Bispecific antibodies and asymmetric Fc fusion proteins offer opportunities for important advances in therapeutics. Bivalent IgG depends upon in vivo dimerization of its heavy chains, mediated by homodimeric association of its C(H)3 domains. We have developed a heterodimeric Fc platform that supports the design of bispecific and asymmetric fusion proteins by devising strand-exchange engineered domain (SEED) C(H)3 heterodimers. These derivatives of human IgG and IgA C(H)3 domains create complementary human SEED C(H)3 heterodimers that are composed of alternating segments of human IgA and IgG C(H)3 sequences. The resulting pair of SEED C(H)3 domains preferentially associates to form heterodimers when expressed in mammalian cells. SEEDbody (Sb) fusion proteins consist of [IgG1 hinge]-C(H)2-[SEED C(H)3], that may be genetically linked to one or more fusion partners. This investigation reports on the generation of mono-Fab-Sb and Sb-IL2 monocytokine as models. They were expressed at high levels in NS/0 cells, purified on recombinant protein A resin and were well-behaved in solution. When administered intravenously to mice, Sb pharmacokinetics exhibited the long serum half-life extensions typical of comparable Fc-containing immunofusion and IgG1 controls.
SEEDbodies: fusion proteins based on strand-exchange engineered domain (SEED) CH3 heterodimers in an Fc analogue platform for asymmetric binders or immunofusions and bispecific antibodies.
Jonathan H. Davis,C. Aperlo,Yue Li,Emmi Kurosawa,Y. Lan,K. Lo,J. Huston
Published 2010 in Protein engineering, design & selection : PEDS
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2010
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Protein engineering, design & selection : PEDS
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2010-04-01
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Medicine, Chemistry
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