A conjugate between a target-seeking moiety and a modified superantigen,
characterized in that the superantigen is a wild-type superantigen (SA I)
in which an amino acid residue in a superantigen region (region I)
determining binding to TCR, preferably TCRV.beta., and T cell activation
have been replaced by another amino acid residue while retaining the
ability to activate a subset of T cells.In preferred embodiment the
modified superantigen is a chimer between at least two wild-type
superantigens (SA I, SA II etc) characterized in that one or more amino
acid residues in a region determining binding to TCR and T cell
activation have been interchanged between various wild-type
superantigens.A therapeutic method making use of modified/chimeric
superantigens as defined in the preceding paragraphs.An antibody
preparation in which the cysteine residues that provide for interchain
disulfide bonds have been mutated so as to forbid interchain disulfide
bridges, preferably to serine residues, for use as pharmaceutical.