ICH5025 is an unconjugated, non-therapeutic recombinant analog of blinatumomab, supplied strictly for research use. Blinatumomab is a bispecific T-cell engager (BiTE) built as a single polypeptide that fuses two single-chain variable fragments: one arm engaging CD19 on B-lineage cells and the other engaging CD3 on T cells, bridging the two to redirect polyclonal T-cell cytotoxicity onto CD19-positive targets. This RUO analog reproduces that dual-specificity, single-chain format (here expressed as an ScFv-His construct for convenient purification and detection), making it a practical tool for in-vitro T-cell redirection assays, target-binding and cross-linking studies, bispecific-engager assay development, and as a positive control or benchmark reference alongside novel BiTE or CAR constructs. It is offered at low endotoxin (research grade less than 1 EU/mg; ultra-low less than 0.5 EU/mg) and in bulk milligram-to-gram quantities suitable for standardized, reproducible preclinical work. It is not the clinical product and is not intended for human or veterinary use, diagnosis, or therapy.
CD19 (UniProt P15391) is a B-lineage transmembrane glycoprotein of the immunoglobulin superfamily expressed from early pro-B through mature B cells but lost on terminally differentiated plasma cells. As a component of the CD19/CD21/CD81 co-receptor complex, it lowers the threshold for B-cell receptor signaling and is a defining marker of normal and malignant B cells, including most B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemias. CD3 epsilon (UniProt P07766) is an invariant subunit of the CD3 signaling module that, with the CD3 gamma, delta and zeta chains, assembles with the alpha/beta T-cell receptor. CD3 transduces antigen-recognition signals into T-cell activation via ITAM phosphorylation. By simultaneously binding CD19 and CD3, a BiTE forms a cytolytic synapse independent of TCR specificity or MHC, triggering perforin/granzyme-mediated killing of the CD19-positive cell.