EP1919950A1 - Optimierte fc-varianten - Google Patents

Optimierte fc-varianten

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EP1919950A1
EP1919950A1 EP05747532A EP05747532A EP1919950A1 EP 1919950 A1 EP1919950 A1 EP 1919950A1 EP 05747532 A EP05747532 A EP 05747532A EP 05747532 A EP05747532 A EP 05747532A EP 1919950 A1 EP1919950 A1 EP 1919950A1
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Gregory Alan Lazar
Wei Dang
John R. Desjarlais
Sher Bahadur Karki
Omid Vafa
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  • the present invention relates to novel optimized Fc variants, engineering methods for their generation, and their application, particularly for therapeutic purposes.
  • Antibodies are immunological proteins that bind a specific antigen. In most mammals, including humans and mice, antibodies are constructed from paired heavy and light polypeptide chains. Each chain is made up of individual immunoglobulin (Ig) domains, and thus the generic term immunoglobulin is used for such proteins. Each chain is made up of two distinct regions, referred to as the variable and constant regions. The light and heavy chain variable regions show significant sequence diversity between antibodies, and are responsible for binding the target antigen. The constant regions show less sequence diversity, and are responsible for binding a number of natural proteins to elicit important biochemical events.
  • IgA which includes subclasses IgAI and lgA2
  • IgD which includes subclasses IgAI and lgA2
  • IgE which includes subclasses IgG
  • IgM which includes subclasses IgGI , lgG2, lgG3, and lgG4
  • IgM IgM
  • Figure 1 shows an IgGI antibody, used here as an example to describe the general structural features of immunoglobulins.
  • IgG antibodies are tetrameric proteins composed of two heavy chains and two light chains.
  • the IgG heavy chain is composed of four immunoglobulin domains linked from N- to C- terminus in the order VH-C H 1-CH2-C H 3, referring to the variable heavy domain, constant heavy domain 1 , constant heavy domain 2, and constant heavy domain 3.
  • the IgG C H 1 , C H 2, and C H 3 domains are also referred to as constant gamma 1 domain (C ⁇ 1), constant gamma 2 domain (C ⁇ 2), and constant gamma 3 domain (C ⁇ 3) respectively.
  • the IgG light chain is composed of two immunoglobulin domains linked from N- to C-terminus in the order V L -C L , referring to the light chain variable domain and the light chain constant domain respectively.
  • variable region of an antibody contains the antigen binding determinants of the molecule, and thus determines the specificity of an antibody for its target antigen.
  • the variable region is so named because it is the most distinct in sequence from other antibodies within the same class.
  • the majority of sequence variability occurs in the complementarity determining regions (CDRs).
  • CDRs complementarity determining regions
  • the variable region outside of the CDRs is referred to as the framework (FR) region.
  • FR framework
  • this characteristic architecture of antibodies provides a stable scaffold (the FR region) upon which substantia! antigen binding diversity (the CDRs) can be explored by the immune system to obtain specificity for a broad array of antigens.
  • the CDRs substantia! antigen binding diversity
  • a number of high- resolution structures are available for a variety of variable region fragments from different organisms, some unbound and some in complex with antigen.
  • Fragments comprising the variable region can exist in the absence of other regions of the antibody, including for example the antigen binding fragment (Fab) comprising V H -C ⁇ 1 and V H -C L , the variable fragment (Fv) comprising V H and V L , the single chain variable fragment (scFv) comprising V H and V L linked together in the same chain, as well as a variety of other variable region fragments (Little et al., 2000, Immunol Today 21 :364-370, incorporated by reference).
  • Fab antigen binding fragment
  • Fv variable fragment
  • scFv single chain variable fragment
  • the Fc region of an antibody interacts with a number of Fc receptors and ligands, imparting an array of important functional capabilities referred to as effector functions.
  • the Fc region As shown in Figure 1 , comprises Ig domains C ⁇ 2 and C ⁇ 3 and the N-terminal hinge leading into C ⁇ 2.
  • An important family of Fc receptors for the IgG class are the Fc gamma receptors (Fc ⁇ Rs). These receptors mediate communication between antibodies and the cellular arm of the immune system (Raghavan et al., 1996, Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol 12:181-220; Ravetch et al., 2001 , Annu Rev Immunol 19:275-290).
  • this protein family includes Fc ⁇ RI (CD64), including isoforms Fc ⁇ RIa, Fc ⁇ RIb, and Fc ⁇ RIc; Fc ⁇ RII (CD32), including isoforms Fc ⁇ Rlla (including allotypes H131 and R131), Fc ⁇ Rllb (including Fc ⁇ Rllb-1 and Fc ⁇ Rllb-2), and Fc ⁇ Rllc; and Fc ⁇ RIII (CD16), including isoforms Fc ⁇ Rllla (including allotypes V158 and F158) and Fc ⁇ Rlllb (including allotypes Fc ⁇ Rlllb-NA1 and Fc ⁇ Rlllb- NA2) (Jefferis et al., 2002, Immunol Lett 82:57-65, incorporated by reference).
  • These receptors typically have an extracellular domain that mediates binding to Fc, a membrane spanning region, and an intracellular domain that may mediate some signaling event within the cell.
  • These receptors are expressed in a variety of immune cells including monocytes, macrophages, neutrophils, dendritic cells, eosinophils, mast cells, platelets, B cells, large granular lymphocytes, Langerhans' cells, natural killer (NK) cells, and ⁇ T cells.
  • NK natural killer
  • ADCC antibody dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity
  • ADCP antibody dependent cell-mediated phagocytosis
  • the different IgG subclasses have different affinities for the Fc ⁇ Rs, with IgGI and lgG3 typically binding substantially better to the receptors than lgG2 and lgG4. All Fc ⁇ Rs bind the same region on IgG Fc, yet with different affinities: the high affinity binder Fc ⁇ RI has a Kd for IgGI of 10 '8 M " 1 , whereas the low affinity receptors Fc ⁇ RII and Fc ⁇ RIII generally bind at 10 "6 and 10 "5 respectively.
  • the extracellular domains of Fc ⁇ Rllla and Fc ⁇ Rlllb are 96% identical, however Fc ⁇ Rlllb does not have a intracellular signaling domain.
  • Fc ⁇ RI, Fc ⁇ Rlla/c, and Fc ⁇ Rllla are positive regulators of immune complex-triggered activation, characterized by having an intracellular domain that has an ⁇ mmunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif (ITAM)
  • Fc ⁇ Rllb has an immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibition motif (ITIM) and is therefore inhibitory.
  • ITIM immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibition motif
  • the receptors also differ in expression pattern and levels on different immune cells.
  • Yet another level of complexity is the existence of a number of Fc ⁇ R polymorphisms in the human proteome.
  • V158/F158 Fc ⁇ Rllla A particularly relevant polymorphism with clinical significance is V158/F158 Fc ⁇ Rllla.
  • Human IgGI binds with greater affinity to the V158 allotype than to the F158 allotype. This difference in affinity, and presumably its effect on ADCC and/or ADCP, has been shown to be a significant determinant of the efficacy of the anti-CD20 antibody rituximab (Rituxan®, a registered trademark of IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation).
  • rituximab a registered trademark of IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation.
  • Patients with the V158 allotype respond favorably to rituximab treatment; however, patients with the lower affinity F158 allotype respond poorly (Cartron et al., 2002, Blood 99:754-758, incorporated by reference).
  • C1q forms a complex with the serine proteases C1 r and C1s to form the C1 complex.
  • C1q is capable of binding six antibodies, although binding to two IgGs is sufficient to activate the complement cascade. Similar to Fc interaction with Fc ⁇ Rs, different IgG subclasses have different affinity for C1q, with IgGI and lgG3 typically binding substantially better to the Fc ⁇ Rs than lgG2 and lgG4.
  • a site on Fc between the C ⁇ 2 and C ⁇ 3 domains, shown in Figure 1 mediates interaction with the neonatal receptor FcRn, the binding of which recycles endocytosed antibody from the endosome back to the bloodstream (Raghavan et al., 1996, Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol 12:181-220; Ghetie et al., 2000, Annu Rev Immunol 18:739-766, incorporated by reference).
  • This process coupled with preclusion of kidney filtration due to the large size of the full length molecule, results in favorable antibody serum half-lives ranging from one to three weeks. Binding of Fc to FcRn also plays a key role in antibody transport.
  • the binding site for FcRn on Fc is also the site at which the bacterial proteins A and G bind.
  • the tight binding by these proteins is typically exploited as a means to purify antibodies by employing protein A or protein G affinity chromatography during protein purification.
  • the fidelity of this region on Fc is important for both the clinical properties of antibodies and their purification.
  • a key feature of the Fc region is the conserved N-linked glycosylation that occurs at N297, shown in Figure 1.
  • This carbohydrate, or oligosaccharide as it is sometimes referred, plays a critical structural and functional role for the antibody, and is one of the principle reasons that antibodies must be produced using mammalian expression systems. While not wanting to be limited to one theory, it is believed that the structural purpose of this carbohydrate may be to stabilize or solubilize Fc, determine a specific angle or level of flexibility between the C ⁇ 3 and C ⁇ 2 domains, keep the two C ⁇ 2 domains from aggregating with one another across the central axis, or a combination of these.
  • An Fc fusion combines the Fc region of an antibody, and thus its favorable effector functions and pharmacokinetics, with the target-binding region of a receptor, ligand, or some other protein or protein domain.
  • the role of the latter is to mediate target recognition, and thus it is functionally analogous to the antibody variable region. Because of the structural and functional overlap of Fc fusions with antibodies, the discussion on antibodies in the present invention extends directly to Fc fusions.
  • trastuzumab (Herceptin®, a registered trademark of Genentech), an anti-HER2/neu antibody for treatment of metastatic breast cancer, has less efficacy.
  • any small improvement in mortality rate defines success.
  • a potentially greater problem with nonhuman glycoforms may be immunogenicity; carbohydrates are a key source of antigenicity for the immune system, and the presence of nonhuman glycoforms has a significant chance of eliciting antibodies that neutralize the therapeutic, or worse cause adverse immune reactions.
  • Bacterial expression is another attractive solution to the antibody production problem. Expression in bacteria, for example E. coli, provides a cost-effective and high capacity method for producing proteins. For complex proteins such as antibodies there are a number of obstacles to bacterial expression, including folding and assembly of these complex molecules, proper disulfide formation, and solubility, stability, and functionality in the absence of glycosylation because proteins expressed in bacteria are not glycosylated.
  • the present invention provides Fc variants that are optimized for a number of therapeutically relevant properties. These Fc variants are generally contained within a variant protein, that preferably comprises an antibody or a Fc fusion protein.
  • Fc positions at which amino acid modifications may be made to generate optimized Fc variants.
  • Said Fc positions include 230, 240, 244, 245, 247, 262, 263, 266, 273, 275, 299, 302, 313, 323, 325, 328, and 332, wherein the numbering of the residues in the Fc region is that of the EU index as in Kabat.
  • the present invention describes any amino acid modification at any of said novel Fc positions in order to generate an optimized Fc variant.
  • Fc variants that have been characterized herein.
  • said Fc variants comprise at least one amino acid substitution at a position selected from the group consisting of 221 , 222, 223, 224, 225, 227, 228, 230, 231 , 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241 , 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 249, 255, 258, 260, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 278, 280, 281 , 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 288, 290, 291 , 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301 , 302, 303, 304, 305, 313, 317, 318, 320, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326,
  • said Fc variants comprise at least one substitution selected from the group consisting of D221K, D221Y, K222E, K222Y, T223E, T223K, H224E, H224Y, T225E, T225K, T225W, P227E, P227G, P227K, P227Y, P228E, P228G, P228K, P228Y, P230A, P230E, P230G, P230Y, A231E, A231G, A231 K, A231 P, A231Y, P232E, P232G, P232K, P232Y, E233A, E233D, E233F, E233G, E233H, E233I, E233K, E233L, E233M, E233N, E233Q, E233R, E233S. ⁇ 233T, E233V, E233W, E233Y, L234A, L234D, L234E, L234F
  • Fc variants and proteins containing these variants
  • Fc variants that have at least 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 or more amino acid substitutions as compared to the parent Fc polypeptide, for example the Fc region SEQ ID NO X
  • 1, 2, 3 and 4 substitutions find particular use
  • Fc variants and proteins containing these variants
  • Fc ligand binding as compared to the parent Fc polypeptide, for example the Fc region of SEQ ID NO X, and that are encoded by nucleic acids that hybridize under high stringency conditions to a gene that encodes a human Fc polypeptide
  • High stringency conditions are known in the art, see for example U S Patent No 6,875,846, hereby incorporated by reference, particularly for high stringency conditions
  • Genes that encode human Fc polypeptides are usually fragments of larger genes, and are also known in the art, as well as genes that due to the degeneracy of the genetic code will encode a naturally occurring Fc polypeptide even if not naturally occurring themselves.
  • variant Fc polypeptides that exhibit altered ADCC activity, particularly increased ADCC activity.
  • these variants comprise an amino acid substitution at position 239, optionally amino acid substitutions at positions 239 and 332, and optionally can include any other substitutions outlined in the single variant set above, to create variants comprising multiple substitutions.
  • Fc variants that have been characterized herein, wherein said Fc variants are selected from the group consisting of D221 K, D221Y, K222E, K222Y, T223E, T223K, H224E, H224Y, T225E, T225K, T225W, P227E, P227G, P227K, P227Y, P228E, P228G, P228K, P228Y, P230A, P230A/E233D, P230A/E233D/I332E, P230E, P230G, P230Y, A231 E, A231G, A231 K, A231 P, A231Y, P232E, P232G, P232K, P232Y, E233A, E233D, E233F, E233G, E233H, E233I, E233K, E233L, E233M, E233N, E233Q, E233R
  • said Fc variants have affinity for an Fc ⁇ R that is more than 1-fold greater than that of the parent Fc polypeptide.
  • said Fc variants have affinity for an Fc ⁇ R that is more than 5-fold greater than that of the parent Fc polypeptide.
  • said Fc variants have affinity for an Fc ⁇ R that is between about 5-fold and 300-fold greater than that of the parent Fc polypeptide.
  • said Fc variants have a Fc ⁇ Rllla- fold:Fc ⁇ Rllb-fold ratio greater than 11 :1.
  • said Fc variants have a Fc ⁇ Rllla- fold:Fc ⁇ Rllb-fold ratio between 11:1 and 86:1.
  • Fc variants that mediate effector function more effectively in the presence of effector cells.
  • said Fc variants mediate ADCC that is greater than that mediated by the parent Fc polypeptide.
  • said Fc variants mediate ADCC that is more than 5-fold greater than that mediated by the parent Fc polypeptide.
  • said Fc variants mediate ADCC that is between 5-fold and 1000-fold greater than that mediated by the parent Fc polypeptide.
  • Improved functionality herein includes but is not limited to binding affinity to an Fc ligand.
  • Improved solution properties herein includes but is not limited to stability and solubility.
  • said Fc variants bind to an Fc ⁇ R with an affinity that is within about 0.5-fold of the glycosylated form of the parent Fc polypeptide.
  • said aglycosylated Fc variants bind to an Fc ⁇ R with an affinity that is comparable to the glycosylated parent Fc polypeptide.
  • said Fc variants bind to an Fc ⁇ R with an affinity that is greater than the glycosylated form of the parent Fc polypeptide.
  • the present invention also provides methods for engineering optimized Fc variants. It is a further object of the present invention to provide experimental production and screening methods for obtaining optimized Fc variants.
  • the present invention provides isolated nucleic acids encoding the Fc variants described herein.
  • the present invention provides vectors comprising said nucleic acids, optionally, operably linked to control sequences.
  • the present invention provides host cells containing the vectors, and methods for producing and optionally recovering the Fc variants.
  • the present invention provides novel Fc polypeptides, including antibodies, Fc fusions, isolated Fc, and Fc fragments, that comprise the Fc variants disclosed herein. Said novel Fc polypeptides may find use in a therapeutic product.
  • compositions comprising Fc polypeptides that comprise the Fc variants described herein, and a physiologically or pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent.
  • the present invention contemplates therapeutic and diagnostic uses for Fc polypeptides that comprise the Fc variants disclosed herein.
  • FIG. 1 Antibody structure and function. Shown is a model of a full length human IgGI antibody, modeled using a humanized Fab structure from pdb accession code 1CE1 (James et al., 1999, J MoI Biol 289:293-301) and a human IgGI Fc structure from pdb accession code 1DN2 (DeLano et a!., 2000, Science 287:1279-1283). The flexible hinge that links the Fab and Fc regions is not shown. IgGI is a homodimer of heterodimers, made up of two light chains and two heavy chains.
  • the Ig domains that comprise the antibody are labeled, and include V L and C L for the light chain, and V H , Cgammal (C ⁇ 1), Cgamma2 (C ⁇ 2), and Cgamma3 (C ⁇ 3) for the heavy chain.
  • the Fc region is labeled. Binding sites for relevant proteins are labeled, including the antigen binding site in the variable region, and the binding sites for Fc ⁇ Rs, FcRn, C1q, and proteins A and G in the Fc region.
  • Figure 2 The Fc/Fc ⁇ Rlllb complex structure 1 MS- Fc is shown as a gray ribbon diagram, and Fc ⁇ Rlllb is shown as a black ribbon.
  • the N297 carbohydrate is shown as black sticks.
  • Figures 3a - 3b Alignment of the amino acid sequences of the human IgG immunoglobulins IgGI , lgG2, lgG3, and lgG4.
  • Figure 3a provides the sequences of the CH1 (C ⁇ 1) and hinge domains
  • Figure 3b provides the sequences of the CH2 (C ⁇ 2) and CH3 (C ⁇ 3) domains.
  • Positions are numbered according to the EU index of the IgGI sequence, and differences between IgGI and the other immunoglobulins lgG2, lgG3, and lgG4 are shown in grey.
  • Polymorphisms exist at a number of positions (Kim et al., 2001 , J. MoI. Evol. 54:1-9), and thus slight differences between the presented sequences and sequences in the prior art may exist.
  • the possible beginnings of the Fc region are labeled, defined herein as either EU position 226 or 230.
  • FIG. 4 Residues at which amino acid modifications were made in the Fc variants of the present invention, mapped onto the Fc/Fc ⁇ Rlllb complex structure 11IS.
  • Fc is shown as a gray ribbon diagram
  • Fc ⁇ Rlllb is shown as a black ribbon.
  • Experimental library residues are shown in black, the N297 carbohydrate is shown in grey.
  • FIG. 5 Expression of Fc variant and wild type (WT) proteins of alemtuzumab in 293T cells. Plasmids containing alemtuzumab heavy chain genes (WT or variants) were co-transfected with plasmid containing the alemtuzumab light chain gene. Media were harvested 5 days after transfection. For each transfected sample, 1OuI medium was loaded on a SDS-PAGE gel for Western analysis. The probe for Western was peroxidase-conjugated goat-anti human IgG (Jackson Immuno-Research, catalog # 109-035-088). WT: wild type alemtuzumab; 1-10: alemtuzumab variants. H and L indicate antibody heavy chain and light chain, respectively.
  • FIG. 6 Purification of alemtuzumab using protein A chromatography. WT alemtuzumab proteins was expressed in 293T cells and the media was harvested 5 days after transfection. The media were diluted 1 :1 with PBS and purified with protein A (Pierce, Catalog # 20334). O: original sample before purification; FT: flow through; E: elution; C: concentrated final sample. The left picture shows a Simple Blue-stained SDS-PAGE gel, and the right shows a western blot labeled using peroxidase-conjugated goat-anti human IgG.
  • FIG. 7 Production of deglycosylated antibodies. Wild type and variants of alemtuzumab were expressed in 293T cells and purified with protein A chromatography. Antibodies were incubated with peptide-N-glycosidase (PNGase F) at 37°C for 24h. For each antibody, a mock treated sample (- PNGase F) was done in parallel.
  • PNGase F peptide-N-glycosidase
  • WT wild-type alemtuzumab; #15, #16, #17, #18, #22: alemtuzumab variants F241 E/F243R/V262E/V264R, F241 E/F243Q ⁇ /262T ⁇ /264E, F241 R/F243Q/V262T/V264R, F241 E/F243Y/V262T/V264R, and I332E respectively.
  • the faster migration of the PNGase F treated versus the mock treated samples represents the deglycosylated heavy chains.
  • FIG. 8 Alemtuzumab expressed from 293T cells binds its antigen.
  • alemtuzumab from Sotec a-CD52, Sotec
  • media of transfected 293T cells Campath, Xencor
  • M pre-stained marker
  • U un-induced sample for GST-CD52
  • I induced sample for GST-CD52.
  • Fc ⁇ Rllla was transfected in 293T cells, and media containing secreted Fc ⁇ Rllla were harvested 3 days later and purified using affinity chromatography. 1 : media; 2: flow through; 3: wash; 4-8: serial elutions. Both simple blue-stained SDS-PAGE gel and western result are shown. For the western blot, membrane was probed with anti-GST antibody.
  • FIG. 10 Binding to human V158 Fc ⁇ Rllla by select alemtuzumab Fc variants from the experimental library as determined by the AlphaScreenTM assay, described in Example 2. In the presence of competitor antibody (Fc variant or WT alemtuzumab) a characteristic inhibition curve is observed as a decrease in luminescence signal. Phosphate buffer saline (PBS) alone was used as the negative control. The binding data were normalized to the maximum and minimum luminescence signal for each particular curve, provided by the baselines at low and high antibody concentrations respectively. The curves represent the fits of the data to a one site competition model using nonlinear regression. These fits provide IC50s for each antibody, illustrated for WT and S239D by the dotted lines.
  • PBS Phosphate buffer saline
  • FIG. 12 AlphaScreen assay showing binding of select alemtuzumab Fc variants to human
  • FcyRllb The binding data were normalized to the upper and lower baselines for each particular antibody, and the curves represent the fits of the data to a one site competition model. PBS was used as a negative control.
  • FIG. 13 AlphaScreen assay showing binding of select alemtuzumab Fc variants to human
  • Figure 14 AlphaScreen assay measuring binding of select alemtuzumab Fc variants to human FcRn, as described in Example 2. The binding data were normalized to the upper and lower baselines for each particular antibody, and the curves represent the fits of the data to a one site competition model. PBS was used as a negative control.
  • Figure 15. AlphaScreen assay measuring binding of select alemtuzumab Fc variants to bacterial protein A, as described in Example 2. The binding data were normalized to the upper and lower baselines for each particular antibody, and the curves represent the fits of the data to a one site competition model. PBS was used as a negative control.
  • Figures 16a - 16b AlphaScreen assay comparing binding of select alemtuzumab Fc variants to human V158 Fc ⁇ Rllla ( Figure 16a) and human Fc ⁇ Rllb ( Figure 16b). The binding data were normalized to the upper and lower baselines for each particular antibody, and the curves represent the fits of the data to a one site competition model. PBS was used as a negative control.
  • Figures 17a - 17b AlphaScreen assay measuring binding to human V158 Fc ⁇ Rllla ( Figures
  • the binding data were normalized to the upper and lower baselines for each particular antibody, and the curves represent the fits of the data to a one site competition model. PBS was used as a negative control.
  • FIG. AlphaScreen assay measuring binding to human V158 Fc ⁇ Rllla by select Fc variants in the context of rituximab. The binding data were normalized to the upper and lower baselines for each particular antibody, and the curves represent the fits of the data to a one site competition model. PBS was used as a negative control.
  • FIG. 19 AlphaScreen assay measuring binding to human V158 Fc ⁇ Rllla by select Fc variants in the context of cetuximab. The binding data were normalized to the upper and lower baselines for each particular antibody, and the curves represent the fits of the data to a one site competition model. PBS was used as a negative control.
  • Figures 20a - 20b AlphaScreen assay showing binding of select alemtuzumab Fc variants to the V158 ( Figure 20a) and F158 ( Figure 20b) allotypes of human Fc ⁇ Rllla.
  • the binding data were normalized to the upper and lower baselines for each particular antibody, and the curves represent the fits of the data to a one site competition model. PBS was used as a negative control.
  • Figures 21a - 21 d show the correlation between SPR Kd's and
  • FIGS 22a and 22b AlphaScreen assay showing binding of select alemtuzumab Fc variants to human V158 Fc ⁇ Rllla.
  • the binding data were normalized to the upper and lower baselines for each particular antibody, and the curves represent the fits of the data to a one site competition model. PBS was used as a negative control.
  • FIG. 23a - 23b Cell-based ADCC assays of select Fc variants in the context of alemtuzumab. ADCC was measured using the DELFIA® EuTDA-based cytotoxicity assay (Perkin
  • FIG 23a is a bar graph showing the raw fluorescence data for the indicated alemtuzumab antibodies at 10 ng/ml.
  • the PBMC bar indicates basal levels of cytotoxicity in the absence of antibody.
  • Figure 23b shows the dose-dependence of ADCC on antibody concentration for the indicated alemtuzumab antibodies, normalized to the minimum and maximum fluorescence signal for each particular curve, provided by the baselines at low and high antibody concentrations respectively.
  • the curves represent the fits of the data to a sigmoidal dose-response model using nonlinear regression.
  • Figures 24a - 24c Cell-based ADCC assays of select Fc variants in the context of trastuzumab. ADCC was measured using the DELFIA® EuTDA-based cytotoxicity assay, as described in Example 3, using BT474 and Sk-Br-3 breast carcinoma target cells and 50-fold excess human PBMCs.
  • Figure 24a is a bar graph showing the raw fluorescence data for the indicated trastuzumab antibodies at 1 ng/ml. The PBMC bar indicates basal levels of cytotoxicity in the absence of antibody.
  • Figures 24b and 24c show the dose-dependence of ADCC on antibody concentration for the indicated trastuzumab antibodies, normalized to the minimum and maximum fluorescence signal for each particular curve, provided by the baselines at low and high antibody concentrations respectively.
  • the curves represent the fits of the data to a sigmoidal dose-response model using nonlinear regression.
  • Figures 25a - 25c Cell-based ADCC assays of select Fc variants in the context of rituximab. ADCC was measured using the DELFIA® EuTDA-based cytotoxicity assay, as described in Example 3, using WIL2-S lymphoma target cells and 50-fold excess human PBMCs.
  • Figure 25a is a bar graph showing the raw fluorescence data for the indicated rituximab antibodies at 1 ng/ml. The PBMC bar indicates basal levels of cytotoxicity in the absence of antibody.
  • Figures 25b and 25c show the dose- dependence of ADCC on antibody concentration for the indicated rituximab antibodies, normalized to the minimum and maximum fluorescence signal for each particular curve, provided by the baselines at low and high antibody concentrations respectively.
  • the curves represent the fits of the data to a sigmoidal dose-response model using nonlinear regression.
  • Figures 26a - 26b Cell-based ADCC assay of select trastuzumab (Figure 26a) and rituximab ( Figure 26b) Fc variants showing enhancements in potency and efficacy. Both assays used homozygous F158/F158 Fc ⁇ Rllla PBMCs as effector cells at a 25-fold excess to target cells, which were Sk-Br-3 for the trastuzumab assay and WIL2-S for the rituximab assay.
  • FIG. 27 AlphaScreen assay showing binding of select alemtuzumab Fc variants to human V158 Fc ⁇ Rllla. The binding data were normalized to the upper and lower baselines for each particular antibody, and the curves represent the fits of the data to a one site competition model. PBS was used as a negative control.
  • FIG. 28 Cell-based ADCC assays of select Fc variant trastuzumab antibodies as compared to WT trastuzumab.
  • the figure shows the dose dependence of ADCC at various antibody concentrations, normalized to the minimum and maximum levels of lysis for the assay.
  • the curves represent the fits of the data to a sigmoidal dose-response model using nonlinear regression.
  • FIGS 29a - 29b Cell-based ADCC assay of select trastuzumab Fc variants against different cell lines expressing varying levels of the Her2/neu target antigen. ADCC assays were run as described in Example 5, with various cell lines expressing amplified to low levels of Her2/neu receptor, including Sk-Br-3 (1x106 copies), SkOV3 (-1x105), OVCAR3( ⁇ 1x104), and MCF-7 (-3x103 copies).
  • Figure 29a provides a western blot showing the Her2 expression level for each cell line; equivalent amounts of cell lysate were loaded on an SDS-PAGE gel, and Her2 was detected using trastuzumab.
