WO2021115303A1 - Anti-claudin18.2 monoclonal antibody, preparation method therefor and use thereof - Google Patents

Anti-claudin18.2 monoclonal antibody, preparation method therefor and use thereof Download PDF

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WO2021115303A1
WO2021115303A1 PCT/CN2020/134775 CN2020134775W WO2021115303A1 WO 2021115303 A1 WO2021115303 A1 WO 2021115303A1 CN 2020134775 W CN2020134775 W CN 2020134775W WO 2021115303 A1 WO2021115303 A1 WO 2021115303A1
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  • the present invention relates to the field of biotechnology, in particular to an anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody, its preparation method and application.
  • Humanized antibodies are derived from non-human species, and their sequence similarity with natural antibodies in humans is increased by modifying the protein sequence.
  • the "humanization” process usually involves the development of monoclonal antibodies for use in humans, such as the development of antibodies as anticancer drugs.
  • the humanization process is necessary for the production of specific antibodies in the immune system of non-humans (e.g., mice).
  • the protein sequence of the antibody produced in this way is partially different from the homologous antibody naturally occurring in humans, so it is potentially immunogenic when administered to a human patient.
  • Targeted therapy is one of the main ways to treat cancer with drugs. Others include hormone therapy and cytotoxic chemotherapy. As a form of molecular medicine, targeted therapy prevents the growth of cancer cells by interfering with specific targeted molecules required for canceration and tumor growth, rather than simply interfering with all rapidly dividing cells (such as traditional chemotherapy). Because most drugs used for targeted therapy are biological drugs, when used for cancer treatment, the term "biological therapy” is sometimes synonymous with targeted therapy, which is different from chemotherapy (ie, cytotoxic therapy). However, these methods can be used in combination. Antibody-drug conjugates combine biological and cytotoxic mechanisms into a targeted therapy.
  • Bispecific monoclonal antibody also known as bifunctional antibody
  • BsMAb Bispecific monoclonal antibody
  • BsMabs can be manufactured in a variety of structural forms, and applications for cancer immunotherapy and drug delivery have been explored.
  • GC Gastric cancer
  • AGC advanced gastric cancer
  • trastuzumab a monoclonal antibody targeting HER2
  • trastuzumab Developed by Genentech Trastuzumab is a humanized monoclonal antibody targeting HER2.
  • trastuzumab combined with paclitaxel was approved by the US FDA as a first-line treatment for HER2/neu overexpressing metastatic breast cancer, or as a treatment for HER2/neu overexpressing metastatic breast cancer after at least one chemotherapy cycle Single drug.
  • HER2-directed therapies for HER2-positive breast cancer and non-small cell lung cancer have been approved, including trastuzumab, pertuzumab, T-DM1, lapatinib, and afatin Nylon (tyrosine kinase inhibitor).
  • Claudin is a family of proteins first discovered by Shorichiro Tsukita and others. It is an important part of forming tight junctions of cells. It establishes a paracellular barrier and controls the flow of molecules between cells.
  • the transmembrane domain of Claudin includes N-terminal and C-terminal in the cytoplasm. Different Claudin proteins are expressed on different tissues, and their altered functions are related to the formation of cancer in their respective tissues. It has been shown that Claudin-1 is expressed in colon cancer, Claudin-18 is in gastric cancer, and Claudin-10 has prognostic value in hepatocellular carcinoma. UgurSahin et al.
  • Claudin-18 isoform 2 (CLDN18.2) is a highly selective cell lineage marker, and its expression in normal tissues is strictly limited to epithelial cells differentiated from the gastric mucosa, but in the gastric stem cell area. does not exist.
  • Claudin 18.2 remains in malignant transformation and is expressed in most primary gastric cancers and their metastatic cancer types.
  • ectopic activation of Claudin 18.2 is often observed in pancreatic cancer, esophageal cancer, ovarian cancer and lung cancer.
  • the correlation between Claudin protein and isotype 2, especially gastric cancer and its metastatic cancer, has led to the development of specific antibodies against Claudin 18.2 as a targeted therapy for gastric cancer and other human solid malignancies.
  • Claudiximab is a new type of chimeric IgG1 antibody with high specificity to Claudin 18.2.
  • the clinical phase IIa (MONO) study aims to determine the safety and effectiveness of multiple doses of Claudiximab as a monotherapy in patients with metastatic, refractory, and recurrent gastric or lower esophageal adenocarcinoma.
  • the median PFS was 102 days (95% CI, 70-146 days). All adverse reactions observed were grade 1-3. The most common grade 3 adverse reaction was vomiting, with 31 cases. No grade 4 adverse reactions occurred.
  • the subsequent clinical phase IIb (FAST) study evaluated Claudiximab as a first-line drug in patients with advanced/recurrent gastroesophageal cancer.
  • the patients included in the study were: ⁇ 40% of tumor cells expressing ⁇ 2+ CLDN18.2 (verified by CLAUDETECT TM 18.2 kit), Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) score of 0-1 and not suitable for trastuzumab Treated patients.
  • CLAUDETECT TM 18.2 kit The subsequent clinical phase IIb (FAST) study evaluated Claudiximab as a first-line drug in patients with advanced/recurrent gastroesophageal cancer.
  • the patients included in the study were: ⁇ 40% of tumor cells expressing ⁇ 2+ CLDN18.2 (verified by CLAUDETECT TM 18.2 kit), Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) score of 0-1 and not suitable for trastuzumab Treated patients.
  • ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
  • PFS progression-free survival
  • Interleukin 15 is a 12-14kD cytokine discovered by Grabstein et al. in 1994. It can play a role in the body's normal immune response, such as promoting T cells, B cells, and natural killer (NK) cell proliferation.
  • IL-15 belongs to a member of the four small alpha-helical bundle cytokine families (small four-helix bundle cytokine family). IL-15 requires receptor binding to exert its biological activity.
  • the IL-15 receptor is composed of three receptor subunits: IL-15 receptor ⁇ (IL-15R ⁇ ), IL-2 receptor ⁇ (IL-2R ⁇ , also known as IL-15R ⁇ or CD122) and ⁇ c (also known as CD132).
  • IL-15R ⁇ contains a Sushi domain, which can bind to IL-15 and is necessary for the combined IL-15 to perform biological functions.
  • IL-15 forms a complex with the receptor IL-15R ⁇ , it can significantly enhance the biological activity of IL-15.
  • the ability of IL-15/IL-15R ⁇ complex to stimulate memory CD8+ T cell proliferation and maintain its survival is more than 10 times stronger than that of IL-15 alone, and its mechanism may be related to delivery.
  • the first objective of the present invention is to provide a new anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody.
  • the second objective of the present invention is to provide a nucleic acid molecule encoding the anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody.
  • the third object of the present invention is to provide an expression vector containing the nucleic acid molecule.
  • the fourth object of the present invention is to provide a host cell containing the expression vector.
  • the fifth object of the present invention is to provide a composition containing the anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody.
  • the sixth objective of the present invention is to provide the application of the anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody.
  • an anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody which includes a heavy chain variable region and a light chain variable region, and the heavy chain variable region includes SEQ ID NO. 15, 16,
  • the heavy chain variable region shown in 17, 18 or 19 has HCDR1, HCDR2 and HCDR3 regions with the same sequence, and the light chain variable region comprises the same sequence as the light chain variable shown in SEQ ID NO. 20, 21, 22 or 23.
  • the zones have the same sequence of LCDR1, LCDR2 and LCDR3 zones.
  • the anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody includes:
  • LCDR1, LCDR2, LCDR3, the LCDR1 has an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 7, SEQ ID NO: 8, SEQ ID NO: 9 or SEQ ID NO: 10, LCDR2 has the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 11 or SEQ ID NO: 12, and the LCDR3 has the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 13 or SEQ ID NO: 14.
  • the anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody includes a heavy chain variable region and a light chain variable region, and the heavy chain variable region has a variable region such as SEQ ID NO: 15, SEQ ID NO: 16, SEQ The amino acid sequence shown in ID NO: 17, SEQ ID NO: 18 or SEQ ID NO: 19, or a sequence with at least 85% homology with the above sequence, such as 85%, 90%, 92%, 94%, 95 %, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% homology; the light chain variable region has a sequence such as SEQ ID NO: 20, SEQ ID NO: 21, SEQ ID NO: 22 or SEQ ID NO : The amino acid sequence shown in 23, or a sequence with at least 85% homology with the above sequence, such as 85%, 90%, 92%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98% or 99% homology Source sequence.
  • the anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody includes a light chain and a heavy chain, and the heavy chain has such features as SEQ ID NO: 26, SEQ ID NO: 28, SEQ ID NO: 30, SEQ ID NO: 32 or SEQ ID NO: 34, or a sequence with at least 85% homology to the above sequence, such as 85%, 90%, 92%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98 % Or 99% homology;
  • the light chain has an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 27, SEQ ID NO: 29, SEQ ID NO: 31 or SEQ ID NO: 33, or has an amino acid sequence with the above sequence A sequence with at least 85% homology, such as a sequence with 85%, 90%, 92%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% homology.
  • the anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody may be a murine, human, chimeric or humanized antibody, preferably a humanized antibody.
  • the anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody is preferably a defucosylated antibody.
  • the anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody further includes a Fab fragment comprising the aforementioned heavy chain variable region and light chain variable region, scFv, and the Fab or the scFv binding to Claudin 18.2 Part of the antigen-binding fragment, bispecific antibody or multispecific antibody.
  • nucleic acid molecule encoding any of the aforementioned anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibodies.
  • the preparation method of the nucleotide molecule of the present invention is a conventional preparation method in the field, and preferably includes the following preparation method: obtain the nucleotide molecule encoding the above-mentioned monoclonal antibody by gene cloning technology such as PCR method, or by The method of artificial full-sequence synthesis obtains the nucleotide molecule encoding the above-mentioned monoclonal antibody.
  • nucleotide sequence encoding the amino acid sequence of the monoclonal antibody can be replaced, deleted, changed, inserted or added as appropriate to provide a polynucleotide homolog.
  • the polynucleotide homologues of the present invention can be prepared by replacing, deleting or adding one or more bases of the monoclonal antibody gene encoding the monoclonal antibody within the scope of maintaining the activity of the antibody.
  • an expression vector containing the aforementioned nucleic acid molecule there is provided an expression vector containing the aforementioned nucleic acid molecule.
  • the expression vector may be a conventional expression vector in the art, which means that it contains appropriate regulatory sequences, such as promoter sequences, terminator sequences, polyadenylation sequences, enhancer sequences, marker genes and/or sequences, and other appropriate Expression vector of the sequence.
  • the host cell containing the above-mentioned expression vector.
  • the host cell is a CHO-S cell.
  • a pharmaceutical composition comprising the aforementioned anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody of the present invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
  • the above composition may further comprise other agents, such as anti-Her2 monoclonal antibody, IL-15, or IL-15/IL-15R ⁇ complex.
  • agents such as anti-Her2 monoclonal antibody, IL-15, or IL-15/IL-15R ⁇ complex.
  • the use of the above-mentioned anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody or the above-mentioned pharmaceutical composition in the preparation of a medicine for the treatment of cancer is provided.
  • the cancer is breast cancer, gastric cancer, and pancreatic cancer.
  • the present invention also provides a method for treating cancer using the above-mentioned anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody or the above-mentioned pharmaceutical composition containing the antibody.
  • the anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody can be used in combination with other cancer treatment methods, including but not limited to: administration of targeted therapeutic agents, radiotherapy, surgery, or hormone removal.
  • the anti-Claudin 18.2 antibody is used in combination with other targeted therapeutic agents, and the preferred targeted therapeutic agent is anti-Her2 monoclonal antibody, IL-15, IL-15/IL-15R ⁇ complex .
  • the order of administration of different treatment methods at different time points may be the same or different; when multiple agents are administered, the time and order of administration of different agents may be the same or different, or in any way Combined administration depends on the clinical treatment plan.
  • the anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody of the present invention can specifically bind to human Claudin 18.2, but does not bind to human Claudin 18.1; the present invention finds that the anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody can be used in combination with the anti-Her-2 monoclonal antibody. .2 positive and Her-2 positive gastric tumor cells produced more significant killing activity; and it was also found that the addition of IL-15 to the anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody can further enhance its ADCC-mediated cytotoxicity on cancer cells.
  • FIG 3 ADCC of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of the humanized anti-Claudin 18.2 antibody of the present invention ( Figure 3A: h20D5, Figure 3B: h20D5-3) and anti-Her2 antibody (trastuzumab)
  • NC means anti-VEGF antibody (does not bind Claudin 18.2 and Her2).
  • Figure 5A shows the combined application of parent antibody h20D5-3 and mutant h20D5-3mu with trastuzumab and IL15;
  • Figure 5B shows the killing effect of h20D5-3mu, trastuzumab and IL15 in combination
  • Figure 7 The results of the six-week tumor suppression test in a gastric cancer model.
  • variable region of an antibody refers to the variable region (VL) of the antibody light chain or the variable region (VH) of the antibody heavy chain, alone or in combination.
  • VL variable region
  • VH variable region
  • the variable regions of the heavy chain and the light chain each consist of 4 framework regions (FR) connected by 3 complementarity determining regions (CDR) (also called hypervariable regions).
  • FR framework regions
  • CDR complementarity determining regions
  • the CDRs in each chain are held together tightly by FRs and together with the CDRs from the other chain contribute to the formation of the antigen binding site of the antibody.
  • There are at least two techniques for determining CDRs (1) Methods based on cross-species sequence variability (ie, Kabat et al.
  • CDR may refer to a CDR determined by either method or a combination of the two methods.
  • antibody framework or "FR region” refers to a part of a variable domain VL or VH, which serves as a scaffold for the antigen binding loop (CDR) of the variable domain. Essentially, it is a variable domain without CDRs.
  • CDR complementarity determining region
  • HCDR1, HCDR2, HCDR3 three CDRs in each heavy chain variable region and three CDRs (LCDR1, LCDR2, LCDR3) in each light chain variable region.
  • Any one of various well-known schemes can be used to determine the amino acid sequence boundaries of CDRs, including the "Kabat” numbering rule (see Kabat et al.
  • the CDR amino acid residues in the heavy chain variable domain (VH) are numbered 31-35 (HCDR1), 50-65 (HCDR2) and 95-102 (HCDR3);
  • the CDR amino acid residues in the chain variable domain (VL) are numbered 24-34 (LCDR1), 50-56 (LCDR2), and 89-97 (LCDR3).
  • the CDR amino acid numbers in VH are 26-32 (HCDR1), 52-56 (HCDR2) and 95-102 (HCDR3); and the amino acid residue numbers in VL are 26-32 (LCDR1), 50- 52 (LCDR2) and 91-96 (LCDR3).
  • CDR is defined by amino acid residues 26-35 (HCDR1), 50-65 (HCDR2) and 95-102 (HCDR3) in human VH and amino acid residues 24-35 in human VL.
  • 34 (LCDR1), 50-56 (LCDR2) and 89-97 (LCDR3) constitute.
  • the CDR amino acid residue numbers in VH are roughly 26-35 (CDR1), 51-57 (CDR2) and 93-102 (CDR3)
  • the CDR amino acid residue numbers in VL are roughly 27-32 (CDR1) ), 50-52 (CDR2) and 89-97 (CDR3).
  • the CDR regions of antibodies can be determined using the program IMGT/DomainGap Align.
  • Claudin 18.2 refers to Claudin 18.
  • the term includes variants, homologs, orthologs and paralogs.
