Claims
- 1. A hematopoietic protein comprising; an amino acid sequence of the formula:
R1-L1-R2, R2-L1-R1, R1-R2, or R2-R1 wherein R1 and R2 are independently selected from the group consisting of: (I) A polypeptide comprising a modified human G-CSF amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of:
(a) an amino acid sequence of the formula: 161 10(SEQ ID NO: 1)Xaa Xaa Xaa Gly Pro Ala Ser Ser Leu Pro Gln Ser Xaa 20Leu Leu Xaa Xaa Xaa Glu Gln Val Xaa Lys Xaa Gln Gly Xaa Gly 30 40Ala Xaa Leu Gln Glu Xaa Leu Xaa Ala Thr Tyr Lys Leu Xaa Xaa 50Xaa Glu Xaa Xaa Val Xaa Xaa Gly His Ser Xaa Gly Ile Pro Trp 60 70Ala Pro Leu Ser Ser Xaa Pro Ser Xaa Ala Leu Xaa Leu Ala Gly 80Xaa Leu Ser Gln Leu His Ser Gly Leu Phe Leu Tyr Gln Gly Leu 90 100Leu Gln Ala Leu Glu Gly Ile Ser Pro Glu Leu Gly Pro Thr Leu 110Xaa Thr Leu Gln Xaa Asp Val Ala Asp Phe Ala Xaa Thr Ile Trp 120 130Gln Gln Met Glu Xaa Xaa Gly Met Ala Pro Ala Leu Gln Pro Thr 140Gln Gly Ala Met Pro Ala Phe Ala Ser Ala Xaa Gln Xaa Xaa Ala 150 160Gly Gly Val Leu Val Ala Ser Xaa Leu Gln Xaa Phe Leu Xaa Xaa 170Ser Tyr Arg Val Leu Xaa Xaa Leu Ala Gln Prowherein Xaa at position 1 is Thr, Ser, Arg, Tyr or Gly; Xaa at position 2 is Pro or Leu; Xaa at position 3 is Leu, Arg, Tyr or Ser; Xaa at position 13 is Phe, Ser, His, Thr or Pro; Xaa at position 16 is Lys, Pro, Ser, Thr or His; Xaa at position 17 is Cys, Ser, Gly, Ala, Ile, Tyr or Arg; Xaa at position 18 is Leu, Thr, Pro, His, Ile or Cys; Xaa at position 22 is Arg, Tyr, Ser, Thr or Ala; Xaa at position 24 is Ile, Pro, Tyr or Leu; Xaa at position 27 is Asp, or Gly; Xaa at position 30 is Ala, Ile, Leu or Gly; Xaa at position 34 is Lys or Ser; Xaa at position 36 is Cys or Ser; Xaa at position 42 is Cys or Ser; Xaa at position 43 is His, Thr, Gly, Val, Lys, Trp, Ala, Arg, Cys, or Leu; Xaa at position 44 is Pro, Gly, Arg, Asp, Val, Ala, His, Trp, Gln, or Thr; Xaa at position 46 is Glu, Arg, Phe, Arg, Ile or Ala; Xaa at position 47 is Leu or Thr; Xaa at position 49 is Leu, Phe, Arg or Ser; Xaa at position 50 is Leu, Ile, His, Pro or Tyr; Xaa at position 54 is Leu or His; Xaa at position 64 is Cys or Ser; Xaa at position 67 is Gln, Lys, Leu or Cys; Xaa at position 70 is Gln, Pro, Leu, Arg or Ser; Xaa at position 74 is Cys or Ser; Xaa at position 104 is Asp, Gly or Val; Xaa at position 108 is Leu, Ala, Val, Arg, Trp, Gln or Gly; Xaa at position 115 is Thr, His, Leu or Ala; Xaa at position 120 is Gln, Gly, Arg, Lys or His Xaa at position 123 is Glu, Arg, Phe or Thr Xaa at position 144 is Phe, His, Arg, Pro, Leu, Gln or Glu; Xaa at position 146 is Arg or Gln; Xaa at position 147 is Arg or Gln; Xaa at position 156 is His, Gly or Ser; Xaa at position 159 is Ser, Arg, Thr, Tyr, Val or Gly; Xaa at position 162 is Glu, Leu, Gly or Trp; Xaa at position 163 is Val, Gly, Arg or Ala; Xaa at position 169 is Arg, Ser, Leu, Arg or Cys; Xaa at position 170 is His, Arg or Ser; wherein optionally 1-11 amino acids from the N-terminus and 1-5 from the C-terminus can optionally be deleted from said modified human G-CSF amino acid sequence; and wherein the N-terminus is joined to the C-terminus directly or through a linker capable of joining the N-terminus to the C-terminus and having new C- and N-termini at amino acids: 1738-3939-4040-4141-4242-4343-4445-4648-4949-5052-5353-5454-5555-5656-5757-5858-5959-6060-6161-6262-6363-6464-6565-6666-6767-6868-6969-7070-7171-7291-9292-9393-9494-9595-9696-9797-9898-99 99-100123-124124-125125-126126-127128-129128-129129-130130-131131-132132-133133-134134-135135-136136-137137-138138-139139-140140-141141-142or 142-143respectively; and(b) an amino acid sequence of the formula: 181 10(SEQ ID NO: 1)Xaa Xaa Xaa Gly Pro Ala Ser Ser Leu Pro Gln Ser Xaa 20Leu Leu Xaa Xaa Xaa Glu Gln Val Xaa Lys Xaa Gln Gly Xaa Gly 30 40Ala Xaa Leu Gln Glu Xaa Leu Xaa Ala Thr Tyr Lys Leu Xaa Xaa 50Xaa Glu Xaa Xaa Val Xaa Xaa Gly His Ser Xaa Gly Ile Pro Trp 60 70Ala Pro Leu Ser Ser Xaa Pro Ser Xaa Ala Leu Xaa Leu Ala Gly 80Xaa Leu Ser Gln Leu His Ser Gly Leu Phe Leu Tyr Gln Gly Leu 90 100Leu Gln Ala Leu Glu Gly Ile Ser Pro Glu Leu Gly Pro Thr Leu 110Xaa Thr Leu Gln Xaa Asp Val Ala Asp Phe Ala Xaa