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- the present invention relates to a human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody, an antibody competing with the antibody, a cytokine expression inhibitor containing these antibodies, and a pharmaceutical composition for treating, preventing or alleviating IL-33-related diseases. .
- Interleukin-33 is a cytokine belonging to the interleukin-1 family that is thought to play a role in inflammatory conditions.
- IL-33 is constitutively expressed in the nuclei of epithelial cells and vascular endothelial cells, and is released along with cell destruction by tissue damage caused by infection or physical / chemical stress, and functions as an alarmin.
- IL-33 expression is increased by stimulation with lipopolysaccharide and secreted.
- IL-33 released extracellularly can activate intracellular signals by binding to IL-33 receptors expressed on the cells.
- the IL-33 receptor is expressed in various immune system cells and epithelial cells, and IL-33-induced intracellular signal transduction occurs in these cells.
- IL-33 is a Th2 cytokine from Th2 cells, mast cells, eosinophils, basophils, NK (natural killer) T cells and group 2 natural lymphocytes among immune system cells expressing IL-33 receptor. It is thought to induce allergic inflammation (asthma, atopic dermatitis, hay fever, anaphylactic shock, etc.) by inducing the production of (IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-13, etc.) (Non-patent document 1: Tatsukuni Ohno et al., Allergy, 2012, Vol. 67, p1203).
- Non-patent Document 2 Damo Xu et al., Journal of Immunology, 2010, Vol. 184, p2620. It has been suggested that an antagonist of IL-33 is effective for acute kidney injury (Non-patent Document 3: Ali Akcay et al., Journal of American Society Nephrology, 2011, Vol.22, p2057).
- Non-patent Document 4 Yasushi33Matsuyama ⁇ ⁇ et al., Journal of Rheumatology, 2010, Vol. 37, p18; Non-Patent Document 5: David Pre ⁇ fontaine et al., Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2010, Vol. 125, p752; , Clinical Rheumatology, 2011, Vol.
- Non-Patent Document 7 A. L. Rankin et al., Journal of Immunology, 2010, Vol. 184, p1526; , 2013, Vol. 39, ; p357;
- Non-Patent Document 9 Liang-An Hu et al., Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer P revention, 2013, Vol. 14, p2563;
- Non-Patent Document 10 Luca Pastorelli et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2010, vol. 107, p8017).
- IL-33 Since it is known that IL-33 is involved in various diseases, particularly inflammatory diseases, IL-33 agonists and antagonists have been developed (Patent Documents 1 to 4). Among them, an antibody against IL-33 has attracted attention because of its specificity and strength of action.
- the antibodies that have been developed so far specify mouse antibodies that do not specify epitopes (Patent Document 1) or cleaved sites of IL-33 by caspase, and specify that the active form is uncleaved IL-33
- Patent Document 2 an antibody having a region containing such a cleavage site (residue 155 to residue 198 of SEQ ID NO: 226 in the sequence listing) as an epitope and a commercially available goat polyclonal antibody have been known.
- AnaptysBio reported on its website that it has successfully produced a therapeutic development candidate antibody ANB020 for IL-33 using its own somatic hypermutation technology (SHM-XEL) platform.
- SHM-XEL somatic hypermutation technology
- Non-patent literature 11 Hamza Suria, 'AnaptysBio announces development of novel anti-IL-33 therapeutic antibody', [on line], 2014, [retrieved on 11 January 2014], Retrieved from Internet: ⁇ URL: http: // www.anaptysbio.com/anti-il-33/>
- Murphy et al. Obtained 20 types of human anti-IL-33 monoclonal antibodies using VelocImmune mice, which are mice into which variable regions of human antibodies have been introduced (Patent Document 5).
- the epitope of the antibody is not disclosed, and the amino acid sequence of the framework region of 20 types of human anti-IL-33 monoclonal antibodies differs from the human germline amino acid sequence by 2 amino acid residues or more. Therefore, when these antibodies are administered to humans, an immune response to the antibodies is induced, and human anti-human immunoglobulin antibodies (HAHA) are induced to reduce the action effect and induce inflammation and other side effects.
- HAHA human anti-human immunoglobulin antibodies
- an anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody having an antagonistic action of IL-33 is desired.
- the action of an anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody is closely related to the region of the epitope to which the antibody binds. Since IL-33 is released to the outside of the cell with cell destruction, it is highly likely to be cleaved by lysosomal proteolytic enzymes and the like. Many fragments with 33 activities can be generated.
- a monoclonal antibody that binds to an epitope consisting of a continuous amino acid sequence of IL-33 is more effective than a monoclonal antibody that binds to an epitope consisting of a discontinuous amino acid sequence if the fragment contains an epitope consisting of the continuous amino acid sequence. Is also advantageous because it strongly binds to one continuous amino acid sequence of the fragment and inhibits the binding between the fragment and the IL-33 receptor. However, it has still been difficult to identify an epitope consisting of such a continuous amino acid sequence to generate an IL-33 monoclonal antibody having a desired antagonistic action.
- the anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody that binds to an epitope consisting of a continuous amino acid sequence of IL-33 desirably has low antigenicity when administered to humans or the like.
- the antigenicity is low when administered to humans, and the framework region is preferably a human germline amino acid sequence or a combination thereof.
- the SHM-XEL platform or the like is applied to human antibodies contained in a human antibody gene library, amino acid sequence mutations are introduced not only in the complementarity determining region but also in the framework region.
- an epitope consisting of a continuous amino acid sequence present at positions 101-154 or 199-270, particularly at positions 111-130, 131-150, 231-250, or 251-270 The inventors have found that an epitope consisting of a continuous amino acid sequence is important from the viewpoint of the antagonistic action of an antibody that binds to the epitope, resulting in the present invention.
- the present inventors have isolated a human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody from a human antibody library, and further introduced a mutation only into its complementarity determining region, so that the complementarity determining region has high binding properties and good physical properties. Identified.
- a human antibody that does not contain a mutation in the amino acid sequence of the germline framework region and that binds to human IL-33 and neutralizes its function could be obtained.
- the present invention thus relates to the following inventions:
- Epitopes consisting of consecutive amino acid sequences contained in positions 101 to 154 or positions 199 to 270 of SEQ ID NO: 226 in the sequence listing are 111 to 130 and 131 to 150 in SEQ ID NO: 226 of the sequence listing.
- Item 2 The antibody according to Item 1, wherein the antibody is an epitope consisting of a continuous amino acid sequence contained in positions 231 to 250 or 251 to 270.
- An epitope consisting of a continuous amino acid sequence contained in positions 101 to 154 or positions 199 to 270 of SEQ ID NO: 226 in the sequence listing is P118, I119, T120, Y122, L123, R124, S125, L126, S127. , Y129, N130, D131, Q132, S133, T135, A137, L138, E139, S142, Y143, E144, I145, Y146, E148, D149, L150, D244, N245, H246, K266, L267, S268, and E269 Item 3.
- the antibody according to Item 1 or 2 which is an epitope consisting of an amino acid sequence containing the amino acid.
- Epitopes consisting of consecutive amino acid sequences contained in positions 101 to 154 or positions 199 to 270 of SEQ ID NO: 226 in the sequence listing are 111 to 130 and 131 to 150 in SEQ ID NO: 226 of the sequence listing.
- An epitope comprising a continuous amino acid sequence contained in positions 101 to 154 or positions 199 to 270 of SEQ ID NO: 226 in the sequence listing is represented by positions 138 to 147 or 139 to 147 of SEQ ID NO: 226 in the sequence listing. 5.
- An antibody according to any one of [7] A monoclonal antibody that binds to an epitope consisting of a continuous amino acid sequence contained in positions 101 to 154 or positions 199 to 270 of SEQ ID NO: 226 in the sequence listing is expressed between IL-33 receptor and IL-33. 7.
- a pharmaceutical composition for treating, preventing or alleviating an IL-33-related disease comprising the antibody according to any one of items 1 to 7.
- a cytokine expression inhibitor comprising the antibody according to any one of items 1 to 7.
- the inhibitor according to item 9 which suppresses the expression of TNF- ⁇ , IFN- ⁇ , IL-1 ⁇ , IL-4, IL-5, IL-6 or IL-13.
- the inhibitor according to item 9 or 10 which suppresses the expression of IFN- ⁇ , IL-5, IL-6 or IL-13.
- the monoclonal antibody that binds to an epitope consisting of a continuous amino acid sequence contained in positions 101 to 154 or positions 199 to 270 of SEQ ID NO: 226 in the sequence listing is a chimeric antibody, a humanized antibody, or a human antibody.
- the amino acid sequence of framework region 1 of the light chain is the residue 1 to residue 22 of SEQ ID NO: 317 in the sequence listing
- the amino acid sequence of the framework region 2 of the light chain is the residue of SEQ ID NO: 317 of the sequence listing 36 to residue 50
- the amino acid sequence of framework region 3 of the light chain is from residue 58 to residue 89 of SEQ ID NO: 317 in the sequence listing
- the amino acid sequence of framework region 4 of the light chain is SEQ ID NO: of the sequence listing 401 of residue 3 to residue 12
- the amino acid sequence of framework region 1 of the heavy chain is residue 1 to residue 30 of SEQ ID NO: 367 in the sequence listing or residue 1 of SEQ ID NO: 368 in the sequence listing
- the amino acid sequence of framework region 2 of the heavy chain is the residue 36 to residue 49 of SEQ ID NO: 367 in the sequence listing, or the residue 36 to residue 49 of SEQ ID NO: 368 in the sequence listing
- the heavy chain frame War The amino acid sequence of region 3 is the residue 67 to residue
- the amino acid sequence of framework region 1 of the light chain is the residue 1 to residue 22 of SEQ ID NO: 317 in the sequence listing
- the amino acid sequence of the framework region 2 of the light chain is the residue of SEQ ID NO: 317 of the sequence listing 36 to residue 50
- the amino acid sequence of framework region 3 of the light chain is from residue 58 to residue 89 of SEQ ID NO: 317 in the sequence listing
- the amino acid sequence of framework region 4 of the light chain is SEQ ID NO: of the sequence listing 401, residue 3 to residue 12
- the amino acid sequence of heavy chain framework region 1 is the residue 1 to residue 30 of SEQ ID NO: 367 in the sequence listing
- the amino acid sequence of heavy chain framework region 2 Is the residue 36 to residue 49 of SEQ ID NO: 367 in the sequence listing
- the amino acid sequence of the heavy chain framework region 3 is the residue 67 to residue 98 of SEQ ID NO: 368 in the
- Light chain complementarity determining region 1 (LCDR1), light chain complementarity determining region 2 (LCDR2), light chain complementarity determining region 3 (LCDR3), heavy chain complementarity determining region 1 (HCDR1)
- LCDR2 light chain complementarity determining region 2
- LCDR3 light chain complementarity determining region 3
- HCDR1 The combination of the amino acid sequences of the heavy chain complementarity determining region 2 (HCDR2) and the heavy chain complementarity determining region 3 (HCDR3) is selected from the combinations represented by C1 to C30 in Table 1. Human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody.
- Light chain complementarity determining region 1 (LCDR1), light chain complementarity determining region 2 (LCDR2), light chain complementarity determining region 3 (LCDR3), heavy chain complementarity determining region 1 (HCDR1)
- Item 18 is a combination of amino acid sequences of heavy chain complementarity determining region 2 (HCDR2) and heavy chain complementarity determining region 3 (HCDR3) selected from the combinations represented by C1 to C28 in Table 1.
- LCDR1 Light chain complementarity determining region 1
- LCDR2 light chain complementarity determining region 2
- LCDR3 light chain complementarity determining region 3
- HCDR1 heavy chain complementarity determining region 1
- the combinations of the amino acid sequences of the heavy chain complementarity determining region 2 (HCDR2) and the heavy chain complementarity determining region 3 (HCDR3) are the combinations shown in Table 1, C1, C8, C15, C17 and C18.
- Item 20 The human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody according to item 18 or 19, comprising the selected amino acid sequence.
- the human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody according to any of items 18 to 20, wherein the amino acid sequence of the framework region of the antibody is an amino acid sequence of a germline framework region or a combination thereof.
- the amino acid sequence of framework region 1 of the light chain is the residue 1 to residue 22 of SEQ ID NO: 317 in the sequence listing
- the amino acid sequence of framework region 2 of the light chain is the residue of SEQ ID NO: 317 of the sequence listing 36 to residue 50
- the amino acid sequence of framework region 3 of the light chain is from residue 58 to residue 89 of SEQ ID NO: 317 in the sequence listing
- the amino acid sequence of framework region 4 of the light chain is SEQ ID NO: of the sequence listing 401 of residue 3 to residue 12
- the amino acid sequence of framework region 1 of the heavy chain is residue 1 to residue 30 of SEQ ID NO: 367 in the sequence listing or residue 1 of SEQ ID NO: 368 in the sequence listing To residue 30, the amino acid sequence of framework region 2 of the heavy chain is the residue
- the human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody according to any of items 18 to 21, which is residues 5 to 15 of SEQ ID NO: 407 in the sequence table. [23] The human anti-IL-33 according to any of items 18 to 22, wherein the combination of amino acid sequences of the light chain variable region and the heavy chain variable region is selected from the combinations represented by V1 to V30 in Table 2 Neutralizing monoclonal antibody. [24] The human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody according to item 23, wherein the combination of the amino acid sequences of the light chain variable region and the heavy chain variable region is selected from the combinations represented by V1 to V28 in Table 2.
- IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody [26] The human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody according to any of items 18 to 25, wherein the light chain is a ⁇ chain. [27] The human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody according to any of items 18 to 26, wherein the human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody is IgG.
- the human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody according to any of items 18 to 27, wherein the antigen is human IL-33 and monkey IL-33.
- LCDR1 Light chain complementarity determining region 1
- LCDR2 light chain complementarity determining region 2
- LCDR3 light chain complementarity determining region 3
- HCDR1 A combination of nucleic acid sequences encoding the respective amino acid sequences of the heavy chain complementarity determining region 2 (HCDR2) and the heavy chain complementarity determining region 3 (HCDR3) is selected from the combinations indicated by CN1 to CN30 in Table 3 30.
- a vector comprising the nucleic acid molecule according to item 29 or 30.
- a host cell comprising the vector according to item 31.
- a cytokine expression inhibitor comprising the human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody according to any of items 18 to 28.
- the inhibitor according to item 34 which suppresses the expression of TNF- ⁇ , IFN- ⁇ , IL-1 ⁇ , IL-4, IL-5, IL-6 or IL-13.
- the inhibitor according to item 34 or 35 which suppresses the expression of IFN- ⁇ , IL-5, IL-6 or IL-13.
- a pharmaceutical composition comprising the human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody according to any of items 18 to 28.
- the pharmaceutical composition according to item 37 for prevention, treatment or alleviation of IL-33-related diseases.
- IL-33 related diseases include asthma, atopic dermatitis, hay fever, anaphylactic shock, sinusitis (including eosinophilic sinusitis), Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, arthritis, systemic Erythromatodes, pemphigus, pemphigoid, scleroderma, ankylosing spondylitis, liver fibrosis (including primary biliary cirrhosis), pulmonary fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), acute kidney injury, vasculitis 39.
- the pharmaceutical composition according to item 38 selected from the group consisting of cancer and cancer.
- An anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody whose binding to IL-33 competes with the antibody according to item 20 or 25.
- IL-33 related diseases include asthma, atopic dermatitis, hay fever, anaphylactic shock, sinusitis (including eosinophilic sinusitis), Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, arthritis, systemic Erythromatodes, pemphigus, pemphigoid, scleroderma, ankylosing spondylitis, liver fibrosis (including primary biliary cirrhosis), pulmonary fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), acute kidney injury, vasculitis 42.
- the method of item 41 wherein the method is selected from the group consisting of cancer.
- IL-33 related diseases include asthma, atopic dermatitis, hay fever, anaphylactic shock, sinusitis (including eosinophilic sinusitis), Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, arthritis, systemic Erythromatodes, pemphigus, pemphigoid, scleroderma, ankylosing spondylitis, liver fibrosis (including primary biliary cirrhosis), pulmonary fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), acute kidney injury, vasculitis And use according to item 43, selected from the group consisting of and cancer.
- IL-33 related diseases include asthma, atopic dermatitis, hay fever, anaphylactic shock, sinusitis (including eosinophilic sinusitis), Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, arthritis, systemic Erythromatodes, pemphigus, pemphigoid, scleroderma, ankylosing spondylitis, liver fibrosis (including primary biliary cirrhosis), pulmonary fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), acute kidney injury, vasculitis 46.
- IL-33 related diseases include asthma, atopic dermatitis, hay fever, anaphylactic shock, sinusitis (including eosinophilic sinusitis), Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, arthritis, systemic Erythromatodes, pemphigus, pemphigoid, scleroderma, ankylosing spondylitis, liver fibrosis (including primary biliary cir
- a method for treating, preventing or alleviating a patient in need of cytokine expression suppression comprising administering to the subject the antibody according to any of items 1 to 7 and 18 to 28 ,Method.
- the method of item 47, wherein the cytokine is TNF- ⁇ , IFN- ⁇ , IL-1 ⁇ , IL-4, IL-5, IL-6 or IL-13.
- the use according to item 49, wherein the cytokine is TNF- ⁇ , IFN- ⁇ , IL-1 ⁇ , IL-4, IL-5, IL-6 or IL-13.
- the monoclonal antibody that binds to the epitope of the present invention binds to an epitope consisting of a continuous amino acid sequence, even when IL-33 is degraded and fragmented, it binds strongly to one continuous amino acid sequence, Neutralizing action is easily exhibited.
- the monoclonal antibody of the present invention is difficult to induce human anti-human immunoglobulin antibody (HAHA) against the antibody framework region and / or complementarity determining region when administered to humans. If not inhibited by HAHA, the effect of neutralizing IL-33 in vivo persists. It is a safe antibody unless it causes inflammation caused by binding to HAHA. Since the monoclonal antibody of the present invention can bind to human IL-33 and neutralize its function, it can be used as a new diagnostic, preventive, therapeutic or alleviating drug for IL-33-related diseases.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating each domain and cleavage site of IL-33 protein.
- FIG. 2 is a view showing the binding activity of each antibody to human IL-33 protein (residues 112 to 270) and partial peptide fragments (PEP11 to 26).
- FIG. 3 shows a modeled three-dimensional structure of a complex of mature human IL-33 (residues 117 to 270) (described as “S117-T270” in the figure) and human ST2 (hST2). It is a figure.
- FIG. 4 shows a part of the PEP12 epitope of human IL-33 (positions 117 to 130 of SEQ ID NO: 226 in the sequence listing) in the three-dimensional structure modeling of FIG.
- FIG. 5 shows only the PEP14 epitope of human IL-33 and human ST2 in the three-dimensional structure modeling of FIG.
- FIG. 6 shows only the PEP24 epitope of human IL-33 and human ST2 in the three-dimensional structure modeling of FIG.
- FIG. 7 shows only the PEP26 epitope of human IL-33 and human ST2 in the three-dimensional structure modeling of FIG.
- FIG. 8 shows the effects of the human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody A25-3H04 on inflammation induced by intraperitoneal administration of human IL-33.
- FIG. 9 shows the effects of human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibodies A10-1C04, A23-1A05, A25-2C02 and A26-1F02 on inflammation induced by intraperitoneal administration of human IL-33. It is a figure based on the mass, blood eosinophil count, blood basophil count, blood neutrophil count, serum IgA concentration, serum IgE concentration).
- FIG. 9 shows the effects of human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibodies A10-1C04, A23-1A05, A25-2C02 and A26-1F02 on inflammation induced by intraperitoneal administration of human IL-33. It is a figure based on the mass, blood eosinophil count, blood basophil count, blood neutrophil count, serum IgA concentration, serum IgE concentration).
- FIG. 10 is a graph showing changes in plasma concentrations of human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibodies (A23-1A05, A25-3H04, A26-1F02, A10-1C04, A25-2C02) in mice.
- FIG. 11 is a graph showing changes in monkey serum concentrations of human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibodies (A10-1C04, A23-1A05).
- an epitope refers to a part of an antigen recognized by an antibody.
- an epitope relates to a sequence consisting of consecutive amino acids necessary for antibody recognition.
- the phrase “monoclonal antibody” binds to an epitope means that a monoclonal antibody binds to an epitope peptide to form one complex.
- the binding between the monoclonal antibody and the epitope depends on ionic bond, hydrogen bond, hydrophobic bond, van der Waals force, etc., but is not limited thereto.
- Whether a monoclonal antibody binds to an epitope can be examined, for example, using a peptide array scan or KinExA described herein.
- antibody in the present invention, the term “antibody” is used in the broadest sense, and includes a monoclonal antibody and a polyclonal antibody as long as a desired specific binding property is shown.
- the antibody in the present invention may be an antibody derived from any animal such as a mouse antibody, a human antibody, a rat antibody, a rabbit antibody, a goat antibody, or a camel antibody.
- a monoclonal antibody refers to an antibody in an antibody population consisting of only a single clone (single molecular species) in the designed amino acid sequence.
- Monoclonal antibodies shall include chimeric antibodies, humanized antibodies, human antibodies, multispecific antibodies, and artificial antibodies, as well as functionally modified antibodies thereof, as well as conjugated antibodies thereof, and fragments thereof.
- the monoclonal antibody of the present invention can be produced using any known method such as a hybridoma method, a phage display method, and a genetic engineering method.
- a chimeric antibody refers to an antibody in which the light chain, the heavy chain, or both are composed of a non-human-derived variable region and a human-derived constant region.
- a humanized antibody refers to an antibody consisting of a variable region composed of a complementarity determining region of a non-human-derived antibody and a framework region derived from a human antibody and a constant region derived from a human antibody.
- human antibody refers to an antibody derived from a human both in the light chain and the heavy chain. Due to the difference in the constant region of the heavy chain, human antibodies include IgG having IgG heavy chain (including IgG1, IgG2, IgG3 and IgG4), IgM having ⁇ heavy chain, IgA having ⁇ heavy chain (Including IgA1 and IgA2), IgD having a heavy chain of ⁇ chain, or IgE having a heavy chain of ⁇ chain.
- the light chain includes either a kappa chain or a lambda chain.
- a multispecific antibody is an asymmetric antibody having two or more independent antigen recognition sites having two or more different antigen specificities, a bispecific antibody having two antigen specificities, and three antigen specificities. And the like.
- One or more antigens recognized by the multispecific antibody of the present invention is an IL-33 molecule.
- the artificial antibody is, for example, a protein scaffold and is an artificial antibody having a function similar to that of an antibody although it does not have an antibody structure.
- the protein scaffold As the protein scaffold, the Kunitz domain of human serine protease inhibitor, the extracellular domain of human fibronectin, ankyrin, lipocalin, etc. can be used.
- a protein scaffold that binds can be generated (Clifford Mintz et.al BioProcess International, 2013, Vol. 11 (2), pp40-48).
- a function-modified antibody mainly regulates the cell killing function, complement activation function, blood half-life, etc. other than the antigen binding function of the antibody by modifying the amino acid and sugar chain of the Fc region of the antibody.
- Antibody mainly regulates the cell killing function, complement activation function, blood half-life, etc. other than the antigen binding function of the antibody by modifying the amino acid and sugar chain of the Fc region of the antibody.
- conjugate antibody refers to a functional molecule other than an antibody such as a non-peptidic polymer such as polyethylene glycol (PEG), a radioactive substance, a toxin, a low molecular weight compound, a cytokine, albumin, or an enzyme chemically or genetically engineered. Refers to an antibody bound to.
- a non-peptidic polymer such as polyethylene glycol (PEG), a radioactive substance, a toxin, a low molecular weight compound, a cytokine, albumin, or an enzyme chemically or genetically engineered.
- an antibody fragment is a protein containing a part of an antibody and capable of binding to an antigen.
- antibody fragments include Fab fragments, Fv fragments, F (ab ′) 2 fragments, Fab ′ fragments, or scFv.
- these antibody fragments chemically or genetically link functional molecules other than antibodies such as non-peptidic polymers such as polyethylene glycol (PEG), radioactive materials, toxins, low molecular weight compounds, cytokines, albumin, and enzymes. You may do it.
- IL-33 is a cytokine belonging to the IL-1 family, and human IL-33 consists of 270 amino acids as shown in SEQ ID NO: 226 in the Sequence Listing.
- IL-33 has a chromatin-binding domain on the N-terminal side, an IL-1-like cytokine domain having a molecular weight of 18 kDa with 12 ⁇ -strands on the C-terminal side, and cathepsins at the 95th and 109th positions. It has a G cleavage site, an esterase cleavage site at position 99 and a caspase cleavage site at position 178 (FIG. 1).
- IL-33 is cleaved by an enzyme such as lysosome-derived esterase, cathepsin G, or proteinase 3 in the process of necrosis in the cell, and mature IL-33 such as IL-33 (residue from residue 95) (Group 270) (IL-33 represented by the amino acid sequence from the 95th position to the 270th position from the N-terminus of SEQ ID NO: 226 in the sequence listing is referred to as "IL-33 (residue 95 to residue 270)." ), IL-33 (residues 99 to 270), IL-33 (residues 109 to 270), IL-33 (residues 112 to 270), and the like, It is thought to function as a cytokine.
- an enzyme such as lysosome-derived esterase, cathepsin G, or proteinase 3 in the process of necrosis in the cell
- mature IL-33 such as
- IL-33 is cleaved at position 178 by caspase activated during the process of apoptosis, and inactivated IL-33, such as IL-33 (from residue 179). Residue 270).
- IL-33 when released extracellularly as a cytokine, binds to the IL-33 receptor and has a function of initiating intracellular signal transduction in cells that express the IL-33 receptor.
