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Van Coillie J, Schulz MA, Bentlage AEH, de Haan N, Ye Z, Geerdes DM, van Esch WJE, Hafkenscheid L, Miller RL, Narimatsu Y, Vakhrushev SY, Yang Z, Vidarsson G, Clausen H. Role of N-Glycosylation in FcγRIIIa interaction with IgG. Front Immunol 2022; 13:987151. [PMID: 36189205 PMCID: PMC9524020 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.987151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2022] [Accepted: 08/16/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
Abstract
Immunoglobulins G (IgG) and their Fc gamma receptors (FcγRs) play important roles in our immune system. The conserved N-glycan in the Fc region of IgG1 impacts interaction of IgG with FcγRs and the resulting effector functions, which has led to the design of antibody therapeutics with greatly improved antibody-dependent cell cytotoxicity (ADCC) activities. Studies have suggested that also N-glycosylation of the FcγRIII affects receptor interactions with IgG, but detailed studies of the interaction of IgG1 and FcγRIIIa with distinct N-glycans have been hindered by the natural heterogeneity in N-glycosylation. In this study, we employed comprehensive genetic engineering of the N-glycosylation capacities in mammalian cell lines to express IgG1 and FcγRIIIa with different N-glycan structures to more generally explore the role of N-glycosylation in IgG1:FcγRIIIa binding interactions. We included FcγRIIIa variants of both the 158F and 158V allotypes and investigated the key N-glycan features that affected binding affinity. Our study confirms that afucosylated IgG1 has the highest binding affinity to oligomannose FcγRIIIa, a glycan structure commonly found on Asn162 on FcγRIIIa expressed by NK cells but not monocytes or recombinantly expressed FcγRIIIa.
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- Julie Van Coillie
- Copenhagen Center for Glycomics, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Experimental Immunohematology, Sanquin Research, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Department of Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences and Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Copenhagen Center for Glycomics, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Experimental Immunohematology, Sanquin Research, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Department of Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences and Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Copenhagen Center for Glycomics, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Center for Glycomics, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Center for Glycomics, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Center for Glycomics, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Center for Glycomics, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- GlycoDisplay ApS, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Center for Glycomics, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Center for Glycomics, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- GlycoDisplay ApS, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Experimental Immunohematology, Sanquin Research, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Department of Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences and Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Copenhagen Center for Glycomics, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Washburn N, Meccariello R, Duffner J, Getchell K, Holte K, Prod'homme T, Srinivasan K, Prenovitz R, Lansing J, Capila I, Kaundinya G, Manning AM, Bosques CJ. Characterization of Endogenous Human FcγRIII by Mass Spectrometry Reveals Site, Allele and Sequence Specific Glycosylation. Mol Cell Proteomics 2020; 18:534-545. [PMID: 30559323 PMCID: PMC6398215 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.ra118.001142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2018] [Revised: 11/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Characterization of endogenous FcγRIII glycosylation from healthy donors with different FcγRIIIb genotypes reveals site specific, and allele specific differences in glycosylation as well as noncananonical sequence specific differences in glycosylation. We propose these differences in glycosylation may influence the differential activity seen for neutrophils across genotypes. The importance of IgG glycosylation, Fc-gamma receptor (FcγR) single nucleotide polymorphisms and FcγR copy number variations in fine tuning the immune response has been well established. There is a growing appreciation of the importance of glycosylation of FcγRs in modulating the FcγR-IgG interaction based on the association between the glycosylation of recombinant FcγRs and the kinetics and affinity of the FcγR-IgG interaction. Although glycosylation of recombinant FcγRs has been recently characterized, limited knowledge exists on the glycosylation of endogenous human FcγRs. In order to improve the structural understanding of FcγRs expressed on human cells we characterized the site specific glycosylation of native human FcγRIII from neutrophils of 50 healthy donors and from matched plasma for 43 of these individuals. Through this analysis we have confirmed site specific glycosylation patterns previously reported for soluble FcγRIII from a single donor, identified FcγRIIIb specific Asn45 glycosylation and an allelic effect on glycosylation at Asn162 of FcγRIIIb. Identification of FcγRIIIb specific glycosylation allows for assignment of FcγRIIIb alleles and relative copy number of the two alleles where DNA/RNA is not available. Intriguingly the types of structures found to be elevated at Asn162 in the NA2 allele have been shown to destabilize the Fc:FcγRIII interaction resulting in a faster dissociation rate. These differences in glycosylation may in part explain the differential activity reported for the two alleles which have similar in vitro affinity for IgG.