Thr Ile Trp 120 130Gln Gln Met Glu Xaa Xaa Gly Met Ala Pro Ala Leu Gln Pro Thr 140Gln Gly Ala Met Pro Ala Phe Ala Ser Ala Xaa Gln Xaa Xaa Ala 150 160Gly Gly Val Leu Val Ala Ser Xaa Leu Gln Xaa Phe Leu Xaa Xaa 170Ser Tyr Arg Val Leu Xaa Xaa Leu Ala Gln Prowherein Xaa at position 1 is Thr, Ser, Arg, Tyr or Gly; Xaa at position 2 is Pro or Leu; Xaa at position 3 is Leu, Arg, Tyr or Ser; Xaa at position 13 is Phe, Ser, His, Thr or Pro; Xaa at position 16 is Lys, Pro, Ser, Thr or His; Xaa at position 17 is Cys, Ser, Gly, Ala, Ile, Tyr or Arg; Xaa at position 18 is Leu, Thr, Pro, His, Ile or Cys; Xaa at position 22 is Arg, Tyr, Ser, Thr or Ala; Xaa at position 24 is Ile, Pro, Tyr or Leu; Xaa at position 27 is Asp, or Gly; Xaa at position 30 is Ala, Ile, Leu or Gly; Xaa at position 34 is Lys or Ser; Xaa at position 36 is Cys or Ser; Xaa at position 42 is Cys or Ser; Xaa at position 43 is His, Thr, Gly, Val, Lys, Trp, Ala, Arg, Cys, or Leu; Xaa at position 44 is Pro, Gly, Arg, Asp, Val, Ala, His, Trp, Gln, or Thr; Xaa at position 46 is Glu, Arg, Phe, Arg, Ile or Ala; Xaa at position 47 is Leu or Thr; Xaa at position 49 is Leu, Phe, Arg or Ser; Xaa at position 50 is Leu, Ile, His, Pro or Tyr; Xaa at position 54 is Leu or His; Xaa at position 64 is Cys or Ser; Xaa at position 67 is Gln, Lys, Leu or Cys; Xaa at position 70 is Gln, Pro, Leu, Arg or Ser; Xaa at position 74 is Cys or Ser; Xaa at position 104 is Asp, Gly or Val; Xaa at position 108 is Leu, Ala, Val, Arg, Trp, Gln or Gly; Xaa at position 115 is Thr, His, Leu or Ala; Xaa at position 120 is Gln, Gly, Arg, Lys or His Xaa at position 123 is Glu, Arg, Phe or Thr Xaa at position 144 is Phe, His, Arg, Pro, Leu, Gln or Glu; Xaa at position 146 is Arg or Gln; Xaa at position 147 is Arg or Gln; Xaa at position 156 is His, Gly or Ser; Xaa at position 159 is Ser, Arg, Thr, Tyr, Val or Gly; Xaa at position 162 is Glu, Leu, Gly or Trp; Xaa at position 163 is Val, Gly, Arg or Ala; Xaa at position 169 is Arg, Ser, Leu, Arg or Cys; Xaa at position 170 is His, Arg or Ser, wherein optionally 1-11 amino acids from the N-terminus and 1-5 from the C-terminus can be deleted; wherein the N-terminus is joined to the C-terminus directly or through a linker capable of joining the N-terminus to the C-terminus and having new C- and N-terminus at amino acids: 2-3 10-11 12-13 18-19 122-123 158-159 169-170; 19(II) A polypeptide comprising; a modified human IL-3amino acid sequence of the formula:Ala Pro Met Thr Gln Thr Thr Ser Leu Lys Thr Ser Trp Val Asn(SEQ ID NO: 2)1 5 10 15Cys Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa 20 25 30Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Asn Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa 35 40 45Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa 50 55 60Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa 65 70 75Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa 80 85 90Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa 95 100 105Xaa Phe Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa 110 115 120Xaa Xaa Xaa Gln Gln Thr Thr Leu Ser Leu Ala Ile Phe 125 130wherein Xaa at position 17 is Ser, Lys, Gly, Asp, Met, Gln, or Arg; Xaa at position 18 is Asn, His, Leu, Ile, Phe, Arg, or Gln; Xaa at position 19 is Met, Phe, Ile, Arg, Gly, Ala, or Cys; Xaa at position 20 is Ile, Cys, Gln, Glu, Arg, Pro, or Ala; Xaa at position 21 is Asp, Phe, Lys, Arg, Ala, Gly, Glu, Gln, Asn, Thr, Ser or Val; Xaa at position 22 is Glu, Trp, Pro, Ser, Ala, His, Asp, Asn, Gln, Leu, Val or Gly; Xaa at position 23 is Ile, Val, Ala, Gly, Trp, Lys, Phe, Leu, Ser, or Arg; Xaa at position 24 is Ile, Gly, Val, Arg, Ser, Phe, or Leu; Xaa at position 25 is Thr, His, Gly, Gln, Arg, Pro, or Ala; Xaa at position 26 is His, Thr, Phe, Gly, Arg, Ala, or Trp; Xaa at position 27 is Leu, Gly, Arg, Thr, Ser, or Ala; Xaa at position 28 is Lys, Arg, Leu, Gln, Gly, Pro, Val or Trp; Xaa at position 29 is Gln, Asn, Leu, Pro, Arg, or Val; Xaa at position 30 is Pro, His, Thr, Gly, Asp, Gln, Ser, Leu, or Lys; Xaa at position 31 is Pro, Asp, Gly, Ala, Arg, Leu, or Gln; Xaa at position 32 is Leu, Val, Arg, Gln, Asn, Gly, Ala, or