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. 2020 Jun 24;11:3196. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-16838-w

Fig. 5. Prot-FOLR1-TCB is efficiently blocked while its potency can be fully restored upon linker cleavage.

Fig. 5

Dose–response curves for T-cell killing of FOLR1-positive tumor cells after 48 h mediated by TCB using PBMCs as effector cells with an E:T of 10:1. a, b Comparison of Prot-FOLR1-TCB (noncleavable and precleaved with matA site) for tumor cells with different FOLR1 expression levels (a HeLa cells, b Skov-3 cells). The cytotoxicity induced by the antibodies is shown. Each point represents the mean of triplicates. Standard deviation is indicated by error bars (representative experiment for one PBMC donor, n = 2 different human PBMC donors). c, d The cytotoxicity induced by the Prot-FOLR1-TCB containing MMP-matA site is shown. The Prot-FOLR1-TCB containing an MMP-matA site (gray circles) or a noncleavable linker (blue triangles pointing up) is shown. FOLR1-TCB (red triangles, pointing down), precleaved Prot-FOLR1-TCB (orange squares) and a nontargeted TCB (black circles) are used as controls. The cytotoxicity of the Prot-FOLR1-TCB with a noncleavable linker was only measured for four concentrations using Skov-3 cells as the target cells. The nontargeted TCB was only used at the three highest concentrations for both cell lines. The pretreatment of the Prot-FOLR1-TCB (orange squares) was done by incubation of Prot-FOLR1-TCB with recombinant human matriptase for 24 h at 37 °C. Each point represents the mean of triplicates. Standard deviation is indicated by error bars (representative experiment for one PBMC donor, n = 3 different human PBMC donors). e, f Granzyme B release was quantified by FACS analysis after incubation of PBMCs with 10 nM of Prot-FOLR1-TCB (cleavable linker vs. noncleavable linker) and FOLR1-positive target cells for 48 h. Each point represents the mean value of triplicates. Standard error is indicated by error bars (representative experiment for one PBMC donor, n = 3 different human PBMC donors). g FOLR1-positive tumor cell (CellPlayer™ MDA-MB-231 NucLight Red) growth inhibition mediated by Prot-FOLR1-TCB containing MMP-matA site and human PBMCs. Each point represents the mean of triplicates. Standard deviation is indicated by error bars (representative experiment for one PBMC donor, n = 2 different human PBMC donors).