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ArticleEJNMMI radiopharmacy and chemistry2024

Comparison of approaches for increasing affinity of affibody molecules for imaging of B7-H3: dimerization and affinity maturation.

Maryam Oroujeni, Matilda Carlqvist, Eva Ryer, Anna Orlova, Vladimir Tolmachev, Fredrik Y Frejd

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Article in EJNMMI radiopharmacy and chemistry, 2024. 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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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Maryam OroujeniDepartment of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, 751 85, Sweden. maryam.oroujeni@igp.uu.se.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2660-9837
Matilda CarlqvistAffibody AB, Solna, 171 65, Sweden.
Eva RyerAffibody AB, Solna, 171 65, Sweden.
Anna OrlovaDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, 751 83, Sweden.
Vladimir TolmachevDepartment of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, 751 85, Sweden.
Fredrik Y FrejdDepartment of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, 751 85, Sweden.
Uppsala University · SEAffibody (Sweden) · SE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRadionuclide molecular imaging can be used to visualize the expression levels of molecular targets. Affibody molecules, small and high affinity non-immunoglobulin scaffold-based proteins, have demonstrated promising properties as targeting vectors for radionuclide tumour imaging of different molecular targets. B7-H3 (CD276), an immune checkpoint protein belonging to the B7 family, is overexpressed in different types of human malignancies. Visualization of overexpression of B7-H3 in malignancies enables stratification of patients for personalized therapies. Affinity maturation of anti-B7-H3 Affibody molecules as an approach to improve the binding affinity and targeting properties was recently investigated. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that a dimeric format may be an alternative option to increase the apparent affinity of Affibody molecules to B7-H3 and accordingly improve imaging contrast.

resultsTwo dimeric variants of anti-B7-H3 Affibody molecules were produced (designated Z

conclusionThe improved functional affinity by dimerization does not compensate the disadvantage of increased molecular size for imaging purposes.

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Affibody moleculeAffinity maturation, Technetium-99m (99mTc)B7-H3DimerizationSKOV-3 xenograftSPECT/CT imaging

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PMID38625607
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