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EP1636264A2 - Molecules de recepteur du facteur de necrose tumorale a immunogenicite reduite - Google Patents

Molecules de recepteur du facteur de necrose tumorale a immunogenicite reduite

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EP1636264A2
EP1636264A2 EP04740252A EP04740252A EP1636264A2 EP 1636264 A2 EP1636264 A2 EP 1636264A2 EP 04740252 A EP04740252 A EP 04740252A EP 04740252 A EP04740252 A EP 04740252A EP 1636264 A2 EP1636264 A2 EP 1636264A2
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  • the invention concerns human soluble tumour necrosis factor receptor type 1 (sTNFR-I) and in particular modified forms of sTNFR-I with improved properties.
  • the improved proteins contain amino acid substitutions at specific positions.
  • the invention provides modified sTNFR-I with improved biological activity concomitant with reduced immunogenic potential in the protein.
  • the improved proteins are intended for therapeutic use in the treatment of diseases in humans.
  • Tumour necrosis factor alpha is a proinflammatory cytokine and important mediator in the development of chronic and acute inflammatory diseases in man [Brenan, F.M. et al (1998) Seminars in Immunopathology 20: 133-147; Firestein, G.S. et al (1997) N Engl. J. Med. 337: 195-197]. TNF-alpha exerts its effects on cells by specific binding interaction with either the high affinity "p55" type I receptor (TNFR-I) or the lower affinity "p75" type II receptor (TNFR-II) on the cell surface.
  • TNF-binding proteins may consist of full length or truncated soluble forms of the TNFR-I protein. These proteins have been identified in active rheumatoid arthritic disease tissues, serum and synovial fluid. In some studies the presence of soluble TNFR-I has conelated with disease activity [Cope, AP et al (1995) J Rheumatol. 22: 382-384].
  • the gene for sTNFR-I has been cloned and the protein produced as a recombinant molecule [Gray, P.W. et al (1990) Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 87: 7380-7384; Loetschere, H. et al, (1990) Cell 61: 351-359; Schall, TJ. et al (1990) Cell 61: 361-370; Kohno, T. et al (1990) Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U.S.A 87: 8331-8335].
  • the protein comprises the extracellular domain of the intact receptor and exhibits an approximate molecular weight of 30KDa. Additional soluble TNF inhibitors and in particular a 40KDa form are also known [US 6,143,866].
  • sTNFR-I Recombinant preparations of sTNFR-I are of significant potential therapeutic value for the treatment of diseases where an excess level of TNF-alpha is causing a pathogenic effect. Indications such as cachexia, sepsis and autoimmune disorders including multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis and others, may be targeted using sTNFR-I.
  • Two versions of the molecule have previously been advanced into clinical trials. The first version was a dimerised form (termed TNF-bp) linked via a polyethyleneglycol (PEG) moiety at residue 105.
  • PEG polyethyleneglycol
  • TNF-bp molecule Several deletion variants of the TNF-bp molecule have been tested in a baboon model for immunogenicity and functional activity [Solorazano et al (1998) J Appli. Physiol. 84: 1119-1130]. A second generation molecule has been produced which is monomeric and PEGylated at the N-terminus.
  • T-cell epitopes are "T-cell epitopes" and are commonly defined as any amino acid residue sequence with the ability to bind to MHC Class II molecules.
  • T-cell epitope means an epitope which when bound to MHC molecules can be recognised by a T-cell receptor (TCR), and which can, at least in principle, cause the activation of these T-cells by engaging a TCR to promote a T-cell response.
  • TCR T-cell receptor
  • sTNFR-I analogues with enhanced properties.
  • enhancement of the in vivo characteristics when administered to the human subject it is highly desired to provide sTNFR-I with reduced or absent potential to induce an immune response and enhanced biological potency in the human subject.
  • modified sTNFR-I proteins in which the immune characteristic is modified by means of reduced numbers of T-cell epitopes.
  • Others have provided sTNFR-I molecules and analogues including chemically modified and truncated forms and fusion proteins.
  • EP0417563B1 describes fusion proteins comprising fragments of TNFR-I with immunoglobulin constant region domains. Fusion molecules wherein the TNFR-I domain is oriented at the N-terminus are particularly contemplated.
  • EP04333900B1 describes the expression of whole TNFR-I molecule in CHO cells.
  • US,6, 143,866 describes TNF inhibitors including pharmaceutical compositions based on modified TNFR-I proteins.
  • US,6,417,158 provides methods for reducing the harmful effects of TNF by use of TNFR-I molecules.
  • US,6,306,820 also describes therapeutic methods for reducing the harmful effects of TNF exploiting molecules of the type R1-X-R2 where Rl or R2 could be TNFR molecules. None of these teachings recognise the importance of T cell epitopes to the immunogenic properties of the protein nor have been conceived to directly influence said properties in a specific and controlled way according to the scheme of the present invention.
  • WO 03/104263 does describe a single immunogenic epitope within the TNFR-I sequence comprising residues 106 - 120.
  • the present invention is concerned with four epitope regions within the sTNFR-I molecule and provides modified sTNFR-I molecules in which the immunogenic properties of all epitopes are significantly reduced or eliminated.
