Patent Application: US-4650893-A

Abstract:
the invention includes recombinant dna compounds , vectors and methods useful for expressing an exceptionally rare , human , cytosolic phospholipase a 2 enzyme . the invention also includes a method for screening compounds to identify inhibitors of cpla 2 which is believed to partake in several disease processes .

Description:
the heart of this invention is the isolated , purified human cpla 2 cdna which was enzymatically copied from the messenger rna as found in nature . its dna sequence is given in seq . id . no : 1 , and the amino acid sequence which it encodes is laid out in seq . id . no : 2 . based on the degeneracy of the genetic code , those skilled in the art will recognize that many other nucleotide sequences of the same length are capable of encoding the cpla 2 enzyme . all such sequences are also a part of the invention due to information which the natural sequence inherently contains . the invention as a whole comprises cpla 2 - encoding dna sequences , recombinant dna vectors , recombinant host cells and methods of use . each of the above embodiments is limited by the protein sequence encoded by the claimed dna sequences . however , those skilled in the art will recognize that heterologous proteins often undergo enzymatic digestion when expressed in foreign host cells . for example , it is well known that n - terminal methionine residues , preceding a serine residue , are often removed by certain enzymes in prokaryotic cells and as such are contemplated in this invention . moreover , the invention is not limited by the illustrations and examples used to help describe the invention . for purposes of this document , a recombinant dna vector can also be referred to as simply a vector . both terms include two types of vectors , cloning and expression vectors . a cloning vector , as those skilled in the art know , is a plasmid capable of replication in an appropriate host cell . an expression vector is a plasmid capable of having a particular protein coding sequence in the plasmid transcribed and translated into a polypeptide . both vectors preferably contain a selectable marker such as an antibiotic resistance gene which permits only transformed cells to grow in a selective medium . in one embodiment , the invention provides recombinant dna cloning vectors containing cpla 2 - encoding dna sequences . those skilled in the art will readily appreciate the utility of such vectors as a means for obtaining a cpla 2 gene , propagating it , constructing other useful recombinant dna vectors , and using those vectors for a variety of purposes . another embodiment includes recombinant dna expression vectors useful for obtaining substantial amounts of the heretofore extremely rare cpla 2 enzyme . given the cpla 2 - encoding dna sequences of the invention , those skilled in the art will be readily able to construct expression vectors using known functional elements . four typical expression vectors are described below to help illustrate this aspect of the invention . the following vectors are described only for illustrative purposes and are not meant to limit the invention in any way . two different strains of e . coli were transformed with four expression vectors , and the resulting recombinant host cells were deposited with the northern regional research laboratories ( nrrl ) under the terms of the budapest treaty . each vector has the functional elements necessary for replication in its host cell strain , thus constituting cloning vectors . two of the deposited vectors also function as prokaryotic expression vectors , and two function as eukaryotic expression vectors . each vector will be discussed in turn . plasmid pecpla21 , nrrl accession number 18774 , was used to transform e . coli strain k12 dh5 alpha . the dna sequence of seq . id . no : 1 is the cpla 2 - encoding portion of the vector . the vector also contains an origin of replication sequence , a tetracycline resistance - conferring ( tet ) sequence , a temperature sensitive repressor ( ci857 ) that regulates an inducible promoter sequence ( p l ), and a transcription termination sequence , all of e . coli or lambda phage origin . the aforementioned functional elements of the plasmid enable the host cell to replicate numerous copies of the plasmid and , upon induction , to transcribe and translate the cpla 2 gene . those skilled in the art will of course realize that numerous other sequences having like functions may be substituted for those actually used in pecpla21 . plasmid pecpla22 , nrrl accession number 18775 , is believed to be identical to pecpla21 . however , since it arose from a different clone , it is possible that it differs from pecpla21 