Patent Application: US-45272295-A

Abstract:
the present invention provides compositions and methods useful for isolating calcineurin as well as inhibiting calcineurin activity . the compositions are peptides that contain regions that are homologous to calcineurin - binding regions of akap 79 . also provided are methods for determining if a cell contains a calcineurin - binding and pka - binding anchoring protein that are useful for identifying additional proteins that bind both calcineurin and pka .

Description:
the peptides employed in the methods of the present invention may be synthesized in solution or on a solid support in accordance with conventional techniques as described in stewart and young , solid phase peptide synthesis , 2nd ed ., pierce chemical company , ( 1984 ) or tam et al ., j . am . chem . soc ., 105 : 6442 ( 1983 ), both of which are incorporated herein by reference . the peptides may be myristoylated by standard techniques as described in eichholtz et al ., j . biol . chem ., 268 : 1982 - 1986 ( 1993 ), incorporated herein by reference . encapsulation of the peptides in liposomes may also be performed by standard techniques as generally described in u . s . pat . nos . 4 , 766 , 046 ; 5 , 169 , 637 ; 5 , 180 , 713 ; 5 , 185 , 154 ; 5 , 204 , 112 ; and 5 , 252 , 263 and pct patent application no . 92 / 02244 , each of which is incorporated herein by reference . the following examples are offered by way of illustration and not of limitation . this example demonstrates the naturally - occurring association of calcineurin with akap 79 and pka . akap 79 thus functions to co - localize both a ubiquitous kinase and ubiquitous phosphatase . this co - localization may provide for specific regulation of enzymes in signaling pathways through phosphorylation or dephosphorylation of the enzymes . immunoprecipitation of calcineurin ( can ) from a calmodulin - agarose purified bovine brain extract was achieved using affinity - purified antibodies specific for either can a or can b as generally described in harlowe and lane , antibodies : a laboratory manual , cold spring harbor press , cold spring harbor , n . y . ( 1988 ), except a final wash using buffer a ( 10 mm hepes ph 7 . 9 , 1 . 5 mm mgcl , 10 mm kcl , 1 mm pmsf and 10 μm ibmx )+ 0 . 4m nacl was included . pka activity was measured as described in scott et al ., proc . natl . acad . sci . usa , 82 : 4379 - 4383 ( 1985 ), incorporated herein by reference , after elution of the immunoprecipitate with 0 . 1 mm camp . phosphorylation of immunoprecipitated proteins was initiated by addition of 0 . 1 mm 32 p - atp ( 1 . 5 × 10 5 cpm / nmol ) and , after 30 min at 30 ° c ., reactions were terminated by addition of sds - loading buffer and subjected to sds - page . pka r - subunit was purified from the 30 - 60 % ( nh 4 ) 2 so 4 fraction of brain extract using camp - agarose by the methods described in coghlan et al ., j . biol . chem ., 269 : 7658 - 7665 ( 1994 ) ( incorporated herein by reference ), except protein was eluted with 0 . 5 mm ht31 peptide ( seq id no : 4 ). western blots and pka rii overlays were performed as described in coghlan et al ., supra . kinase activity was detected in the calmodulin purified extract , was enriched 123 ± 3 . 6 fold (± standard deviation ; n = 3 ) in the can immunoprecipitate , and was specifically inhibited by a peptide that inhibits pka kinase activity , pki peptide ( seq id no : 5 ), indicating that the catalytic ( c ) subunit of pka was a component of the isolated complex . the bovine homologue of akap 79 ( akap 75 ) and rii , both substrates for the c subunit , were also present in the immunoprecipitate and were phosphorylated upon addition of camp and 32 p - atp . in complementary experiments , r subunits of pica were isolated from crude extracts of bovine brain by affinity chromatography on camp - agarose . treatment of the affinity column with ht31 peptide specifically eluted akap 75 from the camp - bound rii and also released both can a and b subunits . approximately 5 % of the total can present in the lysate was found to be associated with akap 75 and rii as detected on western blots . combined , these results suggest simultaneous association of pka and can with the akap . this example demonstrates inhibition of calcineurin &# 39 ; s phosphatase activity by peptides from akap 79 . to determine whether akap 79 peptide binding was inhibitory , calcineurin ( can ) activity was assayed in the presence of recombinant akap 79 . briefly , recombinant akap 79 was expressed in e . coli as described in carr et al ., j . biol . chem ., 267 : 16816 - 16823 ( 1992 ), incorporated herein by reference . can and the constitutively active truncation mutant can 420 ( a truncated , ca 2 + / calmodulin independent constitutively active form of can ( perrino et al ., j . biol . chem ., in press )) were expressed in sf9 cells and purified on calmodulin - sepharose as described in perrino et al ., j . biol . chem ., 267 : 15965 - 15969 ( 1992 ), incorporated herein by reference . phosphatase activity toward 32 p rii peptide substrate was measured as described in perrino et al ., supra . can ( 30 nm ), calmodulin ( 100 nm ) and 32 p rii peptide ( 22 μm ) were incubated with akap 79 protein and akap 79 peptide ( seq id no : 1 - amino acids 81 - 102 ) over the indicated range of concentrations indicated in fig1 b . calmodulin was omitted from can 420 assays . 