Patent Publication Number: US-6340674-B1

Title: Method of inhibiting the proliferation and causing the differentiation of cells with IGF-1 receptor antisense oligonucleotides

Description:
REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application is a continuation of U.S. application No. 08/880,313 filed Jun. 20, 1997 which is a continuation of U.S. application No. 08/479,173, filed Jun. 6, 1995 (issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,643,788), which is a continuation of U.S. application No. 08/158,176, filed Nov. 23, 1993 (issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,456,612) which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application No. 08/037,257, filed Mar. 26, 1993 (now abandoned). 
    
    
     INTRODUCTION 
     This invention was funded by National Institute of Health Grants GM 33694 and CA 56309. The U.S. government may have certain rights in the invention. 
    
    
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     The IGF-1 receptor is expressed in many cell types including fibroblasts, epithelial cells, smooth muscle cells, chondrocytes, osteoblasts and several lineages of hemopoietic cells which have IGF-1 receptors and an absolute requirement for IGF-1 for growth in cultures. A review of human cells expressing the IGF-1 receptor and requiring IGF-1 for growth can be found in Baserga and Rubin,  Critical Reviews in Eukaryote Gene Expression,  1993, 3: 47-61; and Goldring and Goldring,  Eukaryote Gene Expression  1991, 1, 301-326. Macaulay,  Br. J. Cancer  1992, 65,311-320, has reviewed the expression of insulin-like growth factors (both IGF-1 and IGF-2) and their receptors in human cancer. Recently, it was shown that IGF-1 peptide analogs may be useful for inhibiting the growth of IGF-1 dependent cells (Pietrzkowski et al.,  Cancer Res.  1993, 53, 1102-1106). Antisense oligonucleotides to mRNA coding for IGF-1 was used to transform rat glioblastoma cells. The cells reversed the transformed phenotype, and acted immunogenic against the parent glioblastoma cell line, completely inhibiting its growth. Trojan et al.  Science,  1993, 259, 94-97 and Trojan et al.,  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.,  1992, 89, 4874-4878. However, effective methods of inhibiting growth and causing differentiation of cells are still greatly desired. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     Methods of inhibiting the growth and causing differentiation of undifferentiated cells with antisense oligonucleotides complementary to a region of the IGF-1 receptor are provided. The antisense oligonucleotides of the present invention comprise sequences complementary to regions of IGF-1 receptor RNA. The oligonucleotides comprise a sequence complementary to a region selected from the sequence of IGF-1 receptor. The antisense oligonucleotides include DNA sequences; and antisense RNA oligonucleotides produced from an expression vector. Each of the antisense oligonucleotides of the present invention are complementary to regions of the IGF-1 receptor sequence. The antisense oligodeoxynucleotide of the present invention comprises a sequence complementary to codons −29 to −24 of the signal sequence, for example, SEQ ID NO: 4. The signal sequence of IGF-1 receptor is a 30 amino acid sequence. Contemplated by this definition are fragments of oligos within the 30 amino acid signal sequence. Alternatively, fragments of oligos within SEQ ID NO: 4 are also contemplated. The antisense oligoribodeoxyoligonucleotide, SEQ ID NO: 8 produced from an expression vector comprises a sequence complementary to codons 1 to 309 of the IGF-1 receptor, FIGS. 7A-7G. See Ullrich et al.,  EMBO J.,  1986, 5:2503. Contemplated by this definition are fragments of oligos within the coding sequence for the IGF-1 receptor. 
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES 
     FIGS. 1A-1C are a schematic representation of the effect of individual growth factors on the growth of prostatic cancer cell lines (abscissa). Bars: 1—48 hours after plating; 2—no additions (96 hours after plating); 3—epidermal growth factor (EGF) (20 ng/ml, 96 hours after plating); 4—insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1) (20 ng/ml, 96 hours after plating); 5—platelet derived growth factor (PDGF) (1 ng/ml, 96 hours after plating). 
     FIG. 2 is a schematic representation of the effect of antisense oligonucleotide to the IGF-1 receptor on the growth of prostatic cancer cell lines. Bars 1, 4, and 7 (control). Bars 2, 5, and 8 (sense). Bars 3, 6, and 9 (antisense). 
     FIG. 3 is an autoradiogram of RT-PCR to determine the level of IGF-1 RNA produced by 5 different cell lines. Lane 1: PC-3; Lane 2: DU-145; Lane 3: LNC cells; Lane 4: WI-38 human diploid fibroblasts; Lane 5: p12 cells. 
     FIG. 4 is a western blot showing autophosphorylation of IGF-1 receptor. Lane 1: p12 cells 48 hours in serum-free medium, Lanes 2-4: PC-3, DU-145, and LNC cells respectively, 48 hours in serum-free medium 15 minutes after the addition of IGF-1 (3 ng/ml), Lanes 5-7: PC-3, DU-145 and LNC cells respectively, 48 hours in serum-free medium, no added IGF-1. 
     FIG. 5A is a schematic representation of cell growth of K10 and C2 cells in 10% serum after 5 days. FIG. 5B is a schematic representation of K10 and C2 cells transfected with T antigen (K10a58 and C2a58 respectively). The K10 cells have not been fully transformed. 
     FIG. 6 is a diagram of the plasmid constructs IGF-1RS and IGF-1RAS. 
     FIGS. 7A-7G provide the amino acid and nucleotide sequence of IGF-1 receptor (SEQ ID NO:9). 
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     Methods of inhibiting the proliferation of and causing the differentiation of undifferentiated cells are provided by the present invention. In one embodiment, an antisense oligonucleotide having a sequence complementary to codons −29 to −24 of the signal sequence of the IGF-1 receptor was found to be effective. 
     For purposes of the present invention, undifferentiated cells include and are not limited to transformed cells, cancer cells, prostate cancer cells, ovarian cancer cells, mammary cancer cells, lung cancer cells, glioblastoma cells, smooth muscle cells, bone marrow stem cells, hematopoietic cells, osteoblasts, epithelial cells, fibroblasts. Abnormal cells are cells which do not grow in accordance with the predicted patterns of a selected cell type, including and not limited to cancer cells such as those identified above, and transformed cells. 
     For purposes of the current invention, mammals include, but are not limited to the Order Rodentia, such as mice; Order Logomorpha, such as rabbits; more particularly the Order Carnivora, including Felines (cats) and Canines (dogs); even more particularly the Order Artiodactyla, Bovines (cows) and Suines (pigs); and the Order Perissodactyla, including Equines (horses); and most particularly the Order Primates, Ceboids and Simoids (monkeys) and Anthropoids (humans and apes). The mammals of most preferred embodiments are humans. 
     The antisense oligonucleotides of the present invention comprise sequences complementary to regions of IGF-1 receptor RNA. The oligonucleotides comprise a sequence complementary to a region selected from the sequence of IGF-1 receptor. The antisense oligonucleotides include single stranded DNA sequence and an antisense RNA oligonucleotide produced from an expression vector. Each of the antisense oligonucleotides of the present invention are complementary to regions of the IGF-1 receptor sequence. The antisense oligodeoxynucleotide of the present invention comprises a sequence complementary to codons −29 to −24 of the signal sequence, for example, SEQ ID NO: 4. The signal sequence of IGF-1 receptor is a 30 amino acid sequence. Contemplated by this definition are fragments of oligos within the 30 amino acid signal sequence. Alternatively, fragments of oligos within SEQ ID NO: 4 are also contemplated. The antisense oligoribonucleotide, SEQ ID NO: 8 produced from an expression vector comprises a sequence complementary to codons 1 to 309 of the IGF-1 receptor, FIGS. 7A-7G. See Ullrich et al.,  EMBO J.,  1986, 5:2503. Contemplated by this definition are fragments of oligos within the coding sequence for the IGF-1 receptor. In addition, mismatches within the sequences identified above, which achieve the methods of the invention, such that the mismatched sequences are substantially complementary to the IGF-1 sequences identified above, are also considered within the scope of the disclosure. Mismatches which permit substantial complementarity to the IGF-1 sequences will be known to those of skill in the art once armed with the present disclosure. The oligos may also be unmodified or modified. 
     The present invention is also directed to a method of treating mammals having cancer comprising contacting the mammal with an effective amount of an antisense oligonucleotide having a sequence which is complementary to a region of the IGF-1 receptor RNA. Cancer cells contemplated by the present invention include and not limited to those identified above. 
     Methods of administering the antisense oligos of the present invention include techniques well known in the art such as and not limited to liposomes, plasmid expression, retroviral vectors, splicing an oligo to another sequence such as a promoter or a growth factor, wherein the plasmid and/or vector is transfected with an expression plasmid expressing the antisense oligonucleotide, exposing cells to a medium or wash containing the oligo. In the administration of oligos via vectors or plasmids, a non-coding RNA strand of IGF-1 receptor is preferably used in order to produce antisense RNA oligos which are expressed by the cell. The RNA oligos then bind IGF-1 sense or coding RNA sequence. Accordingly, an oligo RNA sequence similar to SEQ ID NO: 4 is used. In the administration of a medium or wash, antisense DNA is preferably an oligo DNA, similar to SEQ ID NO: 4, and SEQ ID NO: 7. 
     Methods of administering the oligos to mammals include liposomes, and may be in a mixture with a pharmaceutically-acceptable carrier, selected with regard to the intended route of administration and the standard pharmaceutical practice. In addition, antibodies, ligands and the like may be incorporated into the liposomes thereby providing various modes of inhibiting IGF-1 receptors at the same time. Dosages will be set with regard to weight, and clinical condition of the patient. The proportional ratio of active ingredient to carrier will naturally depend on the chemical nature, solubility, and stability of the compounds, as well as the dosage contemplated. The oligos of the present invention will be administered for a time sufficient for the mammals to be free of undifferentiated cells and/or cells having an abnormal phenotype. 
     The oligos of the invention may be employed in the method of the invention singly or in combination with other compounds. The amount to be administered will also depend on such factors as the age, weight, and clinical condition of the patient. See Gennaro, Alfonso, ed., Remington&#39;s Pharmaceutical Sciences, 18th Edition, 1990, Mack Publishing Co., Easton, Pa. The compounds of the present invention may be administered by any suitable route, including inoculation and injection, for example, intravenous, oral, intraperitoneal, intramuscular, subcutaneous, topically, and by absorption through epithelial or mucocutaneous linings, for example, nasal, oral, vaginal, rectal and gastrointestinal. 
     The mode of administration of the oligos may determine the sites in the organism to which the compound will be delivered. For instance, topical application may be administered in creams, ointments, gels, oils, emulsions, pastes, lotions, and the like. The oligos of the present invention may be administered alone or will generally be administered in admixture with a pharmaceutical carrier selected with regard to the intended route of administration and standard pharmaceutical practice. For parenteral administration, they are best used in the form of sterile aqueous solution which may contain other solutes, for example, sufficient salts, glucose or dextrose to make the solution isotonic. For oral mode of administration, the present invention may be used in the form of tablets, capsules, lozenges, troches, powders, syrups, elixirs, aqueous solutions and suspension, and the like. Various disintegrants such as starch, and lubricating agents may be used. For oral administration in capsule form, useful diluents are lactose and high molecular weight polyethylene glycols. When aqueous suspensions are required for oral use, certain sweetening and/or flavoring agents may be added. Forty μg/ml antisense oligo was used for in vitro methods of providing oligos in media for cell growth in culture. This concentration may be extrapolated for in vivo use. The concentration of antisense oligodeoxynucleotides for in vivo use is about 40 μ/g body weight. The in vivo use of the expression vector expressing RNA oligonucleotides is determined by the number of transfected cells. 
