Patent Abstract:
it is an object of this invention to provide a human tumor necrosis factor mutein or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof characterized in that the tnf sequence is changed by a deletion , insertion , substitution or combinations thereof , of one or more amino acids so that the mutein shows a significant difference between its binding affinity to the human p75 - tumor - necrosis - factor - receptor and to the human p55 - tumor - necrosis - factor - receptor . the invention also includes dna sequences coding for such muteins , vectors comprising such dna sequences , host cells transformed with such vectors and a process for the production of such muteins employing such transformed host cells and pharmaceutical compositions containing such muteins and their use for the treatment of illnesses , for example cancer .

Detailed Description:
after the invention has been described in general hereinbefore , the following examples are intended to illustrate details of the invention , without thereby limiting it in any manner . from the human tnf expression plasmid pds56 / rbsii , sph1 - tnfα ( see fig3 a : the expression plasmid contain the regulatable promoter / operator element n25opsn25op29 ( ), the synthetic ribosomal binding site rbsii ( ), genes ( ) ribosomal binding s for β - actamase ( bla ), chloramphenicol acetyltransferase ( cat ), and transcriptional terminators ( ) to of phage lambda ( to ) and t1 of rrnb operon of e . coli ( t1 ), and the replication region of plasmid pbr322 ( repl .). the coding region under control of n25opsn25op29 and rbsii is indicated by an arrow ; for complete nucleotide sequence of the plasmid see [ seq id no : 2 ] fig3 b / 1 - 3b / 3 given by the one letter standard abreviations for nucleotides ), an ecor1 - hindlll fragment was isolated , containing the ribosome binding site rbsii , the mature tnrα coding sequence and a 130 bp 3 &# 39 ; non - translated sequence . this fragment was cloned into the ecor1hindill opened pmac phasmids ( stanssens et al ., supra ), resulting in the constructions pma / rbsii , sph1 - tnfα and pmc / rbsii , sph1 - tnfα . the pma / rbsii , sph1 - tnfoc phasmid was transformed to e . coli wk6 ( stanssens et al ., supra ). one colony was picked up and cultured in 5 ml lb medium ( sambrook et al ., supra 1989 ) with carbenicillin ( 50 μg / ml ) at 37 ° c . , overnight . 1 ml of this confluent culture was used to inoculate 200 ml lb containing carbenicillin . when the absorbance ( 650 nm ) reached a value of 0 . 1 , the culture was infected with m13k07 helper phage ( stanssens et al ., ( 1989 ) at a m . o . i . of about 20 and further incubated overnight at 37 ° c . . then , the cells were spun down ( 10 min , 10 . 000 rpm ) and the supernatant was transferred into another tube . 50 ml peg - solution ( 20 % polyethylene glycol 6000 ; 2 . 5 m naci ) was added and the mixture was kept on ice for one hour to precipitate the phageso after centrifugation ( 10 min ; 8000 rpm ), the supernatant was removed and the tube was dried on paper towels for 10 min . the phage pellet was resuspended in 6 ml te buffer ( 10 mm tris - hcl , 0 . 1 mm edta , ph8 ). a first extraction was performed with 6 ml te - saturated phenol , followed by vortexing for 3 min . after centrifugation ( 3 min ) in an eppendorf centrifuge , the aqueous phase was transferred to a fresh tube and a second extraction was carried out with chloroform : isoamylalcohol ( 24 : 1 ) in the same way as described . the single stranded dna could be precipitated by adding 1 / 10 volume of 5m nac10 4 and 1 volume of isopropanol (- 20 ° c . , 2 hours ). this ssdna was pelleted by centrifugation for 20 min in an eppendorf centrifuge . the pellet was dried and dissolved in 500 μl te buffer as a control , 5 μl of this mixture was run on an agarose gel , containing 1 μg / ml ethidium bromide . usually , the ratio of pma / rbsii , sph1 - tnfαssdna (=(+) strand ) over helper phage ssdna was between 2 : 1 and 20 : 1 . the amount of total ssdna was estimated to be at least 200 ng / μl . from the phasmid pmc , the ecor1 - hindlll large fragment was isolated and used for hybridization to the pma / rbsii , sphl - tnfα (+) strand . in a typical experiment , 15 μl ssdna (± 3 μg ), 15 μl of the double stranded , linear fragment (± 1 . 5 μg ), 10 ml hybridization buffer ( 1 . 5 m kci ; 100 mm tris - hci , ph 7 . 5 ) and 40 μl h 2 o were mixed and incubated at 100 ° c . for 4 min , 65 ° c . for 8 min and room temperature for 15 min . an aliquot ( 10 ml ) was electrophoresed on an agarose gel containing ethidium bromide , to check the formation of gap duplex dna and , if so , to estimate its quantity ( this usually amounted to 50 ng / 10 ml hybridization mixture ). oligonucleotides were synthesized containing the mutated codon and destroying or creating a restriction site in the tnf gene . the oligonucleotides 5 &# 39 ; ccggcggttggaccactggagc3 &# 39 ;[ seq id no : 15 ] and 5 &# 39 ; cattggcccagcggttcag3 &# 39 ; [ seq id no : 16 ] ( mutated bases underlined ) were used to create the ser 29 and trp 32 mutations , respectively . after enzymatic phosphorylation , about 8 pmol was added to 40 ng of gapduplex . h 2 o was added to a final volume of 10 ml . this mixture was heated to 65 ° c . for 5 min and allowed to cool to room temperature . subsequently , 18 ml h 2 o , 4 μl fill - in buffer 10 ( 625 mm kci , 275 mmtrishci , 150 mm mgci 2 , 20 mm dtt ph 7 . 5 ), 2 μl atp 1 mm , 4 μl of the four dntp &# 39 ; s 1 mm , 1 μl ligase and 1 ml klenow polymerase were added and the mixture was incubated at room temperature for 45 min . we used 10 ill of the filled - in gap duplex dna to transform ( sambrook et al ., 1989 ) e . coli wk6 muts ( stanssens et al ., supra ). from this mixture ( 1 . 