by a few base pairs , particularly in the splicing regions . nonetheless , pecpla22 is functionally indistinguishable from pecpla21 in that it contains an origin of replication sequence , a tet gene , the ci857 temperature sensitive repressor that regulates the p l inducible promoter sequence , and a transcription termination sequence as well as dna seq . id . no : 1 . a different strain of e . coli ( e . coli k12 × e . coli b hybrid rr1 ) was transformed with pecpla22 in hope of gaining expression advantages over the previously discussed transformed strain . to date , both transformed e . coli strains appear equivalent with respect to expression and handling properties . two different eukaryotic expression vectors , phdcpf and phdcpfs , were constructed around seq . id . no : 1 . the vectors are identical except that phdcpf contains the is10 bacterial insertion sequence 3 &# 39 ; to seq . id . no : 1 . the is10 insertion sequence appeared in the 3 &# 39 ; noncoding region of the cpla 2 cdna , producing a plasmid that appeared to be a more stable form than the form lacking is10 . is10 is well known ( hailing , s . m , and kleckner , n ., cell , 28 , 155 ( 1982 )) and inserts into preferred nine base - pair sites in dna , two of which appear in the 3 &# 39 ; noncoding region of the cpla 2 gene . since it was not certain whether is10 would affect the level of cpla 2 synthesis , the insertion sequence was eliminated along with both nine base - pair sites in the bacterial expression vectors pecpla21 and pecpla22 . however , is10 was included in the eukaryotic expression vector phdcpf . both eukaryotic expression vectors were derived from the same precursor , plasmid phd . as such , the functional elements of phd will be discussed and will apply equally to both phdcpf and phdcpfs . the phd vector contains an e . coli origin of replication and an ampicillin resistance - conferring gene ( amp ). these elements make it possible for plasmid phd to function as a cloning vector in e . coli . as discussed previously , the skilled artisan knows that many other sequences are capable of conferring the same properties on a given vector and are routinely substituted for one another based on what is appropriate under the circumstances . for example , the present embodiment is not limited to the amp gene as the selectable marker since many other comparable markers are well - known and used in the art . other antibiotic resistance - conferring genes such as the tetracycline and kanamycin resistance - conferring genes would also be compatible with the present invention . the vector also contains two other selectable markers which allows the isolation of eukaryotic clones transformed by the vector . the hygromycin resistance gene ( hyg ) gives those eukaryotic cells transformed by the vector the ability to grow in medium containing hygromycin at concentrations which inhibit the growth of non - transformed cells , approximately 200 to 400 ug / ml . the other selectable marker which can also be used to amplify expression is the murine dihydrofolate reductase ( dhrf ) gene . this gene is known in the art and enables eukaryotic cells to be selected based on resistance to approximately 0 . 5 to 130 um methotrexate . in the phd vector , the adenovirus - 2 major late promoter ( mlp ) drives expression of the gene of interest , cpla 2 in this case . those skilled in the art can readily imagine numerous other eukaryotic promoters that could function in place of mlp . examples include , but are not limited to , the sv40 early and late promoters , the estrogen - inducible chicken ovalbumin gene promoter , the promoters of the interferon genes , the glucocorticoid - inducible tyrosine aminotransferase gene promoter , the thymidine kinase gene promoter and the adenovirus early promoter . preferred cpla 2 cloning vectors of the invention are those which function in e . coli . preferred prokaryotic cpla 2 vectors are the type which operate as both cloning and expression vectors . more highly preferred prokaryotic cpla 2 vectors are pecpla21 and pecpla22 . preferred eukaryotic cpla 2 vectors are those which function as cloning vectors in e . coli and also are able to operate as expression vectors in eukaryotic cells . more preferred eukaryotic cpla 2 vectors have the same properties as the preferred type with the added feature that they function as expression vectors in mammalian cells . more highly preferred eukaryotic cpla 2 vectors are phdcpf and phdcpfs and the most highly preferred is phdcpfs . an additional embodiment of the invention includes various types of recombinant dna host cells . for purposes of this document recombinant dna host cells may be referred to as recombinant