NZ614955B2 - Novel immunoconjugates - Google Patents
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Abstract
Disclosed is an immunoconjugate comprising (i) an immunoglobulin molecule comprising a first and a second antigen binding Fab molecule, an Fc domain consisting of two subunits, and (ii) an effector moiety, wherein not more than one effector moiety is present; and wherein the first and the second Fab molecule are directed to CEA and comprise a heavy chain variable region sequence of SEQ ID NO: 191, and a light chain variable region sequence of SEQ ID NO: 189; and the effector moiety is a mutant human interleukin-2 (IL-2) polypeptide comprising the amino acid substitutions F42A, Y45A, L72G (numbering relative to the human IL-2 sequence in SEQ ID NO: 2); wherein the sequences are as defined in the specification. molecule are directed to CEA and comprise a heavy chain variable region sequence of SEQ ID NO: 191, and a light chain variable region sequence of SEQ ID NO: 189; and the effector moiety is a mutant human interleukin-2 (IL-2) polypeptide comprising the amino acid substitutions F42A, Y45A, L72G (numbering relative to the human IL-2 sequence in SEQ ID NO: 2); wherein the sequences are as defined in the specification.
Description
Novel Immunoconjugates
Field of the Invention
The present ion generally relates to antigen-specific immunoconjugates for selectively
delivering effector es that influence cellular activity. In addition, the present invention
relates to polynucleotides encoding such immunoconjugates, and vectors and host cells
sing such cleotides. The invention r s to methods for producing the
immunoconjugates of the invention. Also described are methods of using these
immunoconjugates in the treatment of disease.
Background
The selective destruction of an individual cell or a specific cell type is often desirable in a variety
of clinical settings. For example, it is a primary goal of cancer therapy to specifically destroy
tumor cells, while leaving healthy cells and tissues intact and undamaged. A multitude of signal
transduction pathways in the cell are linked to the cell's survival and/or death. Accordingly, the
direct delivery of a pathway factor involved in cell al or death can be used to contribute to
the cell's maintenance or destruction. Similarly, specific factors may be red that stimulate
immune effector cells in a tumor microenvironment, such as natural killer (NK) cells or
cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs), to attack and destroy tumor cells.
Cytokines are cell signaling molecules that participate in regulation of the immune system.
When used in cancer therapy, cytokines can act as immunomodulatory agents that have antitumor
effects and which can se the immunogenicity of some types of tumors. However,
rapid blood clearance and lack of tumor specificity require systemic administration of high doses
of the cytokine in order to e a concentration of the cytokine at the tumor site sufficient to
activate an immune response or have an anti-tumor effect. These high levels of systemic
cytokine can lead to severe toxicity and adverse reactions.
For use in y, it is therefore desirable to specifically deliver a signal transduction pathway
factor, such as a cytokine, to a specific site in vivo (e.g. a tumor or tumor microenvironment in
the case of cancer therapy). This can be achieved by conjugating the factor to a targeting moiety,
e.g. an antibody or an antibody fragment, specific for the site. Early gies aimed at
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delivering signal transduction pathway factors, such as cytokines, to a specific site in vivo
included immunoglobulin heavy chains ated to various cytokines, including lymphotoxin,
tumor necrosis -α (TNF-α), interleukin-2 (IL-2), and granulocyte macrophage-colony
stimulating factor (GM-CSF) (reviewed e.g. in Lode et al., Pharmacol Ther 80, 277-292 ).
Researchers observed that, not only were they able to target cytokines to specific sites in vivo,
they were also able to take advantage of the fact that monoclonal antibodies have longer serum
ives than most other proteins. Given the systemic toxicity associated with high doses of
certain unconjugated cytokines, e.g. IL-2, the ability of an immunoglobulin-cytokine fusion
protein to maximize therapeutically beneficial biological activities at a desired site, e.g. in a
tumor, whilst keeping systemic side effects to a minimum at a lower dose led researchers to
believe that immunoglobulin-cytokine immunoconjugates were optimal eutic .
Nevertheless, there are certain disadvantages associated with the immunoglobulin-cytokine
immunoconjugtates known in the art. For example, these immunoconjugates have at least one
cytokine coupled to each of the two immunoglobulin heavy , resulting in an
immunoconjugate with bivalent target binding and two or more cytokine moieties wed e.g.
in Chang et al., Expert Opin Drug Discovery 4, 181-194 (2009), or Ortiz-Sanchez et al., Expert
Opin Biol Ther 8, 609-632 (2008)). Figure 1 s a conventional immunoglobulin-cytokine
immunoconjugate as it is known in the art, where a ne is fused to the C-terminus of each of
the two antibody heavy chains. Due to the presence of two or more cytokine moieties, such an
immunoconjugate has a high avidity to the respective cytokine receptor (for example, picomolar
ty in the case of IL-2), and thus is targeted rather to the immune effector cells expressing
the cytokine or than to the target antigen of the globulin (nM affinity) to which the
cytokine is linked. Moreover, conventional immunoconjugates are known to be associated with
infusion reactions (see e.g. King et al., J Clin Oncol 22, 4463-4473 (2004)), resulting at least
partially from activation of cytokine receptors on immune effector cells in peripheral blood by
the immunoconjugate’s cytokine moieties.
Additionally, via their Fc domain, immunoglobulin-cytokine immunoconjugates can activate
complement and interact with Fc receptors. This inherent immunoglobulin e has been
viewed unfavorably because therapeutic conjugates may be targeted to cells expressing
Fc receptors rather than the preferred antigen-bearing cells. Moreover, the simultaneous
activation of cytokine receptors and Fc receptor signaling pathways leading to cytokine release,
especially in ation with the long half-life of immunoglobulin fusion proteins, make their
application in a eutic setting difficult due to systemic toxicity.
One approach to overcoming this problem is the use of immunoglobulin nts devoid of an
Fc domain, such as scFv or Fab nts, in immunoconjugates. Examples of immunoglobulin
fragment-cytokine conjugates include the scFv-IL-2 immunoconjugate as set forth in
PCT publication , the scFv-ILscFv immunoconjugate as set forth in PCT
publication (wherein each of the two scFv fragments is ted to a t
of the IL-12 heterodimer that is held together by disulfide bond(s)) or the Fab-ILFab
immunoconjugates as set forth in PCT publication . Both the tumor-binding
reactivity of the immunoglobulin parent molecule and the functional activity of the cytokine are
maintained in most of these types of immunoconjugates, however the half-life of such constructs
is considerably shorter than of immunoglobulin fusion proteins.
Therefore there remains a need for immunoconjugates with improved properties, for greater
therapeutic iveness and a ion in the number and severity of the side effects of these
ts (e.g., toxicity, destruction of non-tumor cells, etc.).
The present invention provides globulin-like immunoconjugates that exhibit ed
efficacy, high specificity of action, reduced toxicity, and improved half-life and stability in blood
relative to known immunoconjugates.
Summary of the Invention
In a first aspect, the ion provides an immunoconjugate comprising (i) an immunoglobulin
molecule comprising a first and a second antigen binding Fab molecule, an Fc domain consisting
of two subunits, and (ii) an effector moiety, wherein not more than one effector moiety is present;
and wherein
said first and said second Fab molecule are ed to CEA and comprise a heavy chain variable
region sequence of SEQ ID NO: 191, and a light chain variable region sequence of SEQ ID NO:
189; and
said effector moiety is a mutant human interleukin-2 (IL-2) polypeptide comprising the amino
acid substitutions F42A, Y45A, L72G (numbering relative to the human IL-2 sequence in SEQ
ID NO: 2).
The invention is as defined in the claims. However, the description which follows also includes
additional immunoconjugates and other subject matter outside the scope of the present claims.
This description is retained for technical information.
The present invention is based, in part, on the inventors’ recognition that immunoconjugates
comprising more than one effector moiety, such as e.g. a ne, may be targeted to the
respective effector moiety receptor rather than the target antigen of the n binding moiety of
the immunoconjugate. Described herein is an immunoconjugate comprising a first antigen
binding moiety, an Fc domain ting of two subunits, and an effector moiety, wherein not
more than one effector moiety is present. In one embodiment the effector moiety is fused to the
amino- or carboxy-terminal amino acid of one of the two subunits of the Fc domain, optionally
through a linker peptide. In one embodiment the first antigen binding moiety is fused to the
amino-terminal amino acid of one of the two subunits of the Fc domain, optionally through a
linker peptide or an immunoglobulin hinge region.
In one embodiment the first antigen binding moiety comprises an antigen binding domain of an
dy. In a particular ment the first antigen binding moiety is a Fab molecule. In
certain ments the Fc domain ses a modification promoting heterodimerization of
two non-identical polypeptide chains. In a specific embodiment said modification is a knob-into-
hole modification, comprising a knob modification in one of the ts of the Fc domain and a
hole cation in the other one of the two subunits of the Fc domain. In a particular
embodiment the effector moiety is fused to the amino- or carboxy-terminal amino acid of the
subunit of the Fc domain comprising the knob modification.
In one embodiment the Fc domain is an IgG Fc domain, particularly an IgG1 Fc domain. In a
particular embodiment the Fc domain is human.
In certain embodiments of the invention the Fc domain is engineered to have d binding to
an Fc receptor, ically altered binding to an Fcγ receptor, and/or altered effector function,
specifically altered antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity .
gh the presence of an Fc domain is ial for prolonging the half-life of the
immunoconjugate, the inventors realize that in some situations it will be beneficial to eliminate
effector functions associated with engagement of Fc receptors by the Fc domain. Hence, in
particular embodiments the altered binding to an Fc receptor and/or or function is reduced
binding and/or effector function. In a specific such embodiment the Fc domain comprises one or
more amino acid mutation that reduces the binding of the Fc domain to an Fc receptor,
particularly an Fcγ receptor. Preferably, such an amino acid mutation does not reduce binding to
FcRn receptors. In one embodiment the Fc domain comprises an amino acid substitution at
position P329. In a particular embodiment the Fc domain comprises the amino acid substitutions
L234A, L235A and P329G in each of its subunits.
On the other hand, there may be situations where it is ble to enhance the effector functions
of immunoconjugates. Hence, in certain embodiments the Fc domain of the immunoconjugate of
the invention is ered to have altered binding to an Fc receptor, specifically an Fcγ receptor,
more specifically an FcγIIIa receptor, and/or altered effector function, n the altered
binding and/or effector function is increased binding and/or effector on. In one such
embodiment the Fc domain is engineered to have an d oligosaccharide structure, as
compared to a non-engineered Fc domain. In a particular such embodiment the Fc domain
comprises an sed proportion of non-fucosylated oligosaccharides, as compared to a nonengineered
Fc domain. In a more ic embodiment the Fc domain comprises at least 20%,
particularly at least 50%, more particularly at least 70% non-fucosylated oligosaccharides. In
another specific embodiment the Fc domain comprises an increased proportion of bisected
oligosaccharides, as compared to a non-engineered Fc domain. In yet another specific
embodiment the Fc domain comprises an increased proportion of ed, non-fucosylated
oligosaccharides, compared to a non-engineered Fc domain. In some embodiments said altered
oligosaccharide structure results from increased β(1,4)-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase III
(GnTIII) activity in a host cell used for expression of the immunoconjugate.
Also described herein are immunoconjugates that comprise a first and a second antigen binding
moiety, an Fc domain consisting of two subunits, and an effector moiety, wherein not more than
one effector moiety is present. In one embodiment the first and the second antigen binding
moiety and the Fc domain are part of an immunoglobulin molecule. In certain embodiments the
immunoconjugate essentially consists of an immunoglobulin molecule and an effector moiety
and optionally one or more linker sequences. In a particular embodiment the immunoglobulin
molecule is an IgG class immunoglobulin. In an even more particular embodiment the
globulin is an IgG1 subclass globulin. In one ment the effector moiety is
fused to the carboxy-terminal amino acid of one of the immunoglobulin heavy chains, optionally
through a linker peptide.
In a ular embodiment the immunconjugate bed herein comprises an globulin
molecule comprising two antigen binding moieties and an Fc domain, and an effector moiety
fused to the carboxy-terminal amino acid of one of the immunoglobulin heavy chains, wherein
not more than one effector moiety is present and wherein the Fc domain is engineered to have
reduced binding to an Fc receptor, specifically altered binding to an Fcγ receptor, and/or reduced
or function.
In certain embodiments said first antigen binding moiety, or said first and said second n
binding , is directed to an antigen associated with a pathological condition, such as an
antigen presented on a tumor cell or in a tumor cell environment, at a site of inflammation, or on
a infected cell. In a more specific embodiment said antigen is selected from the group of
Fibroblast Activation Protein (FAP), the A1 domain of Tenascin-C (TNC A1), the A2 domain of
Tenascin-C (TNC A2), the Extra Domain B of Fibronectin (EDB), Carcinoembryonic Antigen
(CEA), and Melanoma-associated Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycan (MCSP).
In certain embodiments the or moiety is a single chain effector moiety. In a particular
embodiment the or moiety is a cytokine. In one embodiment said cytokine is selected from
the group of IL-2, IL-7, IL-10, IL-12, IL-15, IFN-α and IFN-γ. In a particular embodiment said
cytokine is IL-2. In an even more ular embodiment said cytokine is a mutant IL-2
polypeptide having reduced binding affinity to the α-subunit of the IL-2 or. In a specific
embodiment said mutant IL-2 polypeptide comprises an amino acid substitution at one or more
positions selected from the positions corresponding to residues 42, 45 and 72 of human IL-2. In
another particular embodiment the cytokine is IL-10. In yet another embodiment, the cytokine is
IL-15, particularly a mutant IL-15 polypeptide having reduced binding ty to the α-subunit
of the IL-15 receptor. In another ment, the cytokine is IFN-α.
According to another aspect of the invention there is provided an ed polynucleotide
encoding an immunoconjugate of the invention. The ion further provides an expression
vector comprising the isolated polynucleotide of the invention, and a host cell comprising the
isolated polynucleotide or the expression vector of the invention. In some embodiments the host
cell is a eukaryotic cell, particularly a mammalian cell. In some embodiments, the host cell has
been manipulated to express increased levels of one or more polypeptides having β(1,4)-N-
acetylglucosaminyltransferase III (GnTIII) activity. In one such embodiment the host cell has
been further manipulated to s increased levels of one or more ptides having αmannosidase
II (ManII) activity.
In another aspect is provided a method of producing the immunoconjugates of the invention,
comprising the steps of a) culturing the host cell of the invention under conditions suitable for
the expression of the conjugate and b) ring the immunoconjugate. The invention
also encompasses an immunoconjugate produced by the method of the invention.
The invention further es a pharmaceutical composition comprising an immunoconjugate
of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
Also described herein are methods of using the immunoconjugates and pharmaceutical
compositions of the invention. In one aspect the invention provides an conjugate or a
ceutical composition of the invention for use as a medicament. In one aspect is provided
an immunoconjugate or a pharmaceutical composition according to the invention for use in the
treatment of a disease in an individual in need thereof. In a specific embodiment the e is
cancer. In other embodiments the disease is an inflammatory disorder. In a particular such
embodiment the immunoconjugate comprises an IL-10 effector moiety.
Also provided is the use of an immunoconjugate of the invention for the manufacture of a
ment for the treatment of a disease in an individual in need thereof. Also described is a
method of ng a disease in an individual, comprising administering to said individual a
therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising the immunoconjugate according to
the invention in a pharmaceutically acceptable form. In a specific embodiment the disease is
cancer. In other embodiments the disease is an inflammatory disorder. In a particular such
embodiment the immunoconjugate comprises an IL-10 effector moiety.
In any of the above embodiments the individual preferably is a mammal, particularly a human.
Also described herein is a conjugate comprising a first Fab molecule which does not specifically
bind any antigen, an Fc domain consisting of two ts, and an effector moiety, wherein not
more than one effector moiety is t. In a ular embodiment the first Fab molecule
comprises the heavy chain variable region ce of SEQ ID NO: 299 and the light chain
variable region sequence of SEQ ID NO: 297. In one embodiment, the conjugate comprises (i)
an immunoglobulin molecule, comprising a first and a second Fab molecule which do not
specifically bind any antigen and an Fc domain, and (ii) an effector moiety, wherein not more
than one effector moiety is present. In one embodiment the immunoglobulin le is an IgG
class immunoglobulin, particularly an IgG1 subclass globulin. In a particular
embodiment the immunoglobulin le comprises the heavy chain variable region sequence
of SEQ ID NO: 299 and the light chain variable region sequence of SEQ ID NO: 297.
Specifically, the heavy chain variable region sequence of SEQ ID NO: 299 and the light chain
variable region sequence of SEQ ID NO: 297 are comprised in the first and the second Fab
molecule of the immunoglobulin molecule. In one embodiment, the effector moiety is fused to
the carboxy-terminal amino acid of one of the immunoglobulin heavy chains, ally through
a linker peptide. In some embodiments the Fc domain of the conjugate is engineered to have
reduced binding to an Fc receptor, specifically reduced binding to an Fcγ receptor, and/or
reduced effector function, ically reduced ADCC. In a particular embodiment, the Fc
domain of the conjugate comprises the amino acid substitutions L234A, L235A and P329G in
each of its subunits. In certain ments the Fc domain of the conjugate comprises a
modification promoting heterodimerization of the non-identical polypeptide chains. In a specific
embodiment, said modification is a knob-into-hole modification, comprising a knob modification
in one of the subunits of the Fc domain and a hole modification in the other one of the two
subunits of the Fc domain. In a particular embodiment, the effector moiety is fused to the aminoor
carboxy-terminal amino acid of the subunit of the Fc domain comprising the knob
modification. In one embodiment the effector moiety is a cytokine, particularly IL-2.
Additionally, the conjugate can incorporate, alone or in combination, any of the features
described herein in relation to the s, the Fc domain or the or moiety of the
conjugates of the invention.
Also described is an isolated polynucleotide encoding the conjugate, of a fragment thereof. In a
specific embodiment, the isolated polynucleotide ses a sequence that is at least about
80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or 100% identical to the sequence of SEQ ID NO:
298 or SEQ ID NO: 300. Also described is an expression vector comprising the isolated
polynucleotide, and a host cell comprising the isolated polynucleotide or the sion vector.
Also described is a method of producing the conjugate, comprising the steps of a) culturing the
host cell under conditions suitable for the expression of the conjugate and b) recovering the
conjugate, and a conjugate produced by the method.
Also described is a pharmaceutical composition comprising the conjugate and a
ceutically acceptable carrier. Furthermore, the conjugate can be employed in the methods
of use ed herein for the immunoconjugates of the invention.
Brief Description of the Drawings
FIGURE 1. Schematic representation of typical immunoglobulin-cytokine immunoconjugate as
known in the art, with a cytokine (dotted) fused to the C-terminus of each of the two
immunoglobulin heavy chains.
FIGURE 2. tic representation of novel immunoconjugates according to the ion,
comprising not more than one effector moiety (dotted). The effector moiety is fused, ally
via a linker peptide (grey boxes) to the carboxy-terminal (format A and B) or the amino-terminal
amino acid (format C) of the Fc domain. The immunoconjugate comprises one t B and C)
or more (typically two, format A) n binding moieties, which may be Fab fragments
comprising antibody heavy and light chain variable domains (hatched). The Fc domain may
comprise a modification promoting heterodimerization of two entical polypeptide chains
(black dot) and/or a modification altering Fc receptor binding and/or effector function (black
star).
FIGURE 3. Purification of FAP-targeted 4G8-based -2 quadruple mutant (qm)
immunoconjugate. A) Elution profile of the Protein A affinity chromatography step. B) Elution
profile of the size exclusion tography step. C) Analytical SDS-PAGE (NuPAGE Novex
Bis-Tris Mini Gel, Invitrogen, MOPS running buffer) of the final product. D) Analytical size
exclusion chromatography of the final product on a Superdex 200 column (97% monomer
content).
FIGURE 4. Purification of FAP-targeted 28H1-based IgG-IL-2 qm immunoconjugate. A)
Elution profile of the Protein A affinity chromatography step. B) Elution profile of the size
exclusion chromatography step. C) Analytical SDS-PAGE (reduced: NuPAGE Novex Bis-Tris
Mini Gel, Invitrogen, MOPS running ; non-reduced: NuPAGE Tris-Acetate, Invitrogen,
Tris-Acetate running buffer) of the final product. D) Analytical size exclusion chromatography
of the final product on a Superdex 200 column (100% monomer content).
FIGURE 5. Purification of FAP-targeted 28H1-based -2 qm immunoconjugate from CHO
cells. A) Elution profile of the Protein A ty chromatography step. B) n e of the
size exclusion chromatography step. C) Analytical SDS-PAGE (NuPAGE Novex Bis-Tris Mini
Gel, ogen, MOPS running ) of the final t. D) Analytical size exclusion
chromatography of the final product on a Superdex 200 column (100% monomer content).
FIGURE 6. Purification of FAP-targeted 4B9-based IgG-IL-2 qm immunoconjugate. A) Elution
profile of the Protein A affinity chromatography step. B) Elution profile of the size exclusion
chromatography step. C) Analytical SDS-PAGE (NuPAGE Novex Bis-Tris Mini Gel, Invitrogen,
MOPS running buffer) of the final product. D) Analytical size ion chromatography of the
final product on a Superdex 200 column (100% monomer content).
FIGURE 7. Purification of CEA-targeted CH1A1A 98/99 2F1-based -2 qm
immunoconjugate. A) Elution profile of the Protein A affinity chromatography step. B) Elution
profile of the size exclusion chromatography step. C) ical capillary electrophoresis SDS
(Caliper) of the final product. D) ical size exclusion chromatography of the final product
on a TSKgel G3000 SW XL column (98.8% monomer t).
FIGURE 8. Purification of TNC A2-targeted 2B10-based IgG-IL-2 qm immunoconjugate. A)
Elution profile of the Protein A affinity chromatography step. B) Elution profile of the size
exclusion chromatography step. C) Analytical capillary electrophoresis SDS (Caliper) of the
final t. D) Analytical size exclusion chromatography of the final product on a TSKgel
G3000 SW XL column (100% monomer content).
FIGURE 9. Purification of untargeted DP47GS-based IgG-IL-2 qm immunoconjugate. A)
Elution profile of the n A affinity tography step. B) Elution profile of the size
exclusion chromatography step. C) Analytical SDS-PAGE (NuPAGE Novex Bis-Tris Mini Gel,
Invitrogen, MOPS running buffer) of the final product. D) Analytical size exclusion
chromatography of the final product on a Superdex 200 column (100% monomer content).
FIGURE 10. Binding of FAP-targeted 4G8-based IgG-IL-2 qm immunoconjugate to human FAP
expressed on stably transfected HEK 293 cells as ed by FACS, compared to the
corresponding Fab-IL-2 qm-Fab construct.
FIGURE 11. Interferon (IFN)-γ release on NK92 cells induced by rgeted 4G8-based IgGIL-2
qm immunoconjugate in solution, compared to the 28H1-based Fab-IL-2 qm-Fab uct.
FIGURE 12. Detection of phosphorylated STAT5 by FACS in different cell types after
stimulation for 20 min with FAP-targeted 4G8-based IgG-IL-2 qm conjugate in solution,
compared to the 28H1-based Fab-ILFab and Fab-IL-2 qm-Fab constructs as well as Proleukin.
A) NK cells (CD3-CD56+); B) CD8+ T cells (CD3+CD8+); C) CD4+ T cells D4+CD25-
CD127+); D) regulatory T cells (CD4+CD25+FOXP3+).
FIGURE 13. Binding of TNC A2-targeted 2B10 IgG-IL-2 qm and corresponding unconjugated
IgG to TNC A2-expressing U87MG cells, as measured by FACS.
FIGURE 14. Induction of NK92 cell proliferation by TNC A2-targeted 2B10 -2 qm,
CEA-targeted CH1A1A 98/99 2F1 IgG-IL-2 qm and CH1A1A 98/99 2F1 IgG-IL-2 wt
immunoconjugates.
FIGURE 15. ion of NK92 cell proliferation by FAP-targeted 4B9 IgG-IL-2 qm and 4B9
IgG-IL-2 wt immunoconjugates.
FIGURE 16. Killing (as ed by LDH e) of CEA-overexpressing A549 tumor cells by
PBMCs through ADCC mediated by glycoengineered (ge) and wildtype (wt) CH1A1A IgG-IL-2
qm immunoconjugates, compared to unconjugated glycoengineered CH1A1A IgG.
FIGURE 17. Purification of untargeted DP47GS IgG-IL-2 wt immunoconjugate. A) Elution
e of the Protein A affinity chromatography step. B) Elution profile of the size exclusion
chromatography step. C) Analytical SDS-PAGE (NuPAGE Novex Bis-Tris Mini Gel, Invitrogen,
MOPS running buffer) of the final product. D) Analytical size ion chromatography of the
final product on a Superdex 200 column (99.6% monomer content).
FIGURE 18. Purification of 28H1-based FAP-targeted 28H1 IgG-IL-2 wt conjugate. A)
Elution profile of the Protein A affinity chromatography step. B) Elution profile of the size
exclusion chromatography step. C) Analytical SDS-PAGE (NuPAGE Novex Bis-Tris Mini Gel,
ogen, MOPS running buffer) of the final product. D) Analytical size exclusion
tography of the final product on a Superdex 200 column (99.6% monomer content).
FIGURE 19. Purification of CEA-targeted CH1A1A 98/99 2F1-based IgG-IL-2 wt
immunoconjugate. A) Elution profile of the Protein A affinity chromatography step. B) Elution
profile of the size exclusion chromatography step. C) Analytical capillary ophoresis SDS
(Caliper) of the final product. D) Analytical size exclusion chromatography of the final product
on a TSKgel G3000 SW XL column (100% monomer content).
FIGURE 20. Purification of FAP-targeted 4B9-based IgG-IL-2 wt immunoconjugate. A) Elution
e of the ed Protein A affinity and size exclusion chromatography. B) Zoom on the
elution profile of the size exclusion chromatography step in A. C) Analytical SDS-PAGE
(NuPAGE Novex Bis-Tris Mini Gel, Invitrogen, MOPS running buffer) of the final product. D)
Analytical size exclusion chromatography of the final product on a TSKgel G3000 SW XL
column (98.5% monomer t).
FIGURE 21. A) ical SDS-PAGE (NuPAGE Novex is Mini Gel (Invitrogen),
NuPAGE LDS sample buffer (4x), heated for 10 min at 70°C, MOPS buffer, 160 V, 60 min,
MW marker Mark 12, unstained standard (Invitrogen, M) of reduced (1) and non-reduced (2)
2B10 IgG-IL-10M1. B) SPR-based affinity determination On XPR36) of 2B10 IgG-IL-
10M1 to human TNC A2 fitted globally to a 1:1 interaction model.
(chip: NLC; ligand: TNCA2 (250 RU); analyte: TNCA2 2B10 IgG-IL-10M1 164 kDa;
concentration range analyte: 50, 10, 2, 0.4, 0.08, 0 nM; association time: 180s; dissociation time:
600s; flow rate: 50 µl/min; kon 1.80 x 106 1/Ms; koff: 9.35 x 10-5 1/s; KD: 52 pM). C) sed
ty determination (ProteOn XPR36) of 2B10 IgG-IL-10M1 to human IL-10R1 fitted
globally to a 1:1 interaction model (chip: NLC; ligand: IL-10R1 (1600RU); analyte: TNCA2
2B10 IgG-IL-10M1 164 kDa; concentration range analyte: 50, 10, 2, 0.4, 0.08, 0 nM; association
time: 180s; dissociation time: 600s; flow rate: 50 µl/min; kon 5.56 x 105 1/Ms; koff: 2.89 x 10-4 1/s;
KD: 520 pM).
FIGURE 22. A) Analytical SDS-PAGE (NuPAGE Novex Bis-Tris Mini Gel (Invitrogen),
NuPAGE LDS sample buffer (4x), heated for 10 min at 70°C, MOPS buffer, 160 V, 60 min,
MW marker Mark 12, unstained standard (Invitrogen, M) of reduced (1) and duced (2)
4G8 IgG-IL-10M1. B) SPR-based ty determination (ProteOn XPR36) of 4G8 IgG-IL-10M1
to human FAP fitted globally to a 1:1 interaction model (chip: GLM; ligand: huFAP (500RU);
analyte: FAP 4G8 IgG-IL-10M1 164 kDa; tration range analyte: 10, 2, 0.4, 0.08, 0 nM;
association time: 180s; dissociation time: 600s; flow rate: 50 µl/min; kon 6.68 x 105 1/Ms; koff:
1.75 x 10-5 1/s; KD: 26 pM). C) sed affinity determination (ProteOn XPR36) of 4G8 IgG-
IL-10M1 to human IL-10R1 fitted globally to a 1:1 interaction model (chip: NLC; ligand: IL
10R1 (1600RU); analyte: FAP 4G8 IgG-IL-10M1 164 kDa; tration range analyte: 50, 10,
2, 0.4, 0.08, 0 nM; association time: 180s; dissociation time: 600s; flow rate: 50 µl/min; kon: 3.64
x 105 1/Ms; koff: 2.96 x 10-4 1/s; KD: 815 pM).
FIGURE 23. Purification of FAP-targeted 4B9-based “1+1” IgG-IL-2 qm immunoconjugate. A)
Elution profile of the combined n A affinity and size exclusion chromatography. B)
Analytical SDS-PAGE E Novex Bis-Tris Mini Gel, Invitrogen, MOPS g buffer)
of the final t. C) Analytical size exclusion chromatography of the final product on a
TSKgel G3000 SW XL column (99.2% monomer content).
FIGURE 24. Purification of FAP-targeted 28H1-based “1+1” IgG-IL-2 qm immunoconjugate. A)
Elution profile of the combined n A affinity and size exclusion tography. B)
Analytical SDS-PAGE (NuPAGE Novex Bis-Tris Mini Gel, Invitrogen, MOPS running )
of the final product. C) Analytical size exclusion chromatography of the final product on a
TSKgel G3000 SW XL column (100% monomer content).
FIGURE 25. Purification of FAP-targeted 4B9-based “1+1” IgG-IL-7 immunoconjugate. A)
Elution profile of the combined Protein A affinity and size ion chromatography. B)
Analytical ary electrophoresis SDS (Caliper) of the final product. C) Analytical size
exclusion chromatography of the final product on a TSKgel G3000 SW XL column (98.6%
monomer content).
FIGURE 26. Purification of FAP-targeted 4B9-based “1+1” IgG-IFN-α immunoconjugate. A)
Elution e of the Protein A affinity chromatography step. B) Elution profile of the size
exclusion chromatography step. C) Analytical capillary electrophoresis SDS (Caliper) of the
final product. D) Analytical size exclusion tography of the final product on a TSKgel
G3000 SW XL column (92.8% monomer content).
FIGURE 27. Induction of NK92 cell proliferation by FAP-targeted 4B9 “1+1” IgG-IL-2 qm and
28H1 “1+1” IgG-IL-2 wt immunoconjugates, compared to corresponding IgG-IL-2 constructs..
FIGURE 28. Proliferation of PHA-activated (A) CD4 and (B) CD8 T cells induced by 4B9
“1+1” IgG-IL-7 and 4B9 “1+1” IgG-IL-2 qm immunoconjugates, compared to IgG-IL-2 qm and
IgG-IL-2 wt constructs.
FIGURE 29. Induction of Daudi cell proliferation by 4B9 “1+1” N-α, compared to
Roferon A.
FIGURE 30. Serum concentrations of IL-2 immunoconjugates after a single i.v. administration
of FAP-targeted (A) and eted (B) IgG-IL-2 constructs comprising either wild-type (wt) or
quadruple mutant (qm) IL-2.
FIGURE 31. Tissue distribution of FAP-targeted 28H1 IgG-IL qm compared to unconjugated
FAP-targeted 28H1 IgG and 4B9 IgG, as well as untargeted DP47GS IgG, 24 hours after i.v.
injection.
FIGURE 32. Binding of 28H1 -2 qm and 28H1 IgG-(IL-2 qm)2 immunoconjugates to
NK92 cells as determined by FACS.
FIGURE 33. Proliferation of NK cells upon incubation with different FAP-targeted 28H1 IL-2
immunoconjugates or Proleukin for 4 (A), 5 (B) or 6 (C) days.
FIGURE 34. Proliferation of CD4 T-cells upon incubation with different FAP-targeted 28H1 IL-
2 immunoconjugates or Proleukin for 4 (A), 5 (B) or 6 (C) days.
FIGURE 35. Proliferation of CD8 T-cells upon incubation with different FAP-targeted 28H1 IL-
2 immunoconjugates or Proleukin for 4 (A), 5 (B) or 6 (C) days.
FIGURE 36. Proliferation of pre-activated CD8 (A) and CD4 (B) T cells after six days
incubation with different IL-2 immunoconjugates.
FIGURE 37. tion induced cell death of CD3+ T cells after six days incubation with
different IL-2 immunoconjugates and overnight treatment with anti-Fas dy.
FIGURE 38. Serum concentrations of IL-2 immunoconjugates after a single i.v. administration
of untargeted DP47GS -2 constructs comprising either ype (A) or quadruple mutant
IL-2 (B).
FIGURE 39. Binding of DP47GS IgG to different antigens. Binding was detected in an ELISA-
based assay with the antigens captured on the plate. A human IgG1 antibody which exhibits
unspecific binding to almost all of the ed ns was used as positive control, blank
samples did not contain any antibody.
FIGURE 40. Binding of DP47GS IgG with or without LALA P329G mutation in the Fc domain
to subsets of fresh (A), PHA-L activated (B) and re-stimulated (C) human PBMCs, as
determined by FACS analysis. Upper left panel: B cells (in A, B) or CD4+ T cells (in C); upper
right panel: CD8+ T cells; lower left panel: NK cells; lower right panel: CD14+ cells
(monocytes/neutrophils).
Detailed Description of the Invention
Definitions
Terms are used herein as generally used in the art, unless otherwise defined in the following.
As used herein, the term “conjugate” refers to a fusion polypeptide molecule that includes one
effector moiety and a further peptide molecule, ularly an immunoglobulin molecule.
As used herein, the term "immunoconjugate" refers to a fusion polypeptide molecule that
includes one effector moiety, at least one antigen binding moiety and an Fc domain, ed
that not more than one effector moiety is present. In certain embodiments, the immunoconjugate
comprises one or moiety, two antigen g moieties, and an Fc domain. Particular
immunoconjugates according to the ion essentially consist of one or moiety, two
antigen binding moieties, and an Fc domain, joined by one or more linker ces. The
antigen g moiety and the effector moiety can be joined to the Fc domain by a variety of
interactions and in a variety of configurations as described herein. In a particular embodiment,
the two antigen binding moieties and the Fc domain are joined to each other in a configuration so
as to form a full immunoglobulin le. An immunoconjugate as referred to herein, is a
fusion protein, i.e. the components of the immunoconjugate are linked to each other by peptidebonds
, either directly or through linker peptides.
As used herein, the term "antigen binding moiety" refers to a polypeptide molecule that
specifically binds to an antigenic determinant. In one embodiment, an antigen binding moiety is
able to direct the entity to which it is attached (e.g. an effector moiety or a second n
binding moiety) to a target site, for example to a specific type of tumor cell or tumor stroma
bearing the antigenic determinant. Antigen binding moieties include antibodies and fragments
thereof as further defined herein. Particular antigen g moieties include an antigen binding
domain of an dy, comprising an antibody heavy chain le region and an antibody
light chain variable region. In certain embodiments, the antigen binding moieties may comprise
antibody constant regions as further defined herein and known in the art. Useful heavy chain
constant regions e any of the five isotypes: α, δ, ε, γ, or µ. Useful light chain constant
regions include any of the two isotypes: κ and λ.
As used herein, the term "antigenic determinant" is synonymous with "antigen" and "epitope,"
and refers to a site (e.g. a contiguous stretch of amino acids or a conformational uration
made up of different regions of non-contiguous amino acids) on a polypeptide macromolecule to
which an antigen binding moiety binds, forming an antigen binding -antigen complex.
Useful antigenic determinants can be found, for example, on the surfaces of tumor cells, on the
surfaces of virus-infected cells, on the es of other diseased cells, free in blood serum,
and/or in the ellular matrix (ECM). In a ular embodiment the antigenic determinant is
a human antigen.
