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Production and characterization of a camelid single domain anti-CD22 antibody conjugated to DM1.

Production and characterization of a camelid single domain anti-CD22 antibody conjugated to DM1.

Authors :
Ziaei, Vahab
Ghassempour, Alireza
Davami, Fatemeh
Azarian, Bahareh
Behdani, Mahdi
Dabiri, Hamed
Habibi-Anbouhi, Mahdi
Source :
Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry; Mar2024, Vol. 479 Issue 3, p579-590, 12p
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

Antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) with twelve FDA approved drugs, known as a novel category of anti-neoplastic treatment created to merge the monoclonal antibody specificity with cytotoxicity effect of chemotherapy. However, despite many undeniable advantages, ADCs face certain problems, including insufficient internalization after binding, complex structures and large size of full antibodies especially in targeting of solid tumors. Camelid single domain antibody fragments (Nanobody®) offer solutions to this challenge by providing nanoscale size, high solubility and excellent stability, recombinant expression in bacteria, in vivo enhanced tissue penetration, and conjugation advantages. Here, an anti-human CD22 Nanobody was expressed in E.coli cells and conjugated to Mertansine (DM1) as a cytotoxic payload. The anti-CD22 Nanobody was expressed and purified by Ni–NTA resin. DM1 conjugated anti-CD22 Nanobody was generated by conjugation of SMCC-DM1 to Nanobody lysine groups. The conjugates were characterized using SDS-PAGE and Capillary electrophoresis (CE-SDS), RP-HPLC, and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. Additionally, flow cytometry analysis and a competition ELISA were carried out for binding evaluation. Finally, cytotoxicity of conjugates on Raji and Jurkat cell lines was assessed. The drug-to-antibody ratio (DAR) of conjugates was calculated 2.04 using UV spectrometry. SDS-PAGE, CE-SDS, HPLC, and mass spectrometry confirmed conjugation of DM1 to the Nanobody. The obtained results showed the anti-CD22 Nanobody cytotoxicity was enhanced almost 80% by conjugation with DM1. The binding of conjugates was similar to the non-conjugated anti-CD22 Nanobody in flow cytometry experiments. Concludingly, this study successfully suggest that the DM1 conjugated anti-CD22 Nanobody can be used as a novel tumor specific drug delivery system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
03008177
Volume :
479
Issue :
3
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
176223163
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11010-023-04741-z