Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for producing cancerous disease modifying antibodies using a novel paradigm of screening. By segregating the anti-cancer antibodies using cancer cell cytotoxicity as an end point, the process makes possible the production of anti-cancer antibodies for therapeutic and diagnostic purposes. The antibodies can be used in aid of staging and diagnosis of a cancer, and can be used to treat primary tumors and tumor metastases. The anti-cancer antibodies can be conjugated to toxins, enzymes, radioactive compounds, cytokines, interferons, target or reporter moieties and hematogenous cells.
Abstract:
Expression of TROP-2, an approximately 35 kDa transmembrane protein and a substrate of protein kinase C, has been linked to several cancers. TROP-2 is also known as GA733-1, epithelial glycoprotein 1 (EGP-I) and tumor-associated calcium signal transducer-2. A monoclonal antibody against TROP-2 from the hybridoma AR47A6.4.2, deposited with the International Depository Authority of Canada (IDAC) as accession number 141205-05, was previously shown to be a cancerous disease modifying antibody (CDMAB), preventing tumour growth and reducing tumour burden in several cancer models including prostate, pancreatic and breast cancer by cytotoxicity. The variable regions of this monoclonal antibody were also isolated, sequenced and complementarity determining regions (CDRs) determined. Now, a chimeric antibody and humanized antibodies are generated that have similar TROP-2 binding activity as the parent 141205-05 monoclonal antibody. The monoclonal, chimeric and humanized antibodies can be conjugated to toxins, enzymes, radioactive compounds, cytokines, interferons, target or reporter moieties and hematogenous cells to treat cancer. These antibodies are also used in binding assays to determine TROP-2 expression on cells.
Abstract:
This invention relates to the diagnosis and treatment of cancerous diseases, particularly to the mediation of cytotoxicity of tumor cells; and most particularly to the use of cancerous disease modifying antibodies (CDMAB), optionally in combination with one or more chemotherapeutic agents, as a means for initiating the cytotoxic response. The invention further relates to binding assays which utilize the CDMABs of the instant invention.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for producing cancerous disease modifying antibodies using a novel paradigm of screening. By segregating the anti-cancer antibodies using cancer cell cytotoxicity as an end point, the process makes possible the production of anti-cancer antibodies for therapeutic and diagnostic purposes. The antibodies can be used in aid of staging and diagnosis of a cancer, and can be used to treat primary tumors and tumor metastases. The anti-cancer antibodies can be conjugated to toxins, enzymes, radioactive compounds, cytokines, interferons, target or reporter moieties and hematogenous cells.
Abstract:
The use of a cancerous disease modifying antibody (CDMAB) 11 BD-2E11-2 for treating a tumor in humans and methods of isolating and identifying cancerous cells which express a melanoma-associated chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan (MCSP) antigenic moiety. The monoclonal antibody 11 BD-2E11-2 (ATCC accession number PTA-5643), which binds a MCSP antigenic moiety, is cytotoxic to cancer cells which express the antigenic moiety. The monoclonal antibody 11 BD-2E11-2 is useful for delaying the disease progression of a human tumor.