     The growth of prostatic cancer cell lines was inhibited by antisense oligonucleotides to IGF-1 receptor RNA indicating that these cells need a functionally activated IGF-1 receptor for growth. These compositions are nontoxic at the concentrations used and are very effective and easy to deliver. These compositions may be useful in the treatment of prostatic cancer and other forms of abnormal growth because IGF-1 is a required growth factor for a wide variety of cell types and its action seems to be located downstream from other growth factors receptors. Therefore, while cells could circumvent other growth factor requirements by establishing an IGF-1/IGF-1 receptor autocrine loop, for many cell types, the activation of the IGF-1 receptor is the last receptor-mediated event before DNA synthesis and mitosis, and, presumably cannot be circumvented except by intracellular substrates of the IGF-1 receptor. Methods of reversing the transformed phenotype of cells with abnormal growth potential are also provided. 
     In one series of experiments, well established cell lines that were adapted to grow in vitro and that originated from sources of human prostatic cancer are examined. The effect of individual growth factors on the growth of these prostatic cancer cell lines is shown in FIGS. 1A-1C. The effect of an antisense oligodeoxynucleotide to the IGF-1 receptor RNA on the growth of these cells lines is shown in FIG.  2 . The effects of antisense oligodeoxynucleotide to the IGF-1 receptor RNA on the growth of Balb 58 cells, human glioblastoma cells, human ovarian cancer cells, and HL-60 cells are also shown. As the data show, these cells need a functionally activated IGF-1 receptor for growth. Any cells having an IGF-1 receptor may be targeted by methods of the present invention. For example, leukemic cells, cancer cells, and smooth muscle cells may be targeted by methods of the present invention. The potential usefulness of such an antisense composition in the treatment of prostatic cancer and other forms of abnormal growth is shown by the observation that IGF-1 is a required growth factor. In other words, while the cells could circumvent other growth factor requirements by establishing an IGF-1/IGF-1 R autocrine loop, the activation of the IGF-1 receptor (IGF-1R) is the last receptor-mediated event before DNA synthesis and mitosis, and presumably, cannot be circumvented except by intracellular substrates of the IGF-1 receptor. The experiments show that the IGF-1/IGF-1 receptor pathway plays an important role in the growth and differentiation of cancer cell lines and that antisense composition can inhibit their growth and cause differentiation. 
     Furthermore, methods of reversing transformed phenotype of cells with abnormal growth potential are provided by the present invention. For example, since the absence of IGF-1 receptor has been found to decrease cell growth by 70%, but completely inhibits the transformed phenotype, this approach can differentially affect cells having an abnormal phenotype, such as cancer cells, by reversing the transformed phenotype at concentrations of antisense that only partially affect normal growth. Reversal of the transformed phenotype causes differentiation that is usually irreversible. Furthermore, the cells may become immunogenic towards themselves providing an additional benefit. 
     For in vivo use, the antisense oligonucleotide may be combined with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, such as suitable liquid vehicle or excipient and an optional auxiliary additive or additives. The liquid vehicles and excipients are conventional and commercially available. Illustrative thereof are distilled water, physiological saline, aqueous solution of dextrose, and the like. For in vivo antineoplastic use, the antisense oligonucleotides may be administered intravenously. 
     In addition to administration with conventional carriers, antisense oligonucleotides may be administered by a variety of specialized oligonucleotide delivery techniques. For example, oligonucleotides have been successfully encapsulated in unilamellar liposomes. Reconstituted Sendai virus envelopes have been successfully used to deliver RNA and DNA to cells. Arad et al.,  Biochem. Biophy. Acta.,  1986, 859, 88-94. 
     The invention is further illustrated by the following, non-limiting examples. 
     EXAMPLES 
     Experiment A 
     Example 1 
     Cell Lines 
     The following cells lines were used. 
     1) Balb/c 3T3 cells; 
     2) mouse embryo cells established as primary cultures from normal mouse embryo; 
     3) KO cells, established from littermate embryos, null for the IGF-1 receptor; 
     4) three human prostatic cancer cell lines obtained from the American Tissue Culture Collection: PC-3 (originating from a human adenocarcinoma of the prostate; ATCC# HTB81); LNCa.FGC (“LNC”; from a human metastatic adenocarcinoma of the prostate, ATCC# CRL1740); and DU-145 (from a human carcinoma of the prostate metastatic to the brain, ATCC# CRL1435); 
     5) a human ovarian carcinoma cell line, ON-CAR; ATCC# HTB161 
     6) Balb 58 cells, Porcu et al.,  Mol. Cell. Biol.  1992, 12, 5069-5077; 
     7) T98G cells, a glioblastoma cell line originating from a human glioblastoma; and 
     8) HL-60 cells, a well established human promyelocytic cell line. 
     Human prostatic cell lines were passaged as recommended by the ATCC; they are grown in the following serum free media: DU-145 in MEM supplemented with 1 μM ferrous sulfate, 1 mM sodium pyruvate and 0.1% bovine serum albumin (BSA). The same supplements were added to DMEM:RPMI 1640 (1:1) to grow PC-3 cells, and to RPMI 1640 for LNC cells. 
     Example 2 
     Growth in Serum-free Medium 
     The cells were plated first in 10% calf serum in order to provide attachment factor. Alternatively, poly-L-lysine may be used. Pietrzkowski et al.,  Mol. Cell. Biol.  1992, 12, 3883-3889. The growth medium was removed by careful and repeated washing after twenty four hours and replaced with serum-free medium, with the sole additions of bovine serum albumin (0.5 mg/ml) and ferrous sulfate, 1.0 μM. The number of cells was determined by standard methods at the times indicated in each individual experiment. All three cell lines, DU-145, PC-3, and LNC grow in serum-free medium as vigorously as in serum supplemented medium, unlike 3T3, p6 and human diploid fibroblasts which do not grow under serum-free conditions. Pietrzkowski et al.,  Mol. Cell. Biol.  1992, 12, 3883-3889. 
     Example 3 
     Effect of Growth Factors on Prostatic Cancer Cell Lines 
     Cells were cultured as described in Example 2. Epidermal growth factor (EGF) (20 ng/ml), platelet derived growth factor (PDGF) (1 ng/ml) or insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) (20 ng/ml) were added to individual cell cultures. No increase in cell growth was observed 96 hours after plating of DU-145 and PC-3 cell lines. The growth factors showed slight inhibitory effects on LNC cells 96 hours after plating. 
     Example 4 
     Reverse-Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) 
     The prostatic cancer cell lines were tested for their ability to express IGF-1 receptor RNA by RT-PCR after incubation of cells in serum-free medium for 48 hours. Reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction was performed by slight modification of the method of Rappolee et al.,  J. Cell. Biochem.  1989, 39, 1-11; Lipson et al.,  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.  1989, 86, 9774-9777. RNA was extracted from cells by slight modification of the method of Chomczynski and Sacchi,  Anal. Biochem.  1987, 162, 156-159. Amplimers and probe for the IGF-1 receptor RNA were chosen on the basis of the published cDNA sequence of the human IGF-1 receptor. Ullrich et al.,  EMBO J.  1986, 5, 2503-2512. 5′ amplimer, 5′ ACC ATT GAT TCT GTT ACT TC 3′ (SEQ ID NO: 1); 3′ amplimer, 5′ ATA CTC TGT GAC ATT CTT AA 3′ (SEQ ID NO: 2); probe, 5′ CTG CTC CTC TCC TAG GAT GA 3′ (SEQ ID NO: 3). Labeling of probes and hybridization were carried out by standard methods as described for example by Feinberg and Vogelstein,  Anal. Biochem.  1983, 132, 6-13 and Thomas, P. S.,  Methods Enzymol.  1983, 100, 255-266. The various controls used in the RT-PCR assays (elimination of DNA, rejection of samples that give signals without reverse transcriptase, and multiple amplification cycles) are described for example by Pietrzkowski et al.,  Cell Growth  &amp;  Diff.  1992, 3, 199-205; Pietrzkowski et al.,  Mol. Cell. Biol.  1992, 12 3883-3889; Reiss et al.,  Oncogene  1992, 7, 2243-2248. RNA amounts were monitored with amplimers and probe for the pHE 7 cDNA, ribosomal protein cDNA, whose cognate RNA is expressed constantly under different conditions of growth. Reiss et al.,  Oncogene  1992, 7, 2243-2248. 
     Results are shown in FIG.  3 . RNAs from PC-3 cells (lane 1), DU-145 cells (lane 2), LNC cells (lane 3), WI-38 human diploid fibroblasts (lane 4, normal control) and p12 cells (which constitutively overexpress IGF-1 receptor RNA; lane 5) are shown. WI-38 cells and p12 cells were included as examples of cells which require IGF-1 for growth. Chomczynski, and Sacchi,  Anal. Biochem.  1987, 162, 156-159. 
     Two of the cell lines, PC-3 and DU-145 express levels of IGF-1 receptor RNA that are about 10-fold (by densitometry) the levels in WI-38 cells. LNC cells express levels that are only slightly above those of WI-38. The amounts of RNA in each reaction were within 10% of each other. 
     Example 5 
     Antisense Experiments 
     Antisense and sense oligonucleotides corresponding to portions of codon −29 to −24 of the signal sequence of the human IGF-1 receptor preceding the proreceptor sequence, Ullrich et al.,  EMBO J.  1986, 5, 2503-2512 were prepared. The oligodeoxynucleotides were synthesized on an Applied Biosystem Model 391 EP DNA synthesizer using β-cyanoethyl phosphoramidite chemistry. Pietrzkowski et al.,  Cell Growth  &amp;  Diff.  1992, 3, 199-205; Pietrzkowski et al.,  Mol. Cell. Biol.  1992, 12, 3883-3889; Reiss et al.,  Oncogene  1992, 7, 2243-2248. 
     Phosphorothioate oligonucleotides having sequences corresponding to codons −29 to −24 of the signal sequence, having the sequences TCCTCCGGAGCCAGACTT (SEQ ID NO: 4; antisense) and GCACCGGGAAGTTGTGTCAA (SEQ ID NO: 6, mismatched) were prepared as described above. 40 μg/ml of the oligonucleotides were added to SV-40 transformed Balb 58 cells (L clone; Porcu et al.,  Mol. Cell. Biol.  1992, 5069-5077), in 1% serum at 34° C. The cells were counted after 72 hours. The antisense oligonucleotide caused an 85% inhibition of cell growth as compared to a control (no addition of oligonucleotide). The mismatched antisense oligonucleotide resulted in only a 15% inhibition of cell growth. 
     Three human prostatic cancer cell lines were also treated with antisense phosphorothioate oligonucleotides. The oligonucleotides had the sequences TCCTCCGGAGCCAGACTT (SEQ ID NO: 4; antisense) and AAGTCTGGCTCCGGAGGA (SEQ ID NO: 5; sense). Pietrzkowski et al.,  Cell Growth  &amp;  Diff.  1992, 3, 199-205. The oligodeoxynucleotides were added to the medium after 48 hours in serum-free medium (40 μg/ml) and the treatment was repeated the next day (20 μg/ml). The cells were counted 48 hours after the second addition. FIG. 2 shows that antisense oligonucleotides to IGF-1 receptor RNA markedly inhibited all three prostatic cancer cell lines, the inhibition varying from 70 to 90%. After 48 hours treatment, the prostatic cancer cells look flat, polygonal, with the characteristics of a normal epithelial cell. 
     Antisense studies were also carried out on an ovarian carcinoma cell line and on a glioblastoma cell line. The results are summarized in Table 1. 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 1 
               
