WO2021139561A1 - Anti-tumor polypeptide for inhibiting ezh2 activity, and use thereof - Google Patents

Anti-tumor polypeptide for inhibiting ezh2 activity, and use thereof Download PDF

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WO2021139561A1
WO2021139561A1 PCT/CN2020/140552 CN2020140552W WO2021139561A1 WO 2021139561 A1 WO2021139561 A1 WO 2021139561A1 CN 2020140552 W CN2020140552 W CN 2020140552W WO 2021139561 A1 WO2021139561 A1 WO 2021139561A1
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  • the invention belongs to the technical field of biomedicine. More specifically, it relates to an anti-tumor polypeptide that inhibits EZH2 activity and its application.
  • EZH2 is the active core subunit of Polycomb Inhibitory Complex 2 (PRC2), which also includes EED, SUZ12 and RbAp46/48.
  • PRC2 Polycomb Inhibitory Complex 2
  • the PRC2 complex mainly uses the EZH2 methyltransferase as the core to catalyze the trimethylation modification of the 27th lysine of histone 3, which leads to chromatin tightening and gene silencing.
  • Scientific research has shown that the occurrence and development of a variety of cancers are related to EZH2, and EZH2 is highly expressed in various malignant tumors such as breast cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer, liver cancer, and kidney cancer. The results of the study indicate that EZH2 is necessary for the malignant proliferation of cancer cells, and the exogenous overexpression of EZH2 in normal cells can significantly promote cell proliferation.
  • EZH2 small molecule drugs
  • GSK126 GSK126
  • UNC1999 tazemetostat
  • tazemetostat's treatment of metastatic/locally advanced epithelioid sarcoma that is not suitable for surgical treatment has been granted priority review by the US FDA, indicating that epigenetic drugs represented by EZH2 inhibitors are getting more and more attention.
  • the present invention aims to develop new EZH2 inhibitors to further develop anti-tumor drugs, especially anti-tumor drugs for solid tumors with high expression of EZH2.
  • the purpose of the present invention is to provide an anti-tumor polypeptide that can inhibit the activity of EZH2.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide the application of the polypeptide in the preparation of anti-tumor drugs.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide an antitumor drug containing a polypeptide that inhibits EZH2 activity.
  • FBP1 fructose-1,6,-bisphosphatase 1
  • FBP1 can also enter the nucleus to perform non-classical enzymatic activity functions, such as inhibiting hypoxia-inducible factor, Wnt/b-actenin signaling and GTPase activation interacting protein 1, etc., suggesting that the metabolic enzyme FBP1 can be inhibited through a variety of ways Tumor growth.
  • the invention can provide new polypeptide molecules that can inhibit EZH2 and help the development of new anti-tumor drugs.
  • designing small-molecule peptides based on the key peptides in the binding region of FBP1 and EZH2 can inhibit the activity of EZH2, thereby preventing tumors.
  • X means that the 5'end of the LVAAGYALYGSATMLVLAMDCGVNCFMLDP fragment in the binding region of FBP1 and EZH2 continues to be extended by 0-20 amino acids.
  • the anti-tumor polypeptide developed by the present invention that can inhibit the activity of EZH2 has the shortest sequence shown in SEQ ID NO. 1: MLVAAGYALYGSATMLVLAMDCGVNCFMLDP
  • polypeptide fragment can be lengthened at the 5'end according to the above design principles, such as SEQ ID NO. 2: MKSTDEPSEKDALQPGRNLVAAGYALYGSATMLVLAMDCGVNCFMLDP
  • nucleic acid sequences encoding the polypeptides shown in SEQ ID NO. 1 and SEQ ID NO. 2 are shown in SEQ ID NOs. 3 and 4, respectively.
  • the aforementioned small molecule polypeptides can specifically inhibit the activity of the epigenetic factor EZH2, block the cancer-promoting effect of EZH2 in solid tumors, and achieve the effect of inhibiting the growth of tumor cells.
  • the specific polypeptide activity verification scheme is as follows:
  • the two polypeptide fragments (AA1 and AA2) were packaged by virus and stably transfected into renal cancer cells to test their inhibitory effects on tumor cell proliferation.
  • the CCK-8 experiment showed that the inhibitory effects of peptides AA1 and AA2 on renal cancer cells were consistent with the inhibitory effects on EZH2 activity: AA1 and AA2 both significantly inhibited the growth of RCC4 renal cancer cells, while in RCC10 renal cancer cells, AA2 played a more important role.
  • Significant inhibitory effect (Figure 5). The above results suggest that the two polypeptides have a significant inhibitory effect on the proliferation of renal clear cell carcinoma.
  • anti-tumor drugs containing the above-mentioned polypeptides should also fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
  • the tumor is a solid tumor with high expression of EZH2.
  • EZH2 a solid tumor with high expression of EZH2.
  • kidney cancer liver cancer
  • breast cancer breast cancer
  • lung cancer colorectal cancer, etc.
  • the present invention is based on the protein interaction between FBP1 and EZH2 obtained through research.
  • FBP1 can interfere with the binding of EZH2 and EED, affect the integrity of the PRC2 complex, thereby reducing the activity of histone methyltransferase in the PCR2 complex, and
  • the identified corresponding peptide fragments and specific sites of the interaction between FBP1 and EZH2 provide a design scheme for small molecule peptides that inhibit EZH2 activity and thus anti-tumor, and construct peptide molecules derived from FBP1 truncated bodies, all of which have targets To EZH2 and inhibit the role of tumors.
  • the peptide has a small molecular weight and is easy to penetrate cell membranes.
  • EZH2 methyltransferase It can directly inhibit the activity of EZH2 methyltransferase, block the effect of EZH2 in promoting the growth of cancer cells, and achieve the effect of resisting renal clear cell carcinoma and other solid tumors with high EZH2 expression.
  • the anti-tumor drugs for solid tumors with high expression of EZH2 have very good application value and prospects.
  • Figure 1 shows that knocking down EZH2 inhibits the growth of renal clear cell carcinoma cells.
  • Figure 2 shows the interaction between EZH2 and FBP1 protein.
  • Figure 3 shows the interaction site between EZH2 and FBP1.
  • Figure 4 is a diagram of the polypeptide structure and encoding gene vector.
  • Figure 5 shows the inhibition of EZH2 activity after polypeptide expression.
  • Figure 6 shows the inhibition of the growth of renal tumor cells after polypeptide expression.
  • the reagents, methods and equipment used in the present invention are conventional reagents, methods and equipment in the technical field.
  • HEK-293T HEK-293T, RCC4, RCC10 and UMRC2
  • the above cells use DuLbecco's modified eagle medium (DMEM) medium, plus 10% fetal bovine serum (Hyclone) and 1% Penicillin-Streptomycin Solution (Hyclone) cultured under 5% carbon dioxide, 37°C.
  • DMEM DuLbecco's modified eagle medium
  • Hyclone fetal bovine serum
  • Penicillin-Streptomycin Solution Hyclone
  • reagents include PEI (Polyethylenimine, Linear, MW 25000, Polysciences Inc.), streptavidin-bound magnetic beads (Promega, Z5482), Cell Counting Kit-8 (Biyuntian), GSK126 (MCE), FBP1 (Abcam ), EZH2 (CST), HA (CST), Puromycin (Sigma), Q5 High-Fidelity DNA Polymerase (NEB), RNA extraction kit (AXYGEN), reverse transcription kit (TAKARA), qPCR detection kit (full format gold).
  • PEI Polyethylenimine, Linear, MW 25000, Polysciences Inc.