  • IL-15 is a human cytokine with NK cell proliferation and activating activity, and refers to human interleukin 15 and the functionality of human IL-15 extracellular domain or IL-15 extracellular domain. Variants and IL-15/IL-15R ⁇ complexes that retain IL-15 and enhance the immune response.
  • IL-15 functional variants include human IL-15 truncation, amino acid substitutions, deletions and additions and still retain all or part of IL-15 to enhance the immune response variants
  • exemplary IL-15 functional variants include But it is not limited to patent publication numbers WO2008143794A1, WO2012040323A2, US8940288B2, WO2012175222A1, WO2016095642A1, WO2015103928A1, WO2019204592, US201902907 34A1, CA3034912A1, US20190209653A1, US20180312560A1, and US20180200366A1 that retain variants of human IL-15 that have enhanced immune responses.
  • IL-15R ⁇ refers to the ⁇ receptor and its functional variants that can interact with IL-15 to form a complex. After IL-15R ⁇ and IL-15 form a complex, it can enhance the stability of IL-15. To further enhance the immune response effect of IL-15.
  • IL-15R ⁇ functional variant refers to a fragment containing the sushi domain in the extracellular region of IL-15R ⁇ , which retains the interaction with IL-15 and enhances the stability of IL-15.
  • Exemplary IL-15R ⁇ functional variants include, but are not limited to, patent publication numbers WO2008143794A1, WO2012040323A2, US8940288B2, WO2012175222A1, WO2016095642A1, WO2015103928A1, WO2019204592A1, CA3034912A1, US20190290734A1, US20190209653A1, US20180312560A1, and RUS20180200366A1, and other disclosed functional variants of human IL-15 .
  • the chimeric human Claudin 18.2 antibody was transiently expressed in CHO-S cells.
  • polyethyleneimine (PEI) was used to transfect CHO-S cells with the resulting vector, and the ratio of DNA:PEI was 1:3.
  • the total DNA used for transfection was 1.5 ⁇ g/ml.
  • the transfected CHO-S cells were cultured in a 37°C, 5% CO 2 incubator at 120 RPM. After 10-12 days, the cell culture supernatant was collected, centrifuged at 3500 rpm for 5 minutes, and filtered through a 0.22 ⁇ m capsule to remove cell debris to purify the antibody.
  • the antibody was purified using pre-equilibrated Protein-A (GE; USA; Cat#: 17040501; Lot#: 10252250) and eluted with an elution buffer (20mM citric acid, pH3.0-pH3.5). In addition to the buffer exchange, the antibody is stored in PBS buffer (pH 7.0), and its concentration is determined by a NanoDrop instrument. The purified monoclonal antibody was further characterized.
  • Antibodies are screened for affinity matured modified antibodies by phage display
  • clone 20D5 chose to undergo affinity maturation modification through phage display technology. Simply put, 3D structural modeling simulations were performed to identify residues in the heavy and light chain CDRs of clone 20D5 that may be important for binding affinity. The identified CDR residues are mutated by PCR, using primers specially designed for point mutations and standard method steps. A phage display library was constructed, and as described above, CHO-S cells stably overexpressing human Claudin 18.2 or Claudin 18.1 were used for biological screening. After 3 rounds of biological screening, high-binding clones were selected, collected and infected with bacterial cells.
  • Balb/c mice female, 8 weeks old, weighing about 20g, purchased from Shanghai Slack Laboratory Animal Co., Ltd.;
  • Bovine hyaluronidase Sigma H3506; CHO-S cell line: invitrogen;
  • Anti-Her2 antibody Trastuzumab, prepared by our company through cloning and synthesis according to the amino acid sequence.
  • the heavy chain has the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 35
  • the light chain has the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 36 Amino acid sequence
  • Human IL-15 (hIL-15): purchased from Peprotech article number 200-15, the sequence is shown in SEQ ID NO: 37;
  • mIL15Ra-Fc purchased from biolegend, catalog number 761606;
  • Human IL-15R ⁇ The sequence of hIL15R ⁇ (human IL15R ⁇ sushi domain) is shown in SEQ ID NO: 38;
  • Positive control antibody IMAB362 (disclosed from WO2014/146672A1): It was prepared by our company through cloning and synthesis according to the amino acid sequence.
  • the heavy chain amino acid sequence is shown in SEQ ID NO: 39, and the light chain amino acid sequence is shown in SEQ ID NO: 40.
  • mice Eighteen Balb/c mice were immunized with the plasmid expression vector encoding the fully human Claudin 18.2 and electroporated. 100 ⁇ g plasmid and 20U bovine hyaluronidase were injected intramuscularly on day 1, 75 ⁇ g plasmid and 20U bovine hyaluronidase were injected on day 14, and 50 ⁇ g plasmid and 20U bovine were injected on day 28, 42 and 56 respectively. Hyaluronidase, and finally 5 ⁇ 10 6 Claudin18.2 transfected CHO-S cells were injected on the 65th day to strengthen immunity, and splenectomy was performed two days later to produce monoclonal antibodies. The anti-Claudin 18.2 antibody produced in the mouse serum was monitored by flow cytometry (FACS) on 28, 42, 56 and 65 days, respectively.
  • FACS flow cytometry
  • mice numbered No. 2, 8, and 12 were used for the production of CRO hybridomas. Based on the high titer of the anti-Claudin 18.2 antibody and the low titer of the anti-Claudin 18.1 antibody, the resulting hybridomas were screened to produce Claudin 18.2 specific IgG.
  • Antibody 20D5 includes: heavy chain complementarity determining regions HCDR1, HCDR2 and HCDR3, wherein the amino acid sequence of HCDR1 is shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 2, the amino acid sequence of HCDR2 is shown in SEQ ID NO: 3, and the amino acid sequence of HCDR3 is shown in SEQ ID NO: 3.
  • the amino acid sequence is shown in SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 5 or SEQ ID NO: 6; the light chain complementarity determining region LCDR1, LCDR2 or LCDR3, wherein the amino acid sequence of LCDR1 is shown in SEQ ID NO: 7, SEQ ID NO: 8.
  • the amino acid sequence of LCDR2 is shown in SEQ ID NO: 9 or SEQ ID NO: 10
  • the amino acid sequence of LCDR2 is shown in SEQ ID NO: 11 or SEQ ID NO: 12
  • the amino acid sequence of LCDR3 is shown in SEQ ID NO: 13 or SEQ ID NO: 14 shown.
  • the humanized anti-Claudin 18.2 antibody 20D5 (h20D5) was produced using the human germ cell line variable light chain (IGKV4-1*01) and the human germ cell line heavy chain variable region (IGHV4-4*08). In short, humanization is accomplished by grafting the CDR residues from the light and heavy chains of the chimeric antibody 20D5 to the similar light and heavy chain frameworks of human immunoglobulin.
  • Humanized antibody libraries grafted with CDRs can be generated for further affinity maturation based on in vitro phage display to enhance the affinity for their antigens.
  • the heavy chain variable region of each antibody and the antibody heavy chain constant region (SEQ ID NO: 24) are connected to form an antibody full-length heavy chain, and the light chain variable region of each antibody and the antibody light chain constant region (SEQ ID NO: 25) Linked to form the full-length light chain of the antibody.
  • amino acid sequence of part of the formed full-length antibody is shown in Table 1 below:
  • Antibody Heavy chain variable region Light chain variable region Heavy chain Light chain h20D5 SEQ ID NO: 15 SEQ ID NO: 20 SEQ ID NO: 26 SEQ ID NO: 27 h20D5-1 SEQ ID NO: 16 SEQ ID NO: 21 SEQ ID NO: 28 SEQ ID NO: 29 h20D5-2 SEQ ID NO: 17 SEQ ID NO: 22 SEQ ID NO: 30 SEQ ID NO: 31
  • Protein A affinity chromatography to extract fusion protein or antibody with Fc tag Protein A affinity chromatography to extract fusion protein or antibody with Fc tag
  • the supernatant of the cell culture expressing the Fc fusion protein or antibody is centrifuged at a high speed to collect the supernatant.
  • the ProteinA affinity column was washed 3-5 times the column volume with 0.1M NaOH, and then washed 3-5 times the column volume with 1 ⁇ PBS.
  • the cell supernatant is loaded and bound at a low flow rate, and the flow rate is controlled so that the retention time is about 1 min or longer.
  • the column is washed with 1 ⁇ PBS (pH 7.4) by 3-5 times the column volume until the UV absorption falls back to the baseline .
  • the sample was eluted with 0.1M glycine sodium chloride (pH3.0-3.5) buffer, and the elution peaks were collected according to UV detection.
  • the eluted product was quickly adjusted to pH 5-6 with 1M Tris-HCl (pH8.0). Save.
  • the eluted product can be replaced by a method well known to those skilled in the art, such as using an ultrafiltration tube for ultrafiltration and concentration and replacing the solution to the required buffer system, or using molecular exclusion such as G-25 desalting to replace it with the required Buffer system, or use a high-resolution molecular exclusion column such as Superdex 200 to remove the aggregate components in the eluted product to improve the purity of the sample.
  • a method well known to those skilled in the art such as using an ultrafiltration tube for ultrafiltration and concentration and replacing the solution to the required buffer system, or using molecular exclusion such as G-25 desalting to replace it with the required Buffer system, or use a high-resolution molecular exclusion column such as Superdex 200 to remove the aggregate components in the eluted product to improve the purity of the sample.
  • Flow cytometry was used to detect the presence of anti-CLD18 antibodies in the serum of immunized mice or the binding of monoclonal antibodies to living cells expressing CLD18.
  • Table 2 where the binding force is expressed as ++++, +++, ++, +,-from strong to weak.
  • the present invention constructs a Fab phage library for affinity maturation, selects 3 clones by affinity selection, and incubates the supernatant of Fab clone 20D5 hybridoma cells or purified antibodies (h20D5, h20D5-3 and IMAB362, concentration 20 ⁇ g/ ml).
  • the CHO-S cells transfected with Claudin 18.1 or 18.2 were incubated at 4°C for 30 minutes, washed with 2% FBS+PBS buffer, and stained with a secondary antibody FITC-labeled anti-human or mouse Fc antibody.
  • This example analyzes and detects the ability of antibodies to induce antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) of NUGC4 (JCRB0834) gastric cancer cells (Claudin 18.2-NUGC4) stably expressing human Claudin 18.2.
  • ADCC antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity
  • the target cells (1.5 ⁇ 10 5 /well) were pre-plated on a 96-well plate in RPMI-1640+2% FBS in a 37°C incubator overnight.
  • serially diluted antibodies were added to the 96-well plate containing the target cells and incubated at 37°C for 5 hours.
  • the lysis buffer LH cytotoxicity detection kit DOJINDO MOLECULAR TECHNOLOGIES
  • the maximum release amount is determined by adding lysis buffer to the target cells; the spontaneous release amount is measured in the absence of antibodies and effector cells and only target cells.
  • the combined benefits of the antibodies h20D5 and h20D5-3 and trastuzumab were tested.
  • Trastuzumab was serially diluted (200 ⁇ g/ml, 5-fold dilution) and added to 6 rows of wells.
  • the h20D5 and h20D5-3 antibodies were fixed at different concentrations in each row of wells.
  • the ADCC test results are shown in Figures 3A and 3B.
  • the results show that the combination of anti-Claudin 18.2 antibody and trastuzumab can enhance the ADCC lethality mediated by trastuzumab antibody, and even reach the maximum lethality rate.
  • Example 8 ADCC activity detection of anti-Claudin 18.2 antibody in combination with IL15
  • h20D5 was combined with IL15 (Peprotech Catalog No. 200-15) to test its combined benefits.
  • the h20D5 antibody was serially diluted (200 ⁇ g/ml, 5-fold dilution). The antibody was added to 6 rows of wells.
  • IL15 was Fixed in different concentrations in each row. The results are shown in Table 3 and Figure 4A.
  • +IL15 represents the combination of h20D5 antibody and IL15.
  • Example 9 ADCC activity detection of anti-Claudin 18.2 antibody in combination with anti-Her2 antibody and IL15
  • h20D5-3 mutant has similar combinatorial advantages compared with the parent antibody h20D5-3.
  • Trastuzumab antibody is serially diluted (200 ⁇ g/ml, 5-fold dilution), h20D5-3 or its mutant h20D5-3mu antibody is fixed at 0.016 ⁇ g/ml, and IL15 is fixed at 5ng/ml.
  • Figure 5A and Figure 5B show that the mutant antibody h20D5-3mu of the present invention has a combination advantage comparable to the parent antibody h20D5-3, and the combination of these two antibodies with the anti-Her2 antibody and IL15 can significantly enhance the ADCC lethality.
  • Figure 5B shows that the combination of h20D5-3mu, trastuzumab and IL15 shows a stronger cell killing rate than the combination of trastuzumab and IL15.
  • This example evaluates the drug trastuzumab, h20D5-3, hIL15-mIL15R ⁇ in The anti-tumor effect of gastric cancer GA0006 model Balb/c nude female mouse subcutaneous xenograft tumor model.
  • BALB/c nude mice were subcutaneously inoculated with GA0006 model tumor masses to establish Gastric cancer GA0006 tumor model.
  • the experiment is divided into 6 groups, and the drug dosage and administration method are shown in Table 4 below. Except for the 6 rats in the fourth group, 8 rats in each group were administered by intraperitoneal injection, twice a week, for a total of 8 times for 4 weeks. After the dosing cycle is completed (see Figure 6 for the results), select 4 mice in each of group 1, group 3, group 4, and group 6, and extend the administration for 2 weeks, where hIL15-mIL15R ⁇ is changed to BIW administration. Medicine (see Figure 7 for the results). Efficacy was evaluated based on the relative tumor inhibition rate (TGI%), and the safety was evaluated based on changes in animal weight and death.
  • TGI% tumor inhibition rate
  • the h20D5-3, hlL15-mIL15R ⁇ , and trastuzumab single-agent groups did not show tumor-inhibiting effects compared with the control group.
  • the trastuzumab+h20D5-3 combination group also failed to show tumor suppressive effect.
  • the combination of trastuzumab+h20D5-3+hlL15-mIL15R ⁇ showed a slight anti-tumor effect, but did not reach statistical difference.
  • Test drug trastuzumab, h20D5-3, hlL15-mIL15R ⁇ , in the gastric cancer GA0006 model because the model is a cachexia model, individual mice in each group have lost weight, but no animal died in each treatment group, and there was no obvious drug toxicity, and it was well tolerated during the treatment.
  • test drug h20D5-3 (20mg/kg), hIL15-mIL15R ⁇ (2 ⁇ g+9 ⁇ g/mouse) and trastuzumab (2mg/kg) combined treatment Gastric cancer GA0006 model has a significant inhibitory effect on tumor growth (P ⁇ 0.01). Tumor-bearing mice tolerated well to h20D5-3, hIL15-mIL15R ⁇ and trastuzumab.

Abstract

Disclosed are an anti-Claudin18.2 monoclonal antibody and a use thereof. Also disclosed are a nucleic acid molecule encoding the antibody, an expression vector and a host cell for expressing the antibody, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the antibody. Further disclosed is the use of the antibody alone or in combination with other agents, such as an anti-Her2 antibody and/or IL15, in the preparation of an anti-cancer drug.

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一种抗Claudin18.2单克隆抗体、其制备方法及用途An anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody, its preparation method and application 技术领域Technical field
本发明涉及生物技术领域,具体涉及一种抗Claudin18.2单克隆抗体、其制备方法及用途。The present invention relates to the field of biotechnology, in particular to an anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody, its preparation method and application.
