CA2381123C - Actinium-225 complexes and conjugates for radioimmunotherapy - Google Patents
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Abstract
Actinium-225 (225Ac) complexes with functionalized chelants of the formula (I) wherein: each Q is independently hydrogen or (CHR5)pCO2R; Q1 is hydrogen or (CHR5)wCO2R; each R independently is hydrogen, benzyl or C1-C4 alkyl; with the proviso that at least two of the sum of Q and Q1 must be other than hydrogen; each R5 independently is hydrogen; C1-C4 alkyl or (C1-C2 alkyl)phenyl; X and Y are each independently hydrogen or may be taken with an adjacent X and Y to form an additional carbon-carbon bond; n is 0 or 1; m is an integer from 0 to 10 inclusive; p is 1 or 2; r is 0 or 1; w is 0 or 1; with the proviso that n is only 1 when X and/or Y form an additional carbon to carbon bond, and the sum of r and w is 0 or 1; L is a linker/spacer group covalently bonded to, and replaces one hydrogen atom of one of the carbon atoms to which it is joined, said linker/spacer group being represented by the formula (1) wherein s is an integer of 0 or 1; t is an integer of 0 to 20 inclusive; R1 is an electrophilic or nucleophilic moiety which allows for covalent attachment to an antibody or fragment thereof, or synthetic linker which can be attached to an antibody or fragment thereof, or precursor thereof; and Cyc represents a cyclic aliphatic moiety, aromatic moiety, aliphatic heterocyclic moiety, or aromatic heterocyclic moiety, each of said moieties optionally substituted with one or more groups which do not interfere with binding to an antibody or antibody fragment; with the proviso that when s, t, m, r, and n are 0, then R1 is other than carboxyl; their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, their conjugates and the use thereof for radioimmunotherapy is disclosed.
Description
RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to actinium-225 (225Ac) complexes with fuctionalized chelants, their conjugates and their use for radioimmunotherapy.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The use of radionuclides complexed with suitable chelants, as well as their conjugates (that is, such complexes covalently attached to a biologically active carrier, for example, protein) for diagnosis of cancer and/or therapeutic treatment of cancer in mammals is known. These biochemically engineered molecules provide the tumor specificity and the radioisotope provides potent cytotoxicity. See, for example, U.S. Patent Nos.
4,897,254; 5,342,925; 5,435,990; 5,652,361; 5,696,239; and 5,756,065.
It has been recognized that antibody-targeted alpha particles would allow extraordinary potent, single cell-specific killing with minimal toxicity to normal cells or the patient. The use of alpha particles as an alternative to more traditional classes of radiation is derived from the particle's kinetic characteristics and the radioactive half-life of their source isotope, as well as from the properties of the target-selective carrier moiety for the source isotope. The use of alpha emitting radionuclides is highly desirable for the following reasons: (a) a single atom can kill a cell making them hundreds to thousands of times more potent than even the most potent toxins or drugs; (b) the range of alpha particles is only about 50 microns, ,so that adjacent tissues are not harmed;
(c) the chelated atoms on humanized antibodies are unlikely to be immunogenic and can be repeatedly dosed;
(d) the radioactive atoms decay to harmless stable atoms;
(e) killing can occur from inside or outside of the cell;
(f) killing is by apoptosis and by double stranded DNA
breaks and repair is not likely.
Specific cytotoxic effects of "alpha particle-emitting radioimmunoconjugates" have been demonstrated in several experimental systems. Specific in vitro cell-killing has been demonstrated against a human epidermoid cell line using 23-3 Bi- and 225 Ac-containing immunoconjugates, see, for example, Kaspersen et al, Nuclear Medicine Communications, Vol. 15, pp. 468-476 (1995). Efficient and specific cell kill by the 212Bi-labeled anti-Tac (CD25) monoclonal antibody has been demonstrated against an adult T-cell leukemia cell line in vitro, see, for example, R. W. Kozak et al, Proc. Natl.
Acad. Sci. USA, Vol. 83, pp. 474-478 (1986). In other experiments, mice inoculated intraperitoneally with the murine tumor line EL-4 were cured of their ascites after intraperitoneal injection of 150 Ci of a 212Bi-labeled antibody conjugate, see, for example, R. M. Macklis et al, Science, Vol. 240, pp. 1024-1026 (1988).
Potential for use of 225Ac in radiotherapy of cancer has also been recognized due to its favorable properties.
This isotope decays with a radioactive half-life of 10 days into a cascade of short-lived alpha and beta-emitting isotopes. See, for example, M. W. Geerlings et al, Nuclear Medicine Communications, Vol. 14, pp. 121-125 (1993) and Kaspersen et al, Nuclear Medicine Communications, Vol. 15, pp. 468-476 (1995). However, the use of 225Ac in radioimmunotherapy has been hampered due to its toxicity and lack of a suitable carrier which will deliver it to the targeted cells.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to actinium-225 (225Ac) complexes with fuctionalized chelants, their conjugates and their use for radioimmunotherapy.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The use of radionuclides complexed with suitable chelants, as well as their conjugates (that is, such complexes covalently attached to a biologically active carrier, for example, protein) for diagnosis of cancer and/or therapeutic treatment of cancer in mammals is known. These biochemically engineered molecules provide the tumor specificity and the radioisotope provides potent cytotoxicity. See, for example, U.S. Patent Nos.
4,897,254; 5,342,925; 5,435,990; 5,652,361; 5,696,239; and 5,756,065.
It has been recognized that antibody-targeted alpha particles would allow extraordinary potent, single cell-specific killing with minimal toxicity to normal cells or the patient. The use of alpha particles as an alternative to more traditional classes of radiation is derived from the particle's kinetic characteristics and the radioactive half-life of their source isotope, as well as from the properties of the target-selective carrier moiety for the source isotope. The use of alpha emitting radionuclides is highly desirable for the following reasons: (a) a single atom can kill a cell making them hundreds to thousands of times more potent than even the most potent toxins or drugs; (b) the range of alpha particles is only about 50 microns, ,so that adjacent tissues are not harmed;
(c) the chelated atoms on humanized antibodies are unlikely to be immunogenic and can be repeatedly dosed;
(d) the radioactive atoms decay to harmless stable atoms;
(e) killing can occur from inside or outside of the cell;
(f) killing is by apoptosis and by double stranded DNA
breaks and repair is not likely.
Specific cytotoxic effects of "alpha particle-emitting radioimmunoconjugates" have been demonstrated in several experimental systems. Specific in vitro cell-killing has been demonstrated against a human epidermoid cell line using 23-3 Bi- and 225 Ac-containing immunoconjugates, see, for example, Kaspersen et al, Nuclear Medicine Communications, Vol. 15, pp. 468-476 (1995). Efficient and specific cell kill by the 212Bi-labeled anti-Tac (CD25) monoclonal antibody has been demonstrated against an adult T-cell leukemia cell line in vitro, see, for example, R. W. Kozak et al, Proc. Natl.
Acad. Sci. USA, Vol. 83, pp. 474-478 (1986). In other experiments, mice inoculated intraperitoneally with the murine tumor line EL-4 were cured of their ascites after intraperitoneal injection of 150 Ci of a 212Bi-labeled antibody conjugate, see, for example, R. M. Macklis et al, Science, Vol. 240, pp. 1024-1026 (1988).
Potential for use of 225Ac in radiotherapy of cancer has also been recognized due to its favorable properties.
This isotope decays with a radioactive half-life of 10 days into a cascade of short-lived alpha and beta-emitting isotopes. See, for example, M. W. Geerlings et al, Nuclear Medicine Communications, Vol. 14, pp. 121-125 (1993) and Kaspersen et al, Nuclear Medicine Communications, Vol. 15, pp. 468-476 (1995). However, the use of 225Ac in radioimmunotherapy has been hampered due to its toxicity and lack of a suitable carrier which will deliver it to the targeted cells.
In an effort to reduce the toxicity of 225Ac, numerous chelating agents such as, for example, 1,4,7,10-tetra-azacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid (DOTA), diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA), ethylene-diaminetetracetic acid (EDTA), 1,4,7,10,13-pentaazacyclo-pentadecane-1,4,7,10,13-pentaacetic acid (PEPA), and 1,4,7,10,13,16-hexaazacyclohexadecane-1,4,7,10,13,16-hexaacetic acid (HEHA) have been complexed with 225Ac and evaluated in vivo for toxicity and stability. However, the toxicity of these complexes has proved to be still substantial.
G. J. Beyer et al, Isotoperpraxis, Vol. 26, pp. 111-114 (1990), has evaluated the in vivo uptake of 225Ac-citrate and compared it to 169Yb-citrate. This study has found that 225Ac-citrate had more efficient blood clearance, greater liver uptake, and lower bone uptake than 169Yb-citrate .
G. J. Beyer et al, Nucl. Med. & Biol., Vol. 24, pp.
367-372 (1997), has evaluated EDTMP (ethylenediaminetetra-methylenephosphonic acid) as a chelant for 225Ac. The study has found that EDTMP, depending on its concentration, reduces the liver uptake. However, the liver uptake of 225Ac-EDTMP is still substantial and excretion of 225Ac-EDTMP is poor. The study has also suggested that greater efficacy in endoradionuclide therapy of bone metastasis can be expected with the use of 225Ac-EDTMP due to the alpha-radiation.
K. A. Deal et al, J. Med. Chem., Vol 42, pp. 298-2992 (1999), has evaluated biodistribution of a number of 225Ac chelates. It has been observed that the structure of the chelant has dramatic effect on biodistribution of 225Ac.
HEHA (1,4,7,10,13,16-hexaazacyclohexadecane-1,4,7,10,13,16-hexaacetic acid) was the largest macrocyclic chelant. 225Ac readily formed a complex with HEHA. Exceptional in vivo stability and reduced toxicity has been observed for 225Ac-HEHA. This has been attributed to the large size and macrocyclic effect of HEHA.
Although various chelating agents were suggested and evaluated as carriers for 225Ac, up to now 225Ac has not been successfully chelated to an antibody and no successful therapeutic use of 225Ac in animals or humans has been reported presumably due to its inherent toxicity and/or stability problems of its complexes.
It would be desirable to provide complexes comprising 225Ac and functionalized chelants which are kinetically and thermodynamically inert for use in therapeutic applications.
