Therapeutic use of anti-CD22 antibodies for inducing trogocytosis

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9963507-B2
Application number	US-201715492752-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 20, 2017
Priority date	Dec 5, 2011
Publication date	May 8, 2018
Grant date	May 8, 2018

Abstract

Disclosed are methods and compositions of anti-B cell antibodies, preferably anti-CD22 antibodies, for diagnosis, prognosis and therapy of B-cell associated diseases, such as B-cell malignancies, autoimmune disease and immune dysfunction disease. In certain embodiments, trogocytosis induced by anti-B cell antibodies may determine antibody efficacy, disease responsiveness and prognosis of therapeutic intervention. In other embodiments, optimal dosages of therapeutic antibody may be selected by monitoring the degree of trogocytosis induced by anti-B cell antibodies. Other characteristics of anti-B-cell antibodies that may be monitored include inducing phosphorylation of CD22, CD79a and CD79b; inducing translocation of CD22, CD79a and CD79b to lipid rafts; inducing caspase-dependent apoptosis; increasing pLyn, pERKs and pJNKs; decreasing constitutively-active p38; or inducing mitochondrial membrane depolarization, generation of reactive oxygen species, upregulation of pro-apoptotic Bax and downregulation of anti-apoptotic Bcl-xl, Mcl-1 and Bcl-2.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of depleting malignant B cells in a human patient comprising: a) exposing B cells from the human patient to epratuzumab, RGB4 or a chimeric or humanized version thereof in vitro in the presence of PBMCs (peripheral blood mononuclear cells) or FcγR-positive cells; b) measuring the depletion of one or more antigens selected from the group consisting of CD19, CD20, CD21, CD22 and CD79b on the surface of the B cells, wherein the antigens are depleted by trogocytosis, to determine the sensitivity of the B cells to the anti-CD22 antibody; and c) administering epratuzumab, RGB4 or a chimeric or humanized version thereof to the human patient, wherein the antibody is capable of inducing trogocytosis of the one or more antigens from the patient's B cells, and further wherein the antibody depletes malignant B cells from said patient.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the patient has not previously been treated with an anti-CD22 antibody.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the anti-CD22 antibody is epratuzumab or RFB4.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the anti-CD22 antibody is epratuzumab.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the anti-CD22 antibody is RFB4.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the anti-CD22 antibody is a naked antibody.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the anti-CD22 antibody is conjugated to at least one therapeutic agent.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the antigen is CD19.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the antigen is CD20.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the antigen is CD21.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the antigen is CD22.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the antigen is CD79b.

13. The method of claim 1 , further comprising administering at least one other therapeutic agent to the patient, said therapeutic agent being attached to the anti-CD22 antibody or administered as a free therapeutic agent.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the therapeutic agent is selected from the group consisting of a radionuclide, an anti-angiogenic agent, a pro-apoptotic agent, a toxin, an immunoconjugate, a second antibody and an antigen-binding fragment of a second antibody.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the drug is selected from the group consisting of 5-fluorouracil, aplidin, azaribine, anastrozole, anthracyclines, bendamustine, bleomycin, bortezomib, bryostatin-1, busulfan, calicheamycin, camptothecin, carboplatin, 10-hydroxycamptothecin, carmustine, celecoxib, chlorambucil, cisplatinum, Cox-2 inhibitors, irinotecan (CPT-11), SN-38, carboplatin, cladribine, camptothecans, cyclophosphamide, cytarabine, dacarbazine, docetaxel, dactinomycin, daunorubicin, doxorubicin, 2-pyrrolinodoxorubicine (2P-DOX), cyano-morpholino doxorubicin, doxorubicin glucuronide, epirubicin glucuronide, estramustine, epipodophyllotoxin, estrogen receptor binding agents, etoposide (VP16), etoposide glucuronide, etoposide phosphate, floxuridine (FUdR), 3′,5′-O-dioleoyl-FudR (FUdR-dO), fludarabine, flutamide, farnesyl-protein transferase inhibitors, gemcitabine, hydroxyurea, idarubicin, ifosfamide, L-asparaginase, lenolidamide, leucovorin, lomustine, mechlorethamine, melphalan, mercaptopurine, 6-mercaptopurine, methotrexate, mitoxantrone, mithramycin, mitomycin, mitotane, navelbine, nitrosourea, plicomycin, procarbazine, paclitaxel, pentostatin, PSI-341, raloxifene, semustine, streptozocin, tamoxifen, taxol, temazolomide, transplatinum, thalidomide, thioguanine, thiotepa, teniposide, topotecan, uracil mustard, vinorelbine, vinblastine, vincristine, a vinca alkaloid, a tyrophostin, canertinib, dasatinib, erlotinib, gefitinib, imatinib, lapatinib, leflunomide, nilotinib, pazopanib, semaxinib, sorafenib, sunitinib, sutent, vatalanib, PCI-32765 (ibrutinib), PCI-45292, GDC-0834, LFM-A13 and RN486.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the toxin is selected from the group consisting of ricin, abrin, alpha toxin, saporin, ribonuclease (RNase), onconase, DNase I, Staphylococcal enterotoxin-A, pokeweed antiviral protein, gelonin, diphtheria toxin, Pseudomonas exotoxin, and Pseudomonas endotoxin.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the radionuclide is selected from the group consisting of 111 In, 111 At, 177 Lu, 211 Bi, 212 Bi, 213 Bi, 211 At, 62 Cu, 67 Cu, 90 Y, 125 I, 131 I, 133 I, 32 P, 33 P, 47 Sc, 111 Ag, 67 Ga, 153 Sm, 161 Tb, 152 Dy, 166 Dy, 161 Ho, 166 Ho, 186 Re, 188 Re, 189 Re, 211 Pb, 212 Pb, 223 Ra, 225 Ac, 77 As, 89 Sr, 99 Mo, 105 Rh, 149 Pm, 169 Er, 194 Ir, 58 Co, 80m Br, 99m Tc, 103m Rh, 109 Pt, 119 Sb, 125 I, 189m Os, 192 Ir, 219 Rn, 215 Po, 221 Fr, 255 Fm, 11 C, 13 N, 15 O, 75 Br, 198 Au, 199 Au, 224 Ac, 77 Br, 113m In, 95 Ru, 97 Ru, 103 Ru, 105 Ru, 107 Hg, 203 Hg, 121m Te, 122m Te, 125m Te, 165 Tm, 167 Tm, 168 Tm, 197 Pt, 109 Pd, 142 Pr, 143 Pr, 161 Tb, 57 Co, 58 Co, 51 Cr, 59 Fe, 75 Se, 201 Tl, 76 Br and 169 Yb.

Assignees

• Immunomedics Inc

Inventors

• Chang Chien-Hsing
• Goldenberg David M
• Hansen Hans J
• Rossi Edmund A

Classifications

• C07K2317/73

  Inducing cell death, e.g. apoptosis, necrosis or inhibition of cell proliferation · CPC title

• A61K39/3955

  against proteinaceous materials, e.g. enzymes, hormones, lymphokines · CPC title

• C07K16/2803 Primary

  against the immunoglobulin superfamily · CPC title

• A61K45/06

  Mixtures of active ingredients without chemical characterisation, e.g. antiphlogistics and cardiaca · CPC title

• A61K2039/505

  comprising antibodies · CPC title