US20130071400A1 - LINGO binding molecules and Pharmaceutical Use Thereof - Google Patents

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US20130071400A1 US13/616,226 US201213616226A US2013071400A1 US 20130071400 A1 US20130071400 A1 US 20130071400A1 US 201213616226 A US201213616226 A US 201213616226A US 2013071400 A1 US2013071400 A1 US 2013071400A1
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  • the present invention relates to LINGO binding molecules, such as for example monoclonal antibodies or Fab fragments thereof, and the use of such binding molecules for treating patients with injuries to their central nervous system.
  • CNS central nervous system
  • Functional recovery following injury to the central nervous system (CNS) of adult higher vertebrates is exceptionally limited, resulting in persistent neurological deficits such as loss of limb movement and sensation.
  • CNS injuries such as spinal cord injury (SCI) and brain cortical injury.
  • SCI spinal cord injury
  • brain cortical injury Although adult CNS neurons generally survive axotomy, axonal regeneration is transitory and only occurs over a confined area, hence retarding the re-formation of functionally-relevant synaptic contacts.
  • the plastic capacity of the adult CNS is also restricted, thus hindering the re-organisation of uninjured pathways to functionally compensate for those ablated by the injury.
  • axotomised axons in the peripheral nervous system have a high capacity to regenerate over long distances and frequently establish functionally-meaningful connections (Schwab (2004) Curr Opin Neurobiol 14, 118-124).
  • This restriction in axonal regeneration/plasticity is in part due to the expression on myelinating oligodendrocytes of several proteins that have been shown to be potent inhibitors of neurite outgrowth, namely Nogo-A (Chen et al. (2000) Nature 403, 434-439; GrandPre et al. (2000) Nature 403, 439-444; Prinjha et al.
  • FIG. 1A (2000) Nature 403, 383-384), myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG), and oligodendrocyte myelin glycoprotein (OMgp) (McKerracher et al. (1994) Neuron 13, 805-811; Wang et al. (2002) Nature 417:941-944) ( FIG. 1A ).
  • MAG myelin-associated glycoprotein
  • OMgp oligodendrocyte myelin glycoprotein
  • Nogo-A contains multiple neurite outgrowth inhibitory domains exposed on the surface of oligodendrocytes: two are located within the amino-terminal region (amino-Nogo-A) and one in the C-terminal region (Nogo-66) (Oertle et al. (2003) J Neurosci 23, 5393-5406).
  • Nogo-66 binds and signals through a glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored leucine-rich repeat (LRR)-containing receptor on the neuronal surface known as the Nogo-66 receptor (NgR) (Fournier et al. (2001) Nature 409, 341-346).
  • GPI glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol
  • LRR leucine-rich repeat
  • MAG and OMgp Although structurally unrelated, MAG and OMgp also bind and signal through NgR (Domeniconi et al. (2002) Neuron 35, 283-290; Liu et al. (2002) Science 297, 1190-1193; Wang et al. (2002) Nature 417:941-944). Signaling through NgR leads to the activation of the small GTPase RhoA which in turn activates Rho-associated kinase (ROCK) leading to a rigidification of the actin cytoskeleton and inhibition of axonal extension (Niederöst et al. (2002) J Neurosci 22, 10368-10376; Schweigreiter et al. (2004) Mol Cell Neurosci 27:163-174).
  • ROCK Rho-associated kinase
  • NgR2 MAG has also been found to signal through a close homologue of NgR known as NgR2 (Pignot et al. (2003) J Neurochem 85, 717-728; Venkatesh et al. (2005) J Neurosci 25, 808-822).
  • NgR lacks a cytoplasmic domain, it utilizes several transmembrane proteins for signal transduction, namely the low affinity neurotrophin receptor p75 NTR , TROY (a.k.a. TAJ) and LINGO-1 (LRR and Ig domain-containing, Nom receptor-interacting protein a.k.a LRRN6A or LERN1)
  • TROY a.k.a. TAJ
  • LINGO-1 LRR and Ig domain-containing, Nom receptor-interacting protein a.k.a LRRN6A or LERN1
  • TROY and p75 NTR can functionally replace each other in the NgR receptor complex, whereas the presence of LINGO-1 is an absolute prerequisite for signaling to occur.
  • the NgR receptor complex is therefore seen as a ternary complex comprising NgR as the ligand binding subunit and LINGO-1 as the common signal transducing subunit acting in concert with either p75 NTR or TROY.
  • LINGO-1 is a single transmembrane protein expressed exclusively within the CNS predominantly on neurons and oligodendrocytes.
  • the expression of LINGO-1 peaks in the early postnatal period and is up-regulated in the adult spinal cord upon injury.
  • the ectodomain of LINGO-1 contains twelve tandem LRRs flanked by N- and C-terminal subdomains followed by a basic region and an Ig domain ( FIG. 1B ).
  • LINGO-1 most likely forms a ternary complex with NgR and p75 NTR by interacting with both simultaneously.
  • LINGO-1 is also expressed in oligodendrocytes in the adult CNS (Mi et al. (2005) Nat Neurosci 8, 745-751). Inhibiting LINGO-1 signaling in oligodendrocyte cultures by either treatment with LINGO-1-Fc, down-regulation of the protein with RNAi or over-expression of DN-LINGO-1 augmented the differentiation of OPCs to myelinating oligodendrocytes. Furthermore, genetic ablation of LINGO-1 in mice increased the number of mature oligodendrocytes and, correspondingly, myelinated axons in the spinal cord.
  • MS Multiple Sclerosis
  • OPCs adult oligodendrocyte precursor cells
  • LINGO-1 negatively regulates myelination
  • blockade of LINGO-1 may augment remyelination, attenuate axonal degeneration, promote axonal regeneration and thus attenuate, halt or even reverse the progress of demyelinating diseases such as MS.
  • Blockade of LINGO-1 has also been shown to improve the survival of dopaminergic neurons and reduce behavioural abnormalities in rodent models of Parkinson's disease (Inoue et al. (2007) Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 104, 14430-14435).
  • novel monoclonal human antibodies against LINGO-1 significantly inhibit the association of LINGO-1 with NgR and significantly attenuate the neurite outgrowth inhibitory activity of adult rat spinal cord myelin at sub-nM concentrations in vitro.
  • the said antibodies significantly increase the differentiation of primary oligodendrocytes in vitro and have been shown to significantly downregulate cell surface LINGO-1 in living cells. Treatment with these antibodies is expected to increase axonal regeneration/plasticity and improve functional recovery following acute CNS injuries such as SCI and brain cortical injury.
  • blocking LINGO-1 signaling using the said antibodies in oligodendroglial cells has the potential to augment the remyelination of axons in demyelinating diseases such as MS leading to an attenuation of disease progression.
  • inhibiting LINGO-1 signaling in neurons with the said antibodies can be expected to improve axonal regeneration and neuroplasticity and promote the recovery of neurological function lost during the course of the disease.
  • blockade of LINGO-1 with the said antibodies can be expected to attenuate the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease.
  • the invention provides binding molecules which bind to specific epitopes on LINGO-1.
  • the antibodies have sub-nM K D s against the rat, cynomolgus monkey and human LINGO-1 ectodomain, significantly attenuate the neurite outgrowth inhibitory activity of adult rat spinal cord myelin at sub-nM concentrations and significantly increase oligodendrocyte differentiation in vitro. Moreover, it is now possible to construct other LINGO-1 binding molecules having the same variable regions as said antibodies.
  • the invention provides binding molecules to a particular region or epitope of LINGO-1 (hereinafter referred to as “the binding molecules of the invention” or simply “binding molecules”).
  • the binding molecules of the invention bind the mature ectodomain (residues 34-550) of rat LINGO-1 (SEQ ID NO: 1), cynomolgus monkey LINGO-1 (SEQ ID NO: 2) and human LINGO-1 (SEQ ID NO: 3) with a dissociation constant (K D ) ⁇ 1000 nM, more preferably with a K D ⁇ 100 nM, most preferably with a K D ⁇ 10 nM.
  • the binding reaction may be shown by standard methods (qualitative assays) including, for example, the FACS method described in Examples.
  • the binding to rat, cynomolgus monkey and human LINGO-1, and also the efficiency may be shown in a neurite outgrowth assay and oligodendrocyte assay as described below.
  • the binding molecules increase the mean neurite length per cell of rat cerebellar granule cells grown on a substrate of adult rat spinal cord myelin by at least 20%, preferably 50%, most preferred 60% compared to the mean neurite length per cell of rat cerebellar granule cells which are treated with a control antibody that does not bind to the rat, cynomolgous monkey and human LINGO-1 ectodomain.
  • the specific epitope to which the binding molecules of the invention bind is determined according to methods well known in the art. Consequently, in another embodiment the invention provides binding molecules which bind to at least one of the LINGO-1 epitopes as defined by SEQ ID NO: 46-51.
  • the binding molecules of the invention comprises one or more, of the following CDR sequences, e.g. all of the Antibody 4784 or all of the Antibody 4785 sequences mentioned there:
  • the binding molecules comprise one or more of the sequences given above for Antibody 4784 with the SEQ ID NO: 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and/or 17; or for Antibody 4785 with the SEQ ID NO: 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 and/or 23.
  • the binding molecules of the invention comprises at least one antigen binding site chosen from the group consisting of; a sequence which is at least 50%, at least 60%, at least 70%, at least 80%, at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 97%, or at least 99% homologous to SEQ ID NO: 5 or SEQ ID NO: 7, and;
  • the binding molecule comprises at least one binding site chosen from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 5 or SEQ ID NO: 7, and;
  • the invention further provides a binding molecule which comprises a first sequence which is at least 50%, at least 60%, at least 70%, at least 80%, at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 97%, or at least 99% homologous to SEQ ID NO: 5, and a second sequence which is at least 50% at least 60%, at least 70%, at least 80%, at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 97%, or at least 99% homologous to SEQ ID NO: 4, or a direct equivalent thereof.
  • the invention further provides a binding molecule which comprises a first sequence which is at least 50%, at least 60%, at least 70%, at least 80%, at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 97%, or at least 99% homologous to SEQ ID NO: 7, and a second sequence which is at least 50% at least 60%, at least 70%, at least 80%, at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 97%, or at least 99% homologous to SEQ ID NO: 6, or a direct equivalent thereof.
  • the invention provides a binding molecule according to claims 1 to 7 which comprises at least
  • the sequences may be at least 50%, at least 60%, at least 70%, at least 80%, at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 97%, or at least 99% homologous to SEQ ID NO: 4-7.
  • the important factor is that such variants retain the binding capabilities to LINGO-1, the disinhibitory effect (especially the ability to attenuate the neurite outgrowth inhibitory activity of adult rat spinal cord myelin at sub-nM concentrations), and/or to improve the functional recovery of SCI (especially in a rat model), in each case preferably as described in the Examples or the remaining description.
  • the invention provides a binding molecule which is an antibody comprising one or more of the sequences according to SEQ ID NO: 4-7 or SEQ ID NO: 12-23, or a fragment thereof, or a direct equivalent thereof.
  • the binding molecule as an antibody, has a constant part or fragment thereof of the human heavy chain of the ⁇ 4 type and the constant part or fragment thereof of the human light chain is of the ⁇ type.
  • the binding molecule as an antibody, has a constant part or fragment thereof of the human heavy chain of the ⁇ 4 type and the constant part or fragment thereof of the human light chain is of the ⁇ type.
  • the binding molecule is a human or chimeric or humanized monoclonal antibody.
  • the binding molecule is a humaneered antibody.
  • the invention also provides a polynucleotide encoding a binding molecule as defined above.
  • the polynucleotide may be chosen from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 8 and SEQ ID NO: 9; or from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 10 and SEQ ID NO: 11.
  • the invention also provides an expression vector comprising one or more polynucleotides according to SEQ ID NO:8-11.
  • the invention provides an expression system comprising a polynucleotide according to SEQ ID NO:8-11, wherein said expression system or part thereof is capable of producing a binding molecule as set out above, when said expression system or part thereof is present in a compatible host cell.
  • the invention also provides an isolated host cell which comprises such an expression system.
  • the invention also provides the use of a binding molecule as set out above, as a medicament.
  • the invention also provides the use of a binding molecule as set out above in the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of a CNS injury.
  • the invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition
  • a pharmaceutical composition comprising a binding molecule as set out above together with at least one pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent.
  • the invention provides a method of treatment of diseases associated with the promotion of axonal regeneration/plasticity comprising administering to a subject in need of such treatment an effective amount of a binding molecule as set out above.
  • the invention also provides a method of treatment of diseases associated with the promotion of axonal regeneration/plasticity comprising administering to a subject in need of such treatment an effective amount of a binding molecule according to any one of claims 1 to 10 .
  • the antigen binding site comprises both the first and second domains
  • these may be located on the same polypeptide molecule or, preferably, each domain may be on a different chain, the first domain being part of an immunoglobulin heavy chain or fragment thereof and the second domain being part of an immunoglobulin light chain or fragment thereof.
  • binding molecules of the invention include antibodies as produced by phage display and human or chimeric humanized antibodies, or further humaneered antibodies, or any fragment thereof, e.g. F(ab′)2; and Fab fragments, as well as single chain or single domain antibodies.
  • antibody is meant to include such binding molecules.
  • a single chain antibody consists of the variable domains of an antibody heavy and light chains covalently bound by a peptide linker usually consisting of from 10 to 30 amino acids, preferably from 15 to 25 amino acids. Therefore, such a structure does not include the constant part of the heavy and light chains and it is believed that the small peptide spacer should be less antigenic than a whole constant part.
  • chimeric antibody is meant an antibody in which the constant regions of heavy or light chains or both are of human origin while the variable domains of both heavy and light chains are of non-human (e.g. murine) origin.
  • humanized antibody is meant an antibody in which the hypervariable regions (CDRs) are of non-human (e.g.
  • a humanized antibody may however retain a few amino acids of the murine sequence in the parts of the framework regions adjacent to the hypervariable regions.
  • Hypervariable regions may be associated with any kind of framework regions, preferably of murine or human origin. Suitable framework regions are described in “Sequences of proteins of immunological interest” (Kabat E. A. et al, US department of health and human services, Public health service, National Institute of Health, preferably incorporated herein, especially with regard to the framework regions, by reference).
  • the constant part of a human heavy chain of the binding molecules may be of the ⁇ 4 type, including subtypes, preferably the constant part of a human light chain may be of the ⁇ or ⁇ type, more preferably of the ⁇ type.
  • a naturally occurring “antibody” is a glycoprotein comprising at least two heavy (H) chains and two light (L) chains inter-connected by disulfide bonds.
  • Each heavy chain is comprised of a heavy chain variable region (abbreviated herein as V H ) and a heavy chain constant region.
  • the heavy chain constant region is comprised of three domains, CH1, CH2 and CH3.
  • Each light chain is comprised of a light chain variable region (abbreviated herein as V L ) and a light chain constant region.
  • the light chain constant region is comprised of one domain, C L .
  • the V H and V L regions can be further subdivided into regions of hypervariability, termed complementarity determining regions (CDR), interspersed with regions that are more conserved, termed framework regions (FR).
  • CDR complementarity determining regions
  • Each V H and V L is composed of three CDRs and four FRs arranged from amino-terminus to carboxy-terminus in the following order: FR1, CDR1, FR2, CDR2, FR3, CDR3, FR4.
  • the variable regions of the heavy and light chains contain a binding domain that interacts with an antigen.
  • the constant regions of the antibodies may mediate the binding of the immunoglobulin to host tissues or factors, including various cells of the immune system (e.g., effector cells) and the first component (C1q) of the classical complement system.
  • antigen-binding portion of an antibody refers to full length or one or more fragments of an antibody that retain the ability to specifically bind to an antigen (e.g., LINGO-1 and/or LINGO-2). It has been shown that the antigen-binding function of an antibody can be performed by fragments of a full-length antibody.
  • binding fragments encompassed within the term “antigen-binding portion” of an antibody include a Fab fragment, a monovalent fragment consisting of the V L , V H , C L and CH1 domains; a F(ab′) 2 fragment, a bivalent fragment comprising two Fab fragments linked by a disulfide bridge at the hinge region; a Fd fragment consisting of the V H and CH1 domains; a Fv fragment consisting of the V L and V H domains of a single arm of an antibody; a dAb fragment (Ward et al., 1989 Nature 341:544-546), which consists of a V H domain; and an isolated complementarity determining region (CDR).
  • Fab fragment a monovalent fragment consisting of the V L , V H , C L and CH1 domains
  • F(ab′) 2 fragment a bivalent fragment comprising two Fab fragments linked by a disulfide bridge at the hinge region
  • a Fd fragment consisting of the V
  • monoclonal antibody or “monoclonal antibody composition” as used herein refer to a preparation of antibody molecules of single molecular composition (that is, that are identical because they are produced by one type of immune cell that are all clones of a single parent cell).
  • a monoclonal antibody composition displays an (essentially) single binding specificity and affinity for a particular epitope.
  • human antibody is intended to include antibodies having variable regions in which both the framework and CDR regions are derived from sequences of human origin. Furthermore, if the antibody contains a constant region, the constant region also is derived from such human sequences, e.g., human germline sequences, or mutated versions of human germline sequences.
  • the human antibodies of the invention may include amino acid residues not encoded by human sequences (e.g., mutations introduced by random or site-specific mutagenesis in vitro or by somatic mutation in vivo).
  • the term “human antibody”, as used herein is not intended to include antibodies in which CDR sequences derived from the germline of another mammalian species, such as a mouse, have been grafted onto human framework sequences.
  • human monoclonal antibody refers to antibodies displaying an (essentially) single binding specificity which have variable regions in which both the framework and CDR regions are derived from human sequences.
  • the human monoclonal antibodies are produced by a hybridoma which includes a B cell obtained from a transgenic nonhuman animal, e.g., a transgenic mouse, having a genome comprising a human heavy chain transgene and a light chain transgene fused to an immortalized cell.
  • recombinant human antibody includes all human antibodies that are prepared, expressed, created or isolated by recombinant means, such as antibodies isolated from an animal (e.g., a mouse) that is transgenic or transchromosomal for human immunoglobulin genes or a hybridoma prepared therefrom, antibodies isolated from a host cell transformed to express the human antibody, e.g., from a transfectoma, antibodies isolated from a recombinant, combinatorial human antibody library, and antibodies prepared, expressed, created or isolated by any other means that involve splicing of all or a portion of a human immunoglobulin gene, sequences to other DNA sequences.
  • Such recombinant human antibodies have variable regions in which the framework and CDR regions are derived from human germline immunoglobulin sequences.
  • such recombinant human antibodies can be subjected to in vitro mutagenesis (or, when an animal transgenic for human Ig sequences is used, in vivo somatic mutagenesis) and thus the amino acid sequences of the V H and V L regions of the recombinant antibodies are sequences that, while derived from and related to human germline V H and V L sequences, may not naturally exist within the human antibody germline repertoire in vivo.
  • isotype refers to the antibody class (e.g., IgM, IgE, IgG such as IgG1 or IgG4) that is provided by the heavy chain constant region genes.
  • Affinity refers to the strength of interaction between antibody and antigen at single antigenic sites. Within each antigenic site, the variable region of the antibody “arm” interacts through weak non-covalent forces with antigen at numerous sites; the more interactions, the stronger the affinity.
  • K D is intended to refer to the dissociation constant, which is obtained from the ratio of K d to K a (association rate to dissociation rate) (i.e. K d /K a ) and is expressed as a molar concentration (M).
  • K D values for antibodies can be determined using methods well established in the art. A method for determining the K D of an antibody is by using surface plasmon resonance, or using a biosensor system such as a Biacore® system.
  • a binding molecule according to the invention is preferably an “isolated antibody”, which, as used herein, refers to an antibody that is substantially free of other antibodies having different antigenic specificities (e.g., an isolated antibody that specifically binds LINGO-1, LINGO-2 or LINGO-1 and LINGO-2 is substantially free of antibodies that specifically bind antigens other than those mentioned).
  • An isolated antibody that specifically binds may, however, have cross-reactivity to other antigens, such as LINGO-1 or LINGO-2 molecules from other species.
  • an isolated antibody is preferably substantially free of other cellular material and/or chemicals.
  • the invention also provides a binding molecule of the invention which may be selected from a single chain binding molecule which comprises an antigen binding site (especially with the CDRs described above for Antibody 4784) of antibody 4784 comprising
  • a binding molecule of the invention may be selected from a single chain binding molecule which comprises an antigen binding site (especially with the CDRs described above for Antibody 4785) of antibody 4785 comprising
  • a binding molecule which is capable of binding to the ectodomain of rat, cynomolgus monkey and/or human LINGO-1 with a dissociation constant ⁇ 1000 nM and comprises at least one antigen binding site, said antigen binding site comprising in sequence the variable region which is at least 50%, preferably 80, 90, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99% homologous to the equivalent variable regions of the light and heavy chains of 4784 (SEQ ID NO: 4 and SEQ ID NO: 5, respectively) or light and heavy chains of 4785 (SEQ ID NO: 6 and SEQ ID NO: 7, respectively).
  • the binding molecule comprises at least one amino acid sequence chosen from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 12-23, or a sequence which is at least 50%, preferably 80, 90, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99% homologous to these sequences.
  • This dissociation constant may be conveniently tested in various assays including, for example, the FACS method described in the examples.
  • the binding and functional effect of the binding molecules may be shown in a bioassay, e.g. the neurite outgrowth assay as described below.
  • the constant part of a human heavy chain may be of the ⁇ 1; ⁇ 2; ⁇ 3; ⁇ 4; ⁇ 1; ⁇ 2; ⁇ or ⁇ type, preferably of the ⁇ type, more preferably of the ⁇ 4 type, whereas the constant part of a human light chain may be of the ⁇ or ⁇ type (which includes the ⁇ 1; ⁇ 2; and ⁇ 3 subtypes) but is preferably of the ⁇ type.
  • the amino acid sequence of all these constant parts are given in Kabat et al (Supra).
  • Conjugates of the binding molecules of the invention e.g. enzyme or toxin or radioisotope conjugates, are also included within the scope of the invention.
  • Polypeptide if not otherwise specified herein, includes any peptide or protein comprising amino acids joined to each other by peptide bonds, having an amino acid sequence starting at the N-terminal extremity and ending at the C-terminal extremity.
  • the polypeptide of the present invention is a monoclonal antibody, more preferred is a chimeric (also called V-grafted) or humanised (also called CDR-grafted) monoclonal antibody.
  • the humanised (CDR-grafted) monoclonal antibody may or may not include further mutations introduced into the framework (FR) sequences of the acceptor antibody.
  • a functional derivative of a polypeptide as used herein includes a molecule having a qualitative biological activity in common with a polypeptide to the present invention, i.e. having the ability to bind to the ectodomain of rat, cynomolgus monkey and human LINGO-1.
  • a functional derivative includes fragments and peptide analogs of a polypeptide according to the present invention. It also includes the term “direct derivatives”.
  • Fragments comprise regions within the sequence of a polypeptide according to the present invention, e.g. of a specified sequence.
  • Fragments of binding molecules, especially of antibodies are functional fragments, i.e. they comprise at least one portion capable of binding to LINGO-1 and/or LINGO-2, especially to at least one of the epitopes given by SEQ ID NO: 46, 47, 48, 49, 50 and 51, preferably with the binding affinities (K D ) mentioned above or in the Examples, especially as being preferred.
  • derivative is used to define amino acid sequence variants, and covalent modifications of a polypeptide according to the present invention. e.g. of a specified sequence.
  • the functional derivatives of a polypeptide according to the present invention e.g. of a specified sequence, e.g. of the hypervariable region of the light and the heavy chain, preferably have at least about 65%, more preferably at least about 75%, even more preferably at least about 85%, most preferably at least about 95, 96, 97, 98, 99% overall sequence homology with the amino acid sequence of a polypeptide according to the present invention, e.g. of a specified sequence, and substantially retain the ability to bind the ectodomain of rat, cynomolgus monkey and human LINGO-1 (and optionally in addition to LINGO-2).
  • covalent modification includes modifications of a polypeptide according to the present invention, e.g. of a specified sequence; or a fragment thereof with an organic proteinaceous or non-proteinaceous derivatizing agent, fusions to heterologous polypeptide sequences, and post-translational modifications.
  • Covalent modified polypeptides e.g. of a specified sequence, still have the ability to bind to the ectodomain of rat, cynomolgus monkey and human LINGO-1.
  • Covalent modifications are traditionally introduced by reacting targeted amino acid residues with an organic derivatizing agent that is capable of reacting with selected sides or terminal residues, or by harnessing mechanisms of post-translational modifications that function in selected recombinant host cells.
  • Certain post-translational modifications are the result of the action of recombinant host cells on the expressed polypeptide. Glutaminyl and asparaginyl residues are frequently post-translationally deamidated to the corresponding glutamyl and aspartyl residues. Alternatively, these residues are deaminated under mildly acidic conditions. Other post-translational modifications include hydroxylation of proline and lysine, phosphorylation of hydroxyl groups of seryl, tyrosine or threonyl residues, methylation of the ⁇ -amino groups of lysine, arginine, and histidine side chains, see e.g. T. E. Creighton, Proteins: Structure and Molecular Properties, W. H.
  • Covalent modifications e.g. include fusion proteins comprising a polypeptide according to the present invention, e.g. of a specified sequence and their amino acid sequence variants, such as immunoadhesins, and N-terminal fusions to heterologous signal sequences.
  • “Homology” (or “identity) with respect to a native polypeptide and its functional derivative is defined herein as the percentage of amino acid residues in the candidate sequence that are identical with the residues of a corresponding native polypeptide, after aligning the sequences and introducing gaps, if necessary, to achieve the maximum percent homology, and not considering any conservative substitutions as part of the sequence identity. Neither N- or C-terminal extensions nor insertions shall be construed as reducing identity or homology. Methods and computer programs for the alignment are well known.
  • the percent homology between two amino acid sequences or two nucleotide sequences is equivalent to the percent identity between the two sequences.
  • the comparison of sequences and determination of percent identity between two sequences can be accomplished using a mathematical algorithm, as described in the non-limiting examples below:
  • the percent identity between two amino acid sequences can be determined using the algorithm of E. Meyers and W. Miller (Comput. Appl. Biosci., 4:11-17, 1988) which has been incorporated into the ALIGN program (version 2.0), using a PAM120 weight residue table, a gap length penalty of 12 and a gap penalty of 4.
  • the percent identity between two amino acid sequences can be determined using the Needleman and Wunsch (J. Mol, Biol.
  • the protein sequences of the present invention can further be used as a “query sequence” to perform a search against public databases to, for example, identify related sequences.
  • Such searches can be performed using the XBLAST program (version 2.0) of Altschul, et al., 1990 J. Mol. Biol. 215:403-10.
  • Gapped BLAST can be utilized as described in Altschul et al., 1997 Nucleic Acids Res. 25(17):3389-3402.
  • the default parameters of the respective programs e.g., XBLAST and NBLAST
  • the default parameters of the respective programs e.g., XBLAST and NBLAST
  • amino acid(s) refer to all naturally occurring L- ⁇ -amino acids, e.g. and including D-amino acids.
  • the amino acids are identified by either the well known single-letter or three-letter designations.
  • amino acid sequence variant refers to molecules with some differences in their amino acid sequences as compared to a polypeptide according to the present invention, e.g. of a specified sequence.
  • Amino acid sequence variants of a polypeptide according to the present invention, e.g. of a specified sequence still have the ability to bind to the ectodomain of rat, cynomolgus monkey and human LINGO-1.
  • Substitutional variants are those that have at least one amino acid residue removed and a different amino acid inserted in its place at the same position in a polypeptide according to the present invention, e.g. of a specified sequence.
  • Insertional variants are those with one or more, e.g. 1 to 100, such as 1 to 10, amino acids inserted immediately adjacent to an amino acid at a particular position in a polypeptide according to the present invention, e.g. of a specified sequence. Immediately adjacent to an amino acid means connected to either the a-carboxy or ⁇ -amino functional group of the amino acid.
  • Deletional variants are those with one or more, e.g.
  • deletional variants will have one or two amino acids deleted in a particular region of the molecule.
  • a binding molecule of the invention may be produced by recombinant DNA techniques. In view of this, one or more DNA molecules encoding the binding molecule must be constructed, placed under appropriate control sequences and transferred into a suitable host organism for expression.
  • a method for constructing a variable domain gene is for example described in EP 239 400 (preferably incorporated herein by reference, especially regarding the methods for constructing a variable domain gene) and may be briefly summarized as follows: A gene encoding a variable domain of a monoclonal antibody of whatever specificity is cloned. The DNA segments encoding the framework and hypervariable regions are determined and the DNA segments encoding the hypervariable regions are removed so that the DNA segments encoding the framework regions are fused together with suitable restriction sites at the junctions.
  • the restriction sites may be generated at the appropriate positions by mutagenesis of the DNA molecule by standard procedures.
  • Double stranded synthetic variable region cassettes are prepared by DNA synthesis according to the sequences given above. These cassettes are provided with sticky ends so that they can be ligated at the junctions to the framework by standard protocol for achieving a DNA molecule encoding an immunoglobulin variable domain.
  • the method comprises the synthesis of a number of oligonucleotides, their amplification by the PCR method, and their splicing to give the desired DNA sequence.
  • Expression vectors comprising a suitable promoter or genes encoding heavy and light chain constant parts are publicly available. Thus, once a DNA molecule of the invention is prepared it may be conveniently transferred in an appropriate expression vector.
  • DNA molecules encoding single chain antibodies may also be prepared by standard methods, for example, as described in WO 88/1649 (preferably incorporated herein by reference, especially with regard to the DNA molecules encoding single chain antibodies).
  • the recombinant means for the production of some of the binding molecules of the invention includes first and second DNA constructs as described below:
  • the first DNA construct encodes a heavy chain or fragment thereof and comprises
  • the second part encodes the constant part of a human heavy chain, more preferably the constant part of the human ⁇ 4 chain.
  • This second part may be a DNA fragment of genomic origin (comprising introns) or a cDNA fragment (without introns).
  • the second DNA construct encodes a light chain or fragment thereof and comprises
  • the second part encodes the constant part of a human light chain, more preferably the constant part of the human ⁇ chain.
  • Each of the DNA constructs are placed under the control of suitable control sequences, in particular under the control of a suitable promoter.
  • Any kind of promoter may be used, provided that it is adapted to the host organism in which the DNA constructs will be transferred for expression. However, if expression is to take place in a mammalian cell, it is particularly preferred to use the promoter of an immunoglobulin gene.
  • the desired antibody may be produced in a cell culture or in a transgenic animal.
  • a suitable transgenic animal may be obtained according to standard methods which include micro injecting into eggs the first and second DNA constructs placed under suitable control sequences transferring the so prepared eggs into appropriate pseudo-pregnant females and selecting a descendant expressing the desired antibody.
  • the DNA constructs When the antibody chains have to be produced in a cell culture, the DNA constructs must first be inserted into either a single expression vector or into two separate but compatible expression vectors, the latter possibility being preferred.
  • the invention also provides an expression vector able to replicate in a prokaryotic or eukaryotic cell line which comprises at least one of the DNA constructs above described.
  • Each expression vector containing a DNA construct is then transferred into a suitable host organism.
  • the DNA constructs are separately inserted on two expression vectors, they may be transferred separately, i.e. one type of vector per cell, or co-transferred, this latter possibility being preferred.
  • a suitable host organism may be a bacterium, a yeast or a mammalian cell line, this latter being preferred. More preferably, the mammalian cell line is of lymphoid origin e.g. a myeloma, hybridoma or a normal immortalized B-cell, but does not express any endogeneous antibody heavy or light chain.
  • the host organism contains a large number of copies of the vectors per cell. If the host organism is a mammalian cell line, this desirable goal may be reached by amplifying the number of copies according to standard methods. Amplification methods usually consist of selecting for increased resistance to a drug, said resistance being encoded by the expression vector.
  • a process for producing a multi-chain binding molecule of the invention which comprises (i) culturing an organism which is transformed with the first and second DNA constructs of the invention and (ii) recovering an active binding molecule of the invention from the culture.
  • the heavy and light chains may be separately recovered and reconstituted into an active binding molecule after in vitro refolding.
  • Reconstitution methods are well-known in the art; Examples of methods are in particular provided in EP 120 674 or in EP 125 023. Therefore a process may also comprise
  • binding molecules of the invention significantly inhibit the binding of LINGO-1 to NgR, significantly attenuate the neurite outgrowth inhibitory activity of adult rat spinal cord myelin at sub-nM concentrations and significantly increase oligodendrocyte differentiation in vitro as exemplified below:
  • FIG. 1 Effect of Fabs 4784 and 4785 on AP-LINGO-1 Binding to NgR:SH-SY5Y Cells
  • NgR:SH-SY5Y cells in suspension are incubated with either 1 nM AP or AP-LINGO-1 in the absence or presence of 2 ⁇ M of the indicated anti-LINGO-1 Fab or anti-hen lysozyme Fab 3207.
  • Bound AP activity on the cells is measured as absorbance at 405 nm after a 30 min incubation with 1-StepTM PNPP.
  • the specific binding of AP-LINGO-1 is calculated as the difference between the total amount of AP-LINGO-1 binding and the amount of binding with AP alone.
  • FIG. 2 Disinhibition of Spinal Cord Myelin by Anti-LINGO-1 IgG4 Antibodies 4784 and 4785
  • P7 CGN cells are incubated for 16 hr on wells coated without spinal cord myelin (no SC, white bars) or wells coated with spinal cord myelin in the absence (SC, red bars) or presence of anti-LINGO-1 IgG4 antibodies, a control anti-lysozyme IgG4 antibody 3207 (green bars) or 1 ⁇ m of the ROCK inhibitor Y27632 (yellow bar).
  • ROCK is the secondary messenger in the signaling pathway of most, it not all, myelin-associated neurite outgrowth inhibitors, including those which do not signal through the NgR receptor complex and as such Y27632 treatment is used as a positive control for the attenuation of the neurite outgrowth inhibitory activity of spinal cord myelin ( FIG. 1 ).
  • the experiment is performed in three 96 well plates with an SC and no SC condition per plate to which the effects of the antibodies on that plate are compared and mean neurite length per neuron ( ⁇ m) is calculated for 500 neurons per well in replicates of 10.
  • the percentage inhibition (white text) is calculated as the percentile difference in mean neurite length/neuron between cells plated on wells coated with and without SC.
  • the percentage disinhibition (black italic text) is calculated as the difference in mean neurite length between cells plated on SC in the presence and absence of anti-LINGO-1 antibody as a percentile of the difference between cells plated on wells coated with and without SC. *p ⁇ 0.05, **p ⁇ 0.01 (one way ANOVA, Holm-Sidak comparison to mean neurite length/neuron for cells plated on spinal cord myelin in the absence of antibody).
  • FIG. 3 Disinhibition of Spinal Cord Myelin by Anti-LINGO-1 IgG4 Antibodies II
  • A) P7 CGN cells are incubated for 8 hr on wells coated without spinal cord myelin (no SC, white bars) or wells coated with spinal cord myelin in the absence (SC, red bars) or presence of anti-LINGO-1 IgG4 antibodies or a control anti-lysozyme IgG4 antibody 3207.
  • the experiment is performed in three 96 well plates with an SC and no SC condition per plate to which the effects of the antibodies on that plate are compared and mean neurite length per neuron ( ⁇ m) is calculated for 500 neurons per well in replicates of 10.
  • the percentage inhibition (white text) and disinhibition (black italic text) is calculated as above. **p ⁇ 0.01 (one way ANOVA, Holm-Sidak comparison to mean neurite length/neuron for cells plated on spinal cord myelin in the absence of antibody).
  • FIG. 4 Disinhibition of Spinal Cord Myelin by Anti-LINGO-1 IgG4 Antibodies III
  • P7 CGN cells are incubated for 8 hr on wells coated without spinal cord myelin (no SC) or wells coated with spinal cord myelin in the absence (SC) or presence of the indicated concentrations of anti-LINGO-1 IgG4 antibodies 4784 or 4785, a control anti-lysozyme IgG4 antibody 3207 or 1 ⁇ M Y27632 (ROCK).
  • the experiment is performed in three 96 well plates with an SC and no SC condition per plate to which the effects of the antibodies on that plate are compared and mean neurite length per neuron ( ⁇ m) is calculated for 500 neurons per well in replicates of 10.
  • the percentage inhibition (white text) and disinhibition (black italic text) is calculated as above.
  • *p ⁇ 0.05, **p ⁇ 0.01 one way ANOVA, Holm-Sidak comparison to mean neurite length/neuron for cells plated on spinal cord myelin in the absence of antibody).
  • FIG. 5 Anti-LINGO-1 Antibodies Significantly Increase the Differentiation of Immature Oligodendrocytes
  • Freshly isolated OPCs are treated with 100 nM 4784, 4785 or control IgG4 3207 for 3 days in DMEM/CNTF/T3 medium followed by staining with the anti-04 antibody to visualise immature and mature oligodendrocytes (larger, more diffuse labeling) and the nucleic acid dye DAPI (4′,6-diamidin-2′-phenyl-indol-dihydrochloride) to visualise cell nuclei (smaller circular dots). Oligodendrocytes bearing highly arborised and extended processes and myelin sheet-like structures are considered to have a mature morphology and are indicated with white arrows.
  • Anti-LINGO-1 antibody treatment results in an increase in the proportion of O4-positive cells with a mature morphology whereas treatment with control IgG4 3207 has no effect.
  • the proportion of total (left graph) and mature (right graph) oligodendrocytes is quantified in three independent experiments (1, 2, 3).
  • the left bar graph depicts the percentage of DAPI-stained nuclei associated with O4-staining and the right bar graph depicts the percentage of O4-positive cells with a mature morphology (mean of triplicates+STD).
  • the leftmost bar is with no treatment
  • the second to left bar Control with Control IgG the next represents treatment with 4784 and the rightmost treatment with 4785.
  • Anti-LINGO-1 antibodies have no effect on the proportion of cells that are oligodendrocytes but significantly increase the proportion of oligodendrocytes with a mature morphology.
  • FIG. 6 Anti-LINGO-1 Antibodies Downregulate Cell Surface LINGO-1
  • Untransfected CHO-K1 or CHO-K1-hLINGO-1 cells are incubated at 37° C. for 24 hrs with 100 nM 4784, 4785 and 3207 and LINGO-1 detected at the cell surface by a further incubation at room temperature for 30 min with the anti-V5 antibody.
  • the cells are fixed with 4% PFA, blocked with BSA and bound anti-V5 antibody detected using an anti-mouse-IgG (Fc specific)-POD conjugate that is subsequently developed using a 1-StepTM Turbo TMB ELISA kit.
  • the absorbance at 450 nm is taken as a measure of the amount of LINGO-1 at the cell surface (mean of triplicates ⁇ STD).
  • FIG. 7 Characterization of Anti-LINGO-1 Fabs by ELISA
  • the present invention also provides the use of the binding molecules of the invention in the promotion of axonal regeneration/plasticity of a mammalian nervous system, in particular the human nervous system.
  • the invention also provides a method of promoting axonal regeneration/plasticity of a mammalian nervous system, in particular human nervous system which comprises administering an effective amount of the binding molecules of the invention to a patient in need of such treatment.
  • the invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition for promoting axonal regeneration/plasticity of a mammalian nervous system, in particular human nervous system which comprises the binding molecules of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent.
  • the binding molecules of the invention are useful for promoting axonal regeneration and plasticity after CNS injury (the term injury, in the present application, refers especially to injury caused by mechanical or chemical effects or due to diseases or disorders that e.g. lead to degeneration of neurons, especially their structure or form, e.g. in neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's or Parkinson's Disease or other disorders or diseases mentioned below).
  • the molecules of the invention have a wide utility in particular for human subjects.
  • the binding molecule of the invention are useful in the treatment of various diseases of the peripheral (PNS) and central (CNS) nervous system, i.e.
  • the binding molecules of the invention are useful for promoting remyelination in concert with promoting axonal regeneration/plasticity in demyelinating diseases that include, but are not limited to, multiple sclerosis, monophasic demyelination, encephalomyelitis, multifocal leukoencephalopathy, panencephalitis, Marchiafava-Bignami disease, pontine myelmolysis, adrenoleukodystrophy, Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease, Spongy degeneration, Alexander's disease, Canavan's disease, metachromatic leukodystrophy and Krabbe's disease.
  • cells which express the binding molecules of the invention may be transplanted to a site spinal cord injury to facilitate axonal growth throughout the injured site.
  • Such transplanted cells would provide a means for restoring spinal cord function following injury or trauma.
  • Such cells could include olfactory ensheathing cells and stem cells of different lineages of fetal nerve or tissue grafts.
  • the binding molecules of the invention are useful for the treatment of degenerative ocular disorders which may directly or indirectly involve the degeneration of retinal or corneal cells including ischemic retinopathies in general, anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, all forms of optic neuritis, age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, cystoid macular edema (CME), retinitis pigmentosa, Stargardt's disease, Best's vitelliform retinal degeneration, Leber's congenital amaurosis and other hereditary retinal degenerations, pathologic myopia, retinopathy of prematurity, and Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy, the after effects of corneal transplantation or of refractive corneal surgery, and herpes keratitis.
  • ischemic retinopathies in general, anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, all forms of optic neuritis, age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, cystoid macular edema (CME),
  • binding molecules of the invention are useful for the treatment of psychiatric conditions, particularly schizophrenia and depression.
  • the appropriate dosage will, of course, vary depending upon, for example, the particular molecule of the invention to be employed, the mode of administration and the nature and severity of the condition being treated. In general, the dosage preferably will be in the range of 1 ⁇ g/kg/day to 1 mg/kg/day.
  • the binding molecules of the invention are conveniently administered by pumps or injected as therapeutics at the lesioned site or near it, e.g. they can be administered directly into the CNS intracranially or into the spine intrathecally to the lesioned site. However, systemic administration is not excluded here.
  • the binding molecules of the invention can be provided alone, or in combination, or in sequential combination with other agents.
  • the binding molecules of the invention can be administered in combination with anti-Nogo-A antibodies or anti-inflammatory agents such as but not limited to corticosteroids following stroke or spinal cord injury as a means for blocking further neuronal damage and inhibition of axonal regeneration, neurotrophic factors such as NGF, BDNF or other drugs for neurodegenerative diseases such as ExelonTM or Levodopa.
  • anti-Nogo-A antibodies or anti-inflammatory agents such as but not limited to corticosteroids following stroke or spinal cord injury as a means for blocking further neuronal damage and inhibition of axonal regeneration, neurotrophic factors such as NGF, BDNF or other drugs for neurodegenerative diseases such as ExelonTM or Levodopa.
  • Other suitable combination partners for the treatment of stroke are Alteplase and Desmoteplase (DSPA, e.g. disclosed in WO90/09438).
  • the present invention provides a combination comprising a binding molecule of the invention and Desmoteplase, in particular
  • compositions of the invention may be manufactured in conventional manner.
  • a composition according to the invention comprising the molecules of the invention is preferably provided in lyophilized form.
  • a suitable aqueous carrier for example sterile water for injection or sterile buffered physiological saline.
  • the binding molecules of the invention and optionally a second drug enhancing the effect of the binding molecules of the invention may be packaged separately within the same container, with instructions for mixing or concomitant administration.
  • Optional second drug candidates are provided above.
  • the synergistic effect of a combination of the binding molecules of the invention and growth factors such as NGF may be demonstrated in vivo by the spinal cord injury models.
  • the monoclonal antibodies of attention in the Examples are binding molecules according to the present invention containing for antibody 4784 the variable part of the light chain (SEQ ID NO: 4) and the variable part of the heavy chain (SEQ ID NO: 5) and comprising for 4785 the variable part of the light chain (SEQ ID NO: 6) and the variable part of the heavy chain (SEQ ID NO: 7).
  • a human cDNA library is generated by RT-PCR of universal human reference RNA (Stratagene) using random and oligo dT primers.
  • a cynomolgus monkey brain cDNA library is generated by RT-PCR of polyA RNA isolated from frozen cynomolgus monkey brain using random and oligo dT primers.
  • a Marathon-ready rat brain cDNA library is obtained from Clontech.
  • cDNA encoding the mature sequence (residues 34-614) of human LINGO-1 (SEQ ID NO: 27), cynomolgus monkey LINGO-1 (SEQ ID NO: 28) and rat LINGO-1 (SEQ ID NO: 29) flanked by 5′-XbaI and 3′-XhoI sites is PCR amplified from the respective library using the forward primer DM14, 5′-CTACGTCTAGAACGGGCTGCCCGCCCCGCT-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 30), and reverse primer DM15, 5′-GGTTTCTCGAGTCATATCATCTTCATGTTGAACTTGCGG-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 31).
  • the PCR product is cleaved with XbaI and XhoI and inserted into the respective sites of the vector pSecTag2-V5 (SEQ ID NO: 32) to generate hLINGO-1-pSecTag2-V5, cmLINGO-1-pSecTag2-V5 and rLINGO-1-pSecTag2-V5, respectively.
