{"title":"Functional Parameters of Hybridoma Cells: Methods of Evaluation and Biotechnological Relevance.","authors":"Tatiana Bezukladnikova, Svetlana Zamorina, Sergey Lazarev, Mikhail Rayev","doi":"10.3390/antib15040067","DOIUrl":"10.3390/antib15040067","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hybridoma technology remains one of the most reliable and widely used platforms for generating highly specific monoclonal antibodies for use in diagnostics, fundamental research, and clinical practice. Moreover, the combination of unlimited proliferative capacity with the preservation of a key B-lymphocyte function, antibody production, enables hybridoma cells to support a comprehensive functional evaluation of cellular responses. Thus, by integrating analysis of proliferation, viability, and productivity, hybridoma-based approaches enable the detection of differential modulatory effects and offer a nuanced assessment of compound bioactivity. This review provides a comprehensive analysis of the functional parameters of hybridoma cells: viability, proliferation, and productivity, as well as the methods used for their evaluation. The main stages of hybridoma cell generation, advances in hybridoma technology, and current applications of hybridoma cells are also reviewed. A key aspect of this review is the differential modulation of functional parameters of hybridoma cells. Modulation of culture conditions and bioactive compounds can differentially influence growth dynamics and specific antibody yield, often revealing an inverse relationship between proliferation and productivity.</p>","PeriodicalId":8188,"journal":{"name":"Antibodies","volume":"15 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13509340/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148824363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AntibodiesPub Date : 2026-08-04DOI: 10.3390/antib15040068
Arpita Deb, Barbara L F Kaplan
{"title":"Correlation of AHR Activation-Induced Suppression of PWM-Stimulated IgG and IgG-Triggered Signaling in Human PBMCs.","authors":"Arpita Deb, Barbara L F Kaplan","doi":"10.3390/antib15040068","DOIUrl":"10.3390/antib15040068","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background/objectives: </strong>Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) ligands are known to suppress antibody production. However, it remains unclear whether this suppression translates into altered antibody-mediated Fcγ receptor signaling in human cells. This study aimed to investigate the effects and mechanisms by which AHR ligands regulate antibody production and antibody-triggered responses in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>PBMCs were isolated from blood obtained from anonymous healthy donors. PBMCs were stimulated with pokeweed mitogen (PWM) to induce IgG1 production or Strept-Biotin IgG1/IgG2 immune complexes to induce antibody-triggered signaling. Before any stimulation, cells were pretreated with vehicle (0.01% DMSO) or AHR ligands TCDD (2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin), ITE (2-(1H-indol-3-ylcarbonyl)-4-thiazolecarboxylic acid methyl ester), or FICZ (6-formylindolo[3,2-b]carbazole), or the proligand I3C (indole-3-carbinol).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Our data revealed that PWM stimulation significantly increased <i>IL6</i> and <i>IL1B</i> gene expression and PWM-induced IL-6 cytokine secretion, which was significantly suppressed by TCDD, ITE, FICZ, and I3C. However, only TCDD was able to suppress PWM-stimulated IgG1 antibody production. Transcriptomic analysis using I3C revealed upregulated AHR-responsive genes such as <i>CYP1A1</i>, <i>CYP1B1</i>, <i>AHRR</i> and <i>TIPARP</i> in PWM-stimulated human PBMCs. Notably, I3C downregulated genes <i>TRAPPC9</i> and <i>C1QTNF3</i>, which play a role in NF-κB-associated inflammatory signaling. It also revealed potential sex differences in I3C-mediated gene modulation associated with B cell function, Ig expression, FcγR signaling, and inflammatory pathways. Lastly, IgG1 and IgG2 immune complex-stimulated IL-6 cytokine secretion was significantly suppressed by TCDD, whereas I3C showed modest, although not statistically significant, suppression.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Overall, these findings demonstrate that AHR activation by TCDD suppressed antibody production and IgG-mediated immune signaling in human PBMCs.</p>","PeriodicalId":8188,"journal":{"name":"Antibodies","volume":"15 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13509459/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148824353","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AntibodiesPub Date : 2026-07-29DOI: 10.3390/antib15040066
