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Method of synthesising adcs using affinity resins

a technology of affinity resins and adcs, which is applied in the direction of dipeptide ingredients, instruments, pharmaceutical non-active ingredients, etc., can solve the problems of large waste generated by solution phase methods, inability to synthesise adcs, so as to reduce the variation in the point at which the drug component is attached to the immobilised biomolecule, improve the regio-specificity, and reduce the variation in the resulting biomolecul

Inactive Publication Date: 2019-07-18
ADC BIOTECH
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Benefits of technology

The invention provides a method for immobilizing biomolecules consistently using a capture resin, which results in reduced variation in the production of biomolecule-drug-conjugates. This improvement in regio-specificity helps to create more consistent products. The method also uses pyrrolobenzodiazepines (PBDs), which are naturally occurring anti-tumour antibiotics that can be used to treat cancer by targeting the DNA in tumor cells. The PBDs are joined together to form a dimer that can cross-link opposing DNA strands and cause lethal lesions in cancer cells. Overall, the invention provides a more efficient and consistent process for creating biomolecule-drug-conjugates for cancer treatment.

Problems solved by technology

Most moieties falling in the latter category would lack sufficient potency to be effective.
However, solution phase methods are themselves wasteful in terms of generating large volumes of waste and are problematic in terms of aggregation of the biomolecule-drug-conjugates during synthesis.
This step is very time consuming as it is sometimes necessary to run the sample through a separation column multiple times. This can also be problematic in terms of degradation if stability of the biomolecule is an issue.
The issue of purification of the chemically modified / activated biomolecule is particularly problematic if the process involves the full reduction of a ThiomAb with a large excess of a reducing agent.
The major problem with this step is the high probability of aggregation of the biomolecule-drug-conjugate.
This is particularly problematic when highly hydrophobic drugs are employed in the process.
Aggregation is a major problem as it can lead to unusable biomolecule-drug-conjugates.
In the best case scenario, biomolecule-drug-conjugates contaminated with biomolecule-drug-conjugate aggregates must be further purified to remove the aggregates, which is both time consuming and very wasteful.
A large proportion of the drug will be lost during purification as it forms part of the aggregated biomolecule-drug-conjugate.
In the worst case the entire batch of biomolecule-drug-conjugate contaminated with biomolecule-drug-conjugate aggregate to such a high degree it is entirely unusable and must be disposed of.

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se Antibody Drug Conjugate Screening

[0266]This example demonstrates that immobilized antibodies can be conjugated to a defined drug loading with a generic process that negates the need for process development. This approach is suitable for adapting to 96 well plate high throughput screening.

[0267]Herceptin (0.5 of 1 mg / ml in PBS, pH 7.4) was bound to 100l (settled resin volume) of Fabsorbant™ F1P HF resin equilibrated in PBS by mixing the resin slurry and antibody solution gently for 60 minutes. Unbound Herceptin was removed by washing the resin with PBS, 2 mM EDTA and the resin finally re-suspended in 0.5 ml PBS / EDTA.

[0268]The bound Herceptin (Her) was reduced by adding tris-(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine hydrochloride to a final concentration of 2 mM and then incubating the suspension at ambient temperature for 18 hours. The resin was washed with PBS / EDTA to remove unreacted TCEP and then re-suspended in 4751l PBS / EDTA.

[0269]vcMMAE (vcE), N-ethyl maleimide (NEM) and dimethylacetamide (...

example 2

se Partial TCEP Reduction in Batch Mode

[0274]This example shows that immobilized antibodies can be conjugated to a defined drug loading by partial reduction of the interchain disulphide bonds followed by conjugation with vcMMAE and that product quality is enhanced relative to the same conjugates made in solution.

[0275]Herceptin (0.5 ml of 2 mg / ml PBS, pH 7.4) was bound to 100l (settled resin volume) of Fabsorbant™ F1P HF resin equilibrated in PBS by mixing the resin slurry and antibody solution gently for 30 minutes. Unbound Herceptin was removed by washing the resin with PBS, 2 mM EDTA and the resin finally re-suspended in 0.5 ml PBS / EDTA.

[0276]The bound Herceptin was reduced by adding tris-(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine hydrochloride to a ratio of 1 to 4 moles of TCEP per mole of Herceptin and then incubating the suspension at ambient temperature for 2 hours.

[0277]vcMMAE and Dimethylacetamide (DMA) were added to achieve 2.5 to 10 moles of vcMMAE per mole of Herceptin and 5% v / v DMA and...

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se Partial TCEP Reduction on Column

[0283]This example shows that immobilized antibody conjugation can be adapted to a chromatographic flow process with excellent reproducibility.

[0284]Herceptin (5 ml of 2 mg / ml PBS, pH 7.4) was bound to a 1 ml column of Fabsorbant™ F1P HF resin (previously equilibrated in PBS) by loading at 120 cm / hr. The bound Herceptin was prepared for reduction by equilibrating the resin with PBS, 2 mM EDTA.

[0285]A micro peristaltic pump was used to create a small volume PBS / EDTA recirculation loop through the column (approximately 200 μL external to the column) to which TCEP was added to give a molar ratio of 2 TCEP per mole of Herceptin. This was allowed to recirculate for 120 minutes at ambient to reduce the Herceptin.

[0286]The contents of the reservoir and column were flushed to waste and replaced with PBS / EDTA / 5% v / v DMA to which vcMMAE was added to give a molar ratio of 5 vcMMAE per mole of reduced Herceptin. This was allowed to recirculate for 60 minutes a...

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Abstract

This invention relates to a solid phase method of synthesising biomolecule-drug-conjugates. In particular, this invention relates to a solid phase method of synthesising antibody-drug-conjugates (ADCs). This invention also relates to intermediate methods of producing immobilised, chemically modified biomolecules, e.g. antibodies. The invention also relates to various uses of capture resins and to biomolecule-drug-conjugates, intermediate products and compositions of the methods of the invention.

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RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 14 / 786,387, filed Oct. 22, 2015, now U.S. Pat. No. 10,201,544, which is the U.S. national phase of International Patent Application No. PCT / GB2014 / 051304, filed Apr. 25, 2014, which claims priority to United Kingdom Patent Application Serial number GB 1307574.2, filed Apr. 26, 2013.[0002]This invention relates to a solid phase method of synthesising biomolecule-drug-conjugates. In particular, this invention relates to a solid phase method of synthesising antibody-drug-conjugates (ADCs). This invention also relates to intermediate methods of producing immobilised, chemically modified biomolecules, e.g. antibodies.[0003]In addition to the above methods, the invention relates to various uses of capture resins, biomolecule-drug-conjugates, intermediate products, and compositions of the methods of the invention.BACKGROUND[0004]Immunotoxins and antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) are proteinaceous drugs combining a ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A61K31/5365A61K47/68A61K38/05C07K16/40C07K16/28
CPCA61K31/5365A61K47/6855A61K47/6849A61K38/05C07K16/40C07K16/2863A61K47/6803A61K47/68031A61K47/68033C07K1/1077C07K1/22G01N33/54306
Inventor EVANS, DAVID J.MCKEE, COLIN M.
Owner ADC BIOTECH