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Definitions

• the present disclosure provides compositions and methods relating to or derived from anti-PD-1 antibodies. More specifically, the present disclosure provides human antibodies that bind PD-1, PD-1 -binding fragments and derivatives of such antibodies, and PD-1 -binding polypeptides comprising such fragments. Further still, the present disclosure provides nucleic acids encoding such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, cells comprising such polynucleotides, methods of making such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, and methods of using such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, including methods of treating or diagnosing subjects having PD- 1 related disorders or conditions, including various inflammatory disorders and various cancers.
• PD-1 Programmed cell death protein- 1
• Human PD-1 cDNA is composed of the base sequence shown in EMBL/GenBank Acc. No. NM_005018 and mouse PD-1 cDNA is composed of the base sequence shown in Acc. No. NM_008798, and those expressions are observed when thymus cells differentiate from CD4-CD8- cell into CD4+CD8+ cell
• PD-1 is a member of the CD28 family of receptors, which includes CD28, CTLA-4, ICOS, PD-1 , and BTLA.
• the initial member of the family, CD28 was discovered by functional effect on augmenting T cell proliferation following the addition of monoclonal antibodies (Hutloff et al. (1999) Nature 397:263-266; Hansen et al. (1980) Immunogenics 10:247-260).
• Two cell surface glycoprotein ligands for PD-1 have been identified, PD-1 and PDL-2, and have been shown to down-regulate T cell activation and cytokine secretion occur upon binding to PD-1 (Freeman et al. (2000) /. Exp. Med.
• Both PD-1 (B7-H1) and PD-L2 (B7-DC) are B7 homologs that bind to PD-1. Expression of PD-1 on the cell surface has also been shown to be upregulated through IFN- ⁇ stimulation.
• the present disclosure provides a fully human antibody of an IgG class that binds to a PD-1 epitope with a binding affinity of at least 10 ⁇ 6 M, which has a heavy chain variable domain sequence that is at least 95% identical to the amino acid sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO. 1, SEQ ID NO. 3, SEQ ID NO. 5, SEQ ID NO. 7, SEQ ID NO. 9, SEQ ID NO. 11, SEQ ID NO. 13, SEQ ID NO. 15, SEQ ID NO. 17, SEQ ID NO. 19, SEQ ID NO. 21, SEQ ID NO. 23, SEQ ID NO. 25, SEQ ID NO. 27, SEQ ID NO. 29, SEQ ID NO. 31, SEQ ID NO. 33, SEQ ID NO. 35, SEQ ID NO.
• the fully human antibody has both a heavy chain and a light chain wherein the antibody has a heavy chain/light chain variable domain sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO. 1/SEQ ID NO. 2 (called GA1 herein), SEQ ID NO. 3/SEQ ID NO. 4 (called GA2 herein), SEQ ID NO. 5/SEQ ID NO. 6 (called GB 1 herein), SEQ ID NO. 7/SEQ ID NO. 8 (called GB6 herein), SEQ ID NO. 9/SEQ ID NO. 10 (called GHl herein), SEQ ID NO. 11/SEQ ID NO. 12 (called A2 herein), SEQ ID NO. 13/SEQ ID NO.
• SEQ ID NO. 14 (called C7 herein), SEQ ID NO. 15/SEQ ID NO. 16 (called H7 herein), SEQ ID NO. 17/SEQ ID NO. 18 (called SH-A4 herein), SEQ ID NO. 19/SEQ ID NO. 20 (called SH- A9 herein), SEQ ID NO. 21/SEQ ID NO. 22 (called RG1B3 herein), SEQ ID NO. 23/SEQ ID NO. 24 (called RG1H10 herein), SEQ ID NO. 25/SEQ ID NO. 26 (called RG1H11 herein), SEQ ID NO. 27/SEQ ID NO. 28 (called RG2H7 herein), SEQ ID NO. 29/SEQ ID NO. 30 (called RG2H10 herein), SEQ ID NO.
• the present disclosure provides a Fab fully human antibody fragment, having a variable domain region from a heavy chain and a variable domain region from a light chain, wherein the heavy chain variable domain sequence that is at least 95% identical to the amino acid sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO. 1, SEQ ID NO. 3, SEQ ID NO. 5, SEQ ID NO. 7, SEQ ID NO. 9, SEQ ID NO. 11, SEQ ID NO. 13, SEQ ID NO. 15, SEQ ID NO. 17, SEQ ID NO. 19, SEQ ID NO. 21, SEQ ID NO. 23, SEQ ID NO. 25, SEQ ID NO. 27, SEQ ID NO. 29, SEQ ID NO. 31, SEQ ID NO. 33, SEQ ID NO. 35, SEQ ID NO. 37, SEQ ID NO.
• SEQ ID NO. 39 SEQ ID NO. 40, SEQ ID NO. 41, SEQ ID NO. 42, SEQ ID NO. 43, SEQ ID NO. 44, and combinations thereof, and that has a light chain variable domain sequence that is at least 95% identical to the amino acid sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO. 2, SEQ ID NO. 4, SEQ ID NO. 6, SEQ ID NO. 8, SEQ ID NO. 10, SEQ ID NO. 12, SEQ ID NO. 14, SEQ ID NO. 16, SEQ ID NO. 18, SEQ ID NO. 20, SEQ ID NO. 22, SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 26, SEQ ID NO. 28, SEQ ID NO. 30, SEQ ID NO. 32, SEQ ID NO. 34, SEQ ID NO.
• the fully human antibody Fab fragment has both a heavy chain variable domain region and a light chain variable domain region wherein the antibody has a heavy chain/light chain variable domain sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO. 1/SEQ ID NO. 2, SEQ ID NO. 3/SEQ ID NO. 4, SEQ ID NO. 5/SEQ ID NO. 6, SEQ ID NO. 7/SEQ ID NO. 8, SEQ ID NO. 9/SEQ ID NO. 10, SEQ ID NO. 11/SEQ ID NO. 12, SEQ ID NO. 13/SEQ ID NO. 14, SEQ ID NO. 15/SEQ ID NO. 16, SEQ ID NO. 17/SEQ ID NO. 18, SEQ ID NO. 19/SEQ ID NO. 20, SEQ ID NO.
• SEQ ID NO. 22 SEQ ID NO. 23/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 25/SEQ ID NO. 26, SEQ ID NO. 27/SEQ ID NO. 28, SEQ ID NO. 29/SEQ ID NO. 30, SEQ ID NO. 31/SEQ ID NO. 32, SEQ ID NO. 33/SEQ ID NO. 34, SEQ ID NO. 35/SEQ ID NO. 36, SEQ ID NO. 37/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 38/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 39/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 40/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 41/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 42/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 43/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 44/SEQ ID NO. 24, and combinations thereof.
• the present disclosure provides a single chain human antibody, having a variable domain region from a heavy chain and a variable domain region from a light chain and a peptide linker connection the heavy chain and light chain variable domain regions, wherein the heavy chain variable domain sequence that is at least 95% identical to the amino acid sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO. 1, SEQ ID NO. 3, SEQ ID NO. 5, SEQ ID NO. 7, SEQ ID NO. 9, SEQ ID NO. 11, SEQ ID NO. 13, SEQ ID NO. 15, SEQ ID NO. 17, SEQ ID NO. 19, SEQ ID NO. 21, SEQ ID NO. 23, SEQ ID NO. 25, SEQ ID NO. 27, SEQ ID NO. 29, SEQ ID NO. 31, SEQ ID NO. 33, SEQ ID NO.
• SEQ ID NO. 35 SEQ ID NO. 37, SEQ ID NO. 38, SEQ ID NO. 39, SEQ ID NO. 40, SEQ ID NO. 41, SEQ ID NO. 42, SEQ ID NO. 43, SEQ ID NO. 44, and combinations thereof, and that has a light chain variable domain sequence that is at least 95% identical to the amino acid sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO. 2, SEQ ID NO. 4, SEQ ID NO. 6, SEQ ID NO. 8, SEQ ID NO. 10, SEQ ID NO. 12, SEQ ID NO. 14, SEQ ID NO. 16, SEQ ID NO. 18, SEQ ID NO. 20, SEQ ID NO. 22, SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 26, SEQ ID NO. 28, SEQ ID NO. 30, SEQ ID NO.
• the fully human single chain antibody has both a heavy chain variable domain region and a light chain variable domain region, wherein the single chain fully human antibody has a heavy chain/light chain variable domain sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO. 1/SEQ ID NO. 2, SEQ ID NO. 3/SEQ ID NO. 4, SEQ ID NO. 5/SEQ ID NO. 6, SEQ ID NO. 7/SEQ ID NO. 8, SEQ ID NO. 9/SEQ ID NO. 10, SEQ ID NO. 11/SEQ ID NO. 12, SEQ ID NO. 13/SEQ ID NO. 14, SEQ ID NO. 15/SEQ ID NO. 16, SEQ ID NO. 17/SEQ ID NO.
• SEQ ID NO. 19/SEQ ID NO. 20 SEQ ID NO. 21/SEQ ID NO. 22, SEQ ID NO. 23/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 25/SEQ ID NO. 26, SEQ ID NO. 27/SEQ ID NO. 28, SEQ ID NO. 29/SEQ ID NO. 30, SEQ ID NO. 31/SEQ ID NO. 32, SEQ ID NO. 33/SEQ ID NO. 34, SEQ ID NO. 35/SEQ ID NO. 36, SEQ ID NO. 37/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 38/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 39/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 40/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 41/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 42/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 43/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 44/SEQ ID NO. 24, and combinations thereof.
• the present disclosure further provides a method for treating a broad spectrum of mammalian cancers or a broad-spectrum of inflammatory diseases and autoimmune diseases, comprising administering an effective amount of an anti-PD- 1 polypeptide, wherein the anti- PD- 1 polypeptide is selected from the group consisting of a fully human antibody of an IgG class that binds to a PD-1 epitope with a binding affinity of at least 10 "6 M, a Fab fully human antibody fragment, having a variable domain region from a heavy chain and a variable domain region from a light chain, a single chain human antibody, having a variable domain region from a heavy chain and a variable domain region from a light chain and a peptide linker connection the heavy chain and light chain variable domain regions, and combinations thereof; wherein the fully human antibody has a heavy chain variable domain sequence that is at least 95% identical to the amino acid sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO.
• SEQ ID NO. 3 SEQ ID NO. 5, SEQ ID NO. 7, SEQ ID NO. 9, SEQ ID NO. 11, SEQ ID NO. 13, SEQ ID NO. 15, SEQ ID NO. 17, SEQ ID NO. 19, SEQ ID NO. 21, SEQ ID NO. 23, SEQ ID NO. 25, SEQ ID NO. 27, SEQ ID NO. 29, SEQ ID NO. 31, SEQ ID NO. 33, SEQ ID NO. 35, SEQ ID NO. 37, SEQ ID NO. 38, SEQ ID NO. 39, SEQ ID NO. 40, SEQ ID NO. 41 , SEQ ID NO. 42, SEQ ID NO. 43, SEQ ID NO.
• Fab fully human antibody fragment has the heavy chain variable domain sequence that is at least 95% identical to the amino acid sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO. 2, SEQ ID NO. 4, SEQ ID NO. 6, SEQ ID NO. 8, SEQ ID NO. 10, SEQ ID NO. 12, SEQ ID NO. 14, SEQ ID NO. 16, SEQ ID NO. 18, SEQ ID NO. 20, SEQ ID NO. 22, SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 26, SEQ ID NO. 28, SEQ ID NO. 30, SEQ ID NO. 32, SEQ ID NO. 34, SEQ ID NO. 36, and combinations thereof; wherein the Fab fully human antibody fragment has the heavy chain variable domain sequence that is at least 95% identical to the amino acid sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO.
• SEQ ID NO. 3 SEQ ID NO. 5, SEQ ID NO. 7, SEQ ID NO. 9, SEQ ID NO. 11, SEQ ID NO. 13, SEQ ID NO. 15, SEQ ID NO. 17, SEQ ID NO. 19, SEQ ID NO. 21, SEQ ID NO. 23, SEQ ID NO. 25, SEQ ID NO. 27, SEQ ID NO. 29, SEQ ID NO. 31, SEQ ID NO. 33, SEQ ID NO. 35, SEQ ID NO. 37, SEQ ID NO. 38, SEQ ID NO. 39, SEQ ID NO. 40, SEQ ID NO. 41, SEQ ID NO. 42, SEQ ID NO. 43, SEQ ID NO.
• the single chain human antibody has the heavy chain variable domain sequence that is at least 95% identical to the amino acid sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO. 1, SEQ ID NO. 3, SEQ ID NO. 5, SEQ ID NO. 7, SEQ ID NO. 9, SEQ ID NO. 11, SEQ ID NO. 13, SEQ ID NO. 15, SEQ ID NO. 17, SEQ ID NO. 19, SEQ ID NO. 21, SEQ ID NO. 23, SEQ ID NO. 25, SEQ ID NO. 27, SEQ ID NO. 29, SEQ ID NO. 31, SEQ ID NO. 33, SEQ ID NO. 35, SEQ ID NO. 37, SEQ ID NO. 38, SEQ ID NO. 39, SEQ ID NO. 40, SEQ ID NO. 41 , SEQ ID NO. 42, SEQ ID NO.
• SEQ ID NO. 44 and combinations thereof, and that has the light chain variable domain sequence that is at least 95% identical to the amino acid sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO. 2, SEQ ID NO. 4, SEQ ID NO. 6, SEQ ID NO. 8, SEQ ID NO. 10, SEQ ID NO. 12, SEQ ID NO. 14, SEQ ID NO. 16, SEQ ID NO. 18, SEQ ID NO. 20, SEQ ID NO. 22, SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 26, SEQ ID NO. 28, SEQ ID NO. 30, SEQ ID NO. 32, SEQ ID NO. 34, SEQ ID NO. 36, and combinations thereof.
• SEQ ID NO. 2 amino acid sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO. 2, SEQ ID NO. 4, SEQ ID NO. 6, SEQ ID NO. 8, SEQ ID NO. 10, SEQ ID NO. 12, SEQ ID NO. 14, SEQ ID NO. 16, SEQ ID NO. 18, SEQ ID NO. 20, SEQ ID NO. 22, SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 26, SEQ ID
• the fully human antibody has both a heavy chain and a light chain wherein the antibody has a heavy chain/light chain variable domain sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO. 1/SEQ ID NO. 2 (called GA1 herein), SEQ ID NO. 3/SEQ ID NO. 4 (called GA2 herein), SEQ ID NO. 5/SEQ ID NO. 6 (called GBl herein), SEQ ID NO. 7/SEQ ID NO. 8 (called GB6 herein), SEQ ID NO. 9/SEQ ID NO. 10 (called GH1 herein), SEQ ID NO. 11/SEQ ID NO. 12 (called A2 herein), SEQ ID NO. 13/SEQ ID NO. 14 (called C7 herein), SEQ ID NO.
• the fully human antibody Fab fragment has both a heavy chain variable domain region and a light chain variable domain region wherein the antibody has a heavy chain/light chain variable domain sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO. 1/SEQ ID NO. 2 (called GA1 herein), SEQ ID NO. 3/SEQ ID NO. 4 (called GA2 herein), SEQ ID NO. 5/SEQ ID NO. 6 (called GBl herein), SEQ ID NO. 7/SEQ ID NO. 8 (called GB6 herein), SEQ ID NO. 9/SEQ ID NO. 10 (called GH1 herein), SEQ ID NO. 11/SEQ ID NO.
