US20200115444A1 - Methods for treating bone gap defects - Google Patents
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- the invention generally relates to methods of using sclerostin inhibitors to enhance bone gap defect healing.
- Mammalian bone tissue has a remarkable ability to regenerate and thereby repair injuries and other defects.
- bone growth is generally sufficient to bring about full recovery from most simple and hairline fractures.
- fractures generally does not occur throughout large voids or spaces. Therefore, fractures cannot heal unless the pieces are in close proximity. If a significant amount of bone tissue was lost as a result of the injury, the healing process may be incomplete, resulting in undesirable cosmetic and/or mechanical outcomes. This is often the case with non-union fractures or with bone injuries resulting from massive trauma.
- Tissue growth is also generally inadequate in voids and segmental gaps in bone caused, for example, by surgical removal of tumors or cysts.
- Spine fusion to relieve lower back pain where two or more vertebrae are induced to fuse is one example of desirable ectopic bone formation.
- the invention is directed to methods of using a sclerostin inhibitor to treat humans with bone gap defects.
- a method of treating a bone gap defect in a subject comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a sclerostin inhibitor (e.g., an anti-sclerostin antibody), optionally at a weekly dose from about 1 mg/kg to about 50 mg/kg per week, wherein the sclerostin inhibitor is administered over a treatment period lasting at least about 11 weeks.
- the sclerostin inhibitor is administered once a week for the duration of the treatment period.
- the sclerostin inhibitor is administered once every two weeks for the duration of the treatment period.
- the sclerostin inhibitor is administered twice per week.
- the treatment period can be at least about 11 weeks, 12 weeks, 3 months, 13 weeks, 14 weeks, 15 weeks, 16 weeks, 4 months, 17 weeks, 18 weeks, 19 weeks, 20 weeks, 5 months, 21 weeks, 22 weeks, 23 weeks, 24 weeks, 6 months, 25 weeks, 26 weeks, 27 weeks 28 weeks, 7 months, 29 weeks, 30 weeks, 31 weeks or longer (e.g., 8 months, 9 months, 10 months, 11 months, 1 year, 15 months, 18 months or longer).
- the treatment period is about 20-32 weeks, or about 5-8 months.
- the treatment period is no more than about 28 weeks.
- the treatment period is about 1 year. In some or any embodiments, the treatment period is no more than about 18 months.
- the bone gap defect for treatment by the methods described herein includes any fracture comprising a gap between two segments of bone (e.g., a gap of at least about 1 mm between two segments of bone).
- the gap is at least about 2 mm, at least about 3 mm, at least about 4 mm, at least about 5 mm, at least about 6 mm, at least about 7 mm, at least about 8 mm, at least about 9 mm, or at least about 1 cm or more.
- the gap is about 5 mm to 1 cm, or up to 1 cm.
- Exemplary bone gap defects include, but are not limited to, a comminuted fracture, a non-union fracture, a segmental skeletal defect, surgically created bone defects, surgically treated bone defects, and bone defects created from traumatic injury to the bone or disease (including, but not limited to, arthritis, tumor removal (resection) or infection removal).
- the bone gap defect is produced by removal of infected sections of bone or the removal of cancer from the bone due to bone cancers including, but not limited to, osteosarcoma, Ewing's sarcoma, chondrosarcoma, malignant fibrous histiocytoma, fibrosarcoma, and chordoma.
- the bone gap defect is a developmental deformity, e.g., due to a genetic defect.
- the bone gap defect is produced by removal of sections of bone containing a benign tumor.
- benign bone tumors include, but are not limited to, osteoma, osteoid osteoma, osteoblastoma, osteochondroma, enchondroma, chonrdomyxoid fibroma, aneurysmal bone cyst, unicameral bone cyst, fibrous dysplasia of bone and giant cell tumor of the bone.
- the subject to which the sclerostin inhibitor is administered is optionally suffering from a bone-related disorder selected from the group consisting of achondroplasia, cleidocranial dysostosis, enchondromatosis, fibrous dysplasia, Gaucher's Disease, hypophosphatemic rickets, Marfan's syndrome, multiple hereditary exotoses, neurofibromatosis, osteogenesis imperfecta, osteopetrosis, osteopoikilosis, sclerotic lesions, pseudoarthrosis, pyogenic osteomyelitis, periodontal disease, anti-epileptic drug induced bone loss, primary and secondary hyperparathyroidism, familial hyperparathyroidism syndromes, weightlessness induced bone loss, osteoporosis in men, postmenopausal bone loss, osteoarthritis, renal osteodystrophy, infiltrative disorders of bone, oral bone loss, osteonecrosis of the jaw
- a bone-related disorder selected from the group consisting
- the sclerostin inhibitor (e.g. anti-sclerostin antibody) is administered in combination with the use of materials that promote the regrowth of bone such as bone graft, bone dust, bone chips, demineralized bone matrix, bone scaffolds, prosthesis, metal stabilizers, or bone scaffold substances comprising one or more of polymers, ceramics, cement and calcium phosphates-based bone-graft substitutes. Many variations of such materials are known in the art.
- the sclerostin inhibitor e.g., anti-sclerostin antibody
- a second bone-enhancing therapeutic for the treatment of decreased bone mineral density or bone fracture.
- the bone-enhancing therapeutic is selected from the group consisting of an anti-resorptive drug, a bone-forming agent, an estrogen receptor antagonist (including, but not limited to, raloxifene, apeledoxifene and lasofoxifene) and a drug that has an inhibitory effect on osteoclasts.
- the anti-resorptive drug includes, but is not limited to, parathyroid hormone, a bisphosphonate (including, but not limited to, alendronate, risedronate, ibandronate and zoledronate), an estrogen or estrogen analogue, a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM) and a calcium source, Tibolone, calcitonin, a calcitriol and hormone replacement therapy.
- parathyroid hormone a bisphosphonate (including, but not limited to, alendronate, risedronate, ibandronate and zoledronate)
- an estrogen or estrogen analogue include, but not limited to, an estrogen or estrogen analogue, a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM) and a calcium source, Tibolone, calcitonin, a calcitriol and hormone replacement therapy.
- SERM selective estrogen receptor modulator
- the bone-enhancing agent includes, but is not limited to parathyroid hormone (PTH) or a peptide fragment thereof, PTH-related protein (PTHrp), bone morphogenetic protein, osteogenin, NaF, a PGE 2 agonist, a statin, an anti-DKK1 antibody or inhibitor, an anti-RANK ligand (RANKL) antibody or RANKL inhibitor, strontium ranelate, vitamin D, or a vitamin D derivative or mimic thereof.
- the bone-enhancing agent is Forteo® (Teriparatide, or recombinant human parathyroid hormone 1-34) or Preotact® (parathyroid hormone).
- the bone-enhancing agent is Protelos®.
- the sclerostin inhibitor is optionally a sclerostin binding agent (e.g., an anti-sclerostin antibody).
- a sclerostin binding agent e.g., an anti-sclerostin antibody.
- sclerostin binding agents disclosed in U.S. Patent Publication No. 20070110747, e.g., in any of the methods disclosed herein or for preparation of medicaments for administration according to any of the methods disclosed herein, is specifically contemplated.
- One or more doses of the sclerostin inhibitor are administered in an amount and for a time effective to enhance gap defect healing at the fracture site.
- One or more doses of sclerostin inhibitor can comprise between about 1 to about 50 milligrams (e.g., between about 10 and about 50 milligrams), or about 1 to about 100 milligrams, of sclerostin inhibitor per kilogram of body weight (mg/kg).
- the dose of sclerostin inhibitor may range from at least about 1 mg/kg, about 2 mg/kg, about 3 mg/kg, about 4 mg/kg, about 5 mg/kg, about 6 mg/kg, about 7 mg/kg, about 8 mg/kg, about 9 mg/kg, about 10 mg/kg, about 20 mg/kg, about 25 mg/kg, about 26 mg/kg, about 27 mg/kg, about 28 mg/kg, about 29 mg/kg, about 30 mg/kg, about 31 mg/kg, about 32 mg/kg, about 33 mg/kg, about 34 mg/kg, about 35 mg/kg, about 36 mg/kg, about 37 mg/kg, about 38 mg/kg, about 39 mg/kg, about 40 mg/kg, about 41 mg/kg, about 42 mg/kg, about 43 mg/kg, about 44 mg/kg, about 45 mg/kg, about 46 mg/kg, about 47 mg/kg, about 48 mg/kg, or about 49 mg/kg, or about 50 mg/kg, about 40 mg/kg, about 41 mg/kg, about 42 mg
- Ranges between any and all of these endpoints are also contemplated, e.g. about 1 to about 3 mg/kg, about 1 to about 5 mg/kg, about 1 to about 10 mg/kg, about 1 to about 20 mg/kg, about 1 to about 40 mg/kg, about 5 to about 30 mg/kg, or about 5 to about 20 mg/kg.
- the sclerostin inhibitor is administered shortly after the fracture (e.g., within 30 minutes, within 1 hour, within 2 hours, within 6 hours, within 12 hours or within 24 hours of the fracture).
- the inhibitor is administered within 1 day of the fracture, within 3 days of the fracture, within 5 days of the fracture, within 7 days of the fracture, within two weeks of the fracture, wherein the sclerostin binding agent is administered for a period of time that is at least 11 weeks post-fracture (e.g., 11 weeks, 12 weeks, 13 weeks, 14 weeks, 15 weeks, 16 weeks, 17 weeks, 18 weeks 19 weeks, 20 weeks, 21 weeks, 22 weeks, 23 weeks, 24 weeks, 25 weeks, 26 weeks, 27 weeks 28 weeks, 29 weeks, 30 weeks, 31 weeks or longer (e.g., 8 months, 9 months, 10 months, 11 months, 1 year, 18 months or longer)).
- 11 weeks post-fracture e.g., 11 weeks, 12 weeks, 13 weeks, 14 weeks, 15 weeks, 16 weeks, 17 weeks, 18 weeks 19 weeks, 20 weeks, 21 weeks, 22 weeks, 23 weeks, 24 weeks, 25 weeks, 26 weeks, 27 weeks 28 weeks, 29 weeks, 30 weeks, 31 weeks or longer (e.g., 8 months, 9 months, 10 months,
- an effective amount of an anti-sclerostin antibody for treating a bone gap defect in a subject for example, in any of the amounts described above, such as from about 1 mg/kg to about 100 mg/kg, wherein one or more administrations of the sclerostin binding agent is carried out over a treatment period lasting at least 11 weeks (e.g., any of the time periods described above, such as 12 weeks, 3 months, 13 weeks, 14 weeks, 15 weeks, 16 weeks, 4 months, 17 weeks, 18 weeks 19 weeks, 20 weeks, 5 months, 21 weeks, 22 weeks, 23 weeks, 24 weeks, 6 months, 25 weeks, 26 weeks, 27 weeks, 28 weeks, 7 months, 29 weeks, 30 weeks, 31 weeks or longer (e.g., 8 months, 9 months, 10 months, 11 months, 1 year, 15 months, 18 months or longer)).
- the sclerostin inhibitor (e.g., anti-sclerostin antibody) may be also used in the preparation of a medicament for administration to a subject with a bone gap defect using any of the dosing and/or timing regimens described herein.
- the invention also contemplates sclerostin inhibitor for use according to any of the dosing and/or timing regimens described herein.
- the sclerostin inhibitor is presented in a container, such as a single dose or multidose vial.
- the invention includes a container comprising anti-sclerostin antibody or fragment thereof and instructions for administering the antibody or fragment thereof for treating a bone gap defect according to any of the dosing and/or timing regimens described herein.
- the anti-sclerostin antibody for use in the methods described herein binds to sclerostin of SEQ ID NO: 1, with an affinity (Kd) of less than or equal to 1 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 7 M (or less than or equal to 1 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 8 M, or less than or equal to 1 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 9 M, or less than or equal to 1 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 10 M, or less than or equal to 1 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 11 M, or less than or equal to 1 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 12 M).
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- the anti-sclerostin antibody binds to a sclerostin polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 and binds the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6 (CGPARLLPNAIGRGKWWRPSGPDFRC; corresponding to amino acids 86-111 of SEQ ID NO: 1).
- the anti-sclerostin antibody binds to a sclerostin polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 and binds the sequence of at least one of SEQ ID NO: 2 (DVSEYSCRELHFTR; corresponding to amino acids 51-64 of SEQ ID NO: 1), SEQ ID NO: 3 (SAKPVTELVCSGQCGPAR; corresponding to amino acids 73-90 of SEQ ID NO: 1), SEQ ID NO: 4 (WWRPSGPDFRCIPDRYR; corresponding to amino acids 101-117 of SEQ ID NO: 1), SEQ ID NO: 5 (LVASCKCKRLTR; corresponding to amino acids 138-149 of SEQ ID NO: 1), SEQ ID NO: 70 (SAKPVTELVCSGQC; corresponding to amino acids 73-86 of SEQ ID NO: 1), SEQ ID NO: 71 (LVASCKC; corresponding to amino acids 138-144 of SEQ ID NO: 1), SEQ ID NO:
- the anti-sclerostin antibody binds a subregion of sclerostin of SEQ ID NO: 1 comprising SEQ ID NOs: 2-5 (and/or SEQ ID NOs: 70-73), optionally in its native three-dimensional conformation.
- the anti-sclerostin antibody binds a peptide consisting of one or more of SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 5, SEQ ID NO: 6, SEQ ID NO: 70, SEQ ID NO: 71, SEQ ID NO: 72, or SEQ ID NO: 73 (e.g., a peptide consisting of SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 4, and SEQ ID NO: 5 or a peptide consisting of SEQ ID NO: 70, SEQ ID NO: 71, SEQ ID NO: 72, and SEQ ID NO: 73).
- the anti-sclerostin antibody is capable of neutralizing human sclerostin in a MC3T3 cell-based mineralization assay when there is less than a 6-fold excess of moles of sclerostin binding sites per well as compared to the number of moles of sclerostin per well.
- the anti-sclerostin antibody optionally has an IC 50 of 100 nM or less, or 75 nM or less, or 50 nM or less, or 25 nM or less for neutralizing human sclerostin in a cell-based assay, such as a bone specific alkaline phosphatase assay.
- the anti-sclerostin antibody has an IC 50 of 100 nM or less (e.g., 75 nM or less, or 50 nM or less) for neutralizing human sclerostin in a cell-based Wnt signaling assay in HEK293 cell lines, such as the Wnt assay involving Wnt1-mediated induction of STF reporter gene.
- the anti-sclerostin antibody has an IC 50 of 500 nM or less (e.g., 250 nM or less, 150 nM or less, 100 nM or less, or 50 nM or less) for neutralizing human sclerostin in a BMP2-induced mineralization assay in MC3T3 cells.
- the anti-sclerostin antibody cross-blocks the binding of at least one of antibodies Ab-A, Ab-B, Ab-C, Ab-D, Ab-1, Ab-2, Ab-3, Ab-4, Ab-5, Ab-6, Ab-7, Ab-8, Ab-9, Ab-10, Ab-11, Ab-12, Ab-13, Ab-14, Ab-15, Ab-16, Ab-17, Ab-18, Ab-19, Ab-20, Ab-21, Ab-22, Ab-23, and Ab-24 to sclerostin and/or is cross-blocked from binding to sclerostin by at least one of antibodies Ab-A, Ab-B, Ab-C, Ab-D, Ab-1, Ab-2, Ab-3, Ab-4, Ab-5, Ab-6, Ab-7, Ab-8, Ab-9, Ab-10, Ab-11, Ab-12, Ab-13, Ab-14, Ab-15, Ab-16, Ab-17, Ab-18, Ab-19, Ab-20, Ab-21, Ab-22, Ab-23, and Ab-24.
- the anti-sclerostin antibody comprises a CDR-H1 of SEQ ID NO:245, a CDR-H2 of SEQ ID NO:246, a CDR-H3 of SEQ ID NO:247, a CDR-L1 of SEQ ID NO:78, a CDR-L2 of SEQ ID NO:79 and a CDR-L3 of SEQ ID NO:80.
- the anti-sclerostin antibody comprises heavy chains comprising SEQ ID NO: 378 and light chains comprising SEQ ID NO: 376. In another embodiment, anti-sclerostin antibody has heavy chains of SEQ ID NO: 145 or SEQ ID NO: 392 and light chains of SEQ ID NO: 141.
- the anti-sclerostin antibody comprises CDRs of SEQ ID NOs: 20-25 of International Patent Publication No. WO 2008/115732 (SEQ ID NOs: 416-421), CDRs of SEQ ID NOs: 26-31 of International Patent Publication No. WO 2008/115732 (SEQ ID NOs: 422-427), CDRs of SEQ ID NOs: 32-37 of International Patent Publication No. WO 2008/115732 (SEQ ID NOs: 428-433), or CDRs of SEQ ID NOs: 4, 15, 26, 37, 48, and 59 of International Patent Publication No. WO 2009/047356 (SEQ ID NOs: 443, 454, 465, 476, 487, and 498, respectively).
- the anti-sclerostin antibody comprises an amino acid sequence of at least one of SEQ ID NOs: 135-143, 153-161, or 171-179 of International Patent Publication No. WO 2010/130830 (SEQ ID NOs: 745-753, 763-771, 781-789, respectively).
- a method for treating a bone gap defect in a subject comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of an anti-sclerostin antibody, optionally at a weekly dose from about 1 mg/kg to about 50 mg/kg per week, wherein the sclerostin binding agent is administered over a treatment period lasting at least 20 weeks.
- the bone gap defect is selected from the group consisting of a comminuted fracture, a non-union fracture a segmental skeletal defect, surgically created bone defects, surgically treated bone defects, and bone defects created from traumatic injury to the bone or disease (including arthritis, developmental deformity, tumor removal (resection) or infection removal).
- the bone cancer is selected from the group consisting of osteo sarcoma, Ewing's sarcoma, chondrosarcoma, malignant fibrous histiocytoma, fibrosarcoma, and chordoma.
- the benign bone tumor is selected from the group consisting of osteoma, osteoid osteoma, osteoblastoma, osteochondroma, enchondroma, chonrdomyxoid fibroma, aneurysmal bone cyst, unicameral bone cyst, fibrous dysplasia of bone and giant cell tumor of the bone.
- the anti-sclerostin antibody is an immunoglobulin comprising a heavy chain and a light chain.
- the anti-sclerostin antibody is an antibody or fragment thereof that demonstrates a binding affinity for sclerostin of SEQ ID NO: 1 of less than or equal to 1 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 7 M.
- the anti-sclerostin antibody has an IC 50 of 100 nM or less, 50 nM or less, or 25 nM or less for neutralizing human sclerostin in a cell-based assay, such as a bone specific alkaline phosphatase assay.
- the anti-sclerostin antibody comprises a CDR-H1 of SEQ ID NO:245, a CDR-H2 of SEQ ID NO:246, a CDR-H3 of SEQ ID NO:247, a CDR-L1 of SEQ ID NO:78, a CDR-L2 of SEQ ID NO:79 and a CDR-L3 of SEQ ID NO:80.
- anti-sclerostin antibody comprises heavy chains comprising SEQ ID NO: 378 and light chains comprising SEQ ID NO 376.
- anti-sclerostin antibody has heavy chains of SEQ ID NO: 145 or SEQ ID NO: 392 and light chains of SEQ ID NO: 141.
- the anti-sclerostin antibody comprises CDRs of SEQ ID NOs: 20-25 of International Patent Publication No. WO 2008/115732 (SEQ ID NOs: 416-421), CDRs of SEQ ID NOs: 26-31 of International Patent Publication No. WO 2008/115732 (SEQ ID NOs: 422-427), or CDRs of SEQ ID NOs: 32-37 of International Patent Publication No. WO 2008/115732 (SEQ ID NOs: 428-433).
- the anti-sclerostin antibody comprises CDRs of SEQ ID NOs: 4, 15, 26, 37, 48, and 59 of International Patent Publication No. WO 2009/047356 (SEQ ID NOs: 443, 454, 465, 476, 487, and 498, respectively).
- the anti-sclerostin antibody comprises the amino acid sequence of at least one of SEQ ID NOs: 135-143, 153-161, or 171-179 of International Patent Publication No. WO 2010/130830 (SEQ ID NOs: 745-753, 763-771, 781-789, respectively).
- FIG. 1 is a chart listing amino acid sequences and sequence identifiers for amino acid sequences of various anti-sclerostin antibodies described herein.
- the sequence identifiers refer to amino acid sequences provided in the Sequence Listing submitted herewith.
- the amino acid sequences also are set forth in U.S. Patent Publication No. 2007/0110747 or International Patent Publication Nos. WO 2008/115732, WO2009/047356, or WO 2010/130830, hereby incorporated by reference.
- FIGS. 2A and 2B provide graphs which illustrate that administration of the anti-sclerostin antibody resulted in increased cortical area and cortical thickness in the femoral diaphysis of healthy cynomologus monkeys after 28 weeks of treatment compared to animals that did not receive the antibody treatment.
- FIGS. 3A and 3B provide graphs which illustrate that administration of the anti-sclerostin antibody resulted in increased periosteal and endocortical bone formation rate in the femoral diaphysis of healthy cynomologus monkeys after 28 weeks of treatment compared to animals that did not receive the antibody treatment.
- FIG. 4 provides a graph which illustrates that administration of the anti-sclerostin antibody did not substantially increase cortical porosity in the femoral diaphysis of healthy cynomologus monkeys after 28 weeks of treatment compared to animals that did not receive the antibody treatment.
- the invention is predicated, at least in part, on the discovery that sclerostin inhibitors enhance healing of bone gap defects.
- the invention provides a method of treating a segmental skeletal defect or a non-union fracture.
- the method comprises administering to a subject (e.g., a mammal, such as a human) one or more doses of a sclerostin inhibitor, such as sclerostin binding agent (e.g., an anti-sclerostin antibody), during a treatment period of, e.g., at least 11 weeks.
- a sclerostin inhibitor such as sclerostin binding agent (e.g., an anti-sclerostin antibody)
- the materials and methods of the invention are superior to existing therapies whose therapeutic efficacy is limited and require extended recovery time.
- bone gap defect and “segmental skeletal defect” are used synonymously herein and refer to a gap between two segments of bone (e.g., a gap of at least 1 mm).
- sclerostin inhibitor enhances or accelerates bone gap defect healing, thereby “treating” the bone gap defect.
