CN114213538B

CN114213538B - CD44 antibody, chimeric antigen receptor and application thereof

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Publication number: CN114213538B
Application number: CN202111598857.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张伟; 翟优; 李冠璋; 江涛
Original assignee: Beijing Neurosurgical Institute
Current assignee: Beijing Neurosurgical Institute
Priority date: 2021-12-24
Filing date: 2021-12-24
Publication date: 2022-07-08
Anticipated expiration: 2041-12-24
Also published as: CN114213538A

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of biomedicine, in particular to a CD44 antibody, a chimeric antigen receptor and application thereof. The CD44 antibody or the antigen binding fragment thereof provided by the invention has better affinity and specificity to CD44, and the chimeric antigen receptor containing the CD44 antibody fragment has excellent anti-tumor effect.

Description

CD44 antibody, chimeric antigen receptor and application thereof

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of biomedicine, in particular to a CD44 antibody, a chimeric antigen receptor and application thereof.

Background

Chimeric Antigen Receptors (CARs) are artificially synthesized T cell receptors consisting of an antigen binding domain, a transmembrane domain, and an intracellular signaling domain. The antigen binding domain is located outside the T cell membrane and includes a single chain antibody or ligand for specifically binding a target antigen. Intracellular signaling domains are located within the membrane of T cells and serve to signal the interior of the T cell to stimulate the T cell to generate an immune response.

CAR-T is capable of specifically recognizing scFv that tumor cells rely on the extracellular domain of the CAR molecule. However, at present the ideal target selection for CAR-T treatment of solid tumors, especially brain gliomas, is missing. The heterogeneity of solid tumors has rendered existing T cells expressing chimeric antigen receptors incapable of recognizing tumor cells that express low or no selected antigens within the tumor tissue, and thus the killing of tumor cells as a whole remains weak. However, the use of CAR-T in solid tumors, particularly brain gliomas, has not achieved ideal results.

CD44 is a 37.2kDa membrane glycoprotein consisting of a total of 20 highly conserved exons separated by an intron of varying sizes in the middle. Is a hyaluronic acid binding protein. Physiologically, the molecule (1) mediates the binding of lymphocytes to the highly columnar endothelial cells in the postcapillary venules, allowing them to return to the lymphoid tissue through the vessel wall; (2) involved in the process of lymphocyte activation; (3) binding with matrix molecules such as hyaluronic acid and laminin in extracellular matrix; pathologically, the CD44 is expressed on various tumor cells, particularly tumor stem cells, and the expression level is directly related to the tumor invasion capacity.

The anti-CD 44 antibody is used for constructing a chimeric antigen receptor to be expressed on the surface of a T cell, so that the T cell can kill CD44 positive tumor cells specifically, and the CD44 of the T cell can be blocked by the CD44 chimeric antigen receptor, so that mutual killing can be effectively avoided.

Disclosure of Invention

The first object of the present invention is to provide an antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof capable of specifically recognizing CD44, which has heavy chain complementarity determining regions HCDR1, HCDR2 and HCDR3 shown in SEQ ID Nos. 1 to 3, and light chain complementarity determining regions LCDR1, LCDR2 and LCDR3 shown in SEQ ID Nos. 4 to 6.

It is a second object of the present invention to provide a chimeric antigen receptor whose extracellular domain has an scFv as described above.

It is a third object of the invention to provide an isolated nucleic acid capable of expressing an antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof as described above, or a chimeric antigen receptor as described above.

It is a fourth object of the present invention to provide a vector containing the nucleic acid as described above.

A fifth object of the invention is to provide a host cell comprising a nucleic acid as described above or a vector as described above, or expressing a chimeric antigen receptor as described above.

It is a sixth object of the present invention to provide a pharmaceutical composition comprising a host cell as described above.

The CD44 antibody or the antigen binding fragment thereof provided by the invention has better affinity and specificity to CD44, and the chimeric antigen receptor containing the CD44 antibody fragment has excellent anti-tumor effect.

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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present invention, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the result of flow cytometry detection of the scFv represented by SEQ ID NO. 14 and glioblastoma multiforme cells according to an embodiment of the present invention; (standard is commercial CD44 rabbit anti-human monoclonal antibody, proteintech corporation, cat # 60224);

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the results of ELISA on a glioblastoma cell using the scFv represented by SEQ ID NO. 14 according to an embodiment of the present invention; standard is commercial CD44 rabbit anti-human monoclonal antibody, proteintech corporation, cat # 60224);

FIG. 3 is a graph of flow cytometry detection results of CAR-T1 cells provided by one embodiment of the present invention;

figure 4 is a graph of flow cytometry detection results of CAR-T2 cells provided by one embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the invention, one or more examples of which are described below. Each example is provided by way of explanation, not limitation, of the invention. Indeed, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention. For instance, features illustrated or described as part of one embodiment, can be used on another embodiment to yield a still further embodiment.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used in disclosing the invention are to be interpreted as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The following definitions serve to better understand the teachings of the present invention by way of further guidance. The terminology used in the description of the invention herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention.

