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  • Affimer reagents as tool mo...
    Xu, Rui-Gang; Tiede, Christian; Calabrese, Antonio N.; Cheah, Lih T.; Adams, Thomas L.; Gauer, Julia S.; Hindle, Matthew S.; Webb, Beth A.; Yates, Daisie M.; Slater, Alexandre; Duval, Cédric; Naseem, Khalid M.; Herr, Andrew B.; Tomlinson, Darren C.; Watson, Steve P.; Ariëns, Robert A. S.

    Blood advances, 06/2024
    Journal Article

    •We generated Affimers against platelet GPVI and mapped their binding sites, revealing functional regions regulating ligand binding.•A dimeric epitope was identified on GPVI for Affimer D18, which specifically binds GPVI dimer through a 1:1 interaction. Display omitted Glycoprotein VI (GPVI) plays a key role in collagen-induced platelet aggregation. Affimers are engineered binding protein alternatives to antibodies. We screened and characterized GPVI-binding Affimers as novel tools to probe GPVI function. Among the positive clones, M17, D22, and D18 bound GPVI with the highest affinities (dissociation constant (KD) in the nanomolar range). These Affimers inhibited GPVI-collagen-related peptide (CRP)-XL/collagen interactions, CRP-XL/collagen-induced platelet aggregation, and D22 also inhibited in vitro thrombus formation on a collagen surface under flow. D18 bound GPVI dimer but not monomer. GPVI binding was increased for D18 but not M17/D22 upon platelet activation by CRP-XL and adenosine 5′-diphosphate. D22 but not M17/D18 displaced nanobody 2 (Nb2) binding to GPVI, indicating similar epitopes for D22 with Nb2 but not for M17/D18. Mapping of binding sites revealed that D22 binds a site that overlaps with Nb2 on the D1 domain, whereas M17 targets a site on the D2 domain, overlapping in part with the glenzocimab binding site, a humanized GPVI antibody fragment antigen-binding fragment. D18 targets a new region on the D2 domain. We found that D18 is a stable noncovalent dimer and forms a stable complex with dimeric GPVI with 1:1 stoichiometry. Taken together, our data demonstrate that Affimers modulate GPVI-ligand interactions and bind different sites on GPVI D1/D2 domains. D18 is dimer-specific and could be used as a tool to detect GPVI dimerization or clustering in platelets. A dimeric epitope regulating ligand binding was identified on the GPVI D2 domain, which could be used for the development of novel bivalent antithrombotic agents selectively targeting GPVI dimer on platelets.