IP Library Granted Patent US 12,358,982
Granted Patent B2
US 12,358,982 · App. 17/402,325 · Granted Jul 15, 2025

Multifunctional molecules that bind to T cell related cancer cells and uses thereof

Inventors: Andreas Loew (Boston, MA); Nidhi Malhotra (Boston, MA); Madan Katragadda (Acton, MA); Seng-Lai Tan (Sudbury, MA); Jonathan Hsu (Waltham, MA); Brian Edward Vash (Cambridge, MA); Stephanie J. Maiocco (Arlington, MA); Peter Marek (Hudson, MA); Gurkan Guntas (Newton, MA)
Assignee: Marengo Therapeutics, Inc.
C07K16/28A61K39/3955A61P35/00C07K16/2809C07K16/2827A61K2039/505C07K2317/31C07K2317/52C07K2317/55C07K2317/56C07K2317/565C07K2317/622C07K2317/732C07K2317/92
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Patent No.
US 12,358,982
App. No.
17/402,325
Granted
Jul 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Multifunctional molecules that include i) an antigen binding domain that binds to a T cell receptor beta chain constant domain 1 or T cell receptor beta chain constant domain 2; and one, two or all of: (ii) an immune cell engager (e.g., chosen from an NK cell engager, a T cell engager, a B cell engager, a dendritic cell engager, or a macrophage cell engager); (iii) a cytokine molecule or cytokine inhibitor molecule; (iv) a death receptor signal enhancer; and/or (v) a stromal modifying moiety are disclosed. Additionally disclosed are nucleic acids encoding the same, methods of producing the aforesaid molecules, and methods of treating a cancer using the aforesaid molecules.

Claims (110)

1. A multifunctional molecule, comprising:

(a) a first antigen binding domain that selectively binds to T cell receptor beta chain constant domain 1 (TRBC1); wherein the first antigen binding domain comprises:

(i) a heavy chain variable region (VH) comprising a heavy chain complementarity determining region 1 (VHCDR1), a heavy chain complementarity determining region 2 (VHCDR2), and a heavy chain complementarity determining region 3 (VHCDR3) of SEQ ID NO: 7346, SEQ ID NO: 7355, and SEQ ID NO: 202, respectively; and a light chain variable region (VL) comprising a light chain complementarity determining region 1 (VLCDR1), a light chain complementarity determining region 2 (VLCDR2), and a light chain complementarity determining region 3 (VLCDR3) of: SEQ ID NO: 223, SEQ ID NO: 224, and SEQ ID NO: 225, respectively;

(ii) a VH comprising a VHCDR1, a VHCDR2, and a VHCDR3 of SEQ ID NO: 200, SEQ ID NO: 7355, and SEQ ID NO: 202, respectively; and a VL comprising a VLCDR1, a VLCDR2, and a VLCDR3 of SEQ ID NO: 223, SEQ ID NO: 224, and SEQ ID NO: 225, respectively;

(iii) a VH comprising a VHCDR1, a VHCDR2, and a VHCDR3 of SEQ ID NO: 200, SEQ ID NO: 201, and SEQ ID NO: 202, respectively; and a VL comprising a VLCDR1, a VLCDR2, and a VLCDR3 of SEQ ID NO: 223, SEQ ID NO: 224, and SEQ ID NO: 225, respectively;

(iv) a VH comprising a VHCDR1, a VHCDR2, and a VHCDR3 of SEQ ID NO: 7346, SEQ ID NO: 201, and SEQ ID NO: 202, respectively; and a VL comprising a VLCDR1, a VLCDR2, and a VLCDR3 of SEQ ID NO: 223, SEQ ID NO: 224, and SEQ ID NO: 225, respectively;

(v) a VH comprising a VHCDR1, a VHCDR2, and a VHCDR3 of SEQ ID NO: 7354, SEQ ID NO: 201, and SEQ ID NO: 202, respectively; and a VL comprising a VLCDR1, a VLCDR2, and a VLCDR3 of SEQ ID NO: 7367, SEQ ID NO: 224, and SEQ ID NO: 225, respectively;

(vi) a VH comprising a VHCDR1, a VHCDR2, and a VHCDR3 of SEQ ID NO: 7346, SEQ ID NO: 7355, and SEQ ID NO: 202, respectively; and a VL comprising a VLCDR1, a VLCDR2, and a VLCDR3 of SEQ ID NO: 223, SEQ ID NO: 7368, and SEQ ID NO: 225, respectively; or

(vii) a VH comprising a VHCDR1, a VHCDR2, and a VHCDR3 of SEQ ID NO: 7354, SEQ ID NO: 7355, and SEQ ID NO: 202, respectively; and a VL comprising a VLCDR1, a VLCDR2, and a VLCDR3 of SEQ ID NO: 7367, SEQ ID NO: 7368, and SEQ ID NO: 739, respectively; and

