EPHA2 MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF

摘要

The present invention relates to methods and compositions designed for the treatment, management, or prevention of cancer, particularly, metastatic cancer. In one embodiment, the methods of the invention comprise the administration of an effective amount of an antibody that binds to EphA2 and agonizes EphA2, thereby increasing EphA2 pho 3phorylation and decreasing EphA2 levels. In other embodiments, the methods of the invention comprise the administration of an effective amount of an antibody that binds to Eph A2 and inhibits cancer cell colony formation in soft agar, inhibits tubular network fore cation in three-dimensional basement membrane or extracellular matrix preparation, preferentially binds to an EphA2 epitope that is exposed on cancer cells but not non-cancer cells, and/or has a low Koff, thereby, inhibiting tumor cell growth and/or metastasis. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more EphA2 antil)odies of the invention either alone or in combination with one or more other agents useful for cancer therapy.