antibodies Antibodies Antibodies Antibodies 2073-4468 MDPI 10.3390/antib1010039 antibodies-01-00039 Review Antibody-Based Immunotoxins for the Treatment of Cancer Becker Nurit Benhar Itai * Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978, Israel Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; Email: benhar@post.tau.ac.il; Tel.: +972-3-640-7511; Fax: +973-3-640-5829. 15 05 2012 03 2012 1 1 39 69 28 03 2012 01 05 2012 08 05 2012 © 2012 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. 2012

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Antibody-based immunotoxins comprise an important group in targeted cancer therapeutics. These chimeric proteins are a form of biological guided missiles that combine a targeting moiety with a potent effector molecule. The targeting moiety is mostly a monoclonal antibody (MAb) or a recombinant antibody-based fragment that confers target specificity to the immunotoxin. The effector domain is a potent protein toxin of bacterial or plant origin, which, following binding to the target cells, undergoes internalization and causes cell death. Over time and following research progression, immunotoxins become better fitted to their purpose, losing immunogenic fragments and non-specific targeting moieties. Many immunotoxins have gone through clinical evaluation. Some of these have been shown to be active and work is progressing with them in the form of further clinical trials. Others, mostly developed in the previous century, failed to generate a response in patients, or even caused undesired side effects. This article reviews the antibody and protein-toxin based immunotoxins that were clinically evaluated up to the present day.

 immunotoxin cancer therapy clinical trials monoclonal antibody Pseudomonas exotoxin A ricin toxin 1. Introduction

Cancer is becoming the most frequent cause of death in most developed countries. In the US, the estimated number of new cancer cases was above 1.5 million in 2010, with a mortality rate accounting for 23% of total deaths [1]. In order to use highly potent agents as a cancer therapy, it is necessary to target the killing agent selectively to the cancer cells. This strategy in not new and many directions have been taken in the development of such therapies. In this way it is possible to use more potent drugs on the one hand, and on the other, reduce systematic toxicity [2].

Antibody-based therapeutics are of growing significance in cancer therapy, and so far 28 such drugs have been approved for cancer therapy by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for marketing in the USA, with combined global revenues that exceed US $50 billion [3]. The market for therapeutic antibodies is the fastest growing sector in the pharmaceutical industry. Currently, hundreds of MAbs for oncology use are in clinical development and progress in the development of antibody-based therapeutics is dramatically increasing [4,5]. A big incentive to this field was given by the ability to genetically design the antibody-based moiety using recombinant DNA technologies. Chimerization and humanization of MAbs have enhanced the clinical efficiency of murine MAbs and accelerated the rate of approvals for MAbs and classic monovalent antibody fragment (Fab) molecules for the treatment of cancer, and promoted the use of other small MAb fragments in the development of new treatments [6,7]. Despite the clinical success of therapeutic MAbs, naked antibodies, targeting cell surface tumor antigens expressed on carcinomas, are rarely potent enough by themselves, and thus are usually administered in combination with chemotherapy [8]. Several approaches were developed to solve this problem. One approach is to enhance the potency of MAbs and antibody fragments by linking them to toxic moieties. Plant and bacterial toxins that cause cellular cytotoxicity through the inhibition of protein synthesis after internalization were found to be good candidates. Toxins like Pseudomonas exotoxin A (PE), ricin toxin (RT) and others are used. These are highly potent and active in very small quantities, such that killing a cell is possible even by a single molecule in the cytoplasm [9]. Another new approach in therapeutic antibody development is to bind the antibody to non-protein therapeutic payloads, such as radioactive isotopes or chemotherapeutic drugs to target cells [3]. The field of antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) in which the toxic moiety is not a protein has been reviewed recently [10,11] and will not be discussed here.

This review provides an update of this fast-moving field, describes the toxins that are used as a part of the immunotoxins, the antibody and antibody-fragment based immunotoxins that were clinically tested up to now for cancer therapy, and evaluates their advantages and disadvantages.

 2. General Features of Immunotoxins

Immunotoxins are chimeric proteins composed of an antibody or antibody fragment derived from the immune system (conferring target specificity) that is fused or conjugated to a toxic protein. Immunotoxins have evolved with time and technology, and can be generally divided into three generations. The first generation immunotoxins were produced by chemically coupling native toxins to antibodies using crosslinking reagents that form disulfide bonds connecting the toxin to the antibody. Second generation immunotoxins, like the first generation, were made by chemical coupling methods. The first immunotoxins contained full length toxins, including their targeting domains that are not cancer cell-specific. As research progressed, toxin autonomic cell-binding domains were recognized and removed. The resulting toxin fragment, that could no longer bind normal cells, was coupled to an antibody [12,13,14,15]. Although full length immunoglobulin G (IgG) has good in vivo half-life and effector functions, its large size limits antibody tissue penetration, especially in solid tumors, and complicates the manufacturing process [6]. Moreover, most of the MAbs that were used in the first two generations were murine MAbs. The usage of non-human MAbs has many therapeutic disadvantages (discussed later). Third generation immunotoxins are made by recombinant DNA techniques and combine variable fragments of an antibody (Fv) and toxins without their cell binding domains on the same protein [16]. More than 1,000 third generation immunotoxins have been developed since the first report of Fv production in 1988, in which the variable domains of the heavy chain and light chain of the antibody were connected by a peptide linker [17,18]. The majority of these immunotoxins targeted antigens selectively expressed on cancer cells. It has been hoped (and in some cases successfully demonstrated) that these agents could cause regression of malignant disease in patients [19]. Being of bacterial or plant origin, toxins and toxin domains are highly immunogenic to humans and the immune reaction to the immunotoxin restricts the treatment of each patient to a few doses. Today, efforts are being made to eliminate immunogenic epitopes from toxin surfaces to reduce the immunogenicity of the native toxins [20,21].