By "specifically binds" is meant that the binding is selective for the antigen and can be
discriminated from unwanted or non-specific interactions. The ability of an antigen-binding
moiety to bind to a specific antigenic determinant can be measured either h an enzymelinked
immunosorbent assay (ELISA) or other techniques familiar to one of skill in the art, e.g.
surface plasmon resonance (SPR) technique (analyzed on a BIAcore instrument) (Liljeblad et al.,
Glyco J 17, 323-329 (2000)), and traditional binding assays (Heeley, Endocr Res 28, 217-229
(2002)). In one embodiment, the extent of binding of an antigen binding moiety to an unrelated
protein is less than about 10% of the binding of the antigen binding moiety to the antigen as
ed, e.g., by SPR. In certain embodiments, an antigen binding moiety that binds to the
antigen, or an conjugate comprising that antigen binding moiety, has a dissociation
constant (KD) of ≤ 1 µM, ≤ 100 nM, ≤ 10 nM, ≤ 1 nM, ≤ 0.1 nM, ≤ 0.01 nM, or ≤ 0.001 nM (e.g.
10-8 M or less, e.g. from 10-8 M to 10-13 M, e.g., from 10-9 M to 10-13 M).
“Affinity” refers to the strength of the sum total of non-covalent interactions between a single
binding site of a molecule (e.g., a receptor) and its binding partner (e.g., a ligand). Unless
indicated otherwise, as used herein, “binding affinity” refers to intrinsic binding affinity which
reflects a 1:1 interaction between members of a g pair (e.g., receptor and a ). The
affinity of a molecule X for its partner Y can generally be represented by the dissociation
constant (KD), which is the ratio of dissociation and association rate constants (koff and kon,
respectively). Thus, equivalent affinities may comprise different rate constants, as long as the
ratio of the rate constants remains the same. Affinity can be measured by well established
methods known in the art, including those described herein. A particular method for measuring
affinity is Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR).
“Reduced binding”, for example reduced binding to an Fc receptor or to CD25, refers to a
decrease in affinity for the respective interaction, as measured for e by SPR. For clarity
the term es also reduction of the affinity to zero (or below the detection limit of the
analytic method), i.e. complete abolishment of the ction. sely, “increased binding”
refers to an se in g affinity for the respective interaction.
As used herein, the terms “first” and “second” with respect to antigen-binding moieties etc., are
used for convenience of guishing when there is more than one of each type of moiety. Use
of these terms is not intended to confer a specific order or orientation of the immunoconjugate
unless itly so stated.
As used , the term "effector moiety" refers to a polypeptide, e.g., a protein or glycoprotein,
that influences cellular activity, for example, through signal transduction or other ar
pathways. Accordingly, the effector moiety of the invention can be associated with receptormediated
signaling that transmits a signal from outside the cell membrane to modulate a
response in a cell bearing one or more receptors for the or moiety. In one embodiment, an
effector moiety can elicit a cytotoxic response in cells bearing one or more receptors for the
effector moiety. In another embodiment, an effector moiety can elicit a proliferative response in
cells bearing one or more receptors for the effector . In another embodiment, an effector
moiety can elicit differentiation in cells bearing receptors for the effector . In another
embodiment, an effector moiety can alter expression (i.e. upregulate or downregulate) of an
endogenous cellular protein in cells bearing receptors for the effector moiety. Non-limiting
examples of effector moieties e cytokines, growth s, es, enzymes, substrates,
and cofactors. The effector moiety can be ated with an antigen-binding moiety or an Fc
domain in a variety of configurations to form an immunoconjugate.
As used herein, the term "cytokine" refers to a molecule that mediates and/or regulates a
biological or cellular function or s (e.g. immunity, inflammation, and hematopoiesis). The
term "cytokine" as used herein es "lymphokines," "chemokines," "monokines," and
"interleukins". Examples of useful cytokines include, but are not limited to, GM-CSF, IL-1α, IL-
1β, IL-2, IL-3, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-7, IL-8, IL-10, IL-12, IFN-α, IFN-β, IFN-γ, MIP-1α, MIP-1β,
TGF-β, TNF-α, and TNF-β. Particular cytokines are IL-2, IL-7, IL-10, IL-12, IL-15, IFN-α and
IFN-γ. In particular embodiments the cytokine is a human cytokine. The term “cytokine” as used
herein is meant to also include cytokine variants comprising one or more amino acid mutations
in the amino acid ces of the corresponding wild-type cytokine, such as for example the
IL-2 variants described in Sauvé et al., Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 88, 4636-40 (1991); Hu et al.,
Blood 101, 4853-4861 (2003) and US Pat. Publ. No. 2003/0124678; Shanafelt et al., Nature
Biotechnol 18, 202 (2000); Heaton et al., Cancer Res 53, 2597-602 (1993) and US Pat.
No. 109; US Pat. Publ. No. 2007/0036752; ; ; or PCT
patent application no. . Further cytokine variants, for example variants of
IL-15, are described herein. In n embodiments cytokines have been mutated to eliminate
glycosylation.
As used herein, the term "single-chain" refers to a molecule comprising amino acid monomers
linearly linked by peptide bonds. In one embodiment, the effector moiety is a single-chain
effector moiety. miting examples of single-chain effector moieties include cytokines,
growth factors, es, enzymes, substrates, and cofactors. When the or moiety is a
cytokine and the cytokine of interest is normally found as a multimer in nature, each subunit of
the multimeric cytokine is sequentially encoded by the single-chain of the effector moiety.
Accordingly, non-limiting examples of useful single-chain or moieties e GM-CSF,
IL-1α, IL-1β, IL-2, IL-3, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-7, IL-8, IL-10, IL-12, IL-15, IFN-α, IFN-β, IFN-γ,
MIP-1α, MIP-1β, TGF-β, TNF-α, and TNF-β.
As used herein, the term "control effector moiety" refers to an unconjugated effector . For
example, when comparing an IL-2 immunoconjugate as described herein with a control effector
, the control effector moiety is free, unconjugated IL-2. se, e.g., when comparing
an IL-12 immunoconjugate with a l effector moiety, the control or moiety is free,
unconjugated IL-12 (e.g. existing as a heterodimeric protein wherein the p40 and p35 subunits
share only disulfide bond(s)).
As used herein, the term "effector moiety receptor" refers to a polypeptide molecule capable of
binding ically to an effector moiety. For example, where IL-2 is the effector moiety, the
effector moiety receptor that binds to an IL-2 molecule (e.g. an immunoconjugate comprising IL-
2) is the IL-2 or. Similarly, e.g., where IL-12 is the effector moiety of an
immunoconjugate, the effector moiety or is the IL-12 or. Where an effector moiety
specifically binds to more than one receptor, all receptors that specifically bind to the effector
moiety are “effector moiety receptors” for that effector moiety.
The term “immunoglobulin molecule” refers to a protein having the ure of a naturally
occurring antibody. For example, immunoglobulins of the IgG class are heterotetrameric
glycoproteins of about 150,000 daltons, composed of two light chains and two heavy chains that
are disulfide-bonded. From N- to C-terminus, each heavy chain has a variable region (VH), also
called a variable heavy domain or a heavy chain variable domain, followed by three constant
domains (CH1, CH2, and CH3), also called a heavy chain constant region. Similarly, from N- to
C-terminus, each light chain has a variable region (VL), also called a variable light domain or a
light chain variable domain, followed by a constant light (CL) domain, also called a light chain
constant region. The heavy chain of an immunoglobulin may be assigned to one of five types,
called α (IgA), δ (IgD), ε (IgE), γ (IgG), or µ (IgM), some of which may be further divided into
subtypes, e.g. γ1 (IgG1), γ2 (IgG2), γ3 , γ4 (IgG4), α1 (IgA1) and α2 (IgA2). The light chain of
an immunoglobulin may be ed to one of two types, called kappa (κ) and lambda (λ), based
on the amino acid sequence of its constant domain. An immunoglobulin essentially consists of
two Fab molecules and an Fc , linked via the immunoglobulin hinge region.
The term "antibody" herein is used in the broadest sense and encompasses various antibody
structures, ing but not limited to monoclonal antibodies, polyclonal antibodies, and
antibody fragments so long as they exhibit the desired antigen-binding ty.
An ody fragment" refers to a molecule other than an intact antibody that comprises a
n of an intact antibody that binds the n to which the intact antibody binds. Examples
of antibody fragments include but are not limited to Fv, Fab, Fab', H, F(ab')2, diabodies,
linear antibodies, single-chain antibody molecules (e.g. scFv), and -domain antibodies. For
a review of certain antibody fragments, see Hudson et al., Nat Med 9, 129-134 (2003). For a
review of scFv fragments, see e.g. Plückthun, in The Pharmacology of Monoclonal Antibodies,
vol. 113, Rosenburg and Moore eds., Springer-Verlag, New York, pp. 269-315 (1994); see also
WO 93/16185; and U.S. Patent Nos. 5,571,894 and 5,587,458. For discussion of Fab and F(ab')2
fragments comprising salvage receptor binding epitope residues and having increased in vivo
half-life, see U.S. Patent No. 5,869,046. Diabodies are antibody fragments with two antigenbinding
sites that may be nt or bispecific. See, for example, EP 404,097; ;
Hudson et al., Nat Med 9, 129-134 (2003); and Hollinger et al., Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 90,
6444-6448 (1993). Triabodies and tetrabodies are also described in Hudson et al., Nat Med 9,
129-134 (2003). -domain antibodies are antibody fragments comprising all or a portion of
the heavy chain variable domain or all or a portion of the light chain variable domain of an
antibody. In certain embodiments, a single-domain antibody is a human single-domain antibody
(Domantis, Inc., Waltham, MA; see e.g. U.S. Patent No. 6,248,516 B1). Antibody fragments can
be made by various techniques, including but not limited to proteolytic digestion of an intact
antibody as well as production by inant host cells (e.g. E. coli or phage), as described
herein.
The term "antigen binding domain" refers to the part of an antibody that ses the area
which specifically binds to and is complementary to part or all of an antigen. An antigen binding
domain may be provided by, for example, one or more antibody variable domains (also called
antibody variable regions). Particularly, an antigen binding domain comprises an dy light
chain variable region (VL) and an antibody heavy chain le region (VH).
The term “variable region” or “variable domain” refers to the domain of an dy heavy or
light chain that is involved in binding the antibody to antigen. The variable domains of the heavy
chain and light chain (VH and VL, respectively) of a native antibody generally have similar
structures, with each domain comprising four conserved framework s (FRs) and three
hypervariable regions (HVRs). See, e.g., Kindt et al., Kuby Immunology, 6th ed., W.H. Freeman
and Co., page 91 . A single VH or VL domain may be sufficient to confer antigen-binding
specificity.
The term “hypervariable region” or “HVR”, as used herein, refers to each of the regions of an
dy variable domain which are hypervariable in sequence and/or form structurally defined
loops (“hypervariable loops”). Generally, native four-chain antibodies se six HVRs; three
in the VH (H1, H2, H3), and three in the VL (L1, L2, L3). HVRs generally comprise amino acid
residues from the hypervariable loops and/or from the complementarity determining regions
(CDRs), the latter being of highest sequence variability and/or involved in antigen recognition.
With the exception of CDR1 in VH, CDRs lly comprise the amino acid residues that form
the hypervariable loops. Hypervariable regions (HVRs) are also referred to as “complementarity
determining regions” , and these terms are used herein interchangeably in reference to
ns of the variable region that form the antigen binding regions. This particular region has
been described by Kabat et al., U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Sequences of Proteins
of Immunological Interest (1983) and by Chothia et al., J Mol Biol 196:901-917 (1987), where
the definitions include overlapping or subsets of amino acid residues when compared against
each other. Nevertheless, application of either definition to refer to a CDR of an antibody or
variants thereof is intended to be within the scope of the term as defined and used herein. The
riate amino acid residues which ass the CDRs as defined by each of the above
cited references are set forth below in Table 1 as a comparison. The exact residue numbers which
encompass a particular CDR will vary depending on the sequence and size of the CDR. Those
skilled in the art can routinely determine which residues comprise a particular CDR given the
variable region amino acid sequence of the antibody.
TABLE 1. CDR tions1
CDR Kabat Chothia AbM2
VH CDR1 31-35 26-32 26-35
VH CDR2 50-65 52-58 50-58
VH CDR3 95-102 95-102 95-102
VL CDR1 24-34 26-32 24-34
VL CDR2 50-56 50-52 50-56
VL CDR3 89-97 91-96 89-97
1 Numbering of all CDR definitions in Table 1 is ing to the numbering conventions
set forth by Kabat et al. (see below).
2 "AbM" with a ase “b” as used in Table 1 refers to the CDRs as
d by Oxford Molecular's "AbM" antibody ng software.
Kabat et al. also defined a numbering system for variable region sequences that is applicable to
any antibody. One of ordinary skill in the art can unambiguously assign this system of "Kabat
numbering" to any variable region ce, without reliance on any experimental data beyond
the sequence itself. As used herein, "Kabat numbering" refers to the numbering system set forth
by Kabat et al., U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, "Sequence of Proteins of
Immunological Interest" (1983). Unless otherwise specified, references to the numbering of
specific amino acid residue positions in an antibody variable region are according to the Kabat
numbering system.
The polypeptide sequences of the sequence listing (i.e., SEQ ID NOs 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, etc.) are
not numbered according to the Kabat numbering system. However, it is well within the ordinary
skill of one in the art to convert the numbering of the sequences of the Sequence g to Kabat
numbering.
"Framework" or "FR" refers to variable domain residues other than ariable region (HVR)
residues. The FR of a variable domain generally consists of four FR domains: FR1, FR2, FR3,
and FR4. Accordingly, the HVR and FR sequences generally appear in the following sequence in
VH (or VL): FR1-H1(L1)-FR2-H2(L2)-FR3-H3(L3)-FR4.
The “class” of an dy or immunoglobulin refers to the type of constant domain or constant
region sed by its heavy chain. There are five major classes of antibodies: IgA, IgD, IgE,
IgG, and IgM, and several of these may be further divided into subclasses pes), e.g., IgG1,
IgG2, IgG3, IgG4, IgA1, and IgA2. The heavy chain constant s that correspond to the
different classes of immunoglobulins are called α, δ, ε, γ, and µ, respectively.
The term “Fc domain” or “Fc region” herein is used to define a C-terminal region of an
immunoglobulin heavy chain that contains at least a portion of the constant region. The term
includes native sequence Fc regions and variant Fc regions. Although the boundaries of the Fc
region of an IgG heavy chain might vary slightly, the human IgG heavy chain Fc region is
usually defined to extend from , or from Pro230 , to the carboxyl-terminus of the heavy
chain. However, the C-terminal lysine (Lys447) of the Fc region may or may not be present.
Unless otherwise specified herein, numbering of amino acid residues in the Fc region or constant
region is according to the EU numbering system, also called the EU index, as bed in Kabat
et al., Sequences of Proteins of Immunological Interest, 5th Ed. Public Health Service, al
Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 1991. A “subunit” of an Fc domain as used herein refers to
one of the two ptides forming the dimeric Fc domain, i.e. a polypeptide sing C-
terminal constant regions of an immunoglobulin heavy chain, capable of stable self-association.
For example, a subunit of an IgG Fc domain comprises an IgG CH2 and an IgG CH3 constant
domain.
A “modification promoting heterodimerization” is a manipulation of the peptide backbone or the
post-translational modifications of a polypeptide that reduces or prevents the association of the
polypeptide with an identical ptide to form a homodimer. A modification promoting
heterodimerization as used herein particularly includes separate cations made to each of
two polypeptides desired to form a dimer, wherein the modifications are complementary to each
other so as to promote association of the two ptides. For e, a modification
promoting heterodimerization may alter the structure or charge of one or both of the
polypeptides desired to form a dimer so as to make their association sterically or electrostatically
ble, tively. Heterodimerization occurs between two non-identical polypeptides, such
as two subunits of an Fc domain wherein r immunoconjugate ents fused to each of
the subunits (e.g. antigen binding moiety, effector moiety) are not the same. In the
immunoconjugates according to the present invention, the modification promoting
heterodimerization is in the Fc domain. In some embodiments the modification promoting
heterodimerziation comprises an amino acid mutation, specifically an amino acid substitution. In
a particular embodiment, the modification promoting heterodimerization comprises a separate
amino acid mutation, specifically an amino acid substitution, in each of the two subunits of the
Fc domain.
The term “effector functions” refers to those biological ties utable to the Fc region of
an antibody, which vary with the antibody isotype. Examples of antibody effector ons
include: C1q binding and complement dependent cytotoxicity (CDC), Fc receptor binding,
antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC), antibody-dependent cellular
phagocytosis (ADCP), cytokine ion, immune complex-mediated antigen uptake by antigen
presenting cells, down regulation of cell surface receptors (e.g. B cell receptor), and B cell
activation.
As used herein, the terms “engineer, engineered, ering”, are considered to include any
manipulation of the peptide backbone or the post-translational modifications of a naturally
occurring or recombinant polypeptide or fragment thereof. Engineering es modifications of
the amino acid sequence, of the glycosylation pattern, or of the side chain group of individual
amino acids, as well as combinations of these approaches. “Engineering”, particularly with the
prefix “glyco-”, as well as the term “glycosylation engineering” includes metabolic engineering
of the glycosylation machinery of a cell, ing genetic manipulations of the accharide
sis pathways to achieve altered glycosylation of glycoproteins expressed in cells.
Furthermore, glycosylation engineering includes the effects of mutations and cell environment
on glycosylation. In one embodiment, the glycosylation engineering is an alteration in
glycosyltransferase activity. In a particular embodiment, the engineering results in altered
glucosaminyltransferase activity and/or ltransferase activity. Glycosylation engineering
can be used to obtain a “host cell having increased GnTIII activity”, a “host cell having increased
ManII activity”, or a “host cell having decreased α(1,6) fucosyltransferase activity”.
The term “amino acid mutation” as used herein is meant to encompass amino acid substitutions,
deletions, ions, and modifications. Any combination of substitution, deletion, insertion, and
modification can be made to arrive at the final construct, provided that the final construct
possesses the desired characteristics, e.g., reduced g to an Fc receptor, or d binding
to CD25. Amino acid sequence deletions and insertions include amino- and/or carboxy-terminal
deletions and insertions of amino acids. Particular amino acid mutations are amino acid
substitutions. For the purpose of altering e.g. the binding characteristics of an Fc region or a
cytokine such as IL-2, non-conservative amino acid substitutions, i.e. replacing one amino acid
with another amino acid having different structural and/or chemical properties, are particularly
preferred. Amino acid substitutions include replacement by non-naturally occurring amino acids
or by naturally ing amino acid derivatives of the twenty standard amino acids (e.g. 4-
hydroxyproline, 3-methylhistidine, ornithine, homoserine, 5-hydroxylysine). Amino acid
mutations can be generated using genetic or chemical methods well known in the art. Genetic
methods may e site-directed mutagenesis, PCR, gene synthesis and the like. It is
contemplated that methods of altering the side chain group of an amino acid by methods other
than genetic ering, such as chemical modification, may also be useful. Various
designations may be used herein to indicate the same amino acid on. For example, a
substitution from e at position 329 of the Fc domain to glycine can be indicated as 329G,
G329, G329, P329G, or Pro329Gly.
As used , term "polypeptide" refers to a molecule composed of monomers (amino acids)
linearly linked by amide bonds (also known as peptide . The term "polypeptide" refers to
any chain of two or more amino acids, and does not refer to a specific length of the product.
Thus, peptides, dipeptides, tripeptides, oligopeptides, "protein," "amino acid chain," or any other
term used to refer to a chain of two or more amino acids, are included within the definition of
"polypeptide," and the term "polypeptide" may be used instead of, or hangeably with any
of these terms. The term "polypeptide" is also intended to refer to the products of post-expression
modifications of the polypeptide, including without limitation glycosylation, acetylation,
phosphorylation, amidation, derivatization by known protecting/blocking groups, lytic
cleavage, or modification by non-naturally occurring amino acids. A polypeptide may be derived
from a natural biological source or produced by recombinant technology, but is not necessarily
translated from a designated nucleic acid sequence. It may be generated in any manner, including
by chemical synthesis. A polypeptide of the invention may be of a size of about 3 or more, 5 or
more, 10 or more, 20 or more, 25 or more, 50 or more, 75 or more, 100 or more, 200 or more,
500 or more, 1,000 or more, or 2,000 or more amino acids. Polypeptides may have a defined
three-dimensional structure, although they do not necessarily have such structure. Polypeptides
with a d three-dimensional structure are referred to as folded, and polypeptides which do
not possess a d three-dimensional structure, but rather can adopt a large number of
different conformations, and are referred to as unfolded.
By an "isolated" polypeptide or a variant, or derivative thereof is ed a polypeptide that is
not in its natural milieu. No particular level of purification is required. For example, an isolated
polypeptide can be removed from its native or natural environment. Recombinantly produced
polypeptides and proteins expressed in host cells are considered ed for the purpose of the
ion, as are native or recombinant polypeptides which have been separated, fractionated, or
partially or substantially purified by any suitable technique.
nt (%) amino acid sequence identity" with respect to a reference ptide ce is
defined as the percentage of amino acid residues in a ate sequence that are cal with
the amino acid es in the reference polypeptide sequence, after aligning the sequences and
introducing gaps, if necessary, to achieve the maximum percent sequence identity, and not
considering any conservative substitutions as part of the sequence identity. Alignment for
purposes of determining percent amino acid sequence identity can be achieved in various ways
that are within the skill in the art, for instance, using publicly available computer software such
as BLAST, BLAST-2, ALIGN or Megalign (DNASTAR) re. Those skilled in the art can
determine appropriate parameters for aligning sequences, including any thms needed to
achieve maximal alignment over the full length of the sequences being compared. For purposes
herein, however, % amino acid sequence identity values are generated using the sequence
comparison computer program ALIGN-2. The 2 sequence comparison computer
m was authored by Genentech, Inc., and the source code has been filed with user
documentation in the U.S. Copyright Office, Washington D.C., 20559, where it is registered
under U.S. Copyright Registration No. TXU510087. The ALIGN-2 program is publicly available
from Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, rnia, or may be ed from the source code.
The ALIGN-2 program should be compiled for use on a UNIX operating system, including
digital UNIX V4.0D. All sequence ison parameters are set by the ALIGN-2 program and
do not vary. In situations where ALIGN-2 is employed for amino acid sequence comparisons,
the % amino acid ce identity of a given amino acid sequence A to, with, or against a given
amino acid sequence B (which can alternatively be phrased as a given amino acid sequence A
that has or comprises a certain % amino acid sequence identity to, with, or against a given amino
acid sequence B) is calculated as follows:
100 times the fraction X/Y
where X is the number of amino acid residues scored as identical matches by the sequence
alignment program ALIGN-2 in that program’s alignment of A and B, and where Y is the total
number of amino acid es in B. It will be appreciated that where the length of amino acid
sequence A is not equal to the length of amino acid sequence B, the % amino acid sequence
identity of A to B will not equal the % amino acid sequence identity of B to A. Unless
specifically stated otherwise, all % amino acid sequence identity values used herein are obtained
as described in the immediately preceding aph using the ALIGN-2 computer m.
The term "polynucleotide" refers to an isolated c acid molecule or construct, e.g.
messenger RNA (mRNA), virally-derived RNA, or plasmid DNA . A polynucleotide
may se a conventional phosphodiester bond or a non-conventional bond (e.g. an amide
bond, such as found in peptide nucleic acids (PNA). The term "nucleic acid molecule" refers to
any one or more c acid segments, e.g. DNA or RNA fragments, present in a
polynucleotide.
By "isolated" nucleic acid molecule or polynucleotide is intended a nucleic acid molecule, DNA
or RNA, which has been removed from its native environment. For example, a recombinant
polynucleotide encoding a eutic polypeptide contained in a vector is considered isolated
for the purposes of the present invention. Further examples of an isolated polynucleotide include
recombinant polynucleotides maintained in heterologous host cells or purified (partially or
substantially) polynucleotides in solution. An isolated polynucleotide includes a polynucleotide
molecule contained in cells that ordinarily contain the polynucleotide le, but the
polynucleotide molecule is present extrachromosomally or at a somal location that is
different from its natural chromosomal location. Isolated RNA les include in vivo or in
vitro RNA ripts of the present invention, as well as positive and negative strand forms, and
double-stranded forms. ed polynucleotides or nucleic acids according to the present
ion further e such molecules produced synthetically. In addition, a cleotide or
a nucleic acid may be or may include a regulatory element such as a promoter, ribosome binding
site, or a transcription terminator.
By a nucleic acid or polynucleotide having a nucleotide sequence at least, for example, 95%
"identical" to a reference tide sequence of the present invention, it is intended that the
nucleotide sequence of the polynucleotide is identical to the reference ce except that the
polynucleotide sequence may include up to five point mutations per each 100 nucleotides of the
reference nucleotide sequence. In other words, to obtain a polynucleotide having a tide
sequence at least 95% cal to a reference nucleotide sequence, up to 5% of the nucleotides
in the reference sequence may be deleted or substituted with another nucleotide, or a number of
nucleotides up to 5% of the total nucleotides in the nce sequence may be inserted into the
reference sequence. These alterations of the reference sequence may occur at the 5’ or 3’
terminal positions of the reference nucleotide sequence or anywhere between those terminal
positions, interspersed either individually among residues in the reference sequence or in one or
more contiguous groups within the reference sequence. As a practical matter, whether any
particular cleotide sequence is at least 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98% or 99%
identical to a nucleotide ce of the present invention can be determined conventionally
using known computer programs, such as the ones discussed above for polypeptides (e.g.
ALIGN-2).
The term "expression te" refers to a polynucleotide generated recombinantly or
synthetically, with a series of specified nucleic acid elements that permit transcription of a
ular nucleic acid in a target cell. The recombinant expression cassette can be incorporated
into a plasmid, chromosome, mitochondrial DNA, plastid DNA, virus, or nucleic acid fragment.
Typically, the recombinant expression cassette n of an expression vector includes, among
other sequences, a nucleic acid sequence to be transcribed and a promoter. In certain
embodiments, the expression cassette of the invention comprises polynucleotide sequences that
encode immunoconjugates of the invention or nts thereof.
The term r” or "expression vector" is synonymous with "expression construct" and refers
to a DNA molecule that is used to introduce and direct the expression of a specific gene to which
it is operably associated in a target cell. The term includes the vector as a self-replicating nucleic
acid structure as well as the vector incorporated into the genome of a host cell into which it has
been uced. The expression vector of the t invention comprises an expression
cassette. Expression s allow transcription of large amounts of stable mRNA. Once the
expression vector is inside the target cell, the ribonucleic acid molecule or protein that is
encoded by the gene is produced by the cellular transcription and/or translation machinery. In
one embodiment, the sion vector of the invention comprises an expression cassette that
comprises polynucleotide sequences that encode immunoconjugates of the invention or
fragments thereof.
The term "artificial" refers to a tic, or non-host cell derived composition, e.g. a
chemically-synthesized oligonucleotide.
The terms "host cell", "host cell line," and "host cell e" are used interchangeably and refer
to cells into which exogenous nucleic acid has been uced, including the progeny of such
cells. Host cells include "transformants" and formed cells," which include the primary
transformed cell and progeny d therefrom without regard to the number of passages.
Progeny may not be completely identical in c acid content to a parent cell, but may contain
mutations. Mutant progeny that have the same function or biological activity as screened or
selected for in the originally transformed cell are included herein. A host cell is any type of
cellular system that can be used to generate the immunoconjugates used for the present invention.
In one embodiment, the host cell is engineered to allow the tion of an immunoconjugate
with modified oligosaccharides in its Fc region. In certain embodiments, the host cells have been
manipulated to express increased levels of one or more polypeptides having β(1,4)-N-
acetylglucosaminyltransferase III (GnTIII) activity. In certain ments the host cells have
been further manipulated to express increased levels of one or more polypeptides having αmannosidase
II ) activity. Host cells include cultured cells, e.g. mammalian cultured cells,
such as CHO cells, BHK cells, NS0 cells, SP2/0 cells, YO myeloma cells, P3X63 mouse
myeloma cells, PER cells, PER.C6 cells or hybridoma cells, yeast cells, insect cells, and plant
cells, to name only a few, but also cells comprised within a transgenic animal, enic plant or
cultured plant or animal tissue.
As used herein, the term "polypeptide having GnTIII activity" refers to polypeptides that are able
to catalyze the addition of a N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) residue in β-1,4 linkage to the βlinked
mannoside of the trimannosyl core of N-linked oligosaccharides. This includes fusion
polypeptides exhibiting enzymatic activity similar to, but not necessarily identical to, an activity
of β(1,4)-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase III, also known as β-1,4-mannosyl-glycoprotein 4-
beta-N-acetylglucosaminyl-transferase (EC 2.4.1.144), according to the lature
Committee of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NC-IUBMB), as
measured in a ular biological assay, with or without dose dependency. In the case where
dose dependency does exist, it need not be identical to that of GnTIII, but rather substantially
similar to the dose-dependency in a given activity as compared to the GnTIII (i.e. the ate
polypeptide will exhibit greater activity or not more than about 25-fold less and, ably, not
more than about ten-fold less activity, and most ably, not more than about three-fold less
ty relative to the GnTIII). In certain embodiments the polypeptide having GnTIII activity is
a fusion polypeptide sing the catalytic domain of GnTIII and the Golgi localization
domain of a heterologous Golgi resident polypeptide. Particularly, the Golgi localization domain
is the localization domain of mannosidase II or GnTI, most particularly the localization domain
of mannosidase II. Alternatively, the Golgi zation domain is selected from the group
consisting of: the localization domain of mannosidase I, the localization domain of GnTII, and
the localization domain of α1,6 core fucosyltransferase. Methods for generating such fusion
ptides and using them to produce antibodies with increased or functions are
disclosed in , U.S. Provisional Pat. Appl. No. 60/495,142 and U.S. Pat. Appl.
Publ. No. 241817, the entire contents of which are expressly incorporated herein by
reference.
As used herein, the term “Golgi localization domain” refers to the amino acid sequence of a
Golgi resident ptide which is sible for anchoring the polypeptide to a location
within the Golgi complex. Generally, localization domains comprise amino al "tails" of an
enzyme.
As used herein, the term "polypeptide having ManII activity" refers to polypeptides that are able
to catalyze the hydrolysis of the terminal 1,3- and 1,6-linked α-D-mannose es in the
branched GlcNAcMan5GlcNAc2 mannose intermediate of N-linked oligosaccharides. This
includes polypeptides exhibiting enzymatic activity similar to, but not necessarily identical to, an
activity of Golgi α-mannosidase II, also known as mannosyl oligosaccharide 1,3-1,6-αmannosidase
II (EC 3.2.1.114), according to the Nomenclature Committee of the International
Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NC-IUBMB).
An “activating Fc receptor” is an Fc receptor that following engagement by an Fc region of an
antibody (or immunoconjugate) elicits signaling events that stimulate the receptor-bearing cell to
perform effector functions. Activating Fc receptors include FcγRIIIa (CD16a), FcγRI (CD64),
FcγRIIa (CD32), and FcαRI (CD89).
Antibody-dependent ediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) is an immune mechanism leading to the
lysis of antibody-coated target cells by immune effector cells. The target cells are cells to which
antibodies, conjugates or fragments thereof comprising an Fc region ically bind,
lly via the protein part that is N-terminal to the Fc region. As used herein, the term
“increased ADCC” is d as either an increase in the number of target cells that are lysed in
a given time, at a given concentration of immunoconjugate in the medium surrounding the target
cells, by the mechanism of ADCC defined above, and/or a reduction in the concentration of
immunoconjugate, in the medium surrounding the target cells, required to achieve the lysis of a
given number of target cells in a given time, by the mechanism of ADCC. The increase in ADCC
is relative to the ADCC mediated by the same immunoconjugate produced by the same type of
host cells, using the same standard production, purification, formulation and storage methods
(which are known to those skilled in the art), but that has not been engineered. For example the
increase in ADCC ed by an immunoconjugate produced by host cells engineered to have
an altered pattern of glycosylation (e.g. to express the yltransferase, GnTIII, or other
glycosyltransferases) by the methods described herein, is relative to the ADCC mediated by the
same immunoconjugate produced by the same type of non-engineered host cells.
By “immunoconjugate having increased dy dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity
(ADCC)” is meant an immunoconjugate having increased ADCC as determined by any suitable
method known to those of ordinary skill in the art. One accepted in vitro ADCC assay is as
follows:
1) the assay uses target cells that are known to express the target antigen
recognized by the antigen binding moiety of the conjugate;
2) the assay uses human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs),
isolated from blood of a ly chosen healthy donor, as effector cells;
3) the assay is carried out according to following protocol:
i) the PBMCs are isolated using standard density centrifugation procedures
and are suspended at 5 x 106 ml in RPMI cell culture medium;
ii) the target cells are grown by standard tissue culture methods, harvested
from the exponential growth phase with a viability higher than 90%, washed in RPMI cell
culture medium, labeled with 100 micro-Curies of 51Cr, washed twice with cell culture medium,
and resuspended in cell culture medium at a density of 105 cells/ml;
iii) 100 microliters of the final target cell suspension above are transferred to
each well of a 96-well microtiter plate;
iv) the immunoconjugate is serially-diluted from 4000 ng/ml to 0.04 ng/ml in
cell culture medium and 50 microliters of the resulting immunoconjugate solutions are added to
the target cells in the 96-well microtiter plate, testing in triplicate various immunoconjugate
concentrations covering the whole concentration range above;
v) for the maximum e (MR) controls, 3 additional wells in the plate
ning the labeled target cells, receive 50 microliters of a 2% (V/V) aqueous solution of nonionic
detergent (Nonidet, Sigma, St. Louis), instead of the conjugate solution (point iv
above);
vi) for the spontaneous e (SR) controls, 3 additional wells in the plate
containing the labeled target cells, receive 50 microliters of RPMI cell culture medium instead of
the immunoconjugate solution (point iv above);
vii) the 96-well microtiter plate is then centrifuged at 50 x g for 1 minute and
incubated for 1 hour at 4°C;
viii) 50 microliters of the PBMC suspension (point i above) are added to each
well to yield an effector:target cell ratio of 25:1 and the plates are placed in an tor under
% CO2 here at 37°C for 4 hours;
ix) the cell-free supernatant from each well is harvested and the
experimentally released radioactivity (ER) is quantified using a gamma counter;
x) the percentage of specific lysis is calculated for each immunoconjugate
concentration according to the formula (ER-MR)/(MR-SR) x 100, where ER is the average
radioactivity quantified (see point ix above) for that immunoconjugate concentration, MR is the
average radioactivity quantified (see point ix above) for the MR controls (see point v , and
SR is the average radioactivity quantified (see point ix above) for the SR controls (see point vi
above);
4) “increased ADCC” is defined as either an increase in the maximum percentage of
specific lysis observed within the immunoconjugate concentration range tested above, and/or a
reduction in the concentration of conjugate required to achieve one half of the maximum
percentage of specific lysis observed within the immunoconjugate concentration range tested
above. The increase in ADCC is relative to the ADCC, ed with the above assay, mediated
by the same conjugate, produced by the same type of host cells, using the same standard
production, cation, ation and storage methods, which are known to those skilled in
the art, but that has not been engineered.
An "effective amount" of an agent refers to the amount that is necessary to result in a
physiological change in the cell or tissue to which it is administered.
A "therapeutically effective amount" of an agent, e.g. a pharmaceutical composition, refers to an
amount effective, at dosages and for periods of time necessary, to e the desired therapeutic
or prophylactic result. A therapeutically effective amount of an agent for example eliminates,
decreases, delays, zes or prevents adverse effects of a disease.
An “individual” or “subject” is a mammal. Mammals e, but are not limited to,
domesticated animals (e.g. cows, sheep, cats, dogs, and horses), primates (e.g. humans and nonhuman
primates such as monkeys), s, and rodents (e.g. mice and rats). Particularly, the
individual or subject is a human.
The term "pharmaceutical composition" refers to a preparation which is in such form as to permit
the biological ty of an active ingredient contained therein to be ive, and which
ns no additional components which are unacceptably toxic to a subject to which the
formulation would be administered.
A “pharmaceutically acceptable carrier” refers to an ingredient in a pharmaceutical composition,
other than an active ingredient, which is nontoxic to a subject. A pharmaceutically acceptable
carrier includes, but is not limited to, a buffer, excipient, stabilizer, or preservative.
