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ABSTRACT: Background
Pancreatic cancer (PDAC) is the most lethal malignancy. New treatment options for it are urgently required. The aim was to develop an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) targeting glypican-1 (GPC-1) as a new therapy for PDAC.Methods
We evaluated GPC-1 expression in resected PDAC specimens and PDAC cell lines. We then measured the antitumour effect of anti-GPC-1 monoclonal antibody conjugated with the cytotoxic agent monomethyl auristatin F (MMAF) in vitro and in vivo.Results
GPC-1 was overexpressed in most primary PDAC cells and tissues. The PDAC cell lines BxPC-3 and T3M-4 strongly expressed GPC-1 relative to SUIT-2 cells. Compared with control ADC, GPC-1-ADC showed a potent antitumour effect against BxPC-3 and T3M-4, but little activity against SUIT-2 cells. In the xenograft and patient-derived tumour models, GPC-1-ADC significantly and potently inhibited tumour growth in a dose-dependent manner. GPC-1-ADC-mediated G2/M-phase cell cycle arrest was detected in the tumour tissues of GPC-1-ADC-treated mice relative to those of control-ADC-treated mice.Conclusions
GPC-1-ADC showed significant tumour growth inhibition against GPC-1-positive pancreatic cell lines and patient-derived, GPC-1-positive pancreatic cancer tissues. Our preclinical data demonstrated that targeting GPC-1 with ADC is a promising therapy for patients with GPC-1-positive pancreatic cancer.
SUBMITTER: Nishigaki T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7189381 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nishigaki Takahiko T Takahashi Tsuyoshi T Serada Satoshi S Fujimoto Minoru M Ohkawara Tomoharu T Hara Hisashi H Sugase Takahito T Otsuru Toru T Saito Yurina Y Tsujii Shigehiro S Nomura Taisei T Tanaka Koji K Miyazaki Yasuhiro Y Makino Tomoki T Kurokawa Yukinori Y Nakajima Kiyokazu K Eguchi Hidetoshi H Yamasaki Makoto M Mori Masaki M Doki Yuichiro Y Naka Tetsuji T
British journal of cancer 20200310 9
<h4>Background</h4>Pancreatic cancer (PDAC) is the most lethal malignancy. New treatment options for it are urgently required. The aim was to develop an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) targeting glypican-1 (GPC-1) as a new therapy for PDAC.<h4>Methods</h4>We evaluated GPC-1 expression in resected PDAC specimens and PDAC cell lines. We then measured the antitumour effect of anti-GPC-1 monoclonal antibody conjugated with the cytotoxic agent monomethyl auristatin F (MMAF) in vitro and in vivo.<h4>Res ...[more]