The term "and/or", "and/or" as used herein is intended to be inclusive of any one of the two or more items listed in association, and also to include any and all combinations of the items listed in association, including any two or more of the items listed in association, any more of the items listed in association, or all combinations of the items listed in association. It should be noted that when at least three items are connected by at least two conjunctive combinations selected from "and/or", "or/and", "and/or", it should be understood that, in the present application, the technical solutions definitely include the technical solutions all connected by "logic and", and also the technical solutions all connected by "logic or". For example, "A and/or B" includes A, B and A + B. For example, the embodiments of "a, and/or, B, and/or, C, and/or, D" include any of A, B, C, D (i.e., all embodiments using a "logical or" connection), any and all combinations of A, B, C, D, i.e., any two or any three of A, B, C, D, and four combinations of A, B, C, D (i.e., all embodiments using a "logical and" connection).

As used herein, the terms "comprising," "including," and "comprising" are synonymous, inclusive or open-ended, and do not exclude additional, unrecited members, elements, or method steps.

The recitation of numerical ranges by endpoints herein includes all numbers and fractions subsumed within that range, as well as the recited endpoints.

The present invention relates to concentration values, which include fluctuations within a certain range. For example, it may fluctuate within a corresponding accuracy range. For example, 2%, may be allowed to fluctuate within 0.1%. For values that are larger or do not require more fine control, the meaning is also allowed to include greater fluctuations. For example, 100mM, may allow fluctuations within the range of. + -. 1%, + -2%, + -5%, etc. The molecular weight is referred to, allowing the meaning to include fluctuations of ± 10%.

In the present invention, the terms "plurality", and the like mean, unless otherwise specified, 2 or more in number.

In the present invention, the technical features described in the open type include a closed technical solution composed of the listed features, and also include an open technical solution including the listed features.

In the present invention, "preferably", "better" and "preferable" are only embodiments or examples with better description, and it should be understood that the scope of the present invention is not limited by them. In the present invention, "optionally", "optional" and "optional" refer to the presence or absence, i.e., to any one of two juxtapositions selected from "present" and "absent". If multiple optional parts appear in one technical scheme, if no special description exists, and no contradiction or mutual constraint relation exists, each optional part is independent.

In the present invention, the terms "specifically binds" and "specifically binds" refer to the binding of an antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof to an epitope on a predetermined antigen. Typically, the antibody is administered at a rate of about less than 10^-7M, e.g. less than about 10^-8M、10^-9M、10^-10M、10^-11M、10^-12M or stronger affinity (K)_D) And (4) combining.

As used herein, the term "complementarity determining regions" or "CDRs" refers to the highly variable regions of the heavy and light chains of immunoglobulins, as defined in the present invention by Kabat et al (Kabat et al, Sequences of proteins of immunological interest,5th Ed "US Department of Health and Human Services, NIH,1991, and later versions). There are three heavy chain CDRs (HCDRs) and three light chain CDRs (LCDRs). Herein, the terms "CDR" and "CDRs" are used to refer to a region comprising one or more, or even all, of the major amino acid residues that contribute to the binding affinity of an antibody to the antigen or epitope it recognizes, depending on the circumstances.

As used herein, "Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR)" refers to a fusion protein comprising an extracellular domain capable of binding an antigen, a transmembrane domain derived from a polypeptide other than the polypeptide from which the extracellular domain is derived, and at least one intracellular domain. "Chimeric Antigen Receptors (CARs)" are sometimes referred to as "chimeric receptors", "T-bodies", or "Chimeric Immunoreceptors (CIRs)". "extracellular domain capable of binding an antigen" refers to any oligopeptide or polypeptide that can bind to a particular antigen. By "intracellular domain" is meant any oligopeptide or polypeptide known to function in a cell as a domain that transmits signals to cause activation or inhibition of a biological process.

As used herein, a "region" or "domain" included in the chimeric antigen receptor refers to a region in a polypeptide that can fold into a particular structure independently of other regions. These "regions" or "domains" may be sequences of murine or other animal origin, preferably human.

The invention relates to an antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof capable of specifically recognizing CD44, which has heavy chain complementarity determining regions HCDR1, HCDR2 and HCDR3 shown in SEQ ID NO. 1-3, and light chain complementarity determining regions LCDR1, LCDR2 and LCDR3 shown in SEQ ID NO. 4-6.

Also within the scope of the invention are variants of an antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof comprising heavy chain complementarity determining regions HCDR1, HCDR2 and HCDR3, and light chain complementarity determining regions LCDR1, LCDR2 and LCDR3, wherein the sequences of HCDR1, HCDR2, HCDR3, LCDR1, LCDR2 and LCDR3 comprise a mutation of up to 3 amino acids (e.g., a substitution, deletion or addition of 1, 2 or 3 amino acids, or any combination thereof), respectively, as compared to any one of the combinations of complementarity determining regions set forth in SEQ ID nos. 4-6; preferably, the mutation is a conservative mutation. In some embodiments, the sequences of HCDR1, HCDR2, HCDR3, LCDR1, LCDR2, and LCDR3 of the antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof, respectively, comprise up to 3 amino acid substitutions (e.g., 1, 2, or 3 amino acid substitutions) as compared to any one of the set of complementarity determining region combinations set forth in SEQ ID NOs 1-3.

