Patent Application: US-39267895-A

Abstract:
the present invention relates to purified dna sequences encoding all or a portion of an osteoclast - specific or - related gene products and a method for identifying such sequences . the invention also relates to antibodies directed against an osteoclast - specific or - related gene product . also claimed are dna constructs capable of replicating dna encoding all or a portion of an osteoclast - specific or - related gene product , and dna constructs capable of directing expression in a host cell of an osteoclast - specific or - related gene product .

Description:
as described herein , applicant has identified osteoclast - specific or osteoclast - related nucleic acid sequences . these sequences were identified as follows : human giant cell tumor of the bone was used to 1 ) construct a cdna library ; 2 ) produce 32 p - labelled cdna to use as a stromal cell + , osteoclast + probe , and 3 ) produce ( by culturing ) a stromal cell population lacking osteoclasts . the presence of osteclasts in the giant cell tumor was confirmed by histological staining for the osteoclast marker , type 5 acid phosphatase ( trap ). in addition , monoclonal antibody reagents were used to characterize the multinucleated cells in the giant cell tumor , which cells were found to have a phenotype distinct from macrophages and consistent with osteoclasts . the stromal cell population lacking osteoclasts was produced by dissociating cells of a giant cell tumor , then growing the cells in tissue culture for at least five passages . after five passages the cultured cell population was homogeneous and appeared fibroblastic . the cultured population contained no multinucleated cells at this point , tested negative for type 5 acid phosphatase , and tested variably alkaline phosphatase positive . that is , the cultured stromal cell population did not contain osteoclasts . the cultured stromal cells were then used to produce a stromal cell + , osteoclast - 32 p - labelled cdna probe . the cdna library produced from the giant cell tumor of the bone was then screened in duplicate for hybridization to the cdna probes : one screen was performed with the giant cell tumor cdna probe ( stromal cell + , osteroclast + ), while a duplicate screen was performed using the cultured stromal cell cdna probe ( stromal cell + osteoclast - ) clones that hybridized to the giant cell tumor cdna probe ( stromal + , osteoclast + ), but not to the stromal cell cdna probe ( stromal + , osteoclast - ), were assumed to contain nucleic acid sequences specifically expressed by osteoclasts . as a result of the differential screen described herein , dna specifically expressed in osteoclast cells characterized as described herein was identified . this dna , and equivalent dna sequences , is referred to herein as osteoclast - specific or osteoclast - related dna . osteoclast - specific or - related dna of the present invention can be obtained from sources in which it occurs in nature , can be produced recombinantly or synthesized chemically ; it can be cdna , genomic dna , recombinantly - produced dna or chemically - produced dna . an equivalent dna sequence is one which hybridizes , under standard hybridization conditions , to an osteoclast - specific or - related dna identified as described herein or to a complement thereof . differential screening of a human osteoclastoma cdna library was performed to identify genes specifically expressed in osteoclasts . of 12 , 000 clones screened , 195 clones were identified which are either uniquely expressed in osteoclasts , or are osteoclast - related . these clones were further identified as osteoclast - specific , as evidenced by failure to hybridize to mrna derived from a variety of unrelated human cell types , including epithelium , fibroblasts , lymphocytes , myelomonocytic cells , osteoblasts , and neuroblastoma cells . of these , 32 clones contain novel cdna sequences which were not found in the genbank database . a large number of cdna clones obtained by this procedure were found to represent 92 kda type iv collagenase ( gelatinase b ; e . c . 3 . 4 . 24 . 35 ) as well as tartrate resistant acid phosphatase . in situ hybridization localized mrna for gelatinase b to multinucleated giant cells in human osteoclastomas . gelatinase b immunoreactivity was demonstrated in giant cells from 8 / 8 osteoclastomas , osteoclasts in normal bone , and in osteoclasts of paget &# 39 ; s disease by use of a polyclonal antisera raised against a synthetic gelatinase b peptide . in contrast , no immunoreactivity for 72 kda type iv collagenase ( gelatinase a ; e . c . 3 . 4 . 24 . 