L-DOS47 enhances response to immunotherapy in pancreatic cancer tumor

bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2023 Aug 28:2023.08.28.555194. doi: 10.1101/2023.08.28.555194.

Abstract

Acidosis is an important immunosuppressive mechanism that leads to tumor growth. Therefore, we investigated the neutralization of tumor acidity to improve immunotherapy response. L-DOS47, a new targeted urease immunoconjugate designed to neutralize tumor acidity, has been well tolerated in phase I/IIa trials. L-DOS47 binds CEACAM6, a cell surface protein highly expressed in gastrointestinal cancers, allowing urease to cleave endogenous urea into two NH4+ and one CO2, thereby raising local pH. To test the synergetic effect of neutralizing tumor acidity with immunotherapy, we developed a pancreatic orthotopic murine tumor model (KPC961) expressing human CEACAM6. Our results demonstrate that combining L DOS47 with anti-PD1 significantly increases the efficacy of anti-PD1 monotherapy, reducing tumor growth for up to 4 weeks.

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