In some embodiments, the antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof is a murine antibody, a human murine chimeric antibody, or a humanized antibody.

In some embodiments, the antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof has a heavy chain variable region HCVR as set forth in SEQ ID No. 7 and a light chain variable region LCVR as set forth in SEQ ID No. 8.

In some embodiments, an antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof of the invention comprises a heavy chain variable region HCVR and a light chain variable region LCVR wherein the amino acid sequences of the HCVR and LCVR are at least 80% identical to the sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs 7-8, respectively. In some embodiments, the HCVR has an amino acid sequence that is at least 80%, 81%, 82%, 83%, 84%, 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% identical to the HCVR sequence set forth in SEQ ID No. 7; the LCVR has an amino acid sequence that is at least 80%, 81%, 82%, 83%, 84%, 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% identical to the LCVR sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO. 8.

In some cases, a variant of an antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof comprises at least the 6 CDRs described above; in some cases, a variant of an antibody comprises at least one heavy chain and one light chain, while in other cases, the variant form contains two identical light chains and two identical heavy chains (or subparts thereof). In some cases, variants are derived by conservative mutations (e.g., conservative substitutions or modifications) in the sequences of the antibodies provided herein. "conservative mutation" refers to a mutation, preferably a conservative substitution, that normally maintains the function of a protein.

"conservative substitutions" refer to the replacement of an amino acid in a protein with another amino acid having similar characteristics (e.g., charge, side chain size, hydrophobicity/hydrophilicity, backbone conformation, and rigidity, etc.) such that changes can be made frequently without altering the biological activity of the protein.

Substitutions which are generally regarded as conservative substitutions are substitutions for one another in the aliphatic amino acids Ala, Val, Leu and Ile, for the hydroxyl residues Ser and Thr, for the acidic residues Asp and Glu, for the amide residues Asn and Gln, for the basic residues Lys and Arg and for the aromatic residues Phe, Tyr. It is known to The person skilled in The art that, in general, a single amino acid substitution in a non-essential region of a polypeptide does not substantially alter The biological activity (see, for example, Watson et al (1987) Molecular Biology of The Gene, The Benjamin/Cummings pub. Co., p. 224, (4 th edition)). In addition, substitution of structurally or functionally similar amino acids is unlikely to abolish biological activity.

The modification may be a derivative obtained by natural processes (such as processing and other post-translational modifications), or by chemical modification techniques, for example by the addition of one or more polyethylene glycol molecules, sugars, phosphates and/or other such molecules, wherein the one or more molecules are not naturally attached to the protein. Derivatives include salts. Such chemical modifications are described in detail in basic texts and in more detailed monographs, as well as in a large number of research documents, and they are well known to those skilled in the art. It is understood that the same type of modification may be present to the same or different degrees at several sites in a given antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof. In addition, a given antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof may contain many types of modifications. Modifications can occur anywhere in the antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof, including the peptide backbone, the amino acid side chains, and the amino or carboxyl termini. Modifications include, for example, acetylation, acylation, ADP-ribosylation, amidation, covalent attachment of flavin, covalent attachment of a heme moiety, covalent attachment of a nucleotide or nucleotide derivative, covalent attachment of a lipid or lipid derivative, covalent attachment of phosphatidylinositol, cross-linking, cyclization, disulfide bond formation, demethylation, formation of covalent cross-links, formation of cysteine, formation of pyroglutamic acid, methylation, gamma-carboxylation, glycosylation, GPI-anchoring, hydroxylation, iodination, methylation, myristoylation, oxidation, proteolytic processing, phosphorylation, prenylation, racemization, glycosylation, lipid attachment, sulfation, gamma-carboxylation of glutamic acid residues, alkylation and ADP-ribosylation, selenization, sulfation, transfer RNA-mediated addition of amino acids to proteins (such as arginylation), and ubiquitination. They may also be bound to vitamins such as biotin, folic acid or vitamin B12. See, e.g., Proteins-Structure And Molecular Properties,2nd Ed., T.E.Creighton, W.H.Freeman And Company, New York (1993) And world, F., "Postrelational Protein Modifications: perspectra and Prospectra, "pgs.1-12 in Posttranslation equivalent Modification Of Proteins, B.C. Johnson, Ed., Academic Press, New York (1983); seifter et al, meth. enzymol.182: 626 + 646(1990) and Rattan et al, "Protein Synthesis: posttranslation Modifications and Aging, "Ann.N.Y.Acad.Sci.663: 48-621992).

The variants retain the ability to specifically bind CD44 (preferably being capable of specifically binding native non-denatured CD44 protein). One skilled in the art will be able to determine suitable variants of the antigen binding molecules as set forth herein using well known techniques. In certain embodiments, one skilled in the art can identify suitable regions of the antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof that are not important for activity specifically binding CD44 to alter without disrupting activity. The term "identity" with respect to nucleotide and amino acid sequences indicates the degree of identity between two nucleic acids or two amino acid sequences when optimally aligned and compared with appropriate insertions or deletions.

The term "antigen-binding fragment" includes antigen compound-binding fragments of these antibodies, including Fab, F (ab')₂Fd, Fv, scFv, minimal recognition unit for antibodies, and methods for producing these antibodies and fragmentsSingle chain derivatives, such as scFv-Fc and the like, preferably scFv.