As used herein, “treatment” (and grammatical variations thereof such as “treat” or “treating”)
refers to clinical intervention in an attempt to alter the natural course of a disease in the
individual being treated, and can be performed either for laxis or during the course of
clinical ogy. Desirable effects of treatment include, but are not limited to, preventing
occurrence or recurrence of disease, alleviation of symptoms, diminishment of any direct or
indirect pathological consequences of the disease, preventing metastasis, decreasing the rate of
disease progression, ration or palliation of the disease state, and remission or improved
prognosis. In some embodiments, immunoconjugates of the invention are used to delay
pment of a disease or to slow the progression of a disease.
The term “package insert” is used to refer to instructions customarily included in commercial
es of eutic products, that n information about the indications, usage, dosage,
administration, combination therapy, contraindications and/or warnings ning the use of
such therapeutic products.
Detailed Description of the Embodiments
Described herein is an immunoconjugate comprising a first antigen g moiety, an Fc
domain ting of two subunits, and an effector moiety, wherein not more than one effector
moiety is present. The absence of further effector moieties may reduce targeting of the
immunoconjugate to sites where the respective or moiety receptor is presented, thereby
improving targeting to and accumulation at sites where the actual target antigen of the
immunoconjugate, which is ized by the antigen binding moiety, is presented. Furthermore,
the absence of an y effect for the respective effector moiety receptor can reduce activation
of effector moiety receptor-positive cells in peripheral blood upon intravenous administration of
the conjugate. Furthermore, the serum ife of immunoconjugates comprising only a
single effector moiety appears to be longer as compared to immunoconjugates comprising two or
more effector moieties.
Immunoconjugate Formats
The components of the immunoconjugate can be fused to each other in a variety of
configurations. Exemplary urations are depicted in Figure 2. In one embodiment the
or moiety is fused to the amino- or carboxy-terminal amino acid of one of the two subunits
of the Fc domain. In one embodiment the effector moiety is fused to the carboxy-terminal amino
acid of one of the two subunits of the Fc domain. The effector moiety may be fused to the Fc
domain directly or through a linker peptide, comprising one or more amino acids, typically about
2-20 amino acids. Linker peptides are known in the art or are described herein. Suitable, nonimmunogenic
linker peptides e, for example, (G4S)n, (SG4)n or G4(SG4)n linker es.
“n” is generally a number between 1 and 10, typically between 2 and 4. Alternatively, where the
effector moiety is linked to the N-terminus of an Fc domain subunit, it may be linked via an
immunoglobulin hinge region or a portion thereof, with or without an additional linker peptide.
Similarly, the first antigen binding moiety can be fused to the amino- or carboxy-terminal amino
acid of one of the two subunits of the Fc domain. In one embodiment the first antigen binding
moiety is fused to the amino-terminal amino acid of one of the two subunits of the Fc .
The first antigen binding moiety may be fused to the Fc domain ly or through a linker
peptide. In a particular embodiment the first antigen binding moiety is fused to the Fc domain
through an immunoglobulin hinge region. In a specific embodiment, the immunoglobulin hinge
region is a human IgG1 hinge region.
In one embodiment the first antigen binding moiety comprises an antigen binding domain of an
antibody, comprising an antibody heavy chain variable region and an antibody light chain
variable region. In a particular embodiment the first n binding moiety is a Fab molecule. In
one embodiment the Fab molecule is fused at its heavy or light chain carboxy-terminus to the
terminal amino acid of one of the two subunits of the Fc . In a particular
embodiment the Fab molecule is fused at its heavy chain carboxy-terminus to the amino-terminal
amino acid of one of the two subunits of the Fc domain. In a more particular embodiment the
Fab molecule is fused to the Fc domain through an immunoglobulin hinge . In a specific
embodiment, the immunoglobulin hinge region is a human IgG1 hinge region.
In one embodiment the conjugate ially consists of an antigen binding , an
Fc domain consisting of two subunits, an effector moiety, and optionally one or more linker
peptides, wherein said antigen binding domain is a Fab molecule and is fused at its heavy chain
carboxy-terminus to the amino-terminal amino acid of one of the two subunits of the Fc domain,
and wherein said effector moiety is fused either (i) to the amino-terminal amino acid of the other
one of the two subunits of the Fc domain, or (ii) to the carboxy-terminal amino acid of one of the
two subunits of the Fc domain. In the latter case, the effector moiety and the first antigen binding
moiety may both be fused to the same subunit of the Fc domain, or may each be fused to a
different one of the two subunits of the Fc domain.
An conjugate format with a single antigen g moiety (for example as shown in
Figure 2B and 2C) is useful, particularly in cases where internalization of the target antigen is to
be expected following binding of a high affinity antigen binding moiety. In such cases, the
presence of more than one antigen binding moiety per immunoconjugate may enhance
internalization, thereby reducing availablity of the target antigen.
In many other cases, however, it will be advantageous to have an immunoconjugate comprising
two or more antigen binding moieties and a single effector moiety to optimize targeting to the
target antigen versus the or moiety receptor, and the ceutical window of the
immunoconjugate.
Thus, in a particular embodiment the immunoconjugate described herein comprises a first and a
second antigen binding moiety. In one embodiment each of said first and second antigen binding
moieties is fused to the amino-terminal amino acid of one of the two subunits of the Fc domain.
The first and second antigen binding es may be fused to the Fc domain directly or through
a linker peptide. In a particular ment each of said first and second antigen binding
moieties is fused to a subunit of the Fc domain through an immunoglobulin hinge region. In a
ic embodiment, the immunoglobulin hinge region is a human IgG1 hinge .
In one embodiment each of said first and second antigen binding moieties comprises an antigen
binding domain of an antibody, comprising an antibody heavy chain variable region and an
antibody light chain variable region. In a particular embodiment each of said first and second
antigen binding moieties is a Fab le. In one embodiment each of said Fab molecules is
fused at its heavy or light chain carboxy-terminus to the amino-terminal amino acid of one of the
two subunits of the Fc domain. In a particular embodiment each of said Fab molecules is fused at
its heavy chain carboxy-terminus to the amino-terminal amino acid of one of the two subunits of
the Fc domain. In a more particular embodiment each of said Fab molecules is fused to a subunit
of the Fc domain through an immunoglobulin hinge region. In a specific embodiment, the
immunoglobulin hinge region is a human IgG1 hinge region.
In one embodiment the first and the second antigen binding moiety and the Fc domain are part of
an immunoglobulin molecule. In a particular embodiment the immunoglobulin molecule is an
IgG class immunoglobulin. In an even more particular embodiment the immunoglobulin is an
IgG1 subclass immunoglobulin. In another particular embodiment the immunoglobulin is a
human immunoglobulin. In other embodiments the immunoglobulin is a chimeric
immunoglobulin or a humanized immunoglobulin. In one embodiment the effector moiety is
fused to the carboxy-terminal amino acid of one of the immunoglobulin heavy chains. The
effector moiety may be fused to the immunoglobulin heavy chain directly or through a linker
peptide. In a particular embodiment the conjugate essentially ts of an
immunoglobulin molecule, an effector moiety fused to the carboxy-terminal amino acid of one
of the immunoglobulin heavy chains, and optionally one or more linker peptides.
In one ment the immunoconjugate comprises a polypeptide wherein a Fab heavy chain
shares a carboxy-terminal peptide bond with an Fc domain subunit and a polypeptide wherein an
Fc domain subunit shares a carboxy-terminal peptide bond with an effector moiety polypeptide.
In another embodiment, the immunoconjugate comprises a polypeptide wherein a first Fab heavy
chain shares a carboxy-terminal peptide bond with an Fc domain t, and a ptide
wherein a second Fab heavy chain shares a carboxy-terminal peptide bond with an Fc domain
subunit, which in turn shares a carboxy-terminal peptide bond with an effector moiety
polypeptide. In a further embodiment the immunoconjugate ses a polypeptide n a
Fab heavy chain shares a carboxy-terminal peptide bond with an Fc domain subunit and a
polypeptide wherein an effector moiety polypeptide shares a carboxy-terminal peptide bond with
an Fc domain subunit. In some embodiments the immunoconjugate r comprises a Fab light
chain polypeptide. In certain embodiments the polypeptides are ntly linked, e.g., by a
disulfide bond.
According to any of the above embodiments, components of the immunoconjugate (e.g. or
, antigen binding moiety, Fc domain) may be linked directly or through various linkers,
particularly peptide linkers comprising one or more amino acids, typically about 2-20 amino
acids, that are described herein or are known in the art. Suitable, non-immunogenic linker
peptides include, for example, (G4S)n, (SG4)n or G4(SG4)n linker peptides, wherein n is generally
a number n 1 and 10, lly n 2 and 4.
Fc domain
The Fc domain of the immunoconjugate consists of a pair of polypeptide chains comprising
heavy chain domains of an immunoglobulin molecule. For example, the Fc domain of an
immunoglobulin G (IgG) molecule is a dimer, each subunit of which comprises the CH2 and
CH3 IgG heavy chain constant domains. The two subunits of the Fc domain are capable of stable
association with each other. In one ment the conjugate of the invention comprises
not more than one Fc domain.
In one embodiment according the invention the Fc domain of the immunoconjugate is an IgG Fc
domain. In a particular embodiment the Fc domain is an IgG1 Fc domain. In another embodiment,
the Fc domain is an IgG4 Fc domain. In a further particular embodiment the Fc domain is human.
An exemplary ce of a human IgG1 Fc region is given in SEQ ID NO: 1.
The Fc domain confers to the immunoconjugate a greatly prolonged serum-half life as ed
to conjugate formats lacking an Fc domain. Particularly when the immunoconjugate
comprises an effector moiety of rather weak activity (but e.g. reduced toxicity), a long half-life
might be essential to e optimal efficacy in vivo. Moreover, the Fc domain can mediate
effector functions, as will be r discussed below..
Fc domain modifications promoting heterodimerization
Immunoconjugates according to the invention comprise only one single effector moiety, fused to
one of the two subunits of the Fc domain, thus they se two non-identical polypeptide
chains. Recombinant co-expression of these ptides and uent zation leads to
several possible combinations of the two polypeptides, out of which only heterodimers of the
two non-identical polypeptides are useful according to the invention. To improve the yield and
purity of immunoconjugates in recombinant production, it can thus be advantageous to introduce
in the Fc domain of the immunoconjugate a modification which hinders the formation of
homodimers of two identical polypeptides (i.e. two polypeptides comprising an effector moiety,
or two polypeptides lacking an effector moiety) and/or promotes the formation of heterodimers
of a polypeptide comprising an effector moiety and a polypeptide lacking an effector moiety.
Accordingly, in n embodiments according to the invention the Fc domain of the
immunoconjugate comprises a modification promoting heterodimerization of two non-identical
polypeptide chains. The site of most extensive protein-protein interaction between the two
polypeptide chains of a human IgG Fc domain is in the CH3 domain of the Fc domain. Thus, in
one embodiment said modification is in the CH3 domain of the Fc domain.
In a specific embodiment said modification is a knob-into-hole modification, sing a knob
cation in one of the two subunits of the Fc domain and a hole cation in the other
one of the two subunits of the Fc domain.
The knob-into-hole technology is described e.g. in US 5,731,168; US 7,695,936; Ridgway et al.,
Prot Eng 9, 617-621 (1996) and Carter, J Immunol Meth 248, 7-15 (2001). Generally, the
method involves introducing a protuberance (“knob”) at the interface of a first ptide and a
ponding cavity ”) in the interface of a second polypeptide, such that the
protuberance can be positioned in the cavity so as to promote heterodimer formation and hinder
homodimer formation. Protuberances are constructed by replacing small amino acid side chains
from the interface of the first polypeptide with larger side chains (e.g. tyrosine or tryptophan).
Compensatory cavities of identical or similar size to the protuberances are d in the
interface of the second polypeptide by replacing large amino acid side chains with smaller ones
(e.g. alanine or threonine). The erance and cavity can be made by altering the nucleic acid
encoding the polypeptides, e.g. by site-specific mutagenesis, or by peptide synthesis. In a
specific embodiment a knob modification comprises the amino acid substitution T366W in one
of the two subunits of the Fc domain, and the hole modification ses the amino acid
substitutions T366S, L368A and Y407V in the other one of the two subunits of the Fc . In
a r specific embodiment, the subunit of the Fc domain comprising the knob modification
onally comprises the amino acid substitution S354C, and the subunit of the Fc domain
comprising the hole modification additionally comprises the amino acid substitution Y349C.
Introduction of these two cysteine residues results in formation of a disulfide bridge between the
two subunits of the Fc region, further stabilizing the dimer (Carter, J Immunol Methods 248, 7-
(2001)).
In an alternative embodiment a modification ing heterodimerization of two non-identical
polypeptide chains comprises a modification mediating electrostatic steering effects, e.g. as
described in PCT publication . Generally, this method involves replacement of
one or more amino acid residues at the interface of the two polypeptide chains by charged amino
acid residues so that homodimer formation becomes electrostatically rable but
heterodimerization electrostatically favorable.
In a particular embodiment the effector moiety is fused to the amino- or carboxy-terminal amino
acid of the subunit of the Fc domain comprising the knob modification. Without wishing to be
bound by theory, fusion of the effector moiety to the ontaining subunit of the Fc domain
will further minimize the generation of homodimeric immunoconjugates comprising two effector
moieties (steric clash of two ontaining polypeptides).
Fc domain modifications altering Fc receptor binding
In certain embodiments of the invention the Fc domain of the immunoconjugate is engineered to
have altered binding affinity to an Fc receptor, specifically altered binding affinity to an Fcγ
receptor, as compared to a non-engineered Fc domain.
Binding to Fc receptors can be easily determined e.g. by ELISA, or by Surface Plasmon
Resonance (SPR) using standard instrumentation such as a BIAcore ment (GE care),
and Fc ors such as may be obtained by inant expression. A suitable such binding
assay is described herein. Alternatively, g affinity of Fc domains or immunoconjugates
comprising an Fc domain for Fc receptors may be evaluated using cell lines known to s
particular Fc receptors, such as NK cells expressing FcγIIIa receptor.
In some embodiments the Fc domain of the immunoconjugate is engineered to have altered
effector functions, particularly altered ADCC, as compared to a non-engineered Fc domain.
Effector function of an Fc domain, or an immunoconjugate comprising an Fc domain, can be
measured by methods known in the art. A suitable assay for measuring ADCC is described
herein. Other examples of in vitro assays to assess ADCC activity of a molecule of interest are
described in U.S. Patent No. 5,500,362; Hellstrom et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 83, 7059-7063
(1986) and Hellstrom et al., Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 82, 1499-1502 (1985); U.S. Patent No.
5,821,337; Bruggemann et al., J Exp Med 166, 361 (1987). Alternatively, dioactive
assays methods may be employed (see, for example, ACTI™ non-radioactive cytotoxicity assay
for flow try (CellTechnology, Inc. Mountain View, CA); and CytoTox 96® nonradioactive
cytotoxicity assay (Promega, Madison, WI)). Useful effector cells for such assays
include peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and Natural Killer (NK) cells. Alternatively,
or onally, ADCC activity of the molecule of interest may be assessed in vivo, e.g. in a
animal model such as that sed in Clynes et al., Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 95, 652-656
(1998).
In some embodiments binding of the Fc domain to a complement component, specifically to C1q,
is altered. Accordingly, in some embodiments wherein the Fc domain is engineered to have
altered effector function, said d effector on includes altered CDC. C1q binding assays
may be carried out to determine whether the immunoconjugate is able to bind C1q and hence has
CDC activity. See e.g., C1q and C3c binding ELISA in and .
To assess ment activation, a CDC assay may be performed (see, for example, Gazzano-
Santoro et al., J Immunol Methods 202, 163 (1996); Cragg et al., Blood 101, 1045-1052 (2003);
and Cragg and Glennie, Blood 103, 2738-2743 (2004)).
a) Decreased Fc receptor binding and/or effector function
The Fc domain confers to the conjugate ble pharmacokinetic properties, including
a long serum ife which contributes to good lation in the target tissue and a favorable
-blood distribution ratio. At the same time it may, however, lead to undesirable targeting of
the immunoconjugate to cells expressing Fc receptors rather than to the preferred antigenbearing
cells. Moreover, the co-activation of Fc receptor ing pathways may lead to
cytokine release which, in combination with the or moiety and the long half-life of the
immunoconjugate, results in excessive activation of cytokine receptors and severe side effects
upon systemic administration. In line with this, conventional IgG-IL-2 immunoconjugates have
been described to be associated with on reactions (see e.g. King et al., J Clin Oncol 22,
4463-4473 (2004)).
Accordingly, in particular embodiments according to the invention the Fc domain of the
immunoconjugate is engineered to have reduced binding affinity to an Fc receptor. In one such
embodiment the Fc domain comprises one or more amino acid mutation that reduces the binding
ty of the Fc domain to an Fc receptor. Typically, the same one or more amino acid mutation
is present in each of the two subunits of the Fc domain. In one embodiment said amino acid
mutation reduces the binding affinity of the Fc domain to the Fc receptor by at least 2-fold, at
least 5-fold, or at least 10-fold. In embodiments where there is more than one amino acid
mutation that reduces the binding affinity of the Fc domain to the Fc receptor, the combination of
these amino acid mutations may reduce the binding affinity of the Fc domain to the Fc receptor
by at least 10-fold, at least 20-fold, or even at least 50-fold. In one embodiment the
immunoconjugate sing an engineered Fc domain exhibits less than 20%, particularly less
than 10%, more particularly less than 5% of the binding affinity to an Fc receptor as compared to
an immunoconjugate comprising a non-engineered Fc . In one embodiment the Fc
receptor is an activating Fc receptor. In a ic ment the Fc receptor is an Fcγ receptor,
more specifically an FcγRIIIa, FcγRI or FcγRIIa receptor. Preferably, binding to each of these
receptors is reduced. In some ments binding affinity to a ment component,
specifically binding affinity to C1q, is also reduced. In one embodiment binding affinity to
neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) is not reduced. Substantially similar g to FcRn, i.e.
preservation of the binding affinity of the Fc domain to said receptor, is achieved when the Fc
domain (or the immunoconjugate comprising said Fc ) exhibits greater than about 70% of
the binding ty of a non-engineered form of the Fc domain (or the conjugate
comprising said non-engineered form of the Fc domain) to FcRn. Fc domains, or
immunoconjugates of the ion comprising said Fc domains, may exhibit greater than about
80% and even greater than about 90% of such affinity. In one embodiment the amino acid
mutation is an amino acid substitution. In one embodiment the Fc domain comprises an amino
acid substitution at position P329. In a more specific embodiment the amino acid substitution is
P329A or P329G, particularly P329G. In one ment the Fc domain comprises a further
amino acid substitution at a position selected from S228, E233, L234, L235, N297 and P331. In
a more specific embodiment the r amino acid substitution is S228P, E233P, L234A,
L235A, L235E, N297A, N297D or P331S. In a particular embodiment the Fc domain comprises
amino acid substitutions at positions P329, L234 and L235. In a more particular embodiment the
Fc domain comprises the amino acid mutations L234A, L235A and P329G (LALA P329G). This
combination of amino acid substitutions almost completely abolishes Fcγ receptor g of a
human IgG Fc domain, as described in European patent application no. EP 51.2,
incorporated herein by reference in its ty. EP 11160251.2 also describes methods of
preparing such mutant Fc domains and methods for determining its properties such as Fc
receptor binding or or functions.
Mutant Fc domains can be prepared by amino acid deletion, substitution, insertion or
modification using genetic or chemical methods well known in the art. Genetic methods may
include site-specific mutagenesis of the encoding DNA sequence, PCR, gene sis, and the
like. The correct nucleotide changes can be verified for example by sequencing.
In one embodiment the Fc domain is engineered to have decreased effector function, compared
to a non-engineered Fc domain. The decreased effector function can include, but is not d
to, one or more of the following: decreased complement dependent cytotoxicity (CDC),
decreased antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC), decreased antibodydependent
cellular phagocytosis (ADCP), decreased cytokine secretion, decreased immune
complex-mediated antigen uptake by antigen-presenting cells, sed binding to NK cells,
decreased binding to macrophages, decreased binding to monocytes, sed binding to
polymorphonuclear cells, decreased direct signaling inducing apoptosis, decreased crosslinking
of -bound dies, decreased dendritic cell maturation, or decreased T cell priming.
In one embodiment the decreased effector on is one or more selected from the group of
decreased CDC, decreased ADCC, decreased ADCP, and decreased cytokine secretion. In a
particular embodiment the decreased or function is decreased ADCC. In one embodiment
the decreased ADCC is less than 20% of the ADCC induced by a non-engineered Fc domain (or
an immunoconjugate comprising a non-engineered Fc domain).
In addition to the Fc domains described hereinabove and in European patent application no. EP
11160251.2, Fc domains with reduced Fc receptor binding and/or effector function also include
those with substitution of one or more of Fc domain residues 238, 265, 269, 270, 297, 327 and
329 (U.S. Patent No. 6,737,056). Such Fc s include Fc mutants with substitutions at two
or more of amino acid positions 265, 269, 270, 297 and 327, including the so-called “DANA” Fc
mutant with substitution of residues 265 and 297 to alanine (US Patent No. 7,332,581).
IgG4 antibodies t reduced binding affinity to Fc receptors and reduced effector functions as
compared to IgG1 antibodies. Hence, in some embodiments the Fc domain of the T cell
activating bispecific antigen binding molecules of the invention is an IgG4 Fc domain,
particularly a human IgG4 Fc domain. In one embodiment the IgG4 Fc domain comprises amino
acid tutions at position S228, specifically the amino acid substitution S228P. To further
reduce its g affinity to an Fc receptor and/or its effector function, in one ment the
IgG4 Fc domain comprises an amino acid substitution at on L235, specifically the amino
acid substitution L235E. In another embodiment, the IgG4 Fc domain comprises an amino acid
substitution at position P329, ically the amino acid substitution P329G. In a particular
embodiment, the IgG4 Fc domain comprises amino acid substitutions at ons S228, L235
and P329, specifically amino acid substitutions S228P, L235E and P329G. Such IgG4 Fc domain
mutants and their Fcγ receptor binding properties are bed in European patent application
no. EP 11160251.2, incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
b) Increased Fc receptor binding and/or effector function
Conversely, there may be situations where it is desirable to maintain or even enhance Fc receptor
binding and/or effector functions of immunoconjugates, for example when the immunoconjugate
is targeted to a highly specific tumor antigen. Hence, in n embodiments the Fc domain of
the immunoconjugates of the invention is engineered to have increased binding affinity to an Fc
receptor. Increased binding affinity may be an increase in the binding affinity of the Fc domain
to the Fc receptor by at least , at least 5-fold, or at least 10-fold. In one embodiment the Fc
receptor is an activating Fc receptor. In a specific embodiment the Fc receptor is an Fcγ receptor.
In one embodiment the Fc receptor is selected from the group of FcγRIIIa, FcγRI and FcγRIIa.
In a particular embodiment the Fc or is FcγRIIIa.
In one such embodiment the Fc domain is engineered to have an altered oligosaccharide
structure compared to a non-engineered Fc domain. In a particular such ment the Fc
domain comprises an sed proportion of non-fucosylated oligosaccharides, compared to a
non-engineered Fc domain. In a more specific embodiment, at least about 20%, about 25%,
about 30%, about 35%, about 40%, about 45%, about 50%, about 55%, about 60%, about 65%,
about 70%, about 75%, about 80%, about 85%, about 90%, about 95%, or about 100%,
particularly at least about 50%, more particularly at least about 70%, of the N-linked
oligosaccharides in the Fc domain of the immunoconjugate are non-fucosylated. The nonfucosylated
oligosaccharides may be of the hybrid or complex type. In another specific
embodiment the Fc domain comprises an increased proportion of bisected oligosaccharides,
compared to a non-engineered Fc domain. In a more specific embodiment, at least about 10%,
about 15%, about 20%, about 25%, about 30%, about 35%, about 40%, about 45%, about 50%,
about 55%, about 60%, about 65%, about 70%, about 75%, about 80%, about 85%, about 90%,
about 95%, or about 100%, particularly at least about 50%, more particularly at least about 70%,
of the N-linked oligosaccharides in the Fc domain of the immunoconjugate are bisected. The
bisected oligosaccharides may be of the hybrid or complex type. In yet another specific
embodiment the Fc domain comprises an increased proportion of ed, non-fucosylated
oligosaccharides, compared to a non-engineered Fc domain. In a more specific ment, at
least about 10%, about 15%, about 20%, about 25%, about 30%, about 35%, about 40%, about
45%, about 50%, about 55%, about 60%, about 65%, about 70%, about 75%, about 80%, about
85%, about 90%, about 95%, or about 100%, particularly at least about 15%, more particularly at
least about 25%, at least about 35% or at least about 50%, of the N-linked oligosaccharides in the
Fc domain of the immunoconjugate are bisected, non-fucosylated. The bisected, non-fucosylated
oligosaccharides may be of the hybrid or complex type.
The accharide structures in the immunoconjugate Fc domain can be ed by methods
well known in the art, e.g. by MALDI TOF mass spectrometry as bed in Umana et al., Nat
Biotechnol 17, 176-180 (1999) or Ferrara et al., Biotechn Bioeng 93, 1 (2006). The
tage of cosylated oligosaccharides is the amount of oligosaccharides lacking fucose
residues, relative to all oligosaccharides attached to Asn 297 (e.g. complex, hybrid and high
mannose ures) and identified in an N-glycosidase F treated sample by MALDI TOF MS.
Asn 297 refers to the asparagine residue located at about position 297 in the Fc domain (EU
numbering of Fc region residues); however, Asn297 may also be located about ± 3 amino acids
upstream or downstream of position 297, i.e., between positions 294 and 300, due to minor
sequence variations in immunoglobulins. The tage of bisected, or bisected nonfucosylated
, oligosaccharides is determined analogously.
Modification of the glycosylation in the Fc domain of the immunoconjugate may result from
tion of the immunoconjugate in a host cell that has been manipulated to express altered
levels of one or more polypeptides having yltransferase activity.
In one embodiment the Fc domain of the immunoconjugate is engineered to have an altered
oligosaccharide structure, as compared to a non-engineered Fc domain, by producing the
immunoconjugate in a host cell having altered ty of one or more glycosyltransferase.
Glycosyltransferases include for example β(1,4)-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase III (GnTIII),
β(1,4)-galactosyltransferase (GalT), β(1,2)-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase I (GnTI), β(1,2)-N-
acetylglucosaminyltransferase II (GnTII) and α(1,6)-fucosyltransferase. In a specific
embodiment the Fc domain of the immunoconjugate is engineered to comprise an sed
proportion of non-fucosylated oligosaccharides, as compared to a non-engineered Fc , by
producing the immunoconjugate in a host cell having increased β(1,4)-N-
acetylglucosaminyltransferase III (GnTIII) activity. In an even more specific embodiment the
host cell onally has increased α-mannosidase II (ManII) activity. The glycoengineering
methodology that can be used for glycoengineering immunoconjugates of the present invention
has been described in greater detail in Umana et al., Nat Biotechnol 17, 176-180 (1999); Ferrara
et al., Biotechn Bioeng 93, 851-861 (2006); WO 99/54342 (U.S. Pat. No. 6,602,684; EP
1071700); (U.S. Pat. Appl. Publ. No. 2004/0241817; EP 1587921), WO
03/011878 (U.S. Pat. Appl. Publ. No. 2003/0175884), the content of each of which is expressly
incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
Generally, any type of cultured cell line, including the cell lines discussed herein, can be used to
generate cell lines for the production of immunoconjugates with altered glycosylation n.
ular cell lines include CHO cells, BHK cells, NS0 cells, SP2/0 cells, YO myeloma cells,
P3X63 mouse a cells, PER cells, PER.C6 cells or hybridoma cells, and other ian
cells. In certain embodiments, the host cells have been manipulated to express increased levels of
one or more ptides having β(1,4)-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase III I) activity. In
certain embodiments the host cells have been further manipulated to express increased levels of
one or more polypeptides having α-mannosidase II (ManII) activity. In a specific embodiment,
the polypeptide having GnTIII activity is a fusion polypeptide comprising the catalytic domain
of GnTIII and the Golgi localization domain of a heterologous Golgi resident polypeptide.
Particularly, said Golgi localization domain is the Golgi localization domain of mannosidase II.
Methods for generating such fusion polypeptides and using them to e antibodies with
increased effector functions are disclosed in Ferrara et al., Biotechn Bioeng 93, 851-861 (2006)
and , the entire contents of which are expressly incorporated herein by
reference.
The host cells which contain a coding sequence of an immunoconjugate of the invention and/or a
coding sequence of a polypeptide having glycosyltransferase activity, and which express the
biologically active gene products, may be identified e.g. by DNA-DNA or A
hybridization, the presence or absence of "marker" gene functions, assessing the level of
transcription as measured by the expression of the respective mRNA transcripts in the host cell,
or detection of the gene product as measured by immunoassay or by its biological activity -
methods which are well known in the art. GnTIII or Man II activity can be detected e.g. by
employing a lectin which binds to biosynthesis products of GnTIII or ManII, respectively. An
example for such a lectin is the E4-PHA lectin which binds entially to oligosaccharides
containing bisecting GlcNAc. Biosynthesis products (i.e. specific oligosaccharide structures) of
polypeptides having GnTIII or ManII activity can also be detected by mass spectrometric
is of oligosaccharides ed from roteins produced by cells expressing said
polypeptides. Alternatively, a functional assay which es the increased effector function
and/or sed Fc receptor binding, mediated by conjugates produced by the cells
engineered with the polypeptide having GnTIII or ManII activity may be used.
In another embodiment the Fc domain is engineered to comprise an increased proportion of nonfucosylated
oligosaccharides, as compared to a gineered Fc domain, by ing the
immunoconjugate in a host cell having decreased α(1,6)-fucosyltransferase activity. A host cell
having decreased -fucosyltransferase activity may be a cell in which the α(1,6)-
ltransferase gene has been disrupted or otherwise deactivated, e.g. knocked out (see
Yamane-Ohnuki et al., Biotech Bioeng 87, 614 (2004); Kanda et al., Biotechnol Bioeng 94(4),
680-688 (2006); Niwa et al., J Immunol Methods 306, 151-160 (2006)).
Other examples of cell lines capable of ing defucosylated immunoconjugates include
Lec13 CHO cells deficient in n lation (Ripka et al., Arch Biochem Biophys 249,
533-545 (1986); US Pat. Appl. No. US 2003/0157108; and , especially at
Example 11). The immunoconjugates of the present invention can alternatively be
glycoengineered to have reduced fucose residues in the Fc domain according to the techniques
disclosed in EP 1 176 195 A1, WO 03/084570, WO 119 and U.S. Pat. Appl. Pub. Nos.
2003/0115614, 2004/093621, 2004/110282, 2004/110704, 2004/132140, US Pat. No. 6,946,292
(Kyowa), e.g. by reducing or hing the ty of a GDP-fucose transporter protein in the
host cells used for immunoconjugate production.
Glycoengineered immunoconjugates of the invention may also be produced in expression
systems that produce modified roteins, such as those taught in WO 56914
(GlycoFi, Inc.) or in and (Greenovation).
In one embodiment the Fc domain of the immunoconjugate is engineered to have increased
effector on, compared to a non-engineered Fc domain. The increased effector on can
include, but is not limited to, one or more of the following: increased complement dependent
cytotoxicity (CDC), increased antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC), increased
antibody-dependent cellular ytosis (ADCP), increased cytokine secretion, increased
immune x-mediated antigen uptake by antigen-presenting cells, increased binding to NK
cells, increased binding to hages, increased binding to monocytes, increased binding to
polymorphonuclear cells, increased direct signaling inducing apoptosis, increased inking of
target-bound antibodies, increased dendritic cell maturation, or increased T cell priming.
In one embodiment the increased effector function is one or more selected from the group of
increased CDC, increased ADCC, increased ADCP, and increased cytokine ion. In a
particular embodiment the increased effector function is increased ADCC. In one embodiment
ADCC induced by an ered Fc domain (or an immunoconjugate comprising an engineered
Fc domain) is a least 2-fold increased as compared to ADCC induced by a non-engineered Fc
domain (or an immunoconjugate comprising a non-engineered Fc domain).
Effector Moieties
The or moieties for use in the immunoconjugates described herein are generally
polypeptides that influence cellular activity, for example, h signal transduction pathways.
Accordingly, the or moiety of the immunoconjugate useful as described herein can be
associated with receptor-mediated signaling that transmits a signal from outside the cell
membrane to modulate a response within the cell. For example, an effector moiety of the
immunoconjugate can be a cytokine. In particular embodiments the effector moiety is human.
In certain embodiments the effector moiety is a single chain or moiety. In a particular
ment the effector moiety is a cytokine. Examples of useful cytokines include, but are not
limited to, , IL-1α, IL-1β, IL-2, IL-3, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-7, IL-8, IL-10, IL-12, IL-21,
IFN-α, IFN-β, IFN-γ, MIP-1α, MIP-1β, TGF-β, TNF-α, and TNF-β. In one embodiment the
effector moiety of the immunoconjugate is a cytokine selected from the group of GM-CSF, IL-2,
IL-7, IL-8, IL-10, IL-12, IL-15, IL-21, IFN-α, IFN-γ, MIP-1α, MIP-1β and TGF-β. In one
ment the effector moiety of the immunoconjugate is a cytokine selected from the group
of IL-2, IL-7, IL-10, IL-12, IL-15, IFN-α, and IFN-γ. In certain embodiments the cytokine
effector moiety is mutated to remove N- and/or osylation sites. Elimination of
glycosylation increases homogeneity of the product obtainable in inant tion.
In a particular embodiment the effector moiety of the immunoconjugate is IL-2. In a specific
embodiment, the IL-2 effector moiety can elicit one or more of the cellular responses selected
from the group consisting of: proliferation in an activated T lymphocyte cell, differentiation in an
activated T lymphocyte cell, cytotoxic T cell (CTL) activity, proliferation in an activated B cell,
entiation in an activated B cell, proliferation in a natural killer (NK) cell, differentiation in
a NK cell, cytokine secretion by an activated T cell or an NK cell, and NK/lymphocyte activated
killer (LAK) antitumor cytotoxicity. In r ular embodiment the IL-2 effector moiety is
a mutant IL-2 effector moiety having reduced binding affinity to the α-subunit of the IL-2
receptor. Together with the β- and γ-subunits (also known as CD122 and CD132, respectively),
the α-subunit (also known as CD25) forms the heterotrimeric high-affinity IL-2 receptor, while
the dimeric receptor consisting only of the β- and γ-subunits is termed the intermediate-affinity
IL-2 receptor. As described in PCT patent application number , which is
incorporated herein by reference in its entirety, a mutant IL-2 polypeptide with reduced g
to the α-subunit of the IL-2 receptor has a reduced ability to induce IL-2 signaling in regulatory
T cells, induces less activation-induced cell death (AICD) in T cells, and has a reduced toxicity
profile in vivo, ed to a wild-type IL-2 polypeptide. The use of such an or moiety
with reduced toxicity is particularly advantageous in an immunoconjugate as described herein
having a long serum half-life due to the presence of an Fc domain. In one embodiment, the
mutant IL-2 effector moiety of the immunoconjugate as described herein comprises at least one
amino acid mutation that reduces or hes the affinity of the mutant IL-2 effector moiety to
the α-subunit of the IL-2 receptor (CD25) but preserves the affinity of the mutant IL-2 effector
moiety to the intermediate-affinity IL-2 receptor (consisting of the β- and γ-subunits of the IL-2
receptor), compared to the non-mutated IL-2 effector moiety. In one embodiment the one or
more amino acid mutations are amino acid substitutions. In a specific embodiment, the mutant
IL-2 effector moiety comprises one, two or three amino acid substitutions at one, two or three
on(s) ed from the positions corresponding to residue 42, 45, and 72 of human IL-2. In
a more specific embodiment, the mutant IL-2 effector moiety comprises three amino acid
substitutions at the positions corresponding to residue 42, 45 and 72 of human IL-2. In an even
more ic embodiment, and in the immunoconjugate of the invention, the mutant IL-2
effector moiety is human IL-2 comprising the amino acid substitutions F42A, Y45A and L72G.