 3. Immunotoxins in Clinical Evaluation

Clinically evaluated immunotoxins can be easily differentiated according to the immunotoxins’ periods of development. Immunotoxins developed as part of early first generation of immunotoxins were found more often to cause severe side effects in patients, and in many cases, late clinical phases were not perused (like OVB3-PE, 260F9-rRTA and others) [22,23]. Some of these immunotoxins returned to be clinically evaluated after insertion of improvements, such as mutations, as in the case of BL22 that was mutated into HA22, or like shorter antibody fragments, as in the case of LMB-1 that was changed to create LMB-7 and LMB-9 [15]. In other cases, immunotoxins were combined with different chemicals to reduce their immunogenicity (like Xomazyme-Mel), or, in order to increase their potency as in the case of Combotox, immunotoxins were even given together. Some immunotoxins were tested in a few trials, including several different cancer types or diseases other than cancer (like IMTOX-25 and BL22) [24,25]. To conclude, until today, none of the antibody-based immunotoxins has received the FDA approval for use, although a few immunotoxins are in final stages of clinical evaluation.

This chapter describes the toxins that are used as the killing agents in the immunotoxins that are under clinical evaluation and their native mechanism of action. For each toxin, the immunotoxins that are derived from it are described, and clinical trials that were conducted are detailed mainly in terms of patient responses.

3.1. Pseudomonas Exotoxin A-Based Immunotoxins

Pseudomonas exotoxin A (PE) is a bacterial toxin originally produced by the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa as one of its virulence factors [26]. PE is one of the most common toxins used as toxin moiety in targeted cancer therapy. The reasons for that are that PE is one of the most investigated toxins and is easy to produce in E. coli [15,27,28,29,30,31,32,33]. Another important feature of PE is that it withstands many mutations without harming its toxicity. This characteristic enables raising PE stability and dramatically lowering immunogenicity, making it an even better candidate for cancer therapy [20,21,34,35,36,37,38]. When attached to an antibody-based targeting moiety, PE is usually shortened to a 38kDa or 40kDa fragment (named PE38 and PE40 respectively), eliminating its natural non-selective targeting moiety. Table 1 and Table 2 respectively list the clinically evaluated/under evaluation PE-based immunotoxins against hematologic malignancies and solid tumors.

antibodies-01-00039-t001_Table 1

Clinically evaluated/under evaluation PE-based immunotoxins against hematologic malignancies.

Immunotoxin Target antigen Toxic moiety Target malignancy Clinical trial phase (Year the trial ended) References
LMB-2 * CD25 PE38 Leukemia, lymphoma II (ongoing) [39,40]
RFB4(dsFv)-PE38 (BL22/CAT3888) CD22 PE38 NHL, CLL, HCL, ALL I,II (2008) [25,41,42,43]
Mutated RFB4(dsFv)-PE38 (HA22/CAT-8015) CD22 PE38 HCL, ALL, NHL, CLL, PLL, SLL I (2012 **) [44,45]

** Year of publication (Year of trial unknown); Abbreviations: CLL: chronic lymphocytic leukemia; dsFv: disulfide-stabilized variable fragment of an antibody; HCL: hairy cell leukemia; NHL: non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma; PLL: prolymphocytic leukemia; SLL: small lymphocytic leukemia.

antibodies-01-00039-t002_Table 2

Clinically evaluated/under evaluation PE-based immunotoxins against solid tumors.

Immunotoxin Target antigen Toxic moiety Target malignancy Clinical trial phase (Year the trial ended) References
LMB-2 * CD25 PE38 Metastatic melanoma I (2008) [50]
OVB3-PE Ovarian Antigen Full length PE Ovarian cancer I (1991 **) [22]
ERB-38 erbB2/HER2 PE38 Breast, esophageal cancers I (1999 **) [51]
SS1(dsFv)PE38 (SS1P) Mesothelin PE38 Mesothelioma, ovarian, pancreatic cancers I (Ongoing) [52,53]
LMB-1 Lewis Y PE38 Adenoca I (1996) [54]
B3(Fv)-PE38 (LMB-7) Lewis Y PE38 Adenoca I (2011) [15]
B3(dsFv)-PE38 (LMB-9) Lewis Y PE38 Adenoca I (2009) [15]
BR96sFv-PE40 (SGN-10) Lewis Y PE40 Adenoca I (2002 **) [55]
scFv(FRP5)-ETA erbB2/HER2 PE40 Melanoma, breast, colon cancers I (2005 **) [56,57]

* Immunotoxin that was tested both for hematologic malignancies and solid tumor therapy; ** Year of publication (Year of trial unknown); Abbreviations: Adenoca: adenocarcinoma; scFv: single-chain variable fragment of an antibody.

 3.1.1. <italic>Pseudomonas</italic> Exotoxin A—Mechanism of Action

PE is a 613-amino acid protein with AB toxin structure-function properties, meaning both the A and B domains are encoded on a single protein. The A domain encodes the catalytic (C) domain, and the B domain comprises a translocation (T) domain that facilitates translocation of the A domain into the cytoplasm of the cells into which it is internalized and a receptor binding (R) domain that facilitates the binding of the toxin to cell surface receptors [26]. The N terminus encodes the R domain, the internal domain encodes the T domain, and the C terminus possesses the adenosine diphosphate (ADP)-ribosyltransferase A domain. PE binds to the low-density lipoprotein (LDL) Receptor Related Protein 1 [46,47], enters cells via receptor-mediated endocytosis [48], retrograde traffics within the cell to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), where the A domain is translocated across the ER membrane and delivered into the host cytoplasm [49], and finally the catalytic ADP ribosylation of elongation factor II occurs, leading to apoptotic cell death [40] (Figure 1).

Mechanism of action of PE and PE-based immunotoxins. In step 1, the toxin binds to its cell-surface receptor (LPR1). The immunotoxin binds to the target molecule specified by its targeting moiety. Steps 2–7 are common to PE and to the PE-based immunotoxins. In step 2, the toxin/immunotoxin undergoes receptor-mediated endocytosis into clathrin-coated pits. In step 3, in the endosome, the T subunit is cleaved by the Furin protease and then reduced to create two separated domains. In step 4, the C subunit, along with most of the T subunit (C+T), traffics in a retrograde manner within the cell to the Golgi system. In step 5, the C+T subunit is further retrograde transported to the ER. In step 6, the C+T subunit translocate from the ER to the cytoplasm, where, in step 7, the C subunit inactivates translation elongation factor II by catalytic ADP ribosylation. Diphtheria toxin (DT) and DT-based immunotoxins use a different mechanism as they escape from the endosome directly to the cytoplasm.

