Patent Application: US-63500796-A

Abstract:
novel peptide analogues of platelet - derived growth factor , for use in inhibiting or stimulating growth and / or chemotaxis of cells , e . g ., smooth muscle cells , are provided . also provided are compositions of matter comprising those peptide analogues .

Description:
a series of pdgf - bb related peptides were synthesised , with or without modifications , by solid phase on a milligen 9050 pepsynthesizer , using the fmoc - polyamide continuous method , as listed in table 1 hereinbelow ( seq id nos : 1 - 7 ). acetylation of the n - terminal end of the peptides was performed after the completion of the synthesis . the resin was acetylated on the solid - support with 45 % acetic anhydride in dimethylformamide . deprotection and cleavage of the resin were carried out in the normal manner . biotinylation and fitc labelling were carried out while the peptides were still attached to the resin and prior to deprotection . biotin - caproate - n - hydroxysucccinimide ( b - nhs ) and fluorescein isothiocaynate were used to label the free n - terminal end of the peptides . all peptides were purified to at least 95 % homogeneity by hplc and their molecular weights determined by mass spectroscopy . fig7 and 9 show examples of the hplc and mass spectroscopy profiles of peptides gp4 ( seq id no : 2 ), gp8 ( seq id no : 5 ) and gp14 ( seq id no : 9 ), respectively . the stimulatory or inhibitory effect of the peptides on the murine fibroblast cell line swiss 3t3 . a31 were investigated using the 3 h !- thymidine uptake assay as described by raines & amp ; ross 28 !. 3 ) effect of pdgf peptides on 125 i - pdgf - bb binding to 3t3 cells and human smooth muscle cells pdgf - bb binding inhibition assay was performed as described by engstrom et al 6 !. a murine fibroblast cell line 3t3 . a31 and human aortic smooth muscle cells were used . rabbits and mice were immunised with the peptides either in the free form mixed with freund &# 39 ; s adjuvant or conjugated to a carrier protein ( thyroglobulin or keyhole haemocyanin ). antisera were tested for antibody production to the peptides and pdgf using elisa , dot blot assays and sds - page followed by western blotting . 5 ) effect of anti - pdgf peptides antibodies on 125 i - pdgf binding to human smooth muscle cells the iggs of the polyclonal anti - pdgf peptides antisera were purified from the antisera by affinity chromatography on a protein g - sepharose column as described by the manufacturers ( pharmacia , uppsala , sweden ). the effect of the igg on the binding of radiolabelled pdgf - bb to human smooth muscle cells was investigated using essentially the same procedure as for the peptides ( method 3 above ). in the test , peptides were replaced with igg . the peptides were tested for their ability to stimulate thymidine uptake in the cells in culture . fig1 shows an example of the results obtained with some of the peptides . peptide gp4 ( seq id no : 2 ) showed the highest stimulatory effect acting as an agonist for pdgf - bb . the mitogenic effect of gp4 was almost completely abolished upon reduction and alkylation of the c - terminal end cysteine residue . this strongly suggests that the peptide is acting via the formation of a dimeric form during the incubation with the cells and that it is the dimerisation which produces the increase in the stimulatory activity . this conclusion is also supported by the low stimulatory effect of peptide gp2 ( seq id no : 1 ) which has the same amino acid sequence as gp4 but without the c - terminal cysteine . peptide gp8 ( seq id no : 5 ) was not as stimulatory as gp4 ( seq id no : 2 ). some of the peptides were tested for their ability to inhibit the binding of radiolabelled pdgf - bb to 3t3 cells . both gp4 ( seq id no : 2 ) and gp8 ( seq id no : 5 ) showed modest inhibition of binding at the concentrations tested , as illustrated in fig2 a . peptides gp20 and gp14 ( seq id nos : 10 & amp ; 9 , respectively ) were potent inhibitors of labelled pdgf