24 ), which is the product of a separate gene , was detected in osteoclastomas or normal osteoclasts . the present invention has utility for the production and identification of nucleic acid probes useful for identifying osteoclast - specific or - related dna . osteoclast - specific or - related dna of the present invention can be used to produce osteoclast - specific or - related gene products useful in the therapeutic treatment of disorders involving aberrant bone resorption . the osteoclast - specific or - related sequences are also useful for generating peptides which can then be used to produce antibodies useful for identifying osteoclast - specific or - related gene products , or for altering the activity of osteoclast - specific or - related gene products . such antibodies are referred to as osteoclast - specific antibodies . osteoclast - specific antibodies are also useful for identifying osteoclasts . finally , osteoclast - specific or - related dna sequences of the present invention are useful in gene therapy . for example , they can be used to alter the expression in osteoclasts of an aberrant osteoclast - specific or - related gene product or to correct aberrant expression of an osteoclast - specific or - related gene product . the sequences described herein can further be used to cause osteoclast - specific or related gene expression in cells in which such expression does not ordinarily occur , i . e ., in cells which are not osteoclasts . messenger rna ( mrna ) obtained from a human osteoclastoma (` giant cell tumor of bone `), was used to construct an osteoclastoma cdna library . osteoclastomas are actively bone resorptive tumors , but are usually non - metastatic . in cryostat sections , osteoclastomas consist of ˜ 30 % multinucleated cells positive for tartrate resistant acid phosphatase ( trap ), a widely utilized phenotypic marker specific in vivo for osteoclasts ( minkin , calcif . tissue int . 34 : 285 - 290 ( 1982 )). the remaining cells are uncharacterized ` stromal ` cells , a mixture of cell types with fibroblastic / mesenchymal morphology . although it has not yet been definitively shown , it is generally held that the osteoclasts in these tumors are non - transformed , and are activated to resorb bone in vivo by substance ( s ) produced by the stromal cell element . monoclonal antibody reagents were used to partially characterize the surface phenotype of the multinucleated cells in the giant cell tumors of long bone . in frozen sections , all multinucleated cells expressed cd68 , which has previously been reported to define an antigen specific for both osteoclasts and macrophages ( horton , m . a . and m . h . helfrich , in biology and physiology of the osteoclast , b . r . rifkin and c . v . gay , editors , crc press , inc . boca raton , fla ., 33 - 54 ( 1992 )). in contrast , no staining of giant cells was observed for cd11b or cd14 surface antigens , which are present on monocyte / macrophages and granulocytes ( arnaout , m . a . et al . j . cell . physiol . 137 : 305 ( 1988 ); haziot , a . et al . j . immunol . 141 : 547 ( 1988 )). cytocentrifuge preparations of human peripheral blood monocytes were positive for cd68 , cd11b , and cd14 . these results demonstrate that the multinucleated giant cells of osteoclastomas have a phenotype which is distinct from that of macrophages , and which is consistent with that of osteoclasts . osteoclastoma tissue was snap frozen in liquid nitrogen and used to prepare poly a + mra according to standard methods . cdna cloning into a pcdnaii vector was carried out using a commercially - available kit ( librarian , invitrogen ). approximately 2 . 6 × 10 6 clones were obtained , & gt ; 95 % of which contained inserts of an average length 0 . 6 kb . a portion of each osteoclastoma was snap frozen in liquid nitrogen for mrna preparation . the remainder of the tumor was dissociated using brief trypsinization and mechanical disaggregation , and placed into tissue culture . these cells were expanded in dulbecco &# 39 ; s mem ( high glucose , sigma ) supplemented with 10 % newborn calf serum ( ma bioproducts ), gentamycin ( 0 . 5 mg / ml ), 1 - glutamine ( 2 mm ) and non - essential amino acids ( 0 . 1 mm ) ( gibco ). the stromal cell population was passaged at least five times , after which it showed a homogenous , fibroblastic looking cell population that contained no multinucleated cells . the stromal cells were mononuclear , tested negative acid phosphatase , and tested variably alkaline phosphatase positive . these findings indicate that propagated stromal cells ( i . e ., stromal cells that are passaged in culture ) are non - osteoclastic and non - activated . example 3 -- identification of dna encoding osteoclastoma - specific or - related gene products by differential screening of an osteoclastoma cdna library a total of 12 , 000 clones drawn from the osteoclastoma cdna library were screened by differential hybridization , using mixed 32 p labelled cdna probes derived from ( 1 ) giant cell tumor mrna ( stromal cell + , oc + ), and ( 2 ) mrna from stromal cells ( stromal cell + , oc + ) cultivated from the same tumor . the probes were labelled with 32 [ p ] dctp by random priming to an activity of ˜ 10 9 cpm / μg . of these 12 , 000 clones , 195 gave a positive hybridization signal with giant cell ( i . e ., osteoclast and stromal cell ) mrna , but not with stromal cell mrna . additionally , these clones failed to hybridize to cdna produced from mrna derived