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CLAIMS
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1. A method for treating an iduronate-2-sulfatase deficiency in the central nervous system of a subject in need thereof, comprising systemically administering to the subject a therapeutically effective dose of a fusion antibody having iduronate-2-sulfatase activity, wherein the fusion antibody comprises: (a) a fusion protein comprising the amino acid sequences of an immunoglobulin heavy chain and an iduronate-2-sulfatase, wherein the amino acid sequence of the iduronate-2-sulfatase is covalently linked to the carboxy terminus of the amino acid sequence of the immunoglobulin heavy chain; and (b) an immunoglobulin light chain; wherein the fusion antibody crosses the blood brain barrier (BBB) and catalyzes hydrolysis of 2-sulfate groups of the L-iduronate 2-sulfate units of dermatan sulfate, heparan sulfate or heparin.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the fusion antibody is post-translationally modified by a sulfatase modifying factor type 1 (SUMFI ).
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the fusion antibody comprises formylglycine.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the IDS retains at least 20% of its activity compared to its activity as a separate entity.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the IDS and the immunoglobulin each retains at least 20% of its activity compared to its activity as a separate entity.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein at least about 25, 000 units of iduronate-2-sulfatase activity are delivered to the brain, normalized per 50 kg body weight.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the therapeutically effective dose comprises at least about 250, 000 units of. iduronate-2-sulfatase activity or at least about 25, 000 units/Kg of body weight.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the iduronate-2-sulfatase specific activity of the fusion antibody is at least 10, 000 units/mg.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the immunoglobulin heavy chain is an immunoglobulin heavy chain of IgG.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein the immunoglobulin heavy chain is an immunoglobulin heavy chain of kappa class.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein the immunoglobulin heavy chain comprises a CDRI corresponding to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, a CDR2 corresponding to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, or a CDR3 corresponding to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3.
12. The method of claim I, wherein the immunoglobulin light chain is an immunoglobulin light chain of lgG.
13. The method of claim 1, wherein the immunoglobulin light chain is an immunoglobulin light chain of kappa class.
14. The method of claim 1, wherein the immunoglobulin light chain comprises a CDRI corresponding to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, a CDR2 corresponding to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5, or a CDR3 corresponding to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6.
15. The method of claim 1, wherein the fusion antibody crosses the BBB by binding an endogenous BBB receptor-mediated transport system.
16. The method of claim 1, wherein the fusion antibody crosses the BBB vie an endogenous BBB receptor selected from the group consisting of the insulin receptor, transferrin receptor, leptin receptor, lipoprotein receptor, and the IGF receptor.
17. The method of claim 1, wherein the fusion antibody crosses the BBB by binding an insulin receptor.
18. A method for treating an iduronate-2-sulfatase deficiency in the central nervous system of a subject in need thereof, comprising systemically administering to the subject a therapeutically effective dose of a fusion antibody having iduronate-2-sulfatase activity, wherein the fusion antibody comprises: (a) a fusion protein comprising the amino acid sequence that is at least 95% identical to SEQ ID NO: 10, and (b) an immunoglobulin light chain; wherein the fusion antibody crosses the blood brain barrier (BBB) and catalyzes hydrolysis of 2- sulfate groups of L-iduronate 2-sulfate units of dermatan sulfate, heparan sulfate or heparin.
19. The method of claim 18, wherein the fusion antibody is post-translationally modified by a sulfatase modifying factor type 1 (SUM Fl).
20. The method of claim 18, wherein the fusion antibody comprises formylglycine.
21. The method of claim 18, wherein at least about 25, 000 units of iduronate-2-sulfatase activity are delivered to the brain, normalized per 50 kg body weight.
22. The method of claim 18, wherein the therapeutically effective dose comprises at least about 250, 000 units of iduronate-2-sulfatase activity or at least about 25, 000 units of iduronate-2-sulfatase activity/Kg of body weight.
23. The method of claim 18, wherein the iduronate-2-sulfatase speci fic activity of the fusion antibody is at least about 10, 000 units/mg.
24. The method of claim I, wherein the IDS retains at least 20% of its activity compared to its activity as a separate entity.
25. The method of claim 18, wherein the IDS and the immunoglobulin each retains at least 20% of its activity compared to its activity as a separate entity.
26. The method of claim 18, wherein the systemic administration is parenteral, intravenous, subcutaneous, intra-muscular, trans-nasal, intra-arterial, transdermal, or respiratory.
27. The method of claim 18, wherein the immunoglobulin light chain is an immunoglobulin light chain of lgG.
28. The method of claim 18, wherein the immunoglobulin light chain is an immunoglobulin light chain of kappa class.
29. The method of claim 18, wherein the immunoglobulin light chain comprises a CDRI corresponding to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, a CDR2 corresponding to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5, or a CDR3 corresponding to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6.
30. The method of claim 18, wherein the fusion antibody crosses the BBB by binding an endogenous BBB receptor-mediated transport system.
31. The method of claim 18, wherein the fusion antibody crosses the BBB vie an endogenous BBB receptor selected from the group consisting of the insulin receptor, transferrin receptor, leptin receptor, lipoprotein receptor, and the IGF receptor.
32. The method of claim 18, wherein the fusion antibody crosses the BBB by binding an insulin receptor 33. A method for treating an iduronate-2-sulfatase deficiency in the central nervous system of a subject in need thereof, comprising systemically administering to the subject a therapeutically effective dose of a fusion antibody having iduronate-2-sulfatase activity, wherein the fusion antibody comprises: (a) a fusion protein comprising the amino acid sequences of an immunoglobulin light chain and an iduronate-2-sulfatase, wherein the amino acid sequence of the iduronate-2-sulfatase is covalently linked to the carboxy terminus of the amino acid sequence of the immunoglobulin light chain; or (b) an immunoglobulin heavy chain; wherein the fusion antibody crosses the blood brain barrier (BBB) and catalyzes hydrolysis of 2- sulfate groups of the L-iduronate 2-sulfate units of dermatan sulfate, heparan sulfate or heparin.
34. The method of claim 33, wherein the fusion antibody is post-translationally modified by a sulfatase modifying factor type 1 (SUMFI).
35. The method of claim 33, wherein the post-translational modification comprises a cysteine to formylglycine conversion.
36. The method of claim 33, wherein at least about 25, 000 units of iduronate-2-sulfatase activity are delivered to the brain, normalized per 50 kg body weight.
37. The method of claim 33, wherein the therapeutically effective dose comprises at least about 250, 000 units of a-L-iduronidase activity or at least about 25, 000 units of iduronate-2-sulfatase activity/Kg body weight.
38. The method of claim 33, wherein the iduronate-2-sulfatase specific activity of the fusion antibody is about 10, 000 units/mg.
39. The method of claim 33, wherein the IDS retains at least 20% of its activity compared to its activity as a separate entity.
40. The method of claim 33, wherein the IDS and the immunoglobulin each retains at least 20% of its activity compared to its activity as a separate entity.
41. The method of claim 33, wherein the immunoglobulin heavy chain is an immunoglobulin heavy chain of IgG.
42. The method of claim 33, wherein the immunoglobulin heavy chain is an immunoglobulin heavy chain of kappa class.
43. The method of claim 33, wherein the immunoglobulin heavy chain comprises a CDR] corresponding to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, a CDR2 corresponding to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, or a CDR3 corresponding to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3.
44. The method of claim 33, wherein the immunoglobulin light chain is an immunoglobulin light chain of IgG.
45. The method of claim 33, wherein the immunoglobulin light chain is an immunoglobulin light chain of kappa class.
46. The method of claim 33, wherein the immunoglobulin light chain comprises a CDR 1 corresponding to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, a CDR2 corresponding to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5, or a CDR3 corresponding to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6.
47. The method of claim 33, wherein the fusion antibody crosses the BBB by binding an endogenous BBB receptor-mediated transport system.
48. The method of claim 33, wherein the fusion antibody crosses the BBB vie an endogenous BBB receptor selected from the group consisting of the insulin receptor, transferring receptor, leptin receptor, lipoprotein receptor, and the IGF receptor.
49. The method of claim 33, wherein the fusion antibody crosses the BBB the insulin receptor
50. A fusion antibody comprising: (a) a fusion protein comprising the amino acid sequences of an immunoglobulin heavy chain and an iduronate-2-sulfatase, wherein the amino acid sequence of the iduronate-2-sulfatase is covalently linked to the carboxy terminus of the amino acid sequence of the immunoglobulin heavy chain and (b) an immunoglobulin light chain; wherein the fusion antibody crosses the blood brain barrier (BBB) and catalyzes hydrolysis of 2-sulfate groups of the L-iduronate 2-sulfate units of dermatan sulfate, heparan sulfate or heparin.
51. The fusion antibody of claim 50, wherein the fusion antibody is post-translationally modified by a sulfatase modifying factor type 1 (SUMFI ).
52. The fusion antibody of claim 50, wherein fusion antibody comprises a fonnylglycine.
53. The fusion antibody of claim 50, wherein the fusion protein further comprises a linker between the amino acid sequence of the iduronate-2-sulfatase and the carboxy terminus of the amino acid sequence of the immunoglobulin heavy chain.
54. The fusion antibody of claim 50, wherein the iduronate-2-sulfatase specific activity of the fusion antibody is at least about 10, 000 units/mg.
55. The fusion antibody of claim 50, wherein the IDS retains at least 20% of its activity compared to its activity as a separate entity.
56. The fusion antibody of claim 50, wherein the IDS and the immunoglobulin each retains at least 20% of its activity compared to its activity as a separate entity.
57. The fusion antibody of claim 50, wherein the immunoglobulin heavy chain is an immunoglobulin heavy chain of IgG.
58. The fusion antibody of claim 50, wherein the immunoglobulin heavy chain is an immunoglobulin heavy chain of kappa class.
59. The fusion antibody of claim 50, wherein the immunoglobulin heavy chain comprises a CDR 1 corresponding to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, a CDR2 corresponding to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, or a CDR3 corresponding to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3.
60. The fusion antibody of claim 50, wherein the immunoglobulin light chain is an immunoglobulin light chain of IgG.
61. The fusion antibody of claim 50, wherein the immunoglobulin light chain is an immunoglobulin light chain of kappa class.
62. The fusion antibody of claim 50, wherein the immunoglobulin light chain comprises a CDR1 corresponding to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, a CDR2 corresponding to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5, or a CDR3 corresponding to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6.
63. The fusion antibody of claim 50, wherein the fusion antibody crosses the BBB by binding an endogenous BBB receptor-mediated transport system.
64. The fusion antibody of claim 50, wherein the fusion antibody crosses the BBB vie an endogenous BBB receptor selected from the group consisting of the insulin receptor, transferrin receptor, leptin receptor, lipoprotein receptor, and the IGF receptor.
65. The fusion antibody of claim 50, wherein the fusion antibody crosses the BBB by bindinig an insulin receptor.
66. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a fusion antibody of claim 50, and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.
67. An isolated polynucleotide encoding the fusion antibody of claim 50.
68. The isolated polynucleotide of claim 67, wherein the isolated polynucleotide comprises the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 14.
69. A vector comprising the isolated polynucleotide of claim 67.
70. The vector of claim 67 comprising the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 14.
71. A host cell comprising the vector of claim 69.
72. The host cell of claim 71, wherein the host cell is a Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cell.
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INVENTION DISCLOSURE
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The invention provides a noninvasive, systemically administered biologic that delivers pharmacologically significant iduronate-2-sulfatase (IDS) activity to the central nervous system (CNS) by enabling transport across the blood-brain barrier (BBB). The core construct is a bifunctional fusion antibody in which IDS is covalently fused to an immunoglobulin chain that selectively binds an endogenous BBB receptor-mediated transport system, exemplified by the human insulin receptor (HIR). The fusion antibody binds a BBB receptor on brain capillary endothelium, undergoes receptor-mediated transcytosis into brain parenchyma, and retains IDS catalytic function to hydrolyze 2-sulfate groups of L-iduronate 2-sulfate residues present in dermatan sulfate, heparan sulfate, and heparin. When administered intravenously or by another systemic route, the construct achieves therapeutically meaningful brain exposure, enabling treatment of IDS deficiencies, including mucopolysaccharidosis type II (Hunter’s syndrome), with repeatable dose metrics expressed in IDS activity units. The fusion antibody is formulated for parenteral use and manufactured in mammalian cells (e.g., CHO) from vectors encoding the fusion polypeptide(s), including embodiments in which the fusion protein sequence is at least 95% identical to SEQ ID NO:10.
In one embodiment aligned with the method framework of claim 1 and the product framework of claim 50, the fusion antibody comprises: (a) a fusion protein containing an immunoglobulin heavy chain whose carboxy terminus is covalently linked to the amino terminus of IDS, optionally via a short peptide linker; and (b) an immunoglobulin light chain that pairs with the heavy chain to form an IgG. The heavy chain variable region provides BBB targeting functionality, such as binding the extracellular domain of the HIR, while the fused IDS provides lysosomal sulfatase activity within brain cells.
Antibody and BBB targeting domain. The immunoglobulin component of the fusion antibody is designed to engage an endogenous BBB receptor-mediated transport system to achieve transcytosis from blood to brain parenchyma. In preferred embodiments, the heavy chain variable region is configured to bind the extracellular domain of the human insulin receptor with high affinity (e.g., dissociation constant in the low nanomolar or subnanomolar range). The immunoglobulin heavy chain can be a human or humanized IgG (e.g., IgG1) comprising CDRs that mediate HIR binding. Exemplar CDR sequences include heavy-chain CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 corresponding to SEQ ID NOs:1–3, respectively, embedded in a human IgG framework (see Figure 3). The corresponding light chain, preferably of kappa type, can comprise CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 corresponding to SEQ ID NOs:4–6. The antibody may be chimeric or humanized to limit immunogenicity upon repeated dosing in humans, and is suitably glycosylated (e.g., CHO cell glycosylation) without impairing receptor binding or Fc stability.
Alternative BBB receptors can be targeted to achieve the same functional outcome—receptor-mediated BBB transport of the IDS fusion antibody. Receptors contemplated include transferrin receptor, insulin-like growth factor (IGF) receptors, leptin receptor, and lipoprotein receptor family members. The HIR-targeting embodiments are preferred for human translation due to robust brain capillary expression, well-characterized receptor-mediated transcytosis, and verified ability of HIR antibodies to act as molecular trojan horses.
Fusion topology and linker architecture. The fusion antibody is constructed so that IDS is covalently linked to the carboxy terminus of the immunoglobulin heavy chain. In exemplary designs, a minimal peptide linker (e.g., two residues) separates the heavy chain C-terminus and the IDS N-terminus to maintain proper folding and catalytic access while preserving HIR binding. A serine-serine (Ser-Ser) dipeptide is a preferred linker, though other short linkers rich in glycine, serine, and/or alanine residues may be used. Alternative linkers may range from 0 to 10 amino acids and are selected using in silico linker design tools to minimize structural interference and proteolytic susceptibility while maintaining secretion efficiency and assembly. In other embodiments, longer flexible linkers comprised predominantly of Gly/Ser repeats (e.g., motifs such as (Gly4Ser)n) can be implemented to optimize specific activity and receptor binding in species- or format-specific contexts. The fusion can also be made without an intervening linker (i.e., direct junction) where structural modeling indicates unobstructed IDS activity and intact receptor binding.
IDS domain and catalytic activation. IDS is a post-translationally activated sulfatase requiring conversion of a conserved cysteine (e.g., Cys-59 in human IDS) to a formylglycine residue by the sulfatase modifying factor 1 (SUMF1), also known as formylglycine generating enzyme (FGE). To achieve active IDS in the fusion construct, co-expression with SUMF1 is employed during production, and the harvested product is confirmed to contain formylglycine in the active-site peptide region. The IDS portion may be full-length mature human IDS lacking its native 25-amino acid signal peptide, or a functional variant with at least 50% sequence identity to human IDS (see Figure 4 for SEQ ID NO:9) that retains catalytic competence. Functionally critical residues (e.g., Arg48, Ala85, Pro86, Ser333, Trp337, Ser349, Arg468, Gln531) are preserved in engineered variants to maintain turnover. The resultant fusion antibody exhibits IDS specific activity of at least about 10,000 units/mg, with higher activities achievable by optimizing linker length, glycosylation, production host, and SUMF1 co-expression.
Functional activity retention. The fusion format is designed so that both parental functions—HIR binding and IDS catalysis—are maintained compared to the corresponding non-fused molecules. In practical terms, at least 20% of IDS enzymatic activity is retained in the fusion, and in many embodiments both the antibody binding and the IDS activity each retain at least 20%, 50%, 70%, 80%, or 90% of the activities measured for the respective separate entities under the same assay conditions. The specific activity criterion of at least about 10,000 units/mg for the final fusion correlates with therapeutic feasibility and informs dose-setting.
Transport across the BBB and mechanism of action. Following systemic administration, the fusion antibody binds to the HIR on luminal surfaces of brain capillary endothelial cells. The receptor-fusion complex is internalized by clathrin-mediated endocytosis and transcytosed to the abluminal membrane, where the fusion antibody is released into brain interstitial fluid. Within brain parenchyma, cells expressing the mannose-6-phosphate receptor or related endocytic pathways internalize the fusion antibody, traffic it to lysosomes, and the IDS domain catalyzes the hydrolysis of 2-sulfate groups of L-iduronate 2-sulfate residues in dermatan sulfate and heparan sulfate. This reduces glycosaminoglycan accumulation in CNS tissues and ameliorates neurological manifestations of IDS deficiency. The same architecture is applicable to alternative BBB receptors listed above, with receptor-appropriate antibody CDRs.
Dosing paradigm and therapeutic thresholds. Dose is expressed in IDS activity units, with one unit defined as hydrolysis of 1 nmole of substrate per hour in a standard IDS assay (e.g., a 4-methylumbelliferyl α-L-iduronide-2-sulfate assay run with appropriate sulfatase buffers and activators). Based on measured brain uptake and specific activity, therapeutically effective systemic doses achieve brain-delivered IDS activity of at least 0.125 units of IDS per mg of brain protein and a total brain delivery of at least about 25,000 units normalized per 50 kg body weight. Representative systemic dose ranges include at least about 250,000 units total IDS activity or at least about 25,000 units/kg body weight. Pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic relationships account for percent of injected dose that reaches brain (e.g., 0.3–12% within approximately two hours), systemic clearance, and intrabrain distribution. The dose can be administered by intravenous infusion; other systemic routes are feasible (e.g., subcutaneous, intramuscular, intra-arterial, intranasal, transdermal, or respiratory) as supported by bioavailability and receptor occupancy data.
Alternative fusion architecture using immunoglobulin light chain. Consistent with claim 33, an alternative format fuses IDS to the carboxy terminus of the immunoglobulin light chain within the assembled IgG. The heavy chain is co-expressed and pairs with the light chain-IDS fusion to yield a functional, bivalent IgG format. The same linker options and SUMF1-mediated activation apply. This topology can be advantageous in particular cell lines or with certain CDR frameworks to maximize yields or receptor binding, while meeting the same retention-of-activity and specific-activity thresholds, and conferring identical mechanistic transport and catalytic function in vivo.
Sequence identity and defined fusion sequence. A clinically preferred fusion protein sequence is provided as SEQ ID NO:10 (see Figure 5), comprising a humanized HIR-binding heavy chain fused via a two-residue Ser-Ser linker to IDS (minus signal peptide). Embodiments encompass fusion proteins having at least 95% amino acid sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:10 while retaining both HIR binding and IDS catalytic function at clinically relevant levels. Identity is assessed by standard alignment methods (e.g., FASTA with BLOSUM62 and gap penalties defined in the detailed description), and conservative substitutions within the IDS or framework regions are tolerated provided function is preserved.
