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Assaying apparatus, kit, and method for lipids and associated enzymes

a technology of lipids and enzymes, applied in the field of enzymes, can solve the problems of abnormal activation of pkb/akt, suppression of apoptosis, and inability to select inhibitors suitable for therapeutic us

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-10-26
ECHELON BIOSCI
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The present invention provides a method for detecting the presence of a target lipid in a sample. The method involves exposing a protein with a lipid recognition motif to a competing lipid and determining if the target lipid is present. The method can be performed using a plate-based assay, such as an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and can be used for cancer screening by detecting a specific level of the target lipid. The invention also includes a lipid assay kit with a target lipid, a competing lipid, and a protein with a lipid recognition motif. The kit can be used with complex solutions, such as bodily tissues and fluids, and can be adapted to different lipid receptor proteins or monoclonal antibodies. The invention also includes a multi-well plate for a lipid assay and a method of making such a plate. The technical effects of the invention include a more efficient and accurate method for detecting target lipids and a more reliable assay for cancer screening.

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Inhibitors of PI 3-K have been used to confirm the cellular functions of PI 3-K, but thus far, such inhibitors have not been deemed suitable for therapeutic uses because of problems such as toxicity and low selectivity.
Loss of PTEN activity results in abnormal activation of PKB / Akt and suppression of apoptosis.

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[0036] Using the drawings, the preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be explained. The present invention is directed to the use of lipid recognition proteins (LRP's) as detectors of target PIPns, in a convenient assay platform system that can be readily used in the industry.

[0037] LRP's that are used in accordance with the present invention can be recombinant proteins expressed as fusions of lipid recognition domains that are present in cellular proteins. The domains of the cellular proteins that interact with a lipid are fused to an affinity tag, such as glutathione-S-transferase (GST), myc, or FLAG, for example. The proteins having such domains are typically involved with such cellular functions as phosphorylation of lipids, or are adaptor proteins that assist in forming complexes with the cellular membrane to allow the cell membrane to interact with lipid structures. The domains from these proteins that allow the proteins to perform such functions can be extrac...

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Abstract

Lipid assay method, kit, and apparatus involving exposure of a protein, having a lipid recognition motif that interacts with a target lipid and a competing lipid, to a solution containing the competing lipid, and determining whether the target lipid is present in the solution. The target lipid has a stronger affinity to the lipid recognition motif than does the competing lipid. The lipid recognition motif is preferably a pleckstrin homology (PH) domain, with the target lipid being a phosphoinositide. The assay determines activity of a lipid kinase, the target lipid being a phosphorylation product of a reaction between the lipid kinase and a substrate lipid. The assay can be a cancer screening method for detection of cancer cells, where detection of certain levels of a PI(3,4,5)P3 target lipid is an indicator of a cancer cell.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This Application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09 / 991,933, filed Nov. 26, 2001.FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention relates to enzymes that phosphorylate an inositol lipid, including phosphatidylinositol (4,5) bisphosphate (PI(4,5)P2) and phosphoinositol (PdtIns) in general, at the D-3 position of the inositol ring. More particularly, the present invention relates to detection methods, kits, and apparatuses for detection of such enzymes. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] Phosphoinositides are key lipid second messengers in cellular signaling, with phosphatidylinositol (PI) dependent signaling pathways playing central roles in the regulation of many cellular processes. Disruption of these pathways is common to many disease states, including inflammation, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. Because the activity of PI second messengers is determined by their phosphorylation state, the enzymes...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G01N33/53G01N33/573G01N33/574G01N33/92
CPCG01N33/573G01N33/92G01N33/574
Inventor DREES, BETH E.PRESTWICH, GLENN D.NEILSEN, PAUL O.CHAKRAVARTY, LEENAMOSTERT, MICHAEL J.
Owner ECHELON BIOSCI
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