Nanoscale spatial dependence of avidity in an IgG1 antibody

Agnieszka Jendroszek, Magnus Kjaergaard*

*Corresponding author af dette arbejde

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Abstract

Antibodies are secreted proteins that are crucial to recognition of pathogens by the immune system and are also efficient pharmaceuticals. The affinity and specificity of target recognition can increase remarkably through avidity effects, when the antibody can bind a multivalent antigen through more than one epitope simultaneously. A key goal of antibody engineering is thus to optimize avidity, but little is known about the nanoscale spatial dependence of avidity in antibodies. Here, we develop a set of anti-parallel coiled-coils spanning from 7 to 20 nm and validate their structure using biophysical techniques. We use the coiled-coils to control the spacing between two epitopes, and measure how antigen spacing affects the stability of the bivalent antibody:antigen complex. We find a maximal avidity enhancement at a spacing of 13 nm. In contrast to recent studies, we find the avidity to be relatively insensitive to epitope spacing near the avidity maximum as long as it is within the spatial tolerance of the antibody. We thus only see a ~ twofold variation of avidity in the range from 7 to 20 nm. The coiled-coil systems developed here may prove a useful protein nanocaliper for profiling the spatial tolerance and avidity profile of bispecific antibodies.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer12663
TidsskriftScientific Reports
Vol/bind11
ISSN2045-2322
DOI
StatusUdgivet - jun. 2021

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