Enhancing the circulating half-life of antibody-based fusion proteins
First Claim
1. A method for treating a disease, the method comprising the step of administering to a patient an antibody-based fusion protein comprising an N-terminal immunoglobulin (Ig) chain linked to a C-terminal non-Ig protein the C-terminal non-Ig protein comprising an amino acid substitution introducing a hydrophobic or non-polar amino acid within 10 amino acids of the N-terminus of the C-terminal non-Ig protein, wherein said antibody-based fusion protein has a longer circulating half-life in vivo than a corresponding antibody-based fusion protein without said amino acid substitution.
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Abstract
Disclosed are compositions and methods for enhancing the circulating half-life of antibody-based fusion proteins. Disclosed methods and compositions rely on altering the amino acid sequence of the junction region between the antibody moiety and the fused protein moiety in an antibody-based fusion protein. An antibody-based fusion protein with an altered amino acid sequence in the junction region has a greater circulating half-life when administered to a mammal. Disclosed methods and compositions are particularly useful for reducing tumor size and metastasis in a mammal.
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20 Claims
- 1. A method for treating a disease, the method comprising the step of administering to a patient an antibody-based fusion protein comprising an N-terminal immunoglobulin (Ig) chain linked to a C-terminal non-Ig protein the C-terminal non-Ig protein comprising an amino acid substitution introducing a hydrophobic or non-polar amino acid within 10 amino acids of the N-terminus of the C-terminal non-Ig protein, wherein said antibody-based fusion protein has a longer circulating half-life in vivo than a corresponding antibody-based fusion protein without said amino acid substitution.
- 5. A method for treating a disease, the method comprising the step of administering to a patient an antibody-based fusion protein comprising an N-terminal immunoglobulin (Ig) chain linked to a C-terminal non-Ig protein, the Ig chain comprising an IgG2, IgG3, IgG4, IgA, IgM, IgD, or IgE domain and an amino acid substitution introducing a hydrophobic or non-polar amino acid within 10 amino acids from the C-terminus of the Ig chain, wherein the antibody-based fusion protein has a longer circulating half-life in vivo than a corresponding antibody-based fusion protein without the amino acid substitution.
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14. A method for treating a disease, the method comprising the step of administering to a patient an antibody-based fusion protein comprising an N-terminal immunoglobulin (Ig) chain linked to a C-terminal non-Ig protein, the Ig chain comprising:
- at least one of a CH2 and CH3 domain; and
an amino acid sequence that is non-natural within 10 amino acids from its C-terminus, the non-natural amino acid sequence comprising an amino acid substitution introducing a hydrophobic or non-polar amino acid, wherein the antibody-based fusion protein has a longer circulating half life in vivo than a corresponding antibody-based fusion protein without the amino acid substitution. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
- at least one of a CH2 and CH3 domain; and
- 19. A method for treating a disease, the method comprising the step of administering to a patient an antibody-based fusion protein comprising an N-terminal immunoglobulin (Ig) chain linked to a C-terminal non-Ig protein, the Ig chain comprising an amino acid substitution within 10 amino acids from the C-terminus, the substitution replacing a charged amino acid with a hydrophobic or non-polar amino acid, wherein the antibody-based fusion protein has a longer circulating half life in vivo than a corresponding antibody-based fusion protein without the amino acid substitution.
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