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Production, characterization, and pharmacokinetic properties of antibodies with N-linked mannose-5 glycans

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Yu, Marcella, Brown, Darren, Reed, Chae, Chung, Shan, Lutman, Jeff, Stefanich, Eric, Wong, Anne, Stephan, Jean-Philippe +1 more·2012·mAbs

Abstract

The effector functions of therapeutic antibodies are strongly affected by the specific glycans added to the Fc domain during post-translational processing. Antibodies bearing high levels of N-linked mannose-5 glycan (Man5) have been reported to exhibit enhanced antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) compared with antibodies with fucosylated complex or hybrid glycans. To better understand the relationship between antibodies with high levels of Man5 and their biological activity in vivo, we developed an approach to generate substantially homogeneous antibodies bearing the Man5 glycoform. A mannosidase inhibitor, kifunensine, was first incorporated in the cell culture process to generate antibodies with a distribution of high mannose glycoforms. Antibodies were then purified and treated with a mannosidase for trimming to Man5 in vitro. This 2-step approach can consistently generate antibodies with > 99% Man5 glycan. Antibodies bearing varying levels of Man5 were studied to compare ADCC and Fcγ receptor binding, and they showed enhanced ADCC activity and increased binding affinity to the FcγRIIIA. In addition, the clearance rate of antibodies bearing Man8/9 and Man5 glycans was determined in a pharmacokinetics study in mice. When compared with historical data, the antibodies bearing the high mannose glycoform exhibited faster clearance rate compared with antibodies bearing the fucosylated complex glycoform, while the pharmacokinetic properties of antibodies with Man8/9 and Man5 glycoforms appeared similar. In addition, we identified the presence of a mannosidase in mouse serum that converted most Man8/9 to Man6 after 24 h.

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  • High-mannose structures are cleared more rapidly from circulation in humans and mice, likely due to uptake by endogenous receptors such as the mannose receptor.

    “Pharmacokinetic studies in both humans and mice revealed that high-mannose structures were cleared more rapidly from circulation, which is likely to be a result of uptake by endogenous receptors such as the mannose receptor [29,30].”
  • Oligomannose glycans (Man5-9GlcNAc2) increase FcγRIIIa binding and ADCC of mAbs compared with fucosylated complex glycans, but decrease CDC activity and binding affinity to FcγRIIa/b.

    “While oligomannose glycans (Man5–9GlcNAc2) have been shown to increase the FcγRIIIa binding and ADCC of mAbs compared with fucosylated complex glycans, the CDC activity was decreased together with the binding affinity to FcγRIIa/b [30].”

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Authors
Yu, M., Brown, D., Reed, C., Chung, S., Lutman, J., Stefanich, E., Wong, A., Stephan, J.-P., & Bayer, R.
Affiliations
  • Genentech (US)
  • Illumina (United States) (US)
  • Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation (US)
Corresponding author
Bayer, Robert
Venue
mAbs
Published
2012-07
Volume
4
Issue
4
Pages
475-487
ISSN
  • 1942-0862 (ISSN-L)
  • 1942-0870
OpenAlex
W2057390178
Cited by
203
References
39
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FWCI
6.76
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • mAbs (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects
Keywords
antibody glycosylation, antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity, FcγRIIIa binding, kifunensine, antibody clearance, pharmacokinetics, therapeutic antibodies
MeSH terms
Alkaloids, Animals, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Antibody-Dependent Cell Cytotoxicity, Binding, Competitive, Cell Survival, Cells, Cultured, Cricetulus, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Female, Cricetinae, Humans, Immunoglobulin Fc Fragments, Mannose, Mannosidases, Metabolic Clearance Rate, Mice, Nude, Polysaccharides, CHO Cells, Receptors, IgG, Area Under Curve, Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization, Cell Line, Tumor, Mice

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