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ArticleBioconjugate chemistry2021

One-Pot Conversion of Free Sialoglycans to Functionalized Glycan Oxazolines and Efficient Synthesis of Homogeneous Antibody-Drug Conjugates through Site-Specific Chemoenzymatic Glycan Remodeling.

Chong Ou, Chao Li, Roushu Zhang, Qiang Yang, Guanghui Zong, Yuanwei Dai, Rebecca L Francis, Stylianos Bournazos, Jeffrey V Ravetch, Lai-Xi Wang

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Article in Bioconjugate chemistry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chong OuDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-7926-1059
Chao LiDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-8090-2017
Roushu ZhangDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States.
Qiang YangDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States.
Guanghui ZongDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States.
Yuanwei DaiDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States.
Rebecca L FrancisLaboratory of Molecular Genetics and Immunology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10065, United States.
Stylianos BournazosLaboratory of Molecular Genetics and Immunology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10065, United States.
Jeffrey V RavetchLaboratory of Molecular Genetics and Immunology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10065, United States.
Lai-Xi WangDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-4293-5819
University of Maryland, College Park · USRockefeller University · US

Funding

Glycoengineering of antibodies to modulate immune functionsR01AI155716 · NIAID · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI LAI-XI WANG · 2020 to 2026
$3.6M
Synthesis and Function of Antibody Fc Domain GlycoformsR01GM096973 · NIGMS · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI WANG, LAI-XI · 2011 to 2020
$2.4M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI155716NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM096973
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are an important class of therapeutic agents that harness the highly specific antigen targeting property of antibodies to deliver toxic drugs for targeted cell killing. Site-specific conjugation methods are highly desirable for constructing homogeneous ADCs that possess a well-defined antibody-to-drug ratio, stability, ideal pharmacological profile, and optimal therapeutic index. We report here a facile synthesis of functionalized glycan oxazolines from free sialoglycans that are key donor substrates for enzymatic Fc glycan remodeling and the application of an efficient endoglycosidase mutant (Endo-S2 D184M) for site-specific glycan transfer to construct homogeneous ADCs. We found that by a sequential use of two coupling reagents under optimized conditions, free sialoglycans could be efficiently converted to selectively functionalized glycan oxazolines carrying azide-, cyclopropene-, and norbornene-tags, respectively, in excellent yield and in a simple one-pot manner. We further demonstrated that the recently reported Endo-S2 D184 M mutant was highly efficient for Fc glycan remodeling with the selectively modified glycan oxazolines to introduce tags into an antibody, which required a significantly smaller amount of glycan oxazolines and a much shorter reaction time than that of the Endo-S D233Q-catalyzed reaction, thus minimizing the side reactions. Finally homogeneous ADCs were constructed with three different click reactions. The resulting ADCs showed excellent serum stability, and

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Cell Line, TumorCell SurvivalClick ChemistryErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesHumansImmunoconjugatesMolecular StructurePolysaccharidesTrastuzumabERBB2 protein, humanErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesImmunoconjugatesPolysaccharidesTrastuzumab

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PMID34351736
PMCPMC8857982
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