ANTIBODY MOLECULES POSSESSING SPECIFICITY WITH RESPECT TO HUMAN TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA AND THEIR USING

FIELD: immunology, biotechnology. ^ SUBSTANCE: invention describes murine antibody and its humanized variant (CDP870) showing specificity to human tumor necrosis factor-alpha. Amino acid sequence is given in the description. Also, invention describes compounds showing affinity with respect to human tumor necrosis factor-alpha based on humanized antibody wherein lysylmaleimide group bound covalently with one or some methoxypoly(ethylene glycol) molecules by lysyl residue is joined to one of cysteine residues by C-end of heavy chain of the humanized antibody. Invention discloses DNA sequences encoding antibodies showing specificity to human tumor necrosis factor-alpha and variants if expression vectors involving indicated DNAs. Also, invention describes variants of a method for preparing a host-cell using expression vectors and variants of a method for preparing antibodies based on prepared host-cells. Invention discloses therapeutic compositions used in treatment of pathology mediated by tumor necrosis factor-alpha based on antibodies. Invention provides providing antibodies showing high affinity: 0.85 x 10-10 M for murine antibodies and 0.5 x 10-10 M for its humanized variant and low immunogenicity for human for humanized antibodies. Part of patients with improved ACR20 in administration of 5 and 20 mg/kg of CDP870 is 75% and 75% in 8 weeks, respectively. Half-life value of CDP870 in plasma is 14 days. ^ EFFECT: valuable biological and medicinal properties of antibodies. ^ 58 cl, 24 dwg, 6 tbl, 1 ex