Felix Meiser, Julia Harwardt, Christoph Hahn, Marta Lustig, Thomas Valerius, Harald Kolmar
{"title":"Fc-Silenced CD89 × EGFR Bispecific Antibodies Promote Neutrophil and Macrophage Antitumor Activity.","authors":"Felix Meiser, Julia Harwardt, Christoph Hahn, Marta Lustig, Thomas Valerius, Harald Kolmar","doi":"10.3390/antib15040066","DOIUrl":"10.3390/antib15040066","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background/objectives: </strong>CD89 (FcaRI), the receptor for immunoglobulin A (IgA), is expressed on myeloid cells, including neutrophils, monocytes, and macrophages. It is known to mediate potent effector functions against tumor cells, but the clinical development of IgA-based therapeutics is hindered by manufacturing challenges and IgA's short plasma half-life.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Using yeast display, we generated EGFR × CD89 bispecific common light chain antibodies and investigated their biophysical properties, neutrophil-mediated cytotoxicity and macrophage phagocytosis in vitro.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>CD89-targeting constructs induced potent neutrophil cytotoxicity and macrophage phagocytosis in vitro. A symmetric 2 + 2 IgG1 Fc-silenced variant showed the most consistent potency across neutrophil and macrophage effector functions. Fc silencing enhanced neutrophil ADCC and did not induce detectable neutrophil or PBMC fratricide under the conditions tested, suggesting a limited propensity for off-target immune cell killing.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These findings support further preclinical evaluation of CD89-targeting bispecific antibodies and indicate that Fc silencing may differentially shape neutrophil- and macrophage-mediated antitumor activity.</p>","PeriodicalId":8188,"journal":{"name":"Antibodies","volume":"15 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13509766/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148824428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AntibodiesPub Date : 2026-07-27DOI: 10.3390/antib15040065
Ioannis Ogrotis, Konstantinos Drouzas, Evangelia Pantzopoulou, Petros Nikolopoulos, Ioannis Kotsantis, Amanda Psyrri, George Liapis, Sophia Lionaki
{"title":"Biopsy-Confirmed Acute Interstitial Nephritis in Patients Treated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: A Single-Center Retrospective Case Series.","authors":"Ioannis Ogrotis, Konstantinos Drouzas, Evangelia Pantzopoulou, Petros Nikolopoulos, Ioannis Kotsantis, Amanda Psyrri, George Liapis, Sophia Lionaki","doi":"10.3390/antib15040065","DOIUrl":"10.3390/antib15040065","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background/Objectives</b>: Acute interstitial nephritis (AIN) is a cause of acute kidney injury (AKI) during immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy, but biopsy-confirmed data are limited. We estimated institutional proportions of biopsy-confirmed AIN clinically attributed to ICI exposure (ICI-AIN) and characterized its presentation, pathology, treatment, and renal outcomes. <b>Methods</b>: We retrospectively reviewed native renal biopsies performed at Attikon University Hospital from February 2021 through December 2025. Cases were included when ICI exposure preceded AKI and the treating nephrology team documented clinicopathologic attribution to ICI exposure. <b>Results</b>: AIN was identified in 15 of 339 native renal biopsies; 12 cases were attributed to ICI exposure, representing 3.5% of native renal biopsies and 0.8% of 1472 unique ICI-treated patients. Median serum creatinine increased from 1.05 mg/dL at baseline to 3.50 mg/dL at biopsy assessment. During the AKI episode, 10 patients (83.3%) met Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) criteria for stage 3 AKI. All patients had pyuria, negative urine cultures, and subnephrotic proteinuria. Hematuria and peripheral eosinophilia occurred in four and two patients, respectively. All patients received corticosteroids, and none required kidney replacement therapy. Complete, partial, and absent recovery occurred in eight, two, and two patients, respectively; under the stricter baseline-relative definition, the corresponding numbers were five, five, and two. <b>Conclusions</b>: Biopsy-confirmed ICI-AIN was infrequently detected. Severe AKI was common, urinary findings were nonspecific, and residual renal dysfunction frequently persisted after corticosteroid treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":8188,"journal":{"name":"Antibodies","volume":"15 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13509303/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148824289","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AntibodiesPub Date : 2026-07-27DOI: 10.3390/antib15040064
