Humanized, anti-n2 antibodies
AssigneeDecImmune Therapeutics, Inc.
InventorROBYN J. PURO
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Abstract
The present invention encompasses humanized antibodies that specifically bind N2 peptide, methods for the preparation thereof and methods for the use thereof.
Claims36
1-42. (canceled)
A humanized, anti-N2 antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof comprising a heavy chain variable (VH) region and a light chain variable (VL) region, wherein:
- i. the VH region comprises three complementarity determining regions (CDRs) VH CDR1, VH CDR2 and VH CDR3 wherein the VH CDR1 comprises SEQ ID NO:
- 3, VH CDR2 comprises SEQ ID NO:
- 4 and VH CDR3 comprises SEQ ID NO:
- 5;
- ii. the VH region comprises four framework regions (FWR) VH FWR1, VH FWR2, VH FWR3 and VH FWR4 wherein:
- a. the VH FWR1 comprises SEQ ID NO:
- 15, SEQ ID NO:
- 19 or SEQ ID NO:
- 23;
- b. The VH FWR2 comprises SEQ ID NO:
- 16, SEQ ID NO:
- 20, SEQ ID NO:24 or SEQ ID NO:
- 50;
- c. VH FWR3 comprises SEQ ID NO:
- 17, SEQ ID NO:
- 21, SEQ ID NO:
- 25, SEQ ID NO:
- 43, SEQ ID NO:
- 44, SEQ ID NO:
- 45, SEQ ID NO:
- 51 or SEQ ID NO:
- 52;
- and
- d. VH FWR4 comprises SEQ ID NO:
- 18, SEQ ID NO:
- 22, or SEQ ID NO:
- 26;
- iii. the VL region comprises three complementarity determining regions (CDRs) VL CDR1, VL CDR2 and VL CDR3 wherein the VL CDR1 comprises SEQ ID NO:
- 6, VH CDR2 comprises SEQ ID NO:
- 7 and VH CDR3 comprises SEQ ID NO:
- 8;
- iv. the VL region comprises four framework regions (FWR) VL FWR1, VL FWR2, VL FWR3 and VL FWR4 wherein:
- a. the VL FWR1 comprises SEQ ID NO:
- 27, SEQ ID NO:
- 31, or SEQ ID NO:
- 35;
- b. VL FWR2 comprises SEQ ID NO:
- 28, SEQ ID NO:
- 32, or SEQ ID NO:
- 36;
- c. VL FWR3 comprises SEQ ID NO:
- 29, SEQ ID NO:
- 33, or SEQ ID NO:
- 37;
- and
- d. VL FWR4 comprises SEQ ID NO:
- 30, SEQ ID NO:
- 34, or SEQ ID NO:
- 38.
The antibody or antigen-binding fragment of claim 1, wherein the VH region consists of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
- 49 and the VL region consists of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
- 14.
A humanized, anti-N2 antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof comprising a heavy chain variable (VH) region comprising a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:
- 9, SEQ ID NO:
- 10, SEQ ID NO:
- 11 and SEQ ID NO:
- 49.
A nucleotide sequence encoding a VH region, wherein the VH region comprises an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:
- 9, SEQ ID NO:
- 10, SEQ ID NO:
- 11 and SEQ ID NO:
- 49.
A nucleotide sequence encoding a VL region, wherein the VL region comprises an amino acid selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:
- 12, SEQ ID NO:
- 13 and SEQ ID NO:
- 14.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.