1. Cysteine metabolic engineering and selective disulfide reduction produce superior antibody-drug-conjugates
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Renée Procopio-Melino, Frank W. Kotch, Amar S. Prashad, Jose M. Gomes, Wenge Wang, Bo Arve, Andrew Dawdy, Lawrence Chen, Justin Sperry, Christine Hosselet, Tao He, Ronald Kriz, Laura Lin, Kimberly Marquette, Lioudmila Tchistiakova, Will Somers, Jason C. Rouse, and Xiaotian Zhong
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Medicine ,Science - Abstract
Abstract Next-generation site-specific cysteine-based antibody–drug-conjugates (ADCs) broaden therapeutic index by precise drug-antibody attachments. However, manufacturing such ADCs for clinical validation requires complex full reduction and reoxidation processes, impacting product quality. To overcome this technical challenge, we developed a novel antibody manufacturing process through cysteine (Cys) metabolic engineering in Chinese hamster ovary cells implementing a unique cysteine-capping technology. This development enabled a direct conjugation of drugs after chemoselective-reduction with mild reductant tris(3-sulfonatophenyl)phosphine. This innovative platform produces clinical ADC products with superior quality through a simplified manufacturing process. This technology also has the potential to integrate Cys-based site-specific conjugation with other site-specific conjugation methodologies to develop multi-drug ADCs and exploit multi-mechanisms of action for effective cancer treatments.
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- 2022
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