Mabqi

Functional therapeutic human antibodies by design

 

Dedicated to delivering fully human functional antibody leads for diverse therapies

Mabqi is committed to delivering 100% human functional antibody leads for various therapeutic applications and areas such as oncology, neuroscience, autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, …

Based on a biological target, preclinical and clinical development requirements, Mabqi delivers readlily developable and functional human antibodies leads.

We support antibody discovery campaigns based on your targets of interest or maturation campaigns on parental hits or leads.

Our value proposition

Mabqi positions itself as a valuable partner in the early stages of therapeutic antibody discovery, enabling its partners to accelerate their drug development pipelines with promising and tailored antibody candidates:

  • Accelerate antibody discovery & development timelines
  • Maximize potential therapeutic lead candidates
  • Provide robust, reliable scientific results
  • IP-free

By partnering with us, you’ll leverage state-of-the-art capabilities that streamline your antibody discovery journey from initial concept to validated therapeutic potential.

Antibody display platform

Our expert team provides comprehensive solutions for antibody discovery and development programs, delivering seamless support across the entire discovery workflow:

 

Our antibody discovery platform delivers fully human antibody hits with

  • proven and highly developable human antibody, scFv plug & play format
  • high diversity (1011 clones)
  • high affinity  and improved functional characteristics such as species cross-reactivity, conditionally active pH-dependence to target acidic tumor environment, internalization, cytotoxicity.

Hits generation and validation

Unlock the power of our cutting-edge phage display libraries combined to yeast display technology to advance your antibody discovery process for virtually any targets including ion channels, GPCRs, peptides, proteins, peptide-MHC complexes, …

Our streamlined approach can deliver results in 3 months, guiding our partner through these key phases:

  • Materials selection and quality control (QC) including antigen, recombinant protein, cells….
  • Bio-panning strategies (de novo antibody discovery or maturation):
    • Panning strategies on proteins, peptides, cells, liposomes, VLPs, …
    • Hits generation with high affinity, selectivity, cross -reactivity and requested additional characteristics such as pH-sensitivity.
  • Confirmatory screening of the hits (scFv, Fab, …) after sequencing analysis
  • Comprehensive hit assessment to
    • evaluate binding properties of selected antibody fragments,
    • assess specificity to target antigens
    • perform affinity and functionality (including pH-sensitivity, competition, …) measurements for promising candidates
  • Hits deliveryunique scFv hits are provided to our sponsors along with comprehensive accompanying data.

 

We can further support our clients following hits’ selection and reformatting to IgG, BsAb, ADC format, with additional in-depth profiling of antibodies, such as additional antibody characterization and investigation of functional properties.

Antibody Characterization

Additional characterization is performed on antibodies (IgG, scFv, Fab, multispecific , bispecific, T cell engager, other formats, …) after a small-scale production to further identify lead candidates with desired affinity, dissociation kinetics, binding epitopes, and critical quality features.

  • Affinity and kinetic binding constants (kd, ka, KD) by BLI (BioLayer Interferometry) or ELISA (EC50), depending on target compatibility
 

           IgGs real-time affinity ranking by BLI 

 

  • Cell binding. Dose-response curves obtained from the detection of IgG-antigen complex by flow cytometry (EC50 determination)
  • Multispecies cross-reactivity (affinity determination on recombinant target and/or cell lines)
  • Epitope binning: analysis of antibody hits that bind similar epitope regions in the antigen into bins thanks to the Octet® RH16 System. This grouping is performed using cross competition assays, in which the competitive binding of antibody pairs to a specific antigen is characterized.

Functional tests are then performed in vitro to select the best hits candidates to move towards lead selection.


Developability package

A comprehensive set of standard assays will be performed on the hits to identify any potential drawbacks or limitations associated with the antibodies, ensuring their suitability for further development and application.

  • Efficiency of antibody production : yield/productivity
  • Homogeneity / purity of the final product by SEC-HPLC and SDS Page
  • Stability of the antibodies: Aggregation (Tagg), thermal stability (Tonset, Tm),
  • Binding specificity assay (ELISA)
  • Sequence liabilities by in silico analysis
  • Immunogenicity assessment

Diverse, developable and high-quality hits carrying unique sequences are delivered for further testing.


Functional validation

Based on its state-of-the-art platform, Mabqi’ discovery team performs several in vitro functional assays to select the best antibody lead candidates for further in vitro and in vivo preclinical testing.

Internalization assays

Antibody internalization assays are crucial for developing effective antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) and other therapeutic antibodies. These assays help identify antibodies that can efficiently enter target cells, which is essential for their therapeutic efficacy depending on initial requirements.

 

For 24 hours, real-time IgG internalization assays are performed with the Incucyte® integrated solution:

 

Direct Cytotoxicity Assays

To evaluate antibodies targeting cell surface membrane proteins and assess their effectiveness in inhibiting cancer cell growth and survival (naked antibodies, naked antibodies with secondary cytotoxic payload antibody, ADC), two assays can be performed:

Cell viability assay

Determination of the number of living cells in culture by quantifying ATP, by CellTiter Glo® 2.0 luminescent cell viability assay.

 

 

Real-time cell proliferation assay

Assays are performed with the Incucyte®, real-time, robust live-cell imaging and analysis to evaluate cell proliferation & viability.

Antibody internalization real-time assay
Cytotoxicity assay

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For questions about accessing our antibody display platform, leveraging our discovery programs, or discussing strategic partnerships, please contact us.

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