Abstract
Vijay R. Gupta1, Adam Root2, Timothy Fisher3, Rand Norberg1, John David1, Tracey Clark4, Justin Cohen2, Chad May3 and Anand Giddabasappa1
1 Global Science & Technology (GST) – Comparative Medicine, Pfizer Global Research Development and Medical, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
2 BioMedicine Design, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
3 Oncology Research and Development, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
4 PDM Biotherapeutics, Pfizer Inc., San Diego, CA 92121, USA
Correspondence to:
Anand Giddabasappa, | email: | anand.giddabasappa@pfizer.com |
Keywords: bispecific antibody; tumor targeting; biodistribution; T cells; molecular imaging
Received: November 03, 2019 Accepted: March 14, 2020 Published: April 14, 2020
ABSTRACT
P-cadherin-LP-DART is a bispecific antibody targeting P-cadherin expressed on the tumor cells and CD3 on the T-cells. Previously we demonstrated the development and efficacy of P-cadherin-LP-DART in in vitro and in vivo models. Here, we evaluated the three pillars: exposure, targeting specificity and pharmacodynamic modulation for P-cadherin-LP-DART using fluorescence molecular tomography (FMT). Bispecific antibodies and T-cells were conjugated with a near-infrared fluorophores: VivoTag®680XL (VT680) and CellVue®NIR815 (CV815), respectively. In vitro binding and cytotoxic T-lymphocyte assay demonstrated that P-cadherin-LP-DART significantly retained its properties after VT680 conjugation. In vivo FMT imaging was performed to determine the bispecific biodistribution and T-cell trafficking in HCT-116 xenograft model. Peak tumor exposure (2.71%ID) was observed at 96 hr post-injection with measurable quantity even at 240 hr (1.46%ID) (Pillar 1). P-cadherin-LP-DART accumulation in tumor was 20-25 fold higher compared to Control-LP-DART demonstrating the targeting specificity (Pillar 2). Imaging after engraftment of CV815 labeled T-cells showed P-cadherin-LP-DART mediated T-cell trafficking in tumors (Pillar 3). This study harnessed the multichannel capability of FMT and demonstrated the targeting of drug and trafficking of T cells to tumors, simultaneously. Our results show the impact of molecular imaging in demonstrating three pillars of pharmacology, longitudinally and non-invasively.