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Kinetic fingerprint of antibody therapies predicts outcomes of Alzheimer clinical trials

Linse, S.; Scheidt, T.; Bernfur, K.; Vendruscolo, M.; Dobson, C. M.; Cohen, S. I.; Sileikis, E.; Lundquist, M.; Qian, F.; O'Malley, T.; Bussiere, T.; Weinreb, P. H.; Xu, C. K.; Meisl, G.; Devenish, S.; Knowles, T. P.; Hansson, O.

2019-10-22 biophysics
10.1101/815308 bioRxiv
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The amyloid cascade hypothesis, according to which the self-assembly of amyloid-{beta} peptide (A{beta}) is a causative process in Alzheimers disease, has driven many therapeutic efforts for the past 20 years. Failures of clinical trials investigating A{beta}-targeted therapies have been interpreted as evidence against this hypothesis, irrespective of the characteristics and mechanisms of action of the therapeutic agents, which are highly challenging to assess. We bring together kinetic analysis with quantitative binding measurements to address the mechanisms of action of four clinical stage anti-A{beta} antibodies, aducanumab, gantenerumab, bapineuzumab and solanezumab. We reveal and quantify the striking differences of these antibodies on the aggregation kinetics and on the production of oligomeric aggregates, and link these effects to the affinity and stoichiometry of each antibody for monomeric and fibrillar forms of A{beta}. Our results uncover that, uniquely amongst these four antibodies, aducanumab dramatically reduces the flux of oligomeric forms of A{beta}.

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