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C8Mab-21: A novel anti-human CCR8 monoclonal antibody for flow cytometry

Haruto Yamamoto1† Yu Kaneko1† Tomohiro Tanaka1† Guanjie Li1 Hiroyuki Suzuki1* Mika K. Kaneko1 Yukinari Kato1*
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1 Department of Antibody Drug Development, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1, Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
Submitted: 26 August 2024 | Revised: 13 November 2024 | Accepted: 2 December 2024 | Published: 16 December 2024
© 2024 by the Author(s). This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )
Abstract

C-C motif chemokine receptor-8 (CCR8) belongs to class A of G protein-coupled receptors. CCR8 interacts with the specific chemokine ligand CCL1/I-309 in humans, which is produced by various cells, including tumor-associated macrophages and regulatory T cells (Treg). CCR8 is highly expressed on Treg and T-helper 2 cells recruited to the inflammation site and is implicated in allergy, asthma, and cancer progression. CCR8+Treg cells have been suggested an important regulator in the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment. Therefore, it has been proposed for use in the development of sensitive monoclonal antibodies targeting CCR8. This study developed a specific mAb for human CCR8 (hCCR8), which is useful for flow cytometry by employing the Cell-Based Immunization and Screening (CBIS) method. The established anti-hCCR8 mAb (C8Mab-21; mouse IgM, kappa) demonstrated reactivity with hCCR8-overexpressed Chinese hamster ovary-K1 (CHO/hCCR8) cells, TALL-1 (human adult acute T-lymphoblastic leukemia), CCRF-HSB2 (human T-lymphoblastic leukemia), and natural killer cells expressing endogenous hCCR8, as confirmed by flow cytometry. Furthermore, EC50 values of C8Mab-21 for CHO/hCCR8 and TALL-1 were determined as 6.5 × 10−8 M and 2.0 × 10−8 M, respectively. C8Mab-21, established by the CBIS method, provides a useful tool for analyzing the hCCR8-related biological response using flow cytometry.

Keywords
CCR8
CBIS method
Monoclonal antibody
Flow cytometry
Funding
This research was supported, in part, by the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) under Grant Nos.: JP24am0521010 (to Y.K.), JP23ama121008 (to Y.K.), JP23bm1123027 (to Y.K.), and JP23ck0106730 (to Y.K.), and by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) Grant Nos.: 22K06995 (to H.S.) and 22K07224 (to Y. K).
Conflict of interest
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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