- Wang, Rongsheng E;
- Liu, Tao;
- Wang, Ying;
- Cao, Yu;
- Du, Jintang;
- Luo, Xiaozhou;
- Deshmukh, Vishal;
- Kim, Chan Hyuk;
- Lawson, Brian R;
- Tremblay, Matthew S;
- Young, Travis S;
- Kazane, Stephanie A;
- Wang, Feng;
- Schultz, Peter G
We have developed a novel antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) that can selectively deliver the Lck inhibitor dasatinib to human T lymphocytes. This ADC is based on a humanized antibody that selectively binds with high affinity to CXCR4, an antigen that is selectively expressed on hematopoietic cells. The resulting dasatinib-antibody conjugate suppresses T-cell-receptor (TCR)-mediated T-cell activation and cytokine expression with low nM EC50 and has minimal effects on cell viability. This ADC may lead to a new class of selective immunosuppressive drugs with improved safety and extend the ADC strategy to the targeted delivery of kinase inhibitors for indications beyond oncology.