Open this publication in new window or tab >>Show others...
2018 (English)In: Molecular Pharmaceutics, ISSN 1543-8384, E-ISSN 1543-8392, Vol. 15, no 8, p. 3394-3403Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Human epidermal growth factor receptor type 3 (HER3) is recognized to be involved in resistance to HER targeting therapies. A number of HER3-targeting monoclonal antibodies are under clinical investigation as potential cancer therapeutics. Smaller high-affinity scaffold proteins are attractive non-Fc containing alternatives to antibodies. A previous study indicated that anti-HER3 affibody molecules could delay the growth of xenografted HER3-positive tumors. Here, we designed a second-generation HER3-targeting construct (TAM-HER3), containing two HER3-specific affibody molecules bridged by an albumin-binding domain (ABD) for extension of blood circulation. Receptor blocking activity was demonstrated in vitro. In mice bearing BxPC-3 xenografts, the therapeutic efficacy of TAM-HER3 was compared to the HER3-specific monoclonal antibody seribantumab (MM-121). TAM-HER3 inhibited heregulin-induced phosphorylation in a panel of HER3-expressing cancer cells and was found to be equally as potent as seribantumab in terms of therapeutic efficacy in vivo and with a similar safety profile. Median survival times were 60 days for TAM-HER3, 54 days for seribantumab, and 41 days for the control group. No pathological changes were observed in cytopathological examination. The multimeric HER3-binding affibody molecule in fusion to ABD seems promising for further evaluation as candidate therapeutics for treatment of HER3-overexpressing tumors.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2018
Keywords
affibody molecule, HER3, targeting therapy, preclinical
National Category
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-362844 (URN)10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.8b00393 (DOI)000441476800049 ()29995421 (PubMedID)
Funder
Swedish Research Council, 621-2012-5236Swedish Research Council, 2015-02509Swedish Research Council, 2015-02353VINNOVA, 2016-04060Swedish Cancer Society, CAN2016-463Swedish Cancer Society, CAN2014-474Swedish Cancer Society, CAN 2017/425Swedish Cancer Society, CAN2015/350
2018-10-122018-10-122018-10-12Bibliographically approved