摘要:
The present invention provides a peptide fragment or a series of peptide fragments having a cell death-inhibitory activity, having the amino acid sequence consisting of 103 amino acid residues at the C-terminal of selenoprotein P, or having said amino acid sequence with one or several amino acid residues therein being deleted, substituted or added, or having a partial sequence of either of the above amino acid sequences, a medicament for treatment comprising said peptide fragment or a series of peptide fragments, an antibody to said peptide fragment or a series of peptide fragments, and a method for screening a cell death-inhibitory activity using said peptide fragment or a series of peptide fragments. The preferable peptide fragment or a series of peptide fragments of the present invention has the amino acid sequences shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 and/or SEQ ID NO: 2 or has a partial sequence thereof.
摘要翻译:本发明提供具有细胞死亡抑制活性的肽片段或一系列肽片段,其具有由硒蛋白P的C末端上的103个氨基酸残基组成的氨基酸序列,或具有所述氨基酸序列与一个或多个 其中缺少,取代或添加的几个氨基酸残基或具有上述氨基酸序列之一的部分序列,包含所述肽片段或一系列肽片段的治疗药物,所述肽片段的抗体或一系列 的肽片段,以及使用所述肽片段或一系列肽片段筛选细胞死亡抑制活性的方法。 本发明优选的肽片段或一系列肽片段具有SEQ ID NO:1和/或SEQ ID NO:2所示的氨基酸序列或其部分序列。
摘要:
Disclosed are a mutant transposon vector and a method for introducing a foreign gene into a cell. A mutant transposon vector having a nucleic acid fragment inserted therein, the nucleic acid fragment having the properties (i) and (ii) or the properties (i) to (iii) below; a foreign gene-expressing cell which is prepared by introducing the mutant transposon vector into the chromosomal DNA of an established cell or a cell capable of being individuated and then additionally introducing a foreign gene-expressing cassette into a recombinant system (e.g., Cre-Lox system); a recombinant animal created by using the cell (in the case where the cell capable of being individuated is used); and a method for producing a foreign protein from the cell or the recombinant animal: (i) comprising a 5'-TIR sequence and a 3'-TIR sequence of transposon gene; (ii) having a sequence at which a recombination reaction occurs inserted between at least one set of DR regions of two sets of DR regions present in a 5'-TIR sequence or a 3'-TIR sequence of transposon gene; and (iii) having a restriction recognition site or a foreign gene-expressing cassette inserted between a 5'-TIR sequence and a 3'-TIR sequence of transposon gene.
摘要:
The invention relates to a gene fragment which codes for the variable regions of an antibody having an activity of neutralizing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a novel recombinant anti-HIV antibody expressed by using the above gene, and a process for preparing the same. A mouse-human chimeric antibody and a modified mouse-human antibody, having an activity of neutralizing HIV, are obtained by determining a specific nucleic acid sequence of a gene fragment which codes for the variable regions of the H and L chains of an antibody having an activity of neutralizing HIV and artificially fusing a DNA synthesized on the basis of the determined sequence with a gene which codes for human immunoglobulin. The novel anti-HIV antibody is useful for treating and preventing AIDS.
摘要:
The invention provides a clinically useful monoclonal antibody which can recognize the conserved region of the V3-PND region of a glycoprotein antigen (gp120) having a molecular weight of about 120,000 Da and contained in the coat of a human immunodefiency virus (HIV) and which can neutralize a wide variety of HIV variants, or a fragment of the above antibody, and chimera and humanized antibodies derived from the above antibody. It is possible to prepare a monoclonal antibody having the activity of neutralizing various HIV variants by using as the immunogen several types of peptides having a PND tip region containing a GPGR sequence having a high conservability in the PND region of the gp120 of an HIV. It is possible to obtain a chimera antibody or an altered antibody having an anti-HIV neutralization activity effective for clinical application by transplanting a fragment of a gene coding for the variable region of the above monoclonal antibody or the complementarity-determining region of that region to a human antibody gene.
摘要:
The invention relates to a gene fragment which codes for the variable regions of an antibody having an activity of neutralizing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a novel recombinant anti-HIV antibody expressed by using the above gene, and a process for preparing the same. A mouse-human chimeric antibody and a modified mouse-human antibody, having an activity of neutralizing HIV, are obtained by determining a specific nucleic acid sequence of a gene fragment which codes for the variable regions of the H and L chains of an antibody having an activity of neutralizing HIV and artificially fusing a DNA synthesized on the basis of the determined sequence with a gene which codes for human immunoglobulin. The novel anti-HIV antibody is useful for treating and preventing AIDS.
摘要:
An aspartic acid enzyme having a high homology with a cathepsin D precursor, which is a protein starting at the N-terminal amino acid residue with LVRIPLHKFT and showing a molecular weight of about 45 kDa in non-reductive SDS electrophoresis and can degrade plasma proteins typified by plasminogen molecular species to give a plasma protein fragment having an effect of inhibiting cancer metastasis; the plasma protein fragment having an effect of inhibiting cancer metastasis which is prepared via the degradation with the above enzyme; a process for preparing the protein fragment having an effect of inhibiting cancer metastasis which comprises degrading a plasma protein with the above enzyme; and remedies against cancer metastasis which contain as the major ingredient the above enzyme or a fragmented plasma protein.
摘要:
Peptide fragment(s) having an activity of inhibiting cell death which contain the amino acid sequence consisting of 103 amino acid residues in the C-terminal side of selenoprotein P, an amino acid sequence derived from the above amino acid sequence by deletion, substitution or addition of one or several amino acids therein, or a partial sequence of either of the above amino acid sequences; remedies containing the above peptide fragment(s); antibodies against the above peptide fragment(s); and a method for screening a cell death inhibitory activity with the use of the above peptide fragment(s). Preferable examples of the above peptide fragment(s) are those containing the amino acid sequence(s) represented by SEQ ID NO:1 and/or 2 or partial sequences thereof.
摘要:
An aspartic enzyme having a high homology with a cathepsin D precursor, which is a protein having the N-terminal amino acid sequence LVRIPLHKFT and showing a molecular weight of about 45 kDa in non-reductive SDS electrophoresis and can degrade plasma proteins, typically plasminogen, to produce plasma protein fragments having an inhibitory activity to metastasis and growth of cancer; the plasma protein fragments having an inhibitory activity to metastasis and growth of cancer which is prepared via the degradation with the above enzyme; a process for preparing the protein fragments which comprises degrading plasma proteins with the above enzyme; and a medicament for treating and preventing metastasis and growth of cancer which comprises as a major ingredient the above enzyme or the plasma protein fragments.
摘要:
A novel feline cytokine protein having the activity to enhance the cytotoxic activity of feline cytotoxic T lymphocytes, a DNA sequence coding for said protein, a recombinant DNA for expressing said protein, an expression vector comprising said recombinant DNA, a transformant which is transformed with said expression vector, a process for preparing said protein by culturing said transformant, and an antibody against said protein are provided. The novel feline cytokine protein of the present invention is a heterologous dimer comprising FLAF p35 and FLAF p40 and can be used for treating feline infectious diseases such as feline herpes virus type 1 (FHV-1) or feline calicivirus (FCV).