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Breast endothelial cell expression patterns

USPTO Application #: 20090117038
Title: Breast endothelial cell expression patterns
Abstract: To gain a better understanding of breast tumor angiogenesis, breast endothelial cells (ECs) were isolated and evaluated for gene expression patterns. When transcripts from breast ECs derived from normal and malignant breast tissues were compared, genes that were specifically elevated in tumor-associated breast endothelium were revealed. These results confirm that neoplastic and normal endothelium in human breast are distinct at the molecular level, and have significant implications for the development of anti-angiogenic therapies in the future. (end of abstract)



Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. - Washington, DC, US
Inventors: Saraswati SUKUMAR, Stephen L. Madden
USPTO Applicaton #: 20090117038 - Class: 424 149 (USPTO)

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The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20090117038, Breast endothelial cell expression patterns.

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This application is continuation application of Ser. No. 10/551,217 filed Dec. 12, 2006, which is a National Stage application of co-pending PCT application PCT/US2004/009704 filed 31 Mar. 2004, which was published in the English language under PCT Article 21(2) on Oct. 28, 2004, and claims the benefit of the U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/458,960 filed 1 Apr. 2003.

TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION

This invention is related to the area of angiogenesis and anti-angiogenesis. In particular, it relates to genes which are characteristically expressed in breast tumor endothelial cells.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

To date, global gene expression profiles from endothelial cell-specific populations is limited to normal and tumorigenic colon tissue [St Croix, 2000]. There is a need in the art for analysis of endothelial cells from other tissue, so that diagnostic and therapeutic agents for non-colonic tumors can be developed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