2 ml ), 100 ml was plated out on agar plates containing 25 μg / ml chloramphenicol to check transformation efficiency . the remainder was used to inoculate 20 ml lb + chloramphenicol and further grown overnight at 25 ° c . . a small - scale plasmid dna preparation [ birnboim , h . c . and doly , j ., nucleic acids res ., 7 , 1513 , ( 1979 )] of this culture ( not yet grown to confluency ) resulted in a mixed phasmid population that could be transformed to e . coli wk6 . again , 100 μl transformation mixture was plated out on agar plates containing chloramphenicol . about 100 colonies , resulting from the transformation to e . coli wk6 , were streaked on a nylon filter ( pall , glen cove , new york ) and incubated overnight at 37 ° c . . the filter was transferred ( face up ) to whatmann 3mm papers which were soaked in 0 . 5 m naoh ( 3 min ). neutralization was done by transfer to whatmann 3mm sheets soaked in 1m tris - hci ph 7 . 4 ( twice for 1 min ) and 2xssc ( 20xssc = 3m nac1 ; 0 . 3m na citrate , ph7 ) ( 5 min ). after drying , the filter was baked at 80 ° c . between sheets of 3mm paper . subsequently , the filter was prewetted in 6xssc ( 5 min ) and prehybridized at 67 ° c . for 5 min in 10x denhardt solution ( 2 % ( w / v ) fico11 ( 400 , 000 mv ), 2 % ( w / v ) polyvinylpyrrolidone ( 44 , 000 mw ), 2 % ( w / v ) bovine serum albumin ), 6xssc buffer and 0 . 2 % sds . after rinsing in 6xssc buffer , the filter was placed in a petri dish containing 4 ml 6xssc and 60 pmol of the 32 p - labeled mutant oligonucleotide for 1 hour at room temperature , and rinsed in 100 ml 6xssc . the filter was covered with saran ® wrap or suitable plastic film and autoradiographed on preflashed films ( fuji ) at - 70 ° c . for i hour . subsequently , the filter was again washed in 6xssc buffer at increasing temperatures ( varying between 51 ° c . and 75 ° c . , according to the length of the probe and its amount of g and c residues ), followed each time by an autoradiography , as described above . for instance , a wash at 64 ° c . could clearly distinguish the ser 29 mutants from the wild - type colonies , while the trp 32 mutants were detected after two subsequent washes at 62 ° c . and 63 ° c . , respectively . because the ser 29 mutation created an ava2 restriction site and arg32 destroyed the ncil restriction site , both corresponding endonucleases could be used for restriction fragment analysis to check once again the presence of the mutation . the colonies were picked up and grown to confluency in 5 ml lb medium containing chloramphenicol . from these cultures , plasmid dna was prepared , digested with the appropriate restriction endonucleases and electrophoresed on agarose gels , according to classical procedures ( sambrook et al ., 1989 ). transfer of the mutated tnf gene to an expression vector was carried out exactly the opposite way as the construction of the mutagenesis vector . the phasmid pmc / rbsii , sph1 - tnfα ser29 or pmc / rbsii , sph1 - tnfα trp 32 was digested with ecor1 - hindlll and the small fragment was inserted into the ecor1 - hindlll opened pds56 / rbsii , sph1 - tnfα vector generating plasmids pds56 / rbsii , sph1 - tnfα ser29 and pds56 / rbsii , sph1 - tnfα trp32 and transformed into e . coli m15 cells already containing plasmid prep4 [ seq id no : 14 ] ( encoding the lac repressor ; see fig2 a and 2b / 1 - 2b / 3 for a complete nucleotide o sequence of the plasmid given by the one letter standard abreviations for nucleotides ) by standard methods . such cultures of transformed e . coli m15 were grown at 37 ° c . in lb medium ( 10 g bacto tryptone , 5 g yeast extract , 5 g naci per liter ) containing 100 mg / i ampicillin and 25 mg / i kanamycin . at an optical density at 600 nm of about 0 . 7 to 1 . 0 units , iptg s5 was added to a final concentration of 2mm . after an additional 2 . 5 to 5 h at 37 ° c . the cells were harvested by centrifugation and the tnf muteins were purified according to tavernier et al . [ j . mol . biol . 211 , 493 - 501 , ( 1990 )]. the transformed e . coli strains m15 ( prep4 ; pds56 / rbsii , sph1 - tnfα ser29 ) and m15 ( prep4 ; pds56 / rbsi i , sph 1 - tnfα trp32 ) have been deposited under the budapest treaty for patent purposes at the deutsche sammlung von mikroorganismen und zellkulturen gmbh ( dsm ) in braunschweig , brd at november 19th , 1990 under accession numbers dsm 6240 and dsm 6241 respectively . hep - 2 [ atcc no . ccl 23 ], u937 [ atcc no . crl 1593 ] and raji [ atcc no . ccl 86 ] cells were grown in rpmi 1640 medium , supplemented with 10 % ( v / v ) inactivated fetal calf serum , l - glutamine ( 2 mm ), sodium pyruvate ( lmm ), 2 - mercaptoethanol ( 5 × 10 - 5 m ), 1 % of a 100x mixture of non - essential amino acids [ gibro laboratories , paisley , gb ] and gentamycine ( 25 mg / ml ). the non - adherent cells ( u937 and raji ) were harvested after reaching a density of 1 × 10 6 cells / ml . for binding experiments , the adherent hep - 2 cells were grown to confluency , trypsinized , collected and seeded in large petri dishes ( 150 cm 2 ) at a density of 2 . 5 × 10 6 cells / mi . subsequently , the dishes were placed in a co 2 - incubator overnight . because hep - 2 cells are not strongly adherent , the cells could be harvested the same way as the non - adherent cells . dulbecco &# 39 ; s medium , supplemented with 10 % inactivated newborn calf serum was used for l929 cell growth . ( b ). determination of the specific activities on l929 , hep - 2 and u937 cells . the amount of protein was determined by the biorad ( richmond , calif ., usa ) protein dye reagent according to the instructions of the manufacturer . the purity of the tnf muteins was determined by sdspage . the cytotoxic activity on mouse l929 cells was determined using the standard l929 assay ( ruff and gifford in &# 34 ; lymphokines &# 34 ; ed . by e . pick , vol . 2 , 235 - 275 , academic press , 1981 , orlando , usa ). the cytotoxicity assay on hep - 2 cells was performed the same way as the l929 assay with the only exception that cycloheximide ( 50 ilg / ml ) was added instead of actinomycin d . 