Patent Application: US-5429898-A

Abstract:
a substantially pure dna comprising a sequence encoding a smooth muscle cell lim polypeptide , methods of diagnosing vascular injury by detecting a decrease in smlim gene expression , and methods of inhibiting vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation .

Description:
aortic smooth muscle cells were harvested from the thoracic aorta of adult male sprague - dawley rats ( 200 - 250 g ) by enzymatic digestion . cos - 7 ( crl 1651 ) and 10t1 / 2 ( ccl 226 ) cells were obtained from the american type cell culture collection . rat aortic smooth muscle cells were grown in dme medium ( jrh biosciences , lenexa , kans .) supplemented with 10 % fcs , penicillin ( 100 u / ml ), streptomycin ( 100 μg / ml ), and 25 mm hepes ( ph 7 . 4 ) in a humidified incubator ( 37 ° c ., 5 % co 2 ). cos - 7 and 10t1 / 2 cells were grown similarly , with the exceptions that dme was supplemented with serum plus ( hyclone , logan , utah ) for the former and bme ( jrh biosciences ) was substituted for dme for the latter . embryonic stem cells ( d3 ) were cultured using known methods . cells were cultured and maintained in an undifferentiated state with leukemia inhibitory factor using known methods , e . g ., doetschman et al ., 1985 , j . embryol . exp . morph . 87 : 27 - 45 . pdgf - bb was purchased from collaborative biomedical products ( bedford , mass .). the full - length rat muscle lim protein ( mlp ) cdna was amplified from rat heart rna by the reverse transcriptase pcr . forward ( 5 &# 39 ; gagtcttcaccatgccgaac3 &# 39 ; seq id no : 4 ) and reverse ( 5 &# 39 ; ctctcccaccccaaaaatag3 &# 39 ; seq id no : 5 ) primers , designed according to the published rat mlp sequence ( arber et al ., 1994 , cell 79 : 221 - 231 ), were used to amplify a 801 - bp fragment . the pcr fragment was then subcloned and sequenced by the dideoxy chain termination method . the rat - mlp fragment was used to screen a rat neonatal aortic cdna library in λgt11 . approximately 1 . 6 million phage clones were plated , transferred to nitrocellulose paper , and screened at low stringency . one out of nine isolated clones encoded the partial sequence of a novel lim protein , r - smlim . this partial clone was then used to screen a rat smooth muscle cdna library in λzap ( clontech ) to obtain the full - length clone . the same partial rat clone was also used to screen a human aortic λgt11 cdna library to obtain the human sequence and a murine library to obtain the murine sequence . the sequences of several partially overlapping clones were compiled to obtain the full - length h - smlim sequence . both strands of the entire r - smlim and h - smlim cdnas were sequenced by the dideoxy chain termination method or on an automated dna sequencer ( licor , lincoln , nebr .) according to the manufacturer &# 39 ; s instructions . the nucleotide sequences have been submitted to the genbank ™/ embl data bank with accession numbers u44948 ( r - smlim ) and u46006 ( h - smlim ). to construct the expression plasmid myc - smlim / pcr3 , dna encoding a c - myc peptide tag ( eqkliseed ) ( seq id no : 6 ) was added in frame to the r - smlim open reading frame at the n - terminus using pcr techniques . this hybrid dna fragment was then cloned into the eucaryotic expression vector pcr3 ( invitrogen ). cos - 7 and 10t1 / 2 cells were transiently transfected with the myc - smlim / pcr3 plasmid using the deae - dextran method known in the art . the transfected cells were grown on chamber slides and fixed with 4 % paraformaldehyde in pbs . immunostaining was performed 48 h after transfection with an anti - c - myc monoclonal antibody ( e . g ., 9e10 ; oncogene ) followed by a rhodamine - conjugated goat anti - mouse igg secondary antibody . nuclear counterstaining was performed with hoechst 33258 according to the manufacturer &# 39 ; s instructions . the chromosomal location of h - smlim was determined using the biosmap somatic cell hybrid blot ( bios laboratories , conn . ), which contains dna from 20 somatic cell hybrid cell lines plus 3 control dnas ( human , hamster , and mouse ). a full - length h - smlim fragment was randomly primed and hybridized as recommended by the manufacturer . the blot was washed according to the manufacturer &# 39 ; s instructions and then exposed to kodak xar film at - 80 ° c . total rna was isolated from cultured cells , rat organs , embryonic stem cells , and mouse embryos by guanidinium isothiocyanate extraction and centrifugation through cesium chloride . the mouse embryo samples ( 7 - 10 days old ) included placenta and yolk sac tissue . carotid artery total rna was obtained by the rna - zol method ( cinna / biotecx laboratories international , houston , tex .) from adult male sprague - dawley rats that had been subjected to balloon injury ( zivic - miller company , zelienople , pa .). human poly a + rna was purchased from clontech laboratories ( palo alto , inc . calif .). all rna was fractionated on a 1 . 3 % formaldehyde - agarose gel and transferred to nitrocellulose filters . the filters were then hybridized with the appropriate 32 p - labeled , random primed cdna probes using standard methods . the hybridized filters were washed in 30 mm sodium chloride , 3 mm sodium citrate , and 0 . 