Patent Application: US-70779396-A

Abstract:
this application describes a high throughput assay for screening for compounds which are capable of binding to a fusion protein which consists of a target protein and an fks506 - binding protein .

Description:
the present invention relates to a method of screening for compounds which preferentially bind to a target protein . an embodiment of this invention is a method of screening for compounds capable of binding to a fusion protein which comprises the steps of : a ) mixing a test compound , a tagged ligand , the fusion protein , a radiolabeled ligand and coated scintillation proximity assay ( spa ) beads ; b ) incubating the mixture for between about 1 hour and about 24 hours ; c ) measuring the spa bead - bound counts attributable to the binding of the tagged ligand to the fusion protein in the presence of the test compound using scintillation counting ; and d ) determining the binding of the tagged ligand to the fusion protein in the presence of the test compound relative to a control assay run in the absence of the test compound . the term &# 34 ; fusion protein &# 34 ; refers to a &# 34 ; target protein &# 34 ; fused to an &# 34 ; fk506 - binding protein &# 34 ; ( fkbp ), the two proteins being separated by a &# 34 ; peptide linker &# 34 ;. a &# 34 ; peptide linker &# 34 ; may consist of a sequence containing from about 1 to about 20 amino acids , which may or may not include the sequence for a protease cleavage site . an example of a peptide linker which is a protease cleavage site is represented by the amino acid sequence gluprgs ( seq . id . no : 7 ). the term &# 34 ; target protein &# 34 ; refers to any protein that has a defined ligand . included within this definition of target protein are single and multiple signal transduction domains , such as , but not limited to , src homology 1 ( sh1 ), src homology 2 ( sh2 ), src homology 3 ( sh3 ), and pleckstrin homology ( ph ) domains hanks & amp ; hunter , faseb j ., 9 , 576 - 596 ( 1995 ); bolen , curr . opin . immunol ., 7 , 306 - 311 ( 1995 ); kuriyan & amp ; cowbum , curr . opin . struct . biol ., 3 , 828 - 837 ( 1993 ); cohen et al ., cell , 80 , 237 - 248 ( 1995 )!. the term &# 34 ; sh1 domain &# 34 ; refers to a family of homologous protein domains that bind atp and catalyze tyrosine phosphorylation of peptide and protein substrates . the term &# 34 ; sh2 domain &# 34 ; refers to a family of homologous protein domains that share the common property of recognizing phosphorylated tyrosine residues in specific peptide contexts . the term &# 34 ; sh3 domain &# 34 ; refers to a family of homologous protein domains that share the common property of recognizing polyproline type ii helices . the term &# 34 ; ph domain &# 34 ; refers to a family of homologous protein domains that mediate both protein - protein and protein - lipid interactions . examples of sh2 domains which may be utilized in the method of the invention include , but are not limited to , the single and tandem sh2 domains present in the tyrosine kinases zap , syk and lck . the dna sequences were obtained from genbank , national center for biotechnology information , national library of medicine , 8600 rockville pike , bethesda , md . 20894 . the accession numbers for the sequences are : human zap ( lo5148 ); human syk ( l28824 ) and human lck ( x13529 ). the sequences for zap , syk and lck are disclosed in the sequence listing as follows : the isolated dna encoding for a fusion protein containing zap is ( seq . id . no . 1 ); the isolated dna encoding for a fusion protein containing syk is ( seq . id . no . 2 ); the isolated dna encoding for a fusion protein containing lck is ( seq . id . no . 3 ); the sequence for the fkbp - zap : sh2 fusion protein is ( seq . id . no . 4 ); the sequence for the fkbp - syk : sh2 fusion protein is ( seq . id . no . 5 ); and the sequence for the fkbp - lck : sh2 fusion protein is ( seq . id . no . 6 ). the term &# 34 ; tagged ligand &# 34 ; refers to a biotinylated or epitope tagged ligand for the target protein . the term &# 34 ; radiolabeled ligand &# 34 ; refers to a 3 h !- or 125 i !- labeled ligand which binds to the fkbp . an example of a radiolabeled ligand useful in the instant invention is 3 h !- dihydrofk506 . the term &# 34 ; coated scintillation proximity assay beads &# 34 ; ( spa beads ) refers to streptavidin - coated scintillation proximity assay beads when the tagged ligand is biotinylated , and to anti - epitope antibody bound to anti - antibody - coated or protein a - coated scintillation proximity assay beads when the tagged ligand is epitope - tagged . the term &# 34 ; control assay &# 34 ; refers to the assay when performed in the presence of the tagged ligand , the fusion protein , the radiolabeled ligand and the coated scintillation proximity assay beads , but in the absence of the test compound . the term fk506 - binding proteins may include , but are not limited to , the below listed fkbps and fkbp homologues , which include a citation to the references which disclose them . this list is not intended to limit the scope of the invention . ______________________________________mammalianfkbp - 12 galat et al ., eur . j . biochem ., 216 : 689 - 707 ( 1993 ). fkbp - 12 . 