US 5,639,634 AGrant
Cadherin Polynucleotides
Issue Date:1997-06-17
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Abstract
DNA sequences encoding novel cadherins, desginated cadherins-4 through -13, are disclosed along with methods and materials for the recombinant production of the same. Antibody substances specific for the novel cadherins are disclosed as useful for affecting the natural binding and/or regulatory acitivities of the cadherins, for diagnosing tumors, and for targeted drug delivery.
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Assignee
- Doheny Eye Institute
Inventor
- Shintaro Suzuki
Application Information
Application Number:US 3326438
Filing Date:1994-11-01
Priority Date:1992-04-17
Art Unit:182
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IPC:
C12N 1512
Field of Search:
43553669.1;240.2;320.1;252.1;254.11;252.323.1;23.3;23.5
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Description
Field of the Invention
The present invention relates, in general, to materials and methods relevant to cell-cell adhesion. More particularly, the invention relates to novel Ca.sup.2+ -dependent cell adhesion proteins, referred to as cadherins, and to polynucleotide sequences encoding the cadherins. The invention also relates to methods for inhibiting binding of the cadherins to their natural ligands/antiligands.
Background
In vivo, cell-cell adhesion plays an important role in a wide range of events including morphogenesis and organ formation, leukocyte extravasion, tumor metastasis and invasion, and the formation of cell junctions. Additionally, cell-cell adhesion is crucial for the maintenance of tissue integrity, e.g., the maintenance of the intestinal epithelial barrier and the integrity of cardiac muscle.
Intercellular adhesion is mediated by specific cell adhesion molecules. Cell adhesion molecules have been classified into at least three superfamilies including the immunoglobulin (Ig) superfamily, the integrin superfamily and the cadherin superfamily. All cell types that form solid tissues express some members of the cadherin superfamily suggesting that cadherins are involved in selective adhesion of most cell types.
Cadherins have been generally described as glycosylated integral membrane proteins that have an N-terminal extracellular domain that determines binding specificity (the N-terminal 113 amino acids appear to be directly involved in binding), a hydrophobic membrane-spanning domain and a C-terminal cytoplasmic domain (highly conserved among the members of the superfamily) that interacts with the cytoskeleton through catenins and other cytoskeleton-associated proteins. Some cadherins lack a cytoplasmic domain, however, and appear to function in cell-cell adhesion by a different mechanism than cadherins that do have a cytoplasmic domain. The cytoplasmic domain is required for the binding function of the extracellular domain in cadherins that do have an intracellular domain. Binding between members of the cadherin family expressed on different cells is homophilic (i.e., a member of the cadherin family binds to cadherins of its own or a closely related subclass) and Ca.sup.2+ -dependent. For recent reviews on cadherins, see Takeichi, Annu. Rev. Biochem., 59: 237-252 (1990) and Takeichi, Science, 251, 1451-1455 (1991).
The first cadherins to be described (E-cadherin in mouse epithelial cells, L-CAM in avian liver, uvomorulin in the mouse blastocyst, and CAM 120/80 in human epithelial cells) were identified by their involvment in Ca.sup.2+ -dependent cell adhesion and their unique immunological characteristics and tissue localization. With the later immunological identification of N-cadherin, which was found to have a different tissue distribution from E-cadherin, it became apparent that a new family of Ca.sup.2+ -dependent cell-cell adhesion molecules had been discovered.
The molecular cloning of the genes encoding E-[see Nagafuchi et al., Nature, 329: 341-343 (1987)], N-[Hatta et al., J. Cell Biol., 106: 873-881 (1988)], and P-[Nose et al., EMBO J. 6: 3655-3661 (1987)] cadherins provided structural evidence that the cadherins comprised a family of cell adhesion molecules. Cloning of L-CAM [Gallin et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 84: 2808-2812 (1987)] and uvomorulin [Ringwald et al., EMBO J., 6: 3647-3653 (1987)] revealed that they were identical to E-cadherin. Comparisons of the amino acid sequences of E-, N-, and P-cadherins showed a level of amino acid similarity of about 45%-58% among the three subclasses. Liaw et al., EMBO J., 9: 2701-2708 (1990) describes the use of PCR with degenerate oligonucleotides based on conserved regions of E-, N- and P-cadherins to isolate N- and P-cadherin from a bovine microvascular endothelial cell cDNA. The Liaw et al., supra, results implied that there were only E-, N-, and P-cadherins because no new cadherins were identified.