(b) a second antigen binding domain that selectively binds to NKp30; wherein the second antigen binding domain comprises:

(i) a VH comprising a VHCDR1, a VHCDR2, and a VHCDR3 of SEQ ID NO: 7313, SEQ ID NO: 6001, and SEQ ID NO: 7315, respectively; and a VL comprising a VLCDR1, a VLCDR2, and a VLCDR3 of SEQ ID NO: 7326, SEQ ID NO: 7327, and SEQ ID NO: 7329, respectively;

(ii) a VH comprising a VHCDR1, a VHCDR2, and a VHCDR3 of SEQ ID NO: 7313, SEQ ID NO: 6001, and SEQ ID NO: 6002, respectively; and a VL comprising a VLCDR1, a VLCDR2, and a VLCDR3 of SEQ ID NO: 7326, SEQ ID NO: 7327, and SEQ ID NO: 7329, respectively;

(iii) a VH comprising a VHCDR1, a VHCDR2, and a VHCDR3 of SEQ ID NO: 7313, SEQ ID NO: 6001, and SEQ ID NO: 6002, respectively; and a VL comprising a VLCDR1, a VLCDR2, and a VLCDR3 of SEQ ID NO: 6063, SEQ ID NO: 6064, and SEQ ID NO: 7293, respectively;

(iv) a VH comprising a VHCDR1, a VHCDR2, and a VHCDR3 of SEQ ID NO: 7313, SEQ ID NO: 6008, and SEQ ID NO: 6009, respectively; and a VL comprising a VLCDR1, a VLCDR2, and a VLCDR3 of SEQ ID NO: 6070, SEQ ID NO: 6071, and SEQ ID NO: 6072, respectively;

(v) a VH comprising a VHCDR1, a VHCDR2, and a VHCDR3 of SEQ ID NO: 7313, SEQ ID NO: 7385, and SEQ ID NO: 7315, respectively; and a VL comprising a VLCDR1, a VLCDR2, and a VLCDR3 of SEQ ID NO: 6070, SEQ ID NO: 6064, and SEQ ID NO: 7321, respectively; or

(vi) a VH comprising a VHCDR1, a VHCDR2, and a VHCDR3 of SEQ ID NO: 7313, SEQ ID NO: 7318, and SEQ ID NO: 6009, respectively; and a VL comprising a VLCDR1, a VLCDR2, and a VLCDR3 of SEQ ID NO: 6070, SEQ ID NO: 6064, and SEQ ID NO: 7321, respectively.

2. The multifunctional molecule of claim 1 , wherein the first antigen binding domain comprises:

(a) the VH comprising

(i) the VHCDR1 amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 7346,

(ii) the VHCDR2 amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 7355 or SEQ ID NO: 201, and

(iii) the VHCDR3 amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 202; and

(b) the VL comprising

(i) the VLCDR1 amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 223,

(ii) the VLCDR2 amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 224, and

(iii) the VLCDR3 amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 225.

3. The multifunctional molecule of claim 2 , wherein the first antigen binding domain comprises:

(a) the VH comprising:

(i) a heavy chain framework region 1 (VHFWR1) amino acid sequence with at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 203,

(ii) a VHFWR2 amino acid sequence with at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 204,

(iii) a VHFWR3 amino acid sequence with at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 205, and

(iv) a VHFWR4 amino acid sequence with at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 206; and/or

(b) the VL comprising:

(i) a light chain framework region 1 (VLFWR1) amino acid sequence with at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 226,

(ii) a VLFWR2 amino acid sequence with at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 227,

(iii) a VLFWR3 amino acid sequence with at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 228, and

(iv) a VLFWR4 amino acid sequence with at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 229.

4. The multifunctional molecule of claim 1 , wherein the first antigen binding domain comprises:

(a) the VH comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to any one of SEQ ID NOs: 250-254, 7343, 7344, and 7350-7352; and

(b) the VL comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to any one of SEQ ID NOs: 255-260 and 7357-7360.

5. The multifunctional molecule of claim 2 , wherein the first antigen binding domain comprises:

(a) the VH comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 7351 or SEQ ID NO: 253; and

(b) the VL comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 258.

6. The multifunctional molecule of claim 1 , wherein the first antigen binding domain comprises:

(a) the VH comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 7351 and the VL comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 258;

(b) the VH comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 250 and the VL comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 255;

(c) the VH comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 251 and a VL comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 256;

(d) the VH comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 252 and the VL comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 257;

(e) the VH comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 253 and the VL comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 258;

(f) the VH comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 254 and the VL comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 259;

(g) the VH comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 7343 and the VL comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 260;

(h) the VH comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 7344 and the VL comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 7357;

(i) the VH comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 7350 and the VL comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 7358;

(j) the VH comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 7351 and the VL comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 7359; or

(k) the VH comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 7352 and the VL comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:7360.

