TY - JOUR
T1 - Antibody-Drug Conjugates to Treat Bacterial Biofilms via Targeting and Extracellular Drug Release
AU - Tvilum, Anne Selch
AU - Johansen, Mikkel Illemann
AU - Glud, Lærke Nøhr
AU - Ivarsen, Diana Malskær
AU - Khamas, Amanda Batoul
AU - Carmali, Sheiliza
AU - Mhatre, Snehit Satish
AU - Søgaard, Ane Bretschneider
AU - Faddy, Emma
AU - de Vor, Lisanne
AU - H. M. Rooijakkers, Suzan
AU - Østergaard, Lars Jørgen
AU - Jørgensen, Nis Pedersen
AU - Meyer, Rikke Louise
AU - Zelikin, Alexander
PY - 2023/8
Y1 - 2023/8
N2 - The treatment of implant-associated bacterial infections and biofilms is an urgent medical need and a grand challenge because biofilms protect bacteria from the immune system and harbor antibiotic-tolerant persister cells. This need is addressed herein through an engineering of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) that contain an anti-neoplastic drug mitomycin C, which is also a potent antimicrobial against biofilms. The ADCs designed herein release the conjugated drug without cell entry, via a novel mechanism of drug release which likely involves an interaction of ADC with the thiols on the bacterial cell surface. ADCs targeted toward bacteria are superior by the afforded antimicrobial effects compared to the non-specific counterpart, in suspension and within biofilms, in vitro, and in an implant-associated murine osteomyelitis model in vivo. The results are important in developing ADC for a new area of application with a significant translational potential, and in addressing an urgent medical need of designing a treatment of bacterial biofilms.
AB - The treatment of implant-associated bacterial infections and biofilms is an urgent medical need and a grand challenge because biofilms protect bacteria from the immune system and harbor antibiotic-tolerant persister cells. This need is addressed herein through an engineering of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) that contain an anti-neoplastic drug mitomycin C, which is also a potent antimicrobial against biofilms. The ADCs designed herein release the conjugated drug without cell entry, via a novel mechanism of drug release which likely involves an interaction of ADC with the thiols on the bacterial cell surface. ADCs targeted toward bacteria are superior by the afforded antimicrobial effects compared to the non-specific counterpart, in suspension and within biofilms, in vitro, and in an implant-associated murine osteomyelitis model in vivo. The results are important in developing ADC for a new area of application with a significant translational potential, and in addressing an urgent medical need of designing a treatment of bacterial biofilms.
KW - antibody-drug-conjugates
KW - antimicrobials
KW - biofilms
KW - drug targeting
KW - Animals
KW - Biofilms
KW - Immunoconjugates
KW - Drug Liberation
KW - Bacteria
KW - Mice
KW - Anti-Infective Agents
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85161231398&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/advs.202301340
DO - 10.1002/advs.202301340
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 37290045
SN - 2198-3844
VL - 10
JO - Advanced Science
JF - Advanced Science
IS - 23
M1 - 2301340
ER -