Human Health Therapeutics Research Centre, National Research Council Canada, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
MAbs. 2020 Jan-Dec;12(1):1682866. doi: 10.1080/19420862.2019.1682866.
Recent development of monoclonal antibodies as mainstream anticancer agents demands further optimization of their safety for use in humans. Potent targeting and/or effector activities on normal tissues is an obvious toxicity concern. Optimization of specific tumor targeting could be achieved by taking advantage of the extracellular acidity of solid tumors relative to normal tissues. Here, we applied a structure-based computational approach to engineer anti-human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (Her2) antibodies with selective binding in the acidic tumor microenvironment. We used an affinity maturation platform in which dual-pH histidine-scanning mutagenesis was implemented for pH selectivity optimization. Testing of a small set of designs for binding to the recombinant Her2 ectodomain led to the identification of antigen-binding fragment (Fab) variants with the desired pH-dependent binding behavior. Binding selectivity toward acidic pH was improved by as much as 25-fold relative to the parental bH1-Fab. experiments on cells expressing intact Her2 confirmed that designed variants formatted as IgG1/k full-size antibodies have high affinity and inhibit the growth of tumor spheroids at a level comparable to that of the benchmark anti-Her2 antibody trastuzumab (Herceptin®) at acidic pH, whereas these effects were significantly reduced at physiological pH. In contrast, both Herceptin and the parental bH1 antibody exhibited strong cell binding and growth inhibition irrespective of pH. This work demonstrates the feasibility of computational optimization of antibodies for selective targeting of the acidic environment such as that found in many solid tumors.
最近,单克隆抗体作为主流抗癌药物的发展要求进一步优化其在人类中的使用安全性。在正常组织上具有强大的靶向性和/或效应活性是一个明显的毒性问题。通过利用实体瘤相对于正常组织的细胞外酸度,可以优化特定肿瘤的靶向性。在这里,我们应用了一种基于结构的计算方法,来设计具有选择性结合酸性肿瘤微环境的抗人表皮生长因子受体 2(Her2)抗体。我们使用了一种亲和力成熟平台,其中实施了双 pH 组氨酸扫描诱变以优化 pH 选择性。对一组用于结合重组 Her2 外显子的设计进行测试,导致鉴定出具有所需 pH 依赖性结合行为的抗原结合片段(Fab)变体。与亲本 bH1-Fab 相比,结合对酸性 pH 的选择性提高了多达 25 倍。在表达完整 Her2 的细胞上进行的实验证实,设计的变体形式为 IgG1/k 全长抗体,具有高亲和力,并在酸性 pH 下抑制肿瘤球体的生长,其抑制水平与基准抗 Her2 抗体曲妥珠单抗(赫赛汀®)相当,而在生理 pH 下,这些效果显著降低。相比之下,赫赛汀和亲本 bH1 抗体在无论 pH 如何都表现出强烈的细胞结合和生长抑制作用。这项工作证明了计算优化抗体以选择性靶向酸性环境(如许多实体瘤中发现的环境)的可行性。
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