METHODS FOR AFFINITY MATURATION-BASED ANTIBODY OPTIMIZATION
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Abstract
Provided herein is a rational method of affinity maturation to evolve the activity of an antibody or portion thereof based on the structure/affinity or activity relationship of an antibody. The resulting affinity matured antibodies exhibit improved or optimized binding affinity for a target antigen.
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108 Claims
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1-97. -97. (canceled)
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98. A method of affinity maturation of a first antibody, or antigen-binding portion thereof, for a target antigen, comprising:
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a) identifying a related antibody, or antigen-binding portion thereof, that exhibits a reduced activity for the target antigen than the corresponding form of a first antibody by screening an addressable combinatorial antibody library, wherein the related antibody, or antigen-binding portion thereof, contains a related variable heavy chain or a related variable light chain that is either; one in which the corresponding variable heavy chain and variable light chain of the related antibody, or antigen-binding portion thereof, exhibits at least 75% amino acid sequence identity to the corresponding variable heavy chain or variable light chain of the first antibody, or antigen-binding portion thereof, but does not exhibit 100% sequence identity therewith;
orone in which at least one of the VH, DH, and JH germline segments of a nucleic acid molecule encoding the variable heavy chain of the related antibody, or antigen-binding portion thereof, is identical to one of the VH, DH, and JH germline segments of the nucleic acid molecule encoding the variable heavy chain of the first antibody, or antigen-binding portion thereof, and at least one of the Vκ
and Jκ
or at least one of the Vλ
and Jλ
germline segments of the nucleic acid molecule encoding the variable light chain is identical to one of the Vκ
and Jκ
or Vλ
and Jλ
germline segments of the nucleic acid molecule encoding the variable light chain of the first antibody, or antigen-binding portion thereof; andb) comparing the amino acid sequence of the variable heavy chain or variable light chain of the first antibody, or antigen-binding portion thereof, to the amino acid sequence of the corresponding related variable heavy chain or variable light chain of the related antibody, or antigen-binding portion thereof; c) identifying a target region within the variable heavy chain or variable light chain of a first antibody, or antigen-binding portion thereof, wherein the target region exhibits at least one amino acid difference compared to the same region in the related antibody, or antigen-binding portion thereof; d) producing a plurality of modified antibodies, or antigen-binding portions thereof, each comprising a variable heavy chain and a variable light chain, or a portion thereof, wherein at least one of the variable heavy chain or variable light chain is modified in its target region by replacement of a single amino acid residue, whereby the target region in each of the plurality of antibodies, or antigen-binding portions thereof, contains replacement of an amino acid to a different amino acid compared to the first antibody, or antigen-binding portion thereof; e) screening each of the plurality of modified antibodies, or antigen-binding portions thereof, for an activity to the target antigen; and f) selecting those modified antibodies, or antigen-binding portions thereof, that exhibit increased activity for the target antigen compared to the first antibody, or antigen-binding portion thereof. - View Dependent Claims (99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108)
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