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US 12,478,686 · App. 17/297,830 · Granted Nov 25, 2025

Antibodies modified for transglutaminase conjugation, conjugates thereof, and methods and uses

Inventors: Pavel Strop (San Mateo, CA); Chetana Rao-Naik (Walnut Creek, CA); Xiaodi Deng (San Mateo, CA); Paul O. Sheppard (Granite Falls, WA); Sean Matthew WEST (Union City, CA); Jason Michael Hogan (Palo Alto, CA); Sayumi Yamazoe (Mountain View, CA)
Assignee: BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
A61K47/6803A61K47/6851A61K47/6889C07K16/30C07K2317/522C07K2317/524C07K2317/526C07K2317/92
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Patent No.
US 12,478,686
App. No.
17/297,830
Granted
Nov 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Antibodies are modified by replacing amino acids in the heavy chain CH1, CH2, or CH3 or light chain constant region with selected replacement glutamine-containing sequences to render them amenable to conjugation by the enzyme transglutaminase.

Claims (33)

1 . A full-length IgG antibody, having a modification selected from the group consisting of:

(i) replacement of the amino acids at EU 131 through 135 of a heavy chain with the amino acids of SEQ ID NO:7, SEQ ID NO:8, and SEQ ID NO: 9 or SEQ ID NO: 10;

(ii) replacement of the amino acids at EU 160 through 164 of a heavy chain with the amino acids of SEQ ID NO: 11, SEQ ID NO: 12, SEQ ID NO: 13, SEQ ID NO: 14, SEQ ID NO: 16, or SEQ ID NO:17;

(iii) replacement of the amino acids at EU 175 through 177 of a heavy chain with the amino acids of SEQ ID NO: 18, SEQ ID NO: 19, or NO: 20;

(iv) replacement of the amino acids at EU 190 through 196 of a heavy chain with the amino acids of SEQ ID NO:22, SEQ ID NO:23, or SEQ ID NO:24;

(v) replacement of the amino acids at EU 264 through 269 of a heavy chain with the amino acids of SEQ ID NO:25, SEQ ID NO:26, SEQ ID NO:27 or SEQ NO: 28;

(vi) replacement of the amino acids at EU 280 through 284 of a heavy chain with the amino acids of SEQ ID NO:29, SEQ ID NO:30, or SEQ ID NO:31;

(vii) replacement of the amino acids at EU 292 through 297 of a heavy chain with the amino acids of SEQ ID NO:33, SEQ ID NO:34, SEQ ID NO:35, SEQ ID NO:36, SEQ ID NO: 37, SEQ ID NO: 38, SEQ ID NO:39, SEQ ID NO:40, SEQ ID NO:41, SEQ ID NO:42, SEQ ID NO: 43, SEQ ID NO:44, SEQ ID NO:45, SEQ ID NO:47, SEQ ID NO: 100, SEQ ID NO: 101, SEQ ID NO: 102, or SEQ ID NO: 103;

(viii) replacement of the amino acids at EU 314 through 319 of a heavy chain with the amino acids of SEQ ID NO:48, SEQ ID NO:49 or SEQ ID NO:50;

(ix) replacement of the amino acids at EU 330 through 331 of a heavy chain with the amino acids of SEQ ID NO:51, SEQ ID NO:52, or SEQ ID NO:53;

(x) replacement of the amino acids at EU 358 through 362 of a heavy chain with the amino acids of SEQ ID NO:54 or SEQ ID NO:55;

(xi) replacement of the amino acids at EU 384 through 402 of a heavy chain with the amino acids of SEQ ID NO:56, SEQ ID NO:57, SEQ ID NO:58, SEQ ID NO:59, SEQ ID NO:60, SEQ ID NO: 61, SEQ ID NO: 62, SEQ ID NO:63 or SEQ ID NO:64;

(xii) replacement of the amino acids at EU 414 through 419 of a heavy chain with the amino acids of SEQ ID NO: 65, SEQ ID NO:66, SEQ ID NO:67, SEQ ID NO:68, or SEQ ID NO:69;

