Selection of bispecific antibodies with optimal developability using FcRn‑Ph‑HPLC as an optimized FcRn affinity chromatography method

A challenge when developing therapeutic antibodies is the identification of candidates with favorable pharmacokinetics (PK) early in development. A key determinant of immunoglobulin (IgG) serum half‑life in vivo is the efficiency of pH-dependent binding to the neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn). Numerous studies have proposed techniques to assess FcRn binding of IgG-based therapeutics in vitro, enabling prediction of serum half-life prior to clinical assessment. FcRn high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) assays FcRn binding of therapeutic IgGs across a pH gradient, allowing the correlation of IgG column retention time to the half‑life of a therapeutic IgG in vivo. However, as FcRn retention time cannot be directly compared to an in vivo parameter, modifications to FcRn-HPLC are required to enable interpretation of the data within a physiological context, to provide more accurate estimations of serum half-life. This study presents an important modification to this method, FcRn-pH-HPLC, which reproducibly measures FcRn dissociation pH, allowing correlation with previously established half-lives of therapeutic antibodies. Furthermore, the influence of incorporating various antibody modifications, binding modules, and their orientations within IgGs and bispecifics on FcRn dissociation pH was evaluated using antibodies from the redirected optimized cell killing (ROCK®) platform. Target and effector antigen-binding domain sequences, their presentation format and orientation within a bispecific antibody alter FcRn retention; tested Fc domain modifications and incorporating stabilizing disulfide bonds had minimal effect. This study may inform the generation of mono-, bi- and multi-specific antibodies with tailored half-lives based on FcRn binding properties in vitro, to differentiate antibody-based therapeutic candidates with optimal developability.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

mAbs - 15(2023), 1 vom: 29. Jan., Seite 2245519

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Müller, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Tasser, Carolin [VerfasserIn]
Tesar, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Fucek, Ivica [VerfasserIn]
Schniegler-Mattox, Ute [VerfasserIn]
Koch, Joachim [VerfasserIn]
Ellwanger, Kristina [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Bispecific
Antibodies, Monoclonal
Antibody analytics
Antibody engineering
Antibody generation
Antibody screening
Antibody structure
Antibody therapies
Bispecific
Chromatography
FcRn
FcRn-Ph-HPLC
Histocompatibility Antigens Class I
ICE®
Immunoglobulin G
Immunotherapy
Journal Article
Multispecific
Pharmacokinetics
ROCK® platform
Receptors, Fc
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Therapeutic IgG

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 02.11.2023

Date Revised 08.11.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/19420862.2023.2245519

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM360981402