  • streptavidin-bound magnetic beads Promega, Z5482
  • Cell Counting Kit-8 Boyuntian
  • GSK126 MCE
  • FBP1 Abcam
  • EZH2 CST
  • HA CST
  • Puromycin Sigma
  • Q5 High-Fidelity DNA Polymerase NEB
  • RNA extraction kit AXYGEN
  • the mRNA of HEK-293T cells was extracted, reverse transcribed into cDNA, and the cDNA was used as a template to amplify EZH2 and FBP1 genes by designing primers and applying PCR technology. After ligating the vector and the amplified fragment, it was transformed into E. coli competent In the cell Stabl3, positive clones were selected on an agar plate containing ampicillin and sent to Shenggong Bioengineering (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. for first-generation sequencing verification.
  • HEK-293T cells were inoculated on a 10cm culture dish at 50% confluence. After the cells were attached for 24 hours, the cells were combined with the lentivirus expression plasmid (10 ⁇ g), virus packaging plasmid (psPAX2, 5 ⁇ g) and envelope plasmid ( pMD2.G, 2 ⁇ g) co-transfected. Following the manufacturer’s recommendations, 48 hours after transfection, the virus supernatant was collected and filtered through a 0.45 ⁇ m pore size.
  • virus infection inoculate the target cells into a 6-well plate, add an appropriate amount of the collected virus solution and polybrene at a final concentration of 8 ⁇ g/ml for 24 hours, then trypsinize the cells into a 10cm culture dish, add antibiotics Screen the stably transfected cells for subsequent experiments.
  • RNA Midiprep kit (Axygen, AP-MN-MS-RNA-250) was used to extract total RNA from the cells.
  • cDNA was generated by reverse transcriptase PCR in a reverse transcription kit (Takara, RR036A).
  • Use TB Green Premix Ex Taq qPCR kit (Transgen Biotech, AQ101) for real-time quantitative PCR.
  • the ribosomal component 18S is used as a housekeeping gene for standardization.
  • the primer sequence is self-designed or obtained from PrimerBank (https://pga.mgh.harvard.edu/primerbank/).
  • protease inhibitor lysate After adding protease inhibitor lysate to RIPA buffer (1% Triton X-100 or NP-40) to lyse the cells, use BCA protein to quantify and then add SDS loading buffer, heat at 95°C for 10 minutes, and then sample the protein with the same quality (10-50 ⁇ g) SDS-PAGE electrophoresis. After electrophoresis, the protein on the PAGE gel was transferred to the PVDF membrane through the membrane transfer system, and the primary antibody and secondary antibody were incubated respectively.
  • the antibodies used include: EZH2 (Cell Signaling Technology, 5246), FBP1 (Abcam, ab109732), HA-Tag (Cell Signaling Technology, 3724).
  • the BCA protein quantification method was used to determine the protein quality in the lysis buffer. Save 50 ⁇ L of lysate for input control, and take the remaining protein lysate of the same quality and add it to streptavidin-bound magnetic beads (Promega, Z5482), incubate in a 4°C refrigerator with slow rotation for 4h, and then use IP The lysate was washed with the magnetic beads 4 times, and finally the protein bound to the magnetic beads was eluted with 2 ⁇ SDS loading buffer for Western blotting.
  • the cells were seeded into a 96-well plate at a density of 1000 cells/well by counting, and cultured in an incubator overnight. Change the fresh medium every 3 days, and use Cell Counting Kit-8 (Biyuntian) to detect cell proliferation.
  • the method of using CCK-8 is to dilute the stock solution of CCK-8 with the culture medium 1:10, then remove the culture medium from the plate, add 100 ⁇ L of the diluted solution, place it in a 37°C incubator for 2 hours, and finally use an enzyme label
  • the meter detects the absorbance value of OD 450nm.
  • HEK-293T cells were stably infected with BirA expressing biotin ligase, and after obtaining cells stably expressing BirA, they were then infected with EZH2 (EZH2-Avi) virus packaged with a biotin label. Finally, the cells were transfected with PEI. Transfection reagent for transient transfection of FBP1 plasmid.
  • the 293T cells stably expressing BirA and transiently transfected with FBP1 were used as the control group, and the cells stably expressing BirA, EZH2-Avi and transiently transfected with FBP1 were used as the experimental group of cells.
  • the two groups of cells were lysed with IP cell lysate, and after BCA After protein quantification, take 50uL cell lysate as input control, and add the remaining cell lysate to streptavidin magnetic beads with the same protein quality for protein immunoprecipitation. The final sample is used for Western blot detection , The result is shown in Figure 2A.
  • Another experiment carried out at the same time was to infect BirA-expressing cells with FBP1 (FBP1-Avi) packaged with biotin tags, and then use PEI transfection reagent for transient transfection of EZH2 plasmid.
  • the serine at position 169 of FBP1 was mutated to alanine (S169A) by PCR.
  • EZH2-avi was stably transfected into HEK-293T cells containing BirA, and FBP1WT and S169A mutant plasmids were transiently transfected with PEI transfection reagent.
  • 50uL cell lysate was taken as input control, and the remaining cell lysate was added to streptavidin magnetic beads with the same protein quality for protein immunoprecipitation, and the final sample was used for protein Blot detection, the experimental results show that the 169th serine of FBP1 is an important site for interaction with EZH2, as shown in Figure 3B.
  • the vector map is shown in Figure 4B.
  • the polypeptide expression plasmid is stably expressed in renal cancer cells through virus packaging and infection methods, and then the control group and the experimental group's RNA are extracted separately through the AXYGEN RNA extraction kit, and then the TAKARA reverse transcription kit is used The mRNA was reverse transcribed, and finally the expression of small molecule polypeptides was detected by quantitative PCR.
  • the ⁇ CT values of AA1 and AA2 of RCC4 were 5.25 and 5.00 (corrected with ACTB as the internal reference gene).
  • the ⁇ CT values of AA1 and AA2 in RCC4 were 5.96 and 6.04, respectively (with ACTB as the internal reference gene correction).
  • the primer sequence for detecting expression is as follows:
  • the two peptide fragments (AA1 and AA2) were respectively packaged by virus and stably transfected into renal cancer cells RCC4 and RCC10.
  • the renal cancer cells in the logarithmic growth phase were inoculated with 1000 cells per well.
  • 3 replicate wells are inoculated for each treatment, and the inoculated cells are cultured in a cell incubator. After culturing for 24 hours, take a 96-well plate for CCK-8 detection as the starting amount of inoculated cells for calibration.
  • the method of using CCK-8 is to dilute the stock solution of CCK-8 with the culture medium 1:10, then remove the culture medium from the plate, add 100 ⁇ L of the diluted solution, place it in a 37°C incubator for 2 hours, and finally use an enzyme label
  • the meter detects the absorbance value of OD 450nm. After that, the cells in the 96-well plate were replaced with new medium every 3 days, and a 96-well plate was taken every two days to detect the proliferation of the cells with CCK-8.
  • the inhibitory effect of polypeptides AA1 and AA2 on renal cancer cells (Figure 6) is consistent with the inhibitory effect on EZH2 activity ( Figure 5).

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Provided in the present invention are an anti-tumor polypeptide for inhibiting EZH2 activity, and the use thereof. Constructed in the present invention are polypeptide molecules derived from truncated FBP1, all of which have the effect of targeting EZH2 and inhibiting tumors. The polypeptide has a small molecular weight and easily penetrates cell membranes, which can directly inhibit the activity of EZH2 methyltransferase and block the effect of EZH2 promoting the growth of cancer cells to achieve an anti-tumor effect. Same has a good application value and prospects in the development of anti-tumor drugs for solid tumors with high expression of EZH2.

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抑制EZH2活性的抗肿瘤多肽及其应用Anti-tumor polypeptide inhibiting EZH2 activity and application thereof 技术领域Technical field
本发明属于生物医药技术领域。更具体地,涉及抑制EZH2活性的抗肿瘤多肽及其应用。The invention belongs to the technical field of biomedicine. More specifically, it relates to an anti-tumor polypeptide that inhibits EZH2 activity and its application.
