IP Library Granted Patent US 7,396,915
Granted Patent B2
US 7,396,915 · App. 10/546,594 · Granted Jul 8, 2008

Monoclonal antibody and gene encoding the same, hybridoma, pharmaceutical composition, and diagnostic reagent

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Patent No.
US 7,396,915
App. No.
10/546,594
Granted
Jul 8, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A novel human monoclonal antibody specifically recognizing cancer cells such as non-small cell lung cancer, pancreatic cancer and gastric cancer cells is produced by hybridomas which are obtained by fusing lymphocytes derived from a cancer tissue of a cancer patient with mouse myeloma cells. An anti-cancer drug is obtained by using the antibody alone or anchoring the antibody on the surface of a liposome containing a toxin or an anti-cancer drug encapsulated therein. More specifically, an anti-cancer drug is obtained by using an antibody, in which variable region of its heavy chain comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 115 and variable region of the light chain comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 117, alone or anchoring the antibody on the surface of a liposome containing a toxin or an anti-cancer drug encapsulated therein.

Claims (16)

1. An isolated monoclonal antibody which specifically binds human vimentin and which has a heavy chain and a light chain, wherein the variable region of the heavy chain of said the monoclonal antibody comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 86, 88 and 90, and wherein the variable region of the light chain of the monoclonal antibody comprises the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 92, 94 and 96.

2. The monoclonal antibody according to claim 1 , wherein the variable region of the heavy chain comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 82.

3. The monoclonal antibody according to claim 1 , wherein the variable region of the heavy chain comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 115.

4. The monoclonal antibody according to claim 1 , wherein the variable region of the light chain comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 84.

5. The monoclonal antibody according to claim 1 , wherein the variable region of the light chain comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 117.

6. The monoclonal antibody according to claim 1 , wherein the variable region of the heavy chain contains the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 82, and the variable region of the light chain comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 84.

7. The monoclonal antibody according to claim 1 , wherein the variable region of the heavy chain comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 115, and the variable region of the light chain comprises an the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 117.

8. The monoclonal antibody according to claim 1 , wherein said monoclonal antibody is a human antibody.

9. An isolated DNA which encodes the monoclonal antibody according to claim 1 .

10. The DNA according to claim 9 , wherein the variable region of the heavy chain of the monoclonal antibody is encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising SEQ ID NOS: 85, 87 and 89, and a region that encodes the variable region of the light chain of the monoclonal antibody is encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising SEQ ID NOS: 91, 93 and 95.

11. The DNA according to claim 9 , wherein the variable region of the heavy chain of the monoclonal antibody is encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising SEQ ID NO: 81, and the variable region of the light chain of the monoclonal antibody is encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising SEQ ID NO: 83.

12. The DNA according to claim 9 , wherein the variable region of the heavy chain of the monoclonal antibody is encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising SEQ ID NO: 114, and the variable region of the light chain of the monoclonal antibody is encoded by a nucleotide sequence comprising SEQ ID NO: 116.

13. An isolated recombinant vector comprising the DNA according to claim 9 .

14. An isolated transformant, comprising the recombinant vector according to claim 13 .

15. A pharmaceutical composition, comprising the monoclonal antibody according to claim 1 .

16. A diagnostic reagent, which comprises the monoclonal antibody according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 17, 2008
From: MITSUBISHI PHARMA CORPORATION
To: MITSUBISHI TANABE PHARMA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 020838/0701 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 24, 2006
From: HOSOKAWA, SAIKO; AOKI, MASAHIKO; HIRAKAWA, YOKO; ITAMI, SEIMA; UMEKI, HIROE; SAIKAWA, YOSHIRO; KUMAI, KOICHIRO; FUKUDA, KAZUMASA
To: MITSUBISHI PHARMA CORPORATION; KEIO UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 017212/0877 →