Patent Application: US-427304-A

Abstract:
angiogenesis , the formation of new blood vessels , is an integral part of normal physiological and developmental processes as well as several pathologies , ranging from tumor growth and metastasis to inflammation and ocular disease . methods and compositions are provided for controlling normal angiogenesis and for treating angiogenesis associated or mediated diseases .

Description:
polypeptides which are members of the psp94 family include ; wild type psp94 as defined in seq id no . : 1 , a recombinant psp94 as defined in seq id no . : 2 and psp94 derivatives , fragments and analogues as defined , for example in the amino acid sequence defined in seq id no . : 3 , seq id no . : 4 , seq id no . : 5 , seq id no . : 6 and seq id no . : 7 . pck3145 ( seq id no . : 5 ) was chosen as a representative of the psp94 family based on previous encouraging results of tumor growth inhibition observed in animals . test compound . the wild type amino acid sequence of pck3145 has been disclosed , for example , in international application no . : pct / ca01 / 01463 and is defined herein in seq id no . : 5 . a pck3145 derivative has been generated by attaching an acetylaminomethyl group to the sulfur atom of each of the three cysteines of pck3145 . these groups stabilize the compound by preventing formation of peptide dimers or polymer by blocking the sulfhydryl group of cysteines . this pck3145 derivative is defined in seq id no . : 7 . the drug was manufactured by multiple peptide systems ( 3550 ) ( general atomics court , san diego , calif .) using standard solid - phase peptide chemistry and lyophilized into a powder . other type of synthesis or manufacture method may however be performed to make a peptide or polypeptide of the invention . other pck3145 derivatives , analogs and fragments ( e . g ., seq ids no : 88 , 98 , etc .) may be generated similarly . the reconstituted drug used in the present example is made from a solution containing a 20 mg / ml of pck3145 derivative ( seq id no . : 5 derivative ); seq id no . : 7 , in a phosphate buffer at ph 7 . 4 for dilution in sterile saline ( 0 . 9 % nacl , bp ) prior to intravenous administration . the solutions is filled into type 1 glass vials , stoppered with teflon ®- faced butyl stoppers , and sealed with flip - off seals . the drug was administered to patients characterized as having metastatic adenocarcinoma of the prostate , stage 1v prostatic cancer and as having a metastatic hormone resistant prostatic cancer . biological samples were drawn during different time points . plasma samples were placed on dry ice and stored frozen ( approximately − 70 ° c .) and subsequently analyzed for total mm p - 9 levels . mmp - 9 assay methodology . an elisa assay measuring total mmp - 9 , i . e ., human active and pro - mmp - 9 , ( quantikine ®, cat . no . : dmp900 , r & amp ; d systems inc .) was performed on plasma - heparin samples . plasma samples have been collected from individuals at day 1 ( before treatment ) and at day 27 of each treatment cycle . the quantikine ® mmp - 9 immunoassay is a solid phase elisa designed to measure total mmp - 9 ( 92 kda pro - and 82 kda active forms ) in serum , plasma , saliva , urine and cell culture supernatants . it is calibrated with cho - cells expressed recombinant human pro - mmp - 9 and the antibodies were raised against the recombinant factor . both antibodies also recognize recombinant human active mmp - 9 . natural human mmp - 9 showed dose - response curves that were parallel to the standard curves obtained using the recombinant quantikine ®) kit standards , indicating that the quantikine ® kit may be used to determine relative mass values of natural human mmp - 9 . the assay employs the quantitative sandwich enzyme immunoassay technique . a monoclonal antibody specific for mmp - 9 has been pre - coated onto a microplate . standards and samples are added into the wells , and mmp - 9 is thus bound by the immobilized antibody . after washing away unbound substances , an enzyme - linked polyclonal antibody specific for mmp - 9 is added to the wells . following a wash to remove unbound antibody - enzyme reagent , a substrate solution is added to the wells and color develops in proportion to the amount of total mmp - 9 ( pro and / or active ) bound in the initial step . the color development is stopped and the intensity of the color is measured . zymography . zymography is a technique generally used to analyze the activity of matrix metalloproteinases ( mmps ) in biological samples . it involves the electrophoretic separation of proteins under denaturing ( sodium dodecyl sulfate ( sds )) but non - reducing conditions through a polyacrylamide gel containing gelatin ( for example , 10 % gel containing 1 mg / ml gelatin for mmp - 9 and mmp - 2 assays ). the resolved proteins are re - natured by exchanging sds with a non - ionic detergent such as triton x - 100 and the gel is incubated in an incubation buffer for activation of mmp - 2 and mmp - 9 ( for example at 37 ° c . for 18 hrs ). the gel is stained with coomassie blue and the mmp - 2 and mmp - 9 bands may be visualized as clear bands against a blue background ( i . e ., the mmps degrade the gelatin and are visualized as clear bands ; pro mmp - 2 is 68 kda and pro - mmp - 9 is 92 kda ). these bands can be quantified using densitometry . materials . cell culture media were obtained from life technologies ( burlington , ontario , canada ) and serum was purchased from hyclone laboratories ( logan , utah ). electrophoresis reagents were purchased from bio - rad ( mississauga , ontario , canada ). the polyclonal ( c - 1158 ) and monoclonal ( a3 ) antibodies , used for precipitation and detection , respectively , of vegfr - 2 , and the anti - pdgfr pab ( 958 ) were obtained from santa cruz biotechnologies ( santa cruz , calif .). antiphosphotyrosine mab py99 was also purchased from santa cruz biotechnologies . anti - phospho - erk polyclonal antibodies were from cell signaling technology ( beverly , mass .). anti - mouse and anti - rabbit horseradish peroxidase - linked secondary antibodies were purchased from jackson immunoresearch laboratories ( west grove , pa .) and enhanced chemiluminescence ( ecl ) reagents were from amersham pharmacia biotech ( baie d &# 39 ; urfé , québec , canada ). human recombinant pdgf was obtained from r & amp ; d systems ( minneapolis , minn .). micro bicinchoninic acid protein assay reagents were from pierce ( rockford , ill .). all other reagents were from sigma - aldrich canada . vegf production . vascular endothelial growth factor ( isoform 165 ) was pcramplified from a pblast / vegf plasmid ( invivogen , san diego , calif .) and cloned into the ptt vector ( 14 ). vegf was produced following large - scale transient transfection of human 293sfe cells in serum - free medium . the recombinant protein was expressed by the transiently transfected cells and secreted into the medium . the culture was harvested five days after transfection , the medium was clarified by centrifugation at 3 , 500 g for 10 minutes and filtered through a 0 . 