According to one embodiment of the invention a method is provided to aid in diagnosing breast tumors. An expression product (protein or RNA) of at least one gene in a first breast tissue sample suspected of being neoplastic is detected. The at least one gene is selected from the group consisting of hypothetical protein DKFZp434G171; heat shock 70 kDa protein 1A; jagged 1 (Alagille syndrome); cyclin-dependent kinase 3; 6-phosphogluconolactonase; likely homolog of rat and mouse retinoid-inducible serine carboxypeptidase; plasmalemma vesicle associated protein; NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase MLRQ subunit homolog; HIF-1 responsive RTP801; ribosomal protein L27; secreted protein, acidic, cysteine-rich (osteonectin); hexokinase 1; ribosomal protein L13a; collagen, type IV, alpha 1; insulin-like growth factor binding protein 7; collagen, type III, alpha 1 (Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV, autosomal dominant); heat shock 10 kDa protein 1 (chaperonin 10); calcium channel, voltage-dependent, alpha 1H subunit; CD9 antigen (p24); TEM17; TEM13, Thy-1 cell surface antigen; Tax interaction protein 1; dysferlin, limb girdle muscular dystrophy 2B (autosomal recessive); hypothetical protein MGC34648; putative translation initiation factor; insulin-like growth factor binding protein 4; matrix metalloproteinase 9 (gelatinase B, 92 kDa gelatinase, 92 kDa type IV collagenase); heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein R; bHLH factor Hes4; collagen, type VI, alpha 2; T-box 2; glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase; G protein-coupled receptor 4; collagen, type I, alpha 1; ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate 1 (rho family, small GTP binding protein Rac1); ribosomal protein, large, P1; TEM10, COL1A2 involved in tissue remodeling; heat shock 70 kDa protein 8; KIAA0152 gene product; Ca2+-promoted Ras inactivator; serine/arginine repetitive matrix 2; hypoxia-inducible factor 1, alpha subunit (basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor); benzodiazapine receptor (peripheral); ectonucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase 1; heparan sulfate proteoglycan 2 (perlecan); fibromodulin; hairy/enhancer-of-split related with YRPW motif 1; collagen, type V, alpha 3; hairy/enhancer-of-split related with YRPW motif-like; hypothetical protein MGC2731; amino-terminal enhancer of split; mitogen-activated protein kinase 9; regulator of G-protein signalling 5; prothymosin, alpha (gene sequence 28); tubulin, beta, 2; protease, serine, 23; hypothetical protein FLJ20898; calpain 1, (mu/I) large subunit; interferon, alpha-inducible protein (clone IFI-6-16); ESTs, Weakly similar to T25031 hypothetical protein T20D3.3—Caenorhabditis elegans [C. elegans]; major histocompatibility complex, class I, C; hypoxia up-regulated 1; complement component 4B; prefoldin 2; cytoskeleton-associated protein 1; Rho GTPase activating protein 4; Homo sapiens clone FLC1492 PRO3121 mRNA, complete cds; transducin-like enhancer of split 2 (E(spl) homolog, Drosophila); ribosomal protein L37; hypothetical protein MGC4677; ESTs, Highly similar to MT1A_HUMAN METALLOTHIONEIN-IA (MT-1A) [H. sapiens]; TEM11, nidogen (enactin); guanine nucleotide binding protein (G protein), gamma 5; matrix Gla protein; heat shock 105 kD; GNAS complex locus; Homo sapiens cDNA FLJ11658 fis, clone HEMBA1004577; H19, imprinted maternally expressed untranslated mRNA; protein tyrosine phosphatase type IVA, member 3; snail homolog 1 (Drosophila); integrin-binding sialoprotein (bone sialoprotein, bone sialoprotein II); tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 1 (erythroid potentiating activity, collagenase inhibitor); peptidylprolyl isomerase B (cyclophilin B); MARCKS-like protein; FAST kinase; protease, serine, 11 (IGF binding); beta-2-microglobulin; delta sleep inducing peptide, immunoreactor; collagen, type IV, alpha 2; immediate early response 3; cadherin 5, type 2, VE-cadherin (vascular epithelium); RGC32 protein; guanylate cyclase 1, soluble, beta 3; major histocompatibility complex, class I, B; ribonuclease, RNase A family, 1 (pancreatic); collagen, type XVIII, alpha 1; v-jun sarcoma virus 17 oncogene homolog (avian); Homo sapiens mRNA; cDNA DKFZp686G1610 (from clone DKFZp686G1610); nucleolin; lectin, galactoside-binding, soluble, 3 binding protein; Lysosomal-associated multispanning membrane protein-5; ribosomal protein S16; guanine nucleotide binding protein (G protein), gamma 12; serine (or cysteine) proteinase inhibitor, clade E (nexin, plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1), member 1; biglycan; DnaJ (Hsp40) homolog, subfamily B, member 1; tumor rejection antigen (gp96) 1; interferon, alpha-inducible protein (clone IFI-15K); solute carrier family 21 (prostaglandin transporter), member 2; CD74 antigen (invariant polypeptide of major histocompatibility complex, class II antigen-associated); serum/glucocorticoid regulated kinase; mitogen-activated protein kinase; receptor (calcitonin) activity modifying protein 3; sema domain, immunoglobulin domain (Ig); benzodiazapine receptor (peripheral)—mitochondrial; C1 domain-containing phosphatase & tensin-like; and Notch homolog 3 (Drosophila). Expression of the at least one gene in the first breast tissue sample is compared to expression of the at least one gene in a second breast tissue sample which is normal. Increased expression of the at least one gene in the first breast endothelial tissue sample relative to the second tissue sample identifies the first breast tissue sample as likely to be neoplastic.

According to another embodiment of the invention a method is provided of treating a breast tumor. Cells of the breast tumor are contacted with an antibody. The antibody specifically binds to an extracellular epitope of a protein selected from the group consisting of benzodiazapine receptor (peripheral); cadherin 5, type 2, VE-cadherin (vascular epithelium); calcium channel, voltage-dependent, alpha 1H subunit; CD74 antigen (invariant polypeptide of major histocompatibility complex, class II antigen-associated); CD9 antigen (p24); dysferlin, limb girdle muscular dystrophy 2B (autosomal recessive); ectonucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase 1; G protein-coupled receptor 4; hypothetical protein FLJ20898; hypoxia up-regulated 1; immediate early response 3; interferon, alpha-inducible protein (clone IFI-6-16); jagged 1 (Alagille syndrome); KIAA0152 gene product; Lysosomal-associated multispanning membrane protein-5; major histocompatibility complex, class I, B; major histocompatibility complex, class I, C; NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase MLRQ subunit homolog; Notch homolog 3 (Drosophila); plasmalemma vesicle associated protein; solute carrier family 21 (prostaglandin transporter), member 2; TEM13, Thy-1 cell surface antigen; receptor (calcitonin) activity modifying protein 3; sema domain, immunoglobulin domain (Ig); benzodiazapine receptor (peripheral)-mitochondrial; and TEM17. Immune destruction of cells of the breast tumor is thereby triggered.

