US 12,479,899 B2
Multi-chain chimeric polypeptides and uses thereof
Hing C. Wong, Miramar, FL (US)
Assigned to ImmunityBio, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by ImmunityBio, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/354,866.
Application 18/354,866 is a continuation of application No. 16/906,781, filed on Jun. 19, 2020, granted, now 11,738,052.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/864,996, filed on Jun. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0381238 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C07K 14/54 (2006.01); A61K 40/15 (2025.01); A61K 40/42 (2025.01); C07K 16/42 (2006.01); C12N 5/0783 (2010.01)
CPC C07K 14/5418 (2013.01) [A61K 40/15 (2025.01); A61K 40/42 (2025.01); C07K 14/5434 (2013.01); C07K 14/5443 (2013.01); C07K 16/4283 (2013.01); C12N 5/0646 (2013.01); A61K 2239/31 (2023.05); A61K 2239/38 (2023.05); C07K 2319/74 (2013.01)] 38 Claims
 
1. A method of enhancing cytotoxicity of a NK cell comprising the following steps:
(a) contacting a natural killer cell in a liquid culture medium comprising an effective amount of a first multi-chain chimeric polypeptide for 15 minutes to one day under conditions that allow for differentiation of the natural killer (NK) cell; and
(b) contacting the natural killer cell in a liquid culture medium comprising an effective amount of (i) a second multi-chain chimeric polypeptide and (ii) an IgG1 antibody construct, for 1 day to 30 days under conditions that allow for the activation and proliferation of the natural killer cell,
wherein the first multi-chain chimeric polypeptide comprises:
a first chimeric polypeptide comprising a first target-binding domain, a soluble tissue factor domain comprising a sequence that is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 5, and a first domain of a pair of affinity domains comprising a sequence that is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 26; and
a second chimeric polypeptide comprising a second domain of a pair of affinity domains comprising a sequence that is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 24 and a second target-binding domain,
wherein the first chimeric polypeptide and the second chimeric polypeptide in the first multi-chain chimeric polypeptide associate through the binding of the first domain and the second domain of the pair of affinity domains in the first multi-chain chimeric polypeptide;
wherein (A) the first target-binding domain in the first multi-chain chimeric polypeptide comprises a sequence at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 20 and the second target-binding domain in the first multi-chain chimeric polypeptide comprises a first sequence that is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 14 and a second sequence that is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 16, or (B) the first target-binding domain in the first multi-chain chimeric polypeptide comprises a first sequence that is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 14 and a second sequence that is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 16, and the second target-binding domain in the first multi-chain chimeric polypeptide comprises a sequence at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 20; and
wherein the second multi-chain chimeric polypeptide comprises:
a first chimeric polypeptide comprising a first target-binding domain, a soluble tissue factor domain comprising a sequence that is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 5, a first domain of a pair of affinity domains comprising a sequence that is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 26, and
a second chimeric polypeptide comprising a second domain of a pair of affinity domains comprising a sequence that is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 24, and a second target-binding domain,
wherein the first chimeric polypeptide and the second chimeric polypeptide in the second multi-chain chimeric polypeptide associate through the binding of the first domain and the second domain of the pair of affinity domains in the second multi-chain chimeric polypeptide;
wherein (A) the first target-binding domain in the second multi-chain chimeric polypeptide comprises a sequence that is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 23 and the second target-binding domain in the second multi-chain chimeric polypeptide comprises a sequence that is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 22, or (B) the first target-binding domain in the second multi-chain chimeric polypeptide comprises a sequence that is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 22 and the second target-binding domain in the second multi-chain chimeric polypeptide comprises a sequence that is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 23; and
wherein the IgG1 antibody construct comprises at least one antigen-binding domain that binds specifically to the soluble tissue factor domain.