IP Library Granted Patent US 12,187,764
Granted Patent B2
US 12,187,764 · App. 17/253,372 · Granted Jan 7, 2025

Affinity carrier using mutant VHH antibody

Inventors: Yoshihisa Hagihara (Tsukuba, JP); Yoko Akazawa (Ikeda, JP); Yuji Ito (Kagoshima, JP); Tomonari Matsuda (Otsu, JP); Norihiko Kiyose (Kumamoto, JP); Nobuo Miyazaki (Kumamoto, JP); Tetsuo Fukuta (Minato-ku, JP); Yusaku Mizuguchi (Minato-ku, JP)
Assignee: JSR CORPORATION
C07K1/22C07K16/00C07K16/4258C07K17/00C07K2317/569
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Patent No.
US 12,187,764
App. No.
17/253,372
Granted
Jan 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provision of an affinity carrier using a mutant VHH antibody. An affinity carrier comprising: a solid phase carrier; and an immunoglobulin-binding protein bound to the solid phase carrier; wherein the immunoglobulin-binding protein comprises a mutant VHH antibody or a fragment of the mutant VHH antibody that recognizes an epitope in at least one region selected from the group consisting of amino acids 127 to 184 of SEQ ID NO: 22 and amino acids 13 to 210 of SEQ ID NO: 23.

Claims (10)

1. An affinity carrier, comprising:

a solid phase carrier; and

an immunoglobulin-binding protein bound to the solid phase carrier,

wherein the immunoglobulin-binding protein comprises a mutant VHH antibody, or a fragment thereof, comprising a polypeptide having at least 90% identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, the polypeptide has the CDR1 and CDR2 amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NO: 10 and SEQ ID NO: 11, respectively, corresponding to amino acids 26 to 35 and 51 to 65 of SEQ ID NO: 1, the polypeptide has the CDR3 amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 12 corresponding to amino acids 96 to 107 of SEQ ID NO: 1, in which at least at one position selected from the group consisting of amino acids 97, 100, and 102 of SEQ ID NO: 1 has been substituted with histidine, and the immunoglobulin-binding protein binds to an Fab domain of trastuzumab.

2. The affinity carrier according to claim 1 , wherein the immunoglobulin-binding protein comprises a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 5, 6, 7 and 8.

3. An affinity carrier, comprising:

a solid phase carrier; and

an immunoglobulin-binding protein bound to the solid phase carrier,

wherein the immunoglobulin-binding protein comprises a mutant VHH antibody, or a fragment thereof, comprising a polypeptide having at least 90% identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, the polypeptide has at least one position selected from the group consisting of amino acids 43, 53, 64, 75, and 86 of SEQ ID NO: 1 substituted with arginine and retains the CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NO: 10, SEQ ID NO: 11, and SEQ ID NO: 12, respectively, corresponding to amino acids 26 to 35, 51-65, and 96-107 of SEQ ID NO: 1 except for any substitution at amino acid positions 53 and 64 in CDR2, and the immunoglobulin-binding protein binds to an Fab domain of trastuzumab.

4. The affinity carrier according to claim 3 , wherein the immunoglobulin-binding protein comprises the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 9.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 3, 2026
From: MERCK LIFE SCIENCE KGAA
To: MERCK PATENT GMBH
Reel/Frame 074837/0686 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 17, 2026
From: JSR CORPORATION
To: MERCK LIFE SCIENCE KGAA
Reel/Frame 074403/0101 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 18, 2025
From: JSR CORPORATION; JICC-02 CO., LTD.
To: JSR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 070242/0547 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2020
From: HAGIHARA, YOSHIHISA; AKAZAWA, YOKO; ITO, YUJI; MATSUDA, TOMONARI; KIYOSE, NORIHIKO; MIYAZAKI, NOBUO; FUKUTA, TETSUO; MIZUGUCHI, YUSAKU
To: JSR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054682/0656 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-117403 · Jun 20, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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