Pub Date : 2024-12-31DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-24-0536
Ivana Dokic, Mahmoud Moustafa, Thomas Tessonnier, Sarah Meister, Federica Ciamarone, Mahdi Akbarpour, Damir Krunic, Thomas Haberer, Jürgen Debus, Andrea Mairani, Amir Abdollahi
Ultra-high dose rate radiotherapy with electrons and protons has shown potential for cancer treatment by effectively targeting tumors while sparing healthy tissues (FLASH effect). This study aimed to investigate the potential FLASH sparing effect of ultra-high-dose rate helium ion irradiation, focusing on acute brain injury and subcutaneous tumor response in a preclinical in vivo setting. Raster-scanned helium ion beams were used to compare the effects of standard dose rate (SDR at 0.2 Gy/s) and FLASH (at 141 Gy/s) radiotherapy on healthy brain tissue. Irradiation-induced brain injury was studied in C57BL/6 mice via DNA damage response, using nuclear γH2AX as a marker for double-strand breaks (DSB). The integrity of neurovascular and immune compartments was assessed through CD31+ microvascular density and activation of microglia/macrophages. Iba1+ ramified and CD68+ phagocytic microglia/macrophages were quantified, along with the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthetase (iNOS). Tumor response to SDR (0.2 Gy/s) and FLASH (250 Gy/s) radiotherapy was evaluated in A549 carcinoma model, using tumor volume and Kaplan-Meier survival as endpoints. The results showed that helium FLASH radiotherapy significantly reduced acute brain tissue injury compared to SDR, evidenced by lower levels of DSB and preserved neurovascular endothelium. Additionally, FLASH radiotherapy reduced neuroinflammatory signals compared to SDR, as indicated by fewer CD68+ iNOS+ microglia/macrophages. FLASH radiotherapy achieved tumor control comparable to that of SDR radiotherapy. This study is the first to report the FLASH sparing effect of raster scanning helium ion radiotherapy in vivo, highlighting its potential for neuroprotection and effective tumor control.
{"title":"Ultra-High Dose Rate Helium Ion Beams: Minimizing Brain Tissue Damage while Preserving Tumor Control.","authors":"Ivana Dokic, Mahmoud Moustafa, Thomas Tessonnier, Sarah Meister, Federica Ciamarone, Mahdi Akbarpour, Damir Krunic, Thomas Haberer, Jürgen Debus, Andrea Mairani, Amir Abdollahi","doi":"10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-24-0536","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-24-0536","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ultra-high dose rate radiotherapy with electrons and protons has shown potential for cancer treatment by effectively targeting tumors while sparing healthy tissues (FLASH effect). This study aimed to investigate the potential FLASH sparing effect of ultra-high-dose rate helium ion irradiation, focusing on acute brain injury and subcutaneous tumor response in a preclinical in vivo setting. Raster-scanned helium ion beams were used to compare the effects of standard dose rate (SDR at 0.2 Gy/s) and FLASH (at 141 Gy/s) radiotherapy on healthy brain tissue. Irradiation-induced brain injury was studied in C57BL/6 mice via DNA damage response, using nuclear γH2AX as a marker for double-strand breaks (DSB). The integrity of neurovascular and immune compartments was assessed through CD31+ microvascular density and activation of microglia/macrophages. Iba1+ ramified and CD68+ phagocytic microglia/macrophages were quantified, along with the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthetase (iNOS). Tumor response to SDR (0.2 Gy/s) and FLASH (250 Gy/s) radiotherapy was evaluated in A549 carcinoma model, using tumor volume and Kaplan-Meier survival as endpoints. The results showed that helium FLASH radiotherapy significantly reduced acute brain tissue injury compared to SDR, evidenced by lower levels of DSB and preserved neurovascular endothelium. Additionally, FLASH radiotherapy reduced neuroinflammatory signals compared to SDR, as indicated by fewer CD68+ iNOS+ microglia/macrophages. FLASH radiotherapy achieved tumor control comparable to that of SDR radiotherapy. This study is the first to report the FLASH sparing effect of raster scanning helium ion radiotherapy in vivo, highlighting its potential for neuroprotection and effective tumor control.</p>","PeriodicalId":18791,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Cancer Therapeutics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142909990","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Trophoblast cell surface antigen 2 (TROP2) is highly expressed in multiple cancers relative to normal tissues, supporting its role as a target for cancer therapy. OBI-992 is an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) derived from a novel TROP2-targeted antibody linked to the topoisomerase 1 (TOP1) inhibitor exatecan via an enzyme-cleavable hydrophilic linker, with a drug-antibody ratio of 4. This study evaluated and compared the antitumor activity of OBI-992 with that of benchmark TROP2-targeted ADCs datopotamab deruxtecan (Dato-DXd) and sacituzumab govitecan (SG) in cell line-derived xenograft (CDX) and patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models. OBI-992 treatment exhibited statistically significant antitumor activity versus controls at doses of 3 and 10 mg/kg in various CDX and PDX models, demonstrating comparable or better antitumor activity with benchmark ADCs. In a large-tumor model, longer survival times were observed in OBI-992-treated mice compared with Dato-DXd-treated mice. OBI-992 treatment induced marked bystander killing of TROP2-negative cells in the presence of nearby TROP2-positive cells in both in vitro and in vivo studies. In lung adenocarcinoma CDX models with overexpression of either P-glycoprotein (P-gp) or breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP) to mimic ATP-binding cassette transporter-mediated multidrug resistance, OBI-992 treatment maintained antitumor activity when Dato-DXd treatment became less effective. The combination of OBI-992 at suboptimal doses with either poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors or an immune check point inhibitor produced synergistic antitumor effects in mouse models. Taken together, these translational results support further development of OBI-992 as a cancer therapy.