  • FIG. 30 Cell-based ADCC assays of select Fc variants in the context of trastuzumab using natural killer (NK) cells as effector cells and measuring LDH release to monitor cell lysis.
  • NK cells allotyped as heterozygous F158/F158 Fc ⁇ Rllla, were at an 4-fold excess to Sk-Br-3 breast carcinoma target cells, and the level of cytotoxicity was measured using the LDH Cytotoxicity Detection Kit, according to the manufacturer's protocol (Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Penzberg, Germany).
  • the graph shows the dose-dependence of ADCC on antibody concentration for the indicated trastuzumab antibodies, normalized to the minimum and maximum fluorescence signal for each particular curve, provided by the baselines at low and high antibody concentrations respectively.
  • FIG. 31 Cell-based ADCP assay of select variants.
  • the ADCP assay was carried out as described in Example 7, using a co-labeling strategy coupled with flow cytometry. Differentiated macrophages were used as effector cells, and Sk-Br-3 cells were used as target cells. Percent phagocytosis represents the number of co-labeled cells (macrophage + Sk-Br-3) over the total number of Sk-Br-3 in the population (phagocytosed + non-phagocytosed).
  • Figures 32a - 32c are examples of co-labeled cells.
  • Figure 32a shows an AlphaScreen assay measuring binding of select alemtuzumab Fc variants to C1q. The binding data were normalized to the upper and lower baselines for each particular antibody, and the curves represent the fits of the data to a one site competition model.
  • Figures 32b and 31c show a cell-based assay measuring capacity of select rituximab Fc variants to mediate CDC. CDC assays were performed using Alamar Blue to monitor lysis of Fc variant and WT rituximab -opsonized WIL2-S lymphoma cells by human serum complement (Quidel, San Diego, CA).
  • FIG. 33a shows the percent B cells remaining in Macaca Fascicularis monkeys during treatment with anti-CD20 WT and S239D/I332E rituximab antibodies, measured using markers CD20+ and CD40+.
  • Figure 33b shows the percent natural killer (NK) cells remaining in the monkeys during treatment, measured using markers CD3-/CD16+ and CD3-/CD8+.
  • Figure 33c shows the dose response of CD20+ B cell levels to treatment with S239D/I332E rituximab. Data are presented as the average of 3 monkeys/sample.
  • Figures 34a and 34b AlphaScreen assay measuring binding of select alemtuzumab (Figure 34a) and trastuzumab (Figure 34b) Fc variants to mouse Fc ⁇ RIII, as described in Example 10. The binding data were normalized to the upper and lower baselines for each particular antibody, and the curves represent the fits of the data to a one site competition model. PBS was used as a negative control.
  • FIG. 35 Cell-based ADCC assays of select Fc variants in the context of trastuzumab using mouse PBMCs as effector cells. ADCC was measured using the DELFIA® EuTDA-based cytotoxicity assay using Sk-Br-3 breast carcinoma target cells and 8-fold excess mouse PBMCs.
  • the bar graph shows the raw fluorescence data for the indicated trastuzumab antibodies at 10 ng/ml.
  • the PBMC bar indicates basal levels of cytotoxicity in the absence of antibody, and TX indicates complete cell lysis in the presence of Triton X1000.
  • Figure 36 AlphaScreen assay measuring binding to human V158 Fc ⁇ Rllla by select trastuzumab Fc variants expressed in 293T and CHO cells, as described in Example 11. The binding data were normalized to the upper and lower baselines for each particular antibody, and the curves represent the fits of the data to a one site competition model. PBS was used as a negative control.
  • Figures 37a - 37b Synergy of Fc variants and engineered glycoforms.
  • Figure 37a presents an AlphaScreen assay showing V158 Fc ⁇ Rllla binding by WT and Fc variant (V209, S239/I332E/A330L) trastuzumab expressed in 293T, CHO, and Lec-13 CHO cells. The data were normalized to the upper and lower baselines for each antibody, and the curves represent the fits of the data to a one site competition model. PBS was used as a negative control.
  • Figure 37b presents a cell-based ADCC assay showing the ability of 239T, CHO, and Lec-13 CHO expressed WT and V209 trastuzumab to mediate ADCC.
  • ADCC was measured using the DELFIA® EuTDA-based cytotoxicity assay as described previously, with Sk-Br-3 breast carcinoma target cells.
  • the data show the dose- dependence of ADCC on antibody concentration for the indicated trastuzumab antibodies, normalized to the minimum and maximum fluorescence signal for each particular curve, provided by the baselines at low and high antibody concentrations respectively.
  • the curves represent the fits of the data to a sigmoidal dose-response model using nonlinear regression.
  • FIG. 38 AlphaScreen assay showing binding of aglycosylated alemtuzumab Fc variants to human V158 Fc ⁇ Rllla.
  • the binding data were normalized to the upper and lower baselines for each particular antibody, and the curves represent the fits of the data to a one site competition model. PBS was used as a negative control.
  • Figure 39 AlphaScreen assay comparing human V158 Fc ⁇ Rllla binding by select alemtuzumab Fc variants in glycosylated (solid symbols, solid lines) and deglycosylated (open symbols, dotted lines). The binding data were normalized to the upper and lower baselines for each particular antibody, and the curves represent the fits of the data to a one site competition model.
  • Figures 40a - 40c Sequences showing improved anti-CD20 antibodies. The light and heavy chain sequences of rituximab are presented in Figure 40a and Figure 40b respectively, and are taken from translated Sequence 3 of US 5,736,137.
  • Figure 40c shows the improved anti-CD20 antibody heavy chain sequences, with variable positions designated in bold as X1 , X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7, X8, X9, Z1 , and Z2.
  • the table below the sequence provides possible substitutions for these positions.
  • the improved anti-CD20 antibody sequences comprise at least one non-WT amino acid selected from the group of possible substitutions for X1 , X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7, X8, and X9.
  • These improved anti-CD20 antibody sequences may also comprise a substitution Z1 and/or Z2. These positions are numbered according to the EU index as in Kabat, and thus do not correspond to the sequential order in the sequence.
  • Figure 41 depicts the set of Fc variants that were constructed and experimentally tested.
  • Figure 42 depicts SEQ ID NO:5; the particular Xaa residues are as shown in Table 10.
  • ADCC antibody dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity
  • ADCP antibody dependent cell-mediated phagocytosis as used herein is meant the cell-mediated reaction wherein nonspecific cytotoxic cells that express FcyRs recognize bound antibody on a target cell and subsequently cause phagocytosis of the target cell.
  • amino acid modification herein is meant an amino acid substitution, insertion, and/or deletion in a polypeptide sequence.
  • the preferred amino acid modification herein is a substitution.
  • amino acid substitution or “substitution” herein is meant the replacement of an amino acid at a particular position in a parent polypeptide sequence with another amino acid.
  • the substitution I332E refers to a variant polypeptide, in this case an Fc variant, in which the isoleucine at position 332 is replaced with a glutamic acid.
  • the WT identity need not be defined.
  • the substitution 332E referes to a variant polypeptide in which position 332 is mutated to glutamic acid.
  • antibody herein is meant a protein consisting of one or more polypeptides substantially encoded by all or part of the recognized immunoglobulin genes.
  • the recognized immunoglobulin genes include the kappa (K), lambda ( ⁇ ), and heavy chain genetic loci, which together comprise the myriad variable region genes, and the constant region genes mu ( ⁇ ), delta ( ⁇ ), gamma ( ⁇ ), sigma ( ⁇ ), and alpha ( ⁇ ) which encode the IgM, IgD, IgG, IgE, and IgA isotypes respectively.
  • Antibody herein is meant to include full length antibodies and antibody fragments, and may refer to a natural antibody from any organism, an engineered antibody, or an antibody generated recombinantly for experimental, therapeutic, or other purposes as further defined below.
  • the term “antibody” includes antibody fragments, as are known in the art, such as Fab, Fab', F(ab')2, Fv, scFv, or other antigen-binding subsequences of antibodies, either produced by the modification of whole antibodies or those synthesized de novo using recombinant DNA technologies. Particularly preferred are full length antibodies that comprise Fc variants as described herein.
  • the term “antibody” comprises monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies.
  • Antibodies can be antagonists, agonists, neutralizing, inhibitory, or stimulatory.
  • the antibodies of the present invention may be nonhuman, chimeric, humanized, or fully human, as described below in more detail.
  • aglycosylated antibodies Specifically included within the definition of “antibody” are aglycosylated antibodies.
  • aqlvcosylated antibody as used herein is meant an antibody that lacks carbohydrate attached at position 297 of the Fc region, wherein numbering is according to the EU system as in Kabat.
  • the aglycosylated antibody may be a deglycosylated antibody, that is an antibody for which the Fc carbohydrate has been removed, for example chemically or enzymatically.
  • the aglycosylated antibody may be a nonglycosylated or unglycosylated antibody, that is an antibody that was expressed without Fc carbohydrate, for example by mutation of one or residues that encode the glycosylation pattern or by expression in an organism that does not attach carbohydrates to proteins, for example bacteria.
  • full-length antibodies that contain an Fc variant portion.
  • full length antibody herein is meant the structure that constitutes the natural biological form of an antibody, including variable and constant regions.
  • the full length antibody of the IgG class is a tetramer and consists of two identical pairs of two immunoglobulin chains, each pair having one light and one heavy chain, each light chain comprising immunoglobulin domains V L and C L , and each heavy chain comprising immunoglobulin domains VH, C ⁇ 1 (CH1 ), C ⁇ 2 (CH2), and C ⁇ 3 (C H 3).
  • IgG antibodies may consist of only two heavy chains, each heavy chain comprising a variable domain attached to the Fc region.
  • IqG as used herein is meant a polypeptide belonging to the class of antibodies that are substantially encoded by a recognized immunoglobulin gamma gene. In humans this class comprises IgGI , lgG2, lgG3, and lgG4. In mice this class comprises IgGI , lgG2a, lgG2b, lgG3.
  • amino acid and “amino acid identity” as used herein is meant one of the 20 naturally occurring amino acids or any non-natural analogues that may be present at a specific, defined position.
  • protein herein is meant at least two covalently attached amino acids, which includes proteins, polypeptides, oligopeptides and peptides.
  • the protein may be made up of naturally occurring amino acids and peptide bonds, or synthetic peptidomimetic structures, i.e. "analogs”, such as peptoids (see Simon et al., 1992, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 89(20):9367, incorporated by reference) particularly when LC peptides are to be administered to a patient.
  • amino acid or “peptide residue”, as used herein means both naturally occurring and synthetic amino acids. For example, homophenylalanine, citrulline and noreleucine are considered amino acids for the purposes of the invention.
  • amino acid also includes imino acid residues such as proline and hydroxyproline.
  • the side chain may be in either the (R) or the (S) configuration. In the preferred embodiment, the amino acids are in the (S) or L-configuration. If non-naturally occurring side chains are used, non-amino acid substituents may be used, for example to prevent or retard in vivo degradation.
  • effector function as used herein is meant a biochemical event that results from the interaction of an antibody Fc region with an Fc receptor or ligand. Effector functions include but are not limited to ADCC, ADCP, and CDC.
  • effector cell as used herein is meant a cell of the immune system that expresses one or more Fc receptors and mediates one or more effector functions.
  • Effector cells include but are not limited to monocytes, macrophages, neutrophils, dendritic cells, eosinophils, mast cells, platelets, B cells, large granular lymphocytes, Langerhans' cells, natural killer (NK) cells, and yy T cells, and may be from any organism including but not limited to humans, mice, rats, rabbits, and monkeys.
  • library herein is meant a set of Fc variants in any form, including but not limited to a list of nucleic acid or amino acid sequences, a list of nucleic acid or amino acid substitutions at variable positions, a physical library comprising nucleic acids that encode the library sequences, or a physical library comprising the Fc variant proteins, either in purified or unpurified form.
  • Fc or “Fc region”, as used herein is meant the polypeptide comprising the constant region of an antibody excluding the first constant region immunoglobulin domain.
  • Fc refers to the last two constant region immunoglobulin domains of IgA, IgD, and IgG, and the last three constant region immunoglobulin domains of IgE and IgM, and the flexible hinge N-terminal to these domains.
  • Fc may include the J chain.
  • Fc comprises immunoglobulin domains Cgamma2 and Cgamma3 (C ⁇ 2 and C ⁇ 3) and the hinge between Cgammai (C ⁇ 1) and Cgamma2 (C ⁇ 2).
  • Fc region may vary, the human IgG heavy chain Fc region is usually defined to comprise residues C226 or P230 to its carboxyl-terminus, wherein the numbering is according to the EU index as in Kabat.
  • Fc may refer to this region in isolation, or this region in the context of an Fc polypeptide, as described below.
  • Fc polypeptide as used herein is meant a polypeptide that comprises all or part of an Fc region.
  • Fc polypeptides include antibodies, Fc fusions, isolated Fes, and Fc fragments.
  • Fc fusion as used herein is meant a protein wherein one or more polypeptides or small molecules is operably linked to an Fc region or a derivative thereof.
  • Fc fusion is herein meant to be synonymous with the terms “immunoadhesin”, “Ig fusion”, “Ig chimera”, and “receptor globulin” (sometimes with dashes) as used in the prior art (Chamow et a/., 1996, Trends Biotechnol 14:52-60; Ashkenazi ef a/., 1997, Curr Opin Immunol 9:195-200. incorporated by reference).
  • Fc fusion combines the Fc region of an immunoglobulin with a fusion partner, which in general can be any protein or small molecule.
  • the role of the non-Fc part of an Fc fusion, i.e. the fusion partner, may be to mediate target binding, and thus it is functionally analogous to the variable regions of an antibody.
  • Fc gamma receptor or "Fc ⁇ R” as used herein is meant any member of the family of proteins that bind the IgG antibody Fc region and are substantially encoded by the Fc ⁇ R genes.
  • this family includes but is not limited to Fc ⁇ RI (CD64), including isoforms Fc ⁇ RIa, Fc ⁇ RIb, and Fc ⁇ RIc; Fc ⁇ RII (CD32), including isoforms Fc ⁇ Rlla (including allotypes H131 and R131), Fc ⁇ Rllb (including Fc ⁇ Rllb-1 and Fc ⁇ Rllb-2), and Fc ⁇ Rllc; and Fc ⁇ RIII (CD16), including isoforms Fc ⁇ Rllla (including allotypes V158 and F158) and Fc ⁇ Rlllb (including allotypes Fc ⁇ RII!b-NA1 and Fc ⁇ Rlllb- NA2), as well as any undiscovered human Fc ⁇ Rs or Fc ⁇ R isoforms or allotypes.
  • Fc ⁇ RI CD64
  • Fc ⁇ RII CD32
  • Fc ⁇ Rlla including allotypes H131 and R131
  • Fc ⁇ Rllb including Fc ⁇ Rllb-1 and Fc
  • An Fc ⁇ R may be from any organism, including but not limited to humans, mice, rats, rabbits, and monkeys.
  • Mouse Fc ⁇ Rs include but are not limited to Fc ⁇ RI (CD64), Fc ⁇ RII (CD32), Fc ⁇ RIII (CD16), and Fc ⁇ RIII-2 (CD16-2), as well as any undiscovered mouse Fc ⁇ Rs or Fc ⁇ R isoforms or allotypes.
  • Fc liqand or "effector li ⁇ and” as used herein is meant a molecule, preferably a polypeptide, from any organism that binds to the Fc region of an antibody to form an Fc / Fc ligand complex.
  • Fc ligands include but are not limited to Fc receptors, Fc ⁇ Rs, Fc ⁇ Rs, Fc ⁇ Rs, FcRn, C1q, C3, mannan binding lectin, mannose receptor, staphylococcal protein A, streptococcal protein G, and viral Fc ⁇ R.
  • Fc ligands also include Fc receptor homologs (FcRH), which are a family of Fc receptors that are homologous to the Fc ⁇ Rs (Davis et al., 2002, Immunological Reviews 190:123-136, incorporated by reference).
  • Fc ligands may include undiscovered molecules that bind Fc.
  • IqG immunoglobulin gamma gene
  • this class comprises IgGI , lgG2, lgG3, and lgG4.
  • mice this class comprises IgGI , lgG2a, lgG2b, lgG3.
  • immunoglobulin (Iq) herein is meant a protein consisting of one or more polypeptides substantially encoded by immunoglobulin genes. Immunoglobulins include but are not limited to antibodies. Immunoglobulins may have a number of structural forms, including but not limited to full length antibodies, antibody fragments, and individual immunoglobulin domains.
  • immunoglobulin (Iq) domain herein is meant a region of an immunoglobulin that exists as a distinct structural entity as ascertained by one skilled in the art of protein structure. Ig domains typically have a characteristic ⁇ - sandwich folding topology. The known Ig domains in the IgG class of antibodies are V H , C ⁇ 1 , C ⁇ 2, C ⁇ 3, V L , and C L .
  • parent polypeptide or “precursor polypeptide” (including Fc parent or precursors) as used herein is meant a polypeptide that is subsequently modified to generate a variant.
  • Said parent polypeptide may be a naturally occurring polypeptide, or a variant or engineered version of a naturally occurring polypeptide.
  • Parent polypeptide may refer to the polypeptide itself, compositions that comprise the parent polypeptide, or the amino acid sequence that encodes it.
  • parent Fc polypeptide as used herein is meant a Fc polypeptide that is modified to generate a variant
  • parent antibody as used herein is meant an antibody that is modified to generate a variant antibody.
  • positions of the Fc molecule can be altered.
  • position as used herein is meant a location in the sequence of a protein. Positions may be numbered sequentially, or according to an established format, for example the EU index as in Kabat. For example, position 297 is a position in the human antibody IgGl Corresponding positions are determined as outlined above, generally through alignment with other parent sequences.
  • target anti ⁇ en as used herein is meant the molecule that is bound specifically by the variable region of a given antibody.
  • a target antigen may be a protein, carbohydrate, lipid, or other chemical compound.
  • target cell as used herein is meant a cell that expresses a target antigen.
  • variant region as used herein is meant the region of an immunoglobulin that comprises one or more Ig domains substantially encoded by any of the VK, V ⁇ , and/or V H genes that make up the kappa, lambda, and heavy chain immunoglobulin genetic loci respectively.
  • variant polypeptide as used herein is meant a polypeptide sequence that differs from that of a parent polypeptide sequence by virtue of at least one amino acid modification.
  • the parent polypeptide may be a naturally occurring or wild-type (WT) polypeptide, or may be a modified version of a WT polypeptide.
  • Variant polypeptide may refer to the polypeptide itself, a composition comprising the polypeptide, or the amino sequence that encodes it.
  • the variant polypeptide has at least one amino acid modification compared to the parent polypeptide, e.g. from about one to about ten amino acid modifications, and preferably from about one to about five amino acid modifications compared to the parent.
  • the variant polypeptide sequence herein will preferably possess at least about 80% homology with a parent polypeptide sequence, and most preferably at least about 90% homology, more preferably at least about 95% homology.
  • Fc variant as used herein is meant an Fc sequence that differs from that of a parent Fc sequence by virtue of at least one amino acid modification.
  • Fc variant may only encompass an Fc region, or may exist in the context of an antibody, Fc fusion, isolated Fc, Fc fragment, or other polypeptide that is substantially encoded by Fc.
  • Fc variant may refer to the Fc polypeptide itself, compositions comprising the Fc variant polypeptide, or the amino acid sequence that encodes it.
  • the Fc variants of the present invention are defined according to the amino acid modifications that compose them.
  • I332E is an Fc variant with the substitution I332E relative to the parent Fc polypeptide.
  • S239D/A330L/I332E (also referred to as 239D/330L/332E) defines an Fc variant with the substitutions S239D, A330L, and I332E (239D, 330L, and 332E) relative to the parent Fc polypeptide.
  • substitutions are provided is arbitrary, that is to say that, for example, S239D/A330L/I332E is the same Fc variant as S239D/I332E/A330L, and so on.
  • numbering is according to the EU index or EU numbering scheme (Kabat et a/., 1991 , Sequences of Proteins of Immunological Interest, 5th Ed., United States Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, incorporated by reference).
  • the EU index or EU index as in Kabat refers to the numbering of the EU antibody (Edelman et al., 1969, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 63:78-85, incorporated by reference).
  • the present invention is directed to optimized Fc variants useful in a variety of contexts. As outlined above, current antibody therapies suffer from a variety of problems.
  • the present invention provides a promising means for enhancing the anti-tumor potency of antibodies is via enhancement of their ability to mediate cytotoxic effector functions such as ADCC, ADCP, and CDC.
  • the present invention shows that antibodies with an Fc region optimized for binding to certain Fc ⁇ Rs may better mediate effector functions and thereby destroy cancer cells more effectively in patients.
  • the balance between activating and inhibiting receptors is an important consideration, and optimal effector function may result from an Fc with enhanced affinity for activation receptors, for example Fc ⁇ RI, Fc ⁇ Rlla/c, and Fc ⁇ Rllla, yet reduced affinity for the inhibitory receptor Fc ⁇ Rllb.
  • Fc ⁇ Rs can mediate antigen uptake and processing by antigen presenting cells
  • enhanced Fc/Fc ⁇ R affinity may also improve the capacity of antibody therapeutics to elicit an adaptive immune response.
  • several mutations disclosed in this application including S298A, E333A, and K334A, show enhanced binding to the activating receptor Fc ⁇ Rllla and reduced binding to the inhibitory receptor Fc ⁇ Rllb.
  • a particular variant is a S298A/E333A/K334A triple mutant with approximately a 1.7-fold increase in binding to F158 Fc ⁇ Rllla, a 5-fold decrease in binding to Fc ⁇ Rllb, and a 2.1-fold enhancement in ADCC.
  • Radioconjugates antibodies conjugated to toxins
  • immunotoxins antibodies conjugated to toxins
  • These drugs can be used to destroy cancer cells, but the recruitment of immune cells via Fc interaction with Fc ⁇ Rs brings healthy immune cells in proximity to the deadly payload (radiation or toxin), resulting in depletion of normal lymphoid tissue along with targeted cancer cells (Hutchins ef a/., 1995, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 92:11980-11984; White ef a/., 2001 , Annu Rev Med 52:125-145, incorporated by reference).
  • Fc variants should be engineered that not only ablate binding to Fc ⁇ Rs and/or C1q, but also maintain antibody stability, solubility, and structural integrity, as well as ability to interact with other important Fc ligands such as FcRn and proteins A and G.
  • the invention utilizes engineered glycoforms that can enhance Fc/Fc ⁇ R affinity and effector function.
  • An aglycosylated Fc with favorable solution properties and the capacity to mediate effector functions would be significantly enabling for the alternate production methods described above.
  • antibodies can be produced in bacteria and transgenic plants and animals with reduced risk of immunogenicity, and with effector function for clinical applications in which cytotoxicity is desired such as cancer.
  • the present invention describes the utilization of protein engineering methods to develop stable, soluble Fc variants with effector function. Currently, such Fc variants do not exist in the art. Fc variants of the present invention
  • Fc variants of the present invention may find use in a variety of Fc polypeptides.
  • An Fc polypeptide that comprises an Fc variant of the present invention is herein referred to as an "Fc polypeptide of the present invention".
  • Fc polypeptides of the present invention include polypeptides that comprise the Fc variants of the present invention in the context of a larger polypeptide, such as an antibody or Fc fusion. That is, Fc polypeptides of the present invention include antibodies and Fc fusions that comprise Fc variants of the present invention.
  • antibody of the present invention as used herein is meant an antibody that comprises an Fc variant of the present invention.
  • Fc fusion of the present invention refers to an Fc fusion that comprises an Fc variant of the present invention.
  • Fc polypeptides of the present invention also include polypeptides that comprise little or no additional polypeptide sequence other than the Fc region, referred to as an isolated Fc.
  • isolated Fc of the present invention used herein is meant an Fc polypeptide that comprises an Fc variant of the present invention, and comprises little or no additional polypeptide sequence other than the Fc region.
  • Fc polypeptides of the present invention also include fragments of the Fc region.
  • Fc fragment of the present invention as used herein is meant an Fc fragment that comprises an Fc variant of the present invention.
  • any of the aforementioned Fc polypeptides of the present invention may be fused to one or more fusion partners or conjugate partners to provide desired functional properties.
  • Fc variants may be constructed in a parent Fc polypeptide irrespective of its context. That is to say that, the sole criteria for a parent Fc polypeptide is that it comprise an Fc region.
  • the parent Fc polypeptides described herein may be derived from a wide range of sources, and may be substantially encoded by one or more Fc genes from any organism, including but not limited to humans, rodents including but not limited to mice and rats, lagomorpha such as rabbits and hares, camelidae such as camels, llamas, and dromedaries, and non-human primates, including but not limited to Prosimians, Platyrrhini (New World monkeys), Cercopithecoidea (Old World monkeys), and Hominoidea include the Gibbons, Lesser and Great Apes, with humans most preferred.
  • the parent Fc polypeptides of the present invention may be substantially encoded by immunoglobulin genes belonging to any of the antibody classes, including but not limited to sequences belonging to the IgG (including human subclasses IgGI , lgG2, lgG3, or lgG4), IgA (including human subclasses IgAI and lgA2), IgD, IgE, IgG, or IgM classes of antibodies. Most preferably the parent Fc polypeptides of the present invention comprise sequences belonging to the human IgG class of antibodies.
  • the parent Fc polypeptide may be a parent antibody, for example a human IgGI antibody, a human IgA antibody, or a mouse lgG2a or lgG2b antibody. Said parent antibody may be nonhuman, chimeric, humanized, or fully human as described in detail below.
  • the parent Fc polypeptide may be modified or engineered in some way, for example a parent antibodu may be affinity matured, or may possess engineered glycoforms, all as described more fully below.
  • the parent Fc polypeptide may be an Fc fusion, for example an Fc fusion wherein the fusion partner targets a cell surface receptor.
  • the parent Fc polypeptide may be an isolated Fc region, comprising little or no other polypeptide sequence outside the Fc region.
  • the parent Fc polypeptide may be a naturally existing Fc region, or may be an existing engineered variant of an Fc polypeptide. What is important is that the parent Fc polypeptide comprise an Fc region, which can then be mutated to generate an Fc variant.
  • the Fc variants of the present invention may be an antibody, referred to herein as an "antibody of the present invention".
  • Antibodies of the present invention may comprise immunoglobulin sequences that are substantially encoded by immunoglobulin genes belonging to any of the antibody classes, including but not limited to IgG (including human subclasses IgGI , lgG2, lgG3, or lgG4), IgA (including human subclasses IgAI and lgA2), IgD, IgE, IgG, and IgM classes of antibodies. Most preferably the antibodies of the present invention comprise sequences belonging to the human IgG class of antibodies. Antibodies of the present invention may be nonhuman, chimeric, humanized, or fully human.
  • Chimeric antibodies comprise the variable region of a nonhuman antibody, for example V H and V L domains of mouse or rat origin, operably linked to the constant region of a human antibody (see for example U.S. Patent No. 4,816,567, incorporated by reference).
  • Said nonhuman variable region may be derived from any organism as described above, preferably mammals and most preferably rodents or primates.
  • the antibody of the present invention comprises monkey variable domains, for example as described in Newman et al., 1992, Biotechnology 10:1455-1460, US 5,658,570, and US 5,750,105, incorporated by reference.
  • the variable region is derived from a nonhuman source, but its immunogenicity has been reduced using protein engineering.
  • the antibodies of the present invention are humanized (Tsurushita & Vasquez, 2004, Humanization of Monoclonal Antibodies, Molecular Biology of B Cells, 533-545, Elsevier Science (USA), incorporated by reference).
  • humanized antibody as used herein is meant an antibody comprising a human framework region (FR) and one or more complementarity determining regions (CDR's) from a non-human (usually mouse or rat) antibody.
  • the non-human antibody providing the CDR's is called the “donor” and the human immunoglobulin providing the framework is called the “acceptor”.
  • Humanization relies principally on the grafting of donor CDRs onto acceptor (human) V L and V H frameworks (Winter US 5,225,539, incorporated by reference). This strategy is referred to as "CDR grafting".
  • the humanized antibody optimally also will comprise at least a portion of an immunoglobulin constant region, typically that of a human immunoglobulin, and thus will typically comprise a human Fc region.
  • the immunogenicity of an Fc variant of the present invention is reduced using a method described in USSN 11/004,590, filed December 3, 2004, entitled “Methods of Generating Variant Proteins with Increased Host String Content and Compositions Thereof," incorporated by reference.