Activity and binding assays. IDS activity of the purified fusion antibody is quantified using fluorogenic substrates such as 4-methylumbelliferyl α-L-iduronide-2-sulfate with appropriate assay conditions. Binding to HIR ECD is measured by ELISA, surface plasmon resonance, or cell-based receptor-binding assays using human receptor-expressing cell lines. To guide construct design and topology choices, an enzyme fusion design-of-experiments can deploy surrogate sulfatases or other lysosomal enzymes to assess secretion and activity in transfected cells. For example, {EXTRACTED_TABLE_0} summarizes β-glucuronidase (GUSB) activity in conditioned media after COS cell transfection with different heavy-chain fusion orientations and co-transfected light chain, demonstrating that secretion and enzymatic activity profiles depend on fusion topology and that N- versus C-terminal positioning relative to the Ig chain significantly affects output. Although GUSB is not IDS, these data illustrate principles directly applied to IDS fusion construct engineering to maximize secreted activity.
Molecular cloning and vector engineering. The IDS coding sequence lacking the native signal peptide is cloned by RT-PCR using primers that incorporate phosphates to facilitate ligation and in-frame fusion to the immunoglobulin chain. {EXTRACTED_TABLE_1} lists exemplary oligodeoxynucleotide primers used to amplify IDS (minus signal peptide) and to engineer the HIR antibody-IDS expression vector. The heavy chain expression cassette encodes the human or humanized HIR-binding variable domain (with CDRs according to SEQ ID NOs:1–3) fused to the human IgG constant region, followed by a short linker (optional) and the IDS sequence (e.g., SEQ ID NO:9). The light chain cassette encodes the paired kappa light chain variable and constant domains (with CDRs according to SEQ ID NOs:4–6). A single bicistronic vector or dual-vector system may be used; in either case, a separate expression cassette for SUMF1 can be included or co-transfected to ensure formylglycine generation in the IDS active site. An isolated polynucleotide encoding the fusion antibody, including embodiments comprising SEQ ID NO:14, is assembled into a mammalian expression vector under a strong constitutive promoter with secretion leader sequences for both immunoglobulin chains, appropriate selection markers, and polyadenylation signals.
Expression, folding, and purification. Host cells include mammalian production systems such as CHO cells, which provide human-compatible glycosylation patterns and robust secretion of IgG-based fusion proteins. Stable pools or clones are derived following transfection with the vector encoding the heavy chain-IDS fusion and the light chain, with SUMF1 co-expression. Culture conditions (pH 6.8–7.4, feed strategy, and temperature shift) are optimized for proper heavy-light assembly and fusion integrity. The secreted product is purified by protein A affinity chromatography exploiting the IgG Fc region, followed by polishing steps (ion exchange, size exclusion) to remove aggregates and process-related impurities. Formylglycine content is verified by peptide mapping and mass spectrometry, and IDS activity and HIR binding are re-confirmed post-purification to meet release criteria.
Formulation and pharmaceutical composition. The purified fusion antibody is formulated in saline-based aqueous buffers (pH approximately 5–8), optionally containing polysorbate-80 (0.01–1%) and carbohydrate stabilizers (e.g., mannitol, sorbitol, trehalose). Buffers such as histidine, acetate, phosphate, or citrate are used to stabilize the protein during storage and administration. Vials are sterile-filtered and filled under aseptic conditions; preservatives and isotonic agents are included where appropriate. The pharmaceutical composition comprises a therapeutically effective amount of the fusion antibody and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, suitable for intravenous infusion or alternative systemic routes. The composition meets standards for sterility, pyrogenicity, and purity, and can be supplied as a liquid or as a lyophilized powder for reconstitution.
Clinical use and treatment regimens. The treatment objective is to deliver sufficient IDS activity to the brain to reduce glycosaminoglycan storage and improve neurological signs and symptoms in subjects with IDS deficiency. Dosing regimens are guided by the construct’s specific activity and brain uptake kinetics. For example, a systemic dose delivering at least about 25,000 units of IDS activity to brain normalized per 50 kg body weight is targeted, with total systemic activities such as at least about 250,000 units or at least about 25,000 units/kg of body weight. As manufacturing lots may exhibit specific activities ≥10,000 units/mg, a 250,000-unit dose corresponds to ≤25 mg of protein. Pharmacokinetic sampling, receptor occupancy, and capillary depletion or equivalent brain uptake quantification techniques are used to confirm that 0.3–12% of the administered dose reaches brain within about two hours. Treatment can be combined with standard-of-care supportive therapies; co-administration with other BBB-targeted recombinant enzymes is feasible using co-formulations or staggered dosing.
Alternative receptor targeting and cross-reactive designs. While the HIR-targeting fusion antibody is prototypical, equivalent constructs that bind transferrin receptor, leptin receptor, lipoprotein receptor, or IGF receptor are contemplated. Each alternative employs appropriate antibody CDRs to achieve receptor-mediated transcytosis and preserves IDS activity thresholds. The same linker and SUMF1 activation strategies apply. Selection among receptors may be informed by receptor expression patterns, species cross-reactivity for preclinical models, and clinical safety considerations.
Specific embodiments mapped to claims.
- Heavy chain fusion and method of treatment (claims 1–17 and 50–65). A systemically administered fusion antibody contains a humanized IgG heavy chain that binds the HIR and is fused at its C-terminus to IDS, and a human kappa light chain. The fusion antibody crosses the BBB by binding an endogenous receptor-mediated transport system (e.g., insulin receptor), and catalyzes hydrolysis of 2-sulfate groups of L-iduronate 2-sulfate residues of dermatan sulfate, heparan sulfate, or heparin in the CNS. SUMF1-mediated post-translational modification installs formylglycine, and both the antibody and IDS retain at least 20% of their separate activities. Dosing achieves at least about 25,000 units of IDS activity delivered to brain per 50 kg body weight, with systemic totals such as at least about 250,000 units or at least about 25,000 units/kg, and specific activity of at least about 10,000 units/mg.
- Fusion identity to defined sequence (claims 18–32). A treatment method uses a fusion antibody whose fusion protein is at least 95% identical to SEQ ID NO:10, paired with a light chain, with the same BBB transport and catalytic requirements, optional SUMF1 modification and formylglycine content, and the same activity-based dose metrics and administration routes (intravenous, subcutaneous, intramuscular, trans-nasal, intra-arterial, transdermal, respiratory). Light chain CDRs correspond to SEQ ID NOs:4–6.
- Light chain fusion alternative (claims 33–49). A method of treatment employs a fusion antibody wherein the immunoglobulin light chain is fused at its C-terminus to IDS, and the heavy chain is co-expressed to complete the IgG. SUMF1-mediated Cys-to-formylglycine conversion is included; doses achieve the same brain-delivered IDS activities; specific activity criteria are met; and IgG/kappa chain usage and CDR sets are as above. BBB transport is again mediated by binding to the insulin receptor or another endogenous BBB receptor.
- Product, composition, and genetic elements (claims 50–72). The fusion antibody product conforms to the heavy-chain fusion architecture and meets BBB transport and catalytic requirements. Linkers between the heavy chain and IDS can be present, including short dipeptide linkers. The pharmaceutical composition contains the fusion antibody with a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. Polymers of nucleotides encoding the fusion antibody, including sequences exemplified by SEQ ID NO:14, and vectors containing the same, are used to transfect host cells, such as CHO cells, to produce the drug substance.
Manufacturing controls and quality attributes. Release testing includes verification of identity (peptide mapping), purity and aggregates (SEC-HPLC), potency (IDS specific activity ≥10,000 units/mg), receptor-binding affinity (e.g., ELISA EC50 or SPR KD within defined limits), formylglycine presence in the active site peptide, endotoxin and bioburden acceptance criteria, glycosylation profile consistent with IgG therapeutics, and residual host cell protein/DNA levels within safety thresholds. Stability studies define storage at 2–8°C and in-use compatibility with infusion solutions.
Nonclinical pharmacology and brain uptake quantification. Brain uptake is quantified using radiolabeled or fluorescently tagged fusion antibody in appropriate species expressing the cognate human BBB receptor in brain endothelium. The percent injected dose per gram of brain (or brain uptake clearance) is measured over time; capillary depletion or in situ brain perfusion techniques differentiate vascular from parenchymal compartments. Delivered IDS activity in brain is back-calculated using brain concentrations of fusion antibody, its specific activity, and brain protein mass to confirm achievement of at least 0.125 units/mg brain protein and target total units per normalized body weight. Time-course data confirm that a substantial portion (e.g., ≥0.5%) of the systemic dose enters brain within two hours, guiding infusion duration and frequency.
Safety considerations. Humanized antibody frameworks and human IDS minimize immunogenicity risk. Targeting the insulin receptor is managed by selecting epitopes and affinities that promote transcytosis without agonizing insulin signaling to a clinically meaningful extent; in vitro and in vivo studies confirm non-interference with insulin’s metabolic effects at clinical exposures. Glycosylation patterns and Fc isotype are chosen to limit effector function where appropriate.
Combination therapies and co-formulations. The IDS fusion antibody can be co-administered with other BBB-targeted enzymes to address combined lysosomal storage disorders or mixed accumulation profiles; each biologic is independently engineered to meet its activity and BBB transport thresholds. Co-formulation is feasible where physicochemical compatibility is demonstrated; otherwise, staggered administration is used.
Use of tables and sequence tools during development. The primer set summarized in {EXTRACTED_TABLE_1} enables precise amplification and seamless fusion of IDS minus signal peptide to the immunoglobulin chain, and facilitates engineering of the expression vector used to produce the heavy chain fusion. The design-of-experiments approach illustrated by {EXTRACTED_TABLE_0} demonstrates that enzyme secretion and activity in conditioned media are sensitive to fusion orientation and chain selection, guiding the selection of heavy-chain C-terminal fusion to maximize output for IDS.
Figure descriptions
- Figure 1. Amino acid sequence of a humanized anti-human insulin receptor immunoglobulin heavy chain (SEQ ID NO:7). The figure shows the variable domain with CDRH1, CDRH2, and CDRH3 aligned within the framework regions, followed by the human IgG constant domains. Cysteines for intra- and inter-chain disulfide bonds and the C-terminal fusion junction site used for IDS attachment are identified.
- Figure 2. Amino acid sequence of the paired immunoglobulin light chain (kappa) (SEQ ID NO:8). The figure delineates the variable domain, including CDRL1, CDRL2, and CDRL3, and the kappa constant domain. Residues forming the VL–VH interface and positions important for assembly are indicated.
- Figure 3. CDR maps for the HIR-binding antibody. Heavy-chain CDRs correspond to SEQ ID NOs:1–3 and light-chain CDRs correspond to SEQ ID NOs:4–6. The figure annotates the CDR loops on a schematic variable domain, indicating their positions and putative contact residues with the HIR extracellular domain.
- Figure 4. Amino acid sequence of human IDS lacking the 25-amino acid signal peptide (SEQ ID NO:9). The figure highlights catalytic and structural residues, including the conserved cysteine that is converted to formylglycine by SUMF1, and marks glycosylation sites relevant to stability and trafficking.
- Figure 5. Full fusion protein sequence for the heavy chain-IDS fusion (SEQ ID NO:10). The figure depicts the heavy chain, optional two–amino acid Ser-Ser linker at the C-terminus, and the IDS sequence in-frame. The junction region is annotated to show direct or linker-mediated fusion and the expected proteoform without intervening cleavage sites.
- Figure 7. Schematic of the molecular trojan horse mechanism. The fusion antibody binds the insulin receptor on the luminal surface of the brain capillary endothelium, is internalized and transcytosed, and is released into brain interstitium. Brain cells subsequently internalize the fusion antibody into lysosomes, where the IDS domain catalyzes hydrolysis of 2-sulfate groups on L-iduronate 2-sulfate units in dermatan sulfate and heparan sulfate.
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Example 1
Expression and Functional Analysis of HIR Ab-GUSB Fusion Protein
The lysosomal enzyme mutated in MPS-VII, also called Sly syndrome, is β-glucuronidase (GUSB). MPS-VII results in accumulation of glycosoaminoglycans in the brain. Enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) of MPS-VII would not likely be effective for treatment of the brain because the GUSB enzyme does not cross the BBB. In an effort to re-engineer human GUSB to cross the BBB, a HIR Ab-GUSB fusion protein project was initiated.
Human GUSB cDNA corresponding to amino acids Met 1 -Thr 651 of the human GUSB protein (NP — 000172), including the 22 amino acid signal peptide, and the 18 amino acid carboxyl terminal propeptide, was cloned by reverse transcription (RT) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and custom oligodexoynucleotides (ODNs). PCR products were resolved in 1% agarose gel electrophoresis, and the expected major single band of ˜2.0 kb corresponding to the human GUSB cDNA was isolated. The cloned human GUSB was inserted into a eukaryotic expression plasmid, and this GUSB expression plasmid was designated pCD-GUSB. The entire expression cassette of the plasmid was confirmed by bi-directional DNA sequencing. Transfection of COS cells in a 6-well format with the pCD-GSUB resulted in high GUSB enzyme activity in the conditioned medium at 7 days (Table 1, Experiment A), which validated the successful engineering of a functional human GUSB cDNA. The GUSB enzyme activity was determined with a fluorometric assay using 4-methylumbelliferyl beta-L-glucuronide (MUGlcU), which is commercially available. This substrate is hydrolyzed to 4-methylumbelliferone (4-MU) by GUSB, and the 4-MU is detected fluorometrically with a fluorometer using an emission wavelength of 450 nm and an excitation wavelength of 365 nm. A standard curve was constructed with known amounts of 4-MU. The assay was performed at 37 C with 60 min incubations at pH=4.8, and was terminated by the addition of glycine-carbonate buffer (pH=10.5).
A new pCD-HC-GUSB plasmid expression plasmid vas engineered, which expresses the fusion protein wherein the carboxyl terminus of the heavy chain (HC) of the HIR Ab is fused to the amino terminus of human GUSB, minus the 22 amino acid GUSB signal peptide, and minus the 18 amino acid carboxyl terminal GUSB propeptide. The GUSB cDNA was cloned by PCR using the pCD-GUSB as template. The forward PCR primer introduces “CA” nucleotides to maintain the open reading frame and to introduce a Ser-Ser linker between the carboxyl terminus of the CH3 region of the HIR Ab HC and the amino terminus of the GUSB minus the 22 amino acid signal peptide of the enzyme. The GUSB reverse PCR primer introduces a stop codon, “TGA,” immediately after the terminal Thr of the mature human GUSB protein. DNA sequencing of the expression cassette of the pCD-FIC-GUSB encompassed 4,321 nucleotides (nt), including a 714 nt cytomegalovirus (CMV) promoter, a 9 nt Kozak site (GCCGCCACC), a 3,228 nt HC-GUSB fusion protein open reading frame, and a 370 nt bovine growth hormone (BGH) transcription termination sequence. The plasmid encoded for a 1,075 amino acid protein, comprised of a 19 amino acid IgG signal peptide, the 443 amino acid HIRMAb HC, a 2 amino acid linker (Ser-Ser), and the 611 amino acid human GUSB minus the enzyme signal peptide and carboxyl terminal propeptide. The GUSB sequence was 100% identical to Leu 23 -Thr 633 of human GUSB. The predicted molecular weight of the heavy chain fusion protein, minus glycosylation, is 119,306 Da, with a predicted isoelectric point (pI) of 7.83.
COS cells were plated in 6-well cluster dishes, and were dual transfected with pCD-LC and pCD-HC-GUSB, where pCD-LC is the expression plasmid encoding the light chain (LC) of the chimeric HIR Ab. Transfection was performed using Lipofectamine 2000, with a ratio of 1:2.5, ug DNA:uL Lipofectamine 2000, and conditioned serum free medium was collected at 3 and 7 days. However, there was no specific increase in GUSB enzyme activity following dual transfection of COS cells with the pCD-HC-GUSB and pCD-LC expression plasmids (Table 1, Experiment B). However, the low GUSB activity in the medium could be attributed to the low secretion of the HIRMAb-GUSB fusion protein, as the medium IgG was only 23±2 ng/mL, as determined by a human IgG-specific ELISA. Therefore, COS cell transfection was scaled up to 10×T500 plates, and the HIRMAb-GUSB fusion protein was purified by protein A affinity chromatography. IgG Western blotting demonstrated the expected increase in size of the fusion protein heavy chain. However, the GUSB enzyme activity of the HIRMAb-GUSB fusion protein was low at 6.1±0.1 nmol/hr/ug protein. In contrast, the specific activity of human recombinant GUSB is 2,000 nmol/hr/ug protein. These results demonstrated the GUSB enzyme activity of the HIR Ab-GUSB fusion protein was >95% lost following fusion of the GUSB to the carboxyl terminus of the HC of the HIR Ab. The affinity of HIR Ab-GUSB fusion protein binding to the extracellular domain (ECD) of the HIR was examined with an ELISA. CHO cells permanently transfected with the HIR ECD were grown in serum free media (SFM), and the HIR ECD was purified with a wheat germ agglutinin affinity column. The HIR ECD was plated on 96-well dishes and the binding of the HIR Ab, and the HIR Ab-GUSB fusion protein to the HIR ECD was detected with a biotinylated goat anti-human IgG (H+L) secondary antibody, followed by avidin and biotinylated peroxidase. The concentration of protein that gave 50% maximal binding, ED 50 , was determined with a non-linear regression analysis. The HIR receptor assay showed there was no decrease in affinity for the HIR following fusion of the 611 amino acid GUSB to the carboxyl terminus of the HIRMAb heavy chain. The ED50 of the HIR Ab binding to the HIR ECD was 0.77±0.10 nM and the ED50 of binding of the HIR Ab-GUSB fusion protein was 0.81±0.04 nM.
In summary, fusion of the GUSB to the carboxyl terminus of the HIR Ab HC resulted in no loss in affinity of binding of the fusion protein to the HIR. However, the GUSB enzyme activity of the fusion protein was decreased by >95%.
In an effort to successfully produce a fusion protein of the HIR Ab and GUSB, a new approach was undertaken, in which the carboxyl terminus of the mature human GUSB, including the GUSB signal peptide, was fused to the amino terminus of the HC of the HIR Ab. This fusion protein was designated GUSB-HIR Ab. The first step was to engineer a new expression plasmid encoding this new fusion protein, and this plasmid was designated pCD-GUSB-HC. The pCD-GUSB-HC plasmid expresses the fusion protein wherein the amino terminus of the heavy chain (HC) of the HIRMAb, minus its 19 amino acid signal peptide, is fused to the carboxyl terminus of human GUSB, including the 22 amino acid GUSB signal peptide, but minus the 18 amino acid carboxyl terminal GUSB propeptide. The pCD-GUSB vector was used as template for PCR amplification of the GUSB cDNA expressing a GUSB protein that contained the 22 amino acid GUSB signal peptide, but lacking the 18 amino acid propeptide at the GUSB carboxyl terminus. The GUSB 18 amino acid carboxyl terminal propeptide in pCD-GUSB was deleted by site-directed mutagenesis (SDM). The latter created an MeI site on the 3′-flanking region of the Thr 633 residue of GUSB, and it was designated pCD-GUSB-Afel. The carboxyl terminal propeptide was then deleted with Afel and HindIII (located on the 3′-non coding region of GUSB). The HIRMAb HC open reading frame, minus the 19 amino acid IgG signal peptide and including the HIRMAb HC stop codon, was generated by PCR using the HIRMAb HC cDNA as template. The PCR generated HIRMAb HC cDNA was inserted at the AfeI-HindIII sites of pCD-GUSB-Afel to form the pCD-GUSB-HC. A Ser-Ser linker between the carboxyl terminus of GUSB and amino terminus of the HIRMAb HC was introduced within the Afel site by the PCR primer used for the cloning of the HIRMAb HC cDNA. DNA sequencing of the pCD-GUSB-HC expression cassette showed the plasmid expressed 1,078 amino acid protein, comprised of a 22 amino acid GUSB signal peptide, the 611 amino acid GUSB, a 2 amino acid linker (Ser-Ser), and the 443 amino acid HIRMAb HC. The GUSB sequence was 100% identical to Met 1 -Thr 633 of human GUSB.