{"title":"OBI-992, a Novel TROP2-Targeted Antibody-Drug Conjugate, Demonstrates Antitumor Activity in Multiple Cancer Models.","authors":"Wan-Fen Li, Ming-Feng Chiang, Hao-Cheng Weng, Jhih-Jie Yang, Hsin-Shan Wu, Szu-Yu Wu, Yu-Jung Chen, Chi-Huan Lu, Jyy-Shiuan Tu, Ren-Yu Hsu, Chi-Sheng Shia, Teng-Yi Huang, Ming-Tain Lai","doi":"10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-24-0588","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-24-0588","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Trophoblast cell surface antigen 2 (TROP2) is highly expressed in multiple cancers relative to normal tissues, supporting its role as a target for cancer therapy. OBI-992 is an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) derived from a novel TROP2-targeted antibody linked to the topoisomerase 1 (TOP1) inhibitor exatecan via an enzyme-cleavable hydrophilic linker, with a drug-antibody ratio of 4. This study evaluated and compared the antitumor activity of OBI-992 with that of benchmark TROP2-targeted ADCs datopotamab deruxtecan (Dato-DXd) and sacituzumab govitecan (SG) in cell line-derived xenograft (CDX) and patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models. OBI-992 treatment exhibited statistically significant antitumor activity versus controls at doses of 3 and 10 mg/kg in various CDX and PDX models, demonstrating comparable or better antitumor activity with benchmark ADCs. In a large-tumor model, longer survival times were observed in OBI-992-treated mice compared with Dato-DXd-treated mice. OBI-992 treatment induced marked bystander killing of TROP2-negative cells in the presence of nearby TROP2-positive cells in both in vitro and in vivo studies. In lung adenocarcinoma CDX models with overexpression of either P-glycoprotein (P-gp) or breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP) to mimic ATP-binding cassette transporter-mediated multidrug resistance, OBI-992 treatment maintained antitumor activity when Dato-DXd treatment became less effective. The combination of OBI-992 at suboptimal doses with either poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors or an immune check point inhibitor produced synergistic antitumor effects in mouse models. Taken together, these translational results support further development of OBI-992 as a cancer therapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":18791,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Cancer Therapeutics","volume":" ","pages":"OF1-OF13"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142951560","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-12-23DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-24-0386
Antonio Tedeschi, Fiorella Schischlik, Francesca Rocchetti, Johannes Popow, Florian Ebner, Daniel Gerlach, Antonia Geyer, Valeria Santoro, Andrew S Boghossian, Matthew G Rees, Melissa M Ronan, Jennifer A Roth, Jesse Lipp, Matthias Samwer, Michael Gmachl, Norbert Kraut, Mark Pearson, Dorothea Rudolph
KRASG12C selective inhibitors, such as sotorasib and adagrasib, have raised hopes of targeting other KRAS mutant alleles in cancer patients. We report that KRAS wild-type amplified tumor models are sensitive to treatment with the small molecule KRAS inhibitors BI-2493 and BI-2865. These pan-KRAS inhibitors directly target the "OFF" state of KRAS and result in potent anti-tumor activity in pre-clinical models of cancers driven by KRAS mutant proteins. Here, we used the high-throughput cellular viability PRISM assay to assess the anti-proliferative activity of BI-2493 in a 900+ cancer cell line panel, expanding on our previous work. KRAS wild-type amplified cancer cell lines, with a copy number >7, were identified as the most sensitive, across cell lines with any KRAS alterations, to our pan-KRAS inhibitors. Importantly, our data suggest that a KRAS "OFF" inhibitor is better suited to treat KRAS wild-type amplified tumors than a KRAS "ON" inhibitor. KRAS wild-type amplification is common in patients with gastroesophageal cancers where it has been shown to act as a unique cancer driver with little overlap to other actionable mutations. The pan-KRAS inhibitors BI-2493 and BI-2865 show potent anti-tumor activity in vitro and in vivo in KRAS wild-type amplified cell lines from this and other tumor types. In conclusion, this is the first study to demonstrate that direct pharmacological inhibition of KRAS shows anti-tumor activity in preclinical models of cancer with KRAS wild-type amplification, suggesting a novel therapeutic concept for patients with cancers bearing this KRAS alteration.