It would also be desirable to provide conjugates of such 225Ac complexes with a biological molecule. The biological molecule in these conjugates would provide the tumor specificity and the 225Ac isotope would provide potent cytotoxicity.
Another desirable property of these conjugates includes physiological compatibility which would permit the 225Ac complex, if separated from its targeting, conjugated biological molecule in vivo, to be soluble in physiological fluids and thus be rapidly eliminated from the body.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is directed to 225Ac complexes and their conjugates with a biological molecule. The 225Ac compelexes and conjugates of the present invention are useful for the treatment of cancer in mammals, especially humans.
More specifically, the present invention is directed to 225Ac complexes comprising a functionalized chelant compound of the formula (I):
Q I
4X I rN~
L C (CH2)nC-(CH2r-N N-Q
Y m I (,NJ
Q
wherein:
each Q is independently hydrogen or (CHR5)pC02R;
Q1 is hydrogen or (CHR5) WC02R;
each R independently is hydrogen, benzyl or C1-C4 alkyl; with the proviso that at least two of the sum of Q and Q1 must be other than hydrogen;
each R5 independently is hydrogen; C1-C4 alkyl or (C1-C2 alkyl)phenyl;
X and Y are each independently hydrogen or may be taken with an adjacent X and Y to form an additional carbon-carbon bond;
n is 0 or 1;
m is an integer from 0 to 10 inclusive;
p is 1 or 2;
r is 0 or 1;
w is 0 or 1;
with the proviso that n is only 1 when X and/or Y
form an additional carbon-carbon bond, and the sum of r and w is 0 or 1;
L is a linker/spacer group covalently bonded to, and replaces one hydrogen atom of one of the carbon atoms to which it is joined, said linker/spacer group being represented by the formula R
CYc (CH2)t S
wherein s is an integer of 0 or 1;
t is an integer of 0 to 20 inclusive;
R' is an electrophilic or nucleophilic moiety which allows for covalent attachment to an antibody or fragment of thereof, or synthetic linker which can be attached to an antibody or fragment thereof, or precursor thereof; and Cyc represents a cyclic aliphatic moiety, aromatic moiety, aliphatic heterocyclic moiety, or aromatic heterocyclic moiety, each of said moieties optionally substituted with one or more groups which do not ineterfere with binding to a biologically active carrier;
with the proviso that when s, t, m, r, and n are 0, then R1 is other than carboxyl;
or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof;
complexed with 225Ac.
The present invention is also directed to a conjugate comprising the aforementioned 225Ac complex covalently attached to a biological molecule.
The present invention also includes formulations having the conjugates of this invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, especially formulations where the pharmaceutically acceptable carrier is a liquid.
The present invention is also directed to a method of therapeutic treatment of a mammal having cancer which comprises administering to said mammal a therapeutically affective amount of the formulation of this invention.
Surprisingly, the 225Ac complexes and conjugates of this invention are relatively stable (that is, do not easily dissociate) and some display rapid clearance from the whole body and some non-target organs, such as liver and kidney. Additionally, the alpha-particles emitting 225Ac complexes and conjugates of this invention are expected to have several advantages over beta particle-emitting cytotoxic agents including higher energy and r' potent emissions, less hazardous waste, expected lower effective dose, the potential for outpatient treatment, better retention at the target sites, and higher target to non-target radiation ratios.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
Figure 1. 225Ac In-Vitro Cell Kill DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
As used herein, the term "225Ac complex" refers to a functionalized chelant compound of formula I complexed with 225Ac radionuclide.
As used herein, the term "225Ac conjugate" refers to 225Ac complex of the present invention that is covalently attached to a biological molecule.
As used herein, the term "mammal" means animals that nurish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, preferably humans.
7a As used herein, the term "biological molecule" refers to any protein, antibody, antibody fragment, hormone, peptide, growth factor, antigen, hapten or any other carrier which functions in this invention to recognize a specific biological target site. Antibody and antibody fragment refers to any polyclonal, monoclonal, chimeric, human, mammalian, single chains, dimeric and tetrameric antibody or antibody fragment. Such biological molecule, when attached to a functionalized complex, serves to carry the attached 225Ac ion to specific targeted tissues. The term "antibody" refers to any polyclonal, monoclonal, chimeric antibody or heteroantibody. Preferably the antibodies used in the 225Ac conjugates of the present invention are monoclonal antibodies having high specificity for the desired cancer cells. Antibodies used in the present invention may be directed against, for example, cancer, tumors, leukemias, autoimune disorders involving cells of the immune system, normal cells that need to be ablated such as bone marrow and prostate tissue, virus infected cells including HIV, mycoplasma, differentiation and other cell membrane antigens, patogen surface antigens and any biologically active molecules.
Some examples of antibodies are HuM195 (anti-CD33), CC-11, CC-46,CC-49, CC-49 F(ab')2, CC-83, CC-83 F(ab')2r and B72.3. Particularly preferred antibody for use in the practice of the present invention is HuM195. Antibody fragment includes Fab fragments and F(ab')2 fragments, and any portion of an antibody having specificity toward a desired epitope or epitopes. The antibodies which may be used in the 225Ac conjugates of the present invention can be prepared by techniques well known in the art. Highly specific monoclonal antibodies can be produced by hybridization techniques well known in the art, see, for example, Kohler and Milstein, Nature, 256, 495-497 (1975);
and Eur. J. Immunol., 511-519 (1976).
G. J. Beyer et al, Isotoperpraxis, Vol. 26, pp. 111-114 (1990), has evaluated the in vivo uptake of 225Ac-citrate and compared it to 169Yb-citrate. This study has found that 225Ac-citrate had more efficient blood clearance, greater liver uptake, and lower bone uptake than 169Yb-citrate .
G. J. Beyer et al, Nucl. Med. & Biol., Vol. 24, pp.
367-372 (1997), has evaluated EDTMP (ethylenediaminetetra-methylenephosphonic acid) as a chelant for 225Ac. The study has found that EDTMP, depending on its concentration, reduces the liver uptake. However, the liver uptake of 225Ac-EDTMP is still substantial and excretion of 225Ac-EDTMP is poor. The study has also suggested that greater efficacy in endoradionuclide therapy of bone metastasis can be expected with the use of 225Ac-EDTMP due to the alpha-radiation.
K. A. Deal et al, J. Med. Chem., Vol 42, pp. 298-2992 (1999), has evaluated biodistribution of a number of 225Ac chelates. It has been observed that the structure of the chelant has dramatic effect on biodistribution of 225Ac.
HEHA (1,4,7,10,13,16-hexaazacyclohexadecane-1,4,7,10,13,16-hexaacetic acid) was the largest macrocyclic chelant. 225Ac readily formed a complex with HEHA. Exceptional in vivo stability and reduced toxicity has been observed for 225Ac-HEHA. This has been attributed to the large size and macrocyclic effect of HEHA.
Although various chelating agents were suggested and evaluated as carriers for 225Ac, up to now 225Ac has not been successfully chelated to an antibody and no successful therapeutic use of 225Ac in animals or humans has been reported presumably due to its inherent toxicity and/or stability problems of its complexes.
It would be desirable to provide complexes comprising 225Ac and functionalized chelants which are kinetically and thermodynamically inert for use in therapeutic applications.
It would also be desirable to provide conjugates of such 225Ac complexes with a biological molecule. The biological molecule in these conjugates would provide the tumor specificity and the 225Ac isotope would provide potent cytotoxicity.
Another desirable property of these conjugates includes physiological compatibility which would permit the 225Ac complex, if separated from its targeting, conjugated biological molecule in vivo, to be soluble in physiological fluids and thus be rapidly eliminated from the body.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is directed to 225Ac complexes and their conjugates with a biological molecule. The 225Ac compelexes and conjugates of the present invention are useful for the treatment of cancer in mammals, especially humans.
More specifically, the present invention is directed to 225Ac complexes comprising a functionalized chelant compound of the formula (I):
Q I
4X I rN~
L C (CH2)nC-(CH2r-N N-Q
Y m I (,NJ
Q
wherein:
each Q is independently hydrogen or (CHR5)pC02R;
Q1 is hydrogen or (CHR5) WC02R;
each R independently is hydrogen, benzyl or C1-C4 alkyl; with the proviso that at least two of the sum of Q and Q1 must be other than hydrogen;
each R5 independently is hydrogen; C1-C4 alkyl or (C1-C2 alkyl)phenyl;
X and Y are each independently hydrogen or may be taken with an adjacent X and Y to form an additional carbon-carbon bond;
n is 0 or 1;
m is an integer from 0 to 10 inclusive;
p is 1 or 2;
r is 0 or 1;
w is 0 or 1;
with the proviso that n is only 1 when X and/or Y
form an additional carbon-carbon bond, and the sum of r and w is 0 or 1;
L is a linker/spacer group covalently bonded to, and replaces one hydrogen atom of one of the carbon atoms to which it is joined, said linker/spacer group being represented by the formula R
CYc (CH2)t S
wherein s is an integer of 0 or 1;
t is an integer of 0 to 20 inclusive;
R' is an electrophilic or nucleophilic moiety which allows for covalent attachment to an antibody or fragment of thereof, or synthetic linker which can be attached to an antibody or fragment thereof, or precursor thereof; and Cyc represents a cyclic aliphatic moiety, aromatic moiety, aliphatic heterocyclic moiety, or aromatic heterocyclic moiety, each of said moieties optionally substituted with one or more groups which do not ineterfere with binding to a biologically active carrier;
with the proviso that when s, t, m, r, and n are 0, then R1 is other than carboxyl;
or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof;
complexed with 225Ac.
The present invention is also directed to a conjugate comprising the aforementioned 225Ac complex covalently attached to a biological molecule.
The present invention also includes formulations having the conjugates of this invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, especially formulations where the pharmaceutically acceptable carrier is a liquid.
The present invention is also directed to a method of therapeutic treatment of a mammal having cancer which comprises administering to said mammal a therapeutically affective amount of the formulation of this invention.
