Abstract
The present study evaluated the efficacy of drozitumab, a human monoclonal agonistic antibody directed against death receptor 5 (DR5), as a new therapeutic avenue for the targeted treatment of bone and soft-tissue sarcomas. The antitumour activity of drozitumab as a monotherapy or in combination with Nutlin-3a was evaluated in a panel of sarcoma cell lines in vitro and human sarcoma patient samples ex vivo. Knockdown experiments were used to investigate the central role of p53 as a regulator of drozitumab cytotoxicity. Pre-activation of the p53 pathway through Nutlin-3a upregulated DR5, subsequently sensitising sarcoma cell lines and human sarcoma specimens to the pro-apoptotic effects of drozitumab. Silencing of p53 strongly decreased DR5 mRNA expression resulting in abrogation of drozitumab-induced apoptosis. Our study provides the first pre-clinical evaluation of combination therapy using p53-activating agents with drozitumab to further sensitise sarcomas to the cytotoxic effects of DR5 antibody therapy.
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