The KILRTM cytotoxicity assay specifically measures target cell death in co-cultures. It provides an easy-to-use and sensitive method to determine target cell death with chemiluminescent readout. The assay has broad applications in developing cancer immunotherapies like ADCC, ADCP, CAR-T, and bi-specific antibody therapies. It offers high specificity, sensitivity, flexibility and reproducibility compared to other cytotoxicity assays.
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Challenge For Developing Cancer Immunotherapies
• Specifically determine target cell death in co-cultures with immune effectors?
• How to develop assays with multiple target cells?
ADCC ADCP CAR-T
T-cell Redirection
With Bi-Specific Ab
Adoptive T-Cell Therapy
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Challenges with Existing Cytotoxicity Assays
• Dye-based assays are radioactive and/or leaky
• General cell death measures are not specific for target cells
• Assays may not reflect the true Mechanism of Action of the drug
• Low throughput of assays
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KILR™ Cytotoxicity Assay Highlights & Benefits
• Unparalleled Specificity
• Signal only from dead target cells
• Easy to Use
• Simple, add and read protocol with
chemiluminescent readout
• Exquisite Sensitivity
• Detect as few as 75 dead cells/well
• Ultimate Flexibility
• Run cytotoxicity assays from 30 minutes
to 72 hours
Benefit
Low background and higher signal to noise ratios
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KILR™ Cytotoxicity Assay Highlights & Benefits
• Unparalleled Specificity
• Signal only from dead target cells
• Easy to Use
• Simple, add and read protocol with
chemiluminescent readout
• Exquisite Sensitivity
• Detect as few as 75 dead cells/well
• Ultimate Flexibility
• Run cytotoxicity assays from 30 minutes
to 72 hours
Benefit
Rapid implementation in any lab & eliminate
radioactivity
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KILR™ Cytotoxicity Assay Highlights & Benefits
• Unparalleled Specificity
• Signal only from dead target cells
• Easy to Use
• Simple, add and read protocol with
chemiluminescent readout
• Exquisite Sensitivity
• Detect as few as 75 dead cells/well
• Ultimate Flexibility
• Run cytotoxicity assays from 30 minutes
to 72 hours
ADCC assay with Cetuximab & PBMCs
Benefit
Low false negatives in a screen and better lead
optimization
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KILR™ Cytotoxicity Assay Highlights & Benefits
• Unparalleled Specificity
• Signal only from dead target cells
• Easy to Use
• Simple, add and read protocol with
chemiluminescent readout
• Exquisite Sensitivity
• Detect as few as 75 dead cells/well
• Ultimate Flexibility
• Run cytotoxicity assays from 30 minutes
to 72 hours
Benefit
Develop assay time based on relevant drug biology
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Broad Applications of KILR™ Assays
ADCC ADCP CAR-T T-cell Redirection
With Bi-Specific Ab
Adoptive T-Cell Therapy
• Cell death endpoint
• Easy-to-use
• Reproducible for QC
• Cell death endpoint
• Plate-based assay
• Easy-to-use
• Target cell specific
• Target cell specific
• Run assay for 72 hrs
• Easy-to-use
• High throughput
• Reproducible for QC
• Target cell specific
• Run assay for 72 hrs
• Easy-to-use
• High throughput
• Reproducible for QC
• Target cell specific
• Run assay for 72 hrs
• High throughput
• Easy-to-use
• Reproducible for QC
Key Benefits
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KILR™ Applications
Antibody Dependent Cellular Cytotoxicity
1 0 -1 2
1 0 -1 1
1 0 -1 0
1 0 -9
1 0 -8
1 0 -7
1 0 -6
1 0 -5
0
1 0
2 0
3 0
4 0
E rb B 2 O v e r-e x p re s s in g C e ll P o o ls
4 :1 N K : targ et ce lls
T ra s tu z u m a b [g /m L ]%lysis
S /BHillSlope EC50
SKBR3 2.113 2.654e-009
MCF7 1.330 8.779e-009
NCI N87 0.7026 1.110e-008
1 2 .2
6 .1
1 0 .8
1 0 -12
1 0 -11
1 0 -10
1 0 -9
1 0 -8
1 0 -7
1 0 -6
1 0 -5
0
3 0 0 0
6 0 0 0
9 0 0 0
U 2 O S -E G F R e P L
A n tib o d y [g /m L ]
RLU
S /B
8 .6
HillSlope EC50
Cetuximab 1.021 4.696e-009
Rituximab ~ 19.81 ~ 5.119e-011 --
ADCC Assay Verified with Marketed Drugs
ADCC
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KILR™ Applications
Bispecific Antibody for T-cell Redirection
Bi-specific Ab
Plate Target Cells in 384-well plate
Add non-activated primary T cells
Add antibody
Add KILR Detection reagent
Read signal
41 hours
1hour
Data provided courtesy of Janssen
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Summary & Available KILR™ Assays
• Highly-specific measure of target cell death in co-culture
• Easy to use with simple add and read protocol
• Highly sensitive detection of as few as 75 dead cells in a well
• Broad applications for immuno-oncology drug development
Product Part Number
KILR ARH-77 Cell Line 97-1001C017
KILR H322 Cell Pool 97-1003P020
KILR NCI-N87 Cell Pool 97-1004P021
KILR Raji Cell Pool 97-1012P026
KILR Ramos Cell Pool 97-1006P022
KILR SKBR3 Cell Pool 97-1002P018
KILR A549 Cell Pool 97-1005P015
KILR SKOV3 Cell Pool 97-1007P023
KILR NCI-H292 Cell Pool 97-1008P024
KILR Daudi Cell Pool 97-1009P025
Product Part Number
KILR Retroparticles for Suspension Cells (Neomycin) 97-0002
KILR Retroparticles for Adherent Cells (Neomycin) 97-0003
KILR Retroparticles for Adherent & Suspension Cells
(Neomycin)
97-0004
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