WO1999059636A1 - Inhibiteurs de l'activite du facteur de croissance endothelial vasculaire (vegf) - Google Patents
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- the present invention comprises a combination of a substance that inhibits information transmission through the human VEGF receptor Fit-1 and a substance that inhibits information transmission through the human VEGF receptor KDR, and is used for the growth or metastasis of solid tumors,
- the present invention relates to a drug that is useful for treating diseases in which the disease state progresses due to abnormal neovascularization, such as arthritis, diabetic retinopathy, retinopathy of prematurity, and psoriasis in rheumatism.
- Angiogenesis plays an important role in the formation of the circulatory system and many tissues during the fetal life of vertebrates, and also in adult individuals (females), lutealization in the estrous cycle, transient endometrium. Closely related to the growth of the placenta and placenta formation. In addition, angiogenesis is deeply involved in the pathogenesis of solid tumor growth, metastasis, diabetic retinopathy, and the pathogenesis and promotion of rheumatoid arthritis [J. Biol.
- Angiogenesis is triggered by the secretion of angiogenic factors, the secretion of proteases from endothelial cells of existing blood vessels in the vicinity, the destruction of the basement membrane and stroma, and the subsequent migration and proliferation of vascular endothelial cells. It begins with the formation of a lumen and the formation of new blood vessels [J. Biol. Chem., 267,
- Vascular permeability factor (VPF) / Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is the most important factor in angiogenesis in the above-mentioned developmental stage and angiogenesis in pathological conditions.
- VPF / VEGF is a homodimer protein with a molecular weight of about 40,000. In 1983, VPF / VEGF became a vascular permeability factor (VPF).
- VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor
- VEGF vascular endothelial growth factor
- VEGF vascular endothelial growth factor
- anti-VEGF monoclonal antibody A4.6.1 can suppress cancer metastasis [Cancer Research, 56 ⁇ 921 (1996)]. Therefore, if VEGF activity can be suppressed, it is expected that tumor growth and metastasis formation in cancer patients can be suppressed. High concentrations of VEGF were detected in human pleural effusions and ascites in humans, suggesting that it may be a major factor in pleural and ascites retention.
- blocking VEGF is also expected to prevent the accumulation of cancerous pleural effusion and ascites.
- angiogenesis in diabetic retinopathy is positively correlated with VEGF levels in the patient's eyeball [ New England J. Medicine, 331, 1480 (1994)].
- suppression of VEGF activity by intraocular administration of anti-VEGF neutralizing monoclonal antibody A4.6.1 suppresses angiogenesis in a monkey retinopathy model [Arch Opthalmol..4, 66 (1996) ]. Therefore, it is expected that angiogenesis in diabetic retinopathy can be suppressed by suppressing excessively produced VEGF activity.
- Fit-l far-like tyrosine kinase
- the first human VEGF receptor belonging to the receptor tyrosine kinase family has been described so far (Oncogene, 5, 519 (1990), Science, 255, 989 (1992)] and the second receptor
- KDR kinase insert domain-containing receptor
- the mouse homologue of the human VEGF receptor KDR is named Flk-l [Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 88, 9026 (1991), W094 / 11499, Cell, 72, 835 (1993)].
- the extracellular domains of Flt_l and KDR / Flk-1 contain seven immunoglobulin-like domains. It is a membrane protein with a molecular weight of 180 to 200 kilodaltons, which consists of a main and has a tyrosine kinase domain in the intracellular domain.
- VEGF is Flt_l and
- Fit-1 and KDR / Flk-1 have been reported to be specifically expressed in vascular endothelial cells [Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 90, 7533 (1993), Proc. Natl.
- Fit-1 in various diseases, tumor vascular endothelial cells of human glioblastoma tissue [Nature, 359 ⁇ 845 (1992)] and tumor vascular endothelial cells of human gastrointestinal cancer tissue [Cancer Research, 53 ⁇ 4727 (1993)], it is reported that the expression of fit-1 mRNA is higher than that of vascular endothelial cells in normal tissues. Furthermore, it has been reported that the expression of fit-1 mRNA is also observed in vascular endothelial cells of the joints of rheumatoid arthritis patients by in situ hybridization (in situ hybridization) [J. Experimental Medicine, 180, 341 994)].
- Fit-1 has been reported to bind VEGF and autophosphorylate the intracellular domain [Science, 255, 989 (1992)], but its detailed function is unknown.
- fit-1 knockout mouse in which the fit-1 gene was disrupted, the formation of blood islands in the early stage of development and subsequent vascular neogenesis resulted in abnormal vascular architecture due to abnormal morphology of vascular endothelial cells, resulting in embryonic 8.5-9.5 day-old It is estimated that Fit-1 plays an essential function in vascular endothelial cell tube formation during angiogenesis [Nature, 376, 66 (1995)].
- KDR is one of the various activities of VEGF because of its ability to proliferate and migrate in response to VEGF when vascular endothelial cells of porcine artery express KDR. It has been reported to be involved in endothelial cell proliferation [J. Biol. Chem., 269, 26988 (1994)].
- flk-1 knockout mice in which the mouse-type flk-1 gene was disrupted did not show any mature vascular endothelial cells, did not form yolk sac blood islands, and died in the uterus. It has also been reported that KDR / Flk-1 is involved in the proliferation and differentiation of vascular endothelial cells [Nature, 376 ⁇ 62 (1995)].
- Anti-KDR / Flk-1 ribozyme (Ribozyme) and anti-Fit-1 ribozyme that can suppress the expression of KDR / Flk-1 and Fit-1 in vascular endothelial cells are microvascular endothelial cells of human skin. VEGF dependence of HMVEC Growth can be suppressed, but each is a partial suppression. If anti-KDR / Flk-1 ribozyme and anti-Flt-1 ribozyme are added simultaneously and the expression of the two receptors is suppressed simultaneously, a stronger growth inhibitory effect is obtained. Was reported (WO 97/15662).
- the method of inhibiting the various biological activities of VEGF by combining the use of two monoclonal antibodies against VEGF receptor KDR and Fit-1 and inhibiting the functions of KDR and Flt-1 is based on human It is expected to be useful in the treatment of diseases in which the disease progresses due to abnormal angiogenesis, such as proliferation of solid tumors, metastasis formation, and arthritis, diabetic retinopathy, retinopathy of prematurity, and psoriasis in rheumatoid arthritis.
- the monochrome for two VEGF receptors KDR and Fit-1 The efficacy of the combined effect of the local antibody has not been reported so far. Disclosure of the invention
- the present invention relates to the following (1) to (14).
- a medicament comprising a combination of a substance that inhibits information transmission through the human VEGF receptor Fit-1 and a substance that inhibits information transmission through the human VEGF receptor KDR.
- the substance that inhibits signal transduction via a receptor includes a substance that inhibits ligand binding to a receptor or a substance that inhibits signal transduction from a receptor.
- compositions comprising the combination include a drug containing a substance that inhibits information transmission through human VEGF receptor Fit-1 and a substance that inhibits information transmission through human VEGF receptor KDR, or human VEGF receptor Fit-1. Any substance may be used at the time of administration of a substance that inhibits signal transduction via the drug and a substance that inhibits signal transduction via the human VEGF receptor KDR.
- the substance that inhibits the information transmission through the human VEGF receptor Fit-1 may be any substance as long as it has an effect of inhibiting the information transmission through the human VEGF receptor Fit-1.
- Examples include human VEGF receptor Flt-1 monoclonal antibody, and p38 inhibitors such as SB203580 [Oncogene, 15, 2169 (1997)].
- the substance that inhibits human VEGF receptor KDR-mediated signal transmission may be any substance as long as it has an effect of inhibiting human VEGF receptor KDR-mediated signal transmission.
- an anti-human VEGF receptor having a neutralizing activity KDR monoclonal anti Or KDR tyrosine kinase inhibitors such as SU5416 [Cancer Research, 59, 99 (1999)]
- drugs that inhibit ERK by MEK 1 inhibition such as PD98059 [Journal of Biological Chemistry, 270, 27489 (1995)], etc. I can give it.
- a VEGF activity inhibitor comprising a combination of a substance that inhibits information transmission via the human VEGF receptor Fit-1 and a substance that inhibits information transmission via the human VEGF receptor KDR.
- An angiogenesis inhibitor comprising a combination of a substance that inhibits information transmission through the human VEGF receptor Fit-1 and a substance that inhibits information transmission through the human VEGF receptor KDR.
- the disease described above in (4), wherein the disease progressing due to abnormal angiogenesis is solid tumor growth, metastasis, arthritis in rheumatoid arthritis, diabetic retinopathy, retinopathy of prematurity, and psoriasis. Therapeutic drugs.
- the substance that inhibits the transmission of information via the human VEGF receptor Fit-1 is a substance that inhibits the binding of VEGF to the Fit-1 receptor or a substance that inhibits the transmission of information from the Fit-1 receptor A drug selected from (1) to (5).
- the agent according to the above (6), wherein the substance that inhibits VEGF Fit-1 receptor binding is selected from a monoclonal antibody against the human VEGF receptor Fit-1 and an antibody fragment thereof.
- the substance that inhibits signal transmission from the Fit-1 receptor is selected from a substance having Flt-1 tyrosine kinase inhibitory activity and a substance having p38 inhibitory activity.
- the drug according to (6) is selected from a substance having Flt-1 tyrosine kinase inhibitory activity and a substance having p38 inhibitory activity.
- the substance that inhibits human VEGF receptor KDR-mediated signal transmission is a substance that inhibits VEGF KDR receptor binding or a substance that inhibits KDR receptor-mediated signal transmission as described in (1) to (5) above.
- Drugs selected from are described in (1) to (5) above.
- a medicament comprising a human VEGF receptor Fit-1 antagonist and a human VEGF receptor KDR antagonist.
- the receptor antagonist means a substance that inhibits the function of the receptor, and may be either a low molecule or a high molecule as long as the function of the receptor can be inhibited.
- a substance that inhibits binding of a ligand to a receptor preferably a neutralizing antibody, or a substance that inhibits signal transduction through a receptor (hereinafter, also referred to as signal inhibition) and the like can be mentioned.
- the present inventors have found that the biological activity of VEGF inhibited by the monoclonal antibody to VEGF receptor KDR is different from the biological activity of VEGF inhibited by the monoclonal antibody to VEGF receptor Fit-i.
- the substance used in the present invention is a substance that inhibits information transmission via VEGF receptor Fit-1 (hereinafter, simply referred to as Fit-1) and a substance that inhibits VEGF receptor KDR (hereinafter, simply referred to as KDR). Any substance that inhibits information transmission may be used.
- Fit-1 VEGF receptor Fit-1
- KDR VEGF receptor KDR
- Any substance capable of inhibiting the function of Fit-1 can be used as a substance that inhibits the transmission of information through Fit-1, but an anti-Fit-1 monoclonal that inhibits VEGF from binding to Fit-1 Antibody, said antibody fragment and soluble Fit-1, or a tyrosine kinase inhibitor that inhibits signal transduction of Fit-1, SB203580
- the substance that inhibits signal transduction via KDR may be any substance as long as it can inhibit the function of DR.
- Anti-KDR monoclonal antibody that inhibits VEGF from binding to KDR, its antibody fragment and soluble Tyrosine kinase inhibitors like SU5416 that inhibit KDR or KDR signaling may be any substance as long as it can inhibit the function of DR.
- MEK 1 which is an ERK (abbreviation for extracellular signa regulated protein kinase) activator such as [Cancer Research, 59.99 (1999)] and PD98059 [Journal of Biological Chemistry, 270, 27489 (1995)]
- Examples of the monoclonal antibody include an antibody produced by a hybridoma and a recombinant antibody produced by a transformant transformed with an expression vector containing an antibody gene.
