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US 2021/0009984 A1Published application
Therapeutic enzyme fusion protein having a novel structure and use thereof
AssigneeHanmi Pharm. Co., Ltd.
InventorsEui Joon JUNG, Jin Young KIM, In Young CHOI, Sung Youb JUNG
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Abstract
A fusion protein of a dimeric therapeutic enzyme and an immunoglobulin Fc region, a preparation method thereof, and a composition containing the fusion protein are disclosed.
Claims24
1-26. (canceled)
27:
- An enzyme fusion protein of the following Formula 1;
- wherein X and X′ are each independently the same or a different kind of therapeutic enzyme;
- L and L′ are linkers, each independently the same or a different kind of linker;
- F is an immunoglobulin Fc region;
- | is a covalent bond;
- and
- :
- is a covalent or non-covalent bond.
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28:
- The enzyme fusion protein of claim 27, wherein the therapeutic enzyme forms a dimer through a non-covalent bond, or the therapeutic enzymes form a dimer in anti-parallel configuration with each other.
29:
- The enzyme fusion protein of claim 27, wherein the enzyme fusion protein has increased stability and reduced binding affinity for lysosome receptors, compared to a therapeutic enzyme to which an immunoglobulin Fc region is not fused.
30:
- The enzyme fusion protein of claim 27, wherein the enzyme is selected from the group consisting of beta-glucosidase, alpha-galactosidase, beta-galactosidase, iduronidase, iduronate-2-sulfatase, galactose-6-sulfatase, acid alpha-glucosidase, acid ceramidase, acid sphingomyelinase, galactocerebrosidase, arylsulfatase A, B, beta-hexosaminidase A, B, heparin N-sulfatase, alpha-D-mannosidase, beta-glucuronidase, N-acetylgalactosamine-6 sulfatase, lysosomal acid lipase, alpha-N-acetyl-glucosaminidase, glucocerebrosidase, butyrylcholinesterase, chitinase, glutamate decarboxylase, imiglucerase, lipase, uricase, platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase, neutral endopeptidase, and myeloperoxidase.
31:
- The enzyme fusion protein of claim 30, wherein the enzyme is alpha-galactosidase A or beta-galactosidase.
32:
- The enzyme fusion protein of claim 27, wherein the immunoglobulin Fc region has a variation selected from the group consisting of substitution, addition, deletion, modification, and a combination thereof in at least one amino acid of a native immunoglobulin Fc region.
33:
- The enzyme fusion protein of claim 32, wherein, in the immunoglobulin Fc region having the amino sequence of SEQ ID NO:
- 8, the 2nd amino acid is substituted with proline;
- the 71st amino acid is substituted with glutamine;
- or the 2nd amino acid is substituted with proline and the 71st amino acid is substituted with glutamine.
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34:
- The enzyme fusion protein of claim 33, wherein no chain exchange occurs in the immunoglobulin Fc region.
35:
- The enzyme fusion protein of claim 27, wherein the immunoglobulin Fc region is selected from the group consisting of
- (a) a CH1 domain, a CH2 domain, a CH3 domain, and a CH4 domain;
- (b) a CH1 domain and a CH2 domain;
- (c) a CH1 domain and a CH3 domain;
- (d) a CH2 domain and a CH3 domain;
- and
- (e) a combination between one or two or more domains among a CH1 domain, a CH2 domain, a CH3 domain, and a CH4 domain and an immunoglobulin hinge region or a part of the hinge region.
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36:
- The enzyme fusion protein of claim 27, wherein the immunoglobulin Fc region is in the form of a monomer;
- or the immunoglobulin Fc region consists of a hinge region, a CH2 domain, and a CH3 domain.
37:
- The enzyme fusion protein of claim 27, wherein, in the immunoglobulin Fc region,
- (a) a region capable of forming a disulfide bond is removed;
- (b) a certain amino acid residue is removed at the N-terminus of a native Fc;
- (c) a methionine residue is added at the N-terminus of a native Fc form;
- (d) a complement-binding site is removed;
- or
- (e) an antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) site is deleted.
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38:
- The enzyme fusion protein of claim 27, wherein the immunoglobulin Fc region is aglycosylated.
39:
- The enzyme fusion protein of claim 27, wherein the immunoglobulin Fc region is an Fc fragment derived from IgG, IgA, IgD, IgE, or IgM.
40:
- The enzyme fusion protein of claim 27, wherein the immunoglobulin Fc region is a hybrid of domains having different origins derived from immunoglobulins selected from the group consisting of IgG, IgA, IgD, IgE, and IgM.
41:
- The enzyme fusion protein of claim 40, wherein the immunoglobulin Fc region is an IgG4 Fc region.
42:
- The enzyme fusion protein of claim 41, wherein the hinge region of the IgG4 Fc region is substituted with an IgG1 hinge region.
43:
- The enzyme fusion protein of claim 27, wherein the enzyme fusion protein comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
- 6.
44:
- A method for preventing or treating a lysosomal storage disorder (LSD) in a subject in need thereof comprising administering an effective amount of the enzyme fusion protein of claim 27 or a composition comprising the enzyme fusion protein to the subject.
45:
- The method of claim 44, wherein the lysosomal storage disorder (LSD) is selected from the group consisting of mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS), glycogen storage disease, sphingolipidosis, Niemann-Pick disease, Fabry's disease, Gaucher disease, Hunter syndrome, and Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome.
46:
- The method of claim 44, wherein the composition reduces the binding affinity of an enzyme for a lysosome receptor.
47:
- An expression vector comprising the polynucleotide encoding the enzyme fusion protein of claim 27.
48:
- A transformant into which the expression vector of claim 47 is introduced.
49:
- A method for preparing an enzyme fusion protein, comprising:
- (a) culturing the transformant of claim 48 to obtain a culture;
- and
- (b) recovering an enzyme fusion protein from the culture.
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