• SEQ ID NO. 12 (called A2 herein), SEQ ID NO. 13/SEQ ID NO. 14 (called C7 herein), SEQ ID NO. 15/SEQ ID NO. 16 (called H7 herein), SEQ ID NO. 17/SEQ ID NO. 18 (called SH-A4 herein), SEQ ID NO. 19/SEQ ID NO. 20 (called SH-A9 herein), SEQ ID NO. 21/SEQ ID NO. 22 (called RG1B3 herein), SEQ ID NO. 23/SEQ ID NO. 24 (called RG1H10 herein), SEQ ID NO. 25/SEQ ID NO. 26 (called RG1H11 herein), SEQ ID NO. 27/SEQ ID NO. 28 (called RG2H7 herein), SEQ ID NO.
• 29/SEQ ID NO. 30 (called RG2H10 herein), SEQ ID NO. 31/SEQ ID NO. 32 (called RG3E12 herein), SEQ ID NO. 33/SEQ ID NO. 34 (called RG4A6 herein), SEQ ID NO. 35/SEQ ID NO. 36 (called RG5D9 herein), SEQ ID NO. 37/SEQ ID NO. 24 (called RG1H10-H2A-22-15 herein), SEQ ID NO. 38/SEQ ID NO. 24 (called RG1H10-H2A-27-25 herein), SEQ ID NO. 39/SEQ ID NO. 24 (called RG1H10-3C herein), SEQ ID NO. 40/SEQ ID NO.
• the fully human single chain antibody has both a heavy chain variable domain region and a light chain variable domain region, wherein the single chain fully human antibody has a heavy chain/light chain variable domain sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO. 1/SEQ ID NO. 2, SEQ ID NO. 3/SEQ ID NO. 4, SEQ ID NO.
• SEQ ID NO. 34 SEQ ID NO. 35/SEQ ID NO. 36, SEQ ID NO. 37/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 38/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 39/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 40/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 41/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 42/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 43/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 44/SEQ ID NO. 24, and combinations thereof.
• the broad spectrum of mammalian cancers to be treated is selected from the group consisting of ovarian, colon, breast, lung cancers, myelomas, neuroblastic-derived CNS tumors, monocytic leukemias, B-cell derived leukemias, T-cell derived leukemias, B-cell derived lymphomas, T-cell derived lymphomas, mast cell derived tumors, and combinations thereof.
• the autoimmune disease or inflammatory disease is selected from the group consisting of intestinal mucosal inflammation, wasting disease associated with colitis, multiple sclerosis, systemic lupus erythematosus, viral infections, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, psoriasis, Cohn's disease, and inflammatory bowel disease.
• Figure 1 shows a mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR) was employed to evaluate the effect of antibody RG1H10 (SEQ ID N0.23/SEQ ID NO. 24) on lymphocyte activity by the anti-PD-1 on lymphocyte effector cells. T cell activation was measured in the presence or absence of the anti-PD-1 human monoclonal antibody.
• MLR mixed lymphocyte reaction
• Figure 2 shows a mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR) to evaluate the effect of the RG1H10 antibody on lymphocyte activity in lymphocyte effector cells.
• IL-2 secretion was measured in the presence or absence of the anti-PD- 1 human monoclonal antibody.
• the ordinate is IFNy in pg/ml.
• Figure 3 shows a mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR) to demonstrate the effect of blocking the PD-Ll/PD-1 pathway by the listed anti-PD-1 RGIHIO antibody on lymphocyte effector cells.
• IFN- ⁇ secretion was measured in the presence or absence of the anti-PD-1 human monoclonal antibody.
• the ordinant is IL-2 pg/ml.
• Figure 4 shows a cell binding of anti-PD-1 antibody to CHO-PD-1 cells in a dose-dependent manner.
• Figure 5 shows how inhibition of recombinant PD-1 binding to recombinant PD-L1 by anti-PD-1 antibodies.
• Figure 6 shows how specific binding of the anti-PD-1 antibody RGIHIO to recombinant PD-1 proteins.
• FIG. 7 shows a mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR) was employed to compare the effect of antibody RGIHIO (SEQ ID N0.23/SEQ ID NO. 24) as IgGlor IgG4 (S228P) on lymphocyte activity by the anti-PD-1 on lymphocyte effector cells.
• T cell activation was measured as increased expression of the interleukin-2 (IL-2) receptor (CD25) in the presence or absence of the anti-PD- 1 human monoclonal antibody.
• IL-2 interleukin-2
• Figure 8 shows a mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR) to evaluate the effect of the RGIHIO antibody as IgGlor IgG4 (S228P) on lymphocyte activity in lymphocyte effector cells.
• IL-2 secretion was measured in the presence or absence of the anti-PD-1 human monoclonal antibody.
• Figure 9 shows a mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR) to demonstrate the effect of blocking the PD-Ll/PD-1 pathway by the listed anti-PD-1 RGIHIO antibody as IgGlor IgG4 (S228P) on lymphocyte effector cells.
• IFN- ⁇ secretion was measured in the presence or absence of the anti-PD-1 human monoclonal antibody.
• Figure 10 shows the cross reactivity, or lack of cross reactivity as between human and murine anti-PD-1 antibodies disclosed herein.
• the present disclosure provides a fully human antibody of an IgG class that binds to a PD-1 epitope with a binding affinity of 10 "6 M or less, that has a heavy chain variable domain sequence that is at least 95% identical to the amino acid sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO. 1, SEQ ID NO. 3, SEQ ID NO. 5, SEQ ID NO. 7, SEQ ID NO. 9, SEQ ID NO. 11, SEQ ID NO. 13, SEQ ID NO. 15, SEQ ID NO. 17, SEQ ID NO. 19, SEQ ID NO. 21, SEQ ID NO. 23, SEQ ID NO. 25, SEQ ID NO. 27, SEQ ID NO. 29, SEQ ID NO. 31, SEQ ID NO. 33, SEQ ID NO. 35, SEQ ID NO. 37, SEQ ID NO.
• SEQ ID NO. 39 SEQ ID NO. 40, SEQ ID NO. 41, SEQ ID NO. 42, SEQ ID NO. 43, SEQ ID NO. 44, and combinations thereof, and that has a light chain variable domain sequence that is at least 95% identical to the amino acid sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO. 2, SEQ ID NO. 4, SEQ ID NO. 6, SEQ ID NO. 8, SEQ ID NO. 10, SEQ ID NO. 12, SEQ ID NO. 14, SEQ ID NO. 16, SEQ ID NO. 18, SEQ ID NO. 20, SEQ ID NO. 22, SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 26, SEQ ID NO. 28, SEQ ID NO. 30, SEQ ID NO. 32, SEQ ID NO. 34, SEQ ID NO.
• the fully human antibody has both a heavy chain and a light chain wherein the antibody has a heavy chain/light chain variable domain sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO. 1/SEQ ID NO. 2 (called GA1 herein), SEQ ID NO. 3/SEQ ID NO. 4 (called GA2 herein), SEQ ID NO. 5/SEQ ID NO. 6 (called GBl herein), SEQ ID NO. 7/SEQ ID NO. 8 (called GB6 herein), SEQ ID NO. 9/SEQ ID NO. 10 (called GH1 herein), SEQ ID NO. 11/SEQ ID NO. 12 (called A2 herein), SEQ ID NO. 13/SEQ ID NO.
• SEQ ID NO. 14 (called C7 herein), SEQ ID NO. 15/SEQ ID NO. 16 (called H7 herein), SEQ ID NO. 17/SEQ ID NO. 18 (called SH-A4 herein), SEQ ID NO. 19/SEQ ID NO. 20 (called SH-A9 herein), SEQ ID NO. 21/SEQ ID NO. 22 (called RG1B3 herein), SEQ ID NO. 23/SEQ ID NO. 24 (called RG1H10 herein), SEQ ID NO. 25/SEQ ID NO. 26 (called RG1H11 herein), SEQ ID NO. 27/SEQ ID NO. 28 (called RG2H7 herein), SEQ ID NO. 29/SEQ ID NO. 30 (called RG2H10 herein), SEQ ID NO.
• the present disclosure provides a Fab fully human antibody fragment, having a variable domain region from a heavy chain and a variable domain region from a light chain, wherein the heavy chain variable domain sequence that is at least 95% identical to the amino acid sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO. 1, SEQ ID NO. 3, SEQ ID NO. 5, SEQ ID NO. 7, SEQ ID NO. 9, SEQ ID NO. 11, SEQ ID NO. 13, SEQ ID NO. 15, SEQ ID NO. 17, SEQ ID NO. 19, SEQ ID NO. 21, SEQ ID NO. 23, SEQ ID NO. 25, SEQ ID NO. 27, SEQ ID NO. 29, SEQ ID NO. 31, SEQ ID NO. 33, SEQ ID NO. 35, SEQ ID NO. 37, SEQ ID NO.
• SEQ ID NO. 39 SEQ ID NO. 40, SEQ ID NO. 41, SEQ ID NO. 42, SEQ ID NO. 43, SEQ ID NO. 44, and combinations thereof, and that has a light chain variable domain sequence that is at least 95% identical to the amino acid sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO. 2, SEQ ID NO. 4, SEQ ID NO. 6, SEQ ID NO. 8, SEQ ID NO. 10, SEQ ID NO. 12, SEQ ID NO. 14, SEQ ID NO. 16, SEQ ID NO. 18, SEQ ID NO. 20, SEQ ID NO. 22, SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 26, SEQ ID NO. 28, SEQ ID NO. 30, SEQ ID NO. 32, SEQ ID NO. 34, SEQ ID NO.
• the fully human antibody Fab fragment has both a heavy chain variable domain region and a light chain variable domain region wherein the antibody has a heavy chain/light chain variable domain sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO. 1/SEQ ID NO. 2, SEQ ID NO. 3/SEQ ID NO. 4, SEQ ID NO. 5/SEQ ID NO. 6, SEQ ID NO. 7/SEQ ID NO. 8, SEQ ID NO. 9/SEQ ID NO. 10, SEQ ID NO. 11/SEQ ID NO. 12, SEQ ID NO. 13/SEQ ID NO. 14, SEQ ID NO. 15/SEQ ID NO. 16, SEQ ID NO. 17/SEQ ID NO. 18, SEQ ID NO. 19/SEQ ID NO. 20, SEQ ID NO.
• the present disclosure provides a single chain human antibody, having a variable domain region from a heavy chain and a variable domain region from a light chain and a peptide linker connection the heavy chain and light chain variable domain regions, wherein the heavy chain variable domain sequence that is at least 95% identical to the amino acid sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO. 1, SEQ ID NO. 3, SEQ ID NO. 5, SEQ ID NO. 7, SEQ ID NO. 9, SEQ ID NO. 11, SEQ ID NO. 13, SEQ ID NO. 15, SEQ ID NO. 17, SEQ ID NO. 19, SEQ ID NO. 21, SEQ ID NO. 23, SEQ ID NO. 25, SEQ ID NO. 27, SEQ ID NO. 29, SEQ ID NO. 31, SEQ ID NO. 33, SEQ ID NO.
• SEQ ID NO. 35 SEQ ID NO. 37, SEQ ID NO. 38, SEQ ID NO. 39, SEQ ID NO. 40, SEQ ID NO. 41, SEQ ID NO. 42, SEQ ID NO. 43, SEQ ID NO. 44, and combinations thereof, and that has a light chain variable domain sequence that is at least 95% identical to the amino acid sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO. 2, SEQ ID NO. 4, SEQ ID NO. 6, SEQ ID NO. 8, SEQ ID NO. 10, SEQ ID NO. 12, SEQ ID NO. 14, SEQ ID NO. 16, SEQ ID NO. 18, SEQ ID NO. 20, SEQ ID NO. 22, SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 26, SEQ ID NO. 28, SEQ ID NO. 30, SEQ ID NO.
• the fully human single chain antibody has both a heavy chain variable domain region and a light chain variable domain region, wherein the single chain fully human antibody has a heavy chain/light chain variable domain sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO. 1/SEQ ID NO. 2, SEQ ID NO. 3/SEQ ID NO. 4, SEQ ID NO. 5/SEQ ID NO. 6, SEQ ID NO. 7/SEQ ID NO. 8, SEQ ID NO. 9/SEQ ID NO. 10, SEQ ID NO. 11/SEQ ID NO. 12, SEQ ID NO. 13/SEQ ID NO. 14, SEQ ID NO. 15/SEQ ID NO. 16, SEQ ID NO. 17/SEQ ID NO.
• SEQ ID NO. 19/SEQ ID NO. 20 SEQ ID NO. 21/SEQ ID NO. 22, SEQ ID NO. 23/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 25/SEQ ID NO. 26, SEQ ID NO. 27/SEQ ID NO. 28, SEQ ID NO. 29/SEQ ID NO. 30, SEQ ID NO. 31/SEQ ID NO. 32, SEQ ID NO. 33/SEQ ID NO. 34, SEQ ID NO. 35/SEQ ID NO. 36, SEQ ID NO. 37/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 38/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 39/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 40/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 41/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 42/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 43/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 44/SEQ ID NO. 24, and combinations thereof.
• the present disclosure further provides a method for treating a broad spectrum of mammalian cancers or inflammatory diseases or autoimmune diseases, comprising
• an anti-PD-1 polypeptide wherein the anti-PD-1 polypeptide is selected from the group consisting of a fully human antibody of an IgG class that binds to a PD-1 epitope with a binding affinity of at least 10 "6 M, a Fab fully human antibody fragment, having a variable domain region from a heavy chain and a variable domain region from a light chain, a single chain human antibody, having a variable domain region from a heavy chain and a variable domain region from a light chain and a peptide linker connection the heavy chain and light chain variable domain regions, and combinations thereof; wherein the fully human antibody has a heavy chain variable domain sequence that is at least 95% identical to the amino acid sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO.
• SEQ ID NO. 3 SEQ ID NO. 5, SEQ ID NO. 7, SEQ ID NO. 9, SEQ ID NO. 11, SEQ ID NO. 13, SEQ ID NO. 15, SEQ ID NO. 17, SEQ ID NO. 19, SEQ ID NO. 21, SEQ ID NO. 23, SEQ ID NO. 25, SEQ ID NO. 27, SEQ ID NO. 29, SEQ ID NO. 31, SEQ ID NO. 33, SEQ ID NO. 35, SEQ ID NO. 37, SEQ ID NO. 38, SEQ ID NO. 39, SEQ ID NO. 40, SEQ ID NO. 41 , SEQ ID NO. 42, SEQ ID NO. 43, SEQ ID NO.
• Fab fully human antibody fragment has the heavy chain variable domain sequence that is at least 95% identical to the amino acid sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO. 2, SEQ ID NO. 4, SEQ ID NO. 6, SEQ ID NO. 8, SEQ ID NO. 10, SEQ ID NO. 12, SEQ ID NO. 14, SEQ ID NO. 16, SEQ ID NO. 18, SEQ ID NO. 20, SEQ ID NO. 22, SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 26, SEQ ID NO. 28, SEQ ID NO. 30, SEQ ID NO. 32, SEQ ID NO. 34, SEQ ID NO. 36, and combinations thereof; wherein the Fab fully human antibody fragment has the heavy chain variable domain sequence that is at least 95% identical to the amino acid sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO.