{"title":"Pan-KRAS inhibitors BI-2493 and BI-2865 display potent anti-tumor activity in tumors with KRAS wild-type allele amplification.","authors":"Antonio Tedeschi, Fiorella Schischlik, Francesca Rocchetti, Johannes Popow, Florian Ebner, Daniel Gerlach, Antonia Geyer, Valeria Santoro, Andrew S Boghossian, Matthew G Rees, Melissa M Ronan, Jennifer A Roth, Jesse Lipp, Matthias Samwer, Michael Gmachl, Norbert Kraut, Mark Pearson, Dorothea Rudolph","doi":"10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-24-0386","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-24-0386","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>KRASG12C selective inhibitors, such as sotorasib and adagrasib, have raised hopes of targeting other KRAS mutant alleles in cancer patients. We report that KRAS wild-type amplified tumor models are sensitive to treatment with the small molecule KRAS inhibitors BI-2493 and BI-2865. These pan-KRAS inhibitors directly target the \"OFF\" state of KRAS and result in potent anti-tumor activity in pre-clinical models of cancers driven by KRAS mutant proteins. Here, we used the high-throughput cellular viability PRISM assay to assess the anti-proliferative activity of BI-2493 in a 900+ cancer cell line panel, expanding on our previous work. KRAS wild-type amplified cancer cell lines, with a copy number >7, were identified as the most sensitive, across cell lines with any KRAS alterations, to our pan-KRAS inhibitors. Importantly, our data suggest that a KRAS \"OFF\" inhibitor is better suited to treat KRAS wild-type amplified tumors than a KRAS \"ON\" inhibitor. KRAS wild-type amplification is common in patients with gastroesophageal cancers where it has been shown to act as a unique cancer driver with little overlap to other actionable mutations. The pan-KRAS inhibitors BI-2493 and BI-2865 show potent anti-tumor activity in vitro and in vivo in KRAS wild-type amplified cell lines from this and other tumor types. In conclusion, this is the first study to demonstrate that direct pharmacological inhibition of KRAS shows anti-tumor activity in preclinical models of cancer with KRAS wild-type amplification, suggesting a novel therapeutic concept for patients with cancers bearing this KRAS alteration.</p>","PeriodicalId":18791,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Cancer Therapeutics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142877408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-12-23DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-24-0629
Nobushige Tsuboi, Kimberly A Rivera-Caraballo, Upasana Sahu, Rafal Pacholczyk, Eugene Douglass, Theodore S Johnson, Qin Wang, Ravindra Kolhe, Catherine C Hedrick, David H Munn, Bangxing Hong
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most frequent malignant brain tumor. We recently discovered that oncolytic herpes simplex virus engineered to disable tumor-intrinsic protein kinase R (PKR) signaling (oHSV-shPKR) could increase oHSV oncolysis and anti-tumor immune response. However, here we show that disabling tumor-intrinsic PKR signaling can also induce the activation of the indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) signaling pathway. Both GBM tumor progression and oHSV intratumoral therapy increased infiltration of IDO+CD11c+ dendritic cells into the tumor. The coculture of oHSV-infected human GBM neurospheres with monocytes-derived dendritic cells (MoDCs) dramatically increased IDO signaling activation in MoDCs through type-I interferon signaling. Addition of IDO inhibitor (indoximod) in the coculture significantly increased MoDCs activation and reduced the consumption of tryptophan. Combining indoximod and oHSV significantly inhibited tumor growth, and induced antigen specific CD8+ T cell activation. These results suggest that inhibition of the IDO pathway could significantly block feedback immunosuppression during oncolytic virotherapy of glioblastoma.