 3.1.2. LMB-2

LMB-2 is a third generation anti-CD25 immunotoxin. It is composed from the variable domains VH and VL of the murine anti-CD25 MAb anti T-cell activation antigen (Tac), fused in a scFv form via a peptide linker (G4S)3, and the VL is further fused at its C-terminus to PE38 via a short connector ASGGPE [40]. CD25 is the α chain of the interleukin-2 receptor (IL-2R) [58]. It is not expressed on resting lymphocytes and stem cells but is efficiently induced after T-cell activation. IL-2Rs have been detected on cells at high levels in autoimmune disorders and on malignant cells in different hematopoietic malignancies [59]. LMB-2 was evaluated in a phase I study that was completed in 2011. In this trial, conducted in patients with hematologic malignancies, out of 35 patients, 1 showed complete response (CR) and 7 showed partial response (PR), a total response rate of 24% [19,39,60]. It is important to mention that 4 out of 4 of the HCL patients responded (1 CR and 3 PRs). The activity has also been observed in a follow-up phase II trial in HCL [40]. Another phase I trial was conducted on 8 patients with metastatic melanoma in order to induce antitumor response. This trial ended in 2008. In this trial, partial reduction in regulatory T-cell (Treg) frequency in the peripheral blood and at the tumor site was detected, although there was no tumor regression [50]. A phase II trial for HCL and a phase II trial of LMB-2, fludarabine and cyclophosphamide for adult T-cell leukemia are still ongoing [61,62].

Among HCL patients, 10% are CD25 negative. Although it is a minority, since they do not respond to cladribine, their percent figures among relapsed/refractory HCL patients are more significant. This fact promoted the development of anti-CD22 immunotoxins, since all HCL patients are CD22 positive [40].

 3.1.3. RFB4(dsFv)-PE38 (BL22/CAT3888)

The recombinant immunotoxin, RFB4(dsFv)-PE38 (BL22, CAT-3888), contains the variable domains of the anti-CD22 murine MAb RFB4, in the form of a dsFv fused to PE38 [15,63]. CD22 is an adhesion molecule that is expressed exclusively on B cells and common on tumor cells of B-cell lymphomas [64,65,66,67,68,69]. In a phase I trial conducted on 16 HCL patients, 11 showed complete remissions and one showed partial remission. Three of the complete remission patients relapsed a year or less after treatment. This trial ended in 2001 [41]. In a phase I trial conducted on 46 patients with B-cell malignancies, 19 patients showed CR, all of which were HCL patients, and 7 showed PR: 6 HCL patients and 1 CLL patient. All 3 CD25 negative patients were among the CR patients. This trial was completed in 2009 [42]. In a phase II trial conducted on 36 HCL patients, 17 patients showed CR and 4 patients showed PR. This trial was completed in 2008 [43]. In a pediatric phase I trial that was conducted on 23 CD22-Positive hematologic malignancies of children patients, no CR or PR were observed, although activity was achieved. This trial also ended in 2008 [25].

 3.1.4. Mutated RFB4(dsFv)-PE38 (HA22/CAT-8015)

Since BL22 showed a low response rate in CLL patients, with an intention to increase the affinity of the antibody, mutations were introduced to complementarity-determining regions in the antibody variable domain (CDRs) of the RFB4(dsFv) fragment, producing mutated RFB4(dsFv)-PE38 (HA22/CAT-8015) [70]. In a phase I trial reported this year (2012), in which 28 HCL patients were treated with the immunotoxin, 13 patients showed CR and 11 showed PR [40,44].

 3.1.5. OVB3-PE

OVB3-PE is an immunotoxin consisting of the murine IgG2b MAb OVB3 that was coupled with the whole native PE by a thioether bond. OVB3 reacts with a variety of ovarian cancer cell lines, fresh ovarian cancer tissue, and ascites specimens with minimal reactivity with normal tissues [22]. In a phase I trial that was reported in 1991, 23 ovarian cancer patients were treated with OVB3-PE. No partial or complete responses were observed [22]. Further clinical trials were not conducted since OVB3 MAb was found to be not selective enough to cancer cells.

 3.1.6. ERB-38

ERB-38 is composed of the Fv portion of the murine MAb e23 fused to PE38 [51,71]. MAb e23 was found to be very active as a PE38 linked immunotoxin, and therefore was chosen from a variety of erbB2 binding MAbs [72]. ErbB2 (also named Her2/neu) is highly expressed in many breast cancers and several other cancers [15,51]. In a phase I study that was reported in 1999, 5 breast cancer patients and 1 esophageal cancer patient were treated with ERB-38. In this trial, no responses were observed, however, hepatotoxicity was observed in all patients [51].

 3.1.7. SS1(dsFv)PE38 (SS1P)

SS1(dsFv)PE38 (SS1P) is composed of the dsFv fragment of the SS1 murine MAb fused to PE38 [73]. SS1 MAb binds with high affinity to mesothelin, a differentiation antigen expressed on normal mesothelial cells and highly expressed in mesothelioma, as well as in ovarian and pancreatic cancers [74,75]. Two phase I trials were conducted on patients with mesothelin-expressing cancers, such as ovarian cancer, malignant mesothelioma and pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Both trials were carried out between the years 2000–2009 [52]. The trials differ in the dosing method that was used. In one trial, SS1P was given by 30-min infusion every 2 days for 3–6 doses to 34 patients. Only 4 patients showed minor responses [52]. In the other trial, SS1P was given by continuous infusion over 10 days, in order to saturate the tumor, to 24 patients. Only 1 patient showed a PR [53]. The responses were minor but significant, therefore, phase II evaluation of SS1P for mesothelin-expressing malignancies might be pursued, and current clinical trials are evaluating it in combination with chemotherapy [15,76,77].

