# US 8,771,690 B2 · Class I anti-CEA antibodies and uses thereof

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- Number: US 8,771,690 B2
- Document ID: US8771690B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/066,097
- Filed: 2013-10-29
- Published: 2014-03-20
- Granted: 2014-07-08
- Earliest claimed: 2009-09-16
- Assignees: Immunomedics, Inc.
- Applicants: Immunomedics, Inc.
- Inventors: Hans J. Hansen; Chien-Hsing Chang; David M. Goldenberg
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8771690B2

## CPC

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## Abstract

The present invention provides compositions and methods of use of humanized, chimeric or human Class I anti-CEA antibodies or fragments thereof, preferably comprising the light chain variable region CDR sequences SASSRVSYIH (SEQ ID NO:1); GTSTLAS (SEQ ID NO:2); and QQWSYNPPT (SEQ ID NO:3); and the heavy chain variable region CDR sequences DYYMS (SEQ ID NO:4); FIANKANGHTTDYSPSVKG (SEQ ID NO:5); and DMGIRWNFDV (SEQ ID NO:6). The Class I anti-CEA antibodies or fragments are useful for treating diseases, such as cancer, wherein the diseased cells express CEACAM5 and/or CEACAM6 antigens. The Class I anti-CEA antibodies or fragments are also of use for interfering with specific processes, such as metastasis, invasiveness and/or adhesion of cancer cells, or for enhancing sensitivity of cancer cells to cytotoxic agents and have favorable effects on the survival of subjects with cancer.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of delivering a therapeutic agent, comprising administering to a subject a chimeric, humanized or human Class I anti-CEA antibody or fragment thereof, wherein the Class I anti-CEA antibody or fragment thereof comprises the light chain variable region CDR sequences SASSRVSYIH (SEQ ID NO:1); GTSTLAS (SEQ ID NO:2); and QQWSYNPPT (SEQ ID NO:3); and the heavy chain variable region CDR sequences DYYMS (SEQ ID NO:4); FIANKANGHTTDYSPSVKG (SEQ ID NO:5); and DMGIRWNFDV (SEQ ID NO:6), wherein the Class I anti-CEA antibody or fragment thereof is conjugated to at least one therapeutic agent.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the therapeutic agent is selected from the group consisting of an antibody, an antibody fragment, a cytotoxic agent, a drug, a radionuclide, boron atoms, an immunomodulator, a photoactive therapeutic agent, an immunoconjugate, an oligonucleotide and a hormone.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, wherein the cytotoxic agent is a drug or toxin.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The method of claim 3, wherein the drug has a pharmaceutical property selected from the group consisting of antimitotic, alkylating, antimetabolite, antiangiogenic, apoptotic, alkaloid, COX-2, and antibiotic agents.

### Claim 5 (depends on 3)

The method of claim 3, wherein the drug is selected from the group consisting of nitrogen mustards, ethylenimine derivatives, alkyl sulfonates, nitrosoureas, triazenes, folic acid analogs, anthracyclines, taxanes, COX-2 inhibitors, pyrimidine analogs, purine analogs, antimetabolites, antibiotics, enzymes, epipodophyllotoxins, platinum coordination complexes, vinca alkaloids, substituted ureas, methyl hydrazine derivatives, adrenocortical suppressants, antagonists, endostatin, taxols, camptothecins, oxaliplatin and doxorubicins.

### Claim 6 (depends on 3)

The method of claim 3, wherein the drug is selected from the group consisting of 5-fluorouracil, aplidin, azaribine, anastrozole, anthracyclines, bendamustine, bleomycin, bortezomib, bryostatin-1, busulfan, calicheamycin, camptothecin, carboplatin, 10 -hydroxycamptothecin, carmustine, celecoxib, chlorambucil, cisplatinum, COX-2 inhibitors, irinotecan (CPT-11), SN-38, carboplatin, cladribine, camptothecans, cyclophosphamide, cytarabine, dacarbazine, docetaxel, dactinomycin, daunorubicin, doxorubicin, 2 -pyrrolinodoxorubicin (2P-DOX), pro-2P-DOX, cyano-morpholino doxorubicin, doxorubicin glucuronide, epirubicin glucuronide, estramustine, epipodophyllotoxin, estrogen receptor binding agents, etoposide (VP16), etoposide glucuronide, etoposide phosphate, floxuridine (FUdR), 3′,5′-O-dioleoyl-FudR (FUdR-dO), fludarabine, flutamide, farnesyl-protein transferase inhibitors, gemcitabine, hydroxyurea, idarubicin, ifosfamide, L-asparaginase, lenolidamide, leucovorin, lomustine, mechlorethamine, melphalan, mercaptopurine, 6 -mercaptopurine, methotrexate, mitoxantrone, mithramycin, mitomycin, mitotane, navelbine, nitrosourea, plicomycin, procarbazine, paclitaxel, pentostatin, PSI-341, raloxifene, semustine, streptozocin, tamoxifen, temazolomide, transplatinum, thalidomide, thioguanine, thiotepa, teniposide, topotecan, uracil mustard, vinorelbine, vinblastine, vincristine and vinca alkaloids.