  • the present invention is concerned with sTNFR-I molecules in which amino acid substitution and or combinations of substitution have been conducted.
  • the molecules of the invention are fusion proteins comprising a human immunoglobulin constant region moiety(preferably a Fc region) linked with a sTNFR-I mutein.
  • Linkage to the immunoglobulin constant region domain causes the protein to become dimeric and gain new properties.
  • the new properties relate to the presence of the immunoglobulin domain and include high level expression in mammalian cells, straightforward purification of the protein and an expectation of a greatly enhanced in vivo half-life.
  • This structure together with substitutions and combinations of substitutions in the sTNFR-I component confer the property of enhancing the biological activity of the molecule and also achieve a reduced immunogenic profile for the protein.
  • the invention provides sTNFR-I molecules containing amino acid substitutions.
  • the amino acid substitutions confer improved properties to the protein.
  • the improved properties concern the specific biological activity of the protein and also the immunogenic properties of the protein.
  • the molecules of the invention are fusion proteins comprising a human immunoglobulin heavy chain constant region moiety, preferably an Fc region optionally including a hinge region, linked with a sTNFR-I mutein, optionally via a linker molecule.
  • the sTNFR-I proteins of the invention are preferably expressed in mammalian cell-lines as a C-terminal fusion partner, linked to the Fc unit of human IgG 4 .
  • the sTNFR-I sequence is fused preferably to the C-terminus of a binge modified/C H 2/C H 3 Fc region of human IgG 4 , preferably via a 15 amino acid flexible linker between the C-terminus of the C H 3 and the N-terminus of sTNFR-I.
  • the expressed fusion proteins are dimeric and have a stoichiometry of (hi ge-C ⁇ 2-C H 3 -linker- sTNFR-T) 2 .
  • the monomeric forms of these molecules are subject-matter of this invention.
  • the molecules of the invention have new properties. Such molecules may cause benefit for a patient with a TNF-alpha mediated inflammatory disease.
  • the molecules of the invention are characterised by the protein sequences defined herein as Ml to M58, F-Ml to F-M58, and F-L-Ml to F-L-M58, respectively, wherein Ml to M58 represent the protein sequences of differently modified human sTNFR-I, F-Ml to F-M58 represent the respective fusion proteins with the Fc portion of human IgG4 or optionally another human IgG form, and F-L-Ml to F-L-M58 represent the respective fusion proteins comprising a linker molecule between the Fc sequence and the sTNRF-I protein sequence. These molecules each show functional activity at least equal to that of a non-modified (wild- type) molecule and in some cases superior activity can be demonstrated.
  • the most prefened molecules may be characterised further still by comprising sequences demonstrated to show reduced immunogenicity in human cells. In particular reduced immunogenicity as measured using a "T-cell assay” or a "time course assay” as defined herein.
  • the present invention provides for modified forms of sTNFR-I proteins that are expected to display enhanced properties in vivo.
  • the present invention discloses the major regions of the sTNFR-I primary sequence that are immunogenic in man and provides modification to the sequences to eliminate or reduce the immunogenic effectiveness of these sites.
  • synthetic peptides comprising the immunogenic regions can be provided in pharmaceutical composition for the purpose of promoting a tolerogenic response to the whole molecule.
  • modified sTNFR-I molecules can be used in pharmaceutical compositions.
  • a modified sTNFR-I molecule having essentially the same biological specificity and activity of human sTNFR-I when used in vivo containing one or more amino acid substitutions, wherein said modified sTNFR-I molecule is substantially non-immunogenic or less immunogenic than the parental non-modified human sTNFR-I and said amino acid substitutions cause a reduction or an elimination of one or more of T-cell epitopes within the sTNFR-I sequence which act in the parental non-modified molecule as MHC class II binding ligands and stimulate T-cells.
  • X 1 is Q or S or N or E or A or G or K or P or R or I;
  • X 2 is Tor I
  • X 3 isRorT; X 4 isPorH;
  • X 5 is A or S or Q or L
  • X 6 is H or L
  • X 8 isTorPorKorDorL;
  • X 9 is H or P or Q or L;
  • a fusion protein as specified wherein F is an Fc domain, optionally comprising a hinge region, wherein this hinge region may be modified.
  • a dimeric fusion protein comprising two monomeric fusion protein chains as specified.
  • sTNFR-I portion contains one or more of the amino acid substitutions I10Q, T20R, H23P, L56A, L108T, LI 10H and L149D within the sTNFR-I domain.
  • X 1 is Q or S or N or E or A or G or K or P or R or I;
  • X 2 is T or I;
  • X 3 is R or T
  • X 4 is P or H
  • X 5 is A or S or Q or L
  • X 8 is T or P or K or D or L
  • X 9 is H or P or Q or L
  • a fusion protein as specified selected from the group consisting of a member of Table A7.
  • a peptide molecule selected from the group consisting of (A) GKYIHPQNNSICCTKCHKGTY,
  • modified peptide molecule for the manufacture of a modified sTNFR-I molecule or a fusion protein comprising an Fc portion of an immunoglobulin and said modified sTNFR-I.
  • mutant proteins of the present invention are readily made using recombinant DNA techniques well known in the art and the invention provides methods for the recombinant production of such molecules.