22 μm membrane . clarified culture medium was loaded onto a heparin - sepharose column and the bound vegf was then eluted using a nacl gradient in pbs . a buffer exchange for pbs was performed by gel filtration and the final purified material was sterile - filtered , and stored in aliquots at − 80 ° c . cell culture . human umbilical vein endothelial cells ( huvec ) and pulmonary aortic smooth muscle cells ( pasmc ) were obtained from clonetics and maintained in endothelial cell basal medium - 2 , ( ebm - 2 ; clonetics ) and smooth muscle medium - 2 ( smgm - 2 ; clonetics ), respectively . cells were cultured at 37 ° c . under a humidified atmosphere containing 5 % co 2 . for experimental purposes , cells were plated in 8 100 - mm plastic dishes at 5 , 000 cells / cm 2 and were grown to confluence before overnight serum starvation . cells were treated with vehicle or with a pck3145 derivative diluted in 0 . 1 n naoh , and stimulated with 50 ng / ml vegf , pdgf or with 1 μm s1p . immunoprecipitation and immunoblotting procedures . after treatment , cells were washed once with phosphate - buffered saline ( pbs ) containing 1 mm sodium orthovanadate and were incubated in the same medium for 1 h at 4 ° c . the cells were solubilized on ice in lysis buffer ( 150 mm nacl , 10 mm tris - hcl , ph 7 . 4 , 1 mm edta , 1 mm egta , 0 . 5 % nonidet p - 40 , 1 % triton x - 100 ) containing 1 mm sodium orthovanadate . the cells were then scraped from the culture dishes and the resulting lysates were clarified by centrifugation at 10 , 000 g for 10 min . protein concentrations were determined using the micro bicinchoninic acid method . for immunoprecipitation studies , lysates were clarified by a 1 h incubation at 4 ° c . with a mixture of protein a / protein g sepharose beads . after removal of the sepharose beads by low - speed centrifugation , identical amounts of protein ( 200 μg ) from each sample were transferred to fresh tubes and incubated in lysis buffer overnight at 4 ° c . in the presence of 2 μg / ml of specific antibodies . immunocomplexes were collected by incubating the mixture with 25 μl ( 50 % suspension ) of protein a —( rabbit primary antibody ) or protein g —( mouse primary antibody ) sepharose beads , for 2 h . nonspecifically - bound material was removed by washing the beads three times in 1 ml of lysis buffer containing 1 mm sodium orthovanadate , and bound material was solubilized in 25 μl of two - fold concentrated laemmli sample buffer , boiled 5 min , and resolved by sds - page . the proteins were transferred onto polyvinylidene difluoride ( pvdf ) membranes , blocked 1 h at room temperature with tris - buffered saline / tween 20 ( 147 mm nacl , 20 mm tris / hcl , ph 7 . 5 , and 0 . 1 % tween 20 ) containing 2 % bovine serum albumin and incubated overnight at 4 ° c . with primary antibody . immunoreactive bands were revealed after a 1 h incubation with horseradish peroxidase - conjugated anti - mouse or anti - rabbit antibodies , and the signals were visualized by enhanced chemiluminescence ( amersham biosciences , baie d &# 39 ; urfée , qc ). rat aortic ring assay : the isolated rat aorta is cut into segments that are placed in culture , in a matrix - containing environment such as matrigel . over the next 7 - 14 days , the explants are monitored for the outgrowth of endothelial ( and other ) cells as this is affected by the addition of test substances . quantification is achieved by measurement of the length and abundance of vessel - like extensions from the explant . use of endothelium - selective reagents such as fluorescein - labeled bsl - 1 allows quantification by pixel counts . chick aortic arch assay : aortic arches are dissected from day 12 - 14 chick embryos and cut into rings similar to those of the rat aorta . when the rings are placed on matrigel , substantial outgrowth of cells occurs within 48 h , with the formation of vessel - like structures readily apparent . test substance is added to the medium and quantification of endothelial cell outgrowth is achieved by the use of fluorescein - labeled lectins such as bsl - 1 and bsl - b4 or by staining of the cultures with labeled antibodies to cd31 . standard imaging techniques are used for the enumeration of endothelial cells and for delineating the total outgrowth area . cornea angiogenesis assay : a pocket is made in the cornea of a rabbit &# 39 ; s eye or mice &# 39 ; s eye and angiogenesis is stimulated by an angiogenesis inducer ( e . g . vegf ) introduced into this pocket . the inducer elicits ingrowth of new vessels from the peripheral limbal vasculature . slow - release materials such as elvax ( ethylene vinyl copolymer ), hydron or sponge may be used to introduce test substances into the corneal pocket . inhibition of angiogenesis is monitored by the effect of the inhibitor on the locally induced ( e . g ., sponge implant ) angiogenic reaction in the cornea ( e . g ., vegf ). the test inhibitor may be administered by several administration mode including , orally , systemically , the latter either by bolus injection or , for example , by use of a sustained - release method such as implantation of osmotic pumps loaded with the test inhibitor . the vascular response is monitored by direct observation throughout the course of the experiment . this may be done by using a slit lamp for the rabbit but needs only a simple stereomicroscope in mice . visualization of the mouse corneal vasculature may be achieved by injecting india ink or fluorochrome - labeled high - molecular weight dextran . methods for quantification include measuring the area of vessel penetration , the progress of vessels toward the angiogenic stimulus overtime , or in the case of fluorescence , histogram analysis or pixel counts above a specific ( background ) threshold . cam assay : the cam of day 7 - 9 chick embryos is exposed by making a window in the egg shell , and tissue or organ grafts are then placed directly on the cam . the window is sealed , eggs are reincubated , and the grafts are recovered after an appropriate