 3.1.8. LMB-1

LMB-1 (also known as B3-LysPE38) is composed of the murine MAb B3 fused to PE38 [78]. LMB-1 was the first PE-based immunotoxin to show evidence of clinical activity in a phase I clinical trial [15]. B3 reacts with the carbohydrate antigen Lewis Y and with several closely related carbohydrate antigens found in carcinomas of the breast, colon, stomach, esophagus, ovary and lung [79]. In a phase I study carried out between 1993–1996 and conducted on 38 patients with malignant solid tumors expressing Lewis Y antigen, 1 patient showed CR and 1 patient showed PR [54]. Further development of LMB-1 was not pursued; instead, other recombinant immunotoxins (LMB-7, LMB-9, BR96-sFv-PE40) that targeted the Lewis Y antigen were produced and evaluated in clinical trials of patients with Lewis Y-expressing malignancies [15,55].

 3.1.9. B3(Fv)-PE38 (LMB-7)

LMB-7 is composed of the scFv of the murine MAb B3 fused to PE38. LMB-7 was tested in a phase I trial conducted on patients with leptomeningeal metastases. In this trial that began in 1997, no significant antitumor activity was observed [15]. No further data were published.

 3.1.10. LMB-9

LMB-9 is composed of the dsFv of murine MAb B3 fused to PE38. LMB-9 was tested in 2 phase I trials conducted on patients with advanced carcinomas that express the Lewis Y antigen. In these trials that began in 1998 and 2000, as in the case of LMB-7, no significant antitumor activity was observed [15], and no further data were published.

 3.1.11. BR96sFv-PE40 (SGN-10)

BR96sFv-PE40 (SGN-10) is composed of the VH and VL fragments of the BR96 murine Mab, linked together in a scFv format by a 15-amino-acid flexible linker, fused via a 7-amino-acid linker to PE40 [80,81]. In the phase I trial, reported in 2002 and conducted on 46 patients with Lewis Y-positive metastatic carcinoma, no objective responses were observed [55].

 3.1.12. scFv(FRP5)-ETA

ScFv(FRP5)-ETA was constructed from the scFv of the humanized FRP5 MAb fused to PE38. FRP5 binds the erbB2 antigen [82,83]. A phase I trial, reported in 2003, was conducted on 11 patients with metastatic breast and colorectal cancers and malignant melanoma. The treatment was given by intra-tumoral injection. Out of 11 patients, 4 showed complete remission and 3 showed partial remissions [56]. Another phase I trial was reported in 2005. This trial was conducted on 18 patients suffering from erbB2-expressing metastatic breast cancers, prostate cancers, head and neck cancer, non-small cell lung cancer (SCLC), or transitional cell carcinoma. In this trial, no objective responses were observed [57].

 3.2. Ricin Toxin-Based Immunotoxins

RT is a 60 kDa type II ribosome inactivating protein (RIP) produced in the seeds of the castor oil plant (Ricinus communis). Type II RIPs, such as ricin, are composed of two domains connected by a disulfide bond. The A chain is the catalytic domain of the RIP and the B chain is a galactose binding lectin. The lectin chain can bind to galactosyl moieties of glycoproteins and/or glycolipids found on the surface of eukaryotic cells [84]. Ricin was selected as a candidate for therapy because of its high potency, and raised the interest in other RIPs as well [85,86]. The development of MAbs enabled the coupling of ricin to a specific targeting agent [84]. Because the ricin toxin A chain (RTA) by itself has an unwanted affinity to hepatic cells [87,88,89], several strategies have been developed to prevent this binding. Deglycosylated A chain (dgA) is one strategy that has been taken, since the glycosylated side residues of RTA are responsible for the non-specific binding to hepatic cells [87,88,90]. Since the B chain is known to reduce the cytotoxicity of the A chain [91], another strategy, named blocked-ricin (bR), was developed. In this strategy, the whole ricin toxin is used and its oligosaccharide-binding sites are blocked [13,14]. Unfortunately, RIP-derived immunotoxins were found to have some clinical disadvantages. For example, they are very immunogenic and many times caused vascular leak syndrome (VLS), which limited clinical efficacy as a cancer therapy [92]. Attempts to refine the toxins in order to solve these problems are being made [93,94]. Table 3 and Table 4 list the clinically evaluated/under evaluation RT-based immunotoxins against hematologic malignancies and solid tumors, respectively.

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Clinically evaluated/under evaluation RT-based immunotoxins against hematologic malignancies.

Immunotoxin Target antigen Toxic moiety Target malignancy Clinical trial phase (Year the trial ended) References
RFB4-Fab'-dgA CD22 dgA B-NHL I (1991 **) [64]
RFB4-dgA (IMTOX-22) CD22 dgA B-NHL, CLL I (2001) [104,105]
HD37-dgA (IMTOX-19) CD19 dgA NHL I (1996 **) [106,107]
RFB4-dgA + HD37-dgA (Combotox) CD22, CD19 dgA NHL, ALL I (Ongoing) [108,109]
RFT5-dgA (IMTOX-25) * CD25 dgA HD, CTCL, GVHD, haploidentical SCT I,II (Ongoing) [24,110,111,112,113]
Ki-4.dgA CD30 dgA HD, NHL I (2002 **) [112,114]
Anti-B4-bR CD19 Blocked ricin B-NHL II,III (1992-2011 **) [115,116,117,118,119,120]
Anti-CD7-dgA (DA7) CD7 dgA T-NHL I (1997 **) [121]
H65-RTA CD5 RTA CTCL, GVHD I, I/II (1991 **) [122,123,124]
T101-RTA CD5 RTA CLL I (1989 **) [125,126,127]

** Year of publication (Years of trial unknown); Abbreviations: ALL: acute lymphoblastic leukemia; B-NHL: B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma; CTCL: cutaneous T cell lymphomas; GVHD: graft-versus-host disease; SCT: stem cell transplantation; T-NHL: T-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

 antibodies-01-00039-t004_Table 4

Clinically evaluated/under evaluation RT-based immunotoxins against solid tumors.

