Modulation of beta-catenin/TCF-activated transcription
First Claim
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1. A method for modulating the expression of a target gene induced by β
- -catenin comprising contacting a composition with an agent, where the composition comprises β
-catenin, CBP and p300, where β
-catenin has a likelihood of binding to CBP versus p300, and the agent is contacted with the composition in an amount effective to change the likelihood of β
-catenin binding to CBP versus p300.
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Abstract
The present invention provides compounds and methods for modulating transcription activated by β-catenin/TCF, such as the selective inhibition of genes targeted by the Wnt/β-catenin pathway.
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165 Claims
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1. A method for modulating the expression of a target gene induced by β
- -catenin comprising contacting a composition with an agent, where the composition comprises β
-catenin, CBP and p300, where β
-catenin has a likelihood of binding to CBP versus p300, and the agent is contacted with the composition in an amount effective to change the likelihood of β
-catenin binding to CBP versus p300. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
- -catenin comprising contacting a composition with an agent, where the composition comprises β
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23. A composition comprising an agent, β
- -catenin, CBP and p300, where β
-catenin has a likelihood of binding to CBP versus p300, and the agent is present in the composition in an amount effective to change the likelihood of β
-catenin binding to CBP versus p300. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
- -catenin, CBP and p300, where β
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34. A method for modulating the activity of the Wnt pathway comprising
(a) contacting (i) a composition comprising the components of the Wnt pathway with (ii) a compound that activates the Wnt pathway, to provide activated Wnt pathway; - and
(b) modulating the activity of the Wnt pathway with a chemical agent that completely or substantially interferes with binding between p300 and β
-catenin but causes little or no interference with binding between CBP and β
-catenin. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A method for modulating cell proliferation comprising:
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(a) providing a cell population under conditions where a proportion of the population will proliferate and a proportion of the population will differentiate; and
(b) adding a chemical agent to the population, where the agent causes an increase in the proportion of the cells that proliferate relative to the proportion of the cells that differentiate. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A method for selectively inhibiting β
- -catenin/CBP interaction relative to β
-catenin/p300 interaction, the method comprising administering a compound to a composition, where the composition comprises β
-catenin, CBP and p300, and the compound selectively inhibits β
-catenin/CBP interaction relative to β
-catenin/p300 interacts. - View Dependent Claims (49)
- -catenin/CBP interaction relative to β
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50. A method for selectively inhibiting β
- -catenin/p300 interaction relative to β
-catenin/CBP interaction, the method comprising administering a compound to a composition, where the composition comprises β
-catenin, CBP and p300, and the compound selectively inhibits β
-catenin/p300 interaction relative to β
-catenin/CBP interacts. - View Dependent Claims (51)
- -catenin/p300 interaction relative to β
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52. A method for enhancing translocation of β
- -catenin from the nucleus to the cytosol, the method comprising administering a compound to a cell, where the cell comprises a nucleus and a cytosol, and the nucleus contains β
-catenin, and the compound causes translocation of β
-catenin from the nucleus to the cytosol. - View Dependent Claims (53)
- -catenin from the nucleus to the cytosol, the method comprising administering a compound to a cell, where the cell comprises a nucleus and a cytosol, and the nucleus contains β
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54. A method for selectively inhibiting expression of genes targeted by the WNT/β
- -catenin pathway, the method comprising administering a compound to a composition, the composition comprising genes targeted by the WNT/β
-catenin pathway, the compound causing a change in expression of the genes targeted by the WNT/β
-catenin pathway. - View Dependent Claims (55)
- -catenin pathway, the method comprising administering a compound to a composition, the composition comprising genes targeted by the WNT/β
- 56. A method for maintaining a stem cell in an undifferentiated state, comprising contacting the stem cell with an agent that inhibits cell differentiation or promotes cell proliferation in an amount effective to maintain the stem cell in an undifferentiated state.
