Patent Application: US-47961495-A

Abstract:
the present invention provides an adenosine kinase protein having an identified structural formula . the identified protein or similar adenosine kinase proteins having residues as claimed and recited herein may be isolated and purified from natural sources or produced by recombinant dna technology .

Description:
the present invention provides isolated and purified polynucleotides that encode adenosine kinase of mammalian origin , expression vectors containing those polynucleotides , host cells transformed with those expression vectors , a process of making adenosine kinase using those polynucleotides and vectors , and isolated and purified adenosine kinase . in one aspect , the present invention provides an isolated and purified polynucleotide that encodes an adenosine kinase polypeptide of mammalian origin . a polynucleotide of the present invention that encodes adenosine kinase is an isolated and purified polynucleotide that comprises a nucleotide sequence consisting essentially of a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of ( a ) the sequence of seq id no : 1 from about nucleotide position 16 to about nucleotide position 1098 , the sequence of seq id no : 4 from about nucleotide position 94 to about nucleotide position 1128 , or the sequence of seq id no : 7 from about nucleotide position 51 to about nucleotide position 1136 ; ( b ) sequences that are complementary to the sequences of ( a ), and ( c ) sequences that , when expressed , encode a polypeptide encoded by the sequences of ( a ). a preferred polynucleotide is a dna molecule . in another embodiment , the polynucleotide is an rna molecule . the nucleotide sequences and deduced amino acid residue sequences of rat and human adenosine kinase are set forth in fig2 a , 2b , 3a , 3b , 4a and 4b . the nucleotide sequence of seq id no : 1 in fig2 a and 2b is a full length dna clone of rat brain adenosine kinase . seq id no : 2 in fig2 a and 2b is the deduced amino acid residue sequence of that clone . seq id no : 3 is a complementary dna strand to seq id no : 1 . the nucleotide sequence of seq id no : 4 in fig3 a and 3b is a dna clone of human short form adenosine kinase . seq id no : 5 in fig3 a and 3b is the deduced amino acid residue sequence of that dna . seq id no : 6 in fig3 a and 3b is the complementary strand to seq id no : 4 . the nucleotide sequence of seq id no : 7 in fig4 a and 4b is a dna clone of human long form adenosine kinase . seq id no : 8 in fig4 a and 4b is the deduced amino acid residue sequence of that dna . seq id no : 9 in fig4 a and 4b is the complementary strand to seq id no : 7 . the present invention also contemplates dna sequences which hybridize under stringent hybridization conditions to the dna sequences set forth above . stringent hybridization conditions are well known in the art and define a degree of sequence identity greater than about 70 %- 80 %. the present invention also contemplates naturally occurring allelic variations and mutations of the dna sequences set forth above so long as those variations and mutations code , on expression , for an adenosine kinase of this invention as set forth hereinafter . as set forth above , seq id nos : 1 , 4 and 7 are full length cdna clones of rodent and human adenosine kinase . as is well known in the art , because of the degeneracy of the genetic code , there are numerous other dna and rna molecules that can code for the same polypeptides as those encoded by seq id nos . : 1 , 4 and 7 . the present invention , therefore , contemplates those other dna and rna molecules which , on expression , encode for the polypeptide encoded by seq id no : 1 , 4 or 7 . having identified the amino acid residue sequence of adenosine kinase , and with knowledge of all triplet codons for each particular amino acid residue , it is possible to describe all such encoding rna and dna sequences . dna and rna molecules other than those specifically disclosed herein and , which molecules are characterized simply by a change in a codon for a particular amino acid are within the scope of this invention . a table of codons representing particular amino acids is set forth below in table 1 . table 1______________________________________first thirdposition second position position ( 5 &# 39 ; end ) t / u c a g ( 3 &# 39 ; end ) ______________________________________t / u phe ser tyr cys t / u phe ser tyr cys c leu ser stop stop a leu ser stop trp gc leu pro his arg t / u leu pro his arg c leu pro gln arg a leu pro gln arg ga ile thr asn ser t / u ile thr asn ser c ile thr lys arg a met thr lys arg gg val ala asp gly t / u val ala asp gly c val ala glu gly a val ala glu gly g______________________________________ a simple change in a codon for the same amino acid residue within a polynucleotide will not change the structure of the encoded polypeptide . by way of example , it can be seen from seq id no : 4 ( see fig3 a and 3b ) that a tca codon for serine exists at nucleotide positions 100 - 102 and again at 298 - 300 . it can also be seen from that same sequence , however , that serine can be encoded by a tct codon ( see e . g ., nucleotide positions 1015 - 1017 ). substitution of the latter tct codon for serine with the tca codon for serine , or visa versa , does not substantially alter the dna sequence of seq id no : 4 and results in expression of the same polypeptide . in a similar manner , substitutions of codons for other amino acid residues can be made in a like manner without departing from the true scope of the present invention . a polynucleotide of the present invention can also be an rna molecule . a rna molecule contemplated by the present invention is complementary to or hybridizes under stringent conditions to any of the dna sequences set forth above . as is well known in the art , such a rna molecule is characterized by the base uracil in place of thymidine . exemplary and preferred rna molecules are mrna molecules that encode an adenosine kinase of this invention . the present invention also contemplates oligonucleotides from about 15 to about 50 nucleotides in length , which oligonucleotides serve as primers and hybridization probes for the screening of dna libraries and the identification of dna or rna molecules that encode adenosine kinase . such primers and probes are characterized in that they will hybridize to polynucleotide