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Laboratory of Tumor Immunology and Biology, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 [J. S., D. E., D. C., A. M., K. S.]; Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio 43201 [D. H., L. S. M.]; and Division of Nuclear Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210 [G. H.]
The effect of the relative affinity (Ka) on the antitumor efficacy of monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) has been questioned. It has previously been shown in experimental models that the use of MAbs with higher relative Kas manifests itself in a higher percentage of injected dose of MAb bound to tumor. On the other hand, mathematical models have proposed that the use of higher affinity MAbs may be disadvantageous for antitumor effects, since higher Ka MAbs would bind more antigen and prevent penetration of MAb through tumor. To test this hypothesis, three MAbs reacting to the human pancarcinoma antigen TAG-72 were used as radioimmunoconjugates for therapeutic efficacy versus the LS-174T human colon carcinoma xenograft. MAbs B72.3, CC49, and CC83 have all been shown by depletion studies to react to the same molecule and to all react with overlapping epitopes. While the relative Ka of B72.3 is 2.5 x 109 M–1, the relative Kas of CC49 and CC83 are 16.2 and 27.7 x 109 M–1, respectively. Each MAb was radiolabeled with 131I, and each radioimmunoconjugate was assayed at five dose levels for therapeutic efficacy using the human xenograft model. The results of these studies demonstrate substantial therapeutic advantage of the higher affinity MAbs CC49 and CC83 versus B72.3 at every dose level. While 500 µCi of B72.3 were required to reduce tumor growth in only a minority of tumor-bearing animals, the use of the same amount or less of the radioimmunoconjugates of CC49 or CC83 resulted in strong antitumor effects in 80 to 100% of tumor-bearing animals. Thus, stronger antitumor effects were seen using as little as 2.5- to 3-fold less of the higher Ka immunoconjugates CC49 and CC83 as compared with B72.3. While we acknowledge the potential disadvantages of higher Ka MAbs in some situations, at least the experimental studies and model system described here show that a distinct therapeutic advantage exists with the use of higher affinity immunoconjugates.
1 To whom requests for reprints should be addressed, at the Laboratory of Tumor Immunology and Biology, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Building 10, Room 8B07, Bethesda, MD 20892.
2 Present address: University of Nebraska Medical Center, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Omaha, NE 68198.
3 Present address: Academia Nacional de Medicina, Centro de Estudios Oncologilos, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
4 Present address: Neoprobe Corporation, Columbus, OH 43212.
Received 8/ 7/91. Accepted 12/13/91.
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