binding to human smooth muscle cells , as shown in fig2 b . rabbits immunised with gp4 and gp8 peptides ( seq id nos : 2 & amp ; 5 , respectively ) linked to thyroglobulin produced high titre antibodies to the corresponding immunising peptide as determine by elisa , as illustrated in fig3 a and 3b . one of the rabbits immunised with gp4 ( seq id no : 2 ) also produced antibodies reactive with native pdgf - bb , and had no cross reactivity with human recombinant fibroblast growth factor ( fgf ) and epidermal growth factor ( egf ). this is illustrated in fig4 . tables 6 , 7 and 8 hereinbelow summarise the results of immunochemical characterisation of polyclonal and monoclonal antisera raised to pdgf - derived peptides . western immunoblot analysis of polyclonal antisera reactivity with native and reduced pdgf - bb ( table 6 ) shows that peptides gp4 and gp21a ( seq id nos : 2 & amp ; 6 , respectively ) produced antibodies that reacted with the native pdgf . the competitive elisa data are shown in table 7 . 15 monoclonal antibody hybridomas raised to peptide gp4 ( seq id no : 2 ) coupled to thyroglobulin were immunochemically characterised as shown in table 8 . fig5 a and 5b show typical titration curves for polyclonal and monoclonal antisera against pdgf - bb . the igg fraction from rabbits immunised with peptides gp4 and gp21a ( seq id nos : 2 & amp ; 6 , respectively ) were effective in inhibiting the binding of radio - labelled pdgf - bb to human smooth muscle cells in culture , as shown in fig6 . table 1______________________________________pdgf - b chain peptides______________________________________loop i . sup . 25 i - s - r - r - l - i - d - r - t - n - a - n - f - l . sup . 38 gp1ac -. sup . 25 i - s - r - r - l - i - d - r - t - n - a - n - f - l . sup . 38 gp2 . sup . 25 i - s - r - r - l - i - d - r - t - n - a - n - f - l . sup . 38 - c gp3ac -. sup . 25 i - s - r - r - l - i - d - r - t - n - a - n - f - l . sup . 38 c gp4 . sup . 25 i - s - r - r - l - i - d - r - t - n - a - n - f - l - v - w - p - p - c . sup . 43 gp9ac -. sup . 25 i - s - r - r - l - i - d - r - t - n - a - n - f - l - v - w - p - p - c . sup . 43 gp10loop iii . sup . 73 r - k - i - e - i - v - r - k - k . sup . 81 gp5ac -. sup . 73 r - k - i - e - i - v - r - k - k . sup . 81 gp6 . sup . 73 r - k - i - e - i - v - r - k - k . sup . 81 - c gp7ac -. sup . 73 r - k - i - e - i - v - r - k - k . sup . 81 - c gp8 . sup . 73 r - k - i - e - i - v - r - k - k - p - i - f - k - k - a - t - v . sup . 89 gp21a . sup . 73 r - k - i - e - i - v - r - k - k - p - i - f - k - k - a - t - v . sup . 89 - c gp21ac -. sup . 73 r - k - i - e - i - v - r - k - k - p - i - f - k - k - a - t - v . sup . 89 - c gp22______________________________________ table 2__________________________________________________________________________pdgf - b chain peptides ( loop i & amp ; loop iii using glycyl spacers ) __________________________________________________________________________ . sup . 25 i - s - r - r - l - i - d - r - t - n - a - n - f - l . sup . 38 -( g - g - g - g )- gp11 . sup . 73 r - k - i - e - i - v - r - k - k . sup . 81 - cac -. sup . 25 i - s - r - r - l - i - d - r - t - n - a - n - f - l . sup . 38 -( g - g - g - g )- gp12 . sup . 73 r - k - i - e - i - v - r - k - k . sup . 81 - c . sup . 25 i - s - r - r - l - i - d - r - t - n - a - n - f - l . sup . 38 -( g - g - g - g - g - g )- gp13 . sup . 73 r - k - i - e - i - v - r - k - k . sup . 81 - cac -. sup . 25 i - s - r - r - l - i - d - r - t - n - a - n - f - l . sup . 38 -( g - g - g - g - g - g )- gp14 . sup . 73 r - k - i - e - i - v - r - k - k . sup . 81 - c__________________________________________________________________________ table 3__________________________________________________________________________cross - linked pdgf loop i & amp ; loop iii peptides__________________________________________________________________________ac -. sup . 25 i - s - r - r - l - i - d - r - t - n - a - n - f - l - v - w - p - p - c . sup . 