U.S. patent application number 15/974407 was filed with the patent office on 2018-12-06 for antibody molecules which bind il-17a and il-17f.
The applicant listed for this patent is UCB BIOPHARMA SPRL. Invention is credited to Ralph Adams, Terence Seward Baker, Alastair David Griffiths Lawson.
Application Number | 20180346561 15/974407 |
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Filed Date | 2018-12-06 |
United States Patent
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20180346561 |
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Adams; Ralph ; et
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December 6, 2018 |
ANTIBODY MOLECULES WHICH BIND IL-17A AND IL-17F
Abstract
The invention relates to antibody molecules having specificity
for antigenic determinants of both IL-17A and IL-17F, therapeutic
uses of the antibody molecules and methods for producing said
antibody molecules.
Inventors: |
Adams; Ralph; (Slough,
GB) ; Baker; Terence Seward; (Slough, GB) ;
Lawson; Alastair David Griffiths; (Slough, GB) |
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UCB BIOPHARMA SPRL |
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15/974407 |
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May 8, 2018 |
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A61P 17/00 20180101;
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A61P 25/00 20180101; A61P 29/00 20180101; A61P 19/10 20180101; A61P
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20130101; A61P 5/14 20180101; A61P 1/18 20180101; A61P 33/00
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C07K 16/24 20060101
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Claims
1.-6. (canceled)
7. An antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof which binds
human IL-17A and human IL-17F and comprises the sequence given in
SEQ ID NO:4 for CDR-L1, the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:5 for
CDR-L2, the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:6 for CDR-L3, the sequence
given in SEQ ID NO:1 for CDR-H1, the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:2
for CDR-H2, and the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:3 for CDR-H3.
8. The antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof according to
claim 7, which is a complete antibody molecule having full length
heavy and light chains.
9. The antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof according to
claim 7, which is an antigen-binding antibody fragment.
10. The antigen-binding fragment according to claim 9, which is a
Fab, Fab', F(ab').sub.2, scFv, or Fv fragment.
11. The antibody according to claim 1, wherein the antibody is a
multi-specific antibody.
12. A pharmaceutical composition comprising the antibody according
to claim 8, in combination with one or more of a pharmaceutically
acceptable excipient, diluent or carrier.
13. A pharmaceutical composition comprising the antigen-binding
fragment of claim 9, in combination with one or more of a
pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, diluent or carrier.
14. A method of reducing the effect of IL-17A and/or IL-17F in
vivo, the method comprising administering to a subject the antibody
of claim 8.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein the subject is suffering from
endotoxic shock associated with infection, arthritis, rheumatoid
arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, systemic onset juvenile idiopathic
arthritis (JIA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), asthma,
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), acute lung injury,
pelvic inflammatory disease, Crohn's disease, inflammatory bowel
disease, irritable bowel syndrome, Ulcerative colitis, Castleman's
disease, a spondyloarthropathy, dermatomyositis, myocarditis,
uveitis, exophthalmos, autoimmune thyroiditis, Peyronie's Disease,
coeliac disease, gallbladder disease, psoriasis, atopic dermatitis,
vasculitis, surgical adhesions, stroke, autoimmune diabetes, Type I
Diabetes, lyme arthritis, immune mediated inflammatory disorders of
the central and peripheral nervous system, an autoimmune disorder,
pancreatitis, trauma, graft-versus-host disease, transplant
rejection, pulmonary fibrosis, liver fibrosis, renal fibrosis,
scleroderma, systemic sclerosis, heart disease, intravascular
coagulation, bone resorption, osteoporosis, periodontitis or
hypochlorhydia.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein the heart disease is myocardial
infarction or atherosclerosis.
17. The method of claim 15, wherein the autoimmune disorder is an
autoimmune inflammatory disorder of the central or peripheral
nervous system.
18. The method of claim 17, wherein the autoimmune inflammatory
disorder of the central or peripheral nervous system is multiple
sclerosis or Guillain-Barr syndrome.
19. The method of claim 15, wherein the spondyloarthropathy is
ankylosing spondylitis.
20. A method for treating rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic
arthritis, asthma, Crohn's disease, inflammatory bowel disease,
irritable bowel syndrome, Ulcerative colitis, psoriasis or a
spondyloarthropathy in a subject, the method comprising
administering to a subject in need thereof the antibody of claim
8.
21. A method of reducing the effect of IL-17A and/or IL-17F in
vivo, the method comprising administering to a subject the
antigen-binding fragment of claim 9.
22. The method of claim 21, wherein the subject is suffering from
endotoxic shock associated with infection, arthritis, rheumatoid
arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, systemic onset juvenile idiopathic
arthritis (JIA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), asthma,
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), acute lung injury,
pelvic inflammatory disease, Crohn's disease, inflammatory bowel
disease, irritable bowel syndrome, Ulcerative colitis, Castleman's
disease, a spondyloarthropathy, dermatomyositis, myocarditis,
uveitis, exophthalmos, autoimmune thyroiditis, Peyronie's Disease,
coeliac disease, gallbladder disease, psoriasis, atopic dermatitis,
vasculitis, surgical adhesions, stroke, autoimmune diabetes, Type I
Diabetes, lyme arthritis, immune mediated inflammatory disorders of
the central and peripheral nervous system, an autoimmune disorder,
pancreatitis, trauma, graft-versus-host disease, transplant
rejection, pulmonary fibrosis, liver fibrosis, renal fibrosis,
scleroderma, systemic sclerosis, heart disease, intravascular
coagulation, bone resorption, osteoporosis, periodontitis or
hypochlorhydia.
23. The method of claim 22, wherein the heart disease is myocardial
infarction or atherosclerosis.
24. The method of claim 22, wherein the autoimmune disorder is an
autoimmune inflammatory disorder of the central or peripheral
nervous system.
25. The method of claim 24, wherein the autoimmune inflammatory
disorder of the central or peripheral nervous system is multiple
sclerosis or Guillain-Barr syndrome.
26. The method of claim 22, wherein the spondyloarthropathy is
ankylosing spondylitis.
27. A method for treating rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic
arthritis, asthma, Crohn's disease, inflammatory bowel disease,
irritable bowel syndrome, Ulcerative colitis, psoriasis or a
spondyloarthropathy in a subject, the method comprising
administering to a subject in need thereof the antigen-binding
fragment of claim 9.
28. A composition comprising an expression vector encoding an
antibody light chain variable region comprising the sequence given
in SEQ ID NO:4 for CDR-L1, the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:5 for
CDR-L2, and the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:6 for CDR-L3, and an
expression vector comprising an antibody heavy chain variable
region comprising the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:1 for CDR-H1, the
sequence given in SEQ ID NO:2 for CDR-H2, and the sequence given in
SEQ ID NO:3 for CDR-H3
Description
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent
application Ser. No. 14/690,892, filed Apr. 20, 2015; which is a
division of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/074,880 (now U.S.
Pat. No. 9,034,600), filed Nov. 8, 2013; which is a division of
U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/348,456 (now U.S. Pat. No.
8,580,265), filed Jan. 11, 2012; which claims priority to U.S.
Provisional Patent Application No. 61/432,814 filed Jan. 14, 2011,
which are all incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.
This application contains, as a separate part of disclosure, a
Sequence Listing in computer-readable form (filename:
50417C_Seqlisting.txt; Size: 25,400 bytes; created May 7, 2018),
which is incorporated by reference in its entirety.
[0002] The present invention relates to antibody molecules having
specificity for antigenic determinants of both IL-17A and IL-17F.
The present invention also relates to the therapeutic uses of the
antibody molecules and methods for producing them.
[0003] IL-17A (originally named CTLA-8 and also known as IL-17) is
a proinflammatory cytokine and the founder member of the IL-17
family (Rouvier et al. 1993, J. Ininzunol. 150; 5445-5456).
Subsequently five additional members of the family have been
identified (IL-17B-IL-17F) including the most closely related,
IL-17F (ML-1) which shares approximately 55% amino acid sequence
homology with IL-17A (Moseley et al., 2003, Cytokine Growth Factor
Rev. 14: 155-174). IL-17A and IL-17F are expressed by the recently
defined autoimmune related subset of T helper cells, Th17, that
also express IL-21 and IL-22 signature cytokines (Korn et al.,
2009, Annu. Rev. linnzunol. 27:485-51.7: 485-517). IL-17A and
IL-17F are expressed as homodimers, but may also be expressed as
the IL-17A/F heterodimer (Wright et al. 2008, 1 Inununol. 181:
2799-2805). IL-17A and F signal through the receptors IL-17R,
IL-17RC or an IL-17RA/RC receptor complex (Gaffen 2008, Cytokine.
43: 402-407). Both IL-17A and IL-17F have been associated with a
number of autoimmune diseases.
[0004] Accordingly dual antagonists of IL-17A and IL-17F may be
more effective than a sole antagonist in treating IL-17 mediated
diseases. Antibodies which bind IL-17A and IL-17F have been
described in W02007/106769, W02008/047134, W02009/136286 and
W02010/025400.
[0005] The present invention provides an improved neutralising
antibody which is capable of binding to both IL-17A and IL-17F with
high affinity. In particular, the antibody of the present invention
is capable of specifically binding to both IL-17A and IL-17F i.e.
the antibody does not bind to other isoforms of IL-17. Preferably
the antibody of the present invention also binds the IL-17A/IL-17F
heterodimer. Preferably, the antibody of the present invention
neutralises the activity of both IL-17A and IL-17F. In one
embodiment the antibody of the present invention also neutralises
the activity of the IL-17A/IL-17F heterodimer. The antibodies of
the present invention therefore have the advantageous property that
they can inhibit the biological activity of both IL-17A and IL-17F.
Accordingly, the present invention also provides the use of such
antibodies in the treatment of and/or prophylaxis of a disease
mediated by either or both of IL-17A or IL-17F such as autoimmune
or inflammatory disease or cancer.
[0006] As used herein, the term `neutralising antibody` describes
an antibody that is capable of neutralising the biological
signalling activity of both IL-17A and IL17F for example by
blocking binding of IL-17A and IL17F to one or more of their
receptors and by blocking binding of the IL-17A/IL-17F heterodimer
to one or more of its receptors. It will be appreciated that the
term `neutralising` as used herein refers to a reduction in
biological signalling activity which may be partial or complete.
Further, it will be appreciated that the extent of neutralisation
of IL-17A and IL-17F activity by the antibody may be the same or
different. In one embodiment the extent of neutralisation of the
activity of the IL-17A/IL-17F heterodimer may be the same or
different as the extent of neutralisation of IL-17A or IL-17F
activity.
[0007] In one embodiment the antibodies of the present invention
specifically bind to IL-17A and IL-17F. Specifically binding means
that the antibodies have a greater affinity for IL-17A and IL-17F
polypeptides (including the IL-17A/IL-17F heterodimer) than for
other polypeptides. Preferably the IL-17A and IL-17F polypeptides
are human. In one embodiment the antibody also binds cynomolgus
IL-17A and IL-17F.
[0008] IL-17A or IL-17F polypeptides or a mixture of the two or
cells expressing one or both of said polypeptides can be used to
produce antibodies which specifically recognise both polypeptides.
The IL-17 polypeptides (IL-17A and IL-17F) may be `mature`
polypeptides or biologically active fragments or derivatives
thereof which preferably include the receptor binding site.
Preferably the IL-17 polypeptides are the mature polypeptides.
IL-17 polypeptides may be prepared by processes well known in the
art from genetically engineered host cells comprising expression
systems or they may be recovered from natural biological sources.
In the present application, the tetin "polypeptides" includes
peptides, polypeptides and proteins. These are used interchangeably
unless otherwise specified. The IL-17 polypeptide may in some
instances be part of a larger protein such as a fusion protein for
example fused to an affinity tag. Antibodies generated against
these polypeptides may be obtained, where immunisation of an animal
is necessary, by administering the polypeptides to an animal,
preferably a non-human animal, using well-known and routine
protocols, see for example Handbook of Experimental Immunology, D.
M. Weir (ed.), Vol 4, Blackwell Scientific Publishers, Oxford,
England, 1986). Many warm-blooded animals, such as rabbits, mice,
rats, sheep, cows or pigs may be immunized. However, mice, rabbits,
pigs and rats are generally preferred.
