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ArticleMolecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy2025

Structure-guided engineering of CD112 receptor variants for optimized immunotherapy.

Srishti Singh, Estefania Julia, Parismita Kalita, Charlotte Mason, Qianqian Ming, Ansar Lee-Sam, Sumai Gordon, Maria Emilia Buitrago, Daisy W Leung, Patrick Hwu and 1 more

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11 authors.

Srishti SinghDepartment of Immunology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL 33612, USA; Cancer Biology Ph.D. Program, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA.
Estefania JuliaDepartment of Clinical Science, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL 33612, USA.
Parismita KalitaDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Charlotte MasonDepartment of Immunology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL 33612, USA.
Qianqian MingDepartment of Immunology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL 33612, USA.
Ansar Lee-SamDepartment of Immunology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL 33612, USA; Cancer Biology Ph.D. Program, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA.
Sumai GordonDepartment of Clinical Science, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL 33612, USA.
Maria Emilia BuitragoDepartment of Clinical Science, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL 33612, USA.
Daisy W LeungDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Patrick HwuDepartment of Clinical Science, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL 33612, USA.
Vincent C LucaDepartment of Immunology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL 33612, USA. Electronic address: vince.luca@moffitt.org.

Funding

TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCHP30CA076292 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA · PI John L. Cleveland · 1998 to 2026
$93.5M
Illuminating Notch receptor-ligand selectivity through structure-guided protein engineering supplementR35GM133482 · NIGMS · H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CTR & RES INST · PI Vince Luca · 2019 to 2026
$3.3M
Mechanisms of Host Response Modulation by RSV Non-Structural ProteinsR01AI159678 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Daisy W Leung · 2022 to 2026
$3.2M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA076292NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI159678NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM133482
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The immune checkpoint protein, CD112 receptor (CD112R, also known as PVRIG), suppresses T and natural killer (NK) cell activation upon binding to tumor-expressed CD112 (Nectin-2) ligands. Here, we determine the structure of the CD112-CD112R complex and use it to guide the engineering of multiple CD112-targeting immunotherapy candidates. The 2.2 Å-resolution crystal structure reveals an antiparallel, lock-and-key binding mode in which CD112R disrupts CD112 homodimerization. Structural analysis informed directed evolution campaigns focused on remodeling the CD112-CD112R interface, resulting in the isolation of CD112R mutants with greatly increased expression and CD112-binding affinity. The highest-affinity variant, CD112R

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ImmunotherapyProtein EngineeringCell Line, TumorCrystallography, X-RayHumansLymphocyte ActivationModels, MolecularMutationProtein BindingProtein MultimerizationReceptors, Chimeric AntigenT-LymphocytesReceptors, Chimeric AntigenCAR T cellsCD112CD112Rcheckpoint blockadeimmunotherapyprotein engineeringstructural biologyT cell engagers

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PMID40285356
PMCPMC12368799

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