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- Nathaniel Washburn
- From the ‡Research Department, Momenta Pharmaceuticals, 301 Binney St., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142.
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- From the ‡Research Department, Momenta Pharmaceuticals, 301 Binney St., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
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- From the ‡Research Department, Momenta Pharmaceuticals, 301 Binney St., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
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- From the ‡Research Department, Momenta Pharmaceuticals, 301 Binney St., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
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- From the ‡Research Department, Momenta Pharmaceuticals, 301 Binney St., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
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- From the ‡Research Department, Momenta Pharmaceuticals, 301 Binney St., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
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- From the ‡Research Department, Momenta Pharmaceuticals, 301 Binney St., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
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- From the ‡Research Department, Momenta Pharmaceuticals, 301 Binney St., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
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- From the ‡Research Department, Momenta Pharmaceuticals, 301 Binney St., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
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- From the ‡Research Department, Momenta Pharmaceuticals, 301 Binney St., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
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- From the ‡Research Department, Momenta Pharmaceuticals, 301 Binney St., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
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- From the ‡Research Department, Momenta Pharmaceuticals, 301 Binney St., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
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- From the ‡Research Department, Momenta Pharmaceuticals, 301 Binney St., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
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Cambay F, Forest-Nault C, Dumoulin L, Seguin A, Henry O, Durocher Y, De Crescenzo G. Glycosylation of Fcγ receptors influences their interaction with various IgG1 glycoforms. Mol Immunol 2020; 121:144-158. [PMID: 32222585 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2020.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2019] [Revised: 02/26/2020] [Accepted: 03/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Most of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies belong to the immunoglobulin G1 (IgG1) family; they interact with the Fcγ receptors (FcγRs) at the surface of immune cells to trigger effector functions. The IgG1-Fc N-glycans impact the interaction with FcγRs and are considered a critical quality attribute. Pioneer studies on FcγR N-glycans have unveiled an additional complexity in that the N-glycan linked on the Asn-162 of FcγRIIIa was shown to be directly involved in the strong affinity for afucosylated IgG1. The last few years have thus seen the emergence of many studies investigating the complex influence of FcγRIIIa N-glycans on the interaction with IgG1 through their glycosylation sites or their glycoprofiles. In this context, we performed site-directed mutagenesis along with glycoengineering on FcγRs (FcγRI, FcγRIIaH131/b and FcγRIIIaV158/F158) in an effort to elucidate the impact of FcγRs N-glycans on the interaction with IgG1. Furthermore, we assessed their binding to various trastuzumab glycoforms with an enhanced surface plasmon resonance assay. The FcγRIIIa N-glycans had the highest impact on the interaction with IgG1. More specifically, the N162 glycan positively influenced the affinity (15-fold) for afucosylated IgG1 while the N45 glycan presented a negative impact (2-fold) regardless of the IgG1 glycoforms. Interestingly, only the FcγRIIIa glycoprofile had an impact on the interaction with IgG1 with a 1.5-fold affinity increase when FcγRIIIa displays high-mannose glycans. These results provide invaluable insights into the complex and strong influence of N-glycosylation upon FcγRs/IgG1 binding and are instrumental to further understand the impact of FcγRs N-glycosylation in their natural forms.
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- Florian Cambay
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, Montreal, Canada; Human Health Therapeutics Research Centre, National Research Council of Canada, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, Montreal, Canada; Human Health Therapeutics Research Centre, National Research Council of Canada, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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- Human Health Therapeutics Research Centre, National Research Council of Canada, Montreal, Canada; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada.
