Next generation Fc scaffold for multispecific antibodies

Summary: Bispecific antibodies (Bispecifics) demonstrate exceptional clinical potential to address some of the most complex diseases. However, Bispecific production in a single cell often requires the correct pairing of multiple polypeptide chains for desired assembly. This is a considerable hurdle...

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Autores principales: Bram Estes, Athena Sudom, Danyang Gong, Douglas A. Whittington, Vivian Li, Christopher Mohr, Danqing Li, Timothy P. Riley, Stone D.-H. Shi, Jun Zhang, Fernando Garces, Zhulun Wang
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Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/daec344ee874422b8d613ca7fb390ad7
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Sumario:Summary: Bispecific antibodies (Bispecifics) demonstrate exceptional clinical potential to address some of the most complex diseases. However, Bispecific production in a single cell often requires the correct pairing of multiple polypeptide chains for desired assembly. This is a considerable hurdle that hinders the development of many immunoglobulin G (IgG)-like bispecific formats. Our approach focuses on the rational engineering of charged residues to facilitate the chain pairing of distinct heavy chains (HC). Here, we deploy structure-guided protein design to engineer charge pair mutations (CPMs) placed in the CH3-CH3′ interface of the fragment crystallizable (Fc) region of an antibody (Ab) to correctly steer heavy chain pairing. When used in combination with our stable effector functionless 2 (SEFL2.2) technology, we observed high pairing efficiency without significant losses in expression yields. Furthermore, we investigate the relationship between CPMs and the sequence diversity in the parental antibodies, proposing a rational strategy to deploy these engineering technologies.