- Signal transduction induced by IL-33 includes, but is not limited to, the NF- ⁇ B pathway and the MAPKKs pathway, and ultimately induces production of various cytokines, chemokines, and inflammatory mediators.
- Examples of cytokines induced by IL-33 include TNF- ⁇ , IL-1 ⁇ , IFN- ⁇ , IL-3, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-13, and particularly IFN.
- - ⁇ , IL-5, IL-6, and IL-13 are induced.
- chemokines induced by IL-33 include CXCL2, CCL2, CCL3, CCL6, CCL17, and CCL24.
- inflammatory mediators induced by IL-33 include PGD2 and LTB4.
- IL-33-induced cytokines, chemokines, and inflammatory mediators are involved in immune system cell migration, cytokine production, and degranulation to cause inflammation.
- IL-33 may refer to either full-length IL-33 or an active fragment thereof, as long as it acts by binding to the IL-33 receptor described below. It may be a mutant.
- human IL-33 or IL-33 derived from other organisms may be used. Among these, human IL-33 represented by the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 226 in the sequence listing is preferable.
- the IL-33 receptor to which IL-33 binds is composed of a heterodimer of ST2 and IL-1RAcP (IL-1 receptor accessorite protein).
- IL-33 receptor a site that specifically recognizes and binds to IL-33 exists in the extracellular domain of ST2.
- IL-33 receptors are expressed in various immune system cells (Th2 cells, mast cells, eosinophils, basophils, macrophages, dendritic cells, NK cells, NKT cells, group 2 natural lymphocytes (natural helper cells). , Nucleate, Ih2 (innate helper type 2) cells, etc.) and epithelial cells, but are not limited to these cells.
- the IL-33-related disease means a disease caused by excessive release of IL-33 to the outside of the cell, and the IL-33-related disease can inhibit the function of IL-33. Can prevent, treat or alleviate.
- IL-33 related diseases include asthma, atopic dermatitis, hay fever, anaphylactic shock, sinusitis (including eosinophilic sinusitis), Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus , Pemphigus, pemphigoid, scleroderma, ankylosing spondylitis, liver fibrosis (including primary biliary cirrhosis), pulmonary fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), acute kidney injury, vasculitis and Cancer is mentioned.
- sinusitis including eosinophilic sinusitis
- Crohn's disease ulcerative colitis
- arthritis systemic lupus erythematosus
- Pemphigus including primary biliary cirrhosis
- pulmonary fibrosis including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- the framework region refers to a portion other than the complementarity determining region in the variable region of an immunoglobulin molecule.
- framework regions of immunoglobulin molecules are determined according to the Kabat numbering system (Kabat et al., 1987, Sequences of Proteins of Immunological Interest, US Department of Health and Human Services, NIH, USA).
- Germline means a group of germ cells, such as sperm and eggs, and unless otherwise stated, refers to the human germline. Unlike B lymphocytes that produce antibodies, germline immunoglobulin genes are not mutated. Therefore, when “the amino acid sequence of the germline framework region” is described, it means an amino acid sequence in which no mutation has occurred in the amino acid sequence of the immunoglobulin framework region, and "the amino acid sequence of the germline framework region” In the case of “combined amino acid sequences” means that the amino acid sequence of one or more framework regions of the four framework regions is the amino acid sequence of another germline framework region.
- Human immunoglobulin light chain variable region genes are divided into V ⁇ and J ⁇ segments in the ⁇ chain, and V ⁇ and J ⁇ segments in the ⁇ chain, and framework regions 1 to 3 are divided into the V ⁇ and V ⁇ segments.
- a framework region 4 exists in the J ⁇ segment and the J ⁇ segment.
- the heavy chain variable region gene of human immunoglobulin is divided into a VH segment, a DH segment, and a JH segment.
- Framework region 1 to frame region 3 exist in the VH segment, and framework region 4 exists in the JH segment.
- Table 4 shows the germline amino acid sequences of the human immunoglobulin V ⁇ , V ⁇ , VH, J ⁇ , J ⁇ , and JH segments.
- a human monoclonal antibody refers to a monoclonal antibody having variable and constant regions derived from human germline immunoglobulin sequences.
- the variable region of a human monoclonal antibody may be a recombinant with a part or all of the variable region of another human monoclonal antibody, and from the viewpoint of not affecting the binding property of the antibody in the recombinant. From the viewpoint that recombination may occur at the boundary between the work region and the complementarity-determining region, and the immunogenicity is not increased, each region of the framework region from framework region 1 to framework region 4 is another human monoclonal antibody. Recombination may occur with each of the framework regions 1 to 4 in the framework region 1.
- the human monoclonal antibody may be a variant of the human monoclonal antibody, and in order to reduce the immunogenicity while maintaining or improving the binding to the antigen, the complementation of the human monoclonal antibody is determined.
- a human monoclonal antibody comprising an amino acid sequence of a complementarity determining region having a mutation in the region and an amino acid sequence of a germline framework region having no mutation in the framework region is preferred.
- Isolated by an isolated antibody means identified and separated and / or recovered from a component in its natural state. Impurities in the natural state are substances that can interfere with the diagnostic or therapeutic use of the antibody and include enzymes, hormones and other proteinaceous or non-proteinaceous solutes.
- an antibody may be isolated by at least one purification step, and an antibody purified by at least one purification step can be referred to as an “isolated antibody”.
- neutralization refers to an action capable of binding to a target of interest and inhibiting any function of the target. That is, “anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody” shall mean a monoclonal antibody whose binding to IL-33 results in inhibition of biological activity induced by the IL-33 polypeptide. Inhibition of biological activity of IL-33 includes, but is not limited to, inhibition of production of IL-33-induced cytokines such as IL-6. An indicator of the biological activity of IL-33 can be assessed by one or more of several in vitro or in vivo analyzes known in the art. The term “human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody” means a human monoclonal antibody that binds to IL-33 and inhibits any function of IL-33.
- an “antagonist” means a general term for substances having a neutralizing action on a target of interest. That is, an “IL-33 antagonist” is a substance that can bind to IL-33 and inhibit any function of IL-33, and includes, for example, an anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody.
- the complementarity determining region refers to a region that forms an antigen-binding site in the variable region of an immunoglobulin molecule, and is also referred to as a hypervariable region, and refers to a portion that has a particularly large change in amino acid sequence for each immunoglobulin molecule.
- there are three complementarity determining regions (complementarity determining region 1, complementarity determining region 2 and complementarity determining region 3) in each of the light chain and the heavy chain.
- complementarity determining regions of immunoglobulin molecules are determined according to the Kabat numbering system (Kabat et al., 1987, Sequences of Proteins of Immunological Interest, US Department of Health and Human Services, NIH, USA).
- “competing” with a monoclonal antibody means that there is a significant difference in IL-33 due to the presence of the monoclonal antibody as measured by the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) method described herein. It means that the bond with is lowered.
- “competing anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody” refers to a chimeric antibody, a humanized antibody, a human antibody, a multispecific antibody, an artificial antibody, a functionally modified antibody thereof, and a conjugate antibody thereof, and Those fragments shall be included.
- the present invention relates to monoclonal antibodies that bind to an epitope of IL-33. Since a monoclonal antibody that binds to this epitope can neutralize the activity of human IL-33, the epitope corresponds to positions 101 to 154 or 199 to 270 of human IL-33 shown in SEQ ID NO: 226 in the Sequence Listing. It is preferably an amino acid sequence contained in SEQ ID NO: 226 in the sequence listing, and positions 111 to 130 (PEP12), 131 to 150 (PEP14), 231 to 250 (PEP24), or 251 to 270 in SEQ ID NO: 226. The amino acid sequence contained in (PEP26) is more preferred. IL-33 is often cleaved when released outside the cell.
- the folding may be disrupted by cleavage of IL-33, or the separated amino acid residues that constitute the epitope When the group disappears from the fragment, the affinity with the fragment may be significantly reduced. Therefore, the epitope to which the anti-IL-33 monoclonal antibody binds is preferably a continuous amino acid sequence.
- preferred epitopes are preferably located not only on the surface of IL-33 protein but also in close proximity to the IL-33 receptor. Therefore, the present inventors performed three-dimensional structure modeling based on the crystal structure analysis data shown in Non-Patent Document 11 as described in the examples described later, and the atoms constituting the nearest IL-33 receptor and An amino acid containing an IL-33 atom (interfacial atom) having an interatomic distance of 5 km or less was identified.
- P118 of PEP12 As amino acids containing an interfacial atom, P118 of PEP12 (the proline residue at position 118 of SEQ ID NO: 226 in the sequence listing is expressed as “P118”, hereinafter the same), I119, T120, Y122, L123, R124, S125, L126, S127, Y129, N130, P131 D131, Q132, S133, T135, A137, L138, E139, S142, Y143, E144, I145, Y146, E148, D149, L150, PEP24 D244, N245, H246, P266 26 K266, L267, S268, E269 may be mentioned.
- an epitope having an amino acid containing an interface atom is preferable.
- the neutralizing action of a monoclonal antibody that specifically binds to a functional epitope is thought to depend on the number of interface atoms present in the functional epitope and the position of the interface atoms in the three-dimensional structure. Not intended to be bound.
- an epitope comprising a continuous amino acid sequence contained in positions 101 to 154 or positions 199 to 270 of SEQ ID NO: 226 in the sequence listing is represented by positions 111 to 130 (SEQ ID NO: 226 of the sequence listing).
- PEP12 monoclonal antibody which is an epitope consisting of a continuous amino acid sequence from position 131 to position 150 (PEP14), position 231 to position 250 (PEP24) or position 251 to position 270 (PEP26).
- a more preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a monoclonal antibody, wherein the epitope is an epitope consisting of a continuous amino acid sequence at positions 138 to 147 or positions 139 to 147 of SEQ ID NO: 226 in the sequence listing.
- the present inventors examined the minimum amino acid sequence constituting the epitope using two types of monoclonal antibodies that bind to PEP14. As a result, the IL-33 epitope was determined as positions 138 to 147 of SEQ ID NO: 226. And a contiguous amino acid sequence from positions 139 to 147 was identified. Therefore, the present invention relates to an epitope comprising a continuous amino acid sequence at positions 138 to 147 and positions 139 to 147 of SEQ ID NO: 226 in the sequence listing.
- the monoclonal antibody is a monoclonal antibody that binds to the epitope of the present invention is examined by a method generally practiced in the art such as ELISA method, immunoprecipitation method, surface plasmon resonance (SPR) method, KinExA method. be able to.
- a method generally practiced in the art such as ELISA method, immunoprecipitation method, surface plasmon resonance (SPR) method, KinExA method.
- the dissociation constant (Kd) can be measured by the method described in Examples of the present application using the KinExA method, but the dissociation constant for the epitope peptide is preferably low, for example, 10 ⁇ M or less, 1 ⁇ M or less, 100 nM or less, 10 nM. Hereinafter, it is preferably 1 nM or less, 100 pM or less, or 10 pM or less.
- a pharmaceutical composition comprising a monoclonal antibody that binds to an epitope consisting of a continuous amino acid sequence contained in positions 101 to 154 or positions 199 to 270 of SEQ ID NO: 226 in the sequence listing of the present invention.
- a method for diagnosis, treatment, prevention or alleviation of an IL-33 related disease comprising administering the monoclonal antibody of the present invention, and production of a medicament for diagnosis, treatment, prevention or alleviation of an IL-33 related disease It relates to the use of the monoclonal antibodies of the invention.
- IL-33 related diseases include, but are not limited to, asthma, atopic dermatitis, urticaria, hay fever, anaphylactic shock, sinusitis (including eosinophilic sinusitis), allergic cerebrospinal spinal cord Inflammation, hypereosinophilic syndrome, polymyalgia rheumatica, rheumatic heart disease, multiple sclerosis, arthritis (eg, rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, osteoarthritis, Reiter syndrome), Systemic lupus erythematosus (including discoid lupus), pemphigus, pemphigoid, psoriasis, ankylosing spondylitis, hepatitis (eg, autoimmune hepatitis, chronic active hepatitis, etc.), inflammatory bowel disease (eg, Ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, gluten-sensitive enteropathy etc.), Sjogren'
- a cytokine, chemokine or inflammation comprising a monoclonal antibody that binds to an epitope consisting of a continuous amino acid sequence contained in positions 101 to 154 or positions 199 to 270 of SEQ ID NO: 226 in the sequence listing It exists also in the expression inhibitor of sex mediator.
- Cytokines suppressed by the cytokine, chemokine or inflammatory mediator expression inhibitor of the present invention are cytokines induced by IL-33, such as TNF- ⁇ , IFN- ⁇ , IL-1 ⁇ , IL-3, IL- 4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-13 and the like.
- chemokines that are suppressed by the inhibitor are chemokines induced by IL-33, and examples thereof include CXCL2, CCL2, CCL3, CCL6, CCL17, and CCL24.
- the inflammatory mediator suppressed by the inhibitor is an inflammatory mediator induced by IL-33, and examples thereof include PGD2, LTB4 and the like.
- a particularly preferred embodiment of the present invention is an expression inhibitor of IFN- ⁇ , IL-5, IL-6 or IL-13, including an anti-IL-33 monoclonal antibody, more preferably an inhibitor of IL-6 production. .
- an epitope to which an anti-IL-33 monoclonal antibody binds.
- an epitope relates to a sequence consisting of 6 to 20 amino acids necessary for antibody recognition.
- the amino acid sequence is a continuous amino acid sequence that does not include a discontinuous amino acid sequence, although it may constitute an additional epitope including amino acids surrounding the identified sequence or amino acids that are close in structure. It is preferable.
- the number of amino acid residues in the continuous amino acid sequence constituting the epitope of the present invention is at least 5, preferably at least 6, more preferably at least 7, further preferably at least 8, and even more preferably at least 9. Furthermore, from the viewpoint of exhibiting sufficient antigenicity, it is at least 10, more preferably 15, and further preferably at least 20.
- the sequence contained in the epitope becomes longer, there is a possibility that a plurality of parts recognized by the antibody are included. In such a case, there is a possibility that generation or screening of an antibody having a desired neutralizing action cannot be performed. Arise.
- the length of the epitope sequence is preferably 30 or less, more preferably 20 or less, even more Preferably it is 15 or less.
- the number of residues of the continuous amino acid sequence included in the epitope for example, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, It is the number of residues selected from one of 17, 17, 18, 19, and 20.
- the epitope does not change its antigenicity, one or several amino acid mutations, that is, amino acid substitutions, deletions or insertions may be introduced.
- the number of mutations to be introduced is preferably 5 or less, more preferably 3 or less, and most preferably 1.
- the epitope may be modified, for example, a modification of a sugar chain or the like that the original protein had, or a terminal modification. In another embodiment, at least 90%, more preferably at least 95%, more preferably at least 97%, relative to the sequence consisting of consecutive amino acids of the epitope specified in the present invention, unless the antigenicity is changed. It may even be an epitope consisting of an amino acid sequence having at least 98%, most preferably 99% sequence identity.
- the epitope peptide may be added with a tag such as histidine or biotin when used as a bait, and may be combined with a carrier protein such as KLH when used as a vaccine.
- Percent (%) sequence identity refers to any conservative substitutions that align sequences and introduce gaps if necessary to obtain maximum percent sequence identity. Defined as the percentage of amino acid residues in a candidate sequence that are identical to the amino acid residues of a particular reference polypeptide sequence after not being considered part of the identity. Alignments for the purpose of measuring percent amino acid sequence identity are publicly available such as various methods within the skill of the art, such as BLAST, BLAST-2, ALIGN, or Megalign (DNASTAR) software This can be achieved by using simple computer software. One skilled in the art can determine appropriate parameters for aligning sequences, including any algorithms needed to achieve maximal alignment over the full length of the sequences being compared.
- % amino acid sequence identity values are obtained by using the sequence comparison computer program BLAST in pairwise alignments.
- the% amino acid sequence identity of a given amino acid sequence A with a given amino acid sequence B is calculated as follows: 100 times the fraction X / Y where X is the number of amino acid residues with a score that is identical by the program alignment of A and B of the sequence alignment program BLAST, and Y is the total number of amino acid residues of B It is. It will be understood that if the length of amino acid sequence A is different from the length of amino acid sequence B, then the% amino acid sequence identity of A to B is different from the% amino acid sequence identity of B to A. Unless otherwise indicated, all% amino acid sequence identity values herein are obtained using the BLAST computer program as set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph.
- the epitope found by the present invention is a functional epitope to which a neutralizing antibody of IL-33 specifically binds. Therefore, by using the functional epitope of the present invention, for example, a novel antibody having an antagonistic action of IL-33 can be efficiently obtained. That is, a monoclonal antibody having an antagonistic action can be obtained by screening an antibody that binds to a functional epitope of the present invention against a group of monoclonal antibodies against full-length IL-33 or mature IL-33. . Accordingly, in a further aspect of the present invention, the present invention also relates to a method for screening an antibody having an antagonistic action using a functional epitope of IL-33.
- IL-33 antagonistic action when enriching a clone of an antibody having an IL-33 antagonistic action from a naive antibody library by a phage display technique or the like, first, library selection is performed using a full-length or mature IL-33 protein as a bait, and IL- By enriching antibody clones that bind to various epitopes on the surface of 33 and then performing library selection using the functional epitope peptide found in the present invention as a bait, IL-specifically binds to the functional epitope. It is possible to efficiently screen antibodies having 33 antagonistic actions.
- the present inventors examined IL-33 antagonist activity using a monoclonal antibody group in which the binding property to an epitope of 20 residues in length was specified using different antibody concentrations. Thereby, an epitope suitable for generating or screening an antibody having an antagonistic action was determined. According to the results, an epitope selected from the group consisting of positions 111 to 130 (PEP12), 131 to 150 (PEP14), 231 to 250 (PEP24) and 251 to 271 (PEP26) in SEQ ID NO: 226 in the Sequence Listing Since the increase in antagonistic action according to the antibody concentration was clearly observed, it was found that the antibody that binds to is a functional epitope suitable for generating or screening an antibody having antagonistic action.
- At least one of the regions selected from the group consisting of positions 111 to 130, positions 131 to 150, positions 231 to 250, and positions 251 to 271 of SEQ ID NO: 226 in the sequence listing is provided. It relates to an epitope comprising a sequence of 6, preferably at least 10, more preferably at least 15 consecutive amino acids. In another aspect, the present invention relates to an epitope selected from the group consisting of position 111 to position 130, position 131 to position 150, position 231 to position 250, and position 251 to position 270 of SEQ ID NO: 226 in the Sequence Listing.
- the epitope can be produced by using a peptide synthesis technique that is usually performed. Manufactured and purified epitopes can be used to immunize animals and produce antibodies against the epitopes. Further, in another method, the purified epitope can be used in a phage display method to generate or screen a monoclonal antibody that binds to the epitope. Epitopes can also be used as vaccines with adjuvants.
- the present invention relates to a monoclonal antibody that binds to an epitope consisting of a continuous amino acid sequence contained in positions 101 to 154 or positions 199 to 270 of SEQ ID NO: 226 in the Sequence Listing.
- Monoclonal antibodies shall include chimeric antibodies, humanized antibodies, human antibodies, multispecific antibodies, and artificial antibodies, as well as functionally modified antibodies thereof, as well as conjugated antibodies thereof, and fragments thereof.
- the monoclonal antibody in the present invention may be an antibody derived from any animal such as a mouse antibody, a human antibody, a rat antibody, a rabbit antibody, a goat antibody, or a camel antibody.
- the monoclonal antibody of the present invention can be produced using any known method such as a hybridoma method, a phage display method, and a genetic engineering method.
- hybridomas are prepared by fusing B cells collected from the spleen or lymph nodes of animals immunized with an immunogen, particularly rats or mice, and immortalized cells, such as myeloma cells, to obtain a desired binding property.
- an immunogen particularly rats or mice
- immortalized cells such as myeloma cells
- a hybridoma that produces an antibody having the above can be screened and produced using the screened hybridoma.
- a human antibody can be obtained by using a mouse into which a human antibody gene has been introduced.
- the hybridoma is cultured according to a normal method and obtained as a culture supernatant thereof, or the hybridoma is administered to a mammal compatible therewith to proliferate, and the ascites is obtained.
- the method of obtaining is adopted.
- the former method is suitable for obtaining highly pure antibodies, while the latter method is suitable for mass production of antibodies.
- a technique for producing a monoclonal antibody a known technique may be used.
- the monoclonal antibody can be generated by following the description of Chapter 2 of Current Protocols, Inc., Immunology, Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- a phage selected from an arbitrary phage antibody library is screened using a target immunogen, and a phage having a desired binding property to the immunogen is selected.
- an antibody corresponding sequence contained in the phage is isolated or sequenced, and an expression vector containing a nucleic acid molecule encoding a monoclonal antibody is constructed based on the isolated sequence or the determined sequence information.
- a monoclonal antibody can be produced by culturing a cell line transfected with such an expression vector.
- CDR complementarity determining region
- a chimeric antibody, a humanized antibody, a multispecific antibody, and an artificial antibody can be used for the purpose of reducing the heterologous antigenicity to humans or adding another function.
- These antibodies can be produced using known methods.
- a chimeric antibody is obtained by ligating a DNA encoding a non-human antibody variable region with a DNA encoding a human antibody constant region, incorporating it into an expression vector, introducing it into a host and producing it (EP 125023, WO 92 / 19759). Using this known method, a chimeric antibody useful in the present invention can be obtained.
- a humanized antibody is obtained by linking a complementarity determining region (CDR) of a non-human-derived antibody and DNA encoding the other part of the human antibody region, incorporating it into an expression vector, introducing it into a host, and producing it. It is done.
- CDR complementarity determining region
- a multispecific antibody is an asymmetric antibody having two or more independent antigen recognition sites having two or more different antigen specificities.
- Multispecific antibodies such as bispecific antibodies can be prepared by genetic engineering techniques using the antigen-binding regions of two or more monoclonal antibodies.
- the genetic engineering technique has already been established in this field. For example, it differs depending on the technology of DVD-Ig (Wu et al., Nature Biotechnology 25 (11), 1290 (2007)) in which antigen-binding regions of two types of monoclonal antibodies are connected in series, or by modifying the Fc region of an antibody.
- the desired bispecific antibody can be obtained using the ART-Ig technique (Kitazawa et al., Nature Medical 18 (10), 1570 (2012)) in which the heavy chains of two types of antibodies that bind to the antigen are combined.
- the artificial antibody is, for example, a protein scaffold and is an artificial antibody having a function similar to that of an antibody although it does not have an antibody structure.
- the protein scaffold As the protein scaffold, the Kunitz domain of human serine protease inhibitor, the extracellular domain of human fibronectin, ankyrin, lipocalin, etc. can be used.
- a protein scaffold that binds can be generated (Patent Document 4, Clifford Mintz et.al BioProcess International, 2013, Vol.11 (2), pp40-48).
- Such a function-modified antibody is prepared, for example, by the following method.
- a monoclonal antibody is produced using a CHO cell in which the ⁇ 1,6-fucose transferase (FUT8) gene is disrupted as a host cell, an antibody with a reduced cell chain fucose content and an increased cell killing function can be obtained.
- FUT8 ⁇ 1,6-fucose transferase
- an antibody having a low cell killing function can be obtained (International Publication No. 2005/035586, International Publication No. 2002/31140, International Publication No. 00/61739).
- the complement activation function can be regulated by modifying amino acid residues in the Fc region (US Pat. No. 6,737,056, US Pat. No. 7,297,775, US Pat. No. 7,317,091).
- FcRn which is one of the Fc receptors
- the monoclonal antibody used in the present invention may be, for example, a non-peptide polymer such as polyethylene glycol (PEG), a conjugated antibody bound to various molecules such as radioactive substances, and toxins. Such a conjugated antibody can be obtained by chemically modifying the obtained antibody. Chemical modification methods have already been established in this field. Monoclonal antibodies in the present invention also include these conjugate antibodies (DJKing., Applications and Engineering of Monoclonal antibodies., 1998 TJ International Ltd, Monoclonal Antibody-Based Therapy of Cancer., 1998 Marcel Dekker Inc; Chari et al., Cancer Res., 1992 Vol 152: 127; Liu et al., Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 1996 Vol 93: 8681,).
- antibody fragments include Fab fragments, Fv fragments, F (ab ′) 2 fragments, Fab ′ fragments, or single chain Fv (scFv) in which Hv and L chain Fvs are linked by an appropriate linker. It is done.
- these antibody fragments chemically or genetically link functional molecules other than antibodies such as non-peptidic polymers such as polyethylene glycol (PEG), radioactive materials, toxins, low molecular weight compounds, cytokines, albumin, and enzymes. You may do it.
- PEG polyethylene glycol
- in vitro production systems include production systems using eukaryotic cells such as animal cells, plant cells, or fungal cells, and prokaryotic cells such as production systems using bacterial cells such as Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis.
- animal cells to be used mammalian cells such as CHO, COS, myeloma, BHK, HeLa, Vero, and commonly used cells, insect cells, plant cells and the like may be used.
- in vivo production systems include production systems using animals and production systems using plants. When animals are used, for example, there are production systems using mammals and insects.
- mammals examples include goats, pigs, sheep, mice, and cattle (Vicki Glaser, SPECTRUM Biotechnology Applications, 1993).
- a silkworm can be used, for example.
- plants for example, tobacco can be used.
- a DNA encoding a monoclonal antibody heavy chain (H chain) or light chain (L chain) is separately incorporated into an expression vector to Co-transformation may be performed, or DNA encoding H chain and L chain may be incorporated into a single expression vector to transform the host (see International Publication No. WO94 / 11523).