Dual transfection of COS cells in a 6-well format with the pCD-LC and pCD-GUSB-HC expression plasmids resulted in higher GUSB enzyme activity in the conditioned medium at 7 days, as compared to dual transfection with the pCD-LC and pCD-HC-GUSB plasmids (Table 1, Experiment C). However, the GUSB-HIRMAb fusion protein was also secreted poorly by the COS cells, as the medium human IgG concentration in the 7 day conditioned medium was only 13±2 ng/mL, as determined by ELISA. COS cell transfection was scaled up to 10×T500 plates, and the GUSB-HIRMAb fusion protein was purified by protein A affinity chromatography. SDS-PAGE demonstrated the expected increase in size of the fusion protein heavy chain. The GUSB enzyme activity of the purified GUSB-HIRMAb fusion protein was high at 226±8 nmol/hr/ug protein, which is 37-fold higher than the specific GUSB enzyme activity of the HIRMAb-GUSB fusion protein. However, the HIR receptor assay showed there was a marked decrease in affinity for the HIR following fusion of the GUSB to the amino terminus of the HIRMAb heavy chain, which resulted in a 95% reduction in receptor binding affinity. The ED50 of the HIR Ab binding to the HIR ECD was 0.25±0.03 nM and The ED50 of binding of the HIR Ab-GUSB fusion protein was 4.8±0.4 nM.
In summary, fusion of the GUSB to the amino terminus of the HIR Ab HC resulted in retention of GUSB enzyme activity of the fusion protein, but caused a 95% reduction in binding of the GUSB-HIR Ab fusion protein to the HIR. In contrast, fusion of the GUSB to the carboxyl terminus of the HIR Ab HC resulted in no loss in affinity of binding of the HIR Ab-GUSB fusion protein to the HIR. However, the GUSB enzyme activity of this fusion protein was decreased by >95%.
Example 2
Construction of Human HIR Ab Heavy Chain-IDS Fusion Protein Expression Vector
The lysosomal enzyme mutated in MPS-II, also called Hunter's syndrome, is iduronate 2-sulfatase (IDS). MPS-II results in accumulation of glycosoaminoglycans in the brain. Enzyme replacement therapy of MPS-II would likely not be effective for treatment of the brain because the IDS enzyme does not cross the BBB. IDS was fused to the HIR Ab in order to develop a bifunctional molecule capable of both crossing the BBB and exhibiting enzymatic activity.
It was unclear whether the enzymatic activity of the IDS would be retained when it was fused to the HIR Ab. This is because IDS undergoes a post-translational modification within the endoplasmic reticulum, and it was not known whether that process would be compromised when IDS was fused to HIR Ab. IDS is a member of a family of sulfatases, wherein the activity of the enzyme is activated following the conversion of Cys-59 to a formylglycine residue by a sulfatase modifying factor in the endoplasmic reticulum. Without this conversion of the internal cysteine into a formylglycine residue, the enzyme has no activity. If the IDS was fused to the carboxyl terminus of the HC of the HIR Ab, e.g. in an effort to retain high affinity binding of the fusion protein to the HIR, then the IgG heavy chain would fold into the 3-dimensional structure following translation within the host cell, followed by folding of the IDS part of the fusion protein. It was uncertain as to whether the IDS part of the HIR Ab HC-IDS fusion protein would fold into a 3-dimensional structure that would be recognized by, and activated by, the IDS-modifying factors in the endoplasmic reticulum, resulting in expression of full IDS enzyme activity in the HIR Ab-IDS fusion protein.
The human IDS cDNA, encoding Ser 26 -Pro 550 , minus the 25 amino acid signal peptide was produced by reverse transcription and PCR, starting with human liver polyA+ RNA. Human liver cDNA was prepared using the SuperScript first-strand synthesis kit and oligodeoxythymidine priming. The IDS cDNA was cloned using 2 μl liver cDNA reverse transcription reaction, 0.2 μM IDS forward and reverse ODN primers (Table 2), 0.2 mM deoxynucleotidetriphosphates and 2.5 U PfuUltra DNA polymerase in a 50 μl Pfu buffer. The amplification was performed in a Mastercycler temperature cycler with an initial denaturing step of 95° C. for 2 min followed by 30 cycles of denaturing at 95° C. for 30 sec, annealing at 55° C. for 30 sec and amplification at 72° C. for 1 min. PCR products were resolved in 1% agarose gel electrophoresis, and the expected major single band of ˜1.6 kb corresponding to the human IDS cDNA was isolated ( FIG. 8A ). The cloned human IDS was inserted into the pCD-HIRMAb HC eukaryotic expression plasmid at the HpaI site, and this expression plasmid was designated pCD-HIRMAb-IDS, as outlined in FIG. 8B ; the pCD-HIRMAb-HC expression plasmid encodes the heavy chain (HC) of the chimeric HIRMAb. The entire expression cassette of the plasmid was confirmed by bi-directional DNA sequencing. The IDS forward PCR primer (SEQ ID NO:11) was a 23-mer coding for the 7 amino acids at the beginning of the mature IDS protein. This primer introduces “CC” nucleotides to maintain the open reading frame and to introduce a Ser-Ser linker between the carboxyl terminus of the CH3 region of the HIRMAb HC and the amino terminus of the IDS minus the 25 amino acid signal peptide of the enzyme. The IDS reverse PCR primer (SEQ ID NO:12) was a 27-mer complementary to the end of the IDS cDNA including the stop codon, “TGA,” immediately after the terminal Pro of the mature human IDS protein. The fusion of the IDS monomer to the carboxyl terminus of each HC is depicted in FIG. 6 . The entire expression cassette of the plasmid was confirmed by sequencing both strands.
DNA sequencing of the expression cassette of the pCD-HIRMAb-IDS plasmid encompassed 4,063 nucleotides (nt), including a 714 nt cytomegalovirus promoter, a 9 nt full Kozak site (GCCGCCACC), a 2,970 nt HIRMAb HC-IDS fusion protein open reading frame, and a 370 nt bovine growth hormone polyA sequence. The plasmid encoded for a 989 amino acid protein (SEQ ID NO:10), comprised of a 19 amino acid IgG signal peptide, the 443 amino acid HIRMAb HC, a 2 amino acid linker (Ser-Ser), and the 525 amino acid human IDS minus the enzyme signal peptide. The predicted molecular weight of the heavy chain fusion protein, minus glycosylation, is 108,029 Da, with a predicted isoelectric point (pI) of 6.03.
The sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 4 was aligned.
Expression Analysis of HIR Ab-IDS Fusion Protein in COS Cells
COS cells were plated in 6-well cluster dishes, and were dually transfected with the pCD-HC-IDS, and pCD-LC, where pCD-LC is the expression plasmid encoding the light chain (LC) of the chimeric HIRMAb, which is also used by the HIR Ab-IDS fusion protein. Expression of the fusion protein was screened with an ELISA specific for human IgG. For production of larger amounts of fusion protein, COS cells were transfected in 10×T500 flasks. The 3 day and 7 day medium was pooled, and the 2 L of serum free conditioned medium was concentrated to 400 mL with tangential flow filtration followed by purification with protein A affinity chromatography.
The purity of protein A purified fusion protein produced by COS cells was evaluated with 12% sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDSPAGE) with 5% β-mercaptoethanol, and shown to have a homogeneity comparable to the purified HIR Ab ( FIG. 9 ). Immunoreactivity was tested with a goat antibody to human IDS, or a primary goat antiserum against human IgG heavy and light chains.
On Western blotting of the purified 1-HR Ab-IDS fusion protein, the anti-human IgG antibody reacts with a 135 kDa HC for the fusion protein, and a 50 kDa HC for the chimeric HIR Ab, and the difference in size, 85 kDa, is due to the fusion of IDS ( FIG. 10A ). The anti-human IgG antibody reacts equally with the light chain of either the HIR Ab-IDS fusion protein or the HIR Ab, since both proteins are comprised of the same light chain. The anti-IDS antibody reacts with the 135 kDa HC of the fusion protein, but not with the HC of the chimeric HIR Ab ( FIG. 10B ).
Example 4
Analysis of HIR Binding and IDS Activity
The affinity of the fusion protein for the HIR extracellular domain (ECD) was determined with an ELISA. CHO cells permanently transfected with the HIR ECD were grown in serum free media (SFM), and the HIR ECD was purified with a wheat germ agglutinin affinity column. The HIR ECD was plated on 96 well dishes and the binding of the HIR Ab, or the HIR Ab-IDS fusion protein, to the HIR ECD was detected with a biotinylated goat anti-human IgG (H+L) secondary antibody, followed by avidin and biotinylated peroxidase. The concentration of either HIR Ab or HIR Ab-IDS fusion protein that gave 50% maximal binding was determined with a non-linear regression analysis. As shown in FIG. 11 there was comparable binding of either the chimeric HIR Ab or the HIR Ab-IDS fusion protein for the HIR ECD with ED50 of 0.32±0.05 nM and 0.40±0.05 nM, respectively.
The IDS enzyme activity was determined with a fluorometric assay using 4-methylumbelliferyl a-L-iduronide-2-sulphate (4-MUS). This substrate is hydrolyzed by IDS to 4-methylumbelliferyl a-L-iduronide (MUBI), and the MUBI is hydrolyzed by iduronidase (IDUA) to 4-methylumbelliferone (4-MU), which is detected fluorometrically with a Farrand filter fluorometer using an emission wavelength of 450 nm and an excitation wavelength of 365 nm. A standard curve was constructed with known amounts of 4-MU. The assay was performed by incubation at 37 C at pH=4.5 for 4 hours in McIlvaine's buffer, followed by the addition of 12 ug of IDUA and an additional 24 incubation at 37 C. The incubation was terminated by the addition of 0.2 mL of 0.5 M sodium carbonate (pH=10.3). One unit=1 nmol/hr. The 2-step enzymatic fluorometric assay is outlined in FIG. 12A . The fluorometric units were proportional to the mass of purified HIRMAb-IDS fusion protein and the enzymatic activity of the fusion protein was 51±7 nmol/hr/ug protein ( FIG. 12B ).
Example 5
HIR Ab-IDS Fusion Protein Uptake and Biological Activity in MPS Type II Fibroblasts
Type II MPS Hunter fibroblasts and healthy human fibroblasts were obtained from the Coriell Institute for Medical Research (Camden, N.J.), and grown in 6-well cluster dishes to confluency. The medium was aspirated, wells washed with phosphate buffered saline (PBS), and incubated with 1 mL of Dulbecco's modified Eagle medium without serum, along with a range of concentrations of the HIRMAb-IDS fusion protein, for 2 hr at 37 C. The medium was aspirated, and the wells were washed extensively (1 mL/well, 5 washes) with PBS, and the monolayer was extracted in 0.3 mL/well of lysis buffer (5 mM sodium formate, 0.2% Triton X-100, pH=4.0), followed by 4 freeze/thaw cycles, and microfuged 10 min 4° C. The supernatant was removed for IDS enzyme activity and bicinchoninic acid protein (BCA) assay. The uptake of the fusion protein was expressed as nmol/hr of IDS enzyme activity per mg cell protein.
The HIRMAb-IDS fusion protein was taken up by MPS Type II fibroblasts ( FIG. 13 ). The basal IDS activity in these cells without treatment is very low, <10 nmol/hr/mg p . The intracellular IDS enzyme activity increases in proportion to the concentration of medium HIRMAb-IDS ( FIG. 13 ). The normal IDS enzymatic activity in healthy human fibroblasts is shown by the horizontal bar in FIG. 13 .
The effect of the HIRMAb-IDS fusion protein on cell glycosoaminoglycan (GAG) accumulation was assessed with a 35 S incorporation assay. Type II MPS or healthy human fibroblasts were plated in 6-well cluster dishes at 250,000 cells/well and grown for 4 days in DMEM with 10% fetal bovine serum. The medium was discarded, the wells were washed with PBS, and 1 mL/well of low sulfate F12 medium with 10% dialyzed fetal bovine serum was added, along with 5 mM CaCl2, the HIRMAb-IDS fusion protein (0.3 ug/mL), and 10 uCi/mL of 35 S-sodium sulfate. Following a 24 hr incubation at 37 C, the medium was aspirated, the wells were washed with cold PBS (1 mL, 5 washes), and the cells were lysed with 0.4 mL/well of 1 N NaOH. The lysate was heated 60° C. 60 min to solubilize protein, an aliquot was removed for BCA protein assay, and the sample was counted for radioactivity with a liquid scintillation counter. The data were expressed as 35 S counts per minute (CPM) per ug protein. The percent normalization of GAG accumulation was computed from [(A−B/(A−C)]×100, where A=the 35 S radioactivity incorporated in untreated Hunter fibroblasts, B=the 35 S radioactivity incorporated in Hunter fibroblasts treated with the HIRMAb-IDS fusion protein, and C=the 35 S radioactivity incorporated in healthy human fibroblasts.
The Hunter fibroblasts, with or without treatment with 0.3 ug/mL HIRMAb-IDS fusion protein in the medium, and the healthy human fibroblasts, were incubated 24 hrs in the presence of 35 S-sodium sulfate, which is incorporated into intracellular GAGs. Treatment with the HIRMAb-IDS fusion protein reduces GAG accumulation in Hunter fibroblasts by 84% as compared to healthy fibroblasts (p<0.0005) ( FIG. 14 ). The prevention of GAG accumulation in Hunter fibroblasts ( FIG. 14 ) indicates the HIR Ab-IDS fusion antibody was directed to the lysosomal compartment of the cell, where GAG accumulates.
Example 6
Expression Vectors for Permanent Transfection of Host Cell
The HIRAb-IDS fusion protein is a hetero-tetrameric protein comprised of 2 heavy chains (HC) and 2 light chains (LC) ( FIG. 6 ), wherein the separate HC and LC proteins are produced from separate HC and LC genes. Therefore, in order to insure high production of the entire fusion protein by a permanently transfected host cell, it is necessary to achieve equally high expression of both the HC and the LC within the host cell. In addition, the host cell must be permanently transfected with a marker gene that allows for selective amplification of the host genome around the site of insertion of the transgene. For example, persistent exposure of host cells to a drug such as methotrexate will select for clones with high gene expression of the target enzyme, which is dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR). So as to insure equally high expression of the HC fusion gene, the LC gene, and the DHFR gene, the expression cassettes encoding these 3 genes were all placed on a single strand of DNA, called a tandem vector, which is outlined in FIG. 15 . The HC fusion gene and the LC gene are 5′-flanked by a cytomegalovirus (CMV)-derived promoter and flanked by the polyA+ sequence from the bovine growth hormone (BGH) gene. The DHFR gene was 5′-flanked by the SV40 promoter and 3′-flanked by the polyA sequence from the hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome. The TV-HIRMAb-IDS also included the expression cassette encoding neo, the neomycin resistance gene, to enable selection with G418 ( FIG. 15 )
The engineering of the TV was validated by (a) agarose gel electrophoresis, (b) IgG expression in COS cells, and (c) by bi-directional DNA sequencing.
The nucleotide (nt) sequence encoding the open reading frame of the LC, the HC fusion protein, and the DHFR is given in SEQ ID NO:13, SEQ ID NO:14, and SEQ ID NO:15, respectively ( FIGS. 16 , 17 , 18 respectively). The amino acid (AA) sequences encoded by the HC fusion gene, the LC gene, and the DHFR gene on the tandem vector are given in SEQ ID NO:10, SEQ ID NO:16, and SEQ ID NO:17, respectively ( FIGS. 5 , 19 , and 20 , respectively).
Example 7
Permanent Transfection of Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells with TV-HIRMAB-IDS
Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells were grown in serum free HyQ SFM4CHO utility medium, containing 1×HT supplement (hypoxanthine and thymidine). CHO cells (5×10 6 viable cells) were electroporated with 5 μg PvuI-linearized TV-HIRMAb-IDS plasmid DNA. The cell-DNA suspension was then incubated for 10 min on ice. Cells were electroporated with pre-set protocol for CHO cells, i.e. square wave with pulse of 15 msec and 160 volts. After electroporation, cells were incubated for 10 min on ice. The cell suspension was transferred to 50 ml culture medium and plated at 125 μl per well in 4×96-well plates (10,000 cells per well). A total of 10 electroporations and 4,000 wells were performed per study.
Following electroporation (EP), the CHO cells were placed in the incubator at 37 C and 8% CO2. Owing to the presence of the neo gene in the TV, transfected cell lines were initially selected with G418. The TV-HIRMAb-IDS also contains the gene for DHFR ( FIG. 15 ), so the transfected cells were also selected with 20 nM methotrexate (MTX) and HT deficient medium. Once visible colonies were detected at about 21 days after EP, the conditioned medium was sampled for human IgG by ELISA. Wells with high human IgG signals in the ELISA were transferred from the 96-well plate to a 24-well plate with 1 mL of HyQ SFM4CHO-Utility. The 24-well plates were returned to the incubator at 37 C and 8% CO2. The following week IgG ELISA was performed on the clones in the 24-well plates. This was repeated through the 6-well plates to T75 flasks and finally to 60 mL and 125 mL square plastic bottles on an orbital shaker. At this stage, the final MTX concentration was 80 nM, and the medium IgG concentration, which was a measure of HIRMAb-IDS fusion protein in the medium is >10 mg/L at a cell density of 10 6 /mL.
Clones selected for dilutional cloning (DC) were removed from the orbital shaker in the incubator and transferred to the sterile hood. The cells were diluted to 500 mL in F-12K medium with 5% dialyzed fetal bovine serum (d-FBS) and Penicillin/Streptomycin, and the final dilution is 8 cells per mL, so that 4,000 wells in 40×96-well plates can be plated at a cell density of 1 cell per well (CPW). Once the cell suspension was prepared, within the sterile hood, a 125 uL aliquot was dispensed into each well of a 96-well plate using an 8-channel pipettor or a precision pipettor system. The plates were returned to the incubator at 37 C and 8% CO2. The cells diluted to 1 cell/well cannot survive without scrum. On day 6 or 7, DC plates were removed from the incubator and transferred to the sterile hood where 125 μl of F-12K medium with 5% dialyzed fetal bovine serum (d-FBS) was added to each well. This selection media now contained 5% d-FBS, 30 nM MTX and 0.25 mg/mL Geneticin. On day 21 after the initial 1 CPW plating, aliquots from each of the 4,000 wells were removed for human IgG ELISA, using robotics equipment. DC plates were removed from the incubator and transferred to the sterile hood, where 100 μl of media was removed per well of the 96-well plate and transferred into a new, sterile sample 96-well plate using an 8-channel pipettor or the precision pipettor system.
On day 20 after the initial 1 CPW plating, 40×96-well Immunoassay plates were plated with 100 uL of 1 μg/mL solution of Primary antibody, a mouse anti-human IgG in 0.1M NaHCO3. Plates are incubated overnight in the 4 C refrigerator. The following day, the ELISA plates were washed with 1×TBST 5 times, and 100 uL of 1 ug/mL solution of secondary antibody and blocking buffer were added. Plates are washed with 1×TBST 5 times. 100 uL of 1 mg/mL of 4-nitrophenyl phosphate di(2-amino-2-ethyl-1,3-propanediol) salt in 0.1M glycine buffer are added to the 96-well immunoassay plates. Plates were read on a microplate reader. The assay produced IgG output data for 4,000 wells/experiment. The highest producing 24-48 wells were selected for further propagation.
The highest producing 24-well plates from the 1 CPW DC were transferred to the sterile hood and gradually subcloned through 6-well dishes, T75 flasks, and 125 mL square plastic bottles on an orbital shaker. During this process the serum was reduced to zero, at the final stage of centrifugation of the cells and resuspension in SFM.