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58. A method for identifying a small molecule inhibitor of the β
- -catenin;
CBP interaction comprising the steps of;
(a) contacting a putative beta-catenin;
CBP small molecule inhibitor with a moiety comprising CBP 1-111;
(b) contacting the admixture of step (a) with a moiety comprising β
-catenin;
(c) determining, by assay means, if said molecule of step (a) inhibits the binding of the moiety comprising β
-catenin of step (b) with the moiety comprising CBP 1-111 of step (a); and
(d) identifying, upon determination that said small molecule of step (a) inhibits the binding of said moiety comprising CBP 1-111 with the moiety comprising β
-catenin, the small molecule of step (a) as an inhibitor of beta-catenin;
CBP interaction. - View Dependent Claims (59)
- -catenin;
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60. A method for identifying a small molecule inhibitor of the β
- -catenin;
CBP interaction comprising the steps of;
(a) contacting a putative β
-catenin;
CBP small molecule inhibitor with a moiety comprising β
-catenin;
(b) contacting the admixture of step (a) with a moiety comprising CBP 1-111;
(c) determining, by assay means, if said molecule of step (a) inhibits the binding of the moiety comprising CBP 1-111 of step (b) with the moiety comprising β
-catenin of step (a);
(d) identifying, upon determination that said small molecule of step (a) inhibits the binding of said moiety comprising β
-catenin with the moiety comprising CBP 1-111, the small molecule of step (a) as an inhibitor of β
-catenin;
CBP interaction. - View Dependent Claims (61)
- -catenin;
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62. A method for identifying a small molecule inhibitor of the β
- -catenin;
CBP interaction comprising the steps of;
(a) contacting a putative beta-catenin;
CBP small molecule inhibitor with a moiety, said moiety comprising (1) β
-catenin associated with CBP 1-111;
(b) determining, by assay means, if said molecule of step (a) disassociates CBP 1-110 from β
-catenin; and
(c) identifying, upon determination that said small molecule of step (a) disassociates the binding of β
-catenin from CBP 1-111, the small molecule of step (a) as an inhibitor of β
-catenin;
CBP interaction. - View Dependent Claims (63)
- -catenin;
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64. A method for identifying a small molecule inhibitor of the β
- -catenin;
p300 interaction comprising the steps of;
(a) contacting a putative beta-catenin;
CBP small molecule inhibitor with a moiety comprising p300 1-111;
(b) contacting the admixture of step (a) with a moiety comprising β
-catenin;
(c) determining, by assay means, if said molecule of step (a) inhibits the binding of the moiety comprising β
-catenin of step (b) with the moiety comprising p300 1-111 of step (a); and
(d) identifying, upon determination that said small molecule of step (a) inhibits the binding of said moiety comprising p300 1-111 with the moiety comprising β
-catenin, the small molecule of step (a) as an inhibitor of beta-catenin;
p300 interaction. - View Dependent Claims (65)
- -catenin;
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66. A method for identifying a small molecule inhibitor of the β
- -catenin;
p300 interaction comprising the steps of;
(a) contacting a putative β
-catenin;
p300 small molecule inhibitor with a moiety comprising β
-catenin;
(b) contacting the admixture of step (a) with a moiety comprising p300 1-111;
(c) determining, by assay means, if said molecule of step (a) inhibits the binding of the moiety comprising p300 1-111 of step (b) with the moiety comprising β
-catenin of step (a);
(d) identifying, upon determination that said small molecule of step (a) inhibits the binding of said moiety comprising β
-catenin with the moiety comprising p300 1-111, the small molecule of step (a) as an inhibitor of β
-catenin;
p300 interaction. - View Dependent Claims (67)
- -catenin;
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68. A method for identifying a small molecule inhibitor of the β
- -catenin;
p300 interaction comprising the steps of;
(a) contacting a putative beta-catenin;
p300 small molecule inhibitor with a moiety, said moiety comprising (1) β
-catenin associated with p300 1-111;
(b) determining, by assay means, if said molecule of step (a) disassociates p300 1-111 from β
-catenin; and
(c) identifying, upon determination that said small molecule of step (a) disassociates the binding of β
-catenin from p300 1-111, the small molecule of step (a) as an inhibitor of β
-catenin;
p300 interaction. - View Dependent Claims (69)
- -catenin;
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70. A substantially purified and isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising SEQ ID NO:
- 1 or a sequence having at least 80% identity to SEQ ID NO;
1, with the proviso that said sequence does not encode a full-length CBP protein. - View Dependent Claims (71, 72, 73, 74, 75)
- 1 or a sequence having at least 80% identity to SEQ ID NO;
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76. A substantially purified and isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a fragment of SEQ ID NO:
- 1 or a sequence having at least 80% identity to said fragment, with the proviso that said sequence does not encode a full-length CBP protein.
- View Dependent Claims (77, 78, 79)
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80. A substantially purified and isolated peptide comprising SEQ ID NO:
- 2 or a peptide having at least 80% identity to SEQ ID NO;
2, with the proviso that said peptide is not a full-length CBP protein. - View Dependent Claims (81, 82, 83, 84, 85)
- 2 or a peptide having at least 80% identity to SEQ ID NO;
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86. A substantially purified and isolated peptide comprising a fragment of SEQ ID NO:
- 2 or a sequence having at least 80% identity to said fragment, with the proviso that peptide is not a full-length CBP protein.
- View Dependent Claims (87, 88, 89)
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90. A substantially purified and isolated nucleic acid molecule consisting essentially of SEQ ID NO:
- 1 or a sequence having at least 80% identity to SEQ ID NO;
1, with the proviso that said sequence does not encode a full length CBP protein. - View Dependent Claims (91, 92)
- 1 or a sequence having at least 80% identity to SEQ ID NO;
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93. A substantially purified and isolated nucleic acid molecule consisting essentially of a fragment of SEQ ID NO:
- 1 or a sequence having at least 80% identity to said fragment.
- View Dependent Claims (94, 95, 96)
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97. A substantially purified and isolated peptide consisting essentially of SEQ ID NO:
- 2 or a peptide having at least 80% identity to SEQ ID NO;
2. - View Dependent Claims (98, 99)
- 2 or a peptide having at least 80% identity to SEQ ID NO;
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100. A substantially purified and isolated peptide consisting essentially of a fragment of SEQ ID NO:
- 2 or a sequence having at least 80% identity to said fragment.
- View Dependent Claims (101, 102, 103)
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104. A substantially purified and isolated nucleic acid molecule consisting of SEQ ID NO:
- 1 or a sequence having at least 80% identity to SEQ ID NO;
1. - View Dependent Claims (105, 106)
- 1 or a sequence having at least 80% identity to SEQ ID NO;
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107. A substantially purified and isolated nucleic acid molecule consisting of a fragment of SEQ ID NO:
- 1 or a sequence having at least 80% identity to said fragment.
- View Dependent Claims (108, 109, 110)
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111. A substantially purified and isolated peptide consisting of SEQ ID NO:
- 2 or a peptide having at least 80% identity to SEQ ID NO;
2. - View Dependent Claims (112, 113)
- 2 or a peptide having at least 80% identity to SEQ ID NO;
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114. A substantially purified and isolated peptide consisting of a fragment of SEQ ID NO:
- 2 or a sequence having at least 80% identity to said fragment.
- View Dependent Claims (115, 116, 117)
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118. A substantially purified and isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising SEQ ID NO:
- 3 or a sequence having at least 80% identity to SEQ ID NO;
3, with the proviso that said sequence does not encode a full-length p300 protein. - View Dependent Claims (119, 120, 121, 122, 123)
- 3 or a sequence having at least 80% identity to SEQ ID NO;
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124. A substantially purified and isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a fragment of SEQ ID NO:
- 3 or a sequence having at least 80% identity to said fragment, with the proviso that said sequence does not encode a full-length p300 protein.
- View Dependent Claims (125, 126, 127)
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128. A substantially purified and isolated peptide comprising SEQ ID NO:
- 4 or a peptide having at least 80% identity to SEQ ID NO;
4, with the proviso that said peptide is not a full-length p300 protein. - View Dependent Claims (129, 130, 131, 132, 133)
- 4 or a peptide having at least 80% identity to SEQ ID NO;
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134. A substantially purified and isolated peptide comprising a fragment of SEQ ID NO:
- 4 or a sequence having at least 80% identity to said fragment, with the proviso that peptide is not a full-length p300 protein.
- View Dependent Claims (135, 136, 137)
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138. A substantially purified and isolated nucleic acid molecule consisting essentially of SEQ ID NO:
- 3 or a sequence having at least 80% identity to SEQ ID NO;
3. - View Dependent Claims (139, 140)
- 3 or a sequence having at least 80% identity to SEQ ID NO;
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141. A substantially purified and isolated nucleic acid molecule consisting essentially of a fragment of SEQ ID NO:
- 3 or a sequence having at least 80% identity to said fragment.
- View Dependent Claims (142, 143, 144)
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145. A substantially purified and isolated peptide consisting essentially of SEQ ID NO:
- 4 or a peptide having at least 80% identity to SEQ ID NO;
4. - View Dependent Claims (146, 147)
- 4 or a peptide having at least 80% identity to SEQ ID NO;
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148. A substantially purified and isolated peptide consisting essentially of a fragment of SEQ ID NO:
- 4 or a sequence having at least 80% identity to said fragment.
- View Dependent Claims (149, 150, 151)
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152. A substantially purified and isolated nucleic acid molecule consisting of SEQ ID NO:
- 3 or a sequence having at least 80% identity to SEQ ID NO;
3. - View Dependent Claims (153, 154)
- 3 or a sequence having at least 80% identity to SEQ ID NO;
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155. A substantially purified and isolated nucleic acid molecule consisting of a fragment of SEQ ID NO:
- 3 or a sequence having at least 80% identity to said fragment.
- View Dependent Claims (156, 157, 158)
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159. A substantially purified and isolated peptide consisting of SEQ ID NO:
- 4 or a peptide having at least 80% identity to SEQ ID NO;
4. - View Dependent Claims (160, 161)
- 4 or a peptide having at least 80% identity to SEQ ID NO;
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162. A substantially purified and isolated peptide consisting of a fragment of SEQ ID NO:
- 4 or a sequence having at least 80% identity to said fragment.
- View Dependent Claims (163, 164, 165)
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