Methods for detecting receptor complexes comprising PI3K
First Claim
1. A method for detecting in a biological sample the presence or amount of a receptor complex comprising a phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K) protein and a receptor, comprising:
- a. contacting with the sample a binding compound having a molecular tag attached thereto by a cleavable linkage and a cleaving probe having a cleavage inducing-moiety with an effective proximity, wherein the binding compound specifically binds either the PI3K or the receptor and the cleaving probe specifically binds an opposite member of the receptor complex from that bound by the cleaving probe;
b. cleaving the cleavable linker of the binding compound within the effective proximity of the cleavage-inducing moiety of the cleaving probe, thereby releasing the molecular tag; and
c. identifying the released molecular tag to determine the presence or amount of the receptor complex comprising the PI3K and the receptor in the sample.
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Abstract
The invention is directed to a new class of biomarker in patient samples comprising dimers of ErbB cell surface membrane receptors. In one aspect, the invention includes a method of determining the status of a disease or healthful condition by correlating such condition to amounts of one or more dimers of ErbB cell surface membrane receptors measured directly in a patient sample, in particular a fixed tissue sample. In another aspect, the invention includes a method of determining a status of a cancer in a specimen from an individual by correlating measurements of amounts of one or more dimers of ErbB cell surface membrane receptors in cells of the specimen to such status, including presence or absence of a pre-cancerous state, presence or absence of a cancerous state, prognosis of a cancer, or responsiveness to treatment. Preferably, methods of the invention are implemented by using sets of binding compounds having releasable molecular tags that are specific for multiple components of one or more types of receptor dimers. After binding, molecular tags are released and separated from the assay mixture for analysis.
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1. A method for detecting in a biological sample the presence or amount of a receptor complex comprising a phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K) protein and a receptor, comprising:
- a. contacting with the sample a binding compound having a molecular tag attached thereto by a cleavable linkage and a cleaving probe having a cleavage inducing-moiety with an effective proximity, wherein the binding compound specifically binds either the PI3K or the receptor and the cleaving probe specifically binds an opposite member of the receptor complex from that bound by the cleaving probe;
b. cleaving the cleavable linker of the binding compound within the effective proximity of the cleavage-inducing moiety of the cleaving probe, thereby releasing the molecular tag; and
c. identifying the released molecular tag to determine the presence or amount of the receptor complex comprising the PI3K and the receptor in the sample. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
- a. contacting with the sample a binding compound having a molecular tag attached thereto by a cleavable linkage and a cleaving probe having a cleavage inducing-moiety with an effective proximity, wherein the binding compound specifically binds either the PI3K or the receptor and the cleaving probe specifically binds an opposite member of the receptor complex from that bound by the cleaving probe;
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