The above procedures were repeated with a second round of dilutional cloning, at 0.5 cells/well (CPW). At this stage, approximately 40% of the wells showed any cell growth, and all wells showing growth also secreted human IgG. These results confirmed that on average only 1 cell is plated per well with these procedures, and that the CHO cell line originates from a single cell.
The HIR Ab-IDS fusion protein was secreted to the medium by the stably transfected CHO cells in high amounts at medium concentrations of 10-20 mg/L at a cell density of 1-2 million cells/mL. The CHO-derived HIRMAb was purified by protein A affinity chromatography, and the patterns of migration of the fusion protein on SDS-PAGE and on IgG or IDS Western blotting was identical to that shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 for the HIR Ab-IDS fusion protein produced by transiently transfected COS cells. The CHO-derived fusion protein migrated as a single peak, without aggregation, on size exclusion HPLC. The CHO-derived fusion protein retained high affinity binding to the HIR. Using the same methods as performed for the study in FIG. 11 , the CHO-derived fusion protein was shown to have a high affinity for binding to the HIR, with an EC50 of 0.36±0.04 nM, which was not significantly different from the EC50, 0.41±0.09 nM, for the HIR Ab without the fused IDS. The CHO-derived HIR Ab-IDS fusion protein retained high IDS enzyme activity despite fusion of the IDS to the HIR Ab. Using the IDS enzyme assay described in FIG. 12 , the IDS enzyme specific activity of the CHO-derived HIR Ab-IDS fusion protein is 115±7 nmol/ug protein/hour, which is even higher than the IDS specific activity of the COS-derived fusion protein ( FIG. 12B ).
The high IDS enzyme activity of the CHO-derived HIR Ab-IDS fusion protein is surprising, because IDS is a member of a family of sulfatases that requires a specific post-translational modification for expression of IDS enzyme activity. The activity of the IDS enzyme is activated following the conversion of Cys-59 to a formylglycine residue by a sulfatase modifying factor type 1 (SUMF1), which is also called the formylglycine generating enzyme (FGE). The retention of IDS enzyme activity in the HIRMAb-IDS fusion protein produced by the stably transfected CHO cells indicates the IDS enzyme is activated within the host cell despite fusion to the HIRMAb heavy chain.
Example 8
Removal of IDS Propeptide from Fusion Protein
The first 8 amino acids of IDS following the 25 amino acid signal peptide constitute a propeptide, which may be subject to cleavage by endoproteases. Such cleavage could result in the separation of the IDS from the HIR Ab, in which case the IDS could not be carried across the BBB by the HIR Ab Trojan horse. In this event, the IDS cDNA would be re-amplified by PCR using the new forward ODN listed in Table 2 (SEQ ID NO: 18). PCR with the IDS FWD2 ODN and IDS REV ODN listed in Table 2 will amplify an IDS cDNA that encodes for the IDS enzyme minus the 25 amino acid signal peptide, from Met-1 to Gly-25, and minus the 8 amino acid propeptide, from Ser-26 to Thr-33, and beginning with Thr-34 and ending in Pro-550 of the human IDS sequence. The IDS FWD2 ODN has ‘CC’ on the 5′-end to maintain the open reading frame with the carboxyl terminus of the CH3 region of the HC of the HIR Ab, and the Ser-Ser linker placed between the carboxyl terminus of the HIR Ab HC and the amino terminus of the IDS.
Example 9
Amino Acid Linker Joining the IDS and the Targeting Antibody
The mature human IDS is fused to the carboxyl terminus of the HC of the HIR Ab with a 2-amino acid linker, Ser-Ser (underlined in FIG. 5 ). Any number of variations of linkers are used as substitutions for the Ser-Ser linker. The 2-amino acid linker may be retained, but the amino acid sequence is changed to alternative amino acids, such as Gly-Gly, or Ser-Gly, or Ala-Ser, or any number of combinations of the 20 natural amino acids. Or, the linker is reduced to a single amino acid, or zero amino acids. In the case of a zero amino acid linker, the amino terminus of the IDS is fused directly to the carboxyl terminus of the HC of the HIR Ab. Alternatively, the length of the linker is expanded to 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 amino acids. Such linkers are well known in the art. A frequently used linker includes various combinations of Gly and Ser in repeating sequences, such as (Gly 4 Ser) 3 (SEQ ID NO: 19), or other variations.
Example 10 (Prophetic Example)
Receptor-Mediated Delivery of IDS to the Human Brain
Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) Type II (MPS-II), or Hunter's syndrome, is a lysosomal storage disorder caused by defects in the gene encoding the lysosomal enzyme, iduronate-2-sulfatase (IDS). MPS-II is treated with recombinant human IDS in enzyme replacement therapy (ERT). However, many cases of MPS-II affect the central nervous system. ERT is not effective for the brain, because the IDS does not cross the BBB, and in MPS-II cases that do affect the brain, the use of ERT is considered optional. It is currently not possible to treat the brain of subjects with MPS-II, and new treatments are needed to prevent the inexorable neurologic deterioration and death associated with MPS-II.
IDS is made to cross the human BBB following the re-engineering of the enzyme as a fusion protein with a BBB molecular Trojan horse such as the HIR Ab ( FIG. 6 ). The brain uptake of the HIR Ab in the Rhesus monkey is about 1% of injected dose (ID) per 100 gram brain. The size of the Rhesus monkey brain is approximately 100 grams; therefore, about 1% of the injected dose is distributed to the primate brain. Given a dose of intravenous recombinant HIR Ab-IDS in Hunter's syndrome of about 1.0 mg/kg, then 50 mg of fusion protein would be injected in a 50 kg patient, which is equivalent to 5×10 7 ng fusion protein. The uptake of the fusion protein by brain, expressed as a % of ID/gram, in the human is expected to be reduced, as compared to the primate, in proportion to body weight. Therefore, the expected brain uptake of the fusion protein in the human brain is about 1% of the injected dose per human brain, or about 1% of the ID per 1000 g human brain. One gram of brain contains about 100 mg brain protein. The brain uptake of the fusion protein is about 10 −2 /human brain, or about 10 −5 /gram brain, or about 10 −7 /mg brain protein. Therefore, the brain concentration of the HIR Ab-IDS fusion protein is about [(10 −7 /mg protein) x (5×10 7 ng of fusion protein injected)] or about 5 ng fusion protein per mg brain protein. Given an IDS enzyme specific activity of 115 units/ug fusion protein for the HIR Ab-IDS fusion protein ( FIG. 12B ), which is 0.12 units/ng of fusion protein, then the IDS activity in brain is about 0.6 units/mg brain protein, where 1 unit=1 nmol/hr. Given 10 5 mg protein per human brain, the IDS activity delivered to the human brain is expected to be about 60,000 units. The normal IDS enzyme activity in brain is about 2.5 units/mg protein.
Therefore, the administration of the HIR Ab-IDS fusion protein, at a dose of 1 mg/kg, and a body weight of 50 kg, is expected to produce a 20% replacement of the normal brain IDS enzyme activity. Therapeutic effects in lysosomal storage disorders are achieved with the replacement of <5% of normal tissue enzyme activity. Higher degrees of replacement of IDS enzyme activity in the human brain would be possible by increasing the dosage of the HIR Ab-IDS fusion protein.
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The novel features of the invention are set forth with particularity in the appended claims. A better understanding of the features and advantages of the present invention will be obtained by reference to the following detailed description that sets forth illustrative embodiments, in which the principles of the invention are utilized, and the accompanying drawings, as follow: FIG. 1 . Amino acid sequence of an immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region from an exemplary human insulin receptor antibody directed against the extracellular domain of the human insulin receptor. The underlined sequences are a signal peptide, CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3, respectively. The heavy chain constant region, taken from human IgG1, is shown in italics. FIG. 2 . Amino acid sequence of an immunoglobulin light chain variable region from an exemplary human insulin receptor antibody directed against the extracellular domain of the human insulin receptor. The underlined sequences are a signal peptide, CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3, respectively. The constant region, derived from human kappa light chain, is shown in italics. FIG. 3 . A table showing the CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 amino acid sequences from a heavy and light chain of an exemplary human insulin receptor antibody directed against the extracellular domain of the human insulin receptor. FIG. 4 . Amino acid sequence of human iduronate 2-sulfatase (IDS) (GenBank NP — 000193), not including the initial 25 amino acid signal peptide (mature IDS). FIG. 5 . Amino acid sequence of a fusion of an exemplary human insulin receptor antibody heavy chain to mature human IDS. The underlined sequences are, in order, an IgG signal peptide, CDR1, CDR2, CDR3, and a peptide linker linking the carboxy terminus of the heavy chain to the amino terminus of the IDS. Sequence in italic corresponds to the heavy chain constant region, taken from human IgG1. The sequence in hold corresponds to human IDS. FIG. 6 . An exemplary HIR Ab-IDS fusion antibody is formed by fusion of the amino terminus of the mature IDS to the carboxyl terminus of the CH3 region of the heavy chain of the HIR Ab FIG. 7 . Schematic depiction of a “molecular trojan horse” strategy in which the fusion antibody comprises an antibody to the extracellular domain of the human insulin receptor (IR), which acts as a molecular Trojan horse (TH), and IDS, a lysosomal enzyme (E). FIG. 8 . (A) Ethidium bromide stain of agarose gel of human IDS cDNA (lane 1), which was produced by PCR from human liver cDNA, and IDS-specific primers (Table 2). Lanes 2 and 3: PhiX174 HaeIII digested DNA standard, and Lambda HindIII digested DNA standard. (B) The heavy chain of the HIRMAb-IDS fusion protein is expressed by the pCD-HIRMAb-IDS plasmid, which is generated by subcloning the IDS cDNA into the HpaI site of the pCD-HIRMAb-HC plasmid. FIG. 9 . SDS-PAGE of molecular weight standards (STD), the purified HIRMAb, and the purified HIRMAb-IDS fusion protein. FIG. 10 . Western blot with either anti-human (h) IgG primary antibody (A) or anti-human IDS primary antiserum (B). The immunoreactivity of the HIRMAb-IDS fusion protein is compared to the chimeric HIRMAb and recombinant human IDS. Both the HIRMAb-IDS fusion protein and the HIRMAb have identical light chains on the anti-hIgG Western. The HIRMAb-IDS fusion heavy chain reacts with both the anti-hIgG and the anti-human IDS antibody, whereas the HIRMAb heavy chain only reacts with the anti-hIgG antibody. The size of the HIRMAb-IDS fusion heavy chain, 130 kDa, is about 80 kDa larger than the size of the heavy chain of the HIRMAb, owing to the fusion of the 80 kDa IDS to the 50 kDa HIRMAb heavy chain. FIG. 11 . Binding of either the chimeric HIRMAb or the HIRMAb-IDS fusion protein to the HIR extracellular domain (ECD) is saturable. The ED 50 of HIRMAb-IDS binding to the HIR ECD is comparable to the ED 50 of the binding of the chimeric HIRMAb. FIG. 12 . (A) Substrate (4-MUS), intermediate (MUBI), and product (4-MU) of the 2-step enzymatic fluorometric assay of IDS enzyme activity. (B) The fluorometric units (FU) are proportional to the mass of purified HIRMAb-IDS fusion protein, and the average enzyme specific activity of the fusion protein is 51±7 nmol/hr/ug protein, which is equivalent to 51 units/ug protein, or 51,000 units/mg protein. FIG. 13 . Intracellular IDS enzyme activity is increased in Hunter fibroblasts in proportion to the concentration of medium HIRMAb-IDS fusion protein. Data are mean±SE (n=3 dishes/point). The horizontal bar is the IDS enzyme activity in healthy human fibroblasts (mean±SD). FIG. 14 . Reversal of glycosaminoglycan (GAG) accumulation in Hunter fibroblasts with a single treatment of 0.3 ug/mL of HIRMAb-IDS fusion protein in the medium. There is an 84% reduction in GAG accumulation, as compared to the 35 S incorporation in healthy human fibroblasts (p<0.0005). Data are mean±SE (n=4 dishes/point). FIG. 15 . Genetically engineered tandem vector (TV-HIRMAb-IDS) encoding 4 separate and tandem expression cassettes encoding the heavy chain (HC) fusion gene, the light chain (LC) gene, the DH FR gene, and the neo gene. FIG. 16 . Nucleotide sequence of the immunoglobulin light chain (LC) region of an exemplary HIRMAb-IDS fusion antibody. FIG. 17 . Nucleotide sequence of the immunoglobulin heavy chain (HC) region of an exemplary HIRMAb-IDS fusion antibody. FIG. 18 . Nucleotide sequence of the DHFR region of an exemplary HIRMAb-IDS fusion antibody. FIG. 19 . Amino acid sequence of the immunoglobulin light chain (LC) region of an exemplary HERMAb-IDS fusion antibody. FIG. 20 . Amino acid sequence of the DHFR region of an exemplary HIRMAb-IDS fusion antibody.
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EXTRACTED_TABLE_0: Compares β-glucuronidase (GUSB) activity in COS cell conditioned media across different IgG fusion orientations and controls, showing topology-dependent secretion/activity that informed choosing a heavy-chain C-terminal fusion for the IDS construct.
EXTRACTED_TABLE_1: Lists phosphate-modified primers (SEQ ID NOs: 11, 12, and 19) used to amplify IDS lacking its signal peptide and to engineer the HIR-targeted antibody–IDS expression vector.
SEQUENCE LIST (if any)
SEQ ID NO: 1 - [PRT | HC CDR1 sequence of the immunoglobulin heavy chain.]
SEQ ID NO: 2 - [PRT | HC CDR2 sequence of the immunoglobulin heavy chain.]
SEQ ID NO: 3 - [PRT | HC CDR3 sequence of the immunoglobulin heavy chain.]
SEQ ID NO: 4 - [PRT | LC CDR1 sequence of the immunoglobulin light chain.]
SEQ ID NO: 5 - [PRT | LC CDR2 sequence of the immunoglobulin light chain.]
SEQ ID NO: 6 - [PRT | LC CDR3 sequence of the immunoglobulin light chain.]
SEQ ID NO: 7 - [PRT | Immunoglobulin heavy chain sequence for HIR Abs.]
SEQ ID NO: 8 - [PRT | Immunoglobulin light chain sequence for HIR Abs.]
SEQ ID NO: 9 - [PRT | Canonical IDS sequence with established structure-function relationship.]
SEQ ID NO: 10 - [PRT | Fusion protein sequence including HC, linker, and IDS.]
SEQ ID NO: 11 - [NucleicAcid | Forward primer for IDS cDNA cloning without signal peptide.]
SEQ ID NO: 12 - [NucleicAcid | Reverse primer for IDS cDNA cloning.]
SEQ ID NO: 13 - [NucleicAcid | Artificial Sequence | Description of Artificial Sequence Synthetic
polynucleotide]
SEQ ID NO: 14 - [NucleicAcid | Nucleotide sequence encoding HC fusion protein.]
SEQ ID NO: 15 - [NucleicAcid | Artificial Sequence | Description of Artificial Sequence Synthetic
polynucleotide]
SEQ ID NO: 16 - [PRT | Amino acid sequence encoded by the LC gene.]
SEQ ID NO: 17 - [PRT | Amino acid sequence encoded by the DHFR gene.]
SEQ ID NO: 18 - [NucleicAcid | New forward primer for IDS minus signal peptide and propeptide.]
SEQ ID NO: 19 - [PRT | Repeating Gly-Ser sequence for linker.]
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<detailed_description>[OVERVIEW]Introduction
[OVERVIEW]<invention disclosure>The blood brain barrier (BBB) is a severe impediment to the delivery of systemically administered IDS (e.g., recombinant IDS) to the central nervous system.</invention disclosure> <invention disclosure>The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for delivering therapeutically significant levels of IDS activity across the BBB to the CNS.</invention disclosure> <invention disclosure>In some embodiments, the IDS is modified to allow it to cross the BBB.</invention disclosure> <invention disclosure>In some embodiments, the amount and rate of uptake of systemically administered modified IDS into the CNS is provided.</invention disclosure> <invention disclosure>In some embodiments, the LDS retains a certain activity after being modified or after crossing the BBB.</invention disclosure> The present disclosure provides, inter alia: (1) IDS fusion antibodies comprising an IDS fused, <claim 53>with or without intervening sequence</claim 53>, to an immunoglobulin (<claim 1>heavy chain</claim 1> or <claim 33>light chain</claim 33>) <claim 15>capable of crossing the BBB</claim 15>, and related methods and compositions. (2) human insulin receptor (HIR) antibody (Ab)-IDS fusion antibodies comprising an IDS fused, <claim 53>with or without intervening sequence</claim 53>, to an immunoglobulin (<claim 1>heavy chain</claim 1> or <claim 33>light chain</claim 33>) <claim 17>directed against the extracellular domain of a human insulin receptor</claim 17>, and related methods and compositions; (3) <claim 1>methods of treating an IDS deficiency</claim 1>; and (4) methods of establishing <claim 6>therapeutically effective systemic doses</claim 6> of the fusion antibodies based on a characterization of their <invention disclosure>uptake in the CNS</invention disclosure> and their <claim 8>specific activity</claim 8>. In some embodiments, the invention provides compositions and <claim 1>methods for treating a nIDS deficiency in the central nervous system by systemically administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective dose of a bifunctional IDS fusion antibody (e.g., HIR Ab-IDS) having IDS activity</claim 1> and <claim 15>selectively binding to the receptor-mediated BBB transport system</claim 15> (e.g., <claim 17>the extracellular domain of a human insulin receptor</claim 17>).
[DEFINITIONS]SOME DEFINITIONS
[DEFINITIONS]<expansion>“Treatment” or “treating” as used herein includes achieving a therapeutic benefit and/or a prophylactic benefit. By therapeutic benefit is meant eradication or amelioration of the underlying disorder or condition being treated. For example, in an individual with Hunter's syndrome, therapeutic benefit includes partial or complete halting of the progression of the disorder, or partial or complete reversal of the disorder. Also, a therapeutic benefit is achieved with the eradication or amelioration of one or more of the physiological or psychological symptoms associated with the underlying condition such that an improvement is observed in the patient, notwithstanding the fact that the patient may still be affected by the condition. A prophylactic benefit of treatment includes prevention of a condition, retarding the progress of a condition (e.g., slowing the progression of a lysosomal storage disorder), or decreasing the likelihood of occurrence of a condition. As used herein, “treating” or “treatment” includes prophylaxis.</expansion>
[DEFINITIONS]<expansion>As used herein, the term “effective amount” can be an amount, which when administered systemically, is sufficient to effect beneficial or desired results in the CNS, such as beneficial or desired clinical results, or enhanced cognition, memory, mood, or other desired CNS results. An effective amount is also an amount that produces a prophylactic effect, e.g., an amount that delays, reduces, or eliminates the appearance of a pathological or undesired condition. Such conditions include, but are not limited to, mental retardation, hearing loss, and neurodegeneration. An effective amount can be administered in one or more administrations. In terms of treatment, an “effective amount” of a composition of the invention is an amount that is sufficient to palliate, ameliorate, stabilize, reverse or slow the progression of a disorder, e.g., a neurological disorder. An “effective amount” may be of any of the compositions of the invention used alone or in conjunction with one or more agents used to treat a disease or disorder. An “effective amount” of a therapeutic agent within the meaning of the present invention is determined by a patient's attending physician or veterinarian. Such amounts are readily ascertained by one of ordinary skill in the art and will a therapeutic effect when administered in accordance with the present invention. Factors which influence what a therapeutically effective amount will be include, the IDS specific activity of the IDS fusion antibody (e.g., HIR Ab-IDS) administered, its absorption profile (e.g., its rate of uptake into the brain), time elapsed since the initiation of the disorder, and the age, physical condition, existence of other disease states, and nutritional status of the individual being treated. Additionally, other medication the patient may be receiving will affect the determination of the therapeutically effective amount of the therapeutic agent to administer.</expansion>
[DEFINITIONS]<expansion>A “subject” or an “individual,” as used herein, is an animal, for example, a mammal. In some embodiments a “subject” or an “individual” is a human. In some embodiments, the subject suffers from Mucopolysaccharidosis Type II (“Hunter's Syndrome”).</expansion>
[DEFINITIONS>]<expansion>In some embodiments, a pharmacological composition comprising an IDS fusion antibody (e.g., HIR Ab-IDS) fusion antibody is “administered peripherally” or “peripherally administered.” As used herein, these terms refer to any form of administration of an agent, e.g., a therapeutic agent, to an individual that is not direct administration to the CNS, i.e., that brings the agent in contact with the non-brain side of the blood-brain barrier.</expansion> “Peripheral administration,” as used herein, includes <claim 26>intravenous, intra-arterial, subcutaneous, intramuscular</claim 26>, <expansion>intraperitoneal</expansion>, <claim 26>transdermal</claim 26>, <invention disclosure>by inhalation</invention disclosure>, <expansion>transbuccal</expansion>, <invention disclosure>intranasal</invention disclosure>, <expansion>rectal, oral</expansion>, <claim 26>parenteral</claim 26>, <expansion>sublingual</expansion>, or <claim 26>trans-nasal</claim 26>.
