IP Library Granted Patent US 12,516,129
Granted Patent B2
US 12,516,129 · App. 17/312,120 · Granted Jan 6, 2026

Dimerizing agent regulated immunoreceptor complexes

Inventors: Jordan Jarjour (Seattle, WA); Alexander Astrakhan (Seattle, WA); Wai-Hang Leung (Seattle, WA)
Assignee: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
C07K16/3069A61K40/11A61K40/31A61K40/4204A61K40/421A61K40/4211A61K40/4224A61K40/4232C07K14/7051C07K14/70517C07K14/70521C07K14/7056C07K14/7151C12N5/0636A61K38/00A61K2239/48C07K2319/03C12N2501/505C12N2501/51C12N2501/515C12N2510/00
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Patent No.
US 12,516,129
App. No.
17/312,120
Granted
Jan 6, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure generally provides improved compositions and methods for regulating the spatial and temporal control of adoptive T cell therapies using costimulatory dimerizing agent regulated immunoreceptor complexes (DARICs) for treating, preventing, or ameliorating at least one symptom of a cancer, infectious disease, autoimmune disease, inflammatory disease, and immunodeficiency, or condition associated therewith.

Claims (48)

1 . A non-natural cell comprising:

(a) a first polypeptide comprising:

(i) a first multimerization domain polypeptide or variant thereof;

(ii) a first transmembrane domain;

(iii) a CD137 costimulatory domain; and

(iv) a CD3ζ primary signaling domain; and

(b) a second polypeptide comprising:

(i) an extracellular binding domain;

(ii) a second multimerization domain polypeptide or variant thereof;

(iii) a second transmembrane domain; and

(iv) a second costimulatory domain isolated from Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor 2 (TNFR2).

2 . The non-natural cell of claim 1 , wherein the first multimerization domain comprises an FK506-binding protein (FKBP) polypeptide or variant thereof, and the second multimerization domain comprises an FKBP-rapamycin binding (FRB) polypeptide or variant thereof.

3 . The non-natural cell of claim 1 , wherein the first multimerization domain comprises an FRB polypeptide or variant thereof, and the second multimerization domain comprises an FKBP polypeptide or variant thereof.

4 . The non-natural cell of claim 1 , wherein the first transmembrane domain and the second transmembrane domain are independently selected from a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of: alpha, beta, gamma, or delta chain of the T-cell receptor, CD3δ, CD3ε, CD3γ, CD3ζ, CD4, CD5, CD8α, CD9, CD 16, CD22, CD27, CD28, CD33, CD37, CD45, CD64, CD80, CD86, CD 134, CD137, CD152, CD154, CD278, amnionless (AMN), and programmed cell death 1 (PDCD1).

5 . The non-natural cell of claim 1 , wherein the first transmembrane domain and the second transmembrane domain are independently selected from the group consisting of: a CD4 transmembrane domain, a CD8α transmembrane domain, and an AMN transmembrane domain.

6 . The non-natural cell of claim 1 , wherein the first transmembrane domain and the second transmembrane domain are different.

7 . The non-natural cell of claim 1 , wherein the extracellular binding domain comprises an antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof, a receptor ectodomain, or a ligand.

8 . The non-natural cell of claim 1 , wherein the extracellular binding domain comprises an antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof selected from the group consisting of: a Camel Ig, a Llama Ig, an Alpaca Ig, IgNAR, a Fab′ fragment, a F(ab′) 2 fragment, a bispecific Fab dimer (Fab2), a trispecific Fab trimer (Fab3), an Fv, an single chain Fv protein (“scFv”), a bis-scFv, (scFv) 2 , a minibody, a diabody, a triabody, a tetrabody, a disulfide stabilized Fv protein (“dsFv”), and a single-domain antibody (sdAb or a camelid VHH).

9 . The non-natural cell of claim 1 , wherein the extracellular binding domain comprises one or more camelid VHH antibodies.

10 . The non-natural cell of claim 7 , wherein the antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof binds an antigen selected from the group consisting of: FRα, α v β 6 integrin, BCMA, B7-H3, B7-H6, CAIX, CD16, CD19, CD20, CD22, CD30, CD33, CD37, CD38, CD44, CD44v6, CD44v7/8, CD70, CD79a, CD79b, CD123, CD133, CD138, CD171, CEA, CLDN6, CLDN18.2, CLL-1, CS-1, CSPG4, CTAGE1, DLL3, EGFR, EGFRvIII, EGP2, EGP40, EPCAM, EPHA2, ERBB4, FAP, FCRL5, AchR, GD2, GD3, GPC3, HER2, HER2 p95, IL-10Rα, IL-13Ra2, Kappa, LAGE-1A, Lambda, LeY, L1-CAM, MAGE-A1, MAGE-A3, MAGE-A4, MAGE-A6, MAGEA10, MelanA or MART1, SLN), MUC1, MUC16, MICA, MICB, NCAM, NY-ESO-1, PLAC1, PRAME, PSCA, PSMA, ROR1, SSX2, Survivin, TAG72, TEM1/CD248, TEM7R, TPBG, ULBP1, ULBP2, ULBP3, ULBP4, ULBP5, ULBP6, VEGFR2, and WT-1.

11 . The non-natural cell of claim 7 , wherein the antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof binds BCMA, B7-H3, CD19, CD20, CD22, CD33, CD79A, CD79B, and/or EGFRvIII.

12 . The non-natural cell of claim 1 , comprising:

(a) a first polypeptide comprising:

(i) an FKBP12 multimerization domain polypeptide or variant thereof;

(ii) a CD8α transmembrane domain;

(iii) a CD137 costimulatory domain; and

(iv) a CD3ζ primary signaling domain; and

(b) a second polypeptide comprising:

(i) an antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof;

(ii) an FRB T2098L multimerization domain polypeptide or variant thereof;

(iii) a CD4 transmembrane domain; and

(iv) a TNFR2 costimulatory domain.

13 . The non-natural cell of claim 1 , comprising:

(a) a first polypeptide comprising:

(i) an FRB T2098L multimerization domain polypeptide or variant thereof;

(ii) a CD8α transmembrane domain;

(iii) a CD137 costimulatory domain; and

(iv) a CD3ζ primary signaling domain; and

(b) a second polypeptide comprising:

(i) an antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof;

(ii) an FKBP12 multimerization domain polypeptide or variant thereof;

(iii) a CD4 transmembrane domain; and

(iv) a TNFR2 costimulatory domain.

14 . A pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and the non-natural cell of claim 1 .

15 . A method of treating, preventing, or ameliorating at least one symptom of a cancer, comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of the pharmaceutical composition of claim 14 .

16 . The non-natural cell of claim 1 , wherein a bridging factor promotes the formation of a polypeptide complex on the non-natural cell surface with the bridging factor associated with and disposed between the first and second multimerization domains.

17 . The non-natural cell of claim 16 , wherein the bridging factor is selected from the group consisting of: AP21967, sirolimus, everolimus, novolimus, pimecrolimus, ridaforolimus, tacrolimus, temsirolimus, umirolimus, and zotarolimus.

18 . The non-natural cell of claim 16 , wherein the bridging factor is rapamycin or a rapalog thereof.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 22, 2024
From: 2SEVENTY BIO, INC.
To: REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 14, 2021
From: BLUEBIRD BIO, INC.
To: 2SEVENTY BIO, INC.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2021
From: JARJOUR, JORDAN; ASTRAKHAN, ALEXANDER; LEUNG, WAI-HANG
To: BLUEBIRD BIO, INC.
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Continuity (3)
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