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Cambay F, Henry O, Durocher Y, De Crescenzo G. Impact of N-glycosylation on Fcγ receptor / IgG interactions: unravelling differences with an enhanced surface plasmon resonance biosensor assay based on coiled-coil interactions. MAbs 2019; 11:435-452. [PMID: 30822189 DOI: 10.1080/19420862.2019.1581017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
The N-glycosylation profile of immunoglobulin G (IgG) is considered a critical quality attribute due to its impact on IgG-Fc gamma receptor (FcγR) interactions, which subsequently affect antibody-dependent cell-based immune responses. In this study, we investigated the impact of the FcγR capture method, as well as FcγR N-glycosylation, on the kinetics of interaction with various glycoforms of trastuzumab (TZM) in a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor assay. More specifically, we developed a novel strategy based on coiled-coil interactions for the stable and oriented capture of coil-tagged FcγRs at the biosensor surface. Coil-tagged FcγR capture outperformed all other capture strategies applied to the SPR study of IgG-FcγR interactions, as the robustness and reproducibility of the assay and the shelf life of the biosensor chip were excellent (> 1,000 IgG injections with the same biosensor surface). Coil-tagged FcγRs displaying different N-glycosylation profiles were generated either by different expression systems, in vitro glycoengineering or by size-exclusion chromatography, and roughly characterized by lectin blotting. Of salient interest, the overlay of their kinetics of interaction with several TZM glycoforms revealed key differences on both association and dissociation kinetics, confirming a complex influence of the FcγR N-glycosylation and its inherent heterogeneity upon receptor interaction with mAbs. This work is thus an important step towards better understanding of the impact of glycosylation upon binding of IgGs, either natural or engineered, to their receptors.
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- Florian Cambay
- a Department of Chemical Engineering , Polytechnique Montréal , Montréal , Québec , Canada.,b Human Health Therapeutics Research Center , National Research Council Canada , Montréal , Québec , Canada
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- a Department of Chemical Engineering , Polytechnique Montréal , Montréal , Québec , Canada
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- b Human Health Therapeutics Research Center , National Research Council Canada , Montréal , Québec , Canada.,c Département de Biochimie et Médecine Moléculaire , Université de Montréal , Montréal , Québec , Canada
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- a Department of Chemical Engineering , Polytechnique Montréal , Montréal , Québec , Canada
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Patel KR, Roberts JT, Barb AW. Multiple Variables at the Leukocyte Cell Surface Impact Fc γ Receptor-Dependent Mechanisms. Front Immunol 2019; 10:223. [PMID: 30837990 PMCID: PMC6382684 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.00223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2018] [Accepted: 01/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Fc γ receptors (FcγR) expressed on the surface of human leukocytes bind clusters of immunoglobulin G (IgG) to induce a variety of responses. Many therapeutic antibodies and vaccine-elicited antibodies prevent or treat infectious diseases, cancers and autoimmune disorders by binding FcγRs, thus there is a need to fully define the variables that impact antibody-induced mechanisms to properly evaluate candidate therapies and design new intervention strategies. A multitude of factors influence the IgG-FcγR interaction; one well-described factor is the differential affinity of the six distinct FcγRs for the four human IgG subclasses. However, there are several other recently described factors that may prove more relevant for disease treatment. This review covers recent reports of several aspects found at the leukocyte membrane or outside the cell that contribute to the cell-based response to antibody-coated targets. One major focus is recent reports covering post-translational modification of the FcγRs, including asparagine-linked glycosylation. This review also covers the organization of FcγRs at the cell surface, and properties of the immune complex. Recent technical advances provide high-resolution measurements of these often-overlooked variables in leukocyte function and immune system activation.
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- Kashyap R Patel
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
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- Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
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- Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
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Subedi GP, Barb AW. CD16a with oligomannose-type N-glycans is the only "low-affinity" Fc γ receptor that binds the IgG crystallizable fragment with high affinity in vitro. J Biol Chem 2018; 293:16842-16850. [PMID: 30213862 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra118.004998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2018] [Revised: 08/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
Abstract
Fc γ receptors (FcγRs) bind circulating IgG (IgG1) at the surface of leukocytes. Antibodies clustered at the surface of a targeted particle trigger a protective immune response through activating FcγRs. Three recent reports indicate that the composition of the asparagine-linked carbohydrate chains (N-glycans) of FcγRIIIa/CD16a impacted IgG1-binding affinity. Here we determined how N-glycan composition affected the affinity of the "low-affinity" FcγRs for six homogeneous IgG1 Fc N-glycoforms (G0, G0F, G2, G2F, A2G2, and A2G2F). Surprisingly, CD16a with oligomannose N-glycans bound to IgG1 Fc (A2G2) with a KD = 1.0 ± 0.1 nm This affinity represents a 51-fold increase over the affinity measured for CD16a with complex-type N-glycans (51 ± 8 nm) and is comparable with the affinity of FcγRI/CD64, the sole "high-affinity" FcγR. CD16a N-glycan composition accounted for increases in binding affinity for the other IgG1 Fc glycoforms tested (10-50-fold). This remarkable sensitivity could only be eliminated by preventing glycosylation at Asn162 with an Asn-to-Gln mutation; mutations at the four other N-glycosylation sites preserved tighter binding in the Man5 glycoform. None of the other low-affinity FcγRs showed more than a 3.1-fold increase upon modifying the receptor N-glycan composition, including CD16b, which differs from CD16a by only four amino acid residues. This result indicates that CD16a is unique among the low-affinity FcγRs, and modifying only the glycan composition of both the IgG1 Fc ligand and receptor provides a 400-fold range in affinities.
