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BIOCONJUGATE CHEMISTRY
Volume 14, Issue 6, Pages 1107-1114Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/bc034111+
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- NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE [R01CA076178, R01CA090263, R21CA090550] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NCI NIH HHS [R21CA090550, R01CA090263, R01CA76178] Funding Source: Medline
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The cytotoxicity of combinations of a diphtheria toxin-human epidermal growth factor fusion protein (DAB(389)EGF) and a Pseudomonas exotoxin-human interleukin 13 fusion protein (IL13PE38QQR) was tested against 14 human glioma cell lines. After cells were cultured for 48 h with various concentrations of the fusion proteins, the percentage reductions in thymidine incorporation were determined. Seven of fourteen cell lines were highly sensitive to DAB389EGF alone, and six cell lines were highly sensitive to IL13PE38QQR alone with IC90's < 100 pM. When combined, synergistic cell killing was observed for seven of the cell lines based upon concave isobolograms and combination indices (CI's) of 0.2 to 0.7. Supraadditive cytotoxicity was confirmed by measurements of induction of apoptosis. Receptor expression was assessed by flow cytometry and confocal microscopy. Marked heterogeneity of expression of EGFR and IL13Ralpha2 was seen on all the glioma cell lines. This heterogeneity may contribute to incomplete cell killing with the individual fusion proteins and synergistic cell kill with the combination. These results suggest that both fusion proteins may yield antitumor effects in patients with recurrent gliomas and that combination fusion protein intracranial therapy of malignant gliomas may yield an improved therapeutic index.
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