Wittel Uwe A, Jain Maneesh, Goel Apollina, Chauhan Subhash C, Colcher David, Batra Surinder K
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA.
Nucl Med Biol. 2005 Feb;32(2):157-64. doi: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2004.11.003.
Engineered multivalent single-chain Fv (scFv) constructs have been demonstrated to exhibit rapid blood clearance and better tumor penetration. To understand the short plasma half-life of multivalent single-chain antibody fragments, the pharmacokinetic properties of covalent dimeric scFv [sc(Fv)2], noncovalent tetrameric scFv {[sc(Fv)2]2} and IgG of MAb CC49 were examined. The scFvs displayed an ability to form higher molecular aggregates in vivo. A specific proteolytic cleavage of the linker sequence of the covalent dimeric or a deterioration of the noncovalent association of the dimeric scFv into tetravalent scFv constructs was not observed. In conclusion, sc(Fv)2 and [sc(Fv)2]2 are stable in vivo and have significant potential for diagnostic and therapeutic applications.
工程化多价单链Fv(scFv)构建体已被证明具有快速的血液清除率和更好的肿瘤穿透性。为了解多价单链抗体片段的血浆半衰期较短的原因,研究了共价二聚体scFv [sc(Fv)2]、非共价四聚体scFv {[sc(Fv)2]2} 和单克隆抗体CC49的IgG的药代动力学特性。scFv在体内显示出形成更高分子聚集体的能力。未观察到共价二聚体接头序列的特异性蛋白水解切割或二聚体scFv非共价缔合形成四价scFv构建体的恶化。总之,sc(Fv)2和[sc(Fv)2]2在体内稳定,在诊断和治疗应用方面具有巨大潜力。