- “Enhancing” bone healing means mediating a level of bone healing beyond (i.e., greater than) the level of bone healing experienced in subjects (e.g., mammals, such as humans) not administered the sclerostin inhibitor (i.e., control subjects). Bone healing is evidenced by, for example, bridging status, improved bone volume, improved bone mineral content and density within the fracture gap (i.e., formation of bridging bone), mature bone callus, improved bone strength (optionally accompanied by a medically-acceptable level of bone stiffness), or improved patient use of the affected area.
- improved is meant an increase or decrease (as desired) in the measured parameter.
- the increase can be a return, in whole or in part, of the measured parameter to baseline level (e.g., the level prior to the bone gap defect), to values provided in normative databases used in the art, or to the contralateral functional level (e.g., return, in whole or in part, to the functional capabilities of, for example, the contralateral limb).
- the increase can be an improvement beyond baseline level.
- the measured parameters in patients administered one or more doses of the sclerostin inhibitor can be compared to the same parameters in fracture patients (optionally age and gender matched) not administered the sclerostin inhibitor to further analyze the efficacy of the methods described herein.
- Formation of bridging bone, bone mineral content and bone density, and/or mature honey callus at the site of bone defect may be measured using radiography (e.g., radiographic absorptometry), single- and/or dual-energy X-ray absorptometry, quantitative computed tomography (QCT), ultrasonography, radiography (e.g., radiographic absorptometry), and magnetic resonance imaging.
- radiography e.g., radiographic absorptometry
- single- and/or dual-energy X-ray absorptometry e.g., single- and/or dual-energy X-ray absorptometry
- QCT quantitative computed tomography
- ultrasonography e.g., radiographic absorptometry
- magnetic resonance imaging e.g., magnetic resonance imaging
- the sclerostin inhibitor (e.g., sclerostin binding agent) may be administered at a dose and for a time period effective to increase bridging bone formation, formation of bony callus, or bone density (or volume) at the defect site by at least about 5% (about 6%, about 7%, about 8%, or about 9%). In some embodiments, bridging bone formation, formation of bony callus, or bone density at the defect site is increased by at least about 10% (e.g., at least about 10%, at least about 12%, at least about 15%, at least about 18%, at least about 20%, or at least about 22%).
- bridging bone formation, formation of bony callus, or bone density at the defect site is increased by the sclerostin inhibitor at least about 25% (e.g., at least about 26% or at least about 28%). In yet other embodiments, bridging bone formation, formation of bony callus, or bone density at the defect site is increased at least about 30% (e.g., at least about 32%, at least about 35%, at least about 38%, or at least about 40%) or at least about 50% (e.g., at least about 60%, at least about 70%, at least about 80%, at least about 90%, or about 100%).
- the increase or re-establishment of bridging bone formation can be determined at 1 week, 2 weeks, 3 weeks, or 4 weeks following the initial administration of sclerostin inhibitor.
- the bone density level can be determined after the treatment period ends (e.g., 1 week, 2 weeks, 3 weeks, or 4 weeks after the treatment period ends).
- the method reduces the amount of time required to establish a desired level of bone formation, bone volume, bony callus, or bone density (e.g., any percent increase in bone formation, bone mineral density, bony callus, or bone volume described herein) compared to age and gender-matched patients that do not receive the sclerostin inhibitor, thereby reducing recovery time for a subject.
- the sclerostin inhibitor reduces the amount of time required to increase bone density or volume at the defect site at least about 10% (e.g., at least about 20%, at least about 25%, at least about 30%, at least about 35%, at least about 40%, at least about 45%, or at least about 50%).
- Functional, quality of life parameters indicative of bone healing include, but are not limited to, recovery of strength and load-bearing capacity, decreased pain and use of pain medication, and improved occupational status.
- Administration of one or more doses of a sclerostin inhibitor, as described herein accelerates improvement of functional, quality of life parameters associated with fractures in a statistically significant manner in the patient population tested.
- the method reduces recovery time in the patient administered one or more doses of sclerostin inhibitor by at least 10% (e.g., at least 20%, at least 30%, at least 40%, at least 50%, or at least 65%) compared to recovery time in patients that do not receive the sclerostin inhibitor.
- “Recovery” can be estimated using any of a number of rehabilitation outcome measurements, such as the FIM instrument motor score for hip fractures (Munin et al., Arch. Phys. Med. Rehabil., 86:367-372 (2005)), the Olerud-Molander Ankle Score (OMAS) and SF-12 questionnaire for ankle fracture (Shah et al., Injury, 38(11):1308-1312 (2003)), and Knee Society Scoring for knee replacements (Insall et al., Clinical Orthopaedics, 248:13-14 (1989)).
- FIM instrument motor score for hip fractures Unin et al., Arch. Phys. Med. Rehabil., 86:367-372 (2005)
- OMAS Olerud-Molander Ankle Score
- SF-12 questionnaire for ankle fracture Shah et al., Injury, 38(11):1308-1312 (2003)
- Knee Society Scoring for knee replacements Insall et al.,
- one or more doses of a sclerostin inhibitor such as a sclerostin binding agent (e.g., an anti-sclerostin antibody) is administered to a human over the course of a treatment period comprising 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31 weeks, 8 months, 9 months, 10 months, 11 months, 1 year, 18 months or longer.
- a “treatment period” begins upon administration of a first dose of sclerostin inhibitor (e.g., anti-sclerostin antibody) and ends upon administration of a final dose of sclerostin inhibitor.
- a dose of sclerostin inhibitor may be administered multiple times per week, if desired.
- the treatment period comprises at least 11 weeks. In some embodiments, the treatment period lasts 28 weeks. In other embodiments, the treatment period lasts 1 year. Alternatively or in addition, the treatment period lasts no more than 18 months. Indeed, one or more administrations of a pharmaceutical composition comprising the sclerostin inhibitor may be carried out over a treatment or therapeutic period lasting no more than 18 months, less than 1 year, no more than 8 months, no more than 28 weeks, or no more than 20 weeks.
- the treatment period is about 28 weeks and, yields significant improvement in healing parameters, such as (but not limited to) bone formation, bone strength (e.g., maximum load-bearing capacity before experiencing pain), bone volume, no substantial increase in cortical porosity, bridging limb function, and/or recovery time, when compared to untreated fractures.
- the treatment period begins soon after a bone gap defect is detected, e.g., within 30 minutes, within 1 hour, within 2 hours, within 6 hours, within 12 hours or within 24 hours of the defect.
- the inhibitor is administered within 1 day of the bone defect, within 3 days of the bone defect, within 5 days of the bone defect, within 7 days of the bone defect, or within two weeks of the bone defect, wherein the sclerostin binding agent is administered for a period of time that is at least 11 weeks post-bone defect (e.g., 11 weeks, 12 weeks, 13 weeks, 14 weeks, 15 weeks, 16 weeks, 17 weeks, 18 weeks 19 weeks, 20 weeks, 21 weeks, 22 weeks, 23 weeks, 24 weeks, 25 weeks, 26 weeks, 27 weeks 28 weeks, 29 weeks, 30 weeks, 31 weeks or longer (e.g., 8 months, 9 months, 10 months, 11 months, 1 year, 18 months or longer)).
- 11 weeks post-bone defect e.g., 11 weeks, 12 weeks, 13 weeks, 14 weeks, 15 weeks, 16 weeks, 17 weeks, 18 weeks 19 weeks, 20 weeks, 21 weeks, 22 weeks, 23 weeks, 24 weeks, 25 weeks, 26 weeks, 27 weeks 28 weeks, 29 weeks, 30 weeks, 31 weeks or longer (e.g., 8 months,
- the sclerostin binding agent e.g., anti-sclerostin antibody
- the dose of sclerostin binding agent administered to a subject may range from about 1 mg/kg to about 100 mg/kg, or about 10 mg/kg to about 50 mg/kg of body weight.
- the dose of sclerostin inhibitor may range from about 1 mg/kg, about 5 mg/kg, about 10 mg/kg, about 20 mg/kg, about 25 mg/kg, about 26 mg/kg, about 27 mg/kg, about 28 mg/kg, about 29 mg/kg, about 30 mg/kg, about 31 mg/kg, about 32 mg/kg, about 33 mg/kg, about 34 mg/kg, about 35 mg/kg, about 36 mg/kg, about 37 mg/kg, about 38 mg/kg, about 39 mg/kg, about 40 mg/kg, about 41 mg/kg, about 42 mg/kg, about 43 mg/kg, about 44 mg/kg, about 45 mg/kg, about 46 mg/kg, about 47 mg/kg, about 48 mg/kg, about 49 mg/kg, or about 50 mg/kg, about 55 mg/kg, about 60 mg/kg, about 65 mg/kg, about 70 mg/kg, about 75 mg/kg, about 80 mg/kg, about 85 mg/kg, about
- a dose of sclerostin inhibitor can be administered once every two weeks, once a week, twice a week, three times a week, four times a week, or more, depending on the severity of the defect, the age and physical health of the patient, and the like.
- the subject with the gap defect is optionally suffering from a bone-related disorder selected from the group consisting of achondroplasia, cleidocranial dysostosis, enchondromatosis, fibrous dysplasia, Gaucher's Disease, hypophosphatemic rickets, Marfan's syndrome, multiple hereditary exotoses, neurofibromatosis, osteogenesis imperfecta, osteopetrosis, osteopoikilosis, sclerotic lesions, pseudoarthrosis, pyogenic osteomyelitis, periodontal disease, anti-epileptic drug induced bone loss, primary and secondary hyperparathyroidism, familial hyperparathyroidism syndromes, weightlessness induced bone loss, osteoporosis in men, postmenopausal bone loss, osteoarthritis, renal osteodystrophy, infiltrative disorders of bone, oral bone loss, osteonecrosis of the jaw, juvenile Paget's disease, melorheostosis, metabolic bone
- the subject is optionally suffering from (or has suffered from) a cancer.
- cancer refers to a proliferative disorder associated with uncontrolled cell proliferation, unrestrained cell growth, and decreased cell death/apoptosis.
- Cancer includes, but is not limited to, breast cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer, kidney cancer, thyroid cancer, melanoma, follicular lymphomas, carcinomas with p53 mutations, and hormone-dependent tumors, including, but not limited to, colon cancer, cardiac tumors, pancreatic cancer, retinoblastoma, glioblastoma, intestinal cancer, testicular cancer, stomach cancer, neuroblastoma, myxoma, myoma, lymphoma, endothelioma, osteoblastoma, osteoclastoma, osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, adenoma, Kaposi's sarcoma, ovarian cancer, leukemia (including acute leukemias (for example,
- metalastasis and “cancer metastasis” are used interchangeably herein to refer to the ability of a cancer cell to spread to other tissues.
- metalastasis to bone refers to the ability of certain types of cancer including, but not limited to, breast, prostate, lung, kidney, thyroid, and melanoma, to metastasize to bone.
- the subject optionally suffers from an osteolytic disorder.
- osteolytic disorder refers to any condition that is caused by an increase in the activity of osteoclasts, which are cells responsible for bone resorption.
- osteolysis and “osteolytic bone loss” are used interchangeably to refer to osteoclast-mediated bone resorption or bone loss associated with an osteolytic disorder.
- Osteolytic disorders occur in subjects with a predisposition to develop an osteolytic disorder, or they occur in subjects with a disease that leads to or contributes to an osteolytic disorder by stimulating osteoclast activity.
- the osteolytic disorder is osteolytic bone loss.
- the osteolytic disorder is cancer metastasis-induced osteolytic bone loss.
- the osteolytic bone disorder is a metabolic bone disease, including but not limited to, endocrinopathies (e.g., hypercortisolism, hypogonadism, primary or secondary hyperparathyroidism, and hyperthyroidism); dietary deficiency, including but not limited to, rickets, osteomalacia, scurvy, and malnutrition; osteoporosis; drug use, including glucocorticoids (glucocorticoid-induced osteoperosis), heparin, and alcohol; chronic disease, including malabsorption syndromes; chronic renal failure, including renal osteodystrophy; chronic liver disease, including hepatic osteodystrophy; inherited disease, including osteogenesis imperfecta and homocystinuria; and bone inflammation associated with arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, fibrous dysplasia, periodontal disease, and Paget's disease.
- endocrinopathies e.g., hypercort
- metalastasis-induced osteolytic bone loss and “cancer metastasis-induced osteolytic bone loss,” are used interchangeably herein to refer to osteolysis or osteolytic bone loss resulting from cancer cell metastasis to bone.
- cancer metastasis-induced osteoclast activation is used herein to refer to the ability of cancer cells that have metastasized to bone to induce the activation of osteoclasts.
- the sclerostin inhibitor is preferably administered to a subject in a physiologically-acceptable (e.g., pharmaceutical) composition, which can include carriers, excipients, or diluents.
- a physiologically-acceptable composition which can include carriers, excipients, or diluents.
- the sclerostin inhibitors e.g., anti-sclerostin antibody
- Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment are disclosed in U.S. Patent Publication No. 20050106683, which is incorporated by reference herein.
- “Physiologically-acceptable” refers to molecular entities and compositions that do not produce an allergic or similar untoward reaction when administered to a human.
- composition administered to a subject may contain more than one sclerostin inhibitor (e.g., two anti-sclerostin antibodies, or a sclerostin binding agent and a synthetic chemical sclerostin inhibitor) or a sclerostin inhibitor in combination with one or more therapeutics having different mechanisms of action.
- sclerostin inhibitor e.g., two anti-sclerostin antibodies, or a sclerostin binding agent and a synthetic chemical sclerostin inhibitor
- a sclerostin inhibitor in combination with one or more therapeutics having different mechanisms of action.
- Illustrative pharmaceutical forms suitable for injectable use include sterile aqueous solutions or dispersions and sterile powders for the extemporaneous preparation of sterile injectable solutions or dispersions (for example, see U.S. Pat. No. 5,466,468). In all cases the form must be sterile and must be fluid to the extent that easy syringability exists.
- the solution for parenteral administration in an aqueous solution, the solution should be suitably buffered if necessary and the liquid diluent first rendered isotonic with sufficient saline or glucose.
- aqueous solutions are especially suitable for intravenous, intramuscular, subcutaneous, and intraperitoneal administration.
- one dosage may be dissolved in 1 ml of isotonic NaCl solution and either added to 1000 ml of hypodermoclysis fluid or injected at the proposed site of infusion (see, for example, Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences, 15th ed., Mack Pub. Co., Easton, Pa., pp. 1035-1038 and 1570-1580).
- a pharmaceutical composition comprising a sclerostin binding agent may be placed within containers (e.g. vials), along with packaging material that provides instructions regarding the use of such pharmaceutical compositions.
- containers e.g. vials
- such instructions will include a tangible expression describing the reagent concentration, as well as within certain embodiments, relative amounts of excipient ingredients or diluents (e.g., water, saline or PBS) that may be necessary to reconstitute the pharmaceutical composition.
- the methods described herein comprise administering an amount of a “sclerostin inhibitor.”
- sclerostin inhibitor means any molecule that inhibits the biological activity of sclerostin on bone, as measured by changes to bone mineralization, bone density, effect on osteoblasts and/or osteoclasts, markers of bone formation, markers of bone resorption, markers of osteoblast activity, and/or markers of osteoclast activity. Such inhibitors may act by binding to sclerostin or its receptor or binding partner. Inhibitors in this category include “sclerostin binding agents,” such as, e.g., antibodies or peptide-based molecules.
- “Sclerostin inhibitors” also refers to small organic chemical compounds, optionally of less than about 1000 Daltons in molecular weight that bind sclerostin and inhibit its activity. Inhibitors may alternatively act by inhibiting expression of sclerostin. Inhibitors in this category include polynucleotides or oligonucleotides that bind to sclerostin DNA or mRNA and inhibit sclerostin expression, including an antisense oligonucleotide, inhibitory RNA, DNA enzyme, ribozyme, an aptamer or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof that inhibit the expression of sclerostin.
- a “sclerostin binding agent” specifically binds to sclerostin or portions thereof to block or impair binding of human sclerostin to one or more ligands.
- Sclerostin the product of the SOST gene, is absent in sclerosteosis, a skeletal disease characterized by bone overgrowth and strong dense bones (Brunkow et al., Am. J. Hum. Genet., 68:577-589 (2001); Balemans et al., Hum. Mol. Genet., 10:537-543 (2001)).
- the amino acid sequence of human sclerostin is reported by Brunkow et al. and is disclosed in U.S. Patent Publication No.
- the sclerostin binding agent of the invention preferably is an antibody.
- antibody refers to an intact antibody, or a binding fragment thereof.
- An antibody may comprise a complete antibody (immunoglobulin) molecule (including polyclonal, monoclonal, chimeric, humanized, and/or human versions having full length heavy and/or light chains), or comprise an antigen binding fragment thereof.
- Antibody fragments include F(ab′) 2 , Fab, Fab′, Fv, Fc, and Fd fragments, and can be incorporated into single domain antibodies (e.g., nanobodies), single-chain antibodies, maxibodies, minibodies, intrabodies, diabodies, triabodies, tetrabodies, v-NAR and bis-scFv (see, e.g., Hollinger and Hudson, Nature Biotechnology, 23(9):1126-1136 (2005)).
- Antibody polypeptides, including fibronectin polypeptide monobodies also are disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,703,199. Other antibody polypeptides are disclosed in U.S. Patent Publication No. 20050238646.
- antibody fragment may be any synthetic or genetically engineered protein.
- antibody fragments include isolated fragments consisting of the light chain variable region, “Fv” fragments consisting of the variable regions of the heavy and light chains, and recombinant single chain polypeptide molecules in which light and heavy variable regions are connected by a peptide linker (scFv proteins).
- CDRs complementarity determining regions
- Another form of an antibody fragment is a peptide comprising one or more complementarity determining regions (CDRs) of an antibody.
- CDRs also termed “minimal recognition units” or “hypervariable region” can be obtained by constructing polynucleotides that encode the CDR of interest.
- Such polynucleotides are prepared, for example, by using the polymerase chain reaction to synthesize the variable region using mRNA of antibody-producing cells as a template (see, for example, Larrick et al., Methods: A Companion to Methods in Enzymology, 2:106 (1991); Courtenay-Luck, “Genetic Manipulation of Monoclonal Antibodies,” in Monoclonal Antibodies Production, Engineering and Clinical Application , Ritter et al.
- Anti-sclerostin antibodies may bind to sclerostin of SEQ ID NO: 1, or a naturally occurring variant thereof, with an affinity (Kd) of less than or equal to 1 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 7 M, less than or equal to 1 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 8 M, less than or equal to 1 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 9 M, less than or equal to 1 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 10 M, less than or equal to 1 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 11 M, or less than or equal to 1 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 12 M.
- affinity is determined using a variety of techniques, an example of which is an affinity ELISA assay.
- affinity is determined by a BIAcore assay.
- affinity is determined by a kinetic method.
- affinity is determined by an equilibrium/solution method.
- U.S. Patent Publication No. 20070110747 contains additional description of affinity assays suitable for determining the affinity (Kd) of an antibody for sclerostin.
- Anti-sclerostin antibodies for use in the methods described herein preferably modulate sclerostin function in the cell-based assay described in U.S. Patent Publication No. 20070110747 and/or the in vivo assay described in U.S. Patent Publication No. 20070110747 and/or bind to one or more of the epitopes described in U.S. Patent Publication No. 20070110747 and/or cross-block the binding of one of the antibodies described in U.S. Patent Publication No. 20070110747 and/or are cross-blocked from binding sclerostin by one of the antibodies described in U.S. Patent Publication No. 20070110747 (incorporated by reference in its entirety and for its description of assays for characterizing an anti-sclerostin antibody).
- the anti-sclerostin antibody binds to a sclerostin polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 and binds the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6 (CGPARLLPNAIGRGKWWRPSGPDFRC; corresponding to amino acids 86-111 of SEQ ID NO: 1).
- the anti-sclerostin antibody binds to a sclerostin polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 and binds the sequence of at least one of SEQ ID NO: 2 (DVSEYSCRELHFTR; corresponding to amino acids 51-64 of SEQ ID NO: 1), SEQ ID NO: 3 (SAKPVTELVCSGQCGPAR; corresponding to amino acids 73-90 of SEQ ID NO: 1), SEQ ID NO: 4 (WWRPSGPDFRCIPDRYR; corresponding to amino acids 101-117 of SEQ ID NO: 1), SEQ ID NO: 5 (LVASCKCKRLTR; corresponding to amino acids 138-149 of SEQ ID NO: 1), SEQ ID NO: 70 (SAKPVTELVCSGQC; corresponding to amino acids 73-86 of SEQ ID NO: 1), SEQ ID NO: 71 (LVASCKC; corresponding to amino acids 138-144 of SEQ ID NO: 1), SEQ ID NO:
- the anti-sclerostin antibody binds a subregion of sclerostin of SEQ ID NO: 1 comprising SEQ ID NOs: 2-5 (and/or SEQ ID NOs: 70-73), optionally in its native three-dimensional conformation.
- the anti-sclerostin antibody binds a peptide consisting of one or more of SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 5, SEQ ID NO: 6, SEQ ID NO: 70, SEQ ID NO: 71, SEQ ID NO: 72, or SEQ ID NO: 73 (e.g., a peptide consisting of SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 4, and SEQ ID NO: 5 or a peptide consisting of SEQ ID NO: 70, SEQ ID NO: 71, SEQ ID NO: 72, and SEQ ID NO: 73).
- the anti-sclerostin antibody binds to a sclerostin polypeptide having the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:4 and SEQ ID NO:5, wherein SEQ ID NO:2 and 4 are joined by a disulfide bond at amino acid positions 57 and 111 with reference to SEQ ID NO:1, and SEQ ID NO:3 and 5 are joined by at least one of (a) a disulfide bond at amino acid positions 82 and 142 with reference to SEQ ID NO:1, and (b) a disulfide bond at amino acid positions 86 and 144 with reference to SEQ ID NO:1; the polypeptide may retain the tertiary structure of the corresponding polypeptide region of human sclerostin of SEQ ID NO:1.
- the sclerostin binding agent binds a polypeptide having the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NO: 70, SEQ ID NO: 71, SEQ ID NO: 72 and SEQ ID NO: 73, wherein SEQ ID NO: 72 and 73 are joined by a disulfide bond at amino acid positions 57 and 111 with reference to SEQ ID NO: 1, and SEQ ID NO: 70 and 71 are joined by at least one of (a) a disulfide bond at amino acid positions 82 and 142 with reference to SEQ ID NO: 1, and (b) a disulfide bond at amino acid positions 86 and 144 with reference to SEQ ID NO: 1.