Victor Ovchinnikov, Martin Karplus
{"title":"Computational Design and Expression of Headless Influenza Hemagglutinin Antigens Toward a Modular Universal Nanoparticle Vaccine.","authors":"Victor Ovchinnikov, Martin Karplus","doi":"10.3390/antib15040064","DOIUrl":"10.3390/antib15040064","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The elicitation of broadly neutralizing antibodies against conserved antigenic epitopes has been a focus of universal vaccine research. To facilitate immunofocusing on the conserved influenza hemagglutinin (HA) stalk, we designed headless trimeric antigens, initially focusing on subtypes H1, H3, and H5, and subsequently expanding to eight additional HA subtypes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The designs were first evaluated in silico; they were predicted to fold correctly by AlphaFold2, and remained stable in molecular dynamics simulations in isolation, as well as bound to a broadly neutralizing antibody. The antigens expressed in HEK293-derived cells in high yields, and eluted predominantly as trimers in SEC-HPLC. Future work will explore the use of mosaic nanoparticles decorated with headless antigens of various subtypes for the optimal elicitation of broadly neutralizing anti-influenza antibodies. Overall, our study advances the use of headless HA trimers as modular antigens toward a universal influenza vaccine.</p>","PeriodicalId":8188,"journal":{"name":"Antibodies","volume":"15 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13510027/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148824315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AntibodiesPub Date : 2026-07-24DOI: 10.3390/antib15040063
Michał Kołodziej, Dorota Antos
{"title":"Advances in Downstream Processing of Monoclonal Antibodies.","authors":"Michał Kołodziej, Dorota Antos","doi":"10.3390/antib15040063","DOIUrl":"10.3390/antib15040063","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Although mAbs have great therapeutic potential, their use in medicine is currently limited by the high cost of their manufacturing. Significant developments in upstream processing technologies have caused downstream processing (DSP) to become the manufacturing cost-driver. DSP consists of a number of operations included in the capture, polishing, and formulation steps that contribute to excessive material and buffer consumption. This is particularly true for the capture and polishing steps, in which tedious and costly chromatographic operations are involved to ensure an adequate purity level of the medical product. The final formulation step also increases the burden of buffer consumption. This review focuses on those time- and material-consuming DSP operations and describes key issues and challenges related to their realization. In each of the steps, capture, polishing, and formulation, the platform processing approaches are presented as well as directions for their development. In addition, we present alternative nonchromatographic approaches that can potentially be used in the capture and polishing steps, such as precipitation or extraction. Furthermore, we describe mAb processing by crystallization, which can potentially serve as an alternative platform in both polishing and formulation steps.</p>","PeriodicalId":8188,"journal":{"name":"Antibodies","volume":"15 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13509374/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148824314","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AntibodiesPub Date : 2026-07-20DOI: 10.3390/antib15040062
Ginka Cholakova, Alexandra Atanasova, Alexandra Kapogianni, Dobroslav Kyurkchiev, Bogdan Penev, Ivanka Tsacheva
{"title":"Sera of Healthy First-Degree Relatives of SLE Patients Contain Autoantibodies to Globular Domains of C1q.","authors":"Ginka Cholakova, Alexandra Atanasova, Alexandra Kapogianni, Dobroslav Kyurkchiev, Bogdan Penev, Ivanka Tsacheva","doi":"10.3390/antib15040062","DOIUrl":"10.3390/antib15040062","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background/objectives: </strong>The autoimmune disorder Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is characterized by increased titers of autoantibodies with different specificities against autoantigens, including the complement proteins C1q, C3 and Factor H. SLE is characterized by chronic inflammation and tissue damage due to the secretion of pro-inflammatory molecules and a tissue deposition of immune complexes formed by autoantibodies and their target antigens. The inflammatory process in SLE is maintained by the phospholipase A2 (PLA2) enzymes generating pro-inflammatory lipid mediators. Hereditary and environmental factors trigger SLE, with increased genetic heritability in first-degree relatives of SLE patients.