Gene defects and mutant ALK kinase in human solid tumors
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    发明授权
    Gene defects and mutant ALK kinase in human solid tumors 有权
    人类实体瘤中的基因缺陷和突变ALK激酶

    公开(公告)号:US08232060B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-07-31

    申请号:US12584353

    申请日:2009-09-03

    摘要: In accordance with the invention, novel gene deletions and translocations involving chromosome 2 resulting in fusion proteins combining part of Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (ALK) kinase with part of a secondary protein have now been identified in human solid tumors, e.g. non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC). Secondary proteins include Echinoderm Microtubule-Associated Protein-Like 4 (EML-4) and TRK-Fusion Gene (TFG). The EML4-ALK fusion protein, which retains ALK tyrosine kinase activity, was confirmed to drive the proliferation and survival of NSCLC characterized by this mutation. The invention therefore provides, in part, isolated polynucleotides and vectors encoding the disclosed mutant ALK kinase polypeptides, probes for detecting it, isolated mutant polypeptides, recombinant polypeptides, and reagents for detecting the fusion and truncated polypeptides. The disclosed identification of this new fusion protein enables new methods for determining the presence of these mutant ALK kinase polypeptides in a biological sample, methods for screening for compounds that inhibit the proteins, and methods for inhibiting the progression of a cancer characterized by the mutant polynucleotides or polypeptides, which are also provided by the invention.

    摘要翻译: 根据本发明,现在已经在人类实体肿瘤中鉴定了涉及染色体2的新基因缺失和易位,导致将部分间变性淋巴瘤激酶(ALK)激酶与部分二级蛋白结合的融合蛋白。 非小细胞肺癌(NSCLC)。 次级蛋白包括棘皮动物微管相关蛋白样4(EML-4)和TRK-融合基因(TFG)。 确认了保留ALK酪氨酸激酶活性的EML4-ALK融合蛋白,以驱动以这种突变为特征的NSCLC的增殖和存活。 因此,本发明部分地提供分离的多核苷酸和编码所公开的突变ALK激酶多肽的载体,用于检测其的探针,分离的突变多肽,重组多肽和用于检测融合和截短的多肽的试剂。 所公开的这种新的融合蛋白的鉴定使得能够确定生物样品中这些突变型ALK激酶多肽的存在的新方法,用于筛选抑制蛋白质的化合物的方法,以及用于突变突变型多核苷酸特征的癌症进展抑制方法 或多肽,其也由本发明提供。