Discovery of a novel highly specific, fully human PSCA antibody and its application as an antibody-drug conjugate in prostate cancer

Prostate stem cell antigen (PSCA) is expressed in all stages of prostate cancer, including in advanced androgen-independent tumors and bone metastasis. PSCA may associate with prostate carcinogenesis and lineage plasticity in prostate cancer. PSCA is also a promising theranostic marker for a variety...

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Main Authors: Xiaojie Chu, Seungmin Shin, Du-San Baek, Liyong Zhang, Alex Conard, Megan Shi, Ye-Jin Kim, Cynthia Adams, Maggie Hines, Xianglei Liu, Chuan Chen, Zehua Sun, Dontcho V. Jelev, John W. Mellors, Dimiter S. Dimitrov, Wei Li
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Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2024-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/19420862.2024.2387240
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author Xiaojie Chu
Seungmin Shin
Du-San Baek
Liyong Zhang
Alex Conard
Megan Shi
Ye-Jin Kim
Cynthia Adams
Maggie Hines
Xianglei Liu
Chuan Chen
Zehua Sun
Dontcho V. Jelev
John W. Mellors
Dimiter S. Dimitrov
Wei Li
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Seungmin Shin
Du-San Baek
Liyong Zhang
Alex Conard
Megan Shi
Ye-Jin Kim
Cynthia Adams
Maggie Hines
Xianglei Liu
Chuan Chen
Zehua Sun
Dontcho V. Jelev
John W. Mellors
Dimiter S. Dimitrov
Wei Li
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description Prostate stem cell antigen (PSCA) is expressed in all stages of prostate cancer, including in advanced androgen-independent tumors and bone metastasis. PSCA may associate with prostate carcinogenesis and lineage plasticity in prostate cancer. PSCA is also a promising theranostic marker for a variety of other solid tumors, including pancreatic adenocarcinoma and renal cell carcinoma. Here, we identified a novel fully human PSCA antibody using phage display methodology. The structure-based affinity maturation yielded a high-affinity binder, F12, which is highly specific and does not bind to 6,000 human membrane proteins based on a membrane proteome array assay. F12 targets PSCA amino acids 63–69 as tested by the peptide scanning microarray, and it cross-reacts with the murine PSCA. IgG1 F12 efficiently internalizes into PSCA-expressing tumor cells. The antimitotic reagent monomethyl auristatin E (MMAE)-conjugated IgG1 F12 (ADC, F12-MMAE) exhibits dose-dependent efficacy and specificity in a human prostate cancer PC-3-PSCA xenograft NSG mouse model. This is a first reported ADC based on a fully human PSCA antibody and MMAE that is characterized in a xenograft murine model, which warrants further optimizations and investigations in additional preclinical tumor models, including prostate and other solid tumors.
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spelling doaj-art-1f085d6811ce4dcda8bde14f50a5302f2025-01-31T04:19:37ZengTaylor & Francis GroupmAbs1942-08621942-08702024-12-0116110.1080/19420862.2024.2387240Discovery of a novel highly specific, fully human PSCA antibody and its application as an antibody-drug conjugate in prostate cancerXiaojie Chu0Seungmin Shin1Du-San Baek2Liyong Zhang3Alex Conard4Megan Shi5Ye-Jin Kim6Cynthia Adams7Maggie Hines8Xianglei Liu9Chuan Chen10Zehua Sun11Dontcho V. Jelev12John W. Mellors13Dimiter S. Dimitrov14Wei Li15Center for Antibody Therapeutics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, Pittsburgh, PA, USACenter for Antibody Therapeutics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, Pittsburgh, PA, USAGLPG, Pittsburgh, PA, USAHillman Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USAGLPG, Pittsburgh, PA, USAComputational and System Biology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USAGLPG, Pittsburgh, PA, USAGLPG, Pittsburgh, PA, USACenter for Antibody Therapeutics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, Pittsburgh, PA, USACenter for Antibody Therapeutics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, Pittsburgh, PA, USACenter for Antibody Therapeutics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, Pittsburgh, PA, USAGLPG, Pittsburgh, PA, USACenter for Antibody Therapeutics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, Pittsburgh, PA, USACenter for Antibody Therapeutics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, Pittsburgh, PA, USACenter for Antibody Therapeutics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, Pittsburgh, PA, USACenter for Antibody Therapeutics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, Pittsburgh, PA, USAProstate stem cell antigen (PSCA) is expressed in all stages of prostate cancer, including in advanced androgen-independent tumors and bone metastasis. PSCA may associate with prostate carcinogenesis and lineage plasticity in prostate cancer. PSCA is also a promising theranostic marker for a variety of other solid tumors, including pancreatic adenocarcinoma and renal cell carcinoma. Here, we identified a novel fully human PSCA antibody using phage display methodology. The structure-based affinity maturation yielded a high-affinity binder, F12, which is highly specific and does not bind to 6,000 human membrane proteins based on a membrane proteome array assay. F12 targets PSCA amino acids 63–69 as tested by the peptide scanning microarray, and it cross-reacts with the murine PSCA. IgG1 F12 efficiently internalizes into PSCA-expressing tumor cells. The antimitotic reagent monomethyl auristatin E (MMAE)-conjugated IgG1 F12 (ADC, F12-MMAE) exhibits dose-dependent efficacy and specificity in a human prostate cancer PC-3-PSCA xenograft NSG mouse model. This is a first reported ADC based on a fully human PSCA antibody and MMAE that is characterized in a xenograft murine model, which warrants further optimizations and investigations in additional preclinical tumor models, including prostate and other solid tumors.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/19420862.2024.2387240Antibody drug conjugatefully human antibodymonomethyl auristatin Eprostate cancerPSCAtumor xenograft mouse model
spellingShingle Xiaojie Chu
Seungmin Shin
Du-San Baek
Liyong Zhang
Alex Conard
Megan Shi
Ye-Jin Kim
Cynthia Adams
Maggie Hines
Xianglei Liu
Chuan Chen
Zehua Sun
Dontcho V. Jelev
John W. Mellors
Dimiter S. Dimitrov
Wei Li
Discovery of a novel highly specific, fully human PSCA antibody and its application as an antibody-drug conjugate in prostate cancer
mAbs
Antibody drug conjugate
fully human antibody
monomethyl auristatin E
prostate cancer
PSCA
tumor xenograft mouse model
title Discovery of a novel highly specific, fully human PSCA antibody and its application as an antibody-drug conjugate in prostate cancer
title_full Discovery of a novel highly specific, fully human PSCA antibody and its application as an antibody-drug conjugate in prostate cancer
title_fullStr Discovery of a novel highly specific, fully human PSCA antibody and its application as an antibody-drug conjugate in prostate cancer
title_full_unstemmed Discovery of a novel highly specific, fully human PSCA antibody and its application as an antibody-drug conjugate in prostate cancer
title_short Discovery of a novel highly specific, fully human PSCA antibody and its application as an antibody-drug conjugate in prostate cancer
title_sort discovery of a novel highly specific fully human psca antibody and its application as an antibody drug conjugate in prostate cancer
topic Antibody drug conjugate
fully human antibody
monomethyl auristatin E
prostate cancer
PSCA
tumor xenograft mouse model
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/19420862.2024.2387240
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