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Characterisation of the new EpCAM-specific antibody HO-3: Implications for trifunctional antibody immunotherapy of cancer.
Br. J. Cancer 97, 315-321 (2007)
Epithelial cell adhesion molecule EpCAM is a transmembrane glycoprotein that is frequently overexpressed in a variety of carcinomas. This pan-carcinoma antigen has served as the target for a plethora of immunotherapies. Innovative therapeutic approaches include the use of trifunctional antibodies (trAbs) that recruit and activate different types of immune effector cells at the tumour site. The trAb catumaxomab has dual specificity for EpCAM and CD3. In patients with malignant ascites, catumaxomab significantly increased the paracentesis-free interval, corroborating the high efficacy of this therapeutic antibody. Here, we characterised the monoclonal antibody (mAb) HO-3, that is, the EpCAM-binding arm of catumaxomab. Peptide mapping indicated that HO-3 recognises a discontinuous epitope, having three binding sites in the extracellular region of EpCAM. Studies with glycosylation-deficient mutants showed that mAb HO-3 recognised EpCAM independently of its glycosylation status. High-affinity binding was not only detected for mAb HO-3, but also for the monovalent EpCAM-binding arm of catumaxomab with an excellent K(D) of 5.6 x 10(-10) M. Furthermore, trAb catumaxomab was at least a 1000-fold more effective in eliciting the eradication of tumour cells by effector peripheral blood mononuclear cells compared with mAb HO-3. These findings suggest the great therapeutic potential of trAbs and clearly speak in favour of EpCAM-directed cancer immunotherapies.
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Publikationstyp
Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Schlagwörter
EpCAM (CD326); immunotherapy; trifunctional antibodies
Sprache
englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr
2007
HGF-Berichtsjahr
0
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0007-0920
e-ISSN
1532-1827
Zeitschrift
British Journal of Cancer BJC
Quellenangaben
Band: 97,
Heft: 3,
Seiten: 315-321
Verlag
Nature Publishing Group
Begutachtungsstatus
Peer reviewed
Institut(e)
CCG Molecular Oncology (AGV-KON)
PSP-Element(e)
G-520700-001
PubMed ID
17622246
WOS ID
000248444900007
Erfassungsdatum
2007-12-31