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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2026

A Synthetic Platform for Antibody Junctional Diversification Beyond Natural Constraints.

Wang Liu, Jun Yang, Yuhang Zhang, Xiaoli Xue

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2026. 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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Wang LiuState Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, and School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7460-0944
Jun YangState Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, and School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Yuhang ZhangSheng Yushou Center of Cell Biology and Immunology, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Xiaoli XueState Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, and School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.

Funding

National Key Research and Development Program of China 2023YFA0913700Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Major Project, and the Project of State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University SKLMMCX25_01
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Abstract

Antibody junctional diversity in jawed vertebrates arose from RAG transposon domestication, generating CDR3-focused V(D)J recombination with lymphocyte specificity-a constrained system limiting engineered antibody diversity. To overcome these limitations, we developed ARESEC (Antibody Reprogram and Expression System in Engineered Cells), a synthetic platform that enables programmable V(D)J recombination in non-lymphoid HEK293T cells. Through engineered recombination signal sequences (RSS) and optimized RAG1/2 expression, ARESEC enables RSS-guided DNA recombination across all three complementarity-determining regions (CDR1/2/3). Co-expression of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT) enhanced junctional sequence diversity by 41.5%-86.3% across 3 CDRs. The platform enables native IgG production by coupling mammalian surface display with FACS-based functional screening. Using clinical-grade antibodies (Nivolumab and Durvalumab) as high-affinity starting scaffolds, we achieved further efficient affinity maturation through focused CDR diversification (library complexity >10

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antibody CDR1/2/3 engineeringantibody diversificationantibody junctional diversityV(D)J recombination

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