IP Library Granted Patent US 12,440,546
Granted Patent B2
US 12,440,546 · App. 17/282,172 · Granted Oct 14, 2025

Composition for preventing or treating benign tumor

Inventor: Haruo Sugiyama (Minoo, JP)
Assignee: International Institute of Cancer Immunology, Inc.
A61K39/001153A61K35/15A61K35/17A61K39/39A61P35/00C12N5/0639A61K2039/53A61K2039/545A61K2039/55566C12N2501/415
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Patent No.
US 12,440,546
App. No.
17/282,172
Granted
Oct 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a composition for preventing or treating a benign tumor. Provided is a composition for preventing or treating a benign tumor that comprises a WT1 peptide or an analog thereof, or a nucleic acid molecule encoding a WT1 peptide or an analog thereof. In a specific embodiment, the present disclosure provides a composition for preventing or treating a benign tumor that comprises a WT1 peptide or an analog thereof, or a nucleic acid molecule encoding a WT1 peptide or an analog thereof. In a preferred embodiment, the composition for preventing or treating a benign tumor (e.g. familial adenomatous polyposis) according to the present disclosure comprises a killer type WT1 peptide and/or a helper type WT1 peptide. In a further preferred embodiment, the WT1 peptide is WT1 126 killer peptide and/or WT1 35 helper peptide. In another aspect, provided are a method of inducing WT1 peptide-specific CTLs, a method of inducing WT1-specific helper T cells, and a method of inducing dendritic cells presenting a WT1 peptide.

Claims (122)

1. A method for treating a benign tumor expressing WT1 selected from the group consisting of familial adenomatous polyposis, non-hereditary colorectal adenoma, intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm, meningioma, schwannoma, epithelial adenoma of an organ, papilloma, non-epithelial myoma, lipoma, and chondroma in a subject, the method comprising:

administering to the subject an effective amount of a peptide selected from the group consisting of

RMFPNAPYL of SEQ ID NO: 2,

RYFPNAPYL of SEQ ID NO: 46,

YMFPNAPYL of SEQ ID NO: 14,

CYTWNOMNL of SEQ ID NO: 45,

CMTWNQMNL of SEQ ID NO: 3,

C-CYTWNQMNL of SEQ ID NO: 47 wherein C-C shown in the formula means that the C residues are linked together by a disulfide bond, and

C-CMTWNQMNL of SEQ ID NO: 48 wherein C-C shown in the formula means that the C residues are linked together by a disulfide bond.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method comprises administering a peptide selected from the group consisting of

RMFPNAPYL of SEQ ID NO: 2,

RYFPNAPYL of SEQ ID NO: 46,

YMFPNAPYL of SEQ ID NO: 14,

CYTWNQMNL of SEQ ID NO: 45, 

and

CMTWNQMNL of SEQ ID NO: 3.

3. A method for treating a benign tumor expressing WT1 selected from the group consisting of familial adenomatous polyposis, non-hereditary colorectal adenoma, intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm, meningioma, schwannoma, epithelial adenoma of an organ, papilloma, non-epithelial myoma, lipoma, and chondroma in a subject, the method comprising:

administering to the subject an effective amount of a conjugate of formula (2) or a conjugate of formula (3),

wherein C-C shown in the formulas (2) and (3) means that the C residues are linked together by a disulfide bond.

4. The method 3 , wherein the method comprises

administering the conjugate of formula (3),

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

administering at least one peptide selected from the group consisting of

WAPVLDFAPPGASAYGSL of SEQ ID NO: 4,

CWAPVLDFAPPGASAYGSL of SEQ ID NO: 50

and

WAPVLDFAPPGASAYGSLC of SEQ ID NO: 51.

6. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the method comprises administering the conjugate of formula (2), and

a peptide WAPVLDFAPPGASAYGSL of SEQ ID NO: 4.

7. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the method comprises administering the conjugate of formula (3), and

a peptide WAPVLDFAPPGASAYGSL of SEQ ID NO: 4.

8. The method according claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises administering an adjuvant.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the adjuvant is Montanide® ISA51 adjuvant.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the benign tumor is selected from the group consisting of familial adenomatous polyposis, and non-hereditary colorectal adenoma.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the benign tumor is familial adenomatous polyposis.

12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the administering is once a week.