from a variety of unrelated human cell types including epithelial cells , fibroblasts , lymphocytes , myelomonocytic cells , osteoblasts , and neuroblastoma cells . the failure of these clones to hybridize to cdna produced from mrna derived from other cell types supports the conclusion that these clones are either uniquely expressed in osteoclasts , or are osteoclast - related . the osteoclast ( oc ) cdna library was screened for differential hybridization to oc cdna ( stromal cell + , oc + ) and stromal cell cdna ( stromal cell + , oc - ) as follows : nytran filters ( schleicher & amp ; schuell ) were placed on agar plates containing growth medium and ampicillin . individual bacterial colonies from the oc library were randomly picked and transferred , in triplicate , onto filters with preruled grids and then onto a master agar plate . up to 200 colonies were inoculated onto a single 90 - mm filter / plate using these techniques . the plates were inverted and incubated at 37 ° c . until the bacterial inoculates had grown ( on the filter ) to a diameter of 0 . 5 - 1 . 0 mm . the colonies were then lysed , and the dna bound to the filters by first placing the filters on top of two pieces of whatman 3 mm paper saturated with 0 . 5n naoh for 5 minutes . the filters were neutralized by placing on two pieces of whatman 3 mm paper saturated with 1m tris - hcl , ph 8 . 0 for 3 - 5 minutes . neutralization was followed by incubation on another set of whatman 3 mm papers saturated with 1m tris - hcl , ph 8 . 0 / 1 . 5m nacl for 3 - 5 minutes . the filters were then washed briefly in 2 × ssc . dna was immobilized on the filters by baking the filters at 80 ° c . for 30 minutes . filters were best used immediately , but they could be stored for up to one week in a vacuum jar at room temperature . filters were prehybridized in 5 - 8 ml of hybridization solution per filter , for 2 - 4 hours in a heat sealable bag . an additional 2 ml of solution was added for each additional filter added to the hybridization bag . the hybridization buffer consisted of 5 × ssc , 5 × denhardt &# 39 ; s solution , 1 % sds and 100 μg / ml denatured heterologous dna . prior to hybridization , labeled probe was denatured by heating in 1 × ssc for 5 minutes at 100 ° c ., then immediately chilled on ice . denatured probe was added to the filters in hybridization solution , and the filters hybridized with continuous agitation for 12 - 20 hours at 65 ° c . after hybridization , the filters were washed in 2 × ssc / 0 . 2 % sds at 50 °- 60 ° c . for 30 minutes , followed by washing in 0 . 2 × ssc / 0 . 2 % sds at 60 ° c . for 60 minutes . the filters were then air dried and autoradiographed using an intensifying screen at - 70 ° c . overnight . clones reactive with the mixed tumor probe , but unreactive with the stromal cell probe , are expected to contain either osteoclast - related , or in vivo ` activated ` stromal - cell - related gene products . one hundred and forty - four cdna clones that hybridized to tumor cell cdna , but not to stromal cell cdna , were sequenced by the dideoxy chain termination method of sanger et al . ( sanger f ., et al . proc . natl . acad . sci . usa 74 : 5463 ( 1977 )) using sequenase ( us biochemical ). the dnasis ( hitatchi ) program was used to carry out sequence analysis and a homology search in the genbank / embl database . fourteen of the 195 tumor + stromal - clones were identified as containing inserts with a sequence identical to the osteoclast marker , type 5 tartrate - resistant acid phosphatase ( trap ) ( genbank accession number j04430 m19534 ). the high representation of trap positive clones also indicates the effectiveness of the screening procedure in enriching for clones which contain osteoclast - specific or related cdna sequences . interestingly , an even larger proportion of the tumor + stromal - clones ( 77 / 195 ; 39 . 5 %) were identified as human gelatinase b ( macrophage - derived gelatinase ) ( wilhelm , s . m . j . biol . chem . 264 : 17213 ( 1989 )), again indicating high expression of this enzyme by osteoclasts . twenty - five of the gelatinase b clones were identified by dideoxy sequence analysis ; all 25 showed 100 % sequence homology to the published gelatinase b sequence ( genbank accession number j05070 ). the portions of the gelatinase b cdna sequence covered by these clones is shown in the figure ( seq id no : 33 ). an additional 52 gelatinase b clones were identified by reactivity with a 32 p - labelled probe for gelatinase b . thirteen of the sequenced clones yielded no readable sequence . a dnasis search of genbank / embl databases revealed that , of the remaining 91 clones , 32 clones contain novel sequences which have not yet been reported in the databases or in the literature . these partial sequences are presented in table i . note that three of these sequences were repeats , indicating fairly frequent representation of mrna related to this sequence . the repeat sequences are indicated by a , b superscripts ( clones 198b , 223b and 32c of table i ). table