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CD137/TNFRSF9/4-1BB

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Introduction To CD137/TNFRSF9/4-1BB

Drug targets a biomolecule that can directly bind to drugs and then react. Generally, the target refers to a protein, which is related to the cause of disease. The focus of the target began with focusing on tumors, and then began to spread to various fields .CD137/TNFRSF9/4-1BB protein is a common target in medicine.
CD137, also known as 4-1BB, is a receptor for T cell stimulation of expression and is a member of the TNFRSF giant family. There are various types of activated CD cells, natural killer cells T cells, and other immune-related cells.CD137 can be expressed only on already activated T cells and does not occur on T cells that are not activated. Expression also occurs on the surface of other immune cells.

Function of Target CD137/TNFRSF9/4-1BB

CD137 on the surface of T cells would react with CD137L on APCs and then destimulate the two cells already producing the response. CD137 induced differentiation and growth of T cells and APCS with increased secretion of cytokines. CD137 preempts CD8 + T cells, preventing CD8 + T cell-induced AICD. The expression level of CD137 in cells is also affected by different TCR affinities, and the different intensity and type of stimulation can also alter CD137L expression. Signaling between the appearance of CD137 / CD137L may also mitigate the effects of T cells in producing an immune response, prevent T cell activation and proliferation, and reduce cytokine production. When CD137 is not expressed on the surface of T cells, T cells and myeloid cells will overproliferate. This may be because the signal transmitted by CD137 itself causes some kind of regulatory molecule by DCs, or possibly due to the inhibitory signal from CD137L to T cells.
Soluble CD137 (sCD137) is a soluble form of CD137 without synergistic stimulatory activity. Human sCD137, generated by differential splicing, simultaneously acts as a negative regulator-dependent CD137L to antagonize the batch-stimulating activity of CD137 to inhibit effector T-cell proliferation. In hypoxia and autoimmune diseases, serum sCD137 levels are increased in patients such as malignancy, rheumatoid arthritis, and mandatory spondylitis.
In CD137, under the influence of some unknown factors, it will produce some abnormal immune responses, which will cause the body's immune system to lose control and produce an immune response to its substances and cause harm to the body. If no stimulatory signal is generated, T cells that have already reacted to the antigen will not be activated, causing themselves to develop immune tolerance, severely leading to apoptosis. If the stimulation produced exceeds a certain limit, the autoreactive cell activity will be enhanced.CD137 / CD137L co-stimulatory signaling is one of the main drivers of type 1 cell-mediated immune responses, involving a variety of autoimmune diseases, including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) rheumatoid arthritis (RA) type 1 diabetes mellitus (TID) ankylosing spondylitis.

Gene Pathway of Target CD137/TNFRSF9/4-1BB

The binding of CD137 and its ligands clusters TRAF 1 and TRAF 2 activates NF- ᴋB and MAP kinase signaling pathways, ultimately leading to IL-2 and IFN- γ secretion and upregulation of the antiapoptotic molecules Bcl-xL and Bfl-1.
CD137
Fig 1: CD137 Gene Pathway. (Reference documentation: Xu MM, Ménoret A, Nicholas SE, Günther S, Sundberg EJ, Zhou B, Rodriguez A, Murphy PA, Vella AT. Direct CD137 costimulation of CD8 T cells promotes retention and innate-like function within nascent atherogenic foci. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2019 Jun 1;316(6):H1480-H1494. )

Alpha Lifetech Can Provide

At present, various drugs targeting CD137/TNFRSF9/4-1BB are constantly under development, and taking drugs alone or together with other products to treat diseases has become a new method and remarkable achievements have been made. CD137/TNFRSF9/4-1BB protein has shown important research value and application prospects in tumor biology, and drug research and development. With further research and technological advances, CD137/TNFRSF9/4-1BB protein products are also essential. Alpha Lifetech can provide CD137/TNFRSF9/4-1BB corresponding products and help each customer's research and development. In addition, Alpha Lifetech can provide efficient and accurate EC50 / IC50, helping customer companies to screen compounds efficiently and accurately. At the same time, Alpha Lifetech also provides some services such as recombinant antibody production and recombinant antibody purification, to conduct in vitro affinity screening to ensure the maturity of recombinant antibody affinity and help customers in antibody drug discovery, and subsequent various experiments.
Catalog Number Product Name Product Sizes
ALP64693 50ug,100ug,500ug
ALP64643 50ug,100ug,500ug
ALP64642 50ug,100ug,500ug
ALP64615 50ug,100ug,500ug
ALP64570 50ug,100ug,500ug
ADT1682
ADT1682-Urelumab Biosimilar– Anti-TNFRSF9, CD137 mAb – Research Grade
1mg,5mg
ADT1685
ADT1685-Utomilumab Biosimilar– Anti-Human TNFRSF9 mAb – Research Grade
1mg,5mg

Reference 

[1] Pichler AC, Carrié N, Cuisinier M, Ghazali S, Voisin A, Axisa PP, Tosolini M, Mazzotti C, Golec DP, Maheo S, do Souto L, Ekren R, Blanquart E, Lemaitre L, Feliu V, Joubert MV, Cannons JL, Guillerey C, Avet-Loiseau H, Watts TH, Salomon BL, Joffre O, Grinberg-Bleyer Y, Schwartzberg PL, Lucca LE, Martinet L. TCR-independent CD137 (4-1BB) signaling promotes CD8+-exhausted T cell proliferation and terminal differentiation. Immunity. 2023 Jul 11;56(7):1631-1648.e10.
[2] Otano I, Azpilikueta A, Glez-Vaz J, Alvarez M, Medina-Echeverz J, Cortés-Domínguez I, Ortiz-de-Solorzano C, Ellmark P, Fritzell S, Hernandez-Hoyos G, Nelson MH, Ochoa MC, Bolaños E, Cuculescu D, Jaúregui P, Sanchez-Gregorio S, Etxeberria I, Rodriguez-Ruiz ME, Sanmamed MF, Teijeira Á, Berraondo P, Melero I. CD137 (4-1BB) costimulation of CD8+ T cells is more potent when provided in cis than in trans with respect to CD3-TCR stimulation. Nat Commun. 2021 Dec 15;12(1):7296.
[3] Xu MM, Ménoret A, Nicholas SE, Günther S, Sundberg EJ, Zhou B, Rodriguez A, Murphy PA, Vella AT. Direct CD137 costimulation of CD8 T cells promotes retention and innate-like function within nascent atherogenic foci. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2019 Jun 1;316(6):H1480-H1494.

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