[0009] Antibodies for use in the present invention include whole
antibodies and functionally active fragments or derivatives thereof
and may be, but are not limited to, monoclonal, multi-valent,
multi-specific, bispecific, humanized or chimeric antibodies,
domain antibodies e.g. VH, VL, VHH, single chain antibodies, Fv,
Fab fragments, Fab' and F(ab').sub.2 fragments and epitope-binding
fragments of any of the above. Other antibody fragments include
those described in International patent applications WO2005003169,
WO2005003170 and WO2005003171. Other antibody fragments include
Fab-Fv and Fab-dsFv fragments described in WO2009040562 and
WO2010035012 respectively. Antibody fragments and methods of
producing them are well known in the art, see for example Verma et
al., 1998, Journal of Immunological Methods, 216, 165-181; Adair
and Lawson, 2005. Therapeutic antibodies. Drug Design
Reviews--Online 2(3):209-217.
[0010] Antibodies for use in the present invention include
immunoglobulin molecules and immunologically active portions of
immunoglobulin molecules, i.e. molecules that contain an antigen
binding site that specifically binds an antigen. The immunoglobulin
molecules of the invention can be of any class (e.g. IgG, IgE, IgM,
IgD and IgA) or subclass of immunoglobulin molecule.
[0011] Monoclonal antibodies may be prepared by any method known in
the art such as the hybridoma technique (Kohler & Milstein,
1975, Nature, 256:495-497), the trioma technique, the human B-cell
hybridoma technique (Kozbor et al., 1983, Immunology Today, 4:72)
and the EBV-hybridoma technique (Cole et al., Monoclonal Antibodies
and Cancer Therapy, pp. 77-96, Alan R Liss, Inc., 1985).
[0012] Antibodies for use in the invention may also be generated
using single lymphocyte antibody methods by cloning and expressing
immunoglobulin variable region cDNAs generated from single
lymphocytes selected for the production of specific antibodies by
for example the methods described by Babcook, J. et al., 1996,
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93(15):7843-78481; WO92/02551;
WO2004/051268 and. International Patent Application number
WO2004/106377.
[0013] Humanized antibodies are antibody molecules from non-human
species having one or more complementarity determining regions
(CDRs) from the non-human species and a framework region from a
human immunoglobulin molecule (see, e.g. U.S. Pat. No. 5,585,089;
WO91/09967).
[0014] Chimeric antibodies are those antibodies encoded by
immunoglobulin genes that have been genetically engineered so that
the light and heavy chain genes are composed of immunoglobulin gene
segments belonging to different species. These chimeric antibodies
are likely to be less antigenic.
[0015] Bivalent antibodies may be made by methods known in the art
(Milstein et al., 1983, Nature 305:537-539; WO 93/08829, Traunecker
et al., 1991, EMBO J. 10:3655-3659). Multi-valent antibodies may
comprise multiple specificities or may be monospecific (see for
example WO 92/22853 and WO05/113605).
[0016] The antibodies for use in the present invention can also be
generated using various phage display methods known in the art and
include those disclosed by Brinkman et al. (in J. Immunol. Methods,
1995, 182: 41-50), Ames et al. (J. Immunol. Methods, 1995,
184:177-186), Kettleborough et al. (Eur. J. Immunol. 1994,
24:952-958), Persic et al. (Gene, 1997 187 9-18), Burton et al.
(Advances in Immunology, 1994, 57:191-280) and WO 90/02809; WO
91/10737; WO 92/01047; WO 92/18619; WO 93/11236; WO 95/15982; WO
95/20401; and U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,698,426; 5,223,409; 5,403,484;
5,580,717; 5,427,908; 5,750,753; 5,821,047; 5,571,698; 5,427,908;
5,516,637; 5,780,225; 5,658,727; 5,733,743 and 5,969,108.
Techniques for the production of single chain antibodies, such as
those described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,946,778 can also be adapted to
produce single chain antibodies which bind to IL-17A and IL-17F.
Also, transgenic mice, or other organisms, including other mammals,
may be used to express humanized antibodies.
[0017] Screening for antibodies can be performed using assays to
measure binding to human IL-17A and human IL-17F, for example
BIAcore.TM. assays described in the Examples herein. Suitable
neutralisation assays are known in the art, see for example
WO2008/047134 and the Examples herein.
[0018] The residues in antibody variable domains are conventionally
numbered according to a system devised by Kabat et al. This system
is set forth in Kabat et al., 1987, in Sequences of Proteins of
Immunological Interest, US Department of Health and Human Services,
NIH, USA (hereafter "Kabat et al. (supra)"). This numbering system
is used in the present specification except where otherwise
indicated.
[0019] The Kabat residue designations do not always correspond
directly with the linear numbering of the amino acid residues. The
actual linear amino acid sequence may contain fewer or additional
amino acids than in the strict Kabat numbering corresponding to a
shortening of, or insertion into, a structural component, whether
framework or complementarity determining region (CDR), of the basic
variable domain structure. The correct Kabat numbering of residues
may be determined for a given antibody by alignment of residues of
homology in the sequence of the antibody with a "standard" Kabat
numbered sequence.
[0020] The CDRs of the heavy chain variable domain are located at
residues 31-35 (CDR-H1), residues 50-65 (CDR-H2) and residues
95-102 (CDR-H3) according to the Kabat numbering system. However,
according to Chothia (Chothia, C. and Lesk, A. M. J. Mol. Biol.,
196, 901-917 (1987)), the loop equivalent to CDR-H1 extends from
residue 26 to residue 32. Thus `CDR-H1`, as used herein, comprises
residues 26 to 35, as described by a combination of the Kabat
numbering system and Chothia's topological loop definition.
[0021] The CDRs of the light chain variable domain are located at
residues 24-34 (CDR-L1), residues 50-56 (CDR-L2) and residues 89-97
(CDR-L3) according to the Kabat numbering system.
[0022] In one embodiment the present invention provides a
neutralising antibody having specificity for human IL-17A and human
IL-17F, comprising a light chain, wherein the variable domain of
the light chain comprises the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:4 for
CDR-L1, the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:5 for CDR-L2 and the
sequence given in SEQ ID NO:6 for CDR-L3 (See FIG. 1c).
[0023] The antibody molecules of the present invention preferably
comprise a complementary heavy chain.
[0024] Accordingly, in one embodiment the present invention
provides a neutralising antibody having specificity for human
IL-17A and human IL-17F, further comprising a heavy chain, wherein
the variable domain of the heavy chain comprises at least one of a
CDR having the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:1 for CDR-H1, a CDR
having the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:2 for CDR-H2 and a CDR
having the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:3 for CDR-H3 (See FIG.
1c).
[0025] In another embodiment the present invention provides a
neutralising antibody having specificity for human. IL-17A and
human IL-17F, comprising a heavy chain, wherein at least two of
CDR-H1, CDR-H2 and CDR-H3 of the variable domain of the heavy chain
are selected from the following: the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:1
for CDR-H1, the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:2 for CDR-H2 and the
sequence given in SEQ ID NO:3 for CDR-H3. For example, the antibody
may comprise a heavy chain wherein CDR-H1 has the sequence given in
SEQ ID NO:1 and CDR-H2 has the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:2.
Alternatively, the antibody may comprise a heavy chain wherein
CDR-H1 has the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:1 and CDR-H3 has the
sequence given in SEQ ID NO:3, or the antibody may comprise a heavy
chain wherein CDR-H2 has the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:2 and
CDR-H3 has the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:3. For the avoidance of
doubt, it is understood that all permutations are included.
[0026] In another embodiment the present invention provides a
neutralising antibody having specificity for human IL-17A and human
IL-17F, comprising a heavy chain, wherein the variable domain of
the heavy chain comprises the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:1 for
CDR-H1, the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:2 for CDR-H2 and the
sequence given in SEQ ID NO:3 for CDR-H3.
[0027] In one embodiment, an antibody according to the present
invention comprises a heavy chain, wherein the variable domain of
the heavy chain comprises the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:1 for
CDR-H1, the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:2 for CDR-H2 and the
sequence given in SEQ ID NO:3 for CDR-H3 and a light chain wherein
the variable domain of the light chain comprises the sequence given
in SEQ ID NO:4 for CDR-L1, the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:5 for
CDR-L2 and the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:6 for CDR-L3.
[0028] In one embodiment the antibody provided by the present
invention is a monoclonal antibody.
[0029] In one embodiment the antibody provided by the present
invention is a CDR-grafted antibody molecule comprising each of the
CDRs provided in SEQ ID NOS:1 to 6. As used herein, the term
`CDR-grafted antibody molecule` refers to an antibody molecule
wherein the heavy and/or light chain contains one or more CDRs
(including, if desired, one or more modified CDRs) from a donor
antibody (e.g. a murine monoclonal antibody) grafted into a heavy
and/or light chain variable region framework of an acceptor
antibody (e.g. a human antibody). For a review, see. Vaughan et al,
Nature Biotechnology, 16, 535-539, 1998. In one embodiment rather
than the entire CDR being transferred, only one or more of the
specificity determining residues from any one of the CDRs described
herein above are transferred to the human antibody framework (see
for example, Kashmiri et al., 2005, Methods, 36, 25-34). In one
embodiment only the specificity determining residues from one or
more of the CDRs described herein above are transferred to the
human antibody framework. In another embodiment only the
specificity determining residues from each of the CDRs described
herein above are transferred to the human antibody framework.
[0030] When the CDRs or specificity determining residues are
grafted, any appropriate acceptor variable region framework
sequence may be used having regard to the class/type of the donor
antibody from which the CDRs are derived, including mouse, primate
and human framework regions. Preferably, the CDR-grafted antibody
according to the present invention has a variable domain comprising
human acceptor framework regions as well as one or more of the CDRs
or specificity determining residues described above. Thus, provided
in one embodiment is a neutralising CDR-grafted antibody wherein
the variable domain comprises human acceptor framework regions and
non-human donor CDRs.
[0031] Examples of human frameworks which can be used in the
present invention are KOL, NEWM, REI, EU, TUR, TEI, LAY and POM
(Kabat et al., supra). For example, KOL and NEWM can be used for
the heavy chain, REI can be used for the light chain and EU, LAY
and POM can be used for both the heavy chain and the light chain.
Alternatively, human germline sequences may be used; these are
available at: http://vbase.mrc-cpe.cam.ac.uk/
[0032] In a CDR-grafted antibody of the present invention, the
acceptor heavy and light chains do not necessarily need to be
derived from the same antibody and may, if desired, comprise
composite chains having framework regions derived from different
chains.
[0033] The preferred framework region for the heavy chain of the
CDR-grafted antibody of the present invention is derived from the
human sub-group VH3 sequence 1-3 3-07 together with JH4, as
previously described in WO2008/047134. Accordingly, provided is a
neutralising CDR-grafted antibody comprising at least one non-human
donor CDR wherein the heavy chain framework region is derived from
the human subgroup sequence 1-3 3-07 together with JH4. The
sequence of human JH4 is as follows: (YFDY)WGQGTLVTVSS. The YFDY
motif is part of CDR-H3 and is not part of framework 4 (Ravetch, J
V. et al., 1981, Cell, 27, 583-591).
[0034] The preferred framework region, for the light chain of the
CDR-grafted antibody of the present invention is derived from the
human germline sub-group VK1 sequence 2-1-(1) L4 together with JK1,
as previously described in WO2008/047134. Accordingly, provided is
a neutralising CDR-grafted antibody comprising at least one
non-human donor CDR wherein the light chain framework region is
derived from the human subgroup sequence VK1 2-1-(1) L4 together
with JK1. The JK1 sequence is as follows: (WT)FGQGTKVEIK. The WT
motif is part of CDR-L3 and is not part of framework 4 (Hieter, P
A., et al., 1982, J. Biol. Chem., 257, 1516-1522).
[0035] Also, in a CDR-grafted antibody of the present invention,
the framework regions need not have exactly the same sequence as
those of the acceptor antibody. For instance, unusual residues may
be changed to more frequently-occurring residues for that acceptor
chain class or type. Alternatively, selected residues in the
acceptor framework regions may be changed so that they correspond
to the residue found at the same position in the donor antibody
(see Reichmann et al., 1998, Nature, 332, 323-324). Such changes
should be kept to the minimum necessary to recover the affinity of
the donor antibody. A protocol for selecting residues in the
acceptor framework regions which may need to be changed is set
forth in WO 91/09967.
[0036] Preferably, in a CDR-grafted antibody molecule of the
present invention, if the acceptor heavy chain has the human VH3
sequence 1-3 3-07 together with JH4, then the acceptor framework
regions of the heavy chain comprise, in addition to one or more
donor CDRs, a donor residue at at least position 94 (according to
Kabat et al.,(supra)). Accordingly, provided is a CDR-grafted
antibody, wherein at least the residue at position 94 of the
variable domain of the heavy chain is a donor residue.
