National Institutes of Health/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NIH/NICHD)
K99HD110612
United States
National Institutes of Health/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NIH/NICHD)
R21HD101596
United States
National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute (NIH/NCI)
R01CA260415
United States
Citation
Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A / Year: 2025 Title: Epitope-directed selection of GPCR nanobody ligands with evolvable function. Authors: Meredith A Skiba / Clare Canavan / Genevieve R Nemeth / Jinghan Liu / Ali Kanso / Andrew C Kruse / Abstract: Antibodies have the potential to target G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) with high receptor, cellular, and tissue selectivity; however, few antibody ligands for GPCRs exist. Here, we describe a ...Antibodies have the potential to target G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) with high receptor, cellular, and tissue selectivity; however, few antibody ligands for GPCRs exist. Here, we describe a generalizable selection method to enrich for GPCR ligands from a synthetic camelid antibody fragment (nanobody) library. Our strategy yielded multiple nanobody ligands for the angiotensin II type I receptor (AT1R), a prototypical GPCR and important drug target. We found that nanobodies readily act as allosteric modulators, encoding selectivity for both the receptor and chemical features of GPCR ligands. We then used structure-guided design to convert two nanobodies from allosteric ligands to competitive AT1R inhibitors through simple mutations. This work demonstrates that nanobodies can encode multiple pharmacological behaviors and have great potential as evolvable scaffolds for the development of next-generation GPCR therapeutics.
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