WO2013115348A1 - sAPPβに対する抗体 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an antibody for measuring sAPP ⁇ and a measurement method using them.
- AD Alzheimer's disease
- a ⁇ amyloid ⁇ peptide
- a ⁇ accumulation of A ⁇ having a length of 39 to 43 amino acids is considered to be the cause of AD (Non-patent Document 1).
- a ⁇ is produced in the brain by amyloid precursor protein (hereinafter also referred to as APP) cleaved by two proteases, ⁇ -secretase (hereinafter also referred to as BACE1), which is a ⁇ -amyloid protein cleaving enzyme, and ⁇ -secretase. And accumulate.
- APP amyloid precursor protein
- BACE1 ⁇ -secretase
- Non-patent Documents 4 and 5 This means that BACE1 is a promising target for AD therapeutics and may be a diagnostic indicator for AD.
- soluble APP ⁇ soluble Amyloid Precursor Protein ⁇ : hereinafter also referred to as sAPP ⁇
- sAPP ⁇ soluble Amyloid Precursor Protein ⁇ : hereinafter also referred to as sAPP ⁇
- BACE1 soluble Amyloid Precursor Protein ⁇
- sAPP ⁇ is used as an index of Alzheimer's disease. Therefore, a measurement method for accurately and highly sensitively determining the amount of sAPP ⁇ is desired.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a means for accurately and highly sensitively measuring the amount of sAPP ⁇ .
- the present inventors have found for the first time that sAPP ⁇ in samples such as plasma and cerebrospinal fluid is present in a large amount not only as a full body but also as a fragment.
- the present invention is based on this discovery, and the above object can be achieved by using the present invention.
- the present invention [1] a monoclonal antibody that recognizes a sAPP ⁇ -C-terminal fragment or an antibody fragment thereof, [2] The monoclonal antibody or the antibody fragment thereof according to the above [1], wherein the sAPP ⁇ -C terminal fragment consists of an amino acid sequence represented by any of SEQ ID NO: 28 to SEQ ID NO: 36, [3] A monoclonal antibody against sAPP ⁇ that recognizes the region represented by SEQ ID NO: 28 in the amyloid precursor protein or an antibody fragment thereof, [4] A monoclonal antibody against sAPP ⁇ that recognizes the region represented by SEQ ID NO: 37 in the amyloid precursor protein or an antibody fragment thereof, [5] (1) A heavy chain variable region having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 14, or a heavy chain variable region having an amino acid in which one or several amino acids are deleted, substituted or added in the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 14; And (2) a light chain variable region having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 15, or
- a biological sample derived from a patient with a disease associated with sAPP ⁇ comprising the step of measuring sAPP ⁇ in the biological sample using the monoclonal antibody or antibody fragment thereof according to any one of [1] to [7] above Sorting method, [11] The selection method of [10] above, further comprising using a monoclonal antibody that specifically recognizes the neoepitope of sAPP ⁇ or an antibody fragment thereof, [12] A screening method for a BACE1 inhibitor using as an index the content of sAPP ⁇ measured using the monoclonal antibody or antibody fragment thereof according to any one of [1] to [7] above, [13] The screening method according to the above [12], further comprising using a monoclonal antibody that specifically recognizes a neoepitope of sAPP ⁇ or an antibody fragment thereof, [14] A kit comprising the monoclonal antibody or antibody fragment thereof according to any one of [1] to [7] above, [15] A method for diagnosing a disease involving
- the monoclonal antibody or antibody fragment thereof according to the present invention can measure not only full-length sAPP ⁇ but also fragments thereof existing in the living body, so that the amount of sAPP ⁇ in a biological sample can be accurately measured. Therefore, the monoclonal antibody or antibody fragment thereof according to the present invention is useful for screening for BACE1 inhibitors and diagnosing diseases involving sAPP ⁇ .
- Immunogen 1 shows an immunogenic sequence for anti-neoepitopic antibody 4G4
- Immunogen 2 shows an immunogenic sequence for anti-internal structure antibody 5H10.
- the results of evaluating the affinity and specificity of the anti-neoepitope antibody 4G4 for various sAPP-related substrates (immunogenic peptide, short chain peptide, long chain peptide, sAPP ⁇ , sAPP ⁇ ) by ELISA are shown.
- the result of having evaluated the affinity with respect to sAPP ⁇ of the anti-neoepitope antibody 4G4 by the SPR method is shown.
- the results of evaluating the affinity of the anti-internal structure antibody 5H10 for the immunogenic peptide and its four partial peptides by ELISA are shown.
- the result of having evaluated the affinity with respect to sAPP ⁇ of the anti-internal structure antibody 5H10 by ELISA is shown.
- the result of having evaluated the affinity with respect to sAPP ⁇ of the anti-internal structure antibody 5H10 by the SPR method is shown.
- a standard curve of 4G4 / 5H10 sandwich ELISA is shown.
- the result of having evaluated cross-reactivity with respect to sAPP (alpha) of 4G4 / 5H10 by sandwich ELISA is shown.
- the result of having measured sAPP (beta) (a) and A (beta) (b) production suppression effect in a cell by 4G4 / 5H10 sandwich ELISA is shown.
- the result of having measured sAPP (beta) in BACE1 inhibitor administration rat plasma and cerebrospinal fluid by 4G4 / 5H10 sandwich ELISA is shown.
- the result of having measured sAPP (beta) in BACE1 inhibitor administration dog plasma and cerebrospinal fluid by 4G4 / 5H10 sandwich ELISA is shown.
- the horizontal axis is the retention time (RT) of reverse phase chromatography
- the vertical axis is the sAPP ⁇ concentration by ELISA and the reactive fraction is called peak 1-6 in the order of elution.
- the amino acid sequence of the sAPP ⁇ fragment whose structure was determined by LC-ESI-MS / MS analysis is shown.
- the comparison of the sAPP ⁇ ELISA measurement value using the AD patient CSF with the kits of other companies is shown.
- ⁇ -secretase 1 refers to an enzyme that cleaves amyloid precursor protein (Amyloid Precursor Protein: APP) at the ⁇ site. BACE1 cleaves a site called ⁇ site of amyloid precursor protein, for example. Its amino acid sequence is already known and published (Genbank accession number: AAH36084).
- Amyloid precursor protein is known to have a plurality of variants, which are referred to as APP695, APP751, or APP770, respectively.
- “amyloid precursor protein” and “APP” include all of these variants.
- the fragment containing the N-terminal side of APP is called sAPP ⁇ .
- the C-terminal part of sAPP ⁇ newly generated when cleaved by BACE1 is called “neoepitope”.
- the amyloid precursor protein is APP770 (Genbank accession number: P05067), this sAPP ⁇ corresponds to the region from position 18 to position 671.
- the blood concentration of sAPP ⁇ is increased in patients with Alzheimer's disease or mild dementia (Mil cognitive impulse, MCI) (Journal of Neuroscience Research, 2012, 90, 2247). ).