43 -( smcc )- gp20 . sup . 73 r - k - i - e - i - v - r - k - k . sup . 81 - cac -. sup . 25 i - s - r - r - l - i - d - r - t - n - a - n - f - l . sup . 38 - c -( smcc )- gp23 . sup . 73 r - k - i - e - i - v - r - k - k . sup . 81 - c__________________________________________________________________________ { smcc : n -( 4 - carboxy - cyclohexyl - methyl )- maleimide or any heterobifunctional crosslinker table 4______________________________________cyclic pdgf - b chain peptides______________________________________loop i1 # str1 ## loop iii2 # str2 ## ______________________________________ ( xa = bridging spacer arm ) aa1 = amino acid / acids of cterminus aa2 = amino acid / acids of nterminus table 5______________________________________affinity - labelled pdgf - b chain peptides______________________________________loop ix -. sup . 25 i - s - r - r - l - i - d - r - t - n - a - n - f - l . sup . 38 gp15x -. sup . 25 i - s - r - r - l - i - d - r - t - n - a - n - f - l . sup . 38 - c gp16x -. sup . 25 i - s - r - r - l - i - d - r - t - n - a - n - f - l - v - w - p - p - c . sup . 43 gp19loop iiix -. sup . 73 r - k - i - e - i - v - r - k - k . sup . 81 gp17x -. sup . 73 r - k - i - e - i - v - r - k - k . sup . 81 - c gp18______________________________________ ( x = biotin or fitc ) table 6__________________________________________________________________________polyclonal anti - pdgf peptides antisera analysis by western blot . vs pdgf vs pdgf vs pdgf vs red - pdgf vs red - pdgfantibodyimmunogen ser - 1 / 100 ser - 1 / 1000 ser - 1 / 10000 ser - 1 / 100 ser - 1 / 10000__________________________________________________________________________rb 86gp4 - - - ++ - rb 65tg - gp4 ++++ +++ - +++++ +++++ rb 66tg - gp4 +++ - - +++++ +++ rb 109gp10 - - - ++ - rb 37gp10 - - - +++ ++ rb 38tg - gp10 - - - ++++ +++ rb 39tg - gp10 - - - +++++ ++++ rb 112tg - gp10 - - - +++ + rb 67tg - gp8 - - - ++++ ++ rb 68tg - gp8 + - - ++ - rb 78gp21a +++++ +++++ + +++++ - rb 91gp21a - - - +++ ( 1 / 200 ) + ( 1 / 20 , 000 ) rb 113tg - gp4 - ( 1 / 200 ) - - - ( 11200 ) - ( 1 / 20 , 000 ) rb 114tg - gp4 ++ ( 1 / 200 ) - - ++++ ( 1 / 200 ) + ( 1 / 20 , 000 ) __________________________________________________________________________ +++++ very strong ++++ strong +++ medium ++ weak + very weak - negative table 7__________________________________________________________________________competitive elisa analysis of polyclonal anti - pdgf - bb peptides antisera gp4 gp10 gp21a gp8 pdgfantibodyimmunogen titre ic50 ic50 ic50 ic50 ic50__________________________________________________________________________rb 86gp4rb 65tg - gp4 1 / 243 , 000 3 nm 3 nm none & gt ; 6000 nm 180 nmrb 66tg - gp4 1 / 27 , 000 & lt ; 2 nm & lt ; 2 nm none none nonerb 109gp10 1 / 10 , 000 2 nm 4 nm none none nonerb 37gp10 1 / 21 , 000 20 nm 10 nm none none nonerb 38tg - gp10 1 / 27 , 000 156 nm 74 nm none none nonerb 39tg - gp10 1 / 100 , 000 2 nm 2 nm none none nonerb 112tg - gp10 1 / 243 , 000 2 nm 3 nm none none nonerb 61tg - gp8 1 / 243 , 000 not sig not sig not sig 2 nm 200 nmrb 68tg - gp8 1 / 243 , 000 not sig not sig not sig & lt ; 2 nm 30 nmrb 78gp21a 1 / 15 , 000 none none 100 nm none nonerb 91gp21a nd nd nd nd nd ndrb 113tg - gp4 1 / 100 , 000rb 114tg - gp4 1 / 2 , 000__________________________________________________________________________ peptides tried up to 6000 nm , pdgf up to 200 nm table 8__________________________________________________________________________reactivities of monoclonal antibodies sub - class , elisa , celia and westernblot analysis elisa elisa blot blot celia celia celia celia celiaantibody sub - class titre pdgf * red pdgf pdgf gp4 gp10 gp21a gp8 pdgf ** __________________________________________________________________________1dmb igg1 nd - ve + - - - - - - 2dmb igg1 nd - ve + - 2 um 2 um - - - 3dmb igg1 nd - ve + - - - - - - 4dmb igg1 nd - ve +++ - 150 nm 150 nm - - - 9db - 1 egg1 1 / 10 - ve - - 1 um 1 . 2 um - - + 10 %? 10db - 1 egg1 1 / 243 10 % +++++ - 400 nm & gt ; 6 um - - + 10 %? 