に、所望のDNA断片を切り出し、Wizard SV Gel and PCR Clean-Up System(Promega)により精製した。精製した断片を、T4 DNA Ligaseを用いて、16℃で一晩反応させることで、ligation反応を実施し、大腸菌JM109を形質転換した。形質転換された大腸菌を培養した後に、miniprepおよび配列解析を実施することで、「pET 32a(改変)」を構築した。尚、操作は(1-2)に記載の方法に準じて行った。
QIAGEN Plasmid Midi Kit(Qiagen)を用いて、付属の説明書に従い、パニング後の大腸菌群からphagemid vectorを回収した。回収したベクターおよびpET 32a(改変)を、制限酵素EcoRI(TAKARA)およびNotI(TAKARA)を用いて、37℃で1時間以上処理し、アガロースゲル電気泳動後に、所望のDNA断片を切り出し、Wizard SV Gel and PCR Clean-Up System(Promega)により精製した。精製した断片を、T4 DNA Ligase(NEB)を用いて、16℃で一晩反応させることで、ligation反応を行い、大腸菌JM109の形質転換を実施した。尚、操作は(1-2)に記載の方法に準じて行った。Miniprepにより回収したプラスミドで、大腸菌Origami B(DE3)(Novagen)を形質転換し、0.1mg/mlアンピシリンを含む2-YTプレートに播種した。
(3-2)で調製したSPINK2変異体(α-chymotrypsin binder)の標的結合特異性を確認するため、ELISA法による評価を実施した。Nunc Maxisorp flat-bottom 96 well plateに、標的蛋白質chymotrypsonを添加し、4℃で一晩静置することで、96 well plateのコーティングを行った。次に、(3-2)で調製したSPINK2変異体をサンプルとして添加し、室温で1時間静置した。その後、サンプルを除き、PBS-Tで洗浄した後、S-Tag Antibody Affinity Purified HRP conjugated(BETHYL)を添加し、室温で1時間静置した。その後、検出抗体溶液を除き、PBS-Tで洗浄した後、POD基質A.B.T.S.キットを用いて発色させ、測定波長405nmの吸光度を測定した。サンプルおよびS-Tag Antibody Affinity Purified HRP conjugatedの希釈にはPBS-Tを用いた。
Nunc Maxisorp flat-bottom 96 well plateに、標的蛋白質chymotrypsinおよびネガティブコントロールtrypsin(PIERCE)を添加し、4℃で一晩静置することで、96 well plateのコーティングを行った。次に、(3-2)で調製したSPINK2変異体をサンプルとして添加し、室温で1時間静置した。その後、サンプルを除き、PBS-Tで洗浄した後、S-Tag Antibody Affinity Purified HRP conjugatedを添加し、室温で1時間静置した。その後、検出抗体溶液を除き、PBS-Tで洗浄した後、POD基質A.B.T.S.キットを用いて発色させ、測定波長405nmの吸光度を測定した。サンプルおよびS-Tag Antibody Affinity Purified HRP conjugatedの希釈にはPBS-Tを用いた。
標的蛋白質chymotrypsinに関して、(3-2)で調製したSPINK2変異体およびPierce Quantitative Protease Assay Kitを用いて、阻害活性を定量した。操作は、付属の説明書に従い、実施した。
(3-3)でchymotrypsinに対して結合性を示したSPINK2変異体(α-chymotrypsin結合ペプチド)の配列解析を実施した。各SPINK2変異体で形質転換された大腸菌Origami B(DE3)を、0.1mg/mlアンピシリンを含む2-YT培地を用いて37℃で一晩培養し、翌日、QIAprep 96 Turbo Miniprep Kitを用いて培養物からプラスミドDNAを回収した。該プラスミドDNAを鋳型とし、次の塩基配列を有するプライマー15:
5’-GTTCTGGTTCTGGCCATATGCACCATC-3’
を用いて、塩基配列を解析した。
配列表の配列番号2 - キモトリプシン結合ペプチドのランダム領域(図12:ペプチド番号1)