No further cadherin genes were described until the identification of eight of the novel cadherins claimed herein was reported in Suzuki et al., Cell Regulation, 2: 261-270 (1991). Subsequently, several other cadherins were described including R-cadherin [Inuzuka et al., Neuron, 7: 69-79 (1991)], M-cadherin [Donalies et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 88: 8024-8028 (1991)], B-cadherin [Napolitano et al., J. Cell. Biol., 113: 893-905 (1991)], and T-cadherin [Ranscht et al., Neuron, 7: 391-402 (1991)].
The determinations of the tissue expression of the various cadherins reveals that each subclass of cadherins has a unique tissue distribution pattern. For example, E-cadherin is found in epithelial tissues while N-cadherin is found in nonepithelial tissues such as neural and muscle tissue. The unique expression pattern of the different cadherins is particularly significant when the role each subclass of cadherins may play in vivo in normal events (e.g., the maintenance of the intestinal epithelial barrier) and in abnormal events (e.g., tumor metastatis or inflammation) is considered. Different subclasses or combinations of subclasses of cadherins are likely to be responsible for different cell-cell adhesion events in which therapeutic detection and/or intervention may be desirable. Studies have also suggested that cadherins may have some regulatory activity in addition to adhesive activity. Matsunaga et al., Nature, 334, 62-64 (1988) reports that N-cadherin has neurite outgrowth promoting activity and Mahoney et al., Cell, 67, 853-868 (1991) reports that the Drosophila fat tumor supressor gene, another member of the cadherin superfamily, appear to regulate cell growth. Thus, therapeutic intervention in the regulatory activities of cadherins expressed in specific tissues may also be desirable.
There thus continues to exist a need in the art for the identification and characterization of additional cadherins participating in cell-cell adhesion and/or regulatory events. Moreover, to the extent that cadherins might form the basis for the development of therapeutic and diagnostic agents, it is essential that the genes encoding the proteins be cloned. Information about the DNA sequences and amino acid sequences encoding the cadherins would provide for the large scale production of the proteins and for the identification of the cells/tissues naturally producing the proteins, and would permit the preparation of antibody substances or other novel binding molecules specifically reactive with the cadherins that may be useful in affecting the natural ligand/antiligand binding reactions in which the cadherins are involved.
Summary of the Invention
The present invention provides materials and methods that are relevant to cell-cell adhesion. In one of its aspects, the present invention provides purified and isolated polynucleotide sequences (e.g., DNA and RNA, both sense and antisense strands) encoding novel cadherins, cadherin-4 through -13. Preferred polynucleotide sequences of the invention include genomic and cDNA sequences as well as wholly or partially synthesized DNA sequences, and biological replicas thereof. Biologically active vectors comprising the polynucleotide sequences are also contemplated.
The scientific value of the information contributed through the disclosures of the DNA and amino acid sequences of the present invention is manifest. For example, knowledge of the sequence of a cDNA encoding a cadherin makes possible the isolation by DNA/DNA hybridization of genomic DNA sequences that encode the protein and that specify cadherin-specific expression regulating sequences such as promoters, enhancers and the like. DNA/DNA hybridization procedures utilizing the DNA sequences of the present invention also allow the isolation of DNAs encoding heterologous species proteins homologous to the rat and human cadherins specifically illustrated herein.
According to another aspect of the invention, host cells, especially eucaryotic and procaryotic cells, are stably transformed or transfected with the polynucleotide sequences of the invention in a manner allowing the expression of cadherin polypeptides in the cells. Host cells expressing cadherin polypeptide products, when grown in a suitable culture medium, are particularly useful for the large scale production of cadherin polypeptides, fragments and variants; thereby enabling the isolation of the desired polypeptide products from the cells or from the medium in which the cells are grown.
The novel cadherin proteins, fragments and variants of the invention may be obtained as isolates from natural tissue sources, but are preferably produced by recombinant procedures involving the host cells of the invention. The products may be obtained in fully or partially glycosylated, partially or wholly de-glycosylated or non-glycosylated forms, depending on the host cell selected or recombinant production and/or post-isolation processing.
Cadherin variants according to the invention may comprise polypeptide analogs wherein one or more of the specified (i.e., naturally encoded) amino acids is deleted or replaced or wherein one or more nonspecified amino acids are added: (1) without loss, and preferably with enhancement, of one or more of the biological activities or immunological characteristics specific for a cadherin; or (2) with specific disablement of a particular ligand/antiligand binding function of a cadherin.