             
            
               
                   
               
               
                 Effect of Antisense Oligodeoxynucleotides to the 
               
               
                 IGF-1 Receptor RNA on the Growth of Human Cancer Cell Lines 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 Inhibition of growth % 
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 cell lines 
                 antisense 
                 sense 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 T98G (human 
                 90 
                 12 
               
               
                   
                 glioblastoma) 
               
               
                   
                 ON-CAR (human 
                 100 
                 2 
               
               
                   
                 ov.ca.) 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     Cells were grown in serum-free medium supplemented with individual growth factors and the antisense or sense phosphorothioate oligonucleotides at concentrations of 40 μg/ml. The oligonucleotides had the sequences TCCTCCGGAGCCAGACTT (SEQ ID NO: 4; antisense) and AAGTCTGGCTCCGGAGGA (SEQ ID NO: 5; sense). The inhibition is based on the growth of control cells (no oligos added). Cells treated with antisense showed signs of differentiation, with flattening, contact inhibition and reversal of the transformed phenotype. 
     HL-60 cells were also treated with the antisense phosphorothioate oligonucleotides. The oligonucleotides had the sequences TCCTCCGGAGCAGACTT (SEQ ID NO: 4; antisense) and AAGTCTGGCTCCGGAGGA (SEQ ID NO: 5; sense). When HL-60 cells were treated with antisense oligonucleotides to the IGF-1 receptor RNA, the cells differentiated toward a macrophage lineage, just as when they are treated with a differentiating agent. 
     Example 6 
     Autophosphorylation of the IGF-1 Receptor 
     The cells were characterized for levels of IGF-1 receptor that can be autophosphorylated by IGF-1. Autophosphorylation was carried out by slight modification of the method of Lammers et al.,  EMBO J.  1989, 8, 1369-1375, using the monoclonal antibody to the IGF-1 receptor available from Oncogene Sciences (Uniondale, N.Y.), an anti-phosphotyrosine antibody available from UBAI (Saranac Lake, N.Y.), and the ECL detection system kit from Amersham (Arlington Heights, Ill.). Protein lysates were obtained from cells growing for 48 hours in serum free medium. Before lysis, the cells were treated for 2 hours with sodium orthovanadate (1 mM). Results are shown in FIG.  4 . 
     Although the amount of autophosphorylated IGF-1 receptor is not as high as in p12 cells (lane 1), which constitutively overexpress the human IGF-1 receptor, substantial amounts of receptor that can be autophosphorylated by IGF-1 are detectable in all cell lines (lanes 2-4). More significantly, the autophosphorylation of the receptor can be detected in cells growing in serum-free medium even without the addition of IGF-1 (lanes 5-7), indicating that, in these cell lines, the IGF-1 receptor is constitutively autophosphorylated due to the presence of measurable amounts of IGF-1 secreted by the cells themselves into the medium. 
     Example 7 
     IGF-1 Radioimmune Assay 
     The ability for the cells to produce and secrete IGF-1 in the medium was determined by radioimmune assay. The radioimmune assay was performed essentially as described by Pietrzkowski et al.,  Mol. Cell. Biol.  1992, 12, 3883-3889. Cells were incubated in serum-free medium for 72 hours. Conditioned medium containing 1% bovine serum albumin (BSA) and 1 mM ferric sulfite was collected at various times after the cells were transferred to serum-free medium. To remove IGF-1 binding proteins, 0.1 ml of conditioned medium was mixed with 900 ml of 1 M acetic acid and 5% BSA and loaded onto SepPak C18 columns (Waters, Milford, Mass.). Before loading, the column was washed with 10 ml of methanol and then by 10 ml H 2 O. After loading, the column was washed with 10 ml of 4% acetic acid, and IGF-1 was eluted in 1 ml of 50% acetonitrile and 4% acetic acid. After lyophilization, the sample was resuspended directly in 100 ml of radioimmunoassay buffer. The assay was performed with a rabbit IGF-1 anti-serum and a second antibody bound to magnetic beads (Amersham, Arlington Heights, Ill.) using a commercially available radioimmunoassay kit (Amersham, Arlington Heights, Ill.). The results are shown in Table 2. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
                 TABLE 2 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 Amount of IGF-1 
               
               
                   
                 Cell Line 
                 in ng IGF-1/ml/2 × 10 6  cells 
               
               
                   
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
                 DU-145 
                 12.06 
               
               
                   
                 LNC 
                 14.38 
               
               
                   
                 PC-3 
                 24.36 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     As seen in TABLE 2, all three cell lines are good producers of IGF-1, especially PC-3. In all instances, however, the concentration of IGF-1 is more than sufficient to autophosphorylate the IGF-1 receptor and to sustain growth if the number of IGF-1 receptors is adequate. 
     For example, ordinarily, in cells expressing an adequate number of IGF-1 receptors, like p6 cells, 3.0 ng/ml of IGF-1 are sufficient to induce autophosphorylation of the receptor and stimulation of growth. 
     Example 8 
     SV40 T antigen 
     For transformation, pts58H, a plasmid which contains the tsA58 T antigen coding gene, cloned in pBR322, was used as well as the hygromycin resistance hph cDNA under the control of a viral promoter. Porcu et al.,  Mol. Cell. Biol.,  1992, 12, 5069-507. Clones of cells transfected with this construct are selected in hygromycin. 
     KO cells (no IGF-1 receptors) grow in 10% serum at a rate that is roughly 40% the rate of wild type cells (MEC cells). IAs shown in FIG. 5A, these cells are indicated as K10 and C2 cells. Both MEC and KO cells were transfected with the plasmid tsA58H, carrying the SV40 T antigen and a selectable marker. Clones were selected in hygromycin; because of the plasmid used, all cells in all clones were 100% T antigen positive. 
     FIG. 5B shows the growth characteristics of these two types of cells, transfected with T antigen, and which we call KI 0a58 and C2a58. The figure gives the saturation density of these two cell lines. The saturation density of C2a58 cells is 4-fold the saturation density of KI 10a58. The latter one formed a contact-inhibited monolayer, while C2a58 cells were forming foci, like transformed cells. This suggests that T antigen has not been able to fully transform the KO cells. 
     Example 9 
     Soft agar assay was carried out by standard methods. A more convincing way to test for transformation is to grow cells in soft agar, a test that has been used for many years to characterize transformed cells. Untransformed cells do not form colonies in soft agar; only transformed cells can form colonies, and the number of colonies formed is usually taken as an index of transformation. Cells were tested in soft agar, and the results of such an experiment are shown in TABLE 3. 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 3 
               
             
            
               
                   
               
               
                 Growth in Soft Agar of Various Cell Lines 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                   
                 number of colonies 
               
               
                   
                 cell line 
                 formed 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 Balb/c 3T3 cells 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Balb58 cells (transformed 3T3) 
                 &gt;200 
               
               
                   
                 T98G (human glioblastoma) 
                 &gt;100 
               
               
                   
                 MEC cells 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 KO cells 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 T-MEC cells (T transformed) 
                 &gt;200 
               
               
                   
                 T-KO cells (T-transfected) 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     One thousand cells of each cell line were seeded and the number of colonies determined after 2 weeks. 
     The prostatic cancer cell lines and the ovarian carcinoma cell line also grow in soft agar, as reported by other investigators. TABLE 3 clearly shown that a strong oncogene like SV40 T antigen is incapable of transforming cells that do not have IGF-1 receptors. Experiments are in progress in nude mice: preliminary data indicate, as anticipated, that T-KO cells do not grow in nude mice, whereas other T-transformed mouse cells do. 
     EXPERIMENT B 
     Example 10 
     Cell Cultures and Plasmid Construction 
     Mouse embryos were dissected from anesthetized females at day 18 of gestation and genotyped using DNA prepared from the mouse tails by Southern analysis as described by Liu, et al.,  Cell,  1993, 75:59 and Baker et al.,  Cell,  1993, 75:73. Wild-type and homozygous IGF-1 receptor mutant (Igflr (-1-)) littermates were used for establishing primary cultures of embryonic fibroblasts as described by Warton, et al., in  Cell Growth and Division,  1989, 139-153, Baserga, ed, IRL Press, Oxford, England. 
     The embryos were minced, and treated with trypsin for 15 minutes. The cells of the resulting suspension were plated onto 100 mm culture dishes and cultures in Dulbecco&#39;s modified Eagle&#39;s medium (DMEM:GIBCO-BRL, Grand Island, N.Y.) supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum. The cultures were maintained at subconfluent levels by trypsinizing every three days and reseeding at a density of 1.5×10 3  cells/cm 2 , following the same protocol used to generate 3T3 cell lines. Todaro, et al.,  J. Cell Biol.,  1963, 17, 299. Primary cultures underwent crisis following 2-4 weeks in culture. Crisis results in immortalized cells. Cells null for IGF-1 receptor, R-, cultures entered crisis later than the wild-type cells due to the relatively slow doubling rate. 
     Cells from wild-type and homozygous Igflr (-1-) mutant embryos were established initially as primary cultures and subsequently as post-crisis cell lines, which will be referred to as parental lines W and R-, respectively. These lines, which were derived by a protocol previously used to generate 3T3 cells, have a fibroblast-like appearance. Todaro, G. J. et al.,  J. Cell Biol.,  1963, 17:299. In serum-free medium supplemented with PDGF (5 ng/ml), EGF (20 ng/ml) and IGF-1 (20 ng/ml), W cells grow well, while R- cells fail to increase in number. Growth of R- cells can be sustained in 10% serum, but their growth rate is only 40-50% that of W cell controls (see TABLE 4). The growth of W cells under the conditions of TABLE 4 is essentially the same as that of the Balb/c 3T3 cells. 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 4 
               