Immunotoxin Target antigen Toxic moiety Target malignancy Clinical trial phase (Year the trial ended) References
RFT5-dgA (IMTOX-25) * CD25 dgA Melanoma I,II (Ongoing) [128]
Anti-CEA-bR CEA Blocked ricin Colorectal cancer I/II (1994 **) [129]
N901-bR CD56 Blocked ricin SCLC I,II (2002 **) [130,131,132,133]
XomaZyme-Mel (XMMME-001-RTA) Melanoma antigen RTA Melanoma I II with CTLI/II with cyclosporine (1993 **) [134,135,136,137,138,139]
XomaZyme-791 (79IT/36-RTA) 72 kDa TAA RTA Colorectal cancer I (1995 **) [140,141,142]
454A12-rRA TfR RTA Leptomeningeal neoplasia I (1997 **) [143]
260F9-rRTA 55 kDa Breast cancer antigen RTA Breast cancer I (1989) [23,144]

* Immunotoxin that was tested both for hematologic malignancies and solid tumor therapy; ** Year of publication (Years of trial unknown); Abbreviations: CEA: carcinoembryonic antigen; rRA: recombinant ricin A chain.

 3.2.1. Ricin Toxin—Mechanism of Action

The native RT binds the target cell via glycolipids or glycoproteins found on the cell surface. The ricin enters the cell by endocytosis and is next transported to the endosome. The endosome unites with the Golgi system and then with the ER, where the A and B chains of ricin are separated by disulfide isomerase that reduces the disulfide bond between them [95,96]. From the ER, the A chain is retrograde-translocated to the cytosol, where the RTA, a glycosidase, inactivates ribosomes by removing an adenine from position 4324 of the 28S ribosomal RNA of the 60S ribosomal subunit [97,98,99]. This action eventually stops protein production in the cell and leads to cell death [100,101,102,103] (Figure 2).

Mechanism of action of RT and RT-based immunotoxins. In step 1, the toxin binds to its cell-surface receptor (Glycolipid/ glycoprotein). The immunotoxin binds to the target molecule specified by its targeting moiety. Steps 2–7 are common to RT and to the RT-based immunotoxins. In step 2, the toxin/immunotoxin undergoes receptor-mediated endocytosis into clathrin-coated pits. In step 3, the toxin/immunotoxin enters the endosome. In step 4, the toxin/immunotoxin retrograde traffics within the cell to the Golgi system. In step 5, the toxin/immunotoxin further travels to the ER where the disulfide bond between the A chain and the B chain/MAb is enzymatically reduced. In step 6, the A chain translocates to the cytoplasm, where, in step 7, it inactivates the ribosome. Immunotoxins based on other type II RIPs use a similar mechanism.

 3.2.2. RFB4-Fab'-dgA

RFB4-Fab'-dgA immunotoxin is composed of the Fab moiety of the murine IgGl-κ anti-CD22 antibody RFB4 [145], coupled to chemically dgA [146]. In a phase I trial, reported in 1991, 15 patients of B-cell lymphomas were treated with the immunotoxin. In this trial, 5 patients have shown PR that lasted up to 4 months, out of the 14 patients that were evaluated [64].

 3.2.3. RFB4-dgA (IMTOX-22)

RFB4-dgA (also known as IgG-RFB4-SMPT-dgA) was prepared by conjugating the IgG, murine monoclonal anti-CD22 antibody RFB4 to dgA using the heterobifunctional hindered disulfide linker, N-succinimidyl-oxycarbonyl-cu-methyl-a-(2-pyridyldithio) toluene (SMPT) [146,147]. RFB4-dgA was tested in 2 phase I studies. The first trial was a dose escalation study on 26 patients of B-cell lymphomas that were found to be resistant to conventional therapy. In this trial, reported in 1993, one patient showed CR and five patients showed PR [104]. The second trial was a continuous infusion study in 18 patients with B-cell lymphomas, carried out between the years 1991–2001. In this trial, four patients showed PR [105]. It is important to mention that as a contrast to the common development of immunotoxins, in which the antibody-based fragment gets smaller as research develops, in the case of RFB4-dgA, the Fab fragment was tested in clinical trials prior to the full IgG. The two were compared and no significant advantage was found in one over the other [104]. The RFB4 antibody was also tested later as a dsFv fragment fused to PE38, as detailed earlier in this chapter.

 3.2.4. HD37-dgA (IMTOX-19)

HD37-dgA (also known as IgG-HD37-SMPT-dgA) was prepared by conjugating the murine MAb anti-CD19, HD37, to dgA using the disulfide linker SMPT. CD19 is expressed on all normal B cells from the pre-B cell stage to the plasma cell [69,145,148]. HD37-dgA was tested in two concomitant phase I trials in which two regimens for the administration of HD37-dgA to patients with NHL were used. One trial, which examined four intermittent bolus infusions administered at 48-hour intervals, was reported on 1995. In this trial, conducted in eight patients with NHL, one patient showed near CR but then died on day 8 of the experiment. No other responses were observed [107]. The other phase I trial, reported in 1996, studied a continuous infusion administered over the same 8-day period. This phase I trial was performed in order to support the notion of using HD37-dgA in a cocktail with RFB4-dgA to treat NHL (as discussed later). In this phase I trial conducted on 23 patients of B-cell lymphoma, two patients showed partial remission of up to two months and one patient showed CR [106].

 3.2.5. RFB4-dgA + HD37-dgA (Combotox)

RFB4-dgA + HD37-dgA (Combotox) is a drug combination of a 1:1 ratio of the RFB4-dgA and HD37-dgA immunotoxins. CD19 and CD22 are expressed on greater than 90% and 60–80% of B lymphomas, respectively [149]. The rationale for using Combotox in this setting is to avoid the emergence of antigen-negative variants [109], in addition to the additive activity of the two immunotoxins to each other, as was detected in the preclinical studies [150]. In a phase I trial, reported in 2000 and conducted on 22 patients with refractory CD19+- CD22+ B cell lymphoma, 2 patients showed partial remission [109]. Another phase I study using combotox was conducted on 17 pediatric patients with refractory B-lineage ALL. In this trial, reported in 2009, 3 patients experienced complete remission. Six additional patients experienced a significant hematological improvement (HI): a decrease of 75–100% in their peripheral blood blast counts [108]. A third phase I trial of combotox with cytarabine in relapsed/refractory B-lineage is now ongoing [151].