  • the predicted protein product is the mature sequence of LINGO-1 fused at the N-terminus to a 14 amino acid residue V5 epitope tag via a 2 amino acid residue linker.
  • cDNA encoding the mature sequence (residues 26-606) of human LINGO-2 (SEQ ID NO: 33) flanked by 5′-XbaI and 3′-XhoI sites is PCR amplified from a Marathon-ready human brain cDNA library (Clontech) using the forward primer DM16, 5′-CTACGTCTAGAATTGGCTGCCCCGCTCGCT-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 34), and reverse primer DM17, 5′-GGTTTCTCGAGTCAAATCATTTTCATGTTGAACCTCCTG-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 35).
  • the PCR product is cleaved with XbaI and XhoI and inserted into the respective sites of the vector pSecTag2-V5 to generate hLINGO-2-pSecTag2-V5.
  • the predicted protein product is the mature sequence of LINGO-2 fused at the N-terminus to a 14 amino acid residue V5 epitope tag via a 2 amino acid residue linker.
  • CHO-K1 cells stably expressing human LINGO-1 (CHO-K1-hLINGO-1), cynomolgous LINGO-1 (CHO-K1-cmLINGO-1), rat LINGO-1 (CHO-K1-rLINGO-1) and human LINGO-2 (CHO-K1-hLINGO-2) are generated by transfection of cells with hLINGO-1-pSecTag2-V5, cmLINGO-1-pSecTag2-V5, rLINGO-1-pSecTag2-V5 and hLINGO-2-pSecTag2-V5, respectively, using lipofectamine-2000 (Invitrogen) according to the manufacturer's instructions.
  • Stably expressing transfectants are selected with 1 mg/ml zeocin (Invivogen) and single clones isolated either by serial dilution into 96-well plates or by using clonal rings. Expression of the constructs on the cell surface is confirmed by immunofluorescent analysis using an anti-V5 antibody (InvitroGen).
  • a MGC mRNA coding for human LINGO-1 (clone MGC:17422 IMAGE:4214343) is used as template for PCR amplification.
  • the extracellular domain (ECD) preceded by the natural signal sequence (aa1-550) of human LINGO-1 is amplified by PCR with the Pwo1 polymerase (Roche Diagnostics) and with primers which added a HindIII restriction site and a Kozak consensus sequence at the 5′ end of the target sequence and an XhoI restriction site immediately after the last codon of the target sequence at the 3′ end.
  • the PCR product is digested with HindIII and XhoI, gel purified and inserted into plasmid pRS5a-IgG (SEQ ID NO: 36) previously digested with the same enzymes.
  • the accuracy of the inserted sequence, complete Fc and flanking regions in the resulting expression clone is confirmed by DNA sequencing.
  • the same MGC clone serves as template for the construction by gene SOEing of the expression plasmid for human LINGO-1 lacking the LRR domain (aa34-65+aa354-550).
  • the N-terminal region of human ECD LINGO-1 (aa34-65) is amplified by PCR with primers extending the 5′ end with a partial sequence coding for an heterologous secretion signal fused to mature LINGO-1 and adding, at the 3′ end, a sequence coding for the first seven amino acids of the C-terminal fragment.
  • the C-terminal region of human ECD LINGO-1 (aa354-550) is amplified by PCR with primers extending the 5′ end with a sequence coding for the last seven amino acids of the N-terminal fragment and adding, at the 3′ end, an XhoI site immediately after the last codon of the target sequence.
  • the two PCR products are gel purified, mixed and serves as template for a second PCR amplification using at the 5′ end a primer which adds a HindIII restriction site, a Kozak consensus sequence and completes the herologous secretion signal sequence and, at the 3′ end, the external primer previously used to amplify the C-terminal fragment.
  • the PCR product is digested with HindIII and XhoI, gel purified and inserted into plasmid pRS5a-IgG previously digested with the same enzymes.
  • the accuracy of the inserted sequence, complete Fc and flanking regions in the resulting expression clone is confirmed by DNA sequencing.
  • HEK.EBNA cells (Invitrogen, previous cat. no. R620-07) are cultivated in attached mode on tissue culture flasks in Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium (DMEM) buffered with 25 mM Hepes (Gibco/Life Technologies cat. no. 42430-025) and additionally enriched with 10% fetal calf serum; the cultures are maintained at 37° C. and 5% CO 2 in humidified atmosphere.
  • DMEM Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium
  • 42430-025 enriched with 10% fetal calf serum
  • 4 ⁇ 10 5 cells are seeded one day prior to transfection into poly-D-lysine-coated 6-wells (plates).
  • Transfections are performed using 3 ⁇ g of plasmid DNA and 6 ⁇ l of Lipofectamine 2000 reagent (Invitrogen cat. no. 11668-019) per well, essentially as described by the vendor.
  • the cell supernatants are harvested and the cell-free supernatant is subjected to protein analysis, i.e. to immuno-affinity HPLC analysis on Protein G columns.
  • Titers ranging between 8 mg/l for construct natleader-hsLINGO-1-Fc/pRS5a and 40 mg/l for construct Igleader-hsLINGO-1- ⁇ LRR-Fc/pRS5a are determined.
  • large-scale plasmid preps are prepared to enable transient transfections on the multi-litre scale in HEK.EBNA suspension cultures.
  • HEK.EBNA cell culture For production of natleader-hsLINGO-1-Fc on enlarged scale, 2.9 L of HEK.EBNA cell culture at a density of 1.4 ⁇ 10 6 cells/ml is mixed with 1.1 L DNA:PEI solution (1 ⁇ g DNA:2 ⁇ g PEI per ml). Following incubation of cells for 4 hrs, the culture is fed with 4 L of ExCell VPRO medium (SAFC, previously JRH, Lenexa, Kans.). The cell culture supernatant is harvested after 6 days of cultivation and concentrated by diafiltration down to 1-L using a disposable Hemoflow F10HPS filter with a 10 kDa cut-off (Fresenius Medical Care, Germany).
  • the second relevant protein production run to generate Igleader-hsLINGO-1- ⁇ LRR-Fc protein is done in a similar fashion. Details on large-scale transfection, DNA:PEI ratio, cell densities, feeding and harvest are exactly the same as described above.
  • 1 L concentrate (from 8 L culture supernatant) is chromatographed on 20 ml Protein A Sepharose. After base-line washing with 100 mM NaPi, pH 7.3, bound material is eluted with 50 mM citrate, 140 mM NaCl, pH 2.7, neutralized and sterile filtered. The eluted fraction is further concentrated and gel filtered on Superdex 75 in PBS yielding 8.2 mg product at a concentration of 1.2 mg/ml.
  • 1 L concentrate (from 8 L culture supernatant) is chromatographed on 20 ml Protein A Sepharose. After base-line washing with 100 mM NaPi, pH 7.3, bound material is eluted with 50 mM citrate, 140 mM NaCl, pH 2.7, neutralized and sterile filtered yielding 52.5 mg product at a concentration of 1.5 mg/ml.
  • the purified proteins are extensively characterized by N-terminal sequencing and by MALDI peptide mass analysis after reduction/alkylation and trypsin digestion.
  • Blocking the binding of LINGO-1 to NgR is expected to prevent the signaling of three myelin-associated inhibitors of neurite outgrowth, namely Nogo-66, MAG and OMgp, and hence attenuate the neurite outgrowth inhibitory activity of CNS myelin thus leading to increased axonal regeneration/plasticity and improved functional recovery following acute CNS injury.
  • an assay can be used which measures the binding of human placental alkaline phosphatase (AP)-tagged rat LINGO-1 ectodomain (AP-LINGO-1) to SH-SY5Y cells stably expressing NgR (NgR-SH-SY5Y, Walmsley et. al. (2004) J Cell Sci 117, 4591-4602).
  • AP human placental alkaline phosphatase
  • AP-LINGO-1 ectodomain AP-LINGO-1
  • cDNA encoding the majority of the rat LINGO-1 ectodomain (residues 34-532) flanked by 5′-Xho I and 3′-Xba I sites is PCR amplified from rLINGO-1-pSecTag2-V5 using the forward primer DM22, 5′-GGTTATCTCGAGACCGGCTGCCCGCCCC-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 24), and reverse primer DM23, 5′-GGCCCTTCTAGATCACTCGCCTGGCTGGTTGGAGATG-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 25).
  • the PCR product is cleaved with XhoI and XbaI and inserted into the respective sites of the vector APtag-5-NHIS (SEQ ID NO: 26) to generate APtag-5-NHIS-solrLINGO-1.
  • the predicted protein product is the majority of the rat LINGO-1 ectodomain fused at the N-terminus to residues 23-511 of human placental alkaline phosphatase via a 3 amino acid residue linker.
  • HEK293T cells are transfected with APtag-5—NHIS-solrLINGO-1 using lipofectamine 2000 according to the manufacturer's instructions. The transfection medium is removed 4 hrs after transfection and replaced with OptiMEM I without phenol red (Invitrogen).
  • AP-LINGO-1 is detected with 0.1% (v/v) anti-penta-histidine antibody (Qiagen) followed by 0.02% (v/v) peroxidase-conjugated anti-mouse IgG antibody (Sigma) using the ECLTM system (GE Healthcare).
  • AP-LINGO-1 is visualised as a band of approximately 110 kDa, similar to its predicted molecular weight of 112 kDa. No N-terminal degradation products are observed.
  • NgR:SH-SY5Y cells at 50% confluency are harvested with enzyme-free dissociation buffer (Invitrogen) to preserve cell surface proteins such as NgR. 1 nM AP, 1 nM AP-LINGO-1 or 1 nM AP-LINGO-1 in the presence of 2 ⁇ M anti-LINGO-1 Fab or a control Fab 3207 against lysozyme from hen egg white is pre-incubated for 30 min in OptiMEM (Invitrogen) and subsequently incubated with constant agitation for 1.5 hr with NgR:SH-SY5Y cells in suspension.
  • enzyme-free dissociation buffer Invitrogen
  • Cells are washed 6 times in HBH (20 mM HEPES pH 7.4/1% bovine serum albumin in Hanks balanced saline) and fixed in 4% paraformaldehyde (PFA)/5% sucrose in PBS for 15 min. Following inactivation of endogenous AP activity by incubation at 65° C. for 1 hr in 20 mM HEPES pH 7.4 in Hanks balanced saline, cell-bound AP activity is quantified as absorbance at 405 nm after a 30 min incubation with 1-StepTM PNPP (Pierce) according to the manufacturer's instructions.
  • HBH HEPES pH 7.4/1% bovine serum albumin in Hanks balanced saline
  • PFA paraformaldehyde
  • the Fabs are used at a concentration of 2 ⁇ M in order to saturate AP-LINGO-1 with bound Fab and thus minimise the influence of their affinities on their ability to inhibit binding. The reason for this is to exclude the possibility of prematurely discarding Fabs from further studies which fail to inhibit binding due to their low affinity rather than the position of their binding site as the affinity of such Fabs could be increased at later stages by affinity maturation and IgG4 conversion.
  • 1 nM AP-LINGO-1 is pre-incubated with either the control Fab 3207 or anti-LINGO-1 Fabs 4784 and 4785 and then allowed to bind in the presence of the Fab to NgR:SH-SY5Y cells in suspension ( FIG. 1 ).
  • the percentage inhibition in specific AP-LINGO-1 binding in the presence of the anti-LINGO-1 Fabs is normalized to that for Fab 3207. 4784 and 4785 give a significant inhibition (p ⁇ 0.01, one way ANOVA, Holm-Sidak comparison to specific binding of AP-LINGO-1 in presence of control Fab 3207) of AP-LINGO-1 binding to the cells.
  • Blocking the binding of LINGO-1 to NgR is predicted to prevent the signaling of the myelin-associated inhibitors Nogo-66, MAG and OMgp leading to a reduction in the neurite outgrowth inhibitory activity of CNS myelin.
  • 4784 and 4785 Fabs are converted to the final IgG4 format (see Example 8) and assessed for their ability to attenuate the inhibition of neurite outgrowth from postnatal day 7 rat cerebellar granule neurons grown on adult rat spinal cord myelin.
  • CGN rat cerebellar granule neurons
  • the disinhibitory activity of anti-LINGO-1 IgG4 antibodies 4784 and 4785 is assessed in the said neurite outgrowth assay ( FIG. 2 ).
  • Fresh rat spinal cord tissue from adult rats is homogenized in 3 volumes (w/v) extraction buffer (60 mM Chaps, 20 mM Tris pH 8.0, 1 mM EDTA, protease inhibitor cocktail), incubated for 30 min at 4° C. and clarified by centrifugation at 170000 ⁇ g for 30 min at 4° C.
  • Each well in a 96 well plate is coated with 5 ⁇ l nitrocellulose in MeOH (5 cm 2 nitrocellulose in 12 ml MeOH), air dried and coated with 100 ⁇ l 5 ⁇ g/ml poly-D-lysine by incubation for 4 hr at 37° C.
  • CGN cells are freshly purified from trypsin dissociates of postnatal day 7 rat cerebellar tissue as described previously (Schweigreiter et al., 2004).
  • Western blot analysis to detect LINGO-1 is performed on lysates from CHO-K1 cells expressing V5-tagged rat LINGO-1 or P7 CGN cells using 2 ⁇ g/ml (or 13.3 nM) anti-LINGO-1 polyclonal antibody (Upstate) followed by 0.02% (v/v) peroxidase-conjugated anti-rabbit IgG antibody (Sigma).
  • CGN cells (35000 cells/well) are incubated for 30 min at 37° C. on wells coated without or with spinal cord myelin prior to the addition of either 0-100 nM anti-LINGO-1 IgG4 antibody or the control 3207 IgG4 antibody. Following an 8-16 hr incubation at 37° C., cells are fixed with 4% PFA and stained with Hoechst 3342 (Invitrogen) for visualisation of the nucleus and anti- ⁇ -tubulin III antibody (R&D Systems) followed by an Alexa Fluor 546-conjugated anti-mouse IgG antibody (Invitrogen) to specifically visualize neurons. Parameters of neurite outgrowth are determined using an ArrayScan® HCS Reader (Cellomics).
  • ArrayScan® II automatically locates, focuses and exposes fields of cells within a 96-well microtiter plate.
  • ArrayScan® consists of a high-resolution optical system, a multiple bandpass emission filter with matched single band excitation filter (XF100), a CCD camera with frame grabber, and proprietary applications software. In this assay, the Extended Neurite Outgrowth Bioapplication is used.
  • An excitation filter wheel and multiple bandpass emission filters are used to enable multichannel imaging of fluorescence from two fluorophores in the same cells.
  • Bandpass images of Hoechst 33342-labelled nuclei are acquired to identify discrete cells, and bandpass images of Alexa Fluor 488 are then acquired to identify the extent of cells labeled with anti-tubulin antibody (using a secondary conjugated to Alexa Fluor 488). Inappropriate bodies within cells are automatically excluded from the analysis, so that only overlapping Hoechst and beta-tubulin cell bodies are analyzed.
  • Dual emission images are acquired for 5 discrete 350 ⁇ m 2 fields in each well of the plate. Using a 10-x objective, this results in 400-500 cells per well analyzed.
  • the Extended Neurite Outgrowth Bioapplication then reports several quantitative measures of neuronal morphology for single cells, including neurite length number of neurites per cell, cell body area, and branch and cross points.
  • the mean neurite length per neuron ( ⁇ m) is calculated for 500 neurons per well in replicates of 10.
  • the anti-LINGO-1 IgG4 antibodies 4784 and 4785 are disinhibitory at 1 and 10 nM, whereas the control IgG4 against lysozyme gives no disinhibition at both concentrations ( FIG. 2 ).
  • the mean length of neurites per neuron on spinal cord myelin in the presence of 4784 and 4785 at both concentrations is statistically higher than that in the absence of antibody.
  • the greater level of disinhibition achieved with the ROCK inhibitor Y27632 compared to the anti-LINGO-1 antibodies 4784 and 4785 is expected as this compound inhibits the signaling pathways of additional myelin-associated neurite outgrowth inhibitors other than those that signal through the NgR receptor complex.
  • the neurite outgrowth assay is repeated ( FIG. 3 ).
  • the anti-LINGO-1 antibodies 4784 and 4785 are disinhibitory at 1 nM and 10 nM, whereas the control IgG4 against lysozyme gives no disinhibition at both concentrations.
  • the mean length of neurites per neuron on spinal cord myelin in the presence of 4784 and 4785 at both concentrations is statistically higher than that in the absence of antibody.
  • Blockade of LINGO-1 function by genetic means or by treatment with a receptor-body antagonist has been reported to increase the proportion of mature oligodendrocytes arising from purified OPC cultures (Mi et al. (2005) Nat Neurosci 8, 745-751).
  • To assess the ability of anti-LINGO-1 antibodies to block LINGO-1 function in OPC cultures and promote oligodendrocyte maturation freshly isolated rat OPCs are incubated with 4784, 4785 or control IgG4 3207 for 3 days in DMEM/CNTF/T3 medium followed by staining with the anti-04 antibody to label both immature and mature oligodendrocytes ( FIG. 5 ).
  • the degree of oligodendrocyte maturation is measured as the proportion of O4-positive cells exhibiting a mature morphology.
  • Enriched populations of OPCs are isolated from OFA P3 rats. Briefly, the brain is dissected and the telencephalons are placed in ice-cold Hank's buffered saline solution (HBSS, Invitrogen) containing 0.15% MgSO 4 . The tissue is incubated with 1:1 HBBS/trypsin-EDTA (Invitrogen) and 100 ⁇ g/ml DNAse I (Roche) for 10 min at 37° C. and the trypsin inactivated by addition of FCS (Invitrogen) to a final concentration of 10%.
  • HBSS Hank's buffered saline solution
  • FCS Invitrogen
  • the tissue suspension is centrifuged at 890 rpm for 10 min and the pellet resuspended in Basal Medium Eagle (BME, Invitrogen) with 10% horse serum (Invitrogen).
  • BME Basal Medium Eagle
  • Invitrogen 10% horse serum
  • the suspension is filtered through a 40 ⁇ m cell strainer (BD Falcon) and the cells plated on poly-D-lysine pre-coated 80 cm 2 tissue culture flasks (BD Falcon) at 1 brain per flask. Cells are cultivated at 37° C. for 11 days in BME/10% horse serum. Microglial cells are killed by adding 5 mM L-leucine-methyl esther and the flasks are agitated by shaking at 140 rpm for 2 hrs.
  • OPCs are harvested by shaking the flasks overnight at 200 rpm at 37° C. and any astrocytes remaining in the supernatant are further separated from the OPCs by pre-attachment for 2 hrs at 37° C. on 10 cm bacterial culture dishes. Non-adherent cells are collected, centrifuged for 10 minutes at 890 rpm and plated at approximately 3 ⁇ 10 4 cells/well in poly-D-lysine-coated 8-well chamber slides (BD Falcon).
  • DMEM/T3/CNTF medium consisting of DMEM (Invitrogen) containing 10 ng/ml Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor (R&D Systems) and 15 nM Triiodothyronine (Sigma)
  • SATO medium consisting of DMEM (Invitrogen) containing 10 ⁇ g/ml transferrin (Sigma), 10 ⁇ g/ml insulin (Sigma), 100 ⁇ M putrescine (Sigma), 200 nM progesterone (Sigma), 520 nM thyroxine (Sigma), 500 ⁇ M Triiodothyronine (Sigma), 220 nM sodium selenite (Sigma), 25 ⁇ g/ml gentamycin (Sigma) and 1% HS (Invitrogen).
  • the percentage of cells that are stained with the anti-04 antibody is quantified after 7 days of culture in SATO medium. Typically, 80-95% of the cells are stained with the anti-04 antibody demonstrating that the majority of the cells in the culture are of the oligodendrocyte lineage.
  • O4-positive cells with clearly defined short processes are considered to represent immature oligodendrocytes whereas O4-positive cells bearing extended and highly arborised processes with myelin sheet-like structures are considered to represent mature oligodendrocytes.
  • the proportion of O4-positive cells with a mature morphology is quantified for around 300-1300 cells in triplicate per treatment and significance determined using one-way ANOVA with a Holm-Sidak comparison to the proportion of mature oligodendrocytes in the presence of the control IgG4 3207.
  • the proportion of DAPI nuclei associated with O4-staining is quantified.
  • treatment with the anti-LINGO-1 antibodies 4784 and 4785 significantly increases the proportion of oligodendrocytes with a mature morphology as represented by cells bearing highly arborised processes that extend over a wide area and myelin sheet-like structures ( FIG. 5 ).
  • Treatment with the control IgG4 antibody 3207 has no effect on the proportion of mature oligodendrocytes in the culture.
  • the proportion of DAPI-stained nuclei associated with O4-staining is similar for all treatments, demonstrating that anti-LINGO-1 antibodies have no effect on the proportion of cells corresponding to both immature and mature oligodendrocytes.
  • the increase in the proportion of mature oligodendrocytes most likely arises due to an increase in the rate of differentiation of immature oligodendrocytes to mature oligodendrocytes rather than an increase in the rate of differentiation of OPCs to immature oligodendrocytes.
  • untransfected CHO-K1 or CHO-K1-hLINGO-1 cells are incubated at 37° C. for 24 hrs with 100 nM 4784, 4785 or 3207 and cell surface LINGO-1 is subsequently detected with an anti-V5 antibody followed by an anti-mouse IgG (Fc specific)-POD conjugate developed with a 1-StepTM Turbo TMB-ELISA kit (Pierce) ( FIG. 6A ).
  • the amount of cell surface LINGO-1 in CHO-K1-hLINGO-1 cells is significantly reduced following a 24 hr incubation with anti-LINGO-1 antibodies 4784 and 4785, whereas incubation with the control IgG4 3207 has no effect.
  • incubation with 4785 reduces cell surface LINGO-1 to a greater extent than 4784.
  • cell surface proteins on untransfected CHO-K1 or CHO-K1-hLINGO-1 cells are biotinylated at 4° C. as described (Walmsley et al. (2004) J Cell Sci 117, 4591-4602) and the cells incubated at 37° C. for various times over a 180 min period with or without 100 nM 4784, 4785 or 3207 ( FIG. 6B ).
  • LINGO-1 is immunoprecipitated from the cell lysate using anti-V5 antibody coupled to agarose beads and biotinylated LINGO-1 detected in the precipitate by Western blot analysis using an anti-biotin antibody (Sigma).
  • anti-LINGO-1 antibodies 4784 and 4785 significantly downregulate LINGO-1 at the cell surface most likely by augmenting the internalisation and degradation of the protein. This property is expected to contribute to the efficacy of these antibodies in blocking LINGO-1 function.
  • Human recombinant LINGO-1-Fc fusion protein is immobilized onto Maxisorp plates 96 or 384 well for 1 h at RT indirectly by capturing of the Fc part via a directly immobilized goat anti-human IgG Fc antibody (100 ⁇ l or 20 ⁇ l coated at 10 ⁇ g/ml in PBS).
  • the wells After coating of 20 ⁇ l of the antigen at 5 ⁇ g/ml in PBS, the wells are blocked with PBS/0.05% Tween (PBS-T)/5% milk powder for 1 h at RT. After washing the wells with PBS-T BEL-extracts, purified Fabs or control IgGs are diluted in PBS, added to the wells and incubated for 1 h at RT.
  • the following secondary antibodies are applied: alkaline phospatase (AP)-conjugated AffiniPure goat F(ab′) 2 fragment anti-human IgG or anti-mouse IgG (Jackson ImmunoResearch).
  • fluorogenic substrates like AttoPhos (Roche) are used according to the manufacturers' instructions. Between all incubation steps, the wells of the microtiter plate are washed with PBS-T five times and five times after the final incubation with secondary antibody. Fluorescence is measured in a TECAN Spectrafluor plate reader.
  • LINGO-1 specific antibodies stainings are done in parallel using CHO-K1-cmLINGO-1 or CHO-K1-rLINGO-1. Untransfected CHO-K1 cells serve as an additional control. Cynomolgus monkey and rat LINGO-1 expressing cells are chosen for screening as these species orthologues differ only in a few amino acids from the human LINGO-1 protein. Only those clones are judged as being LINGO-1 specific which are negative on untransfected CHO-K1 cells and ⁇ 5x above background on LINGO-1 expressing cell lines. Cross-reactivity to human LINGO-1 and other orthologues (cynomolgus LINGO-1, rat LINGO-1) and to the human LINGO-2 paralogue is tested sequentially.
  • the remaining 24 clones that are cross-reactive to human/cynomolgus monkey/rat LINGO-1 but not to human NgR-Fc are expressed, purified and tested for their ability to significantly inhibit the binding of LINGO-1 to NgR (see FIG. 1 ) and disinhibit the neurite outgrowth inhibitory activity of spinal cord myelin in vitro (see FIGS. 2-4 ) leading to the selection of Fabs 4784 and 4785 for further analysis.
  • 4784 and 4785 bind to captured human LINGO-1-Fc but no binding is observed to human LINGO-1- ⁇ LRR-Fc or human NgR-Fc compared to an unrelated Fc control (see Table 1 and FIG. 7 ). This indicates that 4784 and 4785 have epitopes that are within the LRR region (residues 66-353) of LINGO-1.
  • Cell based affinity of anti-LINGO-1 specific antibodies is determined by FACS saturation binding experiments. As the concentration of the antigen present in the sample to stain influences the apparent K D values, only 1.25 ⁇ 10 4 cells/well in contrast to 2 ⁇ 10 5 cells/well are used in order to reduce the antigen concentration in FACS saturation experiments. Otherwise the staining procedure is done identical to the FACS staining procedure described above.
  • CHO-K1-hLINGO-1, CHO-K1-cmLINGO-1 or CHO-K1-rLINGO-1 are detached from culture flasks by versene, washed with FACS buffer and resuspended in FACS buffer.
  • Purified anti-LINGO-1 Fabs are serially diluted in FACS buffer and spread into round bottom 96-well microtiter plates (NUNCTM, Wiesbaden, Germany). For each concentration, duplicate wells are incubated with 1.25 ⁇ 10 4 cells for 30-60 min on ice in a total volume of 100 ⁇ l.
  • the following apparent K D values can be determined (Table 2).
  • the clone 4784 has rather weak affinities to human LINGO-1, cynomolgus monkey LINGO-1 and rat LINGO-1 (14.07 nM, 27.11, and 24.03 nM respectively). However, clone 4784 does not bind to human LINGO-2 in the Fab format.
  • the clone 4785 shows subnanomolar binding affinities (i.e. apparent K D values being less than 1 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 9 M) to human LINGO-1, cynomolgus monkey LINGO-1 and rat LINGO-1.
  • Clone 4785 shows cross-reactivity to human LINGO-2 in Fab format with low nanomolar to subnanomolar affinity. The consequence of cross-reactivity to LINGO-2 cannot be assessed at the time of writing as LINGO-2 function and distribution are as yet unknown. However, beneficial effects cannot be excluded.
  • variable domain fragments of heavy (VH) and light chains (VL) are subcloned from the pMORH®X9-MH (SEQ ID NO: 39) Fab expression vectors either into the pMORPH®_h_Ig (SEQ ID NOS: 40-42) or the pMORPH®2_h_Ig (SEQ ID NOS: 43-45) vector series for human IgG4.
  • Restriction enzymes EcoRI, MfeI, and BlpI are used for subcloning of the VH domain fragment into pMORPH®_h_IgG4 (SEQ ID NO: 40): the vector backbone is generated by EcoRI/BlpI digestion and extraction of the 6400 bp fragment whereas the VH fragment (350 bp) is produced by digestion with MfeI and BlpI and subsequent purification. Vector and insert are ligated via compatible overhangs generated by the EcoRI and MfeI digests, respectively, and via the BlpI site. Thereby, both the EcoRI and the MfeI restriction site are destroyed.
  • Subcloning of the VL domain fragment into pMORPH®_h_Ig ⁇ (SEQ ID NO: 42) and pMORPH®2_h_Ig ⁇ (SEQ ID NO: 45) is performed via the EcoRV and BsiWI sites, whereas subcloning into pMORP®_h_Ig ⁇ (SEQ ID NO: 41) and pMORPH®2_h_Ig ⁇ 2 (SEQ ID NO: 43) is done using EcoRV and HpaI.
  • HEK293 cells are transfected with an equimolar amount of IgG heavy and light chain expression vectors. On days 4 or 5 post-transfection the cell culture supernatant is harvested. After adjusting the pH of the supernatant to 8.0 and sterile filtration, the solution is subjected to standard protein A column chromatography (Poros 20A, PE Biosystems).
  • CHO-K1-hLINGO-1, CHO-K1-cmLINGO-1 or CHO-K1-rLINGO-1 are detached from culture flasks by versene, washed with FACS buffer and resuspended in FACS buffer.
  • Purified anti-LINGO-1 IgG4s are serially diluted in FACS buffer and spread into round bottom 96-well microtiter plates (NUNCTM, Wiesbaden, Germany). For each concentration, duplicate wells are incubated with 1.25 ⁇ 10 4 cells for 30-60 min on ice in a total volume of 100 ⁇ l.
  • the cell pellets are resuspended in 10 ⁇ l phycoerythrin-labeled secondary antibody (R-PE conjugated goat anti-human IgG (H+L) (Jackson ImmunoResearch) which has been diluted 1:200 in FACS buffer. After incubation for 30-60 min at 4° C. cells are washed once with FACS buffer, resuspended in 100 ⁇ l FACS buffer and binding of LINGO-1 specific antibodies is measured via FL2 fluorescence intensity of cells in FACSArrayTM (Becton Dickinson).
  • R-PE conjugated goat anti-human IgG H+L
  • Jackson ImmunoResearch Jackson ImmunoResearch
  • K D values/EC50 values are determined from the saturation binding curves using GraphPad Prism v3.03 software or GraphPad Prism v4.03 applying a non-linear regression curve fit. Using this assay the following apparent K D values can be determined (Table 3).
  • CHO-K1-hLINGO-1 are detached from culture flasks by versene, washed with FACS buffer and resuspended in FACS buffer.
  • Purified anti-LINGO-1 IgG4s are serially diluted in FACS buffer plus 50% human serum and incubated for 60 min at 4° C.
  • serial dilutions of the candidate binders in IgG4 format are incubated in FACS buffer with 2.6% BSA resembling protein content of human cerebro-spinal fluid for 60 min at 4° C. After incubation the serial dilutions are spread into round bottom 96-well microtiter plates (NUNCTM, Wiesbaden, Germany).
  • CHO-K1-hLINGO-1 are detached from culture flasks by versene, washed with FACS buffer and resuspended in FACS buffer.
  • Purified anti-LINGO-1 IgG4s are serially diluted in FACS buffer plus 50% human serum and incubated for 60 min at 4° C.
  • serial dilutions of the candidate binders in IgG4 format are incubated in FACS buffer plus 2.6% BSA resembling protein content of human serum or are incubated in FACS buffer alone for 60 min at 4° C. After incubation the serial dilutions are spread into round bottom 96-well microtiter plates (NUNCTM, Wiesbaden, Germany).

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Abstract

The present invention provides a binding molecule which is capable of binding to the rat, cynomolgus monkey and human LINGO polypeptide, a polynucleotide encoding such binding molecule; an expression vector comprising said polynucleotide; an expression system comprising a polynucleotide capable of producing a binding molecule; an isolated host cell which comprises an expression system as defined above; the use of such binding molecule as a pharmaceutical, especially in the treatment to promote axonal regeneration/plasticity; a pharmaceutical composition comprising said binding molecule; and a method of treatment of diseases associated with axonal degeneration and demyelination.

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  • The present invention relates to LINGO binding molecules, such as for example monoclonal antibodies or Fab fragments thereof, and the use of such binding molecules for treating patients with injuries to their central nervous system.
  • BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
  • Functional recovery following injury to the central nervous system (CNS) of adult higher vertebrates is exceptionally limited, resulting in persistent neurological deficits such as loss of limb movement and sensation. As yet, there is a lack of an effective therapy to treat humans with CNS injuries such as spinal cord injury (SCI) and brain cortical injury. Although adult CNS neurons generally survive axotomy, axonal regeneration is transitory and only occurs over a confined area, hence retarding the re-formation of functionally-relevant synaptic contacts. Furthermore, the plastic capacity of the adult CNS is also restricted, thus hindering the re-organisation of uninjured pathways to functionally compensate for those ablated by the injury. Paradoxically, axotomised axons in the peripheral nervous system (PNS) have a high capacity to regenerate over long distances and frequently establish functionally-meaningful connections (Schwab (2004) Curr Opin Neurobiol 14, 118-124). This restriction in axonal regeneration/plasticity is in part due to the expression on myelinating oligodendrocytes of several proteins that have been shown to be potent inhibitors of neurite outgrowth, namely Nogo-A (Chen et al. (2000) Nature 403, 434-439; GrandPre et al. (2000) Nature 403, 439-444; Prinjha et al. (2000) Nature 403, 383-384), myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG), and oligodendrocyte myelin glycoprotein (OMgp) (McKerracher et al. (1994) Neuron 13, 805-811; Wang et al. (2002) Nature 417:941-944) (FIG. 1A).
  • Nogo-A contains multiple neurite outgrowth inhibitory domains exposed on the surface of oligodendrocytes: two are located within the amino-terminal region (amino-Nogo-A) and one in the C-terminal region (Nogo-66) (Oertle et al. (2003) J Neurosci 23, 5393-5406). Nogo-66 binds and signals through a glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored leucine-rich repeat (LRR)-containing receptor on the neuronal surface known as the Nogo-66 receptor (NgR) (Fournier et al. (2001) Nature 409, 341-346). Although structurally unrelated, MAG and OMgp also bind and signal through NgR (Domeniconi et al. (2002) Neuron 35, 283-290; Liu et al. (2002) Science 297, 1190-1193; Wang et al. (2002) Nature 417:941-944). Signaling through NgR leads to the activation of the small GTPase RhoA which in turn activates Rho-associated kinase (ROCK) leading to a rigidification of the actin cytoskeleton and inhibition of axonal extension (Niederöst et al. (2002) J Neurosci 22, 10368-10376; Schweigreiter et al. (2004) Mol Cell Neurosci 27:163-174). All three ligands bind within the LRR region of NgR and have partially over-lapping binding sites (Fournier et al. (2002) J Neurosci 22, 8876-8883; Liu et al. (2002) Science 297, 1190-1193; Wang et al. (2002) Nature 417:941-944; Barton et al. (2003) EMBO J. 22, 3291-3302). The receptor(s) for the inhibitory domains within amino-Nogo-A are unknown but have been shown to be distinct from NgR (Schweigreiter et al. (2004) Mol Cell Neurosci 27:163-174). MAG has also been found to signal through a close homologue of NgR known as NgR2 (Pignot et al. (2003) J Neurochem 85, 717-728; Venkatesh et al. (2005) J Neurosci 25, 808-822).
  • As NgR lacks a cytoplasmic domain, it utilizes several transmembrane proteins for signal transduction, namely the low affinity neurotrophin receptor p75NTR, TROY (a.k.a. TAJ) and LINGO-1 (LRR and Ig domain-containing, Nom receptor-interacting protein a.k.a LRRN6A or LERN1) (Wang et al. (2002) Nature 420, 74-78; Carim-Todd et al. (2003) Eur J Neurosci 18, 3167-3182; Mi et al. (2004) Nat Neurosci 7, 221-228; Park et al. (2005) Neuron 45:345-351; Shao et al. (2005) Neuron 45, 353-359). TROY and p75NTR can functionally replace each other in the NgR receptor complex, whereas the presence of LINGO-1 is an absolute prerequisite for signaling to occur. The NgR receptor complex is therefore seen as a ternary complex comprising NgR as the ligand binding subunit and LINGO-1 as the common signal transducing subunit acting in concert with either p75NTR or TROY.
  • LINGO-1 is a single transmembrane protein expressed exclusively within the CNS predominantly on neurons and oligodendrocytes. The expression of LINGO-1 peaks in the early postnatal period and is up-regulated in the adult spinal cord upon injury. The ectodomain of LINGO-1 contains twelve tandem LRRs flanked by N- and C-terminal subdomains followed by a basic region and an Ig domain (FIG. 1B). Given that an AP fusion of the LINGO-1 ectodomain bound to COS-7 cells expressing NgR or p75NTR or both and, similarly, LINGO-1 co-precipitated with NgR or p75NTR in cells expressing all three proteins, LINGO-1 most likely forms a ternary complex with NgR and p75NTR by interacting with both simultaneously.
  • In addition to being expressed on neurons, LINGO-1 is also expressed in oligodendrocytes in the adult CNS (Mi et al. (2005) Nat Neurosci 8, 745-751). Inhibiting LINGO-1 signaling in oligodendrocyte cultures by either treatment with LINGO-1-Fc, down-regulation of the protein with RNAi or over-expression of DN-LINGO-1 augmented the differentiation of OPCs to myelinating oligodendrocytes. Furthermore, genetic ablation of LINGO-1 in mice increased the number of mature oligodendrocytes and, correspondingly, myelinated axons in the spinal cord. Inhibition of LINGO-1 signaling reduced the activation of RhoA and increased the activity of Fyn kinase, both of which are reported to promote oligodendrocyte differentiation, although the actual ligands/interactions responsible for activating LINGO-1 signaling have yet to be exemplified. This has led to the conclusion the LINGO-1 is a negative regulator of myelination.
  • Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the CNS characterised by demyelination and axonal degeneration leading to multiple neurological deficits. Although remyelination of axons can occur early in the disease, at some point remyelination fails completely leading to accelerated axonal degeneration and irreversible damage. Remyelination most likely arises from the differentiation of adult oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) which migrate to the margins of active lesions. As LINGO-1 negatively regulates myelination, blockade of LINGO-1 may augment remyelination, attenuate axonal degeneration, promote axonal regeneration and thus attenuate, halt or even reverse the progress of demyelinating diseases such as MS.
  • Blockade of LINGO-1 has also been shown to improve the survival of dopaminergic neurons and reduce behavioural abnormalities in rodent models of Parkinson's disease (Inoue et al. (2007) Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 104, 14430-14435).
  • SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
  • It has now surprisingly been found that novel monoclonal human antibodies against LINGO-1 (known as antibody 4784, and antibody 4785 hereafter) significantly inhibit the association of LINGO-1 with NgR and significantly attenuate the neurite outgrowth inhibitory activity of adult rat spinal cord myelin at sub-nM concentrations in vitro. In addition, the said antibodies significantly increase the differentiation of primary oligodendrocytes in vitro and have been shown to significantly downregulate cell surface LINGO-1 in living cells. Treatment with these antibodies is expected to increase axonal regeneration/plasticity and improve functional recovery following acute CNS injuries such as SCI and brain cortical injury. Furthermore, blocking LINGO-1 signaling using the said antibodies in oligodendroglial cells has the potential to augment the remyelination of axons in demyelinating diseases such as MS leading to an attenuation of disease progression. In concert, inhibiting LINGO-1 signaling in neurons with the said antibodies can be expected to improve axonal regeneration and neuroplasticity and promote the recovery of neurological function lost during the course of the disease. Finally, blockade of LINGO-1 with the said antibodies can be expected to attenuate the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease.
  • Furthermore, the invention provides binding molecules which bind to specific epitopes on LINGO-1.
  • The antibodies have sub-nM KDs against the rat, cynomolgus monkey and human LINGO-1 ectodomain, significantly attenuate the neurite outgrowth inhibitory activity of adult rat spinal cord myelin at sub-nM concentrations and significantly increase oligodendrocyte differentiation in vitro. Moreover, it is now possible to construct other LINGO-1 binding molecules having the same variable regions as said antibodies.
  • DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
  • Accordingly, the invention provides binding molecules to a particular region or epitope of LINGO-1 (hereinafter referred to as “the binding molecules of the invention” or simply “binding molecules”).
  • The binding molecules of the invention bind the mature ectodomain (residues 34-550) of rat LINGO-1 (SEQ ID NO: 1), cynomolgus monkey LINGO-1 (SEQ ID NO: 2) and human LINGO-1 (SEQ ID NO: 3) with a dissociation constant (KD)<1000 nM, more preferably with a KD<100 nM, most preferably with a KD<10 nM. The binding reaction may be shown by standard methods (qualitative assays) including, for example, the FACS method described in Examples. In addition, the binding to rat, cynomolgus monkey and human LINGO-1, and also the efficiency, may be shown in a neurite outgrowth assay and oligodendrocyte assay as described below.
  • Thus, in a further preferred embodiment the binding molecules (at a concentration of 100 nM, preferably 10 nM, more preferably at 1 nM even more preferably at 0.1 nM) increase the mean neurite length per cell of rat cerebellar granule cells grown on a substrate of adult rat spinal cord myelin by at least 20%, preferably 50%, most preferred 60% compared to the mean neurite length per cell of rat cerebellar granule cells which are treated with a control antibody that does not bind to the rat, cynomolgous monkey and human LINGO-1 ectodomain.
  • By using peptide microarrays, the specific epitope to which the binding molecules of the invention bind is determined according to methods well known in the art. Consequently, in another embodiment the invention provides binding molecules which bind to at least one of the LINGO-1 epitopes as defined by SEQ ID NO: 46-51. SEQ ID NO: 46: KIVILLDYMFQD, SEQ ID NO: 47: AIRDYSFKRLYR, SEQ ID NO: 48: LKVLEISHWPYL, SEQ ID NO: 49: NLTAVPYLAVRHLVY, SEQ ID NO: 50: YFTCRRARI, or SEQ ID NO: 51: DVLLPNYFTCRRARI.
  • In another embodiment, the binding molecules of the invention comprises one or more, of the following CDR sequences, e.g. all of the Antibody 4784 or all of the Antibody 4785 sequences mentioned there:
  • (Antibody 4784 CDR-H1)
    SEQ ID NO: 12
    SSGVGVG
    (Antibody 4784 CDR-H2)
    SEQ ID NO: 13
    HIGSDDDKYYSTSLKT
    (Antibody 4784 CDR-H3)
    SEQ ID NO: 14
    NQQYGDGYPGYFDY
    (Antibody 4784 CDR-L1)
    SEQ ID NO: 15
    SGDNIGNYYVY
    (Antibody 4784 CDR-L2)
    SEQ ID NO: 16
    EDTNRPS
    (Antibody 4784 CDR-L3)
    SEQ ID NO: 17
    QSYDNLHEQV
    (Antibody 4785 CDR′-H1)
    SEQ ID NO: 18
    DNSAAWS
    (Antibody 4785 CDR′-H2)
    SEQ ID NO: 19
    LIYLRSKWDNDYAVSVKS
    (Antibody 4785 CDR′-H3)
    SEQ ID NO: 20
    TGRADEFDV
    (Antibody 4785 CDR′-L1)
    SEQ ID NO: 21
    SGSSSNIGNNYVS
    (Antibody 4785 CDR′-L2)
    SEQ ID NO: 22
    RNSKRPS
    (Antibody 4785 CDR′-L3)
    SEQ ID NO: 23
    STYDTFSIV
  • More preferably, the binding molecules comprise one or more of the sequences given above for Antibody 4784 with the SEQ ID NO: 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and/or 17; or for Antibody 4785 with the SEQ ID NO: 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 and/or 23.
  • Those skilled in the art understand that changes can be made to 4784 or 4785 which, though they change several, more preferably one or more amino acids, preferably up to three, e.g. one or two, of the SDRs given above, especially in one or more or all of them, e.g. one or two of them, or provide alternative post-translational modification of product formats, result in a therapeutic agent demonstrating the same or substantially similar anti-Lingo-1 binding behaviour.
  • In another embodiment the binding molecules of the invention comprises at least one antigen binding site chosen from the group consisting of; a sequence which is at least 50%, at least 60%, at least 70%, at least 80%, at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 97%, or at least 99% homologous to SEQ ID NO: 5 or SEQ ID NO: 7, and;
  • a sequence which is at least 50%, at least 60%, at least 70%, at least 80%, at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 97%, or at least 99% homologous to SEQ ID NO: 4 or SEQ ID NO: 6, or a direct equivalent thereof.
  • In one embodiment, the binding molecule comprises at least one binding site chosen from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 5 or SEQ ID NO: 7, and;
  • SEQ ID NO: 4 or SEQ ID NO: 6.
  • The invention further provides a binding molecule which comprises a first sequence which is at least 50%, at least 60%, at least 70%, at least 80%, at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 97%, or at least 99% homologous to SEQ ID NO: 5, and a second sequence which is at least 50% at least 60%, at least 70%, at least 80%, at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 97%, or at least 99% homologous to SEQ ID NO: 4, or a direct equivalent thereof.
  • The invention further provides a binding molecule which comprises a first sequence which is at least 50%, at least 60%, at least 70%, at least 80%, at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 97%, or at least 99% homologous to SEQ ID NO: 7, and a second sequence which is at least 50% at least 60%, at least 70%, at least 80%, at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 97%, or at least 99% homologous to SEQ ID NO: 6, or a direct equivalent thereof.
