Protein-Antibody Conjugates (PACs): A Plug-and-Play Strategy for Covalent Conjugation and Targeted Intracellular
Bin Liu1, Khushboo Singh1,2, Shuai Gong1,2
1Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 01003, USA.
Abstract:
We report here on protein-antibody conjugates (PACs) that are used for antibody-directed delivery of protein therapeutics to specific cells. PACs have the potential to judiciously combine the merits of two prolific therapeutic approaches-biologics and antibody-drug conjugates. We utilize spherical polymer brushes to construct PACs using the combination of two simple and efficient functionally orthogonal click chemistries. In addition to the synthesis and characterization of these nanoparticles, we demonstrate that PACs are indeed capable of specifically targeting cells based on the presence of target antigen on the cell surface to deliver proteins. The potentially broad adaptability of PACs opens up new opportunities for targeted biologics in therapeutics and sensing.
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