- Recombinant antibodies include humanized antibodies, and single-chain and disulfate antibodies. Includes antibodies produced by genetic recombination, such as antibody fragments such as id-stabilized antibodies. Among the recombinant antibodies, those having the characteristics of a monoclonal antibody, low antigenicity and an extended half-life in blood are preferably used.
- the humanized antibodies used in the present invention include human chimeric antibodies and human CDR-grafted antibodies.
- the antibody fragment used in the present invention includes Fab (Fragment of antigen binding), Fab, ⁇ F (ab ′) 2 , single-chain antibody (Fragment of antigen binding) prepared with an antibody fragment that specifically reacts with Fit-1 or KDR.
- single chain Fv hereinafter referred to as scFv
- dsFv disulfide stabilized Fv
- the antibody fragment also includes the antibody variable region (also referred to as V region) heavy chain (also referred to as H chain) (hereinafter, the antibody variable region heavy chain is also referred to as VH) and the antibody V region light chain (also referred to as L chain). (Hereinafter also referred to as the antibody variable region light chain) and also includes peptides selected from the amino acids of the complementary determining region (hereinafter referred to as CDR).
- V region also referred to as V region heavy chain
- L chain also referred to as L chain
- CDR complementary determining region
- the human chimeric antibody is composed of an antibody variable region heavy chain and variable region light chain of a non-human animal, a human antibody constant region heavy chain (hereinafter referred to as CH), and a human antibody constant region light chain (hereinafter referred to as CL). )).
- the human chimeric antibody used in the present invention is obtained by obtaining cDNA encoding VH and VL from a hybridoma producing a monoclonal antibody that specifically reacts with Fit-1 or KDR, and obtaining human antibody CH and human antibody.
- a human-type chimeric antibody expression vector can be constructed by inserting each into an animal cell expression vector having a CL-encoding gene, and can be expressed and produced by introducing it into animal cells.
- the structure of the human chimeric antibody used in the present invention may belong to any of the immunoglobulin (lg) classes, but may be of the IgG type, and further belong to the IgG type, such as IgGl, IgG2, IgG3, and IgG4.
- the C region of the immunoglobulin is preferred.
- the human CDR-grafted antibody means an antibody in which the CDRs of VH and VL of a human antibody have been substituted with CDR sequences of a non-human animal antibody, respectively.
- the human CDR-grafted antibody used in the present invention specifically reacts with Fit-1 or KDR.
- the corresponding VH and VL CDR sequences of any human antibody were replaced with the corresponding VH and VL CDR sequences of the non-human animal antibody VH and VL CDR sequences.
- a human CDR-grafted antibody expression vector can be constructed by inserting the gene into an expression vector for animal cells having a gene encoding C, and introducing it into animal cells for expression.
- any of the I Takeno globulin (Ig) which may force IgG type belongs to a class, that further belonging to IgG type I g Gl, IgG2, IgG3, IgG4 Are preferred.
- Fab is the N-terminal half of the H chain and the L chain obtained by digesting the upper peptide part of two disulfide bonds with the enzyme papain, which bridges two H chains at the hinge region of IgG. It is a fragment composed of a whole and having an antigen-binding activity with a molecular weight of about 50,000.
- the Fab used in the present invention can be obtained by treating an antibody specifically reacting with the human VEGF receptor Fit-1 with papain.
- Fab can be produced by inserting a DNA encoding the Fab fragment of the antibody into an expression vector for animal cells and introducing the vector into animal cells for expression.
- Fab is a fragment having a molecular weight of about 50,000 and having an antigen-binding activity in which the disulfide bond between the hinges of F (ab,) 2 is cleaved.
- the Fab used in the present invention can be obtained by treating an antibody specifically reacting with Flt_l or KDR with dithiothreitol as a reducing agent.
- a DNA encoding a Fab or fragment of the antibody can be inserted into an expression vector for animal cells, and the vector can be expressed by introducing the vector into animal cells to produce Fab.
- F (ab ') 2 is obtained by degrading the lower part of two disulfide bonds in the hinge region of IgG with the enzyme trypsin. This fragment has 10,000 antigen-binding activities.
- F (ab ') 2 used in the present invention can be obtained by trypsinizing an antibody that specifically reacts with human VEGF receptor Flt-1.
- DNA encoding the F (ab,) 2 fragment of the antibody is inserted into an expression vector for animal cells, and the vector is inserted into animal cells. By introduction, F (ab,) 2 can be produced.
- the single-chain antibody is obtained by connecting one VH and one Vshi using an appropriate peptide linker (hereinafter, referred to as L), and is composed of VH—L—VL or VL—L—VH 1 shows a polypeptide.
- L an appropriate peptide linker
- VH and VL contained in the scFv used in the present invention either the monoclonal antibody of the present invention or the human CDR-grafted antibody can be used.
- the single-chain antibody used in the present invention is obtained by obtaining cDNAs encoding VH and VL from a hybridoma producing an antibody that specifically reacts with Flt-1 or KDR, constructing a single-chain antibody expression vector, It can be produced by inserting the cDNA and introducing the expression vector into E. coli, yeast, or animal cells.
- the disulfide-stabilized antibody refers to a polypeptide in which one amino acid residue in each of VH and VL has been substituted with a cysteine residue, which is linked via a disulfide bond.
- the amino acid residue to be substituted for the cysteine residue can be selected based on the prediction of the three-dimensional structure of the antibody according to the method shown by Reiter et al. [Protein Engineering, 7, 697 (1994)].
- VH or VL contained in the disulfide-stabilized antibody of the present invention either a monoclonal antibody or a human CDR-grafted antibody can be used.
- the disulfide-stabilized antibody used in the present invention is obtained by obtaining cDNAs encoding VH and VL from a hybridoma producing an antibody that specifically reacts with Fit-1 or KDR, and converting the cDNA into an appropriate expression vector.
- the expression vector can be inserted into Escherichia coli, yeast, or animal cells for expression.
- Specific examples of anti-Fit-1 monoclonal antibodies include hybridoma
- Monoclonal antibody KM 1732 belonging to mouse igGl subclass produced by KM 1732 (FERM BP-5698), and monoclonal antibody KM 1750 belonging to mouse lgG2b subclass produced by hybridoma KM 1750 (FERM BP-5700).
- Specific examples of anti-KDR monoclonal antibodies include monoclonal antibodies belonging to the mouse IgG1 subclass produced by hybridoma M 1992 (FERM BP-6217).
- Loan antibody KM1992 and monoclonal antibody KM1995 belonging to the mouse IgG2b subclass produced by hybridoma KM1995 (FERM BP-6218) are given.
- Hybridoma strains KM1732 and KM1750 were deposited on October 8, 1996 with the Institute of Biotechnology and Industrial Technology, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology as FERM BP-5698 and FERM BP-5700, respectively.
- Hybridoma strains KM1992 and K1995 were deposited on January 8, 1998 with the Institute of Biotechnology, Industrial Science and Technology as FERM BP-6217 and FERM BP-6218, respectively.
- Antigens required to produce anti-human VEGF receptor KDR monoclonal antibody and anti-human VEGF receptor Flt-1 antibody are expressed on the cell surface as human VEGF receptor KDR and anti-human VEGF receptor Fit-1 antibody Cells or their cell membrane fractions or soluble human VEGF receptor KDR protein with extracellular regions of different lengths or soluble human VEGF receptor Fit-1 protein or fusion of this protein with the Fc portion of an antibody Proteins and the like can be used.
- Cells expressing human VEGF receptor KDR and human VEGF receptor t-1 on the cell surface include NIH3T3-KDR cells and NIH3T3-fit-i cells [Cell
- Methods for expressing a soluble human VEGF receptor KDR protein having extracellular regions of different lengths and a soluble human VEGF receptor Flt-1 protein or a fusion protein of the protein and the Fc portion of an antibody include human VEGF receptor KDR And full-length or partial fragment thereof encoding human VEGF receptor Flt-1 [Cell Growth &
- the host may be any host such as bacteria, yeast, animal cells, and insect cells, as long as it can express the target gene.
- bacteria include bacteria of the genus Escherichia such as Escherichia coli and Baqjllus subtilis, and bacteria of the genus Bacillus.
- yeast include Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Shizo ircalo ses-hon.
- Examples of animal cells include Namalva cells, which are human cells, COS cells, which are monkey cells, and CHO cells, which are Chinese 'hamster cells.
- Examples of insect cells include Sf9, Sf21 (manufactured by Pharmingen), High Five (manufactured by Invitrogen) and the like.
- any vector can be used as long as it can incorporate the DNA and can be expressed in a host cell.
- a bacterium for example, Escherichia coli
- the expression vector is composed of a promoter, a ribosome binding sequence, DNA encoding the target gene, a transcription termination sequence, and in some cases, a promoter control sequence.
- pGEX manufactured by Pharmacia
- ET system manufactured by Novagen
- a method for introducing a recombinant vector into a bacterium for example, a method using calcium ions [Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. Usa, 69, 2110 (1972)] is a method for introducing DNA into bacteria. Any method such as the protoplast method (JP-A-63-248394) can be used.
- YEpl3 ATCC37115
- % YEp24 ATCC37051
- YCp50 ATCC37419
- any method for introducing DNA into yeast can be used, for example, the elect-portation method [Methods. Enzymol., 194, 182 (1990)], the spheroplast method [ Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 84 ⁇ 1929
- any promoter can be used as long as it can be expressed in animal cells.
- examples thereof include a promoter of the immediate early (IE) gene of cytomegalovirus (CMV), a promoter of SV40 or a metamouth thionein, and the like. Can be exacerbated.
- the enhancer of the IE gene of human CMV may be used together with the promoter.
- a method for introducing DNA into animal cells includes, for example, an electrolysis method [Cytotechnology, 3, 133 (1990)] and a calcium phosphate method (Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2-227075), reboxy method
- no Proteins can be expressed by the method described in Expression Vectors, Baculovirus expression vectors, a laboratory manual, and the like. That is, the recombinant gene transfer vector and baculo-mouth virus described below are co-transfected into insect cells to obtain the recombinant virus in the insect cell culture supernatant, and then the recombinant virus is infected into the insect cells. Obtain protein-expressing insect cells.
- gene transfer vectors examples include pVL1392, pVL1393, pBlueBacIII / J
- Baculoviruses include, for example, the virus that infects night-moth insects.
- the protein is infected by infecting the aforementioned insect cells such as Sf9, S1 or High Five with the recombinant virus. It can also be produced [Bio / Technology, 10, 457 (1988)].
- the transformant obtained as described above is cultured in a medium, the protein of the present invention is produced and accumulated in the culture, and collected from the culture, whereby human VEGF receptor KDR and human VEGF receptor Fit-
- the full length or partial fragment of 1 can be produced as it is or as a fusion protein.
- the method for culturing the transformant of the present invention in a medium is performed according to a usual method used for culturing a host.
- a culture medium for culturing a transformant obtained by using a microorganism such as Escherichia coli or yeast as a host contains a carbon source, a nitrogen source, inorganic salts, and the like that can be assimilated by the microorganism, and efficiently cultivates the transformant.
- a medium can be used, either natural medium or synthetic medium can be used. [Molecular Cloning 2nd edition, Cold Spring Harbor Lab. Press) New York (1989)].
- the cultivation is usually performed at 15 to 40 ° C for 16 to 96 hours under aerobic conditions such as shaking culture or deep aeration stirring culture.
- the pH is maintained at 3.0 to 9.0.
- the pH is adjusted using an inorganic or organic acid, an alkaline solution, urea, calcium carbonate, ammonia, or the like.
- an antibiotic such as ampicillin or tetracycline may be added to the medium as needed.