i__________________________________________________________________________partial sequences of 32 novel oc - specific or - relatedexpressed genes ( cdna clones ) 34a ( seq id no : 1 ) 1 gcaaatatct aagtttattg cttggatttc tagtgagagc tgttgaattt ggtgatgtca61 aatgtttcta gggttttttt agtttgtttt tattgaaaaa tttaattatt tatgctatag121 gtgatattct ctttgaataa acctataata gaaaatagca gcagacaaca4b ( seq id no : 2 ) 1 gtgtcaacct gcatatccta aaaatgtcaa aatgctgcat ctggttaatg tcggggtagg61 ggg12b ( seq id no : 3 ) 1 cttccctctc ttgcttccct ttcccaagca gaggtgctca ctccatggcc accgccacca61 caggcccaca gggagtactg ccagactact gctgatgttc tcttaaggcc cagggagtct121 caaccagctg gtggtgaatg ctgcctggca cgggaccccc ccc28b ( seq id no : 4 ) 1 ttttatttgt aaatatatgt attacatccc tagaaaaaga atcccaggat tttccctcct61 gtgtgttttc gtcttgcttc ttcatggtcc atgatgccag ctgaggttgt cagtacaatg121 aaaccaaact ggcgggatgg aagcagatta ttctgccatt tttccaggtc ttt37b ( seq id no : 5 ) 1 ggctggacat gggtgccctc cacgtccctc atatccccag gcacactctg gcctcaggtt61 ttgccctggc catgtcatct acctggagtg ggccctccccc ttcttcagcc ttgaatcaaa121 agccactttg ttaggcgagg atttcccaga ccactcatca cattaaaaaa tattttgaaa181 acaaaaaaaa aaaaaaa55b ( seq id no : 6 ) 1 ttgacaaagc tgtttatttc caccaataaa tagtatatgg tgattggggt ttctatttat61 aagagtagtg gctattatat ggggtatcat gttgatgctc ataaatagtt catatctact121 taatttgcct tc60b ( seq id no : 7 ) 1 gaagagagtt gtatgtacaa ccccaacagg caaggcagct aaatgcagag ggtacagaga61 gatcccgagg gaatt86b ( seq id no : 8 ) 1 ggatggaaac atgtagaagt ccagagaaaa acaattttaa aaaaaggtgg aaaagttacg61 gcaaacctga gatttcagca taaaatcttt agttagaagt gagagaaaga agagggaggc121 tggttgctgt tgcacgtatc aataggttat c87b ( seq id no : 9 ) 1 ttcttgatct ttagaacact atgaataggg aaaaaagaaa aaactgttca aaataaaatg61 taggagccgt gcttttggaa tgcttgagtg aggagctcaa caagtcctct cccaagaaag181 caatgataaa acttgacaaa a98b ( seq id no : 10 ) 1 acccatttct aacaattttt actgtaaaat ttttggtcaa agttctaagc ttaatcacat61 ctcaaagaat agaggcaata tatagcccat cttactagac atacagtatt aaactggact121 gaatatgagg acaagctcta gtggtcatta aacccctcag aa110b ( seq id no : 11 ) 1 acatatatta acagcattca tttggccaaa atctacacgt ttgtagaatc ctactgtata61 taaagtggga atgtatcaag tatagactat gaaagtgcaa ataacaagtc aaggttagat121 taactttttt tttttacatt ataaaattaa cttgttt118b ( seq id no : 12 ) 1 ccaaatttct ctggaatcca tcctccctcc catcaccata gcctcgagac gtcatttctg61 tttgactact ccagc133b ( seq id no : 13 ) 1 aactaacctc ctcggacccc tgcctcactc atttacacca accacccaac tatctataaa61 cctgagccat ggccatccct tatgagcggc gcagtgatta taggctttcg ctctaagata121 aaat140b ( seq id no : 14 ) 1 attattattc tttttttatg ttagcttagc catgcaaaat ttactggtga agcagttaat61 aaaacacaca tcccattgaa gggttttgta catttcagtc cttacaaata acaaagcaat121 gataaacccg gcacgtcctg ataggaaatt c144b ( seq id no : 15 ) 1 cgtgacacaa acatgcattc gttttattca taaaacagcc tggtttccta aaacaataca61 aacagcatgt tcatcagcag gaagctggcc gtgggcaggg gggcc198b . sup . a ( seq id no : 16 ) 1 ataggttaga ttctcattca cgggactagt tagctttaag caccctagag gactagggta61 atctgacttc tcacttccta agttccctct tatatcctca aggtagaaat gtctatgttt121 tctactccaa ttcataaatc tattcataag tctttggtac aagttacatg ataaaaagaa181 atgtgatttg tcttcccttc tttgcacttt traaataaag tatttatctc ctgtctacag241 tttaat212b ( seq id no : 17 ) 1 gtccagtata aaggaaagcg ttaagtcggt aagctagagg attgtaaata tcttttatgt61 cctctagata aaacacccga ttaacagatg ttaacctttt atgttttgat ttgctttaaa121 aatggccttc tacacattag ctccagctaa aaagacacat tgagagctta gaggatagtc181 tctggagc223b . sup . b ( seq id no : 18 ) 1 gcacttggaa gggagttggt gtgctatttt tgaagcagat gtggtgatac tgagattgtc61 tgttcagttt ccccatttgt ttgtgcttca aatgatcctt cctactttgc ttctctccac121 ccatgacctt tttcactgtg gccatcaagg actttcctga cagcttgtgt actcttaggc181 taagagatgt gactacagcc tgcccctgac tg241b ( seq id no : 19 ) 1 tgttagtttt taggaaggcc tgtcttctgg gagtgaggtt tattagtcca cttcttggag61 ctagacgtcc tatagttagt cactggggat ggtgaaagag ggagaagagg aagggcgaag121 ggaagggctc tttgctagta tctccatttc tagaagatgg tttagatgat aaccacaggt181 ctatatgagc atagtaaggc tgt32c . sup . b ( seq id no : 20 ) 1 cctatttctg atcctgactt tggacaaggc ccttcagcca gaagactgac aaagtcatcc121 tccgtctacc agagcgtgca cttgtgatcc taaaataagc ttcatctccg gctgtgcctt161 gggtggaagg ggcaggattc tgcagctgct tttgcatttc tcttcctaaa tttcatt34c ( seq id no : 21 ) 1 cggagcgtag gtgtgtttat tcctgtacaa atcattacaa aaccaagtct ggggcagtca61 ccgcccccac ccatcacccc agtgcaatgg ctagctgctg gccttt47c ( seq id no : 22 ) 1 ttagttcagt caaagcaggc aacccccttt ggcactgctg ccactggggt catggcggtt61 gtggcagctg gggaggtttc cccaacaccc tcctctgctt ccctgtgtgt cggggtctca121 ggagctgacc cagagtgga65c ( seq id no : 23 ) 1 gctgaatgtt taagagagat tttggtctta aaggcttcat catgaaagtg tacatgcata61 tgcaagtgtg aattacgtgg tatggatggt tgcttgttta ttaactaaag atgtacagca121 aactgcccgt ttagagtcct cttaatattg atgtcctaac actgggtctg cttatgc79c ( seq id no : 24 ) 1 ggcagtggga tatggaatcc agaagggaaa caagcactgg ataattaaaa acagctgggg61 agaaaactgg ggaaacaaag gatatatcct catggctcga aataagaaca acgcctgtgg121 cattgccaac ctggccagct tccccaagat gtgactccag ccagaaa84c ( seq id no : 25 ) 1 gccagggcgg accgtcttta ttcctctcct gcctcagagg tcaggaagga ggtctggcag61 gacctgcagt gggccctagt catctgtggc agcgaaggtg aagggactca ccttgtcgcc121 cgtgcctgag tagaacttgt