配列表の配列番号3 - キモトリプシン結合ペプチドのランダム領域(図12:ペプチド番号2)
配列表の配列番号4 - キモトリプシン結合ペプチドのランダム領域((図12:ペプチド番号6)
配列表の配列番号5 - キモトリプシン結合ペプチドのランダム領域((図12:ペプチド番号7)
配列表の配列番号6 - キモトリプシン結合ペプチドのランダム領域((図12:ペプチド番号12)
配列表の配列番号7 - キモトリプシン結合ペプチドのランダム領域((図12:ペプチド番号13)
配列表の配列番号8 - キモトリプシン結合ペプチドのランダム領域((図12:ペプチド番号14)
配列表の配列番号9 - キモトリプシン結合ペプチドのランダム領域((図12:ペプチド番号17)
配列表の配列番号10 - 断片1(図14)
配列表の配列番号11 - 断片2(図15中の下線部)
配列表の配列番号12 - 断片3(図16)
配列表の配列番号13 - 断片5(図17)
配列表の配列番号14 - SPINK2のアミノ酸配列をコードする塩基配列(図18)
配列表の配列番号15 - 配列表の配列番号14で示される塩基配列がコードするアミノ酸配列
配列表の配列番号16 - 断片1~断片5を含むPCR用鋳型DNAの塩基配列
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- 下記(i)または(ii)から選択されるペプチド:
(i)配列表の配列番号14において第43番塩基チミン乃至第93番チミンからなる塩基配列が配列表の配列番号1で示されるアミノ酸配列をコードする塩基配列で置き換えられてなる塩基配列によりコードされるアミノ酸配列を含むペプチド;および、
(ii)配列表の配列番号1で示されるアミノ酸配列のアミノ酸番号2乃至8及び10乃至14以外の、1個以上5個以下のアミノ酸がアミノ酸置換、欠失、付加および/または挿入してなるアミノ酸配列を有する(i)記載のペプチド。 - 配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて1番目乃至5番目、7番目、9番目および10番目のXaaが、それぞれ、システインおよびプロリンを除く任意のアミノ酸である、請求項1記載のペプチド。
- 配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて6番目および8番目のXaaが、それぞれ、システインを除く任意のアミノ酸である、請求項1または2記載のペプチド。
- 配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて11番目のXaaが、チロシン、セリン、フェニルアラニン、ロイシンおよびスレオニンからなる群より選択されるアミノ酸である、請求項1乃至3のいずれか一つに記載のペプチド。
- 配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて12番目のXaaが、アスパラギン、アスパラギン酸、ロイシン、リジン、グルタミン、アラニンおよびグルタミン酸からなる群より選択されるアミノ酸である、請求項1乃至4のいずれか一つに記載のペプチド。
- 保存的アミノ酸置換が、疎水性アミノ酸グループ、中性親水性アミノ酸グループ、酸性アミノ酸グループ、塩基性アミノ酸グループ、主鎖の方角に影響を与えるアミノ酸のグループ、および、芳香族アミノ酸グループから選択されるいずれかのグループ内において行われることを特徴とする、請求項1乃至5のいずれか一つに記載のペプチド。
- 配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて1番目のXaaが、アルギニン、メチオニン、ロイシン、トリプトファンおよびセリンからなる群より選択されるアミノ酸である、請求項1乃至6のいずれか一つに記載のペプチド。
- 配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて2番目のXaaが、スレオニン、アルギニン、トリプトファンおよびフェニルアラニンからなる群から選択されるアミノ酸である、請求項1乃至7のいずれか一つに記載のペプチド。
- 配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて3番目のXaaが、アルギニン、ヒスチジン、トリプトファン、セリンおよびフェニルアラニンからなる群より選択されるアミノ酸である、請求項1乃至8のいずれか一つに記載のペプチド。