[DEFINITIONS]<claim 66>A “pharmaceutically acceptable carrier” or “pharmaceutically acceptable excipient” herein refers to any carrier that does not itself induce the production of antibodies harmful to the individual receiving the composition.</claim 66> <expansion>Such carriers are well known to those of ordinary skill in the art.</expansion> <invention disclosure>Exemplary pharmaceutically acceptable carriers can include salts, for example, mineral acid salts such as hydrochlorides, hydrobromides, phosphates, sulfates, and the like; and the salts of organic acids such as acetates, propionates, malonates, benzoates, and the like.</invention disclosure> <invention disclosure>For example, compositions of the invention may be provided in liquid form, and formulated in saline based aqueous solution of varying pH (5-8), with or without detergents such polysorbate-80 at 0.01-1%, or carbohydrate additives, such mannitol, sorbitol, or trehalose.</invention disclosure> <invention disclosure>Commonly used buffers include histidine, acetate, phosphate, or citrate.</invention disclosure>
[DEFINITIONS]<expansion>A “recombinant host cell” or “host cell” refers to a cell that includes an exogenous polynucleotide, regardless of the method used for insertion, for example, direct uptake, transduction, f-mating, or other methods known in the art to create recombinant host cells. The exogenous polynucleotide may be maintained as a nonintegrated vector, for example, a plasmid, or alternatively, may be integrated into the host genome.</expansion>
[DEFINITIONS]<expansion>The terms “polypeptide,” “peptide” and “protein” are used interchangeably herein to refer to a polymer of amino acid residues. That is, a description directed to a polypeptide applies equally to a description of a peptide and a description of a protein, and vice versa. The terms apply to naturally occurring amino acid polymers as well as amino acid polymers in which one or more amino acid residues is a non-naturally occurring amino acid, e.g., an amino acid analog. As used herein, the terms encompass amino acid chains of any length, including full length proteins (i.e., antigens), wherein the amino acid residues are linked by covalent peptide bonds.</expansion>
[DEFINITIONS]<expansion>The term “amino acid” refers to naturally occurring and non-naturally occurring amino acids, as well as amino acid analogs and amino acid mimetics that function in a mariner similar to the naturally occurring amino acids. Naturally encoded amino acids are the 20 common amino acids (alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid, cysteine, glutamine, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, proline, serine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine, and valine) and pyrolysine and selenocysteine. Amino acid analogs refers to compounds that have the same basic chemical structure as a naturally occurring amino acid, i.e., an a carbon that is bound to a hydrogen, a carboxyl group, an amino group, and an R group, such as, homoserine, norleucine, methionine sulfoxide, methionine methyl sulfonium. Such analogs have modified R groups (such as, norleucine) or modified peptide backbones, but retain the same basic chemical structure as a naturally occurring amino acid.</expansion>
[DEFINITIONS]<expansion>Amino acids may be referred to herein by either their commonly known three letter symbols or by the one-letter symbols recommended by the IUPAC-IUB Biochemical Nomenclature Commission. Nucleotides, likewise, may be referred to by their commonly accepted single-letter codes.</expansion>
[DEFINITIONS]<expansion>The term “nucleic acid” refers to deoxyribonucleotides, deoxyribonucleosides, ribonucleosides, or ribonucleotides and polymers thereof in either single- or double-stranded form. Unless specifically limited, the term encompasses nucleic acids containing known analogues of natural nucleotides which have similar binding properties as the reference nucleic acid and are metabolized in a manner similar to naturally occurring nucleotides. Unless specifically limited otherwise, the term also refers to oligonucleotide analogs including PNA (peptidonucleic acid), analogs of DNA used in antisense technology (phosphorothioates, phosphoroamidates, and the like). Unless otherwise indicated, a particular nucleic acid sequence also implicitly encompasses conservatively modified variants thereof (including but not limited to, degenerate codon substitutions) and complementary sequences as well as the sequence explicitly indicated. Specifically, degenerate codon substitutions may be achieved by generating sequences in which the third position of one or more selected (or all) codons is substituted with mixed-base and/or deoxyinosine residues.</expansion>
[DEFINITIONS]<expansion>The terms “isolated” and “purified” refer to a material that is substantially or essentially removed from or concentrated in its natural environment. For example, an isolated nucleic acid may be one that is separated from the nucleic acids that normally flank it or other nucleic acids or components (proteins, lipids, etc. . . . ) in a sample. In another example, a polypeptide is purified if it is substantially removed from or concentrated in its natural environment. Methods for purification and isolation of nucleic acids and proteins are well known in the art.</expansion>
[OVERVIEW]<expansion>The Blood Brain Barrier</expansion>
[OVERVIEW]<claim 1>In some embodiments, the invention provides compositions and methods that utilize an IDS fusion antibody (e.g., HIR Ab-IDS) capable of crossing the blood brain barrier (BBB).</claim 1> <claim 1>The compositions and methods are useful in transporting IDS from the peripheral blood and across the blood brain barrier into the CNS.</claim 1> <expansion>As used herein, the “blood-brain barrier” refers to the barrier between the peripheral circulation and the brain and spinal cord which is formed by tight junctions within the brain capillary endothelial plasma membranes and creates an extremely tight barrier that restricts the transport of molecules into the brain; the BBB is so tight that it is capable of restricting even molecules as small as urea, molecular weight of 60 Da. The blood-brain barrier within the brain, the blood-spinal cord barrier within the spinal cord, and the blood-retinal barrier within the retina, are contiguous capillary barriers within the central nervous system (CNS), and are collectively referred to as the blood-brain barrier or BBB.</expansion>
[OVERVIEW]<expansion>The BBB limits the development of new neurotherapeutics, diagnostics, and research tools for the brain and CNS. Most large molecule therapeutics such as recombinant proteins, antisense drugs, gene medicines, purified antibodies, or RNA interference (RNAi)-based drugs, do not cross the BBB in pharmacologically significant amounts. While it is generally assumed that small molecule drugs can cross the BBB, in fact, <2% of all small molecule drugs are active in the brain owing to the lack transport across the BBB. A molecule must be lipid soluble and have a molecular weight less than 400 Daltons (Da) in order to cross the BBB in pharmacologically significant amounts, and the vast majority of small molecules do not have these dual molecular characteristics. Therefore, most potentially therapeutic, diagnostic, or research molecules do not cross the BBB in pharmacologically active amounts. So as to bypass the BBB, invasive transcranial drug delivery strategies are used, such as intracerebro-ventricular (ICV) infusion, intracerebral (IC) administration, and convection enhanced diffusion (CED). Transcranial drug delivery to the brain is expensive, invasive, and largely ineffective. The ICV route delivers IDS only to the ependymal surface of the brain, not into brain parenchyma, which is typical for drugs given by the ICV route. The IC administration of an enzyme such as IDS, only provides local delivery, owing to the very low efficiency of protein diffusion within the brain. The CED results in preferential fluid flow through the white matter tracts of brain, which causes demyelination, and astrogliosis.</expansion>
[METHODS OF USE]<claim 1>The methods described herein offer an alternative to these highly invasive and generally unsatisfactory methods for bypassing the BBB, allowing a functional IDS to cross the BBB from the peripheral blood into the CNS following systemic administration of an the IDS fusion antibody (e.g., HER Ab-IDS) fusion antibody composition described herein.</claim 1> <claim 17>The methods described herein exploit the expression of insulin receptors (e.g., human insulin receptors) or other receptor on the BBB to shuttle a desired bifunctional IDS fusion antibody (e.g., HIR Ab-IDS) from peripheral blood into the CNS.</claim 17>
[TECHNICAL EMBODIMENTS]<claim 15>Endogenous BBB Receptor-Mediated Transport Systems</claim 15>
[TECHNICAL EMBODIMENTS]<invention disclosure>The BBB has been shown to have specific receptors that allow the transport from the blood to the brain of several macromolecules; these transporters are suitable as transporters for compositions of the invention.</invention disclosure> <claim 16>Endogenous BBB receptor-mediated transport systems useful in the invention include those that transport insulin, transferrin, insulin-like growth factors 1 and 2 (IGF1 and IGF2), leptin, and lipoproteins.</claim 16> <claim 17>In some embodiments, the invention utilizes a structure (e.g., immunoglobulin, antibody) that is capable of crossing the BBB via the endogenous insulin BBB receptor-mediated transport system, e.g., the human endogenous insulin BBB receptor-mediated transport system.</claim 17> <claim 16>In some embodiments, the structure (e.g., immunoglobulin, antibody) that is capable of crossing the BBB, crosses the BBB by binding a receptor for one or more of the following: insulin, transferrin, insulin-like growth factors 1 and 2 (IGF1 and IGF2), leptin, and/or lipoproteins.</claim 16>
[TECHNICAL EMBODIMENTS]<claim 17>The BBB has been shown to have specific receptors, including insulin receptors, that allow the transport from the blood to the brain of several macromolecules. In particular, insulin receptors are suitable as transporters for the IDS fusion antibodies described herein (e.g., HIR Ab-IDS).</claim 17> <claim 17>The HER-IDS fusion antibodies described herein bind to the extracellular domain (ECD) of the human insulin receptor.</claim 17>
[TECHNICAL EMBODIMENTS]<expansion>Insulin receptors and their extracellular, insulin binding domain (ECD) have been extensively characterized in the art both structurally and functionally. The amino acid and nucleotide sequences of the human insulin receptor can be found.</expansion>
[TECHNICAL EMBODIMENTS]<invention disclosure>Structures that Bind to a BBB Receptor-Mediated Transport System</invention disclosure>
[TECHNICAL EMBODIMENTS]<invention disclosure>One noninvasive approach for the delivery of drugs to the CNS is to attach the agent of interest to a structure, e.g., molecule that binds with receptors on the BBB. The structure then serves as a vector for transport of the agent across the BBB. Such structures are referred to herein as “molecular Trojan horses (MTH).” Typically, though not necessarily, a MTH is an exogenous peptide or peptidomimetic moiety capable of binding to an endogenous BBB receptor mediated transport system that traverses the BBB on the endogenous BBB receptor-mediated transport system.</invention disclosure> <claim 15>In certain embodiments, the MTH can be an antibody to a receptor of the transport system, e.g., the insulin receptor.</claim 15> <invention disclosure>In some embodiments, the antibody is a monoclonal antibody. In some embodiments, the monoclonal antibody is a chimeric monoclonal antibody. Thus, despite the fact that Abs normally are excluded from the brain, they can be an effective vehicle for the delivery of molecules into the brain parenchyma if they have specificity for receptors on the BBB.</invention disclosure>
[METHODS OF USE]<invention disclosure>In some embodiments, the method comprises a method of transporting IDS across the BBB, by using a fusion antibody comprising IDS fused to an antibody capable of binding to a BBB receptor-mediated transport system. In some embodiments, the method comprises a method of transporting IDS across the BBB, by using a fusion antibody comprising MS fused to an antibody capable of selectively binding to the a BBB receptor-mediated transport system.</invention disclosure>
[METHODS OF USE]<claim 17>In some embodiments, the method comprises a method of transporting IDS across the BBB, by using a fusion antibody comprising IDS fused to an antibody capable of selectively binding to the ECD of the insulin receptor.</claim 17> <invention disclosure>Insulin receptors expressed on the BBB can thereby serve as a vector for transport of the IDS across the BBB. Certain ECD-specific antibodies may mimic the endogenous ligand and thereby traverse a plasma membrane barrier via transport on the specific receptor system. Such insulin receptor antibodies act as molecular “Trojan horses,” or “TH” as depicted schematically in FIG. 7 . By itself, IDS normally does not cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB). However, following fusion of the IDS to the TH, the enzyme is able to cross the BBB, and the brain cell membrane, by trafficking on the IR, which is expressed at both membranes in the brain.</invention disclosure>
[METHODS OF USE]<invention disclosure>Thus, despite the fact that antibodies and other macromolecules are normally excluded from the brain, they can be an effective vehicle for the delivery of molecules into the brain parenchyma if they have specificity for the extracellular domain of a receptor expressed on the BBB, e.g., the insulin receptor.</invention disclosure> <claim 17>In certain embodiments, an HIR Ab-IDS fusion antibody binds an exofacial epitope on the human BBB HIR and this binding enables the fusion antibody to traverse the BBB via a transport reaction that is mediated by the human BBB insulin receptor.</claim 17>
[DEFINITIONS]<expansion>The term “antibody” describes an immunoglobulin whether natural or partly or wholly synthetically produced. The term also covers any polypeptide or protein having a binding domain which is, or is homologous to, an antigen-binding domain. CDR grafted antibodies are also contemplated by this term.</expansion>
[DEFINITIONS]<expansion>“Native antibodies” and “native immunoglobulins” are usually heterotetrameric glycoproteins of about 150,000 daltons, composed of two identical light (L) chains and two identical heavy (H) chains. Each light chain is typically linked to a heavy chain by one covalent disulfide bond, while the number of disulfide linkages varies among the heavy chains of different immunoglobulin isotypes. Each heavy and light chain also has regularly spaced intrachain disulfide bridges. Each heavy chain has at one end a variable domain (“VH”) followed by a number of constant domains (“CH”). Each light chain has a variable domain at one end (“VL”) and a constant domain (“CL”) at its other end; the constant domain of the light chain is aligned with the first constant domain of the heavy chain, and the light-chain variable domain is aligned with the variable domain of the heavy chain. Particular amino acid residues are believed to form an interface between the light- and heavy-chain variable domains.</expansion>
[DEFINITIONS]<expansion>The term “variable domain” refers to protein domains that differ extensively in sequence among family members (i.e., among different isoforms, or in different species). With respect to antibodies, the term “variable domain” refers to the variable domains of antibodies that are used in the binding and specificity of each particular antibody for its particular antigen. However, the variability is not evenly distributed throughout the variable domains of antibodies. It is concentrated in three segments called hypervariable regions both in the light chain and the heavy chain variable domains. The more highly conserved portions of variable domains are called the “framework region” or “FR”. The variable domains of unmodified heavy and light chains each comprise four FRs (FR1, FR2, FR3 and FR4, respectively), largely adopting a β-sheet configuration, connected by three hypervariable regions, which form loops connecting, and in some cases forming part of, the β-sheet structure. The hypervariable regions in each chain are held together in close proximity by the FRs and, with the hypervariable regions from the other chain, contribute to the formation of the antigen-binding site of antibodies. The constant domains are not involved directly in binding an antibody to an antigen, but exhibit various effector functions, such as participation of the antibody in antibody-dependent cellular toxicity.</expansion>
[DEFINITIONS]<expansion>The term “hypervariable region” when used herein refers to the amino acid residues of an antibody which are responsible for antigen-binding. The hypervariable region comprises amino acid residues from three “complementarity determining regions” or “CDRs”, which directly bind, in a complementary manner, to an antigen and are known as CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 respectively.</expansion>
[DEFINITIONS]<claim 14>In the light chain variable domain, the CDRs typically correspond to approximately residues 24-34 (CDRL1), 50-56 (CDRL2) and 89-97 (CDRL3)</claim 14>, <claim 11>and in the heavy chain variable domain the CDRs typically correspond to approximately residues 31-35 (CDRH1), 50-65 (CDRH2) and 95-102 (CDRH3)</claim 11>; <expansion>and/or those residues from a “hypervariable loop” (i.e., residues 26-32 (L1), 50-52 (L2) and 91-96 (L3) in the light chain variable domain and 26-32 (H1), 53-55 (H2) and 96-101 (H3) in the heavy chain variable domain).</expansion>
[DEFINITIONS]<expansion>As used herein, “variable framework region” or “VFR” refers to framework residues that form a part of the antigen binding pocket or groove and/or that may contact antigen. In some embodiments, the framework residues form a loop that is a part of the antigen binding pocket or groove. The amino acids residues in the loop may or may not contact the antigen. In an embodiment, the loop amino acids of a VFR are determined by inspection of the three-dimensional structure of an antibody, antibody heavy chain, or antibody light chain. The three-dimensional structure can be analyzed for solvent accessible amino acid positions as such positions are likely to form a loop and/or provide antigen contact in an antibody variable domain. Some of the solvent accessible positions can tolerate amino acid sequence diversity and others (e.g. structural positions) can be less diversified. The three dimensional structure of the antibody variable domain can be derived from a crystal structure or protein modeling. In some embodiments, the VFR comprises, consist essentially of, or consists of amino acid positions corresponding to amino acid positions 71 to 78 of the heavy chain variable domain. In some embodiments, VFR forms a portion of Framework Region 3 located between CDRH2 and CDRH3. The VFR can form a loop that is well positioned to make contact with a target antigen or form a part of the antigen binding pocket.</expansion>
[DEFINITIONS]<expansion>Depending on the amino acid sequence of the constant domain of their heavy chains, immunoglobulins can be assigned to different classes. There are five major classes of immunoglobulins: IgA, IgD, IgE, </expansion><claim 9>IgG</claim 9><expansion>, and IgM, and several of these can be further divided into subclasses (isotypes), e.g., IgG1, IgG2, IgG3, IgG4, IgA, and IgA2. The heavy-chain constant domains (Fe) that correspond to the different classes of immunoglobulins are called α, δ, ε, γ, and μ, respectively. The subunit structures and three-dimensional configurations of different classes of immunoglobulins are well known.</expansion>
[DEFINITIONS>The “light chains” of antibodies (immunoglobulins) from any vertebrate species can be assigned to one of two clearly distinct types, called <claim 13>kappa</claim 13> or (“κ”) and lambda or (“λ”), based on the amino acid sequences of their constant domains.]