- the anti-sclerostin antibody is capable of neutralizing human sclerostin in a MC3T3 cell-based mineralization assay when there is less than a 6-fold excess of moles of sclerostin binding sites per well as compared to the number of moles of sclerostin per well.
- Mineralization by osteoblast-lineage cells in culture, either primary cells or cell lines, is used as an in vitro model of bone formation.
- An exemplary cell-based mineralization assay is described in U.S. Patent Publication No. 20070110747 at, e.g., Example 8 (hereby incorporated by reference).
- MC3T3-E1 cells Sudo et al., J.
- subclones of the original cell line can form mineral in culture upon growth in the presence of differentiating agents.
- Such subclones include MC3T3-E1-BF (Smith et al., J. Biol. Chem., 275:19992-20001 (2000)).
- sclerostin can inhibit one or more of the sequence of events leading up to and including mineral deposition (i.e., sclerostin inhibits mineralization).
- Anti-sclerostin antibodies that are able to neutralize sclerostin's inhibitory activity allow for mineralization of the culture in the presence of sclerostin such that there is a statistically significant increase in, e.g., deposition of calcium phosphate (measured as calcium) as compared to the amount of calcium measured in the sclerostin-only (i.e., no antibody) treatment group.
- the amount of sclerostin used in the assay desirably is the minimum amount of sclerostin that causes at least a 70%, statistically significant, reduction in deposition of calcium phosphate (measured as calcium) in the sclerostin-only group, as compared to the amount of calcium measured in the no sclerostin group.
- An anti-sclerostin neutralizing antibody is defined as one that causes a statistically significant increase in deposition of calcium phosphate (measured as calcium) as compared to the amount of calcium measured in the sclerostin-only (i.e., no antibody) treatment group.
- the amount of anti-sclerostin antibody used in the assay needs to be such that there is an excess of moles of sclerostin binding sites per well as compared to the number of moles of sclerostin per well.
- the fold excess that may be required can be 24, 18, 12, 6, 3, or 1.5, and one of skill is familiar with the routine practice of testing more than one concentration of binding agent (antibody).
- a very potent anti-sclerostin neutralizing antibody will neutralize sclerostin when there is less than a 6-fold excess of moles of sclerostin binding sites per well as compared to the number of moles of sclerostin per well.
- a less potent anti-sclerostin neutralizing antibody will neutralize sclerostin only at a 12, 18 or 24 fold excess.
- the anti-sclerostin antibody optionally has an IC 50 of 100 nM or less, or 75 nM or less, or 50 nM or less, or 25 nM or less for neutralizing human sclerostin in a cell-based assay, such as a bone specific alkaline phosphatase assay, e.g., the bone specific alkaline phosphatase assay described in International Patent Publication No. WO 2008/115732 and U.S. Pat. No. 7,744,874 (incorporated herein by reference in its entirety for its description of cell-based assays and anti-sclerostin antibodies).
- a bone specific alkaline phosphatase assay e.g., the bone specific alkaline phosphatase assay described in International Patent Publication No. WO 2008/115732 and U.S. Pat. No. 7,744,874 (incorporated herein by reference in its entirety for its description of cell-based assays and anti-sclerostin antibodies).
- the bone specific alkaline phosphatase assay is predicated on the ability of sclerostin to decrease BMP-4 and Wnt3a-stimulated alkaline phosphatase levels in the multipotential murine cell line, C2C12.
- a neutralizing anti-sclerostin antibody mediates a dose-dependent increase of alkaline phosphatase activity in this assay.
- Exemplary protocols of the cell-based assays are provided in Example 1.
- the anti-sclerostin antibody has an IC 50 of 100 nM or less (e.g., 75 nM or less, or 50 nM or less) for neutralizing human sclerostin in a cell-based Wnt signaling assay in HEK293 cell lines, such as the Wnt assay involving Wnt1-mediated induction of STF reporter gene described in e.g., International Patent Publication No. WO 2009/047356 (incorporated by reference for its discussion of anti-sclerostin antibodies and cell-based assays).
- the anti-sclerostin antibody has an IC 50 of 500 nM or less (e.g., 250 nM or less, 150 nM or less, 100 nM or less, or 50 nM or less) for neutralizing human sclerostin in a BMP2-induced mineralization assay in MC3T3 cells, such as the mineralization assay described in e.g., International Patent Publication No. WO 2009/047356.
- An exemplary protocol is provided in Example 1.
- anti-sclerostin antibodies suitable for use in the context of the invention are described in U.S. Patent Publication Nos. 20070110747 and 20070072797, which are hereby incorporated by reference.
- the anti-sclerostin antibody cross-blocks the binding of at least one of antibodies Ab-A, Ab-B, Ab-C, Ab-D, Ab-1, Ab-2, Ab-3, Ab-4, Ab-5, Ab-6, Ab-7, Ab-8, Ab-9, Ab-10, Ab-11, Ab-12, Ab-13, Ab-14, Ab-15, Ab-16, Ab-17, Ab-18, Ab-19, Ab-20, Ab-21, Ab-22, Ab-23, and Ab-24 (all of which are described in U.S. Patent Publication No.
- the anti-sclerostin antibody is cross-blocked from binding to sclerostin by at least one of antibodies Ab-A, Ab-B, Ab-C, Ab-D, Ab-1, Ab-2, Ab-3, Ab-4, Ab-5, Ab-6, Ab-7, Ab-8, Ab-9, Ab-10, Ab-11, Ab-12, Ab-13, Ab-14, Ab-15, Ab-16, Ab-17, Ab-18, Ab-19, Ab-20, Ab-21, Ab-22, Ab-23, and Ab-24 (all of which are described in U.S. Patent Publication No. 20070110747).
- cross-block means the ability of an antibody to interfere with the binding of other antibodies to sclerostin.
- the extent to which an antibody is able to interfere with the binding of another to sclerostin, and therefore whether it can be said to cross-block, can be determined using competition binding assays.
- a cross-blocking antibody or fragment thereof reduces sclerostin binding of a reference antibody between about 40% and about 100%, such as about 60% and about 100%, specifically between 70% and 100%, and more specifically between 80% and 100%.
- a particularly suitable quantitative assay for detecting cross-blocking uses a Biacore machine which measures the extent of interactions using surface plasmon resonance technology.
- Another suitable quantitative cross-blocking assay uses an ELISA-based approach to measure competition between antibodies in terms of their binding to sclerostin.
- suitable anti-sclerostin antibodies and fragments thereof include antibodies and antibody fragments having one or more of CDR-H1, CDR-H2, CDR-H3, CDR-L1, CDR-L2 and CDR-L3 specifically disclosed in U.S. Patent Publication No. 20070110747. At least one of the regions of CDR-H1, CDR-H2, CDR-H3, CDR-L1, CDR-L2, and CDR-L3 may have at least one amino acid substitution, provided that the antibody retains the binding specificity of the non-substituted CDR.
- the anti-sclerostin antibody is Ab-A, Ab-B, Ab-C, Ab-D, Ab-1, Ab-2, Ab-3, Ab-4, Ab-5, Ab-6, Ab-7, Ab-8, Ab-9, Ab-10, Ab-11, Ab-12, Ab-13, Ab-14, Ab-15, Ab-16, Ab-17, Ab-18, Ab-19, Ab-20, Ab-21, Ab-22, Ab-23, or Ab-24 of U.S. Patent Publication No. 20070110747.
- the anti-sclerostin antibody can comprise at least one CDR sequence having at least 75% identity (e.g., 100% identity) to a CDR selected from SEQ ID NOs: 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 78, 79, 80, 81, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275,
- the anti-sclerostin antibody comprises at least one CDR sequence having at least 75% identity to a CDR selected from SEQ ID NOs: 245, 246, 247, 78, 79, 80, 269, 270, 271, 239, 240, and 241, all of which is provided in the Sequence Listing and described in U.S. Patent Publication No. 20070110747.
- the anti-sclerostin antibody can comprise: a) CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:54, 55, and 56 and CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:51, 52, and 53; b) CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:60, 61, and 62 and CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:57, 58, and 59; c) CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:48, 49, and 50 and CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:45, 46, and 47; d) CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:42, 43, and 44 and CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:39, 40, and 41; e) CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:275, 276, and 277 and CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:287, 288, and 289; f) CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:278, 279, and 280 and CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:290,
- the anti-sclerostin antibody also can comprise at least one CDR sequence having at least 75% identity (e.g., 100% identical) to a CDR selected from CDR-H1, CDR-H2, CDR-H3, CDR-L1, CDR-L2, and CDR-L3 wherein CDR-H1 has the sequence given in SEQ ID NO: 245, CDR-H2 has the sequence given in SEQ ID NO: 246, CDR-H3 has the sequence given in SEQ ID NO: 247, CDR-L1 has the sequence given in SEQ ID NO: 78, CDR-L2 has the sequence given in SEQ ID NO: 79 and CDR-L3 has the sequence given in SEQ ID NO: 80, all of which is provided in the Sequence Listing and described in U.S.
- the anti-sclerostin antibody in various aspects, comprises two of the CDRs or six of the CDRs.
- the anti-sclerostin antibody comprises heavy chains comprising SEQ ID NO: 378 and light chains comprising SEQ ID NO 376.
- the anti-sclerostin antibody also can comprise at least one CDR sequence having at least 75% identity (e.g., 100% identical) to a CDR selected from CDR-H1, CDR-H2, CDR-H3, CDR-L1, CDR-L2, and CDR-L3 wherein CDR-H1 has the sequence given in SEQ ID NO: 269, CDR-H2 has the sequence given in SEQ ID NO: 270, CDR-H3 has the sequence given in SEQ ID NO: 271, CDR-L1 has the sequence given in SEQ ID NO: 239, CDR-L2 has the sequence given in SEQ ID NO: 240 and CDR-L3 has the sequence given in SEQ ID NO 241, all of which is provided in the Sequence Listing and described in U.S. Patent Publication No. 20070110747.
- the anti-sclerostin antibody in various aspects, comprises at least two of the CDRs or six of the CDRs.
- the anti-sclerostin antibody can have a heavy chain comprising CDR's H1, H2, and H3 and comprising a polypeptide having the sequence provided in SEQ ID NO: 137 or a variant thereof in which said CDR's are at least 75% identical (e.g., 100% identical) to SEQ ID NO: 245, 246, and 247, respectively, and a light chain comprising CDR's L1, L2 and L3 and comprising a polypeptide having the sequence provided in SEQ ID NO: 133 or a variant thereof in which said CDR's are at least 75% identical (e.g., 100% identical) to SEQ ID NO: 78, 79, and 80, respectively (as described in U.S. Patent Publication No. 20070110747).
- the anti-sclerostin antibody may have a heavy chain comprising CDR's H1, H2, and H3 and comprising a polypeptide having the sequence provided in SEQ ID NO: 145 or 392 or a variant thereof in which said CDR's are at least 75% identical (e.g., 100% identical) to SEQ ID NO: 245, 246, and 247, respectively, and a light chain comprising CDR's L1, L2, and L3 and comprising a polypeptide having the sequence provided in SEQ ID NO: 141 or a variant thereof in which said CDR's are at least 75% identical (e.g., 100% identical) to SEQ ID NO: 78, 79, and 80, respectively (as described in U.S. Patent Publication No. 20070110747).
- the anti-sclerostin antibody may have a heavy chain comprising CDR's H1, H2, and H3 and comprising a polypeptide having the sequence provided in SEQ ID NO: 335, 331, 345, or 396 or a variant of any of the foregoing in which said CDR's are at least 75% (e.g., 100% identical) identical to SEQ ID NO: 269, 270, and 271, respectively, and a light chain comprising CDR's L1, L2, and L3 and comprising a polypeptide having the sequence provided in SEQ ID NO: 334 or 341 or a variant of any of the foregoing in which said CDR's are at least 75% identical (e.g., 100% identical) to SEQ ID NO: 239, 240, and 241, respectively (as described in U.S.
- Heavy and light chain sequences are contemplated (e.g., heavy chains comprising SEQ ID NO: 335 and light chains comprising SEQ ID NO: 334; heavy chains comprising SEQ ID NO: 331 and light chains comprising SEQ ID NO: 334 or 341; and heavy chains comprising SEQ ID NO: 345 or 396 and light chains comprising SEQ ID NO: 341).
- the anti-sclerostin antibody has a heavy chain comprising a polypeptide having the sequence provided in SEQ ID NO:137, and a light chain comprising a polypeptide having the sequence provided in SEQ ID NO:133; a heavy chain comprising a polypeptide having the sequence provided in SEQ ID NO:145 or 392, and a light chain comprising a polypeptide having the sequence provided in SEQ ID NO: 141; a heavy chain comprising a polypeptide having the sequence provided in SEQ ID NO:335, and a light chain comprising a polypeptide having the sequence provided in SEQ ID NO:334; a heavy chain comprising a polypeptide having the sequence provided in SEQ ID NO:331, and a light chain comprising a polypeptide having the sequence provided in SEQ ID NO:341; or a heavy chain comprising a polypeptide having the sequence provided in SEQ ID NO:345 or 396, and a light chain comprising a polypeptide having the sequence provided in SEQ ID NO:133
- anti-sclerostin antibodies also include, but are not limited to, the anti-sclerostin antibodies disclosed in International Patent Publication Nos. WO 2008/092894, WO 2008/115732, WO 2009/056634, WO 2009/047356, WO 2010/100200, WO 2010/100179, WO 2010/115932, and WO 2010/130830 (each of which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety), such as an anti-sclerostin antibody comprising CDRs of SEQ ID NOs: 20-25 of International Patent Publication No.
- WO 2008/115732 (SEQ ID NOs: 416-421 herein), an anti-sclerostin antibody comprising CDRs of SEQ ID NOs: 26-31 of International Patent Publication No. WO 2008/115732 (SEQ ID NOs: 422-427 herein), an anti-sclerostin antibody comprising CDRs of SEQ ID NOs: 32-37 of International Patent Publication No. WO 2008/115732 (SEQ ID NOs: 428-433 herein), an anti-sclerostin antibody comprising CDRs of SEQ ID NOs: 4, 15, 26, 37, 48, and 59 of International Patent Publication No.
- WO 2009/047356 (SEQ ID NOs: 443, 454, 465, 476, 487 and 498, respectively, herein), or an anti-sclerostin antibody comprising the amino acid sequence of at least one of SEQ ID NOs: 135-143, 153-161, or 171-179 of International Patent Publication No. WO 2010/130830 (SEQ ID NOs: 745-753, 763-771, 781-789, respectively, herein).
- the methods described herein comprise administering a sclerostin inhibitor other than an anti-sclerostin antibody.
- a sclerostin inhibitor other than an anti-sclerostin antibody.
- Such agents can act directly or indirectly on SOST or sclerostin.
- Sclerostin inhibitors contemplated for use in the methods described herein include those described in U.S. Patent Publication No. 20030229041 (the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference, with particular emphasis upon the description of sclerostin inhibitors).
- agents useful for modulating SOST expression and sclerostin activity include, but are not limited to, steroids (such as those corresponding to Formula 1 of U.S. Patent Publication No. 20030229041), alkaloids, terpenoids, peptoids, and synthetic chemicals.
- the SOST antagonist or agonist can bind to a glucocorticoid receptor.
- dexamethasone tends to abolish the stimulatory effect of BMP-4 and BMP-6 on SOST expression.
- Other chemical entities including glucocorticoid analogs, bile salts (such as those corresponding to Formula 3 of U.S. Patent Publication No. 20030229041), and prostaglandins (such as those corresponding to Formula 2 of U.S. Patent Publication No. 20030229041) also modulate the effects of bone morphogenetic proteins on SOST expression, and are contemplated for use in the methods described herein.
- Sclerostin expression inhibitors that may be used according to the methods described herein include inhibitory nucleic acids, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, e.g., sodium salts.
- the inhibitory nucleic acid as described elsewhere herein is selected from the group consisting of antisense oligonucleotides, ribozymes, external guide sequence (EGS) oligonucleotides, siRNA compounds, single- or double-stranded RNA interference (RNAi) compounds such as siRNA compounds, modified bases/locked nucleic acids (LNAs), antagomirs, peptide nucleic acids (PNAs), and other oligomeric compounds or oligonucleotide mimetics which hybridize to at least a portion of the target nucleic acid and modulate its function.
- GCS external guide sequence
- RNAi RNA interference
- the inhibitor nucleic acid is single stranded or double stranded.
- the inhibitory nucleic acid is an antisense oligonucleotide, modified bases/locked nucleic acids (LNA), peptide nucleic acids (PNA), arabinonucleic acids (ANA) (as described, for example, in PCT Publication No. WO 99/67378); 2′-fluoro-D-Arabinonucleic acids (FANA) (as described in, for example, Lon et al., Biochem., 41:3457-3467, 2002 and Min et al., Bioorg. Med. Chem.
- PMO phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligomers
- ethylene bridged nucleic acids as described in, for example, International Patent Publication No. WO 2005/042777, Morita et al., Nucleic Acid Res., Suppl 1:241-242, 2001; Surono et al., Hum.
- the inhibitory nucleic acid comprises at least one nucleotide and/or nucleoside modification (e.g., oligonucleotides with modified backbones or modified sugar moieties).
- Activity of a particular sclerostin inhibitor for use in the methods described herein may be measured in a variety of ways, including the methods described above for detecting increases in bone mineral content or bone density.
- the ability of a sclerostin inhibitor to modulate bone mass may be calculated from body weights or by using other methods (see Guinness-Hey, Metab. Bone Dis. Relat. Res., 5:177-181 (1984)). Animals and particular animal models are used in the art for testing the effect of the pharmaceutical compositions and methods on, for example, parameters of bone loss, bone resorption, bone formation, bone strength, or bone mineralization.
- a sclerostin inhibitor can be selected based on its ability to modulate bone marker levels.
- Bone markers are products created during the bone remodeling process and are released by bone, osteoblasts, and/or osteoclasts. Fluctuations in bone resorption and/or bone formation “marker” levels imply changes in bone remodeling/modeling.
- the International Osteoporosis Foundation recommends using bone markers to monitor bone density therapies (see, e.g., Delmas et al., Osteoporos Int ., Suppl. 6:S2-17 (2000), incorporated herein by reference).
- Markers indicative of bone resorption (or osteoclast activity) include, for example, C-telopeptide (e.g., C-terminal telopeptide of type 1 collagen (CTX) or serum cross-linked C-telopeptide), N-telopeptide (N-terminal telopeptide of type 1 collagen (NTX)), deoxypyridinoline (DPD), pyridinoline, urinary hydroxyproline, galactosyl hydroxylysine, and tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (e.g., serum tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase isoform 5b).
- C-telopeptide e.g., C-terminal telopeptide of type 1 collagen (CTX) or serum cross-linked C-telopeptide
- N-telopeptide N-terminal telopeptide of type 1 collagen (NTX)
- DPD deoxypyridinoline
- pyridinoline pyridinoline
- Bone formation/mineralization markers include, but are not limited to, bone-specific alkaline phosphatase (BSAP), peptides released from N- and C-terminal extension of type I procollagen (P1NP, PICP), and osteocalcin (OstCa).
- BSAP bone-specific alkaline phosphatase
- P1NP peptides released from N- and C-terminal extension of type I procollagen
- PICP type I procollagen
- osteocalcin osteocalcin
- sclerostin inhibitor e.g., an anti-sclerostin antibody
- a sclerostin inhibitor e.g., an anti-sclerostin antibody
- it is desirable to deliver a pharmaceutical composition comprising the anti-sclerostin antibody subcutaneously, parenterally, intravenously, intramuscularly, or even intraperitoneally.
- a pharmaceutical composition comprising the anti-sclerostin antibody subcutaneously, parenterally, intravenously, intramuscularly, or even intraperitoneally.
- Such approaches are well known to the skilled artisan, some of which are further described, for example, in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,543,158; 5,641,515; and 5,399,363.
- physiologically-acceptable (e.g., pharmaceutical) forms suitable for use include sterile aqueous solutions or dispersions and sterile powders for the extemporaneous preparation of sterile injectable solutions or dispersions (for example, see U.S. Pat. No. 5,466,468).
- the form must be sterile and is desirably fluid to the extent that easy syringability exists (i.e., is not excessively viscous so as to prevent passage through a syringe).
- a pharmaceutical composition comprising the anti-sclerostin antibody may be placed within containers (e.g., vials or syringes), along with packaging material that provides instructions regarding the use of such pharmaceutical compositions.
- such instructions will include a tangible expression describing the reagent concentration, as well as within certain embodiments, relative amounts of excipient ingredients or diluents (e.g., water, saline or PBS) that may be necessary to reconstitute the pharmaceutical composition.
- excipient ingredients or diluents e.g., water, saline or PBS
- treatment of a pathology by combining two or more agents that target the same pathogen or biochemical pathway sometimes results in greater efficacy and diminished side effects relative to the use of the therapeutically relevant dose of each agent alone.
- the efficacy of the drug combination is additive (the efficacy of the combination is approximately equal to the sum of the effects of each drug alone), but in other cases the effect can be synergistic (the efficacy of the combination is greater than the sum of the effects of each drug given alone).
- the term “combination therapy” means the two compounds can be delivered in a simultaneous manner, e.g. concurrently, or wherein one of the compounds is administered first, followed by the second agent, e.g., sequentially.
- the desired result can be either a subjective relief of one or more symptoms or an objectively identifiable improvement in the recipient of the dosage.
- the sclerostin inhibitor (e.g. anti-sclerostin antibody) is administered in combination with the use of materials that promote the regrowth of bone such as bone graft, bone dust, bone chips, demineralized bone matrix, bone scaffolds, prosthesis, metal stabilizers, or bone scaffold substances comprising one or more of polymers, ceramics, cement and calcium phosphates-based bone-graft substitutes. Many variations of such materials are known in the art.
- the sclerostin inhibitor (e.g., anti-sclerostin antibody) is administered along with a second bone-enhancing therapeutic useful for the treatment of decreased bone mineral density or bone defect.
- the bone-enhancing therapeutic is selected from the group consisting of an anti-resorptive drug, a bone-forming agent, an estrogen receptor antagonist (including, but not limited to, raloxifene, apeledoxifene and lasofoxifene) and a drug that has an inhibitory effect on osteoclasts.
