WO2002026830A1 - Procede de production d'immunoglobulines anti-thymocytes humains - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a process for producing human anti-thymocyte immunoglobulins.
- Antibodies or immunoglobulins (Ig) against human thymocytes are known as selective immunosuppressants. They act on the immune response by decreasing by depletion, according to different mechanisms, the quantity of circulating lymphocytes in the blood and of the various lymphoid tissues and probably by blocking or modulating their receptors. Their use is indicated in the context of organ transplants, for the prevention and treatment of transplant rejection, as well as for the treatment of the reaction of the graft against the acute host. These immunoglobulins have also been proposed in the treatment of aplastic anemia.
- This hemadsorption step eliminates most of the unwanted antibodies, such as anti-erythrocyte antibodies present in the initial immune serum.
- a step of removing anti-tissue antibody 'on human tissue (such as placenta) was also sometimes provided in order to adsorb the anti-basement membrane antibodies in particular.
- Thymoglobuline® Imtix-Sangstat
- Tecelac® Biotest
- ATGF® Fresenius
- ATGAM Upjohn
- the present invention relates to a process without adsorption step on human biological material, for obtaining a sufficiently pure anti-thymocyte immunoglobulin preparation, for use in therapy in particular.
- the subject of the invention is a process for the production of purified human anti-thymocyte immunoglobulins which comprises the steps consisting in: (a) injecting a cell preparation of human thymocytes into an animal free of specified pathogenic organisms (EOPS) ; (b) collecting the immune serum produced by the animal;
- EOPS pathogenic organisms
- serum immunoglobulins is understood to mean the total fraction of the gamma globulins in the serum after immunization.
- EOPS animals or SPF for "Specific-pathogen free" are farm animals whose environment and food are strictly controlled according to sanitary standards. We also speak of animals with "controlled health status” (SCC). -EOPS animals are reared in sterilized closed compartments, the air environment is filtered, for example on a HEPA filter (sterilizing filtration), and the water and food are decontaminated before introduction, which allows the elimination of any pathogenic element from their direct environment (Yanabe et al. Exp. Animal 48 (2), 101-106 (1999)).
- HEPA filter sterilizing filtration
- pathogen here designates an infectious agent capable of causing clinical disease and / or altering the biological response of the animal with regard to the desired use.
- EOPS status refers to an (evolving) list of germs and control method (clinical, serological, culture or histological) to detect targeted microorganisms or on the contrary demonstrate their absence.
- the horse or the goat is used for the production of immune serum.
- immune serum is used for the production of immune serum.
- only lgG1 are present in rabbit serum, which facilitates the process of purification of the antibodies.
- Rabbit IgG also shows a strong affinity for the human Fc receptor, allowing the development of powerful cytotoxic antibodies directed against human T cells.
- the cell preparation of human thymus can be obtained either from cells of cultured lines, or from fresh thymocytes which are preferably purified from fragments of human thymus or optionally from, for example, suspensions of spleen, tonsils, lymph nodes, thoracic trachea or even peripheral blood. Human thymus fragments can in particular be easily removed during surgical procedures, in particular following cardiac surgeries on children. Virological tests are carried out on the donor's blood to avoid any contamination and to eliminate any contaminated thymic fragment, showing a positive serological result.
- the isolation of anti-human thymocyte immunoglobulins from the serum allows the elimination of undesirable proteins. It can be carried out for example by implementing an ion exchange chromatography, preferably on a column and / or one or more precipitations.
- such precipitation can be carried out in two successive stages by means of a reagent which precipitates the immunoglobulins.
- the preferred reagent is sodium sulfate.
- the chromatographic step allows the retention of impurities loaded by an ion exchange resin such as anions (DEAE).
- an ion exchange resin such as anions (DEAE).
- IgGs they are not retained by the column and are rapidly evacuated from the column, which makes it possible to collect them selectively. Chromatography on a specific affinity column, eliminating the undesirable antibodies remaining, is also advantageous.
- a subject of the invention is also the isolated human anti-thymocyte immunoglobulins capable of being prepared by the method of the invention.
- immunoglobulins can also be designated "anti-human lymphocyte immunoglobulins" since they recognize the human lymphocytes when brought into contact with them, for example during injections into patients for immunodepletion.
- the present invention also also relates to the use of these immunoglobulins for the manufacture of a medicament intended to decrease the quantity of circulating lymphocytes in the blood and lymphoid tissues in a human patient.
- the subject of the invention is also a method of therapeutic treatment in which a therapeutically effective amount of the immunoglobulins thus obtained is administered to a patient in need of a reduction in his quantity of lymphocytes.
- These immunoglobulins are particularly useful in the context of organ transplants.
- the anti-thymocyte immunoglobulins prepared according to the method described above exhibit greater specific activity than the anti-thymocyte immunoglobulins prepared by means of a method including a hemadsorption step, as can be seen in Example 2.1 presented below. after.
- the method of the invention makes it possible to obtain an anti-thymocyte immunoglobulin preparation in which the number of immunoglobulins capable of cross-reactions with other blood cells (erythrocytes, neutrophils, etc.) is considerably reduced.