- the obtained monoclonal antibody can be purified to homogeneity. Separation and purification of monoclonal antibodies may be carried out using separation and purification methods used for ordinary proteins. For example, a monoclonal antibody can be separated and purified by appropriately selecting and combining chromatography columns such as affinity chromatography, filters, ultrafiltration, salting out, dialysis, SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, isoelectric focusing etc. (Antibodies: A Laboratory Manual. Ed Harlow and David Lane, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1988), but is not limited to these. Examples of columns used for affinity chromatography include a protein A column and a protein G column. For example, as a column using a protein A column, HyperHD, POROS, Sepharose F. F. (Amersham Biosciences) and the like can be mentioned.
- the monoclonal antibody that binds to an epitope comprising a continuous amino acid sequence contained in positions 101 to 154 or positions 199 to 270 of SEQ ID NO: 226 in the sequence listing of the present invention has low antigenicity when administered to humans Therefore, a chimeric antibody, a humanized antibody, and a human antibody are preferable, and a human antibody is most preferable.
- the amino acid sequence of the framework region is preferably the amino acid sequence of the human germline framework region or a combination thereof. Accordingly, the present invention provides a human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody, wherein the amino acid sequence of the framework region of the antibody is the amino acid sequence of the germline framework region or a combination thereof.
- the framework region of the variable region includes the amino acid sequence of the human germline framework region or a combination thereof, whereby the immunogenicity caused by these regions is increased. While having no or significantly less features, it can bind to IL-33 and interfere with its function. Therefore, when used as a pharmaceutical, the antibody is less likely to induce human anti-human immunoglobulin antibody (HAHA) and is therefore not eliminated in vivo, and as a result, has a long effect of neutralizing IL-33, It is a safe antibody unless it causes inflammation caused by binding to HAHA.
- HAHA human anti-human immunoglobulin antibody
- any amino acid sequence in the framework region of the light chain and heavy chain in the human germline can be used as long as the amino acid sequence is in the framework region of the human germline.
- the DNA of the framework region of the heavy chain variable region and light chain variable region of human antibodies registered in databases such as NCBI (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/igblast/showGermline.cgi) The amino acid sequences encoded by the sequences and the amino acid sequences of the germline framework regions listed in Table 4 are used.
- the light chain variable region may be a ⁇ chain variable region or a ⁇ chain variable region.
- the framework region of the light chain and heavy chain in the human germline is preferably a frequently used framework region having a high appearance frequency in vivo.
- human heavy chain framework regions include VH3-23 and VH3.
- framework region 1, framework region 2, and framework region 3 such as ⁇ 30, VH4-39, and VH4-34, and framework region 4 such as JH4.
- framework regions 1, such as V ⁇ 1-47, V ⁇ 2-14, V ⁇ 3-20, and V ⁇ 1-39, framework region 2, and framework region 3 are examples of human light chain framework regions that frequently appear in vivo.
- Framework area 4 such as J ⁇ 2.
- the heavy chain framework region can be used in any combination as long as it is a human heavy chain framework region.
- framework region 1 and framework region 2 of VH3-23 and framework region 3 of VH3-30 can be selected and used as the heavy chain framework region.
- framework region of the light chain can be used in any combination as long as it is a human light chain framework region.
- the preferred amino acid sequence of the germline framework region in the present application is the amino acid sequence of the VH3-23, VH3-30, JH4, V ⁇ 1-47, and J ⁇ 2 framework regions.
- the amino acid sequence of framework region 1 of the light chain is represented by the residues 1 to 22 in SEQ ID NO: 317 of the sequence listing
- the amino acid sequence of the framework region 2 of the light chain is represented by SEQ ID NO: 317 of the sequence listing.
- Residue 36 to residue 50 the light chain framework region 3 amino acid sequence is SEQ ID NO: 317 of residue number 58 to residue 89 in the sequence listing
- the light chain framework region 4 amino acid sequence is the sequence listing sequence Residue 3 to residue 12 of No.
- the amino acid sequence of framework region 1 of the heavy chain is residue 1 to residue 30 of SEQ ID No. 367 of the sequence listing or residue 1 of SEQ ID No. 368 of the sequence listing
- the amino acid sequence of framework region 2 of the heavy chain is the residue 36 to residue 49 of SEQ ID NO: 367 in the sequence listing, or the residue 36 to residue 49 of SEQ ID NO: 368 in the sequence listing
- the heavy chain frame War The amino acid sequence of region 3 is the residue 67 to residue 98 of SEQ ID NO: 367 in the sequence listing, or the residue 67 to residue 98 of SEQ ID NO: 368 of the sequence listing
- the amino acid sequence of framework region 4 of the heavy chain is the sequence listing
- the framework region which is residues 5 to 15 of SEQ ID NO: 407 is preferred, and the amino acid sequence of the framework region 1 of the light chain is represented by residues 1 to 22 of SEQ ID NO: 317 of the sequence listing.
- the amino acid sequence of framework region 2 is SEQ ID NO: 317 from residue 36 to residue 50
- the light chain framework region 3 amino acid sequence is SEQ ID NO: 317 of residue number 58 to residue 89
- the amino acid sequence of framework region 4 of the light chain is from residue 3 to residue 12 of SEQ ID NO: 401 in the sequence listing
- the amino acid sequence of framework region 1 of the heavy chain is SEQ ID NO: in the sequence listing 67 residues 1 to 30
- the heavy chain framework region 2 amino acid sequence is SEQ ID NO: 367 of SEQ ID NO: 367, residue 36 to residue 49
- heavy chain framework region 3 amino acid sequence is Most preferred is a framework region wherein residues 67 to 98 of SEQ ID NO: 368 and the amino acid sequence of framework region 4 of the heavy chain is residues 5 to 15 of SEQ ID NO: 407 of the Sequence Listing.
- Another aspect of the present invention includes light chain complementarity determining region 1 (LCDR1), light chain complementarity determining region 2 (LCDR2), light chain complementarity determining region 3 (LCDR3), and heavy chain complementarity.
- the amino acid sequences of the determining region 1 (HCDR1), the heavy chain complementarity determining region 2 (HCDR2), and the heavy chain complementarity determining region 3 (HCDR3) are amino acids of combinations of the complementarity determining regions shown in Table 1.
- the sequence relates to an isolated human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody.
- a human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody having a combination of C1 to C30 complementarity determining regions shown in Table 1 binds to IL-33 receptor and exhibits activity, particularly among IL-33.
- Mature IL-33 exerting such as IL-33 (residue 95 to residue 270), IL-33 (residue 99 to residue 270), IL-33 (residue 109 to residue 270), IL- 33 (residue 112 to residue 270) and the like have binding and neutralizing activities.
- the human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody having a combination of C1 to C30 complementarity determining regions shown in Table 1 has binding properties to IL-33 (residue 131 to residue 150). .
- a preferred embodiment is a combination of complementarity determining regions improved in terms of binding properties and / or physical properties.
- the upper limit of the dissociation rate constant (koff) for human IL-33 is about 3.5 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 5 / sec or less, more preferably about 2.0 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 5 / sec or less, Preferably it is about 1.5 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 5 / sec or less, and more preferably about 1.0 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 5 / sec or less, and the lower limit is not particularly limited, but for example 10 ⁇ 7 / sec or more, more
- the human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody is preferably 10 ⁇ 6 / sec or more, more preferably about 5 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 6 / sec or more.
- human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibodies those having a low dissociation constant (Kd) for human IL-33 are more preferred, and the upper limit is, for example, 10 ⁇ 9 M or less, more preferably 10 ⁇ 10 M or less, and even more. Preferably, it is 10 ⁇ 12 M or less, and the lower limit is not particularly limited, and examples thereof include human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibodies that are 10 ⁇ 14 M or more, more preferably 10 ⁇ 13 or more.
- Kd dissociation constant
- the human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody of the present invention inhibits IL-6 production from HUVEC upon stimulation with IL-33, and among them, those having a strong inhibitory effect are preferred.
- a preferred embodiment of the present invention is that when stimulated with 100 ng / mL IL-33 by adding 1 ⁇ g / mL human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody as described in Example 10 described later.
- the human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody has a ratio (inhibition rate) of inhibiting IL-6 production from HUVEC of about 50% or more, more preferably about 70% or more, and even more preferably about 90% or more. Is mentioned.
- the human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody of the present invention inhibits the production of IL-5, IL-6 and / or IL-13 from KU-812 cells upon stimulation with IL-33.
- those having a strong inhibitory effect are preferable.
- a preferred embodiment of the present invention is that when stimulated with 100 ng / mL IL-33 by adding 3 ⁇ g / mL human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody as described in Example 11 described later.
- the ratio (inhibition rate) at which the production of IL-5, IL-6 and / or IL-13 from KU-812 cells is inhibited is about 30% or more, more preferably about 50% or more, and even more preferably about 70% or more human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody.
- the human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody of the present invention inhibits IFN- ⁇ production from human peripheral blood mononuclear cells upon IL-33 stimulation. Among them, those having a strong inhibitory effect are preferable. Specifically, a preferred embodiment of the present invention is that when stimulated with 10 ng / mL IL-33 by adding 10 ⁇ g / mL human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody as described in Example 12 described later.
- the ratio (inhibition rate) at which IFN- ⁇ production from human peripheral blood mononuclear cells is inhibited is about 80% or more, more preferably about 90% or more, and even more preferably about 95% or more. 33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody.
- human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody of the present invention suppresses inflammation when human IL-33 is administered to mice. Among them, those having a strong anti-inflammatory effect are preferable. Specifically, as a preferred embodiment of the present invention, as described in Example 13 described later, human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody was intraperitoneally administered daily for 10 days at 10 mg / kg, thereby giving 0.4 ⁇ g / kg.
- the human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody has a ratio of about 30% or more, more preferably about 50% or more, and still more preferably about 80% or more.
- the human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody of the present invention preferably has excellent antibody physical properties.
- a human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody that does not show bimodality in particle size distribution as evaluated by dynamic light scattering and has extremely low aggregation properties is preferable, and an interaction parameter (index of colloid stability) ( Those having a high kD) are preferred, for example, preferably ⁇ 12.4 mL / g or more, more preferably ⁇ 10 mL / g or more, and further preferably ⁇ 8.5 mL / g or more.
- the human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody of the present invention is preferably an antibody having excellent thermodynamic stability.
- the temperature (Tm) at which the folding of the immunoglobulin domain collapses is 65 ° C. or higher, preferably 68 ° C. or higher. More preferred is an antibody exhibiting thermodynamic stability that is 70 ° C. or higher, more preferably 73 ° C. or higher.
- the human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody of the present invention preferably has excellent antibody stability.
- the stability of the antibody can be measured by a general method such as a storage stability test or a forced oxidation test.
- a storage stability test for example, as a preferred embodiment of the present invention, as described in Example 21 described later, the ratio of the monomer of the antibody molecule is preferably 90% or more, more preferably when stored at 40 ° C. for 4 weeks. Is 95% or more, and the binding activity to human IL-33 protein is preferably 95% or more, more preferably 99% or more.
- the binding activity to human IL-33 protein is 80% or more, more preferably 85% when forced oxidation is performed with 1% hydrogen peroxide solution at 37 ° C. for 24 hours. % Or more, more preferably 90% or more.
- a human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody selected from a combination of C1 to C28 complementarity determining regions in Table 1 is a more preferred antibody.
- a further preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody having a combination of amino acid sequences of specific complementarity determining regions (C1, C8, C15, C17 or C18 in Table 1). .
- the amino acid sequence of the framework region in the variable region of the human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody specified by the combination of the amino acid sequences of the complementarity determining regions is any framework region as long as antigen binding is ensured. It may be. From the viewpoint of reducing human immunogenicity, the amino acid sequence of the framework region is preferably the amino acid sequence of each amino acid sequence of the human germline framework region or a combination thereof. Amino acid sequence of the germline framework region.
- a preferred amino acid sequence of the framework region in the present invention is that the amino acid sequence of the light chain framework region 1 is the residue 1 to residue 22 of SEQ ID NO: 317 in the sequence listing, and the amino acid sequence of the light chain framework region 2 is SEQ ID NO: 317, residue 36 to residue 50, light chain framework region 3 amino acid sequence from SEQ ID NO: 317, residue 58 to residue 89, and light chain framework region 4
- the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 401 is from residue 3 to residue 12
- the heavy chain framework region 1 amino acid sequence is from SEQ ID NO: 367 of residue number 1 to residue 30 or Residues 1 to 30 of SEQ ID NO: 368 in the sequence listing
- the amino acid sequence of framework region 2 of the heavy chain is from residues 36 to 49 of SEQ ID NO: 367 in the sequence listing, or SEQ ID NO: 3 of the sequence listing 8 residues 36 to 49
- the amino acid sequence of framework region 3 of the heavy chain is the residues 67 to 98 of SEQ ID NO: 3
- More preferred framework region amino acid sequences of the present invention are the light chain framework region 1 amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 317 in the sequence listing, residue 1 to residue 22, light chain framework region 2 amino acid sequence Is the residue 36 to residue 50 of SEQ ID NO: 317, the amino acid sequence of the light chain framework region 3 is residue 58 to residue 89 of SEQ ID NO: 317 of the sequence listing, and the light chain framework region
- the amino acid sequence of 4 is from residue 3 to residue 12 of SEQ ID NO: 401 in the sequence listing
- the amino acid sequence of heavy chain framework region 1 is from residue 1 to residue 30 of SEQ ID NO: 367 in the sequence listing
- the amino acid sequence of framework region 2 of the heavy chain is the residue 36 to residue 49 of SEQ ID NO: 367 in the sequence listing
- the amino acid sequence of framework region 3 of the heavy chain is the remainder of SEQ ID NO: 368 in the sequence listing 67 residues 98 to
- the amino acid sequence of the heavy chain framework region 4 is the residue 15 residues 5 of SEQ ID
- a preferred embodiment of the present invention is a human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody having a combination of variable regions from V1 to 28 in Table 2.
- a more preferred embodiment of the present invention is a human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody having a combination of amino acid sequences of specific complementarity determining regions (V1, V8, V15, V17 or V18 in Table 2).
- Human immunoglobulin molecules have IgG (including IgG1, IgG2, IgG3, and IgG4), each having a heavy chain of ⁇ chain, ⁇ chain, ⁇ chain, ⁇ chain, or ⁇ chain, depending on the constant region of the heavy chain , IgM, IgA (including IgA1 and IgA2), IgD or IgE are present, and the constant region of the human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody of the present invention includes all of them.
- the light chain includes both ⁇ chain and ⁇ chain depending on the position on the chromosome, but includes both.
- the ⁇ chain is preferable, but the ⁇ chain has an amino acid sequence different from that of the ⁇ chain, and the light chain of the ⁇ chain is as diverse as the ⁇ chain. Antibodies having these are also useful.
- the light chain is preferably ⁇ chain
- the heavy chain is preferably ⁇ chain IgG
- the light chain is ⁇ chain. More preferably, the heavy chain is IgG1 which is a ⁇ 1 chain.
- the human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody of the present invention preferably binds to monkey IL-33. More preferably, it binds to monkey IL-33 with an affinity comparable to ⁇ 33. Particularly preferably, in human anti-IL-33, the ratio of koff to monkey IL-33 is within about 20 times, more preferably within about 10 times, and even more preferably within about 5 times. Japanese monoclonal antibody.
- antibody fragment of the present invention examples include Fab fragment, Fv fragment, F (ab ′) 2 fragment, Fab ′ fragment and scFv, and these antibody fragments include polyethylene glycol (PEG) and the like.
- Functional molecules other than antibodies such as non-peptidic polymers, radioactive substances, toxins, low molecular compounds, cytokines, albumin, and enzymes may be bound.
- the human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody of the present invention can produce a multispecific antibody such as a bispecific antibody by binding an antibody having another antigen binding specificity other than IL-33 to itself. It can.
- Other antigens other than IL-33 include, but are not limited to, TNF- ⁇ , IL-6 receptor, CD3, CD20, ⁇ 4 integrin, BLys, Thymic Strom Lympoietin, IgE, IL-1, IL-2, IL- 4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-13, IL-17, IL-23, IL-25 and the like.
- the human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody and the antibody fragment of the present invention can be combined with other functional molecules to form a conjugated antibody, for example, a non-peptidic polymer such as polyethylene glycol (PEG).
- PEG polyethylene glycol
- a new function can be added by binding functional molecules such as radioactive substances, toxins, low-molecular compounds, albumin, cytokines, and enzymes.
- a nucleic acid molecule encoding a protein portion of a human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody whose framework region is a germline amino acid sequence, a vector containing the nucleic acid molecule, and a host cell containing the vector And a method for producing a human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody by culturing the host cell.
- the present invention also resides in a composition comprising the above human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody. Since IL-33 causes inflammation and the like, the human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody is expected to be used for diagnosis, treatment, prevention or alleviation of IL-33-related diseases. Therefore, one aspect of the present invention resides in a pharmaceutical composition for diagnosis, treatment, prevention or alleviation of an IL-33-related disease comprising a human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody.
- IL-33 since IL-33 induces cytokines, chemokines, inflammatory mediators, and the like, they also exist in cytokines, chemokines or inflammatory mediator expression inhibitors, including human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibodies .
- Cytokines suppressed by the cytokine, chemokine or inflammatory mediator expression inhibitor of the present invention are cytokines induced by IL-33, such as TNF- ⁇ , IFN- ⁇ , IL-1 ⁇ , IL-3, IL- 4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-13 and the like.
- chemokines that are suppressed by the inhibitor are chemokines induced by IL-33, and examples thereof include CXCL2, CCL2, CCL3, CCL6, CCL17, and CCL24.
- the inflammatory mediator suppressed by the inhibitor is an inflammatory mediator induced by IL-33, and examples thereof include PGD2, LTB4 and the like.
- a particularly preferred embodiment of the present invention is an expression inhibitor of IFN- ⁇ , IL-5, IL-6 or IL-13 including a human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody, more preferably suppression of IL-6 production. It is an agent.
- the present invention resides in a pharmaceutical composition comprising the monoclonal antibody of the present invention. Also, a method for diagnosis, treatment, prevention or alleviation of an IL-33 related disease comprising administering the monoclonal antibody of the present invention, and production of a medicament for diagnosis, treatment, prevention or alleviation of an IL-33 related disease It relates to the use of the monoclonal antibodies of the invention.
- IL-33 related diseases include, but are not limited to, asthma, atopic dermatitis, urticaria, hay fever, anaphylactic shock, sinusitis (including eosinophilic sinusitis), allergic cerebrospinal spinal cord Inflammation, hypereosinophilic syndrome, polymyalgia rheumatica, rheumatic heart disease, multiple sclerosis, arthritis (eg, rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, osteoarthritis, Reiter syndrome), Systemic lupus erythematosus (including discoid lupus), pemphigus, pemphigoid, psoriasis, ankylosing spondylitis, hepatitis (eg, autoimmune hepatitis, chronic active hepatitis, etc.), inflammatory bowel disease (eg, Ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, gluten-sensitive enteropathy etc.), Sjogren'
- the pharmaceutical composition comprising the human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody of the present invention comprises a pharmacologically acceptable carrier in addition to the human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody which is an active ingredient and salts thereof, Diluents or excipients may be included. Furthermore, other active ingredients other than the human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody of the present invention, such as anti-inflammatory drugs and immunosuppressants, may be included.
- Such a composition is provided as a parenteral administration or a dosage form suitable for oral administration, but parenteral administration is preferable from the viewpoint of use as an antibody drug.
- parenteral administration examples include intravenous, intraarterial, subcutaneous, topical, intraperitoneal, intramuscular, nasal, ophthalmic, transdermal, transmucosal, intrameningeal, rectal, intramuscular, intracerebral, etc. Examples include, but are not limited to these.
- the pharmaceutical composition can be appropriately formulated depending on its route of administration, and may be any injection, powder, infusion preparation, granule, tablet, suppository, etc., but in terms of parenteral administration, Injectables, infusion preparations, powders that are soluble at the time of use are preferred.
- These preparations may contain various adjuvants used for pharmaceuticals, that is, additives such as carriers and other auxiliary agents, such as stabilizers, preservatives, soothing agents and emulsifiers.
- Human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibodies of the invention can be provided, for example, by continuous infusion at intervals of 1 to 7 times per day, 1 week, 1 month or 1 year, or by medication .
- Dosing can be provided intravenously, subcutaneously, topically, orally, nasally, rectally, intramuscularly, intraventricularly, or by inhalation.
- a preferred dose protocol is one that includes a maximum dose or dosing frequency that avoids significant undesirable side effects.
- the overall weekly dose is generally at least about 0.05 ⁇ g / kg body weight, more usually at least about 0.2 ⁇ g / kg, most commonly at least about 0.5 ⁇ g / kg, typically at least about 1 ⁇ g / kg, more typically at least about 10 ⁇ g / kg, most typically at least about 100 ⁇ g / kg, preferably at least about 0.2 mg / kg, more preferably at least about 1.0 mg / kg, most preferably At least about 2.0 mg / kg, optimally at least about 10 mg / kg, more optimally at least about 25 mg / kg, and most optimally at least about 50 mg / kg.
- the human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody of the present invention is useful, for example, in diagnostic assays for detecting the expression of IL-33 in specific cells, tissues or serum of patients with IL-33-related diseases.
- the human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody be a conjugated antibody labeled with a detectable moiety.
- combinations of amino acid sequences of specific complementarity determining regions (C1, C8, C15, C17 or C18 of Table 1) or combinations of specific variable region amino acid sequences (V1, V8 of Table 2) , V15, V17, or V18), which relates to an anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody that competes with IL-33 for binding to an anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody comprising the amino acid sequence of V15, V17, or V18).
- Binding to IL-33 competes with a human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody comprising a combination of amino acid sequences of specific complementarity determining regions or a combination of specific variable region amino acid sequences as described above.
- the anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody is obtained by screening the anti-IL-33 antibody obtained by genetic engineering techniques such as phage display or the hybridoma method, for example, by the following surface plasmon resonance (SPR) method. it can.
- a human IL-33 protein equivalent to 1300 to 1600 RU is immobilized by loading a biotinylated human IL-33 protein (4 ⁇ g / mL) as a ligand onto a sensor chip on which avidin is immobilized.
- an optional anti-IL-33 antibody (15 ⁇ g / mL) is loaded as an analyte and allowed to bind to the human IL-33 protein immobilized on the sensor chip.
- a state (saturated state) in which any anti-IL-33 antibody is bound to all molecules of the human IL-33 protein on the sensor chip is created, and the amount of binding in the saturated state (saturated state) The binding amount 1) is obtained.
- any anti-IL-33 antibody (15 ⁇ g / mL) is loaded as an analyte and the amino acid sequence combination of specific complementarity determining regions or specific variable region amino acid sequence combinations of the present invention It is examined whether it binds in addition to human IL-33 protein saturated with a human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody containing sequence.
- any anti-IL-33 antibody comprising a human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody comprising a combination of amino acid sequences of specific complementarity determining regions of the present invention or a combination of specific variable region amino acid sequences
- An antibody is judged to be “non-competing” if it can bind to the saturated human IL-33 protein while exhibiting the saturation binding amount 1 of any anti-IL-33 antibody calculated above.
- any anti-IL-33 antibody comprises a human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody comprising a combination of amino acid sequences of specific complementarity determining regions of the present invention or a combination of specific variable region amino acid sequences.
- any anti-IL-33 antibody comprises a combination of amino acid sequences of a specific complementarity determining region of the present invention or a combination of specific variable region amino acid sequences, and a human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody Even if it can bind in an added form to human IL-33 protein saturated with, the antibody is judged to “compete” if the amount of added binding does not reach saturation binding amount 1 with a significant difference. .
- the significant difference can be examined by a general test method (for example, Student's t test), and the significance level is 5% or 1% or less.
- Binding to IL-33 competes with a human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody containing a combination of amino acid sequences of the above-mentioned specific complementarity determining regions or a combination of specific variable region amino acid sequences.
- the anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody may be an antibody derived from any animal such as mouse antibody, human antibody, rat antibody, rabbit antibody, goat antibody, camel antibody, or a combination of these antibodies. A certain chimeric antibody or humanized antibody may be used.
- Binding to IL-33 competes with a human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody containing a combination of amino acid sequences of the above-mentioned specific complementarity determining regions or a combination of specific variable region amino acid sequences.
- the anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody is preferably a chimeric antibody, a humanized antibody, or a human antibody, and most preferably a human antibody.
- Binding to IL-33 competes with a human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody comprising a combination of amino acid sequences of the specific complementarity determining regions described above or a specific variable region amino acid sequence combination.
- Anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibodies include antibody fragments. Examples of antibody fragments include Fab fragments, Fv fragments, F (ab ′) 2 fragments, Fab ′ fragments, or scFv, and antibody fragments to which PEG or the like is bound are preferred.
- the method for producing the anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody of the present invention will be described below.
- a DNA sequence including a desired combination of complementarity determining region and framework region and including a DNA sequence encoding a light chain variable region and a heavy chain variable region is incorporated into an expression vector.
- the human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody of the present invention can be produced by transforming this into a host cell and culturing the host cell (for example, BorrebaeckbaC. A. K. and Larrick J W. THERAPEUTIC MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES, Published in theUnited Kingdom by MACMILLAN PUBLISHERS LTD, 1990).
- the full length of the heavy chain and the full length of the light chain are encoded by linking DNA sequences encoding the light chain and heavy chain constant regions to the DNA sequences encoding the heavy chain variable region and the light chain variable region, respectively.
- a DNA sequence can be generated.
- a DNA sequence encoding the full length of the heavy chain and the full length of the light chain of the human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody preferable in the present invention is, for example, IgG1 having a ⁇ chain as the light chain and is represented in Table 5 below.
- the heavy chain C-terminal lysine residue may be removed, and the heavy chain nucleic acid sequences shown in Table 5 (sequences in the sequence listing) 3 nucleotides “aag” constituting the 3 ′ end of numbers 254 to 277) may be removed from each heavy chain nucleic acid sequence. :
- An in vitro production system can be used as a production system for antibody production.
- in vitro production systems include production systems using eukaryotic cells such as animal cells, plant cells or fungal cells, and production systems using prokaryotic cells such as bacterial cells such as Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis.
- animal cells used include mammalian cells such as CHO, COS, myeloma, BHK, HeLa, Vero, 293, NS0, Namalwa, YB2 / 0, commonly used cells, insect cells, plant cells, and the like. However, 293 cells and CHO cells are preferable.
- DNAs encoding the heavy chain or light chain of the antibody may be separately incorporated into an expression vector, and the host may be cotransformed, or the heavy chain And the DNA encoding the light chain may be incorporated into a single expression vector to transform the host (see WO94 / 11523).
- Preferred examples of vectors that can be used in animal cells include, but are not limited to, pConPlus, pcDM8, pcDNA I / Amp, pcDNA3.1, and pREP4.
- the obtained antibody can be purified to homogeneity. Separation and purification of antibodies may be carried out using separation and purification methods used for ordinary proteins. For example, antibodies can be separated and purified by appropriately selecting and combining chromatography columns such as affinity chromatography, filters, ultrafiltration, salting out, dialysis, SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, isoelectric focusing etc. Yes (Antibodies: A Laboratory Manual. Ed Harlow and David Lane, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1988), but is not limited to these. Examples of columns used for affinity chromatography include a protein A column and a protein G column. For example, as a protein A column, Hyper D, POROS, Sepharose F. F. (Amersham Biosciences) and the like.
- a multispecific antibody such as a bispecific antibody can be prepared by binding an antibody having another antigen binding specificity other than IL-33 to the human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody according to the present application.
- Bispecific antibodies can be produced by known chemical methods (Nisonoff, A. et al., Archives of biochemistry and biophysics., 1961, Vol.90, p.460-462, Brennan, M.et al. , Science, 1985, Vol. 299, p.81-83). In these methods, two types of antibodies are first hydrolyzed by enzymes, then disulfide bonds of antibody heavy chains are cleaved with a reducing agent, followed by mixing and reoxidizing different types of antibodies to divalent reactivity. An antibody is obtained.
- Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-1556 A method for producing a multispecific antibody such as a bispecific antibody by genetic engineering is already established in this field. For example, it differs depending on the technology of DVD-Ig (Wu et al., Nature Biotechnology 25 (11), 1290 (2007)) in which antigen-binding regions of two types of monoclonal antibodies are connected in series, or by modifying the Fc region of an antibody.
- the desired bispecific antibody can be obtained using the ART-Ig technique (Kitazawa et al., Nature Medical 18 (10), 1570 (2012)) in which the heavy chains of two types of antibodies that bind to the antigen are combined.
- the function-modified antibody or conjugate antibody of human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody is prepared by the following method.
- the human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody of the present application is produced using a CHO cell in which the ⁇ 1,6-fucose transferase (FUT8) gene is disrupted as a host cell, the fucose content of the sugar chain decreases and cell killing occurs.
- FUT8 ⁇ 1,6-fucose transferase
- the complement activation function can be regulated by modifying amino acid residues in the Fc region (US Pat. No. 6,737,056, US Pat. No. 7,297,775, US Pat. No. 7,317,091). Furthermore, by using a variant of the Fc region that has increased binding to FcRn, which is one of the Fc receptors, it is possible to prolong the blood half-life (Shouhei Hashiguchi, Biochemistry, 2010, Vol. .82 (8), p710; Strohl, Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2009, vol.20, p685). These function-modified antibodies can be produced by genetic engineering.
- the human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody of the present invention can be conjugated with other functional molecules to produce a conjugated antibody.
- PEG when PEG is bound as a functional molecule to an antibody, PEG can be used with a molecular weight of 2,000 to 100,000 Da, more preferably 10,000 to 50,000 Da, and may be linear or branched. PEG can be bound to the N-terminal amino group of an amino acid of an antibody by using, for example, an NHS active group.
- a radioactive substance is used as the functional molecule, 131 I, 125 I, 90 Y, 64 Cu, 99 Tc, 77 Lu, 211 At, or the like is used. The radioactive substance can be directly bound to the antibody by the Kuguchi Lamin T method or the like.
- bacterial toxins eg, diphtheria toxin
- plant toxins eg, ricin
- low molecular toxins eg, geldanamycin
- maytansinoids calicheamicins, and the like
- a low molecular weight compound e.g, fluorescent dyes such as daunomycin, doxorubicin, metrolexate, mitomycin, neocalcinostatin, vindesine, and FITC are exemplified.
- luciferase eg, firefly luciferase and bacterial luciferase; US Pat. No.
- malate dehydrogenase urease, peroxidase (eg, horseradish peroxidase (HRPO)), alkaline phosphatase, ⁇ -galactosidase , Glucoamylase, lysozyme, saccharide oxidase (eg, glucose oxidase, galactose oxidase, and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase), heterocyclic oxidase (eg, uricase and xanthine oxidase), lactoperoxidase, microperoxidase, and the like.
- peroxidase eg, horseradish peroxidase (HRPO)
- alkaline phosphatase eg, ⁇ -galactosidase
- Glucoamylase Glucoamylase
- lysozyme saccharide oxidase (eg, glucose oxidase, galactose oxida
- Linkers used when chemically linking toxins, small compounds or enzymes include divalent radicals (eg, alkylene, arylene, heteroarylene), — (CR 2 ) n O (CR 2 ) n — (R is Linkers and alkoxy repeating units (eg, polyethyleneoxy, PEG, polymethyleneoxy, etc.) and alkylamino (eg, polyethyleneamino, Jeffamine TM), and diacid esters and amides (succinate, Succinamide, diglycolate, malonate, caproamide and the like).
- divalent radicals eg, alkylene, arylene, heteroarylene
- R is Linkers and alkoxy repeating units (eg, polyethyleneoxy, PEG, polymethyleneoxy, etc.) and alkylamino (eg, polyethyleneamino, Jeffamine TM), and diacid esters and amides (succinate, Succ
- anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody that competes with IL-33 for binding to a human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody comprising the amino acid sequence of mouse antibody, human antibody, rat antibody, rabbit antibody, goat
- An antibody derived from any animal such as an antibody or a camel antibody may be used, or a chimeric antibody or a humanized antibody that is a combination of these antibodies may be used.
- These anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibodies can be obtained by using any known technique such as a genetic engineering technique such as a hybridoma method or a phage display method, and particularly preferably obtained by a genetic engineering technique. can do.
- a chimeric antibody is obtained by ligating a DNA encoding a non-human-derived antibody variable region with a DNA encoding a human antibody constant region, incorporating it into an expression vector, transforming it into a host cell, and producing it (European publication). No. 125023, International Publication 92/197559).
- a humanized antibody can be obtained by ligating a complementarity-determining region of a non-human-derived antibody and a DNA encoding the human antibody region of other parts, incorporating it into an expression vector, introducing it into a host, and producing it.
- Human antibodies are prepared, for example, using the procedures described in the examples provided below. Human antibodies include trioma technology, human B-cell hybridoma technology (Kozbor et al., 1983 Immunol Today 4: p72), and EBV hybridoma technology for generating human monoclonal antibodies (Cole et al., 1985, MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES ANDANDANCE CANCER R. Liss, Inc., p. 77) can also be used. Furthermore, a human antibody can also be produced by immunizing a transgenic mouse introduced with a human antibody gene with an antigen protein to produce a hybridoma. Examples of the transgenic mouse include HuMab (registered trademark) mouse (Medarex), KMTM mouse (Kirin Pharma), KM (FC ⁇ RIIb-KO) mouse, VelocImmune mouse (Regeneron) and the like.
- combinations of amino acid sequences of specific complementarity determining regions of the present invention (C1, C8, C15, C17 or C18 of Table 1) or combinations of specific variable region amino acid sequences (V1 of Table 2) , V8, V15, V17 or V18), and human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibodies containing artificial amino acids that compete with IL-33 for binding.
- the artificial antibody for example, the 10th unit (FNfn10) of human fibronectin type III domain can be used, and an artificial antibody that binds to a desired target by introducing mutation into the BC, DE, and / or FG loop of the unit. Can be obtained.
- an artificial antibody in addition to the extracellular domain of fibronectin, peptides such as Kunitz domain of serine protease inhibitor, ankyrin, and lipocalin can be used.
- These artificial antibodies can be produced by genetic engineering by introducing a vector containing a nucleic acid molecule encoding the peptide into Escherichia coli, yeast, or animal cells and purifying the culture supernatant from the cultured host cells. it can.
- the specific protein as described above or a part of the amino acid sequence is not used, but a random sequence library in which amino acids are randomly combined is used to specifically detect the epitope of the present invention like an antibody. It is also possible to search for a low-molecular peptide molecule that binds (for example, Hipolito et al., Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, 2012 Vol 16: 196, Yamagishimaget al., Chemistry & Biology, 2011 Vol 18: 1562). Such a peptide can also be produced by a chemical synthesis method such as the fluorenylmethyloxy force carbonyl method or the t-butyloxy force sulfonyl method in addition to the genetic engineering method.
- C1 to C30 in Table 1 which are combinations of amino acid sequences of complementarity determining regions of human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibodies described in this application
- V1 to V30 in Table 2 which are combinations of amino acid sequences of variable regions
- complementarity CN1 to CN30 in Table 5 which are combinations of nucleic acid sequences in the determination region
- IGN1 to IGN30 in Table 5 which are combinations of nucleic acid sequences of antibodies correspond to the sequences of the same clones, respectively.
- the amino acid sequence of the complementarity determining region of clone A10-1C04 is a combination of the amino acid sequences of the six complementarity determining regions of C1, and the amino acid sequence combination of this complementarity determining region is the six nucleic acid sequences of CN1
- the amino acid sequences of the variable regions of the heavy chain and light chain of the clone are the two amino acid sequences of V1, and the amino acid sequences of the light chain of ⁇ chain and the heavy chain of ⁇ chain including the variable region of V1 are IGN1. Encoded by two nucleic acid sequences.
- Example 1 Acquisition of anti-IL-33 antibody and identification of epitope peptide [Obtain antibody] Monoclonal antibodies were obtained by immunizing animals with human IL-33 protein and preparing hybridomas from the spleen cells of the immunized animals. In addition, animal antibody libraries prepared using RNA collected from spleen cells of immunized animals and antibodies that bind to human IL-33 protein from human naive antibody libraries were cloned by phage display technology. In this way, 8 types (antibodies A to H) of anti-IL-33 monoclonal antibodies were obtained.
- a peptide array scan was conducted to examine the binding between a partial peptide (20 residues in length) of human IL-33 and each antibody.
- a total of 16 types of amino acid residues were shifted in the range from the N-terminal to the valine at position 101 (V101) to the threonine at position 270 (T270) while shifting the start position every 10 amino acids.
- a 20 amino acid long peptide (PEP11 to PEP26) was synthesized. Table 7 shows the sequences and positional relationships of these peptides.
- Each peptide in which the N-terminus was biotinylated was immobilized as a ligand on a neutrovidin sensor chip of a Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) device (Bio-Rad, ProteOn XPR36).
- SPR Surface Plasmon Resonance
- an Abitag sequence was added to the N-terminus of mature human IL-33 (residues 112 to 270), and a protein (hIL-33) specifically biotinylated by biotin ligase reaction was used as an SPR sensor. Immobilized as a ligand on the chip.
- test antibody human IL-33 receptor white matter (recombinant human ST2 Fc chimera) (Enzo Life Science, ALX-201-367-C050) or buffer (0.05) is used as an analyte on the sensor chip on which the ligand is immobilized.
- % Tween20 / PBS antibody concentration: 10 ⁇ g / ml; flow rate: 100 ⁇ l / min
- antibody amount bound to the ligand on the sensor chip after washing is shown as the RU value. It was. The results are shown in FIG.
- a commercially available anti-human IL-33 polyclonal antibody (R & D Systems, AF3625) bound to most of the 16 types of human IL-33 peptides used in the study.
- the human IL-33 receptor (ST2) bound to the human IL-33 protein, but hardly bound to the human IL-33 peptides (PEP11 to PEP26), and any part of IL-33 was associated with ST2. It was not known in this study whether it was important for binding. In addition, binding to a ligand was not observed with buffer alone or mouse IgG (R & D® Systems, MAB002). When the binding to hIL-33 (residue 112 to residue 270) was compared between the antibodies used, antibody G, Antibody H, antibody D, antibody E, antibody B, antibody A, antibody C, and antibody F were in this order.
- Example 2 Evaluation of IL-33 neutralizing activity of anti-IL-33 monoclonal antibody-1 IL-33 neutralizing activity of antibody A, antibody B, antibody E, and antibody F was measured using as an index the inhibitory effect on the binding between immobilized human ST2 and human IL-33.
- Recombinant human ST2 Fc chimera (Enzo Life Science, ALX-201-367-C050) diluted with phosphate buffered saline (PBS) (1 ⁇ g / mL, 50 ⁇ L / ml) in a 96-well microplate (Nunc TM, # 442404) The wells were dispensed and allowed to stand at 4 ° C. overnight.
- PBS phosphate buffered saline
- the plate was washed once with PBS containing 1% BSA (PBS-B), and the same solution (250 ⁇ L / well) was added, followed by blocking at room temperature for 2 hours. Thereafter, a mixed solution (50 ⁇ L / well) of a test antibody (final concentration 10 ⁇ g / mL) diluted with PBS-B and a recombinant human IL-33 protein (ATGen, ILC0701) (final concentration 1 ⁇ g / mL) was added to room temperature. And incubated for 2 hours.
- a test antibody final concentration 10 ⁇ g / mL
- ATGen a recombinant human IL-33 protein
- the microplate was washed 5 times with PBS containing 0.1% Tween 20 (PBS-T) and then diluted with PBS-B goat anti-human IL-33 antibody (R & D Systems: AF3625, final concentration 1 ⁇ g / mL, 50 ⁇ L / Well) and incubated at room temperature for 1 hour. After washing the microplate 5 times with PBS-T, HRP-labeled rabbit anti-goat IgG antibody (Invitrogen: 61-1620, 50 ⁇ L / well) diluted 2000-fold with PBS-B was added and incubated at room temperature for 1 hour.
- PBS-T PBS-B goat anti-human IL-33 antibody
- the microplate was washed 5 times with PBS-T, SureBlue TM TMB Microwell Peroxidase Substrate (KPL: 52-00-01, 50 ⁇ L / well) was added, and the mixture was reacted at room temperature for 20 minutes. The reaction was stopped with TMB Stop Solution (KPL: 50-85-05, 50 ⁇ L / well), and the difference in absorbance at wavelengths of 450 nm and 620 nm was measured using a plate reader (SPECTRA MAX 190, Molecular Devices).
- the inhibitory effect of the antibody on the binding between ST2 and IL-33 is human IL-1 ⁇ (PeproTech, 200-01B) (final concentration 1 ⁇ g / mL) instead of human IL-33.
- the percentage of inhibition with respect to the sample to which human IL-33 (final concentration 1 ⁇ g / mL) was added alone was determined.
- antibody A epitopope is PEP12
- antibody B epitopope is PEP12
- antibody E epipe is PEP16-17
- antibody F epipe is PEP24
- Example 3 Evaluation of IL-33 neutralizing activity of anti-IL-33 monoclonal antibody-2 Measurement of IL-33 neutralizing activity of test antibodies (antibodies A to H) using as an index the inhibitory effect on human IL-33-induced IL-6 production using normal human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) (LONZA, CLC2517A) Carried out. HUVEC was seeded on a 96-well microplate (IWAKI, MT4940-010) (6 ⁇ 10 3 /0.1 mL / well), and it was confirmed that the cells were confluent.
- IWAKI 96-well microplate
- ECM-2 medium (LONZA, CLCC-3156, CLCC-4176)
- anti-IL-33 antibody final concentration 10 ⁇ g / mL
- recombinant human IL-33 ATGen, ILC0701, final concentration 100 ng / mL
- Added 0.2 mL / well
- the concentration of IL-6 in the medium was measured using a commercially available ELISA kit (Thermo Scientific, EH2IL6).
- the cell viability at the time of medium collection was measured using a cell count kit (Dojindo, 345-06463), and it was confirmed that the IL-6 production inhibitory effect was not caused by a decrease in the number of viable cells.
- the IL-33 neutralizing activity (HUVEC IL-6 production inhibition rate) of the test antibody the inhibition rate (%) for IL-6 production by recombinant human IL-33 alone treatment was calculated.
- antibody A (epitope is PEP12) inhibits 51%
- antibody B (epitope is PEP12) inhibits 48%
- antibody C (epitope is PEP14) inhibits 33%
- antibody D (epitope is PEP14) inhibits 38%
- Antibody E (epitope is PEP16-17) is 0% inhibition
- antibody F (epitope is PEP24) is 38% inhibition
- antibody G epipitope is PEP26) is 48% inhibition
- antibody H (epitope is PEP26) is 56% inhibition
- all antibodies except antibody E showed an inhibition rate of 30% or more (Table 9).
- an antibody that binds to an epitope selected from the group consisting of positions 111 to 130, 131 to 150, 231 to 250, and 251 to 270 of SEQ ID NO: 1 has an antibody concentration of 3, 10 And 30 ⁇ g / mL, the increase in neutralizing activity was large (for example, 23, 42, and 61% inhibition with antibody D, respectively), and it was found that the epitope is suitable for producing an antibody having an antagonistic action. .
- Patent Document 2 (WO2008 / 132709) describes three types of epitopes: epitope 1 (positions 155 to 198), epitope 2 (positions 165 to 188), and epitope 3 (positions 175 to 178). It was revealed that this epitope overlaps with the epitope peptide (positions 151 to 180) of antibody E, which was confirmed to have no neutralizing activity of IL-33. From these results, the antibody against the epitope of Patent Document 2 cannot sufficiently inhibit the binding between IL-33 and the receptor ST2, and has no neutralizing activity of IL-33, or even if it is very present. It was considered low.
- the binding to hIL-33, such as antibody D, antibody G, and antibody H tends to be weaker than that of antibody E, clones that showed clear neutralizing activity of IL-33 Due to its existence, this possibility is considered to be low.
- the epitope described in Patent Document 2 is an epitope that does not relate to the binding to IL-33 and the neutralizing activity of IL-33.
- the four epitopes we found this time are considered to be functional epitopes that are associated with binding to IL-33 and neutralizing activity of IL-33.
- Antibodies that bind to a functional epitope are likely to have a high antagonistic effect on IL-33, while antibodies that bind to a non-functional epitope may have a low or no antagonistic effect on IL-33.
- Example 4 Mapping of Epitope Peptide to Human IL-33 Conformation
- the above four epitope peptides are further interfacial atoms (in the shortest range of 5 km from the atoms constituting ST2) which are epitopes preferable for the production of antibodies having an antagonistic action.
- an epitope peptide was mapped on the three-dimensional structure of the human IL-33 / human ST2 complex.
- amino acids containing interfacial atoms P118 of PEP12, I119, T120, Y122, L123, R124, S125, L126, S127, Y129, N130, PEP14 of D131, Q132, S133, T135, A137, L138, E139, S142, Y143, E144, I145, Y146, E148, D149, L150, PEP24 D244, N245, H246, PEP26 K266, L267, S268, E269.
- an epitope having an amino acid containing an interface atom is considered preferable.
- Example 5 Obtaining a human anti-IL-33 antibody (parent clone) Using a human scFv phage display library (BioInvent, n-CoDeR) (Soderlind et al., Nature biotechnology, 2000 Vol.18 (8), p852).
- Binds to mature IL-33 inhibits the binding of IL-33 and ST2, and IL-33-dependent IL of normal human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) described below
- scFv parental clones
- the base sequences of these antibodies were determined, and the amino acid sequences of the light chain and heavy chain variable regions were determined.
- the combinations of amino acid sequences of the light chain and heavy chain variable regions of A00-0070 and A00-0036 were V29 and V30 in Table 2, respectively.
- Example 6 Determination of amino acid substitution to improve complementarity-determining regions Improvement of affinity and physical properties of two types of parent clones to IL-33 (reduction of cohesion and improvement of solubility due to reduction of surface hydrophobicity) Therefore, the complementarity determining region was improved by Fab ribosome display and Fab phage display. The complementarity-determining region is improved in two stages. In the first stage, one amino acid substitution aiming at improving affinity to IL-33 and improving physical properties is determined, and in the second stage, a plurality of these one amino acid substitutions are determined. The combination was determined (Fujino et al., Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 2012 Vol. 428 (3), p395).
- a Fab ribosome display vector was constructed using the light chain and heavy chain variable regions of two types of parent clones. All amino acid residues constituting the six complementarity determining regions (LCDR1, LCDR2, LCDR3, HCDR1, HCDR2, HCDR3) of the antibody are obtained by a multi-step PCR reaction using site-directed mutagenesis PCR and overlap extension PCR. A comprehensive library of single amino acid substitution mutants was constructed in which each group was made into 20 natural amino acids.
- Fab ribosome display method (Fujino et al., Biochem. Biophys.) Using the reconstructed cell-free translation system PURE system (Genefrontier, PUREfrex) (Shimizu et al., Nature Biotechnology, 2001 Vol.
- the change rate (concentration ratio) of the presence frequency of all 1 amino acid substitution mutants in the library before enrichment and in the library after enrichment is calculated, and using the magnitude of the enrichment ratio by library enrichment as an index, human IL-33 protein
- One amino acid substitution that was considered useful to improve the affinity for was determined.
- the position for introducing the amino acid substitution was determined in the custom library constructed in the second stage.
- Amino acid substitutions that are considered to be useful for reducing surface hydrophobicity while maintaining the ability to bind to human IL-33 protein at these sites, and enrichment ratios in mutation analysis using a comprehensive 1 amino acid substitution mutant library was determined in consideration of the data.
- Example 7 Creation of a human anti-IL-33 antibody with an improved complementarity determining region A custom for full-scale complementarity determining region improvement by combining a plurality of the above useful amino acid substitutions for the purpose of improving affinity and improving physical properties
- the library was designed. Construction of Fab ribosome display and Fab phage display vectors, multi-step PCR reaction using site-directed mutation PCR and overlap extension PCR using Fab ribosome display vector as template, and site by Kunkel method using Fab phage display vector as template Customization for improvement of complementarity-determining regions in which complementarity-determining regions are randomized based on the above design by carrying out specific mutagenesis (Fellouse et al., J. Mol. Biol. 2007 Vol.
- Mature human IL-33 (residue 112 to residue 270) and mature cynomolgus IL-33 (residue 112 to residue 269 of SEQ ID NO: 227 in the sequence listing) have a 6His tag-Avi tag added to the N-terminal side
- the resulting vector was inserted into pET30a (-) to construct an expression vector, and a recombinant protein was prepared.
- coli BL21 (DE3) strain carrying the expression vector is pre-cultured with 5 mL of LB medium, then 1 mL of the preculture is inoculated into 50 mL expression medium (Merck, Overnight Express; kanamycin added), and about 18 hours at 30 ° C./200 rpm. Expression culture was performed. The collected cells were washed, lysed with BagBuster (Novagen), and the supernatant was collected.
- the 6His tag-Avi tag-cynomolgus monkey IL33 (residues 112 to 269) contained in the supernatant was purified using Ni-NTA Agarose (QIAGEN), and a commercially available biotin ligase (Avidity, BirA) was used. Thus, biotin modification was introduced specifically for the Avi tag portion.
- E. coli library secreting and expressing Fab was constructed using the library after concentration, and the dissociation rate constant (koff) was measured by surface plasmon resonance (SPR) using the culture supernatant of several hundred clones of E. coli (Bio -Rad, ProteOn XPR36).
- the human IL-33 protein (4 ⁇ g / mL) biotinylated and the cynomolgus monkey IL-33 protein (4 ⁇ g / mL) were loaded onto a sensor chip (Bio-Rad, NLC sensor chip) as ligands, and humans corresponding to 1300 to 1600 RU IL-33 protein and cynomolgus IL-33 protein corresponding to 1100 to 1500 RU were immobilized.
- the culture supernatant of Escherichia coli was loaded as an analyte, and sensorgrams were obtained for a binding phase of 1 minute and a dissociation phase of 10 to 30 minutes.
- Sensor spot interspot correction and blank correction were performed using an SPR data analysis program (Bio-Rad, “ProteOn® Manager” v3.1.0), and koff was determined by Langmuir off-rate analysis.
- clones having improved affinity for human IL-33 protein and binding to cynomolgus IL-33 protein are advanced to higher evaluation after Example 8. It was determined as 28 clones (V1 to V28 in Table 2). As shown in Table 10, these clones (Fab) showed higher affinity (lower Koff value) for human and cynomolgus monkey IL-33 protein than the parental clone (Fab). There were no amino acid substitutions in the framework regions in the variable regions of these clones. Even if it is the same single amino acid substitution in the complementarity determining region, the effect of improving the affinity changes between the single amino acid substitution mutant and the multiple amino acid substitution mutant.
- Example 8 Preparation of IgG antibody Seven clones of the obtained human anti-IL-33 antibody (A10-1C04, A23-1A05, A25-2C02, A25-3H04, A26-1F02, A00-0070, A00-) [0036] Next, an expression vector for mammalian cells expressing IgG was constructed by inserting DNAs encoding the amino acid sequences of the light and heavy chains downstream of the CMV promoter. The DNA sequence of the light chain of each clone uses SEQ ID NOS: 228, 232, 239, 241, 242, 230, and 253 of the sequence listing, respectively, and the DNA sequence of the heavy chain is SEQ ID NO: 254, 261, 262 of the sequence listing, respectively.
- the expression vector was introduced into FreeStyle 293-F cells (Life Technologies) using the gene introduction reagent NeoFection 293-1 (Astec). The culture supernatant was obtained after culturing for 5 days after gene introduction.
- a stable expression strain by CHO cells was established by a GS system (Lonza) using pConPlus vector and CHO K1SV cells. The CHO cell stable expression strain was cultured from 0.3 ⁇ 10 6 cells / mL using WAVE Bioreactor SYSTEM 20/50 EHT (GE Healthcare), and a culture solution containing secreted IgG was collected.
- IgG was purified from the culture supernatant by affinity chromatography using Protein A resin (GE Healthcare, HiTrap MabSelect SuRe). IgG bound to Protein A resin was eluted with an elution buffer having a pH of 3.2, neutralized promptly to make the pH near neutral, and then dialyzed with PBS (pH 7.2).
- IgG after purification of Protein A column was purified by CHT (ceramic hydroxylate Type I resin) (BIORAD). IgG bound to CHT was eluted with a gradient of NaCl concentration, and the desired fraction was collected and dialyzed against PBS (pH 7.2).
- the antibody obtained by this purification method was designated as “neutral purified antibody”.
- a purification method in which a washing operation for 6 minutes with 6 column volume of 100 mM sodium carbonate buffer (pH 11.0) was added before the elution step from the protein A resin in the above purification method was also carried out.
- the antibody obtained by this purification method was designated as “alkali purified antibody”.
- Table 11 shows the recovery rate of the alkali-purified antibody in each step.
- the purified alkali-purified antibody after purification was centrifuged and concentrated with VIVASPIN Turbo15 30000 MWCO (Sartoeius).
- Example 9 Affinity to IL-33 protein
- the affinity of a test antibody (IgG) meaning that the molecular form is IgG, hereinafter the same) to human IL-33 protein is kinetic excision assay (KinExA) was determined by measuring the dissociation constant (Kd) in PBS (Sapidyne, KinExA3200).
- the concentration of human IL-33 protein (ATGen, ILC0701) is a wide range for test antibodies at a fixed concentration (final concentration of several tens to several hundreds of pM) (the upper limit of the final concentration ranges from several nM to several tens of nM).
- a mixed sample titrated to a 2048-fold concentration range in a 2-fold dilution series was prepared and incubated at room temperature until the antigen-antibody reaction reached equilibrium. After reaching equilibrium, the presence of free anti-IL-33 antibody was measured using KinExA3200.
- KinExA data analysis program (Sapidyne, KinExA Pro Software v3.5.3), a plot of the abundance (vertical axis) and antigen concentration (horizontal axis) of anti-IL-33 antibody not bound to human IL-33 protein Kd was calculated by fitting to a theoretical formula.
- the affinity of the alkaline purified antibody for human IL-33 protein (residue 112-residue 270) (ATGen, ILC0701) or full-length human IL-33 protein was measured with KinExA (Table 12).
- the recombinant protein used as the ligand was prepared as follows.
- the full-length human IL-33 protein was constructed by inserting an expression vector having NusA tag-6His tag-TEV Protease cleavage sequence added to the N-terminal side into pET30a (+) to prepare a recombinant protein.
- NusTag and HisTag were cleaved by adding 100 ⁇ L of Turbo TEV protease (Nacalai Tesque) and 4.5 ⁇ L of 1M DTT to 1750 ⁇ L of the concentrate and incubating at 4 ° C. After removing the tag, it was applied to a Ni Sepharose Excel column (GE Healthcare) to remove NusTag and Turbo TEV protease (Histag fusion) contained in the sample, and the flow-through fraction was collected. DTT was added to the flow-through fraction to a final concentration of 3.3 mM, and used as a full-length human IL-33 protein for measurement with KinExA.
- Example 10 Evaluation of neutralizing activity of human IL-33 in vitro using HUVEC
- the neutralizing activity of human IL-33 in vitro of the test antibody (IgG) was determined by the IL-33 dependent IL- of HUVEC. 6 production was evaluated as an index.
- a commercially available polyclonal anti-IL-33 antibody R & D Systems, AF3625 was used as a positive control.
- HUVEC (LONZA, CLC2517A) is suspended in EGM-2 medium (LONZA, CLCC-3156, CLCC-4176), seeded in a 96-well microplate (IWAKI) (6 ⁇ 10 3 / well), and the cells are confluent. It was confirmed.
- the IL-33 neutralizing activity of the test antibody was calculated as the inhibition rate (%) for IL-6 production by treatment with IL-33 alone.
- A10-1C04 is 67% inhibition
- A23-1A05 is 74% inhibition
- A25-2C02 is 96% inhibition
- A25-3H04 is 97% inhibition
- A26-1F02 is 96% inhibition.
- the parent clone A00-0070 had a 4% inhibition and A00-0036 had a very weak neutralization activity of -2%.
- A00-0070 showed 42% inhibition and A00-0036 showed 38% inhibition, indicating moderate neutralizing activity.
- a commercially available polyclonal antibody (R & D Systems, AF3625) showed 30% inhibition and moderate neutralizing activity when added at a final concentration of 1 ⁇ g / mL.
- HUVEC was purified with alkaline purified test antibody (final concentration 0.1-10 ⁇ g / mL (approximately 0.67-67 nM)) and recombinant human IL-33 (ATGen, ILC0701) (final concentration 100 ng / mL (approximately 5 nM)).
- the neutralizing activity of the antibody was calculated as the inhibitory effect (IC 50 value) on IL-6 production by treatment with IL-33 alone.
- HUVEC was subjected to alkaline purified test antibody (final concentration 0.1 to 3 ⁇ g / mL) and recombinant cynomolgus monkey IL-33 (using the method prepared in Example 7 without biotinylation) (final concentration 100 ng / ml). mL) was added, and the neutralizing activity of the antibody was calculated as the inhibitory effect (IC 50 value) on IL-6 production by treatment with IL-33 alone.
- IC 50 of A10-1C04 is 0.43 ⁇ g / mL, A10-1C04 was confirmed to neutralize the same intensity the human IL-33 and cynomolgus IL-33.
- Example 11 Evaluation of neutralization activity of human IL-33 in vitro using KU-812 cells
- the neutralization activity of human IL-33 in vitro of the test antibody (IgG) was determined as the IL of KU-812 cells.
- -33 dependent IL-5, IL-6, IL-13 production was evaluated as an index.
- a commercially available polyclonal anti-IL-33 antibody R & D Systems, AF3625 was used as a positive control.
- a human basophil cell line, KU-812 cells (ECACC, EC90071807) was seeded in a 96-well microplate (Falcon) (1 ⁇ 10 4 / well).
- a mixed solution of the test antibody (final concentration 3 ⁇ g / mL (about 20 nM)) and recombinant human IL-33 (ATGen, ILC0701) (final concentration 100 ng / mL (about 5 nM)) was added, and the mixture was added at 37 ° C., 24 ° C. Incubated for hours.
- Concentrations of IL-5, IL-6, and IL-13 in RPMI-1640 medium containing 10% FBS were compared with Human IL-5 Flex set, Human IL-6 Flex set, and Human IL of BDTM Cytometric Bead Array (BD Biosciences). Measurements were made using a -13 Flex set.
- the cell viability at the time of medium collection was measured using a cell count kit (Dojindo, 345-06463). It was confirmed that it was not caused.
- A26-1F02 inhibited IL-5, IL-6, and IL-13 production by 70%, 82%, and 72%, respectively, in this evaluation system. Also showed stronger neutralizing activity than commercially available polyclonal antibodies (47%, 51% and 41% inhibition, respectively).
- an alkaline purified test antibody (final concentration of 100 to 0.01 ⁇ g / mL (about 667 to 0.067 nM)) and recombinant human IL-33 (ATGen, ILC0701) (final concentration of 3 ng / mL (about 0.15 nM)), human IL-3 (PeproTech, 200-03, final concentration of 10 ng / mL (approximately 0.67 nM), human complement C5a (Sigma-Aldrich, C5788) (final concentration of 1 nM) was added. And incubated for 24 hours at 37 ° C.
- the concentrations of IL-5 and IL-13 in RPMI-1640 medium containing 10% FBS were measured, and the cell viability when the medium was collected using a cell count kit In this evaluation system, alkaline purified test antibodies (A10-1C04, A23-1A05, A25) were confirmed to have no inhibitory effect on IL-5 and IL-13 production. 2C02, A25-3H04, A26-1F02) showed an inhibitory effect of 50% or more at a final concentration of 1 [mu] g / mL to IL-5 and IL-13 production.
- Example 12 Evaluation of human IL-33 neutralization activity in vitro using human peripheral blood mononuclear cells
- the human IL-33 neutralization activity in vitro of the test antibody (IgG) IL-33-dependent IFN- ⁇ production of nuclei (PBMC) was evaluated as an index.
- a commercially available polyclonal anti-IL-33 antibody R & D Systems, AF3625 was used as a positive control.
- PBMCs were prepared, seeded in 96-well microplates (2 ⁇ 10 5 / well), and recombinant human IL-12 (Wako Pure Chemical Industries) (final concentration 10 ng / mL) was added.
- the inhibition rate when an alkaline purified antibody was allowed to act at a final concentration of 10 ⁇ g / mL was 96.9% inhibition with A10-1C04, 97.5% inhibition with A23-1A05, and 98.3% with A25-2C02. The inhibition was 75%, A25-3H04 was 97.9% inhibition, and A26-1F02 was 98.25% inhibition.
- Example 13 Evaluation of effects on inflammation induced by intraperitoneal administration of human IL-33 Various inflammatory changes were induced by intraperitoneal administration of human IL-33 to mice. That is, an increase in blood IgE, IgA, IL-5, an increase in neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils, an increase in spleen cells (an increase in spleen weight), and pathological changes in various mucosal organs occurred. . Using these changes as indices, the anti-inflammatory action of the test antibody (IgG) in vivo was evaluated.
- IgG test antibody
- human control IgG MP ⁇ Biomedicals, 55908
- mpk the average spleen weight
- the spleen weight of the group in which A26-1F02, which is a neutral purified antibody, was intraperitoneally administered at 10 mg / kg was 66 ⁇ 3 mg on average.
- the alkali-purified antibody was evaluated by subcutaneous administration (sc, one shot) only once on the day before human IL-33 protein administration (Day-1). Seven days after the start of administration (Day 7), the spleen weight of the group administered with PBS instead of human IL-33 protein was 70 mg on average, whereas the human control IgG was administered subcutaneously in addition to IL-33 protein administration The spleen weight of the group (10 mg / kg) averaged 152 mg. In contrast, as shown in FIG. 8, the spleen weights of the groups administered with A25-3H04 subcutaneously (1, 3, 5, 10 mg / kg) in addition to IL-33 protein administration were 143, 106, 109, and 78 mg, respectively.
- A25-3H04 inhibited the increase in spleen weight due to inflammation in a concentration-dependent manner. Similar to these anti-inflammatory effects on spleen weight, serum IgA concentration, serum IgE concentration, blood neutrophil count, basophil count, eosinophil count, serum IL increased by human IL-33 administration It was confirmed that the -5 concentration was also suppressed by A25-3H04 (FIG. 8). From the above results, it was confirmed that A25-3H04 has an inhibitory action on the in vivo inflammatory reaction induced by IL-33. Further, when the blood concentration of A25-3H04 in the mouse 7 days after the start of administration (Day 7) was measured, 0.6, 3.7, 6.5, It was 20.3 ⁇ g / ml.
- the in vivo anti-inflammatory effect of other test antibodies was also evaluated subcutaneously (10 mg / kg) using the same protocol.
- the spleen weight of the group subcutaneously administered with human control IgG was 181 mg on average, whereas each of the purified alkaline antibodies (A10-1C04, A23- 1A05, A25-2C02, and A26-1F02) were spleen weights of 82 mg, 92 mg, 100 mg, and 77 mg, respectively, and the increase in spleen weight due to inflammation was suppressed.
- Example 14 Evaluation of effects on lung injury induced by intra-tracheal administration of human IL-33
- Human IL-33 protein was intratracheally administered to mice, and then bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) was collected.
- BALF bronchoalveolar lavage fluid
- the total number of cells, the number of eosinophils and the number of neutrophils in BALF are increased, and tracheal epithelial mucus growth is also observed. It also produces cytokines such as IL-4, 5, 6, 13 in BALF.
- a test antibody IgG
- Example 15 Evaluation of effects on airway hypersensitivity induced by intranasal administration of human IL-33
- the IL-33 protein is administered intranasally to mice, airway hypersensitivity to inhaled methacholine subsequently occurs.
- the test antibody IgG
- Example 16 Evaluation of the effect on IL-33 using human IL-33 knock-in mice
- airway inflammation was induced, and from this mouse Recovery of BALF increases the total number of cells in BALF. It is known that airway inflammation caused by mite antigen or papain is caused by the release of IL-33 from airway epithelial cells by the protease activity of mite antigen or papain (Oboki et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2010, vol. 107, p18581).
- Test antibody (IgG) was administered intraperitoneally, subcutaneously or intravenously to this evaluation system to evaluate the effect of the test antibody on airway inflammation due to protease and the effect of the test antibody on IL-33 induced in vivo. can do.
- Example 17 Evaluation of effect on inflammation in LPS intraperitoneally administered sepsis model LPS is induced intraperitoneally in human IL-33 knock-in mice, although sepsis is induced (Oboki et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences). of the United States of America, 2010, vol. 107, p18581), test antibody (IgG) is administered intraperitoneally, subcutaneously or intravenously before LPS administration, and the effect of the test antibody on subsequent mortality is evaluated. be able to.
- inflammatory cytokines such as IL-6 and TNF- ⁇ are detected in blood at high concentrations within several hours after LPS administration. By measuring these concentrations, the anti-inflammatory action of the test antibody should be evaluated. Can do.
- Example 18 Evaluation of in vivo effect on cancer using tumor-bearing mice
- mouse cancer cell lines and human cancer cell lines were orthotopic, subcutaneous or Human IL-33 is administered intravenously.
- the test antibody IgG
- the cancer cell line is transferred, the number of cancer cells in the primary cancer site or metastasis organ is evaluated by volume or cell number. The effect of the test antibody on cancer can be evaluated.
- Example 19 Evaluation of colloidal stability of antibody
- the colloidal stability of the test antibody (IgG) was evaluated by the presence or absence of aggregates by dynamic light scattering.
- Each alkali-purified antibody was concentrated to around 50 mg / mL with VIVASPIN or VIVASPIN TURBO (sartorius, 10,000 to 50,000 MWCO). Centrifugation was performed at 4 ° C., and the number of rotations and time were appropriately changed.
- Measure the dynamic light scattering Nikkiso, Nanotrac UPA UT-151 using 200 to 250 ⁇ L of the sample antibody solution while diluting the test antibody solution, and obtain data from around 1 mg / mL to 50 mg / mL in the concentration range. did.
- the particle size distribution of the antibody protein was calculated from the accumulated data for 200 seconds, and the presence or absence of aggregates was evaluated.
- the test antibody (A10-1C04, A23-1A05, A25-2C02, A25-3H04, A26-1F02) has a degree of shift of the peak near 10 nm in the particle size distribution toward the higher particle size side as the antibody concentration increases. There was no peak having a particle diameter of several tens of nanometers or more, which is considered to be derived from an irreversible aggregate that is very slight and does not depend on the antibody concentration. The above results confirmed good colloidal stability of the test antibody.
- the interaction parameter (k D ) was calculated.
- the interaction parameter representing the concentration dependency of the diffusion coefficient (inversely proportional to the particle diameter) is an important index that is also used for the formulation design of high-concentration protein preparations such as antibodies. If the value of the interaction parameter is higher than ⁇ 12.4 mL / g, it is reported that it is a repulsive interaction and excellent in colloidal stability and low in self-association (Saito et al.,). Pharm.Res., 2013.Vol.30 p1263).
- D is the diffusion coefficient (cm 2 / sec)
- K B is the Boltzmann constant (J / K)
- T is the thermodynamic temperature (K)
- [pi is pi
- eta is the diluent viscosity P (poise)
- D is the particle diameter (nm).
- D is the diffusion coefficient obtained by the Stokes-Einstein equation
- D 0 is the diffusion coefficient at infinite dilution
- c is the concentration (g / mL) of the test antibody at the time of measurement.
- the interaction parameter (k D ) which is the slope of the fitting straight line, was calculated.
- the parameter was also higher than ⁇ 12.4 mL / g, and the colloidal stability was excellent.
- thermodynamic stability of antibody The thermodynamic stability of a test antibody (IgG) was evaluated at a temperature (Tm) at which the folding of the immunoglobulin domain collapses.
- Tm a temperature at which the folding of the immunoglobulin domain collapses.
- Protein Thermal Shift Dye (Life Technologies) was added to a test antibody solution of several tens of ⁇ g / mL according to the attached document, and fluorescence intensity was measured by increasing the temperature at about 1 ° C./min with real-time PCR 7500 Fast (Life Technologies). Tm was determined by analyzing the obtained data with Protein Thermal Shift (Life Technologies). In addition, when several Tm was recognized, it was set as Tm1 and Tm2 from the one where temperature is low.
- Tm2 77.6 ° C.
- Tm2 80.3.degree. C.
- Tm2 76.4.degree. C.
- Tm2 77.5 ° C.
- Tm2 80.4 ° C
- Tm2 76.4 ° C
- All antibodies had a Tm of 65 ° C. or higher, indicating good thermodynamic stability.
- Example 21 Evaluation of storage stability of antibody
- each alkaline purified antibody was citrated with a citrate buffer (50 mM citrate, 150 mM NaCl) at a concentration of about 10 mg / mL. (PH 6.3)) and stored at 40 ° C. for 4 weeks.
- a citrate buffer 50 mM citrate, 150 mM NaCl
- mCE-SDS microchip capillary SDS electrophoresis
- a column connected with two TSKgel G3000SWXL (Tosoh) was mounted on an HPLC apparatus (Beckman System Gold, 126olsolvent manager, 166 detector, 508 autosampler) and subjected to gel filtration analysis. Separation was performed at a flow rate of 0.5 mL / min using a 0.1 M phosphate buffer solution (pH 6.7) containing 0.1 M sodium sulfate as a mobile phase solvent, and detection was performed at UV 215 nm. .
- An antibody stock solution of about 10 mg / mL was diluted 100-fold to obtain an analytical sample, and 50 ⁇ L thereof was injected.
- the monomer purity obtained by gel filtration analysis is shown in Table 13.
- All test antibodies (A10-1C04, A23-1A05, A25-2C02, A25-3H04, A26-1F02) retain a monomer purity of 90% or higher after storage at 40 ° C. for 4 weeks, and are well stored Showed stability.
- Capillary SDS electrophoresis was performed using Lab Chip GX II (PerkinElmer). Reduction was carried out under denaturing conditions according to the manufacturer's standard protocol using a reagent kit HT-Protein-Express Reagent- (PerkinElmer) dedicated to the apparatus. As a sample for analysis, 2 ⁇ L of an antibody storage solution of about 10 mg / mL was added. The reagent used for electrophoresis was added to the dedicated chip HT
- rate 2 PerkinElmer
- any test antibody (A10-1C04, A23-1A05, A25-2C02, A25-3H04, A26-1F02) was 90 ° C. after storage at 40 ° C. for 4 weeks. % Monomer purity was maintained, and good storage stability was exhibited.
- particle size measurement was performed.
- a dynamic light scattering method (Nikkiso Co., Ltd.) was used for an analytical sample obtained by diluting the antibody stock solution 10 times with a citrate buffer (50 mM citrate, 150 mM mM NaCl (pH 6.3)) (final concentration: about 1 mg / mL).
- ⁇ Nanotrac UPA UT-151 was used for particle size measurement. The integration time was measured at 200 seconds.
- test antibodies (A10-1C04, A23-1A05, A25-2C02, A25-3H04, A26-1F02, A00-0070, A00-0036) was detected after storage at 40 ° C. for 4 weeks, and storage An antibody with excellent stability could be obtained.
- antigen-binding activity was measured using a surface plasmon resonance apparatus Biacore T200 (GE Healthcare).
- Human IL-33 protein (ATGen, ILC0701) was immobilized on Sensor Chip CM5 (GE Healthcare) using an amine coupling kit (GE Healthcare) (an immobilized amount of about 3000 to 6000 RU).
- the antibody stock solution is diluted 10-fold with citrate buffer (50 mM citrate, 150 mM NaCl (pH 6.3)), and the total protein concentration in the solution is measured using a microspectrophotometer Astragene II (Astranet). (Protein concentration: about 1 mg / mL).
- the antibody solution whose total protein concentration was measured was diluted 1000 times with HBS-EP buffer (10 mM HEPES, 150 mM NaCl, 3 mM EDTA, 0.05% (v / v) Surfactant P20 (pH 7.4)), and the analyte. It was set as the solution. The measurement was performed at 25 ° C. Various analyte solutions were added for 36 seconds to obtain bonded phase sensorgrams. The flow rates were 5 ⁇ L / min and 100 ⁇ L / min, and the sensorgrams obtained at the two flow rates were subjected to antigen analysis using Calibration Free Concentration Analysis using a data analysis program (GE Healthcare, Biacore T200 Evaluation Software v1.0). The concentration of the antibody having binding activity was determined.
- Example 22 Evaluation of stability by forced oxidation of antibody The influence of the antigen binding activity by the oxidation of the test antibody (IgG) was examined.
- Hydrogen peroxide water (final concentration 1%) was added to various alkali-purified antibodies having a final concentration of about 1 mg / mL and oxidized at 37 ° C. for 24 hours. Thereafter, an 80 mM methionine solution was added to terminate the oxidation. Next, the test antibody solution was replaced with PBS using a desalting column Zebaspin (Thermo Scientific). The antigen binding activity of the test antibody subjected to the oxidation treatment was examined using a surface plasmon resonance apparatus Biacore T200 (GE Healthcare) in the same manner as in Example 21.
- any of the test antibodies (A10-1C04, A23-1A05, A25-2C02, A25-3H04, A26-1F02) has an antigen binding activity of 80% or more in forced oxidation by treatment with 1% hydrogen peroxide solution. The stability of holding was shown.
- Example 23 Evaluation of aggregate formation by physical stress (stirring)
- the test antibody (IgG) was diluted to 0.2 mg / mL with PBS and stirred in a batch cell attached to an Aggregates Sizer (Shimadzu Corporation). To add physical stress. The stirring bar was moved up and down (190 times / min) for 30 minutes at room temperature, and then the aggregate concentration from 40 nm to 20 ⁇ m was measured with an Aggregates Sizer.
- the aggregate concentration produced by stirring was 17.2 ⁇ g / mL for A10-1C04, 16.4 ⁇ g / mL for A23-1A05, 13.3 ⁇ g / mL for A25-2C02, and A25-3H04. Is 23.4 ⁇ g / mL, A26-1F02 is 17.0 ⁇ g / mL, and the aggregate formation induced by physical stress is 15% or less for any of the antibodies. It was stable.
- Example 24 Evaluation of changes in antibody blood concentration in mice Male C57BL6 mice (8 to 10 weeks old) (Charles River, Japan) were intravenously administered (3 mg / kg) with a test antibody (IgG) fluorescently labeled. Thereafter, the concentration of the test antibody was measured by detecting fluorescence in plasma. As shown in FIG. 10, when an alkali-purified antibody was used, any of the test antibodies (A10-1C04, A23-1A05, A25-2C02, A25-3H04, A26-1F02) had an elimination half-life of 100 hours or more. There was good blood stability.
- Example 25 Evaluation of changes in monkey blood concentration Male cynomolgus monkeys (2 to 3 years old) (Hamley) were intravenously administered with a test antibody (IgG) (1 mg / kg) and then Human Therapeutic IgG1 EIA Kit (Cayman Chemical, 500910). ) was used to measure the concentration of the test antibody in the serum. Alkali purified antibody A10-1C04 was administered to 2 cynomolgus monkeys (No. 201, 202), and alkali purified anti-A23-1A05 was administered to 1 cynomolgus monkey (No. 301). As shown in FIG. 11, the elimination half-life of A10-1C04 is 16.56 days (No. 201) and 11.40 days (No.
- Example 26 Immunogenicity evaluation of antibody An in vitro T cell assay was performed to evaluate the immunogenicity of the test antibody (IgG) (Lonza).
- IgG test antibody
- the number of donors is 50, and 50 ⁇ g / mL of various alkaline purified antibodies are added to human peripheral blood-derived dendritic cells collected from donors and taken up into dendritic cells.
- human peripheral blood-derived CD4 positive T cells collected from the same donor were isolated. Thereafter, both, ie, dendritic cells into which the test antibody was incorporated, were co-cultured with CD4 positive T cells, and the reaction (proliferation) of CD4 positive T cells was measured.
- the immunogenicity risk when the antibody was administered to humans was evaluated by comparing with the reaction of CD4 positive T cells obtained in the same manner with a buffer (PBS) not containing the test antibody.
- PBS buffer
- none of the test antibodies (A10-1C04, A25-2C02, A25-3H04, A26-1F02) showed any difference in T cell responses from the negative control.
- Example 27 Evaluation of human tissue cross-reactivity Evaluation of the cross-reactivity of the test antibody (IgG) to human tissues (frozen sections of 35 tissues satisfying the guidelines of 1 donor, FDA and EMA) by immunohistochemical staining (Covance Laboratories Ltd.).
- tissues include adrenal gland, bladder, blood cells, bone marrow, mammary gland, cerebellum, cerebral cortex, colon, endothelial cells (blood vessels), eyeball, oviduct, gastrointestinal tract (including smooth muscle), heart, kidney (glomerular, tubule) ), Liver, lung, lymph node, ovary, pancreas, parathyroid, parotid, peripheral nerve, pituitary, placenta, prostate, skin, spinal cord, spleen, striated muscle, testis, thymus, thyroid, tonsils, urine Includes tubes, uterus (cervical, intima).
