Common light chain chickens produce human antibodies of high affinity and broad epitope coverage for the engineering of bispecifics.

ABSTRACT: Bispecific antibodies are an important and growing segment in antibody therapeutics, particularly in the immuno-oncology space. Manufacturing of a bispecific antibody with two different heavy chains is greatly simplified if the light chains can be the same for both arms of the antibody. Here, we introduce a strain of common light chain chickens, called OmniClic®, that produces antibody repertoires largely devoid of light chain diversity. The antibody repertoire in these chickens is composed of diverse human heavy chain variable regions capable of high-affinity antigen-specific binding and broad epitope diversity when paired with the germline human kappa light chain. OmniClic birds can be used in immunization campaigns for discovery of human heavy chains to different targets. Subsequent pai

SUBMITTER: Ching KH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7849766 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature