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ArticleAntibody therapeutics2020

An IgA mimicry of IgG that binds Polymeric Immunoglobulin Receptor for mucosa transcytosis.

Changchuin Mao, Richard Near, Varuna Shibad, Xuemei Zhong, Wenda Gao

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Article in Antibody therapeutics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 42% of its field
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Changchuin MaoAntagen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Richard NearAntagen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Varuna ShibadDepartment of Medicine, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Xuemei ZhongDepartment of Medicine, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Wenda GaoAntagen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Antagen Pharmaceuticals (United States) · USBoston Medical Center · USBoston University · US

Funding

NIDA NIH HHS HHSN271201100015C
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Most pathogens establish infection through mucosa, where secretary IgA (sIgA) plays an "immune exclusion" role in humoral defense. Extravasation of intravenously administrated therapeutic IgG mainly relies on convection and/or FcRn-mediated transcytosis from circulation into interstitial space. Active transport of interstitial IgG further across epithelium into mucosa, like sIgA, is a much desired feature for the next generation of therapeutic antibodies, especially for anti-infection purposes. For the first time, we report the engineering of an IgA mimicry of IgG, with its Fc portion in fusion with the 18-aa tail piece (tp) of sIgA and the J chain, possessing sIgA's full binding activity towards Polymeric Immunoglobulin Receptor (pIgR) that mediates mucosa transcytosis. In a Diphtheria toxin receptor (DTR) knockin mouse model, i.v. injected anti-DT IgG(tp)J protected DTR+ cells from deletion upon DT injection. The compact design of IgG(tp)J opens new revenues for more effective therapeutic IgG mimicking some of the important biological functions of IgA.

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IgAIgGmucosapIgRtranscytosis

Identifiers

PMID33381681
PMCPMC7771889
OpenAlexW3044386189

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