A bispecific nanobody-drug conjugate targeting TROP2 and c-Met for low-concentration, single-dose treatment of pancreatic cancer

  • Cell Rep Med. 2026 Apr 21;7(4):102688. doi: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2026.102688.
Wenjing Ning  1 Han Liu  1 Hongye Zeng  1 Xiaojing Qin  1 Lin Xu  1 Shiting Yang  1 Yue Wang  1 Fentian Chen  1 Na Yuan  1 Xiaoqing Chen  1 Tao Xu  1 Kexin Wu  1 Peng Wang  1 Chao Liu  2 Yuanzhi Chen  3 Ningshao Xia  4 Xue Liu  5 Wenxin Luo  6
Affiliations
  • 1. State Key Laboratory of Vaccines for Infectious Diseases, Xiang An Biomedicine Laboratory, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China; National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Diseases, National Innovation Platform for Industry-Education Integration in Vaccine Research, the Research Unit of Frontier Technology of Structural Vaccinology of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
  • 2. State Key Laboratory of Stress Biology, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Innovative Drug Target Research, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
  • 3. State Key Laboratory of Vaccines for Infectious Diseases, Xiang An Biomedicine Laboratory, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China; National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Diseases, National Innovation Platform for Industry-Education Integration in Vaccine Research, the Research Unit of Frontier Technology of Structural Vaccinology of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China. Electronic address: [email protected].
  • 4. State Key Laboratory of Vaccines for Infectious Diseases, Xiang An Biomedicine Laboratory, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China; National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Diseases, National Innovation Platform for Industry-Education Integration in Vaccine Research, the Research Unit of Frontier Technology of Structural Vaccinology of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China. Electronic address: [email protected].
  • 5. State Key Laboratory of Vaccines for Infectious Diseases, Xiang An Biomedicine Laboratory, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China; National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Diseases, National Innovation Platform for Industry-Education Integration in Vaccine Research, the Research Unit of Frontier Technology of Structural Vaccinology of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China. Electronic address: [email protected].
  • 6. State Key Laboratory of Vaccines for Infectious Diseases, Xiang An Biomedicine Laboratory, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China; National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Diseases, National Innovation Platform for Industry-Education Integration in Vaccine Research, the Research Unit of Frontier Technology of Structural Vaccinology of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China. Electronic address: [email protected].
Abstract

Pancreatic Cancer remains highly lethal with limited treatment options. Although antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) have emerged as promising therapeutic agents, their efficacy is often limited by heterogeneous antigen expression and poor tumor penetration. To address these limitations, we develop B6ADC, a nanobody-based bispecific ADC that simultaneously targets TROP2 and c-Met. In preclinical studies, B6ADC exhibits potent cytotoxicity in vitro across various TROP2/c-Met-expressing Cancer cell lines and superior tumor inhibition in vivo compared with single-target ADC combination, including the clinically approved TROP2 ADC sacituzumab govitecan and c-Met ADC Teliso-V, as well as their combination. Notably, B6ADC eradicates giant tumors with a single dose at a low concentration of 2.2 mg/kg. We present a nanobody-based BsADC that simultaneously targets TROP2 and c-Met, with broad-spectrum antitumor activity, and improves selectivity for tumors with dual-positive or weakly positive antigen expression, offering a promising strategy for treating pancreatic Cancer and other TROP2/c-Met-expressing malignancies.

Keywords
BsADC; TROP2; c-Met; nanobody-drug conjugate; pancreatic cancer.
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