Tumor Regression upon Intratumoral and Subcutaneous Dosing of the STING Agonist ALG-031048 in Mouse Efficacy Models

Stimulator of interferon genes (STING) agonists have shown potent anti-tumor efficacy in various mouse tumor models and have the potential to overcome resistance to immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) by linking the innate and acquired immune systems. First-generation STING agonists are administered intratumorally; however, a systemic delivery route would greatly expand the clinical use of STING agonists. Biochemical and cell-based experiments, as well as syngeneic mouse efficacy models, were used to demonstrate the anti-tumoral activity of ALG-031048, a novel STING agonist. In vitro, ALG-031048 is highly stable in plasma and liver microsomes and is resistant to degradation via phosphodiesterases. The high stability in biological matrices translated to good cellular potency in a HEK 293 STING R232 reporter assay, efficient activation and maturation of primary human dendritic cells and monocytes, as well as long-lasting, antigen-specific anti-tumor activity in up to 90% of animals in the CT26 mouse colon carcinoma model. Significant reductions in tumor growth were observed in two syngeneic mouse tumor models following subcutaneous administration. Combinations of ALG-031048 and ICIs further enhanced the in vivo anti-tumor activity. This initial demonstration of anti-tumor activity after systemic administration of ALG-031048 warrants further investigation, while the combination of systemically administered ALG-031048 with ICIs offers an attractive approach to overcome key limitations of ICIs in the clinic.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

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International journal of molecular sciences - 24(2023), 22 vom: 13. Nov.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jekle, Andreas [VerfasserIn]
Thatikonda, Santosh Kumar [VerfasserIn]
Jaisinghani, Ruchika [VerfasserIn]
Ren, Suping [VerfasserIn]
Kinkade, April [VerfasserIn]
Stevens, Sarah K [VerfasserIn]
Stoycheva, Antitsa [VerfasserIn]
Rajwanshi, Vivek K [VerfasserIn]
Williams, Caroline [VerfasserIn]
Deval, Jerome [VerfasserIn]
Mukherjee, Sucheta [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Qingling [VerfasserIn]
Chanda, Sushmita [VerfasserIn]
Smith, David B [VerfasserIn]
Blatt, Lawrence M [VerfasserIn]
Symons, Julian A [VerfasserIn]
Gonzalvez, Francois [VerfasserIn]
Beigelman, Leonid [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Immune checkpoint inhibitor
Immuno-oncology
Journal Article
STING agonist
Syngeneic mouse model

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Date Completed 27.11.2023

Date Revised 27.11.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/ijms242216274

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM364946806