- sAPP ⁇ in samples such as plasma and cerebrospinal fluid is present in a large amount not only as a full body but also as a fragment. More specifically, a fragment (hereinafter also referred to as sAPP ⁇ -C-terminal fragment) in which the N-terminal side of sAPP ⁇ is cut by some action to retain the C-terminal part after being generated and released by cleavage of BACE1. Confirmed that it exists.
- sAPP ⁇ may be used in the meaning including not only full-length sAPP ⁇ but also this sAPP ⁇ -C-terminal fragment.
- sAPP ⁇ The measurement of sAPP ⁇ is performed by combining an antibody that recognizes the neoepitope region, which is a terminal structure generated by cleavage of BACE1, and a monoclonal antibody that recognizes the N-terminal region of full-length sAPP ⁇ (International Publication No. 2008/008643, Journal of Neuroscience Research, 2012, 90, 2247, and 2011, 89, 822).
- ELISA kits used to measure sAPP ⁇ are commercially available from Covance, IBL, and Meso Scale Discovery (MSD).
- the Covance and MSD kits contain an antibody that recognizes the N-terminal region of full-length sAPP ⁇ (see PLoS 2011, Vol. 6, e23600).
- an antibody that recognizes the N-terminal region of full-length sAPP ⁇ is also used for IBL kits (see Examples).
- the monoclonal antibody of the present invention refers to a monoclonal antibody characterized by being able to specifically recognize a sAPP ⁇ -C terminal fragment.
- the “sAPP ⁇ -C-terminal fragment” is a generic term for fragments on the C-terminal side among the fragments generated by the action of peptidase etc. by the full-length sAPP ⁇ generated by the action of BACE1. Examples of such fragments include, for example, peptides having the amino acid sequences shown in SEQ ID NOs: 28 to 36.
- the monoclonal antibody of the present invention also includes a monoclonal antibody that recognizes the region represented by SEQ ID NO: 28 in the amyloid precursor protein or an antibody fragment thereof. If the amyloid precursor protein is APP770, this region corresponds to the region from 647 to 671, if it is APP695, from 572 to 596, and if APP751, it corresponds to the region from 628 to 652. . Since such an antibody can capture both the full-length sAPP ⁇ and the sAPP ⁇ -C-terminal fragment having the amino acid sequences shown in SEQ ID NOs: 28 to 36, it can be said that it is useful for accurate measurement of the amount of sAPP ⁇ .
- the monoclonal antibody of the present invention also includes a monoclonal antibody that recognizes the region represented by SEQ ID NO: 37 in the amyloid precursor protein or an antibody fragment thereof. This region corresponds to the region from 647 to 662 when APP770 is amyloid precursor protein, from 572 to 587 when APP695 is used, and from 628 to 643 when APP751 is used. .
- Such an antibody is combined with a monoclonal antibody that recognizes the neoepitope region represented by SEQ ID NO: 1 (corresponding to positions 663 to 671 of APP770) (for example, 4G4 shown in the Examples), thereby sandwich assay such as ELISA. Is possible.
- Examples of the monoclonal antibody of the present invention include 5H10 shown in the Examples. This monoclonal antibody recognizes a partial region (positions 651 to 660 in the case of APP770; SEQ ID NO: 11) included in the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 37.
- the heavy chain variable region was SEQ ID NO: 14 and the light chain variable region was SEQ ID NO: 15.
- CDR complementarity determining region
- CDR1 of immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region (V H ) was DYWMH (SEQ ID NO: 22)
- CDR2 was FINPRSGSTTYNQKFRD (SEQ ID NO: 23)
- CDR3 was PDFDYFDY (SEQ ID NO: 24)
- the CDR1 of the immunoglobulin light chain variable region (V L ) was RSSQSIVQSNGNTYLE (SEQ ID NO: 25)
- CDR2 was KVSNRFS (SEQ ID NO: 26)
- CDR3 was FQASHVPLT (SEQ ID NO: 27).
- the monoclonal antibody of the present invention includes an antibody substantially the same as 5H10. Specifically, within the range in which the desired biological activity of the present invention (for example, the region represented by SEQ ID NO: 28 in the amyloid precursor protein can be recognized) is maintained, the variable regions of the heavy and light chains ( In SEQ ID NO: 14 or 15), a variant in which one or several amino acids are deleted, substituted or added can be mentioned. Similarly, the CDR (complementarity determining region) is within the range in which the desired biological activity of the present invention (for example, the region represented by SEQ ID NO: 28 in the amyloid precursor protein can be recognized) is 1 or Modifications in which several amino acids are deleted, substituted or added are mentioned.
- the immunogen used for preparation of the monoclonal antibody of the present invention can be prepared by a method described in, for example, Antibodies: A Laboratory Manual (1989, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press).
- the immunization method can be performed by a general method, for example, by administering an immunogen to a mammal by intravenous, intradermal, subcutaneous, intraperitoneal injection or the like. More specifically, for example, the immunogen is diluted to an appropriate concentration with a physiological saline-containing phosphate buffer (PBS), physiological saline, or the like, and is used in combination with a normal adjuvant as required. Give several doses at weekly intervals. When mice are used, a single dose is about 50 to 100 ⁇ g per mouse.
- the adjuvant refers to a substance that nonspecifically enhances the immune response to the antigen when administered together with the antigen. Examples of commonly used adjuvants include pertussis vaccine and Freund's adjuvant. Antisera can be obtained by collecting blood from mammals 3 to 10 days after the final immunization.
- a monoclonal antibody is produced by preparing a fused cell (hybridoma) of a mammalian plasma cell (immune cell) immunized with an immunogen and a mammalian plasmacytoma cell (myeloma cell), and thereby producing a desired 5 ′. It can be carried out by selecting a clone producing a monoclonal antibody that recognizes deoxy-5′-methylthioadenosine and culturing the clone. The production of this monoclonal antibody can basically follow conventional methods.
- the mammal immunized with the immunogen is preferably selected in consideration of compatibility with the plasmacytoma cells used for cell fusion, and mice, rats and the like are used.
- the immunization method is the same as in the production of polyclonal antibodies. However, spleen cells are collected from the immunized animal 3 to 10 days after the final immunization.
- the cells can be subcultured by the method described in “Molecular Cell Biology Basic Experiment Method” (Nanedo, Takeichi Horie et al., 1994).
- a hybridoma can be obtained by fusing a plasmacytoma cell and an immune cell producing an antibody in the presence of Sendai virus or polyethylene glycol.
- the plasmacytoma cells used here are preferably plasmacytoma cells derived from the same isothermal animal even in the same isothermal animal.
- a mouse myeloma cell is used. It is preferable to use it.
- Plasmacytoma cells are p3x63-Ag8. A known item such as a UI can be used.
- the hybridoma is selected by HAT medium (medium supplemented with hypoxanthine, aminopterin, thymidine), and when the colonies are confirmed, the binding between the antibody secreted into the culture supernatant and the antigen is examined (screened). A hybridoma producing the antibody can be obtained.