host cells or simply host cells . a recombinant host cell is a cell whose genome has been altered by the addition of foreign dna . the most common type of host cell is one that has been transformed with a vector containing heterologous dna . host cells serve two purposes by providing the cellular machinery to replicate the vector and / or express the protein coding regions in the vector . preferred host cells of the invention are e . coli cells containing a vector comprising a cpla2 gene and can serve in both the cloning and expressing capacity . because the cpla2 gene was isolated from human cells , a more preferred host cell is a eukaryotic cell transformed by a eukaryotic expression vector comprising a cpla2 - encoding dna sequence . more highly preferred host cells are mammalian cell lines transformed by a eukaryotic expression vector comprising a cpla2 gene . the most preferred host cells are the human embryohal kidney cell line 293 transformed by phdcpf or phdcpfs and the av12 hamster cell line transformed by phdcpf or phdcpfs . the most highly preferred cpla2 host cells of the invention are the human embryonal kidney cell line 293 transformed by phdcpfs and the av12 hamster cell line transformed by phdcpfs . both non - transformed cell lines are a permanent part of the american type culture collection ( atcc ). yet another embodiment of the invention is a method of using a cpla 2 - encoding gene to transform a cell . there is a wide variety of tranformation techniques applicable to both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells which will not be discussed , because such transformation methods are old in the art . a further embodiment of the invention consists of a method of using a cpla 2 host cell to express cpla 2 . in this embodiment , a host cell , either prokaryotic or eukaryotic , that has been transformed is cultured in an appropriate medium until a substantial cell mass has been obtained . fermentation of transformed prokaryotes and mass cell culture of transformed eukaryotic cells is old in the art and will not be discussed for that reason . the second step of this embodiment is the isolation of cpla 2 from the cultured cells . two methods for purifying cpla 2 from a non - transformed mammalian cell line are described in u . s . patent application ser . no . 07 / 573 , 513 . the following summarizes those methods . once grown and harvested , the cultured cells are lysed by nitrogen cavitation in the presence of protease inhibitors . a soluble fraction is prepared from the lysate by ultracentrifugation . the resulting solution of cytosolic proteins contains cpla 2 and is subjected to a series of purification procedures . the soluble fraction of the cell lysate is run through a series of column chromatography procedures . anion exchange chromatography is followed by hydrophobic interaction , molecular sizing and finally another hydrophobic interaction technique where the conditions are such that the cpla 2 binds the resin weakly . each column is run individually , and the eluate is collected in fractions while monitoring for absorbance at 280 nm . fractions are assayed for phospholipase a 2 activity , and those fractions with the desired activity are then run over the next column until a homogeneous solution of cpla 2 is obtained . immunoaffinity purification using anti - cpla 2 antibodies is an alternative to the series of chromatographic procedures already mentioned . making antiserum or monoclonal antibodies directed against a purified protein is well known in the art , and skilled artisans readily will be able to prepare anti - cpla 2 antibodies . preparing an immunoaffinity matrix using such antibodies and isolating cpla 2 using the immunoaffinity matrix is also well within the skill of the art . see affinity chromatography principles & amp ; methods , pharmacia fine chemicals , 1983 . the invention also encompasses a method of using a cpla 2 - encoding gene to screen compounds . by using purified , recombinantly or even naturally produced cpla 2 , it is possible to test whether a particular compound is able to inhibit or block cpla 2 enzyme activity . by adding the test compound over a wide range of concentrations to the substrate solution described in example 1 below , it is trivial to determine whether a given compound is able to inhibit or block the enzyme &# 39 ; s activity . the following examples will help describe how the invention is practiced and will illustrate the characteristics of the claimed cpla 2 - encoding genes , vectors , host cells , and methods of the invention . the substrate , sonicated liposomes containing 1 - palmitoyl - 2 [ 14 c ] arachidonoyl - sn - glyceo - 3 - phosphocholine ([ 14 c ] pc , 55 mci / mmol from nen research products ) and sn - 1 , 2 - dioleoylglycerol ( dg , avanti polar lipids , birmingham , ala .) at a molar ratio of 2 : 1 , was prepared as follows . [ 14 c ] pc ( 20 nmol , 1 × 10 6 dpm , 50 uci / ml in toluene / ethanol ) and dg ( 10 nmol , 100 ug / ml in chloroform ) were dried under nitrogen . the lipids were dispersed in 1 ml of 150 mm nacl , 50 mm hepes , ph 7 . 