Journal: Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer
Article Title: Engineering T cell-engaging bispecific antibodies targeting KRAS G12V neoantigen across HLA-A*11:01 and HLA-A*03:01
doi: 10.1136/jitc-2026-016411
Figure Lengend Snippet: Characterization of KRAS G12V-BsAb. ( A–B ) Selective binding of the purified scDb2 to KRAS G12V/HLA-A*11:01 ( A ) and CD3 ( B ) by ELISA. Biotinylated KRAS G12V/HLA-A*11:01 or recombinant CD3ε/δ was coated on a streptavidin plate and then incubated with scDb2 at 0.1, 1 or 10 nM, followed by detection with an anti-His antibody. Optical density at 450 nm was measured on a spectrophotometric plate reader. Data represent mean±SD of three technical replicates. ( C ) Surface plasmon resonance analysis of scDb2 binding to KRAS G12V/HLA-A*11:01 and KRAS WT/HLA-A*11:01. Binding kinetics were determined by fitting to a 1:1 Langmuir model. ( D ) Dose-dependent T-cell activation by scDb2. C1R-A11 cells pulsed with KRAS G12V or WT peptides were co-cultured with CD8 + T cells in the presence of increasing concentrations (0, 0.1, 0.3, 1 and 10 nM) of scDb2. IFN-γ secretion was quantified by ELISpot assay. Data represent mean±SD of three technical replicates. The EC 50 for IFN-γ secretion was 0.59 nM for C1R-A11 cells. p=0.0023 at 0.3 nM and p<0.0001 at 1 and 10 nM versus KRAS WT (Tukey’s test). ( E ) KRAS peptide-specific T-cell activation by scDb2. C1R-A11 cells were pulsed with different KRAS G12 variant peptides (WT, G12A, G12C, G12D, G12R and G12S), then co-cultured with CD8 + T cells in the presence of 1 nM KRAS G12V/A11:01-specific scDb2. IFN-γ secretion was measured by ELISpot. Data represent mean±SD of three technical replicates. p<0.0001 versus no peptide (Dunnett’s test). ( F ) HLA-restricted T-cell activation by scDb2. C1R cells expressing a panel of prevalent HLA-A alleles (HLA-A*02:01, HLA-A*02:06, HLA-A*03:01, HLA-A*11:01, HLA-A*24:02, HLA-A*31:01 and HLA-A*33:03) were pulsed with KRAS G12V peptide and co-cultured with CD8 + T cells in the presence of 1 nM KRAS G12V/A11:01-specific scDb2. Data represent mean±SD of three technical replicates. p<0.0001 for HLA-A*11:01 and HLA-A*03:01 versus the no-peptide control; no significant differences were observed for the other HLA alleles versus the no-peptide control (Dunnett’s test). BsAb, bispecific antibody; EC 50 , half-maximal effective concentrations; ELISpot, enzyme-linked immunosorbent spot; HLA, human leukocyte antigen; IFN, interferon; scDb, single-chain diabody; WT, wild-type.
Article Snippet: Sections were then incubated with primary antibodies: anti-CD8 mouse monoclonal antibody (Proteintech, Rosemont, Illinois, USA) and anti-Ki67 rabbit monoclonal antibody (Cell Signaling Technology, Danvers, Massachusetts, USA).
Techniques: Binding Assay, Purification, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Recombinant, Incubation, SPR Assay, Analysis, Activation Assay, Cell Culture, Enzyme-linked Immunospot, Variant Assay, Expressing, Control, ELISpot Assay