- Examples of the screening method include various methods generally used for antibody detection such as spot method, agglutination reaction method, Western blot method, ELISA method, etc.
- the culture supernatant of the hybridoma is performed according to an ELISA method using the reactivity with the upstream portion of the C-terminal neoepitope structure as an index.
- a target antibody-producing strain that specifically reacts with the upstream portion of the C-terminal neoepitope structure can be screened. Based on this process, clone 5H10 is exemplified as the obtained clone.
- Cloning of a strain capable of producing the target antibody obtained as a result of screening can be carried out by the usual limiting dilution method, soft agar method or the like.
- the cloned hybridoma can be cultured in a large amount in a serum medium or a serum-free medium as necessary. According to this culture, a relatively high purity desired antibody can be obtained as a culture supernatant.
- the hybridoma can be inoculated into the abdominal cavity of a mammal that is compatible with the hybridoma, such as a mouse, and the desired antibody can be collected in a large amount as mouse ascites.
- the culture supernatant containing the hybridoma producing the monoclonal antibody of the present invention and the ascites of the mouse can be used as a crude antibody solution without purification or modification.
- the above culture supernatant or ascites should be subjected to affinity ammonium chromatography such as saturated ammonium sulfate, ion exchange chromatography (DEAE or DE52, etc.), anti-immunoglobulin column or protein A column. Etc.
- a recombinant antibody produced by cloning an antibody gene, incorporating it into an appropriate vector, introducing it into a host and producing it using a gene recombination technique can be used (for example, Carl et al., THERAPEUTIC MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES, 1990).
- cDNA encoding the variable region (for example, SEQ ID NOs: 14 and 15 for 5H10) of the target antibody (for example, 5H10) is synthesized.
- the target DNA fragment is purified from the obtained PCR product and ligated with vector DNA. Further, a recombinant vector is prepared from this, introduced into Escherichia coli, etc., and colonies are selected to prepare a desired recombinant vector.
- the base sequence of the target DNA is confirmed by a known method such as the deoxy method.
- DNA encoding the V region of the target antibody is obtained, it is ligated with DNA encoding the desired antibody constant region (C region) and incorporated into an expression vector.
- DNA encoding the V region of the antibody may be incorporated into an expression vector containing DNA of the antibody C region.
- the antibody gene is incorporated into an expression vector so as to be expressed under the control of an expression control region, for example, an enhancer / promoter.
- host cells can be transformed with this expression vector to express the antibody.
- the expression of the antibody gene may be carried out by co-transforming the host by separately incorporating the heavy chain (H chain) or light chain (L chain) of the antibody into an expression vector, or DNA encoding the H chain and L chain. May be incorporated into a single expression vector to transform the host (see WO94 / 11523).
- the antibody When performing an immunoassay (immunological assay) described below using an antibody, the antibody itself can usually be labeled with various substances so that the behavior of the antibody can be detected.
- a preferred embodiment of the monoclonal antibody of the present invention includes a labeled monoclonal antibody.
- the antibody can be labeled by using a conventional method described in, for example, “Molecular Cell Biology Basic Experimental Method” (Takeichi Horie et al., 1994).
- various substances include chemiluminescent substances, enzymes, fluorescent substances, colored beads, radioisotopes, elements, metals, and biotin. Specific examples are shown below, but are not limited thereto.
- the chemiluminescent substance refers to, for example, luminol and acridinium ester.
- enzymes include ⁇ -galactosidase, alkaline phosphatase and peroxidase.
- the fluorescent substance refers to, for example, europium cryptate, FITC, RITC (and the like.
- the colored bead refers to, for example, protein A beads, wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) beads, streptavidin beads, etc.
- Radioactive isotopes include, for example, 14 C and 125 I, 3 H, etc.
- the element refers to a lanthanide element such as europium, etc.
- the metal refers to, for example, ferritin or gold colloid.
- the “monoclonal antibody fragment” is a part of the above-described monoclonal antibody of the present invention and means a region having a specific binding property to sAPP ⁇ similarly to the monoclonal antibody.
- Fab fragment of antigen binding
- F (ab ′) 2 single chain antibody
- Fab ′ single chain Fv
- scFv single chain Fv
- dsFv dimerized V region fragments
- diabody dimerized V region fragments
- Another embodiment of the present invention includes a method for measuring sAPP ⁇ using the monoclonal antibody of the present invention or an antibody fragment thereof (hereinafter also referred to as the monoclonal antibody of the present invention).
- the monoclonal antibody or the like of the present invention is particularly useful for immunoassay (immunological assay).
- the immunoassay using the monoclonal antibody of the present invention may be a competitive measurement or a non-competitive measurement.
- a homogeneous assay method (measurement by a homogeneous system) or a heterogeneous assay method (measurement by a heterogeneous system) may be used.
- enzyme immunoassay enzyme immunoassay
- solid phase enzyme immunoassay ELISA
- fluorescence immunoassay FIA
- radioimmunoassay RIA
- time-resolved fluorescence immunoassay TR-FIA
- Chemiluminescence immunoassay immunoblot, Western blot, immunostaining, SPA, fluorescence polarization (FP), fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET), and the like.
- a preferable embodiment includes a solid phase enzyme immunoassay (ELISA).
- the ELISA method is a method in which an antibody or antigen labeled with an enzyme is used and the amount of the antibody or antigen is quantified based on the activity of the labeled enzyme.
- An antigen-antibody conjugate labeled with an enzyme and a free-form labeled antigen, or an immobilized antibody or antigen is used to separate the antibody.
- As the solid phase agarose, the inner surface of a microtiter plate, latex particles, and the like can be used.
- Specific examples of the ELISA method include competitive immunoassay and sandwich immunoassay.
- the labeling enzyme include horseradish-derived peroxidase (hereinafter also referred to as HRP) and alkaline phosphatase.
- an immunoassay immunological assay
- two antibodies are usually used in combination.
- Another antibody used in combination with the monoclonal antibody or the like of the present invention is an antibody (for example, 4G4 antibody) that specifically recognizes the C-terminal neoepitope structure of sAPP ⁇ (for example, positions 588 to 596 for APP695, SEQ ID NO: 1). ) Is preferred.
- the present inventors have combined ELISA with the above antibody, an antibody that specifically recognizes the sAPP ⁇ -C-terminal fragment (eg, 5H10 antibody) and an antibody that specifically recognizes the C-terminal neoepitope structure (eg, 4G4 antibody). According to this method, it was also possible to measure sAPP ⁇ -C terminal fragment that could not be detected by a kit using the conventional ELISA method (see Example 10). This fact accurately reflects the amount of sAPP ⁇ contained in the biological sample liquid because the measurement method using the antibody of the present invention can detect not only full-length sAPP ⁇ but also its degradation products. Indicates that
- the existing sAPP ⁇ quantification kit could not detect a sAPP ⁇ -C-terminal fragment lacking the N-terminal part because the epitope of the antibody used was near the N-terminus of sAPP ⁇ . Therefore, only a part of sAPP ⁇ is detected, and it cannot be said that accurate measurement of sAPP ⁇ amount and BACE1 activity can be evaluated.
