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ArticleAntibodies (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Impact of Monoclonal Antibody Aggregates on Effector Function Characterization.

Wendy J Walton, Shousong Jason Zhang, Joseph J Wilson, Briana N Harvey, Matthew Clemens, Yingmei Gu

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Article in Antibodies (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. 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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Wendy J WaltonBioproduct Research & Development, Lilly Research Laboratories, Lilly Technology Center North, Indianapolis, IN 46221, USA.
Shousong Jason ZhangBioproduct Research & Development, Lilly Research Laboratories, Lilly Technology Center North, Indianapolis, IN 46221, USA.
Joseph J WilsonBioproduct Research & Development, Lilly Research Laboratories, Lilly Technology Center North, Indianapolis, IN 46221, USA.
Briana N HarveyAnalytical QA, Product Research & Development, Lilly Technology Center North, Indianapolis, IN 46221, USA.
Matthew ClemensBioproduct Research & Development, Lilly Research Laboratories, Lilly Technology Center North, Indianapolis, IN 46221, USA.
Yingmei GuBioproduct Research & Development, Lilly Research Laboratories, Lilly Technology Center North, Indianapolis, IN 46221, USA.

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Abstract

BACKGROUND/

objectivesMonoclonal antibodies have successfully been used for a variety of indications. Many therapeutic antibodies are IgG1 and elicit effector functions as part of their mechanism of action. It is well known that aggregate levels should be controlled for therapeutic antibodies. Although there are several reports describing the impact of antibody aggregates on FcγR binding, most of these have been performed with surface plasmon resonance in an avidity-based format. What is less well known is which Fcγ receptor is most impacted by antibody aggregation and how antibody aggregates impact binding to Fcγ receptors in solution-based formats and in cell-based assays.

methodsAn effector-competent IgG1 (mAb1) was forcibly degraded and fractionated by size exclusion chromatography to enrich for aggregates. The fractions were examined for FcγR binding by SPR with different formats and in solution. The fractions were also analyzed with cell-based FcγR reporter assays.

resultsAll Fcγ receptors displayed increased binding to enriched mAb1 aggregates in the avidity-based SPR methods and in solution, with FcγRIIa impacted the most. When examined with an antibody-down SPR format that is not usually susceptible to avidity, FcγRIIa did not show increased binding with mAb1 aggregation. Although activity for mAb1 aggregates increased slightly in an FcγRIIa cell-based reporter assay, it decreased in the FcγRIIIa reporter assay (most likely due to differences in fucosylation from the reference standard).

conclusionsMonoclonal antibody aggregation can impact FcγR binding for avidity-based binding formats. Even at low levels of antibody aggregation, FcγRII binding increases substantially.

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aggregationbindingFc receptorforced degradationmonoclonal antibodysurface plasmon resonance

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