Human IgG Fc-engineering for enhanced plasma half-life, mucosal distribution and killing of cancer cells and bacteria

Stian Foss; Siri A Sakya; Leire Aguinagalde; Marta Lustig; Jutamas Shaughnessy; Ana Rita Cruz; Lisette Scheepmaker; Line Mathiesen; Fulgencio Ruso-Julve; Aina Karen Anthi; Torleif Tollefsrud Gjølberg; Simone Mester; Malin Bern; Mitchell Evers; Diane B Bratlie; Terje E Michaelsen; Tilman Schlothauer; Devin Sok; Jayanta Bhattacharya; Jeanette Leusen; Thomas Valerius; Sanjay Ram; Suzan H M Rooijakkers; Inger Sandlie; Jan Terje Andersen

doi:10.1038/s41467-024-46321-9

Human IgG Fc-engineering for enhanced plasma half-life, mucosal distribution and killing of cancer cells and bacteria

Stian Foss
, Siri A Sakya
, Leire Aguinagalde
, Marta Lustig
, Jutamas Shaughnessy
, Ana Rita Cruz
, Lisette Scheepmaker
, Line Mathiesen
, Fulgencio Ruso-Julve
, Aina Karen Anthi
, Torleif Tollefsrud Gjølberg
, Simone Mester
, Malin Bern
, Mitchell Evers
, Diane B Bratlie
, Terje E Michaelsen
, Tilman Schlothauer
, Devin Sok
, Jayanta Bhattacharya
, Jeanette Leusen

Thomas Valerius, Sanjay Ram, Suzan H M Rooijakkers, Inger Sandlie, Jan Terje Andersen^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Monoclonal IgG antibodies constitute the fastest growing class of therapeutics. Thus, there is an intense interest to design more potent antibody formats, where long plasma half-life is a commercially competitive differentiator affecting dosing, frequency of administration and thereby potentially patient compliance. Here, we report on an Fc-engineered variant with three amino acid substitutions Q311R/M428E/N434W (REW), that enhances plasma half-life and mucosal distribution, as well as allows for needle-free delivery across respiratory epithelial barriers in human FcRn transgenic mice. In addition, the Fc-engineered variant improves on-target complement-mediated killing of cancer cells as well as both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. Hence, this versatile Fc technology should be broadly applicable in antibody design aiming for long-acting prophylactic or therapeutic interventions.

Original language	English
Article number	2007
Journal	Nature Communications
Volume	15
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46321-9
Publication status	Published - Dec 2024

Keywords

Animals
Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use
Antibodies, Monoclonal
Gram-Negative Bacteria/metabolism
Gram-Positive Bacteria/metabolism
Half-Life
Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/metabolism
Humans
Immunoglobulin G
Mice
Mice, Transgenic
Neoplasms/therapy
Receptors, Fc

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Foss, S., Sakya, S. A., Aguinagalde, L., Lustig, M., Shaughnessy, J., Cruz, A. R., Scheepmaker, L., Mathiesen, L., Ruso-Julve, F., Anthi, A. K., Gjølberg, T. T., Mester, S., Bern, M., Evers, M., Bratlie, D. B., Michaelsen, T. E., Schlothauer, T., Sok, D., Bhattacharya, J., ... Andersen, J. T. (2024). Human IgG Fc-engineering for enhanced plasma half-life, mucosal distribution and killing of cancer cells and bacteria. Nature Communications, 15(1), Article 2007. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46321-9

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