Glu; Xaa at position 33 is Pro, Leu, Gln, Ala, Thr, or Glu; Xaa at position 34 is Leu, Val, Gly, Ser, Lys, Glu, Gln, Thr, Arg, Ala, Phe, Ile or Met; Xaa at position 35 is Leu, Ala, Gly, Asn, Pro, Gln, or Val; Xaa at position 36 is Asp, Leu, or Val; Xaa at position 37 is Phe, Ser, Pro, Trp, or Ile; Xaa at position 38 is Asn, or Ala; Xaa at position 40 is Leu, Trp, or Arg; Xaa at position 41 is Asn, Cys, Arg, Leu, His, Met, or Pro; Xaa at position 42 is Gly, Asp, Ser, Cys, Asn, Lys, Thr, Leu, Val, Glu, Phe, Tyr, Ile, Met or Ala; Xaa at position 43 is Glu, Asn, Tyr, Leu, Phe, Asp, Ala, Cys, Gln, Arg, Thr, Gly or Ser; Xaa at position 44 is Asp, Ser, Leu, Arg, Lys, Thr, Met, Trp, Glu, Asn, Gln, Ala or Pro; Xaa at position 45 is Gln, Pro, Phe, Val, Met, Leu, Thr, Lys, Trp, Asp, Asn, Arg, Ser, Ala, Ile, Glu or His; Xaa at position 46 is Asp, Phe, Ser, Thr, Cys, Glu, Asn, Gln, Lys, His, Ala, Tyr, Ile, Val or Gly; Xaa at position 47 is Ile, Gly, Val, Ser, Arg, Pro, or His; Xaa at position 48 is Leu, Ser, Cys, Arg, Ile, His, Phe, Glu, Lys, Thr, Ala, Met, Val or Asn; Xaa at position 49 is Met, Arg, Ala, Gly, Pro, Asn, His, or Asp; Xaa at position 50 is Glu, Leu, Thr, Asp, Tyr, Lys, Asn, Ser, Ala, Ile, Val, His, Phe, Met or Gln; Xaa at position 51 is Asn, Arg, Met, Pro, Ser, Thr, or His; Xaa at position 52 is Asn, His, Arg, Leu, Gly, Ser, or Thr; Xaa at position 53 is Leu, Thr, Ala, Gly, Glu, Pro, Lys, Ser, or Met; Xaa at position 54 is Arg, Asp, Ile, Ser, Val, Thr, Gln, Asn, Lys, His, Ala or Leu; Xaa at position 55 is Arg, Thr, Val, Ser, Leu, or Gly; Xaa at position 56 is Pro, Gly, Cys, Ser, Gln, Glu, Arg, His, Thr, Ala, Tyr, Phe, Leu, Val or Lys; Xaa at position 57 is Asn or Gly; Xaa at position 58 is Leu, Ser, Asp, Arg, Gln, Val, or Cys; Xaa at position 59 is Glu Tyr, His, Leu, Pro, or Arg; Xaa at position 60 is Ala, Ser, Pro, Tyr, Asn, or Thr; Xaa at position 61 is Phe, Asn, Glu, Pro, Lys, Arg, or Ser; Xaa at position 62 is Asn, His, Val, Arg, Pro, Thr, Asp, or Ile; Xaa at position 63 is Arg, Tyr, Trp, Lys, Ser, His, Pro, or Val; Xaa at position 64 is Ala, Asn, Pro, Ser, or Lys; Xaa at position 65 is Val, Thr, Pro, His, Leu, Phe, or Ser; Xaa at position 66 is Lys, Ile, Arg, Val, Asn, Glu, or Ser; Xaa at position 67 is Ser, Ala, Phe, Val, Gly, Asn, Ile, Pro, or His; Xaa at position 68 is Leu, Val, Trp, Ser, Ile, Phe, Thr, or His; Xaa at position 69 is Gln, Ala, Pro, Thr, Glu, Arg, Trp, Gly, or Leu; Xaa at position 70 is Asn, Leu, Val, Trp, Pro, or Ala; Xaa at position 71 is Ala, Met, Leu, Pro, Arg, Glu, Thr, Gln, Trp, or Asn; Xaa at position 72 is Ser, Glu, Met, Ala, His, Asn, Arg, or Asp; Xaa at position 73 is Ala, Glu, Asp, Leu, Ser, Gly, Thr, or Arg; Xaa at position 74 is Ile, Met, Thr, Pro, Arg, Gly, Ala; Xaa at position 75 is Glu, Lys, Gly, Asp, Pro, Trp, Arg, Ser, Gln, or Leu; Xaa at position 76 is Ser, Val, Ala, Asn, Trp, Glu, Pro, Gly, or Asp; Xaa at position 77 is Ile, Ser, Arg, Thr, or Leu; Xaa at position 78 is Leu, Ala, Ser, Glu, Phe, Gly, or Arg; Xaa at position 79 is Lys, Thr, Asn, Met, Arg, Ile, Gly, or Asp; Xaa at position 80 is Asn, Trp, Val, Gly, Thr, Leu, Glu, or Arg; Xaa at position 81 is Leu, Gln, Gly, Ala, Trp, Arg, Val, or Lys; Xaa at position 82 is Leu, Gln, Lys, Trp, Arg, Asp, Glu, Asn, His, Thr, Ser, Ala, Tyr, Phe, Ile, Met or Val; Xaa at position 83 is Pro, Ala, Thr, Trp, Arg, or Met; Xaa at position 84 is Cys, Glu, Gly, Arg, Met, or Val; Xaa at position 85 is Leu, Asn, Val, or Gln; Xaa at position 86 is Pro, Cys, Arg, Ala, or Lys; Xaa at position 87 is Leu, Ser, Trp, or Gly; Xaa at position 88 is Ala, Lys, Arg, Val, or Trp; Xaa at position 89 is Thr, Asp, Cys, Leu, Val, Glu, His, Asn, or Ser; Xaa at position 90 is Ala, Pro, Ser, Thr, Gly, Asp, Ile, or Met; Xaa at position 91 is Ala, Pro, Ser, Thr, Phe, Leu, Asp, or His; Xaa at position 92 is Pro, Phe, Arg, Ser, Lys, His, Ala, Gly, Ile or Leu; Xaa at position 93 is Thr, Asp, Ser, Asn, Pro, Ala, Leu, or Arg; Xaa at position 94 is Arg, Ile, Ser, Glu, Leu, Val, Gln, Lys, His, Ala, or Pro; Xaa at position 95 is His, Gln, Pro, Arg, Val, Leu, Gly, Thr, Asn, Lys, Ser, Ala, Trp, Phe, Ile, or Tyr; Xaa at