sequences encoding adenosine kinase . an oligonucleotide probe or primer contains a nucleotide sequence of at least 15 nucleotides that is identical to or complementary to a contiguous sequence of an adenosine kinase polynucleotide of the present invention . thus , where an oligonucleotide probe is 25 nucleotides in length , at least 15 of those nucleotides are identical or complementary to a sequence of contiguous nucleotides of an adenosine kinase polynucleotide of the present invention . exemplary adenosine kinase polynucleotides of the present invention are set forth above . a preferred oligonucleotde is an antisense oligonucleotide . the present invention provides a synthetic antisense oligonucleotide of less than about 50 nucleotides , preferably less than about 35 nucleotides , more preferably less than about 25 nucleotides and most preferably less than about 20 nucleotides . an antisense oligonucleotide of the present invention is directed against a dna or rna molecule that encodes adenosine kinase . preferably , the antisense oligonucleotide is directed against the protein translational initiation site or the transcriptional start site . in accordance with this preferred embodiment , an antisense molecule is directed against a region of seq . id no : 1 from about nucleotide position 1 to about nucleotide position 40 ; a portion of seq . id no : 4 from about nucleotide position 80 to about nucleotide position 120 and a portion of seq . id no : 7 from about nucleotide position 35 to about nucleotide position 75 . it is understood by one of ordinary skill in the art that antisense oligonucleotide can be directed either against a dna or rna sequence that encodes a specific targel thus , an antisense oligonucleotide of the present invention can also be directed against polynucleotides that are complementary to those shown in seq . id nos : 1 , 4 , and 7 ( i . e ., seq . id nos : 3 , 6 and 9 ) as well as the equivalent rna molecules . preferably , the nucleotides of an antisense oligonucleotides are linked by pseudophosphate bonds that are resistant to clevage by exonuclease or endonuclease enzymes . preferably the pseudophosphate bonds are phosphorothioate bonds . by replacing a phosphodiester bond with one that is resistent to the action of exo - and / or endonuclease , the stability of the nucleic acid in the presence of those enzymes is increased . as used herein , pseudophosphate bonds include , but are not limited to , methylphosphonate , phosphomorpholidate , phosphorothioate , phosphorodithioate and phosphoroselenoate bonds . an oligonucleotide primer or probe , as well as an antisense oligonucleotide of the present invention can be prepared using standard procedures well known in the art . a preferred method of polynucleotide synthesis is via cyanoethyl phosphoramidite chemistry . a detailed description of the preparation , isolation and purification of polynucleotides encoding mammalian adenosine kinase is set forth below . adenosine kinase was purified from rat brain tissue . rats were anaesthetized with carbon dioxide , decapitated , and the brain removed and stored at - 80 ° c . prior to use . 350 g of brain tissue was thawed by warming to 4 ° c . and homogenized in 10 mm tris ( hydroxymethyl ) amino methane hydrochloride ( tris - hcl ) ph 7 . 5 , 1 mm dithiothreitol ( dtt ), 0 . 1 mm ethylenediaminetetraaceticacid ( edta ), 10 μm pepstatin ( sigma , st . louis , mo . ), 10 μm leupeptin ( sigma , st . louis , mo .) and 10 μm chymostatin ( sigma , st louis , mo .). solids were removed by centrifugation at 10 , 000 g for 1 hour , followed by ultra centrifugation at 100 , 000 g for 30 minutes . adenosine kinase was further purified by passing the cleared supernatant over 20 mls of amp - sepharose ( sigma , sl louis , mo .) continuously overnight at 4 ° c . in tkm buffer ( 20 mm tris - hcl ph 7 . 0 , 150 mm kcl , 20 mm mgcl 2 1 mm dtt , 1 mm edta ). the column was then washed successively with two column volumes each of tkm with 500 mm nacl , tkm with 10 mm adenosine triphosphate ( atp ), tkm with 5 mm adenosine and tkm with 1 . 3 mm nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate , reduced ( nadph ). adenosine kinase activity eluted with the adenosine wash . based on initial activity , 86 % of material was recovered at this step , which gave a 1 , 270 fold purification and a specific activity of 0 . 77 u / mg ( one u is defined as the amount of enzyme required to phosphorylate 1 μmol of adenosine per minute at 37 ° c ., at ph 7 . 5 ). samples containing significant adenosine kinase activity were pooled and concentrated in a centricon 100 ™ ( amicon inc . beverly , mass .). the concentrate was then applied to a 1 ml q - sepharose ™ fplc column ( pharmacia , piscataway , n . j .). the column was equilibrated and the protein loaded in 10 mm tris ph 7 . 5 , 0 . 4 mm dtt . adenosine kinase was eluted with a gradient of kcl from 0 to 100 mm in the same buffer , with the adenosine kinase activity eluting as a major peak at approximately 50 mm kcl . the protein was a single homogeneous band by sds page using a precast 12 . 5 % acrylamide gel ( daiichi pure chemicals company , tokyo , japan ) and stained with the biorad silver stain kit ( biorad , richmond , calif .). the overall purification of adenosine kinase from cytosol was 21 , 700 fold , with a final specific activity of 13 u / mg . 20 μg of purified adenosine kinase in 200 μl of 10 mm tris ph 7 . 5 , 100 mm kcl , 0 . 1 mm dtt was concentrated to 100 μl under vacuum . the protein solution was adjusted to 20 mm ethanol amine and 4m urea . 20 μl of 50 mm dtt and 5 mm edta were added and reduction was carried out for 30 mins at room temperature under n 2 , 80 μl of 100 mm tris - hcl , ph 7 . 6 , 10 mm cacl 2 were then added . 1 . 2 μg of endo arg c ( boehringer mannheim , indianapolis , ind .) was then added and digestion carried out for 20 hours at 37 ° c . under n 2 . the activity was quenched with the addition of 20 μl 10 % trifluoroacetic acid ( tfa )/ 5 % acetonitrile ( ch 3 cn ). c . reverse phase high pressure liquid chromatography ( rp - hplc ) of the adenosine kinase endo arg c digest the endo arg c digest of adenosine kinase was separated by rp - hplc using a 1 × 100 mm abi - od300 column ( applied biosystems , foster city , calif .) and pharmacia smart ™ chromatography system ( pharmacia , pitscataway , n . j .). the starting buffer was 0 . 