SYD985, a novel duocarmycin-based HER2-targeting antibody-drug conjugate, shows promising antitumor activity in epithelial ovarian carcinoma with HER2/Neu expression.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is an aggressive and heterogeneous disease. <10% of EOC demonstrate HER2/neu 3+ receptor over-expression. However, moderate to low (i.e., 2+ and 1+) HER2/neu expression is reported in up to 50% of EOC. The objective of this study was to compare the anti-tumor activity of SYD985, a novel HER2-targeting antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), to trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) in EOC models with differential HER2/neu expression.

Methods

The cytotoxicity of SYD985 and T-DM1 was evaluated using ten primary EOC cell lines with 0/1+, 2+, and 3+ HER2/neu expression in antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC), proliferation, viability and bystander killing experiments. Finally, the in vivo activity of SYD985 and T-DM1 was also studied in ovaria

SUBMITTER: Menderes G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5533304 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature