High affinity HKGF nucleic acid ligands and inhibitors

• US 5,837,834 A
• Filed: 06/05/1995
• Issued: 11/17/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Gilead Sciences Inc.
• Original Assignee: NeXstar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Gilead Sciences Inc.)
• Inventors: Gold, Larry, Pagratis, Nikos
• Primary Examiner(s): Zitomer, Stephanie W.
• Application Number:
  US08/465,591
• Time in Patent Office: 1,261 Days
• Field of Search: 435/6, 435/91.2, 536/23.1, 935/77, 935/78
• US Class Current: 536/23.1
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 47/547 Chelates, e.g. Gd-DOTA or Zinc-amino acid chelates; Chelate-forming compounds, e.g. DOTA or ethylenediamine being covalently linked or complexed to the pharmacologically- or therapeutically-active agent
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 47/549 Sugars, nucleosides, nucleotides or nucleic acids
• CPC Class Codes: B82Y 5/00 Nanobiotechnology or nanomedicine, e.g. protein engineering or drug delivery
• CPC Class Codes: C07K 14/001 by chemical synthesis
• CPC Class Codes: C07K 14/47 from mammals
• CPC Class Codes: C07K 14/49 Platelet-derived growth factor [PDGF]
• CPC Class Codes: C07K 14/495 Transforming growth factor [TGF]
• CPC Class Codes: C07K 14/50 Fibroblast growth factor [FGF]
• CPC Class Codes: C07K 14/52 Cytokines; Lymphokines; Interferons
• CPC Class Codes: C12N 15/1048 SELEX
• CPC Class Codes: C12N 15/115 Aptamers, i.e. nucleic acids binding a target molecule specifically and with high affinity without hybridising therewith ; Nucleic acids binding to non-nucleic acids, e.g. aptamers
• CPC Class Codes: C12N 2310/16 Aptamers
• CPC Class Codes: C12N 2310/322 2'-R Modification
• CPC Class Codes: C12N 2310/353 linked to the nucleic acid via an atom other than carbon
• CPC Class Codes: C12N 2310/3533 Halogen
• CPC Class Codes: C12N 2310/53 partially self-complementary or closed
• CPC Class Codes: C12N 9/1276 RNA-directed DNA polymerase (2.7.7.49), i.e. reverse transcriptase or telomerase
• CPC Class Codes: C12Q 1/37 involving peptidase or proteinase
• CPC Class Codes: C12Q 1/6811 Selection methods for production or design of target specific oligonucleotides or binding molecules
• CPC Class Codes: C12Q 2525/101 incorporating non-naturally occurring nucleotides, e.g. inosine
• CPC Class Codes: C40B 40/00 : Libraries per se, e.g. arrays, mixtures
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 2075/027 : four
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 2333/16 : HIV-1, HIV-2
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 2333/163 : Regulatory proteins, e.g. tat, nef, rev, vif, vpu, vpr, vpt, vpx
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 2333/503 : basic FGF [bFGF]
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 2333/575 : Hormones derived from pro-opiomelanocortin, pro-enkephalin or pro-dynorphin G01N2333/665, corticotropin G01N2333/695
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 2333/62 : Insulins
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 2333/8125 : Alpha-1-antitrypsin
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 2333/96433 : Serine endopeptidases (3.4.21)
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 2333/96436 : Granzymes
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 2333/96455 : Kallikrein (3.4.21.34; 3.4.21.35)
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 2333/96486 : Metalloendopeptidases (3.4.24)
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 2333/966 : Elastase
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 2333/9726 : Tissue plasminogen activator
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 2333/974 : Thrombin
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 2333/976 : Trypsin; Chymotrypsin
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/531 : Production of immunochemical test materials
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/532 : Production of labelled immunochemicals
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/535 : with enzyme label or co-enzymes, co-factors, enzyme inhibitors or enzyme substrates
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/56988 : HIV or HTLV
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/68 : involving proteins, peptides or amino acids involving lipoproteins G01N33/92
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/76 : Human chorionic gonadotropin including luteinising hormone, follicle stimulating hormone, thyroid stimulating hormone or their receptors

Abstract

Methods are described for the identification and preparation of high-affinity nucleic acid ligands to hKGF. Included in the invention are specific RNA ligands to hKGF identified by the SELEX method. Also included are RNA ligands that inhibit the interaction of hKGF with its receptor.

Claims

1. A nucleic acid ligand to Human Keratinocyte Growth Factor (hKGF) identified according to the method comprising:

a) preparing a candidate mixture of nucleic acids;

b) contacting the candidate mixture of nucleic acids with hKGF, wherein nucleic acids having an increased affinity to hKGF relative to the candidate mixture may be partitioned from the remainder of the candidate mixture;

c) partitioning the increased affinity nucleic acids from the remainder of the candidate mixture; and

d) amplifying the increased affinity nucleic acids to yield a mixture of nucleic acids enriched for nucleic acids with relatively higher affinity and specificity for binding to hKGF, whereby a nucleic acid ligand of hKGF may be identified.

4. The nucleic acid ligand of claim 1 wherein said candidate mixture of nucleic acids is comprised of single stranded nucleic acids.

5. The nucleic acid ligand of claim 4 wherein said single stranded nucleic acids are ribonucleic acids.

6. The nucleic acid ligand of claim 4 wherein said single stranded nucleic acids are deoxyribonucleic acids.

7. The nucleic acid ligand of claim 5 wherein said candidate mixture of nucleic acids comprises 2'"'"'-amino (2'"'"'-NH₂) modified ribonucleic acids.

8. The nucleic acid ligand of claim 5 wherein said candidate mixture of nucleic acids comprises 2'"'"'-F (2'"'"'-fluoro) modified ribonucleic acids.

2. A purified and isolated non-naturally occurring RNA ligand to hKGF wherein said ligand is selected from the group consisting of the sequences set forth in Table 3 (SEQ ID NOS. 4-77).

3. A purified and isolated non-naturally occurring nucleic acid ligand to hKGF.

9. The purified and isolated non-naturally occurring nucleic acid ligand of claim 3 wherein said nucleic acid ligand is single-stranded.

10. The purified and isolated non-naturally occurring nucleic acid ligand of claim 9 wherein said nucleic acid ligand is RNA.

11. The purified and isolated non-naturally occurring RNA ligand of claim 10 wherein said ligand is comprised of 2'"'"'-amino (2'"'"'-NH₂) modified nucleotides.

12. The purified and isolated non-naturally occurring RNA ligand of claim 10 wherein said ligand is comprised of 2'"'"'-fluoro (2'"'"'-F) modified nucleotides.

13. The purified and isolated non-naturally occurring nucleic acid ligand of claim 9 wherein said nucleic acid ligand is DNA.