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- Ganesh P Subedi
- From the Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011
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- From the Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011
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Yagi H, Takakura D, Roumenina LT, Fridman WH, Sautès-Fridman C, Kawasaki N, Kato K. Site-specific N-glycosylation analysis of soluble Fcγ receptor IIIb in human serum. Sci Rep 2018; 8:2719. [PMID: 29426894 PMCID: PMC5807427 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-21145-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2017] [Accepted: 01/30/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Fc-receptors for immunoglobulin G (FcγRs) mediate a variety of effector and regulatory mechanisms in the immune system. N-glycosylation of FcγRs critically affects their functions which is well exemplified by antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) and phagocytosis mediated by homologous FcγRIIIa and FcγRIIIb, respectively. Although several reports describe N-glycosylation profiles of recombinant FcγRIII glycoproteins, much remains unknown regarding their native glycoforms. Here we performed site-specific N-glycosylation profiling of a soluble form of FcγRIIIb purified from human serum based on mass spectrometric analysis. Our data indicate a distinct and common tendency of the glycoforms exhibited at each N-glycosylation site between the native and the previously reported recombinant FcγRIII glycoproteins. Among the six N-glycosylation sites of serum soluble FcγRIIIb, Asn45 was shown to be exclusively occupied by high-mannose-type oligosaccharides, whereas the remaining sites were solely modified by the complex-type oligosaccharides with sialic acid and fucose residues. The results of our endogenous FcγRIII glycoform analyses are important for the optimization of therapeutic antibody efficacy.
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- Hirokazu Yagi
- Faculty and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, 3-1 Tanabe-dori, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, 467-8603, Japan
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- Department of Medical Life Science, Graduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University, Suehiro-cho 1-7-29, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, 230-0045, Japan.,Center for Integrated Medical Research, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan
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- UMRS1138, Université Paris Descartes, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 15, rue de l'Ecole-de-Médecine, 75270, Paris, France
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- UMRS1138, Université Paris Descartes, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 15, rue de l'Ecole-de-Médecine, 75270, Paris, France
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- UMRS1138, Université Paris Descartes, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 15, rue de l'Ecole-de-Médecine, 75270, Paris, France
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- Department of Medical Life Science, Graduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University, Suehiro-cho 1-7-29, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, 230-0045, Japan.
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- Faculty and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, 3-1 Tanabe-dori, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, 467-8603, Japan. .,Institute for Molecular Science and Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 5-1 Higashiyama Myodaiji, Okazaki, 444-8787, Japan.
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Patel KR, Roberts JT, Subedi GP, Barb AW. Restricted processing of CD16a/Fc γ receptor IIIa N-glycans from primary human NK cells impacts structure and function. J Biol Chem 2018; 293:3477-3489. [PMID: 29330305 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra117.001207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2017] [Revised: 01/05/2018] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
Abstract
CD16a/Fc γ receptor IIIa is the most abundant antibody Fc receptor expressed on human natural killer (NK) cells and activates a protective cytotoxic response following engagement with antibody clustered on the surface of a pathogen or diseased tissue. Therapeutic monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) with greater Fc-mediated affinity for CD16a show superior therapeutic outcome; however, one significant factor that promotes antibody-CD16a interactions, the asparagine-linked carbohydrates (N-glycans), remains undefined. Here, we purified CD16a from the primary NK cells of three donors and identified a large proportion of hybrid (22%) and oligomannose N-glycans (23%). These proportions indicated restricted N-glycan processing and were unlike those of the recombinant CD16a forms, which have predominantly complex-type N-glycans (82%). Tethering recombinant CD16a to the membrane by including the transmembrane and intracellular domains and via coexpression with the Fc ϵ receptor γ-chain in HEK293F cells was expected to produce N-glycoforms similar to NK cell-derived CD16a but yielded N-glycoforms different from NK cell-derived CD16a and recombinant soluble CD16a. Of note, these differences in CD16a N-glycan composition affected antibody binding: CD16a with oligomannose N-glycans bound IgG1 Fc with 12-fold greater affinity than did CD16a having primarily complex-type and highly branched N-glycans. The changes in binding activity mirrored changes in NMR spectra of the two CD16a glycoforms, indicating that CD16a glycan composition also affects the glycoprotein's structure. These results indicated that CD16a from primary human NK cells is compositionally, and likely also functionally, distinct from commonly used recombinant forms. Furthermore, our study provides critical evidence that cell lineage determines CD16a N-glycan composition and antibody-binding affinity.