11db - 1 igm 1 / 2 30 % ++ - - - - - + 175 %? 12db - 1 igg1 1 / 243 - ve +++++ - 2 um - - - - 13db - 1 igg1 1 / 10 - ve - - 200 nm 400 nm - - - 15db - 1 igm 1 / 9 31 % ++ - - - - - + 356 %? 17dr - 1 igg1 1 / 81 30 % +++++ - 180 nm 3 um - - + 25 %? 19db - 1 igg1 1 / 1000 - ve - - 18 nm 18 nm - - + 10 %? 21db - 1 igg1 1 / 1000 - ve - - 18 nm 30 nm - - - 22da - 1 igg1 1 / 1000 - ve - - 20 nm 25 nm - - - __________________________________________________________________________ * expressed as a percentage of od given by 500 ng / ml rb anitpdgf ( bochem ) ** an increase in signal may be caused by crosslinking in celias , peptides tried up to 6000 nm , pdgf up to 200 nm 4 . deuel , t . f ., senior , r . m ., huang , j . s . & amp ; griffin , g . l . 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( 1990 ) biochem . biophys . acta , 1054 , 246 - 249 . __________________________________________________________________________ # sequence listing - ( 1 ) general information :- ( iii ) number of sequences : 14 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 1 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 14 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : both - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : modified - sit - # e ( b ) location : 1 #/ note = &# 34 ; ile may be acetylated &# 34 ;:- ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : cross - links ( b ) location : 1 #/ note = &# 34 ; a cyclic peptide may be formed by - # linking ile 1 with leu 14 via a bridging spacer ar - # m &# 34 ;- ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : binding - site ( b ) location : 1 #/ note = &# 34 ; ile may be bound to biotin or fitc &# 34 ;# 1 : ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no :- ile ser arg arg leu ile asp arg thr asn al - # a asn phe leu # 10 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 2 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 15 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : modified - sit - # e ( b ) location : 1 #/ note = &# 34 ; ile may be acetylated &# 34 ;:- ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : binding - site ( b ) location : 1 #/ note = &# 34 ; ile may be bound to biotin or fitc &# 34 ;# 2 : ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no :- ile ser arg arg leu ile asp arg thr asn al - # a asn phe leu cys # 15 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 3 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 19 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : modified - sit - # e ( b ) location : 1 #/ note = &# 34 ; ile may be acetylated &# 34 ;:- ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : binding - site ( b ) location : 1 #/ note = &# 34 ; ile may be bound to biotin or fitc &# 34 ;# 3 : ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no :- ile ser arg arg leu ile asp arg thr asn al - # a asn phe leu val trp # 15 - pro pro cys - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 4 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 9 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : modified - sit - # e ( b ) location : 1 #/ note = &# 34 ; arg may be acetylated &# 34 ;:- ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : binding - site ( b ) location : 1 #/ note = &# 34 ; arg may be bound to biotin or fitc &# 34 ;# 4 : ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no :- arg lys ile glu ile val arg lys lys1 5 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 5 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 10 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : modified - sit - # e ( b ) location : 1 #/ note = &# 34 ; arg may be acetylated &# 34 ;:- ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : binding - site ( b ) location : 1 #/ note = &# 34 ; arg may be bound to biotin or fitc &# 34 ;# 5 : ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no :- arg lys ile glu ile val arg lys lys cys # 10 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 6 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 