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Targeting FLT3 by new-generation antibody-drug-conjugate in combination with kinase inhibitors for treatment of AML

Roas, Maike; Vick, Binje; Kasper, Marc-André; Able, Marina; Polzer, Harald; Gerlach, Marcus; Kremmer, Elisabeth; Hecker, Judith S.; Schmitt, Saskia; Stengl, Andreas; Waller, Verena; Hohmann, Natascha; Festini, Moreno; Ludwig, Alexander Edmund; Rohrbacher, Lisa; Herold, Tobias; Subklewe, Marion; Götze, Katharina S.; Hackenberger, Christian P.R.; Schumacher, Dominik; Helma-Smets, Jonas; Jeremias, Irmela; Leonhardt, Heinrich; Spiekermann, Karsten
Aug 2022
10.1182/blood.2021015246
Fms like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3) is often overexpressed or constitutively activated by internal tandem duplication (ITD) and tyrosine kinase domain (TKD) mutations in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Despite the use of receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) in FLT3-ITD positive AML, the prognosis of patients is still poor and further improvement of therapy is required. Targeting FLT3 independent of mutations by antibody‑drug‑conjugates (ADCs) is a promising strategy for AML therapy. Here, we report the development and preclinical characterization of a novel FLT3‑targeting ADC, 20D9-ADC, which was generated by applying the innovative P5 conjugation technology. In vitro, 20D9‑ADC mediated potent cytotoxicity to Ba/F3 cells expressing transgenic FLT3 or FLT3-ITD, to AML cell lines and to FLT3-ITD positive patient derived xenograft AML cells. In vivo, 20D9‑ADC treatment led to a significant tumor reduction and even durable complete remission in AML xenograft models. Further, 20D9‑ADC demonstrated no severe hematotoxicity in in vitro colony formation assays using concentrations that were cytotoxic in AML cell line treatment. The combination of 20D9-ADC with the TKI midostaurin showed strong synergy in vitro and in vivo, leading to reduction of aggressive AML cells below the detection limit. Our data indicate that targeting FLT3 with an advanced new-generation ADC is a promising and potent antileukemic strategy, especially when combined with FLT3-TKI in FLT3‑ITD positive AML.

IFx-Hu2.0 phase I first in human study for unresectable melanoma for an intralesional “in-situ vaccine” approach.

Markowitz, Joseph; Shamblott, Michael; Brohl, Andrew Scott; Sarnaik, Amod; Eroglu, Zeynep; Khushalani, Nikhil I.; Chen, Pei-Ling; De-Aquino, Deanryan B.; Sondak, Vernon K.; Tarhini, Ahmad A.; Kim, Youngchul; Pilon-Thomas, Shari
Jun 2022
10.1200/JCO.2022.40.16_suppl.e21542
e21542 Background: Many melanoma patients do not respond to anti-PD1 therapy due to lack of antigen specific responses. IFx-Hu2.0 (plasmid DNA encoding the streptococcal membrane protein, Emm55, contained within a cationic polymer) primes innate and antigen dependent responses in murine/equine melanoma models to produce an environment needed for checkpoint inhibitor efficacy. We describe the first in human study utilizing IFx-Hu2.0 in unresectable melanoma – NCT03655756. Methods: Melanoma patients (unresectable stage III/IV) had cutaneous lesions injected with IFx-Hu2.0 to test safety and feasibility. Patients were refractory to standard of care (anti-PD1, BRAF/MEK) or did not wish these treatments. 1-3 lesions (> 3 mm – 0.1 mg/0.2 mL) were injected, pre/post treatment biopsies obtained, and the primary endpoint of 5/6 patients without dose limiting toxicity (DLT) was assessed at 28 days. Retreatment was permitted. ≥2 lesions were needed: one for injection and uninjected lesion for biopsy. Tissue samples were analyzed for mRNA profiles, antigen responses (PEPperPRINT assay), and multiplex immunofluorescence (markers: CD3, CD8, FOXP3, PD1, PDL1, SOX10, DAPI). Results: The primary endpoint was met in 6 evaluable patients out of 7 enrolled. Observed toxicities included: G1-2 Injection site reactions – 5/7; G1 Bleeding – 1/7; G1-2 Pain – 2/7, G1 Lymphopenia – 1/7, G1 Pruritis – 1/7; with no ≥ G3 toxicities related to study drug observed. One G5 toxicity (Clostridium septicum infection 20 days post injection) was deemed unlikely related to study drug. 5/6 patients received 1 cycle prior to post-protocol immune-based therapy. One treatment naïve patient retreated once with IFx-Hu2.0 required no additional therapy > 9 months. Available paired tissue and plasma sampling revealed increased T cell infiltration into treated lesions, increase in IgM and IgG epitope recognition to melanoma associated antigens in the plasma (detected by PEPperPRINT assay), an increase in mRNA associated with innate immune responses in the injected lesion (CXCL13, LAG3, CXCL11, CXCL10, ICOS) and an adaptive immune response (IL-12, HLA-DRB5, WNT4, CD3D, Arg I) in uninjected lesions associated with downregulation of known melanoma antigens. Of 4 anti-PD1 refractory patients, three patients had clinical benefit to post-protocol retreatment with anti-PD1 based therapy (Stable Disease (SD) lasting > 2 years followed by surgical resection, Partial Response (PR) lasting > 9 months, PR subsequently surgical resected and rendered no evidence of disease). Conclusions: In this pilot study, intralesional IFx-Hu2.0 demonstrated a favorable safety profile. These data support encouraging immunological correlative responses and further study of IFx-Hu2.0 as a priming agent to enhance or restore sensitivity to immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy in melanoma. Clinical trial information: NCT03655756.

