Tozorakimab (MEDI3506): an anti-IL-33 antibody that inhibits IL-33 signalling via ST2 and RAGE/EGFR to reduce inflammation and epithelial dysfunction

Autor: Elizabeth England, D. Gareth Rees, Ian Christopher Scott, Sara Carmen, Denice T. Y. Chan, Catherine E. Chaillan Huntington, Kirsty F. Houslay, Teodor Erngren, Mark Penney, Jayesh B. Majithiya, Laura Rapley, Dorothy A. Sims, Claire Hollins, Elizabeth C. Hinchy, Martin D. Strain, Benjamin P. Kemp, Dominic J. Corkill, Richard D. May, Katherine A. Vousden, Robin J. Butler, Tomas Mustelin, Tristan J. Vaughan, David C. Lowe, Caroline Colley, E. Suzanne Cohen
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Scientific Reports, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-36642-y
Popis: Abstract Interleukin (IL)-33 is a broad-acting alarmin cytokine that can drive inflammatory responses following tissue damage or infection and is a promising target for treatment of inflammatory disease. Here, we describe the identification of tozorakimab (MEDI3506), a potent, human anti-IL-33 monoclonal antibody, which can inhibit reduced IL-33 (IL-33red) and oxidized IL-33 (IL-33ox) activities through distinct serum-stimulated 2 (ST2) and receptor for advanced glycation end products/epidermal growth factor receptor (RAGE/EGFR complex) signalling pathways. We hypothesized that a therapeutic antibody would require an affinity higher than that of ST2 for IL-33, with an association rate greater than 107 M−1 s−1, to effectively neutralize IL-33 following rapid release from damaged tissue. An innovative antibody generation campaign identified tozorakimab, an antibody with a femtomolar affinity for IL-33red and a fast association rate (8.5 × 107 M−1 s−1), which was comparable to soluble ST2. Tozorakimab potently inhibited ST2-dependent inflammatory responses driven by IL-33 in primary human cells and in a murine model of lung epithelial injury. Additionally, tozorakimab prevented the oxidation of IL-33 and its activity via the RAGE/EGFR signalling pathway, thus increasing in vitro epithelial cell migration and repair. Tozorakimab is a novel therapeutic agent with a dual mechanism of action that blocks IL-33red and IL-33ox signalling, offering potential to reduce inflammation and epithelial dysfunction in human disease.
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