背景技术Background technique
这里的陈述仅提供与本发明有关的背景信息,并不必然地构成现有技术。The statements herein only provide background information related to the present invention, and do not necessarily constitute prior art.
人源化抗体来源于非人类物种,通过修饰蛋白质序列增加其与人体内天然抗体的序列相似性。“人源化”过程通常是开发用于人类的单克隆抗体,例如开发作为抗癌药的抗体。人源化过程对于在非人类(例如小鼠)免疫系统中生产特异性抗体是十分必要的。以这种方式产生的抗体的蛋白质序列与人类中天然存在的同源抗体部分不同,因此当施用至人类患者时其具有潜在的免疫原性。Humanized antibodies are derived from non-human species, and their sequence similarity with natural antibodies in humans is increased by modifying the protein sequence. The "humanization" process usually involves the development of monoclonal antibodies for use in humans, such as the development of antibodies as anticancer drugs. The humanization process is necessary for the production of specific antibodies in the immune system of non-humans (e.g., mice). The protein sequence of the antibody produced in this way is partially different from the homologous antibody naturally occurring in humans, so it is potentially immunogenic when administered to a human patient.
靶向疗法是药物治疗癌症的主要方式之一,其他的包括激素疗法和细胞毒性化学疗法。作为分子医学的一种形式,靶向治疗通过干扰癌变和肿瘤生长所需的特定靶向分子来阻止癌细胞的生长,而不是简单地干扰所有快速分裂的细胞(例如传统化学疗法)。因为大多数用于靶向治疗的药物都是生物药物,所以在用于癌症治疗时,术语“生物治疗”有时与靶向治疗同义,其不同于化学疗法(即细胞毒性治疗)。但是,这些方式可以组合使用。抗体-药物偶联物即是将生物学和细胞毒性机制结合到一种靶向治疗中。Targeted therapy is one of the main ways to treat cancer with drugs. Others include hormone therapy and cytotoxic chemotherapy. As a form of molecular medicine, targeted therapy prevents the growth of cancer cells by interfering with specific targeted molecules required for canceration and tumor growth, rather than simply interfering with all rapidly dividing cells (such as traditional chemotherapy). Because most drugs used for targeted therapy are biological drugs, when used for cancer treatment, the term "biological therapy" is sometimes synonymous with targeted therapy, which is different from chemotherapy (ie, cytotoxic therapy). However, these methods can be used in combination. Antibody-drug conjugates combine biological and cytotoxic mechanisms into a targeted therapy.
双特异性单克隆抗体(BsMAb,BsAb)又称双功能抗体,是由两种不同的抗体片段构成的一种人工蛋白质,可同时识别和结合两种不同的抗原和表位,并阻断两种不同的信号通路以发挥其作用。BsMabs可以以多种结构形式制造,目前已经探索了用于癌症免疫疗法和药物递送的应用。Bispecific monoclonal antibody (BsMAb, BsAb), also known as bifunctional antibody, is an artificial protein composed of two different antibody fragments. It can recognize and bind two different antigens and epitopes at the same time, and block the two Different signaling pathways to play its role. BsMabs can be manufactured in a variety of structural forms, and applications for cancer immunotherapy and drug delivery have been explored.
胃癌(GC)是当今世界范围内最常见的癌症和严重的健康问题之一。对于不可切除或转移性晚期胃癌,首先选择化学疗法。尽管化学疗法可改善晚期胃癌(AGC)患者的生存率,但这些患者的预后仍然很差。辅助化疗和化学放疗改善了总生存期。研究人员研究了多种新的化疗方案,这些方案具有更高的缓解率和耐受性,但是5年生存率是令人沮丧的。近年来,已经报道了一些针对生物分子的疗法可以延长AGC患者的生存期。自从曲妥珠单抗(一种靶向HER2的单克隆抗体)被确立为HER2阳性患者中不可切除的GC的标准治疗方法,已有许多其他靶点被报道为新的治疗靶点。不管临床试验中是否有化疗,许多分子靶向疗法(例如HER2,VEGFR或EGFR)都已被确认为建立的标准疗法。此外,免疫疗法的临床试验数据充满希望,有望成为一种有效疗法。特别是,免疫检查点抑制剂,例如PD-1/PD-L1或CTLA-4,已证明在GC治疗中具有创新性进展。此外,正在进行的包括靶向治疗和免疫治疗在内的临床试验在改善临床结局、安全性和耐受性方面均显示出令人鼓舞的结果,然而众多靶向药物的临床试验结果却参差不齐。免疫检查点抑制剂的出现也产生了类似的希望,早期试验的结果令人鼓舞。Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the most common cancers and serious health problems in the world today. For unresectable or metastatic advanced gastric cancer, chemotherapy is the first choice. Although chemotherapy can improve the survival rate of patients with advanced gastric cancer (AGC), the prognosis of these patients is still poor. Adjuvant chemotherapy and chemotherapy improved overall survival. Researchers have studied a variety of new chemotherapy regimens that have higher remission rates and tolerability, but the 5-year survival rate is frustrating. In recent years, it has been reported that some therapies targeting biomolecules can prolong the survival period of AGC patients. Since trastuzumab (a monoclonal antibody targeting HER2) was established as the standard treatment for unresectable GC in HER2-positive patients, many other targets have been reported as new therapeutic targets. Regardless of whether there is chemotherapy in clinical trials, many molecular targeted therapies (such as HER2, VEGFR or EGFR) have been confirmed as established standard therapies. In addition, the clinical trial data of immunotherapy is promising and it is expected to become an effective therapy. In particular, immune checkpoint inhibitors, such as PD-1/PD-L1 or CTLA-4, have proven to be innovative in the treatment of GC. In addition, ongoing clinical trials including targeted therapies and immunotherapy have shown encouraging results in improving clinical outcomes, safety and tolerability. However, the results of clinical trials of many targeted drugs are mixed. Qi. The emergence of immune checkpoint inhibitors has produced similar hope, and the results of early trials are encouraging.
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曲妥珠单抗是靶向HER2的人源化单克隆抗体。1998年,曲妥珠单抗联合紫杉醇被美国FDA批准为治疗HER2/neu过表达的转移性乳腺癌的一线治疗方案,或作为治疗HER2/neu过表达的至少经过一个化疗周期的转移性乳腺癌的单一药物。到目前为止,已经批准了几种针对HER2阳性的乳腺癌和非小细胞肺癌的HER2定向疗法,包括曲妥珠单抗、帕妥珠单抗、T-DM1、拉帕替尼和阿法替尼(酪氨酸激酶抑制剂)。
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Trastuzumab is a humanized monoclonal antibody targeting HER2. In 1998, trastuzumab combined with paclitaxel was approved by the US FDA as a first-line treatment for HER2/neu overexpressing metastatic breast cancer, or as a treatment for HER2/neu overexpressing metastatic breast cancer after at least one chemotherapy cycle Single drug. So far, several HER2-directed therapies for HER2-positive breast cancer and non-small cell lung cancer have been approved, including trastuzumab, pertuzumab, T-DM1, lapatinib, and afatin Nylon (tyrosine kinase inhibitor).
大约有22%的转移性胃癌患者会有HER2过表达或扩增,只是肿瘤亚型(肠道vs弥漫性)和肿瘤位置(胃食管连接部(GEJ)vs胃)存在差异。许多研究报道了HER2阳性胃癌与不良结局和更具侵略性的疾病之间的相关性,这些报道与其他相矛盾的研究仍存在一些争论。曲妥珠单抗加化疗已被批准为Her-2(IHC)-3阳性组胃癌患者的标准治疗选择,但是其治疗益处确实有限。About 22% of patients with metastatic gastric cancer have HER2 overexpression or amplification, but the tumor subtype (intestinal vs. diffuse) and tumor location (gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) vs. stomach) are different. Many studies have reported the correlation between HER2-positive gastric cancer and adverse outcomes and more aggressive diseases. There are still some controversies between these reports and other contradictory studies. Trastuzumab plus chemotherapy has been approved as the standard treatment option for patients with gastric cancer in the Her-2(IHC)-3 positive group, but its therapeutic benefits are indeed limited.
Claudin是最先由Shorichiro Tsukita等人发现的一个蛋白质家族,是形成细胞紧密连接的重要组成部分,其建立了细胞旁屏障,控制细胞之间分子的流动。Claudin的跨膜结构域在细胞质中包括N端和C端。不同的Claudin蛋白在不同的组织上表达,其改变的功能与各自组织的癌症形成有关。已显示Claudin-1表达在结肠癌,Claudin-18在胃癌,Claudin-10在肝细胞癌中具有预后价值。UgurSahin等确定紧密连接分子Claudin-18的同工型2(CLDN18.2)为高度选择性的细胞谱系标记,其在正常组织中的表达严格限于胃粘膜分化的上皮细胞,而在胃干细胞区却不存在。Claudin 18.2保留在恶性转化中,并在大部分原发性胃癌及其转移后癌症类型中表达。另外在胰腺癌、食道癌、卵巢癌和肺癌中也常常观察到Claudin 18.2的异位激活。研究表明,CLDN18.2在正常组织中具有高度受限的表达模式,并且在多种人类癌症中具有频繁的异位激活。Claudin蛋白与同工型2尤其是胃癌及其转移后癌症的相关性,导致抗Claudin 18.2特异性抗体的开发,作为胃癌和其他人类实体恶性肿瘤的靶向治疗。Claudin is a family of proteins first discovered by Shorichiro Tsukita and others. It is an important part of forming tight junctions of cells. It establishes a paracellular barrier and controls the flow of molecules between cells. The transmembrane domain of Claudin includes N-terminal and C-terminal in the cytoplasm. Different Claudin proteins are expressed on different tissues, and their altered functions are related to the formation of cancer in their respective tissues. It has been shown that Claudin-1 is expressed in colon cancer, Claudin-18 is in gastric cancer, and Claudin-10 has prognostic value in hepatocellular carcinoma. UgurSahin et al. determined that the tight junction molecule Claudin-18 isoform 2 (CLDN18.2) is a highly selective cell lineage marker, and its expression in normal tissues is strictly limited to epithelial cells differentiated from the gastric mucosa, but in the gastric stem cell area. does not exist. Claudin 18.2 remains in malignant transformation and is expressed in most primary gastric cancers and their metastatic cancer types. In addition, ectopic activation of Claudin 18.2 is often observed in pancreatic cancer, esophageal cancer, ovarian cancer and lung cancer. Studies have shown that CLDN18.2 has a highly restricted expression pattern in normal tissues and has frequent ectopic activation in a variety of human cancers. The correlation between Claudin protein and isotype 2, especially gastric cancer and its metastatic cancer, has led to the development of specific antibodies against Claudin 18.2 as a targeted therapy for gastric cancer and other human solid malignancies.
Claudiximab是一种新型的对Claudin 18.2具有高度特异性的嵌合IgG1抗体。临床IIa期(MONO)研究旨在确定Claudiximab作为单一疗法在转移的、顽固的、复发的胃或者下食管腺癌患者中多剂量的安全性和有效性。响应率为10%,疾病控制率为30%(最佳观察的响应:PR,n=4,SD,n=8)。中位PFS为102天(95%CI,70-146天)。所有观察到的不良反应均为1-3级。最常见的3级不良反应是呕吐,31例。没有发生4级不良反应。Claudiximab is a new type of chimeric IgG1 antibody with high specificity to Claudin 18.2. The clinical phase IIa (MONO) study aims to determine the safety and effectiveness of multiple doses of Claudiximab as a monotherapy in patients with metastatic, refractory, and recurrent gastric or lower esophageal adenocarcinoma. The response rate was 10%, and the disease control rate was 30% (best observed response: PR, n=4, SD, n=8). The median PFS was 102 days (95% CI, 70-146 days). All adverse reactions observed were grade 1-3. The most common grade 3 adverse reaction was vomiting, with 31 cases. No grade 4 adverse reactions occurred.
随后的临床IIb期(FAST)研究对Claudiximab在晚期/复发性胃食管癌患者中作为一线药进行了评估。研究包括的患者为:≥40%的肿瘤细胞表达≥2+的CLDN18.2(通过CLAUDETECT TM18.2试剂盒验证),东部合作肿瘤小组(ECOG)评分为0-1和不适应曲妥珠单抗治疗的患者。根据协议标准,有739例患者进行入组筛选,其中352例(48%)被测试为CLDN18.2阳性。其中,161例患者(胃癌80%;GEJ,16%;食管癌,4%)按1:1随机分配至一线EOX(表阿霉素50mg/m 2,奥沙利铂130mg/m 2d1,和卡培他滨625mg/m 2一天两次,d1-21,每21天一个周期),联合或不联合Claudiximab(负荷剂量800mg/m 2,然后600mg/m 2d1,每21天一个周期)。该研究有进行了延伸性探索,在第三组(N=85)研究高剂量Claudiximab(1000mg/m 2)联合EOX。该研究达到了无进展生存期(PFS)的主要终点。 与单独使用EOX相比,Claudiximab联合EOX显著改善了PFS(中位7.9vs 4.8月;HR 0.47;p=0.0001)和OS(中位13.3vs 8.4月;HR 0.51;p<0.001)。 The subsequent clinical phase IIb (FAST) study evaluated Claudiximab as a first-line drug in patients with advanced/recurrent gastroesophageal cancer. The patients included in the study were: ≥40% of tumor cells expressing ≥2+ CLDN18.2 (verified by CLAUDETECT TM 18.2 kit), Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) score of 0-1 and not suitable for trastuzumab Treated patients. According to the protocol standard, 739 patients were screened for enrollment, of which 352 (48%) were tested positive for CLDN 18.2. Among them, 161 patients (80% of gastric cancer; GEJ, 16%; esophageal cancer, 4%) were randomly assigned to the first-line EOX (epirubicin 50mg/m 2 , oxaliplatin 130mg/m 2 d1, With capecitabine 625mg/m 2 twice a day, d1-21, a cycle every 21 days), with or without Claudiximab (loading dose 800mg/m 2 , then 600mg/m 2 d1, a cycle every 21 days) . This study has carried out an extended exploration, in the third group (N=85) study high-dose Claudiximab (1000mg/m 2 ) combined with EOX. The study reached the primary endpoint of progression-free survival (PFS). Compared with EOX alone, Claudiximab combined with EOX significantly improved PFS (median 7.9 vs 4.8 months; HR 0.47; p=0.0001) and OS (median 13.3 vs 8.4 months; HR 0.51; p<0.001).