[DEFINITIONS]<expansion>In referring to an antibody or fusion antibody described herein, the terms “selectively bind,” “selectively binding,” “specifically binds,” or “specifically binding” refer to binding to the antibody or fusion antibody to its target antigen for which the dissociation constant (Kd) is about 10 −6 M or lower, i.e., 10 −7 , 10 −8 , 10 −9 , 10 −10 , 10 −11 , or 10 −12 M.</expansion>
[DEFINITIONS]<expansion>The term antibody as used herein will also be understood to mean one or more fragments of an antibody that retain the ability to specifically bind to an antigen. Non-limiting examples of such antibodies include (i) a Fab fragment, a monovalent fragment consisting of the VL, VH, CL and CH1 domains; (ii) a F(ab′)2 fragment, a bivalent fragment comprising two Fab fragments linked by a disulfide bridge at the hinge region; (iii) a Fd fragment consisting of the VH and CH1 domains; (iv) a Fv fragment consisting of the VL and VH domains of a single arm of an antibody, (v) a dAb fragment, which consists of a VH domain; and (vi) an isolated complementarity determining region (CDR). Furthermore, although the two domains of the Fv fragment, VL and VH, are coded for by separate genes, they can be joined, using recombinant methods, by a synthetic linker that enables them to be made as a single protein chain in which the VL and VH regions pair to form monovalent molecules (known as single chain Fv (scFv)). Such single chain antibodies are also intended to be encompassed within the term antibody. Any VH and VL sequences of specific scFv can be linked to human immunoglobulin constant region cDNA or genomic sequences, in order to generate expression vectors encoding complete IgG molecules or other isotypes. VH and VL can also be used in the generation of Fab, Fv or other fragments of immunoglobulins using either protein chemistry or recombinant DNA technology. Other forms of single chain antibodies, such as diabodies are also encompassed.</expansion>
[DEFINITIONS]<expansion>“F(ab′)2” and “Fab′” moieties can be produced by treating immunoglobulin (monoclonal antibody) with a protease such as pepsin and papain, and includes an antibody fragment generated by digesting immunoglobulin near the disulfide bonds existing between the hinge regions in each of the two H chains. For example, papain cleaves IgG upstream of the disulfide bonds existing between the hinge regions in each of the two H chains to generate two homologous antibody fragments in which an L chain composed of VL (L chain variable region) and CL (L chain constant region), and an H chain fragment composed of VH (H chain variable region) and CHγ1 (γ1 region in the constant region of H chain) are connected at their C terminal regions through a disulfide bond. Each of these two homologous antibody fragments is called Fab′. Pepsin also cleaves IgG downstream of the disulfide bonds existing between the hinge regions in each of the two H chains to generate an antibody fragment slightly larger than the fragment in which the two above-mentioned Fab′ are connected at the hinge region. This antibody fragment is called F(ab′)2.</expansion>
[DEFINITIONS]<expansion>The Fab fragment also contains the constant domain of the light chain and the first constant domain (CH1) of the heavy chain. Fab′ fragments differ from Fab fragments by the addition of a few residues at the carboxyl terminus of the heavy chain CH1 domain including one or more cysteine(s) from the antibody hinge region. Fab′-SH is the designation herein for Fab′ in which the cysteine residue(s) of the constant domains bear a free thiol group. F(ab′)2 antibody fragments originally were produced as pairs of Fab′ fragments which have hinge cysteines between them. Other chemical couplings of antibody fragments are also known.</expansion>
[DEFINITIONS]<expansion>“Fv” is the minimum antibody fragment which contains a complete antigen-recognition and antigen-binding site. This region consists of a dimer of one heavy chain and one light chain variable domain in tight, non-covalent association. It is in this configuration that the three hypervariable regions of each variable domain interact to define an antigen-binding site on the surface of the VH-VL dimer. Collectively, the six hypervariable regions confer antigen-binding specificity to the antibody. However, even a single variable domain (or half of an Fv comprising only three hypervariable regions specific for an antigen) has the ability to recognize and bind antigen, although at a lower affinity than the entire binding site.</expansion>
[DEFINITIONS]<expansion>“Single-chain Fv” or “sFv” antibody fragments comprise a VH, a VL, or both a VH and VL domain of an antibody, wherein both domains are present in a single polypeptide chain. In some embodiments, the Fv polypeptide further comprises a polypeptide linker between the VH and VL domains which enables the sFv to form the desired structure for antigen binding.</expansion>
[DEFINITIONS]<expansion>A “chimeric” antibody includes an antibody derived from a combination of different mammals. The mammal may be, for example, a rabbit, a mouse, a rat, a goat, or a human. The combination of different mammals includes combinations of fragments from human and mouse sources.</expansion>
[DEFINITIONS]<expansion>In some embodiments, an antibody of the present invention is a monoclonal antibody (MAb), typically a chimeric human-mouse antibody derived by humanization of a mouse monoclonal antibody. Such antibodies are obtained from, e.g., transgenic mice that have been “engineered” to produce specific human antibodies in response to antigenic challenge. In this technique, elements of the human heavy and light chain locus are introduced into strains of mice derived from embryonic stem cell lines that contain targeted disruptions of the endogenous heavy chain and light chain loci. The transgenic mice can synthesize human antibodies specific for human antigens, and the mice can be used to produce human antibody-secreting hybridomas.</expansion>
[DEFINITIONS]<expansion>For use in humans, a chimeric antibody (e.g., HIR Ab, other antibodies capable of crossing the BBB) is preferred that contains enough human sequence that it is not significantly immunogenic when administered to humans, e.g., about 80% human and about 20% mouse, or about 85% human and about 15% mouse, or about 90% human and about 10% mouse, or about 95% human and 5% mouse, or greater than about 95% human and less than about 5% mouse. A more highly humanized form of the antibody (e.g., HIR Ab, other antibodies capable of crossing the BBB) can also be engineered, and the humanized antibody (e.g. HIR Ab) has activity comparable to the murine HIR Ab and can be used in embodiments of the invention. Humanized antibodies to the human BBB insulin receptor with sufficient human sequences for use in the invention are described.</expansion>
[TECHNICAL EMBODIMENTS]<claim 11>In exemplary embodiments, the HIR antibodies or HTR-IDS fusion antibodies derived therefrom contain an immunoglobulin heavy chain comprising CDRs corresponding to the sequence of at least one of the HC CDRs listed in FIG. 3 (<SEQ 1-3>SEQ ID NOs 1-3</SEQ 1-3>)</claim 11><expansion> or a variant thereof.</expansion> <claim 11>For example, a HC CDR1 corresponding to the amino acid sequence of <SEQ 1>SEQ ID NO:1</SEQ 1></claim 11><expansion> with up to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 single amino acid mutations,</expansion> <claim 11>a FIC CDR2 corresponding to the amino acid sequence of <SEQ 2>SEQ ID NO:2</SEQ 2></claim 11><expansion> with up to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 single amino acid mutations,</expansion> <claim 11>or a HC CDR3 corresponding to the amino acid sequence of <SEQ 3>SEQ ID NO:3</SEQ 3></claim 11><expansion> with up to 1, or 2 single amino acid mutations, where the single amino acid mutations are substitutions, deletions, or insertions.</expansion>
[TECHNICAL EMBODIMENTS]<expansion>In other embodiments, the HIR Abs or HIR Ab-IDS fusion Abs contain an immunoglobulin HC the amino acid sequence of which is at least 50% identical (i.e., at least, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, or any other percent up to 100% identical) to <SEQ 7>SEQ ID NO:7</SEQ 7> (shown in FIG. 1 ).</expansion>
[TECHNICAL EMBODIMENTS]<claim 14>In some embodiments, the HIR Abs or HIR Ab-IDS fusion Abs include an immunoglobulin light chain comprising CDRs corresponding to the sequence of at least one of the LC CDRs listed in FIG. 3 (<SEQ 4-6>SEQ ID NOs: 4-6</SEQ 4-6>)</claim 14><expansion> or a variant thereof. For example, a LC CDR1 corresponding to the amino acid sequence of <SEQ 4>SEQ ID NO:4</SEQ 4> with up to 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 single amino acid mutations, a LC CDR2 corresponding to the amino acid sequence of <SEQ 5>SEQ ID NO:5</SEQ 5> with up to 1, 2, 3, or 4 single amino acid mutations, or a LC CDR3 corresponding to the amino acid sequence of <SEQ 6>SEQ ID NO:6</SEQ 6> with up to 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 single amino acid mutations.</expansion>
[TECHNICAL EMBODIMENTS]<expansion>In other embodiments, the HIR Abs or HIR Ab-IDS fusion Abs contain an immunoglobulin LC the amino acid sequence of which is at least 50% identical (i.e., at least, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, or any other percent up to 100% identical) to <SEQ 8>SEQ ID NO:8</SEQ 8> (shown in FIG. 2 ).</expansion>
[TECHNICAL EMBODIMENTS]<invention disclosure>In yet other embodiments, the HIR Abs or HIR Ab-IDS fusion Abs contain both a heavy chain and a light chain corresponding to any of the above-mentioned HIR heavy chains and HIR light chains.</invention disclosure>
[TECHNICAL EMBODIMENTS]<expansion>HIR antibodies used in the invention may be glycosylated or non-glycosylated. If the antibody is glycosylated, any pattern of glycosylation that does not significantly affect the function of the antibody may be used. Glycosylation can occur in the pattern typical of the cell in which the antibody is made, and may vary from cell type to cell type. For example, the glycosylation pattern of a monoclonal antibody produced by a mouse myeloma cell can be different than the glycosylation pattern of a monoclonal antibody produced by a transfected Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell.</expansion> <invention disclosure>In some embodiments, the antibody is glycosylated in the pattern produced by a transfected Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell.</invention disclosure>
[METHODS OF PRODUCTION]<expansion>One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that current technologies permit a vast number of sequence variants of candidate antibodies (e.g., HIR Ab, other antibodies capable of crossing the BBB) can be generated be (e.g., in vitro) and screened for binding to a target antigen such as the ECD of the human insulin receptor or an isolated epitope thereof.</expansion> <invention disclosure>An insulin receptor ECD can be purified and used to screen for HIR Abs and HIR Ab sequence variants of known HIR Abs.</invention disclosure>
[TECHNICAL EMBODIMENTS]<invention disclosure>Accordingly, in some embodiments, a genetically engineered HIR Ab, with the desired level of human sequences, is fused to an IDS, to produce a recombinant fusion antibody that is a bi-functional molecule.</invention disclosure> The HIR Ab-IDS fusion antibody: <claim 17>(i) binds to an extracellular domain of the human insulin receptor;</claim 17> <invention disclosure>(ii) catalyzes hydrolysis of linkages in dermatan and/or heparan sulfate;</invention disclosure> and <claim 17>(iii) is able to cross the BBB, via transport on the BBB HIR</claim 17>, and retain IDS activity once inside the brain, following <claim 1>peripheral administration</claim 1>.
[TECHNICAL EMBODIMENTS]Iduronate 2-Sulfatase (IDS)
[METHODS OF USE]<invention disclosure>Systemic administration (e.g., by intravenous injection) of recombinant IDS fails to rescue a deficiency of IDS in the CNS of patients suffering from Hunter's syndrome. IDS does not cross the BBB, and the lack of transport of the enzyme across the BBB prevents it from having a significant therapeutic effect in the CNS following peripheral administration.</invention disclosure> <invention disclosure>However, in some embodiments of the present invention, when the IDS is fused to an antibody capable of crossing the BBB, the IDS is able to enter the CNS from blood following a non-invasive peripheral route of administration such as </invention disclosure><claim 26>intravenous, intra-arterial, intramuscular, subcutaneous</claim 26><expansion>, intraperitoneal, or even oral</expansion><invention disclosure> administration, or other route described herein. Administration of a IDS fusion antibody enables delivery of IDS activity into the brain from peripheral blood.</invention disclosure> <invention disclosure>Described herein is the determination of a systemic dose of a IDS fusion antibody that is</invention disclosure> <claim 1>therapeutically effective</claim 1> <invention disclosure>for treating an IDS deficiency in the CNS. As described herein, appropriate systemic doses of an IDS fusion antibody are established based on a quantitative determination of CNS uptake characteristics and enzymatic activity of an IDS fusion antibody.</invention disclosure>
[DEFINITIONS]Dermatan sulfate, heparan sulfate and heparin are variably sulfated glycosaminoglycans, which are long, unbranched polysaccharides made up of a repeating disaccharide unit. L-iduronate (or L-iduronic acid) is a major component of dermatan sulfate and heparin. It is also present in heparan sulfate. As used herein, IDS refers to any naturally occurring or artificial enzyme that can <claim 1>catalyze the hydrolysis or removal of 2-sulfate groups of the L-iduronate 2-sulfate units of dermatan sulfate, heparan sulfate and heparin</claim 1>.
[TECHNICAL EMBODIMENTS]<invention disclosure>IDS is a member of a family of sulfatases that requires a specific post-translational modification for expression of IDS enzyme activity. The activity of the IDS enzyme is activated following the conversion of Cys-59 to a formylglycine residue by a sulfatase modifying factor type 1 (SUMF1), which is also called the formylglycine generating enzyme (FGE).</invention disclosure> <claim 2>In some embodiments, the fusion antibody comprising IDS is post-translationally modified by a sulfatase modifying factor type 1 (SUMF1).</claim 2> <claim 35>In some embodiments, the post-translational modification comprises a cysteine to fonnylglycine conversion.</claim 35> <claim 3>In some embodiments, the fusion antibody comprises an IDS that comprises a formylglycine residue.</claim 3>
[TECHNICAL EMBODIMENTS]<invention disclosure>In some embodiments, the subject composition (or method) comprises an IDS has an amino acid sequence that is at least 50% identical (i.e., at least, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, or any other percent up to 100% identical) to the amino acid sequence of human IDS, a 550 amino acid protein listed under GenBank Accession No. NP — 000193, or a 525 amino acid subsequence thereof, which lacks a 25 amino acid signal peptide, and corresponds to <SEQ 9>SEQ ID NO:9</SEQ 9> ( FIG. 4 ). The structure-function relationship of human IDS is well established. In particular, residues that are critical to the function of IDS include, e.g., Arg 48, Ala 85, Pro 86, Ser 333, Trp 337, Ser 349, Arg 468, and Gln 531.</invention disclosure>
[TECHNICAL EMBODIMENTS]<invention disclosure>In some embodiments, IDS has an amino acid sequence at least 50% identical (i.e., at least, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, or any other percent up to 100% identical) to <SEQ 9>SEQ ID NO:9</SEQ 9> (shown in FIG. 4 ). Sequence variants of a canonical IDS sequence such as <SEQ 9>SEQ ID NO:9</SEQ 9> can be generated, e.g., by random mutagenesis of the entire sequence or specific subsequences corresponding to particular domains. Alternatively, site directed mutagenesis can be performed reiteratively while avoiding mutations to residues known to be critical to IDS function such as those given above. Further, in generating multiple variants of an IDS sequence, mutation tolerance prediction programs can be used to greatly reduce the number of non-functional sequence variants that would be generated by strictly random mutagenesis. IDS sequence variants can be screened for of IDS activity/retention of IDS activity by, e.g., 4-methylumbelliferyl α-L-iduronide-2-sulphate (4-MUS) fluorometric IDS assays known in the art. One unit of IDS activity is defined as the hydrolysis of 1 nmole substrate/hour. Accordingly, one of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that a very large number of operable IDS sequence variants can be obtained by generating and screening extremely diverse “libraries” of IDS sequence variants by methods that are routine in the art, as described above.</invention disclosure>
[TECHNICAL EMBODIMENTS]<invention disclosure>Percent sequence identity is determined by conventional methods. Briefly, two amino acid sequences are aligned to optimize the alignment scores using a gap opening penalty of 10, a gap extension penalty of 1, and the “BLOSUM62” scoring matrix. The percent identity is then calculated as: ([Total number of identical matches]/[length of the longer sequence plus the number of gaps introduced into the longer sequence in order to align the two sequences])(100).</invention disclosure>
[TECHNICAL EMBODIMENTS]<invention disclosure>Those skilled in the art appreciate that there are many established algorithms available to align two amino acid sequences. The “FASTA” similarity search algorithm is a suitable protein alignment method for examining the level of identity shared by an amino acid sequence disclosed herein and the amino acid sequence of another peptide. Briefly, FASTA first characterizes sequence similarity by identifying regions shared by the query sequence (e.g., <SEQ 9>SEQ ID NO:9</SEQ 9> or <SEQ 16>SEQ ID NO: 16</SEQ 16>) and a test sequence that have either the highest density of identities (if the ktup variable is 1) or pairs of identities (if ktup=2), without considering conservative amino acid substitutions, insertions, or deletions. The ten regions with the highest density of identities are then rescored by comparing the similarity of all paired amino acids using an amino acid substitution matrix, and the ends of the regions are “trimmed” to include only those residues that contribute to the highest score. If there are several regions with scores greater than the “cutoff” value (calculated by a predetermined formula based upon the length of the sequence and the ktup value), then the trimmed initial regions are examined to determine whether the regions can be joined to form an approximate alignment with gaps. Finally, the highest scoring regions of the two amino acid sequences are aligned using a modification of the Needleman-Wunsch-Sellers algorithm, which allows for amino acid insertions and deletions. Illustrative parameters for FASTA analysis are: ktup=1, gap opening penalty=10, gap extension penalty=1, and substitution matrix=BLOSUM62. These parameters can be introduced into a FASTA program by modifying the scoring matrix file (“SMATRIX”).</invention disclosure>
[TECHNICAL EMBODIMENTS]<invention disclosure>The present invention also includes proteins having a conservative amino acid change, compared with an amino acid sequence disclosed herein. Among the common amino acids, for example, a “conservative amino acid substitution” is illustrated by a substitution among amino acids within each of the following groups: (1) glycine, alanine, valine, leucine, and isoleucine, (2) phenylalanine, tyrosine, and tryptophan, (3) serine and threonine, (4) aspartate and glutamate, (5) glutamine and asparagine, and (6) lysine, arginine and histidine. The BLOSUM62 table is an amino acid substitution matrix derived from about 2,000 local multiple alignments of protein sequence segments, representing highly conserved regions of more than 500 groups of related proteins. Accordingly, the BLOSUM62 substitution frequencies can be used to define conservative amino acid substitutions that may be introduced into the amino acid sequences of the present invention. Although it is possible to design amino acid substitutions based solely upon chemical properties (as discussed above), the language “conservative amino acid substitution” preferably refers to a substitution represented by a BLOSUM62 value of greater than −1. For example, an amino acid substitution is conservative if the substitution is characterized by a BLOSUM62 value of 0, 1, 2, or 3. According to this system, preferred conservative amino acid substitutions are characterized by a BLOSUM62 value of at least 1 (e.g., 1, 2 or 3), while more preferred conservative amino acid substitutions are characterized by a BLOSUM62 value of at least 2 (e.g., 2 or 3).</invention disclosure>
[TECHNICAL EMBODIMENTS]<invention disclosure>It also will be understood that amino acid sequences may include additional residues, such as additional N- or C-terminal amino acids, and yet still be essentially as set forth in one of the sequences disclosed herein, so long as the sequence retains sufficient biological protein activity to be functional in the compositions and methods of the invention.</invention disclosure>
[OVERVIEW]Compositions
[OVERVIEW]Compositions of the invention are useful for multiple reasons including being useful for: <claim 1>transporting IDS across the BBB</claim 1>, <claim 1>delivering a therapeutic effective dose of IDS</claim 1>, and/or retaining activity of the IDS once transported across the BBB, or once fused to a targeting antibody. <expansion>Compositions of the invention are also useful in that the IDS and/or the structure it is bound to (e.g., immunoglobulin, antibody) within the fusion antibody each retains a certain amount of its activity compared to its activity as a separate entity.</expansion>
[TECHNICAL EMBODIMENTS] In some embodiments, the invention provides compositions containing an IDS covalently linked to a structure (e.g., immunoglobulin, antibody) that is capable of crossing the blood brain barrier (BBB), where the IDS retains at least about <expansion>10</expansion>, <claim 4>20</claim 4>, <expansion>30, 40</expansion>, <invention disclosure>50</invention disclosure>, <expansion>60</expansion>, <invention disclosure>70, 80, 90</invention disclosure>, <expansion>95, 99, or 100</expansion>% of its activity, compared to its activity as a separate entity. In some embodiments, the invention provides compositions containing an IDS covalently linked to a structure (e.g., immunoglobulin, antibody) that is capable of crossing the blood brain barrier (BBB), where the structure retains at least about <expansion>10</expansion>, <claim 5>20</claim 5>, <expansion>30, 40</expansion>, <invention disclosure>50</invention disclosure>, <expansion>60</expansion>, <invention disclosure>70, 80, 90</invention disclosure>, <expansion>95, 99, or 100</expansion>% of its activity, compared to its activity as a separate entity. In some embodiments, the invention provides compositions containing an IDS covalently linked to a structure (e.g., immunoglobulin, antibody) that is capable of crossing the blood brain barrier (BBB), where the structure and the IDS each retains at least about <expansion>10</expansion>, <claim 5>20</claim 5>, <expansion>30, 40</expansion>, <invention disclosure>50</invention disclosure>, <expansion>60</expansion>, <invention disclosure>70, 80, 90</invention disclosure>, <expansion>95, 99, or 100</expansion>% of its activity, compared to its activity as a separate entity. In some embodiments, the IDS retains at least about <expansion>10%</expansion> of its activity compared to its activity as a separate entity. In some embodiments, the IDS retains at least <claim 4>20%</claim 4> of its activity, compared to its activity as a separate entity. In some embodiments, the IDS retains at least <expansion>30%</expansion> of its activity, compared to its activity as a separate entity. In some embodiments, the IDS retains at least <expansion>40%</expansion> of its activity, compared to its activity as a separate entity. In some embodiments, the IDS retains at least <invention disclosure>50%</invention disclosure> of its activity, compared to its activity as a separate entity. In some embodiments, the IDS retains at least <expansion>60%</expansion> of its activity, compared to its activity as a separate entity.