length of incubation time . the grafts are then scored for growth and vascularization . the angiogenic reaction may be evaluated by ranking the vascularization on a 0 to 4 basis but also using imaging techniques such as the measurement of bifurcation points in a designated area around the test material . alternatively , an entire egg contents may be used . test substances are administered by placing them on membranes or on the underside of coverslips and applied to a desired area . test compounds are assessed by their effect either on the normal development of the cam vasculature itself or on induced angiogenesis . alternatively , fertilized chick embryos are removed from their shell on day 3 or 4 , and a methylcellulose disc containing the test compound is implanted on the chorioallantoic membrane . the embryos are examined 48 hours later , if a clear avascular zone appears around the methylcellulose disc , the diameter of that zone is measured . such avascular zone indicates a compound having an anti - angiogenic activity ( u . s . pat . no . 5 , 001 , 116 ( col . 7 , incorporated herein by reference ). matrigel endothelial cell tube formation assay : matrigel ( 12 . 5 mg / ml ) was thawed at 4 ° c ., and 50 μl were quickly added to each well of a 96 - well plate and allowed to solidify for 10 min at 37 ° c . the wells were then incubated for 18 h at 37 ° c . with huvec ( 25 , 000 cells / well ). the formation of capillary - like structures was examined microscopically and pictures ( 50 ×) were taken using a retiga 1300 camera and a zeiss axiovert s100 microscope . the extent to which capillary - like structures formed in the gel was quantified by analysis of digitized images to determine the thread length of the capillary - like network , using a commercially available image analysis program ( northern eclipse ). matrigel plug assay : matrigel containing test cells or substances is injected subcutaneously , where it solidifies to form a plug . this plug is recovered after 7 - 21 days in the animal and examined histologically to determine the extent to which blood vessels have entered it . fluorescence measurement of plasma volume is achieved using fluorescein isothiocyanate ( fitc )- labeled dextran 150 . quantification may alternatively be achieved by measuring the amount of hemoglobin contained in the plug . in another alternative assay ( the sponge / matrigel assay ) matrigel alone is first introduced into the mouse . a sponge or tissue fragment is then inserted into the plug . new vessels are measured by injection of fitc . other angiogenesis assays are described , for example , in staton , c . a . et al ., ( int . j . exp . path . ( 2004 ), 85 , 233 - 248 ) the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference . biologically active psp94 family member ; fragments , derivatives and analogues may be prepared by techniques known in the art ( recombinant technology , solid phase synthesis , etc .). the biological activity of derivatives , fragments and analogues may be determined by any of the techniques described herein or known in the field to be relevant for any of the biological activity described above . for example , serum - starved quiescent endothelial cells ( huvec ) may be incubated with different doses of a putative pck3145 derivative , analog or fragment ( e . g ., any of seq id nos . : 9 to 98 , combinations ) for 24 h and then stimulated with vegf . cells may be washed with pbs containing naf / na 3 vo 4 and incubated in the same medium buffer for 1 h at 4 ° c . the cells may be scraped from the culture dishes and the resulting lysates clarified by centrifugation . sds - page ( sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis ) may be performed to separate the proteins . western blotting and immunodetection may be performed by using anti - phosphoerk and anti - erk antibodies . the bands may be quantified to determine the level of inhibition of erk phosphorylation by the putative pck3145 derivative . an inhibitory effect of vegf - induced erk phosphorylation by the putative pck3145 derivative , analog or fragment means that the derivative is biologically active . in another example , a matrigel containing a putative pck3145 derivative , fragment or analog with an angiogenesis - inducer is injected subcutaneously , to an animal . this plug is recovered after 7 - 21 days from the animal and examined histologically to determine the extent to which blood vessels have entered it . quantification is performed as described above . a biologically active pck3145 derivative , fragment or analog is identified by the reduction in the number of blood vessels which have entered the matrigel plug or the extent to which blood vessels have entered it . a derivative , fragment or analog causing a diminution in the formation or propagation of blood vessel ( tubes , capillary - like structures ) in an agiogenesis assay described herein is considered to be a biologically active derivative , fragment or analog . each putative derivative , fragment or analogue may be tested using this technique or any other techniques described herein or known in the art . results of mmp - 9 levels in patient &# 39 ; s plasma , before and after one or more treatment cycle with pck3145 derivative ; seq id no . : 7 are illustrated in table 2 . normal values of healthy volunteers were not determined in this study but lizasa et al ., has determined that the normal range of plasma mmp - 9 concentrations is about 11 . 4 to 59 . 4 ng / ml . based on theses values , patients were sub - divided into two categories ; those having normal value of mmp - 9 ( below 100 μg / l ) and those having an elevated level of mmp - 9 ( higher than 100 μg / l ) at baseline ( see column identified as d1c1 in table2 ). in the normal value mmp - 9 category ( patients identified as e , f , g , h and i ), there was no significant decrease in mmp - 9 levels after one cycle of treatment ( column identified d27c1 ) compared to baseline levels . for patients e and g , no decrease in mmp - 9 levels was observed compared to baseline values even after 2 cycles of treatment ( column identified d27c2 ). there was still no mmp - 9 decrease even after 3 cycles of treatment for patient e ( d27c3 ). in the elevated mmp - 9 category ( patients identified as a , b , c and d ), a significant decrease was observed for each patient after only one cycle of treatment ( see column identified as d27c1 ). for example a decrease of up to 89 % in mmp - 9 levels was observed for patient a compared to baseline levels . for patient b , the decrease in mmp - 9 was 41 % after cycle 1 . for patients c and d the decrease at cycle 1 was 90 % and 34 % respectively . this decrease was maintained for patients b and c who have received more treatment cycles ( see columns identified as d27c2 , d27c3 and d27c4 ). for example , at treatment cycle 2 , patient b showed a reduction of 64 % of its baseline level of mmp - 9 . a similar reduction was also measured for patient b at treatment cycle 3 ; i . e ., a 65 % reduction , and at treatment cycle 4 ; a 75 % reduction . in the case of patient c , a reduction of 76 % in mmp - 9 levels was measured at cycle 2 . in order to support in vivo results described in example 1 , zymography assays and western blots were performed on cell lines incubated with a pck3145 derivative ( seq id no . : 7 ). in the experiment presented in fig1 , 2 . 