背景技术Background technique
多种癌症与基因突变相关,包括一些染色质重构和组蛋白甲基化途径的基因突变。EZH2是多梳抑制复合物2(PRC2)的活性核心亚基,该复合物还包括EED、SUZ12和RbAp46/48。PRC2复合物主要以EZH2的甲基转移酶为核心催化组蛋白3的第27位赖氨酸发生三甲基化修饰,从而导致染色质紧缩和基因沉默。科学研究表明,多种癌症的发生发展都与EZH2相关,并且在乳腺癌、前列腺癌、肺癌、肝癌、肾癌等多种恶性肿瘤中EZH2都出现明显的高表达现象。研究结果表明EZH2对癌细胞的恶性增值是必要的,并且在正常细胞中外源过表达EZH2会显著的促进细胞增值。Many cancers are associated with genetic mutations, including some mutations in chromatin remodeling and histone methylation pathways. EZH2 is the active core subunit of Polycomb Inhibitory Complex 2 (PRC2), which also includes EED, SUZ12 and RbAp46/48. The PRC2 complex mainly uses the EZH2 methyltransferase as the core to catalyze the trimethylation modification of the 27th lysine of histone 3, which leads to chromatin tightening and gene silencing. Scientific research has shown that the occurrence and development of a variety of cancers are related to EZH2, and EZH2 is highly expressed in various malignant tumors such as breast cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer, liver cancer, and kidney cancer. The results of the study indicate that EZH2 is necessary for the malignant proliferation of cancer cells, and the exogenous overexpression of EZH2 in normal cells can significantly promote cell proliferation.
目前,已有多种小分子类药物通过降低EZH2活性达到抗肿瘤的效果,如GSK126、UNC1999和tazemetostat等。其中,tazemetostat治疗不适合手术治疗的转移性/局部晚期上皮样肉瘤的方案已获得美国FDA的优先审评资格,说明以EZH2抑制剂为代表的表观遗传药物越来越受重视。At present, a variety of small molecule drugs have achieved anti-tumor effects by reducing the activity of EZH2, such as GSK126, UNC1999, and tazemetostat. Among them, tazemetostat's treatment of metastatic/locally advanced epithelioid sarcoma that is not suitable for surgical treatment has been granted priority review by the US FDA, indicating that epigenetic drugs represented by EZH2 inhibitors are getting more and more attention.
但是现有的EZH2抑制剂在实际的临床试验中仍有许多缺陷,并且在很多实体瘤中响应性较差。因此开发新的EZH2抑制剂成为肿瘤药物研究领域的重点问题之一。However, the existing EZH2 inhibitors still have many shortcomings in actual clinical trials and have poor responsiveness in many solid tumors. Therefore, the development of new EZH2 inhibitors has become one of the key issues in the field of tumor drug research.
发明内容Summary of the invention
本发明旨在开发新的EZH2抑制剂,以进一步开发抗肿瘤药物,尤其是针对EZH2高表达的实体瘤的抗肿瘤药物。The present invention aims to develop new EZH2 inhibitors to further develop anti-tumor drugs, especially anti-tumor drugs for solid tumors with high expression of EZH2.
本发明的目的是提供可抑制EZH2活性的抗肿瘤多肽。The purpose of the present invention is to provide an anti-tumor polypeptide that can inhibit the activity of EZH2.
本发明另一目的是提供所述多肽在制备抗肿瘤药物中的应用。Another object of the present invention is to provide the application of the polypeptide in the preparation of anti-tumor drugs.
本发明再一目的是提供一种含有抑制EZH2活性的多肽的抗肿瘤药物。Another object of the present invention is to provide an antitumor drug containing a polypeptide that inhibits EZH2 activity.
本发明上述目的通过以下技术方案实现:The above objectives of the present invention are achieved through the following technical solutions:
我们以肾透明细胞癌为研究对象,研究发现EZH2促癌的前提条件是果糖 -1,6,-二磷酸酶1(FBP1)的缺失。FBP1为糖异生代谢途径的关键酶,在多种肿瘤中的表达均被下调。实验研究证明FBP1可以抑制糖酵解代谢,从而阻碍肿瘤细胞获取足够的能量和代谢中间产物来抑制肿瘤细胞的生长。此外,FBP1还可以进入细胞核中发挥非经典酶学活性功能,例如抑制低氧诱导因子、Wnt/b-actenin信号和GTPase激活相互作用蛋白1的活性等,提示代谢酶FBP1可通过多种途径抑制肿瘤生长。研究发现,FBP1通过与EZH2的结合,可直接影响PRC2甲基转移酶活性。因此我们提出,FBP1与EZH2结合区域的关键性肽段能干扰EZH2的功能,达到抑制肿瘤细胞生长的效果。该发明可提供新的可抑制EZH2的多肽分子,帮助抗肿瘤新药的开发。We took renal clear cell carcinoma as the research object. The study found that the prerequisite for EZH2 to promote cancer is the absence of fructose-1,6,-bisphosphatase 1 (FBP1). FBP1 is a key enzyme in the gluconeogenesis metabolic pathway, and its expression is down-regulated in a variety of tumors. Experimental studies have shown that FBP1 can inhibit glycolysis and metabolism, thereby preventing tumor cells from obtaining sufficient energy and metabolic intermediate products to inhibit tumor cell growth. In addition, FBP1 can also enter the nucleus to perform non-classical enzymatic activity functions, such as inhibiting hypoxia-inducible factor, Wnt/b-actenin signaling and GTPase activation interacting protein 1, etc., suggesting that the metabolic enzyme FBP1 can be inhibited through a variety of ways Tumor growth. Studies have found that FBP1 can directly affect the activity of PRC2 methyltransferase by binding to EZH2. Therefore, we propose that the key peptides in the binding region of FBP1 and EZH2 can interfere with the function of EZH2 and achieve the effect of inhibiting the growth of tumor cells. The invention can provide new polypeptide molecules that can inhibit EZH2 and help the development of new anti-tumor drugs.
因此,根据FBP1与EZH2结合区域的关键性肽段设计小分子多肽可以抑制EZH2活性,进而抗肿瘤。Therefore, designing small-molecule peptides based on the key peptides in the binding region of FBP1 and EZH2 can inhibit the activity of EZH2, thereby preventing tumors.
所述小分子多肽序列的设计原则为:The design principles of the small molecule polypeptide sequence are:
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其中X指在FBP1与EZH2结合区域的LVAAGYALYGSATMLVLAMDCGVNCFMLDP片段的5’端继续加长0-20个氨基酸。Wherein X means that the 5'end of the LVAAGYALYGSATMLVLAMDCGVNCFMLDP fragment in the binding region of FBP1 and EZH2 continues to be extended by 0-20 amino acids.
即,本发明开发的可抑制EZH2活性的抗肿瘤多肽,其最短序列如SEQ ID NO.1所示:MLVAAGYALYGSATMLVLAMDCGVNCFMLDPThat is, the anti-tumor polypeptide developed by the present invention that can inhibit the activity of EZH2 has the shortest sequence shown in SEQ ID NO. 1: MLVAAGYALYGSATMLVLAMDCGVNCFMLDP
进一步地,可以基于此多肽片段按照上述设计原则在5’端继续加长,如SEQ ID NO.2:MKSTDEPSEKDALQPGRNLVAAGYALYGSATMLVLAMDCGVNCFMLDPFurther, this polypeptide fragment can be lengthened at the 5'end according to the above design principles, such as SEQ ID NO. 2: MKSTDEPSEKDALQPGRNLVAAGYALYGSATMLVLAMDCGVNCFMLDP
编码SEQ ID NO.1和SEQ ID NO.2所示多肽的核酸序列分别如SEQ ID NO.3和4所示。The nucleic acid sequences encoding the polypeptides shown in SEQ ID NO. 1 and SEQ ID NO. 2 are shown in SEQ ID NOs. 3 and 4, respectively.