  • compositions containing such modified sTNFR-I proteins or fragments of modified sTNFR-I proteins and related compositions should be considered within the scope of the invention.
  • the present invention relates to nucleic acids encoding modified sTNFR-I entities.
  • the present invention relates to methods for therapeutic treatment of humans using the modified sTNFR-I proteins.
  • the present invention concerns the human sTNFR-I molecule.
  • the amino acid sequence of wilt-type human sTNFR-I (depicted as single-letter code) is as follows (Table A2: M59): DSVCPQGKYIHPQNNSICCTKCHKGTYLYNDCPGPGQDTDCRECESGSFTASENHLRHCLSCSKCRKEM GQVEISSCTVDRDTVCGCRKNQYRHY SENLFQCFNCSLCLNGTVHLSCQE QNTVCTCHAGFFLRENE CVSCSNCKKSLECTKLCLPQIEN
  • sTNFR-I is used herein to denote the human soluble tumour necrosis factor receptor type 1. In some instances the term is also used more broadly herein to include fusion proteins (see below) comprising a sTNFR-I moiety and or more especially a sTNFR-I mutein.
  • mutant is used herein to denote a sTNFR-I protein engineered to contain one or more amino acid substitutions differing from the above native sequence.
  • peptide as used herein, is a compound that includes two or more amino acids. The amino acids are linked together by a peptide bond.
  • a peptide bond is the sole covalent linkage between amino acids in the linear backbone structure of all peptides, polypeptides or proteins.
  • the peptide bond is a covalent bond, planar in structure and chemically constitutes a substituted amide.
  • An "amide" is any of a group of organic compounds containing the grouping -CONH-.
  • peptides There are 20 different naturally occurring amino acids involved in the biological production of peptides, and any number of them may be linked in any order to form a peptide chain or ring.
  • the naturally occurring amino acids employed in the biological production of peptides all have the L-configuration.
  • Synthetic peptides can be prepared employing conventional synthetic methods, utilizing L-amino acids, D-amino acids, or various combinations of amino acids of the two different configurations. Some peptides contain only a few amino acid units. Short peptides, e.g., having less than ten amino acid units, are sometimes refened to as "oligopeptides". Other peptides contain a large number of amino acid residues, e.g.
  • polypeptides up to 100 or more, and are refened to as "polypeptides".
  • a polypeptide maybe considered as any peptide chain containing three or more amino acids, whereas a “oligopeptide” is usually considered as a particular type of “short” polypeptide.
  • any reference to a “polypeptide” also includes an oligopeptide.
  • any reference to a “peptide” includes polypeptides, oligopeptides, and proteins. Each different anangement of amino acids forms different polypeptides or proteins. The number of polypeptides, and hence the number of different proteins that can be formed, is practically unlimited.
  • N-terminus N-terminal residue
  • C-terminus C-terminal residue
  • fusion protein is used herein to refer to a protein molecule comprising two or more functionally distinct protein domains within a single polypeptide chain.
  • the protein moieties in the fusion protein may be directly coupled or may be joined via a linker peptide.
  • linker refers herein to a peptide segment joining two moieties of fusion protein.
  • An example of a linker peptide is provided by the amino acid sequence (G) 4 S(G) 4 S(G) 3 SG.
  • linkers which are common in the art can used.
  • the fusion proteins of the present invention contain such a linker but not all fusion proteins contain a linker.
  • Fusion proteins are commonly produced by means of recombinant DNA techniques and as such can be considered artificial proteins having no direct counterparts in nature (natural fusion proteins can arise, for example via chromosomal translocation, but are not considered here).
  • An example of a fusion protein is a fusion in which an immunoglobulin Fc region is placed at the N-terminus of another protein such as sTNFR-I.
  • Such a fusion is termed an "Fc- X" fusion, where X is a ligand (such as sTNFR-I) and Fc is the immunoglobulin constant region domain.
  • Fc-X proteins have a number of distinctive, advantageous biological properties.
  • Fc-G4 Fc-gamma 4
  • immunoglobulin is used herein to refer to a protein consisting of one or more polypeptides substantially encoded by immunoglobulin genes.
  • the recognised immunoglobulin genes include the kappa, lambda, alpha, gamma (IgGl, IgG2, IgG3, IgG4), sigma, epsilon, and ⁇ constant region genes and in nature multiple immunoglobulin variable region genes.
  • Fc is used herein to refer to an immunoglobulin heavy chain constant region domain.
  • T-cell epitope means according to the understanding of this invention an amino acid sequence which is able to bind MHC class II, able to stimulate T-cells and / or also to bind (without necessarily measurably activating) T-cells in complex with MHC class II.
  • references to "substantially non-immunogenic” or “reduced immunogenic potential” includes reduced immunogenicity compared to a parent protein or to a fusion protein containing the wild-type (WT) or native amino acid sequences of the test moiety.
  • immunologicality includes an ability to provoke, induce or otherwise facilitate a humoral and or T-cell mediated response in a host animal and in particular where the "host animal” is a human.