  • In one embodiment, the invention provides a binding molecule according to claims 1 to 7 which comprises at least
      • a) one immunoglobulin heavy chain or fragment thereof which comprises
      • (i) a variable domain comprising SEQ ID NO: 5 or SEQ ID NO: 7, and
      • (ii) the constant part or fragment thereof of a human heavy chain; and
      • b) one immunoglobulin light chain or fragment thereof which comprises
      • (i) a variable domain comprising SEQ ID NO: 4 or SEQ ID NO: 6, and
      • (ii) the constant part or fragment thereof of a human light chain; or
      • direct equivalents thereof; e.g. two or three of each of the chains given under a) or b).
  • The sequences may be at least 50%, at least 60%, at least 70%, at least 80%, at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 97%, or at least 99% homologous to SEQ ID NO: 4-7. The important factor is that such variants retain the binding capabilities to LINGO-1, the disinhibitory effect (especially the ability to attenuate the neurite outgrowth inhibitory activity of adult rat spinal cord myelin at sub-nM concentrations), and/or to improve the functional recovery of SCI (especially in a rat model), in each case preferably as described in the Examples or the remaining description.
  • In one embodiment, the invention provides a binding molecule which is an antibody comprising one or more of the sequences according to SEQ ID NO: 4-7 or SEQ ID NO: 12-23, or a fragment thereof, or a direct equivalent thereof.
  • In a further embodiment, the binding molecule, as an antibody, has a constant part or fragment thereof of the human heavy chain of the γ4 type and the constant part or fragment thereof of the human light chain is of the λ type.
  • In a further embodiment, the binding molecule, as an antibody, has a constant part or fragment thereof of the human heavy chain of the γ4 type and the constant part or fragment thereof of the human light chain is of the κ type.
  • In a further embodiment, the binding molecule is a human or chimeric or humanized monoclonal antibody.
  • In a further embodiment, the binding molecule is a humaneered antibody.
  • The invention also provides a polynucleotide encoding a binding molecule as defined above.
  • The polynucleotide may be chosen from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 8 and SEQ ID NO: 9; or from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 10 and SEQ ID NO: 11.
  • The invention also provides an expression vector comprising one or more polynucleotides according to SEQ ID NO:8-11.
  • Furthermore, the invention provides an expression system comprising a polynucleotide according to SEQ ID NO:8-11, wherein said expression system or part thereof is capable of producing a binding molecule as set out above, when said expression system or part thereof is present in a compatible host cell. The invention also provides an isolated host cell which comprises such an expression system.
  • The invention also provides the use of a binding molecule as set out above, as a medicament.
  • The invention also provides the use of a binding molecule as set out above in the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of a CNS injury.
  • The invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a binding molecule as set out above together with at least one pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent.
  • Furthermore, the invention provides a method of treatment of diseases associated with the promotion of axonal regeneration/plasticity comprising administering to a subject in need of such treatment an effective amount of a binding molecule as set out above.
  • The invention also provides a method of treatment of diseases associated with the promotion of axonal regeneration/plasticity comprising administering to a subject in need of such treatment an effective amount of a binding molecule according to any one of claims 1 to 10.
  • When the antigen binding site comprises both the first and second domains, these may be located on the same polypeptide molecule or, preferably, each domain may be on a different chain, the first domain being part of an immunoglobulin heavy chain or fragment thereof and the second domain being part of an immunoglobulin light chain or fragment thereof.
  • Examples of binding molecules of the invention include antibodies as produced by phage display and human or chimeric humanized antibodies, or further humaneered antibodies, or any fragment thereof, e.g. F(ab′)2; and Fab fragments, as well as single chain or single domain antibodies. The term “antibody” is meant to include such binding molecules.
  • A single chain antibody consists of the variable domains of an antibody heavy and light chains covalently bound by a peptide linker usually consisting of from 10 to 30 amino acids, preferably from 15 to 25 amino acids. Therefore, such a structure does not include the constant part of the heavy and light chains and it is believed that the small peptide spacer should be less antigenic than a whole constant part. By “chimeric antibody” is meant an antibody in which the constant regions of heavy or light chains or both are of human origin while the variable domains of both heavy and light chains are of non-human (e.g. murine) origin. By “humanized antibody” is meant an antibody in which the hypervariable regions (CDRs) are of non-human (e.g. murine) origin, while all or substantially all the other parts of the immunoglobulin e.g. the constant regions and the highly conserved parts of the variable domains, i.e. the framework regions, are of human origin. A humanized antibody may however retain a few amino acids of the murine sequence in the parts of the framework regions adjacent to the hypervariable regions.
  • Hypervariable regions may be associated with any kind of framework regions, preferably of murine or human origin. Suitable framework regions are described in “Sequences of proteins of immunological interest” (Kabat E. A. et al, US department of health and human services, Public health service, National Institute of Health, preferably incorporated herein, especially with regard to the framework regions, by reference). Preferably the constant part of a human heavy chain of the binding molecules may be of the γ4 type, including subtypes, preferably the constant part of a human light chain may be of the κ or λ type, more preferably of the λ type.
  • A naturally occurring “antibody” is a glycoprotein comprising at least two heavy (H) chains and two light (L) chains inter-connected by disulfide bonds. Each heavy chain is comprised of a heavy chain variable region (abbreviated herein as VH) and a heavy chain constant region. The heavy chain constant region is comprised of three domains, CH1, CH2 and CH3. Each light chain is comprised of a light chain variable region (abbreviated herein as VL) and a light chain constant region. The light chain constant region is comprised of one domain, CL. The VH and VL regions can be further subdivided into regions of hypervariability, termed complementarity determining regions (CDR), interspersed with regions that are more conserved, termed framework regions (FR). Each VH and VL is composed of three CDRs and four FRs arranged from amino-terminus to carboxy-terminus in the following order: FR1, CDR1, FR2, CDR2, FR3, CDR3, FR4. The variable regions of the heavy and light chains contain a binding domain that interacts with an antigen. The constant regions of the antibodies may mediate the binding of the immunoglobulin to host tissues or factors, including various cells of the immune system (e.g., effector cells) and the first component (C1q) of the classical complement system.
  • The term “antigen-binding portion” of an antibody (or simply “antigen portion”), as used herein, refers to full length or one or more fragments of an antibody that retain the ability to specifically bind to an antigen (e.g., LINGO-1 and/or LINGO-2). It has been shown that the antigen-binding function of an antibody can be performed by fragments of a full-length antibody. Examples of binding fragments encompassed within the term “antigen-binding portion” of an antibody include a Fab fragment, a monovalent fragment consisting of the VL, VH, CL and CH1 domains; a F(ab′)2 fragment, a bivalent fragment comprising two Fab fragments linked by a disulfide bridge at the hinge region; a Fd fragment consisting of the VH and CH1 domains; a Fv fragment consisting of the VL and VH domains of a single arm of an antibody; a dAb fragment (Ward et al., 1989 Nature 341:544-546), which consists of a VH domain; and an isolated complementarity determining region (CDR).
  • The terms “monoclonal antibody” or “monoclonal antibody composition” as used herein refer to a preparation of antibody molecules of single molecular composition (that is, that are identical because they are produced by one type of immune cell that are all clones of a single parent cell). A monoclonal antibody composition displays an (essentially) single binding specificity and affinity for a particular epitope.
  • The term “human antibody”, as used herein, is intended to include antibodies having variable regions in which both the framework and CDR regions are derived from sequences of human origin. Furthermore, if the antibody contains a constant region, the constant region also is derived from such human sequences, e.g., human germline sequences, or mutated versions of human germline sequences. The human antibodies of the invention may include amino acid residues not encoded by human sequences (e.g., mutations introduced by random or site-specific mutagenesis in vitro or by somatic mutation in vivo). However, the term “human antibody”, as used herein, is not intended to include antibodies in which CDR sequences derived from the germline of another mammalian species, such as a mouse, have been grafted onto human framework sequences.
  • The term “human monoclonal antibody” refers to antibodies displaying an (essentially) single binding specificity which have variable regions in which both the framework and CDR regions are derived from human sequences. In one embodiment, the human monoclonal antibodies are produced by a hybridoma which includes a B cell obtained from a transgenic nonhuman animal, e.g., a transgenic mouse, having a genome comprising a human heavy chain transgene and a light chain transgene fused to an immortalized cell.
  • The term “recombinant human antibody”, as used herein, includes all human antibodies that are prepared, expressed, created or isolated by recombinant means, such as antibodies isolated from an animal (e.g., a mouse) that is transgenic or transchromosomal for human immunoglobulin genes or a hybridoma prepared therefrom, antibodies isolated from a host cell transformed to express the human antibody, e.g., from a transfectoma, antibodies isolated from a recombinant, combinatorial human antibody library, and antibodies prepared, expressed, created or isolated by any other means that involve splicing of all or a portion of a human immunoglobulin gene, sequences to other DNA sequences. Such recombinant human antibodies have variable regions in which the framework and CDR regions are derived from human germline immunoglobulin sequences. In certain embodiments, however, such recombinant human antibodies can be subjected to in vitro mutagenesis (or, when an animal transgenic for human Ig sequences is used, in vivo somatic mutagenesis) and thus the amino acid sequences of the VH and VL regions of the recombinant antibodies are sequences that, while derived from and related to human germline VH and VL sequences, may not naturally exist within the human antibody germline repertoire in vivo.
  • As used herein, “isotype” refers to the antibody class (e.g., IgM, IgE, IgG such as IgG1 or IgG4) that is provided by the heavy chain constant region genes.
  • As used herein, the term “Affinity” refers to the strength of interaction between antibody and antigen at single antigenic sites. Within each antigenic site, the variable region of the antibody “arm” interacts through weak non-covalent forces with antigen at numerous sites; the more interactions, the stronger the affinity.
  • The term “KD”, as used herein, is intended to refer to the dissociation constant, which is obtained from the ratio of Kd to Ka (association rate to dissociation rate) (i.e. Kd/Ka) and is expressed as a molar concentration (M). KD values for antibodies can be determined using methods well established in the art. A method for determining the KD of an antibody is by using surface plasmon resonance, or using a biosensor system such as a Biacore® system.
  • A binding molecule according to the invention is preferably an “isolated antibody”, which, as used herein, refers to an antibody that is substantially free of other antibodies having different antigenic specificities (e.g., an isolated antibody that specifically binds LINGO-1, LINGO-2 or LINGO-1 and LINGO-2 is substantially free of antibodies that specifically bind antigens other than those mentioned). An isolated antibody that specifically binds may, however, have cross-reactivity to other antigens, such as LINGO-1 or LINGO-2 molecules from other species. Moreover, an isolated antibody is preferably substantially free of other cellular material and/or chemicals.
  • The invention also provides a binding molecule of the invention which may be selected from a single chain binding molecule which comprises an antigen binding site (especially with the CDRs described above for Antibody 4784) of antibody 4784 comprising
    • a) a first domain comprising the variable sequence of the heavy chain having the amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 5)
    • b) a second domain comprising the variable sequence of the light chain having the amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 4)
    • c) a peptide linker which is bound either to the N-terminal extremity of the first domain and to the C-terminal extremity of the second domain or to the C-terminal extremity of the first domain and to the N-terminal extremity of second domain;
      or direct equivalents thereof.
  • A binding molecule of the invention may be selected from a single chain binding molecule which comprises an antigen binding site (especially with the CDRs described above for Antibody 4785) of antibody 4785 comprising
    • a) a first domain comprising the variable sequence of the heavy chain having the amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 7)
    • b) a second domain comprising the variable sequence of the light chain having the amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 6)
    • c) a peptide linker which is bound either to the N-terminal extremity of the first domain and to the C-terminal extremity of the second domain or to the C-terminal extremity of the first domain and to the N-terminal extremity of second domain;
      or direct equivalents thereof.
  • As it is well known, minor changes in an amino acid sequence such as deletion, addition or substitution of one or several amino acids may lead to an allelic form of the original protein which has substantially identical properties. Thus, by the term “direct equivalents thereof” is meant either any single domain binding molecule of the invention (molecule X)
    • (i) in which the variable region of the binding molecule (e.g. SEQ ID NO: 4, 5, 6 or 7) is at least 50 or 80% homologous, preferably at least 90% homologous, more preferably at least 95, 96, 97, 98, 99% homologous to the equivalent variable regions of the light and heavy chains comprising the direct equivalents of SEQ ID NO: 4 and SEQ ID NO: 5, respectively or light and heavy chains comprising the direct equivalents of SEQ ID NO: 6 and SEQ ID NO: 7, respectively).
    • (ii) which is capable of binding to the ectodomain (residues 34-550) of rat LINGO-1 (SEQ ID NO: 1), cynomolgus monkey LINGO-1 (SEQ ID NO: 2) and human LINGO-1 (SEQ ID NO: 3), preferably with a dissociation constant (KD)<1000 nM, more preferably with a KD<100 nM, most preferably with a KD<10 nM, or any binding molecule of the invention having at least two domains per binding site (molecule X′).
  • Thus further embodiments of the inventions are for example a binding molecule which is capable of binding to the ectodomain of rat, cynomolgus monkey and/or human LINGO-1 with a dissociation constant <1000 nM and comprises at least one antigen binding site, said antigen binding site comprising in sequence the variable region which is at least 50%, preferably 80, 90, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99% homologous to the equivalent variable regions of the light and heavy chains of 4784 (SEQ ID NO: 4 and SEQ ID NO: 5, respectively) or light and heavy chains of 4785 (SEQ ID NO: 6 and SEQ ID NO: 7, respectively).
  • In another embodiment, the binding molecule comprises at least one amino acid sequence chosen from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 12-23, or a sequence which is at least 50%, preferably 80, 90, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99% homologous to these sequences.
  • This dissociation constant may be conveniently tested in various assays including, for example, the FACS method described in the examples. In addition, the binding and functional effect of the binding molecules may be shown in a bioassay, e.g. the neurite outgrowth assay as described below.
  • The constant part of a human heavy chain may be of the γ1; γ2; γ3; γ4; α1; α2; δ or ε type, preferably of the γ type, more preferably of the γ4 type, whereas the constant part of a human light chain may be of the κ or λ type (which includes the λ1; λ2; and λ3 subtypes) but is preferably of the λ type. The amino acid sequence of all these constant parts are given in Kabat et al (Supra).
  • Conjugates of the binding molecules of the invention, e.g. enzyme or toxin or radioisotope conjugates, are also included within the scope of the invention.
  • “Polypeptide”, if not otherwise specified herein, includes any peptide or protein comprising amino acids joined to each other by peptide bonds, having an amino acid sequence starting at the N-terminal extremity and ending at the C-terminal extremity. Preferably, the polypeptide of the present invention is a monoclonal antibody, more preferred is a chimeric (also called V-grafted) or humanised (also called CDR-grafted) monoclonal antibody. The humanised (CDR-grafted) monoclonal antibody may or may not include further mutations introduced into the framework (FR) sequences of the acceptor antibody.
  • A functional derivative of a polypeptide as used herein includes a molecule having a qualitative biological activity in common with a polypeptide to the present invention, i.e. having the ability to bind to the ectodomain of rat, cynomolgus monkey and human LINGO-1.
  • A functional derivative includes fragments and peptide analogs of a polypeptide according to the present invention. It also includes the term “direct derivatives”.
  • Fragments comprise regions within the sequence of a polypeptide according to the present invention, e.g. of a specified sequence. Fragments of binding molecules, especially of antibodies, are functional fragments, i.e. they comprise at least one portion capable of binding to LINGO-1 and/or LINGO-2, especially to at least one of the epitopes given by SEQ ID NO: 46, 47, 48, 49, 50 and 51, preferably with the binding affinities (KD) mentioned above or in the Examples, especially as being preferred.
  • The term “derivative” is used to define amino acid sequence variants, and covalent modifications of a polypeptide according to the present invention. e.g. of a specified sequence. The functional derivatives of a polypeptide according to the present invention, e.g. of a specified sequence, e.g. of the hypervariable region of the light and the heavy chain, preferably have at least about 65%, more preferably at least about 75%, even more preferably at least about 85%, most preferably at least about 95, 96, 97, 98, 99% overall sequence homology with the amino acid sequence of a polypeptide according to the present invention, e.g. of a specified sequence, and substantially retain the ability to bind the ectodomain of rat, cynomolgus monkey and human LINGO-1 (and optionally in addition to LINGO-2).
  • The term “covalent modification” includes modifications of a polypeptide according to the present invention, e.g. of a specified sequence; or a fragment thereof with an organic proteinaceous or non-proteinaceous derivatizing agent, fusions to heterologous polypeptide sequences, and post-translational modifications. Covalent modified polypeptides, e.g. of a specified sequence, still have the ability to bind to the ectodomain of rat, cynomolgus monkey and human LINGO-1. Covalent modifications are traditionally introduced by reacting targeted amino acid residues with an organic derivatizing agent that is capable of reacting with selected sides or terminal residues, or by harnessing mechanisms of post-translational modifications that function in selected recombinant host cells. Certain post-translational modifications are the result of the action of recombinant host cells on the expressed polypeptide. Glutaminyl and asparaginyl residues are frequently post-translationally deamidated to the corresponding glutamyl and aspartyl residues. Alternatively, these residues are deaminated under mildly acidic conditions. Other post-translational modifications include hydroxylation of proline and lysine, phosphorylation of hydroxyl groups of seryl, tyrosine or threonyl residues, methylation of the α-amino groups of lysine, arginine, and histidine side chains, see e.g. T. E. Creighton, Proteins: Structure and Molecular Properties, W. H. Freeman & Co., San Francisco, pp. 79-86 (1983). Covalent modifications e.g. include fusion proteins comprising a polypeptide according to the present invention, e.g. of a specified sequence and their amino acid sequence variants, such as immunoadhesins, and N-terminal fusions to heterologous signal sequences.
  • “Homology” (or “identity) with respect to a native polypeptide and its functional derivative is defined herein as the percentage of amino acid residues in the candidate sequence that are identical with the residues of a corresponding native polypeptide, after aligning the sequences and introducing gaps, if necessary, to achieve the maximum percent homology, and not considering any conservative substitutions as part of the sequence identity. Neither N- or C-terminal extensions nor insertions shall be construed as reducing identity or homology. Methods and computer programs for the alignment are well known.
  • Preferably, as used herein, the percent homology between two amino acid sequences or two nucleotide sequences is equivalent to the percent identity between the two sequences. The percent identity between the two sequences is a function of the number of identical positions shared by the sequences (i.e., % homology=# of identical positions/total # of positions×100), taking into account the number of gaps, and the length of each gap, which need to be introduced for optimal alignment of the two sequences. The comparison of sequences and determination of percent identity between two sequences can be accomplished using a mathematical algorithm, as described in the non-limiting examples below:
  • The percent identity between two amino acid sequences can be determined using the algorithm of E. Meyers and W. Miller (Comput. Appl. Biosci., 4:11-17, 1988) which has been incorporated into the ALIGN program (version 2.0), using a PAM120 weight residue table, a gap length penalty of 12 and a gap penalty of 4. In addition, the percent identity between two amino acid sequences can be determined using the Needleman and Wunsch (J. Mol, Biol. 48:444-453, 1970) algorithm which has been incorporated into the GAP program in the GCG software package (available at http://www.gcg.com), using either a Blossom 62 matrix or a PAM250 matrix, and a gap weight of 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, or 4 and a length weight of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6.
  • Additionally or alternatively, the protein sequences of the present invention can further be used as a “query sequence” to perform a search against public databases to, for example, identify related sequences. Such searches can be performed using the XBLAST program (version 2.0) of Altschul, et al., 1990 J. Mol. Biol. 215:403-10. BLAST protein searches can be performed with the XBLAST program, score=50, wordlength=3 to obtain amino acid sequences homologous to the antibody molecules of the invention. To obtain gapped alignments for comparison purposes, Gapped BLAST can be utilized as described in Altschul et al., 1997 Nucleic Acids Res. 25(17):3389-3402. When utilizing BLAST and Gapped BLAST programs, the default parameters of the respective programs (e.g., XBLAST and NBLAST) can be used. See http:www.ncbi.nhn.nih.gov.
  • “Amino acid(s)” refer to all naturally occurring L-α-amino acids, e.g. and including D-amino acids. The amino acids are identified by either the well known single-letter or three-letter designations.
  • The term “amino acid sequence variant” refers to molecules with some differences in their amino acid sequences as compared to a polypeptide according to the present invention, e.g. of a specified sequence. Amino acid sequence variants of a polypeptide according to the present invention, e.g. of a specified sequence, still have the ability to bind to the ectodomain of rat, cynomolgus monkey and human LINGO-1. Substitutional variants are those that have at least one amino acid residue removed and a different amino acid inserted in its place at the same position in a polypeptide according to the present invention, e.g. of a specified sequence. These substitutions may be single, where only one amino acid in the molecule has been substituted, or they may be multiple, where two or more, e.g. 1 to 10, preferably 1 to 5, more preferably 1 to 3, amino acids have been substituted in the same molecule. Insertional variants are those with one or more, e.g. 1 to 100, such as 1 to 10, amino acids inserted immediately adjacent to an amino acid at a particular position in a polypeptide according to the present invention, e.g. of a specified sequence. Immediately adjacent to an amino acid means connected to either the a-carboxy or α-amino functional group of the amino acid. Deletional variants are those with one or more, e.g. 1 to 100, such as 1 to 10 or 1 to 5, amino acids in a polypeptide according to the present invention, e.g. of a specified sequence, removed. Ordinarily, deletional variants will have one or two amino acids deleted in a particular region of the molecule.
  • A binding molecule of the invention may be produced by recombinant DNA techniques. In view of this, one or more DNA molecules encoding the binding molecule must be constructed, placed under appropriate control sequences and transferred into a suitable host organism for expression.
  • In a very general manner, there are accordingly provided
    • (i) DNA molecules encoding a single domain binding molecule of the invention, a single chain binding molecule of the invention, a heavy or light chain or fragments thereof of a binding molecule of the invention; and
    • (ii) the use of the DNA molecules of the invention for the production of a binding molecule of the invention by recombinant means.
  • The present state of the art is such that the skilled person will be able to synthesize the DNA molecules of the invention given the information provided herein i.e. the amino acid sequences of the hypervariable regions and the DNA sequences coding for them. A method for constructing a variable domain gene is for example described in EP 239 400 (preferably incorporated herein by reference, especially regarding the methods for constructing a variable domain gene) and may be briefly summarized as follows: A gene encoding a variable domain of a monoclonal antibody of whatever specificity is cloned. The DNA segments encoding the framework and hypervariable regions are determined and the DNA segments encoding the hypervariable regions are removed so that the DNA segments encoding the framework regions are fused together with suitable restriction sites at the junctions. The restriction sites may be generated at the appropriate positions by mutagenesis of the DNA molecule by standard procedures. Double stranded synthetic variable region cassettes are prepared by DNA synthesis according to the sequences given above. These cassettes are provided with sticky ends so that they can be ligated at the junctions to the framework by standard protocol for achieving a DNA molecule encoding an immunoglobulin variable domain.
  • Furthermore, it is not necessary to have access to the mRNA from a producing hybridoma cell line in order to obtain a DNA construct coding for the monoclonal antibodies of the invention. Thus, PCT application WO 90/07861 (preferably incorporated herein by reference, especially with regard to the production of monoclonal antibodies) gives full instructions for the production of a monoclonal antibody by recombinant DNA techniques given only written information as to the nucleotide sequence of the gene.
  • The method comprises the synthesis of a number of oligonucleotides, their amplification by the PCR method, and their splicing to give the desired DNA sequence.
  • Expression vectors comprising a suitable promoter or genes encoding heavy and light chain constant parts are publicly available. Thus, once a DNA molecule of the invention is prepared it may be conveniently transferred in an appropriate expression vector.
  • DNA molecules encoding single chain antibodies may also be prepared by standard methods, for example, as described in WO 88/1649 (preferably incorporated herein by reference, especially with regard to the DNA molecules encoding single chain antibodies).
  • In a particular embodiment of the invention, the recombinant means for the production of some of the binding molecules of the invention includes first and second DNA constructs as described below:
  • The first DNA construct encodes a heavy chain or fragment thereof and comprises
    • a) a first part which encodes the variable domain of the heavy chain of either antibody 4784, DNA-4784 VH (SEQ ID NO: 8), or antibody 4785, DNA-4785 VH (SEQ ID NO: 9); this first part starting with a codon encoding the first amino acid of the variable domain and ending with a codon encoding the last amino acid of the variable domain, and
    • b) a second part encoding a heavy chain constant part or fragment thereof which starts with a codon encoding the first amino acid of the constant part of the heavy chain and ends with a codon encoding the last amino acid of the constant part or fragment thereof, followed by a non-sense codon.
  • Preferably, the second part encodes the constant part of a human heavy chain, more preferably the constant part of the human γ4 chain. This second part may be a DNA fragment of genomic origin (comprising introns) or a cDNA fragment (without introns).
  • The second DNA construct encodes a light chain or fragment thereof and comprises
    • a) a first part which encodes the variable domain of the light chain of either antibody 4784, DNA-4784 VL (SEQ ID NO: 10), or antibody 4785, DNA-4785 V1 (SEQ ID NO: 11); this first part starting with a codon encoding the first amino acid of the variable domain and ending with a codon encoding the last amino acid of the variable domain, and
    • b) a second part encoding a light chain constant part or fragment thereof which starts with a codon encoding the first amino acid of the constant part of the light chain and ends with a codon encoding the last amino acid of the constant part or fragment thereof followed by a non-sense codon.
  • Preferably, the second part encodes the constant part of a human light chain, more preferably the constant part of the human κ chain.
  • Each of the DNA constructs are placed under the control of suitable control sequences, in particular under the control of a suitable promoter. Any kind of promoter may be used, provided that it is adapted to the host organism in which the DNA constructs will be transferred for expression. However, if expression is to take place in a mammalian cell, it is particularly preferred to use the promoter of an immunoglobulin gene.
  • The desired antibody may be produced in a cell culture or in a transgenic animal. A suitable transgenic animal may be obtained according to standard methods which include micro injecting into eggs the first and second DNA constructs placed under suitable control sequences transferring the so prepared eggs into appropriate pseudo-pregnant females and selecting a descendant expressing the desired antibody.
  • When the antibody chains have to be produced in a cell culture, the DNA constructs must first be inserted into either a single expression vector or into two separate but compatible expression vectors, the latter possibility being preferred.
  • Accordingly, the invention also provides an expression vector able to replicate in a prokaryotic or eukaryotic cell line which comprises at least one of the DNA constructs above described.
  • Each expression vector containing a DNA construct is then transferred into a suitable host organism. When the DNA constructs are separately inserted on two expression vectors, they may be transferred separately, i.e. one type of vector per cell, or co-transferred, this latter possibility being preferred. A suitable host organism may be a bacterium, a yeast or a mammalian cell line, this latter being preferred. More preferably, the mammalian cell line is of lymphoid origin e.g. a myeloma, hybridoma or a normal immortalized B-cell, but does not express any endogeneous antibody heavy or light chain.
  • It is also preferred that the host organism contains a large number of copies of the vectors per cell. If the host organism is a mammalian cell line, this desirable goal may be reached by amplifying the number of copies according to standard methods. Amplification methods usually consist of selecting for increased resistance to a drug, said resistance being encoded by the expression vector.
  • In another aspect of the invention, there is provided a process for producing a multi-chain binding molecule of the invention, which comprises (i) culturing an organism which is transformed with the first and second DNA constructs of the invention and (ii) recovering an active binding molecule of the invention from the culture.
  • Alternatively, the heavy and light chains may be separately recovered and reconstituted into an active binding molecule after in vitro refolding. Reconstitution methods are well-known in the art; Examples of methods are in particular provided in EP 120 674 or in EP 125 023. Therefore a process may also comprise
    • (i) culturing a first organism which is transformed with a first DNA construct of the invention and recovering said heavy chain or fragment thereof from the culture and
    • (ii) culturing a second organism which is transformed with a second DNA construct of the invention and recovering said light chain or fragment thereof from the culture and
    • (iii) reconstituting in vitro an active binding molecule of the invention from the heavy chain or fragment thereof obtained in (i) and the light chain or fragment thereof obtained in (ii).
  • In a similar manner, there is also provided a process for producing a single chain or single domain binding molecule of the invention which comprises
    • (i) culturing an organism which is transformed with a DNA construct respectively encoding a single chain or single domain binding molecule of the invention and
    • (ii) recovering said molecule from the culture.
  • The binding molecules of the invention significantly inhibit the binding of LINGO-1 to NgR, significantly attenuate the neurite outgrowth inhibitory activity of adult rat spinal cord myelin at sub-nM concentrations and significantly increase oligodendrocyte differentiation in vitro as exemplified below:
  • FIGURE LEGENDS
  • FIG. 1. Effect of Fabs 4784 and 4785 on AP-LINGO-1 Binding to NgR:SH-SY5Y Cells
  • NgR:SH-SY5Y cells in suspension are incubated with either 1 nM AP or AP-LINGO-1 in the absence or presence of 2 μM of the indicated anti-LINGO-1 Fab or anti-hen lysozyme Fab 3207. Bound AP activity on the cells is measured as absorbance at 405 nm after a 30 min incubation with 1-Step™ PNPP. The specific binding of AP-LINGO-1 is calculated as the difference between the total amount of AP-LINGO-1 binding and the amount of binding with AP alone. The mean percentage inhibition of specific binding (n=3, ±STD) is calculated as the percentile difference between the amount of specific binding of AP-LINGO-1 in the presence of Fab 3207 and the presence of an anti-LINGO-1 Fab.
  • FIG. 2. Disinhibition of Spinal Cord Myelin by Anti-LINGO-1 IgG4 Antibodies 4784 and 4785
  • A) P7 CGN cells are incubated for 16 hr on wells coated without spinal cord myelin (no SC, white bars) or wells coated with spinal cord myelin in the absence (SC, red bars) or presence of anti-LINGO-1 IgG4 antibodies, a control anti-lysozyme IgG4 antibody 3207 (green bars) or 1 μm of the ROCK inhibitor Y27632 (yellow bar). ROCK is the secondary messenger in the signaling pathway of most, it not all, myelin-associated neurite outgrowth inhibitors, including those which do not signal through the NgR receptor complex and as such Y27632 treatment is used as a positive control for the attenuation of the neurite outgrowth inhibitory activity of spinal cord myelin (FIG. 1). The experiment is performed in three 96 well plates with an SC and no SC condition per plate to which the effects of the antibodies on that plate are compared and mean neurite length per neuron (μm) is calculated for 500 neurons per well in replicates of 10. The percentage inhibition (white text) is calculated as the percentile difference in mean neurite length/neuron between cells plated on wells coated with and without SC. The percentage disinhibition (black italic text) is calculated as the difference in mean neurite length between cells plated on SC in the presence and absence of anti-LINGO-1 antibody as a percentile of the difference between cells plated on wells coated with and without SC. *p<0.05, **p<0.01 (one way ANOVA, Holm-Sidak comparison to mean neurite length/neuron for cells plated on spinal cord myelin in the absence of antibody).
  • B) Fluorescent images of a representative field of view of cells incubated on wells coated without spinal cord myelin (no SC) and on wells coated with spinal cord myelin in the absence (SC) or presence of 1 nM control IgG4 3207 or anti-LINGO-1 IgG4 4784. Cells grown on spinal cord myelin in the presence of 4784 have visibly longer neurites and more neurites per cell than those grown in the absence of antibody or presence of the control antibody 3207.
  • FIG. 3. Disinhibition of Spinal Cord Myelin by Anti-LINGO-1 IgG4 Antibodies II
  • A) P7 CGN cells are incubated for 8 hr on wells coated without spinal cord myelin (no SC, white bars) or wells coated with spinal cord myelin in the absence (SC, red bars) or presence of anti-LINGO-1 IgG4 antibodies or a control anti-lysozyme IgG4 antibody 3207. The experiment is performed in three 96 well plates with an SC and no SC condition per plate to which the effects of the antibodies on that plate are compared and mean neurite length per neuron (μm) is calculated for 500 neurons per well in replicates of 10. The percentage inhibition (white text) and disinhibition (black italic text) is calculated as above. **p<0.01 (one way ANOVA, Holm-Sidak comparison to mean neurite length/neuron for cells plated on spinal cord myelin in the absence of antibody).
  • FIG. 4. Disinhibition of Spinal Cord Myelin by Anti-LINGO-1 IgG4 Antibodies III
  • P7 CGN cells are incubated for 8 hr on wells coated without spinal cord myelin (no SC) or wells coated with spinal cord myelin in the absence (SC) or presence of the indicated concentrations of anti-LINGO-1 IgG4 antibodies 4784 or 4785, a control anti-lysozyme IgG4 antibody 3207 or 1 μM Y27632 (ROCK). The experiment is performed in three 96 well plates with an SC and no SC condition per plate to which the effects of the antibodies on that plate are compared and mean neurite length per neuron (μm) is calculated for 500 neurons per well in replicates of 10. The percentage inhibition (white text) and disinhibition (black italic text) is calculated as above. *p<0.05, **p<0.01 (one way ANOVA, Holm-Sidak comparison to mean neurite length/neuron for cells plated on spinal cord myelin in the absence of antibody).
  • FIG. 5. Anti-LINGO-1 Antibodies Significantly Increase the Differentiation of Immature Oligodendrocytes
  • A) Freshly isolated OPCs are treated with 100 nM 4784, 4785 or control IgG4 3207 for 3 days in DMEM/CNTF/T3 medium followed by staining with the anti-04 antibody to visualise immature and mature oligodendrocytes (larger, more diffuse labeling) and the nucleic acid dye DAPI (4′,6-diamidin-2′-phenyl-indol-dihydrochloride) to visualise cell nuclei (smaller circular dots). Oligodendrocytes bearing highly arborised and extended processes and myelin sheet-like structures are considered to have a mature morphology and are indicated with white arrows. Anti-LINGO-1 antibody treatment results in an increase in the proportion of O4-positive cells with a mature morphology whereas treatment with control IgG4 3207 has no effect.
  • B) The proportion of total (left graph) and mature (right graph) oligodendrocytes is quantified in three independent experiments (1, 2, 3). The left bar graph depicts the percentage of DAPI-stained nuclei associated with O4-staining and the right bar graph depicts the percentage of O4-positive cells with a mature morphology (mean of triplicates+STD). In each bar graph, the leftmost bar is with no treatment, the second to left bar Control with Control IgG, the next represents treatment with 4784 and the rightmost treatment with 4785. Anti-LINGO-1 antibodies have no effect on the proportion of cells that are oligodendrocytes but significantly increase the proportion of oligodendrocytes with a mature morphology. *p<0.05, **p<0.01, one-way ANOVA with a Holm-Sidak comparison to the proportion of mature oligodendrocytes in the presence of the control IgG4 3207.
  • FIG. 6. Anti-LINGO-1 Antibodies Downregulate Cell Surface LINGO-1
  • A) Untransfected CHO-K1 or CHO-K1-hLINGO-1 cells are incubated at 37° C. for 24 hrs with 100 nM 4784, 4785 and 3207 and LINGO-1 detected at the cell surface by a further incubation at room temperature for 30 min with the anti-V5 antibody. The cells are fixed with 4% PFA, blocked with BSA and bound anti-V5 antibody detected using an anti-mouse-IgG (Fc specific)-POD conjugate that is subsequently developed using a 1-Step™ Turbo TMB ELISA kit. The absorbance at 450 nm is taken as a measure of the amount of LINGO-1 at the cell surface (mean of triplicates±STD). A very low level of anti-V5 antibody binding is observed to untransfected CHO-K1 cells. Incubation of CHO-K1-hLINGO-1 cells with anti-LINGO-1 antibodies but not the control IgG4 3207 result in a significant reduction in the amount of LINGO-1 at the cell surface **p<0.01, one-way ANOVA with a Holm-Sidak comparison to the absorbance following incubation with the control IgG4 3207.
  • B) Cell surface proteins on untransfected CHO-K1 or CHO-K1-hLINGO-1 cells are biotinylated at 4° C. and the cells are incubated at 37° C. for the indicated times with or without 100 nM 4784, 4785 and 3207. At the end of the incubation period, LINGO-1 is precipitated from the cell lysate using the anti-V5 antibody coupled to agarose beads and biotinylated (cell surface) LINGO-1 detected by Western blot analysis using an anti-biotin antibody. No signal is detected for biotinylated LINGO-1 in untransfected CHO-K1 cells. Incubation of CHO-K1-hLINGO-1 cells with anti-LINGO-1 antibodies increases the rate of degradation of cell surface LINGO-1.
  • FIG. 7. Characterization of Anti-LINGO-1 Fabs by ELISA
  • Values for ELISA analyses are given as mean values of relative fluorescence units (RFU). The binding affinities of these clones are characterized by FACS saturation assays.
  • The present invention also provides the use of the binding molecules of the invention in the promotion of axonal regeneration/plasticity of a mammalian nervous system, in particular the human nervous system.
  • The invention also provides a method of promoting axonal regeneration/plasticity of a mammalian nervous system, in particular human nervous system which comprises administering an effective amount of the binding molecules of the invention to a patient in need of such treatment.
  • The invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition for promoting axonal regeneration/plasticity of a mammalian nervous system, in particular human nervous system which comprises the binding molecules of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent.
  • In particular, the binding molecules of the invention are useful for promoting axonal regeneration and plasticity after CNS injury (the term injury, in the present application, refers especially to injury caused by mechanical or chemical effects or due to diseases or disorders that e.g. lead to degeneration of neurons, especially their structure or form, e.g. in neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's or Parkinson's Disease or other disorders or diseases mentioned below). Thus the molecules of the invention have a wide utility in particular for human subjects. For example the binding molecule of the invention are useful in the treatment of various diseases of the peripheral (PNS) and central (CNS) nervous system, i.e. more particularly in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Lewy like pathologies or other dementia in general, diseases following cranial, cerebral or spinal trauma and stroke. Furthermore, given that LINGO-1 is a negative regulator of myelination, the binding molecules of the invention are useful for promoting remyelination in concert with promoting axonal regeneration/plasticity in demyelinating diseases that include, but are not limited to, multiple sclerosis, monophasic demyelination, encephalomyelitis, multifocal leukoencephalopathy, panencephalitis, Marchiafava-Bignami disease, pontine myelmolysis, adrenoleukodystrophy, Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease, Spongy degeneration, Alexander's disease, Canavan's disease, metachromatic leukodystrophy and Krabbe's disease. In one example, cells which express the binding molecules of the invention may be transplanted to a site spinal cord injury to facilitate axonal growth throughout the injured site. Such transplanted cells would provide a means for restoring spinal cord function following injury or trauma. Such cells could include olfactory ensheathing cells and stem cells of different lineages of fetal nerve or tissue grafts.
  • In addition, the binding molecules of the invention are useful for the treatment of degenerative ocular disorders which may directly or indirectly involve the degeneration of retinal or corneal cells including ischemic retinopathies in general, anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, all forms of optic neuritis, age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, cystoid macular edema (CME), retinitis pigmentosa, Stargardt's disease, Best's vitelliform retinal degeneration, Leber's congenital amaurosis and other hereditary retinal degenerations, pathologic myopia, retinopathy of prematurity, and Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy, the after effects of corneal transplantation or of refractive corneal surgery, and herpes keratitis.
  • Furthermore, the binding molecules of the invention are useful for the treatment of psychiatric conditions, particularly schizophrenia and depression.
  • For these indications, the appropriate dosage will, of course, vary depending upon, for example, the particular molecule of the invention to be employed, the mode of administration and the nature and severity of the condition being treated. In general, the dosage preferably will be in the range of 1 μg/kg/day to 1 mg/kg/day. The binding molecules of the invention are conveniently administered by pumps or injected as therapeutics at the lesioned site or near it, e.g. they can be administered directly into the CNS intracranially or into the spine intrathecally to the lesioned site. However, systemic administration is not excluded here. The binding molecules of the invention can be provided alone, or in combination, or in sequential combination with other agents. For example, the binding molecules of the invention can be administered in combination with anti-Nogo-A antibodies or anti-inflammatory agents such as but not limited to corticosteroids following stroke or spinal cord injury as a means for blocking further neuronal damage and inhibition of axonal regeneration, neurotrophic factors such as NGF, BDNF or other drugs for neurodegenerative diseases such as Exelon™ or Levodopa. Other suitable combination partners for the treatment of stroke are Alteplase and Desmoteplase (DSPA, e.g. disclosed in WO90/09438). In one embodiment, the present invention provides a combination comprising a binding molecule of the invention and Desmoteplase, in particular for the treatment of stroke as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising said combination. As used herein, two agents are said to be administered in combination when the two agents are administered simultaneously or are administered independently in a fashion such that the agents will act at the same time.
  • The structure of the active ingredients identified by code nos., generic or trade names may be taken from the actual edition of the standard compendium “The Merck Index” or from databases, e.g. Patents International (e.g. IMS World Publications) or other databases provided by IMS Health. The corresponding content thereof is hereby incorporated by reference. Any person skilled in the art is fully enabled to identify the active ingredients and, based on these references, likewise enabled to manufacture and test the pharmaceutical indications and properties in standard test models, both in vitro and in vivo.
  • Pharmaceutical compositions of the invention may be manufactured in conventional manner. E.g. a composition according to the invention comprising the molecules of the invention is preferably provided in lyophilized form. For immediate administration it is dissolved in a suitable aqueous carrier, for example sterile water for injection or sterile buffered physiological saline.
  • To aid in making up suitable compositions, the binding molecules of the invention and optionally a second drug enhancing the effect of the binding molecules of the invention, may be packaged separately within the same container, with instructions for mixing or concomitant administration. Optional second drug candidates are provided above.
  • The synergistic effect of a combination of the binding molecules of the invention and growth factors such as NGF may be demonstrated in vivo by the spinal cord injury models.
  • The invention will be more fully understood by reference to the following examples. They should not, however, be construed as limiting the scope of the invention.
  • The monoclonal antibodies of attention in the Examples are binding molecules according to the present invention containing for antibody 4784 the variable part of the light chain (SEQ ID NO: 4) and the variable part of the heavy chain (SEQ ID NO: 5) and comprising for 4785 the variable part of the light chain (SEQ ID NO: 6) and the variable part of the heavy chain (SEQ ID NO: 7).
  • The following abbreviations are used:
  • AP human placental alkaline phosphatase
    CDR complementarity determining region
    cDNA complementary DNA
    ELISA enzyme linked immuno-sorbant assay
    FACS fluorescence activated cell sorting
    FBS foetal bovine serum
    HCMV human cytomegalovirus promoter
    IgG immunoglobulin isotype G
    PBS phosphate-buffered saline
    PCR polymerase chain reaction
    PFA paraformaldehyde
    PNPP para-nitrophenyl phosphate
  • Example 1 Generation of CHO-K1 Cells Expressing Full Length Rat, Cynomolgus Monkey or Human LINGO-1 and Human LINGO-2
  • A human cDNA library is generated by RT-PCR of universal human reference RNA (Stratagene) using random and oligo dT primers. A cynomolgus monkey brain cDNA library is generated by RT-PCR of polyA RNA isolated from frozen cynomolgus monkey brain using random and oligo dT primers. A Marathon-ready rat brain cDNA library is obtained from Clontech. cDNA encoding the mature sequence (residues 34-614) of human LINGO-1 (SEQ ID NO: 27), cynomolgus monkey LINGO-1 (SEQ ID NO: 28) and rat LINGO-1 (SEQ ID NO: 29) flanked by 5′-XbaI and 3′-XhoI sites is PCR amplified from the respective library using the forward primer DM14, 5′-CTACGTCTAGAACGGGCTGCCCGCCCCGCT-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 30), and reverse primer DM15, 5′-GGTTTCTCGAGTCATATCATCTTCATGTTGAACTTGCGG-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 31). The PCR product is cleaved with XbaI and XhoI and inserted into the respective sites of the vector pSecTag2-V5 (SEQ ID NO: 32) to generate hLINGO-1-pSecTag2-V5, cmLINGO-1-pSecTag2-V5 and rLINGO-1-pSecTag2-V5, respectively. The predicted protein product is the mature sequence of LINGO-1 fused at the N-terminus to a 14 amino acid residue V5 epitope tag via a 2 amino acid residue linker. cDNA encoding the mature sequence (residues 26-606) of human LINGO-2 (SEQ ID NO: 33) flanked by 5′-XbaI and 3′-XhoI sites is PCR amplified from a Marathon-ready human brain cDNA library (Clontech) using the forward primer DM16, 5′-CTACGTCTAGAATTGGCTGCCCCGCTCGCT-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 34), and reverse primer DM17, 5′-GGTTTCTCGAGTCAAATCATTTTCATGTTGAACCTCCTG-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 35). The PCR product is cleaved with XbaI and XhoI and inserted into the respective sites of the vector pSecTag2-V5 to generate hLINGO-2-pSecTag2-V5. The predicted protein product is the mature sequence of LINGO-2 fused at the N-terminus to a 14 amino acid residue V5 epitope tag via a 2 amino acid residue linker. CHO-K1 cells stably expressing human LINGO-1 (CHO-K1-hLINGO-1), cynomolgous LINGO-1 (CHO-K1-cmLINGO-1), rat LINGO-1 (CHO-K1-rLINGO-1) and human LINGO-2 (CHO-K1-hLINGO-2) are generated by transfection of cells with hLINGO-1-pSecTag2-V5, cmLINGO-1-pSecTag2-V5, rLINGO-1-pSecTag2-V5 and hLINGO-2-pSecTag2-V5, respectively, using lipofectamine-2000 (Invitrogen) according to the manufacturer's instructions. Stably expressing transfectants are selected with 1 mg/ml zeocin (Invivogen) and single clones isolated either by serial dilution into 96-well plates or by using clonal rings. Expression of the constructs on the cell surface is confirmed by immunofluorescent analysis using an anti-V5 antibody (InvitroGen).