  • the antibodies of the present invention may be fully human, that is the sequences of the antibodies are completely or substantially human.
  • the Fc variants of the present invention may be an Fc fusion, referred to herein as an "Fc fusion of the present invention".
  • Fc fusions of the present invention comprise an Fc polypeptide operably linked to one or more fusion partners.
  • the role of the fusion partner typically, but not always, is to mediate binding of the Fc fusion to a target antigen.
  • the approved drug alefacept (marketed as AMEVIVE®) is an immunosuppressive Fc fusion that consists of the extracellular CD2-binding portion of the human leukocyte function antigen-3 (LFA- 3) linked to the Fc region of human IgGl
  • the approved drug etanercept (marketed as ENBREL®) is an Fc fusion comprising the extracellular ligand-binding portion of human tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR) linked to human IgGI Fc.
  • TNFR tumor necrosis factor receptor
  • Fusion partners include but are not limited to receptors and extracellular receptor domains, adhesion molecules, ligands, enzymes, cytokines, chemokines, or some other protein or protein domain.
  • the fusion partner may also play a role as a chemoattractant.
  • Undiscovered ligands or receptors may serve as fusion partners for the Fc variants of the present invention.
  • Small molecules may serve as fusion partners, and may include any therapeutic agent that directs the Fc fusion to a therapeutic target.
  • Such targets may be any molecule, preferrably an extracellular receptor, that is implicated in disease.
  • GPCRs G-Protein Coupled Receptors
  • ion channels including K+, Na+, Ca+ channels.
  • GPCRs G-Protein Coupled Receptors
  • ion channels including K+, Na+, Ca+ channels.
  • GPCRs G-Protein Coupled Receptors
  • ion channels including K+, Na+, Ca+ channels.
  • GPCRs G-Protein Coupled Receptors
  • ion channels including K+, Na+, Ca+ channels.
  • K+, Na+, Ca+ channels K+, Na+, Ca+ channels.
  • the Fc variants of the present invention may be fused to a small molecule that targets, for example, one or more GABA receptors, purinergic receptors, adrenergic receptors, histaminergic receptors, opiod receptors, chemokine receptors, glutamate receptors, nicotinic receptors, the 5HT (serotonin) receptor, and estrogen receptors.
  • a fusion partner may be a small-molecule mimetic of a protein that targets a therapeutically useful target.
  • Specific examples of particular drugs that may serve as Fc fusion partners can be found in L. S. Goodman et a/., Eds., Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics (McGraw-Hill, New York, ed. 9, 1996, incorporated by reference). Fusion partners include not only small molecules and proteins that bind known targets for existing drugs, but orphan receptors that do not yet exist as drug targets. The completion of the genome and proteome projects are proving to be a driving force in drug discovery, and these projects have yielded a trove of orphan receptors.
  • Fc fusions of the invention may comprise immunoglobulin sequences that are substantially encoded by immunoglobulin genes belonging to any of the antibody classes, including but not limited to IgG (including human subclasses IgGI , lgG2, lgG3, or lgG4), IgA (including human subclasses IgAI and lgA2), IgD, IgE, IgG, and IgM classes of antibodies.
  • IgG including human subclasses IgGI , lgG2, lgG3, or lgG4
  • IgA including human subclasses IgAI and lgA2
  • IgD IgE
  • IgG IgM classes of antibodies.
  • the Fc fusions of the present invention comprise sequences belonging to the human IgG class of antibodies.
  • a variety of linkers, defined and described below, may be used to covalently link Fc to a fusion partner to generate an Fc fusion.
  • the Fc variants of the present invention may find use in an isolated Fc, that is an Fc polypeptide that comprises little or no additional polypeptide sequence other than the Fc region and that comprises an Fc variant of the present invention.
  • Isolated Fc of the present invention are meant as molecules wherein the desired function of the molecule, for example the desired therapeutic function, resides solely in the Fc region. Thus the therapeutic target of an isolated Fc of the present invention is likely to involve one or more Fc ligands.
  • an isolated Fc that comprises the Fc variant may require no additional covalent polypeptide sequence to achieve its desired outcome.
  • said isolated Fc comprises from 90 - 100% of the Fc region, with little or no "extra" sequence.
  • an isolated Fc of the present invention may comprise residues C226 or P230 to the carboxyl-terminus of human IgGI , wherein the numbering is according to the EU index as in Kabat.
  • the isolated Fc of the present invention may contain no extra sequence outside the Fc region.
  • isolated Fc's may not also comprise additional polypeptide sequences.
  • an isolated Fc may, in addition to comprising an Fc variant Fc region, comprise additional polypeptide sequence tags that enable expression, purification, and the like.
  • the Fc variants of the present invention may find use in a fragment of the Fc region, that is an Fc polypeptide that comprises an Fc fragment that comprises an Fc variant of the present invention.
  • an Fc fragment of the present invention may comprise from 1 - 90% of the Fc region, with 10 - 90% being preferred, and 30 - 90% being most preferred.
  • an Fc fragment of the present invention may comprise an Fc variant IgGI C ⁇ 2 domain, an Fc variant IgGI C ⁇ 2 domain and hinge region, an Fc variant IgGI C ⁇ 3 domain, and so forth.
  • an Fc fragment of the present invention additionally comprises a fusion partner, effectively making it an Fc fragment fusion.
  • Fc fragments may or may not contian extra polypeptide sequence.
  • Fc variants of the present invention may be substantially encoded by genes from any organism, preferably mammals, including but not limited to humans, rodents including but not limited to mice and rats, lagomorpha including but not limited to rabbits and hares, camelidae including but not limited to camels, llamas, and dromedaries, and non-human primates, including but not limited to Prosimians, Platyrrhini (New World monkeys), Cercopithecoidea (Old World monkeys), and Hominoidea including the Gibbons and Lesser and Great Apes.
  • the Fc variants of the present invention are substantially human.
  • the Fc variants of the present invention may be substantially encoded by immunoglobulin genes belonging to any of the antibody classes.
  • the Fc variants of the present invention comprise sequences belonging to the IgG class of antibodies, including human subclasses IgGI , lgG2, lgG3, and lgG4.
  • the Fc variants of the present invention comprise sequences belonging to the IgA (including human subclasses IgAI and lgA2), IgD, IgE, IgG, or IgM classes of antibodies.
  • the Fc variants of the present invention may comprise more than one protein chain. That is, the present invention may find use in an Fc variant that is a monomer or an oligomer, including a homo- or hetero- oligomer.
  • the Fc polypeptides of the invention are based on human IgG sequences, and thus human IgG sequences are used as the "base" sequences against which other sequences are compared, including but not limited to sequences from other organisms, for example rodent and primate sequences, as well as sequences from other immunoglobulin classes such as IgA, IgE, IgGD, IgGM, and the like. It is contemplated that, although the Fc variants of the present invention are engineered in the context of one parent Fc variant, the variants may be engineered in or "transferred" to the context of another, second parent Fc variant.
  • the amino acid sequence of a first Fc variant outlined herein is directly compared to the sequence of a second Fc variant. After aligning the sequences, using one or more of the homology alignment programs known in the art (for example using conserved residues as between species), allowing for necessary insertions and deletions in order to maintain alignment (i.e., avoiding the elimination of conserved residues through arbitrary deletion and insertion), the residues equivalent to particular amino acids in the primary sequence of the first Fc variant are defined.
  • Alignment of conserved residues preferably should conserve 100% of such residues. However, alignment of greater than 75% or as little as 50% of conserved residues is also adequate to define equivalent residues.
  • Equivalent residues may also be defined by determining structural homology between a first and second Fc variant that is at the level of tertiary structure for Fc variants whose structures have been determined. In this case, equivalent residues are defined as those for which the atomic coordinates of two or more of the main chain atoms of a particular amino acid residue of the parent or precursor (N on N, CA on CA, C on C and O on O) are within 0.13 nm and preferably 0.1 nm after alignment.
  • variant antibody is generated wherein the parent antibody is human IgGI
  • said variant antibody may be engineered in a human lgG2 parent antibody, a human IgA parent antibody, a mouse lgG2a or lgG2b parent antibody, and the like.
  • the context of the parent Fc variant does not affect the ability to transfer the Fc variants of the present invention to other parent Fc variants.
  • the variant antibodies that are engineered in a human IgGI antibody that targets one epitope may be transferred into a human lgG2 antibody that targets a different epitope, into an Fc fusion that comprises a human IgGI Fc region that targets yet a different epitope, and so forth.
  • the Fc variants of the present invention may find use in a wide range of products.
  • the Fc variant of the invention is a therapeutic, a diagnostic, or a research reagent, preferably a therapeutic.
  • the Fc variant of the present invention may be used for agricultural or industrial uses.
  • An antibody of the present invention may find use in an antibody composition that is monoclonal or polyclonal.
  • the Fc variants of the present invention may be agonists, antagonists, neutralizing, inhibitory, or stimulatory.
  • the Fc variants of the present invention are used to kill target cells that bear the target antigen, for example cancer cells.
  • the Fc variants of the present invention are used to block, antagonize, or agonize the target antigen.
  • the Fc variants of the present invention are used to block, antagonize, or agonize the target antigen and kill the target cells that bear the target antigen.
  • any antigen may be targeted by the Fc variants of the present invention, including but not limited to proteins, subunits, domains, motifs, and/or epitopes belonging to the following list of targets: 17-IA, 4-1 BB, 4Dc, 6-keto-PGF1a, 8-iso-PGF2a, 8-oxo-dG, A1 Adenosine Receptor, A33, ACE, ACE-2, Activin, Activin A, Activin AB, Activin B, Activin C, Activin RIA, Activin RIA ALK-2, Activin RIB ALK-4, Activin RIIA, Activin RIIB, ADAM, ADAM10, ADAM12, ADAM15, ADAM17/TACE, ADAM8, ADAM9, ADAMTS, ADAMTS4, ADAMTS5, Addressins, aFGF, ALCAM, ALK, ALK-1 , ALK-7, alpha-1-
  • targets refers not only to specific proteins and biomolecules, but the biochemical pathway or pathways that comprise them.
  • CTLA-4 as a target antigen implies that the ligands and receptors that make up the T cell co-stimulatory pathway, including CTLA-4, B7-1 , B7-2, CD28, and any other undiscovered ligands or receptors that bind these proteins, are also targets.
  • target as used herein refers not only to a specific biomolecule, but the set of proteins that interact with said target and the members of the biochemical pathway to which said target belongs.
  • any of the aforementioned target antigens, the ligands or receptors that bind them, or other members of their corresponding biochemical pathway may be operably linked to the Fc variants of the present invention in order to generate an Fc fusion.
  • an Fc fusion that targets EGFR could be constructed by operably linking an Fc variant to EGF, TGF- ⁇ , or any other ligand, discovered or undiscovered, that binds EGFR.
  • an Fc variant of the present invention could be operably linked to EGFR in order to generate an Fc fusion that binds EGF, TGF- ⁇ , or any other ligand, discovered or undiscovered, that binds EGFR.
  • any polypeptide whether a ligand, receptor, or some other protein or protein domain, including but not limited to the aforementioned targets and the proteins that compose their corresponding biochemical pathways, may be operably linked to the Fc variants of the present invention to develop an Fc fusion.
  • Choosing the right target antigen for antibody therapy is a complex process and encompasses many variables. For anti-cancer treatment it is desirable to have a target whose expression is restricted to the cancerous cells. Some targets that have proven especially amenable to antibody therapy are those with signaling functions. Other therapeutic antibodies exert their effects by blocking signaling of the receptor by inhibiting the binding between a receptor and it's cognate ligand. Another mechanism of action of therapeutic antibodies is to cause receptor down regulation.
  • Some targets that have proven especially amenable to antibody therapy are those with signalling functions.
  • antibody cross-linking of the Her2/neu antigen may generate an apoptotic signal that results in cancer cell death.
  • this clustering with free antibody may be insufficient to cause apoptosis in vitro.
  • sufficient clustering can be mediated by crosslinking the antibody or by immobilizing it at high density to a surface such as the well of a microtiter plate.
  • this effect may be mediated by binding of the antibody to the Fc ligands, for example Fc ⁇ Rs expressed on a nearby cell.
  • Antibody Fc variants that bind more tightly to Fc ligands may thus more effectively cluster the signaling target and lead to enhanced induction of apoptosis.
  • Such a mechanism could be tested experimentally by adding antibody with and without enhanced Fc ligand binding to cells expressing the desired target that signals, and/or adding an Fc receptor and a corresponding antibody that will cluster the Fc receptor.
  • Alternative means for clustering Fc receptor include immobilization on beads, and over-expression in a non-effector cell line. After allowing apoptosis to occur, measurement of the relative apoptosis of target expressing cells would enable a quantitiative determination of the effect.
  • Antibodies that cause cell death through their interaction with targets may have an additional benefit.
  • the signals released by such dying cells attract macrophages and other cells of the immune system. These cells can then takeup the dead or dying cells in an antibody mediated manner. This has been shown to result in cross-presentation of antigen and the potential for a host immune response against the target cells. Such auto-antibodies in response to antibody therapy have been reported for the antigen targets Her2 and CD20. For this reason it may be advantageous to have Fc variants with altered receptor specificities to specifically stimulate cross-presentation and an immune response rather than the undesired effect of tolerance induction.
  • Other therapeutic antibodies exert their effects by inhibiting interaction between a receptor and it's cognate ligand, ultimately blocking signaling of the receptor. Such antibodies are used to treat many disease states. In this case it may be advantageous to utilize antibodies that do not recruit any host immune functions. A secondary effect of such an antibody may be actually inducing signalling itself through receptor clustering. In this case the desired therapeutic effect of blocking signaling would be abrogated by antibody mediated signaling. As discussed above, this clustering may be enhanced by antibody interaction with cells containing an Fc receptor. In this case, use of an Fc variant that binds less tightly or not at all to the Fc receptor would be preferable. Such an antibody would not mediate signaling, and its mechanism of action would thereby be restricted to blockage of receptor/ligand interactions.
  • Signaling receptors for which this would be most appropriate would likely be monomeric receptors which can only be dimerized but not substantially clustered by a primary antibody.
  • Mulitimeric receptors may be significantly clustered by the primary antibody and may not require additional clustering by Fc receptor binding.
  • Another potential mechanism of action of therapeutic antibodies is receptor downregulation. Such may be the case, for example, with the insulin-like growth factor receptor. Cell growth depends on continued signaling through the receptor, whereas in its absence cells cease to grow. One effect of antibodies directed against this receptor is to downregulate its expression and thereby ablate signaling. Cell recovery from cytotoxic therapy requires stimulation of this receptor. Downregulation of this receptor prevents these cells from recovery and renders the cytotoxic therapy substantially more effective. For antibodies for which this is the primary mechanism of action, decreased Fc receptor binding may prevent the sequestration of antibody by nontarget binding to Fc receptors. [118] Although many therapeutically effective antibodies work in part by signaling through their target antigen, this is not always the case.
  • Fc polypeptides of the present invention may find utility in providing novel mechanisms of efficacy for otherwise non-efficacious molecules.
  • Fc variants of the present invention may provide increased recruitment of immune functions that are inherently less toxic to the host while still effective at destroying target cancer cells. Such Fc variants may, for example, be more efficient at recruiting NK cells or at activating phagocytosis or initiating CDC. Alternatively, if a cytotoxic agent is utilized, it may be advantageous to use an Fc variant that provides reduced or altered Fc ligand binding.
  • Another significant target type are those targets that internalize, either as a normal part of their biological function or in response to antibody binding.
  • Fc ligand binding may reduce efficacy due to nonproductive sequestration of the therapeutic by Fc ligands.
  • Fc variants that provide decreased Fc ligand affinity.
  • antibody pre-association with Fc ligands prior to their binding to target antigen presented on cells may serve to inhibit internalization of the target.
  • increased Fc ligand affinity may serve to improve pre-association and thereby recruitment of effector cells and the host immune response.
  • a number of antibodies and Fc fusions that are approved for use, in clinical trials, or in development may benefit from the Fc variants of the present invention. These antibodies and Fc fusions are herein referred to as "clinical products and candidates". Thus in a preferred embodiment, the Fc polypeptides of the present invention may find use in a range of clinical products and candidates. For example, a number of antibodies that target CD20 may benefit from the Fc polypeptides of the present invention.
  • the Fc polypeptides of the present invention may find use in an antibody that is substantially similar to rituximab (Rituxan®, IDEC/Genentech/Roche) (see for example US 5,736,137), a chimeric anti-CD20 antibody approved to treat Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; HuMax-CD20, an anti-CD20 currently being developed by Genmab, an anti-CD20 antibody described in US 5,500,362, AME-133 (Applied Molecular Evolution), hA20 (Immunomedics, Inc.), HumaLYM (Intracel), and PRO70769 (PCT/US2003/040426, entitled "Immunoglobulin Variants and Uses Thereof).
  • rituximab Rituxan®, IDEC/Genentech/Roche
  • a number of antibodies that target members of the family of epidermal growth factor receptors may benefit from the Fc polypeptides of the present invention.
  • the Fc polypeptides of the present invention may find use in an antibody that is substantially similar to trastuzumab (Herceptin®, Genentech) (see for example US 5,677,171), a humanized anti-Her2/neu antibody approved to treat breast cancer; pertuzumab (rhuMab-2C4, OmnitargTM), currently being developed by Genentech; an anti-Her2 antibody described in US 4,753,894; cetuximab (Erbitux®, Imcione) (US 4,943,533; PCT WO 96/40210), a chimeric anti-EGFR antibody in clinical trials for a variety of cancers; ABX-EGF (US 6,235,883), currently being developed by Abgenix-lmmunex-Amgen; HuMaX-EGFr (USSN 10/172,317), currently being developed by Genmab; 425, EMD55900, EMD62000, and EMD72000 (Merck KGaA) (US 5,558,86
  • the Fc polypeptides of the present invention may find use in alemtuzumab (Campath®, Millenium), a humanized monoclonal antibody currently approved for treatment of B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
  • the Fc polypeptides of the present invention may find use in a variety of antibodies or Fc fusions that are substantially similar to other clinical products and candidates, including but not limited to muromonab-CD3 (Orthoclone OKT3®), an anti-CD3 antibody developed by Ortho Biotech/Johnson & Johnson, ibritumomab tiuxetan (Zevalin®), an anti-CD20 antibody developed by IDEC/Schering AG, gemtuzumab ozogamicin (Mylotarg®), an anti-CD33 (p67 protein) antibody developed by Celltech/Wyeth, alefacept (Amevive®), an anti-LFA-3 Fc fusion developed by Biogen), abciximab (ReoPro®), developed by Centocor/Lilly, basiliximab (Simulect®), developed by Novartis, palivizumab (Synagis®), developed by Medlmmune, infliximab (Remicade®),
  • Fc polypeptides of the present invention may be incorporated into the aforementioned clinical candidates and products, or into antibodies and Fc fusions that are substantially similar to them.
  • the Fc polypeptides of the present invention may be incorporated into versions of the aforementioned clinical candidates and products that are humanized, affinity matured, engineered, or modified in some other way.
  • the entire polypeptide of the aforementioned clinical products and candidates need not be used to construct a new antibody or Fc fusion that incorporates the Fc polypeptides of the present invention; for example only the variable region of a clinical product or candidate antibody, a substantially similar variable region, or a humanized, affinity matured, engineered, or modified version of the variable region may be used.
  • the Fc polypeptides of the present invention may find use in an antibody or Fc fusion that binds to the same epitope, antigen, ligand, or receptor as one of the aforementioned clinical products and candidates.
  • the Fc polypeptides of the present invention are used for the treatment of autoimmune, inflammatory, or transplant indications.
  • Target antigens and clinical products and candidates that are relevant for such diseases include but are not limited to anti- ⁇ 4 ⁇ 7 integrin antibodies such as LDP-02, anti-beta2 integrin antibodies such as LDP-01 , anti-complement (C5) antibodies such as 5G1.1 , anti-CD2 antibodies such as BTI-322, MEDI-507, anti-CD3 antibodies such as OKT3, SMART anti-CD3, anti-CD4 antibodies such as IDEC-151 , MDX-CD4, OKT4A, anti-CD11a antibodies, anti-CD14 antibodies such as IC14, anti-CD18 antibodies, anti-CD23 antibodies such as IDEC 152, anti-CD25 antibodies such as Zenapax, anti-CD40L antibodies such as 5c8, Antova, IDEC- 131 , anti-CD64 antibodies such as MDX-33, anti-CD80 antibodies such as IDEC-114,
  • Fc variants of the present invention may be utilized in TNF inhibitor molecules to provide enhanced properties. It has been shown that the effector function associated with Fc ⁇ Rllla may negatively impact the effectiveness of certain TNF inhibitor molecules used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis or psoriatic arthritis patients that have a high-affinity polymorphism (158 F:V discussed herein elsewhere) and vice-versa (Z. Tutuncu et al., 2004, "FcR Polymorphisms and Treatment Outcomes in Patients with Inflammatory Arthritis Treated with TNF Blocking Agents", oral presentation on October 18, 2004 at the 2004 ACR Meeting, San Antonio, TX; abstract published in Arthritis & Rheumatism, September 2004, incorporated by reference).
  • a TNF inhibitor In general for autoimmune conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis or psoriatic arthritis, combining a TNF inhibitor with an Fc variant that provides reduced binding to one or more Fc ⁇ Rs as compared to the parent enhances the effectiveness of therapy. Ideally, reduced or even ablated binding to one or more Fc ⁇ Rs, for example Fc ⁇ Rllla, with a TNF inhibitor molecule would produce the best results.
  • Useful TNF inhibitor molecules include any molecule that inhibits the action of TNF-alpha in a mammal. Suitable examples include the Fc fusion Enbrel® (etanercept) and the antibodies Humira® (adalimumab) and Remicade® (infliximab). Monoclonal antibodies (such as Remicade and Humira) engineered using the Fc variants of the present invention to reduce Fc binding, may translate to better efficacy. Effector function of Humira, Remicade, and Enbrel was not considered in the development of these drugs, let alone modulation of effector function.
  • Useful TNF inhibitor molecules preferably include Dominant Negative TNF molecules (as defined in USSN 09/798,789, filed March 2, 2000; 09/981,289, filed October 15, 2001 ; 10/262,630, filed September 30, 2002; and 10/963,994, filed October 12, 2004, all incorporated by reference).
  • the Dominant Negative TNF molecules have no intrinsic effector activity, and act to "save" transmembrane TNF (tmTNF) (i.e., if the killing of cells that contain tmTNF has a negative effect on disease outcome for rheumatoid or psoriatic arthritis).
  • tmTNF transmembrane TNF
  • a DN-TNF molecule associated with an Fc variant that reduces or ablates Fc ⁇ R binding to the receptor is preferred.
  • the Fc polypeptides of the present invention function therapeutically, in whole or in part, through ADCC activity.
  • Target antigens and clinical products and candidates that are relevant for such application may include but are not limited to: anti-CD20 antibodies such as Bexocar, Rituxan®, Zevalin®, and PRO70769, anti-CD33 antibodies such as Smart M 195, anti-CD22 antibodies such as LymphocideTM, anti-CD30 antibodies such as AC-10 and SGN-30, anti-EGFR antibodies such as ABX-EGF, Cetuximab, IMC-C225, Merck Mab 425, anti-EpCAM antibodies such as Crucell's anti-EpCAM, anti-HER2 antibodies such as Herceptin and MDX-210, and anti-CEA antibodies such as cantumab and Pentacea.
  • anti-CD20 antibodies such as Bexocar, Rituxan®, Zevalin®, and PRO70769
  • anti-CD33 antibodies such as Smart M 195
  • anti-CD22 antibodies such
  • the Fc polypeptides of the present invention function therapeutically, in whole or in part, through CDC activity.
  • Target antigens and clinical products and candidates that are relevant for such application may include but are not limited to: anti-CEA antibodies such as cantumab and Pentacea, anti-CD20 antibodies such as Bexocar, Rituxan®, Zevalin®, and PRO70769, anti-EpCAM antibodies such as Crucell's anti-EpCAM and Edrecolomab, and anti-CD52 antibodies such as Campath® (alemtuzumab).
  • the Fc polypeptides of the present invention are directed against antigens expressed in the hematological lineage.
  • Target antigens and clinical products and candidates that are relevant for such application may include but are not limited to: anti-CD33 antibodies such as Smart M195, anti-CD40L antibodies such as AntovaTM, IDEC-131 , anti-CD44 antibodies such as Blvatuzumab, anti-CD52 antibodies such as Campath® (alemtuzumab), anti-CD80 antibodies such as IDEC-114, anti-CTLA-4 antibodies such as MDX-101 , anti-CD20 antibodies such as Bexocar, Rituxan®, Zevalin®, and PRO70769, anti-CD22 antibodies such as LymphocideTM, anti- CD23 antibodies such as IDEC-152, anti-CD25 antibodies such as Zenapax® (daclizumab), and anti- MHC (HLA-DR) antibodies such as apolizumab.
  • anti-CD33 antibodies such as Smart M195
  • the Fc polypeptides of the present invention are directed against antigens expressed in solid tumors.
  • Target antigens and clinical products and candidates that are relevant for such application may include but are not limited to: anti-EpCAM antibodies such as Crucell's anti-EpCAM and Edrecolomab, anti-CEA antibodies such as cantumab and Pentacea, anti- EGFR antibodies such as ABX-EGF, Cetuximab, IMC-C225, Merck Mab 425, anti-Mud antibodies such as BravaRex, TriAb, anti-Her2 antibodies such as Herceptin®, MDX-210, anti-GD-2 ganglioside antibodies such as 3F8 and TriGem, anti-GD-3 ganglioside antibodies such as mitumomab, anti- PSMA antibodies such as MDX-070, anti-CA125 antibodies such as oregovomab, anti-TAG-72 antibdies such as MDX-220, and anti-MUC-1 antibodies such as
  • the target of the Fc variants of the present invention is itself one or more Fc ligands.
  • Fc polypeptides of the invention can be utilized to modulate the activity of the immune system, and in some cases to mimic the effects of IVIg therapy in a more controlled, specific, and efficient manner.
  • IVIg is effectively a high dose of immunoglobulins delivered intravenously.
  • IVIg has been used to downregulate autoimmune conditions. It has been hypothesized that the therapeutic mechanism of action of IVIg involves ligation of Fc receptors at high frequency (J. Bayry et al., 2003, Transfusion Clinique et Bitechnik 10: 165-169; Binstadt et al., 2003, J Allergy Clin.
  • the immunomodulatory effects of IVIg may be dependent on productive interaction with one or more Fc ligands, including but not limited to Fc ⁇ Rs, complement proteins, and FcRn.
  • Fc variants of the invention with enhanced affinity for Fc ⁇ Rllb can be used to promote anti-inflammatory activity (Samuelsson et al., 2001 , Science 291 : 484-486) and or to reduce autoimmunity (Hogarth, 2002, Current Opinion in Immunology, 14:798-802).
  • Fc polypeptides of the invention with enhanced affinity for one or more Fc ⁇ Rs can be utilized by themselves or in combination with additional modifications to reduce autoimmunity (Hogarth, 2002, Current Opinion in Immunology, 14:798-802).
  • Fc variants of the invention with enhanced affinity for Fc ⁇ Rllla but reduced capacity for intracellular signaling can be used to reduce immune system activation by competitively interfering with Fc ⁇ Rllla binding.
  • the context of the Fc variant drammatically impacts the desired specificity.
  • Fc variants that provide enhanced binding to one or more activating Fc ⁇ Rs may provide optimal immunomodulatory effects in the context of an antibody, Fc fusion, isolated Fc, or Fc fragment by acting as an Fc ⁇ R antagonist (van Mirre et al., 2004, J. Immunol. 173:332-339).
  • fusion or conjugation of two or more Fc variants may provide different effects, and for such an Fc polypeptide it may be optimal to utilize Fc variants that provide enhanced affinity for an inhibitory receptor.
  • the Fc variants of the present invention may be used as immunomodulatory therapeutics.
  • Binding to or blocking Fc receptors on immune system cells may be used to influence immune response in immunological conditions including but not limited to idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) among others.