1 % tfa / 5 % ch 3 cn . the elution buffer was 0 . 082 % tfa / 80 % ch 3 cn . a flow rate of 200 μl / min . was used . after loading the digest onto the column , chromatography was accomplished by running a 55 minute gradient from 0 to 100 % of the eluting buffer . fractions were collected using the smart ™ system &# 39 ; s peak detection capabilities and stored at - 80 ° c . prior to analysis . peptide fragments were sequenced by sequential edman degradation on an applied biosystems 476 ™ or 477 ™ ( applied biosystems , foster city , calif .) sequencer following manufacturer &# 39 ; s recommended protocols . data were collected and analyzed on a perkin elmer nelson a / d941 ( perkin elmer , norwalk , conn .) the sequences of 5 different peptide fragments were determined . the sequences of those fragments are shown in fig6 and designated seq id nos : 10 - 14 where x at position 5 in seq id no : 11 indicates an indefinite residue . x at positions 21 and 25 in seq id no : 11 and at positions 7 and 12 in seq id no : 13 indicate indeterminate residues . sequencing of the purified protein without proteolytic cleavage was attempted unsuccessfully , suggesting that the amino terminus of the protein may be blocked . degenerate oligonucleotides were designed using the peptide sequences seq id nos : 10 - 14 . the less discriminating base inosine ( i ) was substituted in regions of ambiguity and high degeneracy . note that the parentheses in nucleotide sequence indicate an equal mix of two nucleotides to account for ambiguity in codon usage . a variety of degenerate primers were synthesized and tested . the primer pair which resulted in the formation of a bona fide pcr product is shown in fig6 and designated seq id nos : 16 and 18 . the portions of peptide seq id nos : 11 and 13 used to design the probes are shown in fig6 as sequences seq id nos : 15 and 17 . the sequences shown as seq id nos : 15 and 17 represent portions of seq id nos : 11 and 13 , respectively . rat brain messenger rna ( mrna ) was purchased ( clontech , palo alto , calif .). one μg was reverse transcribed into cdna using the moloney murine leukemia virus reverse transcriptase ( stratagene , la jolla , calif .) following the manufacturer &# 39 ; s recommended protocol . at the end of the reaction , cdna was precipitated with ethanol and stored in 20 μl sterile distilled water . 1 μl was used for each polymerase chain reaction ( pcr ) ( saiki , r . k ., gelfand , d . h ., stoffel , s ., scharf , s . j ., higuchi , r ., horn , g . t ., mullis , k . b ., ehrlich , h . a ., ( 1988 ) science 239 487 - 91 ). the pcr was carried out in a perkin elmer 9600 ™ thermal cycler . the reaction mix contained 1 μl cdna , 20 pmol of each of seq id nos : 16 and 18 in fig6 . 2 mm deoxynucleotide triphosphates ( dntps ), 10 μl 10 × pcr buffer ( 200 mm tris - hcl , ph 8 . 4 , 500 mm kcl ), 10 μl 50 mm mgcl 2 and h 2 o to 100 μl . directly following incubation for 2 minutes at 94 ° c . to denature template dna , 5 units of taq polymerase ( brl , gaithersburg , md .) were added to each reaction . the reaction was taken through 25 cycles , each cycle comprising 94 ° c .- 30 seconds , 50 ° c .- 60 seconds , and 72 ° c .- 60 seconds . following the last cycle , the reactions were incubated a further 5 minutes at 72 ° c . then stored at 4 ° c . prior to gel analysis . for gel analysis , reactions were precipitated with 0 . 1 vol . 5m nacl and 2 vols . ice cold 100 % ethanol . samples were incubated at - 20 ° c . for at least 1 hour and centrifuged at 4 ° c . for 1 hour in a microfuge . one half of the reaction was visualized by uv light following electrophoresis on a 1 % agarose gel containing 0 . 1 μg / ml ethidium bromide , revealing a predominant band in the region of 500 bp in size . the remainder of the reaction was cloned into the vector pgem - t ™ ( promega , madison , wis . ), following the manufacturer &# 39 ; s recommended protocols . 7 μl of insert dna was mixed with 1 μl ligase buffer ( 250 mm tris - hcl ph 7 . 6 , 50 mm kcl , 25 mm mgcl 2 5 mm atp , 5 mm dtt , 25 % w / v polyethylene glycol 8000 ), 1 μl of vector and 1 unit t4 dna ligase ( promega , madison , wis .). reactions were incubated at 4 ° c . overnight . e . coli maximum efficiency ™ dh5 ∝( brl , gaithersburg , md .) were transformed with 5 μl of the ligation reaction and then spread on lennox broth ( lb ) agar containing 150 μg / ml ampicillin ( microdiagnostics , lombard , ill .). 50 μl 2 % x - gal ( 5 - bromo4 - chloro - 3 - indolyl - beta - d - galactoside )( sigma , st . louis , mo .) dissolved in dimethylformamide was spread on the plate prior to use . transformants with insert grew as white colonies on this indicator . individual colonies were picked into l broth ( gibco - brl , gaithersburg , md .) containing 100 μg / ml ampicillin ( sodium salt ) ( sigmna , st . louis , mo .) and grown overnight at 37 ° c . with vigorous aeration in lb media ( gibco brl , gaithersburg , md .). template dna was prepared from white colonies using promega magic ™ minipreps ( promega , madison , wis .). insert dna was sequenced utilizing vector specific primers on an applied biosystems 373 dna sequencer ( abi , foster city , calif .) following the manufacturer &# 39 ; s recommended protocols . sequence analysis was performed using sequencher ™ software . ( genecodes , ann arbor , mich .). dna sequences of inserts were translated in all reading frames and compared to adenosine kinase peptides using the university of wisconsin genetics computer group sequence analysis package ( genetics computergroup , madison , wis .). one clone , designated 2317r was identified as a partial clone of adenosine kinase based on its identity with amino acid sequences of the peptides obtained by argc digestion . translation of this clone in frame 3 is shown in fig8 as seq id no : 19 with identification of the peptide fragments set forth above . a rat brain cdna library was screened with the partial adenosine kinase clone 2317r , in an attempt to isolate a full - length clone . clone 2317r was digested with restriction enzymes apa1 and spe1 ( brl , gaithersburg , md .) to liberate the insert . digested dna was subjected to electrophoresis in 1 % low melting point agarose ( lmpa ) containing 0 . 1 μg / ml ethidium bromide . the insert band was visualized by uv light then excised with a sterile razor blade . the agarose slice was weighed and water added at 1 . 