According to still another embodiment of the invention a method is provided for identifying a test compound as a potential anti-cancer or anti-breast tumor drug. A test compound is contacted with a cell which expresses at least one gene selected from the group consisting of: hypothetical protein DKFZp434G171; heat shock 70 kDa protein 1A; jagged 1 (Alagille syndrome); cyclin-dependent kinase 3; 6-phosphogluconolactonase; likely homolog of rat and mouse retinoid-inducible serine carboxypeptidase; plasmalemma vesicle associated protein; NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase MLRQ subunit homolog; HIF-1 responsive RTP801; ribosomal protein L27; secreted protein, acidic, cysteine-rich (osteonectin); hexokinase 1; ribosomal protein L13a; collagen, type IV, alpha 1; insulin-like growth factor binding protein 7; collagen, type III, alpha 1 (Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV, autosomal dominant); heat shock 10 kDa protein 1 (chaperonin 10); calcium channel, voltage-dependent, alpha 1H subunit; CD9 antigen (p24); TEM17; TEM13, Thy-1 cell surface antigen; Tax interaction protein 1; dysferlin, limb girdle muscular dystrophy 2B (autosomal recessive); hypothetical protein MGC34648; putative translation initiation factor; insulin-like growth factor binding protein 4; matrix metalloproteinase 9 (gelatinase B, 92 kDa gelatinase, 92 kDa type IV collagenase); heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein R; bHLH factor Hes4; collagen, type VI, alpha 2; T-box 2; glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase; G protein-coupled receptor 4; collagen, type I, alpha 1; ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate 1 (rho family, small GTP binding protein Rac1); ribosomal protein, large, P1; TEM10, COL1A2 involved in tissue remodeling; heat shock 70 kDa protein 8; KIAA0152 gene product; Ca2+-promoted Ras inactivator; serine/arginine repetitive matrix 2; hypoxia-inducible factor 1, alpha subunit (basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor); benzodiazapine receptor (peripheral); ectonucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase 1; heparan sulfate proteoglycan 2 (perlecan); fibromodulin; hairy/enhancer-of-split related with YRPW motif 1; collagen, type V, alpha 3; hairy/enhancer-of-split related with YRPW motif-like; hypothetical protein MGC2731; amino-terminal enhancer of split; mitogen-activated protein kinase 9; regulator of G-protein signalling 5; prothymosin, alpha (gene sequence 28); tubulin, beta, 2; protease, serine, 23; hypothetical protein FLJ20898; calpain 1, (mu/I) large subunit; interferon, alpha-inducible protein (clone IFI-6-16); ESTs, Weakly similar to T25031 hypothetical protein T20D3.3—Caenorhabditis elegans [C. elegans]; major histocompatibility complex, class I, C; hypoxia up-regulated 1; complement component 4B; prefoldin 2; cytoskeleton-associated protein 1; Rho GTPase activating protein 4; Homo sapiens clone FLC1492 PRO3121 mRNA, complete cds; transducin-like enhancer of split 2 (E(spl) homolog, Drosophila); ribosomal protein L37; hypothetical protein MGC4677; ESTs, Highly similar to MT1A_HUMAN METALLOTHIONEIN-IA (MT-1A) [H. sapiens]; TEM11, nidogen (enactin); guanine nucleotide binding protein (G protein), gamma 5; matrix Gla protein; heat shock 105 kD; GNAS complex locus; Homo sapiens cDNA FLJ11658 fis, clone HEMBA1004577; H19, imprinted maternally expressed untranslated mR NA; protein tyrosine phosphatase type IVA, member 3; snail homolog 1 (Drosophila); integrin-binding sialoprotein (bone sialoprotein, bone sialoprotein II); tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 1 (erythroid potentiating activity, collagenase inhibitor); peptidylprolyl isomerase B (cyclophilin B); MARCKS-like protein; FAST kinase; protease, serine, 11 (IGF binding); beta-2-microglobulin; delta sleep inducing peptide, immunoreactor; collagen, type IV, alpha 2; immediate early response 3; cadherin 5, type 2, VE-cadherin (vascular epithelium); RGC32 protein; guanylate cyclase 1, soluble, beta 3; major histocompatibility complex, class I, B; ribonuclease, RNase A family, 1 (pancreatic); collagen, type XVIII, alpha 1; v-jun sarcoma virus 17 oncogene homolog (avian); Homo sapiens mRNA; cDNA DKFZp686G 1610 (from clone DKFZp686G 1610); nucleolin; lectin, galactoside-binding, soluble, 3 binding protein; Lysosomal-associated multispanning membrane protein-5; ribosomal protein S16; guanine nucleotide binding protein (G protein), gamma 12; serine (or cysteine) proteinase inhibitor, clade E (nexin, plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1), member 1; biglycan; DnaJ (Hsp40) homolog, subfamily B, member 1; tumor rejection antigen (gp96) 1; interferon, alpha-inducible protein (clone IFI-15K); solute carrier family 21 (prostaglandin transporter), member 2; CD74 antigen (invariant polypeptide of major histocompatibility complex, class II antigen-associated); serum/glucocorticoid regulated kinase; mitogen-activated protein kinase; receptor (calcitonin) activity modifying protein 3; sema domain, immunoglobulin domain (Ig); benzodiazapine receptor (peripheral)—mitochondrial; C1 domain-containing phosphatase & tensin-like; and Notch homolog 3 (Drosophila). An expression product of the at least one gene is monitored. The test compound is identified as a potential anti-cancer drug if it decreases the expression of the at least one gene.