[0037] Preferably, in a CDR-grafted antibody molecule according to
the present invention, if the acceptor light chain has the human
sub-group VK1 sequence 2-1-(1) L4 together with JK1, then no donor
residues are transferred i.e. only the CDRs are transferred.
Accordingly, provided is a CDR-grafted antibody wherein only the
CDRs are transferred to the donor framework.
[0038] Donor residues are residues from the donor antibody, i.e.
the antibody from which the CDRs were originally derived.
[0039] In the present invention the antibody known as CA028_0496
(previously described in WO2008/047134) was improved by changing
five residues in the light chain. Three residues were in the CDRs
and two in the framework. Accordingly in one embodiment the light
chain variable domain comprises an arginine residue at position 30,
a serine residue at position 54, an isoleucine residue at position
56, an aspartic acid residue at position 60 and an arginine residue
at position 72.
[0040] Accordingly, in one embodiment, an antibody of the present
invention comprises a light chain, wherein the variable domain of
the light chain comprises the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:7
(gL7).
[0041] In another embodiment, an antibody of the present invention
comprises a light chain, wherein, the variable domain of the light
chain comprises a sequence having at least 96% identity to the
sequence given in SEQ ID NO:7. In one embodiment the antibody of
the present invention comprises a light chain, wherein the variable
domain of the light chain comprises a sequence having at least 97,
98 or 99% identity to the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:7.
[0042] In one embodiment, an antibody of the present invention
comprises a heavy chain, wherein the variable domain of the heavy
chain comprises the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:9 (gH9).
[0043] In another embodiment, an antibody of the present invention
comprises a heavy chain, wherein the variable domain of the heavy
chain comprises a sequence having at least 60% identity or
similarity to the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:9. In one embodiment,
an antibody of the present invention comprises a heavy chain,
wherein the variable domain of the heavy chain comprises a sequence
having at least 70%, 80%, 90%, 95%, 96, 97, 98 or 99% identity or
similarity to the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:9.
[0044] In one embodiment an antibody of the present invention
comprises a heavy chain, wherein the variable domain of the heavy
chain comprises the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:9 and a light
chain, wherein the variable domain of the light chain comprises the
sequence given in SEQ ID NO:7.
[0045] In another embodiment of the invention, the antibody
comprises a heavy chain and a light chain, wherein the variable
domain of the heavy chain comprises a sequence having at least 60%
identity or similarity to the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:9 and the
variable domain of the light chain comprises a sequence having at
least 96% identity to the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:7.
Preferably, the antibody comprises a heavy chain, wherein the
variable domain of the heavy chain comprises a sequence having at
least 70%, 80%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98 or 99% identity or
similarity to the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:9 and a light chain,
wherein the variable domain of the light chain comprises a sequence
having at least 96, 97, 98 or 99% identity to the sequence given in
SEQ ID NO:7.
[0046] "Identity", as used herein, indicates that at any particular
position in the aligned sequences, the amino acid residue is
identical between the sequences. "Similarity", as used herein,
indicates that, at any particular position in the aligned
sequences, the amino acid residue is of a similar type between the
sequences. For example, leucine may be substituted for isoleucine
or valine. Other amino acids which can often be substituted for one
another include but are not limited to: [0047] phenylalanine,
tyrosine and tryptophan (amino acids having aromatic side chains);
[0048] lysine, arginine and histidine (amino acids having basic
side chains); [0049] aspartate and glutamate (amino acids having
acidic side chains); [0050] asparagine and glutamine (amino acids
having amide side chains); and [0051] cysteine and methionine
(amino acids having sulphur-containing side chains). Degrees of
identity and similarity can be readily calculated (Computational
Molecular Biology, Lesk, A. M., ed., Oxford University Press, New
York, 1988; Biocomputing. Informatics and Genome Projects, Smith,
D. W., ed., Academic Press, New York, 1993; Computer Analysis of
Sequence Data, Part 1, Griffin, A. M., and Griffin, H. G., eds.,
Humana Press, New Jersey, 1994; Sequence Analysis in Molecular
Biology, von Heinje, G., Academic Press, 1987; and Sequence
Analysis Primer, Gribskov, M. and Devereux, J., eds., M Stockton
Press, New York, 1991).
[0052] The antibody molecule of the present invention may comprise
a complete antibody molecule having full length heavy and light
chains or a fragment thereof, such as a domain antibody e.g. VH,
VL, VHH, Fab, modified Fab, Fab', F(ab').sub.2, Fv or scFv
fragment. Other antibody fragments include Fab-Fv and Fab-dsFv
fragments described in WO2009040562 and WO2010035012 respectively.
In one embodiment the antibody fragment of the present invention is
selected from the group consisting of a Fab, Fab', F(ab').sub.2,
scFv and Fv fragment.
[0053] It will be appreciated that the antibodies of the present
invention, in particular the antibody fragments described above,
may be incorporated into other antibody formats, in particular,
multi-specific antibodies, such as bi or tri specific antibodies,
where one specificity is provided by an antibody of the present
invention i.e specificity for IL-17A and IL-17F (including IL-17A/F
heterodimer). Accordingly, in one embodiment the present invention
provides a multi-specific antibody comprising one or more of the
antibody fragments described herein above.
[0054] Examples of multi-specific antibodies include bi, tri or
tetra-valent antibodies, Bis-scFv, diabodies, triabodies,
tetrabodies, bibodies and tribodies (see for example Holliger and
Hudson, 2005, Nature Biotech 23(9): 1126-1136; Schoonjans et
al2001, Biomolecular Engineering, 17 (6), 193-202). Other
multi-specific antibodies include Fab-Fv, Fab-dsFv, Fab-Fv-Fv.
Fab-Fv-Fc and Fab-dsFv-PEG fragments described in WO2009040562,
WO2010035012, WO2011/08609, WO2011/030107 and WO2011/061492
respectively.
[0055] The constant region domains of the antibody molecule of the
present invention, if present, may be selected having regard to the
proposed function of the antibody molecule, and in particular the
effector functions which may be required. For example, the constant
region domains may be human IgA, IgD, IgE, IgG or IgM domains. In
particular, human IgG constant region domains may be used,
especially of the IgG1 and IgG3 isotypes when the antibody molecule
is intended for therapeutic uses and antibody effector functions
are required. Alternatively, IgG2 and IgG4 isotypes may be used
when the antibody molecule is intended for therapeutic purposes and
antibody effector functions are not required, e.g. for simply
blocking IL-17 activity. It will be appreciated that sequence
variants of these constant region domains may also be used. For
example IgG4 molecules in which the serine at position 241 has been
changed to proline as described in Angal et al., Molecular
Immunology, 1993, 30 (1), 105-108 may be used. Particularly
preferred is the IgG1 constant domain. It will also be understood
by one skilled in the art that antibodies may undergo a variety of
posttranslational modifications. The type and extent of these
modifications often depends on the host cell line used to express
the antibody as well as the culture conditions. Such modifications
may include variations in glycosylation, methionine oxidation,
diketopiperazine formation, aspartate isomerization and asparagine
deamidation. A frequent modification is the loss of a
carboxy-terminal basic residue (such as lysine or arginine) due to
the action of carboxypeptidases (as described in Harris, R J.
Journal of Chromatography 705:129-134, 1995). Accordingly, the
C-terminal lysine of the antibody heavy chain, for example as given
in FIG. 2 (a), SEQ ID NO: 15, may be absent.
[0056] In one embodiment the antibody heavy chain comprises a CH1
domain and the antibody light chain comprises a CL domain, either
kappa or lambda.
[0057] In a preferred embodiment the antibody provided by the
present invention is a neutralising antibody having specificity for
human IL-17A and human IL-17F in which the heavy chain constant
region comprises the human IgG1 constant region. Accordingly, the
present invention provides an antibody in which the heavy chain
comprises or consists of the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:15 (See
FIG. 2a).
[0058] In one embodiment of the invention, the antibody comprises a
heavy chain, wherein the heavy chain comprises a sequence having at
least 60% identity or similarity to the sequence given in SEQ ID
NO:15. Preferably, the antibody comprises a heavy chain, wherein
the heavy chain comprises a sequence having at least 70%, 80%, 90%,
95%, 96%, 97%, 98% or 99% identity or similarity to the sequence
given in SEQ ID NO:15
[0059] In one embodiment an antibody molecule according to the
present invention comprises a light chain comprising the sequence
given in SEQ ID NO:11 (See FIG. 1d).
[0060] In one embodiment of the invention, the antibody comprises a
light chain, wherein the light chain comprises a sequence having at
least 60% identity or similarity to the sequence given in SEQ ID
NO:11. Preferably, the antibody comprises a light chain, wherein
the light chain comprises a sequence having at least 70%, 80%, 90%,
95% or 98% identity or similarity to the sequence given in SEQ ID
NO:11.
[0061] In one embodiment the present invention provides an antibody
in which the heavy chain comprises or consists of the sequence
given in SEQ ID NO:15 and the light chain comprises or consists of
the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:11.
[0062] In one embodiment of the invention, the antibody comprises a
heavy chain and a light chain, wherein the heavy chain comprises a
sequence having at least 60% identity or similarity to the sequence
given in SEQ ID NO:15 and the light chain comprises a sequence
having at least 60% identity or similarity to the sequence given in
SEQ ID NO:11. Preferably, the antibody comprises a heavy chain,
wherein the heavy chain comprises a sequence having at least 70%,
80%, 90%, 95% or 98% identity or similarity to the sequence given
in SEQ ID NO:15 and a light chain, wherein the light chain
comprises a sequence having at least 70%, 80%, 90%, 95% or 98%
identity or similarity to the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:11.
[0063] The antibody molecule of any aspect of the present invention
preferably has a high binding affinity, preferably picomolar. It
will be appreciated that the binding affinity of an antibody
according to the present invention for human IL-17A may be
different from the binding affinity of the same antibody for human
IL-17F and/or the IL-17A/F heterodimer. In one example the antibody
molecule of the present invention has an affinity for IL-17A that
is greater than its affinity for IL-17F. In one example the
antibody molecule of the present invention has an affinity for
IL-17A which is at least 5 fold greater than its binding affinity
for IL-17F. In one example the antibody molecule of the present
invention has an affinity for IL-17A that is the same as its
affinity for IL-17F. In one example the antibody molecule of the
present invention has a picomolar affinity for both IL-17A and
IL-17F.
[0064] Affinity may be measured using any suitable method known in
the art, including BIAcore.TM., as described in the Examples
herein, using isolated natural or recombinant. IL-17A and IL-17F
which both exist as homodimers.
[0065] Preferably the antibody molecule of the present invention
has a binding affinity for IL-17A of 50 pM or less. In one
embodiment the antibody molecule of the present invention has a
binding affinity for IL-17A of 20 pM or less. In one embodiment the
antibody molecule of the present invention has a binding affinity
for IL-17A of 10 pM or less. In one embodiment the antibody
molecule of the present invention has a binding affinity for IL-17A
of 5 pM or less. In one embodiment the antibody of the present
invention has an affinity for IL-17A of 3.2 pM.
[0066] Preferably the antibody molecule of the present invention
has a binding affinity for IL-17F of 100 pM or less. In one
embodiment the antibody of the present invention has an affinity
for IL-17F of 50 pM or less. In one embodiment the antibody of the
present invention has an affinity for IL-17F of 23 pM.
[0067] It will be appreciated that the affinity of antibodies
provided by the present invention may be altered using any suitable
method known in the art. The present invention therefore also
relates to variants of the antibody molecules of the present
invention, which have an improved affinity for IL-17A and/or
IL-17F. Such variants can be obtained by a number of affinity
maturation protocols including mutating the CDRs (Yang et al., J.
Mol. Biol., 254, 392-403, 1995), chain shuffling (Marks et al.,
Bio/Technology, 10, 779-783, 1992), use of mutator strains of E.
coli (Low et al., J. Mol. Biol., 250, 359-368, 1996), DNA shuffling
(Patten et al., Curr. Opin. Biotechnol., 8, 724-733, 1997), phage
display (Thompson et al., J. Mol. Biol., 256, 77-88, 1996) and
sexual PCR (Crameri et al., Nature, 391, 288-291, 1998). Vaughan et
al. (supra) discusses these methods of affinity maturation.