Also contemplated by the present invention are antibody substances (e.g., monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies, chimeric and humanized antibodies, and antibody domains including Fab, Fab', F(ab').sub.2 and single chain domains, and Fv or single variable domains) which are specifically recognize a cadherins. Antibody substances can be developed using isolated natural, recombinant or synthetic cadherin polypeptide products or host cells expressing such products on their surfaces. The antibody substances may be utilized for purifying polypeptides of the invention, for determining the tissue expression of the polypeptides and as antagonists of the ligand/antiligand binding activities of the cadherins.
Numerous aspects and advantages of the present invention will be apparent upon consideration of the following detailed description thereof.
Detailed Description
The present invention is illustrated by the following examples wherein Example 1 describes the isolation of cDNA sequences encoding rat cadherins-4 through -11 and -13; Example 2 describes the isolation of cDNA sequences encoding the human homologs of cadherins-4, -5, -6, -8, -10, -11 and -13 and the isolation of a human cadherin not identified in rat, cadherin-12; Example 3 describes the expression of cadherins-4 and -5 in mouse fibroblast L cells and an assay for the ability of the cadherins to mediate cell-cell adhesion; and Example 4 describes the generation of antibodies to cadherin-5. The disclosures of Suzuki et al., supra; Suzuki et al., J. Cell. Biol., 115, Abstract 72a (1991); Suzuki et al., Cell. Struc. Funct., 16, 605 (1991); and Tanihara et al., Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci., 32, 1013 (1991) are incorporated by reference herein.
Example 1
cDNA clones encoding nine novel cadherins were isolated from rat brain and retina by PCR. Eight of the novel cadherins cDNAs were isolated using degenerate PCR primers based on highly conserved regions of the cytoplasmic domain of known cadherins and one was isolated using degenerate PCR primers based on moderately conserved regions of the extracellular domain of known cadherins.
Preparation of Rat cDNA
Total RNAs were prepared from rat brain by the guanidium isothiocyanate/cesium chloride method described in Maniatis et al., pp. 196 in Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (1982). Brain poly(A).sup.+ RNAs were then isolated using an Invitrogen (San Diego, Calif.) FastTrack kit. Rat retina poly(A).sup.+ RNA was purchased from Clonetech (Palo Alto, Calif.). cDNA was synthesized from the poly(A).sup.+ RNA of both rat brain and retina using a cDNA synthesis kit (Boehringer-Mannheim Corporation, Indianopolis, Ind.).
Design and Synthesis of PCR Primers Corresponding to Cadherin Cytoplasmic Domain
A first pair of degenerate oligonucleotide primer sets, listed below in IUPAC nomenclature, were designed to correspond to highly conserved sequences in the cytoplasmic domain of the mouse N-, E-, and P-cadherins. Underlined sequences at the end of each oligonucleotide indicate an EcoR1 site added to the primers to facilitate cloning of the fragments generated by PCR. ##STR1## The degenerate oligonucleotides were synthesized using the Applied Biosystems model 380B DNA synthesizer (Foster City, Calif.).
Design and Synthesis of PCR Primers Corresponding to Cadherin Extracellular Domain
A second pair of degenerate oligonucleotide primer sets, listed below in IUPAC nomenclature, were designed to correspond to moderately conserved sequences in the third repeat of the extracellular domain of the mouse N-, E-, and P-cadherins. The extracellular domains of the mouse N-, E- and P-cadherins have been characterized as having five internal repeating sequences that may be involved in cadherin interaction with Ca.sup.2+. Underlined sequences at the end of each oligonucleotide indicate an EcoR1 site added to the primers to facilitate cloning of the fragments generated by PCR. ##STR2## Cloning of cDNA Encoding Eight Novel Cadherins
PCR amplification reactions of rat brain and retina cDNA were carried out either with primer sets 1 and 2 or with primer sets 3 and 4 under conditions essentially the same as those described in Saiki et al., Science, 239, 487-491 (1988). Briefly, 100 ng of brain or retina cDNA was used as template for amplification with 10 .mu.g of each primer set. PCR reactions were initiated by adding 2 units of Taq DNA polymerase (International Bioltechnology, New Haven, Conn.), to the reaction solution, after which 35 PCR reaction cycles were carried out. Reaction cycles consisted of denaturation performed at 94.degree. C. for 1.5 minutes, oligonucleotide annealing at 45.degree. C. for 2 minutes, and polymerization at 72.degree. C. for 3 minutes. The resulting PCR fragments were separated by agarose gel electrophoresis, and DNA bands of the expected size were extracted from the gel and digested with EcoR1. The fragments were then cloned into the M13 vector (Boehringer Mannheim Corp., Indianapolis, Ind.) and E. coli JM101 cells were transformed with the resulting constructs. Individual clones were then isolated and sequenced. Sequencing of DNAs was carried out using a sequenase kit (United States Biochemicals, Cleveland, Ohio) and DNA and deduced amino acid sequences of the clones were compared to sequences of known cadherins using the Microgenie program (Beckman, Fullerton, Calif.).
