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标题：Molecular engineering of antibodies for site-specific covalent conjugation using CRISPR/Cas9
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作者：Makan Khoshnejad ; Jacob S. Brenner ; William Motley 等
期刊名称：Scientific Reports
电子版ISSN：2045-2322
出版年度：2018
卷号：8
期号：1
页码：1760
DOI：10.1038/s41598-018-19784-2
语种：English
出版社：Springer Nature
摘要：Site-specific modification of antibodies has become a critical aspect in the development of next-generation immunoconjugates meeting criteria of clinically acceptable homogeneity, reproducibility, efficacy, ease of manufacturability, and cost-effectiveness. Using CRISPR/Cas9 genomic editing, we developed a simple and novel approach to produce site-specifically modified antibodies. A sortase tag was genetically incorporated into the C-terminal end of the third immunoglobulin heavy chain constant region (CH3) within a hybridoma cell line to manufacture antibodies capable of site-specific conjugation. This enabled an effective enzymatic site-controlled conjugation of fluorescent and radioactive cargoes to a genetically tagged mAb without impairment of antigen binding activity. After injection in mice, these immunoconjugates showed almost doubled specific targeting in the lung vs. chemically conjugated maternal mAb, and concomitant reduction in uptake in the liver and spleen. The approach outlined in this work provides a facile method for the development of more homogeneous, reproducible, effective, and scalable antibody conjugates for use as therapeutic and diagnostic tools.