  • ITP idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura
  • RA rheumatoid arthritis
  • the Fc variants may provide enhanced binding to an Fc ⁇ R, including but not limited to Fc ⁇ Rlla, Fc ⁇ Rllb, Fc ⁇ Rllla, Fc ⁇ Rlllb, and/or Fc ⁇ RI.
  • binding enhanements to Fc ⁇ Rllb would increase expression or inhibitory activity, as needed, of that receptor and improve efficacy.
  • blocking binding to activation receptors such as Fc ⁇ Rlllb or Fc ⁇ RI may improve efficacy.
  • modulated affinity of the Fc variants for FcRn and/or also complement may also provide benefits.
  • Fc variants that provide enhanced binding to the inhibitory receptor Fc ⁇ Rllb provide an enhancement to the IVIg therapeutic approach.
  • the Fc variants of the present invention that bind with greater affinity to the Fc ⁇ Rllb receptor than parent Fc polypeptide may be used.
  • Such Fc variants would thus function as Fc ⁇ Rllb agonists, and woulld be expected to enhance the beneficial effects of IVIg as an autoimmune disease therapeutic and also as a modulator of B-cell proliferation.
  • such Fc ⁇ Rllb-enhanced Fc variants may also be further modified to have the same or limited binding to other receptors.
  • the Fc variants with enhanced Fc ⁇ Rllb affinity may be combined with mutations that reduce or ablate to other receptors, thereby potentially further minimizing side effects during therapeutic use.
  • Such immunomodulatory applications of the Fc variants of the present invention may also be utilized in the treatment of oncological indications, especially those for which antibody therapy involves antibody-dependant cytotoxic mechanisms.
  • an Fc variant that enhances affinity to Fc ⁇ Rllb may be used to antagonize this inhibitory receptor, for example by binding to the Fc/Fc ⁇ Rllb binding site but failing to trigger, or reducing cell signaling, potentially enhancing the effect of antibody-based anti-cancer therapy.
  • Such Fc variants, functioning as Fc ⁇ Rllb antagonists may either block the inhibitory properties of Fc ⁇ Rllb, or induce its inhibitory function as in the case of IVIg.
  • Fc ⁇ Rllb antagonist may be used as co-therapy in combination with any other therapeutic, including but not limited to antibodies, acting on the basis of ADCC related cytotoxicity.
  • Fc ⁇ Rllb antagonistic Fc variants of this type are preferably isolated Fc or Fc fragments, although in alternate embodiments antibodies and Fc fusions may be used. Optimized Properties
  • the present invention provides Fc variants that are optimized for a number of therapeutically relevant properties.
  • An Fc variant comprises one or more amino acid modifications relative to a parent Fc polypeptide, wherein said amino acid modification(s) provide one or more optimized properties.
  • An Fc variant of the present invention differs in amino acid sequence from its parent Fc polypeptide by virtue of at least one amino acid modification.
  • Fc variants of the present invention have at least one amino acid modification compared to the parent.
  • the Fc variants of the present invention may have more than one amino acid modification as compared to the parent, for example from about one to fifty amino acid modifications, preferrably from about one to ten amino acid modifications, and most preferably from about one to about five amino acid modifications compared to the parent.
  • sequences of the Fc variants and those of the parent Fc polypeptide are substantially homologous.
  • the variant Fc variant sequences herein will possess about 80% homology with the parent Fc variant sequence, preferably at least about 90% homology, and most preferably at least about 95% homology.
  • the Fc variants of the present invention may be optimized for a variety of properties.
  • An Fc variant that is engineered or predicted to display one or more optimized properties is herein referred to as an "optimized Fc variant".
  • Properties that may be optimized include but are not limited to enhanced or reduced affinity for an Fc ⁇ R.
  • the Fc variants of the present invention are optimized to possess enhanced affinity for a human activating Fc ⁇ R, preferably Fc ⁇ RI, Fc ⁇ Rlla, Fc ⁇ Rllc, Fc ⁇ Rllla, and Fc ⁇ Rlllb, most preferably Fc ⁇ Rllla.
  • the Fc variants are optimized to possess reduced affinity for the human inhibitory receptor Fc ⁇ Rllb.
  • Fc variants of the present invention are optimized to have reduced or ablated affinity for a human Fc ⁇ R, including but not limited to Fc ⁇ RI, Fc ⁇ Rlla, Fc ⁇ Rllb, Fc ⁇ Rllc, Fc ⁇ Rllla, and Fc ⁇ Rlllb. These embodiments are anticipated to provide Fc polypeptides with enhanced therapeutic properties in humans, for example reduced effector function and reduced toxicity. In other embodiments, Fc variants of the present invention provide enhanced affinity for one or more Fc ⁇ Rs, yet reduced affinity for one or more other Fc ⁇ Rs.
  • an Fc variant of the present invention may have enhanced binding to Fc ⁇ Rllla, yet reduced binding to Fc ⁇ Rllb.
  • an Fc variant of the present invention may have enhanced binding to Fc ⁇ Rlla and Fc ⁇ RI, yet reduced binding to Fc ⁇ Rllb.
  • an Fc variant of the present invention may have enhanced affinity for Fc ⁇ Rllb, yet reduced affinity to one or more activating Fc ⁇ Rs.
  • Preferred embodiments comprise optimization of Fc binding to a human Fc ⁇ R, however in alternate embodiments the Fc variants of the present invention possess enhanced or reduced affinity for Fc ⁇ Rs from nonhuman organisms, including but not limited to rodents and non-human primates.
  • Fc variants that are optimized for binding to a nonhuman Fc ⁇ R may find use in experimentation.
  • mouse models are available for a variety of diseases that enable testing of properties such as efficacy, toxicity, and pharmacokinetics for a given drug candidate.
  • cancer cells can be grafted or injected into mice to mimic a human cancer, a process referred to as xenografting.
  • Testing of Fc variants that comprise Fc variants that are optimized for one or more mouse Fc ⁇ Rs may provide valuable information with regard to the efficacy of the protein, its mechanism of action, and the like.
  • the Fc variants of the present invention may also be optimized for enhanced functionality and/or solution properties in aglycosylated form.
  • the aglycosylated Fc variants of the present invention bind an Fc ligand with greater affinity than the aglycosylated form of the parent Fc variant.
  • Said Fc ligands include but are not limited to Fc ⁇ Rs, C1q, FcRn, and proteins A and G, and may be from any source including but not limited to human, mouse, rat, rabbit, or monkey, preferably human.
  • the Fc variants are optimized to be more stable and/or more soluble than the aglycosylated form of the parent Fc variant.
  • Fc variants of the invention may comprise modifications that modulate interaction with Fc ligands other than Fc ⁇ Rs, including but not limited to complement proteins, FcRn, and Fc receptor homologs (FcRHs).
  • FcRHs include but are not limited to FcRHI , FcRH2, FcRH3, FcRH4, FcRH5, and FcRH ⁇ (Davis et al., 2002, Immunol. Reviews 190:123-136).
  • the Fc ligand specificity of the Fc variant of the present invention will determine its therapeutic utility.
  • the utility of a given Fc variant for therapeutic purposes will depend on the epitope or form of the Target antigen and the disease or indication being treated.
  • enhanced Fc ⁇ R-mediated effector functions may be preferable. This may be particularly favorable for anti-cancer Fc variants.
  • Fc variants may be used that comprise Fc variants that provide enhanced affinity for activating Fc ⁇ Rs and/or reduced affinity for inhibitory Fc ⁇ Rs.
  • Fc variants that provide differential selectivity for different activating Fc ⁇ Rs; for example, in some cases enhanced binding to Fc ⁇ Rlla and Fc ⁇ Rllla may be desired, but not Fc ⁇ RI, whereas in other cases, enhanced binding only to Fc ⁇ Rlla may be preferred.
  • Fc variants that enhance both Fc ⁇ R-mediated and complement-mediated effector functions, whereas for other cases it may be advantageous to utilize Fc variants that enhance either Fc ⁇ R-mediated or complement- mediated effector functions.
  • Targets or cancer indications it may be advantageous to reduce or ablate one or more effector functions, for example by knocking out binding to C1q, one or more Fc ⁇ R's, FcRn, or one or more other Fc ligands.
  • Fc variants that provide enhanced binding to the inhibitory Fc ⁇ Rllb, yet WT level, reduced, or ablated binding to activating Fc ⁇ Rs. This may be particularly useful, for example, when the goal of an Fc variant is to inhibit inflammation or auto-immune disease, or modulate the immune system in some way.
  • Fc ligand selectivity or specifity of a given Fc variant will provide different properties depending on whether it composes an antibody, Fc fusion, or an Fc variants with a coupled fusion or conjugate partner.
  • toxin, radionucleotide, or other conjugates may be less toxic to normal cells if the Fc variant that comprises them has reduced or ablated binding to one or more Fc ligands.
  • an Fc variant with enhanced affinity for activating Fc ⁇ Rs such as to bind these Fc ⁇ Rs and prevent their activation.
  • an Fc variant that comprises two or more Fc regions with enhanced Fc ⁇ Rllb affinity may co-engage this receptor on the surface of immune cells, thereby inhibiting proliferation of these cells.
  • an Fc variants may engage its target antigen on one cell type yet engage Fc ⁇ Rs on separate cells from the target antigen, in other cases it may be advantageous to engage Fc ⁇ Rs on the surface of the same cells as the target antigen.
  • an antibody targets an antigen on a cell that also expresses one or more Fc ⁇ Rs
  • antigen and Fc ⁇ R co-engagement on the same cell may be advantageous when the Fc variant is being used to modulate the immune system in some way, wherein co-engagement of target antigen and Fc ⁇ R provides some proliferative or anti-proliferative effect.
  • Fc variants that comprise two or more Fc regions may benefit from Fc variants that modulate Fc ⁇ R selectivity or specifity to co-engage Fc ⁇ Rs on the surface of the same cell.
  • the Fc ligand specificity of the Fc variants of the present invention can be modulated to create different effector function profiles that may be suited for particular target antigens, indications, or patient populations.
  • Table 1 describes several preferred embodiments of receptor binding profiles that include improvements to, reductions to or no effect to the binding to various receptors, where such changes may be beneficial in certain contexts.
  • the receptor binding profiles in the table could be varied by degree of increase or decrease to the specified receptors.
  • the binding changes specified could be in the context of additional binding changes to other receptors such as C1q or FcRn, for example by combining with ablation of binding to C1q to shut off complement activation, or by combining with enhanced binding to C1q to increase complement activiation.
  • Other embodiments with other receptor binding profiles are possible, the listed receptor binding profiles are exemplary.
  • Fc ⁇ Rs The presence of different polymorphic forms of Fc ⁇ Rs provides yet another parameter that impacts the therapeutic utility of the Fc variants of the present invention.
  • specificity and selectivity of a given Fc variant for the different classes of FcyRs signficantly affects the capacity of an Fc variant to target a given antigen for treatment of a given disease
  • the specificity or selectivity of an Fc variant for different polymorphic forms of these receptors may in part determine which research or pre-clinical experiments may be appropriate for testing, and ultimately which patient populations may or may not respond to treatment.
  • Fc variants of the present invention may be used to guide the selection of valid research and pre-clinical experiments, clinical trial design, patient selection, dosing dependence, and/or other aspects concerning clinical trials.
  • the Fc polypeptides of the present invention may comprise one or more additional modifications.
  • Said modifications may be amino acid modifications, or may modifications that are not amino acid modifications such as modifications that are made enzymatically or chemically.
  • Combinations of additional amino acid modifications and modifications that are not amino acid modifications are contemplated.
  • Such additional modification(s) likely provide some improvement in the Fc polypeptide, for example an enhancement in its stability, solubility, function, or clinical use.
  • the present invention contemplates a variety of improvements that made be made by coupling the Fc variants of the present invention with additional modifications.
  • the Fc variants of the present invention may be combined with other amino acid modifications in the Fc region that provide altered or optimized interaction with one or more Fc ligands, including but not limited to Fc ⁇ Rs, C1q or other complement proteins, FcRn, FcR homologues (FcRHs), and/or as yet undiscovered Fc ligands.
  • Fc polypeptides of the present invention may themselves have as yet unknown useful interaction properties with one or more Fc ligands, for example FcRHs.
  • Additional modifications may provide altered or optimized affinity and/or specificity to the Fc ligands. Additional modifications may provide altered or optimized effector functions, including but not limited to ADCC, ADCP, CDC, and/or serum half-life.
  • the Fc variants of the present invention may be combined with known Fc variants (Duncan et al., 1988, Nature 332:563- 564; Lund et al., 1991 , J Immunol 147:2657-2662; Lund et al., 1992, MoI Immunol 29:53-59; Alegre ef al., 1994, Transplantation 57:1537-1543; Hutchins ef al., 1995, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 92:11980- 11984; Jefferis et al., 1995, Immunol Lett 44: 111 -117; Lund ef a/., 1995, Faseb J 9:115-119; Jefferis ef a/., 1996, Immunol Lett 54:101-104; Lund et al., 1996, J Immunol 157:4963-4969; Armour
  • substitutions S298A, S298D, K326E, K326D, E333A, K334A, and P396L provide optimized Fc ⁇ R binding and/or enhanced ADCC.
  • substitutions K326W, K326Y, and E333S provide enhanced binding to the complement protein C1q and enhanced CDC.
  • substitutions T250Q, T250E, M428L, and M428F provide enhanced binding to FcRn and improved pharmacokinetics.
  • the differences between the IgGs in the Fc region are likely to contribute to differences in Fc ⁇ R- and C1q-mediated effector functions.
  • the modifications can be made in other non-Fc regions of an Fc variant, including for example the Fab and hinge regions of an antibody, or the Fc fusion partner of an Fc fusion.
  • the Fab and hinge regions of an antibody may impact effector functions such as antibody dependent cell- mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC), antibody dependent cell-mediated phagocytosis (ADCP), and complement dependent cytotoxicity (CDC).
  • antibodies of the present invention may comprise one or more amino acid modifications in the V L , C L , V H , CR1 , and/or hinge regions of an antibody.
  • Fc variants may be engineered such that it binds to an Fc receptor of a different isotype. This may be particularly applicable when the Fc binding sites for the respective Fc receptors do not significantly overlap.
  • the structural determinants of IgA binding to Fc ⁇ RI may be engineered into an IgG Fc variant.
  • the Fc variants of the present invention may comprise modifications that modulate the in vivo pharmacokinetic properties of an Fc variant. These include, but are not limited to, modifications that enhance affinity for the neonatal Fc receptor FcRn (USSN 10/020354; WO2001 US0048432; EP2001000997063; US6277375; USSN 09/933497; WO1997US0003321 ; US6737056; WO2000US0000973; Shields et a!., 2001, J Biol Chem 276(9): 6591-6604; Zhou et al., 2003, J MoI Biol., 332: 901-913).
  • substitutions T250Q, T250E, M428L, and M428F provide enhanced binding to FcRn and improved pharmacokinetics.
  • preferred modifications are those that maintain the wild-type Fc's improved binding at lower pH relative to the higher pH.
  • modifications that reduce affinity for FcRn are preferred.
  • Additional modifications may comprise amino acid modifications wherein residues in an Fc polypeptide are modified to the corresponding residue in a homologous Fc polypeptide.
  • Effector functions such as ADCC, ADCP, CDC, and serum half-life differ significantly between the different classes of antibodies, including for example human IgGI, lgG2, lgG3, lgG4, IgAI , lgA2, IgD, IgE, IgG, and IgM (references - Michaelsen et al., 1992, Molecular Immunology 29(3): 319-326).
  • Human IgGI is the most commonly used antibody for therapeutic purposes, and engineering studies wherein variants have been constructed that show enhanced effector function have been carried out predominantly in this context.
  • Fc polypeptides As described above, it is possible to determine corresponding or equivalent residues in Fc polypeptides that have significant sequence or structural homology with each other. By the same token, it is possible to use such methods to engineer additional amino acid modifications in an Fc polypeptide to provide additional optimized properties, for example as described in USSN 60/621 ,387, filed 10/21/2004.
  • amino acid modifications can be made that replace one or more residues in an Fc polypeptide of the present invention with one or more residues in another homologous Fc polypeptide.
  • hybrid Fc polypeptides are constructed, such that one or more regions of an Fc polypeptide of the present invention are replace with the corresponding regions of a homolous Fc polypeptide.
  • IgGI , lgG2, lgG3, and lgG4 variants in order to investigate the determinants of the effector function differences between them. See for example Canfield & Morrison, 1991 , J Exp Med 173: 1483-1491 ; Chappel et al., 1991 , Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 88(20): 9036-9040; Chappel et al., 1993, J Biol Chem 268: 25124-25131; Tao, Canfield, and Morrison, 1991, J Exp Med 173: 1025-1028; Tao et al., 1993, J Exp Med 178: 661-667; Redpath et al., 1998, Human Immunology, 59, 720-727.
  • the Fc variants of the present invention comprise one or more engineered glycoforms.
  • engineered qlvcoform as used herein is meant a carbohydrate composition that is covalently attached to an Fc variant, wherein said carbohydrate composition differs chemically from that of a parent Fc variant.
  • Engineered glycoforms may be useful for a variety of purposes, including but not limited to enhancing or reducing effector function.
  • Engineered glycoforms may be generated by a variety of methods known in the art (Uma ⁇ a et al., 1999, Nat Biotechnol 17:176-180; Davies et al., 2001 , Biotechnol Bioeng 74:288-294; Shields et al., 2002, J Biol Chem 277:26733-26740; Shinkawa et al., 2003, J Biol Chem 278:3466-3473); (US 6,602,684; USSN 10/277,370; USSN 10/113,929; PCT WO 00/61739A1 ; PCT WO 01/29246A1 ; PCT WO 02/31140A1 ; PCT WO 02/30954A1); (Potel ⁇ gentTM technology [Biowa, Inc., Princeton, NJ]; GlycoMAbTM glycosylation engineering technology [GLYCART biotechnology AG, Zurich, Switzerland]).
  • Engineered glycoform typically refers to the different carbohydrate or oligosaccharide; thus an Fc variant, for example an antibody or Fc fusion, may comprise an engineered glycoform.
  • engineered glycoform may refer to the Fc variant that comprises the different carbohydrate or oligosaccharide.
  • Fc variants of the present invention may comprise one or more modifications that provide optimized properties that are not specifically related to effector function per se. Said modifications may be amino acid modifications, or may be modifications that are made enzymatically or chemically. Such modification(s) likely provide some improvement in the Fc variant, for example an enhancement in its stability, solubility, function, or clinical use.
  • the present invention contemplates a variety of improvements that made be made by coupling the Fc variants of the present invention with additional modifications.
  • the Fc variants of the present invention may comprise modifications to reduce immunogenicity in humans.
  • the immunogenicity of an Fc variant of the present invention is reduced using a method described in USSN 11/004,590, filed December 3, 2004, entitled “Methods of Generating Variant Proteins with Increased Host String Content and Compositions Thereof.
  • the antibodies of the present invention are humanized (Clark, 2000, Immunol Today 21 :397-402).
  • humanized antibody as used herein is meant an antibody comprising a human framework region (FR) and one or more complementarity determining regions (CDR's) from a non-human (usually mouse or rat) antibody.
  • the non-human antibody providing the CDR's is called the "donor” and the human immunoglobulin providing the framework is called the “acceptor”.
  • Humanization relies principally on the grafting of donor CDRs onto acceptor (human) V L and V H frameworks (Winter US 5225539). This strategy is referred to as “CDR grafting”. "Backmutation" of selected acceptor framework residues to the corresponding donor residues is often required to regain affinity that is lost in the initial grafted construct (US 5530101 ; US 5585089; US 5693761 ; US 5693762; US 6180370; US 5859205; US 5821337; US 6054297; US 6407213).
  • the humanized antibody optimally also will comprise at least a portion of an immunoglobulin constant region, typically that of a human immunoglobulin, and thus will typically comprise a human Fc region.
  • an immunoglobulin constant region typically that of a human immunoglobulin
  • human Fc region typically comprise a human Fc region.
  • Humanization methods include but are not limited to methods described in Jones et al., 1986, Nature 321 :522-525; Riechmann et a/., 1988; Nature 332:323-329; Verhoeyen et al., 1988, Science, 239:1534-1536; Queen et al., 1989, Proc Natl Acad ScI, USA 86:10029-33; He et al., 1998, J Immunol 160: 1029-1035; Carter et al., 1992, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 89:4285-9, Presta et al., 1997, Cancer Res 57(20):4593-9; Gorman et al., 1991 , Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 88:4181-4185; O'Connor et al., 1998, Protein Eng 11 :321-8.
  • Humanization or other methods of reducing the immunogenicity of nonhuman antibody variable regions may include resurfacing methods, as described for example in Roguska et al., 1994, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 91:969-973.
  • selection based methods may be employed to humanize and/or affinity mature antibody variable regions, including but not limited to methods described in Wu et al., 1999, J. MoI. Biol. 294:151-162; Baca et al., 1997, J. Biol. Chem. 272(16):10678-10684; Rosok et al., 1996, J. Biol. Chem. 271 (37): 22611-22618; Rader et al., 1998, Proc. Natl. Acad.
  • Modifications to reduce immunogenicity may include modifications that reduce binding of processed peptides derived from the parent sequence to MHC proteins. For example, amino acid modifications would be engineered such that there are no or a minimal number of immune epitopes that are predicted to bind, with high affinity, to any prevalent MHC alleles.
  • amino acid modifications would be engineered such that there are no or a minimal number of immune epitopes that are predicted to bind, with high affinity, to any prevalent MHC alleles.
  • Sequence-based information can be used to determine a binding score for a given peptide - MHC interaction (see for example Mallios, 1999, Bioinformatics 15: 432- 439; Mallios, 2001 , Bioinformatics 17: p942-948; Sturniolo et. al., 1999, Nature Biotech. 17: 555-561).
  • MHC-binding propensity scores are calculated for each 9-residue frame along the protein sequence using a matrix method (see Sturniolo ef.
  • the matrix comprises binding scores for specific amino acids interacting with the peptide binding pockets in different human class Il MHC molecule. In the most preferred embodiment, the scores in the matrix are obtained from experimental peptide binding studies.
  • scores for a given amino acid binding to a given pocket are extrapolated from experimentally characterized alleles to additional alleles with identical or similar residues lining that pocket. Matrices that are produced by extrapolation are referred to as "virtual matrices".
  • additional amino acid modifications may be engineered to reduce the propensity of the intact molecule to interact with B cell receptors and circulating antibodies.
  • Antibodies and Fc fusions of the present invention may comprise amino acid modifications in one or more regions outside the Fc region, for example the antibody Fab region or the Fc fusion partner, that provide optimal properties.
  • the variable region of an antibody of the present invention may be affinity matured, that is to say that amino acid modifications have been made in the V H and/or V L domains of the antibody to enhance binding of the antibody to its target antigen.
  • modifications may be made in the Fc fusion partner to enhance affinity of the Fc fusion for its target antigen.
  • Such types of modifications may improve the association and/or the dissociation kinetics for binding to the target antigen.
  • Other modifications include those that improve selectivity for target antigen vs. alternative targets.
  • Fc variants of the invention may comprise one or more modifications that provide reduced or enhanced internalization of an Fc variant.
  • Fc variants of the present invention can be utilized or combined with additional modifications in order to reduce the cellular internalization of an Fc variant that occurs via interaction with one or more Fc ligands. This property might be expected to enhance effector function, and potentially reduce immunogenicity of the Fc variants of the invention.
  • Fc variants of the present Fc variants of the present invention can be utilized directly or combined with additional modifications in order to enhance the cellular internalization of an Fc variant that occurs via interaction with one or more Fc ligands.
  • an Fc variant is used that provides enhanced binding to Fc ⁇ RI, which is expressed on dendritic cells and active early in immune response.
  • This strategy could be further enhanced by combination with additional modifications, either within the Fc variant or in an attached fusion or conjugate partner, that promote recognition and presentation of Fc peptide fragments by MHC molecules.
  • additional modifications either within the Fc variant or in an attached fusion or conjugate partner, that promote recognition and presentation of Fc peptide fragments by MHC molecules.
  • These strategies are expected to enhance target antigen processing and thereby improve antigenicity of the target antigen (Bonnerot and Amigorena, 1999, Immunol Rev. 172:279-84), promoting an adaptive immune response and greater target cell killing by the human immune system. These strategies may be particularly advantageous when the targeted antigen is shed from the cellular surface.
  • idiotype vaccine immunotherapies in which clone-specific antibodies produced by a patient's lymphoma cells are used to vaccinate the patient.
  • modifications are made to improve biophysical properties of the Fc variants of the present invention, including but not limited to stability, solubility, and oligomeric state.
  • Modifications can include, for example, substitutions that provide more favorable intramolecular interactions in the Fc variant such as to provide greater stability, or substitution of exposed nonpolar amino acids with polar amino acids for higher solubility.
  • a number of optimization goals and methods are described in USSN 10/379,392 that may find use for engineering additional modifications to further optimize the Fc variants of the present invention.
  • the Fc variants of the present invention can also be combined with additional modifications that reduce oligomeric state or size, such that tumor penetration is enhanced, or in vivo clearance rates are increased as desired.
  • Fc variants of the present invention include those that enable the specific formation or homodimeric or homomultimeric molecules. Such modifications include but are not limited to engineered disulfides, as well as chemical modifications or aggregation methods which may provide a mechanism for generating covalent homodimeric or homomultimers. For example, methods of engineering and compositions of such molecules are described in Kan et al., 2001 , J. Immunol., 2001 , 166: 1320-1326; Stevenson et al., 2002, Recent Results Cancer Res.
  • Additional modifications to the variants of the present invention include those that enable the specific formation or heterodimeric, heteromultimeric, bifunctional, and/or multifunctional molecules. Such modifications include, but are not limited to, one or more amino acid substitutions in the C H 3 domain, in which the substitutions reduce homodimer formation and increase heterodimer formation.
  • the Fc variants of the present invention comprise modifications that remove proteolytic degradation sites. These may include, for example, protease sites that reduce production yields, as well as protease sites that degrade the administered protein in vivo. In a preferred embodiment, additional modifications are made to remove covalent degradation sites such as deamidation (i.e. deamidation of glutaminyl and asparaginyl residues to the corresponding glutamyl and aspartyl residues), oxidation, and proteolytic degradation sites.
  • deamidation i.e. deamidation of glutaminyl and asparaginyl residues to the corresponding glutamyl and aspartyl residues
  • oxidation oxidation
  • Deamidation sites that are particular useful to remove are those that have enhance propensity for deamidation, including, but not limited to asparaginyl and gltuamyl residues followed by glycines (NG and QG motifs, respectively). In such cases, substitution of either residue can significantly reduce the tendancy for deamidation. Common oxidation sites include methionine and cysteine residues. Other covalent modifications, that can either be introduced or removed, include hydroxylation of proline and lysine, phosphorylation of hydroxyl groups of seryl or threonyl residues, methylation of the "-amino groups of lysine, arginine, and histidine side chains [T.E.
  • Modifications may include those that improve expression and/or purification yields from hosts or host cells commonly used for production of biologies. These include, but are not limited to various mammalian cell lines (e.g. CHO), yeast cell lines, bacterial cell lines, and plants. Additional modifications include modifications that remove or reduce the ability of heavy chains to form inter ⁇ chain disulfide linkages. Additional modifications include modifications that remove or reduce the ability of heavy chains to form intra-chain disulfide linkages.
  • the Fc variants of the present invention may comprise modifications that include the use of unnatural amino acids incorporated using, for example, the technologies developed by Schultz and colleagues, including but not limited to methods described by Cropp & Shultz, 2004, Trends Genet. 20(12):625-30, Anderson et al., 2004, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 101(2):7566-71 , Zhang et al., 2003, 303(5656):371-3, and Chin et al., 2003, Science 301(5635):964-7.
  • these modifications enable manipulation of various functional, biophysical, immunological, or manufacturing properties discussed above.
  • these modifications enable additional chemical modification for other purposes. Other modifications are contemplated herein.
  • the Fc variant may be linked to one of a variety of nonproteinaceous polymers, e.g., polyethylene glycol (PEG), polypropylene glycol, polyoxyalkylenes, or copolymers of polyethylene glycol and polypropylene glycol.
  • Additional amino acid modifications may be made to enable specific or non ⁇ specific chemical or posttranslational modification of the Fc variants.
  • Such modifications include, but are not limited to PEGylation and glycosylation.