Surprisingly, the 225Ac complexes and conjugates of this invention are relatively stable (that is, do not easily dissociate) and some display rapid clearance from the whole body and some non-target organs, such as liver and kidney. Additionally, the alpha-particles emitting 225Ac complexes and conjugates of this invention are expected to have several advantages over beta particle-emitting cytotoxic agents including higher energy and r' potent emissions, less hazardous waste, expected lower effective dose, the potential for outpatient treatment, better retention at the target sites, and higher target to non-target radiation ratios.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
Figure 1. 225Ac In-Vitro Cell Kill DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
As used herein, the term "225Ac complex" refers to a functionalized chelant compound of formula I complexed with 225Ac radionuclide.
As used herein, the term "225Ac conjugate" refers to 225Ac complex of the present invention that is covalently attached to a biological molecule.
As used herein, the term "mammal" means animals that nurish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, preferably humans.
7a As used herein, the term "biological molecule" refers to any protein, antibody, antibody fragment, hormone, peptide, growth factor, antigen, hapten or any other carrier which functions in this invention to recognize a specific biological target site. Antibody and antibody fragment refers to any polyclonal, monoclonal, chimeric, human, mammalian, single chains, dimeric and tetrameric antibody or antibody fragment. Such biological molecule, when attached to a functionalized complex, serves to carry the attached 225Ac ion to specific targeted tissues. The term "antibody" refers to any polyclonal, monoclonal, chimeric antibody or heteroantibody. Preferably the antibodies used in the 225Ac conjugates of the present invention are monoclonal antibodies having high specificity for the desired cancer cells. Antibodies used in the present invention may be directed against, for example, cancer, tumors, leukemias, autoimune disorders involving cells of the immune system, normal cells that need to be ablated such as bone marrow and prostate tissue, virus infected cells including HIV, mycoplasma, differentiation and other cell membrane antigens, patogen surface antigens and any biologically active molecules.
Some examples of antibodies are HuM195 (anti-CD33), CC-11, CC-46,CC-49, CC-49 F(ab')2, CC-83, CC-83 F(ab')2r and B72.3. Particularly preferred antibody for use in the practice of the present invention is HuM195. Antibody fragment includes Fab fragments and F(ab')2 fragments, and any portion of an antibody having specificity toward a desired epitope or epitopes. The antibodies which may be used in the 225Ac conjugates of the present invention can be prepared by techniques well known in the art. Highly specific monoclonal antibodies can be produced by hybridization techniques well known in the art, see, for example, Kohler and Milstein, Nature, 256, 495-497 (1975);
and Eur. J. Immunol., 511-519 (1976).
As used herein, "pharmaceutically acceptable salt"
means any salt of a compound of formula (I) which is sufficiently non-toxic to be useful in therapy of mammals.
Representative of those salts, which are formed by standard reactions, from both organic and inorganic sources include, for example, sulfuric, hydrochloric, phosphoric, acetic, succinic, citric, lactic, maleic, fumaric, palmitic, cholic, palmoic, mucic, glutamic, d-camphoric, glutaric, glycolic, phthalic, tartaric, formic, lauric, steric, salicylic, methanesulfonic, bensenesulfonic, sorbic, picric, benzoic, cinnamic and other suitable acids. Also included are salts formed by standard reactions from both organic and inorganic sources such as ammonium, alkali metal ions, alkaline earth metal ions, and other similar ions. Preferred are the salts of the compounds of formula I where the salt is potassium, sodium, ammonium, or mixtures thereof.
As used herein, the term "therapeutically effective amount" means an amount of the 225Ac conjugate that produces a therapeutic effect on the disease treated. The therapeutically effective amount will vary depending on the mammal, the 225Ac conjugate and the method of its administration (for example, oral or parenteral). A
person of ordinary skill in the art can determine the therapeutically effective amount of the 225Ac conjugate.
In the practice of the present invention the 225Ac conjugate may be administered per se or as a component of a pharmaceutically acceptable formulation.
Thus, the present invention may be practiced with the 225Ac conjugate being provided in pharmaceutical formulation, both for veterinary and for human medical use. Such pharmaceutical formulations comprise the active agent (the 225Ac conjugate) together with a physiologically acceptable carrier, excipient or vehicle therefore. The carrier(s) must be physiologically acceptable in the sense of being compatible with the other ingredient(s) in the formulation and not unsuitably deleterious to the recipient thereof. The 225Ac conjugate is provided in a therapeutically effective amount, as described above, and in a quantity appropriate to achieve the desired dose.
The formulations include those suitable for parenteral (including subcutaneous, intramuscular, intraperitoneal, and intravenous), oral, rectal, topical, nasal, or ophthalmic administration. Formulations may be prepared by any methods well known in the art of pharmacy.
Such methods 'include the step of bringing the 225Ac conjugate into association with a carrier, excipient or vehicle therefore. In general, the formulation may be prepared by uniformly and intimately bringing the 225Ac conjugate into association with a liquid carrier, a finely divided solid carrier, or both, and then, if necessary, shaping the product into desired formulation. In addition, the formulations of this invention may further include one or more accessory ingredient(s) selected from diluents, buffers, binders, disintegrants, surface active agents, thickeners, lubricants, preservatives, and the like. In addition, a treatment regime might include pretreatment with non-radioactive carrier.
Injectable formulations of the present invention may be either in suspensions or solution form. In the preparation of suitable formulations it will be recognized that, in general, the water solubility of the salt is greater than the acid form. In soliution form the complex (or when desired the separate components) is dissolved in a physiologically acceptable carrier. Such carriers comprise a suitable solvent, preservatives such as free radical quenching agents, for example, ascorbic acid, benzyl alcohol or any other suitable molecule, if needed, and buffers. Useful solvents include, for example, water, aqueous alcohols, glycols, and phosphonate or carbonate esters. Such aqueous solutions contain no more than 50 percent of the organic solvent by volume.
Injectable suspensions are compositions of the present invention that require a liquid suspending medium, with or without adjuvants, as a carier. The suspending medium can be, for example, aqueous polyvinylpyrrolidone, inert oils such as vegetable oils or highly refined mineral oils, polyols, or aqueous carboxymethylcellulose. Suitable physiologically acceptable adjuvants, if necessary to keep the complex in suspension, may be chosen from among thickeners such as carboxymethylcellulose, polyvinylpyrrolidone, gelatin, and the alginates. Many surfactants are also useful as suspending agents, for example, lecithin, alkylphenol, polyethyleneoxide adducts, naphthalenesulfonates, alkylbenzenesulfonates, and polyoxyethylene sorbitane esters.
In the context of the present invention the terms "functionalized chelant" and "bifunctional chelant" are used interchangeably and refer to compounds which have the dual functionality of sequestering metal ions plus the ability to covalently bind a biological molecule having specificity for tumor cell epitopes or antigens. Such compounds are of great utility for therapeutic and diagnostic applications when they are, for example, complexed with radioactive metal ions and covalently attached to a specific antibody. These types of complexes have been used to carry radioactive metals to tumor cells which are targeted by the specificity of the attached antibody [see, for example, Mears et al., Anal. Biochem.
142, 68-74 (1984); Krejcarek et al., Biochem. And Biophys.
Res. Comm. 77, 581-585 (1977)].
The functionalized chelant compounds of formula (I) useful in the practice of the present invention are known in the art. See, for example, U.S. Patent Nos. 5,435,990 and 5,652,361.
Compounds of formula I where: R is hydrogen or methyl; n is 0; m is 0 through 5; r is 0; and L is a moiety of formula A:
A
RI
wherein:
R2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, nitro, amino, isothiocyanato, semicarbazido, thiosemicarbazido, carboxyl, bromoacetamido and maleimido;
R3 is selected from the group consisting of C1-C4 alkoxy, -OCH2CO2H, hydroxy and hydrogen; and R4 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, nitro, amino, isothiocyanato, semicarbazido, thiosemicarbazido, carboxyl, bromoacetamido and maleimido;
with the proviso that R2 and R4 cannot both be hydrogen but one of R2 and R4 must be hydrogen; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; are preferred functionalized chelants.
Preferred functionalized chelant compounds of formula I include also those compounds where Q1 is hydrogen and L
is represented by formula A as shown by formula II:
2 1$ N
R (CH2)m C-N N-Q
4 H vIj R
wherein:
each Q independently is hydrogen or CHR5COOR; with the proviso that at least two of Q must be other than hydrogen each R independently is hydrogen benzyl or C1-C4 alkyl;
m is integer from 0 to 5 inclusive;
R2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, nitro, amino, isothiocyanato, semicarbazido, thiosemicarbazido, carboxyl, bromoacetamido and maleimido;
R3 is selected from the group consisting of C1-C4 alkoxy, -OCH2COOH, hydroxy and hydrogen;
R4 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, nitro, amino, isothiocyanato, semicarbazido, thiosemicarbazido, carboxyl, bromoacetamido and maleimido;
each R5 independently is hydrogen or C1-C4 alkyl;
with the proviso that R2 and R4 cannot both be hydrogen but one of R2 and R4 must be hydrogen;
or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
Additional preferred functionalized chelant compounds of formula I include those compounds where at least one Q
is hydrogen and are represented by formula III:
_ R Q N
R (CH2)m C-(N N-Q
4 H ", R
wherein:
each Q independently is hydrogen or CHR5COOR;
Q1 is hydrogen or (CHR5)wCO2R; with the proviso that at least two the sum of Q and Q1 must be other than hydrogen and one Q is hydrogen;
each R independently is hydrogen benzyl or C1-C4 alkyl;
m is integer from 0 to 5 inclusive;
w is 0 or 1;
R2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, nitro, amino, isothiocyanato, semicarbazido, thiosemicarbazido, carboxyl, bromoacetamido and maleimido;
R3 is selected from the group consisting of C1-C4 alkoxy, -OCH2COOH, hydroxy and hydrogen;
R4 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, nitro, amino, isothiocyanato, semicarbazido, thiosemicarbazido, carboxyl, bromoacetamido and maleimido;
each R5 independently is hydrogen or C1-C4 alkyl;
with the proviso that R2 and R4 cannot both be hydrogen but one of R2 and R4 must be hydrogen; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
Other preferred functionalized chelant compounds of formula I include compounds where Q1 is CO2R (w=0) and are represented by formula IV:
R3 Q Iv R2 (CH2)m C N N-Q
R Q
wherein:
each Q independently is hydrogen or CHR5COOR; with the proviso that at least one Q must be other than hydrogen;
each R independently is hydrogen benzyl or C1-C4 alkyl;
m is integer from 0 to 5 inclusive;
R2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, nitro, amino, isothiocyanato, semicarbazido, thiosemicarbazido, carboxyl, bromoacetamido and maleimido;
R3 is selected from the group consisting of C1-C4 alkoxy, -OCH2COOH, hydroxy and hydrogen;
R4 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, nitro, amino, isothiocyanato, semicarbazido, thiosemicarbazido, carboxyl, bromoacetamido and maleimido;
each R5 independently is hydrogen or C1-C4 alkyl;
with the proviso that R2 and R4 cannot both be hydrogen but one of R2 and R4 must be hydrogen; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
The functionalized chelants of formula I useful in the practice of the present invention can be prepared by known methods. General synthetic approach to a twelve-membered macrocyclic, bifunctional chelant of the present invention as represented by formula I involves monofuctionalization of a free-base macrocycle (for example, 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane) at only one of the nitrogen atoms with an appropriate electrophile (for example, any appropriately substituted alpha-halocarboxylic acid ester). This electrophile must possess a suitable linker moiety which would allow covalent attachment of bifunctional ligand to a biological mole ml a. Various synthetic routes to functionalized chelants of formula I have been described U.S. Patent Nos.