32 p released from the substrate was measured in triplicate samples in three separate experiments by scintillation counting . the inhibition constant ( k i ) of recombinant akap 79 for can was determined by linear regression analysis of data . k i values for akap 79 peptide were estimated by determining the ic 50 using a fixed substrate concentration at k m ( 42 μm ). fig1 a illustrates a lineweaver - burk plot of akap 79 inhibition of both full - length can ( ca 2 + / calmodulin dependent ) ( circles ) and can 420 ( squares ) in a non - competitive manner with respect to phosphorylated rii peptide substrate . the open symbols represent phosphatase activity in the absence of akap 79 and the fried symbols represent phosphatase activity in the presence of akap 79 . the synthetic peptide corresponding to the akap 79 peptide inhibited both full - length can ( filled circles ) and can 420 , whereas the ht31 peptide was not an inhibitor of can ( fig1 b ). the observed inhibition was specific for calcineurin ; the akap 79 peptide did not significantly affect the activity of protein phosphatases 1 ( open diamonds ) or 2a ( crosses ) at peptide concentrations as high as 0 . 4 mm . although can - binding sites on akap 79 and fkbp - 12 are similar , their differences may have functional significance : fk506 ( 2 μm ) did not affect the potency of inhibition and recombinant akap 79 did not display peptidyl prolyl isomerase activity toward a fluorescent peptide substrate . further , the can b subunit which is required for fk506 / fkbp interaction with the can a subunit is not required for interaction of akap 79 with the can a subunit . also , while the fk506 / fkbp interaction with can a is calcium / calmodulin dependent , the akap 79 inhibition of calcineurin activity is calcium / calmodulin independent . collectively , these findings suggest that can in its inactive state is localized by akap 79 in a manner analogous to akap - bound pka . this example demonstrates subcellular distribution of type ii pka and calcineurin in tissue . the subcellular location of many protein kinases and protein phosphatases is defined by association with targeting subunits . akap 79 represents a novel member of this class of regulatory proteins as it serves a bifunctional role in localizing both pka and can . cells were cultured , formalin - fixed , and immunostained as described in rosenmund et al ., nature , 368 : 853 - 856 ( 1994 ). fitc - conjugated anti - goat secondary antisera was used for rii staining . biotinylated anti - rabbit secondary antisera and streptavidin - texas - red ( jackson ) were used in staining for can . images were obtained using a biorad mrc - 600 confocal laser scanning system ( a1 and a2 filters ) with a nikon optiphot 2 microscope equipped with 60 × planappo chromat ( 1 . 6 na ) oil immersion lens . confocal sections were between 1 . 5 and 2 μm absolute thickness . akap 79 homologues were observed in bovine , porcine , rabbit , and murine brain . this indicates that co - localization of pka and can may be a universal phenomenon that adapts neurons for specific signal transduction events . using immunocytochemical methods , the subcellular distribution of type ii pka and can was examined in cultured hippocampal neurons . the staining patterns for rii ( green label in fig2 a ) and can ( red label in fig2 b ) were regionally dispersed and overlapped in the neurites ( rii is red and can is green in fig2 c ). these findings are consistent with co - localization of type ii pka and can by the akap and suggest a role for the ternary complex in regulating synaptic transmission . this is consistent with experiments demonstrating co - localization of rii and akap 79 in these cells , and by studies showing that akap 79 , type ii pka and can are components of postsynaptic densities . potential substrates for the localized ternary transduction complex may include ampa / kainate receptors , which are modulated by akap - targeted pka . this example demonstrates interaction between akap 79 and calcineurin in a yeast dihybrid assay . employing akap 79 as the &# 34 ; bait &# 34 ;, calcineurin encoded by cdna from a murine t cell library was found to bind to akap79 . the assay was performed as generally described in durfee , et al ., genes and development 7 : 555 - 567 ( 1993 ), incorporated herein by reference . the &# 34 ; target &# 34 ; and &# 34 ; bait &# 34 ; were two plasmids , each containing part of the gal - 4 transcription factor . the &# 34 ; bait &# 34 ; plasmid ( pas1 ) was a 2 micron based plasmid with an adh promoter linked to the gal - 4 dna binding subunit [ bp 1 - 147 as described in keegan et al ., science , 231 : 699 - 704 ( 1986 ), incorporated herein by reference ], followed by a hemagglutin ( ha ) tag , polyclonal site and an adh terminator . selection was maintained using sc - trp media . the &# 34 ; target &# 34 ; construct was a leu2 , 2 micron based plasmid containing an adh promoter and terminator with the gal - 4 transcription activation domain ii [ amino acids 768 - 881 as described in ma and ptashne , cell , 48 : 847 - 853 ( 1987 ), incorporated herein by reference ] followed by a multiple cloning site . this vector , pact , was utilized in the construction of a mouse t cell cdna fusion library . saccharomyces cerevisiae y190 used in the screening was designed with two reporter genes integrated into its genome . the reporter genes are under control of a gal - 1 promoter containing gal - 4 binding sites . if the proteins encoded by the bait plasmid and the target plasmid associate , the gal - 4 transcription factor subunits are brought together and function to initiate transcription of the reporter genes . a 1 . 3 kb nco1 / bamh1 fragment containing the coding region of akap 79 was isolated from a pet11d backbone and ligated to pas1 to act as &# 34 ; bait &# 34 ; for the screen . one μg of this construct was transformed into y190 mata and y190 matα using a standard lithium acetate - peg transformation protocol . four isolates of each mating type ( y190a pasi akap 79 1 - 4 and y190α pas1 akap 79 1 - 4 ) were tested for their ability to interact with a fusion construct pact - rii which contains the regulatory subunit ( rii amino acids 1 - 89 ) of pka . this was achieved by mating the strains on yepd ( 1 % bacto - yeast extract , 2 % bacto - peptone , 2 % dextrose , and 2 % bacto agar ) overnight at 30 ° c . and then selecting for diploids on sc - leu - trp plates . the e . coli lac z gene acting as the reporter could then be assayed for β - galactosidase activity . the mated strains were replicated to sc - leu - trp plates that had been overlayed with hybond - n filters ( amersham ) and grown overnight . the filters were placed in liquid nitrogen for one minute to crack open the yeast . a 3mm paper disc was saturated with approximately 3 ml 0 . 1 % x - gal in 60 mm na 2 hpo 4 , 40 mm nah 2 po 4 , 10 mm kcl and 10 mm mgso 4 . the lysed yeast filter was placed on top of the disc and allowed to develop at 30 ° c . for approximately 1 - 2 hours . diploid strains containing both pas1 akap 79 and pact rii fusions that were positive for β - gal activity were indicated by mining the yeast patch a blue color . as a control , the bait akap 79 plasmid remained white when mated with an empty pact control . detection of the gal - 4 akap 79 fusion protein was achieved by growing y190a akap 79 ( isolates 1 and 2 ) and y190a akap 79 ( isolates 1 and 2 ) to a density of 2 × 10 7 cells / ml in 50 ml sc - trp media . cells were pelleted at 3000 × g for 10 minutes and lysed with 200 μl glass beads ( size 425 - 600 microns ) in 25 mm tris ph8 , 5 mm edta , 5 mm egta , 2 mm o - phenanthroline , 1 mm dtt , 25 μm aebsf , 1 mm benzanidine , 1 μg / ml placc ( pepstalin , leupeptin , aprotinin , calpain i and id , and 20 μg / ml bestantin lysis buffer . cells were alternately vortexed for one minute and iced for one minute for a total of 24 minutes ( 12 cycles ). protein concentrations were determined and 30 μg of total protein was loaded onto 10 % sds - page gel . the gel was wet transferred to immobilon - p ( millipore ) and detected by standard procedures using an anti - ha monoclonal antibody 12ca5 ( bab co ., berkeley , calif .) and goat anti - mouse igg alkaline phosphatase conjugated secondary antiserum ( biorad , hercules , calif .). a gal - 4 akap 79 fusion protein of approximately 100 kda was readily detectable indicating the correct size product was present within these strains . y190a pas1 akap 79 isolate 1 was chosen to screen a pact murine t cell cdna library . a 500 ml sc - trp culture ( od 600 = 0 . 6 - 0 . 