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作者: Albelda, Steven ; Hendriks, Linda J A ; van Loo, Pieter Fokko ; Geuijen, Cecile ; Logtenberg, Ton ; Nastri, Horacio ; Marissen, Wilfred ; Tacken, Paul ; Engels, Steef ; Rovers, Eric ; van der Maaden, Hans ; Kanellopoulou, Chrysi ; Harvey, Shane ; Wang, Liang-Chuan ; Liu, Yao-Bin ; Throsby, Mark ; Stewart, Shaun ; Bartelink, Willem ; Klooster, Rinse ; Scherle, Peggy ; Volgina, Alla ; Mondal, Arpita ; de Kruif, John ; Huang, Cheng-Yen ; Bakker, Alexander B H ; Kim, Soyeon ; Hollis, Gregory ; Hall, Leslie ; den Blanken-Smit, Renate ; Zhou, Jing ; Condamine, Thomas ; Huber, Reid ; Kulkarni, Ashwini ; Martinez, Marina ; Mayes, Patrick A ; Moon, Edmund ; Zondag-van der Zande, Vanessa ; O'Brien, Shaun ; Kramer, Arjen ; Basmeleh, Abdul ; Fransen, Floris
Abstract:Immune checkpoint inhibitors demonstrate clinical activity in many tumor types, however, only a fraction of patients benefit. Combining CD137 agonists with these inhibitors increases anti-tumor activity preclinically, but attempts to translate these observations to the clinic have been hampered by systemic toxicity. Here we describe a human CD137xPD-L1 bispecific antibody, MCLA-145, identified through functional screening of agonist- and immune checkpoint inhibitor arm combinations. MCLA-145 potently activates T cells at sub-nanomolar concentrations, even under suppressive conditions, and enhances T cell priming, differentiation and memory recall responses. In vivo, MCLA-145 anti-tumor activity is superior to immune checkpoint inhibitor comparators and linked to recruitment and intra-tumor expansion of CD8 + T cells. No graft-versus-host-disease is observed in contrast to other antibodies inhibiting the PD-1 and PD-L1 pathway. Non-human primates treated with 100 mg/kg/week of MCLA-145 show no adverse effects. The conditional activation of CD137 signaling by MCLA-145, triggered by neighboring cells expressing >5000 copies of PD-L1, may provide both safety and potency advantages.