title: Cytotoxic activity of a recombinant fusion protein between insulin-like growth factor I and Pseudomonas exotoxin.
abstract: A chimeric toxin in which the cell binding domain of Pseudomonas exotoxin was replaced with mature human insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) was produced in Escherichia coli. This protein, IGF-I-PE40, was cytotoxic to human cell lines derived from a variety of tumor types, with a breast carcinoma line (MCF-7) and two hepatoma lines (HEP3B and HEPG2) showing the highest sensitivity to the toxin. The specificity of IGF-I-PE40 cytotoxicity was confirmed through competition with excess IGF-I and through blockage of toxin binding using an antibody specific to the type I IGF receptor. A potential interaction between the toxin and soluble IGF-binding proteins was also demonstrated. IGF-I-PE40 may be useful in the selective elimination of cells bearing the type I IGF receptor.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Biology, DCBDC, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
authors.forename: T I
authors.initials: TI
authors.lastname: Prior
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Helman
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: FitzGerald
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pastan
mesh_terms: D036002:ADP Ribose Transferases; D000818:Animals; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular / Q000379:methods; D005098:Exotoxins / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism*; D017451:Receptors, Somatomedin; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000633:toxicity; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D037521:Virulence Factors; D000097668:Pseudomonas aeruginosa Exotoxin A
chemical_list: D036002:ADP Ribose Transferases; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D005098:Exotoxins; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009841:Oligonucleotides; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D017451:Receptors, Somatomedin; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D037521:Virulence Factors; D000097668:Pseudomonas aeruginosa Exotoxin A