In one embodiment the mutant IL-2 effector moiety additionally comprises an amino acid
mutation at a position corresponding to position 3 of human IL-2, which eliminates the O-
glycosylation site of IL-2. Particularly, said additional amino acid mutation is an amino acid
substitution replacing a threonine residue by an alanine residue. A particular mutant IL-2 effector
moiety useful in the invention comprises four amino acid substitutions at positions
corresponding to residues 3, 42, 45 and 72 of human IL-2. Specific amino acid substitutions are
T3A, F42A, Y45A and L72G. As demonstrated in PCT patent application number
and in the appended Examples, said quadruple mutant IL-2 ptide
(IL-2 qm) exhibits no able binding to CD25, reduced ability to induce apoptosis in T cells,
reduced ability to induce IL-2 signaling in Treg cells, and a reduced toxicity profile in vivo.
However, it retains ability to activate IL-2 signaling in effector cells, to induce proliferation of
effector cells, and to generate IFN-γ as a ary cytokine by NK cells.
The IL-2 or mutant IL-2 effector moiety according to any of the above embodiments may
comprise additional mutations that provide further advantages such as sed expression or
stability. For example, the ne at on 125 may be replaced with a neutral amino acid
such as alanine, to avoid the formation of ide-bridged IL-2 . Thus, in certain
embodiments the IL-2 or mutant IL-2 effector moiety of the immunoconjugate described herein
comprises an additional amino acid mutation at a position corresponding to residue 125 of
human IL-2. In one embodiment said additional amino acid on is the amino acid
substitution C125A.
In a specific embodiment the IL-2 effector moiety of the immunoconjugate ses the
ptide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2. In another specific embodiment the IL-2 effector moiety
of the immunoconjugate comprises the polypeptide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3.
In another embodiment the or moiety of the immunoconjugate is IL-12. In a specific
embodiment said IL-12 effector moiety is a single chain IL-12 effector moiety. In an even more
specific embodiment the single chain IL-12 effector moiety comprises the polypeptide sequence
of SEQ ID NO: 4. In one embodiment, the IL-12 effector moiety can elicit one or more of the
cellular responses selected from the group consisting of: eration in a NK cell,
entiation in a NK cell, proliferation in a T cell, and differentiation in a T cell.
In another embodiment the effector moiety of the immunoconjugate is IL-10. In a ic
embodiment said IL-10 effector moiety is a single chain IL-10 effector moiety. In an even more
specific embodiment the single chain IL-10 effector moiety comprises the ptide sequence
of SEQ ID NO: 5. In another specific embodiment the IL-10 effector moiety is a monomeric IL-
effector moiety. In a more specific ment the monomeric IL-10 effector moiety
comprises the polypeptide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6. In one embodiment, the IL-10 effector
moiety can elicit one or more of the ar responses selected from the group consisting of:
inhibition of cytokine secretion, inhibition of antigen presentation by antigen presenting cells,
ion of oxygen radical release, and inhibition of T cell proliferation. An immunoconjugate
as described herein wherein the effector moiety is IL-10 is particularly useful for downregulation
of inflammation, e.g. in the treatment of an inflammatory disorder.
In r ment the effector moiety of the immunoconjugate is IL-15. In a specific
embodiment said IL-15 effector moiety is a mutant IL-15 effector moiety having reduced
binding affinity to the α-subunit of the IL-15 receptor. Without wishing to be bound by theory, a
mutant IL-15 polypeptide with reduced binding to to the α-subunit of the IL-15 receptor has a
reduced ability to bind to fibroblasts throughout the body, resulting in improved
pharmacokinetics and toxicity profile, compared to a wild-type IL-15 polypeptide. The use of an
or moiety with d ty, such as the described mutant IL-2 and mutant IL-15
effector moieties, is particularly advantageous in an immunoconjugate as described herein,
having a long serum half-life due to the presence of an Fc domain. In one embodiment the
mutant IL-15 effector moiety of the immunoconjugate comprises at least one amino acid
mutation that reduces or abolishes the affinity of the mutant IL-15 effector moiety to the αsubunit
of the IL-15 receptor but ves the affinity of the mutant IL-15 effector moiety to the
intermediate-affinity IL-15/IL-2 receptor (consisting of the β- and γ-subunits of the IL-15/IL-2
receptor), compared to the non-mutated IL-15 effector moiety. In one embodiment the amino
acid mutation is an amino acid substitution. In a specific embodiment, the mutant IL-15 effector
moiety comprises an amino acid tution at the position ponding to residue 53 of
human IL-15. In a more specific embodiment, the mutant IL-15 effector moiety is human IL-15
comprising the amino acid substitution E53A. In one ment the mutant IL-15 effector
moiety additionally comprises an amino acid mutation at a position corresponding to position 79
of human IL-15, which eliminates the N-glycosylation site of IL-15. Particularly, said additional
amino acid mutation is an amino acid substitution replacing an asparagine e by an alanine
residue. In an even more specific embodiment the IL-15 effector moiety comprises the
polypeptide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 7. In one embodiment, the IL-15 effector moiety can elicit
one or more of the cellular responses selected from the group ting of: proliferation in an
activated T lymphocyte cell, differentiation in an activated T lymphocyte cell, cytotoxic T cell
(CTL) activity, proliferation in an activated B cell, differentiation in an activated B cell,
proliferation in a natural killer (NK) cell, differentiation in a NK cell, cytokine secretion by an
activated T cell or an NK cell, and NK/lymphocyte activated killer (LAK) antitumor
xicity.
Mutant cytokine molecules useful as effector moieties in the immunoconjugates can be prepared
by deletion, substitution, insertion or modification using genetic or chemical methods well
known in the art. c methods may include site-specific mutagenesis of the ng DNA
sequence, PCR, gene sis, and the like. The correct nucleotide changes can be verified for
example by sequencing. Substitution or ion may involve natural as well as non-natural
amino acid residues. Amino acid modification includes well known s of chemical
modification such as the on or removal of ylation sites or carbohydrate attachments,
and the like.
In one embodiment, the effector moiety, particularly a single-chain or moiety, of the
immunoconjugate is GM-CSF. In a specific embodiment, the GM-CSF effector moiety can elicit
proliferation and/or differentiation in a granulocyte, a monocyte or a dendritic cell. In one
embodiment, the effector moiety, ularly a single-chain effector , of the
immunoconjugate is IFN-α. In a specific embodiment, the IFN-α effector moiety can elicit one
or more of the cellular responses selected from the group consisting of: inhibiting viral
replication in a infected cell, and upregulating the expression of major ompatibility
complex I (MHC I). In another specific embodiment, the IFN-α effector moiety can inhibit
proliferation in a tumor cell. In one embodiment the effector moiety, particularly a single-chain
effector moiety, of the immunoconjugate is IFN-γ. In a specific embodiment, the IFN-γ effector
moiety can elicit one or more of the cellular responses selected from the group of: sed
macrophage activity, increased expression of MHC molecules, and increased NK cell activity. In
one embodiment the effector moiety, ularly a single-chain effector moiety, of the
immunoconjugate is IL-7. In a specific embodiment, the IL-7 effector moiety can elicit
proliferation of T and/or B lymphocytes. In one embodiment, the effector moiety, particularly a
single-chain effector moiety, of the immunoconjugate is IL-8. In a ic embodiment, the IL-8
effector moiety can elicit chemotaxis in neutrophils. In one embodiment, the effector moiety,
particularly a -chain effector moiety, of the immunoconjugate, is MIP-1α. In a specific
embodiment, the MIP-1α effector moiety can elicit chemotaxis in monocytes and T lymphocyte
cells. In one embodiment, the effector moiety, particularly a single-chain effector moiety, of the
immunoconjugate is MIP-1β. In a specific embodiment, the MIP-1β effector moiety can elicit
chemotaxis in monocytes and T lymphocyte cells. In one embodiment, the effector moiety,
particularly a single-chain effector moiety, of the immunoconjugate is TGF-β. In a specific
ment, the TGF-β or moiety can elicit one or more of the cellular ses selected
from the group consisting of: chemotaxis in monocytes, chemotaxis in macrophages,
upregulation of IL-1 expression in activated macrophages, and upregulation of IgA expression in
activated B cells.
In one embodiment, the immunoconjugate of the ion binds to an effector moiety receptor
with a dissociation constant (KD) that is at least about 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, 5.5, 6, 6.5, 7,
7.5, 8, 8.5, 9, 9.5 or 10 times greater than that for a control effector moiety. In r
embodiment, the conjugate binds to an effector moiety receptor with a KD that is at least
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 times greater than that for a corresponding immunoconjugate molecule
comprising two or more effector es. In another embodiment, the immunoconjugate binds
to an effector moiety receptor with a dissociation constant KD that is about 10 times greater than
that for a corresponding conjugate molecule comprising two or more effector moieties.
Antigen Binding Moieties
The immunoconjugates described herein comprise at least one antigen binding moiety. In
particular embodiments, the immunoconjugates comprises two antigen g moieties, i.e. a
first and a second antigen binding moiety. In one ment the immunoconjugate comprises
not more than two antigen binding moieties.
The antigen binding moiety of the immunoconjugate of the ion is generally a polypeptide
molecule that binds to a specific antigenic inant and is able to direct the entity to which it
is attached (e.g. an effector moiety and an Fc domain) to a target site, for example to a specific
type of tumor cell or tumor stroma that bears the antigenic determinant. The immunoconjugate
can bind to antigenic determinants found, for example, on the surfaces of tumor cells, on the
surfaces of virus-infected cells, on the surfaces of other diseased cells, free in blood serum,
and/or in the extracellular matrix (ECM).
In certain embodiments the n binding moiety is ed to an antigen associated with a
pathological condition, such as an antigen presented on a tumor cell or in a tumor cell
environment, at a site of inflammation, or on a virus-infected cell.
Non-limiting examples of tumor antigens e MAGE, MART-1/Melan-A, gp100, Dipeptidyl
peptidase IV (DPPIV), adenosine deaminase-binding protein (ADAbp), cyclophilin b, Colorectal
associated antigen (CRC)-C017-1A/GA733, Carcinoembryonic Antigen (CEA) and its
genic epitopes CAP-1 and CAP-2, etv6, aml1, Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) and its
immunogenic es PSA-1, PSA-2, and PSA-3, prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA),
amily of tumor antigens (e.g., MAGE-A1, MAGE-A2, 3, 4,
MAGE-A5, MAGE-A6, MAGE-A7, MAGE-A8, MAGE-A9, MAGE-A10, MAGE-A11,
MAGE-A12, MAGE-Xp2 (MAGE-B2), MAGE-Xp3 (MAGE-B3), MAGE-Xp4 (MAGE-B4),
MAGE-C1, 2, 3, MAGE-C4, MAGE-C5), GAGE-family of tumor antigens
(e.g., GAGE-1, GAGE-2, GAGE-3, GAGE-4, GAGE-5, GAGE-6, GAGE-7, GAGE-8, GAGE-
9), BAGE, RAGE, LAGE-1, NAG, GnT-V, MUM-1, CDK4, tyrosinase, p53, MUC family,
HER2/neu, p21ras, RCAS1, α-fetoprotein, E-cadherin, α-catenin, β-catenin and γ-catenin,
p120ctn, gp100 7, PRAME, NY-ESO-1, cdc27, adenomatous polyposis coli protein
(APC), fodrin, Connexin 37, otype, p15, gp75, GM2 and GD2 gangliosides, viral products
such as human papilloma virus proteins, Smad family of tumor antigens, lmp-1, P1A, EBV-
encoded nuclear antigen (EBNA)-1, brain glycogen phosphorylase, SSX-1, SSX-2 (HOM-MEL-
40), SSX-1, SSX-4, SSX-5, SCP-1 and CT-7, and c-erbB-2.
miting es of viral antigens include influenza virus hemagglutinin, Epstein-Barr
virus LMP-1, hepatitis C virus E2 glycoprotein, HIV gp160, and HIV gp120.
Non-limiting examples of ECM antigens include syndecan, heparanase, integrins, osteopontin,
link, cadherins, laminin, laminin type EGF, lectin, fibronectin, notch, tenascin, and matrixin.
The immunoconjugates described herein can bind to the following specific miting
examples of cell surface antigens: FAP, Her2, EGFR, IGF-1R, CD22 (B-cell receptor), CD23
(low affinity IgE receptor), CD30 (cytokine receptor), CD33 (myeloid cell surface antigen),
CD40 (tumor necrosis factor receptor), IL-6R (IL6 receptor), CD20, MCSP, and PDGFβR (β
platelet-derived growth factor receptor). In particular embodiments the antigen is a human
antigen.
In certain embodiments the antigen-binding moiety is directed to an antigen presented on a
tumor cell or in a tumor cell environment. In other embodiments the antigen binding moiety is
ed to an antigen ted at a site of inflammation. In a specific embodiment the antigen-
binding moiety is directed to an antigen selected from the group of Fibroblast Activation Protein
(FAP), the A1 domain of Tenascin-C (TNC A1), the A2 domain of Tenascin-C (TNC A2), the
Extra Domain B of Fibronectin (EDB), Carcinoembryonic Antigen (CEA), and Melanomaassociated
Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycan (MCSP).
In one embodiment, the conjugate comprises two or more antigen g moieties,
wherein each of these antigen binding moieties specifically binds to the same antigenic
determinant.
The antigen binding moiety can be any type of dy or fragment thereof that retains specific
binding to an nic determinant. Antibody fragments e, but are not limited to, VH
fragments, VL fragments, Fab fragments, F(ab’)2 fragments, scFv fragments, Fv fragments,
minibodies, diabodies, dies, and odies (see e.g. Hudson and Souriau, Nature Med 9,
129-134 (2003)). In a particular embodiment the antigen binding moiety is a Fab molecule. In
one embodiment said Fab molecule is human. In another embodiment said Fab molecule is
humanized. In yet r embodiment said Fab molecule comprises human heavy and light
chain constant regions.
In one embodiment the immunoconjugate comprises at least one, lly two or more antigen
binding es that are specific for the Extra Domain B of fibronectin (EDB). In another
embodiment the immunoconjugate ses at least one, typically two or more antigen binding
moieties that can compete with monoclonal antibody L19 for binding to an e of EDB. See,
e.g., PCT publication A1 (incorporated herein by reference in its entirety).
In yet another embodiment the immunoconjugate comprises a ptide sequence wherein a
Fab heavy chain derived from the L19 monoclonal antibody shares a carboxy-terminal peptide
bond with an Fc domain subunit comprising a knob modification, which in turn shares a
carboxy-terminal peptide bond with an IL-2 polypeptide. In a more specific embodiment the
immunoconjugate comprises the polypeptide ce of SEQ ID NO: 215 or a variant thereof
that retains functionality. In one embodiment the conjugate comprises a polypeptide
sequence wherein a Fab heavy chain derived from the L19 monoclonal antibody shares a
carboxy-terminal peptide bond with an Fc domain subunit comprising a hole modification. In a
more specific embodiment the immunoconjugate comprises the polypeptide sequence of SEQ ID
NO: 213 or a variant thereof that retains functionality. In another embodiment the
immunoconjugate comprises a Fab light chain d from the L19 monoclonal antibody. In a
more specific embodiment the immunoconjugate comprises the polypeptide sequence of SEQ ID
NO: 217 or a variant thereof that retains functionality. In yet another embodiment the
immunoconjugate comprises the polypeptide sequences of SEQ ID NO: 213, SEQ ID NO: 215
and SEQ ID NO: 217, or variants thereof that retain functionality. In another specific
embodiment the polypeptides are covalently , e.g., by a disulfide bond. In some
embodiments the Fc domain subunits each comprise the amino acid substitutions L234A,
L235A, and P329G.
In a specific embodiment the conjugate comprises a polypeptide sequence encoded by a
polynucleotide sequence that is at least about 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99%
identical to the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 216. In another specific embodiment the
immunoconjugate comprises a ptide sequence encoded by the polynucleotide sequence of
SEQ ID NO: 216. In another ic embodiment the immunoconjugate comprises a
polypeptide sequence encoded by a cleotide sequence that is at least about 80%, 85%,
90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% identical to the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 214. In yet
another ic embodiment the immunoconjugate comprises a polypeptide sequence encoded
by the polynucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 214. In another specific embodiment the
immunoconjugate comprises a polypeptide sequence encoded by a polynucleotide sequence that
is at least about 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% cal to the sequence of
SEQ ID NO: 218. In yet another specific embodiment the immunoconjugate comprises a
polypeptide sequence encoded by the polynucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 218.
In one embodiment the immunoconjugate ses at least one, typically two or more antigen
binding moieties that are specific for the A1 domain of Tenascin C (TNC-A1). In another
embodiment, the immunoconjugate ses at least one, typically two or more antigen g
es that can compete with monoclonal antibody F16 for binding to an epitope of TNC-A1.
See, e.g., PCT ation A1 porated herein by reference in its
entirety). In one embodiment, the conjugate comprises at least one, typically two or
more antigen binding moieties that are specific for the A1 and/or the A4 domain of Tenascin C
(TNC-A1 or TNC-A4 or TNC-A1/A4).
In a specific embodiment, the antigen binding moieties of the immunoconjugate comprise a
heavy chain variable region sequence that is at least about 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%,
98%, 99% or 100% identical to either SEQ ID NO: 33 or SEQ ID NO: 35, or variants thereof
that retain functionality. In another specific embodiment, the antigen binding moieties of the
immunoconjugate comprise a light chain variable region sequence that is at least about 80%,
85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or 100% identical to either SEQ ID NO: 29 or SEQ ID
NO: 31, or variants thereof that retain functionality. In a more specific embodiment, the antigen
binding moieties of the immunoconjugate comprise a heavy chain variable region sequence that
is at least about 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or 100% identical to either SEQ ID
NO: 33 or SEQ ID NO: 35 or variants thereof that retain functionality, and a light chain variable
region sequence that is at least about 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or 100%
identical to either SEQ ID NO: 29 or SEQ ID NO: 31 or variants thereof that retain functionality.
In another ic embodiment, the heavy chain variable region sequence of the antigen binding
moieties of the immunoconjugate is d by a polynucleotide sequence that is at least about
80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% identical to either SEQ ID NO: 34 or SEQ ID
NO: 36. In yet another specific ment, the heavy chain variable region ce of the
antigen binding moieties of the immunoconjugate is encoded by the polynucleotide sequence of
either SEQ ID NO: 34 or SEQ ID NO: 36. In another specific embodiment, the light chain
le region sequence of the antigen binding moieties of the immunoconjugate is encoded by
a polynucleotide ce that is at least about 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99%
identical to either SEQ ID NO: 30 or SEQ ID NO: 32. In yet another specific embodiment, the
light chain variable region sequence of the antigen binding moieties of the immunoconjugate is
encoded by the polynucleotide sequence of either SEQ ID NO: 30 or SEQ ID NO: 32.
In one embodiment, the immunoconjugate comprises a polypeptide sequence wherein a Fab
heavy chain specific for the A1 domain of Tenascin C shares a carboxy-terminal peptide bond
with an Fc domain subunit comprising a knob modification, which in turn shares a carboxy-
terminal peptide bond with an IL-2 polypeptide. In another embodiment, the immunoconjugate
ses a polypeptide sequence wherein a Fab heavy chain specific for the A1 domain of
Tenascin C shares a carboxy-terminal peptide bond with an Fc domain subunit comprising a hole
modification. In a more specific embodiment the immunoconjugate comprises both of these
polypeptide sequences. In another embodiment, the conjugate further comprises a Fab
light chain specific for the A1 domain of Tenascin C. In another specific embodiment, the
ptides are covalently linked, e.g., by a disulfide bond. In some ments the Fc
domain subunits each comprise the amino acid substitutions L234A, L235A, and P329G.
In a particular embodiment, the immunoconjugate comprises at least one, typically two or more
n binding moieties that are ic for the A2 domain of Tenascin C (TNC-A2). In a
specific embodiment, the antigen binding moieties of the immunoconjugate se a heavy
chain variable region sequence that is at least about 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%
or 100% identical to a sequence selected from the group of SEQ ID NO: 27, SEQ ID NO: 159,
SEQ ID NO: 163, SEQ ID NO: 167, SEQ ID NO: 171, SEQ ID NO:175, SEQ ID NO: 179, SEQ
ID NO: 183 and SEQ ID NO: 187, or variants thereof that retain functionality. In another
specific embodiment, the n binding moieties of the immunoconjugate se a light
chain variable region ce that is at least about 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%
or 100% identical to a sequence selected from the group of SEQ ID NO: 23, SEQ ID NO: 25;
SEQ ID NO: 157, SEQ ID NO: 161, SEQ ID NO:165, SEQ ID NO: 169, SEQ ID NO: 173, SEQ
ID NO: 177, SEQ ID NO: 181 and SEQ ID NO: 185, or variants thereof that retain functionality.
In a more specific embodiment, the antigen binding moieties of the immunoconjugate comprise a
heavy chain variable region sequence that is at least about 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%,
98%, 99% or 100% identical to a sequence selected from the group of SEQ ID NO: 27, SEQ ID
NO: 159, SEQ ID NO: 163, SEQ ID NO: 167, SEQ ID NO: 171, SEQ ID , SEQ ID NO:
179, SEQ ID NO: 183 and SEQ ID NO: 187, or variants thereof that retain functionality, and a
light chain variable region sequence that is at least about 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%,
99% or 100% identical to a sequence ed from the group of SEQ ID NO: 23, SEQ ID NO:
; SEQ ID NO: 157, SEQ ID NO: 161, SEQ ID NO:165, SEQ ID NO: 169, SEQ ID NO: 173,
SEQ ID NO: 177, SEQ ID NO: 181 and SEQ ID NO: 185, or variants thereof that retain
functionality. In a particular embodiment, the antigen binding moieties of the immunoconjugate
comprise the heavy chain variable region sequence of SEQ ID NO: 27 and the light chain
variable region sequence of SEQ ID NO: 25.
In another specific embodiment, the heavy chain variable region sequence of the antigen binding
moieties of the conjugate is encoded by a polynucleotide sequence that is at least about
80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% identical to a ce selected from the group
of SEQ ID NO: 28, SEQ ID NO: 160, SEQ ID NO: 164, SEQ ID NO: 168, SEQ ID NO: 172,
SEQ ID NO: 176, SEQ ID NO: 180, SEQ ID NO: 184 and SEQ ID NO: 188. In yet another
specific embodiment, the heavy chain variable region sequence of the antigen g moieties
of the immunoconjugate is encoded by a polynucleotide sequence selected from the group of
SEQ ID NO: 28, SEQ ID NO: 160, SEQ ID NO: 164, SEQ ID NO: 168, SEQ ID NO: 172, SEQ
ID NO: 176, SEQ ID NO: 180, SEQ ID NO: 184 and SEQ ID NO: 188. In another specific
embodiment, the light chain variable region sequence of the antigen binding moieties of the
immunoconjugate is encoded by a polynucleotide sequence that is at least about 80%, 85%, 90%,
95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% identical to a sequence selected from the group of SEQ ID NO:
24, SEQ ID NO: 26, SEQ ID NO: 158, SEQ ID NO: 162, SEQ ID NO: 166, SEQ ID NO: 170,
SEQ ID NO: 174, SEQ ID NO: 178, SEQ ID NO: 182 and SEQ ID NO: 186. In yet another
specific embodiment, the light chain variable region sequence of the n binding moieties of
the immunoconjugate is d by a cleotide sequence selected from the group of SEQ
ID NO: 24, SEQ ID NO: 26, SEQ ID NO: 158, SEQ ID NO: 162, SEQ ID NO: 166, SEQ ID
NO: 170, SEQ ID NO: 174, SEQ ID NO: 178, SEQ ID NO: 182 and SEQ ID NO: 186.
In yet another embodiment, the immunoconjugate comprises a polypeptide sequence wherein a
Fab heavy chain specific for the A2 domain of Tenascin C shares a carboxy-terminal peptide
bond with an Fc domain subunit comprising a hole cation, which in turn shares a carboxyterminal
peptide bond with an IL-10 polypeptide. In a more specific embodiment, the
conjugate comprises the polypeptide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 235 or SEQ ID NO: 237,
or a variant thereof that retains functionality. In one embodiment the immunoconjugate
comprises a ptide sequence wherein a Fab heavy chain specific for the A2 domain of
Tenascin C shares a carboxy-terminal peptide bond with an Fc domain subunit comprising a
knob modification. In a more specific embodiment, the conjugate comprises the
polypeptide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 233 or a variant thereof that retains functionality. In
another embodiment, the immunoconjugate comprises a Fab light chain specific for the A2
domain of Tenascin C. In a more specific embodiment, the immunoconjugate comprises the
polypeptide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 239 or a variant thereof that retains functionality. In
another embodiment, the immunoconjugate comprises the polypeptide sequences of SEQ ID
NO: 233, SEQ ID NO: 235 and SEQ ID NO: 239 or variants f that retain functionality. In
yet another embodiment, the immunoconjugate comprises the polypeptide sequences of SEQ ID
NO: 233, SEQ ID NO: 237 and SEQ ID NO: 239 or variants thereof that retain functionality. In
r specific embodiment, the polypeptides are covalently linked, e.g., by a disulfide bond. In
some embodiments the Fc domain subunits each se the amino acid substitutions L234A,
L235A, and P329G.
In a specific embodiment, the conjugate comprises a polypeptide sequence encoded by a
polynucleotide sequence that is at least about 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99%
identical to the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 236 or SEQ ID NO: 238. In another specific
embodiment, the immunoconjugate comprises a polypeptide sequence encoded by the
polynucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 236 or SEQ ID NO: 238. In another specific
ment, the immunoconjugate comprises a polypeptide sequence encoded by a
polynucleotide ce that is at least about 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99%
cal to the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 234. In yet another specific embodiment, the
immunoconjugate comprises a polypeptide sequence encoded by the polynucleotide sequence of
SEQ ID NO: 234. In another specific embodiment, the immunoconjugate comprises a
polypeptide sequence encoded by a polynucleotide sequence that is at least about 80%, 85%,
90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% identical to the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 240. In yet
r specific embodiment, the immunoconjugate comprises a polypeptide sequence d
by the polynucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 240.
In yet another embodiment, the immunoconjugate comprises a polypeptide sequence wherein a
Fab heavy chain specific for the A2 domain of Tenascin C shares a carboxy-terminal peptide
bond with an Fc domain subunit comprising a knob modification, which in turn shares a
carboxy-terminal peptide bond with an IL-2 polypeptide. In a more specific ment, the
immunoconjugate comprises the polypeptide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 285, or a variant thereof
that s onality. In one ment the immunoconjugate comprises a polypeptide
sequence wherein a Fab heavy chain specific for the A2 domain of Tenascin C shares a carboxyterminal
peptide bond with an Fc domain subunit comprising a hole cation. In a more
specific embodiment, the immunoconjugate comprises the polypeptide sequence of SEQ ID NO:
287, or a variant thereof that retains functionality. In another embodiment, the immunoconjugate
comprises a Fab light chain specific for the A2 domain of Tenascin C. In a more specific
embodiment, the immunoconjugate comprises the polypeptide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 239 or a
variant f that retains functionality. In another embodiment, the immunoconjugate
comprises the polypeptide sequences of SEQ ID NO: 285, SEQ ID NO: 287 and SEQ ID NO:
239 or variants thereof that retain functionality. In another specific ment, the
polypeptides are covalently linked, e.g., by a disulfide bond. In some embodiments the Fc
domain ts each comprise the amino acid substitutions L234A, L235A, and P329G.
In a specific embodiment, the immunoconjugate comprises a polypeptide sequence encoded by a
polynucleotide sequence that is at least about 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99%
cal to the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 286. In another ic embodiment, the
immunoconjugate comprises a polypeptide sequence encoded by the polynucleotide sequence of
SEQ ID NO: 286. In another specific embodiment, the immunoconjugate comprises a
polypeptide sequence encoded by a polynucleotide sequence that is at least about 80%, 85%,
90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% identical to the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 288. In yet
another specific embodiment, the immunoconjugate comprises a polypeptide sequence encoded
by the polynucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 288. In another specific embodiment, the
immunoconjugate comprises a polypeptide sequence d by a cleotide sequence that
is at least about 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% identical to the sequence of
SEQ ID NO: 240. In yet another specific embodiment, the immunoconjugate ses a
polypeptide sequence encoded by the polynucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 240.
In a ular embodiment, the immunoconjugate comprises at least one, typically two or more
antigen binding moieties that are specific for the Fibroblast Activated Protein (FAP). In a
specific embodiment, the antigen binding moieties of the immunoconjugate comprise a heavy
chain variable region sequence that is at least about 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%
or 100% identical to a sequence selected from the group ting of SEQ ID NO: 41, SEQ ID
NO: 45, SEQ ID NO: 47, SEQ ID NO: 51, SEQ ID NO: 55, SEQ ID NO: 59, SEQ ID NO: 63,
SEQ ID NO: 67, SEQ ID NO: 71, SEQ ID NO: 75, SEQ ID NO: 79, SEQ ID NO: 83, SEQ ID
NO: 87, SEQ ID NO: 91, SEQ ID NO: 95, SEQ ID NO: 99, SEQ ID NO: 103, SEQ ID NO: 107,
SEQ ID NO: 111, SEQ ID NO: 115, SEQ ID NO: 119, SEQ ID NO: 123, SEQ ID NO: 127, SEQ
ID NO: 131, SEQ ID NO: 135, SEQ ID NO: 139, SEQ ID NO: 143, SEQ ID NO: 147, SEQ ID
NO: 151 and SEQ ID NO: 155, or ts thereof that retain functionality. In another specific
embodiment, the antigen binding moieties of the immunoconjugate comprise a light chain
variable region sequence that is at least about 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or
100% identical to a sequence ed from the group consisting of: SEQ ID NO: 37, SEQ ID
NO: 39, SEQ ID NO: 43, SEQ ID NO: 49, SEQ ID NO: 53, SEQ ID NO: 57, SEQ ID NO: 61,
SEQ ID NO: 65, SEQ ID NO: 69, SEQ ID NO: 73, SEQ ID NO: 77, SEQ ID NO: 81, SEQ ID
NO: 85, SEQ ID NO: 89, SEQ ID NO: 93, SEQ ID NO: 97, SEQ ID NO: 101, SEQ ID NO: 105,
SEQ ID NO: 109, SEQ ID NO: 113, SEQ ID NO: 117, SEQ ID NO: 121, SEQ ID NO: 125, SEQ
ID NO: 129, SEQ ID NO: 133, SEQ ID NO: 137, SEQ ID NO: 141, SEQ ID NO: 145, SEQ ID
NO: 149 and SEQ ID NO: 153, or variants thereof that retain functionality. In a more specific
embodiment, the antigen binding moieties of the immunoconjugate comprise a heavy chain
variable region sequence that is at least about 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or
100% identical to a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 41, SEQ ID
NO: 45, SEQ ID NO: 47, SEQ ID NO: 51, SEQ ID NO: 55, SEQ ID NO: 59, SEQ ID NO: 63,
SEQ ID NO: 67, SEQ ID NO: 71, SEQ ID NO: 75, SEQ ID NO: 79, SEQ ID NO: 83, SEQ ID
NO: 87, SEQ ID NO: 91, SEQ ID NO: 95, SEQ ID NO: 99, SEQ ID NO: 103, SEQ ID NO: 107,
SEQ ID NO: 111, SEQ ID NO: 115, SEQ ID NO: 119, SEQ ID NO: 123, SEQ ID NO: 127, SEQ
ID NO: 131, SEQ ID NO: 135, SEQ ID NO: 139, SEQ ID NO: 143, SEQ ID NO: 147, SEQ ID
NO: 151 and SEQ ID NO: 155, or variants thereof that retain functionality, and a light chain
variable region sequence that is at least about 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or
100% cal to a sequence selected from the group consisting of: SEQ ID NO: 37, SEQ ID
NO: 39, SEQ ID NO: 43, SEQ ID NO: 49, SEQ ID NO: 53, SEQ ID NO: 57, SEQ ID NO: 61,
SEQ ID NO: 65, SEQ ID NO: 69, SEQ ID NO: 73, SEQ ID NO: 77, SEQ ID NO: 81, SEQ ID
NO: 85, SEQ ID NO: 89, SEQ ID NO: 93, SEQ ID NO: 97, SEQ ID NO: 101, SEQ ID NO: 105,
SEQ ID NO: 109, SEQ ID NO: 113, SEQ ID NO: 117, SEQ ID NO: 121, SEQ ID NO: 125, SEQ
ID NO: 129, SEQ ID NO: 133, SEQ ID NO: 137, SEQ ID NO: 141, SEQ ID NO: 145, SEQ ID
NO: 149 and SEQ ID NO: 153, or variants thereof that retain functionality. In a particular
embodiment, the antigen binding es of the immunoconjugate comprise the heavy chain
variable region sequence of SEQ ID NO: 111 and the light chain variable region sequence of
SEQ ID NO: 109. In a further particular embodiment, the antigen binding moieties of the
immunoconjugate comprise the heavy chain variable region sequence of SEQ ID NO: 143 and
the light chain variable region sequence of SEQ ID NO: 141. In yet another particular
ment, the antigen binding moieties of the conjugate comprise the heavy chain
variable region sequence of SEQ ID NO: 51 and the light chain variable region sequence of SEQ
ID NO: 49.
In another specific ment, the heavy chain variable region sequence of the antigen binding
es of the immunoconjugate is encoded by a polynucleotide sequence that is at least about
80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% identical to a sequence selected from the group
consisting of: SEQ ID NO: 42, SEQ ID NO: 46, SEQ ID NO: 48, SEQ ID NO: 52, SEQ ID NO:
56, SEQ ID NO: 60, SEQ ID NO: 64, SEQ ID NO: 68, SEQ ID NO: 72, SEQ ID NO: 76, SEQ
ID NO: 80, SEQ ID NO: 84, SEQ ID NO: 88, SEQ ID NO: 92, SEQ ID NO: 96, SEQ ID NO:
100, SEQ ID NO: 104, SEQ ID NO: 108, SEQ ID NO: 112, SEQ ID NO: 116, SEQ ID NO: 120,
SEQ ID NO: 124, SEQ ID NO: 128, SEQ ID NO: 132, SEQ ID NO: 136, SEQ ID NO: 140, SEQ
ID NO: 144, SEQ ID NO: 148, SEQ ID NO: 152, and SEQ ID NO: 156. In yet another specific
embodiment, the heavy chain variable region sequence of the antigen g moieties of the
immunoconjugate is encoded by a polynucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting
of: SEQ ID NO: 42, SEQ ID NO: 46, SEQ ID NO: 48, SEQ ID NO: 52, SEQ ID NO: 56, SEQ
ID NO: 60, SEQ ID NO: 64, SEQ ID NO: 68, SEQ ID NO: 72, SEQ ID NO: 76, SEQ ID NO:
80, SEQ ID NO: 84, SEQ ID NO: 88, SEQ ID NO: 92, SEQ ID NO: 96, SEQ ID NO: 100, SEQ
ID NO: 104, SEQ ID NO: 108, SEQ ID NO: 112, SEQ ID NO: 116, SEQ ID NO: 120, SEQ ID
NO: 124, SEQ ID NO: 128, SEQ ID NO: 132, SEQ ID NO: 136, SEQ ID NO: 140, SEQ ID NO:
144, SEQ ID NO: 148, SEQ ID NO: 152, and SEQ ID NO: 156. In another specific embodiment,
the light chain variable region sequence of the antigen binding es of the immunoconjugate
is encoded by a polynucleotide sequence that is at least about 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%,
98%, or 99% identical to sequence selected from the group ting of: SEQ ID NO: 38, SEQ
ID NO: 40, SEQ ID NO: 44, SEQ ID NO: 50, SEQ ID NO: 54, SEQ ID NO: 58, SEQ ID NO:
62, SEQ ID NO: 66, SEQ ID NO: 70, SEQ ID NO: 74, SEQ ID NO: 78, SEQ ID NO: 82, SEQ
ID NO: 86, SEQ ID NO: 90, SEQ ID NO: 94, SEQ ID NO: 98, SEQ ID NO: 102, SEQ ID NO:
106, SEQ ID NO: 110, SEQ ID NO: 114, SEQ ID NO: 118, SEQ ID NO: 122, SEQ ID NO: 126,
SEQ ID NO: 130, SEQ ID NO: 134, SEQ ID NO: 138, SEQ ID NO: 142, SEQ ID NO: 146, SEQ
ID NO: 150, and SEQ ID NO: 154. In yet another specific embodiment, the light chain variable
region sequence of the n binding moieties of the immunoconjugate is encoded by a
polynucleotide sequence ed from the group consisting of: SEQ ID NO: 38, SEQ ID NO:
40, SEQ ID NO: 44, SEQ ID NO: 50, SEQ ID NO: 54, SEQ ID NO: 58, SEQ ID NO: 62, SEQ
ID NO: 66, SEQ ID NO: 70, SEQ ID NO: 74, SEQ ID NO: 78, SEQ ID NO: 82, SEQ ID NO:
86, SEQ ID NO: 90, SEQ ID NO: 94, SEQ ID NO: 98, SEQ ID NO: 102, SEQ ID NO: 106, SEQ
ID NO: 110, SEQ ID NO: 114, SEQ ID NO: 118, SEQ ID NO: 122, SEQ ID NO: 126, SEQ ID
NO: 130, SEQ ID NO: 134, SEQ ID NO: 138, SEQ ID NO: 142, SEQ ID NO: 146, SEQ ID NO:
150, and SEQ ID NO: 154.