5 μg iodogen ( pierce , usa ) was dissolved in 10 μl chloroform and dried under a nitrogen stream in a small glass tube . to this , 10 μl na 125 l ( amersham , 100 mci / ml in 0 . 1 m borate buffer , ph 8 ) was added and kept for 15 min . on ice . this solution was quickly pipetted to an eppendorf tube , containing 5 μg tnf - α [ pennica et al ., s . a .] or 3 . 2 μg of trp 32 - tnf in 10 μl phosphate buffer ph 7 . again the reaction was kept for 15 min on ice . to separate the iodinated tnf - α from the na 125 , a pd - 10 gelfiltration column ( pharmacia ) was first equilibrated with 0 . 1 m phosphate buffer + 0 . 25 % gelatin and prerun with 1 μg tnf - α or trp 32 - tnf , depending on the iodinated tnf species . subsequently , the reaction mixture was loaded onto the column , and fractions of about 400 μl were collected from which 2 μl aliquots were counted in a γ - counter ( lkb 1275 minigamma , pharmacia lkb , uppsala , sweden ). a specific radioactivity of 10 - 75 and 80 μci / mg was obtained for tnf - α and trp 32 - tnf , respectively . ( ii . )- determination of the k d - value of labeled tnf - α and trp 32 - tnf by scatchard analysis a dilution series in multiples of 2 in the range of 12 . 8nm to 0 . 006nm of the labeled tnf - α or trp 32 - tnf was made up in a microtiterplate . each dilution was made in triplicate . non - specific binding was measured by the same setup , wherein each point contained a 100 fold excess of unlabeled tnf ( 1 . 28 μm to 0 . 6nm ). to each well , approximately 2 × 10 6 cells ( u937 , hep - 2 or raji ) were added . the reaction was performed in 0 . 2 ml tissue culture medium , containing 0 . 1 % nan 3 for 2 - 3 hours at 4 ° c . after this , samples were transferred from the microtiterplates to small plastic tubes ( micronic systems ), already containing 300 μl phthalate oil ( dinonylphthalate 33 %, dibutylphthalate 66 % ( v / v )). the tubes were centrifuged in a microfuge ( eppendorf ) for 10 min . to spin down the cells , thereby separating them from the supernatant , using the phthalate oil as a separation medium . after inversion of the tubes , the cell pellet ( now on top ) could easily be isolated by melting off the top of the tubes with a hot scalpel . the amount of radioactivity , bound on the cells , was measured by counting in a γ - counter . from these data , a scatchard plot and , subsequently , the dissociation constant k d was determined using the equilibrium binding type &# 34 ; hot &# 34 ; in the ebdnligand programm [ mc . pherson et al ., j . pharmacol . methods 14 , 213 - 228 , ( 1985 )]. ( iii )- determination of the k d of mutant tnf [ ser 29 - tnf - α and trp 32 - ( iii .) the scatchard data showed that a concentration of 0 . 4 nm radiolabeled tnf - α was high enough to show a clearly detectable signal and fell within the linear part of the saturation curves . this concentration , however , was also low enough to allow addition up to a 5000 fold excess of cold mutant tnf ( 2 μm ), necessary to perform a competition experiment in which 125 i - wild type tnf is the primary ligand and cold mutant the competitor . a ten well dilution series of unlabeled mutant tnf ( 2 mm to 0 . 004 μm ) in concentration steps in mutliples of 2 was set up in a microtiterplate . the two remaining wells contained no unlabeled tnf ( total binding ) and a 5000 fold excess of the wild - type , unlabeled tnf ( background ), respectively . to all wells , 0 . 4 nm of radiolabeled tnf - α ( 10 - 75 μci / μg ) was added . after addition of 2 × 10 6 cells , the total volume was 0 . 2 ml / well . the medium of incubation , reaction conditions and isolation of the cells were exactly the same as described above for the scatchard analysis experiments . each point was measured in triplicate and the dissociation experiments were done twice , the average of the two kd &# 39 ; s being indicated in table e . using the &# 34 ; drug &# 34 ; method of the ebda / ligand program , competition curves were plotted and the k d of the muteins was calculated . the following experimental data were used for such calculations : we measured the k d of 125 l - tnf ( batch 1 ) on hep - 2 and u937 cells by scatchard analysis . all displacement experiments were carried out , using 1251 - tnf ( batch 1 ) as the primary ligand , except experiment b . 3 ( table b , 3 . ), where 125 l - tnf ( batch 2 ) was used . in each experiment , the binding at each concentration was measured in triplicate and only the averages are shown in the following tables ( a - d ). from each experiment shown in these tables , the k d value was calculated using the programm of mc . pherson et al . ( 1985 ). the average of the k d determinations ( 2 experiments for ser 29 - tnfα on hep - 2 cells and on u937 cells , two experiments for trp 32 - tnfα on hep - 2 cells and three on u937 cells ) are shown in table e . table a______________________________________competition with ser . sup . 29 - tnfα on u937 cells . concentration of mean dpm mutant [ mol ] ______________________________________1 . 2120 0 1869 1 × 10 . sup .- 9 1779 2 × 10 . sup .- 9 1719 4 × 10 . sup .- 9 1708 8 × 10 . sup .- 9 1575 1 . 6 × 10 . sup .- 8 1415 3 . 2 × 10 . sup .- 8 1320 6 . 4 × 10 . sup .- 8 1200 1 . 25 × 10 . sup .- 7 983 2 . 5 × 10 . sup .- 7 949 5 × 10 . sup .- 7 632 1 × 10 . sup .- 6 533 2 × 10 . sup .- 6background : 2992 . 1014 0 635 4 × 10 . sup .- 9 603 8 × 10 . sup .- 9 641 1 . 5 × 10 . sup .- 8 572 3 × 10 . sup .- 8 489 6 × 10 . sup .- 8 413 1 . 2 × 10 . sup .- 7 380 2 . 5 × 10 . sup .- 7 319 5 × 10 . sup .- 7 263 1 × 10 . sup .- 6 238 2 × 10 . sup .- 6background : 205______________________________________ table b______________________________________competition with trp . sup . 32 - tnf - α on u937 cells______________________________________1 . 