• SEQ ID NO. 3 SEQ ID NO. 5, SEQ ID NO. 7, SEQ ID NO. 9, SEQ ID NO. 11, SEQ ID NO. 13, SEQ ID NO. 15, SEQ ID NO. 17, SEQ ID NO. 19, SEQ ID NO. 21, SEQ ID NO. 23, SEQ ID NO. 25, SEQ ID NO. 27, SEQ ID NO. 29, SEQ ID NO. 31, SEQ ID NO. 33, SEQ ID NO. 35, SEQ ID NO. 37, SEQ ID NO. 38, SEQ ID NO. 39, SEQ ID NO. 40, SEQ ID NO. 41, SEQ ID NO. 42, SEQ ID NO. 43, SEQ ID NO.
• the single chain human antibody has the heavy chain variable domain sequence that is at least 95% identical to the amino acid sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO. 1, SEQ ID NO. 3, SEQ ID NO. 5, SEQ ID NO. 7, SEQ ID NO. 9, SEQ ID NO. 11, SEQ ID NO. 13, SEQ ID NO. 15, SEQ ID NO. 17, SEQ ID NO. 19, SEQ ID NO. 21, SEQ ID NO. 23, SEQ ID NO. 25, SEQ ID NO. 27, SEQ ID NO. 29, SEQ ID NO. 31, SEQ ID NO. 33, SEQ ID NO. 35, SEQ ID NO. 37, SEQ ID NO. 38, SEQ ID NO. 39, SEQ ID NO. 40, SEQ ID NO. 41, SEQ ID NO. 42, SEQ ID NO.
• SEQ ID NO. 44 and combinations thereof, and that has the light chain variable domain sequence that is at least 95% identical to the amino acid sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO. 2, SEQ ID NO. 4, SEQ ID NO. 6, SEQ ID NO. 8, SEQ ID NO. 10, SEQ ID NO. 12, SEQ ID NO. 14, SEQ ID NO. 16, SEQ ID NO. 18, SEQ ID NO. 20, SEQ ID NO. 22, SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 26, SEQ ID NO. 28, SEQ ID NO. 30, SEQ ID NO. 32, SEQ ID NO. 34, SEQ ID NO. 36, and combinations thereof.
• SEQ ID NO. 2 amino acid sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO. 2, SEQ ID NO. 4, SEQ ID NO. 6, SEQ ID NO. 8, SEQ ID NO. 10, SEQ ID NO. 12, SEQ ID NO. 14, SEQ ID NO. 16, SEQ ID NO. 18, SEQ ID NO. 20, SEQ ID NO. 22, SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 26, SEQ ID
• the fully human antibody has both a heavy chain and a light chain wherein the antibody has a heavy chain/light chain variable domain sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO. 1/SEQ ID NO. 2, SEQ ID NO. 3/SEQ ID NO. 4, SEQ ID NO. 5/SEQ ID NO. 6, SEQ ID NO. 7/SEQ ID NO. 8, SEQ ID NO. 9/SEQ ID NO. 10, SEQ ID NO. 11/SEQ ID NO. 12, SEQ ID NO. 13/SEQ ID NO. 14, SEQ ID NO. 15/SEQ ID NO. 16, SEQ ID NO. 17/SEQ ID NO. 18, SEQ ID NO. 19/SEQ ID NO. 20, SEQ ID NO. 21/SEQ ID NO. 22, SEQ ID NO.
• SEQ ID NO. 24 SEQ ID NO. 25/SEQ ID NO. 26, SEQ ID NO. 27/SEQ ID NO. 28, SEQ ID NO. 29/SEQ ID NO. 30, SEQ ID NO. 31/SEQ ID NO. 32, SEQ ID NO. 33/SEQ ID NO. 34, SEQ ID NO. 35/SEQ ID NO. 36, SEQ ID NO. 37/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 38/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 39/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 40/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 41/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 42/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 43/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 44/SEQ ID NO.
• the fully human antibody Fab fragment has both a heavy chain variable domain region and a light chain variable domain region wherein the antibody has a heavy chain/light chain variable domain sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO. 1/SEQ ID NO. 2, SEQ ID NO. 3/SEQ ID NO. 4, SEQ ID NO. 5/SEQ ID NO. 6, SEQ ID NO. 7/SEQ ID NO. 8, SEQ ID NO. 9/SEQ ID NO. 10, SEQ ID NO. 11/SEQ ID NO. 12, SEQ ID NO. 13/SEQ ID NO. 14, SEQ ID NO. 15/SEQ ID NO. 16, SEQ ID NO. 17/SEQ ID NO. 18, SEQ ID NO. 19/SEQ ID NO. 20, SEQ ID NO.
• SEQ ID NO. 22 SEQ ID NO. 23/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 25/SEQ ID NO. 26, SEQ ID NO. 27/SEQ ID NO. 28, SEQ ID NO. 29/SEQ ID NO. 30, SEQ ID NO. 31/SEQ ID NO. 32, SEQ ID NO. 33/SEQ ID NO. 34, SEQ ID NO. 35/SEQ ID NO. 36, SEQ ID NO. 37/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 38/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 39/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 40/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 41/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 42/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 43/SEQ ID NO.
• the fully human single chain antibody has both a heavy chain variable domain region and a light chain variable domain region, wherein the single chain fully human antibody has a heavy chain/light chain variable domain sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO. 1/SEQ ID NO. 2, SEQ ID NO. 3/SEQ ID NO. 4, SEQ ID NO. 5/SEQ ID NO. 6, SEQ ID NO. 7/SEQ ID NO. 8, SEQ ID NO. 9/SEQ ID NO. 10, SEQ ID NO. 11/SEQ ID NO. 12, SEQ ID NO. 13/SEQ ID NO. 14, SEQ ID NO. 15/SEQ ID NO. 16, SEQ ID NO. 17/SEQ ID NO.
• SEQ ID NO. 19/SEQ ID NO. 20 SEQ ID NO. 21/SEQ ID NO. 22, SEQ ID NO. 23/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 25/SEQ ID NO. 26, SEQ ID NO. 27/SEQ ID NO. 28, SEQ ID NO. 29/SEQ ID NO. 30, SEQ ID NO. 31/SEQ ID NO. 32, SEQ ID NO. 33/SEQ ID NO. 34, SEQ ID NO. 35/SEQ ID NO. 36, SEQ ID NO. 37/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 38/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 39/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 40/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 41/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 42/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 43/SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 44/SEQ ID NO. 24, and combinations thereof.
• the broad spectrum of mammalian cancers to be treated is selected from the group consisting of ovarian, colon, breast, lung cancers, myelomas, neuroblastic-derived CNS tumors, monocytic leukemias, B-cell derived leukemias, T-cell derived leukemias, B-cell derived lymphomas, T-cell derived lymphomas, mast cell derived tumors, and combinations thereof.
• the autoimmune disease or inflammatory disease is selected from the group consisting of intestinal mucosal inflammation, wasting disease associated with colitis, multiple sclerosis, systemic lupus erythematosus, viral infections, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, psoriasis, Cohn's disease, and inflammatory bowel disease.
• an "antigen binding protein” is a protein comprising a portion that binds to an antigen and, optionally, a scaffold or framework portion that allows the antigen binding portion to adopt a conformation that promotes binding of the antigen binding protein to the antigen.
• antigen binding proteins include antibodies, antibody fragments (e.g., an antigen binding portion of an antibody), antibody derivatives, and antibody analogs.
• the antigen binding protein can comprise, for example, an alternative protein scaffold or artificial scaffold with grafted CDRs or CDR derivatives.
• Such scaffolds include, but are not limited to, antibody-derived scaffolds comprising mutations introduced to, for example, stabilize the three-dimensional structure of the antigen binding protein as well as wholly synthetic scaffolds comprising, for example, a biocompatible polymer.
• PAMs peptide antibody mimetics
• An antigen binding protein can have, for example, the structure of a naturally occurring immunoglobulin.
• An "immunoglobulin” is a tetrameric molecule. In a naturally occurring immunoglobulin, each tetramer is composed of two identical pairs of polypeptide chains, each pair having one "light” (about 25 kDa) and one "heavy" chain (about 50-70 kDa).
• the amino- terminal portion of each chain includes a variable region of about 100 to 110 or more amino acids primarily responsible for antigen recognition.
• the carboxy-terminal portion of each chain defines a constant region primarily responsible for effector function. Human light chains are classified as kappa or lambda light chains.
• Heavy chains are classified as mu, delta, gamma, alpha, or epsilon, and define the antibody's isotype as IgM, IgD, IgG, IgA, and IgE, respectively.
• the variable and constant regions are joined by a "J" region of about 12 or more amino acids, with the heavy chain also including a "D” region of about 10 more amino acids. See generally, Fundamental Immunology Ch. 7 (Paul, W., ed., 2nd ed. Raven Press, N.Y. (1989)) (incorporated by reference in its entirety for all purposes).
• the variable regions of each light/heavy chain pair form the antibody binding site such that an intact immunoglobulin has two binding sites.
• variable regions of naturally occurring immunoglobulin chains exhibit the same general structure of relatively conserved framework regions (FR) joined by three hypervariable regions, also called complementarity determining regions or CDRs. From N-terminus to C- terminus, both light and heavy chains comprise the domains FR1, CDR1, FR2, CDR2, FR3, CDR3 and FR4.
• the assignment of amino acids to each domain is in accordance with the definitions of Kabat et al. in Sequences of Proteins of Immunological Interest, 5 th Ed., US Dept. of Health and Human Services, PHS, NIH, NIH Publication no. 91-3242, 1991.
• Other numbering systems for the amino acids in immunoglobulin chains include IMGT.RTM.
• Antibodies can be obtained from sources such as serum or plasma that contain immunoglobulins having varied antigenic specificity. If such antibodies are subjected to affinity purification, they can be enriched for a particular antigenic specificity. Such enriched preparations of antibodies usually are made of less than about 10% antibody having specific binding activity for the particular antigen. Subjecting these preparations to several rounds of affinity purification can increase the proportion of antibody having specific binding activity for the antigen. Antibodies prepared in this manner are often referred to as "monospecific.” Monospecfic antibody preparations can be made up of about 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 97%, 99%, or 99.9% antibody having specific binding activity for the particular antigen.
• an “antibody” refers to an intact immunoglobulin or to an antigen binding portion thereof that competes with the intact antibody for specific binding, unless otherwise specified.
• Antigen binding portions may be produced by recombinant DNA techniques or by enzymatic or chemical cleavage of intact antibodies.
• Antigen binding portions include, inter alia, Fab, Fab', F(ab') 2 , Fv, domain antibodies (dAbs), and complementarity determining region (CDR) fragments, single-chain antibodies (scFv), chimeric antibodies, diabodies, triabodies, tetrabodies, and polypeptides that contain at least a portion of an immunoglobulin that is sufficient to confer specific antigen binding to the polypeptide.
• a Fab fragment is a monovalent fragment having the VL, VH, CL and CHI domains; a F(ab') 2 fragment is a bivalent fragment having two Fab fragments linked by a disulfide bridge at the hinge region; a Fd fragment has the VH and CHI domains; an Fv fragment has the VL and VH domains of a single arm of an antibody; and a dAb fragment has a VH domain, a VL domain, or an antigen-binding fragment of a VH or VL domain (U.S. Patents 6,846,634; 6,696,245, US App. Pub.20/0202512; 2004/0202995; 2004/0038291 ; 2004/0009507;20 03/0039958, and Ward et al., Nature 341 :544-546, 1989).
• a single-chain antibody is an antibody in which a VL and a VH region are joined via a linker ⁇ e.g., a synthetic sequence of amino acid residues) to form a continuous protein chain wherein the linker is long enough to allow the protein chain to fold back on itself and form a monovalent antigen binding site (see, e.g., Bird et al., 1988, Science 242:423-26 and Huston et al., 1988, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 85:5879-83).
• a linker ⁇ e.g., a synthetic sequence of amino acid residues
• Diabodies are bivalent antibodies comprising two polypeptide chains, wherein each polypeptide chain comprises VH and VL domains joined by a linker that is too short to allow for pairing between two domains on the same chain, thus allowing each domain to pair with a complementary domain on another polypeptide chain (see, e.g., Holliger et al., 1993, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 90:6444-48, and Poljak et al., 1994, Structure 2: 1121-23). If the two polypeptide chains of a diabody are identical, then a diabody resulting from their pairing will have two identical antigen binding sites.
• Polypeptide chains having different sequences can be used to make a diabody with two different antigen binding sites.
• tribodies and tetrabodies are antibodies comprising three and four polypeptide chains, respectively, and forming three and four antigen binding sites, respectively, which can be the same or different.
• Complementarity determining regions (CDRs) and framework regions (FR) of a given antibody may be identified using the system described by Kabat et al. supra; Lefranc et al., supra and/or Honegger and Pluckthun, supra.
• One or more CDRs may be incorporated into a molecule either covalently or noncovalently to make it an antigen binding protein.
• An antigen binding protein may incorporate the CDR(s) as part of a larger polypeptide chain, may covalently link the CDR(s) to another polypeptide chain, or may incorporate the CDR(s) noncovalently.
• the CDRs permit the antigen binding protein to specifically bind to a particular antigen of interest.
• An antigen binding protein may have one or more binding sites. If there is more than one binding site, the binding sites may be identical to one another or may be different. For example, a naturally occurring human immunoglobulin typically has two identical binding sites, while a "bispecific" or "bifunctional” antibody has two different binding sites.
• human antibody includes all antibodies that have one or more variable and constant regions derived from human immunoglobulin sequences. In one embodiment, all of the variable and constant domains are derived from human immunoglobulin sequences (a fully human antibody). These antibodies may be prepared in a variety of ways, examples of which are described below, including through the immunization with an antigen of interest of a mouse that is genetically modified to express antibodies derived from human heavy and/or light chain-encoding genes.
• a humanized antibody has a sequence that differs from the sequence of an antibody derived from a non-human species by one or more amino acid substitutions, deletions, and/or additions, such that the humanized antibody is less likely to induce an immune response, and/or induces a less severe immune response, as compared to the non-human species antibody, when it is administered to a human subject.
• certain amino acids in the framework and constant domains of the heavy and/or light chains of the non-human species antibody are mutated to produce the humanized antibody.
• the constant domain(s) from a human antibody are fused to the variable domain(s) of a non-human species.
• one or more amino acid residues in one or more CDR sequences of a non-human antibody are changed to reduce the likely immunogenicity of the non-human antibody when it is administered to a human subject, wherein the changed amino acid residues either are not critical for immunospecific binding of the antibody to its antigen, or the changes to the amino acid sequence that are made are conservative changes, such that the binding of the humanized antibody to the antigen is not significantly worse than the binding of the non-human antibody to the antigen. Examples of how to make humanized antibodies may be found in U.S. Patents 6,054,297, 5,886,152 and 5,877,293.
• chimeric antibody refers to an antibody that contains one or more regions from one antibody and one or more regions from one or more other antibodies.
• one or more of the CDRs are derived from a human anti-PD- 1 antibody.
• all of the CDRs are derived from a human anti-PD-1 antibody.
• the CDRs from more than one human anti-PD-1 antibodies are mixed and matched in a chimeric antibody.
• a chimeric antibody may comprise a CDRl from the light chain of a first human anti-PD- 1 antibody, a CDR2 and a CDR3 from the light chain of a second human anti-PD- 1 antibody, and the CDRs from the heavy chain from a third anti- PD-1 antibody.
• Other combinations are possible.
• the framework regions may be derived from one of the same anti-PD- 1 antibodies, from one or more different antibodies, such as a human antibody, or from a humanized antibody.
• a portion of the heavy and/or light chain is identical with, homologous to, or derived from an antibody from a particular species or belonging to a particular antibody class or subclass, while the remainder of the chain(s) is/are identical with, homologous to, or derived from an antibody (-ies) from another species or belonging to another antibody class or subclass.
