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ArticleScientific reports2017

Characterization and structural determination of a new anti-MET function-blocking antibody with binding epitope distinct from the ligand binding domain.

Danielle M DiCara, Dimitri Y Chirgadze, Anthony R Pope, Aneesh Karatt-Vellatt, Anja Winter, Peter Slavny, Joop van den Heuvel, Kothai Parthiban, Jane Holland, Len C Packman and 5 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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15 authors at 7 institutions in 5 countries.

Danielle M DiCaraMRC Centre, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2QH, UK.
Dimitri Y ChirgadzeDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1GA, UK.
Anthony R PopeIONTAS Ltd, Babraham Institute, Babraham, Cambridgeshire, CB22 3AT, UK.
Aneesh Karatt-VellattIONTAS Ltd, Babraham Institute, Babraham, Cambridgeshire, CB22 3AT, UK.
Anja WinterDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1GA, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8602-8009
Peter SlavnyIONTAS Ltd, Babraham Institute, Babraham, Cambridgeshire, CB22 3AT, UK.
Joop van den HeuvelHelmholtz Zentrum für Infektionsforschung, Inhoffenstraße 7, 38124, Braunschweig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5085-4010
Kothai ParthibanIONTAS Ltd, Babraham Institute, Babraham, Cambridgeshire, CB22 3AT, UK.
Jane HollandMax Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) in the Helmholtz Association, 13125, Berlin, Germany.
Len C PackmanDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1GA, UK.
Georgia MavriaLeeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, University of Leeds, St James' University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds, LS9 7TF, UK.
Jens HoffmannExperimental Pharmacology & Oncology Berlin-Buch GmbH, Robert-Rössle-Str. 10, 13125, Berlin-Buch, Germany.
Walter BirchmeierMax Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) in the Helmholtz Association, 13125, Berlin, Germany.
Ermanno GherardiMRC Centre, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2QH, UK. egherard@unipv.it.
John McCaffertyDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1GA, UK. jmc@iontas.co.uk.
Babraham Institute · GBUniversity of Cambridge · GBMax Delbrück Center · DEHelios Hospital Berlin-Buch · DEHelmholtz Centre for Infection Research · DEMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology · GBUniversity of Leeds · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The growth and motility factor Hepatocyte Growth Factor/Scatter Factor (HGF/SF) and its receptor, the product of the MET proto-oncogene, promote invasion and metastasis of tumor cells and have been considered potential targets for cancer therapy. We generated a new Met-blocking antibody which binds outside the ligand-binding site, and determined the crystal structure of the Fab in complex with its target, which identifies the binding site as the Met Ig1 domain. The antibody, 107_A07, inhibited HGF/SF-induced cell migration and proliferation in vitro and inhibited growth of tumor xenografts in vivo. In biochemical assays, 107_A07 competes with both HGF/SF and its truncated splice variant NK1 for MET binding, despite the location of the antibody epitope on a domain (Ig1) not reported to bind NK1 or HGF/SF. Overlay of the Fab-MET crystal structure with the InternalinB-MET crystal structure shows that the 107_A07 Fab comes into close proximity with the HGF/SF-binding SEMA domain when MET is in the "compact", InternalinB-bound conformation, but not when MET is in the "open" conformation. These findings provide further support for the importance of the "compact" conformation of the MET extracellular domain, and the relevance of this conformation to HGF/SF binding and signaling.

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AnimalsAntibodies, BlockingAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalBinding SitesCell Line, TumorCell MovementCell ProliferationCrystallography, X-RayDisease Models, AnimalGlioblastomaHeterograftsHumansImmunoglobulin Fab FragmentsMice, NudeNeoplasm TransplantationProtein BindingAntibodies, BlockingAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalImmunoglobulin Fab FragmentsMAS1 protein, humanMET protein, humanProto-Oncogene MasProto-Oncogene Proteins c-met

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PMID28827556
PMCPMC5567289
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