title: Antitumor activity of an immunotoxin in a nude mouse model of human ovarian cancer.
abstract: An immunotoxin composed of an antibody to the human transferrin receptor (454A12) and ricin A chain (RTA) was shown to inhibit the growth of NIH:OVCAR-3 tumors in a nude mouse model of human ovarian cancer. Inhibition of tumor growth by 454A12-RTA was related to the dose administered. The antitumor activity of the immunotoxin was blocked by coinjection of excess antibody with immunotoxin. An immunotoxin made using 454A12 and recombinant ricin A chain (rRTA) had an activity similar to that made with native RTA. The administration of 10 micrograms or greater of the immunotoxin 454A12-RTA/rRTA had significant antitumor activity. The injection of 30 micrograms of an irrelevant immunotoxin, MOPC21-RTA, or 30 to 500 micrograms of the 454A12 antibody had no antitumor activity.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000922:Immunotoxins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D051379:Mice; D008819:Mice, Nude; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D011990:Receptors, Transferrin / Q000276:immunology*; D012276:Ricin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous
chemical_list: D000922:Immunotoxins; D011990:Receptors, Transferrin; D012276:Ricin