  • T-cell assay and "immunogenicity assay” concern ex vivo measures of immune reactivity. As such these involve a test immunogen e.g. a protein or peptide being brought into contact with live human immune cells and their reactivity measured. A typical parameter of induced reactivity is proliferation. The presence of suitable control determinations are critical and implicit in the assay.
  • a test immunogen e.g. a protein or peptide being brought into contact with live human immune cells and their reactivity measured.
  • a typical parameter of induced reactivity is proliferation.
  • suitable control determinations are critical and implicit in the assay.
  • Time course assay refers to a biological assay such as a proliferation assay in which determinations of activity are made sequentially over a period of time.
  • a “time course T-cell assay” refers to the determination of T-cell proliferation in response to a test immunogen (peptide) at multiple times following exposure to the test immunogen.
  • the terms "time course T-cell assay” and “time course immunogenicity assay” maybe used interchangeably herein.
  • the stimulation index is conventionally derived by division of the proliferation score (e.g. counts per minute of radioactivity if using for example 3 H-thymidine incorporation) measured to a test immunogen such as a peptide by the score measured in cells not contacted with a test immunogen.
  • the inventors have established that in the operation of such immunogenicity assays, a stimulation index equal to or greater than 2.0 is a useful measure of significant induced proliferation.
  • PBMC peripheral blood mononuclear cells in particular as obtained from a sample of blood from a donor.
  • PBMC peripheral blood mononuclear cells in particular as obtained from a sample of blood from a donor.
  • PBMC are readily isolated from whole blood samples using a density gradient centrifugation technique well understood in the art and comprise predominantly lymphocytes (B and T cells) and monocytes. Other cell types are also represented.
  • Relative activity means according the present context activity measured for a test protein in any single assay expressed relative to the activity measured for a positive control protein in an identical assay and usually conducted in parallel. Thus if the test protein and the control protein have the same measured activity the relative activity is said to be 1.
  • a "TNF neutralisation assay” means an in vitro assay able to provide a reading of the functional capability of the test protein. In the present instance this means the ability of a given sTNFR-I mutein or sTNFR-I fusion protein to evoke a specific measurable effect.
  • a particularly suitable TNF neutralisation assay is exemplified herein using cells sensitive the lethal effect of TNF-alpha and wherein the molecules of the invention confer a protective effect on the indicator cells. Other cells and assay formats can be contemplated to also provide quantitative estimations of specific activity of the test molecules and permit EDs 0 determinations.
  • the present invention relates to nucleic acids encoding modified sTNFR-I entities.
  • nucleic acids are preferably comprised within an expression vector.
  • the control sequences that are suitable for prokaryotes include a promoter, optionally an operator sequence, and a ribosome binding site.
  • Eukaryotic cells are known to utilise promoters, enhancers and polyadenylation signals.
  • nucleic acids in general comprise a selection means typically an additional gene encoding a protein able to provide for the survival of the host cell.
  • beta-lactamase gene suitable for some E.coli host cells and this and others are well known in the art ["Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual", second edition (Sambrook et al, 1989); “Gene Transfer Vectors for Mammalian Cells” (J. M. Miller & M. P. Calos, eds., 1987); “Current Protocols in Molecular Biology” (F. M. Ausubel et al, eds., 1987)].
  • Nucleic acid is "operably linked" when it is placed into a functional relationship with another nucleic acid sequence.
  • DNA for a presequence or secretory leader is operably linked to DNA for a polypeptide if it is expressed as a preprotein that participates in the secretion of the polypeptide;
  • a promoter or enhancer is operably linked to a coding sequence if it affects the transcription of the sequence; or
  • a ribosome binding site is operably linked to a coding sequence if it is positioned so as to facilitate translation.
  • "operably linked” means that the DNA sequences being linked are contiguous, and, in the case of a secretory leader, contiguous and in the same reading frame. However, enhancers do not have to be contiguous. Linking is accomplished by ligation at convenient restriction sites. If such sites do not exist, the synthetic oligonucleotide adaptors or linkers are used in accordance with conventional practice.
  • the expression vector comprises a nucleic acid sequence encoding a sTNFR-I variant operably linked to an expression control sequence.
  • the expression vector comprises a nucleic acid sequence encoding a protein selected from the group comprising inclusively Ml to M58, or F1-L1-M1 to F1-L1-M58.
  • Such an expression vector will comprise at least the sTNFR-I encoding domain of one of the said proteins operably linked with suitable expression control and selection sequences.
  • Such an expression vector would include degenerate versions of the nucleic acid wherein degeneracy in relation to polynucleotides refers to the fact well recognised that .in the genetic code many amino acids are specified by more than one codon. The degeneracy of the code accounts for 20 different amino acids encoded by 64 possible triplet sequences of the four different bases comprising DNA.
  • Another aspect of the present invention is a cultured cell comprising at least one of the above- mentioned vectors.
  • a further aspect of the present invention is a method for preparing the modified sTNFR-I comprising culturing the above mentioned cell under conditions permitting expression of the sTNFR-I from the expression vector and purifying the sTNFR-I from the cell.
  • the present invention relates to methods for therapeutic treatment of humans using the sTNFR-I compositions.
  • any of the compositions would be produced to be preferably at least 80% pure and free of pyrogens and other contaminants.
