Journal
MABS
Volume 15, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/19420862.2022.2153409
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CTLA-4; antibody; high affinity; structure; JS007
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A humanized monoclonal antibody, JS007, has been developed with high binding affinity and T-cell activating efficiency to CTLA-4. It shows superior tumor suppression efficacy at low doses and adopts a unique binding mode compared to other anti-CTLA-4 antibodies.
Cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 (CTLA-4) is a critical inhibitory checkpoint molecule, and monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) targeting CTLA-4 that restore anti-tumor T cell immunity have achieved clinical success. Here, we report a humanized IgG1 mAb, namely JS007, with high binding affinity to CTLA-4. JS007 shows superior binding affinity and T-cell activating efficiency over ipilimumab. Moreover, it demonstrates substantial in vivo tumor suppression efficacy at low doses. The crystal structure of JS007/CTLA-4 complex (PDB: 8HIT) shows JS007 adopts a heavy-chain-dominant binding mode, and mainly contacts the BC loop, DE loop and FG loop of CTLA-4. Notably, two Tyr residues (VH-Y100 and VL-Y32) from the complementarity-determining region loops insert into the two cavities formed by the residues from the loops of CTLA-4, which may contribute to the stabilization of the binding. Comparative analysis with other anti-CTLA-4 mAbs indicates that the double wedge-into-hole binding mode is unique for JS007 and may be responsible for the high-affinity binding to CTLA-4. These findings have provided an important molecular understanding of the high-affinity CTLA-4 blockade mAbs and shed light on future development of agents targeting CTLA-4.
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