Energy-based generative models for monoclonal antibodies

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Autori principali: Pereira, Paul, Minoux, Hervé, Walczak, Aleksandra M., Mora, Thierry
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author Pereira, Paul
Minoux, Hervé
Walczak, Aleksandra M.
Mora, Thierry
author_facet Pereira, Paul
Minoux, Hervé
Walczak, Aleksandra M.
Mora, Thierry
contents Since the approval of the first antibody drug in 1986, a total of 162 antibodies have been approved for a wide range of therapeutic areas, including cancer, autoimmune, infectious, or cardiovascular diseases. Despite advances in biotechnology that accelerated the development of antibody drugs, the drug discovery process for this modality remains lengthy and costly, requiring multiple rounds of optimizations before a drug candidate can progress to preclinical and clinical trials. This multi-optimization problem involves increasing the affinity of the antibody to the target antigen while refining additional biophysical properties that are essential to drug development such as solubility, thermostability or aggregation propensity. Additionally, antibodies that resemble natural human antibodies are particularly desirable, as they are likely to offer improved profiles in terms of safety, efficacy, and reduced immunogenicity, further supporting their therapeutic potential. In this article, we explore the use of energy-based generative models to optimize a candidate monoclonal antibody. We identify tradeoffs when optimizing for multiple properties, concentrating on solubility, humanness and affinity and use the generative model we develop to generate candidate antibodies that lie on an optimal Pareto front that satisfies these constraints.
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Pereira, Paul
Minoux, Hervé
Walczak, Aleksandra M.
Mora, Thierry
Biomolecules
Since the approval of the first antibody drug in 1986, a total of 162 antibodies have been approved for a wide range of therapeutic areas, including cancer, autoimmune, infectious, or cardiovascular diseases. Despite advances in biotechnology that accelerated the development of antibody drugs, the drug discovery process for this modality remains lengthy and costly, requiring multiple rounds of optimizations before a drug candidate can progress to preclinical and clinical trials. This multi-optimization problem involves increasing the affinity of the antibody to the target antigen while refining additional biophysical properties that are essential to drug development such as solubility, thermostability or aggregation propensity. Additionally, antibodies that resemble natural human antibodies are particularly desirable, as they are likely to offer improved profiles in terms of safety, efficacy, and reduced immunogenicity, further supporting their therapeutic potential. In this article, we explore the use of energy-based generative models to optimize a candidate monoclonal antibody. We identify tradeoffs when optimizing for multiple properties, concentrating on solubility, humanness and affinity and use the generative model we develop to generate candidate antibodies that lie on an optimal Pareto front that satisfies these constraints.
title Energy-based generative models for monoclonal antibodies
topic Biomolecules
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.13390