OSE Immunotherapeutics has filed a patent for IL-7 variants and bifunctional molecules containing them, along with their potential uses. The details of the patent claim have been canceled. GlobalData’s report on OSE Immunotherapeutics gives a 360-degree view of the company including its patenting strategy. Buy the report here.
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Il-7 variants and their uses
A recently filed patent (Publication Number: US20230303648A1) describes a bifunctional molecule that combines an interleukin 7 (IL-7) variant with a binding moiety. The molecule is designed to specifically target immune cells and has improved pharmacokinetics compared to existing molecules. The IL-7 variant has at least 75% identity with a wild type human IL-7 (wth-IL-7) and includes specific amino acid mutations that reduce its affinity for the IL-7 receptor (IL-7R). The binding moiety, which can be an antibody or antigen fragment, is fused to the IL-7 variant using a peptide linker.
The IL-7 variant can have various amino acid substitutions, including W142H, W142F, W142Y, C2S-C141S and C47S-C92S, C2S-C141S and C34S-C129S, C47S-C92S and C34S-C129S, D74E, D74Q, D74N, Q11E, Y12F, M17L, Q22E, and/or K81R. These substitutions reduce the affinity of the IL-7 variant for IL-7R and improve the pharmacokinetics of the bifunctional molecule. The binding moiety can be a heavy chain constant domain or Fc domain of a human IgG1 or IgG4, with specific substitutions to enhance its function.
The molecule targets immune cells, specifically T cells or exhausted T cells, by binding to targets expressed on their surface. These targets include PD-1, CD28, CD80, CTLA-4, BTLA, TIGIT, CD160, CD40L, ICOS, CD27, OX40, 4-1BB, GITR, HVEM, Tim-1, LFA-1, TIM3, CD39, CD30, NKG2D, LAG3, B7-1, 2B4, DR3, CD101, CD44, SIRPG, CD28H, CD38, CXCR5, CD3, PDL2, CD4, and CD8.
The patent also covers isolated nucleic acid sequences encoding the bifunctional molecule, host cells containing these sequences, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the molecule and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and a method of treating cancer or infectious diseases by administering the molecule or composition to a subject with cancer or an infectious disease.
Overall, this patent describes a novel bifunctional molecule that combines an IL-7 variant with a binding moiety to target immune cells. The molecule has improved pharmacokinetics and can be used for the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases.
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