{"title":"Blocking feedback immunosuppression of antigen presentation in brain tumor during oncolytic virotherapy with oHSV-mshPKR.","authors":"Nobushige Tsuboi, Kimberly A Rivera-Caraballo, Upasana Sahu, Rafal Pacholczyk, Eugene Douglass, Theodore S Johnson, Qin Wang, Ravindra Kolhe, Catherine C Hedrick, David H Munn, Bangxing Hong","doi":"10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-24-0629","DOIUrl":"10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-24-0629","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most frequent malignant brain tumor. We recently discovered that oncolytic herpes simplex virus engineered to disable tumor-intrinsic protein kinase R (PKR) signaling (oHSV-shPKR) could increase oHSV oncolysis and anti-tumor immune response. However, here we show that disabling tumor-intrinsic PKR signaling can also induce the activation of the indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) signaling pathway. Both GBM tumor progression and oHSV intratumoral therapy increased infiltration of IDO+CD11c+ dendritic cells into the tumor. The coculture of oHSV-infected human GBM neurospheres with monocytes-derived dendritic cells (MoDCs) dramatically increased IDO signaling activation in MoDCs through type-I interferon signaling. Addition of IDO inhibitor (indoximod) in the coculture significantly increased MoDCs activation and reduced the consumption of tryptophan. Combining indoximod and oHSV significantly inhibited tumor growth, and induced antigen specific CD8+ T cell activation. These results suggest that inhibition of the IDO pathway could significantly block feedback immunosuppression during oncolytic virotherapy of glioblastoma.</p>","PeriodicalId":18791,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Cancer Therapeutics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142877405","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-12-20DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-23-0733
Roisin McMorrow, Henriette S de Bruijn, Stefania Farina, Ruben J L van Ardenne, Ivo Que, Pier G Mastroberardino, Dominic J Robinson, Laura Mezzanotte, Clemens W G M Löwik
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most challenging types of cancer with little or no response to immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs). Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been shown to ablate tumors and induce an immune response. In our study, we investigated the effect of photodynamic therapy (PDT), using the photosensitizer Bremachlorin, in its ability to reduce tumor burden and to sensitize immunologically T-cell high and T-cell low murine PDAC tumors to the ICI that blocks programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) immune checkpoint. In addition, we monitored the effect on survival and investigated if there was a response in PDT-treated and non PDT-treated distant tumors. Our results showed that Bremachlorin PDT induces direct tumor killing which increased survival in both 'hot' T-cell high and 'cold' T-cell low PDAC tumors and that it can make the T-cell high tumors more sensitive to ICI blocking PD-1. We found that T-cell high tumor bearing mice had an overall greater response to therapy than T-cell low tumor bearing mice. One mouse with T-cell high tumors exhibited complete tumor regression in both the treated and non-treated distant tumor 90 days after treatment. These results indicate that combining immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) with Bremachlorin PDT could be a promising therapeutic intervention for enhancing PDAC's response to therapy.
{"title":"Combination of Bremachlorin PDT and immune checkpoint inhibitor anti-PD-1 shows response in murine immunological T-cell high and T-cell low PDAC models.","authors":"Roisin McMorrow, Henriette S de Bruijn, Stefania Farina, Ruben J L van Ardenne, Ivo Que, Pier G Mastroberardino, Dominic J Robinson, Laura Mezzanotte, Clemens W G M Löwik","doi":"10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-23-0733","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-23-0733","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most challenging types of cancer with little or no response to immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs). Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been shown to ablate tumors and induce an immune response. In our study, we investigated the effect of photodynamic therapy (PDT), using the photosensitizer Bremachlorin, in its ability to reduce tumor burden and to sensitize immunologically T-cell high and T-cell low murine PDAC tumors to the ICI that blocks programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) immune checkpoint. In addition, we monitored the effect on survival and investigated if there was a response in PDT-treated and non PDT-treated distant tumors. Our results showed that Bremachlorin PDT induces direct tumor killing which increased survival in both 'hot' T-cell high and 'cold' T-cell low PDAC tumors and that it can make the T-cell high tumors more sensitive to ICI blocking PD-1. We found that T-cell high tumor bearing mice had an overall greater response to therapy than T-cell low tumor bearing mice. One mouse with T-cell high tumors exhibited complete tumor regression in both the treated and non-treated distant tumor 90 days after treatment. These results indicate that combining immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) with Bremachlorin PDT could be a promising therapeutic intervention for enhancing PDAC's response to therapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":18791,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Cancer Therapeutics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142864854","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-12-17DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-24-0378
Kimberley S Samkoe, Hira Shahzad Sardar, Jason R Gunn, Jonathan Thomas Elliott, Sally Mansur, Joachim Feldwisch, Brian W Pogue, Konstantinos Linos, Keith D Paulsen, Eric R Henderson
ABY-029, an anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) Affibody® molecule conjugated to IRDye 800CW, recently underwent first-in-human testing in soft-tissue sarcoma (STS). FDA Exploratory Investigational New Drug status was obtained for the Phase 0 clinical trial in which study objectives were to determine whether biological variance ratio (BVR) of 10 was achievable, fluorescence intensity correlated with EGFR expression, and doses were well tolerated. Patients (N=12) with STS were recruited based on positive EGFR immunohistochemical staining of diagnostic biopsies. ABY-029 was administered at micro- (30 nanomole, n=3), medium (90 nanomole, n=3), or high dose (171 nanomole, n=6), 1-3 hours prior to surgery. Following tumor resection, ex vivo tissue was imaged to determine mean fluorescence intensity (MFI), BVR, and other contrast measures. EGFR expression was correlated with immunohistochemistry. For micro-, medium, and high doses, mean BVR (SD) in cross-sectional slices were 4 (4), 10 (6), and 7 (8), respectively, for the whole tumor region and 6 (5), 13 (11), and 8 (6), respectively, for pathology-confirmed regions-of-interest. Strong linear correlations were found between all ABY-029 contrast metrics and total EGFR (r≥0.86, p<0.029) in cross-sectional tissue slices, and MFI and EGFR percent area (r=0.63, p<0.0001) in excised region-of-interest tissue sections. No ABY-029 related adverse events were observed. When administered above the microdose, ABY-029 demonstrated high correlation to EGFR expression and contrast values that were encouraging for translation to clinical practice. Contrast was similar to those observed with antibody agents, but with substantially reduced imaging-to-resection time, and no drug-related adverse events.