5 × 10 5 matlylu tumor cells ( american type culture collection no . : jhu - 5 )) were seeded in t - 25 flasks containing rpmi with 10 % fetal bovine serum ( fbs ). after overnight incubation , the cells were washed once with serum free medium and treated with various concentrations of the pck3145 derivative ( 500 ug / ml and 1 mg / ml ) in the presence of 50 ug / ml collagen type - i in serum free rpmi for 72 hrs . control cells received 50 ug / ml collagen or only serum free medium . the media were collected after 72 hours of exposure to the pck3145 derivative and subjected to gelatin zymography . zymography for mmp - 2 and mmp - 9 was performed in sds - polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis ( sds - page ) ( 10 %) containing 0 . 1 % gelatin ( invitrogen ). twenty - four microliters of culture media was mixed with non - reducing sample buffer and subjected to electrophoresis without boiling . after electrophoresis , gels were soaked for 30 minutes in 2 . 5 % triton x - 100 solution with 2 - 3 washing steps . the gels were then incubated for 18 hours at 37 ° c . in buffer containing 50 mm tris / hcl , ph 7 . 6 , 50 mm nacl , 10 mm cacl 2 and 0 . 05 % brij - 35 . after incubation , the gels were stained with 0 . 2 % coomassie blue and de - stained until clear proteolytic bands appeared . gels were scanned with microtek flatbed scanner ( scanmaker 5 software ; microtek lab , redondo beach , calif .). the band intensities were determined using the image quant software ( version 5 . 0 ) from molecular dynamics . the mmp - 9 and mmp - 2 gelatinase zymography standard were purchased from chemicon ( catalogue no . cc073 ). one nanogram of purified human pro - mmp - 2 and pro - mmp - 9 standards were used in every gel run . results of this experiment are illustrated in fig1 and indicate that pck3145 derivative treatment of matlylu cells resulted in a dose - dependent reduction of mmp - 9 secreted in the cell culture media , as detected by zymography . a separate western blot experiment was performed in which matlylu cells were treated with 100 ug / ml , 500 ug / ml and 1 mg / ml of the pck3145 derivative for 72 hrs . at the end of the experiment , the media were collected and concentrated 5 times using amicon centrifugal filter devices ( 3500 molecular weight cut - off ). twenty five microliters samples were separated on sds - page gel under reducing conditions using pre - cast gels of 4 - 12 % bis - tris ( invitrogen ). following electrophoresis , the proteins were transferred on nitrocellulose membrane . non - specific binding sites were blocked using 5 % skimmed milk in 10 mm phosphate buffer saline ( pbs ) containing 0 . 05 % tween - 20 for 1 hour at room temperature . the membrane was later incubated with a primary antibody ( monoclonal , rdi - mmp - 9abm - 2a5 ) at a concentration of 1 ug / ml ( in 10 mm pbs , containing 0 . 5 % bovine serum albumin ( bsa ) and 0 . 05 % tween - 20 ) for 3 hours at room temperature . the membranes were washed three times in pbs ( 5 minutes each wash ) to remove non - specific binding and they were incubated with the secondary antibody ( rabbit anti - mouse igg horseradish peroxidase - conjugated ( dako no . 0260 )) at a dilution of 1 : 5000 for one hour . detection of specific mmp - 9 protein was made by incubating the membrane in ecl ™ reagent ( electro - chemoluminescence , roche ) and exposing to the x - ray film . results of this experiment are illustrated in fig2 and again indicate that treatment of matlylu cells pck3145 derivative resulted in a dose - dependent reduction of mmp - 9 levels . the effect of the pck3145 derivative ( seq id no . : 7 ) on mmp extracellular levels was assessed by gelatin - zymography in the conditioned media of serum - starved huvec . after 16 hours of starvation , huvec were stimulated with vegf in the presence or not of the pck3145 derivative . a further 24 hours treatment shows that pck3145 derivative effectively downregulated by approximately 35 % the basal prommp - 2 levels in the extracellular media ( fig3 ). most importantly , the effect of pck3145 derivative ( 300 μg / ml ) was also observed on vegf - induced prommp - 2 secretion as the inhibition was of approximately 50 %. when these experiments were performed in serum - free media , but in the presence of the mapk inhibitor pd98059 , vegf - induced prommp - 2 extracellular levels were also significantly decreased . these results suggest that the effect of pck3145 derivative towards mmp secretion is indeed regulated through a mapk pathway in endothelial cells . vegf is a strong activator of erks ( extracellular - signal - regulated protein kinases ) 1 and 2 via vegf receptor 2 . in order to test the ability of the pck3145 derivative in potentially antagonizing vegf - mediated erk phosphorylation , serum - starved quiescent endothelial cells ( huvec ) were incubated with vehicle ( phosphate - buffered saline ( pbs ) ph 7 . 