Institute for Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Technical University of Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany.
Ferring Darmstadt Laboratory, Biologics Technology and Development, Darmstadt, Germany.
Front Immunol. 2021 May 10;12:669496. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.669496. eCollection 2021.
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.
近年来,自然杀伤细胞衔接器因其强大的抗肿瘤活性和良好的安全性而引起了极大的关注。与此同时,源自鸡的抗体也进入了临床研究阶段,为禽类治疗药物铺平了道路。在这项研究中,我们描述了一种针对 EGFR 的基于常见轻链 (cLC) 的、源自鸡的抗体的亲和力成熟过程,随后利用相同的轻链分离出针对 CD16a 和 PD-L1 的单克隆抗体。所得结合物以单个数字纳摩尔亲和力靶向各自的抗原,同时阻断所有三种相应受体的配体结合。在基于文库的人源化之后,生成了标准 1+1 或 2+1 共轻链格式的双特异性和三特异性变体,同时靶向 EGFR、CD16a 和 PD-L1。与 EGFR×CD16a 双特异性变体相比,三特异性抗体通过有效地将 EGFR/PD-L1 双阳性癌细胞与 CD16a 阳性效应细胞桥接,介导了更高的抗体依赖性细胞毒性 (ADCC)。据我们所知,这些发现代表了第一个关于生成具有共轻链的三特异性 2+1 抗体的详细报告,并说明了三特异性抗原结合的协同效应。总的来说,这种通用的方法为源自禽类免疫的三特异性和寡特异性治疗性抗体的工程学开辟了道路。
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