6 wiederrecht , g . and f . etzkorn perspectives in drug discovery and design , 2 : 57 - 84 ( 1994 ). fkbp - 13 galat et al ., supra ; wiederrecht and etzkorn , supra . fkbp - 25 galat et al ., supra ; wiederrecht and etzkorn , supra . fkbp - 38 wiederrecht and etzkorn , supra . fkbp - 51 baughman et al ., mol . cell . biol ., 8 , 4395 - 4402 ( 1995 ). fkbp - 52 galat et al ., supra . bacterialegionella pnemnophilia galat et al ., supra . legionella micadei galat et al ., supra . chlamydia trachomatis galat et al ., supra . e . coli fkpa home , s . m . and k . d . young , arch . microbiol ., 163 : 357 - 365 ( 1995 ). e . coli slyd roof et al ., j . biol . chem . 269 : 2902 - 2910 ( 1994 ). e . coli orf149 trandinh et al ., faseb j . 6 : 3410 - 3420 ( 1992 ). neisseria meningitidis hacker , j . and g . fischer , mol . micro ., 10 : 445 - 456 ( 1993 ). streptomyces chrysomallus hacker and fischer , supra . fungalyeast fkbp - 12 cardenas et al ., perspectives in drug discovery and design , 2 : 103 - 126 ( 1994 ). yeast fkbp - 13 cardenas et al ., supra . yeast npr1 ( fpr3 ) cardenas et al ., supra . neurospora galat et al ., supra . ______________________________________ a variety of host cells may be used in this invention , which include , but are not limited to , bacteria , yeast , bluegreen algae , plant cells , insect cells and animal cells . expression vectors are defined herein as dna sequences that are required for the transcription of cloned copies of genes and the translation of their mrnas in an appropriate host . such vectors can be used to express genes in a variety of host cells , such as , bacteria , yeast , bluegreen algae , plant cells , insect cells and animal cells . specifically designed vectors allow the shuttling of dna between hosts such as bacteria - yeast or bacteria - animal cells . an appropriately constructed expression vector may contain : an origin of replication for autonomous replication in host cells , selectable markers , a limited number of useful restriction enzyme sites , a potential for high copy number , and active promoters . a promoter is defined as a dna sequence that directs rna polymerase to bind to dna and initiate rna synthesis . a strong promoter is one which causes mrnas to be initiated at high frequency . expression vectors may include , but are not limited to , cloning vectors , modified cloning vectors , specifically designed plasmids or viruses . commercially available vectors suitable for fkbp fusion protein expression include , but are not limited to pbr322 ( promega ), pgex ( amersham ), pt7 ( usb ), pet ( novagen ), pibi ( ibi ), pproex - 1 ( gibco / brl ), pbluescript ii ( stratagene ), ptz18r and ptz19r ( usb ), pse420 ( invitrogen ), pvl1392 ( invitrogen ), pbluebac ( invitrogen ), pbacpak ( clontech ), phil ( invitrogen ), pyes2 ( invitrogen ), pcdna ( invitrogen ), prep ( invitrogen ) or the like . the expression vector may be introduced into host cells via any one of a number of techinques including but not limited to transformation , transfection , infection , protoplast fusion , and electroporation . e . coli containing an expression plasmid with the target gene fused to fkbp are grown and appropriately induced . the cells are then pelleted and resuspended in a suitable buffer . although fkbp - 12 lacks sequences that specifically direct it to the periplasm , fkbp fusions are primarily located there and can be released by a standard freeze / thaw treatment of the cell pellet . following centrifugation , the resulting supernatant contains & gt ; 80 % pure fkbp fusion , which if desired can be purified further by conventional methods . alternatively , the assay is not dependent on pure protein and the initial periplasmic preparation may be used directly . a thrombin site located between fkbp and the target protein can be used as a means to cleave fkbp from the fusion ; such cleaved material may be a suitable negative control for subsequent assays . a fusion protein which contains a single or multiple sh2 domain ( s ) may be purified by preparing an affinity matrix consisting of biotinylated phosphopeptide coupled to avidin or streptavidin immobilized on a solid support . a freeze / thaw extract is prepared from the cells which express the fusion protein and is loaded onto the affinity matrix . the desired fusion protein is then specifically eluted with phenyl phosphate . to assay the formation of a complex between a target protein and its ligand , the tagged ligand is mixed with the fkbp fusion protein in a suitable buffer in the presence of the radiolabeled ligand in the well of a white microplate . after a suitable incubation period to allow complex formation to occur , coated spa beads are added to capture the tagged ligand and any bound fusion protein . the plate is sealed , incubated for a sufficient period to allow the capture to go to completion , then counted in a multiwell scintillation counter . screening for agonists / antagonists / inhibitors is carried out by performing the initial incubation prior to the capture step with spa beads in the presence of a test compound ( s ) to determine whether they have an effect upon the binding of the tagged ligand to the fusion protein . this principle is illustrated by fig1 . the present