[TECHNICAL EMBODIMENTS] <invention disclosure>The invention also provides compositions containing an IDS that is covalently linked to a chimeric MAb to the human BBB insulin receptor.</invention disclosure> <claim 66>The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions that contain one or more compositions of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.</claim 66>
[TECHNICAL EMBODIMENTS] <invention disclosure>In some embodiments, the subject composition comprises a IDS fusion antibody where at least about 0.3% (i.e., about 0.32%), 0.4%, 0.48%, 0.6%, 0.74%, 0.8%, 0.9%, 1.05, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3%, 1.5%, 2%, 2.5%, 5%, or any % from about 0.3% to about 12%) of the systemically administered IDS fusion antibody is capable of being delivered to the brain as a result of its uptake from peripheral blood across the BBB. In some embodiments, the composition comprises an IDS fusion antibody wherein at least 0.5%, (i.e., about 0.32%, 0.4%, 0.48%, 0.6%, 0.74%, 0.8%, 0.9%, 1.05, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3%, 1.5%, 2%, 2.5%, 5%, or any % from about 0.3% to about 12%) of the systemically administered dose of the IDS fusion antibody is delivered to the brain within two hours or less, i.e., 1.8, 1.7, 1.5, 1.4, 1.3, 1.2, 1.1, 0.9, 0.8, 0.6, 0.5 or any other period from about 0.5 to about two hours after systemic administration.</invention disclosure>
[TECHNICAL EMBODIMENTS] In some embodiments, the present IDS fusion antibodies can cross the BBB, and thereby provide at least <invention disclosure>0.125 units of IDS activity/mg protein in the subject's brain</invention disclosure>, <expansion>e.g., 0.14, 0.15, 0.16, 0.17, 0.18, 0.19, 0.2, 0.21, 0.22, 0.23, 0.24, 0.25, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.75, 1.0, 1.5, 2, or any other value from 0.125 to 2.5 of units of IDS activity/mg protein in the subject's brain</expansion>. <expansion>In some embodiments, the total number of units of IDS activity delivered to a subject's brain is at least, 12,500 units, e.g., at least 25,000, 30,000, 35,000, 40,000, 45,000, 50,000, 60,000, 70,000, 80,000, 90,000, 110,000, 120,000, 130,000, 140,000, 150,000, 160,000, 170,000, 180,000, 190,000, 200,000, 210,000, 220,000, 230,000, 250,000 or any other total number of IDS units from about 12,500 to 250,000 units of IDS activity.</expansion> <expansion>In some embodiments, the total number of units of IDS activity delivered to a subject's brain is at least, 10,000 units, e.g., at least 10,000, 12,500, 25,000, 30,000, 35,000, 40,000, 45,000, 50,000, 60,000, 70,000, 80,000, 90,000, 110,000, 120,000, 130,000, 140,000, 150,000, 160,000, 170,000, 180,000, 190,000, 200,000, 210,000, 220,000, 230,000, 250,000, 300,000, 5000,000 any other total number of IDS units from about 10,000 to 500,000 units of IDS activity.</expansion> <claim 6>In some embodiments, at least about 25,000 units of iduronate-2-sulfatase activity is delivered to the brain, normalized per 50 kg body weight.</claim 6> <expansion>In some embodiments, at least about 10,000, 15,000, <claim 6>25,000</claim 6>, 30,000, 35,000, 40,000, 45,000, 50,000, 60,000, 70,000, 80,000, 90,000, 110,000, 120,000, 130,000, 140,000, 150,000, 160,000, 170,000, 180,000, 190,000, 200,000, 210,000, 220,000, 230,000, 250,000 units of iduronate-2-sulfatase activity is delivered to the brain, normalized per 50 kg body weight.</expansion> <expansion>In some embodiments, at least about 25,000 000 units of iduronate-2-sulfatase activity is delivered to the brain, normalized per 50 kg body weight.</expansion> <expansion>In some embodiments, a therapeutically effective systemic dose comprises at least 5×10 5 , 1×10 6 , 2×10 6 , 3×10 6 , 4, 10 6 , 5×10 6 , 6×10 6 , 7×10 6 , 8×10 6 , 9×10 6 , 1×10 7 , 1.1×10 7 , 1.2×10 7 , 1.5×10 7 , 1.6×10 7 , 1.7×10 7 , 1.8×10 7 , 1.9×10 7 , 2×10 7 , 2.1×10 7 , 3×10 7 , or any other systemic dose from about 5×10 5 to 3×10 7 units of IDS activity.</expansion> <expansion>In other embodiments, a therapeutically effective systemic dose is at least about 20,000 units, or at least about 10,000 units of IDS activity/kg body weight, at least about 10,000, 15,000, 20,000, 22,000, 24,000, 25,000, 30,000, 40,000, 50,000, 60,000, 70,000, 80,000, 90,000, 100,000, 125,000, 150,000, 200,000, or 500,000 units/kg body weight.</expansion>
[TECHNICAL EMBODIMENTS] One of ordinary skill in the art may appreciate that the mass amount of a therapeutically effective systemic dose of an IDS fusion antibody (e.g., HIR Ab-IDS) will depend, in part, on its IDS specific activity. In some embodiments, the IDS specific activity of the IDS fusion antibody is <claim 8>at least 10,000 U/mg of protein</claim 8>, <expansion>at least about 11,000, 12,000, 13,000, 14,000, 20,000, 21,000, 22,000, 23,000, 24,000, 25,000, 26,000, 27,000, 28,000, 30,000, 32,000, 34,000, 35,000, 36,000, 37,000, 40,000, 45,000, 50,000, or any other specific activity value from about 10,000 units/mg to about 50,000 units/mg</expansion>.
[TECHNICAL EMBODIMENTS] In some embodiments, the structure that is capable of crossing the BBB utilizes an <claim 15>endogenous BBB receptor mediated transport system</claim 15>, such as a system that utilizes the <claim 16>insulin receptor, transferrin receptor, leptin receptor, LDL receptor, or IGF receptor</claim 16>. In some embodiments, the endogenous BBB receptor mediated transport system is the <claim 17>insulin BBB receptor mediated transport system</claim 17>. In some embodiments, the structure that is capable of crossing the BBB is an antibody, e.g., a monoclonal antibody (MAb) such as a chimeric MAb. <invention disclosure>The antibody can be a chimeric antibody with sufficient human sequence that it is suitable for administration to a human.</invention disclosure> In embodiments of the above fusion proteins, the structure capable of crossing the blood brain barrier crosses the BBB on an <claim 15>endogenous BBB receptor-mediated transporter</claim 15>, such as a transporter selected from the group consisting of the <claim 16>insulin transporter, the transferrin transporter, the leptin transporter, the LDL transporter, and the IGF receptor</claim 16>. In some embodiments, the endogenous BBB receptor-mediated transporter is selected from the group consisting of the <claim 16>insulin transporter and the transferrin transporter</claim 16>. In some embodiments, the endogenous BBB receptor-mediated transporter is the <claim 17>insulin transporter, e.g., the human insulin transporter</claim 17>. <invention disclosure>The structure capable of crossing the BBB can be an antibody, e.g., a MAb such as a chimeric MAb.</invention disclosure> <invention disclosure>The antibody can be an antibody to an endogenous BBB receptor-mediated transporter, as described herein.</invention disclosure>
[TECHNICAL EMBODIMENTS] <invention disclosure>The antibody can be glycosylated or nonglycosylated; in some embodiments, the antibody is glycosylated, e.g., in a glycosylation pattern produced by its synthesis in a CHO cell.</invention disclosure> In embodiments in which the structure is an antibody, the covalent linkage between the antibody and the IDS may be a linkage between any suitable portion of the antibody and the IDS, as long as it allows the IDS fusion antibody to cross the blood brain barrier and/or the IDS to retain a therapeutically useful portion of its activity within the CNS. <claim 33>In certain embodiments, the covalent link is between one or more light chains of the antibody and the IDS.</claim 33> <expansion>The IDS can be covalently linked by its carboxy or amino terminus to the carboxy or amino terminus of the light chain (LC) or heavy chain (HC) of the antibody. Any suitable linkage may be used, e.g., carboxy terminus of light chain to amino terminus of peptide, carboxy terminus of heavy chain to amino terminus of peptide, amino terminus of light chain to amino terminus of peptide, amino terminus of heavy chain to amino terminus of peptide, carboxy terminus of light chain to carboxy terminus of peptide, carboxy terminus of heavy chain to carboxy terminus of peptide, amino terminus of light chain to carboxy terminus of peptide, or amino terminus of heavy chain to carboxy terminus of peptide.</expansion> <claim 1>In some embodiments, the linkage is from the carboxy terminus of the HC to the amino terminus of the peptide.</claim 1> <expansion>It will be appreciated that a linkage between terminal amino acids is not required, and any linkage which meets the requirements of the invention may be used; such linkages between non-terminal amino acids of peptides are readily accomplished by those of skill in the art.</expansion>
[TECHNICAL EMBODIMENTS] <expansion>In some embodiments, more than one molecule of the IDS is attached to the structure that crosses the BBB. In some embodiments, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, or more than 10 IDS molecules (or fraction thereof) may be attached to the structure that is capable of crossing the blood brain barrier.</expansion>
[METHODS OF PRODUCTION] <claim 5>The bifunctional IDS fusion antibody (e.g., HIR Ab-IDS) described herein, may retain a high proportion of the activity of their separate constituent proteins, e.g., binding of the HIR Ab to the IR ECD, and the enzymatic activity of IDS.</claim 5> <invention disclosure>Construction of cDNAs and expression vectors encoding any of the proteins described herein, as well as their expression and purification are well within those of ordinary skill in the art, and are described in detail herein in, e.g., Examples 1-3.</invention disclosure>
[TECHNICAL EMBODIMENTS]Described herein are bifunctional IDS fusion antibodies (e.g., HIR Ab-IDS) containing a targeting antibody (e.g., HIR Ab), as described herein, <claim 50>capable of crossing the BBB</claim 50> fused to IDS, where the targeting antibody (e.g., HIR Ab) capable of crossing the blood brain barrier and the IDS each retain an average of at least about <expansion>10</expansion>, <claim 5>20</claim 5>, <expansion>30, 40</expansion>, <invention disclosure>50</invention disclosure>, <expansion>60</expansion>, <invention disclosure>70, 80, 90</invention disclosure>, <expansion>95, 99, or 100</expansion>% of their activities, compared to their activities as separate entities. In some embodiments, the invention provides a HIR Ab-IDS fusion antibody where the HIR Ab and IDS each retain an average of at least about <invention disclosure>50%</invention disclosure> of their activities, compared to their activities as separate entities. In some embodiments, the invention provides a HIR Ab-IDS fusion antibody where the HIR Ab and IDS each retain an average of at least about <expansion>60%</expansion> of their activities, compared to their activities as separate entities. In some embodiments, the invention provides a HIR Ab-IDS fusion antibody where the HIR Ab and IDS each retain an average of at least about <invention disclosure>70%</invention disclosure> of their activities, compared to their activities as separate entities. In some embodiments, the invention provides a fusion HIR Ab-IDS fusion antibody where the HIR Ab and IDS each retain an average of at least about <invention disclosure>80%</invention disclosure> of their activities, compared to their activities as separate entities. In some embodiments, the HIR Ab retains at least about <expansion>10</expansion>, <claim 5>20</claim 5>, <expansion>30, 40</expansion>, <invention disclosure>50</invention disclosure>, <expansion>60</expansion>, <invention disclosure>70, 80, 90</invention disclosure>, <expansion>95, 99, or 100</expansion>% of its activity, compared to its activity as a separate entity, and the IDS retains at least about <expansion>10</expansion>, <claim 5>20</claim 5>, <expansion>30, 40</expansion>, <invention disclosure>50</invention disclosure>, <expansion>60</expansion>, <invention disclosure>70, 80, 90</invention disclosure>, <expansion>95, 99, or 100</expansion>% of its activity, compared to its activity as a separate entity. Accordingly, described herein are compositions containing a bifunctional IDS fusion antibody (e.g., HIR Ab-IDS) <claim 50>capable of crossing the BBB</claim 50>, where the constituent antibody (e.g., HIR Ab) and IDS each retain, as part of the fusion antibody, an average of at least about <expansion>10</expansion>, <claim 5>20</claim 5>, <expansion>30, 40</expansion>, <invention disclosure>50</invention disclosure>, <expansion>60</expansion>, <invention disclosure>70, 80, 90</invention disclosure>, <expansion>95, 99, or 100</expansion>% of their activities, e.g., HIR binding and IDS activity, respectively, compared to their activities as separate proteins. <invention disclosure>An HIR Ab IDS fusion antibody refers to a fusion protein comprising any of the HIR antibodies and IDSs described herein.</invention disclosure>
[TECHNICAL EMBODIMENTS]In some embodiments, the IDS fusion antibodies (e.g., HIR Ab-IDS) described herein, comprise a covalent linkage between the carboxy terminus of the antibody (e.g., HIR Ab) and the amino terminus of the IDS (or, between the amino terminus of the antibody and the carboxy terminus of the IDS), wherein the IDS fusion antibody (e.g., HIR Ab-IDS) <claim 15>binds to the receptor-mediated BBB transport system</claim 15> (e.g., to the ECD of the IR) (<claim 17>insulin receptor</claim 17>) and <claim 50>crosses the blood brain barrier</claim 50>. In some embodiments, the IDS retains a therapeutically useful portion of its activity. In some embodiments of the invention comprising an IDS fusion antibody (e.g., HIR Ab-EDS) described herein, the covalent linkage between the antibody and the IDS may be to the carboxy or amino terminal of the targeting antibody (e.g., HIR antibody) and the amino or carboxy terminal of the IDS and linkage allows the HIR Ab-IDS fusion antibody to bind to the ECD of the IR and cross the blood brain harrier, and allows the IDS to retain a therapeutically useful portion of its activity. In certain embodiments, the covalent link is between an HC of the antibody and the IDS or a LC of the antibody and the IDS. <expansion>Any suitable linkage may be used, e.g., carboxy terminus of light chain to amino terminus of IDS, carboxy terminus of heavy chain to amino terminus of IDS, amino terminus of light chain to amino terminus of IDS, amino terminus of heavy chain to amino terminus of IDS, carboxy terminus of light chain to carboxy terminus of IDS, carboxy terminus of heavy chain to carboxy terminus of IDS, amino terminus of light chain to carboxy terminus of IDS, or amino terminus of heavy chain to carboxy terminus of IDS.</expansion> In some embodiments, the linkage is from the <claim 1>carboxy terminus of the HC to the amino terminus of the IDS</claim 1>. In other embodiments, the linkage is from the <claim 33>carboxy terminus of the LC to the amino terminus of the IDS</claim 33>.
[TECHNICAL EMBODIMENTS]The IDS may be fused, or covalently linked, to the targeting antibody through a linker. A linkage between terminal amino acids can be accomplished by an intervening peptide linker sequence that forms part of the fused amino acid sequence. <invention disclosure>The peptide sequence linker may be 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, or more than 10 amino acids in length. In some embodiments, including some preferred embodiments, the peptide linker is less than 20, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, or 1 amino acids in length. In some embodiments, including some preferred embodiments, the peptide linker is at least 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 amino acids in length.</invention disclosure> <invention disclosure>In some embodiments, the IDS is directly linked to the targeting antibody, and is therefore 0 amino acids in length. In some embodiments, there is no linker linking the IDS to the targeting antibody. In some embodiments, the amino terminus of the IDS is fused directly to the carboxyl terminal of the targeting antibody. In some embodiments, the carboxy terminus of the IDS is fused directly to the amino terminus of the targeting antibody.</invention disclosure> <invention disclosure>In some embodiments, the amino terminus of the IDS is fused directly to the carboxyl terminus of the HC of the to the targeting antibody.</invention disclosure> In some embodiments, the amino terminus of the IDS is fused to the carboxyl terminal of the targeting antibody <claim 53>through a linker</claim 53>. In some embodiments, the carboxy terminus of the IDS is fused to the amino terminus of the targeting antibody <claim 53>through a linker</claim 53>. In some embodiments, the amino terminus of the IDS is fused to the carboxyl terminus of the HC <claim 53>through a linker</claim 53>.
