IgG-Engineered Protective Antigen for Cytosolic Delivery of Proteins into Cancer Cells
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Author(s)
Lu, Zeyu
Truex, Nicholas L
Melo, Mariane B
Cheng, Yiran
Li, Na
Irvine, Darrell J
Pentelute, Bradley L
Date Issued
February 2021
Journal
ACS Central Science
Publisher
American Chemical Society (ACS)
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Final published version
Abstract
© 2020 American Chemical Society. All rights reserved. Therapeutic immunotoxins composed of antibodies and bacterial toxins provide potent activity against malignant cells, but joining them with a defined covalent bond while maintaining the desired function is challenging. Here, we develop novel immunotoxins by dovetailing full-length immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies and nontoxic anthrax proteins, in which the C terminus of the IgG heavy chain is connected to the side chain of anthrax toxin protective antigen. This strategy enabled efficient conjugation of protective antigen variants to trastuzumab (Tmab) and cetuximab (Cmab) antibodies. The conjugates effectively perform intracellular delivery of edema factor and N terminus of lethal factor (LFN) fused with diphtheria toxin and Ras/Rap1-specific endopeptidase. Each conjugate shows high specificity for cells expressing human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), respectively, and potent activity across six Tmab- and Cmab-resistant cell lines. The conjugates also exhibit increased pharmacokinetics and pronounced in vivo safety, which shows promise for further therapeutic development.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry
Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Environmental Health Sciences
Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering
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https://doi.org/10.1021/ACSCENTSCI.0C01670