- the anti-resorptive drug includes, but is not limited to, a bisphosphonate (including, but not limited to, alendronate, risedronate, ibandronate and zoledronate), an estrogen or estrogen analogue, an anti-RANK ligand (RANKL) antibody or RANKL inhibitor, vitamin D, or a vitamin D derivative or mimic thereof, a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM) and a calcium source, Tibolone, calcitonin, a calcitriol and hormone replacement therapy.
- a bisphosphonate including, but not limited to, alendronate, risedronate, ibandronate and zoledronate
- an estrogen or estrogen analogue an anti-RANK ligand (RANKL) antibody or RANKL inhibitor
- vitamin D or a vitamin D derivative or mimic thereof
- SERM selective estrogen receptor modulator
- a calcium source Tibolone, calcitonin, a calcitriol and hormone replacement therapy.
- the bone-enhancing agent includes, but is not limited to parathyroid hormone (PTH) or a peptide fragment thereof, PTH-related protein (PTHrp), bone morphogenetic protein, osteogenin, NaF, a PGE 2 agonist, a statin, strontium ranelate, an anti-DKK1 antibody or inhibitor.
- PTH parathyroid hormone
- PTHrp PTH-related protein
- the bone-enhancing agent is Forteo® (Teriparatide), Preotact®, or Protelos®.
- This Example describes various cell-based neutralization assays useful for characterizing the neutralization activity of an anti-sclerostin antibody.
- Ascorbic acid and B-glycerophosphate are used to induce MC3T3-E1-BF cell differentiation leading to mineral deposition.
- An exemplary screening protocol in 96-well format, involves plating cells on day 1, followed by seven media changes over a 12-day period with most of the mineral deposition taking place in the final eighteen hours. The specific timing, and extent, of mineral deposition may vary depending, in part, on the particular serum lot number being used. Control experiments will allow such variables to be accounted for, as is well known in the art of cell culture experimentation generally. For statistical analysis (using MS Excel and JMP) a 1-way-ANOVA followed by Dunnett's comparison may be used to determine differences between groups. Group means for each data set are considered significantly different when the P value is less than 0.05 (P ⁇ 0.05).
- Cell culture for expansion of MC3T3-E1-BF cells is performed as follows. Cell culture is performed at 37° C. and 5% CO 2 . A cell bank can be generated for the purposes of screening for sclerostin neutralizing antibodies.
- One vial of frozen MC3T3-E1-BF cells are thawed by agitation in a 37° C. water bath. The thawed cells are put into 10 mls of Expansion Medium (Alpha-MEM/10% FBS/PenStrepGlu) in a 50 ml tube and gently spun down for 5 minutes. The cells are then resuspended in 4 mls of Alpha-MEM/10% FBS/PenStrepGlu. After determining the number of cells using trypan blue and hemacytometer, 1 ⁇ 10 6 cells are plated in 50 mls Alpha-MEM/10% FBS/PenStrepGlu media in one T175 flask.
- Expansion Medium Alpha-MEM/10% F
- the cells are trypsinized with trypsin/EDTA (0.05% Trypsin; 0.53 mM EDTA), gently spun down for 5 minutes and then resuspended in 5 mls Alpha-MEM/10% FBS/PenStrepGlu. After determining the number of cells using trypan blue and hemacytometer, cells are plated at 1 ⁇ 10 6 cells in 50 mls Alpha-MEM/10% FBS/PenStrepGlu media per one T175 flask. The number of T175 flasks used for plating at this point depends upon the total cell number available and the desired number of flasks that are to be taken forward to the next passage.
- the cells are trypsinized with trypsin/EDTA (0.05% Trypsin; 0.53 mM EDTA), gently spun down for 5 minutes and then resuspended in 5 mls Alpha-MEM/10% FBS/PenStrepGlu. After determining the number of cells using trypan blue and hemacytometer, cells are plated at 1 ⁇ 10 6 cells in 50 mls Alpha-MEM/10% FBS/PenStrepGlu media per one T175 flask. The number of T175 flasks used for plating at this point depends upon the total cell number available and the desired number of flasks that were to be taken forward to the next passage.
- the cells are trypsinized with trypsin/EDTA (0.05% Trypsin; 0.53 mM EDTA), gently spun down for 5 minutes and then resuspended in 5 mls Alpha-MEM/10% FBS/PenStrepGlu. After determining the number of cells using trypan blue and hemacytometer, cells are plated at 1 ⁇ 10 6 cells in 50 mls Alpha-MEM/10% FBS/PenStrepGlu media per one T175 flask. The number of T175 flasks used for plating at this point depends upon the total cell number available and the desired number of flasks that were to be taken forward to the next passage. Extra cells are frozen down at 1-2 ⁇ 10 6 live cells/ml in 90% FBS/10% DMSO.
- the cells When this passage is confluent (about 3-4 days), the cells were trypsinized with trypsin/EDTA (0.05% Trypsin; 0.53 mM EDTA), gently spun down for 5 minutes and then resuspended in 5 mls Alpha-MEM/10% FBS/PenStrepGlu. After determining the number of cells using trypan blue and hemacytometer, the cells are frozen down at 1-2 ⁇ 10 6 live cells/ml in 90% FBS/10% DMSO. This “final passage” of frozen cells is the passage used for the screening assay.
- Cell culture for mineralizing MC3T3-E1-BF cells is performed as follows. Cell culture is performed at 37° C. and 5% CO 2 . It is desirable to minimize temperature and % CO 2 fluctuations during the mineralization cell culture procedure.
- An appropriate number of “final passage” vials prepared as described above are thawed by agitation in a 37° C. water bath. The thawed cells are put into 10 mls of Expansion Medium (Alpha-MEM/10% FBS/PenStrepGlu) in a 50 ml tube and gently spun down for 5 minutes. The cells are then resuspended in 4 mls of Alpha-MEM/10% FBS/PenStrepGlu. After determining the number of cells by trypan blue and hemacytometer, 2500 cells are plated in 200 microliters of Expansion media per well on collagen I coated 96-well plates (Becton Dickinson Labware, cat #354407).
- An exemplary cell culture procedure is as follows.
- the starting day for plating the cells is indicated to be a Wednesday. If a different day of the week is used as the starting day for plating the cells, that day will trigger the daily schedule for removing and adding media during the entire process as indicated below. For example, if the cells are plated on a Tuesday, media should not be removed and added on the first Friday and Saturday, nor on the second Friday and Saturday. With a Tuesday start, the plates would be prepared for the calcium assay on the final Sunday. Cells are plated on a Wednesday at 2500 cells in 200 ⁇ l of Expansion media. On Thursday all of the Expansion media is removed and 200 ⁇ l of Differentiation Media is added.
- sclerostin inhibits one or more of the sequence of events leading up to and including mineral deposition (i.e. sclerostin inhibits mineralization).
- the recombinant sclerostin is added to the media starting on the first Thursday and every feeding day thereafter.
- an anti-sclerostin antibody is being tested for the ability to neutralize sclerostin, i.e., allow for mineralization by neutralizing sclerostin's ability to inhibit mineralization
- the antibody is added to the media starting on the first Thursday and every feeding day thereafter.
- the antibody is preincubated with the recombinant sclerostin in Differentiation media for 45-60 minutes at 37° C. and then this media is used for feeding the cells.
- MC3T3-E1-BF cells Described above is a 12-day mineralization protocol for MC3T3-E1-BF cells. Mineralization of the original MC3T3-E1 cells is inhibited by recombinant sclerostin and this inhibition is blocked using an anti-sclerostin neutralizing antibody, e.g., an anti-sclerostin antibody comprising CDRs of SEQ ID NO: 245-247 and 78-80.
- an anti-sclerostin neutralizing antibody e.g., an anti-sclerostin antibody comprising CDRs of SEQ ID NO: 245-247 and 78-80.
- the cell-based neutralization assay is further described in U.S. Pat. No. 7,592,429 at, e.g., Example 8 (hereby incorporated by reference for its description of cell-based neutralization assays).
- An exemplary bone specific alkaline phosphatase assay is described in International Patent Publication No. WO 2008/115732 and U.S. Pat. No. 7,744,874 (hereby incorporated by reference for its description of cell-based neutralization assays).
- An exemplary protocol is as follows. C2C12 cells (ATCC, CRL 1772) are plated at 3000-5000 cells/well in a 96-well tissue culture plate in MEM medium supplemented with 5% fetal calf serum. The plate is incubated at 37° C. in 5% CO 2 overnight. The antibody is diluted in 0.5 ⁇ Wnt3a-conditioned medium (prepared as described in WO 2008/115732) to various final concentrations.
- the medium is removed from the plated cells and a pre-mixed antibody-BMP4-sclerostin solution (human or cynomologous monkey) is added (150 ⁇ l), providing an antibody final concentration of 30 ⁇ g/ml to 0.5 ⁇ g/ml, a final BMP-4 concentration of 25 ng/ml, a final sclerostin protein concentration of 1.0 ⁇ g/ml, and the conditioned medium is at 0.5 ⁇ concentration.
- the plate is then incubated at 37° C. in 5% CO 2 for 72 hours.
- the medium is removed from the cells, which are washed once with PBS, and frozen and thawed three times alternating between ⁇ 80° C. and 37° C.
- Alkaline phosphatase activity is measured by adding alkaline phosphatase substrate (1-step PNPP, Pierce #37621) (150 ⁇ l/well). The plate of cells is incubated for 60 minutes at room temperature, at which time optical density (OD) is measured at 405 nm to determine alkaline phosphatase activity.
- IC 50 calculations may be performed using, e.g., SigmaPlot Regression Wizard with a Sigmoid 4-parameter fit equation.
- MC3T31b cells are seeded in 96-well plates (e.g., 6 ⁇ 10 3 cells/well or 2 ⁇ 10 3 cells/well) in 100 ⁇ l assay culture medium (maintenance culture medium without G418) and incubated for three days to reach confluence.
- assay culture medium is changed and compounds to be tested are added with 10 mM b-glycerophosphate and 50 ⁇ M ascorbic acid.
- sclerostin and a candidate antibody Prior to addition to the cells, sclerostin and a candidate antibody are pre-incubated on a separate plate for two hours at room temperature.
- 2.1 or 2.8 nM BMP-2 R&D Systems, Cat #355-BM-010 is applied before applying the sclerostin-antibody mixture.
- Cells are incubated for 14 days. At the end of the incubation, cells are washed twice with 200 ⁇ l PBS/well, 50 ⁇ l of 0.5 M HCl is added to each well, and plates are frozen at ⁇ 20° C. for a minimum of 24 hours. Plates are thawed at room temperature for 2 hours for testing.
- HEK293 cells are transfected with pcDNA3+ (480 ng); SuperTopFlash (STF) (20 ng); and phRL-CMV (0.5 ng) for control wells and pcDNA-wnt1 (20 ng); pcDNA3+ (460 ng); SuperTopFlash (STF) (20 ng); and phRL-CMV (0.5 ng) for Wnt1 treatment wells.
- the plasmids are mixed with 1.6 ⁇ l of Lipofectamine 2000 diluted into 50 ⁇ l of OptiMEM® and incubated for 30 minutes at room temperature prior to application to the cells. Once applied, the cells are incubated at 37° C. in 5% CO 2 for five hours.
- Antibodies are premixed with SOST to generate a series of dilutions.
- One ml of medium for each dilution is prepared, and 450 ⁇ l is added to each well after removing transfection mix.
- the cells are incubated with the antibody-SOST mixtures for 18-20 hours.
- 300 ⁇ l of 1 ⁇ Passive Lysis Buffer Promega, Cat # E194A
- Luciferase activity is then measured using Dual-Glo Luciferase System (Promega, Cat # E2940) with 30 ⁇ l of lysates in duplicates.
- Dual-Glo luciferase firefly luciferase; for STF
- 30p1 of Dual-Glo Stop and Glo Renilla luciferase; for transfection efficiency control
- Luminescent signals are measured with Mithras LB940 instrument (Berthold Technologies). The ratio of firefly to Renilla luciferases is calculated. The final results are expressed by setting the value of Wnt1 without SOST as 1. Additional details of the assay are provided in International Patent Publication No. WO 2009/047356.
- This Example illustrates the ability of a sclerostin inhibitor, namely an anti-sclerostin monoclonal antibody (Scl-Ab), to treat a bone gap defect in a primate subject.
- a sclerostin inhibitor namely an anti-sclerostin monoclonal antibody (Scl-Ab)
- This Example also illustrates that treatment with a sclerostin inhibitor, namely an anti-sclerostin monoclonal antibody (Scl-Ab)
- Treatment with a sclerostin inhibitor, namely an anti-sclerostin monoclonal antibody (Scl-Ab) for a period of 28 weeks increased cortical area and thickness without inducing adverse effects such as increased cortical porosity in the bone of primate subjects.
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Abstract
Description
- The invention generally relates to methods of using sclerostin inhibitors to enhance bone gap defect healing.
- Incorporated by reference in its entirety is a computer-readable nucleotide/amino acid sequence listing submitted concurrently herewith and identified as follows: ASCII (text) file named “46346_PCTSeqListing.txt,” 800,882 bytes, created on Jul. 30, 2012.
- The following applications are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety: U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/410,540, filed Apr. 25, 2006, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/792,645, filed Apr. 17, 2006, U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/782,244, filed Mar. 13, 2006, U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/776,847, filed Feb. 24, 2006, and U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/677,583, filed May 3, 2005; and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/411,003 (issued as U.S. Pat. No. 7,592,429), filed Apr. 25, 2006, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/792,645, filed Apr. 17, 2006, U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/782,244, filed Mar. 13, 2006, U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/776,847, filed Feb. 24, 2006, and U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/677,583, filed May 3, 2005. The following applications also are hereby incorporated by reference: U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/212,327, filed Sep. 17, 2008, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/973,024, filed Sep. 17, 2007; and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/811,171, filed Jun. 29, 2010, which is a U.S. National Phase Application pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 371 of International Patent Application No. PCT/US08/86864, filed on Dec. 15, 2008, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/013,917, filed Dec. 14, 2007.
- Mammalian bone tissue has a remarkable ability to regenerate and thereby repair injuries and other defects. For example, bone growth is generally sufficient to bring about full recovery from most simple and hairline fractures. Unfortunately, however, there are many injuries, defects or conditions where bone growth is inadequate to achieve an acceptable outcome. For example bone regeneration generally does not occur throughout large voids or spaces. Therefore, fractures cannot heal unless the pieces are in close proximity. If a significant amount of bone tissue was lost as a result of the injury, the healing process may be incomplete, resulting in undesirable cosmetic and/or mechanical outcomes. This is often the case with non-union fractures or with bone injuries resulting from massive trauma. Tissue growth is also generally inadequate in voids and segmental gaps in bone caused, for example, by surgical removal of tumors or cysts. In other instances, it may be desirable to stimulate bone growth where bone is not normally found, i.e., ectopically. Spine fusion to relieve lower back pain where two or more vertebrae are induced to fuse is one example of desirable ectopic bone formation.
- The invention is directed to methods of using a sclerostin inhibitor to treat humans with bone gap defects. In one aspect, described herein is a method of treating a bone gap defect in a subject, wherein the method comprises administering to the subject an effective amount of a sclerostin inhibitor (e.g., an anti-sclerostin antibody), optionally at a weekly dose from about 1 mg/kg to about 50 mg/kg per week, wherein the sclerostin inhibitor is administered over a treatment period lasting at least about 11 weeks. In one embodiment, the sclerostin inhibitor is administered once a week for the duration of the treatment period. In another embodiment, the sclerostin inhibitor is administered once every two weeks for the duration of the treatment period. Alternatively, the sclerostin inhibitor is administered twice per week.
- The treatment period can be at least about 11 weeks, 12 weeks, 3 months, 13 weeks, 14 weeks, 15 weeks, 16 weeks, 4 months, 17 weeks, 18 weeks, 19 weeks, 20 weeks, 5 months, 21 weeks, 22 weeks, 23 weeks, 24 weeks, 6 months, 25 weeks, 26 weeks, 27
weeks 28 weeks, 7 months, 29 weeks, 30 weeks, 31 weeks or longer (e.g., 8 months, 9 months, 10 months, 11 months, 1 year, 15 months, 18 months or longer). In some embodiments, the treatment period is about 20-32 weeks, or about 5-8 months. In some embodiments, the treatment period is no more than about 28 weeks. In some embodiments, the treatment period is about 1 year. In some or any embodiments, the treatment period is no more than about 18 months. - The bone gap defect for treatment by the methods described herein includes any fracture comprising a gap between two segments of bone (e.g., a gap of at least about 1 mm between two segments of bone). In some or any embodiments, the gap is at least about 2 mm, at least about 3 mm, at least about 4 mm, at least about 5 mm, at least about 6 mm, at least about 7 mm, at least about 8 mm, at least about 9 mm, or at least about 1 cm or more. In some or any embodiments, the gap is about 5 mm to 1 cm, or up to 1 cm.
- Exemplary bone gap defects include, but are not limited to, a comminuted fracture, a non-union fracture, a segmental skeletal defect, surgically created bone defects, surgically treated bone defects, and bone defects created from traumatic injury to the bone or disease (including, but not limited to, arthritis, tumor removal (resection) or infection removal). In some or any embodiments, the bone gap defect is produced by removal of infected sections of bone or the removal of cancer from the bone due to bone cancers including, but not limited to, osteosarcoma, Ewing's sarcoma, chondrosarcoma, malignant fibrous histiocytoma, fibrosarcoma, and chordoma. In some or any embodiments, the bone gap defect is a developmental deformity, e.g., due to a genetic defect.
- In some or any embodiments, the bone gap defect is produced by removal of sections of bone containing a benign tumor. Exemplary benign bone tumors include, but are not limited to, osteoma, osteoid osteoma, osteoblastoma, osteochondroma, enchondroma, chonrdomyxoid fibroma, aneurysmal bone cyst, unicameral bone cyst, fibrous dysplasia of bone and giant cell tumor of the bone.
- The subject to which the sclerostin inhibitor (e.g., anti-sclerostin antibody) is administered is optionally suffering from a bone-related disorder selected from the group consisting of achondroplasia, cleidocranial dysostosis, enchondromatosis, fibrous dysplasia, Gaucher's Disease, hypophosphatemic rickets, Marfan's syndrome, multiple hereditary exotoses, neurofibromatosis, osteogenesis imperfecta, osteopetrosis, osteopoikilosis, sclerotic lesions, pseudoarthrosis, pyogenic osteomyelitis, periodontal disease, anti-epileptic drug induced bone loss, primary and secondary hyperparathyroidism, familial hyperparathyroidism syndromes, weightlessness induced bone loss, osteoporosis in men, postmenopausal bone loss, osteoarthritis, renal osteodystrophy, infiltrative disorders of bone, oral bone loss, osteonecrosis of the jaw, juvenile Paget's disease, melorheostosis, metabolic bone diseases, mastocytosis, sickle cell anemia/disease, organ transplant related bone loss, kidney transplant related bone loss, systemic lupus erythematosus, ankylosing spondylitis, epilepsy, juvenile arthritides, thalassemia, mucopolysaccharidoses, Fabry Disease, Turner Syndrome, Down Syndrome, Klinefelter Syndrome, leprosy, Perthe's Disease, adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, infantile onset multi-system inflammatory disease, Winchester Syndrome, Menkes Disease, Wilson's Disease, ischemic bone disease (such as Legg-Calve-Perthes disease and regional migratory osteoporosis), anemic states, conditions caused by steroids, glucocorticoid-induced bone loss, heparin-induced bone loss, bone marrow disorders, scurvy, malnutrition, calcium deficiency, osteoporosis, osteopenia, alcoholism, chronic liver disease, postmenopausal state, chronic inflammatory conditions, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, inflammatory colitis, Crohn's disease, oligomenorrhea, amenorrhea, pregnancy, diabetes mellitus, hyperthyroidism, thyroid disorders, parathyroid disorders, Cushing's disease, acromegaly, hypogonadism, immobilization or disuse, reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome, regional osteoporosis, osteomalacia, bone loss associated with joint replacement, HIV associated bone loss, bone loss associated with loss of growth hormone, bone loss associated with cystic fibrosis, chemotherapy-associated bone loss, tumor-induced bone loss, cancer-related bone loss, hormone ablative bone loss, multiple myeloma, drug-induced bone loss, anorexia nervosa, disease-associated facial bone loss, disease-associated cranial bone loss, disease-associated bone loss of the jaw, disease-associated bone loss of the skull, bone loss associated with aging, facial bone loss associated with aging, cranial bone loss associated with aging, jaw bone loss associated with aging, skull bone loss associated with aging, and bone loss associated with space travel. In one embodiment, the subject is undergoing oral or maxillofacial surgery.
- In some or any embodiments, the sclerostin inhibitor (e.g. anti-sclerostin antibody) is administered in combination with the use of materials that promote the regrowth of bone such as bone graft, bone dust, bone chips, demineralized bone matrix, bone scaffolds, prosthesis, metal stabilizers, or bone scaffold substances comprising one or more of polymers, ceramics, cement and calcium phosphates-based bone-graft substitutes. Many variations of such materials are known in the art.
- In some or any embodiments, the sclerostin inhibitor (e.g., anti-sclerostin antibody) is administered along with a second bone-enhancing therapeutic for the treatment of decreased bone mineral density or bone fracture. Many therapeutics of this type are known in the art. In some embodiments, the bone-enhancing therapeutic is selected from the group consisting of an anti-resorptive drug, a bone-forming agent, an estrogen receptor antagonist (including, but not limited to, raloxifene, bazedoxifene and lasofoxifene) and a drug that has an inhibitory effect on osteoclasts. In some embodiments, the anti-resorptive drug includes, but is not limited to, parathyroid hormone, a bisphosphonate (including, but not limited to, alendronate, risedronate, ibandronate and zoledronate), an estrogen or estrogen analogue, a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM) and a calcium source, Tibolone, calcitonin, a calcitriol and hormone replacement therapy. In some embodiments, the bone-enhancing agent includes, but is not limited to parathyroid hormone (PTH) or a peptide fragment thereof, PTH-related protein (PTHrp), bone morphogenetic protein, osteogenin, NaF, a PGE2 agonist, a statin, an anti-DKK1 antibody or inhibitor, an anti-RANK ligand (RANKL) antibody or RANKL inhibitor, strontium ranelate, vitamin D, or a vitamin D derivative or mimic thereof. In some embodiments, the bone-enhancing agent is Forteo® (Teriparatide, or recombinant human parathyroid hormone 1-34) or Preotact® (parathyroid hormone). In some or any embodiments, the bone-enhancing agent is Protelos®.
