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EP 0804596 A4 20000308 - FUSION PROTEINS WITH CYTOTOXIC ACTIVITY AGAINST CELLS OVEREXPRESSING erbB3 AND/OR erbB4

Title (en)

FUSION PROTEINS WITH CYTOTOXIC ACTIVITY AGAINST CELLS OVEREXPRESSING erbB3 AND/OR erbB4

Title (de)

FUSIONSPROTEINE MIT ZYTOTOXISCHER AKTIVITÄT GEGEN ERB 3 UND/ODER ERB4ÜBEREXPRIMIERENDE ZELLEN

Title (fr)

PROTEINES FUSIONNEES A ACTIVITE CYTOTOXIQUE CONTRE LES CELLULES A SUREXPRESSION D'erbB3 ET/OU D'erbB4

Publication

EP 0804596 A4 20000308 (EN)

Application

EP 95937728 A 19951117

Priority

  • AU 9500767 W 19951117
  • AU PM959894 A 19941122

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO9616176A1] The present invention provides a ligand toxin which has cytotoxic activity against cells overexpressing erbB3 and/or erbB4. The ligand toxin comprises a peptide having or including an amino acid sequence which binds to erbB3 and/or erbB4 fused to a toxin. In a preferred form the peptide has or includes an amino acid sequence substantially homologous to that of the epidermal growth factor-like domain of heregulin beta 2. It is also preferred that the toxin is Pseudomonas exotoxin or a derivative thereof.

IPC 1-7

C12N 15/62; C12N 15/12; C07K 14/47; A61K 38/17; A61K 38/16

IPC 8 full level

A61K 38/00 (2006.01); A61P 35/00 (2006.01); A61P 43/00 (2006.01); C07K 14/21 (2006.01); C07K 14/47 (2006.01); C07K 14/475 (2006.01); C07K 19/00 (2006.01); C12N 15/00 (2006.01); C12N 15/09 (2006.01); C12N 15/62 (2006.01); C12P 21/02 (2006.01); C12R 1/19 (2006.01); C12R 1/38 (2006.01); C12R 1/91 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A61P 35/00 (2017.12); A61P 43/00 (2017.12); C07K 14/21 (2013.01); C07K 14/4756 (2013.01); C12N 15/62 (2013.01); A61K 38/00 (2013.01); C07K 2319/00 (2013.01); C07K 2319/02 (2013.01); C07K 2319/43 (2013.01); C07K 2319/55 (2013.01); C07K 2319/75 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

  • [Y] WO 9220798 A1 19921126 - GENENTECH INC [US]
  • [A] EP 0383599 A2 19900822 - MERCK & CO INC [US]
  • [X] SIEGALL C. B. ET AL.: "Activity of HER4-targeted ligand-toxin fusion proteins against human tumors.", PROC. AMERICAN ASSOC. CANCER RES., vol. 35, March 1994 (1994-03-01), pages 382, XP002127063 & SIEGALL C.B. ET AL.: "HER4 expression correlated with cytotoxicity directed by a heregulin-toxin fusion protein", J. BIOL. CHEM., vol. 270, no. 13, 31 March 1995 (1995-03-31), pages 7625 - 7630, XP002004424
  • [PX] JESCHKE M ET AL: "TARGETED INHIBITION OF TUMOR-CELL GROWTH BY RECOMBINANT HEREGULIN- TOXIN FUSION PROTEINS", INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER,US,NEW YORK, NY, vol. 60, no. 5, 3 March 1995 (1995-03-03), pages 730-739, XP000571537, ISSN: 0020-7136
  • [Y] WELS W ET AL: "SELECTIVE INHIBITION OF TUMOR CELL GROWTH BY A RECOMBINANT SINGLE-CHAIN ANTIBODY-TOXIN SPECIFIC FOR THE ERBB-2 RECEPTOR", CANCER RESEARCH,US,AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH, BALTIMORE, MD, vol. 52, no. 22, 15 November 1992 (1992-11-15), pages 6310-6317, XP000647735, ISSN: 0008-5472
  • [A] HOLMES W E ET AL: "IDENTIFICATION OF HEREGULIN, A SPECIFIC ACTIVATOR OF P185ERB2", SCIENCE,US,AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE,, vol. 256, 22 May 1992 (1992-05-22), pages 1205-1210, XP002002186, ISSN: 0036-8075
  • [A] TZAHAR E ET AL: "ERBB-3 AND ERBB-4 FUNCTION AS THE RESPECTIVE LOW AND HIGH AFFINITY RECEPTORS OF ALL NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR/HEREGULIN ISOFORMS", JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY,US,AMERICAN SOCIETY OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTS, BALTIMORE, MD, vol. 269, no. 40, 7 October 1994 (1994-10-07), pages 25226-25233, XP002004421, ISSN: 0021-9258
  • [A] PLOWMAN ET AL: "Ligand-specific activation of HER4/p180erbB4, a fourth member of the epidermal growth factor receptor family", PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF USA,US,NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. WASHINGTON, vol. 90, March 1993 (1993-03-01), pages 1746-1750, XP002090525, ISSN: 0027-8424
  • [A] GAWLAK S L ET AL: "BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR-PSEUDOMONAS EXOTOXIN CHIMERIC PROTEINS;COMPARISON WITH ACIDIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR-PSEUDOMONAS EXOTOXIN", BIOCONJUGATE CHEMISTRY,US,AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, WASHINGTON, vol. 4, no. 6, 1993, pages 483-489, XP000417287, ISSN: 1043-1802
  • [A] FRIEDMAN P N ET AL: "BR96 SFV-PE40, A POTENT SINGLE-CHAIN IMMUNOTOXIN THAT SELECTIVELY KILLS CARCINOMA CELLS", CANCER RESEARCH,US,AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH, BALTIMORE, MD, vol. 53, no. 2, 15 January 1993 (1993-01-15), pages 334-339, XP000652093, ISSN: 0008-5472
  • See references of WO 9616176A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 9616176 A1 19960530; AU PM959894 A0 19941215; CA 2205807 A1 19960530; EP 0804596 A1 19971105; EP 0804596 A4 20000308; JP H10509949 A 19980929

DOCDB simple family (application)

AU 9500767 W 19951117; AU PM959894 A 19941122; CA 2205807 A 19951117; EP 95937728 A 19951117; JP 51638496 A 19951117