  • the therapeutic compositions of the sTNFR-I proteins may be used in conjunction with a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.
  • the pharmaceutical compositions according to the present invention are prepared conventionally, comprising substances that are customarily used in pharmaceuticals, e.g. Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences, (Alfonso R. Gennaro ed. 18 th edition 1990), including excipients, carriers adjuvants and buffers.
  • the compositions can be administered, e.g.
  • parenterally enterally, intramuscularly, subcutaneously, intravenously or other routes useful to achieve an effect.
  • Conventional excipients include pharmaceutically acceptable organic or inorganic carrier substances suitable for parenteral, enteral and other routes of administration that do not deleteriously react with the agents.
  • injectable sterile solutions preferably oil or aqueous solutions, as well as suspensions, emulsions or implants, including suppositories. Ampulles are convenient unit dosages.
  • the phannaceutical preparations can be sterilised and, if desired, mixed with stabilisers, wetting agents, emulsifiers, salts for influencing osmotic pressure, buffers or other substances that do not react deleteriously with the active compounds.
  • the major embodiments of the present invention are encompassed by the protein sequences Ml - M58, Fl-Ml - F1-M58, and F1-L1-M1 - F1-L1-M58.
  • the proteins are fusion proteins of the type "Fc-X" wherein X in this present instance comprise sTNFR-I muteins.
  • the sTNFR-I proteins are expressed in mammalian cell-lines as a C-terminal fusion partner, linked to the Fc unit of human IgG .
  • the sTNFR-I sequence is fused to the C-terminus of a hinge modified/C H 2/C H 3 Fc region of human IgG 4 via a 15 amino acid flexible linker between the C- terminus of the C H 3 and the N-terminus of sTNFR-I.
  • the amino acid sequence of the linker was as follows: (G) S(G) 4 S(G) 3 SG.
  • the expressed fusion protein had a stoichiometry of (hinge-C H 2-C H 3-linker-sTNFR-I) 2 .
  • Human Fc-gamma 4 was used as the fusion partner in all prefened molecules, but it can be readily recognised that in principle other isotypes could equally be used. In the present instance, immune effector functions are not desirable for a therapeutic sTNFR-I molecule. In contrast to some other human Fc isotypes, the Fc-gamma 4 isotype does not support complement activation and antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) and was therefore selected for as the most prefened fusion partner.
  • ADCC antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity
  • the inventors have provided sTNFR-I fusion proteins that show increased activity compared to the fusion proteins containing the wild-type (WT) sTNFR-I moiety.
  • WT wild-type
  • the "WT” or “native" fusion proteins (sequences M59, F1-L1-M59) constructed herein has been designated clone IDs pcTNFR 4-3 / pcTNFR54 (these clones differ in respect to their non-coding regions only, pcTNFR54 lacks an intron).
  • the design of individual muteins was directed from immunological considerations as well as functional activity data.
  • Four regions of immunological importance within the sTNFR-I molecule were defined using screening assays involving use of PBMC preparations from healthy donor subjects. This approach has proven to be a particularly effective method for the identification such biologically relevant immunogenic peptides and is disclosed herein as an embodiment of the invention.
  • the method has involved the testing of overlapping sTNFR-I-derived peptide sequences in a scheme so as to scan and test the sTNFR-I sequence. Such a scan required synthesis and use of 54 peptides each of 15 residues in length.
  • the synthetic peptides were tested for their ability to evoke a proliferative response in human T-cells cultured in vitro. Where this type of approach is conducted using na ⁇ ve human T-cells taken from healthy donors, the inventors have established that a stimulation index equal to or greater than 2.0 is a useful measure of induced proliferation.
  • Region 1 encompasses sTNFR-I residues 7 - 27 and comprises the sequence: GKYIHPQ NSICCTKCHKGTY.
  • Region 2 encompasses sTNFR-I residues 55 - 69 and comprises the sequence: HLRHCLSCSKCRKEM.
  • Region 3 encompasses sTNFR-I residues 100 - 114 and comprises the sequence:
  • Region 4 encompasses sTNFR-I residues 145 - 159 and comprises the sequence:
  • the Rl - R4 peptide sequences represent the critical information required for the construction of modified sTNFR-I molecules in which one or more of these epitopes is compromised. Equally, The Rl - R4 peptide sequences represent the critical information required for the production of tolerogemc peptides. Epitope regions Rl, R2, R3 and R4 are each embodiments of the invention.
  • the epitopes are compromised by mutation to result in sequences no longer able to function as T-cell epitopes. It is possible to use recombinant DNA methods to achieve directed mutagenesis of the target sequences and many such techniques are available and well known in the art.
  • the sTNFR-I muteins herein were constructed containing mutations within the four identified immunogenic regions. Individual residues were targeted based upon the known binding properties of HLA-DR molecules in that they have an almost exclusive preference for a hydrophobic amino acid in pocket 1 and that this is the most important determinant of peptide binding [Jardetzky, T.S. et al (1990), EMBO J. 9 1797-1803; Hill, CM.
