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US 11,975,026 · App. 17/104,961 · Granted May 7, 2024

CD19 and CD22 chimeric antigen receptors and uses thereof

Inventors: Boris Engels (Arlington, MA); Carla Patricia Guimaraes (Boston, MA)
Assignee: Novartis AG
A61K35/17C07K14/70503C12N5/0636
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,975,026
App. No.
17/104,961
Filed
Nov 25, 2020
Granted
May 7, 2024
Kind
B2
Art Unit
1633
USPC
424/93.71
Abstract

The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for treating diseases associated with expression of CD19 and/or CD22, e.g., by administering a recombinant T cell or natural killer (NK) cell comprising a CD22 CAR and a CD19 CAR as described herein. The disclosure also relates to CAR molecules specific to CD22 and/or CD19, methods of making a cell comprising the same and vectors encoding the same.

Claims (54)

1. A nucleic acid molecule encoding a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) molecule, wherein said CAR molecule comprises:

(a) a first CAR comprising a first antigen binding domain which binds to CD22 and a first transmembrane domain; a first co-stimulatory signaling domain; and/or a first primary signaling domain; and

(b) a second CAR comprising a second antigen binding domain which binds to CD19 and a second transmembrane domain; a second co-stimulatory domain; and/or a second primary signaling domain,

wherein the CAR molecule comprising the first CAR and the second CAR comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 12 or 16, or an amino acid having at least 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% identity thereto; and wherein:

(i) a nucleotide sequence that encodes the first transmembrane domain and is comprised in the nucleic acid molecule is different from a nucleotide sequence that encodes the second transmembrane domain and is comprised in the nucleic acid molecule;

(ii) a nucleotide sequence that encodes the first co-stimulatory signaling domain and is comprised in the nucleic acid molecule is different from a nucleotide sequence that encodes the second co-stimulatory signaling domain and is comprised in the nucleic acid molecule; and/or

(iii) a nucleotide sequence that encodes the primary signaling domain and is comprised in the nucleic acid molecule is different from a nucleotide sequence that encodes the second primary signaling domain and is comprised in the nucleic acid molecule.

2. The nucleic acid molecule of claim 1 , wherein the first CAR comprises:

a first antigen binding domain which binds to CD22, a first transmembrane domain, and a first co-stimulatory signaling domain;

a first antigen binding domain which binds to CD22, a first transmembrane domain; and a first primary signaling domain; or

a first antigen binding domain which binds to CD22, a first transmembrane domain, a first co-stimulatory signaling domain, and a first primary signaling domain, and wherein the second CAR comprises:

a second antigen binding domain which binds to CD19; a second transmembrane domain; and a second co-stimulatory signaling domain;

a second antigen binding domain which binds to CD19; a second transmembrane domain; and a second primary signaling domain; or

a second antigen binding domain which binds to CD19; a second transmembrane domain; a second co-stimulatory signaling domain; and a second primary signaling domain.

3. The nucleic acid molecule of claim 1 , wherein the CAR molecule comprising the first CAR and the second CAR comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 12 or 16.

4. The nucleic acid molecule of claim 1 , wherein the CAR molecule comprising the first CAR and the second CAR comprises the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 11, SEQ ID NO: 15, SEQ ID NO: 19, or a nucleotide sequence having at least 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% identity thereto.

5. A nucleic acid molecule encoding a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) molecule, wherein said CAR molecule comprises:

(a) a first CAR comprising a first antigen binding domain which binds to CD22; a first transmembrane domain; a first co-stimulatory signaling domain; and/or a first primary signaling domain; and

(b) a second CAR comprising a second antigen binding domain which binds to CD19; a second transmembrane domain; a second co-stimulatory domain; and/or a second primary signaling domain;

wherein the CAR molecule comprising the first CAR and the second CAR comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 12 or 16, or an amino acid having at least 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% identity thereto.

6. The nucleic acid molecule of claim 5 , wherein the CAR molecule comprising the first CAR and the second CAR comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 12 or 16.

7. The nucleic acid molecule of claim 5 , wherein the CAR molecule comprising the first CAR and the second CAR comprises the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 11, SEQ ID NO: 15, SEQ ID NO: 19, or a nucleotide sequence having at least 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% identity thereto.

8. A cell comprising a nucleic acid molecule encoding a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) molecule, wherein said CAR molecule comprises:

(a) a first CAR comprising a first antigen binding domain which binds to CD22; a first transmembrane domain; a first co-stimulatory signaling domain; and/or a first primary signaling domain; and

(b) a second CAR comprising a second antigen binding domain which binds to CD19; a second transmembrane domain; a second co-stimulatory domain; and/or a second primary signaling domain, wherein the CAR molecule comprising the first CAR and the second CAR comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 12 or 16, or an amino acid having at least 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% identity thereto; and wherein:

(i) a nucleotide sequence that encodes the first transmembrane domain and is comprised in the nucleic acid molecule is different from a nucleotide sequence that encodes the second transmembrane domain and is comprised in the nucleic acid molecule;

(ii) a nucleotide sequence that encodes the first co-stimulatory signaling domain and is comprised in the nucleic acid molecule is different from a nucleotide sequence that encodes the second co-stimulatory signaling domain and is comprised in the nucleic acid molecule; and/or

(iii) a nucleotide sequence that encodes the primary signaling domain and is comprised in the nucleic acid molecule is different from a nucleotide sequence that encodes the second primary signaling domain and is comprised in the nucleic acid molecule.

