INCAGN01949: A Novel Anti-OX40 Agonist Antibody With the Potential to Enhance Tumor Specific T-cell Responsiveness, While Selectively Depleting Intratumoral Regulatory T Cells
Abstract INCAGN01949 Demonstrates Affinity for OX40 and Recognizes Primary Activated T Cells
Mechanism 1: OX40 Forward Signaling in T Cells
INCAGN01949 Enhances IL-2 and Reduces IL-10 in Primary Treg:Teff Co-culture Assays
OX40 (CD134, TNFRSF4) is a T cell costimulatory receptor that can potentiate T cell receptor (TCR) signaling duringCD4+ and CD8+ T cell priming, effector cell differentiation and memory T cell recall responses. In preclinical mouse tumormodels, surrogate anti-OX40 agonist antibodies have shown remarkable single agent anti-tumor efficacy, as well as theability to combine effectively with other immunomodulatory antibodies and immune education strategies, such astherapeutic cancer vaccines. Agonistic antibodies targeting OX40 are predicted to counteract the immunosuppressivetumor microenvironment and promote tumor-specific T cell immunity via two primary mechanisms: 1) binding andactivating OX40 signaling in tumor-specific effector and memory T cells, thereby enhancing their responsiveness totumor-associated antigens, and 2) co-engaging Fcγ receptors expressed by tumor-associated effector cells, andfacilitating the selective depletion of intratumoral regulatory T cells.
INCAGN01949 is a fully human IgG1 monoclonal antibody identified using the Retrocyte Display™ platform and is beingdeveloped for the treatment of advanced malignancies. INCAGN01949 specifically binds to human and cynomolgusmonkey OX40 with similar affinity. INCAGN01949 has been optimized to mediate receptor forward signaling undersuboptimal TCR stimulatory conditions, leading to enhanced production of TNFα and IFNγ and decreased production ofIL-10. INCAGN01949 achieves this functionality by virtue of its ability to facilitate OX40 clustering and downstreamactivation of the NFκB pathway in T cells across a broad range of antibody concentrations. Consistent with mousepreclinical tumor models, OX40 was found to be selectively overexpressed by intratumoral regulatory T cells in a range ofhuman tumor types. Commensurate with its human IgG1 Fc region, INCAGN01949 was shown to effectively co-engageactivating Fcγ receptors on immune effector cells, including natural killer cells and macrophages, to mediate ADCC and/orADCP activities. Taken together, the biophysical and functional attributes of INCAGN01949 make it ideally suited forclinical development, both as a single agent and in combination with other immunomodulatory antibodies or immuneeducation strategies.
INCAGN01949 Mediates Dose-Dependent Signal Transduction in T Cells
3204Ana Gonzalez,1 Mariana Manrique,1 Ekaterina Breous,1,2 David Savitsky,1 Jeremy Waight,1 Randi Gombos,1 Yuqi Liu,1 Shiwen Lin,1 Taha Merghoub,3 Daniel Hirschhorn-Cymerman,3Gerd Ritter,4 Jedd Wolchok,3,4 Reid Huber,5 Peggy Scherle,5 Gregory Hollis,5 Marc van Dijk,1,2 Robert Stein,1 and Nicholas S. Wilson1
1Agenus Inc,. Lexington MA; 24-Antibody AG, Basel, Switzerland; 3Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; 4The Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, New York, NY; 5Incyte Corporation, Wilmington, DE
Presented at theAmerican Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2016New Orleans, LA, USA • April 16–20, 2016
Mechanism 2: Intratumoral Depletion of Treg Cells INCAGN01949 Enhances Primary T Cell Function Across a Broad Concentration Range
Paradigm: OX40 signaling in the context of TCR activation enhances effector T cell activation, cytokine production and survival, promoting memory T cell differentiation and reactivation
Paradigm: Anti-OX40 antibodies promote anti-tumor immunity through selective depletion of intratumoral regulatory T cell (Treg) activity1
A. INCAGN01949 does not bind to quiescent immune cells (flow cytometry).B. INCAGN01949 binds to stimulated (anti-CD3 antibody) T cells.C. Dose titration of INCAGN01949 binding to activated (anti-CD3 antibody) T cells.D. Affinity of INCAGN01949 by Bio-layer Interferometry.
A. NFκB activation (relative light units [RLU]) by soluble INCAGN01949 or an isotype control antibody in OX40 reporter cells.B. NFκB activation by cross-linked INCAGN01949 or an isotype control antibody in OX40 reporter cells.
A. Intracellular cytokine (IFNγ and TNFα) readout using flow cytometry post-anti-CD3 antibody stimulation and platebound (complexed) INCAGN01949 or a matched isotype control stimulation.