• fragments of such antibodies that exhibit the desired biological activity (i.e., the ability to specifically bind PD-1).
• a “neutralizing antibody” or an “inhibitory antibody” is an antibody that inhibits the proteolytic activation of PD-1 when an excess of the anti-PD-1 antibody reduces the amount of activation by at least about 20% using an assay such as those described herein in the Examples.
• the antigen binding protein reduces the amount of amount of proteolytic activation of PD-1 by at least 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 97%, 99%, and 99.9%.
• Fragments or analogs of antibodies can be readily prepared by those of ordinary skill in the art following the teachings of this specification and using techniques known in the art. Preferred amino- and carboxy-termini of fragments or analogs occur near boundaries of functional domains. Structural and functional domains can be identified by comparison of the nucleotide and/or amino acid sequence data to public or proprietary sequence databases.
• Computerized comparison methods can be used to identify sequence motifs or predicted protein conformation domains that occur in other proteins of known structure and/or function. Methods to identify protein sequences that fold into a known three-dimensional structure are known. See, Bowie et al., 1991, Science 253: 164.
• a “CDR grafted antibody” is an antibody comprising one or more CDRs derived from an antibody of a particular species or isotype and the framework of another antibody of the same or different species or isotype.
• a “multi-specific antibody” is an antibody that recognizes more than one epitope on one or more antigens.
• a subclass of this type of antibody is a "bi-specific antibody” which recognizes two distinct epitopes on the same or different antigens.
• An antigen binding protein "specifically binds" to an antigen (e.g., human PD-1) if it binds to the antigen with a dissociation constant of 1 nanomolar or less.
• an “antigen binding domain,” “antigen binding region,” or “antigen binding site” is a portion of an antigen binding protein that contains amino acid residues (or other moieties) that interact with an antigen and contribute to the antigen binding protein's specificity and affinity for the antigen. For an antibody that specifically binds to its antigen, this will include at least part of at least one of its CDR domains.
• An “epitope” is the portion of a molecule that is bound by an antigen binding protein (e.g., by an antibody).
• An epitope can comprise non-contiguous portions of the molecule (e.g., in a polypeptide, amino acid residues that are not contiguous in the polypeptide's primary sequence but that, in the context of the polypeptide's tertiary and quaternary structure, are near enough to each other to be bound by an antigen binding protein).
• the "percent identity" of two polynucleotide or two polypeptide sequences is determined by comparing the sequences using the GAP computer program (a part of the GCG Wisconsin Package, version 10.3 (Accelrys, San Diego, Calif.)) using its default parameters.
• polynucleotide oligonucleotide
• nucleic acid oligonucleotide
• nucleic acid molecules e.g., cDNA or genomic DNA
• RNA molecules e.g., mRNA
• nucleotide analogs e.g., peptide nucleic acids and non-naturally occurring nucleotide analogs
• hybrids thereof e.g., peptide nucleic acids and non-naturally occurring nucleotide analogs
• the nucleic acid molecule can be single- stranded or double-stranded.
• the nucleic acid molecules of the invention comprise a contiguous open reading frame encoding an antibody, or a fragment, derivative, mutein, or variant thereof.
• Two single-stranded polynucleotides are "the complement" of each other if their sequences can be aligned in an anti -parallel orientation such that every nucleotide in one polynucleotide is opposite its complementary nucleotide in the other polynucleotide, without the introduction of gaps, and without unpaired nucleotides at the 5' or the 3' end of either sequence.
• a polynucleotide is "complementary" to another polynucleotide if the two polynucleotides can hybridize to one another under moderately stringent conditions.
• a polynucleotide can be complementary to another polynucleotide without being its complement.
• a “vector” is a nucleic acid that can be used to introduce another nucleic acid linked to it into a cell.
• a vector is a "plasmid,” which refers to a linear or circular double stranded DNA molecule into which additional nucleic acid segments can be ligated.
• a viral vector e.g., replication defective retroviruses, adenoviruses and adeno- associated viruses
• certain vectors are capable of autonomous replication in a host cell into which they are introduced (e.g., bacterial vectors comprising a bacterial origin of replication and episomal mammalian vectors).
• vectors e.g., non-episomal mammalian vectors
• An "expression vector” is a type of vector that can direct the expression of a chosen polynucleotide.
• a nucleotide sequence is "operably linked" to a regulatory sequence if the regulatory sequence affects the expression (e.g., the level, timing, or location of expression) of the nucleotide sequence.
• a "regulatory sequence” is a nucleic acid that affects the expression (e.g., the level, timing, or location of expression) of a nucleic acid to which it is operably linked.
• the regulatory sequence can, for example, exert its effects directly on the regulated nucleic acid, or through the action of one or more other molecules (e.g., polypeptides that bind to the regulatory sequence and/or the nucleic acid).
• Examples of regulatory sequences include promoters, enhancers and other expression control elements (e.g., polyadenylation signals).
• a "host cell” is a cell that can be used to express a nucleic acid, e.g., a nucleic acid of the invention.
• a host cell can be a prokaryote, for example, E. coli, or it can be a eukaryote, for example, a single-celled eukaryote (e.g., a yeast or other fungus), a plant cell (e.g., a tobacco or tomato plant cell), an animal cell (e.g., a human cell, a monkey cell, a hamster cell, a rat cell, a mouse cell, or an insect cell) or a hybridoma.
• host cells examples include the COS-7 line of monkey kidney cells (ATCC CRL 1651) (see Gluzman et al., 1981, Cell 23:175), L cells, C127 cells, 3T3 cells (ATCC CCL 163), Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells or their derivatives such as Veggie CHO and related cell lines which grow in serum-free media (see Rasmussen et al., 1998, Cytotechnology 28:31) or CHO strain DX-B11, which is deficient in DHFR (see Urlaub et al., 1980, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.
• COS-7 line of monkey kidney cells ATCC CRL 1651
• L cells C127 cells
• 3T3 cells ATCC CCL 163
• CHO Chinese hamster ovary
• HeLa cells HeLa cells
• BHK ATCC CRL 10
• CV1/EBNA cell line derived from the African green monkey kidney cell line CV1 (ATCC CCL 70) (see McMahan et al., 1991, EMBO J. 10:2821)
• human embryonic kidney cells such as 293,293 EBNA or MSR 293, human epidermal A431 cells
• human embryonic kidney cells such as 293,293 EBNA or MSR 293, human epidermal A431 cells
• Colo205 cells other transformed primate cell lines, normal diploid cells, cell strains derived from in vitro culture of primary tissue, primary explants, HL-60, U937, HaK or Jurkat cells.
• a host cell is a cultured cell that can be transformed or transfected with a polypeptide-encoding nucleic acid, which can then be expressed in the host cell.
• the phrase "recombinant host cell” can be used to denote a host cell that has been transformed or transfected with a nucleic acid to be expressed.
• a host cell also can be a cell that comprises the nucleic acid but does not express it at a desired level unless a regulatory sequence is introduced into the host cell such that it becomes operably linked with the nucleic acid.
• host cell refers not only to the particular subject cell but also to the progeny or potential progeny of such a cell. Because certain modifications may occur in succeeding generations due to, e.g., mutation or environmental influence, such progeny may not, in fact, be identical to the parent cell, but are still included within the scope of the term as used herein.
• the mammalian cancer to be treated is selected from the group consisting of ovarian, colon, breast or hepatic carcinoma cell lines, myelomas, neuroblastic -derived CNS tumors, monocytic leukemias, B-cell derived leukemia's, T-cell derived leukemias, B-cell derived lymphomas, T-cell derived lymphomas, mast cell derived tumors, and combinations thereof.
• Polypeptides of the present disclosure can be produced using any standard methods known in the art.
• the polypeptides are produced by recombinant DNA methods by inserting a nucleic acid sequence (e.g., a cDNA) encoding the polypeptide into a recombinant expression vector and expressing the DNA sequence under conditions promoting expression.
• a nucleic acid sequence e.g., a cDNA
• Nucleic acids encoding any of the various polypeptides disclosed herein may be synthesized chemically. Codon usage may be selected so as to improve expression in a cell. Such codon usage will depend on the cell type selected. Specialized codon usage patterns have been developed for E. coli and other bacteria, as well as mammalian cells, plant cells, yeast cells and insect cells. See for example: Mayfield et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 2003 100(2):438-42; Sinclair et al. Protein Expr. Purif. 2002 (1):96-105; Connell N D. Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 2001 12(5):446-9; Makrides et al. Microbiol. Rev. 1996 60(3):512-38; and Sharp et al. Yeast. 1991 7(7):657-78.
• the DNA encoding the polypeptide is operably linked to suitable transcriptional or translational regulatory elements derived from mammalian, viral, or insect genes.
• suitable transcriptional or translational regulatory elements include a transcriptional promoter, an optional operator sequence to control transcription, a sequence encoding suitable mRNA ribosomal binding sites, and sequences that control the termination of transcription and translation.
• the ability to replicate in a host, usually conferred by an origin of replication, and a selection gene to facilitate recognition of transformants is additionally incorporated.
• the recombinant DNA can also include any type of protein tag sequence that may be useful for purifying the protein.
• protein tags include but are not limited to a histidine tag, a FLAG tag, a myc tag, an HA tag, or a GST tag.
• Appropriate cloning and expression vectors for use with bacterial, fungal, yeast, and mammalian cellular hosts can be found in Cloning Vectors: A Laboratory Manual, (Elsevier, N.Y., 1985).
• the expression construct is introduced into the host cell using a method appropriate to the host cell.
• a variety of methods for introducing nucleic acids into host cells are known in the art, including, but not limited to, electroporation; transfection employing calcium chloride, rubidium chloride, calcium phosphate, DEAE-dextran, or other substances; microprojectile bombardment; lipofection; and infection (where the vector is an infectious agent).
• Suitable host cells include prokaryotes, yeast, mammalian cells, or bacterial cells.
• Suitable bacteria include gram negative or gram positive organisms, for example, E. coli or Bacillus spp. Yeast, preferably from the Saccharomyces species, such as S. cerevisiae, may also be used for production of polypeptides.
• Various mammalian or insect cell culture systems can also be employed to express recombinant proteins. Baculovirus systems for production of heterologous proteins in insect cells are reviewed by Luckow and Summers, ⁇ Bio/Technology, 6:47, 1988).
• suitable mammalian host cell lines include endothelial cells, COS-7 monkey kidney cells, CV-1, L cells, C127, 3T3, Chinese hamster ovary (CHO), human embryonic kidney cells, HeLa, 293, 293T, and BHK cell lines.
• Purified polypeptides are prepared by culturing suitable host/vector systems to express the recombinant proteins. For many applications, the small size of many of the polypeptides disclosed herein would make expression in E. coli as the preferred method for expression. The protein is then purified from culture media or cell extracts.
• Proteins disclosed herein can also be produced using cell-translation systems.
• the nucleic acids encoding the polypeptide must be modified to allow in vitro transcription to produce mRNA and to allow cell-free translation of the mRNA in the particular cell-free system being utilized (eukaryotic such as a mammalian or yeast cell-free translation system or prokaryotic such as a bacterial cell-free translation system.
• PD-l-binding polypeptides can also be produced by chemical synthesis ⁇ e.g., by the methods described in Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis, 2nd ed., 1984, The Pierce Chemical Co., Rockford, 111.). Modifications to the protein can also be produced by chemical synthesis.
• polypeptides of the present disclosure can be purified by isolation/purification methods for proteins generally known in the field of protein chemistry.
• Non-limiting examples include extraction, recrystallization, salting out ⁇ e.g., with ammonium sulfate or sodium sulfate), centrifugation, dialysis, ultrafiltration, adsorption chromatography, ion exchange chromatography, hydrophobic chromatography, normal phase chromatography, reversed-phase chromatography, gel filtration, gel permeation chromatography, affinity chromatography, electrophoresis, countercurrent distribution or any combinations of these.
• polypeptides may be exchanged into different buffers and/or concentrated by any of a variety of methods known to the art, including, but not limited to, filtration and dialysis.
• the purified polypeptide is preferably at least 85% pure, more preferably at least 95% pure, and most preferably at least 98% pure. Regardless of the exact numerical value of the purity, the polypeptide is sufficiently pure for use as a pharmaceutical product.
• the binding polypeptides of the invention may further comprise post-translational modifications.
• post-translational protein modifications include phosphorylation, acetylation, methylation, ADP-ribosylation, ubiquitination, glycosylation, carbonylation, sumoylation, biotinylation or addition of a polypeptide side chain or of a hydrophobic group.
• the modified soluble polypeptides may contain non- amino acid elements, such as lipids, poly- or mono-saccharide, and phosphates.
• a preferred form of glycosylation is sialylation, which conjugates one or more sialic acid moieties to the polypeptide.
• Sialic acid moieties improve solubility and serum half-life while also reducing the possible immunogeneticity of the protein. See Raju et al. Biochemistry. 2001 31 ; 40(30):8868- 76. Effects of such non-amino acid elements on the functionality of a polypeptide may be tested for its antagonizing role in PD-L1 or PD-1 function, e.g., its inhibitory effect on angiogenesis or on tumor growth.
• modified forms of the subject soluble polypeptides comprise linking the subject soluble polypeptides to nonproteinaceous polymers.
• the polymer is polyethylene glycol ("PEG"), polypropylene glycol, or polyoxyalkylenes, in the manner as set forth in U.S. Patents 4,640,835; 4,496,689; 4,301, 144; 4,670,417; 4,791, 192 or 4,179,337.
• PEG polyethylene glycol
• polypropylene glycol polypropylene glycol
• polyoxyalkylenes in the manner as set forth in U.S. Patents 4,640,835; 4,496,689; 4,301, 144; 4,670,417; 4,791, 192 or 4,179,337.
• the modified polypeptide include PEGylated VK-B8.
• PEG is a water soluble polymer that is commercially available or can be prepared by ring-opening polymerization of ethylene glycol according to methods well known in the art (Sandler and Karo, Polymer Synthesis, Academic Press, New York, Vol. 3, pages 138-161).
• the term "PEG” is used broadly to encompass any polyethylene glycol molecule, without regard to size or to modification at an end of the PEG, and can be represented by the formula: X-C CHzCHzC n -lCHzCHzOH (1), where n is 20 to 2300 and X is H or a terminal modification, e.g., a C 1-4 alkyl.
• the PEG of the invention terminates on one end with hydroxy or methoxy, i.e., X is H or CH 3 ("methoxy PEG").
• a PEG can contain further chemical groups which are necessary for binding reactions; which results from the chemical synthesis of the molecule; or which is a spacer for optimal distance of parts of the molecule.
• such a PEG can consist of one or more PEG side-chains which are linked together. PEGs with more than one PEG chain are called multiarmed or branched PEGs. Branched PEGs can be prepared, for example, by the addition of polyethylene oxide to various polyols, including glycerol, pentaerythriol, and sorbitol.
• a four-armed branched PEG can be prepared from pentaerythriol and ethylene oxide.
• Branched PEG are described in, for example, EP-A 0 473 084 and U.S. Patent. 5,932,462.
• One form of PEGs includes two PEG side-chains (PEG2) linked via the primary amino groups of a lysine (Monfardini et al., Bioconjugate Chem. 6 (1995) 62-69).
• pegylated n3 polypeptide can be pegylated and retain ligand binding activity.