tctggaattc c86c ( seq id no : 26 ) 1 aactctttca cactctggta tttttagttt aacaatatat gtgttgtgtc ttggaaatta61 gttcatatca attcatattg agctgtctca ttcttttttt aatggtcata tacagtagta121 ttcaattata agaatatatc ctaatacttt ttaaaa87c ( seq id no : 27 ) 1 ggataagaaa gaaggcctga ggcctagggg ccgrggctgg cctgcgtctc agtcctggga61 cgcagcagcc cgcacaggtt gagaggggca cttcctcttg cttaggttgg tgaggatctg121 gtcctggttg gccggtggag agccacaaaa88c ( seq id no : 28 ) 1 ctgaccttcg agagtttgac ctggagccgg atacctactg ccgctatgac tcggtcagcg61 tgttcaacgg agccgtgagc gacgactccg gtggggaagt tctgcggcga t89c ( seq id no : 29 ) 1 atccctggct gtggatagtg cttttgtgta gcaaatgctc cctccttaag gttatagggc61 tccctgagtt tgggagtgtg gaagtactac ttaactgtct gtcctgcttg gctgtogtta121 tcgttttctg gtgatgttgt gctaacaata agaatac101c ( seq id no : 30 ) 1 ggctgggcat ccctctcctc ctccatcccc atacatcacc aggtctaatg tttacaaacg61 gtgccagccc ggctctgaag ccaagggccg tccgtgccac ggtggctgtg agtattcctc121 cgttagcttt cccataaggt tggagtatct gc112c ( seq id no : 31 ) 1 ccaactccta ccgcgataca gacccacaga gtgccatccc tgagagacca gaccgctccc161 caatactctc ctaaaataaa catgaagcac114c ( seq id no : 32 ) 1 catggatgaa tgtctcatgg tgggaaggaa catggtacat ttc__________________________________________________________________________ . sup . a repeated 3 times . sup . b repeated 2 times sequence analysis of the oc + stromal cell - cloned dna sequences revealed , in addition to the novel sequences , a number of previously - described genes . the known genes identified ( including type 5 acid phosphatase , gelatinase b , cystatin c ( 13 clones ), alu repeat sequences ( 11 clones ), creatnine kinase ( 6 clones ) and others ) are summarized in table ii . in situ hybridization ( described below ) directly demonstrated that gelatinase b mrna is expressed in multinucleated osteoclasts and not in stromal cells . although gelatinase b is a well - characterized protease , its expression at high levels in osteoclasts has not been previously described . the expression in osteoclasts of cystatin c , a cysteine protease inhibitor , is also unexpected . this finding has not yet been confirmed by in situ hybridization . taken together , these results demonstrate that most of these identified genes are osteoclast - expressed , thereby confirming the effectiveness of the differential screening strategy for identifying dna encoding osteoclast - specific or - related gene products . therefore , novel genes identified by this method have a high probability of being oc - specific or related . in addition , a minority of the genes identified by this screen are probably not expressed by ocs ( table ii ). for example , type iii collagen ( 6 clones ), collagen type i ( 1 clone ), dermatansulfate ( 1 clone ), and type vi collagen ( 1 clone ) are more likely to originate from the stromal cells or from osteoblastic cells which are present in the tumor . these cdna sequences survive the differential screening process either because the cells which produce them in the tumor in vivo die out during the stromal cell propagation phase , or because they stop producing their product in vitro . these clones do not constitute more than 5 - 10 % of the all sequences selected by differential hybridization . table ii______________________________________sequence analysis of clones encoding knownsequences from an osteoclastoma cdnalibraryclones with sequence homology 25 totalto collagenase type ivclones with sequence homology to 14 totaltype 5 tartrate resistant acid phosphataseclones with sequence homology to 13 totalcystatin c : clones with sequence homology to 11 totalalu - repeat sequencesclones with sequence homology to 6 totalcreatnine kinaseclones with sequence homology to 6 totaltype iii collagenclones with sequence homology to 5 totalmhc class i γ invariant chainclones with sequence homology to 3 totalmhc class ii β chainone or two clone ( s ) with sequence homology to each 10 totalof the following : αi collagen type iγ interferon inducible proteinosteopontinhuman chondroitin / dermatansulfateα globinβ glucosidase / sphingolipid activatorhuman capl protein ( ca binding ) human est 01024type vi collagenhuman est 00553______________________________________ in situ hybridization was performed using probes derived from novel cloned sequences in order to determine whether the novel putative oc - specific or - related genes are differentially expressed in osteoclasts ( and not expressed in the stromal cells ) of human giant cell tumors . initially , in situ hybridization was performed using antisense ( positive ) and sense ( negative control ) crna probes against human type iv collagenase / gelatinase b labelled with 35 s - utp . a thin section of human giant cell tumor reacted with the antisense probe resulted in intense labelling of all ocs , as indicated by the deposition of silver grains over these cells , but failed to label the stromal cell elements . in contrast , only minimal background labelling was observed with the sense ( negative control ) probe . this result confirmed that gelatinase b is expressed in human ocs . in situ hybridization was then carried out using crna probes derived from 11 / 32 novel genes , labelled with digoxigenin utp according to known methods . the results of this analysis are summarized in table iii . clones 28b , 118b , 140b , 198b , and 212b all gave positive reactions with ocs in frozen sections of a giant cell tumor , as did the positive control gelatinase b . these novel clones therefore are expressed in ocs and fulfill all criteria for oc - relatedness . 