The term "scFv" means a molecule comprising an antibody heavy chain variable domain (or region; VH) and an antibody light chain variable domain (or region; VL) linked by a linker, which retains the ability to bind antigen. Such scFv molecules can have the general structure: NH (NH)₂-VL-linker-VH-COOH or NH₂-VH-linker-VL-COOH.

The linker peptide is generally flexible, which can reduce steric hindrance between the fusion protein and the protein of interest, thereby facilitating proper folding of the protein. In further embodiments, the linker peptide is a rigid linker peptide; i.e. a relatively inflexible peptide linker. Rigid linker peptides do not require a complete lack of flexibility, but are less flexible than flexible linker peptides such as glycine-rich peptide linkers. Due to its relative lack of flexibility, the rigid linker peptide reduces the movement of two protein domains (in the present case a stabilizer protein and a thermostable reverse transcriptase) linked together by the rigid linker peptide.

In some embodiments, the number of amino acids of the linker peptide is 1 to 30; may be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 or 30; preferably 5 to 20.

In some embodiments, the amino acids of the linker peptide are nonsense polypeptides that do not have additional functions (e.g., protein localization, cleavage sites, etc.) other than linking.

In some embodiments, the amino acid sequence of the linking peptide is selected from one or more of Gly, Ser, Pro, Ala, and Glu.

In some embodiments, the amino acid sequence of the linker peptide is selected from (GGGGS) n, (GGGS) n, (GGS) n, (GS) n, or (G) n, wherein n is selected from 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6.

In some embodiments, the linker peptide sequence of the scFv is set forth in SEQ ID NO 9.

According to a further aspect of the invention, there is also provided a chimeric antigen receptor, the extracellular domain of which has a scFv as described above.

In some embodiments, the chimeric antigen receptor further comprises a hinge region, a transmembrane domain, and an intracellular signaling region.

In some embodiments, the hinge region is selected from the hinge region of CD8 a; the preferred amino acid sequence is TTTPAPRPPTPAPTIASQPLSLRPEACRPAAGGAVHTRGLDFACD.

The transmembrane domain may be selected from the group consisting of the alpha, beta or zeta chain of the T cell receptor, CD epsilon, CD134, CD137, CD154, KIRDS, OX, CD, LFA-1(CD11, CD), ICOS (CD278), 4-1BB (CD137), GITR, CD, BAFFR, HVEM (LIGHT TR), SLAMF, NKp (KLRF), CD160, CD, IL2 beta, IL2 gamma, IL7 alpha, ITGA, VLA, CD49, ITGA, IA, CD49, ITGA, VLA-6, CD49, GAITD, CD11, ITGAE, CD103, ITGAL, CD11, GAA-1, GAMMA, CD11, ITGAX, CD11, ITGB, CD LFB, ITGB, LFA-1, ITGARB, TNFR-160, TNFR (CD) 160, SLAG-150, SLAM-100, SLMF-CD-100, TAAMB (CD-CD, One of LTBR, PAG/Cbp, NKp44, NKp30, NKp46, NKG2D, and NKG 2C. In some embodiments, the transmembrane region is the CD8 a transmembrane region. The preferred amino acid sequence is IYIWAPLAGTCGVLLLSLVITLYC.

In some embodiments, the intracellular signaling region comprises a CD3 zeta signaling domain; the preferred amino acid sequence is RVKFSRSADAPAYKQGQNQLYNELNLGRREEYDVLDKRRGRDPEMGGKPRRKNPQEGLYNELQKDKMAEAYSEIGMKGERRRGKGHDGLYQGLSTATKDTYDALHMQALPPR.

In some embodiments, the intracellular signaling region further comprises one or more of CD28, 4-1BB, OX40, ICOS, CD27, CD40-MyD88, DAP12, DAP10, 2B 4. In some specific embodiments, the intracellular signaling region further comprises CD28 having the amino acid sequence shown as RSKRSRLLHSDYMNMTPRRPGPTRKHYQPYAPPRDFAAYRS.

In some embodiments, the chimeric antigen receptor has an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO 10.

According to a further aspect of the invention, it also relates to an isolated nucleic acid capable of being expressed to obtain an antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof as described above, or a chimeric antigen receptor as described above.

According to a further aspect of the invention, it also relates to a vector comprising a nucleic acid as described above.

The term "vector" refers to a nucleic acid delivery vehicle into which a polynucleotide can be inserted. When a vector is capable of expressing a protein encoded by an inserted polynucleotide, the vector is referred to as an expression vector. The vector may be introduced into a host cell by transformation, transduction, or transfection, and the genetic material elements carried thereby are expressed in the host cell. Vectors are well known to those skilled in the art and include, but are not limited to: a plasmid; phagemid; a cosmid; artificial chromosomes such as Yeast Artificial Chromosomes (YACs), Bacterial Artificial Chromosomes (BACs), or artificial chromosomes (PACs) derived from P1; bacteriophage such as lambda phage or M13 phage, animal virus, etc. Animal viruses that may be used as vectors include, but are not limited to, retroviruses (including lentiviruses), adenoviruses, adeno-associated viruses, herpes viruses (e.g., herpes simplex virus), poxviruses, baculoviruses, papilloma viruses, papilloma polyoma vacuolatum viruses (e.g., SV 40). In some embodiments, regulatory elements commonly used in genetic engineering, such as enhancers, promoters, Internal Ribosome Entry Sites (IRES), and other expression control elements (e.g., transcription termination signals, or polyadenylation signals and poly-U sequences, etc.) are included in the vectors of the present invention.