 3.2.6. RFT5-dgA (IMTOX-25)

RFT5-dgA contains the anti-CD25 RFT5 murine Mab, chemically conjugated to dgA using the disulfide linker SMPT [110]. In a phase I study, reported in 1997 and conducted on 15 patients with refractory Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (HL), two patients showed partial remission [110]. The immunotoxin in this trial was administered intravenously over four hours, specifically on days 1, 3, 5 and 7. Since this administration method seemed to cause side effects, an extension to this trial was conducted as five more patients were treated at the maximal tolerated dose (MTD). No objective responses were observed [111]. Later on, 13 additional patients were added to this trial, two of which showed partial remission. This trial was last reported in 2000 [113]. RFT5-dgA was also used in an attempt to prevent GVHD in patients undergoing allogeneic SCT but unexpectedly produced a higher incidence of grade III/IV GVHD than historical controls, as reported in 2004 [24]. Phase I trials for depleted alloreactive cells, prior to and after haploidentical SCT, were also conducted between the years 2000–2009, but no data regarding those trials were published. RFT5-dgA is currently evaluated in phase I/II trials for metastatic melanoma and in a phase II trial for Refractory/Relapsed CD25 Positive Adult T Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma [152].

 3.2.7. Ki-4.dgA

Ki-4.dgA is an anti-CD30 immunotoxin that was constructed by coupling the murine MAb Ki-4 via SMPT linker to dgA. The lymphocyte activation marker CD30 is expressed consistently on HL cells, while normal human organs revealed no major cross-reactivity to the anti-CD30 MAbs [153]. In a phase I trial in 17 patients with refractory CD30 positive HL and NHL, reported in 2002, one partial remission was observed out of 15 patients that have been evaluated [114].

 3.2.8. Anti-B4-bR

Anti-B4-bR immunotoxin was constructed from the anti-CD19 murine MAb B4, chemically linked to bR using succinimidyl 4-(N-maleimidomethyl) cyclohexane carbovlate (SMCC) linker [120]. A phase I trial of intermittent bolus administration in 25 patients of B-cell neoplasms was conducted. In this trial, reported in 1992, one complete remission and two partial remissions were observed [120]. Another phase I trial of continuous infusion administration was conducted on 43 patients of B-cell neoplasms. In this trial, reported in 1993, two complete remissions and two partial remissions were observed [117]. Unfortunately, the following phase II trial, conducted on 16 NHL patients did not show any objective response. This trial was reported in 1998 [115]. Subsequent trials reported between the years 1998–2003, used anti-B4-bR in combination with chemotherapy, and no activity was observed [154,155,156]. Anti-B4-bR was tested also in phase I, II and III as adjuvant therapy to post-autologous bone marrow transplant in B-cell lymphoma patients. Although the phase I and II trials suggested a possible role for anti-B4-bR as consolidation after high-dose chemotherapy and autologous SCT, the phase III trial results failed to show any connection between anti-B4-bR administration and even free survival of patients. These trials were reported between the years 1993–2011 [116,118,119].

 3.2.9. Anti-CD7-dgA (DA7)

Anti-CD7-dgA was constructed from the 3Ale murine MAb that selectively binds CD7, linked via N-succinimidyl 3-(2-pyridyl-dithioproprionic acid) (SPDP) linker to dgA [121]. CD7 is a 40 kDa transmembrane glycoprotein antigen that is known to appear on the majority of malignant T cells [157,158]. In a phase I trial for T-NHL patients, two out of 11 patients showed PR. No other activity was observed [121]. This trial was reported in 1997 and no further clinical trials were conducted.

 3.2.10. H65-RTA

H65-RTA comprises a murine MAb that recognizes the CD5 lymphocyte differentiation antigen coupled to RTA. CD5, a 65 kDa glycoprotein is among the T-cell surface antigens expressed by CTCLs. The expression of CD5 by CTCL, while heterogeneous, is often present in higher densities than on normal lymphocytes, is identical between malignant lymphocyte infiltrating different sites, and appears to be consistent over time [159,160]. In a phase I trial for CTCL patients, four out of 14 showed a PR that was not clearly related to the dose of H65-RTA [124]. This trial was reported in 1991 and phase II trials were not pursued. H65-RTA was also tested in a phase I trial for GVHD as reported in 1990, where no apparent relationship was observed between the dose level and the response rate [123].

3.2.11. T101-RTA

T101-RTA is a conjugate of the RTA via disulfide bond to the T101 murine MAb that also targets CD5. T101 does not bind to other hematopoietic cells or to non-hematopoietic tissue [161]. In a phase I trial conducted on 4 leukemia patients, no objective reaction was detected. This trial was last reported in 1988 [125,127]. In another phase I trial, T101-RTA was administered in the presence of monensin, covalently linked to human serum albumin (HAS) for cytotoxicity enhancement. In this trial, conducted on 5 B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) patients, no long term clinical effect was observed [126]. These trials were reported in 1989 and no further clinical trials were pursued.

 3.2.12. Anti-CEA-bR

Anti-CEA-bR is composed of the murine MAb I-1 that targets anti-CEA conjugated to blocked ricin via disulfide bridges [162,163]. CEA is a glycoprotein normally expressed on fetal cells. The presence of CEA on adult cells has been connected to colon carcinoma where it serves as an adhesion agent [164]. A phase I/II study of the intralesional administration of Anti-CEA-bR that was conducted on 27 patients with hepatic metastases of gastrointestinal origin was conducted. In this trial, no major objective responses or changes in the growth rate of injected lesions were observed. This trial was reported in 1994 and overall, the therapeutic approach of intralesional administration was determined as unsuccessful [129].