5 ml per gram of agarose . the gel slice was heated to 100 ° c . for 10 mins then equilibrated at 37 ° c . for 30 mins . the melted agarose was divided into 100 μl aliquots and stored at - 20 ° c . insert dna was labeled with 32 p by random priming using the brl dna labeling kit ( gibco - brl , gaithersburg , md .) using the method of finberg and vogelstein for random priming of fragments directly from low melting point agarose gel slices ( finberg , a . p . and vogelstein , b . ( 1984 ) anal . biochem . 132 ( 1 ) 6 - 13 ). unincorporated 32 p was removed by spin column chromatography using quick spin ™ g25 - sepharose columns , ( boehringer mannheim , indianapolis , ind .). a rat brain cdna library in lambda zapii was obtained from stratagene ( la jolla , calif .). this library was used to infect e . coli xl1blue mrf ( stratagene , la jolla , calif .) following the manufacturer &# 39 ; s recommended protocols . the library was titrated to yield approximately 5 , 000 plaques per 10 cm plastic petri dish on nzcym agar ( becton dickinson , cockeysvile , md .). 40 dishes were prepared in this way ( approximately 200 , 000 plaques ). plaque lifts were taken in duplicate on duralon - uv ™ membrane ( stratagene , la jolla , calif .) and fixed by exposure to uv light for 2 minutes . filters were prehybridized in 50 % formamide , 1m nacl , 10 % dextran sulphate , 1 % sds and 100 μg / ml sheared salmon sperm dna ( sigma , st . louis , mo .) at 42 ° c . in a volume of 20 mls per 20 filters . hybridization was carried out at 42 ° c . in the same buffer with the addition of 5 - 9 × 10 6 cpm radiolabelled probe . after hybridization , filters were washed 3 times in 0 . 1 × ssc ( 20 × ssc = 3m nacl , 0 . 3m na citrate ), 0 . 1 % sds at 42 ° c . filters were air dried and exposed to kodak x - ar ™ film ( eastman kodak , new haven , conn .) at - 70 ° c . and the film developed according to the manufacturer &# 39 ; s recommendations . clones identified by hybridization signal were plaque purified through multiple cycles of growth and amplification . plaque purification consisted of removing a region of the agarose plate around the positive plaque ( around 5 mm 2 ) and incubating it in 0 . 5 mls of sm medium ( 100 mm tris - hcl , 0 . 01 mm mgso 4 - 7h 2 o , 100 mm nacl , 0 . 01 % gelatin ) to permit phage particles to diffuse from the agar . 5 μl of this diffusate were then used to infect e . coli xl1blue cells as described . plaque lifts were taken as described previously and filters hybridized with fresh radioactive probe . enrichment was repeated in this way 3 times until all of the plaques on the plate reacted positively with the probe . the rat brain adenosine kinase insert was copied from the lambda zap ii clone by pcr using vector specific primers ( t7 and t3 promoter primers , stratagene , la jolla , calif .) in a pcr reaction mix comprising 10 pmol t3 and t7 primers , 10 μl 10 × pcr buffer ( gibco - brl ), 10 μl 50 mm mgcl 2 , 0 . 2 mm dntp , 5 μl plaque pure phage suspension in sm buffer , adjusted to 100 μl with sterile distilled water . the pcr conditions were for 30 cycles as follows ; 94 ° c . for 5 minutes to denature dna followed by 30 cycles of 94 ° c . for 1 minute , 60 ° c . for 1 minute and 72 ° c . for 2 minutes . 0 . 1 μl of the amplified reaction mix was visualized by uw light following electrophoresis in a 1 % agarose gel containing 0 . 1 μg / ml ethidium bromide . the insert band was approximately 800 bp in length . the insert was sequenced as described above . sequence analysis indicated that the clone was lacking the 5 &# 39 ; end of the mrna but overlapped the original clone and contained the 3 &# 39 ; untranslated region , up to and including the poly a tail ( fig1 ). j . isolation of the amino terminal end of the rat adenosine kinase mrna 5 &# 39 ; race ( random amplification of cdna ends , frohman , m . a ., dush , m . k ., martin , g . r . ( 1988 ) proc . natl . acad . sci . usa 85 8998 - 9002 , belyavski , a ., vinogradova , t ., rajewski , k ., ( 1989 ) nucleic acids res . 17 2919 - 2932 ) was used to isolate the 5 &# 39 ; end of the rat brain adenosine kinase gene . 5 &# 39 ; race ready ™ cdna from rat brain was obtained from clontech ( palo alto , calif .) this cdna is optimized by the manufacturer to include the 5 &# 39 ; end of all genes expressed in the particular tissue , and includes an &# 34 ; anchor &# 34 ; oligonucleotide ligated to the 5 &# 39 ; end of each cdna . nested pcr was carried out following the manufacturer &# 39 ; s protocols with an anchor - specific promoter and gene specific internal primers . this procedure yielded an intact 5 &# 39 ; end for the adenosine kinase gene . the deduced sequence of the complete rat brain adenosine kinase gene was then generated by overlapping contiguous analysis . fig1 illustrates the overlapping clones that were sequenced to generate the full - length coding sequence . nested pcr primers were then designed to obtain the full length coding sequence . these primers bound to the 5 &# 39 ; and 3 &# 39 ; untranslated region of the gene . those primers are shown in fig6 and designated seq id nos : 20 - 23 . these primers were used in the pcr to generate a full length rat brain gene from rat brain quickclone ™ cdna ( clontech , palo alto , calif .). after 1 set of 30 cycles of pcr following conditions detailed above with the outer primers ( seq id nos : 20 and 22 in fig6 ), the pcr mix was diluted 1 in 10 and the pcr repeated with the inner set of nested primers ( seq id nos : 21 and 23 in fig6 ). an aliquot of the pcr reaction was visualized by uv light following electrophoresis on a 1 % agarose gel containing 0 . 1 μg / ml ethidium bromide . a homogeneous dna fragment of about 1 kb was obtained , consistent with the full length rat brain gene . the pcr fragment was then cloned into the vector pgem - t as described above . inserts from multiple clones were sequenced as described above , and a consensus sequence for rat brain adenosine kinase was generated . a portion of that consensus sequence as well as the encoding polynucleotide sequences are shown in fig2 a and 2b . fig2 a and 2b shows the full length consensus sequence of rat brain dna and the deduced amino acid residue sequence for adenosine kinase . seq id no : 1 in fig2 a and 2b represents the coding strand . seq id no : 2 shows the deduced amino acid residue sequence from that coding strand . seq id no : 3 represents the complementary dna strand . using the database searching algorithm , blast , ( altschul , s . f ., gish , w ., miller , w ., myers ,. e . w ., lipman , d . j . ( 1990 ) j . mol . biol . 