Targeted cytolysins synergistically potentiate cytoplasmic delivery of gelonin immunotoxin.
Targeted cytolysins synergistically potentiate cytoplasmic delivery of gelonin immunotoxin.
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DOI:
10.1158/1535-7163.mct-12-1023
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发表时间:
2013-09
影响因子:
5.7
通讯作者:
Wittrup KD
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作者:
Pirie CM;Liu DV;Wittrup KD
Targeted endocytic uptake is a first step towards tissue-specific cytoplasmic macromolecular delivery; however inefficient escape from the endolysosomal compartment makes this generally impractical at present. We report here a targeted cytolysin approach that dramatically potentiates endosomal release of an independently-targeted potent gelonin immunotoxin. Fibronectin domains engineered for affinity to epidermal growth factor receptor or carcinoembryonic antigen were fused to the plant toxin gelonin or bacterial pore-forming cytolysins. These fusion proteins display synergistic activity in both antigen-specific cytotoxicity in vitro, enhancing potency by several orders of magnitude, and in tumor growth inhibition in vivo. In addition, the number of internalized gelonin molecules required to induce apoptosis is reduced from ∼5×106 to < 103. Targeted potentiation shows promise for enhancing cytoplasmic delivery of other macromolecular payloads, such as DNA, siRNA, and miRNA.