Ten different types of cDNA clones encoding cadherins were identified from the PCR reaction based on primer sets 1 and 2. Two types of clones corresponded to rat N-, and E-cadherins, but eight types encoded previously undescribed cadherins, and were designated cadherins-4 through -11. The DNA and deduced amino acid sequences of the eight rat cDNA clones are respectively set out in SEQ ID NOs: 9 and 10 (cadherin-4), SEQ ID NOs: 11 and 12 (cadherin-5), SEQ ID NOs: 13 and 14 (cadherin-6), SEQ ID NOs: 15 and 16 (cadherin-7), SEQ ID NOs: 17 and 18 (cadherin-8), SEQ ID NOs: 19 and 20 (cadherin-9), SEQ ID NOs: 21 and 22 (cadherin-10) and SEQ ID NOs: 23 and 24 (cadherin-11).
An additional novel cadherin was identified from the PCR reaction based on primer sets 3 and 4, and it was designated cadherin-13. The DNA and deduced amino acid sequences of the rat cadherin-13 fragment are respectively set out in SEQ ID NOs: 25 and 26.
The PCR reaction based on primer set 3 and 4 also amplified sequences which were later determined to be fragments of the extracellular domains of rat cadherins-4, -5, -6, -8, -9, -10, -11. The DNA and amino acid sequences of these extracellular fragments are respectively set out in SEQ ID NOs: 27 and 28 (cadherin-4), SEQ ID NOs: 29 and 30 (cadherin-5), SEQ ID NOs: 31 and 32 (cadherin-6), SEQ ID NOs: 33 and 34 (cadherin-8), SEQ ID NOs: 35 and 36 (cadherin-9), SEQ ID NOs: 37 and 38 (cadherin-10), SEQ ID NOs: 39 and 40 (cadherin-11).
Example 2
Full length cDNAs encoding human homologs of cadherins-4, -8, and -11 and partial cDNAs encoding human homologs of cadherins-5 and -10 were isolated from a human fetal brain cDNA library (.lambda.ZapII vector, Stratagene, La Jolla, Calif.), and a full length cDNA encoding a human homologue of cadherin-5 was isolated from a human placental cDNA library (.lambda.gt11 vector, Dr. Millan, La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation, La Jolla, Calif.).
Synthesis of Probe Sequences
Probes for screening the human fetal brain and placental cDNA libraries were amplified by PCR from human brain cDNA (Dr. Taketani, Kansain Medical University, Moriguchi, Osaka, Japan) using the primers described in Example 1. Probes consisting of cadherin-4, -5, -6, -8, -10 and -11 sequences were generated using primer sets 1 and 2 and probes consisting of cadherin-13 sequence were generated using primer sets 3 and 4. Amplification of the human brain cDNA with primer sets 3 and 4 also generated a PCR fragment encoding a cadherin not isolated from rat, designated cadherin-12.
Isolation of Human Homologs
PCR fragments encoding cadherins-4, -5, -6, -8, -10, -11, -12 and -13 were labelled with .sup.32 P and used to probe the human fetal brain and placental cDNA libraries according to the plaque hybridization method described in Ausubel et al., Eds., Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, Sections 6.1.1 to 6.1.4 and 6.2.1 to 6.2.3, John Wiley & Sons, New York (1987). Positives were plaque-purified and inserts were cut out using an in vivo excision method. The inserts were then subcloned into the M13 vector (Boehringer Mannheim Corp.) for sequencing.
Inserts consisting of full length cDNAs encoding human homologs of cadherins-4, -8, -11, -12 and -13 and partial cDNAs encoding human homologs of cadherins-6 and -10 were identified in clones from the human fetal brain cDNA library and a full length cDNA encoding a human homologue of cadherin-5 was identified in a clone from the human placental cDNA library. The DNA and deduced amino acid sequences of the human homologs are respectively set out in SEQ ID NOs: 41 and 42 (cadherin-4), SEQ ID NOs: 43 and 44 (cadherin-5), SEQ ID NOs: 45 and 46 (cadherin-6), SEQ ID NOs: 47 and 48 (cadherin-8), SEQ ID NOs: 49 and 50 (cadherin-10), SEQ ID NOs: 51 and 52 (cadherin-11), SEQ ID NOs: 53 and 54 (cadherin-12), and SEQ ID NOs: 55 and 56 (cadherin-13).