5,435,990 and 5,652,361õ
The method of obtaining 225Ac radionuclide is not critical to the present invention. For example, 225Ac can be prepared in a cyclotron. 225Ac can be obtained in pure form from Department of Energy (DOE), U.S.A., and Institute for Transuranium Elements (ITU), Karlsruhe, Germany.
The Z25Ac conjugates of the present invention can be prepared by first forming the complex and then binding the biological molecule. Thus, the process involves preparing or obtaining the ligand, forming the complex with 225Ac and then adding the biological molecule. Alternatively, the process may involve first conjugation of the ligand to the biological molecule and then the formation of the complex with Z25Ac. Any suitable process that results in the formation of the 225Ac conjugates of this invention is within the scope of the p.rnsent invention.
In the following examples, the following terms and conditions were used unless otherwise specified.
Glossary of Terms Ab = antibody;
BFC = bifunctional chelant;
DOTA = 1,4,7,10 tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid;
MeO-DOTA-NCS = 1-[(2-methoxy-5-isothiocyanato-phenyl)-carboxymethyl]-4,7,10-triscarboxy-methyl-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane;
TMAA = tetramethyl ammonium acetate buffer;
Sephadex C-25 resin is a cation exchange resin, sold by Pharmacia Inc.;
EDTA = ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid;
DTPA = diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid;
TETA = 1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane-1,4,8,11-tetraacetic acid;
DOTPA = 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetrapropionic acid;
TETPA = 1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane-1,4,8,11-tetrapropionic acid;
DOTMP = 1,4,6,10-tetraazacyclodecane-1,4,7,10-tetramethylenephosphonic acid.
General Experimental Method of preparation of 225Ac conjugates: The preparation of 225Ac conjugates involved two steps. First, the 225Ac complex was prepared by mixing a solution of the functionalized chelant compound of formula I with the solution of 225Ac at pH of about 5-6 in a suitable buffer.
The complex formation was tested using cation exchange chromatography. Then, the conjugation of the 225Ac complex to a biological molecule (suitably an antibody) was carried out at the pH of about 8.5 in the presence of a suitable buffer. The antibody and the antibody 225Ac complex conjugates were then separated from the unconjugated low molecular weight materials using gel filtration chromatography. The fraction of radioactivity associated with the antibody was then determined.
The y emission counting was performed using a 3-inch x 3-inch NaI well crystal utilizing the y emission of 225Ac decay product 221Fr (half-life of 4.8 min.) at 218 KeV.
Counting was carried out half an hour after sample preparation.
Method for determining yield and stability of 225Ac complexes and conjugates thereof: Instant Thin Layer Chromatography (ITLC) was utilized with either a 10 mM
EDTA or 10 mM NaOH/9% NaCl solvent systems using ITLC SG
strips (sold by Gelman Sciences company) to assess the complexation and conjugation efficiency of the DOTA-based bifunctional 225Ac conjugate with HuM195 antibody.
The following examples are provided to further illustrate the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting thereof.
Example 1: Preparation of 225Ac-MeO-DOTA-NCS Complex An aqueous solution of MeO-DOTA-NCS (35 p1; 0.31 mg/ml) was mixed with the 225Ac chloride solution (35 pl;
1.65 pCi/pl,) in 0.1M HC1. The pH was adjusted to about 5 using the TMAA buffer (130 p1 , 0.2 M, pH about 6).
Reaction mixture was incubated at about 50 C for one hour.
Complex formation was checked by cation exchange chromatography employing the Sephadex C-25 resin and it was determined that 99 percent of 225Ac was complexed.
Example 2: Preparation of 225Ac-HuM195 Conjugate HuM195 antibody solution (20 pl, 5 mg/ml) was added to the 225Ac complex solution (200 pl) prepared as described in Example 1. The pH was adjusted to about 8.5 using a NaHCO3 buffer (85 p1, 0.1 M, pH=8.7). The molar ratios of the reactants used were as follows: MeO-DOTA-NCS / 225Ac = 6549; MeO-DOTA-NCS / HuM195 = 24; and HuM195 / 225Ac = 275. After 30 minutes incubation at 20 C the protein and the small molecular weight components of the solution were separated by gel filtration chromatography using the Econo-Pack 10 DG gel filtration column. The extent of coupling was determined by y emission counting.
It was determined that 7.3 percent of the 225Ac complex was coupled to HuM195 antibody.
Example 3: Conjugation of Antibodies HuM195 (anti-CD33) and B4 (anti-CD19) to MeO-DOTA-NCS
mg of HuM195 (or B4) monoclonal antibody solution was mixed with 0.05 M HEPES containing EDTA at about pH 8 15 and dialysed against 0.05 M HEPES buffer for 24 hours in an Amicon stirred cell dialysis unit to remove any metal ions associated with antibodies. A MeO-DOTA-NCS solution containing 3.38 mg of MeO-DOTA-NCS was added and allowed to conjugate with the antibody at room temperature for 24 20 hours. Then the reaction mixture was dialysed against a NaAc / NaCl buffer solution at about pH 7.0 for 24 hours to remove any unreacted MeO-DOTA-NCS. The immunoconjugate was recovered from the stirred cell and characterized using a size exclusion high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC). This was compared to the native HuM195 or B4.
Antibody concentration was determined by UV-absorption at 280 nM.
The immunoconjugates could be labeled readily with In showing success of the conjugation reaction. For example, approximately 400 pCi of 111In in 200 pl of 0.2 M
HC1 was mixed with 29 pl of ammonium acetate (3M) and 9 p1 of 1-ascorbic acid (150 mg/ml) to adjust the pH to 5.0 and then 0.5 mg of HuM195-MeO-DOTA-NCS immunoconjugate was added. The reaction was allowed to progress at 37 C for 60 minutes. An 87% reaction yield was obtained.
Example 4: Labeling of HuM195-MeO-DOTA
Immunoconj ugate with 225Ac 200 pCi of 225Ac in 0.2 M HC1 was mixed with 700 pl metal free water and then buffered with 93 pl of NH4Ac at about pH 6.5. Each of four 200 pl aliquots was mixed with 0 mg, 0.1 mg, 0.5 mg, 1 mg of HuM195-MeO-DOTA (prepared as in Example 3), respectively. The reaction tubes were placed into a 37 C water bath. The 225Ac incorporation was monitored by TLC developed in 10 mM EDTA solvent at 3 hours. The 225Ac incorporation (percentage of activity remaining at origin) data are given in Table 1 below for the various antibody concentrations and Ab:Ac ratios.
Table 1: 225Ac Incorporation at 3 hr for three different concentrations of the antibody Antibody (pM) 1.6 8.1 16.1 Ab to Ac Ratio 174 870 1740 % Incorporation 7.1 23.1 51.8 Example 5: Stability of 225Ac-HuM195-MeO-DOTA
The three 225Ac-HuM195-MeO-DOTA solutions from Example 4 were combined and challenged with 20 pl of 10 mM DTPA to remove unbounded metals. 100 pl of 1-ascorbic acid (150 mg/ml) was added as a radioprotection agent. The solution was purified through a 10-DG desalting column (Bio-Rad company) to separate 225Ac-HuM195-MeO-DOTA from unreacted 225Ac (in DTPA form). The purified 225Ac-HuM195-MeO-DOTA
was subjected to a stability study in human serum.
The purified 225Ac-HuM195-MeO-DOTA was assessed for stability in different media such as 1% and 25% albumin (human) and 1% and 25% human serum at 37 C. Overall stability half-lives of 225Ac-HuM195-MeO-DOTA in either albumin (human) at 4 C or human serum at 37 C exceeded 150 days.
Example 6: 225Ac-HuM195-MeO-DOTA In-Vitro Cell Kill A cell-based immunoreactivity study (binding of labeled antibody to antigen excess) has shown that 225Ac labeled HuM195 antibody (225Ac-HuM195-MeO-DOTA) is still immunoreactive (N70%). The potency and specificity of 225Ac-HuM195-MeO-DOTA was then evaluated in-vitro as a function of specific activity and activity concentration on antigen positive and negative cell lines. The LD50 in a 5-day assay was -0.3 nCi/ml at a specific activity of 0.035 Ci/g which is 3 log more potent than the similar 213Bi alpha emitting agent with much high specific activity (see Nikula et al, J
Nuci Med 1999; 40, 166-176). These data (derived from 3H-thymidine incorporation) are plotted below in Figure 1. The LD50 in a 2-day assay is about 1.4 nCi/ml for positive cell line and about 28 nCi/ml for negative cell line which demonstrates the specificity. Internalization of isotope into target cells was also demonstrated and more than 50%
was internalized in the target cells in 5 hours which is crucial to control the fate of daughter isotopes. This preliminary study suggests that 225Ac-HuMI95-MeO-DOTA
conjugates are useful clinically as a way to target alpha particles to kill cells.
