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ArticleNature communications2025

PRL3-zumab as an anti-angiogenic therapy in neovascular eye diseases.

Koon Hwee Ang, Min Thura, Queenie Shu Woon Tan, Abhishek Gupta, Kam Yew Kuan, Jie Li, Pei Ling Chia, Beiying Qiu, Jimmy Ming Hong, Ke Guo and 3 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Koon Hwee AngInstitute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 61 Biopolis Drive, Singapore, 138673, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0321-1992
Min ThuraInstitute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 61 Biopolis Drive, Singapore, 138673, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0462-9020
Queenie Shu Woon TanInstitute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 61 Biopolis Drive, Singapore, 138673, Singapore.
Abhishek GuptaInstitute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 61 Biopolis Drive, Singapore, 138673, Singapore.
Kam Yew KuanInstitute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 61 Biopolis Drive, Singapore, 138673, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-0897-8366
Jie LiInstitute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 61 Biopolis Drive, Singapore, 138673, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6404-1432
Pei Ling ChiaInstitute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 61 Biopolis Drive, Singapore, 138673, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1656-4770
Beiying QiuCentre for Vision Research, Duke NUS Medical School, 8 College Road, Singapore, 169857, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-2662-2959
Jimmy Ming HongSingapore Eye Research Institute (SERI), The Academia, 20 College Road, Level 6 Discovery Tower, Singapore, 169856, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6666-0763
Ke GuoInstitute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 61 Biopolis Drive, Singapore, 138673, Singapore.
Xiaomeng WangInstitute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 61 Biopolis Drive, Singapore, 138673, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1036-2764
Xinyi SuInstitute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 61 Biopolis Drive, Singapore, 138673, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1480-6713
Qi ZengInstitute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 61 Biopolis Drive, Singapore, 138673, Singapore. mcbzengq@imcb.a-star.edu.sg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8940-0275

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neovascular eye diseases represent a major cause of irreversible blindness. Here, we report the specific upregulation of endogenous PRL3 protein in diseased choroid-RPE in choroidal neovascularization (CNV) mouse model (male), and diseased retina in oxygen-induced retinopathy (OIR) mouse model (mixed gender), indicating PRL3's role in neovascularization. Intravenous (IV) delivery of anti-PRL3 antibody in CNV model demonstrates superior efficacy in reducing vascular leakage compared to intravitreal (IVT) route due to larger dose permitted by IV. VEGF treatment upregulates endogenous PRL3 protein in human retinal microvascular endothelial cells (HRMECs). Retroviral PRL3 overexpression in HRMECs promotes endothelial proliferation, migration and permeability by facilitating the phosphorylation of ERK1/2, AKT, Paxillin and SRC. However, VEGF-induced proliferation is absent in PRL3-knockout HRMECs. PRL3-zumab, an anti-PRL3 humanized monoclonal antibody, has shown a strong safety profile in ongoing multi-national Phase II trials as an intravenous-administered cancer immunotherapeutic. PRL3's involvement in ocular pathological angiogenesis suggests the potential of repurposing PRL3-zumab to treat neovascular eye diseases.

Indexed as

Angiogenesis InhibitorsAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedChoroidal NeovascularizationNeoplasm ProteinsProtein Tyrosine PhosphatasesAnimalsCell MovementCell ProliferationDisease Models, AnimalEndothelial CellsFemaleHumansIntravitreal InjectionsMaleMiceAngiogenesis InhibitorsAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedNeoplasm ProteinsProtein Tyrosine PhosphatasesPTP4A3 protein, humanVascular Endothelial Growth Factor A

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PMID40410189
PMCPMC12102187

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