  • the general method of the present invention leading to the modified sTNFR-I comprises the following steps:
  • identifying one or more potential T-cell epitopes within the amino acid sequence of the protein by any method including determination of the binding of the peptides to MHC molecules using in vitro or in silico techniques or biological assays; (c) designing new sequence variants with one or more amino acids within the identified potential T-cell epitopes modified in such a way to substantially reduce or eliminate the activity of the T-cell epitope as determined by the binding of the peptides to MHC molecules using in vitro or in silico techniques or biological assays.
  • sequence variants are created in such a way to avoid creation of new potential T-cell epitopes by the sequence variations unless such new potential T-cell epitopes are, in turn, modified in such a way to substantially reduce or eliminate the activity of the T-cell epitope;
  • sTNFR-I proteins which can be depicted by the following structure (M): DSVCPQGKYX 1 HPQN SX 2 CCX 3 KCXKGTYLYNDCPGPGQDTDCRECESGSFTASE]SIHX 5 RHCX S SCSKC R EMGQVEISSCTVDRDTVCGCRKNQYRHYWSENLX 7 QCFNCSX 8 CX 9 NGT ⁇ HLSCQ ⁇ KQNTVCTCHAGF FLRENECVSCSNCKKSX 10 ECTKLCLPQIEN wherein X 1 is Q or S or N or E or A or G or K or P or R or I;
  • X 2 is Tor I
  • X 3 is R or T
  • X 5 is A or S or Q or L; X 6 isHorL;
  • the Fc region derives from human IgG4 an may be linked at its N-terminal to a hinge region, which may be modified in order to reduce immunogenicity or to improve other desired properties.
  • Table 1 sets out a description of the fusion protein sTNFR-I muteins. The derivation and properties of these proteins are also more fully disclosed in the examples. Table 1
  • EPKSSDKTHT CPPCPAP ⁇ FL GGPSVFLFPP KPKDTLMISR TPEVTCVWD VSQEDPEVQF NWYVDGV ⁇ VH NAKTKPREEQ FNSTYRWSV LTVLHQDWLN GKEYKCKVSN KGLPSSIEKT
  • Fusion proteins F - M (F is any immunoglobulin heavy chain constant region and M is a sequence of Table Al)
  • Fusion proteins F - L - M (F is any immunoglobulin heavy chain constant region, L is a any linker peptide, and M is a sequence of Table Al):
  • F-L-Ml F-L-M2,F-L-M3,F-L-M4,F-L-M5,F-L-M6,F-L-M7,F-L-M8,
  • Fusion protein with wild-type human sTNFR-I (M59 of Table Al): F1-L1-M59
  • T-cell epitopes in sTNFR-I are identified.
  • Healthy donor samples were tested for reactivity with overlapping 15-mer synthetic peptides scanning the complete sTNFR-I sequence.
  • the chart shows the frequency of response to each peptide.
  • Peptides conesponding to epitope regions Rl, R2, R3 and R4 show response rates of 8-12% of donors tested.
  • Figure 2 Examples of individual donor responses in time course T-cell assays. Each panel shows the response to the WT peptide and modified peptides tested in parallel. Panel 2A shows the response of donor 15 to peptides from immunogenic epitope R2. Panel 2B shows the response of donor 19 to peptides from immunogenic epitope R2. Panel 2C shows the response of donor
  • Panel 2D shows the response of donor 8 to peptides from immunogenic epitope R4.
  • Exemplary plots showing functional activity data for a number of sTNFR-I muteins In all panels A-C, the activity of the WT clone pcTNFR54 is shown. Activity is plotted as concentration of test protein (ug/ml) versus optical density (OD492nm). In Figure 3A, clones pcTNFRlOl, 106, 107 and 108 are plotted. Clones pcTNFRlOland 108 show greater activity than WT. Clone pcTNFR107 shows approximately equivalent activity to
  • the modified sTNFR-I proteins of the present invention were made using conventional recombinant DNA techniques.
  • the coding sequence for sTNFR-I was cloned from human genomic DNA using PCR.
  • a listing of all synthetic oligonucleotides used for the construction of the wild-type Fc-sTNFR-I fusion protein (Table A8) are shown in Table 2.
  • the wild-type gene was used both as a control reagent and a template from which to derive modified sTNFR-I proteins by site directed mutagenesis.
  • WT and modified genes were inserted into a modified version of the expression vector pdC-huFc [Lo K-M et al, (1998) Protein Eng Ll:495-500].
  • the sTNFR-I gene was excised with BamHl and cloned into a similarly cut preparation of the vector which had been modified such that the sTNFR-I sequence is fused to the C-terminus of a hinge modified/C H 2/C H 3 Fc region of human IgG 4 via a 15 amino acid flexible linker between the C-terminus of the C H 3 and the N-terminus of sTNFR-I.
  • the amino acid sequence of the linker was as follows: (G) S(G) S(G) 3 SG.
  • the expressed fusion protein had a stoichiometry of (hinge-C H 2-C H 3-linker-sTNFR-I) 2 .
  • the final construct used in this study was designated pcTNFR4-3 ("M59", Table A8).
  • Oligonucleotide sequences used in the construction of the WT sTNFR-I fusion protein Oligonucleotide sequences used in the construction of the WT sTNFR-I fusion protein.