- a medium for culturing a transformant obtained using animal cells as a host commonly used RPMI 1640 medium, Eagle's MEM medium, or a medium obtained by adding fetal bovine serum or the like to such a medium is used. Culturing is usually 5% C_ ⁇ 2 presence 3 performed 3-7 days at 5 to 37 ° C, the culture if necessary, kanamycin, may be added to the antibiotic penicillin such as the medium.
- TNM-FH medium As a medium for culturing a transformant obtained using insect cells as a host, commonly used TNM-FH medium [Pharmingen], Sf900 II SFM [Ufe Technologies] ExCell400, ExCell405 [all manufactured by JRH Biosciences] and the like.
- the culture is performed at 25 to 30 ° C for 1 to 4 days, and an antibiotic such as gentamicin may be added to the medium as needed during the culture.
- Serum is contained in the culture medium of animal cells and insect cells, but it is easy to purify the full-length or partial fragments of human VEGF receptor KDR and human VEGF receptor Fit-1 as they are or as fusion proteins Therefore, a medium without serum is preferably used.
- the cells are centrifuged and washed in an aqueous buffer. After turbidity, the cells are disrupted by an ultrasonic method, a French press method or the like, and the protein is recovered in the supernatant obtained by centrifugation. Furthermore, when an insoluble substance is formed in cells, after solubilizing the insoluble substance with a protein denaturing agent, the solution is diluted with a solution containing no protein denaturing agent or diluted so that the protein is not denatured. It can be diluted or dialyzed to form a protein conformation.
- the expressed protein can be recovered in the culture supernatant.
- solvent extraction, fractional precipitation with organic solvents, salting out, dialysis, centrifugation, ultrafiltration, ion exchange chromatography, gel filtration chromatography, hydrophobic chromatography, affinity chromatography, reverse Separation operations such as phase chromatography, crystallization, and electrophoresis can be performed alone or in combination.
- the animal used for immunization may be any animal, such as a mouse, a rat, a hamster, or a rabbit, as long as it can produce a hybridoma.
- an example using a mouse and a rat will be described.
- Mice or rats aged 3 to 20 weeks are immunized with the protein obtained in the above 1 (1) as an antigen, and antibody-producing cells are collected from the spleen, lymph nodes, and peripheral blood of the animal. Immunization is performed by subcutaneously, intravenously or intraperitoneally administering the antigen several times with an appropriate adjuvant to the animal.
- the adjectives include Complete Freund's Complete Adjuvant.
- Adjuvant or aluminum hydroxide gel and B. pertussis vaccine.
- Blood was collected from the fundus venous plexus or tail vein of the immunized animal 3 to 7 days after each administration, and soluble human VEGF receptor KDR and human VEGF receptor Fit-1 or human VEGF receptor KDR and human were used as antigens Reactivity with NIH3T3 cells expressing the VEGF receptor Flt- on the cell surface was confirmed by enzyme immunoassay, etc. [Enzyme immunoassay (ELISA): published by Medical Shoin (1975) Year)], mice or rats whose serum shows a sufficient antibody titer will be used as the source of antibody-producing cells.
- ELISA enzyme immunoassay
- the myeloma cells include an 8-azaguanine-resistant mouse (derived from BALB / c) myeloma cell line P3-X63Ag8-U1 (P3-Ul) [Eur. J. Immunol. , 6.511 (1976)], SP2 / 0-Agl4 (SP-2) [Nature, 276, 269
- Any myeloma cells can be grown in vitro (in vitro). Culture and passage of these cell lines are performed according to a known method (Antibody's 'Laboratory' manual), and a cell number of 2 ⁇ 10 7 or more is secured by the time of cell fusion.
- a cell-aggregating medium such as polyethylene glycol 1000 (PEG-1000) is added, and the cells are fused. , Suspended in medium.
- PEG-1000 polyethylene glycol 1000
- a MEM medium or PBS (1.83 g of disodium phosphate, 0.21 g of monopotassium phosphate, 7.65 g of salt, 1 liter of distilled water, pH 7.2) or the like is used.
- HAT medium normal medium
- a part of the culture supernatant is taken and subjected to the enzyme immunoassay described in (5) and subjected to human VEGF receptor DR and human VEGF receptor Fit-1 or human VEGF receptor KDR and human VEGF receptor described in (1).
- cloning was repeated twice by the limiting dilution method (the first time using HT medium (medium from which aminopterin was removed from HAT medium), and the second time using normal medium). Those recognized are selected as hybridomas producing anti-human VEGF receptor KDR monoclonal antibody and hybridoma producing human VEGF receptor Fit-1 monoclonal antibody.
- the antigen protein or cells expressing the antigen protein is coated on a 96-well plate, and the hybridoma culture supernatant or the purified antibody obtained by the above method is reacted as the first antibody.
- the plate After the first antibody reaction, the plate is washed and the second antibody is added.
- the second antibody is an antibody obtained by labeling an antibody capable of recognizing the immunoglobulin of the first antibody with biotin, an enzyme, a chemiluminescent substance, a radiation compound, or the like. Specifically, if a mouse is used for preparing the hybridoma, an antibody capable of recognizing mouse immunoglobulin is used as the second antibody.
- a reaction according to the substance labeled with the second antibody is performed, and the antibody is selected as a hybridoma that produces a monoclonal antibody that specifically reacts with the antigen.
- Ascites is collected from the mouse or nude mouse, centrifuged, salted with 40-50% saturated ammonium sulfate, hydroprillic acid precipitation, DEAE-Sepharose column, protein A-column or Cell mouth Fine G SL2000 (Seikagaku Corporation). such as using a column GMBH, Ltd.) to recover l g G or IgM fraction as a purified monoclonal antibody.
- the subclass of the purified monoclonal antibody is determined using a mouse monoclonal antibody typing kit or rat monoclonal antibody typing kit. be able to.
- the protein mass can be calculated by the Lowry method or from the absorbance at 280 nm.
- the subclass of the antibody by isotype within a class in mice, IgG l, I g G2a, lgG2b, IgG 3, in humans, lgG l, IgG 2, lgG3 , IgG4 and the like.
- Mouse I g G l, lgG2a and human i g G l type, complement-dependent cytotoxicity (hereinafter, CD C activity) and antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (hereinafter, ADCC activity) has, to the treatment It is useful in applications.
- the following describes a method for inhibiting the various biological activities of VEGF by inhibiting the functions of KDR and Fit-1 by combining two monoclonal antibodies against VEGF receptors KDR and Fit-1.
- Methods for measuring the biological activity of VEGF include VEGF-dependent proliferation tests, migration tests, and tube formation tests for vascular endothelial cells, “New Biochemistry Laboratory Lecture 10 Blood Vessels (Endothelial and Smooth Muscle)” (Tokyo Kagaku Dojin, 1991).
- Methods for analyzing genes whose expression fluctuates in response to activation of vascular endothelial cells by VEGF stimulation include Northern blot analysis and RT-PCR method “New Cell Engineering Experimental Protocol, Cell Engineering Separate Volume 8, Shujunsha, 1993” And the in situ hybridization method “Revised edition in situ hybridization method (interdisciplinary planning, 1992)”.
- Methods for analyzing proteins whose expression fluctuates in response to activation of vascular endothelial cells by VEGF stimulation include immunoprecipitation, Western blot analysis, and immunocytochemistry, “Monoclonal Antibody Experiment Manual (Kodansha Scientific, 1987)”, “Seiji Chemistry Laboratory Lecture: Immunobiochemical Research Method (Tokyo Kagaku Dojin, 1986)”, Autophosphorylation measurement of receptors "Seizai Chemistry Laboratory Lecture Information transmission and cell response (Tokyo Kagaku Dojin, 1986)” And so on.
- the substance of the present invention that inhibits signal transduction via Flt-l and the drug containing the substance that inhibits signal transduction via KDR include, for example, anti-human VEGF receptor Flt_l monoclonal antibody and anti-human VEGF receptor KDR monoclonal.
- compositions include a drug containing a DR monoclonal antibody fragment, or a drug containing a Fit-1 signal inhibitor and a KDR signal inhibitor.
- these compositions may be a mixture of antibodies, antibody fragments or chemical substances, or a conjugate such as a bispecific antibody to which two types of antibodies are bound.
- the drug containing the antibody of the present invention can be administered alone as a therapeutic agent, it is usually mixed with one or more pharmacologically acceptable carriers to give a pharmaceutical preparation. It is desirable to provide it as a pharmaceutical formulation manufactured by any method well known in the art.
- intravenous administration can be preferably mentioned.
- Administration forms include sprays, capsules, tablets, granules, syrups, emulsions, suppositories, injections, ointments, tapes and the like.
- Formulations suitable for oral administration include emulsions, syrups, capsules, tablets, powders, granules and the like.
- Liquid preparations such as emulsions and syrups are prepared from sugars such as water, sucrose, sorbitol and fructose; glycols such as polyethylene glycol and propylene glycol; It can be produced using oils such as oil, olive oil and soybean oil, preservatives such as p-hydroxybenzoic acid esters, and flavors such as strawberry flavor and peppermint as additives.
- Capsules, tablets, powders, granules, etc. are excipients such as lactose, glucose, sucrose, mannitol, disintegrants such as starch and sodium alginate, lubricants such as magnesium stearate, talc, polyvier alcohol And a binder such as hydroxypropylcellulose and gelatin, a surfactant such as a fatty acid ester, and a plasticizer such as glycerin as additives.
- Formulations suitable for parenteral administration include injections, suppositories, sprays and the like.
- the injection is prepared using a carrier comprising a salt solution, a glucose solution, or a mixture of both.
- Suppositories are prepared using carriers such as cocoa butter, hydrogenated fats or carboxylic acids.
- the propellant is prepared using the compound itself or a carrier that does not irritate the oral and respiratory mucosa of the recipient and disperses the compound as fine particles to facilitate absorption.
- the carrier include lactose and glycerin.
- Formulations such as aerosols and dry powders are possible depending on the properties of the compound and the carrier used.
- the components exemplified as additives for oral preparations can also be added.
- the dose of the present pharmaceutical composition varies depending on the age, symptoms, etc. of the patient, but the monoclonal antibody is administered to mammals including humans at 0.1 to 20 mg / kg / day. If each monoclonal antibody is administered simultaneously, administer it once a day (single administration or daily administration) or intermittently 1 to 3 times a week, once a week or two or three weeks separately. In this case, each monoclonal antibody is administered by intravenous injection once a day (single dose or daily dose) or intermittently 1 to 3 times a week and once a few weeks, at appropriate intervals. .
- the use of a combination of monoclonal antibodies against the two VEGF receptors KDR and Fit-1 shown in the present invention inhibits the diverse biological activities of VEGF and furthermore By exhibiting a synergistic effect, it can be efficiently and powerfully used for the treatment of an angiogenesis disorder.
- FIG. 1 shows the results of examining the effects of an anti-human VEGF receptor KDR monoclonal antibody and an anti-human VEGF receptor Fit-1 monoclonal antibody alone and in combination on the VEGF-dependent human vascular endothelial cell HUVEC proliferation promoting activity.
- Fig. 2 Effects of anti-human VEGF receptor KDR monoclonal antibody and anti-human VEGF receptor Fit-1 monoclonal antibody alone and in combination on VEGF-dependent human vascular endothelial cell HUVEC migration promoting activity The results of the study are shown.
- FIG. 3 shows the results of examining the effect of the anti-human VEGF receptor Fit-1 monoclonal antibody on the VEGF-dependent human vascular endothelial cell HUVEC migration promoting activity.
- FIG. 4 shows the results of examining the effects of anti-human VEGF receptor KDR monoclonal antibody and anti-human VEGF receptor Flt-1 monoclonal antibody alone and in combination on mRNA whose expression is fluctuated by VEGF stimulation in human vascular endothelial cells HUVEC.