[0068] If desired an antibody for use in the present invention may
be conjugated to one or more effector molecule(s). It will be
appreciated that the effector molecule may comprise a single
effector molecule or two or more such molecules so linked as to
form a single moiety that can be attached to the antibodies of the
present invention. Where it is desired to obtain an antibody
fragment linked to an effector molecule, this may be prepared by
standard chemical or recombinant DNA procedures in which the
antibody fragment is linked either directly or via a coupling agent
to the effector molecule. Techniques for conjugating such effector
molecules to antibodies are well known in the art (see, Hellstrom
et al., Controlled Drug Delivery, 2nd Ed., Robinson et al., eds.,
1987, pp. 623-53; Thorpe et al., 1982, Immunol Rev., 62:119-58 and
Dubowchik et al., 1999, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 83, 67-123).
Particular chemical procedures include, for example, those
described in WO 93/06231, WO 92/22583, WO 89/00195, WO 89/01476 and
WO03031581. Alternatively, where the effector molecule is a protein
or polypeptide the linkage may be achieved using recombinant DNA
procedures, for example as described in WO 86/01533 and
EP0392745.
[0069] The term effector molecule as used herein includes, for
example, antineoplastic agents, drugs, toxins, biologically active
proteins, for example enzymes, other antibody or antibody
fragments, synthetic or naturally occurring polymers, nucleic acids
and fragments thereof e.g. DNA, RNA and fragments thereof,
radionuclides, particularly radioiodide, radioisotopes, chelated
metals, nanoparticles and reporter groups such as fluorescent
compounds or compounds which may be detected by NMR or ESR
spectroscopy.
[0070] Examples of effector molecules may include cytotoxins or
cytotoxic agents including any agent that is detrimental to (e.g.
kills) cells. Examples include combrestatins, dolastatins,
epothilones, staurosporin, maytansinoids, spongistatins, rhizoxin,
halichondrins, roridins, hemiasterlins, taxol, cytochalasin B,
gramicidin D, ethidium bromide, emetine, mitomycin, etoposide,
tenoposide, vincristine, vinblastine, colchicin, doxorubicin,
daunorubicin, dihydroxy anthracin dione, mitoxantrone, mithramycin,
actinomycin D, 1-dehydrotestosterone, glucocorticoids, procaine,
tetracaine, lidocaine, propranolol, and puromycin and analogs or
homologs thereof.
[0071] Effector molecules also include, but are not limited to,
antimetabolites (e.g. methotrexate, 6-mercaptopurine,
6-thioguanine, cytarabine, 5-fluorouracil decarbazine), alkylating
agents (e.g. mechlorethamine, thioepa chlorambucil, melphalan,
caiinustine (BSNU) and lomustine (CCNU), cyclothosphamide,
busulfan, dibromomannitol, streptozotocin, mitomycin C, and
cis-dichlorodiamine platinum (II) (DDP) cisplatin), anthracyclines
(e.g. daunorubicin (formerly daunomycin) and doxorubicin),
antibiotics (e.g. dactinomycin (formerly actinomycin), bleomycin,
mithramycin, anthramycin (AMC), calicheamicins or duocarmycins),
and anti-mitotic agents (e.g. vincristine and vinblastine).
[0072] Other effector molecules may include chelated radionuclides
such as .sup.111In and .sup.90Y, Lu.sup.177, Bismuth.sup.213,
Californium.sup.252, Iridium.sup.192 and
Tungsten.sup.188/Rhenium.sup.188; or drugs such as but not limited
to, alkylphosphocholines, topoisomerase I inhibitors, taxoids and
suramin.
[0073] Other effector molecules include proteins, peptides and
enzymes. Enzymes of interest include, but are not limited to,
proteolytic enzymes, hydrolases, lyases, isomerases, transferases.
Proteins, polypeptides and peptides of interest include, but are
not limited to, immunoglobulins, toxins such as abrin, ricin A,
pseudomonas exotoxin, or diphtheria toxin, a protein such as
insulin, tumour necrosis factor, a-interferon, b-interferon, nerve
growth factor, platelet derived growth factor or tissue plasminogen
activator, a thrombotic agent or an anti-angiogenic agent, e.g.
angiostatin or endostatin, or, a biological response modifier such
as a lymphokine, interleukin-1 (IL-1), interleukin-2 (IL-2),
interleukin-6 (IL-6), granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating
factor (GM-CSF), granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF),
nerve growth factor (NGF) or other growth factor and
immunoglobulins.
[0074] Other effector molecules may include detectable substances
useful for example in diagnosis. Examples of detectable substances
include various enzymes, prosthetic groups, fluorescent materials,
luminescent materials, bioluminescent materials, radioactive
nuclides, positron emitting metals (for use in positron emission
tomography), and nonradioactive paramagnetic metal ions. See
generally U.S. Pat. No. 4,741,900 for metal ions which can be
conjugated to antibodies for use as diagnostics. Suitable enzymes
include horseradish peroxidase, alkaline phosphatase,
beta-galactosidase, or acetylcholinesterase; suitable prosthetic
groups include streptavidin, avidin and biotin; suitable
fluorescent materials include umbelliferone, fluorescein,
fluorescein isothiocyanate, rhodamine, dichlorotriazinylamine
fluorescein, dansyl chloride and phycoerythrin; suitable
luminescent materials include luminol; suitable bioluminescent
materials include luciferase, luciferin, and aequorin; and suitable
radioactive nuclides include .sup.125I, .sup.131I, .sup.111In and
.sup.99Tc.
[0075] In one example PEG is attached to a cysteine in the hinge
region. In one example, a PEG modified Fab fragment has a maleimide
group covalently linked to a single thiol group in a modified hinge
region. A lysine residue may be covalently linked to the maleimide
group and to each of the amine groups on the lysine residue may be
attached a methoxypoly(ethyleneglycol) polymer having a molecular
weight of approximately 20,000 Da. The total molecular weight of
the PEG attached to the Fab fragment may therefore be approximately
40,000 Da.
[0076] In one embodiment, the present invention provides a
neutralising antibody molecule having specificity for human IL-17A
and human IL-17F, which is a modified Fab fragment having a heavy
chain comprising the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:9 and a light
chain comprising the sequence given in SEQ ID NO:7 and having at
the C-terminal end of its heavy chain a modified hinge region
containing at least one cysteine residue to which an effector
molecule is attached. Preferably the effector molecule is PEG and
is attached using the methods described in (WO98/25971 and
WO2004072116) whereby a lysyl-maleimide group is attached to the
cysteine residue at the C-terminal end of the heavy chain, and each
amino group of the lysyl residue has covalently linked to it a
methoxypoly(ethyleneglycol) residue having a molecular weight of
about 20,000 Da. The total molecular weight of the PEG attached to
the antibody is therefore approximately 40,000 Da.
[0077] In another example effector molecules may be attached to
antibody fragments using the methods described in International
patent applications WO2005/003169, WO2005/003170 and
WO2005/003171.
[0078] The present invention also provides an isolated DNA sequence
encoding the heavy and/or light chain(s) of an antibody molecule of
the present invention. Preferably, the DNA sequence encodes the
heavy or the light chain of an antibody molecule of the present
invention. The DNA sequence of the present invention may comprise
synthetic DNA, for instance produced by chemical processing, cDNA,
genomic DNA or any combination thereof.
[0079] DNA sequences which encode an antibody molecule of the
present invention can be obtained by methods well known to those
skilled in the art. For example, DNA sequences coding for part or
all of the antibody heavy and light chains may be synthesised as
desired from the determined DNA sequences or on the basis of the
corresponding amino acid sequences.
[0080] DNA coding for acceptor framework sequences is widely
available to those skilled in the art and can be readily
synthesised on the basis of their known amino acid sequences.
[0081] Standard techniques of molecular biology may be used to
prepare DNA sequences coding for the antibody molecule of the
present invention. Desired DNA sequences may be synthesised
completely or in part using oligonucleotide synthesis techniques.
Site-directed mutagenesis and polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
techniques may be used as appropriate.
[0082] Examples of suitable sequences are provided in SEQ ID NO:8;
SEQ ID NO:10; SEQ ID NO:13; SEQ ID NO:14; SEQ ID NO:17, SEQ ID
NO:18 and SEQ ID NO:19.
[0083] The present invention also relates to a cloning or
expression vector comprising one or more DNA sequences of the
present invention. Accordingly, provided is a cloning or expression
vector comprising one or more DNA sequences encoding an antibody of
the present invention. Preferably, the cloning or expression vector
comprises two DNA sequences, encoding the light chain and the heavy
chain of the antibody molecule of the present invention,
respectively along with suitable signal sequences. Preferably, a
vector according to the present invention comprises the sequences
given in SEQ ID NO:14 and SEQ ID NO:18. In one embodiment a vector
according to the present invention comprises the sequences given in
SEQ ID NO:13 and SEQ ID NO:17.
[0084] General methods by which the vectors may be constructed,
transfection methods and culture methods are well known to those
skilled in the art. In this respect, reference is made to "Current
Protocols in Molecular Biology", 1999, F. M. Ausubel (ed), Wiley
Interscience, New York and the Maniatis Manual produced by Cold
Spring Harbor Publishing.
[0085] Also provided is a host cell comprising one or more cloning
or expression vectors comprising one or more DNA sequences encoding
an antibody of the present invention. Any suitable host cell/vector
system may be used for expression of the DNA sequences encoding the
antibody molecule of the present invention. Bacterial, for example
E. coli, and other microbial systems may be used or eukaryotic, for
example mammalian, host cell expression systems may also be used.
Suitable mammalian host cells include CHO, myeloma or hybridoma
cells.
[0086] The present invention also provides a process for the
production of an antibody molecule according to the present
invention comprising culturing a host cell containing a vector of
the present invention under conditions suitable for leading to
expression of protein from DNA encoding the antibody molecule of
the present invention, and isolating the antibody molecule.
[0087] The antibody molecule may comprise only a heavy or light
chain polypeptide, in which case only a heavy chain or light chain
polypeptide coding sequence needs to be used to transfect the host
cells. For production of products comprising both heavy and light
chains, the cell line may be transfected with two vectors, a first
vector encoding a light chain polypeptide and a second vector
encoding a heavy chain polypeptide. Alternatively, a single vector
may be used, the vector including sequences encoding light chain
and heavy chain polypeptides.
[0088] As the antibodies of the present invention are useful in the
treatment and/or prophylaxis of a pathological condition, the
present invention also provides a pharmaceutical or diagnostic
composition comprising an antibody molecule of the present
invention in combination with one or more of a pharmaceutically
acceptable excipient, diluent or carrier. Accordingly, provided is
the use of an antibody according to the present invention for the
manufacture of a medicament. The composition will usually be
supplied as part of a sterile, pharmaceutical composition that will
normally include a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. A
pharmaceutical composition of the present invention may
additionally comprise a pharmaceutically-acceptable adjuvant.
[0089] The present invention also provides a process for
preparation of a pharmaceutical or diagnostic composition
comprising adding and mixing the antibody molecule of the present
invention together with one or more of a pharmaceutically
acceptable excipient, diluent or carrier.
[0090] The antibody molecule may be the sole active ingredient in
the pharmaceutical or diagnostic composition or may be accompanied
by other active ingredients including other antibody ingredients,
for example anti-TNF, anti-IL-1.beta., anti-T cell, anti-IFNg or
anti-LPS antibodies, or non-antibody ingredients such as xanthines
or a small molecule inhibitor.
[0091] The pharmaceutical compositions preferably comprise a
therapeutically effective amount of the antibody of the invention.
The term "therapeutically effective amount" as used herein refers
to an amount of a therapeutic agent needed to treat, ameliorate or
prevent a targeted disease or condition, or to exhibit a detectable
therapeutic or preventative effect. For any antibody, the
therapeutically effective amount can be estimated initially either
in cell culture assays or in animal models, usually in rodents,
rabbits, dogs, pigs or primates. The animal model may also be used
to determine the appropriate concentration range and route of
administration. Such information can then be used to determine
useful doses and routes for administration in humans.
[0092] The precise therapeutically effective amount for a human
subject will depend upon the severity of the disease state, the
general health of the subject, the age, weight and gender of the
subject, diet, time and frequency of administration, drug
combination(s), reaction sensitivities and tolerance/response to
therapy. This amount can be determined by routine experimentation
and is within the judgement of the clinician. Generally, a
therapeutically effective amount will be from 0.01 mg/kg to 50
mg/kg, preferably 0.1 mg/kg to 20 mg/kg. Pharmaceutical
compositions may be conveniently presented in unit dose forms
containing a predetermined amount of an active agent of the
invention per dose.
[0093] Compositions may be administered individually to a patient
or may be administered in combination (e.g. simultaneously,
sequentially or separately) with other agents, drugs or
hormones.
