Nicotinamide Phosphoribosyltransferase Inhibitor as a Novel Payload for Antibody-Drug Conjugates

ACS Med Chem Lett. 2018 Jun 28;9(8):838-842. doi: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.8b00254. eCollection 2018 Aug 9.

Abstract

Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are a novel modality that allows targeted delivery of potent therapeutic agents to the desired site. Herein we report our discovery of NAMPT inhibitors as a novel nonantimitotic payload for ADCs. The resulting anti-c-Kit conjugates (ADC-3 and ADC-4) demonstrated in vivo efficacy in the c-Kit positive gastrointestinal stromal tumor GIST-T1 xenograft model in a target-dependent manner.