In one embodiment, the immunoconjugate comprises a polypeptide sequence wherein a Fab
heavy chain ic for FAP shares a carboxy-terminal e bond with an Fc domain subunit
comprising a knob modification, which in turn shares a carboxy-terminal peptide bond with an
IL-2 polypeptide. In a more specific embodiment, the immunoconjugate comprises a ptide
sequence selected from the group of SEQ ID NO: 195, SEQ ID NO: 197, SEQ ID NO: 203, SEQ
ID NO: 209, SEQ ID NO: 269, SEQ ID NO: 271 and SEQ ID NO: 273, or ts thereof that
retain onality. In one embodiment, the immunoconjugate comprises a polypeptide
sequence wherein a Fab heavy chain specific for FAP shares a carboxy-terminal peptide bond
with an Fc domain subunit comprising a knob modification, which in turn shares a carboxy-
terminal peptide bond with an IL-15 polypeptide. In a more specific embodiment, the
conjugate comprises the polypeptide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 199, or a variant thereof
that retains functionality. In one embodiment the immunoconjugate comprises a polypeptide
sequence wherein a Fab heavy chain specific for FAP shares a carboxy-terminal peptide bond
with an Fc domain subunit sing a hole modification. In a more specific embodiment, the
immunoconjugate comprises a polypeptide sequence selected from the group of SEQ ID NO:
193, SEQ ID NO: 201 and SEQ ID NO: 207, or variants thereof that retain functionality. In
another embodiment, the immunoconjugate comprises a Fab light chain specific for FAP. In a
more specific embodiment, the immunoconjugate comprises the polypeptide sequence of SEQ
ID NO: 205 or SEQ ID NO: 211, or a variant thereof that retains functionality. In another
ment, the immunoconjugate comprises the polypeptide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 205, the
polypeptide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 193, and a polypeptide sequence selected from the group
of SEQ ID NO: 195, SEQ ID NO: 197, SEQ ID NO: 199 and SEQ ID NO: 269, or variants
thereof that retain functionality. In yet another embodiment, the immunoconjugate comprises the
polypeptide ces of SEQ ID NO: 201, SEQ ID NO: 203 and SEQ ID NO: 205, or variants
thereof that retain functionality. In yet another embodiment, the immunoconjugate comprises the
polypeptide sequences of SEQ ID NO: 207, SEQ ID NO: 209 and SEQ ID NO: 211, or variants
thereof that retain functionality. In yet another ment, the immunoconjugate comprises the
polypeptide sequences of SEQ ID NO: 205, SEQ ID NO: 193 and SEQ ID NO: 269, or ts
thereof that retain functionality. In yet another embodiment, the immunoconjugate comprises the
polypeptide ces of SEQ ID NO: 211, SEQ ID NO: 207 and SEQ ID NO: 271, or variants
thereof that retain functionality. In yet another embodiment, the immunoconjugate comprises the
polypeptide sequences of SEQ ID NO: 211, SEQ ID NO: 207 and SEQ ID NO: 273, or variants
thereof that retain functionality. In another specific embodiment, the polypeptides are covalently
linked, e.g., by a disulfide bond. In some embodiments the Fc domain subunits each comprise
the amino acid substitutions L234A, L235A, and P329G.
In yet another embodiment, the immunoconjugate comprises a polypeptide sequence wherein a
Fab heavy chain specific for FAP shares a carboxy-terminal peptide bond with an Fc domain
subunit comprising a hole modification, which in turn shares a carboxy-terminal e bond
with an IL-10 polypeptide. In a more specific embodiment, the immunoconjugate comprises the
polypeptide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 243 or SEQ ID NO: 245, or a variant thereof that retains
functionality. In one embodiment the immunoconjugate comprises a polypeptide sequence
wherein a Fab heavy chain specific for FAP shares a carboxy-terminal peptide bond with an Fc
domain t comprising a knob modification. In a more specific embodiment, the
immunoconjugate comprises the polypeptide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 241 or a variant thereof
that retains functionality. In another ment, the immunoconjugate comprises a Fab light
chain specific for FAP. In a more ic embodiment, the conjugate comprises the
ptide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 205 or a variant thereof that retains functionality. In
another embodiment, the conjugate comprises the polypeptide ces of SEQ ID
NO: 205, SEQ ID NO: 241 and SEQ ID NO: 243, or ts thereof that retain functionality. In
yet r embodiment, the immunoconjugate comprises the polypeptide sequences of SEQ ID
NO: 205, SEQ ID NO: 241 and SEQ ID NO: 245, or variants thereof that retain functionality. In
another specific ment, the polypeptides are covalently linked, e.g., by a disulfide bond. In
some ments the Fc domain subunits each comprise the amino acid substitutions L234A,
L235A, and P329G.
In a specific ment, the immunoconjugate comprises a polypeptide sequence encoded by a
polynucleotide sequence that is at least about 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99%
identical to a sequence selected from the group of SEQ ID NO: 196, SEQ ID NO: 198, SEQ ID
NO: 200, SEQ ID NO: 204, SEQ ID NO: 210, SEQ ID NO: 244, SEQ ID NO: 246, SEQ ID NO:
270, SEQ ID NO: 272 and SEQ ID NO: 274. In another specific embodiment, the
immunoconjugate comprises a polypeptide sequence encoded by a polynucleotide sequence
selected from the group of SEQ ID NO: 196, SEQ ID NO: 198, SEQ ID NO: 200, SEQ ID NO:
204, SEQ ID NO: 210, SEQ ID NO: 244, SEQ ID NO: 246, SEQ ID NO: 270, SEQ ID NO: 272
and SEQ ID NO: 274. In another specific embodiment, the immunoconjugate comprises a
polypeptide sequence d by a polynucleotide sequence that is at least about 80%, 85%,
90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% identical to a sequence selected from the group of SEQ ID
NO: 194, SEQ ID NO: 202, SEQ ID NO: 208 and SEQ ID NO: 242. In yet another specific
embodiment, the immunoconjugate comprises a polypeptide ce encoded by a
polynucleotide sequence selected from the group of SEQ ID NO: 194, SEQ ID NO: 202, SEQ ID
NO: 208 and SEQ ID NO: 242. In another specific embodiment, the immunoconjugate
comprises a polypeptide sequence encoded by a polynucleotide sequence that is at least about
80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% identical to the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 206 or
SEQ ID NO: 212. In yet another specific embodiment, the immunoconjugate comprises a
polypeptide sequence encoded by the polynucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 206 or SEQ ID
NO: 212.
In one embodiment, the immunoconjugate comprises at least one, typically two or more antigen
binding moieties that are specific for the Carcinoembryonic Antigen (CEA). In a ic
ment, the antigen binding moieties of the immunoconjugate se a heavy chain
variable region sequence that is at least about 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or
100% identical to the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 191 or SEQ ID NO: 295, or a variant f that
retains functionality. In another specific embodiment, the antigen binding moieties of the
immunoconjugate comprise a light chain variable region ce that is at least about 80%,
85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or 100% identical to the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 189 or
SEQ ID NO: 293, or a variant thereof that retains functionality. In a more specific embodiment,
the antigen binding es of the immunoconjugate comprise a heavy chain variable region
sequence that is at least about 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or 100% identical to
the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 191, or a variant thereof that retains functionality, and a light chain
variable region sequence that is at least about 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or
100% identical to the ce of SEQ ID NO: 189, or a variant f that retains
functionality. In another specific embodiment, the antigen binding moieties of the
immunoconjugate comprise a heavy chain variable region sequence that is at least about 80%,
85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or 100% identical to the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 295,
or a variant thereof that retains functionality, and a light chain variable region sequence that is at
least about 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or 100% identical to the sequence of
SEQ ID NO: 293, or a variant thereof that s functionality.
In r specific embodiment, the heavy chain le region sequence of the antigen g
moieties of the immunoconjugate is d by a polynucleotide sequence that is at least about
80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% identical to the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 192 or
SEQ ID NO: 296. In yet another specific embodiment, the heavy chain variable region sequence
of the antigen binding moieties of the immunoconjugate is encoded by the polynucleotide
ce of SEQ ID NO: 192 or SEQ ID NO: 296. In another specific embodiment, the light
chain variable region sequence of the antigen binding moieties of the immunoconjugate is
encoded by a polynucleotide sequence that is at least about 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%,
98%, or 99% identical to the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 190 or SEQ ID NO: 294. In yet another
specific embodiment, the light chain variable region sequence of the antigen binding moieties of
the immunoconjugate is encoded by the polynucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 190 or SEQ ID
NO: 294.
In one embodiment, the immunoconjugate comprises a polypeptide sequence wherein a Fab
heavy chain specific for CEA shares a y-terminal peptide bond with an Fc domain subunit
comprising a knob cation, which in turn shares a carboxy-terminal peptide bond with an
IL-2 polypeptide. In a more specific embodiment, the immunoconjugate comprises a polypeptide
sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 229, SEQ ID NO: 275, SEQ ID
NO: 277 and SEQ ID NO: 279, or a t thereof that retains functionality. In one embodiment
the conjugate comprises a polypeptide sequence n a Fab heavy chain specific for
CEA shares a carboxy-terminal e bond with an Fc domain subunit comprising a hole
modification. In a more specific embodiment, the immunoconjugate comprises the polypeptide
sequence of SEQ ID NO: 227 or SEQ ID NO: 281, or a variant thereof that retains functionality.
In another embodiment, the immunoconjugate comprises a Fab light chain specific for CEA. In a
more specific embodiment, the immunoconjugate comprises the polypeptide sequence of SEQ
ID NO: 231 or SEQ ID NO: 283, or a variant thereof that retains functionality. In another
embodiment, the immunoconjugate comprises the polypeptide sequences of SEQ ID NO: 227,
SEQ ID NO: 229 and SEQ ID NO: 231, or variants thereof that retain functionality. In r
embodiment, the conjugate comprises the polypeptide sequences of SEQ ID NO: 275,
SEQ ID NO: 281 and SEQ ID NO: 283, or variants thereof that retain functionality. In another
embodiment, the conjugate comprises the polypeptide sequences of SEQ ID NO: 277,
SEQ ID NO: 281 and SEQ ID NO: 283, or variants thereof that retain functionality. In another
embodiment, the immunoconjugate comprises the polypeptide sequences of SEQ ID NO: 279,
SEQ ID NO: 281 and SEQ ID NO: 283, or variants thereof that retain functionality. In another
specific embodiment, the polypeptides are covalently linked, e.g., by a disulfide bond. In some
embodiments the Fc domain polypeptide chains se the amino acid substitutions L234A,
L235A, and P329G.
In a specific embodiment, the immunoconjugate comprises a polypeptide sequence encoded by a
cleotide sequence that is at least about 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99%
identical to a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 230, SEQ ID NO:
276, SEQ ID NO: 278 and SEQ ID NO: 280. In another specific embodiment, the
immunoconjugate comprises a polypeptide sequence d by the polynucleotide sequence
selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 230, SEQ ID NO: 276, SEQ ID NO: 278 and
SEQ ID NO: 280. In r specific embodiment, the conjugate comprises a
polypeptide sequence encoded by a polynucleotide sequence that is at least about 80%, 85%,
90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% identical to the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 228 or SEQ ID
NO: 282. In yet r specific embodiment, the immunoconjugate comprises a polypeptide
sequence encoded by the polynucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 228 or SEQ ID NO: 282. In
another specific embodiment, the conjugate comprises a polypeptide sequence d
by a polynucleotide sequence that is at least about 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or
99% identical to the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 232 or SEQ ID NO: 284. In yet another specific
embodiment, the immunoconjugate comprises a polypeptide sequence encoded by the
cleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 232 or SEQ ID NO: 284.
In some embodiments the immunoconjugate comprises a polypeptide sequence wherein an
effector moiety polypeptide shares a carboxy-terminal peptide bond with an Fc domain t
comprising a knob modification. In a more specific embodiment, the immunoconjugate
comprises a polypeptide sequence selected from the group of SEQ ID NO: 247, SEQ ID NO:
249 and SEQ ID NO: 251, or a variant thereof that retains functionality. In one such embodiment
the conjugate further comprises a polypeptide sequence wherein a Fab heavy chain
specific for FAP shares a carboxy-terminal peptide bond with an Fc domain subunit comprising
a hole modification. In a more specific embodiment, the immunoconjugate further comprises a
polypeptide sequence selected from the group of SEQ ID NO: 193, SEQ ID NO: 201 and SEQ
ID NO: 207, or a variant f that retains functionality. In r such embodiment the
immunoconjugate further comprises a polypeptide sequence wherein a Fab heavy chain specific
for EDB, TNC A1, TNC A2 or CEA shares a carboxy-terminal peptide bond with an Fc domain
subunit comprising a hole modification. In some embodiments the Fc domain ts each
se the amino acid substitutions L234A, L235A, and P329G. According to any of the
above embodiments the immunoconjugate may further se a Fab light chain ic for
the corresponding antigen.
Immunoconjugates of the invention include those that have sequences that are at least about
80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, or 100% identical to the sequences set forth in
SEQ ID NOs 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65,
67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 101, 103, 105, 107, 109, 111,
113, 115, 117, 119, 121, 123, 125, 127, 129, 131, 133, 135, 137, 139, 141, 143, 145, 147, 149,
151, 153, 155, 157, 159, 161, 163, 165, 167, 169, 171, 173, 175, 177, 179, 181, 183, 185, 187,
189, 191, 293, 295, 193, 195, 197, 199, 201, 203, 205, 207, 209, 211, 213, 215, 217, 227, 229,
231, 233, 235, 237, 239, 241, 243, 245, 247, 249, 251, 269, 271, 273, 275, 277, 279, 281, 283,
285 and 287, including onal fragments or variants thereof. The ion also encompasses
immunoconjugates comprising these sequences with conservative amino acid substitutions.
Polynucleotides
Also described herein are isolated polynucleotides encoding an immunoconjugate as described
herein or a fragment thereof.
Polynucleotides described herein include those that are at least about 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%,
96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, or 100% identical to the sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs 24, 26, 28,
, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80,
82, 84, 86, 88, 90, 92, 94, 96, 98, 100, 102, 104, 106, 108, 110, 112, 114, 116, 118, 120, 122,
124, 126, 128, 130, 132, 134, 136, 138, 140, 142, 144, 146, 148, 150, 152, 154, 156, 158, 160,
162, 164, 166, 168, 170, 172, 174, 176, 178, 180, 182, 184, 186, 188, 190, 192, 294, 296, 194,
196, 198, 200, 202, 204, 206, 208, 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 228, 230, 232, 234, 236, 238, 240,
242, 244, 246, 248, 250, 252, 270, 272, 274, 276, 278, 280, 282, 284, 286 and 288, including
onal fragments or variants thereof.
The polynucleotides encoding immunoconjugates as described herein may be expressed as a
single polynucleotide that encodes the entire immunoconjugate or as multiple (e.g., two or more)
polynucleotides that are co-expressed. Polypeptides encoded by polynucleotides that are coexpressed
may associate h, e.g., disulfide bonds or other means to form a functional
immunoconjugate. For example, the light chain portion of an antigen binding moiety may be
encoded by a separate polynucleotide from the n of the immunoconjugate comprising the
heavy chain portion of the antigen binding moiety, an Fc domain subunit and optionally the
effector moiety. When co-expressed, the heavy chain ptides will associate with the light
chain polypeptides to form the antigen g . In another example, the portion of the
immunoconjugate comprising the heavy chain portion of a first antigen binding moiety, one of
the two Fc domain subunits and the effector moiety could be encoded by a separate
polynucleotide from the portion of the immunoconjugate comprising the heavy chain portion of a
second antigen binding moiety and the other of the two Fc domain subunits. When co-expressed,
the Fc domain subunits will ate to form the Fc .
In one embodiment, an isolated polynucleotide as described herein encodes a nt of an
immunoconjugate comprising a first antigen binding moiety, an Fc domain consisting of two
subunits, and a single effector moiety, wherein the antigen binding moiety is an antigen binding
domain comprising a heavy chain variable region and a light chain variable , particularly a
Fab molecule. In one embodiment, an ed polynucleotide encodes the heavy chain of the
first antigen g moiety, a subunit of the Fc domain, and the effector moiety. In another
embodiment, an isolated polynucleotide encodes the heavy chain of the first antigen binding
moiety and a subunit of the Fc domain. In yet another embodiment, an isolated polynucleotide
encodes a subunit of the Fc domain and the effector moiety. In a more specific embodiment the
isolated polynucleotide s a polypeptide wherein a Fab heavy chain shares a carboxyterminal
peptide bond with an Fc domain subunit. In another specific embodiment the isolated
polynucleotide encodes a polypeptide n an Fc domain subunit shares a carboxy-terminal
peptide bond with an effector moiety polypeptide. In yet another ic embodiment, the
ed polynucleotide encodes a polypeptide wherein a Fab heavy chain shares a carboxyterminal
peptide bond with an Fc domain subunit, which in turn shares a carboxy-terminal
peptide bond with an or moiety polypeptide. In yet another specific embodiment the
isolated polynucleotide encodes a ptide wherein an effector moiety ptide shares a
carboxy-terminal peptide bond with an Fc domain subunit.
Also described herein is an ed polynucleotide encoding an immunoconjugate or fragment
thereof, wherein the cleotide comprises a sequence that encodes a variable region
sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53,
55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 101, 103,
105, 107, 109, 111, 113, 115, 117, 119, 121, 123, 125, 127, 129, 131, 133, 135, 137, 139, 141,
143, 145, 147, 149, 151, 153, 155, 157, 159, 161, 163, 165, 167, 169, 171, 173, 175, 177, 179,
181, 183, 185, 187, 189, 191, 293 or 295. Also described herein is an ed polynucleotide
encoding an immunoconjugate or fragment thereof, wherein the polynucleotide comprises a
sequence that encodes a polypeptide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO 193, 195, 197, 199, 201,
203, 205, 207, 209, 211, 213, 215, 217, 227, 229, 231, 233, 235, 237, 239, 241, 243, 245, 247,
249, 251, 269, 271, 273, 275, 277, 279, 281, 283, 285 or 287. Also described herein is an
isolated polynucleotide encoding an immunoconjugate or fragment thereof, wherein the
polynucleotide comprises a sequence that is at least about 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%,
98%, or 99% identical to a nucleotide sequence shown SEQ ID NO 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36,
38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 82, 84, 86, 88,
90, 92, 94, 96, 98, 100, 102, 104, 106, 108, 110, 112, 114, 116, 118, 120, 122, 124, 126, 128,
130, 132, 134, 136, 138, 140, 142, 144, 146, 148, 150, 152, 154, 156, 158, 160, 162, 164, 166,
168, 170, 172, 174, 176, 178, 180, 182, 184, 186, 188, 190, 192, 294, 296, 194, 196, 198, 200,
202, 204, 206, 208, 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 228, 230, 232, 234, 236, 238, 240, 242, 244, 246,
248, 250, 252, 270, 272, 274, 276, 278, 280, 282, 284, 286 or 288. Also described herein is an
isolated polynucleotide encoding an immunoconjugate or fragment thereof, wherein the
polynucleotide comprises a nucleic acid ce shown in SEQ ID NO 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34,
36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 82, 84, 86,
88, 90, 92, 94, 96, 98, 100, 102, 104, 106, 108, 110, 112, 114, 116, 118, 120, 122, 124, 126, 128,
130, 132, 134, 136, 138, 140, 142, 144, 146, 148, 150, 152, 154, 156, 158, 160, 162, 164, 166,
168, 170, 172, 174, 176, 178, 180, 182, 184, 186, 188, 190, 192, 294, 296, 194, 196, 198, 200,
202, 204, 206, 208, 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 228, 230, 232, 234, 236, 238, 240, 242, 244, 246,
248, 250, 252, 270, 272, 274, 276, 278, 280, 282, 284, 286 or 288. Also described herein is an
isolated polynucleotide encoding an immunoconjugate or fragment thereof, wherein the
polynucleotide comprises a sequence that s a variable region sequence that is at least
about 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% cal to an amino acid sequence of
SEQ ID NO 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65,
67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 101, 103, 105, 107, 109, 111,
113, 115, 117, 119, 121, 123, 125, 127, 129, 131, 133, 135, 137, 139, 141, 143, 145, 147, 149,
151, 153, 155, 157, 159, 161, 163, 165, 167, 169, 171, 173, 175, 177, 179, 181, 183, 185, 187,
189, 191, 293 or 295. Also described herein is an ed polynucleotide encoding an
immunoconjugate or fragment thereof, wherein the polynucleotide comprises a sequence that
s a ptide sequence that is at least 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99%
identical to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO 193, 195, 197, 199, 201, 203, 205, 207, 209,
211, 213, 215, 217, 227, 229, 231, 233, 235, 237, 239, 241, 243, 245, 247, 249, 251, 269, 271,
273, 275, 277, 279, 281, 283, 285 or 287. Also described herein is an isolated cleotide
encoding an immunoconjugate or nt thereof, wherein the polynucleotide comprises a
sequence that encodes the variable region sequences of SEQ ID NO 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35,
37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, 83, 85, 87,
89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 101, 103, 105, 107, 109, 111, 113, 115, 117, 119, 121, 123, 125, 127, 129,
131, 133, 135, 137, 139, 141, 143, 145, 147, 149, 151, 153, 155, 157, 159, 161, 163, 165, 167,
169, 171, 173, 175, 177, 179, 181, 183, 185, 187, 189, 191, 293 or 295 with conservative amino
acid substitutions. The disclosure also encompasses an isolated polynucleotide encoding an
immunoconjugate of the invention or fragment thereof, wherein the polynucleotide comprises a
sequence that encodes the polypeptide sequences of SEQ ID NO 193, 195, 197, 199, 201, 203,
205, 207, 209, 211, 213, 215, 217, 227, 229, 231, 233, 235, 237, 239, 241, 243, 245, 247, 249,
251, 269, 271, 273, 275, 277, 279, 281, 283, 285 or 287 with conservative amino acid
tutions.
In certain embodiments the polynucleotide or nucleic acid is DNA. In other embodiments, a
cleotide of the present invention is RNA, for example, in the form of messenger RNA
(mRNA). RNA of the present invention may be single stranded or double stranded.
Untargeted ates
Described herein are not only immunoconjugates targeted to a specific antigen (e.g. a tumor
n) but also untargeted conjugates comprising one or more Fab molecules which do not
specifically bind to any n, particularly not bind to any human antigen. The absence of
specific binding of these conjugates to any antigen (i.e. the absence of any binding that can be
discriminated from non-specific interaction) can be measured e.g. by ELISA or surface plasmon
resonance as described herein. Such conjugates are particularly useful e.g. for enhancing the
serum half life of the effector moiety they comprise, as compared to the serum half-life of the
unconjugated effector moiety, where targeting to a particular tissue is not desired.
Specifically, described herein is a conjugate comprising a first Fab molecule which does not
ically bind any antigen, an Fc domain consisting of two subunits, and an effector ,
wherein not more than one effector moiety is present. More specifically, described is a conjugate
comprising a first Fab le comprising the heavy chain variable region sequence of SEQ ID
NO: 299 and the light chain le region sequence of SEQ ID NO: 297, an Fc domain
consisting of two ts, and an effector moiety, wherein not more than one or moiety is
t. Like the immunoconjugates bed herein, the conjugates can have a variety of
configurations, as described above under “Immunoconjugate Formats” (the antigen binding
moiety of the immunoconjugate being replaced by a Fab molecule which does not specifically
bind to any antigen, such as a Fab le comprising the heavy chain variable region sequence
of SEQ ID NO: 299 and the light chain variable region sequence of SEQ ID NO: 297). Likewise,
the features of the Fc domain as well as the effector moiety as described above under “Fc
domain” and “Effector moieties” for the immunoconjugates described herein equally apply,
alone or in combination, to the untargeted conjugates described herein.
In a particular embodiment, the ate comprises (i) an immunoglobulin molecule,
comprising a first and a second Fab molecule which do not specifically bind any antigen and an
Fc domain, and (ii) an effector moiety, wherein not more than one effector moiety is present and
wherein the immunoglobulin molecule is a human IgG1 subclass immunoglobulin; the Fc
domain ses a knob modification in one and a hole modification in the other one of its two
subunits, and the amino acid substitutions L234A, L235A and P329G in each of its ts; and
the effector moiety is an IL-2 molecule fused to the carboxy-terminal amino acid of one of the
immunoglobulin heavy chains, optionally through a linker peptide. In a specific embodiment, the
conjugate comprises the heavy chain variable region sequence of SEQ ID NO: 299 and the light
chain variable region sequence of SEQ ID NO: 297.
In certain embodiments, the conjugate comprises (i) an immunoglobulin molecule, comprising
the heavy chain variable region sequence of SEQ ID NO: 299 and the light chain le region
sequence of SEQ ID NO: 297, and (ii) an effector moiety, wherein not more than one effector
moiety is present. In one such embodiment the immunoglobulin molecule is a human IgG1
subclass immunoglobulin. In one such embodiment the Fc domain comprises a knob
modification in one and a hole modification in the other one of its two subunits. In a ic
such ment, the Fc domain comprises the amino acid substitutions L234A, L235A and
P329G in each of its subunits. In yet another such embodiment, the effector moiety is an IL-2
le fused to the carboxy-terminal amino acid of one of the immunoglobulin heavy chains,
optionally through a linker peptide.
In one embodiment the ate comprises a polypeptide sequence wherein a Fab heavy chain
which does not specifically bind to any antigen shares a carboxy-terminal peptide bond with an
Fc domain subunit comprising a knob modification, which in turn shares a carboxy-terminal
peptide bond with an IL-2 polypeptide. In a more specific embodiment, the conjugate comprises
a polypeptide sequence selected from the group of SEQ ID NO: 221, SEQ ID NO: 223, SEQ ID
NO: 289 and SEQ ID NO: 291, or a variant f that retains functionality. In one embodiment
the conjugate comprises a polypeptide ce wherein a Fab heavy chain which does not
specifically bind to any antigen shares a carboxy-terminal peptide bond with an Fc domain
subunit sing a hole modification. In a more specific embodiment, the conjugate comprises
the polypeptide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 219, or a t thereof that retains functionality. In
another embodiment, the conjugate comprises a Fab light chain which does not ically bind
any n. In a more specific embodiment, the conjugate comprises the polypeptide sequence
of SEQ ID NO: 225, or a variant thereof that retains functionality. In another embodiment, the
conjugate comprises the polypeptide sequences of SEQ ID NO: 219, SEQ ID NO: 221 and SEQ
ID NO: 225, or variants thereof that retain functionality. In another ment, the conjugate
ses the polypeptide sequences of SEQ ID NO: 219, SEQ ID NO: 223 and SEQ ID NO:
225, or variants thereof that retain functionality. In another embodiment, the conjugate comprises
the polypeptide sequences of SEQ ID NO: 219, SEQ ID NO: 289 and SEQ ID NO: 225, or
variants thereof that retain functionality. In r embodiment, the conjugate comprises the
polypeptide sequences of SEQ ID NO: 219, SEQ ID NO: 291 and SEQ ID NO: 225, or variants
thereof that retain functionality. In another specific embodiment, the polypeptides are covalently
linked, e.g., by a disulfide bond. In some embodiments the Fc domain polypeptide chains
comprise the amino acid substitutions L234A, L235A, and P329G.
In a specific embodiment, the conjugate ses a polypeptide sequence encoded by a
polynucleotide sequence that is at least about 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99%
identical to a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 298, SEQ ID NO:
300, SEQ ID NO: 220, SEQ ID NO: 222, SEQ ID NO: 224, SEQ ID NO: 226, SEQ ID NO: 290
and SEQ ID NO: 292. In another specific embodiment, the immunoconjugate comprises a
polypeptide sequence encoded by the cleotide sequence selected from the group
consisting of SEQ ID NO: 298, SEQ ID NO: 300, SEQ ID NO: 220, SEQ ID NO: 222, SEQ ID
NO: 224, SEQ ID NO: 226, SEQ ID NO: 290 and SEQ ID NO: 292.
Also described herein is an isolated polynucleotide ng the ate of a fragment thereof.
In a specific embodiment, the isolated polynucleotide comprises a sequence that is at least about
80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or 100% identical to the a sequence selected from
the group of SEQ ID NO: 298, SEQ ID NO: 300, SEQ ID NO: 220, SEQ ID NO: 222, SEQ ID
NO: 224, SEQ ID NO: 226, SEQ ID NO: 290 and SEQ ID NO: 292. Also described is an
expression vector comprising the isolated polynucleotide, and a host cell comprising the isolated
polynucleotide or the expression vector. Also described are a method of producing the conjugate,
comprising the steps of a) culturing the host cell under conditions le for the expression of
the conjugate and b) recovering the conjugate, and a conjugate produced by the method. The
disclosure provided herein in relating to methods of producing the immunoconjugates described
herein (see e.g. under “Recombinant Methods”) can equally be applied to the conjugates
described herein.
Also described is a pharmaceutical composition comprising the conjugate and a
pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The disclosure provided herein in relating to pharmaceutical
compositions of the immunoconjugates described herein (see e.g. under sitions,
Formulations, and Routes of Administration”) can equally be d to the ates.
Furthermore, the conjugate can be employed in the methods of use decribed herein for the
immunoconjugates. The disclosure provided herein in relating to methods of using the
immunoconjugates in the ent of disease (see e.g. under “Therapeutic Methods and
Compositions”, “Other Agents and Treatments” and “Articles of manufacture”) can y be
applied to the ates.
Recombinant Methods
Immunoconjugates of the invention may be obtained, for example, by solid-state peptide
synthesis (e.g. Merrifield solid phase synthesis) or recombinant production. For recombinant
production one or more polynucleotide ng the conjugate (fragment), e.g., as
described above, is ed and inserted into one or more vectors for further cloning and/or
expression in a host cell. Such polynucleotide may be y isolated and sequenced using
conventional procedures. In one embodiment a vector, preferably an expression vector,
comprising one or more of the polynucleotides of the invention is provided. Methods which are
well known to those skilled in the art can be used to construct expression vectors containing the
coding sequence of an immunoconjugate (fragment) along with appropriate
transcriptional/translational control signals. These methods include in vitro inant DNA
ques, synthetic techniques and in vivo recombination/genetic recombination. See, for
example, the techniques described in is et al., MOLECULAR CLONING: A LABORATORY
MANUAL, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, N.Y. (1989); and Ausubel et al., T
PROTOCOLS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, Greene Publishing Associates and Wiley cience,
N.Y (1989). The expression vector can be part of a plasmid, virus, or may be a nucleic acid
fragment. The expression vector includes an expression cassette into which the polynucleotide
encoding the immunoconjugate (fragment) (i.e. the coding region) is cloned in operable
association with a promoter and/or other transcription or translation control elements. As used
herein, a "coding region" is a portion of nucleic acid which consists of codons translated into
amino acids. Although a "stop codon" (TAG, TGA, or TAA) is not translated into an amino acid,
it may be considered to be part of a coding region, if present, but any flanking sequences, for
example promoters, ribosome binding sites, transcriptional terminators, introns, 5' and 3'
untranslated regions, and the like, are not part of a coding region. Two or more coding regions
can be present in a single polynucleotide construct, e.g. on a single , or in separate
polynucleotide constructs, e.g. on separate (different) vectors. Furthermore, any vector may
contain a single coding region, or may comprise two or more coding regions, e.g. a vector of the
present invention may encode one or more polypeptides, which are post- or co-translationally
separated into the final proteins via proteolytic cleavage. In addition, a vector, polynucleotide, or
nucleic acid of the invention may encode heterologous coding regions, either fused or unfused to
a polynucleotide encoding the immunoconjugate (fragment) of the invention, or variant or
derivative thereof. Heterologous coding regions include without limitation lized elements
or motifs, such as a secretory signal peptide or a heterologous functional domain. An le
association is when a coding region for a gene product, e.g. a ptide, is associated with one
or more tory sequences in such a way as to place expression of the gene product under the
influence or control of the regulatory sequence(s). Two DNA fragments (such as a polypeptide
coding region and a promoter associated therewith) are "operably associated" if induction of
er function s in the transcription of mRNA encoding the desired gene t and if
the nature of the linkage between the two DNA fragments does not interfere with the ability of
the expression regulatory sequences to direct the expression of the gene product or ere with
the ability of the DNA template to be transcribed. Thus, a promoter region would be operably
associated with a c acid encoding a polypeptide if the promoter was capable of effecting
transcription of that nucleic acid. The promoter may be a cell-specific promoter that directs
ntial transcription of the DNA only in predetermined cells. Other transcription control
elements, besides a promoter, for example enhancers, operators, repressors, and transcription
termination signals, can be operably ated with the cleotide to direct cell-specific
transcription. Suitable promoters and other transcription control regions are disclosed herein. A
variety of transcription control regions are known to those skilled in the art. These include,
without limitation, transcription control regions, which function in vertebrate cells, such as, but
not limited to, er and enhancer ts from galoviruses (e.g. the immediate
early promoter, in conjunction with intron-A), simian virus 40 (e.g. the early promoter), and
retroviruses (such as, e.g. Rous sarcoma . Other transcription control regions include those
derived from vertebrate genes such as actin, heat shock protein, bovine growth hormone and
rabbit â-globin, as well as other sequences capable of controlling gene expression in eukaryotic
cells. Additional suitable transcription control regions include tissue-specific promoters and
enhancers as well as inducible promoters (e.g. promoters inducible tetracyclins). Similarly, a
variety of ation control elements are known to those of ordinary skill in the art. These
include, but are not limited to ribosome binding sites, translation initiation and termination
codons, and elements d from viral systems (particularly an internal ribosome entry site, or
IRES, also referred to as a CITE ce). The expression cassette may also include other
features such as an origin of replication, and/or chromosome integration elements such as
retroviral long terminal s (LTRs), or associated viral (AAV) inverted terminal
repeats (ITRs).
Polynucleotide and nucleic acid coding regions of the present invention may be associated with
additional coding regions which encode secretory or signal peptides, which direct the secretion
of a polypeptide encoded by a polynucleotide of the present invention. For example, if ion
of the immunoconjugate is desired, DNA ng a signal sequence may be placed upstream of
the nucleic acid encoding an immunoconjugates of the ion or a fragment thereof.
According to the signal hypothesis, proteins ed by mammalian cells have a signal peptide
or secretory leader sequence which is cleaved from the mature protein once export of the
growing protein chain across the rough asmic reticulum has been initiated. Those of
ry skill in the art are aware that polypeptides secreted by vertebrate cells generally have a
signal peptide fused to the N-terminus of the polypeptide, which is cleaved from the translated
polypeptide to produce a secreted or "mature" form of the polypeptide. In certain embodiments,
the native signal peptide, e.g. an immunoglobulin heavy chain or light chain signal peptide is
used, or a onal derivative of that sequence that retains the ability to direct the secretion of
the polypeptide that is operably associated with it. Alternatively, a logous mammalian
signal peptide, or a functional derivative f, may be used. For example, the wild-type leader
sequence may be substituted with the leader sequence of human tissue plasminogen activator
(TPA) or mouse β-glucuronidase. Exemplary amino acid and corresponding cleotide
ces of secretory signal peptides are shown in SEQ ID NOs 8-16.
DNA encoding a short protein sequence that could be used to facilitate later purification (e.g. a
ine tag) or assist in ng the immunoconjugate may be included within or at the ends of
the immunoconjugate (fragment) encoding polynucleotide.