215 : 403 - 410 ) the dna and deduced protein sequence of rat brain adenosine kinase was compared to other nucleic acids and proteins in the genbank and embl databases . limited sequence similarity was found with a class of prokaxyotic sugar kinases . using the gcg program motifs ( gcg sequence analysis software package , program manual v . 8 ( 1994 )), which searches for amino acid domains shared among common classes of proteins listed in the prosite database ( bairoch , a . and bucker , p . ( 1994 ) nucleic acids res . 22 3583 - 89 ), rat brain adenosine kinase was observed to have a common amino acid motif shared among these prokaryotic sugar kinases ( bork , p ., sander , c ., valencia , a . ( 1993 ) protein sci . 2 31 - 40 ). however , rat brain adenosine kinase has no significant sequence homology with other reported nucleoside kinases , and , surprisingly , does not appear to contain a classical atp binding motif . the rat brain adenosine kinase cdna sequence was used as a probe to screen several human cdna libraries in an effort to clone a homologous human gene . the full length rat brain gene , excluding untranslated regions , was radiolabelled by random priming as described previously . this probe was then used to screen cdna libraries from human hippocampus , human placenta , human molt - 4 lymphoid cells and human raji lymphoid cells ( all from clontech , palo alto , calif . ), human skeletal muscle ( stratagene , la jolla , calif .). libraries were plated on either e . coli xl - 1 blue cells or e . coli y1090 cells , depending upon which lambda strain was used ( either lambda zap ii or lambda gt11 respectively ). libraries were plated at a density of 18 , 000 plaques per plate on 150 mm polystyrene petri dishes in nzcym medium . hybridization was carried out as described above . several hybridization - positive clones were identified from human placental cdna . b . sequence analysis of the human placental putative adenosine kinase clones individual lambda phage clones were obtained after three rounds of plaque purification as described above . inserts were obtained from a plaque purified sample by pcr as described previously , using lambda gt11 specific oligonucleotides . full - length pcr products were cloned into pgem - t and sequenced as described previously . that full length clone is shown in fig3 a and 3b . in fig3 a and 3b , the coding dna strand is shown as seq id no : 4 with the deduced amino acid residue sequence shown as seq id : 5 . the complementary dna sequence is shown as seq id no : 6 . comparison of the amino acid sequence of the human placental cdna clone to that of rat brain revealed some major differences at the amino terminus as shown in fig5 . in fig5 the full length rat brain adenosine kinase sequence is shown as seq id no : 2 . the amino acid residue sequence of the human form of adenosine kinase , designated herein as the short form , is shown as seq id no : 5 . it can be calculated from fig5 that the identity between human short form and rat enzyme is 86 % at the amino acid level . however , there are significant differences at the amino terminus . in order to verify these differences , 5 &# 39 ; race was performed as described above on human brain 5 &# 39 ; race ready ™ cdna ( clontech , palo alto , calif .). oligonucleotides used are shown in fig6 and designated as seq id nos : 24 - 25 . a major band was visualized by uv light following gel electrophoresis and ethidium bromide staining of the pcr . pcr products were cloned into pgem - t ( promega , madison , wis .) and white colonies were sequenced as described above . two forms of adenosine kinase , which differ at their amino termini , were identified by this procedure . nested pcr from cdna using oligonucleotides seq id nos : 26 - 31 specific for human adenosine kinase was used to obtain full length clones of both forms of adenosine kinase . full length pcr products were cloned into pgemt and sequenced as described above . sequence analysis of these full length clones reveals that they are identical except at their 5 &# 39 ; termini . the full length clone of the long form of human adenosine kinase is shown in fig4 a and 4b . in fig4 a and 4b , the coding dna strand is shown as seq id no : 7 with the deduced amino acid residue sequence shown as seq id : 8 . the complementary dna sequence is shown as seq id no : 9 . in another aspect , the present invention provides an adenosine kinase of mammalian origin . an adenosine kinase of the present invention is a polypeptide of about 365 or less amino acid residues . as set forth above , forms of adenosine kinase have been identified with from 345 to 362 amino acid residues . the various forms of adenosine kinase are characterized by a high degree of sequence identity . by way of example , the identity between human short form and rat enzyme is 86 % at the amino acid level . as set forth above , when the amino acid residue sequence of adenosine kinase was compared against other known amino acid residue sequences using a database searching algorithm , only very limited sequence similarity was found with a class of prokaryotic sugar kinases . although rat adenosine kinase was found to have a common amino acid motif shared among prokaryotic sugar kinases , rat brain adenosine kinase had no significant sequence homology with other reported nucleoside kinases . the high degree of identity amongst various forms of herein described adenosine kinase , when combined with the absence of identity to other reported nucleoside kinases allows for definition of the adenosine kinase amino acid residue sequence by the regions of residue identity . thus , in one embodiment , an adenosine kinase is an isolated and purified polypeptide of about 365 or less amino acid residues , having adenosine kinase biological activity and comprising at least one of the following amino acid residue sequences : a ) from residue position 7 to residue position 18 of seq id no : 8 ; b ) from residue position 26 to residue position 86 of seq id no : 8 ; c ) from residue position 100 to residue position 117 of seq id no : 8 ; d ) from residue position 122 to