- Fig. 5 Anti-human VEGF receptor KDR monoclonal antibody, anti-human VEGF receptor Fit-1 monoclonal, affecting p38, ERK U ERK2, JNKl and JNK2, whose expression is increased by VEGF stimulation in human vascular endothelial cells HUVEC The results of examining the effects of antibodies alone and in combination are shown.
- FIG. 6 shows the results of examining the effects of an anti-human VEGF receptor KDR monoclonal antibody and an anti-human VEGF receptor Fit-1 monoclonal antibody alone and in combination on HUVEC, a human vascular endothelial cell that becomes larger upon VEGF stimulation.
- FIG. 7 is a view showing a construction step of plasmid pVL1393 / Flt 3N.
- FIG. 8 is a view showing a construction step of plasmid pVL1393 / Flt 7N.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a pattern of purified SDS polyacrylamide electrophoresis of Flt_l7N and Flt_l3N (using a 5 to 20% gradient gel). From left, the migration patterns of the molecular weight markers, Fit-13N and Flt-17N are shown. Electrophoresis was performed under reducing conditions.
- FIG. 10 shows the results of analysis of the inhibitory effect of soluble human VEGF receptors Fit- 17N and Fit- 13N on the binding of 125- human VEGF to plate-coated soluble human VEGF receptor Fit- 17N.
- FIG. 11 is a view showing a construction process of plasmid pVL-KDR-7N-Fc.
- FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of various derivatives of soluble KDR-Fc.
- FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram of various derivatives of soluble KDR.
- FIG. 14 is a diagram showing patterns of SDS polyacrylamide electrophoresis (using a 5 to 20% gradient gel) of purified soluble KDR-Fc derivatives. From left, KDR-1 N-Fc, KDR-2N- Fc, KDR-3N-Fc, KDR-4N-Fc, KDR-5N-Fc, KDR-7N-Fc, KDR-2 ⁇ 1 ⁇ Fc, KDR- The migration and 0 turns of 4 ⁇ 1 ⁇ -Fc and KDR-5 ⁇ 1 ⁇ -Fc are shown, respectively. Electrophoresis was performed under reducing conditions.
- Figure 15 A shows the result of analyzing the inhibitory effect of soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-Fc various derivatives on the binding of 125 1-human VEGF to soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-7 N- Fc were plates coated.
- B shows the result of analyzing the binding of 125 1-human VEGF to soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-Fc various derivatives plate coated.
- FIG. 16 shows the results of analyzing the binding activity of human VEG F receptor KDR monoclonal antibody to soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-Fc various derivatives.
- FIG. 17 shows the epitope site of the human VEGF receptor KDR monoclonal antibody.
- FIG. 18 shows the results of analyzing the binding activity of human VEGF receptor KDR monoglonal antibody to various derivatives of soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-Fc.
- Example 1 Method for producing anti-human VEGF receptor Fit-1 monoclonal antibody and anti-human VEGF receptor KDR monoclonal antibody
- Hybridoma KM 1732 (FERM BP-5698) and Hybridoma KM 1750 (FERM BP-5700), which produce anti-Fit-1 monoclonal antibodies
- Hybridoma KM 1992 (FERM BP)
- Hybridoma KM 1992 (FERM BP)
- Hybridoma KM 1995 (FERM BP-6218) were injected intraperitoneally into 8 weeks old nude female mice (Balb / c) treated with pristane at 5 to 20 ⁇ 10 6 cells / animal, respectively. After 10-21 days, The hybridoma became ascites cancer.
- Ascites is collected from mice with accumulated ascites (1-8 ml / animal), centrifuged (3,000 rpm, 5 minutes) to remove solids, and then subjected to force prillic acid precipitation (Antibody's 'A' Laboratory Manual) To obtain a purified monoclonal antibody.
- the antibody class of the monoclonal antibody was determined by enzyme immunoassay using a subcluster typing kit (Zymed).
- M1732 was a mouse IgGl subclass
- KM1750 (FERM BP-5700) was a mouse lgG2b subclass
- M1992 (FERM BP-6217) was a mouse IgGl subclass
- KM1995 (FERM BP-6218) was a mouse IgG2b subclass. there were.
- Example 2 VEGF-dependent cell growth inhibition test using VEGF receptor monoclonal antibody
- Human recombinant VEGF165 tank The protein was expressed and purified using a baculovirus-insect cell expression system according to the method of Cohen et al. [Growth Factors, 133 (1992)].
- Human umbilical vein endothelial cells are suspended in EBM medium (Clonetics) containing 5% fetal calf serum (FCS) and EGM-ECGS (Clonetics). The cells were cultured on a collagen-coated plate. Twenty-four hours before the experiment described below, the medium was replaced with M-199 (manufactured by Nissi) medium containing 5% FCS and cultured.
- EBM medium Clonetics
- FCS fetal calf serum
- EGM-ECGS Clonetics
- 96-well microtiter first plate 1 X 10 4 cells of HUVEC suspended in a medium of 200 mu 1 each Ueru of 37. C, and cultured until the Konfuruento in C_ ⁇ 2 incubator base Ichita scratch. After incubation, anti-VEGF receptor monoclonal antibody (final concentration 0, 1, 10 ⁇ g / ml) was added 15 minutes preculture, further VEGF [3 H] thymidine (final concentration 1 nM) and 1.0 mu Ci ( (Amersham) was added and the cells were cultured for 24 hours. After the culture, the amount of PH] thymidine incorporated into the DNA of the cells was measured using liquid scintigraphy. Fig. 1 shows the results.
- the anti-KDR monoclonal antibody inhibited the proliferation of vascular endothelial cells induced by VEGF, and the combined use of the anti-Flt-1 monoclonal antibody showed a synergistic growth inhibitory effect.
- HUVECs cultured to confluence in a 3.5 cm dish were scratched with a razor blade and washed with PBS.
- VEGF final concentration 10 ng / ml
- anti-VEGF receptor monoclonal antibody final concentration 0, 1, 10 ⁇ g / ml
- Fig. 2 shows the results. HUVEC increased cell migration ability with the addition of VEGF, but migration was completely inhibited by anti-VEGF receptor Fit-1 monoclonal antibody KM 1750 (final concentration 1 ⁇ g / ml).
- the anti-VEGF receptor KDR monoclonal antibody KM 1992 (final concentration 10 ⁇ g / ml) showed a partial weak migration inhibitory activity. Admitted. No increase in inhibitory activity was observed with the combined use of anti-VEGF receptor Fit-1 monoclonal antibody KM 1750 (final concentration 1 ⁇ g / ml) and anti-VEGF receptor KDR monoclonal antibody KM 1992 (final concentration 10 ⁇ g / ml) Was. Therefore, Fit-1 was shown to be a major receptor involved in vascular endothelial cell migration.
- FIG. 3 shows the results of comparing the activity of two anti-VEGF receptor Fit-1 monoclonal antibodies KM 1750 and M 1732 to inhibit the migration of vascular endothelial cells.
- the two monoclonal antibodies exhibited the activity of inhibiting the migration of vascular endothelial cells in a concentration-dependent manner.
- VEGFs-1, MP-1, KDR, fit-1 Two VEGFs that affect mRNA expression of molecules (ets-1, MP-1, KDR, fit-1) that have been reported to be activated in vascular endothelial cells during angiogenesis and promote angiogenesis. The effects of the receptor KDR and the Fit-1 monoclonal antibody were examined.
- the HUVEC medium cultured in a 6.0 cm dish until it became subconfluent was replaced with M-199 medium (3 ml) containing 5% FCS, and cultured for 24 hours.
- M-199 medium 3 ml
- FCS 5% FCS
- an anti-VEGF receptor monoclonal antibody final concentration: 0, 1, 10 ⁇ g / ml
- VEGF final concentration: 1 nM
- total RNA was extracted using ISOGEN (manufactured by Nippon Gene) according to the attached protocol.
- Northern plot analysis was performed using the method of Iwasaka [J. Cellular
- Human KDR and Human fit-1 cDNA are SEQ ID NO :! Using the synthetic primers Nos. 1 to 4 and HUVEC total RNA as template, they were prepared by Reverse-transcriptional PCR [J. Cellular Physiology, 169, 522 (1996)] described by Iwasaka. It should be noted that the Ij number 1 is the sense primer of Human KDR, and the sequence number 2 is the primer of Human KDR. SEQ ID NO: 3 shows the sense primer of Human fit-1, and SEQ ID NO: 4 shows the antisense primer of Human fit-1.
- Fig. 4 shows the results.
- GAPDH a standard marker for total RNA in each lane, showed equivalent signals in each lane.
- HUVEC VEGF stimulation increased flt_l, ets-1 and MMP-1 mRNA expression, but did not alter KDR mRNA expression.
- Fit-1, ets-1 and MMP-1 mRNA, whose expression was increased by VEGF stimulation, were not inhibited by the anti-VEGF receptor Fit-1 monoclonal antibody KM1750 (final concentration 1 ⁇ g / ml), but the anti-VEGF receptor Inhibition was partially inhibited by the body KDR monoclonal antibody KM 1992 (final concentration 10 ⁇ g / ml).
- anti-VEGF receptor Fit-1 monoclonal antibody KM 1750 final concentration 1 ⁇ g / ml
- anti-VEGF receptor KDR monoclonal antibody KM 1992 final concentration 10 ⁇ g / ml
- Fit-1, ets_l and MMP-1 mRNA were completely inhibited up to the expression level when VEGF was not stimulated.
- KDR is a major receptor involved in the induction of fit-1, ets-1 and MMP-1 mRNA expression in HUVEC VEGF stimulation, and Fit-1 has a role to promote KDR-mediated expression induction. It was shown that there is.
- the anti-KDR monoclonal antibody inhibited the expression induction of flt_l, ets-1 and MMP-1 mRNA upon VEGF stimulation, and the combined use of anti-Flt_l monoclonal antibody showed a synergistic inhibitory effect on expression induction.
- the anti-KDR monoclonal antibody inhibited the expression induction of flt_l, ets-1 and MMP-1 mRNA upon VEGF stimulation
- the combined use of anti-Flt_l monoclonal antibody showed a synergistic inhibitory effect on expression induction. was done.
- VEGF receptors Two VEGF receptors, KDR and Flt-1, exert an effect on the protein expression of molecules (p38, ERK1, ERK2, JNK1 and JNK2) that have been reported to be activated and promote angiogenesis during angiogenesis
- the effect of the monoclonal antibody was examined.
- the HUVEC medium cultured in a 6.0 cm dish until it became subconfluent was replaced with M-199 medium (3.0 ml) containing 5% FCS, and cultured for 24 hours. After the culture, an anti-VEGF receptor monoclonal antibody (final concentration: 0, 1, 10 ⁇ g / ml) was added, precultured for 15 minutes, and further added with VEGF (final concentration: 1 nM) and cultured for 5 minutes.
- the detection antibody Usagi anti ACTIVE APK serum as the primary antibody (Promega), Usagi anti ACTIVE JNK serum (Promega), ⁇ Sa formic anti ACTIVE P 38 sera (Promega) as a secondary antibody
- the antibody-reacted band was detected using ECL system (Amersham) using horseradish peroxidase-labeled protein G (BioRad).
- Fig. 5 shows the results.
- the expression of p38 was increased by VEGF stimulation of HUVEC.
- the increase in p38 expression was completely inhibited by anti-VEGF receptor Fit-1 monoclonal antibody KM 1750 (final concentration 1 ⁇ g / ml) to the level before VEGF was not stimulated.
- the anti-VEGF receptor KDR monoclonal antibody KM 1992 (final concentration: 10 ⁇ g / ml) showed partial weak inhibitory activity.
- ERK1, ERK2, JNK1, and JNK2 were observed to be increased from HUVEC VEGF.