Example 7: In Vivo Biodistribution The in vivo biodistribution of free 225Ac acetate, 22SAc-DOTA and 2`5Ac-HuM195-MeO-DOTA was studied in nu/nu mice by intraperitoneal injection of approximately 2 pCi of 225Ac of each compound in 400 pl. It was demonstrated that a different pattern of distribution existed (see Table 2 below) for the three agents. The 225Ac-DOTA was excreted very quickly and most activity was cleared in less than 40 minutes. 225Ac in acetate was held up in the liver and bone but cleared from blood. The 22'Ac-HuM195-MeO-DOTA has longer blood circulation time and less bone ptake over the period of 5 days. These data indicated 225Ac-HuM195-MeO-DOTA is stable in vivo.
Table 2. Summary of the 22-'Ac Biodistribution (% dose/g) in nu/nu Mice 225Ac Acetate 225Ac-DOTA 225Ac-HuM195-DOTAHuM195-McO-DOTA
Average 1 d 2d 5d 40 min 2 h 18 h 1 d 2d 5d Blood 0.1 0.2 0.0 3.0 1.8 1.1 10.1 10.2 4.5 Kidneys 3.8 3.2 2.8 4.9 3.5 3.1 4.6 5.2 4.6 Liver 46.6 43.1 68.5 4.5 4.6 5.8 8.8 10.0 20.7 Bone 13.3 12.0 17.1 3.9 4.2 4.9 3.8 4.1 5.3
means any salt of a compound of formula (I) which is sufficiently non-toxic to be useful in therapy of mammals.
Representative of those salts, which are formed by standard reactions, from both organic and inorganic sources include, for example, sulfuric, hydrochloric, phosphoric, acetic, succinic, citric, lactic, maleic, fumaric, palmitic, cholic, palmoic, mucic, glutamic, d-camphoric, glutaric, glycolic, phthalic, tartaric, formic, lauric, steric, salicylic, methanesulfonic, bensenesulfonic, sorbic, picric, benzoic, cinnamic and other suitable acids. Also included are salts formed by standard reactions from both organic and inorganic sources such as ammonium, alkali metal ions, alkaline earth metal ions, and other similar ions. Preferred are the salts of the compounds of formula I where the salt is potassium, sodium, ammonium, or mixtures thereof.
As used herein, the term "therapeutically effective amount" means an amount of the 225Ac conjugate that produces a therapeutic effect on the disease treated. The therapeutically effective amount will vary depending on the mammal, the 225Ac conjugate and the method of its administration (for example, oral or parenteral). A
person of ordinary skill in the art can determine the therapeutically effective amount of the 225Ac conjugate.
In the practice of the present invention the 225Ac conjugate may be administered per se or as a component of a pharmaceutically acceptable formulation.
Thus, the present invention may be practiced with the 225Ac conjugate being provided in pharmaceutical formulation, both for veterinary and for human medical use. Such pharmaceutical formulations comprise the active agent (the 225Ac conjugate) together with a physiologically acceptable carrier, excipient or vehicle therefore. The carrier(s) must be physiologically acceptable in the sense of being compatible with the other ingredient(s) in the formulation and not unsuitably deleterious to the recipient thereof. The 225Ac conjugate is provided in a therapeutically effective amount, as described above, and in a quantity appropriate to achieve the desired dose.
The formulations include those suitable for parenteral (including subcutaneous, intramuscular, intraperitoneal, and intravenous), oral, rectal, topical, nasal, or ophthalmic administration. Formulations may be prepared by any methods well known in the art of pharmacy.
Such methods 'include the step of bringing the 225Ac conjugate into association with a carrier, excipient or vehicle therefore. In general, the formulation may be prepared by uniformly and intimately bringing the 225Ac conjugate into association with a liquid carrier, a finely divided solid carrier, or both, and then, if necessary, shaping the product into desired formulation. In addition, the formulations of this invention may further include one or more accessory ingredient(s) selected from diluents, buffers, binders, disintegrants, surface active agents, thickeners, lubricants, preservatives, and the like. In addition, a treatment regime might include pretreatment with non-radioactive carrier.
Injectable formulations of the present invention may be either in suspensions or solution form. In the preparation of suitable formulations it will be recognized that, in general, the water solubility of the salt is greater than the acid form. In soliution form the complex (or when desired the separate components) is dissolved in a physiologically acceptable carrier. Such carriers comprise a suitable solvent, preservatives such as free radical quenching agents, for example, ascorbic acid, benzyl alcohol or any other suitable molecule, if needed, and buffers. Useful solvents include, for example, water, aqueous alcohols, glycols, and phosphonate or carbonate esters. Such aqueous solutions contain no more than 50 percent of the organic solvent by volume.
Injectable suspensions are compositions of the present invention that require a liquid suspending medium, with or without adjuvants, as a carier. The suspending medium can be, for example, aqueous polyvinylpyrrolidone, inert oils such as vegetable oils or highly refined mineral oils, polyols, or aqueous carboxymethylcellulose. Suitable physiologically acceptable adjuvants, if necessary to keep the complex in suspension, may be chosen from among thickeners such as carboxymethylcellulose, polyvinylpyrrolidone, gelatin, and the alginates. Many surfactants are also useful as suspending agents, for example, lecithin, alkylphenol, polyethyleneoxide adducts, naphthalenesulfonates, alkylbenzenesulfonates, and polyoxyethylene sorbitane esters.
In the context of the present invention the terms "functionalized chelant" and "bifunctional chelant" are used interchangeably and refer to compounds which have the dual functionality of sequestering metal ions plus the ability to covalently bind a biological molecule having specificity for tumor cell epitopes or antigens. Such compounds are of great utility for therapeutic and diagnostic applications when they are, for example, complexed with radioactive metal ions and covalently attached to a specific antibody. These types of complexes have been used to carry radioactive metals to tumor cells which are targeted by the specificity of the attached antibody [see, for example, Mears et al., Anal. Biochem.
142, 68-74 (1984); Krejcarek et al., Biochem. And Biophys.
Res. Comm. 77, 581-585 (1977)].
The functionalized chelant compounds of formula (I) useful in the practice of the present invention are known in the art. See, for example, U.S. Patent Nos. 5,435,990 and 5,652,361.
Compounds of formula I where: R is hydrogen or methyl; n is 0; m is 0 through 5; r is 0; and L is a moiety of formula A:
A
RI
wherein:
R2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, nitro, amino, isothiocyanato, semicarbazido, thiosemicarbazido, carboxyl, bromoacetamido and maleimido;
R3 is selected from the group consisting of C1-C4 alkoxy, -OCH2CO2H, hydroxy and hydrogen; and R4 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, nitro, amino, isothiocyanato, semicarbazido, thiosemicarbazido, carboxyl, bromoacetamido and maleimido;
with the proviso that R2 and R4 cannot both be hydrogen but one of R2 and R4 must be hydrogen; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; are preferred functionalized chelants.
Preferred functionalized chelant compounds of formula I include also those compounds where Q1 is hydrogen and L
is represented by formula A as shown by formula II:
2 1$ N
R (CH2)m C-N N-Q
4 H vIj R
wherein:
each Q independently is hydrogen or CHR5COOR; with the proviso that at least two of Q must be other than hydrogen each R independently is hydrogen benzyl or C1-C4 alkyl;
m is integer from 0 to 5 inclusive;
R2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, nitro, amino, isothiocyanato, semicarbazido, thiosemicarbazido, carboxyl, bromoacetamido and maleimido;
R3 is selected from the group consisting of C1-C4 alkoxy, -OCH2COOH, hydroxy and hydrogen;
R4 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, nitro, amino, isothiocyanato, semicarbazido, thiosemicarbazido, carboxyl, bromoacetamido and maleimido;
each R5 independently is hydrogen or C1-C4 alkyl;
with the proviso that R2 and R4 cannot both be hydrogen but one of R2 and R4 must be hydrogen;
or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
Additional preferred functionalized chelant compounds of formula I include those compounds where at least one Q
is hydrogen and are represented by formula III:
_ R Q N
R (CH2)m C-(N N-Q
4 H ", R
wherein:
each Q independently is hydrogen or CHR5COOR;
Q1 is hydrogen or (CHR5)wCO2R; with the proviso that at least two the sum of Q and Q1 must be other than hydrogen and one Q is hydrogen;
each R independently is hydrogen benzyl or C1-C4 alkyl;
m is integer from 0 to 5 inclusive;
w is 0 or 1;
R2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, nitro, amino, isothiocyanato, semicarbazido, thiosemicarbazido, carboxyl, bromoacetamido and maleimido;
R3 is selected from the group consisting of C1-C4 alkoxy, -OCH2COOH, hydroxy and hydrogen;
R4 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, nitro, amino, isothiocyanato, semicarbazido, thiosemicarbazido, carboxyl, bromoacetamido and maleimido;
each R5 independently is hydrogen or C1-C4 alkyl;
with the proviso that R2 and R4 cannot both be hydrogen but one of R2 and R4 must be hydrogen; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
Other preferred functionalized chelant compounds of formula I include compounds where Q1 is CO2R (w=0) and are represented by formula IV:
R3 Q Iv R2 (CH2)m C N N-Q
R Q
wherein:
each Q independently is hydrogen or CHR5COOR; with the proviso that at least one Q must be other than hydrogen;
each R independently is hydrogen benzyl or C1-C4 alkyl;
m is integer from 0 to 5 inclusive;
R2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, nitro, amino, isothiocyanato, semicarbazido, thiosemicarbazido, carboxyl, bromoacetamido and maleimido;
R3 is selected from the group consisting of C1-C4 alkoxy, -OCH2COOH, hydroxy and hydrogen;
R4 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, nitro, amino, isothiocyanato, semicarbazido, thiosemicarbazido, carboxyl, bromoacetamido and maleimido;
each R5 independently is hydrogen or C1-C4 alkyl;
with the proviso that R2 and R4 cannot both be hydrogen but one of R2 and R4 must be hydrogen; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
The functionalized chelants of formula I useful in the practice of the present invention can be prepared by known methods. General synthetic approach to a twelve-membered macrocyclic, bifunctional chelant of the present invention as represented by formula I involves monofuctionalization of a free-base macrocycle (for example, 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane) at only one of the nitrogen atoms with an appropriate electrophile (for example, any appropriately substituted alpha-halocarboxylic acid ester). This electrophile must possess a suitable linker moiety which would allow covalent attachment of bifunctional ligand to a biological mole ml a. Various synthetic routes to functionalized chelants of formula I have been described U.S. Patent Nos.
