Design of a Trispecific Checkpoint Inhibitor and Natural Killer Cell Engager Based on a 2 + 1 Common Light Chain Antibody Architecture
Autor: | Bogen, Jan P., Carrara, Stefania C., Fiebig, David, Grzeschik, Julius, Hock, Björn, Kolmar, Harald |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Cytotoxicity
Immunologic Skin Neoplasms common light chain Immunology Receptors IgG Antibodies Monoclonal Humanized B7-H1 Antigen ErbB Receptors Killer Cells Natural bispecific antibody Epitopes checkpoint inhibitor Antibody Specificity Cell Line Tumor Drug Design Antibodies Bispecific Animals Immunization Immunoglobulin Light Chains trispecific antibody NK cell engager Chickens Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Original Research |
Zdroj: | Frontiers in Immunology |
Popis: | Natural killer cell engagers gained enormous interest in recent years due to their potent anti-tumor activity and favorable safety profile. Simultaneously, chicken-derived antibodies entered clinical studies paving the way for avian-derived therapeutics. In this study, we describe the affinity maturation of a common light chain (cLC)-based, chicken-derived antibody targeting EGFR, followed by utilization of the same light chain for the isolation of CD16a- and PD-L1-specific monoclonal antibodies. The resulting binders target their respective antigen with single-digit nanomolar affinity while blocking the ligand binding of all three respective receptors. Following library-based humanization, bispecific and trispecific variants in a standard 1 + 1 or a 2 + 1 common light chain format were generated, simultaneously targeting EGFR, CD16a, and PD-L1. The trispecific antibody mediated an elevated antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) in comparison to the EGFR×CD16a bispecific variant by effectively bridging EGFR/PD-L1 double-positive cancer cells with CD16a-positive effector cells. These findings represent, to our knowledge, the first detailed report on the generation of a trispecific 2 + 1 antibodies exhibiting a common light chain and illustrate synergistic effects of trispecific antigen binding. Overall, this generic procedure paves the way for the engineering of tri- and oligospecific therapeutic antibodies derived from avian immunizations. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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