Human antibody drug conjugates against tissue factor
View Patent ↗Antibody drug conjugates against tissue factor. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies and antibody drug conjugates, and therapeutic and diagnostic methods for using the antibodies and antibody drug conjugates.
1. An antibody drug conjugate comprising an antibody comprising a heavy chain variable region (VH) and a light chain variable region (VL), wherein:
(i) the VH region comprises a CDR1 comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 6, a CDR2 comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 7, and a CDR3 comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 8, and the VL region comprises a CDR1 comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 46, a CDR2 comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 47, and a CDR3 comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 48,
(ii) the VH region comprises a CDR1 comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 34, a CDR2 comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 35, and a CDR3 comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 36, and the VL region comprises a CDR1 comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 74, a CDR2 comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 75, and a CDR3 comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 76,
(iii) the VH region comprises a CDR1 comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 38, a CDR2 comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 39, and a CDR3 comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 40, and the VL region comprises a CDR1 comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 78, a CDR2 comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 79, and a CDR3 comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 80, or
(iv) the VH region comprises a CDR1 comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2, a CDR2 comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 3, and a CDR3 comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 4, and the VL region comprises a CDR1 comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 42, a CDR2 comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 43, and a CDR3 comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 44,
wherein the antibody has been conjugated to an auristatin or a functional peptide analog or derivate thereof via a linker.
2. An antibody drug conjugate comprising an antibody which binds to tissue factor and comprises heavy and light chain variable regions, wherein:
(i) the VH region comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5 or the VL region comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 45,
(ii) the VH region comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 33 or the VL region comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 73,
(iii) the VH region comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 37 or the VL region comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 77, or
(iv) the VH region comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or the VL region comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 41.
3. The antibody drug conjugate according to claim 1 , wherein the antibody is a full length antibody.
4. The antibody drug conjugate according to claim 1 , wherein the antibody is a human monoclonal IgG1 antibody.
5. The antibody drug conjugate according to claim 1 , wherein the auristatin is monomethyl auristatin E (MMAE):
6. The antibody drug conjugate according to claim 1 , wherein the auristatin is monomethyl auristatin F (MMAF):
7. The antibody drug conjugate according to claim 1 , wherein the linker is attached to sulphydryl residues of the antibody obtained by partial reduction of the antibody.
8. The antibody drug conjugate according to claim 1 , wherein the linker-auristatin is vcMMAF or vcMMAE:
wherein p denotes a number of from 1 to 8, S represents a sulphydryl residue of the antibody, and Ab designates the antibody.
9. The antibody drug conjugate according to claim 1 , wherein the linker-conjugate is mcMMAF:
wherein p denotes a number of from 1 to 8, S represents a sulphydryl residue of the antibody, and Ab designates the antibody.
10. A composition comprising the antibody drug conjugate of claim 1 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
11. The antibody drug conjugate according to claim 2 , wherein the antibody comprises:
(i) a VH region comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5 and a VL region comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 45,
(ii) a VH region comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 33 and a VL region comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 73,
(iii) a VH region comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 37 and a VL region comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 77, or
(iv) a VH region comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 and a VL region comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 41.