- the increased expression of ERK1, ERK2, JNK1, and JNK2 was The KDR monoclonal antibody KM 1992 (final concentration 10 ⁇ g / ml) completely inhibited to the level before unstimulated VEGF, while the anti-VEGF receptor Fit-1 monoclonal antibody KM 1750 (final concentration 1 / ig / ml) ml) did not show any inhibitory activity, and the anti-VEGF receptor Fit-1 monoclonal antibody KM 1750 (final concentration 1 ng / ml) and the anti-VEGF receptor KDR monoclonal antibody KM 1992 (final concentration) 10 ⁇ g / ml) did not enhance the inhibitory activity. Therefore, KDR was shown to be a major receptor involved in the induction of ERK1, ERK2, JNK1, and JNK2 expression.
- Example 6 Cell Stretching, Actin Stress Fiber Formation, Focal Adhesion Test Two VEGF receptors on cell spreading, actin stress fiber formation, and focal adhesion formation observed in vascular endothelial cells activated during angiogenesis The effects of body KDR and Fit-1 monoclonal antibodies were examined.
- HUVEC 3 ⁇ 10 4 ) suspended in M-199 medium containing 5% FCS was spread on a type I collagen-coated dish (35 mm) and cultured at 37 ° C. for 2 hours. Subsequently, an anti-VEGF receptor monoclonal antibody (final concentration: 0, 1, 10 g / ml) was added, and the cells were further cultured for 15 minutes. After the culture, VEGF (final concentration 10 ng / ml) was added and the cells were cultured for 15 minutes. After the culture, the cells were fixed with 3.7 ⁇ 1 ⁇ 2 formaldehyde, and PBS containing 0.1% NP40 was added to increase the cell membrane permeability.
- an anti-VEGF receptor monoclonal antibody final concentration: 0, 1, 10 g / ml
- VEGF final concentration 10 ng / ml
- F-actin was detected using the method of Nehls et al. [Microvascular Research, 42, 103 (1991)] using rhodamine-conjugated phalloidin. .
- Vinculin uses the method of Kellie et al. [Experimental Cell Research, 160, 259 (1985)] ⁇ Uses anti-vinculin monoclonal antibody (manufactured by Seikagaku Corporation) and FITC-labeled anti-mouse antibody (manufactured by Jackson ImmunoResearch Laboratories) Detection was performed by the indirect fluorescent antibody method. Confocal microscopy, LSM410 (manufactured by Carl Zeiss) was used for detection of F-actin and Vinculin. Cell size was analyzed using the NIH image program.
- VEG F receptor Flt-1 is selectively inhibited by monoclonal antibody KM 1750 (final concentration 1 ⁇ g / ml), whereas focal adhesion formation is anti-KDR monoclonal antibody
- HUVEC became larger due to VEGF stimulation, but was selectively inhibited by anti-VEGF receptor Fit-1 monoclonal antibody KM1750 (final concentration 1 ⁇ g / ml), but anti-KDR It was not inhibited by the monoclonal antibody KM 1992 (final concentration 10 ⁇ g / ml). Therefore, it was shown that KDR is a major receptor involved in focal adhesion formation, while Fit-1 is a major receptor involved in actin stress fiber formation and cell enlargement.
- the anti-KDR monoclonal antibody can inhibit adhesion plaque formation by VEGF, while the anti-VEGF receptor Fit-1 monoclonal antibody can inhibit actin stress fiber formation and cell enlargement by VEGF. It became.
- a vector for expressing a soluble human VEGF receptor Fit-1 fragment (hereinafter, referred to as a soluble human VEGF receptor Fit-13N) corresponding to (m) was prepared by the following procedure.
- the soluble human VEGF receptor Fit-1 3N corresponds to the three immunoglobulin-like sites from the N-terminal side of the extracellular region of the soluble human VEGF receptor Fit-1.
- a soluble human VEGF receptor Flt-1 fragment corresponding to the 1st to 750th amino acid (including the signal sequence) from the N-terminal amino acid of human VEGF receptor Fit-1 (hereinafter referred to as soluble human VEGF receptor Flt-17N) was prepared by the following procedure.
- the soluble human VEGF receptor Flt- 17N corresponds to seven immunoglobulin-like sites in the outer region of the Itodatsuki envelope of the soluble human VEGF receptor Flt-1.
- the reaction is pretreated at 95 ° C for 5 minutes, followed by 30 cycles of polymerase 'chain' reaction (PCR) at 95 ° C for 90 seconds, 50 ° C for 90 seconds, and finally at 72 ° C for 90 seconds.
- PCR polymerase 'chain' reaction
- Production of proteins by insect cells requires the production of a recombinant virus into which the target gene has been incorporated.
- the production of the virus requires the process of incorporating a cDNA encoding the target protein, called a transfer vector, into a special plasmid, and the use of wild-type virus.
- the transfer vector is cotransfected into insect cells and undergoes the process of obtaining a recombinant virus by homologous recombination.
- the above process was performed according to the manual using the Bakuguchi Gold Starter Kit (product number PM-21001K) manufactured by Farmingen in accordance with the following procedure.
- Linear baculovirus DNA Bactet DNA
- Bactet DNA Bactet DNA
- Pharmingen, Inc. on insect cells Sf9 (Pharmingen) cultured in TMN-FH Insect Medium (Pharmingen)
- the recombinant baculovirus was prepared as follows by introducing the transfer vector DNA prepared by the method described above and the transfer vector DNA by the lipofectin method [protein nucleic acid enzyme, 37, 2701 (1992)].
- the above plasmid DNA, linear baculovirus DNA and lipofectin mixed solution were all added thereto, and the mixture was cultured at 27 ° C for 3 days, and 1 ml of the culture supernatant containing the recombinant virus was collected. 1 ml of Sf900-II medium was newly added to the petri dish, and the mixture was further cultured at 27 ° C for 3 days to obtain 1.5 ml of a culture supernatant containing the recombinant virus.
- O 99/59636 PC The recombinant virus obtained for use in protein expression was propagated by the following procedure.
- the virus titer of the obtained recombinant virus solution was calculated by the method described in Baculo Logo Star Tar 'Manual (Pharmingen).
- Soluble human VEGF receptors Fit-17N and Fit-13N were obtained as follows. 4 ⁇ 10 7 High Five cells were suspended in 30 ml of EX-CELL TM 400 medium (manufactured by JRH Bioscience) in a 175 cm 2 flask (manufactured by Grainer), allowed to stand at room temperature for 1 hour, and allowed to adhere to the flask. Transfer vector pVL 1393 / Flt 7N obtained in ( 3 ) Then, 1 ml of a solution containing the recombinant virus derived from pVL1393 / Flt 3N at a concentration of about 1 to 3 ⁇ 10 8 PFU / ml was added, and the cells were infected at room temperature for 2 hours.
- the culture supernatant was removed and a fresh 30 ml of EX-CELL TM 400 medium was added, followed by culturing at 27 ° C for 3 to 4 days. After completion of the culture, the culture supernatant was recovered and centrifuged at 500 X g for 10 minutes to obtain a supernatant.
- the column was filled with about 60 ml of heparin-cepharose CL-6B gel [Pharmacia Biotech AB] and 0.5 ml of 20 ml of 20 mM Tris-hydrochloric acid (pH 7.5) buffer. The column was washed at a flow rate of / min.
- a culture solution containing the soluble human VEGF receptor Fit-17N and Fit-13N prepared as described above was passed through a Heparin-Sepharose CL-6B column at a flow rate of 0.5 ml / min. .
- a buffer solution consisting of 20 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.5) containing NaCl with a concentration gradient of 0 M to 1.1 M is used.
- the purity of the purified soluble human VEGF receptors Fit-17N and Fit-13 was confirmed using SDS-PAGE.
- the SDS-PAGE followed the method described in the literature [Anticancer Research, 12, 1211 (1992)].
- the gel used was a 5-20% gradient gel (manufactured by Atto). Under reducing conditions, 2 ⁇ g of Fit-17N and Fit-13N as the protein mass per lane were run, respectively, and the coomassie gel was run. Stained with one brilliant blue.
- Figure 9 shows the results. The purity of Flt- ⁇ and Flt- 13N was more than 95%.
- Soluble human VEGF receptors Flt_l7N and Flt-l3N control antigen proteins were obtained as follows. 4 x 10 7 High Five cells The suspension was suspended in 30 ml of EX-CELL TM 400 medium (manufactured by JRH Bioscience) in a 175 cm 2 flask (manufactured by Grainer), allowed to stand at room temperature for 1 hour, attached to the flask, and cultured at 27 ° C. for 34 days. After completion of the culture, the culture supernatant was collected and centrifuged at 500 X g for 10 minutes to obtain a supernatant.
- the human VEGF binding activity of the soluble human VEGF receptors Fit-17N and Fit-13N was confirmed by the following procedure.
- Human VEGF was obtained as follows. 4 ⁇ 10 7 High Five cells were suspended in 30 ml of EX-CELL TM 400 medium (manufactured by JRH Bioscience) in a 175 cm 2 flask (manufactured by Glyna), allowed to stand at room temperature for 1 hour, and allowed to adhere to the flask. 1 ml of a solution containing a human VEGF recombinant baculovirus solution obtained by the method described in the literature [Cell Growth & Differentiation, 7, 213 (1996)] at a concentration of about 1 to 3 ⁇ 10 8 PFU / ml was added. Time infected.
- the culture supernatant was removed and a fresh 30 ml of EX-CELL TM 400 medium was added, followed by culturing at 27 ° C for 3 to 4 days. After completion of the culture, the culture supernatant was recovered and centrifuged at 1,500 X g for 10 minutes to obtain a supernatant.
- the column was filled with about 40 ml of heparin-Sepharose CL-6B gel [Pharmacia Biotech AB] and 400 ml of a buffer containing 20 mM Tris-hydrochloric acid (PH7.5). Washing was performed at a flow rate of ml / min. After washing, 1500 ml of the culture solution containing human VEGF prepared as described above was passed through a heparin-Sepharose CL-6B column at a flow rate of 0.5 ml / min.
- 1 50 ⁇ g of each antigen obtained from (4) was Day cough vaccine (Chiba Serum Laboratory Ltd.) 1 X 10 9 cells with 5 Shureimesu BALB / c (manufactured by Japan SLC, Inc.), B6C3F 1 mice (Nippon Charles Riva one company) or female SD rats (Japan SLC 2 weeks later, 10 to 50 / zg of protein was administered once a week for a total of four times.
- 1 ⁇ 10 7 NIH3T3-Fit-1 cells were administered to three 5-week-old female BALB / c (manufactured by Japan SLC), and a total of 6 administrations were performed.
- Blood was collected from the fundus venous plexus or the tail vein, and its serum antibody titer was examined by the enzyme immunoassay described below, and the spleen was excised 3 days after the final immunization from a mouse or rat showing a sufficient antibody titer.
- the 5-week-old female BALB / c to which NIH3T3-Fit-1 cells were administered was not immunized, and the antibody titer to soluble Fit- 17N did not increase.
- the spleen is shredded in a MEM medium (manufactured by Nissui Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.), loosened with forceps, centrifuged (l, 200 rpm, 5 minutes), the supernatant is discarded, and tris-ammonium chloride buffer (PH7.65) is used.
- MEM medium manufactured by Nissui Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
- PH7.65 tris-ammonium chloride buffer
- the 1% BSA-PBS was discarded, and the immunized mouse or the antiserum of the immunized rat and the culture supernatant of the hybridoma were dispensed at 50 ⁇ l / well and allowed to react for 2 hours. After washing with 0.05% Tween-PBS, add peroxidase-labeled heron anti-mouse immunoglobulin or peroxidase-labeled heron anti-rat immunoglobulin (both from DAKO) at 50 ⁇ l / well and react for 1 hour at room temperature.
- the 8-azaguanine-resistant mouse myeloma cell line P3-U1 was cultured in a normal medium to secure 2 ⁇ 10 7 or more cells at the time of cell fusion and used as a parent strain for cell fusion.