{"title":"First-in-human Study of ABY-029, a Novel Fluorescent Peptide that Targets Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor, Applied to Soft-Tissue Sarcomas.","authors":"Kimberley S Samkoe, Hira Shahzad Sardar, Jason R Gunn, Jonathan Thomas Elliott, Sally Mansur, Joachim Feldwisch, Brian W Pogue, Konstantinos Linos, Keith D Paulsen, Eric R Henderson","doi":"10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-24-0378","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-24-0378","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>ABY-029, an anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) Affibody® molecule conjugated to IRDye 800CW, recently underwent first-in-human testing in soft-tissue sarcoma (STS). FDA Exploratory Investigational New Drug status was obtained for the Phase 0 clinical trial in which study objectives were to determine whether biological variance ratio (BVR) of 10 was achievable, fluorescence intensity correlated with EGFR expression, and doses were well tolerated. Patients (N=12) with STS were recruited based on positive EGFR immunohistochemical staining of diagnostic biopsies. ABY-029 was administered at micro- (30 nanomole, n=3), medium (90 nanomole, n=3), or high dose (171 nanomole, n=6), 1-3 hours prior to surgery. Following tumor resection, ex vivo tissue was imaged to determine mean fluorescence intensity (MFI), BVR, and other contrast measures. EGFR expression was correlated with immunohistochemistry. For micro-, medium, and high doses, mean BVR (SD) in cross-sectional slices were 4 (4), 10 (6), and 7 (8), respectively, for the whole tumor region and 6 (5), 13 (11), and 8 (6), respectively, for pathology-confirmed regions-of-interest. Strong linear correlations were found between all ABY-029 contrast metrics and total EGFR (r≥0.86, p<0.029) in cross-sectional tissue slices, and MFI and EGFR percent area (r=0.63, p<0.0001) in excised region-of-interest tissue sections. No ABY-029 related adverse events were observed. When administered above the microdose, ABY-029 demonstrated high correlation to EGFR expression and contrast values that were encouraging for translation to clinical practice. Contrast was similar to those observed with antibody agents, but with substantially reduced imaging-to-resection time, and no drug-related adverse events.</p>","PeriodicalId":18791,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Cancer Therapeutics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142837757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-12-17DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-24-0210
Victoria M Valvo, Qiang Zhang, Long Jiang, Erin A Holcomb, Ashley N Pearson, Anna G Edmunds, Hailey G Faulkner, Jadyn G James, Akshay Tate, Amanda K Huber, Zhuwen Wang, Yupei Guo, David Karnak, Leslie A Parsels, Joshua D Parsels, Yu L Lei, Alnawaz Rehemtulla, Heng Lin, Eileen S Carpenter, Daniel R Wahl, Vaibhav Sahai, Theodore S Lawrence, Michael D Green, Meredith A Morgan
PARP inhibitors sensitize pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) to radiation by inducing DNA damage and replication stress. These mechanisms also have the potential to enhance radiation-induced type I interferon (T1IFN)-mediated antitumoral immune responses. We hypothesized that the PARP inhibitor olaparib would also potentiate radiation-induced T1IFN to promote antitumor immune responses and sensitization of otherwise resistant PDAC to immunotherapy. To test this hypothesis, we assessed the effects of olaparib and radiation on T1IFN production and sensitivity to αPD-L1 immunotherapy, as well as on the tumor microenvironment by single-cell RNA sequencing. We found that olaparib enhanced T1IFN production after radiation and had superior therapeutic efficacy in immunocompetent models. Olaparib and radiation treatment sensitized PDAC tumors to αPD-L1, resulting in decreased tumor burden and a 33% complete response rate. Combination treatment provided durable immune responses as shown by tumor rejection upon tumor rechallenge of previously cured mice. Furthermore, single-cell RNA sequencing analysis revealed that combination treatment induced an immunogenic tumor microenvironment characterized by interferon (IFN) responses in both PDAC and myeloid cell populations, macrophage polarization, and increased CD8+ terminal effector T-cell frequency and activity, findings which were confirmed by IHC and flow cytometry. Furthermore, CD8+ T cells and T1IFN signaling were required for therapeutic efficacy as host depletion of CD8+ T cells or the T1IFN receptor diminished treatment responses. Overall, our results indicate that olaparib enhances radiation-induced T1IFN-mediated immune signaling and subsequently an adaptive immune response, thus sensitizing pancreatic cancer to αPD-L1 therapy, supporting an ongoing clinical trial of this therapy in patients with PDAC.