198b is repeated three times , indicating relatively high expression . clones 4b , 37b , 88c and 98b produced positive reactions with the tumor tissue ; however the signal was not well - localized to ocs . these clones are therefore not likely to be useful and are eliminated from further consideration . clones 86b and 87b failed to give a positive reaction with any cell type , possibly indicating very low level expression . this group of clones could still be useful but may be difficult to study further . the results of this analysis show that 5 / 11 novel genes are expressed in ocs , indicating that ˜ 50 % of novel sequences likely to be oc - related . to generate probes for the in situ hybridizations , cdna derived from novel cloned osteoclast - specific or - related cdna was subcloned into a bluescript ii sk (-) vector . the orientation of cloned inserts was determined by restriction analysis of subclones . the t7 and t3 promoters in the bluescriptii vector was used to generate 35 s - labelled ( 35 s - utp 850 ci / mmol , amersham , arlington heights , ill . ), or utp digoxygenin labelled crna probes . table iii______________________________________in situ hybridization using probesderived from novel sequences reactivity with : clone osteoclasts stromal cells______________________________________4b + + 28b * + - 37b + + 86b - - 87b - - 88c + + 98b + + 118b * + - 140b * + - 198b * + - 212b * + - gelatinase b * + - ______________________________________ * oc - expressed , as indicated by reactivity with antisense probe and lack o reactivity with sense probe on ocs only . in situ hybridization was carried out on 7 micron cryostat sections of a human osteoclastoma as described previously ( chang , l .- c . et al . cancer res . 49 : 6700 ( 1989 )). briefly , tissue was fixed in 4 % paraformaldehyde and embedded in oct ( miles inc ., kankakee , ill .). the sections were rehydrated , postfixed in 4 % paraformaldehyde , washed , and pretreated with 10 mm dtt , 10 mm iodoacetamide , 10 mm n - ethylmaleimide and 0 . 1 triethanolamine - hcl . prehybridization was done with 50 % deionized formamide , 10 mm tris - hcl , ph 7 . 0 , 1 × denhardt &# 39 ; s , 500 mg / ml trna , 80 mg / ml salmon sperm dna , 0 . 3m nacl , mm edta , and 100 mm dtt at 45 ° c . for 2 hours . fresh hybridization solution containing 10 % dextran sulfate and 1 . 5 ng / ml 35 s - labelled or digoxygenin labelled rna probe was applied after heat denaturation . sections were coverslipped and then incubated in a moistened chamber at 45 °- 50 ° c . overnight . hybridized sections were washed four times with 50 % formamide , 2 × ssc , containing 10 mm dtt and 0 . 5 % triton x - 100 at 45 ° c . sections were treated with rnase a and rnase t1 to digest single - stranded rna , washed four times in 2 × ssc / 10 mm dtt . in order to detect 35 s - labelling by autoradiography , slides were dehydrated , dried , and coated with kodak ntb - 2 emulsion . the duplicate slides were split , and each set was placed in a black box with desiccant , sealed , and incubated at 4 ° c . for 2 days . the slides were developed ( 4 minutes ) and fixed ( 5 minutes ) using kodak developer d19 and kodak fixer . hematoxylin and eosin were used as counter - stains . in order to detect digoxygenin - labelled probes , a nucleic acid detection kit ( boehringer - mannheim , cat . # 1175041 ) was used . slides were washed in buffer 1 consisting of 100 mm tris / 150 mm nacl , ph7 . 5 , for 1 minute . 100 μl buffer 2 was added ( made by adding 2 mg / ml blocking reagent as provided by the manufacturer ) in buffer 1 to each slide . the slides were placed on a shaker and gently swirled at 20 ° c . antibody solutions were diluted 1 : 100 with buffer 2 ( as provided by the manufacturer ). 100 μl of diluted antibody solution was applied to the slides and the slides were then incubated in a chamber for 1 hour at room temperature . the slides were monitored to avoid drying . after incubation with antibody solution , slides were washed in buffer 1 for 10 minutes , then washed in buffer 3 containing 2 mm levamisole for 2 minutes . after washing , 100 μl color solution was added to the slides . color solution consisted of nitroblue / tetrazolium salt ( nbt ) ( 1 : 225 dilution ) 4 . 5 μl , 5 - bromo - 4 - chloro - 3 - indolyl phosphate ( 1 : 285 dilution ) 3 . 5 μl , levamisole 0 . 2 mg in buffer 3 ( as provided by the manufacturer ) in a total volume of 1 ml . color solution was prepared immediately before use . after adding the color solution , the slides were placed in a dark , humidified chamber at 20 ° c . for 2 - 5 hours and monitored for color development . the color reaction was stopped by rinsing slides in te buffer . the slides were stained for 60 seconds in 0 . 