             
            
               
                   
               
               
                 GROWTH OF W AND R− CELLS IN CULTURE 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NUMBER OF 
               
               
                   
                 CELL TYPE 
                 GROWTH FACTORS 
                 DOUBLINGS 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 W Cells 
                 PDGF, EGF, IGF-1 
                 1.5 
               
               
                   
                 W Cells 
                 10% serum 
                 3.0 
               
               
                   
                 W Cells 
                 serum-free medium 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 R− Cells 
                 PDGF, EGF, IGF-1 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 R− Cells 
                 10% serum 
                 1.5 
               
               
                   
                 R− Cells 
                 Serum-free medium 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 Cells were seeded at a concentration of 5 × 10 cells/cm in plastic dishes, in DMEM supplemented with 10% fetal calf serum. After 24 hours, the growth medium was removed, the cells washed several times with Hanks&#39; solution and DMEM was added with the indicated supplements. Cells were counted at 48 and 72 hours after changing to the indicated condition. The number of doublings shown represents 72 hours.  
               
            
           
         
       
     
     Indirect biochemical analysis showed that a functional IGF-1R is absent from primary cultures of cells isolated from day 14.5 Igflr (-1-) mutant embryos. Liu, et al.,  Cells,  1993, 75:59 and Baker et al,  Cell,  1993 75:73. To confirm this result using a specific antibody and establish unequivocally that R- cells are completely devoid of IGF-1 receptor, the following experiment was performed. 
     After incubation in the presence of IGF-1 for ligand-activated autophosphorylation of the IGF-1 receptor, R- cells and control W cells were lysed and a polyclonal antibody against the β subunit of mouse IGF-1 receptor was added to immunoprecipitate and functional IGF-1 receptor present in the lysate. The precipitated proteins were solubilized in the presence of β-mercaptoethanol, resolved electrophoretically and transferred to a nitrocellulose membrane. The β subunit of IGF-1 receptor autophosphorylated in an IGF-1-dependent fashion, was visualized by immunostaining with an anti-phosphotyrosine antibody (UBL, Saranac Lake, N.Y.) and recognized by size, and by the response to IGF-1. The apparent molecular weights of the α and β subunits of IGF-1 receptor resolved electrophoretically after disulfide bond reduction and denaturation are 135 kD and 97 kD, respectively. Autophosphorylation of β subunit (97 kD species) was detected, after IGF-1 stimulation, in W cells, but not in R- cells. 
     For confirmation the presence of the α subunit of the IGF-1 receptor was examined by cross-linking radioiodinated IGF-1 to cell membranes, followed by electrophoretic analysis and autoradiography. Yamori, et al.,  Cancer Res.,  1991, 51, 5859. A labeled protein of 135 kD was easily detectable in W cells, and its signal could be eliminated by competing the radioiodinated ligand with a 1,000 fold excess of unlabeled IGF-1. In contrast, it was not possible to detect a labeled protein species of this size in R- cells, even after significant overexposure of the autoradiogram. 
     T98G cells are a human glioblastoma cell line, that produces large amounts of IGF-1. Stein, G. H.,  J. Cell. Physiol.,  1979, 99:43. Two other cell lines were generated from T98G cells, expressing, respectively, a sense and an antisense RNA to the human IGF-1 receptor RNA. Expression plasmids which generate mRNA sequences, sense or antisense to the human IFG-1 receptor, were constructed. The human heat shock promoter HSP 70 was excised from the pSp2 (Craig et al.,  Cell,  1979, 16:575) with PstI and inserted into the SalI site of the pUC 18 multiple cloning site (MCS). The hepatitis B polyadenylation (PA) signal sequence and a neomycin resistance gene under control of the simian virus 40 (SV40) promoter were cloned into the BamHI site of the multi-cloning site to generate the plasmid HSP-neo. An XbaI-XhoI fragment corresponding to the bp 1-309 of the IGF-1 receptor cDNA (Ullrich et al.,  EMBO J.  1986, 5, 2503-2512) was filled-in with Klenow, and blunt end ligated into a filled-in BamHI site of the plasmid HSP-neo. The resulting plasmids were restricted and sequenced to determine the orientation of the transcripts. The plasmids predicted to produce the sense and antisense transcripts of the IGF-1 receptor cDNA were named HSP-IGF-1RS and HSP-IGF-1RAS, respectively, see FIG.  6 . Transfections were performed using the calcium phosphate precipitation method (Shen et al.,  Mol. Cell. Biol.,  1982, 2:1145). After 48 hours, 1 mg/ml neomycin was added to the cells to obtain stable transfectants. 
     Cells were seeded at a density of 3×10 3 /35 mm plate in 10% serum on a top layer of 0.3% agar and a bottom support layer of 1% agar. Colonies of greater than 10 cells were counted 14-21 days later. 
     C6 cells are a rat glioblastoma cell line. Trojan et al.,  PNAS,  1992, 89:4874 and Trojan et al.,  Science,  1993, 259:94. 
     Example 11 
     Plasmid Transfection 
     Cells were transfected with DNA of the following plasmid constructs: a) ptsA58H (Porcu, et al.,  Mol. Cell. Biol.,  1992, 12:5069) which contains the hygromycin-resistance gene (hyg) and the sequence encoding tsA58, a temperature-sensitive SVLT (Tegtmeyer,  J. Virol.,  1975, 15:613); b) pSV2G (Floros, et al.,  Exp. Cell Res.,  1981, 132:215), which contains the sequence encoding the wild-type SV40 T antigen and which was co-transfected with a plasmid containing the hygromycin resistance gene (LHL4) (Gritz, et al.,  Gene,  1983, 25:179); and c) Cvn-IGF-1 receptor, which contains the neomycin resistance gene (neo) and the entire coding sequence of the human IFG-1 receptor cDNA, both of which are under control of the SV40 promoter; as described by Porcu, et al.,  Mol. Cell. Biol.,  1992, 12, 5069. 
     Primary cultures were extremely sensitive to hygromycin and selection was carried out in 10 μg/ml of hygromycin. Cell proliferation in anchorage-dependent conditions was assayed by trypsinizing the cells and counting in triplicate every 24 hours, using a hemocytometer. 
     Parental W and R- cells were transfected with DNA of a plasmid construct ptsA58H (Porcu, et al.,  Mol. Cell. Biol.,  1992, 12, 5069), containing a selectable marker, the hygromycin-resistance gene (Gritz et al.,  Gene,  1983 25:179), and the sequence encoding the temperature-sensitive SV40T antigen tsA58 (Tegtmeyer,  J. Virol.,  1975, 15:613). Cells expressing tsA58 are transformed at the permissive temperature of 34 C, but revert to the untransformed phenotype at the restrictive temperature of 39.6 C (Porcu et al., supra, Lammers, et al.,  EMBO J,  1989, 8:1369, Jat, et al.,  Mol. Cell. Biol.,  1989, 9:1672, Radna et al.,  Molc. Cell. Biol.,  1989, 9:3093, and Resnick-Silverman et al.,  J. Virol.,  1991, 65:2845). Since the selectable marker and T antigen are expressed from the same plasmid, all of the hygromycin-resistant clones derived were also T-positive. Thus, when selected W and R- cells harboring ptsA58H were examined by immunofluorescence using an antibody against T antigen, both cell types exhibited approximately the same level of intensity in staining (45±0.9 and 43.7±0.7 arbitrary densitometric units respectively). These transfected derivatives of the parental W and R- lines were designated (tsA)W and (tsA)R-cells. 
     The four types of cells [W, R-, (tsA)W and (tsA)R-] were plated and grown in DMEM supplemented with 10% serum for 5 days, and then cell numbers were determined to assess saturation densities. As expected from previous results, the ratio of R- to W cell numbers was 0.53. However, growth was differentially stimulated by the presence of SVLT. The number of (tsA)W cells was 2.7 fold higher than that of W cells, while (tsA)R- cells grew only 30% above the saturation density of the R- parent. More importantly, the (tsA)W cells were overtly transformed, as evidenced by the appearance of large foci, while the (tsA)R- cells continued to be contact-inhibited. Identical results were obtained with several different T positive clones derived from the parental cell lines. 
     To further assess the presence or absence of a transformed phenotype, we used soft-agar assays (Thompson, et al.,  Virology,  1990, 178:15). The results of a typical experiment are shown in TABLE 5. As expected, (tsA)W cells formed colonies in soft agar in numbers increasing with the number of cells that were seeded, while only a single small colony of 12 cells appeared with the highest number of plated (tsA)R- cells. The cells were maintained in 10% serum for more than 3 weeks, which is a more than adequate time period for establishment of colonies in soft agar even at reduced growth rates. Therefore, the (tsA)R- cells do not have potential for colony formation in soft agar. 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 5 
               
             
            
               
                   
               
               
                 GROWTH IN SOFT AGAR OF MOUSE 
               
               
                 EMBRYO CELLS EXPRESSING SVLT 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                   
                   
                 NUMBER OF 
               
               
                   
                 CELL TYPE 
                 SEEDING DENSITY × 10 3   
                 COLONIES 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 (tsA)W 
                 1 
                 8 
               
               
                   
                 (tsA)W 
                 10 
                 64 
               
               
                   
                 (tsA)W 
                 100 
                 350 
               
               
                   
                 (tsA)R− 
                 1 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 (tsA)R− 
                 10 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 (tsA)R− 
                 100 
                 1 
               
               
                   
                 (wtT)W 
                 10 
                 58 
               
               
                   
                 (wtT)W 
                 100 
                 154 
               
               
                   
                 (wtT)R− 
                 10 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 (wtT)R− 
                 100 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 (tsA)R+ 
                 10 
                 16 
               
               
                   
                 (tsA)R+ 
                 100 
                 70 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 (tsA)W and (tsA)R− are, respectively, W and R− cells expressing the tsA58 T antigen. The same embryo cells expressing the wt T antigen are designated (wtT). (tsA)R+ cells are (tsA)R− cells expressing a stably transfected human IGF-1 receptor cDNA. Parental cell lines, W and R− did not grow in soft agar. Cells were seeded at the indicated densities and colonies were counted after  
               
               
                   
                 # 25 days in culture. Numbers are averages of duplicate counts of a single experiment. Several assays were performed with reproducible results for each cell line. Several clones of (tsA) and (wtT) cells were also tested with similar results.  
               