- 配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて4番目のXaaが、トリプトファン、アルギニンおよびロイシンからなる群より選択されるアミノ酸である、請求項1乃至9のいずれか一つに記載のペプチド。
- 配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて5番目のXaaが、グリシン、アルギニン、ロイシン、ヒスチジン、トリプトファン、メチオニンおよびチロシンからなる群から選択されるアミノ酸である、請求項1乃至10のいずれか一つに記載のペプチド。
- 配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて6番目のXaaが、アスパラギン、ヒスチジン、プロリン、リジン、トリプトファン、アルギニンおよびアスパラギン酸からなる群から選択されるアミノ酸である、請求項1乃至11のいずれか一つに記載のペプチド。
- 配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて7番目のXaaが、アルギニン、フェニルアラニン、トリプトファン、ロイシン、アラニンおよびグリシンからなる群から選択されるアミノ酸である、請求項1乃至12のいずれか一つに記載のペプチド。
- 配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて8番目のXaaが、スレオニン、プロリン、アスパラギンおよびセリンからなる群から選択されるアミノ酸である、請求項1乃至13のいずれか一つに記載のペプチド。
- 配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて9番目のXaaが、トリプトファン、メチオニン、チロシンおよびフェニルアラニンからなる群から選択されるアミノ酸である、請求項1乃至14のいずれか一つに記載のペプチド。
- 配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて10番目のXaaが、グルタミン、バリン、リジン、メチオニン、アラニン、ロイシンおよびアスパラギンからなる群から選択されるアミノ酸である、請求項1乃至15のいずれか一つに記載のペプチド。
- 配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて11番目のXaaが、チロシン、フェニルアラニンおよびロイシンからなる群から選択されるアミノ酸である、請求項1乃至16のいずれか一つに記載のペプチド。
- 配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて12番目のXaaがリジンである、請求項1乃至17のいずれか一つに記載のペプチド。
- 配列表の配列番号2乃至9(図12のペプチド番号1、2、6、7、12乃至14および17)のいずれか一つで示されるアミノ酸配列を含む、請求項1乃至18のいずれか一つに記載のペプチド。
- 請求項1乃至19のいずれか一つに記載のペプチドに化学的修飾および/または生物学的修飾が施されてなる該ペプチドの誘導体。
- 下記(i)乃至(iii)のいずれか一つに記載のヌクレオチド:
(i)請求項1乃至19のいずれか一つに記載のペプチドの有するアミノ酸配列をコードする塩基配列からなるヌクレオチドを含んでなるヌクレオチド;
(ii)請求項1乃至19のいずれか一つに記載のペプチドの有するアミノ酸配列をコードする塩基配列を含んでなるヌクレオチド;および、
(iii)請求項1乃至19のいずれか一つに記載のペプチドの有するアミノ酸配列をコードする塩基配列からなるヌクレオチド。 - 請求項21記載のヌクレオチドを含んでなるベクター。
- 請求項21記載のヌクレオチドまたは請求項22記載のベクターが導入された細胞。
- 下記工程(i)および(ii)を含んでなる請求項1乃至19のいずれか一つに記載のペプチドの製造方法:
(i)請求項23記載の細胞を培養する工程;および、
(ii)工程(i)で得られた培養物から該ペプチドを回収する工程。 - 請求項1乃至19のいずれか一つに記載のペプチドおよび/または請求項20記載のペプチドの誘導体を含んでなるペプチド・ライブラリー。
- ペプチドおよび/またはペプチドの誘導体が、請求項24記載の工程(i)および(ii)を含んでなる方法により調製されたものであることを特徴とする、請求項25記載のライブラリー。