(SEQ ID NO.3)编码小分子多肽AA2的核酸序列:ATGCTGGTGGCAGCCGGCTACGCACTGTATGGCAGTGCCACCATGCTGGTCCTTGCCATGGACTGTGGGGTCAACTGCTTCATGCTGGACCCG(SEQ ID NO.3) Nucleic acid sequence encoding small molecule polypeptide AA2: ATGCTGGTGGCAGCCGGCTACGCACTGTATGGCAGTGCCACCATGCTGGTCCTTGCCATGGACTGTGGGGTCAACTGCTTCATGCTGGACCCG
(SEQ ID NO.4)编码小分子多肽AA1的核酸序列:ATGAAATCAACTGATGAGCCTTCTGAGAAGGATGCTCTGCAACCAGGCCGGAACCTGGTGGCAGCCGGCTACGCACTGTATGGCAGTGCCACCATGCTGGTCCTTGCCATGGACTGTGGGGTCAACTGCTTCATGCTGGACCCG(SEQ ID NO.4) Nucleic acid sequence encoding the small molecule polypeptide AA1: ATGAAATCAACTGATGAGCCTTCTGAGAAGGATGCTCTGCAACCAGGCCGGAACCTGGTGGCAGCCGGCTACGCACTGTATGGCAGTGCCACCATGCTGGTCCTTGCCATGGACTGTGGGGTCAACTGCTTCATGCTGGACCCG
上述小分子多肽能特异性的抑制表观遗传因子EZH2的活性,阻断EZH2在 实体瘤中发挥的促癌作用,达到抑制肿瘤细胞生长的效果。The aforementioned small molecule polypeptides can specifically inhibit the activity of the epigenetic factor EZH2, block the cancer-promoting effect of EZH2 in solid tumors, and achieve the effect of inhibiting the growth of tumor cells.
具体地多肽活性验证方案如下:The specific polypeptide activity verification scheme is as follows:
首先,在肾透明细胞癌细胞株中敲降EZH2后,H3K27me3的含量显著下降,同时肾透明细胞癌细胞的增殖速度也明显降低,证明了EZH2对肾癌细胞生长的必要性(图1)。然后基于我们对于糖异生代谢酶FBP1的前期研究,探索了FBP1与EZH2的潜在相互作用。具体来说,在HEK-293T中瞬时转染带有标签的FBP1或EZH2质粒,然后进行蛋白质免疫共沉淀实验。结果表明,FBP1确实与EZH2有相互结合(图2)。First, after knocking down EZH2 in renal clear cell cancer cell lines, the content of H3K27me3 decreased significantly, and the proliferation rate of renal clear cell cancer cells was also significantly reduced, which proved the necessity of EZH2 for the growth of renal cancer cells (Figure 1). Then we explored the potential interaction between FBP1 and EZH2 based on our previous studies on the gluconeogenic metabolism enzyme FBP1. Specifically, HEK-293T was transiently transfected with tagged FBP1 or EZH2 plasmids, and then the protein immunoprecipitation experiment was performed. The results show that FBP1 and EZH2 do combine with each other (Figure 2).
为解析FBP1与EZH2相互作用区域,通过突变技术将FBP1的7个外显子分别从cDNA中删除,构建成7个缺失不同外显子的FBP1突变体。然后将这些FBP1突变体分别瞬时转染到表达有EZH2的细胞中,再进行免疫共沉淀实验。结果表明,FBP1的4号外显子与EZH2相互结合。通过进一步的结构分析和突变实验验证,最终发现FBP1上第169位的丝氨酸是该相互作用的关键位点。FBP1S169A突变可严重破坏与EZH2的相互作用(图3)。In order to analyze the interaction region between FBP1 and EZH2, the 7 exons of FBP1 were deleted from cDNA by mutation technology, and 7 FBP1 mutants lacking different exons were constructed. Then these FBP1 mutants were transiently transfected into cells expressing EZH2, and then co-immunoprecipitation experiments were performed. The results showed that exon 4 of FBP1 and EZH2 combined with each other. Through further structural analysis and mutation experiment verification, it was finally found that the serine at position 169 on FBP1 was the key site of the interaction. The FBP1S169A mutation can severely disrupt the interaction with EZH2 (Figure 3).
基于以上研究,我们推测FBP1蛋白上S169位附近的多肽片段可以通过与EZH2的结合,抑制其甲基转移酶活性并发挥抗肿瘤功能。因此,我们根据FBP1结构截取了S169残基附近的两个具有较完整二级结构的多肽片段(AA1和AA2),并分别构建了对应的表达载体(图4)。之后,将两种多肽分别表达,再通过定量PCR检测AA1和AA2对EZH2活性的影响。结果显示,在两种肾癌细胞中,AA1和AA2对于EZH2活性具有不同程度的显著抑制效果(图5)。Based on the above research, we speculate that the polypeptide fragment near S169 on the FBP1 protein can inhibit its methyltransferase activity and exert its anti-tumor function by binding to EZH2. Therefore, we intercepted two polypeptide fragments (AA1 and AA2) with relatively complete secondary structure near residue S169 based on the structure of FBP1, and constructed corresponding expression vectors (Figure 4). After that, the two polypeptides were expressed separately, and the effects of AA1 and AA2 on EZH2 activity were detected by quantitative PCR. The results showed that in the two kinds of kidney cancer cells, AA1 and AA2 had different degrees of significant inhibitory effects on EZH2 activity (Figure 5).
分别将这两个多肽片段(AA1和AA2)通过病毒包装后稳定转染到肾癌细胞中,检测他们对肿瘤细胞增殖的抑制效果。CCK-8实验表明,多肽AA1和AA2对于肾癌细胞的抑制效果与对EZH2活性抑制效果一致:AA1和AA2均非常显著抑制RCC4肾癌细胞生长,而在RCC10肾癌细胞中,AA2发挥了更显著的抑制效果(图5)。以上结果提示,两种多肽对于肾透明细胞癌增殖的影响均具有显著的抑制效果。The two polypeptide fragments (AA1 and AA2) were packaged by virus and stably transfected into renal cancer cells to test their inhibitory effects on tumor cell proliferation. The CCK-8 experiment showed that the inhibitory effects of peptides AA1 and AA2 on renal cancer cells were consistent with the inhibitory effects on EZH2 activity: AA1 and AA2 both significantly inhibited the growth of RCC4 renal cancer cells, while in RCC10 renal cancer cells, AA2 played a more important role. Significant inhibitory effect (Figure 5). The above results suggest that the two polypeptides have a significant inhibitory effect on the proliferation of renal clear cell carcinoma.
因此,所述多肽在制备EZH2抑制剂中的应用,以及制备抗肿瘤药物中的应用,均应在本发明的保护范围之内。Therefore, the application of the polypeptide in the preparation of EZH2 inhibitors and the application in the preparation of anti-tumor drugs should all fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
另外含有上述多肽的抗肿瘤药物,也应在本发明的保护范围之内。In addition, anti-tumor drugs containing the above-mentioned polypeptides should also fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
具体地,所述肿瘤为EZH2高表达的实体瘤。如肾癌、肝癌、乳腺癌、肺癌、 大肠癌等。Specifically, the tumor is a solid tumor with high expression of EZH2. Such as kidney cancer, liver cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer, colorectal cancer, etc.
