Radiation Cleaved Drug-Conjugate Linkers Enable Local Payload Release

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Abstract

Conjugation of therapeutic payloads to biologics including antibodies and albumin can enhance the selectively of drug delivery to solid tumors. However, achieving activity in tumors while avoiding healthy tissues remains a challenge, and payload activity in off-target tissues can cause toxicity for many such drug-conjugates. Here, we address this issue by presenting a drug-conjugate linker strategy that releases an active therapeutic payload upon exposure to ionizing radiation. Localized X-ray irradiation at clinically relevant doses (8 Gy) yields 50% drug (doxorubicin or monomethyl auristatin E, MMAE) release under hypoxic conditions that are traditionally associated with radiotherapy resistance. As proof-of-principle, we apply the approach to antibody- and albumin-drug conjugates and achieve >2000-fold enhanced MMAE cytotoxicity upon irradiation. Overall, this work establishes ionizing radiation as a strategy for spatially localized cancer drug delivery.

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Quintana, J. M., Arboleda, D., Hu, H., Scott, E., Luthria, G., Pai, S., … Miller, M. A. (2022). Radiation Cleaved Drug-Conjugate Linkers Enable Local Payload Release. Bioconjugate Chemistry, 33(8), 1474–1484. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.2c00174

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