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iScienceDec 2021 |
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103447
DOI:
10.1016/j.isci.2021.103447

Next generation Fc scaffold for multispecific antibodies

Estes, Bram; Sudom, Athena; Gong, Danyang; Whittington, Douglas A.; Li, Vivian; Mohr, Christopher; Li, Danqing; Riley, Timothy P.; Shi, Stone D.-H.; Zhang, Jun; Garces, Fernando; Wang, Zhulun
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Genes
Abstract
Bispecific antibodies (Bispecifics) demonstrate exceptional clinical potential to address some of the most complex diseases. However, Bispecific production in a single cell often requires the correct pairing of multiple polypeptide chains for desired assembly. This is a considerable hurdle that hinders the development of many immunoglobulin G (IgG)-like bispecific formats. Our approach focuses on the rational engineering of charged residues to facilitate the chain pairing of distinct heavy chains (HC). Here, we deploy structure-guided protein design to engineer charge pair mutations (CPMs) placed in the CH3-CH3′ interface of the fragment crystallizable (Fc) region of an antibody (Ab) to correctly steer heavy chain pairing. When used in combination with our stable effector functionless 2 (SEFL2.2) technology, we observed high pairing efficiency without significant losses in expression yields. Furthermore, we investigate the relationship between CPMs and the sequence diversity in the parental antibodies, proposing a rational strategy to deploy these engineering technologies.
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