PMID- 25220345 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150204 LR - 20211021 IS - 1096-0945 (Electronic) IS - 0014-4800 (Print) IS - 0014-4800 (Linking) VI - 97 IP - 3 DP - 2014 Dec TI - A new bispecific antibody targeting non-overlapping epitopes on IGF2: design, in vitro characterization and pharmacokinetics in macaques. PG - 359-67 LID - S0014-4800(14)00148-8 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.yexmp.2014.09.007 [doi] AB - The insulin-like growth factor 2 (IGF2) is an important target for cancer therapy. We have previously proposed an approach for fast and irreversible removal of IGF2 from the circulation by using monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) that bind to two or more non-overlapping epitopes on the same molecule. We provided initial evidence for the formation of oligomeric antibody-ligand complexes that can bind to cells expressing Fc gamma receptors (FcgammaRs) with high avidity using an antibody domain with relatively low affinity as one of the anti-IGF2 mAbs. Recently, we identified a mAb, m708.5, in a scFv format which binds to both IGF2 and IGF1 with very high (pM) affinity. Interestingly, and rather surprisingly, this mAb did not compete with our other high affinity mAb, m610.27, for binding to IGF2. Therefore, we generated a new bispecific mAb, m67, by combining m708.5 and m610.27. As expected m67 potently inhibited binding of IGF2 to cells expressing the IGF1R and its phosphorylation, and resulted in formation of multimolecular complexes when incubated with IGF2 and bound with high avidity to cells expressing FcgammaRII; the complexes were internalized in a macrophage-like cell line. However, although m67 exhibited a reasonably long half-life (6.4 +/- 0.6 days) in cynomolgus macaques and high stability in serum, its administration to three animals did not result in any measurable decrease in the IGF2 concentration likely due to the complexity of the IGF2 interactions in the blood and the relatively low (2mg/kg) dose of the mAb leading to a relatively low maximal blood concentration of 120nM. In spite of the lack of effect on the IGF2 concentration in this particular experimental setup, m67 exhibited good drugability properties and could be highly effective in other animal models and in humans. Studies with animal models of cancer are ongoing to evaluate the potential of m67 as a new candidate mAb-based therapeutic. CI - Published by Elsevier Inc. FAU - Feng, Yang AU - Feng Y AD - Protein Interactions Group, Cancer and Inflammation Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, United States. Electronic address: fengya@mail.nih.gov. FAU - Zhao, Qi AU - Zhao Q AD - Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangdong 518000, China. FAU - Chen, Weizao AU - Chen W AD - Protein Interactions Group, Cancer and Inflammation Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, United States. FAU - Wang, Yanping AU - Wang Y AD - Protein Interactions Group, Cancer and Inflammation Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, United States; Geneva Foundation, 917 Pacific Ave, Suite 600, Tacoma, WA 98402, United States. FAU - Crowder, Karalyne AU - Crowder K AD - SNBL USA, 6605 Merrill Creek Parkway, Everett, WA 98203, United States. FAU - Dimitrov, Dimiter S AU - Dimitrov DS AD - Protein Interactions Group, Cancer and Inflammation Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, United States. LA - eng GR - Z99 CA999999/Intramural NIH HHS/United States GR - N01-CO-12400/CO/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - HHSN261200800001E/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural DEP - 20140916 PL - Netherlands TA - Exp Mol Pathol JT - Experimental and molecular pathology JID - 0370711 RN - 0 (Antibodies, Bispecific) RN - 0 (Antibodies, Monoclonal) RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (Epitopes) RN - 0 (Epitopes, B-Lymphocyte) RN - 67763-97-7 (Insulin-Like Growth Factor II) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antibodies, Bispecific/immunology/*pharmacokinetics MH - Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology/*pharmacokinetics MH - Antibody Specificity/*immunology MH - Antineoplastic Agents/immunology/*pharmacokinetics MH - Drug Design MH - Drug Stability MH - Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay MH - Epitopes/immunology MH - Epitopes, B-Lymphocyte/immunology MH - Female MH - Flow Cytometry MH - Humans MH - Insulin-Like Growth Factor II/*antagonists & inhibitors/immunology MH - MCF-7 Cells MH - Macaca fascicularis PMC - PMC4262567 MID - NIHMS632796 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Bispecific antibodies OT - Cynomolgus macaques OT - Half-life OT - IGF ligand COIS- Conflict of Interest statement The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest. EDAT- 2014/09/16 06:00 MHDA- 2015/02/05 06:00 PMCR- 2015/12/01 CRDT- 2014/09/16 06:00 PHST- 2014/09/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/09/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/09/16 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/09/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/02/05 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/12/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0014-4800(14)00148-8 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.yexmp.2014.09.007 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Exp Mol Pathol. 2014 Dec;97(3):359-67. doi: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2014.09.007. Epub 2014 Sep 16.