دورية أكاديمية
Bivalent EGFR-Targeting DARPin-MMAE Conjugates
العنوان: | Bivalent EGFR-Targeting DARPin-MMAE Conjugates |
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المؤلفون: | Lennard Karsten, Nils Janson, Vadim Le Joncour, Sarfaraz Alam, Benjamin Müller, Jayendrakishore Tanjore Ramanathan, Pirjo Laakkonen, Norbert Sewald, Kristian M. Müller |
المصدر: | International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol 23, Iss 5, p 2468 (2022) |
بيانات النشر: | MDPI AG, 2022. |
سنة النشر: | 2022 |
المجموعة: | LCC:Biology (General) LCC:Chemistry |
مصطلحات موضوعية: | EGFR, DARPin, antibody-drug conjugates, MMAE conjugates, Knoevenagel ligation, formylglycine-generating enzyme, Biology (General), QH301-705.5, Chemistry, QD1-999 |
الوصف: | Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is a validated tumor marker overexpressed in various cancers such as squamous cell carcinoma (SSC) of the head and neck and gliomas. We constructed protein-drug conjugates based on the anti-EGFR Designed Ankyrin Repeat Protein (DARPin) E01, and compared the bivalent DARPin dimer (DD1) and a DARPin-Fc (DFc) to the monomeric DARPin (DM) and the antibody derived scFv425-Fc (scFvFc) in cell culture and a mouse model. The modular conjugation system, which was successfully applied for the preparation of protein-drug and -dye conjugates, uses bio-orthogonal protein-aldehyde generation by the formylglycine-generating enzyme (FGE). The generated carbonyl moiety is addressed by a bifunctional linker with a pyrazolone for a tandem Knoevenagel reaction and an azide for strain-promoted azide-alkyne cycloaddition (SPAAC). The latter reaction with a PEGylated linker containing a dibenzocyclooctyne (DBCO) for SPAAC and monomethyl auristatin E (MMAE) as the toxin provided the stable conjugates DD1-MMAE (drug-antibody ratio, DAR = 2.0) and DFc-MMAE (DAR = 4.0) with sub-nanomolar cytotoxicity against the human squamous carcinoma derived A431 cells. In vivo imaging of Alexa Fluor 647-dye conjugates in A431-xenografted mice bearing subcutaneous tumors as the SCC model revealed unspecific binding of bivalent DARPins to the ubiquitously expressed EGFR. Tumor-targeting was verified 6 h post-injection solely for DD1 and scFvFc. The total of four administrations of 6.5 mg/kg DD1-MMAE or DFc-MMAE twice weekly did not cause any sequela in mice. MMAE conjugates showed no significant anti-tumor efficacy in vivo, but a trend towards increased necrotic areas (p = 0.2213) was observed for the DD1-MMAE (n = 5). |
نوع الوثيقة: | article |
وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
اللغة: | English |
تدمد: | 1422-0067 1661-6596 |
Relation: | https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/23/5/2468; https://doaj.org/toc/1661-6596; https://doaj.org/toc/1422-0067 |
DOI: | 10.3390/ijms23052468 |
URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/134cf850abee4616ae6afdeee0104fdf |
رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.134cf850abee4616ae6afdeee0104fdf |
قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
تدمد: | 14220067 16616596 |
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DOI: | 10.3390/ijms23052468 |