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cohort of 48 healthy FDRs of SLE patients was analyzed with the ELISA method for the presence of antibodies to complement proteins C1q, C3 and Factor H, with a focus on detecting autoepitopes both on immobilized and soluble C1q and its globular fragments ghA, ghB and ghC. The total serum PLA2 activity of FDRs was measured using the chromogenic substrate 4-nitro-3-octanoyloxy-benzoic acid (NOBA).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Only C1q, and specifically its globular domains in both an immobilized and soluble state, was targeted by antibodies in the healthy FDRs similarly to the pattern established in SLE patients. In contrast, C3 and Factor H which are known autoantigens in SLE were not found as targets for the antibodies in the analyzed FDRs. Some of the FDRs showed increased serum PLA2 activity, which correlated weakly with anti-C1q antibodies.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>C1q and its globular domains are estimated as autoantigenic molecules for binding in the analyzed FDRs of SLE patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":8188,"journal":{"name":"Antibodies","volume":"15 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13397821/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148576521","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AntibodiesPub Date : 2026-07-13DOI: 10.3390/antib15040060
Christian D'Elia, Giada Santagata, Serena Guiducci, Holger Bang, Mariangela Manfredi, Maria Infantino, Maurizio Benucci
{"title":"The Diagnostic and Clinical Significance of Anti-Mutated Citrullinated Vimentin Antibodies in Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease: A Scoping Review.","authors":"Christian D'Elia, Giada Santagata, Serena Guiducci, Holger Bang, Mariangela Manfredi, Maria Infantino, Maurizio Benucci","doi":"10.3390/antib15040060","DOIUrl":"10.3390/antib15040060","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD) is one of the most severe extra-articular manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), requiring reliable biomarkers for early detection. This scoping review synthesized current evidence regarding the diagnostic performance and clinical associations of anti-mutated citrullinated vimentin (anti-MCV) antibodies in patients with RA-ILD. A comprehensive literature search was conducted across PubMed/MEDLINE, Embase, Scopus, and the Cochrane Library. Following systematic screening, two observational studies met the predefined inclusion criteria. Both included studies reported significantly higher anti-MCV positivity rates and/or serum levels in patients with RA-ILD compared with RA patients without pulmonary involvement. Specifically, one study identified an independent association between anti-MCV positivity and RA-ILD, while the other demonstrated significant correlations between anti-MCV titers and pulmonary function impairment, as well as disease activity markers. However, substantial heterogeneity was observed across the studies regarding assay platforms, positivity thresholds, and diagnostic cut-offs, which limits the direct comparability of results. While anti-MCV antibodies represent promising candidate biomarkers for RA-ILD, current evidence remains limited and is insufficient to establish definitive diagnostic, prognostic, or pathogenic significance. Consequently, larger, prospective, and multi-center studies utilizing standardized anti-MCV assay protocols are necessary to rigorously evaluate the clinical utility of these antibodies in the management of RA-ILD.</p>","PeriodicalId":8188,"journal":{"name":"Antibodies","volume":"15 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13398338/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148576624","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AntibodiesPub Date : 2026-07-13DOI: 10.3390/antib15040061
Bogdan Ghilencea, Bianca Ilinca Moroianu, Ancuța-Iuliana Năstac, Ioana-Stefania Bostan, Anca Panaitescu, Claudia Mehedințu, Nicolae Gică
