The T-cell immunoreceptor with Ig and immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motif (ITIM) domains (TIGIT) is a validated immune checkpoint protein expressed on memory CD4T-cellls, Tregs, CD8T-cell and natural killer (NK) cells. ASP8374 is a fully human monoclonal immunoglobulin (Ig) G4 antibody designed to block the interaction of TIGIT with its ligands and inhibit TIGIT signaling. ASP8374 exhibited high affinity binding to TIGIT and increased interferon (IFN)-γ production of cultured peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) in a titratable manner. When used in combination with pembrolizumab, an anti-programmed death-1 (PD-1) antibody, ASP8374 induced higher T-cell activation in vitro than either treatment alone. An anti-mouse TIGIT antibody surrogate, mSEC1, displayed anti-tumor efficacy in an MC38 syngeneic mouse tumor model alone and in combination with an anti-programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) antibody. In an additional syngeneic mouse tumor model (CT26), while mSEC1 alone did not demonstrate anti-tumor efficacy, mSEC1 combined with an anti-PD-1 antibody enhanced anti-tumor efficacy above that of the anti-PD-1 antibody alone. These data provide evidence that ASP8374 has therapeutic potential for advanced malignancies.

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