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  2. Selective targeting of mutated calreticulin by the monoclonal antibody INCA033989 inhibits oncogenic function of MPN

Selective targeting of mutated calreticulin by the monoclonal antibody INCA033989 inhibits oncogenic function of MPN

  • Blood. 2024 Nov 28;144(22):2336-2348. doi: 10.1182/blood.2024024373.
Edimara S Reis 1 Rebecca Buonpane 1 Hamza Celik 1 Caroline Marty 2 3 4 Angela Lei 1 Fatoumata Jobe 1 Mark Rupar 1 Yue Zhang 1 Darlise DiMatteo 1 Rahel Awdew 1 Bianca L Ferreira 5 Lynn Leffet 1 Lu Lu 1 Elodie Rosa 2 3 4 Maxime Evrard 2 3 4 Gaurang Trivedi 1 Brittney Wass 1 April Horsey 1 Xin He 1 Maryanne Covington 1 Alla Volgina 1 Florence Pasquier 2 3 4 6 Laurence Legros 7 Guillemette Fouquet 8 William Vainchenker 2 3 4 Yan-Ou Yang 1 Breann Barker 1 Jing Zhou 1 Shaun Stewart 1 Ian S Hitchcock 5 Dashyant Dhanak 1 Ricardo Macarron 1 Isabelle Plo 2 3 4 Horacio Nastri 1 Patrick A Mayes 1
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Incyte Research Institute, Wilmington, DE.
  • 2 INSERM U1287 Gustave Roussy, Université Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France.
  • 3 Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France.
  • 4 Université Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France.
  • 5 Department of Biology, York Biomedical Research Institute, University of York, York, United Kingdom.
  • 6 Hematology Department, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France.
  • 7 Clinical Hematology Department, APHP-Hôpital Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
  • 8 Clinical Hematology, Centre Hospitalier Sud Francilien, Corbeil-Essonnes, France.
Abstract

Mutations in calreticulin (mutCALR) are the second most common drivers of myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) and yet, the current therapeutic landscape lacks a selective agent for mutCALR-expressing MPNs. Here, we show that the monoclonal antibody INCA033989 selectively targets mutCALR-positive cells. INCA033989 antagonized mutCALR-driven signaling and proliferation in engineered cell lines and primary CD34+ cells from patients with MPN. No antibody binding or functional activity was observed in the cells lacking mutCALR. In a mouse model of mutCALR-driven MPN, treatment with an INCA033989 mouse surrogate antibody effectively prevented the development of thrombocytosis and accumulation of megakaryocytes in the bone marrow. INCA033989 reduced the pathogenic self-renewal of mutCALR-positive disease-initiating cells in both primary and secondary transplantations, illustrating its disease-modifying potential. In summary, we describe a novel mutCALR-targeted therapy for MPNs, a monoclonal antibody that selectively inhibits the oncogenic function of MPN cells without interfering with normal hematopoiesis.

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