本发明具有以下有益效果:The present invention has the following beneficial effects:
本发明基于研究得出的FBP1与EZH2之间的蛋白相互作用,FBP1可干扰EZH2与EED的结合,影响PRC2复合物的完整性,从而降低PCR2复合物中组蛋白甲基转移酶的活性,以及所鉴定的FBP1与EZH2互作的相应多肽片段和具体位点,提供了具有抑制EZH2活性进而抗肿瘤的小分子多肽的设计方案,构建了来源于FBP1截短体的多肽分子,其均具有靶向EZH2而抑制肿瘤的作用。而且该多肽分子量小,易于穿透细胞膜,可直接抑制EZH2甲基转移酶的活性,阻断EZH2促进癌细胞生长的作用,达到抗肾透明细胞癌等EZH2高表达的实体瘤的效果,在开发EZH2高表达的实体瘤的抗肿瘤药物方面具有很好的应用价值和前景。The present invention is based on the protein interaction between FBP1 and EZH2 obtained through research. FBP1 can interfere with the binding of EZH2 and EED, affect the integrity of the PRC2 complex, thereby reducing the activity of histone methyltransferase in the PCR2 complex, and The identified corresponding peptide fragments and specific sites of the interaction between FBP1 and EZH2 provide a design scheme for small molecule peptides that inhibit EZH2 activity and thus anti-tumor, and construct peptide molecules derived from FBP1 truncated bodies, all of which have targets To EZH2 and inhibit the role of tumors. Moreover, the peptide has a small molecular weight and is easy to penetrate cell membranes. It can directly inhibit the activity of EZH2 methyltransferase, block the effect of EZH2 in promoting the growth of cancer cells, and achieve the effect of resisting renal clear cell carcinoma and other solid tumors with high EZH2 expression. The anti-tumor drugs for solid tumors with high expression of EZH2 have very good application value and prospects.
附图说明Description of the drawings
图1为敲低EZH2抑制肾透明细胞癌细胞生长。Figure 1 shows that knocking down EZH2 inhibits the growth of renal clear cell carcinoma cells.
图2为EZH2与FBP1蛋白相互作用。Figure 2 shows the interaction between EZH2 and FBP1 protein.
图3为EZH2与FBP1相互作用位点。Figure 3 shows the interaction site between EZH2 and FBP1.
图4为多肽结构及编码基因载体图。Figure 4 is a diagram of the polypeptide structure and encoding gene vector.
图5为多肽表达后抑制EZH2活性。Figure 5 shows the inhibition of EZH2 activity after polypeptide expression.
图6为多肽表达后抑制肾肿瘤细胞生长。Figure 6 shows the inhibition of the growth of renal tumor cells after polypeptide expression.
具体实施方式Detailed ways
以下结合说明书附图和具体实施例来进一步说明本发明,但实施例并不对本发明做任何形式的限定。除非特别说明,本发明采用的试剂、方法和设备为本技术领域常规试剂、方法和设备。The present invention will be further described below with reference to the drawings and specific embodiments of the specification, but the embodiments do not limit the present invention in any form. Unless otherwise specified, the reagents, methods and equipment used in the present invention are conventional reagents, methods and equipment in the technical field.
除非特别说明,以下实施例所用试剂和材料均为市购。Unless otherwise specified, the reagents and materials used in the following examples are all commercially available.
本发明使用的各种材料和试剂:HEK-293T,RCC4,RCC10及UMRC2,以上细胞用DuLbecco's modified eagle medium(DMEM)培养基,加上10%胎牛血清(Hyclone)和1%Penicillin-Streptomycin Solution(Hyclone)在5%二氧化碳,37℃条件下培养。其它试剂包括PEI(Polyethylenimine,Linear,MW 25000,Polysciences Inc.),链霉亲和素结合的磁珠(Promega,Z5482),Cell Counting Kit-8(碧云天),GSK126(MCE),FBP1(Abcam),EZH2(CST),HA(CST),Puromycin(Sigma),Q5 High-Fidelity DNA Polymerase(NEB),RNA提取试剂盒 (AXYGEN),逆转录试剂盒(TAKARA),qPCR检测试剂盒(全式金)。Various materials and reagents used in the present invention: HEK-293T, RCC4, RCC10 and UMRC2, the above cells use DuLbecco's modified eagle medium (DMEM) medium, plus 10% fetal bovine serum (Hyclone) and 1% Penicillin-Streptomycin Solution (Hyclone) cultured under 5% carbon dioxide, 37°C. Other reagents include PEI (Polyethylenimine, Linear, MW 25000, Polysciences Inc.), streptavidin-bound magnetic beads (Promega, Z5482), Cell Counting Kit-8 (Biyuntian), GSK126 (MCE), FBP1 (Abcam ), EZH2 (CST), HA (CST), Puromycin (Sigma), Q5 High-Fidelity DNA Polymerase (NEB), RNA extraction kit (AXYGEN), reverse transcription kit (TAKARA), qPCR detection kit (full format gold).
以下实施例的各种实验操作步骤如下:The various experimental operation steps of the following examples are as follows:
(1)质粒构建:(1) Plasmid construction:
提取HEK-293T细胞的mRNA,逆转录为cDNA,以cDNA为模板,通过设计引物,应用PCR技术扩增EZH2和FBP1基因,在通过将载体和扩增片段酶切连接后转入大肠杆菌感受态细胞Stabl3中,在含有氨苄青霉素的琼脂板上挑选出阳性克隆,送生工生物工程(上海)股份有限公司进行一代测序验证。The mRNA of HEK-293T cells was extracted, reverse transcribed into cDNA, and the cDNA was used as a template to amplify EZH2 and FBP1 genes by designing primers and applying PCR technology. After ligating the vector and the amplified fragment, it was transformed into E. coli competent In the cell Stabl3, positive clones were selected on an agar plate containing ampicillin and sent to Shenggong Bioengineering (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. for first-generation sequencing verification.
(2)病毒包装和感染:(2) Virus packaging and infection:
将HEK-293T细胞以50%汇合接种在10cm培养皿上,24小时待细胞贴壁后,使用PEI将细胞与慢病毒表达质粒(10μg),病毒包装质粒(psPAX2,5μg)和包膜质粒(pMD2.G,2μg)共转染。遵循制造商的建议,转染后48小时,收集病毒上清液并通过0.45μm孔径过滤。对于病毒感染,将靶细胞接种到6孔板中,加入适量的收集的病毒液和终浓度为8μg/ml的polybrene共同培养24小时,随后将细胞用胰酶消化到10cm培养皿中,加入抗生素筛选稳定转染的细胞以用于后续实验。HEK-293T cells were inoculated on a 10cm culture dish at 50% confluence. After the cells were attached for 24 hours, the cells were combined with the lentivirus expression plasmid (10μg), virus packaging plasmid (psPAX2, 5μg) and envelope plasmid ( pMD2.G, 2μg) co-transfected. Following the manufacturer’s recommendations, 48 hours after transfection, the virus supernatant was collected and filtered through a 0.45 μm pore size. For virus infection, inoculate the target cells into a 6-well plate, add an appropriate amount of the collected virus solution and polybrene at a final concentration of 8μg/ml for 24 hours, then trypsinize the cells into a 10cm culture dish, add antibiotics Screen the stably transfected cells for subsequent experiments.
(3)实时荧光定量PCR:(3) Real-time fluorescent quantitative PCR:
根据制造商的说明书,使用RNA Midiprep试剂盒(Axygen,AP-MN-MS-RNA-250)从细胞中提取总RNA。使用RNA作为模板,通过逆转录试剂盒(Takara,RR036A)中的逆转录酶PCR生成cDNA。使用TB Green Premix Ex Taq qPCR试剂盒(Transgen Biotech,AQ101)进行实时定量PCR。核糖体成分18S用作管家基因进行标准化。引物序列是自行设计的,或从PrimerBank(https://pga.mgh.harvard.edu/primerbank/)获得。According to the manufacturer's instructions, the RNA Midiprep kit (Axygen, AP-MN-MS-RNA-250) was used to extract total RNA from the cells. Using RNA as a template, cDNA was generated by reverse transcriptase PCR in a reverse transcription kit (Takara, RR036A). Use TB Green Premix Ex Taq qPCR kit (Transgen Biotech, AQ101) for real-time quantitative PCR. The ribosomal component 18S is used as a housekeeping gene for standardization. The primer sequence is self-designed or obtained from PrimerBank (https://pga.mgh.harvard.edu/primerbank/).