- the sAPP ⁇ -C-terminal fragment can be quantified by using the measurement method of the present invention, BACE1 activity can be accurately evaluated as compared with existing sAPP ⁇ quantification kits and quantification antibodies. Therefore, it is useful for the screening method of a BACE1 inhibitor as described later, the screening method of a biological sample derived from a disease patient related to BACE1, such as Alzheimer, and the diagnosis of a disease related to BACE1, such as Alzheimer.
- One embodiment of the measurement method of the present invention includes a screening method for BACE1 inhibitors. That is, for example, after contacting a test substance with BACE1 as an enzyme and APP as a substrate, the amount of sAPP ⁇ is measured, and when the value is lower than the amount of sAPP ⁇ in the absence of the test substance, Can be determined to be a BACE1 inhibitor.
- test substance is brought into contact with cells expressing BACE1 and APP, and the amount of sAPP ⁇ in the cell extract or cell culture supernatant in the presence of the test substance is the same as the cell extract or cell culture supernatant in the absence of the test substance.
- the test substance can be determined to be a BACE1 inhibitor.
- the measurement method of the present invention can be used for human clinical trials and diagnosis.
- a biological sample is collected from the subject and the amount of sAPP ⁇ is measured.
- the amount of sAPP ⁇ in the biological sample derived from the subject is decreased, it can be used as an indicator that the test substance has a medicinal effect on Alzheimer.
- biological sample refers to any biological fluid derived from a mammal. Examples include body fluids such as blood, plasma, serum, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), urine, saliva, and sweat, and cell and / or tissue extracts and supernatants.
- body fluids such as blood, plasma, serum, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), urine, saliva, and sweat, and cell and / or tissue extracts and supernatants.
- CSF cerebrospinal fluid
- kits typically contain one or more components necessary to perform an assay generally.
- Components can be standards, reagents (diluents, buffers, etc.), containers and / or devices.
- one container in the kit may contain a monoclonal antibody or antibody fragment thereof that binds to a sequence specific for the sAPP ⁇ -C terminal fragment.
- Such antibodies can be provided attached to any support material known to those skilled in the art (eg, a well in a microtiter plate or a suitable membrane such as nitrocellulose).
- it may contain components to be used in the assay (eg, reagents or buffers).
- Such a kit can alternatively be labeled with a substance as described above suitable for direct or indirect detection of antibody binding.
- Antigen selection In order to detect the degradation of APP by ⁇ -secretase, it was decided to produce an antibody that specifically recognizes the C-terminal neoepitope structure at the cleavage point.
- the neoepitope partial sequence of APP is shown in FIG.
- the 9 amino acid residues of the neoepitope portion, human APP695- (588-596) (Thr-Glu-Glu-Ile-Ser-Glu-Val-Lys-Met: sequence 1) are conserved among animal species from human to mouse. Therefore, it was selected as an immunogen.
- a peptide (Cys-Thr-Glu-Glu-Ilu-Ser-Glu-Val-Lys-Met: sequence 2) in which a Cys residue was introduced at the N-terminus of the neoepitope peptide shown in sequence 1 was synthesized (manufactured by SIGMA) ).
- Biotin labeling of the neoepitope peptide 0.4 mg of synthetic neoepitope peptide dissolved in 0.1 M phosphate buffer (pH 6.0) containing 0.4 ml of 5 mM EDTA and 0.16 mg of PEO-maleimide activated biotin (manufactured by Thermo Scientific) was dissolved in 0.1 ml of distilled water and reacted at room temperature for 2 hours. After that, biotin-labeled neoepitope peptide was purified by reverse phase HPLC.
- Hybridoma production Three days after the final immunization, the spleen was removed and spleen cells were collected from two mice. Spleen cells and mouse myeloma cells (p3 ⁇ 6363-Ag8, Tokyo Mass Research Institute) were fused with 50% polyethylene glycol 4000 and selected in a medium containing hypoxanthine, aminopterin, and thymidine.
- Neoepitope antibody selection Ten days after cell fusion, screening for specific antibody-producing cells was performed using the ELISA described below. 35 ⁇ l of Tris buffer solution (50 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.5) containing 0.35 ⁇ g of anti-mouse IgG antibody (Jackson Immuno Research) was added to each well of a 384-well microtiter plate (manufactured by Nunk) at 4 ° C. For 16 hours. These wells were washed once with 90 ⁇ l of a washing solution (saline containing 0.01% Tween 20), and then 90 ⁇ l of Block Ace (Dainippon Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.) was added and left at room temperature for 2 hours for blocking. It was. (Anti-mouse IgG antibody immobilized plate)
- TMB-Substrate Chromogen manufactured by DAKO
- 25 ⁇ l of TMB-Substrate Chromogen manufactured by DAKO
- 25 ⁇ l of 0.05 M sulfuric acid was added to react.
- Antibody affinity evaluation by ELISA 10 ⁇ l of buffer A containing 4G4 antibody was added to the above-mentioned anti-mouse IgG antibody-immobilized plate, and immunogenic peptide (sequence: 2) or long peptide (Thr- Glu-Glu-Ile-Ser-Glu-Val-Lys-Met-Asp: Sequence 3, manufactured by SIGAMA), short peptide (Thr-Glu-Glu-Ile-Ser-Glu-Val-Lys: Sequence 4, SIGMA) ), Human sAPP ⁇ protein (MESO SCALE DISCOVERY), and human sAPP ⁇ protein (MESO SCALE DISCOVERY).
- Antibody affinity Neoepitope antibody 4G4 is solid-phased on sensor chip GLM (BioRad), and 40, 20, 10, 5 nM sAPP ⁇ is reacted using ProteOn (BioRad). results of the analysis of the dissociation constant, dissociation constant, K D, for 4G4 was 4.4 ⁇ 10 -10 (M) (Fig. 4).
- Antigen selection In order to detect sAPP ⁇ and its degradation product, a sequence in the vicinity of the C-terminal neoepitope structure at the cleavage point was selected. It was also decided to produce an antibody that recognizes a portion that is a sequence common to animal species.
- FIG. Peptide (Asp-Ser-Val-Pro-Ala-Asn-Thr-Glu-Asn-Glu-) containing 34 amino acid residues of sAPP ⁇ and a Cys residue introduced at the C-terminus of human APP695- (552-585: Sequence 5) Val-Glu-Pro-Val-Asp-Ala-Arg-Pro-Ala-Ala-Asp-Arg-Gly-Leu-Thr-Thr-Arg-Pro-Gly-Ser-Gly-Leu-Thr-Asn-Cys: Sequence 6, 35 amino acid residues) was selected as the immunogen.
- a peptide having a Cys residue introduced at the C terminus of the internal structure peptide shown in Sequence 2 was synthesized (manufactured by SIGMA).