对于CLDN18.2高表达的患者(≥70%肿瘤细胞中≥2+强度)的亚组分析,疗效更为明显(PFS,7.2vs 5.6个月;HR 0.36;p=0.0005;OS,9.0vs 16.7个月;P=0.0005;OS:9.0vs 16.7个月;HR 0.45,p<0.0005)。接受Claudiximab治疗的患者的客观反应率(ORR)也较高,为39%,而EOX组为25%。在Claudiximab组中,有8例(10.4%)达到完全响应(CR),22例(28.6%)达到部分响应(PR),34例(44.2%)具有稳定的病情(SD)。接受化疗的患者,3例(3.6%)达到了CR,18例(21.4%)达到了PR,43例(51.2%)达到了SD。接受Claudiximab治疗和化疗发生病情恶化的患者分别为5.2%和11.9%。该治疗的耐受性良好,大部分是1/2级相关的不良反应,包括呕吐、中性粒细胞减少和贫血。接受Claudiximab的患者中3/4级不良反应无明显增加。总体而言,研究组中55.8%的患者出现1/2级呕吐,10.4%的患者出现3/4级呕吐;化疗组中,34.5%的患者出现1/2级呕吐,3.6%的患者出现3/4级不良反应。呕吐的发生率和严重程度似乎与剂量有关。研究人员得出结论,Claudiximab联合一线化疗对CLDN18.2阳性胃癌和GEJ腺癌患者的PFS和OS有临床相关益处。For the subgroup analysis of patients with high expression of CLDN18.2 (≥2+ intensity in ≥70% tumor cells), the effect is more obvious (PFS, 7.2vs 5.6 months; HR 0.36; p=0.0005; OS, 9.0vs 16.7 Months; P = 0.0005; OS: 9.0 vs 16.7 months; HR 0.45, p<0.0005). Patients receiving Claudiximab also had a higher objective response rate (ORR) of 39%, compared with 25% in the EOX group. In the Claudiximab group, 8 cases (10.4%) achieved complete response (CR), 22 cases (28.6%) achieved partial response (PR), and 34 cases (44.2%) had stable disease (SD). Among the patients receiving chemotherapy, 3 cases (3.6%) achieved CR, 18 cases (21.4%) achieved PR, and 43 cases (51.2%) achieved SD. The number of patients who received Claudiximab treatment and chemotherapy deteriorated was 5.2% and 11.9%, respectively. The treatment is well tolerated, most of which are grade 1/2 related adverse reactions, including vomiting, neutropenia, and anemia. There was no significant increase in grade 3/4 adverse reactions in patients receiving Claudiximab. Overall, 55.8% of patients in the study group had grade 1/2 vomiting, 10.4% of patients had grade 3/4 vomiting; in the chemotherapy group, 34.5% of patients had grade 1/2 vomiting, and 3.6% of patients had 3 /4 grade adverse reactions. The incidence and severity of vomiting seem to be dose-related. The researchers concluded that Claudiximab combined with first-line chemotherapy has clinically relevant benefits for PFS and OS in patients with CLDN18.2-positive gastric cancer and GEJ adenocarcinoma.
白细胞介素15(IL-15)是Grabstein等人于1994年发现的一种大约12-14kD的细胞因子,可在机体正常的免疫应答中发挥作用,如促进T细胞,B细胞,自然杀伤(NK)细胞的增殖。Interleukin 15 (IL-15) is a 12-14kD cytokine discovered by Grabstein et al. in 1994. It can play a role in the body's normal immune response, such as promoting T cells, B cells, and natural killer ( NK) cell proliferation.
IL-15属于四个小α螺旋束细胞因子家族(小四个α-螺旋束细胞因子家族)中的成员。IL-15需要通过受体结合发挥生物学活性。IL-15受体由三个受体亚基组成:IL-15受体α(IL-15Rα),IL-2受体β(IL-2Rβ,也称IL-15Rβ或CD122)和γc(也称CD132)。IL-15Rα内含一个Sushi结构域,能与IL-15结合,并且是使结合后的IL-15发挥生物学功能所必需的。IL-15 belongs to a member of the four small alpha-helical bundle cytokine families (small four-helix bundle cytokine family). IL-15 requires receptor binding to exert its biological activity. The IL-15 receptor is composed of three receptor subunits: IL-15 receptor α (IL-15Rα), IL-2 receptor β (IL-2Rβ, also known as IL-15Rβ or CD122) and γc (also known as CD132). IL-15Rα contains a Sushi domain, which can bind to IL-15 and is necessary for the combined IL-15 to perform biological functions.
近年发现,IL-15与受体IL-15Rα形成复合物后,可显着增强IL-15的生物学活性。研究显示,IL-15和其可溶性受体IL-15Rα形成的复合物在刺激记忆性CD8+T淋巴细胞和NT/NKT细胞增殖作用明显地转变为IL-15单独作用。IL-15/IL-15Rα复合物刺激记忆性CD8+T细胞增殖和维持其存活的能力较单独的IL-15强10倍以上,其机理可能和转递呈相关。In recent years, it has been discovered that after IL-15 forms a complex with the receptor IL-15Rα, it can significantly enhance the biological activity of IL-15. Studies have shown that the complex formed by IL-15 and its soluble receptor IL-15Rα in stimulating the proliferation of memory CD8+ T lymphocytes and NT/NKT cells is significantly converted to IL-15 alone. The ability of IL-15/IL-15Rα complex to stimulate memory CD8+ T cell proliferation and maintain its survival is more than 10 times stronger than that of IL-15 alone, and its mechanism may be related to delivery.
为了满足癌症,尤其是乳腺癌、胃癌、胰腺癌等这些复杂疾病的治疗要求,有必要寻找新型有效的抗肿瘤药物。In order to meet the treatment requirements of cancers, especially breast cancer, gastric cancer, pancreatic cancer and other complex diseases, it is necessary to find new and effective anti-tumor drugs.
发明内容Summary of the invention
本发明的第一个目的在于提供一种新的抗Claudin 18.2单克隆抗体。The first objective of the present invention is to provide a new anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody.
本发明的第二个目的在于提供编码所述抗Claudin 18.2单克隆抗体的核酸分子。The second objective of the present invention is to provide a nucleic acid molecule encoding the anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody.
本发明的第三个目的在于提供包含所述核酸分子的表达载体。The third object of the present invention is to provide an expression vector containing the nucleic acid molecule.
本发明的第四个目的在于提供包含所述表达载体的宿主细胞。The fourth object of the present invention is to provide a host cell containing the expression vector.
本发明的第五个目的在于提供包含所述抗Claudin 18.2单克隆抗体的组合物。The fifth object of the present invention is to provide a composition containing the anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody.
本发明的第六个目的在于提供所述抗Claudin 18.2单克隆抗体的应用。The sixth objective of the present invention is to provide the application of the anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody.
为实现上述目的,本发明采用如下技术方案:In order to achieve the above objectives, the present invention adopts the following technical solutions:
根据本发明的第一方面,提供一种抗Claudin18.2单克隆抗体,其包括重链可变区和轻链可变区,所述重链可变区包含与SEQ ID NO.15、16、17、18或19所示重链可变区具有相同序列的HCDR1、HCDR2和HCDR3区,和所述轻链可变区包含与SEQ ID NO.20、21、22或23所示轻链可变区具有相同序列的LCDR1、LCDR2和LCDR3区。According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody, which includes a heavy chain variable region and a light chain variable region, and the heavy chain variable region includes SEQ ID NO. 15, 16, The heavy chain variable region shown in 17, 18 or 19 has HCDR1, HCDR2 and HCDR3 regions with the same sequence, and the light chain variable region comprises the same sequence as the light chain variable shown in SEQ ID NO. 20, 21, 22 or 23. The zones have the same sequence of LCDR1, LCDR2 and LCDR3 zones.
在一些实施方式中,所述抗Claudin18.2单克隆抗体包括:In some embodiments, the anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody includes:
(1)重链互补决定区HCDR1、HCDR2、HCDR3,所述HCDR1具有如SEQ ID NO:1或SEQ ID NO:2所示的氨基酸序列,所述HCDR2具有如SEQ ID NO:3所示的氨基酸序列,所述HCDR3具有如SEQ ID NO:4、SEQ ID NO:5或SEQ ID NO:6所示的氨基酸序列;(1) The heavy chain complementarity determining regions HCDR1, HCDR2, HCDR3, the HCDR1 has the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 2, and the HCDR2 has the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 3 Sequence, the HCDR3 has an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 5 or SEQ ID NO: 6;
(2)轻链互补决定区LCDR1、LCDR2、LCDR3,所述LCDR1具有如SEQ ID NO:7、SEQ ID NO:8、SEQ ID NO:9或SEQ ID NO:10所示的氨基酸序列,所述LCDR2具有如SEQ ID NO:11或SEQ ID NO:12所示的氨基酸序列,所述LCDR3具有如SEQ ID NO:13或SEQ ID NO:14所示的氨基酸序列。(2) The light chain complementarity determining regions LCDR1, LCDR2, LCDR3, the LCDR1 has an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 7, SEQ ID NO: 8, SEQ ID NO: 9 or SEQ ID NO: 10, LCDR2 has the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 11 or SEQ ID NO: 12, and the LCDR3 has the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 13 or SEQ ID NO: 14.
在一些实施方式中,所述抗Claudin18.2单克隆抗体包括重链可变区和轻链可变区,所述重链可变区具有如SEQ ID NO:15、SEQ ID NO:16、SEQ ID NO:17、SEQ ID NO:18或SEQ ID NO:19所示的氨基酸序列,或者与上述序列具有至少85%同源性的序列,例如85%、90%、92%、94%、95%、96%、97%、98%或99%同源性的衍生序列;所述轻链可变区具有如SEQ ID NO:20、SEQ ID NO:21、SEQ ID NO:22或SEQ ID NO:23所示的氨基酸序列,或者与上述序列具有至少85%同源性的序列,例如85%、90%、92%、94%、95%、96%、97%、98%或99%同源性的序列。In some embodiments, the anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody includes a heavy chain variable region and a light chain variable region, and the heavy chain variable region has a variable region such as SEQ ID NO: 15, SEQ ID NO: 16, SEQ The amino acid sequence shown in ID NO: 17, SEQ ID NO: 18 or SEQ ID NO: 19, or a sequence with at least 85% homology with the above sequence, such as 85%, 90%, 92%, 94%, 95 %, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% homology; the light chain variable region has a sequence such as SEQ ID NO: 20, SEQ ID NO: 21, SEQ ID NO: 22 or SEQ ID NO : The amino acid sequence shown in 23, or a sequence with at least 85% homology with the above sequence, such as 85%, 90%, 92%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98% or 99% homology Source sequence.
在一些实施方式中,所述抗Claudin18.2单克隆抗体包括轻链和重链,所述重链具有如SEQ ID NO:26、SEQ ID NO:28、SEQ ID NO:30、SEQ ID NO:32或SEQ ID NO:34所示的氨基酸序列,或者与上述序列具有至少85%同源性的序列,例如85%、90%、92%、94%、95%、96%、97%、98%或99%同源性的序列;所述轻链具有如SEQ ID NO:27、SEQ ID NO:29、SEQ ID NO:31或SEQ ID NO:33所示的氨基酸序列,或者与上述序列具有至少85%同源性的序列,例如85%、90%、92%、94%、95%、96%、97%、98%或99%同源性的序列。In some embodiments, the anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody includes a light chain and a heavy chain, and the heavy chain has such features as SEQ ID NO: 26, SEQ ID NO: 28, SEQ ID NO: 30, SEQ ID NO: 32 or SEQ ID NO: 34, or a sequence with at least 85% homology to the above sequence, such as 85%, 90%, 92%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98 % Or 99% homology; the light chain has an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 27, SEQ ID NO: 29, SEQ ID NO: 31 or SEQ ID NO: 33, or has an amino acid sequence with the above sequence A sequence with at least 85% homology, such as a sequence with 85%, 90%, 92%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% homology.
在一些实施方式中,所述抗Claudin18.2单克隆抗体可以是鼠源、人源、嵌合或人源化抗体,优选地为人源化抗体。In some embodiments, the anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody may be a murine, human, chimeric or humanized antibody, preferably a humanized antibody.
在一些实施方式中,所述抗Claudin18.2单克隆抗体优选地为去岩藻糖化抗体。In some embodiments, the anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody is preferably a defucosylated antibody.
在一些实施方式中,所述抗Claudin18.2单克隆抗体还包括包含前述重链可变区和轻链可变区的Fab片段,scFv,以及以所述Fab或所述scFv为Claudin18.2结合部分的抗原结合片段、双特异性抗体或多特异性抗体。In some embodiments, the anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody further includes a Fab fragment comprising the aforementioned heavy chain variable region and light chain variable region, scFv, and the Fab or the scFv binding to Claudin 18.2 Part of the antigen-binding fragment, bispecific antibody or multispecific antibody.
根据本发明的第二方面,提供一种核酸分子,所述核酸分子编码上述任意的抗Claudin18.2单克隆抗体。According to the second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a nucleic acid molecule encoding any of the aforementioned anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibodies.
本发明所述核苷酸分子的制备方法为本领域常规的制备方法,较佳地包括以下制备方法:通过基因克隆技术例如PCR方法等,获得编码上述单克隆抗体的核苷酸分子,或者通过人工 全序列合成的方法得到编码上述单克隆抗体的核苷酸分子。The preparation method of the nucleotide molecule of the present invention is a conventional preparation method in the field, and preferably includes the following preparation method: obtain the nucleotide molecule encoding the above-mentioned monoclonal antibody by gene cloning technology such as PCR method, or by The method of artificial full-sequence synthesis obtains the nucleotide molecule encoding the above-mentioned monoclonal antibody.
本领域技术人员知晓,编码上述单克隆抗体的氨基酸序列的核苷酸序列可以适当引入替换、缺失、改变、插入或增加来提供一个多聚核苷酸的同系物。本发明中多聚核苷酸的同系物可以通过对编码该单克隆抗体基因的一个或多个碱基在保持抗体活性范围内进行替换、缺失或增加来制得。Those skilled in the art know that the nucleotide sequence encoding the amino acid sequence of the monoclonal antibody can be replaced, deleted, changed, inserted or added as appropriate to provide a polynucleotide homolog. The polynucleotide homologues of the present invention can be prepared by replacing, deleting or adding one or more bases of the monoclonal antibody gene encoding the monoclonal antibody within the scope of maintaining the activity of the antibody.
根据本发明的第三方面,提供一种表达载体,所述表达载体含有上述的核酸分子。According to the third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an expression vector containing the aforementioned nucleic acid molecule.
所述表达载体可以是本领域常规的表达载体,是指包含适当的调控序列,例如启动子序列、终止子序列、多腺苷酰化序列、增强子序列、标记基因和/或序列以及其他适当的序列的表达载体。The expression vector may be a conventional expression vector in the art, which means that it contains appropriate regulatory sequences, such as promoter sequences, terminator sequences, polyadenylation sequences, enhancer sequences, marker genes and/or sequences, and other appropriate Expression vector of the sequence.
根据本发明的第四方面,提供一种宿主细胞,所述宿主细胞含有上述表达载体。在一种实施方式中,所述宿主细胞为CHO-S细胞。According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a host cell containing the above-mentioned expression vector. In one embodiment, the host cell is a CHO-S cell.
根据本发明的第五方面,提供一种药物组合物,其包含本发明的上述抗Claudin18.2单克隆抗体和药学上可接受的载体。According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a pharmaceutical composition comprising the aforementioned anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody of the present invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
在一种实施方式中,上述组合物还可进一步包含其他药剂,例如抗Her2单克隆抗体、IL-15、或IL-15/IL-15Rα复合物。In one embodiment, the above composition may further comprise other agents, such as anti-Her2 monoclonal antibody, IL-15, or IL-15/IL-15Rα complex.
根据本发明的第六方面,提供上述抗Claudin18.2单克隆抗体或上述药物组合物在制备治疗癌症的药物中的用途。在一种实施方式中,所述癌症是乳腺癌、胃癌和胰腺癌。According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the use of the above-mentioned anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody or the above-mentioned pharmaceutical composition in the preparation of a medicine for the treatment of cancer is provided. In one embodiment, the cancer is breast cancer, gastric cancer, and pancreatic cancer.
