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ArticleiScience2019

A Bioluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer-Based Approach for Determining Antibody-Receptor Occupancy In Vivo.

Yu Tang, Kshitij Parag-Sharma, Antonio L Amelio, Yanguang Cao

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Article in iScience, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yu TangDivision of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2318 Kerr Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7569, USA.
Kshitij Parag-SharmaGraduate Curriculum in Cell Biology & Physiology, Biological & Biomedical Sciences Program, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Antonio L AmelioBiomedical Research Imaging Center, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Yanguang CaoDivision of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2318 Kerr Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7569, USA; Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. Electronic address: yanguang@unc.edu.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

Virology Research Program (Program 4)P30CA016086 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI David Darr · 1985 to 2026
$201.5M
Optimizing antibody-based therapy through a system platform of pharmacokinetics-pharmacodynamics-immunodynamicsR35GM119661 · NIGMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI CAO, YANGUANG · 2016 to 2020
$2.1M
Convergence of CREB and MYC Pathways in Oncogenesis.R00CA157954 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI AMELIO, ANTONIO LUIGI · 2014 to 2016
$740k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016086NCI NIH HHS R00 CA157954NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM119661
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Elucidating receptor occupancy (RO) of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) is a crucial step in characterizing the therapeutic efficacy of mAbs. However, the in vivo assessment of RO, particularly within peripheral tissues, is greatly limited by current technologies. In the present study, we developed a bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET)-based system that leverages the large signal:noise ratio and stringent energy donor-acceptor distance dependency to measure antibody RO in a highly selective and temporal fashion. This versatile and minimally invasive system enables longitudinal monitoring of the in vivo antibody-receptor engagement over several days. As a proof of principle, we quantified cetuximab-epidermal growth factor receptor binding kinetics using this system and assessed cetuximab RO in a tumor xenograft model. Incomplete ROs were observed, even at a supratherapeutic dose of 50 mg/kg, indicating that fractional target accessibility is achieved. The BRET-based imaging approach enables quantification of antibody in vivo RO and provides critical information required to optimize therapeutic mAb efficacy.

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Biological SciencesCell BiologyOptical Imaging

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PMID31121469
PMCPMC6529791
OpenAlexW2944773535

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