- a synthetic neoepitope peptide (4.0 mg) dissolved in 0.5 ml of distilled water and 10 mg of maleimidated KLH (manufactured by Thermo Scientific) were mixed with 1 ml of distilled water and reacted overnight at 4 ° C. I let you. The above mixture was dialyzed against 0.9% saline and stored at ⁇ 80 ° C. until use.
- 0.1 mg of this peptide-KLH complex was administered intraperitoneally to 7 A / J Jms Slc female mice together with Freund's complete adjuvant for initial immunization. Thereafter, 0.1 mg of peptide-KLH complex was boosted 4 times with Freund's incomplete adjuvant at intervals of 3 weeks. Three weeks after the final immunization, a solution of 0.1 mg of the peptide-KLH complex suspended in 0.1 ml of physiological saline was boosted intraperitoneally.
- Biotin labeling of internal structural peptides 0.2 mg of synthetic internal structure peptide (sequence 5) dissolved in 0.1 ml phosphate buffer (pH 6.0) containing 0.2 ml of 5 mM EDTA and 29 ⁇ g of PEO-maleimide activated biotin (Thermo Scientific) The biotin-labeled internal structure peptide was purified by reverse phase HPLC after overnight reaction at 4 ° C.
- Hybridoma production The same method as in Example 1 was used.
- the hybridoma supernatant was screened in the same manner as in Example 1 using the biotin-labeled internal structure peptide. From the results, a plurality of hybridoma clones showing strong affinity with the internal structure peptide (sequence 5) and human sAPP ⁇ protein (MESO SCALE DISCOVERY) were selected.
- Antibody epitope determination by ELISA In the same manner as in Example 1, the immunogenic peptide was divided into the following four fragments 1 to 4 (SEQ ID NOs: 8, 9, 10, and 11) by competitive ELISA. Competitive inhibition was applied with a peptide, and the reactivity with the peptide was examined. The epitope fragments of each antibody are shown in Table 1. Moreover, the competitive inhibition result of 5H10 is shown in FIG.
- Fragment 1 Asp-Ser-Val-Pro-Ala-Asn-Thr-Glu-Asn-Glu-Val-Glu (SEQ ID NO: 8)
- Fragment 2 Asn-Glu-Val-Glu-Pro-Val-Asp-Ala-Arg-Pro-Ala-Ala (SEQ ID NO: 9)
- Fragment 3 Arg-Pro-Ala-Ala-Asp-Arg-Gly-Leu-Thr-Thr-Arg-Pro (SEQ ID NO: 10)
- Fragment 4 Thr-Thr-Arg-Pro-Gly-Ser-Gly-Leu-Thr-Asn-Cys (SEQ ID NO: 11)
- neoepitope antibody 5H10 is solid-phased on a sensor chip GLM (Biorad) and 1000, 250, 62.5, 15.6, ProteOn (BioRad) is used. results of the analysis of the dissociation constant by reacting sAPP ⁇ of 3.91NM, dissociation constant, K D, of 5H10 was 6.2 ⁇ 10 -10 (M) (Fig. 7).
- the ALP-labeled 5H10 Fab ′ was prepared by digesting the internal structure antibody 5H10 IgG with pepsin (Roche) and reducing it with 2-mercaptoethylamine to form Fab ′. To this was added a solution in which a maleimide group was introduced into alkaline phosphatase (ALP, high active, Roche) using Sulfo-SMCC (manufactured by Thermo Scientific), and 5H10 Fab′-ALP was prepared by gel filtration. The minimum detection limit of sAPP ⁇ by this sandwich ELISA was 0.8 pM (FIG. 8). Moreover, the crossing property with respect to sAPP ⁇ was 0.2% (FIG. 9).
- Neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells (SH / APPwt) overexpressing human wild-type APP were adjusted to 8 ⁇ 10 5 cells / ml and plated on a 96-well culture plate (Falcon) at 150 ⁇ l per well. The cells were cultured at 37 ° C. in a 5% carbon dioxide incubator for 2 hours. Thereafter, a solution in which compound A (compound 622 described in WO2008 / 133273. DMSO: dimethyl sulfoxide solution) was added and suspended in advance to form a 2 ⁇ l / 50 ⁇ l medium was added to the cell solution. That is, the final DMSO concentration was 1% and the cell culture solution was 200 ⁇ l. After incubation for 24 hours from the addition of Compound A, 100 ⁇ l of the culture supernatant was collected and the amount of sAPP ⁇ and A ⁇ contained therein was measured.
- compound A compound 622 described in WO2008 / 133273.
- DMSO dimethyl sul
- the amount of sAPP ⁇ was measured by the 4G4 / 5H10 sandwich ELISA system described above.
- a method for measuring the amount of A ⁇ was as follows: a 384-well half area plate (black plate; manufactured by Coaster), a homogeneous time-resolved fluorescence (HTRF) measurement reagent (Amyloid ⁇ 1-40 peptide; IBA Molecular Holding, SA). 10 ⁇ l and 10 ⁇ l of the culture supernatant were mixed and mixed, and the mixture was allowed to stand overnight at 4 ° C. protected from light.
- HTRF time-resolved fluorescence
- the fluorescence intensity (excitation wavelength: 337 nM, measurement wavelengths: 620 nM and 665 nM) was measured using a Wallac 1420 multilabel counter (manufactured by Perkin Elmer life sciences).
- the amount of A ⁇ was determined from the count rate of each measurement wavelength (10000 ⁇ Count 665 / Count 620), and inhibition of A ⁇ production at each concentration of Compound A was calculated.
- significant inhibition of sAPP ⁇ and A ⁇ production was observed depending on the BACE1 inhibitor concentration (FIGS. 10a and b).
- Compound A was suspended in 0.5% methylcellulose and orally administered to male Crj: SD rats (7-9 weeks old) to a concentration of 30 mg / 15 mL / kg.
- the base control group was administered with 0.5% methylcellulose alone, and the administration test was conducted with 5 animals in each group.
- cerebrospinal fluid was collected by direct collection method (inside the cisterna) under anesthesia and immediately frozen in liquid nitrogen.
- blood was collected from the abdominal aorta and quickly cooled on ice. Thereafter, centrifugation was performed at 10000 rpm for 10 min at 4 ° C., and plasma was collected and then frozen in liquid nitrogen.
- 4G4 / 5H10 sandwich ELISA system significant inhibition of sAPP ⁇ production was observed in the BACE1 inhibitor administration group (FIG. 11).
- Compound A was suspended in 0.5% methylcellulose and orally administered to male TOYO beagle dogs (24 months old or 6 months old) at 30 mg / 15 mL / kg.
- the base control group only 0.5% methylcellulose was administered, and the administration test was performed with 2 mice in each group. Cerebrospinal fluid and blood were collected 12 and 24 hours after administration. Cerebrospinal fluid was collected under anesthesia by the direct collection method (in the cisterna magna) and immediately frozen in liquid nitrogen. Blood was collected from the cephalic vein or saphenous vein under non-anaesthesia and immediately cooled on ice.
