Synthesis and evaluation of the aldolase antibody-derived chemical-antibodies targeting α5β1 integrin

Mol Pharm. 2013 Feb 4;10(2):538-43. doi: 10.1021/mp3004463. Epub 2012 Nov 14.

Abstract

Integrin α5β1 is an important therapeutic target that can be inhibited using an aldolase antibody (Ab)-derived chemical-Ab (chem-Ab) for the treatment of multiple human diseases, including cancers. A fairly optimized anti-integrin α5β1 chem-Ab 38C2-4e was obtained using an in situ convergent chemical programming (CP) approach, which minimized the time and effort needed to develop a chem-Ab. Multiple Ab-programming agents (PAs) 4a-e could be prepared rapidly using the Cu-catalyzed alkyne-azide coupling (Cu-AAC) reaction of an α5β1 inhibitor 2 with multiple linkers 3a-e, either before or after conjugating the linkers into Ab 38C2 binding sites. In these two-steps processes, the products after step 1 can be used in the next step without performing an extensive purification or analysis of the Ab-PAs or Ab-linker conjugates affording chem-Abs 38C2-(4a-e). Flow cytometry assay was used to determine the binding of the chem-Abs to U87 human glioblastoma cells expressing α5β1 integrin and identify 38C2-3e as the strongest binder. Further studies revealed that 38C2-3e strongly inhibited proliferation of U87 cells and tube formation of HUVEC in the matrigel assay, as well as tumor growth and metastasis of 4T1 cells in vivo.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemical synthesis*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology*
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Proliferation / drug effects
  • Flow Cytometry
  • Fructose-Bisphosphate Aldolase / chemistry*
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments / chemistry*
  • Integrin alpha5beta1 / antagonists & inhibitors*

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments
  • Integrin alpha5beta1
  • antibody aldolase
  • Fructose-Bisphosphate Aldolase