Project

GlycoDelete-ADC, a novel antibody-drug conjugate platform.

Acronym
GlycoDelete-ADC
Code
F2024/IOF-StarTT/040
Duration
31 December 2024 → 30 June 2026
Funding
Regional and community funding: Industrial Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Cancer therapy
  • Engineering and technology
    • Medical molecular engineering of nucleic acids and proteins
    • Other biotechnology, bio-engineering and biosystem engineering not elsewhere classified
Keywords
Immunotherapy Cancer Therapy Antibody-drug conjugates Conjugation technology
 
Project description

Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are novel immunotherapeutics that combine the antibody-mediated targeting to tumor cells with the cytotoxic effect of toxic molecules. ADCs have recently shown clinical success, after several rounds of optimization for the conjugation chemistry, the conjugation spacer and the cytotoxin. We have developed a new conjugation technology that stabilizes and simplifies the conjugation spacer requirements. In order to enable these improvements, and to homogenize the conjugates, we produce the antibodies in specialized cells (HEK293S GlycoDelete). In the current IOF StarTT project, we aim to further optimize the conjugation protocol and to validate our initial functional tests (anti-tumor cytotoxicity) in mouse models. Furthermore, we aim to adapt CHO cells, the main production host cells for antibodies in industry, with the GlycoDelete technology.