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ArticleBritish journal of cancer2016

Acute tumour response to a bispecific Ang-2-VEGF-A antibody: insights from multiparametric MRI and gene expression profiling.

Lauren C J Baker, Jessica K R Boult, Markus Thomas, Astrid Koehler, Tapan Nayak, Jean Tessier, Chia-Huey Ooi, Fabian Birzele, Anton Belousov, Magdalena Zajac and 3 more

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Article in British journal of cancer, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Lauren C J BakerCancer Research UK Cancer Imaging Centre, Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SM2 5NG, UK.
Jessica K R BoultCancer Research UK Cancer Imaging Centre, Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SM2 5NG, UK.
Markus ThomasRoche Pharma Research and Early Development (pRED), Roche Innovation Center, Penzberg DE-82377, Germany.
Astrid KoehlerRoche Pharma Research and Early Development (pRED), Roche Innovation Center, Penzberg DE-82377, Germany.
Tapan NayakRoche pRED, Roche Innovation Center, Basel CH-4070, Switzerland.
Jean TessierRoche pRED, Roche Innovation Center, Basel CH-4070, Switzerland.
Chia-Huey OoiRoche Pharma Research and Early Development (pRED), Roche Innovation Center, Penzberg DE-82377, Germany.
Fabian BirzeleRoche Pharma Research and Early Development (pRED), Roche Innovation Center, Penzberg DE-82377, Germany.
Anton BelousovRoche Pharma Research and Early Development (pRED), Roche Innovation Center, Penzberg DE-82377, Germany.
Magdalena ZajacRoche pRED, Roche Innovation Center, Welwyn AL7 1TW, UK.
Carsten HornRoche pRED, Roche Innovation Center, Basel CH-4070, Switzerland.
Clare LeFaveRoche pRED, Roche Innovation Center, New York, NY 10016, USA.
Simon P RobinsonCancer Research UK Cancer Imaging Centre, Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SM2 5NG, UK.
La Roche College · USRoche (Switzerland) · CHCancer Research UK · GBInstitute of Cancer Research · GBRoche (United Kingdom) · GB

Funding

Cancer Research UK 16464Cancer Research UK C1060/A10334Cancer Research UK C1090/A16464Medical Research Council
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo assess antivascular effects, and evaluate clinically translatable magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) biomarkers of tumour response in vivo, following treatment with vanucizumab, a bispecific human antibody against angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) and vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGF-A).

methodsColo205 colon cancer xenografts were imaged before and 5 days after treatment with a single 10 mg kg(-1) dose of either vanucizumab, bevacizumab (anti-human VEGF-A), LC06 (anti-murine/human Ang-2) or omalizumab (anti-human IgE control). Volumetric response was assessed using T2-weighted MRI, and diffusion-weighted, dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) and susceptibility contrast MRI used to quantify tumour water diffusivity (apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC), × 10(6) mm(2) s(-1)), vascular perfusion/permeability (K(trans), min(-1)) and fractional blood volume (fBV, %) respectively. Pathological correlates were sought, and preliminary gene expression profiling performed.

resultsTreatment with vanucizumab, bevacizumab or LC06 induced a significant (P<0.01) cytolentic response compared with control. There was no significant change in tumour ADC in any treatment group. Uptake of Gd-DTPA was restricted to the tumour periphery in all post-treatment groups. A significant reduction in tumour K(trans) (P<0.05) and fBV (P<0.01) was determined 5 days after treatment with vanucizumab only. This was associated with a significant (P<0.05) reduction in Hoechst 33342 uptake compared with control. Gene expression profiling identified 20 human genes exclusively regulated by vanucizumab, 6 of which are known to be involved in vasculogenesis and angiogenesis.

conclusionsVanucizumab is a promising antitumour and antiangiogenic treatment, whose antivascular activity can be monitored using DCE and susceptibility contrast MRI. Differential gene expression in vanucizumab-treated tumours is regulated by the combined effect of Ang-2 and VEGF-A inhibition.

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Gene Expression ProfilingMolecular Targeted TherapyAdenocarcinomaAngiogenesis InhibitorsAngiopoietin-2AnimalsAntibodies, BispecificAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedBevacizumabCell Line, TumorColonic NeoplasmsDNA ReplicationGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansImmunoglobulin EAngiogenesis InhibitorsAngiopoietin-2ANGPT2 protein, humanAntibodies, BispecificAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedBevacizumabImmunoglobulin EOmalizumabvanucizumabVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AVEGFA protein, human

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PMID27529514
PMCPMC5023775
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