• the pegylated 10F n3 polypeptide is produced by site-directed pegylation, particularly by conjugation of PEG to a cysteine moiety at the N- or C-terminus. Accordingly, the present disclosure provides a target-binding 10F n3 polypeptide with improved
• the polypeptide comprising: a 10F n3 domain having from about 80 to about 150 amino acids, wherein at least one of the loops of said 10F n3 domain participate in target binding; and a covalently bound PEG moiety, wherein said 10F n3 polypeptide binds to the target with a KD of less than 100 nM and has a clearance rate of less than 30 mL/hr/kg in a mammal.
• the PEG moiety may be attached to the 10F n3 polypeptide by site directed pegylation, such as by attachment to a Cys residue, where the Cys residue may be positioned at
• beta or beta-like strand or at the C-terminus of the n3 polypeptide or between the C-terminus and the most C-terminal beta or beta-like strand.
• a Cys residue may be situated at other positions as well, particularly any of the loops that do not participate in target binding.
• a PEG moiety may also be attached by other chemistry, including by conjugation to amines.
• PEG conjugation to peptides or proteins generally involves the activation of PEG and coupling of the activated PEG-intermediates directly to target proteins/peptides or to a linker, which is subsequently activated and coupled to target proteins/peptides (see Abuchowski et al., /. Biol. Chem., 252, 3571 (1977) and /. Biol. Chem., 252, 3582 (1977), Zalipsky, et al., and Harris et. al., in: Poly(ethylene glycol) Chemistry: Biotechnical and Biomedical Applications; (J. M. Harris ed.) Plenum Press: New York, 1992; Chap.21 and 22). It is noted that a binding polypeptide containing a PEG molecule is also known as a conjugated protein, whereas the protein lacking an attached PEG molecule can be referred to as unconjugated.
• a variety of molecular mass forms of PEG can be selected, e.g., from about 1,000 Daltons (Da) to 100,000 Da (n is 20 to 2300), for conjugating to PD-l-binding polypeptides.
• the number of repeating units "n" in the PEG is approximated for the molecular mass described in Daltons. It is preferred that the combined molecular mass of PEG on an activated linker is suitable for pharmaceutical use. Thus, in one embodiment, the molecular mass of the PEG molecules does not exceed 100,000 Da.
• each PEG molecule has the same molecular mass of 12,000 Da (each n is about 270)
• the total molecular mass of PEG on the linker is about 36,000 Da (total n is about 820).
• the molecular masses of the PEG attached to the linker can also be different, e.g., of three molecules on a linker two PEG molecules can be 5,000 Da each (each n is about 110) and one PEG molecule can be 12,000 Da (n is about 270).
• an PD- 1 binding polypeptide is covalently linked to one poly(ethylene glycol) group of the formula: -CO— (CH 2 ) x -(OCH 2 CH 2 ) m -OR , with the -CO (i.e. carbonyl) of the poly(ethylene glycol) group forming an amide bond with one of the amino groups of the binding polypeptide; R being lower alkyl; x being 2 or 3; m being from about 450 to about 950; and n and m being chosen so that the molecular weight of the conjugate minus the binding polypeptide is from about 10 to 40 kDa.
• a binding polypeptide's 6-amino group of a lysine is the available (free) amino group.
• PEG poly(ethylene glycol)
• a suitable molecular mass for PEG e.g., based on how the pegylated binding polypeptide will be used therapeutically, the desired dosage, circulation time, resistance to proteolysis, immunogenicity, and other considerations.
• PEG molecules may be activated to react with amino groups on a binding polypeptide, such as with lysines (Bencham et al., Anal. Biochem., 131, 25 (1983); Veronese et al., Appl. Biochem., 11, 141 (1985).; Zalipsky et al., Polymeric Drugs and Drug Delivery Systems, adrs 9-110 ACS Symposium Series 469 (1999); Zalipsky et al., Europ. Polym. J. , 19, 1177-1183 (1983); Delgado et al., Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry, 12, 119-128 (1990)).
• lysines Bosines
• carbonate esters of PEG are used to form the PEG-binding polypeptide conjugates.
• ⁇ , ⁇ '-disuccinimidylcarbonate (DSC) may be used in the reaction with PEG to form active mixed PEG-succinimidyl carbonate that may be subsequently reacted with a nucleophilic group of a linker or an amino group of a binding polypeptide (see U.S. Patents 5,281 ,698 and 5,932,462).
• l,l'-(dibenzotriazolyl)carbonate and di-(2-pyridyl)carbonate may be reacted with PEG to form PEG-benzotriazolyl and PEG- pyridyl mixed carbonate (U.S. Patent 5,382,657), respectively.
• Pegylation of a n3 polypeptide can be performed according to the methods of the state of the art, for example by reaction of the binding polypeptide with electrophilically active PEGs (supplier: Shearwater Corp., USA, www.shearwatercorp.com).
• Preferred PEG reagents of the present invention are, e.g., N-hydroxysuccinimidyl propionates (PEG-SPA), butanoates (PEG-SB A), PEG-succinimidyl propionate or branched N-hydroxysuccinimides such as mPEG2-NHS (Monfardini et al., Bioconjugate Chem. 6 (1995) 62-69).
• PEG-SPA N-hydroxysuccinimidyl propionates
• PEG-SB A butanoates
• PEG-succinimidyl propionate or branched N-hydroxysuccinimides such as mPEG2-NHS (Monfardin
• PEG molecules may be coupled to sulfhydryl groups on a binding polypeptide (Sartore et al., Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol., 27, 45 (1991); Morpurgo et al., Biocon. Chem., 7, 363-368 (1996); Goodson et al., Bio/Technology (1990) 8, 343; U.S. Patent 5,766,897).
• U.S. Patents 6,610,281 and 5,766,897 describes exemplary reactive PEG species that may be coupled to sulfhydryl groups.
• cysteine residues are native to the binding polypeptide, whereas in other embodiments, one or more cysteine residues are engineered into the binding polypeptide.
• Mutations may be introduced into a binding polypeptide coding sequence to generate cysteine residues. This might be achieved, for example, by mutating one or more amino acid residues to cysteine.
• Preferred amino acids for mutating to a cysteine residue include serine, threonine, alanine and other hydrophilic residues.
• the residue to be mutated to cysteine is a surface-exposed residue.
• Algorithms are well-known in the art for predicting surface accessibility of residues based on primary sequence or a protein.
• surface residues may be predicted by comparing the amino acid sequences of binding polypeptides, given that the crystal structure of the framework based on which binding polypeptides are designed and evolved has been solved (see Himanen et al., Nature. (2001) 20-27; 414(6866):933-8) and thus the surface-exposed residues identified.
• cysteine residues are introduced into binding polypeptides at or near the N- and/or C -terminus, or within loop regions.
• the pegylated binding polypeptide comprises a PEG molecule covalently attached to the alpha amino group of the N-terminal amino acid.
• Site specific N- terminal reductive amination is described in Pepinsky et al., (2001) JPET, 297, 1059, and U.S. Patent 5,824,784.
• the use of a PEG-aldehyde for the reductive amination of a protein utilizing other available nucleophilic amino groups is described in U.S. Patent 4,002,531, in Wieder et al., (1979) /. Biol. Chem. 254,12579, and in Chamow et al., (1994) Bioconjugate Chem. 5, 133.
• pegylated binding polypeptide comprises one or more PEG molecules covalently attached to a linker, which in turn is attached to the alpha amino group of the amino acid residue at the N-terminus of the binding polypeptide.
• a binding polypeptide is pegylated at the C-terminus.
• a protein is pegylated at the C-terminus by the introduction of C-terminal azido- methionine and the subsequent conjugation of a methyl-PEG-triarylphosphine compound via the Staudinger reaction. This C-terminal conjugation method is described in Cazalis et al., Bioconjug. Chem. 2004; 15(5): 1005-1009.
• MonoPEGylation of a binding polypeptide can also be produced according to the general methods described in WO 94/01451.
• WO 94/01451 describes a method for preparing a recombinant polypeptide with a modified terminal amino acid alpha-carbon reactive group. The steps of the method involve forming the recombinant polypeptide and protecting it with one or more biologically added protecting groups at the N-terminal alpha-amine and C- terminal alpha-carboxyl. The polypeptide can then be reacted with chemical protecting agents to selectively protect reactive side chain groups and thereby prevent side chain groups from being modified.
• the polypeptide is then cleaved with a cleavage reagent specific for the biological protecting group to form an unprotected terminal amino acid alpha-carbon reactive group.
• the unprotected terminal amino acid alpha-carbon reactive group is modified with a chemical modifying agent.
• the side chain protected terminally modified single copy polypeptide is then deprotected at the side chain groups to form a terminally modified recombinant single copy polypeptide.
• the number and sequence of steps in the method can be varied to achieve selective modification at the N- and/or C-terminal amino acid of the polypeptide.
• the ratio of a binding polypeptide to activated PEG in the conjugation reaction can be from about 1 :0.5 to 1 :50, between from about 1 : 1 to 1 :30, or from about 1 :5 to 1 : 15.
• Various aqueous buffers can be used in the present method to catalyze the covalent addition of PEG to the binding polypeptide.
• the pH of a buffer used is from about 7.0 to 9.0.
• the pH is in a slightly basic range, e.g., from about 7.5 to 8.5. Buffers having a pKa close to neutral pH range may be used, e.g., phosphate buffer.
• PEGylated binding polypeptide such as size exclusion (e.g. gel filtration) and ion exchange chromatography. Products may also be separated using SDS-PAGE. Products that may be separated include mono-, di-, tri- poly- and un-PEGylated binding polypeptide, as well as free PEG.
• the percentage of mono-PEG conjugates can be controlled by pooling broader fractions around the elution peak to increase the percentage of mono-PEG in the composition. About ninety percent mono-PEG conjugates represents a good balance of yield and activity.
• compositions in which, for example, at least ninety-two percent or at least ninety-six percent of the conjugates are mono-PEG species may be desired.
• the percentage of mono-PEG conjugates is from ninety percent to ninety-six percent.
• PEGylated binding polypeptide of the invention contain one, two or more PEG moieties.
• the PEG moiety(ies) are bound to an amino acid residue which is on the surface of the protein and/or away from the surface that contacts the target ligand.
• the combined or total molecular mass of PEG in PEG- binding polypeptide is from about 3,000 Da to 60,000 Da, optionally from about 10,000 Da to 36,000 Da.
• the PEG in PEGylated binding polypeptide is a substantially linear, straight-chain PEG.
• the PEG in PEGylated binding polypeptide is not hydrolyzed from the PEGylated amino acid residue using a hydroxylamine assay, e.g., 450 mM hydroxylamine (pH 6.5) over 8 to 16 hours at room temperature, and is thus stable.
• a hydroxylamine assay e.g., 450 mM hydroxylamine (pH 6.5) over 8 to 16 hours at room temperature
• greater than 80% of the composition is stable mono-PEG-binding polypeptide, more preferably at least 90%, and most preferably at least 95%.
• the PEGylated binding polypeptides of the invention will preferably retain at least 25%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95% or 100% of the biological activity associated with the unmodified protein.
• biological activity refers to its ability to bind to PD-1, as assessed by KD, k on or k cff .
• the PEGylated binding polypeptide protein shows an increase in binding to PD- 1 relative to unPEGylated binding polypeptide.
• the serum clearance rate of PEG-modified polypeptide may be decreased by about 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, or even 90%, relative to the clearance rate of the unmodified binding polypeptide.
• the PEG-modified polypeptide may have a half-life (ti /2 ) which is enhanced relative to the half-life of the unmodified protein.
• the half-life of PEG- binding polypeptide may be enhanced by at least 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, 100%, 125%, 150%, 175%, 200%, 250%, 300%, 400% or 500%, or even by 1000% relative to the half-life of the unmodified binding polypeptide.
• the protein half-life is determined in vitro, such as in a buffered saline solution or in serum. In other embodiments, the protein half-life is an in vivo half life, such as the half-life of the protein in the serum or other bodily fluid of an animal.
• the present disclosure features methods for treating conditions or preventing preconditions which respond to an inhibition of PD-1 biological activity.
• Preferred examples are conditions that are characterized by inflammation or cellular hyperproliferation.
• Techniques and dosages for administration vary depending on the type of specific polypeptide and the specific condition being treated but can be readily determined by the skilled artisan.
• regulatory agencies require that a protein reagent to be used as a therapeutic is formulated so as to have acceptably low levels of pyrogens.
• therapeutic formulations will generally be distinguished from other formulations in that they are substantially pyrogen free, or at least contain no more than acceptable levels of pyrogen as determined by the appropriate regulatory agency ⁇ e.g., FDA).
• compositions of the present disclosure may be administered with a pharmaceutically acceptable diluent, carrier, or excipient, in unit dosage form.
• Administration may be parenteral ⁇ e.g., intravenous, subcutaneous), oral, or topical, as non-limiting examples.
• any gene therapy technique using nucleic acids encoding the polypeptides of the invention, may be employed, such as naked DNA delivery, recombinant genes and vectors, cell-based delivery, including ex vivo manipulation of patients' cells, and the like.
• the composition can be in the form of a pill, tablet, capsule, liquid, or sustained release tablet for oral administration; or a liquid for intravenous, subcutaneous or parenteral administration; gel, lotion, ointment, cream, or a polymer or other sustained release vehicle for local administration.
• Formulations for parenteral administration may, for example, contain excipients, sterile water, saline, polyalkylene glycols such as polyethylene glycol, oils of vegetable origin, or hydrogenated napthalenes.
• sterile water ed., ed. A. R. Gennaro A R., 2000, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, Pa.
• Formulations for parenteral administration may, for example, contain excipients, sterile water, saline, polyalkylene glycols such as polyethylene glycol, oils of vegetable origin, or hydrogenated napthalenes.
• Biocompatible, biodegradable lactide polymer, lactide/glycolide copolymer, or polyoxyethylene- polyoxypropylene copolymers may be used to control the release of the compounds.
• Nanoparticulate formulations may be used to control the biodistribution of the compounds.
• Other potentially useful parenteral delivery systems include ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer particles, osmotic pumps, implantable infusion systems, and liposomes.
• concentration of the compound in the formulation varies depending upon a number of factors, including the dosage of the drug to be administered, and the route of administration.
• the polypeptide may be optionally administered as a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, such as non-toxic acid addition salts or metal complexes that are commonly used in the pharmaceutical industry.
• acid addition salts include organic acids such as acetic, lactic, pamoic, maleic, citric, malic, ascorbic, succinic, benzoic, palmitic, suberic, salicylic, tartaric, methanesulfonic, toluenesulfonic, or trifluoroacetic acids or the like; polymeric acids such as tannic acid, carboxymethyl cellulose, or the like; and inorganic acid such as hydrochloric acid, hydrobromic acid, sulfuric acid phosphoric acid, or the like.
• Metal complexes include zinc, iron, and the like.
• the polypeptide is formulated in the presence of sodium acetate to increase thermal stability.
• Formulations for oral use include tablets containing the active ingredient(s) in a mixture with non-toxic pharmaceutically acceptable excipients.
• excipients may be, for example, inert diluents or fillers (e.g., sucrose and sorbitol), lubricating agents, glidants, and anti- adhesives (e.g., magnesium stearate, zinc stearate, stearic acid, silicas, hydrogenated vegetable oils, or talc).
• Formulations for oral use may also be provided as chewable tablets, or as hard gelatin capsules wherein the active ingredient is mixed with an inert solid diluent, or as soft gelatin capsules wherein the active ingredient is mixed with water or an oil medium.
• a therapeutically effective dose refers to a dose that produces the therapeutic effects for which it is administered.