Example 3
To confirm that the cadherins of the present invention function as cell-cell adhesion molecules, cadherins-4 and -5 were expressed in mouse fibroblast L cells which normally do not express cell adhesion molecules. Adherence of L cells expressing the cadherin polypeptides of the invention indicates that the expression of the polypeptides confers Ca.sup.2+ -dependent intercellular binding activity.
Cell Adhesion Assay of Transfectants
The human cDNAs encoding cadherins-4 and -5 were subcloned into the multicloning site of expression vector pRC/RSV (Invitrogen, San Diego, Calif.).
Cadherin-4 DNA sequences were isolated by an in vivo excision procedure from the .lambda.ZapII clone containing the entire coding sequence of cadherin-4 (described in Example 2). Using a helper virus, the sequences were excised from .lambda.ZapII in the form of Bluescript plasmid. The plasmid was then cut with HindII and blunt-ended with T4 polymerase. The resulting DNA was fragment was redigested with SpeI to generate a cadherin-4 cDNA fragment having a blunt end and a SpeI sticky end. The fragment was purified by agarose gel electrophoresis and subcloned into pRC/RSV expression vector that had been previously digested with SpeI and XbaI (the XbaI end was blunt-ended with T4 polymerase).
The .lambda.gt11 clone containing the entire coding sequence of cadherin-5 (described in Example 2) was cut with EcoRI and the resulting fragment containing the cadherin-5 sequences was purified by agarose gel electrophoresis. The purified fragment was then subcloned into the EcoRI site of the Bluescript plasmid. Cadherin-5 sequences were cut from the resulting construct with HincIII and XbaI and subcloned into the NotI-XbaI site of the pRC/RSV vector.
Mouse fibroblast L cells were transfected with the cadherin-4 and -5 expression constructs by a Ca.sup.2+ phosphate method and stable transfectants were obtained by G418 selection.
The cell-cell adhesion activity of the transfected cells was assayed by a re-aggregation assay described in Yoshida-Noro et al., Devel. Biol., 101, 19-27 (1984). Briefly, transfectants were grown to near confluency and then dispersed into single cells with mild trypsin treatment in the presence of Ca.sup.2+. The trypsinized cell suspension was incubated on a rotary shaker at 50 rpm for 30 to 60 minutes and cell aggregation was monitored in the presence of Ca.sup.2+.
Most of the transfected cells showed epithelial morphology and exhibited weak cell aggregation activity in the presence of Ca.sup.2+, while control L cells transfected with only vector DNA and no cadherin DNA exhibited fibroblastic morphology and no significant cell aggregation activity.
Example 4
The expression of mRNAs encoding cadherins of the invention was examined in rat brain, kidney, liver, lung and skin and in various human cells by Northern blot analysis.
Expression in Rat Tissue
Poly(A).sup.+ RNA from rat brain, kidney, liver, lung and skin was prepared as described in Example 1 for rat brain. The RNA preparations were then electrophoresed in an 0.8% agarose gel under denaturing conditions and transferred onto a nitrocellulose filter. Northern blot analyses were carried according to a method described in Thomas, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 77, 5201-5202 (1980). Filters were hybridized with rat cadherin PCR fragments (described in Example 1) labeled with .sup.32 P, including fragments corresponding to cadherins-4 through -11. The final hybridization wash was in 0.2.times.standard saline citrate containing 0.1% sodium dodecyl sulfate at 65.degree. C. for 10 minutes.
mRNAs for cadherin-4 and cadherins-8 through -10 were detected only in rat brain. The cadherin-8 PCR fragment hybridized to multiple mRNA species that may be alternative splicing products. The sizes of the mRNAs detected were 3.5 to 5 kb, sizes similar to that encoding previously described cadherins. Cadherin-6 and -7 probes gave weak signals on brain mRNA even after prolonged exposure. mRNAs for cadherins-5, -6 and -11 were detected in rat tissues in addition to brain including cadherin-5 mRNA in lung and kidney, cadherin-6 mRNA in kidney, and cadherin-11 mRNA in liver.
