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ArticleJournal of the American Chemical Society2020

Design and Synthesis of Megamolecule Mimics of a Therapeutic Antibody.

Justin A Modica, Tsatsral Iderzorig, Milan Mrksich

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Article in Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020. 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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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Affinity Enhancement in Discrete Multivalent MegaMolecules.Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Justin A ModicaNorthwestern University, Departments of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States.
Tsatsral IderzorigNorthwestern University, Departments of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States.
Milan MrksichNorthwestern University, Departments of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-4964-796X
Northwestern University · US

Funding

Tumor Environment and Metastasis (TEAM) Research ProgramP30CA060553 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Devalingam Mahalingam · 1993 to 2026
$153.9M
Project 3: Spherical Nucleic Acids as Immunotherapeutic Agents for Prostate CancerU54CA199091 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI MIRKIN, CHAD A., PLATANIAS, LEONIDAS C. · 2015 to 2019
$11.7M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA060553NCI NIH HHS U54 CA199091
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This communication describes the design, synthesis, and biological activity of a megamolecule mimic of an anti-HER2 antibody. The antibody mimic was prepared by linking two Fabs from the therapeutic antibody trastuzumab, which are fused through the heavy chain variable domain to either cutinase or SnapTag, with a linker terminated in an irreversible inhibitor for each enzyme. This mimic binds HER2 with comparable avidity to trastuzumab, has similar activity in a cell-based assay, and can arrest tumor growth in a mouse xenograft BT474 tumor model. A panel of 16 bivalent anti-HER2 antibodies were prepared wherein each varied in the orientation of the fusion domain on the Fabs. The analogs displayed a range of cytotoxic activity, and surprisingly, the most active mimic binds to cells with a 10-fold lower avidity than the least active variant suggesting that structure plays a large role in their efficacy. This work suggests that the megamolecule approach can be used to prepare antibody mimics having a broad structural diversity.

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Drug DesignAnimalsAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationDrug Screening Assays, AntitumorErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesFemaleHumansMammary Neoplasms, ExperimentalMiceMice, SCIDMolecular StructureTrastuzumabAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesTrastuzumab

Identifiers

PMID32706963
PMCPMC8534297
OpenAlexW3044199800

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