2120 0 1917 1 × 10 . sup .- 9 1698 2 × 10 . sup .- 9 1655 4 × 10 . sup .- 9 1585 8 × 10 . sup .- 9 1488 1 . 5 × 10 . sup .- 8 1377 3 × 10 . sup .- 8 1333 6 × 10 . sup .- 8 1166 1 . 25 × 10 . sup .- 7 1026 2 . 5 × 10 . sup .- 7 953 5 × 10 . sup .- 7 777 1 × 10 . sup .- 6 628 2 × 10 . sup .- 6background : 2992 . 1047 0 653 4 × 10 . sup . 9 629 8 × 10 . sup .- 9 636 1 . 5 × 10 . sup .- 8 585 3 × 10 . sup .- 8 546 6 × 10 . sup .- 8 508 1 . 2 × 10 . sup .- 7 479 2 . 5 × 10 . sup .- 7 422 5 × 10 . sup .- 7 357 1 . 10 . sup .- 6 294 2 × 10 . sup .- 6 background : 2143 . 8340 0 ( carried out 4759 4 × 10 . sup .- 9with . sup . 125 i - 4041 8 × 10 . sup .- 9tnf , batch 2 ) 3620 1 . 5 × 10 . sup .- 8 3275 3 × 10 . sup .- 8 3034 6 × 10 . sup .- 8 2387 1 . 25 × 10 . sup .- 7 1981 2 . 5 × 10 . sup .- 7 1472 5 × 10 . sup .- 7 1192 1 × 10 . sup .- 6 814 2 × 10 . sup .- 6background : 307______________________________________ table c______________________________________competition with ser . sup . 29 - tnf - α on hep - 2 cells______________________________________1 . 938 0 799 1 × 10 . sup .- 9 677 2 × 10 . sup .- 9 564 4 × 10 . sup .- 9 510 8 × 10 . sup .- 9 451 1 . 6 × 10 . sup .- 8 442 3 . 2 × 10 . sup .- 8 446 6 . 4 × 10 . sup .- 8 379 1 . 25 × 10 . sup .- 7 374 2 . 5 × 10 . sup .- 7 437 5 × 10 . sup .- 7 359 1 × 10 . sup .- 6 383 2 × 10 . sup .- 6background : 3532 . 457 0 273 4 × 10 . sup .- 9 240 8 × 10 . sup .- 9 253 1 . 5 × 10 . sup .- 8 235 3 × 10 . sup .- 8 207 6 × 10 . sup .- 8 239 1 . 2 × 10 . sup .- 7 215 2 . 5 × 10 . sup .- 7 211 5 × 10 . sup .- 7 193 1 × 10 . sup .- 6 238 2 × 10 . sup .- 6background : 215______________________________________ table d______________________________________competition with trp . sup . 32 - tnf - α on hep - 2 cells______________________________________1 . 938 0 742 1 × 10 . sup .- 9 608 2 × 10 . sup .- 9 537 4 × 10 . sup .- 9 547 8 × 10 . sup .- 9 397 1 . 6 × 10 . sup .- 8 394 3 . 2 × 10 . sup .- 8 405 6 . 4 × 10 . sup .- 8 395 1 . 25 × 10 . sup .- 7 388 2 . 5 × 10 . sup .- 7 379 5 × 10 . sup .- 7 353 1 × 10 . sup .- 6 386 2 × 10 . sup .- 6background : 3532 . 445 0 298 4 × 10 . sup .- 9 222 8 × 10 . sup .- 9 256 1 . 5 × 10 . sup .- 8 202 3 × 10 . sup .- 8 227 6 × 10 . sup .- 8 210 1 . 2 × 10 . sup .- 7 221 2 . 5 × 10 . sup .- 7 197 5 × 10 . sup .- 7 231 1 × 10 . sup .- 6 202 2 × 10 . sup .- 6background : 203______________________________________ table e______________________________________hep - 2 l929 specific u937 specificaffinity activity affinity activity ( k . sub . d ) ( u / mg ) ( k . sub . d ) ( u / mg ) ______________________________________tnf - α 9 . 17 × 10 . sup .- 10 (*) 2 . 9 × 10 . sup . 7 2 . 5 × 10 . sup .- 10 (*) 2 × 10 . sup . 7 ( 100 %) ( 100 %) ( 100 %) ( 100 %) ser . sup . 29 - 1 . 06 × 10 . sup .- 9 9 . 3 × 10 . sup . 6 5 . 07 × 10 . sup .- 8 10 . sup . 5tnf - α ( 86 . 5 %) ( 32 %) ( 0 . 49 %) ( 0 . 5 %) trp . sup . 32 - 1 . 06 × 10 . sup .- 9 4 . 5 × 10 . sup . 7 3 . 53 × 10 . sup .- 8 6 . 4 × 10 . sup . 4tnf - α ( 86 . 5 %) ( 155 %) ( 0 . 71 %) ( 0 . 32 %) ______________________________________ k d values indicated by an asterisk (*) were obtained by scatchard analysis . all other k d values were determined by competition analysis . relative values ( in percentage to tnf - α ) are indicated between brackets . it can be seen that the binding constant ( k d ) of ser 29 - tnf - oc and trp 32 - tnf - α determined with hep - 2 cells ( which only carry the p55 - tnf - r ) are almost the same as tnf - α . also the biological activity ( specific activity ) on these cells is largely retained ( note that the accuracy of this assay is only a factor of 3 ). strikingly , the binding affinity ( measured in the competition assay ) of ser 29 - tnf - α and trp 32 - tnf - α to the u937 cells , which predominantly but not exclusively , carry the high affinity receptor p75 - tnf - r , has been largely lost ( increase in k d - value by a factor of more than 100 ). thus , the binding affinity of the ser 29 - tnf - a for p75 - tnf - r has been reduced approximately 50 fold to about 2 % of its binding affinity to p55 - tnf - r . the binding affinity of trp 32 - tnf - α for p75 - tnf - r has been reduced approximately 33 fold to about 3 % of its binding affinity to p55 - tnf - r . it may also be noted that the biological activity of ser 29 - tnf - α and trp 32 - tnf - α , determined in the standard assay based on l929 - cells , has been largely lost ( decrease by a factor more than 100 ). competition of human 125 l - tnf - α binding by trp 32 - and ser 29 - tnf - α and human tnf - α to tnf - receptors purified from hl60 cells was determined as follows . 2 βl aliquots of the native p55 - tnf - r and the p75 - tnf - r purified as described in european patent application no . 90116707 . 2 dissolved at a concentration of about 0 . 3 μg / ml in 20 mm hepes , 50 mm tris , 50 mm naci , 1 mm edta , 0 . 1 % octylglucoside , 0 . 1 mg / ml bsa , ph 8 . 0 , were spotted onto prewetted nitrocellulose filters in triplicate . the filters were blocked with blocking buffer ( 50 mm tris , 140 mm naci , 5 mm edta , 0 . 02 % nan 3 , 1 % defatted milk powder ) for 1 . 5 hours at room temperature . after washing with pbs the filters were incubated with 10 ng / ml 125 l - tnfα and varying concentrations of trp 32 - or ser 29 - tnfα , or tnfα overnight at 4 ° c . . the filters were washed with blocking buffer ( 2x for 5 min .) and with h 2 o ( 1x for 5 min . ), air dried , and counted in a γ - counter . results are given in fig1 a and b , whereby fig1 shows binding of tnfα ( open rectangle ), ser 29 - tnfα ( filled circles ) and trp 32 - tnfα ( filled rectangle ) to human p75tnf - r in case of fig1 a to human p75 - tnf - r and in case of fig1 b to human p55 - tnf - r . based on the data shown in fig1 and in addition those of fig7 the ic50 - values were calculated and are listed for ser 29 - and trp 32 - tnfα in table f . values for the decrease in affinity for these muteins on both receptors with respect to tnfα are also given in table f . values for &# 34 ; s &# 34 ;, the selectivity factor , based on ic50 values given in table f and calculated from fig7 are shown in table g . table f______________________________________ ic50 decrease inreceptor competitor μg / ml affinity______________________________________p75 - tnf - r tnfα 0 . 