Abstract 6351: MUC1*-ADCs are effective against heterogeneous solid tumor cancers

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Abstract Purpose: To develop a MUC1*-ADC for the treatment of over 75% of solid tumor cancers. Methods: MUC1* (muk 1 star) is a growth factor receptor created after cleavage and release of the N-terminal portion of MUC1. The targeting antibody, huMNC2, has already demonstrated safety and cancer selectivity in a 1st-in-human CAR-T clinical trial for treatment of metastatic breast cancers. MNC2 is an IgG1 antibody that only recognizes the conformational epitope created when MUC1 is cleaved by specific tumor-associated enzymes. Confocal microscopy and pHlourin2 were employed to measure antibody internalization as a function of time. We conjugated MNC2 to MMAE, MMAF, Dxd and exatecan via several different linkers. MUC1*-ADCs with DARs ranging from 4-8 were tested in vitro and in vivo for efficacy against a panel of solid tumor cancers. Heterogenous MUC1* tumors were made by mixing different ratios of mCherry wild-type cancer cells with GFP MUC1* overexpressed cancer cells. Resulting H scores ranged from 10-280 (max 300). Results: Cancer cells internalized the MUC1* MNC2 antibody within 2 hours. In vitro, MUC1*-ADC IC50s ranged from 1.3nM to 20.0nM, depending on the linker-payload and cancer subtype, wherein the majority had an IC50 of about 10nM. In general, efficacy in animals was seen across multiple cancer sub-types treated with multiple MUC1*-ADCs. Efficacy in animals xenografted with heterogeneous MUC1* tumors showed a dependence on antigen density. Greatest efficacy was observed for breast cancer xenografts with an H Score >10 treated with MNC2-Deruxtecan. However, only pancreatic tumors with higher H Scores were completely eliminated by MNC2-MMAE, MNC2-Deruxtecan and MNC2-exatecan. MNC2-ADC and MNC2-CAR share the same antibody. No off-tumor toxicity was observed in animals treated with MNC2-ADC, which mimicked lack of off-target toxicities for MNC2-CAR T cells in humans. Conclusions: These data, combined with MNC2-CAR T data from our 1st-in-human trial for metastatic breast cancer, supports a conclusion that the MUC1* antibody MNC2 is safe and could have high therapeutic value as a MUC1*-ADC for multiple solid tumors with both high and low antigen density. Citation Format: Cynthia Carol Bamdad, Benoit S. Smagghe, Scott T. Moe, Mark G. Carter, Trevor J. Grant, Kevin R. Yi, Michael J. Nash, Jacy P. Marquez, Natalie K. Miller, Jac-Leen S. Nash, Dan S. Miller, Danica M. Walkley, Andrew K. Stewart. MUC1*-ADCs are effective against heterogeneous solid tumor cancers [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2024; Part 1 (Regular Abstracts); 2024 Apr 5-10; San Diego, CA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2024;84(6_Suppl):Abstract nr 6351.