相应地,本发明还提供了一种使用上述抗Claudin18.2单克隆抗体或含有该抗体的上述药物组合物治疗癌症的方法。所述抗Claudin18.2单克隆抗体可以与其他癌症治疗方法联用,包括但不限于:施用靶向治疗剂、放疗、手术或激素去除等。在一种实施方式中,将所述抗Claudin18.2抗体与其他靶向治疗剂联合应用,优选的靶向治疗剂为抗Her2单克隆抗体、IL-15、IL-15/IL-15Rα复合物。Correspondingly, the present invention also provides a method for treating cancer using the above-mentioned anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody or the above-mentioned pharmaceutical composition containing the antibody. The anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody can be used in combination with other cancer treatment methods, including but not limited to: administration of targeted therapeutic agents, radiotherapy, surgery, or hormone removal. In one embodiment, the anti-Claudin 18.2 antibody is used in combination with other targeted therapeutic agents, and the preferred targeted therapeutic agent is anti-Her2 monoclonal antibody, IL-15, IL-15/IL-15Rα complex .
当多种癌症治疗方法联合使用时,在不同时间点不同的治疗方法的施用顺序可以相同或者不同;当施用多种药剂时,不同药剂的给药时间和顺序可以相同或不同,或以任意方式结合施用,具体取决于临床治疗方案。When multiple cancer treatment methods are used in combination, the order of administration of different treatment methods at different time points may be the same or different; when multiple agents are administered, the time and order of administration of different agents may be the same or different, or in any way Combined administration depends on the clinical treatment plan.
本发明的抗Claudin 18.2单克隆抗体可以与人Claudin 18.2特异性结合,而不结合人Claudin 18.1;本发明发现抗Claudin 18.2单克隆抗体可以与抗Her-2单克隆抗体组合使用,该组合对Claudin18.2阳性和Her-2阳性的胃肿瘤细胞产生更显著的杀伤活性;并且还发现向抗Claudin 18.2单克隆抗体添加IL-15可以进一步增强其对癌细胞的ADCC介导的细胞毒性作用。The anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody of the present invention can specifically bind to human Claudin 18.2, but does not bind to human Claudin 18.1; the present invention finds that the anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody can be used in combination with the anti-Her-2 monoclonal antibody. .2 positive and Her-2 positive gastric tumor cells produced more significant killing activity; and it was also found that the addition of IL-15 to the anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody can further enhance its ADCC-mediated cytotoxicity on cancer cells.
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图1.本发明人源化抗Claudin18.2抗体的抗原亲和力检测;Figure 1. Antigen affinity detection of the humanized anti-Claudin 18.2 antibody of the present invention;
图2.本发明人源化抗Claudin18.2抗体的ADCC活性检测(E:T=20:1);Figure 2. ADCC activity detection of the humanized anti-Claudin 18.2 antibody of the present invention (E:T=20:1);
图3.本发明的人源化抗Claudin18.2抗体(图3A:h20D5,图3B:h20D5-3)与抗Her2 抗体(曲妥珠单抗)的人外周血单个核细胞(PBMC)的ADCC活性检测(E:T=40:1),NC表示抗VEGF抗体(不结合Claudin18.2和Her2)。Figure 3. ADCC of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of the humanized anti-Claudin 18.2 antibody of the present invention (Figure 3A: h20D5, Figure 3B: h20D5-3) and anti-Her2 antibody (trastuzumab) Activity detection (E:T=40:1), NC means anti-VEGF antibody (does not bind Claudin 18.2 and Her2).
图4.本发明的人源化抗Claudin18.2抗体h20D5(图4A)和h20D5-3mu(图4B)单用或者与IL-15联用(图4B)的PBMC的ADCC活性检测(E:T=40:1),处理时间:20小时;Figure 4. The humanized anti-Claudin 18.2 antibodies of the present invention h20D5 (Figure 4A) and h20D5-3mu (Figure 4B) used alone or in combination with IL-15 (Figure 4B) ADCC activity detection of PBMC (E: T =40:1), processing time: 20 hours;
图5.本发明的人源化抗Claudin18.2抗体(h20D5、h20D5-3、h20D5-3mu)与抗Her2抗体(曲妥珠单抗)、IL15联用的ADCC活性检测(E:T=40:1);Figure 5. ADCC activity detection of the humanized anti-Claudin 18.2 antibody (h20D5, h20D5-3, h20D5-3mu) of the present invention in combination with anti-Her2 antibody (trastuzumab) and IL15 (E:T=40 :1);
图5A显示亲本抗体h20D5-3和突变体h20D5-3mu与曲妥珠单抗和IL15的组合应用;Figure 5A shows the combined application of parent antibody h20D5-3 and mutant h20D5-3mu with trastuzumab and IL15;
图5B显示h20D5-3mu、曲妥珠单抗和IL15三者联用的杀伤效果;Figure 5B shows the killing effect of h20D5-3mu, trastuzumab and IL15 in combination;
图6.胃癌模型前四周肿瘤抑制试验结果图,阴性对照指PBS;Figure 6. The results of the tumor suppression test in the first four weeks of the gastric cancer model, the negative control refers to PBS;
图7.胃癌模型六周肿瘤抑制试验结果图。Figure 7. The results of the six-week tumor suppression test in a gastric cancer model.
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术语定义:Definition of Terms:
抗体的“可变区”是指单独的或组合的抗体轻链的可变区(VL)或抗体重链的可变区(VH)。如在本领域中已知的,重链和轻链的可变区各自由通过3个互补决定区(CDR)(也称为高变区)连接的4个框架区(FR)组成。每一条链中的CDR通过FR紧密地保持在一起并且与来自另一条链的CDR一起促成抗体的抗原结合部位的形成。存在至少2个用于确定CDR的技术:(1)基于跨种序列变异性的方法(即,Kabat等Sequences of Proteins of Immunological Interest(第5版,1991,National Institutes of Health,Bethesda MD));和(2)基于抗原-抗体复合物的晶体学研究的方法(Al-Lazikani等,J.Molec.Biol.273:927-948(1997))。如本文中所用,CDR可指由任一方法或由两种方法的组合确定的CDR。The "variable region" of an antibody refers to the variable region (VL) of the antibody light chain or the variable region (VH) of the antibody heavy chain, alone or in combination. As is known in the art, the variable regions of the heavy chain and the light chain each consist of 4 framework regions (FR) connected by 3 complementarity determining regions (CDR) (also called hypervariable regions). The CDRs in each chain are held together tightly by FRs and together with the CDRs from the other chain contribute to the formation of the antigen binding site of the antibody. There are at least two techniques for determining CDRs: (1) Methods based on cross-species sequence variability (ie, Kabat et al. Sequences of Proteins of Immunological Interest (5th edition, 1991, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD)); And (2) A method based on the crystallographic study of antigen-antibody complexes (Al-Lazikani et al., J. Molec. Biol. 273:927-948 (1997)). As used herein, CDR may refer to a CDR determined by either method or a combination of the two methods.
术语“抗体框架”或“FR区”,是指可变结构域VL或VH的一部分,其用作该可变结构域的抗原结合环(CDR)的支架。从本质上讲,其是不具有CDR的可变结构域。The term "antibody framework" or "FR region" refers to a part of a variable domain VL or VH, which serves as a scaffold for the antigen binding loop (CDR) of the variable domain. Essentially, it is a variable domain without CDRs.
术语“互补决定区”和“CDR”是指抗体的可变结构域内主要促成抗原结合的6个高变区之一。通常,每个重链可变区中存在三个CDR(HCDR1、HCDR2、HCDR3)和每个轻链可变区中存在三个CDR(LCDR1、LCDR2、LCDR3)。可以使用各种公知方案中的任何一种来确定CDR的氨基酸序列边界,包括“Kabat”编号规则(参见Kabat等(1991),“Sequences of Proteins of Immunological Interest”,第5版,Public Health Service,National Institutes of Health,Bethesda,MD)、“Chothia”编号规则(Al-Lazikani等(1997),JMB 273:927-948)和ImMunoGenTics(IMGT)编号规则(Lefranc M.P.,Immunologist,7,132-136(1999);Lefranc,M.P.等,Dev.Comp.Immunol.,27,55-77(2003))等。例如,对于经典格式,遵循Kabat规则,所述重链可变域(VH)中的CDR氨基酸残基编号为31-35(HCDR1)、50-65(HCDR2)和95-102(HCDR3);轻链可变域(VL)中的CDR氨基酸残基编号为24-34(LCDR1)、50-56(LCDR2)和89-97(LCDR3)。遵循Chothia规则,VH中的CDR氨基酸编号为26-32(HCDR1)、52-56(HCDR2)和95-102(HCDR3);并且VL中的氨基酸残基编号为26-32(LCDR1)、50-52 (LCDR2)和91-96(LCDR3)。通过组合Kabat和Chothia两者的CDR定义,CDR由人VH中的氨基酸残基26-35(HCDR1)、50-65(HCDR2)和95-102(HCDR3)和人VL中的氨基酸残基24-34(LCDR1)、50-56(LCDR2)和89-97(LCDR3)构成。遵循IMGT规则,VH中的CDR氨基酸残基编号大致为26-35(CDR1)、51-57(CDR2)和93-102(CDR3),VL中的CDR氨基酸残基编号大致为27-32(CDR1)、50-52(CDR2)和89-97(CDR3)。遵循IMGT规则,抗体的CDR区可以使用程序IMGT/DomainGap Align确定。The terms "complementarity determining region" and "CDR" refer to one of the six hypervariable regions in the variable domain of an antibody that mainly contribute to antigen binding. Generally, there are three CDRs (HCDR1, HCDR2, HCDR3) in each heavy chain variable region and three CDRs (LCDR1, LCDR2, LCDR3) in each light chain variable region. Any one of various well-known schemes can be used to determine the amino acid sequence boundaries of CDRs, including the "Kabat" numbering rule (see Kabat et al. (1991), "Sequences of Proteins of Immunological Interest", 5th edition, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD), "Chothia" numbering rules (Al-Lazikani et al. (1997), JMB 273: 927-948) and ImmunoGenTics (IMGT) numbering rules (Lefranc MP, Immunologist, 7, 132-136 (1999) ; Lefranc, MP, etc., Dev. Comp. Immunol., 27, 55-77 (2003)) and so on. For example, for the classical format, following the Kabat rule, the CDR amino acid residues in the heavy chain variable domain (VH) are numbered 31-35 (HCDR1), 50-65 (HCDR2) and 95-102 (HCDR3); The CDR amino acid residues in the chain variable domain (VL) are numbered 24-34 (LCDR1), 50-56 (LCDR2), and 89-97 (LCDR3). Following the Chothia rule, the CDR amino acid numbers in VH are 26-32 (HCDR1), 52-56 (HCDR2) and 95-102 (HCDR3); and the amino acid residue numbers in VL are 26-32 (LCDR1), 50- 52 (LCDR2) and 91-96 (LCDR3). By combining the CDR definitions of both Kabat and Chothia, CDR is defined by amino acid residues 26-35 (HCDR1), 50-65 (HCDR2) and 95-102 (HCDR3) in human VH and amino acid residues 24-35 in human VL. 34 (LCDR1), 50-56 (LCDR2) and 89-97 (LCDR3) constitute. Following the IMGT rules, the CDR amino acid residue numbers in VH are roughly 26-35 (CDR1), 51-57 (CDR2) and 93-102 (CDR3), and the CDR amino acid residue numbers in VL are roughly 27-32 (CDR1) ), 50-52 (CDR2) and 89-97 (CDR3). Following IMGT rules, the CDR regions of antibodies can be determined using the program IMGT/DomainGap Align.
本发明中,术语“Claudin 18.2”是指2型Claudin 18。该术语包括变体、同源物、直向同源物和平行同源物。In the present invention, the term "Claudin 18.2" refers to Claudin 18. The term includes variants, homologs, orthologs and paralogs.
本发明中,术语“IL-15”是具有NK细胞增殖和激活活性的人细胞因子,指人白细胞介素15以及包含人IL-15胞外结构域或IL-15胞外结构域的功能性变体以及保留IL-15增强免疫应答的IL-15/IL-15Rα复合物。IL-15功能性变体包括对人IL-15进行截短、氨基酸替换、缺失和添加后仍保留全部或部分IL-15增强免疫应答作用的变体,示例性IL-15功能性变体包括但不限于专利公布号WO2008143794A1、WO2012040323A2、US8940288B2、WO2012175222A1、WO2016095642A1、WO2015103928A1、WO2019204592、US201902907 34A1、CA3034912A1、US20190209653A1、US20180312560A1和US20180200 366A1等公开的保留增强免疫应答的人IL-15变体。In the present invention, the term "IL-15" is a human cytokine with NK cell proliferation and activating activity, and refers to human interleukin 15 and the functionality of human IL-15 extracellular domain or IL-15 extracellular domain. Variants and IL-15/IL-15Rα complexes that retain IL-15 and enhance the immune response. IL-15 functional variants include human IL-15 truncation, amino acid substitutions, deletions and additions and still retain all or part of IL-15 to enhance the immune response variants, exemplary IL-15 functional variants include But it is not limited to patent publication numbers WO2008143794A1, WO2012040323A2, US8940288B2, WO2012175222A1, WO2016095642A1, WO2015103928A1, WO2019204592, US201902907 34A1, CA3034912A1, US20190209653A1, US20180312560A1, and US20180200366A1 that retain variants of human IL-15 that have enhanced immune responses.
本发明中,术语“IL-15Rα”指能与IL-15相互作用形成复合物的α受体及其功能性变体,IL-15Rα与IL-15形成复合物后能够增强IL-15的稳定性,以进一步增强IL-15的免疫应答效应。IL-15Rα功能性变体指包含IL-15Rα的胞外区包含sushi结构域的片段,其保留与IL-15间的相互作用,并增强IL-15的稳定性。示例性IL-15Rα功能性变体包括但不限于专利公布号WO2008143794A1、WO2012040323A2、US8940288B2、WO2012175222A1、WO2016095642A1、WO2015103928A1、WO2019204592A1、CA3034912A1、US20190290734A1、US20190209653A1、US20180312560A1和US201802003 66A1等公开的人IL-15Rα功能变体。In the present invention, the term "IL-15Rα" refers to the α receptor and its functional variants that can interact with IL-15 to form a complex. After IL-15Rα and IL-15 form a complex, it can enhance the stability of IL-15. To further enhance the immune response effect of IL-15. IL-15Rα functional variant refers to a fragment containing the sushi domain in the extracellular region of IL-15Rα, which retains the interaction with IL-15 and enhances the stability of IL-15. Exemplary IL-15Rα functional variants include, but are not limited to, patent publication numbers WO2008143794A1, WO2012040323A2, US8940288B2, WO2012175222A1, WO2016095642A1, WO2015103928A1, WO2019204592A1, CA3034912A1, US20190290734A1, US20190209653A1, US20180312560A1, and RUS20180200366A1, and other disclosed functional variants of human IL-15 .
以下表1中不同抗体或抗体片段,除上述制备方法外,基于其氨基酸序列,还可通过本领域常规的基因克隆和重组技术制备出相应抗体。The different antibodies or antibody fragments in Table 1 below, in addition to the above preparation methods, based on their amino acid sequences, corresponding antibodies can also be prepared by conventional gene cloning and recombination techniques in the art.
具体地,如将上述抗体以全长单克隆抗体的形式表达在CHO-S细胞(Cobioer,China)中,进行进一步表征。简单而言,将各自的重链/轻链克隆到pCDNA3.1(Invitrogen,Carlsbad,USA)的EcoRI/BamHI限制性内切酶位点中,构建表达载体。Specifically, such as expressing the above-mentioned antibodies in the form of full-length monoclonal antibodies in CHO-S cells (Cobioer, China) for further characterization. In brief, the respective heavy chain/light chain was cloned into the EcoRI/BamHI restriction endonuclease sites of pCDNA3.1 (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, USA) to construct an expression vector.
