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ArticleScientific reports2022

Cysteine metabolic engineering and selective disulfide reduction produce superior antibody-drug-conjugates.

Renée Procopio-Melino, Frank W Kotch, Amar S Prashad, Jose M Gomes, Wenge Wang, Bo Arve, Andrew Dawdy, Lawrence Chen, Justin Sperry, Christine Hosselet and 8 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Renée Procopio-Melino *BioProcess R&D, Biotherapeutics Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medicinal Sciences, Pfizer Worldwide R&D, 1 Burtt Road, Andover, MA, 01810, USA.
Frank W Kotch *BioProcess R&D, Biotherapeutics Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medicinal Sciences, Pfizer Worldwide R&D, 875 Chesterfield Parkway West, Chesterfield, MO, 63017, USA. Frank.W.Kotch@pfizer.com.
Amar S Prashad *BioProcess R&D, Biotherapeutics Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medicinal Sciences, Pfizer Worldwide R&D, 875 Chesterfield Parkway West, Chesterfield, MO, 63017, USA.
Jose M Gomes *BioProcess R&D, Biotherapeutics Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medicinal Sciences, Pfizer Worldwide R&D, 1 Burtt Road, Andover, MA, 01810, USA. Jose.Gomes@pfizer.com.
Wenge WangBioProcess R&D, Biotherapeutics Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medicinal Sciences, Pfizer Worldwide R&D, 1 Burtt Road, Andover, MA, 01810, USA.
Bo ArveBioProcess R&D, Biotherapeutics Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medicinal Sciences, Pfizer Worldwide R&D, 875 Chesterfield Parkway West, Chesterfield, MO, 63017, USA.
Andrew DawdyAnalytical R&D, Biotherapeutics Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medicinal Sciences, Pfizer Worldwide R&D, 875 Chesterfield Parkway West, Chesterfield, MO, 63017, USA. Andrew.W.Dawdy@pfizer.com.
Lawrence ChenAnalytical R&D, Biotherapeutics Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medicinal Sciences, Pfizer Worldwide R&D, 1 Burtt Road, Andover, MA, 01810, USA.
Justin SperryAnalytical R&D, Biotherapeutics Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medicinal Sciences, Pfizer Worldwide R&D, 875 Chesterfield Parkway West, Chesterfield, MO, 63017, USA.
Christine HosseletVaccine Research, Pfizer Worldwide R&D, 401 North Middletown Road, Pearl River, NY, 10965, USA.
Tao HeBioMedicine Design, Medicinal Sciences, Pfizer Worldwide R&D, 610 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Ronald KrizBioMedicine Design, Medicinal Sciences, Pfizer Worldwide R&D, 610 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Laura LinBioMedicine Design, Medicinal Sciences, Pfizer Worldwide R&D, 610 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Kimberly MarquetteBioMedicine Design, Medicinal Sciences, Pfizer Worldwide R&D, 610 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Lioudmila TchistiakovaBioMedicine Design, Medicinal Sciences, Pfizer Worldwide R&D, 610 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Will SomersBioMedicine Design, Medicinal Sciences, Pfizer Worldwide R&D, 610 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Jason C RouseAnalytical R&D, Biotherapeutics Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medicinal Sciences, Pfizer Worldwide R&D, 1 Burtt Road, Andover, MA, 01810, USA.
Xiaotian ZhongBioMedicine Design, Medicinal Sciences, Pfizer Worldwide R&D, 610 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA. Xiaotian.Zhong@pfizer.com.
Pfizer (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Next-generation site-specific cysteine-based antibody-drug-conjugates (ADCs) broaden therapeutic index by precise drug-antibody attachments. However, manufacturing such ADCs for clinical validation requires complex full reduction and reoxidation processes, impacting product quality. To overcome this technical challenge, we developed a novel antibody manufacturing process through cysteine (Cys) metabolic engineering in Chinese hamster ovary cells implementing a unique cysteine-capping technology. This development enabled a direct conjugation of drugs after chemoselective-reduction with mild reductant tris(3-sulfonatophenyl)phosphine. This innovative platform produces clinical ADC products with superior quality through a simplified manufacturing process. This technology also has the potential to integrate Cys-based site-specific conjugation with other site-specific conjugation methodologies to develop multi-drug ADCs and exploit multi-mechanisms of action for effective cancer treatments.

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Antineoplastic AgentsImmunoconjugatesAnimalsAntibodiesCHO CellsCricetinaeCricetulusCysteineDisulfidesMetabolic EngineeringAntibodiesAntineoplastic AgentsCysteineDisulfidesImmunoconjugates

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PMID35508689
PMCPMC9068625
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