5,435,990 and 5,652,361õ
The method of obtaining 225Ac radionuclide is not critical to the present invention. For example, 225Ac can be prepared in a cyclotron. 225Ac can be obtained in pure form from Department of Energy (DOE), U.S.A., and Institute for Transuranium Elements (ITU), Karlsruhe, Germany.
The Z25Ac conjugates of the present invention can be prepared by first forming the complex and then binding the biological molecule. Thus, the process involves preparing or obtaining the ligand, forming the complex with 225Ac and then adding the biological molecule. Alternatively, the process may involve first conjugation of the ligand to the biological molecule and then the formation of the complex with Z25Ac. Any suitable process that results in the formation of the 225Ac conjugates of this invention is within the scope of the p.rnsent invention.
In the following examples, the following terms and conditions were used unless otherwise specified.
Glossary of Terms Ab = antibody;
BFC = bifunctional chelant;
DOTA = 1,4,7,10 tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid;
MeO-DOTA-NCS = 1-[(2-methoxy-5-isothiocyanato-phenyl)-carboxymethyl]-4,7,10-triscarboxy-methyl-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane;
TMAA = tetramethyl ammonium acetate buffer;
Sephadex C-25 resin is a cation exchange resin, sold by Pharmacia Inc.;
EDTA = ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid;
DTPA = diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid;
TETA = 1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane-1,4,8,11-tetraacetic acid;
DOTPA = 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetrapropionic acid;
TETPA = 1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane-1,4,8,11-tetrapropionic acid;
DOTMP = 1,4,6,10-tetraazacyclodecane-1,4,7,10-tetramethylenephosphonic acid.
General Experimental Method of preparation of 225Ac conjugates: The preparation of 225Ac conjugates involved two steps. First, the 225Ac complex was prepared by mixing a solution of the functionalized chelant compound of formula I with the solution of 225Ac at pH of about 5-6 in a suitable buffer.
The complex formation was tested using cation exchange chromatography. Then, the conjugation of the 225Ac complex to a biological molecule (suitably an antibody) was carried out at the pH of about 8.5 in the presence of a suitable buffer. The antibody and the antibody 225Ac complex conjugates were then separated from the unconjugated low molecular weight materials using gel filtration chromatography. The fraction of radioactivity associated with the antibody was then determined.
The y emission counting was performed using a 3-inch x 3-inch NaI well crystal utilizing the y emission of 225Ac decay product 221Fr (half-life of 4.8 min.) at 218 KeV.
Counting was carried out half an hour after sample preparation.
Method for determining yield and stability of 225Ac complexes and conjugates thereof: Instant Thin Layer Chromatography (ITLC) was utilized with either a 10 mM
EDTA or 10 mM NaOH/9% NaCl solvent systems using ITLC SG
strips (sold by Gelman Sciences company) to assess the complexation and conjugation efficiency of the DOTA-based bifunctional 225Ac conjugate with HuM195 antibody.
The following examples are provided to further illustrate the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting thereof.
Example 1: Preparation of 225Ac-MeO-DOTA-NCS Complex An aqueous solution of MeO-DOTA-NCS (35 p1; 0.31 mg/ml) was mixed with the 225Ac chloride solution (35 pl;
1.65 pCi/pl,) in 0.1M HC1. The pH was adjusted to about 5 using the TMAA buffer (130 p1 , 0.2 M, pH about 6).
Reaction mixture was incubated at about 50 C for one hour.
Complex formation was checked by cation exchange chromatography employing the Sephadex C-25 resin and it was determined that 99 percent of 225Ac was complexed.
Example 2: Preparation of 225Ac-HuM195 Conjugate HuM195 antibody solution (20 pl, 5 mg/ml) was added to the 225Ac complex solution (200 pl) prepared as described in Example 1. The pH was adjusted to about 8.5 using a NaHCO3 buffer (85 p1, 0.1 M, pH=8.7). The molar ratios of the reactants used were as follows: MeO-DOTA-NCS / 225Ac = 6549; MeO-DOTA-NCS / HuM195 = 24; and HuM195 / 225Ac = 275. After 30 minutes incubation at 20 C the protein and the small molecular weight components of the solution were separated by gel filtration chromatography using the Econo-Pack 10 DG gel filtration column. The extent of coupling was determined by y emission counting.
It was determined that 7.3 percent of the 225Ac complex was coupled to HuM195 antibody.
Example 3: Conjugation of Antibodies HuM195 (anti-CD33) and B4 (anti-CD19) to MeO-DOTA-NCS
mg of HuM195 (or B4) monoclonal antibody solution was mixed with 0.05 M HEPES containing EDTA at about pH 8 15 and dialysed against 0.05 M HEPES buffer for 24 hours in an Amicon stirred cell dialysis unit to remove any metal ions associated with antibodies. A MeO-DOTA-NCS solution containing 3.38 mg of MeO-DOTA-NCS was added and allowed to conjugate with the antibody at room temperature for 24 20 hours. Then the reaction mixture was dialysed against a NaAc / NaCl buffer solution at about pH 7.0 for 24 hours to remove any unreacted MeO-DOTA-NCS. The immunoconjugate was recovered from the stirred cell and characterized using a size exclusion high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC). This was compared to the native HuM195 or B4.
Antibody concentration was determined by UV-absorption at 280 nM.
The immunoconjugates could be labeled readily with In showing success of the conjugation reaction. For example, approximately 400 pCi of 111In in 200 pl of 0.2 M
HC1 was mixed with 29 pl of ammonium acetate (3M) and 9 p1 of 1-ascorbic acid (150 mg/ml) to adjust the pH to 5.0 and then 0.5 mg of HuM195-MeO-DOTA-NCS immunoconjugate was added. The reaction was allowed to progress at 37 C for 60 minutes. An 87% reaction yield was obtained.
Example 4: Labeling of HuM195-MeO-DOTA
Immunoconj ugate with 225Ac 200 pCi of 225Ac in 0.2 M HC1 was mixed with 700 pl metal free water and then buffered with 93 pl of NH4Ac at about pH 6.5. Each of four 200 pl aliquots was mixed with 0 mg, 0.1 mg, 0.5 mg, 1 mg of HuM195-MeO-DOTA (prepared as in Example 3), respectively. The reaction tubes were placed into a 37 C water bath. The 225Ac incorporation was monitored by TLC developed in 10 mM EDTA solvent at 3 hours. The 225Ac incorporation (percentage of activity remaining at origin) data are given in Table 1 below for the various antibody concentrations and Ab:Ac ratios.
Table 1: 225Ac Incorporation at 3 hr for three different concentrations of the antibody Antibody (pM) 1.6 8.1 16.1 Ab to Ac Ratio 174 870 1740 % Incorporation 7.1 23.1 51.8 Example 5: Stability of 225Ac-HuM195-MeO-DOTA
The three 225Ac-HuM195-MeO-DOTA solutions from Example 4 were combined and challenged with 20 pl of 10 mM DTPA to remove unbounded metals. 100 pl of 1-ascorbic acid (150 mg/ml) was added as a radioprotection agent. The solution was purified through a 10-DG desalting column (Bio-Rad company) to separate 225Ac-HuM195-MeO-DOTA from unreacted 225Ac (in DTPA form). The purified 225Ac-HuM195-MeO-DOTA
was subjected to a stability study in human serum.
The purified 225Ac-HuM195-MeO-DOTA was assessed for stability in different media such as 1% and 25% albumin (human) and 1% and 25% human serum at 37 C. Overall stability half-lives of 225Ac-HuM195-MeO-DOTA in either albumin (human) at 4 C or human serum at 37 C exceeded 150 days.
Example 6: 225Ac-HuM195-MeO-DOTA In-Vitro Cell Kill A cell-based immunoreactivity study (binding of labeled antibody to antigen excess) has shown that 225Ac labeled HuM195 antibody (225Ac-HuM195-MeO-DOTA) is still immunoreactive (N70%). The potency and specificity of 225Ac-HuM195-MeO-DOTA was then evaluated in-vitro as a function of specific activity and activity concentration on antigen positive and negative cell lines. The LD50 in a 5-day assay was -0.3 nCi/ml at a specific activity of 0.035 Ci/g which is 3 log more potent than the similar 213Bi alpha emitting agent with much high specific activity (see Nikula et al, J
Nuci Med 1999; 40, 166-176). These data (derived from 3H-thymidine incorporation) are plotted below in Figure 1. The LD50 in a 2-day assay is about 1.4 nCi/ml for positive cell line and about 28 nCi/ml for negative cell line which demonstrates the specificity. Internalization of isotope into target cells was also demonstrated and more than 50%
was internalized in the target cells in 5 hours which is crucial to control the fate of daughter isotopes. This preliminary study suggests that 225Ac-HuMI95-MeO-DOTA
conjugates are useful clinically as a way to target alpha particles to kill cells.
Example 7: In Vivo Biodistribution The in vivo biodistribution of free 225Ac acetate, 22SAc-DOTA and 2`5Ac-HuM195-MeO-DOTA was studied in nu/nu mice by intraperitoneal injection of approximately 2 pCi of 225Ac of each compound in 400 pl. It was demonstrated that a different pattern of distribution existed (see Table 2 below) for the three agents. The 225Ac-DOTA was excreted very quickly and most activity was cleared in less than 40 minutes. 225Ac in acetate was held up in the liver and bone but cleared from blood. The 22'Ac-HuM195-MeO-DOTA has longer blood circulation time and less bone ptake over the period of 5 days. These data indicated 225Ac-HuM195-MeO-DOTA is stable in vivo.