- This suspension was dispensed at 100 ⁇ l / well into 96 ⁇ l / well culture plates and cultured in a 5% CO 2 incubator at 37 ° C for 10 to 14 days.
- the culture supernatant was examined by the enzyme immunoassay described above, and specifically reacted with the soluble human VEGF receptor Fit- 17N or Flt- 13N obtained in 1 (4).
- a well that did not react with the control antigen obtained in the above step was selected, HT medium was replaced with a normal medium, and cloning was repeated twice to establish a hybridoma strain producing an anti-human VEGF receptor Fit-1 monoclonal antibody.
- Table 2 The results are shown in Table 2 below.
- a hybridoma obtained from one Balb / c mouse or two SD rats immunized with the soluble human VEGF receptor Fit- 17N obtained in (4) was As a result of screening Zu' about 672 Ueru and about 2184 Ueru respectively, using, respectively to give the 5 clones and 6 clones anti-human VEGF receptor Fit- 1 monoclonal antibody, KM17 them respectively 3 7, KM1739, KM1740, KM 1742, Named KM 1743 and KM 1733, KM 1735, M1736, KM 1745, M1746, M1747.
- soluble human VEGF receptor Fit-1 3N Using the soluble human VEGF receptor Fit-1 3N, about 672 wells and 420 wells were screened, respectively.Three clones were obtained from each of them to obtain anti-human VEGF receptor Fit-1 monoclonal antibodies, which were isolated from KM1748, 1749, and 1749, respectively. Named KM 1750 and KM 1730, KM 1731, KM 1732. Among these clones, three clones of KM1732, KM1748 and KM1750 were found to show the Fit-1 binding inhibitory activity of human VEGF shown in 8 below. Furthermore, three clones, KM1730, M1731, and KM1732, responded extremely strongly to cells expressing the human VEGF receptor Fit-1 by immunocytostaining.
- the antibody class of the monoclonal antibody was determined by an enzyme immunoassay using a subcluster typing kit [Zymed]. The results are shown in Table 3 below.
- All the monoclonal antibodies established in the present invention were of the IgG class.
- Soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-7N-Fc is a linker (linker # 1) consisting of seven immunoglobulin-like sites and six amino acid residues from the N-terminal side of the extracellular region of soluble human VEGF receptor KDR. And hi Antibody Fc region.
- the fragment was inserted into the 5 'Xbal and 3' Notl sites downstream of the transcription start site of the polyhedrin gene of the baculovirus recombinant pVL1393 plasmid, and a fusion gene of soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-7N and human antibody Fc region was inserted.
- An expression vector pV-KDR-7N-Fc was constructed (FIG. 11).
- Soluble human VEGF receptor KDR corresponding to the 19 amino acids described in SEQ ID NO: 35 constituting the signal peptide of human VEGF receptor KDR and the amino acid sequence 1 to 638 of SEQ ID NO: 34, which is a mature human VEGF receptor KDR Fragment for expressing a linker protein consisting of 6 amino acid residues (linker # 1) and a fusion protein consisting of 227 amino acids constituting the human antibody Fc region (hereinafter referred to as soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-6N-Fc) was prepared by the following procedure.
- Soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-6N-Fc is a linker (linker # 1) consisting of 6 immoglobulin-like sites and 6 amino acid residues from the N-terminal side of the extracellular region of soluble human VEGF receptor KDR. And a fusion protein comprising a human antibody Fc region.
- PCR polymerase 'chain' reaction
- This DNA fragment was digested with EcoT22I and SnaBI to obtain an 80 bp EcoT22I / SnaBI fragment.
- This DNA fragment and the EcoT22I / SnaBI (5.2 kbp) fragment of pBS-KDR-Xb-S were ligated to prepare pBS-KDR (6N) L.
- XnaI / SnaBI 2.0 kbp
- SnaBl / NotI 0.7 kbp
- pVL1393 A fusion gene expression vector pVL-KDR-6N that integrates the soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-6N and the human antibody Fc region by integrating into the 5 'Xbal and 3' Notl sites downstream of the transcription start point of the polyhedrin gene of the plasmid. -Build Fc.
- Soluble human VEGF receptor KDR corresponding to the 19 amino acids described in SEQ ID NO: 35 constituting the signal peptide of human VEGF receptor KDR and the amino acid sequence 1 to 518 of the mature human VEGF receptor KDR described in SEQ ID NO: 34 Fragment, for expressing a linker protein consisting of 6 amino acid residues (Linker # 1) and a fusion protein consisting of 227 amino acids constituting the human antibody Fc region (hereinafter referred to as soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-5N-Fc) was prepared by the following procedure.
- the soluble human VEGF receptor DR-5N-FC is a linker (linker # 1) consisting of five immunoglobulin-like sites and six amino acid residues from the N-terminal side of the extracellular region of the soluble human VEGF receptor KDR. And a fusion protein comprising a human antibody Fc region.
- the EcoRI / HincII (1.9 kbp) fragment of pUC-DR-Xb and a synthetic linker having the nucleotide sequences of SEQ ID NO: 14 and SEQ ID NO: 15 were inserted into the EcoRI / Notl site of the vector pBluescriptll SK (-), and pBS — KDR— 5N was built.
- pBS—KDR—5N The XbaI / SnaBI (1.9 kbp) fragment and the SnaBI / Notl (0.7 kbp) encoding the Fc region of the human antibody on pAMoPRFc (see Preparation of Antigen (1)) were ligated to the polyhedrin (Polyhedrin) of the baculovirus recombinant PVL 1393 plasmid.
- a fusion gene expression vector pVL_KDR-5N-Fc comprising a soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-5N and a human antibody Fc region was constructed by incorporating the gene at the 5 'Xbal and 3' Notl sites downstream of the transcription start site of the gene.
- Soluble human VEGF receptor corresponding to the 19 amino acids described in SEQ ID NO: 35 constituting the signal peptide of human VEGF receptor KDR and the amino acid sequence described in SEQ ID NO: 34, which is the mature human VEGF receptor KDR KDR fragment, expressing a linker protein consisting of two amino acid residues (linker # 2) and a fusion protein consisting of 227 amino acids constituting the human antibody Fc region (hereinafter referred to as soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-4N-Fc) was prepared by the following procedure.
- Soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-4N-FC is a linker (linker # 2) consisting of four immunoglobulin-like sites and two amino acid residues from the N-terminal side of the extracellular region of soluble human VEGF receptor KDR. ) And a fusion protein comprising a human antibody Fc region.
- This DNA fragment was digested with Hindlll and Kpnl to obtain a 520 bp Hindm-Kpnl DNA fragment.
- This DNA fragment and a Kpnl / Notl (0.7 kbp) fragment encoding the Fc region of the human antibody on pAMoPRFc were inserted into the Hindlll / Notl site of the vector pAMoPRFc (see Preparation of Antigen (1)), and pAMo-4N- Fc built.
- a fusion gene expression vector pVL-KDR-4N-Fc comprising a soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-4N and a human antibody Fc region was constructed by incorporating the gene at the 5 'Xbal and 3' Notl sites downstream of the starting point.
- a fusion protein consisting of a linker consisting of 6 amino acid residues (linker # 1) and 227 amino acids constituting the human antibody Fc region (hereinafter referred to as soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-3N-Fc) The following procedure was used to prepare a vector for the purpose.
- Soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-3N-Fc is a linker (linker # 1) consisting of three immunoglobulin-like sites and 6 amino acid residues from the N-terminal side of the extracellular region of soluble human VEGF receptor KDR. And a fusion protein comprising a human antibody Fc region.
- pBS—KDR—Xbal / SnaBl (1.2 kbp) fragment of 3N and SnaBI / Notl (0.7 kbp) fragment encoding the Fc region of the human antibody on pAMoPRFc were baculovirus-recombined pVL1393 A fusion gene expression vector of the soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-3N and the human antibody Fc region, integrated into the 5 'Xbal and 3' Notl sites downstream of the transcription start site of the polyhedrin gene (Polyhedrin) in the plasmid pVL-KDR -Constructed 3N-Fc.
- Polyhedrin polyhedrin
- Soluble human VEGF receptor KDR corresponding to the 19 amino acids described in SEQ ID NO: 35 constituting the signal peptide of human VEGF receptor KDR and the amino acid sequence described in SEQ ID NO: 34, which is a mature human VEGF receptor KDR Fragment, linker consisting of 6 amino acid residues (linker # 1) and 227 amino acids constituting human antibody Fc region
- a vector for expressing a fusion protein consisting of / 59636 hereinafter referred to as soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-2N-Fc was prepared by the following procedure.
- Soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-2N-Fc is a linker (linker # 1) consisting of two immunoglobulin-like sites and 6 amino acid residues from the N-terminal side of the extracellular region of soluble human VEGF receptor KDR. And a fusion protein comprising a human antibody Fc region.
- pBS—KDR—XnaI / SnaBI (0.9 kbp) fragment of 2N and SnaBI / Notl (0.7 kbp) encoding the Fc region of a human antibody on pAMoPRFc (see Preparation of Antigen (1)) were transformed into a baculovirus recombinant PVL 1393 plasmid.
- a fusion gene expression vector of a soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-2N and a human antibody Fc region, which is integrated into the 5 'Xbal and 3' Notl sites downstream of the transcription start site of the polyhedrin gene of pVL-KDR-2N- Fc was constructed.
- Soluble human VEGF receptor KDR corresponding to the 19 amino acids described in SEQ ID NO: 35 and the mature human VEGF receptor KDR that constitute the signal peptide of human VEGF receptor KDR, and corresponding to amino acids 1 to 104 of SEQ ID NO: 34 Fragment, expressing a linker protein consisting of 6 amino acid residues (linker # 1) and a fusion protein consisting of 227 amino acids constituting the human antibody Fc region (hereinafter referred to as soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-IN-Fc) was prepared by the following procedure.
- the soluble human VEGF receptor DR-IN-Fc is a linker consisting of one immunoglobulin-like site and 6 amino acid residues from the N-terminal side of the extracellular region of the soluble human VEGF receptor KDR (linker # 1). ) And a fusion protein comprising a human antibody Fc region.
- soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-7N_Fc From the soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-7N_Fc (see antigen preparation (1)), a total of 72 amino acids from the N-terminal side to the 31st amino acid to the 102nd amino acid that form the 1st immunoglobulin-like site are obtained.
- the deleted KDR fragment, a linker consisting of 6 amino acid residues (linker # 1) and a fusion protein consisting of 227 amino acids constituting the human antibody Fc region hereinafter referred to as soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-7 ⁇
- a vector for expressing ⁇ -Fc was prepared by the following procedure.
- Soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-7D1N-FC is a linker (linker) consisting of the 2nd to 7th immunoglobulin-like sites from the N-terminal side of the extracellular region of the soluble human VEGF receptor KDR and 6 amino acid residues. # 1) and a human antibody Fc region.
- This DNA fragment was digested with Xbal and Bglll to obtain a 0.8 kbp Xbal / Bglll fragment.
- This DNA fragment and the BglII / Notl (1.6 kbp) fragment of pVL-KDR-5N were inserted into Xbal / Notl of pBluescriptll SK (-), and pBS-KDR-5 ⁇ 1 ⁇ was prepared.
- soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-5N-Fc From the soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-5N-Fc (see Antigen Preparation (3)), a total of 72 amino acids from the 31st amino acid to the 102nd amino acid forming the first immunoglobulin-like site from the N-terminal end KDR fragment from which the amino acid has been deleted, a linker consisting of 6 amino acid residues (linker # 1) and a fusion protein consisting of 227 amino acids constituting the human antibody Fc region (hereinafter referred to as soluble human VEGF receptor KDR -5 ⁇ -Fc) was prepared by the following procedure.
- Soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-5 ⁇ -Fc is a linker consisting of the second to fifth immunoglobulin-like sites from the N-terminal side of the extracellular region of the soluble human VEGF receptor KDR and a linker consisting of 6 amino acid residues. # 1) and a fusion protein consisting of a human antibody Fc region.
- soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-4N-Fc From the soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-4N-Fc (see Antigen Preparation (4)), a total of 72 amino acids from the 31st amino acid to the 102nd amino acid forming the first immunoglobulin-like site from the N-terminal end KDR fragment from which the amino acid has been deleted, a linker consisting of 6 amino acid residues (linker # 2) and a fusion protein consisting of 227 amino acids constituting the human antibody Fc region (hereinafter referred to as soluble human VEGF receptor KDR -4D1N-Fc) was prepared by the following procedure. Soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-4 ⁇ lN-Fc is the second to fourth N-terminal of the extracellular region of soluble human VEGF receptor KDR. This corresponds to a fusion protein consisting of an immunoglobulin-like site of the eye and a linker consisting of two amino acid residues (linker # 2) and a human antibody Fc region
- the Xbal / pnl (1.0 kbp) fragment of pBS-DR-4 ⁇ 1 ⁇ and SnaBI / Notl (0.7 kbp) encoding the Fc region of the human antibody on pAMoAPRFc were ligated to the baculovirus recombinant PVL1393 plasmid.
- Soluble human VEGF receptor KDR fragment corresponding to the 19 amino acids described in SEQ ID NO: 35 and the mature human VEGF receptor KDR, which constitute the signal peptide of human VEGF receptor KDR, corresponding to amino acids 1 to 738 of SEQ ID NO: 34 (Hereinafter referred to as soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-7N) and a vector for expressing two amino acid residues derived from the linker were prepared by the following procedure. Soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-7N corresponds to seven imnoglobulin-like sites from the N-terminal side of the extracellular region of soluble human VEGF receptor KDR.
- pBS-KDR_Xb-S (see Preparation of antigen (1)) was digested with SnaBI / BamHI, and a synthetic linker (SEQ ID NO: 26 and SEQ ID NO: 27) containing a stop codon and a Notl site was incorporated. )-SN was prepared.
- the Xbal-Notl (2.3 kb) fragment of pBS-KDR-Xb-SN was incorporated into the Xbal and 3 'Notl sites 5' downstream of the transcription start site of the polyhedrin (Polyhedrin) gene of the baculovirus recombinant pVL1393 plasmid,
- a soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-7N expression vector pVL-KDR-7N was prepared.
- a vector for expressing a soluble human VEGF receptor KDR fragment corresponding to the 1st to 714th sequence (hereinafter referred to as a soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-7N ') was prepared by the following procedure. It corresponds to the soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-7 ⁇ , ⁇ , approximately 2/3 of the 7th immunoglobulin-like site from the N-terminal side of the extracellular region of the soluble human VEGF receptor DR.
- pUC-DR-Xb was cut with Stul and Sphl and a synthetic linker (SEQ ID NO: 31 and SEQ ID NO: 29) containing a stop codon and a Notl site was inserted.
- Xbal-Notl (2.2 kbp) fragment was incorporated into the 5 'Xbal and 3' Notl sites downstream of the transcription start site of the polyhedrin (Polyhedrin) gene of the baculovirus recombinant PVL 1393 plasmid, and soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-7N 'was expressed.
- the vector pVL-KDR-7N was prepared.
- a vector for expressing a soluble human VEGF receptor (KDR-5N) was prepared by the following procedure. Soluble human VEGF receptor DR-5N corresponds to the five immunoglobulin-like sites from the N-terminal side of the extracellular region of soluble human VEGF receptor DR.
- pBS-KDR-5N was prepared.
- pB S— KDR— 5N Xba NotI (1.6 kb) fragment is incorporated into the baculovirus-recombinant pVL1393 plasmid at the 5 'Xbal and 3' Notl sites downstream of the transcription start site of the polyhedrin gene and soluble.
- a human VEGF receptor KDR-5N expression vector pVL-KDR-5N was constructed.
- the soluble human VEGF receptor KDR fragment corresponding to the 19 amino acids described in SEQ ID NO: 35 and the mature human VEGF receptor KDR, which constitute the signal peptide of human VEGF receptor KDR, and corresponding to amino acids 1 to 393 of SEQ ID NO: 34 (Hereinafter, soluble A vector for expressing two amino acid residues derived from human VEGF receptor KDR-4N) and linker was prepared by the following procedure.
- the soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-4N corresponds to the four imnoglobulin-like sites from the N-terminal side of the extracellular region of the soluble human VEGF receptor KDR.
- plasmid Recombining the Xbal / Kpnl (1.2 kb) fragment of pAMo-4N-Fc (preparation of antigen (4)) and a synthetic linker having the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 32 or SEQ ID NO: 33 with baculovirus recombination pVL1393
- the plasmid was incorporated into the downstream 5 ′ Xbal and 3 ′ Notl sites of the transcription start site of the polyhedrin gene of the plasmid to prepare a soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-4N expression vector pVL-KDR-4N.
- a soluble human VEGF receptor KDR fragment corresponding to the 19 amino acids of SEQ ID NO: 35 constituting the signal peptide of human VEGF receptor KDR and the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 34, which is the mature human VEGF receptor KDR (Hereinafter referred to as soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-3N) and a vector for expressing two amino acid residues derived from linker were prepared by the following procedure.
- the soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-3N corresponds to three imnoglobulin-like sites from the N-terminal side of the extracellular region of the soluble human VEGF receptor KDR.
- soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-7N From the soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-7N (see Antigen Preparation (14)), a total of 72 amino acids from the 31st amino acid to the 102nd amino acid that form the 1st immunoglobulin-like site from the N-terminal end KDR fragment from which the amino acid has been deleted, a linker consisting of 6 amino acid residues (linker # 1) and a fusion protein consisting of 227 amino acids constituting the human antibody Fc region (hereinafter referred to as soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-7 ⁇ ). 1 ⁇ ) A vector was prepared by the following procedure.
- Soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-7 ⁇ 1 ⁇ is a linker consisting of the second to seventh immunoglobulin-like sites from the N-terminal side of the extracellular region of the soluble human VEGF receptor KDR and a linker consisting of 6 amino acid residues (linker # 1). ) A fusion protein consisting of a force.
- the Xbal / Hincll (1.6 kbp) fragment of pBS-KDR-5 ⁇ 1 ⁇ (see preparation of antigen (9)) and the HincII / Notl (0.67 kbp) fragment of PVL-DR-7N (see preparation of antigen (14)) were vaccinated.
- Oral virus The recombinant human VEGF receptor KDR-7D1N expression vector pVL-KDR-7D1N was constructed by incorporating the recombinant human VEGF receptor KDR-7D1N into the 5 'Xbal and 3' Not [downstream] sites of the transcription start site of the polyhedrin gene of the recombinant pVL1393 plasmid.
- 1 ⁇ g of the expression vector prepared in (1) and 20 ng of linear baculovirus DNA were dissolved in 12 ⁇ l of distilled water, and 6 ⁇ l of ribofectin and 6 ⁇ l of distilled water were mixed. The mixture was added and left at room temperature for 15 minutes.
- 1 ⁇ 10 6 Sf9 cells were suspended in 2 ml of Sf900-II medium (manufactured by Gibco) and a 35 mm I put it in Yare.
- the above plasmid DNA, linear baculovirus DNA and lipofectin mixed solution were added to the mixture, and the mixture was cultured at 27 ° C for 3 days, and 1 ml of the culture supernatant containing the recombinant virus was collected.
- each of the recombinant viruses obtained for use in protein expression was propagated by the following procedure.
- the virus titer of the obtained recombinant virus solution was calculated by the method described in Baculo Logo Star Tar 'Manual (Pharmingen).
- each of the recombinant virus solutions contained about 1 ⁇ 10 7 plaque forming units (hereinafter, referred to as PFU) / ml of the virus.
- PFU plaque forming units
- Various derivatives of soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-Fc and various derivatives of soluble human VEGF receptor KDR shown in (1) to (16) were obtained as follows. 4 ⁇ 10 7 High Five cells were suspended in 30 ml of EX-CELL TM 400 medium (manufactured by JRH Bioscience) in a 175 cm 2 flask (manufactured by Grina), allowed to stand at room temperature for 1 hour, and allowed to adhere to the flask. . 1 1 ml of a solution containing the recombinant virus derived from the transfer vector obtained in (1) to (16) at a concentration of about 1 to 3 ⁇ 10 8 PFU / ml was added, and the cells were infected at room temperature for 2 hours.
- the culture supernatant was removed and a fresh 30 ml of EX-CELL TM 400 medium was added, followed by culturing at 27 ° C for 3 to 4 days. After completion of the culture, the culture supernatant was recovered and centrifuged at 1,500 X g for 10 minutes to obtain a supernatant.
- the column was filled with about 1 ml of Prosep A [manufactured by Bioprocessing], and the column was washed with 10 ml of 20 mM sodium phosphate buffer (pH 7.2) at a flow rate of 1 ml / min. After washing, 500 to 1000 ml of the culture solution containing the soluble human VEGF receptor KDR prepared as described above was passed through a Prosep A column at a flow rate of 100 ml / hour.
- the collected purified fraction was concentrated using CentriBrep 10 (manufactured by Amicon), and soluble human KDR3N, KDR4N, KDR5N, KDR7N 'and KDR7N were used as solutions in 2.8 ml, 8 ml, 5.5 m, 4 ml and 4.8 ml, respectively.
- Protein concentration / purity is 345.0 ⁇ g / ml / 30%, 264 ⁇ g / ml / 50-60%, 380.5 ⁇ g / ml / 70%, 1.59 mg / ml / 60% and 815 ⁇ g / mi / 70-80%).
- FIGS. 12 and 13 show schematic diagrams of the obtained various derivatives of the soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-Fc and the various derivatives of the soluble human VEGF receptor KDR.
- the control antigen protein was obtained as follows. 4 ⁇ 10 7 High Five cells were suspended in 30 ml of EX-CELL TM 400 medium (manufactured by JRH Bioscience) in a 175 cm 2 flask (manufactured by Glyna), allowed to stand at room temperature for 1 hour, and allowed to adhere to the flask. C. The cells were cultured for 3 to 4 days. After completion of the culture, the culture supernatant was collected and centrifuged at 1,500 Xg for 10 minutes to obtain a supernatant.
- the column was packed with about 20 ml of heparin-Sepharose CL-6B gel (Pharmacia Biotech AB) and washed with 200 ml of 20 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.5) buffer at a flow rate of 0.5 ml / min. After washing, 500 ml of the culture solution of High Five cells prepared as described above was passed through a heparin-sepharose CL-6B column at a flow rate of 0.5 ml / min.
- KDR-7N_Fc, KDR-5N-Fc, KDR-4N-Fc, KDR-3N-Fc, KDR-2N-Fc, KDR-IN-Fc , KDR-5A1N-Fc, KDR-4A1N-Fc, and KDR-2 ⁇ 1 ⁇ -Fc were confirmed by the following (21-1) VEGF binding inhibition test and (21-2) VEGF binding test.
- Methanol was dispensed at 100 ⁇ l / ⁇ into a 96-well 'Imobilon ⁇ -P-finolation tracing ' plate (96-well Immobilon TM -P Filtration Plate; manufactured by Millipore) to hydrophilize the PVDF membrane at the bottom of the plate. .
- PBS-diluted 4 ⁇ g / ml soluble human KDR-7N-Fc was dispensed at 50 ⁇ l / well, and allowed to stand at 4 ° C for adsorption.
- 200 ⁇ l / well of PBS containing 1% bovine serum albumin (BSA) was added, and the mixture was reacted at room temperature for 30 minutes to block the remaining active groups.