In a further embodiment, a host cell comprising one or more polynucleotides of the invention is
provided. In certain embodiments a host cell comprising one or more vectors of the invention is
provided. The polynucleotides and vectors may incorporate any of the features, singly or in
combination, described herein in relation to cleotides and vectors, respectively. In one
such embodiment a host cell comprises (e.g. has been transformed or transfected with) a vector
comprising a polynucleotide that s (part of) an immunoconjugate of the invention. As
used herein, the term "host cell" refers to any kind of cellular system which can be ered to
generate the immunoconjugates of the invention or fragments thereof. Host cells suitable for
replicating and for supporting expression of immunoconjugates are well known in the art. Such
cells may be transfected or transduced as appropriate with the particular expression vector and
large quantities of vector containing cells can be grown for seeding large scale fermenters to
obtain sufficient quantities of the immunoconjugate for clinical ations. Suitable host cells
include prokaryotic microorganisms, such as E. coli, or various eukaryotic cells, such as Chinese
hamster ovary cells (CHO), insect cells, or the like. For example, polypeptides may be produced
in bacteria in particular when glycosylation is not needed. After expression, the polypeptide may
be isolated from the bacterial cell paste in a soluble fraction and can be further purified. In
addition to prokaryotes, eukaryotic es such as filamentous fungi or yeast are le
cloning or expression hosts for polypeptide-encoding vectors, including fungi and yeast strains
whose glycosylation pathways have been “humanized”, resulting in the production of a
polypeptide with a partially or fully human glycosylation pattern. See Gerngross, Nat Biotech
22, 414 (2004), and Li et al., Nat Biotech 24, 210-215 (2006). Suitable host cells for the
expression of (glycosylated) ptides are also derived from multicellular organisms
(invertebrates and vertebrates). Examples of invertebrate cells e plant and insect cells.
Numerous baculoviral strains have been identified which may be used in conjunction with insect
cells, particularly for transfection of Spodoptera erda cells. Plant cell cultures can also be
utilized as hosts. See e.g. US Patent Nos. 5,959,177, 498, 6,420,548, 7,125,978, and
429 (describing PLANTIBODIESTM technology for producing antibodies in transgenic
plants). Vertebrate cells may also be used as hosts. For example, mammalian cell lines that are
adapted to grow in suspension may be useful. Other examples of useful mammalian host cell
lines are monkey kidney CV1 line transformed by SV40 (COS-7); human embryonic kidney line
(293 or 293T cells as described, e.g., in Graham et al., J Gen Virol 36, 59 (1977)), baby hamster
kidney cells (BHK), mouse sertoli cells (TM4 cells as described, e.g., in , Biol Reprod 23,
243-251 (1980)), monkey kidney cells (CV1), African green monkey kidney cells (VERO-76),
human cervical carcinoma cells (HELA), canine kidney cells (MDCK), o rat liver cells
(BRL 3A), human lung cells (W138), human liver cells (Hep G2), mouse mammary tumor cells
(MMT 060562), TRI cells (as bed, e.g., in Mather et al., Annals N.Y. Acad Sci 383, 44-68
(1982)), MRC 5 cells, and FS4 cells. Other useful mammalian host cell lines include Chinese
hamster ovary (CHO) cells, including dhfr- CHO cells (Urlaub et al., Proc Natl Acad Sci USA
77, 4216 (1980)); and myeloma cell lines such as YO, NS0, P3X63 and Sp2/0. For a review of
certain mammalian host cell lines suitable for protein production, see, e.g., Yazaki and Wu,
Methods in Molecular Biology, Vol. 248 (B.K.C. Lo, ed., Humana Press, Totowa, NJ), pp. 255-
268 (2003). Host cells include cultured cells, e.g., mammalian cultured cells, yeast cells, insect
cells, bacterial cells and plant cells, to name only a few, but also cells comprised within a
transgenic animal, transgenic plant or cultured plant or animal tissue. In one embodiment, the
host cell is a eukaryotic cell, preferably a mammalian cell, such as a Chinese Hamster Ovary
(CHO) cell, a human embryonic kidney (HEK) cell or a lymphoid cell (e.g., Y0, NS0, Sp20 cell).
Standard logies are known in the art to express foreign genes in these systems. Cells
expressing a polypeptide comprising either the heavy or the light chain of an antigen binding
domain such as an dy, may be engineered so as to also express the other of the antibody
chains such that the expressed product is an antibody that has both a heavy and a light chain.
In one embodiment, a method of producing an immunoconjugate according to the invention is
provided, wherein the method comprises culturing a host cell comprising a polynucleotide
encoding the immunoconjugate, as provided herein, under conditions suitable for expression of
the conjugate, and recovering the immunoconjugate from the host cell (or host cell
culture medium).
The ents of the immunoconjugate are genetically fused to each other. Immunoconjugates
can be ed such that its components are fused directly to each other or indirectly through a
linker sequence. The composition and length of the linker may be determined in accordance with
methods well known in the art and may be tested for efficacy. Examples of linker sequences
between the or moiety and the Fc domain are found in the ces shown in SEQ ID NO
195, 197, 199, 203, 209, 215, 229, 235, 237, 243, 245, 247, 249, 251, 269, 271, 273, 275, 277,
279 and 285. Additional sequences may also be included to incorporate a cleavage site to
separate the individual components of the fusion if desired, for example an endopeptidase
recognition sequence.
In certain embodiments the one or more antigen binding moieties of the conjugate
comprise at least an antibody variable region capable of binding an antigenic determinant.
Variable regions can form part of and be derived from naturally or non-naturally occurring
antibodies and fragments thereof. Methods to produce polyclonal antibodies and monoclonal
antibodies are well known in the art (see e.g. Harlow and Lane, "Antibodies, a laboratory
manual", Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1988). turally occurring antibodies can be
constructed using solid phase-peptide synthesis, can be produced recombinantly (e.g. as
bed in U.S. patent No. 4,186,567) or can be obtained, for example, by screening
combinatorial ies comprising variable heavy chains and variable light chains (see e.g. U.S.
Patent. No. 5,969,108 to McCafferty). Antigen binding es and methods for producing the
same are also described in detail in PCT ation , the entire content of
which is incorporated herein by reference.
Any animal species of antibody, antibody nt, antigen binding domain or variable region
can be used in the immunoconjugates of the invention. Non-limiting antibodies, antibody
fragments, antigen binding domains or variable regions useful in the present invention can be of
murine, primate, or human . If the immunoconjugate is intended for human use, a chimeric
form of antibody may be used wherein the constant regions of the dy are from a human. A
humanized or fully human form of the antibody can also be prepared in accordance with methods
well known in the art (see e. g. U.S. Patent No. 5,565,332 to Winter). zation may be
achieved by various methods including, but not limited to (a) grafting the man (e.g.,
donor antibody) CDRs onto human (e.g. recipient antibody) framework and constant s
with or t retention of critical framework residues (e.g. those that are important for
retaining good antigen binding affinity or antibody functions), (b) grafting only the non-human
specificity-determining regions (SDRs or a-CDRs; the residues critical for the antibody-antigen
interaction) onto human framework and constant regions, or (c) transplanting the entire nonhuman
variable domains, but "cloaking" them with a human-like section by replacement of
surface residues. Humanized antibodies and methods of making them are ed, e.g., in
Almagro and Fransson, Front Biosci 13, 1619-1633 (2008), and are further described, e.g., in
ann et al., Nature 332, 323-329 ; Queen et al., Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 86, 10029-
10033 (1989); US Patent Nos. 5,821,337, 7,527,791, 6,982,321, and 7,087,409; Jones et al.,
Nature 321, 522-525 (1986); Morrison et al., Proc Natl Acad Sci 81, 6851-6855 (1984);
Morrison and Oi, Adv Immunol 44, 65-92 (1988); yen et al., e 239, 1534-1536
(1988); Padlan, Molec Immun 31(3), 169-217 (1994); Kashmiri et al., s 36, 25-34 (2005)
(describing SDR (a-CDR) grafting); Padlan, Mol Immunol 28, 489-498 (1991) (describing
“resurfacing”); Dall’Acqua et al., s 36, 43-60 (2005) ibing “FR shuffling”); and
Osbourn et al., s 36, 61-68 (2005) and Klimka et al., Br J Cancer 83, 252-260 (2000)
(describing the “guided selection” approach to FR shuffling). Human antibodies and human
variable regions can be produced using various techniques known in the art. Human antibodies
are described generally in van Dijk and van de Winkel, Curr Opin Pharmacol 5, 368-74 (2001)
and Lonberg, Curr Opin Immunol 20, 9 (2008). Human variable regions can form part of
and be derived from human monoclonal antibodies made by the hybridoma method (see e.g.
Monoclonal Antibody Production Techniques and Applications, pp. 51-63 (Marcel Dekker, Inc.,
New York, 1987)). Human antibodies and human variable regions may also be prepared by
administering an immunogen to a transgenic animal that has been modified to produce intact
human antibodies or intact antibodies with human variable regions in response to antigenic
challenge (see e.g. g, Nat Biotech 23, 1117-1125 (2005). Human antibodies and human
variable s may also be generated by isolating Fv clone variable region sequences selected
from human-derived phage display libraries (see e.g., Hoogenboom et al. in Methods in
Molecular Biology 178, 1-37 (O’Brien et al., ed., Human Press, Totowa, NJ, 2001); and
McCafferty et al., Nature 348, 552-554; Clackson et al., Nature 352, 624-628 (1991)). Phage
lly display antibody fragments, either as single-chain Fv (scFv) fragments or as Fab
fragments. A ed description of the preparation of antigen binding moieties for
immunoconjugates by phage display can be found in the Examples appended to PCT publication
In certain embodiments, the n g moieties useful in the present invention are
engineered to have enhanced binding affinity according to, for example, the methods disclosed in
PCT publication (see Examples relating to affinity maturation) or U.S. Pat.
Appl. Publ. No. 2004/0132066, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by nce.
The ability of the immunoconjugate of the invention to bind to a specific antigenic determinant
can be measured either through an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ) or other
techniques familiar to one of skill in the art, e.g. surface plasmon nce technique zed
on a BIACORE T100 system) (Liljeblad, et al., Glyco J 17, 323-329 (2000)), and traditional
binding assays y, Endocr Res 28, 217-229 (2002)). ition assays may be used to
identify an antibody, antibody fragment, n binding domain or variable domain that
competes with a reference antibody for binding to a particular n, e.g. an antibody that
competes with the L19 antibody for binding to the Extra Domain B of fibronectin (EDB). In
certain embodiments, such a competing antibody binds to the same epitope (e.g. a linear or a
conformational epitope) that is bound by the reference antibody. Detailed exemplary methods for
mapping an epitope to which an antibody binds are provided in Morris (1996) “Epitope Mapping
Protocols,” in Methods in Molecular Biology vol. 66 (Humana Press, Totowa, NJ). In an
exemplary competition assay, immobilized antigen (e.g. EDB) is incubated in a solution
comprising a first labeled antibody that binds to the antigen (e.g. L19 antibody) and a second
unlabeled dy that is being tested for its ability to compete with the first antibody for
binding to the antigen. The second antibody may be present in a hybridoma supernatant. As a
control, immobilized antigen is incubated in a solution comprising the first labeled antibody but
not the second unlabeled antibody. After incubation under conditions sive for binding of
the first antibody to the antigen, excess unbound antibody is d, and the amount of label
associated with immobilized antigen is measured. If the amount of label associated with
immobilized antigen is substantially reduced in the test sample relative to the l sample,
then that indicates that the second antibody is competing with the first antibody for binding to
the antigen. See Harlow and Lane (1988) Antibodies: A Laboratory Manual ch.14 (Cold Spring
Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY).
Immunoconjugates prepared as described herein may be purified by art-known techniques such
as high performance liquid chromatography, ion exchange chromatography, gel electrophoresis,
affinity chromatography, size exclusion chromatography, and the like. The actual conditions
used to purify a particular protein will depend, in part, on factors such as net charge,
hydrophobicity, hydrophilicity etc., and will be apparent to those having skill in the art. For
affinity chromatography cation an antibody, ligand, or or antigen can be used to
which the immunoconjugate binds. For example, for affinity chromatography purification of
immunoconjugates of the invention, a matrix with protein A or protein G may be used.
Sequential n A or G affinity chromatography and size exclusion chromatography can be
used to isolate an immunoconjugate essentially as described in the Examples. The purity of the
immunoconjugate can be determined by any of a y of well known analytical methods
including gel electrophoresis, high pressure liquid chromatography, and the like. For example,
the heavy chain fusion proteins expressed as described in the Examples were shown to be intact
and properly assembled as demonstrated by reducing SDS-PAGE (see e.g. Figure 4). Three
bands were resolved at approximately Mr 25,000, Mr 50,000 and Mr 60,000, corresponding to
the predicted molecular weights of the immunoglobulin light chain, heavy chain and heavy
chain/effector moiety fusion protein.
Assays
conjugates provided herein may be identified, screened for, or characterized for their
physical/chemical properties and/or ical activities by various assays known in the art.
Affinity assays
The affinity of the immunoconjugate for an or moiety receptor (e.g. IL-10R or s
forms of IL-2R), an Fc receptor, or a target antigen, can be determined in ance with the
methods set forth in the Examples by surface plasmon resonance (SPR), using standard
instrumentation such as a BIAcore instrument (GE Healthcare), and receptors or target proteins
such as may be obtained by inant expression. Alternatively, binding of
immunoconjugates for different receptors or target antigens may be evaluated using cell lines
sing the particular receptor or target antigen, for e by flow cytometry (FACS). A
ic illustrative and exemplary embodiment for measuring binding affinity is described in the
following and in the Examples below.
According to one embodiment, KD is measured by surface plasmon resonance using a
BIACORE® T100 machine (GE Healthcare) at 25°C with ligand (e.g. effector moiety receptor,
Fc receptor or target antigen) immobilized on CM5 chips. Briefly, carboxymethylated dextran
biosensor chips (CM5, GE Healthcare) are activated with N-ethyl-N’-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-
carbodiimide hydrochloride (EDC) and N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS) according to the
supplier’s instructions. Recombinant ligand is d with 10 mM sodium acetate, pH 5.5, to
0.5-30 µg/ml before injection at a flow rate of 10 µl/minute to achieve approximately 100-5000
response units (RU) of coupled protein. Following the injection of the ligand, 1 M ethanolamine
is ed to block unreacted groups. For kinetics measurements, three- to five-fold serial
dilutions of immunoconjugate (range between ~0.01 nM to 300 nM) are injected in +
(GE Healthcare, 10 mM HEPES, 150 mM NaCl, 3 mM EDTA, 0.05% Surfactant P20, pH 7.4) at
°C at a flow rate of approximately 30-50 µl/min. Association rates (kon) and dissociation rates
(koff) are calculated using a simple one-to-one Langmuir binding model (BIACORE ® T100
Evaluation re n 1.1.1) by simultaneously fitting the association and dissociation
sensorgrams. The brium iation nt (KD) is calculated as the ratio koff/kon. See,
e.g., Chen et al., J Mol Biol 293, 865-881 (1999).
Activity assays
Biological activity of the immunoconjugates of the invention can be measured by various assays
as described in the Examples. Biological activities may for example include the induction of
proliferation of effector moiety receptor-bearing cells, the induction of signaling in effector
moiety receptor-bearing cells, the induction of cytokine secretion by effector moiety receptorbearing
cells, and the induction of tumor regression and/or the improvement of survival.
Compositions, Formulations, and Routes of Administration
In a further aspect, the invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising any of the
conjugates provided herein, e.g., for use in any of the below therapeutic methods. In one
ment, a pharmaceutical ition comprises any of the immunoconjugates ed
herein and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. In another embodiment, a pharmaceutical
composition comprises any of the immunoconjugates ed herein and at least one additional
therapeutic agent, e.g., as described below.
Further provided is a method of producing an immunoconjugate of the invention in a form
suitable for administration in vivo, the method sing (a) obtaining an immunoconjugate
according to the invention, and (b) formulating the immunoconjugate with at least one
pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, whereby a ation of conjugate is formulated
for administration in vivo.
Pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention comprise a therapeutically effective
amount of one or more immunoconjugate dissolved or dispersed in a pharmaceutically
acceptable carrier. The phrases "pharmaceutical or pharmacologically acceptable" refers to
molecular entities and compositions that are generally non-toxic to recipients at the dosages and
concentrations employed, i.e. do not produce an adverse, allergic or other untoward reaction
when administered to an animal, such as, for example, a human, as riate. The preparation
of a pharmaceutical composition that contains at least one immunoconjugate and optionally an
additional active ingredient will be known to those of skill in the art in light of the present
sure, as exemplified by Remington's ceutical Sciences, 18th Ed. Mack Printing
Company, 1990, incorporated herein by reference. er, for animal (e.g., human)
administration, it will be understood that preparations should meet sterility, pyrogenicity, general
safety and purity standards as required by FDA Office of Biological Standards or corresponding
authorities in other countries. Preferred compositions are lyophilized formulations or aqueous
solutions. As used , "pharmaceutically acceptable carrier" includes any and all solvents,
buffers, dispersion media, coatings, surfactants, idants, preservatives (e.g. antibacterial
, antifungal agents), ic agents, absorption delaying , salts, preservatives,
antioxidants, proteins, drugs, drug stabilizers, polymers, gels, binders, excipients, disintegration
agents, lubricants, sweetening agents, flavoring agents, dyes, such like materials and
combinations thereof, as would be known to one of ordinary skill in the art (see, for example,
Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences, 18th Ed. Mack Printing Company, 1990, pp. 1289-1329,
incorporated herein by nce). Except insofar as any conventional carrier is incompatible
with the active ingredient, its use in the therapeutic or pharmaceutical compositions is
contemplated.
The composition may comprise different types of carriers depending on whether it is to be
administered in solid, liquid or aerosol form, and whether it need to be sterile for such routes of
administration as injection. Immunoconjugates of the present ion (and any additional
therapeutic agent) can be administered intravenously, intradermally, intraarterially,
intraperitoneally, intralesionally, ranially, intraarticularly, intraprostatically,
intrasplenically, intrarenally, intrapleurally, intratracheally, intranasally, intravitreally,
intravaginally, intrarectally, intratumorally, intramuscularly, intraperitoneally, subcutaneously,
subconjunctivally, intravesicularlly, mucosally, ericardially, intraumbilically,
intraocularally, orally, topically, y, by inhalation (e.g. aerosol inhalation), injection,
on, continuous infusion, localized perfusion bathing target cells directly, via a catheter, via
a lavage, in cremes, in lipid compositions (e.g. mes), or by other method or any
combination of the forgoing as would be known to one of ordinary skill in the art (see, for
example, Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences, 18th Ed. Mack Printing Company, 1990,
incorporated herein by reference). eral administration, in particular intravenous ion,
is most commonly used for administering ptide molecules such as the immunoconjugates
of the invention.
Parenteral compositions include those designed for administration by injection, e.g.
subcutaneous, intradermal, intralesional, intravenous, intraarterial intramuscular, intrathecal or
intraperitoneal injection. For ion, the immunoconjugates of the invention may be
formulated in aqueous solutions, preferably in physiologically compatible buffers such as Hanks'
solution, Ringer's solution, or physiological saline buffer. The solution may contain formulatory
agents such as suspending, stabilizing and/or dispersing agents. Alternatively, the
immunoconjugates may be in powder form for constitution with a suitable vehicle, e.g., sterile
pyrogen-free water, before use. Sterile injectable solutions are prepared by incorporating the
immunoconjugates of the invention in the required amount in the appropriate solvent with
various of the other ingredients enumerated below, as required. Sterility may be readily
accomplished, e.g., by filtration through e filtration nes. Generally, dispersions are
prepared by incorporating the various sterilized active ingredients into a sterile vehicle which
contains the basic dispersion medium and/or the other ients. In the case of sterile powders
for the preparation of sterile injectable ons, sions or on, the red methods
of preparation are -drying or freeze-drying techniques which yield a powder of the active
ingredient plus any additional desired ingredient from a previously sterile-filtered liquid medium
thereof. The liquid medium should be suitably buffered if necessary and the liquid diluent first
rendered isotonic prior to injection with ient saline or glucose. The ition must be
stable under the conditions of manufacture and storage, and preserved against the contaminating
action of microorganisms, such as bacteria and fungi. It will be appreciated that endotoxin
contamination should be kept minimally at a safe level, for example, less that 0.5 ng/mg protein.
Suitable pharmaceutically acceptable carriers include, but are not d to: buffers such as
phosphate, citrate, and other organic acids; idants ing ascorbic acid and methionine;
preservatives (such as cyldimethylbenzyl ammonium chloride; hexamethonium chloride;
benzalkonium de; benzethonium chloride; phenol, butyl or benzyl alcohol; alkyl parabens
such as methyl or propyl paraben; catechol; resorcinol; cyclohexanol; 3-pentanol; and ol);
low molecular weight (less than about 10 residues) polypeptides; proteins, such as serum
albumin, gelatin, or immunoglobulins; hydrophilic polymers such as polyvinylpyrrolidone;
amino acids such as glycine, glutamine, asparagine, histidine, arginine, or lysine;
monosaccharides, disaccharides, and other carbohydrates including glucose, mannose, or
dextrins; chelating agents such as EDTA; sugars such as sucrose, mannitol, trehalose or sorbitol;
salt-forming r-ions such as sodium; metal complexes (e.g. Zn-protein complexes); and/or
nic surfactants such as polyethylene glycol (PEG). Aqueous injection suspensions may
contain compounds which increase the viscosity of the suspension, such as sodium
carboxymethyl cellulose, sorbitol, dextran, or the like. Optionally, the suspension may also
n suitable stabilizers or agents which increase the solubility of the compounds to allow for
the preparation of highly concentrated solutions. Additionally, suspensions of the active
compounds may be prepared as appropriate oily injection suspensions. Suitable lipophilic
ts or vehicles include fatty oils such as sesame oil, or synthetic fatty acid esters, such as
ethyl cleats or triglycerides, or liposomes.
Active ingredients may be entrapped in microcapsules prepared, for example, by vation
techniques or by interfacial polymerization, for example, hydroxymethylcellulose or gelatinmicrocapsules
and poly-(methylmethacylate) microcapsules, respectively, in colloidal drug
delivery systems (for example, liposomes, albumin microspheres, microemulsions, nano-
particles and nanocapsules) or in macroemulsions. Such techniques are disclosed in Remington's
Pharmaceutical Sciences (18th Ed. Mack ng Company, 1990). Sustained-release
preparations may be prepared. Suitable examples of sustained-release preparations include
semipermeable matrices of solid hydrophobic polymers containing the polypeptide, which
matrices are in the form of shaped articles, e.g. films, or microcapsules. In ular
ments, prolonged absorption of an injectable ition can be brought about by the
use in the itions of agents delaying absorption, such as, for example, aluminum
monostearate, gelatin or combinations thereof.
In addition to the itions described previously, the immunoconjugates may also be
formulated as a depot preparation. Such long acting formulations may be administered by
implantation (for example subcutaneously or intramuscularly) or by intramuscular injection.
Thus, for example, the immunoconjugates may be formulated with suitable polymeric or
hydrophobic materials (for example as an on in an acceptable oil) or ion exchange resins,
or as sparingly soluble derivatives, for example, as a sparingly soluble salt.
ceutical compositions comprising the immunoconjugates of the invention may be
manufactured by means of conventional mixing, dissolving, emulsifying, encapsulating,
entrapping or lyophilizing processes. Pharmaceutical itions may be formulated in
conventional manner using one or more logically acceptable carriers, diluents, excipients
or auxiliaries which facilitate sing of the proteins into preparations that can be used
pharmaceutically. Proper formulation is dependent upon the route of administration chosen.
The immunoconjugates may be formulated into a composition in a free acid or base, neutral or
salt form. Pharmaceutically acceptable salts are salts that substantially retain the biological
activity of the free acid or base. These include the acid on salts, e.g., those formed with the
free amino groups of a naceous composition, or which are formed with inorganic acids
such as for example, hydrochloric or phosphoric acids, or such organic acids as acetic, oxalic,
tartaric or mandelic acid. Salts formed with the free yl groups can also be derived from
inorganic bases such as for example, sodium, potassium, ammonium, calcium or ferric
hydroxides; or such organic bases as isopropylamine, trimethylamine, ine or procaine.
Pharmaceutical salts tend to be more soluble in aqueous and other protic solvents than are the
corresponding free base forms.
Therapeutic Methods and Compositions
Any of the immunoconjugates provided herein may be used in therapeutic methods.
Immunoconjugates of the ion can be used as immunotherapeutic agents, for example in the
treatment of cancers.
For use in therapeutic methods, conjugates of the invention would be formulated, dosed,
and stered in a fashion consistent with good medical practice. Factors for consideration in
this context include the particular disorder being treated, the particular mammal being treated,
the clinical condition of the individual patient, the cause of the disorder, the site of delivery of
the agent, the method of administration, the ling of administration, and other factors
known to l practitioners.
In one aspect, immunoconjugates of the invention for use as a medicament are provided. In
further aspects, immunoconjugates of the invention for use in treating a disease are provided. In
certain embodiments, immunoconjugates of the ion for use in a method of treatment are
provided. In one embodiment, the invention provides an immunoconjugate as described herein
for use in the treatment of a disease in an individual in need thereof. In certain ments, the
invention provides an immunoconjugate for use in a method of treating an individual having a
disease comprising stering to the individual a eutically effective amount of the
immunoconjugate. In certain embodiments the disease to be treated is a proliferative er. In
a particular embodiment the disease is cancer. In other embodiments the disease to be treated is
an inflammatory er. In certain embodiments the method further comprises stering to
the individual a therapeutically effective amount of at least one additional therapeutic agent, e.g.,
an ancer agent if the disease to be treated is cancer. An “individual” according to any of the
above embodiments is a mammal, preferably a human.
In a further aspect, the invention provides for the use of an immunconjugate of the invention in
the manufacture or ation of a medicament for the treatment of a disease in an individual in
need thereof. In one embodiment, the medicament is for use in a method of treating a disease
comprising administering to an individual having the disease a therapeutically effective amount
of the medicament. In certain embodiments the disease to be treated is a proliferative disorder. In
a particular embodiment the disease is cancer. In other embodiments the disease to be treated is
an matory er. In one embodiment, the method further comprises administering to the
individual a therapeutically effective amount of at least one additional therapeutic agent, e.g., an
anti-cancer agent if the disease to be treated is cancer. An “individual” according to any of the
above embodiments may be a mammal, preferably a human.
Also described herein is a method for ng a disease in an individual, comprising
administering to said individual a therapeutically ive amount of an immunoconjugate of the
invention. In one ment a ition is administered to said dual, comprising
immunoconjugate of the invention in a ceutically acceptable form. In certain
embodiments the disease to be d is a proliferative disorder. In a particular embodiment the
disease is cancer. In other ments the disease to be treated is an inflammatory disorder. In
certain embodiments the method further comprises stering to the individual a
therapeutically effective amount of at least one additional therapeutic agent, e.g., an anti-cancer
agent if the disease to be treated is cancer. An “individual” according to any of the above
embodiments may be a mammal, preferably a human.
In certain embodiments the disease to be treated is a proliferative disorder, particularly .
Non-limiting examples of cancers include bladder cancer, brain cancer, head and neck cancer,
pancreatic cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, uterine cancer, cervical cancer,
endometrial cancer, esophageal cancer, colon cancer, colorectal cancer, rectal cancer, gastric
, prostate cancer, blood cancer, skin cancer, us cell carcinoma, bone cancer, and
kidney cancer. Other cell eration disorders that can be d using an immunoconjugate of
the present ion include, but are not limited to neoplasms located in the: abdomen, bone,
breast, digestive system, liver, pancreas, peritoneum, endocrine glands (adrenal, parathyroid,
pituitary, les, ovary, thymus, thyroid), eye, head and neck, nervous system (central and
peripheral), lymphatic system, pelvic, skin, soft tissue, spleen, thoracic region, and urogenital
system. Also included are pre-cancerous conditions or lesions and cancer metastases. In certain
embodiments the cancer is chosen from the group consisting of renal cell cancer, skin ,
lung cancer, colorectal cancer, breast cancer, brain cancer, head and neck cancer. In some
embodiments, particularly where the effector moiety of the immunoconjugate is IL-10, the
disease to be treated is an inflammatory disorder. Non-limiting examples of inflammatory
disorders include rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis or s disease. A skilled artisan readily
recognizes that in many cases the immunoconjugates may not provide a cure but may only
provide partial benefit. In some embodiments, a logical change having some benefit is
also considered therapeutically beneficial. Thus, in some embodiments, an amount of
immunoconjugate that provides a physiological change is considered an "effective amount" or a
"therapeutically effective ". The subject, patient, or individual in need of treatment is
typically a , more specifically a human.
The conjugates of the invention are also useful as diagnostic reagents. The binding of an
immunoconjugate to an antigenic inant can be y detected by using a secondary
antibody specific for the effector moiety. In one embodiment, the secondary antibody and the
immunoconjugate facilitate the detection of binding of the immunoconjugate to an antigenic
determinant located on a cell or tissue surface.
In some embodiments, an effective amount of an immunoconjugate of the invention is
administered to a cell. In other embodiments, a therapeutically effective amount of an
immunoconjugates of the ion is administered to an individual for the treatment of disease.
For the prevention or treatment of disease, the appropriate dosage of an immunoconjugate of the
invention (when used alone or in ation with one or more other additional therapeutic
agents) will depend on the type of disease to be treated, the route of administration, the body
weight of the patient, the type of immunoconjugate, the severity and course of the disease,
whether the immunoconjugate is administered for tive or therapeutic purposes, previous
or concurrent therapeutic interventions, the patient's clinical history and response to the
immunoconjugate, and the discretion of the attending physician. The practitioner responsible for
administration will, in any event, determine the concentration of active ingredient(s) in a
ition and appropriate dose(s) for the individual subject. Various dosing schedules
including but not limited to single or multiple administrations over various time-points, bolus
administration, and pulse infusion are contemplated .
The immunoconjugate is suitably stered to the t at one time or over a series of
treatments. Depending on the type and severity of the disease, about 1 µg/kg to 15 mg/kg (e.g.
0.1 mg/kg – 10 mg/kg) of immunoconjugate can be an l candidate dosage for administration
to the patient, whether, for example, by one or more separate administrations, or by continuous
infusion. One typical daily dosage might range from about 1 µg/kg to 100 mg/kg or more,
depending on the factors mentioned above. For repeated administrations over several days or
longer, depending on the ion, the treatment would generally be sustained until a d
suppression of disease symptoms occurs. One exemplary dosage of the immunoconjugate would
be in the range from about 0.005 mg/kg to about 10 mg/kg. In other non-limiting examples, a
dose may also comprise from about 1 microgram/kg body weight, about 5 microgram/kg body
weight, about 10 microgram/kg body , about 50 microgram/kg body weight, about 100
microgram/kg body weight, about 200 microgram/kg body weight, about 350 microgram/kg
body weight, about 500 microgram/kg body weight, about 1 milligram/kg body weight, about 5
milligram/kg body , about 10 milligram/kg body weight, about 50 milligram/kg body
weight, about 100 milligram/kg body weight, about 200 milligram/kg body weight, about 350
ram/kg body weight, about 500 milligram/kg body weight, to about 1000 mg/kg body
weight or more per administration, and any range derivable therein. In miting examples of
a ble range from the numbers listed herein, a range of about 5 mg/kg body weight to about
100 mg/kg body weight, about 5 microgram/kg body weight to about 500 milligram/kg body
weight, etc., can be stered, based on the numbers described above. Thus, one or more
doses of about 0.5 mg/kg, 2.0 mg/kg, 5.0 mg/kg or 10 mg/kg (or any combination thereof) may
be administered to the t. Such doses may be administered intermittently, e.g. every week or
every three weeks (e.g. such that the patient receives from about two to about twenty, or e.g.
about six doses of the conjugate). An initial higher loading dose, followed by one or
more lower doses may be administered. However, other dosage regimens may be useful. The
progress of this therapy is easily monitored by conventional techniques and assays.
The immunoconjugates of the invention will generally be used in an amount effective to achieve
the intended purpose. For use to treat or prevent a disease condition, the immunoconjugates of
the invention, or pharmaceutical itions thereof, are administered or applied in a
therapeutically effective amount. Determination of a therapeutically effective amount is well
within the capabilities of those skilled in the art, especially in light of the detailed disclosure
provided herein.
For systemic administration, a therapeutically effective dose can be estimated initially from in
vitro assays, such as cell culture . A dose can then be formulated in animal models to
achieve a circulating tration range that includes the IC50 as determined in cell culture.
Such information can be used to more accurately determine useful doses in humans.
Initial dosages can also be estimated from in vivo data, e.g., animal models, using techniques that
are well known in the art. One having ry skill in the art could readily optimize
administration to humans based on animal data.
Dosage amount and interval may be adjusted dually to provide plasma levels of the
immunoconjugates which are sufficient to maintain therapeutic effect. Usual patient dosages for
administration by injection range from about 0.1 to 50 mg/kg/day, typically from about 0.5 to 1
mg/kg/day. Therapeutically effective plasma levels may be ed by administering multiple
doses each day. Levels in plasma may be measured, for example, by HPLC.
In cases of local stration or selective uptake, the ive local concentration of the
immunoconjugates may not be related to plasma concentration. One having skill in the art will
be able to optimize therapeutically effective local dosages without undue experimentation.
A therapeutically effective dose of the immunoconjugates described herein will generally
provide therapeutic benefit without causing substantial toxicity. Toxicity and therapeutic efficacy
of an immunoconjugate can be determined by standard pharmaceutical procedures in cell culture
or experimental animals. Cell culture assays and animal s can be used to determine the
LD50 (the dose lethal to 50% of a population) and the ED50 (the dose therapeutically effective in
50% of a population). The dose ratio between toxic and therapeutic s is the therapeutic
index, which can be sed as the ratio LD50/ED50. conjugates that exhibit large
therapeutic indices are preferred. In one ment, the immunoconjugate according to the
t invention exhibits a high therapeutic index. The data obtained from cell culture assays
and animal studies can be used in formulating a range of dosages le for use in . The
dosage lies preferably within a range of circulating concentrations that include the ED50 with
little or no toxicity. The dosage may vary within this range depending upon a variety of factors,
e.g., the dosage form employed, the route of administration utilized, the condition of the subject,
and the like. The exact formulation, route of administration and dosage can be chosen by the
individual physician in view of the patient's condition (see, e.g., Fingl et al., 1975, in: The
cological Basis of Therapeutics, Ch. 1, p. 1, incorporated herein by reference in its
entirety).
The attending physician for ts treated with immunoconjugates of the invention would
know how and when to terminate, interrupt, or adjust administration due to toxicity, organ
dysfunction, and the like. Conversely, the attending physician would also know to adjust
treatment to higher levels if the clinical response were not adequate (precluding toxicity). The
magnitude of an administered dose in the ment of the disorder of interest will vary with
the severity of the condition to be treated, with the route of administration, and the like. The
severity of the condition may, for example, be evaluated, in part, by standard prognostic
evaluation methods. Further, the dose and perhaps dose frequency will also vary according to the
age, body weight, and response of the individual patient.
Other Agents and Treatments
The immunoconjugates of the invention may be administered in ation with one or more
other agents in therapy. For instance, an immunoconjugate of the invention may be coadministered
with at least one additional therapeutic agent. The term "therapeutic agent”
encompasses any agent administered to treat a symptom or disease in an individual in need of
such treatment. Such additional therapeutic agent may se any active ingredients suitable
for the particular indication being treated, preferably those with complementary activities that do
not adversely affect each other. In certain embodiments, an additional eutic agent is an
immunomodulatory agent, a cytostatic agent, an inhibitor of cell adhesion, a cytotoxic agent, an
activator of cell sis, or an agent that increases the sensitivity of cells to apoptotic inducers.
In a particular ment, the additional therapeutic agent is an anti-cancer agent, for example
a microtubule disruptor, an antimetabolite, a topoisomerase inhibitor, a DNA intercalator, an
alkylating agent, a al therapy, a kinase inhibitor, a receptor antagonist, an tor of
tumor cell sis, or an antiangiogenic agent.
Such other agents are suitably present in combination in amounts that are ive for the
purpose intended. The effective amount of such other agents depends on the amount of
immunoconjugate used, the type of disorder or treatment, and other factors discussed above. The
immunoconjugates are lly used in the same dosages and with administration routes as
described , or about from 1 to 99% of the dosages described , or in any dosage and
by any route that is empirically/clinically determined to be appropriate.