Expression in Human Cells
Expression of cadherin-8 and -11 in cultured human neuroblastoma, glioma and retinoblastoma cells was also assayed by Northern blot. Human cDNAs encoding cadherins-8 and -11 (described in Example 2) were labelled with .sup.32 P and used as probes of poly(A).sup.+ RNA prepared from the cells using an Invitrogen FastTrack kit.
The Northern blot procedure detected cadherin-8 RNA in the neuroblastoma and retinoblastoma cell lines, while cadherin-11 RNA was detected only in neuroblastoma cells. These results indicate that at least some of the cadherins of the invention are expressed in neurons and glial cells and/or their precursor cells.
Cadherin-5 RNA was detected by Northern blot assay of endothelial cells from human umbilical cord vein (Clonetics, San Diego, Calif.), but was not detected in human epidermoid carcinoma cells or human fibroblast cells.
Example 5
Antibodies to cadherin-5 were generated and tested by immunoblotting.
A cDNA fragment corresponding to a 40 KD portion (nucleotides 535 to 1527 of SEQ ID NO: 43) of the extracellular domain of cadherin-5 was synthesized by PCR from the full-length human cDNA described in Example 2 and was subcloned into the multicloning site (EcoR1-XbaI) of the pMAL-RI plasmid vector (New England Biolabs Inc., Beverly, Mass.). E. coli strain MNN522 cells (Stratagene, La Jolla, Calif.) were then transformed with the resultant plasmid and grown in quantity. After disruption of E. coli cells, the fusion protein was purified by affinity column chromatography using amylose resin (New England Biolabs Inc.) according to the instructions of the manufacturer and the resulting purified fusion protein showed essentially one band at 80 KD (40 KD cadherin-5+42,700 KD maltose binding protein).
500 .mu.g of the cadherin-5 fusion protein in Freund's complete adjuvant was injected into rabbits each of four subcutaneous sites. Subsequent injections were carried out at three week intervals using 100 .mu.g of the fusion protein in Freund's complete adjuvant again at each of four subcutaneous sites. The resulting polyclonal serum was collected.
Immunoblotting of various cell types showed that anti-cadherin-5 serum reacts with a 135 KD protein in L cells transfected with a full length cadherin-5 DNA and in human umbilical vein endothelial cells. The serum does not react with MDCK cells that express high levels of E-cadherin. In bovine aortic endothelial cells, the anti-cadherin-5 serum reacts with a protein of 120 KD. In addition, the anti-cadherin-5 serum reacts with rat brain endothelial cells in culture.
While the present invention has been described in terms of preferred embodiments, it is understood that variations and improvements will occur to those skilled in the art. Thus, only such limitations as appear in the appended claims should be placed on the scope of the invention.
Claims
What is claimed is:
1. A purified and isolated polynucleotide encoding a human cadherin selected from the group consisting of the cadherin-5 polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 44, the cadherin-8 polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 48, the cadherin-11 polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 52, the cadherin-12 polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 54 and the cadherin 13 polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 56.
2. A purified and isolated polynucleotide encoding a rat cadherin, said cadherin comprising a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of: the cadherin-5 polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 12 or SEQ ID NO: 30, the cadherin-8 polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 18 or SEQ ID NO: 34, the cadherin-11 polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 24 or SEQ ID NO: 40, and the cadherin-13 polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 26.
3. The polynucleotide of claim 1 or 2, which is a DNA.
4. The polynucleotide of claim 3 which is a cDNA.
5. The cadherin-5 polynucleotide of claim 1 which is SEQ ID NO: 43.
6. The cadherin-8 polynucleotide of claim 1 which is SEQ ID NO: 47.
7. The cadherin-11 polynucleotide of claim 1 which is SEQ ID NO: 51.
8. The cadherin-12 polynucleotide of claim 1 which is SEQ ID NO: 53.
9. The cadherin-13 polynucleotide of claim 1 which is SEQ ID NO: 55.
10. The polynucleotide of claim 3 which is a genomic DNA.
11. The polynucleotide of claim 3 which is a wholly or partially chemically synthesized DNA.
12. A biologically functional DNA vector comprising a DNA according to claim 3.
13. The vector of claim 12 wherein said DNA is operatively linked to an expression control DNA sequence.
14. A host cell stably transformed or transfected with a DNA according to claim 3 in a manner allowing the expression in said host cell of the cadherin polypeptide encoded thereby.
15. A method for producing a cadherin polypeptide comprising the steps of growing a host cell according to claim 14 under conditions that allow expression of the cadherin polypeptide and isolating the cadherin from said cell or from the medium of its growth.
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