  • Example 2 Generation and Expression of Human LINGO-1-Fc and Human LINGO-1ΔLRR-Fc
  • A MGC mRNA coding for human LINGO-1 (clone MGC:17422 IMAGE:4214343) is used as template for PCR amplification. The extracellular domain (ECD) preceded by the natural signal sequence (aa1-550) of human LINGO-1 is amplified by PCR with the Pwo1 polymerase (Roche Diagnostics) and with primers which added a HindIII restriction site and a Kozak consensus sequence at the 5′ end of the target sequence and an XhoI restriction site immediately after the last codon of the target sequence at the 3′ end. The PCR product is digested with HindIII and XhoI, gel purified and inserted into plasmid pRS5a-IgG (SEQ ID NO: 36) previously digested with the same enzymes. The accuracy of the inserted sequence, complete Fc and flanking regions in the resulting expression clone (natleader-hsLINGO-1-Fc/pRS5a, SEQ ID NO: 37) is confirmed by DNA sequencing.
  • The same MGC clone serves as template for the construction by gene SOEing of the expression plasmid for human LINGO-1 lacking the LRR domain (aa34-65+aa354-550). The N-terminal region of human ECD LINGO-1 (aa34-65) is amplified by PCR with primers extending the 5′ end with a partial sequence coding for an heterologous secretion signal fused to mature LINGO-1 and adding, at the 3′ end, a sequence coding for the first seven amino acids of the C-terminal fragment. The C-terminal region of human ECD LINGO-1 (aa354-550) is amplified by PCR with primers extending the 5′ end with a sequence coding for the last seven amino acids of the N-terminal fragment and adding, at the 3′ end, an XhoI site immediately after the last codon of the target sequence. The two PCR products are gel purified, mixed and serves as template for a second PCR amplification using at the 5′ end a primer which adds a HindIII restriction site, a Kozak consensus sequence and completes the herologous secretion signal sequence and, at the 3′ end, the external primer previously used to amplify the C-terminal fragment. The PCR product is digested with HindIII and XhoI, gel purified and inserted into plasmid pRS5a-IgG previously digested with the same enzymes. The accuracy of the inserted sequence, complete Fc and flanking regions in the resulting expression clone (Igleader-hsLINGO-1-ΔLRR-Fc/pRS5a, SEQ ID NO: 38) is confirmed by DNA sequencing.
  • As an initial expression evaluation both constructs are tested in small scale experiments. HEK.EBNA cells (Invitrogen, previous cat. no. R620-07) are cultivated in attached mode on tissue culture flasks in Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium (DMEM) buffered with 25 mM Hepes (Gibco/Life Technologies cat. no. 42430-025) and additionally enriched with 10% fetal calf serum; the cultures are maintained at 37° C. and 5% CO2 in humidified atmosphere. For small scale transfection experiments, 4×105 cells are seeded one day prior to transfection into poly-D-lysine-coated 6-wells (plates). Transfections are performed using 3 μg of plasmid DNA and 6 μl of Lipofectamine2000 reagent (Invitrogen cat. no. 11668-019) per well, essentially as described by the vendor. Three days post-transfection the cell supernatants are harvested and the cell-free supernatant is subjected to protein analysis, i.e. to immuno-affinity HPLC analysis on Protein G columns. Titers ranging between 8 mg/l for construct natleader-hsLINGO-1-Fc/pRS5a and 40 mg/l for construct Igleader-hsLINGO-1-ΔLRR-Fc/pRS5a are determined. Subsequently, for both plasmids large-scale plasmid preps are prepared to enable transient transfections on the multi-litre scale in HEK.EBNA suspension cultures.
  • For production of natleader-hsLINGO-1-Fc on enlarged scale, 2.9 L of HEK.EBNA cell culture at a density of 1.4×106 cells/ml is mixed with 1.1 L DNA:PEI solution (1 μg DNA:2 μg PEI per ml). Following incubation of cells for 4 hrs, the culture is fed with 4 L of ExCell VPRO medium (SAFC, previously JRH, Lenexa, Kans.). The cell culture supernatant is harvested after 6 days of cultivation and concentrated by diafiltration down to 1-L using a disposable Hemoflow F10HPS filter with a 10 kDa cut-off (Fresenius Medical Care, Germany).
  • The second relevant protein production run to generate Igleader-hsLINGO-1-ΔLRR-Fc protein is done in a similar fashion. Details on large-scale transfection, DNA:PEI ratio, cell densities, feeding and harvest are exactly the same as described above.
  • a) natleader-hsLINGO-1-Fc
  • 1 L concentrate (from 8 L culture supernatant) is chromatographed on 20 ml Protein A Sepharose. After base-line washing with 100 mM NaPi, pH 7.3, bound material is eluted with 50 mM citrate, 140 mM NaCl, pH 2.7, neutralized and sterile filtered. The eluted fraction is further concentrated and gel filtered on Superdex 75 in PBS yielding 8.2 mg product at a concentration of 1.2 mg/ml.
  • b) Igleader-hsLINGO-1-ΔLRR-Fc
  • 1 L concentrate (from 8 L culture supernatant) is chromatographed on 20 ml Protein A Sepharose. After base-line washing with 100 mM NaPi, pH 7.3, bound material is eluted with 50 mM citrate, 140 mM NaCl, pH 2.7, neutralized and sterile filtered yielding 52.5 mg product at a concentration of 1.5 mg/ml.
  • The purified proteins are extensively characterized by N-terminal sequencing and by MALDI peptide mass analysis after reduction/alkylation and trypsin digestion.
  • Example 3 AP-LINGO-1 Binding Assay
  • Blocking the binding of LINGO-1 to NgR is expected to prevent the signaling of three myelin-associated inhibitors of neurite outgrowth, namely Nogo-66, MAG and OMgp, and hence attenuate the neurite outgrowth inhibitory activity of CNS myelin thus leading to increased axonal regeneration/plasticity and improved functional recovery following acute CNS injury.
  • To demonstrate that an anti-LINGO-1 antibody blocks the binding of LINGO-1 to NgR, an assay can be used which measures the binding of human placental alkaline phosphatase (AP)-tagged rat LINGO-1 ectodomain (AP-LINGO-1) to SH-SY5Y cells stably expressing NgR (NgR-SH-SY5Y, Walmsley et. al. (2004) J Cell Sci 117, 4591-4602). cDNA encoding the majority of the rat LINGO-1 ectodomain (residues 34-532) flanked by 5′-Xho I and 3′-Xba I sites is PCR amplified from rLINGO-1-pSecTag2-V5 using the forward primer DM22, 5′-GGTTATCTCGAGACCGGCTGCCCGCCCC-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 24), and reverse primer DM23, 5′-GGCCCTTCTAGATCACTCGCCTGGCTGGTTGGAGATG-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 25). The PCR product is cleaved with XhoI and XbaI and inserted into the respective sites of the vector APtag-5-NHIS (SEQ ID NO: 26) to generate APtag-5-NHIS-solrLINGO-1. The predicted protein product is the majority of the rat LINGO-1 ectodomain fused at the N-terminus to residues 23-511 of human placental alkaline phosphatase via a 3 amino acid residue linker. HEK293T cells are transfected with APtag-5—NHIS-solrLINGO-1 using lipofectamine2000 according to the manufacturer's instructions. The transfection medium is removed 4 hrs after transfection and replaced with OptiMEM I without phenol red (Invitrogen). Medium is harvested after 24 hrs, replaced and harvested again after another 24 hrs. The medium is clarified by centrifugation at 13000×g for 5 min and the supernatant concentrated around 15-fold using a Centriprep filter device (Millipore) according to the manufacturer's instructions. AP activity of the concentrated supernatant is measured using 1-Step™ PNPP (Pierce) as change in absorbance at 405 nm over time and transformed to a concentration using the following equation (applies for a 96 well plate format with 200 μl PNPP/well):
  • Concentration of AP - fusion ( nM ) = Change in absorbance ( mAU / min ) 7.945 × volume of sample added to PNPP ( µl )
  • Concentrated supernatant is subjected to SDS-PAGE gel electrophoresis and Western blotted as described (Walmsley et. al. (2004) J Cell Sci 117, 4591-4602). AP-LINGO-1 is detected with 0.1% (v/v) anti-penta-histidine antibody (Qiagen) followed by 0.02% (v/v) peroxidase-conjugated anti-mouse IgG antibody (Sigma) using the ECL™ system (GE Healthcare). AP-LINGO-1 is visualised as a band of approximately 110 kDa, similar to its predicted molecular weight of 112 kDa. No N-terminal degradation products are observed.
  • NgR:SH-SY5Y cells at 50% confluency are harvested with enzyme-free dissociation buffer (Invitrogen) to preserve cell surface proteins such as NgR. 1 nM AP, 1 nM AP-LINGO-1 or 1 nM AP-LINGO-1 in the presence of 2 μM anti-LINGO-1 Fab or a control Fab 3207 against lysozyme from hen egg white is pre-incubated for 30 min in OptiMEM (Invitrogen) and subsequently incubated with constant agitation for 1.5 hr with NgR:SH-SY5Y cells in suspension. Cells are washed 6 times in HBH (20 mM HEPES pH 7.4/1% bovine serum albumin in Hanks balanced saline) and fixed in 4% paraformaldehyde (PFA)/5% sucrose in PBS for 15 min. Following inactivation of endogenous AP activity by incubation at 65° C. for 1 hr in 20 mM HEPES pH 7.4 in Hanks balanced saline, cell-bound AP activity is quantified as absorbance at 405 nm after a 30 min incubation with 1-Step™ PNPP (Pierce) according to the manufacturer's instructions.
  • The Fabs are used at a concentration of 2 μM in order to saturate AP-LINGO-1 with bound Fab and thus minimise the influence of their affinities on their ability to inhibit binding. The reason for this is to exclude the possibility of prematurely discarding Fabs from further studies which fail to inhibit binding due to their low affinity rather than the position of their binding site as the affinity of such Fabs could be increased at later stages by affinity maturation and IgG4 conversion. 1 nM AP-LINGO-1 is pre-incubated with either the control Fab 3207 or anti-LINGO-1 Fabs 4784 and 4785 and then allowed to bind in the presence of the Fab to NgR:SH-SY5Y cells in suspension (FIG. 1). The percentage inhibition in specific AP-LINGO-1 binding in the presence of the anti-LINGO-1 Fabs is normalized to that for Fab 3207. 4784 and 4785 give a significant inhibition (p<0.01, one way ANOVA, Holm-Sidak comparison to specific binding of AP-LINGO-1 in presence of control Fab 3207) of AP-LINGO-1 binding to the cells.
  • Blocking the binding of LINGO-1 to NgR is predicted to prevent the signaling of the myelin-associated inhibitors Nogo-66, MAG and OMgp leading to a reduction in the neurite outgrowth inhibitory activity of CNS myelin. In that regard, 4784 and 4785 Fabs are converted to the final IgG4 format (see Example 8) and assessed for their ability to attenuate the inhibition of neurite outgrowth from postnatal day 7 rat cerebellar granule neurons grown on adult rat spinal cord myelin.
  • Example 4 Neurite Outgrowth Inhibition Assay
  • The most relevant in vitro assay to predict the effect of anti-LINGO-1 antibodies on axonal regeneration/plasticity in vivo is their ability to attenuate the neurite Outgrowth inhibitory activity of CNS myelin. In this assay, postnatal day 7 rat cerebellar granule neurons (CGN) are grown in wells coated with whole spinal cord myelin extracted from adult rats and neurite outgrowth quantified by an automated ArrayScan® HCS Reader (Cellomics).
  • The disinhibitory activity of anti-LINGO-1 IgG4 antibodies 4784 and 4785 is assessed in the said neurite outgrowth assay (FIG. 2).
  • Fresh rat spinal cord tissue from adult rats is homogenized in 3 volumes (w/v) extraction buffer (60 mM Chaps, 20 mM Tris pH 8.0, 1 mM EDTA, protease inhibitor cocktail), incubated for 30 min at 4° C. and clarified by centrifugation at 170000×g for 30 min at 4° C. Each well in a 96 well plate is coated with 5 μl nitrocellulose in MeOH (5 cm2 nitrocellulose in 12 ml MeOH), air dried and coated with 100 μl 5 μg/ml poly-D-lysine by incubation for 4 hr at 37° C. Following three washes in water, the plates are air dried for 1 hr and then coated with 60 μg/cm2 spinal cord extract by incubation overnight at 37° C. CGN cells are freshly purified from trypsin dissociates of postnatal day 7 rat cerebellar tissue as described previously (Schweigreiter et al., 2004). Western blot analysis to detect LINGO-1 is performed on lysates from CHO-K1 cells expressing V5-tagged rat LINGO-1 or P7 CGN cells using 2 μg/ml (or 13.3 nM) anti-LINGO-1 polyclonal antibody (Upstate) followed by 0.02% (v/v) peroxidase-conjugated anti-rabbit IgG antibody (Sigma). CGN cells (35000 cells/well) are incubated for 30 min at 37° C. on wells coated without or with spinal cord myelin prior to the addition of either 0-100 nM anti-LINGO-1 IgG4 antibody or the control 3207 IgG4 antibody. Following an 8-16 hr incubation at 37° C., cells are fixed with 4% PFA and stained with Hoechst 3342 (Invitrogen) for visualisation of the nucleus and anti-β-tubulin III antibody (R&D Systems) followed by an Alexa Fluor 546-conjugated anti-mouse IgG antibody (Invitrogen) to specifically visualize neurons. Parameters of neurite outgrowth are determined using an ArrayScan® HCS Reader (Cellomics). ArrayScan® II automatically locates, focuses and exposes fields of cells within a 96-well microtiter plate. ArrayScan® consists of a high-resolution optical system, a multiple bandpass emission filter with matched single band excitation filter (XF100), a CCD camera with frame grabber, and proprietary applications software. In this assay, the Extended Neurite Outgrowth Bioapplication is used.
  • An excitation filter wheel and multiple bandpass emission filters are used to enable multichannel imaging of fluorescence from two fluorophores in the same cells. Bandpass images of Hoechst 33342-labelled nuclei are acquired to identify discrete cells, and bandpass images of Alexa Fluor 488 are then acquired to identify the extent of cells labeled with anti-tubulin antibody (using a secondary conjugated to Alexa Fluor 488). Inappropriate bodies within cells are automatically excluded from the analysis, so that only overlapping Hoechst and beta-tubulin cell bodies are analyzed. Dual emission images are acquired for 5 discrete 350 μm2 fields in each well of the plate. Using a 10-x objective, this results in 400-500 cells per well analyzed. The Extended Neurite Outgrowth Bioapplication then reports several quantitative measures of neuronal morphology for single cells, including neurite length number of neurites per cell, cell body area, and branch and cross points. The mean neurite length per neuron (μm) is calculated for 500 neurons per well in replicates of 10. In the above neurite outgrowth assay, the anti-LINGO-1 IgG4 antibodies 4784 and 4785 are disinhibitory at 1 and 10 nM, whereas the control IgG4 against lysozyme gives no disinhibition at both concentrations (FIG. 2). The mean length of neurites per neuron on spinal cord myelin in the presence of 4784 and 4785 at both concentrations is statistically higher than that in the absence of antibody. The greater level of disinhibition achieved with the ROCK inhibitor Y27632 compared to the anti-LINGO-1 antibodies 4784 and 4785 is expected as this compound inhibits the signaling pathways of additional myelin-associated neurite outgrowth inhibitors other than those that signal through the NgR receptor complex.
  • To confirm the above results, the neurite outgrowth assay is repeated (FIG. 3). Again, the anti-LINGO-1 antibodies 4784 and 4785 are disinhibitory at 1 nM and 10 nM, whereas the control IgG4 against lysozyme gives no disinhibition at both concentrations. The mean length of neurites per neuron on spinal cord myelin in the presence of 4784 and 4785 at both concentrations is statistically higher than that in the absence of antibody.
  • To further establish the potency of the anti-LINGO-1 antibodies 4784 and 4785, the effect on neurite outgrowth inhibition of sub-nM concentrations of the antibody is assessed (FIG. 4). 4784 and 4785 give a significant disinhibition (38-51% and 51-57%, respectively) of spinal cord myelin at concentrations as low as 0.1 nM, whereas the control anti-lysozyme antibody has no effect. Again, the ROCK inhibitor Y27632 gives a higher degree of disinhibition (65-74%) than the anti-LINGO-1 IgG4 antibodies as expected.
  • Example 5 Primary Oligodendrocyte Differentiation Assay
  • Blockade of LINGO-1 function by genetic means or by treatment with a receptor-body antagonist has been reported to increase the proportion of mature oligodendrocytes arising from purified OPC cultures (Mi et al. (2005) Nat Neurosci 8, 745-751). To assess the ability of anti-LINGO-1 antibodies to block LINGO-1 function in OPC cultures and promote oligodendrocyte maturation, freshly isolated rat OPCs are incubated with 4784, 4785 or control IgG4 3207 for 3 days in DMEM/CNTF/T3 medium followed by staining with the anti-04 antibody to label both immature and mature oligodendrocytes (FIG. 5). The degree of oligodendrocyte maturation is measured as the proportion of O4-positive cells exhibiting a mature morphology.
  • Enriched populations of OPCs are isolated from OFA P3 rats. Briefly, the brain is dissected and the telencephalons are placed in ice-cold Hank's buffered saline solution (HBSS, Invitrogen) containing 0.15% MgSO4. The tissue is incubated with 1:1 HBBS/trypsin-EDTA (Invitrogen) and 100 μg/ml DNAse I (Roche) for 10 min at 37° C. and the trypsin inactivated by addition of FCS (Invitrogen) to a final concentration of 10%. The tissue suspension is centrifuged at 890 rpm for 10 min and the pellet resuspended in Basal Medium Eagle (BME, Invitrogen) with 10% horse serum (Invitrogen). The suspension is filtered through a 40 μm cell strainer (BD Falcon) and the cells plated on poly-D-lysine pre-coated 80 cm2 tissue culture flasks (BD Falcon) at 1 brain per flask. Cells are cultivated at 37° C. for 11 days in BME/10% horse serum. Microglial cells are killed by adding 5 mM L-leucine-methyl esther and the flasks are agitated by shaking at 140 rpm for 2 hrs. OPCs are harvested by shaking the flasks overnight at 200 rpm at 37° C. and any astrocytes remaining in the supernatant are further separated from the OPCs by pre-attachment for 2 hrs at 37° C. on 10 cm bacterial culture dishes. Non-adherent cells are collected, centrifuged for 10 minutes at 890 rpm and plated at approximately 3×104 cells/well in poly-D-lysine-coated 8-well chamber slides (BD Falcon). Cultures are maintained for 3 days in either in DMEM/T3/CNTF medium consisting of DMEM (Invitrogen) containing 10 ng/ml Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor (R&D Systems) and 15 nM Triiodothyronine (Sigma) or in SATO medium consisting of DMEM (Invitrogen) containing 10 μg/ml transferrin (Sigma), 10 μg/ml insulin (Sigma), 100 μM putrescine (Sigma), 200 nM progesterone (Sigma), 520 nM thyroxine (Sigma), 500 μM Triiodothyronine (Sigma), 220 nM sodium selenite (Sigma), 25 μg/ml gentamycin (Sigma) and 1% HS (Invitrogen). To assess the purity of the cultures with respect to the oligodendrocyte lineage, the percentage of cells that are stained with the anti-04 antibody is quantified after 7 days of culture in SATO medium. Typically, 80-95% of the cells are stained with the anti-04 antibody demonstrating that the majority of the cells in the culture are of the oligodendrocyte lineage. To assess oligodendrocyte maturation based on oligodendrocyte morphology, freshly isolated OPC cultures are incubated in DMEM/T3/CNTF medium for 3 days in the absence or presence of 100 nM 4784, 4785 or control IgG4 3207 followed by staining with the anti-04 antibody to label both immature and mature oligodendrocytes and DAPI to label cell nuclei. O4-positive cells with clearly defined short processes are considered to represent immature oligodendrocytes whereas O4-positive cells bearing extended and highly arborised processes with myelin sheet-like structures are considered to represent mature oligodendrocytes. The proportion of O4-positive cells with a mature morphology is quantified for around 300-1300 cells in triplicate per treatment and significance determined using one-way ANOVA with a Holm-Sidak comparison to the proportion of mature oligodendrocytes in the presence of the control IgG4 3207. To assess the effect of the antibody treatment on the proportion of total (immature and mature) oligodendrocytes in the culture, the proportion of DAPI nuclei associated with O4-staining is quantified.
  • In three independent experiments, treatment with the anti-LINGO-1 antibodies 4784 and 4785 significantly increases the proportion of oligodendrocytes with a mature morphology as represented by cells bearing highly arborised processes that extend over a wide area and myelin sheet-like structures (FIG. 5). Treatment with the control IgG4 antibody 3207 has no effect on the proportion of mature oligodendrocytes in the culture. The proportion of DAPI-stained nuclei associated with O4-staining is similar for all treatments, demonstrating that anti-LINGO-1 antibodies have no effect on the proportion of cells corresponding to both immature and mature oligodendrocytes.
  • As anti-LINGO-1 antibody treatment has no effect on the proportion of total oligodendrocytes, the increase in the proportion of mature oligodendrocytes most likely arises due to an increase in the rate of differentiation of immature oligodendrocytes to mature oligodendrocytes rather than an increase in the rate of differentiation of OPCs to immature oligodendrocytes.
  • Example 6 Anti-LINGO-1 Antibody-Mediated Downregulation of Cell Surface LINGO-1
  • The binding of multi-valent antibodies to cell surface targets can lead to the internalisation of the antibody:target complex and subsequent degradation of the target within the endocytic pathway (Weinmann et al. (2006) Mol Cell Neurosci 32, 161-173).
  • To determine the effect of anti-LINGO-1 antibodies on the amount of cell surface LINGO-1, untransfected CHO-K1 or CHO-K1-hLINGO-1 cells (see Example 1) are incubated at 37° C. for 24 hrs with 100 nM 4784, 4785 or 3207 and cell surface LINGO-1 is subsequently detected with an anti-V5 antibody followed by an anti-mouse IgG (Fc specific)-POD conjugate developed with a 1-Step™ Turbo TMB-ELISA kit (Pierce) (FIG. 6A).
  • The amount of cell surface LINGO-1 in CHO-K1-hLINGO-1 cells is significantly reduced following a 24 hr incubation with anti-LINGO-1 antibodies 4784 and 4785, whereas incubation with the control IgG4 3207 has no effect. In addition, incubation with 4785 reduces cell surface LINGO-1 to a greater extent than 4784.
  • To assess the effect of anti-LINGO-1 antibodies on the degradation of cell surface LINGO-1, cell surface proteins on untransfected CHO-K1 or CHO-K1-hLINGO-1 cells are biotinylated at 4° C. as described (Walmsley et al. (2004) J Cell Sci 117, 4591-4602) and the cells incubated at 37° C. for various times over a 180 min period with or without 100 nM 4784, 4785 or 3207 (FIG. 6B). At the end of the incubation period, LINGO-1 is immunoprecipitated from the cell lysate using anti-V5 antibody coupled to agarose beads and biotinylated LINGO-1 detected in the precipitate by Western blot analysis using an anti-biotin antibody (Sigma).
  • The intensity of the band corresponding to biotinylated (and hence cell surface) LINGO-1 diminishes more rapidly in CHO-K1-hLINGO-1 cells incubated with the anti-LINGO-1 antibodies 4784 and 4785 than in cells incubated without antibody or with the control IgG4 3207. In addition, incubation with 4785 increases the rate of degradation of cell surface LINGO-1 to a greater extent than 4784.
  • These results cumulatively show that anti-LINGO-1 antibodies 4784 and 4785 significantly downregulate LINGO-1 at the cell surface most likely by augmenting the internalisation and degradation of the protein. This property is expected to contribute to the efficacy of these antibodies in blocking LINGO-1 function.
  • Example 7 Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) and FACS Techniques
  • Human recombinant LINGO-1-Fc fusion protein is immobilized onto Maxisorp plates 96 or 384 well for 1 h at RT indirectly by capturing of the Fc part via a directly immobilized goat anti-human IgG Fc antibody (100 μl or 20 μl coated at 10 μg/ml in PBS).
  • After coating of 20 μl of the antigen at 5 μg/ml in PBS, the wells are blocked with PBS/0.05% Tween (PBS-T)/5% milk powder for 1 h at RT. After washing the wells with PBS-T BEL-extracts, purified Fabs or control IgGs are diluted in PBS, added to the wells and incubated for 1 h at RT. To detect the primary antibodies, the following secondary antibodies are applied: alkaline phospatase (AP)-conjugated AffiniPure goat F(ab′)2 fragment anti-human IgG or anti-mouse IgG (Jackson ImmunoResearch). For the detection of AP-conjugates fluorogenic substrates like AttoPhos (Roche) are used according to the manufacturers' instructions. Between all incubation steps, the wells of the microtiter plate are washed with PBS-T five times and five times after the final incubation with secondary antibody. Fluorescence is measured in a TECAN Spectrafluor plate reader.
  • FACS Analysis of Antibody Binding to LINGO-1 Expressed on the Cell Surface of Transfected CHO-K1 Cells
  • All stainings are performed in round bottom 96-well microtiter plates (NUNC™, Wiesbaden, Germany) with 2×105 cells per well. Cells of the respective cell line are resuspended in PBS/3% FCS/0.02% NaN3 (FACS buffer) and mixed with a) antibody from periplasmic extracts or BEL lysates or b) purified Fab fragments or c) purified IgG diluted in FACS buffer and incubated at 4° C. for 30-60 min. Cells are then washed once with 150 μl FACS buffer/well and taken up in 100 μl phycoerythrin-labeled secondary antibody (R-PE conjugated goat anti-human IgG (H+L) (Jackson ImmunoResearch) which has been diluted 1:200 in FACS buffer. After incubation for 30-60 min at 4° C. cells are washed once with FACS buffer, resuspended in 100 μl FACS buffer and binding of LINGO-1 specific antibodies is measured via FL2 fluorescence intensity of cells in FACSCalibur™ or FACSArray™ (Becton Dickinson).
  • For identification of LINGO-1 specific antibodies, stainings are done in parallel using CHO-K1-cmLINGO-1 or CHO-K1-rLINGO-1. Untransfected CHO-K1 cells serve as an additional control. Cynomolgus monkey and rat LINGO-1 expressing cells are chosen for screening as these species orthologues differ only in a few amino acids from the human LINGO-1 protein. Only those clones are judged as being LINGO-1 specific which are negative on untransfected CHO-K1 cells and ≧5x above background on LINGO-1 expressing cell lines. Cross-reactivity to human LINGO-1 and other orthologues (cynomolgus LINGO-1, rat LINGO-1) and to the human LINGO-2 paralogue is tested sequentially.
  • After sequence analysis thirty one (31) unique clones are identified that show strong binding to cell surface expressed human LINGO-1 in FACS analysis. Twelve (12) binders show strong binding to captured human LINGO-1-Fc in ELISA (signal:noise ratio greater than 10:1) and seven (7) show intermediate binding in ELISA (signal:noise ratio greater than 5:1). Four (4) of the binders showed strong binding to captured human NgR-Fc fusion protein (R&D Systems) in ELISA and are discontinued. Another three (3) of the binders do not cross-react to all of the three species of LINGO-1 and are discontinued. The remaining 24 clones that are cross-reactive to human/cynomolgus monkey/rat LINGO-1 but not to human NgR-Fc are expressed, purified and tested for their ability to significantly inhibit the binding of LINGO-1 to NgR (see FIG. 1) and disinhibit the neurite outgrowth inhibitory activity of spinal cord myelin in vitro (see FIGS. 2-4) leading to the selection of Fabs 4784 and 4785 for further analysis. In an ELISA, 4784 and 4785 bind to captured human LINGO-1-Fc but no binding is observed to human LINGO-1-ΔLRR-Fc or human NgR-Fc compared to an unrelated Fc control (see Table 1 and FIG. 7). This indicates that 4784 and 4785 have epitopes that are within the LRR region (residues 66-353) of LINGO-1.
  • TABLE 1
    Characterization of anti-LINGO-1 Fabs by ELISA
    Human
    Human LINGO-1 Human LINGO- Human Unrelated
    LINGO-1 Fc 1ΔLRR-Fc NgR-Fc Fc
    4784 98 49 68 52
    4785 113 8 7 6
    Values for ELISA analyses are given as mean values of relative fluorescence units.
  • Affinity Determination of Selected Anti-LINGO-1 Fabs Using FACS Saturation Analysis
  • Cell based affinity of anti-LINGO-1 specific antibodies is determined by FACS saturation binding experiments. As the concentration of the antigen present in the sample to stain influences the apparent KD values, only 1.25×104 cells/well in contrast to 2×105 cells/well are used in order to reduce the antigen concentration in FACS saturation experiments. Otherwise the staining procedure is done identical to the FACS staining procedure described above.
  • In detail, CHO-K1-hLINGO-1, CHO-K1-cmLINGO-1 or CHO-K1-rLINGO-1 are detached from culture flasks by versene, washed with FACS buffer and resuspended in FACS buffer. Purified anti-LINGO-1 Fabs are serially diluted in FACS buffer and spread into round bottom 96-well microtiter plates (NUNC™, Wiesbaden, Germany). For each concentration, duplicate wells are incubated with 1.25×104 cells for 30-60 min on ice in a total volume of 100 μl. After a washing step by applying 150 μl FACS buffer and centrifugation for 5 min at 400×g, the cell pellets are resuspended in 100 phycoerythrin-labeled secondary antibody (R-PE conjugated goat anti-human IgG (H+L) (Jackson ImmunoResearch) which has been diluted 1:200 in FACS buffer. After incubation for 30-60 min at 4° C. cells are washed once with FACS buffer, resuspended in 100 μl FACS buffer and binding of LINGO-1 specific antibodies is measured via FL2 fluorescence intensity of cells in FACSArray™ (Becton Dickinson). Apparent KD values/EC50 values are determined from the saturation binding curves using GraphPad Prism v3.03 software or GraphPad Prism v4.03 applying a non-linear regression curve fit.
  • Using this assay the following apparent KD values can be determined (Table 2). In Fab format the clone 4784 has rather weak affinities to human LINGO-1, cynomolgus monkey LINGO-1 and rat LINGO-1 (14.07 nM, 27.11, and 24.03 nM respectively). However, clone 4784 does not bind to human LINGO-2 in the Fab format. In Fab format the clone 4785 shows subnanomolar binding affinities (i.e. apparent KD values being less than 1×10−9 M) to human LINGO-1, cynomolgus monkey LINGO-1 and rat LINGO-1. Clone 4785 shows cross-reactivity to human LINGO-2 in Fab format with low nanomolar to subnanomolar affinity. The consequence of cross-reactivity to LINGO-2 cannot be assessed at the time of writing as LINGO-2 function and distribution are as yet unknown. However, beneficial effects cannot be excluded.
  • TABLE 2
    Apparent KD values of anti-LINGO-1 Fabs to LINGO-1
    or LINGO-2 expressed by CHO-K1 cells
    Human Human Cynomolgus Rat
    LINGO-1 LINGO-2 LINGO-1 LINGO-1
    4784 14.07 nb 27.11 24.03
    4785 0.35 1.21 0.26 0.260
    Values given are mean values of apparent KDs in nM.
    nb, not binding.
  • Example 8 Cloning, Expression and Purification of HuCAL® IgG4
  • Conversion into the IgG Format
  • In order to express full length immunoglobulin (Ig), variable domain fragments of heavy (VH) and light chains (VL) are subcloned from the pMORH®X9-MH (SEQ ID NO: 39) Fab expression vectors either into the pMORPH®_h_Ig (SEQ ID NOS: 40-42) or the pMORPH®2_h_Ig (SEQ ID NOS: 43-45) vector series for human IgG4.
  • Restriction enzymes EcoRI, MfeI, and BlpI are used for subcloning of the VH domain fragment into pMORPH®_h_IgG4 (SEQ ID NO: 40): the vector backbone is generated by EcoRI/BlpI digestion and extraction of the 6400 bp fragment whereas the VH fragment (350 bp) is produced by digestion with MfeI and BlpI and subsequent purification. Vector and insert are ligated via compatible overhangs generated by the EcoRI and MfeI digests, respectively, and via the BlpI site. Thereby, both the EcoRI and the MfeI restriction site are destroyed.
  • Restriction enzymes MfeI and BlpI are used for subcloning of the VH domain fragment into pMORPH®2_h_IgG4 (SEQ ID NO: 43). In this new generation of IgG vectors, upon other modifications, the EcoRI site (which allowed only sub-cloning via compatible overhangs) is replaced by the MfeI site thus allowing MfeI/BlpI digestion of both, vector and insert. Subcloning of the VL domain fragment into pMORPH®_h_Igκ (SEQ ID NO: 42) and pMORPH®2_h_Igκ (SEQ ID NO: 45) is performed via the EcoRV and BsiWI sites, whereas subcloning into pMORP®_h_Igλ (SEQ ID NO: 41) and pMORPH®2_h_Igλ2 (SEQ ID NO: 43) is done using EcoRV and HpaI.
  • Transient Expression and Purification of Human IgG
  • HEK293 cells are transfected with an equimolar amount of IgG heavy and light chain expression vectors. On days 4 or 5 post-transfection the cell culture supernatant is harvested. After adjusting the pH of the supernatant to 8.0 and sterile filtration, the solution is subjected to standard protein A column chromatography (Poros 20A, PE Biosystems).
  • Example 9 Affinity Determination of Selected Anti-LINGO-1 IgG4s Using FACS Saturation Analysis
  • Cell based affinity of anti-LINGO-1 specific antibodies is determined by FACS saturation binding experiments. The determination of the apparent KD values is carried out identical to the procedure described above using anti-LINGO-1 Fab antibodies.
  • In detail, CHO-K1-hLINGO-1, CHO-K1-cmLINGO-1 or CHO-K1-rLINGO-1 are detached from culture flasks by versene, washed with FACS buffer and resuspended in FACS buffer. Purified anti-LINGO-1 IgG4s are serially diluted in FACS buffer and spread into round bottom 96-well microtiter plates (NUNC™, Wiesbaden, Germany). For each concentration, duplicate wells are incubated with 1.25×104 cells for 30-60 min on ice in a total volume of 100 μl. After a washing step by applying 150 μl FACS buffer and centrifugation for 5 min at 400×g, the cell pellets are resuspended in 10 μl phycoerythrin-labeled secondary antibody (R-PE conjugated goat anti-human IgG (H+L) (Jackson ImmunoResearch) which has been diluted 1:200 in FACS buffer. After incubation for 30-60 min at 4° C. cells are washed once with FACS buffer, resuspended in 100 μl FACS buffer and binding of LINGO-1 specific antibodies is measured via FL2 fluorescence intensity of cells in FACSArray™ (Becton Dickinson). Apparent KD values/EC50 values are determined from the saturation binding curves using GraphPad Prism v3.03 software or GraphPad Prism v4.03 applying a non-linear regression curve fit. Using this assay the following apparent KD values can be determined (Table 3).
  • The affinity of 4784 and 4785 IgG4 antibodies produced by using the pMORPH®2_h_Ig vector series are shown in Table 3. 4784 and 4785 in the IgG4 format have apparent KD values clearly below 1 nM to human, cynomolgus and rat LINGO-1. 4784 has a far lower cross-reactivity to human LINGO-2 than 4785.
  • TABLE 3
    Apparent KD values of anti-LINGO-1 IgG4s to LINGO-1
    or LINGO-2 expressed by CHO-K1 cells
    Human Human Cynomolgus Rat
    LINGO-1 LINGO-2 LINGO-1 LINGO-1
    4784 0.29 25.94 0.62 0.98
    4785 0.07 0.95 0.18 0.07
    Values given are mean values of apparent KDs in nM.
  • Example 10 Influence of Human Cerebro-Spinal Fluid on Binding of Selected Anti-LINGO-1 IgG4s to Human LINGO-1 Using FACS Analysis
  • Influence of human cerebro-spinal fluid on binding of anti-LINGO-1 IgG4s to human LINGO-1 is tested by FACS saturation binding experiments. Serial dilutions of the 4784 and 4785 are prepared. Binding to CHO-K1-hLINGO-1 is tested in the presence of 50% human cerebro-spinal fluid. The cells are stained in the presence of human CSF with these IgG4 antibodies according to the FACS stainings described above.
  • In detail, CHO-K1-hLINGO-1 are detached from culture flasks by versene, washed with FACS buffer and resuspended in FACS buffer. Purified anti-LINGO-1 IgG4s are serially diluted in FACS buffer plus 50% human serum and incubated for 60 min at 4° C. As controls, serial dilutions of the candidate binders in IgG4 format are incubated in FACS buffer with 2.6% BSA resembling protein content of human cerebro-spinal fluid for 60 min at 4° C. After incubation the serial dilutions are spread into round bottom 96-well microtiter plates (NUNC™, Wiesbaden, Germany). For each concentration, duplicate wells are incubated with 1.25×104 cells for 30-60 min on ice in a total volume of 100 μl. After three washing steps by applying 150 μl FACS buffer and centrifugation for 5 min at 400×g, the cell pellets are resuspended in 100 μl phycoerythrin-labeled secondary antibody (R-PE conjugated goat anti-human IgG (H+L) (Jackson ImmunoResearch) which has been diluted 1:200 in FACS buffer. After incubation for 30-60 min at 4° C. cells are washed once with FACS buffer, resuspended in 10 μl FACS buffer and binding of LINGO-1 specific antibodies is measured via FL2 fluorescence intensity of cells in FACSArray™ (Becton Dickinson). Apparent KD values/EC50 values are determined from the saturation binding curves using GraphPad Prism v3.03 software or GraphPad Prism v4.03 applying a non-linear regression curve fit.
  • Using this assay the influence of 50% human cerebrospinal fluid could be compared to the controls (Table 4). Incubation in 50% human cerebro-spinal fluid leads to a decrease in binding affinity with all binders being affected differently. The strongest impact on binding affinity by the presence of human cerebro-spinal fluid is seen for 4784 which shows a reduction in affinity by 73% from 0.43 nM to 1.57 nM.
  • TABLE 4
    Influence of Human Cerebro-spinal Fluid on Apparent KD values of anti-
    LINGO-1 IgG4s to LINGO-1 expressed by CHO-K1 cells
    App. KD w/o App. KD ratio w/o
    50% CSF App. KD w/CSF CSF:w/CSF
    4784 0.43 1.57 0.27
    4785 0.19 0.25 0.76
    Values given are mean values of apparent KDs in nM.
  • Example 11 Influence of Human Serum on Binding of Selected Anti-LINGO-1 IgG4s to Human LINGO-1 Using FACS Analysis
  • Influence of human serum on binding of anti-LINGO-1 IgG4s to human LINGO-1 is tested by FACS saturation binding experiments. Serial dilutions of 4784 and 4785 are prepared in the presence of 50% v/v human serum. After incubation for 60 min cells are stained with these preincubated IgG4 antibodies according to the FACS stainings described above.
  • In detail, CHO-K1-hLINGO-1 are detached from culture flasks by versene, washed with FACS buffer and resuspended in FACS buffer. Purified anti-LINGO-1 IgG4s are serially diluted in FACS buffer plus 50% human serum and incubated for 60 min at 4° C. As controls, serial dilutions of the candidate binders in IgG4 format are incubated in FACS buffer plus 2.6% BSA resembling protein content of human serum or are incubated in FACS buffer alone for 60 min at 4° C. After incubation the serial dilutions are spread into round bottom 96-well microtiter plates (NUNC™, Wiesbaden, Germany). For each concentration, duplicate wells are incubated with 1.25×104 cells for 30-60 min on ice in a total volume of 100 μl. After three washing steps by applying 150 μl FACS buffer and centrifugation for 5 min at 400×g, the cell pellets are resuspended in 100 μl phycoerythrin-labeled secondary antibody (R-PE conjugated goat anti-human IgG (H+L) (Jackson ImmunoResearch) which has been diluted 1:200 in FACS buffer. After incubation for 30-60 min at 4° C. cells are washed once with FACS buffer, resuspended in 100 μl FACS buffer and binding of LINGO-1 specific antibodies is measured via FL2 fluorescence intensity of cells in FACSArray™ (Becton Dickinson). Apparent KD values/EC50 values are determined from the saturation binding curves using GraphPad Prism v3.03 software or GraphPad Prism v4.03 applying a non-linear regression curve fit.
  • Using this assay the influence of preincubation in 50% human serum can be compared to the controls (Table 5). Incubation for 1 hr in the presence of human serum has no effect on the KD values of 4784 and 4785. These antibodies are therefore stable in human serum over this time period and, furthermore, as their KD s are unchanged, they do not appear to cross-react with serum components.
  • TABLE 5
    Influence of Human Serum on Apparent KD values of anti-LINGO-1
    IgG4s to LINGO-1 expressed by CHO-K1 cells
    FACS FB + 2.6%
    Buffer (FB) BSA FB + 50% HS
    4784 0.28 0.19 0.27
    4785 0.08 0.05 0.06
    Values given are mean values of apparent KDs in nM.
