Patent Grant
11155626
This application claims priority for the Chinese patent application “Anti-Human PD-L1 Humanized Monoclonal Antibody and Its Applications”, with filing date Friday, May 20, 2016 and application number 201610340678.3. All the contents of present invention are combined in this application by reference.
The official copy of the sequence listing is submitted electronically via EFS-Web as an ASCII formatted sequence listing with a file named “KGI1-PAU05NS--Seq_List.txt”, created on Sep. 11, 2018, and having a size of 32 kilobytes and is filed concurrently with the specification. The sequence listing contained in this ASCII formatted document is part of the specification and is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.
The present invention relates to the biomedicine field, in particular to an anti-human PD-L1 humanized monoclonal antibody and its applications.
The adaptive response of human immune system mainly includes the activation, differentiation and proliferation of T-cells and B-cells. Among them, the activation of T-cell function is regulated by two types of signals. One is the antigen-specific signal provided by T-cell receptor (TCR) recognizing the MHC-antigen complex on antigen-presenting cells (APC). The other is the co-stimulation and inhibition signal formed between T-cells and immuno-checkpoint proteins expressed on APC cells. This kind of co-stimulatory or inhibitory signal often plays an important role in the proliferation, differentiation and activation of T-cells. Normally, the immuno-checkpoint is critical in maintaining body's self-tolerance (preventing autoimmunity) and protecting the body from being infected by external pathogens.
PD-L1/PD1 signal pathway is a very important co-inhibitory signal pathway in immune response. Programmed death receptor-1 (PD-1, also known as CD279) has two glycoprotein ligands on cell surface: PD-L1 (also known as B7-H1, CD274) and PD-L2 (also known as B7-DC, CD273).
The human PD-L1 gene encodes 290 amino acids (including 1-18 amino acids as signal peptides, 19-238 amino acids as extracellular segments, 239-259 amino acids as transmembrane segments, and 260-290 amino acids as intracellular segments). It is a type I membrane protein that is generally expressed in T-cells, B-cells, dendritic cells, macrophages and many non-hematopoietic cells. Studies have shown that when PD-L1 binds to PD-1, protein tyrosine phosphatases SHP-1 and SHP-2 with SH2 domain will be supplemented. These two phosphatases can reduce the phosphorylation of the immunoreceptor tyrosine activating motif (ITAM) of the CD3_chain, weaken the activation of ZAP-70, and inhibit the downstream signal transduction of TCR, thus co-inhibiting the activation of T cells. This negative regulatory effect can prevent the over-activation of effector T-cells leading to autoimmune damage.
However, if PD-L1 is expressed in tumor tissues, the killing effect of the immune system on tumor tissues can be weakened by binding to PD-1 of immune cells. PD-L1 has been found to be highly expressed in many tumor tissues (gastric cancer, breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, ovarian cancer, lung cancer, prostate cancer, malignant melanoma, etc.) and in bone marrow cells in tumor-infiltrating microenvironment. The expression of PD-L1 is also closely related to the poor prognosis of melanoma, breast cancer and ovarian cancer. If the link reaction between PD-L1 and PD-1 is blocked, the effector function of T-cells can be restored. Tumors, such as melanoma, can express PD-L1 at the beginning of their formation, thus possessing innate immune escape ability. The expression level of PD-L1 is often closely related to the prognosis of the disease.
Therefore, the expression of PD-L1 has become a vital biomarker in the use of immunotherapy targeting the PD-1/PD-L1 signal pathway, helping researchers to speculate which patients are more likely to respond to such immunotherapy.
At present, the antibody drugs targeted at PD-L1 have shown excellent application prospects clinically. For example, Roche's all-human IgG1 monoclonal antibody MPDL3280A can block the binding of PD-L1 to PD-1 and CD80, and weaken the antibody-mediated cytotoxicity by engineering transformation on its Fc fragments. In Phase I clinical trials, patients with metastatic bladder cancer with positive PD-L1 expression develop a response rate of 52% after 12 weeks of MPDL 3280A treatment. Adverse reactions just include low-grade fatigue and nausea, and there is no evidence of nephrotoxicity. Continuous response to drugs is also observed in melanoma patients, so MPDL3280A is granted with the breakthrough treatment status by FDA. Its clinical research is also being carried out in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma and non-small cell lung cancer. Another PD-L1 monoclonal antibody, Avelumab, co-developed by Pfizer and Merck, is also being evaluated for efficacy and safety in patients with metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma.
