Communications Biology (Mar 2021)

Programmable half-life and anti-tumour effects of bispecific T-cell engager-albumin fusions with tuned FcRn affinity

  • Ole A. Mandrup,
  • Sui Ching Ong,
  • Simon Lykkemark,
  • Anders Dinesen,
  • Imke Rudnik-Jansen,
  • Niels Frederik Dagnæs-Hansen,
  • Jan Terje Andersen,
  • Luis Alvarez-Vallina,
  • Kenneth A. Howard

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01790-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Mandrup et al. describe a panel of recombinant albumin fusions, engineered with different affinities to the human neonatal Fc receptor to program the half-life extension of a bispecific (EGFR/CD3) T-cell engager. They show that this approach generates target engagement, T-cell activation, tunable in vivo half-life extension, cellular cytotoxicity dependent on the cell surface levels of EGFR and can inhibit growth of BRAF mutated EGFR-positive tumours in mice.