residue position 146 of seq id no : 8 ; e ) from residue position 153 to residue position 170 of seq id no : 8 ; f ) from residue position 172 to residue position 181 of seq id no : 8 ; g ) from residue position 183 to residue position 200 of seq id no : 8 ; h ) from residue position 210 to residue position 222 of seq id no : 8 ; i ) from residue position 230 to residue position 262 of seq id no : 8 ; j ) from residue position 279 to residue position 289 of seq id no : 8 ; k ) from residue position 311 to residue position 329 of seq id no : 8 ; l ) from residue position 331 to residue position 345 of seq id no : 8 ; and m ) from residue position 347 to residue position 359 of seq id no : 8 . more preferably , an adenosine kinase of the present invention comprises two or more of the above sequences . most preferably , an adenosine kinase has all of the above sequences . preferably , an adenosine kinase of the present invention has the amino acid residue sequence of any of seq id no : 2 , 5 , or 8 . more preferably , an adenosine kinase is a recombinant human adenosine kinase . human forms of adenosine kinase are shown in seq id nos : 5 and 8 . seq id no : 5 represents a short form of human adenosine kinase . seq id no : 8 represents a second , long form of human adenosine kinase . it can be seen from an examination of those sequences that all human forms share a high degree of sequence identity . thus , human adenosine kinase can be defined as a polypeptide of about 365 or less amino acid residues comprising the amino acid residue sequence of from residue position 5 to residue position 345 of seq id no : 5 . a preferred recombinant human adenosine kinase has the amino acid residue sequence of seq id no : 5 or 8 . the present invention also contemplates amino acid residue sequences that are substantially duplicative of the sequences set forth herein such that those sequences demonstrate like biological activity to disclosed sequences . such contemplated sequences include those sequences characterized by a minimal change in amino acid residue sequence or type ( e . g ., conservatively substituted sequences ) which insubstantial change does not alter the basic nature and biological activity of adenosine kinase . it is well known in the art that modifications and changes can be made in the structure of a polypeptide without substantially altering the biological function of that peptide . for example , certain amino acids can be substituted for other amino acids in a given polypeptide without any appreciable loss of function . in making such changes , substitutions of like amino acid residues can be made on the basis of relative similarity of side - chain substituents , for example , their size , charge , hydrophobicity , hydrophilicity , and the like . as detailed in u . s . pat . no . 4 , 554 , 101 , incorporated herein by reference , the following hydrophilicity values have been assigned to amino acid residues : arg (+ 3 . 0 ); lys (+ 3 . 0 ); asp (+ 3 . 0 ); glu (+ 3 . 0 ); ser (+ 0 . 3 ); asn (+ 0 . 2 ); gln (+ 0 . 2 ); gly ( 0 ); pro (- 0 . 5 ); thr (- 0 . 4 ); ala (- 0 . 5 ); his (- 0 . 5 ); cys (- 1 . 0 ); met (- 1 . 3 ); val (- 1 . 5 ); leu (- 1 . 8 ); ile (- 1 . 8 ); tyr (- 2 . 3 ); phe (- 2 . 5 ); and trp (- 3 . 4 ). it is understood that an amino acid residue can be substituted for another having a similar hydrophilicity value ( e . g ., within a value of plus or minus 2 . 0 ) and still obtain a biologically equivalent polypeptide . in a similar manner , substitutions can be made on the basis of similarity in hydropathic index . each amino acid residue has been assigned a hydropathic index on the basis of its hydrophobicity and charge characteristics . those hydropathic index values are : ile (+ 4 . 5 ); val (+ 4 . 2 ); leu (+ 3 . 8 ); phe (+ 2 . 8 ); cys (+ 2 . 5 ); met (+ 1 . 9 ); ala (+ 1 . 8 ); gly (- 0 . 4 ); thr (- 0 . 7 ); ser (- 0 . 8 ); trp (- 0 . 9 ); tyr (- 1 . 3 ); pro (- 1 . 6 ); his (- 3 . 2 ); glu (- 3 . 5 ); gln (- 3 . 5 ); asp (- 3 . 5 ); asn (- 3 . 5 ); lys (- 3 . 9 ); and arg (- 4 . 5 ). in making a substitution based on the hydropathic index , a value of within plus or minus 2 . 0 is preferred . an adenosine kinase polypeptide of the present invention has numerous uses . by way of example , such a polypeptide can be used in a screening assay for the identification of drugs or compounds that inhibit the action of adenosine kinase ( e . g ., agonist and antagonist ). as set forth above , adenosine kinase is an enzyme that catalizes the phosphorolation of adenosine to amp . a screening assay for the identification of inhibitors of adenosine kinase , therefore , can be established whereby the ability of an inhibitor to inhibit the action of adenosine kinase can be determined by exposing adenosine in the presence of necessary cofactors to a polypeptide of the present invention and varying amounts of compounds suspected of inhibiting the activity of adenosine kinase . in addition , an adenosine kinase polypeptide of the present invention can be used to produce antibodies that immunoreact specifically with adenosine kinase . means for producing antibodies are well known in the art an antibody directed against adenosine kinase can be a polyclonal or a monoclonal antibody . antibodies against adenosine kinase can be prepared by immunizing an animal with an adenosine kinase polypeptide of the present invention . means for immunizing animals for the production of antibodies are well known in the art by way of an example , a mammal can be injected with an inoculum that includes a polypeptide as described herein above . the polypeptide can be included in an inoculum alone or conjugated to a carrier protein such as keyhole limpet hemocyanin ( klh ). the polypeptide can be suspended , as is well known in the art , in an adjuvant to enhance the immunogenicity of the polypeptide . sera containing immunologically active antibodies are then produced from the blood of such immunized animals using standard procedures well known in the art . the identification of antibodies that immunoreact specifically with adenosine kinase is made by exposing sera suspected of containing such antibodies to a polypeptide of the present invention to form a conjugate between antibodies and the polypeptide . the existence of the conjugate is then determined using standard procedures well known in the art . an adenosine kinase