Such combination therapies noted above encompass combined administration (where two or
more therapeutic agents are included in the same or separate compositions), and separate
stration, in which case, administration of the immunoconjugate of the invention can occur
prior to, simultaneously, and/or following, administration of the additional therapeutic agent
and/or adjuvant. Immunoconjugates of the invention can also be used in combination with
radiation therapy.
Articles of Manufacture
Also described herein is an article of manufacture containing materials useful for the treatment,
prevention and/or diagnosis of the disorders described above. The article of manufacture
comprises a container and a label or package insert on or associated with the container. Suitable
ners include, for example, bottles, vials, syringes, IV solution bags, etc. The containers
may be formed from a variety of materials such as glass or plastic. The container holds a
composition which is by itself or combined with another composition effective for treating,
preventing and/or diagnosing the condition and may have a sterile access port (for example the
container may be an intravenous solution bag or a vial having a stopper pierceable by a
hypodermic injection needle). At least one active agent in the composition is an
immunoconjugate of the invention. The label or package insert indicates that the composition is
used for ng the condition of . Moreover, the article of manufacture may se (a)
a first container with a composition ned therein, wherein the composition comprises an
immunoconjugate of the invention; and (b) a second container with a composition contained
therein, wherein the composition comprises a further xic or otherwise eutic agent.
The article of manufacture in this embodiment of the invention may further comprise a package
insert indicating that the compositions can be used to treat a particular ion. Alternatively,
or additionally, the article of manufacture may further comprise a second (or third) container
comprising a pharmaceutically-acceptable buffer, such as iostatic water for injection
(BWFI), phosphate-buffered saline, Ringer's solution and dextrose solution. It may further
include other materials desirable from a commercial and user oint, including other buffers,
diluents, filters, needles, and syringes.
Examples
The following are examples of methods and compositions of the invention and/or as described
herein. It is understood that various other embodiments may be practiced, given the general
description provided above.
Example 1
General s
Recombinant DNA Techniques
Standard methods were used to manipulate DNA as bed in Sambrook et al., Molecular
cloning: A laboratory manual; Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring , New
York, 1989. The molecular biological reagents were used according to the manufacturer's
instructions. General ation regarding the tide sequences of human immunoglobulins
light and heavy chains is given in: Kabat, E.A. et al., (1991) Sequences of Proteins of
Immunological Interest, Fifth Ed., NIH ation No 2.
DNA Sequencing
DNA sequences were determined by double strand sequencing.
Gene Synthesis
Desired gene segments where required were either generated by PCR using appropriate
templates or were synthesized by Geneart AG (Regensburg, y) from synthetic
oligonucleotides and PCR products by automated gene synthesis. In cases where no exact gene
sequence was available, oligonucleotide primers were designed based on sequences from closest
homologues and the genes were isolated by RT-PCR from RNA originating from the appropriate
tissue. The gene segments flanked by singular restriction endonuclease cleavage sites were
cloned into standard cloning / cing vectors. The plasmid DNA was purified from
transformed bacteria and concentration determined by UV spectroscopy. The DNA sequence of
the subcloned gene fragments was med by DNA sequencing. Gene segments were
designed with le restriction sites to allow sub-cloning into the respective expression
vectors. All constructs were designed with a 5’-end DNA sequence coding for a leader peptide
which targets proteins for secretion in eukaryotic cells. SEQ ID NOs 8-16 give exemplary leader
peptides and polynucleotide ces encoding them.
Preparation of IL-2R βγ subunit-Fc fusions and IL-2R α subunit Fc fusion
To study IL-2 receptor g affinity, a tool was generated that allowed for the expression of a
heterodimeric IL-2 receptor; the β-subunit of the IL-2 receptor was fused to an Fc molecule that
was engineered to heterodimerize (Fc(hole)) (see SEQ ID NOs 17 and 18) using the “knobs-into-
holes” technology (Merchant et al., Nat Biotech. 16, 677-681 (1998)). The γ-subunit of the IL-2
receptor was then fused to the Fc(knob) variant (see SEQ ID NOs 19 and 20), which
heterodimerized with Fc(hole). This heterodimeric Fc-fusion n was then used as a substrate
for analyzing the IL-2/IL-2 receptor interaction. The IL-2R α-subunit was expressed as
monomeric chain with an AcTev ge site and an Avi His tag (SEQ ID NOs 21 and 22). The
respective IL-2R subunits were transiently expressed in HEK EBNA 293 with serum for the IL-
2R βγ subunit construct and without serum for the α-subunit construct. The IL-2R βγ subunit
construct was purified on protein A (GE Healthcare), followed by size exclusion
chromatography (GE Healthcare, Superdex 200). The IL-2R α-subunit was purified via His tag
on a NiNTA column (Qiagen) followed by size exclusion chromatography (GE Healthcare,
Superdex 75). Amino acid and corresponding nucleotide ces of various receptor
constructs are given in SEQ ID NOs 17-22 and 255-268.
Preparation of immunconjugates
Details about the generation and ty maturation of antigen binding moieties directed to FAP
can be found in the Examples appended to PCT patent application publication no. WO
2012/020006, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. As described therein,
various antigen binding domains ed to FAP have been generated by phage display,
including the ones designated 4G8, 28H1 and 4B9 used in the following examples. Clone 28H1
is an affinity matured antibody based on al clone 4G8, while clone 4B9 is an affinity
matured antibody based on al clone 3F2. The antigen binding domain designated 2B10
used herein is directed to the A2 domain of Tenascin C (TNC A2). Details about this and other
antigen binding moieties directed against TNC A2 can be found in PCT patent application
ation no. , which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. The
antigen binding domain designated L19, directed t the Extra Domain B (EDB) of
fibronectin is d from the L19 antibody bed in PCT publication .
The antigen binding domains designated CH1A1A and CH1A1A 98/99 2F1 used herein are
directed to CEA, and are described in more detail in PCT patent ation no.
, which is incorporated herein by nce in its entirety.
The IL-2 quadruple mutant (qm) used as effector moiety in some of the following examples is
described in detail in PCT patent application no. , which is incorporated
herein by nce in its entirety. Briefly, IL-2 qm is characterized by the following mutations:
1. T3A - knockout of predicted osylation site
2. F42A - knockout of IL-2/IL-2R α interaction
3. Y45A - knockout of IL-2/IL-2R α interaction
4. L72G - knockout of IL-2/IL-2R α interaction
. C125A - mutation to avoid disulfide-bridged IL-2 dimers
The T3A mutation was chosen to eliminate the O-glycosylation site and obtain a protein product
with higher homogeneity and purity when the IL-2 qm polypeptide or an immunoconjugate
comprising it is expressed in eukaryotic cells such as CHO or HEK293 cells. The three
mutations F42A, Y45A and L72G were chosen to interfere with the binding to CD25, the αsubunit
of the IL-2 receptor. Reduced or abolished CD25 binding results in reduced tioninduced
cell death (AICD), lack of preferential activation of regulatory T cells, as well as
reduced toxicity (as described in EP 11153964.9).
The DNA ces were generated by gene sis and/or classical molecular biology
techniques and subcloned into mammalian expression vectors under the l of an MPSV
promoter and upstream of a synthetic polyA site, each vector carrying an EBV OriP sequence.
Immunoconjugates as applied in the examples below were produced by co-transfecting
exponentially growing HEK293-EBNA cells with the mammalian expression vectors using
m ate-transfection. atively, HEK293 cells growing in suspension were
ected by polyethylenimine (PEI) with the tive expression s. Alternatively,
stably transfected CHO cell pools or CHO cell clones were used for production in serum-free
media. Subsequently, the IgG-cytokine fusion proteins were purified from the atant.
Briefly, IgG-cytokine fusion proteins were purified by one affinity step with protein A (HiTrap
ProtA, GE Healthcare) equilibrated in 20 mM sodium phosphate, 20 mM sodium citrate pH 7.5.
After loading of the supernatant, the column was first washed with 20 mM sodium phosphate, 20
mM sodium citrate, pH 7.5 and subsequently washed with 13.3 mM sodium phosphate, 20 mM
sodium citrate, 500 mM sodium chloride, pH 5.45. The tokine fusion protein was eluted
with 20 mM sodium citrate, 100 mM sodium chloride, 100 mM glycine, pH 3. Fractions were
neutralized and pooled and purified by size exclusion chromatography (HiLoad 16/60 Superdex
200, GE Healthcare) in final formulation buffer: 25 mM potassium phosphate, 125 mM sodium
de, 100 mM glycine pH 6.7. Exemplary detailed purification procedures and results are
given for selected ucts below. The protein concentration of purified protein samples was
determined by measuring the optical density (OD) at 280 nm, using the molar extinction
coefficient calculated on the basis of the amino acid sequence. Purity and molecular weight of
immunoconjugates were analyzed by SDS-PAGE in the presence and absence of a reducing
agent (5 mM 1,4-dithiotreitol) and d with sie blue (SimpleBlue™ SafeStain,
Invitrogen). The NuPAGE® Pre-Cast gel system rogen) was used according to the
manufacturer’s instructions (4-20% Tris-glycine gels or 3-12% Bis-Tris). The aggregate content
of immunoconjugate samples was analyzed using a ex 200 10/300GL analytical size-
exclusion column (GE Healthcare) in 2 mM MOPS, 150 mM NaCl, 0.02% NaN3, pH 7.3
running buffer at 25°C. The ity of the amino acid backbone of reduced antibody light and
heavy chains can be verified by ectrospray Q-TOF mass spectrometry after removal of
N-glycans by enzymatic treatment with Peptide-N Glycosidase F (Roche Molecular
Biochemicals). The oligosaccharides attached to the Fc domain of the immunoconjugates are
analysed by MALDI TOF-MS as described below. Oligosaccharides are tically released
from the immunoconjugates by F digestion. The resulting digest solution containing the
released oligosaccharides is either prepared directly for MALDI TOF-MS analysis or is further
digested with EndoH glycosidase prior to sample preparation for MALDI TOF-MS analysis.
Example 2
FAP-targeted IgG-IL-2 qm fusion proteins were generated based on the FAP-antibodies 4G8,
28H1 and 4B9, wherein one single IL-2 quadruple mutant (qm) was fused to the C-terminus of
one heterodimeric heavy chain as shown in Figure 2A. Targeting to the tumor stroma where FAP
is selectively expressed is achieved via the bivalent antibody Fab region ty effect).
Heterodimerization resulting in the presence of a single IL-2 quadruple mutant is achieved by
application of the knob-into-hole technology. In order to ze the generation of
homodimeric IgG-cytokine fusions the cytokine was fused to the inus (with deletion of
the inal Lys residue) of the knob-containing IgG heavy chain via a (G4S)3 or G4-(SG4)2
linker. The antibody-cytokine fusion has IgG-like properties. To reduce FcγR binding/effector
function and prevent FcR co-activation, P329G L234A L235A (LALA) mutations were
introduced in the Fc domain. The sequences of these immunoconjugates are given SEQ ID NOs
193, 269 and 205 (28H1 with (G4S)3 linker), SEQ ID NOs 193, 195 and 205 (28H1 with G4-
(SG4)2 linker), SEQ ID NOs 201, 203 and 205 (4G8 with G4-(SG4)2 linker), SEQ ID NOs 207,
209 and 211 (4B9 with G4-(SG4)2 linker), SEQ ID NOs 207, 271 and 211 (4B9 with (G4S)3
linker).
In addition, a CEA-targeted IgG-IL-2 qm fusion protein based on the anti-CEA dy
CH1A1A 98/99 2F1, a control DP47GS non-targeted IgG-IL-2 qm fusion protein wherein the
IgG does not bind to a specified target, as well as a tumor stroma specific 2B10-based IgG-IL-2
qm fusion protein targeted against the A2 domain of tenascin-C were generated. The sequences
of these immunoconjugates are given in SEQ ID NOs 275, 281 and 283 (CH1A1A 98/99 2F1
with 4)2 linker), SEQ ID NOs 277, 281 and 283 (CH1A1A 98/99 2F1 with (G4S)3 linker),
SEQ ID NOs 219, 221 and 225 (DP47GS with G4-(SG4)2 linker), SEQ ID NOs 219, 289 and 225
(DP47GS with (G4S)3 linker), SEQ ID NOs 285, 287 and 239 (2B10 with (G4S)3 linker).The
constructs were generated by transient expression in HEK293 EBNA cells and purified as
described above. Figures 3 to 9 show exemplary chromatograms and elution profiles of the
purification (A, B) as well as the analytical SDS-PAGE and size exclusion chromatographies of
the final purified constructs (C, D). Transient expression yields were 42 mg/L for the 4G8-based,
20 mg/L for the 28H1-based, 10 mg/L for the sed, 5.3 mg/L for the CH1A1A 98/99 2F1-
based, 36.7 mg/L for the 2B10-based and 13.8 mg/L for the DP47GS-based IgG-IL-2 qm
conjugate.
In on a 28H1-based FAP-targeted -15 immunoconjugate is being generated, the
sequences of which are given in SEQ ID NOs 193, 199 and 205. In the IL-15 polypeptide
sequence the glutamic acid residue at position 53 is replaced by alanine to reduce binding to the
α-subunit of the IL-15 or, and the asparagine e at position 79 is ed by alanine
to abolish glycosylation. The IgG-IL-15 fusion protein is generated by transient expression and
purified as described above.
FAP binding affinity
The FAP binding activity of the IgG-IL-2 qm immunoconjugates based on 4G8 and 28H1 anti-
FAP antibodies were ined by surface plasmon resonance (SPR) on a Biacore machine in
comparison to the corresponding unmodified IgG antibodies. Briefly, an anti-His antibody
-His, Qiagen 34660) was immobilized on CM5 chips to capture 10 nM His-tagged human
FAP (20 s). Temperature was 25°C and HBS-EP was used as . Analyte concentration was
50 nM down to 0.05 nM at a flow rate of 50 µl/min (association: 300 s, dissociation: 900 s,
regeneration: 60 s with 10 mM glycine pH 2). Fitting was performed based on a 1:1 binding
model, RI=0, Rmax=local (because of capture format). The following table gives the estimated
apperent bivalent affinities (pM avidity) as determined by SPR fitted with 1:1 binding RI=0,
ocal.
Hu FAP
4G8 IgG-IL-2 qm 100 pM
4G8 IgG 50 pM
28H1 IgG-IL-2 qm 175 pM
28H1 IgG 200 pM
The data show that within the error of the method affinity for human FAP is retained for the
28H1-based immunoconjugate or only ly decreased for the 4G8-based immunoconjugate as
ed to the corresponding unmodified antibodies.
rly, the affinity (KD) of 4B9 IgG-IL-2 qm (16 pM), CH1A1A 98/99 2F1 IgG-IL-2 qm (400
pM), CH1A1A 98/99 2F1 IgG-IL-2 wt (see Example 4; 470 pM) and 2B10 IgG-IL-2 qm (150
pM, vs. 300 pM for unconjugated 2B10 IgG) to human FAP, CEA and TNC A2, respectively,
were determined by SPR at 25°C. Cross-reactivity of the 4B9 and 2B10 antibodies to human,
murine and cynomolgus FAP or TNC A2, tively, was also confirmed.
uently, the affinity of the 4G8- and 28H1-based IgG-IL-2 qm immunoconjugates to the
IL-2R βγ heterodimer and the IL-2R α-subunit were determined by surface plasmon resonance
(SPR) in direct comparison to the Fab-IL-2 qm-Fab immunoconjugate format described in PCT
patent ation no. . y, the ligands – either the human IL-2R αsubunit
or the human IL-2R βγ heterodimer – were lized on a CM5 chip. Subsequently,
the 4G8- and 28H1-based IgG-IL-2 qm immunoconjugates or the 4G8- and 28H1-based Fab-IL-
2 qm-Fab immunoconjugates for comparison were applied to the chip as analytes at 25°C in
HBS-EP buffer in concentrations ranging from 300 nM down to 1.2 nM (1:3 dil.). Flow rate was
µl/min and the following conditions were applied for association: 180s, dissociation: 300 s,
and regeneration: 2 x 30 s with 3 M MgCl2 for IL-2R βγ heterodimer, 10 s with 50 mM NaOH
for IL-2R α-subunit. 1:1 binding was applied for fitting (1:1 binding RI≠0, Rmax=local for IL-
2R βγ, apparent KD, 1:1 binding RI=0, Rmax=local for IL-2R α). The respective KD values are
given in the table below.
Apparent KD [nM] Hu IL-2R βγ Hu IL-2R α
4G8 IgG-IL-2 qm 5.9 No binding
4G8 Fab-IL-2 qm-Fab 10.4 No binding
28H1 IgG-IL-2 qm 6.2 No binding
28H1 Fab-IL-2 qm-Fab 11.4 No binding
The data show that the 4G8- and 28H1-based IgG-IL-2 qm immunoconjugates bind with at least
as good affinity as the Fab-IL-2 qm-Fab immunoconjugates to the IL-2R βγ dimer,
whereas they do not bind to the IL-2R α-subunit due to the introduction of the mutations
interfering with CD25 binding. Compared to the respective Fab-IL-2 qm-Fab conjugates
the affinity of the IgG-IL-2 qm fusion proteins appears to be slightly ed within the error
of the method.
Similarly, the affinity of further constructs (4B9, DP47GS, 2B10, CH1A1A 98/99 2F1)
comprising either IL-2 wt (see Example 4) or IL-2 qm to the IL-2R βγ heterodimer and the IL-
2R α-subunit was determined by SPR at 25°C. For all constructs the apparent KD for the human
IL-2R βγ heterodimer was between 6 and 12 nM (irrespective of whether the construct comprises
IL-2 wt or IL-2 qm), whereas only the constructs comprising IL-2 wt bind to the IL-2R α-subunit
at all (KD for human IL-2R α around 20 nM).
Biological Activity Assays with IgG-cytokine immunoconjugates
The ical activity of FAP-targeted 4G8-based IgG-IL-2 qm fusions was investigated in
l cellular assays in comparison to cially ble IL-2 (Proleukin,
is/Chiron) and/or the Fab-ILFab immunoconjugates described in EP 11153964.9.
Binding to FAP expressing cells
Binding of FAP-targeted 4G8-based IgG-IL-2 qm immunoconjugate to human FAP expressed on
stably ected HEK293 cells was measured by FACS. Briefly, 250 000 cells per well were
incubated with the indicated concentration of the immunoconjugate in a round-bottom l
plate, incubated for 30 min at 4°C, and washed once with PBS/0.1 % BSA. Bound
immunoconjugate was detected after incubation for 30 min at 4°C with FITC-conjugated
AffiniPure 2 Fragment goat anti-human F(ab’)2 Specific (Jackson Immuno Research Lab
#109097, working solution: 1:20 diluted in PBS/0.1% BSA, freshly prepared) using a
FACS CantoII (Software FACS Diva). The results are shown in Figure 10. The data show that
the IgG-IL-2 qm immunoconjugate binds to FAP-expressing cells with an EC50 value of 0.9
nM, comparable to that of the corresponding 4G8-based Fab-IL-2 qm-Fab construct (0.7 nM).
IFN-γ release by NK cells (in solution)
Subsequently, FAP-targeted 4G8-based IgG-IL-2 qm immunoconjugate was studied for the
induction of IFN-γ release by NK92 cells as induced by activation of IL-2R βγ signaling. Briefly,
IL-2 starved NK92 cells (100 000 cells/well in 96-U-well plate) were incubated with different
concentrations of IL-2 immunoconjugate, comprising quadruple mutant IL-2, for 24 h in NK
medium (MEM alpha from Invitrogen 1-021) supplemented with 10% FCS, 10% horse
serum, 0.1 mM 2-mercaptoethanol, 0.2 mM inositol and 0.02 mM folic acid). Supernatants were
harvested and the IFN-γ release was analysed using the anti-human IFN-γ ELISA Kit II from
Becton Dickinson (#550612). Proleukin (Novartis) and 28H1-based Fab-IL-2 qm-Fab served as
positive l for ILmediated activation of the cells. Figure 11 shows that the FAP-targeted
sed IgG-IL-2 qm immunoconjugate is equally efficacious in inducing IFN-γ release as
the affinity matured ased Fab-IL-2 qm-Fab conjugate.
STAT5 phosphorylation assay
In a last set of experiments we d the effects of the FAP-targeted 4G8-based IgG-IL-2 qm
immunoconjugate on the induction of STAT5 phosphorylation compared to the 28H1 based Fab-
ILFab and Fab-IL-2 qm-Fab immunoconjugates as well as Proleukin on human NK cells,
CD4+ T cells, CD8+ T cells and Treg cells from human PBMCs. Briefly, blood from healthy
volunteers was taken in heparin-containing syringes and PBMCs were isolated. PBMCs were
treated with the indicated conjuagtes at the indicated concentrations or with Proleukin
(Novartis) as control. After 20 min incubation at 37°C, PBMCs were fixed with pre-warmed
Cytofix buffer (Becton Dickinson #554655) for 10 min at 37°C, followed by permeabilization
with Phosflow Perm Buffer III (Becton Dickinson 0) for 30 min at 4°C. Cells were
washed twice with PBS containing 0.1 % BSA before FACS staining was performed using
mixtures of flow cytometry dies for detection of different cell populations and
phosphorylation of STAT5. Samples were analysed using a FACSCantoII with HTS from
Becton Dickinson. NK cells were defined as CD3-CD56+, CD8 positive T cells were defined as
CD3+CD8+, CD4 positive T cells were defined as CD4+CD25-CD127+ and Treg cells were
defined as CD4+CD25+FoxP3+. For NK cells and CD8+ T cells that show no or very low CD25
expression (meaning that IL-2R ing is mediated primarily via the IL-2R βγ heterodimer)
the results show that the 4G8-based IgG-IL-2 qm immunoconjugate was <10-fold less potent in
ng STAT5 phosphorylation than kin, but slightly more potent than 28H1-based Fab-
ab and Fab-IL-2 qm-Fab immunoconjugates. On CD4+ T cells, that show a rapid upregulation
of CD25 upon stimulation, the 4G8-based -2 qm immunoconjugate was less
potent than the 28H1 Fab-ILFab immunoconjugate, but ly more potent than the 28H1
Fab-IL-2 qm-Fab immunoconjugate, and still showed induction of IL-2R ing at saturating
concentrations comparable to Proleukin and 28H1 Fab-ILFab. This is in contrast to Treg cells
where the y of the 4G8-based IgG-IL-2 qm immunoconjugate was significantly reduced
compared to the Fab-ILFab conjugate due to the high CD25 sion on Treg cells
and the low binding ty of the 4G8-based IgG-IL-2 qm immunoconjugate to CD25. As a
consequence of the abolishment of CD25 binding in the 4G8-based IgG-IL-2 qm
immunoconjugatee, IL-2 signaling in Treg cells is only activated via the IL-2R βγ heterodimer at
concentrations where IL-2R signaling is activated on CD25-negative effector cells through the
IL-2R βγ dimer. Taken er the sed IgG-IL-2 qm immunoconjugate described
here is able to activate IL-2R signaling through the IL-2R βγ heterodimer, but does not result in a
preferential stimulation of Treg cells over other effector cells. The results of these experiments are
shown in Figure 12.
Binding of 2B10 -2 qm to TNC A2 expressing cells
Binding of TNC A2-targeted 2B10-based -2 qm immunoconjugate to human TNC A2
expressed on U87MG cells was measured by FACS. Briefly, 200 000 cells per well were
ted with the indicated concentration of the immunoconjugate in a round-bottom 96-well
plate, incubated for 30 min at 4°C, and washed twice with PBS/0.1 % BSA. Bound
immunoconjugate was detected after incubation for 30 min at 4°C with FITC-conjugated
AffiniPure F(ab’)2 Fragment goat anti-human IgG Fcγ Specific (Jackson Immuno Research Lab
#109098, working solution: 1:20 diluted in PBS/0.1% BSA, freshly prepared) using a
FACS CantoII (Software FACS Diva). The results are shown in Figure 13. The data show that
the 2B10 IgG-IL-2 qm immunoconjugate binds to TNC A2-expressing U87MG cells equally
well as the corresponding unconjugated IgG.
Induction of NK92 cell proliferation by IgG-IL-2 immunoconjugates
2B10 IgG-IL-2 qm, CH1A1A 98/99 2F1 IgG-IL-2 qm, CH1A1A 98/99 2F1 IgG-IL-2 wt, 4B9
IgG-IL-2 qm and 4B9 IgG-IL-2 wt immunoconjugates were tested for their ability to induce
proliferation of NK92 cells. For proliferation assays, NK92 cells were starved in ILfree
medium for 2 hours, 10000 cells/well seeded into a flat-bottom 96-well plate and then incubated
for 3 days in a humidified incubator at 37°C, 5% CO2 in the ce of the IL-2
immunoconjugates (). After 3 days, the ATP content of the cell lysates was measured using the
CellTiter-Glo Luminescent Cell Viability Assay from Promega (#G7571/2/3). The percentage of
growth was calculated setting a Proleukin (Novartis) concentration of 1.1 mg/ml to 100 %
proliferation and untreated cells without IL-2 stimulus to 0 % eration. The results are
shown in Figure 14 and 15. The data show that all constructs were able to induce NK92 cell
proliferation, with the CH1A1A-based constructs being more active than the 2B10 -2 qm
immunoconjugate, and the constructs comprising IL-2 wt being more active than the
corresponding constructs with IL-2 qm.
In general, the P329G LALA mutations that almost completely abolish FcγR interaction of
human IgG1 antibodies (see European patent application no. EP 11160251.2, incorporated herein
by nce in its entirety) are introduced in order to reduce FcγR binding/effector function and
thus prevent excessive cytokine release when the respective cytokine receptors are co-activated
with FcγR signaling. In specific cases, for example when the antibody is ing a highly tumor
specific antigen, Fc effector functions may be retained by using an unmodified IgG Fc domain or
may be even further enhanced via glycoengineering of the IgG Fc domain.
As an example thereof, we generated a CEA-targeted -2 qm immunoconjugate where one
single IL-2 quadruple mutant was fused to the C-terminus of one heterodimeric heavy chain via a
(SG4)3-linker based on the anti-CEA antibody clone CH1A1A. In this immunoconjugate the
P329G LALA mutation was not ed (see sequences of SEQ ID NOs 227, 229 and 231). The
conjugate was expressed and purified as human wildtype IgG- or glycoengineered IgGIL-2
qm fusion protein as bed below.
Preparation of (glycoengineered) IgG-IL-2 qm immunoconjugate
CEA-targeted -based IgG-IL-2 qm immunoconjugate was produced by co-transfecting
HEK293-EBNA cells with the mammalian dy expression vectors. Exponentially growing
-EBNA cells were transfected by the calcium phosphate method. Alternatively,
HEK293 cells growing in suspension are transfected by polyethylenimine. For the production of
unmodified non-glycoengineered IgG-IL-2 qm immunoconjugate, the cells were transfected only
with antibody heavy and light chain expression vectors in a 1:1 ratio (wherein the antibody
heavy chain vector is a 1:1 mixture of two vectors: a vector for the heavy chain with the effector
moiety, and a vector for the heavy chain t effector moiety).
For the production of the glycoengineered CEA-targeted IgG-IL-2 qm immunoconjugate, the
cells were co-transfected with two additional plasmids, one for expression of a GnTIII fusion
polypeptide (a GnT-III expression vector), and one for mannosidase II expression (a Golgi
mannosidase II expression vector) at a ratio of 1, respectively. Cells were grown as
adherent monolayer cultures in T flasks using DMEM culture medium mented with 10%
FCS, and were transfected when they are between 50 and 80% confluent. For the transfection of
a T150 flask, 15 million cells were seeded 24 hours before transfection in 25 ml DMEM culture
medium supplemented with FCS (at 10% v/v final), and cells were placed at 37°C in an
incubator with a 5% CO2 atmosphere ght. For each T150 flask to be transfected, a solution
of DNA, CaCl2 and water was prepared by mixing 94 µg total plasmid vector DNA divided
equally n the light and heavy chain expression vectors, water to a final volume of 469 µl,
and 469 µl of a 1M CaCl2 solution. To this solution, 938 µl of a 50 mM HEPES, 280 mM NaCl,
1.5 mM Na2HPO4 solution at pH 7.05 were added, mixed immediately for 10 sec and left to
stand at room ature for 20 sec. The suspension was diluted with 10 ml of DMEM
supplemented with 2% FCS, and added to the T150 flask in place of the existing medium. Then
additional 13 ml of transfection medium were added. The cells were incubated at 37°C, 5% CO2
for about 17 to 20 hours, before the medium was replaced with 25 ml DMEM, 10% FCS. The
conditioned culture medium was harvested approximately 7 days after the media exchange by
centrifugation for 15 min at 210 x g. The solution was sterile filtered (0.22 µm filter) and sodium
azide in a final tration of 0.01% w/v was added, and kept at 4°C.
The secreted wildtype or glycoengineered CEA IgG-IL-2 qm conjugates were purified
from cell culture supernatants by affinity chromatography using Protein A affinity
chromatography, followed by a size exclusion chromatographic step on a HiLoad Superdex 200
column (GE Healthcare) as described above. Protein concentration, purity, molecular weight,
aggregate content and integrity were analysed as described above.
Oligosaccharide structure analysis of (glycoengineered) IgG-IL-2 qm immunoconjugates
For determination of the relative ratios of fucose-containing and cosylated oligosaccharide
structures, ed glycans of purified conjugate al are analyzed by MALDI TOF
mass ometry. The immunoconjugate sample (about 50 µg) is incubated overnight at 37°C
with 5 mU osidase F (QAbio; PNGaseF: E-PNG01) in 2 mM Tris, pH 7.0, in order to
release the oligosaccharide from the protein backbone. For deamination of glycans acetic acid to
a final concentration of 150 mM is added and incubated for 1h at 37°C. For analysis by MALDI
TOF mass spectrometry, 2 µL of the sample are mixed on the MALDI target with 2 µL DHB
matrix solution (2, 5-dihydroxybenzoic acid [Bruker Daltonics #201346] dissolved in 50%
ethanol/5 mM NaCl at 4 mg/ml) and analysed with MALDI TOF Mass Spectrometer Autoflex II
instrument (Bruker Daltonics). Routinely, 50-300 shots are recorded and summed up to a single
experiment. The spectra obtained are ted by the flex analysis software r Daltonics)
and masses are determined for the each of the peaks detected. Subsequently, the peaks are
assigned to fucose-containing or non-fucosylated carbohydrate structures by comparing the
masses calculated and the masses theoretically ed for the respective structures (e.g.
complex, hybrid and oligo- or high-mannose, respectively, with and without fucose).
For determination of the ratio of hybrid structures, the antibody samples are digested with N-
glycosidase F and Endo-glycosidase H ; EndoH: E-EH02] concomitantly. N-glycosidase
F releases all N-linked glycan structures (complex, hybrid and oligo- and high mannose
structures) from the protein backbone and the Endo-glycosidase H cleaves all the hybrid type
glycans additionally between the two N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) residues at the reducing
end of the . This digest is subsequently treated and analysed by MALDI TOF mass
spectrometry in the same way as described above for the N-glycosidase F ed sample. By
comparing the pattern from the N-glycosidase F digest and the combined N-glycosidase F / Endo
H , the degree of reduction of the signals of a specific carbohydrate structure is used to
estimate the relative content of hybrid structures. The relative amount of each carbohydrate
structure is calculated from the ratio of the peak height of an individual structure and the sum of
the peak s of all oligosaccharides ed. The amount of fucose is the percentage of
fucose-containing structures related to all carbohydrate structures identified in the N-glycosidase
F treated sample (e.g. complex, hybrid and oligo- and high-mannose structures). The degree of
non-fucosylation is the percentage of structures lacking fucose relative to all carbohydrates
fied in the N-glycosidase F treated sample (e.g. complex, hybrid and oligo- and highmannose
structures).
Antibody-dependent ediated cytotoxicity assay
The wildtype and glycoengineered rgeted CH1A1A IgG-IL-2 qm immunoconjugates
were compared in ADCC assays for their ial to mediate antibody mediated ar
cytotoxicity. Briefly, CEA-overexpressing A549 human tumor cells as target cells were ted,
washed and resuspended in culture medium, stained with freshly prepared Calcein AM
(Molecular Probes) at 37°C for 30 min, washed three times, counted and diluted to 300 000
cells/ml. This suspension was transferred to a round-bottom l plate (30000 cells/well), the
respective immunoconjugate dilution was added and incubated for 10 min to allow the binding
of the tested immunoconjugate to the cells prior to contact with effector cells. Effector to target
ratio was 25 to 1 for y isolated PBMCs. Co-incubation was performed for 4 hours. Two
different read-out systems were used: the release of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) into
supernatant after disintegration of the attacked cells, and the retention of Calcein in the
remaining living cells. LDH from co-culture supernatant was collected and analyzed with a LDH
detection Kit (Roche Applied Science). Substrate conversion by the LDH enzyme was measured
with an ELISA absorbance reader (SoftMaxPro software, reference wavelengths: 490 nm versus
650 nm). al n in living cells was analyzed in a fluorescence reader (Wallac
VICTOR3 1420 Multilabel R (Perkin Elmer)) after removing the rest of supernatant
from pelletized cells, one washing step in PBS prior to lysis, and fixation of the cells by borate
buffer (50 mM borate, 0.1% Triton).
Figure 16 shows the result based on LDH detection. A similar result was obtained based on the
calcein ion (not shown). Both the ucts were able to mediate ADCC, the
ngineered construct being similarly active as the corresponding glycoengineered
unconjugated IgG. As expected, the non-glycoengineered construct showed reduced activity as
compared to the ngineered construct.
Example 4
FAP-targeted 28H1- or 4B9-based, CEA-targeted CH1A1A 98/99 2F1-based and non-targeted
DP47GS-based IgG-IL-2 immunoconjugates were generated wherein one single pe IL-2
polypeptide is fused to the C-terminus of one heterodimeric heavy chain. Heterodimerization
resulting in an immunoconjugate with a single IL-2 moiety was achieved by application of the
knob-into-hole technology. In order to ze the generation of homodimeric IgG-IL-2
fusions proteins the cytokine was fused to the knob-containing heavy chain (with on of the
C-terminal Lys residue) via a G4-(SG4)2 or a (G4S)3 linker. The sequences of these
immunoconjugates are given in SEQ ID NOs 193, 197 and 205 (28H1 with 4)2 linker)
SEQ ID NOs 207, 273 and 211 (4B9 with (G4S)3 linker), SEQ ID NOs 277, 279 and 283
(CH1A1A 98/99 2F1 with (G4S)3 linker), SEQ ID NOs 219, 223 and 225 (DP47GS with G4-
(SG4)2 linker), SEQ ID NOs 219, 293 and 225 (DP47GS with (G4S)3 linker). The antibody-
cytokine fusion has IgG-like properties. To reduce FcγR binding/effector function and prevent
FcR ivation, P329G LALA mutations were introduced in the Fc domain. Both constructs
were purified according to the methods described above. Final purification was done by size
exclusion tography (HiLoad 26/60 Superdex 200, GE Healthcare) in the final formulation
buffer 20 mM histidine, 140 mM sodium chloride pH 6. Figures 17 to 20 show the respective
tograms and elution profiles of the purification (A, B) as well as the analytical SDSPAGE
and size exclusion chromatographies of the final ed constructs (C, D). Yield was
.6 mg/L for the untargeted DP47GS IgG-IL-2 immunoconjugate, 26.7 mg/ml for the 28H1
IgG-IL-2 immunoconjugate, 4.6 mg/L for the CH1A1A 98/99 2F1 IgG-IL-2 immunoconjugate
and 11 mg/L for the 4B9 IgG-IL-2 immunoconjugate.
Subsequently, their binding properties to FAP, respectively lack of binding, as well as binding to
IL-2R βγ and IL-2R α chain were determined by SPR as bed above (see Example 2).
Cellular activity on immune or cell populations and in vivo pharmacodynamic effects were
also studied.
