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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2024

Engineered Antibodies to Improve Efficacy against Neurodegenerative Disorders.

Sarfaraz K Niazi, Zamara Mariam, Matthias Magoola

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Sarfaraz K NiaziCollege of Pharmacy, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0513-0336
Zamara MariamCentre for Health and Life Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry City CV1 5FB, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4563-9559
Matthias MagoolaDEI Biopharma, Kampala P.O. Box 35854, Uganda.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antibodies that can selectively remove rogue proteins in the brain are an obvious choice to treat neurodegenerative disorders (NDs), but after decades of efforts, only two antibodies to treat Alzheimer's disease are approved, dozens are in the testing phase, and one was withdrawn, and the other halted, likely due to efficacy issues. However, these outcomes should have been evident since these antibodies cannot enter the brain sufficiently due to the blood-brain barrier (BBB) protectant. However, all products can be rejuvenated by binding them with transferrin, preferably as smaller fragments. This model can be tested quickly and at a low cost and should be applied to bapineuzumab, solanezumab, crenezumab, gantenerumab, aducanumab, lecanemab, donanemab, cinpanemab, and gantenerumab, and their fragments. This paper demonstrates that conjugating with transferrin does not alter the binding to brain proteins such as amyloid-β (Aβ) and α-synuclein. We also present a selection of conjugate designs that will allow cleavage upon entering the brain to prevent their exocytosis while keeping the fragments connected to enable optimal binding to proteins. The identified products can be readily tested and returned to patients with the lowest regulatory cost and delays. These engineered antibodies can be manufactured by recombinant engineering, preferably by mRNA technology, as a more affordable solution to meet the dire need to treat neurodegenerative disorders effectively.

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Neurodegenerative DiseasesProtein Engineeringalpha-SynucleinAlzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalBlood-Brain BarrierBrainHumansTransferrinalpha-SynucleinAmyloid beta-PeptidesAntibodies, MonoclonalTransferrinAlzheimer’s diseaseamyloid-βFab fragmentsminibodiesnanobodiesneurodegenerative disorderstranscytosistransferrinα-synuclein

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PMID38928395
PMCPMC11203520

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