  • Specific substitutions that can be utilized to enable PEGylation include, but are not limited to, introduction of novel cysteine residues or unnatural amino acids such that efficient and specific coupling chemistries can be used to attach a PEG or otherwise polymeric moiety.
  • Introduction of specific glycosylation sites can be achieved by introducing novel N- X-T/S sequences into the Fc variants of the present invention.
  • the Fc variants of the present invention may be fused or conjugated to one or more other molecules or polypeptides.
  • Conjugate and fusion partners may be any molecule, including small molecule chemical compounds and polypeptides.
  • Possible conjugate partners include but are not limited to cytokines, cytotoxic agents, toxins, radioisotopes, chemotherapeutic agent, anti-angiogenic agents, a tyrosine kinase inhibitors, and other therapeutically active agents.
  • conjugate partners may be thought of more as payloads, that is to say that the goal of a conjugate is targeted delivery of the conjugate partner to a targeted cell, for example a cancer cell or immune cell, by the Fc variant.
  • a conjugate partner for example a cancer cell or immune cell
  • the conjugation of a toxin to an antibody or Fc fusion targets the delivery of said toxin to cells expressing the target antigen.
  • the Fc variants of the present invention are fused or conjugated to a cytokine.
  • cytokine as used herein is meant a generic term for proteins released by one cell population that act on another cell as intercellular mediators.
  • cytokines may be fused to antibody to provide an array of desirable properties. Examples of such cytokines are lymphokines, monokines, and traditional polypeptide hormones.
  • cytokines include growth hormone such as human growth hormone, N-methionyl human growth hormone, and bovine growth hormone; parathyroid hormone; thyroxine; insulin; proinsulin; relaxin; prorelaxin; glycoprotein hormones such as follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), and luteinizing hormone (LH); hepatic growth factor; fibroblast growth factor; prolactin; placental lactogen; tumor necrosis factor-alpha and -beta; mullerian-inhibiting substance; mouse gonadotropin-associated peptide; inhibin; activin; vascular endothelial growth factor; integrin; thrombopoietin (TPO); nerve growth factors such as NGF-beta; platelet-growth factor; transforming growth factors (TGFs) such as TGF-alpha and TGF-beta; insulin- like growth factor-l and -II; erythropoietin (EPO
  • cytokine includes proteins from natural sources or from recombinant cell culture, and biologically active equivalents of the native sequence cytokines.
  • Fc polypeptides of the present invention are fused, conjugated, or operably linked to a toxin, including but not limited to small molecule toxins and enzymatically active toxins of bacterial, fungal, plant or animal origin, including fragments and/or variants thereof.
  • a variety of immunotoxins and immunotoxin methods are described in Thrush et al., 1996, Ann. Rev. Immunol. 14:49-71.
  • Small molecule toxins include but are not limited to calicheamicin, maytansine (US 5,208,020), trichothene, and CC1065.
  • the Fc polypeptide is conjugated to one or more maytansine molecules (e.g. about 1 to about 10 maytansine molecules per antibody molecule).
  • Maytansine may, for example, be converted to May-SS-Me which may be reduced to May-SH3 and reacted with modified Fc polypeptide (Chari et al., 1992, Cancer Research 52: 127-131) to generate a maytansinoid-antibody or maytansinoid-Fc fusion conjugate.
  • Another conjugate of interest comprises an Fc polypeptide, for example an antibody or Fc fusion, conjugated to one or more calicheamicin molecules.
  • the calicheamicin family of antibiotics are capable of producing double-stranded DNA breaks at sub-picomolar concentrations.
  • Structural analogues of calicheamicin that may be used include but are not limited to ⁇ - ⁇ ⁇ 2 1 , ⁇ 3 , N- acetyl- ⁇ !
  • Useful enyzmatically active toxins include but are not limited to diphtheria A chain, nonbinding active fragments of diphtheria toxin, exotoxin A chain (from Pseudomonas aeruginosa), ricin A chain, abrin A chain, modeccin A chain, alpha-sarcin, Aleurites fordii proteins, dianthin proteins, Phytolaca americana proteins (PAPI, PAPII, and PAP-S), momordica charantia inhibitor, curcin, crotin, sapaonaria officinalis inhibitor, gelonin, mitogellin, restrictocin, phenomycin, enomycin and the tricothecenes.
  • the present invention further contemplates a conjugate between an Fc variant of the present invention and a compound with nucleolytic activity, for example a ribonuclease or DNA endonuclease such as a deoxyribonuclease (Dnase).
  • a compound with nucleolytic activity for example a ribonuclease or DNA endonuclease such as a deoxyribonuclease (Dnase).
  • an Fc variant of the present invention may be fused, conjugated, or operably linked to a radioisotope to form a radioconjugate.
  • a radioactive isotope are available for the production of radioconjugate antibodies and Fc fusions. Examples include, but are not limited to, At211 , 1131 , 1125, Y90, Re186, Re188, Sm153, Bi212, P32, and radioactive isotopes of Lu. See for example, reference.
  • an Fc variant of the present invention may be conjugated to a "receptor” (e.g., streptavidin) for utilization in tumor pretargeting wherein the Fc variant-receptor conjugate is administered to the patient, followed by removal of unbound conjugate from the circulation using a clearing agent and then administration of a "ligand” (e.g. avidin) which is conjugated to a cytotoxic agent (e.g. a radionucleotide).
  • a "ligand” e.g. avidin
  • cytotoxic agent e.g. a radionucleotide
  • the Fc variant is conjugated or operably linked to an enzyme in order to employ Antibody Dependent Enzyme Mediated Prodrug Therapy (ADEPT).
  • ADPT Antibody Dependent Enzyme Mediated Prodrug Therapy
  • ADEPT may be used by conjugating or operably linking the Fc variant to a prodrug-activating enzyme that converts a prodrug (e.g. a peptidyl chemotherapeutic agent, see PCT WO 81/01145) to an active anti-cancer drug.
  • a prodrug e.g. a peptidyl chemotherapeutic agent, see PCT WO 81/01145
  • the enzyme component of the immunoconjugate useful for ADEPT includes any enzyme capable of acting on a prodrug in such a way so as to covert it into its more active, cytotoxic form.
  • Enzymes that are useful in the method of this invention include but are not limited to alkaline phosphatase useful for converting phosphate-containing prodrugs into free drugs; arylsulfatase useful for converting sulfate-containing prodrugs into free drugs; cytosine deaminase useful for concerting non-toxic 5-fluorocytosine into the anti-cancer drug, 5-fluorouracil; proteases, such as serratia protease, thermolysin, subtilisin, carboxypeptidases and cathepsins (such as cathepsins B and L), that are useful for converting peptide-containing prodrugs into free drugs; D-alanylcarboxypeptidases, useful for converting prodrugs that contain D-amino acid substituents; carbohydrate-cleaving enzymes such as .beta.-galactosidase and neuramimidase useful for converting glycosylated prodrugs into free drugs; beta-
  • Fc variant-abzyme conjugates can be prepared for delivery of the abzyme to a tumor cell population.
  • additional conjugates are contemplated for the Fc variants of the present invention.
  • a variety of chemotherapeutic agents, anti-angiogenic agents, tyrosine kinase inhibitors, and other therapeutic agents are described below, which may find use as Fc variant conjugates.
  • Fc polypeptides are also contemplated as fusion and conjugate partners.
  • an Fc variant may be a multimeric Fc polypeptide, comprising two or more Fc regions.
  • Fc regions may be linked using a chemical engineering approach.
  • Fab's and Fc's may be linked by thioether bonds originating at cysteine residues in the hinges, generating molecules such as FabFc 2 (Kan et al., 2001, J. Immunol., 2001, 166: 1320-1326; Stevenson et al., 2002, Recent Results Cancer Res.
  • Fc regions may be linked using disulfide engineering and/or chemical cross-linking, for example as described in Caron et al., 1992, J. Exp. Med. 176:1191-1195, and Shopes, 1992, J. Immunol. 148(9):2918-22.
  • Fc regions may be linked genetically. For example multiple C ⁇ 2 domains have been fused between the Fab and Fc regions of an antibody (White ef al., 2001 , Protein Expression and Purification 21: 446-455).
  • Fc regions in an Fc variant are linked genetically to generated tandemly linked Fc regions as described in USSN 60/531 ,752, filed 12/22/2003, entitled "Fc polypeptides with novel Fc receptor binding sites".
  • Tandemly linked Fc polypeptides may comprise two or more Fc regions, preferably one to three, most preferably two Fc regions. It may be advantageous to explore a number of engineering constructs in order to obtain homo- or hetero- tandemly linked Fc variants with the most favorable structural and functional properties.
  • Tandemly linked Fc variants may be homo- tandemly linked Fc variants, that is an Fc variant of one isotype is fused genetically to another Fc variant of the same isotype.
  • Fc variants from different isotypes may be tandemly linked, referred to as hetero- tandemly linked Fc variants.
  • Fc variants that binds both Fc ⁇ Rs and Fc ⁇ RI may provide a significant clinical improvement.
  • Fusion and conjugate partners may be linked to any region of an Fc variant of the present invention, including at the N- or C- termini, or at some residue in-between the termini.
  • a fusion or conjugate partner is linked at the N- or C-terminus of the Fc variant, most preferably the N-terminus.
  • linkers may find use in the present invention to covalently link Fc variants to a fusion or conjuate partner or generate an Fc fusion.
  • linker By “linker”, “linker sequence”, “spacer”, “tethering sequence” or grammatical equivalents thereof, herein is meant a molecule or group of molecules (such as a monomer or polymer) that connects two molecules and often serves to place the two molecules in a preferred configuration.
  • a number of strategies may be used to covalently link molecules together. These include, but are not limited to polypeptide linkages between N- and C-termini of proteins or protein domains, linkage via disulfide bonds, and linkage via chemical cross-linking reagents.
  • the linker is a peptide bond, generated by recombinant techniques or peptide synthesis.
  • linker for a specific case where two polypeptide chains are to be connected depends on various parameters, including but not limited to the nature of the two polypeptide chains (e.g., whether they naturally oligomerize), the distance between the N- and the C-termini to be connected if known, and/or the stability of the linker towards proteolysis and oxidation.
  • the linker may contain amino acid residues that provide flexibility.
  • the linker peptide may predominantly include the following amino acid residues: GIy, Ser, Ala, or Thr.
  • the linker peptide should have a length that is adequate to link two molecules in such a way that they assume the correct conformation relative to one another so that they retain the desired activity.
  • Suitable lengths for this purpose include at least one and not more than 50 amino acid residues.
  • the linker is from about 1 to 30 amino acids in length, with linkers of 1 to 20 amino acids in length being most preferred.
  • the amino acid residues selected for inclusion in the linker peptide should exhibit properties that do not interfere significantly with the activity of the polypeptide.
  • the linker peptide on the whole should not exhibit a charge that would be inconsistent with the activity of the polypeptide, or interfere with internal folding, or form bonds or other interactions with amino acid residues in one or more of the monomers that would seriously impede the binding of receptor monomer domains.
  • Useful linkers include glycine-serine polymers (including, for example, (GS)n, (GSGGS)n, (GGGGS)n, and (GGGS)n, where n is an integer of at least one), glycine-alanine polymers, alanine-serine polymers, and other flexible linkers such as the tether for the shaker potassium channel, and a large variety of other flexible linkers, as will be appreciated by those in the art.
  • Glycine-serine polymers are preferred since both of these amino acids are relatively unstructured, and therefore may be able to serve as a neutral tether between components.
  • serine is hydrophilic and therefore able to solubilize what could be a globular glycine chain.
  • linkers may also be identified by screening databases of known three-dimensional structures for naturally occurring motifs that can bridge the gap between two polypeptide chains.
  • the linker is not immunogenic when administered in a human patient.
  • linkers may be chosen such that they have low immunogenicity or are thought to have low immunogenicity.
  • a linker may be chosen that exists naturally in a human.
  • the linker has the sequence of the hinge region of an antibody, that is the sequence that links the antibody Fab and Fc regions; alternatively the linker has a sequence that comprises part of the hinge region, or a sequence that is substantially similar to the hinge region of an antibody.
  • Another way of obtaining a suitable linker is by optimizing a simple linker, e.g., (Gly4Ser)n, through random mutagenesis.
  • additional linker polypeptides can be created to select amino acids that more optimally interact with the domains being linked.
  • Other types of linkers that may be used in the present invention include artificial polypeptide linkers and inteins.
  • disulfide bonds are designed to link the two molecules.
  • linkers are chemical cross- linking agents.
  • bifunctional protein coupling agents including but not limited to N-succinimidyI-3-(2-pyridyldithiol) propionate (SPDP), succinimidyl-4-(N- maleimidomethyl) cyclohexane-1-carboxylate, iminothiolane (IT), bifunctional derivatives of imidoesters (such as dimethyl adipimidate HCL), active esters (such as disuccinimidyl suberate), aldehydes (such as glutareldehyde), bis-azido compounds (such as bis (p-azidobenzoyl) hexanediamine), bis-diazonium derivatives (such as bis-(p-diazoniumbenzoyl)-ethylenediamine), diisocyanates (such as tolyene 2,6
  • a ricin immunotoxin can be prepared as described in Vitetta et al., 1971 , Science 238:1098.
  • Chemical linkers may enable chelation of an isotope.
  • Carbon-14-labeled 1-isothiocyanatobenzyl-3-methyldiethylene triaminepentaacetic acid is an exemplary chelating agent for conjugation of radionucleotide to the antibody (see PCT WO 94/11026).
  • the linker may be cleavable, facilitating release of the cytotoxic drug in the cell.
  • an acid-labile linker for example, an acid-labile linker, peptidase-sensitive linker, dimethyl linker or disulfide-containing linker (Chari et al., 1992, Cancer Research 52: 127-131) may be used.
  • a variety of nonproteinaceous polymers including but not limited to polyethylene glycol (PEG), polypropylene glycol, polyoxyalkylenes, or copolymers of polyethylene glycol and polypropylene glycol, may find use as linkers, that is may find use to link the Fc variants of the present invention to a fusion or conjugate partner to generate an Fc fusion, or to link the Fc variants of the present invention to a conjugate.
  • the present invention provides methods for producing and experimentally testing Fc variants.
  • the described methods are not meant to constrain the present invention to any particular application or theory of operation. Rather, the provided methods are meant to illustrate generally that one or more Fc variants may be produced and experimentally tested to obtain variant Fc variants.
  • nucleic acids are created that encode the Fc variants, and that may then be cloned into host cells, expressed and assayed, if desired.
  • nucleic acids, and particularly DNA may be made that encode each protein sequence.
  • These practices are carried out using well-known procedures. For example, a variety of methods that may find use in the present invention are described in Molecular Cloning - A Laboratory Manual, 3 rd Ed. (Maniatis, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, New York, 2001), and Current Protocols in Molecular Biology (John Wiley & Sons).
  • the generation of exact sequences for a library comprising a large number of sequences is potentially expensive and time consuming.
  • Such methods include but are not limited to gene assembly methods, PCR-based method and methods which use variations of PCR, ligase chain reaction-based methods, pooled oligo methods such as those used in synthetic shuffling, error-prone amplification methods and methods which use oligos with random mutations, classical site-directed mutagenesis methods, cassette mutagenesis, and other amplification and gene synthesis methods.
  • gene assembly methods PCR-based method and methods which use variations of PCR
  • ligase chain reaction-based methods pooled oligo methods such as those used in synthetic shuffling
  • error-prone amplification methods and methods which use oligos with random mutations
  • classical site-directed mutagenesis methods cassette mutagenesis
  • cassette mutagenesis cassette mutagenesis
  • other amplification and gene synthesis methods include but are not limited to gene assembly methods, PCR-based method and methods which use variations of PCR, ligase chain reaction-based methods, pooled oligo methods such as those used in synthetic shuff
  • the Fc variants of the present invention may be produced by culturing a host cell transformed with nucleic acid, preferably an expression vector, containing nucleic acid encoding the Fc variants, under the appropriate conditions to induce or cause expression of the protein.
  • the conditions appropriate for expression will vary with the choice of the expression vector and the host cell, and will be easily ascertained by one skilled in the art through routine experimentation.
  • a wide variety of appropriate host cells may be used, including but not limited to mammalian cells, bacteria, insect cells, and yeast.
  • a variety of cell lines that may find use in the present invention are described in the ATCC® cell line catalog, available from the American Type Culture Collection.
  • the Fc variants are expressed in mammalian expression systems, including systems in which the expression constructs are introduced into the mammalian cells using virus such as retrovirus or adenovirus.
  • virus such as retrovirus or adenovirus.
  • Any mammalian cells may be used, with human, mouse, rat, hamster, and primate cells being particularly preferred. Suitable cells also include known research cells, including but not limited to Jurkat T cells, NIH3T3, CHO, BHK, COS, HEK293, PER C.6, HeLa, Sp2/0, NSO cells and variants thereof.
  • library proteins are expressed in bacterial cells.
  • Bacterial expression systems are well known in the art, and include Escherichia coli (E.
  • Fc variants are produced in insect cells (e.g. Sf21/Sf9, Trichoplusia ni Bti- Tn5b1-4) or yeast cells (e.g. S. cerevisiae, Pichia, etc).
  • Fc variants are expressed in vitro using cell free translation systems. In vitro translation systems derived from both prokaryotic (e.g. E. coli) and eukaryotic (e.g. wheat germ, rabbit reticulocytes) cells are available and may be chosen based on the expression levels and functional properties of the protein of interest.
  • the Fc variants may be produced by chemical synthesis methods.
  • transgenic expression systems both animal (e.g. cow, sheep or goat milk, embryonated hen's eggs, whole insect larvae, etc.) and plant (e.g. corn, tobacco, duckweed, etc.)
  • the nucleic acids that encode the Fc variants of the present invention may be incorporated into an expression vector in order to express the protein.
  • a variety of expression vectors may be utilized for protein expression.
  • Expression vectors may comprise self-replicating extra-chromosomal vectors or vectors which integrate into a host genome. Expression vectors are constructed to be compatible with the host cell type.
  • expression vectors which find use in the present invention include but are not limited to those which enable protein expression in mammalian cells, bacteria, insect cells, yeast, and in in vitro systems. As is known in the art, a variety of expression vectors are available, commercially or otherwise, that may find use in the present invention for expressing Fc variants.
  • Expression vectors typically comprise a protein operably linked with control or regulatory sequences, selectable markers, any fusion partners, and/or additional elements.
  • operblv linked herein is meant that the nucleic acid is placed into a functional relationship with another nucleic acid sequence.
  • these expression vectors include transcriptional and translational regulatory nucleic acid operably linked to the nucleic acid encoding the Fc variant, and are typically appropriate to the host cell used to express the protein.
  • the transcriptional and translational regulatory sequences may include promoter sequences, ribosomal binding sites, transcriptional start and stop sequences, translational start and stop sequences, and enhancer or activator sequences.
  • expression vectors typically contain a selection gene or marker to allow the selection of transformed host cells containing the expression vector. Selection genes are well known in the art and will vary with the host cell used.
  • Fc variants may be operably linked to a fusion partner to enable targeting of the expressed protein, purification, screening, display, and the like.
  • Fusion partners may be linked to the Fc variant sequence via a linker sequences.
  • the linker sequence will generally comprise a small number of amino acids, typically less than ten, although longer linkers may also be used. Typically, linker sequences are selected to be flexible and resistant to degradation. As will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, any of a wide variety of sequences may be used as linkers.
  • a common linker sequence comprises the amino acid sequence GGGGS.
  • a fusion partner may be a targeting or signal sequence that directs Fc variant and any associated fusion partners to a desired cellular location or to the extracellular media.
  • fusion partner may also be a sequence that encodes a peptide or protein that enables purification and/or screening.
  • fusion partners include but are not limited to polyhistidine tags (His-tags) (for example H 6 and H 10 or other tags for use with Immobilized Metal Affinity Chromatography (IMAC) systems (e.g.
  • tags which are targeted by antibodies (for example c-myc tags, flag-tags, and the like).
  • tags may be useful for purification, for screening, or both.
  • an Fc variant may be purified using a His-tag by immobilizing it to a Ni +2 affinity column, and then after purification the same His-tag may be used to immobilize the antibody to a Ni +2 coated plate to perform an ELISA or other binding assay (as described below).
  • a fusion partner may enable the use of a selection method to screen Fc variants (see below). Fusion partners that enable a variety of selection methods are well-known in the art, and all of these find use in the present invention. For example, by fusing the members of an Fc variant library to the gene III protein, phage display can be employed (Kay et al., Phage display of peptides and proteins: a laboratory manual, Academic Press, San Diego, CA, 1996; Lowman et al., 1991, Biochemistry 30:10832-10838; Smith, 1985, Science 228:1315-1317). Fusion partners may enable Fc variants to be labeled.
  • a fusion partner may bind to a specific sequence on the expression vector, enabling the fusion partner and associated Fc variant to be linked covalently or noncovalently with the nucleic acid that encodes them.
  • USSN 09/642,574; USSN 10/080,376; USSN 09/792,630; USSN 10/023,208; USSN 09/792,626; USSN 10/082,671 ; USSN 09/953,351 ; USSN 10/097,100; USSN 60/366,658; PCT WO 00/22906; PCT WO 01/49058; PCT WO 02/04852; PCT WO 02/04853; PCT WO 02/08023; PCT WO 01/28702; and PCT WO 02/07466 describe such a fusion partner and technique that may find use in the present invention.
  • the methods of introducing exogenous nucleic acid into host cells are well known in the art, and will vary with the host cell used. Techniques include but are not limited to dextran-mediated transfection, calcium phosphate precipitation, calcium chloride treatment, polybrene mediated transfection, protoplast fusion, electroporation, viral or phage infection, encapsulation of the polynucleotide(s) in liposomes, and direct microinjection of the DNA into nuclei. In the case of mammalian cells, transfection may be either transient or stable.
  • Fc variants are purified or isolated after expression.
  • Proteins may be isolated or purified in a variety of ways known to those skilled in the art. Standard purification methods include chromatographic techniques, including ion exchange, hydrophobic interaction, affinity, sizing or gel filtration, and reversed-phase, carried out at atmospheric pressure or at high pressure using systems such as FPLC and HPLC. Purification methods also include electrophoretic, immunological, precipitation, dialysis, and chromatofocusing techniques. Ultrafiltration and diafiltration techniques, in conjunction with protein concentration, are also useful. As is well known in the art, a variety of natural proteins bind Fc and antibodies, and these proteins can find use in the present invention for purification of Fc variants.
  • the bacterial proteins A and G bind to the Fc region.
  • the bacterial protein L binds to the Fab region of some antibodies, as of course does the antibody's target antigen.
  • Purification can often be enabled by a particular fusion partner.
  • Fc variants may be purified using glutathione resin if a GST fusion is employed, Ni +2 affinity chromatography if a His-tag is employed, or immobilized anti-flag antibody if a flag-tag is used.
  • suitable purification techniques see Protein Purification: Principles and Practice, 3 rd Ed., Scopes, Springer-Verlag, NY, 1994. The degree of purification necessary will vary depending on the screen or use of the Fc variants.
  • Fc variants may be screened using a variety of methods, including but not limited to those that use in vitro assays, in vivo and cell-based assays, and selection technologies. Automation and high-throughput screening technologies may be utilized in the screening procedures. Screening may employ the use of a fusion partner or label. The use of fusion partners has been discussed above.
  • label herein is meant that the Fc variants of the invention have one or more elements, isotopes, or chemical compounds attached to enable the detection in a screen.
  • labels fall into three classes: a) immune labels, which may be an epitope incorporated as a fusion partner that is recognized by an antibody, b) isotopic labels, which may be radioactive or heavy isotopes, and c) small molecule labels, which may include fluorescent and colorimetric dyes, or molecules such as biotin that enable other labeling methods. Labels may be incorporated into the compound at any position and may be incorporated in vitro or in vivo during protein expression. [180] In a preferred embodiment, the functional and/or biophysical properties of Fc variants are screened in an in vitro assay. In vitro assays may allow a broad dynamic range for screening properties of interest.
  • Fc variants that may be screened include but are not limited to stability, solubility, and affinity for Fc ligands, for example Fc ⁇ Rs. Multiple properties may be screened simultaneously or individually. Proteins may be purified or unpurified, depending on the requirements of the assay.
  • the screen is a qualitative or quantitative binding assay for binding of Fc variants to a protein or nonprotein molecule that is known or thought to bind the Fc variant.
  • the screen is a binding assay for measuring binding to the Target antigen.
  • the screen is an assay for binding of Fc variants to an Fc ligand, including but are not limited to the family of Fc ⁇ Rs, the neonatal receptor FcRn, the complement protein C1q, and the bacterial proteins A and G.
  • Fc ligands may be from any organism, with humans, mice, rats, rabbits, and monkeys preferred.
  • Binding assays can be carried out using a variety of methods known in the art, including but not limited to FRET (Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer) and BRET (Bioluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer) -based assays, AlphaScreenTM (Amplified Luminescent Proximity Homogeneous Assay), Scintillation Proximity Assay, ELISA (Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay), SPR (Surface Plasmon Resonance, also known as BIACORE®), isothermal titration calorimetry, differential scanning calorimetry, gel electrophoresis, and chromatography including gel filtration. These and other methods may take advantage of some fusion partner or label of the Fc variant.
  • FRET Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer
  • BRET Bioluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer
  • Assays may employ a variety of detection methods including but not limited to chromogenic, fluorescent, luminescent, or isotopic labels.
  • the biophysical properties of Fc variants may be screened using a variety of methods known in the art. Protein stability may be determined by measuring the thermodynamic equilibrium between folded and unfolded states. For example, Fc variants of the present invention may be unfolded using chemical denaturant, heat, or pH, and this transition may be monitored using methods including but not limited to circular dichroism spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, absorbance spectroscopy, NMR spectroscopy, calorimetry, and proteolysis.
  • the kinetic parameters of the folding and unfolding transitions may also be monitored using these and other techniques.
  • the solubility and overall structural integrity of an Fc variant may be quantitatively or qualitatively determined using a wide range of methods that are known in the art.
  • Methods which may find use in the present invention for characterizing the biophysical properties of Fc variants include gel electrophoresis, isoelectric focusing, capillary electrophoresis, chromatography such as size exclusion chromatography, ion- exchange chromatography, and reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography, peptide mapping, oligosaccharide mapping, mass spectrometry, ultraviolet absorbance spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, circular dichroism spectroscopy, isothermal titration calorimetry, differential scanning calorimetry, analytical ultra-centrifugation, dynamic light scattering, proteolysis, and cross-linking, turbidity measurement, filter retardation assays, immunological assays, fluorescent dye binding assays, protein-staining assays, microscopy, and detection of aggregates via ELISA or other binding assay.
  • Structural analysis employing X-ray crystallographic techniques and NMR spectroscopy may also find use.
  • stability and/or solubility may be measured by determining the amount of protein solution after some defined period of time.
  • the protein may or may not be exposed to some extreme condition, for example elevated temperature, low pH, or the presence of denaturant.
  • the aforementioned functional and binding assays also provide ways to perform such a measurement. For example, a solution comprising an Fc variant could be assayed for its ability to bind target antigen, then exposed to elevated temperature for one or more defined periods of time, then assayed for antigen binding again. Because unfolded and aggregated protein is not expected to be capable of binding antigen, the amount of activity remaining provides a measure of the Fc variant's stability and solubility.
  • the library is screened using one or more cell-based or in vitro assays.
  • Fc variants purified or unpurified, are typically added exogenously such that cells are exposed to individual variants or groups of variants belonging to a library.
  • These assays are typically, but not always, based on the biology of the ability of the antibody or Fc fusion to bind to the target antigen and mediate some biochemical event, for example effector functions like cellular lysis, phagocytosis, ligand/receptor binding inhibition, inhibition of growth and/or proliferation, apoptosisand the like.
  • Such assays often involve monitoring the response of cells to Fc variant, for example cell survival, cell death, cellular phagocytosis, cell lysis, change in cellular morphology, or transcriptional activation such as cellular expression of a natural gene or reporter gene.
  • such assays may measure the ability of Fc variants to elicit ADCC, ADCP, or CDC.
  • additional cells or components that is in addition to the target cells, may need to be added, for example example serum complement, or effector cells such as peripheral blood monocytes (PBMCs), NK cells, macrophages, and the like.
  • PBMCs peripheral blood monocytes
  • NK cells macrophages, and the like.