position 96 is Pro, Lys, Tyr, Gly, Ile, or Thr; Xaa at position 97 is Ile, Val, Lys, Ala, or Asn; Xaa at position 98 is His, Ile, Asn, Leu, Asp, Ala, Thr, Glu, Gln, Ser, Phe, Met, Val, Lys, Arg, Tyr or Pro; Xaa at position 99 is Ile, Leu, Arg, Asp, Val, Pro, Gln, Gly, Ser, Phe, or His; Xaa at position 100 is Lys, Tyr, Leu, His, Arg, Ile, Ser, Gln, or Pro; Xaa at position 101 is Asp, Pro, Met, Lys, His, Thr, Val, Tyr, Glu, Asn, Ser, Ala, Gly, Ile, Leu, or Gln; Xaa at position 102 is Gly, Leu, Glu, Lys, Ser, Tyr, or Pro; Xaa at position 103 is Asp, or Ser; Xaa at position 104 is Trp, Val, Cys, Tyr, Thr, Met, Pro, Leu, Gln, Lys, Ala, Phe, or Gly; Xaa at position 105 is Asn, Pro, Ala, Phe, Ser, Trp, Gln, Tyr, Leu, Lys, Ile, Asp, or His; Xaa at position 106 is Glu, Ser, Ala, Lys, Thr, Ile, Gly, or Pro; Xaa at position 108 is Arg, Lys, Asp, Leu, Thr, Ile, Gln, His, Ser, Ala or Pro; Xaa at position 109 is Arg, Thr, Pro, Glu, Tyr, Leu, Ser, or Gly; Xaa at position 110 is Lys, Ala, Asn, Thr, Leu, Arg, Gln, His, Glu, Ser, or Trp; Xaa at position 111 is Leu, Ile, Arg, Asp, or Met; Xaa at position 112 is Thr, Val, Gln, Tyr, Glu, His, Ser, or Phe; Xaa at position 113 is Phe, Ser, Cys, His, Gly, Trp, Tyr, Asp, Lys, Leu, Ile, Val or Asn; Xaa at position 114 is Tyr, Cys, His, Ser, Trp, Arg, or Leu; Xaa at position 115 is Leu, Asn, Val, Pro, Arg, Ala, His, Thr, Trp, or Met; Xaa at position 116 is Lys, Leu, Pro, Thr, Met, Asp, Val, Glu, Arg, Trp, Ser, Asn, His, Ala, Tyr, Phe, Gln, or Ile; Xaa at position 117 is Thr, Ser, Asn, Ile, Trp, Lys, or Pro; Xaa at position 118 is Leu, Ser, Pro, Ala, Glu, Cys, Asp, or Tyr; Xaa at position 119 is Glu, Ser, Lys, Pro, Leu, Thr, Tyr, or Arg; Xaa at position 120 is Asn, Ala, Pro, Leu, His, Val, or Gln; Xaa at position 121 is Ala, Ser, Ile, Asn, Pro, Lys, Asp, or Gly; Xaa at position 122 is Gln, Ser, Met, Trp, Arg, Phe, Pro, His, Ile, Tyr, or Cys; Xaa at position 123 is Ala, Met, Glu, His, Ser, Pro, Tyr, or Leu; wherein from 1 to 14 amino acids can optionally be deleted from the N-terminus and/or from 1 to 15 amino acids can optionally be deleted from the C-terminus of said modified human IL-3 amino acid sequence; wherein from 0 to 44 of the amino acids designated by Xaa are different from the corresponding amino acids of native (1-133) human interleukin-3; and wherein the N-terminus is joined to the C-terminus directly or through a linker (L2), capable of joining the N-terminus to the C-terminus and having new C- and N-termini at amino acids: 2026-2727-2828-2929-3030-3131-3232-3333-3434-3535-3636-3737-3838-3939-4040-4141-4249-5050-5151-5252-5353-5454-5564-6565-6666-6767-6868-6969-7070-7171-7272-7382-8383-8484-8585-8686-8787-8888-8989-9090-9191-9292-9397-9898-99 99-100100-101101-102102-103or 103-104respectively;(III) A polypeptide comprising; a modified human c-mpl ligand amino acid sequence selected from the group consisiting of: 21(a) an amino acid sequence of the formula:SerProAlaProProAlaCysAspLeuArgValLeuSerLysLeuLeuArgAspSer(SEQ ID NO: 256)1 5 10 15HisValLeuHisSerArgLeuSerGlnCysProGluValHisProLeuProThrPro20 25 30 35ValLeuLeuProAlaValAspPheSerLeuGlyGluTrpLysThrGlnMetGluGlu 40 45 50 55ThrLysAlaGlnAspIleLeuGlyAlaValThrLeuLeuLeuGluGlyValMetAla 60 65 70 75AlaArgGlyGlnLeuGlyProThrCysLeuSerSerLeuLeuGlyGlnLeuSerGly 80 85 90 95GlnValArgLeuLeuLeuGlyAlaLeuGlnSerLeuLeuGlyThrGlnXaaXaaXaa 100 105 110XaaGlyArgThrThrAlaHisLysAspProAsnAlaIlepheLeuSerPheGlnHis115 120 125 130LeuLeuArgGlyLysValArgPheLeuMetLeuValGlyGlySerThrLeuCysVal 135 140 145 150Arg153wherein Xaa at position 112 is deleted or Leu, Ala, Val, Ile, Pro, Phe, Trp, or Met; Xaa at position 113 is deleted or Pro, Phe, Ala, Val, Leu, Ile, Trp, or Met; Xaa at position 114 is deleted or Pro, Phe, Ala, Val, Leu, Ile, Trp, or Met; Xaa at position 115 is deleted or Gln, Gly, Ser, Thr, Tyr, or Asn; and wherein the N-terminus is joined to the C-terminus directly or through a linker (L2) capable of joining the N-terminus to the C-terminus and having new C- and N-termini at amino acids: 