Not only that, studies have shown that some viral infections are also closely related to PD-L1/PD-1 signal pathway. For example, in chronic HIV infection, PD-1 is found to be highly expressed on the surface of HIV-specific CD8+T cells. The virus inhibits the activity of HIV-specific CD8+T cells by activating the PD-L1/PD-1 signal pathway. The secretion of cytokines and the proliferation of T cells are greatly weakened, resulting in acquired immunodeficiency. Therefore, blocking the PD-L1/PD-1 signal pathway, in the treatment of such diseases, also has considerable application value.
Consequently, the development of drugs with the ability to block the PD-L1/PD-1 signal pathway will bring new methods for the treatment of tumor, viral infection and a variety of immune system-related diseases, with great application potential and market value.
To solve these technical problems, the present invention aims to provide an anti-human PD-L1 humanized monoclonal antibody with good specificity, high affinity and stability.
The first aspect of the invention relates to an anti-human PD-L1 humanized monoclonal antibody or an antigen binding part thereof, which comprises a CDR region selected from a group of the following:
Further, the anti-human PD-L1 humanized monoclonal antibody or its antigen binding part in the invention, also includes sequences selected from the following framework regions of heavy chain variable region: FR1, FR2, FR3 and FR4, as shown in SEQ ID NO: 21-24, respectively, or other sequences that having greater than 70%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 99% identity to them, respectively.
Further, the anti-human PD-L1 humanized monoclonal antibody or its antigen binding part in the invention, also includes sequences selected from the following framework regions of light chain variable region: FR1, FR2, FR3 and FR4, as shown in SEQ ID NO: 37-40, respectively, or other sequences that having greater than 70%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 99% identity to them, respectively.
Further, the anti-human PD-L1 humanized monoclonal antibody or its antigen binding part in the invention, includes sequences selected from the following heavy chain variable region, as shown in SEQ ID NO: 6, or includes sequences that bind antigenic epitopes same to above sequences.
Further, the anti-human PD-L1 humanized monoclonal antibody or its antigen binding part in the invention, also includes sequences selected from the following light chain variable regions, as shown in SEQ ID NO: 8, 45 or 51, or other sequences that having greater than 70%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 99% identity to above sequences, respectively.
Specifically, for the anti-human PD-L1 humanized monoclonal antibody or its antigen binding part in the invention, the sequence of heavy chain is as shown in SEQ ID NO: 10.
Specifically, for the anti-human PD-L1 humanized monoclonal antibody or its antigen binding part in the invention, the sequence of light chain is as shown in SEQ ID NO: 26, 42 or 48.
A nucleic acid molecule according to the second aspect of the invention contains a nucleic acid sequence that is capable of encoding an antibody heavy chain variable region, which comprises an amino acid sequence selected from the following group:
Further, the heavy chain variable region contains an amino acid sequence selected from the following group:
SEQ ID NO: 6, or the sequence that satisfies at least one of the following three requirements when compared with the sequence (1): a) binding to the same antigenic epitope; b) identity greater than 70%, 80%, 85%, 90% or 97%; c) containing substitution for one or more nucleotides in the framework region of the above-mentioned sequence.
In the embodiments of the invention, the nucleic acid molecules contain selected sequences as shown in SEQ ID NO: 5.
Further, the nucleic acid molecule contains selected sequences as shown in SEQ ID NO: 9.
A nucleic acid molecule according to the third aspect of the invention contains a nucleic acid sequence that is capable of encoding an antibody light chain variable region, which comprises an amino acid sequence selected from the following group:
Further, the light chain variable region contains an amino acid sequence selected from the following group:
SEQ ID NO: 8, 45 or 51, or the sequence that satisfies at least one of the following three requirements when compared with abovementioned sequences: a) binding to the same antigenic epitope; b) identity greater than 70%, 80%, 85%, 90% or 97%; c) containing substitution for one or more nucleotides in the framework region of the above-mentioned sequence.
In the embodiments of the invention, the nucleic acid molecules contain selected sequences as shown in SEQ ID NO: 7, 43 or 49.
Further, the nucleic acid molecule contains selected sequences as shown in SEQ ID NO: 25, 41 or 47.
The fourth aspect of the invention relates to a carrier which contains nucleic acid molecules as described in the second or third aspect of the invention.
Further, the carrier referred to in the invention contains any nucleic acid molecule as described in the second and third aspects of the invention.
The fifth aspect of the invention relates to host cells, which contain any nucleic acid molecule as described in the second or third aspect of the invention, or any carrier as described in the fourth aspect of the invention.
The sixth aspect of the invention relates to conjugates, which contain any anti-human PD-L1 humanized monoclonal antibody or its antigen binding part as described in the first aspect of the invention, and other bioactive substances. The anti-human PD-L1 humanized monoclonal antibody or its antigen binding part is directly or through junction fragments, coupled with other bioactive substances.
