IP Library Granted Patent US 12,319,731
Granted Patent B2
US 12,319,731 · App. 17/276,916 · Granted Jun 3, 2025

Human monoclonal antibody binding specifically to human HMGB1, and pharmaceutical composition for treating or preventing Alzheimer's disease containing said human monoclonal antibody

Inventor: Hitoshi Okazawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE TOKYO
C07K16/24A61K39/3955A61P25/28C07K16/18C12N15/63A61K39/395A61K2039/54C07K2317/24C07K2317/565C07K2317/92
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Patent No.
US 12,319,731
App. No.
17/276,916
Granted
Jun 3, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to provide a human monoclonal antibody that has a high inhibitory activity on phosphorylation of Ser46 of human MARCKS and binds specifically to human HMGB1, and a pharmaceutical composition or the like for treating or preventing Alzheimer's disease, containing the antibody as an active component. A human monoclonal antibody that binds specifically to human HMGB1 and contains a heavy-chain CDR1, a heavy-chain CDR2, and a heavy-chain CDR3 consisting of specific amino acid sequences and a light-chain CDR1, a light-chain CDR2, and a light-chain CDR3 consisting of specific amino acid sequences is used. The human monoclonal antibody can also be used as a pharmaceutical composition for treating or preventing Alzheimer's disease.

Claims (9)

1. A human monoclonal antibody that specifically binds to human High Mobility Group Box 1 (HMGB1), wherein the human monoclonal antibody comprises:

a heavy-chain complementarity determining region (CDR) 1 consisting of the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:13, a heavy-chain CDR2 consisting of the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:14, and a heavy-chain CDR3 consisting of the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:15; and

a light-chain CDR1 consisting of the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 18, a light-chain CDR2 consisting of the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 19, and a light-chain CDR3 consisting of the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 20.

2. The human monoclonal antibody according to claim 1 , wherein the human monoclonal antibody comprises a heavy-chain variable region consisting of an amino acid sequence having a sequence identity of at least 80% with the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 12 and a light-chain variable region consisting of an amino acid sequence having a sequence identity of at least 80% with the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:17.

3. The human monoclonal antibody according to claim 2 , wherein the human monoclonal antibody comprises a heavy-chain consisting of an amino acid sequence having a sequence identity of at least 80% with the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:11 and a light-chain consisting of an amino acid sequence having a sequence identity of at least 80% with the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 16.

4. A composition comprising the human monoclonal antibody according to claim 1 .

5. A composition comprising the human monoclonal antibody according to claim 2 .

6. A composition comprising the human monoclonal antibody according to claim 3 .

7. A method for treating Alzheimer's disease, comprising a step of administering the human monoclonal antibody according to claim 1 to a subject in need of the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 70160 FRAME: 468. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Mar 25, 2025
From: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY
To: INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE TOKYO
Reel/Frame 070930/0085 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 10, 2025
From: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY; NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
To: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE TOKYO
Reel/Frame 070160/0468 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2021
From: OKAZAWA, HITOSHI
To: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 057299/0222 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-176802 · Sep 21, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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