polypeptide of the present invention can also be used to prepare monoclonal antibodies against adenosine kinase and used as a screening assay to identify such monoclonal antibodies . monoclonal antibodies are produced from hybridomas prepared in accordance with standard techniques such as that described by kohler et al . ( nature , 256 : 495 , 1975 ). briefly , a suitable mammal ( e . g ., balb / c mouse ) is immunized by injection with a polypeptide of the present invention . after a predetermined period of time , splenocytes are removed from the mouse and suspended in a cell culture medium . the splenocytes are then fused with an immortal cell line to form a hybridoma . the formed hyridomas are grown in cell culture and screened for their ability to produce a monoclonal antibody against adenosine kinase . screening of the cell culture medium is made with a polypeptide of the present invention . in another aspect , the present invention provides a process of making adenosine kinase . in accordance with that process , a suitable host cell is transformed with a polynucleotide of the present invention . the transformed cell is maintained for a period of time sufficient for expression of the adenosine kinase . the formed adenosine kinase is then recovered . means for transforming host cells in a manner such that those cells produce recombinant polypeptides are well known in the art . briefly , a polynucleotide that encodes the desired polypeptide is placed into an expression vector suitable for a given host cell . that vector can be a viral vector , phage or plasmid . in a preferred embodiment , a host cell used to produce adenosine kinase is an eukaryotic host cell and an expression vector is an eukaryotic expression vector ( i . e ., a vector capable of directing expression in a eukaryotic cell ). such eukaryotic expression vectors are well known in the art . in another preferred embodiment , the host cell is a bacterial cell . an especially preferred bacterial cell is an e . coli . thus , a preferred expression vector is a vector capable of directing expression in e . coli . a polynucleotide of an expression vector of the present invention is preferably operatively associated or linked with an enhancer - promoter . a promoter is a region of a dna molecule typically within about 100 nucleotide pairs in front of ( upstream of ) the point at which transcription begins . that region typically contains several types of dna sequence elements that are located in similar relative positions in different genes . as used herein , the term &# 34 ; promoter &# 34 ; includes what is referred to in the art as an upstream promoter region or a promoter of a generalized rna polymerase transcription unit . another type of transcription regulatory sequence element is an enhancer . an enhancer provides specificity of time , location and expression level for a particular encoding region ( e . g ., gene ). a major function of an enhancer is to increase the level of transcription of a coding sequence in a cell that contains one or more transcription factors that bind to that enhancer . unlike a promoter , an enhancer can function when located at variable distances from a transcription start site so long as the promoter is present . as used herein , the phrase &# 34 ; enhancer - promoter &# 34 ; means a composite unit that contains both enhancer and promoter elements . an enhancer promoter is operatively linked to a coding sequence that encodes at least one gene product as used herein , the phrase &# 34 ; operatively linked &# 34 ; or its gramatical equivalent means that a regulatory sequence element ( e . g . an enhancer - promoter or transcription terminating region ) is connected to a coding sequence in such a way that the transcription of that coding sequence is controlled and regulated by that enhancer - promoter . means for operatively linking an enhancer - promoter to a coding sequence are well known in the art . an enhancer - promoter used in an expression vector of the present invention can be any enhancer - promoter that drives expression in a host cell . by employing an enhancer - promoter with well known properties , the level of expression can be optimized for example , selection of an enhancer - promoter that is active in specifically transformed cells permits tissue or cell specific expression of the desired product . still further , selection of an enhancer - promoter that is regulated in response to a specific physiological signal can permit inducible expression . a coding sequence of an expression vector is operatively linked to a transcription terminating region . rna polymerase transcribes an encoding dna sequence through a site where polyadenylation occurs . typically , dna sequences located a few hundred base pairs downstream of the polyadenylation site serve to terminate transcription . those dna sequences are referred to herein as transcription - termination regions . those regions are required for efficient polyadenylation of transcribed messenger rna ( mrna ). enhancer - promoters and transcription - terminating regions are well known in the art the selection of a particular enhancer - promoter or transcription - terminating region will depend , as is also well known in the art , on the cell to be transformed . a clone of the short form of adenosine kinase was identified by dna sequence analysis to be identical to the consensus described previously . this clone was used in all subsequent expression studies . adenosine kinase was expressed in e . coli bl21 ( de3 )( novagen , madison , wis .) under the control of the t7 promoter . an nde i site was engineered onto the adenosine kinase gene by pcr cloning into the expression construct with the oligonucleotide seq id no : 32 , shown in fig6 . this oligonucleotide , when paired with a 3 &# 39 ; outer oligonucleotide for pcr as described above using seq id no : 30 , yielded a single pcr product which comprised the adenosine kinase gene with the newly engineered enzyme site . the product was digested with the restriction enzyme hha i to cleave all of the parent plasmid but leave the insert intact . pcr products were cloned into pgem - t ( promega , madison , wis .). positive clones were grown up in quantity and plasmid dna purified by qiagen ™ midi - prep ( qiagen , chatsworth , calif .). purified dna was cut with nde i and sal i and the reaction was electrophoresed on a 1 % agarose gel containing 0 . 