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Preclinical Efficacy of Endoglin-Targeting Antibody-Drug Conjugates for the Treatment of Ewing Sarcoma.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Endoglin (ENG; CD105) is a coreceptor of the TGFβ family that is highly expressed in proliferating endothelial cells. Often coopted by cancer cells, ENG can lead to neo-angiogenesis and vasculogenic mimicry in aggressive malignancies. It exists both as a transmembrane cell surface protein, where it primarily interacts with TGFβ, and as a soluble matricellular protein (sENG) when cleaved by matrix metalloproteinase 14 (MMP14). High ENG expression has been associated with poor prognosis in Ewing sarcoma, an aggressive bone cancer that primarily occurs in adolescents and young adults. However, the therapeutic value of ENG targeting has not been fully explored in this disease.

Experimental design

We characterized the expression pattern of transmembrane ENG, sENG, and MMP14 in preclinical and clinical samples. Subsequently, the antineoplastic potential of two novel ENG-targeting monoclonal antibody-drug conjugates (ADC), OMTX503 and OMTX703, which differed only by their drug payload (nigrin-b A chain and cytolysin, respectively), was assessed in cell lines and preclinical animal models of Ewing sarcoma.

Results

Both ADCs suppressed cell proliferation in proportion to the endogenous levels of ENG observed in vitro. Moreover, the ADCs significantly delayed tumor growth in Ewing sarcoma cell line-derived xenografts and patient-derived xenografts in a dose-dependent manner.

Conclusions

Taken together, these studies demonstrate potent preclinical activity of first-in-class anti-ENG ADCs as a nascent strategy to eradicate Ewing sarcoma.

SUBMITTER: Puerto-Camacho P

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6445738 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Preclinical Efficacy of Endoglin-Targeting Antibody-Drug Conjugates for the Treatment of Ewing Sarcoma.

Puerto-Camacho Pilar P Amaral Ana Teresa AT Lamhamedi-Cherradi Salah-Eddine SE Menegaz Brian A BA Castillo-Ecija Helena H Ordóñez José Luis JL Domínguez Saioa S Jordan-Perez Carmen C Diaz-Martin Juan J Romero-Pérez Laura L Lopez-Alvarez Maria M Civantos-Jubera Gema G Robles-Frías María José MJ Biscuola Michele M Ferrer Cristina C Mora Jaume J Cuglievan Branko B Schadler Keri K Seifert Oliver O Kontermann Roland R Pfizenmaier Klaus K Simón Laureano L Fabre Myriam M Carcaboso Ángel M ÁM Ludwig Joseph A JA de Álava Enrique E

Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research 20181112 7

<h4>Purpose</h4>Endoglin (ENG; CD105) is a coreceptor of the TGFβ family that is highly expressed in proliferating endothelial cells. Often coopted by cancer cells, ENG can lead to neo-angiogenesis and vasculogenic mimicry in aggressive malignancies. It exists both as a transmembrane cell surface protein, where it primarily interacts with TGFβ, and as a soluble matricellular protein (sENG) when cleaved by matrix metalloproteinase 14 (MMP14). High ENG expression has been associated with poor prog ...[more]

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Preclinical Efficacy of Endoglin-Targeting Antibody-Drug Conjugates for the Treatment of Ewing Sarcoma.

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Conclusions

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