Drug-conjugated bi-specific antigen-binding constructs
AssigneeZymeworks Inc.
InventorsGordon Yiu Kon Ng, Leonard G. Presta, Thomas Spreter Von Kreudenstein
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Abstract
Bispecific antigen-binding constructs e.g., antibodies conjugated to drugs (ADCs), which bind CD3 and other cell-surface target antigen such as tumor antigens e.g., CD19, CDH3, HER2, HER3 and EGFR antigens and methods of use are disclosed.
Claims15
A method of killing target cells that express a target antigen on the cell surface comprising:
- contacting the target cells with an effective amount of a drug-conjugated antigen-binding construct in the presence of effector T cells, wherein the drug-conjugated antigen-binding construct comprises an antigen binding construct conjugated to mertansine (DM1) with a N-succinimidyl 4-(maleimidomethyl)cyclohexanecarboxylate (SMCC) linker and the antigen-binding polypeptide construct comprises a first antigen-binding polypeptide construct operably linked to a second antigen-binding polypeptide construct, wherein
- the first antigen-binding polypeptide construct specifically binds a CD3 epsilon antigen expressed on the effector T cells and is an scFv and comprises a first heavy chain variable (VH) region comprising SEQ ID NO:213 and a first light chain variable (VL) region comprising SEQ ID NO:221;
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- the second antigen-binding polypeptide construct comprising a second VH region comprising a CDR1, a CDR2, and a CDR3 and a second VL region comprising a CDR1, a CDR2, and a CDR3, wherein the second antigen binding polypeptide is an scFv or a Fab and specifically binds the target antigen and
- the target antigen is CD19, and the second VH CDR1 comprises SEQ ID NO:591, the second VH CDR2 comprises SEQ ID NO:595, the second VH CDR3 comprises SEQ ID NO:593, the second VL CDR1 comprises SEQ ID NO:607, the second VL CDR2 comprises SEQ ID NO:611, and the second VL CDR3 comprises SEQ ID NO:609;
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- the target antigen is CDH3, and the second VH CDR1 comprises SEQ ID NO:139, the second VH CDR2 comprises SEQ ID NO:143, the second VH CDR3 comprises SEQ ID NO:141, the second VL CDR1 comprises SEQ ID NO:683, the second VL CDR2 comprises SEQ ID NO:687, and the second VL CDR3 comprises SEQ ID NO:685;
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- the target antigen is HER2, and the second VH CDR1 comprises SEQ ID NO:199, the second VH CDR2 comprises SEQ ID NO:203, the second VH CDR3 comprises SEQ ID NO:201, the second VL CDR1 comprises SEQ ID NO:823, the second VL CDR2 comprises SEQ ID NO:827, and the second VL CDR3 comprises SEQ ID NO:825;
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- the target antigen is HER3 and the second VH CDR1 comprises SEQ ID NO:667, the second VH CDR2 comprises SEQ ID NO:671, the second VH CDR3 comprises SEQ ID NO:669, the second VL CDR1 comprises SEQ ID NO:795 the second VL CDR2 comprises SEQ ID NO:799, and the second VL CDR3 comprises SEQ ID NO:797;
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- the target antigen is EGFR, and the second VH CDR1 comprises SEQ ID NO:651, the second VH CDR2 comprises SEQ ID NO:653, the second VH CDR3 comprises SEQ ID NO:655, the second VL CDR1 comprises SEQ ID NO:403, the second VL CDR2 comprises SEQ ID NO:407, and the second VL CDR3 comprises SEQ ID NO:405.
A method of killing target cells that express a target antigen on the cell surface, the method comprising contacting the target cells with an effective amount of a drug-conjugated antigen-binding construct in the presence of effector T cells, wherein the drug-conjugated antigen-binding construct comprises an antigen binding construct conjugated to mertansine (DM1) with a N-succinimidyl 4-(maleimidomethyl)cyclohexanecarboxylate (SMCC) linker and the antigen-binding polypeptide construct comprises a first antigen-binding polypeptide construct operably linked to a second antigen-binding polypeptide construct, wherein
- the first antigen-binding polypeptide construct specifically binds a CD3 epsilon antigen expressed on the effector T cells and is an scFv and comprises a first heavy chain variable (VH) region comprising SEQ ID NO:877 and a first light chain variable (VL) region comprising SEQ ID NO:885;
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- the second antigen-binding polypeptide construct specifically binds the target antigen expressed on the effector T cells and the target antigen is CDH3, and the second antigen-binding polypeptide construct is an scFv or a Fab and comprises a second heavy chain variable (VH) region comprising SEQ ID NO:137 and a second light chain variable (VL) region comprising SEQ ID NO:681.
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