- ライブラリーにおいて、表現型(phenotype)である該ペプチド又はペプチド誘導体および該表現型に対応する遺伝型(genotype)であるヌクレオチドが直接的または間接的にリンクしていることを特徴とする、請求項25または26記載のライブラリー。
- ヌクレオチドが請求項21に記載のヌクレオチドである、請求項27に記載のライブラリー。
- ファージ・ディスプレイ・ライブラリー、リボゾーム・ディスプレイ・ライブラリー若しくは核酸ディスプレイ・ライブラリーである、請求項25乃至28のいずれか一つに記載のライブラリー。
- 下記(i)および(ii)の工程を含んでなる、標的分子に結合する、請求項1乃至19のいずれか一つに記載のペプチドまたは請求項20記載のペプチド誘導体の同定方法:
(i)請求項25乃至29のいずれか一つに記載のライブラリーに含まれるペプチドまたはペプチド誘導体と該標的分子とを接触させる工程;および、
(ii)該標的分子に結合するペプチドまたはペプチド誘導体を回収する工程。 - 下記(i)乃至(iii)の工程を含んでなる、標的分子に結合する、請求項1乃至19のいずれか一つに記載のペプチドまたは請求項20記載のペプチド誘導体の製造方法:
(i)請求項25乃至29のいずれか一つに記載のライブラリーに含まれるペプチドまたはペプチド誘導体と該標的分子とを接触させる工程;および、
(ii)該標的分子に結合するペプチドまたはペプチド誘導体を回収する工程;および、
(iii)前記(ii)において回収された該ペプチドまたはペプチド誘導体に含まれる、該標的分子に結合するペプチドを化学合成、遺伝子組換えまたはイン・ビトロ翻訳により調製する工程。 - 下記(i)および(ii)の工程を含んでなる、請求項1乃至19のいずれか一つに記載のペプチドまたは請求項20記載のペプチドの誘導体が標的分子に結合するか否かを判定する方法:
(i)請求項1乃至19のいずれか一つに記載の被検ペプチドまたは請求項20記載の被検ペプチド誘導体と該標的分子とを接触させる工程;および、
(ii)被検ペプチドまたは被検ペプチド誘導体が該標的分子に結合する場合、該ペプチドまたは被検ペプチド誘導体は陽性であると決定する工程。 - 下記(i)乃至(iii)の工程を含んでなる、標的分子に結合する、請求項1乃至19のいずれか一つに記載のペプチドまたは請求項20記載のペプチドの誘導体の製造方法:
(i)請求項1乃至19のいずれか一つに記載の被検ペプチドまたは請求項20記載の被検ペプチド誘導体と該標的分子とを接触させる工程;
(ii)被検ペプチドまたは被検ペプチド誘導体が該標的分子に結合する場合、該ペプチドまたは被検ペプチド誘導体は陽性であると決定する工程;および、
(iii)工程(ii)において被検ペプチドまたはペプチド誘導体が陽性と判定された場合、該ペプチドまたはペプチド誘導体に含まれる、標的分子に結合するペプチドを、遺伝子組換えまたはイン・ビトロ翻訳により調製する工程。 - 請求項21に記載のヌクレオチドを含んでなるヌクレオチド・ライブラリー。
- ヌクレオチドがファージミド、コスミドもしくはプラスミドまたはその断片である、請求項34記載のライブラリー。
- ヌクレオチドが原核もしくは真核細胞内、または、ウイルスDNAまたはRNA上もしくはウイルス粒子中に存在する、請求項34または35記載のヌクレオチド・ライブラリー。
- 請求項1乃至19のいずれか一つに記載のペプチド、請求項20記載のペプチドの誘導体、請求項21記載のヌクレオチド、請求項22記載のベクターまたは請求項23記載の細胞を含むことからなる組成物。
- 請求項1乃至19のいずれか一つに記載のペプチド、請求項20記載のペプチドの誘導体、請求項21記載のヌクレオチド、請求項22記載のベクターまたは請求項23記載の細胞を含むことからなる試薬。
- 予め決定された標的分子に結合する、請求項1乃至19のいずれか一つに記載のペプチド、または、請求項20記載のペプチドの誘導体。
- 標的分子がSPINK2の内在性の標的ではないことを特徴とする、請求項39記載のペプチドまたはペプチドの誘導体。
- 標的分子がヒト由来であることを特徴とする、請求項39または40記載のペプチドまたはペプチドの誘導体。
- 内在性の標的がトリプシンおよび/またはアクロシンである、請求項39乃至41のいずれか一つに記載のペプチドまたはペプチドの誘導体。
- 内在性の標的がトリプシンである、請求項39乃至42のいずれか一つに記載のペプチドまたはペプチドの誘導体。
