Cytokine-Targeting Antibodies and Immuno-Cytokines

A special issue of Antibodies (ISSN 2073-4468).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 March 2022) | Viewed by 5550

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OSE Immunotherapeutics, Nantes, France
Interests: immunotherapy; immuno-oncology; immuno-inflammation; T and B lymphocytes; macrophages; neutrophils; cytokine

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Dear Colleagues,

Cytokines are key soluble mediators enabling cell–cell communication between immune cells, but also the crosstalk between our damaged tissue cells and the immune system. Several cytokines or cytokine receptors have been targeted successfully in inflammation and autoimmune diseases with classical antibodies, while the oncology field has focused on administering some naked cytokines. The field of cytokine-targeting antibodies and immuno-cytokines has experienced a growing renewed interest with the discovery and characterization of new cytokines, the introduction of engineered cytokines, multispecific antibodies, and antibody fusion proteins providing novel or redirected mechanisms of action, differentiated functions, and novel therapeutic opportunities.

This Special Issue of Antibodies aims to collect original manuscripts and reviews covering the progress in the growing field of cytokine-targeting antibodies as well as immunocytokines with potential therapeutic application in oncology, inflammation, and autoimmune or infectious diseases.

Dr. Nicolas Poirier
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • cytokines
  • antibody engineering
  • bispecific antibodies
  • antibody fusion proteins
  • immuno-cytokines
  • cancer immunotherapy
  • inflammation
  • autoimmune diseases

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Design and Characterization of Novel Antibody-Cytokine Fusion Proteins Based on Interleukin-21
by Cesare Di Nitto, Dario Neri, Tobias Weiss, Michael Weller and Roberto De Luca
Antibodies 2022, 11(1), 19; https://doi.org/10.3390/antib11010019 - 4 Mar 2022
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Abstract
Interleukin-21 (IL21) is a pleiotropic cytokine involved in the modulation of both innate and adaptive immunity. IL21 is mainly secreted by natural killer (NK) and activated CD4+ T-cells. The biology of this cytokine can be associated to proinflammatory responses reflecting its potent stimulatory [...] Read more.
Interleukin-21 (IL21) is a pleiotropic cytokine involved in the modulation of both innate and adaptive immunity. IL21 is mainly secreted by natural killer (NK) and activated CD4+ T-cells. The biology of this cytokine can be associated to proinflammatory responses reflecting its potent stimulatory activity of NK and CD8+ T-cells. Here we describe four formats of novel IL21-based antibody–cytokine fusion proteins, targeting the extra domain A (EDA) of fibronectin and explore their potential for cancer treatment. The fusion proteins were designed, expressed, and characterized. F8 in single-chain diabody (scDb) format fused to IL21 at its C-terminus exhibited a promising profile in size exclusion chromatography (SEC) and SDS-PAGE. The lead candidate was further characterized in vitro. A cell-based activity assay on murine cytotoxic T-cells showed that human IL21, compared to murine IL21 partially cross-reacted with the murine receptor. The prototype was able to recognize EDA as demonstrated by immunofluorescence analysis on tumor sections. In an in vivo quantitative biodistribution experiment, F8(scDb)-murine IL21 did not preferentially accumulate at the site of disease after intravenous injection, suggesting that additional protein engineering would be required to improve the tumor-homing properties of IL21-based product. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cytokine-Targeting Antibodies and Immuno-Cytokines)
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