- In any of the embodiments disclosed herein, the sclerostin inhibitor is optionally a sclerostin binding agent (e.g., an anti-sclerostin antibody). The use of sclerostin binding agents disclosed in U.S. Patent Publication No. 20070110747, e.g., in any of the methods disclosed herein or for preparation of medicaments for administration according to any of the methods disclosed herein, is specifically contemplated. One or more doses of the sclerostin inhibitor are administered in an amount and for a time effective to enhance gap defect healing at the fracture site. One or more doses of sclerostin inhibitor can comprise between about 1 to about 50 milligrams (e.g., between about 10 and about 50 milligrams), or about 1 to about 100 milligrams, of sclerostin inhibitor per kilogram of body weight (mg/kg). For example, the dose of sclerostin inhibitor (e.g., anti-sclerostin antibody) may range from at least about 1 mg/kg, about 2 mg/kg, about 3 mg/kg, about 4 mg/kg, about 5 mg/kg, about 6 mg/kg, about 7 mg/kg, about 8 mg/kg, about 9 mg/kg, about 10 mg/kg, about 20 mg/kg, about 25 mg/kg, about 26 mg/kg, about 27 mg/kg, about 28 mg/kg, about 29 mg/kg, about 30 mg/kg, about 31 mg/kg, about 32 mg/kg, about 33 mg/kg, about 34 mg/kg, about 35 mg/kg, about 36 mg/kg, about 37 mg/kg, about 38 mg/kg, about 39 mg/kg, about 40 mg/kg, about 41 mg/kg, about 42 mg/kg, about 43 mg/kg, about 44 mg/kg, about 45 mg/kg, about 46 mg/kg, about 47 mg/kg, about 48 mg/kg, or about 49 mg/kg, or about 50 mg/kg, about 55 mg/kg, about 60 mg/kg, about 65 mg/kg, about 70 mg/kg, about 75 mg/kg, about 80 mg/kg, about 85 mg/kg, about 90 mg/kg, about 95 mg/kg, or up to about 100 mg/kg. Ranges between any and all of these endpoints are also contemplated, e.g. about 1 to about 3 mg/kg, about 1 to about 5 mg/kg, about 1 to about 10 mg/kg, about 1 to about 20 mg/kg, about 1 to about 40 mg/kg, about 5 to about 30 mg/kg, or about 5 to about 20 mg/kg. In some embodiments, the sclerostin inhibitor is administered shortly after the fracture (e.g., within 30 minutes, within 1 hour, within 2 hours, within 6 hours, within 12 hours or within 24 hours of the fracture). In other embodiments, the inhibitor is administered within 1 day of the fracture, within 3 days of the fracture, within 5 days of the fracture, within 7 days of the fracture, within two weeks of the fracture, wherein the sclerostin binding agent is administered for a period of time that is at least 11 weeks post-fracture (e.g., 11 weeks, 12 weeks, 13 weeks, 14 weeks, 15 weeks, 16 weeks, 17 weeks, 18
weeks 19 weeks, 20 weeks, 21 weeks, 22 weeks, 23 weeks, 24 weeks, 25 weeks, 26 weeks, 27weeks 28 weeks, 29 weeks, 30 weeks, 31 weeks or longer (e.g., 8 months, 9 months, 10 months, 11 months, 1 year, 18 months or longer)). - Also described herein is the use of an effective amount of an anti-sclerostin antibody for treating a bone gap defect in a subject, for example, in any of the amounts described above, such as from about 1 mg/kg to about 100 mg/kg, wherein one or more administrations of the sclerostin binding agent is carried out over a treatment period lasting at least 11 weeks (e.g., any of the time periods described above, such as 12 weeks, 3 months, 13 weeks, 14 weeks, 15 weeks, 16 weeks, 4 months, 17 weeks, 18
weeks 19 weeks, 20 weeks, 5 months, 21 weeks, 22 weeks, 23 weeks, 24 weeks, 6 months, 25 weeks, 26 weeks, 27 weeks, 28 weeks, 7 months, 29 weeks, 30 weeks, 31 weeks or longer (e.g., 8 months, 9 months, 10 months, 11 months, 1 year, 15 months, 18 months or longer)). - The sclerostin inhibitor (e.g., anti-sclerostin antibody) may be also used in the preparation of a medicament for administration to a subject with a bone gap defect using any of the dosing and/or timing regimens described herein. Thus, the invention also contemplates sclerostin inhibitor for use according to any of the dosing and/or timing regimens described herein. Optionally, the sclerostin inhibitor is presented in a container, such as a single dose or multidose vial. The invention includes a container comprising anti-sclerostin antibody or fragment thereof and instructions for administering the antibody or fragment thereof for treating a bone gap defect according to any of the dosing and/or timing regimens described herein.
- In some embodiments, the anti-sclerostin antibody for use in the methods described herein binds to sclerostin of SEQ ID NO: 1, with an affinity (Kd) of less than or equal to 1×10−7M (or less than or equal to 1×10−8M, or less than or equal to 1×10−9M, or less than or equal to 1×10−10 M, or less than or equal to 1×10−11M, or less than or equal to 1×10−12 M).
- In various embodiments, the anti-sclerostin antibody binds to a sclerostin polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 and binds the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6 (CGPARLLPNAIGRGKWWRPSGPDFRC; corresponding to amino acids 86-111 of SEQ ID NO: 1). Alternatively or in addition, the anti-sclerostin antibody binds to a sclerostin polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 and binds the sequence of at least one of SEQ ID NO: 2 (DVSEYSCRELHFTR; corresponding to amino acids 51-64 of SEQ ID NO: 1), SEQ ID NO: 3 (SAKPVTELVCSGQCGPAR; corresponding to amino acids 73-90 of SEQ ID NO: 1), SEQ ID NO: 4 (WWRPSGPDFRCIPDRYR; corresponding to amino acids 101-117 of SEQ ID NO: 1), SEQ ID NO: 5 (LVASCKCKRLTR; corresponding to amino acids 138-149 of SEQ ID NO: 1), SEQ ID NO: 70 (SAKPVTELVCSGQC; corresponding to amino acids 73-86 of SEQ ID NO: 1), SEQ ID NO: 71 (LVASCKC; corresponding to amino acids 138-144 of SEQ ID NO: 1), SEQ ID NO: 72 (CRELHFTR; corresponding to amino acids 57-64 of SEQ ID NO: 1), or SEQ ID NO: 73 (CIPDRYR; corresponding to amino acids 111-117 of SEQ ID NO: 1) within SEQ ID NO: 1. For example, in one aspect, the anti-sclerostin antibody binds a subregion of sclerostin of SEQ ID NO: 1 comprising SEQ ID NOs: 2-5 (and/or SEQ ID NOs: 70-73), optionally in its native three-dimensional conformation. Optionally, the anti-sclerostin antibody binds a peptide consisting of one or more of SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 5, SEQ ID NO: 6, SEQ ID NO: 70, SEQ ID NO: 71, SEQ ID NO: 72, or SEQ ID NO: 73 (e.g., a peptide consisting of SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 4, and SEQ ID NO: 5 or a peptide consisting of SEQ ID NO: 70, SEQ ID NO: 71, SEQ ID NO: 72, and SEQ ID NO: 73).
- In various aspects, the anti-sclerostin antibody is capable of neutralizing human sclerostin in a MC3T3 cell-based mineralization assay when there is less than a 6-fold excess of moles of sclerostin binding sites per well as compared to the number of moles of sclerostin per well.
- The anti-sclerostin antibody optionally has an IC50 of 100 nM or less, or 75 nM or less, or 50 nM or less, or 25 nM or less for neutralizing human sclerostin in a cell-based assay, such as a bone specific alkaline phosphatase assay. Alternatively or in addition, the anti-sclerostin antibody has an IC50 of 100 nM or less (e.g., 75 nM or less, or 50 nM or less) for neutralizing human sclerostin in a cell-based Wnt signaling assay in HEK293 cell lines, such as the Wnt assay involving Wnt1-mediated induction of STF reporter gene. Alternatively or in addition, the anti-sclerostin antibody has an IC50 of 500 nM or less (e.g., 250 nM or less, 150 nM or less, 100 nM or less, or 50 nM or less) for neutralizing human sclerostin in a BMP2-induced mineralization assay in MC3T3 cells.
- In one embodiment, the anti-sclerostin antibody cross-blocks the binding of at least one of antibodies Ab-A, Ab-B, Ab-C, Ab-D, Ab-1, Ab-2, Ab-3, Ab-4, Ab-5, Ab-6, Ab-7, Ab-8, Ab-9, Ab-10, Ab-11, Ab-12, Ab-13, Ab-14, Ab-15, Ab-16, Ab-17, Ab-18, Ab-19, Ab-20, Ab-21, Ab-22, Ab-23, and Ab-24 to sclerostin and/or is cross-blocked from binding to sclerostin by at least one of antibodies Ab-A, Ab-B, Ab-C, Ab-D, Ab-1, Ab-2, Ab-3, Ab-4, Ab-5, Ab-6, Ab-7, Ab-8, Ab-9, Ab-10, Ab-11, Ab-12, Ab-13, Ab-14, Ab-15, Ab-16, Ab-17, Ab-18, Ab-19, Ab-20, Ab-21, Ab-22, Ab-23, and Ab-24.
- In some embodiments, the anti-sclerostin antibody comprises a CDR-H1 of SEQ ID NO:245, a CDR-H2 of SEQ ID NO:246, a CDR-H3 of SEQ ID NO:247, a CDR-L1 of SEQ ID NO:78, a CDR-L2 of SEQ ID NO:79 and a CDR-L3 of SEQ ID NO:80.
- In one embodiment, the anti-sclerostin antibody comprises heavy chains comprising SEQ ID NO: 378 and light chains comprising SEQ ID NO: 376. In another embodiment, anti-sclerostin antibody has heavy chains of SEQ ID NO: 145 or SEQ ID NO: 392 and light chains of SEQ ID NO: 141.
- In another embodiment, the anti-sclerostin antibody comprises CDRs of SEQ ID NOs: 20-25 of International Patent Publication No. WO 2008/115732 (SEQ ID NOs: 416-421), CDRs of SEQ ID NOs: 26-31 of International Patent Publication No. WO 2008/115732 (SEQ ID NOs: 422-427), CDRs of SEQ ID NOs: 32-37 of International Patent Publication No. WO 2008/115732 (SEQ ID NOs: 428-433), or CDRs of SEQ ID NOs: 4, 15, 26, 37, 48, and 59 of International Patent Publication No. WO 2009/047356 (SEQ ID NOs: 443, 454, 465, 476, 487, and 498, respectively). In yet another embodiment, the anti-sclerostin antibody comprises an amino acid sequence of at least one of SEQ ID NOs: 135-143, 153-161, or 171-179 of International Patent Publication No. WO 2010/130830 (SEQ ID NOs: 745-753, 763-771, 781-789, respectively).
- The invention is also described in the following exemplary embodiments:
- 1. A method for treating a bone gap defect in a subject comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of an anti-sclerostin antibody, optionally at a weekly dose from about 1 mg/kg to about 50 mg/kg per week, wherein the sclerostin binding agent is administered over a treatment period lasting at least 20 weeks.
- 2. The method of
paragraph 1, wherein the treatment period lasts about 28 weeks. - 3. The method of
paragraph 1, wherein the bone gap defect is selected from the group consisting of a comminuted fracture, a non-union fracture a segmental skeletal defect, surgically created bone defects, surgically treated bone defects, and bone defects created from traumatic injury to the bone or disease (including arthritis, developmental deformity, tumor removal (resection) or infection removal). - 4. The method of
paragraph 3, wherein the bone gap defect is produced by removal of infected sections of bone or the removal of cancer from the bone. - 5. The method of
paragraph 4, wherein the cancer is selected from the group consisting of neck cancer, head cancer, bone cancer and jaw cancer. - 6. The method of
paragraph 5, wherein the bone cancer is selected from the group consisting of osteo sarcoma, Ewing's sarcoma, chondrosarcoma, malignant fibrous histiocytoma, fibrosarcoma, and chordoma. - 7. The method of
paragraph 3, wherein the bone gap defect is produced by removal of a benign tumor from the bone. - 8. The method of
paragraph 7, wherein the benign bone tumor is selected from the group consisting of osteoma, osteoid osteoma, osteoblastoma, osteochondroma, enchondroma, chonrdomyxoid fibroma, aneurysmal bone cyst, unicameral bone cyst, fibrous dysplasia of bone and giant cell tumor of the bone. - 9. The method of
paragraph 4, wherein the cancer is multiple myeloma. - 10. The method of
paragraph 1, wherein the subject is also receiving a bone graft, bone dust, bone chips, cartilage transplant, bone scaffolds, prosthesis, metal stabilizers, or bone scaffold substances comprising one or more of polymers, ceramics, cement and calcium phosphates. - 11. The method of
paragraph 1, wherein the subject is undergoing oral or maxillofacial surgery. - 12. The method of
paragraph 1, further comprising administering a second bone-enhancing therapeutic selected from the group consisting of parathyroid hormone, a bisphosphonate, a RANKL antibody and a DKK-1 antibody. - 13. The method of any one of paragraphs 1-12, wherein the anti-sclerostin antibody is administered in an amount of 30 mg/kg per week.
- 14. The method of any one of paragraphs 1-13, wherein the anti-sclerostin antibody is administered once a week for the duration of the treatment period.
- 15. The method of any one of paragraphs 1-8, wherein treatment with the anti-sclerostin antibody does not result in a substantial increase in cortical porosity in bone of the subject.
- 16. The method of any one of paragraphs 1-5, wherein the anti-sclerostin antibody is administered subcutaneously.
- 17. The method of any one of paragraphs 1-15, wherein the anti-sclerostin antibody is an immunoglobulin comprising a heavy chain and a light chain.
- 18. The method of any one of paragraphs 1-15, wherein the anti-sclerostin antibody is an antibody or fragment thereof that demonstrates a binding affinity for sclerostin of SEQ ID NO: 1 of less than or equal to 1×10−7 M.
- 19. The method of any one of paragraphs 1-15, wherein the anti-sclerostin antibody neutralizes human sclerostin in a MC3T3 cell-based mineralization assay when there is less than a 6-fold excess of moles of sclerostin binding sites per well as compared to the number of moles of sclerostin per well.
- 20. The method of any one of paragraphs 1-15, wherein the anti-sclerostin antibody has an IC50 of 100 nM or less, 50 nM or less, or 25 nM or less for neutralizing human sclerostin in a cell-based assay, such as a bone specific alkaline phosphatase assay.
- 21. The method of any one of paragraphs 1-15, wherein the anti-sclerostin antibody has an IC50 of 100 nM or less for neutralizing human sclerostin in a cell-based Wnt signaling assay in HEK293 cell lines.
- 22. The method of any one of paragraphs 1-15, wherein the anti-sclerostin antibody has an IC50 of 500 nM or less for neutralizing human sclerostin in a BMP2-induced mineralization assay in MC3T3 cells.
- 23. The method of any one of paragraphs 1-15, wherein the anti-sclerostin antibody binds to a sclerostin polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein said anti-sclerostin antibody binds to the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6.
- 24. The method of any one of paragraphs 1-15, wherein the anti-sclerostin antibody binds to a sclerostin polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein said anti-sclerostin antibody binds to the sequence of at least one of SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 4, or SEQ ID NO: 5.
- 25. The method of any one of paragraphs 1-15, wherein the anti-sclerostin antibody binds to a sclerostin polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein said anti-sclerostin antibody binds to the sequence of at least one of SEQ ID NO: 70, SEQ ID NO: 71, SEQ ID NO: 72, or SEQ ID NO: 73.
- 26. The method of any of the paragraphs 1-25, where the anti-sclerostin antibody cross-blocks the binding of at least one of antibodies Ab-A, Ab-B, Ab-C, Ab-D, Ab-1, Ab-2, Ab-3, Ab-4, Ab-5, Ab-6, Ab-7, Ab-8, Ab-9, Ab-10, Ab-11, Ab-12, Ab-13, Ab-14, Ab-15, Ab-16, Ab-17, Ab-18, Ab-19, Ab-20, Ab-21, Ab-22, Ab-23, and Ab-24 to sclerostin and/or is cross-blocked from binding to sclerostin by at least one of antibodies Ab-A, Ab-B, Ab-C, Ab-D, Ab-1, Ab-2, Ab-3, Ab-4, Ab-5, Ab-6, Ab-7, Ab-8, Ab-9, Ab-10, Ab-11, Ab-12, Ab-13, Ab-14, Ab-15, Ab-16, Ab-17, Ab-18, Ab-19, Ab-20, Ab-21, Ab-22, Ab-23, and Ab-24.
- 27. The method of
paragraph 26, wherein the anti-sclerostin antibody comprises a CDR-H1 of SEQ ID NO:245, a CDR-H2 of SEQ ID NO:246, a CDR-H3 of SEQ ID NO:247, a CDR-L1 of SEQ ID NO:78, a CDR-L2 of SEQ ID NO:79 and a CDR-L3 of SEQ ID NO:80. - 28. The method of
paragraph 27, wherein anti-sclerostin antibody comprises heavy chains comprising SEQ ID NO: 378 and light chains comprisingSEQ ID NO 376. - 29. The method of
paragraph 27, wherein anti-sclerostin antibody has heavy chains of SEQ ID NO: 145 or SEQ ID NO: 392 and light chains of SEQ ID NO: 141. - 30. The method of any of the paragraphs 1-25, wherein the anti-sclerostin antibody comprises CDRs of SEQ ID NOs: 20-25 of International Patent Publication No. WO 2008/115732 (SEQ ID NOs: 416-421), CDRs of SEQ ID NOs: 26-31 of International Patent Publication No. WO 2008/115732 (SEQ ID NOs: 422-427), or CDRs of SEQ ID NOs: 32-37 of International Patent Publication No. WO 2008/115732 (SEQ ID NOs: 428-433).
- 31. The method of any of the paragraphs 1-25, wherein the anti-sclerostin antibody comprises CDRs of SEQ ID NOs: 4, 15, 26, 37, 48, and 59 of International Patent Publication No. WO 2009/047356 (SEQ ID NOs: 443, 454, 465, 476, 487, and 498, respectively).
- 32. The method of any of the paragraphs 1-25, wherein the anti-sclerostin antibody comprises the amino acid sequence of at least one of SEQ ID NOs: 135-143, 153-161, or 171-179 of International Patent Publication No. WO 2010/130830 (SEQ ID NOs: 745-753, 763-771, 781-789, respectively).
- The foregoing summary is not intended to define every aspect of the invention, and additional aspects are described in other sections, such as the Detailed Description. The entire document is intended to be related as a unified disclosure, and it should be understood that all combinations of features described herein are contemplated, even if the combination of features are not found together in the same sentence, or paragraph, or section of this document. With respect to aspects of the invention described or claimed with “a” or “an,” it should be understood that these terms mean “one or more” unless context unambiguously requires a more restricted meaning. The term “or” should be understood to encompass items in the alternative or together, unless context unambiguously requires otherwise. If aspects of the invention are described as “comprising” a feature, embodiments also are contemplated “consisting of” or “consisting essentially of” the feature.
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FIG. 1 is a chart listing amino acid sequences and sequence identifiers for amino acid sequences of various anti-sclerostin antibodies described herein. The sequence identifiers refer to amino acid sequences provided in the Sequence Listing submitted herewith. The amino acid sequences also are set forth in U.S. Patent Publication No. 2007/0110747 or International Patent Publication Nos. WO 2008/115732, WO2009/047356, or WO 2010/130830, hereby incorporated by reference. -
FIGS. 2A and 2B provide graphs which illustrate that administration of the anti-sclerostin antibody resulted in increased cortical area and cortical thickness in the femoral diaphysis of healthy cynomologus monkeys after 28 weeks of treatment compared to animals that did not receive the antibody treatment. -
FIGS. 3A and 3B provide graphs which illustrate that administration of the anti-sclerostin antibody resulted in increased periosteal and endocortical bone formation rate in the femoral diaphysis of healthy cynomologus monkeys after 28 weeks of treatment compared to animals that did not receive the antibody treatment. -
FIG. 4 provides a graph which illustrates that administration of the anti-sclerostin antibody did not substantially increase cortical porosity in the femoral diaphysis of healthy cynomologus monkeys after 28 weeks of treatment compared to animals that did not receive the antibody treatment. - The invention is predicated, at least in part, on the discovery that sclerostin inhibitors enhance healing of bone gap defects. In this regard, the invention provides a method of treating a segmental skeletal defect or a non-union fracture. The method comprises administering to a subject (e.g., a mammal, such as a human) one or more doses of a sclerostin inhibitor, such as sclerostin binding agent (e.g., an anti-sclerostin antibody), during a treatment period of, e.g., at least 11 weeks. The materials and methods of the invention are superior to existing therapies whose therapeutic efficacy is limited and require extended recovery time.
- The terms “bone gap defect” and “segmental skeletal defect” are used synonymously herein and refer to a gap between two segments of bone (e.g., a gap of at least 1 mm).
- Administration of the sclerostin inhibitor enhances or accelerates bone gap defect healing, thereby “treating” the bone gap defect. “Enhancing” bone healing means mediating a level of bone healing beyond (i.e., greater than) the level of bone healing experienced in subjects (e.g., mammals, such as humans) not administered the sclerostin inhibitor (i.e., control subjects). Bone healing is evidenced by, for example, bridging status, improved bone volume, improved bone mineral content and density within the fracture gap (i.e., formation of bridging bone), mature bone callus, improved bone strength (optionally accompanied by a medically-acceptable level of bone stiffness), or improved patient use of the affected area. By “improved” is meant an increase or decrease (as desired) in the measured parameter. The increase can be a return, in whole or in part, of the measured parameter to baseline level (e.g., the level prior to the bone gap defect), to values provided in normative databases used in the art, or to the contralateral functional level (e.g., return, in whole or in part, to the functional capabilities of, for example, the contralateral limb). In some cases, the increase can be an improvement beyond baseline level. If desired, the measured parameters in patients administered one or more doses of the sclerostin inhibitor can be compared to the same parameters in fracture patients (optionally age and gender matched) not administered the sclerostin inhibitor to further analyze the efficacy of the methods described herein.