- the amount of sAPP ⁇ in 8 healthy human EDTA plasma (obtained by in-house volunteer blood collection) and human cerebrospinal fluid (Asterand) was measured by the sandwich ELISA method described above. Plasma was diluted 5-fold with buffer B, and cerebrospinal fluid was diluted 50-400 times. It was observed that sAPP ⁇ on average 52.0 ⁇ 11.5 pM was contained in the plasma of healthy individuals (Table 1). In cerebrospinal fluid, 1000-10000 pM of sAPP ⁇ was observed (Table 2), and both plasma and cerebrospinal fluid did not require sample pretreatment and could be measured accurately within the quantitative range. Plasma was also measured with the IBL kit.
- ⁇ L of human plasma or human cerebrospinal fluid was applied to an LC-6A system (manufactured by Shimadzu Corporation) connected to a gel filtration column TSK-3000SWXL (manufactured by Tosoh Corporation), and the eluate was fractionated by 0.5 mL each.
- the plasma fraction was concentrated 10 times using a freeze dryer DRZ350WB (ADVANTEC).
- the sAPP ⁇ concentration contained in each fraction was measured by both the above-described 4G4 / 5H10 sandwich ELISA and IBL sAPP ⁇ measurement kit.
- a purchased human CSF specimen (AD ⁇ 4 cases, MCI ⁇ 4 cases, Normal ⁇ 5 cases)
- a total of 650 ⁇ L of a pooled sample of 50 ⁇ L was subjected to affinity purification using a 4G4 antibody-immobilized column. These pool solutions were passed through the column, and after washing, the column binding component was eluted with 100 mM Glycine-HCl (pH 2.3). Subsequently, this elution fraction was subjected to an LC-4A system (manufactured by Shimadzu Corporation) connected to a reverse phase column (YMC-pak ODS-AM, ⁇ 6.0 ⁇ 150 mm), and 0.1% TFA as a mobile phase.
- the eluate was fractionated at 0.5 mL / tube at a flow rate of 1.0 mL / min.
- the purification / fractionation method using 4G4 antibody purification / reverse phase column chromatography is referred to as 4G4 / RPC method.
- the sAPP ⁇ concentration contained was measured (FIG. 15).
- the sAPP ⁇ ELISA reaction fraction measured with the Shionogi ELISA kit was named Peaks 1 to 6 in the order of elution.
- the peaks 1 to 5 detected by the Shionogi ELISA kit include a fragment peptide component having the C-terminal epitope sequence of sAPP ⁇ , not the full-length sAPP ⁇ .
- the obtained data uses PEAKS 6 software (manufactured by Bioinformatics solutions), Fixed modification: Carbamidylation of Cys (+57.02), Variable mod.15 (Variable mod. ) / 1 (Trypsin), Non-specific cleavage: One side of the peptide is considered, de novo sequencing, and sAPP ⁇ array (accession number: P05067 [18-671] Abetid, Aparid tein, was searched and identified for Homo sapiens).
- the structure of the sAPP ⁇ fragment was determined using LC-ESI-MS / MS for fraction peaks 2 and 3 (FIG. 15) fractionated by 4G4 / RPC method and reactive by Shionogi ELISA.
- Intact analysis was performed to measure the molecular weight of the contained peptide
- digestion analysis was performed to identify the N-terminal sequence by enzymatic digestion.
- the obtained data is subjected to de novo sequencing using PEAKS 6 software in consideration of Variable modification: Oxidation of Met (+15.99), and sAPP ⁇ sequence (access number: P05067 [b167 et ap. , Homo sapiens).
- sAPP ⁇ sequence access number: P05067 [b167 et ap. , Homo sapiens).
- MSD sAPP ⁇ ELISA kit capable of measuring only sAPP ⁇ full-length body and Shionogi capable of measuring sAPP ⁇ full-length body and fragments using 5 cases of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) determined to be AD patients by MMSE test (4G4 / 5H10)
- CSF cerebrospinal fluid
- the measured values of the sAPP ⁇ ELISA kit were compared.