[0094] The dose at which the antibody molecule of the present
invention is administered depends on the nature of the condition to
be treated, the extent of the inflammation present and on whether
the antibody molecule is being used prophylactically or to treat an
existing condition.
[0095] The frequency of dose will depend on the half-life of the
antibody molecule and the duration of its effect. If the antibody
molecule has a short half-life (e.g. 2 to 10 hours) it may be
necessary to give one or more doses per day. Alternatively, if the
antibody molecule has a long half life (e.g. 2 to 15 days) it may
only be necessary to give a dosage once per day, once per week or
even once every 1 or 2 months.
[0096] The pharmaceutically acceptable carrier should not itself
induce the production of antibodies harmful to the individual
receiving the composition and should not be toxic. Suitable
carriers may be large, slowly metabolised macromolecules such as
proteins, polypeptides, liposomes, polysaccharides, polylactic
acids, polyglycolic acids, polymeric amino acids, amino acid
copolymers and inactive virus particles.
[0097] Pharmaceutically acceptable salts can be used, for example
mineral acid salts, such as hydrochlorides, hydrobromides,
phosphates and sulphates, or salts of organic acids, such as
acetates, propionates, malonates and benzoates.
[0098] Pharmaceutically acceptable carriers in therapeutic
compositions may additionally contain liquids such as water,
saline, glycerol and ethanol. Additionally, auxiliary substances,
such as wetting or emulsifying agents or pH buffering substances,
may be present in such compositions. Such carriers enable the
pharmaceutical compositions to be formulated as tablets, pills,
dragees, capsules, liquids, gels, syrups, slurries and suspensions,
for ingestion by the patient.
[0099] Preferred forms for administration include forms suitable
for parenteral administration, e.g. by injection or infusion, for
example by bolus injection or continuous infusion. Where the
product is for injection or infusion, it may take the form of a
suspension, solution or emulsion in an oily or aqueous vehicle and
it may contain formulatory agents, such as suspending,
preservative, stabilising and/or dispersing agents. Alternatively,
the antibody molecule may be in dry form, for reconstitution before
use with an appropriate sterile liquid.
[0100] Once formulated, the compositions of the invention can be
administered directly to the subject. The subjects to be treated
can be animals. However, it is preferred that the compositions are
adapted for administration to human subjects.
[0101] The pharmaceutical compositions of this invention may be
administered by any number of routes including, but not limited to,
oral, intravenous, intramuscular, intra-arterial, intramedullary,
intrathecal, intraventricular, transdermal, transcutaneous (for
example, see WO 98/20734), subcutaneous, intraperitoneal,
intranasal, enteral, topical, sublingual, intravaginal or rectal
routes. Hyposprays may also be used to administer the
pharmaceutical compositions of the invention. Typically, the
therapeutic compositions may be prepared as injectables, either as
liquid solutions or suspensions. Solid forms suitable for solution
in, or suspension in, liquid vehicles prior to injection may also
be prepared.
[0102] Direct delivery of the compositions will generally be
accomplished by injection, subcutaneously, intraperitoneally,
intravenously or intramuscularly, or delivered to the interstitial
space of a tissue. The compositions can also be administered into a
lesion. Dosage treatment may be a single dose schedule or a
multiple dose schedule.
[0103] It will be appreciated that the active ingredient in the
composition will be an antibody molecule. As such, it will be
susceptible to degradation in the gastrointestinal tract. Thus, if
the composition is to be administered by a route using the
gastrointestinal tract, the composition will need to contain agents
which protect the antibody from degradation but which release the
antibody once it has been absorbed from the gastrointestinal
tract.
[0104] A thorough discussion of pharmaceutically acceptable
carriers is available in Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences (Mack
Publishing Company, N.J. 1991).
[0105] In one embodiment the formulation is provided as a
formulation for topical administrations including inhalation.
[0106] Suitable inhalable preparations include inhalable powders,
metering aerosols containing propellant gases or inhalable
solutions free from propellant gases. Inhalable powders according
to the disclosure containing the active substance may consist
solely of the abovementioned active substances or of a mixture of
the abovementioned active substances with physiologically
acceptable excipient.
[0107] These inhalable powders may include monosaccharides (e.g.
glucose or arabinose), disaccharides (e.g. lactose, saccharose,
maltose), oligo- and polysaccharides (e.g. dextrans), polyalcohols
(e.g. sorbitol, mannitol, xylitol), salts (e.g. sodium chloride,
calcium carbonate) or mixtures of these with one another. Mono- or
disaccharides are suitably used, the use of lactose or glucose,
particularly but not exclusively in the form of their hydrates.
[0108] Particles for deposition in the lung require a particle size
less than 10 microns, such as 1-9 microns for example from 0.1 to 5
.mu.m, in particular from 1 to 5 .mu.m. The particle size of the
active ingredient (such as the antibody or fragment) is of primary
importance.
[0109] The propellent gases which can be used to prepare the
inhalable aerosols are known in the art. Suitable propellent gases
are selected from among hydrocarbons such as n-propane, n-butane or
isobutane and halohydrocarbons such as chlorinated and/or
fluorinated derivatives of methane, ethane, propane, butane,
cyclopropane or cyclobutane. The abovementioned propellent gases
may be used on their own or in mixtures thereof.
[0110] Particularly suitable propellent gases are halogenated
alkane derivatives selected from among TG 11, TG 12, TG 134a and
TG227. Of the abovementioned halogenated hydrocarbons, TG134a
(1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane) and TG227
(1,1,1,2,3,3,3-heptafluoropropane) and mixtures thereof are
particularly suitable.
[0111] The propellent-gas-containing inhalable aerosols may also
contain other ingredients such as cosolvents, stabilisers,
surface-active agents (surfactants), antioxidants, lubricants and
means for adjusting the pH. All these ingredients are known in the
art.
[0112] The propellant-gas-containing inhalable aerosols according
to the invention may contain up to 5% by weight of active
substance. Aerosols according to the invention contain, for
example, 0.002 to 5% by weight, 0.01 to 3% by weight, 0.015 to 2%
by weight, 0.1 to 2% by weight, 0.5 to 2% by weight or 0.5 to 1% by
weight of active ingredient.
[0113] Alternatively topical administrations to the lung may also
be by administration of a liquid solution or suspension
formulation, for example employing a device such as a nebulizer,
for example, a nebulizer connected to a compressor (e.g., the Pari
LC-Jet Plus(R) nebulizer connected to a Pari Master(R) compressor
manufactured by Pari Respiratory Equipment, Inc., Richmond,
Va.).
[0114] The antibody of the invention can be delivered dispersed in
a solvent, e.g., in the form of a solution or a suspension. It can
be suspended in an appropriate physiological solution, e.g., saline
or other pharmacologically acceptable solvent or a buffered
solution. Buffered solutions known in the art may contain 0.05 mg
to 0.15 mg disodium edetate, 8.0 mg to 9.0 mg NaCl, 0.15 mg to 0.25
mg polysorbate, 0.25 mg to 0.30 mg anhydrous citric acid, and 0.45
mg to 0.55 mg sodium citrate per 1 ml of water so as to achieve a
pH of about 4.0 to 5.0. A suspension can employ, for example,
lyophilised antibody.
[0115] The therapeutic suspensions or solution formulations can
also contain one or more excipients. Excipients are well known in
the art and include buffers (e.g., citrate buffer, phosphate
buffer, acetate buffer and bicarbonate buffer), amino acids, urea,
alcohols, ascorbic acid, phospholipids, proteins (e.g., serum
albumin), EDTA, sodium chloride, liposomes, mannitol, sorbitol, and
glycerol. Solutions or suspensions can be encapsulated in liposomes
or biodegradable microspheres. The formulation will generally be
provided in a substantially sterile form employing sterile
manufacture processes.
[0116] This may include production and sterilization by filtration
of the buffered solvent/solution used for the formulation, aseptic
suspension of the antibody in the sterile buffered solvent
solution, and dispensing of the formulation into sterile
receptacles by methods familiar to those of ordinary skill in the
art.
[0117] Nebulizable formulation according to the present disclosure
may be provided, for example, as single dose units (e.g., sealed
plastic containers or vials) packed in foil envelopes. Each vial
contains a unit dose in a volume, e.g., 2 mL, of
solvent/solutionbuffer.
[0118] The antibodies disclosed herein may be suitable for delivery
via nebulisation. It is also envisaged that the antibody of the
present invention may be administered by use of gene therapy. In
order to achieve this, DNA sequences encoding the heavy and light
chains of the antibody molecule under the control of appropriate
DNA components are introduced into a patient such that the antibody
chains are expressed from the DNA sequences and assembled in
situ.
[0119] The present invention also provides an antibody molecule for
use in the control of inflammatory diseases. Preferably, the
antibody molecule can be used to reduce the inflammatory process or
to prevent the inflammatory process.
[0120] The present invention also provides the antibody molecule of
the present invention for use in the treatment or prophylaxis of a
pathological disorder that is mediated by IL-17A and/or IL-17F or
is associated with an increased level of IL-17A and/or IL-17F.
Preferably, the pathological condition is selected from the group
consisting of infections (viral, bacterial, fungal and parasitic),
endotoxic shock associtated with infection, arthritis, rheumatoid
arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, systemic onset juvenile idiopathic
arthritis (JIA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), asthma,
chronic obstructive airways disease (COAD), chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD), acute lung injury, pelvic inflammatory
disease, Alzheimer's Disease, Crohn's disease, inflammatory bowel
disease, irritable bwel syndrome, Ulcerative colitis, Castleman's
disease, ankylosing spondylitis and other spondyloarthropathies,
dermatomyositis, myocarditis, uveitis, exophthalmos, autoimmune
thyroiditis, Peyronie's Disease, coeliac disease, gallbladder
disease, Pilonidal disease, peritonitis, psoriasis, atopic
dermatitis, vasculitis, surgical adhesions, stroke, autoimmune
diabetes, Type I Diabetes, lyme arthritis, meningoencephalitis,
immune mediated inflammatory disorders of the central and
peripheral nervous system such as multiple sclerosis and
Guillain-Barr syndrome, other autoimmune disorders, pancreatitis,
trauma (surgery), graft-versus-host disease, transplant rejection,
fibrosing disorders including pulmonary fibrosis, liver fibrosis,
renal fibrosis, sclerodenna or systemic sclerosis, cancer (both
solid tumours such as melanomas, hepatoblastomas, sarcomas,
squamous cell carcinomas, transitional cell cancers, ovarian
cancers and hematologic malignancies and in particular acute
myelogenous leukaemia, chronic myelogenous leukemia, chronic
lymphatic leukemia, gastric cancer and colon cancer), heart disease
including ischaemic diseases such as myocardial infarction as well
as atherosclerosis, intravascular coagulation, bone resorption,
osteoporosis, periodontitis and hypochlorhydia.
[0121] In one embodiment the antibody of the present invention is
used in the treatment or prophylaxis of a pathological disorder
selected from the group consisting of arthritis, rheumatoid
arthritis, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, systemic onset juvenile
idiopathic arthritis (JIA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE),
asthma, chronic obstructive airway disease, chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease, atopic dermatitis, scleroderma, systemic
sclerosis, lung fibrosis, inflammatory bowel diseases, ankylosing
spondylitis and other spondyloarthropathies and cancer.
[0122] In one embodiment the antibody of the present invention is
used in the treatment or prophylaxis of a pathological disorder
selected from the group consisting of arthritis, rheumatoid
arthritis, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, systemic onset juvenile
idiopathic arthritis (JIA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE),
asthma, chronic obstructive airway disease, chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease, atopic dermatitis, scleroderma, systemic
sclerosis, lung fibrosis, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis,
ankylosing spondylitis and other spondyloarthropathies and
cancer.
[0123] In one embodiment the antibody of the present invention is
used in the treatment or prophylaxis of a pathological disorder
selected from the group consisting of arthritis, rheumatoid
arthritis, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, systemic onset juvenile
idiopathic arthritis (JIA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE),
asthma, chronic obstructive airway disease, chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease, atopic dermatitis, scleroderma, systemic
sclerosis, lung fibrosis, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis,
ankylosing spondylitis and other spondyloarthropathies.
[0124] In one embodiment the pathological disorder is rheumatoid
arthritis.
[0125] In one embodiment the pathological disorder is Crohn's
disease.
[0126] In one embodiment the pathological disorder is ulcerative
colitis.
[0127] In one example the antibody of the present invention is used
in the treatment of an inflammatory or immune related disease. In
one example the inflammatory or immune related disease is selected
from the group consisting of rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease
and ulcerative colitis.