In the embodiment of the invention, the other bioactive substances are selected from chemicals, toxins, peptides, enzymes, isotopes, or cytokines that can directly or indirectly inhibit cell growth or kill cells, or inhibit or kill cells by activating the immune response of organism for the treatment of tumors, or selected from other single or mixed substances with biological activity.
The seventh aspect of the invention relates to compositions (e.g. pharmaceutical composition), which contain any anti-human PD-L1 humanized monoclonal antibody or its antigen binding part as described in the first aspect of the invention, any nucleic acid molecule as described in the second or third aspect, any carrier as described in the fourth aspect, any host cell as described in the fifth aspect, or any conjugate as described in the sixth aspect, as well as optional pharmaceutically acceptable carriers or excipients, and optional other bioactive substances.
In accordance with any composition (e.g. pharmaceutical composition) as described in the seventh aspect of the invention, the other bioactive substances include, but are not limited to, other antibodies, fusion proteins or drugs (e.g. anti-tumor drugs, such as radiotherapy and chemotherapy drugs).
The invention also relates to diagnostic reagents or kits, which contain any anti-human PD-L1 humanized monoclonal antibody or its antigen-binding part as described in the first aspect of the invention. The diagnostic reagents or kits are used in vitro (e.g. cells or tissues) or in vivo (e.g. human or animal models) to diagnose diseases associated with PD-L1 (e.g. tumors or virus infection, such as virus infection or tumor with overexpression of PD-L1).
In the embodiment of the present invention, the tumors include, but are not limited to, lung cancer, ovarian cancer, colon cancer, rectal cancer, melanoma, renal cancer, bladder cancer, breast cancer, liver cancer, lymphoma, malignant hematopathy, head & neck cancer, glioma, gastric cancer, nasopharyngeal cancer, laryngeal cancer, cervical cancer, uterine body cancer, osteosarcoma, thyroid cancer, and prostatic cancer. The virus infections include, but are not limited to, acute, subacute or chronic HBV, HCV and HIV infections.
The invention also relates to any anti-human PD-L1 humanized monoclonal antibody or its antigen binding part as described in the first aspect of the invention, any nucleic acid molecule as described in the second or third aspect, any carrier as described in the fourth aspect, any host cell as described in the fifth aspect, any conjugate as described in the sixth aspect, or any composition as described in the seventh aspect which is used to prepare medicines for the prevention or treatment of PD-L1 associated diseases (e.g. tumors, microbial or virus infection, such as tumor or virus infection overexpression of PD-L1).
In the embodiment of the present invention, the tumors include, but are not limited to, lung cancer, ovarian cancer, colon cancer, rectal cancer, melanoma, renal cancer, bladder cancer, breast cancer, liver cancer, lymphoma, malignant hematopathy, head & neck cancer, glioma, gastric cancer, nasopharyngeal cancer, laryngeal cancer, cervical cancer, uterine body cancer, osteosarcoma, thyroid cancer, and prostatic cancer. The microbial infections include, but are not limited to, bacterial, fungal and protozoal infections. The virus infections include, but are not limited to, acute, subacute or chronic HBV, HCV and HIV infections.
The following is a further description of the invention, where unless otherwise specified, the scientific and technical terms used herein have meanings commonly understood by those skilled in the art. In addition, the terms used in this document, including those related to protein and nucleic acid chemistry, molecular biology, cell and tissue culture, microbiology, immunology and laboratory procedures, refer to terms or procedures widely used in their fields. The following terms are defined and explained here to ensure a better understanding of the present invention.