### Claim 7 (depends on 3)

The method of claim 3, wherein the toxin is selected from the group consisting of ricin, abrin, alpha toxin, saporin, ribonuclease (RNase), onconase, DNase I, Staphylococcal enterotoxin-A, pokeweed antiviral protein, gelonin, diphtheria toxin, Pseudomonas exotoxin and Pseudomonas endotoxin.

### Claim 8 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, wherein the oligonucleotide is selected from the group consisting of an RNAi and a siRNA.

### Claim 9 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2 wherein the radionuclide is selected from the group consisting of 111In, 111At, 177Lu, 211Bi, 212Bi, 213Bi, 211At, 62Cu, 67Cu, 90Y, 125I, 131I, 133I, 32P, 33P, 47Sc, 111Ag, 67Ga, 153Sm, 161Tb, 152Dy, 161Ho, 166Ho, 186Re, 188Re, 189Re, 211Pb, 212Pb, 223Ra, 225Ac, 77As, 89Sr, 99Mo, 105Rh, 149Pm, 169Er, 194Ir, 58Co, 80mBr, 99mTc, 103mRh, 109Pt, 119Sb, 125I, 189mOs, 192Ir, 219Rn, 215Po, 221Fr, 255Fm, 11C, 13N, 15O, 75Br, 198Au, 199Au, 224Ac, 77Br, 113mIn, 95Ru, 97Ru, 103Ru, 105Ru, 107Hg, 203Hg, 121mTe, 122mTe, 125mTe, 165Tm, 167Tm, 168Tm, 197Pt, 109Pd, 142Pr, 143Pr, 161Tb, 57Co, 58Co, 51Cr, 59Fe, 75Se, 201Tl, 76Br, 169Yb, and an alpha-particle emmiting radionuclide.

### Claim 10 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, wherein the immunomodulator is selected from the group consisting of a cytokine, a chemokine, a stem cell growth factor, a lymphotoxin, an hematopoietic factor, a colony stimulating factor (CSF), an interferon, erythropoietin, thrombopoietin, a tumor necrosis factor (TNF), an interleukin (IL), granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF), granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and a stem cell growth factor designated “S1 factor”.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10, wherein the cytokine is selected from the group consisting of human growth hormone, N-methionyl human growth hormone, bovine growth hormone, parathyroid hormone, thyroxine, insulin, proinsulin, relaxin, prorelaxin, follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), hepatic growth factor, prostaglandin, fibroblast growth factor, prolactin, placental lactogen, OB protein, tumor necrosis factor-α, tumor necrosis factor-β, mullerian-inhibiting substance, mouse gonadotropin-associated peptide, inhibin, activin, vascular endothelial growth factor, integrin, thrombopoietin (TPO), NGF-β, platelet-growth factor, TGF-α, TGF-β, insulin-like growth factor-I, insulin-like growth factor-II, erythropoietin (EPO), osteoinductive factors, interferon-α, interferon-β, interferon-γ, macrophage-CSF (M-CSF), IL-1, IL-1α, IL-2, IL-3, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-7, IL-8, IL-9, IL-10, IL-11, IL-12, IL-13, IL-14, IL-15, IL-16, IL-17, IL-18, IL-21, IL-25, LIF, FLT-3,angiostatin, thrombospondin, endostatin, tumor necrosis factor and LT.

### Claim 12 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10, wherein the chemokine is selected from the group consisting of RANTES, MCAF, MIP1-alpha, MIP1-beta and IP-10.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the antibody fragment is selected from the group consisting of F(ab′)2, Fab′, Fab, Fv, single domain antibody (VHH) and scFv.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the Class I anti-CEA antibody or fragment thereof comprises human antibody IgG1 constant region sequences.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the Class I anti-CEA antibody or fragment thereof is a chimeric antibody or fragment thereof.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The method of claim 15, wherein the chimeric Class I anti-CEA antibody or fragment thereof comprises the variable region amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NO:9 and SEQ ID NO:10.

