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Biotech / Medical : Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ALXN)

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Jul 28 5:00 PM EST

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To: Icebrg who wrote (286)	7/22/2003 1:19:50 PM
From: keokalani'nui	Read Replies (1) of 824

AAT is deep space R&D, I think. They stopped talking about tpo agonist recently, and today soft sell these development efforts. "T-cell Mabs" is category shown as farthest along; the only ATT product projected for clinic. As for engineering, this may be a peak at what they can do--but I can't say for sure if this is product of Prolifaron core. Sounds cool to me. An engineered bifunctional recombinant molecule that regulates humoral and cellular effector functions of the immune system. Pizzolato MC, Fodor WL. Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cheshire, CT, USA. BACKGROUND: Humoral and cellular defense mechanisms mediate the rejection of transplanted cells, tissues, and organs after allogeneic or xenogeneic transplantation. Inhibition of complement and T-cell costimulation are strategies aimed at increasing transplant survival. METHODS: Engineered novel fusion proteins that contain the functional domains of human CD152 (hCTLA4) or porcine CD152 (pCD152) and human CD59 (hCD152-hCD59, pCD152-hCD59) were developed to form bifunctional chimeric proteins that retain the effector functions of both moieties. Porcine aortic endothelial cells and murine Balb/3T3 cells were transduced or transfected to express the novel fusion proteins. RESULTS: Fluorescence-activated cell sorter analysis of hCD152-hCD59 transduced primary porcine aortic endothelial cells or hCD152-hCD59 and pCD152-hCD59 transfected Balb/3T3 cells determined that the molecules were expressed on the cell surface, and that they retained conformational epitopes. We demonstrate that hCD152-hCD59 and pCD152-hCD59 chimeric proteins inhibit complement-mediated cell lysis. In addition, hCD152-hCD59 or pCD152-hCD59 expression resulted in a significant reduction in T-cell activation as the result of CD152 engagement of porcine CD86 or murine CD80 in when Jurkat cells were cocultured with the hCD152-hCD59 or pCD152-hCD59 expressing cells. Antibody-blocking experiments or phosphatidylinositol phospholipase C removal of the glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol-linked molecules resulted in increased serum-mediated cytolysis and eliminated the costimulatory blockade. CONCLUSIONS: These data illustrate that a single molecule can confer resistance to humoral and cellular immune attack.

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