- the measuring method of Shionogi ELISA was in accordance with Example 4.
- ELISA manufactured by MSD followed the attached protocol.
- the sAPP ⁇ standard product used in the calibration curve for calculating the sAPP ⁇ concentration was commonly used as the full length sAPP ⁇ attached to the ELISA of MSD.
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すなわち本発明は、
[1]sAPPβ-C末端断片体を認識するモノクローナル抗体またはその抗体断片、
[2]前記sAPPβ-C末端断片体が配列番号28から配列番号36のいずれかで示されるアミノ酸配列からなるものである、上記[1]記載のモノクローナル抗体またはその抗体断片、
[3]アミロイド前駆体タンパク質における配列番号28で示される領域を認識するsAPPβに対するモノクローナル抗体またはその抗体断片、
[4]アミロイド前駆体タンパク質における配列番号37で示される領域を認識するsAPPβに対するモノクローナル抗体またはその抗体断片、
[5](1)配列番号14のアミノ酸配列を有する重鎖可変領域、あるいは配列番号14のアミノ酸配列において1もしくは数個のアミノ酸が欠失、置換もしくは付加されたアミノ酸を有する重鎖可変領域;および
(2)配列番号15のアミノ酸配列を有する軽鎖可変領域、あるいは配列番号15のアミノ酸配列において1もしくは数個のアミノ酸が欠失、置換もしくは付加されたアミノ酸を有する軽鎖可変領域、
を有する、sAPPβに対するモノクローナル抗体またはその抗体断片、
[6](1)配列番号14のアミノ酸配列を有する重鎖可変領域;および
(2)配列番号15のアミノ酸配列を有する軽鎖可変領域、
を有する、sAPPβに対するモノクローナル抗体またはその抗体断片、
[7](1)下記アミノ酸配列を含む重鎖可変領域;
DYWMH(配列番号22)、FINPRSGSTTYNQKFRD(配列番号23)、およびPDFDYFDY(配列番号24)、および
(2)下記アミノ酸配列を含む軽鎖可変領域;
RSSQSIVQSNGNTYLE(配列番号25)、KVSNRFS(配列番号26)、およびFQASHVPLT(配列番号27)
を有する、sAPPβに対するモノクローナル抗体またはその抗体断片、
[8]上記[1]~[7]のいずれかに記載のモノクローナル抗体またはその抗体断片を用いた、sAPPβの測定方法、
[9]さらに、sAPPβのネオエピトープを特異的に認識するモノクローナル抗体またはその抗体断片を組み合わせて用いることを特徴とする、上記[8]の測定方法、
[10]上記[1]~[7]のいずれかに記載のモノクローナル抗体またはその抗体断片を用いて生体試料中のsAPPβを測定する工程を含む、sAPPβが関与する疾患の患者由来の生体試料の選別方法、
[11]さらに、sAPPβのネオエピトープを特異的に認識するモノクローナル抗体またはその抗体断片を組み合わせて用いることを特徴とする、上記[10]の選別方法、
[12]上記[1]~[7]のいずれかに記載のモノクローナル抗体またはその抗体断片を用いて測定したsAPPβの含有量を指標とする、BACE1阻害剤のスクリーニング方法、
[13]さらに、sAPPβのネオエピトープを特異的に認識するモノクローナル抗体またはその抗体断片を組み合わせて用いることを特徴とする、上記[12]のスクリーニング方法、
[14]上記[1]~[7]のいずれかに記載のモノクローナル抗体またはその抗体断片を含むことを特徴とするキット、
[15]上記[1]~[7]のいずれかに記載のモノクローナル抗体またはその抗体断片を用いたsAPPβが関与する疾患の診断方法、
[16](1)配列番号12のアミノ酸配列を有する重鎖可変領域、あるいは配列番号12のアミノ酸配列において1もしくは数個のアミノ酸が欠失、置換もしくは付加されたアミノ酸を有する重鎖可変領域および
(2)配列番号13のアミノ酸配列を有する軽鎖可変領域、あるいは配列番号13のアミノ酸配列において1もしくは数個のアミノ酸が欠失、置換もしくは付加されたアミノ酸を有する軽鎖可変領域、
を有する、sAPPβに対するモノクローナル抗体またはその抗体断片、
[17](1)下記アミノ酸配列を含む重鎖可変領域;
NYAMS(配列番号16)、SIGRGGSTFYPDSVKG(配列番号17)、およびIYSQSISFDY(配列番号18)、あるいは、これらの3つのCDRのうちの1つ以上のCDRにおいて1もしくは数個のアミノ酸が欠失、置換もしくは付加されたアミノ酸配列からなる3つのCDR、および
(2)下記アミノ酸配列を含む軽鎖可変領域;
KSRQSLLDSDGKTYLH(配列番号19)、LVSKLDS(配列番号20)、およびWQGTHFPFT(配列番号21)、あるいは、これらの3つのCDRのうちの1つ以上のCDRにおいて1もしくは数個のアミノ酸が欠失、置換もしくは付加されたアミノ酸配列からなる3つのCDR、
を有する、sAPPβに対するモノクローナル抗体またはその抗体断片、
[18]sAPPβ-C末端断片体、および
[19]配列番号28から配列番号36のいずれかで示されるアミノ酸配列からなるsAPPβ-C末端断片体、
に関する。
本明細書において使用される用語は、特に言及しない限り、本発明の属する分野の当業者によって通常理解される意味で用いられる。
モノクローナル抗体の単離、精製は、上述の培養上清あるいは腹水を、飽和硫酸アンモニウム、イオン交換クロマトグラフィー(DEAEまたはDE52等)、抗イムノグロブリンカラムあるいはプロテインAカラム等のアフィニティカラムクロマトグラフィーに供すること等により行うことができる。
以下、実施例を示して本発明を具体的に説明するが、本発明は下記実施例に制限されるものではない。なお、抗体作製手法として、特に断らない限り、Immunochemistry in Practice (Blackwell Scientific Publiations)に記載されている方法を用いた。また、遺伝子操作的手法として、特に断らない限り、Molecular Cloning:A Laboratory Manual,2nd Edition(Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)に記載されている方法を用いた。
β-セクレターゼによるAPPの分解を検出するために、その切断点であるC末端のネオエピトープ構造を特異的に認識する抗体を作製することにした。
APPのネオエピトープ部分配列を図2に示した。ネオエピトープ部分の9アミノ酸残基、ヒトAPP695-(588-596)(Thr-Glu-Glu-Ile-Ser-Glu-Val-Lys-Met:配列1)はヒトからマウスまで動物種間で保存されていることから、免疫原として選択した。
配列1に示すネオエピトープペプチドのN末にCys残基を導入したペプチド(Cys-Thr-Glu-Glu-Ile-Ser-Glu-Val-Lys-Met:配列2):を合成した(SIGMA社製)。
合成ネオエピトープペプチド1.3mgを0.5mlの蒸留水に溶解したものと、10mgのマレイミド化giant keyhole limpetsヘモシアニン(マレイミド化KLH、Thermo Scientific社製)を1mlの蒸留水に溶解したものと混合し、4℃で一晩反応させた。
上記の混合液を0.9% 生理食塩水に対して透析後、使用時まで-80℃保管した。
このペプチド-KLH複合体0.1mgをフロイント完全アジュバントと共にA/J Jms Slc雌性マウス7匹に腹腔内投与した。その後、3週間隔でペプチド-KLH複合体0.1mgをフロイント不完全アジュバントと共に4回追加免疫した。最終免疫の3週間後にペプチド-KLH複合体0.1mgを生理食塩水0.1mlに懸濁した溶液を腹腔内にブースター投与した。
合成ネオエピトープペプチド0.4mgを0.4mlの5mM EDTAを含む0.1Mリン酸緩衝液(pH6.0)に溶解したものと、0.16mgのPEO-マレイミド活性化ビオチン(Thermo Scientific社製)を0.1mlの蒸留水に溶解したものとを混合し、室温で2時間反応後に逆相HPLCにてビオチン標識ネオエピトープペプチドを精製した。