 3.2.13. N901-bR

N901-bR is an immunotoxin comprising the N901 murine MAb and bR. N901 recognizes the natural killer cell-associated antigen, a neural cell adhesion molecule isoform that is expressed on SCLC cell lines and fresh human tumors [14]. In a phase I study in 21 patients with relapsed or refractory SCLC, only one patient showed PR out of the 20 patients that have been evaluated. This trial was last reported in 1997 [130,131,132]. The phase II trial in nine SCLC patients was unsuccessful, since no objective response to N901-bR was observed. Moreover, it was associated with a fatal incident of capillary leak syndrome (CLS) and a nearly universal development of human anti-mouse antibodies (HAMA) and human anti-ricin antibodies (HARA). After this phase II that was reported in 2002, no other trials were conducted using N901-bR [133].

 3.2.14. XomaZyme-Mel (XMMME-001-RTA)

XomaZyme-Mel is a conjugate between a murine anti-melanoma IgG2a MAb (XMMME-001) and RTA [135]. XMMME-001 targets melanoma-associated antigens having molecular weights of 220,000 and over 500,000 [134]. XomaZyme-Mel was tested in several clinical trials for metastatic melanoma patients, as a single treatment and together with cyclophosphamide or cyclosporine. In a phase I study of XomaZyme-Mel as a single treatment in 20 patients, one CR of more than 12 months’ duration was observed. This trial was reported in 1991 [138]. In a phase II study with cyclophosphamide as an antibody response blocker in 20 patients with metastatic malignant melanoma, an overall response rate of 20% was observed, but no decrease in HAMA or HARA was detected. This study was reported in 1990 [137]. In a phase I/II study with cyclosporine as an antibody response blocker in nine patients with metastatic melanoma, one patient showed partial remission [139]. This last trial was reported in 1993 and further trials were not pursued.

3.2.15. XomaZyme-791 (79IT/36-RTA)

XomaZyme-791 is composed of the murine IgG2b MAb XMMCO-791, conjugated via a disulfide bond to RTA. XMMCO-791 recognizes a 72 kD glycoprotein on tumor cells [165,166]. A Phase I dose escalation study was carried out in 17 patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. In this trial, reported in 1989, two patients showed decreasing sizes of large metastases and the disappearance of smaller lesions [142]. Another phase I trial in seven patients with metastatic colorectal cancer was conducted to test humoral immune responses. In this trial, reported in 1989 and 1995, all patients showed very high levels of HAMA and HARA [140]. Overall, no antitumor activity was detected [141]. No further trials were conducted.

 3.2.16. 454A12-rRA

454A12-rRA immunotoxin is a chemically-linked conjugate of a murine MAb targeting the human transferrin receptor (454A12) and rRA via disulfide linkage [143]. Transferrin receptors transport iron-transferrin complexes into cells and are overexpressed on rapidly dividing cells, including cancer cells, reflecting increased iron requirements [167,168,169,170,171,172,173,174]. A pilot phase I trial of intraventricular therapy for eight leptomeningeal neoplasia patients was conducted. In this trial, only one patient experienced clinical improvement. However, no patient had their cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cleared of tumor, and evidence of tumor progression was demonstrated in seven of the eight patients after treatment [143]. This trial was reported in 1997 and no further trials were conducted.

 3.2.17. 260F9-rRTA

260F9-rRTA was constructed from the IgGl murine MAb 260F9, conjugated to rRA via a disulfide bond [175]. 260F9 is specific for a 55 kDa antigen expressed by approximately 50% of breast cancer cells [176]. Two phase I trials were conducted using 2 different administration schedules: by daily injection on four patients [23], and by continuous infusion on five patients [144]: all patients with metastatic breast carcinoma. In these trials it was found that 260F9-rRTA binds to human cells that do not express the antigen identified by 260F9 via uptake by cellular constant fragment of an antibody heavy chain (Fc)-γ receptors, which caused severe toxic effects, including marked fluid overload and debilitating sensorimotor neuropathies [23,144]. Because of the severe toxicity of 260F9-rRTA, trials were suspended in 1989, and no further trials were conducted using this immunotoxin.

 3.3. Additional Toxin-Based Immunotoxins Evaluated/Under Clinical Evaluation

Besides PE and RT, other protein toxins are in use for the construction of immunotoxins. The most common is the diphtheria toxin (DT). It is in extensive use, mostly in non-antibody-based targeted toxins. In fact, the only targeted toxin that was already approved by the FDA is the IL2-DAB389 fusion protein, also known as denileukin diftitox or Ontak (Ontak®; Eisai Inc., Woodcliff Lake, NJ, USA). The targeting moiety of these targeted toxins is interleukin-2 (IL-2) that binds IL-2R on T cells. It was approved in 1999 for use in CTCL. DT, a 535 amino acid protein, is the prototype protein of the ADP-ribosylating family. It is the only virulence factor secreted by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae, which is the pathogen that causes the disease diphtheria [26]. Like PE, DT has an AB organization (detailed in the PE section) but its subunits are organized in the reverse order of PE: The N terminal encodes the A domain and the C terminal encodes the B domain [26]. Functionally, DT is very similar to PE. Other DT-based targeted toxins included DTGM that was evaluated for acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) [177], DAB486IL2 that was evaluated for lymphoma/leukemia [178,179,180,181,182] and DAB389EGF that was evaluated for EGFR-expressing carcinoma [12].

Pokeweed antiviral protein (PAP), saporin (from soapwort, Saponaria officinalis L.) and gelonin (from Gelonium multiflorum) are all type I RIPs. Like RT, these proteins are N-glycosidases (detailed in the ricin section), but unlike RT, which is a type II RIP, these proteins do not contain a lectin-binding domain, or any other specific targeting domain [84]. The use of these toxins in an immunotoxin context is not common, and no other immunotoxin for cancer treatment was clinically evaluated other than the ones that appear in this section. Table 5 lists the clinically evaluated/under evaluation immunotoxins against hematologic malignancies and solid tumors that are based on protein toxins besides PE and RT.