[0128] The present invention also provides an antibody molecule
according to the present invention for use in the treatment or
prophylaxis of pain, particularly pain associated with
inflammation.
[0129] The present invention further provides the use of an
antibody molecule according to the present invention in the
manufacture of a medicament for the treatment or prophylaxis of a
pathological disorder that is mediated by IL-17A and/or IL-17F or
associated with an increased level of IL-17A and/or IL-17F.
Preferably the pathological disorder is one of the medical
indications described herein above. The present invention further
provides the use of an antibody molecule according to the present
invention in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment or
prophylaxis of pain, particularly pain associated with
inflammation.
[0130] An antibody molecule of the present invention may be
utilised in any therapy where it is desired to reduce the effects
of IL-17A and/or IL-17F in the human or animal body. IL-17 A and/or
IL-17F may be circulating in the body or may be present in an
undesirably high level localised at a particular site in the body,
for example a site of inflammation.
[0131] An antibody molecule according to the present invention is
preferably used for the control of inflammatory disease, autoimmune
disease or cancer.
[0132] The present invention also provides a method of treating
human or animal subjects suffering from or at risk of a disorder
mediated by IL-17A and/or IL-17F, the method comprising
administering to the subject an effective amount of an antibody
molecule of the present invention.
[0133] An antibody molecule according to the present invention may
also be used in diagnosis, for example in the in vivo diagnosis and
imaging of disease states involving IL-17A and/or IL-17F.
[0134] The present invention is further described by way of
illustration only in the following examples, which refer to the
accompanying Figures, in which:
[0135] FIG. 1 [0136] a) Light chain V region of antibody CA028_0496
g3 (SEQ ID NO:7) [0137] b) Heavy chain V region of antibody
CA028_0496 g3 (SEQ ID NO:9) [0138] c) CDRH1 (SEQ ID NO:1), CDRH2
(SEQ ID NO:2), CDRH3 (SEQ ID NO:3), CDRL1 (SEQ ID NO:4), CDRL2 (SEQ
ID NO:5), CDRL3 (SEQ ID NO:6) of antibody CA028_496 g3. [0139] d)
Light chain of antibody CA028_496 g3 (SEQ ID NO:11). [0140] e)
Light chain of antibody CA028_496 g3 including signal sequence (SEQ
ID NO:12).
[0141] FIG. 2 [0142] a) Heavy chain of antibody CA028_496 g3 (SEQ
ID NO:15). [0143] b) Heavy chain of antibody CA028_496 g3 including
signal sequence (SEQ ID NO:16). [0144] c) DNA encoding light chain
of antibody CA028_496 g3 (no signal sequence) (SEQ ID NO:13).
[0145] FIG. 3 [0146] a) DNA encoding light chain of antibody
CA028_496 g3 including signal sequence (SEQ ID NO:14) [0147] b) DNA
encoding light chain variable region of antibody CA028_496 g3 (SEQ
ID NO:8) [0148] c) DNA encoding heavy chain variable region of
antibody CA028_496 g3 including signal sequence (SEQ ID NO:10)
[0149] FIG. 4: DNA (including exons) encoding heavy chain of
antibody CA028_496 g3 without signal sequence (SEQ ID NO:17)
[0150] FIG. 5: DNA (including exons and signal sequence) encoding
heavy chain of antibody CA028_496 g3 (SEQ ID NO:18)
[0151] FIG. 6: c DNA encoding heavy chain of antibody CA028_496 g3
including signal sequence (SEQ ID NO:19).
[0152] FIG. 7: The effect of antibodies CA028_0496 (designated
496g1 in legend) and CA028_00496.g3 (designated 496.g3 in legend)
on human IL-17F induced IL-6 production from Bela cells.
EXAMPLE 1: PRODUCTION OF AN IMPROVED NEUTRALISING ANTIBODY WHICH
BINDS IL-17A AND IL-17F
[0153] The isolation and humanisation of antibody CA028_0496 has
previously been described in WO2008/047134. CA028.sub.-- 0496 is a
humanised neutralising antibody which binds both IL-17A and IL-17F
and comprises the grafted variable regions gL7 and gH9, the
sequences of which are provided in WO2008/047134. The heavy chain
acceptor framework is the human germline sequence VH3 1-3 3-07 with
framework 4 coming from this portion of the human JH-region
germline JH4. The light chain acceptor framework is the human
germline sequence VK1 2-1-(1) L4, with framework 4 coming from this
portion of the human JK-region germline JK1.
[0154] Antibody CA028_00496 was affinity matured to improve the
affinity of the antibody for IL-17F whilst retaining affinity for
IL-17A. In contrast to antibody CA028_00496, the affinity matured
antibody, known as CA028_00496.g3, was expressed as an IgG1 rather
than an IgG4. Genes were modified to generate the affinity matured
versions by oligonucleotide directed mutagenesis. The affinity
matured light chain variable region (gL57) gene sequence was
sub-cloned into the UCB Celltech human light chain expression
vector pkH10.1, which contains DNA encoding the human C-Kappa
constant region (Km3 allotype). The unaltered heavy chain variable
region (gH9) sequence was sub-cloned into the UCB Celltech
expression vector pVhg1 FL, which contains DNA encoding human heavy
chain gamma-1 constant regions. Plasmids were co-transfected into
CHO cells using the Lipofectamine.TM. 2000 procedure according to
manufacturer's instructions (InVitrogen, catalogue No. 11668).
[0155] The final sequence of the affinity matured variable regions
of antibody CA028_00496.g3 are given in FIGS. 1a and 1b. In
antibody CA028_00496.g3 the heavy chain variable region sequence is
the same as that of the parent antibody CA028_00496. In contrast,
the light chain variable region differs by 5 amino acids. The five
residues that differ between the light chain of antibody
CA028_00496 and antibody CA028_00496.g3 are underlined in FIG.
1a.
EXAMPLE 2: BIACORE
[0156] As described below, the assay format was capture of the
antibody CA028_00496.g3 by an immobilised anti-human. IgG
Fc-specific antibody, followed by titration of human IL-17A and
human IL-17F over the captured surface.
[0157] Biamolecular Interaction Analysis was performed using a
Biacore 3000 (Biacore AB). Assays were performed at 25.degree. C.
Affinipure F(ab').sub.2 fragment goat anti-human IgG Fc specific
(Jackson ImmunoResearch) was immobilised on a CM5 Sensor Chip
(Biacore AB) via amine coupling chemistry to a level of
approximately 6000 response units (RU). FIBS-EP buffer (10 mM HEPES
pH7.4, 0.15M NaCl, 3 mM EDTA, 0.005% Surfactant P20, Biacore AB)
was used as the running buffer with a flow rate of 10 mL/minute
(min) A 10 mL injection of CA028 00496.g3 at 0.5 mg/mL was used for
capture by the immobilised anti-human IgG Fc. Human IL-17A
(generated in house by UCB) was titrated over the captured
CA028_00496.g3 from 5 nM at a flow rate of 30 mL/min for 3 min
followed by a 20 min dissociation. Human IL-17F (R&D systems)
was titrated over the captured CA028_00496.g3 from 10 nM at a flow
rate of 30 mL/min for 3 min followed by a 5 mM dissociation. The
surface was regenerated at a flow rate of 10 mL/min by a 10 mL
injection of 40 mM HCl followed by a 5 mL injection of 5 mM
NaOH.
TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 Affinity of CA028_496.g3 against human
IL-17F and IL-17A k.sub.a (M.sup.-1s.sup.-1) k.sub.d (s.sup.-1)
K.sub.D (M) KD (pM) hIL-17F 2.49E+06 8.74E-05 3.51E-11 35 3.49E+06
5.08E-05 1.46E-11 15 2.99E+06 6.91E-05 2.31E-11 23 hIL-17A 4.66E+06
2.04E-05 4.38E-12 4.4 4.52E+06 8.66E-06 1.92E-12 1.9 4.59E+06
1.45E-05 3.17E-12 3.2
[0158] Double referenced background subtracted binding curves were
analysed using the BIAevaluation software (version 4.1) following
standard procedures. Kinetic parameters were determined from the
fitting algorithm. Data are detailed in Table 1, average values are
highlighted in grey.
[0159] The affinity value determined for the original antibody
CA028_0496 binding IL-17A was 16 pM and 1750 pM for IL-17F. In
contrast, the improved antibody CA028_0496 g3 has an affinity for
IL-17A of 3.2 pM and for IL-17F of 23 pM. The affinity of antibody
CA028_0496 for IL-17F was improved over 70 fold without reducing
the affinity of the antibody for IL-17A. Infact, affinity for
IL-17A was increased five fold.
[0160] The affinity of CA028_0496 g3 was also improved for IL-17A/F
heterodimer (made as described in WO2008/047134) where affinity was
found to be 26 pM (data not shown).
EXAMPLE 3
[0161] The potency of CA028_00496.g1 (previously described in
WO2008/047134) and CA028_00496.g3 for the neutralisation of human
IL-17F was determined using a HeLa cell bioassay. Hela cells were
obtained from the cell bank at ATCC (ATCC CCL-2). Cells were grown
in Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (DMEM) supplemented with 10%
foetal calf serum, penicillin, gentamycin and glutamine
1.times.10.sup.4 cells were plated out into 96 well flat bottomed
tissue culture plates. Cells were incubated overnight and washed
once in assay buffer. HeLa cells were stimulated with a combination
of recombinant human IL-17F (125 ng/ml) and tumour necrosis
factor-alpha (TNF-.alpha.) (1 ng/ml) for 48 hours in the presence
of varying concentrations of the antibodies. In the HeLa cell line,
IL-17F synergises with TNF-alpha to induce the production of IL-6
which can be quantified using a specific MSD assay kit. The
resulting amount of secreted IL-6 was measured using Meso Scale
Discovery (MSD) assay technology and IC50 values calculated.
CA028_00496.g1 and CA028_00496.g3 showed dose-dependent inhibition
of the bioactivity of IL-17F as measured in the HeLa cell bioassay
(FIG. 7), The activity of CA028_00496.g1 and CA028_00496.g3 in the
HeLa assay was expressed as the dose required to inhibit 50% of the
activity of IL-17F (IC.sub.50). The IC.sub.50 for CA028_00496.g1 is
92 mg/mL and for CA0 496.g3 is 4 ng/mL.
[0162] The ability of CA028_00496.g3 to neutralise IL-17A, as
described previously for CA028_00496.g1 in WO2008/047134, was
confirmed using the same assay in which IL-17F was replaced with
IL-17A (data not shown).
[0163] The complete content of all publications, patents and patent
applications cited herein are hereby in their entireties.
[0164] The foregoing invention has been described by way of
illustration and example. The above examples are provided for
exemplification purposes only and are not intended to limit the
scope of the invention. It will be readily apparent to one skilled
in the art in light of the teachings of this invention that changes
and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and
scope of the present invention.
Sequence CWU 1
1
19110PRTArtificialCDRH1 1Gly Phe Thr Phe Ser Asp Tyr Asn Met Ala 1
5 10 217PRTArtificialCDRH2 2Thr Ile Thr Tyr Glu Gly Arg Asn Thr Tyr
Tyr Arg Asp Ser Val Lys 1 5 10 15 Gly 316PRTArtificialCDRH3 3Pro
Pro Gln Tyr Tyr Glu Gly Ser Ile Tyr Arg Leu Trp Phe Ala His 1 5 10
15 411PRTArtificialCDRL1 4Arg Ala Asp Glu Ser Val Arg Thr Leu Met
His 1 5 10 57PRTArtificialCDRL2 5Leu Val Ser Asn Ser Glu Ile 1 5
69PRTArtificialCDRL3 6Gln Gln Thr Trp Ser Asp Pro Trp Thr 1 5
7107PRTArtificialLight chain variable region 7Ala Ile Gln Leu Thr
Gln Ser Pro Ser Ser Leu Ser Ala Ser Val Gly 1 5 10 15 Asp Arg Val
Thr Ile Thr Cys Arg Ala Asp Glu Ser Val Arg Thr Leu 20 25 30 Met
His Trp Tyr Gln Gln Lys Pro Gly Lys Ala Pro Lys Leu Leu Ile 35 40
45 Tyr Leu Val Ser Asn Ser Glu Ile Gly Val Pro Asp Arg Phe Ser Gly
50 55 60 Ser Gly Ser Gly Thr Asp Phe Arg Leu Thr Ile Ser Ser Leu
Gln Pro 65 70 75 80 Glu Asp Phe Ala Thr Tyr Tyr Cys Gln Gln Thr Trp
Ser Asp Pro Trp 85 90 95 Thr Phe Gly Gln Gly Thr Lys Val Glu Ile
Lys 100 105 8321DNAArtificial SequenceDNA encoding light chain
variable region 8gccatccagc tgacccagag cccttcctct ctcagcgcca
gtgtcggaga cagagtgact 60attacctgca gggctgacga aagcgtgaga acattgatgc
actggtacca acagaagcct 120ggcaaagccc ccaagctcct gatctatctg
gtttccaatt cggagattgg agtccccgac 180aggttcagcg gcagtgggtc
tggaactgac tttcgcctga caatctcctc actccagccc 240gaagatttcg
ccacctacta ttgccagcag acttggagcg acccttggac atttggacag
300ggcacaaaag tggagatcaa g 3219125PRTArtificialHeavy chain variable
region 9Glu Val Gln Leu Val Glu Ser Gly Gly Gly Leu Val Gln Pro Gly
Gly 1 5 10 15 Ser Leu Arg Leu Ser Cys Ala Ala Ser Gly Phe Thr Phe
Ser Asp Tyr 20 25 30 Asn Met Ala Trp Val Arg Gln Ala Pro Gly Lys
Gly Leu Glu Trp Val 35 40 45 Ala Thr Ile Thr Tyr Glu Gly Arg Asn
Thr Tyr Tyr Arg Asp Ser Val 50 55 60 Lys Gly Arg Phe Thr Ile Ser
Arg Asp Asn Ala Lys Asn Ser Leu Tyr 65 70 75 80 Leu Gln Met Asn Ser
Leu Arg Ala Glu Asp Thr Ala Val Tyr Tyr Cys 85 90 95 Ala Ser Pro
Pro Gln Tyr Tyr Glu Gly Ser Ile Tyr Arg Leu Trp Phe 100 105 110 Ala
His Trp Gly Gln Gly Thr Leu Val Thr Val Ser Ser 115 120 125
10375DNAArtificialDNA encoding heavy chain variable region
10gaggttcagc tcgttgaatc cggaggcgga ctcgtgcagc ctgggggctc cttgcggctg
60agctgcgctg ccagtggctt cactttcagc gattacaata tggcctgggt gcgccaggcc
120ccaggcaagg gtctggagtg ggtggccaca attacctatg agggcagaaa
cacttattac 180cgggattcag tgaaagggcg atttaccatc agcagggata
atgcaaagaa cagtctgtac 240ctgcagatga actctctgag agctgaggac
accgctgtct actattgtgc aagcccaccc 300cagtactatg agggctcaat
ctacagattg tggtttgccc attggggcca gggaacactg 360gtgaccgtct cgagc
37511214PRTArtificialLight chain of antibody CA028_496g3 11Ala Ile
Gln Leu Thr Gln Ser Pro Ser Ser Leu Ser Ala Ser Val Gly 1 5 10 15
Asp Arg Val Thr Ile Thr Cys Arg Ala Asp Glu Ser Val Arg Thr Leu 20
25 30 Met His Trp Tyr Gln Gln Lys Pro Gly Lys Ala Pro Lys Leu Leu
Ile 35 40 45 Tyr Leu Val Ser Asn Ser Glu Ile Gly Val Pro Asp Arg
Phe Ser Gly 50 55 60 Ser Gly Ser Gly Thr Asp Phe Arg Leu Thr Ile
Ser Ser Leu Gln Pro 65 70 75 80 Glu Asp Phe Ala Thr Tyr Tyr Cys Gln
Gln Thr Trp Ser Asp Pro Trp 85 90 95 Thr Phe Gly Gln Gly Thr Lys
Val Glu Ile Lys Arg Thr Val Ala Ala 100 105 110 Pro Ser Val Phe Ile
Phe Pro Pro Ser Asp Glu Gln Leu Lys Ser Gly 115 120 125 Thr Ala Ser
Val Val Cys Leu Leu Asn Asn Phe Tyr Pro Arg Glu Ala 130 135 140 Lys
Val Gln Trp Lys Val Asp Asn Ala Leu Gln Ser Gly Asn Ser Gln 145 150
155 160 Glu Ser Val Thr Glu Gln Asp Ser Lys Asp Ser Thr Tyr Ser Leu
Ser 165 170 175 Ser Thr Leu Thr Leu Ser Lys Ala Asp Tyr Glu Lys His
Lys Val Tyr 180 185 190 Ala Cys Glu Val Thr His Gln Gly Leu Ser Ser
Pro Val Thr Lys Ser 195 200 205 Phe Asn Arg Gly Glu Cys 210
12234PRTArtificialLight chain of antibody CA028_496g3 including
signal sequence 12Met Ser Val Pro Thr Gln Val Leu Gly Leu Leu Leu
Leu Trp Leu Thr 1 5 10 15 Asp Ala Arg Cys Ala Ile Gln Leu Thr Gln
Ser Pro Ser Ser Leu Ser 20 25 30 Ala Ser Val Gly Asp Arg Val Thr
Ile Thr Cys Arg Ala Asp Glu Ser 35 40 45 Val Arg Thr Leu Met His
Trp Tyr Gln Gln Lys Pro Gly Lys Ala Pro 50 55 60 Lys Leu Leu Ile
Tyr Leu Val Ser Asn Ser Glu Ile Gly Val Pro Asp 65 70 75 80 Arg Phe
Ser Gly Ser Gly Ser Gly Thr Asp Phe Arg Leu Thr Ile Ser 85 90 95
Ser Leu Gln Pro Glu Asp Phe Ala Thr Tyr Tyr Cys Gln Gln Thr Trp 100
105 110 Ser Asp Pro Trp Thr Phe Gly Gln Gly Thr Lys Val Glu Ile Lys
Arg 115 120 125 Thr Val Ala Ala Pro Ser Val Phe Ile Phe Pro Pro Ser
Asp Glu Gln 130 135 140 Leu Lys Ser Gly Thr Ala Ser Val Val Cys Leu
Leu Asn Asn Phe Tyr 145 150 155 160 Pro Arg Glu Ala Lys Val Gln Trp
Lys Val Asp Asn Ala Leu Gln Ser 165 170 175 Gly Asn Ser Gln Glu Ser
Val Thr Glu Gln Asp Ser Lys Asp Ser Thr 180 185 190 Tyr Ser Leu Ser
Ser Thr Leu Thr Leu Ser Lys Ala Asp Tyr Glu Lys 195 200 205 His Lys
Val Tyr Ala Cys Glu Val Thr His Gln Gly Leu Ser Ser Pro 210 215 220
Val Thr Lys Ser Phe Asn Arg Gly Glu Cys 225 230
13645DNAArtificialDNA encoding Light chain of antibody CA028_496g3
13gccatccagc tgacccagag cccttcctct ctcagcgcca gtgtcggaga cagagtgact
60attacctgca gggctgacga aagcgtgaga acattgatgc actggtacca acagaagcct
120ggcaaagccc ccaagctcct gatctatctg gtttccaatt cggagattgg
agtccccgac 180aggttcagcg gcagtgggtc tggaactgac tttcgcctga
caatctcctc actccagccc 240gaagatttcg ccacctacta ttgccagcag
acttggagcg acccttggac atttggacag 300ggcacaaaag tggagatcaa
gcgtacggta gcggccccat ctgtcttcat cttcccgcca 360tctgatgagc
agttgaaatc tggaactgcc tctgttgtgt gcctgctgaa taacttctat
420cccagagagg ccaaagtaca gtggaaggtg gataacgccc tccaatcggg
taactcccag 480gagagtgtca cagagcagga cagcaaggac agcacctaca
gcctcagcag caccctgacg 540ctgagcaaag cagactacga gaaacacaaa
gtctacgcct gcgaagtcac ccatcagggc 600ctgagctcgc ccgtcacaaa
gagcttcaac aggggagagt gttag 64514705DNAArtificialDNA encoding Light
chain of antibody CA028_496g3 including signal sequence
14atgtcagttc ccacacaggt gctgggcctg cttctgttgt ggctcaccga tgctaggtgt
60gccatccagc tgacccagag cccttcctct ctcagcgcca gtgtcggaga cagagtgact
120attacctgca gggctgacga aagcgtgaga acattgatgc actggtacca
acagaagcct 180ggcaaagccc ccaagctcct gatctatctg gtttccaatt
cggagattgg agtccccgac 240aggttcagcg gcagtgggtc tggaactgac
tttcgcctga caatctcctc actccagccc 300gaagatttcg ccacctacta
ttgccagcag acttggagcg acccttggac atttggacag 360ggcacaaaag
tggagatcaa gcgtacggta gcggccccat ctgtcttcat cttcccgcca
420tctgatgagc agttgaaatc tggaactgcc tctgttgtgt gcctgctgaa
taacttctat 480cccagagagg ccaaagtaca gtggaaggtg gataacgccc
tccaatcggg taactcccag 540gagagtgtca cagagcagga cagcaaggac
agcacctaca gcctcagcag caccctgacg 600ctgagcaaag cagactacga
gaaacacaaa gtctacgcct gcgaagtcac ccatcagggc 660ctgagctcgc
ccgtcacaaa gagcttcaac aggggagagt gttag 70515455PRTArtificialHeavy
chain of antibody CA028_496g3 15Glu Val Gln Leu Val Glu Ser Gly Gly
Gly Leu Val Gln Pro Gly Gly 1 5 10 15 Ser Leu Arg Leu Ser Cys Ala
Ala Ser Gly Phe Thr Phe Ser Asp Tyr 20 25 30 Asn Met Ala Trp Val
Arg Gln Ala Pro Gly Lys Gly Leu Glu Trp Val 35 40 45 Ala Thr Ile
Thr Tyr Glu Gly Arg Asn Thr Tyr Tyr Arg Asp Ser Val 50 55 60 Lys
Gly Arg Phe Thr Ile Ser Arg Asp Asn Ala Lys Asn Ser Leu Tyr 65 70
75 80 Leu Gln Met Asn Ser Leu Arg Ala Glu Asp Thr Ala Val Tyr Tyr
Cys 85 90 95 Ala Ser Pro Pro Gln Tyr Tyr Glu Gly Ser Ile Tyr Arg
Leu Trp Phe 100 105 110 Ala His Trp Gly Gln Gly Thr Leu Val Thr Val
Ser Ser Ala Ser Thr 115 120 125 Lys Gly Pro Ser Val Phe Pro Leu Ala
Pro Ser Ser Lys Ser Thr Ser 130 135 140 Gly Gly Thr Ala Ala Leu Gly
Cys Leu Val Lys Asp Tyr Phe Pro Glu 145 150 155 160 Pro Val Thr Val
Ser Trp Asn Ser Gly Ala Leu Thr Ser Gly Val His 165 170 175 Thr Phe
Pro Ala Val Leu Gln Ser Ser Gly Leu Tyr Ser Leu Ser Ser 180 185 190
Val Val Thr Val Pro Ser Ser Ser Leu Gly Thr Gln Thr Tyr Ile Cys 195
200 205 Asn Val Asn His Lys Pro Ser Asn Thr Lys Val Asp Lys Lys Val
Glu 210 215 220 Pro Lys Ser Cys Asp Lys Thr His Thr Cys Pro Pro Cys
Pro Ala Pro 225 230 235 240 Glu Leu Leu Gly Gly Pro Ser Val Phe Leu
Phe Pro Pro Lys Pro Lys 245 250 255 Asp Thr Leu Met Ile Ser Arg Thr
Pro Glu Val Thr Cys Val Val Val 260 265 270 Asp Val Ser His Glu Asp
Pro Glu Val Lys Phe Asn Trp Tyr Val Asp 275 280 285 Gly Val Glu Val
His Asn Ala Lys Thr Lys Pro Arg Glu Glu Gln Tyr 290 295 300 Asn Ser
Thr Tyr Arg Val Val Ser Val Leu Thr Val Leu His Gln Asp 305 310 315
320 Trp Leu Asn Gly Lys Glu Tyr Lys Cys Lys Val Ser Asn Lys Ala Leu
