mAbsPub Date : 2024-02-21DOI: 10.1080/19420862.2024.2311992
Caitlin Fawcett, Joseph. R. Tickle, Charlotte. H. Coles
{"title":"Facilitating high throughput bispecific antibody production and potential applications within biopharmaceutical discovery workflows","authors":"Caitlin Fawcett, Joseph. R. Tickle, Charlotte. H. Coles","doi":"10.1080/19420862.2024.2311992","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19420862.2024.2311992","url":null,"abstract":"A major driver for the recent investment surge in bispecific antibody (bsAb) platforms and products is the multitude of distinct mechanisms of action that bsAbs offer compared to a combination of t...","PeriodicalId":18206,"journal":{"name":"mAbs","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2024-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139947437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
mAbsPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-02-21DOI: 10.1080/19420862.2024.2316872
Jacquelyn Blake-Hedges, Dan Groff, Wilson Foo, Jeffrey Hanson, Elenor Castillo, Miao Wen, Diana Cheung, Mary Rose Masikat, Jian Lu, Young Park, Nina Abi Carlos, Hans Usman, Kevin Fong, Abigail Yu, Sihong Zhou, Joyce Kwong, Cuong Tran, Xiaofan Li, Dawei Yuan, Trevor Hallam, Gang Yin
{"title":"Production of antibodies and antibody fragments containing non-natural amino acids in <i>Escherichia coli</i>.","authors":"Jacquelyn Blake-Hedges, Dan Groff, Wilson Foo, Jeffrey Hanson, Elenor Castillo, Miao Wen, Diana Cheung, Mary Rose Masikat, Jian Lu, Young Park, Nina Abi Carlos, Hans Usman, Kevin Fong, Abigail Yu, Sihong Zhou, Joyce Kwong, Cuong Tran, Xiaofan Li, Dawei Yuan, Trevor Hallam, Gang Yin","doi":"10.1080/19420862.2024.2316872","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19420862.2024.2316872","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Therapeutic bioconjugates are emerging as an essential tool to combat human disease. Site-specific conjugation technologies are widely recognized as the optimal approach for producing homogeneous drug products. Non-natural amino acid (nnAA) incorporation allows the introduction of bioconjugation handles at genetically defined locations. <i>Escherichia coli</i> (<i>E. coli</i>) is a facile host for therapeutic nnAA protein synthesis because it can stably replicate plasmids encoding genes for product and nnAA incorporation. Here, we demonstrate that by engineering <i>E. coli</i> to incorporate high levels of nnAAs, it is feasible to produce nnAA-containing antibody fragments and full-length immunoglobulin Gs (IgGs) in the cytoplasm of <i>E. coli</i>. Using high-density fermentation, it was possible to produce both of these types of molecules with site-specifically incorporated nnAAs at titers > 1 g/L. We anticipate this strategy will help simplify the production and manufacture of promising antibody therapeutics.</p>","PeriodicalId":18206,"journal":{"name":"mAbs","volume":"16 1","pages":"2316872"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10883104/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139912940","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
mAbsPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-03-06DOI: 10.1080/19420862.2024.2318817
Kristina M J Aertker, Minu Ravindra Pilvankar, Tobias M Prass, Michaela Blech, Fabian Higel, Srinath Kasturirangan
{"title":"Exploring molecular determinants and pharmacokinetic properties of IgG1-scFv bispecific antibodies.","authors":"Kristina M J Aertker, Minu Ravindra Pilvankar, Tobias M Prass, Michaela Blech, Fabian Higel, Srinath Kasturirangan","doi":"10.1080/19420862.2024.2318817","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19420862.2024.2318817","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Bispecific antibodies (BsAbs) capable of recognizing two distinct epitopes or antigens offer promising therapeutic options for various diseases by targeting multiple pathways. The favorable pharmacokinetic (PK) properties of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) are crucial, as they directly influence patient safety and therapeutic efficacy. For numerous mAb therapeutics, optimization of neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) interactions and elimination of unfavorable molecular properties have led to improved PK properties. However, many BsAbs exhibit unfavorable PK, which has precluded their development as drugs. In this report, we present studies on the molecular determinants underlying the distinct PK profiles of three IgG1-scFv BsAbs. Our study indicated that high levels of nonspecific interactions, elevated isoelectric point (pI), and increased number of positively charged patches contributed to the fast clearance of IgG1-scFv. FcRn chromatography results revealed specific scFv-FcRn interactions that are unique to the IgG1-scFv, which was further supported by molecular dynamics (MD) simulation. These interactions likely stabilize the BsAb FcRn interaction at physiological pH, which in turn could disrupt FcRn-mediated BsAb recycling. In addition to the empirical observations, we also evaluated the impact of <i>in silico</i> properties, including pI differential between the Fab and scFv and the ratio of dipole moment to hydrophobic moment (RM) and their correlation with the observed clearance. These findings highlight that the PK properties of BsAbs may be governed by novel determinants, owing to their increased structural complexity compared to immunoglobulin G (IgG) 1 antibodies.