Example 5
FAP-targeted 4G8-based as well as TNC A2-targeted 2B10-based IgG-IL-10 immunoconjugates
were constructed by fusing two different IL-10 cytokine formats to the C-terminus of the heavy
chain of the heterodimeric IgG comprising a hole modification: either a single-chain IL-10
n a (G4S)4 20-mer linker was inserted between two IL-10 molecules, or an engineered
monomeric IL-10 (Josephson et al., J Biol Chem 275, 13552-7 (2000)). Both molecules were
fused via a (G4S)3 15-mer linker to the inus of the heavy chain comprising a hole
modification, with deletion of the C-terminal Lys e. Heterodimerization resulting in only
one heavy chain carrying an IL-10 moiety was achieved by application of the knob-into-hole
technology. The IgG-cytokine fusion has IgG-like properties. To reduce FcγR binding/effector
function and t FcR co-activation, P329G LALA ons were introduced in the Fc
domain of the immunoconjugate. The sequences of the respective constructs are given in SEQ ID
NOs 233, 235 and 239 (2B10 with scIL-10), SEQ ID NOs 233, 237 and 239 (2B10 with
monomeric IL-10 M1”), SEQ ID NOs 241, 243 and 205 (4G8 with scIL-10), SEQ ID
NOs 241, 245 and 205 (4G8 with IL-10M1). All these immunoconjugates were purified
according to the methods described above. Subsequently, their g properties to FAP or
TNC A2, respectively, as well as their affinities to human IL-10R1 were determined by SPR
using the ProteOn XPR36 biosensor. Briefly, the targets FAP or TNC A2 as well as human IL-
10R1 were immobilized in vertical orientation on the sensorchip surface (FAP by standard amine
ng, TNC A2 and human IL-10R1 (both biotinylated via a C-terminal avi-tag) by
neutravidin-capture). Subsequently, the IgG-IL-10 immunoconjugates were injected in six
different concentrations, including a zero-concentration, as analytes in horizontal orientation.
After double-referencing, the grams were fit to a 1:1 interaction model to determine
kinetic rate constants and ties. The results from analytical SDS PAGE analysis and SPR-
based affinity determinations to target antigens as well as IL-10 receptor are shown in Figures 21
and 22. The data show that the immunoconjugates bind to TNC A2 or FAP with KD values of 52
or 26 pM, respectively, while KD values for IL-10 receptor are 520 and 815 pM.
Example 6
ing to the methods described above, IgG-cytokine fusion ns were generated and
expressed consisting of one single 28H1-based or 4B9-based Fab region directed to FAP fused to
the N-terminus of an Fc domain subunit comprising a hole modification, while the second Fab
region of the IgG heavy chain with the knob modification was replaced by a cytokine moiety via
a (G4S)n linker (n=1). See Figure 2C for a schematic representation of this immunoconjugate
format (also referred to as “1+1” format). Cytokine moieties used were the IL-2 quadruple
mutant described above and in PCT patent application no. (see SEQ ID
NO: 3), IL-7 and . ponding sequences of the fusion polypeptides comprising the
cytokine moiety, fused to the N-terminus of an Fc domain subunit comprising a knob
modification via a linker peptide, are given in SEQ ID NOs 247 (comprising quadruple mutant
IL-2), 249 (comprising IL-7), and 251 (comprising IFN-α). In these constructs, targeting of the
immunoconjugate is achieved via the high affinity monovalent Fab . This format may be
recommended in cases where internalization of the antigen may be reduced using a monovalent
binder. The immunoconjugates were produced, purified and analysed as described above. For
constructs comprising IL-2 qm or IL-7, protein A ty chromatography and size exclusion
chromatography were combined in a single run. 20 mM ine, 140 mM NaCl pH 6.0 was
used as size exclusion chromatography and final formulation buffer. Figures 23-26 show the
elution es and chromatograms of the purifications as well as the analytical SDS-PAGE and
size exclusion chromatograms of the final purified constructs. The yields were 11 mg/L for the
4B9 “1+1” IgG-IL-2 qm, 43 mg/L for the 28H1 “1+1” IgG-IL-2 qm, 20.5 mg/L for the 4B9
“1+1” IgG-IL-7 and 10.5 mg/L for the 4B9 “1+1” IgG-IFN-α constructs.
The ability of “1+1” ucts comprising IL-2 qm to induce NK cell proliferation, compared to
IgG-IL-2 qm conjugates, was tested. NK-92 cells were starved for 2 h before g
10000 cells/well into 96-well-black-flat-clear bottom plates. The immunoconjugates were
titrated onto the seeded NK-92 cells. After 72 h the ATP content was measured to determine the
number of viable cells using the “CellTiter-Glo Luminescent Cell Viability Assay” Kit (Promega)
according to the manufacturer’s ctions. Figure 27 shows that the “1+1” ucts are able
to induce proliferation of NK-92 cells, being slightly less active than the corresponding IgG-IL-2
qm constructs.
The 4B9-based “1+1” constructs comprising IL-2 qm or IL-7 were tested for their ability to
induce T cell eration, ed to IgG-IL-2 immunoconjugates. eral blood
mononuclear cells (PBMC) were prepared using Histopaque-1077 (Sigma Diagnostics Inc., St.
Louis, MO, USA). In brief, blood from buffy coats was diluted 5:1 with m- and
magnesium-free PBS, and layered on Histopaque-1077. The gradient was centrifuged at 450 x g
for 30 min at room temperature (RT) without breaks. The interphase containing the PBMCs was
collected and washed three times with PBS (350 x g ed by 300 x g for 10 min at RT).
PBMCs were pre-stimulated with 1 µg/ml PHA-M (Sigma Aldrich #L8902) overnight, before
they were labeled with 100 nM CFSE (carboxyfluorescein succinimidyl ester) for 15 min at
37°C. Cells were washed with 20 ml medium before recovering the d PBMCs for 30 min at
37°C. The cells were washed, counted, and 100000 cells were seeded into 96-well-U-bottom
plates. The immunoconjugates were titrated onto the seeded cells for an incubation time of 6
days. Thereafter, cells were washed, stained for appropriate cell surface markers, and analyzed
by FACS using a BD ntoII. CD4 T cells were defined as CD3+/CD8-, and CD8 T cells
as CD3+/CD8+.
Figure 28 shows that the “1+1” constructs comprising either IL-2 qm or IL-7 are able to induce
proliferation of PHA-activated CD4 (A) and CD8 T cells (B). As for NK cells, the “1+1”
construct comprising IL-2 qm is ly less active than an IgG-IL-2 qm construct.
The 4B9-based “1+1” construct comprising IFN-α was tested for its ability to inhibit Daudi cell
proliferation, in comparison to Roferon A (Roche). Briefly, Daudi cells were labeled with 100
nM CFSE and seeded into a 96-well U-bottom plate (50’000 cells/well). The molecules were
added at the indicated concentrations, followed by incubation for 3 days at 37°C. Proliferation
was ed by analyzing the CFSE dilution, excluding dead cells from analysis by use of
life/dead stain.
Figure 29 shows that the construct was able to inhibit proliferation of Daudi cells, at least as
potently as Roferon A.
Example 7
A single dose pharmacokinetics (PK) study was performed in tumor-free immunocompetent 129
mice for FAP-targeted IgG-IL2 immunoconjugates comprising either wild type or quadruple
mutant IL-2, and untargeted IgG-IL-2 immunoconjugates sing either wild type or
quadruple mutant IL-2.
Female 129 mice (Harlan, United Kingdom), aged 8-9 weeks at the start of the experiment, were
maintained under specific-pathogen-free conditions with daily cycles of 12 h light / 12 h
darkness according to committed guidelines (GV-Solas; Felasa; TierschG). The experimental
study protocol was reviewed and approved by local government (P 2008016). After arrival,
animals were ined for one week to get accustomed to the new environment and for
observation. Continuous health monitoring was carried out on a regular basis.
Mice were injected i.v. once with FAP-targeted 28H1 IgG-IL2 wt (2.5 mg/kg) or 28H1 IgG-IL2
qm (5 mg/kg), or untargeted DP47GS IgG-IL2 wt (5 mg/kg) or DP47GS IgG-IL2 qm (5 mg/kg).
All mice were injected i.v. with 200 µl of the appropriate solution. To obtain the proper amount
of immunoconjugate per 200 µl, the stock solutions were diluted with PBS as necessary.
Mice were bled at 1, 8, 24, 48, 72, 96 h; and every 2 days thereafter for 3 weeks. Sera were
ted and stored at -20°C until ELISA analysis. conjugate concentrations in serum
were determined using an ELISA for fication of the ILimmunoconjugate antibody
(Roche-Penzberg). Absorption was measured using a ing ngth of 405 nm and a
reference wavelength of 492 nm (VersaMax tunable microplate reader, Molecular Devices).
Figure 30 shows the pharmacokinetics of these IL-2 immunoconjugates. Both the FAP-targeted
(A) and untargeted (B) IgG-IL2 qm constructs have a longer serum half-life (approx. 30 h) than
the corresponding IgG-IL-2 wt constructs x. 15 h). Of note, gh the experimental
conditions are not directly comparable, the serum half-life of the IL-2 immunoconjugates of the
invention appears to be longer than the serum half-life of art-known “2+2” IgG-IL-2
immunoconjugates (see Figure 1) as reported e.g. in Gillies et al., Clin Cancer Res 8, 210-216
(2002).
Compound Dose Formulation buffer Concentration
(mg/mL)
28H1-IgG- 2.5 mg/kg 20 mM Histidine, 3.84
IL2 wt 140 mM NaCl, (= stock solution)
pH 6.0
gG- 5 mg/kg 20 mM Histidine, 2.42
IL2 qm 140 mM NaCl, (= stock solution)
pH 6.0
DP47GS- 5 mg/kg 20 mM Histidine, 3.74
IgG-IL2wt 140 mM NaCl, (= stock solution)
pH 6.0
DP47GS- 5 mg/kg 20 mM Histidine, 5.87
IgG- 140 mM NaCl, (= stock solution)
IL2QM pH 6.0
Example 8
A biodistribution study was performed to assess tumor targeting of the immunoconjugates of the
invention. FAP-targeted 28H1-based IgG-IL-2 qm was compared to FAP-targeted unconjugated
28H1 IgG and 4B9 IgG, and eted DP47GS IgG. Furthermore, a CT imaging study
was performed with 4B9 IgG-IL-2 qm, compared to DP47GS IgG-IL-2 qm, 4B9 IgG and
DP47GS IgG.
DTPA conjugation and 111In labeling
Solutions of 28H1 IgG-IL-2 qm, 28H1 IgG1, 4B9 IgG-IL-2 qm, 4B9 IgG1 and DP47 IgG1 were
ed against ate buffered saline (PBS, 15 mM). Two mg of the constructs (5 mg/ml)
were conjugated with isothiocyanatobenzyl-diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (ITC-DTPA,
Macrocyclis, Dallas, TX) in 0.1 M NaHCO3, pH 8.2, under strict metal-free conditions, by
incubation with a 5-fold molar excess of PA for one hour at room temperature (RT).
Unconjugated ITC-DTPA was removed by dialysis against 0.1 M 2-(N-
morpholino)ethanesulfonic acid (MES) buffer, pH 5.5.
The purified conjugates were radiolabeled by incubation with 111In (Covidien BV, , The
lands) in 0.1 M MES buffer, pH 5.5 ning 0.05% bovine serum albumin (BSA) and
0.05% Tween-80, at RT, under strict metal-free conditions for 30 min. After radiolabeling
ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) was added to a final concentration of 5 mM to chelate
the unbound 111In. The 111In labeled products were purified by gelfiltration on disposable G25M
columns (PD10, Amersham ences, Uppsala, Sweden). Radiochemical purity of purified
111In labeled constructs were determined by instant thin-layer chromatography (ITLC) on TEC
l chromatography strips (Biodex, Shirley, NY), using 0.1 M citrate buffer, pH 6.0, as the
mobile phase. The specific activity of the 111In-labeled preparations was 0.6-4.6 .
Lindmo assay
The immunoreactive fraction of 111In labeled antibody preparations was determined as described
previously (Lindmo et al. (1984) J Immunol Methods 72, 77-89). Briefly, a serial on series
of human nic kidney (HEK) cells transfected with fibroblast activation protein (FAP)
cDNA (HEK-FAP cells) were incubated with 200 Bq of the 111In-labeled construct at 37°C for 1
hour. A duplicate of the lowest cell concentration was incubated in the presence of an excess of
non-labeled construct to correct for non-specific g. After tion, the cells were washed,
spun down and cell associated radioactivity was determined in the cell pellet in a gamma-counter
(Wallac Wizzard 3’’ 1480 automatic γ-counter, Pharmacia LKB). The immunoreactive fraction
of the preparations ranged between 75-94%.
Animals
Female BALB/c nude mice (8-9 weeks, +/- 20 g) were purchased from Janvier and housed in the
Central Animal Facility of the d sity en Medical Centre under standard
conditions with 5 s in individually ventilated cages with ad lib. access to food and water.
After one week acclimatization the animals were inoculated s.c. with 10 x 106 HEK-FAP cells in
matrigel (1:3) in the left flank and optionally with 5 x 106 HEK-293 cells in matrigel (1:3) in the
right flank. Xenograft growth was monitored by caliper ement (volume =
(4/3·π)·(1/2·length)·(1/2·width)·(1/2·height). When xenografts reached a volume of 100 mm3,
mice were injected i.v. with the 111In-labeled constructs.
Biodistribution (28H1 IgG-IL-2 qm, 28H1 IgG1, 4B9 IgG1 and DP47GS IgG1)
111In-labeled constructs (5 MBq, 150 µg, 200 µl) were injected i.v. via the tail vein. Twenty-four
hours after injection the animals were euthanized by suffocation in CO2/O2 atmosphere. Blood,
muscle, xenograft, lung, spleen, pancreas, kidney, stomach (empty), duodenum (empty) and liver
were collected, weighed and radioactivity was determined in a gamma-counter (Wallac Wizard).
Standards of the injected dose (1%) were d simultaneously and tissue uptake was
calculated as % of the injected dose per gram tissue (%ID/g).
SPECT-CT analysis (4B9 IgG-IL-2 qm, 4B9 IgG1, DP47GS IgG-IL-2 qm and DP47GS
IgG1)
111In-labeled 4B9-IgG-IL-2 qm, 4B9-IgG1, DP47GS-IgG-IL-2 qm and DP47GS-IgG1 were
injected i.v. (20 MBq, 50, 150, 300 µg, 200 µl). At 4, 24, 72 and 144 hours after injection the
animals were anesthetized with isoflurane/O2 and scanned for 30 to 60 min in a U-SPECT II
microSPECT/CT camera (MILabs, Utrecht, The Netherlands) equipped with a 1.0 mm mouse
collimator. Computed tomography (CT) was performed directly after SPECT. Both SPECT
(voxel size of 0.4 mm) and CT scans were reconstructed with MILabs software and SPECT and
CT scans were co-registered to determine exact location of radio-signal. 3D images were created
using s Inveon Research Workplace software.
Figure 31 shows that there is no significant ence between tissue distribution and tumor
targeting of 28H1 and 4B9 IgG1 and 28H1 IgG-IL-2 qm at 24 hours (hence the cytokine does
not significantly alter the tissue bution and tumor targeting properties of the
immunoconjugates), and that tumor-to-blood ratios for the FAP-targeted ucts are
significantly greater than for the non-targeted DP47GS control IgG.
These results were confirmed in SPECT/CT imaging for the 4B9 IgG-IL-2 qm immunconjugate
(data not shown). 4B9 IgG-IL-2 qm localized in the FAP-positive HEK-FAP but not in the FAP-
negative HEK-293 control tumors, while the untargeted DP47GS immunoconjugate did not
localize in either tumor. Unlike with the unconjugated IgGs, a weak uptake of 4B9 IgG-IL-2 qm
was ed also in the spleen.
Example 9
Binding of ased IgG-IL-2 qm and a 28H1-based L-2 qm)2 (i.e. a “2+2” format
conjugate as depicted in Figure 1; sequences are shown in SEQ ID NOs 253 and 205) to
NK 92 cells was compared. 200000 NK92 cells per well were seeded in a 96-well plate. The
conjugates were titrated onto the NK92 cells and incubated for 30 min at 4°C to allow
binding. The cells were washed twice with PBS containing 0.1% BSA to remove unbound
constructs. For detection of the immunoconjugates a FITC-labeled anti-human Fc-specific
antibody was added for 30 min at 4°C. The cells were again washed twice with PBS containing
0.1 % BSA and analyzed by FACS using a BD FACSCantoII.
As illustrated in Figure 32, the “2+2” immunoconjugate shows better binding to NK 92 cells
than the corresponding “2+1” uct.
Example 10
Induction of human PBMC proliferation by IL-2 immunoconjugates
Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) were prepared using Histopaque-1077 (Sigma
Diagnostics Inc., St. Louis, MO, USA). In brief, venous blood from healthy volunteers was
drawn into heparinized syringes. The blood was diluted 2:1 with calcium- and magnesium-free
PBS, and layered on Histopaque-1077. The gradient was centrifuged at 450 x g for 30 min at
room temperature (RT) without breaks. The interphase containing the PBMCs was collected and
washed three times with PBS (350 x g followed by 300 x g for 10 min at RT).
Subsequently, PBMCs were labeled with 40 nM CFSE (carboxyfluorescein succinimidyl ester)
for 15 min at 37°C. Cells were washed with 20 ml medium before recovering the labeled PBMCs
for 30 min at 37°C. The cells were washed, counted, and 100000 cells were seeded into 96-well-
U-bottom plates. Pre-diluted Proleukin (commercially available wild-type IL-2) or IL2-
immunoconjugates were titrated onto the seeded cells which were incubated for the indicated
time points. After 4-6 days, cells were washed, stained for riate cell surface markers, and
analyzed by FACS using a BD FACSCantoII. NK cells were defined as D56+, CD4 T
cells as D8-, and CD8 T cells as CD3+/CD8+.
Figure 33 shows proliferation of NK cells after tion with different FAP-targeted 28H1 IL-
2 immunoconjugates for 4 (A), 5 (B) or 6 (C) days. All tested constructs induced NK cell
proliferation in a concentration-dependent manner. Proleukin was more efficacious than the
immunoconjugates at lower concentrations, this difference no longer existed at higher
concentrations, r. At earlier time points (day 4), the 2 constructs appeared slightly
more potent than the Fab-IL2-Fab constructs. At later time points (day 6), all constructs had
comparable efficacy, with the Fab-IL2 qm-Fab construct being least potent at the low
concentrations.
Figure 34 shows proliferation of CD4 T-cells after incubation with different FAP-targeted 28H1
IL-2 immunoconjugates for 4 (A), 5 (B) or 6 (C) days. All tested constructs induced CD4 T cell
proliferation in a concentration-dependent manner. Proleukin had a higher activity than the
immunoconjugates, and the immunoconjugates sing wild-type IL-2 were ly more
potent than the ones comprising quadruple mutant IL-2. As for the NK cells, the Fab-IL2 qm-Fab
construct had the lowest activity. Most likely the proliferating CD4 T cells are partly regulatory
T cells, at least for the wild-type IL-2 constructs.
Figure 35 shows proliferation of CD8 T-cells after incubation with different FAP-targeted 28H1
IL-2 immunoconjugates for 4 (A), 5 (B) or 6 (C) days. All tested constructs induced CD8 T cell
eration in a tration-dependent manner. kin had a higher activity than the
immunoconjugates, and the conjugates comprising wild-type IL-2 were slightly more
potent than the ones sing ple mutant IL-2. As for the NK and CD4 T cells, the Fab-
IL2 qm-Fab construct had the lowest activity.
Example 11
Proliferation and activation induced cell death of IL-2 activated PBMCs
Freshly isolated PBMCs from healthy donors were pre-activated overnight with PHA-M at 1
µg/ml in 40 with 10% FCS and 1% Glutamine. After pre-activation PBMCs were
harvested, labeled with 40 nM CFSE in PBS, and seeded in 96-well plates at 100 000 cells/well.
tivated PBMCs were stimulated with different concentrations of IL-2 immunoconjugates
(4B9 -2 wt, 4B9 IgG-IL-2 qm, 4B9 Fab-IL-2 wt-Fab, and 4B9 Fab-IL-2 qm-Fab). After
six days of IL-2 ent PBMCs were d with 0.5 µg/ml activating anti-Fas antibody
overnight. Proliferation of CD4 (CD3+CD8-) and CD8 (CD3+CD8+) T cells was analyzed after
six days by CFSE dilution. The percentage of living T cells after anti-Fas ent was
determined by gating on CD3+ Annexin V negative living cells.
As shown in Figure 36, all constructs induced proliferation of pre-activated T cells. At low
concentrations the constructs comprising wild-type IL-2 wt were more active than the IL-2 qmcomprising
constructs. IgG-IL-2 wt, Fab-IL-2 wt-Fab and Proleukin had similar activity. Fab-IL-
2 qm-Fab was slightly less active than IgG-IL-2 qm. The constructs comprising wild-type IL-2
were more active on CD4 T cells than on CD8 T cells, most probably because of the activation
of regulatory T cells. The constructs comprising quadruple mutant IL-2 were similarly active on
CD8 and CD4 T cells.
As shown in Figure 37, T cells ated with high concentrations of wild-type IL-2 are more
sensitive to anti-Fas induced apoptosis than T cells treated with quadruple mutant IL-2.
Example 12
The untargeted DP47GS construct (see SEQ ID NO: 299 and 297 for VH and VL sequences,
respectively) was further characterized. As described above, conjugates of DP47GS IgG with
wild-type or quadruple mutant IL-2 were made. These constructs showed similar binding to IL-
2R and induction of immune cell (e.g. NK cell, CD8+ cell and CD4+ cell) proliferation in vitro as
corresponding targeted constructs (data not shown). In contrast to immunoconjugates targeting a
tumor antigen, however, they did not accumulate in tumor tissue (see Example 8).
A further pharmacokinetic study (in addition to the one shown in Example 7) was performed
with the untargeted DP47GS -2 constructs comprising either ype or quadruple
mutant IL-2. Male C57BL/6J mice (n = 6 per group) were ed i.v. with 0.3, 1, 3 or 10 mg/kg
DP47GS IgG-IL-2 wt or DP47GS IgG-IL-2 qm construct. The injection volume was 1 ml for all
mice. Blood samples were taken at 2, 4, 8, 24, 48, 72, 96 and 168 hours after injection (from 3
mice at each time point) and stored at -20°C until analysis. The constructs were quantified in the
serum samples by ELISA, using anti-Fab antibodies for capturing and detection of the constructs.
All samples and calibration standards were diluted 1:25 in mouse serum (obtained from
Bioreclamation) prior to the analysis. Briefly, streptavidin-coated 96 well plates (Roche) were
washed three times for 10 sec with PBS/0.05% Tween 20, before incubation with 100 µl/well
(0.5 µg/ml) biotinylated anti-human Fab dy (M-1.7.10; Roche Diagnostics) for 1 hour at
room temperature. After washing the plate again three times with PBS/0.05% Tween 20, 50
µl/well of the serum samples or calibration standards and 50 µl/well PBS/0.5% BSA were added
to give a final sample dilution of 1:50. Samples were incubated for 1 hour at room ature,
followed by g the plate again three times with PBS/0.05% Tween 20. Next, the plate was
incubated with 100 l (0.5 µg/ml) digoxigenin-labeled anti-human Fab antibody (M-1.19.31;
Roche stics) for 1 hour at room temperature, washed, incubated with 100 µl/well antidigoxigenin
POD (Roche Diagnostics Cat# 11633716001) for 1 hour at room temperature, and
washed again. Finally, 100 µl/well TMB dase substrate (Roche Diagnostics Cat#
11484281001) was added for about 5 minutes, before the substrate reaction was stopped with 50
µl/well 2N HCl. The plate was read within 2 minutes after stopping the reaction at 450 nm with a
reference wavelength of 650 nm.
The result of this study is shown in Figure 38. Both constructs showed long serum half life, with
the construct comprising quadruple mutant IL-2 (B) being even longer lived than the one
comprising wild-type IL-2 (A).
In addition, the lack of binding of DP47GS IgG to various proteins as well as human cells
(PBMCs) was confirmed.
The binding icity (or lack of such) of the DP47GS antibody was assessed in an ELISA-
based test system with a panel of different unrelated antigens. The test was performed on 384
well MaxiSorp™ microtiter plates (Thermo ific Nunc, Cat# 460372). After each
incubation step the plates were washed three times with PBS/0.05% Tween-20. First, the
different antigens, diluted in PBS, were coated on plates overnight at 6°C. The test
concentrations and detailed information for the used antigens are listed in the table below.
Antigen Source Supplier Cat# Test
concentration
[µg/ml]
Histons calf thymus Roche Diagnostics 65601 2
BSA on V bovine Roche Diagnostics 10735108001 2
Insulin human Roche Diagnostics 11376497001 2
Cardiolipin bovine Sigma-Aldrich C1649 2
Heparin porcine Sigma-Aldrich H9902 2
CD40 (hFc) human Sino Biological 1077-H03H 1
Parathyroid hormone human AnaSpec 20690 0.5
aa 1-34 (PTH)
(biotinylated)
dsDNA calf thymus Aldrich D4522 0.16
Hemocyanin keyhole limpet Aldrich H7017 0.22
Actin beta 2 human Cytoskeleton APHL99 0.67
Streptavidin Streptomyces Roche Diagnostics 11721674001 1
avidinii
Gelatin bovine Roche Diagnostics 11111965001 2% blocking
buffer
E. coli lysate E. coli inhouse - diluted 1:600
Thereafter, the wells were blocked with 2% gelatin in water for 1 hour at room temperature (RT).
The DP47GS antibody (1 µg/ml in PBS) was ted with the panel of captured antigens for
1.5 hours at RT. Bound antibody was detected using anti-human IgG antibody-HRP ate
(GE Healthcare, Cat# 9330V; diluted 1:1000 in PBS with 0.2% Tween-20 and 0.5% gelatin).
After 1 hour incubation the plates were washed 6 times with PBS/0.05% Tween-20 and
developed with freshly prepared BM blue POD ate solution (BM blue: 3,3´-5,5´-
tetramethylbenzidine, Roche Diagnostics, Cat# 11484281001) for 30 minutes at RT. Absorbance
was measured at 370 nm. The blank value was defined without addition of antibody. An inhouse
human IgG1 antibody which exhibits unspecific binding to almost all of the captured antigens
served as ve control.
The result of this experiment is shown in Figure 39. The DP47GS antibody showed no binding to
any of the captured antigens. The detected signals were in the range of the control samples
t antibody.
Finally, the binding of the DP47GS antibody to human PBMCs was assessed. Since in the course
of a typical immune response the combination of cell surface-presented proteins changes
ically, binding was tested on PBMCs directly after isolation from y adults as well as
after in vitro activation with two different i.
Human PBMCs were isolated by Ficoll density gradient fugation from buffy coats or from
nized fresh blood from healthy volunteers using Histopaque 1077 (Sigma-Aldrich,
Germany). PBMCs were either directly subjected to binding assays (fresh PBMCs) or cultured
and stimulated further. PBMCs were cultured at a cell density of 2 x 106 cells/ml in T cell
medium consisting of RPMI 1640 (Gibco) supplemented with 10% (v/v) heat-inactivated FBS
(PAA Laboratories), 1 mM sodium pyruvate (Sigma-Aldrich), 1% (v/v) yl-L-gluthamine
rom) and 10 nM β-mercaptoethanol (Sigma-Aldrich) at 37°C. For in vitro stimulation,
Proleukin (200 U/ml, Novartis) and phytohaemagglutinin ; 2 µg/mL, Sigma-Aldrich)
were added during six days of cultivation (PHA-L activated PBMC). For in vitro re-stimulation,
6-well cell culture plates were coated with mouse anti-human CD3 (clone KT3, 1 µg/ml) and
mouse anti-human CD28 dies (clone 28.2, 2 µg/ml, both from eBioscience) and PHA-L
activated PBMC were added for additional 24 hours (re-stimulated PBMC). Binding of DP47GS
antibody (with or without the L234A L235A (LALA) P329G mutation in the Fc domain) to cell
surface proteins was monitored for a five-fold serial dilution series (highest concentration 200
nM) using a goat anti-human IgG Fc-specific secondary antibody conjugated to fluorescein
isothiocyanate (FITC) (Jackson Laboratories) and flow cytometric analysis. All assays were
performed at 4°C to prevent internalization of surface proteins. Incubation of primary and
secondary antibody was for 2 hours and for 1 hour, respectively. To allow simultaneous typing
of leukocytes, ations of fluorochrome-labeled mouse anti-human CD14, CD15, CD4,
CD19 (all Biolegend), NKp46, CD3, CD56, CD8 (all BD Pharmingen) were added to the
secondary antibody. Propidium iodide (1 µg/ml) was added directly before measurement on a
FACSCantoII device running FACS Diva software (both BD Bioscience) to exclude permeable
dead cells. Propidium iodide negative living cells were gated for T cells (CD14-CD3+CD4+/
CD8+), B cells (CD14-CD19+), NK Cells NKp46+/CD56+) or monocytes/neutrophils
(CD3-CD56-CD14+/CD15+). The median FITC fluorescence of the various leukocyte types was
determined as indicator for bound primary antibody and blotted against the primary antibody
concentration using Prism4 (GraphPad Software).
As shown in Figure 40, the DP47GS IgG dy without Fc mutation showed binding only to
Fcγ receptor bearing cells, e.g. NK cells and monocytes/neutrophils. No binding of DP47GS
(LALA P329G) was detected on human PBMCs, regardless of their tion status. The LALA
P329G mutation in the Fc domain completely abolished g also to Fcγ receptor bearing
cells.
* * *
Although the foregoing invention has been described in some detail by way of illustration and
example for purposes of y of understanding, the descriptions and examples should not be
construed as limiting the scope of the invention. The disclosures of all patent and ific
literature cited herein are expressly incorporated in their entirety by reference.
Claims (44)
1. An immunoconjugate comprising (i) an immunoglobulin molecule comprising a first and a second antigen binding Fab molecule, an Fc domain consisting of two ts, and (ii) an 5 effector moiety, wherein not more than one effector moiety is present; and wherein said first and said second Fab molecule are directed to CEA and comprise a heavy chain variable region sequence of SEQ ID NO: 191, and a light chain variable region sequence of SEQ ID NO: 189; and said effector moiety is a mutant human interleukin-2 (IL-2) polypeptide sing the amino 10 acid substitutions F42A, Y45A, L72G (numbering relative to the human IL-2 sequence in SEQ ID NO: 2).
2. The immunoconjugate of claim 1, n said effector moiety is fused to the carboxyterminal amino acid of one of said two subunits of the Fc domain, optionally through a linker peptide. 15
3. The immunoconjugate of claim 1 or 2, wherein said Fc domain comprises a cation promoting heterodimerization of two non-identical polypeptide chains.
4. The immunoconjugate of claim 3, wherein said modification is a knob-into-hole modification, comprising a knob modification in one of the subunits of the Fc domain and a hole cation in the other one of the two ts of the Fc domain. 20
5. The immunoconjugate of claim 4, wherein said knob modification comprises the amino acid substitution T366W, and the hole modification comprises the amino acid substitutions T366S, L368A and Y407V (EU ing).
6. The immunoconjugate of claim 5, wherein the t of the Fc domain comprising the knob modification additionally comprises the amino acid substitution S354C, and the subunit of the Fc 25 domain comprising the hole modification additionally comprises the amino acid substitution Y349C (EU numbering).
7. The immunoconjugate of any one of claims 4 to 6, wherein said effector moiety is fused to the y-terminal amino acid of the subunit of the Fc domain comprising the knob modification.
8. The immunoconjugate of any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein said Fc domain is an IgG Fc 30 domain.
9. The immunoconjugate of any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein said Fc domain is an IgG1 Fc domain.
10. The immunoconjugate of any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein said Fc domain is engineered to have altered binding to an Fc receptor and/or altered effector function. 5
11. The immunoconjugate of claim 10, wherein said Fc receptor is an Fcγ receptor.
12. The immunoconjugate of claim 10, wherein said effector function is ADCC.
13. The immunoconjugate of claim 10, wherein said altered binding and/or effector function is reduced binding and/or effector function.
14. The immunoconjugate of claim 13, wherein said Fc domain comprises one or more amino 10 acid mutation that reduces the binding of the Fc domain to an Fc receptor, particularly an Fcγ receptor.
15. The immunoconjugate of claim 14, n said amino acid mutation is an amino acid tution at position P329 (EU numbering).
16. The immunoconjugate of claims 14 or 15, wherein the Fc domain comprises the amino acid 15 tutions L234A, L235A and P329G (EU ing) in each of its subunits.
17. The immunoconjugate of claim 10, wherein said altered binding and/or effector function is increased binding and/or effector function.
18. The conjugate of claim 17, wherein said Fc domain is engineered to have an altered oligosaccharide structure, as compared to a non-engineered Fc . 20
19. The immunoconjugate of claim 18, wherein said Fc domain comprises an increased proportion of non-fucosylated oligosaccharides, as compared to a non-engineered Fc domain.
20. The immunoconjugate of any one of claims 1 to 19, wherein said immunoglobulin molecule is an IgG class globulin.
21. The immunoconjugate of any one of claims 1 to 20, wherein said globulin molecule 25 is a IgG1 class immunoglobulin.
22. The immunoconjugate of any one of claims 1 to 21, wherein said effector moiety is fused to the carboxy-terminal amino acid of one of the globulin heavy chains, optionally through a linker peptide.
23. The immunoconjugate of any one of claims 1 to 22, wherein said mutant human interleukin-2 (IL-2) polypeptide further comprises the amino acid substitution T3A.
24. The immunoconjugate of any one of claims 1 to 23, wherein said mutant human interleukin-2 (IL-2) polypeptide further comprises the amino acid substitution C125A. 5
25. The immunoconjugate of any one of claims 1 to 24, wherein said mutant human interleukin-2 (IL-2) polypeptide comprises the polypeptide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3.
26. The immunoconjugate of any one of claims 1 to 25, comprising the ptide sequences of SEQ ID NO: 277, SEQ ID NO: 281 and SEQ ID NO: 283, or variants thereof that retain functionality. 10
27. An isolated polynucleotide encoding the immunoconjugate of any one of claims 1 to 26.
28. An expression vector comprising the isolated polynucleotide of claim 27.
29. A host cell comprising the isolated polynucleotide of claim 27 or the sion vector of claim 28, wherein the host cell is not a human cell within a human.
30. The host cell of claim 29, wherein said host cell has been lated to express increased 15 levels of one or more polypeptides having β(1,4)-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase III (GnTIII) activity.
31. A method of ing an immunoconjugate comprising (i) an immunoglobulin molecule comprising a first and a second antigen binding Fab molecule and an Fc domain consisting of two subunits, and (ii) an effector moiety, wherein not more than one effector moiety is present, 20 comprising culturing the host cell of claim 29 or 30 under ions suitable for the sion of the immunoconjugate and optionally recovering the immunoconjugate.
32. An immunoconjugate comprising (i) an immunoglobulin le comprising a first and a second antigen g Fab molecule and an Fc domain consisting of two subunits, and (ii) an effector moiety, wherein not more than one effector moiety is present, wherein said 25 immunoconjugate is produced by the method of claim 31.
33. A pharmaceutical composition comprising the immunoconjugate of any one of claims 1 to 26 or claim 32 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
34. The conjugate of any one of claims 1 to 26 or claim 32, or the pharmaceutical composition of claim 33, for use in the treatment of a disease in an individual in need thereof.
35. Use of the immunoconjugate of any one of claims 1 to 26 or claim 32, or the pharmaceutical composition of claim 33, for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of a disease in an individual in need thereof, wherein said disease is cancer or an inflammatory disorder.
36. The immunoconjugate or the pharmaceutical composition of claim 34, or the use of claim 35, 5 wherein said disease is cancer.
37. The immunoconjugate or the pharmaceutical composition of claim 34, or the use of claim 35, wherein said e is an inflammatory disorder.
38. An immunoconjugate according to any one of claims 1 to 26 and 32 substantially as herein bed with reference to any example thereof. 10
39. An isolated cleotide according to claim 27 substantially as herein described with nce to any example thereof.
40. An sion vector according to claim 28 ntially as herein described with reference to any example thereof.
41. A host cell according to claim 29 substantially as herein described with reference to any 15 example thereof.
42. A method according to claim 31 substantially as herein described with reference to any example thereof.
43. A pharmaceutical composition ing to claim 33 substantially as herein described with reference to any example thereof. 20
44. A use according to any one of claims 35 to 37 substantially as herein described with reference to any example thereof. WO 46628
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