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  • Titel: Eradication of Tumors from a Human Colon Cancer Cell Line and from Ovarian Cancer Metastases in Immunodeficient Mice by a Single-Chain Ep-CAM-/CD3-Bispecific Antibody Construct
  • Beteiligte: Schlereth, Bernd; Fichtner, Iduna; Lorenczewski, Grit; Kleindienst, Petra; Brischwein, Klaus; da Silva, Antonio; Kufer, Peter; Lutterbuese, Ralf; Junghahn, Ilse; Kasimir-Bauer, Sabine; Wimberger, Pauline; Kimmig, Rainer; Baeuerle, Patrick A.
  • Erschienen: American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), 2005
  • Erschienen in: Cancer Research, 65 (2005) 7, Seite 2882-2889
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-04-2637
  • ISSN: 0008-5472; 1538-7445
  • Schlagwörter: Cancer Research ; Oncology
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  • Beschreibung: <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>Bispecific T-cell engager (BiTE) are a class of bispecific single-chain antibodies that can very effectively redirect cytotoxic T cells for killing of tumor target cells. Here, we have assessed the in vivo efficacy of one representative, called bscEp-CAMxCD3, with specificity for tumors overexpressing epithelial cell adhesion molecule (Ep-CAM) in human xenograft models. Cells of the human colon carcinoma line SW480 were mixed at a 1:1 ratio with unstimulated human peripheral mononuclear cells, s.c. injected in nonobese diabetes/severe combined immunodeficiency (NOD/SCID) mice, and animals were treated with bscEp-CAMxCD3. Five daily i.v. injections of as little as 100 ng per mouse of bscEp-CAMxCD3 completely prevented tumor outgrowth when treatment was started at the day of tumor cell inoculation. BscEp-CAMxCD3 was also efficacious when administered up to 8 days after xenograft injection. Established tumors could be eradicated in all animals by five 10 μg doses given between days 8 and 12 after tumor cell inoculation. To test the efficacy of bscEp-CAMxCD3 in a more physiologic model, pieces of primary metastatic tumor tissue from ovarian cancer patients were implanted in NOD/SCID mice. Partial tumor engraftment and growth was observed with four of six patient samples. Treatment of established tumors with daily 5 μg doses led to a significant reduction and, in some cases, eradication of human tumor tissue. These effects obviously relied on the tumor-resident T cells reactivated by bscEp-CAMxCD3. Our data show that the class of single-chain bispecific antibodies has very high antitumor efficacy in vivo and can use previously unstimulated T cells at low effector-to-target ratios.</jats:p>
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