The Preclinical Profile of the Duocarmycin-Based HER2-Targeting ADC SYD985 Predicts for Clinical Benefit in Low HER2-Expressing Breast Cancers
The Preclinical Profile of the Duocarmycin-Based HER2-Targeting ADC SYD985 Predicts for Clinical Benefit in Low HER2-Expressing Breast Cancers
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DOI:
10.1158/1535-7163.mct-14-0881-t
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发表时间:
2015-03-01
影响因子:
5.7
通讯作者:
Dokter, Wim H. A.
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作者:
van der Lee, Miranda M. C.;Groothuis, Patrick G.;Dokter, Wim H. A.
SYD985 is a HER2-targeting antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) based on trastuzumab and vc-seco-DUBA, a cleavable linker-duocarmycin payload. To evaluate the therapeutic potential of this new ADC, mechanistic in vitro studies and in vivo patient-derived xenograft (PDX) studies were conducted to compare SYD985 head-to-head with T-DM1 (Kadcyla), another trastuzumab-based ADC. SYD985 and T-DM1 had similar binding affinities to HER2 and showed similar internalization. In vitro cytotoxicity assays showed similar potencies and efficacies in HER2 3+ cell lines, but in cell lines with low HER2 expression, SYD985 was 3- to 50-fold more potent than T-DM1. In contrast with T-DM1, SYD985 efficiently induced bystander killing in vitro in HER2-negative (HER2 0) cellsmixed with HER2 3+, 2+, or 1+ cell lines. At pH conditions relevant for tumors, cathepsin-B cleavage studies showed efficient release of the active toxin by SYD985 but not by T-DM1. These in vitro data suggest that SYD985 might be a more potent ADC in HER2-expressing tumors in vivo, especially in low HER2-expressing and/or in heterogeneous tumors. In line with this, in vivo antitumor studies in breast cancer PDX models showed that SYD985 is very active in HER2 3+, 2+, and 1+ models, whereas T-DM1 only showed significant antitumor activity in HER2 3+breast cancer PDX models. These properties of SYD985 may enable expansion of the target population to patients who have low HER2-expressing breast cancer, a patient population with still unmet high medical need. (C) 2015 AACR.