- the fact of not using hemadsorption in the preparation of anti-thymocyte antibodies not only improves the safety aspect but also reduces the duration and the cost of the preparation process.
- hemadsorption uses Whole human red cells, fresh and formulated, and requires significant quantities of cells to be treated, making obtaining anti-thymocyte immunoglobulins relatively restrictive on an industrial level.
- Fragments of human thymus are, after removal and shredding, filtered and suspended.
- the cell suspension is then filtered through a nylon fabric and subjected to centrifugation at 1,800 rpm at 5 ° C.
- the cell preparations are then stored at 5 ° C. overnight then are diluted before injection into EOPS rabbits. Thymocytes can also be stored by freezing.
- Rabbit immune serum is collected during several bloodletting between D20 and D30 and can be frozen for storage. During the preparation, batches of serum are formed which are gradually brought back to " room temperature.
- rabbit serum are decomplemented in order to eliminate the proteins of the complement, by bringing them to a temperature of 56 ° C ⁇ 2 ° C for a period of 30 to 45 min.
- the rabbit serum is purified for the immunoglobulin fraction by chromatography on an anion exchange resin (DEAE) at room temperature followed by two precipitations with sodium sulfate.
- DEAE anion exchange resin
- the anti-thymocyte immunoglobulins are pasteurized at a temperature of 60 ° C for 10 hours to ensure viral safety.
- the stages of filtration, concentration, diafiltration and precipitation of the immunoglobulin fraction for example alcoholic fractionation of the COHN or ammonium sulphate type
- the immunoglobulin fraction for example alcoholic fractionation of the COHN or ammonium sulphate type
- the immunoglobulin solution can, after formulation and sterilization by filtration, be stored in the liquid state in a solution of 5 to 25 mg / ml or according to a variant in the lyophilized state.
- a series of quality controls is carried out including physicochemical tests, safety tests (presence of pyrogenic agents, antiplatelet activity), tests of sterility and purity as well as tests of lymphocytotoxic activities (inhibition of formation of in vitro rosettes and allogeneic skin graft survival in monkeys).
- a dilution of half of the non-hemadsorbed ATGs is carried out in order to obtain a specific activity equivalent to that of the standard batch.
- the skin graft test consists of performing four allografts on D0
- HLA HLA are different) and an autograft of skin on the back of each animal.
- the doses of ATG are then administered in vivo for three weeks from D-1.
- haptoglobin and oromucoid are also measured.
- the haematological safety evaluated in animals treated with non-haemadsorbed ATG is as satisfactory as in animals treated with haemadsorbed ATG.
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| US10/381,859 US7528240B2 (en) | 2000-09-28 | 2001-09-25 | Method for producing human anti-thymocyte immunoglobulins |
| AU2001291993A AU2001291993A1 (en) | 2000-09-28 | 2001-09-25 | Method for producing human anti-thymocyte immunoglobulins |
| JP2002531212A JP4777599B2 (ja) | 2000-09-28 | 2001-09-25 | ヒト抗胸腺細胞免疫グロブリンの製造方法 |
| DE60118409T DE60118409T2 (de) | 2000-09-28 | 2001-09-25 | Herstellungsverfahren von immunglobulinen, die gegen menschliche thymozyten gerichtet sind |
| EP01972206A EP1320552B8 (fr) | 2000-09-28 | 2001-09-25 | Procede de production d'immunoglobulines anti-thymocytes humains |
| CA002423708A CA2423708A1 (fr) | 2000-09-28 | 2001-09-25 | Procede de production d'immunoglobulines anti-thymocytes humains |
| US12/409,403 US20090181043A1 (en) | 2000-09-28 | 2009-03-23 | Method for Producing Human Anti-Thymocyte Immunoglobulins |
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| WO2012143516A1 (fr) | 2011-04-20 | 2012-10-26 | Genzyme Polyclonals S.A.S. | Amplification de lymphocytes t régulateurs au moyen d'immunoglobulines anti-thymocyte avec une cytokine, un inhibiteur de protéine kinase tor et/ou un agent de différenciation |
| CN118011006A (zh) * | 2024-01-29 | 2024-05-10 | 武汉中生毓晋生物医药有限责任公司 | 用药患者血浆中抗人胸腺/淋巴细胞兔免疫球蛋白总IgG抗体浓度检测试剂盒及应用 |
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| FR2878852A1 (fr) | 2006-06-09 |
| CA2423708A1 (fr) | 2002-04-04 |
| JP4777599B2 (ja) | 2011-09-21 |
| JP2004509977A (ja) | 2004-04-02 |
| AU2001291993A1 (en) | 2002-04-08 |
| EP1320552B8 (fr) | 2006-06-07 |
| DE60118409D1 (de) | 2006-05-18 |
| ATE321787T1 (de) | 2006-04-15 |
| EP1320552B1 (fr) | 2006-03-29 |
| DE60118409T2 (de) | 2006-11-16 |
| US20040023340A1 (en) | 2004-02-05 |
| US20090181043A1 (en) | 2009-07-16 |
| US7528240B2 (en) | 2009-05-05 |
| EP1320552A1 (fr) | 2003-06-25 |
| FR2878852B1 (fr) | 2007-02-23 |
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