Coeptis Therapeutics Announces Research Demonstrating the Potential of SNAP-CAR T-cells to Reduce Tumor Burden and Growth in HER2 and CD20 Expressing Cancers Will be Presented at SITC 2023

On October 31, 2023 Coeptis Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: COEP) ("Coeptis" or "the Company"), a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative cell therapy platforms for cancer, reported that research demonstrating the potential of the SNAP-CAR T-cell platform to target multiple antigens, including HER2 and CD20, through combinatorial use of different adaptors will be the subject of a poster presentation at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) (Free SITC Whitepaper)’s 38th Annual Meeting (SITC 2023) (Press release, Coeptis Therapeutics, OCT 31, 2023, View Source [SID1234636577]). SITC (Free SITC Whitepaper) 2023 is being held Nov. 1–5, 2023, at San Diego Convention Center in San Diego.

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The poster presentation titled, "SNAP CAR T cells for programmable antigen targeting," describes research involving SNAP-CAR, a "universal" CAR T cell therapy platform, that demonstrates the technology’s versatile antigen targeting abilities both in vitro and in vivo in human tumor xenograft models. In vitro experiments showed potent and specific SNAP-CAR function with co-administered adaptors targeting HER2, EGFR, and CD20 on cancer cell lines including activation of CD69 and CD107a markers, specific target cell lysis, and IFN-gamma production. Additionally, the researchers tested SNAP-CAR T cells in vivo in a human leukemia tumor xenograft NSG mouse model targeting HER2, observing that SNAP-CAR T cells were able to significantly reduce tumor burden, leading to a lack of detectable tumors in the majority of mice. Further, in another leukemia model targeting the CD20 antigen, SNAP-CAR T cells showed significant inhibition of tumor growth. Finally, evaluating two anti-HER2 adaptors with distinct binding epitopes in a human ovarian cancer xenograft model, the researchers observed a significant tumor reduction with both adaptors compared to adaptor only and SNAP-CAR T cell only controls.

"These findings suggest SNAP-CAR can potentially enable the development of T-cell therapies that can be tuned by adaptor dose and targeted toward multiple antigens through combinatorial use of different adaptors, potentially avoiding toxicities and relapse due to antigen loss," commented Jason Lohmueller, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery and Immunology in the Division of Surgical Oncology Research, University of Pittsburgh. "While still early in its development, we continue to see vast potential for the SNAP-CAR platform for treating both liquid and solid tumor malignancies."

"The data being presented at SITC (Free SITC Whitepaper) 2023 encapsulates the groundbreaking research being conducted at the University of Pittsburgh, which demonstrates the potential of SNAP-CAR T-cells to reduce tumor burden and tumor growth in numerous cancers, including HER2-expressing and CD20-expressing cancers," said Dave Mehalick, President and CEO of Coeptis Therapeutics. "Coeptis is energized more than ever to forge the path forward with the powerful SNAP-CAR platform to develop T-cell and NK-cell technologies for various undertreated cancer indications."