9. The cell of claim 8 , wherein the CAR molecule comprising the first CAR and the second CAR comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 12 or 16.

10. The cell of claim 8 , wherein the CAR molecule comprising the first CAR and the second CAR is encoded by the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 11, SEQ ID NO: 15, SEQ ID NO: 19, or a nucleotide sequence having at least 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% identity thereto.

11. A cell comprising a nucleic acid molecule encoding a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) molecule, wherein said CAR molecule comprises:

(a) a first CAR comprising a first antigen binding domain which binds to CD22; a first transmembrane domain; a first co-stimulatory signaling domain; and/or a first primary signaling domain; and

(b) a second CAR comprising a second antigen binding domain which binds to CD19; a second transmembrane domain; a second co-stimulatory domain; and/or a second primary signaling domain, wherein the CAR molecule comprising the first CAR and the second CAR comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 12 or 16, or an amino acid having at least 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% identity thereto.

12. The cell of claim 11 , wherein the CAR molecule comprising the first CAR and the second CAR comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 12 or 16.

13. The cell of claim 11 , wherein the CAR molecule comprising the first CAR and the second CAR is encoded by the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 11, SEQ ID NO: 15, SEQ ID NO: 19, or a nucleotide sequence having at least 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% identity thereto.

14. A cell comprising a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) molecule, wherein said CAR molecule comprises:

(a) a first CAR comprising a first antigen binding domain which binds to CD22 and a first transmembrane domain; a first co-stimulatory signaling domain; and/or a first primary signaling domain; and

(b) a second CAR comprising a second antigen binding domain which binds to CD19 and a second transmembrane domain; a second co-stimulatory domain; and/or a second primary signaling domain,

wherein the CAR molecule comprising the first CAR and the second CAR comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 12 or 16, or an amino acid having at least 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% identity thereto; and wherein:

(i) a nucleotide sequence that encodes a first transmembrane domain and is comprised in a nucleic acid molecule is different from a nucleotide sequence that encodes the second transmembrane domain and is comprised in the nucleic acid molecule;

(ii) a nucleotide sequence that encodes the first co-stimulatory signaling domain and is comprised in a nucleic acid molecule is different from a nucleotide sequence that encodes the second co-stimulatory signaling domain and is comprised in the nucleic acid molecule; and/or

(iii) a nucleotide sequence that encodes the primary signaling domain and is comprised in a nucleic acid molecule is different from a nucleotide sequence that encodes the second primary signaling domain and is comprised in the nucleic acid molecule.

15. The cell of claim 14 , wherein the CAR molecule comprising the first CAR and the second CAR comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 12 or 16.

16. A cell comprising a CAR molecule, wherein the CAR molecule comprises:

(a) a first CAR comprising a first antigen binding domain which binds to CD22; a first transmembrane domain; a first co-stimulatory signaling domain; and/or a first primary signaling domain; and

(b) a second CAR comprising a second antigen binding domain which binds to CD19; a second transmembrane domain; a second co-stimulatory domain; and/or a second primary signaling domain;

wherein the CAR molecule comprising the first CAR and the second CAR comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 12 or 16, or an amino acid having at least 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% identity thereto.

17. The cell of claim 16 , wherein the CAR molecule comprising the first CAR and the second CAR comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 12 or 16.

18. A pharmaceutical composition comprising the nucleic acid molecule of claim 5 wherein the pharmaceutical composition comprises an excipient, a carrier, a diluent and/or a stabilizer.

19. A method of providing anti-tumor immunity, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof, an effective amount of a cell comprising, the nucleic acid molecule of claim 5 .

20. A method of treating a subject having a disease associated with an antigen, comprising administering to the subject in need thereof, an effective amount of a cell comprising the nucleic acid molecule of claim 5 , wherein the disease is a hematological cancer.

21. The method of claim 16 , wherein the cell is a T cell or an NK cell.

22. The method of claim 20 , wherein the hematological cancer is selected from the group consisting of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (BALL), small lymphocytic leukemia (SLL), acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), B cell prolymphocytic leukemia, blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm, Burkitt's lymphoma, diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL), follicular lymphoma, hairy cell leukemia, small cell-lymphoma, large cell-follicular lymphoma, a malignant lymphoproliferative condition, MALT lymphoma, Marginal zone lymphoma, multiple myeloma, myelodysplasia, or myelodysplastic syndrome, myeloproliferative neoplasm, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), Hodgkin's lymphoma, plasmablastic lymphoma, plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm, Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia, preleukemia, and a combination thereof.

23. The method of claim 20 , wherein the hematological cancer is pediatric BALL or adult BALL.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2021
From: ENGELS, BORIS; GUIMARAES, CARLA
To: NOVARTIS INSTITUTES FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH, INC.
Reel/Frame 058077/0508 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2021
From: NOVARTIS INSTITUTES FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH, INC.
To: NOVARTIS AG
Reel/Frame 058077/0581 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62940600 · Nov 26, 2019
Related Publication 20210177900A1 · Jun 17, 2021
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