7. The multifunctional molecule of claim 1 , wherein the first antigen binding domain comprises:

(a) a heavy chain comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 7382 or SEQ ID NO: 7379;

(b) a light chain comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NOs: 7380; or

(c) any combination thereof.

8. The multifunctional molecule of claim 1 , wherein the first antigen binding domain has a higher affinity for a T cell receptor comprising TRBC1 than for a T cell receptor comprising TRBC2.

9. The multifunctional molecule of claim 1 , wherein the second antigen binding domain comprises:

(a) the VH comprising:

(i) the VHCDR1 amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 7313,

(ii) the VHCDR2 amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6001, and

(iii) the VHCDR3 amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 7315; and

(b) the VL comprising:

(i) the VLCDR1 amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 7326,

(ii) the VLCDR2 amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 7327, and

(iii) the VLCDR3 amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 7329.

10. The multifunctional molecule of claim 1 , wherein the second antigen binding domain comprises:

(a) the VH comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to any one of SEQ ID NOs: 6121-6134, 7295, 7297, 7298, and 7300-7304; and

(b) the VL comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to any one of SEQ ID NOs: 6136-6147, 7294, 7296, 7299, and 7305-7309.

11. The multifunctional molecule of claim 9 , wherein the second antigen binding domain comprises:

(a) the VH comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 7302; and

(b) the VL comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 7309.

12. The multifunctional molecule of claim 4 , wherein the second antigen binding domain comprises:

(a) the VH comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 7302 and the VL comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 7309;

(b) the VH comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 6121 and the VL comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 7294;

(c) the VH comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 6122 and the VL comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 6136;

(d) the VH comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 6123 and the a VL comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 6137;

(e) the VH comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 6124 and the VL comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 6138;

(f) the VH comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 6125 and the VL comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 6139;

(g) the VH comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 6126 and the VL comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 6140;

(h) the VH comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 6127 and the VL comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 6141;

(i) the VH comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 6129 and the VL comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 6142;

(j) the VH comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 6130 and the VL comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 6143;

(k) the VH comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 6131 and the VL comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 6144;

(l) the VH comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 6132 and the VL comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 6145;

(m) the VH comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 6133 and the VL comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 6146;

(n) the VH comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 6134 and the VL comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 6147;

(o) the VH comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 7295 and the VL comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 7296;

(p) the VH comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 7298 and the VL comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 7299;

(q) the VH comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 7300 and the VL comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 7305;

(r) the VH comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 7301 and the VL comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 7306;

(s) the VH comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 7302 and the VL comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 7307;

(t) the VH comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 7303 and the VL comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 7308; or

(u) the VH comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 7304 and the VL comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 7309.

13. The multifunctional molecule of claim 1 , wherein the second antigen binding domain comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 7383.

14. The multifunctional molecule of claim 1 , wherein the multifunctional molecule further comprises a cytokine molecule.

15. The multifunctional molecule of claim 14 , wherein the cytokine molecule is interleukin-2 (IL-2), interleukin-7 (IL-7), interleukin-12 (IL-12), interleukin-15 (IL-15), interleukin-18 (IL-18), interleukin-21 (IL-21), or interferon gamma.

16. The multifunctional molecule of claim 1 , wherein the multifunctional molecule further comprises a TGF-beta inhibitor.

17. The multifunctional molecule of claim 16 , wherein the TGF-beta inhibitor comprises the extracellular domain of a TGF-beta receptor.

18. The multifunctional molecule of claim 1 , comprising:

(a) the first antigen binding domain that comprises the VH and the VL of claim 2 ,

(b) the second antigen binding domain that comprises the VH and the VL of claim 9 , and

(c) a cytokine molecule that is IL-2.

19. The multifunctional molecule of claim 18 , wherein the multifunctional molecule comprises an immunoglobulin constant domain.

20. A pharmaceutical composition comprising the multifunctional molecule of claim 1 ; and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, excipient, or stabilizer.

21. A polynucleotide comprising a sequence encoding the multifunctional molecule of claim 1 .

22. A host cell comprising the polynucleotide of claim 21 .

23. A method of making the multifunctional molecule of claim 1 , comprising culturing the host cell of claim 22 under suitable conditions for gene expression and/or homo- or heterodimerization.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 9, 2021
From: LOEW, ANDREAS; MALHOTRA, NIDHI; KATRAGADDA, MADAN; TAN, SENG-LAI; HSU, JONATHAN; VASH, BRIAN EDWARD; MAIOCCO, STEPHANIE J.; MAREK, PETER; GUNTAS, GURKAN
To: ELSTAR THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 057429/0138 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 9, 2021
From: ELSTAR THERAPEUTICS, INC.
To: MARENGO THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 057453/0803 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation PCTUS2020019291 · Feb 21, 2020
Provisional Application 62808646 · Feb 21, 2019
Related Publication 20210380682A1 · Dec 9, 2021
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