In the present invention, the term “antibody” refers to an immunoglobulin molecule normally consisted of two pairs of identical polypeptide chains, each with a “light” (L) chain and a “heavy” (H) chain. The light chains of antibody can be classified as κ and λ light chains. The heavy chains can be classified as μ, δ, γ, α and ε, with antibody isotypes defined as IgM, IgD, IgG, IgA and IgE, respectively. In light and heavy chains, the variable region and the constant region are linked with each other through the “J” region of about 12 or more amino acids, and the heavy chain also contains the “D” region of about three or more amino acids. Each heavy chain is consisted of a heavy chain variable region (VH) and a heavy chain constant region (CH). The heavy chain constant region is consisted of 3 domains (CH1, CH2 and CH3). Each light chain is consisted of a light chain variable region (VL) and a light chain constant region (CL). The light chain constant region is consisted of a domain CL. The constant region of antibody can mediate the binding of immunoglobulins to host tissues or factors, including various cells of the immune system (e.g. effector cells) and the first component of classical complement system (C1q). The VH and VL regions can also be subdivided into highly variable regions (called as complementary determinant regions (CDR)), amongst of which conservative regions known as framework regions (FR) are distributed. Each VH or VL region is consisted of three CDRs and four FRs arranged from the amino terminal to the carboxyl terminal in the following order: FR1, CDR1, FR2, CDR2, FR3, CDR3, FR4. The variable regions (V H and V L) of each heavy/light chain pair form antibody binding sites separately. The distribution of amino acids to regions or domains follows the definitions in Kabat Sequences of Proteins of Immunological Interest (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. (1987 and 1991)), or in Chothia&Lesk (1987) J. Mol. Biol. 196:901-917; Chothia et al. (1989) Nature 342: 878-883. The term “antibody” is not limited by any specific antibody production method. For example, it particularly includes recombinant antibodies, monoclonal antibodies and polyclonal antibodies. Antibodies can be of different types, such as IgG (e.g. IgG1, IgG2, IgG3 or IgG4 subtypes), IgA1, IgA2, IgD, IgE, or IgM antibody.
In the present invention, the term “antigen-binding part” of an antibody refers to one or more parts of a full-length antibody that retain the ability of binding the same antigen (e.g. PD-L1) of the antibody, so as to compete with the intact antibody for antigen specific binding. Usually, see Fundamental Immunology, Ch.7 (Paul, W., ed., 2nd Edition, Raven Press, N.Y. (1989)), which is incorporated in this article by citation for all purposes. The antigen binding part can be produced by recombinant DNA technology or by enzymatic or chemical cleavage of intact antibody. In some cases, the antigen binding part includes Fab, Fab′, F (ab′) 2, Fd, Fv, dAb, and complementary determinant region (CDR) fragments, single chain antibodies (e.g. scFv), chimeric antibodies, diabodies and such kind of peptides, which contain at least a part of the antibody sufficient to give the peptides a capacity for antigen specific binding.
With the above scheme, the present invention has at least the following advantages: the invention obtains an anti-human PD-L1 humanized monoclonal antibody with good specificity, high affinity and stability by screening, and the antibody can specifically bind to human PD-L1 instead of binding to other members of B728 family, and it can bind to active T-cells to strengthen the activation of T-cells, so it can significantly inhibit the growth of tumor.
The above description is only an overview of the technical scheme of the present invention. In order to have a better understanding of the technical means of the invention and to implement in accordance with the specifications, see following details based on good embodiments of the invention and the description of the figures.
The invention is described in detail as follows through Figures and embodiments. The following embodiments are used to illustrate the present invention, but not to limit the scope of the invention.
1.1 Animal Immunity
The classical immunization schedule is used to immunize BALB/c mice. The immunogen is hPD-L1 (human PD-L1) protein (purchased from Beijing YiqiaoShenzhou Biotechnology Co., Ltd.) so that the mice can produce anti-hPD-L1 antibodies. The specific scheme is shown in Table 1:
1.2 Cell Fusion and Screening of Hybridoma Cell
Before fusion, the state of mouse myeloma SP2/0 is adjusted to ensure that its growth density does not exceed 1.0×106 cells. The final immunization is carried out 3 days ahead of schedule, for which tail vein injection is used. The feeding cells are prepared 1 day ahead of schedule, with plate layout of 2.0×104 cells/well. By PEG fusion, the ratio of spleen cells to SP2/0 cells is between 10:1 and 5:1, and the number of spleen cells per well is up to 1.0×105. After 7 days of fusion, harvest the supernatant and replace the medium.
The harvested supernatant is first screened by direct ELISA binding method. After expansion on obtained positive clones, re-screen the supernatant.
Two rounds of re-screening are carried out through cell binding and inhibition experiments. The positive clones obtained by screening are subcloned by limited dilution method and arranged on 96-well plates, which are 5 clones/well, 2 clones/well and 1 clone/well. After 7 days of culture, the positive subclones are selected by direct ELISA binding experiment, and then expanded and preserved.
The specific steps involved in each experiment method are as follows:
A. ELISA Binding Method
B. Cell Binding Experiment
C. Cell Inhibition Experiment
1.3 Preparation and Activity Identification of Mouse Antibody
Inoculate the hybridoma cells of selected positive subclones into SFM medium for about 7 days. Collect the supernatant and purify it with Protein G purification column after centrifugal filtration. Then test the purified antibodies for ELISA binding activity, ELISA inhibitory activity, cell binding activity, and cell inhibitory activity. After screening, obtain a mouse anti-PD-L1 monoclonal antibody with the highest activity, and name it as mouse anti-PD-L1.