- 請求項39乃至43のいずれか一つに記載のペプチドまたはペプチドの誘導体を含むことからなる組成物または試薬。
- 下記(i)乃至(iii)の工程を含んでなる、トリプシンおよび/またはアクロシン以外のセリンプロテアーゼに結合し且つ該セリンプロテアーゼの有する蛋白質分解活性を阻害する、請求項1乃至19のいずれか一つに記載のペプチドまたは請求項20記載のペプチド誘導体の同定方法:
(i)請求項25乃至29のいずれか一つに記載のライブラリーに含まれるペプチドまたはペプチド誘導体と該セリンプロテアーゼとを接触させる工程;
(ii)該セリンプロテアーゼに結合するペプチドまたはペプチド誘導体を回収する工程;、および、
(iii)該ペプチドまたはペプチド誘導体が該セリンプロテアーゼの有する蛋白質分解活性を阻害する場合、該ペプチドまたはペプチド誘導体を陽性と判定する工程。 - 下記(i)乃至(iv)の工程を含んでなる、トリプシンおよび/またはアクロシン以外のセリンプロテアーゼに結合し且つその蛋白質分解活性を阻害する、請求項1乃至19のいずれか一つに記載のペプチドまたは請求項20記載のペプチド誘導体の製造方法:
(i)請求項25乃至29のいずれか一つに記載のライブラリーに含まれる、該セリンプロテアーゼの有する蛋白質分解活性を阻害するペプチドまたはペプチド誘導体と該セリンプロテアーゼとを接触させる工程;
(ii)該セリンプロテアーゼに結合するペプチドまたはペプチド誘導体を回収する工程;および、
(iii)工程(ii)において回収されたペプチドまたはペプチド誘導体が該セリンプロテアーゼの有する蛋白質分解活性を阻害する場合、該ペプチドまたはペプチド誘導体を陽性と判定する工程;、および、
(iv)工程(iii)において陽性と判定されたペプチドまたはペプチド誘導体に含まれるペプチドを化学合成、遺伝子組換えまたはイン・ビトロ翻訳により調製する工程。 - 下記(i)および(ii)の工程を含んでなる、請求項1乃至19のいずれか一つに記載のペプチドまたは請求項20記載のペプチドの誘導体がトリプシンおよび/またはアクロシン以外のセリンプロテアーゼの有する蛋白質分解活性を阻害するか否かを判定する方法:
(i)請求項1乃至19のいずれか一つに記載の被検ペプチドまたは請求項20記載の被検ペプチド誘導体と該セリンプロテアーゼとを接触させる工程;および、
(ii)該ペプチドまたはペプチド誘導体が該セリンプロテアーゼの有する蛋白質分解活性を阻害する場合、該ペプチドまたはペプチド誘導体を陽性と判定する工程。 - 下記(i)乃至(iii)の工程を含んでなる、トリプシンおよび/またはアクロシン以外のセリンプロテアーゼの有する蛋白質分解活性を阻害する、請求項1乃至19のいずれか一つに記載のペプチドまたは請求項20記載のペプチドの誘導体の製造方法:
(i)請求項1乃至19のいずれか一つに記載の被検ペプチドまたは請求項20記載の被検ペプチド誘導体と該セリンプロテアーゼとを接触させる工程;
(ii)該ペプチドまたはペプチド誘導体が該セリンプロテアーゼの有する蛋白質分解活性を阻害する場合、該ペプチドまたはペプチド誘導体を陽性と判定する工程;および、
(iii)工程(ii)において陽性と判定されたペプチドまたはペプチド誘導体に含まれる、該セリンプロテアーゼの有する蛋白質分解活性を阻害するペプチドを、遺伝子組換えまたはイン・ビトロ翻訳により調製する工程。 - 下記(i)または(ii)から選択されるペプチド:
(i)配列表の配列番号1で示されるアミノ酸配列を含み、且つ下記(ア)乃至(エ)であるペプチド;
(ア)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて1番目乃至5番目、7番目、9番目および10番目のXaaが、それぞれ、システインおよびプロリンを除く任意のアミノ酸である、
(イ)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて6番目および8番目のXaaが、それぞれ、システインを除く任意のアミノ酸である、
(ウ)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて11番目のXaaが、チロシン、セリン、フェニルアラニン、ロイシンおよびスレオニンからなる群より選択されるアミノ酸である、