25 % methyl green , washed with tap water , then mounted with water - based permount ( fisher ). immunohistochemical staining was performed on frozen and paraffin embedded tissues as well as on cytospin preparations ( see table iv ). the following antibodies were used : polyclonal rabbit anti - human gelatinase antibodies ; ab110 for gelatinase b ; monoclonal mouse anti - human cd68 antibody ( clone kp1 ) ( dako , denmark ); mol ( anti - cd11b ) and mo2 ( anti - cd14 ) derived from atcc cell lines hb crl 8026 and tib 228 / hb44 . the anti - human gelatinase b antibody ab110 was raised against a synthetic peptide with the amino acid sequence ealmypmyrftegpplhk ( seq id no : 34 ), which is specific for human gelatinase b ( corcoran , m . l . et al . j . biol . chem , 267 : 515 ( 1992 )). detection of the immunohistochemical staining was achieved by using a goat anti - rabbit glucose oxidase kit ( vector laboratories , burlingame calif .) according to the manufacturer &# 39 ; s directions . briefly , the sections were rehydrated and pretested with either acetone or 0 . 1 % trypsin . normal goat serum was used to block nonspecific binding . incubation with the primary antibody for 2 hours or overnight ( abl10 : 1 / 500 dilution ) was followed by either a glucose oxidase labeled secondary anti - rabbit serum , or , in the case of the mouse monoclonal antibodies , were reacted with purified rabbit anti - mouse ig before incubation with the secondary antibody . paraffin embedded and frozen sections from osteoclastomas ( gct ) were reacted with a rabbit antiserum against gelatinase b ( antibody 110 ) ( corcoran , m . l . et al . j . biol . chem . 267 : 515 ( 1992 )), followed by color development with glucose oxidase linked reagents . the osteoclasts of a giant cell tumor were uniformly strongly positive for gelatinase b , whereas the stromal cells were unreactive . control sections reacted with rabbit preimmune serum were negative . identical findings were obtained for all 8 long bone giant cell tumors tested ( table iv ). the osteoclasts present in three out of four central giant cell granulomas ( gcg ) of the mandible were also positive for gelatinase b expression . these neoplasms are similar but not identical to the long bone giant cell tumors , apart from their location in the jaws ( shafer , w . g . et al ., textbook of oral pathology , w . b . saunders company , philadelphia , pp . 144 - 149 ( 1983 )). in contrast , the multinucleated cells from a peripheral giant cell tumor , which is a generally non - resorptive tumor of oral soft tissue , were unreactive with antibody ( shafer , w . g . et . al ., textbook of oral pathology , w . b . saunders company , philadelphia , pp . 144 - 149 ( 1983 )). antibody 110 was also utilized to assess the presence of gelatinase b in normal bone ( n = 3 ) and in paget &# 39 ; s disease , in which there is elevated bone remodeling and increased osteoclastic activity . strong staining for gelatinase b was observed in osteoclasts both in normal bone ( mandible of a 2 year old ), and in paget &# 39 ; s disease . staining was again absent in controls incubated with preimmune serum . osteoblasts did not stain in any of the tissue sections , indicating that gelatinase b expression is limited to osteoclasts in bone . finally , peripheral blood monocytes were also reactive with antibody 110 ( table iv ). table iv______________________________________distribution of gelatinase b in varioustissues antibodies tested ab 110samples gelatinase b______________________________________gct frozen ( n = 2 ) giant cells + stromal cells - gct paraffin ( n = 6 ) giant cells + stromal cells - central gcg ( n = 4 ) giant cells +( 3 / 4 ) stromal cells - peripheral gct ( n - 4 ) giant cells - stromal cells - paget &# 39 ; s disease ( n = 1 ) osteoclasts + osteoblasts - normal bone ( n = 3 ) osteoclasts + osteoblasts - monocytes +( cytospin ) ______________________________________ distribution of gelatinase b in multinucleated giant cells , osteoclasts , osteoblasts and stromal cells in various tissues . in general , paraffin embedded tissues were used for these experiments ; exceptions are indicated . those skilled in the art will recognize , or be able to ascertain using no more than routine experimentation , many equivalents to the specific embodiments described herein . such equivalents are intended to be encompassed by the following claims . __________________________________________________________________________sequence listing ( 1 ) general information :( iii ) number of sequences : 34 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 1 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 170 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : double ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 1 : gcaaatatctaagtttattgcttggatttctagtgagagctgttgaatttggtgatgtca60aatgtttctagggtttttttagtttgtttttattgaaaaatttaattatttatgctatag120gtgatattctctttgaataaacctataatagaaaatagcagcagacaaca170 