### Claim 17 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein Class I anti-CEA antibody or fragment thereof is a humanized antibody or fragment thereof.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The method of claim 17, wherein the humanized Class I anti-CEA antibody or fragment thereof comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NO:7 and SEQ ID NO:8.

### Claim 19 (depends on 17)

The method of claim 17, wherein the humanized Class I anti-CEA antibody or fragment thereof comprises the light chain FR sequences of a human REI antibody and the heavy chain FR sequences of a human KOL antibody.

### Claim 20 (depends on 17)

The method of claim 17, wherein the framework regions of the light and heavy chain variable regions of the humanized antibody or fragment thereof comprise at least one amino acid substitution selected from the heavy chain amino acid residues 28, 29, 30, 48 and 49 of SEQ ID NO:10 and the light chain amino acid residues 21, 47 and 60 of SEQ ID NO:9.

### Claim 21

A method of delivering a diagnostic agent, comprising administering to a subject a chimeric, humanized or human Class I anti-CEA antibody or fragment thereof, wherein the Class I anti-CEA antibody or fragment thereof comprises the light chain variable region CDR sequences SASSRVSYIH (SEQ ID NO:1); GTSTLAS (SEQ ID NO:2); and QQWSYNPPT (SEQ ID NO:3); and the heavy chain variable region CDR sequences DYYMS (SEQ ID NO:4); FIANKANGHTTDYSPSVKG (SEQ ID NO:5); and
DMGIRWNFDV (SEQ ID NO:6), wherein the Class I anti-CEA antibody or fragment thereof is conjugated to at least one diagnostic agent, wherein the diagnostic agent is selected from the group consisting of a radionuclide, a radiological contrast agent, a paramagnetic ion, a metal, a fluorescent label, a chemiluminescent label, an ultrasound contrast agent and a photoactive agent.

### Claim 22 (depends on 21)

The method of claim 21, wherein the radionuclide is selected from the group consisting of 110In, 111In, 177Lu, 18F, 52Fe, 62Cu, 64Cu, 67Cu, 67Ga, 68Ga, 86Y, 90Y, 89Zr, 94mTc, 94Tc, 99mTc, 120I, 123I, 124I, 125I, 131I, 154-158Gd, 32P, 11C, 13N, 15O, 186Re, 188Re, 51Mn, 52mMn, 55Co, 72As, 75Br, 76Br, 82mRb and 83Sr.

### Claim 23 (depends on 21)

The method of claim 21, wherein the paramagnetic ion is selected from the group consisting of chromium (III), manganese (II), iron (III), iron (II), cobalt (II), nickel (II), copper (II), neodymium (III), samarium (III), ytterbium (III), gadolinium (III), vanadium (II), terbium (III), dysprosium (III), holmium (III) and erbium (III).

### Claim 24 (depends on 21)

The method of claim 21, wherein the fluorescent label is selected from the group consisting of Alexa 350, Alexa 430, AMCA, aminoacridine, BODIPY 630/650, BODIPY 650/665, BODIPY-FL, BODIPY-R6G, BODIPY-TMR, BODIPY-TRX, 5-carboxy-4′, 5′-dichloro-2′,7′-dimethoxy fluorescein, 5-carboxy-2′,4′,5′,7′-tetrachlorofluorescein, 5-carboxyfluorescein, 5-carboxyrhodamine, 6-carboxyrhodamine, 6 -carboxytetramethyl rhodamine, Cascade Blue, Cy2, Cy3, Cy5,6-FAM, dansyl chloride, Fluorescein, HEX, 6-JOE, NBD (7-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazole), Oregon Green 488, Oregon Green 500, Oregon Green 514, Pacific Blue, phthalic acid, terephthalic acid, isophthalic acid, cresyl fast violet, cresyl blue violet, brilliant cresyl blue, para-aminobenzoic acid, erythrosine, phthalocyanines, azomethines, cyanines, xanthines, succinylfluoresceins, rare earth metal cryptates, europium trisbipyridine diamine, a europium cryptate or chelate, diamine, dicyanins, La Jolla blue dye, allopycocyanin, allococyanin B, phycocyanin C, phycocyanin R, thiamine, phycoerythrocyanin, phycoerythrin R, REG, Rhodamine Green, rhodamine isothiocyanate, Rhodamine Red, ROX, TAMRA, TET, TRIT (tetramethyl rhodamine isothiol), Tetramethylrhodamine, and Texas Red.