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ArticleJournal of molecular biology2011

Site-specific coupling and sterically controlled formation of multimeric antibody fab fragments with unnatural amino acids.

Benjamin M Hutchins, Stephanie A Kazane, Karin Staflin, Jane S Forsyth, Brunhilde Felding-Habermann, Peter G Schultz, Vaughn V Smider

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Article in Journal of molecular biology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35 citing papers in PubMed, 70 citations in OpenAlex.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Benjamin M HutchinsDepartment of Chemistry and the Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Stephanie A Kazane
Karin Staflin
Jane S Forsyth
Brunhilde Felding-Habermann
Peter G Schultz
Vaughn V Smider
Scripps Research Institute · US

Funding

IN VIVO INCORPORATION OF UNNATURAL AMINO ACIDSR01GM062159 · NIGMS · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI SCHULTZ, PETER G · 2001 to 2022
$8.2M
Targeting Metastatic Breast Cancer with Human AntibodiesR01CA112287 · NCI · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI FELDING, BRUNIE H. · 2005 to 2009
$1.8M
Modular immunoconjugatesRC1EB010745 · NIBIB · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI SMIDER, VAUGHN VASIL · 2009 to 2010
$1000k
Multivalent Anti-Cancer Antibodies Using Unnatural Amino Acid ChemistryF32CA134123 · NCI · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI HUTCHINS, BENJAMIN MITCHELL · 2008 to 2008
$47k
CCR NIH HHS 1RC1EBO10745NCI NIH HHS CA112287NCI NIH HHS F32 CA134123NCI NIH HHS F32CA134123-01NCI NIH HHS R01 CA112287NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM062159NIGMS NIH HHS R01GM062159
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunoconjugates and multispecific antibodies are rapidly emerging as highly potent experimental therapeutics against cancer. We have developed a method to incorporate an unnatural amino acid, p-acetylphenylalanine (pAcPhe) into an antibody antigen binding fragment (Fab) targeting HER2 (human epidermal growth factor receptor 2), allowing site-specific labeling without disrupting antigen binding. Expression levels of the pAcPhe-containing proteins were comparable to that of wild-type protein in shake-flask and fermentation preparations. The pAcPhe-Fabs were labeled by reaction with hydroxylamine dye and biotin species to produce well-defined, singly conjugated Fabs. We then coupled a hydroxylamine biotin to the pAcPhe-Fab and demonstrated controlled assembly of Fabs in the presence of the tetrameric biotin-binding protein, NeutrAvidin. The position of Fab biotinylation dictates the geometry of multimer assembly, producing unique multimeric Fab structures. These assembled Fab multimers differentially attenuate Her2 phosphorylation in breast cancer cells that overexpress the Her2 receptor. Thus, an encoded unnatural amino acid produces a chemical "handle" by which immunoconjugates and multimers can be engineered.

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Protein MultimerizationAmino AcidsErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesHumansImmunoglobulin Fab FragmentsKineticsModels, ChemicalModels, MolecularPhenylalanineProtein BindingProtein Structure, Quaternary3-(4-acetylphenyl)-2-aminopropanoic acidAmino AcidsERBB2 protein, humanErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesImmunoglobulin Fab FragmentsPhenylalanine

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PMID21237172
PMCPMC4278757
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