2226-2727-2828-2929-3030-3132-3333-3434-3536-3737-3838-3940-4141-4242-4343-4444-4546-4747-4848-4950-5151-5252-5353-5454-5555-5656-5757-5858-5959-6078-7979-8080-8181-8282-8383-8484-8585-8686-8787-8888-89108-109109-110110-111111-112112-113113-114114-115115-116116-117117-118118-119119-120120-121121-122122-123123-124124-125125-126126-127or 127-128respectively; and(b) an amino acid sequence of the formula: 23SerProAlaProProAlaXaaAspLeuArgValLeuSerLysLeuLeuArgAspSer(SEQ ID NO: 283)1 5 10 15HisValLeuHisSerArgLeuSerGlnCysProGluValHisProLeuProThrPro20 25 30 35ValLeuLeuProAlaValAspPheSerLeuGlyGluTrpLysThrGlnMetGluGlu 40 45 50 55ThrLysAlaGlnAspIleLeuGlyAlaValThrLeuLeuLeuGluGlyValMetAla 60 65 70 75AlaArgGlyGlnLeuGlyProThrCysLeuSerSerLeuLeuGlyGlnLeuSerGly 80 85 90 95GlnValArgLeuLeuLeuGlyAlaLeuGlnSerLeuLeuGlyThrGlnXaaXaaXaa 100 105 110XaaGlyArgThrThrAlaHisLysAspProAsnAlaIlePheLeuSerPheGlnHis115 120 125 130LeuLeuArgGlyLysValArgPheLeuMetLeuValGlyGlySerThrLeuXaaVal 135 140 145 150Arg153wherein Xaa at position 7 is Ser or Ala; Xaa at position 112 is deleted or Leu, Ala, Val, Ile, Pro, Phe, Trp, or Met; Xaa at position 113 is deleted or Pro, Phe, Ala, Val, Leu, Ile, Trp, or Met; Xaa at position 114 is deleted or Pro, Phe, Ala, Val, Leu, Ile, Trp, or Met; Xaa at position 115 is deleted or Gln, Gly, Ser, Thr, Tyr, or Asn; Xaa at position 151 is Ser or Ala, wherein the N-terminus is joined to the C-terminus directly or through a linker capable of joining the N-terminus to the C-terminus and having new C- and N-termini at amino acids: 2426-2727-2828-2929-3030-3132-3333-3434-3536-3737-3838-3940-4141-4242-4343-4444-4546-4747-4848-4950-5151-5252-5353-5454-5555-5656-5757-5858-5959-6078-7979-8080-8181-8282-8383-8484-8585-8686-8787-8888-89108-109109-110110-111111-112112-113113-114114-115115-116116-117117-118118-119119-120120-121121-122122-123123-124124-125125-126126-127or 127-128;(IV) A polypeptide comprising; a modified human IL-3 amino acid sequence of the formula: 25Ala Pro Met Thr Gln Thr Thr Ser Leu Lys Thr Ser Trp Val Asn(SEQ ID NO: 2)1 5 10 15Cys Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa 20 25 30Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Asn Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa 35 40 45Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa 50 55 60Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa 65 70 75Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa 80 85 90Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa 95 100 105Xaa Phe Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa 110 115 120Xaa Xaa Xaa Gln Gln Thr Thr Leu Ser Leu Ala Ile Phe 125 130wherein Xaa at position 17 is Ser, Lys, Gly, Asp, Met, Gln, or Arg; Xaa at position 18 is Asn, His, Leu, Ile, Phe, Arg, or Gln; Xaa at position 19 is Met, Phe, Ile, Arg, Gly, Ala, or Cys; Xaa at position 20 is Ile, Cys, Gln, Glu, Arg, Pro, or Ala; Xaa at position 21 is Asp, Phe, Lys, Arg, Ala, Gly, Glu, Gln, Asn, Thr, Ser or Val; Xaa at position 22 is Glu, Trp, Pro, Ser, Ala, His, Asp, Asn, Gln, Leu, Val or Gly; Xaa at position 23 is Ile, Val, Ala, Gly, Trp, Lys, Phe, Leu, Ser, or Arg; Xaa at position 24 is Ile, Gly, Val, Arg, Ser, Phe, or Leu; Xaa at position 25 is Thr, His, Gly, Gln, Arg, Pro, or Ala; Xaa at position 26 is His, Thr, Phe, Gly, Arg, Ala, or Trp; Xaa at position 27 is Leu, Gly, Arg, Thr, Ser, or Ala; Xaa at position 28 is Lys, Arg, Leu, Gln, Gly, Pro, Val or Trp; Xaa at position 29 is Gln, Asn, Leu, Pro, Arg, or Val; Xaa at position 30 is Pro, His, Thr, Gly, Asp, Gln, Ser, Leu, or Lys; Xaa at position 31 is Pro, Asp, Gly, Ala, Arg, Leu, or Gln; Xaa at position 32 is Leu, Val, Arg, Gln, Asn, Gly, Ala, or Glu; Xaa at position 33 is Pro, Leu, Gln, Ala, Thr, or Glu; Xaa at position 34 is Leu, Val, Gly, Ser, Lys, Glu, Gln, Thr, Arg, Ala, Phe, Ile or Met; Xaa at position 35 is Leu, Ala, Gly, Asn, Pro, Gln, or Val; Xaa at position 36 is Asp, Leu, or Val; Xaa at position 37 is Phe, Ser, Pro, Trp, or Ile; Xaa at position 38 is Asn, or Ala; Xaa at position 40 is Leu, Trp, or Arg; Xaa at position 41 is Asn, Cys, Arg, Leu, His, Met, or Pro; Xaa at position 42 is Gly, Asp, Ser, Cys, Asn, Lys, Thr, Leu, Val, Glu, Phe, Tyr, Ile, Met or Ala; Xaa at position 43 is Glu, Asn, Tyr, Leu, Phe, Asp, Ala, Cys, Gln, Arg, Thr, Gly or