| Literature DB >> 26076429 |
Robert P Lyon1, Tim D Bovee1, Svetlana O Doronina1, Patrick J Burke1, Joshua H Hunter1, Haley D Neff-LaFord2, Mechthild Jonas3, Martha E Anderson4, Jocelyn R Setter1, Peter D Senter1.
Abstract
The in vitro potency of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) increases with the drug-to-antibody ratio (DAR); however, ADC plasma clearance also increases with DAR, reducing exposure and in vivo efficacy. Here we show that accelerated clearance arises from ADC hydrophobicity, which can be modulated through drug-linker design. We exemplify this using hydrophilic auristatin drug linkers and PEGylated ADCs that yield uniform, high-DAR ADCs with superior in vivo performance.Mesh:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26076429 DOI: 10.1038/nbt.3212
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Biotechnol ISSN: 1087-0156 Impact factor: 54.908