Photocatalyzed elaboration of antibody-based bioconjugates

Antibody–drug conjugates (ADCs) represent a promising class of targeted therapeutics, combining the specificity of antibodies with the potency of cytotoxic drugs to enhance therapeutic efficacy while minimizing off-target effects. The development of new chemical methods for bioconjugation is essenti...

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Main Authors: Marine Le Stum, Eugénie Romero, Gary A. Molander
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Published: Beilstein-Institut 2025-03-01
Series:Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.21.49
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description Antibody–drug conjugates (ADCs) represent a promising class of targeted therapeutics, combining the specificity of antibodies with the potency of cytotoxic drugs to enhance therapeutic efficacy while minimizing off-target effects. The development of new chemical methods for bioconjugation is essential to generate ADCs and to optimize their stability, efficacy, and safety. Traditional conjugation methods often face challenges related to site-selectivity and heterogeneous product mixtures, highlighting the need to develop new, innovative chemical strategies. Photoredox chemistry emerges as a powerful tool in this context, enabling precise, mild, and selective modifications of peptides and proteins. By harnessing light to drive chemical transformations, photoredox techniques can facilitate the synthesis of antibody bioconjugates. This perspective will discuss the drive to develop and empower photoredox methods applied to antibody functionalization.
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spelling doaj-art-a1f7d540fcb64abb997133e0a37a7e412025-08-20T03:09:28ZengBeilstein-InstitutBeilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry1860-53972025-03-0121161662910.3762/bjoc.21.491860-5397-21-49Photocatalyzed elaboration of antibody-based bioconjugatesMarine Le Stum0Eugénie Romero1Gary A. Molander2Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, INRAE, Département Médicaments et Technologies pour la Santé (DMTS), SCBM, 91191 Gif-Sur-Yvette, France Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, INRAE, Département Médicaments et Technologies pour la Santé (DMTS), SCBM, 91191 Gif-Sur-Yvette, France Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, INRAE, Département Médicaments et Technologies pour la Santé (DMTS), SCBM, 91191 Gif-Sur-Yvette, France Antibody–drug conjugates (ADCs) represent a promising class of targeted therapeutics, combining the specificity of antibodies with the potency of cytotoxic drugs to enhance therapeutic efficacy while minimizing off-target effects. The development of new chemical methods for bioconjugation is essential to generate ADCs and to optimize their stability, efficacy, and safety. Traditional conjugation methods often face challenges related to site-selectivity and heterogeneous product mixtures, highlighting the need to develop new, innovative chemical strategies. Photoredox chemistry emerges as a powerful tool in this context, enabling precise, mild, and selective modifications of peptides and proteins. By harnessing light to drive chemical transformations, photoredox techniques can facilitate the synthesis of antibody bioconjugates. This perspective will discuss the drive to develop and empower photoredox methods applied to antibody functionalization.https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.21.49antibodiesbioconjugationbioorthogonalitychemoselectivitylate-stage functionalizationphotochemistry
spellingShingle Marine Le Stum
Eugénie Romero
Gary A. Molander
Photocatalyzed elaboration of antibody-based bioconjugates
Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry
antibodies
bioconjugation
bioorthogonality
chemoselectivity
late-stage functionalization
photochemistry
title Photocatalyzed elaboration of antibody-based bioconjugates
title_full Photocatalyzed elaboration of antibody-based bioconjugates
title_fullStr Photocatalyzed elaboration of antibody-based bioconjugates
title_full_unstemmed Photocatalyzed elaboration of antibody-based bioconjugates
title_short Photocatalyzed elaboration of antibody-based bioconjugates
title_sort photocatalyzed elaboration of antibody based bioconjugates
topic antibodies
bioconjugation
bioorthogonality
chemoselectivity
late-stage functionalization
photochemistry
url https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.21.49
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