ANTIBODY CONSTANT REGION VARIANT
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220064264A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-03

    申请号:US17530542

    申请日:2021-11-19

    IPC分类号: C07K16/00 C07K16/28

    摘要: By altering amino acid sequences, the present inventors successfully produced constant regions that can confer antibodies with particularly favorable properties for pharmaceutical agents. When used to produce antibodies, the altered constant regions produced according to the present invention significantly reduce heterogeneity. Specifically, the antibody homogeneity can be achieved by using antibody heavy chain and light chain constant regions introduced with alterations provided by the present invention. More specifically, the alterations can prevent the loss of homogeneity of antibody molecules due to disulfide bond differences in the heavy chain. Furthermore, in a preferred embodiment, the present invention can improve antibody pharmacokinetics as well as prevent the loss of homogeneity due to C-terminal deletion in antibody constant region.

    METHODS FOR CONTROLLING BLOOD PHARMACOKINETICS OF ANTIBODIES

    公开(公告)号:US20210324109A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-21

    申请号:US17359867

    申请日:2021-06-28

    IPC分类号: C07K16/40

    摘要: The present inventors discovered that the half-life in blood of an IgG antibody which is a polypeptide comprising an FcRn-binding domain can be controlled by controlling the surface charge through modification of residues exposed on the surface among residues in the variable regions of the IgG antibody. Antibodies whose half-life in blood had been controlled by the methods of the present invention were confirmed to actually retain the original activity. The methods of the present invention are widely applicable to polypeptides comprising an FcRn-binding domain, such as IgG antibodies, which are recycled via the FcRn salvage pathway regardless of the type of target antigen.