Isolated nucleotide sequences encoding GDF traps

• US 9,439,945 B2
• Filed: 03/07/2014
• Issued: 09/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Acceleron Pharma Inc. (Merck & Co., Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Acceleron Pharma Inc. (Merck & Co., Inc.)
• Inventors: Seehra, Jasbir, Pearsall, Robert Scott, Kumar, Ravindra
• Primary Examiner(s): Chandra, Gyan
• Application Number:
  US14/201,192
• Publication Number:
  US 20140314759A1
• Time in Patent Office: 921 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
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Abstract

In certain aspects, the present invention provides compositions and methods for increasing red blood cell and/or hemoglobin levels in vertebrates, including rodents and primates, and particularly in humans.

Claims

1. An isolated nucleic acid comprising a nucleic acid sequence that hybridizes to the complement of nucleotides 76-396 of SEQ ID NO:

30 in the presence of 6.0×

sodium chloride/sodium citrate (SSC) at 45°

C. followed by a wash in 0.2×

SSC at 65°

C., wherein the nucleic acid sequence encodes a polypeptide that comprises an acidic amino acid at the position corresponding to position 79 of SEQ ID NO;

1.

2. The isolated nucleic acid of claim 1, wherein the nucleic acid hybridizes to the complement of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:

30 in the presence of 6.0×

sodium chloride/sodium citrate (SSC) at 45°

C. followed by a wash in 0.2×

SSC at 65°

C.

3. The isolated nucleic acid of claim 1, wherein the nucleic acid comprises nucleotides 76-396 of SEQ ID NO:

30.

4. The isolated nucleic acid of claim 1, wherein the nucleic acid comprises the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:

30.

5. A cultured cell comprising the nucleic acid of claim 1, wherein the nucleic acid sequence is exogenous.

6. The cultured cell of claim 5, wherein the cell is a mammalian cell.

7. The cultured cell of claim 6, wherein the cell is a CHO cell.

8. The isolated nucleic acid of claim 1, wherein the nucleic acid comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide comprising amino acids 26-132 of SEQ ID NO:

26.

9. The isolated nucleic acid of claim 1, wherein the nucleic acid comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:

26.

10. The isolated nucleic acid of claim 1, wherein the nucleic acid further comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding a tissue plasminogen activator (TPA) leader sequence.

11. The isolated nucleic acid of claim 1, wherein the nucleic acid is a recombinant nucleic acid.

12. The isolated nucleic acid of claim 1, wherein the nucleic acid is operably linked to one or more regulatory sequences.

13. An expression vector comprising the isolated nucleic acid of claim 1.

14. A cultured cell comprising the expression vector of claim 13, wherein the cell is a mammalian cell.

15. The cultured cell of claim 14, wherein the cell is a CHO cell.