Ser; Xaa at position 44 is Asp, Ser, Leu, Arg, Lys, Thr, Met, Trp, Glu, Asn, Gln, Ala or Pro; Xaa at position 45 is Gln, Pro, Phe, Val, Met, Leu, Thr, Lys, Trp, Asp, Asn, Arg, Ser, Ala, Ile, Glu or His; Xaa at position 46 is Asp, Phe, Ser, Thr, Cys, Glu, Asn, Gln, Lys, His, Ala, Tyr, Ile, Val or Gly; Xaa at position 47 is Ile, Gly, Val, Ser, Arg, Pro, or His; Xaa at position 48 is Leu, Ser, Cys, Arg, Ile, His, Phe, Glu, Lys, Thr, Ala, Met, Val or Asn; Xaa at position 49 is Met, Arg, Ala, Gly, Pro, Asn, His, or Asp; Xaa at position 50 is Glu, Leu, Thr, Asp, Tyr, Lys, Asn, Ser, Ala, Ile, Val, His, Phe, Met or Gln; Xaa at position 51 is Asn, Arg, Met, Pro, Ser, Thr, or His; Xaa at position 52 is Asn, His, Arg, Leu, Gly, Ser, or Thr; Xaa at position 53 is Leu, Thr, Ala, Gly, Glu, Pro, Lys, Ser, or Met; Xaa at position 54 is Arg, Asp, Ile, Ser, Val, Thr, Gln, Asn, Lys, His, Ala or Leu; Xaa at position 55 is Arg, Thr, Val, Ser, Leu, or Gly; Xaa at position 56 is Pro, Gly, Cys, Ser, Gln, Glu, Arg, His, Thr, Ala, Tyr, Phe, Leu, Val or Lys; Xaa at position 57 is Asn or Gly; Xaa at position 58 is Leu, Ser, Asp, Arg, Gln, Val, or Cys; Xaa at position 59 is Glu Tyr, His, Leu, Pro, or Arg; Xaa at position 60 is Ala, Ser, Pro, Tyr, Asn, or Thr; Xaa at position 61 is Phe, Asn, Glu, Pro, Lys, Arg, or Ser; Xaa at position 62 is Asn, His, Val, Arg, Pro, Thr, Asp, or Ile; Xaa at position 63 is Arg, Tyr, Trp, Lys, Ser, His, Pro, or Val; Xaa at position 64 is Ala, Asn, Pro, Ser, or Lys; Xaa at position 65 is Val, Thr, Pro, His, Leu, Phe, or Ser; Xaa at position 66 is Lys, Ile, Arg, Val, Asn, Glu, or Ser; Xaa at position 67 is Ser, Ala, Phe, Val, Gly, Asn, Ile, Pro, or His; Xaa at position 68 is Leu, Val, Trp, Ser, Ile, Phe, Thr, or His; Xaa at position 69 is Gln, Ala, Pro, Thr, Glu, Arg, Trp, Gly, or Leu; Xaa at position 70 is Asn, Leu, Val, Trp, Pro, or Ala; Xaa at position 71 is Ala, Met, Leu, Pro, Arg, Glu, Thr, Gln, Trp, or Asn; Xaa at position 72 is Ser, Glu, Met, Ala, His, Asn, Arg, or Asp; Xaa at position 73 is Ala, Glu, Asp, Leu, Ser, Gly, Thr, or Arg; Xaa at position 74 is Ile, Met, Thr, Pro, Arg, Gly, Ala; Xaa at position 75 is Glu, Lys, Gly, Asp, Pro, Trp, Arg, Ser, Gln, or Leu; Xaa at position 76 is Ser, Val, Ala, Asn, Trp, Glu, Pro, Gly, or Asp; Xaa at position 77 is Ile, Ser, Arg, Thr, or Leu; Xaa at position 78 is Leu, Ala, Ser, Glu, Phe, Gly, or Arg; Xaa at position 79 is Lys, Thr, Asn, Met, Arg, Ile, Gly, or Asp; Xaa at position 80 is Asn, Trp, Val, Gly, Thr, Leu, Glu, or Arg; Xaa at position 81 is Leu, Gln, Gly, Ala, Trp, Arg, Val, or Lys; Xaa at position 82 is Leu, Gln, Lys, Trp, Arg, Asp, Glu, Asn, His, Thr, Ser, Ala, Tyr, Phe, Ile, Met or Val; Xaa at position 83 is Pro, Ala, Thr, Trp, Arg, or Met; Xaa at position 84 is Cys, Glu, Gly, Arg, Met, or Val; Xaa at position 85 is Leu, Asn, Val, or Gln; Xaa at position 86 is Pro, Cys, Arg, Ala, or Lys; Xaa at position 87 is Leu, Ser, Trp, or Gly; Xaa at position 88 is Ala, Lys, Arg, Val, or Trp; Xaa at position 89 is Thr, Asp, Cys, Leu, Val, Glu, His, Asn, or Ser; Xaa at position 90 is Ala, Pro, Ser, Thr, Gly, Asp, Ile, or Met; Xaa at position 91 is Ala, Pro, Ser, Thr, Phe, Leu, Asp, or His; Xaa at position 92 is Pro, Phe, Arg, Ser, Lys, His, Ala, Gly, Ile or Leu; Xaa at position 93 is Thr, Asp, Ser, Asn, Pro, Ala, Leu, or Arg; Xaa at position 94 is Arg, Ile, Ser, Glu, Leu, Val, Gln, Lys, His, Ala, or Pro; Xaa at position 95 is His, Gln, Pro, Arg, Val, Leu, Gly, Thr, Asn, Lys, Ser, Ala, Trp, Phe, Ile, or Tyr; Xaa at position 96 is Pro, Lys, Tyr, Gly, Ile, or Thr; Xaa at position 97 is Ile, Val, Lys, Ala, or Asn; Xaa at position 98 is His, Ile, Asn, Leu, Asp, Ala, Thr, Glu, Gln, Ser, Phe, Met, Val, Lys, Arg, Tyr or Pro; Xaa at position 99 is Ile, Leu, Arg, Asp, Val, Pro, Gln, Gly, Ser, Phe, or His; Xaa at position 100 is Lys, Tyr, Leu, His, Arg, Ile, Ser, Gln, or Pro; Xaa at position 101 is Asp, Pro, Met, Lys, His, Thr, Val, Tyr, Glu, Asn, Ser, Ala, Gly, Ile, Leu, or Gln; Xaa at position 102 is Gly, Leu, Glu, Lys, Ser, Tyr, or Pro; Xaa at position 103 is Asp, or Ser; Xaa at position 104 is Trp, Val, Cys, Tyr, Thr, Met, Pro, Leu, Gln, Lys, Ala, Phe, or