PARP 抑制剂通过诱导 DNA 损伤和复制应激,使胰腺导管腺癌(PDAC)对辐射敏感。这些机制还有可能增强辐射诱导的 I 型干扰素(T1IFN)介导的抗肿瘤免疫反应。我们假设,PARP 抑制剂奥拉帕利也会增强辐射诱导的 T1IFN,从而促进抗肿瘤免疫反应,并使原本耐药的 PDAC 对免疫疗法敏感。为了验证这一假设,我们通过单细胞RNA测序评估了奥拉帕利和辐射对T1IFN产生和对αPD-L1免疫疗法敏感性的影响,以及对肿瘤微环境的影响。我们发现,奥拉帕利能增强放疗后T1IFN的产生,并在免疫功能正常的模型中具有更优越的疗效。奥拉帕利和放射治疗使PDAC肿瘤对αPD-L1敏感,从而减少了肿瘤负荷,完全应答率达到33%。联合治疗提供了持久的免疫反应,这体现在对先前治愈的小鼠进行肿瘤再挑战时出现的肿瘤排斥反应。此外,单细胞 RNA 测序分析表明,联合治疗诱导了一种免疫原性肿瘤微环境,其特征是 PDAC 和髓样细胞群中的干扰素(IFN)反应、巨噬细胞极化以及 CD8+ 末端效应 T 细胞频率和活性的增加,这些结果都得到了 IHC 和流式细胞术的证实。此外,CD8+ T细胞和T1IFN信号转导是疗效的必要条件,因为宿主CD8+ T细胞或T1IFN受体耗竭会降低治疗反应。总之,我们的研究结果表明,奥拉帕利能增强辐射诱导的 T1IFN 介导的免疫信号转导,进而增强适应性免疫反应,从而使胰腺癌对 αPD-L1 治疗敏感,支持正在进行的针对 PDAC 患者的临床试验。
{"title":"Olaparib and Radiotherapy Induce Type I Interferon- and CD8+ T Cell-Dependent Sensitization to Immunotherapy in Pancreatic Cancer.","authors":"Victoria M Valvo, Qiang Zhang, Long Jiang, Erin A Holcomb, Ashley N Pearson, Anna G Edmunds, Hailey G Faulkner, Jadyn G James, Akshay Tate, Amanda K Huber, Zhuwen Wang, Yupei Guo, David Karnak, Leslie A Parsels, Joshua D Parsels, Yu L Lei, Alnawaz Rehemtulla, Heng Lin, Eileen S Carpenter, Daniel R Wahl, Vaibhav Sahai, Theodore S Lawrence, Michael D Green, Meredith A Morgan","doi":"10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-24-0210","DOIUrl":"10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-24-0210","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>PARP inhibitors sensitize pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) to radiation by inducing DNA damage and replication stress. These mechanisms also have the potential to enhance radiation-induced type I interferon (T1IFN)-mediated antitumoral immune responses. We hypothesized that the PARP inhibitor olaparib would also potentiate radiation-induced T1IFN to promote antitumor immune responses and sensitization of otherwise resistant PDAC to immunotherapy. To test this hypothesis, we assessed the effects of olaparib and radiation on T1IFN production and sensitivity to αPD-L1 immunotherapy, as well as on the tumor microenvironment by single-cell RNA sequencing. We found that olaparib enhanced T1IFN production after radiation and had superior therapeutic efficacy in immunocompetent models. Olaparib and radiation treatment sensitized PDAC tumors to αPD-L1, resulting in decreased tumor burden and a 33% complete response rate. Combination treatment provided durable immune responses as shown by tumor rejection upon tumor rechallenge of previously cured mice. Furthermore, single-cell RNA sequencing analysis revealed that combination treatment induced an immunogenic tumor microenvironment characterized by interferon (IFN) responses in both PDAC and myeloid cell populations, macrophage polarization, and increased CD8+ terminal effector T-cell frequency and activity, findings which were confirmed by IHC and flow cytometry. Furthermore, CD8+ T cells and T1IFN signaling were required for therapeutic efficacy as host depletion of CD8+ T cells or the T1IFN receptor diminished treatment responses. Overall, our results indicate that olaparib enhances radiation-induced T1IFN-mediated immune signaling and subsequently an adaptive immune response, thus sensitizing pancreatic cancer to αPD-L1 therapy, supporting an ongoing clinical trial of this therapy in patients with PDAC.</p>","PeriodicalId":18791,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Cancer Therapeutics","volume":" ","pages":"OF1-OF16"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142837771","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-12-17DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-24-0308
Ken Akao, Tatsuhiro Sato, Emi Mishiro-Sato, Satomi Mukai, Farhana Ishrat Ghani, Lisa Kondo-Ida, Kazuyoshi Imaizumi, Yoshitaka Sekido