The specific steps involved in each experiment method are as follows:
A. ELISA Binding Activity
B. ELISA Inhibitory Activity
C. Cell Binding Activity
D. Cell Inhibitory Activity
2.1 Acquisition of Mouse Antibody Genes
Use Purelink RNA Micro kit to extract mouse anti-PD-L1 hybridoma total RNA, then use PrimeScript™ II 1st Strand cDNA Synthesis Kit to make the reverse transcription of total RNA and prepare cDNA. Use Leader primer to expand the variable regions of heavy and light chains separately. The reaction system and PCR conditions are shown in Tables 2 and 3, respectively.
The PCR results are analyzed by electrophoresis.
Add 0.5 μl LA Taq enzyme into the reaction tube containing expansion products and react 10 min at 72° C. After that, perform enzyme linking and the reaction system is as shown in Table 4.
After the enzyme linking, transform, select clones and conserve the breed, then obtain the anti-human PD-L1 antibody. After sequencing, the nucleic acid sequence and amino acid sequence of heavy chain variable region are obtained and shown as SEQ ID NO: 1 and 2, respectively. The nucleic acid sequence and amino acid sequence of light chain variable region are obtained and shown as SEQ ID NO: 3 and 4, respectively.
2.2 Humanization Design
The screened mouse antibody sequences are analyzed and compared with the human germline genes. The results show that KV1-9*01 is a light chain humanized frame sequence and HV1-46*03 is a heavy chain humanized frame sequence. By CDR-grafting, the CDRs of heavy and light chains are juxtaposed into the framework sequence to construct humanized antibodies and synthesize fragments of humanized antibody variable regions. The nucleic acid sequence and amino acid sequence of heavy chain variable region are obtained and shown as SEQ ID NO: 5 and 6, respectively. The nucleic acid sequence and amino acid sequence of light chain variable region are obtained and shown as SEQ ID NO:7 and 8, respectively.
2.3 Construction of Antibody Library
The DNA sequence of mouse antibody CDR is analyzed to identify the mutation site in variable region CDR. The primer sequence is designed, and the location of the mutation site is designed as NNS to encode any amino acid. By using humanized antibody scFv as template, the scFv antibody library is expanded by PCR. The scFv antibody library is constructed into phage plasmid through sfiI digestion site, so as to build the secondary antibody library.
2.4 Screening of Antibody Library
Afterwards, the high affinity antibodies are screened by phage display, where the specific method is as follows:
Repeat steps B-H.
After 3 rounds of screening, select monoclones and prepare recombinant phages. Phage ELISA method is used to detect the activity of recombinant phages. See below for details:
Three humanized antibodies, named anti-PD-L1-1, anti-PD-L1-2 and anti-PD-L1-3, are obtained by screening in above experiments. Correspondingly, the heavy-chain and light-chain plasmids of anti-PD-L1-1 are named as P3.1GS-anti-PD-L1-1-HC and P3.1GS-anti-PD-L1-1-LC; the heavy-chain and light-chain plasmids of anti-PD-L1-2 are P3.1GS-anti-PD-L1-2-HC and P3.1GS-anti-PD-L1-2-LC; and the heavy-chain and light-chain plasmids of anti-PD-L1-3 are P3.1GS-anti-PD-L1-3-HC and P3.1GS-anti-PD-L1-3-L. The sequence information is as follows:
Anti-PD-L1-1 heavy chain nucleotide sequence and amino acid sequence are shown in SEQ ID NO: 9 and 10, respectively. Among them, the nucleotide sequence of heavy chain variable region is:
ATCATCCACTGGGTGCGGCAAGCCCCTGGACAGGGACTGGAATGGATGGG
GCAGGGTGACCATGACCCGGGACACCAGCACCTCCACCGTGTACATGGAG
CGGAGAGCTGGGCGGAGGCTACTTCTTCGACTACTGGGGCCAGGGCACAA
The underlined parts represent CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3, with serial numbers SEQ ID NO: 11-13, respectively, and the parts with no underline are FR1, FR2, FR3 and FR4 with serial numbers SEQ ID NO:14-17, respectively.
Accordingly, the amino acid sequence of heavy chain variable region is:
The underlined parts represent CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3, with serial numbers SEQ ID NO:18-20, respectively, and the parts with no underline are FR1, FR2, FR3 and FR4 with serial numbers SEQ ID NO:21-24, respectively.