- Formation of bridging bone, bone mineral content and bone density, and/or mature honey callus at the site of bone defect may be measured using radiography (e.g., radiographic absorptometry), single- and/or dual-energy X-ray absorptometry, quantitative computed tomography (QCT), ultrasonography, radiography (e.g., radiographic absorptometry), and magnetic resonance imaging. In some embodiments, the sclerostin inhibitor (e.g., sclerostin binding agent) may be administered at a dose and for a time period effective to increase bridging bone formation, formation of bony callus, or bone density (or volume) at the defect site by at least about 5% (about 6%, about 7%, about 8%, or about 9%). In some embodiments, bridging bone formation, formation of bony callus, or bone density at the defect site is increased by at least about 10% (e.g., at least about 10%, at least about 12%, at least about 15%, at least about 18%, at least about 20%, or at least about 22%). In other embodiments, bridging bone formation, formation of bony callus, or bone density at the defect site is increased by the sclerostin inhibitor at least about 25% (e.g., at least about 26% or at least about 28%). In yet other embodiments, bridging bone formation, formation of bony callus, or bone density at the defect site is increased at least about 30% (e.g., at least about 32%, at least about 35%, at least about 38%, or at least about 40%) or at least about 50% (e.g., at least about 60%, at least about 70%, at least about 80%, at least about 90%, or about 100%). The increase or re-establishment of bridging bone formation can be determined at 1 week, 2 weeks, 3 weeks, or 4 weeks following the initial administration of sclerostin inhibitor. Alternatively, the bone density level can be determined after the treatment period ends (e.g., 1 week, 2 weeks, 3 weeks, or 4 weeks after the treatment period ends). In one aspect, the method reduces the amount of time required to establish a desired level of bone formation, bone volume, bony callus, or bone density (e.g., any percent increase in bone formation, bone mineral density, bony callus, or bone volume described herein) compared to age and gender-matched patients that do not receive the sclerostin inhibitor, thereby reducing recovery time for a subject. For example, in one embodiment, the sclerostin inhibitor reduces the amount of time required to increase bone density or volume at the defect site at least about 10% (e.g., at least about 20%, at least about 25%, at least about 30%, at least about 35%, at least about 40%, at least about 45%, or at least about 50%).
- Functional, quality of life parameters indicative of bone healing include, but are not limited to, recovery of strength and load-bearing capacity, decreased pain and use of pain medication, and improved occupational status. Administration of one or more doses of a sclerostin inhibitor, as described herein, accelerates improvement of functional, quality of life parameters associated with fractures in a statistically significant manner in the patient population tested. In certain aspects, the method reduces recovery time in the patient administered one or more doses of sclerostin inhibitor by at least 10% (e.g., at least 20%, at least 30%, at least 40%, at least 50%, or at least 65%) compared to recovery time in patients that do not receive the sclerostin inhibitor. “Recovery” can be estimated using any of a number of rehabilitation outcome measurements, such as the FIM instrument motor score for hip fractures (Munin et al., Arch. Phys. Med. Rehabil., 86:367-372 (2005)), the Olerud-Molander Ankle Score (OMAS) and SF-12 questionnaire for ankle fracture (Shah et al., Injury, 38(11):1308-1312 (2003)), and Knee Society Scoring for knee replacements (Insall et al., Clinical Orthopaedics, 248:13-14 (1989)).
- In some embodiments, one or more doses of a sclerostin inhibitor, such as a sclerostin binding agent (e.g., an anti-sclerostin antibody) is administered to a human over the course of a treatment period comprising 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31 weeks, 8 months, 9 months, 10 months, 11 months, 1 year, 18 months or longer. A “treatment period” begins upon administration of a first dose of sclerostin inhibitor (e.g., anti-sclerostin antibody) and ends upon administration of a final dose of sclerostin inhibitor. A dose of sclerostin inhibitor may be administered multiple times per week, if desired. In one embodiment, the treatment period comprises at least 11 weeks. In some embodiments, the treatment period lasts 28 weeks. In other embodiments, the treatment period lasts 1 year. Alternatively or in addition, the treatment period lasts no more than 18 months. Indeed, one or more administrations of a pharmaceutical composition comprising the sclerostin inhibitor may be carried out over a treatment or therapeutic period lasting no more than 18 months, less than 1 year, no more than 8 months, no more than 28 weeks, or no more than 20 weeks. In one embodiment, the treatment period is about 28 weeks and, yields significant improvement in healing parameters, such as (but not limited to) bone formation, bone strength (e.g., maximum load-bearing capacity before experiencing pain), bone volume, no substantial increase in cortical porosity, bridging limb function, and/or recovery time, when compared to untreated fractures. In addition, in one aspect, the treatment period begins soon after a bone gap defect is detected, e.g., within 30 minutes, within 1 hour, within 2 hours, within 6 hours, within 12 hours or within 24 hours of the defect. In other embodiments, the inhibitor is administered within 1 day of the bone defect, within 3 days of the bone defect, within 5 days of the bone defect, within 7 days of the bone defect, or within two weeks of the bone defect, wherein the sclerostin binding agent is administered for a period of time that is at least 11 weeks post-bone defect (e.g., 11 weeks, 12 weeks, 13 weeks, 14 weeks, 15 weeks, 16 weeks, 17 weeks, 18
weeks 19 weeks, 20 weeks, 21 weeks, 22 weeks, 23 weeks, 24 weeks, 25 weeks, 26 weeks, 27weeks 28 weeks, 29 weeks, 30 weeks, 31 weeks or longer (e.g., 8 months, 9 months, 10 months, 11 months, 1 year, 18 months or longer)). - The sclerostin binding agent (e.g., anti-sclerostin antibody) is administered in an amount that promotes, enhances, or accelerates healing of the bone gap defect. The dose of sclerostin binding agent administered to a subject (e.g., a mammal, such as a human) may range from about 1 mg/kg to about 100 mg/kg, or about 10 mg/kg to about 50 mg/kg of body weight. For example, the dose of sclerostin inhibitor (e.g., sclerostin binding agent) may range from about 1 mg/kg, about 5 mg/kg, about 10 mg/kg, about 20 mg/kg, about 25 mg/kg, about 26 mg/kg, about 27 mg/kg, about 28 mg/kg, about 29 mg/kg, about 30 mg/kg, about 31 mg/kg, about 32 mg/kg, about 33 mg/kg, about 34 mg/kg, about 35 mg/kg, about 36 mg/kg, about 37 mg/kg, about 38 mg/kg, about 39 mg/kg, about 40 mg/kg, about 41 mg/kg, about 42 mg/kg, about 43 mg/kg, about 44 mg/kg, about 45 mg/kg, about 46 mg/kg, about 47 mg/kg, about 48 mg/kg, about 49 mg/kg, or about 50 mg/kg, about 55 mg/kg, about 60 mg/kg, about 65 mg/kg, about 70 mg/kg, about 75 mg/kg, about 80 mg/kg, about 85 mg/kg, about 90 mg/kg, or about 95 mg/kg, up to about 100 mg/kg of body weight. In addition, it may be advantageous to administer multiple doses of a sclerostin binding agent or space out the administration of doses, depending on the therapeutic regimen selected for a particular patient. For example, a dose of sclerostin inhibitor can be administered once every two weeks, once a week, twice a week, three times a week, four times a week, or more, depending on the severity of the defect, the age and physical health of the patient, and the like.
- In some embodiments, the subject with the gap defect is optionally suffering from a bone-related disorder selected from the group consisting of achondroplasia, cleidocranial dysostosis, enchondromatosis, fibrous dysplasia, Gaucher's Disease, hypophosphatemic rickets, Marfan's syndrome, multiple hereditary exotoses, neurofibromatosis, osteogenesis imperfecta, osteopetrosis, osteopoikilosis, sclerotic lesions, pseudoarthrosis, pyogenic osteomyelitis, periodontal disease, anti-epileptic drug induced bone loss, primary and secondary hyperparathyroidism, familial hyperparathyroidism syndromes, weightlessness induced bone loss, osteoporosis in men, postmenopausal bone loss, osteoarthritis, renal osteodystrophy, infiltrative disorders of bone, oral bone loss, osteonecrosis of the jaw, juvenile Paget's disease, melorheostosis, metabolic bone diseases, mastocytosis, sickle cell anemia/disease, organ transplant related bone loss, kidney transplant related bone loss, systemic lupus erythematosus, ankylosing spondylitis, epilepsy, juvenile arthritides, thalassemia, mucopolysaccharidoses, Fabry Disease, Turner Syndrome, Down Syndrome, Klinefelter Syndrome, leprosy, Perthe's Disease, adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, infantile onset multi-system inflammatory disease, Winchester Syndrome, Menkes Disease, Wilson's Disease, ischemic bone disease (such as Legg-Calve-Perthes disease and regional migratory osteoporosis), anemic states, conditions caused by steroids, glucocorticoid-induced bone loss, heparin-induced bone loss, bone marrow disorders, scurvy, malnutrition, calcium deficiency, osteoporosis, osteopenia, alcoholism, chronic liver disease, postmenopausal state, chronic inflammatory conditions, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, inflammatory colitis, Crohn's disease, oligomenorrhea, amenorrhea, pregnancy, diabetes mellitus, hyperthyroidism, thyroid disorders, parathyroid disorders, Cushing's disease, acromegaly, hypogonadism, immobilization or disuse, reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome, regional osteoporosis, osteomalacia, bone loss associated with joint replacement, HIV associated bone loss, bone loss associated with loss of growth hormone, bone loss associated with cystic fibrosis, chemotherapy-associated bone loss, tumor-induced bone loss, cancer-related bone loss, hormone ablative bone loss, multiple myeloma, drug-induced bone loss, anorexia nervosa, disease-associated facial bone loss, disease-associated cranial bone loss, disease-associated bone loss of the jaw, disease-associated bone loss of the skull, bone loss associated with aging, facial bone loss associated with aging, cranial bone loss associated with aging, jaw bone loss associated with aging, skull bone loss associated with aging, and bone loss associated with space travel.
- In some embodiments, the subject is optionally suffering from (or has suffered from) a cancer. The term “cancer” refers to a proliferative disorder associated with uncontrolled cell proliferation, unrestrained cell growth, and decreased cell death/apoptosis. Cancer includes, but is not limited to, breast cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer, kidney cancer, thyroid cancer, melanoma, follicular lymphomas, carcinomas with p53 mutations, and hormone-dependent tumors, including, but not limited to, colon cancer, cardiac tumors, pancreatic cancer, retinoblastoma, glioblastoma, intestinal cancer, testicular cancer, stomach cancer, neuroblastoma, myxoma, myoma, lymphoma, endothelioma, osteoblastoma, osteoclastoma, osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, adenoma, Kaposi's sarcoma, ovarian cancer, leukemia (including acute leukemias (for example, acute lymphocytic leukemia, acute myelocytic leukemia, including myeloblastic, promyelocytic, myelomonocytic, monocytic, and erythroleukemia)) and chronic leukemias (for example, chronic myelocytic (granulocytic) leukemia and chronic lymphocytic leukemia), myelodysplastic syndrome polycythemia vera, lymphomas (for example, Hodgkin's disease and non-Hodgkin's disease), multiple myeloma, Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia, heavy chain diseases, and solid tumors including, but not limited to, sarcomas and carcinomas such as fibrosarcoma, myxosarcoma, liposarcoma, osteogenic sarcoma, chordoma, angiosarcoma, endotheliosarcoma, lymphangiosarcoma, lymphangioendotheliosarcoma, synovioma, mesothelioma, Ewing's tumor, leiomyosarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, sweat gland carcinoma, sebaceous gland carcinoma, papillary carcinoma, papillary adenocarcinomas, cystadenocarcinoma, medullary carcinoma, bronchogenic carcinoma, renal cell carcinoma, hepatoma, bile duct carcinoma, choriocarcinoma, seminoma, embryonal carcinoma, Wilm's tumor, cervical cancer, small cell lung carcinoma, bladder carcinoma, epithelial carcinoma, glioma, astrocytoma, medulloblastoma, craniopharyngioma, ependymoma, pinealoma, hemangioblastoma, acoustic neuroma, oligodendroglioma, and menangioma. The terms “metastasis” and “cancer metastasis” are used interchangeably herein to refer to the ability of a cancer cell to spread to other tissues. For example, “metastasis to bone” refers to the ability of certain types of cancer including, but not limited to, breast, prostate, lung, kidney, thyroid, and melanoma, to metastasize to bone.
- In some embodiments, the subject optionally suffers from an osteolytic disorder. The term “osteolytic disorder” as used herein refers to any condition that is caused by an increase in the activity of osteoclasts, which are cells responsible for bone resorption. The terms “osteolysis” and “osteolytic bone loss” are used interchangeably to refer to osteoclast-mediated bone resorption or bone loss associated with an osteolytic disorder. Osteolytic disorders occur in subjects with a predisposition to develop an osteolytic disorder, or they occur in subjects with a disease that leads to or contributes to an osteolytic disorder by stimulating osteoclast activity. In some embodiments, the osteolytic disorder is osteolytic bone loss. In other embodiments, the osteolytic disorder is cancer metastasis-induced osteolytic bone loss. In further embodiments, the osteolytic bone disorder is a metabolic bone disease, including but not limited to, endocrinopathies (e.g., hypercortisolism, hypogonadism, primary or secondary hyperparathyroidism, and hyperthyroidism); dietary deficiency, including but not limited to, rickets, osteomalacia, scurvy, and malnutrition; osteoporosis; drug use, including glucocorticoids (glucocorticoid-induced osteoperosis), heparin, and alcohol; chronic disease, including malabsorption syndromes; chronic renal failure, including renal osteodystrophy; chronic liver disease, including hepatic osteodystrophy; inherited disease, including osteogenesis imperfecta and homocystinuria; and bone inflammation associated with arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, fibrous dysplasia, periodontal disease, and Paget's disease.
- The terms “metastasis-induced osteolytic bone loss,” and “cancer metastasis-induced osteolytic bone loss,” are used interchangeably herein to refer to osteolysis or osteolytic bone loss resulting from cancer cell metastasis to bone. The term “cancer metastasis-induced osteoclast activation” is used herein to refer to the ability of cancer cells that have metastasized to bone to induce the activation of osteoclasts.
- The sclerostin inhibitor is preferably administered to a subject in a physiologically-acceptable (e.g., pharmaceutical) composition, which can include carriers, excipients, or diluents. It will be appreciated that the sclerostin inhibitors (e.g., anti-sclerostin antibody) described herein may be used in the preparation of a medicament for administration using any of the dosage and timing regimens disclosed herein. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment are disclosed in U.S. Patent Publication No. 20050106683, which is incorporated by reference herein. “Physiologically-acceptable” refers to molecular entities and compositions that do not produce an allergic or similar untoward reaction when administered to a human. In addition, the composition administered to a subject may contain more than one sclerostin inhibitor (e.g., two anti-sclerostin antibodies, or a sclerostin binding agent and a synthetic chemical sclerostin inhibitor) or a sclerostin inhibitor in combination with one or more therapeutics having different mechanisms of action.
- The development of suitable dosing and treatment regimens for using the particular compositions described herein in a variety of treatment regimens, including e.g., subcutaneous, oral, parenteral, intravenous, intranasal, and intramuscular administration and formulation, is well known in the art and discussed in U.S. Patent Publication No. 20070110747. For example, in certain circumstances, it will be desirable to deliver a pharmaceutical composition comprising a sclerostin binding agent subcutaneously, parenterally, intravenously, intramuscularly, or even intraperitoneally. Such approaches are well known to the skilled artisan, some of which are further described, for example, in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,543,158; 5,641,515; and 5,399,363. Illustrative pharmaceutical forms suitable for injectable use include sterile aqueous solutions or dispersions and sterile powders for the extemporaneous preparation of sterile injectable solutions or dispersions (for example, see U.S. Pat. No. 5,466,468). In all cases the form must be sterile and must be fluid to the extent that easy syringability exists.
- In one embodiment, for parenteral administration in an aqueous solution, the solution should be suitably buffered if necessary and the liquid diluent first rendered isotonic with sufficient saline or glucose. These particular aqueous solutions are especially suitable for intravenous, intramuscular, subcutaneous, and intraperitoneal administration. For example, one dosage may be dissolved in 1 ml of isotonic NaCl solution and either added to 1000 ml of hypodermoclysis fluid or injected at the proposed site of infusion (see, for example, Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences, 15th ed., Mack Pub. Co., Easton, Pa., pp. 1035-1038 and 1570-1580). Some variation in dosage and frequency of administration may occur depending on the condition of the subject being treated; age, height, weight, and overall health of the patient; and the existence of any side effects. In addition, a pharmaceutical composition comprising a sclerostin binding agent may be placed within containers (e.g. vials), along with packaging material that provides instructions regarding the use of such pharmaceutical compositions. Generally, such instructions will include a tangible expression describing the reagent concentration, as well as within certain embodiments, relative amounts of excipient ingredients or diluents (e.g., water, saline or PBS) that may be necessary to reconstitute the pharmaceutical composition.
- The methods described herein comprise administering an amount of a “sclerostin inhibitor.” As used herein, the term “sclerostin inhibitor” means any molecule that inhibits the biological activity of sclerostin on bone, as measured by changes to bone mineralization, bone density, effect on osteoblasts and/or osteoclasts, markers of bone formation, markers of bone resorption, markers of osteoblast activity, and/or markers of osteoclast activity. Such inhibitors may act by binding to sclerostin or its receptor or binding partner. Inhibitors in this category include “sclerostin binding agents,” such as, e.g., antibodies or peptide-based molecules. “Sclerostin inhibitors” also refers to small organic chemical compounds, optionally of less than about 1000 Daltons in molecular weight that bind sclerostin and inhibit its activity. Inhibitors may alternatively act by inhibiting expression of sclerostin. Inhibitors in this category include polynucleotides or oligonucleotides that bind to sclerostin DNA or mRNA and inhibit sclerostin expression, including an antisense oligonucleotide, inhibitory RNA, DNA enzyme, ribozyme, an aptamer or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof that inhibit the expression of sclerostin.
- A “sclerostin binding agent” specifically binds to sclerostin or portions thereof to block or impair binding of human sclerostin to one or more ligands. Sclerostin, the product of the SOST gene, is absent in sclerosteosis, a skeletal disease characterized by bone overgrowth and strong dense bones (Brunkow et al., Am. J. Hum. Genet., 68:577-589 (2001); Balemans et al., Hum. Mol. Genet., 10:537-543 (2001)). The amino acid sequence of human sclerostin is reported by Brunkow et al. and is disclosed in U.S. Patent Publication No. 20070110747 as SEQ ID NO: 1 (which patent publication is incorporated in its entirety for its description of sclerostin binding agents and Sequence Listing). Recombinant human sclerostin/SOST is commercially available from R&D Systems (Minneapolis, Minn., USA; 2006 Catalog #1406-ST-025). Additionally, recombinant mouse sclerostin/SOST is commercially available from R&D Systems (Minneapolis, Minn., USA; 2006 Catalog #1589-ST-025). Research grade sclerostin-binding monoclonal antibodies are commercially available from R&D Systems (Minneapolis, Minn., USA; mouse monoclonal: 2006 Catalog # MAB1406; rat monoclonal: 2006 Catalog # MAB1589). U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,395,511 and 6,803,453, and U.S. Patent Publication Nos. 20040009535 and 20050106683 refer to anti-sclerostin antibodies generally. Examples of sclerostin binding agents suitable for use in the context of the invention also are described in U.S. Patent Publication Nos. 20070110747 and 20070072797, which are hereby incorporated by reference. Additional information regarding materials and methods for generating sclerostin binding agents can be found in U.S. Patent Publication No. 20040158045 (hereby incorporated by reference).
- The sclerostin binding agent of the invention preferably is an antibody. The term “antibody” refers to an intact antibody, or a binding fragment thereof. An antibody may comprise a complete antibody (immunoglobulin) molecule (including polyclonal, monoclonal, chimeric, humanized, and/or human versions having full length heavy and/or light chains), or comprise an antigen binding fragment thereof. Antibody fragments include F(ab′)2, Fab, Fab′, Fv, Fc, and Fd fragments, and can be incorporated into single domain antibodies (e.g., nanobodies), single-chain antibodies, maxibodies, minibodies, intrabodies, diabodies, triabodies, tetrabodies, v-NAR and bis-scFv (see, e.g., Hollinger and Hudson, Nature Biotechnology, 23(9):1126-1136 (2005)). Antibody polypeptides, including fibronectin polypeptide monobodies, also are disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,703,199. Other antibody polypeptides are disclosed in U.S. Patent Publication No. 20050238646. U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,395,511 and 6,803,453, and U.S. Patent Publication Nos. 20040009535 and 20050106683 (incorporated in their entirety by reference for their disclosure of anti-sclerostin antibodies) refer to anti-sclerostin antibodies generally. The amino acid sequence of human sclerostin is set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 of the Sequence Listing and is provided as SEQ ID NO: 1 of U.S. Patent Publication No. 20070110747 (which patent publication is incorporated in its entirety for its description of sclerostin and sclerostin binding agents and Sequence Listing). Sclerostin also is described in Brunkow et al., Am. J. Hum. Genet., 68:577-589 (2001); and Balemans et al., Hum. Mol. Genet., 10:537-543 (2001). Additional information regarding materials and methods for generating anti-sclerostin antibodies can be found in U.S. Patent Publication No. 20040158045 (hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety).
- An antibody fragment may be any synthetic or genetically engineered protein. For example, antibody fragments include isolated fragments consisting of the light chain variable region, “Fv” fragments consisting of the variable regions of the heavy and light chains, and recombinant single chain polypeptide molecules in which light and heavy variable regions are connected by a peptide linker (scFv proteins).
- Another form of an antibody fragment is a peptide comprising one or more complementarity determining regions (CDRs) of an antibody. CDRs (also termed “minimal recognition units” or “hypervariable region”) can be obtained by constructing polynucleotides that encode the CDR of interest. Such polynucleotides are prepared, for example, by using the polymerase chain reaction to synthesize the variable region using mRNA of antibody-producing cells as a template (see, for example, Larrick et al., Methods: A Companion to Methods in Enzymology, 2:106 (1991); Courtenay-Luck, “Genetic Manipulation of Monoclonal Antibodies,” in Monoclonal Antibodies Production, Engineering and Clinical Application, Ritter et al. (eds.), page 166, Cambridge University Press (1995); and Ward et al., “Genetic Manipulation and Expression of Antibodies,” in Monoclonal Antibodies: Principles and Applications, Birch et al., (eds.),
page 137, Wiley-Liss, Inc. (1995)). - Anti-sclerostin antibodies may bind to sclerostin of SEQ ID NO: 1, or a naturally occurring variant thereof, with an affinity (Kd) of less than or equal to 1×10−7M, less than or equal to 1×10−8M, less than or equal to 1×10−9M, less than or equal to 1×10−10 M, less than or equal to 1×10−11M, or less than or equal to 1×10−12M. Affinity is determined using a variety of techniques, an example of which is an affinity ELISA assay. In various embodiments, affinity is determined by a BIAcore assay. In various embodiments, affinity is determined by a kinetic method. In various embodiments, affinity is determined by an equilibrium/solution method. U.S. Patent Publication No. 20070110747 contains additional description of affinity assays suitable for determining the affinity (Kd) of an antibody for sclerostin.
