Anthracycline immunoconjugates having a novel linker and methods for their production
申请人:Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
公开号:EP0328147A2
公开(公告)日:1989-08-16
The present invention relates to novel immunoconjugates, methods for their production, pharmaceutical compositions and method for delivering cytotoxic anthracyclines to a selected population of cells desired to be eliminated. More particularly, the invention relates to immunoconjugates comprised of an antibody reactive with a selected cell population, having a number of anthracycline molecules linked to its structure. Each anthracycline molecule, having a keto group at the C-13 position, is conjugated to the antibody via a linker arm and is bound to that linker arm via an acid-sensitive acylhydrazone bond at the 13-keto position of the anthracycline.
The immunoconjugates and methods of the invention are useful in antibody-mediated drug delivery systems for the preferential killing of a selected cell population in the treatment of diseases such as cancers and other tumors, non-cytocidal viral or other pathogenic infections, and autoimmune disorders.
本发明涉及新型免疫缀合物、其生产方法、药物组合物以及将细胞毒性蒽环类药物输送到所选的待清除细胞群的方法。更具体地说,本发明涉及一种免疫结合剂,它由一种与所选细胞群有反应的抗体组成,该抗体的结构上连接着一些蒽环类分子。每个蒽环类分子的 C-13 位上都有一个酮基,通过连接臂与抗体连接,并通过蒽环类的 13-酮位上的酸敏酰腙键与该连接臂结合。
本发明的免疫共轭物和方法可用于抗体介导的给药系统,在治疗癌症和其他肿瘤、非杀细胞病毒或其他病原体感染以及自身免疫性疾病等疾病时优先杀死选定的细胞群。