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US 11,801,307 · App. 16/334,301 · Granted Oct 31, 2023

Antibody-polymer-drug conjugates

Inventors: Jiyuan Yang (Salt Lake City, UT); Jindrich Kopecek (Salt Lake City, UT); Libin Zhang (Salt Lake City, UT); Yixin Fang (Salt Lake City, UT)
Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION
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Patent No.
US 11,801,307
App. No.
16/334,301
Granted
Oct 31, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein, are antibody-polymer-drug conjugates. The conjugate comprises a targeting moiety, one or more polymers, and one or more therapeutic agents. Also described herein, are compositions comprising the conjugates, methods of their preparation, and methods of treating various disorders with the conjugates or their compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.

Claims (26)

1. An antibody-polymer-drug conjugate comprising:

a targeting antibody bonded to a polymer comprising:

a first monomer residue having a structure:

wherein R 1 is hydrogen or methyl, wherein X is oxygen or NR 1 ′, wherein R 1 ′ is hydrogen or an alkyl group, wherein L is an alkyl group or an aryl group, and wherein Y is a hydrophilic group;

and

a second monomer residue having a structure

wherein R 2 is hydrogen or methyl, wherein Z is a therapeutic agent,

wherein TALG is an oligopeptide therapeutic agent linking group which is stable under physiologic conditions and cleaved in lysosomal compartment and

wherein the targeting antibody is bonded to the polymer via a linkage having the structure:

2. The conjugate of claim 1 , wherein targeting antibody is abciximab, adalimumab, alemtuzumab, basiliximab, belimumab, bevacizumab, brentuximab, canakinumab, cetuximab, daclizumab, efalizumab, gemtuzumab, golimumab, ibritumomab, infliximab, ipilimumab, motavizumab, obinutuzumab, ofatumumab, omalizumab, OV-TL-16, palivizumab, pertuzumab, ranibizumab, raxibacumab, rituximab, tocilizumab, trastuzumab, or ustekinumab.

3. The conjugate of claim 1 , wherein the targeting antibody is an anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody, an anti-OA-3 monoclonal antibody, or an anti-HER2 monoclonal antibody.

4. The conjugate of claim 1 , wherein the therapeutic agent linking group is Gly-Gly, Gly-Phe-Gly, Gly-Phe-Phe, Gly-Leu-Gly, Gly-Val-Ala, Gly-Val-Leu, Gly-Val-Phe, Gly-Phe-Ala, Gly-Leu-Phe, Gly-Leu-Ala, Gly-Ile-Ala, Ala-Val-Ala, Ala-Val-Phe, Ala-Phe-Val, Gly-Phe-Leu-Gly (SEQ ID NO: 1), Gly-Phe-Phe-Leu (SEQ ID NO: 2), Gly-Leu-Leu-Gly (SEQ ID NO: 3), Gly-Phe-Tyr-Ala (SEQ ID NO: 4), Gly-Phe-Gly-Phe (SEQ ID NO: 5), Ala-Gly-Val-Phe (SEQ ID NO: 6), Gly-Phe-Phe-Gly (SEQ ID NO: 7), Gly-Phe-Leu-Gly-Phe (SEQ ID NO: 8), Gly-Gly-Phe-Leu-Gly-Phe (SEQ ID NO: 9), N-aminocaproyl-Val-Citruline, or a combination thereof.

5. The conjugate of claim 1 , wherein the therapeutic agent is an anti-cancer agent.

6. The conjugate of claim 1 , further comprising residues of a monomer selected from the group consisting of N-(2-hydroxypropyl) methacrylamide, 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, diethylene glycol monomethacrylate, triethylene glycol monomethacrylate, acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile, acrylamide, methacrylamide, N-alkylmethacrylamide, N-alkylacrylamide, N,N-dialkylacrylamide, methacrylic acid, acrylic acid, esters of acrylic acid, esters of methacrylic acid, N,N-diethylaminoethyl methacrylate, N-vinylpyrrolidone, norbornene, and combinations thereof.

7. A pharmaceutical composition comprising the conjugate of claim 1 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

8. The conjugate of claim 1 , wherein the targeting antibody is rituximab, Herceptin or OV-TL16, the first monomer residue is a residue of N-(2-hydroxypropyl) methacrylamide, and the therapeutic agent is epirubicin.

9. The conjugate of claim 1 , wherein the therapeutic agent is selected from epirubicin, doxorubicin, daunorubicin, idarubicin, paclitaxel, 10-deacetylbaccatin III, baccatin III, paclitaxel C, and 7-epipaclitaxel.

10. The conjugate of claim 1 , wherein the first monomer residue is a residue of HEMA or HPMA.

11. The antibody-polymer-drug conjugate of claim 1 ,

wherein the first monomer residue is a residue of HEMA or HPMA;

wherein the therapeutic agent linking group is Gly-Gly, Gly-Phe-Gly, Gly-Phe-Phe, Gly-Leu-Gly, Gly-Val-Ala, Gly-Val-Leu, Gly-Val-Phe, Gly-Phe-Ala, Gly-Leu-Phe, Gly-Leu-Ala, Gly-Ile-Ala, Ala-Val-Ala, Ala-Val-Phe, Ala-Phe-Val, Gly-Phe-Leu-Gly (SEQ ID NO: 1), Gly-Phe-Phe-Leu (SEQ ID NO: 2), Gly-Leu-Leu-Gly (SEQ ID NO: 3), Gly-Phe-Tyr-Ala (SEQ ID NO: 4), Gly-Phe-Gly-Phe (SEQ ID NO: 5), Ala-Gly-Val-Phe (SEQ ID NO: 6), Gly-Phe-Phe-Gly (SEQ ID NO: 7), Gly-Phe-Leu-Gly-Phe (SEQ ID NO: 8), Gly-Gly-Phe-Leu-Gly-Phe (SEQ ID NO: 9), N-aminocaproyl-Val-Citruline, or a combination thereof;

wherein the therapeutic agent is selected from epirubicin, doxorubicin, daunorubicin, idarubicin, paclitaxel, 10-deacetylbaccatin III, baccatin III, paclitaxel C, and 7-epipaclitaxel;

wherein Ab is the targeting antibody; and

wherein the targeting antibody is abciximab, adalimumab, alemtuzumab, basiliximab, belimumab, bevacizumab, brentuximab, canakinumab, cetuximab, daclizumab, efalizumab, gemtuzumab, golimumab, ibritumomab, infliximab, ipilimumab, motavizumab, obinutuzumab, ofatumumab, omalizumab, OV-TL-16, palivizumab, pertuzumab, ranibizumab, raxibacumab, rituximab, tocilizumab, trastuzumab, or ustekinumab.

12. The conjugate of claim 1 , wherein the second monomer residue has a structure:

wherein the oligopeptide therapeutic agent linking group is Gly-Phe-Leu-Gly (SEQ ID NO: 1).

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 7, 2020
From: YANG, JIYUAN; KOPECEK, JINDRICH; FANG, YIXIN
To: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
Reel/Frame 051440/0835 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 7, 2020
From: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
To: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION
Reel/Frame 051440/0899 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62449209 · Jan 23, 2017
Provisional Application 62408512 · Oct 14, 2016
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