Nucleolin-mediated cancer diagnostics and therapy

a cancer and nucleotide technology, applied in the field of nucleotide-mediated cancer diagnostics and therapy, can solve the problems of unclear function of endostatin, and achieve the effects of increasing the receptiveness of a target cell, enhancing the anti-angiogenesis effect of angiogenesis inhibitor, and increasing the efficacy of angiogenesis inhibitors

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-11-16
TSINGHUA UNIV +1
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[0011] The present invention also provides methods of enhancing the sensitivity of target endothelial cells to endostatin. The methods herein provide introducing exogenous NL molecules into the target endothelial cells, such that the NL molecules are over-expressed as compared to their wild type levels. Preferably, these target cells are those that normally do not express a high level NL endogenously. The methods further provide the introduction of NL to targeted endothelial cells, such that these modified cells can be effectively killed by endostatin due to endostatin's angiogenesis properties. The present invention also provides for antibodies against NL molecules, which can be used to detect target cancer cells having a high level of surface NL and as such are good candidate for ES cancer therapy.
[0014] In a further embodiment, the present invention provides a method of increasing the receptiveness of a target cell to an angiogenesis inhibitor, comprising: introducing exogenous NL into the target cells, thereby obtaining a plurality of modified target cells expressing exogenous NL, and measuring the killing rate of the modified target cells by endostatin.
[0015] In another embodiment, the present invention provides a method of enhancing the anti-angiogenesis effect of an angiogenesis inhibitor on a target endothelial cell, comprising introducing into said target cell a pharmaceutically effective amount of exogenous NL molecule, said NL molecule being able to express in said target cell; and incubating said target cell with said angiogenesis inhibitor, thereby causing the inhibition of the growth of said target cell.
[0016] In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method of increasing the efficacy of angiogenesis inhibitors on controlling the growth of a cancer in a patient having such cancer, comprising identifying the presence of the level of endogenous NL molecules in a sample of the cancer of said patient, using acceptable methods; and determining the likelihood of efficacy of angiogenesis inhibitor on said cancer patient using the level of expression of NL in said patient, a higher level of NL indicating a higher degree of success of such angiogenesis inhibitor treatment. Preferably, the angiogenesis inhibitor is endostatin.

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However, so far the mechanism of function of how endostatin works is still not clear.

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[0083] Nucleolin is an Endostatin-Binding Protein

[0084] To investigate the mechanism of action of ES, we isolated ES-binding proteins directly from the membrane proteins of human microvascular endothelial cells (HMECs) with immobilized ES. Nucleolin was identified as a critical member in the ES signaling network, and is the most interesting one in the network. Here we describe that NL serves as a novel receptor for ES, and mediates the activity of ES in antiangiogenesis.

[0085] Methodology:

[0086] Methods that are used in the study of NL and ES interactions are generally known in the art. Descriptions of these methods are provided as follows:

[0087] Cell Migration Assay

[0088] Endothelial cells (HMECs or HUVECs, 2×104 per well) were seeded into the upper chamber of Transwell™ filter (8 μm pores, Costar) with DMEM medium containing 0.5% FCS and 10 ng / ml VEGF (PeproTech EC). ES (from Protgen) with indicated concentrations and other reagents (NL and Anti-NL) were added in both upper c...

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[0103] Nucleolin is a Novel Receptor for Endostatin

[0104] If NL is a receptor for ES, it should mediate the activities of ES in antiangiogenesis such as inhibiting the migration, proliferation, and adhesion of endothelial cells. To characterize the role of NL during the process of mediating ES activities, competitive cell migration and proliferation assays were therefore performed with ES, recombinant NL, and polyclonal antibodies against NL, respectively. Since NL was isolated from HMECs as a potential receptor for ES in antiangiogenesis, whether or not NL plays similar roles in other widely accepted endothelial cells should be demonstrated. To this end, human umbilical vein endothelial cell (HUVEC), isolated directly from umbilical veins, were subjected to competitive cell migration and proliferation assays. This kind of endothelial cells can migrate through a microporous (8 μm) membrane under stimulation of VEGF, and ES inhibits such migration. Recombinant NL lifted the inhibiti...

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[0106] Nucleolin Mediates Endostatin Signal Pathway

[0107] To unravel the exact role of NL in the signal transduction pathways of ES, we then investigated the down stream events. Retrospect that the amount of ES-NL complex varied when incubating ES with HMECs, and reached the maximal level around 2 h (FIG. 2e). ES may be internalized by HMECs via cell surface NL, and some of the internalized ES is degraded by HMECs subsequently. It seems that there is a balance between ES internalization and degradation (FIG. 2e).

[0108] To confirm that the internalization of ES is via cell surface NL, immunofluorescence localization was carried out with biotinylated ES. HMECs were incubated with biotinylated ES for different periods of time, and the process of internalization of ES was observed under fluorescence microscope after biotinylated ES was stained with TRITC-labeled streptavidin (FIG. 4a-f). Upon 30 min of incubation, most of the internalized ES distributed in cytoplasm but the amount was...

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Abstract

The present invention provides for diagnostic kits for identifying cancer patients who are more susceptible to cancer therapies employing endostatin and other angiogenesis inhibitors, based upon the discovery that Nucleolin is a specific receptor for Endostatin. In particular, the diagnostic kits include antibody molecules against Nucleolin, DNA or RNA molecules that specifically bind to nucleic acid molecules encoding Nucleolin. The present invention also discloses methods of screening for angiogenesis inhibitors which specifically interact with Nucleolin, and act as angiogenesis inhibitors in an analogous manner as Endostatin. In addition, the present invention discloses methods of inhibiting the proliferation of endothelial cells or angiogenesis of tumor by administering an anti-nucleolin antibody linked to a cytotoxic agent such as tumor necrosis factor alpha to the endothelial cells.

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RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application, Serial No. 200510011707.3, filed May 12, 2005, the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The present invention relates to a novel method of identifying cancer subjects, in particular human patients, who are suitable candidates for anti-angiogenesis cancer therapy. The present invention also relates to a novel approach in searching and screening for angiogenesis inhibitors, molecules which are believed to be effective in reducing the malignant growth of cells, particularly in those cancers which are angiogenesis-dependent. The present invention discloses methods of screening for inhibitors of angiogenesis using the molecule nucleolin. In particular, the present invention relates to screening for angiogenesis inhibitors which functions in a manner that is analogous to the protein endostatin. The invention ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A61K48/00A61K39/395
CPCC07K16/28C07K2316/96G01N33/57492C07K2317/77C07K2317/73C07K2317/76A61P35/00A61P43/00A61P9/00
Inventor LUO, YONGZHANGSHI, HUBING
Owner TSINGHUA UNIV
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