摘要:
A plasminogen, which has a label incorporated into an active site thereof such that said plasminogen is enzymatically and catalytically inactive upon its conversion to plasmin, and an enzymatically and catalytically inactive plasmin with a label incorporated into an active site thereof. A method of making a labelled plasminogen which is enzymatically and catalytically inactive upon conversion to plasmin comprising:
a) forming a streptokinase plasminogen complex, b) inhibiting the plasminogen by attaching a peptide chloromethyl ketone thereto, c) adding a detectable molecule or marker to the peptide group derived from said peptide chloromethyl ketone thereby forming a labelled complex, and d) dissociating the streptokinase from the labelled plasminogen thereby forming a labelled plasminogen which is enzymatically and catalytically inactive upon conversion to plasmin.
Preferably, the peptide chloromethyl ketone is [-(acetylthio)acetyl]-phenylalanine, phenylalanine, arginine, chloromethyl ketone and the detectable molecule or marker is a fluorophore acetamide attached to the thiol group thereof.
摘要:
La présente invention se rapporte à un procédé de production d'anticorps monoclonaux. Ledit procédé fait appel à un animal immunisé non porteur de germes. La présente invention se rapporte également à un procédé d'utilisation de tels anticorps monoclonaux, et d'anticorps polyclonaux obtenus à partir d'un animal immunisé non porteur de germes, pour des thérapies et des diagnostics cliniques in vitro et in vivo. La présente invention se rapporte également à un anticorps monoclonal fibrinospécifique.
摘要:
Specific peptides are provided that are derived from subsequences of the urokinase-type plasminogen activator protein and the plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1 protein along with assays that can measure those peptides directly in complex protein lysate samples, including protein lysates prepared from histologicaly-processed formalin fixed tissue. The presence and amount of those peptides in samples from a subject can be associated with disease, including cancer, in a subject and provide information about the diagnostic stage/grade/status of the disease/cancer.
摘要:
The subject invention relates to a method for the production of monoclonal antibodies. The method utilizes an immunized germfree animal. The invention also provides a method for the use of such monoclonal antibodies, and polyclonal antibodies derived from an immunized germfree animal, for in vitro and in vivo clinical diagnostics and therapeutics. Also, the subject invention provides a fibrin-specific monoclonal antibody.
摘要:
Novel drug targets for the treatment or prevention of arthritis are provided. Screening methods for inhibitors of the plasminogen-activation pathway, such as, for example, antagonists or inhibitors of the urokinase-type okasnubigeb actuvatir (uPA), plasminogen-activator tzpe 1 (PAI-1), the urokinase activator receptor (uPAR), and plasmin, are used to ientify novel drugs for treating or preventing the progression of arthritis. Such screening methods, or methods for evaluating whether a drug is useful for treating or preventing arthritis, can also be conducted in animal models described herein. Methods of treating or preventing such diseases are also provided.