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- Kashyap R Patel
- From the Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011
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- From the Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011
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- From the Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011
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- From the Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011
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Hayes JM, Frostell A, Karlsson R, Müller S, Martín SM, Pauers M, Reuss F, Cosgrave EF, Anneren C, Davey GP, Rudd PM. Identification of Fc Gamma Receptor Glycoforms That Produce Differential Binding Kinetics for Rituximab. Mol Cell Proteomics 2017; 16:1770-1788. [PMID: 28576848 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m117.066944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2017] [Revised: 05/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
Fc gamma receptors (FcγR) bind the Fc region of antibodies and therefore play a prominent role in antibody-dependent cell-based immune responses such as ADCC, CDC and ADCP. The immune effector cell activity is directly linked to a productive molecular engagement of FcγRs where both the protein and glycan moiety of antibody and receptor can affect the interaction and in the present study we focus on the role of the FcγR glycans in this interaction. We provide a complete description of the glycan composition of Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) expressed human Fcγ receptors RI (CD64), RIIaArg131/His131 (CD32a), RIIb (CD32b) and RIIIaPhe158/Val158 (CD16a) and analyze the role of the glycans in the binding mechanism with IgG. The interactions of the monoclonal antibody rituximab with each FcγR were characterized and we discuss the CHO-FcγRIIIaPhe158/Val158 and CHO-FcγRI interactions and compare them to the equivalent interactions with human (HEK293) and murine (NS0) produced receptors. Our results reveal clear differences in the binding profiles of rituximab, which we attribute in each case to the differences in host cell-dependent FcγR glycosylation. The glycan profiles of CHO expressed FcγRI and FcγRIIIaPhe158/Val158 were compared with the glycan profiles of the receptors expressed in NS0 and HEK293 cells and we show that the glycan type and abundance differs significantly between the receptors and that these glycan differences lead to the observed differences in the respective FcγR binding patterns with rituximab. Oligomannose structures are prevalent on FcγRI from each source and likely contribute to the high affinity rituximab interaction through a stabilization effect. On FcγRI and FcγRIIIa large and sialylated glycans have a negative impact on rituximab binding, likely through destabilization of the interaction. In conclusion, the data show that the IgG1-FcγR binding kinetics differ depending on the glycosylation of the FcγR and further support a stabilizing role of FcγR glycans in the antibody binding interaction.
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- Jerrard M Hayes
- From the ‡School of Biochemistry & Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Pearse St. Dublin 2, Ireland;
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- §GE Healthcare, Björkgatan, SE-75184 Uppsala, Sweden
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- ¶NIBRT-Glycoscience Group, NIBRT-The National Institute for Bioprocessing, Research and Training, Foster Avenue, Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland
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- ‖Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma, Biberach/Riss, Germany
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- ¶NIBRT-Glycoscience Group, NIBRT-The National Institute for Bioprocessing, Research and Training, Foster Avenue, Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland
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- From the ‡School of Biochemistry & Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Pearse St. Dublin 2, Ireland
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- ¶NIBRT-Glycoscience Group, NIBRT-The National Institute for Bioprocessing, Research and Training, Foster Avenue, Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland
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Hayes JM, Wormald MR, Rudd PM, Davey GP. Fc gamma receptors: glycobiology and therapeutic prospects. J Inflamm Res 2016; 9:209-219. [PMID: 27895507 PMCID: PMC5118039 DOI: 10.2147/jir.s121233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Therapeutic antibodies hold great promise for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases, and developments in antibody–drug conjugates and bispecific antibodies continue to enhance treatment options for patients. Immunoglobulin (Ig) G antibodies are proteins with complex modifications, which have a significant impact on their function. The most important of these modifications is glycosylation, the addition of conserved glycans to the antibody Fc region, which is critical for its interaction with the immune system and induction of effector activities such as antibody-dependent cell cytotoxicity, complement activation and phagocytosis. Communication of IgG antibodies with the immune system is controlled and mediated by Fc gamma receptors (FcγRs), membrane-bound proteins, which relay the information sensed and gathered by antibodies to the immune system. These receptors are also glycoproteins and provide a link between the innate and adaptive immune systems. Recent information suggests that this receptor glycan modification is also important for the interaction with antibodies and downstream immune response. In this study, the current knowledge on FcγR glycosylation is discussed, and some insight into its role and influence on the interaction properties with IgG, particularly in the context of biotherapeutics, is provided. For the purpose of this study, other Fc receptors such as FcαR, FcεR or FcRn are not discussed extensively, as IgG-based antibodies are currently the only therapeutic antibody-based products on the market. In addition, FcγRs as therapeutics and therapeutic targets are discussed, and insight into and comment on the therapeutic aspects of receptor glycosylation are provided.
