This product is an unconjugated, non-therapeutic recombinant analog of lexatumumab, a fully human antibody built around the death receptor DR5 (TRAIL-R2 / TNFRSF10B). Unlike neutralizing biosimilars, the originator is an agonistic antibody that engages and clusters DR5 to trigger receptor-mediated apoptosis, and the analog reproduces this DR5-binding specificity for research use. It is supplied for research use only (RUO) as an unconjugated preparation and is not the clinical drug, not for human or veterinary use. Typical research applications include use as a defined, well-characterized binding and receptor-engagement reagent in apoptosis and cell-death signaling studies, as a benchmark or positive control in DR5-targeting antibody and ligand comparisons, and as a starting molecule for ADC development, ADCC/effector-function assays, and preclinical in-vitro/ex-vivo model work. It is available at research grade with low endotoxin (<1 EU/mg; ultra-low <0.5 EU/mg options) and in bulk milligram-to-gram quantities to support screening, assay standardization, and scale-dependent experiments. Presented as guidance for ichorbio to review.
TNFRSF10B encodes death receptor 5 (DR5, also TRAIL-R2, CD262, KILLER, APO-2), a type I transmembrane member of the TNF receptor superfamily and one of the two agonistic receptors for TRAIL (TNFSF10). Its cytoplasmic region contains a death domain that, upon ligand-induced or antibody-induced receptor clustering, recruits the adaptor FADD and pro-caspase-8/10 to assemble the death-inducing signaling complex (DISC). DISC assembly drives caspase-8 activation and extrinsic apoptosis, with amplification through the intrinsic mitochondrial pathway in type II cells. DR5 is broadly expressed and frequently upregulated on tumor cells, and its engagement can also modulate NF-kB and non-apoptotic signaling. Because DR5 activation can selectively induce apoptosis in transformed cells, it is a long-standing target in cancer cell-death research.