010 -- ser . sup . 29 - tnfα 2 . 5 250 trp . sup . 32 - tnfα 5 500p55 - tnf - r tnfα 0 . 011 -- ser . sup . 29 - tnfα 0 . 09 8 . 2 trp . sup . 32 - tnfα 0 . 017 1 . 5______________________________________ table g______________________________________ mutein ## str1 ## ______________________________________tnfα 1ser . sup . 29 - tnfα 28trp . sup . 32 - tnfα 294gly . sup . 29 - tnfα 80tyr . sup . 29 - tnfα 110tyr . sup . 32 - tnfα 90ser . sup . 29 - trp . sup . 32 - tnfα 450______________________________________ transformed cells obtained according to example i were processed in the following manner : a ) opening by french press , addition of polyethylene - imine until a final concentration of 0 . 4 %, ph 7 . 6 ; and removal of precipitate . c ) dialysis against 25 % ammonium sulphate in 10 mm tris , ph 6 . 8 d ) phenyi - sepharose column cl - 4b ( 35 × 250 mm ) load in 25 % ammonium sulphate - 10 mm tris , ph 6 . 8 elution : gradient 25 % ammonium sulphate - tris buffer to 20 mm ethanolamine , ph 9 ( 2 times 150 ml ). e ) column mono q ( hr 16 / 10 ). load : in 20 mm ethanolamine , ph 9 . elution : gradient ( 2 times 300 ml ) in the same buffer , from 0 to 1 m sodium chloride ( pharmacia , fplc ). active fractions dialysed versus 0 . 01 m phosphate buffer ph 7 f ) column of heparin sepharose cl - 6b ( 30 × 80 mm ) load in 0 . 01 m phosphate buffer ph 7 . elute with a gradient in the same buffer from 0 to 1 m sodium chloride g ) active fractions were concentrated on amicon ( micro - ultrafiltration system 8 mc ; membrane © 25 mm ; diaflo 10 ym10 - 25 mm ) and separately loaded on a gelfiltration column ( ultrapac tsk g - 2000 swg ; 21 . 5 × 600 mm ), equilibrated in 0 . 01 m phosphate ph 7 and 0 . 9 % sodium chloride most active fraction contained 5 mg / ml trp 32 - tnfα ; endotoxin content : 26 e . u ./ mg the last active fraction contained 1 . 8 mg / ml tnf and 47 e . u ./ mg protein . anti - tumour effect of htnfα and hlfnγ on subgutaneous ht - 29 tumours in nude mice . 5 × 10 6 ht - 29 human colon adenocarcinoma cells [ atcc htb38 ] were subcutaneously injected in nude mice . groups consisted of 5 mice . the treatment comprises daily perilesional injections during 6 days per week , followed by 1 day without treatment . results are given in fig4 whereby &# 34 ; pbs &# 34 ; refers to phosphate buffered saline as known in the art . the single arrow indicates the start of the treatment with 5 μg htnfα or 5000 iu human interferon γ ( hifnγ ) or both . the double arrow indicates the time that these doses were doubled and the crossed arrow indicates the end of the treatment . 2 . comparison of the anti - tumour potential of htnfα and trp 32 - tnfα 5 × 10 6 ht - 29 human colon adenocarcinoma cells were subcutaneously injected in nude mice . groups consisted of 5 mice . the treatment started on day 6 following inoculation and comprises daily perilesional injections during 6 days per week . tumour volume was estimated every 3 or 4 days by measuring the larger ( a ) and the smaller ( b ) diameter and calculating the a × b 2 × 0 . 4 according to attia and weiss as known in the art . results are given in fig5 whereby the arrow indicates the start of the treatment and open triangles with tip down refers to 10 4 iu of hifnγ and 10 μg htnfα , filled triangles with tip down refer to 10 4 iu of hifnγ and 10 μg trp 32 - tnf , filled rectangles refer to 10 μg trp 32 - tnfα , open reactangles refer to 10 μg htnfα , open triangles refer to phosphate buffered saline and filled circles refer to 10 4 iu of hifnγ . in vitro , there is no difference in cytotoxicity for hep or ht - 29 cells between htnfα and trp 32 - tnfα . ser 29 - trp 32 - tnfα was prepared as described in example i with the following exceptions : 1 . the oligonucleotide used , contains the following sequence [ seq id no : 17 ] ( mutated bases underlined ): 2 . an nci 1site was destroyed while an ava 2 - site was created , allowing for check of the presence of the mutation by restriction fragment analysis . no hybridization analysis was performed . 6 clones resulting from the wk6 transformation were grown up and dna was prepared and analysed as described in example i , 3 of the 6 clones contained the mutation . this dna sequence was subcloned into the pds56 expression vector , generating the plasmid pds56 / rbsii , sph1 - tnfαser29trp32 , and transformed to the e . coli m15 strain . expression and purification was performed as described in example 1 . gly 29 - tnfα , tyr 29 - tnfα and tyr 32 - tnfα were prepared as described in example i with the following exception . oligonucleotides were used , containing a fully degenerated codon at position 29 or 32 , resulting in a random insertion of all twenty amino acids at one of the two positions . the sequence of these oligonucleotides are as follows : where n = a , c , g or t and mutated bases are underlined . together with the mutation , also a unique nru - 1 site is introduced . thus , instead of directly transforming the phasmid - pool , isolated from o the wk6 muts strain , this dna was first digested with nru - 1 , the linear band eluted from the agarose gel , ligated and transformed to the sure strain ( stratagene , la jolla , calif ., usa ). in this way , one can select only for phasmids , containing the mutations . 