{"title":"Natural Versus Vaccine-Induced Immunity Against HPV: A Comparative Review of Antibody Response and Cancer Prevention.","authors":"Bogdan Ghilencea, Bianca Ilinca Moroianu, Ancuța-Iuliana Năstac, Ioana-Stefania Bostan, Anca Panaitescu, Claudia Mehedințu, Nicolae Gică","doi":"10.3390/antib15040061","DOIUrl":"10.3390/antib15040061","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the leading cause of cervical cancer, presenting a significant global health challenge. While natural infection is widespread, the resulting immune response is often characterized by weak, delayed, and type-specific antibody production, offering unreliable protection against reinfection. This review provides a comparative analysis of natural versus vaccine-induced immunity, focusing on antibody kinetics, duration of protection, and cancer prevention efficacy. A comprehensive search of the literature from the last decade was conducted using PubMed, ScienceDirect, and Web of Science. The findings demonstrate that, unlike natural immunity, which is dominated by cellular responses with often incomplete seroconversion, prophylactic vaccination induces high titers of neutralizing IgG antibodies against the L1 capsid protein. These responses are durable, with protection persisting for over a decade, and recent data support the high efficacy of single-dose regimens. Furthermore, vaccination has shown utility in reducing infection persistence in HPV-positive individuals and provides critical protection in immunocompromised groups. Consequently, vaccine-induced immunity is consistently superior to naturally acquired immunity, supporting World Health Organization recommendations for universal vaccination as the primary intervention for reducing the global burden of HPV-related malignancies.</p>","PeriodicalId":8188,"journal":{"name":"Antibodies","volume":"15 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13398047/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148576315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AntibodiesPub Date : 2026-07-10DOI: 10.3390/antib15040059
Reina Ito, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Kenichiro Ishikawa, Kazutake Yagi, Akira Ohkoshi, Yukio Katori, Mika K Kaneko, Yukinari Kato
{"title":"A Novel Anti-Cadherin-17 Monoclonal Antibody, Ca<sub>17</sub>Mab-5, for Multiple Applications.","authors":"Reina Ito, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Kenichiro Ishikawa, Kazutake Yagi, Akira Ohkoshi, Yukio Katori, Mika K Kaneko, Yukinari Kato","doi":"10.3390/antib15040059","DOIUrl":"10.3390/antib15040059","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background/objectives: </strong>Cadherin-17 (CDH17, LI-cadherin) is a non-classical cadherin with an atypical structure and unique functions. CDH17 expression is restricted to normal intestinal epithelium. Furthermore, CDH17 functions as an oncoprotein that promotes tumor migration and invasion in colorectal, gastric, and pancreatic cancers. Therefore, CDH17 is an important diagnostic marker and therapeutic target. The CDH17-directed strategies, including monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), bispecific Abs, antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), and chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells, have been evaluated in preclinical and clinical studies. Therefore, developing mAbs that specifically recognize cell surface-expressing CDH17 is essential for advancing both tumor diagnosis and therapy.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Anti-human CDH17 mAbs (named Ca<sub>17</sub>Mabs) were developed by immunizing a mouse with CDH17-overexpressed cells and a high-throughput screening using flow cytometry.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among Ca<sub>17</sub>Mabs, a clone, Ca<sub>17</sub>Mab-5 (IgG<sub>1</sub>, κ) specifically recognized CDH17-overexpressed Chinese hamster ovary-K1 (CHO/CDH17) cells with no detectable cross-reactivity to 21 other CDHs by flow cytometry. Ca<sub>17</sub>Mab-5 also detected endogenous CDH17 in human colorectal cancer cell lines, COLO201 and COLO205. The apparent dissociation constant (<i>K</i><sub>D</sub>) values of Ca<sub>17</sub>Mab-5 for CHO/CDH17 and COLO205 were estimated as 1.5 × 10<sup>-8</sup> M and 1.3 × 10<sup>-8</sup> M, respectively. Furthermore, Ca<sub>17</sub>Mab-5 detected endogenous CDH17 by Western blotting. In immunohistochemistry, Ca<sub>17</sub>Mab-5 exhibited clear membranous staining in normal colon epithelium, colorectal, gastric, and pancreatic cancers.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Ca<sub>17</sub>Mab-5 is a versatile tool for detecting CDH17 and has potential for tumor diagnosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":8188,"journal":{"name":"Antibodies","volume":"15 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13398008/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148576898","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}