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ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE
Volume 6, Issue 1, Pages 22-31Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.9b00964
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- European Research Council (ERC) [280255]
- Ministry of Education, Culture and Science [024.001.035]
- European Research Council (ERC) [280255] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)
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The ability to control antibody activity by pH has important applications in diagnostics, therapeutic antibody targeting, and antibody-guided imaging. Here, we report the rational design of bivalent peptide-DNA ligands that allow pH-dependent control of antibody activity. Our strategy uses a pH-responsive DNA triple helix to control switching from a tight-binding bivalent peptide-DNA lock into a weaker-binding monovalent ligand. Different designs are introduced that allow antibody activation at both basic and acidic pHs, either autonomously or in the presence of an additional oligonucleotide trigger. The pH of antibody activation could be precisely tuned by changing the DNA triple helix sequence. The peptide-DNA locks allowed pH-dependent antibody targeting of tumor cells both in bulk and for single cells confined in water-in-oil microdroplets. The latter approach enables high-throughput antibody-mediated detection of single tumor cells based on their distinctive metabolic activity.
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