            
           
         
       
     
     To exclude the possibility that the temperature-sensitive T antigen is somehow different from wild-type, additional lines were derived from the parental W and R- cells by co-transfecting two plasmids expressing wild-type SVLT and the hygromycin-resistance gene, respectively. Following hygromycin-selection, cells testing positive for T antigen expression were expanded into clones that were assayed for colony formation in soft agar. Again, in contrast to controls, the derivatives of R- cells were unable to form colonies, TABLE 5. 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 6 
               
             
            
               
                   
               
               
                 GROWTH IN SOFT AGAR OF GLIOBLASTOMA CELL LINES 
               
               
                 TREATED BY ANTISENSE STRATEGY TO THE IGF-1 RECEPTOR 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                 CELL TYPE 
                 SEEDING DENSITY × 10 3   
                 NUMBER OF COLONIES 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                 T98G-sense 
                 3 
                 305 
               
               
                 T98G-antisense 
                 3 
                 5 
               
               
                 C6 
                 3 
                 280 
               
               
                 C6-sense 
                 3 
                 230 
               
               
                 C6-antisense 
                 3 
                 115 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Cells were seeded at the indicated densities and colonies were counted after 14 days in culture. Both cell lines showed a consistently higher efficiency of colony formation than t-antigen transfected mouse embryo cells. The T98G cells used are lines which have been stably transfected with a heat shock promoter construct which transcribes either a sense or antisense transcript for the first 309 bp of the IGF-1 receptor. The T98G cells containing the antisense construct grew at  
               
               
                 # 40-50% of the rate of the lines containing the sense construct. The C6 cell line was treated with 80 μg/ml of antisense oligonucleotide to the IGF-1 receptor known to reduce the level of IGF-1 receptor at the cell surface (Pietrzkowski, et al., Cell Growth and Diff., 1992, 3:199). The sequence used corresponds to the first 18 bp after the ATG initiation codon of the IGF-1 receptor cDNA. the addition of the antisense oligonucleotide had very little effect on the anchorage  
               
               
                 # dependent growth of these cells in 10% serum.  
               
            
           
         
       
     
     An additional experiment was performed to show that the ability of SVLT to transform fibroblasts depends directly on the presence of functional IGF-1 receptor. This experiment was based on the observation that cells expressing IGF-1 receptor constitutively are able to grow in serum-free medium supplemented with IGF-1 or insulin at supraphysiological concentrations (Pietrzkowski, et al.,  Cell Growth and Diff.,  1992, 3:199, McCubrey, et al.,  Blood,  1991, 78:921). Thus, one of the (tsA)R- clones was transfected with a plasmid (Cvn-IGF-1 receptor) expressing the full-length coding sequence of human Igflr cDNA and also the neomycin-resistance gene, both under the control of the SV40 promoter (Ullrich, et al.,  EMBO J.  1986, 5:2503). Clones selected directly in serum-free medium supplemented with insulin (20 μg/ml) were picked; under these conditions, only clones constitutively expressing the IGF-1 receptor can gown (Pietrzkowski, et al., supra). By autophosphorylation analysis, these clones expressed IGF-1 receptor at levels comparable to those of Balb/c 3T3 cells. these clones were able to form colonies efficiently in soft agar, without the addition of IGF-1. The endogenously-produced T antigen, which was previously ineffective, attained its transforming potential once the cells acquired constitutively-expressed human IGF-1 receptor. 
     Example 12 
     Immunostaining for Large T Antigen 
     Cells fixed in cold methanol were incubated with a 1:10 dilution of anti-large T antigen antibody (PAb 419; Oncogene Science, Uniondale, N.Y.) then stained with a 1:100 dilution of a fluorescinated goat antimouse immunoglobulin G antibody (Oncogene Science). Staining intensity was measured in arbitrary units by computer analysis of photographic images of the stained cells. 
     Example 13 
     Soft Agar Assay 
     Anchorage-independent growth was assayed by scoring the number of colonies formed in 0.2% agarose (with either a 1% or 0.4% agarose underlay). T antigen transfected cells were allowed to grow for three weeks while glioblastoma cell colonies were counted after two weeks due to the higher growth rate of these cells relative to the T antigen-transformed cells. 
     Previous indirect data, showing that NIH 3T3 cells overexpressing IGF-1 receptor grow in soft agar in the presence of the ligand (Kaleko, et al.,  Mol. Cell. Biol.,  1990, 10:464) and that the tumorigenicity of the rat glioblastoma C6 cell line is abrogated by antisense Igf-1 RNA (Trojan et al., supra) are consistent with the results obtained with mutant cells lacking IGF-1 receptor. These results suggest that IGF-1 receptor mediates signaling of IGF-1 is an indispensable component of the operation of a transformation pathway. To show that this is the case, an antisense RNA strategy was performed with C6 cells and also with cells of an additional glioblastoma cell line, T98G (Stein, supra), which grow well in 1% serum. 
     T98G glioblastoma cells were transfected with appropriate constructs, to derive cell lines expressing either antisense or (control) sense human Igflr RNA. Soft agar assays using these derivatives showed that, in comparison to the control cells, the number of colonies formed by 98G cells expressing Igflr antisense RNA was reduced more than 60-fold, see TABLE 6. In an analogous experiment, C6 cell colony formation in soft agar was reduced 2-fold in the presence of an antisense oligodeoxynucleotide inhibiting Iglfr mRNA, see TABLE 6. The growth of C6 cells in culture dishes was not reduced more than 10% in the presence of the same concentration of antisense oligodeoxynucleotides, while the growth rate of T98G cells expressing antisense RNA was 40% of that of wild-type cells or cells expressing sense RNA. These observations suggest that the transformation phenotype is more sensitive to the abrogation or diminution of IGF-1 receptor function than the inhibition of growth. 
     Example 14 
     Cross-Linking of IGF-1 Receptor 
     Radioiodinated IGF-1 was cross-linked to the IGF-1 receptor using disuccinimidyl suberate as described by Yamori, et al.,  Cancer Res.,  1991, 51, 5859. After cross-linking, the proteins were resolved on an 8% polyacrylamide gel and the dried gel exposed to X-ray film (Kodak X-OMAT) for autoradiography. 
     Example 15 
     Antisense Oligonucleotides 
     The antisense and sense oligodeoxynucleotides to the IGF-1 receptor mRNA used for the colony formation assay of C6 cells were prepared according to Pietrzkowski, et al.,  Cell Growth and Diff.,  1992, 3, 199. They correspond to the 18 bp sequence following the ATG of the IGF-1 receptor cDNA. The antisense oligonucleotides were added to the cells at the time of seeding at a concentration of 80 μg/ml. 
     Example 16 
     In vivo Experiments Performed in Rats 
     Three C6 cell lines were prepared. C6 cell lines were separately transfected with expression vectors capable of expressing sense or antisense oligonucleotides, respectively, to IGF-1 receptor RNA. Plasmids were prepared as described above. Wild type or untransfected C6 cells were also grown in culture. Cell lines were established by transfection of C6 with HSP70 promoter driving 305 bp of IGF-1 receptor RNA cell lines established by transfection. The cells carried a neomycin resistance gene. The cells were selected with G418 and monitored for IGF-1 receptor expression. 
     Rats were subcutaneously injected in the flank, i.e. side, with one of the three C6 rat glioblastoma cell lines at a concentration of 10 7 . This tumor grows vigorously in rats, reaching large sizes and eventually killing the animals. Rats injected with wild type cells resulted in tumors of about 1-2 cm. 
     Tumors results in rats injected with wild type cells and with cells expressing sense oligonucleotides, 27/27 rats injected with wild type cells and 12/12 rats injected with sense oligonucleotides, see TABLE 7. However, none of the 24 rats injected with antisense oligonucleotides yielded tumors, see TABLE 7. 
     In another experiment, animals were first injected with cells expressing sense oligonucleotides, prepared as set forth above, at a concentration of 10 7 . Six days later, the same animals were injected with wild type cells, at a concentration of 10 7 , and 6 of the 6 rats resulted in bilateral tumor development. None of the rats injected with antisense oligonucleotides initially and then wild type cells resulted in tumor development, see TABLE 7. 
     Another experiment injected wild type and sense expressing cells simultaneously, or wild type and antisense simultaneously. All of the rats given sense oligonucleotides (3/3) revealed tumors while 0/3 of the rate receiving antisense oligonucleotides had tumor development, see TABLE 7. 
     In anther experiment, fifteen rats were injected with wild type cells initially followed two weeks later with antisense oligonucleotides. Autopsies revealed (all injection concentrations were 10 7  cells) complete tumor regression; the tumors disappeared. Significantly, the antisense oligonucleotides were injected into the flank opposite the wild type injection, TABLE 7. 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 7 
               
             
            
               
                   
               
               
                 Effect of IGF-1R Sense and Antisense RNA 
               
               
                 on Tumor Induction in Rats 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                   
                   
                 Tumor Development 
               
               
                   
                 Injection #1 
                 Injection #2 
                 number of 
               
               
                   
                 (right) 
                 (left) 
                 animals 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 Wild - sense 
                 n/a 
                 27/27 
               
               
                   
                 Sense 
                 n/a 
                 12/12 
               
               
                   
                 Antisense 
                 n/a 
                 0/24 
               
               
                   
                 Sense 
                 Wild-type (day 6) 
                 6/6 bilaterally 
               
               
                   
                 Antisense 
                 Wild-type (day 6) 
                 0/6 
               
               
                   
                 Wild-type 
                 Sense 
                 3/3 bilaterally 
               
               
                   
                   
                 (simultaneous) 
               
               
                   
                 Wild-type 
                 Antisense 
                 0/3 
               
               
                   
                   
                 (simultaneous) 
               
               
                   
                 Wild-type 
                 Antisense 
                 complete tumor 
               
               
                   
                   
                 (2 weeks) 
                 regression in 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 right flank, 15/15 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     The data resulting from the in vivo rat experiments identified above is significant for application to human cancers. The rat tumors in the above identified experiments were syngeneic. The tumors originated in these rats, the tumors are not foreign and the data is therefore the data is not the result of rejection of these tumors by the rats. 
     Various modifications of the invention in addition to those shown and described herein will be apparent to those skilled in the art from the foregoing description. Such modifications are also intended to fall within the scope of the appended claims. 
     
