Treating glaucoma, cardiovascular diseases, and renal diseases
View Patent ↗This document provides methods and materials related to treating glaucoma, ocular hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, and renal diseases. For example, this document provides isolated nucleic acid molecules and viral vectors (e.g., lentiviral vectors) containing isolated nucleic acid molecules. Methods for reducing intraocular pressure as well as symptoms and progression of cardiovascular and renal diseases also are provided.
1. A viral vector comprising a nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide having cyclooxygenase-2 activity, wherein said nucleic acid comprises the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:3.
2. The viral vector of claim 1 , wherein said viral vector is a lentiviral vector.
3. The viral vector of claim 1 , wherein said nucleic acid is a template for an mRNA molecule encoding said polypeptide, wherein said mRNA has an increased stability in cells as compared to the stability of an mRNA molecule transcribed from the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:2.
4. The viral vector of claim 1 , wherein said viral vector comprises a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide having prostaglandin F2α receptor activity, wherein (i) said nucleic acid sequence encoding said polypeptide having prostaglandin F2α receptor activity comprises a nucleic acid sequence that encodes the same amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:4 and comprises a codon sequence different than the codons set forth in SEQ ID NO:5, (ii) said nucleic acid sequence encoding said polypeptide having prostaglandin F2α receptor activity comprises five or more different codon sequences compared to the codon sequences set forth in SEQ ID NO:5, (iii) said nucleic acid sequence encoding said polypeptide having prostaglandin F2α receptor activity comprises the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:6, or (iv) said polypeptide having prostaglandin F2α receptor activity comprises the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:4.
5. The viral vector of claim 4 , wherein said nucleic acid sequence encoding said polypeptide having prostaglandin F2α receptor activity is a template for an mRNA molecule encoding said polypeptide having prostaglandin F2α receptor activity, wherein said mRNA has an increased stability in cells as compared to the stability of an mRNA molecule transcribed from the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:5.
6. The viral vector of claim 4 , wherein said nucleic acid sequence encoding said polypeptide having prostaglandin F2α receptor activity comprises a nucleic acid sequence that encodes the same amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:4 and comprises a codon sequence different than the codons set forth in SEQ ID NO:5.
7. The viral vector of claim 4 , wherein said nucleic acid sequence encoding said polypeptide having prostaglandin F2α receptor activity comprises five or more different codon sequences compared to the codon sequences set forth in SEQ ID NO:5.
8. The viral vector of claim 4 , wherein said nucleic acid sequence encoding said polypeptide having prostaglandin F2α receptor activity comprises the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:6.
9. The viral vector of claim 4 , wherein said polypeptide having prostaglandin F2α receptor activity comprises the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:4.
10. The viral vector of claim 1 , wherein said viral vector comprises a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide having prostaglandin synthase activity, wherein (i) said nucleic acid sequence encoding said polypeptide having prostaglandin synthase activity comprises the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:8 or (ii) said polypeptide having prostaglandin synthase activity comprises the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:7.
11. The viral vector of claim 10 , wherein said nucleic acid sequence encoding said polypeptide having prostaglandin synthase activity comprises the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:8.
12. The viral vector of claim 10 , wherein said polypeptide having prostaglandin synthase activity comprises the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:7.
13. The viral vector of claim 10 , wherein said viral vector comprises nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide having prostaglandin F2α receptor activity and a polypeptide having prostaglandin synthase activity, wherein (i) said nucleic acid sequence encoding said polypeptide having prostaglandin F2α receptor activity comprises a nucleic acid sequence that encodes the same amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:4 and comprises a codon sequence different than the codons set forth in SEQ ID NO:5, (ii) said nucleic acid sequence encoding said polypeptide having prostaglandin F2α receptor activity comprises five or more different codon sequences compared to the codon sequences set forth in SEQ ID NO:5, (iii) said nucleic acid sequence encoding said polypeptide having prostaglandin F2α receptor activity comprises the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:6, or (iv) said polypeptide having prostaglandin F2α receptor activity comprises the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:4.
14. A viral vector comprising a nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide having cyclooxygenase-2 activity and a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide having prostaglandin F2α receptor activity, wherein said polypeptide having cyclooxygenase-2 activity comprises the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, and wherein (i) said nucleic acid sequence encoding said polypeptide having prostaglandin F2α receptor activity comprises a nucleic acid sequence that encodes the same amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:4 and comprises a codon sequence different than the codons set forth in SEQ ID NO:5, (ii) said nucleic acid sequence encoding said polypeptide having prostaglandin F2α receptor activity comprises five or more different codon sequences compared to the codon sequences set forth in SEQ ID NO:5, (iii) said nucleic acid sequence encoding said polypeptide having prostaglandin F2α receptor activity comprises the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:6, or (iv) said polypeptide having prostaglandin F2α receptor activity comprises the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:4.
15. The viral vector of claim 14 , wherein said viral vector is a lentiviral vector.
16. The viral vector of claim 14 , wherein said nucleic acid encoding said polypeptide having cyclooxygenase-2 activity is a template for an mRNA molecule encoding said polypeptide having cyclooxygenase-2 activity, wherein said mRNA has an increased stability in cells as compared to the stability of an mRNA molecule transcribed from the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:2.
17. The viral vector of claim 14 , wherein said nucleic acid encoding said polypeptide having cyclooxygenase-2 activity comprises a nucleic acid sequence that encodes the same amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:1 and comprises a codon sequence different than the codons set forth in SEQ ID NO:2.
18. The viral vector of claim 14 , wherein said nucleic acid encoding said polypeptide having cyclooxygenase-2 activity comprises five or more different codon sequences compared to the codon sequences set forth in SEQ ID NO:2.
19. The viral vector of claim 14 , wherein said nucleic acid encoding said polypeptide having cyclooxygenase-2 activity comprises the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:3.
20. The viral vector of claim 14 , wherein said nucleic acid sequence encoding said polypeptide having prostaglandin F2α receptor activity is a template for an mRNA molecule encoding said polypeptide having prostaglandin F2α receptor activity, wherein said mRNA has an increased stability in cells as compared to the stability of an mRNA molecule transcribed from the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:5.
21. The viral vector of claim 14 , wherein said nucleic acid sequence encoding said polypeptide having prostaglandin F2α receptor activity comprises a nucleic acid sequence that encodes the same amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:4 and comprises a codon sequence different than the codons set forth in SEQ ID NO:5.
22. The viral vector of claim 14 , wherein said nucleic acid sequence encoding said polypeptide having prostaglandin F2α receptor activity comprises five or more different codon sequences compared to the codon sequences set forth in SEQ ID NO:5.
23. The viral vector of claim 14 , wherein said nucleic acid sequence encoding said polypeptide having prostaglandin F2α receptor activity comprises the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:6.
24. The viral vector of claim 14 , wherein said polypeptide having prostaglandin F2α receptor activity comprises the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:4.
25. The viral vector of claim 14 , wherein said viral vector comprises a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide having prostaglandin synthase activity, wherein (i) said nucleic acid sequence encoding said polypeptide having prostaglandin synthase activity comprises the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:8 or (ii) said polypeptide having prostaglandin synthase activity comprises the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:7.
26. The viral vector of claim 25 , wherein said nucleic acid sequence encoding said polypeptide having prostaglandin synthase activity comprises the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:8.
27. The viral vector of claim 25 , wherein said polypeptide having prostaglandin synthase activity comprises the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:7.