1 μg / ml ethidium bormide . the gel region containing the adenosine kinase insert was visualized by uv light and then excised with a sterile razor blade . the insert was purified out of the gel slice by extrusion through a 0 . 2 micron filter . the parent plasmid pet21 a was also digested with nde i and sal i and purified by chromospin ™ column chromatography . ( clontech , palo alto , calif .). ligations were performed using the takara dna ligation kit ( panvera , madison , wis .). reactions were carried out at 16 ° c . overnight with 2 μl pet 21a ( nde 1 and sal1 cut ), 4 μl insert , 24 μl buffer a , and 6 μl buffer b . 5 μl of the ligation mix was transformed into maximum efficiency dh5 ∝ as described above . colonies were screened by the pcr , using a t7 terminator primer and an adenosine kinase internal primer ( seq id no : 34 of fig6 ). 15 of 20 colonies yielded pcr fragments corresponding in size to that expected for the adenosine kinase cdna . two of these colonies were expanded by overnight growth in lb media , their dna prepared and transformed into e . coli strains bl21 ( de3 ) and hms 174 ( de3 ), the strains used for pet vector expression . individual transformants were picked , grown to an od of 0 . 6 in 100 mls superbroth ™ and then induced with 0 . 4 mm isopropyl - β - thiogalactopyranoside ( iptg ). cultures were grown for a further 2 hours to allow optimal expression of insert dna . cells were harvested by centrifugation and lysed by french pressure cell . lysates were spun in a microfuge to separate soluble cytosolic material from insoluble components . sds polyacrylamide gel analysis of these separated fractions revealed a significant protein band at 40 kda associated with the insoluble component suggesting that the recombinant protein formed inclusion bodies . a protein of 40 kda molecular weight was present in the samples containing adenosine kinase inserts , consistent with the expected size of adenosine kinase . in the same way , the long form of human adenosine kinase was expressed using the oligonucleotide in seq id no : 33 to pcr the gene . all other conditions were the same as set forth above . the expression vector containing the encoding dna sequence for short form human adenosine kinase is designated pet21ak5 ( short ) and the expression vector containing the encoding dna sequence for long form human adenosine kinase is designated pet21ak18 ( long ). both vectors were deposited , under the terms of the budapest treaty , on jun . 5 , 1995 in the american type culture collection , 12301 parklawn drive , rockville , md . 20852 , and have been assigned atcc accession nos : 97194 ( pet21ak5 ) and 97195 ( pet21ak18 ). adenosine kinase activity of cell supernatants was assayed radiometrically . assays were carried out at ambient temperature in a final volume of 100 μl . the reaction mixture contained 64 mm tris hcl ( ph 7 . 5 ), 0 . 2 mm mgcl2 , 1 mm atp , 0 . 2 μm u 14 c !- adenosine ( 542 mci / mmol , amersham ) and appropriate volumes of the supernatant sample . the reaction was terminated after 15 min . by spotting 40 μl of the reaction mixture onto disks of whatman de - 81 anion exchange paper . de - 81 disks were then air - dried , washed for 10 min . in 2 mm ammonium formate , rinsed successively with distilled water , methanol and acetone , and dried . de - 81 disks were then soaked for 5 min . in 0 . 1n hcl / 0 . 4m kcl before addition of scintillation cocktail and counting by liquid scintillation counting . specific activities ( pmol adenosine phosphorylatedi min ./ mg protein ) for two independent clones are shown in fig7 . the present invention also contemplates a host cell transformed with a polynucleotide or expression vector of this invention . means for transforming cells and polynucleotides and expression vectors used to transform host cells are set forth above . preferably , the host cell is an eukaryotic host cell such as a mammalian cell or a prokaryotic cell such as an e . coli . the present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a polypeptide or a polynucleotide of this invention and a physiologically acceptable diluent . in a preferred embodiment , the present invention includes one or more antisense oligonucleotides , as set forth above , formulated into compositions together with one or more non - toxic physiologically tolerable or acceptable diluents , carriers , adjuvants or vehicles that are collectively referred to herein as diluents , for parenteral injection , for oral administration in solid or liquid form , for rectal or topical administration , or the like . the compositions can be administered to humans and animals either orally , rectally , parenterally , intracisternally , intravaginally , intraperitoneally , locally , or as a buccal or nasal spray . compositions suitable for parenteral administration can comprise physiologically acceptable sterile aqueous or non - aqueous solutions , dispersions , suspensions or emulsions and sterile powders for reconstitution into such sterile solutions or dispersions . examples of suitable diluents include water , ethanol , polyols , suitable mixtures thereof , vegetable oils and injectable organic esters such as ethyl oleate . proper fluidity can be maintained , for example , by the use of a coating such as lecithin , by the maintenance of the required particle size in the case of dispersions and by the use of surfactants . compositions can also contain adjuvants such as preserving , wetting , emulsifying , and dispensing agents . prevention of the action of microorganisms can be insured by various antibacterial and antifungal agents , for example , parabens , chlorobutanol , phenol , sorbic acid , and the like . it may also be desirable to include isotonic agents , for example , sugars , sodium chloride and the like . prolonged absorption of the injectable pharmaceutical form can be brought about by the use of agents delaying absorption , for example , aluminum monostearate and gelatin . besides such inert diluents , the composition can also include sweetening , flavoring and perfuming agents . suspensions , in addition to the active compounds , may contain suspending agents , as for example , ethoxylated isostearyl alcohols , polyoxyethylene sorbitol and sorbitan esters , microcrystalline cellulose , 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