Compositions and methods for the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of tumor progression
First Claim
1. A method for determining whether a fohy030 mRNA is present in a test sample, the method comprising:
- a) obtaining a test sample from a test subject;
b) exposing said sample under high stringency conditions to an isolated nucleic acid molecule that hybridizes under high stringency conditions to said fohy030 mRNA; and
c) determining that said fohy030 mRNA is present in said sample when said sample contains mRNA that hybridizes to said isolated nucleic acid molecule,wherein said fohy030 mRNA is selected from the group consisting of;
i) a mRNA comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO;
8 wherein each T is replaced by U;
ii) a mRNA which encodes the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO;
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iii) a mRNA which hybridizes under high stringency conditions to the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO;
8, or its complement;
iv) a mRNA which hybridizes under high stringency conditions to the nucleotide sequence of the cDNA insert in ATCC Accession No. 97881; and
v) a mRNA comprising the nucleotide sequence of the cDNA insert contained in ATCC Accession No. 97881 wherein each T is replaced by a U.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of tumor progression in cells involved in human tumors such as melanomas, breast, gastrointestinal, lung, and bone tumors, various types of skin cancers, and other neoplastic conditions such as leukemias and lymphomas. Genes are identified that are differentially expressed in benign (e.g., non-malignant) tumor cells relative to malignant tumor cells exhibiting a high metastatic potential. Genes are also identified via the ability of their gene products to interact with gene products involved in the progression to, and/or aggressiveness of, neoplastic tumor disease states. The genes and gene products identified can be used diagnostically or for therapeutic intervention.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for determining whether a fohy030 mRNA is present in a test sample, the method comprising:
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a) obtaining a test sample from a test subject; b) exposing said sample under high stringency conditions to an isolated nucleic acid molecule that hybridizes under high stringency conditions to said fohy030 mRNA; and c) determining that said fohy030 mRNA is present in said sample when said sample contains mRNA that hybridizes to said isolated nucleic acid molecule, wherein said fohy030 mRNA is selected from the group consisting of; i) a mRNA comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO;
8 wherein each T is replaced by U;ii) a mRNA which encodes the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO;
9;iii) a mRNA which hybridizes under high stringency conditions to the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO;
8, or its complement;iv) a mRNA which hybridizes under high stringency conditions to the nucleotide sequence of the cDNA insert in ATCC Accession No. 97881; and v) a mRNA comprising the nucleotide sequence of the cDNA insert contained in ATCC Accession No. 97881 wherein each T is replaced by a U. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for determining the amount of fohy030 mRNA in a test sample relative to a control sample comprising non-metastatic melanoma cells, the method comprising:
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a) obtaining a test sample from a test subject; b) measuring the amount of a fohy030 mRNA in said test sample and in the control sample comprising non-metastatic melanoma cells, wherein said step of measuring comprises exposing said test sample under high stringency conditions to an isolated nucleic acid molecule which hybridizes under high stringency conditions to said fohy030 mRNA; and c) comparing the amount of fohy030 mRNA in said test sample with the amount of a fohy030 mRNA in said control sample comprising non-metastatic melanoma cells wherein said fohy030 mRNA is selected from the group consisting of; i) a mRNA comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO;
8 wherein each T is replaced by U;ii) a mRNA which encodes the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO;
9;iii) a mRNA which hybridizes under high stringency conditions to the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO;
8;iv) a mRNA which hybridizes under high stringency conditions to the nucleotide sequence of the cDNA insert in ATCC Accession No. 97881; and v) a mRNA comprising the nucleotide sequence of the cDNA insert contained in ATCC Accession No. 97881 wherein each T is replaced by a U. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A method for determining whether a fohy030 mRNA is present in a sample comprising melanocytes, the method comprising:
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a) obtaining a sample comprising melanocytes from a test subject; and b) determining whether fohy030 mRNA is present in said sample, said step of determining comprises exposing said test sample under high stringency conditions to an isolated nucleic acid molecule which hybridizes under high stringency conditions to said fohy030 mRNA; wherein said fohy030 mRNA is selected from the group consisting of; i) a mRNA comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO;
8 wherein each T is replaced by U;ii) a mRNA which encodes the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO;
9;iii) a mRNA which hybridizes under high stringency conditions to the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO;
8;iv) a mRNA which hybridizes under high stringency conditions to the nucleotide sequence of the cDNA insert in ATCC Accession No. 97881; and v) a mRNA comprising the nucleotide sequence of the cDNA insert contained in ATCC Accession No. 97881 wherein each T is replaced by U. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for determining whether a fohy030 encoding DNA present in a test sample contains a mutation, the method comprising:
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a) obtaining from a test subject a sample comprising isolated DNA; b) determining the nucleotide sequence of at least a portion of a fohy030 encoding DNA present in said sample; c) comparing said sequence determined in step b) with the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO;
8;wherein a difference between the nucleotide sequence determined in step b) and the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO;
8 indicates that said test sample contains a fohy030 DNA containing a mutation. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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