Compositions and methods for treatment and detection of cancers
Pharmaceutical composition comprising antibodies or antigen binding fragments thereof that bind to SSEA-4 are disclosed herein, as well as methods of use thereof. Methods of use include, without limitation, cancer therapies and diagnostics. The antibodies of the disclosure can bind to certain cancer cell surfaces. Exemplary targets of the antibodies disclosed herein can include carcinomas, such as those in brain, lung, breast, mouse, esophagus, stomach, liver, bile duct, pancreas, colon, kidney, cervix, ovary, and/or prostate cancer.
1. An isolated monoclonal antibody that specifically binds to Neu5Acα2→3Galβ1→3GalNAcβ1→3Galα1→4Galβ1→4Glcβ1, wherein the antibody comprises an H-CDR1, H-CDR2, and H-CDR3 wherein:
(i) the H-CDR1 has the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 80;
(ii) the H-CDR2 has the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 82; and
(iii) the H-CDR3 has the sequence SEQ ID NO: 90, respectively;
and comprises an L-CDR1, L-CDR2 and L-CDR3 wherein:
(iv) the L-CDR1 has the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 99;
(v) the L-CDR2 has the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 101; and
(vi) the L-CDR3 has the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 109, respectively.
2. The isolated monoclonal antibody of claim 1 , which further binds to Neu5Acα2→3Galβ1→3GalNAcβ1→3Galα1.
3. The isolated monoclonal antibody of claim 1 , wherein the antibody is an IgG1.
4. The isolated monoclonal antibody of claim 1 , wherein the antibody is a humanized antibody, a chimeric antibody or a single-chain antibody.
5. The isolated monoclonal antibody of claim 1 , wherein the antibody further comprises an H-FR1, H-FR2, H-FR3, and HFR4, wherein:
(i) the H-FR1 has the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 79, SEQ ID NO: 83, SEQ ID NO: 85 or SEQ ID NO: 87;
(ii) the H-FR2 has the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 81, SEQ ID NO: 84, SEQ ID NO: 86 or SEQ ID NO: 88;
(iii) the H-FR3 has the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 89, SEQ ID NO: 92, SEQ ID NO: 94 or SEQ ID NO: 96; and
(iv) the H-FR4 has the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 91, SEQ ID NO: 93, SEQ ID NO: 95 or SEQ ID NO: 97, respectively; and
wherein the antibody further comprises an L-FR1, L-FR2, L-FR3 and L-FR4 wherein:
(v) the L-FR1 has the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 98, SEQ ID NO: 102, SEQ ID NO: 104 or SEQ ID NO: 106;
(vi) the L-FR2 has the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 100, SEQ ID NO: 103, SEQ ID NO: 105 or SEQ ID NO: 107;
(vii) the L-FR3 has the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 108, SEQ ID NO: 111, SEQ ID NO: 113 or SEQ ID NO: 114; and
(viii) the L-FR4 selected from has the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 110 or SEQ ID NO: 112, respectively.
6. A pharmaceutical composition comprising the antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof according to claim 1 .
7. An antigen-binding fragment of the isolated monoclonal antibody of claim 1 .
8. The antigen-binding fragment of claim 7 , wherein the antigen binding fragment is a Fab fragment, a F(ab′)2 fragment, or a single-chain Fv fragment.