Cytokine suppressive anti-inflammatory drug binding protein

Details Cytokine suppressive anti-inflammatory drug binding protein Cytokine suppressive anti-inflammatory drug binding protein

1998-03-24

2002-02-26

Saoud, Christine J. (Department: 1647)

Chemistry: natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins;

Proteins, i.e., more than 100 amino acid residues

C424S085100, C424S184100, C435S069100, C435S070100, C514S002600

Reexamination Certificate

active

06350856

ABSTRACT:

FIELD OF INVENTION
This invention relates to newly identified polynucleotides, polypeptides encoded by them and to the use of such polynucleotides and polypeptides, and to their production. More particularly, the polynucleotides and polypeptides of the present invention relate to CSBP/p38 MAP Kinases family, hereinafter referred to as p38beta2. The invention also relates to inhibiting or activating the action of such polynucleotides and polypeptides.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Cytokines play an important role in regulating the cellular response during inflammation and other immune functions. Of particular interest are the cytokines interleukin-1 (IL-1, &agr; and &bgr;) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF, &agr; and &bgr;), which are the intercellular proteins involved in the initial step of the inflammatory response cascade (Arai, et al., Ann. Rev. Biochem. 59: 783-836 (1990). Thus, there has been a substantial amount of research recently devoted to interfering with the production of IL-1 and TNR in response to an inflammatory stimulus.
One therapeutic approach involves suppressing the production of IL-1 and TNF at the level of transcription and/or translation and/or secretion. The activities associated with certain of pyridinyl imidazoles led to a class of compounds referred to as “CSAIDs”, or Cytokine Suppressing Anti-Inflammatory Drugs. These compounds appear to arrest the expression of IL-1 and TNF predominantly at the translational level, although a lesser effect on transcription has also been observed but effects on other steps cannot be ruled out.
The pyridinyl imidazole, 5-(4-pyridyl)-6(4-flurophenyl)-2,3-dihydroimidazo(2,1-b)thiazole (SK&F 86002) was identified as the prototypic CSAID. The basis for its activity has been established and characterized (Lee, et al., Int'l. J. Immunopharm. 10(7): 835-843 (1988); Agents and Actions 27(¾): 277-279 (1989) and Int'l. J. Immunother. 6(1): 1-12 (1990)). SAR studies suggest that cytokine suppressive effect of the pyridinyl imidazoles represents a unique activity independent of their inhibitory effects on eicosanoid and leukotriene production.
Since the CSAIDs have substantial potential as novel anti-inflammatory therapeutic agents, there is significant interest in characterizing their mechanism of action at the molecular level, as well as obtaining compounds with increased selectivity and potency. Specifically, identification and characterization of the CSAID molecular target would enhance the understanding of the biochemical processes involved in inflammation and aid in the design and screening of more potent anti-inflammatory drugs. This invention discloses, inter alia, the purification and characterization CSAID binding proteins (CSBPs).
p38beta2 is a member of the CSBP/p38 MAP kinase family (Cytokine Suppressive Anti-Inflammatory Drug (CSAID) binding protein family) of serine-threonine protein kinases (Marshall, C. J. (1994) Curr. Opinion Genet. Develop. 4, 82-89). Members of the MAP kinase family are characterized by having a “T×Y”amino acid motif (T=Threonine, Y=tyrosine and X is any amino acid) in an activation loop near to the active site. Phosphorylation of both the tyrosine and threonine by a MAP kinase kinase in response to an appropriate stimulus is required for the activation of MAP kinase activity. These are three families of MAP kinases which are distinguished by the nature of the “x” amino acid and the size of the activation loop (Cano, E., and Mahadevan, L. C. (1995) Trends Biochem. Sci 20, 117-122). Hence, the erks have TEY, JNK/SAPKs have TPY and the CSBP/p38s have TCY. These differences reflect differences in the activating MAP kinase kinases and in the cellular stimuli which activate each MAP kinase. Within each family, the activating stimuli appear to be very similar. Thus the erks respond mostly to mitogenic stimuli (e.g., EGF, PDGF), while the JNK/SAPKs and CSBP/p38s respond to several cellular stresses (eg UV, osmotic, heat or chemical stress, hypoxia ,oxidants etc) and prionflammatory stimuli (e.g., LPS, IL-1, TNF, etc.).
Recently, several new forms of P38 have been identified. In addition to the two splice variants of P38, CSBP1 and CSBP2, a further spliced variant was identified through a yeast two-hybrid interaction screen with the nuclear protein Max (Zervos, A. S. Faccio, L., Gatto, J. P., Kyriakis, J. M., and Brent, R. (1995) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 92, 10531-10534). Two homologous with significant amino acid identity which also retain the “TCY” motif characteristic of the P38 family were also recently identified: p38beta (Jiang, Y., Chen, C., Li, Z., Guo, W., Gegner, J. A., Lin, S., and Han, J. (1996) J. Biol. Chem. 271, 17920-17926), and ERK6/SAPK3 (Lechner, C., Zahalka, M. A., Giot, J.-F., Moller, N. P. H., and Ullrich, A. (1996) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93, 4355-4359; Mertens, S., Craxton, M., and Goedert, M. (1996) FEBS lett., 383(3):273-6). This indicates that these CSBP/p38 MAP Kinases have an established, proven history as therapeutic targets. Clearly there is a need for identification and characterization of further members of CSBP/p38 MAP Kinases family which can play a role in preventing, amelioraing or correcting dysfunctions or diseases, including, but not limited to, central nervous system disorder such as senile dementia of the Alzheimer's type (SDAT), multiple sclerosis, cerebral malaria, stroke, head trauma and spinal cord injury; cardiovascular diseases such as restenosis and atherosclerosis; inflammatory diseases such as Adult Respiratory Disease Syndrome (ARDS), Rheumatoid arthritis, Osteoarthritis, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), psoriasis, dermatitis, asthma; and other such diseases or conditions associated with dysregulated or excess cytokines such as osteporosis, sepsis due to surgical or traumatic incident, chronic renal failure, AIDs, cachexia and autoimmune conditions such as lupus erthyromatosis, host graft rejection and graft versus host disease.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In one aspect, the invention relates to p38beta2 polypeptides and recombinant materials and methods for their production. Another aspect of the invention relates to methods for using such p38beta2 polypeptides and polynucleotides. Such uses include the treatment of central nervous system disorder such as senile dementia of the Alzheimer's type (SDAT), multiple sclerosis, cerebral malaria, stroke, head trauma and spinal cord injury, cardiovascular diseases such as restonosis and atherosclerosis; inflammatory diseases such as Adult Respiratory Disease Syndrome (ARDS), Rhematoid arthritis, Osteoarthritis, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), psoriasis, dermatitis, asthma; and other such diseases or conditions associated with dysregulated or excess cytokines such as osteporosis, sepsis due to surgical or traumatic incident, chronic renal failure, AIDs, cachexia and autoimmune conditions such as lupus erthyromatosis, host graft rejection and graft versus host disease, among others. In still another aspect, the invention relates to methods to identify agonists and antagonists using the materials provided by the invention, and treating conditions associated with p38beta2 imbalance with the identified compounds. Yet another aspect of the invention relates to diagnostic assays for detecting diseases associated with inappropriate p38beta2 activity or levels.


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