最終免疫の3日後に脾臓を摘出し、2匹のマウスから脾臓細胞を回収した。脾臓細胞とマウスミエローマ細胞(p3×6363-Ag8、東京腫瘤研究所)を50%のポリエチレングリコール4000を用いて融合させ、ヒポキサンチン、アミノプテリン、およびチミジンを含む培地で選択した。
細胞融合10日後に特異抗体産生細胞のスクリーニングを以下に記載したELISAを用いて行なった。
384穴マイクロタイタープレート(ヌンク社製)の各ウェルに0.35μgの抗マウスIgG抗体(Jackson Immuno Research社製)を含むトリス緩衝液(50mM Tris-HCl、pH7.5)35μlを加えて4℃で16時間固定した。これらのウェルを90μlの洗浄液(0.01% Tween20を含む生理食塩水)で1回洗浄した後、ブロックエース(大日本製薬社製)を90μl加えて室温で2時間放置して、ブロッキングを行なった。(抗マウスIgG抗体固相化プレート)
上述した抗マウスIgG抗体固相化プレートに、10μlの4G4抗体を含む緩衝液Aを加え、免疫原ペプチド(配列:2)あるいは、長鎖ペプチド(Thr-Glu-Glu-Ile-Ser-Glu-Val-Lys-Met-Asp:配列3、SIGAMA社製)、短鎖ペプチド(Thr-Glu-Glu-Ile-Ser-Glu-Val-Lys:配列4、SIGMA社製)、ヒトsAPPβタンパク(MESO SCALE DISCOVERY社製)、ヒトsAPPαタンパク(MESO SCALE DISCOVERY社製)を加えた。そして、0.04ngのビオチン標識ネオエピトープベプチドと2ngのStreptavidin-HRP(PIERCE社製)を含む10μlの緩衝液Aを混合し、4℃で16時間反応させた後に洗浄後、25μlのTMB-Substrate Chromogen(DAKO社製)を添加して室温で30分間発色させた後に、25μlの0.05Mの硫酸を添加し反応を停止し、450nmにおける吸光度を測定した(図3)。以上により算出されるヒトsAPPβタンパクに対するIC50は、8.4nMと示され、sAPPαとの交差性は0.01%未満であった。
センサーチップGLM(バイオラッド社製)にネオエピトープ抗体4G4を固相化し、ProteOn(バイオラッド社製)を用いて、40、20、10、5nMのsAPPβを反応させ解離定数を解析した結果、4G4の解離定数KDは、4.4×10-10(M)であった(図4)。
sAPPβ及びその分解物を検出するために、その切断点であるC末端のネオエピトープ構造の近傍の配列を選択した。また、動物種共通の配列である部分を認識する抗体を作製することにした。
配列2に示す内部構造ペプチドのC末にCys残基導入したペプチドを合成した(SIGMA社製)。
合成ネオエピトープペプチド4.0mgを0.5mlの蒸留水に溶解したものと、10mgのマレイミド化KLH(Thermo Scientific社製)を1mlの蒸留水に溶解したものと混合し、4℃で一晩反応させた。
上記の混合液を0.9% 生理食塩水に対して透析後、使用時まで-80℃保管した。
このペプチド-KLH複合体0.1mgをフロイント完全アジュバントと共にA/J Jms Slc雌マウス7匹に腹腔内投与し、初回免疫とした。
その後、3週間隔でペプチド-KLH複合体0.1mgをフロイント不完全アジュバントと共に4回追加免疫した。最終免疫の3週間後にペプチド-KLH複合体0.1mgを生理食塩水0.1mlに懸濁した溶液を腹腔内にブースター投与した。
合成内部構造ペプチド(配列5)0.2mgを0.2mlの5mM EDTAを含む0.1Mリン酸緩衝液(pH6.0)に溶解したものと、29μgのPEO-マレイミド活性化ビオチン(Thermo Scientific社製)を混合し、4℃で一晩反応後に逆相HPLCにてビオチン標識内部構造ペプチドを精製した。
実施例1と同様の方法で行った。
ビオチン標識内部構造ペプチドを用いて、実施例1と同様の方法でハイブリドーマ上清をスクリーニングした。その結果から、内部構造ペプチド(配列5)およびヒトsAPPβタンパク(MESO SCALE DISCOVERY社製)と強い親和性を示したハイブリドーマクローンを複数個選択した。
実施例1と同様にして、競合ELISA法により、免疫原ペプチドを下記に示す4つの断片1~4(配列番号8、9、10、11)に分割したペプチドで競合阻害をかけ、そのペプチドとの反応性を調べた。各抗体のエピトープ断片を表1に示す。また、5H10の競合阻害結果を図5に示した。
断片2:Asn-Glu-Val-Glu-Pro-Val-Asp-Ala-Arg-Pro-Ala-Ala(配列番号:9)
断片3:Arg-Pro-Ala-Ala-Asp-Arg-Gly-Leu-Thr-Thr-Arg-Pro(配列番号:10)
断片4:Thr-Thr-Arg-Pro-Gly-Ser-Gly-Leu-Thr-Asn-Cys(配列番号:11)
実施例1と同様にして、競合ELISA法により、ヒトsAPPβタンパク(MESO SCALE DISCOVERY社製)に対するIC50を算出した結果、1.5nMと示された(図6)。
センサーチップGLM(バイオラッド社製)にネオエピトープ抗体5H10を固相化し、ProteOn(バイオラッド社製)を用いて、1000、250、62.5、15.6、3.91nMのsAPPβを反応させ解離定数を解析した結果、5H10の解離定数KDは、6.2×10-10(M)であった(図7)。
本サンドイッチELISAによるsAPPβの最低検出限界は0.8pMであった(図8)。またsAPPαに対する交差性は0.2%であった(図9)。
Digestion解析に関しては、ピーク3画分の一部を用いて、実施例11で述べた方法と同様の条件でN末端配列の同定を試みた。
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- sAPPβ-C末端断片体を認識するモノクローナル抗体またはその抗体断片。
- 前記sAPPβ-C末端断片体が配列番号28から配列番号36のいずれかで示されるアミノ酸配列からなるものである、請求項1記載のモノクローナル抗体またはその抗体断片。
- アミロイド前駆体タンパク質における配列番号28で示される領域を認識するsAPPβに対するモノクローナル抗体またはその抗体断片。
- アミロイド前駆体タンパク質における配列番号37で示される領域を認識するsAPPβに対するモノクローナル抗体またはその抗体断片。
- (1)配列番号14のアミノ酸配列を有する重鎖可変領域、あるいは配列番号14のアミノ酸配列において1もしくは数個のアミノ酸が欠失、置換もしくは付加されたアミノ酸を有する重鎖可変領域;および
(2)配列番号15のアミノ酸配列を有する軽鎖可変領域、あるいは配列番号15のアミノ酸配列において1もしくは数個のアミノ酸が欠失、置換もしくは付加されたアミノ酸を有する軽鎖可変領域、
を有する、sAPPβに対するモノクローナル抗体またはその抗体断片。 - (1)下記アミノ酸配列を含む重鎖可変領域;
DYWMH(配列番号22)、FINPRSGSTTYNQKFRD(配列番号23)、およびPDFDYFDY(配列番号24)、あるいは、これらの3つのCDRのうちの1つ以上のCDRにおいて1もしくは数個のアミノ酸が欠失、置換もしくは付加されたアミノ酸配列からなる3つのCDR、および
(2)下記アミノ酸配列を含む軽鎖可変領域;
RSSQSIVQSNGNTYLE(配列番号25)、KVSNRFS(配列番号26)、およびFQASHVPLT(配列番号27)、あるいは、これらの3つのCDRのうちの1つ以上のCDRにおいて1もしくは数個のアミノ酸が欠失、置換もしくは付加されたアミノ酸配列からなる3つのCDR、
を有する、sAPPβに対するモノクローナル抗体またはその抗体断片。 - 請求項1~6のいずれかに記載のモノクローナル抗体またはその抗体断片を用いたsAPPβの測定方法。
- 請求項1~6のいずれかに記載のモノクローナル抗体またはその抗体断片を用いたsAPPβが関与する疾患の患者由来の生体試料の選別方法。
- 請求項1~6のいずれかに記載のモノクローナル抗体またはその抗体断片を用いて測定したsAPPβの含有量を指標とする、BACE1阻害剤のスクリーニング方法。
- 請求項1~6のいずれかに記載のモノクローナル抗体またはその抗体断片を含むキット。
- 請求項1~6のいずれかに記載のモノクローナル抗体またはその抗体断片を用いたsAPPβが関与する疾患の診断方法。
- 配列番号28から配列番号36のいずれかで示されるアミノ酸配列からなるsAPPβ-C末端断片体。
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