根据生产商的说明,使用PEI转染,在CHO-S细胞中瞬时表达嵌合人Claudin18.2抗体。简单而言,使用聚乙烯亚胺(PEI),用所得的载体转染CHO-S细胞,DNA∶PEI比为1∶3。用于转染的总DNA为1.5μg/ml。转染的CHO-S细胞在37℃、5%CO 2的培养箱中以120RPM转速培养。10-12天后,收集细胞培养上清,3500rpm离心5分钟,用0.22μm胶囊过滤除去细胞残骸,以纯化抗体。之后,抗体使用预平衡的Protein-A(GE;USA;Cat#:17040501;Lot#:10252250)进行纯化,并用洗脱缓冲液(20mM柠檬酸,pH3.0-pH3.5)洗脱。在缓冲 液交换外,抗体保存在PBS缓冲液中(pH 7.0),其浓度通过NanoDrop仪确定。纯化的单克隆抗体进行进一步表征。 According to the manufacturer's instructions, using PEI transfection, the chimeric human Claudin 18.2 antibody was transiently expressed in CHO-S cells. In short, polyethyleneimine (PEI) was used to transfect CHO-S cells with the resulting vector, and the ratio of DNA:PEI was 1:3. The total DNA used for transfection was 1.5 μg/ml. The transfected CHO-S cells were cultured in a 37°C, 5% CO 2 incubator at 120 RPM. After 10-12 days, the cell culture supernatant was collected, centrifuged at 3500 rpm for 5 minutes, and filtered through a 0.22 μm capsule to remove cell debris to purify the antibody. After that, the antibody was purified using pre-equilibrated Protein-A (GE; USA; Cat#: 17040501; Lot#: 10252250) and eluted with an elution buffer (20mM citric acid, pH3.0-pH3.5). In addition to the buffer exchange, the antibody is stored in PBS buffer (pH 7.0), and its concentration is determined by a NanoDrop instrument. The purified monoclonal antibody was further characterized.
抗体通过噬菌体展示的方法筛选亲和力成熟的改造抗体Antibodies are screened for affinity matured modified antibodies by phage display
为进一步改善结合亲和力,克隆20D5选择通过噬菌体展示技术进行亲和力成熟改造。简单而言,进行3D结构建模模拟来识别克隆20D5的重链和轻链CDR中可能对结合亲和力重要的残基。识别出的CDR残基通过PCR进行突变,使用针对点突变特别设计的引物和标准方法步骤。构建出噬菌体展示库,并如上所述,使用稳定过表达人Claudin 18.2或Claudin18.1的CHO-S细胞,进行生物筛选。在3轮生物筛选后,选出高结合力克隆,收集并侵染细菌细胞。挑取细菌菌落并在96孔板上生长,然后使用细胞ELISA来识别高结合力克隆,并进行测序。识别出重链和轻链CDR中的有益突变,并结合到新的噬菌体展示库中,再进行3轮生物筛选和测序证明。识别出10多种与母克隆20D5相比包含单或多突变且呈现高结合力的克隆,并选出12个在CHO-S细胞中以全长嵌合人IgG/κ抗体表达。全长抗体的结合亲和力通过FACS使用表达人Claudin 18.2或Claudin 18.1的CHO-S细胞进行检测。In order to further improve the binding affinity, clone 20D5 chose to undergo affinity maturation modification through phage display technology. Simply put, 3D structural modeling simulations were performed to identify residues in the heavy and light chain CDRs of clone 20D5 that may be important for binding affinity. The identified CDR residues are mutated by PCR, using primers specially designed for point mutations and standard method steps. A phage display library was constructed, and as described above, CHO-S cells stably overexpressing human Claudin 18.2 or Claudin 18.1 were used for biological screening. After 3 rounds of biological screening, high-binding clones were selected, collected and infected with bacterial cells. Pick bacterial colonies and grow them on 96-well plates, then use cell ELISA to identify high-binding clones and sequence them. Identify the beneficial mutations in the heavy and light chain CDRs, and combine them into a new phage display library, and then perform 3 rounds of biological screening and sequencing verification. More than 10 clones containing single or multiple mutations and high binding capacity compared with the parent clone 20D5 were identified, and 12 clones were selected to express in CHO-S cells as full-length chimeric human IgG/κ antibodies. The binding affinity of the full-length antibody was tested by FACS using CHO-S cells expressing human Claudin 18.2 or Claudin 18.1.
以下通过实施例对本发明作进一步详细说明,,但不应理解为将本发明限制在所述的实施例范围之中。下列实施例中未注明具体条件的实验方法,均按照常规方法和条件,或按照商品说明书选择。Hereinafter, the present invention will be further described in detail through examples, but it should not be understood that the present invention is limited to the scope of the described examples. The experimental methods for which specific conditions are not indicated in the following examples are all selected in accordance with conventional methods and conditions, or in accordance with the product specification.
实验材料和仪器:Experimental materials and instruments:
Balb/c小鼠:雌性、8周龄、体重约20g,购自上海斯莱克实验动物有限责任公司;Balb/c mice: female, 8 weeks old, weighing about 20g, purchased from Shanghai Slack Laboratory Animal Co., Ltd.;
牛透明质酸酶:Sigma H3506;CHO-S细胞系:invitrogen;Bovine hyaluronidase: Sigma H3506; CHO-S cell line: invitrogen;
抗Her2抗体:曲妥珠单抗(Trastuzumab),由本公司根据氨基酸序列经克隆合成制备,重链具有如SEQ ID NO:35所示的氨基酸序列,轻链具有如SEQ ID NO:36所示的氨基酸序列;Anti-Her2 antibody: Trastuzumab, prepared by our company through cloning and synthesis according to the amino acid sequence. The heavy chain has the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 35, and the light chain has the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 36 Amino acid sequence
人IL-15(hIL-15):购自Peprotech货号200-15,序列如SEQ ID NO:37所示;Human IL-15 (hIL-15): purchased from Peprotech article number 200-15, the sequence is shown in SEQ ID NO: 37;
mIL15Ra-Fc:购自biolegend,货号761606;mIL15Ra-Fc: purchased from biolegend, catalog number 761606;
人IL-15Rα:hIL15Rα(人IL15Rαsushi domain)的序列如SEQ ID NO:38所示;Human IL-15Rα: The sequence of hIL15Rα (human IL15Rα sushi domain) is shown in SEQ ID NO: 38;
阳性对照抗体IMAB362(公开自WO2014/146672A1):由本公司根据氨基酸序列经克隆合成制备,重链氨基酸序列如SEQ ID NO:39所示,轻链氨基酸序列如SEQ ID NO:40所示。Positive control antibody IMAB362 (disclosed from WO2014/146672A1): It was prepared by our company through cloning and synthesis according to the amino acid sequence. The heavy chain amino acid sequence is shown in SEQ ID NO: 39, and the light chain amino acid sequence is shown in SEQ ID NO: 40.
实施例1.抗Claudin18.2抗体的制备Example 1. Preparation of Anti-Claudin 18.2 Antibody
1.动物免疫1. Animal immunity
用编码全人Claudin18.2的质粒表达载体免疫18只Balb/c小鼠,并进行电穿孔。在第1天肌肉注射100μg质粒和20U牛透明质酸酶,在第14天注射75μg质粒和20U牛透明质酸酶,在第28天、第42天和第56天分别注射50μg质粒和20U牛透明质酸酶,最后在第65天注射5×10 6Claudin18.2转染的CHO-S细胞以加强免疫力,两天后进行脾切除术用于产生单克隆 抗体。分别在第28、42、56和65天通过流式细胞仪(FACS)监测小鼠血清中产生的抗Claudin18.2抗体。 Eighteen Balb/c mice were immunized with the plasmid expression vector encoding the fully human Claudin 18.2 and electroporated. 100μg plasmid and 20U bovine hyaluronidase were injected intramuscularly on day 1, 75μg plasmid and 20U bovine hyaluronidase were injected on day 14, and 50μg plasmid and 20U bovine were injected on day 28, 42 and 56 respectively. Hyaluronidase, and finally 5×10 6 Claudin18.2 transfected CHO-S cells were injected on the 65th day to strengthen immunity, and splenectomy was performed two days later to produce monoclonal antibodies. The anti-Claudin 18.2 antibody produced in the mouse serum was monitored by flow cytometry (FACS) on 28, 42, 56 and 65 days, respectively.
2.杂交瘤的制备与筛选2. Preparation and screening of hybridomas
根据免疫小鼠血清的FACS分析,将编号NO.2、8、12的小鼠用于CRO杂交瘤的产生。基于抗Claudin18.2抗体的高滴度和抗Claudin18.1抗体的低滴度,对所得的杂交瘤进行筛选产生Claudin18.2特异性IgG。According to the FACS analysis of the sera of immunized mice, mice numbered No. 2, 8, and 12 were used for the production of CRO hybridomas. Based on the high titer of the anti-Claudin 18.2 antibody and the low titer of the anti-Claudin 18.1 antibody, the resulting hybridomas were screened to produce Claudin 18.2 specific IgG.
方法:将免疫小鼠的血清稀释100倍,并在2℃下于2×10 5Claudin18.1或Claudin18.2转染的CHO-S细胞中孵育30分钟,再用2%FBS+PBS洗涤2次,然后与二级抗体山羊抗人Fc-FITC抗体在4℃孵育30分钟,然后在2%FBS+PBS洗涤后经流式细胞仪分析。于SS320感受态细胞中识别得到阳性Claudin18.2群落(20D5)。 Method: Dilute the serum of immunized mice 100 times, and incubate them in 2×10 5 Claudin18.1 or Claudin18.2 transfected CHO-S cells for 30 minutes at 2°C, and then wash with 2% FBS+PBS 2 Then, it was incubated with the secondary antibody goat anti-human Fc-FITC antibody at 4°C for 30 minutes, and then washed with 2% FBS+PBS and analyzed by flow cytometry. The positive Claudin 18.2 colony (20D5) was identified in SS320 competent cells.
3.抗体20D5的氨基酸序列的测定3. Determination of the amino acid sequence of antibody 20D5
抗体20D5包括:重链互补决定区HCDR1、HCDR2和HCDR3,其中HCDR1的氨基酸序列如SEQ ID NO:1或SEQ ID NO:2所示,HCDR2的氨基酸序列如SEQ ID NO:3所示,HCDR3的氨基酸序列如SEQ ID NO:4、SEQ ID NO:5或SEQ ID NO:6所示;轻链互补决定区LCDR1、LCDR2或LCDR3,其中LCDR1的氨基酸序列如SEQ ID NO:7、SEQ ID NO:8、SEQ ID NO:9或SEQ ID NO:10所示,LCDR2的氨基酸序列如SEQ ID NO:11或SEQ ID NO:12所示,LCDR3的氨基酸序列如SEQ ID NO:13或SEQ ID NO:14所示。Antibody 20D5 includes: heavy chain complementarity determining regions HCDR1, HCDR2 and HCDR3, wherein the amino acid sequence of HCDR1 is shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 2, the amino acid sequence of HCDR2 is shown in SEQ ID NO: 3, and the amino acid sequence of HCDR3 is shown in SEQ ID NO: 3. The amino acid sequence is shown in SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 5 or SEQ ID NO: 6; the light chain complementarity determining region LCDR1, LCDR2 or LCDR3, wherein the amino acid sequence of LCDR1 is shown in SEQ ID NO: 7, SEQ ID NO: 8. The amino acid sequence of LCDR2 is shown in SEQ ID NO: 9 or SEQ ID NO: 10, the amino acid sequence of LCDR2 is shown in SEQ ID NO: 11 or SEQ ID NO: 12, and the amino acid sequence of LCDR3 is shown in SEQ ID NO: 13 or SEQ ID NO: 14 shown.
实施例2.人源化抗Claudin18.2抗体20D5(h20D5)的制备Example 2. Preparation of humanized anti-Claudin 18.2 antibody 20D5 (h20D5)
人源化抗Claudin18.2抗体20D5(h20D5)使用人类生殖细胞系轻链可变区(IGKV4-1*01)及人类生殖细胞系重链可变区(IGHV4-4*08)产生。简而言之,人源化是通过将来自嵌合抗体20D5的轻链及重链的CDR残基移植至人类免疫球蛋白的类似轻链及重链框架完成。The humanized anti-Claudin 18.2 antibody 20D5 (h20D5) was produced using the human germ cell line variable light chain (IGKV4-1*01) and the human germ cell line heavy chain variable region (IGHV4-4*08). In short, humanization is accomplished by grafting the CDR residues from the light and heavy chains of the chimeric antibody 20D5 to the similar light and heavy chain frameworks of human immunoglobulin.
移植CDR的人源化抗体库可经产生以用于进一步基于活体外噬菌体展示的亲和力成熟以增强对其抗原的亲和力。Humanized antibody libraries grafted with CDRs can be generated for further affinity maturation based on in vitro phage display to enhance the affinity for their antigens.
最终获得多个人源化抗体,其中重链可变区的氨基酸序列如SEQ ID NO.15、SEQ ID NO.16、SEQ ID NO.17、SEQ ID NO.18或SEQ ID NO.19所示,轻链可变区的氨基酸序列如SEQ ID NO:20、SEQ ID NO:21、SEQ ID NO:22或SEQ ID NO:23所示。Finally, multiple humanized antibodies were obtained, in which the amino acid sequence of the variable region of the heavy chain is shown in SEQ ID NO.15, SEQ ID NO.16, SEQ ID NO.17, SEQ ID NO.18 or SEQ ID NO.19, The amino acid sequence of the light chain variable region is shown in SEQ ID NO: 20, SEQ ID NO: 21, SEQ ID NO: 22, or SEQ ID NO: 23.
各抗体的重链可变区与抗体重链恒定区(SEQ ID NO:24)连接形成抗体全长重链,各抗体的轻链可变区与抗体轻链恒定区(SEQ ID NO:25)连接形成抗体全长轻链。The heavy chain variable region of each antibody and the antibody heavy chain constant region (SEQ ID NO: 24) are connected to form an antibody full-length heavy chain, and the light chain variable region of each antibody and the antibody light chain constant region (SEQ ID NO: 25) Linked to form the full-length light chain of the antibody.