(4)蛋白免疫印迹:(4) Western blotting:
在RIPA buffer(1%Triton X-100 or NP-40)中加入蛋白酶抑制剂的裂解液裂解细胞后,采用BCA蛋白定量后加入SDS loading buffer,95℃加热10分钟,然后将质量相同的蛋白样品(10-50μg)进行SDS-PAGE电泳。电泳后将PAGE胶上的蛋白通过转膜系统转移到PVDF膜上,分别进行一抗和二抗孵育。使用的抗体包括:EZH2(Cell Signaling Technology,5246),FBP1(Abcam,ab109732),HA-Tag(Cell Signaling Technology,3724)。After adding protease inhibitor lysate to RIPA buffer (1% Triton X-100 or NP-40) to lyse the cells, use BCA protein to quantify and then add SDS loading buffer, heat at 95°C for 10 minutes, and then sample the protein with the same quality (10-50μg) SDS-PAGE electrophoresis. After electrophoresis, the protein on the PAGE gel was transferred to the PVDF membrane through the membrane transfer system, and the primary antibody and secondary antibody were incubated respectively. The antibodies used include: EZH2 (Cell Signaling Technology, 5246), FBP1 (Abcam, ab109732), HA-Tag (Cell Signaling Technology, 3724).
(5)免疫共沉淀:(5) Co-immunoprecipitation:
在1%NP-40的IP裂解液中加入蛋白酶抑制剂的裂解液裂解细胞后,采用BCA蛋白定量法测定裂解液中的蛋白质量。留50μL的裂解液用于输入对照,其余的取相同质量的蛋白裂解液加入到链霉亲和素结合的磁珠(Promega,Z5482)中,在4℃冰箱中缓慢转动孵育4h,然后用IP裂解液冲洗4遍磁珠,最后将结合在磁珠上的蛋白用2×SDS上样缓冲液洗脱下来用于蛋白质免疫印迹。After adding the protease inhibitor lysis buffer to the 1% NP-40 IP lysis buffer to lyse the cells, the BCA protein quantification method was used to determine the protein quality in the lysis buffer. Save 50μL of lysate for input control, and take the remaining protein lysate of the same quality and add it to streptavidin-bound magnetic beads (Promega, Z5482), incubate in a 4℃ refrigerator with slow rotation for 4h, and then use IP The lysate was washed with the magnetic beads 4 times, and finally the protein bound to the magnetic beads was eluted with 2×SDS loading buffer for Western blotting.
(6)细胞增值实验:(6) Cell proliferation experiment:
将细胞通过计数以1000个/孔的密度接种到96孔板中,培养箱培养过夜。每3天换新鲜培养基,用Cell Counting Kit-8(碧云天)检测细胞增值情况。The cells were seeded into a 96-well plate at a density of 1000 cells/well by counting, and cultured in an incubator overnight. Change the fresh medium every 3 days, and use Cell Counting Kit-8 (Biyuntian) to detect cell proliferation.
(7)统计分析方法:(7) Statistical analysis method:
软件分析采用SPSS,实验结果用平均值±标准误差(Mean±SD)表示,实验中分组为两组的组间差异比较采用Student’s-T检验,P<0.05即为统计学有显著差异。其中,P<0.05标记为*;P<0.01标记为**;P<0.001标记为***;n.s.表示差异无统计学意义。The software analysis uses SPSS, and the experimental results are expressed as mean±standard error (Mean±SD). In the experiment, the difference between the two groups divided into two groups is compared by Student’s-T test, and P<0.05 is a statistically significant difference. Among them, P<0.05 is marked as *; P<0.01 is marked as **; P<0.001 is marked as ***; n.s. means that the difference is not statistically significant.
实施例1 敲低EZH2抑制肾透明细胞癌生长Example 1 Knockdown of EZH2 inhibits the growth of renal clear cell carcinoma
1、将肾透明细胞癌细胞UMRC2和786-O感染携带有两种EZH2shRNA的慢病毒颗粒。部分细胞用EZH2抗体进行蛋白质印迹检测,另一部分细胞经过抗生素筛选后接种到96孔板中,放在细胞培养箱中培养并进行CCK-8实验检测细胞生长。培养24小时后,取一块96孔板进行CCK-8检测,作为接种细胞数的起始量校准。此后每3天给96孔板中的细胞换上新的培养基,每一到两天取一块96孔板用CCK-8检测细胞的增殖情况。CCK-8的使用方法是将CCK-8原液与培养基进行1:10稀释后,将板中的培养基去除,加入100μL的稀释液,放置37℃培养箱中培养2小时,最后用酶标仪检测OD 450nm的吸光值。1. Infect the renal clear cell carcinoma cells UMRC2 and 786-O with lentiviral particles carrying two kinds of EZH2 shRNA. Part of the cells were detected by Western blotting with EZH2 antibody, and the other part of the cells were screened by antibiotics and inoculated into a 96-well plate, cultured in a cell incubator and subjected to a CCK-8 experiment to detect cell growth. After culturing for 24 hours, take a 96-well plate for CCK-8 detection, which is used as a calibration for the initial amount of inoculated cells. After that, the cells in the 96-well plate were replaced with new medium every 3 days, and a 96-well plate was taken every one to two days to detect the proliferation of the cells with CCK-8. The method of using CCK-8 is to dilute the stock solution of CCK-8 with the culture medium 1:10, then remove the culture medium from the plate, add 100μL of the diluted solution, place it in a 37℃ incubator for 2 hours, and finally use an enzyme label The meter detects the absorbance value of OD 450nm.
2、结果显示:通过EZH2shRNA敲低两种肾透明细胞癌细胞株中的EZH2蛋白(图1A)。H3K27me3的水平随着EZH2的敲低而降低。2个不同序列的EZH2shRNA都显著抑制肾透明细胞癌细胞的生长(图1B),提示EZH2表达对于肾癌细胞生长是必要的。2. The results showed that the EZH2 protein in two renal clear cell carcinoma cell lines was knocked down by EZH2shRNA (Figure 1A). The level of H3K27me3 decreased with the knockdown of EZH2. Both EZH2 shRNAs with different sequences significantly inhibited the growth of renal clear cell carcinoma cells (Figure 1B), suggesting that EZH2 expression is necessary for the growth of renal cancer cells.
实施例2 FBP1与EZH2相互作用Example 2 Interaction between FBP1 and EZH2
1、实验一:1. Experiment 1:
首先在HEK-293T细胞中稳定感染表达生物素连接酶BirA,得到稳定表达BirA的细胞后,再用包装有生物素标签的EZH2(EZH2-Avi)病毒进行二次感染, 最后将细胞用PEI转染试剂进行FBP1质粒的瞬时转染。将稳定表达BirA和瞬时转染FBP1的293T作为对照组细胞,稳定表达BirA,EZH2-Avi和瞬时转染FBP1的细胞作为实验组细胞,对这两组细胞采用IP细胞裂解液进行裂解,经过BCA蛋白定量法定量后,取50uL细胞裂解液作为输入对照,剩余的细胞裂解液按相同的蛋白质质量加入到链霉亲和素磁珠上进行蛋白质免疫共沉淀,最后得到的样品用于蛋白质印迹检测,结果如图2A所示。同时进行的另外一个实验是在表达BirA的细胞中感染包装有生物素标签的FBP1(FBP1-Avi),再用PEI转染试剂进行EZH2质粒的瞬时转染。然后将稳定表达BirA和瞬时转染EZH2的293T作为对照组细胞,稳定表达BirA,FBP1-Avi和瞬时转染EZH2的细胞作为实验组细胞,对这两组细胞采用IP细胞裂解液进行裂解,经过BCA蛋白定量法定量后,取50uL细胞裂解液作为输入对照,剩余的细胞裂解液按相同的蛋白质质量加入到链霉亲和素磁珠上进行蛋白质免疫共沉淀,最后得到的样品用于蛋白质印迹检测,结果如图2B所示。First, HEK-293T cells were stably infected with BirA expressing biotin ligase, and after obtaining cells stably expressing BirA, they were then infected with EZH2 (EZH2-Avi) virus packaged with a biotin label. Finally, the cells were transfected with PEI. Transfection reagent for transient transfection of FBP1 plasmid. The 293T cells stably expressing BirA and transiently transfected with FBP1 were used as the control group, and the cells stably expressing BirA, EZH2-Avi and transiently transfected with FBP1 were used as the experimental group of cells. The two groups of cells were lysed with IP cell lysate, and after BCA After protein quantification, take 50uL cell lysate as input control, and add the remaining cell lysate to streptavidin magnetic beads with the same protein quality for protein immunoprecipitation. The final sample is used for Western blot detection , The result is shown in Figure 2A. Another experiment carried out at the same time was to infect BirA-expressing cells with FBP1 (FBP1-Avi) packaged with biotin tags, and then use PEI transfection reagent for transient transfection of EZH2 plasmid. Then 293T stably expressing BirA and transiently transfected with EZH2 were used as the control group, and cells stably expressing BirA, FBP1-Avi and transiently transfected with EZH2 were used as the experimental group of cells. The two groups of cells were lysed with IP cell lysate. After BCA protein quantification method, take 50uL cell lysate as input control, and add the remaining cell lysate to streptavidin magnetic beads according to the same protein quality for protein immunoprecipitation. The final sample is used for western blotting The test results are shown in Figure 2B.