5 ( assay buffer ) by sonication at 4 ° c ., with a microson probe - sonicator ( heat systems ultrasonics ) for 4 × 15 seconds , with 45 second intervals . bovine serum albumin ( essentially fatty acid free , from a 100 mg / ml stock in water , sigma ) was added to a final concentration of 4 mg / ml . samples to be assayed for cpla 2 activity were incubated with 50 ul liposomes ( 0 . 5 nmol [ 14 c ] pc , 50 , 000 dpm containing 0 . 25 nmol of dg ) in a total volume of 0 . 2 ml of assay buffer containing 1 mm cacl 2 and 1 mm 2 - me . incubations were carried out at 37 ° c . for 15 minutes and terminated by adding 2 ml of dole &# 39 ; s reagent ( 2 - propanol / heptane / 0 . 5m sulfuric acid , 40 : 10 : 1 containing 10 ug / ml of stearic acid ). after mixing , 1 . 2 ml of heptane and 1 ml of water were added . the mixtures were briefly vortexed and the upper phase transferred to tubes containing 2 ml of heptane and 150 mg of bio - sil ( bio - rad laboratories ) activated at 130 ° c . before use . the tubes were thoroughly vortexed and centrifuged ( 1000 × g for 5 minutes ). the supernatants were decanted into scintillation vials . after addition of 10 ml of a liquid scintillation cocktail ( ready protein +, beckman ) radioactivity was counted using a beckman liquid scintillation counter model ls 7000 . high radioactive counts correlate with enzymatic activity . e . coli k12 dh5 alpha / pecpla21 and e . coli k12 × e . coli b hybrid rr1 / pecpla22 were deposited at the northern regional research laboratories ( nrrl ) under accession numbers nrrl b - 18774 and nrrl b - 18775 respectively . the deposits were made in accordance with the terms of the budapest treaty . both strains carried closed circular plasmids that contain cpla 2 - encoding cdna , a tetracycline resistance - conferring gene , the temperature sensitive ci857 repressor that regulates the lambda pl promoter and other regulatory elements necessary for transcription and translation in e . coli . e . coli k12 × e . coli b hybrid rr1 / pecpla22 was grown overnight in tryptone broth supplemented with 10 ug / ml tetracycline ( ty ) at 28 ° c ., then diluted 1 : 10 with the ty broth and agitated for 60 minutes at 28 ° c . after the initial growth phase , the cells were induced by raising the culture temperature to 42 ° c . for six hours . the induced cells were lysed by treatment with a 1 mg / ml ( final concentration in water ) lysozyme solution and sonicated six times for 15 seconds , at 45 second intervals . a transformed and a non - transformed cell lysate were prepared and assayed for protein content . the samples were then assayed for cpla 2 activity according to example 1 . fig4 shows the enzymatic activity found in each sample versus its protein content . e . coli cells that did not contain cpla 2 - encoding dna were used as the negative control . the data unmistakably illustrated that the e . coli cells which were transformed with one of the vectors of the invention expressed significantly more cpla 2 than did the control cells . transient expression of cpla 2 was achieved in the human embryonal kidney cell line 293 . the line is a permanent part of the american type culture collection ( atcc ) and is available under accession number crl 1573 . e . coli k12 dh5 alpha / phdcpf and e . coli k12 dh5 alpha / phdcpfs were deposited at the northern regional research laboratories ( nrrl ) under accession numbers nrrl b - 18772 and nrrl b - 18773 respectively . the deposits were made in accordance with the terms of the budapest treaty . both strains carried closed circular plasmids containing cpla 2 - encoding cdna , ampicillin and hygromycin resistance - conferring genes , the dihydrofolate reductase gene , the adenovirus major late promoter and other regulatory elements necessary for transcription and translation in eukaryotic cells . one half liter of ds broth ( 12 gm tryptone , 24 gm yeast extract , 4 ml glycerol , 100 ml of 0 . 17m kh 2 po 4 + 0 . 72m k 2 hpo 4 per liter ) containing 100 ug / ml ampicillin was inoculated with e . coli k12 dh5 alpha / phdcpfs cells and incubated in an air shaker at 37 ° c . overnight . the culture was then removed and centrifuged in a sorvalt gsa rotor ( dupont co ., instrument products , newtown , conn . 