Immune-stimulating antibody conjugates elicit robust myeloid activation and durable antitumor immunity

Shelley E. Ackerman; Cecelia I. Pearson; Joshua D. Gregorio; Joseph C. Gonzalez; Justin A. Kenkel; Felix J. Hartmann; Angela Luo; Po Y. Ho; Heidi LeBlanc; Lisa K. Blum; Samuel C. Kimmey; Andrew Luo; Murray L. Nguyen; Jason C. Paik; Lauren Y. Sheu; Benjamin Ackerman; Arthur Lee; Hai Li; Jennifer Melrose; Richard P. Laura; Vishnu C. Ramani; Karla A. Henning; David Y. Jackson; Brian S. Safina; Grant Yonehiro; Bruce H. Devens; Yaron Carmi; Steven J. Chapin; Sean C. Bendall; Marcin Kowanetz; David Dornan; Edgar G. Engleman; Michael N. Alonso

doi:10.1038/s43018-020-00136-x

Immune-stimulating antibody conjugates elicit robust myeloid activation and durable antitumor immunity

Shelley E. Ackerman, Cecelia I. Pearson, Joshua D. Gregorio, Joseph C. Gonzalez, Justin A. Kenkel, Felix J. Hartmann, Angela Luo, Po Y. Ho, Heidi LeBlanc, Lisa K. Blum, Samuel C. Kimmey, Andrew Luo, Murray L. Nguyen, Jason C. Paik, Lauren Y. Sheu, Benjamin Ackerman, Arthur Lee, Hai Li, Jennifer Melrose, Richard P. LauraVishnu C. Ramani, Karla A. Henning, David Y. Jackson, Brian S. Safina, Grant Yonehiro, Bruce H. Devens, Yaron Carmi, Steven J. Chapin, Sean C. Bendall, Marcin Kowanetz, David Dornan, Edgar G. Engleman, Michael N. Alonso

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Innate pattern recognition receptor agonists, including Toll-like receptors (TLRs), alter the tumor microenvironment and prime adaptive antitumor immunity. However, TLR agonists present toxicities associated with widespread immune activation after systemic administration. To design a TLR-based therapeutic suitable for systemic delivery and capable of safely eliciting tumor-targeted responses, we developed immune-stimulating antibody conjugates (ISACs) comprising a TLR7/8 dual agonist conjugated to tumor-targeting antibodies. Systemically administered human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-targeted ISACs were well tolerated and triggered a localized immune response in the tumor microenvironment that resulted in tumor clearance and immunological memory. Mechanistically, ISACs required tumor antigen recognition, Fcγ-receptor-dependent phagocytosis and TLR-mediated activation to drive tumor killing by myeloid cells and subsequent T-cell-mediated antitumor immunity. ISAC-mediated immunological memory was not limited to the HER2 ISAC target antigen since ISAC-treated mice were protected from rechallenge with the HER2⁻ parental tumor. These results provide a strong rationale for the clinical development of ISACs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	18-33
Number of pages	16
Journal	Nature Cancer
Volume	2
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s43018-020-00136-x
State	Published - 1 Jan 2021
Externally published	Yes

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Ackerman, S. E., Pearson, C. I., Gregorio, J. D., Gonzalez, J. C., Kenkel, J. A., Hartmann, F. J., Luo, A., Ho, P. Y., LeBlanc, H., Blum, L. K., Kimmey, S. C., Luo, A., Nguyen, M. L., Paik, J. C., Sheu, L. Y., Ackerman, B., Lee, A., Li, H., Melrose, J., ... Alonso, M. N. (2021). Immune-stimulating antibody conjugates elicit robust myeloid activation and durable antitumor immunity. Nature Cancer, 2(1), 18-33. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43018-020-00136-x

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