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- Jerrard M Hayes
- School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Oxford Glycobiology Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- NIBRT Glycoscience Group, National Institute for Bioprocessing, Research and Training, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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Hayes JM, Frostell A, Cosgrave EFJ, Struwe WB, Potter O, Davey GP, Karlsson R, Anneren C, Rudd PM. Fc gamma receptor glycosylation modulates the binding of IgG glycoforms: a requirement for stable antibody interactions. J Proteome Res 2014; 13:5471-85. [PMID: 25345863 DOI: 10.1021/pr500414q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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FcγRs play a critical role in the immune response following recognition of invading particles and tumor associated antigens by circulating antibodies. In the present study we investigated the role of FcγR glycosylation in the IgG interaction and observed a stabilizing role for receptor N-glycans. We performed a complete glycan analysis of the recombinant FcγRs (FcγRIa, FcγRIIa, FcγRIIb, FcγRIIIa(Phe158/Val158), and FcγRIIIb) expressed in human cells and demonstrate that receptor glycosylation is complex and varied between receptors. We used surface plasmon resonance to establish binding patterns between rituximab and all receptors. Complex binding was observed for FcγRIa and FcγRIIIa. The IgG-FcγR interaction was further investigated using a combination of kinetic experiments and enzymatically deglycosylated FcγRIa and FcγRIIIa(Phe158/Val158) receptors in an attempt to determine the underlying binding mechanism. We observed that antibody binding levels decreased for deglycosylated receptors, and at the same time, binding kinetics were altered and showed a more rapid approach to steady state, followed by an increase in the antibody dissociation rate. Binding of rituximab to deglycosylated FcγRIIIa(Phe158) was now consistent with a 1:1 binding mechanism, while binding of rituximab to FcγRIIIa(Val158) remained heterogeneous. Kinetic data support a complex binding mechanism, involving heterogeneity in both antibody and receptor, where fucosylated and afucosylated antibody forms compete in receptor binding and in receptor molecules where heterogeneity in receptor glycosylation plays an important role. The exact nature of receptor glycans involved in IgG binding remains unclear and determination of rate and affinity constants are challenging. Here, the use of more extended competition experiments appear promising and suggest that it may be possible to determine dissociation rate constants for high affinity afucosylated antibodies without the need to purify or express such variants. The data described provide further insight into the complexity of the IgG-FcγR interaction and the influence of FcγR glycosylation.