1 % sds at 55 ° c . and autoradiographed on kodak xar film at - 80 ° c . to control for differences in rna loading , the blots were hybridized with an 18s - specific or 28s - specific oligonucleotide probe . the filters were scanned and radioactivity was measured on a phosphorimager running the imagequant software ( molecular dynamics , sunnyvale , calif .). the complete r - smlim open reading frame was cloned into the eucaryotic expression vector pcr3 ( invitrogen ). in vitro transcription and translation was performed in the tnt - coupled wheat germ extract system ( promega , madison , wis .) according to the manufacturer &# 39 ; s instructions . the transcribed and translated products were resolved on a 10 % sds - page tricine gel , and autoradiography was performed with kodak bmr film at room temperature . rat smlim mrna was hybridized in situ using standard methods . adult male sprague - dawley rats were perfused with 4 % paraformaldehyde . organs were then postfixed with 4 % paraformaldehyde , soaked in 30 % sucrose until the tissue sank , embedded in optimum cutting temperature ( o . c . t .) compound , and stored in isopentane at - 80 ° c . tissue sections were cut at a thickness of 5 microns . smlim mrna was detected by hybridization with a [ 35 s ] utp - labeled antisense crna probe synthesized with the sp6 rna polymerase from hindiii - linearized r - smlim in bluescript ii sk +. for control experiments , a [ 35 s ] utp - labeled sense crna probe was synthesized under the same conditions . rna probes were degraded to a length of approximately 100 - 200 nucleotides by partial hydrolysis for 15 min at 600 ° c . in 80 mm nahco 3 and 120 mm na 2 co 3 . after hybridization , the tissue sections were washed under moderately stringent conditions ( lee et al ., 1993 , endocrinology 132 : 2136 - 2140 ). the dried tissue sections were then dipped into kodak ntb2 emulsion ( eastman kodak , rochester , n . y .) and exposed for 2 - 4 days at 40 ° c . counterstaining was performed with hematoxylin - eosin . the nucleotide sequence of the r - smlim cdna revealed a 582 - bp open reading frame encoding a 194 amino - acid protein . analysis of this frame identified two lim domains separated by a glycine - rich region and a putative nuclear localization signal . the entire r - smlim cdna was cloned into the pcriii eucaryotic expression vector . in vitro transcription and translation ( promega ) of this expression plasmid with wheat germ lysate revealed a protein product of 21 - kda ( fig1 ). to determine whether smlim was conserved across species , the human , rat , and mouse homologues were compared . a comparison of the h - smlim and r - smlim open reading frames revealed 93 % identity at the cdna level and 99 % identity at the amino acid level ( tables 2 and 3 ). comparison of the open reading frames of murine smlim ( m - smlim ) and r - smlim revealed 97 % identity at the cdna level and 100 % identity at the amino acid level ( table 3 ). a genbank ™ search indicated that smlim shares homology with the cysteine - rich protein ( crp ) family . table 2 compares r - smlim and h - smlim with their rat and human crp counterparts and rat mlp . although an amino acid sequence comparison of r - smlim and h - smlim shows 99 % identity ( table 3 ), a comparison of r - smlim with r - crp shows only 79 % identity . these data indicate that smlim and crp are related but different genes . table 1__________________________________________________________________________ 1acgagctagacctccctagctccgcccgccgcgtgctcccgcctcccactcggaatgcct m p 61gtctggggcggtggaaataagtgcggggcctgcgggagaaccgtgtaccacgctgaagag v w g g g n k c g a c g r t v y h a e e 121gtgcagtgtgatgggcggacgttccaccgctgctgctttctgtgcatggtttgcaggaaa v q c d g r t f h r c c f l c m v c r k 181aatttagacagcacaacagtggcaattcatgatgaagagatctactgcaaatcatgctac n l d s t t v a i h d e e i y c k s c y 241ggaaagaagtatggaccaaaaggctatggttatggccagggcgctggcacgctcaacatg g k k y g p k g y g y g q g a g t l n m 301gaccgtggtgagaggctgggcatcaagccagagagtgctcaacctcacaggcctacaaca d r g e t l g i k p e s a q p h r p t t 361aatccaaacacttctaaatttgcccagaaatatggaggtgctgagaagtgctccagatgt n p n t s k f a q k y g g a e k c s r c 421ggggattctgtgtatgctgctgagaagatcattggagctggaaagccctggcacaaaaac g d s v y a a e k i i g a g k p w h k n 481tgtttccgatgtgccaagtgtgggaagagtctggagtctacaactctgactgagaaggaa c f r c a k c g k s l e s t t l t e k e 541ggtgaaatctactgtaaagggtgctacgcaaagaactttgggcccaagggattcggctat g e i y c k g c y a k n f g p k g f g y 601ggtcaaggagcaggggcccttgttcatgctcagtagtggtgtaaacccagtaagcatggc g q g a g a l v h a q * ( seq id no : 8 ) 661aaagaacctccattaatgtggatggccttaccgcactcaggctgtgcatcggccagcact 721cagcactgtgtagcacacacgctatgtgcacaatcgggctggacaggaagcactacactc 781tcctgcccatccgctaacgtttaagaacgttcttttacatttggaataaaattttggttt 841gatttgaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ( seq id no : 7 ) __________________________________________________________________________ table 2__________________________________________________________________________ 1 . . . . 50 r - smlim mpvwgggnkcgacgrtvyhaeevqcdgrtfhrccflcmvcrknldsttva h - smlim mpvwgggnkcgacgrtvyhaeevqcdgrsfhrccflcmvcrknldsttva r - crp mpnwgggkkcgvcqktvyfaeevqcegnsfhkscflcmvckknldsttva h - crp mpnwgggkkcgvcqktvyfaeevqcegnsfhkscflcmvckknldsttva r - mlp mpnwgggakcgacdktbyhaeeiqcngrsfhktcfhcmacrkaldsttva consensus mpnwgggnkcgncnntvynaeevqcngnnfhnncfncmncnjnkdsttva - 51 . . . . 