The vector may also be a composition, e.g., different segments of different nucleic acids may be located on different vectors.

In some specific embodiments of the present disclosure, the vector is selected from a retroviral vector, a lentiviral vector, an adenoviral vector, an adeno-associated viral vector or a CRISPR/CAS plasmid.

According to a further aspect of the invention, it also relates to a host cell containing a nucleic acid as described above or a vector as described above, or expressing a chimeric antigen receptor as described above.

In some embodiments, the host cell is an immune cell.

Immune cells such as T cells, B cells, NK cells, dendritic cells, and the like.

In some embodiments, the host cell is a T cell.

T cells may be of a subset well known in the art, such as any of helper T cells, cytotoxic T cells, memory T cells, regulatory T cells, MAIT cells, γ δ T cells.

According to a further aspect of the invention, it also relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a host cell as described above.

The pharmaceutical composition may further comprise a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. As used herein, a "pharmaceutically acceptable carrier" includes any material that, when combined with an active component, allows the component to retain biological activity and not react with the immune system of a subject. Examples include, but are not limited to, standard pharmaceutical carriers such as phosphate buffered saline solution, water, emulsions such as oil/water emulsions, and any of various types of wetting agents. Exemplary diluents for aerosol or parenteral administration are Phosphate Buffered Saline (PBS) or physiological (0.9%) saline. Compositions comprising such carriers are formulated by well-known conventional methods (see, e.g., Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences, 18 th edition, A.Gennaro eds., Mack Publishing Co., Easton, PA, 1990; and Remington, The Science and Practice of Pharmacy, 21 st edition, Mack Publishing, 2005).

According to a further aspect of the invention, it also relates to the use of a host cell as described above (in particular a T cell) for the preparation of a medicament for the prevention and/or treatment of tumors.

According to a further aspect of the invention, it also relates to a method of treating a tumour in a patient in need thereof, which method comprises administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a host cell or a pharmaceutical composition as described above.

The tumor is preferably a solid tumor, and in the present invention, "solid tumor" includes: bone, bone junction, muscle, lung, trachea, heart, spleen, artery, vein, capillary vessel, lymph node, lymphatic vessel, lymph fluid, oral cavity, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, duodenum, small intestine, colon, rectum, anus, appendix, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, parotid gland, sublingual gland, urinary kidney, ureter, bladder, urethra, ovary, fallopian tube, uterus, vagina, vulva, scrotum, testis, vas deferens, penis, eye, ear, nose, tongue, skin, brain, brainstem, medulla oblongata, spinal cord, cerebrospinal fluid, nerve, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal gland, pituitary, pineal gland, pancreatic islet, thymus, gonad gland, sublingual gland and parotid. In particular, it is preferred that the markers possessed by the contemplated tumor are targeted by the CD44 antibodies or binding fragments thereof provided herein, such as brain gliomas.

It will be appreciated that contemplated methods of treatment will also include the administration of other immunotherapeutic entities, particularly preferably immunotherapeutic entities, including viral cancer vaccines (e.g., adenoviral vectors encoding cancer-specific antigens), bacterial cancer vaccines (e.g., non-pyrogenic e.coli expressing one or more cancer-specific antigens), yeast cancer vaccines, N-803 (also known as ALT-803, ALTOR biosciences), and antibodies (e.g., binding to a tumor-associated antigen or a patient-specific tumor neoantigen), stem cell grafts (e.g., allogeneic or autologous), and tumor-targeting cytokines (e.g., NHS-IL12, IL-12 conjugated to a tumor-targeting antibody or fragment thereof).

A "patient" is a mammal, including, but not limited to, humans, monkeys, pigs and other farm animals, sport animals, pets, primates, horses, dogs, cats, rodents (including mice, rats, guinea pigs), and the like.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to examples. It should be understood that these examples are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. The experimental procedures for the conditions not specified in the following examples, preferably with reference to the guidelines given in the present invention, may also be performed according to the experimental manual or the conventional conditions in the art, and may also be performed according to other experimental procedures known in the art, or according to the conditions suggested by the manufacturer.

In the following specific examples, the measurement parameters relating to the components of the raw materials, if not specified otherwise, may be subject to slight deviations within the accuracy of the weighing. Temperature and time parameters are involved to allow for acceptable deviation due to instrument test accuracy or operational accuracy.

Example 1

This example illustrates the preparation of CD44 antibody.

1. Culturing hybridoma cells

Recovering hybridoma cell strain, culturing, and expanding cell number to about 1 × 10⁷At 1000rpm, 5min, cells were collected by centrifugation.