4 ) or pck3145 derivative ( 300 μg / ml ) for 24 h and then stimulated with vegf , bfgf ( basic fibroblast growth factor ) or s1p ( sphingosine - 1 - phosphate ). cells were washed with pbs containing naf / na 3 vo 4 and incubated in the same medium buffer for 1 h at 4 ° c . the cells were scraped from the culture dishes and the resulting lysates clarified by centrifugation . western blotting and immunodetection using anti - phosphoerk and anti - erk antibodies was then performed . the results show a specific inhibitory effect of the pck3145 derivative on erk phosphorylation induced by vegf ( fig4 a ) but not that induced by bfgf or s1p ( fig4 a ). this inhibitory effect was confirmed for two endothelial cells , huvec and baec ( not shown ). the total amount of erk in each sample of cells was unaffected by the pck3145 derivative ( fig4 a ). although , pck3145 derivative also seemed to stimulate erk phosphorylation induced by s1p in huvec ( fig4 a ), that result was found not statistically significant . moreover , a dose - response to pck3145 derivative was found to gradually inhibit the extent of erk phosphorylation by vegf ( fig4 b ). the effect of pck3145 derivative was found comparable to that of pd98059 , a documented pharmacological inhibitor of erk phosphorylation . the lack of effect of a scrambled peptide ( seq id no . : 99 ) is demonstrated as a negative control ( fig4 c ). finally , a time - course of pck3145 derivative effect is shown at 3 and 24 hrs demonstrating the necessity of a long term action of pck3145 derivative ( fig4 d ). this three dimensional ecm model assay provides physiologically relevant environment for studies of cell morphology , biochemical function , and gene expression in endothelial cells ( ec ) that can be modulated for instance by tumor growth factors or hypoxic culture conditions . moreover , proteomic - based approaches to monitor levels of protein expression can also be achieved . when plated on matrigel , ec have the ability to form capillary - like structures . the extent of capillary - like structures formation ( density and size of structures ) can be quantified by analysis of digitized images to determine the relative size and area covered by the tube - like network , using an image analysis software ( un - scan - it , empix imaging ). huvec were trypsinised , counted and seeded on matrigel . adhesion to matrigel was left to proceed for 30 minutes . treatment with increasing concentrations of the pck3145 derivative ( 0 - 300 μg / ml ) was then performed in serum - free media for 24 hours . the extent of capillary - like structure formation was then assessed afterwards . the results show that the pck3145 derivative negatively affects tubulogenesis ( fig5 ). the multifunctionality of vegf at the cellular level results from its ability to initiate a diverse , complex and integrated network of signaling pathways via its major receptor , vegfr - 2 . thus , the inhibitory effect of the pck3145 derivative on erk phosphorylation induced by vegf was examined to verify whether it was a consequence of an inhibition of the phosphorylation of vegfr - 2 . huvec were grown , serum - starved , pretreated with the pck3145 derivative ( 300 μg / ml ; 24 h ), and stimulated with vegf as described in gingras et al . [ biochem j 348 : 273 - 280 , ( 2000 )]. after each treatment , equal amounts of protein were immunoprecipitated with anti - vegfr - 2 polyclonal antibodies and analysed by western blotting . results of this experiment show that the pck3145 derivative inhibited the phosphorylation of vegfr - 2 induced by vegf in huvec ( fig6 a ). this inhibitory effect of the pck3145 derivative is also shown to be dose - dependent ( fig6 b ), and could be to a certain extent compared to the action of ptk787 , a known pharmacological inhibitor of the tyrosine kinase activity associated to the vegfr - 2 . finally , the lack of effect of a scrambled peptide is shown ( fig6 c ) and suggests the specificity of action of the pck3145 derivative . the potential inhibitory action of the pck3145 derivative towards the tyrosine kinase activity associated to the vegfr - 2 was also tested on the kinase activity associated to another receptor the pdgf receptor ( pdgfr ) in pasmc ( pulmonary aortic smooth muscle cells ). similar treatment of the pck3145 derivative as for huvec was performed . interestingly , pck3145 derivative leads to the inhibition of pdgfr phosphorylation induced by pdgf ( fig7 a ), as well as of the pdgf - induced erk phosphorylation ( fig7 b ). in order to investigate the potential intracellular pathways triggered by the pck3145 derivative , a gene - reporter assay using the seap ( secreted alkaline phosphatase ) mercury profiling kit ( clontech ) was performed in glioma cells ( u - 87 ). this assay enables the monitoring of transcription factors that are triggered by a particular experimental condition by assaying the alkaline phosphatase activity in the extracellular media . the pck3145 derivative triggers significantly two pathways : the mapk / jnk pathway ( sre ) and the nfkb pathway ( fig8 a ). the mapk pathway induction is extremely strong as compared to that of the nfkb pathway . the latter however potentially suggests the involvement of pro - apoptotic pathways that would be triggered by the pck3145 derivative . intriguingly , the secretion of the constitutively expressed seap was found to be inhibited suggesting a potential effect of the pck3145 derivative on a more general constitutive secretion pathway . the induction of the mapk pathway by the pck3145 derivative is further confirmed by the rapid and transient induction of erk phosphorylation between 5 - 10 minutes ( fig8 b ) and is shown to be dose - dependent ( fig8 c ). finally , the effects of the pck3145 derivative were also compared to those of a scrambled peptide . these results show that the scrambled peptide was unable to induce erk phosphorylation comparable to that of the pck3145 derivative ( fig8 d ). finally , these results also indicate that the mapk inhibitor pd98059 antagonized the induction of erk phosphorylation by the pck3145 derivative . matrigel containing the pck3145 or its derivative ( seq id no . : 5 or seq id no . : 7 ) is injected subcutaneously to a rat . this solidified plug is recovered after 7 - 21 days in the animal and examined histologically to determine the extent to which blood vessels have entered the plugs . in another assay , fertilized chick embryos are removed from their shell on day 3 or 4 , and a methylcellulose disc containing pck3145 ( seq id no . : 5 or seq id no . : 7 ) is implanted on the chorioallantoic membrane . the embryos are examined 48 hours later and the diameter of the avascular zone is measured . the overall effects of psp94 family members described herein make them useful for treatment of several diseases in addition to the previously disclosed utility ( inhibition of tumor cell growth and skeletal metastasis ). the content of each publication , patent and patent application mentioned in the present application is incorporated herein by reference . although the present invention has been described in details herein and illustrated in the accompanying drawings , it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the embodiments described herein and that various changes and modifications may be effected without departing from the scope or spirit of the present invention . sequence description : seq id no : 1 : ser cys tyr phe ile pro asn glu gly val pro gly asp ser thr arg 1 5 10 15 lys cys met asp leu lys gly asn lys his pro ile asn ser glu trp 20 25 30 gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu ile ser 35 40 45 cys cys thr leu val ser thr pro val gly tyr asp lys asp asn cys 50 55 60 gln arg ile phe lys lys glu asp cys lys tyr ile val val glu lys 65 70 75 80 lys asp pro lys lys thr cys ser val ser glu trp ile ile 85 90 sequence description : seq id no : 2 : glu ala glu ala tyr val glu phe ser cys tyr phe ile pro asn glu 1 5 10 15 gly val pro gly asp ser thr arg lys cys met asp leu lys gly asn 20 25 30 lys his pro ile asn ser glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys 35 40 45 thr cys tyr glu thr glu ile ser cys cys thr leu val ser thr pro 50 55 60 val gly tyr asp lys asp asn cys gln arg ile phe lys lys glu asp 65 70 75 80 cys lys tyr ile val val glu lys lys asp pro lys lys thr cys ser 85 90 95 val ser glu trp ile ile 100 sequence description : seq id no : 3 : tyr thr cys ser val ser glu pro gly ile 1 5 10 sequence description : seq id no : 4 : asn glu gly val pro gly asp ser thr arg lys cys met asp leu 1 5 10 15 sequence description : seq id no : 5 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr 1 5 10 15 sequence description : seq id no : 6 : ile val val glu lys lys asp pro lys lys thr cys ser val ser glu 1 5 10 15 trp ile ile sequence description : seq id no : 7 ( an acetylaminomethyl group may be attached to the sulfur atom of cysteine 7 , of cysteine 10 and / or of cysteine 12 ) glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr 1 5 10 15 sequence description : seq id no : 8 : tcatgctatt tcatacctaa tgagggagtt ccaggagatt caaccaggaa atgcatggat 60 ctcaaaggaa acaaacaccc aataaactcg gagtggcaga ctgacaactg tgagacatgc 120 acttgctacg aaacagaaat ttcatgttgc acccttgttt ctacacctgt gggttatgac 180 aaagacaact gccaaagaat cttcaagaag gaggactgca agtatatcgt ggtggagaag 240 aaggacccaa aaaagacctg ttctgtcagt gaatggataa tctaa 285 sequence description : seq id no : 9 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu 1 5 10 15 sequence description : seq id no : 10 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu 1 5 10 15 ile sequence description : seq id no : 11 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu 1 5 10 15 ile ser sequence description : seq id no : 12 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu 1 5 10 15 ile ser cys sequence description : seq id no : 13 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu 1 5 10 15 ile ser cys cys 20 sequence description : seq id no : 14 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu 1 5 10 15 ile ser cys cys thr 20 sequence description : seq id no : 15 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu 1 5 10 15 ile ser cys cys thr leu 20 sequence description : seq id no : 16 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu 1 5 10 15 ile ser cys cys thr leu val 20 sequence description : seq id no : 17 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu 1 5 10 15 ile ser cys cys thr leu val ser 20 sequence description : seq id no : 18 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu 1 5 10 15 ile ser cys cys thr leu val ser thr 20 25 sequence description : seq id no : 19 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu 1 5 10 15 ile ser cys cys thr leu val ser thr pro 20 25 sequence description : seq id no : 20 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu 1 5 10 15 ile ser cys cys thr leu val ser thr pro val 20 25 sequence description : seq id no : 21 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu 1 5 10 15 ile ser cys cys thr leu val ser thr pro val gly 20 25 sequence description : seq id no : 22 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu 1 5 10 15 ile ser cys cys thr leu val ser thr pro val gly tyr 20 25 sequence description : seq id no : 23 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu 1 5 10 15 ile ser cys cys thr leu val ser thr pro val gly tyr asp 20 25 30 sequence description : seq id no : 24 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu 1 5 10 15 ile ser cys cys thr leu val ser thr pro val gly tyr asp lys 20 25 30 sequence description : seq id no : 25 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu 1 5 10 15 ile ser cys cys thr leu val ser thr pro val gly tyr asp lys asp 20 25 30 sequence description : seq id no : 26 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu 1 5 10 15 ile ser cys cys thr leu val ser thr pro val gly tyr asp lys asp 20 25 30 asn sequence description : seq id no : 27 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu 1 5 10 15 ile ser cys cys thr leu val ser thr pro val gly tyr asp lys asp 20 25 30 asn cys sequence description : seq id no : 28 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu 1 5 10 15 ile ser cys cys thr leu val ser thr pro val gly tyr asp lys asp 20 25 30 asn cys gln 35 sequence description : seq id no : 29 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu 1 5 10 15 ile ser cys cys thr leu val ser thr pro val gly tyr asp lys asp 20 25 30 asn cys gln arg 35 sequence description : seq id no : 30 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu 1 5 10 15 ile ser cys cys thr leu val ser thr pro val gly tyr asp lys asp 20 25 30 asn cys gln arg ile 35 sequence description : seq id no : 31 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu 1 5 10 15 ile ser cys cys thr leu val ser thr pro val gly tyr asp lys asp 20 25 30 asn cys gln arg ile phe 35 sequence description : seq id no : 32 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu 1 5 10 15 ile ser cys cys thr leu val ser thr pro val gly tyr asp lys asp 20 25 30 asn cys gln arg ile phe lys 35 sequence description : seq id no : 33 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu 1 5 10 15 ile ser cys cys thr leu val ser thr pro val gly tyr asp lys asp 20 25 30 asn cys gln arg ile phe lys lys 35 40 sequence description : seq id no : 34 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu 1 5 10 15 ile ser cys cys thr leu val ser thr pro val gly tyr asp lys asp 20 25 30 asn cys gln arg ile phe lys lys glu 35 40 sequence description : seq id no : 35 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu 1 5 10 15 ile ser cys cys thr leu val ser thr pro val gly tyr asp lys asp 20 25 30 asn cys gln arg ile phe lys lys glu asp 35 40 sequence description : seq id no : 36 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu 1 5 10 15 ile ser cys cys thr leu val ser thr pro val gly tyr asp lys asp 20 25 30 asn cys gln arg ile phe lys lys glu asp cys 35 40 sequence description : seq id no : 37 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu 1 5 10 15 ile ser cys cys thr leu val ser thr pro val gly tyr asp lys asp 20 25 30 asn cys gln arg ile phe lys lys glu asp cys lys 35 40 sequence description : seq id no : 38 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu 1 5 10 15 ile ser cys cys thr leu val ser thr pro val gly tyr asp lys asp 20 25 30 asn cys gln arg ile phe lys lys glu asp cys lys tyr 35 40 45 sequence description : seq id no : 39 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu 1 5 10 15 ile ser cys cys thr leu val ser thr pro val gly tyr asp lys asp 20 25 30 asn cys gln arg ile phe lys lys glu asp cys lys tyr ile 35 40 45 sequence description : seq id no : 40 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu 1 5 10 15 ile ser cys cys thr leu val ser thr pro val 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10 15 ile ser cys cys thr leu val ser thr pro val gly tyr asp lys asp 20 25 30 asn cys gln arg ile phe lys lys glu asp cys lys tyr ile val val 35 40 45 glu lys lys 50 sequence description : seq id no : 45 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu 1 5 10 15 ile ser cys cys thr leu val ser thr pro val gly tyr asp lys asp 20 25 30 asn cys gln arg ile phe lys lys glu asp cys lys tyr ile val val 35 40 45 glu lys lys asp 50 sequence description : seq id no : 46 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu 1 5 10 15 ile ser cys cys thr leu val ser thr pro val gly tyr asp lys asp 20 25 30 asn cys gln arg ile phe lys lys glu asp cys lys tyr ile val val 35 40 45 glu lys lys asp pro 50 sequence description : seq id no : 47 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu 1 5 10 15 ile ser cys cys thr leu val ser thr pro val gly tyr asp lys asp 20 25 30 asn cys gln arg ile phe lys lys glu asp cys lys tyr ile val val 35 40 45 glu lys lys asp pro lys 50 sequence description : seq id no : 48 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu 1 5 10 15 ile ser cys cys thr leu val ser thr pro val gly tyr asp lys asp 20 25 30 asn cys gln arg ile phe lys lys glu asp cys lys tyr ile val val 35 40 45 glu lys lys asp pro lys lys 50 55 sequence description : seq id no : 49 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu 1 5 10 15 ile ser cys cys thr leu val ser thr pro val gly tyr asp lys asp 20 25 30 asn cys gln arg ile phe lys lys glu asp cys lys tyr ile val val 35 40 45 glu lys lys asp pro lys lys thr 50 55 sequence description : seq id no : 50 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu 1 5 10 15 ile ser cys cys thr leu val ser thr pro val gly tyr asp lys asp 20 25 30 asn cys gln arg ile phe lys lys glu asp cys lys tyr ile val val 35 40 45 glu lys lys asp pro lys lys thr cys 50 55 sequence description : seq id no : 51 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu 1 5 10 15 ile ser cys cys thr leu val ser thr pro val gly tyr asp lys asp 20 25 30 asn cys gln arg ile phe lys lys glu asp cys lys tyr ile val val 35 40 45 glu lys lys asp pro lys lys thr cys ser 50 55 sequence description : seq id no : 52 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu 1 5 10 15 ile ser cys cys thr leu val ser thr pro val gly tyr asp lys asp 20 25 30 asn cys gln arg ile phe lys lys glu asp cys lys tyr ile val val 35 40 45 glu lys lys asp pro lys lys thr cys ser val 50 55 sequence description : seq id no : 53 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu 1 5 10 15 ile ser cys cys thr leu val ser thr pro val gly tyr asp lys asp 20 25 30 asn cys gln arg ile phe lys lys glu asp cys lys tyr ile val val 35 40 45 glu lys lys asp pro lys lys thr cys ser val ser 50 55 60 sequence description : seq id no : 54 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu 1 5 10 15 ile ser cys cys thr leu val ser thr pro val 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30 asn cys gln arg ile phe lys lys glu asp cys lys tyr ile val val 35 40 45 glu lys lys asp pro lys lys thr cys ser val ser glu trp ile ile 50 55 60 sequence description : seq id no : 58 : ser glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr 1 5 10 15 sequence description : seq id no : 59 : asn ser glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu 1 5 10 15 thr sequence description : seq id no : 60 : ile asn ser glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr 1 5 10 15 glu thr sequence description : seq id no : 61 : pro ile asn ser glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys 1 5 10 15 tyr glu thr sequence description : seq id no : 62 : his pro ile asn ser glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr 1 5 10 15 cys tyr glu thr 20 sequence description : seq id no : 63 : lys his pro ile asn ser glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys 1 5 10 15 thr cys tyr glu thr 20 sequence description : seq id no : 64 : asn lys his pro ile asn ser glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr 1 5 10 15 cys thr cys tyr glu thr 20 sequence description : seq id no : 65 : gly asn lys his pro ile asn ser glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu 1 5 10 15 thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr 20 sequence description : seq id no : 66 : lys gly asn lys his pro ile asn ser glu trp gln thr asp asn cys 1 5 10 15 glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr 20 sequence description : seq id no : 67 : leu lys gly asn lys his pro ile asn ser glu trp gln thr asp asn 1 5 10 15 cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr 20 25 sequence description : seq id no : 68 : asp leu lys gly asn lys his pro ile asn ser glu trp gln thr asp 1 5 10 15 asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr 20 25 sequence description : seq id no : 69 : met asp leu lys gly asn lys his pro ile asn ser glu trp gln thr 1 5 10 15 asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr 20 25 sequence description : seq id no : 70 : cys met asp leu lys gly asn lys his pro ile asn ser glu trp gln 1 5 10 15 thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr 20 25 sequence description : seq id no : 71 : lys cys met asp leu lys gly asn lys his pro ile asn ser glu trp 1 5 10 15 gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr 20 25 sequence description : seq id no : 72 : arg lys cys met asp leu lys gly asn lys his pro ile asn ser glu 1 5 10 15 trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr 20 25 30 sequence description : seq id no : 73 : thr arg lys cys met asp leu lys gly asn lys his pro ile asn ser 1 5 10 15 glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr 20 25 30 sequence description : seq id no : 74 : ser thr arg lys cys met asp leu lys