所形成的全长抗体中部分抗体的氨基酸序列如下表1所示:The amino acid sequence of part of the formed full-length antibody is shown in Table 1 below:
表1Table 1
抗体Antibody 重链可变区Heavy chain variable region 轻链可变区Light chain variable region 重链Heavy chain 轻链Light chain
h20D5h20D5 SEQ ID NO:15SEQ ID NO: 15 SEQ ID NO:20SEQ ID NO: 20 SEQ ID NO:26SEQ ID NO: 26 SEQ ID NO:27SEQ ID NO: 27
h20D5-1h20D5-1 SEQ ID NO:16SEQ ID NO: 16 SEQ ID NO:21SEQ ID NO: 21 SEQ ID NO:28SEQ ID NO: 28 SEQ ID NO:29SEQ ID NO: 29
h20D5-2h20D5-2 SEQ ID NO:17SEQ ID NO: 17 SEQ ID NO:22SEQ ID NO: 22 SEQ ID NO:30SEQ ID NO: 30 SEQ ID NO:31SEQ ID NO: 31
h20D5-3h20D5-3 SEQ ID NO:18SEQ ID NO: 18 SEQ ID NO:23SEQ ID NO: 23 SEQ ID NO:32SEQ ID NO: 32 SEQ ID NO:33SEQ ID NO: 33
h20D5-3muh20D5-3mu SEQ ID NO:19SEQ ID NO: 19 SEQ ID NO:23SEQ ID NO: 23 SEQ ID NO:34SEQ ID NO: 34 SEQ ID NO:33SEQ ID NO: 33
实施例3.抗体的纯化Example 3. Purification of antibodies
Protein A亲和层析提取带Fc标签的融合蛋白或者抗体Protein A affinity chromatography to extract fusion protein or antibody with Fc tag
首先将表达Fc融合蛋白或者抗体的细胞培养上清进行高速离心收取上清。ProteinA亲和柱利用0.1M NaOH洗3-5倍柱体积,然后利用1×PBS清洗3-5倍柱体积。利用如1×PBS(pH7.4)缓冲体系作为平衡缓冲液对层析柱平衡3-5倍柱体积。细胞上清利用低流速上样结合,控制流速使保留时间约1min或更长时间,结合完毕后利用1×PBS(pH7.4)洗涤层析柱3-5倍柱体积至紫外吸收回落至基线。利用0.1M甘氨酸氯化钠(pH3.0-3.5)缓冲液进行样品洗脱,根据紫外检测收集洗脱峰,洗脱产物利用1M Tris-HCl(pH8.0)快速调节pH至5-6暂存。对于洗脱产物可以利用本领域技术人员熟知的方法进行溶液置换,如利用超滤管进行超滤浓缩及溶液置换至所需的缓冲体系,或者利用分子排阻如G-25脱盐替换成所需的缓冲体系,或者利用如Superdex 200等高分辨率分子排阻柱去除洗脱产物中的聚体成分以提高样品纯度。First, the supernatant of the cell culture expressing the Fc fusion protein or antibody is centrifuged at a high speed to collect the supernatant. The ProteinA affinity column was washed 3-5 times the column volume with 0.1M NaOH, and then washed 3-5 times the column volume with 1×PBS. Use a buffer system such as 1×PBS (pH7.4) as an equilibration buffer to equilibrate the chromatography column by 3-5 times the column volume. The cell supernatant is loaded and bound at a low flow rate, and the flow rate is controlled so that the retention time is about 1 min or longer. After the binding is completed, the column is washed with 1×PBS (pH 7.4) by 3-5 times the column volume until the UV absorption falls back to the baseline . The sample was eluted with 0.1M glycine sodium chloride (pH3.0-3.5) buffer, and the elution peaks were collected according to UV detection. The eluted product was quickly adjusted to pH 5-6 with 1M Tris-HCl (pH8.0). Save. The eluted product can be replaced by a method well known to those skilled in the art, such as using an ultrafiltration tube for ultrafiltration and concentration and replacing the solution to the required buffer system, or using molecular exclusion such as G-25 desalting to replace it with the required Buffer system, or use a high-resolution molecular exclusion column such as Superdex 200 to remove the aggregate components in the eluted product to improve the purity of the sample.
实施例4.人源化抗Claudin18.2抗体对Claudin18.2的特异性结合Example 4. Specific binding of humanized anti-Claudin 18.2 antibody to Claudin 18.2
使用流式细胞仪检测抗CLD18抗体在免疫小鼠血清中的存在或单克隆抗体与表达CLD18的活细胞的结合。将克隆20D5杂交瘤细胞的上清液或纯化的抗体(h20D5,h20D5-3,浓度20μg/ml)与Claudin18.1或Claudin18.2转染的CHO-S细胞在4℃孵育30分钟,用2%FBS+PBS缓冲液洗涤后,使用二级抗体FITC标记的人或小鼠Fc抗体染色。结果如表2所示,其中结合力从强到弱依次表示为++++、+++、++、+、-。Flow cytometry was used to detect the presence of anti-CLD18 antibodies in the serum of immunized mice or the binding of monoclonal antibodies to living cells expressing CLD18. Incubate the supernatant of clone 20D5 hybridoma cells or purified antibodies (h20D5, h20D5-3, concentration 20μg/ml) with Claudin18.1 or Claudin18.2 transfected CHO-S cells at 4°C for 30 minutes. After washing with %FBS+PBS buffer, use the secondary antibody FITC-labeled human or mouse Fc antibody for staining. The results are shown in Table 2, where the binding force is expressed as ++++, +++, ++, +,-from strong to weak.
表2Table 2
抗体Antibody CHOCHO Claudin18.1-CHOClaudin18.1-CHO Claudin18.2-CHOClaudin18.2-CHO
h20D5h20D5 -- -- ++++++++
h20D5-3h20D5-3 -- -- ++++++++
结果显示,h20D5和h20D5-3特异性结合细胞表面的Claudin18.2而不结合细胞表面的Claudin18.1,表明本发明的抗Claudin18.2抗体与抗原的结合特异性良好。The results show that h20D5 and h20D5-3 specifically bind Claudin 18.2 on the cell surface but not Claudin 18.1 on the cell surface, indicating that the anti-Claudin 18.2 antibody of the present invention has good binding specificity to the antigen.
实施例5.抗Claudin18.2抗体的亲和力检测Example 5. Affinity detection of anti-Claudin 18.2 antibody
使用流式细胞仪比较亲本抗体h20D5与亲和力成熟抗体与抗原之间的结合亲和力差异。本发明构建了用于亲和力成熟的Fab噬菌体文库,亲和选择法挑选出3个克隆,孵育Fab克隆20D5杂交瘤细胞的上清液或纯化的抗体(h20D5,h20D5-3和IMAB362,浓度20μg/ml)。用Claudin18.1或18.2转染的CHO-S细胞在4℃孵育30分钟,并用2%FBS+PBS缓冲液洗涤后,使用二级抗体FITC标记的抗人或小鼠Fc抗体进行染色。Use flow cytometry to compare the binding affinity difference between parent antibody h20D5 and affinity mature antibody and antigen. The present invention constructs a Fab phage library for affinity maturation, selects 3 clones by affinity selection, and incubates the supernatant of Fab clone 20D5 hybridoma cells or purified antibodies (h20D5, h20D5-3 and IMAB362, concentration 20μg/ ml). The CHO-S cells transfected with Claudin 18.1 or 18.2 were incubated at 4°C for 30 minutes, washed with 2% FBS+PBS buffer, and stained with a secondary antibody FITC-labeled anti-human or mouse Fc antibody.
结果如图1所示,其中本发明的人源化抗体h20D5、h20D5-1、h20D5-2、h20D5-3、h20D5-3mu、阳性对照抗体IMAB362的EC50值分别为1.37、1.77、0.97、0.89和2.42μg/ml。结果表明,抗Claudin18.2抗体h20D5、h20D5-1、h20D5-2、h20D5-3、h20D5-3mu与细胞表面表达的Claudin18.2具有很强的亲和力,其中改造后的亲和力成熟抗体h20D5-3mu与抗原的亲和力最高。The results are shown in Figure 1, wherein the EC50 values of the humanized antibodies h20D5, h20D5-1, h20D5-2, h20D5-3, h20D5-3mu, and the positive control antibody IMAB362 of the present invention are 1.37, 1.77, 0.97, 0.89, and 2.42μg/ml. The results showed that the anti-Claudin 18.2 antibodies h20D5, h20D5-1, h20D5-2, h20D5-3, h20D5-3mu and Claudin 18.2 expressed on the cell surface have strong affinity, and the modified affinity maturation antibody h20D5-3mu and The antigen has the highest affinity.
实施例6.抗Claudin18.2抗体的ADCC活性检测Example 6. ADCC activity detection of anti-Claudin 18.2 antibody
本实施例分析检测抗体对稳定表达人Claudin18.2的NUGC4(JCRB0834)胃癌细胞(Claudin18.2-NUGC4)的抗体依赖性细胞毒性(ADCC)的诱发能力。This example analyzes and detects the ability of antibodies to induce antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) of NUGC4 (JCRB0834) gastric cancer cells (Claudin 18.2-NUGC4) stably expressing human Claudin 18.2.
将靶细胞(1.5×10 5/孔)预铺在96孔板上于RPMI-1640+2%FBS中37℃孵育箱中过夜。第二天,将新鲜的PBMC(效应细胞:靶细胞=20或40:1)和系列稀释的抗体添加到含有靶细胞的96孔板中,并在37℃孵育5小时。在测定停止的0.5小时前,将裂解缓冲液(LDH细胞毒性检测试剂盒
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DOJINDO MOLECULAR TECHNOLOGIES)加入仅含有靶细胞的孔中,并在37℃下再孵育0.5小时。
The target cells (1.5×10 5 /well) were pre-plated on a 96-well plate in RPMI-1640+2% FBS in a 37°C incubator overnight. On the next day, fresh PBMC (effector cells: target cells=20 or 40:1) and serially diluted antibodies were added to the 96-well plate containing the target cells and incubated at 37°C for 5 hours. 0.5 hours before the stop of the measurement, the lysis buffer (LDH cytotoxicity detection kit
Figure PCTCN2020134775-appb-000002
DOJINDO MOLECULAR TECHNOLOGIES) was added to the wells containing only target cells and incubated at 37°C for another 0.5 hour.
将板离心,50μl上清液转移至新的板中进行测量,向所有孔中加入50μl工作溶液,并在37℃孵育约20分钟,在490nm处测量吸光度。使用以下公式计算细胞杀伤率:特异性裂解=(实验释放量-自发释放量)/(最大释放量-自发释放量)×100。最大释放量是通过向靶细胞中添加裂解缓冲液来测定;自发释放量是在没有抗体和效应细胞、仅有靶细胞的情况下测量。Centrifuge the plate, transfer 50 μl of supernatant to a new plate for measurement, add 50 μl of working solution to all wells, and incubate at 37° C. for about 20 minutes, and measure the absorbance at 490 nm. The cell killing rate was calculated using the following formula: specific lysis=(experimental release-spontaneous release)/(maximum release-spontaneous release)×100. The maximum release amount is determined by adding lysis buffer to the target cells; the spontaneous release amount is measured in the absence of antibodies and effector cells and only target cells.
在抗体h20D5、IMAB362和曲妥珠单抗的对比实验中,三者的EC50值分别为0.15、1.78和0.23nM(图2)。在抗体IMAB362、h20D5-3和h20D5-3mu的对比实验中,三者的EC50值分别为1.06、0.047和0.025nM。结果表明,与对照抗体相比,本发明的抗Claudin18.2抗体h20D5、h20D5-3和h20D5-3mu对Claudin18.2-NΜGC4靶细胞均显示出较强的ADCC活性。In the comparative experiment of antibodies h20D5, IMAB362 and trastuzumab, the EC50 values of the three were 0.15, 1.78 and 0.23 nM, respectively (Figure 2). In the comparative experiment of antibodies IMAB362, h20D5-3 and h20D5-3mu, the EC50 values of the three were 1.06, 0.047 and 0.025nM, respectively. The results showed that, compared with the control antibody, the anti-Claudin18.2 antibodies h20D5, h20D5-3 and h20D5-3mu of the present invention all showed stronger ADCC activity against Claudin 18.2-NMGC4 target cells.
实施例7.抗Claudin18.2抗体与抗Her2抗体联用的ADCC活性检测Example 7. ADCC activity detection of anti-Claudin 18.2 antibody in combination with anti-Her2 antibody
将靶细胞(1.5×10 5/孔)预铺在96孔板上在RPMI-1640+2%FBS中于37℃孵育箱中过夜。第二天,将新鲜的PBMC(效应细胞:靶细胞=40:1)和系列稀释的抗体添加到含有靶细胞的96孔板中,并在37℃孵育5小时。 The target cells (1.5×10 5 /well) were pre-plated on a 96-well plate in RPMI-1640+2% FBS in a 37° C. incubator overnight. On the next day, fresh PBMC (effector cells: target cells=40:1) and serially diluted antibodies were added to the 96-well plate containing target cells and incubated at 37°C for 5 hours.
本实施例通过抗体h20D5和h20D5-3与曲妥珠单抗的组合使用来测试其组合益处。将曲妥珠单抗系列稀释(200μg/ml,5倍稀释)并添加至6排孔中,h20D5、h20D5-3抗体在每排孔中以不同的浓度固定。In this example, the combined benefits of the antibodies h20D5 and h20D5-3 and trastuzumab were tested. Trastuzumab was serially diluted (200 μg/ml, 5-fold dilution) and added to 6 rows of wells. The h20D5 and h20D5-3 antibodies were fixed at different concentrations in each row of wells.
ADCC检测结果如图3A和3B所示。结果显示,抗Claudin18.2抗体与曲妥珠单抗联用可增强曲妥珠单抗抗体介导的ADCC杀伤力,甚至达到最大杀伤率。The ADCC test results are shown in Figures 3A and 3B. The results show that the combination of anti-Claudin 18.2 antibody and trastuzumab can enhance the ADCC lethality mediated by trastuzumab antibody, and even reach the maximum lethality rate.
实施例8.抗Claudin18.2抗体与IL15联用的ADCC活性检测Example 8. ADCC activity detection of anti-Claudin 18.2 antibody in combination with IL15
本实施例通过h20D5与IL15(Peprotech货号200-15)联用以测试其组合益处,其中h20D5 抗体是系列稀释的(200μg/ml,5倍稀释),将抗体加到6排孔中,IL15在每行中以不同浓度固定。结果如表3和图4A所示,其中图4A中,+IL15表示h20D5抗体与IL15联用。In this example, h20D5 was combined with IL15 (Peprotech Catalog No. 200-15) to test its combined benefits. The h20D5 antibody was serially diluted (200μg/ml, 5-fold dilution). The antibody was added to 6 rows of wells. IL15 was Fixed in different concentrations in each row. The results are shown in Table 3 and Figure 4A. In Figure 4A, +IL15 represents the combination of h20D5 antibody and IL15.
另外,利用不同浓度h20D5-3mu(0.1024ng/ml或0.512ng/ml)单用或分别与IL15(5ng/ml)或与IL15(5ng/ml)+曲妥珠单抗(1.6μg/ml)联用,测定药物的ADCC活性,结果见图4B。In addition, use different concentrations of h20D5-3mu (0.1024ng/ml or 0.512ng/ml) alone or separately with IL15 (5ng/ml) or with IL15 (5ng/ml) + trastuzumab (1.6μg/ml) Combined use to determine the ADCC activity of the drug, the result is shown in Figure 4B.
表3table 3
抗体Antibody EC50(nM)EC50(nM)
h20D5h20D5 0.220.22
h20D5+0.4ng/ml IL15h20D5+0.4ng/ml IL15 0.2150.215
h20D5+2ng/ml IL15h20D5+2ng/ml IL15 0.1630.163
h20D5+10ng/ml IL15h20D5+10ng/ml IL15 0.0860.086
结果表明,本实施例中的抗Claudin18.2抗体h20D5或h20D5-3mu与商业IL15联用可以增强ADCC杀伤力,显示出更强的ADCC活性。而在h20D5-3mu与IL15、曲妥珠单抗三者联用时则显示出更强的ADCC活性。The results show that the combination of the anti-Claudin18.2 antibody h20D5 or h20D5-3mu and commercial IL15 in this example can enhance ADCC lethality and show stronger ADCC activity. When h20D5-3mu is combined with IL15 and trastuzumab, it shows stronger ADCC activity.
