IP Library Granted Patent US 12,460,004
Granted Patent B2
US 12,460,004 · App. 17/267,066 · Granted Nov 4, 2025

Antibodies that bind CD277 and uses thereof

Inventors: Piotr Bobrowicz (Hanover, NH); Paul Widboom (Lebanon, NH); Michael March Schmidt (Wellesley, MA)
Assignee: Compass Therapeutics LLC
C07K16/2827A61K39/3955C07K16/2896A61K2039/505C07K2317/56C07K2317/565C07K2317/76C07K2317/92
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Patent No.
US 12,460,004
App. No.
17/267,066
Granted
Nov 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to, inter alia, compounds (e.g., antibodies, or antigen-binding fragments thereof) that bind to CD277, for treating, or ameliorating one or more symptoms of cancer.

Claims (51)

1. An isolated antibody that specifically binds human CD277, or an antigen-binding portion thereof, wherein the antibody or antigen binding portion thereof comprises heavy and light chain CDRs selected from the group consisting of:

(a) heavy chain CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3 sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 7-9, respectively, and light chain CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3 sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 10-12, respectively;

(b) heavy chain CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3 sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 43, 47 and 9, respectively, and light chain CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3 sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 52, 58 and 62, respectively;

(c) heavy chain CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3 sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 45, 49 and 9, respectively, and light chain CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3 sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 57, 59 and 65, respectively;

(d) heavy chain CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3 sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 44, 48 and 9 respectively, and light chain CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3 sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 57, 61 and 64, respectively;

(e) heavy chain CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3 sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 46, 50 and 9, respectively, and light chain CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3 sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 56, 58 and 61, respectively;

(f) heavy chain CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3 sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 46, 50 and 9, respectively, and light chain CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3 sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 55, 60 and 62, respectively;

(g) heavy chain CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3 sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 46, 50 and 9, respectively, and light chain CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3 sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 54, 60 and 62, respectively;

(h) heavy chain CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3 sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 43, 47 and 9, respectively, and light chain CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3 sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 53, 59 and 63, respectively;

(i) heavy chain CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3 sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 45, 49 and 9, respectively, and light chain CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3 sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 53, 59 and 63, respectively;

(j) heavy chain CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3 sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 44, 48 and 9, respectively, and light chain CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3 sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 53, 59 and 63, respectively; and

(k) heavy chain CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3 sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 43, 47 and 9, respectively, and light chain CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3 sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 52, 58 and 62, respectively.

2. The isolated antibody of claim 1 , wherein the antibody or antigen-binding portion thereof comprises a heavy chain variable region amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 3, 32, 34, 36, 37, and 42, and a light chain variable region amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 4, 33, 35, 38, 39, 40 and 41.

3. The isolated antibody of claim 1 , wherein the antibody or antigen-binding portion thereof comprises heavy and light chain variable region amino acid sequences selected from the group consisting of:

(a) SEQ ID NO: 3 and 4, respectively;

(b) SEQ ID NO: 42 and 41, respectively;

(c) SEQ ID NO: 36 and 41, respectively;

(d) SEQ ID NO: 34 and 40, respectively;

(e) SEQ ID NO: 37 and 33, respectively;

(f) SEQ ID NO: 37 and 39, respectively;

(g) SEQ ID NO: 37 and 38, respectively;

(h) SEQ ID NO: 32 and 35, respectively;

(i) SEQ ID NO: 36 and 35, respectively;

(j) SEQ ID NO: 34 and 35, respectively; and

(k) SEQ ID NO: 32 and 33, respectively.

4. The isolated antibody of claim 1 , wherein the antibody or antigen binding portion thereof comprises heavy and light chain variable regions, wherein the heavy chain variable region comprises an amino acid sequence which is at least 90% identical to the heavy chain variable region amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 3, 32, 34, 36, 37, and 42; and wherein the light chain variable region comprises an amino acid sequence which is at least 90% identical to the light chain variable region amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 4, 33, 35, 38, 39, 40 and 41.

5. The isolated antibody of claim 1 , wherein the antibody or antigen binding portion thereof comprises heavy and light chain variable regions at least 90% identical to the heavy and light chain variable region amino acid sequences selected from the group consisting of:

(a) SEQ ID NO: 3 and 4, respectively;

(b) SEQ ID NO: 42 and 41, respectively;

(c) SEQ ID NO: 36 and 41, respectively;

(d) SEQ ID NO: 34 and 40, respectively;

(e) SEQ ID NO: 37 and 33, respectively;

(f) SEQ ID NO: 37 and 39, respectively;

(g) SEQ ID NO: 37 and 38, respectively;

(h) SEQ ID NO: 32 and 35, respectively;

(i) SEQ ID NO: 36 and 35, respectively;

(j) SEQ ID NO: 34 and 35, respectively; and

(k) SEQ ID NO: 32 and 33, respectively.

6. The isolated antibody of claim 1 , wherein the antibody or antigen-binding portion thereof comprises heavy and light chain CDRs, wherein

(i) heavy chain CDR1 comprises SEQ ID NO: 7;

(ii) heavy chain CDR2 comprises SEQ ID NO: 8;

(iii) heavy chain CDR3 comprises SEQ ID NO: 9;

(iv) light chain CDR1 comprises SEQ ID NO: 10;

(v) light chain CDR2 comprises SEQ ID NO: 11; and

(vi) light chain CDR3 comprises SEQ ID NO: 12.

7. The isolated antibody of claim 1 , wherein the antibody or antibody binding portion thereof comprises a heavy chain variable region comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 3, and a light chain variable region comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 4 or SEQ ID NO: 86.

8. The isolated antibody of claim 1 , wherein the antibody or antibody binding portion thereof comprises a heavy chain variable region comprising an amino acid sequence at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 3, and a light chain variable region comprises an amino acid sequence at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 4 or SEQ ID NO: 86.

9. The isolated antibody of claim 1 , wherein the antibody or antibody binding portion thereof comprises a heavy chain region comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 74, and a light chain region comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 75.

10. The isolated antibody of claim 1 , wherein the antibody or antibody binding portion thereof comprises a heavy chain region comprising an amino acid sequence at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 74, and a light chain region comprising an amino acid sequence at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 75.

11. A pharmaceutical composition comprising an isolated antibody or antigen-binding portion thereof, of claim 1 , and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

12. A nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding the light chain, heavy chain, or both light and heavy chains of the isolated antibody, or antigen binding portion thereof, of claim 1 .

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 11, 2021
From: BOBROWICZ, PIOTR; SCHMIDT, MICHAEL MARCH
To: COMPASS THERAPEUTICS LLC
Reel/Frame 055234/0208 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 11, 2021
From: WIDBOOM, PAUL
To: ADIMAB, LLC
Reel/Frame 055234/0255 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 11, 2021
From: ADIMAB, LLC
To: COMPASS THERAPEUTICS LLC
Reel/Frame 055234/0353 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62716551 · Aug 9, 2018
Related Publication 20210309746A1 · Oct 7, 2021
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