Method for identification of protease activity inhibitors and assaying the presence of protease activity

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-06-16
SYNAPTIC RES
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Proteases, however, can also cause significant harm to biological systems particularly those delivered by virus, toxins and pathogenic micro-organisms.
A negative consequence of their usefulness is the increased availability of the neurotoxins for misuse Likewise, increased usage increases the likelihood of the occurrence of unintended adverse effects during treatment.
As such, long-term mechanical ventilation would be

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Expression of pBD-NFκB in Mammalian Cells

[0055]A RC in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, containing a synthetic promoter G5 / TO4 was transfected by a lentiviral vector into cells. The RC was co-transfected with a plasmid expressing a Gal4 binding domain fused to the NFκB activator fusion (pBD-NFκB) (the TA agent) into HeLa-tTS cells. The transfected cells constitutively express the tetracycline transcription silencer tTS (Clontech). The cells were grown in a 6-well plate to approximately 80% confluence. Six hours after transfection, 1 ug / ml of tetracycline was added to the media of the test cells. Tetracycline was not added to the media of cells used as a control. Culture medium was collected two days post-transfection for the Gaussia luciferase (GLuc) assay. Monique Verhaegen and Theodore K. Christopoulos Anal. Chem., 74:4378-4385 (2002). Venus expression was observed with a fluorescent microscope. The relative light units (RLU) of the cells cultured in medium...

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tTS Cells Comprising the RC and TA Agent

[0058]A gene for the regulatory component, a transactivator chimeric fusion protein consisting of the appropriate BoNT substrate, SNAP-25 for BoNT / A and VAMP-2 for BoNT / B, sandwiched between a Gal4 DNA binding domain (amino acids 1-148) (Gal4 / BD or BD) and the NFκB transactivation domain (NFκB / AD or AD) was transduced into the cells that have the novel Reporter construct as described in Example 1.

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[0059]The BD-PS-AD constructs, in which the protein substrate does not contain palmitoylated residues, were constructed synthetically and introduced in cells containing the RC. The TA agent encoding either 103 amino acid residues around the cleavage site of SNAP-25 (residues 104-206) or 70 amino acid residues around the cleavage site of VAMP-2 (residues 25-94) fused between the Gal4 DNA binding domain and the NFκB transactivator domain were used. The reporter cell line clone #17 from Example 1 was further transduced with a lentiviral vector that carries the BD-VAMP-NFκB transactivator gene construct. Six single cell clones were selected and analyzed for the ratio of bioluminescence in the presence and absence of tetracycline. See FIG. 7. The transduced cells were subjected to appropriate selection (G418, blasticidin, and puromycin), and single-cell clones carrying stable integrations of both the reporter and the VAMP-2 transactivator fusion were obtained. The reporter gene in clone ...

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Abstract

A system for the identification of proteases and protease inhibitors is provided. The system has at least two components. The first component is a reporter construct with at least one binding site, a transcriptional promoter, an inducible promoter region, and at least one reporter gene, all functionally connected for expression of the reporter gene(s) in functional coordination with a transcriptional activation agent. The second component is a transcriptional activation agent comprising a nucleic acid binding domain, at least one protease substrate domain, and at least one transcriptional activation domain for an inducible promoter. The system allows detection and evaluation of agents affecting protease activity directed to the protease substrate domain. The system also allows for the detection of the presence of proteases in environmental samples.

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CROSSREFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61 / 267,386, entitled “BOTULINUM NEUROTOXIN INHIBITOR IDENTIFICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM” and filed Dec. 7, 2009, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]This invention generally relates to the field of protease inhibitor identification assays.BACKGROUND[0003]Proteases play an important role in biological processes. Proteases, however, can also cause significant harm to biological systems particularly those delivered by virus, toxins and pathogenic micro-organisms. Methods for developing protease inhibitors and assaying for protease activity particularly in cells is a critical area of biotechnology. For example, the Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) are the most potent toxins known (S. S. Arnon, R. Schechter, et al. Jama 285:1059-70. (2001); and B. M. Paddle. J Appl Toxicol 23:139-70. (2003). Botulism can b...

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IPC IPC(8): C12Q1/68C12N15/63
CPCC12N15/1034C12N15/1086C12N15/635C12Q1/37C12Q1/6897C12Q2522/101C12Q2521/537C12N15/63C12Q1/66C12N15/09
Inventor OYLER, GEORGECHANG, YUNG-NIENTSAI, YIEN CHE
Owner SYNAPTIC RES
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