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Published in: EJNMMI Research 1/2016

Open Access 01-12-2016 | Original research

Radioimmunotherapy of prostate cancer targeting human kallikrein-related peptidase 2

Authors: O. Vilhelmsson Timmermand, E. Larsson, D. Ulmert, T. A. Tran, SE. Strand

Published in: EJNMMI Research | Issue 1/2016

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Abstract

Background

Prostate cancer ranks as the second most lethal malignancy in the Western world. Previous targeting of prostate-specific antigen and human kallikrein-related peptidase 2, two related enzymes abundantly expressed in prostatic malignancies, with radioimmunoconjugates intended for diagnostic purposes, have proven successful in rodent prostate cancer (PCa) models. In this study, we investigated the uptake and therapeutic efficacy of 177Lu-m11B6, a human kallikrein-related peptidase 2 (hK2)-targeting radioimmunoconjugate in a pre-clinical setting.

Methods

The murine 11B6 antibody, m11B6, with high affinity for hK2, was labeled with 177Lu. Therapy planning was done from a biokinetic study in LNCaP xenografts, and therapeutic activities of 177Lu-m11B6 were administered to groups of mice. Body weight and general conditions of the mice were followed over a period of 120 days.

Results

The tumor uptake in LNCaP xenografts was 30 ± 8.2 % injected activity per gram 1 week post-injection. In vivo targeting was hK2-specific as verified by a 2.5-fold decrease in tumor uptake in pre-dosed xenografts or by a fourfold lower tumor accumulation in hK2-negative DU 145 xenografts. Therapy showed a dose-dependent efficacy in LNCaP xenografts treated with 177Lu-m11B6. No therapeutic effect was seen in the control groups. The median survival for the lowest given activity of 177Lu-m11B6 was 88 days compared to that of 38 days in mice given labeled non-specific IgG. For the higher administrated activities, total tumor regression was seen with minimal normal organ toxicity.

Conclusions

We have proven the possibility of radioimmunotherapy targeting hK2 in subcutaneous prostate cancer xenografts. 177Lu-m11B6 exhibited high therapeutic efficacy, with low observed toxicity. Additionally, an evaluation of the concept of pre-therapy planning using a dosimetry model was included in this radioimmunotherapy study.
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Metadata
Title
Radioimmunotherapy of prostate cancer targeting human kallikrein-related peptidase 2
Authors
O. Vilhelmsson Timmermand
E. Larsson
D. Ulmert
T. A. Tran
SE. Strand
Publication date
01-12-2016
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
EJNMMI Research / Issue 1/2016
Electronic ISSN: 2191-219X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13550-016-0181-z

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