Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Cartography Biosciences, South San Francisco, CA, USA.
Nat Chem Biol. 2024 Jan;20(1):30-41. doi: 10.1038/s41589-023-01368-5. Epub 2023 Jul 3.
Ectodomain phosphatase/phosphodiesterase-1 (ENPP1) is overexpressed on cancer cells and functions as an innate immune checkpoint by hydrolyzing extracellular cyclic guanosine monophosphate adenosine monophosphate (cGAMP). Biologic inhibitors have not yet been reported and could have substantial therapeutic advantages over current small molecules because they can be recombinantly engineered into multifunctional formats and immunotherapies. Here we used phage and yeast display coupled with in cellulo evolution to generate variable heavy (VH) single-domain antibodies against ENPP1 and discovered a VH domain that allosterically inhibited the hydrolysis of cGAMP and adenosine triphosphate (ATP). We solved a 3.2 Å-resolution cryo-electron microscopy structure for the VH inhibitor complexed with ENPP1 that confirmed its new allosteric binding pose. Finally, we engineered the VH domain into multispecific formats and immunotherapies, including a bispecific fusion with an anti-PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitor that showed potent cellular activity.
细胞外结构域磷酸酶/磷酸二酯酶-1(ENPP1)在癌细胞上过表达,通过水解细胞外环鸟苷单磷酸腺苷(cGAMP)发挥先天免疫检查点的作用。目前还没有报道生物抑制剂,它们可能比现有的小分子具有更大的治疗优势,因为它们可以被重组工程设计成多功能格式和免疫疗法。在这里,我们使用噬菌体和酵母展示技术结合细胞内进化来生成针对 ENPP1 的可变重(VH)单域抗体,并发现了一个 VH 结构域,它可以变构抑制 cGAMP 和三磷酸腺苷(ATP)的水解。我们解析了与 ENPP1 结合的 VH 抑制剂复合物的 3.2 Å 分辨率冷冻电镜结构,证实了其新的变构结合构象。最后,我们将 VH 结构域工程化为多特异性格式和免疫疗法,包括与抗 PD-L1 检查点抑制剂的双特异性融合,表现出很强的细胞活性。