飞行编码能够在单次给予卡式试剂的小鼠中对数十种抗体进行同步临床前分析。
Flycodes enable simultaneous preclinical analysis for dozens of antibodies in single cassette-dosed mice.
作者信息
Walter Justin D, Beffinger Michal, Egloff Pascal, Zimmermann Iwan, Hürlimann Lea M, Ackle Fabian, Seifert Matthias, Kobold Sebastian, Vom Berg Johannes, Seeger Markus A
机构信息
Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich, Zurich 8006, Switzerland.
Institute of Laboratory Animal Science, University of Zurich, Schlieren 8952, Switzerland.
出版信息
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 Mar 25;122(12):e2426481122. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2426481122. Epub 2025 Mar 17.
Protein therapeutics such as antibodies require in-depth in vivo characterization during development and consequently account for a large proportion of laboratory animal consumption in the pharmaceutical industry. Currently, antibody candidates are exhaustively tested one-by-one in animal models to determine pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) profiles. The simultaneous analysis of antibody mixtures in single animals, called cassette-dosing, could in principle overcome this bottleneck, but is currently limited to small cassette sizes. Here, we demonstrate how the use of genetically encoded peptide tags (flycodes), designed for maximal detectability in liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, can allow for the simultaneous characterization of large pools of drug candidates, from single cassette-dosed mice. We demonstrate the simultaneous assessment of PK parameters for a group of >20 marketed/development-stage antibodies. Biodistribution experiments in mice bearing EGFR-expressing tumors correctly identified the two pool members recognizing EGFR, while organ analysis registered liver accumulation of an antibody targeting glucagon receptor, a protein profoundly expressed in that organ. In analogy to an early-phase drug development campaign, we performed biophysical and PK analysis for a cassette of 80 unique bispecific DARPin-sybody molecules. The data shown in this study originate from only 18 cassette-dosed mice, thereby demonstrating how flycode technology efficiently advances preclinical discovery pipelines allowing a direct comparison of drug candidates under identical experimental conditions.
蛋白质疗法(如抗体)在研发过程中需要深入的体内特性研究,因此在制药行业中占实验动物消耗的很大比例。目前,候选抗体在动物模型中逐一进行详尽测试,以确定药代动力学和药效学(PK/PD)特征。在单只动物中同时分析抗体混合物(称为盒式给药)原则上可以克服这一瓶颈,但目前仅限于小的盒式规模。在此,我们展示了如何使用为在液相色谱 - 质谱中实现最大可检测性而设计的基因编码肽标签(飞行码),能够从单只接受盒式给药的小鼠中同时表征大量候选药物。我们展示了对一组超过20种上市/处于研发阶段的抗体同时评估PK参数。在携带表达EGFR肿瘤的小鼠中进行的生物分布实验正确地鉴定出了识别EGFR的两个混合物成员,而器官分析记录了一种靶向胰高血糖素受体的抗体在肝脏中的蓄积,胰高血糖素受体是在该器官中大量表达的一种蛋白质。类似于早期药物研发活动,我们对包含80个独特双特异性DARPin - 单链抗体分子的盒式混合物进行了生物物理和PK分析。本研究中所示的数据仅来自18只接受盒式给药的小鼠,从而证明了飞行码技术如何有效地推进临床前发现流程,允许在相同实验条件下对候选药物进行直接比较。