13. A method for treating a benign tumor expressing WT1 selected from the group consisting of familial adenomatous polyposis, non-hereditary colorectal adenoma, intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm, meningioma, schwannoma, epithelial adenoma of an organ, papilloma, non-epithelial myoma, lipoma, and chondroma in a subject, the method comprising:

administering to the subject an effective amount of a nucleic acid molecule encoding a peptide selected from the group consisting of

RMFPNAPYL of SEQ ID NO: 2,

RYFPNAPYL of SEQ ID NO: 46,

YMFPNAPYL of SEQ ID NO: 14,

CYTWNQMNL of SEQ ID NO: 45,

CMTWNQMNL of SEQ ID NO: 3,

C-CYTWNQMNL of SEQ ID NO: 47 wherein C-C shown in the formula means that the C residues are linked together by a disulfide bond, and

C-CMTWNQMNL of SEQ ID NO: 48 wherein C-C shown in the formula means that the C residues are linked together by a disulfide bond.

14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the nucleic acid molecule includes RNA and/or DNA.

15. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the benign tumor is selected from the group consisting of familial adenomatous polyposis, and non-hereditary colorectal adenoma.

16. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the benign tumor is familial adenomatous polyposis.

17. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the method comprises administering the nucleic acid molecule once a week.

18. A method, comprising:

culturing peripheral blood mononuclear cells from a subject in need of treatment for a benign tumor selected from the group consisting of familial adenomatous polyposis, non-hereditary colorectal adenoma, intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm, meningioma, schwannoma, epithelial adenoma of an organ, papilloma, non-epithelial myoma, lipoma, and chondroma in the presence of a peptide; and

inducing WT1-specific CTLs and/or WT1-specific helper T cells from the peripheral blood mononuclear cells,

wherein the peptide is selected from the group consisting of

RMFPNAPYL of SEQ ID NO: 2,

RYFPNAPYL of SEQ ID NO: 46,

YMFPNAPYL of SEQ ID NO: 14,

CYTWNOMNL of SEQ ID NO: 45,

CMTWNQMNL of SEQ ID NO: 3,

C-CYTWNQMNL of SEQ ID NO: 47 wherein C-C shown in the formula means that the C residues are linked together by a disulfide bond, and

C-CMTWNQMNL of SEQ ID NO: 48 wherein C-C shown in the formula means that the C residues are linked together by a disulfide bond.

19. The method according to claim 18 , further comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of the WT1-specific CTLs and/or WT1-specific helper T cells.

20. A method, comprising:

culturing immature dendritic cells from a subject in need of treatment for a benign tumor selected from the group consisting of familial adenomatous polyposis, non-hereditary colorectal adenoma, intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm, meningioma, schwannoma, epithelial adenoma of an organ, papilloma, non-epithelial myoma, lipoma, and chondroma in the presence of a peptide; and

inducing WT1-presenting dendritic cells,

wherein the peptide is selected from the group consisting of

RMFPNAPYL of SEQ ID NO: 2,

RYFPNAPYL of SEQ ID NO: 46,

YMFPNAPYL of SEQ ID NO: 14,

CYTWNOMNL of SEQ ID NO: 45,

CMTWNQMNL of SEQ ID NO: 3,

C-CYTWNQMNL of SEQ ID NO: 47 wherein C-C shown in the formula means that the C residues are linked together by a disulfide bond, and

C-CMTWNQMNL of SEQ ID NO: 48 wherein C-C shown in the formula means that the C residues are linked together by a disulfide bond.

21. The method according to claim 20 , further comprising:

administering to the subject an effective amount of the WT1-presenting dendritic cells.

22. A method, comprising:

culturing peripheral blood mononuclear cells from a subject in need of treatment for a benign tumor selected from the group consisting of familial adenomatous polyposis, non-hereditary colorectal adenoma, intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm, meningioma, schwannoma, epithelial adenoma of an organ, papilloma, non-epithelial myoma, lipoma, and chondroma in the presence of a conjugate of formulas (2) or (3); and

inducing WT1-specific CTLs and/or WT1-specific helper T cells from the peripheral blood mononuclear cells,

wherein the conjugate of the formula (2) is

and the conjugate of the formula (3) is

wherein C-C shown in the formulas (2) and (3) means that the C residues are linked together by a disulfide bond.

23. The method according to claim 22 , further comprising:

administering to the subject an effective amount of the WT1-specific CTLs and/or WT1-specific helper T cells.