325 330 335 Pro Ala Pro Ile Glu Lys Thr Ile Ser Lys Ala Lys Gly Gln
Pro Arg 340 345 350 Glu Pro Gln Val Tyr Thr Leu Pro Pro Ser Arg Asp
Glu Leu Thr Lys 355 360 365 Asn Gln Val Ser Leu Thr Cys Leu Val Lys
Gly Phe Tyr Pro Ser Asp 370 375 380 Ile Ala Val Glu Trp Glu Ser Asn
Gly Gln Pro Glu Asn Asn Tyr Lys 385 390 395 400 Thr Thr Pro Pro Val
Leu Asp Ser Asp Gly Ser Phe Phe Leu Tyr Ser 405 410 415 Lys Leu Thr
Val Asp Lys Ser Arg Trp Gln Gln Gly Asn Val Phe Ser 420 425 430 Cys
Ser Val Met His Glu Ala Leu His Asn His Tyr Thr Gln Lys Ser 435 440
445 Leu Ser Leu Ser Pro Gly Lys 450 455 16474PRTArtificialHeavy
chain of antibody CA028_496g3 including signal sequence 16Met Glu
Trp Ser Trp Val Phe Leu Phe Phe Leu Ser Val Thr Thr Gly 1 5 10 15
Val His Ser Glu Val Gln Leu Val Glu Ser Gly Gly Gly Leu Val Gln 20
25 30 Pro Gly Gly Ser Leu Arg Leu Ser Cys Ala Ala Ser Gly Phe Thr
Phe 35 40 45 Ser Asp Tyr Asn Met Ala Trp Val Arg Gln Ala Pro Gly
Lys Gly Leu 50 55 60 Glu Trp Val Ala Thr Ile Thr Tyr Glu Gly Arg
Asn Thr Tyr Tyr Arg 65 70 75 80 Asp Ser Val Lys Gly Arg Phe Thr Ile
Ser Arg Asp Asn Ala Lys Asn 85 90 95 Ser Leu Tyr Leu Gln Met Asn
Ser Leu Arg Ala Glu Asp Thr Ala Val 100 105 110 Tyr Tyr Cys Ala Ser
Pro Pro Gln Tyr Tyr Glu Gly Ser Ile Tyr Arg 115 120 125 Leu Trp Phe
Ala His Trp Gly Gln Gly Thr Leu Val Thr Val Ser Ser 130 135 140 Ala
Ser Thr Lys Gly Pro Ser Val Phe Pro Leu Ala Pro Ser Ser Lys 145 150
155 160 Ser Thr Ser Gly Gly Thr Ala Ala Leu Gly Cys Leu Val Lys Asp
Tyr 165 170 175 Phe Pro Glu Pro Val Thr Val Ser Trp Asn Ser Gly Ala
Leu Thr Ser 180 185 190 Gly Val His Thr Phe Pro Ala Val Leu Gln Ser
Ser Gly Leu Tyr Ser 195 200 205 Leu Ser Ser Val Val Thr Val Pro Ser
Ser Ser Leu Gly Thr Gln Thr 210 215 220 Tyr Ile Cys Asn Val Asn His
Lys Pro Ser Asn Thr Lys Val Asp Lys 225 230 235 240 Lys Val Glu Pro
Lys Ser Cys Asp Lys Thr His Thr Cys Pro Pro Cys 245 250 255 Pro Ala
Pro Glu Leu Leu Gly Gly Pro Ser Val Phe Leu Phe Pro Pro 260 265 270
Lys Pro Lys Asp Thr Leu Met Ile Ser Arg Thr Pro Glu Val Thr Cys 275
280 285 Val Val Val Asp Val Ser His Glu Asp Pro Glu Val Lys Phe Asn
Trp 290 295 300 Tyr Val Asp Gly Val Glu Val His Asn Ala Lys Thr Lys
Pro Arg Glu 305 310 315 320 Glu Gln Tyr Asn Ser Thr Tyr Arg Val Val
Ser Val Leu Thr Val Leu 325 330 335 His Gln Asp Trp Leu Asn Gly Lys
Glu Tyr Lys Cys Lys Val Ser Asn 340 345 350 Lys Ala Leu Pro Ala Pro
Ile Glu Lys Thr Ile Ser Lys Ala Lys Gly 355 360 365 Gln Pro Arg Glu
Pro Gln Val Tyr Thr Leu Pro Pro Ser Arg Asp Glu 370 375 380 Leu Thr
Lys Asn Gln Val Ser Leu Thr Cys Leu Val Lys Gly Phe Tyr 385 390 395
400 Pro Ser Asp Ile Ala Val Glu Trp Glu Ser Asn Gly Gln Pro Glu Asn
405 410 415 Asn Tyr Lys Thr Thr Pro Pro Val Leu Asp Ser Asp Gly Ser
Phe Phe 420 425 430 Leu Tyr Ser Lys Leu Thr Val Asp Lys Ser Arg Trp
Gln Gln Gly Asn 435 440 445 Val Phe Ser Cys Ser Val Met His Glu Ala
Leu His Asn His Tyr Thr 450 455 460 Gln Lys Ser Leu Ser Leu Ser Pro
Gly Lys 465 470 171365DNAArtificialDNA (including exons) encoding
heavy chain of antibody CA028_496g3 17gaggttcagc tcgttgaatc
cggaggcgga ctcgtgcagc ctgggggctc cttgcggctg 60agctgcgctg ccagtggctt
cactttcagc gattacaata tggcctgggt gcgccaggcc 120ccaggcaagg
gtctggagtg ggtggccaca attacctatg agggcagaaa cacttattac
180cgggattcag tgaaagggcg atttaccatc agcagggata atgcaaagaa
cagtctgtac 240ctgcagatga actctctgag agctgaggac accgctgtct
actattgtgc aagcccaccc 300cagtactatg agggctcaat ctacagattg
tggtttgccc attggggcca gggaacactg 360gtgaccgtct cgagcgcttc
tacaaagggc ccatcggtct tccccctggc accctcctcc 420aagagcacct
ctgggggcac agcggccctg ggctgcctgg tcaaggacta cttccccgaa
480ccggtgacgg tgtcgtggaa ctcaggcgcc ctgaccagcg gcgtgcacac
cttcccggct 540gtcctacagt cctcaggact ctactccctc agcagcgtgg
tgaccgtgcc ctccagcagc 600ttgggcaccc agacctacat ctgcaacgtg
aatcacaagc ccagcaacac caaggtcgac 660aagaaagttg agcccaaatc
ttgtgacaaa actcacacat gcccaccgtg cccagcacct 720gaactcctgg
ggggaccgtc agtcttcctc ttccccccaa aacccaagga caccctcatg
780atctcccgga cccctgaggt cacatgcgtg gtggtggacg tgagccacga
agaccctgag 840gtcaagttca actggtacgt ggacggcgtg gaggtgcata
atgccaagac aaagccgcgg 900gaggagcagt acaacagcac gtaccgtgtg
gtcagcgtcc tcaccgtcct gcaccaggac 960tggctgaatg gcaaggagta
caagtgcaag gtctccaaca aagccctccc agcccccatc 1020gagaaaacca
tctccaaagc caaagcgcag ccccgagaac cacaggtgta caccctgccc
1080ccatcccggg atgagctgac caagaaccag gtcagcctga
cctgcctggt caaaggcttc 1140tatcccagcg acatcgccgt ggagtgggag
agcaatgggc agccggagaa caactacaag 1200accacgcctc ccgtgctgga
ctccgacggc tccttcttcc tctacagcaa gctcaccgtg 1260gacaagagca
ggtggcagca ggggaacgtc ttctcatgct ccgtgatgca tgaggctctg
1320cacaaccact acacgcagaa gagcctctcc ctgtctccgg gtaaa
1365181422DNAArtificialDNA (including exons) encoding heavy chain
of antibody CA028_496g3 with signal sequence 18atggaatggt
cctgggtctt cctgtttttc ctttctgtca caaccggggt gcacagcgag 60gttcagctcg
ttgaatccgg aggcggactc gtgcagcctg ggggctcctt gcggctgagc
120tgcgctgcca gtggcttcac tttcagcgat tacaatatgg cctgggtgcg
ccaggcccca 180ggcaagggtc tggagtgggt ggccacaatt acctatgagg
gcagaaacac ttattaccgg 240gattcagtga aagggcgatt taccatcagc
agggataatg caaagaacag tctgtacctg 300cagatgaact ctctgagagc
tgaggacacc gctgtctact attgtgcaag cccaccccag 360tactatgagg
gctcaatcta cagattgtgg tttgcccatt ggggccaggg aacactggtg
420accgtctcga gcgcttctac aaagggccca tcggtcttcc ccctggcacc
ctcctccaag 480agcacctctg ggggcacagc ggccctgggc tgcctggtca
aggactactt ccccgaaccg 540gtgacggtgt cgtggaactc aggcgccctg
accagcggcg tgcacacctt cccggctgtc 600ctacagtcct caggactcta
ctccctcagc agcgtggtga ccgtgccctc cagcagcttg 660ggcacccaga
cctacatctg caacgtgaat cacaagccca gcaacaccaa ggtcgacaag
720aaagttgagc ccaaatcttg tgacaaaact cacacatgcc caccgtgccc
agcacctgaa 780ctcctggggg gaccgtcagt cttcctcttc cccccaaaac
ccaaggacac cctcatgatc 840tcccggaccc ctgaggtcac atgcgtggtg
gtggacgtga gccacgaaga ccctgaggtc 900aagttcaact ggtacgtgga
cggcgtggag gtgcataatg ccaagacaaa gccgcgggag 960gagcagtaca
acagcacgta ccgtgtggtc agcgtcctca ccgtcctgca ccaggactgg
1020ctgaatggca aggagtacaa gtgcaaggtc tccaacaaag ccctcccagc
ccccatcgag 1080aaaaccatct ccaaagccaa agcgcagccc cgagaaccac
aggtgtacac cctgccccca 1140tcccgggatg agctgaccaa gaaccaggtc
agcctgacct gcctggtcaa aggcttctat 1200cccagcgaca tcgccgtgga
gtgggagagc aatgggcagc cggagaacaa ctacaagacc 1260acgcctcccg
tgctggactc cgacggctcc ttcttcctct acagcaagct caccgtggac
1320aagagcaggt ggcagcaggg gaacgtcttc tcatgctccg tgatgcatga
ggctctgcac 1380aaccactaca cgcagaagag cctctccctg tctccgggta aa
1422191422DNAArtificialCDNA encoding heavy chain of antibody
CA028_496g3 including signal sequence 19atggaatggt cctgggtctt
cctgtttttc ctttctgtca caaccggggt gcacagcgag 60gttcagctcg ttgaatccgg
aggcggactc gtgcagcctg ggggctcctt gcggctgagc 120tgcgctgcca
gtggcttcac tttcagcgat tacaatatgg cctgggtgcg ccaggcccca
180ggcaagggtc tggagtgggt ggccacaatt acctatgagg gcagaaacac
ttattaccgg 240gattcagtga aagggcgatt taccatcagc agggataatg
caaagaacag tctgtacctg 300cagatgaact ctctgagagc tgaggacacc
gctgtctact attgtgcaag cccaccccag 360tactatgagg gctcaatcta
cagattgtgg tttgcccatt ggggccaggg aacactggtg 420accgtctcga
gcgcttctac aaagggccca tcggtcttcc ccctggcacc ctcctccaag
480agcacctctg ggggcacagc ggccctgggc tgcctggtca aggactactt
ccccgaaccg 540gtgacggtgt cgtggaactc aggcgccctg accagcggcg
tgcacacctt cccggctgtc 600ctacagtcct caggactcta ctccctcagc
agcgtggtga ccgtgccctc cagcagcttg 660ggcacccaga cctacatctg
caacgtgaat cacaagccca gcaacaccaa ggtcgacaag 720aaagttgagc
ccaaatcttg tgacaaaact cacacatgcc caccgtgccc agcacctgaa
780ctcctggggg gaccgtcagt cttcctcttc cccccaaaac ccaaggacac
cctcatgatc 840tcccggaccc ctgaggtcac atgcgtggtg gtggacgtga
gccacgaaga ccctgaggtc 900aagttcaact ggtacgtgga cggcgtggag
gtgcataatg ccaagacaaa gccgcgggag 960gagcagtaca acagcacgta
ccgtgtggtc agcgtcctca ccgtcctgca ccaggactgg 1020ctgaatggca
aggagtacaa gtgcaaggtc tccaacaaag ccctcccagc ccccatcgag
1080aaaaccatct ccaaagccaa agcgcagccc cgagaaccac aggtgtacac
cctgccccca 1140tcccgggatg agctgaccaa gaaccaggtc agcctgacct
gcctggtcaa aggcttctat 1200cccagcgaca tcgccgtgga gtgggagagc
aatgggcagc cggagaacaa ctacaagacc 1260acgcctcccg tgctggactc
cgacggctcc ttcttcctct acagcaagct caccgtggac 1320aagagcaggt
ggcagcaggg gaacgtcttc tcatgctccg tgatgcatga ggctctgcac
1380aaccactaca cgcagaagag cctctccctg tctccgggta aa 1422
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