Journal: Pharmaceutics
Article Title: A Novel Class of Human ADAM8 Inhibitory Antibodies for Treatment of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics16040536
Figure Lengend Snippet: ADPs with in vivo anti-tumor activity bind to the ADAM8 DI. ( A ) ADP2, ADP3, or ADP13 binding to HEK293 cells expressing full-length ADAM8 (HEK-A8) vs. remnant form ADAM8 (HEK-REM) was assessed by flow cytometry; HEK293 cells expressing empty vector DNA (HEK-EV) were used as a negative control. Representative histograms of three independent runs are shown. ( B ) Schematic representation of the ADAM8 constructs used in part A, with domain information, amino acid (AA) numbers, and immunogen used for ADP generation indicated. The broad epitope region for ADP2, ADP3, and ADP13 binding to ADAM8, identified by the flow cytometry analysis in part A, is indicated (striped box). ADAM8 domains: PRO—prodomain; MP—metalloproteinase; DI—disintegrin; CRD—cysteine-rich; ELD—EGF-like; TM—transmembrane; CYTO—cytoplasmic. ( C ) Three-dimensional model of the predicted ADAM8 extracellular structure (residues 195-647, including MP, DI, CRD, and ELD) using the crystal structure of ADAM22 as template and Swiss-model software (2003). Regions of ADP2, ADP3, and ADP13 binding, including overlapping sequences, identified through hydrogen/deuterium exchange–mass spectrometry (HDX-MS) analysis are indicated. MP with active catalytic site, DI with integrin-binding region, and hypervariable region (HVR) of CDR are shown.
Article Snippet: This library was transiently transfected into HEK293 cells and expression confirmed using flow cytometry with an anti-ADAM8 Ab (Control A8 Ab, MAB10311, R&D Systems, RRID: AB_2273524), whose binding [within the cysteine-rich domain and EGF-like domain (CRD-ELD) region of ADAM8] is not affected by the mutations.
Techniques: In Vivo, Activity Assay, Binding Assay, Expressing, Flow Cytometry, Plasmid Preparation, Negative Control, Construct, Software, Mass Spectrometry