2. Extraction of cellular RNA

Adding 1mL of Trizol reagent into the centrifugal cells under the environment of an ultra-clean workbench, standing for 5min, adding 2mL of chloroform, violently shaking for 15sec, standing for 3min at room temperature, 12000rpm multiplied by 15min, transferring an upper water sample layer to a new EP tube, adding 0.5mL of isopropanol, and standing for 10min at room temperature. 12000rpm 10 min. The supernatant was discarded, 1mL of 75% ethanol was added, 7500rpmx 5min, the precipitate was dried, and 50. mu.L of double distilled water was added. The purity was identified and quantified by agarose electrophoresis and stored at-70 ℃ for future use.

3. Preparation of cDNA by reverse transcription

Total cellular RNA 1. mu.L, RNase Free ddH₂O6. mu.L, oligo dT Primer 0.5. mu.L, PRIME Script RT Enzyme Mix I0.5. mu.L, 5 XPrime Script Buffer 2. mu.L, mixed well, 15min at 37 ℃ and 5s at 85 ℃.

4. Amplification of cDNA

The cDNA was amplified separately using a mouse IgG HCVR LCVR primer library designed by this company. 5 XPrime Star Buffer 10. mu.L, dNTP 4. mu.L, cDNA 1. mu.L, forward primer 1. mu.L, reverse primer 1. mu.L, PrimeSTAR 0.5. mu.L, water make up to 50. mu.L. The PCR reaction was carried out by incubating at 94 ℃ for 5min, denaturing at 94 ℃ for 45s, annealing at 63 ℃ for 45s, extending at 72 ℃ for 1min, and extending at 72 ℃ for 10min after 30 cycles.

5. Agarose gel electrophoresis and gel recovery

And (3) carrying out agarose gel electrophoresis on the PCR product, observing the electrophoresis result, and delivering the amplification product with the molecular weight of 250-350bp for sequencing.

The resulting antibody was designated C1551-3 and sequenced to give the amino acid sequence of the Heavy Chain Variable Region (HCVR) of the CD44 antibody:

EVQLQQSGPDLVKPGASVKISCKASGYSFTGYLMHWVKQSHGKSLEWIGRVNPNNGGSRYNLKFKDKAILTVDKSSNTAYMELRSLTSEDSAVYYCASFDFAYWGQGTLVTVSS(SEQ ID NO:7)

CD44 antibody Light Chain Variable Region (LCVR) amino acid sequence:

DIVMSQSPASLAVSLGQRATISYRASKSVSTSGYSYMHWNQQKPGQPPRLLIYLVSNLESGVPARFSGSGSGTDFTLNIHPVEEEDAATYYCQHIRELTRSEGGPSWK(SEQ ID NO:8)

example 2

This example illustrates the construction of chimeric antigen receptor expression vectors.

(1) The nucleotide sequences shown in table 1 were synthesized separately using a full sequence synthesis method:

TABLE 1

(2) The 2 lentiviral expression vectors of this example were obtained by inserting the 2 nucleotide sequences synthesized in step (1) (SEQ ID NOS: 11 and 15) using pLVX-IRES-. DELTA.NGFR (available from Clontech, Inc., cat. No. 631982) as a vector by a conventional method, respectively. Meanwhile, a conventional method is adopted to construct a plasmid overexpression vector containing SEQ ID NO. 13.

Example 3

This example illustrates the binding activity of the recombinant anti-CD 44 scFv in this case to glioma tumor stem cells.

(1) The plasmid overexpression vector constructed in example 2 was transfected into E.coli, amplified, and purified according to the following method.

(2) Protein expression and purification process:

transforming BL21 DE3 competent cells with the constructed plasmid, inoculating a resistant LB plate culture medium, and growing overnight; 6 monoclonals of the transformation plate are selected and inoculated with 3ml of resistant liquid culture medium respectively; culturing at 37 deg.C and 220RPM until OD600nm 0.5 is 0.5-0.6, adding 0.5mM IPTG, and inducing expression at 20 deg.C for 3.5 hr; and (4) centrifuging to collect thalli, carrying out ultrasonic disruption, and detecting the expression condition by SDS-PAGE. Analysis of the small sample expression results: the protein is expressed in both the supernatant and the inclusion body, and can be continuously subjected to soluble expression and purification.

And selecting a strain with good small sample expression for large sample expression. 60ul of the strain was inoculated into 200ml of the resistant medium and cultured overnight at 37 ℃ and 220 RPM. Adding fresh resistant culture medium to 800ml the next day, and culturing for 1-2h to OD600nm 0.5-0.6. Expression was induced for 3.5h by addition of 200ul of 1M IPTG (28 ℃ or 37 ℃). The cells were collected by centrifugation at 4 ℃ 66 rpm 15min, the supernatant was discarded, 30ml of PBST suspended cells were added, 1mM PMSF was added to the final concentration, and the cells were disrupted by ultrasonic waves at 200W for 6min under ice bath conditions. Incubate shaker at 4 ℃ for 1 h. High speed centrifugation at 4 ℃ for 133 r/s.times.15 min, supernatant was taken and added to 400ul nickel column for binding overnight at 4 ℃. The nickel column was collected (33 rpm. times.5 min), and the beads were washed with 20mM Imidazole wash to remove the contaminating proteins (1 ml. times.3 times). 300ul of 300mM Imidazole eluent was added, the eluent was allowed to bind well to the beads for 1h, and the supernatant was collected by centrifugation. Adding 300ul of eluent into the beads again, eluting for 1h, centrifuging and collecting supernatant, and combining the two eluents into one tube. The solution was changed by dialysis against PBS buffer. SDS-PAGE identifies protein molecular weight, purity and concentration. Analyzing a large sample expression result: the target protein was expressed as soluble supernatant, 2mg total.

