Patents by Inventor Yuko KUSUZAKI

Yuko KUSUZAKI has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11897954
    Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide an anti-TSPAN8/anti-CD3 bispecific antibody and an anti-TSPAN8 antibody usable in treatment or prevention in human. A human monoclonal antibody producing mouse was immunized with a peritoneal disseminated cancer cell isolated from a patient, to obtain an antibody 16B11 and an antibody 16B12 that selectively bind to a peritoneal disseminated cancer cell. These antibodies were anti-TSPAN8 antibodies that bind to the region from amino acid positions 126 to 155 of TSPAN8 and exhibited strong binding activity to TSPAN8 expressed in the peritoneal disseminated cancer cell. Further, an anti-TSPAN8(16B11)-anti-CD3 bispecific antibody produced based on the sequence of 16B11 exhibited a cytotoxic activity against the TSPAN8-expressing cancer cell in vitro, exerted an anti-tumor action on TSPAN8-expressing cancer cell-bearing mice in vivo, and extended the lifetime of peritoneal dissemination model mice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: Astellas Pharma Inc., National Cancer Center
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Tenda, Masatoshi Yuri, Daisuke Yamajuku, Takeshi Tsutsumi, Yuko Kusuzaki, Hiroki Sasaki, Fumiko Chiwaki, Masayuki Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20230348587
    Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide an anti-TSPAN8/anti-CD3 bispecific antibody and an anti-TSPAN8 antibody usable in treatment or prevention in human. A human monoclonal antibody producing mouse was immunized with a peritoneal disseminated cancer cell isolated from a patient, to obtain an antibody 16B11 and an antibody 16B12 that selectively bind to a peritoneal disseminated cancer cell. These antibodies were anti-TSPAN8 antibodies that bind to the region from amino acid positions 126 to 155 of TSPAN8 and exhibited strong binding activity to TSPAN8 expressed in the peritoneal disseminated cancer cell. Further, an anti-TSPAN8(16B11)-anti-CD3 bispecific antibody produced based on the sequence of 16B11 exhibited a cytotoxic activity against the TSPAN8-expressing cancer cell in vitro, exerted an anti-tumor action on TSPAN8-expressing cancer cell-bearing mice in vivo, and extended the lifetime of peritoneal dissemination model mice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicants: Astellas Pharma Inc., National Cancer Center
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki TENDA, Masatoshi YURI, Daisuke YAMAJUKU, Takeshi TSUTSUMI, Yuko KUSUZAKI, Hiroki SASAKI, Fumiko CHIWAKI, Masayuki KOMATSU