Shiraz Institute for Cancer Research, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; Department of Medical Biotechnology, School of Advanced Medical Sciences and Technologies, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Mol Immunol. 2021 Jul;135:320-328. doi: 10.1016/j.molimm.2021.04.027. Epub 2021 May 7.
Using antibody drug conjugates (ADC) which can exclusively bind to their target cells and upon internalization release their toxic agent, is one of the most effective methods for killing tumor cells. Therefore, increasing the internalization rate is an important factor for tumor treatment in this case. The aim of the present study was to develop a new variant of pertuzumab (an anti-ErbB2 humanized antibody) with higher internalization rate that can be a good candidate for the production of ADC. To this end, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus TAT Protein Transduction Domain (TAT-PTD) was replaced into the structure of the pertuzumab. At first, the best site in antibody heavy chain constant region for the replacement of TAT-PTD was predicted through computational methods. Then, the resulting recombinant antibody, of which TAT-PTD was located at amino acid position 130-140 and named Tatibody, was produced in CHO-S cell line. Finally, its physicochemical properties and biological activities were evaluated and compared with pertuzumab. Results showed that the binding ability of Tatibody to the ErbB2 receptor is similar to that of pertuzumab, but its internalization potency is 3.6 fold higher and can be used as a good candidate for ADC construction.
使用抗体药物偶联物(ADC),它可以专门结合其靶细胞,并在内化后释放其毒性剂,是杀死肿瘤细胞最有效的方法之一。因此,提高内化率是这种情况下肿瘤治疗的一个重要因素。本研究旨在开发一种新的帕妥珠单抗(一种抗 ErbB2 人源化抗体)变体,具有更高的内化率,可以成为 ADC 生产的良好候选物。为此,将人类免疫缺陷病毒 TAT 蛋白转导结构域(TAT-PTD)替换到帕妥珠单抗的结构中。首先,通过计算方法预测抗体重链恒定区中 TAT-PTD 替换的最佳位置。然后,在 CHO-S 细胞系中生产位于氨基酸位置 130-140 的 TAT-PTD 的重组抗体,命名为 Tatibody。最后,评估并比较了其物理化学性质和生物学活性与帕妥珠单抗。结果表明,Tatibody 与 ErbB2 受体的结合能力与帕妥珠单抗相似,但内化能力提高了 3.6 倍,可作为 ADC 构建的良好候选物。