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- Jerrard M Hayes
- School of Biochemistry & Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College , Pearse St. Dublin 2, Dublin, Ireland
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Cosgrave EFJ, Struwe WB, Hayes JM, Harvey DJ, Wormald MR, Rudd PM. N-Linked Glycan Structures of the Human Fcγ Receptors Produced in NS0 Cells. J Proteome Res 2013; 12:3721-37. [DOI: 10.1021/pr400344h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Eoin F. J. Cosgrave
- NIBRT Glycobiology Group, National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training, Foster’s Avenue, Mount Merrion, Blackrock, County Dublin,
Ireland
- Pharmaceutical
Life Sciences
Group, Waters Corporation, 34 Maple Street,
Milford, Massachusetts 01757, United States
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- NIBRT Glycobiology Group, National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training, Foster’s Avenue, Mount Merrion, Blackrock, County Dublin,
Ireland
- Chemistry Research Laboratory,
Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TA, United Kingdom
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- NIBRT Glycobiology Group, National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training, Foster’s Avenue, Mount Merrion, Blackrock, County Dublin,
Ireland
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- Oxford Glycobiology Institute,
Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, United Kingdom
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- Oxford Glycobiology Institute,
Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, United Kingdom
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- NIBRT Glycobiology Group, National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training, Foster’s Avenue, Mount Merrion, Blackrock, County Dublin,
Ireland
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Kato K. Structural Biology of Post-translational Modifications of Proteins. YAKUGAKU ZASSHI 2012; 132:563-73. [DOI: 10.1248/yakushi.132.563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Koichi Kato
- Institute for Molecular Science and Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience, National Institutes of Natural Sciences
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University
- The Glycoscience Institute, Ochanomizu University
- GLYECE Co., Ltd
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Mizushima T, Yagi H, Takemoto E, Shibata-Koyama M, Isoda Y, Iida S, Masuda K, Satoh M, Kato K. Structural basis for improved efficacy of therapeutic antibodies on defucosylation of their Fc glycans. Genes Cells 2011; 16:1071-80. [PMID: 22023369 PMCID: PMC3258418 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2443.2011.01552.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 191] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2011] [Accepted: 07/28/2011] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Removal of the fucose residue from the N-glycans of the Fc portion of immunoglobulin G (IgG) results in a dramatic enhancement of antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) through improved affinity for Fcγ receptor IIIa (FcγRIIIa). Here, we present the 2.2-Å structure of the complex formed between nonfucosylated IgG1-Fc and a soluble form of FcγRIIIa (sFcγRIIIa) with two N-glycosylation sites. The crystal structure shows that one of the two N-glycans of sFcγRIIIa mediates the interaction with nonfucosylated Fc, thereby stabilizing the complex. However, fucosylation of the Fc N-glycans inhibits this interaction, because of steric hindrance, and furthermore, negatively affects the dynamics of the receptor binding site. Our results offer a structural basis for improvement in ADCC of therapeutic antibodies by defucosylation.
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- Tsunehiro Mizushima
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University3-1 Tanabe-dori, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8603, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University3-1 Tanabe-dori, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8603, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University3-1 Tanabe-dori, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8603, Japan
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- Antibody Research Laboratories, Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd3-6-6 Asahi-machi, Machida-shi, Tokyo 194-8533, Japan
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- Antibody Research Laboratories, Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd3-6-6 Asahi-machi, Machida-shi, Tokyo 194-8533, Japan
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- Antibody Research Laboratories, Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd3-6-6 Asahi-machi, Machida-shi, Tokyo 194-8533, Japan
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- Antibody Research Laboratories, Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd3-6-6 Asahi-machi, Machida-shi, Tokyo 194-8533, Japan
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- Antibody Research Laboratories, Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd3-6-6 Asahi-machi, Machida-shi, Tokyo 194-8533, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University3-1 Tanabe-dori, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8603, Japan
- Institute for Molecular Science and Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience, National Institutes of Natural Sciences5-1 Higashiyama Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8787, Japan
- GLYENCE Co., Ltd.2-22-8 Chikusa, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-0858, Japan
- The Glycoscience Institute, Ochanomizu University2-1-1 Ohtsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8610, Japan
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Zeck A, Pohlentz G, Schlothauer T, Peter-Katalinić J, Regula JT. Cell Type-Specific and Site Directed N-Glycosylation Pattern of FcγRIIIa. J Proteome Res 2011; 10:3031-9. [DOI: 10.1021/pr1012653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Anne Zeck
- Proteinanalytics, Biologics Research (pRED), Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Penzberg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Proteinanalytics, Biologics Research (pRED), Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Penzberg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Proteinanalytics, Biologics Research (pRED), Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Penzberg, Germany
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Croughan MS, Hu WS. From microcarriers to hydrodynamics: Introducing engineering science into animal cell culture. Biotechnol Bioeng 2006; 95:220-225. [PMID: 16933297 DOI: 10.1002/bit.21088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Professor Daniel I.C. Wang has conducted research in animal cell culture for approximately 40 years. Over that long time period and still to this day, he successfully addresses a multitude of engineering challenges, taking a unique, creative, systems-driven but still fundamental approach. As mammalian cell culture has become the predominant method of manufacturing therapeutic proteins, the impact of his leadership, not only in research but also student recruitment and education, has played a key role in the success of the bio/pharmaceutical industry.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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