Table 2. Summary of the 22-'Ac Biodistribution (% dose/g) in nu/nu Mice 225Ac Acetate 225Ac-DOTA 225Ac-HuM195-DOTAHuM195-McO-DOTA
Average 1 d 2d 5d 40 min 2 h 18 h 1 d 2d 5d Blood 0.1 0.2 0.0 3.0 1.8 1.1 10.1 10.2 4.5 Kidneys 3.8 3.2 2.8 4.9 3.5 3.1 4.6 5.2 4.6 Liver 46.6 43.1 68.5 4.5 4.6 5.8 8.8 10.0 20.7 Bone 13.3 12.0 17.1 3.9 4.2 4.9 3.8 4.1 5.3
Claims (26)
1. An 225Ac complex comprising a functionalized chelant compound of the formula I
wherein:
each Q is independently hydrogen or (CHR5)p CO2R;
Q1 is hydrogen or (CHR5)w CO2R;
each R independently is hydrogen, benzyl or C1-C4 alkyl; with the proviso that at least two of the sum of Q and Q1 must be other than hydrogen;
each R5 independently is hydrogen; C1-C4 alkyl or (C1-C2 alkyl)phenyl;
X and Y are each independently hydrogen or may be taken with an adjacent X and Y to form an additional carbon-carbon bond;
n is 0 or 1;
m is an integer from 0 to 10 inclusive;
p is 1 or 2;
r is 0 or 1;
w is 0 or 1;
with the proviso that n is only 1 when X and/or Y form an additional carbon to carbon bond, and the sum of r and w is 0 or 1;
L is a linker/spacer group covalently bonded to, and replaces one hydrogen atom of one of the carbon atoms to which it is joined, said linker/spacer group being represented by the formula wherein s is an integer of 0 or 1;
t is an integer of 0 to 20 inclusive;
R1 is an electrophilic or nucleophilic moiety which allows for covalent attachment to an antibody or fragment thereof, or synthetic linker which can be attached to an antibody or fragment thereof, or precursor thereof; and Cyc represents a cyclic aliphatic moiety, aromatic moiety, aliphatic heterocyclic moiety, or aromatic heterocyclic moiety, each of said moieties optionally substituted with one or more groups which do not interfere with binding to an antibody or antibody fragment;
with the proviso that when s, t, m, r, and n are 0, then R1 is other than carboxyl; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; complexed with 225Ac.
wherein:
each Q is independently hydrogen or (CHR5)p CO2R;
Q1 is hydrogen or (CHR5)w CO2R;
each R independently is hydrogen, benzyl or C1-C4 alkyl; with the proviso that at least two of the sum of Q and Q1 must be other than hydrogen;
each R5 independently is hydrogen; C1-C4 alkyl or (C1-C2 alkyl)phenyl;
X and Y are each independently hydrogen or may be taken with an adjacent X and Y to form an additional carbon-carbon bond;
n is 0 or 1;
m is an integer from 0 to 10 inclusive;
p is 1 or 2;
r is 0 or 1;
w is 0 or 1;
with the proviso that n is only 1 when X and/or Y form an additional carbon to carbon bond, and the sum of r and w is 0 or 1;
L is a linker/spacer group covalently bonded to, and replaces one hydrogen atom of one of the carbon atoms to which it is joined, said linker/spacer group being represented by the formula wherein s is an integer of 0 or 1;
t is an integer of 0 to 20 inclusive;
R1 is an electrophilic or nucleophilic moiety which allows for covalent attachment to an antibody or fragment thereof, or synthetic linker which can be attached to an antibody or fragment thereof, or precursor thereof; and Cyc represents a cyclic aliphatic moiety, aromatic moiety, aliphatic heterocyclic moiety, or aromatic heterocyclic moiety, each of said moieties optionally substituted with one or more groups which do not interfere with binding to an antibody or antibody fragment;
with the proviso that when s, t, m, r, and n are 0, then R1 is other than carboxyl; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; complexed with 225Ac.
2. The 225Ac complex of Claim 1 wherein the functionalized chelant is a compound of formula II
wherein:
each Q independently is hydrogen or CHR5COOR; with the proviso that at least two of Q must be other than hydrogen each R independently is hydrogen, benzyl or C1-C4 alkyl;
m is integer from 0 to 5 inclusive;
R2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, nitro, amino, isothiocyanato, semicarbazido, thiosemicarbazido, carboxyl, bromoacetamido and maleimido;
R3 is selected from the group consisting of C1-C4 alkoxy, -OCH2COOH, hydroxy and hydrogen;
R4 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, nitro, amino, isothiocyanato, semicarbazido, thiosemicarbazido, carboxyl, bromoacetamido and maleimido;
each R5 independently is hydrogen or C1-C4 alkyl;
with the proviso that R2 and R4 cannot both be hydrogen but one of R2 and R4 must be hydrogen; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
wherein:
each Q independently is hydrogen or CHR5COOR; with the proviso that at least two of Q must be other than hydrogen each R independently is hydrogen, benzyl or C1-C4 alkyl;
m is integer from 0 to 5 inclusive;
R2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, nitro, amino, isothiocyanato, semicarbazido, thiosemicarbazido, carboxyl, bromoacetamido and maleimido;
R3 is selected from the group consisting of C1-C4 alkoxy, -OCH2COOH, hydroxy and hydrogen;
R4 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, nitro, amino, isothiocyanato, semicarbazido, thiosemicarbazido, carboxyl, bromoacetamido and maleimido;
each R5 independently is hydrogen or C1-C4 alkyl;
with the proviso that R2 and R4 cannot both be hydrogen but one of R2 and R4 must be hydrogen; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
3. The 225Ac complex of Claim 1 wherein the functionalized chelant is a compound of formula III
wherein:
each Q independently is hydrogen or CHR5COOR;
Q1 is hydrogen or (CHR5)w CO2R; with the proviso that at least two the sum of Q and Q1 must be other than hydrogen and one Q is hydrogen;
each R independently is hydrogen, benzyl or C1-C9 alkyl;
m is integer from 0 to 5 inclusive;
w is 0 or 1;
R2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, nitro, amino, isothiocyanato, semicarbazido, thiosemicarbazido, carboxyl, bromoacetamido and maleimido;
R3 is selected from the group consisting of C1-C9 alkoxy, -OCH2COOH, hydroxy and hydrogen;
R4 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, nitro, amino, isothiocyanato, semicarbazido, zhiusetuicarbazido, carboxyl, bromoacetamido and maleimido;
each R5 independently is hydrogen or C1-C4 alkyl;
with the proviso that R 2 and R9 cannot both be hydrogen but one of R2 and R4 must be hydrogen; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
wherein:
each Q independently is hydrogen or CHR5COOR;
Q1 is hydrogen or (CHR5)w CO2R; with the proviso that at least two the sum of Q and Q1 must be other than hydrogen and one Q is hydrogen;
each R independently is hydrogen, benzyl or C1-C9 alkyl;
m is integer from 0 to 5 inclusive;
w is 0 or 1;
R2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, nitro, amino, isothiocyanato, semicarbazido, thiosemicarbazido, carboxyl, bromoacetamido and maleimido;
R3 is selected from the group consisting of C1-C9 alkoxy, -OCH2COOH, hydroxy and hydrogen;
R4 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, nitro, amino, isothiocyanato, semicarbazido, zhiusetuicarbazido, carboxyl, bromoacetamido and maleimido;
each R5 independently is hydrogen or C1-C4 alkyl;
with the proviso that R 2 and R9 cannot both be hydrogen but one of R2 and R4 must be hydrogen; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
4. The 225Ac complex of Claim 1 wherein the fuctionalized chelant is a compound of formula IV
wherein:
each Q independently is hydrogen or CHR5COOR; with the proviso that at least one Q must be other than hydrogen;
each R independently is hydrogen, benzyl or C1-C9 alkyl;
m is integer from 0 to 5 inclusive;
R2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, nitro, amino, isothiocyanato, semicarbazido, thiosemicarbazido, carboxyl, bromoacetamido and maleimido;
R3 is selected from the group consisting of C1-C4 alkoxy, -OCH2COOH, hydroxy and hydrogen;
R4 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, nitro, amino, isothiocyanato, semicarbazido, thiosemicarbazido, carboxyl, bromoacetamido and maleimido;
each R5 independently is hydrogen or C1-C9 alkyl;
with the proviso that R2 and R4 cannot both be hydrogen but one of R2 and R4 must be hydrogen; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
wherein:
each Q independently is hydrogen or CHR5COOR; with the proviso that at least one Q must be other than hydrogen;
each R independently is hydrogen, benzyl or C1-C9 alkyl;
m is integer from 0 to 5 inclusive;
R2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, nitro, amino, isothiocyanato, semicarbazido, thiosemicarbazido, carboxyl, bromoacetamido and maleimido;
R3 is selected from the group consisting of C1-C4 alkoxy, -OCH2COOH, hydroxy and hydrogen;
R4 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, nitro, amino, isothiocyanato, semicarbazido, thiosemicarbazido, carboxyl, bromoacetamido and maleimido;
each R5 independently is hydrogen or C1-C9 alkyl;
with the proviso that R2 and R4 cannot both be hydrogen but one of R2 and R4 must be hydrogen; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
5. The 225Ac complex of Claim 1 wherein the functionalized chelant compound is 1-[(2-methoxy-5-isothiocyanatophenyl)-carboxymethyl]-4,7,10-triscarboxy-methyl-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane (MeO-DOTA-NCS).