Gly; Xaa at position 105 is Asn, Pro, Ala, Phe, Ser, Trp, Gln, Tyr, Leu, Lys, Ile, Asp, or His; Xaa at position 106 is Glu, Ser, Ala, Lys, Thr, Ile, Gly, or Pro; Xaa at position 108 is Arg, Lys, Asp, Leu, Thr, Ile, Gln, His, Ser, Ala or Pro; Xaa at position 109 is Arg, Thr, Pro, Glu, Tyr, Leu, Ser, or Gly; Xaa at position 110 is Lys, Ala, Asn, Thr, Leu, Arg, Gln, His, Glu, Ser, or Trp; Xaa at position 111 is Leu, Ile, Arg, Asp, or Met; Xaa at position 112 is Thr, Val, Gln, Tyr, Glu, His, Ser, or Phe; Xaa at position 113 is Phe, Ser, Cys, His, Gly, Trp, Tyr, Asp, Lys, Leu, Ile, Val or Asn; Xaa at position 114 is Tyr, Cys, His, Ser, Trp, Arg, or Leu; Xaa at position 115 is Leu, Asn, Val, Pro, Arg, Ala, His, Thr, Trp, or Met; Xaa at position 116 is Lys, Leu, Pro, Thr, Met, Asp, Val, Glu, Arg, Trp, Ser, Asn, His, Ala, Tyr, Phe, Gln, or Ile; Xaa at position 117 is Thr, Ser, Asn, Ile, Trp, Lys, or Pro; Xaa at position 118 is Leu, Ser, Pro, Ala, Glu, Cys, Asp, or Tyr; Xaa at position 119 is Glu, Ser, Lys, Pro, Leu, Thr, Tyr, or Arg; Xaa at position 120 is Asn, Ala, Pro, Leu, His, Val, or Gln; Xaa at position 121 is Ala, Ser, Ile, Asn, Pro, Lys, Asp, or Gly; Xaa at position 122 is Gln, Ser, Met, Trp, Arg, Phe, Pro, His, Ile, Tyr, or Cys; Xaa at position 123 is Ala, Met, Glu, His, Ser, Pro, Tyr, or Leu, wherein from 1 to 14 amino acids can optionally be deleted from the N-terminus and/or from 1 to 15 amino acids can optionally be deleted from the C-terminus of said modified human IL-3 amino acid sequence; and wherein from 1 to 44 of the amino acids designated by Xaa are different from the corresponding amino acids of native (1-133) human interleukin-3; and (V) a colony stimulating factor; and wherein L1 is a linker capable of linking R1 to R2; with the proviso that at least R1 or R2 is selected from the polypeptide of formula (I), (II), or (III); and said hematopoietic protein can optionally be immediately preceded by (methionine−1), (alanine−1) or (methionine−2, alanine−1).
- 2. A hematopoietic protein comprising; an amino acid sequence of the formula:
- 3. A hematopoietic protein comprising an amino acid sequence of the formula:
- 4. The hematopoietic protein as recited in claim 1 wherein the polypeptide of (IV) is selected from the from the group consisting of:
- 5. The hematopoietic protein as recited in claim 2 wherein the polypeptide of (IV) is selected from the from the group consisting of:
- 6. The hematopoietic protein as recited in claim 3 wherein the polypeptide of (IV) is selected from the from the group consisting of:
- 7. A hematopoietic protein comprising; an amino acid sequence of the formula:
- 8. A hematopoietic protein comprising; an amino acid sequence of the formula:
- 9. A hematopoietic protein comprising an amino acid sequence of the formula:
- 10. A hematopoietic protein comprising; an amino acid sequence of the formula:
- 11. The hematopoeitic protein of claim 8 or 10 wherein R2 is selected from the group consisting of:
- 12. A hematopoietic protein comprising; an amino acid sequence of the formula:
- 13. The hematopoietic protein as recited in claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 or 12 wherein said linker (L2) is selected from the group consisting of;
- 14. The hematopoietic protein as recited in claim 11 wherein said linker (L2) is selected from the group consisting of:
- 15. The hematopoietic protein as recited in claim 1 wherein said protein is selected from the group consisting of:
- 16. The hematopoeitic protein as recieted in claim 1 wherein said c-mpl receptor agonist is selected from the group consisiting of:
- 17. The hematopoietic protein of claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12 wherein said colony stimulating factor is selected from the group consisting of GM-CSF, G-CSF, G-CSF Ser17, c-mpl ligand (TPO), M-CSF, erythropoietin (EPO), IL-1, IL-4, IL-2, IL-3, IL-5, IL 6, IL-7, IL-8, IL-9, IL-10, IL-11, IL-12, IL-13, IL-15, LIF, flt3/flk2 ligand, human growth hormone, B-cell growth factor, B-cell differentiation factor, eosinophil differentiation factor and stem cell factor (SCF).