gly asn lys his pro ile asn 1 5 10 15 ser glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr 20 25 30 sequence description : seq id no : 75 : asp ser thr arg lys cys met asp leu lys gly asn lys his pro ile 1 5 10 15 asn ser glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu 20 25 30 thr sequence description : seq id no : 76 : gly asp ser thr arg lys cys met asp leu lys gly asn lys his pro 1 5 10 15 ile asn ser glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr 20 25 30 glu thr sequence description : seq id no : 77 : pro gly asp ser thr arg lys cys met asp leu lys gly asn lys his 1 5 10 15 pro ile asn ser glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys 20 25 30 tyr glu thr 35 sequence description : seq id no : 78 : val pro gly asp ser thr arg lys cys met asp leu lys gly asn lys 1 5 10 15 his pro ile asn ser glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr 20 25 30 cys tyr glu thr 35 sequence description : seq id no : 79 : gly val pro gly asp ser thr arg lys cys met asp leu lys gly asn 1 5 10 15 lys his pro ile asn ser glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys 20 25 30 thr cys tyr glu thr 35 sequence description : seq id no : 80 : glu gly val pro gly asp ser thr arg lys cys met asp leu lys gly 1 5 10 15 asn lys his pro ile asn ser glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr 20 25 30 cys thr cys tyr glu thr 35 sequence description : seq id no : 81 : asn glu gly val pro gly asp ser thr arg lys cys met asp leu lys 1 5 10 15 gly asn lys his pro ile asn ser glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu 20 25 30 thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr 35 sequence description : seq id no : 82 : pro asn glu gly val pro gly asp ser thr arg lys cys met asp leu 1 5 10 15 lys gly asn lys his pro ile asn ser glu trp gln thr asp asn cys 20 25 30 glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr 35 40 sequence description : seq id no : 83 : ile pro asn glu gly val pro gly asp ser thr arg lys cys met asp 1 5 10 15 leu lys gly asn lys his pro ile asn ser glu trp gln thr asp asn 20 25 30 cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr 35 40 sequence description : seq id no : 84 : phe ile pro asn glu gly val pro gly asp ser thr arg lys cys met 1 5 10 15 asp leu lys gly asn lys his pro ile asn ser glu trp gln thr asp 20 25 30 asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr 35 40 sequence description : seq id no : 85 : tyr phe ile pro asn glu gly val pro gly asp ser thr arg lys cys 1 5 10 15 met asp leu lys gly asn lys his pro ile asn ser glu trp gln thr 20 25 30 asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr 35 40 sequence description : seq id no : 86 : cys tyr phe ile pro asn glu gly val pro gly asp ser thr arg lys 1 5 10 15 cys met asp leu lys gly asn lys his pro ile asn ser glu trp gln 20 25 30 thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr 35 40 sequence description : seq id no : 87 : ser cys tyr phe ile pro asn glu gly val pro gly asp ser thr arg 1 5 10 15 lys cys met asp leu lys gly asn lys his pro ile asn ser glu trp 20 25 30 gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr 35 40 45 2 ) information for seq id no : 88 : ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 15 ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : ( ix ) feature : name / key : modified site location : 1 other information : the residue in this position is either glutamic acid , asparagine , or aspartic acid . ( ix ) feature : name / key : modified site location : 4 ( d ) other information : the residue in this position is either threonine , or serine . ( ix ) feature : name / key : modified site location : 6 ( d ) other information : the residue in this position is either glutamic acid , asparagine , or aspartic acid . ( ix ) feature : name / key : modified site location : 8 ( d ) other information : the residue in this position is either glutamic acid , asparagine , or aspartic acid . ( ix ) feature : name / key : modified site location : 9 ( d ) other information : the residue in this position is either threonine , or serine . ( ix ) feature : name / key : modified site ( b ) location : 11 ( d ) other information : the residue in this position is either threonine , or serine . ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : modified site ( b ) location : 13 ( d ) other information : the residue in this position is either tyrosine , or phenylalanine . ( ix ) feature : name / key : modified site ( b ) location : 14 ( d ) other information : the residue in this position is either glutamic acid , asparagine , or aspartic acid . ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : modified site ( b ) location : 15 ( d ) other information : the residue in this position is either threonine , or serine . ( vi ) original source : ( a ) organism : ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 88 : xaa trp gln xaa asp xaa cys xaa xaa cys xaa cys xaa xaa xaa 1 5 10 15 sequence description : seq id no : 89 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu 1 5 10 15 trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr 20 25 30 sequence description : seq id no : 90 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu 1 5 10 15 trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu trp 20 25 30 gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr 35 40 45 sequence description : seq id no : 91 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu 1 5 10 15 trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu trp 20 25 30 gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr glu trp gln 35 40 45 thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr 50 55 60 sequence description : seq id no : 92 : glu tyr gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr 1 5 10 15 sequence description : seq id no : 93 : glu trp asn thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr 1 5 10 15 sequence description : seq id no : 94 : glu trp gln thr asp gln ser glu thr cys thr cys tyr asp thr 1 5 10 15 sequence description : seq id no : 95 : trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr 1 5 10 sequence description : seq id no : 96 : gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys tyr glu thr 1 5 10 sequence description : seq id no : 97 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys 1 5 10 sequence description : seq id no : 98 : glu trp gln thr asp asn cys glu thr cys thr cys d - tyr glu thr 1 5 10 15 sequence description : seq id no : 99 : thr - cys ( acm )- glu - asn - cys ( acm )- thr - glu - thr - gln - trp - cys ( acm )- glu - thr - asp - tyr