8 ) was harvested , washed with 100 ml distilled water , and repelleted . the pellet was brought up in 50 ml lisorb ( 100 mm lithium acetate , 10 mm tris ph8 , 1 mm edta ph8 , and 1m sorbitol ), transferred to a 1 liter flask and shaken at 220 rpm for an incubation of 30 min at 30 ° c . the cells were then pelleted and resuspended with 625 μl lisorb , and held on ice while preparing the dna . the dna was prepared for transformation by boiling 400 μl 10 mg / ml salmon sperm dna for 10 min after which 500 μl lisorb was added and allowed to slowly cool to room temperature . dna from the mu t cell library was added ( 40 - 50 μg ) from a 1 mg / ml stock . the iced yeast culture was dispensed into 10 eppendorf tubes with 120 μl of prepared dna . the tubes were incubated at 30 ° c . at 220 rpm . after 30 minutes , 900 μl of 40 % peg 3350 in 100 mm li acetate , 10 mm tris ph 8 and 1 mm edta ph 8 was mixed with each culture and returned to incubate for an additional 30 min . the samples were then pooled and a small aliquot ( 5 μl ) was removed to test for transformation efficiency and plated on sc - leu - trp plates . the remainder of the cells were added to 100 ml sc - leu - trp - his media and grown for 1 hr at 30 ° c . with shaking at 220 rpms . harvested cells were resuspended in 5 . 5 ml sc - leu - trp - his + 50 mm 3at ( 3 - amino triazole ) media and 300 μl aliquots plated on 150 mm sc - leu - trp - his + 50mm 3at and left to grow for 1 week at 30 ° c . after four days , titer plates were counted and 1 . 1 × 10 5 colonies were screened . large scale β - gal assays were performed on library plates and ten positive clones were isolated for single colonies . one of these colonies grew substantially larger than the rest , and was termed clone 11 . 1 . total yeast dna was prepared from these strains and leu2 plasmid dna was isolated . the &# 34 ; rescued &# 34 ; plasmid was used to retransform the original y190a pas1 akap 79 bait strain and y190a . only clone 11 . 1 remained positive for β - galactosidase activity in y190a pas1 akap 79 . y190a containing pact clone 11 . 1 remained white serving as a negative control . restriction digestion with endonuclease xho1 released a 2 . 3 kb insert and the plasmid was sequenced in the forward and reverse directions . reactions from the dye deoxy terminator cycle sequencing kit ( applied biosystems , inc . foster city , calif .) using symmetric polymerase chain reaction ( pcr ) on double stranded templates were analyzed on an abi 373a automated sequencer ( applied biosystems , inc .). sequence from clone 11 . 1 revealed an open reading frame 487 aa long ( seq id no : 6 ) which was correctly fused to the gal - 4 activation domain of pact . the nih sequence database was searched and the sequence was found to be closely homologous to the human calmodulin dependent protein phosphatase , calcineurin . computer analysis between clone 11 . 1 and the human isoform a1 showed an 80 % identity on the nucleic acid level and 93 % identity on the amino acid level ( fig3 ). the first 10aa and an 18aa insert in the human sequence are not present in the mouse 11 . 1 sequence . clone 11 . 1 is closely related to the mouse calcineurin a b sequence , but is distinctly dissimilar at the carboxy - terminus . likewise the human calcineurin a1 and human calcineurin a2 isoforms are closely homologous but are distinct from each other at their 3 &# 39 ; ends . specificity of the akap 79 - calcineurin interaction was demonstrated by mating the calcineurin pact containing strain with other unrelated bait strains . crosses were performed as described above with strains containing pas1 fused to rii ( 1 - 89 ), casein kinase 1 , phosphodiesterase 32 ( hdun2 ) and akap ht31 . β - galactosidase activity was negative in all of these diploid strains . all publications and patent applications mentioned in this specification are indicative of the level of skill of those skilled in the art to which the invention pertains . all publications , patents , and patent applications are herein incorporated by reference to the same extent as if each individual publication , patent , or patent application was specifically and individually indicated to be incorporated herein by reference . although the foregoing invention has been described in some detail by way of illustration and example for purposes of clarity of understanding , it is understood that certain changes and modifications are within the level of skill in the an and are within the scope of the appended claims . __________________________________________________________________________sequence listing ( 1 ) general information :( iii ) number of sequences : 7 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 1 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 13 amino acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 1 : argarglysargserglnserserlysgluglulyspro1510 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 2 :( i ) 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