168 colonies obtained were inoculated in microtiterplates , grown to confluency and their lysates tested for biological activity towards hep - 2 cells in a manner as described in example iia and for differential binding as described in example iib or example viii . on the basis of the biological activity on the one side and differential binding as determined according to example iib or example viii colonies were selected and further characterized by dna sequence analysis of corresponding inserts as known in the art . dnasequences coding for gly 29 - tnfα , tyr 29 - tnfα and tyr 32 - tnfα were isolated from corresponding colonies and cloned in bacterial expression vectors as described in example i . muteins expressed were purified to more than 95 % homogeneity by means of a mono - q ion exchange chromatography step . three pcr reactions were performed with plasmid pds56 / rbsii , sph1 - tnfα [ seq id no : 2 ][ fig3 ] as the template dna using a perkin - elmer cetus geneamp ™ dna amplification reagent kit with amplitaq ™ recombinant taq dna polymerase ( perkin elmer cetus , vaterstetten , brd ) [ see fig8 ]. in reaction i primers 17 / f [ seq id no : 20 ]( 5 &# 39 ;- ggcgtatcacgaggccctttcg3 &# 39 ;; primer 17 / f comprises nucleotides 3949 - 3970 of plasmid pds56 / rbsii , sphi - tnfα ) and 21 / m5 [ seq id no : 22 ] ( 5 - attggcccgctcgttcagccactggagctgcccctc - 3 &# 39 ;; primer 21 / m5 comprises nucleotides which are complementary to nucleotides 219 - 184 of plasmid pds56 / rbsii , sph1 - tnfα , mutated bases are underlined ) were used , reaction ii contained primers 17 / f and 21 / m6 [ seq id no : 23 ] ( 5 &# 39 ;- attggcagtgttgttcagccactggag - ctgcccctc - 3 &# 39 ;; primer 21 / m6 comprises nucleotides which are complementary to nucleotides 219 - 184 of plasmid pds56 / rbsii , sph1 - tnfα , mutated bases are underlined ), and reaction iii contained primers 21 / mr [ seq id no : 24 ] ( 5 &# 39 ;- gccctcctggccaatggcgtgg - 3 &# 39 ;; primer 21 / mr comprises nucleotides 220 - 241 of plasmid pds56 / rbsii , sph1 - tnfα ) and 17 / o [ seq id no : 21 ] ( 5 &# 39 ;- cattactggatctatcaacagg - 3 &# 39 ;; primer 17 / o comprises nucleotides which are complementary to nucleotides 748 - 727 of plasmid pds56 / rbsii , sph1 - tnfα ). therfore 10 μl template dna ( 10 g ), 5 μl each of the two primers ( 100 pmole each ), 16 μl dntp &# 39 ; s mix ( 1 . 25 mm of datp , dgtp , dctp , and dttp ), 10 μl 10x reaction buffer ( 100 mm tris - hcl ph8 . 3 , 500 mm kcl , 15 mm mgcl 2 and 0 . 1 % gelatin ), 1 μl ( 5 units ) amplitaq ™ dna polymerase and 53 μl h 2 o were mixed in an eppendorf tube and overlaid with 80 μl mineral oil ( perkin - elmer cetus ). the tubes were transferred to a dna thermal cycler ( trio - thermoblock , biometra ) and kept for 1 min at 94 ° 0 c ., before 35 cycles of melting the dna ( 1 min at 94 ° c . ), annealing the primers ( 1 min at 50 ° c . ), and extending the primers ( 3 min at 72 ° 0 c .) were performed . after additional 2 min at 72 ° c ., the reactions were cooled to room temperature and extracted with chloroform . the dna present in the aqueous phase was precipitated with ethanol and subjected to electrophoresis in a 6 polyacrylamide gel [ sambrook et al ., 1989 ]. after staining of the dna with ethidium bromide , fragments i , ii and iii [ see fig8 ; these fragments originate from reactions i , ii and iii , respectively ] were isolated from the gel and purified [ sambrook et al ., 1989 ]. preparation of dna fragments encoding glu 31 - tnfα and asn 31 - thr 32 - tnfα fragments i , ii and iii were enzymatically phosphorylated , before in two parallel reactions fragments i and iii and fragments ii and iii were ligated with each other [ sambrook et al ., 1989 ]. after heat - inactivation of the ligase and digestion with restriction enzymes ecori and hindiii , the dna was subjected to electrophoresis in a 6 % polyacrylamide gel . after staining of the dna with ethidium bromide , the ecori - hindiii fragments a and b [ see fig4 ] were isolated from the gel and purified as previously described . preparation of plasmids encoding glu 31 - tnfα and asn 31 - thr 32 - tnfα in separate experiments , the ecori - hindiii fragments a and b were inserted according to standard methods [ sambrook et al ., 1989 ] into the ecori - hindiii opened plasmid pds56 / rbsii , sph1 - tnfαser29 generating plasmids pds56 / rbsii , sph1 - tnfαglu31 and pds56 / rbsii , sph1tnfαasn31thr32 , respectively . plasmid dna was prepared [ birnboim et al ., 1979 ] and the identity of the coding region for the tnfα muteins was confirmed by sequencing the double - stranded dna [ sambrook et al ., 1989 ]. plasmids pds56 / rbsii , sph1 - tnfαglu31 and pds56 / rbsii , sph1tnfαasn31thru32 were transformed into e . coli m15 cells containing already plasmid prep4 by standard methods . transformed cells were grown at 37 ° c . in lb medium containing 100 mg / l ampicillin and 25 mg / l kanamycin . at an optical density at 600 nm of about 0 . 7 to 1 . 0 , iptg was added to a final concentration of 2 mm . after additional 2 . 5 to 5 h at 37 ° c . the cells were harvested by centrifugation . 1 . 10 ml suspensions of transformed and induced e . coli cells expressing recombinant human tnfα , ser 29 - tnfα , trp 32 - tnfα , glu 31 - tnfα , and asn 31 - thr 32 - tnfα [ e . coli cells expressing recombinant dihydrofolate reductase ( dhfr ) were included as a control ] were centrifuged at 4 , 000 rpm for 10 min and resuspended in 0 . 9 ml of lysis buffer ( 10 mm tris - hcl ph 8 . 0 , 5 mm edta , 2 mm pmsf , 10 mm benzamidine , 200 units / ml aprotinine and 0 . 1 mg / ml lysozyme ). after 20 min incubation at room temperature 50 μl of 1m mgcl 2 , 20 μl of 5 mg / ml dnasel , 50 μl of 5m nacl and 50 μl of 10 % np - 40 were added and the mixture was further incubated at room temperature for 15 min . 0 . 5 ml of the lysate clarified by centrifugation at 13 , 000 rpm for 5 min was subjected to ammonium sulfate precipitation ( 30 %- 70 % cut ). the 70 % ammonium sulfate pellet was dissolved in 0 . 