2、实验二:2. Experiment 2:
为了进一步探索FBP1与EZH2相互作用的具体区域,通过PCR突变技术将FBP1的7个外显子分别缺失掉,构建成7个缺失不同外显子的FBP1突变体。然后将这些FBP1突变体分别瞬时转染到表达EZH2-Avi的细胞中,采用链霉亲和素磁珠进行蛋白质免疫共沉淀,结果显示FBP1缺失掉4号外显子的突变体与EZH2的相互作用明显减弱,如图3A所示。再将FBP1的4号外显子与EZH2蛋白进行网上SPPIDER(http://sppider.cchmc.org/)相互作用位点分析,选择可能性最大的位点169位丝氨酸(S169)进行后续研究。通过PCR技术将FBP1的第169位的丝氨酸突变成丙氨酸(S169A)。之后将EZH2-avi稳定转染到含有BirA的HEK-293T细胞中,用PEI转染试剂瞬时转染FBP1WT和S169A突变体质粒。经过BCA蛋白定量法定量后,取50uL细胞裂解液作为输入对照,剩余的细胞裂解液按相同的蛋白质质量加入到链霉亲和素磁珠上进行蛋白质免疫共沉淀,最后得到的样品用于蛋白质印迹检测,实验结果表明FBP1的第169位丝氨酸是与EZH2相互作用的重要位点,如图3B所示。In order to further explore the specific area of the interaction between FBP1 and EZH2, 7 exons of FBP1 were deleted by PCR mutation technology, and 7 FBP1 mutants lacking different exons were constructed. Then these FBP1 mutants were transiently transfected into EZH2-Avi-expressing cells, and streptavidin magnetic beads were used for protein immunoprecipitation. The results showed the interaction between FBP1 mutants that lacked exon 4 and EZH2 Significantly weakened, as shown in Figure 3A. Then, FBP1 exon 4 and EZH2 protein were analyzed on the SPPIDER (http://sppider.cchmc.org/) interaction site, and the most likely site Serine 169 (S169) was selected for follow-up research. The serine at position 169 of FBP1 was mutated to alanine (S169A) by PCR. After that, EZH2-avi was stably transfected into HEK-293T cells containing BirA, and FBP1WT and S169A mutant plasmids were transiently transfected with PEI transfection reagent. After quantification by BCA protein quantification method, 50uL cell lysate was taken as input control, and the remaining cell lysate was added to streptavidin magnetic beads with the same protein quality for protein immunoprecipitation, and the final sample was used for protein Blot detection, the experimental results show that the 169th serine of FBP1 is an important site for interaction with EZH2, as shown in Figure 3B.
实施例3 抑制EZH2的抗肿瘤多肽的构建Example 3 Construction of an anti-tumor polypeptide that inhibits EZH2
基于实施例2的实验结果可知,FBP1的4号外显子的169位丝氨酸为EZH2的重要结合位点。根据FBP1的晶体结构(PDB:5et6)(图4A),设计两种基于 EZH2-FBP1相互作用的多肽,即MKS TDE PSE KDA LQP GRN LVA AGY ALY GSA TML VLA MDC GVN CFM LDP(命名为AA1)和MLV AAG YAL YGS ATM LVL AMD CGV NCF MLD P(命名为AA2)。AA1为FBP1的4号外显子全部氨基酸,而AA2仅包含3个beta折叠的结构序列氨基酸。之后通过PCR技术将多肽片段的核酸编码序列克隆到质粒中。扩增引物序列分别为:Based on the experimental results of Example 2, it is known that the 169th serine of exon 4 of FBP1 is an important binding site of EZH2. According to the crystal structure of FBP1 (PDB: 5et6) (Figure 4A), two peptides based on the EZH2-FBP1 interaction were designed, namely MKS TDE PSE KDA LQP GRN LVA AGY ALY GSA TML VLA MDC GVN CFM LDP (named AA1) and MLV AAG YAL YGS ATM LVL AMD CGV NCF MLD P (named AA2). AA1 is all the amino acids in exon 4 of FBP1, while AA2 only contains three amino acids in the beta-fold structural sequence. Afterwards, the nucleic acid coding sequence of the polypeptide fragment was cloned into a plasmid by PCR technology. The amplification primer sequences are:
AA1:上游:5’-ctagTctagaatgctggtggcagccggctacg-3’AA1: Upstream: 5’-ctagTctagaatgctggtggcagccggctacg-3’
下游:5’-cgcGGATCccgggtccagcatgaagca-3’Downstream: 5’-cgcGGATCccgggtccagcatgaagca-3’
AA2:上游:5’-CTAGTctagaatgaaatcaactgatgagCCTTCTGAG-3’AA2: Upstream: 5’-CTAGTctagaatgaaatcaactgatgagCCTTCTGAG-3’
下游:5’-ATATAGGATCccgggtccagcatgaagcAG-3’Downstream: 5’-ATATAGGATCccgggtccagcatgaagcAG-3’
载体图谱见图4B。The vector map is shown in Figure 4B.
通过将多肽的表达质粒通过病毒包装和感染方法在肾癌细胞中进行稳定表达,然后通过AXYGEN公司的RNA提取试剂盒分别将对照组和实验组的RNA提取出来,然后利用TAKARA的逆转录试剂盒将mRNA进行逆转录,最后通过定量PCR检测小分子多肽的表达情况,在RCC4的AA1和AA2的检测ΔCT值分别为5.25和5.00(用ACTB为内参基因校正)。在RCC4的AA1和AA2的检测ΔCT值分别为5.96和6.04(用ACTB为内参基因校正)。检测表达量的引物序列如下:The polypeptide expression plasmid is stably expressed in renal cancer cells through virus packaging and infection methods, and then the control group and the experimental group's RNA are extracted separately through the AXYGEN RNA extraction kit, and then the TAKARA reverse transcription kit is used The mRNA was reverse transcribed, and finally the expression of small molecule polypeptides was detected by quantitative PCR. The ΔCT values of AA1 and AA2 of RCC4 were 5.25 and 5.00 (corrected with ACTB as the internal reference gene). The ΔCT values of AA1 and AA2 in RCC4 were 5.96 and 6.04, respectively (with ACTB as the internal reference gene correction). The primer sequence for detecting expression is as follows:
上游引物:5-ctggtggcagccggctacgCAC-3Upstream primer: 5-ctggtggcagccggctacgCAC-3
下游引物:5-CGTAGAATCGAGACCGAGGAGA-3Downstream primer: 5-CGTAGAATCGAGACCGAGGAGA-3
结果说明多肽AA1和AA2在两种肾癌细胞中均有表达。The results indicate that the polypeptides AA1 and AA2 are expressed in both kidney cancer cells.