实施例9.抗Claudin18.2抗体与抗Her2抗体和IL15联用的ADCC活性检测Example 9. ADCC activity detection of anti-Claudin 18.2 antibody in combination with anti-Her2 antibody and IL15
本实施例考察与亲本抗体h20D5-3相比,h20D5-3突变体是否具有相似的组合优势。曲妥珠单抗抗体是系列稀释的(200μg/ml,5倍稀释),h20D5-3或其突变体h20D5-3mu抗体固定在0.016μg/ml,IL15固定在5ng/ml。This example examines whether the h20D5-3 mutant has similar combinatorial advantages compared with the parent antibody h20D5-3. Trastuzumab antibody is serially diluted (200μg/ml, 5-fold dilution), h20D5-3 or its mutant h20D5-3mu antibody is fixed at 0.016μg/ml, and IL15 is fixed at 5ng/ml.
结果如图5A和图5B所示。可以看出,本发明的突变抗体h20D5-3mu具有与亲本抗体h20D5-3相当的组合优势,这两种抗体与抗Her2抗体以及IL15联用均可以显著增强ADCC杀伤力。同时,图5B显示h20D5-3mu、曲妥珠单抗和IL15三者联用较曲妥珠单抗和IL15联用显示出更强的细胞杀伤率。The results are shown in Figure 5A and Figure 5B. It can be seen that the mutant antibody h20D5-3mu of the present invention has a combination advantage comparable to the parent antibody h20D5-3, and the combination of these two antibodies with the anti-Her2 antibody and IL15 can significantly enhance the ADCC lethality. At the same time, Figure 5B shows that the combination of h20D5-3mu, trastuzumab and IL15 shows a stronger cell killing rate than the combination of trastuzumab and IL15.
实施例10.抗体药物的抑瘤实验Example 10. Anti-tumor experiment of antibody drugs
本实施例评价药物曲妥珠单抗、h20D5-3、hlL15-mIL15Rα在
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胃癌GA0006模型Balb/c nude雌性小鼠皮下移植瘤模型中的抗肿瘤作用。
This example evaluates the drug trastuzumab, h20D5-3, hIL15-mIL15Rα in
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The anti-tumor effect of gastric cancer GA0006 model Balb/c nude female mouse subcutaneous xenograft tumor model.
方法:BALB/c裸小鼠皮下接种GA0006模型瘤块,建立
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胃癌GA0006肿瘤模型。实验分为6组,药物剂量与给药方式如下表4所示。除第4组6只外,其它每组均8只,腹腔注射给药,每周给药2次,给药4周共8次。给药周期完成后(结果见图6),在第1组、第3组、第4组、第6组各选取4只小鼠,延长给药2周,其中hIL15-mIL15Rα更变为BIW给药(结果见图7)。根据相对肿瘤抑制率(TGI%)进行疗效评价,根据动物体重变化和死亡情况进行安全性评价。
Method: BALB/c nude mice were subcutaneously inoculated with GA0006 model tumor masses to establish
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Gastric cancer GA0006 tumor model. The experiment is divided into 6 groups, and the drug dosage and administration method are shown in Table 4 below. Except for the 6 rats in the fourth group, 8 rats in each group were administered by intraperitoneal injection, twice a week, for a total of 8 times for 4 weeks. After the dosing cycle is completed (see Figure 6 for the results), select 4 mice in each of group 1, group 3, group 4, and group 6, and extend the administration for 2 weeks, where hIL15-mIL15Rα is changed to BIW administration. Medicine (see Figure 7 for the results). Efficacy was evaluated based on the relative tumor inhibition rate (TGI%), and the safety was evaluated based on changes in animal weight and death.
表4Table 4
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结果显示:The results show that:
1)测试药曲妥珠单抗,h20D5-3,hIL15-mIL15Rα,在
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胃癌GA0006模型中的疗效评价:
1) Test drug trastuzumab, h20D5-3, hIL15-mIL15Rα, in
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Efficacy evaluation in gastric cancer GA0006 model:
第一个给药周期结束后h20D5-3,hlL15-mIL15Rα,曲妥珠单抗单药组与对照组相比均未显示出抑瘤效果。曲妥珠单抗+h20D5-3联合用药组与对照组相比也未能显示出肿瘤抑制效果。曲妥珠单抗+h20D5-3+hlL15-mIL15Rα三药联合用药时显示出轻微的抑瘤效果,单未达到统计学差异。After the end of the first dosing cycle, the h20D5-3, hlL15-mIL15Rα, and trastuzumab single-agent groups did not show tumor-inhibiting effects compared with the control group. Compared with the control group, the trastuzumab+h20D5-3 combination group also failed to show tumor suppressive effect. The combination of trastuzumab+h20D5-3+hlL15-mIL15Rα showed a slight anti-tumor effect, but did not reach statistical difference.
第一个给药周期结束后,我们将hlL15-mIL15Rα的给药方式由一周一次变更为一周两次,抗体给药方式保持不变。第二个给药周期结束后,h20D5-3单药组与hIL15-mIL15Rα单药组之间的肿瘤体积无统计学差异(P>0.05),两药与2mg/kg剂量的曲妥珠单抗三药联用时,在实验结束时TGI在48.53%之间,其与对照组以及单独用药组相比具有显著的抑制肿瘤作用(P<0.01)。流式分析结果显示ILRα-IL15单药以及三药联合用药可显著提高小鼠PBMC中NK细胞的含量,而只有三药联合用药才能提高肿瘤微环境中NK细胞的含量。)After the end of the first dosing cycle, we changed the dosing method of hlL15-mIL15Rα from once a week to twice a week, and the antibody dosing method remained unchanged. After the end of the second dosing cycle, there was no statistical difference in tumor volume between the h20D5-3 single-drug group and the hIL15-mIL15Rα single-drug group (P>0.05). The two drugs and the 2mg/kg dose of trastuzumab When the three drugs are used in combination, the TGI is between 48.53% at the end of the experiment. Compared with the control group and the single drug group, it has a significant tumor-inhibiting effect (P<0.01). The results of flow cytometry showed that ILRα-IL15 single-drug and three-drug combination can significantly increase the content of NK cells in mouse PBMC, and only three-drug combination can increase the content of NK cells in the tumor microenvironment. )
测试药曲妥珠单抗,h20D5-3,hlL15-mIL15Rα,在
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胃癌GA0006模型中,由于模型是恶病质模型,各组均有个别小鼠出现体重下降,但各治疗组均无动物死亡,没有表现明显的药物毒性,治疗期间耐受良好。
Test drug trastuzumab, h20D5-3, hlL15-mIL15Rα, in
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In the gastric cancer GA0006 model, because the model is a cachexia model, individual mice in each group have lost weight, but no animal died in each treatment group, and there was no obvious drug toxicity, and it was well tolerated during the treatment.
结论:测试药h20D5-3(20mg/kg)与hIL15-mIL15Rα(2μg+9μg/mouse)和曲妥珠单抗(2mg/kg)三药联合治疗对
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胃癌GA0006模型有显著的抑制肿瘤生长的作用(P<0.01)。荷瘤小鼠对h20D5-3,hIL15-mIL15Rα及曲妥珠单抗耐受良好。
Conclusion: The test drug h20D5-3 (20mg/kg), hIL15-mIL15Rα (2μg+9μg/mouse) and trastuzumab (2mg/kg) combined treatment
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Gastric cancer GA0006 model has a significant inhibitory effect on tumor growth (P<0.01). Tumor-bearing mice tolerated well to h20D5-3, hIL15-mIL15Rα and trastuzumab.
尽管本发明已经结合多个实施例进行了描述,应当理解的是,本发明不限于这些实施方式。只要不背离本发明所附权利要求的精神和范围的前提下作出的其他选择形式、修饰和等同替换,均属于本发明保护的范围。Although the present invention has been described in conjunction with multiple embodiments, it should be understood that the present invention is not limited to these embodiments. As long as they do not deviate from the spirit and scope of the appended claims of the present invention, other selection forms, modifications and equivalent substitutions shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
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  1. 一种抗Claudin18.2单克隆抗体,其包括重链可变区和轻链可变区,所述重链可变区包含与SEQ ID NO:15、16、17、18或19所示重链可变区具有相同序列的HCDR1、HCDR2和HCDR3区,和所述轻链可变区包含与SEQ ID NO:20、21、22或23所示轻链可变区具有相同序列的LCDR1、LCDR2和LCDR3区。An anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody, comprising a heavy chain variable region and a light chain variable region, the heavy chain variable region comprising the heavy chain shown in SEQ ID NO: 15, 16, 17, 18 or 19. The variable regions have HCDR1, HCDR2, and HCDR3 regions with the same sequence, and the light chain variable region includes LCDR1, LCDR2, and LCDR2, which have the same sequence as the light chain variable region shown in SEQ ID NO: 20, 21, 22, or 23. LCDR3 area.
  2. 如权利要求1所述的抗Claudin18.2单克隆抗体,所述抗Claudin18.2单克隆抗体包括:The anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody of claim 1, wherein the anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody comprises:
    (1)重链互补决定区HCDR1、HCDR2、HCDR3,所述HCDR1具有如SEQ ID NO:1或SEQ ID NO:2所示的氨基酸序列,所述HCDR2具有如SEQ ID NO:3所示的氨基酸序列,所述HCDR3具有如SEQ ID NO:4、SEQ ID NO:5或SEQ ID NO:6所示的氨基酸序列;(1) The heavy chain complementarity determining regions HCDR1, HCDR2, HCDR3, the HCDR1 has the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 2, and the HCDR2 has the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 3 Sequence, the HCDR3 has an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 5 or SEQ ID NO: 6;
    (2)轻链互补决定区LCDR1、LCDR2、LCDR3,所述LCDR1具有如SEQ ID NO:7、SEQ ID NO:8、SEQ ID NO:9或SEQ ID NO:10所示的氨基酸序列,所述LCDR2具有如SEQ ID NO:11或SEQ ID NO:12所示的氨基酸序列,所述LCDR3具有如SEQ ID NO:13或SEQ ID NO:14所示的氨基酸序列。(2) The light chain complementarity determining regions LCDR1, LCDR2, LCDR3, the LCDR1 has an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 7, SEQ ID NO: 8, SEQ ID NO: 9 or SEQ ID NO: 10, LCDR2 has the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 11 or SEQ ID NO: 12, and the LCDR3 has the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 13 or SEQ ID NO: 14.
  3. 如权利要求2所述的抗Claudin18.2单克隆抗体,所述抗Claudin18.2单克隆抗体包括重链可变区和轻链可变区,所述重链可变区具有如SEQ ID NO:15、SEQ ID NO:16、SEQ ID NO:17、SEQ ID NO:18或SEQ ID NO:19所示的氨基酸序列,或者与上述序列具有至少85%同源性的序列;所述轻链可变区具有如SEQ ID NO:20、SEQ ID NO:21、SEQ ID NO:22或SEQ ID NO:23所示的氨基酸序列,或者与上述序列具有至少85%同源性的序列。The anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody of claim 2, wherein the anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody includes a heavy chain variable region and a light chain variable region, and the heavy chain variable region has SEQ ID NO: 15. The amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 16, SEQ ID NO: 17, SEQ ID NO: 18, or SEQ ID NO: 19, or a sequence having at least 85% homology with the above sequence; the light chain may The variable region has an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 20, SEQ ID NO: 21, SEQ ID NO: 22 or SEQ ID NO: 23, or a sequence having at least 85% homology with the above sequence.
  4. 如权利要求2所述的抗Claudin18.2单克隆抗体,所述抗Claudin18.2单克隆抗体包括轻链和重链,所述重链具有如SEQ ID NO:26、SEQ ID NO:28、SEQ ID NO:30、SEQ ID NO:32或SEQ ID NO:34所示的氨基酸序列,或者与上述序列具有至少85%同源性的序列;所述轻链具有如SEQ ID NO:27、SEQ ID NO:29、SEQ ID NO:31或SEQ ID NO:33所示的氨基酸序列,或者与上述序列具有至少85%同源性的序列。The anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody of claim 2, wherein the anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody includes a light chain and a heavy chain, and the heavy chain has the following SEQ ID NO: 26, SEQ ID NO: 28, SEQ The amino acid sequence shown in ID NO: 30, SEQ ID NO: 32 or SEQ ID NO: 34, or a sequence with at least 85% homology with the above sequence; the light chain has the sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 27, SEQ ID The amino acid sequence shown in NO: 29, SEQ ID NO: 31 or SEQ ID NO: 33, or a sequence with at least 85% homology with the above sequence.
  5. 如权利要求1所述的抗Claudin18.2单克隆抗体,所述抗体为鼠源、人源、嵌合或人源化抗体或所述抗体是由如权利要求1-3任一项所述重链可变区和轻链可变区构成的Fab片段或scFv,或以所述Fab或所述scFv为Claudin18.2结合部分的抗原结合片段、双特异性抗体或多特异性抗体。The anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody of claim 1, wherein the antibody is a murine, human, chimeric or humanized antibody or the antibody is made of any one of claims 1-3. A Fab fragment or scFv composed of a chain variable region and a light chain variable region, or an antigen-binding fragment, a bispecific antibody or a multispecific antibody in which the Fab or the scFv is the binding part of Claudin 18.2.
  6. 如权利要求1所述的抗Claudin18.2单克隆抗体,所述抗体为去岩藻糖化抗体。The anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody of claim 1, which is a defucosylated antibody.
  7. 一种核酸分子,所述核酸分子编码如权利要求1-6中任一项所述的抗Claudin18.2单克隆抗体。A nucleic acid molecule encoding the anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody according to any one of claims 1-6.
  8. 一种表达载体,所述表达载体含有如权利要求7所述的核酸分子。An expression vector containing the nucleic acid molecule according to claim 7.
  9. 一种宿主细胞,所述宿主细胞含有如权利要求8所述的表达载体。A host cell containing the expression vector according to claim 8.
  10. 如权利要求9所述的宿主细胞,所述宿主细胞为CHO-S细胞。The host cell according to claim 9, which is a CHO-S cell.
  11. 一种药物组合物,所述组合物含有如权利要求1-6中任一项所述的抗Claudin18.2单克隆抗体和药学上可接受的载体。A pharmaceutical composition comprising the anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody according to any one of claims 1-6 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
  12. 一种药物组合物,所述药物组合物包括抗Claudin18.2单克隆抗体、抗Her2单克隆抗体、IL-15、IL-15/IL-15Rα复合物中的一种或多种,以及药学上可接受的载体。A pharmaceutical composition comprising one or more of anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody, anti-Her2 monoclonal antibody, IL-15, IL-15/IL-15Rα complex, and pharmaceutically Acceptable carrier.
  13. 如权利要求1-6中任一项所述的抗Claudin18.2单克隆抗体或如权利要求11或12所述的药物组合物在制备治疗癌症的药物中的用途。The use of the anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody according to any one of claims 1 to 6 or the pharmaceutical composition according to claim 11 or 12 in the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of cancer.
  14. 如权利要求13所述的用途,所述癌症为Claudin18.2阳性和/或Her2阳性肿瘤细胞相关的癌症。The use according to claim 13, wherein the cancer is Claudin 18.2 positive and/or Her2 positive tumor cell-related cancer.
  15. 如权利要求13所述的用途,将所述抗Claudin18.2单克隆抗体与抗Her2单克隆抗体、IL-15或IL-15/IL-15Rα复合物联用。The use according to claim 13, wherein the anti-Claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody is combined with an anti-Her2 monoclonal antibody, IL-15 or IL-15/IL-15Rα complex.
  16. 如权利要求13所述的用途,所述癌症为乳腺癌、胃癌或胰腺癌。The use according to claim 13, wherein the cancer is breast cancer, gastric cancer or pancreatic cancer.
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