(エ)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて12番目のXaaが、アスパラギン、アスパラギン酸、ロイシン、リジン、グルタミン、アラニンおよびグルタミン酸からなる群より選択されるアミノ酸である:
および、
(ii)配列表の配列番号1で示されるアミノ酸配列において、アミノ末端から数えて1番目乃至12番目のXaa以外の、1個以上5個以下のアミノ酸が保存的アミノ酸置換、欠失、付加および/または挿入してなるアミノ酸配列を含むペプチド。 - 保存的アミノ酸置換が、疎水性アミノ酸グループ、中性親水性アミノ酸グループ、酸性アミノ酸グループ、塩基性アミノ酸グループ、主鎖の方角に影響を与えるアミノ酸のグループ、および、芳香族アミノ酸グループから選択されるいずれかのグループ内において行われることを特徴とする、請求項49記載のペプチド。
- 下記(ア)乃至(シ)である、請求49又は50に記載のペプチド:
(ア)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて1番目のXaaが、アルギニン、メチオニン、ロイシン、トリプトファンおよびセリンからなる群より選択されるアミノ酸である、
(イ)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて2番目のXaaが、スレオニン、アルギニン、トリプトファンおよびフェニルアラニンからなる群から選択されるアミノ酸である、
(ウ)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて3番目のXaaが、アルギニン、ヒスチジン、トリプトファン、セリンおよびフェニルアラニンからなる群より選択されるアミノ酸である、
(エ)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて4番目のXaaが、トリプトファン、アルギニンおよびロイシンからなる群より選択されるアミノ酸である、
(オ)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて5番目のXaaが、グリシン、アルギニン、ロイシン、ヒスチジン、トリプトファン、メチオニンおよびチロシンからなる群から選択されるアミノ酸である、
(カ)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて6番目のXaaが、アスパラギン、ヒスチジン、プロリン、リジン、トリプトファン、アルギニンおよびアスパラギン酸からなる群から選択されるアミノ酸である、
(キ)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて7番目のXaaが、アルギニン、フェニルアラニン、トリプトファン、ロイシン、アラニンおよびグリシンからなる群から選択されるアミノ酸である、
(ク)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて8番目のXaaが、スレオニン、プロリン、アスパラギンおよびセリンからなる群から選択されるアミノ酸である、
(ケ)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて9番目のXaaが、トリプトファン、メチオニン、チロシンおよびフェニルアラニンからなる群から選択されるアミノ酸である、
(コ)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて10番目のXaaが、グルタミン、バリン、リジン、メチオニン、アラニン、ロイシンおよびアスパラギンからなる群から選択されるアミノ酸である、
(サ)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて11番目のXaaが、チロシン、フェニルアラニンおよびロイシンからなる群から選択されるアミノ酸である、
(シ)
配列表の配列番号1のアミノ末端から数えて12番目のXaaがリジンである。 - 請求項49乃至51のいずれか一つに記載のペプチドに化学的修飾および/または生物学的修飾が施されてなる該ペプチドの誘導体。
- 予め決定された標的分子に結合する、請求項49乃至51のいずれか一つに記載のペプチド、または、請求項52記載のペプチドの誘導体、
- 標的分子がSPINK2の内在性の標的ではないことを特徴とする、請求項53記載のペプチドまたはペプチドの誘導体。
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