Structure-guided disulfide engineering restricts antibody conformation to elicit TNFR agonism.

ABSTRACT: A promising strategy in cancer immunotherapy is activation of immune signalling pathways through antibodies that target co-stimulatory receptors. hIgG2, one of four human antibody isotypes, is known to deliver strong agonistic activity, and modification of hIgG2 hinge disulfides can influence immune-stimulating activity. This was shown for antibodies directed against the hCD40 receptor, where cysteine-to-serine exchange mutations caused changes in antibody conformational flexibility. Here we demonstrate that the principles of increasing agonism by restricting antibody conformation through disulfide modification can be translated to the co-stimulatory receptor h4-1BB, another member of the tumour necrosis factor receptor superfamily. Furthermore, we explore structure-guided design of the an

SUBMITTER: Elliott IG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11993666 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature