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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2019

Design of split superantigen fusion proteins for cancer immunotherapy.

Anja Golob-Urbanc, Uroš Rajčević, Žiga Strmšek, Roman Jerala

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Anja Golob-UrbancFrom the Department of Synthetic Biology and Immunology, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Uroš RajčevićDepartment of Research and Development, Blood Transfusion Centre of Slovenia, Šlajmerjeva 6, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Žiga StrmšekFrom the Department of Synthetic Biology and Immunology, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Roman JeralaFrom the Department of Synthetic Biology and Immunology, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia, roman.jerala@ki.si.ORCID 0000-0002-6337-5251
University of Ljubljana · SIBlood Transfusion Centre of Slovenia · SINational Institute of Chemistry · SI

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Several antibody-targeting cancer immunotherapies have been developed based on T cell activation at the target cells. One of the most potent activators of T cells are bacterial superantigens, which bind to major histocompatibility complex class II on antigen-presenting cells and activate T cells through T cell receptor. Strong T cell activation is also one of the main weaknesses of this strategy as it may lead to systemic T cell activation. To overcome the limitation of conventional antibody-superantigen fusion proteins, we have split a superantigen into two fragments, individually inactive, until both fragments came into close proximity and reassembled into a biologically active form capable of activating T cell response. A screening method based on fusion between SEA and coiled-coil heterodimers was developed that enabled detection of functional split SEA designs. The split SEA design that demonstrated efficacy in fusion with coiled-coil dimer forming polypeptides was fused to a single chain antibody specific for tumor antigen CD20. This design selectively activated T cells by split SEA-scFv fusion binding to target cells.

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Antigens, CD20Cell Line, TumorEnterotoxinsHEK293 CellsHumansLymphocyte ActivationRecombinant Fusion ProteinsSingle-Chain AntibodiesSuperantigensT-LymphocytesAntigens, CD20enterotoxin A, StaphylococcalEnterotoxinsRecombinant Fusion ProteinsSingle-Chain AntibodiesSuperantigensantibody engineeringcancer immunotherapycancer therapyprotein chimeraprotein engineeringprotein splicingsplit proteinsuperantigenT cellT cell activation

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PMID30782846
PMCPMC6484123
OpenAlexW2915458702

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