SOLUBLE MUTANT CTLA4 AND USES THEREOF

摘要

FIELD: immunobiotechnology. ^ SUBSTANCE: invention relates to soluble CTLA4, which represents mutant variant of wild type CTLA4 and conserves binding ability to CD80 and/or CD86. Molecules of soluble CTLA4 have the first amino acid sequence containing extracellular CTLA4 region, which includes some mutant amino acid residues in S25-R33 region and M97-G107 region. According the present invention mutant molecules also may include second amino acid sequence, enhancing solubility of mutant molecule. Nucleic acid (NA) molecules encoding said CTLA4 and including NA-vectors also are described. Invention also relates to method for production of mutant CTLA4 and uses thereof in controlling of interaction between T-cell and CD80 and/or CD86-positive cell; suppression of graft-versus-host reaction; and treatment of immune system diseases. Soluble mutant CTLA4 according to present invention binds to CD80 and/or CD86 antigen with higher avidity than wild type CTLA4 or non-mutant CTLA41g. ^ EFFECT: new preparation for treatment of immune system diseases. ^ 65 cl, 19 dwg, 2 tbl, 2 ex