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Antibody and prodrug therapy of cancer. Steve Roffler. Institute of Biomedical Sciences. Academia Sinica. Overview. Cancer drug therapeutic index Antibody targeted prodrug activation 9ACG - new glucuronide prodrug. Surface expression of proteins. scFv activation of T cells.
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Antibody and prodrug therapy of cancer Steve Roffler Institute of Biomedical Sciences Academia Sinica
Overview Cancer drug therapeutic index Antibody targeted prodrug activation 9ACG - new glucuronide prodrug Surface expression of proteins scFv activation of T cells Membrane suicide gene therapy
Effective medicines require a therapeutic index > 1 Toxic drug concentration Therapeutic concentration Property of tumor cells Unique or over-expressed target in cancer cells Relative resistance of normal cells Tumor targeting
Basis for cancer drug therapeutic index Property of tumor cells Unique or over-expressed target in cancer cells Relative resistance of normal cells Tumor targeting
Gleevec Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 1: 493-502, 2002
Basis for cancer drug therapeutic index Property of tumor cells Unique or over-expressed target in cancer cells Relative resistance of normal cells Tumor targeting
Basis for cancer drug therapeutic index Property of tumor cells Unique or over-expressed target in cancer cells Relative resistance of normal cells Tumor targeting
Antibody-targeted cancer therapy Nature Cancer Reviews 1: 118-129, 2001
Antibody-directed enzyme prodrug therapy ∆ Flexibility ∆ Amplification step ∆ Bystander killing
Summary of previous findings BHAMG 100-1000 times less toxic than pHAM in vitro Mechanism of low prodrug toxicity Produces strong bystander effect in vitro and in vivo Clearance of immunoenzyme improves tumor localization Cured rat hepatocellular carcinoma tumors
Immunoenzymes for human cancer therapy + mAb B72.3 against TAG-72 + on colon, breast, ovarian, lung cancers + employed for imaging in over 1000 patients + TAG-72 in not internalized
ADEPT therapy of rat malignant ascites Day 0Inject 1.5x107 ADS-30D cells Day 1Inject 1.5x107 AS-30D cells Day 7Inject RH1-bG immunoenzyme Inject BHAMG prodrug
T cells are important for control of metastasis during ADEPT
Glucuronide prodrug of camptothecin - poor water solubility - converted to inactive form in vivo - high toxicity
Properties of 9ACG - 100 to 2000 times more soluble than 9AC - stable in human serum for >72 h Km = 31.0 µM Vmax = 10.9 µmole/µg-min
Mechanism of 9ACG activation 9ACG activated by ß-glucuronidase at tumor? Source of ß-glucuronidase - tumor or immune cells? anti-mouse ß-glucuronidase anti-human ß-glucuronidase ß-glucuronidase KO tumor ß-glucuronidase KO mice