6. An 225Ac conjugate comprising a functionalized chelant compound of the formula I
wherein:
each Q is independently hydrogen or (CHR5)p CO2R;
Q1 is hydrogen or (CHR5)w CO2R;
each R independently is hydrogen, benzyl or C1-C4 alkyl; with the proviso that at least two of the sum of Q and Q1 must be other than hydrogen;
each R5 independently is hydrogen; C1-C4 alkyl or (C1-C2 alkyl)phenyl;
X and Y are each independently hydrogen or may be taken with an adjacent X and Y to form an additional carbon-carbon bond;
n is 0 or 1;
m is an integer from 0 to 10 inclusive;
p is 1 or 2;
r is 0 or 1;
w is 0 or 1;
with the proviso that n is only 1 when X and/or Y
form an additional carbon-carbon bond, and the sum of r and w is 0 or 1;
L is a linker/spacer group covalently bonded to, and replaces one hydrogen atom of one of the carbon atoms to which it is joined, said linker/spacer group being represented by the formula wherein s is an integer of 0 or 1;
t is an integer of 0 to 20 inclusive;
R1 is an electrophilic or nucleophilic moiety which allows for covalent attachment to an antibody or fragment thereof, or synthetic linker which can be attached to an antibody or fragment thereof, or precursor thereof; and Cyc represents a cyclic aliphatic moiety, aromatic moiety, aliphatic heterocyclic moiety, or aromatic heterocyclic moiety, each of said moieties optionally substituted with one or more groups which do not interfere with binding to an antibody or antibody fragment;
with the proviso that when s, t, m, r, and n are 0, then R1 is other than carboxyl; or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof;
complexed with 225Ac; and covalently attached to a biological molecule.
wherein:
each Q is independently hydrogen or (CHR5)p CO2R;
Q1 is hydrogen or (CHR5)w CO2R;
each R independently is hydrogen, benzyl or C1-C4 alkyl; with the proviso that at least two of the sum of Q and Q1 must be other than hydrogen;
each R5 independently is hydrogen; C1-C4 alkyl or (C1-C2 alkyl)phenyl;
X and Y are each independently hydrogen or may be taken with an adjacent X and Y to form an additional carbon-carbon bond;
n is 0 or 1;
m is an integer from 0 to 10 inclusive;
p is 1 or 2;
r is 0 or 1;
w is 0 or 1;
with the proviso that n is only 1 when X and/or Y
form an additional carbon-carbon bond, and the sum of r and w is 0 or 1;
L is a linker/spacer group covalently bonded to, and replaces one hydrogen atom of one of the carbon atoms to which it is joined, said linker/spacer group being represented by the formula wherein s is an integer of 0 or 1;
t is an integer of 0 to 20 inclusive;
R1 is an electrophilic or nucleophilic moiety which allows for covalent attachment to an antibody or fragment thereof, or synthetic linker which can be attached to an antibody or fragment thereof, or precursor thereof; and Cyc represents a cyclic aliphatic moiety, aromatic moiety, aliphatic heterocyclic moiety, or aromatic heterocyclic moiety, each of said moieties optionally substituted with one or more groups which do not interfere with binding to an antibody or antibody fragment;
with the proviso that when s, t, m, r, and n are 0, then R1 is other than carboxyl; or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof;
complexed with 225Ac; and covalently attached to a biological molecule.
7. The 225Ac conjugate of Claim 6 wherein the functionalized chelant is a compound of formula II
wherein:
each Q independently is hydrogen or CHR5COOR; with the proviso that at least two of Q must be other than hydrogen each R independently is hydrogen, benzyl or C1-C9 alkyl;
m is integer from 0 to 5 inclusive;
0 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, nitro, amino, isothiocyanato, semicarbazido, thiosemicarbazido, carboxyl, bromoacetamido and maleimido;
R3 is selected from the group consisting of C1-C9 alkoxy, -OCH2COOH, hydroxy and hydrogen;
R4 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, nitro, amino, isothiocyanato, semicarbazido, thiosemicarbazido, carboxyl, bromoacetamido and maleimido;
each R5 independently is hydrogen or C1-C9 alkyl;
with the proviso that R2 and R4 cannot both be hydrogen but one of R2 and R4 must be hydrogens or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
wherein:
each Q independently is hydrogen or CHR5COOR; with the proviso that at least two of Q must be other than hydrogen each R independently is hydrogen, benzyl or C1-C9 alkyl;
m is integer from 0 to 5 inclusive;
0 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, nitro, amino, isothiocyanato, semicarbazido, thiosemicarbazido, carboxyl, bromoacetamido and maleimido;
R3 is selected from the group consisting of C1-C9 alkoxy, -OCH2COOH, hydroxy and hydrogen;
R4 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, nitro, amino, isothiocyanato, semicarbazido, thiosemicarbazido, carboxyl, bromoacetamido and maleimido;
each R5 independently is hydrogen or C1-C9 alkyl;
with the proviso that R2 and R4 cannot both be hydrogen but one of R2 and R4 must be hydrogens or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
8. The 225Ac conjugate of Claim 6 wherein the functionalized chelant is a compound of formula III
wherein:
each Q independently is hydrogen or CHR5COOR;
Q1 is hydrogen or (CHR5)w CO2R; with the proviso that at least two the sum of Q and Q1 must be other than hydrogen and one Q is hydrogen;
each R independently is hydrogen, benzyl or C1-C9 alkyl;
m is integer from 0 to 5 inclusive;
w is 0 or 1;
R2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, nitro, amino, isothiocyanato, semicarbazido, thiosemicarbazido, carboxyl, bromoacetamido and maleimido;
R3 is selected from the group consisting of C1-C4 alkoxy, -OCH2COOH, hydroxy and hydrogen;
R9 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, nitro, amino, isothiocyanato, semicarbazido, thiosemicarbazido, carboxyl, bromoacetamido and maleimido;
each R5 independently is hydrogen or C1-C4 alkyl;
with the proviso that R2 and R4 cannot both be hydrogen but one of R2 and R4 must be hydrogen; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
wherein:
each Q independently is hydrogen or CHR5COOR;
Q1 is hydrogen or (CHR5)w CO2R; with the proviso that at least two the sum of Q and Q1 must be other than hydrogen and one Q is hydrogen;
each R independently is hydrogen, benzyl or C1-C9 alkyl;
m is integer from 0 to 5 inclusive;
w is 0 or 1;
R2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, nitro, amino, isothiocyanato, semicarbazido, thiosemicarbazido, carboxyl, bromoacetamido and maleimido;
R3 is selected from the group consisting of C1-C4 alkoxy, -OCH2COOH, hydroxy and hydrogen;
R9 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, nitro, amino, isothiocyanato, semicarbazido, thiosemicarbazido, carboxyl, bromoacetamido and maleimido;
each R5 independently is hydrogen or C1-C4 alkyl;
with the proviso that R2 and R4 cannot both be hydrogen but one of R2 and R4 must be hydrogen; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
9. The 225 Ac conjugate of Claim 6 wherein the functionalized chelant is a compound of formula IV
wherein:
each Q independently is hydrogen or CHR5COOR; with the proviso that at least one Q must be other than hydrogen;
each R independently is hydrogen, benzyl or C1-C4 alkyl;
m is integer from 0 to 5 inclusive;
R2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, nitro, amino, isothiocyanato, semicarbazido, thiosemicarbazido, carboxyl, bromoacetamido and maleimido;
R3 is selected from the group consisting of C1-C4 alkoxy, -OCH2COOH, hydroxy and hydrogen;
R4 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, nitro, amino, isothiocyanato, semicarbazido, thiosemicarbazido, carboxyl, bromoacetamido and maleimido;
each R5 independently is hydrogen or C1-C4 alkyl;
with the proviso that R2 and R4 cannot both be hydrogen but one of R2 and R4 must be hydrogen; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
wherein:
each Q independently is hydrogen or CHR5COOR; with the proviso that at least one Q must be other than hydrogen;
each R independently is hydrogen, benzyl or C1-C4 alkyl;
m is integer from 0 to 5 inclusive;
R2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, nitro, amino, isothiocyanato, semicarbazido, thiosemicarbazido, carboxyl, bromoacetamido and maleimido;
R3 is selected from the group consisting of C1-C4 alkoxy, -OCH2COOH, hydroxy and hydrogen;
R4 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, nitro, amino, isothiocyanato, semicarbazido, thiosemicarbazido, carboxyl, bromoacetamido and maleimido;
each R5 independently is hydrogen or C1-C4 alkyl;
with the proviso that R2 and R4 cannot both be hydrogen but one of R2 and R4 must be hydrogen; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
10. The 225Ac conjugate of Claim 6 wherein the functionalized chelant compound is 1-{(2-methoxy-5-isothiocyanatophenyl)-carboxymethyl]-4,7,10-triscarboxy-methyl-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane (MeO-DOTA-NCS).
11. The 225Ac conjugate of any one of Claims 6 to 10 wherein the biological molecule is an antibody or antibody fragment.
12. The 225Ac conjugate of any one of Claims 6 to 10 wherein the biological molecule is selected from the group of antibodies consisting of NuM195, CC-49, CC-49 F(ab')2r CC-83, and CC-83 F(ab')2.
13. The 225Ac conjugate of Claim 6 wherein the functionalized chelant compound of the conjugate is 1-[(2-methoxy-5-isothiocyanatophenyl)-carboxymethyl]-4,7,10-triscarboxy-methyl-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane and the biological molecule is selected from the group of antibodies consisting of HuM195, CC-49, CC-49 F(ab')2, CC-83, and CC-83 F(ab')2.
14. The 225Ac conjugate of Claim 13 wherein the functionalized chelant compound of the conjugate is 1-[(2-methoxy-5-isothiocyanatophenyl)-carboxymethyl]-4,7,10-triscarboxy-methyl-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane and the biological molecule is HuM195 antibody.
15. A pharmaceutical formulation comprising the 225Ac conjugate of any one of Claims 6 to 10 with a pharmaceutically acceptale carrier.
16. A pharmaceutical formulation comprising the 225 Ac conjugate of Claim 12 with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
17. A pharmaceutical formulation comprising the 225Ac conjugate of Claim 13 or Claim 14 with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
18. Use, in the manufacture of a medicament for the therapeutic treatment of a mammal having cancer, of a therapeutically effective amount of the pharmaceutical formulation of Claim 15.
19. Use, in the manufacture of a medicament for the therapeutic treatment of a mammal having cancer, of a therapeutically effective amount of the pharmaceutical formulation of Claim 16.
20. Use, in the manufacture of a medicament for the therapeutic treatment of a mammal having cancer, of a therapeutically effective amount of the pharmaceutical formulation of Claim 17.
21. Use, for the therapeutic treatment of a mammal having cancer, of a therapeutically effective amount of the pharmaceutical formulation of Claim 15.
22. Use, for the therapeutic treatment of a mammal having cancer, of a therapeutically effective amount of the pharmaceutical formulation of Claim 16.
23. Use, for the therapeutic treatment of a mammal having cancer, of a therapeutically effective amount of the pharmaceutical formulation of Claim 17.
24. The pharmaceutical formulation according to Claim 15 for use in the therapeutic treatment of a mammal having cancer.
25. The pharmaceutical formulation according to Claim 16 for use in the therapeutic treatment of a mammal having cancer.
26. The pharmaceutical formulation according to Claim 17 for use in the therapeutic treatment of a mammal having cancer.
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