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Epitope and Paratope Mapping of PD-1/Nivolumab by Mass Spectrometry-Based Hydrogen-Deuterium Exchange, Cross-linking, and Molecular Docking.


ABSTRACT: Programmed cell death-1 (PD-1), an antigen co-receptor on cell surfaces, is one of the conspicuous immune checkpoints. Nivolumab, a monoclonal antibody therapeutic approved by the FDA, binds to PD-1 and efficiently blocks its pathways. In this study, an integrated approach was developed to map the epitope/paratope of PD-1/nivolumab. The approach includes hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry (HDX-MS) followed by electron-transfer dissociation (ETD), chemical cross-linking, and molecular docking. HDX-ETD offers some binding-site characterization with amino acid resolution. Chemical cross-linking provides complementary information on one additional epitope (i.e., the BC-loop) and a potential paratope at the N-terminus of the heavy chain. Furthermore, cross-linking identifies another loop region (i.e., the C'D-loop) that undergoes a remote conformational change. The distance restraints derived from the cross-links enable building high-confidence models of PD-1/nivolumab, evaluated with respect to a resolved crystal structure. This integrated strategy is an opportunity to characterize comprehensively other antigen-antibody interactions, to enable the understanding of binding mechanisms, and to design future antibody therapeutics.

SUBMITTER: Zhang MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7501946 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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