17 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : both - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : cross - links ( b ) location : 1 #/ note = &# 34 ; a cyclic peptide may be formed by - # linking arg 1 with val 17 via a bridging spacer ar - # m &# 34 ;# 6 : ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no :- arg lys ile glu ile val arg lys lys pro il - # e phe lys lys ala thr # 15 - val - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 7 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 18 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : modified - sit - # e ( b ) location : 1 #/ note = &# 34 ; arg may be acetylated &# 34 ;:# 7 : ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no :- arg lys ile glu ile val arg lys lys pro il - # e phe lys lys ala thr # 15 - val cys - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 8 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 28 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : modified - sit - # e ( b ) location : 1 #/ note = &# 34 ; ile may be acetylated &# 34 ;:# 8 : ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no :- ile ser arg arg leu ile asp arg thr asn al - # a asn phe leu gly gly # 15 - gly gly arg lys ile glu ile val arg lys ly - # s cys # 25 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 9 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 30 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : modified - sit - # e ( b ) location : 1 #/ note = &# 34 ; ile may be acetylated &# 34 ;:# 9 : ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no :- ile ser arg arg leu ile asp arg thr asn al - # a asn phe leu gly gly # 15 - gly gly gly gly arg lys ile glu ile val ar - # g lys lys cys # 30 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 10 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 29 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : cross - links ( b ) location : 19 .. 20 #/ note = &# 34 ; cross - linker may beion : n -( 4 - carboxy - #- cyclohexyl - methyl )- maleimide or any other het - # erobifunctional cross - linker .&# 34 ;- ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : modified - sit - # e ( b ) location : 1 #/ note = &# 34 ; ile may be acetylated &# 34 ;:# 10 : ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no :- ile ser arg arg leu ile asp arg thr asn al - # a asn phe leu val trp # 15 - pro pro cys arg lys ile glu ile val arg ly - # s lys cys # 25 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 11 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 25 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : cross - links ( b ) location : 15 .. 16 #/ note = &# 34 ; cross - linker may beion : n -( 4 - carboxy - #- cyclohexyl - methyl )- maleimide or any other het - # erobifunctional cross - linker .&# 34 ;- ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : modified - sit - # e ( b ) location : 1 #/ note = &# 34 ; ile may be acetylated &# 34 ;:# 11 : ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no :- ile ser arg arg leu ile asp arg thr asn al - # a asn phe leu cys arg # 15 - lys ile glu ile val arg lys lys cys # 25 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 12 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 6 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide # 12 : ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no :- ala asn phe leu val trp1 5 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 13 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 7 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide # 13 : ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no :- glu ile val arg lys lys pro1 5 - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 14 :- ( i ) sequence characteristics :# acids ( a ) length : 5 amino ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide # 14 : ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no :- val arg lys lys pro1 5__________________________________________________________________________