B. IL-2 secretion by human primary T cells in the presence of superantigen and INCAGN01949 IgG1, INCAGN01949aglycosylated IgG1 (N297A), or isotype control.
Human Treg cells (CD4+ CD25high, CD127−) were activated with anti-CD2/anti-CD3/anti-CD28 beads for 48 h. Human T cells were isolated (MACs sorted by negative selection) and co-cultured with activated Treg cells (1 Teff:3 Treg) for 4 days in the presence of anti-CD2/anti-CD3/anti-CD28 beads, soluble or crosslinked (with a Fab'2 anti-human Fc) INCAGN01949 or an IgG1 isotype control. Culture supernatants were analyzed for (A) IL-2 and (B) IL-10 levels.
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INCAGN01949 vs isotype controlHuman OX40
Ka (1/Ms) 1.09×106
Kd (1/s) 1.26×10−4
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• INCAGN01949 IgG1 binds to human OX40 with an estimated affinity (KD) of 0.11 nM andrecognizes OX40 on activated human T cells in a dose dependent manner
• INCAGN01949 IgG1 functions as an OX40 agonist antibody in human T cells, activatingNFκB signaling and providing T cell costimulation in the context of suboptimal TCRactivation
• INCAGN01949 IgG1 prevents in vitro Treg cell suppression of T effector cells by inhibitingIL-10 production and results in enhanced IL-2 secretion
• INCAGN01949 preferentially labeled activated human primary Tregs as compared toT effector cells, co-engaging FcγRIIIA and mediating its activation in reporter cell assays
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Author DisclosuresAna Gonzalez, Mariana Manrique, Ekaterina Breous, David Savitsky, Jeremy Waight, Randi Gombos, Yuqi Liu, Shiwen Lin, Robert Stein, Marc van Dijk, Nicholas S. Wilson: Agenus Inc: Employment and Stock Ownership. Reid Huber, Peggy Scherle, Gregory Hollis: Incyte Corporation: Employment and Stock Ownership. Taha Merghoub, Daniel Hirschhorn-Cymerman, Gerd Ritter, Jedd Wolchok: Nothing to disclose.
AcknowledgementsThe authors would like to thank Rebecca Woelfle for her assistance in preparing poster material and Joseph Connolly and Zhenyu Li for their help characterizing and producing INCAGN01949.Layout and printing support was provided by Evidence Scientific Solutions, Philadelphia, PA, funded by Incyte Corporation.
Conclusions
OX40 is Selectively Expressed by IntratumoralRegulatory T Cells From Multiple Tumor Types
INCAGN01949-Dependent Signal Transduction in FcγRIIIA Reporter Cell Assay Requires IgG1 Isotype
A. Activated human Treg cells versus T effector cell (Teff) OX40 expression by flow cytometry in 2 different donors. Deltamean fluorescence intensity (ΔMFI) was calculated by deducting the MFI IgG1 isotype values.
B. A titration of INCAGN01949 was added to co-cultures of FcγRIIIA-expressing reporter cells, activated human Tregcells or T effector cells. The ΔRLU is shown.
A. Representative histograms of OX40expression from tumor-associated T effectorcells (Teff) or Treg cells.
B. OX40 expression across various tumor types.C. Tabulated summary of OX40 expression by
tumor-associated T effector cells and Tregcells.
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Note: − = negative/no expression, + = weak expression, ++ = moderate expression, +++ = moderate-to-high expression, ++++ = high expression.CRC, colorectal carcinoma; NSCLC, non-small cell lung carcinoma; RCC, renal cell carcinoma.
Indication Samples (n) CD4+ T cells Treg cells
NSCLC 4 +/− ++++
Endometrial 2 +/− ++++
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Breast 2 − ++
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Regulatory T cell depletion and effector T cell
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ADCC
INCAGN01949 Preferentially Binds to Treg Cells and Induces FcγRIIIA Receptor–Dependent Signaling
A. Schematic for the FcγRIIIA reporter based cell assay.B. A titration of INCAGN01949 on an IgG1 or IgG4 backbone were added to co-cultures of FcγRIIIA-expressing reporter
cells and OX40+ recombinant cells. The delta response light units ([ΔRLU] isotype control values deducted) is shown.
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Samples from multiple tumor types (ovarian cancer, colorectal carcinoma, endometrialcarcinoma, renal cell carcinoma, and non-small cell lung carcinoma) demonstrate anenrichment in OX40high intratumoral regulatory T cellsINCAGN01949 IgG1 functions as effective agonist of the OX40 pathway, and may havethe potential in patients to enhance T cell responsiveness to weakly immunogenic tumor-associated antigens, while attenuating the immune suppressive function of intratumoralpopulations of regulatory T cells. Taken together, these preclinical data support theclinical development of INCAGN01949
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