2 ml pbs and analyzed by sds - page to confirm the presence of the recombinant proteins . for the differential binding assay microtiter plates were coated with recombinant human p75 - tnf - r - human iggγ3 and p55 - tnf - r - human iggγ3 fusion proteins ( european patent applications publ . nos . 417 563 , 422 339 ) dissolved in pbs at 0 . 3 μg / ml and 0 . 1 μg / ml , respectively , ( 100 μl / well , overnight at 4 ° c .). after blocking with blocking buffer ( 50 mm tris ph 7 . 4 , 140 mm nacl , 5 mm edta , 0 . 02 % nan 3 , 1 % defatted milk powder ) the microtiter plate was washed with pbs and incubated with 5 ng / ml human 125 i - tnfα ( labelled by the iodogen method to a specific activity of about 30 μci / μg as described above ) in the presence of different dilutions of the e . coli lysate partially purified by ammonium sulfate precipitation . the volume was 100 μl / well and each dilution was assayed in duplicate . after three hours at room temperature the wells were thoroughly washed with pbs and counted in a γ - counter . results are shown in fig6 whereby closed circles refer to binding to p55 - tnf - r - human iggγ3 - and open circles refer to binding to p75 - tnf - r - human iggγ3 . 2 . determination of binding of ser 29 - trp 32 - tnfα , gly 29 - tnfα , tyr 29 - tnfα and tyr 32 - tnfα was performed as described under 1 . with the only exception that mono - q ion exchange chromatography purified muteins were used . results are shown in fig7 whereby open and closed circles have the same meaning as in fig6 and μg / ml gives the amount of purified mutein / ml . __________________________________________________________________________sequence listing ( 1 ) general information :( iii ) number of sequences : 24 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 1 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 157 amino acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : protein ( vi ) original source :( a ) organism : homo sapiens ( f ) tissue type : blood ( g ) cell type : macrophage ( xi ) sequence 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topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 6 : metvalargserserserargthrproserasplysprovalalahis1 + 151015valvalalaasnproglnalagluglygl nleuglntrptyrasnarg202530argalaasnalaleuleualaasnglyvalgluleuargaspasngln3540 45leuvalvalprosergluglyleutyrleuiletyrserglnvalleu505560phelysglyglnglycysproserthrhisvalleuleuthrhisthr 657075ileserargilealavalsertyrglnthrlysvalasnleuleuser80859095alailelysserprocys glnarggluthrprogluglyalagluala100105110lysprotrptyrgluproiletyrleuglyglyvalpheglnleuglu115 120125lysglyaspargleuseralagluileasnargproasptyrleuasp130135140phealagluserglyglnvaltyrpheglyileilealale u145150155 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 7 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 158 amino acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 7 : metvalargserserserargthrprose rasplysprovalalahis1 + 151015valvalalaasnproglnalagluglyglnleuglntrpleuasnglu2025 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: 12 : metvalargserserserargthrproserasplysprovalalahis1 + 151015valvalalaasnproglnalagluglyglnleugl ntrpserasnarg202530trpalaasnalaleuleualaasnglyvalgluleuargaspasngln35404 5leuvalvalprosergluglyleutyrleuiletyrserglnvalleu505560phelysglyglnglycysproserthrhisvalleuleuthrhisthr65 7075ileserargilealavalsertyrglnthrlysvalasnleuleuser80859095alailelysserprocysglnarg gluthrprogluglyalagluala100105110lysprotrptyrgluproiletyrleuglyglyvalpheglnleuglu115120 125lysglyaspargleuseralagluileasnargproasptyrleuasp130135140phealagluserglyglnvaltyrpheglyileilealaleu1 45150155 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 13 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 3977 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( recombinant plasmid )( vii ) immediate source :( b ) clone : pds56 / rbsii , sph1 - tnf - alpha ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : cds ( b ) location : 115 .. 591 ( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : modified site ( b ) location : 202 - 204 , 208 - 210 and 211 - 213 ( d ) other information :/ note =&# 34 ; n = a , g , c or t &# 34 ;( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 13 : ctcgagaaatcataaaaaatttatttgctttgtgagcggataacaattataatagattca60 attgtgagcggataacaatttcacacaggattcattaaagaggagaaattaagcatg117metgtcagatcatcttctcgaaccccgagtgacaagcctgtagcccatgtt165valargserserserargthrproserasplysprovalalahisval + 1510 15gtcgcgaaccctcaagctgaggggcagctccagtggnnnaacnnnnnn213valalaasnproglnalagluglyglnleuglntrpxaaasnxaaxaa2025 30gccaatgccctcctggccaatggcgtggagctgagagataaccagctg261alaasnalaleuleualaasnglyvalgluleuargaspasnglnleu354045g tggtgccatcagagggcctgtacctcatctactcccaggtcctcttc309valvalprosergluglyleutyrleuiletyrserglnvalleuphe505560aagggccaa ggctgcccctccacccatgtgctcctcacccacaccatc357lysglyglnglycysproserthrhisvalleuleuthrhisthrile65707580agccgc atcgccgtctcctaccagaccaaggtcaacctcctctctgcc405serargilealavalsertyrglnthrlysvalasnleuleuserala859095atcaa 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cgtggctggcctggttcaccacgcgggaaacggtctgataagagacaccggcatact2580ctgcgacatcgtataacgttactggtttcacattcaccaccctgaattgactctcttccg2640ggcgctatcatgccataccgcgaaaggttttgcgccattcgatggtgtc aacgtaaatgc2700atgccgcttcgccttcgcccgcgaattgtcgaccctgtccctcctgttcagctactgacg2760gggtggtgcgtaacggcaaaagcaccgccggacatcagcgctagcggagtgtatactggc2820ttactatgttggcactgatgagggtg tcagtgaagtgcttcatgtggcaggagaaaaaag2880gctgcaccggtgcgtcagcagaatatgtgatacaggatatattccgcttcctcgctcact2940gactcgctacgctcggtcgttcgactgcggcgagcggaaatggcttacgaacggggcgga3000gat ttcctggaagatgccaggaagatacttaacagggaagtgagagggccgcggcaaagc3060cgtttttccataggctccgcccccctgacaagcatcacgaaatctgacgctcaaatcagt3120ggtggcgaaaccccacaggactataaagataccaggcgtttcccctggc ggctccctcgt3180gcgctctcctgttcctgcctttccgtttaccggtgtcattccgctgttatggccgcgttt3240gtctcattccacgcctgacactcagttccgggtaggcagttcgctccaagctggactgta3300tgcacgaaccccccgttcagtccgac cgctgcgccttatccggtaactatcgtcttgagt3360ccaacccggaaagacatgcaaaagcaccactggcagcagccactggtaattgatttagag3420gagttagtcttgaagtcatgcgccggttaaggctaaactgaaaggacaagttttcgtcac3480tgc gctcctccaagccagttacctcggttcaaagagttggtagctcagagaaccttcgaa3540aaaccgccctgcaaggcggttttttcgttttcagagcaagagattacgcgcagaccaaaa3600cgatctcaagaagatcatcttattaatcagataaaatatttctagattt cagtgcaattt3660atctcttcaaatgtagcacctgaagtcagccccatacgatataagttgttaattctcatg3720tttgacagcttatcatcgat3740 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 15 :( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 22 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( oligonucleotide )( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : misc . sub .