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 2 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 63 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : double ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 2 : gtgtcaacctgcatatcctaaaaatgtcaaaatgctgcatctggttaatgtcggggtagg60ggg63 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 3 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 163 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : double ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 3 : cttccctctcttgcttccctttcccaagcagaggtgctcactccatggccaccgccacca60caggcccacagggagtactgccagactactgctgatgttctcttaaggcccagggagtct120caaccagctggtggtgaatgctgcctggcacgggacccccccc163 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 4 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 173 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : double ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 4 : ttttatttgtaaatatatgtattacatccctagaaaaagaatcccaggattttccctcct60gtgtgttttcgtcttgcttcttcatggtccatgatgccagctgaggttgtcagtacaatg120aaaccaaactggcgggatggaagcagattattctgccatttttccaggtcttt173 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 5 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 197 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : double ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 5 : ggctggacatgggtgccctccacgtccctcatatccccaggcacactctggcctcaggtt60ttgccctggccatgtcatctacctggagtgggccctccccttcttcagccttgaatcaaa120agccactttgttaggcgaggatttcccagaccactcatcacattaaaaaatattttgaaa180acaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa197 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 6 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 132 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : double ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 6 : ttgacaaagctgtttatttccaccaataaatagtatatggtgattggggtttctatttat60aagagtagtggctattatatggggtatcatgttgatgctcataaatagttcatatctact120taatttgccttc132 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 7 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 75 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : double ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 7 : gaagagagttgtatgtacaaccccaacaggcaaggcagctaaatgcagagggtacagaga60gatcccgagggaatt75 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 8 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 151 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : double ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 8 : ggatggaaacatgtagaagtccagagaaaaacaattttaaaaaaaggtggaaaagttacg60gcaaacctgagatttcagcataaaatctttagttagaagtgagagaaagaagagggaggc120tggttgctgttgcacgtatcaataggttatc151 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 9 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 141 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : double ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 9 : ttcttgatctttagaacactatgaatagggaaaaaagaaaaaactgttcaaaataaaatg60taggagccgtgcttttggaatgcttgagtgaggagctcaacaagtcctctcccaagaaag120caatgataaaacttgacaaaa141 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 10 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 162 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : double ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 10 : acccatttctaacaatttttactgtaaaatttttggtcaaagttctaagcttaatcacat60ctcaaagaatagaggcaatatatagcccatcttactagacatacagtattaaactggact120gaatatgaggacaagctctagtggtcattaaacccctcagaa162 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 11 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 157 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : double ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 11 : acatatattaacagcattcatttggccaaaatctacacgtttgtagaatcctactgtata60taaagtgggaatgtatcaagtatagactatgaaagtgcaaataacaagtcaaggttagat120taactttttttttttacattataaaattaacttgttt157 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 12 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 75 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : double ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 12 : ccaaatttctctggaatccatcctccctcccatcaccatagcctcgagacgtcatttctg60tttgactactccagc75 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 13 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 124 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : double ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 13 : aactaacctcctcggacccctgcctcactcatttacaccaaccacccaactatctataaa60cctgagccatggccatcccttatgagcggcgcagtgattataggctttcgctctaagata120aaat124 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 14 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 151 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : double ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 14 : attattattctttttttatgttagcttagccatgcaaaatttactggtgaagcagttaat60aaaacacacatcccattgaagggttttgtacatttcagtccttacaaataacaaagcaat120gataaacccggcacgtcctgataggaaattc151 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 15 :( i ) sequence 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