- BSA bovine serum albumin
- the purified soluble human VEGF receptor obtained in step (18) KDR-Fc various derivatives (KDR-7N-Fc, KDR-5N-Fc, KDR-4N-Fc, KDR-3N-Fc, KDR-2N -Fc, KDR-IN-Fc, KDR-5A1N-Fc, KDR-4 ⁇ 1 ⁇ -Fc, KDR-2 ⁇ IN-Fc) at 50 ⁇ l / ⁇ l (final concentration 0.05 to 6.25 ⁇ g / ml), Furthermore, 125 1-labeled human VEGF (final concentration 4 ng / ml: manufactured by Amersham) was added at 50 / i1 / well, and reacted at room temperature for 1.5 hours.
- KDR-3N-Fc, KDR-2N-Fc, KDR-1N-Fc, KDR-2 ⁇ 1 ⁇ -Fc showed no binding inhibitory activity.
- the binding inhibitory activities were in the order of KDR-7N-Fc>KDR-5 ⁇ IN—Fc>KDR-5N-Fc>KDR—4 ⁇ IN-Fc> KDR-4N-Fc.
- purified soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-Fc derivatives (KDR-7N-Fc, KDR-5N-Fc, KDR-4N) obtained at 0.1 to 12.5 ⁇ g / ml (18) diluted in PBS -Fc, KDR-3N-Fc, DR-2N-Fc, KDR-IN-Fc, KDR-5 ⁇ 1 ⁇ -Fc, KDR-4 ⁇ 1 ⁇ -Fc, KDR-2um IN-Fc) at 50 ⁇ 1 / 1 /
- the mixture was dispensed and allowed to stand overnight at 4 ° C. for adsorption.
- KDR-7N- Fc, KDR- 5 ⁇ 1 ⁇ - Fc , KDR- 5N_Fc, KDR- 4 ⁇ 1 ⁇ - Fc shown this and force S that binds to KDR- 4N- Fc ⁇ or concentration dependent manner 125 1-labeled human VEGF.
- KDR-3N-Fc, KDR-2N-Fc, KDR-IN-Fc and KDR-2A IN-Fc did not show any binding activity.
- Human VEGF was obtained as follows. 4 ⁇ 10 7 High Five cells were suspended in 30 ml of EX-CELL TM 400 medium (manufactured by JRH Bioscience) in a 175 cm 2 flask (manufactured by Grainer), allowed to stand at room temperature for 1 hour, and allowed to adhere to the flask. 1 ml of a solution containing human VEGF recombinant baculovirus solution obtained by the method described in the literature [Cell Growth & Differentiation, 7, 213 (1996)] at a concentration of about 1 to 3 ⁇ 10 8 PFU / ml, was added at room temperature. Time infected.
- EX_CELL TM 400 medium A fresh 30 ml of EX_CELL TM 400 medium was added except for the culture medium and cultured at 27 ° C for 3 to 4 days. After completion of the culture, the culture supernatant was recovered and centrifuged at 1,500 X g for 10 minutes to obtain a supernatant.
- the column was filled with approximately 40 ml of heparin-sepharose CL-6B gel (Pharmacia Biotech AB) and 400 ml of a buffer solution containing 20 mM tris-hydrochloric acid (pH 7.5). Washing was performed at a flow rate of 0.5 ml / min. After washing, 1500 ml of the culture solution containing human VEGF prepared as described above was passed through a heparin-sepharose CL-6B column at a flow rate of 0.5 ml / min.
- the fundus venous plexus, heart, and certain blood samples were collected from the tail vein, and their serum antibody titers were measured by the enzyme immunoassay shown below, and sufficient antibody titers were shown by the enzyme immunoassay shown in 3.
- the spleen was removed from the mouse or rat.
- the 5-week-old female BALB / c to which N1H3T3-KDR cells were administered was not immunized, and the antibody titer against soluble KDR did not increase.
- the spleen is shredded in MEM medium (manufactured by Nissui Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.), loosened with forceps, centrifuged (1,200 rpm, 5 minutes), the supernatant is discarded, and Tris monochloride ammonium buffer (PH7.65)
- MEM medium manufactured by Nissui Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
- Tris monochloride ammonium buffer PH7.65
- soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-Fc derivatives obtained in 1 (18) were used for the measurement of the soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-Fc derivatives obtained in 1 (18), antisera derived from mice or rats immunized with various KDR derivatives, and culture supernatants of hybridomas.
- the soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-Fc various derivatives and DR various derivatives obtained from the insect cell culture supernatant of 1 (18) were used.
- 96-well plates for EIA (Glyna) were diluted with PBS 1-10 ⁇ g / ml soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-Fc various derivatives, DR various derivatives and 1 (20) as control antigen
- the 8-azaguanine-resistant mouse myeloma cell line P3-U1 was cultured in a normal medium to secure 2 ⁇ 10 7 or more cells at the time of cell fusion and used as a parent strain for cell fusion.
- mice spleen cells or rat spleen cells obtained in step 2 and the myeloma cells obtained in step 4 are mixed at a ratio of 10: 1, centrifuged (1, 200 ⁇ m, 5 minutes), and discard the supernatant, it was loosened well precipitated cell group, with stirring, at 37 ° C, polyethylene glyco one Roux 1000 (PEG- 1000) 2g, mixture 0.2 ⁇ lml eighth MEM medium 2ml and DMSO 0.7 ml 0 8 Mouse spleen cells were added, 1-2 ml of MEM medium was added several times every 1-2 minutes, and then MEM medium was added so that the total volume became 50 ml. After centrifugation (900 rpm, 5 minutes), the supernatant was discarded, the cells were loosened gently, and the cells were gently suspended in 100 ml of HAT medium by aspiration and aspiration with a female pipette.
- PEG- 1000 polyethylene glyco one Roux 1000
- MEM medium
- the suspension obtained was dispensed at 100 mu 1 / Ueru the plate for 96 Ueru cultured, in 5% C0 2 incubator one, were cultured in 5% C0 2 under 10 to 14 days at 37 ° C for .
- the culture supernatant was examined by the enzyme immunoassay described in Reference Example 2-3, and specifically identified as the soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-Fc derivatives and KDR derivatives obtained in Reference Example 21 (18).
- a hybridoma strain that reacts and does not react with the control antigen obtained in 1 (20) is selected, and then replaced with HT medium and normal medium, and cloning is repeated twice to produce an anti-human VEGF receptor DR monoclonal antibody.
- the results are shown below. Number of animals Immunogen Screening source Screening method Screening Established number of hybridomas
- Soluble human VEGF receptor KD R-Fc derivatives obtained in (18), various DR derivatives and KDR-NIH3T3 cells were immunized with Balb / c mice, B6C3F1 mice, and a total of 32 SD rats.
- the obtained hybridoma was screened for about 16548 wells and reacted specifically with the soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-Fc derivatives and KDR derivatives obtained in 1 (18) and obtained in 1 (20).
- a total of 74 clones of anti-human VEGF receptor KDR monoclonal antibody that did not react with the control antigen or KM871 were obtained and named as shown in Table 4.
- VEGF receptor KDR monoclonal antibodies KM 1668, 1768, 1825, 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1831, 1835, 1837, 1853, 1856, 1857, 1859 , 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1933, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1858, 1832, 1833, 1834, 1836, 1838 1932
- a monoclonal antibody that inhibits the biological activity of KDR which exhibits the activity of inhibiting the growth promoting activity of vascular endothelial cells by VEGF stimulation, could not be obtained.
- the specificity of the anti-human VEGF receptor KDR monoclonal antibody described in 6. was confirmed using the hybridoma culture supernatant and the enzyme immunoassay described in 3. above.
- mice were immunized with the KDR-5 ⁇ 1 ⁇ -Fc obtained in 1 (18).
- the binding inhibitory activity of mouse antisera between human VEGF and human VEGF receptor KDR was evaluated according to the following procedure.
- Methanol was dispensed into a 96-well multiscreen-IP plate (96-well ultiScreen-IP Plate; manufactured by Millipore) at 100 ⁇ l / well to hydrophilize the PVDF membrane at the bottom of the plate.
- the soluble human VEGF receptor KDR-7N-Fc diluted to a concentration of 4 / g / ml with PBS was dispensed at 50 ⁇ l / well, and allowed to stand at 4 ° C for adsorption.
- PBS containing 1% bovine serum albumin (BSA) was added at 200 ⁇ / ⁇ ⁇ , and reacted at room temperature for 30 minutes to block the remaining active groups.
- BSA bovine serum albumin
- KDR-5A1N-Fc The antiserum of all three immunized mice was 50 ° / 100 at 100-fold dilution. It showed the above binding inhibitory activity, and the antiserum of one out of three mice was 34.3 at 1000-fold dilution. / 0 showed the strongest binding inhibitory activity. KDR-7N-Fc and KDR-5N-Fc immunized mice each showed anti-serum activity of 50% or more at 100-fold dilution with antisera of 3 and 2 mice respectively. Thus, binding inhibition activity is most Tsuyogu further immunogenic contains no strong first lg-like domain KDR- 5 ⁇ 1 ⁇ - Fc is c 9. that have been shown which are suitable as immunogens [125 I] VEGF- DR Screening of hybridomas by binding inhibition assay
- Hybridomas were prepared from ⁇ mice immunized with DR-SN-Fc, and about 672 gel of the obtained culture supernatant was screened using the [ 125 I] VEGF-KDR binding inhibition assay described in 8. As a result, 90.1 66.7 59.0 85.7 86.8 78.0, 91.2% Seven clones producing monoclonal antibody-producing hybridomas exhibiting the binding inhibitory activity of were obtained, and these were named KM 1991-1997, respectively (Table 4).
- the specificity of the anti-human VEGF receptor KDR monoclonal antibody described in 9. was confirmed using the enzyme immunoassay described in 3 using 5 ⁇ g / ml of the purified antibody.
- Fig. 18 shows typical results
- Fig. 17 summarizes the results.
- KM 1992 the seven monoclonal antibodies represented by KM 1995 reacted all the fourth I g-like domain (corresponding to 295 to 393 amino acids).
- the fourth N-terminal Ig-like domain of KDR (corresponding to amino acids 295 to 393) was shown to be particularly important for binding to VEGF.
- KM 1991, KM 1992, KM 1993, KM 1994 and KM 1995 inhibit the autophosphorylation activity of VEGF receptor KDR shown in 13. or inhibit the growth of VEGF-dependent vascular endothelial cells shown in 14. It showed activity and was shown to be a neutralizing monoclonal antibody that inhibits the biological activity of KDR.
- a total of 74 clones of anti-human VEGF receptor KDR monoclonal antibody obtained in step 6 could not obtain a neutralizing monoclonal antibody that inhibits the biological activity of KDR. Since antibodies were obtained, KDR_5 A 1 N-Fc that does not contain the first Ig-like domain with strong immunogenicity is suitable as an immunogen. [ 125 I] VEGF-KDR binding inhibition It became clear that it was suitable as a system.
- the monoclonal antibodies established in the present invention were all IgG class except for KM 1659 and KM 1942 which are IgM, KM 1664 which is IgA and KiM 1911 which is IgE, KM 1996 and KM 1997.
- the present invention is useful for diagnosis or treatment of diseases in which the disease state progresses due to abnormal angiogenesis such as proliferation or metastasis of solid tumors, arthritis in rheumatoid arthritis, diabetic retinopathy, retinopathy of prematurity, and psoriasis.
- Drugs consisting of a combination of a monoclonal antibody that specifically binds to human VEGF receptor Fit-1 and a monoclonal antibody that specifically binds to human VEGF receptor KDR are used to produce solid tumors, rheumatoid arthritis, and diabetic retinopathy.
- retinopathy of prematurity and psoriasis can be more effectively treated.
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