- any of the test antibodies (A10-1C04, A23-1A05, A26-1F02, A25-2C02) was used for vascular endothelial cells (IL-33 expression widely known) Strong staining was confirmed in the positive control).
- vascular endothelial cells (IL-33 expression widely known) Strong staining was confirmed in the positive control).
- cross-reactivity to the cytoplasm or nucleus was confirmed in various tissues such as epithelium, stromal cells, nerve tissue, muscle tissue, and blood cells, but no cross-reactivity to the cell membrane was observed in any tissue. It was.
- Example 28 Refinement of epitope region of A10-1C04 and A25-3H04 Anti-IL-33 monoclonal antibodies A10-1C04 and A25-3H04 bound to the PEP14 epitope described in Example 1 above.
- Two types of epitopes (LEDESYEIYV (SEQ ID NO: 426 in the Sequence Listing)) were obtained from a short continuous amino acid sequence contained in PEP14 consisting of 20 amino acid residues.
- EDESYEIYV SEQ ID NO: 427 of the Sequence Listing).
- Peptide LEDESYEIYV corresponds to residues 138 to 147 of human IL-33 shown in SEQ ID NO: 226 in the sequence listing
- peptide EDESYEIYV corresponds to residues 139 to 147 of human IL-33 shown in SEQ ID NO: 226 of the sequence listing. It corresponds to.
- These peptides were synthesized, and the affinity with the alkaline purified antibody was calculated as K d by the KinExA experiment similar to Example 9 (Table 14).
- the antibody having a neutralizing action in the present invention can be used as a pharmaceutical composition for diagnosis, treatment, prevention or alleviation of IL-33-related diseases.
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[2]配列表の配列番号226の101位~154位又は199位~270位に含まれる連続するアミノ酸配列からなるエピトープが、配列表の配列番号226の111位~130位、131位~150位、231位~250位又は251位~270位に含まれる連続するアミノ酸配列からなるエピトープである、項目1に記載の抗体。
[3]配列表の配列番号226の101位~154位又は199位~270位に含まれる連続するアミノ酸配列からなるエピトープが、P118、I119、T120、Y122、L123、R124、S125、L126、S127、Y129、N130、D131、Q132、S133、T135、A137、L138、E139、S142、Y143、E144、I145、Y146、E148、D149、L150、D244、N245、H246、K266、L267、S268及びE269から選ばれるアミノ酸を含むアミノ酸配列からなるエピトープである、項目1又は2に記載の抗体。
[4]配列表の配列番号226の101位~154位又は199位~270位に含まれる連続するアミノ酸配列からなるエピトープが、配列表の配列番号226の111位~130位、131位~150位、231位~250位又は251位~270位の連続するアミノ酸配列からなるエピトープである、項目1~3のいずれかに記載の抗体。
[5]配列表の配列番号226の101位~154位又は199位~270位に含まれる連続するアミノ酸配列からなるエピトープが、配列表の配列番号226の138位~147位または139位~147位の連続するアミノ酸配列からなるエピトープである、項目1~4のいずれかに記載の抗体。
[6]配列表の配列番号226の101位~154位又は199位~270位に含まれる連続するアミノ酸配列からなるエピトープに結合するモノクローナル抗体が、IL-33のアンタゴニストである、項目1~5のいずれかに記載の抗体。
[7]配列表の配列番号226の101位~154位又は199位~270位に含まれる連続するアミノ酸配列からなるエピトープに結合するモノクローナル抗体が、IL-33受容体と、IL-33との結合を阻害する、項目1~6のいずれかに記載の抗体。
[8]項目1~7のいずれかに記載の抗体を含む、IL-33関連疾患の治療、予防、又は軽減用の医薬組成物。
[9]項目1~7のいずれかに記載の抗体を含む、サイトカイン発現抑制剤。
[10]TNF-α、IFN-γ、IL-1β、IL-4、IL-5、IL-6又はIL-13の発現を抑制する、項目9に記載の抑制剤。
[11]IFN-γ、IL-5、IL-6又はIL-13の発現を抑制する、項目9又は10に記載の抑制剤。
[12]
1)項目1~5のいずれかに記載のエピトープ、
2)該エピトープの連続するアミノ酸からなる配列に対し、1又は数個のアミノ酸が置換、欠失、又は付加されたアミノ酸配列からなるエピトープ、及び
3)該エピトープの連続するアミノ酸からなる配列に対し、少なくとも90%の配列同一性を有するアミノ酸配列からなるエピトープ
からなる群から選ばれるエピトープ。
[13]項目12に記載のエピトープを用いて生成又はスクリーニングされた抗体。
[14]配列表の配列番号226の101位~154位又は199位~270位に含まれる連続するアミノ酸配列からなるエピトープに結合するモノクローナル抗体が、キメラ抗体、ヒト化抗体またはヒト抗体である、項目1~7のいずれかに記載の抗体。
[15]フレームワーク領域のアミノ酸配列が、ヒト生殖系列のフレームワーク領域のアミノ酸配列またはその組み合わせのアミノ酸配列である、項目14に記載の抗体。
[16]軽鎖のフレームワーク領域1のアミノ酸配列が、配列表の配列番号317の残基1から残基22、軽鎖のフレームワーク領域2のアミノ酸配列が配列表の配列番号317の残基36から残基50、軽鎖のフレームワーク領域3のアミノ酸配列が配列表の配列番号317の残基58から残基89、及び、軽鎖のフレームワーク領域4のアミノ酸配列が配列表の配列番号401の残基3から残基12であり、かつ、重鎖のフレームワーク領域1のアミノ酸配列が配列表の配列番号367の残基1から残基30または配列表の配列番号368の残基1から残基30、重鎖のフレームワーク領域2のアミノ酸配列が配列表の配列番号367の残基36から残基49または配列表の配列番号368の残基36から残基49、重鎖のフレームワーク領域3のアミノ酸配列が配列表の配列番号367の残基67から残基98または配列表の配列番号368の残基67から残基98、及び、重鎖のフレームワーク領域4のアミノ酸配列が配列表の配列番号407の残基5から残基15である、項目15に記載の抗体。
[17]軽鎖のフレームワーク領域1のアミノ酸配列が、配列表の配列番号317の残基1から残基22、軽鎖のフレームワーク領域2のアミノ酸配列が配列表の配列番号317の残基36から残基50、軽鎖のフレームワーク領域3のアミノ酸配列が配列表の配列番号317の残基58から残基89、及び、軽鎖のフレームワーク領域4のアミノ酸配列が配列表の配列番号401の残基3から残基12であり、かつ、重鎖のフレームワーク領域1のアミノ酸配列が配列表の配列番号367の残基1から残基30、重鎖のフレームワーク領域2のアミノ酸配列が配列表の配列番号367の残基36から残基49、重鎖のフレームワーク領域3のアミノ酸配列が配列表の配列番号368の残基67から残基98、及び、重鎖のフレームワーク領域4のアミノ酸配列が配列表の配列番号407の残基5から残基15である、項目15または16に記載の抗体。
[18]軽鎖の相補性決定領域1(LCDR1)、軽鎖の相補性決定領域2(LCDR2)、軽鎖の相補性決定領域3(LCDR3)、重鎖の相補性決定領域1(HCDR1)、重鎖の相補性決定領域2(HCDR2)及び重鎖の相補性決定領域3(HCDR3)のそれぞれのアミノ酸配列の組み合わせが表1のC1からC30で示される組み合わせより選択される、単離したヒト抗IL-33中和モノクローナル抗体。
[20]軽鎖の相補性決定領域1(LCDR1)、軽鎖の相補性決定領域2(LCDR2)、軽鎖の相補性決定領域3(LCDR3)、重鎖の相補性決定領域1(HCDR1)、重鎖の相補性決定領域2(HCDR2)及び重鎖の相補性決定領域3(HCDR3)のそれぞれのアミノ酸配列の組み合わせが、表1のC1、C8、C15、C17及びC18で示される組み合わせから選択されるアミノ酸配列を含む、項目18または19に記載のヒト抗IL-33中和モノクローナル抗体。
[21]抗体のフレームワーク領域のアミノ酸配列が、生殖系列のフレームワーク領域のアミノ酸配列またはその組み合わせのアミノ酸配列である、項目18~20のいずれかに記載のヒト抗IL-33中和モノクローナル抗体。
[22]軽鎖のフレームワーク領域1のアミノ酸配列が、配列表の配列番号317の残基1から残基22、軽鎖のフレームワーク領域2のアミノ酸配列が配列表の配列番号317の残基36から残基50、軽鎖のフレームワーク領域3のアミノ酸配列が配列表の配列番号317の残基58から残基89、及び、軽鎖のフレームワーク領域4のアミノ酸配列が配列表の配列番号401の残基3から残基12であり、かつ、重鎖のフレームワーク領域1のアミノ酸配列が配列表の配列番号367の残基1から残基30または配列表の配列番号368の残基1から残基30、重鎖のフレームワーク領域2のアミノ酸配列が配列表の配列番号367の残基36から残基49または配列表の配列番号368の残基36から残基49、重鎖のフレームワーク領域3のアミノ酸配列が配列表の配列番号367の残基67から残基98または配列表の配列番号368の残基67から残基98、及び、重鎖のフレームワーク領域4のアミノ酸配列が配列表の配列番号407の残基5から残基15である、項目18~21のいずれかに記載のヒト抗IL-33中和モノクローナル抗体。
[23]軽鎖可変領域及び重鎖可変領域のそれぞれのアミノ酸配列の組み合わせが表2のV1からV30で示される組み合わせから選択される、項目18~22のいずれかに記載のヒト抗IL-33中和モノクローナル抗体。
[25]軽鎖可変領域及び重鎖可変領域のそれぞれのアミノ酸配列の組み合わせが表2のV1、V8、V15、V17及びV18で示される組み合わせから選択される、項目23または24に記載のヒト抗IL-33中和モノクローナル抗体。
[26]軽鎖がλ鎖である、項目18~25のいずれかに記載のヒト抗IL-33中和モノクローナル抗体。
[27]ヒト抗IL-33中和モノクローナル抗体がIgGである、項目18~26のいずれかに記載のヒト抗IL-33中和モノクローナル抗体。
[28]抗原がヒトIL-33及びサルIL-33である、項目18~27のいずれかに記載のヒト抗IL-33中和モノクローナル抗体。
[29]項目18~28のいずれかに記載のヒト抗IL-33中和モノクローナル抗体の蛋白質部分をコードする核酸分子。
[30]軽鎖の相補性決定領域1(LCDR1)、軽鎖の相補性決定領域2(LCDR2)、軽鎖の相補性決定領域3(LCDR3)、重鎖の相補性決定領域1(HCDR1)、重鎖の相補性決定領域2(HCDR2)及び重鎖の相補性決定領域3(HCDR3)のそれぞれのアミノ酸配列をコードする核酸配列の組み合わせが表3のCN1からCN30で示される組み合わせより選択される、項目29に記載の核酸分子。
[32]項目31に記載のベクターを含む宿主細胞。
[33]項目18~28のいずれかに記載のヒト抗IL-33中和モノクローナル抗体の製造方法であって、項目32に記載の宿主細胞を培養して製造する方法。
[34]項目18~28のいずれかに記載のヒト抗IL-33中和モノクローナル抗体を含む、サイトカイン発現抑制剤。
[35]TNF-α、IFN-γ、IL-1β、IL-4、IL-5、IL-6又はIL-13の発現を抑制する、項目34に記載の抑制剤。
[36]IFN-γ、IL-5、IL-6又はIL-13の発現を抑制する、項目34または35に記載の抑制剤。
[37]項目18から28のいずれかに記載のヒト抗IL-33中和モノクローナル抗体を含む、医薬組成物。
[38]IL-33関連疾患の予防、治療または軽減用の項目37に記載の医薬組成物。
[39]IL-33関連疾患が、喘息、アトピー性皮膚炎、花粉症、アナフィラキシーショック、副鼻腔炎(好酸球性副鼻腔炎を含む)、クローン病、潰瘍性大腸炎、関節炎、全身性エリトマトーデス、天疱瘡、類天疱瘡、強皮症、強直性脊椎炎、肝線維症(原発性胆汁性肝硬変を含む)、肺線維症、慢性閉塞性肺疾患(COPD)、急性腎障害、血管炎及び癌からなる群から選択される、項目38に記載の医薬組成物。
[40]IL-33との結合が、項目20または25に記載の抗体と競合する、抗IL-33中和モノクローナル抗体。
[41]IL-33関連疾患を患う患者を治療、予防、又は軽減するための方法であって、項目1~7及び18~28のいずれかに記載の抗体を対象に投与することを含む、方法。
[42]IL-33関連疾患が、喘息、アトピー性皮膚炎、花粉症、アナフィラキシーショック、副鼻腔炎(好酸球性副鼻腔炎を含む)、クローン病、潰瘍性大腸炎、関節炎、全身性エリトマトーデス、天疱瘡、類天疱瘡、強皮症、強直性脊椎炎、肝線維症(原発性胆汁性肝硬変を含む)、肺線維症、慢性閉塞性肺疾患(COPD)、急性腎障害、血管炎及び癌からなる群から選択される、項目41に記載の方法。
[43]IL-33関連疾患を治療、予防、又は軽減するための医薬の製造のための、項目1~7及び18~28のいずれかに記載の抗体の使用。
[44]IL-33関連疾患が、喘息、アトピー性皮膚炎、花粉症、アナフィラキシーショック、副鼻腔炎(好酸球性副鼻腔炎を含む)、クローン病、潰瘍性大腸炎、関節炎、全身性エリトマトーデス、天疱瘡、類天疱瘡、強皮症、強直性脊椎炎、肝線維症(原発性胆汁性肝硬変を含む)、肺線維症、慢性閉塞性肺疾患(COPD)、急性腎障害、血管炎及び癌からなる群から選択される、項目43に記載の使用。
[45]IL-33関連疾患を治療、予防、又は軽減するための、項目1~7及び18~28のいずれかに記載の抗体の使用。
[46]IL-33関連疾患が、喘息、アトピー性皮膚炎、花粉症、アナフィラキシーショック、副鼻腔炎(好酸球性副鼻腔炎を含む)、クローン病、潰瘍性大腸炎、関節炎、全身性エリトマトーデス、天疱瘡、類天疱瘡、強皮症、強直性脊椎炎、肝線維症(原発性胆汁性肝硬変を含む)、肺線維症、慢性閉塞性肺疾患(COPD)、急性腎障害、血管炎及び癌からなる群から選択される、項目45に記載の使用。
[47]サイトカイン発現抑制を必要とする患者を治療、予防、又は軽減するための方法であって、項目1~7及び18~28のいずれかに記載の抗体を該対象に投与することを含む、方法。
[48]前記サイトカインが、TNF-α、IFN-γ、IL-1β、IL-4、IL-5、IL-6又はIL-13である、項目47に記載の方法。
[49]サイトカイン発現を抑制剤の製造のための、項目1~7及び18~28のいずれかに記載の抗体の使用。
[50]前記サイトカインが、TNF-α、IFN-γ、IL-1β、IL-4、IL-5、IL-6又はIL-13である、項目49に記載の使用。
本発明のモノクローナル抗体は、ヒトに投与した場合に抗体のフレームワーク領域及び/または相補性決定領域に対するヒト抗ヒト免疫グロブリン抗体(HAHA)を誘導しにくい。HAHAにより阻害されなければ、生体内でIL-33を中和する効果が持続する。またHAHAと結合することに起因する炎症を惹起しなければ安全な抗体である。本発明のモノクローナル抗体は、ヒトIL-33に結合し、その機能を中和することができることから、IL-33関連疾患に対する新たな診断、予防、治療または軽減薬として利用できる。
本発明において、エピトープとは、抗体が認識する抗原の一部分のことをいう。本発明においてエピトープは、抗体の認識に必要となる連続するアミノ酸からなる配列に関している。
本発明において、モノク口一ナル抗体がエピトープに「結合する」とは、モノクローナル抗体が、エピトープであるペプチドに結びついて1つの複合体を形成することを意味する。モノクローナル抗体とエピトープの結合はイオン結合、水素結合、疎水結合、ファンデルワールス力などによるが、これらに限定されない。モノクローナル抗体がエピトープに結合するかは、例えば本明細書に記載されたペプチドアレイスキャンやKinExAを用いて調べることができる。
本発明において「抗体」という語は、最も広い意味で使用するものとし、所望の特異的結合性が示される限り、モノクローナル抗体、ポリクローナル抗体が含まれるものとする。本発明における抗体は、マウス抗体、ヒト抗体、ラット抗体、ウサギ抗体、ヤギ抗体、ラクダ抗体など、任意の動物由来の抗体であってもよい。
本発明の抗体のうちモノクローナル抗体は、設計上のアミノ酸配列において単一クローン(単一分子種)のみからなる抗体集団の抗体のことをいう。モノクローナル抗体には、キメラ抗体、ヒト化抗体、ヒト抗体、マルチスペシフィック抗体、及び人工抗体、並びにそれらの機能改変抗体、並びにそれらのコンジュゲート抗体、並びにそれらのフラグメントが含まれるものとする。本発明のモノクローナル抗体はハイブリドーマ法、ファージディスプレイ法、及び遺伝子工学的手法など、任意の公知の手法を用いて生成することができる。
キメラ抗体とは、軽鎖、重鎖、またはその両方が、非ヒト由来の可変領域と、ヒト由来の定常領域から構成される抗体をいう。
ヒト化抗体は、非ヒト由来抗体の相補性決定領域と、ヒト抗体由来のフレームワーク領域とからなる可変領域並びにヒト抗体由来の定常領域からなる抗体をいう。
ヒト抗体とは、軽鎖、重鎖ともにヒト由来の抗体をいう。ヒト抗体は、重鎖の定常領域の違いにより、γ鎖の重鎖を有するIgG(IgG1、IgG2、IgG3及びIgG4を含む)、μ鎖の重鎖を有するIgM、α鎖の重鎖を有するIgA(IgA1、IgA2を含む)、δ鎖の重鎖を有するIgD、またはε鎖の重鎖を有するIgEを含む。また原則として軽鎖は、κ鎖とλ鎖のどちらか一方を含む。
マルチスペシフィック抗体とは、2つ以上の異なる抗原特異性を有する2つ以上の独立した抗原認識部位を持ち合わせた非対称の抗体であり、2つの抗原特異性を有するバイスペシフィック抗体、3つの抗原特異性を有するトリスペシフィック抗体などが挙げられる。本発明のマルチスペシフィック抗体が認識する1つ以上の抗原はIL-33分子である。
人工抗体とは、例えばタンパク質スキャフォールドであり、抗体の構造を有しないものの、抗体と同様の機能を有する人工抗体である。タンパク質スキャフォールドとしてはヒトのセリンプロテアーゼ阻害剤のKunitzドメインやヒトのファイブロネクチンの細胞外ドメイン、アンキリン、リポカリンなどが利用され、スキャフォールド上の標的結合部位の配列を改変すれば本発明のエピトープに結合するタンパク質スキャフォールドを生成することができる(Clifford Mintz et.al BioProcess International, 2013, Vol.11(2), pp40-48)。
本願において機能改変抗体とは、主に抗体のFc領域のアミノ酸や糖鎖を改変することにより、抗体の有する抗原結合機能以外の細胞殺傷機能、補体活性化機能や血中半減期等を調節した抗体をいう。
本願においてコンジュゲート抗体とは、抗体にポリエチレングリコール(PEG)等の非ペプチド性ポリマー、放射性物質、毒素、低分子化合物、サイトカイン、アルブミン、酵素などの抗体以外の機能分子を化学的または遺伝子工学的に結合した抗体をいう。
本願において抗体のフラグメントとは、抗体の一部分を含む蛋白質であり、抗原に結合できるものをいう。抗体のフラグメントの例としては、Fabフラグメント、Fvフラグメント、F(ab’)2フラグメント、Fab’フラグメント、またはscFvが挙げられる。
さらにこれらの抗体のフラグメントは、ポリエチレングリコール(PEG)等の非ペプチド性ポリマー、放射性物質、毒素、低分子化合物、サイトカイン、アルブミン、酵素などの抗体以外の機能分子を化学的または遺伝子工学的に結合していてもよい。
IL-33はIL-1ファミリーに属するサイトカインであり、ヒトIL-33は配列表の配列番号226に示すように270アミノ酸からなる。IL-33は、N末端側にクロマチン結合ドメインを有し、C末端側に12個のβストランドを持つ分子量18kDaのIL-1様サイトカインドメインを有しており、さらに95位及び109位にカテプシンG切断部位、99位にエスタラーゼ切断部位及び178位にカスパーゼ切断部位を有している(図1)。IL-33は、細胞がネクローシスを起こす過程で、リソゾーム等に由来するエスタラーゼ、カテプシンG、またはプロテイナーゼ3などの酵素により切断されて、成熟型IL-33、例えばIL-33(残基95から残基270)(配列表の配列番号226のN末から95位から270位のアミノ酸配列で表されるIL-33を「IL-33(残基95から残基270)」と表記する。以下同様に表記する)、IL-33(残基99から270)、IL-33(残基109から残基270)、IL-33(残基112から残基270位)などを含むさまざまな断片となり、サイトカインとして機能すると考えられている。一方で、細胞死がアポトーシスである場合、アポトーシスの過程で活性化されるカスパーゼにより、IL-33は、178位で切断されて、不活性型IL-33、例えばIL-33(残基179から残基270)になると考えられている。
本願においてIL-33関連疾患とは、IL-33が過剰に細胞外に放出されるために惹起される疾患を意味し、IL-33関連疾患はIL-33の機能を阻害することができる薬剤により予防、治療または軽減することができる。IL-33関連疾患としては、例えば喘息、アトピー性皮膚炎、花粉症、アナフィラキシーショック、副鼻腔炎(好酸球性副鼻腔炎を含む)、クローン病、潰瘍性大腸炎、関節炎、全身性エリトマトーデス、天疱瘡、類天疱瘡、強皮症、強直性脊椎炎、肝線維症(原発性胆汁性肝硬変を含む)、肺線維症、慢性閉塞性肺疾患(COPD)、急性腎障害、血管炎及び癌が挙げられる。
フレームワーク領域とは免疫グロブリン分子の可変領域のうち、相補性決定領域以外の部分をいう。フレームワーク領域には軽鎖、重鎖それぞれに4つのフレームワーク領域(フレームワーク領域1、フレームワーク領域2、フレームワーク領域3及びフレームワーク領域4)がある。本願では、免疫グロブリン分子のフレームワーク領域はカバット(Kabat)の番号付けシステム(Kabatら, 1987, Sequences of Proteins of Immunological Interest, US Department of Health and Human Services, NIH, USA)に従って決定される。
生殖系列とは精子や卵子などの一群の生殖細胞を意味し、特別に言及がない限り、ヒトの生殖系列のことをいう。抗体を産生するBリンパ球と異なり、生殖細胞の免疫グロブリンの遺伝子は変異が生じていない。したがって、「生殖系列のフレームワーク領域のアミノ酸配列」と記載した場合は、免疫グロブリンのフレームワーク領域のアミノ酸配列に変異が生じていないアミノ酸配列を意味し、「生殖系列のフレームワーク領域のアミノ酸配列の組合せのアミノ酸配列」と記載した場合には、4つのフレームワーク領域の1つ以上のフレームワーク領域のアミノ酸配列が、別の生殖系列のフレームワーク領域のアミノ酸配列であることを意味する。ヒト免疫グロブリンの軽鎖可変領域の遺伝子はκ鎖でVκセグメントとJκセグメント、及びλ鎖でVλセグメントとJλセグメントに分かれており、VκセグメントとVλセグメントにフレームワーク領域1からフレーム領域3が、JκセグメントとJλセグメントにフレームワーク領域4が存在する。ヒト免疫グロブリンの重鎖可変領域の遺伝子はVHセグメント、DHセグメント、JHセグメントに分かれており、VHセグメントにフレームワーク領域1からフレーム領域3が、JHセグメントにフレームワーク領域4が存在する。ヒト免疫グロブリンのVκ、Vλ、VH、Jκ、Jλ、JHの各セグメントの生殖系列のアミノ酸配列を表4に表す。
ヒトモノクローナル抗体は、ヒトの生殖系列の免疫グロブリンの配列に由来する可変領域及び定常領域を有するモノクローナル抗体をいう。本願においてヒトモノクローナル抗体の可変領域は、他のヒトモノクローナル抗体の可変領域の一部又は全部との組換え体でもよく、該組換え体においては抗体の結合性に影響を与えない観点から、フレームワーク領域と相補性決定領域との境界で組換えが生じてよく、免疫原性を高めない観点から、フレームワーク領域1からフレームワーク領域4のフレームワーク領域の各領域が、他のヒトモノクローナル抗体のフレームワーク領域1からフレームワーク領域4のフレームワーク領域の各領域と組換えが生じてもよい。さらに、本発明においてヒトモノクローナル抗体は、ヒトモノクローナル抗体の変異体であってもよく、抗原への結合性を維持又は改善しつつ、免疫原性を低下させるために、ヒトモノクローナル抗体の相補性決定領域に変異がある相補性決定領域のアミノ酸配列と、フレームワーク領域に変異がない生殖系列のフレームワーク領域のアミノ酸配列とを含む、ヒトモノクローナル抗体が好ましい。
単離した抗体の「単離した」とは、同定され、かつ、分離された、及び/または、自然状態での成分から回収された、という意味である。自然状態での不純物は、その抗体の診断的または治療的使用を妨害し得る物質であり、酵素、ホルモン及びその他の蛋白質性のまたは非蛋白質性の溶質が挙げられる。一般的に、抗体を単離するには、少なくとも1つの精製工程によって精製すればよく、少なくとも1つの精製工程により精製された抗体を「単離した抗体」ということができる。
本願において「中和」とは目的の標的に結合し、かつ、その標的のいずれかの機能を阻害することができる作用のことをいう。すなわち、「抗IL-33中和モノクローナル抗体」は、そのIL-33に対する結合が、IL-33ポリペプチドによって誘導される生物活性の阻害をもたらすモノクローナル抗体を意味するものとする。IL-33の生物学的活性の阻害は、IL-6などのIL-33誘導性サイトカインの産生の阻害を含むが、これに限定されない。IL-33の生物学的活性の指標は、当分野において知られたいくつかのin vitroまたはin vivo分析の1つまたはそれ以上によって評価することができる。なお、「ヒト抗IL-33中和モノクローナル抗体」と記載した場合は、IL-33に結合しIL-33のいずれかの機能を阻害する、ヒトモノクローナル抗体を意味する。
本願において「アンタゴニスト」とは目的の標的に対し中和作用を有する物質の総称を意味する。すなわち、「IL-33のアンタゴニスト」は、IL-33に結合して、IL-33のいずれかの機能を阻害することができる物質であり、例えば抗IL-33中和モノクローナル抗体が含まれる。
相補性決定領域とは免疫グロブリン分子の可変領域のうち、抗原結合部位を形成する領域をいい、超可変領域とも呼ばれ、免疫グロブリン分子ごとに特にアミノ酸配列の変化が大きい部分をいう。相補性決定領域には軽鎖、重鎖それぞれに3つの相補性決定領域(相補性決定領域1、相補性決定領域2及び相補性決定領域3)がある。本願では、免疫グロブリン分子の相補性決定領域はカバット(Kabat)の番号付けシステム(Kabatら, 1987, Sequences of Proteins of Immunological Interest, US Department of Health and Human Services, NIH, USA)に従って決定される。
本発明において、モノク口一ナル抗体と「競合する」とは、本明細書に記載された表面プラズモン共鳴(SPR)法によって測定した場合に、該モノクローナル抗体の存在により、有意差をもってIL-33との結合が低下することをいう。
本発明において「競合する抗IL-33中和モノクローナル抗体」は、キメラ抗体、ヒト化抗体、ヒト抗体、マルチスペシフィック抗体、及び人工抗体、並びにそれらの機能改変抗体、並びにそれらのコンジュゲート抗体、並びにそれらのフラグメントを含むものとする。
アミノ酸配列比較にBLASTが用いられる状況では、与えられたアミノ酸配列Aの、与えられたアミノ酸配列Bとの%アミノ酸配列同一性は次のように計算される:
分率X/Yの100倍
ここで、Xは配列アラインメントプログラムBLASTのA及びBのプログラムアラインメントによって同一であると一致したスコアのアミノ酸残基の数であり、YはBの全アミノ酸残基数である。アミノ酸配列Aの長さがアミノ酸配列Bの長さと異なる場合、AのBに対する%アミノ酸配列同一性は、BのAに対する%アミノ酸配列同一性とは異なることは理解されるであろう。特に断らない限りは、ここでの全ての%アミノ酸配列同一性値は、直ぐ上のパラグラフに示したようにBLASTコンピュータプログラムを用いて得られる。
さらにこれらの抗体のフラグメントは、ポリエチレングリコール(PEG)等の非ペプチド性ポリマー、放射性物質、毒素、低分子化合物、サイトカイン、アルブミン、酵素などの抗体以外の機能分子を化学的または遺伝子工学的に結合していてもよい。
このヒト抗IL-33中和モノクローナル抗体は、可変領域のフレームワーク領域が、ヒト生殖系列フレームワーク領域のアミノ酸配列またはその組み合わせのアミノ酸配列を含むことにより、これらの領域に起因する免疫原性が全くないか、または顕著に少ないという特徴を有する一方で、IL-33に結合し、その機能を妨げることができる。したがって、該抗体は医薬として用いられた場合に、ヒト抗ヒト免疫グロブリン抗体(HAHA)を誘導しにくく、それにより生体内で排除されず、その結果、IL-33を中和する効果が長く、またHAHAと結合することに起因する炎症を惹起しなければ安全な抗体である。
本発明のヒト抗IL-33中和モノクローナル抗体は熱力学安定性にすぐれた抗体であることが好ましく、例えば免疫グロブリンドメインのフォールディングが崩壊する温度(Tm)が65℃以上、好ましくは68℃以上、より好ましくは70℃以上、さらにより好ましくは73℃以上である熱力学的安定性を示す抗体が好ましい。
また本願実施例22で記載するように1%の過酸化水素水で37℃、24時間の条件で強制酸化した場合に、ヒトIL-33蛋白質への結合活性が80%以上、より好ましくは85%以上、さらに好ましくは90%以上保持することが好ましい。
同様の実験を本発明の特定の相補性決定領域のアミノ酸配列の組み合わせまたは特定の可変領域アミノ酸配列の組み合わせのアミノ酸配列を含むヒト抗IL-33中和モノクローナル抗体でも実施し、飽和状態での結合量(飽和結合量2)を求める。
続いて、センサーチップ上のヒトIL-33蛋白質を本発明の特定の相補性決定領域のアミノ酸配列の組み合わせまたは特定の可変領域アミノ酸配列の組み合わせのアミノ酸配列を含むヒト抗IL-33中和モノクローナル抗体で飽和させた後、任意の抗IL-33抗体(15μg/mL)をアナライトとしてロードし、本発明の特定の相補性決定領域のアミノ酸配列の組み合わせまたは特定の可変領域アミノ酸配列の組み合わせのアミノ酸配列を含むヒト抗IL-33中和モノクローナル抗体で飽和されたヒトIL-33蛋白質に追加される形で結合するかどうかを調べる。
任意の抗IL-33抗体が、本発明の特定の相補性決定領域のアミノ酸配列の組み合わせ、または、特定の可変領域アミノ酸配列の組み合わせのアミノ酸配列を含む、ヒト抗IL-33中和モノクローナル抗体で飽和されたヒトIL-33蛋白質に追加される形で、上記で算出した任意の抗IL-33抗体の飽和結合量1を示しながら結合できる場合は、その抗体は「競合しない」と判断される。一方、任意の抗IL-33抗体が、本発明の特定の相補性決定領域のアミノ酸配列の組み合わせ、または、特定の可変領域アミノ酸配列の組み合わせのアミノ酸配列を含む、ヒト抗IL-33中和モノクローナル抗体で飽和されたヒトIL-33蛋白質に追加される形で結合できない場合は、その抗体は「競合する」と判断される。また任意の抗IL-33抗体が、本発明の特定の相補性決定領域のアミノ酸配列の組み合わせ、または、特定の可変領域アミノ酸配列の組み合わせのアミノ酸配列を含む、ヒト抗IL-33中和モノクローナル抗体で飽和されたヒトIL-33蛋白質に追加される形で結合できる場合でも、追加される結合量が有意差をもって飽和結合量1に達しない場合は、その抗体は「競合する」と判断される。有意差は一般的な検定方法(例えば、スチューデントのt検定)で調べることができ、有意水準は5%または1%以下とする。
上記の特定の相補性決定領域のアミノ酸配列の組み合わせ、または、特定の可変領域アミノ酸配列の組み合わせのアミノ酸配列を含む、ヒト抗IL-33中和モノクローナル抗体に対し、IL-33との結合が競合する、抗IL-33中和モノクローナル抗体は、キメラ抗体、ヒト化抗体、またはヒト抗体であることが好ましく、ヒト抗体が最も好ましい。
本願に記載のヒト抗IL-33中和モノクローナル抗体の相補性決定領域のアミノ酸配列の組み合わせである表1のC1からC30、可変領域のアミノ酸配列の組み合わせである表2のV1からV30、相補性決定領域の核酸配列の組み合わせである表5のCN1からCN30、及び、抗体の核酸配列の組み合わせである表5のIGN1からIGN30はそれぞれ同一のクローンの配列に相当し、対応関係を下記表6に表す。例えば、クローンA10-1C04の相補性決定領域のアミノ酸配列はC1の6個の相補性決定領域のアミノ酸配列の組み合わせであり、この相補性決定領域のアミノ酸配列の組み合わせはCN1の6個の核酸配列によりコードされうる。また、該クローンの重鎖と軽鎖の可変領域のアミノ酸配列はV1の2個のアミノ酸配列であり、V1の可変領域を含むλ鎖の軽鎖及びγ鎖の重鎖のアミノ酸配列はIGN1の2個の核酸配列によりコードされる。
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ヒトIL-33蛋白質を動物に免疫し、免疫動物の脾細胞からハイブリドーマを作製することでモノクローナル抗体を取得した。また免疫動物の脾細胞から回収したRNAを用いて作製した動物の抗体ライブラリや、ヒトナイーブ抗体ライブラリからヒトIL-33蛋白質に結合する抗体をファージディスプレイ技術によりクローニングした。このようにして8種類(抗体A~H)の抗IL-33モノクローナル抗体を取得した。
取得したIL-33抗体のエピトープを同定するために、ヒトIL-33の部分ペプチド(20残基長)と、各抗体との結合性を調べるペプチドアレイスキャンを実施した。主な成熟型ヒトIL-33分子をカバーするように、N末から101位のバリン(V101)から270位のスレオニン(T270)までの範囲で10アミノ酸ごとに開始位置をずらしながら計16種類の20アミノ酸長ペプチド(PEP11からPEP26)を合成した。これらのペプチドの配列と位置関係を表7に示した。
固相化ヒトST2とヒトIL-33の結合に対する阻害作用を指標として抗体A、抗体B、抗体E、抗体FのIL-33中和活性の測定を実施した。96ウェルマイクロプレート(NuncTM、#442404)に、リン酸緩衝生理食塩水(PBS)で希釈した組換えヒトST2 Fcキメラ(Enzo Life Science, ALX-201-367-C050)(1μg/mL、50μL/ウェル)を分注して4℃で一晩静置した。翌日、上記プレートを1%BSA含有PBS(PBS-B)で1回洗浄後、同溶液(250μL/ウェル)を添加して室温で2時間ブロッキングした。その後、PBS-Bで希釈した被験抗体(終濃度10μg/mL)および組換えヒトIL-33蛋白質(ATGen、ILC0701)(終濃度1μg/mL)の混合溶液(50μL/ウェル)を添加して室温で2時間インキュベートした。マイクロプレートを0.1%Tween 20含有PBS(PBS-T)で5回洗浄した後、PBS-Bで希釈したヤギ抗ヒトIL-33抗体(R&D Systems:AF3625、終濃度1μg/mL、50μL/ウェル)を添加して室温で1時間インキュベートした。マイクロプレートをPBS-Tで5回洗浄後、PBS-Bで2000倍希釈したHRP標識ウサギ抗ヤギIgG抗体(Invitrogen:61-1620、50μL/ウェル)を添加して室温で1時間インキュベートした。マイクロプレートをPBS-Tで5回洗浄後、SureBlueTM TMB Microwell Peroxidase Substrate(KPL:52-00-01、50μL/ウェル)を添加して室温で20分間反応させた。TMB Stop Solution(KPL:50-85-05、50μL/ウェル)で反応を停止させ、プレートリーダー(SPECTRA MAX 190、Molecular Devices)を用いて、波長450nmおよび620nmの吸光度の差を測定した。ST2とIL-33の結合に対する抗体による阻害作用(IL-33/ST2結合系競合阻害率)はヒトIL-33の代わりにヒトIL-1β(PeproTech,200-01B)(終濃度1μg/mL)を添加したサンプルをバックグラウンドとし、ヒトIL-33(終濃度1μg/mL)を単独で添加したサンプルに対する阻害率(%)を求めた。その結果、抗体A(エピトープはPEP12)が66%阻害、抗体B(エピトープはPEP12)が55%阻害、抗体E(エピトープはPEP16-17)が0%阻害、抗体F(エピトープはPEP24)が39%阻害となり、検討した4種類の抗体のうち、抗体Eを除く全ての抗体(抗体A、抗体B、抗体F)が終濃度10μg/mLで30%以上の阻害率を示した。
正常ヒト臍帯静脈内皮細胞(HUVEC)(LONZA, CLC2517A)を用いたヒトIL-33誘発IL-6産生に対する阻害作用を指標として被験抗体(抗体A~H)のIL-33中和活性の測定を実施した。HUVECを96ウェルマイクロプレート(IWAKI、MT4940-010)に播種し(6×103/0.1mL/ウェル)、細胞がコンフルエントになっていることを確認した。培地(EGM-2培地(LONZA, CLCC-3156, CLCC-4176))に抗IL-33抗体(終濃度10μg/mL)および組換えヒトIL-33(ATGen、ILC0701、終濃度100ng/mL)を添加し(0.2mL/ウェル)、37℃で24時間インキュベートした。24時間後に培地中のIL-6濃度を市販のELISAキット(Thermo Scientific、EH2IL6))を用いて測定した。また細胞カウントキット(Dojindo、345-06463)を用いて培地採取時の細胞の生存率を測定し、IL-6産生抑制作用が生存細胞数の低下に起因しないことを確認した。被験抗体のIL-33中和活性(HUVEC系IL-6産生阻害率)として、組換えヒトIL-33単独処理によるIL-6産生に対する阻害率(%)を算出した。その結果、抗体A(エピトープはPEP12)が51%阻害、抗体B(エピトープはPEP12)が48%阻害、抗体C(エピトープはPEP14)が33%阻害、抗体D(エピトープはPEP14)が38%阻害、抗体E(エピトープはPEP16-17)が0%阻害、抗体F(エピトープはPEP24)が38%阻害、抗体G(エピトープはPEP26)が48%阻害、抗体H(エピトープはPEP26)が56%阻害となり、8種類の抗体のうち、抗体Eを除く全ての抗体が30%以上の阻害率を示した(表9)。これらの抗体のうち配列番号1の111位~130位、131位~150位、231位~250位及び251~270位からなる群から選ばれるエピトープに結合する抗体は、抗体濃度を3、10及び30μg/mLとした場合の中和活性の増加が大きく(例えば、抗体Dではそれぞれ23、42、61%阻害)、アンタゴニスト作用を有する抗体を生成する上で適したエピトープであることが分かった。
上記の4つのエピトープペプチドについてさらに、アンタゴニスト作用を有する抗体の生成に好ましいエピトープである界面原子(ST2を構成する原子から最短5Å圏内のIL-33の原子)を特定するために、ヒトIL-33・ヒトST2複合体の立体構造の上にエピトープペプチドをマッピングした。ヒトIL-33・ヒトST2複合体のX線結晶構造(Research Collaboratory for Structual Bioinformatics: PDB ID 4KC3)ではIL-33蛋白質の一部の構造が欠如していたため、今回同定した全てのエピトープペプチドの位置を示すことができなかった。そこで、上記X線結晶構造(4KC3)を鋳型としてホモロジーモデルを作製し(図3、Accelrys社Discovery Studio 3.5を使用)、今回中和活性が認められた抗体のエピトープペプチド(PEP12、PEP14、PEP24、PEP26)をマッピングした(図4~7)。図4~7ではヒトIL-33やエピトープペプチドは濃い灰色、それらと結合するST2は薄い灰色で示した。IL-33蛋白質表面上の受容体との接触面の位置を明示するために、界面原子を大き目の球で強調して表示した。その結果、これらのエピトープペプチド(PEP12、PEP14、PEP24、PEP26)はそれぞれ界面原子を含むアミノ酸を有することがわかった。界面原子を含むアミノ酸としては、PEP12のP118、I119、T120、Y122、L123、R124、S125、L126、S127、Y129、N130、PEP14のD131、Q132、S133、T135、A137、L138、E139、S142、Y143、E144、I145、Y146、E148、D149、L150、PEP24のD244、N245、H246、PEP26のK266、L267、S268、E269が挙げられる。アンタゴニスト作用を有する抗体が特異的に結合するエピトープとしては界面原子を含むアミノ酸を有するエピトープが好ましいと考えられる。
ヒトscFvのファージディスプレイライブラリ(BioInvent, n-CoDeR)(Soderlind et al., Nature biotechnology, 2000 Vol.18(8), p852)を用いて、成熟型IL-33(残基112から残基270)に結合し、IL-33とST2の結合を阻害し、かつ後述する正常ヒト臍帯静脈内皮細胞(HUVEC)のIL-33依存的IL-6産生を指標としてIL-33の活性を阻害する、2種類の親クローン(scFv)(分子形がscFvであることを意味する、以下同様に表記する)を取得した(クローン名:A00-0070、A00-0036)。これらの抗体の塩基配列を決定し、軽鎖及び重鎖の可変領域のアミノ酸配列を決定した。A00-0070及びA00-0036の軽鎖及び重鎖可変領域のアミノ酸配列の組み合わせは、それぞれ表2のV29及びV30であった。
2種類の親クローンのIL-33への親和性向上と物性改善(表面疎水性の低減による凝集性の低減及び溶解度の向上)を目的として、Fabリボゾームディスプレイ及びFabファージディスプレイによる相補性決定領域の改良を行なった。相補性決定領域の改良は2段階にて実施し、第一段階でIL-33への親和性向上と物性改善を狙える1アミノ酸置換を決定し、第二段階でこれらの1アミノ酸置換の複数の組合せを決定した(Fujino et al., Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 2012 Vol. 428(3), p395)。
親和性向上と物性改善を目的とした上記の有用アミノ酸置換を複数組合せることにより本格的な相補性決定領域改良用カスタムライブラリを設計した。Fabリボゾームディスプレイ及びFabファージディスプレイのベクターを構築し、Fabリボゾームディスプレイベクターを鋳型としたsite-directed mutagenesis PCR及びoverlap extension PCRによる多段階のPCR反応、及びFabファージディスプレイベクターを鋳型としたクンケル法による部位特異的変異導入法(Fellouse et al., J. Mol. Biol. 2007 Vol. 373, p924)を実施することで、相補性決定領域を上記の設計に基づきランダム化した相補性決定領域改良用カスタムライブラリを構築した。ヒトIL-33蛋白質及びカニクイザルIL-33蛋白質(GenBank: EHH57404、配列表の配列番号227の残基112のSerから残基269のGlu)をベイトとして、Fabリボゾームディスプレイ及びFabファージディスプレイによるライブラリ濃縮を数ラウンド繰り返した。後半のラウンドではIL-33蛋白質への結合の前にOctyl Sepharose(GE Healthcare)あるいはPhenyl Sepharose(GE Healthcare)といった疎水カラム担体を用いたネガティブ選択を実施することで、IL-33蛋白質へ親和性が高く、かつ表面疎水性が低いFabを濃縮した。
ベイトとして使用した組換え蛋白質は以下のように調製した。成熟型ヒトIL-33(残基112から残基270)および成熟型カニクイザルIL-33(配列表の配列番号227の残基112から残基269)はN末端側に6Hisタグ-Aviタグを付加したものをpET30a(-)に挿入することで発現ベクターを構築し、組換え蛋白質を調製した。発現ベクターを保有する大腸菌BL21(DE3)株をLB培地5mLで前培養後、前培養液1mLを50mL発現培地(Merck, Overnight Express;カナマイシン添加)に植菌し、30℃/200rpmで約18時間発現培養した。回収した菌体を洗浄後BagBuster(Novagen)で溶菌し上清を回収した。上清中に含まれる6Hisタグ-Aviタグ-カニクイザル IL33(残基112から残基269)はNi-NTA Agarose(QIAGEN)を用いて精製し、市販されているビオチンリガーゼ(Avidity、BirA)を用いてAviタグ部分特異的にビオチン修飾を導入した。
取得したヒト抗IL-33抗体の7クローン(A10-1C04、A23-1A05、A25-2C02、A25-3H04、A26-1F02、A00-0070、A00-0036)ついて、軽鎖及び重鎖のアミノ酸配列をコードするDNAをCMVプロモータの下流に挿入することにより、IgGを発現する哺乳細胞用発現ベクターを構築した。各クローンの軽鎖のDNA配列はそれぞれ、配列表の配列番号228、232、239、241、242、230及び253を用い、重鎖のDNA配列はそれぞれ、配列表の配列番号254、261、262、264、265、276及び277を用いた。遺伝子導入試薬 NeoFection-293-1 (Astec)を使用して、上記発現ベクターをFreeStyle 293-F 細胞(Life Technologies)に導入した。遺伝子導入後5日間培養した後に培養上清を取得した。CHO細胞による安定発現株はpConPlusベクターとCHO K1SV細胞を用いたGSシステム(Lonza)にて樹立した。 CHO細胞安定発現株はWAVE Bioreactor SYSTEM 20/50 EHT(GE Healthcare社)を用いて0.3×106 cells/mLから培養を開始し、分泌されたIgGを含む培養液を回収した。AKTA explorer 100(GE Healthcare)を使用し、Protein A樹脂(GE Healthcare 、HiTrap MabSelect SuRe)を用いたアフィニティークロマトグラフィにより培養上清からIgGを精製した。Protein A樹脂に結合したIgGをpH3.2の溶出bufferで溶出し、すみやかに中和することでpHを中性付近にした後、PBS(pH7.2)で透析した。精製純度を高める目的でProtein Aカラム精製後のIgGをCHT(ceramic hydroxyapatiteTypeI樹脂)(BIORAD)にて精製した。CHTに結合したIgGをNaCl濃度のグラジエントで溶出し、目的のフラクションを回収後、PBS(pH7.2)で透析した。本精製法にて得た抗体を「中性精製抗体」とした。
上記精製法のProtein A樹脂からの溶出工程の前に6 Column Volumeの100mM炭酸ナトリウムbuffer(pH11.0)による6分間の洗浄操作を加えた精製法も実施した。本精製法にて得た抗体を「アルカリ精製抗体」とした。アルカリ精製抗体の各工程における回収率を表11に示した。精製後のアルカリ精製抗体はVIVASPIN Turbo15 30000MWCO(Sartoeius)にて遠心濃縮した。
被験抗体(IgG)(分子形がIgGであることを意味する、以下同様に表記する)のヒトIL-33蛋白質に対する親和性はkinetic exclusion assay(KinExA)によりPBS中での解離定数(Kd)を測定することで決定した(Sapidyne, KinExA3200)。一定濃度(終濃度で数十pMから数百pM)の被験抗体に対しヒトIL-33蛋白質(ATGen, ILC0701)の濃度を広範囲(終濃度の上限を数nMから数十nMとし12段階の2倍希釈系列で2048倍の濃度範囲)にタイトレートした混合サンプルを調製し、抗原抗体反応が平衡に達するまで室温でインキュベートした。平衡到達後にKinExA3200を用いてフリーの抗IL-33抗体の存在率を測定した。KinExAデータ解析プログラム(Sapidyne, KinExA Pro Software v3.5.3)を用いて、ヒトIL-33蛋白質に結合していない抗IL-33抗体の存在率(縦軸)と抗原濃度(横軸)のプロットを理論式にフィッティングすることでKdを算出した。抗IL-33抗体キャプチャー用ビーズは50mgのAzlactone beads (Sapidyne)を1mLのコート溶液(10μg/mL ヒトIL-33蛋白質(ATGen, ILC0701)、50mM炭酸ナトリウムpH9.6)で懸濁し、室温で1時間インキュベートすることで調製した。検出用抗体はanti-human F(ab)’2-DyLight649(Jackson, 309-495-006)を使用した。表12に示すように、中性精製抗体を用いた場合、相補性決定領域を改良した抗体(A10-1C04、A23-1A05、A25-2C02、A25-3H04、A26-1F02)のヒトIL-33蛋白質に対しする親和性は最も弱いA23-1A05でKd=231pM、最も強いA25-2C02でKd=720fMであった。
被験抗体(IgG)のin vitroでのヒトIL-33の中和活性をHUVECのIL-33依存的IL-6産生を指標として評価した。陽性対照として市販ポリクローナル抗IL-33抗体(R&D Systems, AF3625)を使用した。HUVEC(LONZA, CLC2517A)をEGM-2培地(LONZA, CLCC-3156, CLCC-4176)に懸濁し、96ウェルマイクロプレート(IWAKI)に播種し(6x103/ウェル)、細胞がコンフルエントになっていることを確認した。培地に抗IL-33抗体(終濃度1μg/mL(約6.7nM))及び組換えヒトIL-33(ATGen, ILC0701)(終濃度100ng/mL(約5nM))の混合溶液を添加し、37℃で24時間インキュベートした。培地を採取して、培養上清中のIL-6濃度を市販のELISAキット(Thermo Scientific, EH2IL6)を用いて測定した。また、細胞カウントキット(Dojindo, 345-06463)を用いて培地採取時の細胞の生存率を測定し、IL-6産生の抑制作用が生存細胞数の低下に起因しないことを確認した。被験抗体のIL-33中和活性はIL-33単独処理によるIL-6産生に対する阻害率(%)として算出した。中性精製抗体を用いた場合、A10-1C04が67%阻害、A23-1A05が74%阻害、A25-2C02が96%阻害、A25-3H04が97%阻害、A26-1F02が96%阻害と強い中和活性を示したのに対し、親クローンであるA00-0070が4%阻害、A00-0036が-2%と非常に弱い中和活性にとどまった。10μg/mLに濃度を上げることで、A00-0070が42%阻害、A00-0036が38%阻害と中程度の中和活性を示した。一方、市販ポリクローナル抗体(R&D Systems, AF3625)は終濃度1μg/mLで添加した場合で30%阻害と中程度の中和活性を示した。
