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Bei agonistischen Antikörpern gegen Rezeptoren der TNFRSF reicht eine einfache Bindung der Antikörper an die Rezeptoren oft nicht aus, um ein intrazelluläres Signal zu erzeugen. Es konnte herausgefunden werden, dass die Verankerung der Antikörper über ihren Fc-Anteil an Fc gamma Rezeptoren ihre Fähigkeit zur agonistischen Aktivierung der TNFR extrem steigert. Diese Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, ob die Verankerung über andere Rezeptoren möglich ist. Mit scFv:CD70 als Beispiel, konnte diese Frage positiv beantwortet werden.
Antibodies specific for TNFRSF receptors that bind soluble ligands without getting properly activated generally act as strong agonists upon FcγR binding. Systematic analyses revealed that the FcγR dependency of such antibodies to act as potent agonists is largely independent from isotype, FcγR type, and of the epitope recognized. This suggests that the sole cellular attachment, achieved by Fc domain-FcγR interaction, dominantly determines the agonistic activity of antibodies recognizing TNFRSF receptors poorly responsive to soluble ligands. In accordance with this hypothesis, we demonstrated that antibody fusion proteins harboring domains allowing FcγR-independent cell surface anchoring also act as strong agonist provided they have access to their target. This finding defines a general possibility to generate anti-TNFRSF receptor antibodies with FcγR-independent agonism. Moreover, anti-TNFRSF receptor antibody fusion proteins with an anchoring domain promise superior applicability to conventional systemically active agonists when an anchoring target with localized disease associated expression can be addressed.