  • additional cells may be from any organism, preferably humans, mice, rat, rabbit, and monkey.
  • Crosslinked or monomeric antibodies and Fc fusions may cause apoptosis of certain cell lines expressing the antibody's target antigen, or they may mediate attack on target cells by immune cells which have been added to the assay.
  • Methods for monitoring cell death or viability include the use of dyes, fluorophores, immunochemical, cytochemical, and radioactive reagents.
  • caspase assays or annexin- flourconjugates may enable apoptosis to be measured, and uptake or release of radioactive substrates (e.g. Chromium-51 release assays) or the metabolic reduction of fluorescent dyes such as alamar blue may enable cell growth, proliferationor activation to be monitored.
  • the DELFIA® EuTDA-based cytotoxicity assay (Perkin Elmer, MA) is used.
  • dead or damaged target cells may be monitoried by measuring the release of one or more natural intracellular proteins, for example lactate dehydrogenase.
  • Transcriptional activation may also serve as a method for assaying function in cell-based assays.
  • response may be monitored by assaying for natural genes or proteins which may be upregulated or down-regulated, for example the release of certain interleukins may be measured, or alternatively readout may be via a luciferase or GFP-reporter construct.
  • Cell-based assays may also involve the measure of morphological changes of cells as a response to the presence of an Fc variant.
  • Cell types for such assays may be prokaryotic or eukaryotic, and a variety of cell lines that are known in the art may be employed.
  • cell- based screens are performed using cells that have been transformed or transfected with nucleic acids encoding the Fc variants.
  • In vitro assays include but are not limited to binding assays, ADCC, CDC, cytotoxicity, proliferation, peroxide/ozone release, chemotaxis of effector cells, inhibition of such assays by reduced effector function antibodies; ranges of activities such as >100x improvement or >100x reduction, blends of receptor activation and the assay outcomes that are expected from such receptor profiles.
  • the biological properties of the Fc variants of the present invention may be characterized in cell, tissue, and whole organism experiments.
  • drugs are often tested in animals, including but not limited to mice, rats, rabbits, dogs, cats, pigs, and monkeys, in order to measure a drug's efficacy for treatment against a disease or disease model, or to measure a drug's pharmacokinetics, toxicity, and other properties.
  • Said animals may be referred to as disease models.
  • Therapeutics are often tested in mice, including but not limited to nude mice, SCID mice, xenograft mice, and transgenic mice (including knockins and knockouts).
  • an antibody or Fc fusion of the present invention that is intended as an anti-cancer therapeutic may be tested in a mouse cancer model, for example a xenograft mouse.
  • a tumor or tumor cell line is grafted onto or injected into a mouse, and subsequently the mouse is treated with the therapeutic to determine the ability of the antibody or Fc fusion to reduce or inhibit cancer growth and metastasis.
  • An alterantive approach is the use of a SCID murine model in which immune-deficient mice are injected with human PBLs, conferring a semi-functional and human immune system - with an appropriate array of human Fc ⁇ Rs - to the mice that have subsequently been injected with antibodies or Fc polypeptides that target injected human tumor cells.
  • the Fc polypeptides that target the desired antigen such as her2/neu on SkOV3 ovarian cancer cells
  • Such experimentation may provide meaningful data for determination of the potential of said Fc variant to be used as a therapeutic. Any organism, preferably mammals, may be used for testing.
  • monkeys can be suitable therapeutic models, and thus may be used to test the efficacy, toxicity, pharmacokinetics, or other property of the Fc polypeptides of the present invention.
  • Tests of the Fc variants of the present invention in humans are ultimately required for approval as drugs, and thus of course these experiments are contemplated.
  • the Fc variants of the present invention may be tested in humans to determine their therapeutic efficacy, toxicity, pharmacokinetics, and/or other clinical properties.
  • the Fc variants of the present invention may confer superior performance on Fc polypeptides therapeutics in animal models or in humans.
  • the receptor binding profiles of such Fc variants may, for example, be selected to increase the potency of cytotoxic drugs or to target specific effector functions or effector cells to improve the selectivity of the drug's action. Further, receptor binding profiles can be selected that may reduce some or all effector functions thereby reducing the side-effects or toxicity of such Fc polypeptide drugs.
  • an Fc variant with reduced binding to Fc ⁇ Rllla, Fc ⁇ RI and Fc ⁇ Rlla can be selected to eliminate most cell- mediated effector function, or an Fc variant with reduced binding to C1q may be selected to limit complement-mediated effector functions.
  • effector functions are known to have potential toxic effects, therefore eliminating them may increase the safety of the Fc polypeptide drug, and such improved safety may be characterized in animal models.
  • effector functions are known to mediate the desirable therapeutic activity, therefore enhancing them may increase the activity or potency of the Fc polypeptide drug and such improved activity or potency may be characterized in animal models.
  • Optimized Fc variants can be tested in a variety of orthotopic tumor models. These clinically relevant animal models are important in the study of pathophysiology and therapy of aggressive cancers like pancreatic, prostate and breast cancer. Immune deprived mice including, but not limited to athymic nude or SCID mice are frequently used in scoring of local and systemic tumor spread from the site of intraorgan (e.g. pancreas, prostate or mammary gland) injection of human tumor cells or fragments of donor patients.
  • intraorgan e.g. pancreas, prostate or mammary gland
  • Fc variants of the present invention may be assessed for efficacy in clinically relevant animal models of various human diseases.
  • relevant models include various transgenic animals for specific tumor antigens.
  • Relevant transgenic models such as those that express human Fc receptors (e.g., Fc ⁇ Rllla including the gamma chain, Fc ⁇ RI, Fc ⁇ Rlla, Fc ⁇ Rllb, and others) could be used to evaluate and test the efficacy of Fc polypeptides of the present invention.
  • Evaluation of Fc variants by the introduction of human genes which directly or indirectly mediate effector function in mice or other rodents may enable physiological studies of efficacy in tumor toxicity or other diseases such as autoimmune disorders and RA.
  • Fc ⁇ Rllla Human Fc receptors such as Fc ⁇ Rllla may possess polymorphisms, such as that at position 158 (V or F as described) which would further enable the introduction of specific and combinations of human polymorphisms into rodents.
  • the various studies involving polymorphism-specific Fc ⁇ Rs is not limited to this section, however, and encompasses all discussions and applications of Fc ⁇ Rs in general as specficied in throughout this application.
  • Fc variants of the present invention may confer superior activity on Fc polypeptides in such transgenic models.
  • variants with binding profiles optimized for human Fc ⁇ Rllla mediated activity may show superior activity in transgenic CD16 (Fc ⁇ RIII) mice.
  • mice transgenic for the other human Fc receptors e.g. Fc ⁇ Rlla, Fc ⁇ RI, etc.
  • Mice transgenic for multiple human receptors would show improved activity for Fc variants with binding profiles optimized for the corresponding multiple receptors, for example as outlined in Table 1.
  • the introduction of target tumor antigens such as human CD20 into rodent B-cells in the form of a transgenic animal model can be used to provide a more relevant evaluation of efficacy.
  • the target antigen need not be limited to a fully human construct but could be a fusion protein containing the relevant human epitope of the target antigen.
  • the testing of Fc polypeptides may include transgenic model systems, which include the combination of but not limited to both human target antigen and human Fc receptors (e.g. CD16 and other related receptors mediating effector functions) to evaluate efficacy and tumoricidal activity.
  • Fc polypeptides of the present invention that target the Her2 antigen e.g. Fc variants of mu4D5 or its humanized analogues
  • HER2/neu (neu-N)-transgenic mice which are derived from the parental FVB/N mouse strain and are transgenic for the rat form of the proto-oncogene HER2/neu (neu); and 2) transgenic mice that overexpress human HER2 under the murine mammary tumor virus promoter (Finkle et al., 2004, Clin Cancer Res.10 (7):2499-511). Fc polypeptides of the present invention that show superior efficacy in these models represent likely candidates for further development.
  • proxy molecules would preferably mimic, in the animal system, the Fc ⁇ R and/or complement biology of a corresponding candidate human Fc variant. This mimicry is most likely to be manifested by relative association affinities between specific Fc variants and animal vs. human receptors.
  • an appropriate proxy variant would have enhanced affinity for mouse Fc ⁇ RIII-2 (mouse CD16-2).
  • an appropriate proxy variant would have reduced affinity for mouse Fc ⁇ RII.
  • the proxy Fc variants could be created in the context of a human Fc variant, an animal Fc variant, or both.
  • the testing of Fc variants may include study of efficacy in primates (e.g.
  • cynomolgus monkey model to facilitate the evaluation of depletion of specific target cells harboring target antigen.
  • Additional primate models include but not limited to that of the rhesus monkey and Fc polypetides in therapeutic studies of autoimmune, transplantation and cancer.
  • Toxicity studies are performed to determine the Fc polypeptide related effects that cannot be evaluated in standard pharmacology profile or occur only after repeated administration of the agent. Most toxicity tests are performed in two species - a rodent and a non-rodent - to ensure that any unexpected adverse effects are not overlooked before new therapeutic entities are introduced into humans. In general, these models may measure a variety of toxicities including genotoxicity, chronic toxicity, immunogenicity, reproductive/developmental toxicity and carcinogenicity.
  • PK pharmacokinetics
  • Fc variants of the invention can be studied in a variety of animal systems, with the most relevant being non-human primates such as the cynomolgus, rhesus monkeys.
  • Single or repeated i.v./s.c. administrations over a dose range of 6000-fold (0.05-300 mg/kg) can be evaluated for the half-life (days to weeks) using plasma concentration and clearance as well as volume of distribution at a steady state and level of systemic absorbance can be measured.
  • Examples of such parameters of measurement generally include maximum observed plasma concentration (Cmax), the time to reach Cmax (Tmax), the area under the plasma concentration-time curve from time 0 to infinity [AUC(0-inf] and apparent elimination half-life (T1/2). Additional measured prameters could include compartmental analysis of concentration-time data obtained following i.v. adminsturation and bioavailability. Examples of pharmacological/toxicological studies using cynomolgus have been established for Rituxan and Zevalin in which monoclonal antibodies to CD20 are cross-reactive. Biodistribution, dosimetry (for radiolabled antibodies or Fc fusions), and PK studies can also be done in rodent models. Such studies would evaluate tolerance at all doses administered, toxicity to local tissues, preferential localization to rodent xenograft animal models, depletion of target cells (e.g. CD20 positive cells).
  • target cells e.g. CD20 positive cells
  • the Fc variants of the present invention may confer superior pharmacokinetics on Fc polypeptide therapeutics in animal systems or in humans.
  • increased binding to FcRn may increase the half-life and exposure of the Fc polypeptide.
  • decreased binding to FcRn may decrease the half-life and exposure of the Fc polypeptide in cases where reduced exposure is favorable, such as when such drug has side-effects.
  • Fc variants of the presentation have varying affinities for the array of Fc receptors, further screening of the polypeptides for PD and/or PK properties may be extremely useful for definining the optimal balance of PD, PK, and therapeutic efficacy conferred by each candidate polypeptide.
  • Pharmacodynamic studies may include, but are not limited to, targeting specific tumor cells or blocking signaling mechanisms, measuring depletion of target antigen expressing cells or signals, etc.
  • the Fc variants of the present invention may target particular effector cell populations and thereby direct Fc polypeptides to recruit certain activities to improve potency or to increase penetration into a particularly favorable physiological compartment.
  • neutrophil activity and localization can be targeted by an Fc variant that preferentially targets Fc ⁇ Rlllb.
  • Such pharmacodynamic effects may be demonstrated in animal models or in humans. Therapeutic use of Fc variants
  • the Fc variants of the present invention may be used for various therapeutic purposes. As will be appreciated by those in the art, the Fc variants of the present invention may be used for any therapeutic purpose for which antibodies, Fc fusions, and the like may be used. In a preferred embodiment, the Fc variants are administered to a patient to treat disorders including but not limited to autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, infectious diseases, and cancer.
  • a "patient” for the purposes of the present invention includes both humans and other animals, preferably mammals and most preferably humans.
  • the Fc variants of the present invention have both human therapy and veterinary applications.
  • treatment in the present invention is meant to include therapeutic treatment, as well as prophylactic, or suppressive measures for a disease or disorder.
  • successful administration of an Fc variant prior to onset of the disease results in treatment of the disease.
  • successful administration of an optimized Fc variant after clinical manifestation of the disease to combat the symptoms of the disease comprises treatment of the disease.
  • Treatment also encompasses administration of an optimized Fc variant after the appearance of the disease in order to eradicate the disease.
  • Successful administration of an agent after onset and after clinical symptoms have developed, with possible abatement of clinical symptoms and perhaps amelioration of the disease, comprises treatment of the disease.
  • Those "in need of treatment” include mammals already having the disease or disorder, as well as those prone to having the disease or disorder, including those in which the disease or disorder is to be prevented.
  • an Fc variant of the present invention is administered to a patient having a disease involving inappropriate expression of a protein or other molecule.
  • this is meant to include diseases and disorders characterized by aberrant proteins, due for example to alterations in the amount of a protein present, protein localization, posttranslational modification, conformational state, the presence of a mutant or pathogen protein, etc.
  • the disease or disorder may be characterized by alterations molecules including but not limited to polysaccharides and gangliosides.
  • An overabundance may be due to any cause, including but not limited to overexpression at the molecular level, prolonged or accumulated appearance at the site of action, or increased activity of a protein relative to normal.
  • diseases and disorders characterized by a reduction of a protein. This reduction may be due to any cause, including but not limited to reduced expression at the molecular level, shortened or reduced appearance at the site of action, mutant forms of a protein, or decreased activity of a protein relative to normal. Such an overabundance or reduction of a protein can be measured relative to normal expression, appearance, or activity of a protein, and said measurement may play an important role in the development and/or clinical testing of the Fc variants of the present invention.
  • "Cancer" and "cancerous” herein refer to or describe the physiological condition in mammals that is typically characterized by unregulated cell growth.
  • cancer examples include but are not limited to carcinoma, lymphoma, blastoma, sarcoma (including liposarcoma), neuroendocrine tumors, mesothelioma, schwanoma, meningioma, adenocarcinoma, melanoma, and leukemia or lymphoid malignancies.
  • sarcoma including liposarcoma
  • neuroendocrine tumors mesothelioma, schwanoma, meningioma, adenocarcinoma, melanoma
  • leukemia or lymphoid malignancies examples include but are not limited to carcinoma, lymphoma, blastoma, sarcoma (including liposarcoma), neuroendocrine tumors, mesothelioma, schwanoma, meningioma, adenocarcinoma, melanoma, and leukemia or lymphoid malignancies.
  • cancers include hematologic malignancies, such as Hodgkin's lymphoma; non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (Burkitt's lymphoma, small lymphocytic lymphoma/chronic lymphocytic leukemia, mycosis fungoides, mantle cell lymphoma, follicular lymphoma, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, marginal zone lymphoma, hairy cell leukemia and lymphoplasmacytic leukemia), tumors of lymphocyte precursor cells, including B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma, and T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma, thymoma, tumors of the mature T and NK cells, including peripheral T-cell leukemias, adult T-cell leukemia/T- cell lymphomas and large granular lymphocytic leukemia, Langerhans cell histocytosis, myeloid neo
  • lung eg. small-cell lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, adenocarcinoma of the lung and squamous carcinoma of the lung
  • digestive system eg. gastric or stomach cancer including gastrointestinal cancer, cancer of the bile duct or biliary tract, colon cancer, rectal cancer, colorectal cancer, and anal carcinoma
  • reproductive system eg. testicular, penile, or prostate cancer, uterine, vaginal, vulval, cervical, ovarian, and endometrial cancer
  • skin eg.
  • liver eg. liver cancer, hepatic carcinoma, hepatocellular cancer, and hepatoma
  • bone eg. osteoclastoma, and osteolytic bone cancers
  • additional tissues and organs eg. pancreatic cancer, bladder cancer, kidney or renal cancer, thyroid cancer, breast cancer, cancer of the peritoneum, and Kaposi's sarcoma
  • tumors of the vascular system eg. angiosarcoma and hemagiopericytoma.
  • Autoimmune diseases herein include allogenic islet graft rejection, alopecia areata, ankylosing spondylitis, antiphospholipid syndrome, autoimmune Addison's disease, antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies (ANCA), autoimmune diseases of the adrenal gland, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, autoimmune hepatitis, autoimmune myocarditis, autoimmune neutropenia, autoimmune oophoritis and orchitis, autoimmune thrombocytopenia, autoimmune urticaria, Behcet's disease, bullous pemphigoid, cardiomyopathy, Castleman's syndrome, celiac spruce-dermatitis, chronic fatigue immune disfunction syndrome, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, Churg-Strauss syndrome, cicatrical pemphigoid, CREST syndrome, cold agglutinin disease, Crohn's disease, dermatomyositis, discoid lupus
  • Inflammatory disorders herein include acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), acute septic arthritis, allergic encephalomyelitis, allergic rhinitis, allergic vasculitis, allergy, asthma, atherosclerosis, chronic inflammation due to chronic bacterial or viral infectionis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), coronary artery disease, encephalitis, inflammatory bowel disease, inflammatory osteolysis, inflammation associated with acute and delayed hypersensitivity reactions, inflammation associated with tumors, peripheral nerve injury or demyelinating diseases, inflammation associated with tissue trauma such as bums and ischemia, inflammation due to meningitis, multiple organ injury syndrome, pulmonary fibrosis, sepsis and septic shock, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, undifferentiated arthropy, and undifferentiated spondyloarthropathy.
  • ARDS acute respiratory distress syndrome
  • COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  • COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  • coronary artery disease encephalitis
  • infectious diseases include diseases caused by pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and parasites. Infectious diseases may be caused by viruses including adenovirus, cytomegalovirus, dengue, Epstein-Barr, hanta, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, herpes simplex type I, herpes simplex type II, human immunodeficiency virus, (HIV), human papilloma virus (HPV), influenza, measles, mumps, papova virus, polio, respiratory syncytial virus, rinderpest, rhinovirus, rotavirus, rubella, SARS virus, smallpox, viral meningitis, and the like.
  • viruses including adenovirus, cytomegalovirus, dengue, Epstein-Barr, hanta, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, herpes simplex type I, herpes
  • Infections diseases may also be caused by bacteria including Bacillus antracis, Borrelia burgdorferi, Campylobacter jejuni, Chlamydia trachomatis, Clostridium botulinum, Clostridium tetani, Diptheria, E. coli, Legionella, Helicobacter pylori, Mycobacterium rickettsia, Mycoplasma nesisseria, Pertussis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, S. pneumonia, Streptococcus, Staphylococcus, Vibria cholerae, Yersinia pestis, and the like.
  • bacteria including Bacillus antracis, Borrelia burgdorferi, Campylobacter jejuni, Chlamydia trachomatis, Clostridium botulinum, Clostridium tetani, Diptheria, E. coli, Legionella, Helicobacter pylori, Mycobacterium
  • Infectious diseases may also be caused by fungi such as Aspergillus fumigatus, Blastomyces dermatitidis, Candida albicans, Coccidioides immitis, Cryptococcus neoformans, Histoplasma capsulatum, Penicillium marneffei, and the like. Infectious diseases may also be caused by protozoa and parasites such as chlamydia, kokzidioa, leishmania, malaria, rickettsia, trypanosoma, and the like.
  • Fc variants of the present invention may be used to prevent or treat additional conditions including but not limited to heart conditions such as congestive heart failure (CHF), myocarditis and other conditions of the myocardium; skin conditions such as rosecea, acne, and eczema; bone and tooth conditions such as bone loss, osteoporosis, Paget's disease, Langerhans' cell histiocytosis, periodontal disease, disuse osteopenia, osteomalacia, monostotic fibrous dysplasia, polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, bone metastasis, bone pain management, humoral malignant hypercalcemia, periodontal reconstruction, spinal cord injury, and bone fractures; metabolic conditions such as Gaucher's disease; endocrine conditions such as Cushing's syndrome; and neurological conditions.
  • CHF congestive heart failure
  • myocarditis and other conditions of the myocardium skin conditions such as rosecea, acne, and eczema
  • bone and tooth conditions such as bone loss, osteoporos
  • compositions are contemplated wherein an Fc variant of the present invention and one or more therapeutically active agents are formulated.
  • Formulations of the Fc variants of the present invention are prepared for storage by mixing said Fc variant having the desired degree of purity with optional pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, excipients or stabilizers (Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences 16th edition, Osol, A. Ed. ,1980), in the form of lyophilized formulations or aqueous solutions.
  • Acceptable carriers, excipients, or stabilizers are nontoxic to recipients at the dosages and concentrations employed, and include buffers such as phosphate, citrate, acetate, and other organic acids; antioxidants including ascorbic acid and methionine; preservatives (such as octadecyldimethylbenzyl ammonium chloride; hexamethonium chloride; benzalkonium chloride, benzethonium chloride; phenol, butyl orbenzyl alcohol; alkyl parabens such as methyl or propyl paraben; catechol; resorcinol; cyclohexanol; 3-pentanol; and m-cresol); low molecular weight (less than about 10 residues) polypeptides; proteins, such as serum albumin, gelatin, or immunoglobulins; hydrophilic polymers such as polyvinylpyrrolidone; amino acids such as glycine, glutamine, asparagine, hist
  • the pharmaceutical composition that comprises the Fc variant of the present invention may be in a water-soluble form, such as being present as pharmaceutically acceptable salts, which is meant to include both acid and base addition salts.
  • “Pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt” refers to those salts that retain the biological effectiveness of the free bases and that are not biologically or otherwise undesirable, formed with inorganic acids such as hydrochloric acid, hydrobromic acid, sulfuric acid, nitric acid, phosphoric acid and the like, and organic acids such as acetic acid, propionic acid, glycolic acid, pyruvic acid, oxalic acid, maleic acid, malonic acid, succinic acid, fumaric acid, tartaric acid, citric acid, benzoic acid, cinnamic acid, mandelic acid, methanesulfonic acid, ethanesulfonic acid, p-toluenesulfonic acid, salicylic acid and the like.
  • inorganic acids such as hydrochloric acid, hydrobromic acid, sulfuric acid, nitric acid, phosphoric acid and the like
  • organic acids such as acetic acid, propionic acid, glycolic acid, pyruvic acid,
  • “Pharmaceutically acceptable base addition salts” include those derived from inorganic bases such as sodium, potassium, lithium, ammonium, calcium, magnesium, iron, zinc, copper, manganese, aluminum salts and the like. Particularly preferred are the ammonium, potassium, sodium, calcium, and magnesium salts.
  • Salts derived from pharmaceutically acceptable organic non-toxic bases include salts of primary, secondary, and tertiary amines, substituted amines including naturally occurring substituted amines, cyclic amines and basic ion exchange resins, such as isopropylamine, trimethylamine, diethylamine, triethylamine, tripropylamine, and ethanolamine.
  • the formulations to be used for in vivo administration are preferrably sterile. This is readily accomplished by filtration through sterile filtration membranes or other methods.
  • the Fc variants disclosed herein may also be formulated as immunoliposomes.
  • a liposome is a small vesicle comprising various types of lipids, phospholipids and/or surfactant that is useful for delivery of a therapeutic agent to a mammal.
  • Liposomes containing the Fc variant are prepared by methods known in the art, such as described in Epstein et al., 1985, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 82:3688; Hwang et al., 1980, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 77:4030; US 4,485,045; US 4,544,545; and PCT WO 97/38731. Liposomes with enhanced circulation time are disclosed in US 5,013,556.
  • the components of the liposome are commonly arranged in a bilayer formation, similar to the lipid arrangement of biological membranes.
  • Particularly useful liposomes can be generated by the reverse phase evaporation method with a lipid composition comprising phosphatidylcholine, cholesterol and PEG-derivatized phosphatidylethanolamine (PEG-PE).
  • PEG-PE PEG-derivatized phosphatidylethanolamine
  • Liposomes are extruded through filters of defined pore size to yield liposomes with the desired diameter.
  • a chemotherapeutic agent or other therapeutically active agent is optionally contained within the liposome (Gabizon et al., 1989, J National Cancer Inst 81 :1484).
  • the Fc variant and other therapeutically active agents may also be entrapped in microcapsules prepared by methods including but not limited to coacervation techniques, interfacial polymerization (for example using hydroxymethylcellulose or gelatin-microcapsules, or poly- (methylmethacylate) microcapsules), colloidal drug delivery systems (for example, liposomes, albumin microspheres, microemulsions, nano-particles and nanocapsules), and macroemulsions.
  • coacervation techniques for example using hydroxymethylcellulose or gelatin-microcapsules, or poly- (methylmethacylate) microcapsules
  • colloidal drug delivery systems for example, liposomes, albumin microspheres, microemulsions, nano-particles and nanocapsules
  • macroemulsions for example, liposomes, albumin microspheres, microemulsions, nano-particles and nanocapsules
  • Sustained-release preparations may be prepared.
  • sustained-release preparations include semipermeable matrices of solid hydrophobic polymer, which matrices are in the form of shaped articles, e.g. films, or microcapsules.
  • sustained-release matrices include polyesters, hydrogels (for example poly(2-hydroxyethyl-methacrylate), or poly(vinylalcohol)), polylactides (US 3,773,919), copolymers of L-glutamic acid and gamma ethyl-L-glutamate, non- degradable ethylene-vinyl acetate, degradable lactic acid-glycolic acid copolymers such as the LUPRON DEPOT® (which are injectable microspheres composed of lactic acid-glycolic acid copolymer and leuprolide acetate), poly-D-(-)-3-hydroxybutyric acid, and ProLease® (commercially available from Alkermes), which is a microsphere-based delivery system composed of the desired bioactive
  • Administration of the pharmaceutical composition comprising an Fc variant of the present invention may be done in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to orally, subcutaneously, intravenously, intranasally, intraotically, transdermal ⁇ , topically (e.g., gels, salves, lotions, creams, etc.), intraperitoneally, intramuscularly, intrapulmonary, vaginally, parenterally, rectally, or intraocularly.
  • the Fc variant may be directly applied as a solution or spray.
  • the pharmaceutical composition may be formulated accordingly depending upon the manner of introduction.
  • Subcutaneous administration may be preferable in some circumstances because the patient may self-administer the pharmaceutical composition.
  • Many protein therapeutics are not sufficiently potent to allow for formulation of a therapeutically effective dose in the maximum acceptable volume for subcutaneous administration. This problem may be addressed in part by the use of protein formulations comprising arginine-HCI, histidine, and polysorbate (see WO 04091658).
  • Fc polypeptides of the present invention may be more amenable to subcutaneous administration due to, for example, increased potency, improved serum half-life, or enhanced solubility.
  • protein therapeutics are often delivered by IV infusion or bolus.
  • the Fc variants of the present invention may also be delivered using such methods. For example, administration may venious be by intravenous infusion with 0.9% sodium chloride as an infusion vehicle.
  • Pulmonary delivery may be accomplished using an inhaler or nebulizer and a formulation comprising an aerosolizing agent.
  • AERx® inhalable technology commercially available from Aradigm, or InhanceTM pulmonary delivery system commercially available from Nektar Therapeutics may be used.
  • Fc variants of the present invention may be more amenable to intrapulmonary delivery.
  • FcRn is present in the lung, and may promote transport from the lung to the bloodstream (e.g. Syntonix WO 04004798, Bitonti et.al. (2004) Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 101 :9763-8).
  • antibodes or Fc fusions that bind FcRn more effectively in the lung or that are released more efficiently in the bloodstream may have improved bioavailability following intrapulmonary administration.
  • Fc variants of the present invention may also be more amenable to intrapulmonary administration due to, for example, improved solubility or altered isoelectric point.
  • Fc polypeptides of the present invention may be more amenable to oral delivery due to, for example, improved stability at gastric pH and increased resistance to proteolysis.
  • FcRn appears to be expressed in the intestinal epithelia of adults (Dickinson et al., 1999, J Clin Invest 104:903-11), so Fc polypeptides of the present invention, for example antibodies or Fc fusions, with improved FcRn interaction profiles may show enhanced bioavailability following oral administration.
  • FcRn mediated transport of Fc variants may also occur at other mucus membranes such as those in the gastrointestinal, respiratory, and genital tracts (Yoshida et al., 2004, Immunity 20:769-83).
  • any of a number of delivery systems are known in the art and may be used to administer the Fc variants of the present invention. Examples include, but are not limited to, encapsulation in liposomes, microparticles, microspheres (eg. PLA/PGA microspheres), and the like.
