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AssigneesArch Development Corporation, Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation
InventorsJeffrey A. Bluestone, Robert A. Zivin, Linda K. Jolliffe
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The binding specificity of the murine OKT3 has been transferred into a human antibody framework in order to reduce its immunogenicity. This "humanized" anti-CD3 mAb (gOKT3-5) was previously shown to retain, in vitro, all the properties of native OKT3, including T cell activation which has been correlated, in vivo, with the severe side-effects observed in transplant recipients after the first administration of the mAb. Disclosed is a single amino acid mutation from a leucine to a glutamic acid at position 235 in the Fc receptor (FcR) binding segment of the gOKT3-5 mAb to produce Glu-235 mAb. Also disclosed is an amino acid mutation from the contiguous phenylalanine at position 234 to a leucine (Leu-234).
A monoclonal antibody comprising a heavy chain having a variable region with a sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO:13 or SEQ ID NO:14 and a human IgG4 constant region, and a light chain having a variable region with a sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO:9 or SEQ ID NO:18, wherein the human IgG4 constant region comprises a point mutation from leucine to glutamic acid at residue 235.
A pharmaceutical composition comprising:
A method of suppressing rejection of transplanted organ tissue comprising the step of administering to an organ transplant patient, either before, during, or after transplantation, a pharmaceutical composition that comprises an antibody and a physiologically acceptable carrier wherein the antibody is comprised of a heavy chain having a variable region with a sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO:13 or SEQ ID NO:14 and a human IgG4 constant region, and a light chain having a variable region with a sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO:9 or SEQ ID NO:18, wherein the human IgG4 constant region comprises a point mutation from leucine to glutamic acid at residue 235.
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