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Monitoring lysosomal catabolism: a sensitive probe for assessing targeted lysosomal degradation of extracellular proteins

Holly, R. W.; Hu, Y.-Z.; Beena Valsan, V.; Kougentakis, C.; Petronikolou, N.; Chen, T.; Li, D.; Chen, A.; Rank, S.; Doran, K. H.; Turtle, E.; Langsdorf, C.; Shurtleff, M. J.

2024-10-19 cell biology
10.1101/2024.10.18.619124 bioRxiv
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Extracellular targeted protein degradation (eTPD) is an emerging therapeutic field. The Lysosome targeting chimera (LYTAC) is a therapeutic modality that promotes degradation of extracellular drivers of disease in the lysosome. While widely available pH-sensitive probes may report on lysosome delivery, these probes do not necessarily report on the enzymatically active functional state of the lysosome. We report the development and application of a sensitive fluorescent probe, LysoLight Deep Red, to monitor catabolism of internalized proteins in the lysosome based on cleavage by cathepsin proteases. We demonstrate the application of Lysolight Deep Red to monitor the catabolic fate of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies, ASGPR-targeted LYTAC therapeutics and LYTAC targets in immortalized cell lines and in primary human hepatocytes.

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