AN ANTIBODY SELECTIVE FOR A TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-RELATED APOPTOSIS-INDUCING LIGAND RECEPTOR AND USES THEREOF

• Main Authors: KOOPMAN, WILLIAM, J, ICHIKAWA, KIMIHISA, ZHOU, TONG, KIMBERLY, ROBERT, P
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 29.09.2004
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; DERIVATIVES THEREOF; ENZYMOLOGY; FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIREDCHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERSFROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; NUCLEIC ACIDS; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PEPTIDES; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; SPIRITS; SUGARS; VINEGAR; WINE

A purified antibody is disclosed which specifically binds a TRAIL receptor DR5, wherein said antibody: a) has apoptosis-inducing activity in the absence of secondary crosslinking in target cells expressing DR5 in vitro, wherein the apoptosis-inducing activity in vitro is characterized by less than 70% target cell viability at an antibody concentration of 2.5 pg/ml; b) has tumoricidal activity against tumor cells expressing DR5 in vivo; and c) does not bind TRAIL receptor DR4, DcR1, or DcR2.