Inactivation of the Hippo tumor suppressive pathway is frequently observed in mesothelioma, which leads to the activation of YAP and TAZ (YAP/TAZ) transcriptional coactivators. YAP/TAZ form complexes with TEAD family members, DNA-binding proteins, to activate transcription, which promotes cancer cell growth and proliferation. Recently developed TEAD inhibitors exhibit antitumor activity by inhibiting the formation of the transcription complex through binding to TEAD; however, the antitumor activity of TEAD inhibitors against mesothelioma remains to be fully elucidated. Here, we show that the TEAD inhibitor K-975 acts as a pan-TEAD inhibitor and selectively inhibits the binding of TEAD-binding proteins, especially YAP/TAZ, in mesothelioma cells. In studies using a panel of mesothelioma cell lines, K-975 showed a significant growth inhibitory effect on Hippo-inactivated mesothelioma cells, but some of these cell lines exhibited primary resistance to K-975. Differential gene expression analysis revealed that cells resistant to K-975 exhibited activation of MYC signaling in the presence of K-975, and cells overexpressed with MYC showed strong drug resistance, both in vitro and in vivo. Our study revealed the features of a subset of mesothelioma cells that proliferate in a TEAD-independent manner and provides important insights for the successful development of therapeutic strategies for mesothelioma with Hippo pathway inactivation.
{"title":"TEAD-independent cell growth of Hippo-inactive mesothelioma cells: Unveiling resistance to TEAD inhibitor K-975 through MYC signaling activation.","authors":"Ken Akao, Tatsuhiro Sato, Emi Mishiro-Sato, Satomi Mukai, Farhana Ishrat Ghani, Lisa Kondo-Ida, Kazuyoshi Imaizumi, Yoshitaka Sekido","doi":"10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-24-0308","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-24-0308","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Inactivation of the Hippo tumor suppressive pathway is frequently observed in mesothelioma, which leads to the activation of YAP and TAZ (YAP/TAZ) transcriptional coactivators. YAP/TAZ form complexes with TEAD family members, DNA-binding proteins, to activate transcription, which promotes cancer cell growth and proliferation. Recently developed TEAD inhibitors exhibit antitumor activity by inhibiting the formation of the transcription complex through binding to TEAD; however, the antitumor activity of TEAD inhibitors against mesothelioma remains to be fully elucidated. Here, we show that the TEAD inhibitor K-975 acts as a pan-TEAD inhibitor and selectively inhibits the binding of TEAD-binding proteins, especially YAP/TAZ, in mesothelioma cells. In studies using a panel of mesothelioma cell lines, K-975 showed a significant growth inhibitory effect on Hippo-inactivated mesothelioma cells, but some of these cell lines exhibited primary resistance to K-975. Differential gene expression analysis revealed that cells resistant to K-975 exhibited activation of MYC signaling in the presence of K-975, and cells overexpressed with MYC showed strong drug resistance, both in vitro and in vivo. Our study revealed the features of a subset of mesothelioma cells that proliferate in a TEAD-independent manner and provides important insights for the successful development of therapeutic strategies for mesothelioma with Hippo pathway inactivation.</p>","PeriodicalId":18791,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Cancer Therapeutics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142837777","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the most lethal of gynecologic malignancies. The standard-of-care treatment for EOC is platinum-based chemotherapy such as cisplatin. Notably, Platinum-based chemotherapy induces resistance of EOC to poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibition. However, therapeutic approaches targeting PARP inhibitors (PARPi) resistance remain to be explored. Here, we show that all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) reduces PARPi resistance-associated EOC cells induced by cisplatin (CDDP) treatment. Clinically applicable ATRA suppressed the outgrowth of CDDP-treated EOC cells both in vitro and in vivo. Moreover, a CDDP treatment followed by niraparib maintenance therapy in combination with ATRA improved the survival of EOC-bearing mice. These phenotypes correlated with PARPi resistant EOC signature, which consists of elevated expression of ALDH1A1, NAMPT, PARP1 and Chk1, as well as elevated NAD+ level-mediated high activity of ALDH1A1 and PARP1. Mechanistically, ATRA down-regulates the expression of these genes and level of intracellular NAD+. Our results suggest that ATRA in conjunction with PARPi represents a promising maintenance therapeutic strategy for EOC.