</p>","PeriodicalId":18206,"journal":{"name":"mAbs","volume":"16 1","pages":"2318817"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10936634/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140039792","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
mAbsPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-10-26DOI: 10.1080/19420862.2024.2420805
Andrew Kleinberg, Yuan Mao, Ning Li
{"title":"Practical solutions for overcoming artificial disulfide scrambling in the non-reduced peptide mapping characterization of monoclonal antibodies.","authors":"Andrew Kleinberg, Yuan Mao, Ning Li","doi":"10.1080/19420862.2024.2420805","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19420862.2024.2420805","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Non-reduced peptide mapping provides essential data for characterizing therapeutic monoclonal antibodies by isolating disulfide connections between specific cysteines. However, conventional digestive strategies used throughout the biopharmaceutical industry have been shown to cause unintentional rearrangement of disulfide connections (disulfide scrambling), thus generating connectivity profiles that do not accurately represent the protein being analyzed. Common misconceptions (e.g. avoiding basic-pH digestion to prevent disulfide scrambling) have led to the development of alternative reagents and conditions that can alleviate this issue, but yield problematic digestion profiles. Herein, we systematically and comprehensively examine the primary considerations for accurate non-reduced peptide mapping, and provide effective, practical solutions to minimize undesired behavior while still yielding high-quality digests. Additionally, we present a method that exploits intentional disulfide scrambling as a reference tool to demonstrate the robustness of our proposed strategies. We also introduce maleimide as a cysteine-alkylating reagent and demonstrate its benefits over industry-leading analogs such as N-ethylmaleimide in terms of compatibility with regulatory reports.</p>","PeriodicalId":18206,"journal":{"name":"mAbs","volume":"16 1","pages":"2420805"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11520568/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142503243","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
mAbsPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-01-25DOI: 10.1080/19420862.2024.2304282
Jing Dai, Saeed Izadi, Jonathan Zarzar, Patrick Wu, Angela Oh, Paul J Carter
{"title":"Variable domain mutational analysis to probe the molecular mechanisms of high viscosity of an IgG<sub>1</sub> antibody.","authors":"Jing Dai, Saeed Izadi, Jonathan Zarzar, Patrick Wu, Angela Oh, Paul J Carter","doi":"10.1080/19420862.2024.2304282","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19420862.2024.2304282","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Subcutaneous injection is the preferred route of administration for many antibody therapeutics for reasons that include its speed and convenience. However, the small volume limit (typically <math><mo>≤</mo></math>2 mL) for subcutaneous delivery often necessitates antibody formulations at high concentrations (commonly ≥100 mg/mL), which may lead to physicochemical problems. For example, antibodies with large hydrophobic or charged patches can be prone to self-interaction giving rise to high viscosity. Here, we combined X-ray crystallography with computational modeling to predict regions of an anti-glucagon receptor (GCGR) IgG<sub>1</sub> antibody prone to self-interaction. An extensive mutational analysis was undertaken of the complementarity-determining region residues residing in hydrophobic surface patches predicted by spatial aggregation propensity, in conjunction with residue-level solvent accessibility, averaged over conformational ensembles from molecular dynamics simulations. Dynamic light scattering (DLS) was used as a medium throughput screen for self-interaction of ~ 200 anti-GCGR IgG<sub>1</sub> variants. A negative correlation was found between the viscosity determined at high concentration (180 mg/mL) and the DLS interaction parameter measured at low concentration (2-10 mg/mL). Additionally, anti-GCGR variants were readily identified with reduced viscosity and antigen-binding affinity within a few fold of the parent antibody, with no identified impact on overall developability. The methods described here may be useful in the optimization of other antibodies to facilitate their therapeutic administration at high concentration.</p>","PeriodicalId":18206,"journal":{"name":"mAbs","volume":"16 1","pages":"2304282"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10813588/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139544648","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
mAbsPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-06-07DOI: 10.1080/19420862.2024.2361585
Johannes Reusch, Jan Terje Andersen, Ulrich Rant, Tilman Schlothauer
{"title":"Insight into the avidity-affinity relationship of the bivalent, pH-dependent interaction between IgG and FcRn.","authors":"Johannes Reusch, Jan Terje Andersen, Ulrich Rant, Tilman Schlothauer","doi":"10.1080/19420862.2024.2361585","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19420862.2024.2361585","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) as therapeutics necessitate favorable pharmacokinetic properties, including extended serum half-life, achieved through pH-dependent binding to the neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn). While prior research has mainly investigated IgG-FcRn binding kinetics with a focus on single affinity values, it has been shown that each IgG molecule can engage two FcRn molecules throughout an endosomal pH gradient. As such, we present here a more comprehensive analysis of these interactions with an emphasis on both affinity and avidity by taking advantage of switchSENSE technology, a surface-based biosensor where recombinant FcRn was immobilized via short DNA nanolevers, mimicking the membranous orientation of the receptor. The results revealed insight into the avidity-to-affinity relationship, where assessing binding through a pH gradient ranging from pH 5.8 to 7.4 showed that the half-life extended IgG1-YTE has an affinity inflection point at pH 7.2, reflecting its engineering for improved FcRn binding compared with the wild-type counterpart. Furthermore, IgG1-YTE displayed a pH switch for the avidity enhancement factor at pH 6.2, reflecting strong receptor binding to both sides of the YTE-containing Fc, while avidity was abolished at pH 7.4. When compared with classical surface plasmon resonance (SPR) technology and complementary methods, the use of switchSENSE demonstrated superior capabilities in differentiating affinity from avidity within a single measurement. Thus, the methodology provides reliable kinetic rate parameters for both binding modes and their direct relationship as a function of pH. Also, it deciphers the potential effect of the variable Fab arms on FcRn binding, in which SPR has limitations. Our study offers guidance for how FcRn binding properties can be studied for IgG engineering strategies.</p>","PeriodicalId":18206,"journal":{"name":"mAbs","volume":"16 1","pages":"2361585"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11164218/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141288235","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
mAbsPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-08-28DOI: 10.1080/19420862.2024.2395499
John S Schardt, Even Walseng, Kim Le, Chunning Yang, Pooja Shah, Ying Fu, Kausar Alam, Cathryn R Kelton, Yu Gu, Fengying Huang, Jia Lin, Wenhai Liu, Andrew Dippel, Hanzhi Zhang, Kathy Mulgrew, Stacy Pryts, Vijaykumar Chennupati, Hung-Chang Chen, Jessica Denham, Xiaoru Chen, Pallab Pradhan, Yuling Wu, Colin Hardman, Chihao Zhao, Michael Kierny, Yang Song, Simon J Dovedi, Saso Cemerski, Yariv Mazor
{"title":"IL-2-armored peptide-major histocompatibility class I bispecific antibodies redirect antiviral effector memory CD8+ T cells to induce potent anti-cancer cytotoxic activity with limited cytokine release.","authors":"John S Schardt, Even Walseng, Kim Le, Chunning Yang, Pooja Shah, Ying Fu, Kausar Alam, Cathryn R Kelton, Yu Gu, Fengying Huang, Jia Lin, Wenhai Liu, Andrew Dippel, Hanzhi Zhang, Kathy Mulgrew, Stacy Pryts, Vijaykumar Chennupati, Hung-Chang Chen, Jessica Denham, Xiaoru Chen, Pallab Pradhan, Yuling Wu, Colin Hardman, Chihao Zhao, Michael Kierny, Yang Song, Simon J Dovedi, Saso Cemerski, Yariv Mazor","doi":"10.1080/19420862.2024.2395499","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19420862.2024.2395499","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>T cell engagers (TCEs) are becoming an integral class of biological therapeutic owing to their highly potent ability to eradicate cancer cells. Nevertheless, the