Anti-PD-L1-1 light chain nucleotide sequence and amino acid sequence are shown in SEQ ID NO:25 and 26, respectively. Among them, the nucleotide sequence of light chain variable region is:
ACTGGTATCAACAGAAGCCTGGCAAGGCCCCCAAGCCCTGGATCTACGCC
ACCTCCAACCTGGCCAGCGGCGTGCCTAGCAGGTTCAGCGGTTCTGGCTC
The underlined parts represent CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3, with serial numbers SEQ ID NO:27-29, respectively, and the parts with no underline are FR1, FR2, FR3 and FR4 with serial numbers SEQ ID NO:30-33, respectively.
Accordingly, the amino acid sequence of light chain variable region is:
SNLASGVPSRFSGSGSGTEFTLTISSLQPEDFATYYCQQWSSNPLTFGQG
The underlined parts represent CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3, with serial numbers SEQ ID NO: 34-36, respectively, and the parts with no underline are FR1, FR2, FR3 and FR4 with serial numbers SEQ ID NO:37-40, respectively.
2) Anti-PD-L1-2 heavy chain nucleotide sequence and amino acid sequence are shown in SEQ ID NO:9 and 10, respectively. Among them, the nucleotide sequence of heavy chain variable region is:
TCATCCACTGGGTGCGGCAAGCCCCTGGACAGGGACTGGAATGGATGGGC
TGGTTCTACCCTGGTTCTGGCAACATCCGGTACAACGAGAAGATCAAGGG
CAGGGTGACCATGACCCGGGACACCAGCACCTCCACCGTGTACATGGAGC
GGAGAGCTGGGCGGAGGCTACTTCTTCGACTACTGGGGCCAGGGCACAAC
The underlined parts represent CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3, with serial numbers SEQ ID NO:11-13, respectively, and the parts with no underline are FR1, FR2, FR3 and FR4 with serial numbers SEQ ID NO:14-17, respectively.
Accordingly, the amino acid sequence of heavy chain variable region is:
The underlined parts represent CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3, with serial numbers SEQ ID NO: 18-20, respectively, and the parts with no underline are FR1, FR2, FR3 and FR4 with serial numbers SEQ ID NO: 21-24, respectively.
Anti-PD-L1-2 light chain nucleotide sequence and amino acid sequence are shown in SEQ ID NO: 41 and 42, respectively. Among them, the nucleotide sequence of light chain variable region is:
CACTGGTATCAACAGAAGCCTGGCAAGGCCCCCAAGCCCTGGATCTACG
CCACCTCCAACCTGGCCAGCGGCGTGCCTAGCAGGTTCAGCGGTTCTGG
The underlined parts represent CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3, with serial numbers SEQ ID NO: 44, 28, 29, respectively, and the parts with no underline are FR1, FR2, FR3 and FR4 with serial numbers SEQ ID NO: 30-33, respectively.
Accordingly, the amino acid sequence of light chain variable region is:
SNLASGVPSRFSGSGSGTEFTLTISSLQPEDFATYYCQQWSSNPLTFGQGT
The underlined parts represent CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3, with serial numbers SEQ ID NO: 46, 35, 36, respectively, and the parts with no underline are FR1, FR2, FR3 and FR4 with serial numbers SEQ ID NO: 37-40, respectively.
3) Anti-PD-L1-3 heavy chain nucleotide sequence and amino acid sequence are shown in SEQ ID NO:9 and 10, respectively. Among them, the nucleotide sequence of heavy chain variable region is:
CATCATCCACTGGGTGCGGCAAGCCCCTGGACAGGGACTGGAATGGATG
AGGGCAGGGTGACCATGACCCGGGACACCAGCACCTCCACCGTGTACAT
The underlined parts represent CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3, with serial numbers SEQ ID NO: 11-13, respectively, and the parts with no underline are FR1, FR2, FR3 and FR4 with serial numbers SEQ ID NO: 14-17, respectively.
Accordingly, the amino acid sequence of heavy chain variable region is:
The underlined parts represent CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3, with serial numbers SEQ ID NO: 18-20, respectively, and the parts with no underline are FR1, FR2, FR3 and FR4 with serial numbers SEQ ID NO: 21-24, respectively.
Anti-PD-L1-3 light chain nucleotide sequence and amino acid sequence are shown in SEQ ID NO: 47 and 48, respectively. Among them, the nucleotide sequence of light chain variable region is:
CACTGGTATCAACAGAAGCCTGGCAAGGCCCCCAAGCCCTGGATCTACG
CCACCTCCAACCTGGCCAGCGGCGTGCCTAGCAGGTTCAGCGGTTCTGG
The underlined parts represent CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3, with serial numbers SEQ ID NO: 50, 28, 29, respectively, and the parts with no underline are FR1, FR2, FR3 and FR4 with serial numbers SEQ ID NO: 30-33, respectively.