06470 ) at 7500 rpm for 10 minutes at 4 ° c . the resulting supernatant was discarded , and the cell pellet was resuspended in 14 mls of a solution of 25 % sucrose and 50 mm tris / hcl ( sigma ), ph 8 . 0 ; the mixture was then transferred to an oakridge tube . two mls of a 10 mg / ml lysozyme solution and 0 . 75 ml of 0 . 5m ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid ( edta ) ph 8 . 4 were added to the solution , which was then incubated on ice for 15 minutes . 1 . 5 mls of triton lytic mix ( 3 % triton x - 100 ( sigma ), 0 . 19m edta , 0 . 15m tris / hcl ph 8 . 0 ) was added to the solution , which was then incubated for 15 minutes . the solution was centrifuged in a sorvall ss34 rotor ( dupont co ., instrument products , newtown , conn . 06470 ) at 20 , 000 rpm for 45 minutes at 4 °. the resulting supernatant containing plasmid dna was removed and mixed with a solution of 20 . 55 g cscl , 0 . 28 ml of 1m tris / hcl ph 8 . 0 , and 1 . 35 mls of a 10 mg / ml ethidium bromide ( etbr ) solution . the final volume of the mixture was brought to 27 mls with water . the mixture was centrifuged in two quick - seal tubes ( beckman cat . # 342413 ) in a ti 75 rotor ( beckman instruments , inc .) at 45 , 000 rpm for 4 days at 20 ° c . plasmid bands were collected separately into two new quick - seal tubes . 150 ul of etbr ( 10 mg / ml ) was added into each tube and then the tubes were topped off with a cscl / h 2 o ( double distilled , deionized water ) solution ( density = 1 . 56 g / ml ) and centrifuged in a ti 75 rotor at 45 , 000 rpm for 24 hours at 20 ° c . the plasmid band was collected and an equal volume of water was added to dilute the cscl . etbr was extracted 5 times with between 2 and 3 volumes of 1 - butanol . 2 . 5 volumes of absolute ethanol was added to the extracted solution containing plasmid , which was incubated at room temperature for 5 - 10 minutes and then centrifuged in a soyall ss34 rotor at 10 , 000 rpm for 10 minutes . the dna pellet was dried and then dissolved in 200 ul of te solution ( 1 mm edta , 10 mm tris / hcl ph 8 . 0 ). one day prior to transfection , 293 cells were seeded in two , 100 cm 2 culture dishes ( falcon # 1005 ) at a density of 1 × 10 6 cells per dish . the cells were seeded and grown in dmem ( dulbecco &# 39 ; s modified eagle medium ; gibco , grand island , n . y .) supplemented with 10 % fetal bovine serum ( hyclone ; ogden , utah ) and 50 mg / ml of gentamycin ( gibco ) in a 5 % co 2 , humidified 37 ° c . incubator . approximately 20 ugs of purified phdcpf dna was added to a calcium phosphate transfection buffer ( see wigler et al ., p . n . a . s ., 76 , ( 1979 ) in the absence of any carrier dna . the transfection was allowed to proceed for four hours at 37 ° c ., after which the transfection buffer was replaced with dmem , supplemented as described above , and the cells were allowed to grow for three days . the transfected cultures were washed once with wash buffer ( 140 mm nacl , 5 mm kcl , 2 mm edta , 25 mm hepes , ph 7 . 4 ) and were removed from the culture dishes by adding 10 mls of wash buffer followed by scraping . the cells ( approximately 1 × 10 7 ) were placed in a conical tube and centrifuged . one ml of wash buffer plus 1 mm phenylmethane sulfonyl fluoride , 100 um leupeptin and 100 um pepstatin a was added to the pellet and the cells were lysed using a probe sonicator ( model w - 385 , heat systems ultrasonics ) with a stepped microtip at an output setting of 1 . sonication was repeated six times for 15 seconds at 45 second intervals . the transfected 293 lysates were then assayed for cpla 2 activity according to example 1 . the results from one such lysate are shown in fig5 where cpla 2 activity is plotted against the protein content of the lysate . untransfected cells , otherwise handled in an identical manner , were used as the negative control . the graph clearly shows that the transfected cells had higher cpla 2 activity than did the negative control . the increased enzymatic activity demonstrates that plasmid phdcpfs was able to successfully express cpla 2 . stable expression of cpla 2 was achieved in the human embryohal kidney cell line 293 and in the av12 hamster cell line . the av12 cell line is a permanent part of the atcc and is available under accession number crl9595 , and the 293 cell line is a permanent part of the atcc and is available under accession number crl1573 . plasmids containing the cpla 2 - encoding gene were prepared according to example 3 a ). both mammalian cell lines were transfected with phdcpfs according to example 3b ) except that the plasmid dna was first linearized by digestion with restriction enzyme fsp i and precipitated with ethanol . after transfection , both cell lines were individually seeded into culture