widespread utility of classical CD3-targeted TCEs has been limited by narrow therapeutic index (TI) linked to systemic CD4+ T cell activation and aberrant cytokine release. One attractive approach to circumvent the systemic activation of pan CD3+ T cells and reduce the risk of cytokine release syndrome is to redirect specific subsets of T cells. A promising strategy is the use of peptide-major histocompatibility class I bispecific antibodies (pMHC-IgGs), which have emerged as an intriguing modality of TCE, based on their ability to selectively redirect highly reactive viral-specific effector memory cytotoxic CD8+ T cells to eliminate cancer cells. However, the relatively low frequency of these effector memory cells in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) may hamper their redirection as effector cells for clinical applications. To mitigate this potential limitation, we report here the generation of a pMHC-IgG derivative known as guided-pMHC-staging (GPS) carrying a covalent fusion of a monovalent interleukin-2 (IL-2) mutein (H16A, F42A). Using an anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) arm as a proof-of-concept, tumor-associated antigen paired with a single-chain HLA-A *02:01/CMVpp65 pMHC fusion moiety, we demonstrate <i>in vitro</i> that the IL-2-armored GPS modality robustly expands CMVpp65-specific CD8+ effector memory T cells and induces potent cytotoxic activity against target cancer cells. Similar to GPS, IL-2-armored GPS molecules induce modulated T cell activation and reduced cytokine release profile compared to an analogous CD3-targeted TCE. <i>In vivo</i> we show that IL-2-armored GPS, but not the corresponding GPS, effectively expands grafted CMVpp65 CD8+ T cells from unstimulated human PBMCs in an NSG mouse model. Lastly, we demonstrate that the IL-2-armored GPS modality exhibits a favorable developability profile and monoclonal antibody-like pharmacokinetic properties in human neonatal Fc receptor transgenic mice. Overall, IL-2-armored GPS represents an attractive approach for treating cancer with the potential for inducing vaccine-like antiviral T cell expansion, immune cell redirection as a TCE, and significantly widened TI due to reduced cytokine release.</p>","PeriodicalId":18206,"journal":{"name":"mAbs","volume":"16 1","pages":"2395499"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11364066/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142108940","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
mAbsPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-11-26DOI: 10.1080/19420862.2024.2432403
Maria Meira, Aurore Frey, Neila Chekkat, Magda Rybczynska, Zaki Sellam, Joon Seok Park, Francesca Smylie Gazzaniga, Alexia Parmentier, Marianne Le Gall, Gordon James Freeman, Dennis Lee Kasper, Arlene Helen Sharpe, Eric Rambeaux, Abdijapar Shamshiev
{"title":"Targeting RGMb interactions: Discovery and preclinical characterization of potent anti-RGMb antibodies blocking multiple ligand bindings.","authors":"Maria Meira, Aurore Frey, Neila Chekkat, Magda Rybczynska, Zaki Sellam, Joon Seok Park, Francesca Smylie Gazzaniga, Alexia Parmentier, Marianne Le Gall, Gordon James Freeman, Dennis Lee Kasper, Arlene Helen Sharpe, Eric Rambeaux, Abdijapar Shamshiev","doi":"10.1080/19420862.2024.2432403","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19420862.2024.2432403","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Therapeutic efficacy with durable responses has been demonstrated with several antibody drugs that block key immune checkpoint receptors, including PD-1, PD-L1, and CTLA-4. Despite the success of these drugs, a substantial proportion of patients do not benefit. Targeting multiple inhibitory pathways simultaneously to augment anti-tumor immunity has proven to be a promising approach. The emergence of Repulsive Guidance Molecule b (RGMb), a ligand for PD-L2, as a novel co-inhibitory pathway in T cells, together with its regulation by the gut microbiome, encouraged the discovery and development of fully human anti-RGMb antibodies. Here, we describe phage display-derived monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) 2C11 and 5C10 that bind human RGMb with high affinities of 1.4 nM and 0.72 nM, respectively. Both mAbs 2C11 and 5C10 potently inhibited RGMb interaction with PD-L2. MAb 2C11 effectively inhibited RGMb interaction with bone morphogenetic proteins 2 and 4 (BMP2-4), while leaving RGMb interaction with Neogenin 1 (Neo1) unaffected. Conversely, mAb 5C10 disrupted RGMb interaction with Neo1 while maintaining RGMb binding to BMP2-4. These findings map the 2C11 epitope at the membrane-distal N-terminal region of RGMb, which coincides with both PD-L2- and BMP2-4-binding sites. The PD-L2 binding interface is likely positioned between RGMb's