(3) The scFv was diluted by dilution at double and combined with glioma cell line. The specific method comprises the following steps: the original 10ug/ml scFv was diluted 4-fold and 1ug/ml was set as the standard working concentration. Also for comparison, a commercial mouse anti-human CD44 antibody (proteintech) was used to perform control experiments at the same concentration. Concentration gradient, 10, 2.5, 1, 0.625, 1.6, 0.04, 0.01 ug/ml. The volume of the antibody solution with different concentrations is 100ul, and the heavy suspension is 10⁵Individual brain glioma cells. Incubate at room temperature for 20 minutes. Thereafter, 1ml PBS heavy suspension, 1000g centrifugal 5 minutes, remove the supernatant, retention of cell precipitation. Resuspend again with 1ml PBS, centrifuge at 1000g for 5min, remove supernatant, and retain cell pellet. Thereafter, the cells were resuspended in 100ul PBS, 1ul APC-labeled goat anti-mouse/rabbit H + L antibody (abcam) was added, and incubated at room temperature in the dark for 20 minutes. Resuspend with 1ml PBS, centrifuge at 1000g for 5min, remove supernatant, and retain cell pellet. Again using 1ml PBS resuspended, centrifuged at 1000g for 5min, the supernatant removed and the cell pellet retained. Thereafter, the cells were resuspended in 500ul PBS and the fluorescence intensity of APC tumor stem cells was measured on the machine at each concentration of scFv. The results of the experiment are shown in FIG. 1.

(4) The scFv was diluted by a double dilution method and bound to recombinant human CD44 protein. The specific method comprises the following steps: recombinant human CD44 protein (sino biological) was diluted to 1ug/ml with ELISA coating (solarbio) and coated onto 96-well plates overnight at 4 ℃. The next day the liquid was aspirated and each well was washed 3 times with 300ul PBS. Each well was blocked with a 2% FBS in PBS for 30 minutes at room temperature. scFv and a commercial mouse anti-human CD44 antibody (proteintech) were added. The 2-fold dilution was performed by the method of multiple-fold dilution. Concentration gradient, 5, 2.5, 1.25, 0.625, 0.03, 0.015, 0.08, 0.04, 0.02, 0.01 ug/ml. 100ul per well, incubate for 1 hour at room temperature. The supernatant was discarded and each well was washed 3 times with 300ul PBS. 100ul of HRP-labeled goat anti-mouse H + L antibody (abcam) diluted 1:1000 was added to each well and incubated for 1H at room temperature. The supernatant was discarded and each well was washed 3 times with 300ul PBS. 100ul of ELISA developer (solarbio) was added to each well, and light was blocked at room temperature for 15 minutes, and 100ul of ELISA stop solution (solarbio) was added thereto, and absorbance was measured at a wavelength of 450 nm. The results of the experiment are shown in FIG. 2.

Example 4

This example illustrates the preparation and detection of T cells expressing a single chain antibody against CD 44.

(1) The 2 CAR lentiviral expression vectors constructed in example 2 and the pLVX-IRES- Δ NGFR empty vector were each lentivirally packaged, followed by in vitro culture, transfection and amplification of T cells, respectively, as described below.

(2) T cells were isolated from blood as follows: 1mL of sterile PBS and 1mL of blood are mixed uniformly, then slowly added into the upper layer of the lymphocyte separation fluid Ficoll, and centrifuged for 30min at the temperature of 4 ℃ and the speed of 400g, and the speed of acceleration and deceleration is respectively set to be 0. After centrifugation, removing upper plasma, sucking middle leucocyte layer cells, adding PBS for heavy suspension washing, and centrifuging for 10min under the condition of 100g, and accelerating and decelerating normally. After centrifugation, the supernatant was removed, 1mL of 1640+ 10% FBS + 1% diabody +1 XGlutamine medium was added to resuspend the cells, and thenThe amplification was stimulated with anti-human CD3/CD28 magnetic beads (purchased from Thermo Fisher Co.) at a cell concentration of 1X 10 after resuspension⁶The cell/mL, the amount of the magnetic beads added was 100. mu.L, and 100IU/mL rhIL-2(Peprotech) was added thereto, and the mixture was cultured under stimulation for 2 days to obtain T cells.

(3) Lentiviral transfection was performed as follows: and (3) taking 7 parts of the separated T cells, respectively adding the lentivirus packaged in the step (1), then adding polybrene with the final concentration of 6 mu g/mL, uniformly mixing, and centrifuging for 100min at the temperature of 32 ℃ and the temperature of 800 g. After the centrifugation is finished, the mixture is put into an incubator to be cultured for 24 hours continuously. After the culture was completed, the culture was centrifuged at 1500rpm for 15min, and the centrifuged cells were washed at 1X 10⁶The cells were inoculated in culture plates at a density of/mL, stimulated with rhIL2-100IU/mL, and then changed every 2-3 days for 2-4 weeks to obtain transfected T lymphocytes CAR-T1 (expressing the fusion protein shown in SEQ ID NO: 12) and CAR-T2 (expressing the fusion protein shown in SEQ ID NO: 10).