- Anti-sclerostin antibodies for use in the methods described herein preferably modulate sclerostin function in the cell-based assay described in U.S. Patent Publication No. 20070110747 and/or the in vivo assay described in U.S. Patent Publication No. 20070110747 and/or bind to one or more of the epitopes described in U.S. Patent Publication No. 20070110747 and/or cross-block the binding of one of the antibodies described in U.S. Patent Publication No. 20070110747 and/or are cross-blocked from binding sclerostin by one of the antibodies described in U.S. Patent Publication No. 20070110747 (incorporated by reference in its entirety and for its description of assays for characterizing an anti-sclerostin antibody).
- In some or any embodiments, the anti-sclerostin antibody binds to a sclerostin polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 and binds the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6 (CGPARLLPNAIGRGKWWRPSGPDFRC; corresponding to amino acids 86-111 of SEQ ID NO: 1). Alternatively or in addition, the anti-sclerostin antibody binds to a sclerostin polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 and binds the sequence of at least one of SEQ ID NO: 2 (DVSEYSCRELHFTR; corresponding to amino acids 51-64 of SEQ ID NO: 1), SEQ ID NO: 3 (SAKPVTELVCSGQCGPAR; corresponding to amino acids 73-90 of SEQ ID NO: 1), SEQ ID NO: 4 (WWRPSGPDFRCIPDRYR; corresponding to amino acids 101-117 of SEQ ID NO: 1), SEQ ID NO: 5 (LVASCKCKRLTR; corresponding to amino acids 138-149 of SEQ ID NO: 1), SEQ ID NO: 70 (SAKPVTELVCSGQC; corresponding to amino acids 73-86 of SEQ ID NO: 1), SEQ ID NO: 71 (LVASCKC; corresponding to amino acids 138-144 of SEQ ID NO: 1), SEQ ID NO: 72 (C1RELHFTR; corresponding to amino acids 57-64 of SEQ ID NO: 1), or SEQ ID NO: 73 (CIPDRYR; corresponding to amino acids 111-117 of SEQ ID NO: 1) within SEQ ID NO: 1. For example, in one aspect, the anti-sclerostin antibody binds a subregion of sclerostin of SEQ ID NO: 1 comprising SEQ ID NOs: 2-5 (and/or SEQ ID NOs: 70-73), optionally in its native three-dimensional conformation. Optionally, the anti-sclerostin antibody binds a peptide consisting of one or more of SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 5, SEQ ID NO: 6, SEQ ID NO: 70, SEQ ID NO: 71, SEQ ID NO: 72, or SEQ ID NO: 73 (e.g., a peptide consisting of SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 4, and SEQ ID NO: 5 or a peptide consisting of SEQ ID NO: 70, SEQ ID NO: 71, SEQ ID NO: 72, and SEQ ID NO: 73).
- In some or any embodiments, the anti-sclerostin antibody binds to a sclerostin polypeptide having the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:4 and SEQ ID NO:5, wherein SEQ ID NO:2 and 4 are joined by a disulfide bond at amino acid positions 57 and 111 with reference to SEQ ID NO:1, and SEQ ID NO:3 and 5 are joined by at least one of (a) a disulfide bond at amino acid positions 82 and 142 with reference to SEQ ID NO:1, and (b) a disulfide bond at amino acid positions 86 and 144 with reference to SEQ ID NO:1; the polypeptide may retain the tertiary structure of the corresponding polypeptide region of human sclerostin of SEQ ID NO:1. Alternatively or in addition, the sclerostin binding agent (e.g., anti-sclerostin antibody) binds a polypeptide having the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NO: 70, SEQ ID NO: 71, SEQ ID NO: 72 and SEQ ID NO: 73, wherein SEQ ID NO: 72 and 73 are joined by a disulfide bond at amino acid positions 57 and 111 with reference to SEQ ID NO: 1, and SEQ ID NO: 70 and 71 are joined by at least one of (a) a disulfide bond at amino acid positions 82 and 142 with reference to SEQ ID NO: 1, and (b) a disulfide bond at amino acid positions 86 and 144 with reference to SEQ ID NO: 1.
- In various aspects, the anti-sclerostin antibody is capable of neutralizing human sclerostin in a MC3T3 cell-based mineralization assay when there is less than a 6-fold excess of moles of sclerostin binding sites per well as compared to the number of moles of sclerostin per well. Mineralization by osteoblast-lineage cells in culture, either primary cells or cell lines, is used as an in vitro model of bone formation. An exemplary cell-based mineralization assay is described in U.S. Patent Publication No. 20070110747 at, e.g., Example 8 (hereby incorporated by reference). MC3T3-E1 cells (Sudo et al., J. Cell Biol., 96:191-198 (1983)) and subclones of the original cell line can form mineral in culture upon growth in the presence of differentiating agents. Such subclones include MC3T3-E1-BF (Smith et al., J. Biol. Chem., 275:19992-20001 (2000)). For both the MC3T3-E1-BF subclone as well as the original MC3T3-E1 cells, sclerostin can inhibit one or more of the sequence of events leading up to and including mineral deposition (i.e., sclerostin inhibits mineralization). Anti-sclerostin antibodies that are able to neutralize sclerostin's inhibitory activity allow for mineralization of the culture in the presence of sclerostin such that there is a statistically significant increase in, e.g., deposition of calcium phosphate (measured as calcium) as compared to the amount of calcium measured in the sclerostin-only (i.e., no antibody) treatment group.
- When running the assay with the goal of determining whether a particular anti-sclerostin antibody can neutralize sclerostin, the amount of sclerostin used in the assay desirably is the minimum amount of sclerostin that causes at least a 70%, statistically significant, reduction in deposition of calcium phosphate (measured as calcium) in the sclerostin-only group, as compared to the amount of calcium measured in the no sclerostin group. An anti-sclerostin neutralizing antibody is defined as one that causes a statistically significant increase in deposition of calcium phosphate (measured as calcium) as compared to the amount of calcium measured in the sclerostin-only (i.e., no antibody) treatment group. To determine whether an anti-sclerostin antibody is neutralizing or not, the amount of anti-sclerostin antibody used in the assay needs to be such that there is an excess of moles of sclerostin binding sites per well as compared to the number of moles of sclerostin per well. Depending on the potency of the antibody, the fold excess that may be required can be 24, 18, 12, 6, 3, or 1.5, and one of skill is familiar with the routine practice of testing more than one concentration of binding agent (antibody). For example, a very potent anti-sclerostin neutralizing antibody will neutralize sclerostin when there is less than a 6-fold excess of moles of sclerostin binding sites per well as compared to the number of moles of sclerostin per well. A less potent anti-sclerostin neutralizing antibody will neutralize sclerostin only at a 12, 18 or 24 fold excess.
- The anti-sclerostin antibody optionally has an IC50 of 100 nM or less, or 75 nM or less, or 50 nM or less, or 25 nM or less for neutralizing human sclerostin in a cell-based assay, such as a bone specific alkaline phosphatase assay, e.g., the bone specific alkaline phosphatase assay described in International Patent Publication No. WO 2008/115732 and U.S. Pat. No. 7,744,874 (incorporated herein by reference in its entirety for its description of cell-based assays and anti-sclerostin antibodies). The bone specific alkaline phosphatase assay is predicated on the ability of sclerostin to decrease BMP-4 and Wnt3a-stimulated alkaline phosphatase levels in the multipotential murine cell line, C2C12. According to WO 2008/115732, a neutralizing anti-sclerostin antibody mediates a dose-dependent increase of alkaline phosphatase activity in this assay. Exemplary protocols of the cell-based assays are provided in Example 1.
- Alternatively or in addition, the anti-sclerostin antibody has an IC50 of 100 nM or less (e.g., 75 nM or less, or 50 nM or less) for neutralizing human sclerostin in a cell-based Wnt signaling assay in HEK293 cell lines, such as the Wnt assay involving Wnt1-mediated induction of STF reporter gene described in e.g., International Patent Publication No. WO 2009/047356 (incorporated by reference for its discussion of anti-sclerostin antibodies and cell-based assays). Alternatively or in addition, the anti-sclerostin antibody has an IC50 of 500 nM or less (e.g., 250 nM or less, 150 nM or less, 100 nM or less, or 50 nM or less) for neutralizing human sclerostin in a BMP2-induced mineralization assay in MC3T3 cells, such as the mineralization assay described in e.g., International Patent Publication No. WO 2009/047356. An exemplary protocol is provided in Example 1.
- Examples of anti-sclerostin antibodies suitable for use in the context of the invention are described in U.S. Patent Publication Nos. 20070110747 and 20070072797, which are hereby incorporated by reference. In one embodiment of the invention, the anti-sclerostin antibody cross-blocks the binding of at least one of antibodies Ab-A, Ab-B, Ab-C, Ab-D, Ab-1, Ab-2, Ab-3, Ab-4, Ab-5, Ab-6, Ab-7, Ab-8, Ab-9, Ab-10, Ab-11, Ab-12, Ab-13, Ab-14, Ab-15, Ab-16, Ab-17, Ab-18, Ab-19, Ab-20, Ab-21, Ab-22, Ab-23, and Ab-24 (all of which are described in U.S. Patent Publication No. 20070110747) to sclerostin. Alternatively or in addition, the anti-sclerostin antibody is cross-blocked from binding to sclerostin by at least one of antibodies Ab-A, Ab-B, Ab-C, Ab-D, Ab-1, Ab-2, Ab-3, Ab-4, Ab-5, Ab-6, Ab-7, Ab-8, Ab-9, Ab-10, Ab-11, Ab-12, Ab-13, Ab-14, Ab-15, Ab-16, Ab-17, Ab-18, Ab-19, Ab-20, Ab-21, Ab-22, Ab-23, and Ab-24 (all of which are described in U.S. Patent Publication No. 20070110747). The terms “cross-block,” “cross-blocked,” and “cross-blocking” are used interchangeably herein to mean the ability of an antibody to interfere with the binding of other antibodies to sclerostin. The extent to which an antibody is able to interfere with the binding of another to sclerostin, and therefore whether it can be said to cross-block, can be determined using competition binding assays. In some aspects of the invention, a cross-blocking antibody or fragment thereof reduces sclerostin binding of a reference antibody between about 40% and about 100%, such as about 60% and about 100%, specifically between 70% and 100%, and more specifically between 80% and 100%. A particularly suitable quantitative assay for detecting cross-blocking uses a Biacore machine which measures the extent of interactions using surface plasmon resonance technology. Another suitable quantitative cross-blocking assay uses an ELISA-based approach to measure competition between antibodies in terms of their binding to sclerostin.
- Examples of suitable anti-sclerostin antibodies and fragments thereof include antibodies and antibody fragments having one or more of CDR-H1, CDR-H2, CDR-H3, CDR-L1, CDR-L2 and CDR-L3 specifically disclosed in U.S. Patent Publication No. 20070110747. At least one of the regions of CDR-H1, CDR-H2, CDR-H3, CDR-L1, CDR-L2, and CDR-L3 may have at least one amino acid substitution, provided that the antibody retains the binding specificity of the non-substituted CDR. Preferably, the anti-sclerostin antibody is Ab-A, Ab-B, Ab-C, Ab-D, Ab-1, Ab-2, Ab-3, Ab-4, Ab-5, Ab-6, Ab-7, Ab-8, Ab-9, Ab-10, Ab-11, Ab-12, Ab-13, Ab-14, Ab-15, Ab-16, Ab-17, Ab-18, Ab-19, Ab-20, Ab-21, Ab-22, Ab-23, or Ab-24 of U.S. Patent Publication No. 20070110747.
- In addition, the anti-sclerostin antibody can comprise at least one CDR sequence having at least 75% identity (e.g., 100% identity) to a CDR selected from SEQ ID NOs: 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 78, 79, 80, 81, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 351, 352, 353, 358, 359, and 360 provided in the Sequence Listing and disclosed in U.S. Patent Publication No. 20070110747. Preferably, the anti-sclerostin antibody comprises at least one CDR sequence having at least 75% identity to a CDR selected from SEQ ID NOs: 245, 246, 247, 78, 79, 80, 269, 270, 271, 239, 240, and 241, all of which is provided in the Sequence Listing and described in U.S. Patent Publication No. 20070110747. As described in U.S. Patent Publication No. 20070110747, the anti-sclerostin antibody can comprise: a) CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:54, 55, and 56 and CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:51, 52, and 53; b) CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:60, 61, and 62 and CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:57, 58, and 59; c) CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:48, 49, and 50 and CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:45, 46, and 47; d) CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:42, 43, and 44 and CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:39, 40, and 41; e) CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:275, 276, and 277 and CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:287, 288, and 289; f) CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:278, 279, and 280 and CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:290, 291, and 292; g) CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:78, 79, and 80 and CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 245, 246, and 247; h) CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:81, 99, and 100 and CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:248, 249, and 250; i) CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:101, 102, and 103 and CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:251, 252, and 253; j) CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:104, 105, and 106 and CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:254, 255, and 256; k) CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:107, 108, and 109 and CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:257, 258, and 259; 1) CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:110, 111, and 112 and CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:260, 261, and 262; m) CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:281, 282, and 283 and CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:293, 294, and 295; n) CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:113, 114, and 115 and CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:263, 264, and 265; o) CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:284, 285, and 286 and CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:296, 297, and 298; p) CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:116, 237, and 238 and CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:266, 267, and 268; q) CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:239, 240, and 241 and CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:269, 270, and 271; r) CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:242, 243, and 244 and CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:272, 273, and 274; or s) CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:351, 352, and 353 and CDR sequences of SEQ ID NOs:358, 359, and 360.
- The anti-sclerostin antibody also can comprise at least one CDR sequence having at least 75% identity (e.g., 100% identical) to a CDR selected from CDR-H1, CDR-H2, CDR-H3, CDR-L1, CDR-L2, and CDR-L3 wherein CDR-H1 has the sequence given in SEQ ID NO: 245, CDR-H2 has the sequence given in SEQ ID NO: 246, CDR-H3 has the sequence given in SEQ ID NO: 247, CDR-L1 has the sequence given in SEQ ID NO: 78, CDR-L2 has the sequence given in SEQ ID NO: 79 and CDR-L3 has the sequence given in SEQ ID NO: 80, all of which is provided in the Sequence Listing and described in U.S. Patent Publication No. 20070110747. The anti-sclerostin antibody, in various aspects, comprises two of the CDRs or six of the CDRs. Optionally, the anti-sclerostin antibody comprises heavy chains comprising SEQ ID NO: 378 and light chains comprising
SEQ ID NO 376. - The anti-sclerostin antibody also can comprise at least one CDR sequence having at least 75% identity (e.g., 100% identical) to a CDR selected from CDR-H1, CDR-H2, CDR-H3, CDR-L1, CDR-L2, and CDR-L3 wherein CDR-H1 has the sequence given in SEQ ID NO: 269, CDR-H2 has the sequence given in SEQ ID NO: 270, CDR-H3 has the sequence given in SEQ ID NO: 271, CDR-L1 has the sequence given in SEQ ID NO: 239, CDR-L2 has the sequence given in SEQ ID NO: 240 and CDR-L3 has the sequence given in SEQ ID NO 241, all of which is provided in the Sequence Listing and described in U.S. Patent Publication No. 20070110747. The anti-sclerostin antibody, in various aspects, comprises at least two of the CDRs or six of the CDRs.
- Alternatively, the anti-sclerostin antibody can have a heavy chain comprising CDR's H1, H2, and H3 and comprising a polypeptide having the sequence provided in SEQ ID NO: 137 or a variant thereof in which said CDR's are at least 75% identical (e.g., 100% identical) to SEQ ID NO: 245, 246, and 247, respectively, and a light chain comprising CDR's L1, L2 and L3 and comprising a polypeptide having the sequence provided in SEQ ID NO: 133 or a variant thereof in which said CDR's are at least 75% identical (e.g., 100% identical) to SEQ ID NO: 78, 79, and 80, respectively (as described in U.S. Patent Publication No. 20070110747).
- The anti-sclerostin antibody may have a heavy chain comprising CDR's H1, H2, and H3 and comprising a polypeptide having the sequence provided in SEQ ID NO: 145 or 392 or a variant thereof in which said CDR's are at least 75% identical (e.g., 100% identical) to SEQ ID NO: 245, 246, and 247, respectively, and a light chain comprising CDR's L1, L2, and L3 and comprising a polypeptide having the sequence provided in SEQ ID NO: 141 or a variant thereof in which said CDR's are at least 75% identical (e.g., 100% identical) to SEQ ID NO: 78, 79, and 80, respectively (as described in U.S. Patent Publication No. 20070110747).
- The anti-sclerostin antibody may have a heavy chain comprising CDR's H1, H2, and H3 and comprising a polypeptide having the sequence provided in SEQ ID NO: 335, 331, 345, or 396 or a variant of any of the foregoing in which said CDR's are at least 75% (e.g., 100% identical) identical to SEQ ID NO: 269, 270, and 271, respectively, and a light chain comprising CDR's L1, L2, and L3 and comprising a polypeptide having the sequence provided in SEQ ID NO: 334 or 341 or a variant of any of the foregoing in which said CDR's are at least 75% identical (e.g., 100% identical) to SEQ ID NO: 239, 240, and 241, respectively (as described in U.S. Patent Publication No. 20070110747). All combinations of the heavy and light chain sequences are contemplated (e.g., heavy chains comprising SEQ ID NO: 335 and light chains comprising SEQ ID NO: 334; heavy chains comprising SEQ ID NO: 331 and light chains comprising SEQ ID NO: 334 or 341; and heavy chains comprising SEQ ID NO: 345 or 396 and light chains comprising SEQ ID NO: 341).
- Alternatively, the anti-sclerostin antibody has a heavy chain comprising a polypeptide having the sequence provided in SEQ ID NO:137, and a light chain comprising a polypeptide having the sequence provided in SEQ ID NO:133; a heavy chain comprising a polypeptide having the sequence provided in SEQ ID NO:145 or 392, and a light chain comprising a polypeptide having the sequence provided in SEQ ID NO: 141; a heavy chain comprising a polypeptide having the sequence provided in SEQ ID NO:335, and a light chain comprising a polypeptide having the sequence provided in SEQ ID NO:334; a heavy chain comprising a polypeptide having the sequence provided in SEQ ID NO:331, and a light chain comprising a polypeptide having the sequence provided in SEQ ID NO:341; or a heavy chain comprising a polypeptide having the sequence provided in SEQ ID NO:345 or 396, and a light chain comprising a polypeptide having the sequence provided in SEQ ID NO:341 (as described in U.S. Patent Publication No. 20070110747).
- Examples of anti-sclerostin antibodies also include, but are not limited to, the anti-sclerostin antibodies disclosed in International Patent Publication Nos. WO 2008/092894, WO 2008/115732, WO 2009/056634, WO 2009/047356, WO 2010/100200, WO 2010/100179, WO 2010/115932, and WO 2010/130830 (each of which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety), such as an anti-sclerostin antibody comprising CDRs of SEQ ID NOs: 20-25 of International Patent Publication No. WO 2008/115732 (SEQ ID NOs: 416-421 herein), an anti-sclerostin antibody comprising CDRs of SEQ ID NOs: 26-31 of International Patent Publication No. WO 2008/115732 (SEQ ID NOs: 422-427 herein), an anti-sclerostin antibody comprising CDRs of SEQ ID NOs: 32-37 of International Patent Publication No. WO 2008/115732 (SEQ ID NOs: 428-433 herein), an anti-sclerostin antibody comprising CDRs of SEQ ID NOs: 4, 15, 26, 37, 48, and 59 of International Patent Publication No. WO 2009/047356 (SEQ ID NOs: 443, 454, 465, 476, 487 and 498, respectively, herein), or an anti-sclerostin antibody comprising the amino acid sequence of at least one of SEQ ID NOs: 135-143, 153-161, or 171-179 of International Patent Publication No. WO 2010/130830 (SEQ ID NOs: 745-753, 763-771, 781-789, respectively, herein).
- Alternatively, the methods described herein comprise administering a sclerostin inhibitor other than an anti-sclerostin antibody. Such agents can act directly or indirectly on SOST or sclerostin. Sclerostin inhibitors contemplated for use in the methods described herein include those described in U.S. Patent Publication No. 20030229041 (the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference, with particular emphasis upon the description of sclerostin inhibitors). For example, agents useful for modulating SOST expression and sclerostin activity include, but are not limited to, steroids (such as those corresponding to
Formula 1 of U.S. Patent Publication No. 20030229041), alkaloids, terpenoids, peptoids, and synthetic chemicals. In some embodiments, the SOST antagonist or agonist can bind to a glucocorticoid receptor. For example, dexamethasone tends to abolish the stimulatory effect of BMP-4 and BMP-6 on SOST expression. Other chemical entities including glucocorticoid analogs, bile salts (such as those corresponding toFormula 3 of U.S. Patent Publication No. 20030229041), and prostaglandins (such as those corresponding toFormula 2 of U.S. Patent Publication No. 20030229041) also modulate the effects of bone morphogenetic proteins on SOST expression, and are contemplated for use in the methods described herein. - Sclerostin expression inhibitors that may be used according to the methods described herein include inhibitory nucleic acids, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, e.g., sodium salts. In some embodiments, the inhibitory nucleic acid as described elsewhere herein is selected from the group consisting of antisense oligonucleotides, ribozymes, external guide sequence (EGS) oligonucleotides, siRNA compounds, single- or double-stranded RNA interference (RNAi) compounds such as siRNA compounds, modified bases/locked nucleic acids (LNAs), antagomirs, peptide nucleic acids (PNAs), and other oligomeric compounds or oligonucleotide mimetics which hybridize to at least a portion of the target nucleic acid and modulate its function. In some embodiments, the inhibitor nucleic acid is single stranded or double stranded. In some embodiments, the inhibitory nucleic acid is an antisense oligonucleotide, modified bases/locked nucleic acids (LNA), peptide nucleic acids (PNA), arabinonucleic acids (ANA) (as described, for example, in PCT Publication No. WO 99/67378); 2′-fluoro-D-Arabinonucleic acids (FANA) (as described in, for example, Lon et al., Biochem., 41:3457-3467, 2002 and Min et al., Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 12:2651-2654, 2002; the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties); phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligomers (PMO) (e.g., as described in Iverson, Curr. Opin. Mol. Ther., 3:235-238, 2001; and Wang et al., J. Gene Med., 12:354-364, 2010; the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties); ethylene bridged nucleic acids (as described in, for example, International Patent Publication No. WO 2005/042777, Morita et al., Nucleic Acid Res., Suppl 1:241-242, 2001; Surono et al., Hum. Gene Ther., 15:749-757, 2004; Koizumi, Curr. Opin. Mol. Ther., 8:144-149, 2006 and Horie et al., Nucleic Acids Symp. Ser (Oxf), 49:171-172, 2005; the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties); 2′-0,4′-C-ethylene-bridged nucleic acid, ribozyme, external guide sequence (EGS) oligonucleotides, microRNAs (miRNAs), small, temporal RNAs (stRNAs), and single- or double-stranded RNA interference (RNAi) compounds or siRNA. In some embodiments, the inhibitory nucleic acid comprises at least one nucleotide and/or nucleoside modification (e.g., oligonucleotides with modified backbones or modified sugar moieties).
