基于单域抗体的抗 PSMA 重组免疫毒素具有前列腺癌治疗的特异性和疗效。
A Single-Domain Antibody-Based Anti-PSMA Recombinant Immunotoxin Exhibits Specificity and Efficacy for Prostate Cancer Therapy.
机构信息
State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
出版信息
Int J Mol Sci. 2021 May 23;22(11):5501. doi: 10.3390/ijms22115501.
Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second most common cancer in men, causing more than 300,000 deaths every year worldwide. Due to their superior cell-killing ability and the relative simplicity of their preparation, immunotoxin molecules have great potential in the clinical treatment of cancer, and several such molecules have been approved for clinical application. In this study, we adopted a relatively simple strategy based on a single-domain antibody (sdAb) and an improved exotoxin A (PE) toxin (PE24X7) to prepare a safer immunotoxin against prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) for PCa treatment. The designed anti-PSMA immunotoxin, JVM-PE24X7, was conveniently prepared in its soluble form in an () system, avoiding the complex renaturation process needed for immunotoxin preparation by the conventional strategy. The product was very stable and showed a very strong ability to bind the PSMA receptor. Cytotoxicity assays showed that this molecule at a very low concentration could kill PSMA-positive PCa cells, with an EC value (concentration at which the cell viability decreased by 50%) of 15.3 pM against PSMA-positive LNCaP cells. Moreover, this molecule showed very good killing selectivity between PSMA-positive and PSMA-negative cells, with a selection ratio of more than 300-fold. Animal studies showed that this molecule at a very low dosage (5 × 0.5 mg/kg once every three days) completely inhibited the growth of PCa tumors, and the maximum tolerable dose (MTD) was more than 15 mg/kg, indicating its very potent tumor-treatment ability and a wide therapeutic window. Use of the new PE toxin, PE24X7, as the effector moiety significantly reduced off-target toxicity and improved the therapeutic window of the immunotoxin. The above results demonstrate that the designed anti-PSMA immunotoxin, JVM-PE24X7, has good application value for the treatment of PCa.
前列腺癌(PCa)是男性中第二常见的癌症,每年在全球导致超过 30 万人死亡。由于其具有优越的细胞杀伤能力和相对简单的制备方法,免疫毒素分子在癌症的临床治疗中具有很大的潜力,并且已经有几种此类分子被批准用于临床应用。在这项研究中,我们采用了一种相对简单的策略,基于单域抗体(sdAb)和改良的外毒素 A(PE)毒素(PE24X7),制备了一种针对前列腺特异性膜抗原(PSMA)的更安全的免疫毒素,用于治疗 PCa。设计的抗 PSMA 免疫毒素 JVM-PE24X7 以可溶性形式在()系统中方便地制备,避免了传统策略中免疫毒素制备所需的复杂复性过程。该产品非常稳定,表现出非常强的结合 PSMA 受体的能力。细胞毒性测定表明,该分子在非常低的浓度下即可杀死 PSMA 阳性的 PCa 细胞,对 PSMA 阳性的 LNCaP 细胞的 EC 值(细胞活力降低 50%时的浓度)为 15.3 pM。此外,该分子在 PSMA 阳性和 PSMA 阴性细胞之间表现出非常好的杀伤选择性,选择比超过 300 倍。动物研究表明,该分子在非常低的剂量(5×0.5mg/kg,每三天一次)下完全抑制了 PCa 肿瘤的生长,最大耐受剂量(MTD)超过 15mg/kg,表明其具有很强的肿瘤治疗能力和很宽的治疗窗。使用新型 PE 毒素 PE24X7 作为效应结构域显著降低了脱靶毒性,并提高了免疫毒素的治疗窗。上述结果表明,设计的抗 PSMA 免疫毒素 JVM-PE24X7 具有很好的治疗 PCa 的应用价值。