Accordingly, the amino acid sequence of light chain variable region is:
SNLASGVPSRFSGSGSGTEFTLTISSLQPEDFATYYCQQWSSNPLTFGQG
The underlined parts represent CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3, with serial numbers SEQ ID NO: 52, 35, 36, respectively, and the parts with no underline are FR1, FR2, FR3 and FR4 with serial numbers SEQ ID NO: 37-40, respectively.
Because all the three antibodies expressed well specificity, this embodiment only uses P3.1GS-PD-L1-1-HC and P3.1GS-PD-L1-1-LC as templates for further explanation. The heavy and light chain fragments of full-length antibody are expanded by PCR to construct humanized antibody expression plasmid.
The upstream and downstream primers for light and heavy chains, reaction systems and PCR conditions are shown in Table 5, table 6 and table 7, respectively.
The full-length sequences of light and heavy chains are recovered by PCR product recovery kit. The light chain, heavy chain and plasmid of the antibody fragment are digested by double enzyme digestion. The antibody and plasmid enzyme digestion fragments after electrophoresis are recovered by gel digestion, then linked by enzyme. The humanized antibody expression plasmid after enzyme linking is named as P3.1GS-PD-L1-1. The reaction systems are as shown in Tables 8-10.
Adding the enzyme linking product to 100 μL XL1-10 competent cells and place it on ice for 30 minutes. Then heat it at 42° C. for 90 seconds, and place it on ice rapidly for 2 minutes. Next add 500 μL LB medium, culture at 37° C. for 1 hour in shaker, centrifuge at 4000 rpm for 5 minutes and remove 500 μL supernatant, and then spray on LB solid plate containing 50 μg/mL AMP by gun blowing the suspension, and culture at 37° C. overnight. Add single colonies into 5 mL LB liquid medium (50μg/mL AMP) and culture for 6 hours at 37° C., 250 rpm. Verify the clones by PCR, and preserve the positive strains with 15% sterilized glycerol. Each clone is prepared with 2 copies, one stored in a tube for sequencing, and the other preserved at −20° C.
The humanized antibody expression plasmid P3.1GS-PD-L1-1 is linearized by PvuI before transfection, and the linearized plasmid containing humanized antibody light and heavy chain genes is transfected into CHO-KSM4 by electrotransfection for 2 times.
After transfection, glutamine is withdrawn for pressurized screening, and the transfected cells are recovered for 2 days and then laid on the plate. After culturing for 30-40 days, growth of clones can be observed in the 96-well plate, when the yield is verified. High-yield clones are transferred and expanded for culturing. When the quantity of cells reaches about 2×106 cells/mL, they are inoculated, fed and cultured in batches. After culturing, the supernatant is harvested for yield verification, to obtain the alternative parent clones. Carry out subclonal screening on the high-yield clones: 3000-5000 cells per well are arranged on a 6-well plate through semisolid plating, with 2.5 mL medium. After plating, place at 37° C. and 5% CO2 for static culture 7-12 days, after which select monoclonal clones. The selected clones are verified for yield to obtain alternative clones.
Nine high yield cell lines are obtained for flask shaking & feeding experiment. The feeding scheme by flask shaking is as follows: CDM4CHO-based medium is used to inoculate, with the density of inoculation of 5×105 cells/mL, and the inoculated cells are cultured at 37° C., 5% CO2 and 120 rpm. The day starting the inoculation is marked as Day 0. And 70 g/L cell Boost 5 is supplemented on Day 3. The supplemented volume per day is 6% of the inoculation volume until the cells are harvested. After feeding, the highest yield of cell lines reaches 1.97 g/L, and the antibody expressed is named as anti-PD-L1-1.
Biacore is used to analyze the affinity and binding kinetics of the antibody expressed in cell line 4. Using standard amine coupling chemistry and the kit provided by Biacore, the goat anti-human IgG is covalently linked to CM5 chip by primary amine. Make the antibody flow in the HBS EP buffer at a flow rate of 10 L/min and measure the binding. The binding time is 300 seconds, and the dissociation time is 1200 seconds. The measured binding kinetics curve is as shown in
The binding of B7 family members B7-1, B7-2 to PD-L2 protein, and the binding of mouse, M. fascicularis and human PD-L1 protein to humanized antibody anti-PD-L1-1 are tested. Different proteins are stored at 0.5 g/mL in enveloping buffer at 4° C. overnight. Remove the solution in wells the next day and wash with PBST for twice. Then add 1% BSA, seal at 37° C. for 1 hour, then wash with PBST for twice. Add 0.5 μg/mL antibody samples, incubate for 1 hour, and wash with PBST for three times. Dilute with goat anti-human FAB-HRP at ratio of 1:10000, incubate for 1 hour at 37 C, and wash with PBST for three times. Add TMB for 15 min coloration, stop the reaction with 0.5M H2SO4 and read out the absorbance at 450 nm.