• the exact dose will depend on the disorder to be treated, and may be ascertained by one skilled in the art using known techniques.
• the polypeptide is administered at about 0.01 g/kg to about 50 mg/kg per day, preferably 0.01 mg/kg to about 30 mg/kg per day, most preferably 0.1 mg/kg to about 20 mg/kg per day.
• the polypeptide may be given daily (e.g., once, twice, three times, or four times daily) or preferably less frequently (e.g., weekly, every two weeks, every three weeks, monthly, or quarterly).
• adjustments for age as well as the body weight, general health, sex, diet, time of administration, drug interaction, and the severity of the disease may be necessary, and will be ascertainable with routine experimentation by those skilled in the art.
• a combined therapeutic product or formulation of a disclosed anti-PD-1 antibody with a therapeutic vaccine provides synergistic oncologic therapeutic benefit.
• the present disclosure provides a combination of a disclosed anti-PD- 1 antibody with "Neuvax" which is a E75-derived 9 mer synthetic peptide isolated from HER2/neu combined with GM- CSF as an adjuvant as described in U.S. Patent 8,222,214, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference herein.
• the present disclosure provides a combination of a disclosed anti-PD-1 antibody with ALVAC-CEA vaccine, which is a canary pox virus combined with carcinoembryonic antigen.
• the PD-1 binding proteins described herein and their related variants are useful in a number of therapeutic and diagnostic applications. These include the inhibition of the biological activity of PD- 1 by competing for or blocking the binding to a PD- 1 as well as the delivery of cytotoxic or imaging moieties to cells, preferably cells expressing PD-1.
• the small size and stable structure of these molecules can be particularly valuable with respect to manufacturing of the drug, rapid clearance from the body for certain applications where rapid clearance is desired or formulation into novel delivery systems that are suitable or improved using a molecule with such characteristics.
• the polypeptides of this disclosure are effective against a number of cancer conditions as well as complications arising from cancer, such as pleural effusion and ascites.
• the PD-1 -binding polypeptides of the disclosure can be used for the treatment of prevention of hyperproliferative diseases or cancer and the metastatic spread of cancers.
• Preferred indications for the disclosed anti-PD-1 antibodies include colorectal cancers, head and neck cancers, small cell lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and pancreatic cancer.
• Non-limiting examples of cancers include bladder, blood, bone, brain, breast, cartilage, colon kidney, liver, lung, lymph node, nervous tissue, ovary, pancreatic, prostate, skeletal muscle, skin, spinal cord, spleen, stomach, testes, thymus, thyroid, trachea, urogenital tract, ureter, urethra, uterus, or vaginal cancer.
• inflammatory disorders can be treated with the disclosed anti-PD-1 binding polypeptides disclosed herein.
• Such inflammatory disorders include, for example, intestinal mucosa inflammation wasting diseases associated with colitis, multiple sclerosis, systemic lupus erythematosus, viral infections, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, psoriasis, and Crohn' s disease.
• a PD-1 binding polypeptide can be administered alone or in combination with one or more additional therapies such as chemotherapy radiotherapy, immunotherapy, surgical intervention, or any combination of these. Long-term therapy is equally possible as is adjuvant therapy in the context of other treatment strategies, as described above.
• the disclosed anti-PD-1 antibodies agents can be used alone or used in combination with other conventional anti-cancer therapeutic approaches directed to treatment or prevention of proliferative disorders (e.g., tumor).
• proliferative disorders e.g., tumor
• methods can be used in prophylactic cancer prevention, prevention of cancer recurrence and metastases after surgery, and as an adjuvant of other conventional cancer therapy.
• conventional cancer therapies e.g., chemotherapy, radiation therapy, phototherapy, immunotherapy, and surgery
• a wide array of conventional compounds have been shown to have anti-neoplastic activities. These compounds have been used as pharmaceutical agents in chemotherapy to shrink solid tumors, prevent metastases and further growth, or decrease the number of malignant cells in leukemic or bone marrow malignancies.
• chemotherapy has been effective in treating various types of malignancies, many anti-neoplastic compounds induce undesirable side effects. It has been shown that when two or more different treatments are combined, the treatments may work synergistically and allow reduction of dosage of each of the treatments, thereby reducing the detrimental side effects exerted by each compound at higher dosages. In other instances, malignancies that are refractory to a treatment may respond to a combination therapy of two or more different treatments.
• a polypeptide therapeutic agent When a polypeptide therapeutic agent is administered in combination with another conventional anti-neoplastic agent, either concomitantly or sequentially, such therapeutic agent may be found to enhance the therapeutic effect of the anti-neoplastic agent or overcome cellular resistance to such anti-neoplastic agent. This allows decrease of dosage of an anti- neoplastic agent, thereby reducing the undesirable side effects, or restores the effectiveness of an anti-neoplastic agent in resistant cells.
• Pharmaceutical compounds that may be used for combinatory anti-tumor therapy include, for example: aminoglutethimide, amsacrine, anastrozole, asparaginase, beg, bicalutamide, bleomycin, buserelin, busulfan, campothecin, capecitabine, carboplatin, carmustine, chlorambucil, cisplatin, cladribine, clodronate, colchicine, cyclophosphamide, cyproterone, cytarabine, dacarbazine, dactinomycin, daunorubicin, dienestrol,
• diethylstilbestrol docetaxel, doxorubicin, epirubicin, estradiol, estramustine, etoposide, exemestane, filgrastim, fludarabine, fludrocortisone, fluorouracil, fluoxymesterone, flutamide, gemcitabine, genistein, goserelin, hydroxyurea, idarubicin, ifosfamide, imatinib, interferon, irinotecan, ironotecan, letrozole, leucovorin, leuprolide, levamisole, lomustine, mechlorethamine, medroxyprogesterone, megestrol, melphalan, mercaptopurine, mesna, methotrexate, mitomycin, mitotane, mitoxantrone, nilutamide, nocodazole, octreotide, oxaliplatin, paclitaxe
• chemotherapeutic anti-tumor compounds may be categorized by their mechanism of action into, for example, following groups: anti-metabolites/anti-cancer agents, such as pyrimidine analogs (5-fluorouracil, floxuridine, capecitabine, gemcitabine and cytarabine) and purine analogs, folate antagonists and related inhibitors (mercaptopurine, thioguanine, pentostatin and 2-chlorodeoxyadenosine (cladribine)); antiproliferative/antimitotic agents including natural products such as vinca alkaloids (vinblastine, vincristine, and vinorelbine), microtubule disrupters such as taxane (paclitaxel, docetaxel), vincristin, vinblastin, nocodazole, epothilones and navelbine, epidipodophyllotoxins (etoposide, teniposide), DNA damaging agents (actinomycin, amsacrine, anthracycl
• doxorubicin (adriamycin), amsacrine, camptothecin, daunorubicin, dactinomycin, eniposide, epirubicin, etoposide, idarubicin and mitoxantrone, topotecan, irinotecan), corticosteroids (cortisone, dexamethasone, hydrocortisone, methylpednisolone, prednisone, and prenisolone); growth factor signal transduction kinase inhibitors; mitochondrial dysfunction inducers and caspase activators; and chromatin disrupters.
• administration of the polypeptide therapeutic agents may be continued while the other therapy is being administered and/or thereafter.
• Administration of the polypeptide therapeutic agents may be made in a single dose, or in multiple doses.
• administration of the polypeptide therapeutic agents is commenced at least several days prior to the conventional therapy, while in other instances, administration is begun either immediately before or at the time of the administration of the conventional therapy.
• the PD-1 binding polypeptides are further attached to a label that is able to be detected (e.g., the label can be a radioisotope, fluorescent compound, enzyme or enzyme co-factor).
• the active moiety may be a radioactive agent, such as: radioactive heavy metals such as iron chelates, radioactive chelates of gadolinium or manganese, positron emitters of oxygen, nitrogen, iron, carbon, or gallium, 43 K, 52 Fe, 57 Co, 67 Cu, 67 Ga, 68 Ga, 123 I, 125 I, 131 I, 132 I, or 99 Tc.
• a binding agent affixed to such a moiety may be used as an imaging agent and is administered in an amount effective for diagnostic use in a mammal such as a human and the localization and accumulation of the imaging agent is then detected.
• the localization and accumulation of the imaging agent may be detected by radioscintigraphy, nuclear magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography or positron emission tomography.
• Immunoscintigraphy using PD-1 binding polypeptides directed at PD- 1 may be used to detect and/or diagnose cancers and vasculature. For example, any of the binding polypeptide against a PD- 1 marker labeled with "Technetium, m Indium, or 125 Iodine may be effectively used for such imaging.
• the amount of radioisotope to be administered is dependent upon the radioisotope.
• Those having ordinary skill in the art can readily formulate the amount of the imaging agent to be administered based upon the specific activity and energy of a given radionuclide used as the active moiety.
• 0.1-100 millicuries per dose of imaging agent preferably 1 -10 millicuries, most often 2-5 millicuries are administered.
• compositions according to the present invention useful as imaging agents comprising a targeting moiety conjugated to a radioactive moiety comprise 0.1 - 100 millicuries, in some embodiments preferably 1- 10 millicuries, in some embodiments preferably 2-5 millicuries, in some embodiments more preferably 1 -5 millicuries.
• the PD-1 binding polypeptides can also be used to deliver additional therapeutic agents (including but not limited to drug compounds, chemo therapeutic compounds, and
• radiotherapeutic compounds to a cell or tissue expressing PD-1.
• the PD-1 binding polypeptide is fused to a chemotherapeutic agent for targeted delivery of the chemotherapeutic agent to a tumor cell or tissue expressing PD- 1.
• the PD-1 binding polypeptides are useful in a variety of applications, including research, diagnostic and therapeutic applications. For instance, they can be used to isolate and/or purify receptor or portions thereof, and to study receptor structure (e.g., conformation) and function.
• the present disclosure also provides a method of detecting the susceptibility of a mammal to certain diseases.
• the method can be used to detect the susceptibility of a mammal to diseases which progress based on the amount of PD-1 present on cells and/or the number of PD- 1 -positive cells in a mammal.
• Polypeptide sequences are indicated using standard one- or three-letter abbreviations.
• each polypeptide sequence has amino termini at the left and a carboxy termini at the right; each single-stranded nucleic acid sequence, and the top strand of each double-stranded nucleic acid sequence, has a 5' termini at the left and a 3' termini at the right.
• a particular polypeptide sequence also can be described by explaining how it differs from a reference sequence.
• PD- 1 inhibitor and "PD- 1 antagonist” are used interchangeably. Each is a molecule that detectably inhibits at least one function of PD-1. Conversely, a "PD-1 agonist” is a molecule that detectably increases at least one function of PD- 1.
• the inhibition caused by a PD- 1 inhibitor need not be complete so long as it is detectable using an assay. Any assay of a function of PD- 1 can be used, examples of which are provided herein. Examples of functions of PD-1 that can be inhibited by a PD- 1 inhibitor, or increased by a PD- 1 agonist, include cancer cell growth or apoptosis (programmed cell death), and so on.
• Examples of types of PD- 1 inhibitors and PD-1 agonists include, but are not limited to, PD-1 binding polypeptides such as antigen binding proteins (e.g., PD-1 inhibiting antigen binding proteins), antibodies, antibody fragments, and antibody derivatives.
• PD-1 binding polypeptides such as antigen binding proteins (e.g., PD-1 inhibiting antigen binding proteins), antibodies, antibody fragments, and antibody derivatives.
• peptide each refers to a molecule comprising two or more amino acid residues joined to each other by peptide bonds. These terms encompass, e.g., native and artificial proteins, protein fragments and polypeptide analogs (such as muteins, variants, and fusion proteins) of a protein sequence as well as post-translationally, or otherwise covalently or non-covalently, modified proteins.
• a peptide, polypeptide, or protein may be monomeric or polymeric.
• a "variant" of a polypeptide comprises an amino acid sequence wherein one or more amino acid residues are inserted into, deleted from and/or substituted into the amino acid sequence relative to another polypeptide sequence.
• Disclosed variants include, for example, fusion proteins.
• a “derivative" of a polypeptide is a polypeptide (e.g., an antibody) that has been chemically modified, e.g., via conjugation to another chemical moiety (such as, for example, polyethylene glycol or albumin, e.g., human serum albumin), phosphorylation, and glycosylation.
• another chemical moiety such as, for example, polyethylene glycol or albumin, e.g., human serum albumin
• phosphorylation phosphorylation
• glycosylation e.g., glycosylation
• the term “antibody” includes, in addition to antibodies comprising two full-length heavy chains and two full-length light chains, derivatives, variants, fragments, and muteins thereof, examples of which are described below.
• an "antigen binding protein” is a protein comprising a portion that binds to an antigen and, optionally, a scaffold or framework portion that allows the antigen binding portion to adopt a conformation that promotes binding of the antigen binding protein to the antigen.
• antigen binding proteins include antibodies, antibody fragments (e.g., an antigen binding portion of an antibody), antibody derivatives, and antibody analogs.
• the antigen binding protein can comprise, for example, an alternative protein scaffold or artificial scaffold with grafted CDRs or CDR derivatives.
• Such scaffolds include, but are not limited to, antibody-derived scaffolds comprising mutations introduced to, for example, stabilize the three-dimensional structure of the antigen binding protein as well as wholly synthetic scaffolds comprising, for example, a biocompatible polymer.
• peptide antibody mimetics can be used, as well as scaffolds based on antibody mimetics utilizing fibronection components as a scaffold.
• An antigen binding protein can have, for example, the structure of a naturally occurring immunoglobulin.
• An "immunoglobulin” is a tetrameric molecule.
• each tetramer is composed of two identical pairs of polypeptide chains, each pair having one "light” (about 25 kDa) and one "heavy” chain (about 50-70 kDa).
• the amino- terminal portion of each chain includes a variable region of about 100 to 110 or more amino acids primarily responsible for antigen recognition.
• the carboxy-terminal portion of each chain defines a constant region primarily responsible for effector function.
• Human light chains are classified as kappa or lambda light chains.
• Heavy chains are classified as mu, delta, gamma, alpha, or epsilon, and define the antibody's isotype as IgM, IgD, IgG, IgA, and IgE, respectively.
• the anti-PD-1 antibodies disclosed herein are characterized by their variable domain region sequences in the heavy VH and light VL amino acid sequences.
• the preferred antibody is A6 which is a kappa IgG antibody.
• the variable and constant regions are joined by a "J" region of about 12 or more amino acids, with the heavy chain also including a "D” region of about 10 more amino acids. See generally, Fundamental Immunology Ch. 7 (Paul, W., ed., 2nd ed. Raven Press, N.Y. (1989)).
• the variable regions of each light/heavy chain pair form the antibody binding site such that an intact immunoglobulin has two binding sites.
• An antigen binding protein "specifically binds" to an antigen (e.g., human PD-1) if it binds to the antigen with a dissociation constant of 1 nanomolar or less.
• an “antigen binding domain, "antigen binding region,” or “antigen binding site” is a portion of an antigen binding protein that contains amino acid residues (or other moieties) that interact with an antigen and contribute to the antigen binding protein's specificity and affinity for the antigen. For an antibody that specifically binds to its antigen, this will include at least part of at least one of its CDR domains.
• epitope is the portion of a molecule that is bound by an antigen binding protein
• An epitope can comprise non-contiguous portions of the molecule (e.g., in a polypeptide, amino acid residues that are not contiguous in the polypeptide's primary sequence but that, in the context of the polypeptide's tertiary and quaternary structure, are near enough to each other to be bound by an antigen binding protein).