       
         
           
             9 
           
           
             
               20 base pairs 
               nucleic acid 
               single 
               linear 
             
             1
ACCATTGATT CTGTTACTTC                                                 20
 
           
           
             
               20 base pairs 
               nucleic acid 
               single 
               linear 
             
             2
ATACTCTGTG ACATTCTTAA                                                 20
 
           
           
             
               20 base pairs 
               nucleic acid 
               single 
               linear 
             
             3
CTGCTCCTCT CCTAGGATGA                                                 20
 
           
           
             
               18 base pairs 
               nucleic acid 
               single 
               linear 
             
             4
TCCTCCGGAG CCAGACTT                                                   18
 
           
           
             
               18 base pairs 
               nucleic acid 
               single 
               linear 
             
             5
AAGTCTGGCT CCGGAGGA                                                   18
 
           
           
             
               20 base pairs 
               nucleic acid 
               single 
               linear 
             
             6
GCACCGGGAA GTTGTGTCAA                                                 20
 
           
           
             
               927 base pairs 
               nucleic acid 
               single 
               linear 
             
             7
CTTTGTTTTC TTTTCTTCCT CACAGACCTT CGGGCAAGGA CCTTCACAAG                50
GGATGCAGTA CATGCTCTGG CTGCCGTTGC GGATGAAGCC CGAGGGGCAC               100
TCCTGCATGC ACTCGCCGTC GTGGATCACA AACCCCTCGG AGTCGCTGCT               150
CTCGGCGCTG AGGATGTTGG CGCAGAAGTC ACGGTCCACA CAGCGCCAGC               200
CCTCAAACCT GTAGGTGTTG GGCGGGCAGG CAGGCACACA GACACCGGCA               250
TAGTAGTAGT GGCGGCAAGC TACACAGGCC GTGTCGTTGT CAGGCGCGCT               300
GCAGCTGCCC AGGCACTCGG GGTGGCAGCA CTCATTGTTC TCGGTGCACG               350
CCCGCTTCCC ACACGTGCTT GGGCACATTT TCTGGCAGCG GTTTGTGGTC               400
CAGCAGCGGT AGTTGTACTC ATTGTTGATG GTGGTCTTCT CACACATCGG               450
CTTCTCCTCC ATGGTCCCTG GACACAGGTC CCCACATTCC TTTGGGGGCT               500
TATTCCCCAC AATGTAGTTA TTGGACACCG CATCCAGGAT CAGGGACCAG               550
TCCACAGTGG AGAGGTAACA GAGGTCAGCA TTTTTCACAA TCCTGATGGC               600
CCCCCGAGTA ATGTTCCTCA GGTTGTAAAG CCCAATATCC TTGAGATTGG               650
TCATCTCGAA GATGACCAGG GCGTAGTTGT AGAAGAGTTT CCAGCCGCGG               700
ATGACCGTGA GGTTGGGGAA GAGGTCTCCG AGGCTCTCGA GGCCAGCCAC               750
TCGGAACAGC AGCAAGTACT CGGTAATGAC CGTGAGCTTG GGGAAGCGGT               800
AGCTGCGGTA GTCCTCGGCC TTGGAGATGA GCAGGATGTG GAGGTAGCCC               850
TCGATCACCG TGCAGTTCTC CAGGCGCTTC AGCTGCTGAT AGTCGTTGCG               900
GATGTCGATG CCTGGCCCGC AGATTTC                                        927
 
           
           
             
               927 base pairs 
               nucleic acid 
               single 
               linear 
             
             8
CUUUGUUUUC UUUUCUUCCU CACAGACCUU CGGGCAAGGA CCUUCACAAG                50
GGAUGCAGUA CAUGCUCUGG CUGCCGUUGC GGAUGAAGCC CGAGGGGCAC               100
UCCUGCAUGC ACUCGCCGUC GUGGAUCACA AACCCCUCGG AGUCGCUGCU               150
CUCGGCGCUG AGGAUGUUGG CGCAGAAGUC ACGGUCCACA CAGCGCCAGC               200
CCUCAAACCU GUAGGUGUUG GGCGGGCAGG CAGGCACACA GACACCGGCA               250
UAGUAGUAGU GGCGGCAAGC UACACAGGCC GUGUCGUUGU CAGGCGCGCU               300
GCAGCUGCCC AGGCACUCGG GGUGGCAGCA CUCAUUGUUC UCGGUGCACG               350
CCCGCUUCCC ACACGUGCUU GGGCACAUUU UCUGGCAGCG GUUUGUGGUC               400
CAGCAGCGGU AGUUGUACUC AUUGUUGAUG GUGGUCUUCU CACACAUCGG               450
CUUCUCCUCC AUGGUCCCUG GACACAGGUC CCCACAUUCC UUUGGGGGCU               500
UAUUCCCCAC AAUGUAGUUA UUGGACACCG CAUCCAGGAU CAGGGACCAG               550
UCCACAGUGG AGAGGUAACA GAGGUCAGCA UUUUUCACAA UCCUGAUGGC               600
CCCCCGAGUA AUGUUCCUCA GGUUGUAAAG CCCAAUAUCC UUGAGAUUGG               650
UCAUCUCGAA GAUGACCAGG GCGUAGUUGU AGAAGAGUUU CCAGCCGCGG               700
AUGACCGUGA GGUUGGGGAA GAGGUCUCCG AGGCUCUCGA GGCCAGCCAC               750
UCGGAACAGC AGCAAGUACU CGGUAAUGAC CGUGAGCUUG GGGAAGCGGU               800
AGCUGCGGUA GUCCUCGGCC UUGGAGAUGA GCAGGAUGUG GAGGUAGCCC               850
UCGAUCACCG UGCAGUUCUC CAGGCGCUUC AGCUGCUGAU AGUCGUUGCG               900
GAUGUCGAUG CCUGGCCCGC AGAUUUC                                        927
 
           
           