24. A method, comprising:

culturing immature dendritic cells from a subject in need of treatment for a benign tumor selected from the group consisting of familial adenomatous polyposis, non-hereditary colorectal adenoma, intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm, meningioma, schwannoma, epithelial adenoma of an organ, papilloma, non-epithelial myoma, lipoma, and chondroma in the presence of a conjugate of formulas (2) or (3); and

inducing WT1-presenting dendritic cells,

wherein the conjugate of the formula (2) is

and the conjugate of the formula (3) is

wherein C-C shown in the formulas (2) and (3) means that the C residues are linked together by a disulfide bond.

25. A method, comprising:

introducing a nucleic acid molecule, which encodes a peptide into peripheral blood mononuclear cells from a subject in need of treatment for a benign tumor selected from the group consisting of familial adenomatous polyposis, non-hereditary colorectal adenoma, intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm, meningioma, schwannoma, epithelial adenoma of an organ, papilloma, non-epithelial myoma, lipoma, and chondroma; and

inducing WT1-specific CTLs and/or WT1-specific helper T cells from the peripheral blood mononuclear cells,

wherein the peptide is selected from the group consisting of

RMFPNAPYL of SEQ ID NO: 2,

RYFPNAPYL of SEQ ID NO: 46,

YMFPNAPYL of SEQ ID NO: 14,

CYTWNQMNL of SEQ ID NO: 45,

CMTWNQMNL of SEQ ID NO: 3,

C-CYTWNQMNL of SEQ ID NO: 47 wherein C-C shown in the formula means that the C residues are linked together by a disulfide bond, and

C-CMTWNQMNL of SEQ ID NO: 48 wherein C-C shown in the formula means that the C residues are linked together by a disulfide bond.

26. A method, comprising:

introducing a nucleic acid molecule, which encodes a conjugate of formulas (2) or (3) into peripheral blood mononuclear cells from a subject in need of treatment for a benign tumor selected from the group consisting of familial adenomatous polyposis, non-hereditary colorectal adenoma, intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm, meningioma, schwannoma, epithelial adenoma of an organ, papilloma, non-epithelial myoma, lipoma, and chondroma; and

inducing WT1-specific CTLs and/or WT1-specific helper T cells from the peripheral blood mononuclear cells,

wherein the conjugate of the formula (2) is

and the conjugate of the formula (3) is

wherein C-C shown in the formulas (2) and (3) means that the C residues are linked together by a disulfide bond.

27. A method, comprising:

introducing a nucleic acid molecule, which encodes a peptide into immature dendritic cells from a subject in need of treatment for a benign tumor selected from the group consisting of familial adenomatous polyposis, non-hereditary colorectal adenoma, intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm, meningioma, schwannoma, epithelial adenoma of an organ, papilloma, non-epithelial myoma, lipoma, and chondroma; and

inducing WT1-presenting dendritic cells,

wherein the peptide is selected from the group consisting of

RMFPNAPYL of SEQ ID NO: 2,

RYFPNAPYL of SEQ ID NO: 46,

YMFPNAPYL of SEQ ID NO: 14,

CYTWNQMNL of SEQ ID NO: 45,

CMTWNQMNL of SEQ ID NO: 3,

C-CYTWNQMNL of SEQ ID NO: 47 wherein C-C shown in the formula means that the C residues are linked together by a disulfide bond, and

C-CMTWNQMNL of SEQ ID NO: 48 wherein C-C shown in the formula means that the C residues are linked together by a disulfide bond.

28. A method, comprising:

introducing a nucleic acid molecule, which encodes a conjugate of formulas (2) or (3) into immature dendritic cells from a subject in need of treatment for a benign tumor selected from the group consisting of familial adenomatous polyposis, non-hereditary colorectal adenoma, intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm, meningioma, schwannoma, epithelial adenoma of an organ, papilloma, non-epithelial myoma, lipoma, and chondroma; and

inducing WT1-presenting dendritic cells,

wherein the conjugate of the formula (2) is

and the conjugate of the formula (3) is

wherein C-C shown in the formulas (2) and (3) means that the C residues are linked together by a disulfide bond.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 4, 2025
From: SUMITOMO PHARMA CO., LTD.
To: INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CANCER IMMUNOLOGY, INC.
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CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 10, 2022
From: SUMITOMO DAINIPPON PHARMA CO., LTD.
To: SUMITOMO PHARMA CO., LTD.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2021
From: SUGIYAMA, HARUO
To: INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CANCER IMMUNOLOGY, INC.; SUMITOMO DAINIPPON PHARMA CO., LTD.
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