  • an implant of a porous, non-porous, or gelatinous material, including membranes or fibers, may be used.
  • Sustained release systems may comprise a polymeric material or matrix such as polyesters, hydrogels, poly(vinylalcohol),polylactides, copolymers of L-glutamic acid and ethyl-L- gutamate, ethylene-vinyl acetate, lactic acid-glycolic acid copolymers such as the LUPRON DEPOT®, and poly-D-(-)-3-hydroxyburyric acid. It is also possible to administer a nucleic acid encoding the Fc variant of the current invention, for example by retroviral infection, direct injection, or coating with lipids, cell surface receptors, or other transfection agents. In all cases, controlled release systems may be used to release the Fc variant at or close to the desired location of action.
  • a nucleic acid encoding the Fc variant of the current invention for example by retroviral infection, direct injection, or coating with lipids, cell surface receptors, or other transfection agents.
  • controlled release systems may be used to release the Fc variant at or
  • the dosing amounts and frequencies of administration are, in a preferred embodiment, selected to be therapeutically or prophylactically effective.
  • adjustments for protein degradation, systemic versus localized delivery, and rate of new protease synthesis, as well as the age, body weight, general health, sex, diet, time of administration, drug interaction and the severity of the condition may be necessary, and will be ascertainable with routine experimentation by those skilled in the art.
  • the concentration of the therapeutically active Fc variant in the formulation may vary from about 0.1 to 100 weight %. In a preferred embodiment, the concentration of the Fc variant is in the range of 0.003 to 1.0 molar.
  • a therapeutically effective dose of the Fc variant of the present invention may be administered.
  • therapeutically effective dose herein is meant a dose that produces the effects for which it is administered. The exact dose wiil depend on the purpose of the treatment, and will be ascertainable by one skilled in the art using known techniques. Dosages may range from 0.0001 to 100 mg/kg of body weight or greater, for example 0.1 , 1 , 10, or 50 mg/kg of body weight, with 1 to 10mg/kg being preferred.
  • only a single dose of the Fc variant is used. In other embodiments, multiple doses of the Fc variant are administered.
  • the elapsed time between administrations may be less than 1 hour, about 1 hour, about 1-2 hours, about 2-3 hours, about 3-4 hours, about 6 hours, about 12 hours, about 24 hours, about 48 hours, about 2-4 days, about 4-6 days, about 1 week, about 2 weeks, or more than 2 weeks.
  • the Fc variants of the present invention are administered in metronomic dosing regimes, either by continuous infusion or frequent administration without extended rest periods. Such metronomic administration may involve dosing at constant intervals without rest periods. Typically such regimens encompass chronic low-dose or continuous infusion for an extended period of time, for example 1-2 days, 1-2 weeks, 1-2 months, or up to 6 months or more. The use of lower doses may minimize side effects and the need for rest periods. [219] In certain embodiments the Fc variant of the present invention and one or more other prophylactic or therapeutic agents are cyclically administered to the patient.
  • Cycling therapy involves administration of a first agent at one time, a second agent at a second time, optionally additional agents at additional times, optionally a rest period, and then repeating this sequence of administration one or more times.
  • the number of cycles is typically from 2 - 10. Cycling therapy may reduce the development of resistance to one or more agents, may minimize side effects, or may improve treatment efficacy.
  • the Fc variants of the present invention may be administered concomitantly with one or more other therapeutic regimens or agents.
  • the additional therapeutic regimes or agents may be used to improve the efficacy or safety of the Fc variant.
  • the additional therapeutic regimes or agents may be used to treat the same disease or a comorbidity rather than to alter the action of the Fc variant.
  • an Fc variant of the present invention may be administered to the patient along with chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or both chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
  • the Fc variant of the present invention may be administered in combination with one or more other prophylactic or therapeutic agents, including but not limited to cytotoxic agents, chemotherapeutic agents, cytokines, growth inhibitory agents, anti-hormonal agents, kinase inhibitors, anti-angiogenic agents, cardioprotectants, immunostimulatory agents, immunosuppressive agents, agents that promote proliferation of hematological cells, angiogenesis inhibitors, protein tyrosine kinase (PTK) inhibitors, additional Fc variants, Fc ⁇ Rllb or other Fc receptor inhibitors, or other therapeutic agents.
  • cytotoxic agents including but not limited to cytotoxic agents, chemotherapeutic agents, cytokines, growth inhibitory agents, anti-hormonal agents, kinase inhibitors, anti-angiogenic agents, cardioprotectants, immunostimulatory agents, immunosuppressive agents, agents that promote proliferation of hematological cells, angiogenesis inhibitors, protein tyrosine kinase (PTK) inhibitors,
  • the Fc variant of the present invention and the other agent or agents are administered in a sequence and within a time interval such that they may act together to provide a benefit that is increased versus treatment with only either the Fc variant of the present invention or the other agent or agents. It is preferred that the Fc variant and the other agent or agents act additively, and especially preferred that they act synergistically. Such molecules are suitably present in combination in amounts that are effective for the purpose intended. The skilled medical practitioner can determine empirically, or by considering the pharmacokinetics and modes of action of the agents, the appropriate dose or doses of each therapeutic agent, as well as the appropriate timings and methods of administration.
  • the Fc variants of the present invention are administered with one or more additional molecules comprising antibodies or Fc.
  • the Fc variants of the present invention may be co-administered with one or more other antibodies that have efficacy in treating the same disease or an additional comorbidity; for example two antibodies may be administered that recognize two antigens that are overexpressed in a given type of cancer, or two antigens that mediate pathogenesis of an autoimmune or infectious disease.
  • anti-cancer antibodies examples include, but are not limited to, anti 17-IA cell surface antigen antibodies such as PanorexTM (edrecolomab); anti-4-1 BB antibodies; anti-4Dc antibodies; anti-A33 antibodies such as A33 and CDP-833; anti- ⁇ 4 ⁇ 1 integrin antibodies such as natalizumab; anti- ⁇ 4 ⁇ 7 integrin antibodies such as LDP-02; anti- ⁇ V ⁇ 1 integrin antibodies such as F-200, M-200, and SJ-749; anti- ⁇ V ⁇ 3 integrin antibodies such as abciximab, CNTO-95, Mab-17E6, and VitaxinTM; anti-complement factor 5 (C5) antibodies such as 5G1.1 ; anti- CA125 antibodies such as OvaRex® (oregovomab); anti-CD3 antibodies such as Nuvion® (visilizumab) and Rexomab; anti-CD4 antibodies such as IDEC-151,
  • anti-idiotype antibodies including but not limited to the GD3 epitope antibody BEC2 and the gp72 epitope antibody 105AD7, may be used.
  • bispecific antibodies including but not limited to the anti-CD3/CD20 antibody Bi20 may be used.
  • antibodies that may be co-administered to treat autoimmune or inflammatory disease, transplant rejection, GVHD, and the like include, but are not limited to, anti- ⁇ 4 ⁇ 7 integrin antibodies such as LDP-02, anti-beta2 integrin antibodies such as LDP-01 , anti-complement (C5) antibodies such as 5G1.1 , anti-CD2 antibodies such as BTI-322, MEDI-507, anti-CD3 antibodies such as OKT3, SMART anti-CD3, anti-CD4 antibodies such as IDEC-151 , MDX-CD4, OKT4A, anti-CD11a antibodies, anti-CD14 antibodies such as IC14, anti-CD1 ⁇ antibodies, anti-CD23 antibodies such as IDEC 152, anti-CD25 antibodies such as Zenapax, anti-CD40L antibodies such as 5c8, Antova, IDEC- 131, anti-CD64 antibodies such as MDX-33, anti-CD80 antibodies such as IDEC-114, anti-CD147 antibodies such as ABX-CBL
  • Fc-containing molecules that may be co-administered to treat autoimmune or inflammatory disease, transplant rejection, GVHD, and the like include, but are not limited to, the p75 TNF receptor/Fc fusion Enbrel® (etanercept) and Regeneron's IL-1 trap.
  • antibodies that may be co-administered to treat infectious diseases include, but are not limited to, anti-anthrax antibodies such as ABthrax, anti-CMV antibodies such as CytoGam and sevirumab, anti-cryptosporidium antibodies such as CryptoGAM, Sporidin-G, anti-helicobacter antibodies such as Pyloran, anti-hepatitis B antibodies such as HepeX-B, Nabi-HB, anti-HIV antibodies such as HRG-214, anti-RSV antibodies such as felvizumab, HNK-20, palivizumab, RespiGam, and anti-staphylococcus antibodies such as Aurexis, Aurograb, BSYX-A110, and SE-Mab.
  • anti-anthrax antibodies such as ABthrax
  • anti-CMV antibodies such as CytoGam and sevirumab
  • anti-cryptosporidium antibodies such as CryptoGAM
  • Sporidin-G anti-helicobacter antibodies
  • anti-helicobacter antibodies such as Py
  • the Fc variants of the present invention may be co-administered or with one or more other molecules that compete for binding to one or more Fc receptors.
  • co ⁇ administering inhibitors of the inhibitory receptor Fc ⁇ Rllb may result in increased effector function.
  • co-administering inhibitors of activating receptors for example Fc ⁇ Rllla, may minimize unwanted effector function.
  • Fc receptor inhibitors include but are not limited to Fc variants that are engineered to act as competitive Fc ⁇ R inhibitors, as well as other immunoglobulins and specifically intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg).
  • the inhibitor is administered and allowed to act before the Fc variant is administered.
  • an alternative way of achieving the effect of sequential dosing would be to provide an immediate release dosage form of the Fc receptor inhibitor and then a sustained release formulation of the Fc variant of the invention.
  • the immediate release and controlled release formulations could be administered separately or be combined into one unit dosage form.
  • Administration of an Fc ⁇ Rllb inhibitor may also be used to limit unwanted immune responses, for example anti-Factor VIII antibody response following Factor VIII administration to hemophiliacs.
  • the Fc variants of the present invention are administered with a chemotherapeutic agent.
  • chemotherapeutic agent as used herein is meant a chemical compound useful in the treatment of cancer.
  • chemotherapeutic agents include but are not limited to alkylating agents such as thiotepa and cyclosphosphamide (CYTOXANTM); alkyl sulfonates such as busulfan, improsulfan and piposulfan; androgens such as calusterone, dromostanolone propionate, epitiostanol, mepitiostane, testolactone; anti-adrenals such as aminoglutethimide, mitotane, trilostane; anti-androgens such as flutamide, nilutamide, bicalutamide, leuprolide, and goserelin; antibiotics such as aclacinomysins, actinomycin, authramycin, azaserine, bleomycins, cactinomycin, calicheamicin, carabicin, caminomycin, carzinophilin, chromomycins, dactinomycin
  • paclitaxel (TAXOL®, Bristol- Myers Squibb Oncology, Princeton, N.J.) and docetaxel (TAXOTERE®, Rhne-Poulenc Rorer, Antony, France); topoisomerase inhibitor RFS 2000; thymidylate synthase inhibitor (such as Tomudex); additional chemotherapeutics including aceglatone; aldophosphamide glycoside; aminolevulinic acid; amsacrine; bestrabucil; bisantrene; edatraxate; defofamine; demecolcine; diaziquone; difluoromethylomithine (DMFO); elformithine; elliptinium acetate; etoglucid; gallium nitrate; hydroxyurea; lentinan; Ionidamine; mitoguazone; mitoxantrone; mopidamol; nitracrine; pentostatin; phenamet; pira
  • a chemotherapeutic or other cytotoxic agent may be administered as a prodrug.
  • prodrug as used herein is meant a precursor or derivative form of a pharmaceutically active substance that is less cytotoxic to tumor cells compared to the parent drug and is capable of being enzymatically activated or converted into the more active parent form. See, for example Wilman, 1986, Biochemical Society Transactions, 615th Meeting Harbor, 14:375-382; and Stella et al., "Prodrugs: A Chemical Approach to Targeted Drug Delivery,” Directed Drug Delivery, Borchardt ef a/., (ed.): 247-267, Humana Press, 1985.
  • the prodrugs that may find use with the present invention include but are not limited to phosphate-containing prodrugs, thiophosphate-containing prodrugs, sulfate-containing prodrugs, peptide-containing prodrugs, D-amino acid-modified prodrugs, glycosylated prodrugs, beta- lactam-containing prodrugs, optionally substituted phenoxyacetamide-containing prodrugs or optionally substituted phenylacetamide-containing prodrugs, 5-fluorocytosine and other 5-fluorouridine prodrugs which can be converted into the more active cytotoxic free drug.
  • cytotoxic drugs that can be derivatized into a prodrug form for use with the Fc variants of the present invention include but are not limited to any of the aforementioned chemotherapeutic agents.
  • a variety of other therapeutic agents may find use for administration with the Fc variants of the present invention.
  • the Fc variant is administered with an anti-angiogenic agent.
  • anti-angiogenic agent as used herein is meant a compound that blocks, or interferes to some degree, the development of blood vessels.
  • the anti-angiogenic factor may, for instance, be a small molecule or a protein, for example an antibody, Fc fusion, or cytokine, that binds to a growth factor or growth factor receptor involved in promoting angiogenesis.
  • the preferred anti-angiogenic factor herein is an antibody that binds to Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF).
  • VEGF Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor
  • Other agents that inhibit signaling through VEGF may also be used, for example RNA-based therapeutics that reduce levels of VEGF or VEGF-R expression, VEGF-toxin fusions, Regeneron's VEGF-trap, and antibodies that bind VEGF-R.
  • the Fc variant is administered with a therapeutic agent that induces or enhances adaptive immune response, for example an antibody that targets CTLA-4.
  • Additional anti-angiogenesis agents include, but are not limited to, angiostatin (plasminogen fragment), antithrombin III, angiozyme, ABT-627, Bay 12-9566, benefin, bevacizumab, bisphosphonates, BMS-275291 , cartilage-derived inhibitor (CDI), CAI, CD59 complement fragment, CEP-7055, CoI 3, combretastatin A-4, endostatin (collagen XVIII fragment), farnesyl transferase inhibitors, fibronectin fragment, gro-beta, halofuginone, heparinases, heparin hexasaccharide fragment, HMV833, human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), IM-862, interferon alpha, interferon beta, interferon gamma, interferon inducible protein 10 (IP-10), interleukin-12, kringle 5 (plasminogen fragment), marimastat, metalloproteinase
  • TIMPs 2-methodyestradiol
  • MMI 270 CCS 27023A
  • plasminogen activiator inhibitor PAI
  • platelet factor-4 PF4
  • prinomastat prolactin 16kDa fragment
  • proliferin-related protein PRP
  • PTK 787/ZK 222594 retinoids
  • solimastat squalamine
  • SS3304 SU5416, SU6668, SU11248, tetrahydrocortisol-S, tetrathiomolybdate, thalidomide, thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1), TNP-470, transforming growth factor beta (TGF- ⁇ ), vasculostatin, vasostatin (calreticulin fragment), ZS6126,and ZD6474.
  • TGF- ⁇ transforming growth factor beta
  • vasculostatin vasostatin (calreticulin fragment)
  • ZS6126 and ZD6474.
  • the Fc variant is administered with a tyrosine kinase inhibitor.
  • tyrosine kinase inhibitor as used herein is meant a molecule that inhibits to some extent tyrosine kinase activity of a tyrosine kinase.
  • inhibitors include but are not limited to quinazolines, such as PD 153035, 4-(3-chloroanilino) quinazoline; pyridopyrimidines; pyrimidopyrimidines; pyrrolopyrimidines, such as CGP 59326, CGP 60261 and CGP 62706; pyrazolopyrimidines, 4-(phenylamino)-7H-pyrrolo(2,3-d) pyrimidines; curcumin (diferuloyl methane, 4,5-bis (4-fluoroanilino)- phthalimide); tyrphostines containing nitrothiophene moieties; PD-0183805 (Warner-Lambert); antisense molecules (e.g.
  • the Fc variant is administered with one or more immunomodulatory agents.
  • immunomodulatory agents may increase or decrease production of one or more cytokines, up- or down- regulate self-antigen presentation, mask MHC antigens, or promote the proliferation, differentiation, migration, or activation state of one or more types of immune cells.
  • Immunomodulatory agents include but not limited to: non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as asprin, ibuprofed, celecoxib, diclofenac, etodolac, fenoprofen, indomethacin, ketoralac, oxaprozin, nabumentone, sulindac, tolmentin, rofecoxib, naproxen, ketoprofen, and nabumetone; steroids (eg.
  • NSAIDs non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
  • glucocorticoids dexamethasone, cortisone, hydroxycortisone, methylprednisolone, prednisone, prednisolone, trimcinolone, azulfidineicosanoids such as prostaglandins, thromboxanes, and leukotrienes; as well as topical steroids such as anthralin, calcipotriene, clobetasol, and tazarotene); cytokines such as TGFb, IFNa, IFNb, IFNg, IL-2, IL-4, IL-10; cytokine, chemokine, or receptor antagonists including antibodies, soluble receptors, and receptor-Fc fusions against BAFF, B7, CCR2, CCR5, CD2, CD3, CD4, CD6, CD7, CD8, CD11 , CD14, CD15, CD17, CD18, CD20, CD23, CD28, CD40, CD40L, CD44, CD45, CD52, CD64,
  • Fc variants of the present invention are administered with a cytokine.
  • cytokine as used herein is meant a generic term for proteins released by one cell population that act on another cell as intercellular mediators. Examples of such cytokines are lymphokines, monokines, and traditional polypeptide hormones.
  • cytokines include growth hormone such as human growth hormone, N-methionyl human growth hormone, and bovine growth hormone; parathyroid hormone; thyroxine; insulin; proinsulin; relaxin; prorelaxin; glycoprotein hormones such as follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), and luteinizing hormone (LH); hepatic growth factor; fibroblast growth factor; prolactin; placental lactogen; tumor necrosis factor-alpha and -beta; mullerian-inhibiting substance; mouse gonadotropin-associated peptide; inhibin; activin; vascular endothelial growth factor; integrin; thrombopoietin (TPO); nerve growth factors such as NGF-beta; platelet-growth factor; transforming growth factors (TGFs) such as TGF-alpha and TGF-beta; insulin-like growth factor-l and -II; erythropoietin (EPO
  • cytokines or other agents that stimulate cells of the immune system are co-administered with an Fc variant of the present invention.
  • agents that stimulate NK cells including but not limited to IL-2 may be co-administered.
  • agents that stimulate macrophages including but not limited to C5a, formyl peptides such as N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (Beigier-Bompadre et. al. (2003) Scand. J. Immunol. 57: 221-8), may be co-administered.
  • agents that stimulate neutrophils including but not limited to G-CSF, GM-CSF, and the like may be administered.
  • agents that promote migration of such immunostimulatory cytokines may be used.
  • additional agents including but not limited to interferon gamma, IL-3 and IL-7 may promote one or more effector functions.
  • cytokines or other agents that inhibit effector cell function are co-administered with an Fc variant of the present invention. Such a mode of treatment may limit unwanted effector function.
  • the Fc variant is administered with one or more antibiotics, including but not limited to: aminoglycoside antibiotics (eg. apramycin, arbekacin, bambermycins, butirosin, dibekacin, gentamicin, kanamycin, neomycin, netilmicin, paromomycin, ribostamycin, sisomycin, spectrinomycin), aminocyclitols (eg. sprctinomycin), amphenicol antibiotics (eg. azidamfenicol, chloramphenicol, florfmicol, and thiamphemicol), ansamycin antibiotics (eg.
  • aminoglycoside antibiotics eg. apramycin, arbekacin, bambermycins, butirosin, dibekacin, gentamicin, kanamycin, neomycin, netilmicin, paromomycin, ribostamycin, sisomycin,
  • rifamide and rifampin carbapenems (eg. imipenem, meropenem, panipenem); cephalosporins (eg. cefaclor, cefadroxil, cefamandole, cefatrizine, cefazedone, cefozopran, cefpimizole, cefpiramide, cefpirome, cefprozil, cefuroxine, cefixime, cephalexin, cephradine ), cephamycins (cefbuperazone, cefoxitin, cefminox, cefmetazole, and cefotetan); lincosamides (eg.
  • clindamycin, lincomycin macrolide (eg. azithromycin, brefeldin A, clarithromycin, erythromycin, roxithromycin, tobramycin), monobactams (eg. aztreonam, carumonam, and tigernonam); mupirocin; oxacephems (eg. flomoxef, latamoxef, and moxalactam); penicillins (eg.
  • bacitracin colistin, polymixin B, teicoplanin, vancomycin
  • quinolones amifloxacin, cinoxacin, ciprofloxacin, enoxacin, enrofloxacin, feroxacin, flumequine, gatifloxacin, gemifloxacin, grepafloxacin, lomefloxacin, moxifloxacin, nalidixic acid, norfloxacin, ofloxacin, oxolinic acid, pefloxacin, pipemidic acid, rosoxacin, rufloxacin, sparfloxacin, temafloxacin, tosufloxacin, trovafloxacin); rifampin; streptogramins (eg.
  • quinupristin, dalfopristin quinupristin, dalfopristin
  • sulfonamides sulfanilamide, sulfamethoxazole
  • tetracyclenes chlortetracycline, demeclocycline hydrochloride, demethylchlortetracycline, doxycycline, duramycin, minocycline, neomycin, oxytetracycline, streptomycin, tetracycline, vancomycin).
  • Anti-fungal agents such as amphotericin B, ciclopirox, clotrimazole, econazole, fluconazole, flucytosine, itraconazole, ketoconazole, niconazole, nystatin, terbinafine, terconazole, and tioconazole may also be used.
  • Antiviral agents including protease inhibitors, reverse transcriptase inhibitors, and others, including type I interferons, viral fusion inhibitors, and neuramidase inhibitors, may also be used.
  • antiviral agents include, but are not limited to, acyclovir, adefovir, amantadine, amprenavir, clevadine, enfuvirtide, entecavir, foscamet, gangcyclovir, idoxuridine, indinavir, lopinavir, pleconaril, ribavirin, rimantadine, ritonavir, saquinavir, trifluridine, vidarabine, and zidovudine, may be used.
  • the Fc variants of the present invention may be combined with other therapeutic regimens.
  • the patient to be treated with an antibody or Fc fusion of the present invention may also receive radiation therapy.
  • Radiation therapy can be administered according to protocols commonly employed in the art and known to the skilled artisan. Such therapy includes but is not limited to cesium, iridium, iodine, or cobalt radiation.
  • the radiation therapy may be whole body irradiation, or may be directed locally to a specific site or tissue in or on the body, such as the lung, bladder, or prostate.
  • radiation therapy is administered in pulses over a period of time from about 1 to 2 weeks. The radiation therapy may, however, be administered over longer periods of time.
  • radiation therapy may be administered to patients having head and neck cancer for about 6 to about 7 weeks.
  • the radiation therapy may be administered as a single dose or as multiple, sequential doses.
  • the skilled medical practitioner can determine empirically the appropriate dose or doses of radiation therapy useful herein.
  • the Fc variant of the present invention and one or more other anti-cancer therapies are employed to treat cancer cells ex vivo. It is contemplated that such ex vivo treatment may be useful in bone marrow transplantation and particularly, autologous bone marrow transplantation.
  • treatment of cells or tissue(s) containing cancer cells with Fc variant and one or more other anti-cancer therapies, such as described above can be employed to deplete or substantially deplete the cancer cells prior to transplantation in a recipient patient.
  • Radioimmunotherapeutics include but ZevalinTM (Y-90 labeled anti-CD20), LymphoCideTM (Y-90 labeled anti-CD22) and BexxarTM (1-131 labeled anti-CD20) [239] It is of course contemplated that the Fc variants of the invention may employ in combination with still other therapeutic techniques such as surgery or phototherapy. Clinical trial design and post-approval treatment strategies
  • a number of the receptors that may interact with the Fc variants of the present invention are polymorphic in the human population.
  • the efficacy of the Fc variants of the present invention may be affected by the presence or absence of specific polymorphisms in proteins.
  • Fc ⁇ Rllls is polymorphic at position 158, which is commonly either V (high affinity) or F (low affinity).
  • Fc variants of the present invention may bind preferentially to a particular polymorphic form of a receptor, for example F158 Fc ⁇ Rllla, or to bind with equivalent affinity to all of the polymorphisms at a particular position in the receptor, for example both the V158 and F158 polymorphisms of Fc ⁇ Rllla.
  • Fc variants of the present invention that provide equivalent binding to polymorphisms may be used in an antibody to eliminate the differential efficacy seen in patients with different polymorphisms. Such a property may give greater consistency in therapeutic response and reduce non-responding patient populations.
  • Such variant Fc with indentical binding to receptor polymorphisms may have increased biological activity, such as ADCC, CDC or circulating half-life, or alternatively decreased activity, via modulation of the binding to the relevant Fc receptors.
  • Fc variants of the present invention may bind with higher or lower affinity to one of the polymorphisms of a receptor, either accentuating the existing difference in binding or reversing the difference. Such a property may allow creation of therapeutics particularly tailored for efficacy with a patient population possessing such polymorphism.
  • a patient population possessing an Fc ⁇ Rllb polymorphism that binds with higher affinity to Fc could receive a drug containing an Fc variant with reduced binding to such polymorphic form of the receptor, creating a more efficacious drug.
  • patients are screened for one or more polymorphisms in order to predict the efficacy of the Fc variants of the present invention.
  • This information may be used, for example, to select patients to include or exclude from clinical trials or, post-approval, to provide guidance to physicians and patients regarding appropriate dosages and treatment options.
  • the anti-CD20 antibody rituximab is minimally effective in patients that are homozygous or heterozygous for F158 Fc ⁇ Rllla (Carton et al., 2002, Blood 99:754-758; Weng et al., 2003, J Clin Oncol 21 :3940-3947; Dall'Ozzo et al., 2004, Cancer Res 64:4664-9).
  • Such patients may show an improved clinical response to antibodies comprising an Fc variant of the present invention.
  • patients are selected for inclusion in clinical trials if their genotype indicates that they are likely to respond significantly better to an antibody of the present invention as compared to one or more currently used antibody therapeutics.
  • appropriate dosages and treatment regimens are determined using such genotype information.
  • patients are selected for inclusion in a clinical trial or for receipt of therapy post-approval based on their polymorphism genotype, where such therapy contains an Fc variant engineered to be specifically efficacious for such population, or alternatively where such therapy contains an Fc variant that does not show differential activity to the different forms of the polymorphism.
  • patients are screened to predict the efficacy of the Fc polypeptides of the present invention.
  • This information may be used, for example, to select patients to include or exclude from clinical trials or, post-approval, to provide guidance to physicians and patients regarding appropriate dosages and treatment options.
  • Screening may involve the determination of the expression level or distribution of the target antigen. For example, the level of Her2/neu expression is currently used to select which patients will most favorably respond to trastuzumab therapy. Screening may also involve determination of genetic polymorphisms, for example polymorphisms related to Fc ⁇ Rs or Fc ⁇ Rs.
  • patients who are homozygous or heterozygous for the F158 polymorphic form of Fc ⁇ Rllla may respond clinically more favorably to the Fc polypeptides of the present invention.
  • Information obtained from patient screening may be used to select patients for inclusion in clinical trials, to determine appropriate dosages and treatment regimens, or for other clinical applications. Included in the present invention are diagnostic tests to identify patients who are likely to show a favorable clinical response to an Fc polypeptide of the present invention, or who are likely to exhibit a significantly better response when treated with an Fc polypeptide of the present invention versus one or more currently used biotherapeutics. Any of a number of methods for determining antigen expression levels, antigen distribution, and/or genetic polymorphisms in humans known in the art may be used.
  • the present invention comprises prognostic tests performed on clinical samples such as blood and tissue samples. Such tests may assay for effector function activity, including but not limited to opsonization, ADCC, CDC, ADCP, or for killing, regardless of mechanism, of cancerous or otherwise pathogenic cells.
  • ADCC assays such as those described herein, are used to predict, for a specific patient, the efficacy of a given Fc polypeptide of the present invention. Such information may be used to identify patients for inclusion or exclusion in clinical trials, or to inform decisions regarding appropriate dosages and treatment regemins. Such information may also be used to select a drug that contains a particular Fc variant that shows superior activity in such an assay.