             
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              9
TTTTTTTTTT TTTTGAGAAA GGGAATTTCA TCCCAAATAA AAGGA ATG AAG TCT         54
                                                  Met Lys Ser
                                                    1
GGC TCC GGA GGA GGG TCC CCG ACC TCG CTG TGG GGG CTC CTG TTT           99
Gly Ser Gly Gly Gly Ser Pro Thr Ser Leu Trp Gly Leu Leu Phe
      5                  10                  15
CTC TCC GCC GCG CTC TCG CTC TGG CCG ACG AGT GGA GAA ATC TGC          144
Leu Ser Ala Ala Leu Ser Leu Trp Pro Thr Ser Gly Glu Ile Cys
     20                  25                  30
GGG CCA GGC ATC GAC ATC CGC AAC GAC TAT CAG CAG CTG AAG CGC          189
Gly Pro Gly Ile Asp Ile Arg Asn Asp Tyr Gln Gln Leu Lys Arg
     35                  40                  45
CTG GAG AAC TGC ACG GTG ATC GAG GGC TAC CTC CAC ATC CTG CTC          234
Leu Glu Asn Cys Thr Val Ile Glu Gly Tyr Leu His Ile Leu Leu
     50                  55                  60
ATC TCC AAG GCC GAG GAC TAC CGC AGC TAC CGC TTC CCC AAG CTC          279
Ile Ser Lys Ala Glu Asp Tyr Arg Ser Tyr Arg Phe Pro Lys Leu
     65                  70                  75
ACG GTC ATT ACC GAG TAC TTG CTG CTG TTC CGA GTG GCT GGC CTC          324
Thr Val Ile Thr Glu Tyr Leu Leu Leu Phe Arg Val Ala Gly Leu
     80                  85                  90
GAG AGC CTC GGA GAC CTC TTC CCC AAC CTC ACG GTC ATC CGC GGC          369
Glu Ser Leu Gly Asp Leu Phe Pro Asn Leu Thr Val Ile Arg Gly
     95                 100                 105
TGG AAA CTC TTC TAC AAC TAC GCC CTG GTC ATC TTC GAG ATG ACC          414
Trp Lys Leu Phe Tyr Asn Tyr Ala Leu Val Ile Phe Glu Met Thr
    110                 115                 120
AAT CTC AAG GAT ATT GGG CTT TAC AAC CTG AGG AAC ATT ACT CGG          459
Asn Leu Lys Asp Ile Gly Leu Tyr Asn Leu Arg Asn Ile Thr Arg
    125                 130                 135
GGG GCC ATC AGG ATT GAG AAA AAT GCT GAC CTC TGT TAC CTC TCC          504
Gly Ala Ile Arg Ile Glu Lys Asn Ala Asp Leu Cys Tyr Leu Ser
    140                 145                 150
ACT GTG GAC TGG TCC CTG ATC CTG GAT GCG GTG TCC AAT AAC TAC          549
Thr Val Asp Trp Ser Leu Ile Leu Asp Ala Val Ser Asn Asn Tyr
    155                 160                 165
ATT GTG GGG AAT AAG CCC CCA AAG GAA TGT GGG GAC CTG TGT CCA          594
Ile Val Gly Asn Lys Pro Pro Lys Glu Cys Gly Asp Leu Cys Pro
    170                 175                 180
GGG ACC ATG GAG GAG AAG CCG ATG TGT GAG AAG ACC ACC ATC AAC          639
Gly Thr Met Glu Glu Lys Pro Met Cys Glu Lys Thr Thr Ile Asn
    185                 190                 195
AAT GAG TAC AAC TAC CGC TGC TGG ACC ACA AAC CGC TGC CAG AAA          684
Asn Glu Tyr Asn Tyr Arg Cys Trp Thr Thr Asn Arg Cys Gln Lys
    200                 205                 210
ATG TGC CCA AGC ACG TGT GGG AAG CGG GCG TGC ACC GAG AAC AAT          729
Met Cys Pro Ser Thr Cys Gly Lys Arg Ala Cys Thr Glu Asn Asn
    215                 220                 225
GAG TGC TGC CAC CCC GAG TGC CTG GGC AGC TGC AGC GCG CCT GAC          774
Glu Cys Cys His Pro Glu Cys Leu Gly Ser Cys Ser Ala Pro Asp
    230                 235                 240
AAC GAC ACG GCC TGT GTA GCT TGC CGC CAC TAC TAC TAT GCC GGT          819
Asn Asp Thr Ala Cys Val Ala Cys Arg His Tyr Tyr Tyr Ala Gly
    245                 250                 255
GTC TGT GTG CCT GCC TGC CCG CCC AAC ACC TAC AGG TTT GAG GGC          864
Val Cys Val Pro Ala Cys Pro Pro Asn Thr Tyr Arg Phe Glu Gly
    260                 265                 270
TGG CGC TGT GTG GAC CGT GAC TTC TGC GCC AAC ATC CTC AGC GCC          909
Trp Arg Cys Val Asp Arg Asp Phe Cys Ala Asn Ile Leu Ser Ala
    275                 280                 285
GAG AGC AGC GAC TCC GAG GGG TTT GTG ATC CAC GAC GGC GAG TGC          954
Glu Ser Ser Asp Ser Glu Gly Phe Val Ile His Asp Gly Glu Cys
    290                 295                 300
ATG CAG GAG TGC CCC TCG GGC TTC ATC CGC AAC GGC AGC CAG AGC          999
Met Gln Glu Cys Pro Ser Gly Phe Ile Arg Asn Gly Ser Gln Ser
    305                 310                 315
ATG TAC TGC ATC CCT TGT GAA GGT CCT TGC CCG AAG GTC TGT GAG         1044
Met Tyr Cys Ile Pro Cys Glu Gly Pro Cys Pro Lys Val Cys Glu
    320                 325                 330
GAA GAA AAG AAA ACA AAG ACC ATT GAT TCT GTT ACT TCT GCT CAG         1089
Glu Glu Lys Lys Thr Lys Thr Ile Asp Ser Val Thr Ser Ala Gln
    335                 340                 345
ATG CTC CAA GGA TGC ACC ATC TTC AAG GGC AAT TTG CTC ATT AAC         1134
Met Leu Gln Gly Cys Thr Ile Phe Lys Gly Asn Leu Leu Ile Asn
    350                 355                 360
ATC CGA CGG GGG AAT AAC ATT GCT TCA GAG CTG GAG AAC TTC ATG         1179
Ile Arg Arg Gly Asn Asn Ile Ala Ser Glu Leu Glu Asn Phe Met
    365                 370                 375
GGG CTC ATC GAG GTG GTG ACG GGC TAC GTG AAG ATC CGC CAT TCT         1224
Gly Leu Ile Glu Val Val Thr Gly Tyr Val Lys Ile Arg His Ser
    380                 385                 390
CAT GCC TTG GTC TCC TTG TCC TTC CTA AAA AAC CTT CGC CTC ATC         1269
His Ala Leu Val Ser Leu Ser Phe Leu Lys Asn Leu Arg Leu Ile
    395                 400                 405
CTA GGA GAG GAG CAG CTA GAA GGG AAT TAC TCC TTC TAC GTC CTC         1314
Leu Gly Glu Glu Gln Leu Glu Gly Asn Tyr Ser Phe Tyr Val Leu
    410                 415                 420
GAC AAC CAG AAC TTG CAG CAA CTG TGG GAC TGG GAC CAC CGC AAC         1359
Asp Asn Gln Asn Leu Gln Gln Leu Trp Asp Trp Asp His Arg Asn
    425                 430                 435
CTG ACC ATC AAA GCA GGG AAA ATG TAC TTT GCT TTC AAT CCC AAA         1404
Leu Thr Ile Lys Ala Gly Lys Met Tyr Phe Ala Phe Asn Pro Lys
    440                 445                 450
TTA TGT GTT TCC GAA ATT TAC CGC ATG GAG GAA GTG ACG GGG ACT         1449
Leu Cys Val Ser Glu Ile Tyr Arg Met Glu Glu Val Thr Gly Thr
    455                 460                 465
AAA GGG CGC CAA AGC AAA GGG GAC ATA AAC ACC AGG AAC AAC GGG         1494
Lys Gly Arg Gln Ser Lys Gly Asp Ile Asn Thr Arg Asn Asn Gly
    470                 475                 480
GAG AGA GCC TCC TGT GAA AGT GAC GTC CTG CAT TTC ACC TCC ACC         1539
Glu Arg Ala Ser Cys Glu Ser Asp Val Leu His Phe Thr Ser Thr
    485                 490                 495
ACC ACG TCG AAG AAT CGC ATC ATC ATA ACC TGG CAC CGG TAC CGG         1584
Thr Thr Ser Lys Asn Arg Ile Ile Ile Thr Trp His Arg Tyr Arg
    500                 505                 510
CCC CCT GAC TAC AGG GAT CTC ATC AGC TTC ACC GTT TAC TAC AAG         1629
Pro Pro Asp Tyr Arg Asp Leu Ile Ser Phe Thr Val Tyr Tyr Lys
    515                 520                 525
GAA GCA CCC TTT AAG AAT GTC ACA GAG TAT GAT GGG CAG GAT GCC         1674
Glu Ala Pro Phe Lys Asn Val Thr Glu Tyr Asp Gly Gln Asp Ala
    530                 535                 540
TGC GGC TCC AAC AGC TGG AAC ATG GTG GAC GTG GAC CTC CCG CCC         1719
Cys Gly Ser Asn Ser Trp Asn Met Val Asp Val Asp Leu Pro Pro
    545                 550                 555
AAC AAG GAC GTG GAG CCC GGC ATC TTA CTA CAT GGG CTG AAG CCC         1764
Asn Lys Asp Val Glu Pro Gly Ile Leu Leu His Gly Leu Lys Pro
    560                 565                 570
TGG ACT CAG TAC GCC GTT TAC GTC AAG GCT GTG ACC CTC ACC ATG         1809
Trp Thr Gln Tyr Ala Val Tyr Val Lys Ala Val Thr Leu Thr Met
    575                 580                 585
GTG GAG AAC GAC CAT ATC CGT GGG GCC AAG AGT GAG ATC TTG TAC         1854
Val Glu Asn Asp His Ile Arg Gly Ala Lys Ser Glu Ile Leu Tyr
    590                 595                 600
ATT CGC ACC AAT GCT TCA GTT CCT TCC ATT CCC TTG GAC GTT CTT         1899
Ile Arg Thr Asn Ala Ser Val Pro Ser Ile Pro Leu Asp Val Leu
    605                 610                 615
TCA GCA TCG AAC TCC TCT TCT CAG TTA ATC GTG AAG TGG AAC CCT         1944
Ser Ala Ser Asn Ser Ser Ser Gln Leu Ile Val Lys Trp Asn Pro
    620                 625                 630
CCC TCT CTG CCC AAC GGC AAC CTG AGT TAC TAC ATT GTG CGC TGG         1989
Pro Ser Leu Pro Asn Gly Asn Leu Ser Tyr Tyr Ile Val Arg Trp
    635                 640                 645
CAG CGG CAG CCT CAG GAC GGC TAC CTT TAC CGG CAC AAT TAC TGC         2034
Gln Arg Gln Pro Gln Asp Gly Tyr Leu Tyr Arg His Asn Tyr Cys
    650                 655                 660
TCC AAA GAC AAA ATC CCC ATC AGG AAG TAT GCC GAC GGC ACC ATC         2079
Ser Lys Asp Lys Ile Pro Ile Arg Lys Tyr Ala Asp Gly Thr Ile
    665                 670                 675
GAC ATT GAG GAG GTC ACA GAG AAC CCC AAG ACT GAG GTG TGT GGT         2124
Asp Ile Glu Glu Val Thr Glu Asn Pro Lys Thr Glu Val Cys Gly
    680                 685                 690
GGG GAG AAA GGG CCT TGC TGC GCC TGC CCC AAA ACT GAA GCC GAG         2169
Gly Glu Lys Gly Pro Cys Cys Ala Cys Pro Lys Thr Glu Ala Glu
    695                 700                 705
AAG CAG GCC GAG AAG GAG GAG GCT GAA TAC CGC AAA GTC TTT GAG         2214
Lys Gln Ala Glu Lys Glu Glu Ala Glu Tyr Arg Lys Val Phe Glu