实施例4 抗肿瘤多肽抑制EZH2的活性Example 4 Anti-tumor polypeptide inhibits the activity of EZH2
取实施例3中的逆转录产物,通过定量PCR检测EZH2下游靶基因的表达情况,来评价AA1和AA2对EZH2活性的影响。在RCC4肾癌细胞中,AA1对于EZH2活性的抑制效果非常显著(图5A)。在RCC10肾癌细胞中,AA2对EZH2的活性抑制高于AA1(图5B)。Take the reverse transcription product in Example 3 and detect the expression of EZH2 downstream target genes by quantitative PCR to evaluate the effect of AA1 and AA2 on EZH2 activity. In RCC4 renal cancer cells, the inhibitory effect of AA1 on EZH2 activity was very significant (Figure 5A). In RCC10 kidney cancer cells, the activity of AA2 on EZH2 was higher than that of AA1 (Figure 5B).
实施例5 抗肿瘤多肽抑制EZH2的活性Example 5 Anti-tumor polypeptide inhibits the activity of EZH2
分别将这两个多肽片段(AA1和AA2)通过病毒包装后稳定转染到肾癌细胞RCC4和RCC10中,经过抗生素筛选后,取对数生长期的肾癌细胞按每孔1000个细胞接种到96孔板中,每个处理接种3个复孔,将接种好的细胞放在细胞培养箱中培养。培养24小时后,取一块96孔板进行CCK-8检测,作为接种细胞 数的起始量校准。CCK-8的使用方法是将CCK-8原液与培养基进行1:10稀释后,将板中的培养基去除,加入100μL的稀释液,放置37℃培养箱中培养2小时,最后用酶标仪检测OD 450nm的吸光值。此后每3天给96孔板中的细胞换上新的培养基,每两天取一块96孔板用CCK-8检测细胞的增殖情况。多肽AA1和AA2对于肾癌细胞的抑制效果(图6)与对EZH2活性抑制效果一致(图5)。AA1和AA2均非常显著抑制RCC4的细胞生长,同时AA1的抑制效果要强于AA2(图6A)。相反,在RCC10细胞中,AA2发挥了更显著的抑制效果(图6B)。以上结果提示,两种多肽对于肾透明细胞癌增殖的影响具有细胞特异性,但至少其中一种具有显著的抑制效果,可作为强效EZH2抑制剂的开发起点。The two peptide fragments (AA1 and AA2) were respectively packaged by virus and stably transfected into renal cancer cells RCC4 and RCC10. After antibiotic screening, the renal cancer cells in the logarithmic growth phase were inoculated with 1000 cells per well. In a 96-well plate, 3 replicate wells are inoculated for each treatment, and the inoculated cells are cultured in a cell incubator. After culturing for 24 hours, take a 96-well plate for CCK-8 detection as the starting amount of inoculated cells for calibration. The method of using CCK-8 is to dilute the stock solution of CCK-8 with the culture medium 1:10, then remove the culture medium from the plate, add 100μL of the diluted solution, place it in a 37℃ incubator for 2 hours, and finally use an enzyme label The meter detects the absorbance value of OD 450nm. After that, the cells in the 96-well plate were replaced with new medium every 3 days, and a 96-well plate was taken every two days to detect the proliferation of the cells with CCK-8. The inhibitory effect of polypeptides AA1 and AA2 on renal cancer cells (Figure 6) is consistent with the inhibitory effect on EZH2 activity (Figure 5). Both AA1 and AA2 significantly inhibited the cell growth of RCC4, and the inhibitory effect of AA1 was stronger than that of AA2 (Figure 6A). In contrast, in RCC10 cells, AA2 exerted a more significant inhibitory effect (Figure 6B). The above results suggest that the effects of the two polypeptides on the proliferation of renal clear cell carcinoma are cell-specific, but at least one of them has a significant inhibitory effect and can be used as a starting point for the development of potent EZH2 inhibitors.
上述实施例为本发明较佳的实施方式,但本发明的实施方式并不受上述实施例的限制,其他的任何未背离本发明的精神实质与原理下所作的改变、修饰、替代、组合、简化,均应为等效的置换方式,都包含在本发明的保护范围之内。The above-mentioned embodiments are preferred embodiments of the present invention, but the embodiments of the present invention are not limited by the above-mentioned embodiments, and any other changes, modifications, substitutions, combinations, etc. made without departing from the spirit and principle of the present invention Simplified, all should be equivalent replacement methods, and they are all included in the protection scope of the present invention.

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  1. 可抑制EZH2活性的抗肿瘤多肽,其特征在于,根据FBP1与EZH2结合区域的关键性肽段设计,设计原则为:M+X+LVAAGYALYGSATMLVLAMDCGVNCFMLDP;An anti-tumor polypeptide capable of inhibiting the activity of EZH2, characterized in that it is designed according to the key peptides in the binding region of FBP1 and EZH2, and the design principle is: M+X+LVAAGYALYGSATMLVLAMDCGVNCFMLDP;
    其中X指在FBP1与EZH2结合区域的LVAAGYALYGSATMLVLAMDCGVNCFMLDP片段的5’端继续加长0-20个氨基酸。Wherein X means that the 5'end of the LVAAGYALYGSATMLVLAMDCGVNCFMLDP fragment in the binding region of FBP1 and EZH2 continues to be extended by 0-20 amino acids.
  2. 根据权利要求1所述可抑制EZH2活性的抗肿瘤多肽,其特征在于,其序列如SEQ ID NO.1所示:MLVAAGYALYGSATMLVLAMDCGVNCFMLDP。The anti-tumor polypeptide capable of inhibiting EZH2 activity according to claim 1, characterized in that its sequence is shown in SEQ ID NO. 1: MLVAAGYALYGSATMLVLAMDCGVNCFMLDP.
  3. 根据权利要求1所述可抑制EZH2活性的抗肿瘤多肽,其特征在于,其序列如SEQ ID NO.2所示:MKSTDEPSEKDALQPGRNLVAAGYALYGSATMLVLAMDCGVNCFMLDP。The anti-tumor polypeptide capable of inhibiting the activity of EZH2 according to claim 1, characterized in that its sequence is shown in SEQ ID NO. 2: MKSTDEPSEKDALQPGRNLVAAGYALYGSATMLVLAMDCGVNCFMLDP.
  4. 编码SEQ ID NO.1所示抗肿瘤多肽的核酸序列,其特征在于,如SEQ ID NO.3所示。The nucleic acid sequence encoding the anti-tumor polypeptide shown in SEQ ID NO.1 is characterized in that it is shown in SEQ ID NO.3.
  5. 编码SEQ ID NO.2所示抗肿瘤多肽的核酸序列,其特征在于,如SEQ ID NO.4所示。The nucleic acid sequence encoding the anti-tumor polypeptide shown in SEQ ID NO.2 is characterized in that it is shown in SEQ ID NO.4.
  6. 权利要求1-3任一所述多肽在制备EZH2抑制剂中的应用。Use of the polypeptide of any one of claims 1 to 3 in the preparation of an EZH2 inhibitor.
  7. 权利要求1-3任一所述多肽在制备抗肿瘤药物中的应用。The use of the polypeptide of any one of claims 1 to 3 in the preparation of anti-tumor drugs.
  8. 根据权利要求7所述应用,其特征在于,所述肿瘤为EZH2高表达的实体瘤。The application according to claim 7, wherein the tumor is a solid tumor with high expression of EZH2.
  9. 一种抗肿瘤药物,其特征在于,含有权利要求1-3任一所述多肽。An anti-tumor drug, characterized in that it contains the polypeptide of any one of claims 1-3.
  10. 根据权利要求9所述药物,其特征在于,所述肿瘤为EZH2高表达的实体瘤。The medicine according to claim 9, wherein the tumor is a solid tumor with high expression of EZH2.
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