Sensing Immune Responses with Customized Peptide Microarrays

Schirwitz, Christopher; Loeffler, Felix F.; Felgenhauer, Thomas; Stadler, Volker; Breitling, Frank; Bischoff, F. Ralf
Biointerphases.
Aug 2012
10.1007/s13758-012-0047-5
The intent to solve biological and biomedical questions in high-throughput led to an immense interest in microarray technologies. Nowadays, DNA microarrays are routinely used to screen for oligonucleotide interactions within a large variety of potential interaction partners. To study interactions on the protein level with the same efficiency, protein and peptide microarrays offer similar advantages, but their production is more demanding. A new technology to produce peptide microarrays with a laser printer provides access to affordable and highly complex peptide microarrays. Such a peptide microarray can contain up to 775 peptide spots per cm², whereby the position of each peptide spot and, thus, the amino acid sequence of the corresponding peptide, is exactly known. Compared to other techniques, such as the SPOT synthesis, more features per cm² at lower costs can be synthesized which paves the way for laser printed peptide microarrays to take on roles as efficient and affordable biomedical sensors. Here, we describe the laser printer-based synthesis of peptide microarrays and focus on an application involving the blood sera of tetanus immunized individuals, indicating the potential of peptide arrays to sense immune responses.

Physical Characterization of the “Immunosignaturing Effect”

Stafford, Phillip; Halperin, Rebecca; Legutki, Joseph Bart; Magee, Dewey Mitchell; Galgiani, John; Johnston, Stephen Albert
Mol Cell Proteomics.
Apr 2012
10.1074/mcp.M111.011593
Identifying new, effective biomarkers for diseases is proving to be a challenging problem. We have proposed that antibodies may offer a solution to this problem. The physical features and abundance of antibodies make them ideal biomarkers. Additionally, antibodies are often elicited early in the ontogeny of different chronic and infectious diseases. We previously reported that antibodies from patients with infectious disease and separately those with Alzheimer’s disease display a characteristic and reproducible immunosignature on a microarray of 10,000 random sequence peptides. Here we investigate the physical and chemical parameters underlying how immunosignaturing works. We first show that a variety of monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies raised against different classes of antigens produce distinct profiles on this microarray and the relative affinities are determined. A proposal for how antibodies bind the random sequences is tested. Sera from vaccinated mice and people suffering from a fugal infection are individually assayed to determine the complexity of signals that can be distinguished. Based on these results, we propose that this simple, general and inexpensive system could be optimized to generate a new class of antibody biomarkers for a wide variety of diseases.

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