    710                 715                 720
AAT TTC CTG CAC AAC TCC ATC TTC GTG CCC AGA CCT GAA AGG AAG         2259
Asn Phe Leu His Asn Ser Ile Phe Val Pro Arg Pro Glu Arg Lys
    725                 730                 735
CGG AGA GAT GTC ATG CAA GTG GCC AAC ACC ACC ATG TCC AGC CGA         2304
Arg Arg Asp Val Met Gln Val Ala Asn Thr Thr Met Ser Ser Arg
    740                 745                 750
AGC AGG AAC ACC ACG GCC GCA GAC ACC TAC AAC ATC ACC GAC CCG         2349
Ser Arg Asn Thr Thr Ala Ala Asp Thr Tyr Asn Ile Thr Asp Pro
    755                 760                 765
GAA GAG CTG GAG ACA GAG TAC CCT TTC TTT GAG AGC AGA GTG GAT         2394
Glu Glu Leu Glu Thr Glu Tyr Pro Phe Phe Glu Ser Arg Val Asp
    770                 775                 780
AAC AAG GAG AGA ACT GTC ATT TCT AAC CTT CGG CCT TTC ACA TTG         2439
Asn Lys Glu Arg Thr Val Ile Ser Asn Leu Arg Pro Phe Thr Leu
    785                 790                 795
TAC CGC ATC GAT ATC CAC AGC TGC AAC CAC GAG GCT GAG AAG CTG         2484
Tyr Arg Ile Asp Ile His Ser Cys Asn His Glu Ala Glu Lys Leu
    800                 805                 810
GGC TGC AGC GCC TCC AAC TTC GTC TTT GCA AGG ACT ATG CCC GCA         2529
Gly Cys Ser Ala Ser Asn Phe Val Phe Ala Arg Thr Met Pro Ala
    815                 820                 825
GAA GGA GCA GAT GAC ATT CCT GGG CCA GTG ACC TGG GAG CCA AGG         2574
Glu Gly Ala Asp Asp Ile Pro Gly Pro Val Thr Trp Glu Pro Arg
    830                 835                 840
CCT GAA AAC TCC ATC TTT TTA AAG TGG CCG GAA CCT GAG AAT CCC         2619
Pro Glu Asn Ser Ile Phe Leu Lys Trp Pro Glu Pro Glu Asn Pro
    845                 850                 855
AAT GGA TTG ATT CTA ATG TAT GAA ATA AAA TAC GGA TCA CAA GTT         2664
Asn Gly Leu Ile Leu Met Tyr Glu Ile Lys Tyr Gly Ser Gln Val
    860                 865                 870
GAG GAT CAG CGA GAA TGT GTG TCC AGA CAG GAA TAC AGG AAG TAT         2709
Glu Asp Gln Arg Glu Cys Val Ser Arg Gln Glu Tyr Arg Lys Tyr
    875                 880                 885
GGA GGG GCC AAG CTA AAC CGG CTA AAC CCG GGG AAC TAC ACA GCC         2754
Gly Gly Ala Lys Leu Asn Arg Leu Asn Pro Gly Asn Tyr Thr Ala
    890                 895                 900
CGG ATT CAG GCC ACA TCT CTC TCT GGG AAT GGG TCG TGG ACA GAT         2799
Arg Ile Gln Ala Thr Ser Leu Ser Gly Asn Gly Ser Trp Thr Asp
    905                 910                 915
CCT GTG TTC TTC TAT GTC CAG GCC AAA ACA GGA TAT GAA AAC TTC         2844
Pro Val Phe Phe Tyr Val Gln Ala Lys Thr Gly Tyr Glu Asn Phe
    920                 925                 930
ATC CAT CTG ATC ATC GCT CTG CCC GTC GCT GTC CTG TTG ATC GTG         2889
Ile His Leu Ile Ile Ala Leu Pro Val Ala Val Leu Leu Ile Val
    935                 940                 945
GGA GGG TTG GTG ATT ATG CTG TAC GTC TTC CAT AGA AAG AGA AAT         2934
Gly Gly Leu Val Ile Met Leu Tyr Val Phe His Arg Lys Arg Asn
    950                 955                 960
AAC AGC AGG CTG GGG AAT GGA GTG CTG TAT GCC TCT GTG AAC CCG         2979
Asn Ser Arg Leu Gly Asn Gly Val Leu Tyr Ala Ser Val Asn Pro
    965                 970                 975
GAG TAC TTC AGC GCT GCT GAT GTG TAC GTT CCT GAT GAG TGG GAG         3024
Glu Tyr Phe Ser Ala Ala Asp Val Tyr Val Pro Asp Glu Trp Glu
    980                 985                 990
GTG GCT CGG GAG AAG ATC ACC ATG AGC CGG GAA CTT GGG CAG GGG         3069
Val Ala Arg Glu Lys Ile Thr Met Ser Arg Glu Leu Gly Gln Gly
    995                 1000                1005
TCG TTT GGG ATG GTC TAT GAA GGA GTT GCC AAG GGT GTG GTG AAA         3114
Ser Phe Gly Met Val Tyr Glu Gly Val Ala Lys Gly Val Val Lys
    1010                1015                1020
GAT GAA CCT GAA ACC AGA GTG GCC ATT AAA ACA GTG AAC GAG GCC         3159
Asp Glu Pro Glu Thr Arg Val Ala Ile Lys Thr Val Asn Glu Ala
    1025                1030                1035
GCA AGC ATG CGT GAG AGG ATT GAG TTT CTC AAC GAA GCT TCT GTG         3204
Ala Ser Met Arg Glu Arg Ile Glu Phe Leu Asn Glu Ala Ser Val
    1040                1045                1050
ATG AAG GAG TTC AAT TGT CAC CAT GTG GTG CGA TTG CTG GGT GTG         3249
Met Lys Glu Phe Asn Cys His His Val Val Arg Leu Leu Gly Val
    1055                1060                1065
GTG TCC CAA GGC CAG CCA ACA CTG GTC ATC ATG GAA CTG ATG ACA         3294
Val Ser Gln Gly Gln Pro Thr Leu Val Ile Met Glu Leu Met Thr
    1070                1075                1080
CGG GGC GAT CTC AAA AGT TAT CTC CGG TCT CTG AGG CCA GAA ATG         3339
Arg Gly Asp Leu Lys Ser Tyr Leu Arg Ser Leu Arg Pro Glu Met
    1085                1090                1095
GAG AAT AAT CCA GTC CTA GCA CCT CCA AGC CTG AGC AAG ATG ATT         3384
Glu Asn Asn Pro Val Leu Ala Pro Pro Ser Leu Ser Lys Met Ile
    1100                1105                1110
CAG ATG GGC GGA GAG ATT GCA GAC GGC ATG GCA TAC CTC AAC GCC         3429
Gln Met Ala Gly Glu Ile Ala Asp Gly Met Ala Tyr Leu Asn Ala
    1115                1120                1125
AAT AAG TTC GTC CAC AGA GAC CTT GCT GCC CGG AAT TGC ATG GTA         3474
Asn Lys Phe Val His Arg Asp Leu Ala Ala Arg Asn Cys Met Val
    1130                1135                1140
GCC GAA GAT TTC ACA GTC AAA ATC GGA GAT TTT GGT ATG ACG CGA         3519
Ala Glu Asp Phe Thr Val Lys Ile Gly Asp Phe Gly Met Thr Arg
    1145                1150                1155
GAT ATC TAT GAG ACA GAC TAT TAC CGG AAA GGA GGG AAA GGG CTG         3564
Asp Ile Tyr Glu Thr Asp Tyr Tyr Arg Lys Gly Gly Lys Gly Leu
    1160                1165                1170
CTG CCC GTG CGC TGG ATG TCT CCT GAG TCC CTC AAG GAT GGA GTC         3609
Leu Pro Val Arg Trp Met Ser Pro Glu Ser Leu Lys Asp Gly Val
    1175                1180                1185
TTC ACC ACT TAC TCG GAC GTC TGG TCC TTC GGG GTC GTC CTC TGG         3654
Phe Thr Thr Tyr Ser Asp Val Trp Ser Phe Gly Val Val Leu Trp
    1190                1195                1200
GAG ATC GCC ACA CTG GCC GAG CAG CCC TAC CAG GGC TTG TCC AAC         3699
Glu Ile Ala Thr Leu Ala Glu Gln Pro Tyr Gln Gly Leu Ser Asn
    1205                1210                1215
GAG CAA GTC CTT CGC TTC GTC ATG GAG GGC GGC CTT CTG GAC AAG         3744
Glu Gln Val Leu Arg Phe Val Met Glu Gly Gly Leu Leu Asp Lys
    1220                1225                1230
CCA GAC AAC TGT CCT GAC ATG CTG TTT GAA CTG ATG CGC ATG TGC         3789
Pro Asp Asn Cys Pro Asp Met Leu Phe Glu Leu Met Arg Met Cys
    1235                1240                1245
TGG CAG TAT AAC CCC AAG ATG AGG CCT TCC TTC CTG GAG ATC ATC         3834
Trp Gln Tyr Asn Pro Lys Met Arg Pro Ser Phe Leu Glu Ile Ile
    1250                1255                1260
AGC AGC ATC AAA GAG GAG ATG GAG CCT GGC TTC CGG GAG GTC TCC         3879
Ser Ser Ile Lys Glu Glu Met Glu Pro Gly Phe Arg Glu Val Ser
    1265                1270                1275
TTC TAC TAC AGC GAG GAG AAC AAG CTG CCC GAG CCG GAG GAG CTG         3924
Phe Tyr Tyr Ser Glu Glu Asn Lys Leu Pro Glu Pro Glu Glu Leu
    1280                1285                1290
GAC CTG GAG CCA GAG AAC ATG GAG AGC GTC CCC CTG GAC CCC TCG         3969
Asp Leu Glu Pro Glu Asn Met Glu Ser Val Pro Leu Asp Pro Ser
    1295                1300                1305
GCC TCC TCG TCC TCC CTG CCA CTG CCC GAC AGA CAC TCA GGA CAC         4014
Ala Ser Ser Ser Ser Leu Pro Leu Pro Asp Arg His Ser Gly His
    1310                1315                1320
AAG GCC GAG AAC GGC CCC GGC CCT GGG GTG CTG GTC CTC CGC GCC         4059
Lys Ala Glu Asn Gly Pro Gly Pro Gly Val Leu Val Leu Arg Ala
    1325                1330                1335
AGC TTC GAC GAG AGA CAG CCT TAC GCC CAC ATG AAC GGG GGC CGC         4104
Ser Phe Asp Glu Arg Gln Pro Tyr Ala His Met Asn Gly Gly Arg
    1340                1345                1350
AAG AAC GAG CGG GCC TTG CCG CTG CCC CAG TCT TCG ACC TGC TGA         4149
Lys Asn Glu Arg Ala Leu Pro Leu Pro Gln Ser Ser Thr Cys
    1355                1360                1365
TCCTTGGATC CTGAATCTGT GCAAACAGTA ACGTGTGCGC ACGCGCAGCG GGGTGGGGGG   4209
GGAGAGAGAG TTTTAACAAT CCATTCACAA GCCTCCTGTA CCTCAGTGGA TCTTCAGTTC   4269
TGCCCTTGCT GCCCGCGGGA GACAGCTTCT CTGCAGTAAA ACACATTTGG GATGTTCCTT   4329
TTTTCAATAT GCAAGCAGCT TTTTATTCCC TGCCCAAACC CTTAACTGAC ATGGGCCTTT   4389
AAGAACCTTA ATGACAACAC TTAATAGCAA CAGAGCACTT GAGAACCAGT CTCCTCACTC   4449
TGTCCCTGTC CTTCCCTGTT CTCCCTTTCT CTCTCCTCTC TGCTTCATAA CGGAAAAATA   4509
ATTGCCACAA GTCCAGCTGG GAAGCCCTTT TTATCAGTTT GAGGAAGTGG CTGTCCCTGT   4569
GGCCCCATCC CACCACTGTA CACACCCGCC TGACACCGTG GGTCATTACA AAAAAACACG   4629
TGGAGATGGA AATTTTTACC TTTATCTTTC ACCTTTCTAG GGACATGAAA TTTACAAAGG   4689
GCCATCGTTC ATCCAAGGCT GTTACCATTT TAACGCTGCC TAATTTTGCC AAAATCCTGA   4749
ACTTTCTCCC TCATCGGCCC GGCGCTGATT CCTCGTGTCC GGAGGCATGG GTGAGCATGG   4809
CAGCTGGTTG CTCCATTTGA GAGACACGCT GGCGACACAC TCCGTCCATC CGACTGCCCC   4869
TGCTGTGCTG CTCAAGGCCA CAGGCACACA GGTCTCAATG CTTCTGACTA GATTATTATT   4929
TGGGGGAACT GGACACAATA GGTCTTTCTC TCAGTGAAGG TGGGGAGAAG CTGAACCGGC   4989