Still another embodiment of the invention is a method to induce an immune response to a breast tumor. A protein or nucleic acid encoding a protein is administered to a mammal, preferably a human. The protein is selected from the group consisting of: hypothetical protein DKFZp434G171; heat shock 70 kDa protein 1A; jagged 1 (Alagille syndrome); cyclin-dependent kinase 3; 6-phosphogluconolactonase; likely homolog of rat and mouse retinoid-inducible serine carboxypeptidase; plasmalemma vesicle associated protein; NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase MLRQ subunit homolog; HIF-1 responsive RTP801; ribosomal protein L27; secreted protein, acidic, cysteine-rich (osteonectin); hexokinase 1; ribosomal protein L13a; collagen, type IV, alpha 1; insulin-like growth factor binding protein 7; collagen, type III, alpha 1 (Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV, autosomal dominant); heat shock 10 kDa protein 1 (chaperonin 10); calcium channel, voltage-dependent, alpha 1H subunit; CD9 antigen (p24); TEM17; TEM13, Thy-1 cell surface antigen; Tax interaction protein 1; dysferlin, limb girdle muscular dystrophy 2B (autosomal recessive); hypothetical protein MGC34648; putative translation initiation factor; insulin-like growth factor binding protein 4; matrix metalloproteinase 9 (gelatinase B, 92 kDa gelatinase, 92 kDa type IV collagenase); heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein R; bHLH factor Hes4; collagen, type VI, alpha 2; T-box 2; glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase; G protein-coupled receptor 4; collagen, type I, alpha 1; ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate 1 (rho family, small GTP binding protein Rac1); ribosomal protein, large, P1; TEM10, COL1A2 involved in tissue remodeling; heat shock 70 kDa protein 8; KIAA0152 gene product; Ca2+-promoted Ras inactivator; serine/arginine repetitive matrix 2; hypoxia-inducible factor 1, alpha subunit (basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor); benzodiazapine receptor (peripheral); ectonucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase 1; heparan sulfate proteoglycan 2 (perlecan); fibromodulin; hairy/enhancer-of-split related with YRPW motif 1; collagen, type V, alpha 3; hairy/enhancer-of-split related with YRPW motif-like; hypothetical protein MGC2731; amino-terminal enhancer of split; mitogen-activated protein kinase 9; regulator of G-protein signalling 5; prothymosin, alpha (gene sequence 28); tubulin, beta, 2; protease, serine, 23; hypothetical protein FLJ20898; calpain 1, (mu/I) large subunit; interferon, alpha-inducible protein (clone IFI-6-16); ESTs, Weakly similar to T25031 hypothetical protein T20D3.3—Caenorhabditis elegans [C. elegans]; major histocompatibility complex, class I, C; hypoxia up-regulated 1; complement component 4B; prefoldin 2; cytoskeleton-associated protein 1; Rho GTPase activating protein 4; Homo sapiens clone FLC1492 PRO3121 mRNA, complete cds; transducin-like enhancer of split 2 (E(spl) homolog, Drosophila); ribosomal protein L37; hypothetical protein MGC4677; ESTs, Highly similar to MT1A_HUMAN METALLOTHIONEIN-IA (MT-1A) [H. sapiens]; TEM11, nidogen (enactin); guanine nucleotide binding protein (G protein), gamma 5; matrix Gla protein; heat shock 105 kD; GNAS complex locus; Homo sapiens cDNA FLJ11658 fis, clone HEMBA1004577; H19, imprinted maternally expressed untranslated mRNA; protein tyrosine phosphatase type IVA, member 3; snail homolog 1 (Drosophila); integrin-binding sialoprotein (bone sialoprotein, bone sialoprotein II); tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 1 (erythroid potentiating activity, collagenase inhibitor); peptidylprolyl isomerase B (cyclophilin B); MARCKS-like protein; FAST kinase; protease, serine, 11 (IGF binding); beta-2-microglobulin; delta sleep inducing peptide, immunoreactor; collagen, type IV, alpha 2; immediate early response 3; cadherin 5, type 2, VE-cadherin (vascular epithelium); RGC32 protein; guanylate cyclase 1, soluble, beta 3; major histocompatibility complex, class I, B; ribonuclease, RNase A family, 1 (pancreatic); collagen, type XVIII, alpha 1; v-jun sarcoma virus 17 oncogene homolog (avian); Homo sapiens mRNA; cDNA DKFZp686G1610 (from clone DKFZp686G1610); nucleolin; lectin, galactoside-binding, soluble, 3 binding protein; Lysosomal-associated multispanning membrane protein-5; ribosomal protein S16; guanine nucleotide binding protein (G protein), gamma 12; serine (or cysteine) proteinase inhibitor, clade E (nexin, plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1), member 1; biglycan; DnaJ (Hsp40) homolog, subfamily B, member 1; tumor rejection antigen (gp96) 1; interferon, alpha-inducible protein (clone IFI-15K); solute carrier family 21 (prostaglandin transporter), member 2; CD74 antigen (invariant polypeptide of major histocompatibility complex, class II antigen-associated); serum/glucocorticoid regulated kinase; mitogen-activated protein kinase; receptor (calcitonin) activity modifying protein 3; sema domain, immunoglobulin domain (Ig); benzodiazapine receptor (peripheral)—mitochondrial; C1 domain-containing phosphatase & tensin-like; and Notch homolog 3 (Drosophila). An immune response to the protein is thereby induced.

The present invention thus provides the art with methods of diagnosing and treating breast tumors.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Using SAGE (Serial Analysis of Gene Expression) profiling, the present inventors were able to identify previously unrecognized, angiogenesis-specific markers that discriminate between non-proliferative and pathologic endothelial cells. In addition, a set of previously identified angiogenesis-specific markers from other tumor types (colon and/or brain) were found to be expressed in breast tumor endothelium as well. We identified 111 human genes that were expressed at significantly higher levels in breast tumor endothelium than in normal breast endothelium. See Table 1. Additional such genes which can be used similarly to the 11 human genes are shown in Table 2. We have named these markers BEMs (breast tumor endothelial Markers). BEMs that are expressed in both colon and breast tumor epithelium are identified in Table 3. BEMs that are expressed in both brain and breast tumor epithelium are identified in Table 4. BEMs that are expressed in each of brain, colon, and breast tumor epithelium are identified in Table 5.



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