  • List of Sequences with short description
    SEQ ID NO: 1
    Rat mature LINGO-1 ectodomain (residues 34-550)
    TGCPPRCECSAQDRAVLCHRKRFVAVPEGIPTETRLLDLGKNRIKTLNQDEFASFPHLEE
    LELNENIVSAVEPGAFNNLFNLRTLGLRSNRLKLIPLGVFTGLSNLTKLDISENKIVILL
    DYMFQDLYNLKSLEVGDNDLVYISHRAFSGLNSLEQLTLEKCNLTSIPTEALSHLHGLIV
    LRLRHLNINAIRDYSFKRLYRLKVLEISHWPYLDTMTPNCLYGLNLTSLSITHCNLTAVP
    YLAVRHLVYLRFLNLSYNPIGTIEGSMLHELLRLQEIQLVGGQLAVVEPYAFRGLNYLRV
    LNVSGNQLTTLEESAFHSVGNLETLILDSNPLACDCRLLWVFRRRWRLNFNRQQPTCATP
    EFVQGKEFKDFPDVLLPNYFTCRRAHIRDRKAQQVFVDEGHTVQFVCRADGDPPPAILWL
    SPRKHLVSAKSNGRLTVFPDGTLEVRYAQVQDNGTYLCIAANAGGNDSMPAHLHVRSYSP
    DWPHQPNKTFAFISNQPGEGEANSTRATVPFPFDIKT
    SEQ ID NO: 2
    Cynomologus mature LINGO-1 ectodomain (residues 34-550)
    TGCPPRCECSAQDRAVLCHRKRFVAVPEGIPTETRLLDLGKNRIKTLNQDEFASFPHLEE
    LELNENIVSAVEPGAFNNLFNLRTLGLRSNRLKLIPLGVFTGLSNLTKLDISENKIVILL
    DYMFQDLYNLKSLEVGDNDLVYISHRAFSGLNSLEQLTLEKCNLTSIPTEALSHLHGLIV
    LRLRHLNINAIRDYSFKRLYRLKVLEISHWPYLDTMTPNCLYGLNLTSLSITHCNLTAVP
    YLAVRHLVYLRFLNLSYNPISTIEGSMLHELLRLQEIQLVGGQLAMVEPYAFRGLNYLRV
    LNVSGNQLTTLEESVFHSVGNLETLILDSNPLACDCRLLWVFRRRWRLNFNRQQPTCATP
    EFVQGKEFKDFPDVLLPNYFTCRRARIRDRKAQQVFVDEGHTVQFVCRADGDPPPAILWL
    SPRKHLVSAKSNGRLTVFPDGTLEVRYAQVQDNGTYLCIAANAGGNDSMPAHLHVRSYSP
    DWPHQPNKTFAFIPNQPGEGEANSTRATVPFPFDIKT
    SEQ ID NO: 3
    Human mature LINGO-1 ectodomain (residues 34-550)
    TGCPPRCECSAQDRAVLCHRKRFVAVPEGIPTETRLLDLGKNRIKTLNQDEFASFPHLEE
    LELNENIVSAVEPGAFNNLFNLRTLGLRSNRLKLIPLGVFTGLSNLTKLDISENKIVILL
    DYMFQDLYNLKSLEVGDNDLVYISHRAFSGLNSLEQLTLEKCNLTSIPTEALSHLHGLIV
    LRLRHLNINAIRDYSFKRLYRLKVLEISHWPYLDTMTPNCLYGLNLTSLSITHCNLTAVP
    YLAVRHLVYLRFLNLSYNPISTIEGSMLHELLRLQEIQLVGGQLAVVEPYAFRGLNYLRV
    LNVSGNQLTTLEESVFHSVGNLETLILDSNPLACDCRLLWVERRRWRLNENRQQPTCATP
    EFVQGKEFKDFPDVLLPNYFTCRRARIRDRKAQQVFVDEGHTVQFVCRADGDPPPAILWL
    SPRKHLVSAKSNGRLTVFPDGTLEVRYAQVQDNGTYLCIAANAGGNDSMPAHLHVRSYSP
    DWPHQPNKTFAFISNQPGEGEANSTRATVPFPFDIKT
    SEQ ID NO: 4
    4784 VL
    DIELTQPPSVSVAPGQTARISCSGDNIGNYYVYWYQQKPGQAPVLVIYEDTNRPSGIPERFSGSNSGNTATLTIS
    GTQAEDEADYYCQSYDNLHEQVFGGGTKLTVLG
    SEQ ID NO: 5
    4784 VH
    QVQLKESGPALVKPTQTLTLTCTFSGFSLSSSGVGVGWIRQPPGKALEWLAHIGSDDDKYYSTSLKTRLTISKDT
    SKNQVVLTMTNMDPVDTATYYCARNQQYGDGYPGYFDYWGQGTLVTVSS
    SEQ ID NO: 6
    4785 VL
    DIVLTQPPSVSGAPGQRVTISCSGSSSNIGNNYVSWYQQLPGTAPKLLISRNSKRPSGVPDRFSGSKSGTSASLA
    ITGLQSEDEADYYCSTYDTFSIVFGGGTKLTVLG
    SEQ ID NO: 7
    4785 VH
    QVQLQQSGPGLVKPSQTLSLTCAISGDSVSDNSAAWSWIRQSPGRGLEWLGLIYLRSKWDNDYAVSVKSRITINP
    DTSKNQFSLQLNSVTPEDTAVYYCARTGRADEFDVWGQGTLVTVSS
    SEQ ID NO: 8
    DNA-4784 VH
    CAGGTGCAATTGAAAGAAAGCGGCCCGGCCCTGGTGAAACCGACCCAAACCCTGACCCTGACCTGTACCTTTTCC
    GGATTTAGCCTGTCTTCTTCTGGTGTTGGTGTGGGTTGGATTCGCCAGCCGCCTGGGAAAGCCCTCGAGTGGCTG
    GCTCATATCGGTTCTGATGATGATAAGTATTATAGCACCAGCCTGAAAACGCGTCTGACCATTAGCAAAGATACT
    TCGAAAAATCAGGTGGTGCTGACTATGACCAACATGGACCCGGTGGATACGGCCACCTATTATTGCGCGCGTAAT
    CAGCAGTATGGTGATGGTTATCCTGGTTATTTTGATTATTGGGGCCAAGGCACCCTGGTGACGGTTAGCTCA
    SEQ ID NO: 9
    DNA-4785 VH
    CAGGTGCAATTGCAACAGTCTGGTCCGGGCCTGGTGAAACCGAGCCAAACCCTGAGCCTGACCTGTGCGATTTCC
    GGAGATAGCGTGAGCGATAATTCTGCTGCTTGGTCTTGGATTCGCCAGTCTCCTGGGCGTGGCCTCGAGTGGCTG
    GGCCTTATCTATCTTCGTAGCAAGTGGGATAACGATTATGCGGTGAGCGTGAAAAGCCGGATTACCATCAACCCG
    GATACTTCGAAAAACCAGTTTAGCCTGCAACTGAACAGCGTGACCCCGGAAGATACGGCCGTGTATTATTGCGCG
    CGTACTGGTCGTGCTGATGAGTTTGATGTTTGGGGCCAAGGCACCCTGGTGACGGTTAGCTCA
    SEQ ID NO: 10
    DNA-4784 VL
    GATATCGAACTGACCCAGCCGCCTTCAGTGAGCGTTGCACCAGGTCAGACCGCGCGTATCTCGTGTAGCGGCGAT
    AATATTGGTAATTATTATGTTTATTGGTACCAGCAGAAACCCGGGCAGGCGCCAGTTCTTGTGATTTATGAGGAT
    ACTAATCGTCCCTCAGGCATCCCGGAACGCTTTAGCGGATCCAACAGCGGCAACACCGCGACCCTGACCATTAGC
    GGCACTCAGGCGGAAGACGAAGCGGATTATTATTGCCAGTCTTATGATAATCTTCATGAGCAGGTGTTTGGCGGC
    GGCACGAAGTTAACCGTTCTTGGCCAG
    SEQ ID NO: 11
    DNA-4785 VL
    GATATCGTGCTGACCCAGCCGCCTTCAGTGAGTGGCGCACCAGGTCAGCGTGTGACCATCTCGTGTAGCGGCAGC
    AGCAGCAACATTGGTAATAATTATGTGTCTTGGTACCAGCAGTTGCCCGGGACGGCGCCGAAACTTCTGATTTCT
    CGTAATTCTAAGCGTCCCTCAGGCGTGCCGGATCGTTTTAGCGGATCCAAAAGCGGCACCAGCGCGAGCCTTGCG
    ATTACGGGCCTGCAAAGCGAAGACGAAGCGGATTATTATTGCTCTACTTATGATACTTTTTCTATTGTGTTTGGC
    GGCGGCACGAAGTTAACCGTTCTTGGCCAG
    SEQ ID NO: 12
    Antibody 4784 CDR-H1
    SSGVGVG
    SEQ ID NO: 13
    Antibody 4784 CDR-H2
    HIGSDDDKYYSTSLKT
    SEQ ID NO: 14
    Antibody 4784 CDR-H3
    NQQYGDGYPGYFDY
    SEQ ID NO: 15
    Antibody 4784 CDR-L1
    SGDNIGNYYVY
    SEQ ID NO: 16
    Antibody 4784 CDR-L2
    EDTNRPS
    SEQ ID NO: 17
    Antibody 4784 CDR-L3
    QSYDNLHEQV
    SEQ ID NO: 18
    Antibody 4785 CDR′-H1
    DNSAAWS
    SEQ ID NO: 19
    Antibody 4785 CDR′-H2
    LIYLRSKWDNDYAVSVKS
    SEQ ID NO: 20
    Antibody 4785 CDR′-H3
    TGRADEFDV
    SEQ ID NO: 21
    Antibody 4785 CDR′-L1
    SGSSSNIGNNYVS
    SEQ ID NO: 22
    Antibody 4785 CDR′-L2
    RNSKRPS
    SEQ ID NO: 23
    Antibody 4785 CDR′-L3
    STYDTFSIV
    SEQ ID NO: 24
    Forward primer DM22
    GGTTATCTCGAGACCGGCTGCCCGCCCC
    SEQ ID NO: 25
    Reverse primer DM23
    GGCCCTTCTAGATCACTCGCCTGGCTGGTTGGAGATG
    SEQ ID NO: 26
    APtag-5-NHIS vector
    gacggatcgggagatctcccgatcccctatggtcgactctcagtacaatctgctctgatgccgcatagttaagcc
    agtatctgctccctgcttgtgtgttggaggtcgctgagtagtgcgcgagcaaaatttaagctacaacaaggcaag
    gcttgaccgacaattgcatgaagaatctgcttagggttaggcgttttgcgctgcttcgcgatgtacgggccagat
    atacgcgttgacattgattattgactagttattaatagtaatcaattacggggtcattagttcatagcccatata
    tggagttccgcgttacataacttacggtaaatggcccgcctggctgaccgcccaacgacccccgcccattgacgt
    caataatgacgtatgttcccatagtaacgccaatagggactttccattgacgtcaatgggtggactatttacggt
    aaactgcccacttggcagtacatcaagtgtatcatatgccaagtacgccccctattgacgtcaatgacggtaaat
    ggcccgcctggcattatgcccagtacatgaccttatgggactttcctacttggcagtacatctacgtattagtca
    tcgctattaccatggtgatgcggttttggcagtacatcaatgggcgtggatagcggtttgactcacggggatttc
    caagtctccaccccattgacgtcaatgggagtttgttttggcaccaaaatcaacgggactttccaaaatgtcgta
    acaactccgccccattgacgcaaatgggcggtaggcgtgtacggtgggaggtctatataagcagagctctctggc
    taactagagaacccactgcttactggcttatcgaaattaatacgactcactatagggagacccaagctggctagc
    caccatggagacagacacactcctgctatgggtactgctgctctgggttccaggttccactggtgacgcggccca
    gccggcccatcatcatcatcatcatgaagcttacgtaagatcttccggaatcatcccagttgaggaggagaaccc
    ggacttctggaaccgcgaggcagccgaggccctgggtgccgccaagaagctgcagcctgcacagacagccgccaa
    gaacctcatcatcttcctgggcgatgggatgggggtgtctacggtgacagctgccaggatcctaaaagggcagaa
    gaaggacaaactggggcctgagatacccctggccatggaccgcttcccatatgtggctctgtccaagacatacaa
    tgtagacaaacatgtgccagacagtggagccacagccacggcctacctgtgcggggtcaagggcaacttccagac
    cattggcttgagtgcagccgcccgctttaaccagtgcaacacgacacgcggcaacgaggtcatctccgtgatgaa
    tcgggccaagaaagcagggaagtcagtgggagtggtaaccaccacacgagtgcagcacgcctcgccagccggcac
    ctacgcccacacggtgaaccgcaactggtactcggacgccgacgtgcctgcctaggcccgccaggaggggtgcca
    ggacatcgctacgcagctcatctccaacatggacattgacgtgatcctaggtggaggccgaaagtacatgtttcg
    catgggaaccccagaccctgagtacccagatgactacagccaaggtgggaccaggctggacgggaagaatctggt
    gcaggaatggctggcgaagcgccagggtgcccggtatgtgtggaaccgcactgagctcatgcaggcttccctgga
    cccgtctgtgacccatctcatgggtctctttgagcctggagacatgaaatacgagatccaccgagactccacact
    ggacccctccctgatggagatgacagaggctgccctgcgcctgctgagcaggaacccccgcggcttcttcctctt
    cgtggagggtggtcgcatcgaccatggtcatcatgaaagcagggcttaccgggcactgactgagacgatcatgtt
    cgacgacgccattgagagggcgggccagctcaccagcgaggaggacacgctgagcctcgtcactgccgaccactc
    ccacgtcttctccttcggaggctaccccctgcgagggagctccatcttcgggctggcccctggcaaggcccggga
    caggaaggcctacacggtcctcctatacggaaacggtccaggctatgtgctcaaggacggcgcccggccggatgt
    taccgagagcgagagcgggagccccgagtatcggcagcagtcagcagtgcccctggacgaagagacccacgcagg
    cgaggacgtggcggtgttcgcgcgcggcccgcaggcgcacctggttcacggcgtgcaggagcagaccttcatagc
    gcacgtcatggccttcgccgcctgcctggagccctacaccgcctgcgacctggcgccccccgccggcaccaccga
    cgccgcgcacccgggttatctcgaggaagcgctctctctagaagggcccgaacaaaaactcatctcagaagagga
    tctgaatagcgccgtcgaccatcatcatcatcatcattgagtttaaacccgctgatcagcctcgactgtgccttc
    tagttgccagccatctgttgtttgcccctcccccgtgccttccttgaccctggaaggtgccactcccactgtcct
    ttcctaataaaatgaggaaattgcatcgcattgtctgagtaggtgtcattctattctggggggtggggtggggca
    ggacagcaagggggaggattgggaagacaatagcaggcatgctggggatgcggtgggctctatggcttctgaggc
    ggaaagaaccagctggggctctagggggtatccccacgcgccctgtagcggcgcattaagcgcggcgggtgtggt
    ggttacgcgcagcgtgaccgctacacttgccagcgccctagcgcccgctcctttcgctttcttcccttcctttct
    cgccacgttcgccggctttccccgtcaagctctaaatcggggcatccctttagggttccgatttagtgctttacg
    gcacctcgaccccaaaaaacttgattagggtgatggttcacgtagtgggccatcgccctgatagacggtttttcg
    ccctttgacgttggagtccacgttctttaatagtggactcttgttccaaactggaacaacactcaaccctatctc
    ggtctattcttttgatttataagggattttggggatttcggcctattggttaaaaaatgagctgatttaacaaaa
    atttaacgcgaattaattctgtggaatgtgtgtcagttagggtgtggaaagtccccaggctccccagcaggcaga
    agtatgcaaagcatgcatctcaattagtcagcaaccaggtgtggaaagtccccaggctccccagcaggcagaagt
    atgcaaagcatgcatctcaattagtcagcaaccatagtcccgcccctaactccgcccatcccgcccctaactccg
    cccagttccgcccattctccgccccatggctgactaattttttttatttatgcagaggccgaggccgcctctgcc
    tctgagctattccagaagtagtgaggaggcttttttggaggcctaggcttttgcaaaaagctcccgggagcttgt
    atatccattttcggatctgatcagcacgtgttgacaattaatcatcggcatagtatatcggcatagtataatacg
    acaaggtgaggaactaaaccatggccaagttgaccagtgccgttccggtgctcaccgcgcgcgacgtcgccggag
    cggtcgagttctggaccgaccggctcgggttctcccgggacttcgtggaggacgacttcgccggtgtggtccggg
    acgacgtgaccctgttcatcagcgcggtccaggaccaggtggtgccggacaacaccctggcctgggtgtgggtgc
    gcggcctggacgagctgtacgccgagtggtcggaggtcgtgtccacgaacttccgggacgcctccgggccggcca
    tgaccgagatcggcgagcagccgtgggggcgggagttcgccctgcgcgacccggccggcaactgcgtgcacttcg
    tggccgaggagcaggactgacacgtgctacgagatttcgattccaccgccgccttctatgaaaggttgggcttcg
    gaatcgttttccgggacgccggctggatgatcctccagcgcggggatctcatgctggagttcttcgcccacccca
    acttgtttattgcagcttataatggttacaaataaagcaatagcatcacaaatttcacaaataaagcattttttt
    cactgcattctagttgtggtttgtccaaactcatcaatgtatcttatcatgtctgtataccgtcgacctctagct
    agagcttggcgtaatcatggtcatagctgtttcctgtgtgaaattgttatccgctcacaattccacacaacatac
    gagccggaagcataaagtgtaaagcctggggtgcctaatgagtgagctaactcacattaattgcgttgcgctcac
    tgcccgctttccagtcgggaaacctgtcgtgccagctgcattaatgaatcggccaacgcgcggggagaggcggtt
    tgcgtattgggcgctcttccgcttcctcgctcactgactcgctgcgctcggtcgttcggctgcggcgagcggtat
    cagctcactcaaaggcggtaatacggttatccacagaatcaggggataacgcaggaaagaacatgtgagcaaaag
    gccagcaaaaggccaggaaccgtaaaaaggccgcgttgctggcgtttttccataggctccgcccccctgacgagc
    atcacaaaaatcgacgctcaagtcagaggtggcgaaacccgacaggactataaagataccaggcgtttccccctg
    gaagctccctcgtgcgctctcctgttccgaccctgccgcttaccggatacctgtccgcctttctcccttcgggaa
    gcgtggcgctttctcaatgctcacgctgtaggtatctcagttcggtgtaggtcgttcgctccaagctgggctgtg
    tgcacgaaccccccgttcagcccgaccgctgcgccttatccggtaactatcgtcttgagtccaacccggtaagac
    acgacttatcgccactggcagcagccactggtaacaggattagcagagcgaggtatgtaggcggtgctacagagt
    tcttgaagtggtggcctaactacggctacactagaaggacagtatttggtatctgcgctctgctgaagccagtta
    ccttcggaaaaagagttggtagctcttgatccggcaaacaaaccaccgctggtagcggtggtttttttgtttgca
    agcagcagattacgcgcagaaaaaaaggatctcaagaagatcctttgatcttttctacggggtctgacgctcagt
    ggaacgaaaactcacgttaagggattttggtcatgagattatcaaaaaggatcttcacctagatccttttaaatt
    aaaaatgaagttttaaatcaatctaaagtatatatgagtaaacttggtctgacagttaccaatgcttaatcagtg
    aggcacctatctcagcgatctgtctatttcgttcatccatagttgcctgactccccgtcgtgtagataactacga
    tacgggagggcttaccatctggccccagtgctgcaatgataccgcgagacccacgctcaccggctccagatttat
    cagcaataaaccagccagccggaagggccgagcgcagaagtggtcctgcaactttatccgcctccatccagtcta
    ttaattgttgccgggaagctagagtaagtagttcgccagttaatagtttgcgcaacgttgttgccattgctacag
    gcatcgtggtgtcacgctcgtcgtttggtatggcttcattcagctccggttcccaacgatcaaggcgagttacat
    gatcccccatgttgtgcaaaaaagcggttagctccttcggtcctccgatcgttgtcagaagtaagttggccgcag
    tgttatcactcatggttatggcagcactgcataattctcttactgtcatgccatccgtaagatgcttttctgtga
    ctggtgagtactcaaccaagtcattctgagaatagtgtatgcggcgaccgagttgctcttgcccggcgtcaatac
    gggataataccgcgccacatagcagaactttaaaagtgctcatcattggaaaacgttcttcggggcgaaaactct
    caaggatcttaccgctgttgagatccagttcgatgtaacccactcgtgcacccaactgatcttcagcatctttta
    ctttcaccagcgtttctgggtgagcaaaaacaggaaggcaaaatgccgcaaaaaagggaataagggcgacacgga
    aatgttgaatactcatactcttcctttttcaatattattgaagcatttatcagggttattgtctcatgagcggat
    acatatttgaatgtatttagaaaaataaacaaataggggttccgcgcacatttccccgaaaagtgccacctgacg
    tc
    SEQ ID NO: 27
    human LINGO-1 mature DNA sequence
    acgggctgcccgccccgctgcgagtgctccgcccaggaccgcgctgtgctgtgccaccgcaagcgctttgtggca
    gtccccgagggcatccccaccgagacgcgcctgctggacctaggcaagaaccgcatcaaaacgctcaaccaggac
    gagttcgccagcttcccgcacctggaggagctggagctcaacgagaacatcgtgagcgccgtggagcccggcgcc
    ttcaacaacctcttcaacctccggacgctgggtctccgcagcaaccgcctgaagctcatcccgctaggcgtcttc
    actggcctcagcaacctgaccaagctggacatcagcgagaacaagattgttatcctgctggactacatgtttcag
    gacctgtacaacctcaagtcactggaggttggcgacaatgacctcgtctacatctctcaccgcgccttcagcggc
    ctcaacagcctggagcagctgacgctggagaaatgcaacctgacctccatccccaccgaggcgctgtcccacctg
    cacggcctcatcgtcctgaggctccggcacctcaacatcaatgccatccgggactactccttcaagaggctctac
    cgactcaaggtcttggagatctcccactggccctacttggacaccatgacacccaactgcctctacggcctcaac
    ctgacgtccctgtccatcacacactgcaatctgaccgctgtgacctacctggccgtccgccacctagtctatctc
    cgcttcctcaacctctcctacaaccccatcagcaccattgagggctccatgttgcatgagctgctccggctgcag
    gagatccagctggtgggcgggcagctggccgtggtggagccctatgccttccgcggcctcaactacctgcgcgtg
    ctcaatgtctctggcaaccagctgaccacactggaggaatcagtcttccactcggtgggcaacctggagacactc
    atcctggactccaacccgctggcctgcgactgtcggctcctgtgggtgttccggcgccgctggcggctcaacttc
    aaccggcagcagcccacgtgcgccacgcccgagtttgtccagggcaaggagttcaaggacttccctgatgtgcta
    ctgcccaactacttcacctgccgccgcgcccgcatccgggaccgcaaggcccagcaggtgtttgtggacgagggc
    cacacggtgcagtttgtgtgccgggccgatggcgacccgccgcccgccatcctctggctctcaccccgaaagcac
    ctggtctcagccaagagcaatgggcggctcacagtcttccctgatggcacgctggaggtgcgctacgcccaggta
    caggacaacggcacgtacctgtgcatcgcggccaacgcgggcggcaacgactccatgcccgcccacctgcatgtg
    cgcagctactcgcccgactggccccatcagcccaacaagaccttcgctttcatctccaaccagccgggcgaggga
    gaggccaacagcacccgcgccactgtgcctttccccttcgacatcaagaccctcatcatcgccaccaccatgggc
    ttcatctctttcctgggcgtcgtcctcttctgcctggtgctgctgtttctctggagccggggcaagggcaacaca
    aagcacaacatcgagatcgagtatgtgccccgaaagtcggacgcaggcatcagctccgccgacgcgccccgcaag
    ttcaacatgaagatgata
    SEQ ID NO: 28
    Cynomolgus monkey LINGO-1 mature DNA sequence
    acgggctgcccgccccgctgcgagtgctccgcccaggaccgggctgtgctctgccaccgcaagcgctttgtggca
    gtgcctgagggcatccccacggagacgcgcctgctggacctggggaagaaccgcatcaaaacgctcaaccaggac
    gagttcgccagcttcccgcacctggaggagctggagctcaacgagaacatcgtgagcgccgtggagcctggcgcc
    ttcaacaaccttttcaacctccggacgctgggtctccgcagcaaccgcctgaagctcatcccgctgggcgtctta
    actggcctcagcaacttgaccaagctggacatcagcgagaacaagatcgttatcctgctggactacatgttccag
    gacctgtacaacctcaagtcactggaggttggcgacaatgacctcgtctacatctcccaccgcgccttcagcggc
    ctcaacagcctggagcagctgacgctggagaaatgcaacctgacctccatccccaccgaggcgctgtcccacctg
    cacggcctcatcgtcctgaggctccggcacctcaacatcaatgccatccgggactactccttcaagaggttgtac
    cgactcaaggtcttggagatctcccactggccctacttggacaccatgacacccaactgcctctacggcctcaac
    ctgacgtccctgtccatcacgcactgcaatctgaccgctgtgccctacctggccgtccgccacctggtctatctc
    cgcttcctcaacctctcctacaaccccatcagcaccattgagggctccatgttgcatgagctgctccggctgcag
    gagatccagctggtgggcgggcagctggccatggtggagccctatgccttccgcggcctcaactacctgcgcgtg
    ctcaatgtctctggcaaccagctgaccacgctggaagaatcagtcttccactcggtgggcaacctggagacgctc
    atcctggactccaacccactggcctgcgactgtcggctcctgtgggtgttccggcgccgctggcggctcaacttc
    aaccggcagcagcccacgtgcgccacgcccgagttcgtccagggcaaggagttcaaggacttccctgatgtgcta
    ctgcccaactacttcacctgccgccgcgcccgcatccgggatcgcaaggcccagcaggtgtttgtggatgagggc
    cacacggtgcagtttgtgtgccgggccgatggcgacccgccgcccgccatcctctggctctcaccccgaaagcac
    ctggtctcagccaagagcaatgggcggctcacagtcttccctgatggcacgctggaggtgcgctacgcccaggta
    caggacaatggcacgtacctgtgcatcgcggccaatgcaggcggcaacgactccatgcctgcccacctgcatgtg
    cgcagctactcacccgactggccccatcagcccaacaagaccttcgccttcatccccaaccagccgggcgaggga
    gaggccaacagcacccgagccactgtgcctttccccttcgacatcaagaccctcatcatcgccaccaccatgggc
    ttcatctctttcctgggcgtcgtcctcttctgcctggtgctgctgtttctctggagccggggcaagggcaacacg
    aagcacaacatcgagatcgagtatgtcccccgaaagtcggacgcaggcatcagctccgccgacgcgccccgcaag
    ttcaacatgaagatgata
    SEQ ID NO: 29
    Rat LINGO-1 mature DNA sequence
    accggctgcccgccccgctgcgagtgctcagcgcaggaccgagcagtgctctgtcaccgcaagcgctttgtggcg
    gtgcccgagggcatccccaccgagactcgcctgctggacctgggcaaaaaccgcatcaagacactcaaccaggac
    gagtttgccagtttcccacacctggaggagctagaactcaatgagaacattgtgagcgctgtggagccgggcgcc
    ttcaacaacctcttcaacctgaggacgctggggcttcgcagcaaccgcctgaagctcatcccgctgggcgtcttc
    accggcctcagcaacttgaccaagctggacatcagcgagaacaagatcgtcatcctgctagactacatgttccaa
    gacctatacaacctcaagtcgctggaggtcggcgacaatgacctcgtctacatctcccatcgagccttcagcggc
    ctcaacagcctggaacagctgacgctggagaaatgcaatctgacctccatccccactgaggcactctcccacctg
    catggcctcatcgtcctgcggctacgacacctcaacatcaatgccatacgggactactccttcaagaggctgtac
    cgactcaaggtcttagagatctcccactggccctacctggacaccatgacccccaactgcctctacggcctcaac
    ctgacatccctatctatcacgcactgcaacctgacagccgtgccctatctggcagtgcgccacctggtctatctc
    cgtttcctcaatctttcctacaaccccatcggtacaatcgagggctccatgctgcatgagctgctgcggttgcaa
    gagatccaactggtgggcgggcagctggccgtggtggagccctacgcctttcgtgggctcaattacctgcgtgtg
    ctcaatgtttctggcaaccagctgaccaccctggaggagtcagccttccactcggtgggcaacctggagacgctc
    attctggactccaacccactggcctgtgactgccggctgctgtgggtgttccggcgccgctggcggctcaacttc
    aacaggcagcagcctacctgcgccacacctgagttcgtccagggcaaggagttcaaggacttccccgatgtgctc
    ctacccaactacttcacctgccgccgggcccacatccgggaccgcaaggcacagcaggtgtttgtagatgagggc
    cacacggtgcagttcgtatgccgggcagatggcgaccctccaccagctatcctttggctctcaccccgcaagcac
    ttggtctcagccaagagcaatgggcggctcacagtcttccctgatggcacgctggaggtgcgctacgcccaggta
    caggacaacggcacgtacctgtgcatcgcagccaatgcaggcggcaacgactccatgcccgcccacttgcatgtg
    cgcagctactcgcctgactggccccatcaacccaacaagaccttcgccttcatctccaaccagccaggcgaggga
    gaggccaacagcacccgcgccactgtgcctttccccttcgacatcaagacgctcatcatcgccaccaccatgggc
    ttcatctccttcctgggcgtggtcctattctgcctggtgctgctgtttctatggagccggggcaaaggcaacaca
    aagcacaacatcgaaattgaatatgtgccccggaaatcggacgcaggcatcagctcagctgatgcaccccgcaag
    ttcaacatgaagatgata
    SEQ ID NO: 30
    Forward primer DM14
    CTACGTCTAGAACGGGCTGCCCGCCCCGCT
    SEQ ID NO: 31
    Reverse primer DM15
    GGTTTCTCGAGTCATATCATCTTCATGTTGAACTTGCGG
    SEQ ID NO: 32
    pSecTag2-V5 vector
    gacggatcgggagatctcccgatcccctatggtcgactctcagtacaatctgctctgatgccgcatagttaagcc
    agtatctgctccctgcttgtgtgttggaggtcgctgagtagtgcgcgagcaaaatttaagctacaacaaggcaag
    gcttgaccgacaattgcatgaagaatctgcttagggttaggcgttttgcgctgcttcgcgatgtacgggccagat
    atacgcgttgacattgattattgactagttattaatagtaatcaattacggggtcattagttcatagcccatata
    tggagttccgcgttacataacttacggtaaatggcccgcctggctgaccgcccaacgacccccgcccattgacgt
    caataatgacgtatgttcccatagtaacgccaatagggactttccattgacgtcaatgggtggactatttacggt
    aaactgcccacttggcagtacatcaagtgtatcatatgccaagtacgccccctattgacgtcaatgacggtaaat
    ggcccgcctggcattatgcccagtacatgaccttatgggactttcctacttggcagtacatctacgtattagtca
    tcgctattaccatggtgatgcggttttggcagtacatcaatgggcgtggatagcggtttgactcacggggatttc
    caagtctccaccccattgacgtcaatgggagtttgttttggcaccaaaatcaacgggactttccaaaatgtcgta
    acaactccgccccattgacgcaaatgggcggtaggcgtgtacggtgggaggtctatataagcagagctctctggc
    taactagagaacccactgcttactggcttatcgaaattaatacgactcactatagggagacccaagctggctagc
    caccatggagacagacacactcctgctatgggtactgctgctctgggttccaggttccactggtgacgcggccca
    gcccggtaagcctatccctaaccctctcctcggtctcgattctacgtctagatatcctcgagaaacccgctgatc
    agcctcgactgtgccttctagttgccagccatctgttgtttgcccctcccccgtgccttccttgaccctggaagg
    tgccactcccactgtcctttcctaataaaatgaggaaattgcatcgcattgtctgagtaggtgtcattctattct
    ggggggtggggtggggcaggacagcaagggggaggattgggaagacaatagcaggcatgctggggatgcggtggg
    ctctatggcttctgaggcggaaagaaccagctggggctctagggggtatccccacgcgccctgtagcggcgcatt
    aagcgcggcgggtgtggtggttacgcgcagcgtgaccgctacacttgccagcgccctagcgcccgctcctttcgc
    tttcttcccttcctttctcgccacgttcgccggctttccccgtcaagctctaaatcggggcatccctttagggtt
    ccgatttagtgctttacggcacctcgaccccaaaaaacttgattagggtgatggttcacgtagtgggccatcgcc
    ctgatagacggtttttcgccctttgacgttggagtccacgttctttaatagtggactcttgttccaaactggaac
    aacactcaaccctatctcggtctattcttttgatttataagggattttggggatttcggcctattggttaaaaaa
    tgagctgatttaacaaaaatttaacgcgaattaattctgtggaatgtgtgtcagttagggtgtggaaagtcccca
    ggctccccagcaggcagaagtatgcaaagcatgcatctcaattagtcagcaaccaggtgtggaaagtccccaggc
    tccccagcaggcagaagtatgcaaagcatgcatctcaattagtcagcaaccatagtcccgcccctaactccgccc
    atcccgcccctaactccgcccagttccgcccattctccgccccatggctgactaattttttttatttatgcagag
    gccgaggccgcctctgcctctgagctattccagaagtagtgaggaggcttttttggaggcctaggcttttgcaaa
    aagctcccgggagcttgtatatccattttcggatctgatcagcacgtgttgacaattaatcatcggcatagtata
    tcggcatagtataatacgacaaggtgaggaactaaaccatggccaagttgaccagtgccgttccggtgctcaccg
    cgcgcgacgtcgccggagcggtcgagttctggaccgaccggctcgggttctcccgggacttcgtggaggacgact
    tcgccggtgtggtccgggacgacgtgaccctgttcatcagcgcggtccaggaccaggtggtgccggacaacaccc
    tggcctgggtgtgggtgcgcggcctggacgagctgtacgccgagtggtcggaggtcgtgtccacgaacttccggg
    acgcctccgggccggccatgaccgagatcggcgagcagccgtgggggcgggagttcgccctgcgcgacccggccg
    gcaactgcgtgcacttcgtggccgaggagcaggactgacacgtgctacgagatttcgattccaccgccgccttct
    atgaaaggttgggcttcggaatcgttttccgggacgccggctggatgatcctccagcgcggggatctcatgctgg
    agttcttcgcccaccccaacttgtttattgcagcttataatggttacaaataaagcaatagcatcacaaatttca
    caaataaagcatttttttcactgcattctagttgtggtttgtccaaactcatcaatgtatcttatcatgtctgta
    taccgtcgacctctagctagagcttggcgtaatcatggtcatagctgtttcctgtgtgaaattgttatccgctca
    caattccacacaacatacgagccggaagcataaagtgtaaagcctggggtgcctaatgagtgagctaactcacat
    taattgcgttgcgctcactgcccgctttccagtcgggaaacctgtcgtgccagctgcattaatgaatcggccaac
    gcgcggggagaggcggtttgcgtattgggcgctcttccgcttcctcgctcactgactcgctgcgctcggtcgttc
    ggctgcggcgagcggtatcagctcactcaaaggcggtaatacggttatccacagaatcaggggataacgcaggaa
    agaacatgtgagcaaaaggccagcaaaaggccaggaaccgtaaaaaggccgcgttgctggcgtttttccataggc
    tccgcccccctgacgagcatcacaaaaatcgacgctcaagtcagaggtggcgaaacccgacaggactataaagat
    accaggcgtttccccctggaagctccctcgtgcgctctcctgttccgaccctgccgcttaccggatacctgtccg
    cctttctcccttcgggaagcgtggcgctttctcaatgctcacgctgtaggtatctcagttcggtgtaggtcgttc
    gctccaagctgggctgtgtgcacgaaccccccgttcagcccgaccgctgcgccttatccggtaactatcgtcttg
    agtccaacccggtaagacacgacttatcgccactggcagcagccactggtaacaggattagcagagcgaggtatg
    taggcggtgctacagagttcttgaagtggtggcctaactacggctacactagaaggacagtatttggtatctgcg
    ctctgctgaagccagttaccttcggaaaaagagttggtagctcttgatccggcaaacaaaccaccgctggtagcg
    gtggtttttttgtttgcaagcagcagattacgcgcagaaaaaaaggatctcaagaagatcctttgatcttttcta
    cggggtctgacgctcagtggaacgaaaactcacgttaagggattttggtcatgagattatcaaaaaggatcttca
    cctagatccttttaaattaaaaatgaagttttaaatcaatctaaagtatatatgagtaaacttggtctgacagtt
    accaatgcttaatcagtgaggcacctatctcagcgatctgtctatttcgttcatccatagttgcctgactccccg
    tcgtgtagataactacgatacgggagggcttaccatctggccccagtgctgcaatgataccgcgagacccacgct
    caccggctccagatttatcagcaataaaccagccagccggaagggccgagcgcagaagtggtcctgcaactttat
    ccgcctccatccagtctattaattgttgccgggaagctagagtaagtagttcgccagttaatagtttgcgcaacg
    ttgttgccattgctacaggcatcgtggtgtcacgctcgtcgtttggtatggcttcattcagctccggttcccaac
    gatcaaggcgagttacatgatcccccatgttgtgcaaaaaagcggttagctccttcggtcctccgatcgttgtca
    gaagtaagttggccgcagtgttatcactcatggttatggcagcactgcataattctcttactgtcatgccatccg
    taagatgcttttctgtgactggtgagtactcaaccaagtcattctgagaatagtgtatgcggcgaccgagttgct
    cttgcccggcgtcaatacgggataataccgcgccacatagcagaactttaaaagtgctcatcattggaaaacgtt
    cttcggggcgaaaactctcaaggatcttaccgctgttgagatccagttcgatgtaacccactcgtgcacccaact
    gatcttcagcatcttttactttcaccagcgtttctgggtgagcaaaaacaggaaggcaaaatgccgcaaaaaagg
    gaataagggcgacacggaaatgttgaatactcatactcttcctttttcaatattattgaagcatttatcagggtt
    attgtctcatgagcggatacatatttgaatgtatttagaaaaataaacaaataggggttccgcgcacatttcccc
    gaaaagtgccacctgacgtc
    SEQ ID NO: 33
    Human LINGO-2 mature DNA sequence
    attggctgccccgctcgctgtgagtgctctgcccagaacaaatctgttagctgtcacagaaggcgattgatcgcc
    atcccagagggcattcccatcgaaaccaaaatcttggacctcagtaaaaacaggctaaaaagcgtcaaccctgaa
    gaattcatatcatatcctctgctggaagagatagacttgagtgacaacatcattgccaatgtggaaccaggagca
    ttcaacaatctctttaacctgcgttccctccgcctaaaaggcaatcgtctaaagctggtccctttgggagtattc
    acggggctgtccaatctcactaagcttgacattagtgagaataagattgtcattttactagactacatgttccaa
    gatctacataacctgaagtctctagaagtgggggacaatgatttggtttatatatcacacagggcattcagtggg
    cttcttagcttggagcagctcaccctggagaaatgcaacttaacagcagtaccaacagaagccctctcccacctc
    cgcagcctcatcagcctgcatctgaagcatctcaatatcaacaatatgcctgtgtatgcctttaaaagattgttc
    cacctgaaacacctagagattgactattggcctttactggatatgatgcctgccaatagcctctacggtctcaac
    ctcacatccctttcagtcaccaacaccaatctgtctactgtacccttccttgcctttaaacacctggtatacctg
    actcaccttaacctctcctacaatcccatcagcactattgaagcaggcatgttctctgacctgatccgccttcag
    gagcttcatatagtgggggcccagcttcgcaccattgagcctcactccttccaagggctccgcttcctacgcgtg
    ctcaatgtgtctcagaacctgctggaaactttggaagagaatgtcttctcctcccctagggctctggaggtcttg
    agcattaacaacaaccctctggcctgtgactgccgccttctctggatcttgcagcgacagcccaccctgcagttt
    ggtggccagcaacctatgtgtgctggcccagacaccatccgtgagaggtctttcaaggatttccatagcactgcc
    ctttctttttactttacctgcaaaaaacccaaaatccgtgaaaagaagttgcagcatctgctagtagatgaaggg
    cagacagtccagctagaatgcagtgcagatggagacccgcagcctgtgatttcctgggtgacaccccgaaggcgt
    ttcatcaccaccaagtccaatggaagagccaccgtgttgggtgatggcaccttggaaatccgctttgcccaggat
    caagacagcgggatgtatgtttgcatcgctagcaatgctgctgggaatgataccttcacagcctccttaactgtg
    aaaggattcgcttcagatcgttttctttatgcgaacaggacccctatgtacatgaccgactccaatgacaccatt
    tccaatggcaccaatgccaatactttttccctggaccttaaaacaatactggtgtctacagctatgggctgcttc
    acattcctgggagtggttttattttgttttcttctcctttttgtgtggagccgagggaaaggcaagcacaaaaac
    agcattgaccttgagtatgtgcccagaaaaaacaatggtgctgttgtggaaggggaggtagctggacccaggagg
    ttcaacatgaaaatgatt
    SEQ ID NO: 34
    Forward primer DM16
    CTACGTCTAGAATTGGCTGCCCCGCTCGCT
    SEQ ID NO: 35
    Reverse primer DM17
    GGTTTCTCGAGTCAAATCATTTTCATGTTGAACCTCCTG
    SEQ ID NO: 36
    pRS5a-IgG
    tcgacggatcgggagatccgggacatgtacctcccaggggcccaggaagactacgggaggctacaccaacgtcaa
    tcagaggggcctgtgtagctaccgataagcggaccctcaagagggcattagcaatagtgtttataaggccccctt
    gttaaccctaaacgggtagcatatgcttcccgggtagtagtatatactatccagactaaccctaattcaatagca
    tatgttacccaacgggaagcatatgctatcgaattagggttagtaaaagggtcctaaggaacagcgatatctccc
    accccatgagctgtcacggttttatttacatggggtcaggattccacgagggtagtgaaccattttagtcacaag
    ggcagtggctgaagatcaaggagcgggcagtgaactctcctgaatcttcgcctgcttcttcattctccttcgttt
    agctaatagaataactgctgagttgtgaacagtaaggtgtatgtgaggtgctcgaaaacaaggtttcaggtgacg
