Antibodies to VLA-1
View Patent ↗Antibodies that specifically bind to VLA-1 integrin and methods of using these antibodies to treat immunological disorders in a subject. Also included are crystal structures of complexes formed by VLA-1 antibodies and their ligands, and VLA-1 antagonists and agonists identified by using the structure coordinates of these structures.
1. A method of treating a subject having inflammatory bowel disease, comprising administering to the subject a composition comprising an anti-VLA-1 antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, wherein the antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof comprises light chain complementarity determining regions defined by amino acid residues 24 to 33, 49 to 55 and 88 to 96 of SEQ ID NO:1, and heavy chain complementarity determining regions defined by amino acid residues 31 to 35, 50 to 65 and 98 to 107 of SEQ ID NO:2.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the anti-VLA-1 antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof comprises a light chain variable domain sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 and a heavy chain variable domain sequence of SEQ ID NO:2.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the anti-VLA-1 antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof comprises the same heavy and light chain polypeptide sequences as an antibody produced by hybridoma mAQC2 which is deposited under ATCC accession number PTA3273.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the anti-VLA-1 antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof is a humanized antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the anti-VLA-1 antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof is a chimeric antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof.
6. The method of claim 4 or claim 5 , wherein the anti-VLA-1 antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof comprises at least one of the following residues in its light chain: Q1, L4, P45, W46 and Y70 according to SEQ ID NO:1; or at least one of the following residues in its heavy chain: D1, V12, S28, F29, A49, T96, and R97 according to SEQ ID NO:2.
7. The method of claim 4 , wherein the anti-VLA-1 antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof comprises a light chain variable domain sequence defined by amino acid residues 1 to 106 of SEQ ID NO:3, and a heavy chain variable domain sequence defined by amino acid residues 1 to 118 of SEQ ID NO:4.
8. The method of claim 4 , wherein the anti-VLA-1 antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof comprises the same heavy and light chain polypeptide sequences as an antibody produced by cell line hAQC2 which is deposited under ATCC accession number PTA3275.
9. The method of claim 4 , wherein the anti-VLA-1 antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof comprises the same heavy and light polypeptide sequences as an antibody produced by cell line hsAQC2 which is deposited under ATCC accession number PTA3356.
10. The method of claim 4 , wherein the anti-VLA-1 antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof comprises the same heavy and light chain polypeptide sequences as an antibody produced by cell line haAQC2 which is deposited under ATCC accession number PTA3274.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the anti-VLA-1 antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof comprises an antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof produced by cell line mAQC2 which is deposited under ATCC accession number PTA3273.
12. The method of claim 4 , wherein the anti-VLA-1 antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof comprises an antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof produced by cell line hAQC2 which is deposited under ATCC accession number PTA3275.
13. The method of claim 4 , wherein the anti-VLA-1 antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof comprises an antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof produced by cell line hsAQC2 which is deposited under ATCC accession number PTA3356.
14. The method of claim 4 , wherein the anti-VLA-1 antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof comprises an antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof produced by cell line haAQC2 which is deposited under ATCC accession number PTA3274.
15. The method of claim 4 , wherein the anti-VLA-1 antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof comprises an antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof that has an alanine at amino acid position 235 and an alanine at amino acid position 236 as set forth in SEQ ID NO:6.
16. The method of claim 4 , wherein the anti-VLA-1 antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof comprises an antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof that has a glutamine at amino acid position 298 as set forth in SEQ ID NO:5.
17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the subject is a human.
18. A method of treating a subject having inflammatory bowel disease, comprising administering to the subject a composition comprising an anti-VLA-1 antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, wherein the antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof comprises a light chain and a heavy chain selected from one of the following light chain and heavy chain pairs:
(i) a light chain of an anti-VLA-1 antibody, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, which has the sequence of SEQ ID NO:3,
and a heavy chain of an anti-VLA-1 antibody, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, which has the sequence of SEQ ID NO:4;
(ii) a light chain of an anti-VLA-1 antibody, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, whose light chain variable domain has the sequence of SEQ ID NO:49,
and a heavy chain of an anti-VLA-1 antibody, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, whose heavy chain variable domain has the sequence of SEQ ID NO:42;
(iii) a light chain of an anti-VLA-1 antibody, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, whose light chain variable domain has the sequence of SEQ ID NO:51,
and a heavy chain of an anti-VLA-1 antibody, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, whose heavy chain variable domain has the sequence of SEQ ID NO:44;
(iv) a light chain of an anti-VLA-1 antibody, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, whose light chain variable domain has the sequence of SEQ ID NO:54,
and a heavy chain of an anti-VLA-1 antibody, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, whose heavy chain variable domain has the sequence of SEQ ID NO:42;
(v) a light chain of an anti-VLA-1 antibody, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, whose light chain variable domain has the sequence of SEQ ID NO:58,
and a heavy chain of an anti-VLA-1 antibody, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, whose heavy chain variable domain has the sequence of SEQ ID NO:68;
(vi) a light chain of an anti-VLA-1 antibody, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, whose light chain variable domain has the sequence of SEQ ID NO:70,
and a heavy chain of an anti-VLA-1 antibody, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, whose heavy chain variable domain has the sequence of SEQ ID NO:68;
(vii) a light chain of an anti-VLA-1 antibody, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, whose light chain variable domain has the sequence of SEQ ID NO:66,
and a heavy chain of an anti-VLA-1 antibody, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, whose heavy chain variable domain has the sequence of SEQ ID NO:42;
(viii) a light chain of an anti-VLA-1 antibody, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, whose light chain variable domain has the sequence of SEQ ID NO:54,
and a heavy chain of an anti-VLA-1 antibody, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, whose heavy chain variable domain has the sequence of SEQ ID NO:68;
(ix) a light chain of an anti-VLA-1 antibody, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, whose light chain variable domain has the sequence of SEQ ID NO:47,
and a heavy chain of an anti-VLA-1 antibody, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, whose heavy chain variable domain has the sequence of SEQ ID NO:68;
(x) a light chain of an antibody produced by hybridoma mAQC2 (ATCC accession number PTA3273),
and a heavy chain of an antibody produced by hybridoma mAQC2 (ATCC accession number PTA3273);
(xi) a light chain of an antibody produced by cell line hAQC2 (ATCC accession number PTA3275),
and a heavy chain of an antibody produced by cell line hAQC2 (ATCC accession number PTA3275);
(xii) a light chain of an antibody produced by cell line haAQC2 (ATCC accession number PTA3274),
a heavy chain of an antibody produced by cell line haAQC2 (ATCC accession number PTA3274);
(xiii) a light chain of an antibody produced by cell line hsAQC2 (ATCC accession number PTA3356),
and a heavy chain of an antibody produced by cell line hsAQC2 (ATCC accession number PTA3356); or
(xiv) a light chain of an anti-VLA-1 antibody, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, whose light chain variable domain has the sequence of SEQ ID NO:66,
and a heavy chain of an anti-VLA-1 antibody, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, whose heavy chain variable domain has the sequence of SEQ ID NO:68.
19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the subject is a human.
20. The method of claim 1 , wherein the inflammatory bowel disease is Crohn's disease or colitis.
21. The method of claim 18 , wherein the inflammatory bowel disease is Crohn's disease or colitis.