Antigen binding polypeptides
AssigneeArgen-X N.V.
InventorsTorsten Dreier, Christophe Frederic Jerome Blanchetot, Johannes Joseph Wilhelmus De Haard
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Abstract
The invention relates to a platform technology for production of antigen binding polypeptides having specificity for a desired target antigen which is based on the conventional antibody repertoire of species in the family Camelidae, and to antigen binding polypeptides obtained using this technology platform. In particular, the invention provides an antigen binding polypeptide comprising a VH domain and a VL domain, wherein at least one hypervariable loop or complementarity determining region (CDR) in the VH domain or the VL domain is obtained from a VH or VL domain of a species in the family Camelidae.
Claims32
A chimeric antigen binding polypeptide that specifically binds to a target antigen, the polypeptide comprising a VH domain and a VL domain, said VH domain comprising hypervariable loops H1, H2 and H3, wherein said VH domain polypeptide is paired with a VL domain comprising hypervariable loops L1, L2 and L3, wherein said VH domain and said VL domain are each fused to one or more IgG constant domains of a human antibody, wherein at least the H3 hypervariable loop is obtained from a conventional antibody of a species in the family Camelidae, and wherein said conventional antibody is a heterotetrameric IgG antibody composed of two identical light chains and two identical heavy chains, wherein at least one of the hypervariable loops H1, H2, L1, L2 and L3 exhibits a predicted or actual canonical fold structure which is identical or substantially identical to a canonical fold structure of a corresponding H1, H2, L1, L2 or L3 hypervariable loop which occurs in human antibodies.
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