Anti-TNF Thioester Glucocorticoid Antibody–Drug Conjugate Fully Inhibits Inflammation with Minimal Effect on Systemic Corticosterone Levels in a Mouse Arthritis …

CC Marvin, AD Hobson, MJ McPherson… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2024 - ACS Publications
We describe the discovery of a thioester-containing glucocorticoid receptor modulator
(GRM) payload and the corresponding antibody–drug conjugate (ADC). Payload 6 was …

An anti–TNF–glucocorticoid receptor modulator antibody-drug conjugate is efficacious against immune-mediated inflammatory diseases

MJ McPherson, AD Hobson, A Hernandez Jr… - Science Translational …, 2024 - science.org
Glucocorticoids (GCs) are efficacious drugs used for treating many inflammatory diseases,
but the dose and duration of administration are limited because of severe side effects. We …

Design and development of glucocorticoid receptor modulators as immunology antibody–drug conjugate payloads

AD Hobson, MJ McPherson, W Waegell… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Glucocorticoid receptor modulators (GRM) are the first-line treatment for many immune
diseases, but unwanted side effects restrict chronic dosing. However, targeted delivery of a …

Development of novel glucocorticoids for use in antibody–drug conjugates for the treatment of inflammatory diseases

A Han, O Olsen, C D'Souza, J Shan… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Glucocorticoids (GCs) are widely used to treat a variety of autoimmune and inflammatory
diseases; however, systemic delivery of GCs is associated with side effects that affect …

Discovery of ABBV-3373, an anti-TNF glucocorticoid receptor modulator immunology antibody drug conjugate

AD Hobson, MJ McPherson, ME Hayes… - Journal of medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Using a convergent synthetic route to enable multiple points of diversity, a series of
glucocorticoid receptor modulators (GRM) were profiled for potency, selectivity, and drug …

POS0365 anti-TNF glucocorticoid receptor modulator antibody drug conjugate for the treatment of autoimmune diseases

B Stoffel, M McPherson, A Hernandez, C Goess… - 2021 - ard.bmj.com
Background: Glucocorticoids (GC) are potent drugs used for treating many inflammatory
diseases. While GCs are effective in many immune diseases, dose and duration of …

ValCitGlyPro-dexamethasone antibody conjugates selectively suppress the activation of human monocytes

JM Howe, S Fang, KA Watts, F Xu… - RSC Medicinal …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Glucocorticoids (GCs) are effective in treating autoimmune and inflammatory disorders but
come with significant side effects, many of which are mediated by non-immunological cells …

Development of anti-CD74 antibody–drug conjugates to target glucocorticoids to immune cells

PE Brandish, A Palmieri, S Antonenko… - Bioconjugate …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Glucocorticoids (GCs) are excellent anti-inflammatory drugs but are dose-limited by on-
target toxicity. We sought to solve this problem by delivering GCs to immune cells with …

A potent peptide-steroid conjugate accumulates in cartilage and reverses arthritis without evidence of systemic corticosteroid exposure

ML Cook Sangar, EJ Girard, G Hopping, C Yin… - Science translational …, 2020 - science.org
On-target, off-tissue toxicity limits the systemic use of drugs that would otherwise reduce
symptoms or reverse the damage of arthritic diseases, leaving millions of patients in pain …

Discovery of ABBV-154, an anti-TNF Glucocorticoid Receptor Modulator Immunology Antibody-Drug Conjugate (iADC)

AD Hobson, J Xu, DS Welch, CC Marvin… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Stable attachment of drug-linkers to the antibody is a critical requirement, and for maleimide
conjugation to cysteine, it is achieved by ring hydrolysis of the succinimide ring. During ADC …