invention can be understood further by the following examples , which do not constitute a limitation of the invention . general techniques for modifying and expressing genes in various host cells can be found in ausubel , f . m ., brent , r ., kingston , r . e ., moore , d . d ., seidman , j . g ., smith , j . a . and struhl , k . current protocols in molecular biology ( john wiley & amp ; sons , new york , n . y ., 1989 ). sequences for a 3 &# 39 ;- altered fkbp fragment that contained a glycine codon ( ggt ) in place of the stop ( tga ) codon followed by a sequence encoding a thrombin site ( leu - val - pro - arg ) and bamhi restriction site ( gaattc ) were amplified using the polymerase chain reaction ( pcr ). the pcr reaction contained the following primers : 5 &# 39 ;- gatcgccatgggagtgcaggtggaaaccatctcccca - 3 &# 39 ; ( seq . id . no . 8 ) and 5 &# 39 ;- tacgaattctggcgtggatccacgcggaaccagaccttccagt tttag - 3 &# 39 ; ( seq . id . no . 9 ) and a plasmid containing human fkbp - 12 as the template . the resulting 367 base pair amplification product was ligated into the vector pcrii ( invitrogen ) and the ligation mixture transformed into competent escherichia coli cells . clones containing an insert were identified using pcr with flanking vector primers . dideoxy dna sequencing confirmed the nucleotide sequence of one positive isolate . the altered 338 base pair fkbp fragment was excised from the pcrii plasmid using ncoi and bamhi and ligated into ncoi and bamhi digested pet9d ( novagen ) plasmid . competent e . coli were transformed with the ligation mixture , and colonies containing the insert were identified using pcr with primers encoding for flanking vector sequences . the fkbp fusion cloning vector is called pet9dfkbpt . a dna fragment encoding for the tandem sh2 domains of zap - 70 was prepared by pcr to contain a bamhi site at the 5 &# 39 ;- end such that the reading frame was conserved with that of fkbp in the fusion vector . at the 3 &# 39 ;- end , the fragment also incorporated a stop codon followed by a bamhi site . the pcr reaction contained molt - 4 cdna ( clontech ) and the following primers : 5 &# 39 ;- attaggatccatgccagatcctgcagctcacctgccct - 3 &# 39 ; ( seq . id . no . 10 ) and 5 &# 39 ;- atatggatccttaccagaggcgttgct - 3 &# 39 ; ( seq . id . no . 11 ). the fragment was cloned into a suitable vector , sequenced , digested with bamhi , and the insert containing the sh2 domains ligated to bamhi treated pet9dfkbpt , and transformed into e . coli . clones containing inserts in the correct orientation were identified by pcr or restriction enzyme analysis . plasmid dna was prepared and used to transform bl21 ( de3 ) cells . the expression vector for the tandem sh2 domains of syk fused to fkbp was prepared as in example 2 except that the pcr reaction contained raji cell cdna ( clontech ) and the following primers : 5 &# 39 ;- caataggatccatggccagcagcggcatggctga - 3 &# 39 ; ( seq . id . no . 12 ) and 5 &# 39 ;- gacctaggatccctaattaacatttccctgtgtgccgat - 3 &# 39 ; ( seq . id . no . 13 ). the expression vector for the sh2 domain of lck fused to fkbp was prepared as in example 2 except that the pcr reaction contained molt - 4 cdna ( clontech ) and the following primers : 5 &# 39 ;- atatggatccatggcgaacagcctggagcccgaaccct - 3 &# 39 ; ( seq . id . no . 14 ) and 5 &# 39 ;- attaggatccttaggtctggcaggggcggctcaaccgtgt gca - 3 &# 39 ; ( seq . id . no . 15 ). e . coli bl21 ( de3 ) cells containing the pet9dfkbpt / zapsh2 plasmid were grown in luria - bertani ( lb ) media containing 50 microgram / ml kanamycin at 37 degrees c . until the optical density measured at 600 nm was 0 . 5 - 1 . 0 . expression of the fk - zap fusion protein was induced with 0 . 1 mm isopropyl beta - thiogalactopyranoside and the cells were grown for another 3 - 5 hr at 30 degrees c . they were pelleted at 4400 × g for 10 min at 4 degrees c . and resuspended in 2 % of the original culture volume with 100 mm tris ph 8 . 0 containing 1 microgram / ml each aprotinin , pepstatin , leupeptin , and bestatin . the resuspended pellet was frozen at - 20 degrees c . until further purification . the affinity matrix for purification of fk - zap was prepared by combining agarose - immobilized avidin with excess biotinylated phosphopeptide derived from the ζ1 itam sequence of the human t - cell receptor , biotinyl - gsnqlpynelnlgrreepydvldk ( seq . id . no . 16 ), and washing out unbound peptide . frozen cells containing fk - zap were thawed in warm water , refrozen on dry ice for about 25 min ., then thawed again . after the addition of 0 . 1 % octyl glucoside , 1 mm dithiothreitol ( dtt ) and 500 mm nacl , the extract was centrifuged at 35 , 000 × g for approximately 30 minutes . the supernatant was loaded onto the phosphopeptide affinity column , at about 4 ° and washed with phosphate buffered saline containing 1 mm dtt and 0 . 1 % octyl glucoside . fk - zap was eluted with 200 mm phenyl phosphate in the same buffer at about 37 °. the protein pool was concentrated and the phenyl phosphate removed on a desalting column . the purified fk - zap was stored at about - 30 ° in 10 mm hepes / 150 mm nacl / 1 mm dtt / 0 . 