  • the sTNFR-I gene was amplified from human genomic DNA as two fragments, using OL-1402 + OL-1405 and OL-1404 + OL-1403 respectively. These fragments were joined together by overlap PCR using OL-1402 + OL-1403 as primers to give a 1180bp product. This gene encodes 161 amino acids of the sTNFR protein and includes 3 introns. The fragment was cloned into pCR4 TOPO (frivitrogen, Paisley, UK).
  • an internal Xmal(Smal) site was removed by PCR mutagenesis using OL-1402 + OL-1407 and OL-1406 + OL-1403 in separate reactions.
  • the resulting two fragments were joined by overlap PCR using OL-1402 + OL-1403 as primers.
  • the modified gene was re-cloned into the pCR4 TOPO vector.
  • the resulting construct was used as a template for generating a PCR fragment with an additional BamHI site at the 5' end using OL1524 + OL1403. BamHI digestion of this fragment allowed ligation into the BamHI digested vector pdCs-linker-Fc vector [Lo K-M et al, (1998) Protein Eng 11:495-500].
  • the resulting construct was designated pcTNFR4-3 (F1-L1-M59).
  • Variants of sTNFR-I linked to the Fc portion of human IgG4 were constructed containing mutations within the four immunogenic regions of the protein. Desired substitutions were introduced into the sTNFR-I sequence by overlap PCR using HiFi Expand polymerase. Cycles of mutational analysis involving construction and function testing identified those residues within these regions that could be altered without adversely affecting the activity of the Fc-linked protein.
  • the assay as described herein was the main screening tool in this aspect.
  • Muteins containing two or more desired substitutions were made using single mutant constructs as templates, generating primary PCR fragments and joining these by overlap PCR. DNA sequencing was conducted on all constructs. This was diligently performed to confirm introduction of desired substitutions and establish that no extraneous (undesired) substitutions had been introduced for example by PCR enor. Table 3
  • Transient transfections were done using HEK293 (ATCC# CRL-1573) cells and Lipofectamine 2000 (Invitrogen, Paisley, UK) as described by the manufacturer. Stable transfectants were also made in HEK293 cells and selected in media containing increasing concentrations of methotrexate. All cell-lines were maintained in DMEM plus 10% FBS with antibiotics and antimycotics. Fusion proteins were purified via Prosep-A chromatography followed by size exclusion chromatography (SEC).
  • Fusion proteins were quantified by detecting the amount of human IgG 4 Fc in an ELISA format as follows: ELISA plates (Dynex Immulon4) were coated with a mouse monoclonal anti-human IgG Fc specific antibody at a dilution of 1/1500 in PBS pH7.4, lOO ⁇ l well, for 2h at 37°C. The plate was washed x4 with lOO ⁇ l/well PBS/0.05% Tween 20. Human IgG standards (The Binding Site, Birmingham, UK) were diluted to 2 ⁇ g/ml in PBS/2%BSA and duplicate two-fold dilutions made vertically down the plate.
  • Test samples were diluted 1/100 and 1/500 in PBS/2% BSA and assayed in duplicate. The plate was incubated for lh at room temperature and washed as before. Detection was done using lOO ⁇ l/well goat anti-human IgG Fc-specific peroxidase conjugate (The Binding Site, Birmingham, UK) at a dilution of 1/1000 in PBS, the plate washed as before and colour developed using SigmaFast OPD, lOO ⁇ l/well (Sigma, Poole, UK). The colour reaction was stopped by the addition of 50 ⁇ l 2M sulphuric acid and the absorbance measured at 492nm in an Anthos HTII plate reader.
  • the ability of the sTNFR-I muteins to neutralise the lethal effect of TNF-alpha on a cell line grown in vitro was tested using the scheme provided by Galloway [Galloway et al. 1991 J Immunol. Meth. 140:37-43].
  • the assay uses murine fibrosarcoma cell line WEHI164, a line which is very sensitive to the lethal effect of TNF-alpha.
  • TNF-alpha For the assay, cells were grown overnight in the presence of a fixed, lethal concentration of TNF-alpha and a range of different test protein concentrations. The next day, the metabolic activity of cells was measured as an indication of survival. Muteins that neutralise TNF-alpha confer a protective effect to the cells and thereby a greater metabolic activity is measured in the assay.
  • WEHI164 were obtained from the European Collection of Animal Cell Cultures (ECACC #. 8702250) and grown in DMEM medium with Glutamax, (Gibco, Paisley, UK), 10% foetal calf serum (Perbio, Chester, UK) and containing antibiotic-mycotic (Gibco).
  • ECACC #. 8702250 European Collection of Animal Cell Cultures
  • TNF-alpha (PeproTech EC Ltd, London, UK) at 50 ⁇ g/ml in medium containing 4 ⁇ g/ml of actinomycin was prepared and added to the treatment wells.
  • the TNF- alpha D solution was mixed by gently tapping the plate and the plate incubated for at least two hours at room temperature before the prepared solutions were transfened to the assay plate containing the cells.