(xiii) replacement of the amino acids at EU 122 through 126 of a light chain with the amino acids of SEQ ID NO:70, SEQ ID NO:71, or SEQ ID NO:72;

(xiv) replacement of the amino acids at EU 152 through 155 of a light chain with the amino acids of SEQ ID NO:73, SEQ ID NO:74, or SEQ ID NO:75;

(xv) replacement of the amino acids at EU 167 through 170 of a light chain with the amino acids of SEQ ID NO:76, SEQ ID NO: 77, SEQ ID NO:78, SEQ ID NO: 79, SEQ ID NO:81, or SEQ ID NO:82;

(xvi) replacement of the amino acids at EU 182 through 190 of a light chain with the amino acids of SEQ ID NO: 83, SEQ ID NO: 84, SEQ ID NO: 85, SEQ ID NO: 86, or SEQ ID NO:87; and

(xvii) replacement of the amino acids at EU 199 through 204 of a light chain with the amino acids of SEQ ID NO: 89, SEQ ID NO: 90, SEQ ID NO: 91, SEQ ID NO:92, SEQ ID NO: 93, SEQ ID NO:94, SEQ ID NO: 95, or SEQ ID NO:96.

2 . The antibody of claim 1 , which is an IgG1 antibody.

3 . The antibody of claim 2 , wherein the modification is in a heavy chain.

4 . The antibody of claim 2 , wherein the modification is selected from the group consisting of:

(I) replacement of the amino acids at EU 131 through 135 of a heavy chain with the amino acids of SEQ ID NO:9 or SEQ ID NO: 10;

(II) replacement of the amino acids at EU 175 through 177 of a heavy chain with the amino acids of SEQ ID NO: 18;

(III) replacement of the amino acids at EU 190 through 196 of a heavy chain with the amino acids of SEQ ID NO:22;

(IV) replacement of the amino acids at EU 264 through 269 of a heavy chain with the amino acids of SEQ ID NO:27 or SEQ ID NO:28;

(V) replacement of the amino acids at EU 292 through 297 of a heavy chain with the amino acids of SEQ ID NO:34, SEQ ID NO:35, SEQ ID NO:37, SEQ ID NO:38, SEQ ID NO:39, SEQ ID NO: 40, SEQ ID NO:41, SEQ ID NO:42, SEQ ID NO:43, SEQ ID NO:44, SEQ ID NO:45, SEQ ID NO: 100, SEQ ID NO: 101, SEQ ID NO: 102, or SEQ ID NO: 103;

(VI) replacement of the amino acids at EU 330 through 331 of a heavy chain with the amino acids of SEQ ID NO: 51, SEQ ID NO:52 or SEQ ID NO:53;

(VII) replacement of the amino acids at EU 384 through 402 of a heavy chain with the amino acids of SEQ ID NO:57, SEQ ID NO:58, or SEQ ID NO:63;

(VIII) replacement of the amino acids at EU 414 through 419 of a heavy chain with the amino acids of SEQ ID NO:66 or SEQ ID NO:68;

(IX) replacement of the amino acids at EU 152 through 155 of a light chain with the amino acids of SEQ ID NO:73 or SEQ ID NO:75;

(X) replacement of the amino acids at EU 167 through 170 of a light chain with the amino acids of SEQ ID NO: 78 or SEQ ID NO:82; and

(XI) replacement of the amino acids at EU 199 through 204 of a light chain with the amino acids of SEQ ID NO: 92, SEQ ID NO: 93 or SEQ ID NO:94.

5 . The antibody of claim 2 , wherein the replacement sequence comprises the tripeptide -VLQ-.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2021
From: STROP, PAVEL; RAO-NAIK, CHETANA; DENG, XIAODI; SHEPPARD, PAUL O.; WEST, SEAN MATTHEW; HOGAN, JASON MICHAEL; YAMAZOE, SAYUMI
To: BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62778437 · Dec 12, 2018
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