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Site-Specific Conjugation Strategy for Dual Antibody-Drug Conjugates Using Aerobic Formylglycine-Generating Enzymes

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BIOCONJUGATE CHEMISTRY
Volume 32, Issue 6, Pages 1167-1174

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AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.1c00246

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  1. Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [SPP 1623, DI 575/9-1, MU 2286/6-1, SE 609/15-1]

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This study demonstrates an improved and facile strategy for functionalizing DARPin and scFv425-Fc antibodies targeting EGFR, by conjugating them with MMAE and CF for successful testing in cell culture for receptor binding, internalization, and cytotoxicity.
Multiple, site-specific protein conjugation is increasingly attractive for the generation of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs). As it is important to control the number and position of cargoes in an ADC, position-selective generation of reactive sites in the protein of interest is required. Formylglycine (FGly) residues are generated by enzymatic conversion of cysteine residues embedded in a certain amino acid sequence motif with a formylglycine-generating enzyme (FGE). The addition of copper ions increases FGE activity leading to the conversion of cysteines within less readily accepted sequences. With this tuned enzyme activity, it is possible to address two different recognition sequences using two aerobic formylglycine-generating enzymes. We demonstrate an improved and facile strategy for the functionalization of a DARPin (designed ankyrin repeat protein) and the single-chain antibody scFv425-Fc, both directed against the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). The single-chain antibody was conjugated with monomethyl auristatin E (MMAE) and carboxyfluorescein (CF) and successfully tested for receptor binding, internalization, and cytotoxicity in cell culture, respectively.

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