[TECHNICAL EMBODIMENTS]In some embodiments, the linker comprises glycine, serine, and/or alanine residues in any combination or order. In some cases, the combined percentage of glycine, serine, and alanine residues in the linker is at least 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 90%, or 95% of the total number of residues in the linker. In some preferred embodiments, the combined percentage of glycine, serine, and alanine residues in the linker is at least 50%, 60%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 90%, or 95% of the total number of residues in the linker. In some embodiments, any number of combinations of amino acids (including natural or synthetic amino acids) can be used for the linker. <claim 53>In some embodiments, a two amino acid linker is used.</claim 53> <invention disclosure>In some embodiments, the linker has the sequence Ser-Ser.</invention disclosure> In some embodiments, a two amino acid linker comprises glycine, serine, and/or alanine residues in any combination or order (e.g., Gly-Gly, Ser-Gly, Gly-Ser, Ser-Ser, Ala-Ala, Ser-Ala, or Ala-Ser linker). In some embodiments, a two amino acid linker consists of one glycine, serine, and/or alanine residue along with another amino acid (e.g., Ser-X, where X is any known amino acid). <expansion>In still other embodiments, the two-amino acid linker consists of any two amino acids (e.g., X-X), except gly, ser, or ala.</expansion>
[TECHNICAL EMBODIMENTS]<invention disclosure>As described herein, in some embodiments, a linker for use in the present disclosure, is greater than two amino acids in length. Such linker may also comprise glycine, serine, and/or alanine residues in any combination or order, as described further herein. In some embodiments, the linker consists of one glycine, serine, and/or alanine residue along with other amino acids. In still other embodiments, the linker consists of any two amino acids. In some embodiments, said any two amino acids are Gly, Ser, or Ala, in any combination or order, and within a variable number of amino acids intervening between them. In an example of an embodiment, the linker consists of at least one Gly. In an example of an embodiment, the linker consists of at least one Ser. In an example of an embodiment, the linker consists of at least one Ala. In some embodiments, the linker consists of at least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 Gly, Ser, and/or Ala residues. In preferred embodiments, the linker comprises Gly and Ser in repeating sequences, in any combination or number, such as (Gly 4 Ser) 3 (</invention disclosure><SEQ 19>SEQ ID NO: 19</SEQ 19><invention disclosure>), or other variations.</invention disclosure>
[TECHNICAL EMBODIMENTS]<invention disclosure>A linker for use in the present invention may be designed by using any method known in the art. For example, there are multiple publicly-available programs for determining optimal amino acid linkers in the engineering of fusion proteins. Publicly-available computer programs that automatically generate the amino acid sequence of optimal linkers based on the user's input of the sequence of the protein and the desired length of the linker may be used for the present methods and compositions. Often, such programs may use observed trends of naturally-occurring linkers joining protein subdomains to predict optimal protein linkers for use in protein engineering. In some cases, such programs use other methods of predicting optimal linkers. Examples of some programs suitable for predicting a linker for the present invention are described in the art.</invention disclosure>
[TECHNICAL EMBODIMENTS]The peptide linker sequence may include a protease cleavage site, however this is not a requirement for activity of the IDS; indeed, an advantage of these embodiments of the present invention is that the bifunctional IDS fusion antibody (e.g., HIR Ab-IDS) described herein, without cleavage, is partially or fully active both for transport and for activity once across the BBB. <invention disclosure>FIG. 5 shows an exemplary embodiment of the amino acid sequence of a HIR Ab-IDS fusion antibody (</invention disclosure><SEQ 10>SEQ ID NO:10</SEQ 10><invention disclosure>) in which the HC is fused through its carboxy terminus via a two amino acid “ser-ser” linker</invention disclosure><claim 53> to the amino terminus of the IDS</claim 53><invention disclosure>. In some embodiments, the fused IDS sequence is devoid of its 25 amino acid signal peptide, as shown in FIG. 4.</invention disclosure>
[TECHNICAL EMBODIMENTS]In some embodiments, an IDS fusion antibody (e.g., HIR Ab-IDS) described herein comprises both a HC and a LC.</claim 50><claim 50> In some embodiments, an IDS fusion antibody (e.g., HIR Ab-IDS) described herein is a monovalent antibody.</claim 50><expansion> In other embodiments, the IDS fusion antibody (e.g., HIR Ab-IDS) described herein is a divalent antibody, as described herein in the Example section.</expansion><invention disclosure>
[TECHNICAL EMBODIMENTS]<invention disclosure>The targeting antibody (e.g., HIR Ab) used as part of the IDS fusion antibody can be glycosylated or nonglycosylated; in some embodiments, the antibody is glycosylated, e.g., in a glycosylation pattern produced by its synthesis in a CHO cell.</invention disclosure>
[DEFINITIONS]<expansion>As used herein, “activity” includes physiological activity (e.g., ability to cross the BBB and/or therapeutic activity), binding affinity (including binding affinity of the targeting antibody for the receptor-mediated BBB transport system), or the enzymatic activity of IDS.</expansion>
[TECHNICAL EMBODIMENTS]<invention disclosure>Transport of the IDS fusion antibody (e.g., HIR Ab-IDS) across the BBB may be compared to transport across the BBB of the targeting antibody (e.g., HIR Ab) alone by standard methods. For example, pharmacokinetics and brain uptake of the HIR Ab-IDS fusion antibody by a model animal, e.g., a mammal such as a primate, may be used. Similarly, standard models for determining IDS activity may also be used to compare the function of the IDS alone and as part of a HIR Ab-IDS fusion antibody. See, e.g., Example 3, which demonstrates the enzymatic activity of IDS versus HIR Ab-IDS fusion antibody. Binding affinity for the IR ECD can be compared for the HIR Ab-IDS fusion antibody versus the HIR Ab alone. See, e.g., Example 3 herein.</invention disclosure>
[PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATIONS]<claim 66>Also included herein are pharmaceutical compositions that contain one or more IDS fusion antibodies (e.g., HIR Ab-IDS) described herein and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.</claim 66> <expansion>Pharmaceutical compositions of the invention include compositions suitable for administration via any peripheral route, including intravenous, subcutaneous, intramuscular, intraperitoneal injection; oral, rectal, transbuccal, pulmonary, transdermal, intranasal, or any other suitable route of peripheral administration.</expansion>
[PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATIONS]<expansion>The compositions of the invention are particular suited for injection, e.g., as a pharmaceutical composition for intravenous, subcutaneous, intramuscular, or intraperitoneal administration.</expansion> <invention disclosure>Aqueous compositions of the present invention comprise an effective amount of a composition of the present invention, which may be dissolved or dispersed in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or aqueous medium. The phrases “pharmaceutically or pharmacologically acceptable” refer to molecular entities and compositions that do not produce an adverse, allergic or other untoward reaction when administered to an animal, e.g., a human, as appropriate. As used herein, “pharmaceutically acceptable carrier” includes any and all solvents, dispersion media, coatings, antibacterial and antifungal agents, isotonic and absorption delaying agents and the like. The use of such media and agents for pharmaceutically active substances is well known in the art. Except insofar as any conventional media or agent is incompatible with the active ingredient, its use in the therapeutic compositions is contemplated. Supplementary active ingredients can also be incorporated into the compositions.</invention disclosure>
[PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATIONS]<invention disclosure>Exemplary pharmaceutically acceptable carriers for injectable compositions can include salts, for example, mineral acid salts such as hydrochlorides, hydrobromides, phosphates, sulfates, and the like; and the salts of organic acids such as acetates, propionates, malonates, benzoates, and the like. For example, compositions of the invention may be provided in liquid form, and formulated in saline based aqueous solution of varying pH (5-8), with or without detergents at 0.01-1%, or carbohydrate additives, such as mannitol, sorbitol, or trehalose. Commonly used buffers include histidine, acetate, phosphate, or citrate. Under ordinary conditions of storage and use, these preparations can contain a preservative to prevent the growth of microorganisms. The prevention of the action of microorganisms can be brought about by various antibacterial and antifungal agents, for example, parabens, chlorobutanol; phenol, sorbic acid, thimerosal, and the like. In many cases, it will be preferable to include isotonic agents, for example, sugars or sodium chloride. Prolonged absorption of the injectable compositions can be brought about by the use in the compositions of agents delaying absorption, for example, aluminum monostearate, and gelatin.</invention disclosure>
[PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATIONS]<invention disclosure>For human administration, preparations meet sterility, pyrogenicity, general safety, and purity standards.</invention disclosure> <expansion>The active compounds will generally be formulated for parenteral administration, e.g., formulated for injection via the intravenous, intramuscular, subcutaneous, intralesional, or intraperitoneal routes.</expansion> <invention disclosure>The preparation of an aqueous composition that contains an active component or ingredient will be known to those of skill in the art in light of the present disclosure. Typically, such compositions can be prepared as injectables, either as liquid solutions or suspensions; solid forms suitable for use in preparing solutions or suspensions upon the addition of a liquid prior to injection can also be prepared; and the preparations can also be emulsified.</invention disclosure>
[PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATIONS]<invention disclosure>Sterile injectable solutions are prepared by incorporating the active compounds in the required amount in the appropriate solvent with various of the other ingredients enumerated above, as required, followed by filtered sterilization. Generally, dispersions are prepared by incorporating the various sterilized active ingredients into a sterile vehicle which contains the basic dispersion medium and the required other ingredients from those enumerated above. In the case of sterile powders for the preparation of sterile injectable solutions, methods of preparation include vacuum-drying and freeze-drying techniques which yield a powder of the active ingredient plus any additional desired ingredient from a previously sterile-filtered solution thereof.</invention disclosure>
[METHODS OF USE]<claim 1>Upon formulation, solutions will be systemically administered in a manner compatible with the dosage formulation and in such amount as is therapeutically effective based on the criteria described herein.</claim 1> <expansion>The formulations are easily administered in a variety of dosage forms, such as the type of injectable solutions described above, but drug release capsules and the like can also be employed</expansion>
[METHODS OF USE]<invention disclosure>The appropriate quantity of a pharmaceutical composition to be administered, the number of treatments, and unit dose will vary according to the CNS uptake characteristics of the IDS fusion antibody (e.g., HIR Ab-IDS) as described herein, and according to the subject to be treated, the state of the subject and the effect desired. The person responsible for administration will, in any event, determine the appropriate dose for the individual subject.</invention disclosure>
[PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATIONS] In addition to the compounds formulated for <claim 26>parenteral administration</claim 26>, such as <claim 26>intravenous</claim 26> or <claim 26>intramuscular</claim 26> injection, other alternative methods of administration of the present invention may also be used, including but not limited to intradermal administration, pulmonary-administration, buccal administration, <claim 26>transdermal</claim 26> administration and transmucosal administration. Such methods of administration are well known in the art. One may also use <claim 26>intranasal</claim 26> administration of the present invention, such as with nasal solutions or sprays, aerosols or inhalants. <expansion>Nasal solutions are usually aqueous solutions designed to be administered to the nasal passages in drops or sprays. Nasal solutions are prepared so that they are similar in many respects to nasal secretions. Thus, the aqueous nasal solutions usually are isotonic and slightly buffered to maintain a pH of 5.5 to 6.5. In addition, antimicrobial preservatives, similar to those used in ophthalmic preparations and appropriate drug stabilizers, if required, may be included in the formulation. Various commercial nasal preparations are known and include, for example, antibiotics and antihistamines and are used for asthma prophylaxis.</expansion>
[PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATIONS] <expansion>Additional formulations, which are suitable for other modes of administration, include suppositories and pessaries. A rectal pessary or suppository may also be used. Suppositories are solid dosage forms of various weights and shapes, usually medicated, for insertion into the rectum or the urethra. After insertion, suppositories soften, melt or dissolve in the cavity fluids. For suppositories, traditional binders and carriers generally include, for example, polyalkylene glycols or triglycerides; such suppositories may be formed from mixtures containing the active ingredient in any suitable range, e.g., in the range of 0.5% to 10%, preferably 1%-2%.</expansion>
[PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATIONS] <expansion>Oral formulations include such normally employed excipients as, for example, pharmaceutical grades of mannitol, lactose, starch, magnesium stearate, sodium saccharine, cellulose, magnesium carbonate and the like. These compositions take the form of solutions, suspensions, tablets, pills, capsules, sustained release formulations, or powders. In certain defined embodiments, oral pharmaceutical compositions will comprise an inert diluent or assimilable edible carrier, or they may be enclosed in a hard or soft shell gelatin capsule, or they may be compressed into tablets, or they may be incorporated directly with the food of the diet. For oral therapeutic administration, the active compounds may be incorporated with excipients and used in the form of ingestible tablets, buccal tables, troches, capsules, elixirs, suspensions, syrups, wafers, and the like. Such compositions and preparations can contain at least 0.1% of active compound. The percentage of the compositions and preparations may, of course, be varied, and may conveniently be between about 2 to about 75% of the weight of the unit, or between about 25-60%. The amount of active compounds in such therapeutically useful compositions is such that a suitable dosage will be obtained.</expansion>
[PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATIONS] <expansion>The tablets, troches, pills, capsules and the like may also contain the following: a binder, such as gum tragacanth, acacia, cornstarch, or gelatin; excipients, such as dicalcium phosphate; a disintegrating agent, such as corn starch, potato starch, alginic acid and the like; a lubricant, such as magnesium stearate; and a sweetening agent, such as sucrose, lactose or saccharin may be added or a flavoring agent, such as peppermint, oil of wintergreen, or cherry flavoring. When the dosage unit form is a capsule, it may contain, in addition to materials of the above type, a liquid carrier. Various other materials may be present as coatings or to otherwise modify the physical form of the dosage unit. For instance, tablets, pills, or capsules may be coated with shellac, sugar or both. A syrup of elixir may contain the active compounds sucrose as a sweetening agent, methylene and propyl parabens as preservatives, a dye and flavoring, such as cherry or orange flavor. In some embodiments, an oral pharmaceutical composition may be enterically coated to protect the active ingredients from the environment of the stomach; enteric coating methods and formulations are well-known in the art.</expansion>
[OVERVIEW] Methods
[METHODS OF USE] Described herein are methods for delivering an effective dose of IDS to the CNS across the BBB by <claim 1>systemically administering a therapeutically effective amount</claim 1> of a HIR Ab-IDS fusion antibody, as described herein. Suitable systemic doses for delivery of a IDS fusion antibody (e.g., HIR MAb) is based on its <invention disclosure>CNS uptake characteristics and IDS specific activity as described herein</invention disclosure>. Systemic administration of a IDS fusion antibody (e.g., HIR MAb) to a subject suffering from an IDS deficiency is an effective approach to the non-invasive delivery of IDS to the CNS.
[METHODS OF USE] The amount of a IDS fusion antibody (e.g., HIR MAb) fusion antibody that is a therapeutically effective systemic dose depends, in part, on the <invention disclosure>CNS uptake characteristics of the of a IDS fusion antibody (e.g., HIR MAb) to be administered, as described herein, e.g., the percentage of the systemically administered dose to be taken up in the CNS</invention disclosure>.
[METHODS OF USE] <invention disclosure>In some embodiments, 0.3% (i.e., about 0.32%), 0.4%, 0.48%, 0.6%, 0.74%, 0.8%, 0.9%, 1.05, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3%, 1.5%, 2%, 2.5%, 5%, or any % from about 0.3% to about 12%) of the systemically administered of the IDS fusion antibody is delivered to the brain as a result of its uptake from peripheral blood across the BBB. In some embodiments, at least 0.5%, (i.e., about 0.32%, 0.4%, 0.48%, 0.6%, 0.74%, 0.8%, 0.9%, 1.05, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3%, 1.5%, 2%, 2.5%, 5%, or any % from about 0.3% to about 12%) of the systemically administered dose of a IDS fusion antibody is delivered to the brain within two hours or less, i.e., 1.8, 1.7, 1.5, 1.4, 1.3, 1.2, 1.1, 0.9, 0.8, 0.6, 0.5 or any other period from about 0.5 to about two hours after systemic administration.</invention disclosure>
[METHODS OF USE] Accordingly, in some embodiments the invention provides methods of administering a <claim 1>therapeutically effective amount</claim 1> of a IDS fusion antibody systemically, such that the amount of the IDS fusion antibody to cross the BBB provides <invention disclosure>at least 0.125 units of IDS activity/mg protein in the subject's brain, e.g., 0.14, 0.15, 0.16, 0.17, 0.18, 0.19, 0.2, 0.21, 0.22, 0.23, 0.24, 0.25, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.75, 1.0, 1.5, 2, or any other value from 0.125 to 2.5 of units of IDS activity/mg protein in the subject's brain</invention disclosure>.
[METHODS OF USE] <expansion>In some embodiments, the total number of units of IDS activity delivered to a subject's brain is at least, 12,500 units, e.g., at least 12,500, 25,000, 30,000, 35,000, 40,000, 45,000, 50,000, </expansion><invention disclosure>60,000</invention disclosure><expansion>, 70,000, 80,000, 90,000, 110,000, 120,000, 130,000, 140,000, 150,000, 160,000, 170,000, 180,000, 190,000, 200,000, 210,000, 220,000, 230,000, 250,000 or any other total number of IDS units from about 12,500 to 250,000 units of IDS activity</expansion>.
[METHODS OF USE] <expansion>In some embodiments, a therapeutically effective systemic dose comprises at least 5×10 5 , 1×10 6 , 2×10 6 , 3×10 6 , 4, 10 6 , 5×10 6 , 6×10 6 , 7×10 6 , 8×10 6 , 9×10 6 , 1×10 7 , 1.1×10 7 , 1.2×10 7 , 1.5×10 7 , 1.6×10 7 , 1.7×10 7 , 1.8×10 7 , 1.9×10 7 , 2×10 7 , 2.1×10 7 , 3×10 7 , or any other systemic dose from about 5×10 5 to 3×10 7 units of IDS activity</expansion>.
[METHODS OF USE] <expansion>In other embodiments, a therapeutically effective systemic dose is at least about 20,000 units of IDS activity/kg body weight, at least about 22,000, 24,000, </expansion><claim 7>25,000</claim 7><expansion>, 30,000, 40,000, 50,000, 60,000, 70,000, 80,000, 90,000, 100,000, 125,000, 150,000, 200,000 or any other number of IDS units from about 20,000 to 200,000 units of IDS activity/kg of body weight.</expansion> <expansion>In some embodiments, at least about 10,000, 15,000, </expansion><claim 6>25,000</claim 6><expansion>, 30,000, 35,000, 40,000; 45,000, 50,000, 60,000, 70,000, 80,000, 90,000, 110,000, 120,000, 130,000, 140,000, 150,000, 160,000, 170,000, 180,000, 190,000, 200,000, 210,000, 220,000, 230,000, 250,000 units of iduronate-2-sulfatase activity is delivered to the brain, normalized per 50 kg body weight.</expansion> <expansion>In some embodiments, at least about 25,000 000 units of iduronate-2-sulfatase activity is delivered to the brain, normalized per 50 kg body weight.</expansion>
[METHODS OF USE] <invention disclosure>One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the mass amount of a therapeutically effective systemic dose of a IDS fusion antibody (e.g., HIR MAb) will depend, in part, on its IDS specific activity.</invention disclosure> In some embodiments, the IDS specific activity of a IDS fusion antibody (e.g., HIR MAb) is <claim 8>at least 10,000 U/mg of protein</claim 8>, <expansion>at least about 11,000, 12,000, 13,000, 14,000, 20,000, 21,000, 22,000, 23,000, 24,000, 25,000, 26,000, 27,000, 28,000, 30,000, 32,000, 34,000, 35,000, 36,000, 37,000, 40,000, 45,000, 50,000, or any other specific activity value from about 10,000 units/mg to about 50,000 units/mg</expansion>.
[METHODS OF USE] <expansion>Thus, with due consideration of the specific activity of a IDS fusion antibody and the body weight of a subject to be treated, a systemic dose of a IDS fusion antibody can be at least 2 mg, e.g., 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 100, or any other value from about 2 mg to about 100 mg of a IDS fusion antibody</expansion>.
[DEFINITIONS] <expansion>The term “systemic administration” or “peripheral administration,” as used herein, includes any method of administration that is not direct administration into the CNS, i.e., that does not involve physical penetration or disruption of the BBB.</expansion> “Systemic administration” includes, but is not limited to, <claim 26>intravenous, intra-arterial intramuscular, subcutaneous, intranasal, transdermal</claim 26>, <expansion>intraperitoneal, transbuccal, rectal, transalveolar (inhalation), or oral</expansion> administration. <expansion>Any suitable IDS fusion antibody may be used.</expansion>
[DEFINITIONS] <invention disclosure>An IDS deficiency as referred to herein includes, one or more conditions known as Hunter's syndrome, Hunter's disease, and mucopolysaccharidosis type II. The IDS deficiency is characterized by the buildup of heparan sulfate and dermatan sulfate that occurs in the body (the heart, liver, brain etc.).</invention disclosure>
[METHODS OF USE] <invention disclosure>The compositions of the invention, e.g., an HIR Ab-IDS fusion antibody, may be administered as part of a combination therapy. The combination therapy involves the administration of a composition of the invention in combination with another therapy for treatment or relief of symptoms typically found in a patient suffering from an IDS deficiency. If the composition of the invention is used in combination with another CNS disorder method or composition, any combination of the composition of the invention and the additional method or composition may be used. Thus, for example, if use of a composition of the invention is in combination with another CNS disorder treatment agent, the two may be administered simultaneously, consecutively, in overlapping durations, in similar, the same, or different frequencies, etc. In some cases a composition will be used that contains a composition of the invention in combination with one or more other CNS disorder treatment agents.</invention disclosure>
[PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATIONS] <invention disclosure>In some embodiments, the composition, e.g., an HIR Ab-IDS fusion antibody is co-administered to the patient with another medication, either within the same formulation or as a separate composition. For example, the HIR Ab-IDS fusion antibody may be formulated with another fusion protein that is also designed to deliver across the human blood-brain barrier a recombinant protein other than IDS. Further, the fusion HIR Ab-IDS fusion antibody may be formulated in combination with other large or small molecules.</invention disclosure>
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