  • Fc variants and Fc variant libraries were designed using computational- and sequence- based methods as described in USSN 10/672,280 and USSN 10/822,231. Experimental libraries were designed in successive rounds of computational and experimental screening. Design of subsequent Fc libraries benefitted from feedback from prior libraries, and thus typically comprised combinations of Fc variants that showed favorable properties in the previous screen.
  • Figure 4 shows residues at which amino acid modifications were made in the Fc variants of the present invention, mapped onto the human Fc/Fc ⁇ Rlllb structure. The entire set of Fc variants that were constructed and experimentally tested is shown in Figure 41.
  • Example 1 Molecular biology and protein expression/purification
  • alemtuzumab (Campath®, a registered trademark of Ilex Pharmaceuticals LP).
  • Alemtuzumab binds a short linear epitope within its target antigen CD52 (Hale et al., 1990, Tissue Antigens 35:118-127; Hale, 1995, lmmunotechnology 1 :175-187).
  • Alemtuzumab has been chosen as the primary engineering template because its efficacy is due in part to its ability to recruit effector cells (Dyer ef a/., 1989, Blood 73:1431-1439; Friend ef a/., 1991 , Transplant Proc 23:2253-2254; Hale et al., 1998, Blood 92:4581-4590; Glennie et al., 2000, Immunol Today 21 :403-410), and because production and use of its antigen in binding assays are relatively straightforward.
  • V L -C L The IgGI full length light (V L -C L ) and heavy (V H -C ⁇ 1-C ⁇ 2-C ⁇ 3) chain antibody genes for alemtuzumab (campath-1 H, James et a!., 1999, J MoI Biol 289: 293-301), trastuzumab (hu4D5-8; Carter et al., 1992, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 89:4285-4289; Gerstner et al., 2002, J. MoI.
  • rituximab C2B8, US 6,399,061
  • cetuximab C225, PCT US96/09847
  • the genes were ligated into the mammalian expression vector pcDNA3.1Zeo (Invitrogen), comprising the full length light kappa (CK) and heavy chain IgGI constant regions.
  • pcDNA3.1Zeo Invitrogen
  • the VH-C ⁇ 1-C ⁇ 2-C ⁇ 3 clone in pcDNA3.1zeo was used as a template for mutagenesis of the Fc region.
  • FIG 5 shows expression of wild-type alemtuzumab and variants 1 through 10 in 293T cells. Antibodies were purified from the supernatant using protein A affinity chromatography (Pierce, Catalog # 20334.
  • Figure 6 shows results of the protein purification for WT alemtuzumab. Antibody Fc variants showed similar expression and purification results to WT. Some Fc variants were deglycosylated in order to determine their solution and functional properties in the absence of carbohydrate. To obtain deglycosylated antibodies, purified alemtuzumab antibodies were incubated with peptide-N-glycosidase (PNGase F) at 37 0 C for 24h.
  • Figure 7 presents an SDS PAGE gel confirming deglycosylation for several Fc variants and WT alemtuzumab.
  • PNGase F peptide-N-glycosidase
  • the ability to bind target antigen confirms the structural and functional fidelity of the expressed alemtuzumab.
  • Fc variants that have the same variable region as WT alemtuzumab are anticipated to maintain a comparable binding affinity for antigen.
  • the gene encoding the extracellular region of human V158 Fc ⁇ Rllla was obtained by PCR from a clone obtained from the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC:22630).
  • F158 Fc ⁇ Rllla was constructed by mutagenesis of the V158 Fc ⁇ Rllla gene.
  • the genes encoding the extracellular regions of human Fc ⁇ RI, human Fc ⁇ Rlla, human Fc ⁇ Rllb, human Fc ⁇ Rllc, mouse Fc ⁇ RIII, and human FcRn ⁇ chain and ⁇ -microglobulin chain were constructed using recursive PCR. Fc ⁇ Rs and FcRn ⁇ chain were fused at the C-terminus with a 6x His-tag and a GST-tag. All genes were subcloned into the pcDNA3.1zeo vector.
  • Binding to the human Fc ligands Fc ⁇ RI, Fc ⁇ Rlla, Fc ⁇ Rllb, Fc ⁇ Rllc, Fc ⁇ Rllla, C1q, and FcRn was measured for the designed Fc variants. Binding affinities were measured using an AlphaScreenTM assay (Amplified Luminescent Proximity Homogeneous Assay (ALPHA), PerkinElmer, Wellesley, MA), a bead-based luminescent proximity assay. Laser excitation of a donor bead excites oxygen, which if sufficiently close to the acceptor bead generates a cascade of chemiluminescent events, ultimately leading to fluorescence emission at 520-620 nm.
  • APHA Luminescent Proximity Homogeneous Assay
  • WT alemtuzumab antibody was biotinylated by standard methods for attachment to streptavidin donor beads, and GST-tagged Fc ⁇ Rs and FcRn were bound to glutathione chelate acceptor beads.
  • C1q binding assay untagged C1q protein was conjugated with Digoxygenin (DIG, Roche) using N-hydrosuccinimide (NHS) chemistry and bound to DIG acceptor beads.
  • protein A binding assay protein A acceptor beads were purchased directly from PerkinElmer. The AlphaScreen assay was applied as a competition assay for screening Fc variants. In the absence of competing Fc variants, WT antibody and Fc ⁇ R interact and produce a signal at 520-620 nm.
  • FIG. 10 shows AlphaScreen data for binding to human V158 Fc ⁇ Rllla by select Fc variants. The binding data were normalized to the maximum and minimum luminescence signal for each particular curve, provided by the baselines at low and high antibody concentrations respectively. The data were fit to a one site competition model using nonlinear regression, and these fits are represented by the curves in the figure.
  • Figures 11a and 11 b provide AlphaScreen data showing additional Fc variants, with substitutions at positions 239, 264, 272, 274, and 332, that bind more tightly to Fc ⁇ Rllla, and thus are candidates for improving the effector function of Fc polypeptides.
  • Fc variants were also screened in parrallel for other Fc ligands.
  • the inhibitory receptor Fc ⁇ Rllb plays an important role in effector function.
  • Exemplary data for binding of select Fc variants of the invention to human Fc ⁇ Rllb, as measured by the AlphaScreen, are provided in Figure 12.
  • Fc ⁇ Rlla is an activating receptor that is highly homologous to Fc ⁇ Rllb.
  • Exemplary data for binding of select Fc variants to the R131 polymorphic form of human Fc ⁇ Rlla are provided in Figure 13.
  • Another important Fc ligand is the neonatal Fc receptor FcRn.
  • this receptor binds to the Fc region between the C ⁇ 2 and C ⁇ 3 domains; because binding mediates endosomal recycling, affinity of Fc for FcRn is a key determinant of antibody and Fc fusion pharmacokinetics.
  • Exemplary data showing binding of select Fc variants to FcRn, as measured by the AlphaScreen, are provided in Figure 14.
  • the binding site for FcRn on Fc, between the C ⁇ 2 and C ⁇ 3 domains, is overlapping with the binding site for bacterial proteins A and G. Because protein A is frequently employed for antibody purification, select variants were tested for binding to this Fc ligand.
  • Figure 15 provides these AlphaScreen data.
  • the data provided were acquired in the context of the first antibody listed, typically alemtuzumab, although in some cases trastuzumab.
  • An asterix (*) indicates that the data for the given Fc ligand was acquired in the context of trastuzumab.
  • a fold (Fold) above 1 indicates an enhancement in binding affinity, and a fold below 1 indicates a reduction in binding affinity relative to the parent antibody for the given Fc ligand.
  • Confidence values correspond to the log confidence levels, provided from the fits of the data to a sigmoidal dose response curve. As is known in the art, a lower Conf value indicates lower error and greater confidence in the Fold value.
  • the lack of data for a given variant and Fc ligand indicates either that the fits to the data did not provide a meaningful value, or that the variant was not tested for that Fc ligand.
  • FIG 41 shows that a number of Fc variants have been obtained with enhanced affinities and altered specificities for the various Fc ligands.
  • Some Fc variants ⁇ f the present invention provide selective enhancement in binding affinity to different Fc ligands, whereas other provide selective reduction in binding affinity to different Fc ligands.
  • selective enhancement as used herein is meant an improvement in or a greater improvement in binding affinity of an Fc variant to one or more Fc ligands relative to one or more other Fc ligands.
  • the Fold WT for binding to, say Fc ⁇ Rlla may be greater than the Fold WT for binding to, say Fc ⁇ Rllb.
  • selective reduction is meant a reduction in or a greater reduction in binding affinity of an Fc variant to one or more Fc ligands relative to one or more other Fc ligands.
  • the Fold WT for binding to, say Fc ⁇ RI may be lower than the Fold WT for binding to, say Fc ⁇ Rllb.
  • G236S provides a selective enhancement to Fc ⁇ RII's (Ha, lib, and lie) relative to Fc ⁇ RI and Fc ⁇ Rllla, with a somewhat greater enhancement to Fc ⁇ Rlla relative to Fc ⁇ Rllb and Fc ⁇ Rllc.
  • G236A is highly selectively enhanced for Fc ⁇ Rlla, not only with respect to Fc ⁇ RI and Fc ⁇ Rllla, but also over Fc ⁇ Rllb and Fc ⁇ Rllc. Selective enhancements and reductions are observed for a number of Fc variants, including but not limited to variants comprising substitutions at residues L234, L235, G236, S267, H268, R292, E293, Q295, Y300, S324, A327, L328, A330, and T335.
  • the present invention provides a number of Fc variants that may be used to selectively enhance, as well as selectively reduce, affinity of an Fc polypeptide for certain Fc ligands relative to others. Collections of Fc variants such as these will not only enable the generation of antibodies and Fc fusions that have effector function tailored for the desired outcome, but they also provide a unique set of reagents with which to experimentally investigate and characterize effector function biology.
  • optimal effector function may result from Fc variants wherein affinity for activating Fc ⁇ Rs is greater than affinity for the inhibitory Fc ⁇ Rllb. Indeed a number of Fc variants have been obtained that show differentially enhanced binding to Fc ⁇ Rllla over Fc ⁇ Rllb. AlphaScreen data directly comparing binding to Fc ⁇ Rllla and Fc ⁇ Rllb for two Fc variants with this specificity profile, A330L and A330Y, are shown in Figures 16a and 16b.
  • This concept can be defined quantitatively as the fold-enhancement or -reduction of the activating Fc ⁇ Rllla ( Figure 41 , column 12) divided by the fold-enhancement or -reduction of the inhibitory Fc ⁇ Rllb ( Figure 41 , column 8), herein referred to as the "Fc ⁇ Rllla-fold:Fc ⁇ Rllb-fold ratio" or "llla:llb ratio".
  • This value is provided in column 18 of Figure 41 (as llla:llb).
  • Combination of A330L and A330Y with other variants, for example A330L/I332E, A330Y/I332, and S239D/A330L/I332E, provide very favorable llla:llb ratios.
  • Figure 41 shows that a number of Fc variants provide a positive, favorable Fc ⁇ Rllla to Fc ⁇ Rllb specificity profile, with a llla:llb ratio as high as 86:1.
  • Figures 17a - 17c show AlphaScreen data monitoring binding of these and other Fc variants in the context
  • Binding constants were obtained from fitting the data using standard curve-fitting methods.
  • Table 3 presents dissociation constants (Kd) for binding of select Fc variants to V158 Fc ⁇ Rllla and F158 Fc ⁇ Rllla obtained using SPR, and compares these with IC50s obtained from the AlphaScreen assay. By dividing the Kd and IC50 for each variant by that of WT alemtuzumab, the fold-improvements over WT (Fold WT) are obtained.
  • Figures 21a and 21 b show the Kd - IC50 correlations for binding to V158 Fc ⁇ Rllla and F158 Fc ⁇ Rllla respectively, and Figures 21c and 21 d show the fold-improvement correlations for binding to V158 Fc ⁇ Rllla and F158 Fc ⁇ Rllla respectively.
  • FIG 41 As discussed, although there is a need for greater effector function, for some antibody therapeutics, reduced or eliminated effector function may be desired.
  • Several Fc variants in Figure 41 substantially reduce or ablate Fc ⁇ R binding, and thus may find use in antibodies and Fc fusions wherein effector function is undesirable.
  • AlphaScreen data measuring binding of some exemplary Fc variants to human V158 Fc ⁇ Rllla are shown in Figures 22a and 22b. These Fc variants, as well as their use in combination, may find use for eliminating effector function when desired, for example in antibodies and Fc fusions whose mechanism of action involves blocking or antagonism but not killing of the cells bearing target antigen.
  • preferred positions for reducing Fc ligand binding and/or effector function that is positions that may be modified to reduce binding to one or more Fc Iigands and/or reduce effector function, include but are not limited to positions 232, 234, 235, 236, 237, 239, 264, 265, 267, 269, 270, 299, 325, 328, 329, and 330.
  • ADCC was measured using the DELFIA® EuTDA-based cytotoxicity assay (Perkin Elmer, MA) with purified human peripheral blood monocytes (PBMCs) as effector cells.
  • Target cells were loaded with BATDA at 1x10 6 cells/ml, washed 4 times and seeded into 96-well plate at 10,000 cells/well. The target cells were then opsonized using Fc variant or WT antibodies at the indicated final concentration.
  • Human PBMCs, isolated from buffy-coat were added at the indicated fold-excess of target cells and the plate was incubated at 37°C for 4 hrs.
  • Results show that alemtuzumab Fc variants I332E, V264I, and I332E/V264I have substantially enhanced ADCC compared to WT alemtuzumab, with the relative ADCC enhancements proportional to their binding improvements to Fc ⁇ Rllla as indicated by AlphaScreen assay and SPR.
  • the dose dependence of ADCC on antibody concentration is shown in Figure 23b.
  • the binding data were normalized to the minimum and maximum fluorescence signal for each particular curve, provided by the baselines at low and high antibody concentrations respectively.
  • the data were fit to a sigmoidal dose-response model using nonlinear regression, represented by the curve in the figure. The fits enable determination of the effective concentration 50% (EC50) (i.e.
  • the EC50s for these binding data are analogous to the IC50s obtained from the AlphaScreen competition data, and derivation of these values is thus analogous to that described in Example 2 and Figure 11.
  • the log(EC50)s, obtained from the fits to the data, for WT, V264I/I332E, and S239D/I332E alemtuzumab are 0.99, 0.60, and 0.49 respectively, and therefore their respective EC50s are 9.9, 4.0, and 3.0.
  • V264I/I332E and S239E/I332E provide a 2.5-fold and 3.3-fold enhancement respectively in ADCC over WT alemtuzumab using PBMCs expressing heterozygous V158/F158 Fc ⁇ Rllla.
  • ADCC enhancements are broadly applicable to antibodies.
  • select Fc variants were evaluated in the context of trastuzumab and rituximab.
  • ADCC assays were run on Fc variant and WT trastuzumab using two breast carcinoma target cell lines BT474 and Sk-Br-3.
  • Figure 24a shows a bar graph illustrating ADCC at 1 ng/ml antibody. Results indicate that V264I and V264I/I332E trastuzumab provide substantially enhanced ADCC compared to WT trastuzumab, with the relative ADCC enhancements proportional to their binding improvements to Fc ⁇ Rllla as indicated by AlphaScreen assay and SPR.
  • Figures 24b and 24c show the dose dependence of ADCC on antibody concentration for select Fc variants.
  • the EC50s obtained from the fits of these data and the relative fold-improvements in ADCC are provided in Table 6 below.
  • Significant ADCC improvements are observed for I332E trastuzumab when combined with A330L and A330Y.
  • S239D/A330L/I332E provides a substantial ADCC enhancement, greater than 300-fold for PBMCs expressing homozygous F158/F158 Fc ⁇ Rllla, relative to WT trastuzumab and S298A/E333A/K334A, consistent with the Fc ⁇ R binding data observed by the AlphaScreen assay and SPR.
  • FIG. 25a presents a bar graph showing the ADCC of these proteins at 1 ng/ml antibody. Results indicate that V264I/I332E rituximab provides substantially enhanced ADCC relative to WT rituximab, as well as superior ADCC to S298A/D333A/K334A, consistent with the Fc ⁇ Rllla binding improvements observed by AlphaScreen assay and SPR.
  • Figures 25b and 25c show the dose dependence of ADCC on antibody concentration for select Fc variants.
  • EC50s obtained from the fits of these data and the relative fold-improvements in ADCC are provided in Table 7 below.
  • S239D/I332E/A330L rituximab provides greater than 900-fold enhancement in EC50 over WT for PBMCs expressing homozygous F158/F158 Fc ⁇ Rllla.
  • the differences in ADCC enhancements observed for alemtuzumab, trastuzumab, and rituximab are likely due to the use of different PBMCs, different antibodies, and different target cell lines.
  • ADCC data has been normalized such that the lower and upper baselines of each Fc polypeptide are set to the minimal and maximal fluorescence signal for that specific Fc polypeptide, typically being the fluorescence signal at the lowest and highest antibody concentrations respectively.
  • Figures 26a and 27b present cell-based ADCC data for trastuzumab and rituximab respectively that have been normalized according to the absolute minimal lysis for the assay, provided by the fluorescence signal of target cells in the presence of PBMCs alone (no antibody), and the absolute maximal lysis for the assay, provided by the fluorescence signal of target cells in the presence of Triton X1000.
  • the graphs show that the antibodies differ not only in their EC50, reflecting their relative potency, but also in the maximal level of ADCC attainable by the antibodies at saturating concentrations, reflecting their relative efficacy. Thus far these two terms, potency and efficacy, have been used loosely to refer to desired clinical properties.
  • Table 8 provides a summary of the fold Fc ⁇ Rllla binding affinities to relative to WT as determined by AlphaScreen and SPR, and the fold ADCC relative to WT for a series of Fc variants in the context of alemtuzumab (alem) and trastuzumab (trast).
  • E272P 642 trast 0.005 0.522 0.39
  • a critical parameter governing the clinical efficacy of anti-cancer antibodies is the expression level of target antigen on the surface of tumor cells.
  • Fc variants that enhance ADCC may be that it enables the targeting of tumors that express lower levels of antigen.
  • WT and Fc variant trastuzumab antibodies were tested for their ability to mediate ADCC against different cell lines expressing varying levels of the Her2/neu target antigen using the the DELFIA EuTDA method.
  • Target cells were loaded with BATDA in batch for 25 minutes, washed multiple times with medium and seeded at 10,000 cells per well in 96- well plates. Target cells were opsonized for 15 minutes with various antibodies and concentrations (final cone, ranging from 100 ng/ml to .0316 ng/ml in ⁇ A log steps, including no treatment control).
  • the S239D/I332E and S239D/I332E/A330L variants provide substantial ADCC enhancements over WT trastuzumab at high, moderate, and low expression levels of target antigen. This result suggests that the Fc variants of the present invention may broaden the therapeutic window of anti-cancer antibodies.
  • NK cells Natural killer (NK) cells are a subpopulation of cells present in PBMCs that are thought to play a significant role in ADCC.
  • Select Fc variants were tested in a cell-based ADCC assay in which natural killer (NK) cells rather than PBMCs were used as effector cells.
  • LDH lactose dehydrogenase
  • Figure 30 shows that the Fc variants show substantial ADCC enhancement when NK cells are used as effector cells.
  • the results indicate that the Fc variants of the present invention show substantial ADCC enhancements regardless of the type of effector cell or the detection method used.
  • Example 7 ADCP of Fc variants
  • ADCP Another important Fc ⁇ R-mediated effector function is ADCP.
  • Phagocytosis of target cancer cells may not only lead to the immediate destruction of target cells, but because phagocytosis is a potential mechanism for antigen uptake and processing by antigen presenting cells, enhanced ADCP may also improve the capacity of the Fc polypeptide to elicit an adaptive immune response.
  • the ability of the Fc variants of the present invention to mediate ADCP was therefore investigated. Monocytes were isolated from heterozygous V158/F158 Fc ⁇ Rllla PBMCs using a Percoll gradient.
  • differentiated macrophages were detached with EDTA/PBS- and labeled with the lipophilic fluorophore, PKH26, according to the manufacturer's protocol (Sigma, St Louis, Mo).
  • Sk-Br-3 target cells were labeled with PKH67 (Sigma, St Louis, Mo), seeded in a 96-well plate at 20,000 cells per well, and treated with designated final concentrations of WT or Fc variant trastuzumab.
  • PKH26-Iabeied macrophages were then added to the opsonized, labeled Sk-Br-3 cells at 20,000 cells per well and the cells were co-cultured for 18 hrs before processing cells for analysis of dual label flow cytometry. Percent phagocytosis was determined as the number of cells co-labeled with PKH76 and PKH26 (macrophage + Sk-Br-3) over the total number of Sk-Br-3 in the population (phagocytosed + non-phagocytosed) after 10,000 counts.
  • Figure 31 shows data comparing WT and Fc variant trastuzumab at various antibody concentrations. The results indicate that the S239D/I332E/A330L variant provides a significant enhancement in ADCP over WT trastuzumab.
  • Complement protein C1q binds to a site on Fc that is proximal to the Fc ⁇ R binding site, and therefore it was prudent to determine whether the Fc variants have maintained their capacity to recruit and activate complement.
  • the AlphaScreen assay was used to measure binding of select Fc variants to the complement protein C1q.
  • the assay was carried out with biotinylated WT alemtuzumab antibody attached to streptavidin donor beads as described in Example 2, and using C1q coupled directly to acceptor beads. Binding data of V264I, I332E, S239E, and V264I/I332E rituximab shown in Figure 32a indicate that C1q binding is uncompromised.
  • Figure 32c shows that CDC of the Fc variant S239D/I332E/A330L is completely ablated, whereas the S239D/I332E variant mediates CDC that is comparable to WT rituximab.
  • Figure 33a shows the percent of CD20+ B cells remaining in monkeys dosed with antibodies comprising WT or S239D/I332E rituximab.
  • the S239D/I332E variant and WT control at the lower dosage (1.8 and 2.1 ug/kg) show the greatest difference in B cell counts on day 5.
  • NK cell populations were monitored to evaluate the impact of the effector function enhancement on this cell type;
  • Figure 33b shows that the increased CD20+ B cell killing of S239D/I332E variant does not affect natural kill cell population.
  • the reduction in B cell level is also dose-dependant, as is shown in Figure 33c for day 5.
  • optimization of Fc to nonhuman Fc ⁇ Rs may be useful for experimentally testing Fc variants in animal models.
  • mice for example nude mice, SCID mice, xenograft mice, and/or transgenic mice
  • antibodies and Fc fusions that comprise Fc variants that are optimized for one or more mouse Fc ⁇ Rs may provide valuable information with regard to clinical efficacy, mechanism of action, and the like.
  • affinity of select Fc variants for mouse Fc ⁇ RIII was measured using the AlphaScreen assay.
  • the AlphaScreen assay was carried out using biotinylated WT alemtuzumab attached to streptavidin donor beads as described in Example 2, and GST-tagged mouse Fc ⁇ RIII bound to glutathione chelate acceptor beads, expressed and purified as described in Example 2. These binding data are shown in Figures 34a for Fc variants in the context of alemtuzumab, and in Figures 34b and 34c in the context of trastuzumab. Results show that some Fc variants that enhance binding to human Fc ⁇ Rllla also enhance binding to mouse Fc ⁇ RIII. The enhancement of mouse effector function by the Fc variants was investigated by performing the aforementioned cell-based ADCC assays using mouse rather than human PBMCs.
  • FIG 35 shows that the S239D/I332E/A330L trastuzumab variant provides substantial ADCC enhancement over WT in the presence of mouse immune cells. This result indicates that the Fc variants of the present invention, or other Fc variants that are optimized for nonhuman Fc ⁇ Rs, may find use in experiments that use animal models.
  • Fc variants of the present invention were expressed in 293T cells for screening purposes, large scale production of antibodies is typically carried out by expression in Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cell lines.
  • CHO Chinese Hamster Ovary
  • select Fc variants and WT alemtuzumab were expressed in CHO cells and purified as described in Example 1.
  • Figure 36 shows AlphaScreen data comparing binding of CHO- and 293T- expressed Fc variant and WT alemtuzumab to human V158 Fc ⁇ Rllla. The results indicate that the Fc variants of the present invention show comparable Fc ⁇ R binding enhancements whether expressed in 293T or CHO.
  • Combinations of the Fc variants of the present invention with other Fc modifications are contemplated with the goal of generating novel Fc polypeptides with optimized properties. It may be beneficial to combine the Fc variants of the present invention with other Fc modifications, including modifications that alter effector function or interaction with one or more Fc ligands. Such combination may provide additive, synergistic, or novel properties in Fc polypeptides. For example, a number of methods exist for engineering different glycoforms of Fc that alter effector function. Engineered glycoforms may be generated by a variety of methods known in the art, many of these techniques are based on controlling the level of fucosylated and/or bisecting oligosaccharides that are covalently attached to the Fc region.
  • Fc glycoforms One method for engineering Fc glycoforms is to express the Fc polypeptide in a cell line that generates altered glycoforms, for example Lec-13 CHO cells.
  • WT and V209 (S239D/I332E/A330L) trastuzumab were expressed in Lec-13 CHO cells and purified as described above.
  • Figure 37a shows AlphaScreen binding data comparing the binding to human V158 Fc ⁇ Rllla by WT and V209 trastuzumab expressed in 293T, CHO, and Lec-13 cells. The results show that there is substantial synergy between the engineered glycoforms produced by this cell line and the Fc variants of the present invention.
  • FIG. 41 shows that other aglycosylated Fc variants such as N297D/A330Y/I332E and S239D/N297D/I332E provide binding enhancements that bring affinity for Fc ⁇ Rllla within as much as 0.4- and 0.8- respectively of glycosylated WT alemtuzumab. Combinations of these variants with other Fc variants that enhance Fc ⁇ R binding are contemplated, with the goal of obtaining aglycosylated Fc variants that bind one or more Fc ⁇ Rs with affinity that is approximately the same as or even better than glycosylated parent Fc.
  • aglycosylated Fc variants such as N297D/A330Y/I332E and S239D/N297D/I332E provide binding enhancements that bring affinity for Fc ⁇ Rllla within as much as 0.4- and 0.8- respectively of glycosylated WT alemtuzumab.
  • Preferred Fc variants for enhancing Fc ligand binding and/or effector function in an aglycosylated Fc polypeptide include but are not limited to: N297D, N297D/I332E, N297D/I332D, S239D/N297D, S239D/N297D/I332E, N297D/A330Y/I332E, and S239D/N297D/A330Y/I332E.
  • the present invention of course contemplates combinations of these aglycosylated variants with other Fc variants described herein which also enhance Fc ligand binding and/or effector function.
  • Fc variants provide stability and solubility enhancements in the absence of carbohydrate.
  • Fc variants F241 E/F243R/V262E/V264R In deglycosylated form, however, Fc variants F241 E/F243R/V262E/V264R,
  • F241 E/F243Q/V262T/V264E, F241R/F243Q/V262T/V264R, and F241 E/F243Y/V262T/V264R show stronger binding to Fc ⁇ Rllla than in glycosylated form, as shown by the AlphaScreen data in Figure 39.
  • This result indicates that these are key positions for optimization of the structure, stability, solubility, and function of aglycosylated Fc.
  • protein engineering can be used to restore the favorable functional and solution properties of antibodies and Fc fusions in the absence of carbohydrate, and pave the way for aglycosylated antibodies and Fc fusions with favorable solution properties and full functionality that comprise substitutions at these and other Fc positions.
  • G236A S239D/G236A S239D/V264I/I332E S239D/K246H/H268D/I332E
  • the WT rituximab light chain and heavy chain, described in US 5,736,137, are provided in Figures 40a and 40b.
  • the improved anti-CD20 antibody sequences are provided in Figure 40c.
  • the improved anti-CD20 antibody sequences comprise at least non-WT amino acid selected from the group consisting of Xi, X 2 , X3, X 4 , X5, Xe, X7, Xs, and X 9 .
  • These improved anti-CD20 antibody sequences may also comprise a substitution Z 1 and/or Z 2 .
  • the use of rituximab here is solely an example, and is not meant to constrain application of the Fc variants to this antibody or any other particular Fc polypeptide.
  • Table 10 depicts the positions of human Fc, the wild type residue, and the variants that are included in particular embodiments of the invention. Table 10 is based on IgGI , although as will be appreciated by those in the art, the same thing can be done to any Ig, particularly lgG2, lgG3 and lgG4.

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