    cccccagaataaaatttggacggggggttcagtggtggcattgtgctatgacaccaatataaccctcacaaaccc
    cttgggcaataaatactagtgtaggaatgaaacattctgaatatctttaacaatagaaatccatggggtggggac
    aagccgtaaagactggatgtccatctcacacgaatttatggctatgggcaacacataatcctagtgcaatatgat
    actggggttattaagatgtgtcccaggcagggaccaagacaggtgaaccatgttgttacactctatttgtaacaa
    ggggaaagagagtggacgccgacagcagcggactccactggttgtctctaacacccccgaaaattaaacggggct
    ccacgccaatggggcccataaacaaagacaagtggccactcttttttttgaaattgtggagtgggggcacgcgtc
    agcccccacacgccgccctgcggttttggactgtaaaataagggtgtaataacttggctgattgtaaccccgcta
    accactgcggtcaaaccacttgcccacaaaaccactaatggcaccccggggaatacctgcataagtaggtgggcg
    ggccaagataggggcgcgattgctgcgatctggaggacaaattacacacacttgcgcctgagcgccaagcacagg
    gttgttggtcctcatattcacgaggtcgctgagagcacggtgggctaatgttgccatgggtagcatatactaccc
    aaatatctggatagcatatgctatcctaatctatatctgggtagcataggctatcctaatctatatctgggtagc
    atatgctatcctaatctatatctgggtagtatatgctatcctaatttatatctgggtagcataggctatcctaat
    ctatatctgggtagcatatgctatcctaatctatatctgggtagtatatgctatcctaatctgtatccgggtagc
    atatgctatcctaatagagattagggtagtatatgctatcctaatttatatctgggtagcatatactacccaaat
    atctggatagcatatgctatcctaatctatatctgggtagcatatgctatcctaatctatatctgggtagcatag
    gctatcctaatctatatctgggtagcatatgctatcctaatctatatctgggtagtatatgctatcctaatttat
    atctgggtagcataggctatcctaatctatatctgggtagcatatgctatcctaatctatatctgggtagtatat
    gctatcctaatctgtatccgggtagcatatgctatcctcatgcatatacagtcagcatatgatacccagtagtag
    agtgggagtgctatcctttgcatatgccgccacctcccaagggggcgtgaattttcgctgcttgtccttttcctg
    catgcggatcttcaatattggccattagccatattattcattggttatatagcataaatcaatattggctattgg
    ccattgcatacgttgtatctatatcataatatgtacatttatattggctcatgtccaatatgaccgccatgttgg
    cattgattattgactagttattaatagtaatcaattacggggtcattagttcatagcccatatatggagttccgc
    gttacataacttacggtaaatggcccgcctggctgaccgcccaacgacccccgcccattgacgtcaataatgacg
    tatgttcccatagtaacgccaatagggactttccattgacgtcaatgggtggagtatttacggtaaactgcccac
    ttggcagtacatcaagtgtatcatatgccaagtccgccccctattgacgtcaatgacggtaaatggcccgcctgg
    cattatgcccagtacatgaccttacgggactttcctacttggcagtacatctacgtattagtcatcgctattacc
    atggtgatgcggttttggcagtacaccaatgggcgtggatagcggtttgactcacggggatttccaagtctccac
    cccattgacgtcaatgggagtttgttttggcaccaaaatcaacgggactttccaaaatgtcgtaataaccccgcc
    ccgttgacgcaaatgggcggtaggcgtgtacggtgggaggtctatataagcagagctcgtttagtgaaccgtcag
    atcgcctggagacgccatccacgctgttttgacctccatagaagacaccgggaccgatccagcctccgcggccgg
    gaacggtgcattggaacgcggattccccgtgccaagagtgacgtaagtaccgcctatagagtctataggcccacc
    cccttggcttcgttagaacgcggctacaattaatacataaccttatgtatcatacacatacgatttaggtgacac
    tatagaataacatccactttgcctttctctccacaggtgtccactcccaggtccaactgcacggaagcttcaatt
    gggatccctcgaggttctgttccagggtccgaaatcttgtgacaaaactcacacatgcccaccgtgcccagcacc
    tgaactcctggggggaccgtcagtcttccccttccccccaaaacccaaggacaccctcatgatctcccggacccc
    tgaggtcacatgcgtggtggtggacgtgagccacgaagaccctgaggtcaagttcaactggtacgtggacggcgt
    ggaggtgcataatgccaagacaaagccgcgggaggagcagtacaacagcacgtaccgtgtggtcagcgtcctcac
    cgtcctgcaccaggactggctgaatggcaaggagtacaagtgcaaggtctccaacaaagccctcccagcccccat
    cgagaaaaccatctccaaagccaaagggcagccccgagaaccacaggtgtacaccctgcccccatcccgggatga
    gctgaccaagaaccaggtcagcctgacctgcctggtcaaaggcttctatcccagcgacatcgccgtggagtggga
    gagcaatgggcagccggagaacaactacaagaccacgcctcccgtgctggactccgacggctccttcttcctcta
    cagcaagctcaccgtggacaagagcaggtggcagcaggggaacgtcttctcatgctccgtgatgcatgaggctct
    gcacaaccactacacgcagaagagcctctccctgtctccgggtaaatgagatctggtacctcgcgatggcggccg
    ctctagagggcccgtttaaacccgctgatcagcctcgactgtgccttctagttgccagccatctgttgtttgccc
    ctcccccgtgccttccttgaccctggaaggtgccactcccactgtcctttcctaataaaatgaggaaattgcatc
    gcattgtctgagtaggtgtcattctattctggggggtggggtggggcaggacagcaagggggaggattgggaaga
    caatagcaggcatgctggggatgcggtgggctctatggcttctgaggcggaaagaaccagctagctcgatcgagg
    caggcagaagtatgcaaagcatgcatctcaattagtcagcaaccaggtgtggaaagtccccaggctccccagcag
    gcagaagtatgcaaagcatgcatctcaattagtcagcaaccatagtcccgcccctaactccgcccatcccgcccc
    taactccgcccagttccgcccattctccgccccatggctgactaattttttttatttatgcagaggccgaggccg
    cctctgcctctgagctattccagaagtagtgaggaggcttttttggaggcctaggcttttgcaaaaagctcccgg
    gagcttgtatatccattttcggatctgatcagcacgtgttgacaattaatcatcggcatagtatatcggcatagt
    ataatacgacaaggtgaggaactaaaccatggccaagttgaccagtgccgttccggtgctcaccgcgcgcgacgt
    cgccggagcggtcgagttctggaccgaccggctcgggttctcccgggacttcgtggaggacgacttcgccggtgt
    ggtccgggacgacgtgaccctgttcatcagcgcggtccaggaccaggtggtgccggacaacaccctggcctgggt
    gtgggtgcgcggcctggacgagctgtacgccgagtggtcggaggtcgtgtccacgaacttccgggacgcctccgg
    gccggccatgaccgagatcggcgagcagccgtgggggcgggagttcgccctgcgcgacccggccggcaactgcgt
    gcacttcgtggccgaggagcaggactgacacgtgctacgagatttcgattccaccgccgccttctatgaaaggtt
    gggcttcggaatcgttttccgggacgccggctggatgatcctccagcgcggggatctcatgctggagttcttcgc
    ccaccccaacttgtttattgcagcttataatggttacaaataaagcaatagcatcacaaatttcacaaataaagc
    atttttttcactgcattctagttgtggttcgtccaaactcatcaatgtatcttatcatgtctgaattttgcatta
    atgaatcggccaacgcgcggggagaggcggtttgcgtattgggcgctcttccgcttcctcgctcactgactcgct
    gcgctcggtcgttcggctgcggcgagcggtatcagctcactcaaaggcggtaatacggttatccacagaatcagg
    ggataacgcaggaaagaacatgtgagcaaaaggccagcaaaaggccaggaaccgtaaaaaggccgcgttgctggc
    gtttttccataggctccgcccccctgacgagcatcacaaaaatcgacgctcaagtcagaggtggcgaaacccgac
    aggactataaagataccaggcgtttccccctggaagctccctcgtgcgctctcctgttccgaccctgccgcttac
    cggatacctgtccgcctttctcccttcgggaagcgtggcgctttctcaatgctcacgctgtaggtatctcagttc
    ggtgtaggtcgttcgctccaagctgggctgtgtgcacgaaccccccgttcagcccgaccgctgcgccttatccgg
    taactatcgtcttgagtccaacccggtaagacacgacttatcgccactggcagcagccactggtaacaggactag
    cagagcgaggtatgtaggcggtgctacagagttcttgaagtggtggcctaactacggctacactagaaggacagt
    atttggtatctgcgctctgctgaagccagttaccttcggaaaaagagttggtagctcttgatccggcaaacaaac
    caccgctggtagcggtggtttttttgtttgcaagcagcagattacgcgcagaaaaaaaggatctcaagaagatcc
    tttgatcttttctacggggtctgacgctcagtggaacgaaaactcacgttaagggattttggtcatgagattatc
    aaaaaggatcttcacctagatccttttaaattaaaaatgaagttttaaatcaatctaaagtatatatgagtaaac
    ttggtctgacagttaccaatgcttaatcagtgaggcacctatctcagcgatctgtctatttcgttcatccatagt
    tgcctgactccccgtcgtgtagataactacgatacgggagggcttaccatctggccccagtgctgcaatgatacc
    gcgagacccacgctcaccggctccagatttatcagcaataaaccagccagccggaagggccgagcgcagaagtgg
    tcctgcaactttatccgcctccatccagtctattaattgttgccgggaagctagagtaagtagttcgccagttaa
    tagtttgcgcaacgttgttgccattgctacaggcatcgtggtgtcacgctcgtcgtttggtatggcttcattcag
    ctccggttcccaacgatcaaggcgagttacatgatcccccatgttgtgcaaaaaagcggttagctccttcggtcc
    tccgatcgttgtcagaagtaagttggccgcagtgttatcactcatggttatggcagcactgcataattctcttac
    tgtcatgccatccgtaagatgcttttctgtgactggtgagtactcaaccaagtcattctgagaatagtgtatgcg
    gcgaccgagttgctcttgcccggcgtcaatacgggataataccgcgccacatagcagaactttaaaagtgctcat
    cattggaaaacgttcttcggggcgaaaactctcaaggatcttaccgctgttgagatccagttcgatgtaacccac
    tcgtgcacccaactgatcttcagcatcttttactttcaccagcgtttctgggtgagcaaaaacaggaaggcaaaa
    tgccgcaaaaaagggaataagggcgacacggaaatgttgaatactcatactcttcctttttcaatattattgaag
    catttatcagggttattgtctcatgagcggatacatatttgaatgtatttagaaaaataaacaaataggggttcc
    gcgcacatttccccgaaaagtgccacctgacgtcga
    SEQ ID NO: 37
    natleader-hsLINGO-1-Fc/pRS5a
    tcgacggatcgggagatccgggacatgtacctcccaggggcccaggaagactacgggaggctacaccaacgtcaa
    tcagaggggcctgtgtagctaccgataagcggaccctcaagagggcattagcaatagtgtttataaggccccctt
    gttaaccctaaacgggtagcatatgcttcccgggtagtagtatatactatccagactaaccctaattcaatagca
    tatgttacccaacgggaagcatatgctatcgaattagggttagtaaaagggtcctaaggaacagcgatatctccc
    accccatgagctgtcacggttttatttacatggggtcaggattccacgagggtagtgaaccattttagtcacaag
    ggcagtggctgaagatcaaggagcgggcagtgaactctcctgaatcttcgcctgcttcttcattctccttcgttt
    agctaatagaataactgctgagttgtgaacagtaaggtgtatgtgaggtgctcgaaaacaaggtttcaggtgacg
    cccccagaataaaatttggacggggggttcagtggtggcattgtgctatgacaccaatataaccctcacaaaccc
    cttgggcaataaatactagtgtaggaatgaaacattctgaatatctttaacaatagaaatccatggggtggggac
    aagccgtaaagactggatgtccatctcacacgaatttatggctatgggcaacacataatcctagtgcaatatgat
    actggggttattaagatgtgtcccaggcagggaccaagacaggtgaaccatgttgttacactctatttgtaacaa
    ggggaaagagagtggacgccgacagcagcggactccactggttgtctctaacacccccgaaaattaaacggggct
    ccacgccaatggggcccataaacaaagacaagtggccactcttttttttgaaattgtggagtgggggcacgcgtc
    agcccccacacgccgccctgcggttttggactgtaaaataagggtgtaataacttggctgattgtaaccccgcta
    accactgcggtcaaaccacttgcccacaaaaccactaatggcaccccggggaatacctgcataagtaggtgggcg
    ggccaagataggggcgcgattgctgcgatctggaggacaaattacacacacttgcgcctgagcgccaagcacagg
    gttgttggtcctcatattcacgaggtcgctgagagcacggtgggctaatgttgccatgggtagcatatactaccc
    aaatatctggatagcatatgctatcctaatctatatctgggtagcataggctatcctaatctatatctgggtagc
    atatgctatcctaatctatatctgggtagtatatgctatcctaatttatatctgggtagcataggctatcctaat
    ctatatctgggtagcatatgctatcctaatctatatctgggtagtatatgctatcctaatctgtatccgggtagc
    atatgctatcctaatagagattagggtagtatatgctatcctaatttatatctgggtagcatatactacccaaat
    atctggatagcatatgctatcctaatctatatctgggtagcatatgctatcctaatctatatctgggtagcatag
    gctatcctaatctatatctgggtagcatatgctatcctaatctatatctgggtagtatatgctatcctaatttat
    atctgggtagcataggctatcctaatctatatctgggtagcatatgctatcctaatctatatctgggtagtatat
    gctatcctaatctgtatccgggtagcatatgctatcctcatgcatatacagtcagcatatgatacccagtagtag
    agtgggagtgctatcctttgcatatgccgccacctcccaagggggcgtgaattttcgctgcttgtccttttcctg
    catgcggatcttcaatattggccattagccatattattcattggttatatagcataaatcaatattggctattgg
    ccattgcatacgttgtatctatatcataatatgtacatttatattggctcatgtccaatatgaccgccatgttgg
    cattgattattgactagttattaatagtaatcaattacggggtcattagttcatagcccatatatggagttccgc
    gttacataacttacggtaaatggcccgcctggctgaccgcccaacgacccccgcccattgacgtcaataatgacg
    tatgttcccatagtaacgccaatagggactttccattgacgtcaatgggtggagtatttacggtaaactgcccac
    ttggcagtacatcaagtgtatcatatgccaagtccgccccctattgacgtcaatgacggtaaatggcccgcctgg
    cattatgcccagtacatgaccttacgggactttcctacttggcagtacatctacgtattagtcatcgctattacc
    atggtgatgcggttttggcagtacaccaatgggcgtggatagcggtttgactcacggggatttccaagtctccac
    cccattgacgtcaatgggagtttgttttggcaccaaaatcaacgggactttccaaaatgtcgtaataaccccgcc
    ccgttgacgcaaatgggcggtaggcgtgtacggtgggaggtctatataagcagagctcgtttagtgaaccgtcag
    atcgcctggagacgccatccacgctgttttgacctccatagaagacaccgggaccgatccagcctccgcggccgg
    gaacggtgcattggaacgcggattccccgtgccaagagtgacgtaagtaccgcctatagagtctataggcccacc
    cccttggcttcgttagaacgcggctacaattaatacataaccttatgtatcatacacatacgatttaggtgacac
    tatagaataacatccactttgcctttctctccacaggtgtccactcccaggtccaactgcacggaagcttgccgc
    caccatgcaggtgagcaagaggatgctggcggggggcgtgaggagcatgcccagccccctcctggcctgctggca
    gcccatcctcctgctggtgctgggctcagtgctgtcaggctcggccacgggctgcccgccccgctgcgagtgctc
    cgcccaggaccgcgctgtgctgtgccaccgcaagcgctttgtggcagtccccgagggcatccccaccgagacgcg
    cctgctggacctaggcaagaaccgcatcaaaacgctcaaccaggacgagttcgccagcttcccgcacctggagga
    gctggagctcaacgagaacatcgtgagcgccgtggagcccggcgccttcaacaacctcttcaacctccggacgct
    gggtctccgcagcaaccgcctgaagctcatcccgctaggcgtcttcactggcctcagcaacctgaccaagctgga
    catcagcgagaacaagatcgttatcctactggactacatgtttcaggacctgtacaacctcaagtcactggaggt
    tggcgacaatgacctcgtctacatctctcaccgcgccttcagcggcctcaacagcctggagcagctgacgctgga
    gaaatgcaacctgacctccatccccaccgaggcgctgtcccacctgcacggcctcatcgtcctgaggctccggca
    cctcaacatcaatgccatccgggactactccttcaagaggctgtaccgactcaaggtcttggagatctcccactg
    gccctacttggacaccatgacacccaactgcctctacggcctcaacctgacgtccctgtccatcacacactgcaa
    tctgaccgctgtgccctacctggccgtccgccacctagtctatctccgcttcctcaacctctcctacaaccccat
    cagcaccattgagggctccatgttgcatgagctgctccggctgcaggagatccagctggtgggcgggcagctggc
    cgtggtggagccctatgccttccgcggcctcaactacctgcgcgcgctcaatgtctctggcaaccagctgaccac
    actggaggaatcagtcttccactcggtgggcaacctggagacactcatcctggactccaacccgctggcctgcga
    ctgccggctcctgtgggtgttccggcgccgctggcggctcaacctcaaccggcagcagcccacgtgcgccacgcc
    cgagtttgtccagggcaaggagttcaaggacttccctgatgtgctactgcccaactacttcacctgccgccgcgc
    ccgcatccgggaccgcaaggcccagcaggtgtttgtggacgagggccacacggtgcagtttgtgtgccgggccga
    tggcgacccgccgcccgccatcctctggctctcaccccgaaagcacctggtctcagccaagagcaatgggcggct
    cacagtcttccctgatggcacgctggaggtgcgctacgcccaggtacaggacaacggcacgtacctgtgcatcgc
    ggccaacgcgggcggcaacgactccatgcccgcccacctgcatgtgcgcagctactcgcccgactggccccatca
    gcccaacaagaccttcgctttcatctccaaccagccgggcgagggagaggccaacagcacccgcgccactgtgcc
    tttccccttcgacatcaagaccctcgaggttctgttccagggtccgaaatcttgtgacaaaactcacacatgccc
    accgtgcccagcacctgaactcctggggggaccgtcagtcttcctcttccccccaaaacccaaggacaccctcat
    gatctcccggacccctgaggtcacatgcgtggtggtggacgtgagccacgaagaccctgaggtcaagttcaactg
    gtacgtggacggcgtggaggtgcataatgccaagacaaagccgcgggaggagcagcacaacagcacgtaccgtgt
    ggtcagcgtcctcaccgtcctgcaccaggactggctgaatggcaaggagtacaagtgcaaggtctccaacaaagc
    cctcccagcccccatcgagaaaaccatctccaaagccaaagggcagccccgagaaccacaggtgtacaccctgcc
    cccatcccgggatgagctgaccaagaaccaggtcagcctgacctgcctggtcaaaggcttctatcccagcgacat
    cgccgtggagtgggagagcaatgggcagccggagaacaactacaagaccacgcctcccgtgctggactccgacgg
    ctccttcttcctctacagcaagctcaccgtggacaagagcaggtggcagcaggggaacgtcttctcatgctccgt
    gatgcatgaggctctgcacaaccactacacgcagaagagcctctccctgtctccgggtaaatgagatctggtacc
    tcgcgatggcggccgctctagagggcccgtttaaacccgctgatcagcctcgactgtgccttctagttgccagcc
    atctgttgtttgcccctcccccgtgccttccttgaccctggaaggtgccactcccactgtcctttcctaataaaa
    tgaggaaattgcatcgcattgtctgagtaggtgtcattctattctggggggtggggtggggcaggacagcaaggg
    ggaggattgggaagacaatagcaggcatgctggggatgcggtgggctctatggcttctgaggcggaaagaaccag
    ctagctcgatcgaggcaggcagaagtatgcaaagcatgcatctcaattagtcagcaaccaggtgtggaaagtccc
    caggctccccagcaggcagaagtatgcaaagcatgcatctcaattagtcagcaaccatagtcccgcccctaactc
    cgcccatcccgcccctaactccgcccagttccgcccattctccgccccatggctgactaattttttttatttatg
    cagaggccgaggccgcctctgcctctgagctattccagaagtagtgaggaggcttttttggaggcctaggctttt
    gcaaaaagctcccgggagcttgtatatccattttcggatctgatcagcacgtgttgacaattaatcatcggcata
    gtatatcggcatagtataatacgacaaggtgaggaactaaaccatggccaagttgaccagtgccgttccggtgct
    caccgcgcgcgacgtcgccggagcggtcgagttctggaccgaccggctcgggttctcccgggacttcgtggagga
    cgacttcgccggtgtggtccgggacgacgtgaccctgttcatcagcgcggtccaggaccaggtggtgccggacaa
    caccctggcctgggtgtgggtgcgcggcctggacgagctgtacgccgagtggtcggaggtcgtgtccacgaactt
    ccgggacgcctccgggccggccatgaccgagatcggcgagcagccgtgggggcgggagttcgccctgcgcgaccc
    ggccggcaactgcgtgcacttcgtggccgaggagcaggactgacacgtgctacgagatttcgattccaccgccgc
    cttctatgaaaggttgggcttcggaatcgttttccgggacgccggctggatgatcctccagcgcggggatctcat
    gctggagttcttcgcccaccccaacttgtttattgcagcttataatggttacaaataaagcaatagcatcacaaa
    tttcacaaataaagcatttttttcactgcattctagttgtggtttgtccaaactcatcaatgtatcttatcatgt
    ctgaattttgcattaatgaatcggccaacgcgcggggagaggcggtttgcgtattgggcgctcttccgcttcctc
    gctcactgactcgctgcgctcggtcgttcggctgcggcgagcggtatcagctcactcaaaggcggtaatacggtt
    atccacagaatcaggggataacgcaggaaagaacatgtgagcaaaaggccagcaaaaggccaggaaccgtaaaaa
    ggccgcgttgctggcgtttttccataggctccgcccccctgacgagcatcacaaaaatcgacgctcaagtcagag
    gtggcgaaacccgacaggactataaagataccaggcgtttccccctggaagctccctcgtgcgctctcctgttcc
    gaccctgccgcttaccggatacctgtccgcctttctcccttcgggaagcgtggcgctttctcaatgctcacgctg
    taggtatctcagttcggtgtaggtcgttcgctccaagctgggctgtgtgcacgaaccccccgttcagcccgaccg
    ctgcgccttatccggtaactatcgtcttgagtccaacccggtaagacacgacttatcgccactggcagcagccac
    tggtaacaggattagcagagcgaggtatgtaggcggtgctacagagttcttgaagtggtggcctaactacggcta
    cactagaaggacagtatttggtatctgcgctctgctgaagccagttaccttcggaaaaagagttggtagctcttg
    atccggcaaacaaaccaccgctggtagcggtggtttttttgtttgcaagcagcagattacgcgcagaaaaaaagg
    atctcaagaagatcctttgatcttttctacggggtctgacgctcagtggaacgaaaactcacgttaagggatttt
    ggtcatgagattatcaaaaaggatcttcacctagatccttttaaattaaaaatgaagttttaaatcaatctaaag
    tatatatgagtaaacttggtctgacagttaccaatgcttaatcagtgaggcacctatctcagcgatctgtctatt
    tcgttcatccatagttgcctgactccccgtcgtgtagataactacgatacgggagggcttaccatctggccccag
    tgctgcaatgataccgcgagacccacgctcaccggctccagatttatcagcaataaaccagccagccggaagggc
    cgagcgcagaagtggtcctgcaactttatccgcctccatccagtctattaattgttgccgggaagctagagtaag
    tagttcgccagttaatagtttgcgcaacgttgttgccattgctacaggcatcgtggtgtcacgctcgtcgtttgg
    tatggcttcattcagctccggttcccaacgatcaaggcgagttacatgatcccccatgttgtgcaaaaaagcggt
    tagctccttcggtcctccgatcgttgtcagaagtaagttggccgcagtgttatcactcatggttatggcagcact
    gcataattctcttactgtcatgccatccgtaagatgcttttctgtgactggtgagtactcaaccaagtcattctg
    agaatagtgtatgcggcgaccgagttgctcttgcccggcgtcaatacgggataataccgcgccacatagcagaac
    tttaaaagtgctcatcattggaaaacgttcttcggggcgaaaactctcaaggatcttaccgctgttgagatccag
    ttcgatgtaacccactcgtgcacccaactgatcttcagcatcttttactttcaccagcgtttctgggtgagcaaa
    aacaggaaggcaaaatgccgcaaaaaagggaataagggcgacacggaaatgttgaatactcatactattcctttt
    tcaatattattgaagcatttatcagggttattgtctcatgagcggatacatatttgaatgtatttagaaaaataa
    acaaataggggttccgcgcacatttccccgaaaagtgccacctgacgtcga
    SEQ ID NO: 38
    Igleader-hsLINGO-1-ΔLRR-Fc/pRS5a
    tcgacggatcgggagatccgggacatgtacctcccaggggcccaggaagactacgggaggctacaccaacgtcaa
    tcagaggggcctgtgtagctaccgataagcggaccctcaagagggcattagcaatagtgtttataaggccccctt
    gttaaccctaaacgggtagcatatgcttcccgggtagtagtatatactatccagactaaccctaattcaatagca
    tatgttacacaacgggaagcatatgctatcgaattagggttagtaaaagggtcctaaggaacagcgatatctccc
    accccatgagctgtcacggttttatttacatggggtcaggattccacgagggtagtgaaccattttagtcacaag
    ggcagtggctgaagatcaaggagcgggcagtgaactctcctgaatcttcgcctgcttcttcattctccttcgttt
    agctaatagaataactgctgagttgtgaacagtaaggtgtatgtgaggtgctcgaaaacaaggtttcaggtgacg
    cccccagaataaaatttggacggggggttcagtggtggcattgtgctatgacaccaatataaccctcacaaaccc
    cttgggcaataaatactagtgtaggaatgaaacattctgaatatctttaacaatagaaatccatggggtggggac
    aagccgtaaagactggatgtccatctcacacgaatttatggctatgggcaacacataatcctagtgcaatatgat
    actggggttattaagatgtgtcccaggcagggaccaagacaggtgaaccatgttgttacactctatttgtaacaa
    ggggaaagagagtggacgccgacagcagcggactccactggttgtctctaacacccccgaaaattaaacggggct
    ccacgccaatggggcccataaacaaagacaagtggccactcttttttttgaaattgtggagtgggggcacgcgtc
    agcccccacacgccgccctgcggttttggactgtaaaataagggtgtaataacttggctgattgtaaccccgcta
    accactgcggtcaaaccacttgcccacaaaaccactaatggcaccccggggaatacctgcataagtaggtgggcg
    ggccaagataggggcgcgattgctgcgatctggaggacaaattacacacacttgcgcctgagcgccaagcacagg
    gttgttggtcctcatattcacgaggtcgctgagagcacggtgggctaatgttgccatgggtagcatatactaccc
    aaatatctggatagcatatgctatcctaatctatatctgggtagcataggctatcctaatctatatctgggtagc
    atatgctatcctaatctatatctgggtagtatatgctatcctaatttatatctgggtagcataggctatcctaat
    ctatatctgggtagcatatgctatcctaatctatatctgggtagtatatgctatcctaatctgtatccgggtagc
    atatgctatcctaatagagattagggtagtatatgctatcctaatttatatctgggtagcatatactacccaaat
    atctggatagcatatgctatcctaatctatatctgggtagcatatgctatcctaatctatatctgggtagcatag
    gctatcctaatctatatctgggtagcatatgctatcctaatctatatctgggtagtatatgctatcctaatttat
    atctgggtagcataggctatcctaatctatatctgggtagcatatgctatcctaatctatatctgggtagtatat
    gctatcctaatctgtatccgggtagcatatgctatcctcatgcatatacagtcagcatatgatacccagtagtag
    agtgggagtgctatcctttgcatatgccgccacctcccaagggggcgtgaattttcgctgcttgtccttttcctg
    catgcggatcttcaatattggccattagccatattattcattggttatatagcataaatcaatattggctattgg
    ccattgcatacgttgtatctatatcataatatgtacatttatattggctcatgtccaatatgaccgccatgttgg
    cattgattattgactagttattaatagtaatcaattacggggtcattagttcatagcccatatatggagttccgc
    gttacataacttacggtaaatggcccgcctggctgaccgcccaacgacccccgcccattgacgtcaataatgacg
    tatgttcccatagtaacgccaatagggactttccattgacgtcaatgggtggagtatttacggtaaactgcccac
    ttggcagtacatcaagtgtatcatatgccaagtccgccccctattgacgtcaatgacggtaaatggcccgcctgg
    cattatgcccagtacatgaccttacgggactttcctacttggcagtacatctacgtattagtcatcgctattacc
    atggtgatgcggttttggcagtacaccaatgggcgtggatagcggtttgactcacggggatttccaagtctccac
    cccattgacgtcaatgggagtttgttttggcaccaaaatcaacgggactttccaaaatgtcgtaataaccccgcc
    ccgttgacgcaaatgggcggtaggcgtgtacggtgggaggtctatataagcagagctcgtttagtgaaccgtcag
    atcgcctggagacgccatccacgctgttttgacctccatagaagacaccgggaccgatccagcctccgcggccgg
    gaacggtgcattggaacgcggattccccgtgccaagagtgacgtaagtaccgcctatagagtctataggcccacc
    cccttggcttcgttagaacgcggctacaattaatacataaccttatgtatcatacacatacgatttaggtgacac
    tatagaataacatccactttgcctttctctccacaggtgtccactcccaggtccaactgcacggaagcttgccgc
    caccatgagtgtgctcactcaggtcctggcgttgctgctgctgtggcttacaggtacgcgttgtacgggctgccc
    gccccgctgcgagtgctccgcccaggaccgcgctgtgctgtgccaccgcaagcgctttgtggcagtccccgaggg
    catccccaccaacctggagacactcatcctggactccaacccgctggcctgcgactgtcggctcctgtgggtgtt
    ccggcgccgctggcggctcaacttcaaccggcagcagcccacgtgcgccacgcccgagtttgtccagggcaagga
    gttcaaggacttccctgatgtgctactgcccaactacttcacctgccgccgcgcccgcatccgggaccgcaaggc
    ccagcaggtgtttgtggacgagggccacacggtgcagtttgtgtgccgggccgatggcgacccgccgcccgccat
    cctctggctctcaccccgaaagcacctggtctcagccaagagcaatgggcggctcacagtcttccctgatggcac
    gctggaggtgcgctacgcccaggtacaggacaacggcacgtacctgtgcatcgcggccaacgcgggcggcaacga
    ctccatgcccgcccacctgcatgtgcgcagctactcgcccgactggccccatcagcccaacaagaccttcgcttt
    catctccaaccagccgggcgagggagaggccaacagcacccgcgccactgtgcctttccccttcgacatcaagac
    cctcgaggttctgttccagggtccgaaatcttgtgacaaaactcacacatgcccaccgtgcccagcacctgaact
    cctggggggaccgtcagtcttcctcttccccccaaaacccaaggacaccctcatgatctcccggacccctgaggt
    cacatgcgtggtggtggacgtgagccacgaagaccctgaggtcaagttcaactggtacgtggacggcgtggaggt
    gcataatgccaagacaaagccgcgggaggagcagtacaacagcacgtaccgtgtggtcagcgtcctcaccgtcct
    gcaccaggactggctgaatggcaaggagtacaagtgcaaggtctccaacaaagccctcccagcccccatcgagaa
    aaccatctccaaagccaaagggcagccccgagaaccacaggtgtacaccctgcccccatcccgggatgagctgac
    caagaaccaggtcagcctgacctgcctggtcaaaggcttctatcccagcgacatcgccgtggagtgggagagcaa
    tgggcagccggagaacaactacaagaccacgcctcccgtgctggactccgacggctccttcttcctctacagcaa
    gctcaccgtggacaagagcaggtggcagcaggggaacgtcttctcatgctccgtgatgcatgaggctctgcacaa
    ccactacacgcagaagagcctctccctgtctccgggtaaatgagatctggtacctcgcgatggcggccgctctag
    agggcccgtttaaacccgctgatcagcctcgactgtgccttctagttgccagccatctgttgtttgcccctcccc
    cgtgccttccttgaccctggaaggtgccactcccactgtcctttcctaataaaatgaggaaattgcatcgcattg
    tctgagtaggtgtcattctattctggggggtggggtggggcaggacagcaagggggaggattgggaagacaatag
    caggcatgctggggatgcggtgggctctatggcttctgaggcggaaagaaccagctagctcgatcgaggcaggca
    gaagtatgcaaagcatgcatctcaattagtcagcaaccaggtgtggaaagtccccaggctccccagcaggcagaa
    gtatgcaaagcatgcatctcaattagtcagcaaccatagtcccgcccctaactccgcccatcccgcccctaactc
    cgcccagttccgcccatcctccgccccatggctgactaattttttttattcatgcagaggccgaggccgcctctg
    cctctgagctattccagaagtagtgaggaggcttctttggaggcctaggcttttgcaaaaagctcccgggagctt
    gtatatccattttcggatctgatcagcacgtgttgacaattaatcatcggcatagtatatcggcatagtataata
    cgacaaggtgaggaactaaaccatggccaagttgaccagtgccgttccggtgctcaccgcgcgcgacgtcgccgg
    agcggtcgagttctggaccgaccggctcgggttctcccgggacttcgtggaggacgacttcgccggtgtggtccg
    ggacgacgtgaccctgttcatcagcgcggtccaggaccaggtggtgccggacaacaccctggcctgggtgtgggt
    gcgcggcctggacgagctgtacgccgagtggtcggaggtcgtgtccacgaacttccgggacgcctccgggccggc
    catgaccgagatcggcgagcagccgtgggggcgggagttcgccctgcgcgacccggccggcaactgcgtgcactt
    cgtggccgaggagcaggactgacacgtgctacgagatttcgattccaccgccgccttctatgaaaggttgggctt
    cggaatcgttttccgggacgccggctggatgatcctccagcgcggggatctcatgctggagttcttcgcccaccc
    caacttgtttattgcagcttataatggttacaaataaagcaatagcatcacaaatttcacaaataaagcattttt
    ttcactgcattctagttgtggtttgtccaaactcatcaatgtatcttatcatgtctgaattttgcattaatgaat
    cggccaacgcgcggggagaggcggtttgcgtattgggcgctcttccgcttcctcgctcactgactcgctgcgctc
    ggtcgttcggctgcggcgagcggtatcagctcactcaaaggcggtaatacggttatccacagaatcaggggataa
    cgcaggaaagaacatgtgagcaaaaggccagcaaaaggccaggaaccgtaaaaaggccgcgttgctggcgttttt
    ccataggctccgcccccctgacgagcatcacaaaaatcgacgctcaagtcagaggtggcgaaacccgacaggact
    ataaagataccaggcgtttccccctggaagctccctcgtgcgctctcctgttccgaccctgccgcttaccggata
    cctgtccgcctttctcccttcgggaagcgtggcgctttctcaatgctcacgctgtaggtatctcagttcggtgta
    ggtcgttcgctccaagctgggctgtgtgcacgaaccccccgttcagcccgaccgctgcgccttatccggtaacta
    tcgtcttgagtccaacccggtaagacacgacttatcgccactggcagcagccactggtaacaggattagcagagc
    gaggtatgtaggcggtgctacagagttcttgaagtggtggcctaactacggctacactagaaggacagtatttgg
    tatctgcgctctgctgaagccagttaccttcggaaaaagagttggtagctcttgatccggcaaacaaaccaccgc
    tggtagcggtggtttttttgtttgcaagcagcagattacgcgcagaaaaaaaggatctcaagaagatcctttgat
    cttttctacggggtctgacgctcagtggaacgaaaactcacgttaagggattttggtcatgagattatcaaaaag
    gatcttcacctagatccttttaaattaaaaatgaagttttaaatcaatctaaagtatatatgagtaaacttggtc
    tgacagttaccaatgcttaatcagtgaggcacctatctcagcgatctgtctatttcgttcatccatagttgcctg
    actccccgtcgtgtagataactacgatacgggagggcttaccatctggccccagtgctgcaatgataccgcgaga
    cccacgctcaccggctccagatttatcagcaataaaccagccagccggaagggccgagcgcagaagtggtcctgc
    aactttatccgcctccatccagtctattaattgttgccgggaagctagagtaagtagttcgccagttaatagttt
    gcgcaacgttgttgccattgctacaggcatcgtggtgtcacgctcgtcgtttggtatggcttcattcagctccgg
    ttcccaacgatcaaggcgagttacatgatcccccatgttgtgcaaaaaagcggttagctccttcggtcctccgat
    cgttgtcagaagtaagttggccgcagtgttatcactcatggttatggcagcactgcataattctcttactgtcat
    gccatccgtaagatgcttttctgtgactggtgagtactcaaccaagtcattctgagaatagtgtatgcggcgacc
    gagttgctcttgcccggcgtcaatacgggataataccgcgccacatagcagaactttaaaagtgctcatcattgg
    aaaacgttcttcggggcgaaaactctcaaggatcttaccgctgttgagatccagttcgatgtaacccactcgtgc
    acccaactgatcttcagcatcttttactttcaccagcgtttctgggtgagcaaaaacaggaaggcaaaatgccgc
    aaaaaagggaataagggcgacacggaaatgttgaatactcatactcttcctttttcaatattattgaagcattta
    tcagggttattgtctcatgagcggatacatatttgaatgtatttagaaaaataaacaaataggggttccgcgcac
    atttccccgaaaagtgccacctgacgtcga
    SEQ ID NO: 39
    Fab Expression Vector pMORPH ®X9_MH
    CTAGATAACG AGGGCAAAAA ATGAAAAAGA CAGCTATCGC GATTGCAGTG
    GCACTGGCTG GTTTCGCTAC CGTAGCGCAG GCCGATATCG TGCTGACCCA
    GCCGCCTTCA GTGAGTGGCG CACCAGGTCA GCGTGTGACC ATCTCGTGTA
    GCGGCAGCAG CAGCAACATT GGTAATAATT ATGTGTCTTG GTACCAGCAG
    TTGCCCGGGA CGGCGCCGAA ACTTCTGATT TCTCGTAATT CTAAGCGTCC
    CTCAGGCGTG CCGGATCGTT TTAGCGGATC CAAAAGCGGC ACCAGCGCGA
    GCCTTGCGAT TACGGGCCTG CAAAGCGAAG ACGAAGCGGA TTATTATTGC
    TCTACTTATG ATACTTTTTC TATTGTGTTT GGCGGCGGCA CGAAGTTAAC
    CGTTCTTGGC CAGCCGAAAG CCGCACCGAG TGTGACGCTG TTTCCGCCGA
    GCAGCGAAGA ATTGCAGGCG AACAAAGCGA CCCTGGTGTG CCTGATTAGC
    GACTTTTATC CGGGAGCCGT GACAGTGGCC TGGAAGGCAG ATAGCAGCCC
    CGTCAAGGCG GGAGTGGAGA CCACCACACC CTCCAAACAA AGCAACAACA
    AGTACGCGGC CAGCAGCTAT CTGAGCCTGA CGCCTGAGCA GTGGAAGTCC
    CACAGAAGCT ACAGCTGCCA GGTCACGCAT GAGGGGAGCA CCGTGGAAAA
    AACCGTTGCG CCGACTGAGG CCTGATAAGC ATGCGTAGGA GAAAATAAAA
    TGAAACAAAG CACTATTGCA CTGGCACTCT TACCGTTGCT CTTCACCCCT
    GTTACCAAAG CCCAGGTGCA ATTGCAACAG TCTGGTCCGG GCCTGGTGAA
    ACCGAGCCAA ACCCTGAGCC TGACCTGTGC GATTTCCGGA GATAGCGTGA
    GCGATAATTC TGCTGCTTGG TCTTGGATTC GCCAGTCTCC TGGGCGTGGC
    CTCGAGTGGC TGGGCCTTAT CTATCTTCGT AGCAAGTGGG ATAACGATTA
    TGCGGTGAGC GTGAAAAGCC GGATTACCAT CAACCCGGAT ACTTCGAAAA
    ACCAGTTTAG CCTGCAACTG AACAGCGTGA CCCCGGAAGA TACGGCCGTG
    TATTATTGCG CGCGTACTGG TCGTGCTGAT GAGTTTGATG TTTGGGGCCA
