Antigen Binding Polypeptides Enhancing TCR/CD3 Affinity and Stability

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing humanized BMA031 variants suffer from low binding affinity and poor stability, limiting their effectiveness in immunotherapies for proliferative diseases.

Innovation Solution

Development of antigen binding polypeptides with specific substitutions, including positively charged amino acids at certain positions in the heavy and light chains, and a tyrosine substitution at position 90, to enhance binding and stability.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If humanized BMA031 variants are used, then binding to α/β TCR/CD3 complex is achieved, but binding affinity and stability are insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebinding affinityVSAvoidstability
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies parameter changes by introducing specific amino acid substitutions at defined positions in the heavy and light chains of the antigen binding polypeptide. These substitutions modify the biochemical parameters of the protein structure to enhance both binding affinity and stability simultaneously. The substitutions include positively charged amino acids at specific positions and a tyrosine substitution at position 90, which collectively improve the protein's functional properties.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies local quality by making targeted modifications at specific locations within the protein structure rather than global changes. The amino acid substitutions are positioned at specific locations in the heavy and light chains where they locally enhance binding interactions and structural stability, while the rest of the protein structure remains intact and functional.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Productivity

If existing humanized BMA031 variants are used, then T cell recruitment is achieved, but effector function is limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveeffector functionVSAvoidbinding affinity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies parameter changes by modifying the amino acid sequence at specific positions to enhance both binding affinity and effector function. The introduced substitutions create synergistic effects that simultaneously improve recruitment efficiency and the functional output of recruited T cells, addressing both parameters together rather than separately.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies composite materials by combining multiple amino acid substitutions within the same protein structure to achieve synergistic effects. The combination of positively charged amino acids at different positions and the tyrosine substitution at position 90 creates a composite functional unit that delivers enhanced binding and effector function greater than individual mutations alone.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

Data Source

PatentUS20250051445A1BMA031 antigen binding polypeptides
Publication Date: 2025.02.13 IMMATICS BIOTECHNOLOGIES GMBH
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AI summary

Antigen binding polypeptide specifically binding to a α/β T cell receptor (TCR)/cluster of differentiation 3 (CD3) complex. Nucleic acid containing a sequence encoding for the antigen binding polypeptide or a vector containing the nucleic acid. Recombinant host cells containing the antigen binding polypeptide, and pharmaceutical compositions containing the antigen binding polypeptide, the nucleic acid, the vector and/or the host cell. Use of the antigen binding polypeptide, the nucleic acid, the vector, the host cell, or the pharmaceutical composition in medicine, in particular for use in the diagnosis, prevention, and/or treatment of a proliferative disease. Methods for improving or maintaining the binding and/or improving the stability of the antigen binding polypeptides. Methods for detecting, determining or enriching T cells expressing the α/β TCR/CD3 complex.