1 mm edta / 10 % glycerol . e . coli bl21 ( de3 ) cells containing the pet9dfkbpt / syksh2 plasmid were grown , induced , and harvested as described in example 5 . fk - syk was purified using the same affinity matrix and methodology described in example 5 . e . coli bl21 ( de3 ) cells containing the pet9dfkbpt / lcksh2 plasmid were grown , induced , and harvested as described in example 5 . the affinity matrix for purification of fk - lck was prepared by combining agarose - immobilized avidin with excess biotinyl - epqpyeeipiyl , and washing out unbound peptide . the remaining methodology for purification was the same as example 5 . assays were conducted at ambient temperature in a buffer consisting of 25 mm hepes , 10 mm dtt , 0 . 01 % tween - 20 , ph 7 . 0 . 10 μl of a dmso solution of test compound ( s ) and 120 μl of biotinyl - phosphopeptide stock solution were dispensed into the wells of a 96 - well packard optiplate . next , 20 μl of a mixture of fk - zap protein and 3 h - dihydrofk506 were added to each test well . finally , 50 μl of a 4 mg / ml suspension of spa beads were dispensed to each well . final concentrations of the assay components were : the plate was sealed and incubated between 1 and 8 hours . bead - bound radioactivity was then measured in a packard topcount microplate scintillation counter . the assays were conducted as set forth in example 8 , except that fk - syk replaced fk - zap . the assays were conducted as set forth in example 8 , except that fk - lck replaced fk - zap and the tagged ligand was 25 nm biotinyl - epqpyeeipiyl ( seq . id . no . 17 ). __________________________________________________________________________sequence listing ( 1 ) general information :( iii ) number of sequences : 17 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 1 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 1137 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : genomic dna ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 1 : 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sequence description : seq id no : 7 : glyleuvalproargglyser15 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 8 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 37 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : genomic dna ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 8 : gatcgccatgggagtgcaggtggaaaccatctcccca37 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 9 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 48 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : genomic dna ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 9 : tacgaattctggcgtggatccacgcggaaccagaccttccagttttag48 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 10 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 38 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : genomic dna ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 10 : attaggatccatgccagatcctgcagctcacctgccct38 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 11 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 27 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : genomic dna ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 11 : atatggatccttaccagaggcgttgct27 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 12 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 34 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : genomic dna ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 12 : caataggatccatggccagcagcggcatggctga34 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 13 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 39 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : genomic dna ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 13 : gacctaggatccctaattaacatttccctgtgtgccgat39 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 14 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 38 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : genomic dna ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 14 : atatggatccatggcgaacagcctggagcccgaaccct38 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 15 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 43 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : genomic dna ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 15 : attaggatccttaggtctggcaggggcggctcaaccgtgtgca43 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 16 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 22 amino acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : protein ( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : other ( b ) location : 6 ... 6 ( d ) other information : xaa = phosphorylated tyrosine ( a ) name / key : other ( b ) location : 17 ... 17 ( d ) other information : xaa = phosphorylated tyrosine ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 16 : glyserasnglnleuxaaasngluleuasnleuglyargarggluglu151015xaaaspvalleuasplys20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 17 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 11 amino acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : protein ( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : other ( b ) location : 4 ... 4 ( d ) other information : xaa = phosphorylated tyrosine ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 17 : gluproglnxaaglugluileproiletyrleu1510__________________________________________________________________________