Abstract: Disclosed herein is an activatable fusion protein that includes, in an N- to C-terminal direction, an albumin, a matrix metalloproteinase-cleavable linker, and an immunoadhesin which includes a cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 (CTLA4) having an N-terminal extracellular domain and an IgG Fc region, wherein the albumin is released from the activatable fusion protein in the presence of a matrix metalloproteinase that cleaves the cleavable linker, so that the N-terminal extracellular domain of the CTLA4 binds to CD80 or CD86. Also disclosed herein is use of the activatable fusion protein for suppressing a T cell-dependent immune response.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an activatable fusion protein that includes, in an N- to C-terminal direction, an albumin, a matrix metalloproteinase-cleavable linker, and an immunoadhesin which includes a cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 (CTLA4) having an N-terminal extracellular domain and an IgG Fc region, wherein the albumin is released from the activatable fusion protein in the presence of a matrix metalloproteinase that cleaves the cleavable linker, so that the N-terminal extracellular domain of the CTLA4 binds to CD80 or CD86. Also disclosed herein is use of the activatable fusion protein for suppressing a T cell-dependent immune response.