N-terminal BMP-binding and C-terminal Neo1-binding regions. The in vivo activity of mAb 2C11 in combination with anti-PD-1 or anti-PD-L1 was tested in MC38 and B16-OVA cancer models and demonstrated synergistic effects by significantly enhancing anti-tumor responses. These properties make mAb 2C11 a promising candidate for therapeutic use to overcome immune checkpoint inhibitor resistances, warranting further exploration in clinical settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":18206,"journal":{"name":"mAbs","volume":"16 1","pages":"2432403"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11601088/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142716509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Charge heterogeneity of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies by different cIEF systems: views on the current situation.","authors":"Alessandro Ascione, Marcello Belfiore, Jaana Vesterinen, Mihaela Buda, Wolf Holtkamp, Francesca Luciani","doi":"10.1080/19420862.2024.2313737","DOIUrl":"10.1080/19420862.2024.2313737","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Therapeutic mAbs show a specific \"charge fingerprint\" that may affect safety and efficacy, and, as such, it is often identified as a critical quality attribute (CQA). Capillary iso-electric focusing (cIEF), commonly used for the evaluation of such CQA, provides an analytical tool to investigate mAb purity and identity across the product lifecycle. Here, we discuss the results of an analysis of a panel of antibody products by conventional and whole-column imaging cIEF systems performed as part of European Pharmacopoeia activities related to development of \"horizontal standards\" for the quality control of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). The study aimed at designing and verifying an independent and transversal cIEF procedure for the reliable analysis of mAbs charge variants. Despite the use of comparable experimental conditions, discrepancies in the charge profile and measured isoelectric points emerged between the two cIEF systems. These data suggest that the results are method-dependent rather than absolute, an aspect known to experts in the field and pharmaceutical industry, but not suitably documented in the literature. Critical implications from analytical and regulatory perspectives, are herein thoughtfully discussed, with a special focus on the context of market surveillance and identification of falsified medicines.</p>","PeriodicalId":18206,"journal":{"name":"mAbs","volume":"16 1","pages":"2313737"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10860345/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139707134","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
mAbsPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-04-26DOI: 10.1080/19420862.2024.2341443
Michael Mullin, James McClory, Winston Haynes, Justin Grace, Nathan Robertson, Gino van Heeke
{"title":"Applications and challenges in designing VHH-based bispecific antibodies: leveraging machine learning solutions.","authors":"Michael Mullin, James McClory, Winston Haynes, Justin Grace, Nathan Robertson, Gino van Heeke","doi":"10.1080/19420862.2024.2341443","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19420862.2024.2341443","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The development of bispecific antibodies that bind at least two different targets relies on bringing together multiple binding domains with different binding properties and biophysical characteristics to produce a drug-like therapeutic. These building blocks play an important role in the overall quality of the molecule and can influence many important aspects from potency and specificity to stability and half-life. Single-domain antibodies, particularly camelid-derived variable heavy domain of heavy chain (VHH) antibodies, are becoming an increasingly popular choice for bispecific construction due to their single-domain modularity, favorable biophysical properties, and potential to work in multiple antibody formats. Here, we review the use of VHH domains as building blocks in the construction of multispecific antibodies and the challenges in creating optimized molecules. In addition to exploring traditional approaches to VHH development, we review the integration of machine learning techniques at various stages of the process. Specifically, the utilization of machine learning for structural prediction, lead identification, lead optimization, and humanization of VHH antibodies.</p>","PeriodicalId":18206,"journal":{"name":"mAbs","volume":"16 1","pages":"2341443"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11057648/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140867231","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}