    AGGCACCCTG GTGACGGTTA GCTCAGCGTC GACCAAAGGT CCAAGCGTGT
    TTCCGCTGGC TCCGAGCAGC AAAAGCACCA GCGGCGGCAC GGCTGCCCTG
    GGCTGCCTGG TTAAAGATTA TTTCCCGGAA CCAGTCACCG TGAGCTGGAA
    CAGCGGGGCG CTGACCAGCG GCGTGCATAC CTTTCCGGCG GTGCTGCAAA
    GCAGCGGCCT GTATAGCCTG AGCAGCGTTG TGACCGTGCC GAGCAGCAGC
    TTAGGCACTC AGACCTATAT TTGCAACGTG AACCATAAAC CGAGCAACAC
    CAAAGTGGAT AAAAAAGTGG AACCGAAAAG CGAATTCGAG CAGAAGCTGA
    TCTCTGAGGA GGATCTGAAC GGCGCGCCGC ACCATCATCA CCATCACTGA
    TAAGCTTGAC CTGTGAAGTG AAAAATGGCG CAGATTGTGC GACATTTTTT
    TTGTCTGCCG TTTAATTAAA GGGGGGGGGG GGCCGGCCTG GGGGGGGGTG
    TACATGAAAT TGTAAACGTT AATATTTTGT TAAAATTCGC GTTAAATTTT
    TGTTAAATCA GCTCATTTTT TAACCAATAG GCCGAAATCG GCAAAATCCC
    TTATAAATCA AAAGAATAGA CCGAGATAGG GTTGAGTGTT GTTCCAGTTT
    GGAACAAGAG TCCACTATTA AAGAACGTGG ACTCCAACGT CAAAGGGCGA
    AAAACCGTCT ATCAGGGCGA TGGCCCACTA CGAGAACCAT CACCCTAATC
    AAGTTTTTTG GGGTCGAGGT GCCGTAAAGC ACTAAATCGG AACCCTAAAG
    GGAGCCCCCG ATTTAGAGCT TGACGGGGAA AGCCGGCGAA CGTGGCGAGA
    AAGGAAGGGA AGAAAGCGAA AGGAGCGGGC GCTAGGGCGC TGGCAAGTGT
    AGCGGTCACG CTGCGCGTAA CCACCACACC CGCCGCGCTT AATGCGCCGC
    TACAGGGCGC GTGCTAGACT AGTGTTTAAA CCGGACCGGG GGGGGGCTTA
    AGTGGGCTGC AAAACAAAAC GGCCTCCTGT CAGGAAGCCG CTTTTATCGG
    GTAGCCTCAC TGCCCGCTTT CCAGTCGGGA AACCTGTCGT GCCAGCTGCA
    TCAGTGAATC GGCCAACGCG CGGGGAGAGG CGGTTTGCGT ATTGGGAGCC
    AGGGTGGTTT TTCTTTTCAC CAGTGAGACG GGCAACAGCT GATTGCCCTT
    CACCGCCTGG CCCTGAGAGA GTTGCAGCAA GCGGTCCACG CTGGTTTGCC
    CCAGCAGGCG AAAATCCTGT TTGATGGTGG TCAGCGGCGG GATATAACAT
    GAGCTGTCCT CGGTATCGTC GTATCCCACT ACCGAGATGT CCGCACCAAC
    GCGCAGCCCG GACTCGGTAA TGGCACGCAT TGCGCCCAGC GCCATCTGAT
    CGTTGGCAAC CAGCATCGCA GTGGGAACGA TGCCCTCATT CAGCATTTGC
    ATGGTTTGTT GAAAACCGGA CATGGCACTC CAGTCGCCTT CCCGTTCCGC
    TATCGGCTGA ATTTGATTGC GAGTGAGATA TTTATGCCAG CCAGCCAGAC
    GCAGACGCGC CGAGACAGAA CTTAATGGGC CAGCTAACAG CGCGATTTGC
    TGGTGGCCCA ATGCGACCAG ATGCTCCACG CCCAGTCGCG TACCGTCCTC
    ATGGGAGAAA ATAATACTGT TGATGGGTGT CTGGTCAGAG ACATCAAGAA
    ATAACGCCGG AACATTAGTG CAGGCAGCTT CCACAGCAAT AGCATCCTGG
    TCATCCAGCG GATAGTTAAT AATCAGCCCA CTGACACGTT GCGCGAGAAG
    ATTGTGCACC GCCGCTTTAC AGGCTTCGAC GCCGCTTCGT TCTACCATCG
    ACACGACCAC GCTGGCACCC AGTTGATCGG CGCGAGATTT AATCGCCGCG
    ACAATTTGCG ACGGCGCGTG CAGGGCCAGA CTGGAGGTGG CAACGCCAAT
    CAGCAACGAC TGTTTGCCCG CCAGTTGTTG TGCCACGCGG TTAGGAATGT
    AATTCAGCTC CGCCATCGCC GCTTCCACTT TTTCCCGCGT TTTCGCAGAA
    ACGTGGCTGG CCTGGTTCAC CACGCGGGAA ACGGTCTGAT AAGAGACACC
    GGCATACTCT GCGACATCGT ATAACGTTAC TGGTTTCACA TTCACCACCC
    TGAATTGACT CTCTTCCGGG CGCTATCATG CCATACCGCG AAAGGTTTTG
    CGCCATTCGA TGCTAGCCAT GTGAGCAAAA GGCCAGCAAA AGGCCAGGAA
    CCGTAAAAAG GCCGCGTTGC TGGCGTTTTT CCATAGGCTC CGCCCCCCTG
    ACGAGCATCA CAAAAATCGA CGCTCAAGTC AGAGGTGGCG AAACCCGACA
    GGACTATAAA GATACCAGGC GTTTCCCCCT GGAAGCTCCC TCGTGCGCTC
    TCCTGTTCCG ACCCTGCCGC TTACCGGATA CCTGTCCGCC TTTCTCCCTT
    CGGGAAGCGT GGCGCTTTCT CATAGCTCAC GCTGTAGGTA TCTCAGTTCG
    GTGTAGGTCG TTCGCTCCAA GCTGGGCTGT GTGCACGAAC CCCCCGTTCA
    GCCCGACCGC TGCGCCTTAT CCGGTAACTA TCGTCTTGAG TCCAACCCGG
    TAAGACACGA CTTATCGCCA CTGGCAGCAG CCACTGGTAA CAGGATTAGC
    AGAGCGAGGT ATGTAGGCGG TGCTACAGAG TTCTTGAAGT GGTGGCCTAA
    CTACGGCTAC ACTAGAAGAA CAGTATTTGG TATCTGCGCT CTGCTGTAGC
    CAGTTACCTT CGGAAAAAGA GTTGGTAGCT CTTGATCCGG CAAACAAACC
    ACCGCTGGTA GCGGTGGTTT TTTTGTTTGC AAGCAGCAGA TTACGCGCAG
    AAAAAAAGGA TCTCAAGAAG ATCCTTTGAT CTTTTCTACG GGGTCTGACG
    CTCAGTGGAA CGAAAACTCA CGTTAAGGGA TTTTGGTCAG ATCTAGCACC
    AGGCGTTTAA GGGCACCAAT AACTGCCTTA AAAAAATTAC GCCCCGCCCT
    GCCACTCATC GCAGTACTGT TGTAATTCAT TAAGCATTCT GCCGACATGG
    AAGCCATCAC AAACGGCATG ATGAACCTGA ATCGCCAGCG GCATCAGCAC
    CTTGTCGCCT TGCGTATAAT ATTTGCCCAT AGTGAAAACG GGGGCGAAGA
    AGTTGTCCAT ATTGGCTACG TTTAAATCAA AACTGGTGAA ACTCACCCAG
    GGATTGGCTG AGACGAAAAA CATATTCTCA ATAAACCCTT TAGGGAAATA
    GGCCAGGTTT TCACCGTAAC ACGCCACATC TTGCGAATAT ATGTGTAGAA
    ACTGCCGGAA ATCGTCGTGG TATTCACTCC AGAGCGATGA AAACGTTTCA
    GTTTGCTCAT GGAAAACGGT GTAACAAGGG TGAACACTAT CCCATATCAC
    CAGCTCACCG TCTTTCATTG CCATACGGAA CTCCGGGTGA GCATTCATCA
    GGCGGGCAAG AATGTGAATA AAGGCCGGAT AAAACTTGTG CTTATTTTTC
    TTTACGGTCT TTAAAAAGGC CGTAATATCC AGCTGAACGG TCTGGTTATA
    GGTACATTGA GCAACTGACT GAAATGCCTC AAAATGTTCT TTACGATGCC
    ATTGGGATAT ATCAACGGTG GTATATCCAG TGATTTTTTT CTCCATTTTA
    GCTTCCTTAG CTCCTGAAAA TCTCGATAAC TCAAAAAATA CGCCCGGTAG
    TGATCTTATT TCATTATGGT GAAAGTTGGA ACCTCACCCG ACGTCTAATG
    TGAGTTAGCT CACTCATTAG GCACCCCAGG CTTTACACTT TATGCTTCCG
    GCTCGTATGT TGTGTGGAAT TGTGAGCGGA TAACAATTTC ACACAGGAAA
    CAGCTATGAC CATGATTACG AATTT
    SEQ ID NO: 40
    IgG4 Expression Vector pMORPH ®_h_Igγ4
    AATTGCATGA AGAATCTGCT TAGGGTTAGG CGTTTTGCGC TGCTTCGCGA
    TGTACGGGCC AGATATACGC GTTGACATTG ATTATTGACT AGTTATTAAT
    AGTAATCAAT TACGGGGTCA TTAGTTCATA GCCCATATAT GGAGTTCCGC
    GTTACATAAC TTACGGTAAA TGGCCCGCCT GGCTGACCGC CCAACGACCC
    CCGCCCATTG ACGTCAATAA TGACGTATGT TCCCATAGTA ACGCCAATAG
    GGACTTTCCA TTGACGTCAA TGGGTGGACT ATTTACGGTA AACTGCCCAC
    TTGGCAGTAC ATCAAGTGTA TCATATGCCA AGTACGCCCC CTATTGACGT
    CAATGACGGT AAATGGCCCG CCTGGCATTA TGCCCAGTAC ATGACCTTAT
    GGGACTTTCC TACTTGGCAG TACATCTACG TATTAGTCAT CGCTATTACC
    ATGGTGATGC GGTTTTGGCA GTACATCAAT GGGCGTGGAT AGCGGTTTGA
    CTCACGGGGA TTTCCAAGTC TCCACCCCAT TGACGTCAAT GGGAGTTTGT
    TTTGGCACCA AAATCAACGG GACTTTCCAA AATGTCGTAA CAACTCCGCC
    CCATTGACGC AAATGGGCGG TAGGCGTGTA CGGTGGGAGG TCTATATAAG
    CAGAGCTCTC TGGCTAACTA GAGAACCCAC TGCTTACTGG CTTATCGAAA
    TTAATACGAC TCACTATAGG GAGACCCAAG CTGGCTAGCG CCACCATGAA
    ACACCTGTGG TTCTTCCTCC TGCTGGTGGC AGCTCCCAGA TGGGTCCTGT
    CCCAGGTGGA ATTGCAACAG TCTGGTCCGG GCCTGGTGAA ACCGAGCCAA
    ACCCTGAGCC TGACCTGTGC GATTTCCGGA GATAGCGTGA GCGATAATTC
    TGCTGCTTGG TCTTGGATTC GCCAGTCTCC TGGGCGTGGC CTCGAGTGGC
    TGGGCCTTAT CTATCTTCGT AGCAAGTGGG ATAACGATTA TGCGGTGAGC
    GTGAAAAGCC GGATTACCAT CAACCCGGAT ACTTCGAAAA ACCAGTTTAG
    CCTGCAACTG AACAGCGTGA CCCCGGAAGA TACGGCCGTG TATTATTGCG
    CGCGTACTGG TCGTGCTGAT GAGTTTGATG TTTGGGGCCA AGGCACCCTG
    GTGACGGTTA GCTCAGCTTC CACCAAGGGA CCATCCGTCT TCCCCCTGGC
    GCCCTGCTCC AGGAGCACCT CCGAGAGCAC AGCCGCCCTG GGCTGCCTGG
    TCAAGGACTA CTTCCCCGAA CCGGTGACGG TGTCGTGGAA CTCAGGCGCC
    CTGACCAGCG GCGTGCACAC CTTCCCGGCT GTCCTACAGT CCTCAGGACT
    CTACTCCCTC AGCAGCGTGG TGACCGTGCC CTCCAGCAGC TTGGGCACGA
    AGACCTACAC CTGCAACGTA GATCACAAGC CCAGCAACAC CAAGGTGGAC
    AAGAGAGTTG AGTCCAAATA TGGTCCCCCA TGCCCATCAT GCCCAGCACC
    TGAGTTCCTG GGGGGACCAT CAGTCTTCCT GTTCCCCCCA AAACCCAAGG
    ACACTCTCAT GATCTCCCGG ACCCCTGAGG TCACGTGCGT GGTGGTGGAC
    GTGAGCCAGG AAGACCCCGA GGTCCAGTTC AACTGGTACG TGGATGGCGT
    GGAGGTGCAT AATGCCAAGA CAAAGCCGCG GGAGGAGCAG TTCAACAGCA
    CGTACCGTGT GGTCAGCGTC CTCACCGTCC TGCACCAGGA CTGGCTGAAC
    GGCAAGGAGT ACAAGTGCAA GGTCTCCAAC AAAGGCCTCC CGTCCTCCAT
    CGAGAAAACC ATCTCCAAAG CCAAAGGGCA GCCCCGAGAG CCACAGGTGT
    ACACCCTGCC CCCATCCCAG GAGGAGATGA CCAAGAACCA GGTCAGCCTG
    ACCTGCCTGG TCAAAGGCTT CTACCCCAGC GACATCGCCG TGGAGTGGGA
    GAGCAATGGG CAGCCGGAGA ACAACTACAA GACCACGCCT CCCGTGCTGG
    ACTCCGACGG CTCCTTCTTC CTCTACAGCA GGCTAACCGT GGACAAGAGC
    AGGTGGCAGG AGGGGAATGT CTTCTCATGC TCCGTGATGC ATGAGGCTCT
    GCACAACCAC TACACACAGA AGAGCCTCTC CCTGTCTCTG GGTAAATGAG
    GGCCCGTTTA AACCCGCTGA TCAGCCTCGA CTGTGCCTTC TAGTTGCCAG
    CCATCTGTTG TTTGCCCCTC CCCCGTGCCT TCCTTGACCC TGGAAGGTGC
    CACTCCCACT GTCCTTTCCT AATAAAATGA GGAAATTGCA TCGCATTGTC
    TGAGTAGGTG TCATTCTATT CTGGGGGGTG GGGTGGGGCA GGACAGCAAG
    GGGGAGGATT GGGAAGACAA TAGCAGGCAT GCTGGGGATG CGGTGGGCTC
    TATGGCTTCT GAGGCGGAAA GAACCAGCTG GGGCTCTAGG GGGTATCCCC
    ACGCGCCCTG TAGCGGCGCA TTAAGCGCGG CGGGTGTGGT GGTTACGCGC
    AGCGTGACCG CTACACTTGC CAGCGCCCTA GCGCCCGCTC CTTTCGCTTT
    CTTCCCTTCC TTTCTCGCCA CGTTCGCCGG CTTTCCCCGT CAAGCTCTAA
    ATCGGGGCAT CCCTTTAGGG TTCCGATTTA GTGCTTTACG GCACCTCGAC
    CCCAAAAAAC TTGATTAGGG TGATGGTTCA CGTAGTGGGC CATCGCCCTG
    ATAGACGGTT TTTCGCCCTT TGACGTTGGA GTCCACGTTC TTTAATAGTG
    GACTCTTGTT CCAAACTGGA ACAACACTCA ACCCTATCTC GGTCTATTCT
    TTTGATTTAT AAGGGATTTT GGGGATTTCG GCCTATTGGT TAAAAAATGA
    GCTGATTTAA CAAAAATTTA ACGCGAATTA ATTCTGTGGA ATGTGTGTCA
    GTTAGGGTGT GGAAAGTCCC CAGGCTCCCC AGGCAGGCAG AAGTATGCAA
    AGCATGCATC TCAATTAGTC AGCAACCAGG TGTGGAAAGT CCCCAGGCTC
    CCCAGCAGGC AGAAGTATGC AAAGCATGCA TCTCAATTAG TCAGCAACCA
    TAGTCCCGCC CCTAACTCCG CCCATCCCGC CCCTAACTCC GCCCAGTTCC
    GCCCATTCTC CGCCCCATGG CTGACTAATT TTTTTTATTT ATGCAGAGGC
    CGAGGCCGCC TCTGCCTCTG AGCTATTCCA GAAGTAGTGA GGAGGCTTTT
    TTGGAGGCCT AGGCTTTTGC AAAAAGCTCC CGGGAGCTTG TATATCCATT
    TTCGGATCTG ATCAAGAGAC AGGATGAGGA TCGTTTCGCA TGATTGAACA
    AGATGGATTG CACGCAGGTT CTCCGGCCGC TTGGGTGGAG AGGCTATTCG
    GCTATGACTG GGCACAACAG ACAATCGGCT GCTCTGATGC CGCCGTGTTC
    CGGCTGTCAG CGCAGGGGCG CCCGGTTCTT TTTGTCAAGA CCGACCTGTC
    CGGTGCCCTG AATGAACTGC AGGACGAGGC AGCGCGGCTA TCGTGGCTGG
    CCACGACGGG CGTTCCTTGC GCAGCTGTGC TCGACGTTGT CACTGAAGCG
    GGAAGGGACT GGCTGCTATT GGGCGAAGTG CCGGGGCAGG ATCTCCTGTC
    ATCTCACCTT GCTCCTGCCG AGAAAGTATC CATCATGGCT GATGCAATGC
    GGCGGCTGCA TACGCTTGAT CCGGCTACCT GCCCATTCGA CCACCAAGCG
    AAACATCGCA TCGAGCGAGC ACGTACTCGG ATGGAAGCCG GTCTTGTCGA
    TCAGGATGAT CTGGACGAAG AGCATCAGGG GCTCGCGCCA GCCGAACTGT
    TCGCCAGGCT CAAGGCGCGC ATGCCCGACG GCGAGGATCT CGTCGTGACC
    CATGGCGATG CCTGCTTGCC GAATATCATG GTGGAAAATG GCCGCTTTTC
    TGGATTCATC GACTGTGGCC GGCTGGGTGT GGCGGACCGC TATCAGGACA
    TAGCGTTGGC TACCCGTGAT ATTGCTGAAG AGCTTGGCGG CGAATGGGCT
    GACCGCTTCC TCGTGCTTTA CGGTATCGCC GCTCCCGATT CGCAGCGCAT
    CGCCTTCTAT CGCCTTCTTG ACGAGTTCTT CTGAGCGGGA CTCTGGGGTT
    CGAAATGACC GACCAAGCGA CGCCCAACCT GCCATCACGA GATTTCGATT
    CCACCGCCGC CTTCTATGAA AGGTTGGGCT TCGGAATCGT TTTCCGGGAC
    GCCGGCTGGA TGATCCTCCA GCGCGGGGAT CTCATGCTGG AGTTCTTCGC
    CCACCCCAAC TTGTTTATTG CAGCTTATAA TGGTTACAAA TAAAGCAATA
    GCATCACAAA TTTCACAAAT AAAGCATTTT TTTCACTGCA TTCTAGTTGT
    GGTTTGTCCA AACTCATCAA TGTATCTTAT CATGTCTGTA TACCGTCGAC
    CTCTAGCTAG AGCTTGGCGT AATCATGGTC ATAGCTGTTT CCTGTGTGAA
    ATTGTTATCC GCTCACAATT CCACACAACA TACGAGCCGG AAGCATAAAG
    TGTAAAGCCT GGGGTGCCTA ATGAGTGAGC TAACTCACAT TAATTGCGTT
    GCGCTCACTG CCCGCTTTCC AGTCGGGAAA CCTGTCGTGC CAGCTGCATT
    AATGAATCGG CCAACGCGCG GGGAGAGGCG GTTTGCGTAT TGGGCGCTCT
    TCCGCTTCCT CGCTCACTGA CTCGCTGCGC TCGGTCGTTC GGCTGCGGCG
    AGCGGTATCA GCTCACTCAA AGGCGGTAAT ACGGTTATCC ACAGAATCAG
    GGGATAACGC AGGAAAGAAC ATGTGAGCAA AAGGCCAGCA AAAGGCCAGG
    AACCGTAAAA AGGCCGCGTT GCTGGCGTTT TTCCATAGGC TCCGCCCCCC
    TGACGAGCAT CACAAAAATC GACGCTCAAG TCAGAGGTGG CGAAACCCGA
    CAGGACTATA AAGATACCAG GCGTTTCCCC CTGGAAGCTC CCTCGTGCGC
    TCTCCTGTTC CGACCCTGCC GCTTACCGGA TACCTGTCCG CCTTTCTCCC
    TTCGGGAAGC GTGGCGCTTT CTCAATGCTC ACGCTGTAGG TATCTCAGTT
    CGGTGTAGGT CGTTCGCTCC AAGCTGGGCT GTGTGCACGA ACCCCCCGTT
    CAGCCCGACC GCTGCGCCTT ATCCGGTAAC TATCGTCTTG AGTCCAACCC
    GGTAAGACAC GACTTATCGC CACTGGCAGC AGCCACTGGT AACAGGATTA
    GCAGAGCGAG GTATGTAGGC GGTGCTACAG AGTTCTTGAA GTGGTGGCCT
    AACTACGGCT ACACTAGAAG GACAGTATTT GGTATCTGCG CTCTGCTGAA
    GCCAGTTACC TTCGGAAAAA GAGTTGGTAG CTCTTGATCC GGCAAACAAA
    CCACCGCTGG TAGCGGTGGT TTTTTTGTTT GCAAGCAGCA GATTACGCGC
    AGAAAAAAAG GATCTCAAGA AGATCCTTTG ATCTTTTCTA CGGGGTCTGA
    CGCTCAGTGG AACGAAAACT CACGTTAAGG GATTTTGGTC ATGAGATTAT
    CAAAAAGGAT CTTCACCTAG ATCCTTTTAA ATTAAAAATG AAGTTTTAAA
    TCAATCTAAA GTATATATGA GTAAACTTGG TCTGACAGTT ACCAATGCTT
    AATCAGTGAG GCACCTATCT CAGCGATCTG TCTATTTCGT TCATCCATAG
    TTGCCTGACT CCCCGTCGTG TAGATAACTA CGATACGGGA GGGCTTACCA
    TCTGGCCCCA GTGCTGCAAT GATACCGCGA GACCCACGCT CACCGGCTCC
    AGATTTATCA GCAATAAACC AGCCAGCCGG AAGGGCCGAG CGCAGAAGTG
    GTCCTGCAAC TTTATCCGCC TCCATCCAGT CTATTAATTG TTGCCGGGAA
    GCTAGAGTAA GTAGTTCGCC AGTTAATAGT TTGCGCAACG TTGTTGCCAT
    TGCTACAGGC ATCGTGGTGT CACGCTCGTC GTTTGGTATG GCTTCATTCA
    GCTCCGGTTC CCAACGATCA AGGCGAGTTA CATGATCCCC CATGTTGTGC
    AAAAAAGCGG TTAGCTCCTT CGGTCCTCCG ATCGTTGTCA GAAGTAAGTT
    GGCCGCAGTG TTATCACTCA TGGTTATGGC AGCACTGCAT AATTCTCTTA
    CTGTCATGCC ATCCGTAAGA TGCTTTTCTG TGACTGGTGA GTACTCAACC
    AAGTCATTCT GAGAATAGTG TATGCGGCGA CCGAGTTGCT CTTGCCCGGC
    GTCAATACGG GATAATACCG CGCCACATAG CAGAACTTTA AAAGTGCTCA
    TCATTGGAAA ACGTTCTTCG GGGCGAAAAC TCTCAAGGAT CTTACCGCTG
    TTGAGATCCA GTTCGATGTA ACCCACTCGT GCACCCAACT GATCTTCAGC
    ATCTTTTACT TTCACCAGCG TTTCTGGGTG AGCAAAAACA GGAAGGCAAA
    ATGCCGCAAA AAAGGGAATA AGGGCGACAC GGAAATGTTG AATACTCATA
    CTCTTCCTTT TTCAATATTA TTGAAGCATT TATCAGGGTT ATTGTCTCAT
    GAGCGGATAC ATATTTGAAT GTATTTAGAA AAATAAACAA ATAGGGGTTC
    CGCGCACATT TCCCCGAAAA GTGCCACCTG ACGTCGACGG ATCGGGAGAT
    CTCCCGATCC CCTATGGTCG ACTCTCAGTA CAATCTGCTC TGATGCCGCA
    TAGTTAAGCC AGTATCTGCT CCCTGCTTGT GTGTTGGAGG TCGCTGAGTA
    GTGCGCGAGC AAAATTTAAG CTACAACAAG GCAAGGCTTG ACCGAC
    SEQ ID NO: 41
    IgG Lambda Chain Expression Vector pMORPH ®_h_Ig_lambda
    AATTGCATGA AGAATCTGCT TAGGGTTAGG CGTTTTGCGC TGCTTCGCGA
    TGTACGGGCC AGATATACGC GTTGACATTG ATTATTGACT AGTTATTAAT
    AGTAATCAAT TACGGGGTCA TTAGTTCATA GCCCATATAT GGAGTTCCGC
    GTTACATAAC TTACGGTAAA TGGCCCGCCT GGCTGACCGC CCAACGACCC
    CCGCCCATTG ACGTCAATAA TGACGTATGT TCCCATAGTA ACGCCAATAG
    GGACTTTCCA TTGACGTCAA TGGGTGGACT ATTTACGGTA AACTGCCCAC
    TTGGCAGTAC ATCAAGTGTA TCATATGCCA AGTACGCCCC CTATTGACGT
    CAATGACGGT AAATGGCCCG CCTGGCATTA TGCCCAGTAC ATGACCTTAT
    GGGACTTTCC TACTTGGCAG TACATCTACG TATTAGTCAT CGCTATTACC
    ATGGTGATGC GGTTTTGGCA GTACATCAAT GGGCGTGGAT AGCGGTTTGA
    CTCACGGGGA TTTCCAAGTC TCCACCCCAT TGACGTCAAT GGGAGTTTGT
    TTTGGCACCA AAATCAACGG GACTTTCCAA AATGTCGTAA CAACTCCGCC
    CCATTGACGC AAATGGGCGG TAGGCGTGTA CGGTGGGAGG TCTATATAAG
    CAGAGCTCTC TGGCTAACTA GAGAACCCAC TGCTTACTGG CTTATCGAAA
    TTAATACGAC TCACTATAGG GAGACCCAAG CTGGCTAGCG CCACCATGGC
    CTGGGCTCTG CTGCTCCTCA CCCTCCTCAC TCAGGGCACA GGATCCTGGG
    CTGATATCGT GCTGACCCAG CCGCCTTCAG TGAGTGGCGC ACCAGGTCAG
    CGTGTGACCA TCTCGTGTAG CGGCAGCAGC AGCAACATTG GTAATAATTA
    TGTGTCTTGG TACCAGCAGT TGCCCGGGAC GGCGCCGAAA CTTCTGATTT
    CTCGTAATTC TAAGCGTCCC TCAGGCGTGC CGGATCGTTT TAGCGGATCC
    AAAAGCGGCA CCAGCGCGAG CCTTGCGATT ACGGGCCTGC AAAGCGAAGA
    CGAAGCGGAT TATTATTGCT CTACTTATGA TACTTTTTCT ATTGTGTTTG
    GCGGCGGCAC GAAGTTAACC GTCCTAGGTC AGCCCAAGGC TGCCCCCTCG
    GTCACTCTGT TCCCGCCCTC CTCTGAGGAG CTTCAAGCCA ACAAGGCCAC
    ACTGGTGTGT CTCATAAGTG ACTTCTACCC GGGAGCCGTG ACAGTGGCCT
    GGAAGGGAGA TAGCAGCCCC GTCAAGGCGG GAGTGGAGAC CACCACACCC
    TCCAAACAAA GCAACAACAA GTACGCGGCC AGCAGCTATC TGAGCCTGAC
    GCCTGAGCAG TGGAAGTCCC ACAGAAGCTA CAGCTGCCAG GTCACGCATG
    AAGGGAGCAC CGTGGAGAAG ACAGTGGCCC CTACAGAATG TTCATAGGGG
    CCCGTTTAAA CCCGCTGATC AGCCTCGACT GTGCCTTCTA GTTGCCAGCC
    ATCTGTTGTT TGCCCCTCCC CCGTGCCTTC CTTGACCCTG GAAGGTGCCA
    CTCCCACTGT CCTTTCCTAA TAAAATGAGG AAATTGCATC GCATTGTCTG
    AGTAGGTGTC ATTCTATTCT GGGGGGTGGG GTGGGGCAGG ACAGCAAGGG
    GGAGGATTGG GAAGACAATA GCAGGCATGC TGGGGATGCG GTGGGCTCTA
    TGGCTTCTGA GGCGGAAAGA ACCAGCTGGG GCTCTAGGGG GTATCCCCAC
    GCGCCCTGTA GCGGCGCATT AAGCGCGGCG GGTGTGGTGG TTACGCGCAG
    CGTGACCGCT ACACTTGCCA GCGCCCTAGC GCCCGCTCCT TTCGCTTTCT
    TCCCTTCCTT TCTCGCCACG TTCGCCGGCT TTCCCCGTCA AGCTCTAAAT
    CGGGGCATCC CTTTAGGGTT CCGATTTAGT GCTTTACGGC ACCTCGACCC
    CAAAAAACTT GATTAGGGTG ATGGTTCACG TAGTGGGCCA TCGCCCTGAT
    AGACGGTTTT TCGCCCTTTG ACGTTGGAGT CCACGTTCTT TAATAGTGGA
    CTCTTGTTCC AAACTGGAAC AACACTCAAC CCTATCTCGG TCTATTCTTT
    TGATTTATAA GGGATTTTGG GGATTTCGGC CTATTGGTTA AAAAATGAGC
    TGATTTAACA AAAATTTAAC GCGAATTAAT TCTGTGGAAT GTGTGTCAGT
    TAGGGTGTGG AAAGTCCCCA GGCTCCCCAG GCAGGCAGAA GTATGCAAAG
    CATGCATCTC AATTAGTCAG CAACCAGGTG TGGAAAGTCC CCAGGCTCCC
    CAGCAGGCAG AAGTATGCAA AGCATGCATC TCAATTAGTC AGCAACCATA
    GTCCCGCCCC TAACTCCGCC CATCCCGCCC CTAACTCCGC CCAGTTCCGC
    CCATTCTCCG CCCCATGGCT GACTAATTTT TTTTATTTAT GCAGAGGCCG
    AGGCCGCCTC TGCCTCTGAG CTATTCCAGA AGTAGTGAGG AGGCTTTTTT
    GGAGGCCTAG GCTTTTGCAA AAAGCTCCCG GGAGCTTGTA TATCCATTTT
    CGGATCTGAT CAGCACGTGT TGACAATTAA TCATCGGCAT AGTATATCGG
    CATAGTATAA TACGACAAGG TGAGGAACTA AACCATGGCC AAGTTGACCA
    GTGCCGTTCC GGTGCTCACC GCGCGCGACG TCGCCGGAGC GGTCGAGTTC
    TGGACCGACC GGCTCGGGTT CTCCCGGGAC TTCGTGGAGG ACGACTTCGC
    CGGTGTGGTC CGGGACGACG TGACCCTGTT CATCAGCGCG GTCCAGGACC
    AGGTGGTGCC GGACAACACC CTGGCCTGGG TGTGGGTGCG CGGCCTGGAC
    GAGCTGTACG CCGAGTGGTC GGAGGTCGTG TCCACGAACT TCCGGGACGC
    CTCCGGGCCG GCCATGACCG AGATCGGCGA GCAGCCGTGG GGGCGGGAGT
    TCGCCCTGCG CGACCCGGCC GGCAACTGCG TGCACTTCGT GGCCGAGGAG
    CAGGACTGAC ACGTGCTACG AGATTTCGAT TCCACCGCCG CCTTCTATGA
    AAGGTTGGGC TTCGGAATCG TTTTCCGGGA CGCCGGCTGG ATGATCCTCC
    AGCGCGGGGA TCTCATGCTG GAGTTCTTCG CCCACCCCAA CTTGTTTATT
    GCAGCTTATA ATGGTTACAA ATAAAGCAAT AGCATCACAA ATTTCACAAA
    TAAAGCATTT TTTTCACTGC ATTCTAGTTG TGGTTTGTCC AAACTCATCA
    ATGTATCTTA TCATGTCTGT ATACCGTCGA CCTCTAGCTA GAGCTTGGCG
    TAATCATGGT CATAGCTGTT TCCTGTGTGA AATTGTTATC CGCTCACAAT
    TCCACACAAC ATACGAGCCG GAAGCATAAA GTGTAAAGCC TGGGGTGCCT
    AATGAGTGAG CTAACTCACA TTAATTGCGT TGCGCTCACT GCCCGCTTTC
    CAGTCGGGAA ACCTGTCGTG CCAGCTGCAT TAATGAATCG GCCAACGCGC
    GGGGAGAGGC GGTTTGCGTA TTGGGCGCTC TTCCGCTTCC TCGCTCACTG
    ACTCGCTGCG CTCGGTCGTT CGGCTGCGGC GAGCGGTATC AGCTCACTCA
    AAGGCGGTAA TACGGTTATC CACAGAATCA GGGGATAACG CAGGAAAGAA
    CATGTGAGCA AAAGGCCAGC AAAAGGCCAG GAACCGTAAA AAGGCCGCGT
    TGCTGGCGTT TTTCCATAGG CTCCGCCCCC CTGACGAGCA TCACAAAAAT
    CGACGCTCAA GTCAGAGGTG GCGAAACCCG ACAGGACTAT AAAGATACCA
    GGCGTTTCCC CCTGGAAGCT CCCTCGTGCG CTCTCCTGTT CCGACCCTGC
    CGCTTACCGG ATACCTGTCC GCCTTTCTCC CTTCGGGAAG CGTGGCGCTT
    TCTCAATGCT CACGCTGTAG GTATCTCAGT TCGGTGTAGG TCGTTCGCTC
    CAAGCTGGGC TGTGTGCACG AACCCCCCGT TCAGCCCGAC CGCTGCGCCT
    TATCCGGTAA CTATCGTCTT GAGTCCAACC CGGTAAGACA CGACTTATCG
    CCACTGGCAG CAGCCACTGG TAACAGGATT AGCAGAGCGA GGTATGTAGG
    CGGTGCTACA GAGTTCTTGA AGTGGTGGCC TAACTACGGC TACACTAGAA
    GGACAGTATT TGGTATCTGC GCTCTGCTGA AGCCAGTTAC CTTCGGAAAA
    AGAGTTGGTA GCTCTTGATC CGGCAAACAA ACCACCGCTG GTAGCGGTGG
    TTTTTTTGTT TGCAAGCAGC AGATTACGCG CAGAAAAAAA GGATCTCAAG
    AAGATCCTTT GATCTTTTCT ACGGGGTCTG ACGCTCAGTG GAACGAAAAC
    TCACGTTAAG GGATTTTGGT CATGAGATTA TCAAAAAGGA TCTTCACCTA
    GATCCTTTTA AATTAAAAAT GAAGTTTTAA ATCAATCTAA AGTATATATG
    AGTAAACTTG GTCTGACAGT TACCAATGCT TAATCAGTGA GGCACCTATC
    TCAGCGATCT GTCTATTTCG TTCATCCATA GTTGCCTGAC TCCCCGTCGT
    GTAGATAACT ACGATACGGG AGGGCTTACC ATCTGGCCCC AGTGCTGCAA
    TGATACCGCG AGACCCACGC TCACCGGCTC CAGATTTATC AGCAATAAAC
    CAGCCAGCCG GAAGGGCCGA GCGCAGAAGT GGTCCTGCAA CTTTATCCGC
    CTCCATCCAG TCTATTAATT GTTGCCGGGA AGCTAGAGTA AGTAGTTCGC
    CAGTTAATAG TTTGCGCAAC GTTGTTGCCA TTGCTACAGG CATCGTGGTG
    TCACGCTCGT CGTTTGGTAT GGCTTCATTC AGCTCCGGTT CCCAACGATC
    AAGGCGAGTT ACATGATCCC CCATGTTGTG CAAAAAAGCG GTTAGCTCCT
    TCGGTCCTCC GATCGTTGTC AGAAGTAAGT TGGCCGCAGT GTTATCACTC
    ATGGTTATGG CAGCACTGCA TAATTCTCTT ACTGTCATGC CATCCGTAAG
    ATGCTTTTCT GTGACTGGTG AGTACTCAAC CAAGTCATTC TGAGAATAGT
    GTATGCGGCG ACCGAGTTGC TCTTGCCCGG CGTCAATACG GGATAATACC
    GCGCCACATA GCAGAACTTT AAAAGTGCTC ATCATTGGAA AACGTTCTTC
    GGGGCGAAAA CTCTCAAGGA TCTTACCGCT GTTGAGATCC AGTTCGATGT
    AACCCACTCG TGCACCCAAC TGATCTTCAG CATCTTTTAC TTTCACCAGC
    GTTTCTGGGT GAGCAAAAAC AGGAAGGCAA AATGCCGCAA AAAAGGGAAT
    AAGGGCGACA CGGAAATGTT GAATACTCAT ACTCTTCCTT TTTCAATATT
    ATTGAAGCAT TTATCAGGGT TATTGTCTCA TGAGCGGATA CATATTTGAA
    TGTATTTAGA AAAATAAACA AATAGGGGTT CCGCGCACAT TTCCCCGAAA
    AGTGCCACCT GACGTCGACG GATCGGGAGA TCTCCCGATC CCCTATGGTC
    GACTCTCAGT ACAATCTGCT CTGATGCCGC ATAGTTAAGC CAGTATCTGC
    TCCCTGCTTG TGTGTTGGAG GTCGCTGAGT AGTGCGCGAG CAAAATTTAA
    GCTACAACAA GGCAAGGCTT GACCGAC
    SEQ ID NO: 42
    IgG Kappa Chain Expression Vector pMORPH ®_h_Ig_kappa
    AATTGCATGA AGAATCTGCT TAGGGTTAGG CGTTTTGCGC TGCTTCGCGA
    TGTACGGGCC AGATATACGC GTTGACATTG ATTATTGACT AGTTATTAAT
    AGTAATCAAT TACGGGGTCA TTAGTTCATA GCCCATATAT GGAGTTCCGC
    GTTACATAAC TTACGGTAAA TGGCCCGCCT GGCTGACCGC CCAACGACCC
    CCGCCCATTG ACGTCAATAA TGACGTATGT TCCCATAGTA ACGCCAATAG
    GGACTTTCCA TTGACGTCAA TGGGTGGAGT ATTTACGGTA AACTGCCCAC
    TTGGCAGTAC ATCAAGTGTA TCATATGCCA AGTACGCCCC CTATTGACGT
    CAATGACGGT AAATGGCCCG CCTGGCATTA TGCCCAGTAC ATGACCTTAT
    GGGACTTTCC TACTTGGCAG TACATCTACG TATTAGTCAT CGCTATTACC
    ATGGTGATGC GGTTTTGGCA GTACATCAAT GGGCGTGGAT AGCGGTTTGA
    CTCACGGGGA TTTCCAAGTC TCCACCCCAT TGACGTCAAT GGGAGTTTGT
    TTTGGCACCA AAATCAACGG GACTTTCCAA AATGTCGTAA CAACTCCGCC
    CCATTGACGC AAATGGGCGG TAGGCGTGTA CGGTGGGAGG TCTATATAAG
    CAGAGCTCTC TGGCTAACTA GAGAACCCAC TGCTTACTGG CTTATCGAAA
    TTAATACGAC TCACTATAGG GAGACCCAAG CTGGCTAGCG CCACCATGGT
    GTTGCAGACC CAGGTCTTCA TTTCTCTGTT GCTCTGGATC TCTGGTGCCT
    ACGGGGATAT CCAGATGACC CAGAGCCCGT CTAGCCTGAG CGCGAGCGTG
    GGTGATCGTG TGACCATTAC CTGCAGAGCG AGCCAGTCTA TTTCTAATTG
    GCTGAATTGG TACCAGCAGA AACCAGGTAA AGCACCGAAA CTATTAATTT
    ATAAGGCTTC TACTTTGCAA AGCGGGGTCC CGTCCCGTTT TAGCGGCTCT
    GGATCCGGCA CTGATTTTAC CCTGACCATT AGCAGCCTGC AACCTGAAGA
    CTTTGCGACT TATTATTGCC AGCAGTATGG TAATATTCCT ATTACCTTTG
    GCCAGGGTAC GAAAGTTGAA ATTAAACGTA CGGTGGCTGC ACCATCTGTC
    TTCATCTTCC CGCCATCTGA TGAGCAGTTG AAATCTGGAA CTGCCTCTGT
    TGTGTGCCTG CTGAATAACT TCTATCCCAG AGAGGCCAAA GTACAGTGGA
    AGGTGGATAA CGCCCTCCAA TCGGGTAACT CCCAGGAGAG TGTCACAGAG
    CAGGACAGCA AGGACAGCAC CTACAGCCTC AGCAGCACCC TGACGCTGAG
    CAAAGCAGAC TACGAGAAAC ACAAAGTCTA CGCCTGCGAA GTCACCCATC
    AGGGCCTGAG CTCGCCCGTC ACAAAGAGCT TCAACAGGGG AGAGTGTTAG
    GGGCCCGTTT AAACCCGCTG ATCAGCCTCG ACTGTGCCTT CTAGTTGCCA
    GCCATCTGTT GTTTGCCCCT CCCCCGTGCC TTCCTTGACC CTGGAAGGTG
    CCACTCCCAC TGTCCTTTCC TAATAAAATG AGGAAATTGC ATCGCATTGT
    CTGAGTAGGT GTCATTCTAT TCTGGGGGGT GGGGTGGGGC AGGACAGCAA
    GGGGGAGGAT TGGGAAGACA ATAGCAGGCA TGCTGGGGAT GCGGTGGGCT
    CTATGGCTTC TGAGGCGGAA AGAACCAGCT GGGGCTCTAG GGGGTATCCC
    CACGCGCCCT GTAGCGGCGC ATTAAGCGCG GCGGGTGTGG TGGTTACGCG
    CAGCGTGACC GCTACACTTG CCAGCGCCCT AGCGCCCGCT CCTTTCGCTT
    TCTTCCCTTC CTTTCTCGCC ACGTTCGCCG GCTTTCCCCG TCAAGCTCTA
    AATCGGGGGC TCCCTTTAGG GTTCCGATTT AGTGCTTTAC GGCACCTCGA
    CCCCAAAAAA CTTGATTAGG GTGATGGTTC ACGTAGTGGG CCATCGCCCT
    GATAGACGGT TTTTCGCCCT TTGACGTTGG AGTCCACGTT CTTTAATAGT
    GGACTCTTGT TCCAAACTGG AACAACACTC AACCCTATCT CGGTCTATTC
    TTTTGATTTA TAAGGGATTT TGCCGATTTC GGCCTATTGG TTAAAAAATG
    AGCTGATTTA ACAAAAATTT AACGCGAATT AATTCTGTGG AATGTGTGTC
    AGTTAGGGTG TGGAAAGTCC CCAGGCTCCC CAGCAGGCAG AAGTATGCAA
    AGCATGCATC TCAATTAGTC AGCAACCAGG TGTGGAAAGT CCCCAGGCTC
    CCCAGCAGGC AGAAGTATGC AAAGCATGCA TCTCAATTAG TCAGCAACCA
    TAGTCCCGCC CCTAACTCCG CCCATCCCGC CCCTAACTCC GCCCAGTTCC
    GCCCATTCTC CGCCCCATGG CTGACTAATT TTTTTTATTT ATGCAGAGGC
    CGAGGCCGCC TCTGCCTCTG AGCTATTCCA GAAGTAGTGA GGAGGCTTTT
    TTGGAGGCCT AGGCTTTTGC AAAAAGCTCC CGGGAGCTTG TATATCCATT
    TTCGGATCTG ATCAGCACGT GTTGACAATT AATCATCGGC ATAGTATATC
    GGCATAGTAT AATACGACAA GGTGAGGAAC TAAACCATGG CCAAGTTGAC
    CAGTGCCGTT CCGGTGCTCA CCGCGCGCGA CGTCGCCGGA GCGGTCGAGT
    TCTGGACCGA CCGGCTCGGG TTCTCCCGGG ACTTCGTGGA GGACGACTTC
    GCCGGTGTGG TCCGGGACGA CGTGACCCTG TTCATCAGCG CGGTCCAGGA
    CCAGGTGGTG CCGGACAACA CCCTGGCCTG GGTGTGGGTG CGCGGCCTGG
    ACGAGCTGTA CGCCGAGTGG TCGGAGGTCG TGTCCACGAA CTTCCGGGAC
    GCCTCCGGGC CGGCCATGAC CGAGATCGGC GAGCAGCCGT GGGGGCGGGA
    GTTCGCCCTG CGCGACCCGG CCGGCAACTG CGTGCACTTC GTGGCCGAGG
    AGCAGGACTG ACACGTGCTA CGAGATTTCG ATTCCACCGC CGCCTTCTAT
    GAAAGGTTGG GCTTCGGAAT CGTTTTCCGG GACGCCGGCT GGATGATCCT
    CCAGCGCGGG GATCTCATGC TGGAGTTCTT CGCCCACCCC AACTTGTTTA
    TTGCAGCTTA TAATGGTTAC AAATAAAGCA ATAGCATCAC AAATTTCACA
    AATAAAGCAT TTTTTTCACT GCATTCTAGT TGTGGTTTGT CCAAACTCAT
    CAATGTATCT TATCATGTCT GTATACCGTC GACCTCTAGC TAGAGCTTGG
    CGTAATCATG GTCATAGCTG TTTCCTGTGT GAAATTGTTA TCCGCTCACA
    ATTCCACACA ACATACGAGC CGGAAGCATA AAGTGTAAAG CCTGGGGTGC
    CTAATGAGTG AGCTAACTCA CATTAATTGC GTTGCGCTCA CTGCCCGCTT
    TCCAGTCGGG AAACCTGTCG TGCCAGCTGC ATTAATGAAT CGGCCAACGC
    GCGGGGAGAG GCGGTTTGCG TATTGGGCGC TCTTCCGCTT CCTCGCTCAC
    TGACTCGCTG CGCTCGGTCG TTCGGCTGCG GCGAGCGGTA TCAGCTCACT
    CAAAGGCGGT AATACGGTTA TCCACAGAAT CAGGGGATAA CGCAGGAAAG
    AACATGTGAG CAAAAGGCCA GCAAAAGGCC AGGAACCGTA AAAAGGCCGC
    GTTGCTGGCG TTTTTCCATA GGCTCCGCCC CCCTGACGAG CATCACAAAA
    ATCGACGCTC AAGTCAGAGG TGGCGAAACC CGACAGGACT ATAAAGATAC
    CAGGCGTTTC CCCCTGGAAG CTCCCTCGTG CGCTCTCCTG TTCCGACCCT
    GCCGCTTACC GGATACCTGT CCGCCTTTCT CCCTTCGGGA AGCGTGGCGC
    TTTCTCATAG CTCACGCTGT AGGTATCTCA GTTCGGTGTA GGTCGTTCGC
    TCCAAGCTGG GCTGTGTGCA CGAACCCCCC GTTCAGCCCG ACCGCTGCGC
    CTTATCCGGT AACTATCGTC TTGAGTCCAA CCCGGTAAGA CACGACTTAT
    CGCCACTGGC AGCAGCCACT GGTAACAGGA TTAGCAGAGC GAGGTATGTA
    GGCGGTGCTA CAGAGTTCTT GAAGTGGTGG CCTAACTACG GCTACACTAG
    AAGAACAGTA TTTGGTATCT GCGCTCTGCT GAAGCCAGTT ACCTTCGGAA
    AAAGAGTTGG TAGCTCTTGA TCCGGCAAAC AAACCACCGC TGGTAGCGGT
    GGTTTTTTTG TTTGCAAGCA GCAGATTACG CGCAGAAAAA AAGGATCTCA
    AGAAGATCCT TTGATCTTTT CTACGGGGTC TGACGCTCAG TGGAACGAAA
    ACTCACGTTA AGGGATTTTG GTCATGAGAT TATCAAAAAG GATCTTCACC
    TAGATCCTTT TAAATTAAAA ATGAAGTTTT AAATCAATCT AAAGTATATA
    TGAGTAAACT TGGTCTGACA GTTACCAATG CTTAATCAGT GAGGCACCTA
    TCTCAGCGAT CTGTCTATTT CGTTCATCCA TAGTTGCCTG ACTCCCCGTC
    GTGTAGATAA CTACGATACG GGAGGGCTTA CCATCTGGCC CCAGTGCTGC
    AATGATACCG CGAGACCCAC GCTCACCGGC TCCAGATTTA TCAGCAATAA
    ACCAGCCAGC CGGAAGGGCC GAGCGCAGAA GTGGTCCTGC AACTTTATCC
    GCCTCCATCC AGTCTATTAA TTGTTGCCGG GAAGCTAGAG TAAGTAGTTC
    GCCAGTTAAT AGTTTGCGCA ACGTTGTTGC CATTGCTACA GGCATCGTGG
    TGTCACGCTC GTCGTTTGGT ATGGCTTCAT TCAGCTCCGG TTCCCAACGA
    TCAAGGCGAG TTACATGATC CCCCATGTTG TGCAAAAAAG CGGTTAGCTC
    CTTCGGTCCT CCGATCGTTG TCAGAAGTAA GTTGGCCGCA GTGTTATCAC
    TCATGGTTAT GGCAGCACTG CATAATTCTC TTACTGTCAT GCCATCCGTA
    AGATGCTTTT CTGTGACTGG TGAGTACTCA ACCAAGTCAT TCTGAGAATA
    GTGTATGCGG CGACCGAGTT GCTCTTGCCC GGCGTCAATA CGGGATAATA
    CCGCGCCACA TAGCAGAACT TTAAAAGTGC TCATCATTGG AAAACGTTCT
    TCGGGGCGAA AACTCTCAAG GATCTTACCG CTGTTGAGAT CCAGTTCGAT
    GTAACCCACT CGTGCACCCA ACTGATCTTC AGCATCTTTT ACTTTCACCA
    GCGTTTCTGG GTGAGCAAAA ACAGGAAGGC AAAATGCCGC AAAAAAGGGA
    ATAAGGGCGA CACGGAAATG TTGAATACTC ATACTCTTCC TTTTTCAATA
    TTATTGAAGC ATTTATCAGG GTTATTGTCT CATGAGCGGA TACATATTTG
    AATGTATTTA GAAAAATAAA CAAATAGGGG TTCCGCGCAC ATTTCCCCGA
    AAAGTGCCAC CTGACGTCGA CGGATCGGGA GATCTCCCGA TCCCCTATGG
    TGCACTCTCA GTACAATCTG CTCTGATGCC GCATAGTTAA GCCAGTATCT
    GCTCCCTGCT TGTGTGTTGG AGGTCGCTGA GTAGTGCGCG AGCAAAATTT
    AAGCTACAAC AAGGCAAGGC TTGACCGAC
    SEQ ID NO: 43
    IgG4 Expression Vector pMORPH2 ®_h_Igγ4
    TAATACGACT CACTATAGGG AGACCCAAGC TGGCTAGCGC CACCATGAAA