  • the assay plate was prepared by seeding 2.5xl0 4 cells in 50 ⁇ l per well and incubating for at least lhour at 37°C, 5% CO . Following this, 50 ⁇ l of the TNF-alpha/test protein mixture or control preparation was transfened from the plate used to dilute out the various treatments. The cell and treatment mixtures were mixed by gently tapping the plate and the plate incubated overnight at 37°C in a humidified atmosphere containing 5% CO . Next day, the metabolic activity of the cells in each well was assessed using a "CellTiter 96 Aqueous One Solution Cell Proliferation Assay" (Promega, Southampton, UK).
  • the positive control preparation was a sample of the WT fusion protein expressed from either pcTNFR 54 or pcTNFR4-3
  • the most prefened molecules of the invention demonstrate activity in a TNF-alpha neutralisation assay equivalent or better than the positive control preparation.
  • the protective effect was in the order of 2 -3 fold better than WT (clone ID # pcTNFR45 / M36 (F1-L1-M36), pcTNFR71 / M39 (F1-L1-M39). hi some cases the protective effect was greater than 10 fold better than WT.
  • Clone ID pcTNFRlOl / M54 (F1-L1-M54); and pcTNFR108 / M55 (F1-L1-M55) each demonstrate significant enhanced activity over the WT counterpart molecule.
  • FI is the sequence of Table A3
  • LI is the sequence of Table A4
  • Ml - M5 ⁇ are the sequences of Table Al.
  • T-cell epitope mapping was performed using human PBMCs isolated from blood obtained from the National Blood Transfusion Service (Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK). PBMCs from 20 healthy donors were isolated by Ficoll density centrifugation and stored under liquid nitrogen. Each donor was tissue-typed using an AllsetTM PCR based tissue-typing kit (Dynal) and T cell assays were performed by selecting donors according to individual MHC haplotypes. 15mer peptides staggered by three amino acids and spanning the human sTNFR-I sequence were purchased from Pepscan Systems BV (NL). Using this scheme, total of 54 peptides were required to scan the sTNFR-I residues of interest. The sequence and peptide number of these peptides are provided in Table 5.
  • PBMCs were thawed and resuspended in AIM-V (frivitrogen) containing 100 units/ml penicillin, lOO ⁇ g/ml streptomycin and ImM glutamine.
  • AIM-V farnesomycin
  • Triplicate cultures of 2x10 5 PBMC/well of flat-bottomed 96 well plate were incubated with peptides at a final concentration of 1 ⁇ M and lO ⁇ M. Cells were incubated for 7 days before pulsing with l ⁇ Ci/well tritiated thymidine for 18 hours.
  • Regions of immunogenicity were determined by identifying peptides that induced donors to respond with stimulation indexes >2 and by determination of the donor response rate for each peptide ( Figure 1). Peptides located within four separate regions were able to induce T cell proliferation.
  • Region 1 (Rl) encompasses sTNFR-I residues 7 - 27 and comprises the sequence:
  • Region 2 encompasses sTNFR-I residues 55 - 69 and comprises the sequence:
  • Region 3 encompasses sTNFR-I residues 100 - 114 and comprises the sequence:
  • Region 4 encompasses sTNFR-I residues 145 - 159 and comprises the sequence:
  • each donor was also tested for their ability to respond to two positive control peptides influenza haemagglutinin A amino acids 307-319 [Krieger JI, et al (1991) Journal of Immunology; 146: 2331-2340] and chlamydia HSP60 amino acids 125-140 [Cenone MC, et al (1991) Infection and Immunity; 59: 79-90].
  • Keyhole limpet haemocyanin a well documented potent T cell antigen was also used as a control.
  • PBMC/well Bulk cultures of 2-4x10 6 PBMC/well were established from 20 healthy donor samples in 24 well plates. Cells were incubated for 6 to 9 days with WT and variant peptides spanning the immunogenic regions (see Table 6). T cell proliferation was assessed by tritiated thymidine incorporation on days 6, 7, 8 and 9. Proliferation was assessed at each time point, by gently resuspending the bulk cultures and removing samples of PBMC, that were then incubated in triplicate wells of U-bottomed 96 well plate with l ⁇ Ci/well tritiated thymidine for 18 hours as described above.
  • the time course assay was used to test variant peptides containing substitutions over WT. Substitutions were made at key locations where there was expectation that the substitution would prevent binding to MHC class II and therefore, subsequent T cell proliferation in the assay. Particular substitutions were made based on information from various models of MHC class II binding motifs. The favoured mutations were large basic residues such as arginine or lysine but where structural models predicted severe affects on the protein structure we used alanine instead. All substitutions tested as synthetic peptides in the time-course assay were mutations known to be compatible with functional activity. The peptide sequences tested are listed in Table 6.

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L'invention concerne la modification du récepteur de type 1 du facteur de nécrose tumorale soluble (sTNFR-I) pour l'obtention de protéines de sTNFR-I, de préférence de protéines de fusion comprenant une région constante à chaîne lourde d'immunoglobuline (domaine Fc) et le sTNFR-I humain modifié. Ces molécules sont sensiblement non immunogènes ou moins immunogènes que n'importe quel homologue non modifié lorsqu'elles sont utilisées in vivo par élimination ou délétion d'épitopes de lymphocytes T. Cette invention concerne également des peptides épitopes de lymphocytes T dérivés du sTNFR-I humain non modifié.
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