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Clinically evaluated/under evaluation immunotoxins against hematologic malignancies and solid tumors.

Immunotoxin Target antigen Toxic moiety Target malignancy Clinical trial phase (Year the trial ended) References
A-dmDT390- bisFV (UCHT1) CD3ε DT390 T-cell lymphoma/leukemia I/II (2010 **) [183,185]
B43-PAP CD19 PAP ALL I (1993 **) [187]
BER-H2-Sap6 CD30 Saporin HD I (1992 **) [188]
HUM-195/rGel CD33 Gelonin AML, CML I (2010 **) [189]

** Year of publication (Year of trial unknown); Abbreviations: CML: chronic myelogenous leukemia.

 3.3.1. A-dmDT390- bisFv (UCHT1)

Anti-CD3 recombinant diphtheria immunotoxin, A-dmDT390-bisFv(UCHT1), consists of the catalytic and translocation domains of diphtheria toxin fused to 2 scFvs of an anti-CD3ε murine MAb UCHT1 [183,184]. To study the pharmacology of A-dmDT390-bisFv(UCHT1) in patients with CD3 positive T-cell lymphoma, a phase I clinical trial was conducted in six patients. In this trial, depletion greater than 99.0% of normal T cells in all six patients was observed for a short period of time (2–3 days). Two patients had partial remissions lasting one and over six months. This trial was reported in 2009–2010 [183,185]. Currently, a phase I/II trial on patients with T-cell lymphomas is under way) [186].

 3.3.2. B43-PAP

B43-PAP immunotoxin is constructed of the anti-CD19 murine MAb B43 and the plant toxin PAP [190]. A phase I dose escalation study was conducted on 17 relapsed patients with B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). In this trial, four complete remissions and one partial remission were detected, as well as a rapid reductions in the numbers of leukemic blasts in circulation in an additional five patients [187]. This trial was reported in 1993 and no other trials were reported.

 3.3.3. BER-H2-Sap6

BER-H2-Sap6 immunotoxin was prepared by conjugation of the anti-CD30 murine MAb (Ber-H2) to saporin (SO6). In a pilot clinical trial conducted on four patients with advanced refractory HL, three patients showed rapid and substantial reduction in tumor mass (50% to >75%). Clinical responses were transient (6–10 weeks). There was no growth at new sites but re-growth at all original sites except the skin of one patient [188]. This trial was reported in 1992 and no further trials were reported. Because of the similar antigen of BER-H2-Sap6 and Ki-4.dgA, their performance has been compared [191].

 3.3.4. HUM-195/rGel

HuM195/rGel is composed from the humanized MAb HuM195 and the recombinant gelonin toxin. HuM195 is a humanized version of the murine M195: An anti CD-33 monoclonal antibody. CD33 is heavily expressed on the surface of myeloid leukemia cells. A phase I clinical trial of HUM-195/rGel in 28 patients with advanced myeloid malignancies was started in 1999. In this trial, as reported in 2010, no complete or partial responses were observed [189].

 4. Advantages and Disadvantages of Immunotoxins

Immunotoxins, together with all antibody-based therapeutics, are a growing field in targeted cancer therapy. New and better antibodies are developed nowadays and toxins are being improved to better fit their target. As can be seen in this review, most of the immunotoxins that have already undergone clinical evaluation were constructed, based on murine antibodies developed in the 80s and 90s of the last century and therefore did not reach their full potential.

Many common disadvantages still need to be improved, as many unwanted side effects are caused due to immunotoxin use. Of course, many therapeutic drugs, especially in the field of cancer therapy, cause side effects. Some of which are relatively “minor” like diarrhea, nausea or mild fever, but some are harsh and dose-limiting. As opposed to chemotherapy, immunotoxins are considered specific to their target cells, and therefore they can deliver highly potent toxic moieties that could not be given systematically. Moreover, the dosage could be less limited by systematic poisoning. Unfortunately, other characteristics of the immunotoxins prevent them from being of benefit because of these disadvantages. One problem that should be referred to is immunogenicity. Immunotoxins, as opposed to chemotherapy, are constructed from proteins that the human immune system cannot ignore. The immune system reacts to both the murine antibody fragment and to the protein toxin, by generating HAMA and human anti-toxin antibodies (HATA). When antibody levels in the blood are high, the patient can no longer receive the treatment, as in the case of N901-bR, XomaZyme-Mel and XomaZyme-791. This problem is addressed by the new generation of immunotoxins that are being constructed from humanized or human antibody fragments and, as was mentioned in the previous chapter, efforts are also being made to minimize toxin immunogenicity [20,21,93,94]. Another major disadvantage of immunotoxins is the cause of CSL or VSL. Immunotoxins are usually given intravenously, and therefore encounter epithelial cells surrounding the blood vessels, this can cause VLS that can be severe and even cause death. Other severe side effects were observed, like hepatotoxicity, which brought about the termination of some clinical trials [15].

The antibody moiety’s size also affects the immunotoxins’ potency. Although the abnormality of angiogenesis in cancer tumors increase their leakiness and cause accumulation of high molar weight molecules in the tumor area [8], the permeability of solid tumors is size-limited. Therefore, the potency of immunotoxins may be increased by lowering its molar weight. Since immunotoxins are defined as chimera of two proteins, their minimization is limited to about 45kDa. This fact led to the development of many immunotoxins for the treatment of non solid tumors where tumor penetration is not an issue [12].

 5. Conclusions

This article discusses the antibody and protein toxin-based immunotoxins that have been clinically evaluated to date. As the pioneers in the field, many did not go further than phase I trial for various reasons that have been mentioned, mostly toxicity and lack of efficacy. These immunotoxins will most probably never be approved for use, but their contribution to the understanding of patient responses to immunotoxins has led to the improvements that are currently applied in new immunotoxins. It is hoped that these improvements will eventually lead to the production of closer-to-perfection immunotoxins that will combine specificity and high potency with an absence of the disadvantages encountered today.

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