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ArticleACS central science2020

Programmable Bivalent Peptide-DNA Locks for pH-Based Control of Antibody Activity.

Wouter Engelen, Kwankwan Zhu, Nikita Subedi, Andrea Idili, Francesco Ricci, Jurjen Tel, Maarten Merkx

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Article in ACS central science, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Wouter EngelenLaboratory of Chemical Biology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven 5600 MB, The Netherlands.
Kwankwan ZhuLaboratory of Chemical Biology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven 5600 MB, The Netherlands.
Nikita SubediInstitute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven 5600 MB, The Netherlands.
Andrea IdiliDipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, University of Rome, Tor Vergata, Rome 00133, Italy.
Francesco RicciDipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, University of Rome, Tor Vergata, Rome 00133, Italy.
Jurjen TelInstitute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven 5600 MB, The Netherlands.
Maarten MerkxLaboratory of Chemical Biology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven 5600 MB, The Netherlands.
Eindhoven University of Technology · NLUniversity of Rome Tor Vergata · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ability to control antibody activity by pH has important applications in diagnostics, therapeutic antibody targeting, and antibody-guided imaging. Here, we report the rational design of bivalent peptide-DNA ligands that allow pH-dependent control of antibody activity. Our strategy uses a pH-responsive DNA triple helix to control switching from a tight-binding bivalent peptide-DNA lock into a weaker-binding monovalent ligand. Different designs are introduced that allow antibody activation at both basic and acidic pHs, either autonomously or in the presence of an additional oligonucleotide trigger. The pH of antibody activation could be precisely tuned by changing the DNA triple helix sequence. The peptide-DNA locks allowed pH-dependent antibody targeting of tumor cells both in bulk and for single cells confined in water-in-oil microdroplets. The latter approach enables high-throughput antibody-mediated detection of single tumor cells based on their distinctive metabolic activity.

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PMID31989023
PMCPMC6978833
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