• the "percent homology" of two polynucleotide or two polypeptide sequences is determined by comparing the sequences using the GAP computer program (a part of the GCG Wisconsin Package, version 10.3 (Accelrys, San Diego, Calif.)) using its default parameters.
• a "host cell” is a cell that can be used to express a nucleic acid.
• a host cell can be a prokaryote, for example, E. coli, or it can be a eukaryote, for example, a single-celled eukaryote (e.g., a yeast or other fungus), a plant cell (e.g., a tobacco or tomato plant cell), an animal cell (e.g., a human cell, a monkey cell, a hamster cell, a rat cell, a mouse cell, or an insect cell) or a hybridoma.
• a prokaryote for example, E. coli
• a eukaryote for example, a single-celled eukaryote (e.g., a yeast or other fungus)
• a plant cell e.g., a tobacco or tomato plant cell
• an animal cell e.g., a human cell,
• host cells examples include the COS-7 line of monkey kidney cells (ATCC CRL 1651) (Gluzman et al., 1981, Cell 23: 175), L cells, C127 cells, 3T3 cells (ATCC CCL 163), Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells or their derivatives such as Veggie CHO and related cell lines which grow in serum-free media (Rasmussen et al., 1998,
• Cytotechnology 28:31 or CHO strain DX-B11, which is deficient in DHFR (Urlaub et al., 1980, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 77:4216-20), HeLa cells, BHK (ATCC CRL 10) cell lines, the CV1/EBNA cell line derived from the African green monkey kidney cell line CV1 (ATCC CCL 70) (McMahan et al., 1991, EMBO J.
• a host cell is a cultured cell that can be transformed or transfected with a polypeptide-encoding nucleic acid, which can then be expressed in the host cell.
• the phrase "recombinant host cell” can be used to denote a host cell that has been transformed or transfected with a nucleic acid to be expressed.
• a host cell also can be a cell that comprises the nucleic acid but does not express it at a desired level unless a regulatory sequence is introduced into the host cell such that it becomes operably linked with the nucleic acid. It is understood that the term host cell refers not only to the particular subject cell but also to the progeny or potential progeny of such a cell. Because certain modifications may occur in succeeding generations due to, e.g., mutation or environmental influence, such progeny may not, in fact, be identical to the parent cell, but are still included within the scope of the term as used herein.
• Antigen binding proteins are polypeptides that bind to PD-1, (preferably, human PD-1). Antigen binding proteins include antigen binding proteins that inhibit a biological activity of PD- 1.
• Fc polypeptide includes native and mutein forms of polypeptides derived from the Fc region of an antibody. Truncated forms of such polypeptides containing the hinge region that promotes dimerization also are included. Fusion proteins comprising Fc moieties (and oligomers formed therefrom) offer the advantage of facile purification by affinity chromatography over Protein A or Protein G columns. Antigen-binding fragments of antigen binding proteins of the invention may be produced by conventional techniques. Examples of such fragments include, but are not limited to, Fab and F(ab')2 fragments.
• Monoclonal antibodies that bind to PD-1.
• Monoclonal antibodies may be produced using any technique known in the art, e.g., by immortalizing spleen cells harvested from the transgenic animal after completion of the immunization schedule.
• the spleen cells can be immortalized using any technique known in the art, e.g., by fusing them with myeloma cells to produce hybridomas.
• Myeloma cells for use in hybridoma- producing fusion procedures preferably are non-antibody-producing, have high fusion efficiency, and enzyme deficiencies that render them incapable of growing in certain selective media which support the growth of only the desired fused cells (hybridomas).
• Examples of suitable cell lines for use in mouse fusions include Sp-20, P3-X63/Ag8, P3-X63-Ag8.653, NSl/l .Ag 4 1, Sp210-Agl4, FO, NSO/U, MPC-11, MPC 11 -X45-GTG 1.7 and S194/5XX0 Bui; examples of cell lines used in rat fusions include R210.RCY3, Y3-Ag 1.2.3, IR983F and 48210.
• Other cell lines useful for cell fusions are U-266, GM1500-GRG2, LICR-LON-HMy2 and UC729-6.
• Antigen binding proteins directed against PD-1 can be used, for example, in assays to detect the presence of PD-1 polypeptides, either in vitro or in vivo.
• the antigen binding proteins also may be employed in purifying PD-1 proteins by immunoaffinity chromatography. Blocking antigen binding proteins can be used in the methods disclosed herein.
• Such antigen binding proteins that function as PD-1 antagonists may be employed in treating any PD-1- induced condition, including but not limited to various cancers.
• Antigen binding proteins may be employed in an in vitro procedure, or administered in vivo to inhibit PD-1 -induced biological activity. Disorders caused or exacerbated (directly or indirectly) by the proteolytic activation of PD-1 , examples of which are provided herein, thus may be treated.
• the present invention provides a therapeutic method comprising in vivo administration of a PD-1 blocking antigen binding protein to a mammal in need thereof in an amount effective for reducing an PD-1 -induced biological activity.
• Antigen binding proteins include fully human monoclonal antibodies that inhibit a biological activity of PD- 1.
• Antigen binding proteins may be prepared by any of a number of conventional techniques. For example, they may be purified from cells that naturally express them ⁇ e.g., an antibody can be purified from a hybridoma that produces it), or produced in recombinant expression systems, using any technique known in the art. See, for example, Monoclonal Antibodies, Hybridomas: A New Dimension in Biological Analyses, Kennet et al. (eds.), Plenum Press, New York (1980); and Antibodies: A Laboratory Manual, Harlow and Land (eds.), Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., (1988).
• any expression system known in the art can be used to make the recombinant polypeptides of the invention.
• host cells are transformed with a recombinant expression vector that comprises DNA encoding a desired polypeptide.
• the host cells that may be employed are prokaryotes, yeast or higher eukaryotic cells.
• Prokaryotes include gram negative or gram positive organisms, for example E. coli or bacilli.
• Higher eukaryotic cells include insect cells and established cell lines of mammalian origin.
• suitable mammalian host cell lines include the COS-7 line of monkey kidney cells (ATCC CRL 1651) (Gluzman et al., 1981, Cell 23: 175), L cells, 293 cells, C127 cells, 3T3 cells (ATCC CCL 163), Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells, HeLa cells, BHK (ATCC CRL 10) cell lines, and the CVl/EBNA cell line derived from the African green monkey kidney cell line CVl (ATCC CCL 70) as described by McMahan et al., 1991, EMBO J. 10: 2821.
• Appropriate cloning and expression vectors for use with bacterial, fungal, yeast, and mammalian cellular hosts are described by Pouwels et al. (Cloning Vectors: A Laboratory Manual, Elsevier, N.Y., 1985).
• the transformed cells can be cultured under conditions that promote expression of the polypeptide, and the polypeptide recovered by conventional protein purification procedures.
• One such purification procedure includes the use of affinity chromatography, e.g., over a matrix having all or a portion ⁇ e.g., the extracellular domain) of PD-1 bound thereto.
• Polypeptides contemplated for use herein include substantially homogeneous recombinant mammalian anti-PD-1 antibody polypeptides substantially free of contaminating endogenous materials.
• Antigen binding proteins may be prepared, and screened for desired properties, by any of a number of known techniques. Certain of the techniques involve isolating a nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide chain (or portion thereof) of an antigen binding protein of interest ⁇ e.g., an anti-PD-1 antibody), and manipulating the nucleic acid through recombinant DNA technology.
• the nucleic acid may be fused to another nucleic acid of interest, or altered ⁇ e.g., by mutagenesis or other conventional techniques) to add, delete, or substitute one or more amino acid residues, for example.
• Single chain antibodies may be formed by linking heavy and light chain variable domain (Fv region) fragments via an amino acid bridge (short peptide linker), resulting in a single polypeptide chain.
• Fv region heavy and light chain variable domain
• short peptide linker short peptide linker
• Such single-chain Fvs have been prepared by fusing DNA encoding a peptide linker between DNAs encoding the two variable domain polypeptides (VL and VH).
• the resulting polypeptides can fold back on themselves to form antigen-binding monomers, or they can form multimers (e.g., dimers, trimers, or tetramers), depending on the length of a flexible linker between the two variable domains (Kortt et al., 1997, Prot. Eng.
• V L and V H - comprising polypeptides
• IgG antibodies may be derived from an IgM antibody, for example, and vice versa.
• Such techniques allow the preparation of new antibodies that possess the antigen-binding properties of a given antibody (the parent antibody), but also exhibit biological properties associated with an antibody isotype or subclass different from that of the parent antibody.
• Recombinant DNA techniques may be employed. Cloned DNA encoding particular antibody polypeptides may be employed in such procedures, e.g., DNA encoding the constant domain of an antibody of the desired isotype (Lantto et al., 2002, Methods Mol. Biol. 178:303-16).
• an IgG4 it may also be desired to introduce a point mutation (CPSCP->CPPCP) in the hinge region (Bloom et al., 1997, Protein Science 6:407) to alleviate a tendency to form intra-H chain disulfide bonds that can lead to heterogeneity in the IgG4 antibodies.
• CPSCP->CPPCP point mutation
• antigen binding proteins of the present invention have a binding affinity (K a ) for PD-1 of at least 10 6 . In other embodiments, the antigen binding
• the proteins exhibit a K a of at least 10 , at least 10 , at least 10 , or at least 10 .
• the antigen binding protein exhibits a K a substantially the same as that of an antibody described herein in the Examples.
• the present disclosure provides an antigen binding protein that has a low dissociation rate from PD-1.
• the antigen binding protein has a K 0ff of 1 X 10 "4 to 1 or lower.
• the K cff is 5 X 10 "5 to 1 or lower.
• the K cff is substantially the same as an antibody described herein.
• the antigen binding protein binds to PD-1 with substantially the same K 0ff as an antibody described herein.
• the present disclosure provides an antigen binding protein that inhibits an activity of PD-1.
• the antigen binding protein has an IC5 0 of 1000 nM or lower.
• the IC 50 is 100 nM or lower; in another embodiment, the IC 50 is 10 nM or lower.
• the IC 50 is substantially the same as that of an antibody described herein in the Examples.
• the antigen binding protein inhibits an activity of PD- 1 with substantially the same IC 50 as an antibody described herein.
• the present disclosure provides an antigen binding protein that binds to human PD-1 expressed on the surface of a cell and, when so bound, inhibits PD-1 signaling activity in the cell without causing a significant reduction in the amount of PD- 1 on the surface of the cell. Any method for determining or estimating the amount of PD- 1 on the surface and/or in the interior of the cell can be used. In other embodiments, binding of the antigen binding protein to the PD-1 -expressing cell causes less than about 75%, 50%, 40%, 30%, 20%, 15%, 10%, 5%, 1%, or 0.1% of the cell-surface PD-1 to be internalized.
• the present disclosure provides an antigen binding protein having a half-life of at least one day in vitro or in vivo ⁇ e.g., when administered to a human subject).
• the antigen binding protein has a half-life of at least three days.
• the antigen binding protein has a half-life of four days or longer.
• the antigen binding protein has a half-life of eight days or longer.
• the antigen binding protein is derivatized or modified such that it has a longer half-life as compared to the underivatized or unmodified antigen binding protein.
• the antigen binding protein contains one or more point mutations to increase serum half life, such as described in WO00/09560, incorporated by reference herein.
• bispecific antigen binding protein e.g., antigen binding protein that bind to two different epitopes of PD-1 , or to an epitope of PD-1 and an epitope of another molecule, via two different antigen binding sites or regions.
• bispecific antigen binding protein as disclosed herein can comprise a PD-1 binding site from one of the herein-described antibodies and a second PD-1 binding region from another of the herein-described antibodies, including those described herein by reference to other publications.
• a bispecific antigen binding protein may comprise an antigen binding site from one of the herein described antibodies and a second antigen binding site from another PD-1 antibody that is known in the art, or from an antibody that is prepared by known methods or the methods described herein.
• bispecific antibodies Numerous methods of preparing bispecific antibodies are known in the art. Such methods include the use of hybrid-hybridomas as described by Milstein et al., 1983, Nature 305:537, and chemical coupling of antibody fragments (Brennan et al., 1985, Science 229:81 ; Glennie et al., 1987, /. Immunol. 139:2367; U.S. Patent 6,010,902). Moreover, bispecific antibodies can be produced via recombinant means, for example by using leucine zipper moieties (i.e., from the Fos and Jun proteins, which preferentially form heterodimers; Kostelny et al., 1992, /. Immunol. 148: 1547) or other lock and key interactive domain structures as described in U.S. Patent 5,582,996. Additional useful techniques include those described in U.S. Patents 5,959,083; and 5,807,706.
• the antigen binding protein comprises a derivative of an antibody.
• the derivatized antibody can comprise any molecule or substance that imparts a desired property to the antibody, such as increased half-life in a particular use.
• the derivatized antibody can comprise, for example, a detectable (or labeling) moiety (e.g., a radioactive, colorimetric, antigenic or enzymatic molecule, a detectable bead (such as a magnetic or electrodense (e.g., gold) bead), or a molecule that binds to another molecule (e.g., biotin or streptavidin), a therapeutic or diagnostic moiety (e.g., a radioactive, cytotoxic, or
• an antibody e.g., a pharmaceutically active moiety
• a molecule that increases the suitability of the antibody for a particular use e.g., administration to a subject, such as a human subject, or other in vivo or in vitro uses.
• molecules that can be used to derivatize an antibody include albumin (e.g., human serum albumin) and polyethylene glycol (PEG).
• Albumin-linked and PEGylated derivatives of antibodies can be prepared using techniques well known in the art.
• the antibody is conjugated or otherwise linked to transthyretin (TTR) or a TTR variant.
• TTR transthyretin
• the TTR or TTR variant can be chemically modified with, for example, a chemical selected from the group consisting of dextran, poly(n- vinyl pyurrolidone), polyethylene glycols, propropylene glycol homopolymers, polypropylene oxide/ethylene oxide co-polymers, polyoxyethylated polyols and polyvinyl alcohols.
• the present disclosure provides methods of treating a subject.
• a condition a disease, disorder, condition, or illness
• the conditions to be treated are conditions characterized by inappropriate expression or activity of PD-1.
• the expression or activity level is too high, and the treatment comprises administering a PD-1 antagonist.
• the disorders or conditions are cancer-related.
• those cancers include, but are not limited to, lung, ovarian and colon carcinoma and various myelomas.
• Specific medical conditions and diseases that are treatable or preventable with the antigen binding proteins of this disclosure include various cancers.
• Certain methods provided herein comprise administering a PD- 1 binding antigen binding protein to a subject, thereby reducing a PD-1 -induced biological response that plays a role in a particular condition.
• methods of the invention involve contacting endogenous PD-1 with a PD-1 binding antigen binding protein, e.g., via administration to a subject or in an ex vivo procedure.
• treatment encompasses alleviation or prevention of at least one symptom or other aspect of a disorder, or reduction of disease severity, and the like.
• An antigen binding protein need not effect a complete cure, or eradicate every symptom or manifestation of a disease, to constitute a viable therapeutic agent.
• drugs employed as therapeutic agents may reduce the severity of a given disease state, but need not abolish every manifestation of the disease to be regarded as useful therapeutic agents.
• a prophylactically administered treatment need not be completely effective in preventing the onset of a condition in order to constitute a viable prophylactic agent.
• Simply reducing the impact of a disease for example, by reducing the number or severity of its symptoms, or by increasing the effectiveness of another treatment, or by producing another beneficial effect), or reducing the likelihood that the disease will occur or worsen in a subject, is sufficient.
