Xenetic Biosciences, Inc. Presents Positive Preclinical Data Highlighting the Potential of Co-Administration of DNase I with CAR T Cells in a Murine Model of Melanoma Lung Metastasis

Data presented at the AACR Special Conference in Cancer Research: Tumor-body Interactions: The Roles of Micro- and Macroenvironment in Cancer

Results bolster Company’s rationale for incorporating DNase I as an adjunctive treatment to improve therapeutic responses in patients undergoing CAR T cell therapy

FRAMINGHAM, MA / ACCESSWIRE / November 21, 2024 / Xenetic Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:) (“Xenetic” or the “Company”), a biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative immune-oncology technologies addressing hard to treat cancers, today announced the presentation of preclinical data investigating the potential of co-administration of deoxyribonuclease I (DNase I) with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells in a syngeneic B16 melanoma murine model of lung metastasis.

The poster titled, “The synergistic action of DNase I and CAR T cells enhances the therapeutic efficacy of adoptive immunotherapy in the syngeneic murine metastasis model,” was presented on behalf of the Company by Alexey Stepanov, PhD, Institute Investigator at The Scripps Research Institute, at the AACR Special Conference in Cancer Research: Tumor-body Interactions: The Roles of Micro- and Macroenvironment in Cancer, held November 17-20, 2024, in Boston.

“Xenetic’s proprietary DNase-based oncology platform continues to demonstrate encouraging potential across a number of cancer indications and therapy modalities where there remains significant unmet need. CAR T cell therapy is a promising approach for treating various malignancies however, it has so far shown benefit only in hematological cancers, so efficacy in solid tumors remains an important goal. There, its antitumor activity is often hindered by a hostile, immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (™E), which, in turn, is very often characterized by the presence of tumor-associated cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in the form of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs). This research underscores the critical role of the NETs in modulating CAR T cell efficacy and the potential of DNase I to improve therapeutic responses for patients as an adjunctive treatment. Highlighted by the results seen with the co-administration of DNase I with murine EGFR-CAR T cells, we believe this approach has the potential to prolong survival compared to treatment with CAR T cell monotherapy,” commented Reid Bissonnette, Ph.D., Executive Consultant for Translational Research and Development at Xenetic. “We continue to be encouraged by the data demonstrated…