- 18. The hematopoietic protein of claim 17 wherein said colony stimulating factor is selected from the group consisting of G-CSF, G-CSF Ser17 and c-mpl ligand (TPO).
- 19. A nucleic acid molecule encoding said hematopoietic protein of claim 1.
- 20. A nucleic acid molecule encoding said hematopoietic protein of claim 2.
- 21. A nucleic acid molecule encoding said hematopoietic protein of claim 3.
- 22. A nucleic acid molecule encoding said hematopoietic protein of claim 4.
- 23. A nucleic acid molecule encoding said hematopoietic protein of claim 5.
- 24. A nucleic acid molecule encoding said hematopoietic protein of claim 6.
- 25. A nucleic acid molecule encoding said hematopoietic protein of claim 7.
- 26. A nucleic acid molecule encoding said hematopoietic protein of claim 8.
- 27. A nucleic acid molecule encoding said hematopoietic protein of claim 9.
- 28. A nucleic acid molecule encoding said hematopoietic protein of claim 10.
- 29. A nucleic acid molecule encoding said hematopoietic protein of claim 11.
- 30. A nucleic acid molecule encoding said hematopoietic protein of claim 12.
- 31. A nucleic acid molecule encoding said hematopoietic protein of claim 13.
- 32. A nucleic acid molecule encoding said hematopoietic protein of claim 14.
- 33. A nucleic acid molecule encoding said hematopoietic protein of claim 15.
- 34. A nucleic acid molecule encoding said hematopoietic protein of claim 16.
- 35. A nucleic acid molecule encoding said hematopoietic protein of claim 17.
- 36. The nucleic acid molecule according to claim 30 selected from group consisting of:
- 37. The nucleic acid molecule according to claim 34 selected from group consisting of:
- 38. A method of producing a hematopoietic protein comprising: growing under suitable nutrient conditions, a host cell transformed or transfected with a replicable vector comprising a nucleic acid molecule of claim 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 33, 34, 36 or 37 in a manner allowing expression of said hematopoietic protein and recovering said hematopoietic protein.
- 39. A pharmaceutical composition comprising; the hematopoietic protein according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15 or 16 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
- 40. A method of stimulating the production of hematopoietic cells in a patient comprising the step of; administering an effective amount of the hematopoietic protein as recited in claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, or 16 to said patient.
- 41. A method of stimulating the production of hematopoietic cells in a patient comprising the step of administering an effective amount of the hematopoietic protein as recited in claim 13 to said patient.
- 42. A method for selective ex vivo expansion of stem cells, comprising the steps of:
(a) separating stem cells from other cells; (b) culturing said separated stem cells with a selected culture medium-comprising; the hematopoietic protein of claim 1; and (c) harvesting said cultured cells.
- 43. A method for treatment of a patient having a hematopoietic disorder, comprising the steps of:
(a) removing stem cells; (b) separating stem cells from other cells; (c) culturing said separated stem cells with a selected culture medium comprising; the hematopoietic protein of claim 1;(d) harvesting said cultured cells; and (e) transplanting said cultured cells into said patient.
- 44. A method of human gene therapy, comprising the steps of:
(a) removing stem cells from a patient; (b) separating said stem cells from other cells; (c) culturing said separated stem cells with a selected culture medium comprising; the hematopoietic protein of claim 1;(d) introducing DNA into said cultured cells; (e) harvesting said transduced cells; and (f) transplanting said transduced cells into said patient.
- 45. A method of human gene therapy, comprising the steps of:
(a) removing stem cells from a patient; (b) separating said stem cells from other cells; (c) culturing said separated stem cells with a selected culture medium comprising; the hematopoietic protein of claim 1;(d) introducing DNA into said cultured cells; (e) harvesting said transduced cells; and (f) transplanting said transduced cells into said patient.
- 46. A method of human gene therapy, comprising the steps of:
(a) removing stem cells from a patient; (b) separating said stem cells from other cells; (c) culturing said separated stem cells with a selected culture medium comprising; the hematopoietic protein of claim 11;(d) introducing DNA into said cultured cells; (e) harvesting said transduced cells; and (f) transplanting said transduced cells into said patient.
- 47. A method of human gene therapy, comprising the steps of:
(a) removing stem cells from a patient; (b) separating said stem cells from other cells; (c) culturing said separated stem cells with a selected culture medium comprising; the hematopoietic protein of claim 11;(d) introducing DNA into said cultured cells; (e) harvesting said transduced cells; and (f) transplanting said transduced cells into said patient.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/510,238, filed Feb. 22, 2002, pending, which is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/835,162 filed Apr. 4, 1997, now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,066,318 on May 23, 2000, which is a continuation-in-part of PCT/US 96/15774 filed Oct. 4, 1996 which claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) of U.S. Provisional Pat. App. Ser. No. 60/004,834, filed Oct. 5, 1995, now abandoned.
Provisional Applications (1)
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