title: Growth and metastasis suppression of glioma xenografts expressing exon 4-deletion variant of epidermal growth factor receptor by monoclonal antibody CH12-mediated receptor degradation.
abstract: We recently isolated an exon-4-deleted epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) variant, termed de4 EGFR. Because the extracellular domain alteration of receptors often influences the antitumor effect of therapeutic antibodies, it is essential to test the sensitivity of de4 EGFR(+) tumors to anti-EGFR antibodies. Therefore, in this study, the antitumor activities of mAb CH12, an anti-EGFRvIII antibody developed in our laboratory, as well as a U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved anti-EGFR antibody, cetuximab (C225), were characterized on de4 EGFR(+) models. The results of FACS assays showed that CH12 bound to de4 EGFR with a higher avidity than did C225. Interestingly, CH12, but not C225, significantly inhibited the metastasis and growth of U87MG-de4 EGFR xenografts, with a growth-inhibition ratio of 46.48% in vivo, and prolonged the survival of the tumor-bearing mice by 37.2%. Treatment with CH12 significantly suppressed tumor proliferation and angiogenesis with increased tumor apoptosis. Mechanistically, de4 EGFR protein expression was virtually undetectable in the U87MG-de4 EGFR xenografts treated with CH12. This may account for the observed reduction of Akt and Erk phosphorylation, cyclin D1, Bcl-2, and Bcl-x(L) expression and the increase of p27 and E-cadherin expression. Intriguingly, LAMP-1, a major component of the lysosome, was significantly up-regulated in the CH12-treated group but not in the C225-treated group, suggesting its contribution to the degradation of de4 EGFR. Taken together, our data demonstrated that mAb CH12 is a promising therapeutic agent for treating de4 EGFR(+) gliomas.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Hai
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Bizhi
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Qingli
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Suwen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Shengli
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Zonghai
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000494:pharmacology*; D061067:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000235:genetics / Q000556:secondary*; D016466:CHO Cells; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D000068818:Cetuximab; D006224:Cricetinae; D003412:Cricetulus; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D017353:Gene Deletion; D005910:Glioma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000235:genetics / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D051907:Lysosomal Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008819:Mice, Nude; D023041:Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays; D052118:Lysosomal-Associated Membrane Protein 1
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D061067:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D000068818:Cetuximab; D066246:ErbB Receptors; D051907:Lysosomal Membrane Proteins; C052255:Lamp1 protein, mouse; D052118:Lysosomal-Associated Membrane Protein 1