학술논문

A bispecific antibody approach for the potential prophylactic treatment of inherited bleeding disorders
Document Type
Original Paper
Source
Nature Cardiovascular Research. 3(2):166-185
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
2731-0590
Abstract
Inherited bleeding disorders such as Glanzmann thrombasthenia (GT) lack prophylactic treatment options. As a result, serious bleeding episodes are treated acutely with blood product transfusions or frequent, repeated intravenous administration of recombinant activated coagulation factor VII (rFVIIa). Here we describe HMB-001, a bispecific antibody designed to bind and accumulate endogenous FVIIa and deliver it to sites of vascular injury by targeting it to the TREM (triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells)-like transcript-1 (TLT-1) receptor that is selectively expressed on activated platelets. In healthy nonhuman primates, HMB-001 prolonged the half-life of endogenous FVIIa, resulting in its accumulation. Mouse bleeding studies confirmed antibody-mediated potentiation of FVIIa hemostatic activity by TLT-1 targeting. In ex vivo models of GT, HMB-001 localized FVIIa on activated platelets and potentiated fibrin-dependent platelet aggregation. Taken together, these results indicate that HMB-001 has the potential to offer subcutaneous prophylactic treatment to prevent bleeds in people with GT and other inherited bleeding disorders, with a low-frequency dosing regimen.
Gandhi, Zivkovic, Østergaard and colleagues describe a bispecific antibody, HMB-001, which could be used for the prophylactic treatment of patients with genetic bleeding disorders, currently treated acutely with recombinant coagulation factor VIIa. HMB-001 can bind and accumulate endogenous FVIIa and localize it to sites of vascular injury by targeting it to the TREM-like transcript-1 receptor selectively expressed on activated platelets.