同様にHUVECにアルカリ精製被験抗体(終濃度0.1~10μg/mL(約0.67~67nM))及び組換えヒトIL-33(ATGen, ILC0701)(終濃度100ng/mL(約5nM))の混合溶液を添加し、抗体の中和活性をIL-33単独処理によるIL-6産生に対する阻害効果(IC50値)で算出した。A10-1C04がIC50=0.35μg/mL、A23-1A05がIC50=0.27μg/mL、A25-2C02がIC50=0.19μg/mL、A25-3H04がIC50=0.21μg/mL、A26-1F02がIC50=0.23μg/mLであった。
また、HUVECにアルカリ精製被験抗体(終濃度0.1~3μg/mL)及び組換えカニクイザルIL-33(実施例7記載の方法で調製したものをビオチン化せずに使用)(終濃度100ng/mL)の混合溶液を添加し、抗体の中和活性をIL-33単独処理によるIL-6産生に対する阻害効果(IC50値)で算出した。A10-1C04のIC50は0.43μg/mLであり、A10-1C04はヒトIL-33とカニクイザルIL-33を同様の強さで中和すること確認した。
被験抗体(IgG)のin vitroでのヒトIL-33の中和活性をKU-812細胞のIL-33依存的なIL-5、IL-6、IL-13の産生を指標として評価した。陽性対照として市販ポリクローナル抗IL-33抗体(R&D Systems, AF3625)を使用した。ヒト好塩基球細胞株、KU-812細胞(ECACC, EC90071807)を96ウェルマイクロプレート(Falcon)に播種した(1x104/ウェル)。続いて、被験抗体(終濃度3μg/mL(約20nM))と組換えヒトIL-33(ATGen、ILC0701)(終濃度100ng/mL(約5nM))の混合溶液を添加し、37℃、24時間インキュベートした。10%FBSを含むRPMI-1640培地中のIL-5、IL-6、IL-13の濃度をBDTM Cytometric Bead Array (BD Biosciences)のHuman IL-5 Flex set、 Human IL-6 Flex set及びHuman IL-13 Flex setを用いて測定した。また、細胞カウントキット(Dojindo, 345-06463)を用いて培地採取時の細胞の生存率を測定し、IL-5、IL-6、IL-13の産生の抑制作用が生存細胞数の低下に起因しないことを確認した。中性精製抗体を用いた場合、この評価系においてA26-1F02はIL-5、IL-6、IL-13の産生をそれぞれ70%、82%、72%阻害し、いずれのサイトカイン産生に対しても市販ポリクローナル抗体(それぞれ、47%、51%、41%阻害)よりも強い中和活性を示した。
被験抗体(IgG)のin vitroでのヒトIL-33の中和活性をヒト末梢血単核球(PBMC)のIL-33依存的なIFN-γ産生を指標として評価した。陽性対照として市販ポリクローナル抗IL-33抗体(R&D Systems, AF3625)を使用した。PBMCを調製し、96ウェルマイクロプレートに播種し(2x105/ウェル)、組換えヒトIL-12(和光純薬工業)(終濃度 10ng/mL) を加えた。被験抗体と組換えヒトIL-33蛋白質(10ng/mL)の混合物を添加し、37℃、48時間インキュベートした。その後、培養上清を採取して、培地中のIFN-γ産生量をAlfaLISA TM human IFN-γimmunoassay kit(PerkinElmer)を用いて測定し、IL-33の中和活性を評価した。この評価系において、アルカリ精製抗体を終濃度10μg/mLで作用させた場合の阻害率は、A10-1C04で96.9%阻害、A23-1A05で97.5%阻害、A25-2C02で98.75%阻害、A25-3H04で97.9%阻害、A26-1F02で98.25%阻害であった。
ヒトIL-33をマウスに腹腔内投与することによって、様々な炎症性変化が誘導された。すなわち、血中のIgE、IgA、IL-5の増加、好中球、好酸球、好塩基球の増加、脾細胞の増加(脾臓重量の増加)、及び各種粘膜臓器の病理変化が生じた。これらの変化を指標にして、被験抗体(IgG)のin vivoでの抗炎症作用を評価した。
マウスに対して、ヒトIL-33蛋白質を気管内投与し、その後に気管支肺胞洗浄液(BALF)を採取すると、BALF中総細胞数や好酸球数、好中球数が増加し、気管上皮粘液増生も見られる。また、BALF中のIL-4、5、6、13といったサイトカインも産生する。この系に、被験抗体(IgG)を腹腔内、皮下もしくは静脈内投与することによってその肺障害に対する被験抗体の作用を評価することができる。
IL-33蛋白質をマウスに鼻内投与すると、その後に吸入メタコリンに対する気道過敏が生じる。この評価系に、被験抗体(IgG)を腹腔内、皮下もしくは静脈内投与することによって気道過敏に対する被験抗体の作用を評価することができる。
ヒトIL-33ノックインマウスに、ダニ抗原またはpapainを点鼻または気管内投与すると、気道炎症が誘発され、このマウスからBALFを回収するとBALF中の総細胞数が増加する。ダニ抗原またはpapainによる気道炎症は、ダニ抗原またはpapainのプロテアーゼ活性により気道上皮細胞からIL-33が放出されることが引き起こされることが知られている(Oboki et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2010, vol. 107, p18581)。この評価系に、被験抗体(IgG)を腹腔内、皮下もしくは静脈内投与することによって、プロテアーゼによる気道炎症に対する被験抗体の作用、及びin vivoで誘導されたIL-33に対する被験抗体の作用を評価することができる。
ヒトIL-33ノックインマウスにLPSを腹腔内投与することにより敗血症が誘発されるが(Oboki et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2010, vol. 107, p18581)、LPS投与前に被験抗体(IgG)を腹腔内、皮下もしくは静脈内投与しておき、その後の死亡率に対する被験抗体の作用を評価することができる。また、LPS投与数時間以内にIL-6やTNF-αといった炎症性サイトカインが血中に高濃度で検出されるが、これらの濃度を測定することにより、被験抗体の抗炎症作用を評価することができる。
マウスに対して、マウス癌細胞株やヒト癌細胞株を各癌細胞株に応じて適切な細胞数で同所、皮下または静脈内に移入してヒトIL-33を投与する。このマウスに被験抗体(IgG)を腹腔内、皮下もしくは静脈内投与し、癌細胞株を移入後に、原発巣の癌部位や転移巣である臓器における癌細胞数を体積や細胞数にて評価すると、被験抗体の癌に対する作用を評価することができる。
被験抗体(IgG)のコロイド安定性を動的光散乱による凝集物の有無で評価した。各アルカリ精製抗体をVIVASPINまたはVIVASPIN TURBO(sartorius、10000から50000 MWCO)にて50mg/mL付近まで濃縮した。遠心は4℃にて行い、回転数、時間に関してはそれぞれ適宜変更した。被験抗体溶液を順次希釈しながら200から250μLのサンプルを用いて動的光散乱(日機装, Nanotrac UPA UT-151)を測定し、濃度範囲にして1mg/mL付近から50mg/mL付近におけるデータを取得した。抗体蛋白質の粒子径の分布を200秒間の積算データから算出し、凝集物の有無を評価した。被験抗体(A10-1C04、A23-1A05、A25-2C02、A25-3H04、A26-1F02)は粒子径分布における10nm付近のピークが抗体濃度の増加に伴って高粒子径側へのシフトする度合が非常に軽微であり、また抗体濃度に依存しない不可逆的な凝集物に由来すると考えられる粒子径数十nm以上のピークは存在しなかった。以上の結果により被験抗体の良好なコロイド安定性を確認した。
被験抗体(IgG)の熱力学的安定性を免疫グロブリンドメインのフォールディングが崩壊する温度(Tm)で評価した。数10μg/mLの被験抗体溶液にProtein Thermal Shift Dye(Life Technologies)を添付文書に従って添加し、リアルタイムPCR 7500 Fast(Life Technologies)で約1℃/minで温度を上昇させながら蛍光強度を測定した。得られたデータをProtein Thermal Shift (Life Technologies)で解析することでTmを決定した。なお、複数のTmが認められた場合、温度が低い方からTm1、Tm2とした。その結果、中性精製抗体を用いた場合、A10-1C04がTm=73.9℃、A23-1A05がTm1=69.3℃、Tm2=77.6℃、A25-2C02がTm1=69.3℃、Tm2=80.3℃、A25-3H04がTm1=70.0℃、Tm2=76.4℃、A26-1F02がTm=74.5℃であった。またアルカリ精製抗体を用いた場合、A10-1C04がTm=73.7℃、A23-1A05がTm1=69.5℃、Tm2=77.5℃、A25-2C02がTm1=69.5℃、Tm2=80.4℃、A25-3H04がTm1=70.1℃、Tm2=76.4℃、A26-1F02がTm=74.4℃であった。いずれの抗体のTmも65℃以上であり、良好な熱力学的安定性を示した。
実施例21:抗体の保存安定性の評価
被験抗体(IgG)の保存安定性を評価するため、各アルカリ精製抗体を約10 mg/mLの濃度でクエン酸バッファー(50 mM クエン酸、 150 mM NaCl(pH 6.3))に溶解して、40℃で4週間保存した。保存後の抗体モノマー純度評価のため、ゲル濾過分析(SEC)及びマイクロチップキャピラリーSDS電気泳動(mCE-SDS)によるモノマー純度の測定、並びに表面プラズモン共鳴を用いた抗原結合活性測定を実施した。
被検抗体(IgG)の酸化による抗原結合活性の影響を調べた。終濃度約1mg/mLの各種アルカリ精製抗体に過酸化水素水(終濃度1%)を添加し、37℃にて24時間酸化させた。その後、80 mM メチオニン溶液を添加し酸化を終了させた。次に、被験抗体溶液を脱塩カラムZebaspin(Thermo Scientific)を用いてPBSに置換した。酸化処理を施した被検抗体の抗原結合活性を前記実施例21と同様に表面プラズモン共鳴装置Biacore T200(GE Healthcare)を用いて調べた。酸化未処理の各種被験抗体の抗原結合活性に対する酸化処理後の抗原結合活性の割合を算出したところ、A10-1C04が83%、A23-1A05が95%、A25-2C02が100.5%、A25-3H04が98.7%、A26-1F02が89.5%の結合活性を保持していた.これらの結果より、いずれの被検抗体(A10-1C04、A23-1A05、A25-2C02、A25-3H04、A26-1F02)も1%過酸化水素水処理による強制酸化において80%以上の抗原結合活性を保持する安定性を示した。
被験抗体(IgG)をPBSで0.2mg/mLに希釈し、Aggregates Sizer(島津製作所)に装着した回分セル(Batch cell)中で撹拌することで物理的ストレスを加えた。室温で撹拌子を30分間上下運動(190回/分)させた後、Aggregates Sizer で40nmから20μmの凝集体濃度を測定した。アルカリ精製抗体を用いた場合、撹拌により生じた凝集体濃度は、A10-1C04が17.2μg/mL、A23-1A05が16.4μg/mL、A25-2C02が13.3μg/mL、A25-3H04が23.4μg/mL、A26-1F02が17.0μg/mLであり、いずれの抗体も物理的ストレスで誘導される凝集体形成が15%以下であり、いずれの被検抗体も物理的ストレスに対して安定であった。
雄性C57BL6マウス(8~10週齢)(日本チャールス・リバー)に蛍光標識した被験抗体(IgG)をマウスに静脈内投与(3mg/kg)した後、血漿中の蛍光を検出することにより、被験抗体の濃度を測定した。図10に示すように、アルカリ精製抗体を用いた場合、いずれの被検抗体(A10-1C04、A23-1A05、A25-2C02、A25-3H04、A26-1F02)も消失半減期が100時間以上であり、良好な血中安定性を示した。
雄性カニクイザル(2~3歳)(ハムリー)に被験抗体(IgG)を静脈内投与(1mg/kg)した後、Human Therapeutic IgG1 EIA Kit(Cayman Chemical、500910)を用いて、血清中の被検抗体の濃度を測定した。アルカリ精製抗体A10-1C04を2匹のカニクイザル(No.201、202)に投与し、アルカリ精製抗A23-1A05を1匹のカニクイザル(No.301)に投与した。図11に示すように、A10-1C04の消失半減期は16.56日(No.201)及び11.40日(No.202)であり、クリアランス値は3.598mL/day/kg(No.201)及び5.451mL/day/kg(No.202)であった。またA23-1A05の消失半減期は10.87日であり、クリアランス値は10.07mL/day/kgであった。いずれの被検抗体もカニクイザルにおいて良好な血中安定性を示した。
被験抗体(IgG)の免疫原性を評価するためにin vitro T細胞アッセイを行った(Lonza)。標的となる人口集団の代表を示すため、提供者数は50名とし、提供者から採取したヒト末梢血由来の樹状細胞に50μg/mLの各種アルカリ精製抗体を添加し、樹状細胞に取り込ませた。一方、同一の提供者から採取したヒト末梢血由来のCD4陽性T細胞を単離した。その後に両者、すなわち被験抗体を取り込ませた樹状細胞をCD4陽性T細胞とともに共培養し、CD4陽性T細胞の反応(増殖)を測定した。陰性対照として、被験抗体を含まないバッファー(PBS)で同様に実施して得られるCD4陽性T細胞の反応と比較することにより、抗体をヒトに投与した際の免疫原性リスクを評価した。その結果、いずれの被験抗体(A10-1C04、A25-2C02、A25-3H04、A26-1F02)も陰性対照との間にT細胞の反応について差は認められなかった。
被験抗体(IgG)の、ヒト組織(1ドナー、FDAおよびEMAのガイドラインを満たす35組織の凍結切片)への交差反応性を免疫組織化学染色法により評価した(Covance Laboratories Ltd.)。35組織には副腎、膀胱、血液細胞、骨髄、乳腺、小脳、大脳皮質、結腸、内皮細胞(血管)、眼球、卵管、胃腸管(平滑筋含む)、心臓、腎臓(糸球体、尿細管)、肝臓、肺、リンパ節、卵巣、膵臓、上皮小体、耳下腺、末梢神経、下垂体、胎盤、前立腺、皮膚、脊髄、脾臓、横紋筋、精巣、胸腺、甲状腺、扁桃、尿管、子宮(頚部、内膜)が含まれる。その結果、アルカリ精製抗体を用いた場合、いずれの被検抗体(A10-1C04、A23-1A05、A26-1F02、A25-2C02)とも、IL-33の発現が広く知られている血管内皮細胞(陽性対照)において強い染色性が確認された。また、上皮・間質細胞・神経組織・筋組織・血球等の様々な組織において、細胞質あるいは核への交差性が確認されたが、いずれの組織においても細胞膜への交差反応性はみられなかった。ICH S6(R1)ガイドラインおよびその他の論文(Toxicologic Pathology 2010, 38(7):1138-1166)によれば、in vivoで抗体が到達する可能性の低い細胞質や核への交差反応性は毒性学的意義が低いと考えられている。従って、いずれの被験抗体(A10-1C04、A23-1A05、A26-1F02、A25-2C02)も毒性懸念は見出されなかった。
抗IL-33モノクローナル抗体A10-1C04およびA25-3H04は前記実施例1に記載したPEP14エピトープに結合した。20アミノ酸残基からなるPEP14に含まれる、より短い連続するアミノ酸配列について、このようなアミノ酸配列を提示するファージディスプレイライブラリを用いた実験により、2種類のエピトープ(LEDESYEIYV(配列表の配列番号426)及びEDESYEIYV(配列表の配列番号427))を見出した。ペプチドLEDESYEIYVは配列表の配列番号226に示すヒトIL-33の残基138から残基147に相当し、ペプチドEDESYEIYVは配列表の配列番号226に示すヒトIL-33の残基139から残基147に相当する。これらのペプチドを合成し、実施例9と同様のKinExA実験によりアルカリ精製抗体との親和性をKdとして算出した(表14)。
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- 配列表の配列番号226の101位~154位又は199位~270位に含まれる連続するアミノ酸配列からなるエピトープに結合するモノクローナル抗体。
- 配列表の配列番号226の101位~154位又は199位~270位に含まれる連続するアミノ酸配列からなるエピトープが、配列表の配列番号226の111位~130位、131位~150位、231位~250位又は251位~270位に含まれる連続するアミノ酸配列からなるエピトープである、請求項1に記載の抗体。
- 配列表の配列番号226の101位~154位又は199位~270位に含まれる連続するアミノ酸配列からなるエピトープが、P118、I119、T120、Y122、L123、R124、S125、L126、S127、Y129、N130、D131、Q132、S133、T135、A137、L138、E139、S142、Y143、E144、I145、Y146、E148、D149、L150、D244、N245、H246、K266、L267、S268及びE269から選ばれるアミノ酸を含むアミノ酸配列からなるエピトープである、請求項1又は2に記載の抗体。
- 配列表の配列番号226の101位~154位又は199位~270位に含まれる連続するアミノ酸配列からなるエピトープが、配列表の配列番号226の111位~130位、131位~150位、231位~250位又は251位~270位の連続するアミノ酸配列からなるエピトープである、請求項1~3のいずれか一項に記載の抗体。
- 配列表の配列番号226の101位~154位又は199位~270位に含まれる連続するアミノ酸配列からなるエピトープが、配列表の配列番号226の138位~147位または139位~147位の連続するアミノ酸配列からなるエピトープである、請求項1~4のいずれか一項に記載の抗体。
- 配列表の配列番号226の101位~154位又は199位~270位に含まれる連続するアミノ酸配列からなるエピトープに結合するモノクローナル抗体が、IL-33のアンタゴニストである、請求項1~5のいずれか一項に記載の抗体。
- 配列表の配列番号226の101位~154位又は199位~270位に含まれる連続するアミノ酸配列からなるエピトープに結合するモノクローナル抗体が、IL-33受容体と、IL-33との結合を阻害する、請求項1~6のいずれか一項に記載の抗体。
- 請求項1~7のいずれか一項に記載の抗体を含む、IL-33関連疾患の治療、予防、又は軽減用の医薬組成物。
- 請求項1~7のいずれか一項に記載の抗体を含む、サイトカイン発現抑制剤。
- TNF-α、IFN-γ、IL-1β、IL-4、IL-5、IL-6又はIL-13の発現を抑制する、請求項9に記載の抑制剤。
- IFN-γ、IL-5、IL-6又はIL-13の発現を抑制する、請求項9又は10に記載の抑制剤。
- 1)請求項1~5のいずれか一項に記載のエピトープ、
2)該エピトープの連続するアミノ酸からなる配列に対し、1又は数個のアミノ酸が置換、欠失、又は付加されたアミノ酸配列からなるエピトープ、及び
3)該エピトープの連続するアミノ酸からなる配列に対し、少なくとも90%の配列同一性を有するアミノ酸配列からなるエピトープ
からなる群から選ばれるエピトープ。 - 請求項12に記載のエピトープを用いて生成又はスクリーニングされた抗体。
- 配列表の配列番号226の101位~154位又は199位~270位に含まれる連続するアミノ酸配列からなるエピトープに結合するモノクローナル抗体が、キメラ抗体、ヒト化抗体またはヒト抗体である、請求項1~7のいずれか一項に記載の抗体。
- フレームワーク領域のアミノ酸配列が、ヒト生殖系列のフレームワーク領域のアミノ酸配列またはその組み合わせのアミノ酸配列である、請求項14に記載の抗体。
- 軽鎖のフレームワーク領域1のアミノ酸配列が、配列表の配列番号317の残基1から残基22、軽鎖のフレームワーク領域2のアミノ酸配列が配列表の配列番号317の残基36から残基50、軽鎖のフレームワーク領域3のアミノ酸配列が配列表の配列番号317の残基58から残基89、及び、軽鎖のフレームワーク領域4のアミノ酸配列が配列表の配列番号401の残基3から残基12であり、かつ、重鎖のフレームワーク領域1のアミノ酸配列が配列表の配列番号367の残基1から残基30または配列表の配列番号368の残基1から残基30、重鎖のフレームワーク領域2のアミノ酸配列が配列表の配列番号367の残基36から残基49または配列表の配列番号368の残基36から残基49、重鎖のフレームワーク領域3のアミノ酸配列が配列表の配列番号367の残基67から残基98または配列表の配列番号368の残基67から残基98、及び、重鎖のフレームワーク領域4のアミノ酸配列が配列表の配列番号407の残基5から残基15である、請求項15に記載の抗体。
- 軽鎖のフレームワーク領域1のアミノ酸配列が、配列表の配列番号317の残基1から残基22、軽鎖のフレームワーク領域2のアミノ酸配列が配列表の配列番号317の残基36から残基50、軽鎖のフレームワーク領域3のアミノ酸配列が配列表の配列番号317の残基58から残基89、及び、軽鎖のフレームワーク領域4のアミノ酸配列が配列表の配列番号401の残基3から残基12であり、かつ、重鎖のフレームワーク領域1のアミノ酸配列が配列表の配列番号367の残基1から残基30、重鎖のフレームワーク領域2のアミノ酸配列が配列表の配列番号367の残基36から残基49、重鎖のフレームワーク領域3のアミノ酸配列が配列表の配列番号368の残基67から残基98、及び、重鎖のフレームワーク領域4のアミノ酸配列が配列表の配列番号407の残基5から残基15である、請求項15または16に記載の抗体。
- 軽鎖の相補性決定領域1(LCDR1)、軽鎖の相補性決定領域2(LCDR2)、軽鎖の相補性決定領域3(LCDR3)、重鎖の相補性決定領域1(HCDR1)、重鎖の相補性決定領域2(HCDR2)及び重鎖の相補性決定領域3(HCDR3)のそれぞれのアミノ酸配列の組み合わせが、表1のC1からC28で示される組み合わせから選択される、請求項18に記載のヒト抗IL-33中和モノクローナル抗体。
- 軽鎖の相補性決定領域1(LCDR1)、軽鎖の相補性決定領域2(LCDR2)、軽鎖の相補性決定領域3(LCDR3)、重鎖の相補性決定領域1(HCDR1)、重鎖の相補性決定領域2(HCDR2)及び重鎖の相補性決定領域3(HCDR3)のそれぞれのアミノ酸配列の組み合わせが、表1のC1、C8、C15、C17及びC18で示される組み合わせから選択されるアミノ酸配列を含む、請求項18または19に記載のヒト抗IL-33中和モノクローナル抗体。
- 抗体のフレームワーク領域のアミノ酸配列が、生殖系列のフレームワーク領域のアミノ酸配列またはその組み合わせのアミノ酸配列である、請求項18~20のいずれか一項に記載のヒト抗IL-33中和モノクローナル抗体。
- 軽鎖のフレームワーク領域1のアミノ酸配列が、配列表の配列番号317の残基1から残基22、軽鎖のフレームワーク領域2のアミノ酸配列が配列表の配列番号317の残基36から残基50、軽鎖のフレームワーク領域3のアミノ酸配列が配列表の配列番号317の残基58から残基89、及び、軽鎖のフレームワーク領域4のアミノ酸配列が配列表の配列番号401の残基3から残基12であり、かつ、重鎖のフレームワーク領域1のアミノ酸配列が配列表の配列番号367の残基1から残基30または配列表の配列番号368の残基1から残基30、重鎖のフレームワーク領域2のアミノ酸配列が配列表の配列番号367の残基36から残基49または配列表の配列番号368の残基36から残基49、重鎖のフレームワーク領域3のアミノ酸配列が配列表の配列番号367の残基67から残基98または配列表の配列番号368の残基67から残基98、及び、重鎖のフレームワーク領域4のアミノ酸配列が配列表の配列番号407の残基5から残基15である、請求項18~21のいずれか一項に記載のヒト抗IL-33中和モノクローナル抗体。
- 軽鎖可変領域及び重鎖可変領域のそれぞれのアミノ酸配列の組み合わせが表2のV1からV28で示される組み合わせから選択される、請求項23に記載のヒト抗IL-33中和モノクローナル抗体。
- 軽鎖可変領域及び重鎖可変領域のそれぞれのアミノ酸配列の組み合わせが表2のV1、V8、V15、V17及びV18で示される組み合わせから選択される、請求項23または24に記載のヒト抗IL-33中和モノクローナル抗体。
- 軽鎖がλ鎖である、請求項18~25のいずれか一項に記載のヒト抗IL-33中和モノクローナル抗体。
- ヒト抗IL-33中和モノクローナル抗体がIgGである、請求項18~26のいずれか一項に記載のヒト抗IL-33中和モノクローナル抗体。
- 抗原がヒトIL-33及びサルIL-33である、請求項18~27のいずれか一項に記載のヒト抗IL-33中和モノクローナル抗体。
- 請求項18~28のいずれか一項に記載のヒト抗IL-33中和モノクローナル抗体の蛋白質部分をコードする核酸分子。
- 請求項29または30に記載の核酸分子を含むベクター。
- 請求項31に記載のベクターを含む宿主細胞。
- 請求項18~28のいずれか一項に記載のヒト抗IL-33中和モノクローナル抗体の製造方法であって、請求項32に記載の宿主細胞を培養して製造する方法。
- 請求項18~28のいずれか一項に記載のヒト抗IL-33中和モノクローナル抗体を含む、サイトカイン発現抑制剤。
- TNF-α、IFN-γ、IL-1β、IL-4、IL-5、IL-6又はIL-13の発現を抑制する、請求項34に記載の抑制剤。
- IFN-γ、IL-5、IL-6又はIL-13の発現を抑制する、請求項34または35に記載の抑制剤。
- 請求項18から28のいずれか一項に記載のヒト抗IL-33中和モノクローナル抗体を含む、医薬組成物。
- IL-33関連疾患の予防、治療または軽減用の請求項37に記載の医薬組成物。
- IL-33関連疾患が、喘息、アトピー性皮膚炎、花粉症、アナフィラキシーショック、副鼻腔炎(好酸球性副鼻腔炎を含む)、クローン病、潰瘍性大腸炎、関節炎、全身性エリトマトーデス、天疱瘡、類天疱瘡、強皮症、強直性脊椎炎、肝線維症(原発性胆汁性肝硬変を含む)、肺線維症、慢性閉塞性肺疾患(COPD)、急性腎障害、血管炎及び癌からなる群から選択される、請求項38に記載の医薬組成物。
- IL-33との結合が、請求項20または25に記載の抗体と競合する、抗IL-33中和モノクローナル抗体。
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