抗PD-1抗体的计算进化诱导了高亲和度相互作用的结构重折叠
Yuanjun Shi1, Yeil Kim2, Pulan Liu3
1Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States.
Biochemistry
|February 11, 2026
概括
计算方法开发出了针对柔性PD-1蛋白的新抗体. 一种变体,m7p.5,实现了皮科莫拉亲和力,为蛋白质-蛋白质相互作用疗法提供了一个新的工具.
科学领域:
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
- 计算生物学 计算生物学
- 结构生物学 结构生物学
背景情况:
- 针对PD-1/PD-L1轴的检查点抑制剂是重要的免疫疗法.
- PD-1的动态和灵活性质对抗体工程提出了挑战.
研究的目的:
- 通过使用计算方法来开发具有对PD-1增强结合亲和力的 pembrolizumab 变体.
- 展示集成计算方法的实用性,以准灵活的蛋白质接口.
主要方法:
- 计算和突变发生.
- 阿尔法预测预测
- 分子动力学 (MD) 模拟
- 对抗体-蛋白质结构相互作用的分析.
主要成果:
- 七种工程抗体通过额外的盐桥和疏水接触证明了更好的结合.
- 一个变体,m7p.5,表现出双相动力学和高亲和度结合 (KD,明显 = 62 pM).
- 观察到的结构变化包括抗体重链中的α螺旋到循环过渡以及显著的PD-1循环转移.
结论:
- 计算进化可以为内在灵活的目标产生高亲和度抗体,克服传统设计的局限性.
- 综合计算方法,包括MD模拟,提供了一种具有成本效益的方法来发现新的皮科莫拉亲和抗体.
- 这项研究为人工智能驱动的针对PD-1和其他蛋白质与蛋白质相互作用的抗体生成提供了有价值的工具.
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