A Traceless Site‐Specific Conjugation on Native Antibodies Enables Efficient One‐Step Payload Assembly

作者：Yue Zeng, Wei Shi, Qian Dong, Wanzhen Li, Jianxin Zhang, Xuelian Ren, Caihong Tang, Bo Liu, Yuanli Song, Yali Wu, Xingxing Diao, Hu Zhou, He Huang, Feng Tang, Wei Huang · 发表于：Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 年份：2022 · DOI：10.1002/anie.202204132 · 被引用次数：49 · 研究领域：Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research、HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research、Click Chemistry and Applications

Direct chemical modification of native antibodies in a site-specific manner remains a great challenge. Ligand-directed conjugation can achieve the selective modification of antibodies, but usually requires multiple extra steps for ligand release and cargo assembly. Herein, we report a novel, traceless strategy to enable the facile and efficient one-step synthesis of site-specific antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) by harnessing a thioester-based acyl transfer reagent. The designed reagent, consisting of an optimized Fc-targeting ligand, a thioester bridge and a toxin payload, directly assembles the toxin precisely onto the K251 position of native IgGs and simultaneously self-releases the affinity ligand in one step. With this method, we synthesized a series of K251-linked ADCs from native Trastuzumab. These ADCs demonstrated excellent homogeneity, thermal stability, and both in vitro and in vivo anti-tumor activity. This strategy is equally efficient for IgG1, IgG2, and IgG4 subtypes.