100 r - smlim ihdeeiyckscygkkygpkgygygqgagtlnmdrgerlgikpesaqph r h - smlim ihdeeiyckscygkkygpkgygygqgagtlnmdrgerlgikpesvqph r r - crp vhgeeiyckscygkkygpkgygygqgagtlsmdkgeslgikheeapgh r h - crp vhgeeiyckscygkkygpkgygygqgagtlstdkgeslgikheeapgh r r - mlp aheseiyckbcygrkygpkgigfgqgagclstdtgehlglqfqqspkpar consensus nhnneiyckncygnkygpkgngygqgagninndngenlgnnnnnnnnnnr - 101 . . . . 150 r - smlim pttnpntskfaqkyggaekcsrcgdsvyaaekiigagkpwhkncfrcakc h - smlim pttnpntskfaqkyggaekcsrcgdsvyaaekiigagkpwhkncfrcakc r - crp pttnpnaskfaqkiggsercprcsqavyaaekvigagkswhkscfrcakc h - crp pttnpnaskfaqkiggsercprcsqavyaaekvigagkswhkacfrcakc r - mlp aattsnpskfsakfgesekcprcgksvyaaekvmgggkpwhktcfpcaic consensus nntnnnnskfnnkngnnencnrcnnnvyaaeknngngknwhkncfncanc - 151 . . . . 194 r - smlim gkslesttltekegeiyckgcyaknfgpkgfgygqgagalvhaq ( seq id no : 8 ) h - smlim gkslesttltekegeiyckgcyaknfgp kgfgygqgagalbhaq ( seq id no : 1 ) r - crp gkglesttladkdgeiyckgcyaknfgpkg fgfgqgagalbhse ( seq id no : 9 ) h - crp gkglesttladkdgeiyckgcyaknfgpkg fgfgqgagalbhse ( seq id no : 10 ) r - mlp gkslestnvtdkdgelyckbcyaknfgptg igfgglthqvekke ( seq id no : 11 ) consensus gknlestnnnnkngenyckncyaknf gpngngngnnnnnnnnnn ( seq id no : __________________________________________________________________________ 12 ) table 3______________________________________ nucleotides amino acids (%) (%) ______________________________________ m - smlim 97 100 h - smlim 93 99 r - smlim versus r - crp 73 79 h - crp 72 79 r - mlp 65 65______________________________________ table 5__________________________________________________________________________ agtctccggatccgcccgcggctttcctcggtcagacctcgttagctccgcccgccgcgt60 - gctccctcctcccactcggaatgcctgtctggggcggtggaaataagtgcggggcctgcg120 1 m p v w g g g n k c g a c g - ggagaaccgtgtaccacgcggaagaggtgca gtgcgatgggcggacgttccatcgctgct180 15 r t v y h a e e v q c d g r t f h r c c - gcttcctgtgcatggtttgcaggaaaaattt agacagcacaacagtggcgattcatgatg240 35 f l c m v c r k n l d s t t v a i h d e - aagagatctactgcaaatcctgctacggaaa gaagtatggaccaaaaggctatggttatg300 55 e i y c k s c y g k k y g p k g y g y g - gccagggcgctggcacgctcaacatggaccg cggtgagagactgggcatcaagccagaga360 75 q g a g t l n m d r g e r l g i k p e s - gtgctcaacctcacaggcctacgacaaatcc aaacacttctaaatttgcccagaaatatg420 95 a q p h r p t t n p n t s k f a q k y g - gaggagctgagaagtgttccaggtgtgggga ttccgtgtatgctgcggagaagatcattg480 115 g a e k c s r c g d s v y a a e k i i g - gagctgggaagccctggcacaaaaactgttt ccggtgtgccaagtgtgggaagagtctgg540 135 a g k p w h k n c f r c a k c g k s l e - agtctacaactctgactgagaaagaaggcga aatctactgtaaagggtgctacgcaaaga600 155 s t t l t e k e g e i y c k g c y a k n - actttgggcccaagggatttggctatggtca aggggcaggggcccttgttcatgctcagt660 175 f g p k g f g y g q g a g a l v h a q * ( seq id no : 13 ) - aatggtgtgaaccagtaagcacgacagagaatctccattaccaaactgcagatggcgttt720 - atggcgctcactactgtgaaacagccagcac ttggcactgggcatcaccgagctgcctgt780 - gggggctggaccgacagcgctgcactctccc gcccactcactagcgtctaagagcattct840 ( seq id no : 14 ) __________________________________________________________________________ the number of nucleotide and amino acid sequence positions are indicated in the right and left margins , respectively . the potential nuclear localization signal is underlined . the conserved cysteine and histidine residues of the two lim domains are in bold , and the adjacent glycine residues in the glycine - rich repeat are in italics . table 8__________________________________________________________________________smlim - genomic sequence - exon 1 agtctccggatccgcccgcggctttcctcggtcagacctcgttagctccgcc cgccgcgtgctccctcctcccactcgg ( seq id no : 19 ) - gtgagtcctaggctc ........... gagctctgtgagtaagagcgatgtttcctccacgatatgctagataaaaatctgggggtggggggtaaccagaagagggacaaagcaccttgtactaattgtttaaatatttaataaaggtctcatcaggaaacctaatagaggtctgcaccatttaatggttgtatgggaatcacgcctttaaggcaaagatgagctttctctgctacagacta .......... aagcatctgctagtacgcactgtctcgtggctgaagcagccggagggaactcgtaaaacaacgcatcctaatgcatcctttgttccgcag ( seq id nos : 20 , 21 , 22 ) - exon 2catgcctgtctggggcggtggaaataagtgcggggcctgcgggagaaccgtgtaccacgcgga aga m p v w g g g n k c g a c g r t v y h a e eggtgcagtgcgatgggcggacgttccatcgctgctgctgttcctgtgca ( seq id no : 23 ) v q c d r t f j r c c f l c m ( seq id no : 24 ) - gtgagtatggtcccctcccccttcagttcacctctggaagaaaaataacaatgctagctaagagaaatggtttagagtgacggggttttttgtttgtttgttttttgttttaaccgctgagtcatctctctagcccaatgcggtgttttatgtcattgatcttaagacgctgaggactgagccagagggaagaccacctagccctcagttctggccagttggcttagcctttgtcacctctgtctgtgtcctcggg .............. gtcatttggaggcacctctgttttaagttaaagctatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatattcatattttaatgatgtttaaaatctatctaccctggggcttag ( seq id nos : 25 , 26 ) - exon 3tggtttgcaggaaaaatttagacagcacaacagtggcgattcatgatgaagagatctactgca aat v c r k n l d s t t v a i h d e e i y c k scctgctacggaaagaagtatggaccaaaaggctatggttatggccagggcgctggcacgctcaaca c y g k k y g p k g y g y g q g a g t l n mtggaccgcggtgagagactgggcatcaagccagagag ( seq id no : 27 ) d r g e r l g i k p e s ( seq id no : 28 ) - gtgagagaatgttaccctcttaaaagcgggtagaacagctcctgtcgctcaggcaccaggagcctgcatatttagtttaaactaagcaagcaaaataaaatgtgacctctactaaatactcatatgattactacgacgttctgtaacgtcataatattgacagttttgtatctaaaaatcttagtaatgaatgcagggacttctagccctggttatatagcattttaactgatatcaggaaaacataaatctcaaggaactgacttacttaatatcccatacgcactggagatcaaatatcttgaaatgagtgtctgaattctgagatcgttctcatatgattaactgtccacggaaagtccttagtcactctttcctcaggaaattacatccttcaacttagaaattaaaaccatttcctcgttctgatgatttgagggacaaatcg ............ aaatgtttcacaatatacattacctctaaatcttcccatcaatgaaaactaaattcacaagacccccaaggctgtgtttgtagccagaactgggaaatcacggatgctctttctgccctgtccccacctttcccagcaataagcaagctctgtgtgcacgccctatgtgcagtggtaaccctgtctgtcccttccagccgggccctggtctggtcttcctctgcgatcaggtctaaggaattcctcctcccagaggtcttctttaggactcaaaaccatggcctgccttttaacacacagattaaa .......... cgaagctcctgttagctcaggaggaacatttggagaaacactgcctcatttttttctccgttcctccag ( seq id nos : 29 , 30 , 31 ) - exon 4tgctcaacctcacaggcctacgacaaatccaaacacttctaaatttgcccagaaatatggagg agc a q p h r p t t n p n t s k f a q k y g g atgagaagtgttccaggtgtggggattccgtgtatgctgcggagaagatcattggagctgggaag ( seq id no : 32 ) e k c s r c g d s v y a a e k i i g a g k ( seq id no : 33 ) - gtagggcgctgtctctaagtggtaactgcagcacacactcacacacaccacagggtgctgtctgtctctaactggtaactgtaataaacacacacatacatacacaagcatacatagacacacacacacacacacacacatac ........... ctgctcccagcaaacagccctttactggtggctagaagatatgacagcaaagaggccagctttctagctgagccaaaccgtagcctgaggaggctgcttgtgcgctggttttcccagccacttgctgcatctagatcgagccaaaggaaacaagcctctcaatgtcctaactcagctgtctcttccag ( seq id nos : 34 , 35 ) - exon 5ccctggcacaaaaactgtttccggtgtgccaagtgtgggaagagtctggagtctacaactctg act p w h k n c f r c a k c g k s l e s t t l tgagaaagaaggcgaaatctactgtaaag ( seq id no : 36 ) e k e g e i y c k g ( seq id no : 37 ) - gtaaaaactcggttctgctgtctgttagtgtcaccagaaagggagacatcgtgcactgttaccttttgaaaatgagaccgacatcttaggacagtgattacttcttccattcctactgtgtgtgttaagtccacacggctggggatctggccgaatggtaaaagcttgcctatgtagcacattcacaaggaggccacgctcagcacggcctccccaacctctgacttcctgctttaagccaagcatatgactacgtgagggtgacacacagaaggcagctggatttcagcctgcagctcatcacaatcctaacttggatgccgtgggaattcctggactcgcttcaaacaaggatgctcatagcagagcccattttatatcttaaactgacctctgcagagcctccagttggcttttaaattaatggccatttgttagtgacctctgattaactctccctttcctttgtag ( seq id no : 38 ) - exon 6ggtgctacgcaaagaactttgggcccaagggatttggctatggtcaaggggcaggggcccttg ttc c y a k n f g p k g f f y g q g a g a l v hatgctcagtaatggtgtgaaccagtaagcacgacagagaatctccattaccaaactgcagatggcga q *( seq id no : 40 ) tttatggcgctcactactgtgaaacagccagcacttggcactgggcatcaccgagctgcctgtgggggctggaccgacagcgctgcactctcccgcccactcactagcgtctaagagcattcttttacatttgaaataaaattttggcttg ( seq id no : 39 ) - atttgggtaccacctcttaattaacctttcagaggagctgttgtgatttttagatgatgagaagttatctggttccttcctccagtgaaaaccagtctcctgattaaaaaaaaaaaaaagaccgtttctttaaaaagacaatcaattcctttatgcagtaggctaacatttgcactctgagagctgaaaacgacattttacttttgagattttcattcatatatatatatatatatacatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatacaaaacactccgtgga ( seq id no : 17 ) __________________________________________________________________________ smlim is a highly conserved , two - lim - domain nuclear protein of the lim - only class . other members of this class include rbtn2 , mlp , and crp . like smlim , rbtn2 and mlp are nuclear proteins with two lim - domains , and they are highly conserved across species ( arber et al . 1994 , cell 79 : 221 - 231 ; warren et al ., 1994 , cell 78 : 45 - 57 ). crp proteins also have two lim - domains and show high cross - species conservation ( wang et al . 1992 , j . biol . chem . 267 : 9176 - 9184 ; weiskirchen et al ., 1995 , j . biol . chem . 270 : 28946 - 28954 ). sequence comparisons of smlim and crp suggest that the two gene families are related yet distinct ( tables 2 and 3 ). in contrast with smlim , which is a nuclear protein ( fig2 a and 2b ), crp has been localized to the cytoskeletal adhesion plaques ( crawford et al ., 1994 , j . cell biol . 124 : 117 - 127 ; sadler et al ., j . cell biol . 119 : 1573 - 1587 ). moreover , h - smlim localizes to chromosome 3 ( fig3 ), whereas h - crp localizes to chromosome 1 ( wang et al ., 1992 , genomics 14 : 391 - 397 ). finally , northern analysis of r - crp tissue distribution showed that the size of its mrna and pattern of expression were distinct from those of r - smlim . taken together , these data indicate that smlim and crp are distinct lim proteins . the r - smlim deduced amino acid sequence contains the putative nuclear localization signal kkygpk ( seq id no : 15 ), suggesting that smlim is a nuclear protein . to determine the cellular localization of smlim , a plasmid expressing a fusion protein of the c - myc tag and r - smlim was made . this plasmid and the control vector alone were transfected into cos cells . the cells were immunostained with an anti - c - myc antibody . detection of the immunofluorescent signal in the nuclei of cos cells transfected with the c - myc - r - smlim fusion plasmid but not the control vector alone indicated that the smlim protein localized to the nucleus ( fig2 a and 2b ). the same experiment was performed with 10t1 / 2 fibroblasts . smlim localized to the nucleus in these cells as well . the chromosomal location of h - smlim was mapped with the bios somatic cell hybrid blot . h - smlim was found to localize to chromosome 3 ( fig3 arrow ). total rna were isolated from 15 types of tissue from adult male and female rats and analyzed for smlim expression by northern blot analysis ( fig4 a ). a single , intense , 1 . 0 - kb band was detected in the aorta . a much weaker signal was detected in the kidney , thymus , and intestine . smlim expression was not detectable in heart and skeletal muscle and was barely detectable in brain , testis , esophagus , lung , liver , aortic adventitia , vena cava , and uterus . these data indicate that r - smlim is expressed in tissue containing smooth rather than striated muscle . expression of smlim was found to be much greater in aortic tissue compared to intestinal or uterine tissue , indicating that smlim is expressed preferentially in vascular smooth muscle cells . even among vascular rnas , r - smlim expression was greater in arterial tissue ( aorta ) compared to venous tissue ( vena cava ). consistent with the r - smlim expression pattern , h - smlim was expressed to a high degree in aorta but not in heart or skeletal muscle ( fig4 b ). the pattern of preferential expression in arterial but not venous smooth muscle cells suggests that smooth muscle cells may be fundamentally different in the two tissue types . although smlim is highly expressed in smooth muscle cells , it is not expressed in striated muscle cells ( fig4 a and 4b ). this pattern is in contrast with that of mlp , which is expressed only in the heart and skeletal muscle . when a full - length mlp probe was hybridized to total rna from aorta and cultured vascular smooth muscle cells , no message was detected . thus , the expression of the two lim proteins is distinct within the myogenic cell lineage . to localize r - smlim expression within the vessel wall , in situ hybridization was carried out . for each antisense experiment with the r - smlim riboprobe ( fig5 a and 5c ), a corresponding sense ( control ) experiment ( fig5 b and 5d ) was performed . fig5 a shows intense staining of r - smlim in both the aorta ( ao ) and a small artery ( ar ) nearby . consistent with northern analysis data , minimal expression of r - smlim was visible in the vena cava ( v ). a view of the aorta at higher magnification revealed that r - smlim expression was limited to smooth muscle cells in the medial layer ( fig5 c ). smlim signal expression was absent in skeletal muscle cells . these data indicate that r - smlim is expressed preferentially in arterial smooth muscle cells . downregulation of r - smlim expression in vascular smooth muscle cells by growth factors and arterial wall injury pdgf - bb is unique among the smooth muscle cell mitogens in its ability to selectively suppress the expression of differentiation markers such as α - actin , smooth muscle myosin heavy chain , and α - tropomyosin in vitro . the effect of pdgf - bb on smlim expression was evaluated in cultured vascular smooth muscle cells . r - smlim mrna levels decreased gradually in response to pdgf - bb stimulation ( fig6 a ). a decrease in r - smlim expression appeared as early as 4 h after treatment , and a maximal decrease of 80 % was obtained at 32 h after treatment . in response to vessel wall injury , vascular smooth muscle cells undergo a phenotypic change from a differentiated , contractile state to a dedifferentiated , proliferative state . balloon injury of the rat carotid artery was used to study this change in phenotype in vivo . since smooth muscle cell proliferation after arterial injury reaches a maximum in the medial layer at 48 h and a maximum in the intimal layer at 96 h ( and declines thereafter ), r - smlim mrna levels were evaluated at 2 , 5 , and 8 days after balloon injury of the carotid artery ( fig6 b ). smlim mrna levels decreased by more than 60 % after day 2 compared to the control , and remained at this level through day 8 . these data indicate that r - smlim mrna decreases in response to smooth muscle cell proliferation and dedifferentiation both in vitro and in vivo . smlim was found to be expressed preferentially in vascular tissue , and its levels are affected by the differentiation state of vascular smooth muscle cells . to determine whether smlim expression is regulated during development , total rna was isolated from undifferentiated embryonic stem cells and whole mouse embryos at days 7 . 5 - 16 . 5 post coitum . smlim expression was found to be regulated developmentally ( fig7 a and 7b ). expression was highest during the late primitive streak stage ( 7 . 5 days p . c . ), the point at which the embryonic and extraembryonic circulations begin to develop . smlim expression decreased rapidly at subsequent time points . the data normalized to the hybridization signal value at 7 . 5 days p . c . ( fig7 b ). these data indicate that relative mrna expression decreased by 40 % at 8 . 5 days p . c . and by approximately 80 % at 9 . 5 - 16 . 5 days p . c . these data indicate that smlim expression is regulated developmentally . expression is highest at day 7 . 5 p . c . in mouse embryos ( fig7 a and 7b ) and plateaus by day 9 . 5 p . c . these early stages represent important points in the development of the mouse heart and vascular systems . at the late primitive streak stage ( day 7 . 5 p . c . ), discrete blood islands make their first appearance and amalgamate shortly thereafter to form the yolk sac vasculature . within the embryo , the early formation of a vasculature is seen at 8 . 0 days p . c . and amalgamation of the embryonic and extraembryonic circulations at 8 . 5 days p . c . smlim expression was found to be highest in the adult aorta and correlates with the level of smooth muscle cell differentiation , and its embryonic expression is highest during periods critical for vascular development . a plasmid containing dna encoding h - smlim ( plasmid containing h - smlim cdna ) has been deposited with the american type culture collection ( atcc ) under the terms of the budapest treaty on the international recognition of the deposit of microorganisms for the purpose of patent procedure on mar . 13 , 1996 , and bears the accession number 7470 . applicants &# 39 ; assignee , president and fellows of harvard college , acknowledges its duty to replace the deposit should the depository be unable to furnish a sample when requested due to the condition of the deposit before the end of the term of a patent issued hereon , and its responsibility to notify the atcc of the issuance of such a patent , at which time the deposit will be made available to the public . prior to that time , the deposit will be made available to the commissioner of patents under the terms of cfr § 1 . 14 and 35 u . s . c . § 112 . the invention is based on the identification and characterization of a smlim polypeptide which is expressed preferentially in aortic smooth muscle cells . in vivo , smlim mrna levels were found to decrease as vascular smooth muscle cells changed from a quiescent to a proliferative phenotype in response to vascular injury . thus , administering smlim polypeptide or increasing expression of a smlim - encoding dna , e . g ., by stimulating the smlim promoter or by introducing additional copies of smlim - encoding dna , in vascular smooth muscle cells which are injured or at risk of being injured can inhibit proliferation by promoting a quiescent , differentiated state . an animal , e . g ., a human patient , with arteriosclerosis or at risk of developing arteriosclerosis ( and therefore in need of inhibition of arteriosclerosis or inhibition of vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation ) may be identified using standard medical procedures , such as angiographic visualization of the lumen of a blood vessel , doppler probes for measuring velocity and volume of blood flow , stress test , and ultrasound to detect arteriosclerotic plaques . other patients in need of inhibition of arteriosclerosis or vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation are those with angina or stroke . improvement of the patient &# 39 ; s condition during and after therapy may be similarly monitored . patients undergoing invasive vascular procedures , in particular balloon angioplasty , are also at risk for developing arteriosclerosis . angioplasty , used to treat arteriosclerosis , involves the insertion of catheters , e . g ., balloon catheters , through an occluded region of a blood vessel in order to expand the lumenal opening . however , the aftermath of angioplasty may be problematic . restenosis , or closing of the vessel , can occur as a consequence of injury , e . g ., mechanical abrasion associated with the angioplasty treatment . this restenosis is believed to be caused by proliferation of smooth muscle cells stimulated by vascular injury . other anatomical disruptions or mechanical disturbances of a blood vessel , e . g ., attributable to laser angioplasty , coronary artery surgery , atherectomy and coronary artery stents , may also cause vascular injury and subsequent proliferation of smooth muscle cells . a smlim polypeptide , dna encoding a smlim polypeptide , or compositions which stimulate expression from be administered to increase the level of smlim polypeptide in the injured vascular tissue and thus inhibit the proliferation of smooth muscle cells . smlim polypeptides may be administered to the patient intravenously in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier such as physiological saline . standard methods for intracellular delivery of peptides can be used , e . g . packaged in liposomes . such methods are well known to those of ordinary skill in the art . it is expected that an intravenous dosage of approximately 1 to 100 μmoles of the polypeptide of the invention would be administered per kg of body weight per day . the compositions of the invention are useful for parenteral administration , such as intravenous , subcutaneous , intramuscular , and intraperitoneal routes . dna ( e . g ., smlim - encoding dna , vascular cell - specific promoters , and vectors ) of the invention may be introduced into target cells of the patient by standard vectors and / or gene delivery systems . suitable gene delivery systems may include liposomes , receptor - mediated delivery systems , naked dna , and viral vectors such as herpes viruses , retroviruses , and adenoviruses , among others . for example , the dna of the invention under the control of a strong constitutive promoter may be administered locally to a blood vessel during balloon angioplasty using an adenovirus delivery system . a vascular cell - specific promoter may be used to direct the expression of smlim or genes other than smlim . thus , vascular diseases may be treated by administering a vascular cell - specific promoter of the invention operatively linked to a sequence encoding a heterologous polypeptide , e . g ., a smlim promoter linked to dna encoding a growth inhibitor gene such as rb , p21 or p18 . the dna of the invention may be administered in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier . the therapeutic composition may also include a gene delivery system as described above . pharmaceutically acceptable