plates and grown for three days in dmem after which the medium was replaced with selective medium ( dmem supplemented as described above plus 200 ug / ml hygromycin ) to kill any cells which did not take up the linearized plasmid dna . after 5 days , most of the originally seeded cells had spontaneously detached from the culture plates and were removed by the weekly changes of medium ( twice weekly for av12 cells ); however , colonies grew from both cell lines . these colonies were transferred to 24 - well trays ( costar inc .) using plastic pipet tips . the transfected lines were grown and assayed as described in examples 1 and 3 , and the results are shown in fig6 - 8 . fig6 and 7 show the results of eight transformed av12 cell lines and fig8 shows the results of one transformed 293 cell line . the negative controls were the non - transformed cell lines handled in the same fashion . the results clearly show that stable cell lines expressing cpla 2 were obtained by transformation with vectors of the invention . to date , lorry - eight transformed av12 and six transformed 293 cell lines have been assayed , and all expressed cpla 2 above control levels . immunological and electrophoretic equivalence between naturally - occurring cpla 2 , described in u . s . patent application ser . no . 07 / 573 , 513 , and recombinant cpla 2 produced using one of the dna sequences of the present invention , was established by western blot analysis . the samples and the procedure used are described below . e . coli k12 × e . coli b hybrid rr1 / pecpla22 cells , described in example 2 , were grown to an o . d . 600 of 1 . 0 . one ml of cells was centrifuged , and the medium was removed . the pellet was dissolved in 250 uls of loading buffer ( 0 . 125m tris / hcl , ph 6 . 8 containing 2 % sds , 30 % glycerol , 0 . 1 % bromophenol blue ( sigma ), 6m urea , and 10 % 2 - mercaptoethanol ). e . coli k12 × e . coli b hybrid rr1 cells which did not contain the cpla 2 - encoding plasmid pecpla22 were grown and handled as stated in sample 1 . 500 ngs of naturally - occurring cpla 2 isolated from the human monoblastoid cell line u937 as described in u . s . patent application ser . no . 07 / 573 , 513 were mixed with 30 uls of loading buffer . all samples were heated at 100 ° c . for five minutes , and 30 uls of each were loaded onto separate lanes of a 10 % sds polyacrylamide gel ( 160 × 140 × 1 . 5 mm ). the gel was run at 50 ma until the dye reached the bottom of the gel . the proteins were transferred to a problott ™ membrane ( applied biosystems ) using a biorad transblot apparatus run in 20 mm caps buffer , ph 11 ( sigma , c - 2632 ) at 250 ma for 2 hours . after the proteins were transferred , the filter was removed and washed 3 times for 5 minutes at room temperature in tbst ( 0 . 15m nacl , 0 . 1 % tween 20 , 50 mm tris / hcl , ph 8 . 0 ) on a rocking platform . the blot was then blocked for 3 hours in tbs ( 0 . 15m nacl , 50 mm tris / hcl , ph 8 . 0 ) containing 5 % non - fat dried milk ( carnation ), then blocked again for 3 hours in tbs + 3 % bovine serum albumin . the blot was then washed 3 times for 5 minutes in 100 mls of tbst . monoclonal antibodies specific for cpla 2 were described in u . s . patent application ser . no . 07 / 663 , 335 . one of those antibodies ( 3 . 1 ) was used as the primary antibody to probe the blot for cpla 2 in the present example . the primary antibody , at a concentration of 0 . 5 mg / ml , was diluted 1 : 570 in tbst plus 0 . 02 % sodium azide . the protein - containing blot was incubated overnight at 4 ° c . in the primary antibody solution and then washed as before . the blot was then reacted with a secondary antibody by incubating it for 6 hours at room temperature in a solution of immunoaffinity purified rabbit anti - mouse igg antibody ( jackson immunoresearch , cat . # 315 - 005 - 045 ) diluted 1 : 5000 in tbst . the blot was then washed as before , followed by incubation at 4 ° c . overnight in a 1 : 500 dilution ( tbst ) of goat anti - rabbit igg conjugated to horseradish peroxidase ( pel - freeze , cat . # 721307 - 1 ). the blot was washed as before and developed for 60 minutes at room temperature in a solution of 42 mls of 0 . 1m phosphate buffer , ph 6 ; 8 mls of 4 - chloronapthol ( 3 mg / ml in methanol ) containing 300 uls of 3 % hydrogen peroxide . the results of the western blot analysis are shown in fig9 . the stained bands in samples 1 and 3 demonstrate that the naturally - occuring cpla 2 found in the u937 cell line has the same mobility when run on an sds gel as the recombinantly produced cpla 2 encoded by one of the claimed dna sequences of the invention . sample 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