As shown in
A Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell line expressing recombinant human PD-L1 on cell surface is constructed and its binding specificity to humanized antibody anti-PD-L1-1 is determined by ELISA assay. The cells are overlaid on PD-L1 the day before the test, and 1/200 cells are filled with T75 bottles on each well. Then add 1% BSA and seal at 37° C. for 1 hour. The antibody is diluted three folds starting from 5 μg/mL for 8 concentration gradients, incubated at 25° C. for 1 hour, and washed with PBST for one time. The volume of 50 ng/mL anti-human-Eu added to each well is 100 μL, with reaction time of 0.5 hours at 25° C., and washing with PBS for one time. Add fluorescence enhancement liquid and read values at exciting light 337 nm/emitted light 620 nm.
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The recombinant human PD-L1 fusion protein of 0.5 μg/mL is stored at 4° C. overnight in enveloping buffer. Remove the solution in wells the next day and wash with PBST for twice. Then add 1% BSA and seal at 37° C. for 1 hour. Wash with PBST for twice. The antibody is diluted three folds starting from 5 μg/mL for 8 concentration gradients, incubated at 25° C. for 1 hour, and washed with PBST for three time. Dilute with goat anti-human FAB-HRP at ratio of 1:10000, incubate for 1 hour at 37 C, and wash with PBST for three times. Add TMB for 15 min coloration, stop the reaction with 0.5M H2SO4 and read out the absorbance at 450 nm.
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The recombinant human PD-L1 fusion protein of 0.5 μg/mL is stored at 4° C. overnight in enveloping buffer. Remove the solution in wells the next day and wash with PBST for twice. Then add 1% BSA, seal at 37° C. for 1 hour, then wash with PBST for twice. The antibody is diluted 2.5 folds starting from 10 μg/mL for 8 concentration gradients, mixed with same volume of 1 μg/mL PD1-Fc-Biotin, incubated at 25° C. for 1 hour, and washed with PBST for one time. Incubate with goat streptavidin-HRP at ratio of 1:10000 for 1 hour at 37 C, and wash with PBST for three times. Add TMB for 15 min coloration, stop the reaction with 0.5M H2SO4 and read out the absorbance at 450 nm.
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Dilute the blood with PBS buffer at 1:1, move 3 mL LSM into the centrifugal tube, and add 4 mL diluted blood. When adding, ensure that the diluted blood to the upper layer of LSM, without mixing. RT centrifuge at 400 g for 30-40 min. Finally, extract the separated PBMC from the upper layer and centrifuge at 100 g for 10 min. Separate CD4+ T-cells by using BD's CD4+ cell separation magnetic beads, and separate DC cells by using BD's DC-cell separation magnetic beads. On the 96-well plate, the quantity of CD4+T-cells is 1×105 per well; the quantity of DC is 1×104; and the total volume is 100 μL for co-culture. Add gradient-diluted antibody and culture for 5 days so as to test the concentrations of IFN-γ, IL-2.
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Dilute the humanized antibody anti-PD-L1-1 with monkey serum, at a concentration of 0.5 mg/mL. Place it at 37° C., for 0, 1, 4 and 7 days, respectively.
The recombinant human PD-L1 fusion protein is stored at the concentration of 0.5 μg/mL at 4° C. overnight in enveloping buffer. Remove the solution in wells the next day and wash with PBST for twice. Then add 1% BSA, seal at 37° C. for 1 hour, then wash with PBST for twice. The stable antibody samples are diluted three folds starting from 1 μg/mL for 8 concentration gradients, incubated at 37° C. for 1 hour, and washed with PBST for three times. Dilute with goat anti-human FAB-HRP at ratio of 1:10000, incubate for 1 hour at 37 C, and wash with PBST for three times. Add TMB for 15 min coloration, stop the reaction with 0.5M H2SO4 and read out the absorbance at 450 nm. With results as shown in
The preceding is simply a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the invention. It should be pointed out that, for those with ordinary skills in the art, a number of improvements and variations can be made without departing from the technical principles of the invention, and these improvements and variations should also be regarded as being in the protection scope of the invention.
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