{"title":"All-trans retinoic acid sensitizes epithelial ovarian cancer to PARP inhibition after exposure to cisplatin.","authors":"Bingjie Mei, Junyang Li, Dengfeng Wang, Lu Feng, Jianming Huang, Guonan Zhang","doi":"10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-24-0140","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-24-0140","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the most lethal of gynecologic malignancies. The standard-of-care treatment for EOC is platinum-based chemotherapy such as cisplatin. Notably, Platinum-based chemotherapy induces resistance of EOC to poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibition. However, therapeutic approaches targeting PARP inhibitors (PARPi) resistance remain to be explored. Here, we show that all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) reduces PARPi resistance-associated EOC cells induced by cisplatin (CDDP) treatment. Clinically applicable ATRA suppressed the outgrowth of CDDP-treated EOC cells both in vitro and in vivo. Moreover, a CDDP treatment followed by niraparib maintenance therapy in combination with ATRA improved the survival of EOC-bearing mice. These phenotypes correlated with PARPi resistant EOC signature, which consists of elevated expression of ALDH1A1, NAMPT, PARP1 and Chk1, as well as elevated NAD+ level-mediated high activity of ALDH1A1 and PARP1. Mechanistically, ATRA down-regulates the expression of these genes and level of intracellular NAD+. Our results suggest that ATRA in conjunction with PARPi represents a promising maintenance therapeutic strategy for EOC.</p>","PeriodicalId":18791,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Cancer Therapeutics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142829431","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-12-13DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-23-0655
Lawrence B Snyder, Taavi K Neklesa, Ryan R Willard, Deborah A Gordon, Jennifer Pizzano, Nicholas Vitale, Kaitlynn Robling, Madeline A Dorso, Walid Moghrabi, Sean Landrette, Richard Gedrich, Sang Hyun Lee, Ian C A Taylor, John G Houston
Androgen receptor (AR) signaling is the principal driver of prostate cancer, and drugs that target this pathway (e.g., abiraterone and enzalutamide) are standard treatments for metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer and metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). However, continual evolution during prostate cancer progression can result in AR alterations (e.g., mutation, amplification, splicing) that can cause tumors to become resistant to these therapies. Bavdegalutamide (ARV-110) is a PROteolysis TArgeting Chimera (PROTAC®) protein degrader that recruits the cereblon-containing E3 ubiquitin ligase to direct the polyubiquitination and subsequent proteasomal degradation of AR. Bavdegalutamide selectively degrades wild-type AR and most clinically relevant mutants with low nanomolar potency. The superiority of the degradation mechanism of action is demonstrated by bavdegalutamide's higher activity relative to the AR antagonist enzalutamide in cell-based systems that assess effects on prostate-specific antigen (PSA) synthesis, prostate cancer cell proliferation, and induction of apoptosis. In an AR-expressing patient-derived xenograft mouse model, bavdegalutamide showed substantial AR degradation and greater tumor growth inhibition compared with enzalutamide. Bavdegalutamide also showed robust tumor growth inhibition in enzalutamide- and abiraterone-resistant prostate cancer animal models and enhanced activity in combination with abiraterone. These promising preclinical data supported clinical development of bavdegalutamide as a potential treatment for patients with prostate cancer. Bavdegalutamide was the first PROTAC protein degrader to enter human clinical trials, specifically in patients with mCRPC in a phase 1/2 study (NCT03888612).
雄激素受体(AR)信号转导是前列腺癌的主要驱动因素,靶向这一通路的药物(如阿比特龙和恩杂鲁胺)是治疗转移性激素敏感性前列腺癌和转移性阉割耐药前列腺癌(mCRPC)的标准疗法。然而,前列腺癌发展过程中的持续演变会导致AR发生改变(如突变、扩增、剪接),从而导致肿瘤对这些疗法产生耐药性。Bavdegalutamide(ARV-110)是一种PROteolysis TArgeting Chimera (PROTAC®)蛋白降解剂,它能招募含有脑隆的E3泛素连接酶,引导AR的多泛素化和随后的蛋白酶体降解。巴夫地加鲁胺能选择性地降解野生型AR和大多数临床相关突变体,药效低至纳摩尔。在评估对前列腺特异性抗原(PSA)合成、前列腺癌细胞增殖和诱导细胞凋亡的影响的细胞系统中,巴夫地加鲁胺的活性高于AR拮抗剂恩杂鲁胺,这证明了降解作用机制的优越性。在表达 AR 的患者异种移植小鼠模型中,与恩扎鲁胺相比,巴夫地加鲁胺显示出大量的 AR 降解和更强的肿瘤生长抑制作用。在恩扎鲁胺和阿比特龙耐药的前列腺癌动物模型中,巴夫地加鲁胺也显示出强大的肿瘤生长抑制作用,与阿比特龙联用时活性更强。这些前景看好的临床前数据支持了巴夫地加鲁胺作为前列腺癌患者潜在治疗药物的临床开发。巴夫地加鲁胺是第一个进入人体临床试验的PROTAC蛋白降解剂,特别是在一项1/2期研究(NCT03888612)中用于mCRPC患者。
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