-- feature ( b ) location : 1 .. 22 ( d ) other information : / function =&# 34 ; oligonucleotide used for gapduplex mutagenesis &# 34 ;( x i ) sequence description : seq id no : 15 : ccggcggttggaccactggagc22 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 16 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 19 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( oligonucleotide ) ( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : misc . sub .-- feature ( b ) location : 1 .. 19 ( d ) other information : / function =&# 34 ; oligonucleotide used for gapduplex mutagenesis &# 34 ;( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 16 : cattggcccagcggttcag19 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 17 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 32 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( oligonucleotide )( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : misc . sub .-- feature ( b ) location : 1 .. 32 ( d ) other information : / function =&# 34 ; oligonucleotide used for gap duplex mutagenesis &# 34 ;( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 17 : gggcattggcccagcggttggaccactggagc32 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 18 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 50 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( oligonucleotide )( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : misc . sub .-- feature ( b ) location : 1 .. 50 ( d ) other information : / function =&# 34 ; oligonucleotide used for gapduplex mutagenesis &# 34 ;/ note =&# 34 ; used to create any position 29 - mutein oftnf - alpha &# 34 ;( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 18 : ccacgc cattcgcgaggagggcattggcccggcggttnnnccactggagc50 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 19 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 42 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( oligonucleotide )( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : misc . sub .-- feature ( b ) location : 1 .. 42 ( d ) other information : / function =&# 34 ; oligonucleotide used for gapduplex mutagenesis &# 34 ;/ note =&# 34 ; used to create any position 32 - mutein oftnf - alpha &# 34 ;( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 19 : ccacgccattcgcgaggagggcattggcnnngcggttcagcc 42 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 20 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 22 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( oligonucleotide )( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : misc . sub .-- feature ( b ) location : complement ( 1 .. 22 )( d ) other information : / function =&# 34 ; pcr primer &# 34 ;/ note =&# 34 ; complementary to positions 3949 to 3970 ofsequence id no . 2 &# 34 ;( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 20 : ggcgtatcacgaggccctttcg22 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 21 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 22 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( oligonucleotide )( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : misc . sub .-- feature ( b ) location : 1 .. 22 ( d ) other information : / function =&# 34 ; pcr primer &# 34 ;/ note =&# 34 ; complementary to positions748 - 727 of seq . id no . 2 &# 34 ;( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 21 : ca ttactggatctatcaacagg22 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 22 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 36 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( oligonucleotide )( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : misc . sub .-- feature ( b ) location : 1 .. 36 ( d ) other information : / function =&# 34 ; pcr primer &# 34 ;/ product =&# 34 ; primer 21 / m5 &# 34 ;/ note =&# 34 ; pcr primer which is complementary topositions 219 - 184 of seq . id no . 2 with mismatchedresidues at positions 10 - 12 .&# 34 ;( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 22 : attggcccgctcgttcagccactggagctg cccctc36 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 23 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 36 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( oligonucleotide )( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : misc . sub .-- feature ( b ) location : 1 .. 36 ( d ) other information : / function =&# 34 ; pcr primer formutagenesis &# 34 ;/ note =&# 34 ; pcr primer for mutagenesis which iscomplementary to positions 219 - 184 of seq . id no . 2 with mismatched bases at positions 7 - 9 and 11 - 12 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 23 : attggcagtgttgttcagccactggagctgcccctc 36 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 24 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 22 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( oligonucleotide )( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : misc . sub .-- feature ( b ) location : 1 .. 22 ( d ) other information : / function =&# 34 ; pcr primer &# 34 ; / product =&# 34 ; primer 21 / mr &# 34 ;/ note =&# 34 ; pcr primer used in conjunction with seq . id nos . 22 & amp ; 23 to create muteins of tnf - alpha &# 34 ;( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 24 : gccctcctggccaatggcgtgg22