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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

Engineered calcium-regulated affinity protein for efficient internalization and lysosomal toxin delivery.

Malin Jönsson, Marit Möller, Leon Schierholz, Nicolai Dorka, Hanna Tegel, Emma Lundberg, Mathias Uhlén, Magnus Wolf-Watz, Hjalmar Brismar, Sophia Hober

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Malin Jönsson *Department of Protein Science, SciLifeLab, KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-8706-5226
Marit Möller *Department of Protein Science, SciLifeLab, KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-3138-6789
Leon SchierholzDepartment of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, Umeå SE-901 87, Sweden.ORCID 0009-0000-4642-734X
Nicolai DorkaDepartment of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 4525.
Hanna TegelDepartment of Protein Science, SciLifeLab, KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-7067-9173
Emma LundbergDepartment of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 4525.
Mathias UhlénDepartment of Protein Science, SciLifeLab, KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
Magnus Wolf-WatzDepartment of Chemistry, Umeå University, Umeå SE-901 87, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-9098-7974
Hjalmar BrismarDepartment of Applied Physics, SciLifeLab, KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Solna 171 65, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-0578-4003
Sophia HoberDepartment of Protein Science, SciLifeLab, KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-0605-8417

Funding

Cancerfonden (Swedish Cancer Society) 222144PJVetenskapsrådet (VR) 2021-04289_VRVetenskapsrådet (VR) 2021-04513_VR
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The emerging strategy of protein-drug conjugates (PDCs) for targeted cancer therapy holds great potential to improve treatment efficacy by specifically targeting cancer biomarkers and delivering toxic payloads directly to tumor cells, minimizing off-target toxicity. The success of this approach depends on the internalization and retention of the payload in target cells. This study introduces a method using a small protein domain engineered for conditional target affinity, enabling lysosomal trafficking independent of the biological fate of the receptor. Specifically, we describe the development of an EGF receptor binder, CaRA

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CalciumDrug Delivery SystemsLysosomesProtein EngineeringCell Line, TumorEndosomesErbB ReceptorsHumansCalciumEGFR protein, humanErbB Receptorscalcium-regulated affinitycancerconditional targetingdrug-conjugateendosomal release

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PMID41289384
PMCPMC12685030

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