- Activity of a particular sclerostin inhibitor, e.g., anti-sclerostin antibody, for use in the methods described herein may be measured in a variety of ways, including the methods described above for detecting increases in bone mineral content or bone density. The ability of a sclerostin inhibitor to modulate bone mass may be calculated from body weights or by using other methods (see Guinness-Hey, Metab. Bone Dis. Relat. Res., 5:177-181 (1984)). Animals and particular animal models are used in the art for testing the effect of the pharmaceutical compositions and methods on, for example, parameters of bone loss, bone resorption, bone formation, bone strength, or bone mineralization. Examples of such models include the ovariectomized rat model (Kalu, Bone and Mineral, 15:175-192 (1991); Frost and Jee, Bone and Mineral, 18:227-236 (1992); and Jee and Yao, J. Musculoskel. Neuron. Interact., 1:193-207 (2001)). The methods for measuring sclerostin binding agent activity described herein also may be used to determine the efficacy of other sclerostin inhibitors.
- Alternatively, a sclerostin inhibitor can be selected based on its ability to modulate bone marker levels. Bone markers are products created during the bone remodeling process and are released by bone, osteoblasts, and/or osteoclasts. Fluctuations in bone resorption and/or bone formation “marker” levels imply changes in bone remodeling/modeling. The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) recommends using bone markers to monitor bone density therapies (see, e.g., Delmas et al., Osteoporos Int., Suppl. 6:S2-17 (2000), incorporated herein by reference). Markers indicative of bone resorption (or osteoclast activity) include, for example, C-telopeptide (e.g., C-terminal telopeptide of
type 1 collagen (CTX) or serum cross-linked C-telopeptide), N-telopeptide (N-terminal telopeptide oftype 1 collagen (NTX)), deoxypyridinoline (DPD), pyridinoline, urinary hydroxyproline, galactosyl hydroxylysine, and tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (e.g., serum tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase isoform 5b). Bone formation/mineralization markers include, but are not limited to, bone-specific alkaline phosphatase (BSAP), peptides released from N- and C-terminal extension of type I procollagen (P1NP, PICP), and osteocalcin (OstCa). Several kits are commercially-available to detect and quantify markers in clinical samples, such as urine and blood. - Various routes of administering a sclerostin inhibitor (e.g., an anti-sclerostin antibody) to a subject are known in the art and discussed in, e.g., U.S. Patent Publication No. 20070110747, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. For example, in various embodiments, it is desirable to deliver a pharmaceutical composition comprising the anti-sclerostin antibody subcutaneously, parenterally, intravenously, intramuscularly, or even intraperitoneally. Such approaches are well known to the skilled artisan, some of which are further described, for example, in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,543,158; 5,641,515; and 5,399,363. Illustrative physiologically-acceptable (e.g., pharmaceutical) forms suitable for use include sterile aqueous solutions or dispersions and sterile powders for the extemporaneous preparation of sterile injectable solutions or dispersions (for example, see U.S. Pat. No. 5,466,468). The form must be sterile and is desirably fluid to the extent that easy syringability exists (i.e., is not excessively viscous so as to prevent passage through a syringe). A pharmaceutical composition comprising the anti-sclerostin antibody may be placed within containers (e.g., vials or syringes), along with packaging material that provides instructions regarding the use of such pharmaceutical compositions. Generally, such instructions will include a tangible expression describing the reagent concentration, as well as within certain embodiments, relative amounts of excipient ingredients or diluents (e.g., water, saline or PBS) that may be necessary to reconstitute the pharmaceutical composition.
- Treatment of a pathology by combining two or more agents that target the same pathogen or biochemical pathway sometimes results in greater efficacy and diminished side effects relative to the use of the therapeutically relevant dose of each agent alone. In some cases, the efficacy of the drug combination is additive (the efficacy of the combination is approximately equal to the sum of the effects of each drug alone), but in other cases the effect can be synergistic (the efficacy of the combination is greater than the sum of the effects of each drug given alone). As used herein, the term “combination therapy” means the two compounds can be delivered in a simultaneous manner, e.g. concurrently, or wherein one of the compounds is administered first, followed by the second agent, e.g., sequentially. The desired result can be either a subjective relief of one or more symptoms or an objectively identifiable improvement in the recipient of the dosage.
- In some embodiments, the sclerostin inhibitor (e.g. anti-sclerostin antibody) is administered in combination with the use of materials that promote the regrowth of bone such as bone graft, bone dust, bone chips, demineralized bone matrix, bone scaffolds, prosthesis, metal stabilizers, or bone scaffold substances comprising one or more of polymers, ceramics, cement and calcium phosphates-based bone-graft substitutes. Many variations of such materials are known in the art.
- In some embodiments, the sclerostin inhibitor (e.g., anti-sclerostin antibody) is administered along with a second bone-enhancing therapeutic useful for the treatment of decreased bone mineral density or bone defect. In some embodiments, the bone-enhancing therapeutic is selected from the group consisting of an anti-resorptive drug, a bone-forming agent, an estrogen receptor antagonist (including, but not limited to, raloxifene, bazedoxifene and lasofoxifene) and a drug that has an inhibitory effect on osteoclasts. In some embodiments, the anti-resorptive drug includes, but is not limited to, a bisphosphonate (including, but not limited to, alendronate, risedronate, ibandronate and zoledronate), an estrogen or estrogen analogue, an anti-RANK ligand (RANKL) antibody or RANKL inhibitor, vitamin D, or a vitamin D derivative or mimic thereof, a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM) and a calcium source, Tibolone, calcitonin, a calcitriol and hormone replacement therapy. In some embodiments, the bone-enhancing agent includes, but is not limited to parathyroid hormone (PTH) or a peptide fragment thereof, PTH-related protein (PTHrp), bone morphogenetic protein, osteogenin, NaF, a PGE2 agonist, a statin, strontium ranelate, an anti-DKK1 antibody or inhibitor. In some embodiments, the bone-enhancing agent is Forteo® (Teriparatide), Preotact®, or Protelos®.
- The invention is further described in the following examples. The following examples serve only to illustrate the invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
- This Example describes various cell-based neutralization assays useful for characterizing the neutralization activity of an anti-sclerostin antibody.
- MC3T3 Cell-Based Mineralization Assay—
- Ascorbic acid and B-glycerophosphate are used to induce MC3T3-E1-BF cell differentiation leading to mineral deposition. An exemplary screening protocol, in 96-well format, involves plating cells on
day 1, followed by seven media changes over a 12-day period with most of the mineral deposition taking place in the final eighteen hours. The specific timing, and extent, of mineral deposition may vary depending, in part, on the particular serum lot number being used. Control experiments will allow such variables to be accounted for, as is well known in the art of cell culture experimentation generally. For statistical analysis (using MS Excel and JMP) a 1-way-ANOVA followed by Dunnett's comparison may be used to determine differences between groups. Group means for each data set are considered significantly different when the P value is less than 0.05 (P<0.05). - Cell culture for expansion of MC3T3-E1-BF cells is performed as follows. Cell culture is performed at 37° C. and 5% CO2. A cell bank can be generated for the purposes of screening for sclerostin neutralizing antibodies. One vial of frozen MC3T3-E1-BF cells are thawed by agitation in a 37° C. water bath. The thawed cells are put into 10 mls of Expansion Medium (Alpha-MEM/10% FBS/PenStrepGlu) in a 50 ml tube and gently spun down for 5 minutes. The cells are then resuspended in 4 mls of Alpha-MEM/10% FBS/PenStrepGlu. After determining the number of cells using trypan blue and hemacytometer, 1×106 cells are plated in 50 mls Alpha-MEM/10% FBS/PenStrepGlu media in one T175 flask.
- When this passage is confluent (at approximately 7 days), the cells are trypsinized with trypsin/EDTA (0.05% Trypsin; 0.53 mM EDTA), gently spun down for 5 minutes and then resuspended in 5 mls Alpha-MEM/10% FBS/PenStrepGlu. After determining the number of cells using trypan blue and hemacytometer, cells are plated at 1×106 cells in 50 mls Alpha-MEM/10% FBS/PenStrepGlu media per one T175 flask. The number of T175 flasks used for plating at this point depends upon the total cell number available and the desired number of flasks that are to be taken forward to the next passage.
- When this passage is confluent (about 3-4 days), the cells are trypsinized with trypsin/EDTA (0.05% Trypsin; 0.53 mM EDTA), gently spun down for 5 minutes and then resuspended in 5 mls Alpha-MEM/10% FBS/PenStrepGlu. After determining the number of cells using trypan blue and hemacytometer, cells are plated at 1×106 cells in 50 mls Alpha-MEM/10% FBS/PenStrepGlu media per one T175 flask. The number of T175 flasks used for plating at this point depends upon the total cell number available and the desired number of flasks that were to be taken forward to the next passage.
- When this passage is confluent (about 3-4 days), the cells are trypsinized with trypsin/EDTA (0.05% Trypsin; 0.53 mM EDTA), gently spun down for 5 minutes and then resuspended in 5 mls Alpha-MEM/10% FBS/PenStrepGlu. After determining the number of cells using trypan blue and hemacytometer, cells are plated at 1×106 cells in 50 mls Alpha-MEM/10% FBS/PenStrepGlu media per one T175 flask. The number of T175 flasks used for plating at this point depends upon the total cell number available and the desired number of flasks that were to be taken forward to the next passage. Extra cells are frozen down at 1-2×106 live cells/ml in 90% FBS/10% DMSO.
- When this passage is confluent (about 3-4 days), the cells were trypsinized with trypsin/EDTA (0.05% Trypsin; 0.53 mM EDTA), gently spun down for 5 minutes and then resuspended in 5 mls Alpha-MEM/10% FBS/PenStrepGlu. After determining the number of cells using trypan blue and hemacytometer, the cells are frozen down at 1-2×106 live cells/ml in 90% FBS/10% DMSO. This “final passage” of frozen cells is the passage used for the screening assay.
- Cell culture for mineralizing MC3T3-E1-BF cells is performed as follows. Cell culture is performed at 37° C. and 5% CO2. It is desirable to minimize temperature and % CO2 fluctuations during the mineralization cell culture procedure. An appropriate number of “final passage” vials prepared as described above are thawed by agitation in a 37° C. water bath. The thawed cells are put into 10 mls of Expansion Medium (Alpha-MEM/10% FBS/PenStrepGlu) in a 50 ml tube and gently spun down for 5 minutes. The cells are then resuspended in 4 mls of Alpha-MEM/10% FBS/PenStrepGlu. After determining the number of cells by trypan blue and hemacytometer, 2500 cells are plated in 200 microliters of Expansion media per well on collagen I coated 96-well plates (Becton Dickinson Labware, cat #354407).
- An exemplary cell culture procedure is as follows. The starting day for plating the cells is indicated to be a Wednesday. If a different day of the week is used as the starting day for plating the cells, that day will trigger the daily schedule for removing and adding media during the entire process as indicated below. For example, if the cells are plated on a Tuesday, media should not be removed and added on the first Friday and Saturday, nor on the second Friday and Saturday. With a Tuesday start, the plates would be prepared for the calcium assay on the final Sunday. Cells are plated on a Wednesday at 2500 cells in 200 μl of Expansion media. On Thursday all of the Expansion media is removed and 200 μl of Differentiation Media is added. On
Friday 100 μl of media is removed and 100 μl of fresh Differentiation Media is added. OnMonday 100 μl of media is removed and 100 μl of fresh Differentiation Media is added. OnTuesday 100 μl of media is removed and 100 μl of fresh Differentiation Media is added. OnWednesday 100 μl of media is removed and 100 μl of fresh Differentiation Media is added. OnThursday 100 μl of media is removed and 100 μl of fresh Differentiation Media is added. OnFriday 100 μl of media is removed and 100 μl of fresh Differentiation Media is added. On the following Monday plates are prepared for the calcium assay as follows: Plates are washed once with 10 mM Tris, HCl pH 7-8. Working under a fume hood, 200 μl of 0.5 N HCl is added per well. Plates are then frozen at −80° C. Just prior to measuring calcium, the plates are freeze-thawed twice, and then trituration with a multichannel pipette is used to disperse the contents of the plate. The contents of the plate is then allowed to settle at 4° C. for 30 minutes at which point an appropriate amount of supernatant is removed for measuring calcium using a commercially available calcium kit. An exemplary and not-limiting kit is Calcium (CPC) Liquicolor, Cat. No. 0150-250, Stanbio Laboratory, Boerne, Tex. - In this cell based assay, sclerostin inhibits one or more of the sequence of events leading up to and including mineral deposition (i.e. sclerostin inhibits mineralization). Thus, in experiments where sclerostin is included in the particular cell culture experiment, the recombinant sclerostin is added to the media starting on the first Thursday and every feeding day thereafter. In cases where an anti-sclerostin antibody is being tested for the ability to neutralize sclerostin, i.e., allow for mineralization by neutralizing sclerostin's ability to inhibit mineralization, the antibody is added to the media starting on the first Thursday and every feeding day thereafter. The antibody is preincubated with the recombinant sclerostin in Differentiation media for 45-60 minutes at 37° C. and then this media is used for feeding the cells.
- Described above is a 12-day mineralization protocol for MC3T3-E1-BF cells. Mineralization of the original MC3T3-E1 cells is inhibited by recombinant sclerostin and this inhibition is blocked using an anti-sclerostin neutralizing antibody, e.g., an anti-sclerostin antibody comprising CDRs of SEQ ID NO: 245-247 and 78-80. The cell-based neutralization assay is further described in U.S. Pat. No. 7,592,429 at, e.g., Example 8 (hereby incorporated by reference for its description of cell-based neutralization assays).
- Bone Specific Alkaline Phosphatase Assay—
- An exemplary bone specific alkaline phosphatase assay is described in International Patent Publication No. WO 2008/115732 and U.S. Pat. No. 7,744,874 (hereby incorporated by reference for its description of cell-based neutralization assays). An exemplary protocol is as follows. C2C12 cells (ATCC, CRL 1772) are plated at 3000-5000 cells/well in a 96-well tissue culture plate in MEM medium supplemented with 5% fetal calf serum. The plate is incubated at 37° C. in 5% CO2 overnight. The antibody is diluted in 0.5× Wnt3a-conditioned medium (prepared as described in WO 2008/115732) to various final concentrations. The medium is removed from the plated cells and a pre-mixed antibody-BMP4-sclerostin solution (human or cynomologous monkey) is added (150 μl), providing an antibody final concentration of 30 μg/ml to 0.5 μg/ml, a final BMP-4 concentration of 25 ng/ml, a final sclerostin protein concentration of 1.0 μg/ml, and the conditioned medium is at 0.5× concentration. The plate is then incubated at 37° C. in 5% CO2 for 72 hours. The medium is removed from the cells, which are washed once with PBS, and frozen and thawed three times alternating between −80° C. and 37° C. Alkaline phosphatase activity is measured by adding alkaline phosphatase substrate (1-step PNPP, Pierce #37621) (150 μl/well). The plate of cells is incubated for 60 minutes at room temperature, at which time optical density (OD) is measured at 405 nm to determine alkaline phosphatase activity. IC50 calculations may be performed using, e.g., SigmaPlot Regression Wizard with a Sigmoid 4-parameter fit equation.
- BMP2-Induced MC3T3 Cell Mineralization Assay—
- An exemplary BMP2-induced mineralization assay in MC3T3 cells is described in International Patent Publication No. WO 2009/047356 (hereby incorporated by reference for its description of cell-based neutralization assays). Briefly, MC3T31b cells are seeded in 96-well plates (e.g., 6×103 cells/well or 2×103 cells/well) in 100 μl assay culture medium (maintenance culture medium without G418) and incubated for three days to reach confluence. The assay culture medium is changed and compounds to be tested are added with 10 mM b-glycerophosphate and 50 μM ascorbic acid. Prior to addition to the cells, sclerostin and a candidate antibody are pre-incubated on a separate plate for two hours at room temperature. To the assay 96 well-plates, 2.1 or 2.8 nM BMP-2 (R&D Systems, Cat #355-BM-010) is applied before applying the sclerostin-antibody mixture. Cells are incubated for 14 days. At the end of the incubation, cells are washed twice with 200 μl PBS/well, 50 μl of 0.5 M HCl is added to each well, and plates are frozen at −20° C. for a minimum of 24 hours. Plates are thawed at room temperature for 2 hours for testing. Ten 10 μl of each well is transferred to a new plate and exposed to Calcium Working Solution (1:5) (2041). Optical density is measured after a 5-30 minute incubation period at 595 nm on a microplate reader. Absorbance is translated into microgram of calcium according to a standard curve, allowing determination of the extent of BMP-2-induced mineralization.
- Cell-Based Wnt Signaling Assay—
- An exemplary cell-based signaling assay employing super top flash (STF) reporter protein is described in International Patent Publication No. WO 2009/047356. HEK293 cells are transfected with pcDNA3+ (480 ng); SuperTopFlash (STF) (20 ng); and phRL-CMV (0.5 ng) for control wells and pcDNA-wnt1 (20 ng); pcDNA3+ (460 ng); SuperTopFlash (STF) (20 ng); and phRL-CMV (0.5 ng) for Wnt1 treatment wells. The plasmids are mixed with 1.6 μl of
Lipofectamine 2000 diluted into 50 μl of OptiMEM® and incubated for 30 minutes at room temperature prior to application to the cells. Once applied, the cells are incubated at 37° C. in 5% CO2 for five hours. - Antibodies are premixed with SOST to generate a series of dilutions. One ml of medium for each dilution is prepared, and 450 μl is added to each well after removing transfection mix. The cells are incubated with the antibody-SOST mixtures for 18-20 hours. At the end of the incubation, medium is removed, and 300 μl of 1× Passive Lysis Buffer (Promega, Cat # E194A) is added to lyse cells. Luciferase activity is then measured using Dual-Glo Luciferase System (Promega, Cat # E2940) with 30 μl of lysates in duplicates. Typically, 30 μl of Dual-Glo luciferase (firefly luciferase; for STF) and 30p1 of Dual-Glo Stop and Glo (Renilla luciferase; for transfection efficiency control) substrates is used. Luminescent signals are measured with Mithras LB940 instrument (Berthold Technologies). The ratio of firefly to Renilla luciferases is calculated. The final results are expressed by setting the value of Wnt1 without SOST as 1. Additional details of the assay are provided in International Patent Publication No. WO 2009/047356.
- This Example illustrates the ability of a sclerostin inhibitor, namely an anti-sclerostin monoclonal antibody (Scl-Ab), to treat a bone gap defect in a primate subject. This Example also illustrates that treatment with a sclerostin inhibitor, namely an anti-sclerostin monoclonal antibody (Scl-Ab), for a period of 28 weeks increased cortical area and thickness without inducing adverse effects such as increased cortical porosity in the bone of primate subjects.
- Segmental defects (gap size 0.5 cm) were created in the middle of the left ulna in 26 cynomolgus monkeys (male, age 4-4.5 years). After surgery, the left arm was immobilized with fiberglass during the entire experiment period. The animals were separated into two treatment groups: Group A (n=10) and Group B (n=16). The monkeys were subcutaneously injected weekly with either vehicle (Group A) or Scl-Ab (Group B), at a dose of 30 mg/kg, starting immediately post-surgery and continued for 28 weeks post-surgery.
- Animal body weight was measured at
week week - At
week 28, only 1 out of 10 (10%) of the monkeys in Group A (control) had fully bridged the defect. In contrast, 6 out of 16 (38%) of the monkeys in Group B (Scl-Ab treatment group) had fully bridged the defect. These results show that sclerostin inhibition by Scl-mAb can fill in a void or gap between bone segments to successfully treat a bone gap defect in humans. - Results indicated that treatment with Scl-Ab increased cortical area and cortical thickness at the femoral diaphysis at
week 28 in the treatment animals. SeeFIGS. 2A and 2B . Monkeys having received the Scl-mAb treatment also showed an increased periosteal and endocortical bone formation rate. SeeFIGS. 3A and 3B . Importantly, treatment with the Scl-mAb for a period of 28 weeks did not substantially increase cortical porosity at the femoral diaphysis compared to the control monkeys. SeeFIG. 4 . - The combined results described in this Example demonstrate that Scl-Ab treatment is not only useful for the treatment of skeletal defects such as bone gap defects, but also that administration of Scl-Ab for a period of longer than 6 months increases bone formation and bone mass without adverse effects such as increased cortical porosity. Increased cortical porosity is associated with an increased risk of fractures and decreased bone strength.
- All of the references cited herein, including patents, patent applications, literature publications, and the like, are hereby incorporated in their entireties by reference.
- While this invention has been described with an emphasis upon preferred embodiments, it will be obvious to those of ordinary skill in the art that variations of the preferred compounds and methods may be used and that it is intended that the invention may be practiced otherwise than as specifically described herein. Accordingly, this invention includes all modifications encompassed within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the following claims.
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