After the culture was completed, the cells were resuspended in PBS and the proportion of the 2 CAR-T cells and the expression of the surface CAR protein were examined by flow cytometry. The detection method comprises the following steps: and respectively centrifugally collecting transfected CAR-T cells to be detected, washing the transfected CAR-T cells for 1 time by PBS (phosphate buffer solution), discarding supernatant, adding a corresponding detection amount of monoclonal antibody according to an antibody specification, keeping out of the sun for 30min, washing and suspending by PBS, passing through a membrane, and then performing sandwich method detection by using a flow cytometer, wherein the antibody used in the detection is a mixture of His-tag labeled CD44 and APC-labeled anti-His-tag antibody. The results are shown in FIGS. 3-4.

Example 5

This example was used to verify the killing ability of T cells expressing anti-CD 44 single chain antibody against CD44 positive tumor stem cells.

The kit for detection of LDH release test in this example was purchased from synneus chemical company.

The 2 CAR-T cells transfected and cultured in example 3 were taken separately and mixed with the CD44 positive glioma stem cell U87 according to different effect-to-target ratios (number of T cells: number of glioma stem cells). Culturing the mixed cells in a 96-well plate, wherein each well contains 4 × 10 glioma stem cells⁴Each well of the reaction system was 200. mu.L. The culture conditions include: 37 ℃ and 5% CO₂Incubate for 4 hours at saturated humidity.

Determination of lactate dehydrogenase Activity: after the centrifugation is finished, 100 mu L of supernatant is absorbed by each hole and placed in a 96-hole enzyme label plate, and simultaneously 100 mu L of LDH substrate is added into each hole, and the reaction is carried out for 30min at room temperature in a dark place. After the reaction was completed, 50. mu.L of stop buffer was added to each well to terminate the enzymatic reaction. Optical density values (OD) were measured at 490nm in a microplate reader. The mean Optical Density (OD) values for each group were calculated and the lysis rate of each T cell on glioma stem cells was calculated as follows. The results are shown in Table 2.

The lysis rate%

TABLE 2

Note: CAR-T1 is the traditional CAR-T targeting brain glioma, i.e. the CAR-T targeting the EGFRvIII target. CAR-T2 is CD 44-targeted CAR-T provided by the present disclosure

As can be seen from table 2, the T lymphocyte expressing the anti-CD 44 single-chain antibody provided by the present disclosure can specifically kill CD44 positive tumor stem cells, and has high specificity and strong killing ability.

The above-mentioned embodiments only express several embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but not construed as limiting the scope of the invention. It should be noted that, for a person skilled in the art, several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the inventive concept, which falls within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the patent of the present invention should be subject to the appended claims, and the description and the drawings can be used for explaining the contents of the claims.

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Claims

1. The antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof capable of specifically recognizing CD44 has the sequences of heavy chain complementarity determining regions HCDR1, HCDR2 and HCDR3 shown as SEQ ID NO 1-3 in sequence, and the sequences of light chain complementarity determining regions LCDR1, LCDR2 and LCDR3 shown as SEQ ID NO 4-6 in sequence.

2. The antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof of claim 1, which is a murine antibody, a human murine chimeric antibody, or a humanized antibody.

3. The antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof of claim 1, having a heavy chain variable region HCVR of SEQ ID NO. 7 and a light chain variable region LCVR of SEQ ID NO. 8.

4. The antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof according to any one of claims 1 to 3, which is an scFv.

5. The antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof according to claim 4, wherein the scFv has the linker peptide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO. 9.

6. A chimeric antigen receptor whose extracellular domain has the scFv of claim 4 or 5;

the chimeric antigen receptor further comprises a hinge region, a transmembrane domain, and an intracellular signaling region.

7. The chimeric antigen receptor according to claim 6, wherein the hinge region is selected from the hinge regions of CD8 α.

8. The chimeric antigen receptor according to claim 6, wherein the transmembrane domain is the CD8 a transmembrane region.

9. The chimeric antigen receptor according to claim 6, wherein the intracellular signaling region comprises a CD3 zeta signaling domain.

10. The chimeric antigen receptor according to any one of claims 6 to 9, the intracellular signaling region further comprising one or more of CD28, 4-1BB, OX40, ICOS, CD27, CD40-MyD88, DAP12, DAP10, 2B 4.

11. The chimeric antigen receptor according to claim 6, which has the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO 10.

12. An isolated nucleic acid capable of expressing the antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof of any one of claims 1 to 5, or the chimeric antigen receptor of any one of claims 6 to 11.

13. A vector comprising the nucleic acid of claim 12.

14. A host cell comprising the nucleic acid of claim 12 or the vector of claim 13, or expressing the chimeric antigen receptor of any one of claims 6 to 11.

15. An immune cell expressing the chimeric antigen receptor of any one of claims 6 to 11.

16. The immune cell of claim 15, which is a T cell.

17. A pharmaceutical composition comprising the immune cell of claim 15 or 16.