• One embodiment of the invention is directed to a method comprising
• a PD- 1 antagonist in an amount and for a time sufficient to induce a sustained improvement over baseline of an indicator that reflects the severity of the particular disorder.
• compositions comprising the antibodies and fragments thereof of the disclosure are administered to a subject in a manner appropriate to the indication.
• Pharmaceutical compositions may be administered by any suitable technique, including but not limited to, parenterally, topically, or by inhalation. If injected, the pharmaceutical composition can be administered, for example, via intra-articular, intravenous, intramuscular, intralesional, intraperitoneal or subcutaneous routes, by bolus injection, or continuous infusion. Localized administration, e.g. at a site of disease or injury is contemplated, as are transdermal delivery and sustained release from implants.
• Delivery by inhalation includes, for example, nasal or oral inhalation, use of a nebulizer, inhalation of the antagonist in aerosol form, and the like.
• Other alternatives include eyedrops; oral preparations including pills, syrups, lozenges or chewing gum; and topical preparations such as lotions, gels, sprays, and ointments.
• antigen binding proteins in ex vivo procedures also is contemplated.
• a patient's blood or other bodily fluid may be contacted with an antigen binding protein that binds PD-1 ex vivo.
• the antigen binding protein may be bound to a suitable insoluble matrix or solid support material.
• antigen binding proteins are administered in the form of a
• composition comprising one or more additional components such as a physiologically acceptable carrier, excipient or diluent.
• the composition additionally comprises one or more physiologically active agents, for example, a second inflammation- or immune- inhibiting substance, an anti-angiogenic substance, an analgesic substance, etc., non-exclusive examples of which are provided herein.
• the composition comprises one, two, three, four, five, or six physiologically active agents in addition to a PD- 1 binding antigen binding protein
• the present disclosure provides a method of treating a subject with a PD-1 inhibiting antigen binding protein and one or more other treatments.
• a combination therapy achieves synergy or an additive effect by, for example, attacking multiple sites or molecular targets in a tumor.
• Types of combination therapies that can be used include inhibiting or activating (as appropriate) multiple nodes in a single disease-related pathway, multiple pathways in a target cell, and multiple cell types within a target tissue.
• a combination therapy method comprises administering to the subject two, three, four, five, six, or more of the PD-1 agonists or antagonists described herein.
• the method comprises administering to the subject two or more treatments that together inhibit or activate (directly or indirectly) PD-1 -mediated signal transduction.
• Such methods include using combinations of two or more PD-1 inhibiting antigen binding proteins, of a PD-1 inhibiting antigen binding protein and one or more other therapeutic moiety having anti-cancer properties (for example, cytotoxic agents, and/or immunomodulators), or of a PD-1 inhibiting antigen binding protein and one or more other treatments ⁇ e.g., surgery, or radiation).
• one or more anti-PD-1 antibodies or antibody derivatives can be used in combination with one or more molecules or other treatments, wherein the other molecule(s) and/or treatment(s) do not directly bind to or affect PD- 1 , but which combination is effective for treating or preventing the condition being treated.
• one or more of the molecule(s) and/or treatment(s) treats or prevents a condition that is caused by one or more of the other molecule(s) or treatment(s) in the course of therapy, e.g., nausea, fatigue, alopecia, cachexia, insomnia, etc.
• the individual molecule(s) and/or treatment(s) can be administered in any order, over any length of time, which is effective, e.g., simultaneously, consecutively, or alternately.
• the method of treatment comprises completing a first course of treatment with one molecule or other treatment before beginning a second course of treatment.
• the length of time between the end of the first course of treatment and beginning of the second course of treatment can be any length of time that allows the total course of therapy to be effective, e.g., seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, or even years.
• MLR mixed lymphocyte reaction
• Parallel plates were set up to allow collection of supernatants at day 2 or 3 and at day 5 to measure IL-2 and IFNy respectively using a commercial ELISA kit (Biolegend). The remaining cells of the day 5 culture were assayed for CD25 expression as a measure of cell activation.
• This example illustrates in vitro data for cellular binding EC50 measurements and cell binding specificity. More specifically, this example shows the binding characteristics for anti- PD-1 antibodies (as indicated in Figure 4) in terms of specific cell binding and the
• the anti- PD- 1 antibodies are compared to the commercially available therapeutic anti-PD- 1 antibody, BMS 5C4.
• the experimental procedure was as follows: CHO-PD-1 cells and CHO-PD-L1 cells were obtained by stably transfecting CHO-K1 cells with PD-1 cDNA ORF clone (Origene RG210364) and PD-Ll cDNA ORF clone (Origene RG213071) respectively. After 2 weeks of Neomycin selection, clones were isolated by Fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) and further expanded.
• FACS Fluorescence-activated cell sorting
• ES-2 cell line was established from an ovarian carcinoma (ATCC CRL-1978) and does not express detectable levels of PD-1.
• 50,000 CHO-PD-1 cells, CHO-PD-L1 cells, and ES-2 cells were aliquoted into the wells of a 96-well, v-bottom plate in 100 ⁇ FACS Buffer (PBS + 2% FBS).
• FACS Buffer PBS + 2% FBS.
• a twelve point, 3x dilution curve of each anti-PD-1 antibody was made in FACS Buffer starting at 50 ⁇ g/ml (3.33xl0 ⁇ 7 M). Cells were spun down, washed twice with FACS Buffer, and then resuspended in 25 ⁇ of antibody solution in triplicate.
• the antibodies used were the disclosed GA2, RG1B3, RG1H10, and RG2A7, RG2H10,
• the cell binding EC50 for anti-PD-1 antibodies on CHO-PD-1 cells was determined to be ranging from 36 picomolar (pM) to 2802 pM. Data points on the graph are shown as the median fluorescence intensity (MFI) of positively labeled cells depending on the antibody concentration +/- Std Error. No non-specific binding was observed to cells not expressing PD-1 (CHO-PD-L1 cells and ES-2 cells).
• MFI median fluorescence intensity
• This example provides an analysis of the inhibition of the binding of recombinant PD- 1 to recombinant PD-Ll by anti-PD-1 antibodies (Figure 5). Briefly, an ELISA plate was coated with PD-Ll -His, blocked with casein in PBS, then pre-incubated mixture of anti-PD-1 antibodies (scFv) and recombinant human PD-1 protein as added. Remaining binding of PD-1 protein to PD-Ll protein was measured.
• the antibodies used were the disclosed GA1 , GA2, GB 1, GB6, GH1, A2, C7, H7, SH- A4, SH-A9, RG1B3, RGIHIO, and RG1H11 as compared to prior disclosed antibodies 5C4 (Bristol-Myers-Squibb/Medarex) that was obtained via in-house production from prior- disclosed antibody sequences (U.S. Patent Application US 2009/0217401 ; the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference herein).
• the anti-PD-1 antibodies possess the ability to block the interaction between recombinant human PD-1 and PD-L1 proteins.
• This example provide a comparison of affinity measurements of the identified anti-PD- 1 antibody RGIHIO as an immunoglobulin gamma 1 (IgGl) and immunoglobulin gamma 4 IgG4) with a stabilizing mutation in the antibody hinge region at residue 228 changing a serine to a proline (S228P) using BIAcore methodology. Briefly, a CM5 chip was coated with anti- human Fc antibody, the anti-PDl mAb was captured, then serially-diluted recombinant human PD1 (His-tagged) protein was used in the analysis.
• the human anti-PD-1 antibody RGIHIO possesses excellent kinetic properties for its recognition and binding to human PD-1 protein either as an IgGl or an IgG4 (S228P) as shown in Table 2.
• This example illustrates in vitro data for cellular binding EC50 measurements. More specifically, this example shows the binding characteristics for anti-PD-1 antibody RGIHIO as IgGl or IgG4 (S228P) in terms of cell binding and the concentration at which 50% binding saturation (EC50) is reached.
• the experimental procedure is as follows. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) were added to the wells of a 24 well plate and stimulated anti-CD3 (3 ng/ml). After three days of culture the cells were harvested and added to the wells of wells of a 96-well, v-bottom plate in 100 ⁇ FACS Buffer (PBS + 2% FBS).
• PBMC Peripheral blood mononuclear cells
• a twelve point, 3x dilution curve of each anti-PD-1 antibody was made in FACS Buffer starting at 10 ⁇ g/ml (0.6 xlO "7 M). Cells were spun down, washed twice with FACS Buffer, and then resuspended in 25 ⁇ of antibody solution in triplicate. After 0.5 hr incubation, cells were washed lx with FACS Buffer and resuspended in 50 ⁇ PE-conjugated, goat anti-human IgG ( ⁇ -chain specific) secondary antibody (Southern Biotech Cat #2040-09). Cells were further incubated for 0.5 hr and then washed lx with FACS Buffer.
• the cell binding EC50 for anti-PD-1 antibodies on activated peripheral blood mononuclear cells was determined to be 47 picomolar (pM) for the IgG4 (S228P) isotype and 670 pM for the IgGl version.
• This example provides an analysis of the ability of RG1H10 to specifically bind to recombinant PD-1 but not to other related proteins (Figure 6). Briefly, an ELISA plate was coated with the appropriate recombinant proteins, namely human PD-1, cynomolgus PD-1, human CTLA-4, human CD28, and human ICOS. blocked with casein in PBS, then incubated with the anti-PD-1 antibody(RGlHlO). Binding of RG1H10 was measured.
• the anti-PD-1 antibody RG1H10 possess excellent specific for PD-1 (either human or cynomolgus) but does not recognize proteins related to PD- 1.
• RG1H10 namely IgGl and IgG4 (S228P) to modulate immune responsiveness was assessed using a mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR).
• MLR mixed lymphocyte reaction
• the MLR was performed by culturing 10 5 purified human CD4+ cells from one donor with 10 4 monocyte derived dendritic cells prepared from another donor. To prepare the dendritic cells, purified monocytes were cultured with GM-CSF
• the heavy chain sequence was further optimized through an affinity maturation process. Specifically, antibody RG1H10 (heavy chain SEQ ID NO. 23) was affinity matured into 12 additional heavy chain sequences (SEQ ID NOs. 37-49) listed on the Sequence Listing table below, together with light chain SEQ ID NO. 24.
• This example shows a PD-1 blocking ELISA assay using the indicated antibodies in Figure 5.
• ELISA Plates were coated with PD-Ll-His, blocked with Casein in PBS, then added pre-incubated mixture of scFv and PDl/Fc (12.5 ⁇ L ⁇ 10 ⁇ g/ml PD1/Fc+ 12.5 ⁇ phage soup). Incubated lh, Washed 3 times with PBS. Added Anti-human Fc-HRP: 1:200 diluted in casein. Incubated 30 min, wash 3 times with PBS. Used TMB as substrate and 2M H 2 SO 4 to stop the reaction. Read the O.D. 450nm. All antibodies tested except GA2 and H7 blocked PD-1 receptor.
• This example shows a PD-1 blocking assay using the indicated antibodies in Figure 5.
• ELISA Plates were coated with PD-Ll-His, blocked with Casein in PBS, then added pre- incubated mixture of scFv and PD1/Fc(12.5 ⁇ L ⁇ 0.7 ⁇ g/ml PD1/Fc+ 12.5 ⁇ phage soup). Incubated lh, Washed 3 times with PBS. Added Anti-human Fc-HRP: 1:500 diluted in casein. Incubated 30 min, wash 3 times with PBS. Used TMB as substrate and 2M H 2 SO 4 to stop the reaction. Read the O.D. 450nm.
• This example shows the cross reactivity, or lack of cross reactivity as between human and murine anti-PD-1 antibodies disclosed herein in Figure 10.
• IgGs that diluted in Casein and incubated 30 min. Wash 3 time with PBS.
• Goat anti-human Fc-HRP 1 :300 diluted in casein. Incubated 30 min, wash 3 times with PBS.
• This example shows an epitope comparison between antibodies 5C4 and RG1H10.
• IgG5C4 was coated on AR2G sensor. Ran the base line with PBS. PDl/His was captured on the sensor . Then the sensor was dipped sequentially into the wells with PBS and RG1H10.
• This example shows a comparison of the affinity of the disclosed anti-PD-1 antibodies.
• Anti-human Fc antibody was immobilized on CM5 sensor chip with approximately 1000 RU. Antibodies (about 10 g/ml) were captured for 60 s at a flow rate 10 ⁇ /min. PDl/His was serially diluted in running buffer (HBS-EP). All measurements were conducted with a flow rate of 30 ⁇ /min. Surfaces were regenerated with 3M MgCl 2 for 60 s. A 1:1 (Langmuir) binding model was used to fit the data.
• This example illustrates an experiment showing target (PD-1) specificity of the RG1H10 antibody against three anti-PD-1 competitor antibodies.
• target (PD-1) specificity of the RG1H10 antibody against three anti-PD-1 competitor antibodies.
• the EC 50 values for RG1H10 binding to human and cynomolgous PD-1 were 0.391 nM and 0.840 nM respectively, essentially identical to three reference antibodies tested, including competitor 1 (human EC 500.419 nM, cyno EC 50 1.02 nM), competitor 2 (human EC 500.495 nM, cyno EC5 0 0.773 nM) and competitor 3 (human
• RG1H10 does not bind to other structurally related family members, including human CTLA4, human CD28 and human ICOS. These results suggest that RG1H10 exhibits unique target specificity toward PD-1.
• Example 14 This example illustrates an experiment showing target (PD-1) affinity of the RG1H10 antibody against three anti-PD-1 competitor antibodies using Biacore affinity characterization and cell-based binding studies.
• target (PD-1) affinity of the RG1H10 antibody against three anti-PD-1 competitor antibodies using Biacore affinity characterization and cell-based binding studies.
• Biacore affinity measurements anti-PD-1 antibodies were captured onto a protein-A immobilized CM5 sensor chip, after which monomeric recombinant human PD-1 was flowed over the chip. Under these conditions, RG1H10
• a human Jurkat T cell line stably expressing high levels of human PD-1 to measure binding of RG1H10 and three reference antibodies to human PD-1 expressed on the T cell surface.
• Primary antibody binding to Jurkat PD- 1 cells was detected by flow cytometry using either anti-heavy chain or light chain antibodies directly conjugated to fluorochromes (identical binding curves were obtained using either detection reagent).
• RG1H10 bound to membrane expressed PD-1 with an EC 50 value of 25.76 nM, compared to competitor 1 (5.18 nM), competitor 2 (4.57 nM) and competitor 3 (8.83 nM).
• RG1H10 While performing these studies, we also observed variability in the maximum number of PD-1 receptor molecules bound by various anti-PDl antibodies, whereby RG1H10 achieved a C max of 1103 mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) units, equivalent to that observed for competitor 2 (Cm a x of 1110 MFI), higher than that observed for competitor 3 (C max of 789 MFI) and almost 2-fold lower than that observed for competitor 1 (C max of 1906 MFI).
• MFI mean fluorescence intensity
• RG1H11 SSWPPFDYWGQGTLVTVSS SEQ ID NO. 25 PPTFGQGTKLEIK SEQ ID NO. 26 QVQLQQWGAGLLKSSETLSLSCAVYGGTFRDDHW QAGLTQPRSVSGSPGQSVTISCTGTSSDVG SWIRQPPGKGLEWIGESHHTGRTIYNPSLRSRVTMS GYNYVSWYQQHPGKAPKLMIYDVTKRPSG IDTSKNEFSLILRSVTAADTATYFCARGNNYVWGNQ VSNRFSGSKSGNTASLTISGLQAEDEADYYC

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