Hoffmann-la Roche Inc.

Kuo-Sen Huang

John Lawson Roberts

Anthony Neri

Jarema Peter Kochan

Yu-Ching Eugene Pan

Shirley H Li

Bernard J Scallon

Thomas C Tsang

The present invention provides a method for testing an agent for its ability to inhibit binding between fibroblast growth factor (FGF) and heparan sulfate, comprising the steps of: interacting in solution immobilized FGF on a solid support with the agent and labeled heparan sulfate, and detecting the presence or absence of label in the solution remote from the solid support.

Method for testing the ability of an agent to inhibit fibroblast growth factor binding with labeled heparan sulfate

The present invention provides a method for testing an agent for its potential to inhibit heparanase catalytic activity, comprising the steps of: interacting immobilized heparanase substrate binding protein on a solid support with labeled heparanase substrate to provide immobilized labeled heparanase substrate, interacting a heparanase enzyme solution with the immobilized labeled heparanase substrate in the presence of the agent, and detecting the presence or absence of label in the solution remote from the solid support. The labeled heparanase substrate may be bound to an immobilization bridge which binds to immobilized molecules on a solid support, to provide bridge-immobilized labeled heparanase substrate. The present invention also provides a method for testing an agent for its ability to inhibit binding between fibroblast growth factor (FGF) and heparanase substrate, comprising the steps of: interacting in solution immobilized FGF on a solid support with the agent and labeled heparanase substrate, and detecting the presence or absence of label in the solution remote from the solid support.

Method for screening an agent for ability to inhibit heparanase activity

The present invention involves the protein glycosyl-phosphatidyl-specific phospholipase D (GPI-PLD) in a substantially pure form, an isolated nucleotide sequence encoding GPI-PLD, vectors containing the isolated nucleotide sequence encoding GPI-PLD, and cells transformed by a vector containing the isolated nucleotide sequence encoding GPI-PLD, also nucleotide sequences, vectors and cells comprising hybrid genes with GPI-PLD, and methods for producing secreted proteins.

Glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase D

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