carriers are biologically compatible vehicles which are suitable for administration to an animal , e . g ., physiological saline . a therapeutically effective amount is an amount of the nucleic acid of the invention which is capable of producing a medically desirable result in a treated animal . the preferred form of the composition to be administered depends on the intended mode of administration and therapeutic application . for example , smlim polypeptides or smlim - encoding dna may be administered in solution form through a catheter port or as a coating on the surface of a catheter , e . g ., the balloon portion of a catheter used for balloon angioplasty . as is well known in the medical arts , dosage for any given patient depends upon many factors , including the patient &# 39 ; s size , body surface area , age , the particular compound to be administered , sex , time and route of administration , general health , and other drugs being administered concurrently . dosages for the compounds of the invention will vary , but a preferred dosage for intravenous administration is from approximately 10 6 to 10 22 copies of the nucleic acid molecule . determination of optimal dosage is well within the abilities of a pharmacologist of ordinary skill . drugs which stimulate the smlim promoter may also be administered as described above to increase the level of expression of smlim in vascular tissue , e . g ., arterial smooth muscle cells . such drugs can be identified by contacting the smlim promoter linked to a reporter gene with a candidate compound and measuring the level of expression of the reporter gene in the presence and absence of the compound . an increased level of expression in the presence of the compound compared to that in its absence indicates that the compound stimulates the smlim promoter . the invention includes a method of detecting injury in a sample of vascular tissue . a depressed level of smlim polypeptide or transcript compared to the level in normal control vascular cells would predict a high degree of smooth muscle cell proliferation indicative of vascular tissue injury , e . g ., restenosis . the diagnostic method of the invention is carried out by determining the level of smlim gene expression in a tissue , e . g , a vascular biopsy obtained at atherectomy . the level of gene expression may be measured using methods known in the art , e . g ., in situ hybridization , northern blot analysis , or western blot analysis using smlim - specific monoclonal or polyclonal antibodies . a decrease in the level of smlim expression in the test sample of tissue compared to the level per cell in uninjured control vascular tissue indicates the presence of a vascular injury in the test sample . it also indicates that the patient is a candidate for treatment with a therapeutic agent which increases the amount of smlim in the affected vascular smooth muscle cells . for example , tissue obtained at atherectomy could be tested for smlim expression , e . g ., the level of smlim transcript or polypeptide . a depressed level of smlim transcript or polypeptide ( compared to normal tissue ) correlates with a high degree of smooth muscle cell proliferation indicating a high probability of restenosis . such diagnostic procedures are useful to identify patients in need of therapeutic intervention to reduce or prevent restenosis . cells are transfected with the smlim - encoding dna using standard methods . cells , e . g , vascular smooth muscle cells , expressing a smlim polypeptide , may be administered to an animal locally or systemically using intravenous , subcutaneous , intramuscular , and intraperitoneal delivery methods . alternatively , procaryotic or eucaryotic cells in culture can be transfected with the dna of the invention operatively linked to expression control sequences appropriate for high - level expression in the cell . such cells are useful for producing large amounts of the smlim polypeptide , which can be purified and used , e . g ., as a therapeutic or for raising anti - smlim antibodies . the anti - smlim antibodies useful in the present invention can be obtained by techniques well known in the art . such antibodies can be polyclonal or monoclonal . polyclonal antibodies can be obtained , for example , by the methods described in ghose et al ., methods in enzymology , vol . 93 , 326 - 327 , 1983 . for example , a smlim polypeptide , or an antigenic fragment thereof , can be used as the immunogen to stimulate the production of smlim - reactive polyclonal antibodies in the antisera of animals such as rabbits , goats , sheep , rodents and the like . the monoclonal antibodies useful in the present invention can be obtained by the process described by milstein and kohler in nature , 256 : 495 - 97 , 1975 , or as modified by gerhard , monoclonal antibodies , plenum press , 1980 , pages 370 - 371 . hybridomas are screened to identify those producing antibodies that are highly specific for a smlim polypeptide . preferably , the antibody will have an affinity of at least about 10 8 liters / mole and more preferably , an affinity of at least about 10 9 liters / mole . the use of such monoclonal antibodies provides a means of obtaining greater sensitivity in the assays of the present invention compared with the use of polyclonal antibodies . __________________________________________________________________________ # sequence listing - - - - ( 1 ) general information : - - ( iii ) number of sequences : 40 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 1 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 193 amino - # acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear - - ( ii ) molecule type : protein - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 1 : - - met pro val trp gly gly gly asn lys cys gl - # y ala cys gly argthr1 - # 5 - # 10 - # 15 - - val tyr his ala glu glu val gln cys asp gl - 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# 135 - # 140 - - arg cys ala lys cys gly lys ser leu glu se - # r thr thr leu thr glu 145 1 - # 50 1 - # 55 1 -# 60 - - lys glu gly glu ile tyr cys lys gly cys ty - # r ala lys asn phegly 165 - # 170 - # 175 - - pro lys gly phe gly tyr gly gln gly ala gl - # y ala leu val his ala 180 - # 185 - # 190 - - gln - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 14 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 840 base - # pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : both ( d ) topology : linear - - ( ii ) molecule type : dna - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 14 : - - agtctccgga tccgcccgcg gctttcctcg gtcagacctc gttagctccg cc -# cgccgcgt 60 - - gctccctcct cccactcgga atgcctgtct ggggcggtgg aaataagtgc gg -# ggcctgcg 120 - - ggagaaccgt gtaccacgcg gaagaggtgc agtgcgatgg gcggacgttc ca -# tcgctgct 180 - - gcttcctgtg catggtttgc aggaaaaatt tagacagcac aacagtggcg at -# tcatgatg 240 - - aagagatcta ctgcaaatcc tgctacggaa agaagtatgg accaaaaggc ta -# tggttatg 300 - - gccagggcgc tggcacgctc aacatggacc gcggtgagag actgggcatc aa -# gccagaga 360 - 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- ( ii ) molecule type : dna - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 17 : - - atttgggtac cacctcttaa ttaacctttc agaggagctg ttgtgatttt ta -# gatgatga 60 - - gaagttatct ggttccttcc tccagtgaaa accagtctcc tgattaaaaa aa -# aaaaaaag 120 - - accgtttctt taaaaagaca atcaattcct ttatgcagta ggctaacatt tg -# cactctga 180 - - gagctgaaaa cgacatttta cttttgagat tttcattcat atatatatat at -# atatacat 240 - - atatatatat atatatatat atatatatat atatatatat acaaaacact cc - # gtgga 297 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 18 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 52 amino - # acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear - - ( ii ) molecule type : protein - - ( ix ) feature : ( b ) location : 2 - 3 , 5 - 21 - #, 23 - 24 , 26 - 27 , 29 - 30 , 32 - 48 , 50 - 52 ( d ) other information : - # where xaa at the above positions is any - # amino acid - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 18 : - - cys xaa xaa cys xaa xaa xaa xaa xaa xaa xa - # a xaa xaa xaa xaa xaa 1 5 - # 10 - # 15 - 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- ( ii ) molecule type : dna - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 23 : - - catgcctgtc tggggcggtg gaaataagtg cggggcctgc gggagaaccg tg -# taccacgc 60 - - ggaagaggtg cagtgcgatg ggcggacgtt ccatcgctgc tgcttcctgt gc - # a 113 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 24 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 38 amino - # acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear - - ( ii ) molecule type : protein - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 24 : - - met pro val trp gly gly gly asn lys cys gl - # y ala cys gly arg thr 1 5 - # 10 - # 15 - - val tyr his ala glu glu val gln cys asp gl - # y arg thr phe his arg 20 - # 25 - # 30 - - cys cys phe leu cys met 35 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 25 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 256 base - # pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : both ( d ) topology : linear - - ( ii ) molecule type : dna - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 25 : - - gtgagtatgg tcccctcccc cttcagttca cctctggaag aaaaataaca at -# gctagcta 60 - 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# acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear - - ( ii ) molecule type : protein - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 37 : - - pro trp his lys asn cys phe arg cys ala ly - # s cys gly lys ser leu 1 5 - # 10 - # 15 - - glu ser thr thr leu thr glu lys glu gly gl - # u ile tyr cys lys gly 20 - # 25 - # 30 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 38 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 471 base - # pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : both ( d ) topology : linear - - ( ii ) molecule type : dna - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 38 : - - gtaaaaactc ggttctgctg tctgttagtg tcaccagaaa gggagacatc gt -# gcactgtt 60 - - accttttgaa aatgagaccg acatcttagg acagtgatta cttcttccat tc -# ctactgtg 120 - - tgtgttaagt ccacacggct ggggatctgg ccgaatggta aaagcttgcc ta -# tgtagcac 180 - - attcacaagg aggccacgct cagcacggcc tccccaacct ctgacttcct gc -# tttaagcc 240 - - aagcatatga ctacgtgagg gtgacacaca gaaggcagct ggatttcagc ct -# gcagctca 300 - - tcacaatcct aacttggatg ccgtgggaat tcctggactc gcttcaaaca ag -# gatgctca 360 - 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- cys tyr ala lys asn phe gly pro lys gly ph - # e gly tyr gly gln gly 1 5 - # 10 - # 15 - - ala gly ala leu val his ala gln 20__________________________________________________________________________