    CACCTGTGGT TCTTCCTCCT GCTGGTGGCA GCTCCCAGAT GGGTCCTGTC
    CCAGGTGCAA TTGCAACAGT CTGGTCCGGG CCTGGTGAAA CCGAGCCAAA
    CCCTGAGCCT GACCTGTGCG ATTTCCGGAG ATAGCGTGAG CGATAATTCT
    GCTGCTTGGT CTTGGATTCG CCAGTCTCCT GGGCGTGGCC TCGAGTGGCT
    GGGCCTTATC TATCTTCGTA GCAAGTGGGA TAACGATTAT GCGGTGAGCG
    TGAAAAGCCG GATTACCATC AACCCGGATA CTTCGAAAAA CCAGTTTAGC
    CTGCAACTGA ACAGCGTGAC CCCGGAAGAT ACGGCCGTGT ATTATTGCGC
    GCGTACTGGT CGTGCTGATG AGTTTGATGT TTGGGGCCAA GGCACCCTGG
    TGACGGTTAG CTCAGCTTCC ACCAAGGGAC CATCCGTCTT CCCCCTGGCG
    CCCTGCTCCA GGAGCACCTC CGAGAGCACA GCCGCCCTGG GCTGCCTGGT
    CAAGGACTAC TTCCCCGAAC CGGTGACGGT GTCGTGGAAC TCAGGCGCCC
    TGACCAGCGG CGTGCACACC TTCCCGGCTG TCCTACAGTC CTCAGGACTC
    TACTCCCTCA GCAGCGTGGT GACCGTGCCC TCCAGCAGCT TGGGCACGAA
    GACCTACACC TGCAACGTAG ATCACAAGCC CAGCAACACC AAGGTGGACA
    AGAGAGTTGA GTCCAAATAT GGTCCCCCAT GCCCATCATG CCCAGCACCT
    GAGTTCCTGG GGGGACCATC AGTCTTCCTG TTCCCCCCAA AACCCAAGGA
    CACTCTCATG ATCTCCCGGA CCCCTGAGGT CACGTGCGTG GTGGTGGACG
    TGAGCCAGGA AGACCCCGAG GTCCAGTTCA ACTGGTACGT GGATGGCGTG
    GAGGTGCATA ATGCCAAGAC AAAGCCGCGG GAGGAGCAGT TCAACAGCAC
    GTACCGTGTG GTCAGCGTCC TCACCGTCCT GCACCAGGAC TGGCTGAACG
    GCAAGGAGTA CAAGTGCAAG GTCTCCAACA AAGGCCTCCC GTCCTCCATC
    GAGAAAACCA TCTCCAAAGC CAAAGGGCAG CCCCGAGAGC CACAGGTGTA
    CACCCTGCCC CCATCCCAGG AGGAGATGAC CAAGAACCAG GTCAGCCTGA
    CCTGCCTGGT CAAAGGCTTC TACCCCAGCG ACATCGCCGT GGAGTGGGAG
    AGCAATGGGC AGCCGGAGAA CAACTACAAG ACCACGCCTC CCGTGCTGGA
    CTCCGACGGC TCCTTCTTCC TCTACAGCAG GCTAACCGTG GACAAGAGCA
    GGTGGCAGGA GGGGAATGTC TTCTCATGCT CCGTGATGCA TGAGGCTCTG
    CACAACCACT ACACACAGAA GAGCCTCTCC CTGTCTCTGG GTAAATGAGG
    GCCCGTTTAA ACGGGTGGCA TCCCTGTGAC CCCTCCCCAG TGCCTCTCCT
    GGCCCTGGAA GTTGCCACTC CAGTGCCCAC CAGCCTTGTC CTAATAAAAT
    TAAGTTGCAT CATTTTGTCT GACTAGGTGT CCTTCTATAA TATTATGGGG
    TGGAGGGGGG TGGTATGGAG CAAGGGGCAA GTTGGGAAGA CAACCTGTAG
    GGCCTGCGGG GTCTATTGGG AACCAAGCTG GAGTGCAGTG GCACAATCTT
    GGCTCACTGC AATCTCCGCC TCCTGGGTTC AAGCGATTCT CCTGCCTCAG
    CCTCCCGAGT TGTTGGGATT CCAGGCATGC ATGACCAGGC TCACCTAATT
    TTTGTTTTTT TGGTAGAGAC GGGGTTTCAC CATATTGGCC AGGCTGGTCT
    CCAACTCCTA ATCTCAGGTG ATCTACCCAC CTTGGCCTCC CAAATTGCTG
    GGATTACAGG CGTGAACCAC TGCTCCCTTC CCTGTCCTTC TGATTTTAAA
    ATAACTATAC CAGCAGGAGG ACGTCCAGAC ACAGCATAGG CTACCTGGCC
    ATGCCCAACC GGTGGGACAT TTGAGTTGCT TGCTTGGCAC TGTCCTCTCA
    TGCGTTGGGT CCACTCAGTA GATGCCTGTT GAATTGGGTA CGCGGCATCG
    ATTCCACGCG CCCTGTAGCG GCGCATTAAG CGCGGCGGGT GTGGTGGTTA
    CGCGCAGCGT GACCGCTACA CTTGCCAGCG CCCTAGCGCC CGCTCCTTTC
    GCTTTCTTCC CTTCCTTTCT CGCCACGTTC GCCGGCTTTC CCCGTCAAGC
    TCTAAATCGG GGGCTCCCTT TAGGGTTCCG ATTTAGTGCT TTACGGCACC
    TCGACCCCAA AAAACTTGAT TAGGGTGATG GTTCACGTAG TGGGCCATCG
    CCCTGATAGA CGGTTTTTCG CCCTTTGACG TTGGAGTCCA CGTTCTTTAA
    TAGTGGACTC TTGTTCCAAA CTGGAACAAC ACTCAACCCT ATCTCGGTCT
    ATTCTTTTGA TTTATAAGGG ATTTTGCCGA TTTCGGCCTA TTGGTTAAAA
    AATGAGCTGA TTTAACAAAA ATTTAACGCG AATTAATTCT GTGGAATGTG
    TGTCAGTTAG GGTGTGGAAA GTCCCCAGGC TCCCCAGCAG GCAGAAGTAT
    GCAAAGCATG CATCTCAATT AGTCAGCAAC CAGGTGTGGA AAGTCCCCAG
    GCTCCCCAGC AGGCAGAAGT ATGCAAAGCA TGCATCTCAA TTAGTCAGCA
    ACCATAGTCC CGCCCCTAAC TCCGCCCATC CCGCCCCTAA CTCCGCCCAG
    TTCCGCCCAT TCTCCGCCCC ATGGCTGACT AATTTTTTTT ATTTATGCAG
    AGGCCGAGGC CGCCTCTGCC TCTGAGCTAT TCCAGAAGTA GTGAGGAGGC
    TTTTTTGGAG GCCTAGGCTT TTGCAAAAAG CTCCCGGGAG CTTGTATATC
    CATTTTCGGA TCTGATCAAG AGACAGGATG AGGATCGTTT CGCATGATTG
    AACAAGATGG ATTGCACGCA GGTTCTCCGG CCGCTTGGGT GGAGAGGCTA
    TTCGGCTATG ACTGGGCACA ACAGACAATC GGCTGCTCTG ATGCCGCCGT
    GTTCCGGCTG TCAGCGCAGG GGCGCCCGGT TCTTTTTGTC AAGACCGACC
    TGTCCGGTGC CCTGAATGAA CTGCAGGACG AGGCAGCGCG GCTATCGTGG
    CTGGCCACGA CGGGCGTTCC TTGCGCAGCT GTGCTCGACG TTGTCACTGA
    AGCGGGAAGG GACTGGCTGC TATTGGGCGA AGTGCCGGGG CAGGATCTCC
    TGTCATCTCA CCTTGCTCCT GCCGAGAAAG TATCCATCAT GGCTGATGCA
    ATGCGGCGGC TGCATACGCT TGATCCGGCT ACCTGCCCAT TCGACCACCA
    AGCGAAACAT CGCATCGAGC GAGCACGTAC TCGGATGGAA GCCGGTCTTG
    TCGATCAGGA TGATCTGGAC GAAGAGCATC AGGGGCTCGC GCCAGCCGAA
    CTGTTCGCCA GGCTCAAGGC GCGCATGCCC GACGGCGAGG ATCTCGTCGT
    GACCCATGGC GATGCCTGCT TGCCGAATAT CATGGTGGAA AATGGCCGCT
    TTTCTGGATT CATCGACTGT GGCCGGCTGG GTGTGGCGGA CCGCTATCAG
    GACATAGCGT TGGCTACCCG TGATATTGCT GAAGAGCTTG GCGGCGAATG
    GGCTGACCGC TTCCTCGTGC TTTACGGTAT CGCCGCTCCC GATTCGCAGC
    GCATCGCCTT CTATCGCCTT CTTGACGAGT TCTTCTGAGC GGGACTCTGG
    GGTTCGAAAT GACCGACCAA GCGACGCCCA ACCTGCCATC ACGAGATTTC
    GATTCCACCG CCGCCTTCTA TGAAAGGTTG GGCTTCGGAA TCGTTTTCCG
    GGACGCCGGC TGGATGATCC TCCAGCGCGG GGATCTCATG CTGGAGTTCT
    TCGCCCACCC CAACTTGTTT ATTGCAGCTT ATAATGGTTA CAAATAAAGC
    AATAGCATCA CAAATTTCAC AAATAAAGCA TTTTTTTCAC TGCATTCTAG
    TTGTGGTTTG TCCAAACTCA TCAATGTATC TTATCATGTC TGTATACCGT
    CGACCTCTAG CTAGAGCTTG GCGTAATCAT GGTCATAGCT GTTTCCTGTG
    TGAAATTGTT ATCCGCTCAC AATTCCACAC AACATACGAG CCGGAAGCAT
    AAAGTGTAAA GCCTGGGGTG CCTAATGAGT GAGCTAACTC ACATTAATTG
    CGTTGCGCTC ACTGCCCGCT TTCCAGTCGG GAAACCTGTC GTGCCAGCTG
    CATTAATGAA TCGGCCAACG CGCGGGGAGA GGCGGTTTGC GTATTGGGCG
    CTCTTCCGCT TCCTCGCTCA CTGACTCGCT GCGCTCGGTC GTTCGGCTGC
    GGCGAGCGGT ATCAGCTCAC TCAAAGGCGG TAATACGGTT ATCCACAGAA
    TCAGGGGATA ACGCAGGAAA GAACATGTGA GCAAAAGGCC AGCAAAAGGC
    CAGGAACCGT AAAAAGGCCG CGTTGCTGGC GTTTTTCCAT AGGCTCCGCC
    CCCCTGACGA GCATCACAAA AATCGACGCT CAAGTCAGAG GTGGCGAAAC
    CCGACAGGAC TATAAAGATA CCAGGCGTTT CCCCCTGGAA GCTCCCTCGT
    GCGCTCTCCT GTTCCGACCC TGCCGCTTAC CGGATACCTG TCCGCCTTTC
    TCCCTTCGGG AAGCGTGGCG CTTTCTCATA GCTCACGCTG TAGGTATCTC
    AGTTCGGTGT AGGTCGTTCG CTCCAAGCTG GGCTGTGTGC ACGAACCCCC
    CGTTCAGCCC GACCGCTGCG CCTTATCCGG TAACTATCGT CTTGAGTCCA
    ACCCGGTAAG ACACGACTTA TCGCCACTGG CAGCAGCCAC TGGTAACAGG
    ATTAGCAGAG CGAGGTATGT AGGCGGTGCT ACAGAGTTCT TGAAGTGGTG
    GCCTAACTAC GGCTACACTA GAAGAACAGT ATTTGGTATC TGCGCTCTGC
    TGAAGCCAGT TACCTTCGGA AAAAGAGTTG GTAGCTCTTG ATCCGGCAAA
    CAAACCACCG CTGGTAGCGG TGGTTTTTTT GTTTGCAAGC AGCAGATTAC
    GCGCAGAAAA AAAGGATCTC AAGAAGATCC TTTGATCTTT TCTACGGGGT
    CTGACGCTCA GTGGAACGAA AACTCACGTT AAGGGATTTT GGTCATGAGA
    TTATCAAAAA GGATCTTCAC CTAGATCCTT TTAAATTAAA AATGAAGTTT
    TAAATCAATC TAAAGTATAT ATGAGTAAAC TTGGTCTGAC AGTTACCAAT
    GCTTAATCAG TGAGGCACCT ATCTCAGCGA TCTGTCTATT TCGTTCATCC
    ATAGTTGCCT GACTCCCCGT CGTGTAGATA ACTACGATAC GGGAGGGCTT
    ACCATCTGGC CCCAGTGCTG CAATGATACC GCGAGACCCA CGCTCACCGG
    CTCCAGATTT ATCAGCAATA AACCAGCCAG CCGGAAGGGC CGAGCGCAGA
    AGTGGTCCTG CAACTTTATC CGCCTCCATC CAGTCTATTA ATTGTTGCCG
    GGAAGCTAGA GTAAGTAGTT CGCCAGTTAA TAGTTTGCGC AACGTTGTTG
    CCATTGCTAC AGGCATCGTG GTGTCACGCT CGTCGTTTGG TATGGCTTCA
    TTCAGCTCCG GTTCCCAACG ATCAAGGCGA GTTACATGAT CCCCCATGTT
    GTGCAAAAAA GCGGTTAGCT CCTTCGGTCC TCCGATCGTT GTCAGAAGTA
    AGTTGGCCGC AGTGTTATCA CTCATGGTTA TGGCAGCACT GCATAATTCT
    CTTACTGTCA TGCCATCCGT AAGATGCTTT TCTGTGACTG GTGAGTACTC
    AACCAAGTCA TTCTGAGAAT AGTGTATGCG GCGACCGAGT TGCTCTTGCC
    CGGCGTCAAT ACGGGATAAT ACCGCGCCAC ATAGCAGAAC TTTAAAAGTG
    CTCATCATTG GAAAACGTTC TTCGGGGCGA AAACTCTCAA GGATCTTACC
    GCTGTTGAGA TCCAGTTCGA TGTAACCCAC TCGTGCACCC AACTGATCTT
    CAGCATCTTT TACTTTCACC AGCGTTTCTG GGTGAGCAAA AACAGGAAGG
    CAAAATGCCG CAAAAAAGGG AATAAGGGCG ACACGGAAAT GTTGAATACT
    CATACTCTTC CTTTTTCAAT ATTATTGAAG CATTTATCAG GGTTATTGTC
    TCATGAGCGG ATACATATTT GAATGTATTT AGAAAAATAA ACAAATAGGG
    GTTCCGCGCA CATTTCCCCG AAAAGTGCCA CCTGACGTCG ACGGATCGGG
    AGATCTCCCG ATCCCCTATG GTGCACTCTC AGTACAATCT GCTCTGATGC
    CGCATAGTTA AGCCAGTATC TGCTCCCTGC TTGTGTGTTG GAGGTCGCTG
    AGTAGTGCGC GAGCAAAATT TAAGCTACAA CAAGGCAAGG CTTGACCGAC
    ATTTGCATGA AGAATCTGCT TAGGGTTAGG CGTTTTGCGC TGCTTCGCGA
    TGTACGGGCC AGATATACGC GTTGACATTG ATTATTGACT AGTTATTAAT
    AGTAATCAAT TACGGGGTCA TTAGTTCATA GCCCATATAT GGAGTTCCGC
    GTTACATAAC TTACGGTAAA TGGCCCGCCT GGCTGACCGC CCAACGACCC
    CCGCCCATTG ACGTCAATAA TGACGTATGT TCCCATAGTA ACGCCAATAG
    GGACTTTCCA TTGACGTCAA TGGGTGGAGT ATTTACGGTA AACTGCCCAC
    TTGGCAGTAC ATCAAGTGTA TCATATGCCA AGTACGCCCC CTATTGACGT
    CAATGACGGT AAATGGCCCG CCTGGCATTA TGCCCAGTAC ATGACCTTAT
    GGGACTTTCC TACTTGGCAG TACATCTACG TATTAGTCAT CGCTATTACC
    ATGGTGATGC GGTTTTGGCA GTACATCAAT GGGCGTGGAT AGCGGTTTGA
    CTCACGGGGA TTTCCAAGTC TCCACCCCAT TGACGTCAAT GGGAGTTTGT
    TTTGGCACCA AAATCAACGG GACTTTCCAA AATGTCGTAA CAACTCCGCC
    CCATTGACGC AAATGGGCGG TAGGCGTGTA CGGTGGGAGG TCTATATAAG
    CAGAGCTCTC TGGCTAACTA GAGAACCCAC TGCTTACTGG CTTATCGAAA
    T
    SEQ ID NO: 44
    IgG Lambda Chain Expression Vector pMORPH ®2_h_Ig_lambda2
    TAATACGACT CACTATAGGG AGACCCAAGC TGGCTAGCGC CACCATGGCC
    TGGGCTCTGC TGCTCCTCAC CCTCCTCACT CAGGGCACAG GATCCTGGGC
    TGATATCGTG CTGACCCAGC CGCCTTCAGT GAGTGGCGCA CCAGGTCAGC
    GTGTGACCAT CTCGTGTAGC GGCAGCAGCA GCAACATTGG TAATAATTAT
    GTGTCTTGGT ACCAGCAGTT GCCCGGGACG GCGCCGAAAC TTCTGATTTC
    TCGTAATTCT AAGCGTCCCT CAGGCGTGCC GGATCGTTTT AGCGGATCCA
    AAAGCGGCAC CAGCGCGAGC CTTGCGATTA CGGGCCTGCA AAGCGAAGAC
    GAAGCGGATT ATTATTGCTC TACTTATGAT ACTTTTTCTA TTGTGTTTGG
    CGGCGGCACG AAGTTAACCG TCCTAGGTCA GCCCAAGGCT GCCCCCTCGG
    TCACTCTGTT CCCGCCCTCC TCTGAGGAGC TTCAAGCCAA CAAGGCCACA
    CTGGTGTGTC TCATAAGTGA CTTCTACCCG GGAGCCGTGA CAGTGGCCTG
    GAAGGCAGAT AGCAGCCCCG TCAAGGCGGG AGTGGAGACC ACCACACCCT
    CCAAACAAAG CAACAACAAG TACGCGGCCA GCAGCTATCT GAGCCTGACG
    CCTGAGCAGT GGAAGTCCCA CAGAAGCTAC AGCTGCCAGG TCACGCATGA
    AGGGAGCACC GTGGAGAAGA CAGTGGCCCC TACAGAATGT TCATAGGGGC
    CCGTTTAAAC GGGTGGCATC CCTGTGACCC CTCCCCAGTG CCTCTCCTGG
    CCCTGGAAGT TGCCACTCCA GTGCCCACCA GCCTTGTCCT AATAAAATTA
    AGTTGCATCA TTTTGTCTGA CTAGGTGTCC TTCTATAATA TTATGGGGTG
    GAGGGGGGTG GTATGGAGCA AGGGGCAAGT TGGGAAGACA ACCTGTAGGG
    CCTGCGGGGT CTATTGGGAA CCAAGCTGGA GTGCAGTGGC ACAATCTTGG
    CTCACTGCAA TCTCCGCCTC CTGGGTTCAA GCGATTCTCC TGCCTCAGCC
    TCCCGAGTTG TTGGGATTCC AGGCATGCAT GACCAGGCTC ACCTAATTTT
    TGTTTTTTTG GTAGAGACGG GGTTTCACCA TATTGGCCAG GCTGGTCTCC
    AACTCCTAAT CTCAGGTGAT CTACCCACCT TGGCCTCCCA AATTGCTGGG
    ATTACAGGCG TGAACCACTG CTCCCTTCCC TGTCCTTCTG ATTTTAAAAT
    AACTATACCA GCAGGAGGAC GTCCAGACAC AGCATAGGCT ACCTGGCCAT
    GCCCAACCGG TGGGACATTT GAGTTGCTTG CTTGGCACTG TCCTCTCATG
    CGTTGGGTCC ACTCAGTAGA TGCCTGTTGA ATTGGGTACG CGGCATCGAT
    TCCACGCGCC CTGTAGCGGC GCATTAAGCG CGGCGGGTGT GGTGGTTACG
    CGCAGCGTGA CCGCTACACT TGCCAGCGCC CTAGCGCCCG CTCCTTTCGC
    TTTCTTCCCT TCCTTTCTCG CCACGTTCGC CGGCTTTCCC CGTCAAGCTC
    TAAATCGGGG GCTCCCTTTA GGGTTCCGAT TTAGTGCTTT ACGGCACCTC
    GACCCCAAAA AACTTGATTA GGGTGATGGT TCACGTAGTG GGCCATCGCC
    CTGATAGACG GTTTTTCGCC CTTTGACGTT GGAGTCCACG TTCTTTAATA
    GTGGACTCTT GTTCCAAACT GGAACAACAC TCAACCCTAT CTCGGTCTAT
    TCTTTTGATT TATAAGGGAT TTTGGGGATT TCGGCCTATT GGTTAAAAAA
    TGAGCTGATT TAACAAAAAT TTAACGCGAA TTAATTCTGT GGAATGTGTG
    TCAGTTAGGG TGTGGAAAGT CCCCAGGCTC CCCAGGCAGG CAGAAGTATG
    CAAAGCATGC ATCTCAATTA GTCAGCAACC AGGTGTGGAA AGTCCCCAGG
    CTCCCCAGCA GGCAGAAGTA TGCAAAGCAT GCATCTCAAT TAGTCAGCAA
    CCATAGTCCC GCCCCTAACT CCGCCCATCC CGCCCCTAAC TCCGCCCAGT
    TCCGCCCATT CTCCGCCCCA TGGCTGACTA ATTTTTTTTA TTTATGCAGA
    GGCCGAGGCC GCCTCTGCCT CTGAGCTATT CCAGAAGTAG TGAGGAGGCT
    TTTTTGGAGG CCTAGGCTTT TGCAAAAAGC TCCCGGGAGC TTGTATATCC
    ATTTTCGGAT CTGATCAGCA CGTGTTGACA ATTAATCATC GGCATAGTAT
    ATCGGCATAG TATAATACGA CAAGGTGAGG AACTAAACCA TGGCCAAGTT
    GACCAGTGCC GTTCCGGTGC TCACCGCGCG CGACGTCGCC GGAGCGGTCG
    AGTTCTGGAC CGACCGGCTC GGGTTCTCCC GGGACTTCGT GGAGGACGAC
    TTCGCCGGTG TGGTCCGGGA CGACGTGACC CTGTTCATCA GCGCGGTCCA
    GGACCAGGTG GTGCCGGACA ACACCCTGGC CTGGGTGTGG GTGCGCGGCC
    TGGACGAGCT GTACGCCGAG TGGTCGGAGG TCGTGTCCAC GAACTTCCGG
    GACGCCTCCG GGCCGGCCAT GACCGAGATC GGCGAGCAGC CGTGGGGGCG
    GGAGTTCGCC CTGCGCGACC CGGCCGGCAA CTGCGTGCAC TTCGTGGCCG
    AGGAGCAGGA CTGACACGTG CTACGAGATT TCGATTCCAC CGCCGCCTTC
    TATGAAAGGT TGGGCTTCGG AATCGTTTTC CGGGACGCCG GCTGGATGAT
    CCTCCAGCGC GGGGATCTCA TGCTGGAGTT CTTCGCCCAC CCCAACTTGT
    TTATTGCAGC TTATAATGGT TACAAATAAA GCAATAGCAT CACAAATTTC
    ACAAATAAAG CATTTTTTTC ACTGCATTCT AGTTGTGGTT TGTCCAAACT
    CATCAATGTA TCTTATCATG TCTGTATACC GTCGACCTCT AGCTAGAGCT
    TGGCGTAATC ATGGTCATAG CTGTTTCCTG TGTGAAATTG TTATCCGCTC
    ACAATTCCAC ACAACATACG AGCCGGAAGC ATAAAGTGTA AAGCCTGGGG
    TGCCTAATGA GTGAGCTAAC TCACATTAAT TGCGTTGCGC TCACTGCCCG
    CTTTCCAGTC GGGAAACCTG TCGTGCCAGC TGCATTAATG AATCGGCCAA
    CGCGCGGGGA GAGGCGGTTT GCGTATTGGG CGCTCTTCCG CTTCCTCGCT
    CACTGACTCG CTGCGCTCGG TCGTTCGGCT GCGGCGAGCG GTATCAGCTC
    ACTCAAAGGC GGTAATACGG TTATCCACAG AATCAGGGGA TAACGCAGGA
    AAGAACATGT GAGCAAAAGG CCAGCAAAAG GCCAGGAACC GTAAAAAGGC
    CGCGTTGCTG GCGTTTTTCC ATAGGCTCCG CCCCCCTGAC GAGCATCACA
    AAAATCGACG CTCAAGTCAG AGGTGGCGAA ACCCGACAGG ACTATAAAGA
    TACCAGGCGT TTCCCCCTGG AAGCTCCCTC GTGCGCTCTC CTGTTCCGAC
    CCTGCCGCTT ACCGGATACC TGTCCGCCTT TCTCCCTTCG GGAAGCGTGG
    CGCTTTCTCA ATGCTCACGC TGTAGGTATC TCAGTTCGGT GTAGGTCGTT
    CGCTCCAAGC TGGGCTGTGT GCACGAACCC CCCGTTCAGC CCGACCGCTG
    CGCCTTATCC GGTAACTATC GTCTTGAGTC CAACCCGGTA AGACACGACT
    TATCGCCACT GGCAGCAGCC ACTGGTAACA GGATTAGCAG AGCGAGGTAT
    GTAGGCGGTG CTACAGAGTT CTTGAAGTGG TGGCCTAACT ACGGCTACAC
    TAGAAGGACA GTATTTGGTA TCTGCGCTCT GCTGAAGCCA GTTACCTTCG
    GAAAAAGAGT TGGTAGCTCT TGATCCGGCA AACAAACCAC CGCTGGTAGC
    GGTGGTTTTT TTGTTTGCAA GCAGCAGATT ACGCGCAGAA AAAAAGGATC
    TCAAGAAGAT CCTTTGATCT TTTCTACGGG GTCTGACGCT CAGTGGAACG
    AAAACTCACG TTAAGGGATT TTGGTCATGA GATTATCAAA AAGGATCTTC
    ACCTAGATCC TTTTAAATTA AAAATGAAGT TTTAAATCAA TCTAAAGTAT
    ATATGAGTAA ACTTGGTCTG ACAGTTACCA ATGCTTAATC AGTGAGGCAC
    CTATCTCAGC GATCTGTCTA TTTCGTTCAT CCATAGTTGC CTGACTCCCC
    GTCGTGTAGA TAACTACGAT ACGGGAGGGC TTACCATCTG GCCCCAGTGC
    TGCAATGATA CCGCGAGACC CACGCTCACC GGCTCCAGAT TTATCAGCAA
    TAAACCAGCC AGCCGGAAGG GCCGAGCGCA GAAGTGGTCC TGCAACTTTA
    TCCGCCTCCA TCCAGTCTAT TAATTGTTGC CGGGAAGCTA GAGTAAGTAG
    TTCGCCAGTT AATAGTTTGC GCAACGTTGT TGCCATTGCT ACAGGCATCG
    TGGTGTCACG CTCGTCGTTT GGTATGGCTT CATTCAGCTC CGGTTCCCAA
    CGATCAAGGC GAGTTACATG ATCCCCCATG TTGTGCAAAA AAGCGGTTAG
    CTCCTTCGGT CCTCCGATCG TTGTCAGAAG TAAGTTGGCC GCAGTGTTAT
    CACTCATGGT TATGGCAGCA CTGCATAATT CTCTTACTGT CATGCCATCC
    GTAAGATGCT TTTCTGTGAC TGGTGAGTAC TCAACCAAGT CATTCTGAGA
    ATAGTGTATG CGGCGACCGA GTTGCTCTTG CCCGGCGTCA ATACGGGATA
    ATACCGCGCC ACATAGCAGA ACTTTAAAAG TGCTCATCAT TGGAAAACGT
    TCTTCGGGGC GAAAACTCTC AAGGATCTTA CCGCTGTTGA GATCCAGTTC
    GATGTAACCC ACTCGTGCAC CCAACTGATC TTCAGCATCT TTTACTTTCA
    CCAGCGTTTC TGGGTGAGCA AAAACAGGAA GGCAAAATGC CGCAAAAAAG
    GGAATAAGGG CGACACGGAA ATGTTGAATA CTCATACTCT TCCTTTTTCA
    ATATTATTGA AGCATTTATC AGGGTTATTG TCTCATGAGC GGATACATAT
    TTGAATGTAT TTAGAAAAAT AAACAAATAG GGGTTCCGCG CACATTTCCC
    CGAAAAGTGC CACCTGACGT CGACGGATCG GGAGATCTCC CGATCCCCTA
    TGGTCGACTC TCAGTACAAT CTGCTCTGAT GCCGCATAGT TAAGCCAGTA
    TCTGCTCCCT GCTTGTGTGT TGGAGGTCGC TGAGTAGTGC GCGAGCAAAA
    TTTAAGCTAC AACAAGGCAA GGCTTGACCG ACAATTGCAT GAAGAATCTG
    CTTAGGGTTA GGCGTTTTGC GCTGCTTCGC GATGTACGGG CCAGATATAC
    GCGTTGACAT TGATTATTGA CTAGTTATTA ATAGTAATCA ATTACGGGGT
    CATTAGTTCA TAGCCCATAT ATGGAGTTCC GCGTTACATA ACTTACGGTA
    AATGGCCCGC CTGGCTGACC GCCCAACGAC CCCCGCCCAT TGACGTCAAT
    AATGACGTAT GTTCCCATAG TAACGCCAAT AGGGACTTTC CATTGACGTC
    AATGGGTGGA CTATTTACGG TAAACTGCCC ACTTGGCAGT ACATCAAGTG
    TATCATATGC CAAGTACGCC CCCTATTGAC GTCAATGACG GTAAATGGCC
    CGCCTGGCAT TATGCCCAGT ACATGACCTT ATGGGACTTT CCTACTTGGC
    AGTACATCTA CGTATTAGTC ATCGCTATTA CCATGGTGAT GCGGTTTTGG
    CAGTACATCA ATGGGCGTGG ATAGCGGTTT GACTCACGGG GATTTCCAAG
    TCTCCACCCC ATTGACGTCA ATGGGAGTTT GTTTTGGCAC CAAAATCAAC
    GGGACTTTCC AAAATGTCGT AACAACTCCG CCCCATTGAC GCAAATGGGC
    GGTAGGCGTG TACGGTGGGA GGTCTATATA AGCAGAGCTC TCTGGCTAAC
    TAGAGAACCC ACTGCTTACT GGCTTATCGA AAT
    SEQ ID NO: 45
    IgG kappa Chain Expression Vector pMORPH ®2_h_Ig_kappa
    TAATACGACT CACTATAGGG AGACCCAAGC TGGCTAGCGC CACCATGGTG
    TTGCAGACCC AGGTCTTCAT TTCTCTGTTG CTCTGGATCT CTGGTGCCTA
    CGGGGATATC CAGATGACCC AGAGCCCGTC TAGCCTGAGC GCGAGCGTGG
    GTGATCGTGT GACCATTACC TGCAGAGCGA GCCAGTCTAT TTCTAATTGG
    CTGAATTGGT ACCAGCAGAA ACCAGGTAAA GCACCGAAAC TATTAATTTA
    TAAGGCTTCT ACTTTGCAAA GCGGGGTCCC GTCCCGTTTT AGCGGCTCTG
    GATCCGGCAC TGATTTTACC CTGACCATTA GCAGCCTGCA ACCTGAAGAC
    TTTGCGACTT ATTATTGCCA GCAGTATGGT AATATTCCTA TTACCTTTGG
    CCAGGGTACG AAAGTTGAAA TTAAACGTAC GGTGGCTGCA CCATCTGTCT
    TCATCTTCCC GCCATCTGAT GAGCAGTTGA AATCTGGAAC TGCCTCTGTT
    GTGTGCCTGC TGAATAACTT CTATCCCAGA GAGGCCAAAG TACAGTGGAA
    GGTGGATAAC GCCCTCCAAT CGGGTAACTC CCAGGAGAGT GTCACAGAGC
    AGGACAGCAA GGACAGCACC TACAGCCTCA GCAGCACCCT GACGCTGAGC
    AAAGCAGACT ACGAGAAACA CAAAGTCTAC GCCTGCGAAG TCACCCATCA
    GGGCCTGAGC TCGCCCGTCA CAAAGAGCTT CAACAGGGGA GAGTGTTAGG
    GGCCCGTTTA AACGGGTGGC ATCCCTGTGA CCCCTCCCCA GTGCCTCTCC
    TGGCCCTGGA AGTTGCCACT CCAGTGCCCA CCAGCCTTGT CCTAATAAAA
    TTAAGTTGCA TCATTTTGTC TGACTAGGTG TCCTTCTATA ATATTATGGG
    GTGGAGGGGG GTGGTATGGA GCAAGGGGCA AGTTGGGAAG ACAACCTGTA
    GGGCCTGCGG GGTCTATTGG GAACCAAGCT GGAGTGCAGT GGCACAATCT
    TGGCTCACTG CAATCTCCGC CTCCTGGGTT CAAGCGATTC TCCTGCCTCA
    GCCTCCCGAG TTGTTGGGAT TCCAGGCATG CATGACCAGG CTCACCTAAT
    TTTTGTTTTT TTGGTAGAGA CGGGGTTTCA CCATATTGGC CAGGCTGGTC
    TCCAACTCCT AATCTCAGGT GATCTACCCA CCTTGGCCTC CCAAATTGCT
    GGGATTACAG GCGTGAACCA CTGCTCCCTT CCCTGTCCTT CTGATTTTAA
    AATAACTATA CCAGCAGGAG GACGTCCAGA CACAGCATAG GCTACCTGGC
    CATGCCCAAC CGGTGGGACA TTTGAGTTGC TTGCTTGGCA CTGTCCTCTC
    ATGCGTTGGG TCCACTCAGT AGATGCCTGT TGAATTGGGT ACGCGGCATC
    GATTCCACGC GCCCTGTAGC GGCGCATTAA GCGCGGCGGG TGTGGTGGTT
    ACGCGCAGCG TGACCGCTAC ACTTGCCAGC GCCCTAGCGC CCGCTCCTTT
    CGCTTTCTTC CCTTCCTTTC TCGCCACGTT CGCCGGCTTT CCCCGTCAAG
    CTCTAAATCG GGGGCTCCCT TTAGGGTTCC GATTTAGTGC TTTACGGCAC
    CTCGACCCCA AAAAACTTGA TTAGGGTGAT GGTTCACGTA GTGGGCCATC
    GCCCTGATAG ACGGTTTTTC GCCCTTTGAC GTTGGAGTCC ACGTTCTTTA
    ATAGTGGACT CTTGTTCCAA ACTGGAACAA CACTCAACCC TATCTCGGTC
    TATTCTTTTG ATTTATAAGG GATTTTGGGG ATTTCGGCCT ATTGGTTAAA
    AAATGAGCTG ATTTAACAAA AATTTAACGC GAATTAATTC TGTGGAATGT
    GTGTCAGTTA GGGTGTGGAA AGTCCCCAGG CTCCCCAGGC AGGCAGAAGT
    ATGCAAAGCA TGCATCTCAA TTAGTCAGCA ACCAGGTGTG GAAAGTCCCC
    AGGCTCCCCA GCAGGCAGAA GTATGCAAAG CATGCATCTC AATTAGTCAG
    CAACCATAGT CCCGCCCCTA ACTCCGCCCA TCCCGCCCCT AACTCCGCCC
    AGTTCCGCCC ATTCTCCGCC CCATGGCTGA CTAATTTTTT TTATTTATGC
    AGAGGCCGAG GCCGCCTCTG CCTCTGAGCT ATTCCAGAAG TAGTGAGGAG
    GCTTTTTTGG AGGCCTAGGC TTTTGCAAAA AGCTCCCGGG AGCTTGTATA
    TCCATTTTCG GATCTGATCA GCACGTGTTG ACAATTAATC ATCGGCATAG
    TATATCGGCA TAGTATAATA CGACAAGGTG AGGAACTAAA CCATGGCCAA
    GTTGACCAGT GCCGTTCCGG TGCTCACCGC GCGCGACGTC GCCGGAGCGG
    TCGAGTTCTG GACCGACCGG CTCGGGTTCT CCCGGGACTT CGTGGAGGAC
    GACTTCGCCG GTGTGGTCCG GGACGACGTG ACCCTGTTCA TCAGCGCGGT
    CCAGGACCAG GTGGTGCCGG ACAACACCCT GGCCTGGGTG TGGGTGCGCG
    GCCTGGACGA GCTGTACGCC GAGTGGTCGG AGGTCGTGTC CACGAACTTC
    CGGGACGCCT CCGGGCCGGC CATGACCGAG ATCGGCGAGC AGCCGTGGGG
    GCGGGAGTTC GCCCTGCGCG ACCCGGCCGG CAACTGCGTG CACTTCGTGG
    CCGAGGAGCA GGACTGACAC GTGCTACGAG ATTTCGATTC CACCGCCGCC
    TTCTATGAAA GGTTGGGCTT CGGAATCGTT TTCCGGGACG CCGGCTGGAT
    GATCCTCCAG CGCGGGGATC TCATGCTGGA GTTCTTCGCC CACCCCAACT
    TGTTTATTGC AGCTTATAAT GGTTACAAAT AAAGCAATAG CATCACAAAT
    TTCACAAATA AAGCATTTTT TTCACTGCAT TCTAGTTGTG GTTTGTCCAA
    ACTCATCAAT GTATCTTATC ATGTCTGTAT ACCGTCGACC TCTAGCTAGA
    GCTTGGCGTA ATCATGGTCA TAGCTGTTTC CTGTGTGAAA TTGTTATCCG
    CTCACAATTC CACACAACAT ACGAGCCGGA AGCATAAAGT GTAAAGCCTG
    GGGTGCCTAA TGAGTGAGCT AACTCACATT AATTGCGTTG CGCTCACTGC
    CCGCTTTCCA GTCGGGAAAC CTGTCGTGCC AGCTGCATTA ATGAATCGGC
    CAACGCGCGG GGAGAGGCGG TTTGCGTATT GGGCGCTCTT CCGCTTCCTC
    GCTCACTGAC TCGCTGCGCT CGGTCGTTCG GCTGCGGCGA GCGGTATCAG
    CTCACTCAAA GGCGGTAATA CGGTTATCCA CAGAATCAGG GGATAACGCA
    GGAAAGAACA TGTGAGCAAA AGGCCAGCAA AAGGCCAGGA ACCGTAAAAA
    GGCCGCGTTG CTGGCGTTTT TCCATAGGCT CCGCCCCCCT GACGAGCATC
    ACAAAAATCG ACGCTCAAGT CAGAGGTGGC GAAACCCGAC AGGACTATAA
    AGATACCAGG CGTTTCCCCC TGGAAGCTCC CTCGTGCGCT CTCCTGTTCC
    GACCCTGCCG CTTACCGGAT ACCTGTCCGC CTTTCTCCCT TCGGGAAGCG
    TGGCGCTTTC TCAATGCTCA CGCTGTAGGT ATCTCAGTTC GGTGTAGGTC
    GTTCGCTCCA AGCTGGGCTG TGTGCACGAA CCCCCCGTTC AGCCCGACCG
    CTGCGCCTTA TCCGGTAACT ATCGTCTTGA GTCCAACCCG GTAAGACACG
    ACTTATCGCC ACTGGCAGCA GCCACTGGTA ACAGGATTAG CAGAGCGAGG
    TATGTAGGCG GTGCTACAGA GTTCTTGAAG TGGTGGCCTA ACTACGGCTA
    CACTAGAAGG ACAGTATTTG GTATCTGCGC TCTGCTGAAG CCAGTTACCT
    TCGGAAAAAG AGTTGGTAGC TCTTGATCCG GCAAACAAAC CACCGCTGGT
    AGCGGTGGTT TTTTTGTTTG CAAGCAGCAG ATTACGCGCA GAAAAAAAGG
    ATCTCAAGAA GATCCTTTGA TCTTTTCTAC GGGGTCTGAC GCTCAGTGGA
    ACGAAAACTC ACGTTAAGGG ATTTTGGTCA TGAGATTATC AAAAAGGATC
    TTCACCTAGA TCCTTTTAAA TTAAAAATGA AGTTTTAAAT CAATCTAAAG
    TATATATGAG TAAACTTGGT CTGACAGTTA CCAATGCTTA ATCAGTGAGG
    CACCTATCTC AGCGATCTGT CTATTTCGTT CATCCATAGT TGCCTGACTC
    CCCGTCGTGT AGATAACTAC GATACGGGAG GGCTTACCAT CTGGCCCCAG
    TGCTGCAATG ATACCGCGAG ACCCACGCTC ACCGGCTCCA GATTTATCAG
    CAATAAACCA GCCAGCCGGA AGGGCCGAGC GCAGAAGTGG TCCTGCAACT
    TTATCCGCCT CCATCCAGTC TATTAATTGT TGCCGGGAAG CTAGAGTAAG
    TAGTTCGCCA GTTAATAGTT TGCGCAACGT TGTTGCCATT GCTACAGGCA
    TCGTGGTGTC ACGCTCGTCG TTTGGTATGG CTTCATTCAG CTCCGGTTCC
    CAACGATCAA GGCGAGTTAC ATGATCCCCC ATGTTGTGCA AAAAAGCGGT
    TAGCTCCTTC GGTCCTCCGA TCGTTGTCAG AAGTAAGTTG GCCGCAGTGT
    TATCACTCAT GGTTATGGCA GCACTGCATA ATTCTCTTAC TGTCATGCCA
    TCCGTAAGAT GCTTTTCTGT GACTGGTGAG TACTCAACCA AGTCATTCTG
    AGAATAGTGT ATGCGGCGAC CGAGTTGCTC TTGCCCGGCG TCAATACGGG
    ATAATACCGC GCCACATAGC AGAACTTTAA AAGTGCTCAT CATTGGAAAA
    CGTTCTTCGG GGCGAAAACT CTCAAGGATC TTACCGCTGT TGAGATCCAG
    TTCGATGTAA CCCACTCGTG CACCCAACTG ATCTTCAGCA TCTTTTACTT
    TCACCAGCGT TTCTGGGTGA GCAAAAACAG GAAGGCAAAA TGCCGCAAAA
    AAGGGAATAA GGGCGACACG GAAATGTTGA ATACTCATAC TCTTCCTTTT
    TCAATATTAT TGAAGCATTT ATCAGGGTTA TTGTCTCATG AGCGGATACA
    TATTTGAATG TATTTAGAAA AATAAACAAA TAGGGGTTCC GCGCACATTT
    CCCCGAAAAG TGCCACCTGA CGTCGACGGA TCGGGAGATC TCCCGATCCC
    CTATGGTCGA CTCTCAGTAC AATCTGCTCT GATGCCGCAT AGTTAAGCCA
    GTATCTGCTC CCTGCTTGTG TGTTGGAGGT CGCTGAGTAG TGCGCGAGCA
    AAATTTAAGC TACAACAAGG CAAGGCTTGA CCGACAATTG CATGAAGAAT
    CTGCTTAGGG TTAGGCGTTT TGCGCTGCTT CGCGATGTAC GGGCCAGATA
    TACGCGTTGA CATTGATTAT TGACTAGTTA TTAATAGTAA TCAATTACGG
    GGTCATTAGT TCATAGCCCA TATATGGAGT TCCGCGTTAC ATAACTTACG
    GTAAATGGCC CGCCTGGCTG ACCGCCCAAC GACCCCCGCC CATTGACGTC
    AATAATGACG TATGTTCCCA TAGTAACGCC AATAGGGACT TTCCATTGAC
    GTCAATGGGT GGACTATTTA CGGTAAACTG CCCACTTGGC AGTACATCAA
    GTGTATCATA TGCCAAGTAC GCCCCCTATT GACGTCAATG ACGGTAAATG
    GCCCGCCTGG CATTATGCCC AGTACATGAC CTTATGGGAC TTTCCTACTT
    GGCAGTACAT CTACGTATTA GTCATCGCTA TTACCATGGT GATGCGGTTT
    TGGCAGTACA TCAATGGGCG TGGATAGCGG TTTGACTCAC GGGGATTTCC
    AAGTCTCCAC CCCATTGACG TCAATGGGAG TTTGTTTTGG CACCAAAATC
    AACGGGACTT TCCAAAATGT CGTAACAACT CCGCCCCATT GACGCAAATG
    GGCGGTAGGC GTGTACGGTG GGAGGTCTAT ATAAGCAGAG CTCTCTGGCT
    AACTAGAGAA CCCACTGCTT ACTGGCTTAT CGAAAT

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1. A binding molecule which is capable of binding to the protein according to SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 2, or SEQ ID NO: 3, with a dissociation constant <1000 nM.
2. A binding molecule according to claim 1 which binds to one or more of the sequences chosen form the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 46-51.
3. A binding molecule according to claim 1 which is capable of disinhibiting spinal cord myelin at a concentration of less than 20 nM.
4. A binding molecule according to claim 1, which is capable of increasing the mean neurite length per cell of rat cerebellar granule cells grown on a substrate of adult rat spinal cord myelin by at least 20%.
5. A binding molecule according to claim 1, which comprises one or more amino acid sequences chosen from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 12-17 or SEQ ID NO: 18-23.
6. A binding molecule according to claim 5, which comprises at least one antigen binding site chosen from the group consisting of;
a sequence which is at least 50% homologous to SEQ ID NO: 5 or SEQ ID NO: 7, and;
a sequence which is at least 50% homologous to SEQ ID NO: 4 or SEQ ID NO: 6, or a direct equivalent thereof.
7. A binding molecule according to claim 6, which comprises a first sequence which is at least 50% homologous to SEQ ID NO: 5 or SEQ ID NO: 7, and a second sequence which is at least 50% homologous to SEQ ID NO: 4 or SEQ ID NO: 6, or a direct equivalent thereof.
8. The binding molecule according to claim 5 which comprises at least
a) one immunoglobulin heavy chain or fragment thereof which comprises
(i) a variable domain comprising SEQ ID NO: 5 or SEQ ID NO: 7, and
(ii) the constant part or fragment thereof of a human heavy chain; and
b) one immunoglobulin light chain or fragment thereof which comprises
(i) a variable domain comprising SEQ ID NO: 4 or SEQ ID NO: 6, and
(ii) the constant part or fragment thereof of a human light chain; or
direct equivalents thereof.
9. A binding molecule according to claim 5, which is an antibody or a fragment thereof, or a direct equivalent thereof.
10. The binding molecule according to claim 9 in which the constant part or fragment thereof of the human heavy chain is of the γ4 type and the constant part or fragment thereof of the human light chain is of the κ type.
11. The binding molecule according to claim 9, which is a human or chimeric or humanized monoclonal antibody.
12. A polynucleotide encoding a binding molecule according to claim 9.
13. A polynucleotide chosen from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 8 and SEQ ID NO: 9; or from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 10 and SEQ ID NO: 11.
14. An expression vector comprising one or more polynucleotides according to claim 12.
15. An expression system comprising a polynucleotide according to claim 12, when said expression system or part thereof is present in a compatible host cell.
16. An isolated host cell which comprises an expression system according to claim 15.
17. (canceled)
18. (canceled)
19. (canceled)
20. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a binding molecule according to claim 1 together with at least one pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent.
21. A method of treatment of diseases associated with the promotion of axonal regeneration/plasticity comprising administering to a subject in need of such treatment an effective amount of a binding molecule according to claim 1.
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